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On 13 March 2023, he was sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony on charges of preparing for high treason.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tver"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Case of Sergei Borisov on participation in the activities of an illegal armed group","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he planned to join the Freedom of Russia legion.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 31.03.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.03.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-13T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-13T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Litvyakov was tried to be brought to administrative responsibility under the article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a certain publication, but the case was dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Shira"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Viktor Litvyakov on calls to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2020 on the page \"Viktor Auramirov\" twice published calls \"for the use of physical violence against law enforcement officers of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recaGdpcyb1lYU1ZC"},{"persecution_id":"recvNlIAV4H4DWmLO","last_updated":"2025-07-19T09:19:44.000Z","person_id":"receUitLpQoU8b19m","name_en":"Vitalii Krivoshlyk","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attiZ4JKNPpGQm1Xe.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attiZ4JKNPpGQm1Xe.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The \"Ostorozhno, novosti\" (Beware of the News) Telegram channel claims that Krivoshlyk lived in Kharkiv Region, ran a business and was a deputy of the Tokarevsk village council. A case of state treason was opened against him: according to the investigation, on the instructions of foreign intelligence he collected information on the movement of military equipment and Russian military personnel on the territory of Belgorod region and passed the information to the SBU. On 3 August 2023, Krivoshlyk was sentenced to 12 and a half years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Vitalii Krivoshlyk's case of high treason","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 12.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.08.2023, Sentence: 12 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-03T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-03T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/krivoshlyk-vitalij-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recvNlIAV4H4DWmLO"},{"persecution_id":"recfvYO7G6WN6m9Vx","last_updated":"2025-12-25T12:27:27.000Z","person_id":"recl9XOaCP03xJlei","name_en":"Evgeny Nikiforov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atte111Ie93Lq8DcD.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atte111Ie93Lq8DcD.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Volgograd region. Detained in Rostov region, where he was taken into custody.\nAccording to Igor Paskar, who was in the same pre-trial detention centre with him, Nikiforov wanted to join the Freedom of Russia legion and discussed such a possibility in a chat room under a YouTube video. Paskar says that Nikiforov was contacted by some \"right people\" who gave him detailed instructions on how to buy ammunition, sign a contract and enter Ukraine, among other things. Apparently, the negotiations with him were conducted by members of the special services.\nOn 4 April 2023, Nikiforov was sentenced to six and a half years in a strict regime colony on charges of preparation for high treason.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Case of Evgeny Nikiforov on preparation for high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he intended to go to Ukraine and join the AFU. When he was detained, they allegedly found a questionnaire and an application for a contract with the AFU.\n","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 25.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.04.2023, Sentence: 6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-04T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-04T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/nikiforov-evgenij-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recfvYO7G6WN6m9Vx"},{"persecution_id":"recE9JcNzcSPBkQkI","last_updated":"2024-12-16T14:11:59.000Z","person_id":"recCfSQ2rUXg9eZVu","name_en":"Vasily Sbitnev","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Son of the former vice-mayor of Ozersk (Chelyabinsk Region). He actively criticised representatives of the authorities. He was prosecuted for calls to extremism and terrorism because of his calls to persecute \"thieves and criminals\". On 13 June 2023, Sbitnev was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_ended":"2024-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vasily Sbitnyev","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Sbitnev's acquaintances, the case was brought against the young man because of his posts in the Telegram channel \"MartyUSNOW/Ozersk\". In it, the author called for \"thieves and criminals\" to be chased out of the Ozyorsk city government and spoke about \"corrupt cops and prosecutors\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recE9JcNzcSPBkQkI"},{"persecution_id":"recB8GElL3CLLDYu0","last_updated":"2026-04-18T13:46:08.000Z","person_id":"recqEFK8VheqlP2V8","name_en":"Lilia Zhlobitskaya","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 12.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2023, Sentence: A fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-27T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-27T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recB8GElL3CLLDYu0"},{"persecution_id":"recgVSJzmEDFkPvjD","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recdMgWiZLP5P864g","name_en":"Artur Smirnov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In 2016, an investigation into the case of incitement to hatred was launched. On 20 August 2018, Artur Smirnov was charged in the final version. Smirnov was accused of publishing in \"VKontakte\" under the pseudonym \"Ankhen Nightmarish Dream Stirner\" texts directed against women. In the end, only one post remained in the case.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bagrationovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artur Smirnov","persecution_case_profile_en":"In 2014, he published a post on his personal social media page containing an image of a man striking a woman and a text in which the author uses harsh language about women, their inherent qualities and behaviour","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/08/d39886/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recgVSJzmEDFkPvjD"},{"persecution_id":"recCNsvuMup85AMP3","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recLkrr6DUuRsqvgv","name_en":"Stolbunov Andreii ","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Moscow resident, human rights defender, representative of Interregional Public Organization \"Spravedlivost\". He was accused of failing to comply with a court decision because in 2008 the court ordered the portal \"Spravedlivost\" to publish a refutation of a number of articles featuring the names of the former Minister of Transport of the Moscow Region, Petr Katsyva, and his confidants. At the same time, the site \"Spravedlivost\" repeatedly published refutations of the materials. The court refused to terminate the enforcement proceedings until the plaintiffs gave their consent. No explanation was given as to what the rebuttal should look like. On 13 August 2013, Stolbunov was sentenced to a fine of 800,000 rubles. On 22 January 2015, the court released him from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution. 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A case was brought against him for discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation, incitement to hatred and calls to extremism. On 29 June 2023, Romanov was sentenced to two-year suspended sentence with a probation period of two years.\n\nOn 29 October 2025, Romanov was included in the The Federal Financial Monitoring Service list of extremists and terrorists, with a marking that is placed with the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles. Court records show that at that time he was in a pre-trial detention centre. A case of calls to terrorism was opened against Romanov. 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On 29 December 2022, he was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Vadim Kotov's case of lighting a cigarette from the Eternal Flame","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 19 November 2021, Kotov posted a video on VKontakte, in which he approached the memorial complex \"Rubezh Slavy\" in Istra and lit a cigarette from the Eternal Flame. 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Samsonov's case about the photo on the website of the Immortal Regiment","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 4 May 2020, Samsonov submitted requests to place a photo of a tank crew of the SS Division \"Dead Head\" against the background of a German tank for display during the online campaign \"Immortal Regiment\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-05-19T12:43:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-05-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/05/d46303/?sphrase_id=2006340\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recYOObpOYmCQdLK8"},{"persecution_id":"rec9G0342jlSslqib","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recxpFFy8l5pN3Bsr","name_en":"Alexey Savkov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 148 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 148 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Savkov's case of offence to the religious feelings of believers","persecution_case_profile_en":"Publication of an offensive comment on the Annunciation in VKontakte","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9G0342jlSslqib"},{"persecution_id":"recVBWeXzLSQUho7U","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recNoNSumdVzRGxIx","name_en":"Daniil Shirokov","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"According to law enforcement authorities, Shirokov joined the banned \"AUE\" movement (“Arestantsky. Uklad. Edin,” or “Prison. Order. Universal”) no later than March 2020 and \"actively participated in [its] activities\", which, among other things, \"took the form of observing so-called 'thieves' rules' and cultivating the foundations of prison life, as well as making statements in support of the AUE movement and demonstrating his adherence to the said movement among his peers\". On 22 February 2022, he was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maykop"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_ended":"2025-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Daniil Shirokov's case of participation in AUE","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the law enforcement authorities, Shirokov joined the banned AUE movement no later than March 2020 and \"actively participated in [its] activities\", which, among other things, \"took the form of observing the so-called 'thieves' rules' and cultivating prison life, as well as making statements in support of the AUE movement and demonstrating his adherence to the said movement among his peers\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 04.04.2022 to 03.04.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.03.2022, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-03-22T06:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-03-22T06:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 08-02-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/02/d43628/?sphrase_id=1808491\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recVBWeXzLSQUho7U"},{"persecution_id":"rec93lVoFJWMGA1Kx","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:05:53.000Z","person_id":"recVhKBX3zwMFyYNj","name_en":"Khristoliub Bozhii Vegan","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attg1t9HWXp1odGod.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attg1t9HWXp1odGod.jpg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-01-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"YouTube-blogger from Voronezh. A criminal case was opened against him for rehabilitation of Nazism and insulting the feelings of believers because of his videos about Soviet soldiers and condemnation of the Koran. On 23 January 2023, he was detained, after which, in his own words, he spent about 40 days in a pre-trial detention centre and a psychiatric hospital. In March, Vegan was released on his own recognisance. During the search, all equipment was seized from him, which was eventually returned almost in full. On 5 February 2025, Vegan was sentenced to three years in a penal colony.\nOn 13 October 2025, Vegan was detained in Voronezh with an anti-war poster. The next day he was fined 30,000 roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the RF Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and taken into custody, with a view to later sending him to a penal colony. No later than January 2026, he was transferred to a general regime colony upon the administration's submission. On 17 April 2026, Vegan's father reported that he had died in custody. The father was later told that Vegan had been found hanged in the SHIZO.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","354.1","148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 354.1","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 1, Article 148"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Khristoliub Vegan's case","case_number":"2-20/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the charges under paragraphs \"c\" part 2 and part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code was a video uploaded by Vegan on YouTube, which, according to the investigation, \"contains expressions of contemptuous and negative attitude to the actions of the leadership, commanders and soldiers of the Red Army during World War II, namely the distribution of knowingly false information about the activities of the USSR during World War II, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, as well as insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland, humiliation of their honour and dignity\". VInitially, Vegan spoke about \"russist aggression\" and stated that \"all armies, absolutely, when they participated in large massacres, always [recruited] convicts, people who had been in prisons.\" \nThe charge under part 1 of article 148 of the Criminal Code is related to the fact that, according to the investigation, \"in July and December 2022, the accused, sharing extremist views, in order to insult the religious feelings of believers, 'posted two video files on a video hosting platform containing signs of negative attitude toward the religion of Islam and the religious literature 'Quran.'\"","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2023\n• temporary hospitalisation:  to 01.03.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 01.03.2023 to 20.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 10 of the Voronezh Region Penitentiary Department\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Voronezh region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n• punishment cell: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 10 of the Voronezh Region Penitentiary Department\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 10 of the Voronezh Region Penitentiary Department\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 10 of the Voronezh Region Penitentiary Department\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 17.04.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Voronezh region\"\n• Unknown: \n• punishment cell:  to 17.04.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Voronezh region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.02.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in an open prison, compulsory psychiatric treatment, ban on publishing posts on the Internet for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Compulsory treatment","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in an open prison, compulsory psychiatric treatment, ban on publishing posts on the Internet for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-05T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 08-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/11/d48897/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-10-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/vegan-hristolyub-bozhij\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec93lVoFJWMGA1Kx"},{"persecution_id":"recc3Jre2epGSM1Pg","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recsRwvTWxIqe3NFP","name_en":"Igor Gladkov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"14 April 2021 fined for atheist comments in Penza's city blogs","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_ended":"2021-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Igor Gladkov's case of offending religious feelings","case_number":"№1-15/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"Igor Gladkov, a resident of Penza, left several comments with atheistic content in the city's VKontakte group. A case was opened under Article 148, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on insulting the feelings of believers. Gladkov pleaded guilty and cooperated with the investigation. On 14 April 2021, the court passed a verdict finding Gladkov guilty and awarded him a fine of 20,000 rubles.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 14-04-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/04/d45376/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recc3Jre2epGSM1Pg"},{"persecution_id":"recmmQ2nDO0lq6fc8","last_updated":"2025-03-19T07:29:59.000Z","person_id":"recfOM91TiV7eFPxI","name_en":" Unknown person 2","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","story_en":"The case was apparently initiated in connection with the activities of the church \"New Generation\"; the reason was presumably a conference in Ramenskoye near Moscow. On 29 September 2023, the verdict was handed down, details unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ramenskoye"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"New Generation\""],"case_name_en":"The case of an unknown person","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.09.2023","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-29T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recmmQ2nDO0lq6fc8"},{"persecution_id":"rec4KJEdu8WZEeL5e","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recU9DeKkKPnMHps8","name_en":"Aysen Nikolaev","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yakutia. A case was brought against him for calling for violation of territorial integrity. On 8 July 2020, he was sentenced to 150 hours of community service.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Mirny"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakha Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SA"],"persecution_ended":"2023-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.1"],"case_name_en":"Aysen Nikolaev's case on calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was comments on VKontakte about the need to separate Yakutia from the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.07.2020, Sentence: 150 hours of community service with deprivation of the right to engage in activities involving the use of information and telecommunications networks (including the Internet) for a period of 1 year and 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"150 hours of community service with deprivation of the right to engage in activities involving the use of information and telecommunications networks (including the Internet) for a period of 1 year and 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-07-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-07-07T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4KJEdu8WZEeL5e"},{"persecution_id":"recNbCvtGcLob7KyC","last_updated":"2025-10-30T16:31:58.000Z","person_id":"rec3IA0E6RCYgfDIQ","name_en":" Unknown male 59","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Angarsk (Irkutsk Region). A case was brought against him for calls to violate territorial integrity. On 18 September 2017, the court decided to send him for compulsory treatment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.1"],"case_name_en":"Case of an Angarsk resident on calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court's version, in January 2016, a resident of Angarsk in an insane state went online via a mobile device and \"called for actions aimed at creating a separate republic from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean\".","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.09.2017, Sentence: sent to compulsory treatment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"sent to compulsory treatment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-09-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-09-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNbCvtGcLob7KyC"},{"persecution_id":"recAU2JYdWBdiJvaS","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"recOwqyNaRKQQytBY","name_en":"Alibek Kartaiganov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Vladivostok. He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities – organising meetings and worship services, as well as converting new followers. The court dropped the charges against Kartaiganov on 10 February 2023.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","case_number":"1-79/2023 (1-532/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kartajganov-alibek-berikovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Lialiaev regularly posted on his VKontakte page, sharing either critical poems or comments targeting the Russian authorities and the war in Ukraine. In October and November 2022, Lialiaev was repeatedly fined under administrative charges. One fine of 30,000 roubles was issued under the article on “discrediting the army” (Article 20.3.3 of Code of Administrative Offences) for a post that read: “fresh lamb is off to slaughter.” Another fine of the same amount was imposed under the article on “disrespect towards the authorities” (Part 3 of Article 20.1) for an image of Putin with Hitler-style moustache and haircut. He was also fined twice — 1,000 roubles each time — under the article on displaying banned symbols (Article 20.3), for depicting Putin both as Hitler and with tattoos associated with criminal subculture.\n\nLialiaev was charged with “public incitement to extremism” and with “repeated display of Nazi or extremist symbols,” as well as with “spreading fake news” about the Armed Forces. On 11 September 2023, he was sentenced in the first case to two years in an open prison. On 20 November 2023, in the “fake news” case, he received a further six-month sentence in an open prison. Taking into account the previous verdict, the total sentence amounted to two years and two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 1, Article 282.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmintry Lyalyaev's case of calls for extremism and repeated demonstration of prohibited symbols.","persecution_case_profile_en":"Earlier Lyalyaev was fined twice for 1,000 rubles (ca US$11) each under the article on the demonstration of prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code) for the caricature of Putin depicted as Hitler and for the image of him \"with tattoos used in the criminal world\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 11 of the Saratov Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.12.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 11 of the Saratov Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 11 of the Saratov Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.09.2023, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in an open prison, prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of web-sites for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in an open prison, prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of web-sites for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-11T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-11T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 21-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/10/d48804/?sphrase_id=2010424\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-12-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/lyalyaev-dmitrij-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"receFuQC9YJdknGYu"},{"persecution_id":"recGybMvjjANANbP1","last_updated":"2025-07-24T16:46:18.000Z","person_id":"recyGu5VKySaf7vjk","name_en":"Yulia Tishchenko","birth_year":1980,"age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Tishchenko, a resident of Aleksin (Tula region), purportedly resided in Ukraine previously. According to the verdict, Tishchenko's son serves in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A case was initiated against her for inciting activities deemed to threaten the security of the Russian Federation. Tishchenko was subsequently detained and taken into custody. On 13 December 2023, she was sentenced to four years in a medium-security prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Aleksin"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yulia Tishchenko on calls for activities threatening the security of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Tishchenko allegedly posted a message on Facebook urging to support the Ukrainian army financially.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 28.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.03.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.12.2023, Sentence: 4 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites, electronic and information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 (three) years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites, electronic and information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 (three) years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-13T08:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-13T08:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-03-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/tishhenko-yuliya-viktorovna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recGybMvjjANANbP1"},{"persecution_id":"recHYUXouUXKYqJjX","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"rec7p2UIz2t4TaSKV","name_en":"Piruz Peikrishvili","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Periz Peikrishviki is a resident of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, a driver. He considers himself a citizen of the USSR. A case was initiated against him for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. On 13 December 2023, Peikrishvili was given 1 year of suspended sentence. In May 2024, a new case was brought to court — once again concerning the discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as the spread of \"fakes\" about them. On 10 September 2024, Peikrishvili was taken into custody. On 12 December 2024, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony. Taking into account his previous sentence, the total sentence amounted to six and a half years. On 27 February 2025, the court of appeal cancelled the part of the verdict that combined the two terms, since the publications that led to the second case had been published before the verdict in the first case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Piruz Peikrishvili's case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-222/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the press release of the court that passed the verdict, the reason for the case was a video dedicated to the presidential decree \"On conscription of citizens of the Russian Federation staying in reserve for military training in 2023\", in which Peikrishvili \"gave a negative characterisation of the goals and nature of the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, called the actions of representatives of the state authorities of the Russian Federation as deceitful, treacherous, aimed at the destruction of their own people, while encouraging actions against the functioning of the armed forces of the Russian Federation\".\nIn May 2023, Peikrishvili was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a video published on an unnamed social network.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.12.2023, Sentence: 1 year's suspended sentence with 2 years' probation, with 2 years' deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the placement of information on the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's suspended sentence with 2 years' probation, with 2 years' deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the placement of information on the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-13T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-13T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHYUXouUXKYqJjX"},{"persecution_id":"recpVJBp9xKwju2Zp","last_updated":"2025-09-15T06:12:29.000Z","person_id":"recLAW9JErWFaiTQ7","name_en":"Grigory Sverdlin","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Head of the project \"Go to the Forest\", former director of Nochlezhka. On 17 November 2023 he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In November 2023, he was declared wanted.\n\nOn 1 July 2025, a criminal case against Sverdlin was brought to court under the article on spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army with a hate motive. The reason for the prosecution was his post of 3 April 2022 on VKontakte, in which he wrote about the killings of civilians in Bucha.\n\nOn 9 September, a court sentenced Sverdlin in absentia to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Grigory Sverdlin’s case","case_number":"01-0538/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Mediazona, the case was based on Sverdlin's post of 3 April 2022 on VKontakte, in which he wrote about the killings of civilians in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.09.2025, Sentence: 6 years imprisonment in a general regime colony in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years imprisonment in a general regime colony in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-09T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-09T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpVJBp9xKwju2Zp"},{"persecution_id":"recHZX42sjxwAQcR0","last_updated":"2025-01-06T08:23:31.000Z","person_id":"recgTYCrBhEqKdJUb","name_en":"Mikhail Lyakh","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Krasnodar resident. A case was brought against him for calling for activities threatening the security of Russian Federation. On April 9th 2024, he was sentenced to a fine of one million roubles. On July 2nd 2024, the appeal court changed the sentence to three years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Lyakh's case on calls for actions threatening the security of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-1735/2023","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.07.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2024, Sentence: a fine of 1 million roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 1 million roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","first_verdict_date":"2024-04-09T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-09T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHZX42sjxwAQcR0"},{"persecution_id":"recqVha717JkmcNzH","last_updated":"2026-04-18T09:42:51.000Z","person_id":"recbERoMtVhsILC0x","name_en":"Maxim Chishkovsky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnf7vHgCwqGeRr0.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnf7vHgCwqGeRr0.jpg"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladivostok. By his own admission, in September 2022, he threw a Molotov cocktail to the window of a military recruitment office. He calls it a manifestation of his civil position. On 29 June 2023, Chishkovsky was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Maxim Chishkovsky’s case of setting fire to a military recruitment office","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for initiating the case was arson of a military recruitment centre in Vladivostok committed in September 2022.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 30.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.10.2023 to 21.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n• Unknown: from 21.01.2024\n• Unknown: from 11.02.2024 to 17.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.06.2023, Sentence: 11 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-07-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/chishkovskij-maksim-sergeevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recqVha717JkmcNzH"},{"persecution_id":"recRIvlYJh9e1DdTl","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:21:45.000Z","person_id":"recMpbjHIkOFVFup7","name_en":"Rais Mavliutov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attAnnsuy0OTzEFa0.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attAnnsuy0OTzEFa0.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 23 September 2019, was detained in Toliatti as part of a criminal case on the activities of a terrorist organisation. Taken to Kazan, where the court placed him in custody.\n\nOn 22 April 2021, sentenced to 23 years in a strict-regime penal colony.\n\nIn December 2023, it became known that a new case was brought against Mavliutov - on facilitation of terrorist activities. On 24 May 2024, he was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in connection with this case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Rais Mavliutov's case on facilitation of terrorism","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 04.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.05.2024, Sentence: 10 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-23T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-23T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRIvlYJh9e1DdTl"},{"persecution_id":"reciDEGmmn9WtbIae","last_updated":"2026-04-29T19:20:04.000Z","person_id":"reclSSG9VvQ0IEnop","name_en":"Vladimir Shafirov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"a resident of Buryatia. In 2021, he left Russia and was in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol when the full-scale invasion began. In December 2023 it became known that Shafirov was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of an anti-mobilisation video. 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A case was brought against him for insulting the feelings of believers because of pictures in Odnoklassniki. On 14 December 2023, Budayev was sentenced to a fine of 50 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_ended":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Anatoly Budayev's case of offence to the feelings of believers","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published materials in Odnoklassniki, \"the content of which is a mockery of the religious feelings of Christians and is aimed at offending their religious feelings\". The regional prosecutor's office specified that from March 2021 to July 2022, the accused repeatedly posted images in Odnoklassniki that could offend the feelings of believers, in particular, \"pictures of a clergyman burning a girl at the stake, as well as a clergyman standing on the floor with an image of Nazi swastika, etc.\". As noted in the court's press release, he published 11 of such pictures.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.12.2023, Sentence: a fine of 50 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 50 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 22-12-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47865/?sphrase_id=2013050\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recDFsyKz6XDQABFE"},{"persecution_id":"recot38ChvUsz9Y2W","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec1ehYxTgde9MbYi","name_en":"Igor Mironchik","birth_year":1970,"age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"According to media reports in 2017, at the time of the banning of Jehovah's Witnesses, he was the head of the Murmansk community of Witnesses.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Igor Mironchik about participation in the activities of an extremist organization","persecution_case_profile_en":"He is accused of committing an offence under part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. 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She left Russia in March 2022. In January 2024, it became known that Fomina was prosecuted for \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, related to an interview she conducted in July 2022 with serviceman Daniil Frolkin - during the conversation with the journalist, he confessed his involvement in the killing of civilians in the Kiev region and other crimes. A similar case was also brought against Frolkin, and he was sentenced to five and a half years suspended sentence. TASS in a report on the case against Fomina, claimed that the journalist had promised to help Frolkin to leave for one of the NATO countries where he could seek political asylum, but she failed to keep her promise.\nOn 17 June 2024 it became known that Fomina was declared wanted. On the same day she was arrested in absentia in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The reason was the interview with Frolkin. On 31 March 2025, Fomina was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of iStories media publication"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ekaterina Fomina and Roman Anin of \"fake facts\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"01-0437/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the interview that the journalist conducted with serviceman Daniil Frolkin, in which he confessed his involvement in the killings of civilians in the Kiev Region and other crimes. TASS claims that Fomina told Frolkin that she had materials compromising him, and in exchange for not disclosing it, he gave her an interview \"containing false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 17.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.03.2025, Sentence: 8 years 6 months' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 6 months' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-31T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-31T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNqnKXXPp5uldzO"},{"persecution_id":"recAwhf1Vvklz6C5i","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recYYNS6z3sAfsnVp","name_en":"Vladislav Vishnevsky","birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chita. In January 2024, it became known that he is on the same case with Chita anarchists Alexander Snezhkov and Lyubov Lizunova, who attracted the attention of law enforcers because of the graffiti \"Death to the regime\" and the Telegram channels they maintained. Vishnevsky is accused of vandalism and calls for extremism. On 25 April 2024 he was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti","publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Chita anarchists","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2024, Sentence: 1 year 6 months of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-25T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-25T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAwhf1Vvklz6C5i"},{"persecution_id":"rec3ob2SAjdfdZNc2","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recWie0EVtRM4WsIN","name_en":"Leonid Nevzlin","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Israel"],"story_en":"Entrepreneur, lives in Israel. In the past, he was one of the heads of the Yukos oil company, one of the presidents of the Russian Jewish Congress, rector of the Russian State University for the Humanities, and a member of the Federation Council. On 4 July 2003 Nevzlin was summoned for questioning in the case of Platon Lebedev, one of the co-owners of Yukos, about the theft of Apatit shares. Shortly thereafter, he left for Israel. In January 2004, Nevzlin was put on the wanted list on charges of embezzlement of property and tax evasion. Later he was also accused of organising murders and attempted murders. On 1 August 2008, Nevzlin was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment.\nOn 24 May 2013, Nevzlin was sentenced in absentia to six years' imprisonment in a new case involving the embezzlement of shares in the Eastern Oil Company, which was taken over by Yukos.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 160 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["160"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 160 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Leonid Nevzlin share embezzlement case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he embezzled shares of the Eastern Oil Company.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.05.2013, Sentence: 6 years imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2013-05-23T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-05-23T20:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3ob2SAjdfdZNc2"},{"persecution_id":"rec6lOA5PbPxuUGoh","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"recZBaJT6XRldNy1i","name_en":"Vyacheslav Rossokhin","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Komi, Rossokhin was charged with calls to terrorism following comments deemed as public incitement to attacks on the life of a Russian statesman. Komiinform released footage showing his detention by FSB officers, who pulled him from the passenger seat of a lorry and forced him face down into the snow.\n\nIn March 2023, Rossokhin was added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of extremists and terrorists. On 24 July 2023, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vyacheslav Rossokhin's case on justification of terrorism because of a comment in the VK social network","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he repeatedly posted comments on his VKontakte account in public groups that called for attacks on the life of a Russian official.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 09.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.07.2023, Sentence: Sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime penal colony and a two year ban on administering websites","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime penal colony and a two year ban on administering websites","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-23T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6lOA5PbPxuUGoh"},{"persecution_id":"recLDxRYs8ji1XOJI","last_updated":"2024-04-24T12:17:39.000Z","person_id":"recgiipFM24JCcH9R","name_en":"Natalia Belyavskaya","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Znamensk (Astrakhan Region). A case was brought against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 30 January 2024, Belyavskaya was sentenced to eight months of corrective labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Natalia Belyavskaya on \"fake facts\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-35/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for  for initiating the case was certain publications in April 2022 \"on the physical destruction by Russian military personnel of the civilian population on the territory of Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2024, Sentence: 8 months of corrective labour with a deduction of 10% from monthly wages to the state's income","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 months of corrective labour with a deduction of 10% from monthly wages to the state's income","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-30T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-30T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLDxRYs8ji1XOJI"},{"persecution_id":"rec4xjotwd7aDuRgT","last_updated":"2025-01-27T23:33:47.000Z","person_id":"recdNYErdZEf5wPXN","name_en":"Raisa Mikhaleva","birth_year":1948,"age":78,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Novokuznetsk. A case of vandalism was brought against her for drawing anti-war inscriptions on the walls of houses. In early 2024, Mikhaleva was sentenced to a year and two months of restriction of freedom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokuznetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Raisa Mikhaleva vandalism case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, in December 2022, she put anti-war slogans on the walls of the hall's entrances with a marker.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 01.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.02.2024 to 01.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.02.2024, Sentence: 1 year 2 months of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 2 months of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-04T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4xjotwd7aDuRgT"},{"persecution_id":"recOKXtKZdaoXWQWU","last_updated":"2024-04-22T15:56:08.000Z","person_id":"reciGHA9SQgntTKR8","name_en":"Alexey Moiseyev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Barnaul, a major city in Siberia. In 2022, he was convicted under an administrative article on participation in the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation - presumably because of his participation in a conference of the New Generation Church in Ramenskoye near Moscow. A similar criminal case was then brought against him. On 30 January 2024, Moiseyev was sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"New Generation\""],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Barnaul","persecution_case_profile_en":"In 2022, he was brought to administrative responsibility in connection with participation in conferences of the New Generation Church. 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In November 2022, he learnt that his unit would be sent to war in Ukraine. He informed the commander that he \"did not want to kill people\" and requested a transfer to alternative military service, but his request was denied. Even before mobilisation, Krenik had a back condition, but he was still declared fit for military service with minor restrictions. After conscription, he lived in a tent camp, where he developed a back cold. He was examined at a military hospital, where he was prescribed painkillers. When the company commander demanded Krenik's military ID to assign him a weapon, he realised that he would soon be sent to a war zone without resolving his request for alternative service or receiving the opportunity to heal his back. As a result, the mobilised man's \"psycho-emotional state severely deteriorated,\" and he returned home the same day. At home, Krenik attempted suicide, but his mother dissuaded him. He then sought psychiatric help and was treated in an inpatient facility for a time before continuing therapy at home. In April 2023, the military came to his home, but Krenik was not present at the time. When he was eventually apprehended, he stated that he had no intention of evading service but was attempting to secure a transfer to alternative service. To that end, he applied to the prosecutor's office and the human rights ombudsman, among others. Krenik also stated that he planned to return to his unit in April 2023, but his acute back pain prevented him from doing so. Initially, Krenik was charged with desertion (part 3 of article 338 of the Criminal Code), but during the trial, the prosecutor requested that the charge be reclassified to unauthorised abandonment of the unit for more than a month during mobilisation. On 27 December 2023, Krenik was sentenced to five years in a colony-settlement.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 5,  Article 337 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["337"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 5, Article 337"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Krenik's case of unauthorised abandonment of a unit","persecution_case_profile_en":"He informed his commander that he \"did not want to kill people\" and asked to be transferred to alternative military service, but his request was refused. When he realised that he was going to be sent to a combat zone, he went home.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.12.2023, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a colony-settlement.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a colony-settlement.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-07-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/krenik-vladislav-vadimovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recGCyPSOVQhoLpZf"},{"persecution_id":"recetuNXfGDcnveqe","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec74xr3W7OFRY7DH","name_en":"Alexey Shcherba","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Dzerzhinsk (Nizhny Novgorod Region). On 19 April 2023, he was fined 30 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the CAO) and twice one thousand rubles under the article on public demonstration of prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the CAO). A criminal case was opened against Shcherba for dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 4 April 2024, a verdict was passed, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Dzerzhinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Shcherba's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-257/2024","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.04.2024, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-04T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-04T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recetuNXfGDcnveqe"},{"persecution_id":"rec4Cj9vOU062qVxQ","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:08:18.000Z","person_id":"recgJ4ze8j9e1KZSO","name_en":"Roman Rubanov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. In February 2019, a criminal case was opened against him for not complying with a court order to remove the film \"He is Not Dimon to You\" from YouTube. Rubanov left Russia, he was put on the wanted list.\nIt was later revealed that Rubanov was under investigation in the case against Alexei Navalny for alleged misappropriation of funds donated to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. It was also reported that Rubanov was named in the case of an extremist organization against Navalny and his associates.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 315 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["315"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 315 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["The case of refusing to remove \"He Is Not Dimon to You\" documentary"],"case_name_en":"Case of Roman Rubanov for not removing the film \"He Is Not Dimon to You\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he failed to comply with the court decision on the lawsuit of businessman Alisher Usmanov and did not remove the film \"He is Not Dimon to You\" from YouTube","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4Cj9vOU062qVxQ"},{"persecution_id":"recRvwJeEmInlw5Fh","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recwJ6pCXoPKvoWLb","name_en":"Sergey Mikhalev","birth_year":1982,"age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Prokopyevsk (Kemerovo Oblast). On 10 March 2022, he was fined five thousand roubles based on an administrative case for participating in the activities of an undesirable organisation due to the New Generation Church conference in Ramenskoye near Moscow. A criminal case was initiated against Mikhalev based on similar charges. Apparently, on 8 February 2024, he was sentenced to a year of compulsory labour at a state-run work site.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Prokopyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"New Generation\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Mikhalev","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 10 March 2022, he was fined five thousand roubles based on an administrative case for participating in the activities of an undesirable organisation due to the New Generation Church conference in Ramenskoye near Moscow.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.02.2024, Sentence:  1 year of compulsory labour at a state-run work site.","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":" 1 year of compulsory labour at a state-run work site.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-08T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-08T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRvwJeEmInlw5Fh"},{"persecution_id":"rec4OW41Crl8FsO9I","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recpN6icpn1C8hwV2","name_en":"Oleg Sharin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kemerovo Oblast. In March 2022, he was fined 7,000 rubles in an administrative case for participating in the activities of an “undesirable organization”—presumably related to the activities of the New Generation church. He was later prosecuted on a criminal case under a similar charge. On 25 September 2024, Sharin was sentenced; further details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Prokopyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"New Generation\""],"case_name_en":"Oleg Sharin's case","case_number":"1-71/2024 (1-204/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"In March 2022, he was fined 7,000 rubles in an administrative case for participating in the activities of an “undesirable organization”—presumably related to the activities of the New Generation church.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.09.2024, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-25T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-25T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4OW41Crl8FsO9I"},{"persecution_id":"recVnQt44rCBDChHK","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"reckRUiu4T5zeuLx8","name_en":"Mark Liakh","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Crimea. No later than autumn 2023, a case was initiated against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea"],"case_name_en":"The case of four Jehovah’s Witnesses in Crimea","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he carried out active organizational activities by arranging “propaganda meetings” at which the texts and doctrinal tenets of Jehovah’s Witnesses were discussed.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 30-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/12/d47348/?sphrase_id=2645583\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recVnQt44rCBDChHK"},{"persecution_id":"rec8Qs7JaL3QaogWl","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:40:11.000Z","person_id":"recEMxI2tYarpHINA","name_en":"Ivan Efanov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Crimea. No later than summer 2023, he was charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation and financing extremist activities.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea"],"case_name_en":"The case of four Jehovah’s Witnesses in Crimea","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he “committed active actions of an organisational nature that were expressed in the organisation of propaganda meetings at which discussions were held on the texts and religious tenets of Jehovah’s Witnesses”.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 30-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/12/d47348/?sphrase_id=2645583\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. 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According to Mediazona, this was connected with publications about their proposal to remove Vladimir Putin from the office of the President \"in connection with high treason.\" On September 13, the Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg acknowledged that the municipal council of the district could be dissolved. The prosecutor's office had made such a request back in July 2021, but the case was suspended in November. It was resumed on the day the deputies appealed to the State Duma. On March 20, 2024, the Smolninsky council was dissolved by the city authorities of St. Petersburg. Additionally, when the appeal was received in the State Duma, United Russia deputy Mikhail Romanov forwarded the document to Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, and Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, as reported by Rotonda. The United Russia requested an investigation into Yuferev's actions, stating that he \"repeatedly publicly spread information aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.\" Yuferev left Russia in October 2022.\n\nIn March 2024, it was reported that a criminal case had been opened against Yuferev for discrediting the Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Yuferev's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was triggered by three tweets: in them, he explains why he refuses to pay a fine under the protocol on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation), issued to him on September 14, 2022, and discusses an article by the German publication Die Zeit about his municipality, Smolninskoye. In another tweet, the MP shared statistics on the death toll in Ukraine with a reference to UN data.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 24.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receBe2pqPQjN9wbx"},{"persecution_id":"recVETwBceUSP6Fh0","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recuNIcChZ74hiW35","name_en":"Egor Karpunin","birth_year":2003,"age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kaluga Region. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On April 19th 2024, a verdict was passed, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Egor Karpunin's case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-73/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he pasted leaflets with a QR code, \"linking to the information resource of the organisation banned in the Russian Federation and thus get access to the publication containing information discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\" on the walls of apartment buildings in one of the settlements in Borovsky district of Kaluga region.\n\nOn June 27th 2022, Karpunin was fined under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the CAO) because of a solitary picket he held in Moscow.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.04.2024, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-19T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-19T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVETwBceUSP6Fh0"},{"persecution_id":"recinUKeDIHBUytAf","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rectBG3IRoAP0lsKa","name_en":"Alisher Rakhimov","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Moscow, a native of Tajikistan. A case was brought against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 3 August 2016, he was sentenced, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alisher Rakhimov case","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.08.2016","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2016-08-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-08-02T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recinUKeDIHBUytAf"},{"persecution_id":"rec02WpqMDs4bdA3W","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reccvhgFmmi9FMhJy","name_en":"Anatoly Kudryashov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Administrative charges for discrediting the Armed Forces were brought against a person with such name, patronymic and surname in Nyagan (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District) and criminal charges for discrediting the Armed Forces, in Ufa. On April 16, 2024, Kudryashov was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony on the criminal charges. On May,14, the appeal court commuted the sentence to a fine of 150 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anatoly Kudryashov's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-208/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"On June 20, 2022, Kudryashov's full namesake was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) in Nyagan (Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug) because of several anti-war comments under posts in the Nyagan [TN] public page. \"Come to your senses, people!!! You are being forced to kill each other by those who have been planning this war for over nine years!!!! Then they shot at both sides to make a conflict! And then they brainwashed you for 8 years!!!\" - he wrote in one of them. The charges were also based on the post on his VKontakte page saying \"Before you help someone, ask him if he needs it...\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.04.2024, Sentence: 1 year 6 months of imprisonment in a penal colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months of imprisonment in a penal colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 1 year","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-16T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-16T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec02WpqMDs4bdA3W"},{"persecution_id":"recWy6rPncnJdQ7cw","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:04:10.000Z","person_id":"rec4fn7iuSzggq4x7","name_en":"Irina Nippolainen","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Segezha (Karelia). In March 2023, she was visited with an inspection of her premises; at that time it was reported that she was facing a criminal case for calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. Nippolainen left Russia. In April 2024, it became known that a case was brought against her for disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 207.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces in Segezha","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated based on certain posts made on \"VKontakte\" in 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWy6rPncnJdQ7cw"},{"persecution_id":"recBQ4hArXwN5Sdtg","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"recdb9C3JSo3lHBzJ","name_en":"Andrei Staroverov","birth_year":1961,"age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Andrei Staroverov was a deputy of the Lensovet - Petrosovet (1990-1993). 15 years ago, he moved from St. Petersburg to the village of Pes in Khvoininsky District of Novgorod region, where he took an active part in public life: he opposed the liquidation of rural settlements, centralisation of power, and unaccountability of the authorities.\n\nIn February 2023, Staroverov appeared in a film about the destruction of local self-government in the Novgorod region.\n\nOn April 5, 2024, he was searched in a libel case because of a social media post about the first deputy head of the administration of the village of Pes, Inna Fedorova, in which he wrote that she was guilty of genocide and that all officials held their positions illegally. During the search, Staroverov refused to give the policeman his lawyer's phone. When the law enforcer tried to take it away, he put his hand with the phone behind his back. The policeman later claimed that the activist hit him. In addition, Staroverov refused to sign procedural documents: he tore up the search report and threw its scraps in the face of the investigator. In October 2024, it became known that two more cases were brought against him: the use of violence against a police officer and obstruction of the investigation. On December 3, 2024, Staroverov was sentenced under these two articles to a fine of 80 thousand rubles.\n\nIn February 2025, a new case was brought against Staroverov for insulting the victim in the previous case, the police investigator, in court. In July, he was sentenced to a fine of 25 thousand rubles.\n\nOn November 6, 2025, Staroverov died.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NGR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 128.1 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Staroverov's libel case","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBQ4hArXwN5Sdtg"},{"persecution_id":"recVN95Llqeq6qFtY","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recmYnhkYahNbgIQ5","name_en":"Zelimkhan Ganzhuev","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was imprisoned in colony No. 12 in Nizhny Novgorod region, where a criminal case for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was initiated against him. Ganzhuev himself stated that the charges were brought because he refused to cooperate with the FSB. His lawyer asserted that his client did not know some of the other defendants in the case and did not participate in the organisation’s activities at all. Ganzhuev was charged with involvement in the activities of the movement “At-Takfir wal-Hijra”; some experts believe that there is no evidence that such a movement exists. According to Ganzhuev, the authorities classified as an extremist organisation a group of Muslims who merely prayed together and communicated with one another.\nOn 22 December 2023, he was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Zelimkhan Ganzhuev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he became the leader of the organisation in the penal colony after the previous leader was released. According to Ganzhuev, a group of Muslims who merely prayed together and communicated with one another was classified as an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.12.2023, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-22T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-22T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recVN95Llqeq6qFtY"},{"persecution_id":"recOP5It7qpqRcX6c","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"rec7RcldhH68JMQ2E","name_en":"Dmitriy Romanov","birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Togliatti. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, public justification of terrorism and repeated demonstration of prohibited symbols. In March 2024, court hearings began. On 13 September 2024, under the article on justification of terrorism Romanov was sentenced to a fine of 30 thousand rubles with a ban on administering websites for two years, and under the article on banned symbols - to a fine of 20 thousand rubles. In total, he was sentenced to a fine of 45 thousand rubles  along with a ban on administrating websites. The prosecution under the article on repeated discrediting of the army of the Russian Federation was terminated due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. The relatively small amount of the fine can be explained by the fact that Romanov was a minor at the time of the \"offence\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Romanov's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, public justification of terrorism and repeated demonstration of prohibited symbols","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.09.2024, Sentence: Under the article on justification of terrorism he was sentenced to a fine of 30 thousand rubles with a ban on administering websites for two years, and under the article on banned symbols to a fine of 20 thousand rubles. In total, he was fined 45 thousand rubles with a ban on administering websites.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Under the article on justification of terrorism he was sentenced to a fine of 30 thousand rubles with a ban on administering websites for two years, and under the article on banned symbols to a fine of 20 thousand rubles. In total, he was fined 45 thousand rubles with a ban on administering websites.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":45,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-13T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-13T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOP5It7qpqRcX6c"},{"persecution_id":"recpxQ7eNccqjiXSH","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"rec5zB4C59uzg38F2","name_en":"Radmir Mustafin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case of abuse of the flag of the Russian Federation was initiated due to two antics with an armband. On 6 March 2024, the court referred the case for jurisdiction. On 31 May 2024 Mustafin was sentenced, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 329"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of serviceman's abuse of an armband","case_number":"1-87/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the presence of other people, he tore off the armband with the Russian flag from his uniform and trampled it with the words \"Glory to Ukraine!\", and on another day in the presence of \"third parties\" defiantly flushed the armband down the toilet.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.05.2024, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-31T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-31T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpxQ7eNccqjiXSH"},{"persecution_id":"recqHm5MHneCLOQV2","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recKfYy6hRcUj0qBc","name_en":"Denis Mamedov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A former employee of the North Caucasus Regional Forensic Expertise Centre of the Ministry of Justice, he lived in Stavropol. After his wife Maria Mamedova was threatened for refusing to organise fundraising for mobilised people, they left Russia. Two weeks after their departure, law enforcers visited Mamedov's parents. After leaving Russia, the Mamedovs began to actively make anti-war publications on social networks. In addition, the couple sent an anti-war letter to the work email addresses of all Russian laboratories and forensic centres, and sent several dozen complaints to government agencies demanding an end to the war. In response, government agencies threatened the activists with criminal proceedings. As a result, a case of spreading \"fakes\" about the army was brought against both activists. They were put on a wanted list. On 17 October 2023, the court ruled to arrest them in absentia. On 12 April, Mammadov was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison.\nLater it became known that a case of terrorism facilitation was opened against Mammadov and he was arrested in absentia.\nOn 4 July 2024, Mammadov was sentenced in absentia to 16 years in the case of terrorism facilitation.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Denis and Mariia Mamedov of aiding terrorism "],"case_name_en":"Denis Mammadov's case on facilitation of terrorism","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 15.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.07.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-03T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqHm5MHneCLOQV2"},{"persecution_id":"rec3m0awbDMvbmxs9","last_updated":"2024-07-09T11:09:19.000Z","person_id":"rec6ZEe2JPQvwe5Cj","name_en":"Maria Mamedova","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She lived in Stavropol and worked as an HR manager at the regional forensic expertise centre of the Ministry of Justice. After mobilisation was announced, she was asked to organise fundraising for the mobilised, and was threatened, after her refusal. She left Russia together with her husband. Two weeks after the couple left, law enforcement officers came to Mamedova's parents' house. After leaving Russia, the Mamedovs began to actively make anti-war publications on social networks. After that, Maria's pages in \"VKontakte\" and \"Odnoklassniki\" were blocked. In addition, the couple sent an anti-war letter to the work email addresses of all Russian laboratories and forensic centres, and sent several dozen complaints to government agencies demanding an end to the war. In response, government agencies threatened the activists with criminal proceedings. As a result, a case of spreading \"fakes\" about the army was brought against both activists. They were put on a wanted list. On 17 October 2023, the court ruled on the arrest in absentia.\nLater it became known that a case of assisting in terrorism was also brought against Mamedova. 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In 2020, he took part in the Khabarovsk protests, for which he was given ten days of administrative arrest. He was also among those detained on 2 February 2021, the day of Alexei Navalny’s trial.\n\nA case on incitement to extremism was opened against him in the summer of 2021, he was taken into custody on 19 August, and on 26 August he was added to the register of extremists and terrorists of Federal Financial Monitoring Service. In November 2021, it became known about the second criminal case - on incitement to terrorism.\n\nOn 10 November it became known that he was sentenced to 4 years in prison on both charges.\n\nIn January 2023 it became known about the third criminal case - on defamation of a judge. On 5 October he was sentenced.\n\nOn 15 August 2025, Shliakov was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 298.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["298.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 298.1"],"case_name_en":"Valentin Shliakov's case of defamation of a judge","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the defamation case was one of the videos on Shliakov's channel, where the blogger spoke about corruption in the judiciary system. 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A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him. 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A case was brought against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in a movement of \"citizens of the USSR\", which did not have a strict structure but represented disparate groups of people denying the collapse of the USSR.  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He left after finishing the third year, but the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) filed a lawsuit demanding almost 1.7 million rubles from him. The court ordered Losyakin to pay only 200,000 rubles. Mediazona noted that the FSIN paid for his studies, and afterwards he would have been obliged to spend five years in the service. Losyakin left Russia in September 2022.\n\nA case initiated against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 9 October 2024, Losyakin was sentenced in absentia to six years' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kostroma Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KOS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Roman Losyakin on \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces","case_number":"1-51/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a repost of a video by oppositionist Maksim Kats \"Bucha. A special operation to exterminate local residents\". Losyakin accompanied the repost with the following comment: \"For all those who have not yet realised what this war brings. All myths about the nobility of the Russian army have long been debunked.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.10.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer Internet resources for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer Internet resources for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-09T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-09T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recrsMTtYemThdpsx"},{"persecution_id":"recT1lO7KIlBPRn90","last_updated":"2025-03-16T19:48:06.000Z","person_id":"recTmD1awFhDOwQTR","name_en":"Ilya Usoyan","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Saratov region who raised livestock. A case was opened against him because, according to the investigation team, he persuaded a friend to surrender as a prisoner of war. Initially he was charged under the article concerning incitement to voluntary surrender (Article 352.1 of the Criminal Code with application of part 4 of Article 33 of the Criminal Code), but later the charge was reclassified to preparation for the organisation of voluntary surrender (Article 352.1 of the Criminal Code with application of part 1 of Article 30 and part 3 of Article 33 of the Criminal Code). According to the lawyer representing Usoyan's interests, his friend was also tried after his return to Russia (the lawyer did not specify the article under which he was prosecuted), but was acquitted. Usoyan was taken into custody.\nOn May 21, 2024, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime prison colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["private conversation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 352.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code, Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["352.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 352.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ilya Usoyan's case concerning preparation of organization of voluntary surrender","case_number":"1-70/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, in 2023 he tried to persuade his friend to surrender to the AFU.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 11.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.05.2024, Sentence: 3 years 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime prison colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime prison colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-21T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-21T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recT1lO7KIlBPRn90"},{"persecution_id":"rec9afVBjzpJjV4fk","last_updated":"2026-01-11T16:18:58.000Z","person_id":"recBQXcvNO77uvs5i","name_en":"Natalia Podolyak","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Podolyak is a resident of Krasnoyarsk. She had charges brought against her for alleged use of violence against a police officer in connection with her participation in a rally held by Alexei Navalny's supporters in May 2018. On February 25, 2019, Podolyak was fined 150 thousand rubles.\nIn May 2023, Podolyak was dismissed from the university where she managed a sports club. Her 17 social media comments against the war led to charges discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. After an expert review, there were five comments left in the case. On October 29, 2024, Podolyak was  fined 100 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Natalya Podolyak's case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-599/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was 17 comments in social networks, left from February to August 2023. In December 2022 Podolyak was fined 30 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 18.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.10.2024, Sentence: a fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-29T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-29T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec9afVBjzpJjV4fk"},{"persecution_id":"recGOXAJF6qf5Z3or","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"rec2b3J6AmHwNDBCx","name_en":"Vitalii Iarema","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian politician, lawyer, former first deputy prime minister and prosecutor-general of Ukraine. A case was initiated against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and facilitating terrorist activities. On 27 May 2024, Iarema was sentenced in absentia to 19 years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vitalii Iarema's case","case_number":"1-99/2024","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.05.2024, Sentence: a sentence in absentia - 19 years' of imprisonment of which first 3 to be served in prison, the rest to be served in a strict regime colony; a ban of 3 years on running websites and online channels","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"a sentence in absentia - 19 years' of imprisonment of which first 3 to be served in prison, the rest to be served in a strict regime colony; a ban of 3 years on running websites and online channels","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":228,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-27T13:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-27T13:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recGOXAJF6qf5Z3or"},{"persecution_id":"recRGwh9pN9VnXeJL","last_updated":"2025-12-19T12:06:24.000Z","person_id":"recI0j5L7ADYaPifu","name_en":"Sergei Zhelezniakov","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kaliningrad region, Russia, was taken into custody in 2020 on charges of insurance fraud. While in pre-trial detention centre, he converted to Islam. He was later acquitted and released.\nAfter his release, according to Russian independent news outlet SOTAvision, a supporter of the organisation \"Jaysh al-Muhajirin wal-Ansar\" was sent to Zhelezniakov (it is not clear from the report who sent this person to him). The lawyer claims that the investigation unreasonably considered this organisation to be a structural subdivision of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which is recognised as a terrorist organisation in the Russian Federation. \nA case was opened against Zhelezniakov for participation in a terrorist organisation (initially, it was reported that he was accused of assisting in terrorist activities), and he was taken into custody. He reported that on the day of detention, he was beaten and tortured with electric shocks. \nThe lawyer points to the falsifications in the case: according to the case materials, a field officer gave the investigator an envelope containing a phone — which, according to the investigation, Zhelezniakov allegedly used to create a Telegram channel with calls to terrorism — along with screenshots from the phone. However, the investigator took from the envelope not a phone and screenshots, but an unknown CD. \nThe defence also notes that, according to the prosecution, Zhelezniakov used the phone from 1 to 3 May 2023, but the first time the phone accessed the Internet was only on 5 May. The defendant claims that the phone does not belong to him.\nOn 11 April 2025, Zhelezniakov was sentenced to 12 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Zhelezniakov's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"2-2/2025 (2-12/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Zhelezniakov is reportedly accused of involvement with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 08.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.08.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.04.2025, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment, with the first 4 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment, with the first 4 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-11T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-11T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zheleznyakov-sergej-vyacheslavovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recRGwh9pN9VnXeJL"},{"persecution_id":"recFNfb2noeeKhSEY","last_updated":"2026-05-01T15:38:22.000Z","person_id":"recPRA2EikZ6S6SN0","name_en":"Igor Orzhevsky","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. Together with his mother, he has been publishing information about the war against Ukraine, including news and ways to help Ukraine, on his website, social networks and Telegram channel. At the request of the Prosecutor General's Office VKbtwice restricted access to Orzhevskys' groups, and in February the personal pages belonging to both of them were definitely blocked. The reports were based on finding photos of activists bearing anti-war posters. In March 2024, Orzhevsky was fined 50,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). He shared that his mother and himself had been receiving threats. On 16 May Orzhevskys were fined a total of 100.000 rubles under four instances of discrediting the army and display of prohibited symbols (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the CAO). On 19 May it became known that Orzhevsky was prosecuted for spreading military \"fakes\" motivated by hatred or hostility and public justification of terrorism. He was put on a wanted list. In July, unknown individuals sent a document to Orzhevsky, from which it followed that a case of spreading \"fakes\", incitement to hatred and rehabilitation of Nazism had been opened against him. Later it became known that the case also included the article on public justification of terrorism.\n\nIn November 2024,the Telegram channel of Gulagu.net project published a letter by Orzhevsky's mother stating that they had arrived in the United States to seek political asylum, but were detained, after which the son was taken to an immigration prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.2","282","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Igor Orzhevsky's case on \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was opened following a publication about the crimes committed by the Russian army in Bucha, a post criticising Putin, a picture of a billboard showing Putin with a Hitler moustache bearing the inscription \"Get out of Ukraine!\", and a publication about the \"Freedom of Russia\" legion.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recFNfb2noeeKhSEY"},{"persecution_id":"recEe57pkRumWOahd","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recUWaGxxSxk8FLX9","name_en":"Elena Ebinger","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Sakhalin. She faced charges for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On October 16, 2024, a verdict was issued, but the details remain unknown. On August 12, 2024, Ebinger was added to Rosfinmonitoring's list of terrorists.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Elena Ebinger on \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-725/2024","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.10.2024, Sentence: Sentence is unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence is unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-16T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-16T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recEe57pkRumWOahd"},{"persecution_id":"recSrhCr6KYzwXnam","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"recv7WlDoDmMZyjud","name_en":"Denis Ezhov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Alushta. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for shouting \"Glory to Ukraine, everything will be Ukraine\" in a public place. On 29 August 2024, Ezhov was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles. On 22 October 2024, the appeal court commuted the sentence to a year of general regime colony. 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According to the prosecutor's office, the post said that the Russian army was committing \"knowingly illegal crimes and criminal military actions\" in Ukraine. 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A criminal case was brought against her for insulting the feelings of believers because she and her friend, who was under the age of criminal responsibility, posted a video on social media in which she imitated using drugs from the surface of an icon.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The case of crumbled chalk on a religious icon","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 12 January 2024, while in the flat with her friend, who was under the age of criminal responsibility, \"at some point\" she put an icon of Nicholas the Wonderworker on the table, crumbled household chalk on it, \"giving it an appearance similar to a narcotic drug\", and next to it she put a paper roll and a bank card, \"creating the appearance of using illegal substances\", and her friend filmed it all on video, after which the girl published the video in her Telegram channel.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-05-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/05/d49889/?sphrase_id=2733268\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recQyg7rCSZIbh1pp"},{"persecution_id":"recRu4SjPM7CcWDOe","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recvdhJ9vqSgg4tAa","name_en":" Unknown female 17","birth_year":1999,"age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chelyabinsk. 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No later than May 2024, he was sentenced to two years in a penal colony on charges of calling for terrorism.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case on calls for violence against the representatives of the law in Khabarovsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, incited violence against the country's leadership.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recq83Uo6T3tD8T4X"},{"persecution_id":"recaMmBdJ1XxTxQg5","last_updated":"2024-08-16T12:01:52.000Z","person_id":"recaF6li4LcjR38z8","name_en":"Alexander Pavlov","birth_year":1962,"age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Cheboksary, an auxiliary labourer. 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On 31 July 2024, the court of appeal reversed the acquittal.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_ended":"2024-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Chernyansky's case of the Vlasov army soldier","persecution_case_profile_en":"The criminal case was initiated because Chernyansky sent an image of a Vlasov army officer to the WhatsApp group of the garage complex with the caption \"Is it OK if I congratulate you like this?\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (acquitted)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 31.05.2024• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 11.10.2024","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2024-10-11T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 31-05-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/03/d49404/?sphrase_id=2733735\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"rectYPkq90NzJ9suC"},{"persecution_id":"rec2GXHXihN9mYn8t","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recLWm0UreoR3U1D8","name_en":"Danil Tomshin","birth_year":2002,"age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Irkutsk region. 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After giving his testimony, he committed suicide.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of Siberian Liberation Movement"],"case_name_en":"The Danil Tomshin case","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.11.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2GXHXihN9mYn8t"},{"persecution_id":"recopQpt177uHyTuh","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:19:00.000Z","person_id":"recjHC4FGJQ90sqCM","name_en":"Natalya Baljakina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZkNPEuqSHmItTT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZkNPEuqSHmItTT.jpg"],"birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Perm Krai, a journalist. She worked as an editor for the private newspaper \"Chaykovskie Vedomosti.\" In 2007, she was awarded the Andrei Sakharov Medal \"Peace, Progress, and Human Rights\" and a diploma \"For Journalism as an Act.\" In 2015, she was sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of embezzling 751,000 rubles while serving as the director of the LLC \"City Management Company.\" Baljakina denied her guilt and attributed the criminal prosecution to a conflict with local officials due to her work at \"Chaykovskie Vedomosti.\" During most of her sentence, she spent time in the prison hospital. During her transfer to another prison, she suffered a stroke, after which she was returned to the hospital. In 2017, the activist was released on parole.\n\nOn 9th February 2024, Baljakina was detained, and on 13th February, she was placed in custody on charges of extortion. On 8th May, her measure of restraint was changed to house arrest, and on 6th June, to a ban on certain activities.\n\nOn 10th April 2025, Baljakina passed away.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_ended":"2017-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 160 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["160"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 160"],"case_name_en":"Natalya Baljakina's case of embezzlement","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, as the director of the LLC \"City Management Company,\" she misused 751 thousand rubles.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released on probation","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.10.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: \n• Unknown: \n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 03.10.2017\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.10.2015, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2015-10-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-10-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recopQpt177uHyTuh"},{"persecution_id":"recg3FdqAvTY5Jtgr","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec5XENRESOswPZLy","name_en":"Roman Latoshin","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Cherkessk. On 21 June 2023, he was fined one thousand rubles under the administrative article on demonstration of prohibited symbols (part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code) because of \"various obscene inscriptions\", including \"Glory to Ukraine!\", written on the walls in the entrance hall of a residential building, and on 17 July - ten thousand rubles under the article on incitement to hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code) because of inscriptions against Caucasians. Then a case was brought against him for repeated demonstration of banned symbols because of the nickname \"Glory to Ukraine14\" and statements in the chat room of an online game. On 30 May 2024 Latoshin was sentenced to 400 hours of  compulsory labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherkessk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4"],"case_name_en":"Case of the nickname 'Slava Ukraine14'","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"carried out an open public correspondence with a participant of an online game\", writing: \"Hail to Ukraine. HOLY HEROES. SLAVA ZSU.\"\nOn 21 June 2023, he was fined one thousand rubles under the administrative article on the demonstration of prohibited symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of \"various obscene inscriptions\" written on the walls in the entrance hall of a residential building, including \"Glory to Ukraine!\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.05.2024, Sentence: 400 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"400 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-30T07:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-30T07:50:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recg3FdqAvTY5Jtgr"},{"persecution_id":"recvUmEJWNWBsSX9z","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recAAUifsNGpQDCsU","name_en":"Sergey Chadaev","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of the Moscow region. A case was opened against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 24 June 2024, Chadaev was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Domodedovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Chadaev’s case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"In March 2023, Chadaev was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on defamation (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for a comment on VKontakte. According to the court ruling, he commented obscenely on the publication titled “An 89-year-old lady brought a parcel to the guys at the front. She knitted the socks herself, she would have made more, but her hands don’t obey. It seems that the whole country is helping, except for those whose direct responsibility it is” in the “Podslushano Domodedovo” community.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.06.2024, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 100 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 100 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-24T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-24T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recvUmEJWNWBsSX9z"},{"persecution_id":"recCrofp3NjjmG93K","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recZTbihKbMaxMi1O","name_en":"Arman Burangaziev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case was brought against Arman Burangaziev from the Orenburg region for spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces. On 17 July 2024, he was fined 250,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Arman Burangaziev's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":" 1-61/2024","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.07.2024, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 250 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 250 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-17T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recCrofp3NjjmG93K"},{"persecution_id":"recUiishIj71Jlabg","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:59:05.000Z","person_id":"recRVGIoSn0rGdLX6","name_en":"Artem Maltsev","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Komi Republic. He was accused of incitement to terrorism because of several comments in which he stated that a number of officials should be staked. On June 3, 2024, Maltsev was sentenced to a fine of 350,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Artem Maltsev's case of calls for terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted comments from 9 April 2020 to 14 January 2022, \"being negatively disposed towards the activities of Russian government authorities\". In his comments, Maltsev expressed dissatisfaction with the actions of officials who had established bans in connection with the spread of the coronavirus.\n\nThe man's comments began with the words \"to the stake\" and were directed at Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, deputies Valentina Tereshkova and Irina Yarovaya, and Komi head Vladimir Uiba. The expert examination considered that they contained \"a call to carry out terrorist activities by infringing on the lives\" of the officials.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.06.2024, Sentence: a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-03T08:07:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-03T08:07:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 07-06-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/06/d49948/?sphrase_id=2736341\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recUiishIj71Jlabg"},{"persecution_id":"recl8oQ4zc1c5o78l","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recK1wBGoqgHqSY6g","name_en":"Egor Zhitnikov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Sarapul (Udmurtia). A case was opened against him for the public justification of and calls for terrorism, including for a comment about the detonation of the Kakhovka Dam. On June 5, 2024, Zhitnikov was sentenced to three and a half years in general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Egor Zhitnikov's case of incitement and public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, wishing to induce an unlimited circle of people to commit terrorist activities, including the violent seizure of power, he posted three text messages on his publicly accessible page containing signs of calls to commit a crime under Article 278 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, that is, actions aimed at the violent seizure of power or the violent retention of power in violation of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, as well as those aimed at the violent change of the constitutional system of the Russian Federation.\n\nFurthermore, being fully aware that the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, committed by members of Ukrainian military formations, is recognized in the Russian Federation as a terrorist act, on the same day, he published a text comment containing a statement that acknowledges the ideology and practice of terrorism as correct and in need of support and imitation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 04.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.09.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.06.2024, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in general regime prison with a 2-year ban on administering websites and channels using electronic or information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in general regime prison with a 2-year ban on administering websites and channels using electronic or information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-05T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-05T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recl8oQ4zc1c5o78l"},{"persecution_id":"recB3PVkAZi6xqdoS","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recrhnoSDYhjP9R0O","name_en":"Olga Novozhilova","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A female resident of Ivanovo. She was prosecuted for financing extremist activity because of money transfers she allegedly sent to a penal colony. The investigation considered that Novozhilova transferred money to the \"common fund\" of the cell of the AUU movement. On 7 June 2024, she was sentenced to a four-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ivanovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"case_name_en":"Olga Novozhilova's case of financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from  21 May 2021 and in the period from 31 January to 1 February 2023 Novozhilova transferred 1356 rubles via Sberbank and QIWI-wallet to the \"common find\" of the participants of the cell of AUE (“Prison. Order. Universal”) in correctional facility №4 of Ivanovo region.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.06.2024, Sentence: 4 years' suspended imprisonment with a 4 years' probationary period ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' suspended imprisonment with a 4 years' probationary period ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-07T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-07T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 10-06-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/03/d49562/?sphrase_id=2736362\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recB3PVkAZi6xqdoS"},{"persecution_id":"rec6yzVo3KrPaQxqe","last_updated":"2026-01-19T21:36:36.000Z","person_id":"rec5Key8cM5gndqKv","name_en":"Eugenia Shelkovnikova","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist of the Krasnoyarsk media NGS24.Ru. On the first day after the announcement of mobilisation, 22 September 2022, Shelkovnikova went to the military recruiting office for Sovetsky and Tsentralny districts to geе comments from the people who came there. Viktor Nechiporenko, the military commander, came out of the building and tried to obstruct work of the journalists. He demanded that Shelkovnikova go with him. According to her, he started grabbing her hands \"and dragged her to the closed part of tthe military recruiting office [...] he started hitting my hands in a boorish manner, hit me several times and knocked my phone out of my hands, then he called for help from the staff. The crowding started, I was left surrounded by these men. [...] My cameraman on the street recorded how they tried to drag me back into the building.\n\nAfter that, Shelkovnikova was found to have bruises, but Nechiporenko filed a complaint against her for violence against him: he claimed that he had received an abrasion on his temple, but did not knock the phone out of Shelkovnikova's hands. His people confirmed this version, but one of the visitors to the commissariat confirmed Shelkovnikova's version.\n\nOn 11 June 2024, Shelkovnikova was sentenced to three years of forced labour. 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Memorial:\n Date: 10-01-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/mandrygina-shelkovnikova-evgeniya-mihajlovna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec6yzVo3KrPaQxqe"},{"persecution_id":"recOJ1GlRxeqbrAu9","last_updated":"2024-12-22T00:03:25.000Z","person_id":"recOYFpBOMZfiy7rV","name_en":"Maxim Durnykin","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Balakhna (Nizhny Novgorod Region). He was detained and sent to custody on charges of attempting to set fire to a military recruitment centre and the town hall building in September 2022. A case of attempted terrorist attack was opened. 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A case was brought against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On April 22nd 2024, Mirzoyeva was sentenced to three and a half years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Hairdressers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Citizens of USSR case in Makhachkala"],"case_name_en":"The case of Svetlana Mirzoyeva","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she held the position of \"head of the department of consumer services\" in the executive committee of the \"Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR\" created by \"citizens of the USSR\", participated in meetings of the organisation, and \"carried out propaganda of hatred towards the state authorities of the Russian Federation, called for refusal to pay taxes, housing and utilities payments\" \"on the grounds of political hatred\" and out of the desire to \"stand out from the general mass and get a higher social status\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2024, Sentence: 3 years and 6 months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years and 6 months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-22T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-22T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reckcfzixFbRDVIZS"},{"persecution_id":"recHyfStxu4XoR8Pd","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recylRM6Fq3vkb4UL","name_en":"Olga Kozlova","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Vologda. A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against her because of a post approving the activity of the Freedom of Russia Legion. Kozlova was placed under house arrest. On the 10th of June 2024, she was sentenced to a fine of four hundred thousand rubles, but the amount was reduced to three hundred thousand after taking into account the time she already spent under house arrest.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vologda"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Olga Kozlova's Case of Public Justification of Terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the 9th of July 2023, while at home, she «published a comment in a public Telegram channel under a post about the upcoming raids on the Russian territory by the Ukrainian paramilitary association Freedom of Russia Legion, recognised as a terrorist organisation by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, which began with the abbreviation \"LSR ...\" and ended with the word \"... bow*\".\n\n*i.e. gratitude/reverence","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest:  to 10.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.06.2024, Sentence: A fine of four hundred thousand roubles.","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of four hundred thousand roubles.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-10T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-10T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recHyfStxu4XoR8Pd"},{"persecution_id":"recJZJjMUg6WzsxFL","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recrGWJA4TAN68HcN","name_en":"Sergey Mitin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kislovodsk. A case of property damage was brought against him due to the fact that, according to the investigation, he helped an acquaintance to set fire to the letters V on a stele at the entrance to the city. On 15 May 2024, Mitin was given a one-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kislovodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 167 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["167"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 167"],"case_name_en":"The case of the arson of the letter V in Kislovodsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took part in setting fire to the letter V on the KisloVodsk stele.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.05.2024, Sentence: 1 year of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-15T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-15T11:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recJZJjMUg6WzsxFL"},{"persecution_id":"recQeioy7L4HbFu44","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:10:31.000Z","person_id":"recKECup7BpUQYV3z","name_en":"Polina Simonenko","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Seversk (Tomsk). LGBTQ+ and trans activist. In 2019, she was arrested for 10 days under an administrative article on \"repeated violation of the rules of participation in public events\" (part 8 of article 20.2 of the CAO) for sitting on Red Square with a poster \"Death\". In 2020 she was detained for 14 days for taking part in a rally against the adoption of a package of laws that would limit the rights of transgender people.\nSymonenko left Russia. In March 2024, she was put on a wanted list. On 26 May 2024, her parents' home was searched. On 29 May, Simonenko was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list with the marking that is put on the names of people prosecuted under terrorist articles.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"case_name_en":"Polina Simonenko case","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQeioy7L4HbFu44"},{"persecution_id":"rec76rRr0u2r2ois4","last_updated":"2025-08-17T10:16:56.000Z","person_id":"recKiihoOt37nTWqc","name_en":"Sergey Soloviev","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vologda. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.\nOn 14 November 2024 Soloviev was sentenced to two years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vologda"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergey Solovyov of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-867/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in January and September 2023, he posted comments of certain content in groups on the social network Vkontakte, in which he expressed a negative characterisation of servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation involved in the conduct of the special military operation, including those who had signed a contract\".\nIn October 2022, Solovyov was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on defamation due to his comments on VKontakte, including for the comment \"The Russian Ministry of Defence only writes fairy tales for suckers\" under the post about \"Ukrainian biolaboratories\".","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.11.2024, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the public dissemination of information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, volunteer formations, organisations and persons assisting in the performance of tasks assigned to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in social, electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the public dissemination of information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, volunteer formations, organisations and persons assisting in the performance of tasks assigned to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in social, electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-14T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-14T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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According to unconfirmed information, he was released no later than the end of the year.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4"],"case_name_en":"The case of the documents with swastikas","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was that Merzlyakov submitted an application to the Central Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Krasnodar Krai, to which he attached four sheets with \"images of symbols similar to Nazi symbols to the extent of confusion\" sewn to them, while he \"understood that these 4 sheets with images would be publicly displayed to a potentially unlimited number of persons from among the employees of the Central Department of Internal Affairs, who by virtue of their official duties would register and review the application with all attachments\".\nPresumably, on 8 July 2023, he was brought to administrative responsibility under the article on displaying Nazi symbols (Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code) because he sent a notice to the Ministry of Justice with a seal which allegedly resembled a swastika.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 14.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.06.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.05.2024, Sentence: 6 months in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":6,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-28T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-28T09:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 26-06-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/racism-xenophobia/news/counteraction/2024/06/d50043/?sphrase_id=2737143\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recwzoACgWg0sZHhH"},{"persecution_id":"recFM5H330jepKFtv","last_updated":"2025-09-15T20:03:54.000Z","person_id":"receAgf3Hd1VsG3JH","name_en":"Anton Klimkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att1FXSEvpeLHqKP4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att1FXSEvpeLHqKP4.jpg"],"birth_year":1972,"age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Tomsk resident, researcher at the V.E. 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A case was initiated against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of an interview he had with Russian political analyst Abbas Galliamov.\nOn 29 July 2024, he was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment in absentia with a ban on administering internet pages for four years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"case_group_en":["The case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces on Groshi YouTube channel"],"case_name_en":"The case of The Reverend Alexander ","case_number":"01-0484/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of an interview with Russian political scientist Abbas Galliamov for the \"Grosci\" YouTube channel (a special project of the \"1 Plus 1\"  TV channel), in which Galliamov spoke about the events in Bucha and Kramatorsk.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2024, Sentence: Eight years of imprisonment in absentia with a four-year ban on administration of internet pages.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eight years of imprisonment in absentia with a four-year ban on administration of internet pages.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-29T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-29T15:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recYJiEjjIViGLjaZ"},{"persecution_id":"recZ7tTWiLamyEu3s","last_updated":"2025-08-28T09:55:55.000Z","person_id":"recl9fdODeokADmGz","name_en":"Eduard Karpov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Moscow region, artillery officer. Served in the army under a contract since 2019, rose to the rank of platoon commander. Since February 2022, he participated in the invasion of Ukraine, but starting in May he began to ask the command for dismissal, citing his views. According to him, his relatives were killed in Mariupol as a result of the fighting. Due to the refusal to satisfy the report Karpov went to court and won, but at the same time the command sent documents to the military investigation department with a demand to bring the officer to justice. A case was brought against him for refusal to participate in combat operations in an armed conflict. Karpov was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2.1,  Article 332 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["332"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2.1, Article 332"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Eduard Karpov on refusal to participate in the war","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recZ7tTWiLamyEu3s"},{"persecution_id":"recdVgKjc11ta7s9O","last_updated":"2025-06-10T12:12:58.000Z","person_id":"recfscTGY1Yu4bE5H","name_en":"Oleksandr Povoroznyuk","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He is a Ukrainian businessman who became famous for a video with an appeal to Zelensky and the phrase “Vova, fuck them, fuck them!”. In October 2023, he was arrested in absentia, and in November he was declared wanted in a case of incitement to hatred for “anti-Russian” videos. Witnesses for the prosecution in the case were Victoria Zelimkhanova, a member of the patriotic youth association Volunteer Batallion, and Sergei Semenov, a member of the Cossack society, who allegedly accidentally saw Povoroznyuk’s video on Telegram. The defence asked to acquit him, as the prosecutor’s office never provided the court with any documents confirming his identity. On 1 July 2024, he was sentenced to five years in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Povoroznyuk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published videos containing a negative assessment of a group of people supporting Russia.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 01.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.07.2024, Sentence: 5 years of imprisonment in absentia and a ban on the administration of Internet sites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years of imprisonment in absentia and a ban on the administration of Internet sites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-30T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recdVgKjc11ta7s9O"},{"persecution_id":"rec6f3YxDjTlKc0om","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"rec8pAtoyKCRWQ3gj","name_en":"Vladimir Efimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBcx3OtSjxhAq1U.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBcx3OtSjxhAq1U.jpg"],"birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist, head of the Primorye branch of the Yabloko political party. In May 2022, detained as part of a criminal case on repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces. During the search, he allegedly handed over two gas pistols and five cartridges, which were stored in his possession illegally. He was given a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On March 31, 2023, Efimov was sentenced to a fine of 200 thousand rubles.\nIn November 2023, it became known that a case was brought against him for repeated propaganda of Nazi symbols. He was again assigned a ban on certain actions.\nIn July 2024, there was information about another case of discrediting the Armed Forces, brought against Efimov. These two cases were merged.\nOn August 23, 2024, Efimov was taken into custody based on a third case of discrediting the Armed Forces. On October 18 2024, he was transferred to house arrest. On January 28, 2025, Efimov was sentenced in this case to two years in a penal colony. On March 28 2025, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by six months.\nOn April 4, 2025, Efimov was sentenced to two years in a settlement type colony on the case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces and repeated propaganda of Nazi symbols.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Efimov's third case of discrediting the Russian armed forces","case_number":"1-931/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.08.2024 to 18.10.2024\n• house arrest: from 18.10.2024 to 27.01.2025\n• in custody: from 27.01.2025 to 28.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.03.2025\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.01.2025, Sentence: 2 years’ imprisonment in a settlement-type colony, with a ban on administering internet pages for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years’ imprisonment in a settlement-type colony, with a ban on administering internet pages for 4 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-6,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/efimov-vladimir-svyatoslavovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec6f3YxDjTlKc0om"},{"persecution_id":"recClH6oulZu2tFsH","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:19:00.000Z","person_id":"recqjj2ZQbvB8V43t","name_en":"Albina Magadeeva","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Sterlitamak. She was charged with financing an \"undesirable\" organisation in connection with a  money transfer to the Ukrainian church \"Vozrozhdeniye\" (\"Revival\"). In July 2024, the case was submitted to court. On 23 September 2024, the court dismissed the case due to her remorse. However, on 16 December 2024, the  appellate court overturned the decision and returned the case to the court of first instance. On 21 February 2025, Magadeeva was given a suspended sentence, further details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sterlitamak"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of financing the Resurrection church"],"case_name_en":"Albina Magadeeva's case of financing an \"undesirable organisation\"","case_number":"1-671/2024","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.09.2024, Sentence: The case was dismissed due to defendant's active remorse• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 21.02.2025, Sentence: Sentence is unknown","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence is unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-23T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-21T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recClH6oulZu2tFsH"},{"persecution_id":"reclSigPHbu94GqtS","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recaGGR2xtB7ZDQv2","name_en":"Roman Tyurin","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Omsk Region. A criminal case was initiated against him on charges of disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On May 27, 2024, Tyurin was sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\nOn February 20, 2024, Tyurin was added to the Rosfinmonitoring List of Terrorists and Extremists with a designation applied to persons prosecuted under terrorism-related articles. It later became known that a criminal case had also been initiated against him on charges of the public justification of terrorism. In the same month, he was sentenced to 4 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\nIn addition, a criminal case was initiated against Tyurin on charges of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On October 3, 2024, he was sentenced in this case to 1 year’s imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\nFurthermore, Tyurin was charged with calls for activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation and with repeated demonstration of prohibited symbols; the details are unknown. On November 18, 2024, he was sentenced in this case, with the aggregate sentence, taking into account the three previous convictions, amounting to 6 years 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\nOn February 17, 2025, Tyurin died in custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Roman Tyurin's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-52/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a post with a link to two videos from the Cleric Telegram channel, entitled with the phrase \"ruzznya military marauding freaks climb into the flats of civilians in Energodar and steal from them\". The video shows men in camouflage uniforms walking around entrances and entering doors and lifts. One of the men has \"OMON\" (\"Riot Police\") written on his back.\n\nIn May 2023, he was fined 30,000 rubles (≈$370 as of 01.05.23) in an administrative case for discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of posts in the Odnoklassniki social network.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.07.2024\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.10.2024, Sentence: 1 year of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with an additional punishment in the form of deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the public posting of appeals and other materials in public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet for a period of 1 year.\n\nIn aggregate with the previous sentence, 6 years and 3 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, with an additional sentence of 4 years and 6 months' deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the public posting of communications and other materials on public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with an additional punishment in the form of deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the public posting of appeals and other materials in public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet for a period of 1 year.\n\nIn aggregate with the previous sentence, 6 years and 3 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, with an additional sentence of 4 years and 6 months' deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the public posting of communications and other materials on public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-03T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-03T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-07-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/tyurin-roman-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reclSigPHbu94GqtS"},{"persecution_id":"recLrq6DafxslYJlJ","last_updated":"2024-12-11T21:52:22.000Z","person_id":"recomFXtclO6thRn8","name_en":"Rufina Pirveledova","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Makhachkala. A case was brought against her for participation in an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the \"citizens of the USSR\" movement. On 1 July 2024, she was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Municipal employees"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Citizens of USSR case in Makhachkala"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rufina Pirveledova","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation's version, in 2021, being reliably informed that the activities of the \"USSR\" organization in the territory of the Russian Federation are prohibited and recognised as extremist, she joined a structural subdivision of this association - the executive committee of the \"Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR, and took part in events organised by its members, propagated the ideology of the \"USSR\", as well as hatred of the State authorities of the Russian Federation and called for refusal to pay taxes, housing and communal payments and non-fulfilment of civil law obligations. 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A case of fraud and embezzlement was opened against her. On 11 July 2024, Avakova was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. In December 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by a month.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 160 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159","160"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 159","Part 4, Article 160"],"case_name_en":"The case of Elena Pivovarova and Ekaterina Avakova\n","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, together with Elena Pivovarova, she inflated the circulation of the \"Vpered\" newspaper in order to increase subsidies, resulting in a loss of 1,800 thousand rubles.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.07.2024 to 19.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.12.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.07.2024, Sentence: 4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":47,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-11T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-11T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec8X95ef2XEHUGUs"},{"persecution_id":"recBJSDrJF2CTIyy6","last_updated":"2025-07-21T13:25:32.000Z","person_id":"recOXGRLzqdJtBu9T","name_en":"Unknown male 129","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tomsk. A case was brought against him for incitement to extremism and terrorism. 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He was detained in October 2022 in Kursk at the railway station, after which he was taken into custody under charges of preparation for state treason and attempted illegal border crossing. His mother claimed he wanted to go to the front to help the wounded. 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On 17 July 2024, Loginov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony, but was released due to illness.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Viktor Loginov on calling for extremism and terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"at around 19:00 on 24 August 2021, <...> posted a video on his page in the social network with the caption \"19 September - ELECTIONS! 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The material contained public calls to commit an offence under Article 277 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.\n\nAt around 8 o'clock on 13 November 2022 and 1 o'clock on 3 January 2024, acting with a single intent, he also posted a text representing an image of a rat on the background of the Star of David with a commentary inscription. From the point of view of the linguistic and psychological qualification of the statements, this material contained public calls to carry out extremist activity — incitement to carry out aggressive, hostile or violent actions towards representatives of Jewish nationality\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released due to illness","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.07.2024, Sentence: 7 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 5 years, release from the main penalty of deprivation of liberty due to illness","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 5 years, release from the main penalty of deprivation of liberty due to illness","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-17T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-17T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recek3tTYw6fZkZdl"},{"persecution_id":"recIrhCOMTp2lg0Fk","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recBnyCvJxUHPQi37","name_en":" Unknown male 135","birth_year":1976,"age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Zavyalovsky district of Udmurtia. A case was brought against him for calls to extremism. On 22 July 2024, he was sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Zavyalovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Udmurtia citizen on calls for extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a comment on VKontakte, left in December 2021 under a post about the salary increase for assistants to deputies and senators. 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He allegedly acted as an FSB informant in the case involving the local Jehovah’s Witnesses community. In 2021, a news item appeared on the city administration’s website describing him as a \"self-styled 'correspondent'\" who \"goes around cultural and educational institutions\" and \"insults staff members.\" The same article states that Nurakov was fined under an administrative statute regarding insults following a conflict with an employee of the local House of Culture. Furthermore, he was twice held administratively liable under the statute prohibiting the \"discrediting\" of the Armed Forces; administrative protocols were also drawn up against him for violating election campaigning rules and for evading the payment of a fine. A criminal case was opened against him on charges of discrediting the Armed Forces. On July 4, 2024, Nurakov was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal settlement. He was reportedly released in January 2026.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tynda"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_ended":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dzhamil Nurakov's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he viewed a social media post—specifically, a video clip from the TV program \"Mesto Vstrechi\" on the official page of the NTV channel regarding the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; subsequently, he posted comments beneath the entry that discredited the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the purpose of protecting the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens.\nHe had previously been charged twice under the administrative article concerning the discrediting of the army (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.07.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.07.2024, Sentence: 1 year and 6 months' imprisonment in a penal settlement","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 6 months' imprisonment in a penal settlement","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-04T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-04T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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A case was brought against him for spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory. On August 5, 2024, Sinko was sentenced to a fine of 350 thousand roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Berdsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Egor Sinko of spreading disrespectful information about Victory Day","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on May 9, 2022, he published a video on his VKontakte page with the title \"Victory Dno\" and left the comment \"Happy not holiday to all\". The video allegedly contained a negative assessment of the St. George ribbon and \"information expressing clear disrespect for society\" about the celebration of May 9th.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.08.2024, Sentence: a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-05T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-05T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 05-08-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/08/d50225/?sphrase_id=2740581\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recchOashXW2MHXnB"},{"persecution_id":"rec754kawX73QHWbY","last_updated":"2024-12-23T08:55:49.000Z","person_id":"recfYyq8nBM3sVKYY","name_en":"Vitaliy Tkachenko","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Magadan. A case was brought against him for calls to extremist activity, the case has five episodes. On 23 July 2024, Tkachenko was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magadan"],"persecution_region_en":["Magadan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MAG"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vitaliy Tkachenko's case on calls for reprisals against Russians","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"actively supported\" Ukraine, in connection with which he published comments calling for the \"destruction of Russians\" in the news Telegram channel from 1 October to 30 December 2023.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 13.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.08.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.07.2024, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-22T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec754kawX73QHWbY"},{"persecution_id":"recpFrTPX70fnTSPM","last_updated":"2025-05-20T10:28:48.000Z","person_id":"reczxPwzQWeeRHftD","name_en":"Nikolay Usov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":" A resident of Altai Krai. In 2023, he was fined twice under the administrative article for discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Later, a criminal case was initiated against Usov under a similar charge. On 29 August 2024, he was sentenced to one and a half years' imprisonment, but the sentence was replaced with forced labour. On 25 October 2024, the appeal court increased the sentence by one month.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nikolai Usov on discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.","case_number":"1-146/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"In April 2023, he was fined 38,000 roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Offences Code) due to anti-war posts on VKontakte. Additionally, in January 2023 he was fined 35,000 roubles under the same article because of an anti-war picket.\nThe court sentenced him to 1.5 years of compulsory labour and imposed a two-year ban on administering websites.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.08.2024, Sentence: 1 year and 6 months of imprisonment, replaced with forced labour, and a 2-year ban on administering websites.","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 6 months of imprisonment, replaced with forced labour, and a 2-year ban on administering websites.","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-29T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-29T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/usov-nikolaj-mihajlovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recpFrTPX70fnTSPM"},{"persecution_id":"rec0Ejgb0eD3FnSkp","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"rechVJNzReLKoWwrX","name_en":" Unknown male 227","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Togliatti, a minor. A case was brought against him for \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces, discrediting the RF Armed Forces and calls for extremism, details are unknown. On 14 October 2024, the young man was sentenced to two and a half years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces, discrediting the RF Armed Forces and calls for extremism in Togliatti","case_number":"1-332/2024","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.10.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-14T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-14T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec0Ejgb0eD3FnSkp"},{"persecution_id":"recBTNIfQ57P5p4PF","last_updated":"2025-01-05T12:26:08.000Z","person_id":"recpxcxDKzKHAAoEy","name_en":"Sergei Ryumin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ryazan. A case was initiated against him for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 28 October 2024, a verdict was passed, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ryazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-RYA"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Ryumin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-340/2024","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.11.2024 to 01.05.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.10.2024, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-28T06:10:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-28T06:10:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recBTNIfQ57P5p4PF"},{"persecution_id":"recr0higqBaGkwTk5","last_updated":"2025-09-17T06:56:10.000Z","person_id":"recCguRt6tC8xKril","name_en":"Yuri Blagodarov","birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yoshkar-Ola. A criminal case was opened against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.\n\nIn addition, in February 2024, Blagodarov was sentenced to 20 hours of community service under the administrative article on incitement of hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) due to a series of posts and comments that were deemed to incite hatred against the Mari people who had adopted Christianity.\n\nWhen the criminal case reached the court, it became known that Blagodarov was also being charged with incitement of hatred under the criminal code.\n\nOn 3 November 2024, Blagodarov was detained in connection with an event where he sold his books and distributed leaflets about the genocide of the Mari people.\n\nOn 13 November 2024, the Yoshkar-Ola resident was fined 400,000 rubles. After donations started coming in to pay the fine, his bank card was blocked.\n\nIn January 2025, Blagodarov was summoned for questioning in a new case, reportedly opened under the article on incitement of hatred because of a post in which he called on the head of the Mari Traditional Religion organization, “Obshchina ‘Mari Kumaltysh’,” in the Mari-Terukskiy district, Grigory Ivanov, to resist Christianity. On 5 September 2025, the court closed this case, declaring the activist legally insane due to vascular dementia. Blagodarov was ordered to receive outpatient psychiatric treatment, but no guardian has been appointed yet. The activist did not contest the court’s decision.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yuri Blagodarov's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and incitement of hatred","case_number":"1-584/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Blagodarov, the accusation of discrediting the army was linked to a comment he made on his own poem dedicated to \"mothers and wives of soldiers\", which read: \"By signing up for a contract, going to a foreign country to kill, you betray the traditions of our ancestors. Our Karts (traditional Mari spirits or deities) do not support fratricidal war for the sake of enthronement (expansion of influence) of the Russian nation. Respect for the language is not supported by war and land expansion, but by mutual exchange of cultural events, festivals, folklore, and so on.\"\n\nIn October 2023, Blagodarov was fined 15,000 roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) for a comment on the social network VKontakte, which said:  \"Eternal memory to the hero. And how long will we tolerate. Slavic heroes are dying on this side, other Slavic heroes are dying on that side. But Putin doesn't care. He wants more dead. He desires glory. And glory rests on victory. So he is putting our guys, young guys, the successors of the family, on a pedestal to shout from above - \"I have won\". But it will not be a shout, rather a rasp from blood flowing like a river.  Cheremis, wake up. No to war! Alal Lijzhe! [\"May this be pleasing in your eyes\" in Mari]\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.11.2024, Sentence: a fine in the amount of 400,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine in the amount of 400,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-13T10:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-13T10:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recr0higqBaGkwTk5"},{"persecution_id":"recoNFlEQf3V0X0ZL","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:18:45.000Z","person_id":"recSfybl5jSQ4TaqY","name_en":"Dmitry Zubkov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Volgograd. In February 2023, he was fined 10,000 roubles (US$112) because of a post in which he called Russians snitches. Later, a case was brought against him for calls to extremism because of aggressive statements about Russians participating in the war. On 24 May 2024, he was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitry Zubkov on calls to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2023, he published comments in a Telegram group \"containing calls for violent actions against persons of Russian nationality because of their participation in a special military operation\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.05.2024, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony settlement, prohibition to create and use social media accounts to post public information for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony settlement, prohibition to create and use social media accounts to post public information for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-24T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-24T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recoNFlEQf3V0X0ZL"},{"persecution_id":"recK6eiPQmM0QmwxH","last_updated":"2025-07-29T14:25:40.000Z","person_id":"recrXGLK3fmSIaDQM","name_en":"Yulia Semenova (Belosliudtseva)","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chita. In April 2023, she was fined 15 thousand rubles in a case of discrediting the army (part 1 of Art. 20.3.3 of the CAO) and another two thousand rubles in two cases of demonstrating prohibited symbols (part 1 of Art. 20. 20.3 of the Administrative Code) - because of a picture in Odnoklassniki social media with a Russian flag with the text \"To defeat the Banderovites, we must first liberate the Kremlin from the Vlasovites!\" and a yellow swastika, and because of the emblem of a certain recognised extremist organisation (presumably the Northern Brotherhood) in VKontakte. Later, a criminal case was brought against her for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and repeated display of banned symbols. The case went to court, but she failed to appear twice, and in October 2024 the case was suspended: the court's website indicated that the defendant had absconded. Later Belosliudtseva was detained and placed in custody. On 9 December 2024, she was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence. On 5 March 2025, the court of appeal replaced the suspended sentence with a sentence in a penal colony, but Belosliudtseva, judging by what the text of the ruling says, was not present at the hearing.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yulia Belosliudtseva's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-428/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"In April 2023, Belosliudtseva was fined 15 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code).\n\nIn the same month, Belosliudtseva was twice fined 1,000 rubles under the administrative article on distribution of extremist symbols (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code): in one case, it was an image of the flag of the Russian Federation with the text \"To defeat the Banderovites, we must first free the Kremlin from the Vlasovites!\" and a swastika, and in the second case - presumably, the symbols of the \"Northern Brotherhood\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 09.12.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 09.12.2024 to 05.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.12.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' suspended sentence with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the public dissemination of information on the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, including via information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, and also during the holding of meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches, picketing, as well as participation in them for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' suspended sentence with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the public dissemination of information on the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, including via information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, and also during the holding of meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches, picketing, as well as participation in them for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-09T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-09T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recK6eiPQmM0QmwxH"},{"persecution_id":"rec52IzhVIaIMAicJ","last_updated":"2025-04-24T08:50:39.000Z","person_id":"recedyBKxJETCLj3O","name_en":" Unknown male 166","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":" Unknown person 166 is a resident of Magadan. They were prosecuted for failure to report an offence. According to the investigation, they knew that their acquaintance, Ekaterina Gazieva, was planning to set fire to the military recruitment office, but did not report it. Gazieva, together with Sergei Malyuchenko, eventually set fire to a printing warehouse. 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A case was brought against him for offending the feelings of believers because of a picture of naked saints and for distributing child pornography on the Internet (we do not consider this charge to be political). 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It depicted \"naked saints\".\nThe reason for the charge under the article on the distribution of child pornography on the Internet, which we do not consider political, is unknown.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2020","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-03-10T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-03-10T15:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-03-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/03/d43713/?sphrase_id=2741504\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recxzRd2CT4MIsul4"},{"persecution_id":"recJ2tIbir9pvS2mH","last_updated":"2024-12-11T21:17:38.000Z","person_id":"recmZ67GzrFB6hZNt","name_en":"Svetlana Emelyanova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St Petersburg. 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In addition, she did not report that Baranov \"committed an act of terrorism by setting fire to vehicles belonging to the Centre of Economic and Service Support of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region and \"decided to commit an act of terrorism by setting fire to vehicles belonging to the Centre of Economic and Service Support of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.08.2024, Sentence: a fine of 70 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 70 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":70000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-22T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-22T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recJ2tIbir9pvS2mH"},{"persecution_id":"recPifPCwaOaprjr0","last_updated":"2025-06-26T14:00:35.000Z","person_id":"recd0tqmyaoUDL7D1","name_en":"Boris Filatov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Mayor of Dnipro. In April 2022, the head of the Investigative Committee, Aleksandr Bastrykin, ordered a case to be opened against Filatov in connection with a post in which he allegedly called for the killing of Russians around the world. In April 2023, it was reported that a case of incitement to genocide had been opened against Filatov. In September 2023, he was arrested in absentia, then it was reported with charges of inciting hatred. When Filatov's case went to court, the website also listed an article about \"fake news\" about the Armed Forces. 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In June 2023, he was detained in the Belgorod region, reportedly confessing that he intended to join the Freedom of Russia Legion. Abishev was taken into custody and charged with preparing to participate in the activities of a terrorist organisation and with high treason. On 14 February 2024, he was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he planned to join the ranks of the Freedom of Russia Legion.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2023 to 05.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.03.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.02.2024, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-14T12:19:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-14T12:19:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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She was prosecuted for vandalism for anti-Russian graffiti on benches and for confidential cooperation with a foreign state. The investigators claimed that she provided a representative of Ukraine with information about the movements of warships and aviation and the locations of the Russian Armed Forces. On July 22, 2024, the case was sent to court, and on September 3, Svetlishina was sentenced to five years and three months in a general-regime colony. On July 8, 2025, the court of appeals satisfied the prosecutor's complaint and returned the case to the prosecutor's office, reclassifying the charges as treason.\nIn October, the court sentenced Svetlishina to thirteen years and three months in a general-regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_subject_en":["other","freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Ksenia Svetlishina's case","case_number":"2-15/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"between April and November 2023, the defendant collected information about the movements of warships and aircraft, as well as the locations of Russian Armed Forces in Sevastopol, and transmitted this information to a representative of Ukraine via messaging apps.\" Additionally, she \"wrote statements expressing hatred toward the Russian Federation\" on benches and other infrastructure.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.12.2023 to 03.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\"\n• Unknown: from 01.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.09.2024, Sentence: 5 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty.• New examination, First instance court on the merits, 30.10.2025, Sentence: 13 years and 3 months' imprisonment in a general-regime colony, followed by 1,5 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years and 3 months' imprisonment in a general-regime colony, followed by 1,5 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":159,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-03T07:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-29T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recWDZhAzxgpewzpd"},{"persecution_id":"recjJSS8oi73xFeo6","last_updated":"2024-11-12T18:12:03.000Z","person_id":"recNyiFKjmlOQUqEh","name_en":"Daniil Komyshev","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Komyshev is a resident of Kirov and an amateur footballer. He was charged with publicly justification of terrorism over videos and messages in a messenger app, which, according to investigators, contained calls to set fire to military recruiting offices and justification for the bombing of the Crimean Bridge. On 4 September 2024, he was fined 450,000 roubles (~4,870 USD)","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","video","call for arson"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Daniil Komyshev on incitement and public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated due to videos and messages in a messenger app, which, according to investigators, contained calls to set fire to military recruiting offices and justification for the bombing of the Crimean Bridge.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.09.2024, Sentence: a fine of 450,000 roubles (4,865 USD)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 450,000 roubles (4,865 USD)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":450000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-04T10:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-04T10:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recjJSS8oi73xFeo6"},{"persecution_id":"recZnSN6tjSCt3ogh","last_updated":"2024-11-13T08:52:37.000Z","person_id":"recBEotDWd5qziRNf","name_en":"Denis Orlov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Tomsk resident. In April 2024, he was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of the Russian Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring). On September, 16th, 2024, Orlov was sentenced to a 500,000 ruble fine (≈$5500 as of 16.09.2024) under the article on public justification of terrorism for commenting on the murder of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Denis Orlov on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The cause of the case was a comment about the murder of war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky in Telegram via an anonymous account.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.09.2024, Sentence: a fine of 500 thousand roubles (≈$5500 as of 16.09.2024)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500 thousand roubles (≈$5500 as of 16.09.2024)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-16T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-16T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recZnSN6tjSCt3ogh"},{"persecution_id":"rechAOIXqsQ70KTOO","last_updated":"2025-05-26T19:12:27.000Z","person_id":"recnl5UrOLwisfuwD","name_en":"Sergey Skidan","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Krivoy Rog. Since May of 2020, he served in the Aidar battalion. On 18th of July, 2020, he was detained by the people's militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. Then it was reported that he announced his intention to switch and fight for the side of the DNR. What happened to him immediately afterwards is unknown, but in April of 2023, a criminal case for forcible seizure of power, participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities was brought to the military court in Rostov region against him. On the 5th of March, 2024, Skidan was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony. 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However, he was identified during systematic efforts to identify such individuals, and on April 22nd, 2024, he was sentenced to six years in a high-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Temryuk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ruslan Orlovsky about his intention to join the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he intended to join the AFU, as well as terrorist organisations and those banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 06.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.06.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2024, Sentence: 6 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-22T15:08:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-22T15:08:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/orlovskij-ruslan-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recAF4DKGBElJS33R"},{"persecution_id":"recuhT0fVMRNzm5ev","last_updated":"2024-11-12T20:31:52.000Z","person_id":"recoCke8Rd4KArur5","name_en":" К.","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Khakassia. He was charged with incitement to extremism because of his statements on VKontakte about the need to use violence against officials and law enforcers. On 11 September 2024, he was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sayanogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Khakassia resident about incitement to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, motivated by hatred, he posted  comments in several groups of VKontakte social network, which were accessible to an unlimited number of users, about the need to carry out violent actions (up to murder) against representatives of the legislative and executive authorities of the Russian Federation, as well as law enforcement officers, which are considered public calls for extremist activity.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.09.2024, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment, prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of sites on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended imprisonment, prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of sites on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-11T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-11T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recuhT0fVMRNzm5ev"},{"persecution_id":"rec16zQb9H0q6Dn65","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:41:28.000Z","person_id":"recaGGR2xtB7ZDQv2","name_en":"Roman Tyurin","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Omsk Region. A criminal case was initiated against him on charges of disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On May 27, 2024, Tyurin was sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\nOn February 20, 2024, Tyurin was added to the Rosfinmonitoring List of Terrorists and Extremists with a designation applied to persons prosecuted under terrorism-related articles. It later became known that a criminal case had also been initiated against him on charges of the public justification of terrorism. In the same month, he was sentenced to 4 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\nIn addition, a criminal case was initiated against Tyurin on charges of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On October 3, 2024, he was sentenced in this case to 1 year’s imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\nFurthermore, Tyurin was charged with calls for activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation and with repeated demonstration of prohibited symbols; the details are unknown. On November 18, 2024, he was sentenced in this case, with the aggregate sentence, taking into account the three previous convictions, amounting to 6 years 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\nOn February 17, 2025, Tyurin died in custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"case_name_en":"The case of Roman Tyurin on incitement to undermine the security of the Russian Federation, and and repeated display of banned symbols","case_number":"1-76/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"-","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.07.2024\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.11.2024, Sentence: 6 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, taking into account sentences imposed under previous convictions, with a ban on administering internet websites for a period of 1 year.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, taking into account sentences imposed under previous convictions, with a ban on administering internet websites for a period of 1 year.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-18T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-18T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec16zQb9H0q6Dn65"},{"persecution_id":"recbV9kxidylJH4DV","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:27:45.000Z","person_id":"reccWt0IOfu8ilGbE","name_en":"Ilya Konstantinov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnoyarsk, a teacher of English and French. A case was brought against him for disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism (presumably because of a comment about the murder of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky). On 4 October 2024, Konstantinov was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. On 10 February 2025, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ilya Konstantinov's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-115/2024","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.10.2024 to 10.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.02.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.10.2024, Sentence: 6 years' of imprisonment in a general regime colony, and a ban on engaging in activities related to\nthe administration of electronic and information and telecommunication networks, including the\nInternet, for a period of 3 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' of imprisonment in a general regime colony, and a ban on engaging in activities related to\nthe administration of electronic and information and telecommunication networks, including the\nInternet, for a period of 3 years.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":70,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-04T10:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-04T10:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recbV9kxidylJH4DV"},{"persecution_id":"recnXNrUsbg0XRlS5","last_updated":"2024-12-21T12:07:01.000Z","person_id":"recaQkJ5PjQGV1lEU","name_en":" Unknown male 189","birth_year":1978,"age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bryansk. A case against him was initiated for participation in the activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement in the movement of \"citizens of the USSR\". On September 27, 2024, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Citizens of USSR case in Bryansk"],"case_name_en":"Case of a resident of Bryansk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"participated in meetings of the USSR, at which they discussed the changing of the foundations of the constitutional order and violating the integrity of the Russian Federation, obstructing the lawful activities of state bodies, local self-government bodies and other organizations; he also agitated others to participate in the banned organization\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 18.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.10.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.09.2024, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-27T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-27T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recnXNrUsbg0XRlS5"},{"persecution_id":"reczNcPHGvLViAaiI","last_updated":"2024-12-23T10:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recNawKB9M3bAZLAv","name_en":"Irina Tarasenkova","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Bryansk. A case was opened against her on charges of involvement in the movement of \"citizens of the USSR\". She signed recognisance not to leave. On 29 July 2024 Tarasenkova was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Citizens of USSR case in Bryansk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Irina Tarasenkova","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 29.07.2024\n• in custody: from 29.07.2024 to 30.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.10.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2024, Sentence: 2 years in a general regime colony, 6 months of liberty restriction","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years in a general regime colony, 6 months of liberty restriction","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-29T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-29T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reczNcPHGvLViAaiI"},{"persecution_id":"recgIpxkECcvgmgV7","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:40:36.000Z","person_id":"recPR3cbeRYtRthrY","name_en":"Iurii Zaitsev","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. Two cases were brought against him, both under articles on incitement to hatred and calls to extremism. According to Dmitrii Ivanov, who was convicted to the same colony with a case of public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, one of these cases was initiated in connection with Zaitsev's statements about a law enforcement officer who kicked an elderly woman in the stomach during the dispersal of a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg on 23 January 2021. The sentence in one of the cases was handed down on 6 May 2022, in the other — on 13 March 2023. As a result, Zaitsev was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Iurii Zaitsev's case of calls to extremism and incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a comment on a video showing a Rosgvardiya officer kicking a woman in the stomach during the dispersal of a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg on 23 January 2021.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 12.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.10.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-13T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-13T11:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recgIpxkECcvgmgV7"},{"persecution_id":"reczLGQxFv99ZRFTt","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recOSSKxV63FqRVTo","name_en":"Nikita Zhuravel","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZGqV4kbx6BxXWM.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZGqV4kbx6BxXWM.jpg"],"birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Volgograd. On May 21, 2023, he was detained and remanded in custody the next day because, according to the investigation, he burned a Quran near a mosque in Volgograd. \nIn a video taken after his detention, Zhuravel says that he was contacted by \"SBU officers\" and, acting on their instructions, purchased a Quran and burned it. After that, he \"sent the video materials to the SBU officers,\" who \"had to pay 10 000 rubles.\"\nThe very next day, Zhuravel’s case was transferred to the Investigative Committee of Chechnya for further investigation. This decision was explained by reference to “numerous appeals from residents of the Chechen Republic requesting to be recognized as victims.”\nIt later became known that in the video, which became the reason for the case, Zhuravel burns not the Quran itself, but \"The Light of the Holy Quran\" - a book containing the text of the Quran and its interpretation, which has been designated as extremist material in the Russian Federation.\nIn August 2023, Zhuravel reported that he was beaten in a Grozny pre-trial detention centre by Adam Kadyrov, the 15-year-old son of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. Kadyrov Sr. later confirmed that his son had beaten Zhuravel. Ramzan Kadyrov and other senior officials in Chechnya said they were proud of Kadyrov Jr.'s act. On October 12, Ramzan Kadyrov published on his Telegram channel a video of his own conversation with Zhuravel, during which Zhuravel stated that he intended to convert to Islam.\nOn February 27, 2024, Zhuravel was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony.\nIn October 2024, it became known that a case on charges of high treason had also been initiated against Zhuravel: according to the investigation, even before burning the Quran, he sent information to Ukraine about the movement of Russian military transport. On November 25, 2024, he was sentenced to 13 and a half years in a strict regime colony.\nIn March 2026, Zhuravel's lawyer said that there had been no information about his client for three months. The Federal Penitentiary Service responded that they had already notified Zhuravel's mother of his whereabouts and that he had received a letter from his mother on January 21. His mother states that she did not receive any notifications and did not write letters to her son in the colony, as she does not know where he is.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Zhuravel’s case of high treason","case_number":"2-40/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, acting on his own initiative, he contacted a representative of the Security Service of Ukraine via a messaging application and offered to cooperate, and in March 2023 sent them video recordings of a railway train transporting military equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and military aircraft, as well as information on the movement of an official vehicle belonging to one of the military unit.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n• in custody:  to 08.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• Unknown:  to 01.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• Unknown: from 01.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.11.2024, Sentence: 13 years 6 months' imprisonment in strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years 6 months' imprisonment in strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":162,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-25T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-25T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reczLGQxFv99ZRFTt"},{"persecution_id":"recKGlJpRMggBc3Ga","last_updated":"2025-02-03T19:49:06.000Z","person_id":"rectsK5VUolIPAHUE","name_en":"Sergey Kuralev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case was initiated on charges of incitement to extremism and terrorism due to posts that, according to the investigation, called for 'an attack on the life of the mentioned state figures to stop their activities,' as well as crimes against members of United Russia and their relatives, and 'persons of various nationalities.' On 7 October 2024, Kuralev was sentenced to a fine of 500,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergey Kuralev regarding calls for extremism and terrorism.","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted on VKontakte with calls 'to commit an attack on the lives of the aforementioned state figures in order to stop their activities,' as well as to commit crimes against members of United Russia and their relatives, and 'persons of various nationalities.' This was due to his dissatisfaction with domestic policy, including 'managerial decisions in the migration sphere,' and his dislike for President Vladimir Putin and the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.10.2024, Sentence: a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-02T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-02T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recKGlJpRMggBc3Ga"},{"persecution_id":"rec2TOaQaFFMCgXSi","last_updated":"2025-09-24T12:27:43.000Z","person_id":"recyITgCWKWcsiXUr","name_en":"Dmitry Kozhukhov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A citizen of Ukraine, lived in Donetsk region, and was a taxi driver. He was charged with acting as an accessory in participation in a terrorist community: according to the investigation, in 2016, he agreed to cooperate with a certain \"terrorist community created by the SBU\" and provided it with information about the military deployment of DNR. Kozhukhov said in court that he had incriminated himself under torture with a stun gun. Two witnesses, on whose testimonies the case was also based, retracted their testimonies in court. A certain ribbon with Ukrainian symbols also appeared in the case, but Ushakov claims that it belonged to his father and that he himself was unaware of its existence. 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Criticised the regime of Ramzan Kadyrov. In 2020, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony in a drug distribution case, Movlaev linked the prosecution to his anti-establishment statements.\nMovlayev was released on parole in 2022. In August of the same year, he was kidnapped by Department of Internal Affairs' officers of the Shalinsky district of Chechnya. For some time the activist was held in one of the \"illegal prisons\", where he claims he was tortured. In 2023, he managed to escape and got to Kyrgyzstan without documents.\nA case was opened against him for financing extremist activities - according to supporters, it was falsified: the reason for the case was a transfer to the cryptocurrency wallet of the Chechen opposition channel \"1ADAT\", which, according to the authors of the channel, was made by security forces.\nIn August 2023, Movlayev was detained and taken into custody in Kyrgyzstan on charges of illegal border crossing. In October, a court in Bishkek sentenced the activist to six months in a penal colony with subsequent deportation to Russia. However, according to \"1ADAT\" administrator Ibragim Yangulbaev, the activist managed to flee the country.\nIn October 2024, Movlayev reported that his brothers Zelimkhan and Khamzat had been kidnapped in Chechnya in September.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons","Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 228 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 228 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Mansur Movlaev's case on drug distribution","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released on probation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recjzJgvO59qWKe1r"},{"persecution_id":"recFIys4VaiwHf0z3","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:09:55.000Z","person_id":"recEOxlmLFKtrXUAP","name_en":"Mansur Movlaev","birth_year":1995,"age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Chechnya, engineer, master of sports in taekwondo. Criticised the regime of Ramzan Kadyrov. In 2020, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony in a drug distribution case, Movlaev linked the prosecution to his anti-establishment statements.\nMovlayev was released on parole in 2022. In August of the same year, he was kidnapped by Department of Internal Affairs' officers of the Shalinsky district of Chechnya. For some time the activist was held in one of the \"illegal prisons\", where he claims he was tortured. In 2023, he managed to escape and got to Kyrgyzstan without documents.\nA case was opened against him for financing extremist activities - according to supporters, it was falsified: the reason for the case was a transfer to the cryptocurrency wallet of the Chechen opposition channel \"1ADAT\", which, according to the authors of the channel, was made by security forces.\nIn August 2023, Movlayev was detained and taken into custody in Kyrgyzstan on charges of illegal border crossing. In October, a court in Bishkek sentenced the activist to six months in a penal colony with subsequent deportation to Russia. However, according to \"1ADAT\" administrator Ibragim Yangulbaev, the activist managed to flee the country.\nIn October 2024, Movlayev reported that his brothers Zelimkhan and Khamzat had been kidnapped in Chechnya in September.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons","Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Mansur Movlaev's case of financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a transfer to the cryptocurrency wallet of the Chechen opposition project \"1ADAT\": according to the investigation, it was made by Movlayev, while the project coordinators claim that the money was transferred by law enforcers.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recFIys4VaiwHf0z3"},{"persecution_id":"recWLtacOpV2RRowW","last_updated":"2026-03-30T13:59:16.000Z","person_id":"rec1dHw8Vc3H9Y6St","name_en":"Daniel Zinkovsky","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnodar. On April 18, 2024, he was sentenced to seven years on charges of preparation for high treason: according to the investigation, he called a certain phone number, which allegedly recruited those willing to fight in the International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine, and expressed his desire to fight, after which he went to Ukraine, but was detained on the way.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Daniel Zinkovsky's case of preparation for high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version, he called a certain phone number, which allegedly recruited those willing to fight in the International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine, and expressed his desire to fight, after which he went to Ukraine, but was detained in the Rostov region.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.04.2024, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-18T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-18T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 1 September 2025, the court sentenced Gladchenko to a two and a half year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Citizens of USSR case in Makhachkala"],"case_name_en":"Irina Gladchenko's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 01.08.2021 to 12.03.2022 Gladchenko participated in the activities of the executive committee of the \"Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR\", i.e. in the activities of a structural subdivision of the MOO \"USSR\", which was recognised as extremist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Komi Republic of 11.07.2019 and its activities are banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.09.2025, Sentence: 2 years 6 months of suspended imprisonment with 6 months of restricted freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months of suspended imprisonment with 6 months of restricted freedom","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-01T06:10:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-01T06:10:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recjVKw92yU8mhpjt"},{"persecution_id":"recXTe4L2K9NTRQOK","last_updated":"2025-04-24T09:35:04.000Z","person_id":"recNcOtwDRHSjK7nK","name_en":"Unknown male 197","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Tomsk region. A high treason case was brought against him on charges of financing the AFU. No later than October 2024, he was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_group_en":["The case of financing AFU in Tomsk region"],"case_name_en":"The case of financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Tomsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, they transferred money to payment details in the interests of the AFU to purchase kamikaze drones, ammunition and military equipment for the purpose of their use against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The NIA-Tomsk report without any comments included a screenshot of some correspondence in which one of the interlocutors suggests to the other to tell that he thought the money was being transferred for a humanitarian fund to help children in Donbass.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 23.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.08.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.08.2024, Sentence: 8 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-02T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-02T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXTe4L2K9NTRQOK"},{"persecution_id":"recLcJ2r2nL4Ksj67","last_updated":"2026-02-12T10:37:25.000Z","person_id":"recZgwYFN7eVlU9ep","name_en":"Stanislav Shevchenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attV878DoOBzgX6Na.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attV878DoOBzgX6Na.png"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Adygea. A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of statements in social networks about the explosion on the Crimean Bridge and the arson attack on the building of the Krasnodar Territory Department of the Federal Security Service. On 18 October 2024, Shevchenko was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maykop"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Stanislav Shevchenko's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated due to statements left in 2022-2023 about the explosion on the Crimean Bridge and the arson attack on the building of the Federal Security Service Directorate in Krasnodar Krai, committed by Igor Paskar in the summer of 2022.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 10.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2024, Sentence: 4 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-19T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-19T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-02-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://jtyrggqz---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/shevchenko-stanislav-nikolaevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recLcJ2r2nL4Ksj67"},{"persecution_id":"recYnCZC7fY5hwTUi","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:04:08.000Z","person_id":"recR0jg32sMXtOs2N","name_en":"Alexander","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He fought in the Russia-Ukraine war. In September 2022, after getting a leave, went to Kazakhstan. He became one of the founders of the \"Goodbye to Arms\" movement. This is a movement that helps defectors. Russia brought a case with allegations in desertion against Alexander. In October 2024, Alexander received a political asylum in France even though he did not have a travel passport.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 338 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["338"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 338"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYnCZC7fY5hwTUi"},{"persecution_id":"reccMuuKBwEx4gPtF","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:40:36.000Z","person_id":"reczvYFHabuZYEBVm","name_en":"Nikolai Farafonov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLO9gXNfZ6TVcsW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLO9gXNfZ6TVcsW.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Resident of the town of Vuktyl (Komi Republic). He ran an anti-war blog. In October 2022, he was fined 30,000 rubles under the article on discrediting the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for a comment on a post about Rosgvardia officers' visit to a children's hospital. Farafonov questioned whether the officers there had spoken about children dying in Ukraine, to whom \"the Russian world was brought on bayonets.\" \"Sever. Realii\" reported that he was initially unable to gather the money for the fine, and due to the delayed payment, he was fined an additional 30,000 roubles. On 20 September 2023, Farafonov was detained and the following day taken into custody in connection with a case of public justification of terrorism. On 15 January 2023, his pre-trial detention was extended by 6 months. On 27 March 2024, Farafonov was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime colony.\nA separate libel case was also brought against Farafonov, the details remain unknown. According to the verdict, an additional 15 days of imprisonment were added to his previous sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 128.1"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Farafonov's case of libel","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• in custody: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\"\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.10.2024, Sentence: 15 days' arrest","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 days' arrest","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-01T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccMuuKBwEx4gPtF"},{"persecution_id":"recS2uaRxh1M3qBet","last_updated":"2025-05-21T16:31:23.000Z","person_id":"recmh2OXAM66TIxku","name_en":"Unknown male 206","birth_year":1990,"age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tyumen. In October 2024, the Investigative Committee announced that a case had been opened against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. According to the report, equipment was seized from the Tyumen resident.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Tyumen resident about \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recS2uaRxh1M3qBet"},{"persecution_id":"recwFyyeNGJVRvRMr","last_updated":"2025-02-25T06:40:00.000Z","person_id":"rec9TzbIdLkeWOzwY","name_en":"Sergei Budrin","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kemerovo. He was prosecuted on charges of robbery before. Later, a case was initiated against him for calls to terrorism in connection with calls to overthrow the government and calls to extremism and in connection with threats to use violence against natives of the Caucasus (we do not consider this part of the charge to be politically motivated). In October 2024, the case was handed over to court. On 18 November 2024, Budrin was sentenced, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Kemerovo resident on calls to extremism and terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published multiple comments with insults and threats of violence against natives of the Caucasus from \"fake\" accounts on a social network, in various chat rooms and communities, and \"also spoke out against the leadership of the Russian Federation, calling on other users to violently overthrow the government\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.11.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-18T14:05:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-18T14:05:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recwFyyeNGJVRvRMr"},{"persecution_id":"rechfW9Ocy2eBPpc8","last_updated":"2024-11-20T11:48:21.000Z","person_id":"reczQA19bHgPWOh0H","name_en":" Unknown female 31","birth_year":1956,"age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Khakassia. In October 2024, a case was brought against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, due to her involvement in the movement of \"citizens of the USSR\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a \"citizen of the USSR\" in Khakassia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from August 2022 to October 2024, she was a member of the banned organisation \"Citizens of the USSR\", declared extremist by the decision of the Samara Regional Court on 17 June 2022; She also published materials from the organisation on her social media page.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rechfW9Ocy2eBPpc8"},{"persecution_id":"recy5UvFH0alAJzJy","last_updated":"2025-02-12T20:08:12.000Z","person_id":"recp6DeH6p3W42rfC","name_en":"Dmitry Borisevich","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Syktyvkar. He was prosecuted for publicly justifying terrorism because of an emotional comment on a statement made by CPRF leader Gennady Zyuganov in 2020. The politician added then, speaking at the Kremlin wall and listing how \"we got the praised Europe's back three times\", including from Hitler: \"...who built concentration camps and burned everyone in the ovens - Russians, Jews, Gypsies, Poles and all the rest of the scum.\" On 28 October 2024, Borisevich was sentenced to a fine of 300,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dzmitry Borisevich on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a comment in \"VKontakte\" dated 25 July 2022 with the words \"Stake the faggot!!!! For high treason and participation in genocide, pretending that he fights for the truth, in fact one gang of the Russian Federation, which came to power by coup d'état!!!!!. RF terrorist organisation creating genocide in the USSR, Russia!!!! A military tribunal awaits all!!! Ours, in Nuremberg, The Hague!!!\". The investigation saw in this statement a call for an attempt on the life of Gennady Zyuganov \"in order to stop his state and political activity\". The occasion for Borisevich's comment was a speech by the CPRF leader, during which he, referring to Hitler, said: \"...who built concentration camps and burned everyone in the ovens - Russians, Jews, Gypsies, Poles and all the rest of the scum\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.10.2024, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-27T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 28-10-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/10/d50592/?sphrase_id=2745810\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recy5UvFH0alAJzJy"},{"persecution_id":"recQ37mVieMO3wZBT","last_updated":"2025-03-05T13:10:55.000Z","person_id":"recC4q0ix6e4XfHLm","name_en":" Unknown male 229","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vsevolozhsk (Leningrad Oblast). A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities due to the transfer of currency to \"a non-profit organisation recognised as extremist and liquidated on the territory of the Russian Federation in 2021\". Apparently it is referring to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. In November 2024, the case went to trial. On 30 January 2025, a verdict was handed down, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vsevolozhsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of financing extremist activities in Vsevolozhsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation: \"acting deliberately, transferred funds in foreign currency, intended to finance extremist activities,  from his bank account to a foreign account of a non-profit organisation, recognised as extremist and liquidated on the territory of the Russian Federation in 2021\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2025","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-30T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-30T09:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQ37mVieMO3wZBT"},{"persecution_id":"rec5QwZxd7pI1JpKk","last_updated":"2026-02-13T15:21:48.000Z","person_id":"recK8f9S7XKR73EsN","name_en":"Ivan Petrov","birth_year":1989,"age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Volzhsk (Mari El Republic). A case was brought against him for disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In November 2024, the case went to court. On December 24, 2024 Petrov was sentenced to two years of forced labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ivan Petrov on \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-187/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, in November 2023, Petrov posted comments containing knowingly false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in a public community in one of the social networks under the publication dedicated to the installation of a memorial plaque to a serviceman killed in the zone of a special military operation.","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2024, Sentence: 2 years of forced labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of forced labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-02-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/petrov-ivan-anatolevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec5QwZxd7pI1JpKk"},{"persecution_id":"recyJsnZ9s7rnpz1J","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recz87tguaGA6EEeV","name_en":"Guzel Nurislamova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ufa. A case was brought against her for financing an \"undesirable organisation\" due to the transfer of money to the Ukrainian Revival Church. In October 2024, her case went to the court. On November 19, 2024, Nurislamova was sentenced to a suspended sentence, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of financing the Resurrection church"],"case_name_en":"Unknown person N43","case_number":"1-244/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being aware of the fact that the decision of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation of DD.MM.GGGG the activities of the non-governmental organisation \"Religious organisation \"All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre \"VIDRODZHENNIA\" (Religious organisation \"All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre \"Revival\", Ukraine) (VDTSV), registered and operating on the territory of Ukraine since DD.MM.GGG (Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organisations of Ukraine - 38359370) (USREOU), \"cell\" of which operated on the territory of <adres> and <adres> from DD.MM.GGG to DD.MM.GGGY from among supporters and followers of FIO6, without appropriate registration in the Main Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for <adres>, whose members worked out the methodology of selection and involvement of new participants in the activities of these organisations, collection of donations with the establishment of specific financial plans and reports, on the basis of the Federal Law from DD.MM.GGGY №272-FZ \"On measures of influence on persons involved in violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms, rights and freedoms of citizens of the Russian Federation\" is recognised as undesirable. carried out transfers of funds knowingly intended to support the activities of the said foreign non-governmental organisation.\n\nFrom DD.MM.GGG to DD.MM.GGG Nurislamova G.G., being reliably aware of the recognition in accordance with the procedure established by law of the activities of the VDCV as undesirable in the territory of the Russian Federation, with the intention of providing funds knowingly intended to ensure the activities of the above foreign non-governmental organisation, being at her place of residence at the address: <address> with the help of her account <daniyaniyaty> in the messenger <daniyaniyaty> installed in her mobile phone <daniyaniyaty> IMEI-code №, repeatedly entered into correspondence with participants of the activities of the foreign non-governmental organisation VDCE, using accounts <daniyaniyaty> and <daniyaniyaty> in the course of which, the latter at the request of Nurislamova G.G. provided her with bank card details to which Nurislamova G.G. had to transfer funds to support the activities of the above-mentioned foreign non-governmental organisation.\n\nFrom DD.MM.YYYY to DD.MM.YYYY, Nurislamova G.G., being on the territory of <address>, including at the place of her residence at the address: <address>, <address>, realising her criminal intent, acting in violation of the Federal Law of 28.12.2012 No. 272-FZ \"On measures to influence persons involved in violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms, rights and freedoms of citizens of the Russian Federation\", the decision of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation of 16.11.2022 and the order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation of 25.11.2022 No. 1597-r, realising the character of the character of the foreign non-governmental organisation, being aware of the character of the foreign non-governmental organisation. No. 1597-r, being aware of the nature and public danger of her actions, foreseeing the inevitability and wishing for the onset of socially dangerous consequences in the form of an attack on the foundations of the constitutional order and security of the Russian Federation, being a participant in religious meetings and gatherings organised by the UDCE, in order to support the activities of a foreign non-governmental organisation, using the mobile application <daniye yaty> installed in her mobile phone <daniye yaty>, repeatedly made money transfers DD.MM.YYY at 12:01 (Moscow time) transferring money in the amount of 1500 rubles; DD.MM.YYY at 12:01 (Moscow time) transferring money in the amount of 15 rubles; DD.MM.YYY at 21:57 (Moscow time) transferring money in the amount of 11.5 rubles; DD.MM.YYYY at 21:57 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of RUB 1,150; DD.MM.YYY at 08:03 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of RUB 1,500; DD.MM.YYY at 14:15 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of RUB 1,500; DD.MM.YYY at 17:45 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of RUB 750.\n\nContinuing her criminal actions, Nurislamova G.G. from DD.MM.GGG to DD.MM.GYY, being at her place of residence at the address: <address>, being a participant of religious meetings and gatherings organised by VDCCV, using the mobile application \"<unknown data>\" installed in her mobile phone <unknown data>, she repeatedly transferred money from her bank account No. to the bank card No. opened in the name of FiO8, who is a participant of the activities of the foreign non-governmental organisation VDCCV on the territory of the Russian Federation, namely: DD.MM.YYY at 16:29 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 1000 rubles; DD.MM.YYY at 10:09 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 1000 rubles; DD.MM.YYY at 08:36 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 200 rubles; DD.MM.YYY at 06:05 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 150 rubles; DD.MM.YYYY at 08:15 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 100 roubles; DD.MM.YYY at 03:38 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 200 roubles; DD.MM.YYYY at 14:15 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of RUB 1000; DD.MM.YYY at 12:08 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of RUB 200; DD.MM.YYY at 18:14 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of RUB 100.\n\nFurther, continuing to realise her criminal intent, from DD.MM.GGG to DD.MM.GGG Nurislamova G.G., being on the territory of <address>, including at her place of residence at the address: <address>, being a participant of religious meetings and gatherings organised by the VDCCV, using the mobile application <unknown data> installed in her mobile phone <unknown data> she repeatedly transferred money from her bank account No. to the bank card No. opened in the name of FiO9, who is a participant of the activities of the foreign non-governmental organisation VDCCV on the territory of the Russian Federation, namely: DD.MM.YYYY at 18:03 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 150 rubles; DD.MM.YYYY at 14:12 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 1500 rubles; DD.MM.YYYY at 03:58 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 100 roubles; DD.M.YYY at 06:09 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 150 roubles; DD.M.YYY at 16:56 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 1 rouble;\n\nDD.MM.YYY at 16:56 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 100 roubles; DD.MM.YYY at 18:04 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 100 roubles; DD.MM.YYY at 16:29 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 150 roubles; DD.M.M.Y.Y.G.G. at 17:11 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 150 roubles; DD.M.Y.G.G.G. at 18:27 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 100 roubles; DD.M.Y.G.G.G. at 10:53 (Moscow time) transfer of funds in the amount of 1500 roubles.\n\nThen, from DD.MM.GGG to DD.MM.GGG, Nurislamova G.G., being on the territory of <address>, including at the place of her residence at the address: <address>, <address>, being a participant of religious meetings and gatherings organised by VDCCV, using the mobile application <unknown data> installed in her mobile phone <unknown data> she repeatedly made transfers of funds from her bank account No., to bank cards No., No., opened in the name of FiO10, who is a participant of the activities of the foreign non-governmental organisation VDCCV on the territory of the Russian Federation, namely: DD.ММ.ГГГ at 19:00 (Moscow time) transfer of money in the amount of 1000 rubles; DD.ММ.ГГГ at 20:07 (Moscow time) transfer of money in the amount of 1613 rubles; DD.ММ.ГГГ at 22:59 (Moscow time) transfer of money in the amount of 100 rubles; DD.ММ.ГГГ at 21:16 (Moscow time) transfer of money in the amount of 200 rubles; DD.M.M.Y.Y.G.G. at 14:45 (Moscow time), transfer of RUB 1,500; DD.M.Y.G.G. at 15:12 (Moscow time), transfer of RUB 150; DD.M.Y.G.G.G. at 16:42 (Moscow time), transfer of RUB 1,200, totalling RUB 2,0140.50.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.11.2024, Sentence: suspended sentence of 1 year 6 months' imprisonment with a probation period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"suspended sentence of 1 year 6 months' imprisonment with a probation period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-19T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-19T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recyJsnZ9s7rnpz1J"},{"persecution_id":"rec04epzgzqqz9OwZ","last_updated":"2025-03-08T19:06:31.000Z","person_id":"recPujEhRkb9Ipsvh","name_en":"Sergei Mazin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Totma (Vologda Region). A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In October 2024, the case went to court. On 25 December 2024 Mazin was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Mazin's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-119/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"In May 2023, Mazin was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of the publication of a certain interview, \"the content of which causes a negative assessment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted on the basis of the decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - the President of the Russian Federation and the resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of 22 February 2022 № 35-SF in order to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, to support the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, and to maintain the interests of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 03.02.2025 to 02.08.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.12.2024, Sentence: 1 year and 6 months of compulsory labour, in places determined by the institutions and bodies of the penal enforcement system, with a monthly deduction of 5 per cent of the convicted person's wages to the income of the State","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 6 months of compulsory labour, in places determined by the institutions and bodies of the penal enforcement system, with a monthly deduction of 5 per cent of the convicted person's wages to the income of the State","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-25T05:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-25T05:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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After a few minutes, she deleted the video, but a fellow serviceman took his phone to a counterintelligence officer at the military unit and told him about the argument. The video was restored. Podoinitsyna was released under an undertaking not to abscond. In November 2024, the case went to court. On 9 December, the servicewoman was sentenced to a fine of 3,000,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military","Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yulia Podoinitsyna’s case on \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-155/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of the case was a YouTube video about civilian casualties in Ukraine, which Podoinitsyna shared with her fellow servicemen via an internal programme with a forum function in an attempt to prove that civilians were being killed in shelling. After a few minutes, she deleted the video, but a fellow serviceman took his phone to the counterintelligence officer at the military unit and told him about the argument. The video was restored. The information in the video was declared \"fake\" according to the results of the preliminary investigation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.12.2024, Sentence: a fine of 3,000,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 3,000,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":3000000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-09T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-09T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recpwINwiBlF0x4BC"},{"persecution_id":"recmveGJyaVJXEH7A","last_updated":"2026-02-17T14:14:18.000Z","person_id":"reclt34qw9U8Wsixe","name_en":"Ivan Vovk","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-07-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A native of Zaporizhzhya region. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces, calls to extremism and terrorism. In October 2024, the case went to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ivan Vovk on \"fakes\" against the Russian Armed Forces, calls for extremism and terrorism","case_number":"1-47/2026 (1-166/2025; 1-522/2024;)","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmveGJyaVJXEH7A"},{"persecution_id":"recUmWWiriV5GgAfw","last_updated":"2024-11-26T08:31:19.000Z","person_id":"rec8e0GM9b72jfxhA","name_en":"Yuri Strubalin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Astrakhan. Retired person of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was deputy chairman of the Council of Regional Veterans and Municipalities of the Astrakhan region, in the 1990s he headed the control and revision department of the regional Department of Internal Affairs and headed the non-profit partnership \"New Day\". A vandalism case was initiated against him because of three anti-war inscriptions on the facades of several houses. On 22 August 2023, Strubalin was sentenced to three years of restricted liberty.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Astrakhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he wrote with a red marker in the centre of Astrakhan \"No to war!\" on the facades of several houses recognised as architectural monuments and photographed the inscriptions.","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 26.10.2023 to 25.10.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.08.2023, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-22T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-22T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recUmWWiriV5GgAfw"},{"persecution_id":"recAIBoBAjCMZyFvV","last_updated":"2025-07-19T10:35:39.000Z","person_id":"rec28znEaDP832GfC","name_en":"Aleksey Pokazanyev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attAovzgKLCUmVKc4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attAovzgKLCUmVKc4.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg, a history and social studies teacher. A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because he commented on the Crimean Bridge explosion and \"justified committing an attempt on the life\" of Putin during a lesson. On 20 November 2024, Pokazanyev was sentenced to three years in a settlement colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Pokazanyev's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the lesson he commented on the explosion on the Crimean bridge and \"justified the commission of an attempt on the life\" of Putin.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.11.2024 to 30.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.11.2024, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a settlement colony, prohibition of engaging in pedagogical activities for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a settlement colony, prohibition of engaging in pedagogical activities for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-14T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-14T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-02-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/pokazanev-aleksej-evgenevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recAIBoBAjCMZyFvV"},{"persecution_id":"recWi1R5g22vZlsCF","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:21:13.000Z","person_id":"recPJUJIAUowDXXCf","name_en":" Unknown male 231","birth_year":1973,"age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kurgan city. On 22 April 2024, it became known that a case of desecration of symbols of military glory was brought against him. He was placed in custody. On 10 December 2024, the court sent the Kurgan resident to compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurgan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Case of desecration of the Victory obelisk in Kurgan","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 19 April 2024, being near the Victory obelisk in memory of Kurgan residents who died during the Great Patriotic War, \"stood with his feet on the granite pedestal and committed actions desecrating the symbol of military glory of Russia\".","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 26.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.12.2024","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-10T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-10T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 19-11-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/04/d49720/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recWi1R5g22vZlsCF"},{"persecution_id":"reckYVoBwf9MKpOzH","last_updated":"2025-11-20T22:25:03.000Z","person_id":"rec6mPgXOZR08xlDU","name_en":"Danila Spirkov","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Novgorod region. A case was brought against him for calling for extremist activity because of an obscene gesture on the background of a police car and an \"obscene phrase about law enforcement agencies\". On 6 November 2024, Spirkov was convicted to a year of probation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NGR"],"persecution_ended":"2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Danila Spirkov on obscenities addressed to the police ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2022, he published on his VKontakte page a photo of a \"finger figure on the background of a police car\" and \"an obscene phrase about law enforcement agencies\". The expert examination states that the young man's statement \"contains an inducement to commit violent acts against police officers\". The court saw in Spirkov's words \"a call to carry out extremist activities\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 22.11.2024 to 21.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.11.2024, Sentence: 1 year of imprisonment suspended with probation for 1 year, ban on publishing posts on social media for 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of imprisonment suspended with probation for 1 year, ban on publishing posts on social media for 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-06T07:22:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-06T07:22:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reckYVoBwf9MKpOzH"},{"persecution_id":"rec44UmoCG9ghww4f","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"recpzJgWkHo0BFYXB","name_en":"Abdulmukmin Murtazaliyev","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Makhachkala. A case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the \"citizens of the USSR\" movement. On 24 June 2024, Murtazaliyev was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Citizens of USSR case in Makhachkala"],"case_name_en":"Abdulmukmin Murtazaliyev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being reliably informed that, in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Komi, the activities of the public organization 'USSR' on the territory of the Russian Federation are 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committee of the 'Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/USSR,' positioning himself as an active participant and taking the position of 'first-class driver' in the named structural subdivision of the extremist organization.\"\n\nIn carrying out this intent, in violation of the above-mentioned legal norms, positioning himself as a citizen of the 'USSR,' despite having the real opportunity to cease his personal participation in the illegal activities of the extremist organization, he continued to engage in deliberate actions aimed at continuing the activities of the public organization 'USSR' and its structural subdivision, which included participating in events organized by members of the extremist cell and propagating the goals of the organization.\"\n\nMoreover, \"he participated in conspiratorial meetings of the members of the executive committee of the 'Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/USSR,' held at least twice a week, actively participating in votes on the appointment of members to positions within the organization's structure, propagating the ideology of the public organization 'USSR' to the attendees, and also spreading hatred toward the authorities of the Russian Federation, calling for refusal to pay taxes, utility bills, and to avoid fulfilling civil-law obligations.\"\n\nAfter the \"illegal activities of the executive committee of the 'Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/USSR'\" were suppressed by law enforcement officers, remaining a committed supporter of the aforementioned ideology of the public organization 'USSR,' for conspiratorial purposes, he continued to store in his residence the membership card of the executive committee of the 'Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/USSR,' which was discovered and seized by law enforcement officers during a search of 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A case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the movement of \"Citizens of the USSR\". On 28 June 2024, a verdict was passed, details are unknown. On 23 September, the court of appeal instance cancelled the verdict and sent the case for a new consideration.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Citizens of USSR case in Makhachkala"],"case_name_en":"Case of Musa Dadaev","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the executive committee of the \"Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/USSR\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.06.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-28T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-28T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recC0ttn2nUyLdaIF"},{"persecution_id":"recXrJbsQGmkkhge5","last_updated":"2025-03-25T17:16:52.000Z","person_id":"recYH5vX8MK34X24s","name_en":"Vaisulla Badabiev","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Makhachkala. A case was brought against him for participating in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the movement of \"citizens of the USSR\". In May 2024, the case was transferred to court. On 9 December 2024, Badabiyev was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Citizens of USSR case in Makhachkala"],"case_name_en":"Vaisulla Badabiev case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the executive committee of the \"Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.12.2024, Sentence: 3 years of suspended imprisonment, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of suspended imprisonment, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-09T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-09T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recXrJbsQGmkkhge5"},{"persecution_id":"recec7yssBmgdalVb","last_updated":"2025-02-21T16:08:14.000Z","person_id":"rect2wSz46erqOoL2","name_en":"Ali Temirov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Dagestan. A case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the religious association At-Takfir Val-Hijra. On 27 March 2023 Temirov was sentenced to a year of conditioned sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_ended":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ali Temirov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"acting deliberately, no later than 2014, more precise time and date are not established by the investigation, being on the territory of the Republic of Dagestan, in the premises of the households, realising that his actions are illegal and contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation, voluntarily participated in the activities of the religious association At-Takfir Val-Hijra\", reliably knowing from the media and the Internet that the activities of the above association by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of DD.MM.GGG № GCPI 10-848 n In order to continue the activities of the association in the period of time from 2014 to 2018, more precise time and dates are not established by the investigation, being at the above addresses, committed actions aimed at continuing the activities of the banned association, having become adherents of radical views and ideas of the religious organisation \"At-Takfir Wal-Hijra\", under the influence of the literature of the ideologist of the association Mustafa Shukri. During the period from 2014 to 2018, the investigation has not established more precise time and dates, acting deliberately, in order to continue the activities of the association and recruit new members, participated in meetings of members of the religious association \"At-Taqfir Wal-Hijra\" in the premises of the households, where they collectively discussed the activities of the association aimed at establishing the world domination of radical Islam and the creation in the Russian Federation, a single Islamic state \"World Caliphate\", as well as engaged in the interpretation of the prohibited in the territory of the Russian Federation, and also engaged in the interpretation of the religious organisation \"At-Taqfir Wal-Hijra\". During the period from 2014 to 2018, the investigation has not established more precise times and dates, while at the above addresses, members of the association, during meetings of members of the religious association, called for ignoring the laws of the Russian Federation, as well as by joint decisions declared \"takfir\", i.e. declared in disbelief persons who do not support the ideology of the association\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 12.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 12.04.2023 to 01.10.2023\n• Unknown: from 01.10.2023 to 01.10.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2023, Sentence: 1 year of deprivation of liberty suspended on probation, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of deprivation of liberty suspended on probation, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-27T11:10:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-27T11:10:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recec7yssBmgdalVb"},{"persecution_id":"recSJziidB2HVercJ","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:21:23.000Z","person_id":"recUCKAVqrtiWSKS2","name_en":"Anastasia Nazaruk","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The wife of former border guard Roman Nazaruk. A case was brought against both of them for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. In May 2023, security forces visited her grandmother's flat in Pyatigorsk, where she was registered, as well as her mother's in Anadyr. Searches in both cities also took place in October 2023. Nazaruk was put on a wanted list. Before it became known under which article the case was opened, Nazaruk's relatives were informed about charges of treason. Her mother was told that her daughter sent money to the account of the AFU from Raiffeisen Bank. Anastasia claims that she has never been a client of this bank. The law enforcers also said that the reason for the initiation of the case were some publications in social networks. On 23 April 2024, the court in Anadyr sentenced Nazaruk to seven years in absentia.\nLater, there was information about a new case against Nazaruk under the same article, initiated in Pyatigorsk. In November 2024, it was transferred to the court. On 18 December 2024, Nazaruk was also sentenced in absentia to seven years' imprisonment in this case, and when added together, the total term was ten years' imprisonment.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pyatigorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Anastasia Nazaruk on \"fakes\" about the RF Supreme Court","case_number":"1-802/2024","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2024, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in absentia with a ban on administration of websites for 3 years, in aggregate with the previous sentence - 10 years' imprisonment in absentia with a ban on administration of websites for 5 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in absentia with a ban on administration of websites for 3 years, in aggregate with the previous sentence - 10 years' imprisonment in absentia with a ban on administration of websites for 5 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSJziidB2HVercJ"},{"persecution_id":"recaY1yU7i6EoIdbN","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:09:04.000Z","person_id":"rec9uqFrMKlQUVy9J","name_en":"Vladislav Plakhotnik","birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured, allegedly on 3 December 2023. A criminal case was initiated against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and for undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities, due to his service in the 12th Separate Brigade established within the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the basis of the Azov Battalion. On 3 May 2024, Plakhotnik was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony. On 4 July 2025, Plakhotnik was handed over to Ukraine as part of a prisoner exchange.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_ended":"2025-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Plakhotnik's case of the military service in Azov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 17 July 2023, he arrived at the assembly point of the terrorist organisation - the Ukrainian paramilitary nationalist formation Azov - where he voluntarily agreed to participate in its activities. After that, he underwent training as part of a general military training programme, during which he acquired knowledge, practical skills, and experience through physical and psychological training, as well as instruction in the handling of weapons, explosive devices, and explosives. Later, while stationed in combat positions located within the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, the defendant supported the activities of the said terrorist organisation, serving as a driver in the engineering and positioning section of the special forces battalion’s engineer-sapper platoon.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 12.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• Unknown: , Tuberculosis Hospital No. 1 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Department of Penitentiary Services\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.05.2024, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in absentia, ban on administering Internet resources for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in absentia, ban on administering Internet resources for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-03T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-03T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-11-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://tskvsmfq---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/plahotnik-vladislav-sergeevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recaY1yU7i6EoIdbN"},{"persecution_id":"recKVSFv4Pxu98s3g","last_updated":"2025-03-30T23:54:13.000Z","person_id":"recPy7mkAc8NjCfOP","name_en":"Anton Goncharov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Biysk (Altai Krai), a neurologist with years of experience. A case of financing extremist activities was brought against him due to donations to FBK. The prohibition of certain actions was chosen for Goncharov as a measure of restriction. In November 2024, the case went to court. On 14 January 2025, Goncharov was sentenced to a fine of 420 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Biysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Anton Goncharov's case of FBK financing","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2021 he subscribed to a YouTube channel \"promoting the ideals of an organisation recognised as extremist in the Russian Federation\". \"Being a supporter of this organisation and sharing its main ideas\", followed a link to a page with a detailed description of how to transfer funds to the organisation \"in conditions of secrecy and anonymity\". \"Systematically\" supported the organisation financially until February 2022.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 14.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.01.2025, Sentence: a fine of RUB 500 thousand, reduced to RUB 420 thousand due to the pretrial restriction","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of RUB 500 thousand, reduced to RUB 420 thousand due to the pretrial restriction","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":420000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-14T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-14T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 04-12-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/12/d50746/?sphrase_id=2748323\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-finansirovanii-fbk/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recKVSFv4Pxu98s3g"},{"persecution_id":"recXnQTOAQOOSvZGD","last_updated":"2025-02-19T11:09:46.000Z","person_id":"receVE564rth5Pgwq","name_en":"Anton Orlov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attmieXNZEyPp04nb.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attmieXNZEyPp04nb.jpg"],"birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ufa, coordinator of the trade union of medical workers Deystvie (Aktion). On 24 September 2022, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony on charges of fraud. Orlov was accused of having stolen more than 11 million roubles (US$ 109445) as deputy director of Nefte-Service under the pretext of supplying diesel fuel to YUSUF BOBO FAYZ, a firm from Uzbekistan, and, together with two associates on behalf of Hermes LLC, stole another 14.8 million roubles (US$ 147253) by promising to supply liquefied gas to Gairat-82 LLC. Orlov claimed that he was being persecuted because of his trade union and social activities. Later, another fraud case was brought against him: according to the investigation, he, being the deputy head of the company, after receiving the money on its settlement account, used it at his own discretion and failed to fulfil his obligations, and then in the same way stole almost $600,000, which were transferred as payment under the contract for the supply of diesel fuel. On 5 December 2024, Orlov was sentenced to nine and a half years in a general regime colony, taking into account his previous sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159"],"case_name_en":"The second fraud case of Anton Orlov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being the deputy head of the company, after receiving the money on its settlement account, he disposed of it at his own discretion and did not fulfil his obligations. 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A case was initiated against her on charges of incitement to extremism after, according to the investigation, she called for “actions of a violent nature”, “changing the foundations of the constitutional order and violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation”, as well as proclaimed a “sovereign Ural state”. On 3 December 2024, Voronova was sentenced to a year and two months’ imprisonment in a penal colony.\nA case was also initiated against Voronova and her friend Vera Ignatenko for preparing the murder of Voronova’s ex-husband. We do not consider this charge to be politically motivated. On 4 December 2024, she was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Marina Voronova’s case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2023, under the pseudonym “Olesya Ukrainka” she posted a comment in the “IT Army Dimetil Gidrozin. Ukraine’s cyber army. Cyber Kozaks” online group. The comment began with the words “It was me today…” and ended with “… death to empires!”. Thus, Voronova called for carrying out “actions of a violent nature”, “changes to the foundations of the constitutional order and violation of the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation”, and “proclaimed a sovereign Ural state”.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.12.2024 to 28.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.12.2024, Sentence: 1 year and 2 months’ imprisonment in a settlement colony, as well as a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 2 months’ imprisonment in a settlement colony, as well as a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":14,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-03T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-03T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0vrapqCpS2sMhD"},{"persecution_id":"recBr59D1lXhvueuf","last_updated":"2025-08-25T16:57:13.000Z","person_id":"recizkcNlHnV97lCc","name_en":"Vladimir Bayramov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attmYNyDubJ9r8OC4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attmYNyDubJ9r8OC4.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Samara, an electrical fitter. A case on incitement to terrorism was opened against him because of his aggressive remarks about mobilisation. Bayramov was given a recognisance not to leave the city. His colleague Daria Zotova, in particular, testified against him. She told the investigation that the man \"was constantly speaking out against the government and the president,\" and in their personal correspondence was convincing her that Putin should be \"overthrown and eliminated\" and that \"under him Russia is in slavery.\" \"It was clear that he did not just want to change the president during the elections, but specifically to kill him or illegally overthrow him,\" the woman added. On December 9, 2024, Bayramov was sentenced to two years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Bayramov's case on incitement to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the prosecution, in August 2022, Bayramov wrote in the \"Podsuslushano Samara\" (\"Overheard in Samara\") community: \"Fucking hell, how quickly they made up a law, if you don't want to fight, you go to prison, fucking mobilisation, fucking shit, that's who we need to fight against, against Putin and his pet faggots\". The investigation found in these words \"a call for an attempt on the life of a statesman (president of the Russian Federation) in order to stop his state or political activity or out of revenge for such activity\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 09.12.2024\n• in custody: from 09.12.2024 to 25.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.12.2024, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-09T14:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-09T14:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 23-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/bajramov-vladimir-vyacheslavovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recBr59D1lXhvueuf"},{"persecution_id":"recEgXCNHM81ca29l","last_updated":"2026-03-14T14:37:19.000Z","person_id":"recDjLTcyIL3zHTV1","name_en":"Sergey Babushkin","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was born in Saratov, moved to Moscow, worked at an auto parts store Dragon zap. A case of vandalism, incitement to hatred and public justification of terrorism was initiated against him because of the inscription \"Glory to RVC! Forward! Death to the cops...\" on the wall of a grocery shop. On 9 December 2024, Babushkin was sentenced to three years and nine months in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","282","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Babushkin’s case of the inscription “Glory to RVC!”.","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of the case was the inscription \"Glory to RVC! Forward! 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Supposedly, from November 2014 to February 2015, he was doing military service in the Aidar battalion. Therefore, a case of participation in a terrorist community was opened against him. On April 17,  2024, Korsunov was sentenced to five years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Korsunov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from November 2014 to February 2015, he performed military service as the head of the watch group of the 24th separate assault battalion of the AFU (\"Aidar\"), thereby participating in the terrorist community.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2024, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-17T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-17T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 23rd of January, 2025 the Glazov resident was fined 400 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Glazov"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Tokmantsev's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a social media post dated 8th of October, 2022, which was seen as \"approval of Ukraine's actions to blow up the Crimean bridge\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 08.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.01.2025, Sentence: A fine of 400,000 roubles and a 2 years' prohibition of administering websites","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 400,000 roubles and a 2 years' prohibition of administering websites","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-23T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-23T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKMYhh2jd4XFd1o"},{"persecution_id":"recSlf0uH2FSoodVl","last_updated":"2025-07-19T10:40:34.000Z","person_id":"recop0mwlU2cEbtKv","name_en":"Yuri Orlov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attMhfhlIWeglNoWH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attMhfhlIWeglNoWH.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Syktyvkar, an employee of the Pension Fund. A case was initiated against him for calls to terrorism due to aggressive statements about representatives of the authorities. In November 2024, the case went to court. On 20 December Orlov was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.\nIn April 2025, it became known from Orlov's letter that he was sent to a punishment cell for 15 days because of a joke: while reporting to a SIZO officer, he said: \"Putin is on duty in the cell\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yuri Orlov's case on calls to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was prompted by two comments in the \"Politota\" project's Telegram chat room: \"Uyba and Sevastyanova to the furnace\" in connection with the results of the Duma elections and \"Volodin should be hanged right after Putin\" as a response to the Duma speaker's words about \"war criminals\" supplying weapons to Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 09.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 15 of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Penal Correctional Department"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 15 of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Penal Correctional Department\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 15 of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Penal Correctional Department","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.12.2024, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, prohibition to administer websites and social media channels for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, prohibition to administer websites and social media channels for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-20T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-20T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/orlov-yurij-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recSlf0uH2FSoodVl"},{"persecution_id":"recwE07FXf7NaYPSP","last_updated":"2025-04-01T19:03:02.000Z","person_id":"recVSsjsnQ1g7Ar58","name_en":" Unknown male 245","birth_year":1979,"age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Vladimir. In December 2024, a case was brought against him for financing an extremist organisation due to a donation to Anti-Corruption Foundation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladimir"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir resident's case of donations to Anti-Corruption Foundation ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being a follower of the extremist ideology of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, he made several money transfers a current account opened in the United States, the banking details of which were distributed by representatives of the banned organisation, for the preparation and commission of extremist crimes.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwE07FXf7NaYPSP"},{"persecution_id":"rec6tGhbyGI4JZaAc","last_updated":"2026-02-17T17:31:36.000Z","person_id":"rec4STT4tfXOnBf0b","name_en":"Andrey Kotov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, director of a travel company \"Men Travel\". On 28 November 2024, they came to him with a search. According to him, the law enforcment officers were about 15 people, he was beaten, and they looked through personal information in his phone. A case was initiated against Kotov for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. According to the investigation, he organised tourist trips for LGBTQ+ couples. On 2 December he was placed in custody. On 5 December it became known that he was sent to the punishment cell. He was also charged with manufacturing child pornography. On 29 December 2024, Kotov died - according to the official version, he committed suicide.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurgan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Sergey Cotov on \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-1475/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was prosecuted for anti-war posts on VKontakte social network published in 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.11.2024, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer websites for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer websites for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-15T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-15T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6tGhbyGI4JZaAc"},{"persecution_id":"recuKYMt6g0Hho0M2","last_updated":"2026-02-25T23:02:23.000Z","person_id":"rec8hsuo3c3u7MScS","name_en":"Roman Morozov","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The prisoner was serving a sentence in a high-security penal colony in the Pskov region, but it is not known for what case. A new case was initiated against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces: according to the investigation, together with another prisoner, he demonstrated some clips produced by Ukrainian channels in the colony. In December 2024, the case went to court. On 13 March 2025, Morozov was sentenced to five and a half years' in a strict regime penal colony, taking into account the unexecuted part of the previous term. On 14 May 2025, the appeals court increased the term to seven years'.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces in detention"],"case_name_en":"Roman Morozov's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Federation's Armed Forces","case_number":"1-92/2025 (1-769/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 1 to 31 May 2022, Morozov, feeling a negative attitude towards the Russian Federation and the policy pursued by the authorities and top officials of the Russian Federation, i.e. on the grounds of political hatred, entered into a criminal conspiracy with Vladimir Konovalov to publicly, under the guise of reliable reports, disseminate among the convicts held in the general regime penal colony knowingly false information about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation: he was to study the videos posted on Ukrainian news and propaganda channels, which contained knowingly false information about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He managed to download and show two videos to his colony mates.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.05.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penalcolony combined with the unexecuted part of a previous sentence, 3 years' ban to administer websites","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penalcolony combined with the unexecuted part of a previous sentence, 3 years' ban to administer websites","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":18,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-13T06:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-13T06:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recuKYMt6g0Hho0M2"},{"persecution_id":"recSDFnWVwuleqUfS","last_updated":"2025-06-09T18:08:24.000Z","person_id":"recsa0y9KdgTVZPBy","name_en":"Vladimir Lomovtsev","birth_year":1954,"age":72,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation because of his posts on VKontakte. At the end of December 2024, the case went to court. On 16 April 2025, the court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_ended":"2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Lomovtsev's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-108/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was triggered by his posts on VKontakte: in one of them, published in October 2022, he discussed a \"special military operation\", calling it \"Putin's delusional idea\" and questioning the notion of \"defending the rights of Donbass residents\" as pretext for military action.\n\nIn June 2022, Lomovtsev was fined 35,000 rubles (US$425) in an administrative case for discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The reason for the fine were two posts on VKontakte. In one of them he urged to speak out against the war, and in the second one he wrote that \"the military special operation on the territory of Ukraine is either a crime or a monstrous mistake\" and it should be stopped.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.04.2025, Sentence: Dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-16T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-16T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSDFnWVwuleqUfS"},{"persecution_id":"recPti1YTmsjsIgEp","last_updated":"2025-04-10T18:33:41.000Z","person_id":"rec7tpWPkUh4DdUet","name_en":"Sergey Plechov","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-01-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Chuvashia. A case was brought against him and his wife for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to their involvement in the movement of \"citizens of the USSR\" (the so-called \"Novokuibyshevtsy\"). On December 13, Plechov was sentenced to three years probation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of ‘citizens of the USSR’ in Chuvashia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he actively tried to attract new supporters to his ranks, and also demanded that civil servants and heads of institutions transfer their positions and buildings to the banned organization.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.12.2024, Sentence: 3 years of imprisonment, suspended, with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of imprisonment, suspended, with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPti1YTmsjsIgEp"},{"persecution_id":"recLeK3Yiu5Tsmg6D","last_updated":"2025-04-10T18:33:52.000Z","person_id":"recSg7D6QbRTjjDmV","name_en":"Svetlana Plechova","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Resident of Chuvashia. A case was brought against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the movement of \"Citizens of the USSR\" (the so-called \"Novokuibyshevtsy\"), as well as for repeated display of banned symbols (details are unknown). On 13 December Plechova was sentenced to three and a half years suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of ‘citizens of the USSR’ in Chuvashia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she actively tried to attract new supporters to her ranks, demanded that civil servants and heads of institutions hand over their positions and buildings to the banned organisation, and repeatedly displayed banned symbols.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.12.2024, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLeK3Yiu5Tsmg6D"},{"persecution_id":"recQBqRimbJwNw4co","last_updated":"2026-01-11T15:44:30.000Z","person_id":"recG2vbQlEfg709w7","name_en":"Sergey Shesterov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Stavropol region resident. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation due to his public negative remarks about the war. He was given a recognisance not to leave the country. On November 18th 2024, Shesterov was sentenced to a nine-month conditioned prison sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Shesterov's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"acting with a criminal intent to commit public actions aimed at discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, who protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens and maintain international peace and security. His address is: <address>, mkr. Raduga <address>. He displayed a negative attitude towards the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in carrying out a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, felt hostility, and was brought  for a similar legal offence on DD.MM.YYYY, and was accused of a similar offence.\n\nOn March 6th 2023, Shesterov was fined 30 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the CAO) because he \"publicly expressed phrases\" — \"glory to Ukraine\", \"No to war\", \"Russia will lose the war\", etc.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 04.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 04.12.2024 to 01.01.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.11.2024, Sentence: 9 months' of conditioned prison sentence with a probationary period of 9 months, ban on the use of Internet for a period of 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 months' of conditioned prison sentence with a probationary period of 9 months, ban on the use of Internet for a period of 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-18T09:10:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-18T09:10:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQBqRimbJwNw4co"},{"persecution_id":"receA7WsJtPKRw87t","last_updated":"2026-03-30T17:01:48.000Z","person_id":"rec1MuUgpHMJXYSl1","name_en":"Dmitrii Prozorov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attuiWO1H6ErtrVWQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attuiWO1H6ErtrVWQ.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kirov, a former member of the law enforcement agencies. A case was opened against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of his comments about the events in Bucha. The case came to court in December 2024. On 26 February 2025, Prozorov was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Prozorov's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-49/2025 (1-731/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was opened over \"a couple of small comments about Bucha\" that a man had left in the local Tipichnyi Kirov online comminity in 2022.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 15.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.04.2025 to 01.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2025 to 31.01.2030, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.02.2025, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/prozorov-dmitrij-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"receA7WsJtPKRw87t"},{"persecution_id":"recSMASKReod3jN74","last_updated":"2025-10-03T19:19:47.000Z","person_id":"recn63fPZr9hUnDbT","name_en":"Alexey Norin","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kirov. A case was initiated against him for spreading knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On December 24, 2024, Norin was sentenced in absentia to five years in a general-regime penal colony, but further details remain unknown.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Norin's case of \"fake news\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-30/2025 (1-692/2024;)","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2024, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSMASKReod3jN74"},{"persecution_id":"recXFw6SEHFKVR8WY","last_updated":"2025-05-06T18:55:54.000Z","person_id":"recDILjgTtW0H77mn","name_en":"Dmitry Tau","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the town of Shchuchye (Kurgan Region). A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In December 2024, the case went to court. On 14 March 2025, Tau was sentenced to five years of forced labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Shchuchye"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Tau's case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-144/2024","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.03.2025, Sentence: 5 years of forced labour with a 10% deduction from wages paid to the state, to be served in locations designated by institutions and authorities of the penal enforcement system","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years of forced labour with a 10% deduction from wages paid to the state, to be served in locations designated by institutions and authorities of the penal enforcement system","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-14T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-14T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/tau-dmitrij-alekseevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recXFw6SEHFKVR8WY"},{"persecution_id":"recnOqzvBgw5VYo9o","last_updated":"2025-11-25T22:03:51.000Z","person_id":"recIiZlh3tl6hfSAp","name_en":"Yegor Kuznetsov","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Volzhsk (Mari El republic, Middle Volga). A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities, supposedly, because of donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 26 December 2024, the case went to court. On 12 February 2025, Kuznetsov was sentenced to a fine of 200,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_ended":"2025-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of a resident of Mari El on financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-29/2025 (1-216/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"during the period from August 2021 to February 2022, made several money transfers from his current account\"to the amount of 700 rubles \"to a non-profit organisation, knowing full well that it was recognised as extremist in the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.02.2025, Sentence: a fine of 200'000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 200'000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-12T05:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-12T05:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 26-12-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/12/d50846/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recnOqzvBgw5VYo9o"},{"persecution_id":"rec9VLBXmw6CFEmRi","last_updated":"2026-02-18T08:47:46.000Z","person_id":"recJgjGbsbPVeazef","name_en":" Unknown person 26","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In Tyumen, a criminal case was initiated involving two charges: the dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and the commission of sexual intercourse and lewd acts against a child aged between 12 and 14. The case went to trial in December 2024. A verdict was delivered on 26 March 2025, although the details of the decision remain unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and sexualised crimes against a minor in Tyumen","case_number":"1-813/2024","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.03.2025, Sentence: Sentence unknown ","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-26T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9VLBXmw6CFEmRi"},{"persecution_id":"recqQwPw5X81LOM1W","last_updated":"2026-04-30T21:02:32.000Z","person_id":"rechBiOvEBqXisUhm","name_en":"Albert Gusmanov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Surgut. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In August 2024, the case went to court. On 5th of December 2025, Gusmanov was sentenced, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Surgut"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Albert Gusmanov's case on discrediting the Russian army","case_number":"1-421/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"In June 2022, Gusmanov was fined 30 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code on Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation) for a publication in \"VKontakte\" social network, which contained the following text: \"ZA debiloV!!!\" [rus. \"For morons!\", capitalised are letters Z, A, and V, which are used in Russian military propaganda], \"Russia did not attack Ukraine, but started the war to end it\", \"But in fact - it's just a special operation, and the war is just sanctions\", \"«Sanctions are useful and good for us», but still we need to tighten our belts\", \"There are no conscripts in Ukraine, but for some reason, they are dying there. The Ministry of Defence has been solving this very difficult problem for a month now, how not to track down themselves as a result of the investigation\", \"Russian soldiers courageously defend their homeland from the threat of Ukrainian schools, hospitals, kindergartens, theatres, and maternity hospitals\", \"Civilian infrastructure is bombed because Azov headquarters are there, but anyway, it is not bombed, because it is civilian infrastructure\", \"Besides, Russian soldiers, without sparing themselves, save Ukrainians from their property, from carpets to earrings\", \"The Russian army is liberating Ukraine, that's why more than 10 million Ukrainians have already left their homes\", \"The operation is going on firmly and clearly according to the plan with the code name \"Samurai only has a path\" per the pre-approved, ironclad schedule\", \"The goals of the operation are clear and unchanging. They are all fixed on a special drum, which [Sergey] Shoigu spins every night and looks at what the arrow points to. Last time, the biolabs with militant, ethnically orientated birds fell out. Everyone was upset because the next sector of the drum was perkier\", \"Secret institutes for the development and implantation of chips with the Russophobic gene in children under 7 years old, sponsored by the Pentagon with the support of Biden's son and Zionists from Nibiru\" \"All Ukrainian air defense, all communication points, all airplanes, and helicopters were destroyed on the first day of the war. For the next 38 days, the search for the Ukrainian respawn point is going on\", \"Wishing death to Ukrainians on TV is patriotism, but wishing death to Russian occupants on Facebook is extremism\", \"Fascism will not pass - a slogan that discredits the Russian army, which is fighting fascism\", \"We are against the war that does not exist, not saying \"No to war\" and \"We are for peace\" is a crime\", \"The family of each person killed in the [Special military] operation should receive compensation of 7 million roubles, but sorry, your son just died on exercises, here are the documents, we can offer you a sugar voucher as a consolation prize....\" \"P.S. While in Russia, they are counting the losses of Russian troops, and in Ukraine - of Ukrainian troops, somewhere there are those who summarise them.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.12.2025, Sentence: Sentense unknown","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentense unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-05T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqQwPw5X81LOM1W"},{"persecution_id":"recOVRijBay3OvKX1","last_updated":"2025-01-06T08:23:31.000Z","person_id":"recLHxwrHsT08oSFT","name_en":"Oleg Kozlov","birth_year":1965,"age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Baikonur. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Russian army and calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. On October 28th 2024, Kozlov was sentenced to a fine, the amount is unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Territories outside the Russian Federation"],"persecution_region_iso":["KZ-BAY"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Oleg Kozlov on discrediting the Russian army and calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-24/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the summer of 2023, while on the territory of the Baikonur complex, using electronic technical devices, he repeatedly placed in the public domain on his personal page in one of the social networks information materials containing signs of public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Russian army, as well as public calls for the implementation of activities aimed at preventing the authorities and their officials from exercising their powers to ensure the fulfilment of their obligations to ensure the protection of the Russian Federation.\n\nIn January 2023, Kozlov was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of thirteen anti-war posts.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.10.2024, Sentence: fine (amount unknown), prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of websites and channels using electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet for a period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine (amount unknown), prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of websites and channels using electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet for a period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-28T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-28T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOVRijBay3OvKX1"},{"persecution_id":"recNK9OF7QbsoqLph","last_updated":"2025-04-02T11:41:45.000Z","person_id":"recmIVu4SxlY8OAyv","name_en":" Unknown person 27","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case was brought in Krasnodar for discrediting the Russian army, as well as trafficking of pornographic materials involving minors under 14 years of age and lewd acts against minors under 14 years of age. On 27th of December 2024, a verdict was handed down, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of discrediting the Russian army, distribution of pornography and lewd acts agains minors in Krasnodar","case_number":"1-506/2024","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.12.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-27T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-27T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNK9OF7QbsoqLph"},{"persecution_id":"recO2kTMqJZ2HPBbF","last_updated":"2025-04-17T16:05:01.000Z","person_id":"recGFd2zEEy30JmS5","name_en":"Aislu Venevtseva","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Orenburg, allegedly a supporter of the \"citizens of the USSR\" movement. A case was brought against her for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, displaying prohibited symbols, incitement to hatred on ethnic grounds and abuse of the state emblem and flag. In September 2024, the case went to court. On 14 January 2025, Venevtseva was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment in a penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Article 329"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ayslu Venyevtseva's case on discrediting the RF Armed Forces, displaying prohibited symbols, incitement to hatred and abuse of state symbols","case_number":"1-647/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2023–2024, through an information and telecommunication network on the Internet, she posted entries and materials on her electronic page in a social media platform. These contained statements advocating the necessity of hostile and violent actions against individuals of a national group, images featuring Nazi symbols prohibited by law, as well as materials expressing a negative attitude towards the symbols of the Russian Federation and the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.\n\nOn 7 June 2023, Venyevtseva was fined 30 thousand roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a certain image in Odnoklassniki and one thousand roubles under the administrative article on public display of prohibited symbols because of a picture with a symbol that was interpreted as \"the symbol of the Third Reich 'Eagle', Nazi Germany\".\n\nOn 21 June 2023, she was fined 10 thousand roubles under the administrative article on incitement to hatred on ethnic grounds (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a certain statement in social networks, which included the word \"Jews\". Venyevtseva claimed that she had not spoken in this way about all Jews, but only about certain representatives of the authorities.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.01.2025, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a penal colony with deprivation of the right to administer websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a penal colony with deprivation of the right to administer websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-14T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-14T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recO2kTMqJZ2HPBbF"},{"persecution_id":"recMrIJaDuSmekJEh","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recwQwA3eY578eaTK","name_en":"Viktor Konovalov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Usolye-Sibirskoye (Irkutsk Region), Konovalov faced charges of publicly justifying terrorism and inciting activities against the security of the Russian Federation. This was, in particular, due to his posts in support of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion. In November 2024, the case went to trial. On 22 April 2025, Konovalov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Viktor Konovalov’s case of calls to terrorism and activities against the security of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted posts on Telegram calling for activities against Russia's security and in support of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 07.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.07.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.04.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with deprivation of the right to engage in electronic correspondence and send messages via messengers using the Internet for a period of 3 years, and with restriction of freedom for 1 year and 6 months.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with deprivation of the right to engage in electronic correspondence and send messages via messengers using the Internet for a period of 3 years, and with restriction of freedom for 1 year and 6 months.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-07T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-07T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recMrIJaDuSmekJEh"},{"persecution_id":"recST14YYlCBafXEv","last_updated":"2026-02-16T21:07:04.000Z","person_id":"recgWYoxmDnOdXXC5","name_en":"Andrey Kuzmichev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. A case of confidential co-operation with a foreign state was brought against him. On 13 November 2024, Kuzmichev was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Kuzmichev‘s case of confidential co-operation with a foreign state ","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2024 to 24.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.02.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.11.2024, Sentence: 3 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-13T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-13T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kuzmichev-andrej-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recST14YYlCBafXEv"},{"persecution_id":"recPu6TGyGBFZLG5Z","last_updated":"2026-02-17T17:57:33.000Z","person_id":"rec6JvBb7ixgqyPsL","name_en":"Vladimir Konovalov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Konovalov, who was already serving a 12 years sentence in a maximum-security penal colony for a certain case, presumably in the Pskov Region, faced new charges while in custody. He was accused of \"publicly justifying terrorism\" after discussing the Azov battalion with fellow prisoners, and of \"spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces\" for showing clips from Ukrainian channels alongside another prisoner. As a result, Konovalov received an additional five years in a maximum-security penal colony, bringing his total sentence to seven years.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces in detention"],"case_name_en":"The Case of Vladimir Konovalov on Public Justification of Terrorism and ‘Fakes’ about the Military Forces of the Russian Federation ","case_number":"2-75/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between October 1 and October 31, 2022, while in a detention center, he deliberately aimed to influence fellow inmates by promoting the ideology and practices of terrorism. Allegedly, during a conversation that began with the words, \"The Azov people are right to kill and torture prisoners of war...\" and in the presence of at least five convicts, he publicly expressed and disseminated information supporting the actions and ideology of the terrorist organization Azov. From December 1 to December 31, 2022, while in a different unit of the correctional facility, he allegedly repeated the same behavior, again publicly promoting the actions and views of Azov during conversations.\n\nAdditionally, between May 1 and May 31, 2022, harboring a negative attitude toward the Russian Federation and its government policies, allegedly motivated by political hatred, he conspired with another individual, M., to publicly disseminate false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces. The investigation claims that he agreed to download anti-Russian videos using a mobile device and share them with other convicts under the guise of reliable reports. He reportedly succeeded in downloading and showing two such videos to his fellow inmates in the penal colony.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 29.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.01.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.12.2024, Sentence: 7 years' deprivation of liberty, taking into account the previous sentence, a fine of 20,000 roubles, and a ban on engaging in activities related to the administration of websites and channels using electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' deprivation of liberty, taking into account the previous sentence, a fine of 20,000 roubles, and a ban on engaging in activities related to the administration of websites and channels using electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":20000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-25T09:56:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-25T09:56:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPu6TGyGBFZLG5Z"},{"persecution_id":"rec3ZO1TGUNbA1dir","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:33:33.000Z","person_id":"recY1Q1GArhxYQfE4","name_en":"Alexander Karpenko","birth_year":1990,"age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tikhoretsk (Krasnodar region), history teacher, publicist, political scientist. A case of insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland was brought against him because of an article about the Great Patriotic War. Karpenko sent the article eby e-mail in June 2021 to the editorial office of \"an online edition of one of the scientific and practical journals\", as the press service of the Investigative Committee says, and which then \"became available to an indefinite number of people\". At the end of December 2024, the case went to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"A case of Alexander Karpenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he held views critical of the formation and existence of the USSR, as well as the actions of its political leadership and one of its military commanders, deeming their activities ineffective during the Great Patriotic War. In June 2021, while at his home in the city of Tikhoretsk, he sent an article via email to the editorial office of an online publication for a scientific and practical journal, which later became accessible to an indefinite audience. \n\n(The article in question may refer to *\"Resurrecting Soviet Myths. The Great Patriotic War,\"* an analysis of Ivan Yurov's book *\"For the Glory of the Great Power,\"* dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.) \n\nIn this article, Karpenko, according to the investigation, ascribed exclusively negative connotations to the concept of \"patriotism,\" made negative and offensive remarks about the country's leadership during the war, and criticized defenders of the homeland and veterans.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3ZO1TGUNbA1dir"},{"persecution_id":"recm24lWoe1QCWQ0T","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:33:33.000Z","person_id":"recMp3K6Rcp6QKeJb","name_en":"Nadezhda Omelchenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Birobidzhan. A case was initiated against her for inciting activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation, due to her calls for mobilised individuals not to follow orders. On December 17, 2024, Omelchenko was sentenced to three years of suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nadezhda Omelchenko regarding calls for activities aimed at undermining the security of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she called \"mobilised <...> citizens participating in the special military operation in Ukraine to disobey orders, as well as to refuse participation in military combat operations.\"","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 10.01.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2024, Sentence: 3 years of a suspended sentence, a 2-year ban on administering websites","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of a suspended sentence, a 2-year ban on administering websites","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recm24lWoe1QCWQ0T"},{"persecution_id":"rec7wrC2EVDl9b792","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:33:33.000Z","person_id":"rec9vn59h3QPcYfw6","name_en":"Konstantin Pchelintsev","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Orenburg. Director of the historical and genealogical society \"Odnodvorets\". In 2022, a criminal case was brought against him for defamation of the Russian Armed Forces after he ripped off stickers with the letter Z made of St. George's ribbon and the inscription \"We do not abandon our own\" from the door of the reading room of the United State Archive of the Orenburg Region, and later published a video on social networks titled \"How to tear off the letter 'Z' properly\". On 13 January 2023, the court sentenced Pchelintsev to a fine of 100,000 rubles.\nLater, another case under the same article was brought against Pchelintsev. On 24 October 2024, the verdict was passed, the trial was held behind closed doors.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Pchelintsev's second case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-401/2024","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.10.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-24T08:24:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-24T08:24:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec7wrC2EVDl9b792"},{"persecution_id":"recCFdQVs0nQswM3q","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:33:33.000Z","person_id":"rec6FGf4veDxSbhR3","name_en":"И. 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On 4 March 2025, Alieva was given a one-year suspended sentence when the case was retried. This sentence was also cancelled by the court of appeal. 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A case was brought against her for desecration of symbols of military glory in connection with brewing coffee on the eternal flame. On 28 May 2024, she was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence. On 13 August 2024, the court of appeal overturned the sentence due to the fact that it had been handed down by a district court and not by the Supreme Court of Dagestan, as required by the law. On 4 March 2025, when the case was retried, Chunkova was given a one-year suspended sentence. This sentence was also cancelled by the court of appeal. 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A criminal case for public justification of terrorism was opened against him after he expressed support for Ruslan Zinin, who had shot a military enlistment officer. 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A case was opened against her on charges of incitement to terrorism for calling for the overthrow of the Russian authorities and for the “execution of the highest echelon of military personnel”. In December 2024, the case was transferred to the court. At the trial, Lemann stated that after a visit from FSB officers she had changed her attitude towards the war and now supported the actions of the Russian Federation. 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According to the assumption of the forum member, Matrosov either physically could not close the embrasure of the bunker, or must have had a huge body mass. Konstantinov also doubted the veracity of stories about the fate of Alexander Maresiev, suggesting that he could not crawl for a fortnight with frostbitten legs and then return to the ranks. However, in the next message he said that this question is removed, because in the cold gangrene develops more slowly. 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A case was brought against him for insulting the mayor Igor Korpunkov. On 27 December 2024, he was sentenced to nine months of correctional labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Bysov's case of insulting the mayor","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in June 2023, Bysov wrote a comment on social networks in which he \"negatively assessed the activities of the head of Kurchatov, using profanity\" and \"humiliated the honour and dignity of Mr Korpunkov\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.01.2025 to 01.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.12.2024, Sentence: 9 months of correctional labour","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 months of correctional labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-26T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjd6vY7Uxef1nh8"},{"persecution_id":"recxuhk7t3sl82vZF","last_updated":"2025-09-30T12:42:49.000Z","person_id":"rec54iXjr2E0Xekqn","name_en":"Anatoly Troshin","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnoyarsk. He was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of publications in which, among other things, he called for the violent overthrow of the current government in Russia. On 28 January 2025, Troshin was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anatoly Troshin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being an opponent of the political regime, constitutional order and authorities in Russia, he posted comments on Telegram containing public justification of a terrorist act, as well as calls for violence aimed at overthrowing the current government in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 20.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.02.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.01.2025, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-28T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-28T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxuhk7t3sl82vZF"},{"persecution_id":"recg1S55Xvfx21km5","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recx60nWIBQJ3KgxV","name_en":"Rustam Biktashev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sterlitamak (Bashkortostan). A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. At the end of January 2025, the case went to court. 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A case was brought against her for financing an \"undesirable\" organisation due to the transfer of money to the Ukrainian church \"Revival\". On 30 January 2025, the case went to court. On 24 March 2025, Sadeeva was sentenced to 360 hours of community service.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of financing the Resurrection church"],"case_name_en":"Rezida Sadeeva's case of financing an \"undesirable organisation\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2025, Sentence: 360 hours of community service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"360 hours of community service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-24T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-24T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKyMGXisTc7M0Do"},{"persecution_id":"recPDgGcog24f4qdo","last_updated":"2025-08-06T18:47:48.000Z","person_id":"recIzrGVuR6ocBnDd","name_en":" Unknown female 58","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Zarinsk (Altai Krai). A case was opened against her for financing an \"undesirable\" organisation due to the fact that she transferred money to the Ukrainian church \"Vozrozhdenie\" (\"Revival\"). On 31 January 2025, the case went to court. On 17 March 2025, the woman was sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of financing an \"undesirable\" organization in Zarinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she was a member of the religious organisation All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre \"Vozrozhdenie\" (\"Revival\") and Vladimir Muntean's Charitable Foundation \"Vozrozhdenie\", recognised as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation as posing a threat to the foundations of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation, the defence capacity of the country or the security of the state.\n\nIn the period from 06.12.2022 to 28.06.2023, she sent money to these organisations in Russia, who collected  money knowingly intended for the support of the \"Vozrozhdenie\" international projects: \"Mission of World Revival\", \"Fourth Dimension\", \"Partnership\". In total, during the above period, she provided her own funds and carried out fundraising and financial services in non-cash form for a total amount of 220,160 roubles.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.03.2025, Sentence: 1 year 6 months of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-17T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPDgGcog24f4qdo"},{"persecution_id":"rec4FTeB9gQZaijS1","last_updated":"2026-04-28T21:29:27.000Z","person_id":"recXi8IZQhYdxoN6T","name_en":"N. 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On 2 December 2025 Belozubova was sentenced, the details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["AllatRa case in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"The case of financing the AllatRa movement","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.12.2025, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-02T06:35:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-02T06:35:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4FTeB9gQZaijS1"},{"persecution_id":"recCB03bC9DGLfS0m","last_updated":"2026-02-13T19:59:32.000Z","person_id":"recwbGySCmZ1mAHbX","name_en":"Kirill Mekhedov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Blagoveshchensk, an assembler of communication systems. A case of financing extremist activities was brought against him because of a donation to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 5 February 2025, Mekhedov was sentenced to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Kirill Mekhedov's case of donation to the Anti-Corruption Foundation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the donation of 300 roubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.02.2025, Sentence: fine in the amount of 350 thousand rubles.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine in the amount of 350 thousand rubles.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-05T05:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-05T05:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCB03bC9DGLfS0m"},{"persecution_id":"recwylNs9FOO9N0eX","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recNtFv8IXhKsHoCw","name_en":"Roman Smolyakov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Ryazan region. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In February 2025, the case went to court. On 17 March 2025, the court ruled to send Smolyakov to compulsory medical treatment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-RYA"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Ryazan region","case_number":"1-25/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In October 2023, he was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of a comment on \"VKontakte\" under a post about a family in the village of Shilovo where three children went to war and the nephew knows that \"all his uncles are heroes-defenders\", with the words:\n\"This boy doesn't understand anything, he was indoctrinated, he has been deceived from childhood.\n\nLooking at the faces of these parents and their room, this boy should run away.\n\nSoon he will know the truth, when the Final comes.\n\nI forgot to say, I want to thank the State Duma for confirming my conclusions that all participants in the SMO are war criminals, when they recently passed an \"interesting\" law.\n\nAfter the fall of the regime, all these so-called laws will automatically disappear and the boy will know the truth and will treat his father and uncles differently.\"","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.03.2025, Sentence: Involuntary medical treatment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"Involuntary medical treatment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-17T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-17T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwylNs9FOO9N0eX"},{"persecution_id":"recD3sD12L33g5WSw","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:59:57.000Z","person_id":"recCBIKOTYxDTwN2d","name_en":"Yuri Samsonov","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Glazov (Udmurtia). A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him, allegedly because of a post in support of the Russian Volunteer Corps. The telegram channel \"Udmurtia against corruption\" claims that Samsonov was initially accused of high treason and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, but later these charges were dropped. In addition, according to the channel, the post, which presumably became the reason for the case, was published a year before the Russian Volunteer Corps was recognised as a terrorist organisation. On 5 December 2024, Samsonov was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Glazov"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yuri Samsonov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was allegedly a comment in support of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 10.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.12.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-05T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-05T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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According to the investigation, he joined the legion's chat room in Telegram, filled out a questionnaire, wrote \"RDK near\" on a ballot paper during the presidential election on the organisation's instructions, and sent photos and diagrams of a certain power line to the \"curators\", as well as \"expressed a desire to be useful in the offensive in Belgorod\". On 7 February 2025, Kryukov was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["ballot defacement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Kryukov's case of correspondence with the Freedom of Russia Legion","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he joined a chat of the \"Freedom of Russia\" legion in Telegram and filled out a questionnaire, where he wrote: \"I wish to join your movement against Putinism. I am against war. I have a desire to be involved in the overthrow of the regime. Filled out the questionnaire. Give feedback.\" After that he fulfilled two tasks of this organisation: at the presidential elections he wrote on the ballot paper \"RDK is near\" and sent to the \"curators\" photos and schemes of a certain power line. In addition, he continued to proactively maintain contact with his interlocutors and \"expressed a desire to be useful in the attack on Belgorod\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 23.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.04.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.02.2025, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-07T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-07T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 30 January 2025, Murzaev was sentenced to one and a half years' imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Zheleznovodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4"],"case_name_en":"Renad Murzaev's case of repeated display of prohibited symbols","persecution_case_profile_en":" According to the investigation, he showed eight-pointed stars to guests at the Karras recreation centre and \"ignored repeated demands to get dressed\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 18.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.03.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2025, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-30T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-30T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWmvzIyu4c4fRFk"},{"persecution_id":"recSLPur8buZ3cV86","last_updated":"2026-01-17T13:02:55.000Z","person_id":"recqyfvv607GsNXdu","name_en":"Valentin Bushuev","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, for many years he had been conducting foul language broadcasts on amateur radio frequencies. A case of incitement to hatred and offence to the feelings of Muslims was brought against him, the details are unknown. On 10 February 2025, the case went to court.\n\nOn 18 August, the court sentenced him to three years in a general regime colony on charges of incitement to hatred. Under the article on insulting the feelings of believers Bushuev was fined 150 thousand rubles, but was released from this punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations on this episode.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 1, Article 148"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Valentin Bushuev's case on incitement to hatred and offence to the feelings of believers","case_number":"01-0203/2025","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.08.2025 to 17.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.08.2025, Sentence: 3 years of deprivation of freedom in a general regime colony with a fine of 150,000 rubles, exempt from paying a fine due to the expiration of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of deprivation of freedom in a general regime colony with a fine of 150,000 rubles, exempt from paying a fine due to the expiration of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-18T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-18T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSLPur8buZ3cV86"},{"persecution_id":"recJk2HOVEE8C3a86","last_updated":"2025-06-18T23:15:22.000Z","person_id":"recAQv9gy7OdES4Wr","name_en":"Denis Sadigov","birth_year":1980,"age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Murmansk city, employee of the Federal Penitentiary Service. At first, he worked as a head of the communal welfare and economic support in penal colony No. 17 in Murmansk, and was in charge of procurement. Later, he became a teacher and teaches at educational institution No. 29 owned by the Federal Penitentiary Service, where inmates are trained in working professions. A case was brought against him for financing an \"undesirable\" organisation: according to the investigation, he transferred money to distribute the newspaper Sokrovennik, which is used by members of the religious organisation AllatRa to spread their ideas. In February 2025, the case went to court. On 13 May 2025 Sadigov was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Murmansk city resident's case of funding an \"undesirable\" organisation","case_number":"1-81/2025","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.05.2025, Sentence: 1 year 6 months of forced labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months of forced labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJk2HOVEE8C3a86"},{"persecution_id":"recFdaM8hx9IW2QSw","last_updated":"2026-02-21T23:06:55.000Z","person_id":"recgotwdSsekf3eBZ","name_en":"Evgeniya Kumpan","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Kaliningrad region, postman. A criminal case was opened against her for calls to engage in the activities against the security of the Russian Federation because of her statements about drone factories. On August 18, 2025, the court sentenced her to three years and two months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgeniia Kupman's case of public calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-25/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for opening the case were the words “Blow the factories for fuck's sake,” left under a post in one of the Ukrainian Telegram channels, which published footage from a Russian factory where Geran-K drones were allegedly produced.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.08.2025 to 28.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.08.2025, Sentence: 3 years and 2 months imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, plus a 3-year ban on posting information on the internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years and 2 months imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, plus a 3-year ban on posting information on the internet","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":40,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":2,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-18T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-18T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFdaM8hx9IW2QSw"},{"persecution_id":"rec7XTCw1W2t4YMOL","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"rectTOnI7zL66qknR","name_en":"Dmitrii Korchinskii","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian politician, one of the founders of the right-wing radical party UNA-UNSO and the \"Brotherhood\" party. Courts in the Russian Federation recognized both parties as extremist.  In 2014, Korchynskii was prosecuted for calls to war terrorism: according to the investigation, he in particular called for waging war on the territory of Crimea and \"other regions of the Russian Federation\". In November 2015, he was detained in Italy at the request of the Russian Federation to Interpol, but was released the same day. On 24 February 2022, Korchinskii created the \"Brotherhood\" battalion as a unit within the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence. A case of incitement to hatred was filed against him and the battalion commander Aleksei Serediuk. In February 2025, the case went to court. 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A hate speech case was brought against him and the battalion's founder Dmitro Korchinskii; Serediuk was also accused of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. In February 2025, the case went to court. On 15 August 2025, Serediuk was sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Korchinskii and Aleksei Serediuk's case on \"fakes\" about the the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and incitement to hatred","case_number":"01-0227/2025","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.08.2025, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in absentia ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in absentia ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-15T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-15T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpObYM5LQodQk69"},{"persecution_id":"recygvSvmB3XDYzEs","last_updated":"2026-01-20T15:45:09.000Z","person_id":"reciDjVMVilrvFRJw","name_en":"Sergey Ershov","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Syktyvkar, car mechanic. He was prosecuted for calling for terrorism because he wrote on VKontakte \"Shoot Putin on Red Square!\". On 18 February 2025, Ershov was sentenced to a fine of 400,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_ended":"2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Ershov's case on calls to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 18 December 2021 at 16h. 16 min. Ershov, feeling dislike for the representatives of the current state power of the Russian Federation, realising the public danger and unlawful nature of his actions, foreseeing the inevitability of the onset of socially dangerous consequences and wishing them to occur, with the aim of publicly influencing the consciousness and will of users of the social network \"VKontakte\", being in Syktyvkar, posted in the public domain on the page of the community \"MY RIGHT: legal consultations\" a text commentary to the publication in this community, which contains the publisher's name and address.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.02.2025, Sentence: a fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-18T11:35:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-18T11:35:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recygvSvmB3XDYzEs"},{"persecution_id":"recEmAxcutslcfdil","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"recLwuInL9VZYF0cc","name_en":"Viktoria Kosheleva","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Sochi. A case was opened against her for financing an \"undesirable\" organisation. According to the investigation, she transferred money to the Ukrainian organisations Spiritual Centre \"Renaissance\" and Vladimir Muntian's Charity Foundation \"Renaissance\", which were recognised as \"undesirable\" in the Russian Federation. On December 11, 2023, Kosheleva was sentenced to two years in a settlement prison. On July 16, 2025, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to one year.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The Sochi resident's case on financing \"Renaissance\" church","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being a member of a regional group, Kosheleva transferred money to the organiser of the donations collection or All-Ukrainian spiritual centre \"Renaissance\" and the Vladimir Muntian's charitable foundation \"Renaissance\", both organisations recognised as \"undesirable\" on the territory of the Russian Federation. Kosheleva provided the money to the organiser. The money was knowingly \"intended to support the activities of the international projects\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 16.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.12.2024, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a settlement prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a settlement prison","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-11T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-11T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEmAxcutslcfdil"},{"persecution_id":"rec5Fwcti7S44fqe2","last_updated":"2025-11-07T16:22:03.000Z","person_id":"reciIeoLXz5x93awb","name_en":" Unknown person 38","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lives in Krasnodar. A case of organising and financing the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\" was opened, details unknown. On 27 August 2025, a verdict was passed, details also unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1","284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 284.1","Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of an “undesirable” organization in Krasnodar","case_number":"1-489/2025 (1-1941/2024;)","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.08.2025, Sentence: Verdict unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Verdict unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-27T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-27T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5Fwcti7S44fqe2"},{"persecution_id":"recC8FTetNh2xMB1b","last_updated":"2025-04-01T19:03:02.000Z","person_id":"rectwV36ErcXUWieJ","name_en":"Galina Galdanova","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An employee of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Buryatia. A case was initiated against her for financing extremist activities due to money transfers to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). During the trial, a colleague testified that Galdanova was repeatedly called for interviews with the internal security department, during which she \"reacted violently, defiantly, and refused to provide explanations.\" On January 28, 2025, she was sentenced to a fine of 300,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Galina Galdanova's case of FBK financing","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she sent monthly donations of 600 rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) over a period of seven months.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.01.2025, Sentence: A fine of 300 000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 300 000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-28T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-28T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recC8FTetNh2xMB1b"},{"persecution_id":"receCz66YobSTYiN2","last_updated":"2026-01-31T16:13:26.000Z","person_id":"rec3tbqAw1uJfvCGN","name_en":"Raisa Novoselova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kirov region, a cleaner. A case was brought against her for insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. On 15 January 2025, Novoselova was sentenced to a six-month suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_ended":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Raisa Novoselova's case of insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland","case_number":"2-2/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she left a comment under a post about a dead participant of the war in Ukraine, in which they found linguistic and psychological signs of \"humiliation of fighters of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation who died in the zone of the special military operation\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 31.01.2025 to 30.01.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.01.2025, Sentence: 6 months' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 1 year, prohibition to publish materials on the Internet for 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 1 year, prohibition to publish materials on the Internet for 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-15T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-15T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receCz66YobSTYiN2"},{"persecution_id":"rec8U5MxgHE787RCi","last_updated":"2025-04-01T18:50:13.000Z","person_id":"recQiijSwSgyecaQS","name_en":"Nikolai Shatskikh","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Krasnodar. He was prosecuted for calls to terrorism because after the announcement of mobilisation, according to the investigation, he called for setting fire to military and police stations and overthrowing the constitutional order. On 24 February 2025, Shatskikh was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolay Shatskikh's case of calls to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being \"an opponent of the special military operation\", from 21 to 25 September 2022, the Krasnodar resident left four comments in a public chat room, in which he \"justified terrorism and called to set fire to military and police stations and overthrow the constitutional order\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2025, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-24T15:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-24T15:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8U5MxgHE787RCi"},{"persecution_id":"recn8biyBSXiEKTzC","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"rech5OqQaYvh321qA","name_en":"Lidiia Kombasova","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Nevelsk (Sakhalin Oblast). In October 2024, it became known that criminal case was initiated against her for public justification of terrorism and discrediting the Russian army. Details unknown. The case went to court in November 2024. On 26 June 2025, Kombasova was sentenced, details unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nevelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nevelsk female resident's case of discrediting the Russian army and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-13/2025 (1-103/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"In May 2024, the woman published a post on the Internet containing justification of the ideology of terrorist organisations that are banned on the territory of the Russian Federation. \"In addition to the above, she committed repeated public actions aimed at discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\".\n\nOn 15 January 2024, Kombasova was fined 30 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.06.2025, Sentence: Sentence unknown.","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-26T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recn8biyBSXiEKTzC"},{"persecution_id":"recNIvp3Hp6Kv1yFQ","last_updated":"2026-04-30T21:13:32.000Z","person_id":"recmZDRMTbus2Kuoe","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A female resident of Prokopyevsk. A case was initiated against her for participating in the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation; details are unknown. 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He had previously been fined under a similar administrative article for anti-Semitic statements.\nThe case was submitted to the court in February 2025. On 8 April 2025, the court sentenced Platonov to a three-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Platonov's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and inciting hatred","case_number":"01-0180/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In November 2023, Platonov was fined 30,000 rubles under Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences (discrediting the army; details unknown) and 10,000 rubles under Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences (inciting hatred). The second fine was issued for publishing a post that contained anti-Semitic statements, including the following excerpt: \"JIDES [Jews] — GRABBERS AND NATION-MURDERERS. TALMUD: DECEIVE, KILL, ROB THE GOYS...\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment with 2 years 6 months' probation, along with 3 years' ban on administrative activities on websites and the public dissemination of information regarding Russian Armed Forced, including online dissemination","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment with 2 years 6 months' probation, along with 3 years' ban on administrative activities on websites and the public dissemination of information regarding Russian Armed Forced, including online dissemination","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-08T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-08T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCHWl9unFGOcYA3"},{"persecution_id":"rec9fjgmVXGewDU6T","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"rec2xCO3jm2hoAvnE","name_en":"Oleg Ionov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the urban-type settlement of Tymovskoye (Sakhalin Oblast). He was prosecuted for desecration of symbols of military glory because he had drunkenly torn down the Victory Banner. On 22 January 2025, Ionov was sentenced to 10 months of corrective labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Ionov's case of the torn Victory banner","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, while being under the influence of alcohol, he saw the Victory Banner on the street and pulled it out of its mounting. Then, ignoring the remarks of bystanders, struck the flagpole against the ground four times, threw it down, stepped on it with his feet and broke it. Afterward, he tore the Victory Banner cloth from the pole and threw it on the ground twice.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2025, Sentence: 10 months of corrective labor","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 months of corrective labor","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-22T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-22T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9fjgmVXGewDU6T"},{"persecution_id":"recs0CDNQZj9x15KO","last_updated":"2026-03-14T14:19:46.000Z","person_id":"recs3OXDZuuzcJLGw","name_en":"Valerii Koziuberda","birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Ukraine's Luhansk Region. A criminal case was opened against him on charges of financing terrorism over a money transfer to the Azov Regiment. He was placed in custody. According to unconfirmed reports, in November 2024 Koziuberda's case was referred to a court. On 27 May 2025, a verdict was reportedly delivered; the details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Valerii Koziuberda's case","case_number":"1-213/2025 (1-575/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in October 2022, while still a minor, \"at his place of residence, with the intent of providing financial support to a terrorist organization, he made a transfer to the account of the Ukrainian paramilitary nationalist group Azov via the 'Privat24' mobile app installed on his phone. He was aware that his actions were aimed at committing terrorist, extremist, and general criminal offences on the territory of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 19.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.06.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.05.2025, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-02-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-valeriya-kozyuberdy-i-ivana-semikoza/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recs0CDNQZj9x15KO"},{"persecution_id":"recKvmDUzfn1KkCKg","last_updated":"2025-08-15T11:06:07.000Z","person_id":"rec31Exy4QEjZNma2","name_en":" Unknown person 40","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In Saraktash (Orenburg Region), a criminal case of dissemination of knowingly fake information about Russian Armed Forces out of political hate was initiated . In March 2025, the case went to court. On 10 April 2025, the court ruled a compulsory treatment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of fakes about the Russian Armed Forces in Orenburg region","case_number":"1-44/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"-","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2025","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-09T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-09T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKvmDUzfn1KkCKg"},{"persecution_id":"recHzOhlhQlLR5AWV","last_updated":"2025-04-01T19:03:02.000Z","person_id":"recSlMKgG1YFWHwGN","name_en":" Unknown male 280","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaluga Oblast. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organization due to his alleged involvement with the organizations of Alexei Navalny. In February 2025, it became known that a case was also opened against him for assisting in sabotage and calling for activities against security of the Russian Federation: according to the investigation, he called for sabotage and disruption of an industrial plant to interfere with the war.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Kaluga Oblast's participation in Navalny's structures activities","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHzOhlhQlLR5AWV"},{"persecution_id":"recs2pIZHWABvu1sl","last_updated":"2025-04-10T18:38:38.000Z","person_id":"recocd1ET6H223fSy","name_en":"Denis Chmurov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladivostok. A case was brought against him for calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. At the same time, the joint press service of the courts of Primorye states that he published materials \"discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, maintain international peace and security, and for the execution by state bodies of the Russian Federation of their powers outside its territory for these purposes,\" which suggests that a case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It was not possible to find information regarding the existence of an administrative case against Chmurov under the article on discrediting the army, without which it is impossible to initiate a criminal case.\nThe case was transferred to court in November 2024. On 26 February 2025, Chmurov was sentenced to three years and four months on a suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"case_name_en":"Denis Chmurov's case of calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.02.2025, Sentence: 3 years 4 months' imprisonment  with a probationary period of 2 years, prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of Internet sites for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 4 months' imprisonment  with a probationary period of 2 years, prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of Internet sites for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recs2pIZHWABvu1sl"},{"persecution_id":"recPi1v2RTdILCerv","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:02:33.000Z","person_id":"recPkE6s4QNrQHi0C","name_en":"Anastasia Burakova","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lawyer, founder of the Kovcheg project to help Russian emigrants. In December 2023, she was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". A case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces was brought against her because of a video from her speech at a rally in Tbilisi on 24 February 2023, where she talks about shelling of Ukrainian cities and deaths of civilians in Ukraine. On 11 March 2025, the case went to court.\n\nAccording to Burakova, the hate motive in the case was explained through a 2019 video in which she comments on the election campaign for the Moscow City Duma, in which many independent candidates were excluded from the election. The expert examination revealed Burakova's \"statements containing a negative assessment of groups of persons on the grounds of professional affiliation: employees of election commissions participating in the elections to the Moscow City Duma, as well as employees, officials of the Moscow City Hall\" through \"a statement about the lack of votes of real people given in favour of the above officials\". In March 2025, the case went to court. In May, she was sentenced in absentia to 7.5 years with a three-year ban on website administration.\n\nIn February 2026, Burakova was arrested in absentia in a case of evasion of her duties as a \"foreign agent\". On 17 April 2026, she was sentenced in absentia in this case to one year, taking into account the previous sentence - to eight years and two months in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anastasia Burakova's case on \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0268/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a video from February 2023 in the Telegram channel \"Who else but Burakova\" with her speech at a rally in Tbilisi on 24 February 2023, where she speaks about shelling of Ukrainian cities and deaths of Ukrainian civilians, despite the fact that the Ministry of Defence \"publicly and repeatedly posted official information that the civilian population and civilian infrastructure of Ukraine are not objects of action for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\".\n\nThe motive of political hatred was identified in a 2019 video of Burakova commenting on the Moscow City Duma election campaign. In it, the expert examination saw \"statements containing a negative assessment of groups of people on the grounds of professional affiliation: employees of election commissions participating in the elections to the Moscow City Duma, as well as employees and officials of the Moscow mayor's office\" through \"a statement about the lack of votes of real people given in favour of these officials\".  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He opposed the war and left Russia for Armenia in September 2023. He applied for citizenship and was detained by the police on 12 March 2025. Zonov was told that a case had been opened against him in Russia for unauthorised abandonment of a military unit during mobilisation. He claims that he was not mobilised. According to his wife, he \"served his mandatory military service, ranked as corporal, but he did not receive mobilization papers\". Zonov applied for political asylum. On 15 March it became known that he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 5,  Article 337 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["337"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 5, Article 337"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nikolay Zonov for leaving his military unit","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3DXkqCn0AOsw2T"},{"persecution_id":"rec92s34PnfKvb8Vs","last_updated":"2025-11-05T09:18:19.000Z","person_id":"recKKnAp1smJ2FpGp","name_en":" Unknown male 298","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Far East. He was prosecuted for insulting veterans of the Great Patriotic War and public justification of terrorism, details are unknown. On February 28, 2025, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of insulting veterans and publicly justifying terrorism on the Far East","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in December 2023, the man distributed in the group of one of the messengers a public message humiliating the honour and dignity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War, and in March 2024 in the same group posted a message containing signs of justification of terrorism.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 16.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.02.2025, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-28T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-28T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec92s34PnfKvb8Vs"},{"persecution_id":"recWVyjTzycI8PrXH","last_updated":"2025-06-05T11:32:50.000Z","person_id":"recLpPT3PXOupRJ89","name_en":"Ekaterina Sergeenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nizhny Tagil. A case was brought against her for discrediting the Russian army, details are unknown. In March 2025, the case went to court. 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In 2022, after being taken into custody due to a fight, he signed a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Supposedly, he was captured on 12 November 2023 near Kremenna in the Luhansk region of Ukraine. In a video released by NTV on 20 November, he says he was a sniper on the Maidan in 2014. 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On 24 March 2025, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"A Chita resident's case of calls to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he regularly posted messages discrediting the Russian Armed Forces on social networks and messengers, as well as publicly called for violent actions against servicemen.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 18.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-24T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-24T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recriVk2qhgKjrW2O"},{"persecution_id":"rec8cTP3xN8WpnujK","last_updated":"2026-04-22T19:02:19.000Z","person_id":"recpC1GDr0tQjz10U","name_en":"Oksana Kazantseva","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Zheleznovodsk (Stavropol Krai). She was prosecuted for discrediting the Armed Forces because of a comment condemning the invasion of Ukraine, which she published in a chat room of publicist Alexander Nevzorov's Telegram channel.\n\nIn March 2025, the case went to trial. 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She is just like the Russian military, who went to kill the brotherly people of Ukraine for a piece of meat. They are not just killers, but infanticide and rapists. I know it firsthand\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 22.05.2025 to 22.11.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.05.2025, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' suspended sentence with a ban on administering websites, forums, chat rooms and groups on social networks, digital or information telecommunication networks for two and a half years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' suspended sentence with a ban on administering websites, forums, chat rooms and groups on social networks, digital or information telecommunication networks for two and a half years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-06T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-06T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8cTP3xN8WpnujK"},{"persecution_id":"reczBF4fOuudYmgcz","last_updated":"2025-09-25T18:50:30.000Z","person_id":"recIxwhWm65dmvQ1X","name_en":"Alexander Adamov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. He was prosecuted for financing extremist activities due to the transfer of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF). 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After having seen the video, Adakhovski allegedly formed a criminal intent to spread the aforementioned video under a guise of reliable military intelligence, while it contained fake information concerning the actions of Russian Armed Forces. \n\nFurther Adakhovski, realising his criminal intent, acting deliberately, realising the unlawful nature and public danger of his actions, as well as the fact that the information in the video is untrue, foreseeing the inevitability of socially dangerous consequences in the form of undermining the authority and discrediting volunteer formations assisting in the performance of tasks assigned to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or the National Guard troops of the Russian Federation, and also that by his actions he was aware of the fact that the border had been crossed by the Ukrainian armed forces and the Russian Federation, despite the fact that the border was under the reliable protection of the special forces. 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According to their charters, religious corporations are established to achieve religious goals, propagate and promote the religious teachings of L. Ron Hubbard, whose fundamental publications of Scientology are included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4nA8VMKo6BR0bK"},{"persecution_id":"recVWf7TPVE0jne5T","last_updated":"2025-06-05T10:58:28.000Z","person_id":"recNbqSk2K370gvby","name_en":"Olesya Kosenkova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bashkortostan. A case was brought against her for financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation in connection with the translations of the Ukrainian Revival Church. In April 2025, the case went to court. 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He was prosecuted for calls to extremism because of a comment left in 2020 under the news about the dispersal of a rally in support of Sergey Furgal, the former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory. On 3 April 2025, the man was sentenced to two years of forced labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in defence of Sergei Furgal on October 10, 2020","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Altai Territory's resident's case of calls to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the summer of 2020, in the social network \"VKontakte\" on the page of the community \"Topor-Hot News\" news about the detention by police officers of citizens who came out to an unauthorised rally in support of the former Governor of Khabarovsk Territory Furgal S.I. were published and available for public viewing. As a user of the social network under the name \"Mikhail Mikhailov\", Mr K. posted a comment to the above-mentioned news, \"containing a statement about the encouragement to commit hostile (violent) acts against law enforcement officers\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.04.2025, Sentence: 2 years of forced labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of forced labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-03T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-03T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVXVFlI0VXPyDsp"},{"persecution_id":"recflQObG8O4x39xD","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"rec8RPauh4k11zwm3","name_en":"Anastasiia Bornikova","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bryansk, a former employee of a penal colony. 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The court of appeal on the 6th of February, 2025, changed the verdict, details are also unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Omar Abakarov's case of spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, ","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-06T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechdHxubytAJcGNa"},{"persecution_id":"recERASczZSISxOr6","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:19:00.000Z","person_id":"rechg8qdq02w06085","name_en":"Sergey Anosov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnodar. A case was opened against him for financing extremist activities due to donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). He was given a written undertaking not to leave. On 3 March 2025, Anosov was sentenced to a fine of 600 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Anosov's case of financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he made monthly donations to FBK amounting to 300 roubles. 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A case was opened against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. In March 2025, the case was submitted to court.\n\nOn 21 April, the Naberezhnye Chelny City Court sentenced Artem Parfenov to two years of suspended imprisonment with a three-year probation period and banned him from administrating websites for three years.\n\nParfenov was convicted due to three comments he made on \"VKontakte\" in autumn 2024. In two of them, he called Russian soldiers \"orcs.\" In the third, he argued that attitudes towards the war do not depend on nationality.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Artem Parfenov's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-783/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of comments Parfenov posted on VKontakte in autumn 2024 about the war in Ukraine, in which he condemned the invasion, called Russian soldiers “orcs,” and reflected on the fact that attitudes towards the war are not determined by nationality:\n\n— “Orcs call it something else.)”\n\n— “Well, that’s exactly where she belongs. Let the orcs die of hunger and cold and kill each other.”\n\n— “Ramsi, Tatarstan supports this, just like it supported the constitutional amendments, election participation and other Kremlin whims, but the population, not so much. And it doesn’t depend on nationality. Proportionally, there are just as many Russians as there are Tatars who don’t support it. Interestingly, Tatars are, for various reasons, against all this crap. Mainly, with a sensible understanding of what all this will lead to — these people have kind eyes. There are also nationalists who think it’s not their war at all. But even among those nationalists there are two camps: some are of a liberal persuasion, oriented towards Western values, and others are just Russophobic, Mongoloid, and Islamist. And there are just as many totally out-of-touch, aggressive ‘vatniks’. Whether Russian or Tatar.”","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 07.05.2025 to 06.05.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.04.2025, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment with a 3-year probation period and a 3-year prohibition of administering internet pages","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended imprisonment with a 3-year probation period and a 3-year prohibition of administering internet pages","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-21T10:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-21T10:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRhm7tUuRQXHi29"},{"persecution_id":"recOre2gnEblcZkSO","last_updated":"2025-10-14T20:39:06.000Z","person_id":"rechy3pQhLV5mpMS6","name_en":"V. 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On April 23, 2025 Kalashnik was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Rostov-on-Don's resident's case of financing an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-141/2025","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.04.2025, Sentence: 500-thousand-rouble fine","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"500-thousand-rouble fine","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-23T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-23T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOre2gnEblcZkSO"},{"persecution_id":"recerQrycESmyKyEu","last_updated":"2025-04-28T13:38:41.000Z","person_id":"recl7Nb32EqmSRy54","name_en":"Igor Mozgo","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of the Luhansk region of Ukraine. He was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist community in connection with his service in the Aidar Battalion. On July 24, 2024, Mozgo was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Igor Mozgo's case of involvement in a terrorist community","persecution_case_profile_en":"Served in the Aidar battalion.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measures_en":"• :  to 02.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.07.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-24T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-24T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/mozgo-igor-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recerQrycESmyKyEu"},{"persecution_id":"recbvwV9Or2QfU5dx","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:19:40.000Z","person_id":"reccg4gZIX7C7CT6J","name_en":" Unknown person 48","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case was opened for dissemination of the deliberatly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and public justification of terrorism. In January 2025, the case went to court. On 18 August, 2025, a decision on compulsory treatment  was made.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-158/2025","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.08.2025, Sentence: The decree is issued in accordance with Chapter 51 of the Criminal Procedure Code (On Actions of Medical Nature).","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"The decree is issued in accordance with Chapter 51 of the Criminal Procedure Code (On Actions of Medical Nature).","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-18T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-18T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbvwV9Or2QfU5dx"},{"persecution_id":"recsLEbMQ22Ccxncf","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"recgkTDO4zHPCU5mK","name_en":"Sergei Maslov","birth_year":1956,"age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergei Maslov is a resident of Bryansk, a former serviceman, lawyer, and blogger. He regularly criticized the governor of the Bryansk Region. A case was opened against him for defaming the governor’s father, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. In 2021, Maslov was fined for 1 million rubles. On 13 January 2023, the court granted the bailiff’s motion to replace the fine with community service due to non-payment and sentenced Maslov to 320 hours of compulsory community service.\n\nLater, a case was opened against Maslov, himself a retiree, for defaming the governor himself and insulting a veteran. He was released under a pledge not to leave the area. On 18 April 2025, Maslov was taken into custody — according to the press release, for violating the conditions of his pretrial release twice. In June, a jury began hearings on Maslov’s case. On 8 October, the jury acquitted him, and Maslov was released from custody. On 24 December 2025, the appellate court overturned the acquittal and returned the case to the court of first instance.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel","Lawyers","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 5,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 5, Article 128.1"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Maslov’s case of defamation of a veteran","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he disseminated defamatory information online accusing a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, the father of Governor Alexander Bogomaz, of committing a particularly serious crime.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.04.2021, Sentence: A fine of 1 million rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 1 million rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","first_verdict_date":"2021-04-06T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-06T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recsLEbMQ22Ccxncf"},{"persecution_id":"recVWj8hsIavUPEaP","last_updated":"2026-03-12T19:37:45.000Z","person_id":"recgkTDO4zHPCU5mK","name_en":"Sergei Maslov","birth_year":1956,"age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergei Maslov is a resident of Bryansk, a former serviceman, lawyer, and blogger. He regularly criticized the governor of the Bryansk Region. A case was opened against him for defaming the governor’s father, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. In 2021, Maslov was fined for 1 million rubles. On 13 January 2023, the court granted the bailiff’s motion to replace the fine with community service due to non-payment and sentenced Maslov to 320 hours of compulsory community service.\n\nLater, a case was opened against Maslov, himself a retiree, for defaming the governor himself and insulting a veteran. He was released under a pledge not to leave the area. On 18 April 2025, Maslov was taken into custody — according to the press release, for violating the conditions of his pretrial release twice. In June, a jury began hearings on Maslov’s case. On 8 October, the jury acquitted him, and Maslov was released from custody. On 24 December 2025, the appellate court overturned the acquittal and returned the case to the court of first instance.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel","Lawyers","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C,D Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1","354.1","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 128.1","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Maslov's case of defamation of the governor and insulting a veteran","case_number":"2-11/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, in April 2024 he published online “knowingly false information discrediting the honour and dignity” of the Governor of Bryansk Oblast, Alexander Bogomaz, and also disseminated information said to “demean the honour and dignity” of veterans of the Great Patriotic War.\n\nAccording to the regional office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Maslov “made knowingly false statements” about a war veteran in an interview for a video-hosting platform, which he recorded in April 2024 and posted on a messaging service in a channel administered by him.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"New consideration","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.04.2025 to 08.10.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 11.02.2025 to 18.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.10.2025","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2025-10-08T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVWj8hsIavUPEaP"},{"persecution_id":"recQceZ0YVQcniv1V","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"recZL5QEgT8NDcXnM","name_en":"Vladimir Mitrofanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attH4JnZLM1dQaW7T.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attH4JnZLM1dQaW7T.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Resident of Barnaul. A criminal case was opened against him for allegedly disseminating “fake news” about the Russian army, public justification of terrorism and illegal possession of drugs. On May 5, 2023, Mitrofanov was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Later, a case of public justification of terrorism and incitement to hatred was initiated against him, including over comments made a few days before announcement of the verdict in the first case. Combined with the first sentence, Mitrofanov was sentenced to 9 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Mitrofanov's case of public justification of terrorism and incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"Two of the three episodes of the charge of public justification of terrorism relate to comments left in May 2023 under the publications of Larisa Pimonova, a St. Petersburg resident who was later handed a two years' suspended sentence in a case of “fake news” about the Russian Armed Forces. The posts were about drone strikes on the Kremlin, with one of the comments cited in the charges against Mitrofanov reading “Russia's enemies are in the Kremlin” and another saying “Beauty!!!! Fighting mosquitoes are on the case.” According to the investigation, he also left a comment under a video in which he expressed “a negative assessment of persons grouped on the basis of their affiliation with law-enforcement bodies.”","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 05.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.07.2025, Sentence: Taking the previous sentence into account, 9 years 6 months’ imprisonment, with a 3-year ban on activities involving the public posting of calls and other materials on the internet.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Taking the previous sentence into account, 9 years 6 months’ imprisonment, with a 3-year ban on activities involving the public posting of calls and other materials on the internet.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-09T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-09T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQceZ0YVQcniv1V"},{"persecution_id":"reciyhNIi87Zv8zeH","last_updated":"2025-10-24T12:14:52.000Z","person_id":"rectSxUXzMNu94K2X","name_en":"Alexei Melnikov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Moscow region. A case was initiated against him for calls to terrorism and incitement to hatred, in particular due to the calls to commit crimes against law enforcement officers. On 8 April 2025, Melnikov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Melnikov's case on calls to terrorism and incitement to hatred","case_number":"1-111/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published pictures on the social network and left comments to them, which, according to the expert's conclusion, justify the practice of terrorism. The posts were also found to contain calls for extremist activity, in particular, the commission of crimes with the motive of political hatred or enmity against law enforcement officers. The FSB office cited a screenshot of the post, which read: \"Crimea, Donbass, Luhansk - this is Ukraine! It's time to overthrow the shitty, bastardised, chekist, Putin regime!\"","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-08T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-08T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reciyhNIi87Zv8zeH"},{"persecution_id":"recflNLkOexFe5QEs","last_updated":"2025-09-02T20:52:33.000Z","person_id":"recvezA5jc0BfaInp","name_en":"Alexei Blinov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the village of Khokhriaki in Udmurtia. A case was brought against him for offence to the feelings of believers in connection with aggressive comments about god and against god. He pleaded guilty but refused to testify. In November 2024, he was sentenced in a case of public justification of terrorism, details unknown. On 2 April 2025, Blinov was sentenced to 160 hours of compulsory labour in a case of insulting the feelings of believers. Taking into account the sentence in another case, the punishment totalled five and a half years and ten days.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The case of offence to the feelings of believers in Udmurtia","case_number":"1-15/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, in January 2024, he posted posts on his VKontakte page that offended the feelings of believers. The court press release says that Blinov \"had a negative attitude towards religion and believers, although he is baptised\". Apparently, the reason for the case were the posts in which he called believers \"fuckers\" and God an \"idiot\" and a \"fucker.\" In particular, he wrote: \"If there is a god, then why the fuck is he constantly mocking people, why the fuck do we need winter unnecessary useless season, what idiot came up with this\". Another comment read, \"Everyone believes in god, but have you ever considered that god = idiot and fucker? Why does he watch people and not help? Why does he kill people? Why did he even create this weird planet Earth? This is the worst planet in the universe [...] let this stupid god answer me on VKontakte if he exists or let him go fuck himself\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.04.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-02T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-02T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recflNLkOexFe5QEs"},{"persecution_id":"rec8PM3tKXm4gACvk","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:41:28.000Z","person_id":"rec4Zepm3Z01Jtfzg","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Astrakhan, photographer. 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On 16 June 2025, a decision was made for him to undergo involuntary treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Astrakhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"An Astrakhan resident's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-341/2025","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.06.2025, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' corrective labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' corrective labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-16T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-16T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8PM3tKXm4gACvk"},{"persecution_id":"recHBDfbhFzDRXQZI","last_updated":"2025-06-17T09:44:45.000Z","person_id":"recLoyfrANMyqJ17S","name_en":"Konstantin Mironenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladivostok, he worked as a security guard. 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On 14 May 2025, Mironenko received a suspended sentence of one and a half years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Mironenko's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-207/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In January 2023, Mironenko was fined 30,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), details are unknown.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 30.05.2025 to 29.11.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.05.2025, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' suspended imprisonment ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' suspended imprisonment ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-14T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-14T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHBDfbhFzDRXQZI"},{"persecution_id":"recTPNE3gSgGrCaO3","last_updated":"2026-02-09T16:05:00.000Z","person_id":"recrGBl1MV56CJAa1","name_en":"И. 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On 14 May 2025 Rodikhin was sentenced to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Rodikhin's case of financing an extremist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the transfer of 7,000 roubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.05.2025, Sentence: a fine of 350 thousand roubles, reduced to 300 thousand roubles in connection with the preventive measure","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 350 thousand roubles, reduced to 300 thousand roubles in connection with the preventive measure","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-14T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-14T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recANNxX7Jz93wNUh"},{"persecution_id":"recvmlVJ9ROtumAzn","last_updated":"2025-07-08T07:31:14.000Z","person_id":"recod72Jfxp1wvY8m","name_en":" Unknown male 336","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Izhevsk. A case was brought against him for calling for extremism in connection with aggressive statements against representatives of the authorities. In April 2025, the case went to court. On 6 May 2025, the Izhevsk resident was sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Izhevsk resident's case of calls for extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2024, having joined a group with publications about the socio-political life of the Russian Federation in the messenger Telegram, under the influence of the news published in this group, he began to share a hostile and hostile attitude towards representatives of the authorities, as well as extremist views on the need to use violence against them. Soon he posted in his personal account using a pseudonym in a group open for public access a record containing an incitement to extremist activity against a group of persons united on professional grounds \"police officers\", \"servicemen\", \"employees of the state apparatus\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.05.2025, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' suspended deprivation of liberty, prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of websites using electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' suspended deprivation of liberty, prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of websites using electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-06T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-06T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvmlVJ9ROtumAzn"},{"persecution_id":"recyuqb4SB5ZIIXr6","last_updated":"2025-08-19T14:59:08.000Z","person_id":"recLXjddi2tCIco84","name_en":" Unknown male 339","birth_year":1991,"age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tambov. A case was brought against him for public justification of terrorism due to statements in support of a banned pro-Ukrainian organisation. No later than June 2025, he was sentenced to 1.5 years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tambov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TAM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Tambov's resident's case of publicly justifying terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted comments on social networks in support of one of the pro-Ukrainian organisations banned in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 1 year 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recyuqb4SB5ZIIXr6"},{"persecution_id":"recVl56XaOdkd9hQZ","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:06:35.000Z","person_id":"recyUvtnfrSwNYkrF","name_en":"Bagavutdin Kazimagomedov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Makhachkala. A case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the movement of \"citizens of the USSR\". On 10 April 2025, he was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Bagavutdin Kazimagomedov's case on participating in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Kazimagomedov, being aware that the activities of the interregional public association \"Union of Slavic Forces of Russia \"* are prohibited and recognised as extremist on the territory of the Russian Federation, he joined its structural subdivision. The Federal Security Agency's press release claimed that Kazimagomedov \"propagated the ideology of hatred towards the state authorities of the Russian Federation, called for refusal to fulfil civil law obligations. At his place of residence he kept propaganda materials in the form of leaflets and brochures, as well as organisational and administrative documents of an extremist organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 26.04.2025 to 25.04.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.04.2025, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' suspended sentence with a probation period of 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' suspended sentence with a probation period of 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-10T07:25:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-10T07:25:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVl56XaOdkd9hQZ"},{"persecution_id":"recGuisA2uKBTGp3Y","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recAwWK95bt7RZZkd","name_en":"Dmitry Vanifatiev","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Dmitry Vanifatiev is a resident of Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast. A case was opened against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The grounds were a video about the war in Ukraine which he shared on his Telegram channel in May 2024, as well as a comment in which Vanifatiev referred to Russian servicemen fighting in Ukraine as “occupiers”. At the time of this publication, an administrative ruling for discrediting the army — issued in January 2024 for an anti-war comment — had already entered into force.\n\nIn May 2025, the case went to court. A month later, Vanifatiev was given a two-year suspended sentence with a two-year probation period, as well as a three-year ban on administering websites, channels, forums, groups and chat rooms.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volzhsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Vanifatiev's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces  ","case_number":"1-428/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 29 January 2024, Vanifatyev was fined under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for a comment in the public group “Zhest Volzhsky”. The ruling entered into force on 9 February.\n\nFrom the verdict:\n“Meanwhile, on 24 May 2024 at approximately 09:53, Vanifatyev D.A., while in the city of Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast (the exact location was not established during the preliminary investigation), having already been held administratively liable under Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, and being fully aware of the unlawful nature of his actions, foreseeing and wishing for socially dangerous consequences in the form of diminishing the authority of, and undermining public trust in, the Russian Armed Forces, acting as the administrator of a channel registered at the electronic address http://t.me/+LrK9G5Y52ss5N2Yy\n on the Telegram messenger, posted on the Internet a video publication located at http://t.me/c/2032956771/163\n, beginning with the words: ‘What good do you see in death…’ and ending with the words: ‘… so they did it voluntarily themselves’, accompanied by his own comment beginning with: ‘Remember once and for all…’ and ending with: ‘… they are occupiers’, in which the actions of the Russian Armed Forces carried out in the framework of the special military operation in Ukraine are characterised as criminal and expansionist, with justification for this negative assessment, and the use of the Russian Armed Forces for the purposes of maintaining peace and security is denied.”","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.06.2025, Sentence: 2 years’ suspended sentence, with a 3-year ban on engaging in activities related to the administration of websites, channels, forums, chats, and social media groups in electronic or information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years’ suspended sentence, with a 3-year ban on engaging in activities related to the administration of websites, channels, forums, chats, and social media groups in electronic or information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-05T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGuisA2uKBTGp3Y"},{"persecution_id":"recOsi0fQIvrdcfVP","last_updated":"2025-07-08T07:00:54.000Z","person_id":"rechle6WusmLQ3Kls","name_en":"Sarah Ashton-Cirillo","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["USA"],"story_en":"A US citizen, a journalist. In March 2022, she went to Ukraine, reported from the front lines, and joined the AFU Territorial Defence Force. From August to September 2023, she was their English-speaking spokesperson, but was removed from her position after making threats against the Russian military. In February 2024, she was placed on Rosfinmonitoring's list of extremists and terrorists. It later became known that a case was brought against her for mercenarism and dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces (neither of these articles at the time was grounds for including a person on the Rosfinmonitoring list). On 2 June 2025, Ashton-Cirillo was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"case_name_en":"Sarah Ashton-Cirillo's case of mercenarism and \"fakes\" about the Russian army","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, between February and September 2023 Ashton-Cirillo arrived in Ukraine, voluntarily joined the International Legion, after which she was assigned to the 113th Territorial Defence Brigade of Ukraine. She received military training at the training bases and was provided with firearms, ammunition, uniforms and special equipment. Ashton-Cirillo took part in combat operations on the side of Ukrainian security forces against members of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.\nIn August 2023, she prepared a video, which she posted on the Internet, about allegedly created in Russia stockpiles of biological weapons and the use of chemical weapons by the Russian Armed Forces in the Syrian Arab Republic, as well as on the territory of Ukraine during the special military operation.\nThe amount of remuneration received by Ashton-Cirillo exceeded 653 thousand roubles.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.06.2025, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-02T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-02T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOsi0fQIvrdcfVP"},{"persecution_id":"recIS8PuKXADDyTbB","last_updated":"2026-02-18T16:19:16.000Z","person_id":"recOpYxIjpo2yzVln","name_en":"Iuris Iurashs","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A Latvian national, he fought alongside Ukrainian forces during the conflict. Russian authorities prosecuted him in absentia on charges of mercenary activity and spreading deliberately false information about Russia's military.\n\nThe case centred on two incidents classified as disseminating \"falsehoods\" about Russian forces: an online publication and an interview with Radio Liberty Ukraine. According to TASS, citing the Prosecutor General's Office, in both instances he allegedly described Russian military actions in Bucha and Irpin as criminal.\n\nOn 24 September 2024, a Russian court sentenced him in absentia to 17 years in a high-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations","statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E,C Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"case_name_en":"Iuris Iurashs' case of mercenarism and \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"2-272/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"Prosecutors allege that between September 2022 and June 2024, the defendant fought alongside Ukrainian forces as a mercenary, receiving payments totalling over 2 million roubles.\n\nThe case also cites an April 2022 online post in which Iurashs allegedly presented as factual an account of Russian military forces killing civilians and destroying homes and social infrastructure in Bucha and Irpin towns in Ukraine. These claims - relating to events he did not personally witness - were repeated in an interview with Radio Liberty Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.09.2024, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-24T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-24T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIS8PuKXADDyTbB"},{"persecution_id":"recrrXJLsCxkCKOB0","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"rec4X8dcaDcwBKc1E","name_en":" Unknown person 49","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","story_en":"The individual faced charges including mercenary activity, incitement to hatred, and dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. A sentence was handed down on 6 December 2024, though no details of the verdict are currently available.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_subject_en":["other","freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of mercenarism, incitement to hatred and \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-06T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recrrXJLsCxkCKOB0"},{"persecution_id":"recuTRI48ytah5TXr","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:19:40.000Z","person_id":"recrX9ysoEUrW4VQA","name_en":" Unknown person 50","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A criminal case was initiated in Verkhnyaya Pyshma on charges of disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. 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Those who are in favour of people, and therefore against this massacre. The massacre, which is modestly called SMO. And those inhumans who continue to send their closest people into this meat grinder. Don't ever try to find me again. There is no more of me for you...\". 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He also justified the terrorist activities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Ukrainian intelligence agencies on Russian territory, approving drone attacks on Smolensk Oblast and incursions by sabotage and reconnaissance groups into Bryansk Oblast.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 17.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.06.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.05.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, with a 3-year ban on activities related to posting materials in public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, with a 3-year ban on activities related to posting materials in public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-28T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-28T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recyQgf8v6cokhSwu"},{"persecution_id":"recPScts0q81XZ3M6","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recjuqLE5ELMs5VSg","name_en":"Irina Vladimirova","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Feodosia. She was prosecuted for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and calling for extremism online.  In June 2025, a case of discreditation was submitted to the court, and in July, a case of calls for extremism followed.\n\nOn 14 August 2025, she was sentenced to a year and eight months of forced labour in the case of discreditation. In October, on appeal, the forced labour was replaced with a suspended sentence of the same length.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Feodosia"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Irina Vladimirova's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"In April 2022 and December 2024, Vladimirova was fined 30,000 roubles on each occasion under the administrative article of “discrediting the army” (Article 20.3.3 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offences).","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 07.10.2025 to 06.08.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.08.2025, Sentence: 1 year 8 months’ forced labor and a 2-year ban on Internet activities","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 8 months’ forced labor and a 2-year ban on Internet activities","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-14T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-14T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPScts0q81XZ3M6"},{"persecution_id":"rec13WsSiDyu9k3Mc","last_updated":"2025-07-18T12:39:26.000Z","person_id":"rec4pHnuzk3T5EHeR","name_en":"Grigorii Belik","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnodar. In June 2025, the court fined him an amount equal to his annual pension (176,751 rubles) in a case concerning the dissemination of information expressing blatant disrespect for society regarding Russia’s Days of Military Glory.\n\nThe prosecution was triggered by a text the man shared on a social media platform. The message essentially stated that the celebration of May 9 was “absurd, shameful, and disgraceful.” The text also contained phrases that were deemed offensive to people for whom May 9 — Victory Day — is a sacred holiday and a symbol of remembrance of the Soviet people’s heroic struggle against fascism.\n\nIn court, Belik pleaded guilty and claimed he had posted the text by accident, adding that he considers May 9 a holy holiday.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Grigory Belik’s Case Concerning a Post Criticizing Victory Day","case_number":"1-129/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, in May 2023, he posted on his social network page a text, the meaning of which is that the celebration of 9 May is \"absurd, shameful and disgraceful\". 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He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community in connection with his involvement in the Aidar Battalion, as well as for undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. 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Later in the battalion, he fulfilled the duties of a gunner.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.01.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-16T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-16T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 14 November 2024, Gura was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of seven former servicemen of the Aidar Battalion"],"case_name_en":"Iurii Gura's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Iurii Gura's case","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 10.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.01.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.11.2024, Sentence: 5 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-14T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-14T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He was trained at the Chernihov district training center on close combat tactics and weapons handling. In the battalion, he performed the duties of a gunner, taking direct part in combat operations on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 14.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.01.2025, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-14T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-14T09:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He was captured during the battle for Azovstal. He was charged with participating in a terrorist group and undergoing training to carry out terrorist activities. 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He was prosecuted for incitement to terrorism because of a comment under a news item about power outages in different regions of Ukraine. The defence argued that Melikhov was not against the SMO, and that the comment that prompted the case was written due to \"psychological problems\". 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At the same time, he shared and supported the goals of the creation and activities of the IAF, which were contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation, and from the moment he joined this formation he knew that the members of the IAF had firearms and ammunition and admitted the possibility of using them.\n\nBeing a member of the said IAF, during the period from an unspecified date of January 2016 to January 2022, he took an active part in its activities, carrying out various instructions of the leaders of the IAF, including reconnaissance near the Russian-Ukrainian border, in addition, being provided with firearms, took courses in weapons training, and to date has not declared voluntary termination of his participation in the said IAF\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2023, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-25T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-25T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfOHGDIPTKM7E4g"},{"persecution_id":"rec051SFkyQW5wnzA","last_updated":"2025-12-04T11:59:15.000Z","person_id":"recaaXq2X7DC0bSAk","name_en":"Vladislav Gribkov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnodar. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. In June 2025, the case went to court. 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A case was opened against him for participating in the activities of an illegal armed group in connection with his involvement in the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, despite the fact that there is no evidence of the battalion's involvement in any military actions. On June 21, 2021, Gafarov was sentenced in absentia to eight years in a strict regime penal colony. According to unconfirmed information, he was kidnapped by armed men in May 2022. According to the \"Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial\" project, Gafarov has been in penal colony since August 11, 2022. He filed a cassation appeal against the verdict, and on December 12, 2023, the cassation court sent the case back for a new trial. On May 22, 2024, Gafarov was sentenced to five years in a strict regime penal colony. On August 8, 2024, the court of appeal increased the sentence to eight years.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Akim Gafarov's case of participation in the activities of an illegal armed formation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in April 2016, being on the territory of Ukraine, acting deliberately on the grounds of political enmity towards the Russian Federation and the fact of its attaching of the Republic of Crimea and <address>, he voluntarily arrived in the camp of the illegal armed formation \"Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan\" (hereinafter - IAF) located near the settlement <address>, i.e. an armed formation not provided for in the legislation of Ukraine, created no later than November 2015.\" \"Being in the camp of the above-mentioned IAF, in April 2016, being aware of the illegal nature of his actions, voluntarily joined this IAF, not provided for in the legislation of Ukraine, which had a military organisation, and armed its members with various types of firearms and other weapons. At the same time, he shared and supported the goals of the creation and activities of the IAF, which were contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation, and from the moment he joined the group he knew that the members of the IAF had firearms and ammunition and allowed the possibility of their use. Being a member of the said IAF, in the period from April 2016 to DD.MM.YYYY took an active part in its activities, performed functional duties to ensure the activities of the said formation, including those related to the construction of various structures and barriers, running a subsidiary farm in the locations of the illegal armed group. At the same time, until DD.MM.YYYY, he did not declare voluntary termination of his participation in the illegal armed group, thereby deliberately continuing his criminal activities to participate in it\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.12.2023 to 08.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 12.12.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.08.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.06.2021, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony in absentia• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 22.05.2024, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-23T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-22T12:02:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In this video, Akunin “expressed understanding for Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes on Russian territory” and “pointed out that he had organised fundraising to help Ukraine,” Dozhd YouTube channel reported. After this, the publishing house AST announced it would stop publishing his books. On 18 December, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Akunin for \"fake news\" about the army and for publicly justifying terrorism.\n\nOn 19 December, investigators carried out a search at \"Zakharov\" Publishing, which releases Akunin’s books. 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A case of calls for extremist activity was opened against her because of aggressive statements about the Russian military. \"Komsomolskaya Pravda\" wrote that Guseva in comments \"called for the destruction of Russians and insulted them\". She herself said after her detention that after the war started she began to \"writing not very good comments towards the Russian troops.\"\n\nOn 24 June 2025, Guseva was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yalta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Yalta resident over incitement for extremist activity","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was aggressive statements about the Russian military.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.06.2025, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-24T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-24T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfy3G9IXI2FojQK"},{"persecution_id":"recn4jcqtpbV6oBm5","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recH3tr2FSIl3xrIz","name_en":"Aleksandr Sheiko","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Former Ukrainian serviceman. 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On 3 February 2025, Iukhnov was sentenced to imprisonment, — the length of the sentence is unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Iukhnov's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 02.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.02.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-03T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-03T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-byvshih-voennosluzhashhih-ajdara-aleksandra-shejko-i-dmitriya-yuhnova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec6jpJhGPnGbQz4h"},{"persecution_id":"recu3L176nTloDz8g","last_updated":"2025-08-08T22:50:43.000Z","person_id":"rec70Jo0gAUSBV81A","name_en":" Б.","birth_year":2002,"age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Gorno-Altaisk city. A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities due to donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 11 June 2025, he was given a three-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gorno-Altaysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AL"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Gorno-Altaisk resident`s case about donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from August 2021, \"for 7 months he transferred a fixed amount <...> to a bank account opened on the territory of the United States\" to an organisation that \"was banned on the territory of the Russian Federation in June 2021\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 27.06.2025 to 26.06.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.06.2025, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of 2 years`","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of 2 years`","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-11T07:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-11T07:50:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recu3L176nTloDz8g"},{"persecution_id":"recttV4keOSQiYN0Q","last_updated":"2025-08-14T17:59:52.000Z","person_id":"recx6dK8R5plNaokf","name_en":"Anna Belyaeva","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of the Kemerovo region. On 20 June 2025, she was sentenced to six years of suspended sentence on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. According to the version of the law enforcers, she organised the \"Community of Free Russ\" in order to continue the activities of the \"Union of Slavic Forces of Russia\" banned by the Supreme Court of Komi in 2019. This is one of the many organisations of \"citizens of the USSR\" who deny the collapse of the Soviet Union and seek its actual restoration","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the \"USSR citizens\" in Belovo","case_number":"1-96/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the law enforcers' version, Belyaeva and Olga Ivashchenko set up a regional cell of the unregistered public organisation \"Community of Free Russians\" in Kuzbass in order to continue the activities of the extremist organisation \"USSR\" (banned by the Supreme Court of Komi). In order to promote the ideology of the extremist organisation, the individuals held meetings where they promoted the ideas of undermining the constitutional order, rejecting the norms of law in force in Russia, and spoke about the illegitimacy of the state, while attracting new supporters to extremist activity. In a short period of time, they involved more than 50 people in extremist activities.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 08.07.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.06.2025, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-20T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-20T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recttV4keOSQiYN0Q"},{"persecution_id":"recLK6oEuqzvNI6Rp","last_updated":"2025-08-14T17:59:45.000Z","person_id":"recHOEEKZSwwOBJf9","name_en":"Olga Ivashchenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","story_en":"The resident of the Kemerovo region. On 20 June 2025, she was sentenced to five years' suspended sentence on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, recruitment to it and its financing. According to the version of law enforcers, she participated in the activities of the \"Community of Free Russians\" in order to continue the activities of the \"Union of Slavic Forces of Russia\" banned by the Supreme Court of Komi in 2019. This is one of the many organisations of \"citizens of the USSR\" who deny the collapse of the Soviet Union and seek its de facto restoration","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the \"USSR citizens\" in Belovo","case_number":"1-96/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the law enforcers' version, Ivashchenko and Anna Belyaeva set up a regional cell of the unregistered public organisation \"Community of Free Russians\" in Kuzbass in order to continue the activities of the extremist organisation \"USSR\" (banned by the Supreme Court of Komi). In order to promote the ideology of the extremist organisation, the individuals held meetings where they promoted the ideas of undermining the constitutional order, rejecting the rules of law in Russia, and spoke about the illegitimacy of the state, while attracting new supporters to extremist activity. In a short period of time, they involved more than 50 people in extremist activities.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 08.07.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.06.2025, Sentence: 5 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-20T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-20T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLK6oEuqzvNI6Rp"},{"persecution_id":"recy0wYie1wyYucZ7","last_updated":"2025-10-08T12:26:14.000Z","person_id":"recC3EVvaqSgVii8r","name_en":"Unknown female 77","birth_year":1955,"age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Yusvinsky district of Perm region. A case was brought against her for financing an \"undesirable\" organisation in connection with transfers to the Ukrainian religious centre \"Revival\". In June 2025, the case went to court. On 28 July 2025, the pensioner was sentenced to 250 hours of community service.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of financing an “undesirable organisation” in Kudymkar","case_number":"1-200/2025","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.07.2025, Sentence: 250 hours of community service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"250 hours of community service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-28T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-28T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recy0wYie1wyYucZ7"},{"persecution_id":"recdtXLNM2I2ibk5Q","last_updated":"2026-02-05T18:16:58.000Z","person_id":"rec5rC5akHmCZhTlj","name_en":"G.","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Gusev, Kaliningrad region. In June 2025, he was put on trial for financing extremist activities, probably because of donations to Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) worth 7,000 roubles. According to the investigation, he transferred money to the organisation from 5 August 2021 (the day before the decision to recognise ACF as an extremist organisation came into force) to February 2022. On 22 July 2025, G. was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Gusev resident`s case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-50/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 5 August 2021, the accused G. went to a website using a link designed to finance extremist activities. He then performed authorisation, entered his bank card details into the form provided, and activated an autopayment to automatically transfer 1,000 roubles from his bank card to the account of a bank in New York State, USA, every 5th day of the new month. Thus, between August 2021 and February 2022, G. made seven wire transfers totalling 7,000 roubles to support the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.07.2025, Sentence: Fine of 500,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fine of 500,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-22T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-22T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdtXLNM2I2ibk5Q"},{"persecution_id":"rec4LIyg1pgNGChdv","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:04:52.000Z","person_id":"recLrlm2N5Zaf9Di1","name_en":"Ivan Kolosov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Moscow Region, paramedic. Graduate of the Moscow Cossack Cadet Corps.\n\nIn December 2022, was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the CAO) because of a comment on social media with the words \"The ship didn't sink, the ship went to fuck because it was a Russian warship\".\n\nIn January 2022, he was fined 30 thousand rubles in a case of violence against a representative of the authorities (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code), details are unknown.\n\nOn 30 March 2023 Kolosov was detained in a case of attempted participation in an illegal armed formation, later the charge was reclassified to preparation for participation in military actions on the territory of a foreign state for purposes contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation. He was accused of preparing to join the Freedom of Russia legion. Kolosov's acquaintance claims that he supported the legion, but did not intend to fight.\n\nOn 1 October 2024, Kolosov was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony. On 19 December 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.\n\nIn April 2025, it became known about a new criminal case against Kolosov - on the website of the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow appeared the card of the session on the extension of his arrest in the case of confidential cooperation with a representative of a foreign state. In October 2025, Kolosov said in a letter that another charge had been added to the case - about public justification of terrorism. It later became known that the reason for the case was some conversations \"in messenger with other people about 'joining the Legion'.\" Presumably, the correspondence involved provocateurs from the FSB. On 17 April 2026, taking into account the previous term, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Kolosov’s case of confidential cooperation with foreigners and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-190/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was brought because of conversations \"in messenger with other people about 'joining the Legion'.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n• in custody:  to 23.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2026, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment, with a previous sentence bringing the total to 12 years' imprisonment, of which the first 4 in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 300,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment, with a previous sentence bringing the total to 12 years' imprisonment, of which the first 4 in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 300,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4LIyg1pgNGChdv"},{"persecution_id":"recdYm6Vlfl6GDLtO","last_updated":"2025-07-08T09:54:09.000Z","person_id":"recVIvWP1Mm1Oi13x","name_en":" Unknown male 380","birth_year":2003,"age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Irkutsk. Positioned himself as an astrologer, psychic and black sorcerer. In the summer of 2025, he was sentenced to 100 hours of compulsory labour in a case of insulting the feelings of believers. The reason for the prosecution was his Instagram post with insulting statements, in which he, according to the prosecution, expressed clear disrespect for Orthodox Christianity and people of this religion.\n\nThe expert stated in his report that the post negatively assessed representatives of the Christian religion (Orthodox priests, believers) and the objects of their religious worship (God, temple, church, angels). The rectors of two churches in Irkutsk acted as witnesses for the prosecution in court, saying that the man's publication was offensive, as it touched upon the figure of the Saviour, Jesus Christ, which is significant for Christian believers.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The case of an Irkutsk resident for insulting religious feelings","persecution_case_profile_en":"As follows from the case file, in May 2023, a man published a post with insulting statements in Instagram. The defendant expressed clear disrespect for Orthodox Christianity and people of this religion.\n\nAccording to the expert's conclusion, the text contains statements that negatively assess representatives of the Christian religion (Orthodox priests, believers) and objects of their religious worship/reverence (God, temple, church, angels).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdYm6Vlfl6GDLtO"},{"persecution_id":"reccwZjoJozPMNFTI","last_updated":"2025-10-06T06:50:20.000Z","person_id":"recRiYw0AUYQQITo7","name_en":"Lyubov Tkacheva","birth_year":1957,"age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kiselevsk, Kemerovo region. In June 2025, she was sentenced to five years' suspended sentence in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and recruitment to it because of her involvement in the activities of the religious group Elle Ayat. The court found that she \"organised an 'Ayat Centre' at her place of residence, where she practised a 'self-healing technique'\", organised and held meetings, and \"attracted new supporters to extremist activities\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kiselyovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Lyubov Tkacheva's case on participation in the activities of an extremist organization and involvement in it","case_number":"1-5/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The court decided that a resident of Kiselevsk organised an \"Ayat-Centre\" at her place of residence, where she practised \"self-healing\" methods (the organisation \"Elle-Ayat\" is recognised as extremist in the Russian Federation).\n\nIn order to promote the ideology of the extremist organisation, positioning herself as a \"disciple\" of the founder of the Elle-Ayat religious association, she organised and held meetings and actively recruited new supporters into extremist activities, knowing full well that the Elle-Ayat religious sect was banned.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2025, Sentence: 5 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-30T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-30T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccwZjoJozPMNFTI"},{"persecution_id":"recY13iLN55z4m9Ln","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:08:26.000Z","person_id":"recHmeTA2BxeyhEE0","name_en":"Iuliia Tikhonova","birth_year":1983,"age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kemerovo. In September 2024, a court fined her 30,000 roubles (US$373) under an administrative protocol for discrediting the army because of anti-war comments.\n\nOn 1 July 2025, the Investigative Committee and the prosecutor's office reported that a case against her under the article on insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland on the Internet had been referred to court. The reason for the criminal prosecution was the woman's comment under the news from 9 May 2024 that in the Kemerovo region more than 100 thousand people participated in the action \"Immortal Regiment\". The comment read: \"Why carry corpses on a stick\".\n\nOn 12 August 2025, Tikhonova received a two-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Iuliia Tikhonova's case of insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland","case_number":"2-32/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on May 9, 2024, on the 79th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War in the social network \"VKontakte\" on the page with the news \"In Kuzbass more than 100 thousand people took part in the action \"Immortal Regiment\" posted a comment insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and humiliating the honour and dignity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War. The comment read: \"Why carry corpses on a stick\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.08.2025, Sentence: 2 years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-12T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-12T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recY13iLN55z4m9Ln"},{"persecution_id":"recRw99xuGWkI1LqF","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:08:26.000Z","person_id":"recyJhyyosWCtcOPd","name_en":"Ramazan Gadzhimuradov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"30 June 2025 in Stavropol Krai he was sentenced to two and a half years in an open prison in a case of public desecration of symbols of Russia's military glory by a group of individuals because he and an acquaintance warmed their feet at the Eternal Flame in the village of Kurskaya.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of desecration of symbols of Russia’s military glory by a group of individuals in the Stavropol region","case_number":"2-2-20/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The court decided that the defendants desecrated the monument \"Eternal Flame of Soldiers' Glory and Immortality\" in the village of Kurskaya. A TASS source in the region's law enforcement agencies specified that the men were warming their feet by the Eternal Flame.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2025, Sentence: 2.5 years in an open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2.5 years in an open prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-30T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-30T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRw99xuGWkI1LqF"},{"persecution_id":"recEaKHD7PFJcaWbe","last_updated":"2026-03-25T14:34:41.000Z","person_id":"recZeVlc4QIPnJZ04","name_en":"Magomed Magomedov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 30 June 2025, in the Stavropol region, he was sentenced to 2.5 years in a penal colony for desecration of symbols of Russia’s military glory by a group of persons because he and an acquaintance of his warmed their feet at the Eternal Flame in the village of Kurskaya.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of desecration of symbols of Russia’s military glory by a group of individuals in the Stavropol region","case_number":"2-2-20/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The court ruled that the defendants desecrated the Eternal Flame of Soldiers’ Glory and Immortality monument in the Kurskaya village. A source of TASS in the region’s law enforcement agencies specified that the men warmed their feet at the Eternal Flame.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2025, Sentence: 2.5 years in an open-prison settlement","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2.5 years in an open-prison settlement","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-30T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-30T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEaKHD7PFJcaWbe"},{"persecution_id":"recROEtN4i5Bw0b7f","last_updated":"2025-11-05T09:03:10.000Z","person_id":"rec4jnsEeYDAWaxic","name_en":"Georgii Pashkov","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kirov. On 4 March 2025, he was sentenced to four years in a strict regime colony in the case of justification of terrorism. According to the version of law enforcers, he \"publicly justified a terrorist act committed by the Ukrainian special services on the territory of the Crimean peninsula\". It is not known where exactly and what exactly the Kirov resident said.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Georgii Pashkov's case of terrorism justification","case_number":"2-105/2025 ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB version, the convict publicly justified a terrorist act committed, according to the investigation, by the Ukrainian special services on the territory of the Crimean peninsula.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.03.2025, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment, with the first one and a half years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment, with the first one and a half years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-04T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-04T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recROEtN4i5Bw0b7f"},{"persecution_id":"rec0fYXwowgFEYM9H","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"recCHe0lR46dGe7QC","name_en":"Alexandra Byzova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Moscow region. On 30 June 2025, a case was brought to court against her of charges of repeated discrediting of the army. On 18 July, the court sentenced her to a year and six months in a penal colony. The details of the case are unknown.\n\nIn May 2024, she was fined 30,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army because of anti-war posts.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Dmitrov"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexandra Byzova's case on discrediting the army","case_number":"1-458/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason was a post on VKontakte, in which the expert examination found \"belief of the sendee in the negative nature of the goals of the use of the Russian Armed Forces\", as well as \"a derogatory assessment of the President of Russia, expressed in an indecent form\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.07.2025, Sentence: 1 year and 6 months' imprisonment with a ban on administering Internet pages for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 6 months' imprisonment with a ban on administering Internet pages for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-18T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-18T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-10-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/byzova-aleksandra-sergeevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec0fYXwowgFEYM9H"},{"persecution_id":"recxF6mmWauhiqb5o","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:09:04.000Z","person_id":"recUpARcZLlS8ByvL","name_en":"Seferbeg Gadzhiev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The warrant officer from Rostov-on-Don, participated in the war. On 14 April 2025, he was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony in the case of spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army due to conversations with subordinates. According to the verdict, during these conversations Gadzhiev exaggerated the successes of the Ukrainian army and negatively assessed the actions of the Russian armed forces. The warrant officer was banned for three years from holding positions related to the exercise of organisational and administrative powers in state and local government bodies. In addition, Gadzhiev was stripped of his rank.\n\nOn 20 June 2025, the court of appeal replaced the punishment with a fine of 2.5 million rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Seferbeg Gadzhiev's case of military “fakes”","case_number":"1-119/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the verdict, on 7 and 11 September 2024 in Rostov-on-Don, Gadzhiev, as an acting shift supervisor of the platoon of the military commandant's office and head of the guard for the protection of the military unit's No. <...> warehouse, wishing to frighten his subordinate personnel, decided to mislead them about the implementation of the tasks of the special military operation (hereinafter - SMO). In the course of a conversation with his subordinate guard personnel, Gadzhiev publicly provided them, under the guise of reliable data, deliberately false information regarding the true progress of the SMO, showing his knowledge of the allegedly real situation in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, exaggerating the successes of the enemy on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic and negatively assessing the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.04.2025 to 20.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.04.2025, Sentence: 5.5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 3 years' prohibition from holding positions related the exercise of organisational and administrative powers in state and local government bodies, and deprivation of the military rank of warrant officer.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of special rank"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5.5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 3 years' prohibition from holding positions related the exercise of organisational and administrative powers in state and local government bodies, and deprivation of the military rank of warrant officer.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":2500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-13T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxF6mmWauhiqb5o"},{"persecution_id":"recwhPlKQLr5l9yxx","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"recXa1RC4l1c51RS3","name_en":"Nadezhda Esina","birth_year":1959,"age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg. Presumably a saleswoman in a fabric shop. A case was opened against her for financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation in connection with money transfers to the Ukrainian Vozrozhdeniye Foundation.\n\nIn June 2025, the case went to court. On the 1st of October, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office due to irregularities in drafting the indictment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Nadezhda Esina’s case of financing an “undesirable” organisation","case_number":"1-417/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she repeatedly made money transfers to participants of the All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre \"Vozrozhdenie\" and Vladimir Muntian's Charity Fund \"Vozrozhdenie\". In total, she transferred 61 thousand roubles.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwhPlKQLr5l9yxx"},{"persecution_id":"reccwpOh3x5MD8jaJ","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"reclTB8YbJ0ant6S0","name_en":"Aleksei Smirnov","birth_year":1989,"age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nefteyugansk. In June 2025, a case was brought to court against him under the article on repeated discreditation of the army. On 17th of July, he was given a six-month suspended sentence. The reason for the prosecution were the posts that Smirnov made on his social media accounts from February to August 2024. Their content is unknown.\n\nIn February 2024, Smirnov was fined 30,000 rubles in an administrative case for discrediting the army because of a comment he made on \"VKontakte\" under a post about Shaman's song \"My Boy\". In it, he compared the singer to German Nazis:\n\n\"He has a voice, but stupid, don't make me laugh by saying a patriot was found. (He is) a paid propagandist pushing the red button to agitate the crowd. Are you all crazy? The Nazis had exactly the same white boy singing on stage inspiring the Aryans to go to war under the guise of good intentions. But war is not good. War is death of loved ones and tears of the living. And with letters (other data) the Nazis had the same thing. The thirst for war, that's what is being awaken in you here\".\n\nAfter being detained in an administrative case, Smirnov said he was against the war and_ in this way, he expressed his active civic stance on the situation in the country as a whole. He added that he considered all the words in his comment as completely correct.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Aleksei Smirnov's case of discrediting the Russian army","case_number":"1-354/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The details of the case are unknown.\n\nIn February 2024, Smirnov was fined 30,000 rubles in an administrative case for discrediting the singer Shaman's work by comparing it to Nazi propaganda.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.07.2025, Sentence: 6 months' suspended imprisonment and a ban on administering websites, forums, chats, and social media groups for 2.5 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months' suspended imprisonment and a ban on administering websites, forums, chats, and social media groups for 2.5 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-17T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccwpOh3x5MD8jaJ"},{"persecution_id":"rec7DRgGJScFbWWHP","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"recQ3eXARxsnFiceh","name_en":"Vasilii Drosov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Kerch. In July 2025 it became known about his detention in the case of justification of terrorism because of a comment in Telegram about the drone attack on the Kremlin, which occurred in May 2023. He was taken into custody.\n\nOn 17 September, the prosecutor's office announced that the case had been transferred to court. On 15 January 2026, Drosov was sentenced, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Kerch resident on justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the law enforcement officers' version, a man using the pseudonym Ai Yai posted a comment on his Telegram messenger page containing public justification of a drone attack on the Russian president's residence in the Kremlin. Linguistic expertise confirmed the presence of signs of justification of terrorism in the post.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.01.2026","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-15T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-15T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec7DRgGJScFbWWHP"},{"persecution_id":"recNmF7IG5pgvHk5i","last_updated":"2025-10-06T19:38:18.000Z","person_id":"recaAFMC5eeVZp56J","name_en":" Unknown female 81","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Asbest in the Sverdlovsk region faced charges of financing the activities of an “undesirable organisation”. Investigators alleged that she transferred more than 80,000 roubles to the All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre Vozrozhdeniye and the Vozrozhdeniye charity fund named after Muntian. On 2 September 2025, she was sentenced to 300 hours of compulsory labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of financing an undesirable organisation in Asbest","case_number":"1-184/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"As established by both the preliminary investigative authorities and the court during the course of judicial proceedings, between 2012 and 2022 a “cell” of the non-governmental organisation – the All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre Revival Religious Organisation – together with the Vladimir Muntean Charitable Foundation Revival, comprised of supporters and adherents of Vladimir Muntean, commenced its activities in Moscow and the wider Moscow region. These activities were carried out without the requisite registration with the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow, despite the group’s members being active within the Moscow region.\n\nIt was further established that a resident of the town of Asbest, using her own internet-enabled communication devices, including a mobile telephone, engaged on multiple occasions in correspondence via messaging applications and social networking platforms with V. Muntean and with unidentified individuals involved in the operations of the aforementioned foreign non-governmental organisation. In the course of this communication, she was provided with bank card details, which she then used to transfer financial resources in order to support the activities of the organisation.\n\nThe total value of these transfers amounted to 81,735 roubles.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.09.2025, Sentence: 300 hours of community service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"300 hours of community service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-02T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-02T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNmF7IG5pgvHk5i"},{"persecution_id":"recOTyQyNKU5f5t7a","last_updated":"2026-04-06T13:57:27.000Z","person_id":"recFKQGBNdrmwdbek","name_en":"Nikolos Berianidze","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Georgian serviceman. According to the investigation, he participated in NATO operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He fought alongside the Ukrainian armed forces. On 20 May 2022, he was taken prisoner. He was sent to the penal colony in Gorlovka (occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine). A case of mercenarism and the murder of three Russian soldiers was opened against him and he was placed in a pre-trial detention centre. On 27 January 2025, Berianidze was sentenced to life imprisonment. On 13 May 2025, the court of appeal changed the sentence, the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 359 of the Criminal Code","Article 317 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["359","317"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 359","Article 317"],"case_name_en":"Nikolos Berianidze's case of mercenarism and infringement on the life of a serviceman","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"no later than 2016, he arrived on the territory of Kyiv, where he joined the Azov battalion (regiment) banned on the territory of the Russian Federation as a military instructor\".\n\"At the training base located in Kyiv, he underwent training, during which he received initial training, special military knowledge and skills in handling combat weapons, explosives, military equipment, learned tactics and ways of conducting combat operations. He was provided with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, ammunition, and special equipment\". The report states that \"the amount of remuneration received by the mercenary is equivalent to more than 4.7 million rubles.\"\n\"In the period from 24 February to 20 May 2022, he was carrying out service as part of the AFU combat guard units in the temporarily occupied territory of the city of Mariupol of the Donetsk Republic. On the afternoon of 18 March, he detected a group of servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, participating in the Special Military Operation, in the vicinity of his combat position. Wishing to obstruct their lawful activities to ensure public security on the territory of the Donetsk Republic, he shot the Russian soldiers with an automatic rifle, as a result of which three of them died on the spot. He was subsequently detained by servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\". The killing did not take place \"in the course of small arms combat\". \"He took part in combat operations on the side of Ukraine at various points of contact until the moment of his detention by servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 13.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.01.2025","verdict_type_en":["Life imprisonment"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/berianidze-nikolas-georgievich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recOTyQyNKU5f5t7a"},{"persecution_id":"recmV9edT2wvnnYGZ","last_updated":"2025-11-08T20:39:24.000Z","person_id":"recicxQ7kcemRxu8k","name_en":"Eleni Grigoriadi","birth_year":1999,"age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Greek citizen, Z-activist, partner of former Russian Orthodox Church deacon Pavel Shulzhenk. According to pro-government telegram channels, until the summer of 2022, when she came to Russia, Grigoriadi lived for a while in Kiev and supported Ukraine. In Russia, she joined the Z-community and started living with Shulzhenk in Sochi.\n\nIn early April 2025, Z-channels reported about a criminal case against Grigoriadi under an article on the rehabilitation of Nazism. Her friend described the reason for the criminal case to Mediazona as follows: \"There [was] a meme - an alky on the background of a St George's ribbon. It was published in a 40-person group that she created drunkenly while she was in Kiev, I think\".\n\nIn July 2025, she was sentenced to a year of probation. The judicial press service reported that Grigoriadi was convicted because of 5 offensive images on the theme of Victory Day published on 9 May 2022 in the social network community created by her, which were collages with the St. George's Ribbon, the poster \"Motherland Calls!\" and the Eternal Flame. The court decided that these images express clear disrespect for the memory of the day of Russia's military glory and desecrate the symbols of Russia's military glory.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Eleni Grigoriadi on the rehabilitation of Nazism","case_number":"2-85/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court's version, on 9 May 2022, the defendant, being outside the Russian Federation, posted in a social networking community created by her 5 offensive images, which are collages, the elements of which are the \"St. George Ribbon\", the poster \"Motherland Calls!\", \"Eternal Flame\", as well as the designation \"9 May - Victory Day\". These images contain information expressing obvious disrespect to society, to the memory of the day of military glory of Russia, as well as information desecrating the symbols of military glory of Russia.\n\nBefore that, Grigoriadi's friend told Mediazona that the reason for the case was a meme: \"There [was] a meme - an alky on the background of the St George's ribbon. It was published in a 40-person group, which she created drunkenly while in Kiev, I think\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest:  to 08.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 26.07.2025 to 25.07.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.07.2025, Sentence: 1 year of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-08T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-08T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmV9edT2wvnnYGZ"},{"persecution_id":"recrKpqSzQ7IO92p2","last_updated":"2026-04-29T20:13:42.000Z","person_id":"recZxNoOUJEREFGde","name_en":"Ivan Redko","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kamyshlov, Sverdlovsk region. On 16 June 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 400 thousand rubles in the case of justification of terrorism on the Internet because of comments on one of the video hosting sites in support of the legion \"Freedom of Russia\" fighting on the side of the AFU. The court's press service described the man as an opponent of the war in Ukraine.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Redko’s case of justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-207/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's opinion, Redko, having a negative attitude to the special military operation on demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine being conducted by the Russian Federation, wishing to form a belief among an unlimited number of Internet users about the attractiveness and necessity of supporting the actions of the Ukrainian paramilitary association Legion \"Freedom of Russia\" that is recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned on the territory of the Russian Federation, during the period of mobilisation announced by Presidential Decree No. 647 of 21 September 2022, while at his place of residence, using a mobile phone he owns, posted public comments on one of the video hosting sites, showing a combination of linguistic and psychological signs of justification and propaganda of the ideology of the mentioned terrorist organisation. ","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.06.2025, Sentence: 300 thousand rubles fine","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"300 thousand rubles fine","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-16T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-16T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recrKpqSzQ7IO92p2"},{"persecution_id":"recujlvVcskQFKPWp","last_updated":"2026-04-23T08:28:31.000Z","person_id":"recFJX8niPCf6SERr","name_en":"D.","birth_year":1991,"age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Orichevsky district of Kirov region. A criminal case was opened against her for financing extremist activity because of donations to Anti-Corruption Foundation. According to the investigation, she transferred donations from August 2021 to February 2022 - a total of 6 thousand rubles. On 30 June 2025, her case went to court. On 22 July 2025, D. was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_ended":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of the Kirov Region on financing an extremist organization ","case_number":"1-42/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the law enforcers, she was a supporter of the activities of the organization that was declared extremist by the Moscow City Court in 2021. Knowing this, she followed publications on the Internet about the activities of the organization. Responding to requests from the authors of the publications, between August 2021 and February 2022, the woman repeatedly sent money intended to finance the activities of the organization. In total, she sent 6,000 rubles (US$74) this way.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.07.2025, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand rubles (US$3713)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand rubles (US$3713)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-22T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-22T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recujlvVcskQFKPWp"},{"persecution_id":"recIi3ZNTtz8rYDLh","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:09:04.000Z","person_id":"recxRzb0nb5xsNOHq","name_en":" Unknown female 73","birth_year":1981,"age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Resident of Sevastopol. A case of insulting the feelings of believers was opened against her for posting in her VKontakte social media group about a certain religious organisation and religious Christian denomination. In July 2025, the case went to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sevastopol resident on insulting the feelings of believers","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the woman had a negative attitude towards a certain religious organisation and a certain religious Christian denomination. As a consequence, in January-August 2024, being the administrator of a public group in the social network VKontakte, in publications and comments from her mobile phone she published statements that offended religious feelings, expressed disrespect for believers, their traditions and religion as the dominant worldview position.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 16-07-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/07/d51925/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recIi3ZNTtz8rYDLh"},{"persecution_id":"recsAqIYaQrxQyJ9K","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recwgSS4TTln2WFF1","name_en":"Sergey Baksheev","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Irkutsk. He was prosecuted for calls to extremism, terrorism and activities against the security of the Russian Federation in connection with calls to transfer money to the AFU, approval of the AFU's actions and Ruslan Zinin's act of shooting a military commander. On 30 June 2025, Baksheev was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony. On 27 October 2025, the court of appeal increased the sentence by eight months.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","205.2","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Baksheev's case on incitement to extremism and terrorism and activities aimed against the security of the Russian Federation.","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, on 26 September 2022, he posted in the Telegram channel \"Sarma. Talk\" on behalf of the user \"FreeSiberia\" \"under the publication about the commission of a terrorist act by Zinin in Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk region, on 26 September 2022 (on 19 January 2024, Zinin was convicted by the 1st Eastern District Military Court for committing crimes under p. \"in\" part 2 of article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, part 1 of article 223 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, part 1 of article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) text commentary justifying the commission of this terrorist act\". Apparently, this refers to the following, very short comment of the FreeSiberia user: \"Like!\", with which he reacted to the published video of the attack on the military commander in Ust-Ilimsk. The prosecution regarded this one-word comment as a public justification of terrorism committed with the use of the Internet and qualified it under part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. There are no other comments by Baksheev under this publication.\n\nOn 2 October 2022, \"in the Internet group \"FreeSiberia\" through a personal account with the name \"Sergei\", in a public news group with the name \"Sarma. Talk\" <...> published <...> a text comment containing calls for extremist activity, namely hostile, violent actions against a social group of servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\". The comment in question is: \"Kill the officers, go home. Or to Moscow, you have weapons. The enemy is not in Ukraine - the enemy is in the Kremlin\". The investigation and the court qualified this statement as a public call for extremist activity on the Internet (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).\n\nOn November 1, 2022, in the Telegram-group \"Irkutsk blog\" under the publication about the collection of humanitarian aid to the RF Armed Forces servicemen in the zone of the so called Special military operation \"published <...> a text comment containing calls to finance the Armed Forces of Ukraine within the framework of the Special military operation, namely to commit a crime under Art. 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, i.e. activities against the security of the Russian Federation\". Apparently, it could be about this comment of the FreeSiberia user: \"Yes, you can still donate to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. For example, Kamil Galeyev regularly collects https://t.me/kamil_galeev/2833 This is if you want fewer Wagnerites and deranged volunteers to come home.\" Just below, another comment by this user was published, specifying: \"This is for the Ukrainian armed forces, so that more mobiks are made fertilizer\".\n\nOn 24 November 2022, in a public newsgroup with the name \"Sarma. Talk\" again published a text comment \"containing calls for the financing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the framework of the Special military operation and calls against the partial mobilisation in the Russian Federation, namely to commit an offence under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, i.e. activities against the security of the Russian Federation\".  This refers to the following comment by the user FreeSiberia: \"You can also donate to the AFU or help with the CIA's information - also a good deed for a good cause\". The court qualified these comments under paragraph \"c\" of part 2 of article 280.4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Public calls to carry out activities against the security of the state, committed with the use of the Internet network.\").\n\nOn 1 December 2022, in the Telegram-group \"Irkutsk blog\" under the publication \"on bringing Timofeev to criminal responsibility for justifying a terrorist act committed on 1 April 2022 against the fuel and energy complex, as well as economic infrastructure facilities located in the Belgorod region, published a text comment justifying the commission of this terrorist act\". Apparently, this comment by the user FreeSiberia may be the one in question: \"Terrorism is a tactic of intimidation. This is what rf is doing, destroying Ukraine's energy infrastructure. And the attack on the Russian oil depot is a well-planned and brilliantly executed military operation. Not only pilots, but also staffers should be given hero status. And even heroes of Russia. The investigation and the court qualified the posting of this comment under part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Public justification of terrorism committed with the use of the Internet\").","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.06.2025 to 27.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":80,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":8,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 25 October 2024, Karas was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Viktor Karas' case on participation in the activities of a terrorist community","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 03.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.03.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.10.2024, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-25T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-25T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 17 June 2025, Chesnokov was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Artem Chesnokov's case of participating in the activities of a terrorist group","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 19.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.06.2025, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-17T14:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-17T14:50:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1uOeOvFaZ5hDC7"},{"persecution_id":"recwz6AXiBBGATpNp","last_updated":"2026-04-12T08:54:14.000Z","person_id":"recUX6M2bvJ7f6FUJ","name_en":"Anna Krasovskaya","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Gelendzhik. On July 14, 2025, a court sentenced her to a fine of 350,000 rubles in a case of justifying terrorism online because of a comment in support of the unit, which she posted in May 2023 in a group of a serviceman of the Ukrainian \"Azov\" regiment.\n\nThe regional prosecutor's office called Krasovskaya an opponent of the war in Ukraine. In 2024, she was fined seven times under protocols for discrediting the army due to anti-war comments.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gelendzhik"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_ended":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":" The case of Anna Krasovskaya on the justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, on May 19, 2023, she, as an opponent of the special military operation conducted by the Russian Federation, posted a comment under a video clip in an internet messenger group for a member of the 'Azov' regiment, which is recognized as a terrorist organization by a decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The comment justified and expressed support for the actions of the said terrorist organization, thereby committing an act of public justification of terrorism.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.07.2025, Sentence: A fine of 350,000 roubles and a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 350,000 roubles and a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-14T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-14T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwz6AXiBBGATpNp"},{"persecution_id":"recVgilipSvMclkPk","last_updated":"2026-03-30T17:04:32.000Z","person_id":"rec1chf5573ense6s","name_en":"Andrei Voronin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttmwlgLAOFrlKa9.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttmwlgLAOFrlKa9.jpeg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was born in Togliatti and is a blogger. He has lived in Moscow and the Nizhny Novgorod region and has been repeatedly prosecuted. Based on scattered data and texts, the project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” claims that on 27 March 2020, he lit three bonfires nearby his home (apparently in the Nizhny Novgorod region), and when the head of the village council and an officer of the Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived, he swung a poker at the first and berated the second. This incident led to the initiation of a case of threatening to use violence and insulting representatives of the authorities. After that Voronin was also charged with threatening to commit a terrorist act because of a certain online post. It is not known which one, but Voronin occasionally made online posts with rather radical statements. On 4 April 2020, his home was searched, and a packet of gunpowder was found during the search. Voronin claimed that it had been planted on him. On 15 April 2021, he was sentenced in a case involving all these charges to 12 years in a strict regime colony. It is possible that the case also included an article on violation of the rules of road traffic and operation of vehicles, but the details of the relevant charge are unknown. Voronin’s case file in the court of cassation does not contain this article, which allowed the project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” to conclude that the article appeared in the case file of the court of first instance as a result of a mistake. It is also possible that this charge was excluded from the case at some stage. On 28 April 2022, the court of cassation reduced the prison sentence by two months.\n\nWhen Voronin was already in the colony, a case was initiated against him for disorganising the work of the institution: according to the investigation, he went on hunger strike, after which he used violence against the deputy head of the security department. On 30 July 2024, Voronin was sentenced to two and a half years of imprisonment and, taking into account the remaining time from his previous sentence, to nine years in a strict regime colony.\n\nThe third case against him was initiated under articles on the dissemination of “fakes” about the Russian army and justification of terrorism for conversations he had with his cellmates about the war in Ukraine. According to the cellmates’ denunciations, Voronin said that to stop the war in Ukraine, “Putin needs to be shot dead” and called him a Nazi. In July 2025, the court began hearing the case. At one of the sessions, one of the prisoners who testified against Voronin, Dmitri Ivanov, said that the staff of the colony administration wanted to “trigger” Voronin for a new term and falsified the charges, and he, Ivanov, agreed to incriminate Voronin and signed the necessary testimony without looking at it. On 17 July, the court sentenced Voronin to six years of imprisonment; taking into account the previously imposed sentence, he was sentenced to ten years, of which three years were to be spent in a prison and the rest of the term in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Voronin’s case of war-related “fakes” and justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The “Slovo Zashchite” media outlet wrote that, according to denunciations by the cellmates Pertsev and Ivanov, one of whom made a video recording in an unknown way, Voronin said while in captivity that in order to stop the war, “Putin needs to be shot dead”. He also called Putin a Nazi.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 31.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.07.2025, Sentence: 6 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony (taking into account the previously imposed sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment, of which the first 3 years are to be served in a prison and the rest of the term in a strict regime colony), a fine of 49,000 rubles and a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony (taking into account the previously imposed sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment, of which the first 3 years are to be served in a prison and the rest of the term in a strict regime colony), a fine of 49,000 rubles and a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":49000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-17T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-17T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-10-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/voronin-andrej-olegovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recVgilipSvMclkPk"},{"persecution_id":"rec3ekoMCW7pMGqTK","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recj0evru0z2QGpWd","name_en":"Dmitrii Shanaev","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. On 20 May 2022, he was taken prisoner. A criminal case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community and for undergoing training with the intent to carry out terrorist activities. 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The news story was probably about the case of 17-year-old Yegor Balazeikin, who was sentenced to six years in a penal colony for attempting to set fire to two military recruitment centres.\n\nThe prosecutor's office noted that Morozov was an opponent of the war in Ukraine.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_ended":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Victor Morozov's case of justifying terrorism ","case_number":"1-477/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, on November 5, 2023, being an opponent of the Russian Federation's special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, he posted a comment in one of the social networks under the news about the court's verdict against a resident of St. Petersburg for attempting to commit a terrorist act by setting fire to two military recruitment offices, in which he acknowledged the actions of the convicted person as permissible and justified.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.07.2025, Sentence: a fine of 400,000 roubles and 2 years' prohibition of administering websites","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400,000 roubles and 2 years' prohibition of administering websites","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-17T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-17T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1iubuhScPdoKhl"},{"persecution_id":"recXjCyc5SW9zEnMV","last_updated":"2025-09-04T18:21:37.000Z","person_id":"recPO3KzKAA8DznHJ","name_en":"Petr Uskov","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A student from Novosibirsk. On 16 July 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 300 thousand rubles in a case of financing extremist activities due to donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. Uskov made a monthly donation of 300 rubles to FBK and from August 2021, when the decision to recognise FBK as an extremist organisation came into force, to February 2022 he transferred 2,100 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Petr Uskov's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-102/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the year 2021, P.A. Uskov, being in his home located in the Sovetsky district of Novosibirsk, using a personal computer (laptop) with access to the information and telecommunications network \"Internet\", having familiarised himself with the content of an electronic message received at the e-mail address used by him, watched a video under the title \"We continue and we need your help\", placed in the profile of this account for review by an unlimited number of people. After viewing the video, realising that the activities of the non-profit organisation \"Anti-Corruption Foundation\"* were extremist and that providing money to the organisation was prohibited by the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation under threat of punishment, he went to the page of an automated service on the Internet used to collect money for the organisation from the territory of the Russian Federation. With the help of this service, during the specified period, P.A. Uskov provided the non-profit organisation with funds in the amount of 300 rubles monthly, which were automatically transferred from his account opened in a Russian bank and used with a bank card to accounts in credit organisations in the United States of America and used by the non-profit organisation.\n\nAs a result of his actions, Uskov P.A. provided the non-profit organisation \"Anti-Corruption Foundation\" with funds in the amount of RUB 2,100, transferred in equal instalments from his account for the period from August 2021 to February 2022.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.07.2025, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment, suspended","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment, suspended","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-16T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-16T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXjCyc5SW9zEnMV"},{"persecution_id":"recZlvmZ7Dbi90OJw","last_updated":"2025-12-03T18:11:38.000Z","person_id":"recr5OrfuCDqENf0H","name_en":"Andrei Kuzhelev","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg. A case of financing extremist activity was brought against him because of donations to ACF. In total, Kuzhelev transferred 7000 rubles. In July 2025, it went to court. On August 4th, 2025, Kuzhelev was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Kuzhelev's case of financing of extremist activities","case_number":"1-422/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the indictment, the defendant, using a mobile phone, logged onto YouTube, where, on the Alexei Navalny* channel, he watched the published video clip on which persons, knowing with certainty that the non-profit organisation Anti-Corruption Foundation* has been recognised as an extremist organisation, announced the continuation of their activities, organised fundraising and financial services, calling for support for Team Navalny* and financing their activities.\n\nAfter watching the video and following the link indicated in the description of the said video, Kuzhelev set up an automatic monthly payment plan and subsequently systematically provided funds to support the activities of an organisation recognised as extremist in the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.08.2025, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 500 thousand roubles. 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On 6 August 2025 Bugayets was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Georgiy Bugayets' case on calls to terrorism and activities against the security of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-521/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in October 2022, \"being an opponent of a special military operation\", published  posts in messenger \"calling for an attack on the country's leadership\", and in March 2023 published posts calling for the destruction of military aviation in the Krasnodar region.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 22.08.2025 to 21.08.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.08.2025, Sentence: A fine of 500 thousand rubles, a prohibition to administer websites and webpages for 2 years and 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 500 thousand rubles, a prohibition to administer websites and webpages for 2 years and 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-06T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-06T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvWr1q9EZOBBbqw"},{"persecution_id":"rect7jUsyUEtSqS9B","last_updated":"2025-08-14T20:06:16.000Z","person_id":"recNFSof4LAVXlaKy","name_en":" Unknown male 403","birth_year":1985,"age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Izhevsk. On 21 July 2025, the court sentenced him to one year of suspended imprisonment with a probation period of one and a half years in a case of calls to extremism on the Internet. The reason for the case was a comment in \"VKontakte\", which the man published in August 2022. According to the law enforcers, he called for violent actions against members of the United Russia political party.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Izhevsk resident's case of calls for violence against members of Uniter Russia party","case_number":"1-218/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's opinion, in August 2022, the defendant, out of personal animosity towards members of the United Russia political party, posted on his own behalf on his page on the VKontakte social network a text message (comment) containing incitement in the form of a call for violent acts against the said social group.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 07.08.2025 to 06.02.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.07.2025, Sentence: 1 year's of suspended deprivation of liberty with a probationary period of 1.5 year's; prohibition to administer websites, forums, chat rooms and groups on social networks, as well as to publicly post appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for 1.5 year's","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's of suspended deprivation of liberty with a probationary period of 1.5 year's; prohibition to administer websites, forums, chat rooms and groups on social networks, as well as to publicly post appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for 1.5 year's","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-21T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-21T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rect7jUsyUEtSqS9B"},{"persecution_id":"recaunrlCpQNmHQMe","last_updated":"2026-02-13T13:59:13.000Z","person_id":"recnlDvxcU0UXSgoS","name_en":"Maxim Kuznetsov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Volgograd. A case was brought against him for confidential co-operation with foreigners. Placed under arrest.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Kuznetsov's case of confidential co-operation with foreigners","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 20 August 2025, Ogarkova was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Olga Ogarkova's case of calls to terrorism","case_number":"1-159/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between December 2022 and February 2024, she posted messages in the publicly available channel of one of the popular messengers and its internal chat room containing calls for an attempt on the life of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin, as well as justifications for missile strikes on the Crimean bridge.\n\nThe accused supported her publications with disrespectful expressions against her compatriots and fellow Zabaikals, wishes of victory to the armed forces of Ukraine, and support for sabotage and terrorist attacks in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.08.2025 to 01.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 20.08.2025\n• in custody: from 01.11.2025 to 03.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Zabaykalsky Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Zabaykalsky Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.08.2025, Sentence: 5 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and a three-year ban on posting comments and other materials online.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and a three-year ban on posting comments and other materials online.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-20T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-20T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ogarkova-olga-albertovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recO0WxV9HnebjWlV"},{"persecution_id":"recoOJ26FuKAEGjgU","last_updated":"2025-12-15T15:08:16.000Z","person_id":"rec78ruZQclkMWPzD","name_en":"Elena Ipatova","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian servicewoman, medic. She was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to her involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion. In June 2025, the case went to court. 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No later than August 2023, he was sentenced to 18 years in a high-security penal colony for shelling civilians in Mariupol. In addition, a case was opened against him for participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Azov Battalion. In June 2025, the case was referred to the court. On 18 September 2025, Sivytsky was sentenced to 28 years in a high-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Artur Sivitsky's case on participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-558/2025","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 16.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.10.2025\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.09.2025, Sentence: 28 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"28 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":336,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-18T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-18T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recefEODYy6odtcEG"},{"persecution_id":"recTevtcmdvslzuJb","last_updated":"2026-01-15T23:02:06.000Z","person_id":"recayPkqcQDVXFTao","name_en":"Vitalii Kostiuchenko","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Presumably captured no later than May 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities due to his alleged involvement in the Azov Brigade. In June 2025, the case went to court. On 2 October 2025, Kostiuchenko was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vitalii Kostiuchenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-569/2025","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 18.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.10.2025, Sentence: 18 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-02T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-02T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 13 August 2025, Evdokimenko was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Evdokimenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization ","case_number":"1-522/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"on November 19, 2024, being in the training centre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he voluntarily joined the 48th separate assault battalion of the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion. 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He fought on the territory of the Velykonovosyolovsky district of the DNR in the area of Makarovka village.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2025 to 11.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.12.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-13T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On September 10, 2025, Dziuba was sentenced to 20 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military","Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Dziuba's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-517/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in May 2024, he voluntarily joined the paramilitary formation of the 24th separate assault battalion \"Aidar\" of the AFU (a terrorist organisation banned in Russia). Having undergone military training on the territory of training bases in the town of Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk district, as a rifleman-sanitarian, he took part in combat operations against civilians of the DNR and servicemen of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 03.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.09.2025, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-10T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-10T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 11 September 2025, Demianenko was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Denis Demianenko’s case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-515/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2024 he joined the Ukrainian 24th assault Aidar Battalion and underwent military training in the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region, after which he fought against the Russian army as a gunner.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 14.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.09.2025, Sentence: 19 years’ imprisonment, of which the first 3 years in a prison and the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"19 years’ imprisonment, of which the first 3 years in a prison and the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":228,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-11T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-11T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-8-byvshih-voennosluzhashhih-batalona-ajdar/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recTHOfUhjf6dZE0u"},{"persecution_id":"recgSLghf8k61z0K0","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recvZzARunVn17VjY","name_en":"Ivan Perepelitsa","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured in December 2024 in the occupied territory of Donetsk region of Ukraine. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs claims that he committed crimes against civilians in the Kursk region. In June 2025, the case went to trial. On 18 August 2025, Perepelitsa was sentenced to 20 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Perepelitsa's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-533/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in November 2024, while serving a sentence in Zhytomyr penal colony, he signed a contract with the 48th separate assault battalion, part of the \"Crimean Tatar volunteer battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan\" (a terrorist organisation banned in Russia), where he was trained to carry out terrorist activities. After that, he took part in combat operations against civilians of the DPR and servicemen of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 11.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.09.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.08.2025, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment, the first 3 years in prison, the rest – in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment, the first 3 years in prison, the rest – in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 10 July 2025, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Shalin`s case on participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-489/2025","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 21.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.07.2025, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-10T13:59:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-10T13:59:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYof2GyPZjtQQuy"},{"persecution_id":"recGAmP0snq7uf47w","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"rec4AbfIhINXssVoT","name_en":"Ullubii Gadzhiev","birth_year":1986,"age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ullubii is a resident of Izberbash. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his alleged involvement in the so-called Nurcular group, which in fact does not exist. On 18 June 2025, the court closed the case on the grounds of Gadzhiev’s active repentance.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izberbash"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_ended":"2025-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ullubii Gadzhiyev's case","case_number":"1-119/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"From approximately 2008 to April 2017, with the exact dates not established by the investigation, U.M.-S. 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A case has been opened against him for repeated discrediting the Russian army. Details are unknown. On 29 July 2025 the case went to court. On 21 August 2025 Dolgopolov was sentenced, details unknown.\n\nIn December 2024, Dolgopolov was fined 30,000 rubles under an administrative protocol for discrediting the Russian army because of a comment in Odnoklassniki.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yevgeny Dolgopolov's case of discrediting the Russian army","case_number":"1-392/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"Details of the case are unknown.\n\nIn December 2024, Dolgopolov was fined 30 thousand rubles under an administrative protocol for discrediting the Russian army because of a comment in Odnoklassniki.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.08.2025, Sentence: The sentence is unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"The sentence is unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-21T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-21T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 25-08-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/08/d52017/?utm_source=insight\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"rec0c6OBhqgkB61g9"},{"persecution_id":"recuTzjJ2DhziFVvO","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recV0bgg8SpYR0TCD","name_en":"Vitalii Tymkiv","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novokuznetsk. A case was opened against him on charges of spreading military \"fakes\" and calls for extremism and terrorism because of comments criticising the authorities, as well as a suggestion to hang officials from poles. In March 2024, the young man was included in the list of \"terrorists and extremists\" by Rosfinmonitoring.\n\nKuzbass Without Extremism, a Telegram channel linked to the law enforcement agencies, published Tymkiv's comments, which likely formed the basis for the case: \"As long as Putin destroys the people, the people will not stop poisoning themselves out of desperation. That's where all the evil is\"; \"The authorities put him in jail, fearing for their reputation, they put him in jail and now the authorities are faggots, fucking cocksuckers, stupid Nazis, subhumans, Satanists, bastards\" (about Furgal's case), \"Russians are stupid, I hate Russians\", \"I propose to hang officials on poles for having gone to study in Europe and the USA with Russian money, let them study in Africa\". In one case, he responded to another user's question \"Who's to blame that you couldn't find a job? <...>\": \"Our Nazi thieving terrorist government is to blame. To leave, you have to earn, to earn - to leave, give money, our dough went to such paedophiles in Moscow and Peter anyway.\" In another comment he wrote to another user: \"Okay, I'll go solve the problems, I'll kill all the officials with a machete\". Among the published comments there were no statements about the war in Ukraine or the Russian army, which usually lead to cases of military \"fakes\".\n\nIn July 2025, the case was referred to court. On 22 September 2025, Tymkiv was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.\n\nIn 2023, the Zavodskiy District Court of Novokuznetsk held Tymkiv administratively liable three times: in two cases under charges of incitement to hatred, in another case for displaying prohibited symbols. On 28 March he was fined 5 thousand rubles under a charge of incitement to hatred because of negative comments about Russians. The outcome of the second case of incitement to hatred is unknown. In December, Tymkiv was fined two thousand rubles for the depiction of Nazi symbols - he himself said in court that not all correspondence was shown in the case materials, and he despises Nazism.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokuznetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vitalii Tymkiv’s case of military “fakes” and calls for terrorism and extremism","case_number":"1-160/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The law-enforcement-affiliated Telegram channel **“Kuzbass Without Extremism”** published Tymkiv’s comments that likely served as the basis for the case, including: “As long as Putin destroys the people, the people will not stop poisoning themselves out of hopelessness. That is where all the evil lies”; “The authorities jailed him out of fear for their reputation; they jailed him, and now the authorities are faggots, fucking cocksuckers, outright Nazis, subhuman, Satanists, bastards” (about the Furgal case); “Only Russians are stupid, I hate Russians”; “I propose hanging officials from lampposts for having gone to study in Europe and the US with Russian money, let them study in Africa.”\n\nIn one instance, in a discussion under a post, responding to another user’s question, “Who is to blame that you didn’t find a job? <…>”, he replied: “Our Nazi, thieving, terrorist authorities are to blame. To leave, you need to earn money; to earn money, you need to leave — give me money; our funds have anyway gone to such pedo people in Moscow and St Petersburg.” In another comment, he wrote to another female user: “Alright, I’m going to go sort things out now, I’ll hack all the officials to death with a machete.”\n\nAmong the published comments, there were no statements about the war in Ukraine or about the Russian army, the grounds on which cases over military “fakes” are usually brought.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 21.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.01.2026 to 06.03.2026\n• Unknown: from 06.03.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.09.2025, Sentence: 6 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-22T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-22T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recuTzjJ2DhziFVvO"},{"persecution_id":"recrIIfnyL4OEoFxn","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:01:58.000Z","person_id":"recLLtdr0xj7mggQ5","name_en":" Unknown female 76","birth_year":1990,"age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Sevastopol. She was prosecuted for calls to extremism because, according to the investigation, she repeatedly left comments in certain \"anti-Russian\" Telegram channels calling for \"violent actions of extremist nature\". 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A case was brought against her for financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation, details are unknown. In August 2025, the case went to court. 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A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 9 September 2025, the court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution. He was also prosecuted for calls to terrorism: according to the investigation, he published a post addressed to Putin, which contained calls for \"an attempt on the life of political and state figures of the Russian Federation\". On 13 January 2026 Sysoyev was sentenced in this case to five years in a general regime colony. The case was heard by the Temryuksky district court, despite the fact that by law the district military courts have jurisdiction over cases under the relevant article.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Temryuk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yuri Sysoyev's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-254/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.09.2025, Sentence: The case has been closed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations\n","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"The case has been closed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-09T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-09T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recB9OijR5zIrJ0n6"},{"persecution_id":"recDg15z6vZoqef7g","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"recHJrNhCzlv53pnl","name_en":" Unknown male 416","birth_year":1979,"age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bashkortostan. A case was brought against him for public justification of terrorism in connection with the alleged approval of an AFU strike on Sevastopol in 2024. No later than June 2025, the case went to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of a resident of Bashkortostan on publicly justifying terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2024 he made a comment in the Telegram channel \"Front Line\" with a video \"about the AFU's missile strike\" on annexed Sevastopol.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recDg15z6vZoqef7g"},{"persecution_id":"rec2Ll6MVhasd4PA9","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:01:58.000Z","person_id":"recfBSMPwgcdrasKv","name_en":" G.","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chita. A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities in connection with donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On August 4th, 2025, he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand roubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Chita resident's case on financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-440/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he sent the Anti-Corruption Foundation monthly donations of two thousand rubles from August 2021 to February 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2Ll6MVhasd4PA9"},{"persecution_id":"recm1j8lRigYbVK3Q","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"recPHv4o0j8wPLqXO","name_en":"Nikolay Biktimirov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Orenburg resident, a sole proprietor. A case of financing extremist activities was brought against him because of the donation of 2,100 rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On June 4th, 2025, Biktimirov was sentenced to a fine of 320 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikolay Biktimirov's case on financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-376/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he provided \"funds to support the activities of the extremist organisation ACF in the amount of 2,100 rubles\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.06.2025, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 320 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 320 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":320000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-04T11:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-04T11:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recm1j8lRigYbVK3Q"},{"persecution_id":"recdfosRdJF1YFy8x","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recMfsGO4oTUh7NyC","name_en":"Gasan Gadzhiev","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Dagestan, dentist. In 2016, he moved to Ukraine and then to the Netherlands. A case was brought against him for disseminating deliberately false information about the Armed Forces because of almost 30 posts about the war in Ukraine. In them, he wished death to Putin, called the Russian military occupiers and wrote about civilian casualties.\n\nHis Gadzhiev was arrested. In September 2025, he was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with the marking that is put with the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles.\n\nOn 7 October 2025, he was sentenced in absentia to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Dagestani case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces"],"case_name_en":"Gasan Gadzhiev's case","case_number":"1-856/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being outside the Russian Federation, through the telecommunications network of the Internet in 2022 in social networks, including those banned in the territory of the Russian Federation, publicly disseminated knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation under the guise of reliable information.\n\nGadzhiev was charged with 27 publications in Instagram and Telegram, which criticised the war in Ukraine and the Russian leadership. According to the prosecution version (excerpts from the posts are given in accordance with the published text of the verdict), he published in Instagram under the nickname \"gasan_djabrailovich\":\n\n- a post with a video with the title: \"The terrorist act in Kremenchug and the essence of Russia\" and the following text: \"Assalam Alaikum! Yesterday another terrorist act was committed by Russia in the city of Kremenchug. Rockets fell on the shopping centre, and there are dozens of dead and more than a hundred wounded, and we all saw these images, and these images once again horrified us. And once again we were horrified by the cynicism of the comments from Russia, the representative to the UN said that it looks like a fake like the fake in Bucha. Today FIO23 the military command said that these were strikes on military warehouses, but we saw that it was not warehouses, it was a civilian facility with civilians inside, we saw this horror that Russia has sown once again.\";\n\n- photo of Major General Gerasimov with the caption: \"!!!! Major General FIO23 of the army was liquidated near Kharkov. Another loss among the top command staff of the army of the occupying country. During the fighting near Kharkov, Vitaly Gerasimov - FIO23 military commander, major general, chief of staff and first deputy commander of the 41st Army of the Central Military District of Russia - was liquidated. A number of senior FIO23 army officers were also killed and wounded. Vitaly Gerasimov took part in the Second Chechen War and FIO23 military operation in Syria. He received a medal \"for the return of Crimea\". Also the received data shows significant communication problems in the army of the occupant and with the evacuation of their broken units. Audio intercept with confirmation https://gur.gov.ua/content/pid-kharkovom-likvidovano-heneralmaiora-rosiiskoi armii.html\".\n\nIn his Telegram channel called \"Gadzhiev Hasan\" (and later renamed \"Our Opinion - 2.0\" and \"DOU!\"), according to the prosecution, he published:\n\n- A photograph of Rappani Khalilov, the leader of gangs in the North Caucasus in the 1990s, and a photo of Russian President V.V. Putin, which is signed with the words: \"Guess at once where is Lakets and where is the fish-eyed bastard\";\n- a photo with the text: \"Irpin today. A beautiful small town has turned into ruins, and people into refugees... . O Allah, make Putin die at the hands of his own friends, amin!\";\n- video with the caption: \"About two thousand FIO23 soldiers have been captured, most of them are conscript soldiers aged 18-20 years old. According to Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the interior minister, most of the captives were detained in Chernihiv, Sumy and Mykolaiv regions. It is also known that as of today more than 11 thousand Russians have already died in Ukraine. \"To make you understand, this is more than in the two Chechen wars waged by Russia for 13 years. Therefore, if the Russians do not stop the war, a huge number of their sons will die,\" warns Gerashchenko. By the way, Gerashchenko on his channel publishes a series of intercepted conversations (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8ao2ZjeM9mslBOATvDa87lvgELw281IF) of Russian occupants with their families. One of the conversations is on the video. DEATH TO THE RUSSIAN OCCUPIERS! All news: Dumskaya (https://t.me/dumskaya_net)\";\n- video with the caption: \"Soldiers are fighting, and their salaries are turning to dust! Hello! Stop it! It is because your moron commander-in-chief gives such orders that soon an apple will be sold in Russia for a kilo of roubles\";\n- a video with the caption: \"Mumbling about 'exercises' is nonsense! They are travelling to maraud. To steal other people's goods, to rape a woman/girl/girl who happens to be there, to go on a rampage - that's what they were counting on. This is what happened in Chechnya and Dagestan - we remember it, and those who have forgotten I will refresh their memory, here you can read it - https://memohrc.org/ru/special- projects/dagestan-zachistka-posyolka-vremenny-i-eyo-posledstviya\";\n- video with the caption: \"It seems that the tradition of zagranotryadnyatryad has become relevant again in the FIO23 army. <address>at least that's what the captured occupants tell us about it? Do you believe their words?\";\n- video with the caption: \"Russian fighters bombed a children's hospital in Mariupol. The destruction is colossal. The building of the medical centre, where children were treated not so long ago, has been completely destroyed\";\n- video with the caption: \"Entertainment of the Rashists on the territory of Ukraine. And then in captivity they will whine that they were on an exercise\";\n- photo with the caption: \"A woman from Mariupol, whose photo with a bloody face travelled around the world, has safely given birth to a baby girl. \"At present, the mother and the child are fine, although they remain in a room without heating in Mariupol\", - notes journalist Marichka Padalko. Recall that FIO23 fakemakers in their underMedia wrote that Marianna was specially brought to the defeated Mariupol maternity hospital and made up \"for the picture\", basing their speculations on the fact that the girl once worked as a model \";\n- a video with their participation, signed with the words: \"Russians are suffering because of sanctions\";\n- video with the caption: \"It is reported that FIO23 side shelled Popasnoye (<address>) with phosphorus bombs. Phosphorus bombs are weapons banned by the Geneva Convention\";\n- photo with the caption: \"Nothing unusual - a Russian came to \"denazify\" Ukraine and save it from fascism\";\n- photo with the caption: \"A New York Times correspondent was shot in Irpin. Another journalist was wounded. Andriy Nebitov, chief of police of Kyiv region, said: \"The occupiers cynically kill even journalists of international media who try to show the truth about the atrocities of FIO23 troops in Ukraine. Today, a 51-year-old correspondent of the world famous media outlet New York Times was shot dead in Irpen. Another journalist was wounded. At present, the victim is being tried to get out of the combat zone. Of course, the profession of journalism involves risk, however, a US citizen, Breni Renaud, paid with his life for trying to cover the perfidy, cruelty and ruthlessness of the aggressor.\"\n- video with the caption \"Journalist Asya Dolina reports that the woman who was carried on a stretcher from the maternity hospital in Mariupol did not survive kam and her baby... .P.tin to you to sdet and then burn with abu, ann\";\n- video with the caption: \"Horrible footage of the murder of Mariupol residents FIO23 by tankers. An elderly man was drawing attention to himself not to be shot at, but Putin's pervert shot a defenceless civilian man. Material for The Hague.\";\n- video with the caption: \"In Chernihiv, Russian occupiers fired at people standing in a bread queue. As a result, at least 10 people were killed.\";\n- photo with the caption: \"Representatives of the Azov regiment (banned in Russia) reported that the Russians with their shelling prevented people from being extracted from under the ruins of the drama theatre in Mariupol, on which two heavy-duty bombs were dropped on Wednesday. Up to 1,000 people may still be under the rubble. Russia denies bombing the theatre where Mariupol civilians were sheltering.\"\n- a video with the caption: \"The second Hijra in my life.\"\n- video with the caption: \"There's a whole company of refuseniks,\" - FIO23 intercept of a racist. The occupier recounts how instead of a bulletproof vest, \"200x.... they wanted to give him\", adding that \"Syria is nothing compared to this\";\n- a photo with the caption: \"A wall of wishes in a Polish city. Putin has made a pariah out of his people... . Overthrow him quickly, otherwise it will be even worse.\"\n- photo with the caption: \"1! Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev, commander of the 8th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, died in Chernigov, The Insider reports. AlhamdulilliLlag!\";\n- video with the caption: \"Another use of phosphorus munitions by racists in Kramatorsk. The video was published by the first deputy head of the patrol police Alexei Beloshitsky. We remind you that the use of these munitions is prohibited by the third protocol of the UN Convention on Inhuman Weapons of 1980. Insider UA\";\n- video with the caption: \"On cruel treatment of prisoners of war. R.S. I forgot to add that the most cruel treatment of prisoners of war was to make them shout 'Akhmat sila'.\"\n- a video with the caption: \"Missile strikes on Kiev\";\n- an article with the following content: \"The strike on the drama theatre in Mariupol on DD.MM.YYYY, which was carried out by FIO23 military personnel, is a war crime, said the international human rights organisation Amnesty International. The expert organisations have conducted their own investigations into the incident and gathered evidence which shows that FIO23 military apparently deliberately aimed at the theatre, knowing that hundreds of civilians were sheltering there. The investigation says it is highly likely that the Russians dropped two 500kg bombs from a military aircraft that detonated simultaneously. Russia has repeatedly denied it struck the theatre.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.10.2025, Sentence: 6 years of imprisonment in absentia with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the public posting of materials and appeals in the media, information and telecommunication networks (including the Internet) for the acquaintance of an unlimited number of persons, for a period of 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years of imprisonment in absentia with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the public posting of materials and appeals in the media, information and telecommunication networks (including the Internet) for the acquaintance of an unlimited number of persons, for a period of 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-07T07:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-07T07:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdfosRdJF1YFy8x"},{"persecution_id":"rec2oBytE4z4loJqB","last_updated":"2026-04-22T18:46:57.000Z","person_id":"recCkKOMYET4RvpIw","name_en":"Kseniia Belova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Born in the Cheliabinsk region, she lives in Belorechensk (Krasnodar region). A case was brought against her for financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation because of a money transfer to a person associated with the religious movement \"AllatRa\". In August 2025, the case went to court. On 3 February 2026, Belova was sentenced to one and a half years in a colony-settlement.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Kseniia Belova's case of funding an \"undesirable\" organisation in Krasnodar region","case_number":"1-269/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she shared the ideology of the international public movement \"AllatRa\", the activities of which are recognised as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation. Members of the undesirable organisation, following the instructions of Ukrainian curators, established contacts with representatives of opposition forces on the territory of the Russian Federation and carried out coordinated actions to discredit the policy of the authorities.\nFrom August 2023 to May 2024, she transferred funds totalling 150,000 roubles to the card of an activist of the organisation, against whom criminal proceedings are currently underway.  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A criminal case was opened against him for publicly justifying terrorism due to comments in support of the ‘Russian Volunteer Corps’ and the ‘Azov’ battalion. On 8 August 2025, Timofeyev was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Timofeev's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-55/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was comments in support of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Azov battalion.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 07.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.08.2025, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony and a ban on administration of websites and channels on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony and a ban on administration of websites and channels on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-07T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-09-2005\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/timofeev-vladislav-maksimovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recp2l4bZJ4SnCedL"},{"persecution_id":"recfSalB70CoIFMOE","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recMvd7q6oNSloNj4","name_en":" Unknown male 578","birth_year":2006,"age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. A criminal case was opened against him for spreading “fake” information about the Russian Armed Forces, calls for terrorism, preparation to participate in the activities of a terrorist organization, and treason. According to the investigation, he wrote comments and posted images in support of the “Freedom of Russia” Legion, submitted an application to join the Legion, and planned to travel to Ukraine via Georgia but was detained. In July 2025, the case was sent to court. On February 9, 2025, the young man was sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces, calls for terrorism, preparation to participate in the activities of a terrorist organization, and high treason.","case_number":"1-472/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from November 2023 to March 2024, the Moscow resident wrote comments and posted pictures in support of the Ukrainian “Freedom of Russia” Legion. From February to July 2024, he submitted an application to join the Legion. He planned to enter Ukrainian territory via Georgia.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.02.2026, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-09T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-09T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfSalB70CoIFMOE"},{"persecution_id":"recP5vOsthf2vEKD3","last_updated":"2025-08-17T13:56:03.000Z","person_id":"recuxeR5yexopGOY5","name_en":"Zaur Shaubov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Dagestan. On 21 April 2025, the court sentenced him to two and a half years' suspended imprisonment on the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the At-Taqfir wal-Hijra movement. According to a number of experts, the movement was recognised as an extremist organisation without grounds.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaspiysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Zaur Shaubov on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-75/2025 (1-369/2024)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, since 2015, Shaubov, knowing with certainty that the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation to ban the activities of At-Taqfir wal-Hijra in connection with extremist activities had entered into legal force, committed deliberate acts directly related to the continuation of the activities of the Association by directly participating in propaganda talks and meetings of the Association's members.\n\nShaubov directly participated in meetings of members of Al-Taqfir wal Hijra, where they collectively discussed the activities of Al-Taqfir wal Hijra aimed at establishing the world domination of a radical form of Islam and the creation of a single Islamic State in the Russian Federation, the \"World Caliphate\", and also engaged in the interpretation of religious literature on the ideology of the Association, including the author Mustafa Shukri, which is prohibited in the territory of the Russian Federation.\n\nDuring the meetings held, members of At-Taqfir wal-Hijra called for ignoring the laws of the Russian Federation, and by joint decisions declared \"takfir\", i.e. accused of disbelief persons who do not support the ideology of At-Taqfir wal-Hijra.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 06.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.04.2025, Sentence: 2.5 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 2 years; 6 months' restriction of liberty and a ban on engaging in activities related to the functioning of non-State social and political organisations for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2.5 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 2 years; 6 months' restriction of liberty and a ban on engaging in activities related to the functioning of non-State social and political organisations for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-21T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-21T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recP5vOsthf2vEKD3"},{"persecution_id":"recxqXsHXl4ZdKtNZ","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"rec1oD7DVGWYRkWKE","name_en":"Sergey Chebukin","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kherson region of Ukraine. He is probably abducted no later than February 2024. A video was published in which Chebukin describes how the British Council tried to recruit him through his acquaintance Svetlana Voloshina, who lived in Kiev and moved to the UK after the outbreak of war. According to Chebukin, Voloshina offered him to report on the deployment of Russian equipment and troops, but he refused. A high treason case was brought against him: according to the investigation, he transferred money to the account of a Ukrainian citizen, which was \"intended for financial support and logistical support of Ukrainian armed formations\". Presumably, in February 2025, Chebukin was sentenced to 12 and a half years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Chebukin's treason case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in March and May 2023, using a mobile application, Chebukin made two transactions to transfer money to a foreign bank account used by a Ukrainian citizen. These funds were intended for financial support and logistical support of Ukrainian armed formations\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 12 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict penal regime colony, a fine of 350,000 roubles, and 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/chebukin-sergej-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recxqXsHXl4ZdKtNZ"},{"persecution_id":"recay82VNnyM2pXT1","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:20:23.000Z","person_id":"rec7F15couL9aFMna","name_en":"Andrei Kitkov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attiT7T6je0XyVE6o.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attiT7T6je0XyVE6o.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kamensk-Uralskii (Sverdlovsk region). A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of his approval of the strike on the Crimean bridge. On 27 January 2025, Kitkov was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Kitkov's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-64/2025 (2-204/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, justified the strike on the Crimean bridge.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 12.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 53 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.09.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 53 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 53 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.01.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kitkov-andrej-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recay82VNnyM2pXT1"},{"persecution_id":"recT3qBfKnrAcctnw","last_updated":"2026-03-09T21:51:04.000Z","person_id":"recLz7dsF8nXWv3ll","name_en":"Vladyslav Shpak","birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. On 17 May 2022, he was captured during the defence of Azovstal. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion.\n\nMediazona reports that during the debate the prosecution asked Shpak to be sentenced to 19 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, after which the judge returned the case to the stage of judicial investigation. During the repeated arguments, the prosecutor requested 22 years. At that, he referred to the Amnesty International report on the crimes of the Ukrainian military. The judge countered that Amnesty International was recognised as an \"undesirable\" organisation in the Russian Federation.\n\nOn 7 August 2025, Shpak was sentenced to 21 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Shpak's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-502/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in June 2020, \"in order to improve his financial situation, as well as for ideological reasons\", he signed a contract with the National Guard of Ukraine and joined the special purpose unit \"Azov\", in April-June 2021, underwent military training. 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He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In June 2025, the case went to court. 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On 14 June 2024, he was captured — according to \"Mediazona\" media outlet, just two weeks after beginning service in the \"Aidar\" Battalion. He was charged with participating in a terrorist organisation and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. In July 2025, the case was sent to court. 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On 7 October 2025, Evgenii Tolstoi was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Tolstoi’s case of involvement in the activities of the Noman Chelebidzhihan Battalion\n","case_number":"1-610/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in November 2024, Tolstoy voluntarily joined the \"Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan\" (a terrorist organisation banned in Russia). Having undergone military training on the territory of the village of Orlovshchina, Dnipropetrovsk region, as an assistant grenade launcher of the 48th separate assault battalion, he took part in combat operations against civilians of the Donetsk People's Republic and servicemen of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.10.2025, Sentence: 20 years’ imprisonment, with the first 3 years to be served in prison and the remaining term in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years’ imprisonment, with the first 3 years to be served in prison and the remaining term in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-07T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-07T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On March 14, 2025, Plaksivyi was sentenced to 15 years in a maximum-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,C Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of four additional participants in combat operations in Kursk Oblast","case_number":"1-68/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he “served in the 61st Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which, among other things, carried out strikes using drones against various targets on Russian territory.” In early August 2024, as part of a column of armored personnel carriers, they entered the Kursk region and participated in the blockade of Sudzha.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 03.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.04.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.03.2025, Sentence: 15 years of imprisonment, with the first 3 years in a prison and the remaining term in a strict-regime colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years of imprisonment, with the first 3 years in a prison and the remaining term in a strict-regime colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-14T09:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-14T09:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recO3doBVhq4q13ta"},{"persecution_id":"recb7jhikpiqofHJx","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"rec8xqF6q9Cyxv4Ll","name_en":"Mikhail Bezrukikh","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vyborg. A case was opened against him for dissemination of knowingly false information about Russian Armed Forces because of a comment in which he wrote about an attack on a residential building in Odessa and the death of a woman and her three-month-old child as a result.\n\nSupposedly, he was detained in June 2025. As a measure of restraint,a prohibition of certain actions was selected. In August of the same year, the case went to court. On 3 December, Bezrukikh was sentenced to two months of correctional labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vyborg"],"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Bezrukikh's case on \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-535/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, on 3 March 2025, Bezrukikh in \"VKontakte\" in a group called \"Live HowYouWant in Primorsk?\" disseminated knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, by writing a comment in the form of an assertion, under the guise of reliable reports, the following content: \"...The death toll from the strike on Odessa on 2 March has risen to nine people. Russian troops attacked a residential building in Odessa with a drone on the night of 2 March, with the explosion destroying an entire entranceway. Among the dead there is a three-month-old child and his mother...\", which is false information that does not correspond to the official information of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation on the course and results of the special military operation, containing data on the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in order to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, to maintain international peace and security.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 19.06.2025 to 19.12.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.06.2025 to 19.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.12.2025, Sentence: 2 months' corrective labor","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 months' corrective labor","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recb7jhikpiqofHJx"},{"persecution_id":"rec63rKQL6N3jRRq9","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"rec0rkGStcM0IuLWn","name_en":"Sergei Drugov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Sakhalin. A criminal case was initiated against him for calls to terrorism on the basis of publications in which he, according to the investigation, in connection with his disagreement with the war, called for the overthrow of the government. On 17 May 2024, Drugov was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime penal colony.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Drugov's case on incitement to terrorism","case_number":"1-57/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted on the Internet textual messages in the form of comments containing indications of calls to actions aimed at intimidating the population and creating a danger of loss of life for the purpose of destabilising the activities of state authorities, to the overthrow of the government in the Russian Federation, and to changing the constitutional order of the Russian Federation. According to Drugov’s testimony, by posting these comments on the Internet, he expressed his dissatisfaction with the policies of state authorities, the head of state, and the conduct of the special military operation. The actions of publishing materials of a terrorist nature on the Internet in open access were carried out from April 2021 to October 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 02.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.12.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.05.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-17T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-17T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec63rKQL6N3jRRq9"},{"persecution_id":"recEt2trNEEsMHyf4","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:05:48.000Z","person_id":"reccXRmaCZH8jo5f2","name_en":"Denis Shevchenko","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A native of the Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine. A case was opened against him for dissemination of knowingly false information about Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism. The first charge is related to  a comment posted on the day of Yevgeniy Prigozhin's mutiny that one of the Russian army formations was on its way from the combat zone to Moscow. The second charge is related to comments in which law enforcers saw calls for an assassination attempt on Putin.\n\nOn 27 January 2026, the court sentenced Shevchenko to seven years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Denis Shevchenko's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-698/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, while on the territory where martial law was imposed, he posted comments in his Telegram channel profile containing calls for an attempt on the life of the President of the Russian Federation.\n\nOn 24 June 2023, he also disseminated online, under the guise of reliable reports containing deliberately false information about the abandonment of positions in the area of the Strategic Air Defence Forces of the Russian Federation by a unit of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and its departure in the direction of Moscow.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.01.2026, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-27T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-27T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEt2trNEEsMHyf4"},{"persecution_id":"rec07GGn2iKmM74iM","last_updated":"2026-03-21T19:27:08.000Z","person_id":"recsRri9Fi7lbWADU","name_en":"Vladimir Savchuk","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of the Luhansk region of Ukraine. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist orgnization due to his involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion. On 28 November 2024 Savchuk was sentenced, the details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Savchuk's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization","case_number":"1-479/2024","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.11.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-28T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-28T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-byvshih-voennosluzhashhih-batalona-ajdar-lantinova-kuzneczova-savchuka-i-selinoj/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec07GGn2iKmM74iM"},{"persecution_id":"rec1TGBMI6IdHiK5C","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recmkd12ghOsjN1Qq","name_en":"Andrei Minin","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of the Luhansk region of Ukraine. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion. On 20 January 2025, Minin was sentenced, the details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Minin's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-168/2025 (1-524/2024;)","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.01.2025","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-20T14:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-20T14:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1TGBMI6IdHiK5C"},{"persecution_id":"rec7OPE1Oefot7UDw","last_updated":"2026-04-09T20:29:53.000Z","person_id":"recoZLZLJq3CFhGgb","name_en":"Aleksandr Kozin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kurmanaevsky district, Orenburg region. A case was initiated against him for financing an \"undesirable organisation\" due to the transfer of funds to a certain organizer of the collection in 2023-2024. Other details of the case are unknown. In August 2025, the Investigative Committee reported the completion of the investigation. On 4 March 2026, Kozin was sentenced to 320 hours of community service.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Buzuluk"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Kozin's case of funding an 'undesirable organization.'","case_number":"1-373/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the period 2023-2024, the defendant, aware of the official designation of the organization's activities as undesirable in the Russian Federation, provided financial support to the organization by transferring his own funds to the organizer's collection account to support its illegal activities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.03.2026, Sentence: 320 hours of community service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"320 hours of community service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-04T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-04T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec7OPE1Oefot7UDw"},{"persecution_id":"recdGuOypn1RsX7LQ","last_updated":"2026-04-18T18:04:58.000Z","person_id":"recEeJrUKibyWhIIR","name_en":" Sh.","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Primorye. A case was brought against her for calls for terrorism due to her calls to set fire to military recruitment offices.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being on the territory of <address>, implementing a criminal intent aimed at public calls of a wide range of persons from among the participants of the group of the cross-platform messenger for instant messaging and media files exchange via the Internet \"<...>\" (hereinafter referred to as Telegram messenger) with the name \"<....>\" to carry out terrorist activities in a generally dangerous way in the form of arson of units of military commissariats, in connection with the existing established political and ideological position, expressed in a negative-hostile attitude to the decision taken by the current government of the Russian Federation to conduct a special military operation in the territory of the Republic of Ukraine and the declaration of partial military mobilisation in the Russian Federation, realising the unlawfulness and public danger of their actions, their publicity, acting deliberately, guided by the motives of political hatred and enmity, via using a mobile phone <...>, having access to the internet, using her personal account (nickname) \"черт из табакерки\" (jack-in-the-box) on the Telegram internet messenger, acting publicly, in the chat group named 'Far Eastern Shelter for kitties' of the above internet messenger, published a text commentary, in which, according to the conclusion of the expert No. of date, drawn up by the ANO \"<...>\", there are linguistic and psychological signs of persuasion in the form of a call to violent, destructive actions carried out in order to influence decision-making by Russian Federation state authorities. The addressee is incited to commit explosions and arson in military commissariat buildings by using bottles with incendiary mixture \"<...>\". The textual comments of the user \"черт из табакерки\" (jack-in-the-box) submitted for expert examination contain linguistic and psychological signs of addressing a wide range of persons.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdGuOypn1RsX7LQ"},{"persecution_id":"recTWjXjpZB4Ob19y","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"receHiixX9ZwmryuI","name_en":"Anna Vakhrameeva","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladivostok. In April 2022, she and her friends were detained for posting anti-war leaflets. Later it became known that a criminal case was opened against her for failure to report an offence because she failed to inform law enforcement authorities that her acquaintance Sh. had called for setting fire to military enlistment centres in a Telegram message. On 14 March 2023, Vakhrameeva was sentenced to a fine of 45 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_ended":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["no denunciation filed"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.6 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.6"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.6"],"case_name_en":"Anna Vakhrameeva's case on concerning her failure to report an offence","case_number":"1-183/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in the period from 15 hours 10 minutes of date to 18 hours 00 minutes of date, being on the territory of <address>, knowing with certainty about the fact of placement of Sh. in the group of Internet messenger \"<...>\" with the name \"<...>\", using his/her personal account (nickname) \"<....>\", the text commentary contains linguistic and psychological signs of inducement in the form of an appeal to violent, destructive actions carried out in order to influence the decision-making of the state authorities of the Russian Federation, that is, being aware of the commission by Sh. of an offence under Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, not being her close relative, knowingly knowing that terrorist activity is prohibited in the Russian Federation and that calls to carry out terrorist activity are a crime and failure to report to the authorities on persons who have committed such a crime entails criminal liability, acting intentionally, having a real opportunity, failed to report the crime committed by Sh. to the authorities authorised to consider reports on crime, on a person who, according to reliably known information, commits or with\n\ndate Vakhrameeva A.I. in the period from 09 hours 43 minutes to 11 hours 36 minutes, being in the service room of the investigative department of the FSS of Russia for Primorsky Krai, at the address: <address>, having a real opportunity to report to the authorities, authorised to consider a report of a crime, about the person, who according to reliably known information committed a crime, provided by part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, being warned of criminal liability, being aware of the socially dangerous nature of her actions, continuing to deliberately fail to act, proceeding from a falsely understood sense of camaraderie and fear of law enforcement agencies, during her interrogation as a witness in criminal case No., did not inform the investigator about the circumstances of the commission by Sh. of a crime under part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which were reliably known to her\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":45000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-14T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTWjXjpZB4Ob19y"},{"persecution_id":"rec9ihnv5ZnnUuUKx","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recpBTAMQbexmE919","name_en":"Bogdan Litvin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attglTbzc0gH61YvM.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attglTbzc0gH61YvM.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Federal coordinator of the Vesna movement. On 7 May, his parents' flat in St. Petersburg was searched, Litvin himself is outside Russia. According to the investigation, Litvin is the creator and seven other people - participants of the non-profit organization, which \"encouraged citizens to commit other illegal acts\" and promoted \"such acts\", namely, urged people to take part in anti-war actions on 25, 26, and 27 February. Litvin was put on a wanted list. On 6 October, the Justice Ministry included Litvin in the register of individuals - \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn 2023, it became known that Litvin was a suspect in the second criminal case, also initiated in connection with the activities of Vesna: he was charged with organising the activities of an extremist community, spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, calling for activities threatening the security of the Russian Federation and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory.\n\nIn August 2025, Fontanka reported that Litvin was also prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation because of his posts in the Vesna Telegram channel published between July 2023 and November 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Bogdan Litvin's case of participation in an extremist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Fontanka, the case was prompted by posts in the telegram channel of the movement Vesna published between July 2023 and November 2024.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9ihnv5ZnnUuUKx"},{"persecution_id":"reci41XQabqwEqgzi","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"recCJ46hnf8Rhlb3B","name_en":"Vasilii Surin","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Voronezh. A case was initiated against him for public justification of terrorism in connection with the approval of the strike on the Crimean bridge and calls to extremism in connection with calls, as the investigation alleged, for violence on ethnic grounds. On 23 December 2024, Surin was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vasilii Surin's case of justification of terrorism and calls for extremism","case_number":"1-260/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation,  he justified the bombing of the Crimean bridge and called for violence on ethnic grounds on the Internet's resources.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 03.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.12.2024, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a 4 years' ban to administer websites, forums, groups, and chat rooms on the Internet ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a 4 years' ban to administer websites, forums, groups, and chat rooms on the Internet ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-23T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-23T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reci41XQabqwEqgzi"},{"persecution_id":"recWPKMk5nWQf9OQT","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recDn0DqzXbTGOtX1","name_en":"Maksim Tupitsyn","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Astrakhan and captain of a river vessel. A case was brought against him for public justification of terrorism in connection with statements that were seen as approval of the activities of \"one of the organisations which, according to the legislation of the Russian Federation, is recognised as a terrorist organisation.\" On 21 January 2025, Tupitsyn was sentenced to a fine of 450,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Astrakhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Tupitsyn's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-234/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in April 2022, he posted publicly on Telegram materials justifying the activities of one of the Ukrainian organisations which are recognised as terrorist ones on the territory of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 06.02.2025 to 05.02.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":450000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-21T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWPKMk5nWQf9OQT"},{"persecution_id":"recnWSpjSN254z8sy","last_updated":"2026-03-29T18:26:30.000Z","person_id":"rec69NNJdt6U15XUZ","name_en":"Е. 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A case was initiated against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection to his involvement in the religious association At-Takfir Val-Hijra. On 7 July 2025, he was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Zapir Salavutdinov's case of participation in extremist activities","case_number":"1-38/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between 2017 and 2020, the person in question took an active part in the activities of the international religious association At-Takfir wal-Hijra, recognised by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation as extremist and banned in Russia. Salavutdinov took part in propaganda meetings, provided financial assistance to members of the community, supported the ideology of the organisation aimed at undermining the constitutional order and security of the state, including the creation of the so-called global caliphate.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.07.2025, Sentence: 2 years' suspended sentence with a probationary period of 2 years, restriction of liberty for 6 months, and prohibition to engage in activities related to the functioning of non-governmental social and political organisations","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended sentence with a probationary period of 2 years, restriction of liberty for 6 months, and prohibition to engage in activities related to the functioning of non-governmental social and political organisations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-07T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-07T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reco23gnwN6qwPvp1"},{"persecution_id":"recZ4OdIPfRlyKi4L","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:08:26.000Z","person_id":"recl0f22w3HRVKQyp","name_en":"Maksim Gavrilenko","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Yalta. A case was opened against him for calls to extremism: according to the investigation, he called for violence against Russians. Extremism.net, a TV channel linked to law enforcers, wrote that Gavrilenko expressed support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and \"insulted the Russian population\".\n\nOn 22 August 2025, the man was sentenced to two years in a colony-settlement.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yalta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Gavrilenko's case of calls for extremism","case_number":"1-526/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"published messages of Russophobic nature, insulted Russian population and disseminated ideas aimed at justifying the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.\" An examination found that his texts contained direct calls for violence on ethnic grounds.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.08.2025, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in colony-settlement, 2 years' prohibition to administer online communities","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in colony-settlement, 2 years' prohibition to administer online communities","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-22T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-22T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZ4OdIPfRlyKi4L"},{"persecution_id":"rec7OxPSIzmCYZshR","last_updated":"2025-10-06T18:32:15.000Z","person_id":"reckwa5OGNbgNkQEq","name_en":"Anna Reutova","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Komi resident. She was prosecuted for financing extremist activities because of the donations she sent to Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) from August 2021 to February 2022. Reutova transferred a total of 700 roubles. On 29 August 2025, the court sentenced her to a fine of 400 thousand roubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Anna Reutova's case of financing extremist activity","case_number":"1-530/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution's version, Reutova made monthly donations to the extremist non-profit organisation \"Anti-Corruption Foundation\" on an Internet site because she shared and supported the views and ideas of the organisation, the activities of which are banned on the territory of the Russian Federation by court decision. From August 2021 to February 2022, until her unlawful actions were stopped, the woman managed to transfer funds totalling 700 roubles to the account of the extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.08.2025, Sentence: fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-29T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-29T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec7OxPSIzmCYZshR"},{"persecution_id":"rectaChZZJojzx8Gz","last_updated":"2025-11-25T17:19:35.000Z","person_id":"recb2tN0F2jhDgLAS","name_en":"Mehriban Lukinskaya","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Born in Azerbaijan, lived in Ryazan. Worked at a pipe factory and a heavy forging and pressing equipment factory. She supposedly owned a firm that traded in construction materials. A case of confidential cooperation with foreigners was brought against her. According to the investigation, she tried to obtain information for the military intelligence of Ukraine. 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A case of appeals to terrorism was opened against him because of a comment published in 2019. According to the investigation, the comment called for \"the implementation of unlawful violent actions against the authorities\". On 29 August 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that the case had been transferred to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokuznetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Novokuznetsk resident's case on incitement to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in February 2019, while at home on Kosygina Street in Novokuznetsk, using the information and telecommunication network \"Internet\", posted a public comment in one of the social networks containing statements aimed at calling for the implementation of illegal violent actions against the authorities.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9QfjIeqvRu7g5O"},{"persecution_id":"recNfK2X3kNszds3y","last_updated":"2025-09-17T06:54:04.000Z","person_id":"recGj8RYeELF6hpym","name_en":"Svetlana Makarova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Smolensk. A case was brought against her for leading a religious association, the activities of which involve other harm to the health of citizens, because of her participation in the activities of the religious group \"Elle Ayat\".\n\nOn 17 December 2021, the court sentenced her to a two-year suspended sentence. On appeal, this decision was cancelled and the case was sent for a new hearing. On 15 July 2025, the court passed the same sentence, but Makarova was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Smolensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["239"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 239"],"case_name_en":"Svetlana Makarova's on the leadership of the Elle-Ayat community","case_number":" 1-9/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, from September 2012 to November 2017 in Smolensk, the defendant created and managed an unregistered religious association of citizens with the purpose of disseminating and professing the teachings of Abdullaev F.M. - the religious group \"Elle-Ayat\" (\"Alla-Ayat\")* - an occult structure of pseudo-healing orientation, the activity of which is associated with causing harm to the health of citizens.\n\nThe defendant disseminated and professed the said doctrine to a wide range of citizens from among the residents of Smolensk and Smolensk region by means of oral propaganda and using the Internet. She provided her flat in Smolensk to carry out the activities of the unregistered religious association, as well as constantly carried out organisational activities related to determining the time of the association's meetings, planning their course and content, and storing literature and other media promoting the doctrine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2021, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 2 years• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 15.07.2025, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with probation; in connection with the expiry of the period of criminal prosecution, Makarova was released from punishment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with probation; in connection with the expiry of the period of criminal prosecution, Makarova was released from punishment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-17T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-15T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNfK2X3kNszds3y"},{"persecution_id":"recGqLQtkcf6Wp2H7","last_updated":"2026-03-27T17:40:57.000Z","person_id":"rec3iPFQRprnruwc7","name_en":"Ludmila Tverskaya","birth_year":1947,"birth_date":"1947-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":78,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novokuznetsk. A case was brought against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and financing of extremist activities due to her involvement in the \"Community of Free Russians Bozhichi of Kuzbass\" - one of the organisations of so-called \"citizens of the USSR\". On 26 December 2025, Tverskaya was sentenced, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Lyudmila Tverskaya`s case of involvement in activities of an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-144/2025 (1-918/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she was a member of the public movement \"Community of Free Russians Bozhichi of Kuzbass\", maintained active correspondence with the headman, participated in the community’s online conferences and provided funding by transferring 700 rubles to the organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.12.2025, Sentence: sentence unknown ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-26T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-26T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGqLQtkcf6Wp2H7"},{"persecution_id":"reca0EXosUsL005Md","last_updated":"2026-04-12T19:43:20.000Z","person_id":"recB5CD93oDDvP5xJ","name_en":"Andrey Dyukin","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-12-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Krasnoyarsk region. A case of financing extremist and terrorist activities was brought against him because of money transfers to the Artpodgotovka movement. 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Charges were brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and public justification of terrorism. On 26 June 2025, Luzin was sentenced, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Fedor Luzin’s case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-111/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In April 2022, Luzin was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for having posted a picture containing a certain inscription in a blue-yellow circle on social networks.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.06.2025","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-26T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-26T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3PmDtSd5awiiMu"},{"persecution_id":"recawTQHAbHBpnnat","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:02:41.000Z","person_id":"rec57Fb1W7PnLwlnq","name_en":"Arsentii Derenutsa","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attkMTNDreWj5ER92.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attkMTNDreWj5ER92.png"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Altai Territory. A case of confidential co-operation with foreigners was brought against him. On 19 December 2024 Derenutsa was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. On 30 September 2025, the court of cassation instance cancelled the sentence. The charge was then reclassified to treason. In December 2025, the case came back to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Arsentii Derenutsa's case of confidential co-operation with foreigners","case_number":"2-35/2024, 2-4/2026 (2-30/2025;)","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 10.01.2025\n• : from 30.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.01.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 30.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2024, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 03.03.2026","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-19T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-03T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities due to FBK donations. On 20 August 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 400 thousand roubles in the case. On 3 December 2025, the court of appeal instance, having approved the punishment in the form of a fine, returned the case to the court of first instance in terms of deciding the issue of confiscation of the amount that the prosecuted person had transferred to the foundation: the court agreed with the prosecution that the court of first instance should not have exempted Dmitriev from confiscation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Veliky Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NGR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitriev's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-750/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, on 7 August 2021 Dmitriev transferred 300 roubles to Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) from his account in Tinkoff Bank. Then he subscribed a monthly payment and made four more transfers. 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A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities because of a single donation of 300 rubles to the ACF. 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In December 2024, he made a video in which he set fire to the New Testament with a lighter, threw it on the floor, kicked it and made rude remarks about believers. He published this video on Telegram. Soon, a case of offending religious feelings was brought against him. 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The young man, holding in his hands the book \"New Testament\", which is a part of the Bible, using crude profanity, cynically and insultingly expressed himself in relation to this book, as well as persons professing Christianity and Judaism. In addition, the young man set the book on fire with a lighter, then he threw it on the ground and kicked it.\n\nHe recorded all his actions on video and then posted the clip on Telegram in one of the channels, thereby making it available to an unlimited number of users—the channel's participants—which provoked a negative reaction from them.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recn3ZQBuRgw9UYNI"},{"persecution_id":"rec6kuYnwGHaf3W7Y","last_updated":"2026-03-25T15:46:22.000Z","person_id":"reczCLOU5mDLgY50r","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An engineer from Yekaterinburg. A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities due to donations of 2,100 roubles to ACF. 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He was prosecuted for calls to extremism because of a post in a social network about Russian security forces. In September 2025 the press service of the courts of the Stavropol krai reported that the man was sentenced to two years of suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of a resident of the Stavropol Krai on incitement to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, as a user of a social network, from his personal page he posted headlines with text with extremist content against representatives of law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation in an obscene form.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 02.09.2025 to 01.09.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.08.2025, Sentence: 2 years' suspended sentence with a probation period of 4 years, and a ban on administering websites for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended sentence with a probation period of 4 years, and a ban on administering websites for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-15T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-15T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWNpo7UPa4QAwSf"},{"persecution_id":"recHsPsH6i5pjevSr","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:08:26.000Z","person_id":"recBwGU93KCovPBEh","name_en":"Ruslan Fakhriev","birth_year":1986,"age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Sarapulsky district of Udmurtia. A case was opened against him for calling for activities against the security of the state. According to the version of law enforcers, in August 2023, under a post in Telegram about a nuclear strike on Ukraine, Fakhriev left a comment calling for the destruction of bunkers in Russia. The court noted that the man was against the war in Ukraine. On 11 September 2025, the court sentenced him to a three-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Fakhriev's case of the call to destroy bunkers","case_number":"1-222/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court’s view, the defendant — motivated by dissatisfaction with the policies of the Russian leadership — developed a hostile attitude towards the conduct of the special military operation. On 30 August 2023, having read a Telegram post about a nuclear strike on Ukrainian territory, he used an internet-connected device to post a comment on his personal Telegram channel. Acting deliberately and aware that his conduct was public and antisocial, he intended to encourage an unlimited number of internet users to take actions against the security of the Russian Federation. By publishing the comment he knew the internet allowed public dissemination to an unlimited audience and thus wished to incite others to commit explosions, arson and other acts aimed at destroying or damaging structures in order to undermine the defence capability of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.09.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment suspended with probation for 2.5 years, and a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment suspended with probation for 2.5 years, and a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-11T06:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-11T06:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHsPsH6i5pjevSr"},{"persecution_id":"rec4ezTblGshZBGXn","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:02:47.000Z","person_id":"recubwvh8PfAKzicx","name_en":" Unknown female 67","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Ufa city. A case of financing an \"undesirable organisation\" was opened against her because of two donations to the All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre \"Revival\" for 800 rubles (≈US$8).\n\nIn August 2025, the case went to court. On 9 October 2025, the court sentenced her to 300 hours of compulsory labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of financing an \"undesirable\" organization in Ufa","case_number":"1-402/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the verdict, she sent two donations totalling 800 rubles (≈US$8) to the All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre \"Revival\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 25.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.10.2025, Sentence: 300 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"300 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-09T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-09T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4ezTblGshZBGXn"},{"persecution_id":"recAVwfp70GoHHAWk","last_updated":"2025-10-27T13:23:55.000Z","person_id":"recl0yL7Rc00ZEYYc","name_en":"Liubov Karimova","birth_year":1974,"age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Malopurginsky district of Udmurtia. A case was brought against her for transferring 64,000 roubles to some \"undesirable\" organisation. On 25 September 2025, the court sentenced her to 300 hours of compulsory labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Liubov Karimova's case of funding an \"undesirable\" organisation","case_number":"1-103/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"transferred 64 thousand rubles to the accounts of persons associated with a foreign organisation, the activities of which are considered undesirable in Russia due to threats to the constitutional order, defence capacity and security of the state\".","persecution_location_en":"Location unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 11.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.09.2025, Sentence: 300 hours of community work","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"300 hours of community work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-25T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-25T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAVwfp70GoHHAWk"},{"persecution_id":"reclzI7x5hZqU2OX2","last_updated":"2025-10-31T20:41:20.000Z","person_id":"rec1ooawKQQeiE5ti","name_en":"Unknown person 88","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In the Tuimazinsky district of Bashkortostan, a criminal case was opened on charges of financing the activities of an “undesirable” organisation. In August 2025, the case was brought before the court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Second case of financing an \"undesirable organisation\" in Tuimazy","case_number":"1-308/2025","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.10.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-01T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-01T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reclzI7x5hZqU2OX2"},{"persecution_id":"recUeUgesysd804Qw","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recW5sVZN0mPmZYlR","name_en":"Aleksei Marfin","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kirov region, he is facing charges for publicly justifying terrorism, although details about the case remain unclear. On 15 January 2025, he received a verdict related to this case, but specifics are not available.\n\nIn addition, another case was opened against him in the spring of 2025 for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces and for insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland. The accusation of spreading “fake news” stems from Marfin's comments in various \"VKontakte\" public groups, where he discussed shelling of civilian infrastructure in Ukrainian cities by the Russian Armed Forces. He faced charges for insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland due to negative comments made under a post about the deaths of two Russian servicemen in Ukraine in 2022.\n\nIn September 2025, this case was taken to court. On 24 September, Marfin was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony and fined 500,000 roubles. In December, the appellate court increased his sentence to six years.\n\nIn November 2022, Marfin was fined 20,000 roubles for inciting hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Offences Code) due to a comment on a news article about the death of a Russian serviceman in Ukraine. The court concluded that he was inciting hatred against Russian military personnel.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Aleksei Marfin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian armed forces and rehabilitation of Nazism","case_number":"2-11/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 22 June 2022, the accused, while at his place of work in the Yuryansky District of the Kirov Region, published comments on one of the social networks in his own name, accessible to an unrestricted audience, that insulted the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland.\n\nMarfin left the following comments under a post regarding the deaths of two Russian soldiers in Ukraine:  \n“That's where they belong; may the earth be glassy for them. They went to fight in another country, intending to loot. They failed to kill Ukrainian citizens. They died in a ditch; others should take note.”  \n“...these dead ones even resemble Nazis in their uniforms.”  \n“Those lads went to kill Ukrainian citizens, so may the earth be glassy for them; they bear as much guilt as those who sent them there.”\n\nFurthermore, from July 2023 to May 2024, the accused systematically disseminated deliberately false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation under the guise of credible information in a well-known social network.\n\nMarfin was accused of spreading “fake news” due to comments made in several public groups: RBK, “Arguments and Facts,” “Emergency/Shocking Incidents/News,” and “Andrei Pivovarov.”\n\nFor instance, on 4 July 2023, under a post by RBK summarising the day's main events, Marfin commented: “...the bombed maternity hospital in Mariupol is a fact.”  \nOn 23 July 2023, on the AiF page, beneath a news post regarding the destruction of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in Odessa by a Ukrainian missile, Marfin left the following comments:  \n“...the Russian army bombed the maternity hospital in Mariupol, and then lied that it was a military facility; there were civilian casualties in Bucha after the departure of the Russian army...”  \n“...so you are trying to lie that there was no shelling of the maternity hospital?”  \n“...prior to the war initiated by Putin in Ukraine, everything was fine in Bucha; no one was killed,” in response to another user known as “FIO40”: “Leha, this is not even funny anymore. The participant in the Mariupol maternity hospital hoax has long explained how the Ukrainian forces staged it,” accompanied by photos of the participant.  \n“...before the war that Putin started in Ukraine, everyone in Bucha was alive and healthy,” in response to another user, “FIO40”: “...the city council deputy from Bucha demonstrated what the city looks like after the Russian military. The video from 3 April shows no bodies in any of the four clips.”\n\nOn 17 December 2023, in the public group of Andrei Pivovarov, under a post about an exhibition of Russian political prisoners in Riga, Marfin wrote:  \n“...the Russian army is destroying settlements in Ukraine and occupying territories, leading to the deaths of Ukrainian civilians.”  \n“...the Russian army is erasing Ukrainian cities from the face of the earth; I can point you to the ruins of Bakhmut or Soledar, Popasna, or the ruins and dead civilians in the supposedly liberated Mariupol.”\n\nOn 25 May 2024, on the page of “Emergency/Shocking Incidents/News,” under a post about an attack on a shopping centre in Kharkiv, Marfin wrote:  \n“...what was the point of bombing the station in Kramatorsk, or the maternity hospital in Mariupol, or a pizzeria, etc.? The Ministry of Defence... what is this super HQ of the Ukrainian Armed Forces? It turns out they were just civilians.” “...so the Russian occupiers bombed the shopping centre, which means they are targeting civilians.”","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.09.2025 to 11.12.2025\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 24.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.12.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.09.2025, Sentence: 5.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 500,000 roubles, and a five-year ban on administering websites and channels online, as well as publicly posting statements and other materials on the internet.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5.5 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 500,000 roubles, and a five-year ban on administering websites and channels online, as well as publicly posting statements and other materials on the internet.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":6,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-24T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-24T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUeUgesysd804Qw"},{"persecution_id":"recpUmXwJXpS0FVUv","last_updated":"2026-04-13T20:56:20.000Z","person_id":"recGtdkLreeCyTDQC","name_en":"Alexey Barbin","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kursk. He was charged with spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. In September 2025, the case went to court. On January 29, 2026, Barbin was sentenced to six years' imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Barbin's case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-715/2025","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.01.2026, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment with the prohibition to engage in activities related to administering websites in electronic and information and telecommunication networks, including Internet, for the term of 4 years. Jointly with the previous sentence – 6 years 4 months' imprisonment with the prohibition to engage in activities related to administering websites in electronic and information and telecommunication networks, including Internet, for the term of 4 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment with the prohibition to engage in activities related to administering websites in electronic and information and telecommunication networks, including Internet, for the term of 4 years. Jointly with the previous sentence – 6 years 4 months' imprisonment with the prohibition to engage in activities related to administering websites in electronic and information and telecommunication networks, including Internet, for the term of 4 years.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-29T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-29T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpUmXwJXpS0FVUv"},{"persecution_id":"recwTs4lCoRFluxUq","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:53:20.000Z","person_id":"recq1BnPQaozavmWE","name_en":"Ramis Nurgaliev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Sterlitamak (Bashkortostan), left Russia. A case was opened against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces due to a publication about violence and torture against peaceful Ukrainian civilians. The case includes references to the fact that Nurgaliev, while in the United States, participated in rallies in support of \"'political prisoners in the Russian Federation' as well as other Russian and Belarusian opposition activists who oppose the current government.\" In September 2025, the case went to trial. On 20 November 2025, Nurgaliev was sentenced in absentia to five and a half years. \n","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sterlitamak"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ramis Nurgaliyev's case on \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-810/2025","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.11.2025, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-20T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-20T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwTs4lCoRFluxUq"},{"persecution_id":"receFMArzukaoL2fM","last_updated":"2026-02-28T18:39:23.000Z","person_id":"recb8rKdE37PW8rDL","name_en":"Vladimir Kotunov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Omsk, presumably a taxi driver. A case was brought against him for financing the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\" because of donations worth 192,000 roubles to certain organisations. In September 2025, the case went to court. On 26 November 2025, Kotunov was given a two-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Kotunov's case on financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation","case_number":"1-492/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the preliminary investigation bodies, the defendant Kotunov V.S. provided money in the total amount of 192500 rubles, knowingly intended to support the activities of foreign non-governmental organisations in respect of which a decision was taken to declare their activities undesirable in the territory of the Russian Federation in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.11.2025, Sentence: 2 years' suspended sentence and a 5 years' ban on participating in religious groups and organizations, including on the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended sentence and a 5 years' ban on participating in religious groups and organizations, including on the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-26T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-26T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receFMArzukaoL2fM"},{"persecution_id":"recx32UC8B3lSFnNN","last_updated":"2025-12-23T14:32:45.000Z","person_id":"rec8dgDM2LxcHWuse","name_en":"Inver Lovpache","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-01-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Adygea. He was a member of the Rodina party. He was prosecuted for financing an \"undesirable\" organisation linked to Ukraine, details are unknown. He signed a covenant not to leave, but in April 2025 was taken into custody due to alleged violations of the covenant. In September 2025, the case went to court. On 24 September, Lovpacha was sentenced, details unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Inver Lovpache's case on funding an \"undesirable\" organisation","case_number":"1-225/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being a supporter of a foreign organisation, being reliably aware of its recognition as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation, transferred funds from his current account to a bank account used by a representative of the said organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.04.2025\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 15.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.09.2025, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-24T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-24T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recx32UC8B3lSFnNN"},{"persecution_id":"recsQoByG801ZVrvm","last_updated":"2026-04-30T15:35:10.000Z","person_id":"recmc3AJ9wR6AkA1M","name_en":"Alexander Karasev","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg, operator of the Vtorplastmaterial enterprise. He was prosecuted for incitement to terrorism for comments made in the chat room of the project \"I Want to Live\", which accepts appeals for surrender to Ukrainian captivity. At the trial, Karasev said that he was drunk when he left the comments and read the chat room because he had an acquaintance missing in the war and also had a son fighting in the war. On 18 September 2025, he was sentenced to a 500,000 fine (≈$6000 as of 09/18/2025)","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Karasev's case on calls to terrorism","case_number":"2-67/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was comments with the words \"Why aren't you shelling the fuck out of Rublevskoye Highway? <...> Throw a bomb on Rublevka. They will immediately shit themselves and fuck away from the country\" in the chat room of the project \"I Want to Live\", which accepts appeals for surrender to Ukrainian captivity","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.09.2025, Sentence: a fine of 500 thousand roubles (≈$6000 as of 09/18/2025)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500 thousand roubles (≈$6000 as of 09/18/2025)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-18T10:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-18T10:50:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recsQoByG801ZVrvm"},{"persecution_id":"recH3hzrdj8Gsb3Xj","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:35:47.000Z","person_id":"recMIklZPE2wUYjtl","name_en":" Unknown male 461","birth_year":2003,"age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Nizhnekamsk (Tatarstan region). A case was brought against him for repeated public display of prohibited symbols due to the posting of media files with the slogan of a certain \"pro-Ukrainian organisation\" (presumably, \"Glory to Ukraine\") in Telegram. The investigation claims that he was previously brought to administrative responsibility four times under a similar article (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhnekamsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Nizhnekamsk about the slogan of a \"pro-Ukrainian organisation\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 22-08-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/08/d52113/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recH3hzrdj8Gsb3Xj"},{"persecution_id":"recCQ8MO0T3YGw22l","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"rechHfXVL7uoB5km7","name_en":"Alexey Fediukovich","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Astrakhan. A case for financing extremist activity was opened against him because of four donations of 1,800 roubles to Anti-Corruption Foundation. At the end of August 2025, the case went to court. On 2 October 2025 Fediukovich was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Astrakhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"An Astrakhan resident's case of funding extremist activities","case_number":"1-371/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"A resident of Astrakhan is accused of financing extremist activities because of four donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation totaling 1,800 rubles.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.10.2025, Sentence: A fine of 300,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 300,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-02T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-02T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCQ8MO0T3YGw22l"},{"persecution_id":"recl0KxVt7E5G2BLN","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:35:47.000Z","person_id":"recQuPS92CvWkusGg","name_en":"Dmitrii Taigin","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A native of the Krasnoyarsk region. In 2017 he was sentenced in Moscow in a murder case and was serving his sentence in his native region. Because of the conversations he held with other prisoners about the Azov battalion, two additional cases were initiated against him: accusing him of propaganda of terrorism and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 8 April 2025 Taigin was sentenced in the first of these two cases, and on 27 August in the second. Taking into account the term in the original case, he was sentenced in total to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Taigin’s case on the promotion of terrorism","case_number":"1-71/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"while serving his sentence under the judgment of the Ostankinsky District Court of Moscow of 14 June 2017 in one of the penal colonies of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, during conversations with other convicts, he stated that he recognised the ideology of the ‘Azov’ organisation as correct and that it was necessary to follow the example of its members, and offered, in exchange for monetary remuneration, to personally take part in the activities of the ‘Azov’ organisation.”","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 25.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.08.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-08T09:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-08T09:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recl0KxVt7E5G2BLN"},{"persecution_id":"recyuRipEbxogDCe5","last_updated":"2025-10-26T22:49:59.000Z","person_id":"recQuPS92CvWkusGg","name_en":"Dmitrii Taigin","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A native of the Krasnoyarsk region. In 2017 he was sentenced in Moscow in a murder case and was serving his sentence in his native region. Because of the conversations he held with other prisoners about the Azov battalion, two additional cases were initiated against him: accusing him of propaganda of terrorism and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 8 April 2025 Taigin was sentenced in the first of these two cases, and on 27 August in the second. Taking into account the term in the original case, he was sentenced in total to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Taigin's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-133/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being an opponent of the established constitutional order and authorities in the Russian Federation, being a participant and supporter of the Ukrainian paramilitary nationalist association \"Azov\", recognised as a terrorist organisation and whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation, he disseminated the ideology of this organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 11.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.08.2025, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-27T13:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-27T13:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recyuRipEbxogDCe5"},{"persecution_id":"recAoYkWCYeSQCakq","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"recj1NEpSBQEilZEO","name_en":"Vitaly Markov","birth_year":1977,"age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Orenburg. In August 2025, it became known that a case of desecration of symbols of military glory was brought against him based on a certain publication with a St. George's ribbon. On 17 November, 2025, Markov was sentenced to a year of suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The second case of an Orenburg resident on desecration of symbols of military glory","case_number":"2-30/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2023, on his page in an unnamed social network, he \"published materials desecrating the symbol of Russia's military glory - the St. George ribbon, and a text distorting historical events\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.11.2025, Sentence: The suspended sentence of 1 year's imprisonment with a ban on distributing materials in public social networks for 2 years. 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On 9 December 2025, Mr. Kaplienko was sentenced, the details of that sentence are unknown. On 16 February 2026, the appellate court changed the sentence to five years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Kaplienko’s case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-273/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2022, \"in order to form a negative attitude towards the Special Military Operation conducted by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, he made and posted a recording on a video hosting platform via the information and telecommunication network Internet. Under the guise of an authentic report on the actions of the Russian army during the Special Military Operation, the published recording contained knowingly false information that the Russian Armed Forces had carried out a strike on a city shopping centre, accompanied by a fire and destruction of residential buildings. The comments to the above video were accompanied by a crude uncensored negative assessment of the activities of the RF Armed Forces and commanders\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.02.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.12.2025, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-09T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-09T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0tC2IUFoylnUqB"},{"persecution_id":"recvfbTGMXaxbgL7r","last_updated":"2025-12-03T19:00:11.000Z","person_id":"recv6bzePWM9DQF1p","name_en":"Daniel Ovcharenko","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian soldier. Surrendered during the defence of Azovstal in May 2022. Sentenced to 23 and a half years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of killing a civilian in Mariupol. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Daniil Ovcharenko's case of involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion","case_number":"1-694/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.12.2025","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvfbTGMXaxbgL7r"},{"persecution_id":"recvQdiNjJWgIYmXp","last_updated":"2026-01-15T23:33:46.000Z","person_id":"rec0WfJEHJ1q6E4Tl","name_en":"Dmitrii Prokopets","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A Ukrainian serviceman. Before the war, he lived in Odessa, worked at a bar, then as a sommelier in a wine shop, and later moved to Mariupol. He was taken prisoner, though the exact time is unknown. On 16 October 2025, Prokopets was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov Brigade.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmytrii Prokopets' case of involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion","case_number":"1-697/2025","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 06.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.12.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.10.2025, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-16T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-16T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvQdiNjJWgIYmXp"},{"persecution_id":"recpudmRCSYIiAE8T","last_updated":"2026-01-15T22:55:57.000Z","person_id":"recjhKCQfxhqlVrkh","name_en":"Bogdan Beznosko","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. He was sentenced to 25 years in a strict regime colony on charges of shooting at a residential building in Mariupol. In addition, a case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the Azov battalion. In August 2025, the case went to court. On 29th of September 2025, Beznosko was sentenced to 28 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Bogdan Beznosko's case of involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion","case_number":"1-703/2025","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 29.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.09.2025, Sentence: 28 years' imprisonment in strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"28 years' imprisonment in strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":336,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-29T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpudmRCSYIiAE8T"},{"persecution_id":"recREBekPYdFxFJ8C","last_updated":"2026-01-17T17:48:24.000Z","person_id":"recm8rMkHF2wxJrdi","name_en":"Mikhail Titarenko","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. 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A case was opened against him for participating in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. Chokan is in custody. In August 2025, the case went to court. 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He was captured in Mariupol no later than August 2023. A case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community was opened against him due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. On 22 September 2025, Ataman was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Roman Ataman's case of involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion","case_number":"1-737/2025","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 16.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.09.2025, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-22T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-22T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recX0VkcbtPPDYmtG"},{"persecution_id":"recZMy5TJ2JCFmf34","last_updated":"2026-01-17T17:52:07.000Z","person_id":"recFopICq0qRoL9tT","name_en":"Bogdan Pidluzhnyi","birth_year":1993,"age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. He was captured in the spring of 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. On 4 December 2025, Pidluzhny was sentenced, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Bogdan Pidluzhnyi's case of involvement in the Azov battalion","case_number":"1-782/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.12.2025, Sentence:  sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":" sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-04T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-04T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZMy5TJ2JCFmf34"},{"persecution_id":"recPZYCU7rUjtOwHd","last_updated":"2026-03-02T16:02:55.000Z","person_id":"recH46rx4prnheAPu","name_en":"Dmitry Chebyshev","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-01-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian soldier. He was captured, presumably in the spring of 2022. He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. On September 23, 2025, Chebyshev was sentenced, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Chebyshev's case of involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion","case_number":"1-780/2025","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.09.2025, Sentence: The sentence is unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"The sentence is unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-23T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-23T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPZYCU7rUjtOwHd"},{"persecution_id":"recUk5njtKXoHSV8C","last_updated":"2026-01-15T23:09:58.000Z","person_id":"recRAQSkVIKjnW1Pe","name_en":"Eduard Varbanskii","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. He was captured and sentenced to 22 years by the \"Supreme Court of the DPR\" in the case of shelling residential neighbourhoods in the village of Berdyanskoye (Donetsk region of Ukraine). A case was also brought against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In August 2025, the case went to court. In addition, another case was opened against him for shelling in Berdyanskoye.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Eduard Varbanskii's case of involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion","case_number":"1-702/2025","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 12.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.10.2025, Sentence: The sentence is unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"The sentence is unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-07T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-07T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUk5njtKXoHSV8C"},{"persecution_id":"recGjBbmHdIZHspfh","last_updated":"2026-01-16T10:55:37.000Z","person_id":"recyaMxxVaZcrqg8a","name_en":"Artem Sinelnik","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. He was captured and sentenced to 27 years in a strict regime colony by the \"Supreme Court of the DNR\" on charges of involvement in shooting at the airport and civilian infrastructure in Mariupol. The Russian authorities filed a case against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the \"Azov\" battalion. In August 2025, the case was brought before a Russian court. On 6 November 2025, Sinelnik was sentenced in the case, the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Artem Sinelnik's case of involvement in the activities of the \"Azov\" battalion","case_number":"1-786/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 25.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.12.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.11.2025","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-06T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-06T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGjBbmHdIZHspfh"},{"persecution_id":"recQrriV0wjIETId5","last_updated":"2026-03-29T10:17:58.000Z","person_id":"recFPskbM3kIJ9CsP","name_en":"Taras Shkuro","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A Ukrainian serviceman. A case was initiated against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Donbass battalion. In August 2025, the case went to court. On 18 February 2026, Shkuro was sentenced, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Taras Shkuro's case of involvement in the Donbas Battalion activities","case_number":"1-730/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in January 2022, \"being in the Kramatorsk district, [the accused] voluntarily joined the ranks of the special purpose battalion \"Donbass\" of the Slaviansk regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine\" and \"in order to carry out terrorist activities, underwent training on the territory of the battalion's permanent deployment point\". Then, he \"participated in combat operations against the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics\", as per the press release of the \"Luhansk People's Republic prosecutor's office\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody:  to 24.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.02.2026, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-18T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-18T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQrriV0wjIETId5"},{"persecution_id":"recmb7siGtqmMEjyI","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recFIfnPgVUSTQ6J3","name_en":"Alexandr Solodkii","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Solodkii is a Ukrainian serviceman. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion. In July 2025, the case went to court. On 19 February 2026, a verdict was handed down, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexandr Solodkii's case of involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion","case_number":"1-683/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in June 2014, \"while in Starobelskii district, voluntarily joined the ranks of the assault battalion \"Aidar\" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine\" and \"took part in hostilities against civilians and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.02.2026, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-19T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-19T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmb7siGtqmMEjyI"},{"persecution_id":"reclzRPt6RXBeGlXY","last_updated":"2026-04-12T09:26:37.000Z","person_id":"reciYfJVirIQ3MyaF","name_en":"Evgenii Atmazhov","birth_year":1981,"age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kaliningrad region. He had a prior conviction in a case concerning the sale or production of narcotic drugs. A case was opened against him for financing extremist activity after he transferred 10 dollars to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 9 July 2025, Atmazhov was fined 300,000 roubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_ended":"2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Atmazhov's case of funding extremist activities","case_number":"1-29/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 30 November 2021, using his  mobile phone, Apple IPhone 12, he made a cashless transfer from his PJSC Sberbank card via a US-registered payment system to a US merchant account in a foreign bank, used by the extremist non-profit organisation \"Anti-Corruption Foundation\", banned in the Russian Federation and liquidated by a decision of the Moscow City Court of 9 June 2021, in the amount of 761 roubles 10 kopecks, which is equivalent to 10 US dollars.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.07.2025, Sentence: a fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-09T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-09T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reclzRPt6RXBeGlXY"},{"persecution_id":"recZacHIKlGGoirHY","last_updated":"2025-10-03T15:20:22.000Z","person_id":"recPZEhTALhWN2Zoe","name_en":"Sergei Tokarev","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Voronezh region, a security guard for a large regional agricultural holding. He was prosecuted for calls to terrorism because of comments on Telegram \"encouraging the physical elimination of high-ranking officials of the Russian Federation\". It is not known when the case was initiated. But on 13 May 2025, Tokarev's name appeared on Rosfinmonitoring's list of \"terrorists and extremists.\" On 26 September, the FSB reported that Tokarev was sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Tokarev's case of calls to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB, the aforementioned citizen of the Russian Federation, on Telegram while discussing a message on a channel of an organisation recognised as terrorist in Russia, made statements encouraging physical elimination of high-ranking officials of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony and a ban on administering websites and messenger channels for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZacHIKlGGoirHY"},{"persecution_id":"recHolQ0qbxrpvlSF","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"recuJVR0pQ98FfrO9","name_en":"Oksana Voronshchikova","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Atkarsk (Saratov Region). A case was brought against her for calling for activities against the security of the state. The reason for the prosecution was her comment \"Hit them\" under the news in a Ukrainian Telegram channel that only six bombers were left at a military airfield in the Saratov Region.\n\nThe law enforcers regarded this comment as a call for \"hostile, destructive actions against a military infrastructure facility of the Russian Armed Forces with military aircraft stationed there\".\n\nOn 11 September 2025, the court sentenced her to a fine of 400,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["call for arson","publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"case_name_en":"Oksana Voronshchikova's case of calls for activities against the security of the state","case_number":"1-63/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's opinion, Voronshchikova posted a comment to one of the publications on the Internet containing linguistic and psychological signs of incitement (call) to hostile, destructive actions against a military infrastructure facility of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with military aircraft stationed there, thus Voronshchikova through her actions using the information and telecommunications network \"Internet\" publicly called on other persons to commit an offence under article 281 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, i.e. to commit sabotage, i.e. to commit an explosion or sabotage of a military aircraft\n\nIt follows from the verdict that on 9 January 2023, Voronshchikova left the comment \"Hit them\" in the Ukrainian Telegram channel under the news that there were fewer planes at the military airfield in the Saratov region and only six bombers were left.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 27.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.09.2025, Sentence: a fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-11T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-11T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHolQ0qbxrpvlSF"},{"persecution_id":"recEt47GnzHowSYHo","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"recte1pXl1KMuHl3V","name_en":" Unknown male 474","birth_year":1990,"age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Murmansk region. A case of calls to terrorism and extremism was brought against him because of his posts calling for violence against Russians and members of law enforcement agencies, as well as for the change of power. In September 2025, the Federal Security Service reported that the Northern Fleet Military Court sentenced him to five years in a general regime prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Murmansk region resident's case on incitement to extremism and terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the man, using his Telegram messenger account, posted written messages in the public domain encouraging violent actions against Russian citizens and law enforcement officers (their physical destruction) aimed at changing the government in the country.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime prison and a ban on website administration for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEt47GnzHowSYHo"},{"persecution_id":"receLkEOHVmzhDGki","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:04:37.000Z","person_id":"recG6a5voeGpme3HH","name_en":"Sergei Smirnov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Zapolyarny (Murmansk Region). He was prosecuted for incitement to terrorism and extremism because of comments about Putin and State Duma deputies published in January 2023. In April 2025, he was sentenced to five years and two months in a strict regime colony. It is likely that the strict regime was imposed because of his previous conviction for drug offences.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Zapolyarny resident concerning calls to extremism and terrorism","case_number":"1-7/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's opinion, on 10 January 2023, at his place of residence in the town of Zapolyarny, Murmansk region, using a mobile phone, he posted in one of the information communities on the Internet text information regarding the President of the Russian Federation and deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, containing signs of calls to commit terrorist and extremist activities.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 16.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.07.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.04.2025, Sentence: 5 years 2 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony and a ban on administering websites and channels on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 2 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony and a ban on administering websites and channels on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":62,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-10T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-10T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receLkEOHVmzhDGki"},{"persecution_id":"recVQIloLLOiLGEIS","last_updated":"2026-01-17T22:27:54.000Z","person_id":"recSh9GhG4VSMpgtw","name_en":"Vasilii Viazkov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Presumably a serviceman of the Moscow Military District. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 1 November 2025, the court sentenced Vyazkov to five years of suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vasilii Viazkov's case of \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-246/2025","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 18.11.2025 to 17.11.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.11.2025, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-01T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-01T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVQIloLLOiLGEIS"},{"persecution_id":"recpPG345sXgt2vnp","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recYpudTssJJVAtqy","name_en":"Aleksandr Krichevskii","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Izhevsk, he worked as a system administrator prior to his detention.Criminal proceedings were initiated against him on charges of incitement to terrorism in connection with the following comment: \"That's why we listen to him, because he is not afraid - a ray of freedom in the kingdom of darkness! And we will destroy this darkness only together, when we understand that we have only one enemy - putin and his FSB clique... Both you and we must destroy this enemy so that we may continue to live as peaceful neighbours…\". Krichevskii posted this comment on 11 September 2024 on the Telegram channel of Chechen opposition blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov.\n\nOn 22 January 2026, Krichevskii was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nKrichevskii had been officially recognised as having a first-category disability, but after being taken into custody he was unable to renew this status. According to Mediazona, Krichevskii had inflammation in his bone marrow, as well as kidney problems. He is confined to a wheelchair.\n\nDuring the trial, he stated that after his detention his mother, who required care, was placed in a nursing home. Four weeks later, she died.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexandr Krichevskii's case of incitement to terrorism","case_number":"2-236/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Mediazona, the case was opened over a comment posted on 11 September 2024 in the Telegram channel of the Chechen opposition blogger and supporter of Chechen independence, Tumso Abdurakhmanov .\n\nThe prosecution identified calls to terrorism in the comment: \n\"That's why we listen to him, because he is not afraid - a ray of freedom in a kingdom of darkness! And we will destroy this darkness only together, when we realise that we have only one enemy - putin and his FSB (Federal Security Service) clique... Both you and we must destroy this enemy so that we may continue to live as peaceful neighbours…”\n\nThe prosecution believes that the comment contains \"incitement to an attempt on the life of the President of the Russian Federation and incitement to commit terrorist activities against the employees of the FSB of Russia\".\n\nKrichevsky did not plead guiltt. In court, he stated that he did not call for \"any physical destruction\" of the President or FSB officers:\n\"My quote is precisely  \"the darkness must be destroyed\". Darkness, note - darkness created by the current regime. And \"the enemy must be removed\" is a figurative expression, which in no way a call to any terrorist activity. I consider my actions illegal, but I believe it is either article 280 or 282. There is no question of any terrorism. Moreover, under the article charged, the defendant must support the ideology and practice of terrorism. I categorically do not support them.”","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2026, Sentence: 5 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-22T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-22T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpPG345sXgt2vnp"},{"persecution_id":"recuTuFvzUVoc9nd2","last_updated":"2026-03-13T13:05:01.000Z","person_id":"recmypozu50xORAv8","name_en":"Raisa Maksimova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Omsk. She was prosecuted for financing an \"undesirable\" organisation after she transferred more than 53 thousand rubles to the All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre \"Revival\" and the foundation of the same name during the period of December 2022 - September 2023.\n\nOn September 30, 2025, her case submitted to the court. On November 18, 2025, Maksimova was sentenced. The details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Raisa Maksimova's case of financing an \"undesirable\" organization","case_number":"1-394/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from December 2022 to September 2023 she collected funds intended to finance the activities of a religious organization located in Ukraine and its foundation, whose activities have been designated as “undesirable” in the Russian Federation in accordance with Russian law. Thus, during the specified period, the resident of the city of Omsk, encroaching on the foundations of the constitutional order and the security of the Russian Federation, transferred funds in the amount of 53,780 rubles to the aforementioned organization and foundation by making payments from her bank account via the information and telecommunications network “Internet,” using an online platform.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.11.2025, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-18T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-18T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recuTuFvzUVoc9nd2"},{"persecution_id":"recEO0NC3XhVlz5xp","last_updated":"2026-01-28T09:02:11.000Z","person_id":"rectQ38NrVMrgXMG7","name_en":"Valerii Novosadov","birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk region. A case of justification of terrorism was opened against him because of a conversation in the medical unit in Krasnoyarsk IK-6 with other convicts about the Ukrainian military attack on the Crimean bridge.\n\nOn 17 September 2025, the court sentenced him to four years and one month of imprisonment, of which he must spend the first two years in prison and the remaining term in a strict regime colony.\n\nThe sentence was imposed taking into account the sentence handed down to Novosadov in October 2020. At that time, he received five and a half years in a colony on the case of depraved actions (this charge we do not consider politically motivated).\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Valerii Novosadov's case on justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-122/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, while in the medical unit of Penal Colony No. 6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Novosadov made statements to other inmates that were deemed to publicly justify terrorism. During these conversations, he allegedly expressed support for attacks carried out by Ukrainian terrorist organisations on Russian territory, including the explosion of the Crimean Bridge.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.09.2025, Sentence: 4 years and 1 month of imprisonment, with the first 2 years to be served in a prison and the remaining term in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years and 1 month of imprisonment, with the first 2 years to be served in a prison and the remaining term in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":50,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":1,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-17T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-17T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEO0NC3XhVlz5xp"},{"persecution_id":"reche3QluMFsGc4y2","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"recJFd6sL2OVAEpCQ","name_en":"Viktor Boldyrev","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Murmansk. He was prosecuted for calls to extremism because of four comments under the news, in which law enforcement officers saw calls for violence against representatives of state power. On July 16, 2025, Boldyrev was convicted to a one and a half year of suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Viktor Boldyrev's case of incitement to extremism","case_number":"1-196/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, in 2023, being hostile to representatives of state bodies of the Russian Federation, posted in an open public community in the Internet messenger Telegram, accessible for viewing by an unlimited number of users, four comments to news posts containing calls to obstruct the execution by the authorities and their officials of their powers to ensure the security of the Russian Federation by destroying them, exterminating them with fire, attacking them, as well as beating police officers.\n\nThe Murmansk Region HQ of Federal Security Service claimed that the man posted comments in an open chat room in which he called for violence against representatives of state authorities, as well as voiced calls for violent actions against Russians.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.08.2025 to 01.02.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.07.2025, Sentence: 1.5 years' imprisonment with suspended sentence and a ban on administering websites for 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1.5 years' imprisonment with suspended sentence and a ban on administering websites for 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-16T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-16T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reche3QluMFsGc4y2"},{"persecution_id":"recnpEvKQM6FM4gIG","last_updated":"2026-01-17T14:07:14.000Z","person_id":"recwUqhTgP2pxaqfD","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An entrepreneur from Yekaterinburg, engaged in wholesale trade. A case was brought against him for financing extremist activity because of the transfer of three thousand roubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) from August 2021 to February 2022. In July 2025, the case went to trial.\n\nDuring the investigation, he signed an undertaking not to leave. On 9 October 2025, he was sentenced to a fine of 650 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"A Yekaterinburg resident's case on financing the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF)","case_number":"1-464/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, from August 2021 to February 2022, the man transferred a total of 3,000 rubles in favour of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) in six automatic payments of 500 rubles each month. 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He was prosecuted for public call for extremism because of a comment about police officers posted on social media in 2021. He was also accused of stealing 13 thousand rubles from the credit card of an acquaintance. On 30 June 2025, the man was sentenced to four years in a strict regime penal colony. The website of the court of first instance states that, in addition to theft, he is accused of incitement to hatred, while the website of the court of appeal states that he is accused of calling for extremism. It is possible that the court of first instance reclassified this part of the charge, or it was a technical error.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Izhevsk resident's case of calls to extremism and theft","case_number":"1-119/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2021, the defendant published a comment in one of the communities on a social network, aimed at inciting hatred and enmity, as well as humiliation of the dignity of a group of people on the basis of belonging to a social group — law enforcement agencies, mainly police officers, with the threat of violence.\n\nIn addition, in August 2024, the defendant stole 13,535 roubles from the credit card of an acquaintance, disposing of them at his own discretion.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 09.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.09.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2025, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony and 2 years' ban on publishing comments, appeals and other materials on the Internet ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony and 2 years' ban on publishing comments, appeals and other materials on the Internet ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0puThrpS3L9SWo"},{"persecution_id":"recoAzNUSHfsBaOSJ","last_updated":"2025-11-27T07:05:44.000Z","person_id":"recuWptr56ht7v4eK","name_en":"Yurii Nikulin","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Krasnoyarsk region. A case of financing extremist activities was brought against him because of the ACF donations he transferred from August 2021 to February 2022. In total, he transferred 6,000 roubles to the organisation.\n\nOn October 3rd 2025, the court sentenced him to three years' suspended imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Yurii Nikulin's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-441/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, from 05.08.2021 to 06.02.2022, in order to ensure the continuation of the activities of the extremist organisation, NO \"ACF\", Nikulin, using a mobile phone belonging to him, transferred funds totalling 6,000 rubles to a New York State bank in the United States of America.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.10.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment suspended with probation for one and a half years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment suspended with probation for one and a half years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-03T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-03T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recoAzNUSHfsBaOSJ"},{"persecution_id":"recymaKm15Sg8jLBX","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"recIi250DjUu3jnMg","name_en":"Konstantin Ponomarev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYZNuoXYHMBzsug.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYZNuoXYHMBzsug.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Moscow resident and entrepreneur. On 27 April 2015, a criminal case was initiated against Ponomarev on charges of tax evasion. On 6 June 2017, cases were opened for knowingly false denunciation and fraud, and Ponomarev was detained. On 9 July 2019, he was sentenced to eight years in a general-regime penal colony in the case concerning false denunciation. On 9 December 2020, in the cases of tax evasion and fraud, he was sentenced, by partial aggregation of sentences, to ten years and two months.\n\nHuman rights defenders consider his prosecution to be punishment for attempting to profit from the energy supply of Crimea and a signal to entrepreneurs not to seek recovery of their funds through the courts. On 4 July 2024, due to changes in legislation, his sentence was reduced by two years. However, by that time a new case against Ponomarev — concerning the misappropriation of bank promissory notes — was already under consideration in court. In September 2025, taking into account his previous sentences, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony.\n\nThereafter, the prosecution appealed the sentence, seeking Ponomarev’s release from serving the sentence on the grounds of the expiry of the limitation period. On 23 January 2026, the court of appeal upheld the sentence but released Ponomarev from punishment. However, another case was initiated against him — for giving a bribe to a public official. His lawyer, Roman Eronov, is also a defendant in the case. According to the investigation, they participated in a bribery scheme intended to secure Ponomarev’s deployment to the war.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_ended":"2026-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159","174.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159","Part 4, Article 174.1"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Ponomarev's case of promissory notes embezzlement","case_number":"01-0061/2025 (01-0378/2024)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with Sergei Nikitin, Chairman of the Board of JSCB Lesbank, and Irina Skorobogatova, Chief Accountant, he was involved in the theft of 38 promissory notes of Russian banks worth over 1 billion roubles from JSCB Lesbank. Being the largest client of the bank, he convinced its employees that he was going to buy it, and those employees, on his \"instructions\", drew up documents on his purchase of the above-mentioned securities and depositing cash in the amount of 1 billion roubles in the bank's cash desk. Nikitin and Skorobogatova drew up fictitious financial documents, transferring the securities to Ponomarev for free in October 2015. After that, he laundered the stolen money by selling the promissory notes to Tandem Centre LLC, which presented the promissory notes for redemption and received a total of 1.709 billion roubles, Kommersant recounts the position of the investigation.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 23.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.01.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.09.2025, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-11T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-11T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recymaKm15Sg8jLBX"},{"persecution_id":"recaCHDCFOAmaxZJK","last_updated":"2026-04-27T18:50:34.000Z","person_id":"recge9gPJziCswfAv","name_en":"Svetlana","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In Nizhny Tagil, a case was initiated for financing an \"undesirable\" organisation. 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A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. In October 2025, the case went to court. On October 20, the court dismissed the case and ordered the serviceman to pay a court fine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Severomorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The serviceman's third case about \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces in Murmansk region","case_number":"1-68/2025","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.10.2025, Sentence: The criminal case dismissed with a court fine","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"The criminal case dismissed with a court fine","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-20T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-20T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3tJvShOauzk4mc"},{"persecution_id":"recWXIsNAO0f5h5gi","last_updated":"2026-04-30T21:05:42.000Z","person_id":"recNS4vaw0KAMxdvr","name_en":"Olesia Balabkina","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She is a resident of Omsk. A case was initiated against her for financing the activities of an “undesirable” organisation, details are unknown. In October 2025, the case was referred to the court. 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A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In October 2025, the case went to court. On 16 December 2025, Mityuk was sentenced to two years in a penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Bogdan Mityuk's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-247/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being \"disagreeable with the policy\" of Vladimir Putin and twice - in July and November 2023 - on his personal page in the social network Odnoklassniki \"expressed a negative attitude\" to the war in Ukraine in the form of a video (according to another version - an image) with a \"negative characterisation of the goals and nature of the use\" of the Russian Armed Forces.\nIn January 2023, Mityuk was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a picture in which a swastika was shown merged with the letter Z.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.12.2025, Sentence: 2 years in a penal colony, with a 3-year ban on activities involving website administration using information and communication networks, including the Internet ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years in a penal colony, with a 3-year ban on activities involving website administration using information and communication networks, including the Internet ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-16T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-16T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQKxSUC4V3ObCFg"},{"persecution_id":"recoVDMZDy3TmOXQ0","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:48:44.000Z","person_id":"recN8IcLjPImPwfSd","name_en":"Ramazan Mkhtse","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Cherkessk, left Russia. Lawyer, member of organisations involved in the preservation of the Abazi ethnos. He spoke out against the war. He was prosecuted for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of a video on his YouTube channel entitled \"It's time to change something! No to War!\", published in February 2023.\n\nIn September 2025, the case went to court. On 2 December, the court sentenced Mkhtse in absentia to eight years in a general regime colony.\n\nIn April 2026, a new case against Mkhtse was brought to court - again for disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces, as well as for calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherkessk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ramazan Mkhtse's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-549/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's opinion, on 21st of February, 2023, acting on the grounds of political hatred, with the aim of forming a negative attitude towards the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and state bodies in general on the territory of Ukraine during the special military operation, M. posted a video intended for viewing by an unlimited number of persons on the Internet, namely on the video hosting site YouTube (banned in the territory of the Russian Federation), with the title \"It's time to change something! No to war!\", accompanied by his knowingly false oral statements.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.12.2025, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, in absentia ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, in absentia ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-02T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-02T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recoVDMZDy3TmOXQ0"},{"persecution_id":"recaDPpBH2FiH5n8m","last_updated":"2026-03-30T17:10:38.000Z","person_id":"recxRFWqNYtM9aNFB","name_en":"Snezhana Vozhakova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYKQEpicI0VHK9Q.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYKQEpicI0VHK9Q.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Omsk. She was prosecuted for justification of terrorism because of comments on Telegram in support of Ukrainian paramilitary organisations and about a drone attack in Tatarstan in April 2024. On 13 October 2025, she was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Snezhana Vozhakova's case of calls to terrorism","case_number":"1-186/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB, Vozhakova openly expressed anti-Russian views, in her posts publicly supported the activities of Ukrainian terrorist organisations that are banned on the territory of the Russian Federation and their members, and posted positive comments justifying the attack of Ukrainian UAVs on Alabuga Special Economic Zone in the Republic of Tatarstan in April 2024.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.10.2025 to 29.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Omsk Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 13.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Omsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.01.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.10.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony and a ban on publishing appeals, comments and other materials and administering websites, forums, groups and chats on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony and a ban on publishing appeals, comments and other materials and administering websites, forums, groups and chats on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-13T08:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-13T08:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recaDPpBH2FiH5n8m"},{"persecution_id":"rec6BFPWJmmEetnuD","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"recmHoCQH3y17i0jb","name_en":" Unknown male 488","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Khakassia. A case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the movement of \"citizens of the USSR\". On December 15, 2023, he was sentenced to two years in a strict regime prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The \"citizen of the USSR\"'s case in Khakassia","case_number":"1-126/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from August 19 to December 19, 2022, he posted on his page in the social network materials of the organisation of \"citizens of the USSR\". This is about a group of \"citizens of the USSR\" from Novokuibyshevsk, called \"Union of Soviet Light Kins\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 11.01.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.01.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.12.2023, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a strict regime prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a strict regime prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-15T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-15T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6BFPWJmmEetnuD"},{"persecution_id":"recAmrqGPfbiS2F7T","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:04:12.000Z","person_id":"recRV2uAc5okXe9BQ","name_en":"Vladimir Balinskii","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Ukraine. TASS calls him a Ukrainian nationalist. A case was launched against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and damaging monuments to defenders of the Fatherland in connection with the damage to the Wings of Victory monument in Odessa. On 8 April 2026, Balinsky was sentenced in absentia to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E,C Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","243.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 243.4"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Balinskii's case on \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and damage to the monument to the defenders of the Fatherland","case_number":"01-0576/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 22 March 2022, he posted a publication on one of the social networks containing knowingly false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation under the guise of reliable reports.\n\nOn the night of 7 September 2024, he and his accomplices, while on the territory of the Soviet memorial site \"Wings of Victory\" on April 10 Square in Odesa, dismantled bas-relief images of the Order of Lenin, the Gold Star medal and facing plates from the monument, which is a part of the memorial site, thus damaging the memorial site and causing damage to its historical and cultural significance. In addition, from 22 to 28 September of the same year, he and his accomplices damaged bas-relief images of the Gold Star medal, the Order of Lenin and facing plates on the territory of the monument.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2026, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAmrqGPfbiS2F7T"},{"persecution_id":"recMD053I67rn10NI","last_updated":"2026-03-30T12:03:25.000Z","person_id":"rec7kn7Pg5W5PqsG2","name_en":"Ruslan Shadiev","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Sarov (Nizhny Novgorod Region), a physicist, worked at the Russian Federal Nuclear Centre. He was prosecuted for financing terrorism and high treason for a money transfer to the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps, and the Get Lost project. At the trial, he stated that he believed he was transferring money, thereby helping people in difficult life situations. On 15 January 2025, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Shadiev's case on terrorist financing and high treason","case_number":" 1-22/2025 (1-274/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2023 he transferred 1,200 rubles through crypto to the Freedom of Russia Legion, Russian Volunteer Corps and the Get Lost project.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 02.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.09.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.01.2025, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-15T10:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-15T10:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In September 2025, the case was brought to court. On 6 November 2025, Zaluzhnyi was sentenced to six years in a general-regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vitalii Zaluzhnyi's case on participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-881/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody:  to 23.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.11.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general-regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general-regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-06T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-06T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFxBDOmL3GvbkUO"},{"persecution_id":"recCtYcd1SUdZC6sG","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"rec7VSNBvogWqXcQN","name_en":"Roman Meshcheryakov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. A case was brought against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community. In September 2025, the case went to court. On February 5, 2026, Meshcheryakov was sentenced, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Roman Meshcheryakov's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-942/2025","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.02.2026, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-05T06:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-05T06:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCtYcd1SUdZC6sG"},{"persecution_id":"rec9GWdR9sTR3RMuK","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recOxlQxwz2rz8F6I","name_en":"Aleksei Kozachek","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Former member of Starobelsk City Council (Ukraine). A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community because of his alleged involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion and for possession of explosives. The prosecutor's office claimed that he joined Azov in May 2024, while in Starobelsk. However, Starobelsk has been under Russian occupation since March 2022 and Azov has been recognised as a terrorist organisation since August 2022.  On 20 January 2026, Kozachek was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of eight servicemen of the Azov Brigade"],"case_name_en":"Aleksei Kozachek's case of participation in a terrorist community and possession of explosives","case_number":"1-880/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.01.2026, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-20T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-20T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9GWdR9sTR3RMuK"},{"persecution_id":"recpNvZepLu3dgZDZ","last_updated":"2026-03-03T17:18:39.000Z","person_id":"reckzJXtgWakyqR4z","name_en":"Vladimir Popkov","birth_year":1952,"age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Luhansk region (Ukraine). He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community in connection with his alleged involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion and for possession of explosives. In September 2025, the case went to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Popkov on participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-960/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.03.2026","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-03T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-03T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpNvZepLu3dgZDZ"},{"persecution_id":"recTioaaM8EE6Ghwx","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"recSxqi2OEuuz9uJW","name_en":"Elena Tuvyshkina","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Orenburg region. A case was brought against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In October 2025, the case went to court. On 23 January 2026, Tuvyshkina was sentenced to nine months of corrective labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Elena Tuvyshkina on “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-118/2025","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.01.2026, Sentence: 9 months' corrective labour","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 months' corrective labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-23T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-23T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTioaaM8EE6Ghwx"},{"persecution_id":"recz64Lfh7yYW4j3D","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"rec4EL5liJi0q9IAx","name_en":"Olga Evstafeva","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vyborg. A case was brought against her for \"spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces\" because of a comment in which she accused the Russian army of strikes on civilian objects during the war in Ukraine.\n\nOn 4 December 2025, the court sentenced her to six months of corrective labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vyborg"],"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Olga Evstafeva's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-600/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, Evstafeva left the following comment in the \"Pravdivosti Chat\" telegram chat: \"I see, in three years, not a single regional centre has been taken by the \"2nd best military in the world\", and those villages that have been captured have been turned into ashes and ruins. What to say, in Suja, the Russians hit a school building, which was used as a shelter for senior people, with an aerial bomb. Ninety-five Russian citizens remain blocked in the building. Outlaws.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.12.2025, Sentence: 6 months' corrective labor, with 5% of wages withheld and transferred to the state","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months' corrective labor, with 5% of wages withheld and transferred to the state","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-04T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-04T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recz64Lfh7yYW4j3D"},{"persecution_id":"recLfuafFYYaczBq2","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rechc5PaubCN6RQpb","name_en":"Olga Tsirik","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Sevastopol. A case of high treason has been opened against her. She is in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Olga Tsirik's case of state treason","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLfuafFYYaczBq2"},{"persecution_id":"rec66DoS0EMgdeijd","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recQdOLSUoSG0xFkQ","name_en":"Nikolai Popovich","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian military personnel. On November 17, 2024, he was taken prisoner in the Kursk region. A criminal case was opened against him for committing a “terrorist act.” On May 28, 2025, Popovich was sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,C Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Popovich's case of committing a terrorist act","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.05.2025, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-27T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec66DoS0EMgdeijd"},{"persecution_id":"recwhojx5CE5hrSnQ","last_updated":"2026-02-14T23:27:55.000Z","person_id":"recHJ1JM952aDF4am","name_en":"Igor Varchuk","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A Ukrainian serviceman. He was captured, according to official reports, on 8 November 2024. A case was opened against him for participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Krymskotatarskyi Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Çelebicihan, operating as a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On 22 May 2025, Varchuk was sentenced to 20 years in a high-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Igor Varchuk's case on participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation.","case_number":"1-381/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 22 September 2024, at a training ground located near the village of Orlovshchyna in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, he voluntarily took an oath and joined the 48th Separate Assault Battalion of the Krymskotatarskyi Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, recognised as a terrorist organisation by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on 1 June 2022.\n\nFrom 22 September to 21 October 2024, for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities, he underwent training at the said training ground in tactical-special, firearms, combat, medical, physical, and psychological disciplines. Upon completion, he was provided with uniforms, weapons, ammunition, and other equipment for participation in combat operations as part of the battalion.\n\nSubsequently, from 25 October to 8 November 2024, Varchuk I.F., performing the duties of a rifleman, took part in combat operations within the 48th Separate Assault Battalion of the Krymskotatarskyi Volunteer Battalion in the Velikonovoselivskyi municipal district of the Donetsk People’s Republic, in the areas of the villages of Karl Marx and Shakhterskoye.\n\n I.F. 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It is possible that the case also included an article on violation of the rules of road traffic and operation of vehicles, but the details of the relevant charge are unknown. Voronin’s case file in the court of cassation does not contain this article, which allowed the project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” to conclude that the article appeared in the case file of the court of first instance as a result of a mistake. It is also possible that this charge was excluded from the case at some stage. On 28 April 2022, the court of cassation reduced the prison sentence by two months.\n\nWhen Voronin was already in the colony, a case was initiated against him for disorganising the work of the institution: according to the investigation, he went on hunger strike, after which he used violence against the deputy head of the security department. On 30 July 2024, Voronin was sentenced to two and a half years of imprisonment and, taking into account the remaining time from his previous sentence, to nine years in a strict regime colony.\n\nThe third case against him was initiated under articles on the dissemination of “fakes” about the Russian army and justification of terrorism for conversations he had with his cellmates about the war in Ukraine. According to the cellmates’ denunciations, Voronin said that to stop the war in Ukraine, “Putin needs to be shot dead” and called him a Nazi. In July 2025, the court began hearing the case. At one of the sessions, one of the prisoners who testified against Voronin, Dmitri Ivanov, said that the staff of the colony administration wanted to “trigger” Voronin for a new term and falsified the charges, and he, Ivanov, agreed to incriminate Voronin and signed the necessary testimony without looking at it. On 17 July, the court sentenced Voronin to six years of imprisonment; taking into account the previously imposed sentence, he was sentenced to ten years, of which three years were to be spent in a prison and the rest of the term in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 321 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["321"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 321"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Voronin’s case of disrupting the work of a colony","case_number":"1-54/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Voronin went on hunger strike in the punishment cell and refused to eat food brought by a prison officer. After that, on 13 December 2023, the deputy head of the security department of the penal colony offered Voronin to leave the punishment cell in order to conduct a search. At that time the detainee, “expressing dissatisfaction with the lawful demands of an officer of the penitentiary facility, deliberately used violence against A.N.A. not dangerous to life and health in connection with the latter’s official activities – namely, he grabbed the latter with two hands by his uniform jacket in the area of the chest, forcefully pushed him against the wall and, holding the upper part of the jacket, began to press the latter against the wall, causing him physical pain by his deliberate criminal actions.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 29.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2024, Sentence: 2 years and 6 months’ imprisonment; taking into account the term imposed under the previous sentence, 9 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 50,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 6 months’ imprisonment; taking into account the term imposed under the previous sentence, 9 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 50,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-30T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-30T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 12 December 2025, a verdict was delivered against Peknich; details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Polyarny"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Peknich's case of \"fakes' about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-57/2025","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.12.2025, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-12T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-12T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectaS53O6mLhEejh"},{"persecution_id":"rec93yGAUo2k5zB4C","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"rec8B99kmQJtSHEfw","name_en":"T. 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On 10th of December 2025 Andreeva was sentenced to a year of suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The second case concerning the financing of an “undesirable” organization in Samara","case_number":"1-200/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution's version, Andreeva, in order to publish and replicate propaganda materials of the mentioned public movement, its religious literature, as well as to ensure the commission of other criminal activities and the needs of the Allatra MOD, made a cashless transfer of funds in the amount of 20,000 rubles to a bank card in the name of FiO2 on 14.10.2023.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 26.12.2025\n• : \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.12.2025, Sentence: 1 year's suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 1 year and 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 1 year and 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-10T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-10T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1bdfa9in6Pg0Ll"},{"persecution_id":"recVY8HvlaSPzbJPv","last_updated":"2026-03-29T19:24:52.000Z","person_id":"recjDjWeV0P37HMPu","name_en":"А. 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On 16 October 2025, he was sentenced to 14 years in a high-security penal colony. 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The comment with the statement \"Scum, burn him together with his brood\", was made in December 2021, the case was initiated, presumably in 2025. After the case was initiated, Ryumin's contract was terminated. 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He was prosecuted for incitement to terrorism because of his comment \"Burn the fuck out\" to the news about rising sugar prices which was published in March 2022 in the Biysk government's VKontakte group. It is unknown when the case against Shushakov was initiated.\n\nOn 30 October 2025, he was sentenced to a fine of 360 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Biysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Shushakov' case of calling for terrorism","case_number":"1-192/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the man himself, on 28 March 2022, he left comment \"Burn the fuck out\" to the news about rising sugar prices in the group of the Biysk government in \"VKontakte\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.10.2025, Sentence: fine of 360 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 360 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":360000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-24T10:10:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-24T10:10:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEzYT4YhOXhjFiY"},{"persecution_id":"recuBOQrBjEteUHOE","last_updated":"2026-01-16T11:03:38.000Z","person_id":"recHyfU73N6OLmAaH","name_en":"Ivan Melnikovich","birth_year":1999,"age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A Ukrainian serviceman. 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On 5 August 2025, Glushchenko was sentenced to 28 years in a strict regime colony on this case, taking into account his previous sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Leonid Glushchenko's case","case_number":"1-473/2025","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 28.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.08.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.08.2025, Sentence: 28 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, taking into account the term of the previous sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"28 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, taking into account the term of the previous sentence","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":336,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-05T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-05T09:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxxwyhk3t3Qk4Ri"},{"persecution_id":"reco7hNSALRwUB1Tq","last_updated":"2026-04-12T16:06:20.000Z","person_id":"rec4VxZ9GUkJqYiDV","name_en":"Yan Sergienko","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. 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He was taken prisoner in the spring of 2022. A case was initiated against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov Brigade. On 17 October 2024, Bovkun was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vasilii Bovkun’s case of involvement in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-352/2024","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2024, Sentence: 18 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-17T09:55:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-17T09:55:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 8 April 2025, Tkachenko was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Artur Tkachenko's case on participation in activities of terrorist community","case_number":"1-223/2025 (1-587/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"On 17 September 2019, the defendant voluntarily joined the banned terrorist regiment \"Azov\", after which he was sent to the training camp of the terrorist community, where he was trained to carry out terrorist activities from October to December 2019. In the period from 17 September 2019 to 17 May 2022, Tkachenko was on combat duty at posts, guarded objects under the regiment's control, maintained weapons and military equipment, ensured its safety and combat capability, performed other tasks according to his position, thus ensuring the implementation of terrorist activities by members of the community\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody:  to 10.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2025, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-08T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-08T15:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-vasiliya-bovkuna-aleksandra-maksimchuka-antona-sajhieva-i-artura-tkachenko-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-azove/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recHgHcAZV2hUAsxR"},{"persecution_id":"recRPujobKgcd6s2L","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recP6ymrtTxkpaawm","name_en":"Ilia Kosygin","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The editor-in-chief of the Vladimir-based publication \"Dovod\", fled Russia. In October 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In November 2025, it became known that a case was brought against him for evasion of his duties as a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"case_name_en":"Ilia Kosygin's case of evading duties as a \"foreign agent\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"In 2023, the suspect was reportedly included in the register of foreign agents in accordance with the provisions of the law \"On control over the activities of persons under foreign influence\", of which he is aware. Throughout 2024, by court decisions that entered into legal force, he was twice brought to administrative responsibility for committing an administrative offence under Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the CAO RF, but after that, he continued to disseminate materials in the popular messenger without a corresponding indication of their placement by a foreign agent.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRPujobKgcd6s2L"},{"persecution_id":"recsj8Pu01MODgw3u","last_updated":"2025-12-09T16:32:24.000Z","person_id":"rec8RwsWkSKPji8vp","name_en":" Kovalenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaliningrad. He was prosecuted for financing extremist activities in connection with donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 23 October 2025, he was sentenced to six months of general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Kovalenko's case of financing extremist activities","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.10.2025, Sentence: 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":6,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-23T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-23T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recsj8Pu01MODgw3u"},{"persecution_id":"reciWXG9ojVFodKo5","last_updated":"2026-01-01T21:23:49.000Z","person_id":"recj7g8uGnsLRFUQ6","name_en":"Alexander Morozov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Zarinsk (Altai Territory). A case of calls for extremism was opened against him because of a comment in 'Odnoklassniki' about police officers. In April 2023, he saw a post with a video of the detention of a man on crutches, and under which Morozov, according to law enforcers, to that video Morozov left a comment calling for violence against police officers.\n\nOn 6 November 2025, the court sentenced him to two years' suspended imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Morozov's case on calls to extremism","case_number":"1-124/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court's opinion, in April 2023, a news item was published on a page in the 'Odnoklassniki' social network with a video depicting the moment when police officers detained a man on crutches, during which the man resisted the police officers.\n\nAfter that, the convicted person, at his place of residence, using a page he had previously created on the Odnoklassniki social network, posted a text comment to the above news item containing a statement of an incitement nature, in the form of an appeal to commit hostile (violent) actions against police officers.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.11.2025, Sentence: 2 years' suspended inprisonment on probation for 2 years and a ban on posting publications, comments and other materials on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended inprisonment on probation for 2 years and a ban on posting publications, comments and other materials on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-06T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-06T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reciWXG9ojVFodKo5"},{"persecution_id":"recAq7zYFCxEx5X6q","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recvXfJdJ7oOzhdgU","name_en":" Unknown male 520","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Irkutsk, a former employee of the Federal Penitentiary Service and the Russian Federal Guard. He was prosecuted for calls to extremism because of his comment \"Death to the occupants!\" under the news about the opening of a monument to the participants of the war in Crimea. On 4 August 2025, the Irkutsk resident was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of the Irkutsk region for calls for extremism","case_number":"1-284/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he “was aware of the public danger and unlawfulness of his actions, foresaw the possibility of socially dangerous consequences in the form of a violation of the foundations of the constitutional order and the security of the state and wished for them to occur. Acting out of motives of hatred and enmity towards the social group ‘participants of the SVO’, and knowingly and reliably aware that the information he posted would be accessible for public viewing and discussion by an unlimited number of people, he violated part 2 of article 19 and article 29 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, as well as articles 1 and 15 of Federal Law No. 114-FZ of 25 July 2002 ‘On Counteracting Extremist Activity’. Using an iPhone 7 mobile phone, IMEI: [number], connected to the Internet, and his personal page No. [number] on the social network VKontakte (https://vk.com), publicly accessible to an unlimited number of users in the Internet group […], under a post reading: ‘IN CRIMEA, THE FIRST MONUMENT TO THOSE KILLED DURING THE SPECIAL OPERATION HAS BEEN UNVEILED’, published on [date], he typed and posted the comment: ‘Death to the occupants!’, which contained a call for violent actions (killing) against the social group ‘Russian participants of the SVO’.”","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.08.2025, Sentence: A sentence of 1 year and 6 months of community work, along with a 2-year prohibition on engaging in activities involving the public posting of appeals or other materials on public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet.","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"A sentence of 1 year and 6 months of community work, along with a 2-year prohibition on engaging in activities involving the public posting of appeals or other materials on public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-04T12:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-04T12:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAq7zYFCxEx5X6q"},{"persecution_id":"recf6xxzq47MuTiFN","last_updated":"2026-03-13T12:18:52.000Z","person_id":"recdvQbanzPgeuk4R","name_en":"Margarita Khubieva ","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia. A case was brought against her for insulting a representative of the authorities and disseminating deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In November 2025, the case went to court. On 19 December 2025, Khubieva was given a 5 years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Article 319 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Article 319"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Margarita Khubieva's case of \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces and insulting a government official.","case_number":"1-170/2025","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2025, Sentence: 5 years' suspended sentence with a ban on activities related to publishing materials in the internet for 3 years and a fine of 30 000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' suspended sentence with a ban on activities related to publishing materials in the internet for 3 years and a fine of 30 000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":30000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-19T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-19T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recf6xxzq47MuTiFN"},{"persecution_id":"rec6vu6lszue9Jqcz","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"rec7WMbQCjMiiGjT2","name_en":"Dmitry Melnichuk","birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A Ukrainian serviceman. He was taken prisoner. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the Azov battalion. On 8 November 2024, Melnychuk was sentenced to five and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Melnychuk’s case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":" 1-484/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody:  to 05.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.11.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-08T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-08T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 12 September 2023, Pokusin was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. A case of confidential co-operation with foreigners was also brought against him: according to the investigation, he came into contact with representatives of the Russian Freedom Legion. On 13 August 2024, Pokusin was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony, taking into account his previous sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Viktor Pokusin concerning confidential cooperation with foreigners.","case_number":"1-85/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being aware of the goals and objectives of the foreign organisation \"Legion of Freedom of Russia\", recognised by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation as a terrorist organisation, informed of his readiness to commit acts knowingly directed against the security of the Russian Federation, in the form of arson attacks on military recruitment offices, collection of information, distribution of leaflets, destruction of \"Z\" symbols.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 07.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.09.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.08.2024, Sentence: taking into account the previous sentence - 7 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, deprivation of military rank","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"taking into account the previous sentence - 7 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, deprivation of military rank","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-13T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-13T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/pokusin-viktor-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recuZ6VnBph3U3nru"},{"persecution_id":"recaMhTufK7muKmjs","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:02:47.000Z","person_id":"recaiPvA4Qv5HQRbG","name_en":"Nikita Belikov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Stavropol. A case was brought against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov Battalion. On October 6, 2023, Belikov was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Stavropol"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["private correspondence"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Belik's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization","case_number":"1-218/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, while in Stavropol, he recorded a video expressing his voluntary desire of joining the Azov Battalion and sent the video to a member of the organisation. Using a messanger, he also sent the same person photos of the buildings of the Stavropol Arena sports and training centre and the Stavropol City Duma.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 08.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.11.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.10.2023, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment with first 3 years to be served in prison, the rest—in a srtict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment with first 3 years to be served in prison, the rest—in a srtict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-06T06:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-06T06:50:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/belikov-nikita-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recaMhTufK7muKmjs"},{"persecution_id":"rece3eOQFYppnEYN1","last_updated":"2026-02-12T16:37:49.000Z","person_id":"rec8TfGOxNrGVkywT","name_en":"Ivan Pavlov","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lawyer, former head of the informal association of lawyers and journalists \"Team 29\" and the human rights project \"First Department\". On April 30, 2021, Pavlov was detained for disclosure of investigative data in connection with the case of his client, journalist Ivan Safronov, who was accused of treason. Thus, Pavlov was deprived of the opportunity to defend Safronov. The lawyer left Russia.\nIn July 2024, it became known that a case of evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\" was also brought against Pavlov. He was included in the register in November 2021. Pavlov was arrested in absentia, but in October 2024 the court of appeal cancelled this decision.\nIn November 2025, it was reported that Pavlov was charged with disclosure of state secrets in connection with the case of his client, former Inter RAO top manager Karina Tsurkan, who was also charged with treason. What led to initiating the new case, according to Pavlov, was that he and the other suspect in the case, lawyer Evgeny Smirnov, handed Tsurkan's case file over to a linguist. Pavlov claims that there were no state secrets in these materials. \"Moreover, even in Tsurkan's sentence it is stated that only the information that does not constitute state secrets was handed over to the specialist,\" Pavlov notes.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 283 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["283"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 283"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Evgeny Smirnov, Ivan Pavlov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2020 \"jointly and in coordination\" with the lawyer Evgeny Smirnov, Pavlov shared with a linguistics specialist materials of the case of his client Karina Tsurkan, who is accused of high treason.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 22.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rece3eOQFYppnEYN1"},{"persecution_id":"rec51xZCNsJrse7j5","last_updated":"2026-02-12T16:42:43.000Z","person_id":"rec2jtQDWDHLyv2cm","name_en":"Evgeny Smirnov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lawyer, member of the human rights group Department One,. In November 2025, it became known that a case of disclosure of state secrets had been opened against him in connection with the case of his client, former Inter RAO top manager Karina Tsurkan, who was also accused of treason. The reason for the case, according to another suspect, Ivan Pavlov, founder of the First Department, was that he and Smirnov handed Tsurkan's case file to a linguist. Pavlov claims that there was no state secret in these materials. \"Moreover, even in Tsurkan's sentence it is stated that only information that does not constitute state secrets was handed over to the specialist,\" the lawyer notes.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 283 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["283"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 283"],"case_name_en":"The case of Evgeny Smirnov, Ivan Pavlov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, \"jointly and in concert\" with the lawyer Ivan Pavlov handed in 2020 to a linguist specialist materials of the case of his client Karina Tsurkan, accused of high treason.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 22.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec51xZCNsJrse7j5"},{"persecution_id":"recHcX4t7ZyjIYtUb","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:01:54.000Z","person_id":"recA2xBdszp1KMmXT","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kirov. A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities because of donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 12 August 2025, the Kirov resident was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand roubles. On 8 October 2025, the appeal court ruled to recover from him also the amount donated to the FBK, in accordance with the prosecution's complaint.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Kirov resident's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-188/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he arranged a monthly subscription to an \"extremist\" non-profit organisation through the website. The money went to an account in a foreign bank. In total, he made six transfers for 1,800 roubles, the debits were stopped \"due to circumstances beyond his control\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.08.2025, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-12T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-12T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHcX4t7ZyjIYtUb"},{"persecution_id":"rectIBWWY6e1E2y2J","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"rec8Xyo02dGYap1dz","name_en":"Konstantin Efremov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Commander of a unit of the 42nd Motorised Rifle Division of the Russian Armed Forces, lived in Vladikavkaz, served in Chechnya. Participated in the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. In May, he left the front and wrote an application for dismissal from the Russian Armed Forces. In October, after mobilisation began, he left Russia. In February 2023, he gave an interview to the Gulagu.net project, in which he spoke about the torture of prisoners of war and Ukrainian civilians. In March, an FSB officer came to his home. In May 2023, Efremov was fined in absentia under an administrative article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). In October 2025, a court in Moscow took him into custody in absentia on the case of disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The reason for the case was Efremov's interview with journalist Farida Kurbangaleeva about the torture of Ukrainians by the Russian military and looting. On 20 February 2026, he was sentenced in absentia to seven years' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Efremov's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0118/2026","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 14.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.02.2026, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in absentia, a ban on administering internet pages for a period of 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in absentia, a ban on administering internet pages for a period of 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-20T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-20T09:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectIBWWY6e1E2y2J"},{"persecution_id":"recFuoBWCXD0P20Vh","last_updated":"2026-01-17T19:04:47.000Z","person_id":"recMQS1mvQ7cMti9j","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Domodedovo (Moscow Region). He was prosecuted for financing extremist activities due to transfers to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 21 November 2025, he was sentenced to four years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Domodedovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"A Moscow region resident case of financing an extremist organization","case_number":"1-957/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, knowing that the organisation had been recognised as extremist, he followed the link and transferred 500 rubles, and activated the monthly automatic debit function, which resulted in the transfer of another 3,500 rubles.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 23.12.2025 to 22.12.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2025, Sentence: 4 years' suspended sentence with a probationary period of 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' suspended sentence with a probationary period of 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFuoBWCXD0P20Vh"},{"persecution_id":"reccbsIYxhdmiexlo","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:30.000Z","person_id":"receTTpYk5jJm0gwh","name_en":"В. Sitnikov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Angarsk. A case was brought against him for transferring money to the religious movement \"AllatRa\". In November 2025, the case went to court. On 12 February 2026, Sitnikov was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of financing an \"undesirable\" organization in Angarsk","case_number":"1-1045/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the period from ** to **, I got acquainted through the information and telecommunication network \"Internet\", television sources, as well as through participation in the meeting of participants of the cell of the MOD \"ALLATRA\" in ... that the activity of MOD \"ALLATRA\" was recognised as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation.\n\nThen, at an unspecified period, but after acquaintance with the information on recognition of activity of MOD \"ALLATRA\" undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation, and not later than 01:01 a.m. **, reliably knowing that activity of MOD \"ALLATRA\" is recognised undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation, pursuing the purpose of maintenance of its activity and needs, a criminal intent on financing of activity of the specified organisation has arisen, by means of repeated transfers of money resources on a telephone of one of active participants of the given organisation - A. (A.).\n\nRealising which, being in the flat at the address: ...7, having in use a mobile phone with access to the information-telecommunication network \"Internet\", made transfers on financial details of A. by means of mobile application \"Sberbank Online\", from his bank card No., bank account No., opened in PJSC \"Sberbank\" in the name of Sitnikov V.A. (hereinafter - card No. *57, account No. *43), on A.'s phone number. \"No.\", with the linked account No. opened in PJSC \"Sberbank\" in the name of the latter (hereinafter referred to as account No. *78), and the latter in turn received the said funds to the said account.\n\nThus, he made transfers:\n\n- at 01 hour 01 minute **, 1,000 roubles from bank card No. *57;\n\n- at 19:02 **, 1000 rubles from bank card No. *57;\n\n- at 14 hours 13 minutes **, 3000 rubles from his bank card No. *57, bank account No. opened with PJSC Sberbank in the name of V.A. Sitnikov (hereinafter referred to as card No. *77, account No.);\n\n- at 23 hours 07 minutes **, 1,000 roubles from bank card No. *57;\n\n- at 12:12 p.m. **, 1,000 roubles from bank card No. *57;\n\n- at 21 hours 58 minutes **, 1,000 roubles from bank card No. *57;\n\n- at 23 hours 03 minutes **, 1,000 roubles from bank card No. *57.\n\nThus, committed the provision of funds knowingly aimed at ensuring the activities of the Allatra Movement, in respect of which a decision was taken to recognise its activities as undesirable in the territory of the Russian Federation in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 02.03.2026 to 01.03.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.02.2026, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-12T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-12T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccbsIYxhdmiexlo"},{"persecution_id":"rec2miTYT0MGP0ChD","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:53:20.000Z","person_id":"recal6VeHfeFtTCZl","name_en":"Alina Saveleva","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A spokewoman for the Green Wedge decolonial movement, which defends the interests of residents of the Far East. According to the SOTA publication, a case was opened against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 26 November 2025, she and the leader of the Green Wedge Vladimir Dubovsky were detained in Tbilisi on charges of violating migration laws. They were later taken into custody. In January 2026, both managed to leave Georgia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 207.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alina Savelieva's case of \"fakes\" about Russian Armed Forces","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2miTYT0MGP0ChD"},{"persecution_id":"recmDRDBHUalTH9ch","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:02:47.000Z","person_id":"recgcZ4STRKRRuCfb","name_en":" Unknown male 526","birth_year":1981,"age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The resident of Khabarovsk. 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In November 2025, the FSB reported that he was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Khabarovsk resident's case of justifying terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the law enforcers' version, the Khabarovsk resident who shared the ideas of Ukrainian radical organisations, using the messenger Telegram, posted text materials that justified the activities of the Ukrainian nationalist paramilitary organisation, which is recognised as a terrorist organisation in the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmDRDBHUalTH9ch"},{"persecution_id":"rec3PpwtPUSAW7WSq","last_updated":"2026-04-28T21:23:22.000Z","person_id":"recLePzYPxXhIhhoS","name_en":"Unknown female 105","birth_year":1976,"age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Meleuz (Bashkortostan). A case was opened against her for participation in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation.\" According to the investigation, from December 2022 to February 2023, she sent donations to the Ukrainian organisations Spiritual Centre \"Revival\" and Vladimir Muntian's Charity Fund \"Revival\". In total, she transferred 3,500 roubles.\n\nIn November 2025, the case went to court. On 9 February 2026, the woman was sentenced to 200 hours of community work.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of participation in the activities of an “undesirable” organisation in Bashkortostan","case_number":"1-208/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, the defendant, living in the Republic of Bashkortostan and being aware that the activities of a religious organisation and a charitable foundation from another state had been recognised as undesirable non-governmental organisations on the territory of the Russian Federation by a decision of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation as posing a threat to the foundations of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation, the defence capacity of the country, or the security of the state, from December 2022 to February 2023 repeatedly used the Sberbank Online mobile app to transfer money totalling 3,500 rubles. The money was intended to support the activities of the above-mentioned organisations.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.02.2026, Sentence: 200 hours of community work","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"200 hours of community work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-09T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-09T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3PpwtPUSAW7WSq"},{"persecution_id":"rec1aMJWV2V2UyOIM","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:01:54.000Z","person_id":"reccFlhMz7NDsLaw8","name_en":"Unknown female 94","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Podolsk. A case of financing extremist activities was brought against her because of the FBK donation. Details of the charges, such as the amount and date of the transfer are unknown. On 30 October 2025, the court sentenced her to three years' suspended imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The Podolsk resident's case concerning the financing of extremist activities","case_number":"1-838/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, the Moscow Region resident sent the donation to the FBK after the decision to recognise the fund as an extremist organisation came into force.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 30.10.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 30.10.2025 to 15.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 15.11.2025 to 14.05.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.10.2025, Sentence: 3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-30T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-30T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1aMJWV2V2UyOIM"},{"persecution_id":"recErPbuePtGVYjWK","last_updated":"2026-04-27T07:26:46.000Z","person_id":"recoLOfgnqrg7n5Zt","name_en":"Alexey Klyavlin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Alexey is a resident of Ufa and the head of the public movement Future in Unity. A case was opened against him for organising the activities of an “undesirable” organisation; the details are unknown. 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A criminal case for defamation was opened against him over a collage in which military propagandist Sergei Trubkin was “dressed” in a Nazi uniform, after which the Nazi insignia were replaced with symbols of the “special military operation.” On 19 May 2023, Petrov was fined for 60,000 rubles. On 22 August 2023, an appellate court overturned the verdict and returned the case to the prosecutor’s office. The case was sent for additional investigation. In September 2024, the investigation was closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. On 7 November 2025, the investigation was reopened but was closed the same day “due to the absence of elements of a crime in his actions.”","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 128.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ilia Petrov's case on defamation","case_number":"1-7/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, “On 9 September 2022, no later than 16:13, Ilia Petrov, during an online correspondence with an unidentified person, received from that person an image of T.S.A. dressed in the uniform of an SS officer from the Second World War. Fully aware that this image was not a real photograph but had been created using special computer software by overlaying a photograph of the victim with the tunic of an SS officer bearing Nazi symbols, at approximately 16:13 that day, while at his residence at <address>, the convicted individual, acting out of personal animosity and understanding the false nature of the information he was distributing, intentionally published this image of the victim in SS-officer uniform as a comment under a post titled Honest Journalist, relating to T.S.A., in the online community Overheard in Yuryev-Polsky on the social network VKontakte.”\n\nAccording to the online media Chesnok, “The resident of Yuryev-Polsky, Ilya Petrov, developed animosity toward journalist Sergei Trubkin because the latter had previously published posts about bullying of a child in a summer camp—although Petrov’s surname was not mentioned in those posts. Wanting to discredit the journalist, the young man contacted a certain Timur through a now-blocked messenger; Timur had drawn attention to Trubkin because of his statements about Stalin. Timur himself, as stated in the magistrate’s court verdict, told Petrov that he lived in Ukraine.”\n\nSergei Trubkin was “dressed” in a Nazi uniform in the photo collage. On 9 September 2022, the image was posted in the local Overheard group. Some time later, in order to avoid criminal prosecution, the collage was altered: the “Ukrainian” Timur replaced the SS symbols with the letters Z and V, and Petrov updated the post.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.05.2023, Sentence: A fine of 60 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 60 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":60000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-19T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-19T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHb26giZxhYN25o"},{"persecution_id":"recGIK1iQONEmMOkF","last_updated":"2026-03-21T19:28:07.000Z","person_id":"recvrz637oqV3OCAR","name_en":"Liubov Selina","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"In 2015, she served for five and a half months under contract as a records clerk in the Aidar Battalion. On this basis, a case was opened against her for participation in the activities of a terrorist community. On 25 September 2023, Selina was sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony. This verdict became the basis for placing the Aidar Battalion on the list of terrorist organisations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Liubov Selina's case of participating in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-247/2023","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 22.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.11.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.09.2023, Sentence: 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-25T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-25T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 1 March 2024, Mitrofanov was sentenced to a fine of 200 thousand rubles.\n\nIn September 2025, a native of the Perm region with the same name, patronymic and surname was added to the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring. Later it became known that two new cases were brought against him: public justification of terrorism and defamation of the Russian Armed Forces and repeated display of extremist symbols.\n\nMitrofanov was taken into custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Berezniki"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 1, Article 282.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Mitrofanov's case on repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces and multiple displays of prohibited symbols","case_number":"1-442/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTD7wGMEa3XSqkp"},{"persecution_id":"recSunmADnoFdRovf","last_updated":"2026-01-01T21:36:55.000Z","person_id":"recx5WxrZCkrTFpkn","name_en":"Sergey Pushkin","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. A case of financing extremist activity was brought against him because of four donations of 877 rubles to FBK. It is not known when exactly the case was initiated. In August 2025, Pushkin's name appeared on the list of \"terrorists and extremists\" of Rosfinmonitoring.\n\nOn 2 December 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Pushkin's case of financing extremist activity","case_number":"1-484/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's opinion, Pushkin, knowingly knowing that the NGO FBK had been recognised by the court as an extremist organisation and liquidated, subscribed to donations to this organisation and transferred funds to the FBK account in four equal payments of 877 roubles each. By his actions Pushkin S. committed the provision of funds knowingly intended to support the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.12.2025, Sentence: fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-02T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-02T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSunmADnoFdRovf"},{"persecution_id":"recoCfNvKefyUqGS7","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:05:55.000Z","person_id":"recRj7LZt9IHwpTGx","name_en":"Vitalii Zhuravlev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attDhpMrCd6sgN9Kt.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attDhpMrCd6sgN9Kt.png"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Akhtubinsk (the Astrakhan oblast). In June 2024, a case of discrediting the Armed Forces was reported to have been initieted against him. Zhuravlev signed a personal recognisance not to leave the country. On 17 December 2024, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.\n\nNo later than February 2025, a new case of discrediting the Armed Forces was initiated against Zhuravlev. The basis for it was an anti-war picture on VKontakte published on 24 February 2022. On 21 May 2025, Zhuravlev was sentenced to 2.5 years in a general regime colony with a two-year ban on administering websites. This sentence was imposed in conjunction with the first sentence.\n\nAnother case under this article was initiated against Zhuravlev for an anecdote about the Russian army. On 16 December 2025, the court sentenced him to two years and eight months of imprisonment in a colony in conjunction with the previous sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Akhtubinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vitalii Zhuravlev’s third case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-244/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, knowing that from 24.02.2022 the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are conducting a special military operation on the territory of the Republic of Ukraine, posted in comments to the publication posted in the open group \"Akhtubinsk knows\" in the social network \"Vkontakte\", a comment of a negative nature in the form of a political anecdote about the fact of committing by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation of illegal actions against its own citizens, whom the leadership of the country does not refer to as \"ours\", opposing themselves to the inhabitants of Akhtubinsk.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 14.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Astrakhan Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.01.2026 to 01.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Astrakhan Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.12.2025, Sentence: 2 years and 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, and a ban on administration of websites, forums and social media groups for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, and a ban on administration of websites, forums and social media groups for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":32,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-16T06:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-16T06:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recoCfNvKefyUqGS7"},{"persecution_id":"rec6p8jklfnJPrnlD","last_updated":"2026-04-24T13:23:08.000Z","person_id":"reccesJQcoI2v6VPf","name_en":"Alexei Gryzunov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kstovo (Nizhny Novgorod Region). A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of his comment about a Ukrainian drone strike on the oil refinery in his town. On 25 September 2025, Gryzunov was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The Aleksei Gryzunov's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-503/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The ground for criminal prosecution was the comment \"Aha, here the boomerang returns!\". It was published on 12 March 2024 in a VKontakte blog under the news about Ukrainian drone attack. As a result of the drone hit, a part of the Lukoil's oil refinery in the town of Kstovo, Nizhnii Novgorod Region, caught fire.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.09.2025 to 23.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.09.2025, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-25T10:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-25T10:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6p8jklfnJPrnlD"},{"persecution_id":"recUUVLdIauOL3DQ4","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:01:54.000Z","person_id":"recyQl0R7HnRqwKHB","name_en":" Unknown male 528","birth_year":1985,"age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Ivanovo Region. A case of financing extremist activities was opened against him because of several FBK donations. In December 2025, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that his case had been referred to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of the Ivanovo region on financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, over the course of several months in 2021, the man, being an adherent of the ideas of one of the organisations banned in Russia, which is also recognised as extremist, repeatedly transferred money to the accounts of this structure. According to the investigation, the accused set up an autopayment service and made several transfers.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUUVLdIauOL3DQ4"},{"persecution_id":"recEU6d7sAxE0oUPg","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:58:35.000Z","person_id":"rec3mQCl5Lv6qEZvV","name_en":"Yulia Tsvetkova","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, artist. In March 2019, Tsvetkova was reported to the police because of the activities of her theatre MERAK, in which minors play; the teenagers were interviewed by the police. An activist festival she had organised was cancelled. Tsvetkova was summoned to the police because of a body-positive project. On 20 November Tsvetkova was questioned as a suspect in a case of pornography production in connection with the administration of the body-positive blog \"Vagina Monologues\". The case was opened on the application of a well-known homophobe Timur Bulatov, who regularly writes statements against LGBT-activists. Tsvetkova was given a covenant not to leave the country and her flat was searched. On 22 November Tsvetkova was detained on her way to Blagoveshchensk, declaring that she had violated her covenant not to leave. The next day the court placed her under house arrest. A minor actor of the MERAK theatre was forced to recognise himself as a victim. In January 2020 Tsvetkova was banned from seeing a doctor, in February - a dentist. Later, permission to visit the dentist was obtained. On 16 March, the court released Tsvetkova on her own recognisance.\n\nOn 13 December 2019, a magistrate judge fined Tsvetkova 50,000 rubles under an administrative article on propaganda of \"non-traditional sexual relations among minors with the use of the Internet\" for publishing posts on social media criticising violations of LGBT rights. The statement was also apparently written by Bulatov. On 17 January 2020, it became known that Tsvetkova was subject to another administrative protocol under this article for the picture \"Family is where the love is. Support LGBT+ families.\"\n\nOn 3 June 2022 Tsvetkova was included in the register of mass media - \"foreign agents\".\n\nOn 15 July, the court acquitted Tsvetkova. On 28 March 2023, the cassation court overturned this decision and returned the case to the court of first instance. Tsvetkova left Russia, after which she was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia.\n\nShe was also prosecuted for evasion of her duties as a \"foreign agent\". In November 2025, the case came to court and was transferred under jurisdiction. On 24 March 2026 Tsvetkova was sentenced in absentia to a fine, the amount is unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Yulia Tsvetkova's case of evasion of duties of a foreign agent","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2026, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-24T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-24T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEU6d7sAxE0oUPg"},{"persecution_id":"recSwjd5cNuPq0lGk","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"recf3cLf9SwXd2ZHY","name_en":" Unknown male 531","birth_year":1985,"age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. He was prosecuted for financing extremist activities because of the Anti-Corruption Foundation donations he transferred during seven months following the decision to declare the organisation extremist came into force. After his arrest, he was taken into custody.\n\nIn December 2025, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that the case had been referred to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Moscow resident financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs's version, having seen the Anti-Corrupstion video message, a 40-year-old Moscow resident, being aware that the above organisation and public movement were recognised as extremist and supporting their activities, had been transferring money for 7 months to ensure the functioning of their activities.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSwjd5cNuPq0lGk"},{"persecution_id":"recdpdbu5DiY5HE9f","last_updated":"2026-01-18T10:35:51.000Z","person_id":"recV1PklAlbKhC2Bn","name_en":"Irina Smirnova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bryansk. A criminal case was opened against her for financing the activities of an “undesirable organisation” due to donations she made to the Allatra movement in 2024. On 17 December 2025, the court sentenced her to two years of suspended imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Irina Smirnova' case of financing an “undesirable organization”","case_number":"1-219/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, in 2024, the woman transferred money to the account of a person affiliated with the Allatra International Social Movement to financially support the publication and distribution of propaganda materials and religious literature, as well as other activities.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-01-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 13.01.2026 to 12.01.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2025, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment with a 2-year probation period and a prohibition on engaging in activities related to the collection and analysis of information in information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, regarding organizations whose activities are banned or recognized as undesirable in the Russian Federation under Russian law, as well as a ban on administering Internet resources, including social networks, messengers, forums, and online services, for 2 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended imprisonment with a 2-year probation period and a prohibition on engaging in activities related to the collection and analysis of information in information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, regarding organizations whose activities are banned or recognized as undesirable in the Russian Federation under Russian law, as well as a ban on administering Internet resources, including social networks, messengers, forums, and online services, for 2 years.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-17T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-17T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdpdbu5DiY5HE9f"},{"persecution_id":"recuYXX0C44VtrmxL","last_updated":"2026-04-30T18:47:42.000Z","person_id":"recnlkXj8VNmvZYql","name_en":" Unknown male 533","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Cherkessk. A case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation: according to the investigation, he was \"a supporter of the international LGBT movement and posted comments \"promoting non-traditional sexual relations\". On 8 December 2025, the man was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherkessk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Cherkessk resident's case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-499/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was \"a supporter of the international LGBT movement\" and in the spring of 2024 joined a group chat room on Telegram created by a person from North Ossetia; he posted comments in it that \"have psychological signs of propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations\" as well as ideas of \"permissiveness and immorality\" that \"do not correspond to the spiritual and moral values of Russian society\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.12.2025, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on posting materials on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on posting materials on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-08T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-08T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recuYXX0C44VtrmxL"},{"persecution_id":"recuVc7qnyB784XMh","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"rec52Z7ZYHKRAlg9R","name_en":"Bogdan Gavyada","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Luhansk region (Ukraine). Former Ukrainian military serviceman. A case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community was brought against him due to his involvement in the activities of the \"Aidar\" battalion. On 3 December 2025, Gavyada was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Bogdan Gavyada's case of participation in activities of a terrorist organization","case_number":"1-466/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"-","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.12.2025, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 11-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-byvshih-voennosluzhashhih-aidara-gavyady-kozmenko-ipatovoi-i-zinchenko/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recuVc7qnyB784XMh"},{"persecution_id":"recWPnDnNUqBiWeLu","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"rec4QbM3dyCs7H8Rb","name_en":"Mikhail Golik","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Veliky Novgorod. He was prosecuted for committing a terrorist act by setting fire to a relay cabinet in April 2024. On 29 April 2025, Golik was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Veliky Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NGR"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Golik's case of arson of a relay cabinet","case_number":"2-31/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"disagreeing with the domestic and foreign policies pursued by the authorities of the Russian Federation, in order to destabilise the activities of the authorities, he decided to commit a terrorist act, intimidating the population and creating a danger of loss of life, significant property damage and other serious consequences, namely the arson of the relay cabinet of the entrance signal for the odd-numbered track direction.\n\nDuring the night of 16-17 April 2024, having taken with him tools prepared in advance for committing the crime, including a canister of motor oil, lighter fluid and a crowbar, he reached the relay cabinet for the odd-numbered track direction and set it on fire, as a result of which it caught fire, was put out of service and subsequently destroyed, i.e. he committed arson, intimidating the population, creating a danger of human death, significant property damage and other serious consequences\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 23.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Novgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Novgorod Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2025, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment, with the first 3 years in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment, with the first 3 years in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T08:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T08:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/golik-mihail-borisovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recWPnDnNUqBiWeLu"},{"persecution_id":"recCzNOv8peiy68tH","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:27:45.000Z","person_id":"recamshpHidiZCPM2","name_en":"Haykel Ben Mahfoudh","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. In November 2024, he was arrested in absentia. Presumably, the reason was a case of illegal detention in connection with the decision to arrest in absentia the Minister of Defence Sergey Shoigu and the Head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov. Whether the case was actually initiated is unknown. It was later reported that a case under the same article was brought against the judge in connection with the prosecution of Putin and Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova. On 12 December 2025, Ben Mahfoudh was sentenced in absentia to imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 301 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["301"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 301"],"case_name_en":"The case concerning the holding of Putin and Lvova-Belova criminally liable","case_number":"2-0097/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the collegial adoption of \"knowingly illegal decisions on the arrest\" of Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova in the states parties to the Rome Statute, \"having prepared the relevant warrants\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.12.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-12T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-12T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCzNOv8peiy68tH"},{"persecution_id":"recBpWJ65ewoVybaq","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:32.000Z","person_id":"recuw0T49boEf1W6Z","name_en":"Ekaterina Everstova","birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In the Namsky district of Yakutia, a case was initiated for dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces, details are unknown. In December 2025, the case went to court. On 22 January 2026, Everstova was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sakha Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Koroliov","case_number":"1-90/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal case was a 38-second video on Instagram showing the consequences of Russian strikes on Kiev and Kharkiv. The video titled \"Ukraine before and after the Russian peace\" showed destroyed civilian infrastructure, including houses in Kiev and schools in Kharkiv.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest:  to 22.11.2026\n• recognizance not to leave: from 22.01.2026 to 09.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 09.02.2026 to 08.02.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2026, Sentence: 6 years' suspended sentence and 3 years' ban on publishing materials and appeals on the Internet  ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended sentence and 3 years' ban on publishing materials and appeals on the Internet  ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-22T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-22T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBpWJ65ewoVybaq"},{"persecution_id":"recFucZbhD4dwzGwq","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:06:03.000Z","person_id":"recQDnq2uvMxc4F6e","name_en":"Jacques Tilly","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Germany"],"story_en":"Resident of Düsseldorf (Germany), designer. Creator of carnival wagons with which he speaks out on topical issues, author of satirical images of Putin. In Moscow, a case was opened against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and insulting the feelings of believers.\n\nTilly was accused of \"fakes\" because of his interview with Deutsche Welle: \"Putin and his fifth column are the heroes of the carnival in Düsseldorf\".\nHe was charged with insulting the feelings of believers for the figures depicting oral sex between Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill used at the Düsseldorf carnival in February 2024.\n\nIn December 2025, the case went to trial. On 2 April 2026, Tilly was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Jacques Tillie's case of “fake news” about the Russian Armed Forces\n","case_number":"01-0649/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to SOTAvision, Tilly was charged with insulting the feelings of believers for using figures depicting oral sex between Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill at a carnival in Düsseldorf in February 2024.\n\nAccording to the prosecution, Tilly, having a dislike for the Russian Orthodox Church, which fights LGBT propaganda, entered into a criminal conspiracy with unidentified persons who displayed the installation at the carnival.\n\nThe reason for the accusation of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces was an interview with Deutsche Welle: \"Putin and his fifth column are the heroes of the carnival in Düsseldorf\". In it, according to the prosecutor, Tilly spread \"false information about Russia committing war crimes on the territory of Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.04.2026, Sentence: 8 years 6 months' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 6 months' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-02T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-02T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFucZbhD4dwzGwq"},{"persecution_id":"recBhmXDOGl2jZHZj","last_updated":"2026-04-20T14:21:50.000Z","person_id":"rec58Jwlm6tEYKLxF","name_en":"Oleg Evdokimov","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-02-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Zabaykalie region. A case was opened against him for financing terrorist activities and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. According to the law enforcement's version, in 2023-2024 he sent more than 35 thousand rubles as donations to the \"Artpodgotovka\" movement, attempted to become its member and told other people about the activities of \"Artpodgotovka\" founder Viacheslav Maltsev.\n\nOn 15 December 2025, the court sentenced Evdokimov to 12 years in prison, three of which he must serve in prison and the remainder in a strict regime (penal) colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Evdokimov's case of donations and involvement with \"Artpodgotovka\"","case_number":"1-233/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's opinion, Evdokimov, experiencing political hatred and enmity towards the current state authorities of the Russian Federation, aimed to participate in activities of a community created by V.V. Maltsev among the participants of the interregional public movement \"Artpodgotovka\" and the organisation \"Artpodgotovka\" (the community is recognised as a terrorist organisation under the Russian Federation law). Evdokimov allegedly made repeated money transfers to the benefit of the community from July 2023 to July 2024, totalling more than 35,000 roubles.\n\nAlso in October 2024, Evdokimov, wishing to confirm his participation in the said terrorist organisation, obtained a corresponding party ticket with an individual number, and at the request of a member of the organisation provided his CV, in which he expressed his desire to participate in the execution of assigned tasks.\n\nAdditionally, Evdokimov, between June 2020 and March 2025, raised awareness of the activities of the terrorist organisation in question among other people by sending videos of V.V. Maltsev in Telegram messenger and recounting their content during conversations.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.12.2025, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment, of which 3 years are to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime (penal) colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment, of which 3 years are to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime (penal) colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-15T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-15T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBhmXDOGl2jZHZj"},{"persecution_id":"recLTBdWvtZ12wEPY","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:05:03.000Z","person_id":"recy0lDPjG4sdrBde","name_en":"Irina Nikolaenko","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Korsakov (Sakhalin Oblast). A case was brought against her for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. On 13 March 2026, the court handed down a verdict, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Irina Nikolaenko's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and calls to carry out activities against the security of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-289/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In July 2024, Nikolayenko was fined 30,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences): according to the protocol, she shouted phrases condemning the war in the building where she was getting eyelash extensions.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2026, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-13T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-13T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLTBdWvtZ12wEPY"},{"persecution_id":"recyr5w8B6Os1KJaB","last_updated":"2026-03-23T19:08:28.000Z","person_id":"recb6aWUQIOtLfOPT","name_en":"Elena Penza","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"Elena Penza is a resident of Nova Kakhovka (Kherson Oblast, Ukraine). A criminal case was opened against her on charges of high treason over money transfers made to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On 21 July 2025, Penza was sentenced to 12 years in a general-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Elena Penza for high treason","case_number":"1-27/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, in January and March 2024 she used a mobile application to carry out several money transfers to an account at a foreign bank. 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Captured no later than March 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In November 2025, his case went to court. 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Criminal proceedings were initiated against him on charges of financing extremist activities in connection with donations made to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. He was placed under a travel restriction in the form of a written undertaking not to leave his place of residence. On 10 October 2025, Olesov was sentenced to a fine of 300,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sakha Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Olesov's case of the financing of extremist activities","case_number":"1-1525/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, not earlier than 00:01 on 01.11.2021, D.I. Olesov, who was on the territory of ____, being a supporter of the non-profit organization FBK and sharing its ideas who reliably knows that the non-profit organization FBK has been recognized as an extremist organization and has been liquidated, had an intention to provide money to support the activities of the extremist organization FBK. Implementing his criminal intent, during the period from 00:01 to 19:13 on 01.11.2021, D.I. 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A case was brought against her for insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland in connection with a statement that was deemed to be demeaning to those who died in the war in Ukraine. In December 2025, it was reported that she was sentenced to a six-month suspended sentence. 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Captured no later than May 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the Azov Battalion. In November 2025, the case went to court. 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He was taken prisoner no later than March 2022. A criminal case was opened against him on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist community, stemming from his involvement with the Azov Battalion. In November 2025, the case was referred to court. On February 24, 2026, Panov was sentenced; the details remain unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Panov's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization","case_number":"1-1246/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2026, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-24T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-24T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSunexpXfuVRAZr"},{"persecution_id":"rec7svJ9FcK5p8Gd4","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"rec4xb44IzBvwImmd","name_en":"Sergei Blizniuk","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. On 8 March 2022, he was seriously wounded during street fighting in Mariupol. On 18 May 2022, he was taken prisoner. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In November 2025, the case was sent to court. On 17 March 2026, Blizniuk was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Blizniuk's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-1250/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.03.2026, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-17T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-17T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec7svJ9FcK5p8Gd4"},{"persecution_id":"recWHdviCdKlLw2KL","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recOU27RZXWr8qZOQ","name_en":"Valerii Chub","birth_year":1997,"age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Taken prisoner of war no later than April 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov Brigade. In November 2025, the case went to court. On 2 March 2026, Chub was sentenced; the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Valerii Chub's case of involvement in the activities of terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-1251/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.03.2026, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-02T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-02T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWHdviCdKlLw2KL"},{"persecution_id":"recnellWi7PudJfOy","last_updated":"2026-03-25T17:42:01.000Z","person_id":"recSxJqfctKEyeX4m","name_en":"Ilia Trishchenko","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A Ukrainian serviceman. Taken prisoner of war no later than April 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the \"Azov\" battalion. In November 2025, the case went to court. On February 27th 2026, Trishchenko was sentenced, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ilia Trishchenko's case of participation in the activivties of a terrorrist community","case_number":"1-1252/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.02.2026, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnellWi7PudJfOy"},{"persecution_id":"recHmJYQGlkqlD67y","last_updated":"2026-03-09T10:43:07.000Z","person_id":"rechn2tmSFbcLJzks","name_en":"Vyacheslav Pankovskiy","birth_year":1987,"age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Volkhov. He was prosecuted for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Pankovskiy left Russia even before the case was initiated and was put on the wanted list. In December 2025, the case went to court.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vyacheslav Pankovskiy's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-394/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between 27 and 30 August 2023, while abroad, he posted several publications on his personal page in the social network. According to a comprehensive psychological and linguistic examination, these posts contained inaccurate information about the activities of the Russian army on the territory of another state. The posts were available for viewing by an unlimited number of people.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHmJYQGlkqlD67y"},{"persecution_id":"recA56g3pBhjHUHhC","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:34.000Z","person_id":"rec9j8MEs7rsEBtED","name_en":"Igor Artiukh","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the village of Milkovo (Kamchatka Krai). A criminal case was opened against him on charges of inciting terrorism due to comments made on Telegram, in which law enforcement authorities identified calls for violent reprisals against government officials and a certain public figure.\n\nOn December 11, 2025, a court sentenced him to a fine of 500,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Igor Artiukh's case regarding calls for terrorism","case_number":"1-42/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"a 47-year-old unemployed citizen repeatedly posted messages in the foreign messenger Telegram containing calls for the massacre of a public figure and representatives of state authorities.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 27.12.2025 to 26.12.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.12.2025, Sentence: A fine of 500,000 roubles and a ban on publishing appeals and other materials on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 500,000 roubles and a ban on publishing appeals and other materials on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-11T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-11T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recA56g3pBhjHUHhC"},{"persecution_id":"reckWAcg1Xns9gwIV","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"rec37nxjuexbslPIc","name_en":"Ruslan Shvedov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kovrov (Vladimir Region). A case was brought against him for calls for activities against the security of the state because of a comment he published in May of 2024. According to the court, he called on users and the Russian military to revolt to end the war with Ukraine.\n\nOn 17th of December, 2025, the court sentenced him to three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E,C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Shvedov's case of calls for activities against the security of the state","case_number":"1-334/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's opinion, in May of 2024, the man, while on the territory of a foreign State, posted a publication in the form of a text message in a chat channel of one of the messengers, the purpose of which was to induce Internet users, including military personnel taking part in the special military operation, to commit an uprising in order to stop participating in that operation, which the court regarded as activity directed against the security of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment on a general regime colony and 4 years' prohibition of publishing materials on the Internet ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment on a general regime colony and 4 years' prohibition of publishing materials on the Internet ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-17T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-17T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckWAcg1Xns9gwIV"},{"persecution_id":"rec5KujPoCBnOZckv","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:05:15.000Z","person_id":"rec8NMk6Td0zcBFZ9","name_en":" Unknown male 541","birth_year":1984,"age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ivanovo resident. A case of financing extremist activity was brought against him because of the FBK donations he transferred from September 2021 to February 2022. In December 2025, the court began hearing the case. On 10 April 2026, the man was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ivanovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Ivanovo's resident case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-341/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, from August 2021 to February 2022, the man sent donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.04.2026, Sentence: a fine of 400,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-10T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-10T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5KujPoCBnOZckv"},{"persecution_id":"recyCvfvoWt19F84f","last_updated":"2026-04-17T15:31:19.000Z","person_id":"recwsEB7LOXk5LJCP","name_en":"Iuliia Mosiazh ","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. A criminal case was opened against her on charges of high treason. According to the investigation, two Ukrainian servicemembers were hiding in her home, and she communicated with Ukrainian intelligence officers to provide the servicemembers with falsified documents that would allow them to reach the non-occupied part of Ukraine. On 2 December 2025, it was reported that Mosiazh was sentenced to 16 years in a general-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Iuliia Mosiazh's case of high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, since March 2022, two Ukrainian servicemembers had been hiding in her home. To help them reach the non-occupied part of Ukraine, in December 2023 she photographed medical forms and samples of hospital records at the local hospital and sent them via messenger to an officer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ military intelligence. He then sent her falsified documents for the people hiding in her home, asking her to print them and to hand over two SIM cards to the servicemembers. After that, the servicemembers tried to leave the occupied part of Luhansk Oblast \"disguised as patients,\" but they were caught at a checkpoint, \"where they disclosed their destination and the circumstances of their movement.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-04-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/mosyazh-yuliya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recyCvfvoWt19F84f"},{"persecution_id":"reclwMVMozNQtrAGP","last_updated":"2026-04-20T18:33:33.000Z","person_id":"recgrYYf1RaFXUjGI","name_en":"Irina Sukhovei","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Melitopol (Zaporozhskaia Oblast of Ukraine). A case of high treason was brought against her due to the fact that her account was debited with an autopayment for the needs of the AFU. In December 2025, Sukhovey was sentenced to 15 years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Irina Sukhovei's case of high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2023, \"while browsing pro-Ukrainian Telegram channels\", she saw \"offers of financial assistance to the AFU with bank details\", after which she activated an auto-payment in an application on her mobile phone. By November 2023, she obtained Russian citizenship and began receiving a Russian pension, but transfers to the military continued to be sent from her Ukrainian bank account. \"I realised that these funds were being used to arm the AFU, but I did not switch off the autopayment. Provided regular monetary assistance to the Ukrainian military from October 2023 to November 2024.\" \"She did not support the special military operation on the territory of Zaporozhskaya region\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/suhovej-irina-ivanovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reclwMVMozNQtrAGP"},{"persecution_id":"reccytf32cN8GeRpC","last_updated":"2026-02-13T12:10:44.000Z","person_id":"recX4XlWff8jWUgQV","name_en":"Evgenii Telegin","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Moscow Region. Assistant driver of a locomotive in the Moscow metro. According to the official version, he intended to fight on the side of Ukraine, and therefore travelled to Bryansk region, where he attempted to cross the border on foot, after which he was detained. He was prosecuted for attempted treason and illegal border crossing. Telegin pleaded guilty to attempted illegal border crossing, but denied that he was going to fight on the side of Ukraine. On 14 December 2023, he was sentenced to nine and a half years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 275","Part 1, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Telegin's case of  regarding attempted treason","case_number":"2-15/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version, \"being an opponent of the Strategic Defence Forces, he entered into correspondence with recruiters of one of the Ukrainian armed formations with the aim of joining its ranks to participate in combat operations against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In order to enter the territory of Ukraine, he travelled from Moscow to the territory of the Pogarsky district of the Bryansk region, where he attempted to cross the border on foot, but was detained by law enforcement officers\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 16.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.04.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.12.2023, Sentence: 9 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":114,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-14T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-14T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 29-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/telegin-evgenij\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reccytf32cN8GeRpC"},{"persecution_id":"recDWyhAG5KQxqZCY","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"rec3IsOI4qZDMloxi","name_en":"Anton Mihov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Mihov is a resident of the Arkhangelsk region. Until 2021, he worked as a design engineer at \"HS Morskoe proektirovanie\" (\"HC Marine Design\"), and before that he was an employee of \"Sevmash\", a state-owned enterprise of the \"Ob'edinennaya sudostroitelnaya korporatsiya\" (\"United Shipbuilding Corporation\").\n\nOn 5 January 2026, TASS reported that Mihov had been detained in a terrorism justification case over a comment left in a June 2025 Telegram chat room about Operation \"Pautina\" (\"Spider Web\"), in which Ukrainian drones attacked Russian military airfields. Its content is unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Anton Mikhov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"TASS, citing the case file, reported that in June 2025, Mihov publicly declared that the ideology and practice of terrorism were correct in June 2025 through the Telegram chat of a public group in the messenger Telegram \"when discussing a news post about the terrorist attacks in which the Russian military airfields Dyagilevo in the Ryazan region, Olenya in the Murmansk region, Ivanovo in the Ivanovo region and Belaya in the Irkutsk region were attacked by FPV drones\". Mihov deliberately illegally posted under the above news post in the group's Telegram chat room a \"handwritten cynical text comment\" containing a statement aimed at publicly justifying the terrorist attacks, addressing it to an indefinitely wide range of people and knowing that the comment was available to all Telegram users, it said.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recDWyhAG5KQxqZCY"},{"persecution_id":"reck0mHrltVaWDwc2","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"rec0FUyFefzHGwCeh","name_en":"Umar Garunov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Izberbash. A criminal case was opened against him for participating in the activities of an extremist organization, accusing him of involvement in the activities of the non-existent organization \"Nurcular\". On November 10, 2025, the court closed the case due to Garunov's active repentance.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Umar Garunov regarding participation in an extremist organization","case_number":"1-181/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, from approximately 2008 to April 2017, Garunov Umar, aware of the public danger of his actions in the form of participation in a religious association whose activities are prohibited due to extremist activities, foreseeing the inevitability of socially dangerous consequences in the form of the resumption and continuation of the activities of this religious association, and desiring these consequences, and without abandoning his pursued goals and objectives, participated in the activities of the Local Religious Organization \"Nurcular\" religious organization, against which a court decision prohibiting its activities due to extremist activities had entered into force. He periodically participated in \"Dars\" - meetings for studying the ideological sources of the LRO \"Nurcular\" religious organization - with the aim of resuming and continuing the activities of the Nurcular religious organization on the territory of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 26.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.11.2025, Sentence: The case was closed due to active repentance.","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"The case was closed due to active repentance.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-10T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-10T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reck0mHrltVaWDwc2"},{"persecution_id":"rec20JWXG64Vm4nYp","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"rec7zsRVmAGi1e5gj","name_en":" Unknown male 542","birth_year":1974,"age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tula. He was prosecuted for incitement to extremism because of a comment he left in August 2024 about Russians who support the government's policies. In December 2025, the prosecutor's office reported that he was given a two-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tula"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Tula resident's case of incitement to extremism","case_number":"1-167/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution's version, on 9 August 2024, a resident of Tula posted a comment on a publication in one of the messengers containing calls to commit crimes motivated by ideological hatred or enmity against Russians who supported the foreign policy of their state.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.12.2025, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 2 years and prohibition to administer websites, publish appeals and other materials on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 2 years and prohibition to administer websites, publish appeals and other materials on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec20JWXG64Vm4nYp"},{"persecution_id":"recRx2OygC768ZCSP","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec8JMW53PIh98UnG","name_en":"Dmitry Bondarenko","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He is a citizen of Ukraine, originally from the Kiev region. In 2022, the Supreme Court of the \"Donetsk People's Republic\" tried him on the charges of forcible seizure of power and training to commit terrorist activities. Probably due to improper jurisdiction, in March 2023, the Military Court of Appeal sent the case for a new hearing. On December 6, 2023, the Southern District Military Court delivered a sentence on this case for the second time. Neither the substance of the charges nor the details of the sentence are known.\n\nOn November 5, 2025, Bondarenko was convicted in a new criminal case, which concerned justification of terrorism. According to the version of the law enforcers, while in the cell of penal colony No. 8 in Buryatia, during the conversation with other prisoners, he expressed support for the Ukrainian paramilitary associations Azov and Right Sector and the Aidar community. The court sentenced him to thirteen and a half years in a strict regime colony cumulative with his punishment in the first case.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Bondarenko's case of justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-204/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's opinion, while in the cell of the Federal Penitentiary Institution of Penal Colony No 8 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Buryatia, being an opponent of the established constitutional order and the authorities of the Russian Federation, a supporter and adherent of the Ukrainian paramilitary associations Azov, Right Sector and Aidar (recognised as terrorist organisations by decisions of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Southern District Military Court), in order to justify terrorism, during private conversations he publicly declared to his cellmates that he recognised the ideology of these terrorist organisations as correct, requiring support and emulation, condoning the activities of their participants.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.11.2025, Sentence: 13 years 6 months in a strict regime penal colony, the sentence was imposed taken together with his punishment in the first case","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years 6 months in a strict regime penal colony, the sentence was imposed taken together with his punishment in the first case","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-05T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-05T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRx2OygC768ZCSP"},{"persecution_id":"recCNQ7YGucqxgbai","last_updated":"2026-04-16T15:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recJiw8PYjnllXdYd","name_en":"Evgeniy Musorin","birth_year":1949,"age":77,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Arkhangelsk, supporter of \"citizens of the USSR\". In autumn 2025 (no later than 20 October) he was detained on the case of desecration of the symbol of military glory because of a picture with a swastika placed on top of the St. George ribbon.\n\nIt is probably about Musorin's Vkontakte publication dated 8 May 2024 - he posted a picture with a text criticising the use of the St. George's ribbon as a symbol of Victory Day. The picture itself shows a St. George's ribbon, a swastika and text claiming that \"the ribbon was invented by Joseph Goebbels\" and was used to reward Nazis.\n\nOn 20 February 2026, the court sentenced him to a year and three months in a penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Evgeniy Musorin's case of desecrating a symbol of military glory","case_number":"2-5/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the eve of Victory Day, the defendant posted a photo image in a public community on social media, which depicts the symbol of Russia's military glory - the St. George's Ribbon, with Nazi symbols, a photo of a war criminal and a text desecrating the symbol of Russia's military glory.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 16.04.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.04.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.02.2026, Sentence: 1 year 3 months' imprisonment in a penal colony and a 2 years' ban on publishing on the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 3 months' imprisonment in a penal colony and a 2 years' ban on publishing on the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":15,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-20T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-20T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCNQ7YGucqxgbai"},{"persecution_id":"recHQZ7myEg4AfLLV","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recLMlLZ2NSW2AwbE","name_en":"Yuri Sysoev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Temryuksky District, Krasnodar Krai. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 9 September 2025, the court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution. He was also prosecuted for calls to terrorism: according to the investigation, he published a post addressed to Putin, which contained calls for \"an attempt on the life of political and state figures of the Russian Federation\". On 13 January 2026 Sysoyev was sentenced in this case to five years in a general regime colony. The case was heard by the Temryuksky district court, despite the fact that by law the district military courts have jurisdiction over cases under the relevant article.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Temryuk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Yuri Sysoev's case of calls for terrorism","case_number":"1-45/2026 (1-282/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2022, he posted a post on the social network addressed to the President of the Russian Federation and containing an incitement to carry out terrorist activities, namely, an attempt on the life of political and state figures of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.01.2026, Sentence: 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of Internet sites for a period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of Internet sites for a period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHQZ7myEg4AfLLV"},{"persecution_id":"rec13h9eABCWQMAcF","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recUdpDv1A93meJVF","name_en":" Unknown male 544","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of the village of Novonikolayevka in partially occupied Zaporizhzhya Oblast. On 9 January 2026, the FSB reported about his detention in a case of calls to terrorism because of a comment under a post about the murder of Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. The law enforcers saw in the man's comment calls to kill the Russian military.\n\nAfter his arrest, he was taken into custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"an occupied Zaporozhie resident's case of incitement to terrorism ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB version, a resident of the village of Novonikolayevka, Zaporozhye region, in comments to a message in the Telegram community about a terrorist attack on Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, published a call to kill Russian servicemen, justifying and promoting terrorism.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec13h9eABCWQMAcF"},{"persecution_id":"rec4KyUIUlCNmPfoX","last_updated":"2026-04-17T11:01:41.000Z","person_id":"recGIzW65ODgrc4Dr","name_en":"Mikhail Savva ","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On March 14 and April 10, 2013, after the start of a campaign of inspections of non-profit organizations by the Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Justice and other regulatory bodies, two searches were conducted in the office of the Krasnodar Regional Public Association \"Southern Regional Resource Center\", of which Savva was the director: the interest of law enforcement agencies in the activities of the organization was connected with the fact that it received a grant from the administration of the Krasnodar Territory \"Building Peace\" in the amount of 820 thousand rubles 820,000 roubles (≈US$27,300 as of March 2013), aimed at normalizing relations between representatives of the Uzbek and Tajik diasporas and the indigenous population of Kuban, of which 366 thousand rubles were spent on conducting a sociological study \"The Potential for Socialization of Migrants in the Krasnodar Territory\" with the aim of identifying the number of migrants that the region can accept without the emergence of negative trends in the sphere of interethnic relations; On April 11, 2013, a criminal case was opened against Savva and his acquaintance Victoria Remmler under the article on fraud in receiving payments using his official position on a large scale; the next day, FSB officers conducted a six-hour search of Savva's house; on April 13, he was arrested by the court, representatives of the media and supporters were not allowed into the courtroom; on May 15, another criminal case was opened against Savva under the article on fraud; the scientist was accused of receiving 90 thousand rubles (≈US$2900 as of May 2013) from Kuban State University for a course of lectures that he had not delivered; he was held in pre-trial detention until December 4, 2013, when the court changed his preventive measure to house arrest; on April 2, 2014, Savva was sentenced to three years probation with two years probation and a fine of 70 thousand rubles; In January 2015, Savva was placed on the federal wanted list for allegedly leaving for Ukraine. On March 2, 2015, Savva's suspended sentence was commuted in absentia to three years' imprisonment in a penal colony. \n\nOn 20 April it became known that a new criminal case of fraud committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy was opened against Savva: he is suspected of embezzlement of budgetary funds while receiving payments of more than 150 thousand rubles (≈US$4830 as of April 2013). According to the investigation, the classes declared in the training course were not conducted in full: a number of teachers who were paid a fee did not actually give lectures and did not receive money for them.\n\nIn October 2023, Savva was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". No later than 2025, a case was brought against him for failure to fulfil the duties of a \"foreign agent\". On 21 January 2026, scientist Savva was sentenced to three and a half years in absentia, taking into account the punishment for the previous case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Savva's third case","case_number":"1-194/2026 (1-837/2025;)","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.01.2026, Sentence: 3 years and 6 months' imprisonment in absentia, taking into account the punishment for the previous case, a fine of 70,000 rubles (≈US$2000 as of April 2014)","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years and 6 months' imprisonment in absentia, taking into account the punishment for the previous case, a fine of 70,000 rubles (≈US$2000 as of April 2014)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":70000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-21T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-21T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4KyUIUlCNmPfoX"},{"persecution_id":"recMqpiHQ0xWp6hpQ","last_updated":"2026-04-17T10:52:09.000Z","person_id":"recJ0vBenVksYmidU","name_en":"Margarita Polevaia","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A librarian from Pskov, she was in favour of preserving the historical image of the city and against the demolition of ancient buildings. A case was brought against her for financing extremist activities due to ACF (Anti-Corruption Foundation) donations. In December 2025, the case went to court. On 20 February 2026, the resident of Pskov was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The Pskov resident's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-157/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the defendant, while in Pskov, repeatedly transferred money knowingly intended to support the activities of the extremist organisation Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.02.2026, Sentence: A fine of 300 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 300 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-20T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-20T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recMqpiHQ0xWp6hpQ"},{"persecution_id":"rec1tlwKOdxYiHYgy","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recgOhJRotXWt0AFx","name_en":" Unknown male 546","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Novotroitsk (Orenburg Oblast). A case was opened against him for financing extremist activities in connection with two FBK donations sent in early 2022. In December 2025, the case was brought to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Novotroitsk on financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-51/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the preliminary investigation, in the winter of 2022, the accused, being aware that the non-profit organisation “FBK” had been recognized as an extremist organisation, transferred funds to its account twice in order to support the organisation’s activities.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1tlwKOdxYiHYgy"},{"persecution_id":"recmQh4NY32ulqOgu","last_updated":"2026-03-18T14:56:19.000Z","person_id":"rechNdxowB5zk5GsH","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the village of Novaya Zhizn in the Budennovsky district of Stavropol Krai. A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities due to donations to FBK. On 13 January 2026, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Stavropol Krai resident's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-26/2026 ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the publishing company Bloknot, the reason for criminal prosecution was donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 18.03.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.03.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.01.2026, Sentence: 3 years' of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-13T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-13T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-finansirovanii-fbk/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recmQh4NY32ulqOgu"},{"persecution_id":"reco3CKbnHpVQ7iXq","last_updated":"2026-03-26T14:34:19.000Z","person_id":"recLHXWKNV9CKbvZO","name_en":"Ilya Derevskov","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nizhnevartovsk. In February 2024, it became known that a case was opened against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He was under a non-departure undertaking. After Derevskov failed to appear in court and did not respond to the bailiff's calls, he was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia, after which he was apparently taken into custody. In addition, a case was opened against him for repeated public display of prohibited symbols, details unknown","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhnevartovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4"],"persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reco3CKbnHpVQ7iXq"},{"persecution_id":"rec4cx4yr7kRTui1F","last_updated":"2026-03-29T10:32:40.000Z","person_id":"recB92y5tWTNul4fe","name_en":"Gennadii Bybochkin","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. He was captured on 18 May 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In December 2025, the case went to court. On 20 March 2026, Bybochkin was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Gennadii Bybochkin's case of participation in activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-434/2026 (1-1384/2025;)","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.03.2026, Sentence: 19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":228,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-20T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-20T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4cx4yr7kRTui1F"},{"persecution_id":"recL7TwRlZ3uolsXz","last_updated":"2026-04-13T19:58:35.000Z","person_id":"recHA9H554KwWcHAX","name_en":"Valentina Kumekina","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Briansk. A case was brought against her for financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation, details are unknown. In December 2025, the case went to court. On 16 February 2026, Kumekina was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Valentina Kumekina's case of financing the activities of an “undesirable” organization","case_number":"1-66/2026 (1-493/2025;)","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.02.2026, Sentence: 2 years' suspended sentence of deprivation of liberty with a 2 year probation period, with a 2 year ban on activity connected to collecting and analysing information in informational and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, concerning organisations which aсtivity is prohibited or recognised as undesirable in Russian Federation according to the law of the Russian federation, as well as administrating internet resources of such organisations, including social media, messengers, forums, internet services. 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On 19 December 2024, Kühne was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony. On 14 January 2026, the cassation court upheld the sentence, despite the fact that the Ombudsman had requested that the verdict be overturned.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alina Kyune for participating in the activities of a terrorist organization and inciting terrorism","case_number":"1-130/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, sent to a telegram chat room information related to the mass shooting at the American school Columbine.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 22.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.04.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-19T14:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-19T14:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBe8DEk69Qtf00p"},{"persecution_id":"rec6Eimt0l8kzH7u4","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recAAXFnq9Pdiwnpm","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the town of Istra in the Moscow Region. A case was opened against him for financing extremist activities because of donations of 2,600 roubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 11 November 2025, he was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of \"terrorists and extremists\".\n\nOn 15 December, the court sentenced him to a fine of 300,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Second Moscow Region resident case of financing extremist activities","case_number":" 1-423/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, after the decision to ban FBK came into force, the man sent 500 roubles to the organisation and set up a monthly automatic payment of 300 roubles. In total, he transferred 2,600 roubles.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 15.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.12.2025, Sentence: fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-15T07:51:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-15T07:51:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6Eimt0l8kzH7u4"},{"persecution_id":"reclmsnxk1FzJHvD5","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recUpSlhDODzLjesu","name_en":" Unknown male 550","birth_year":2004,"age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Omsk. A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of a comment in March 2022 where he approved the arson of a military recruitment centre in Moscow. No later than November 2025, the man was sentenced to a fine of 900,000 roubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Omsk resident's third case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 13 March 2022, he posted an approving comment under a video of the arson attack on a military recruitment center in Moscow.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 01.01.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reclmsnxk1FzJHvD5"},{"persecution_id":"recxOq2xBOU38KlKv","last_updated":"2026-03-29T13:13:26.000Z","person_id":"recbLat4aDehvCwSo","name_en":"Andrei Pochukaev","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was a member of an autonomous group of radical nationalists and helped Duma deputy Viktor Alksnis. In June 2009, he was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony on charges of murdering two natives of the Caucasus. His associates believe that the case was fabricated. He served his sentence in a colony in the Pskov region. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and propaganda of terrorism because of a conversation with fellow inmates, namely because of statements about the killing of civilians in Buche, shooting down a plane with prisoners of war and strikes on Dnieper, Kharkiv and Mariupol, and because of his approval of the murder of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky. On 11 February 2026, Pochukaev was sentenced to three years in a strict regime colony, taking into account the time remaining from his previous sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3","Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Pochukaev's case of \"fake news\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and terrorism propaganda","case_number":"2-14/2026","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 11.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.02.2026, Sentence: 2 years and 6 months' imprisonment, taking into account the remaining term from the previous sentence - 3 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 6 months' imprisonment, taking into account the remaining term from the previous sentence - 3 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-11T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-11T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxOq2xBOU38KlKv"},{"persecution_id":"recxXsRCgMG4lMKFF","last_updated":"2026-02-14T06:50:50.000Z","person_id":"recrEtA3IsLDaFYCD","name_en":"Igor Roshchin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A serviceman. A case was initiated against him for disseminating deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In January 2026, the case was submitted to the court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Igor Roshchin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-346/2026","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxXsRCgMG4lMKFF"},{"persecution_id":"recjKOJgHrcTGIiXG","last_updated":"2026-04-16T09:27:01.000Z","person_id":"recIW20LCXJjMUNgD","name_en":"Kirill Blinov","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities due to donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. In January 2026 it became known that the case went to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"St. Petersburg resident's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-559/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no later than 15:07 on 05.08.2021, Blinov, who is a supporter of the NGO ACF and shares its main ideas, and who is aware that the NGO ACF has been recognised as an extremist organisation and liquidated, had a criminal intent to provide money to support the activities of the extremist organisation - the NGO ACF.\n\nAfter that Blinov, being in his residence at the address: St. Petersburg, Krylenko street, 13, about 15 hours 07 minutes 05.08.2021, realising that the NGO ACF was recognised by the court as an extremist organisation and liquidated, in order to provide funds to support the activities of an extremist organisation, he followed a link knowingly intended to finance extremist activities, including to support the activities of an extremist organisation - the NGO ACF, where he transferred 100 roubles from his bank account to a merchant account to the address of the NGO ACF.\n\nBlinov also connected further systematic debiting of funds intended to finance extremist activity, including to ensure the activities of the extremist organisation - the NGO ACF. Further, realising that after the transfer of funds in the amount of 100 rubles on 05.08.2021 to the above-mentioned merchant account, the subscription to the systematic transfer of funds is automatically activated, he did not take measures to cancel the previously connected systematic debit of funds, as a result of which he continued to finance extremist activities, namely, he made transfers of funds: 05.09.2021 at 16:08, in the amount of 100 rubles; 05.10.2021 at 16:09, in the amount of 100 rubles; 05.11.2021 at 16:11, in the amount of 100 rubles; 05.12.2021 at 16:11, in the amount of 100 rubles; 05.01.2022 at 16:08, in the amount of 100 rubles; 05.02.2022 at 16:10, in the amount of 100 rubles, from his bank account. In this way, Blinov repeatedly transferred funds intended to finance extremist activities, including to support the activities of the extremist organisation, the NGO ACF, 100 roubles on each occasion, for a total of 700 roubles.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjKOJgHrcTGIiXG"},{"persecution_id":"recw7neSLDkSQ65Gu","last_updated":"2026-04-13T19:02:12.000Z","person_id":"recaBTXmovtly3RRk","name_en":"Vladyslav Zarzycki","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A Ukrainian serviceman. He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. On January 21, 2026, Zarzhytskyy was sentenced to 18 years in strict regime prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Zarzhitsky's case of participating in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-406/2026 (1-1356/2025;)","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 13.04.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.04.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.01.2026, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-21T13:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-21T13:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recw7neSLDkSQ65Gu"},{"persecution_id":"recRSQj37FVpLyXuN","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"rec4FrEXF0kcSB5n0","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Porkhov (Pskov region). A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities due to donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. In December 2025, the case was referred to the court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Pskov region on financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-21/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the accused, at his place of residence in the town of Porkhov, transferred funds knowingly intended to support extremist activities of the non-profit organisation \"Anti-Corruption Foundation\" (FBC).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRSQj37FVpLyXuN"},{"persecution_id":"recAMKZtO49JluVPE","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recUYVWYbozbIj8Uq","name_en":"Anastasia Sukhanova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg, left Russia in 2022. Co-founder and former coordinator of the anti-war community \"Russians of Batumi.\"\n\nIn January 2026, the \"Paper\" publication reported that Sukhanova was prosecuted in the Leningrad region for incitement to activities against the security of the state, caused by  a certain 2023 post on the webpage \"Russians of Batumi.\"\n\nThe publication wrote that Sukhanova was also prosecuted in the Khabarovsk region, and the reason for the prosecution was, as her relatives reported, \"somehow related to the financing of the AFU.\" There is no other information about this case.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"case_name_en":"Anastasia Sukhanova's case of calls for anti-state activity","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the publication \"Bumaga,\" the reason for the criminal case was a post in the \"Batumi Russians\" Telegram channel from 2023.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAMKZtO49JluVPE"},{"persecution_id":"reciHhoO0PFc1nyCR","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"rec0qGvuQ9FFYVEoi","name_en":" Unknown male 556","birth_year":2005,"age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case of public justification of terrorism was opened in connection with a comment approving the infiltration of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\" into the Belgorod region. The case went to court no later than January 2026.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of public justification of terrorism in Ural region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 4 June 2023, he left a comment in the Telegram channel \"Politota\" under a post about the May infiltration of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\" into the Belgorod region. 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According to Karakulov, he managed to deceive his fellow officers and flew from Kazakhstan to Turkey with his wife and child. After his departure, he gave an interview in which he denounced the war and spoke about the details of his work in the security service. 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She was prosecuted for calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation because of her call to help the Ukrainian army at a rally in Tbilisi. Later it became known that the case also included an article on disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. 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According to the investigation, he created a channel to support a certain terrorist organisation and published videos of attacks on Russian territory with approving comments. 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He was charged with participating in a terrorist group, allegedly due to involvement with the \"Aidar\" Battalion in 2014. In December 2025, the case was sent to court. On 19 February 2026, Salo was sentenced to five and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Salo's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist group","case_number":"1-347/2026 (1-1275/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, in August 2014, \"while in the Starobilsk district, he voluntarily joined the Aidar Battalion\" and \"took part in combat operations against the civilian population and the Russian Armed Forces in the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic.\"","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.04.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.02.2026, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-19T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-19T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIHYWEIA0w6gFy0"},{"persecution_id":"recIkoVi3oDBpM8xL","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"recyULzU1OmrK7SZ3","name_en":"Artem Domshenko","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Was takes as a prisoner of war no later than March 2022. A case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community was opened in connection with involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In December 2025, the case went to court. On 3 March 2026, Domshenko was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Artem Domshenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-350/2026 (1-1278/2025;)","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.03.2026, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-03T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-03T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIkoVi3oDBpM8xL"},{"persecution_id":"recAx0MXmc5nwfFcb","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recn2ircX46RZmxcA","name_en":"Alexandr Gorenov","birth_year":1980,"age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A case was opened in connection with involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion. 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In January 2023, he was taken prisoner. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. 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Taken prisoner of war no later than March 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In December 2025, the case went to court. 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A case was brought against her for financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation: according to the investigation, she made a transfer for the publication of literature and propaganda materials of the religious movement \"AllatRa\". In January 2026, the case went to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Evgenia Gushchina for financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organization","case_number":"1-98/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in February 2024, acting intentionally, she made a money transfer to a person engaged in collecting funds for the publication of propaganda materials and religious literature included in the list of extremist materials distributed by an international non-governmental organisation, the activities of which are recognised as undesirable in the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHuY38M4Fx4SBcY"},{"persecution_id":"recZwC5R2Uf9Hyq1E","last_updated":"2026-04-13T20:55:37.000Z","person_id":"recGlZFgdwgcq8dqY","name_en":"Sergei Bogdanov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Izhevsk. A case was brought against him for financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation in connection with the transfer of money to the Spiritual Centre \"Revival\". In January 2026, the case went to court. On 11 March 2026, Bogdanov was sentenced to 300 hours of compulsory labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Bogdanov's case of financing activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation","case_number":"1-83/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the period from 6 December 6 2022 to 27 March 2023, S.A. Bogdanov, being aware that the activities of VDCV and the Foundation had been duly recognised as undesirable in the territory of the Russian Federation, and being a participant in the activities of the above-mentioned non-governmental organizations in the Udmurt Republic, acted intentionally in violation of the aforementioned Federal Law, as well as decisions of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. Fully aware of the criminal nature and social danger of his actions, foreseeing the inevitability and desiring the occurrence of socially dangerous consequences in the form of encroachment on the constitutional order and security of the Russian Federation, he, while at his place of residence at: <address>, using a portable computing device — a smartphone with Internet access — made money transfers from his bank account No. (opened on 27.11.2015 with Sberbank of Russia) and from his bank account No. (opened on 13.10.2020 with Sberbank of Russia).  By transferring funds to bank account No. held with Sberbank of Russia in the name of K.V.R., born on DD.MM.YYYY, who organised fundraising to support the activities of VDCV and the Foundation, he transferred funds knowingly intended to support the activities of these organisations in the form of donations totaling 19,100 roubles, namely:  \n\n-On 06.12.2022 at 17:14 (MSK) – 2,500 RUB; 20.12.2022 at 15:51 – 1,000 RUB; 20.12.2022 at 15:52 – 2,000 RUB; 24.12.2022 at 21:16 – 1,000 RUB; 29.12.2022 at 09:49 – 1,000 RUB; 30.12.2022 at 21:14 – 1,300 RUB; 08.01.2023 at 11:32 – 3,500 RUB; 26.01.2023 at 16:37 – 1,400 RUB; 15.02.2023 at 20:04 – 2,400 RUB; 16.02.2023 at 06:27 – 1,000 RUB; 27.03.2023 at 21:05 – 1,000 RUB; \n\n-On 13.03.2023 at 11:25 (MSK) – 1,000 RUB. \n\nThus, during the period from 6 December 2022 to 27 March 2023, S.A. Bogdanov, from his bank account No. (opened on 27.11.2015 with PJSC Sberbank of Russia) and his bank account No. (opened on 13.10.2020 with PJSC Sberbank of Russia), by transferring funds to bank account No. held with PJSC Sberbank of Russia in the name of K.V.R., who organised the collection of funds to support the activities of VDCV and the Foundation, transferred money to support VDCV and the Foundation; that is, he provided funds knowingly intended to support the activities of foreign non-governmental organizations that have been recognized as undesirable in the territory of the Russian Federation, in the total amount of 19,100 rubles.   \n\nFurthermore, continuing his criminal intent, during the period from 14 May 2023 to 15 June 2023, S.A. Bogdanov, under similar circumstances, transferred funds from his bank account to an account in the name of D.V.V., who organized fundraising for the same purposes, in the form of donations totaling 10,300 roubles, namely:\n\n-14.05.2023 – 2,000 RUB; 17.05.2023 – 500 RUB; 24.05.2023 – 500 RUB; 25.05.2023 – 1,100 RUB; 31.05.2023 – 1,000 RUB; 31.05.2023 – 300 RUB; 02.06.2023 – 3,600 RUB; 07.06.2023 – 500 RUB; 15.06.2023 – 800 RUB.  \n\nThus, during the period from 14 May 2023 to 15 June 2023, he transferred 10,300 roubles for the same purposes.  \n\nIn addition, continuing his criminal intent, during the period from 27 February 2023 to 27 September 2023, S.A. Bogdanov, under similar circumstances, using the website “www.donationalerts.com” intended for donations to support the activities of VDCV and the Foundation, transferred funds in the form of donations totaling 10,500 roubles, namely:\n -27.02.2023 – 600 RUB; 29.03.2023 – 1,000 RUB; \n\n-23.08.2023 – 300 RUB; 30.08.2023 – 500 RUB; 02.09.2023 – 1,000 RUB; 06.09.2023 – 300 RUB; 09.09.2023 – 500 RUB; 12.09.2023 – 1,500 RUB; 12.09.2023 – 2,000 RUB; 13.09.2023 – 500 RUB; 16.09.2023 – 1,000 RUB; 20.09.2023 – 300 RUB; 23.09.2023 – 500 RUB; 27.09.2023 – 500 RUB.  \n\nThus, during the period from 27 February 2023 to 27 September 2023, he transferred 10,500 roubles for the same purposes.\n\nAs a result, during the period from 6 December 2022 to 27 September 2023, S.A. Bogdanov transferred a total of 39,900 roubles to support VDCV and the Foundation through the above-mentioned accounts and donation platform, i.e., provided funds knowingly intended to support the activities of foreign non-governmental organisations recognised as undesirable in the Russian Federation.\n\nThe collected and provided funds, under the control and direction of supporters and followers of M.V.M., were used to organise and maintain the activities and functioning of VDCV and the Foundation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.03.2026, Sentence: 300 hours of community service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"300 hours of community service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-11T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-11T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZwC5R2Uf9Hyq1E"},{"persecution_id":"recNUl9akuuWbWe7f","last_updated":"2026-03-29T10:39:40.000Z","person_id":"reccdFz9MsdENnCeI","name_en":"Natalia Filippova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Izhevsk. A case was brought against her for financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation in connection with the transfer of money to the Spiritual Centre \"Revival\". In January 2026, the case went to court. On 12 February 2026 Filippova was sentenced to 260 hours of compulsory labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Natalia Filippova's case of financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organization","case_number":"1-80/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, acting deliberately, in violation of the above Federal Law, decisions of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, realising the criminal nature and public danger of his actions, foreseeing the inevitability and wishing the onset of socially dangerous consequences in the form of encroachment on the foundations of the constitutional order and security of the Russian Federation, being a participant in the activities of the \"cell\" of the UDCEF and the Foundation, using a portable (portable) means of computer technology - see \"The Russian Federation and the Foundation\", and using a portable (portable) means of computer technology - see \"The Russian Federation and the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation\".\n\n    - On <date> at 21:58 (Moscow time) she transferred money in the amount of 380 roubles 00 kopecks;\n\n    - On <date> at 01:15 (Moscow time) she transferred money in the amount of 300 roubles 00 kopecks;\n\n    - On <date> at 11:04 a.m. (Moscow time) she transferred funds in the amount of 5,500 roubles 00 kopecks;\n\n    - On <date> at 14:12 (Moscow time) she transferred funds in the amount of 600 roubles 00 kopecks;\n\n    - On <date> at 23:04 (Moscow time) she transferred funds in the amount of 400 roubles 00 kopecks;\n\n    - On <date> at 20:46 (Moscow time) transferred funds in the amount of 500 roubles 00 kopecks;\n\n    - On <date> at 00:15 (Moscow time) she transferred funds in the amount of 240 roubles 00 kopecks;\n\n    - On <date> at 21:25 (Moscow time) she transferred funds in the amount of 200 roubles 00 kopecks;\n\n    - On <date> at 09:33 (Moscow time) she transferred funds in the amount of 7,500 roubles 00 kopecks;\n\n    - On <date> at 09:40 (Moscow time) she transferred funds in the amount of RUB 1,000.00;\n\n    - On <date> at 07:22 (Moscow time) she transferred funds in the amount of RUB 200 00 kopecks;\n\n    - On <date> at 08:44 (Moscow time) she transferred funds in the amount of RUB 160 00 kopecks;\n\n    - On <date> at 23:28 (Moscow time) she transferred funds in the amount of RUB 1,800.00;\n\n    - On <date> at 22:41 (Moscow time), she transferred funds in the amount of RUB 3,000.00;\n\n    - On <date> at 22:07 (Moscow time) she transferred funds in the amount of 300 roubles 00 kopecks;\n\n    - On <date> at 20:08 (Moscow time) transferred funds in the amount of RUB 1,300.00;\n\n    - On <date> at 23:13 (Moscow time) she transferred funds in the amount of 2,800 roubles 00 kopecks;\n\n    - On <date> at 22:06 (Moscow time) transferred funds in the amount of RUB 160 00.\n\nThus, F.N.V.in the period from <date> to <date> provided funds in the amount of 26 340 rubles, knowingly aimed at ensuring the activities of foreign non-governmental organisations - VDCV and the Foundation, in respect of which a decision was taken to declare their activities undesirable in the territory of the Russian Federation in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, as posing a threat to the foundations of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation, the defence capacity of the country or the security of the state.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.02.2026, Sentence: 260 hours of compulsory labor","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"260 hours of compulsory labor","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-12T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-12T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNUl9akuuWbWe7f"},{"persecution_id":"recF8XcMFzS3h1yr4","last_updated":"2026-04-29T20:21:24.000Z","person_id":"recItFkwLPj09MD27","name_en":"Viktor Bondarenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the village of Mezhdurechenskoye (Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District). A case was brought against him for insulting a representative of the authorities and discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In January 2026, the case went to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Article 319 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Article 319"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The сase of Viktor Bondarenko regarding the discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces and insulting a government official.","case_number":"1-41/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"In June 2022, Bondarenko was fined under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) for comments in the \"School Life\" the VKontakte public forum, where he equated the \"Z\" symbol \"to 'Zombies', to the swastika\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2026","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-29T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-29T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 30-01-2026\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2026/01/d53006/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recF8XcMFzS3h1yr4"},{"persecution_id":"recgaDqPOAPXzMi0D","last_updated":"2026-04-17T10:59:18.000Z","person_id":"recwAD5JkhKdL0jEY","name_en":"Unknown female 110","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region). She was charged with financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation. In January 2026, the case went to court. 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A case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On 17 June 2022, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"A Saratov resident's eighth case for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-116/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of Tablighi Jamaat in 2019.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 05.07.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.07.2022\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.06.2022, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2022-06-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-06-17T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpwNLnPChpEXTi5"},{"persecution_id":"recEXTr3mjU9DgjEy","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"reczDOk5n5ytDypSz","name_en":"Bogdan Ter-Arutyunov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Lyubertsy (Moscow region). Candidate of Technical Sciences, engaged in tutoring, played basketball. A case was opened against him on calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation because of statements about the need to destroy the Crimean bridge. Presumably, he was assigned a preventive measure not allowing him to use the Internet. On 5 September 2025, Ter-Arutyunov was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lyubertsy"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E,C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Bogdan Ter-Arutyunov's case of calls for activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-785/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the comments:\n\n\"Whatever. The bridge must be destroyed, which will happen soon. The annexed Crimea will return to Ukraine sooner or later\";\n\n\"The bridge is part of the enemy's military infrastructure. Therefore, it must be destroyed. 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Captured in Mariupol in May 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In December 2025, the case went to court. 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A case was brought against her for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In February 2026, the case went to court. On 19 February, Potemina was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Liubov Potemina's case of discreditation of Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-39/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"In October 2022, Potemina was fined under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for publishing a certain video clip.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.02.2026, Sentence: The fine of 150 000 rubles, was reduced to 15 000 rubles due to the measure of restraint.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"The fine of 150 000 rubles, was reduced to 15 000 rubles due to the measure of restraint.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":15000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-19T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-19T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQLZjomsJ2c5H7t"},{"persecution_id":"recMnt3vKVFLyfLSU","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec7CKuUiob5Rt0hW","name_en":"Anton Zvidrin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tyumen. A case was opened against him for disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The case was filed in court in January 2026.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anton Zvidrin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-451/2026","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recMnt3vKVFLyfLSU"},{"persecution_id":"recqW5on41MQctxdr","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recfkyUWoA80Q3HEJ","name_en":"M. 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The case was returned to court in February 2026, and on 12 February, it was transferred to another court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Karpov's case for financing an undesirable organization","case_number":"1-240/2025, 1-47/2026, 1-91/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"Investigators allege that, using a technical device and the 'Sberbank Online' mobile application, Karpov made non-cash transfers totalling 150,000 roubles from his bank account (opened in his name at a Sberbank branch in <address>) to a bank card linked to an account held by V. V. Alekseev.\n\nAt the time of the transfers, the Solnechnogorsk Investigative Department was investigating Alekseev in connection with criminal cases initiated under Part 2 and Part 3 of Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (carrying out the activities of an undesirable organisation). The specific transfers were as follows:\n\nDD.MM.YYYY at 09:32:27 (Moscow time): While in <address>, he transferred 10,000 roubles (Payment type: AUTOPLATEZH_P2P) to Alekseev’s card.\n\nDD.MM.YYYY at 09:33:31 (Moscow time): While in <address>, he transferred 10,000 roubles (Payment type: AUTOPLATEZH_P2P) to Alekseev’s card.\n\nDD.MM.YYYY at 19:14:23 (Moscow time): While in <address>, he transferred 50,000 roubles (Payment type: SBOL) to Alekseev’s card.\n\nDD.MM.YYYY at 09:19:47 (Moscow time): While in <address>, he transferred 10,000 roubles (Payment type: AUTOPLATEZH_P2P) to Alekseev’s card.\n\nDD.MM.YYYY at 09:24:38 (Moscow time): While in <address>, he transferred 10,000 roubles (Payment type: AUTOPLATEZH_P2P) to Alekseev’s card.\n\nDD.MM.YYYY at 09:29:40 (Moscow time): While in <address>, he transferred 10,000 roubles (Payment type: AUTOPLATEZH_P2P) to Alekseev’s card.\n\nDD.MM.YYYY at 09:21:58 (Moscow time): While in <address>, he transferred 10,000 roubles (Payment type: AUTOPLATEZH_P2P) to Alekseev’s card.\n\nDD.MM.YYYY at 09:18:44 (Moscow time): While in <address>, he transferred 10,000 roubles (Payment type: AUTOPLATEZH_P2P) to Alekseev’s card.\n\nDD.MM.YYYY at 09:39:57 (Moscow time): While in <address>, he transferred 10,000 roubles (Payment type: AUTOPLATEZH_P2P) to Alekseev’s card.\n\nDD.MM.YYYY at 09:18:33 (Moscow time): While in <address>, he transferred 10,000 roubles (Payment type: AUTOPLATEZH_P2P) to Alekseev’s card.\n\nDD.MM.YYYY at 09:15:48 (Moscow time): While in <address>, he transferred 10,000 roubles (Payment type: AUTOPLATEZH_P2P) to Alekseev’s card.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"New consideration","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-24T08:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqW5on41MQctxdr"},{"persecution_id":"recskWoPDGWD0DVIi","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"rec9eIj1PGnL1eE3q","name_en":"А. 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A case of insulting the feelings of believers was brought against him because of his comments about Orthodox believers and the Russian Orthodox Church. On 24 February 2026, the court sentenced him to 180 hours of community work.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Veliky Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NGR"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Alekseev's case of offending religious feelings","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the defendant wrote various comments from his VKontakte account under posts with religious content in an Orthodox online community. These comments expressed obvious disrespect for society and contained statements of an offensive nature towards religious objects, cults, and the feelings of believers. These comments also expressed a negative assessment of the Russian Orthodox Church.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2026, Sentence: 180 hours of community work","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"180 hours of community work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-23T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0wcf1gJwYFVfVB"},{"persecution_id":"recKY2gK0lOHhkRp3","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:02:33.000Z","person_id":"recPkE6s4QNrQHi0C","name_en":"Anastasia Burakova","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lawyer, founder of the Kovcheg project to help Russian emigrants. In December 2023, she was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". A case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces was brought against her because of a video from her speech at a rally in Tbilisi on 24 February 2023, where she talks about shelling of Ukrainian cities and deaths of civilians in Ukraine. On 11 March 2025, the case went to court.\n\nAccording to Burakova, the hate motive in the case was explained through a 2019 video in which she comments on the election campaign for the Moscow City Duma, in which many independent candidates were excluded from the election. The expert examination revealed Burakova's \"statements containing a negative assessment of groups of persons on the grounds of professional affiliation: employees of election commissions participating in the elections to the Moscow City Duma, as well as employees, officials of the Moscow City Hall\" through \"a statement about the lack of votes of real people given in favour of the above officials\". In March 2025, the case went to court. In May, she was sentenced in absentia to 7.5 years with a three-year ban on website administration.\n\nIn February 2026, Burakova was arrested in absentia in a case of evasion of her duties as a \"foreign agent\". On 17 April 2026, she was sentenced in absentia in this case to one year, taking into account the previous sentence - to eight years and two months in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Anastasia Burakova's case concerning the evasion of obligations of a \"foreign agent\"","case_number":"1-8/2026-206","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 12.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2026, Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment, with a previous sentence bringing the total to 8 years 2 months' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's imprisonment, with a previous sentence bringing the total to 8 years 2 months' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-17T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-17T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKY2gK0lOHhkRp3"},{"persecution_id":"rectyrKL1krCUSrvQ","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"reciYXzC65UQlKg4V","name_en":"Maksim Podterebkov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Abaza (Khakassia). He was detained in 2024 when he returned to Russia after a two-year absence. He was accused of high treason in the form of financial assistance to a foreign state: according to the investigation, he transferred money for a minibus for the AFU. On 5 March 2025, Podterebkov was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Podterebkov's case of treason against the state","case_number":"2-2/2025 (2-12/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being an opponent of the \"SVO\" and fearing to be called up for military service as part of partial mobilisation, he left Russia for Turkey, from where in November 2022 he \"participated in fundraising\", transferred money \"for the purchase of vehicles\", namely \"a minibus, which was transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2024 to 27.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 41 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.05.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 41 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 41 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2025, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-05T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-05T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectyrKL1krCUSrvQ"},{"persecution_id":"reczk84E6udVhL8yL","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec1ZkL2A80sR7V8E","name_en":"Vladimir Volskii","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"An Ukrainian serviceman. He was taken prisoner in late December 2024. Criminal proceedings were initiated against him for participation in a terrorist organization in connection with his involvement in the 48th Separate Assault Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). On 8 October 2025, Volskii was sentenced to imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The сase of Vladimir Volskii regarding participation in the activities of a terrorist organization","case_number":"1-442/2025","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 21.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.10.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-08T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-08T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-14-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-48-m-otdelnom-shturmovom-batalone-imeni-nomana-chelebidzhihana/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reczk84E6udVhL8yL"},{"persecution_id":"rec67Isqzn7nDjL7G","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recczBUZEsTJZPTcA","name_en":"Sergey Vorsenyuk","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured no later than January 3, 2025. Charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the 48th separate assault battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan. On October 9, 2025, Vorsenyuk was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Vorsenyuk's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization","case_number":"1-455/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.10.2025","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2025-10-09T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-14-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-48-m-otdelnom-shturmovom-batalone-imeni-nomana-chelebidzhihana/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec67Isqzn7nDjL7G"},{"persecution_id":"rechNeRJE4c6Qta7u","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recBT76ZgHt9p0jVZ","name_en":"Oleg Miruk","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured on 24 December 2024. A case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation was opened against him due to his involvement in the activities of the 48th separate assault battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan of the AFU. On 27 June 2025, Miruk was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Miruk's case on participation in a terrorist organization","case_number":"1-443/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 12 December 2024, \"at the firing range located near the village of Malaya Lyubasha, Rivne region of Ukraine\", he voluntarily took an oath and \"joined the 48th separate assault battalion of the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan\". Prior to that, according to the prosecution, \"from 28.10.2024 to 12.12.2024, in order to carry out terrorist activities, he underwent training on tactical, specialised, shooting, combat, medical, physical and psychological training at the above mentioned training ground, upon completion of which he was provided with uniforms, weapons, ammunition and other ammunition for participation in combat operations as part of the battalion\". He participated in combat operations from 12 to 24 December 2024.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 07.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.08.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.06.2025, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a high-security colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a high-security colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-27T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-27T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-14-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-48-m-otdelnom-shturmovom-batalone-imeni-nomana-chelebidzhihana/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rechNeRJE4c6Qta7u"},{"persecution_id":"recgUWuTu6LqOzI0G","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recqeOjhccDDWHLNn","name_en":"Bogdan Musikhin","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-01-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured on October 18, 2024. He was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the 48th separate assault battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On February 6, 2026, Musikhin was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Bogdan Musikhin's case of involvement in the activities of a terrorist organization","case_number":"1-278/2026 (1-1125/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution team, on August 20, 2024 on the territory of the training centre he took an oath and began to perform the duties of an infantryman, being provided with uniform, weapons, ammunition and other military equipment for participation in combat. Since August 25,  2024 he has been directly participating in combat operations as a member of a terrorist organisation and was captured on October 18 of the same year.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.02.2026, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 are to be served in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 are to be served in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-06T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-06T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-14-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-48-m-otdelnom-shturmovom-batalone-imeni-nomana-chelebidzhihana/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recgUWuTu6LqOzI0G"},{"persecution_id":"recCLeLj1NLY3w28H","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"reccAaRMOJl08hvED","name_en":"Yuriy Tsyupak","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured in October 2024. A case on participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation was opened against him due to his involvement in the activities of the 48th separate assault battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan of the AFU.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Yurii Tsyupak's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization","case_number":"1-277/2026 (1-1124/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, in September 2024, while within the territory of Ukraine, he joined the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan and \"in order to carry out terrorist activities, he was trained at the AFU training centre in Odessa region of Ukraine\". Then he \"took part in combat operations against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic until October 2024\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-14-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-48-m-otdelnom-shturmovom-batalone-imeni-nomana-chelebidzhihana/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recCLeLj1NLY3w28H"},{"persecution_id":"recounzX2EYHVvFKA","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recZrlathSWfGJ0gz","name_en":"Vladislav Kormilin","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A Ukrainian serviceman, a resident of Donetsk region of Ukraine. He was taken prisoner no later than March 2022. A criminal case was initiated against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community in connection with his alleged involvement in the activities of the “Azov” battalion, where he had served since 2018. In December 2025, the case was referred to court. 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A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him on the grounds of publications in support of the Russian Volunteer Corps. 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After his capture, he was allegedly held in a specially created camp for prisoners of war on the territory of the colony in the village of Udarny in Mordovia. Former prisoners of this camp after their release told journalists about the brutal systematic torture to which the Ukrainians were subjected. Trofimyuk was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. 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A case of financing terrorism was brought against him because of the transfer of money to participants of \"Artpodgotovka\". 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He was captured in May 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov Battalion. 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No later than December 2025, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Vladimir region resident's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published online materials approving the invasion of the AFU into the territory of Kursk region in August 2024.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec12Bs7zVGUecnPW"},{"persecution_id":"recJbIwMsVTGoslCZ","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"rec1ZRzAVLsbvsecI","name_en":" Unknown male 584","birth_year":1970,"age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Belgorod Region. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to the fact that in 2019 he participated in combat on the side of Ukraine in the territory of the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR. No later than in December 2025, he was sentenced to 5 years 6 months in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Belgorod Region resident of involvement in the activities of a terrorist group","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2019, while on the territory of Ukraine, he voluntarily signed a contract with a Ukrainian terrorist organisation. As part of an assault company as a shooter-assistant grenade launcher, he took part in combat operations in the territory of the DPR and LPR.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJbIwMsVTGoslCZ"},{"persecution_id":"recjmZOI0fsW7VyTO","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recVMj9nj1SqQCcNc","name_en":"Vladimir Abramov","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Komi Republic. He was prosecuted for incitement to terrorism and public justification of terrorism because of several comments: in one he wrote that Putin and Medvedev should be shot, in another he wrote that the head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, should be shot, and in a third he endorsed the idea of setting fire to military recruitment centres. Speaking in court, Abramov explained that he was driven by resentment against the state: due to bureaucratic errors, he was able to receive his pension not in 2020, as he was supposed to, but only in 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The Vladimir Abramov's case of calls to terrorism and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-18/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation:\n\nOn 29 August 2022, under a VKontakte post mentioning Putin and Medvedev, he left the comment: \"They should be shot, they are monsters, rabid dogs\";\n\nOn 4 September 2022, in the Daily News community, he wrote: \"Pamfilova is a scum, a corrupt bitch, she should be shot\";\n\nOn 13 April 2023, commented on a post about the arson attack on a military enlistment office in the town of Usinsk: \"It's a pity that the woman didn't succeed. May these military recruitment offices and officers burn with a clear flame while mobilisation is going on there\".\n\nThrough his publications he \"addressed to an indefinite circle of people with the purpose of inducing an attack on the life of the president and state officials in order to destabilise the activities and decision-making of the authorities\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjmZOI0fsW7VyTO"},{"persecution_id":"recKDc9w7FVsRilYA","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recfPhFWKdLBJzoLx","name_en":"Fedor Bushev","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nizhny Tagil. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In January 2026, the case went to court. On 25 March 2026 Bushev was sentenced, details are unknown.\n\nIn November 2023, eight protocols were drawn up against Bushev under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of his comments in various communities on VKontakte.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Tagil"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Fedor Bushev's case concerning discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-139/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"In November 2023, Bushev was fined 40,000 roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of his comments in Ural communities in VKontakte on the topic of special operations in Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.03.2026, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-25T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-25T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 02-02-2026\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2026/02/d53022/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recKDc9w7FVsRilYA"},{"persecution_id":"recosmTLGlLEtyJEM","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recPF4Ct4FN0LNkJF","name_en":" Unknown male 588","birth_year":1983,"age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kirishi (Leningrad Region). He has been criminally prosecuted on multiple occasions. A criminal case was opened against him on charges of desecrating sites commemorating those who died in defense of the Fatherland. The case was triggered by his act of extinguishing the Eternal Flame using snow. He was detained no later than December 29, 2025.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["243.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 243.4"],"case_name_en":"The Case of the Eternal Flame and the Snow in Kirishi","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on December 27, 2025, at the \"Memory of the Fallen\" mass grave memorial, he threw snow into the Eternal Flame.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.12.2025 to 01.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recosmTLGlLEtyJEM"},{"persecution_id":"recMFYh99fNSHXhm3","last_updated":"2026-03-21T23:07:45.000Z","person_id":"recfIIit2UMK08qZR","name_en":"Dmitry Murachev","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-11-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tyva. He was charged with financing extremist activities in connection with donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On December 1, 2025, Murachev was given a three-year suspended sentence. On February 24, 2026, the appeal court commuted the sentence to three years of forced labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tuva"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TY"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Murachev's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-72/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, while in his office in the village of Saryg-Sep, he watched the video clip in question. Being reliably informed that the activities of the NGO ACF were recognised as extremist and banned on the territory of Russia, sharing the views of the organisation, he decided to finance it. Between October 7, 2021 and January 7, 2022, he subscribed to a systematic donation and, using the bank card of his wife (who was unaware of his criminal intentions), transferred funds in four transactions to the organisation's account opened with a bank in the United States. The total amount of the transfers totalled RUB 1,200.","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.03.2026 to 01.03.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.12.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-01T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-01T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In February 2026, the case went to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The Denis Gushchin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-130/2026","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2026","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-09T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-09T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCWc3GE2RhOcaLa"},{"persecution_id":"recDSRBllkc9hmpNV","last_updated":"2026-04-27T16:09:36.000Z","person_id":"recZ36wJAOjX2lXKE","name_en":" Unknown person 105","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In the Zalarinsky district of the Irkutsk region, a case was initiated on charges of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In February 2026, the case went to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Irkutsk region","case_number":"1-54/2026","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.04.2026","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recDSRBllkc9hmpNV"},{"persecution_id":"rec6srC6okcoUGfA7","last_updated":"2026-03-26T08:54:03.000Z","person_id":"recKK5RkgQyvuPmL2","name_en":"Denis Pavlov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Serviceman. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and for calling for extremism. In February 2026, the case went to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Denis Pavlov’s case on “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces and calls for extremism","case_number":"1-66/2026","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6srC6okcoUGfA7"},{"persecution_id":"receO95l2iDoaSKHA","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:09:12.000Z","person_id":"recDSOlGno20V9Fyp","name_en":"Andrei Zykov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg, left Russia. He lived in China and sold vape liquids. Blogger Ilya Varlamov claims that one of the reasons for the prosecution was a post in which Zykov wrote that he had sent a \"batch of poison\" to Russia. A case under one of the extremist articles was brought against the businessman no later than May 2023, when he was included in the list of terrorists and extremists of Rosfinmonitoring. Later it became known that he was accused of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces (because of posts about killing Ukrainian civilians and shelling civilian infrastructure), calls for terrorism and extremism (because of calls to kill Russian servicemen and strike Russian territory) and incitement to hatred with the threat of violence. Zykov left for the United States, where he sought political asylum. As of February 2026, he was in U.S. immigration detention. In March 2026, his case came before the 2nd Western District Military Court. On 26 March, Zykov was sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Zykov’s case of 'fakes' about the Russian Armed Forces, calls for extremism and terrorism, and incitement to hatred","case_number":"1-158/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"Investigators allege that while outside the Russian Federation in April 2022, Andrei Zykov joined a public group called 'Politics&Religion' on a messaging app, where he repeatedly posted text entries calling for violence against Russians and inciting contempt for people of Russian nationality.\n\nIn February 2022, Zykov posted a message on his VKontakte page calling for the killing of individuals based on their membership of a social group—Russian servicemen—and their Russian nationality. In March 2022, he used the same platform to share 'knowingly false information' regarding the use of the Russian Armed Forces during the Special Military Operation in Ukraine. Specifically, these posts alleged that Russian servicemen were murdering Ukrainian civilians, including women, children, and the elderly, and shelling civilian infrastructure with heavy weaponry. Between May 2022 and September 2023, he shared a further 12 similar publications on his page.\n\nIn September 2023, Zykov published a post calling for explosions and UAV strikes to be carried out on Russian territory.y.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.03.2026, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony in absentia, with a 5-year ban on administering websites on the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony in absentia, with a 5-year ban on administering websites on the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-26T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-26T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receO95l2iDoaSKHA"},{"persecution_id":"reclMR6cI2oCSsHWw","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recgdPW744o5Ji1wk","name_en":" Unknown male 590","birth_year":1975,"age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Shumerlya (Chuvash Republic). In January 2026, it became known that a case on the rehabilitation of Nazism was brought against him. 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A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of statements about the Legion \"Freedom of Russia\" and the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\". 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He was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of his endorsement of the activities of the Azov battalion. No later than January 2026, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Resident of Belgorod' second case on public endorsing of terrorism","case_number":"1-43/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in December 2022 (or 2024), the Belgorod resident posted a comment in a public Telegram chat room that justified the ideology and practices of the Ukrainian regiment Azov.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 30.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.01.2026, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, prohibition to administer sites on the Internet for a period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, prohibition to administer sites on the Internet for a period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-13T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-13T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recF9fj1sQeY2sh1X"},{"persecution_id":"recE2AJxUOVJHGFQg","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recvNmqDmNzqizJwg","name_en":"Viacheslav Kretov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Shchigrov, Kursk Region. A case was initiated against him for incitement to extremism: according to the investigation, he incited violence against Russian servicemen. 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And shoot others too, until they think of putting honest people who won't take a penny\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: A fine of 300,000 rubles and a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0d1iYIiwDuxhEb"},{"persecution_id":"recknFKaEnopABneS","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recBKA7NpfZ4g5s3D","name_en":" Unknown male 595","birth_year":1988,"age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Zabaykalsky Region. In January 2026, it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of comments approving \"acts of terrorism organised by the special services of Ukraine committed against critical infrastructure facilities of the Russian Federation\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of a resident of the Zabaykalsky Region for public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was \"an active participant of anti-Russian groups in the messenger Telegram, where he leaves comments aimed at publicly justifying acts of terrorism organised by the special services of Ukraine, committed against critical infrastructure of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recknFKaEnopABneS"},{"persecution_id":"rec0dkLtHXqQ11J1y","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recI2bwaFTgWqFsqv","name_en":"Liubov Dementieva","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Rezh (Sverdlovsk region) and an employee of the Yekaterinburg departmental guard detachment at the railway. 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A criminal case was initiated against him on charges of participation in an extremist organisation. According to law enforcement, he was a member of the \"Union of Slavic Forces of Russia\". 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New members were involved in the association, the ideas of the organisation were promoted, and meetings of its participants were held.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recq6a42c0saYuSVi"},{"persecution_id":"rec98Uzou4cnTaACA","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recGtRSOrmLpvmyzs","name_en":" Unknown female 109","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Naberezhnye Chelny. A case was brought against her for organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the activities of the \"Supreme Council of the TASSR\". No later than February 2026, the case went to court. 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She attracted new members to the association, promoted the ideas of the organisation, and held meetings of its participants.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec98Uzou4cnTaACA"},{"persecution_id":"recb0DjLNxOdcxIZu","last_updated":"2026-03-26T14:13:17.000Z","person_id":"rec16xyjaxnA3vW6U","name_en":" Unknown male 600","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Cherkessk. On January 13, 2026, it became known that a case was brought against him for financing extremist activities in connection with the transfer of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. 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A case was opened against him for calls to terrorism: according to the investigation, he called for violence against the Russian military and members of Rosgvardiya. No later than in March 2026, he was sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony. It is not known what explains the strict regime.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of an Angarsk Region resident of incitement to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in an open public group on the Internet he posted statements containing calls to carry out terrorist activities against servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and Rosgvardiya involved in the special military operation, i.e. he made public calls to engage in terrorist activities.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 3 years' prohibition to engage in activities related to posting public appeals, articles, comments and other materials via public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxEO2tqD30sJYA7"},{"persecution_id":"recNR9YPJOnt4FyKB","last_updated":"2026-04-20T10:10:56.000Z","person_id":"rec8fRSAgwFtqMROS","name_en":" Unknown male 603","birth_year":1986,"age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nevinnomyssk (Stavropol region). A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities in connection with donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. 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After watching another video, he saw a link under the video, following which he sponsored illegal activities, realising that his actions were unlawful.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2026","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-17T06:42:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-17T06:42:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNR9YPJOnt4FyKB"},{"persecution_id":"recwCQ4wqyhPsK0PJ","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"receAL458Yr9BpVXd","name_en":"Viacheslav Shatalov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Essentuki. 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Против него возбудили дело о финансировании экстремистской деятельности в связи с переводом денег Фонду борьбы с коррупцией. 29 января 2026 года Цветкова приговорили к штрафу в 300 тысяч рублей.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Tsvetkov's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-30/2026 (1-255/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"not earlier than on 6 August 2021, Mr. Tsvetkov, who supports extremist views and positions, is dissatisfied with the current authorities in the Russian Federation and the state policy pursued, who is aware of the fact that the Anti-Corruption Foundation (Non-Commercial Organization) has been recognised as an extremist organisation, liquidated and its activities banned in the Russian Federation, had a criminal intent to provide funds knowingly intended to support the activities of the extremist organisation the Anti-Corruption Foundation (Non-Commercial Organization)\".\n\nAfter that, on an unspecified day, but no later than DD.MM.YYYY, Mr. Tsvetkov, who had previously been detained by police officers during protest actions organised by the Anti-Corruption Foundation in support of NAME, being at the address: ADDRESS, exact location not specified, holding extremist views, feeling dissatisfied with the authorities in the Russian Federation and the state policy pursued, being reliably informed that the Anticorruption Foundation was recognised an extremist organisation, liquidated and its activities banned in the territory of the Russian Federation, being aware of the unlawfulness of his actions and  wishing to assist the extremist organization, logged into the website ADDRESS from an unidentified device, where he provided the details of his bank card NO., linked to the bank account NO., opened in BANK in his name, and arranged for monthly transfers to merchant ID NO in favour of the extremist organization Anti-Corruption Foundation, thereby providing funds that were clearly intended to support the activities of the extremist organization Anti-Corruption Foundation.\n\nFurther, in the period from DD.MM.YYYY to DD.MM.YYYY, realising his criminal intent, Mr. Tsvetkov, in order to support the activities of the extremist organisation Anti-Corruption Foundation, made transfers of funds totalling 2,000 roubles, namely:\n\n- DD.MM.YYYY at 10 o'clock 57 minutes, being at the ADDRESS, the exact location is not established, in the amount of 500 roubles;\n\n- DD.MM.YYYY at 11 o'clock 57 minutes, being at the ADDRESS, in the amount of 500 roubles;\n\n- DD.MM.YYYY at 11 o'clock 57 minutes, being at the ADDRESS, in the amount of 500 roubles;\n\n- DD.MM.YYY at 9 o'clock 2 minutes at the ADDRESS, in the amount of 500 roubles;\n\nDuring the period DD.MM.YYYY to DD.MM.YYYY, Mr. Tsvetkov was aware of the funds transfers in support of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, as he regularly received at his e-mail address ADDRESS notifications from the \"Anti-Corruption Foundation\", as well as receipts for the payments in support of the activities of this organisation\".\n\nThe court found that Mr. Tsvetkov in the period from 19 November 2021 to 19 February 2022, to support the activities of the extremist organisation Anti-Corruption Foundation, transferred the funds in the total amount of 2,000 roubles.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 14.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-29T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectJHhJzJaqAWmtx"},{"persecution_id":"recKIyjqkLj2ytUZB","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:10.000Z","person_id":"recVUGT3YtA39oAkn","name_en":"Igor Pomazkin","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Adygea. In March 2026, the Investigative Committee announced that it had completed the investigation into his case of financing extremist activities. Apparently, it was about transferring money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. 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In October 2023, her home was searched, and she was taken into custody on charges of vandalism, obstruction of journalists' work and a threat of murder due to pentagrams painted on the doors of war correspondents. The threat of murder charge was later dismissed. Agibalova claims she found an advert on Avito (a Russian classifieds website), contacted the customer and he asked her to place the images on the doors of several flats. She claims she thought that occult groups would meet in these flats. On 23 June 2025, Agibalova was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. On 24 September 2025, the court of appeals changed the sentence: the vandalism charge was returned to the court of first instance, the charge of obstructing the work of journalists was partially reclassified to attempted obstruction, and the total sentence was reduced by three months.\nThe vandalism case came before the court in November 2025. 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In October 2023, his home was searched and he was taken into custody on charges of vandalism, obstructing journalists and threatening to kill him because of pentagrams on the doors of war correspondents. The death threat charge was later dropped. Remnev's friend, tattoo artist Svetlana Agibalova, who is on the same case with him, claims that she found an advert on Avito, contacted the customer, and he asked her to put images on the doors of several flats, while Remnev only accompanied her and helped her hold the stencil. She claims that she thought that occult groups would meet in these flats. On 23 June 2025, Remnev was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony. On 24 September 2025, the court of appeal changed the sentence: the vandalism charge was returned to the court of first instance, the charge of obstructing the work of journalists was partially reclassified to attempted obstruction, and the total sentence was reduced by three months.\nThe vandalism case came before the court in November 2025. On 11 December 2025, the court decided to discontinue the prosecution due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nRemnev was allegedly released in January 2026.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_ended":"2025-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"case_name_en":"The case of vandalism","case_number":"01-1034/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in an action against people \"covering a special military operation\" in the form of drawing a picture with a pig inside a pentagram. 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He was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism. The reason was two comments: one said \"God save Azov\", the other wished health to its serviceman Denis Prokopenko. On 11 March Argeev was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Yuri Argeyev's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-62/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he wrote two comments on YouTube in support of the Ukrainian brigade \"Azov\" and its soldier Denis Prokopenko with the call sign \"Redis\": \"Health to Redis! Glory to Ukraine! 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He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community and undergoing training for the purpose of terrorist activities: presumably, the reason was his involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion. On 5 December 2025, Kozinski was sentenced to imprisonment, the details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Kozinsky's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-1157/2025","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 25.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.12.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.12.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-05T09:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-05T09:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-byvshih-voennosluzhashhih-batalona-ajdar-gajduchenko-kozinskogo-kononenko-i-shevchenko/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recowWXfudX1OhAdC"},{"persecution_id":"rec163QoWi8RdDutV","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recrVxv40ybnmilFl","name_en":"Vitalii Kononenko","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to the fact that he joined the ''Aidar'' battalion in 2014. 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Memorial:\n Date: 18-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-byvshih-voennosluzhashhih-batalona-ajdar-gajduchenko-kozinskogo-kononenko-i-shevchenko/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec163QoWi8RdDutV"},{"persecution_id":"recSvkc5NKXvY8fIZ","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recCIoYNXYvPh6lFT","name_en":"Vladimir Shevchenko","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A case was initiated against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion between 2015 and 2021 intermittently. 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On June 4, 2025, Samoilov was sentenced to 12 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Samoilov’s case of high treason","case_number":"2-17/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, he proactively contacted a volunteer, who collected funds to finance the Armed Forces of Ukraine. After receiving the necessary instructions, the defendant transferred money to the specified bank account via an online electronic money and cryptocurrency exchange service.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 24.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.06.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.06.2025, Sentence: 12 years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, 1 year of restricted freedom, and a fine of 200,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, 1 year of restricted freedom, and a fine of 200,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-04T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-04T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He was captured in May 2022. He was prosecuted for murder committed by an organised group with a hate motive and for cruel treatment of civilians: according to the investigation, he killed a female resident of Mariupol. On 22 September 2025, Belinov was sentenced in this case to 23 years in a strict regime colony. In addition, a case was brought against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community in connection with involvement in the activities of the battalion Azov. On 16 March 2026, taking into account the previous sentence, Belinov was sentenced to 27 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Bogdan Belinov's case of participation in activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-671/2026","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.03.2026, Sentence: taking into account the previous sentence, 27 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"taking into account the previous sentence, 27 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-16T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-16T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjMYcI4U3HzfBLC"},{"persecution_id":"rece0ZzfAFKLXBvQT","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recpougxOEWwnrmCj","name_en":"Mark Mikhailov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. 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In February 2026, the case was referred to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Afonin's case for participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":" 1-712/2026","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recMdVgqT2FlKHUeH"},{"persecution_id":"reco6YQE7kAVi0QJk","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recJxn5LLMH6MHQ7S","name_en":"Ivan Kuznetsov","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured in the spring of 2022. According to the court's website, he was charged with the participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, as opposed to other Ukrainian servicemen captured at the same time as Kuznetsov who were charged with the participation in the activities of a terrorist community. The \"Azov\" battalion, which the serviceman is accused of being involved in, was recognised as a terrorist organisation in August 2022. 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He was prosecuted for financing extremist activities due to the transfer of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation and treason due to the transfer of money to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 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A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. He was taken into custody. In February 2026, the case went to court. 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A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities in connection with the transfer of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. 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After that, he took part in combat operations on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic against peaceful civilians and Russian servicemen\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.03.2026, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-19T10:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-19T10:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqV6OZuX7JLp5sF"},{"persecution_id":"recG16wvtkEG7Rviu","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recUjwf2ouubx0c8I","name_en":"Alexander Germizin","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Secretary of the congress of the Vladimir branch of the \"Rassvet\" party. On 10 October 2024, the homes of local activists were searched as part of the criminal case against him. On the same day, he was taken into custody. Later, head of the party Ekaterina Duntzova said that Germizin was charged with public justification of terrorism because of some posts and comments he published in Telegram. According to the investigation, he called for blowing up state buildings. Vladimir activist and author of the anti-war project \"Resonance\" Danil Belyakov, who has studied Germizin's comments in several Telegram communities, suggests that the comments in question concern the news about arsons of military recruitment centres. On 5 February 2025, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.\n\nGermizin was also charged with financing extremist activities and treason. According to the investigation, he transferred cryptocurrency to ACF and the AFU, including \"radical nationalist armed formations\". On 19 March 2026, he was sentenced on these charges to 15 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladimir"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Germizin's case of financing extremism and treason","case_number":"2-8/2026 (2-26/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, for two years, starting in March of 2022, Germizin used electronic payment and cryptocurrency exchange applications installed on his phone to make money transfers to finance the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including radical nationalist armed formations, as well as the extremist organisation NGO \"ACF\".","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.03.2026, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty, prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of sites of electronic and information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty, prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of sites of electronic and information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-19T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recG16wvtkEG7Rviu"},{"persecution_id":"recvJ49es6f92MJoK","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recOJTwgzvLn6RLey","name_en":"Viktor Chepiga","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Taken prisoner of war on 25 June 2024. He was reported missing for more than a year. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Viktor Chepiga on participation in the activities of a terrorist organization","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in April 2024 he voluntarily joined \"Aidar\" and \"in order to carry out terrorist activities\" was trained on the territory of the military training ground, and then \"took part in hostilities against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic, performing the duties of a grenade launcher\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvJ49es6f92MJoK"},{"persecution_id":"rectZ7dTSYaUIemPq","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:08:52.000Z","person_id":"recZGXLluKa0Nle8U","name_en":"Sergey Nichiporuk","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He served in the Russian Armed Forces in the Moscow region. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of a certain post in the urban community of Krasnoznamensk. In March 2026, the case went to court. On 9 April 2026, Nichiporuk was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Odintsovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Moscow region military serviceman's case on \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-81/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 25 August 2022, in the city community of Krasnoznamensk in one of the social networks he posted a post with a screenshot that contained \"knowingly false information\" that the Russian military took lives and used violence against civilians.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2026, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-09T12:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-09T12:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectZ7dTSYaUIemPq"},{"persecution_id":"rectSzoOTBeeo3mHD","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"reclVV5EuhfWs5KhV","name_en":"Artem Nezdorovin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A serviceman serving in the Rostov region. A criminal case was initiated against him for the dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In February 2026, the case was referred to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novocherkassk"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Artem Nezdorovin’s case on “fake news” about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-200/2026","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectSzoOTBeeo3mHD"},{"persecution_id":"reclSDCv2OkISBBJJ","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recSe1midxbFbzK5c","name_en":"Bekir Gugurik ","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Kherson region (Ukraine), a driver-mechanic at a wholesale base. On 12 February 2025, it became known that he was detained. According to human rights activists, the case materials, in particular, included a picture with the inscription \"Crimea is Ukraine\" found in his son's computer. On 6 October 2025, Gugurik was sentenced to four years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Bekir Gugurik's case of participation in an illegal armed group","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-13-obvinyaemyh-v-uchastii-v-batalone-imeni-nomana-chelebidzhihana/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reclSDCv2OkISBBJJ"},{"persecution_id":"recqomddRVSQce1pD","last_updated":"2026-04-21T14:24:20.000Z","person_id":"rec9s4biM1qUj3ttG","name_en":"Andrei Kogut","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured in March 2022. A case launched against him for participating in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the \"Azov\" battalion. On 16 November 2023, Kogut was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Kogut's case of the participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-157/2023","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 07.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.12.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.11.2023, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-16T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-16T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-04-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-andreya-koguta-olega-klimovskogo-aleksandra-maltapara-i-dmitriya-borisenko-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-azove/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recqomddRVSQce1pD"},{"persecution_id":"rec5WPz2DqI3fUEkU","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recq2IUwa5vl1lLIw","name_en":"Dmitrii Kistion","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A Ukrainian serviceman. He was taken prisoner on 19 January 2023. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to the fact that he served in the Aidar Battalion in 2015. On 24 September 2024, Kistion was sentenced to five and a half years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Kistion's case of participating in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-273/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being an adherent of neo-Nazi ideology, in 2015 he voluntarily took part in hostilities on the territory of the LPR and DPR against civilians\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 29.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.08.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.08.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-01T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-01T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-byvshih-voennosluzhashhih-batalona-ajdar-grushinskogo-kistiona-nechiporenko-onoprienko-i-yakovenko/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec5WPz2DqI3fUEkU"},{"persecution_id":"recbCse2PEpsy2gc5","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recfqirSSJt72d8GN","name_en":"Ivan Nechiporenko","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A Ukrainian serviceman. He was taken prisoner on 19 January 2023. A criminal case was initiated against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community in connection with the fact that in 2014–2015 he served in the “Aidar” battalion. He himself stated that he worked as a driver and transported food from headquarters to the battalion’s location, and sometimes took part in patrols, but not in combat operations. On 3 September 2024, Nechyporenko was sentenced to five and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Nechyporenko’s case on participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-272/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from July 2014 to January 2015, on the territory of the Luhansk region, he \"participated in the activities of the terrorist community\" - the 24th separate assault battalion \"Aidar\". He facilitated activities aimed at violent change of the constitutional order, the seizure of power in the regions, destabilisation of the situation in the \"LNR\", and the persecution of the civilian population on political and national grounds as part of punitive operations, while “tacitly approving of and wishing to carry out” the tasks assigned to him. He did not report his participation in the battalion’s activities to Russian law enforcement authorities, which, in the view of the investigation, additionally indicates the presence of criminal intent.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 24.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.09.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.09.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-03T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-03T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the Azov battalion. 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Was taken prisoner no later than April 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. 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On 19 December 2025, Kazanovskii was sentenced to four months in a general-regime colony.\n\nIn March 2026, at the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service, the court imposed administrative supervision on Kazanovskii for 8 years after his release from the colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Kaliningrad region citizen financing an extremist activity","case_number":"1-165/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being aware of the recognition of FBK as an extremist organisation, using a mobile phone belonging to him with a SIM card with subscriber number No. installed in it, connected to the ITS \"Internet\", he went to the website \"world.fbk.info\", where he entered the details of his PJSC \"Sberbank\" card No. No. with account number No. No., opened in the name of Kazanovskii FiO12 in PJSC \"Sberbank\" at the address: 99, Yuria Gagarin Street, Kaliningrad, and in order to ensure the activities of the extremist organisation FBC FO on DD.MM.YY at 20:00 hours through the system \"BTP SERVICES SUBSCRIBE NEW YORK USA\" from his above-mentioned bank card to the American merchant account No. № \"Anti-Corruption Foundation\" (TIN 7709471429) in a foreign banking institution (terminal TCTBMMYOVWA), knowingly intended for the financing of extremist activities, including the financing of extremist activities, including also to support the activities of the extremist organisation FBK, against which a court has issued an enforceable decision on liquidation, in connection with extremist activities, made a non-cash money transfer to WORLD.FBK.IN US of 300 roubles.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2034-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 19.12.2025\n• in custody: from 19.12.2025 to 13.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.01.2026 to 26.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n• Unknown: from 04.04.2026 to 04.04.2034\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.01.2026 to 04.04.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2025, Sentence: 4 months' imprisonment in a general-regime colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 months' imprisonment in a general-regime colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":4,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-19T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-19T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQxXAYbJef5x04i"},{"persecution_id":"recaHGaiXcbU1YiWC","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recnTHJPuMDtItAb1","name_en":"Sergey Medvedev","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Political scientist, teacher, presenter of historical programmes on TV channels and radio stations. In September 2022, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In March 2025, it became known that a case was brought against Medvedev for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. In May 2025, the case went to court and it became known that the political scientist was also accused of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. On 29 September 2025, Medvedev was sentenced in absentia to ten years in a general regime penal colony. A case of evasion of duties as a \"foreign agent\" was also brought against the political scientist. 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A case was brought against her for financing extremist activities, allegedly in connection with the transfer of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. In January 2026, the case went to court. 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A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities in connection with the transfer of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 4 March 2026 Ignatiev was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Veliky Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NGR"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Ignatiev's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-357/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, acting deliberately, being aware that FBK was recognised by the court as an extremist organisation and liquidated, being in the city of Veliky Novgorod, on 5 August 2021 he transferred (i.e. provided) funds intended to support the activities of an extremist organisation - FBK - from his bank account in a branch of Sberbank of Russia PJSC, in the amount of 300 rubles to the recipient's account opened in a banking institution of a foreign country.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.03.2026, Sentence: a fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-04T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-04T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receTF44yMHkWKyxJ"},{"persecution_id":"rec2yuIJwyfoF0kXz","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recbNhmh6TuVbEcOG","name_en":"Diana Rudakova","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A former coordinator of Navalny’s штаб in Tambov. In October 2023, she was included in the register of “foreign agents”. In July 2024, it became known that Rudakova had been placed on the wanted list. A criminal case was initiated against her for evading the performance of the duties of a “foreign agent”.\n\nOn 8 October 2025, the court sentenced her to a fine of 80,000 roubles.\n\nOn 17 March 2026, Rudakova was convicted in absentia in a similar case and sentenced to a fine of 150,000 roubles. The grounds for the prosecution this time were the failure to submit “foreign agent” reports to the Ministry of Justice.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tambov"],"persecution_region_en":["Tambov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TAM"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Diana Rudakova's second case for failing to comply with the 'foreign agent' duties","case_number":"1-20/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for the criminal case were the failure to submit four 'foreign agent' reports to the Ministry of Justice.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.03.2026, Sentence: fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-17T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-17T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2yuIJwyfoF0kXz"},{"persecution_id":"reckP0oMgiKGEcH8R","last_updated":"2026-04-26T15:02:02.000Z","person_id":"rec7mItu5CB5Xrfge","name_en":" Unknown female 118","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Altai Territory. A case was brought against her for financing the activities of two \"undesirable\" organisations. In March 2026, the case went to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rubtsovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The second case of financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organization in the Altai region","case_number":"1-26/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between 2023 and 2024, being aware of the recognition of the activities of two foreign organisations as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation, she repeatedly transferred funds to the bank accounts of their participants. These actions were aimed at providing financial support to these organisations, whose activities are prohibited in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.04.2026, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-21T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-21T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckP0oMgiKGEcH8R"},{"persecution_id":"recuCH9gCysVXFqep","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"rec44pd1iZqqvJpZj","name_en":"Igor Karlov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case was opened for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces, calls for extremism, terrorism and activities against the security of the Russian Federation, and high treason. In March 2026, the case was brought to the Southern District Military Court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","280","205.2","280.4","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280.4","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Igor Karlov's case of “fake news” about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, calls for extremism, terrorism and activities aimed against the security of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-913/2026","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recuCH9gCysVXFqep"},{"persecution_id":"reczL3zdQ817dWFaR","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recF8R0QJfNMpeSuV","name_en":"Valery Shevchuk","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Crimea. In June 2024, his detention was reported by the \"Crimean SMERSH\" telegram channel, which helps law enforcement agencies to identify people who speak out against the Russian authorities and the war. In the message, the channel said that Shevchuk \"published posts insulting Russia, the army and the president, posted Nazi slogans and called for slaughtering Russians, and denied the territorial integrity of the country\". On 19 June 2024, Shevchuk was fined 45,000 rubles under the article on insulting the authorities (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of several pictures with statements against Putin. In one of the pictures, Putin had a letter Z drawn on his forehead. On the same day, the court fined Shevchuk 45 thousand rubles under the article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the CAO). According to the court ruling, the pictures he published depicted an animal in the uniform of a Russian serviceman and an AFU soldier cutting off the heads of Russian servicemen. At the same time, the court arrested Shevchuk for 13 days under the article on the demonstration of prohibited symbols (part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of the Right Sector emblem.\n\nIn July 2024, Shevchuk was sentenced to compulsory labour in a theft case (we do not know the details of the case, we have no grounds to consider it politically motivated). Later, a criminal case on calls to extremism was opened against the Crimean: according to the investigation, he called for violence against Russians. There are four episodes in the case. On 25 February 2025, Shevchuk was sentenced to five years and ten days in a general regime colony.\n\nLater it became known that a new case was brought against the Crimean - on the dissemination of disrespectful information about the days of military glory and insulting the feelings of believers. The reason was an anti-war picture, where on 9 May 2022 in Red Square instead of a parade are coffins with the letters V and Z, and some statements about \"Orthodox shrines\" and Islam. On 23 March 2026, Shevchuk was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony, taking into account his previous sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 1, Article 148"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Valeriy Shevchuk's case of disrespect for Victory Day and insulting the feelings of believers","case_number":"1-16/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the accusation of disseminating disrespectful information about the days of military glory was the publication in April 2022 of a picture with the inscription \"9 May 2022\" in which coffins with the symbols V and Z, from which blood flows out, lie on Red Square instead of a parade, and \"Putin\" is written on the Mausoleum.\n\nThe reason for accusations of insulting the feelings of believers were comments in September 2023 about \"Orthodox shrines\", \"defaming religious traditions, cultural values and the historical memory of the Russian people\". and in October of the same year - \"insulting the religious feelings of believers who profess the Muslim faith\".","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.03.2026, Sentence: Taking into account the previous sentence, 5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of 100,000 roubles and a ban on administering Internet pages for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Taking into account the previous sentence, 5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of 100,000 roubles and a ban on administering Internet pages for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-23T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-23T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 26-03-2026\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2026/03/d53398/?sphrase_id=4099709\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"reczL3zdQ817dWFaR"},{"persecution_id":"recrSiACRgsjUM0fI","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recFlRgtE9CJgpNhA","name_en":"Eugene Viter","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Essentuki. He was prosecuted for financing extremist activities in connection with the transfer of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 5 March 2026, Viter was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Evgeniy Viter's case of financing extremist activity","case_number":"1-60/2026 (1-351/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in the period from <date> to <date>, being at the address: <address>, having a direct criminal intent, committed the financing of extremist activities of the non-profit organisation \"Anti-Corruption Foundation\" INN 7709471429 (hereinafter - NO \"FBK\") in the amount of 7,000 rubles, that is, the provision of funds knowingly intended to ensure the activities of an extremist organisation.\"","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 21.03.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 22.03.2026 to 21.03.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2026, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-05T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recrSiACRgsjUM0fI"},{"persecution_id":"recWZeXLavjkJS9Hu","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:21:29.000Z","person_id":"recc79FCzW2x1IyFi","name_en":"Pavel Burenkov","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bryansk, an electrician fitter. He was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of a comment that was seen as justifying the activities of the Russian Volunteer Corps. In March 2026, Burenkov was sentenced to one and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths","Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Burenkov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution's version, in August 2024, he wrote a comment in Telegram in which linguistic expertise found \"signs of justification of the activities of the Russian Volunteer Corps.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWZeXLavjkJS9Hu"},{"persecution_id":"recOmriM4wZZZwtKA","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recY5FDP1T2qaOYo4","name_en":" Unknown person 132","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In Voronezh, a case of financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation was initiated. 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In March, the case went to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of financing the activities of an “undesirable” organization in Barnaul","case_number":"1-203/2026","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recND3Q0t7G1BRIob"},{"persecution_id":"recuG1DenFQaWmC6B","last_updated":"2026-04-28T21:08:59.000Z","person_id":"recrm4lJpwwVE9aHj","name_en":" Unknown person 134","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In Taishet (Irkutsk Region), a case was initiated for financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation. 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A case was brought against her for financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation. 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A case was brought against him for financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation. In April 2026, the case went to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Fetkevich's case of financing the activities of an “undesirable” organization","case_number":"1-24/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the year he transferred funds totalling at least 174,000 roubles to the accounts of a foreign religious organisation whose activities were deemed undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwKh5j8otHrk0Re"},{"persecution_id":"recZMsuVsfjpbrAEe","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:19:52.000Z","person_id":"recELF1bYJ8fkkaGk","name_en":"Dmitrii Nosenko","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Energodar (Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine). On 20 August 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that a case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to the fact that he had served in the Donbass battalion since 2018. He was taken into custody. The IC also published a video in which the Ukrainian says that he served from 2017 to 2020 and used weapons against civilians. Later it became known that a case was also opened against him for undergoing training for terrorist activities. No later than March 2026 Nosenko was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23"],"persecution_started_month":2025,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitriy Nosenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2018, he voluntarily joined a terrorist community, which is a stable group of persons united in advance to carry out terrorist activities in the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic. Between 2018 and 2019, while in the village of Novozvanovka of the LNR, the suspect received uniforms, combat firearms and distinctive signs. Performed duties to ensure a pass regime at the LNR checkpoints and other functions facilitating the activities of the terrorist community.\n\nDid not take measures to inform the authorities in a timely manner about his participation in the community and did not contribute to solving the crime or identifying other participants until his unlawful activities were stopped by law enforcement officers.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZMsuVsfjpbrAEe"},{"persecution_id":"recFtVgW5rY0mury0","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recO5jLLNtaSVci9z","name_en":"Alexander Vedernikov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured on the territory of Kursk region on 19 August (according to other sources - 10 September) 2024. He was prosecuted for committing a terrorist act: according to the investigation, he and two other servicemen \"occupied private houses at gunpoint, obstructed the evacuation of civilians, and repeatedly opened fire on Russian servicemen and local residents\". On 19 March 2025, Vedernikov was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of three Ukrainian servicemen of committing a terrorist attack in Kursk Region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"at gunpoint they occupied private houses, prevented the evacuation of civilians, and repeatedly opened fire on Russian servicemen and local residents\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.03.2025, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-18T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFtVgW5rY0mury0"},{"persecution_id":"rectJ9LRiaEAbxf09","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recA4yeBsUhx3bOiM","name_en":"Alexey Pinchuk","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured in Kursk region on 10 (according to other sources - 15) September 2024. He was prosecuted for committing a terrorist act: according to the investigation, he and two other servicemen \"occupied private houses at gunpoint, obstructed the evacuation of civilians, and repeatedly opened fire on Russian servicemen and local residents\". On 19 March 2025, Pinchuk was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of three Ukrainian servicemen of committing a terrorist attack in Kursk Region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"at gunpoint they occupied private houses, prevented the evacuation of civilians, and repeatedly opened fire on Russian servicemen and local residents\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.03.2025, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-18T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectJ9LRiaEAbxf09"},{"persecution_id":"recvCPToGrIOQbsy4","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recXan6hJX8SkSacr","name_en":"Eugene Khatenko","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured in Kursk region on 10 (according to other sources - 15) September 2024. He was prosecuted for committing a terrorist act: according to the investigation, he and two other servicemen \"occupied private households at gunpoint, obstructed the evacuation of civilians, and repeatedly opened fire on Russian servicemen and local residents\". 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Captured in the spring of 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Donbass battalion. On 16 February 2026, Brunko was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksey Brunko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-372/2026 (1-1306/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in April 2022, the convicted person voluntarily joined the terrorist community - the Donbass battalion. On the territory of the permanent deployment point located in the city of Slavyansk, he underwent training, during which he acquired the relevant knowledge and skills necessary to carry out terrorist activities, was provided with uniforms and combat weapons. After that, he fulfilled his functional duties at the battalion's combat positions.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 12.03.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.03.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.02.2026, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-16T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-16T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQWXxnd8izSt36t"},{"persecution_id":"recjPDO6yczEqaxVX","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:19:52.000Z","person_id":"recRYJrhHW4QQXFEn","name_en":"Anatoly Rudenko","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Taken prisoner. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community. On 11 March 2026, Rudenko was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Anatoliy Rudenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjPDO6yczEqaxVX"},{"persecution_id":"recby9x0cR0c43oIe","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:32:50.000Z","person_id":"recgGRyPTE43teYqe","name_en":"Kirill Chikunov","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A native of Shadrinsk (Kurgan Region). A case was opened against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism. A measure of restraint was chosen against him, the details are unknown. In March 2026, the case went to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Kirill Chikunov's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism","case_number":" 2-294/2026","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recby9x0cR0c43oIe"},{"persecution_id":"rec1pft9qNbdftHSC","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recN8IcLjPImPwfSd","name_en":"Ramazan Mkhtse","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Cherkessk, left Russia. Lawyer, member of organisations involved in the preservation of the Abazi ethnos. He spoke out against the war. He was prosecuted for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of a video on his YouTube channel entitled \"It's time to change something! No to War!\", published in February 2023.\n\nIn September 2025, the case went to court. On 2 December, the court sentenced Mkhtse in absentia to eight years in a general regime colony.\n\nIn April 2026, a new case against Mkhtse was brought to court - again for disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces, as well as for calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherkessk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E,C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ramazan Mkhce's case of “fake news” about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and calls for activities aimed against the security of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-348/2026","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1pft9qNbdftHSC"},{"persecution_id":"rec7AasYYnuEInCSb","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recpLmpJV71REi0qs","name_en":"Nikolai Tinkov","birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine. A case was brought against him for aiding the enemy in connection with the transfer of money to the needs of the AFU. In February 2026, the case went to court. On 6 March 2026, Tinkov was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 276.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["276.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 276.1"],"case_name_en":"Nikolay Tinkov's case of assisting the enemy","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in March 2025, being an adherent of pro-Ukrainian ideology and having dislike for the current Russian authorities, decided to provide financial assistance to the armed forces of Ukraine.\n\nHaving found the bank number of AFU servicemen on the Internet, using the mobile application of a Ukrainian bank installed on his mobile phone, he made a money transfer from his account for the needs of the AFU in the amount of 3,015 hryvnias, which corresponds to 6,365 rubles at the exchange rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.03.2026, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-05T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-04-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/tinkov-nikolaj-ivanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7AasYYnuEInCSb"},{"persecution_id":"recrDEEidp72vxxgl","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:26:47.000Z","person_id":"reco6DpTJgJuNwNTZ","name_en":"Nikita Balashov","birth_year":1996,"age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladimir, an employee of T-Bank. A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of a comment in which he, according to the investigation, approved the burning of a helicopter at a military airfield in Omsk. Balashov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony no later than April 2026.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladimir"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Balashov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in September 2024 he published \"a statement aimed at justifying a terrorist act\": the burning of a helicopter at the Omsk-Severny military airfield by two minors.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recrDEEidp72vxxgl"},{"persecution_id":"recuVxPJl4mDmsoFD","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:19:52.000Z","person_id":"recoSCnceAebQA9jx","name_en":"Valery Ardelyanov","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured no later than April 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In March 2026, the case went to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Valeriy Ardelyanov's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recuVxPJl4mDmsoFD"},{"persecution_id":"recQUhMk7IDE8dNNX","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:19:52.000Z","person_id":"rec4vIzClb6QKpLFK","name_en":"Igor Hai","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured no later than April 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In March 2026, the case went to court. No later than May 2026, Hay was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Igor Khay's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in April 2020, he voluntarily joined the Azov regiment (a terrorist organisation banned in Russia), was trained to carry out terrorist activities and took part in the armed conflict as a sniper.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQUhMk7IDE8dNNX"},{"persecution_id":"recQkSbBMuR2HYwyu","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:19:52.000Z","person_id":"recldLdeMyDM72WNi","name_en":"Vasily Chikh","birth_year":1955,"age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"case_name_en":"Vasiliy Chikh's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQkSbBMuR2HYwyu"},{"persecution_id":"rec9QG1bi3Njf08bd","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:19:52.000Z","person_id":"recAvbwB0MneqXlyH","name_en":"Ruslan Kolodyazhny","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured no later than April 2022. A case was brought against him for cruel treatment of civilians and murder of two or more people committed by an organised group on the grounds of political and ideological hatred: according to the investigation, he, together with another serviceman, killed two civilians in Mariupol (Donetsk region of Ukraine). On 15 September 2023, Kolodyazhny was sentenced in this case to 26 years in a strict regime colony. (We do not analyse this case.) He was also prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In March 2026, the case went to court. No later than April 2026, taking into account the previous sentence, Kolodyazhny was sentenced to 29 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Kolodyazhnyy's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: taking into account the previous sentence - 29 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9QG1bi3Njf08bd"},{"persecution_id":"recXgaB0uwOxhf5PN","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:19:52.000Z","person_id":"recpB7bUo8zLE918u","name_en":"Roman Kolomiytsev","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured no later than March 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In March 2026, the case went to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Roman Kolomiytsev's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXgaB0uwOxhf5PN"},{"persecution_id":"rec4r2bhIPOOVp83F","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:19:52.000Z","person_id":"rec7dkiyiYfZoSDFl","name_en":"Sergiy Krasiuk","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In March 2026, the case went to court. 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In March 2026, the case went to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Timofey Vashchenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjatf6XAyOxcSG1"},{"persecution_id":"rectjMOjtoikTvwPC","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:19:52.000Z","person_id":"rectfCAd2jX2kxSNY","name_en":"Stanislav Goncharenko","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman, medical instructor. He was captured in May 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In March 2026, the case went to court. 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After that, as a medical instructor of an anti-aircraft battery, he took part in combat operations, resulting in the death of civilians and destruction of civilian infrastructure.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectjMOjtoikTvwPC"},{"persecution_id":"recw3awifolGm4S1W","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:19:52.000Z","person_id":"recbimzGobNyh3N60","name_en":"Andrei Zhizhoma","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured no later than May 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. In March 2026, the case went to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Zhizhoma's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recw3awifolGm4S1W"},{"persecution_id":"recd7uLYEUFTjzSeO","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:19:52.000Z","person_id":"rec1sZuPAC7Nsb5Md","name_en":"Rostislav Babenko","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured no later than March 2022. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. 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He was prosecuted for justification of terrorism and calls to extremism. The first charge was related to his comment in support of the residents of Dagestan, who are fighting against Russia on the side of Ukraine, and the comment under the post about the consequences of the AFU missile attacks on Belgorod. Magomayev was charged with the second article because of a comment in which law enforcers saw a call for violence against police officers.\n\nOn 9 April 2026, the court sentenced Magomayev to six years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Askhaba Magomaev's case of calls for extremism and justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-429/2026 (1-1379/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's opinion, on 12 September 2022 Magomaev, while at his place of residence in Makhachkala, posted a freely available comment on a news report about Russian police officers, in which he called for the use of violence against representatives of the authorities - police officers.\n\nOn 19 February 2024, the defendant posted a freely accessible comment on a news report about the devastating consequences of missile attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the city of Belgorod, in which he justified terrorism.\n\nOn 28 March 2024, Magomaev also posted a freely accessible comment to a news report about the participation of 14 natives and residents of Dagestan in combat operations against the Russian Federation as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in which he approved of the activities of these individuals.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2026, Sentence: 6 years general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-09T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-09T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFQqxkTwcDLVjE5"},{"persecution_id":"recW5PAhDkTzKSAuc","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:19:52.000Z","person_id":"recRT95DZEgICcirp","name_en":"Igor Scherbonos","birth_year":1979,"age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the Azov battalion. On 4 March 2026, Shcherbonos was sentenced to 18 and a half years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Igor Shcherbonos's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-303/2026 (1-1177/2025;)","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":222,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-04T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recW5PAhDkTzKSAuc"},{"persecution_id":"recNNzs2cz9Ew5JSO","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:31:27.000Z","person_id":"recQZCvjjFB68oZrC","name_en":" Unknown person 139","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case was opened for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and publicly justifying terrorism. 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A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of the peaceful Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat, which was unjustifiably recognised as an extremist organisation. Atabayev was taken into custody. 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At the same time, being on the territory of the Russian Federation during the above-mentioned period of time, knowing that on the territory of the Russian Federation the activity of MRO \"Tablighi Jamaat\" is prohibited by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. GKPI09-525 of DD.M.M.GGG No. GKPI09-525, which entered into legal force, Atabaev Z.K. remained an adherent of the ideology of the above-mentioned MRO, but did not carry out actions aimed at ensuring the activity of the above-mentioned MRO.\n\nDuring the period from September 2022 to DD.MM.YYYY, more precisely the time is not established, being on the territory of <adress> and <adress>, more precisely the place is not established, continuing to be a member of the MRO \"Tablighi Jamaat\", Atabaev Z.K., Knowing with certainty that the activities of this MRO are prohibited in the territory of the Russian Federation, realising the unlawfulness of his actions, foreseeing the imminence of socially dangerous consequences in the form of a violent change in the foundations of the constitutional order and violation of the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, propaganda of exclusivity, superiority and inferiority of a person on the basis of his religious affiliation and attitude to religion, incitement to social, racial, national and religious discord, and wishing to achieve them\n\nThus, in order to ensure the activity of the Tablighi Jamaat MRO cell, which, in addition to Atabaev Z.K., Atabaev Z.K. On DD.M.M., more precisely at the time of his death, in order to ensure the activity of the cell of the MRO \"Tablighi Jamaat\", which, in addition to Atabaev Z.K., also included identified person 1, the criminal case against whom was separated into a separate proceeding, as well as other unidentified persons - natives of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.GYYY, more precisely time is not established, realising the public danger of his actions and understanding that the activity of the above-mentioned IRO is prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation, acting deliberately, being in the halal cafe \"Tapchan\", located on the land plot with cadastral number 50:48:0030202:7183 in a single complex of non-residential buildings at the address: <address>, took part in a \"mashvar\" and \"talima\", where literature prohibited in the territory of the Russian Federation was discussed - \"Selected FIO13\" by authors Sheikh FIO3, FIO32 Sad Kandehlavi and \"Fazail Amali\" by authors FIO5 and FIO6.\n\nFurther, in order to ensure the activity of the Tablighi Jamaat MRO cell, which, apart from Atabaev Z.K., Atabaev Z.K. On DD.M.M., more precisely at the time of the incident, the criminal case against him was separated into a separate proceeding, as well as other unidentified persons - natives of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.GYYY, more precisely time is not established, realising the public danger of his actions and understanding that the activity of the above-mentioned IRO is prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation, acting deliberately, being in the halal cafe \"Tapchan\", located on the land plot with cadastral number 50:48:0030202:7183 in a single complex of non-residential buildings at the address: <address>, took part in a \"mashvar\" and \"talima\", where the ideology of the MRO \"Tablighi Jamaat\" and the need to conduct MRO activities in other countries were discussed.\n\nAlso, in order to ensure the activity of the cell of MRO \"Tablighi Jamaat\", which, in addition to Atabaev Z.K., Atabayev Z.K. On DD.MM.GYYY, more precisely time is not established, realising the public danger of his actions and understanding that the activity of the above-mentioned IRO is prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation, acting deliberately, being in the halal cafe \"Tapchan\", located on the land plot with cadastral number 50:48:0030202:7183 in a single complex of non-residential buildings, at the address: <address>, took part in a \"mashwar\" and \"talima\", where the necessity of building the Caliphate on the territory of the entire world and the destruction of \"non-Muslims\" was discussed.\n\nAlso, in order to ensure the activities of the cell of the MRO \"Tablighi Jamaat\", which, in addition to Atabaev Z.K., Atabaev Z.K., in the period from September 2022 to DD.MM.YYYY, more precisely time is not established, being in the halal cafe \"Tapchan\", located on the land plot with cadastral number 50:48:0030202:7183 in a single complex of non-residential buildings, at the address: <address>, as well as other halal cafes on the territory of <address>, and other unidentified places in <address>, using conspiracy measures, participated and conducted \"mashwaras\" (meetings), and \"talimas\" (classes), with newly arrived members of the MRO, including the study of literature prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation - \"Selected FIO13\" by Sheikh FIO3, FIO33 Sad Kandehlavi and \"Fazail Amali\" by FIO5 and FIO6, as well as discussing the establishment of the Islamic state \"Great Caliphate\" on the territory of the Russian Federation.\n\nHaving a real opportunity to stop his criminal activity of his own free will, Atabaev Z.K. voluntarily, by appearing before the authorities did not apply, thus continuing his participation in this organisation. On DD.MM.YYYY the criminal activity of Atabaev Z.K. was stopped by detention by law enforcement agencies in the territory of the city of <address>\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 17.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.09.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.08.2024, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-30T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-30T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTCb9vyjzUFSKzJ"},{"persecution_id":"recvCceCC7Deq9kPT","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recZa5qgKFpG8R1Ts","name_en":"Unknown male 630","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Presumably a native of Kyrgyzstan, a resident of Mytishchi (Moscow region). A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the activities of the peaceful Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. 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A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of a comment about arson in which he wrote that setting fire to a relay cabinet for money was \"acceptable\". He was charged on his own recognisance. On 16 April 2026, Voinov was sentenced to a year in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Voinov's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-43/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of the case was a comment under the news about the arson of the relay cabinet in Lyubertsy in the publick \"Emergency|Shock incidents|News\": \"Olga, who did he betray? RZD is a private organisation. If they're paying for arson, I think it's acceptable. If there's no other decent job in the country.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 16.04.2026\n• in custody: from 16.04.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.04.2026, Sentence: 1 year of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-16T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-16T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYH3hgDp9lmntoI"},{"persecution_id":"recxLw5RWDwajIxsa","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"rec5Gw9A5qCQAObh2","name_en":"Marina Kuryukina","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Mytishchi. A case was brought against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and financing of extremist activities in connection with her involvement in the movement of deniers of the collapse of the USSR. On 4 June 2025, Kuryukina was sentenced, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Mytishchi"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Marina Kuryukina's case of participation in the activities of an extremist organization and financing extremist activity","case_number":"1-227/2025","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.06.2025","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-04T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-04T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxLw5RWDwajIxsa"},{"persecution_id":"recaiC7ol3a4Vsz9h","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recFxxXloHiKP6dfk","name_en":"Andriy Grinchishin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. Captured on 9 April 2025. A case was opened against him for committing a terrorist act by a group of persons - this is how the investigation qualified his actions during the invasion of Kursk Region. No later than April 2026, Hrynchyshyn was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,C Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Grinchishin's case of involvement in a terrorist attack committed by a group","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 14 February 2025, he crossed the Russian state border in the Kursk region. He was armed with an AK-74 assault rifle with ammunition and hand grenades. In the locality of Guevo, Sujansky district, he took \"direct participation in the armed blockade of the area and its illegal retention\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recaiC7ol3a4Vsz9h"},{"persecution_id":"recigcOnFirc12umh","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"reckRU7FPFFEtIk9B","name_en":"Sofya Vorotintseva","birth_year":2006,"age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Borovsk (Kaluga Region). A case was brought against her for insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland because she burned a fragment of a cigarette packet in the Eternal Flame. On 8 April 2026 Vorotyntseva was sentenced to 100 hours of compulsory labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Sofya Vorotyntseva's case of burning a fragment of a cigarette pack","case_number":"2-6/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of 8 March 2025 Vorotintseva in the presence of several acquaintances deliberately burned a fragment of a cigarette packet in the Eternal Flame in Borovsk.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2026, Sentence: 100 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"100 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 16-04-2026\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2026/04/d53534/?utm_source=insight\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recigcOnFirc12umh"},{"persecution_id":"recr8YVucV5RZawE6","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"rec99bPWQrqUs2AhK","name_en":"Alexei Gomon","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian journalist. He was prosecuted for incitement to terrorism because of two interviews with former sports journalist and \"What? Where? When?\" expert Rovshan Askerov. Rovshan Askerov. According to the investigation, the journalist called for an attempt on the life of the Russian leadership and the financing of terrorist activities. On 15 April 2026, Gomon was sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksey Gomon's case of calls for terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in January 2023, while outside the Russian Federation, he took an interview with foreign agent Rovshan Askerov, during which both called for an unlimited number of people to attempt to attack the life of the leadership of the Russian Federation. In July 2024, during another interview with Askerov, he called for the financing of terrorism.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.04.2026, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer Internet pages for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer Internet pages for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-14T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recr8YVucV5RZawE6"},{"persecution_id":"rec1jfZUxJu34XNNj","last_updated":"2026-04-29T19:54:46.000Z","person_id":"recZYefiyjrdO0FvH","name_en":"Alexander Glazunov","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Tula region, a student of the Novomoskovsk Institute of the Russian University of Chemical Technology. He was prosecuted for justification of terrorism because of a comment in support of the RDK. In April 2026, the court sentenced him to three years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Glazunov’s case for justification of terrorism ","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's opinion, Glazunov, believing the ideology and practice of terrorism to be correct, worthy of support and imitation, posted on 7 January 2025 in messenger a comment accessible to an unlimited number of users, containing signs of justification of the activities of the terrorist organisation \"Russian Volunteer Corps\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 3 years general regime colony and ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1jfZUxJu34XNNj"},{"persecution_id":"rec1M8jf5cVcmkxg8","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"rec0jL4jrlsGS45jP","name_en":"Olga Potapova","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. She was prosecuted for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian army by a group of persons, the details of the case are unknown. She was arrested in absentia in April 2026.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Olga Potapova's case of “fake news” about the Russian army","persecution_case_profile_en":"Details of the prosecution are unknown","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 15.04.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1M8jf5cVcmkxg8"},{"persecution_id":"recV0c9dCui0DtsgL","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:30:41.000Z","person_id":"rec9AkTaDvGhO5Gk5","name_en":"Maria Torbiakovskaia","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Irkutsk region. She was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism due to statements about the explosion on a train on the Baikal-Amur Mainline organised, according to the official position of the Russian authorities, by the Security Service of Ukraine, and treason due to money transfers for the needs of the AFU. On 31 July 2025, Torbyakovskaya was sentenced to 17 years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Maria Torbiakovskaia's case of public justification of terrorism and treason","case_number":"1-108/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in January 2024, she posted publications on the Internet containing justification of terrorist acts prepared and committed by Ukrainian special services in November 2023 on the Baikal-Amur Mainline. In addition, between December 2022 and June 2024, she made numerous transfers of funds to assist the Ukrainian armed forces to purchase ammunition, shells and other weapons and ammunition\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 18.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 28 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Khakassia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.12.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 28 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Khakassia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 28 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Khakassia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.07.2025, Sentence: 17 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 2 years' restriction of liberty and a ban on engaging in public activities on public information and telecommunications networks for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 2 years' restriction of liberty and a ban on engaging in public activities on public information and telecommunications networks for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-31T11:05:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-31T11:05:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He was prosecuted for insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland because of the publication of an image popular among opponents of the collapse of the USSR, which is usually accompanied by the text \"During the Second World War, St George's ribbons were awarded only to Vlasov, who fought on the side of the NAZISTS, in the RUSSIAN Corps\". Ivanovsky was given a covenant not to leave the country. 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On 13 August 2001 he was detained during a mop-up operation in a village. According to the project \"Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial\", a local policeman Supyan Tazuev, who had previously demanded a large sum of money from Timerbulatov in connection with the mitigation of the preventive measure for Timerbulatov's brother Ali, in whose yard shell casings were found, learned about the detention. Tazuev together with other law enforcers tortured Timerbulatov. In addition, they beat his relatives who came to bring the handover to the police station. Thus they forced Timerbulatov to confess to committing a terrorist act. A case was opened against him on terrorist act, possession and manufacture of weapons, attempt on the life of a law enforcement officer, killing people in connection with their official activities, intentional harm to people's health, damage to property by explosion. 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Timerbulatov allegedly agreed. One of the cars belonged to Timerbulatov, and Abdurakhman paid him 6,000 roubles for its use in the attack, and also gave him 10,000 roubles to buy two more cars and 3,000 roubles for travelling expenses.\n\nTimerbulatov, in turn, instructed Makhmudov and Sultan Dzhautkhanov to purchase the remaining two cars at the market in the village of Kurchaloy. Having done so, they drove the cars they had bought without documents to Gudermes, where they put them in a storage in the yard of Timerbulatov's mother's house.\n\nIn June 2001, on Abdurakhman's instructions, Timerbulatov bought 12 plastic containers and 6 kilograms of powdered paint \"serebryonka\" for making explosive devices at a market in Gudermes. He also kept these items at his mother's place of residence in Gudermes. Later, Abdurakhman told him to buy saltpeter for the same purpose, to which Timerbulatov offered to use saltpeter already stored in bags in his mother's vegetable garden.\n\nAfter acquiring all the necessary components, on 15 June 2001, Timerbulatov received from Abdurakhman a recipe for making an explosive based on saltpeter, a scheme for assembling an explosive device, a scheme for installing cars in the centre of Gudermes, 5 timers, 5 detonators and 5 TNT checkers. Timerbulatov stored all these items in a garage also near his mother's house.\n\nThe next day, 16 June 2001, Timerbulatov, \"by making personal rounds\" of the centre of Gudermes, identified the places where he planned to place the explosives-filled cars.\n\nOn 17 June 2001, Mahmudov and Supyan Dzhautkhanov, on Timerbulatov's instructions, took money from him and bought two car batteries, which they installed on the cars they had purchased earlier and made sure they were in working order.\n\nOn 18 June 2001, on Timerbulatov's instructions, Makhmudov and the two Dzhautkhanovs arrived at his mother's house. Akhmatkhanov was also there. Timerbulatov suggested to all those present that they should carry out a terrorist attack in Gudermes on 19 June 2001 using explosive-laden cars, and all agreed.\n\nOn the morning of 19 June Timerbulatov brought all the ingredients to an empty house near his mother's house and made improvised explosive devices. In doing so, he used \"two 122 mm artillery shells\" stored near the house, as stated in the verdict.\n\nAt around 11-12 p.m., on his instructions, the other members of the criminal group arrived there. Together they drove into the centre of Gudermes, and Timerbulatov showed them places to set up three vehicles with explosives. The first car was to be placed by Supyan Dzhautkhanov near the Gudermes District Court, the second by Akhmatkhanov in a car park near the police post \"Rubezh\" and the building of the extra-departmental guard of the Gudermes ROVD, and the third by Makhmudov near the buildings of the prosecutor's office and the administration of the Gudermes district.\n\nWhen they returned to Timerbulatov's mother's house after the reconnaissance, they allegedly placed three containers of explosives with two detonators in the first car, five containers with two detonators in the second, and four containers with one detonator in the third. Timerbulatov then set timers on all the devices for 15 hours.\n\nSupyan Dzhautkhanov, Akhmatkhanov and Makhmudov then travelled in their respective cars to the previously determined locations. During the journey, the boot opened in Makhmudov's car, and when he stopped to close it, he set the timer to 16 hours in order to have time to spare for this forced stop.\n\nAt the same time, Sultan Dzhautkhanov travelled in another car to the Gudermes military enlistment office, where he was to pick up Akhmatkhanov, Makhmudov and Supyan Dzhautkhanov after they had placed their cars in the places where the terrorist attacks had been carried out. Timerbulatov went to his home, \"where he waited to commit explosions\".\n\nAt 15:00 with an interval of 5-10 minutes there were explosions of two improvised explosive devices in a car near the post \"Rubezh\", in the immediate vicinity of the building of the Gudermes ROVD. At 15:10 there was a car explosion near the Gudermes District Court. At 15:30, a third car was found near the neighbouring buildings of the administration and prosecutor's office. The explosive device in it was defused at 15:50, i.e. 10 minutes before the detonation.\n\nAs a result of all the explosions, three people were killed and 45 were injured of varying degrees of severity.\n\nThere was also significant material damage to seven citizens and the judicial department of the RF Supreme Court in the Chechen Republic totalling 225,221 roubles.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["п. Kharp | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 18 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , п. 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On 30 March 2005, he was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony after a jury found him guilty of organising the attempted murder of Olga Kostina, former public relations adviser to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, chairman of the board of directors of the Menatep industrial-financial association, and of the murder of Tambov businessman Sergei Gorin and his wife Olga Gorina, and of the attack on Viktor Kolesov, business manager of ZAO Rosprom. Pichugin was also accused of threatening to kill businessman Sergei Lobikov, but this episode was excluded from the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. At first, the jury panel found Pichugin not guilty, after which it was disbanded and a new panel found him guilty. Pichugin's lawyers believe that the jury was pressurised by the Prosecutor General's Office. The trial was held in a closed hearing.\nAs early as 14 April 2005, Pichugin was charged with the murder of Vladimir Petukhov, the mayor of Nefteyugansk, the murder of Valentina Korneeva, the director of the Moscow-based Trading Company Phoenix, the attempted murder of Evgeny Rybin, the head of the Austrian oil company East Petroleum, and, as a result of the second attempt on Rybin's life, the murder of his driver Nikolai Fedotov and the attempt on his guards Alexey Ivanov and Evgeny Filippov. In August 2006, he was sentenced by the Moscow City Court to 24 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, but the prosecutor's office appealed the verdict to the Supreme Court, after which the case was sent for a new trial. In August 2007, the Moscow City Court sentenced Pichugin to life imprisonment in a special regime colony. According to the investigation, Pichugin organised these crimes on behalf of Yukos co-owner Leonid Nevzlin. Human rights activists consider the case against Pichugin to be falsified and his prosecution to be part of a large-scale campaign launched by the Russian authorities against Yukos. On 9 June 2016, it became known that Pichugin received a rejection of his petition for pardon. The rejection document was signed by Yuri Berg, governor of the Orenburg region, where the colony where Pichugin is serving his sentence is located. In July 2016, Pichugin was transported to Moscow. He was interrogated, but it is not known what the case is about. Mikhail Khodorkovsky stated that Pichugin was pressurised in order to obtain the testimony needed by the investigation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2003-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2003,"persecution_days_from_verdict":818,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":116,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code, Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 162 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["105","105","162"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 105","Part 2, Article 105","Part 2, Article 162"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Pichugin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on behalf of Yukos co-owner Leonid Nevzlin, he was the organiser of the murder of Vladimir Petukhov, mayor of Nefteyugansk, the murder of Valentina Korneeva, director of the Moscow-based Trading Company Phoenix, two attempts on the life of Evgeny Rybin, head of the Austrian oil company East Petroleum, and, as a result of the second attempt on Rybin's life, the murder of his driver Nikolai Fedotov and the attempt on his guards Alexei Ivanov and Evgeny Filippov.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2008-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 05.03.2008, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 05.07.2016 to 27.03.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\" \"Black Dolphin\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\" \"Black Dolphin\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.03.2008 to 04.07.2016, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\" \"Black Dolphin\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\" \"Black Dolphin\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.03.2005, Sentence: life imprisonment in a special security penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"life imprisonment in a special security penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2005-03-29T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2005-03-29T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-03-2005\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/892.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recgIT5udIhnCSMtB"},{"persecution_id":"recnYGcFkl2aUENwN","last_updated":"2023-11-09T20:27:17.000Z","person_id":"recdPelfbCZ6BLJGB","name_en":"Sergey Arakcheev","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-07-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergey Arakcheev is a serviceman, commander of an engineer-sapper company, lieutenant. Together with the commander of the APC (Armoured personnel carrier), senior lieutenant Yevgeny Khudyakov, he was accused of killing three Chechnya residents on January 15, 2003 on a country road near Grozny. According to the investigation, Khudyakov and Arakcheev, who was assigned to an APC crew, stopped a 'KAMAZ' travelling along the road, killed the driver Said Yangulbaev and the passengers Abdulla Dzhambekov and Najmuddin Khasanov, after which the 'KAMAZ' was blown up. \n\nThe defence pointed out that there were no documents proving that Arakcheev had been assigned to the APC crew, moreover, the shell casings found at the crime scene did not match the weapons that the defendants had, and no autopsy or internal examination of the corpses had been conducted. In June 2004, Arakcheev was acquitted after a jury court found him not guilty, but the verdict was overturned the same year in November. In October 2005, a jury court again found Arakcheev not guilty and he was again acquitted. This decision was publicly condemned by the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. In April 2005, the verdict was again cancelled. The third trial was held without a jury court, and in December 2007 Arakcheev was sentenced to 15 years in prison. During the third trial, the court repeatedly denied most of the defence motions, and one of Arakcheev's defenders, Alexey Dulimov, was hit by a car.\n\nIn March 2015, Arakcheev was granted the right to rehabilitation for charges of robbery and abuse of official powers. On August 5, 2016, the court rehabilitated him on these charges.\n\nOn December 16, 2016, he was released on parole.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2003-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2003,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1805,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":257,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code","Article 286 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 162 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["105","286","162"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 105","Article 286 (unknown part)","Article 162 (unknown part)"],"case_group_en":["The case of Arakcheev and Khudyakov"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergey Arakcheev","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the murder of Said Yangulbayev, Abdulla Dzhambekov and Najmuddin Khasanov, residents of the Chechen settlement of Lakha-Varandy, and the 'KAMAZ' explosion.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2003-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 13.02.2007 to 27.12.2007\n• in custody: from 20.12.2006 to 13.02.2007\n• in custody: from 19.03.2003\n• in custody: from 27.12.2007 to 28.10.2008\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 11 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 16.12.2016, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 11 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2008 to 01.01.2014, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.12.2007, Sentence: 15 years imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2007-12-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2007-12-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-02-2009\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/22401.html?sphrase_id=3407\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recnYGcFkl2aUENwN"},{"persecution_id":"recGZlGcfF5mZT6Qm","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recgFRKZXVB6KC6ke","name_en":"Mikhail Khodorkovsky","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 October 2003, Khodorkovsky was detained at Novosibirsk airport. He was taken into custody on charges of large-scale embezzlement, wilful failure to comply with a legally binding court decision, causing property damage to owners through deception, tax evasion by organisations and individuals, document forgery, and misappropriation or embezzlement of property by an organised group on a large scale. The investigation lasted only two months. In May 2005, he was sentenced to nine years in a general-regime penal colony. On 22 September, an appellate court reduced the sentence to eight years.\n\nIn the penal colony, he was twice placed in a punishment cell for seven days. On the night of 14 April 2006, his cellmate, Aleksandr Kuchma, stabbed him in the face. In January 2009, the same man filed a lawsuit against Khodorkovsky, accusing him of sexual harassment. In 2011, Kuchma said that two men in plain clothes had come to the colony, beaten him and threatened to kill him, demanding that he murder Khodorkovsky by stabbing him in the eye. Instead, he said, he inflicted only a minor injury.\n\nIn December 2006, while serving his sentence in the case concerning embezzlement and tax evasion, Khodorkovsky was transferred from the penal colony to a pre-trial detention centre in Chita, where he was charged with oil theft. In February 2009, he was transferred to Moscow. On 30 December 2010, Khodorkovsky was sentenced to 14 years in a general-regime penal colony. On 24 May 2011, an appellate court reduced the sentence to 13 years. On 20 December 2012, a supervisory court reduced the sentence to 11 years. On 20 December 2013, Khodorkovsky was released from the penal colony following a presidential pardon. He subsequently left Russia.\n\nIn December 2015, Khodorkovsky was summoned for questioning as a defendant in the murder case of Vladimir Petukhov, the mayor of Nefteyugansk. He was placed on a federal wanted list, and later an international one, and was arrested in absentia.\n\nIn January 2024, it became known that Khodorkovsky had been placed on a wanted list in another case, for spreading “false information” about the Armed Forces.\n\nIn October 2025, the FSB announced that criminal cases had been opened against Khodorkovsky and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for violent seizure of power and organising the activities of a terrorist community. Khodorkovsky was also charged with publicly justifying terrorism. The charges stemmed from the adoption of the “Berlin Declaration”, calling for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2003-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2003,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":851,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":121,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 315 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 3,  Article 160 of the Criminal Code","Article 159 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["315","160","159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 315 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 160","Article 159 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Yukos case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He set up an organised criminal group in 1994 to fraudulently acquire shares in various companies, then sell them at undervalued prices to intermediary firms under control, which in turn sold them at market rates.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2006-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 22.09.2005, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaikalsky territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 22.12.2006, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaikalsky territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.05.2005, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony• Court of appeal instance on the merits, 22.09.2005, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"first_verdict_date":"2005-05-01T12:09:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2005-09-21T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2005\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/hodorkovskiy-mihail-borisovich-0\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 10-04-2005\n Source: https://amnesty.org.ru/node/900/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 19-03-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/operativnaya-informatsiya/22374.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Amnesty International","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recGZlGcfF5mZT6Qm"},{"persecution_id":"recrbLRV45StDvC7Y","last_updated":"2024-05-08T18:50:07.000Z","person_id":"recPnhleUNKRrdrHR","name_en":"Evgeny Khudyakov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Together with Lieutenant Sergei Arakcheev, commander of an engineer-sapper company, he was accused of killing three Chechen residents on January 15th 2003 on a country road near Grozny. In June 2004 he was acquitted after a jury found him not guilty, but the verdict was overturned in November of the same year. In October 2005, a jury again found Khudyakov not guilty, and he was again acquitted. This decision was publicly condemned by the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. In April 2005, the verdict was again cancelled. The third trial was held without a jury, and in December 2007 Khudyakov was sentenced to 17 years in prison. He did not appear at the announcement of the verdict and was put on the federal wanted list on January 14th 2008.\n\nOn August 24th 2017, Khudyakov was detained in the Vladimir region, after which he was sent to Rostov-on-Don. Later there was information that he would be sent to a colony. On September 24th 2022, a message appeared in the telegram channel \"DO NOT wait for me from Ukraine\", from which it followed that Yevgeny Khudyakov died in the war while being part of the PMC \"Wagner\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Grozny"],"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2003-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2003,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1806,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":258,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 162 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 3,  Article 286 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["162","286","105"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 162 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 286","Part 2, Article 105"],"case_group_en":["The case of Arakcheev and Khudyakov"],"case_name_en":"The case of Evgeny Khudyakov","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the murder of Said Yangulbayev, Abdulla Dzhambekov and Najmuddin Khasanov, residents of the Chechen village of Lakha-Varandy, and a KAMAZ truck explosion","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.08.2017 to 21.09.2017\n• in custody: from 24.08.2017 to 25.08.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2017\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.09.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.12.2007, Sentence: 17 years in prison\nHe failed to appear at the sentencing and was subsequently put on the federal wanted list.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years in prison\nHe failed to appear at the sentencing and was subsequently put on the federal wanted list.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2007-12-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2007-12-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 13-11-2008\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/22402.html?sphrase_id=3408\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recrbLRV45StDvC7Y"},{"persecution_id":"recJuWC8yThSX5vQm","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recUFaryWRtQPM8N0","name_en":"Platon Lebedev","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the international financial group MENATEP and manager of shares in OJSC NK YUKOS. On 2 July 2003, after refusing to appear for questioning at the General Prosecutor's Office, he was detained at the Vishnevsky Hospital on suspicion of theft of 20 per cent of state-owned shares in the Murmansk-based Apatit OJSC worth $283 million 142 thousand. Lebedev was taken into custody.\nOn 31 May 2005, he was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment in a general regime colony; while awaiting the appeal decision, he refused to go for walks and was placed in a punishment cell for a week. In September 2005, the sentence was reduced to eight years. He was recognised as a political prisoner as a result of the fabrication of the case against YUKOS.\nIn December 2006, while serving his sentence for theft and tax evasion, Lebedev was transferred from the colony to a pre-trial detention centre in Chita, where he was charged with oil theft. In February 2009, he was transferred to Moscow. On 30 December 2010, Lebedev was sentenced to 14 years in a general regime colony. On 24 May 2011, the appellate court reduced the sentence to 13 years. On 20 December 2012, the supervisory-instance court reduced the sentence to 11 years. On 23 January 2014, the Presidium of the Supreme Court reduced the sentence to time served, and Lebedev was released on 24 January.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2003-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2003,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":881,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 315 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 3,  Article 160 of the Criminal Code","Article 159 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["315","160","159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 315 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 160","Article 159 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Yukos case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in money laundering in 2002-2003 as a result of embezzlement from Yukos enterprises Tomskneft, Samaraneftegaz and Yuganskneftegaz","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2006-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["п. 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In the past, he was one of the heads of the Yukos oil company, one of the presidents of the Russian Jewish Congress, rector of the Russian State University for the Humanities, and a member of the Federation Council. On 4 July 2003 Nevzlin was summoned for questioning in the case of Platon Lebedev, one of the co-owners of Yukos, about the theft of Apatit shares. Shortly thereafter, he left for Israel. In January 2004, Nevzlin was put on the wanted list on charges of embezzlement of property and tax evasion. Later he was also accused of organising murders and attempted murders. On 1 August 2008, Nevzlin was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment.\nOn 24 May 2013, Nevzlin was sentenced in absentia to six years' imprisonment in a new case involving the embezzlement of shares in the Eastern Oil Company, which was taken over by Yukos.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2003-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2003,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1854,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":264,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 198 of the Criminal Code","Article 160 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code, Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["198","160","105","105"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 198","Article 160 (unknown part)","Part 2, Article 105","Part 2, Article 105"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Vladimir Petukhov's murder case"],"case_name_en":"Leonid Nevzlin's case of organising murders and attempted murders, embezzlement of property and tax evasion","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he organised the murder of Valentina Korneeva, director of Phoenix LLP, Vladimir Petukhov, head of the Nefteyugansk administration, and Nikolay Fedotov, driver of Evgeny Rybin, manager of East Petroleum,\norganised an attempt on the life of Sergei Kolesov, former head of Rosprom, Olga Kostina, former head of the Public Relations Department of the Moscow City Hall, and Evgeny Rybin, one of the managers of the Austrian oil company East Petroleum; stole property worth more than 3 billion roubles; and evaded paying 26.7 million roubles in taxes between 1999 and 2000.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.08.2008, Sentence: imprisonment for life","verdict_type_en":["Life imprisonment (заочно)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"imprisonment for life","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2008-07-31T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2008-07-31T20:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOw4YFIZxVG9ASP"},{"persecution_id":"recEOfAQVnNgMcSFx","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"recrG8G11wcGzr29f","name_en":"Rinat Galiullin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attV5JNokfLyIv9rL.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attV5JNokfLyIv9rL.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Rinat Galiullin is an alleged member of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. He was first detained in December 2004 in the Chelyabinsk shopping centre \"Karavan-Saray\", where he distributed leaflets entitled \"Russian law enforcement agencies falsify facts and wrongly accuse Hizb ut-Tahrir\". Subsequently, he was released; however, in 2005, following a search that uncovered literature of the movement in his possession, criminal proceedings were initiated against him for participation in the activities of a religious organization whose activity had been prohibited by a court decision on the grounds of extremist activity. Galiullin was arrested. He was accused of \"taking an active part in the activities of the organisation and trying to spread its teachings among Chelyabinsk residents who profess Islam\". In November 2005, Galiullin was given a one-year suspended sentence.\n\nIn 2006, a case was brought against Galiullin and three other Chelyabinsk residents, members of Hizb ut-Tahrir, in connection with the distribution of the Sakaafat newspaper and literature of the movement, as well as with \"other actions aimed at involving Russian citizens in the activities of a banned religious organisation\". In December 2007, Galiullin was sentenced to a year and three months in an open prison.\n\nIn May 2011, after a search, a case was brought against Galiullin under the article on organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 20 May, another search was conducted at Galiullin's home. On 30 July 2012, сriminal proceedings were initiated against Galiullin on charges of preparation for actions aimed at the violent seizure of power and the violent alteration of the constitutional order (after which, on July 31, 2012, he was taken into custody), as well as for inducing and involving other persons in terrorist activities. The investigation considered Galiullin to be the organiser of the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in the South Ural, and as a result he was charged with \"organising activities\" instead of \"participating in activities\". On 21 November 2013, Galiullin was sentenced to six and a half years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. On 2 February 2015, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five years. In the summer of 2016, he was transferred to a chamber type room.\n\nOn 28 July 2017, the day of his release, Galiullin was detained in connection with a new case — the one on the dissemination of Hizb ut-Tahrir ideas among prisoners. On 17 August 2018, he was sentenced to eight years in a penal colony.\n\nPresumably, he was released on 25 July 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2004-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2004,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2006-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2006,"persecution_days_from_verdict":354,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Rinat Galiullin's case of dissemination the doctrines of Hizb ut-Tahrir among Chelyabinsk residents","persecution_case_profile_en":"Galiullin actively took part in the activity of Hizb ut-Tahrir and tried to disseminate the doctrines of the organization among Chelyabinsk residents who profess Islam ","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 20.05.2011 to 31.07.2012\n• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2005, Sentence: 1 year's suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2005-11-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2005-11-20T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEOfAQVnNgMcSFx"},{"persecution_id":"rec1TAX5uhnWoPSbt","last_updated":"2024-07-25T07:54:42.000Z","person_id":"recfIVf0gywOLvXLw","name_en":"Vladimir Vlasov","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Vlasov, a Moscow resident, a chemist by training and a businessman, was accused of blowing up the Grozny-Moscow train (as a result of an accident at the 153rd kilometre of the Paveletskaya railway in June 2005, four carriages of the train derailed, none of the passengers were seriously injured) out of ethnic hatred. In 2006, a jury acquitted him. In March 2007, a newly formed jury found him guilty. On 10 April Vlasov was sentenced to 18 years in a penal colony. On 19 June, the court of second instance upheld the sentence. Presumably, he was released on 30 December 2022.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2005-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2005,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2022-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":648,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 223 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","105","205","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 222","Part 2, Article 105","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 223"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Grozny-Moscow train blowup case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the perpetration of an act of terrorism by prior conspiracy, which had serious consequences in the form of paralyzing transport operations, and in the attempted murder of two or more persons out of ethnic hatred.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2005-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2005 to 19.06.2007, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 30.12.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.04.2007, Sentence: The court dissolved the jury panel, citing as a reason their communication with the defence. Later, the jury told the journalists they gave the verdict of acquittal by a majority of votes.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"The court dissolved the jury panel, citing as a reason their communication with the defence. Later, the jury told the journalists they gave the verdict of acquittal by a majority of votes.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2007-04-09T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2007-04-09T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-12-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/22420.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec1TAX5uhnWoPSbt"},{"persecution_id":"recAbheCMZvbo0CvC","last_updated":"2024-12-11T17:31:10.000Z","person_id":"rec1uelXImzNDrsTA","name_en":"Rasul Kudaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atti3nDYW5XtVtUFj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atti3nDYW5XtVtUFj.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Rasul Kudayev is a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria. In 2001 he travelled to Pakistan to receive Islamic spiritual education, in Afghanistan he was detained by the Taliban on suspicion of espionage and imprisoned. While attempting to escape, he was wounded. After U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan, he was detained, sent to a U.S. camp, and later transferred to Camp Guantanamo Bay. In 2004, Kudaev, along with other Russian prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, was handed over to Russian authorities without charges from the U.S. side. Like the others, he was charged with illegal crossing of the state border, mercenarism and organisation of a criminal association, but was later released along with others.\n\nOn 15 August 2005, he was kidnapped right from his home and taken to the Anti-Organized Crime Directorate of the Republican Ministry of Internal Affairs, but was soon released thanks to the intervention of human rights activists. On 23 October he was detained on suspicion of participation in the attack on Nalchik on 13-14 October. Howerver according to him and eyewitnesses, he was first at home and then at a funeral during the attack. According to Amnesty International, Kudaev was subjected to ill-treatment (in particular, he was not provided with medical care) and torture. Kudaev's complaints were not properly investigated. On 4 March 2011, during the transfer of detainees to the new building of the Nalchik pre-trial detention facility, Kudaev was placed in a punishment cell for alleged \"violations of the internal regulations of the pre-trial detention facility\". Shortly thereafter, he was severely beaten by security guards.\n\nThe case was brought to court in 2007. At first it was heard by a jury, but after the adoption of amendments that juries cannot hear terrorism-related cases, a new court was formed. On 23 December 2014, the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria sentenced Kudayev to life imprisonment in a special regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Nalchik"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2005-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2005,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":3347,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":478,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 210 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A,B Part 4,  Article 226 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A,B Part 4,  Article 226 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) G,A,F,H Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code","Article 279 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 317 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 209 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 166 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["210","205","222","226","226","105","279","317","209","166"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 210","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 222","Part 4, Article 226","Part 4, Article 226","Part 2, Article 105","Article 279 (unknown part)","Article 317","Part 2, Article 209","Part 4, Article 166"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the attack on Nalchik"],"case_name_en":"The case of the attack on Nalchik","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the armed attack on Nalchik on 13-14 October 2005","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2005-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.10.2005 to 18.03.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\" \"Black Dolphin\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2016, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\" \"Black Dolphin\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\" \"Black Dolphin\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.12.2014, Sentence: Life imprisonment in a special security colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (special regime)","Life imprisonment"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Life imprisonment in a special security colony","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2014-12-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-12-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-05-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/182430.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 04-01-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/117050.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recAbheCMZvbo0CvC"},{"persecution_id":"recTzoHMM8oT5kK72","last_updated":"2024-07-26T10:55:19.000Z","person_id":"recA2rocfk5J1Q5ps","name_en":"Sergei Shimkevich","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Under Shimkevich's leadership, \"Tomskneft\" significantly increased oil production; the Tomsk Regional Prosecutor's Office suspected the company of exceeding crude oil production quotas; a criminal case was initiated; the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, as the defence convinced the court that Shimkevich did not commit a crime, and that the charges in the case were not properly specified; the prosecutor's office appealed the City Court's ruling, and in June 2006 the case was sent to the regional court.\n\nThe Tomsk regional prosecutor's office brought another criminal case against the \"Tomskneft\" executives; on 16 March 2010, Shimkevich was sentenced to 12 years; the Moscow City Court reduced the sentence to 11 years.\n\nThe Prosecutor General's Office opened another criminal case against Shimkevich. On 16 January 2007, Shimkevich was detained and on 17 January arrested; his arrest was extended several times. In April 2011, the Dorogomilovsky Court of Moscow found Shimkevich guilty in this case and sentenced him to 13 years in prison and a 1 million rouble fine. He was released on parole on 18 June 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Strezhevoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2005-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2005,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 171 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["171"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 171"],"case_name_en":"Shymkiewicz case on illegal entrepreneurship","persecution_case_profile_en":"in 2001-2004, organised the company's operations so that oil production at fields in the Aleksandrovskiy and Kargasokskiy districts exceeded the licence parameters; as a result, illegal income of approximately 7 billion roubles was received.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 06-01-2008\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-shimkevich-sergey-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recTzoHMM8oT5kK72"},{"persecution_id":"recaoCps1tSdOrpxO","last_updated":"2024-01-27T10:23:37.000Z","person_id":"rec4wkPjfBIg1UD9b","name_en":"Fanis Shaykhutdinov","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Fanis Shaykhutdinov, one of the leaders of the Tatar Public Centre, together with former Guantanamo prisoners Ravil Gumarov and Timur Ishmaratov, collected and delivered food parcels to Muslims held in Tatarstan's pre-trial detention center No. 3 in Bugulma. After threats from local operatives, all three were detained on allegedly fabricated charges for exploding of a local domestic gas pipeline, which, according to the first version of the investigation and according to many residents of the town, was a technical accident. On 28 September 2005, the jury unanimously rendered a verdict of acquittal, but the prosecutor's office objected on a technicality. The Supreme Court cancelled the acquittal verdict and sent the case for a new trial. Shaikhutdinov was arrested again on 6 March in Moscow. In May 2006, he was found guilty by a new jury and sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison. In July 2006, the defence appealed the verdict to the Supreme Court, requesting that the case be sent for a new trial due to procedural violations. On 29 November 2006, the Supreme Court reduced the sentence to 10 and a half years' imprisonment. In April 2007, Shaykhutdinov was severely beaten in an isolation centre in Irkutsk. Whilst in the penal colony, he spent at least 16 months in a punishment cell type facility","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2005-01-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2005,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":689,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Bugulma case","persecution_case_profile_en":"was involved in blowing up a gas pipeline in Bugulma.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2005-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kamchatka krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.05.2006 to 31.12.2015, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kamchatka krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.04.2005 to 28.09.2005\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.03.2006 to 12.05.2006\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":126,"first_verdict_date":"2006-11-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 05-01-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/22392.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-10-2011\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/2947.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recaoCps1tSdOrpxO"},{"persecution_id":"recuOSupyyVolongW","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recYqxJuiUuL8BogG","name_en":"Nikolay Baluev","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Novosibirsk nationalist Nikolai Baluev was detained and imprisoned on suspicion of preparing a number of terrorist acts together with the nationalist Vyacheslav Rusakov. He was charged under article 30, paragraph \"a\" of part 2 of article 205 of the Criminal Code (\"Preparation for an act of terrorism, committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy\"), part 2 of article 223 of the Criminal Code (illegal manufacture of explosive devices as part of a group of persons by prior conspiracy), as well as part 2 of article 222 of the Criminal Code (\"Illegal possession of weapons and explosives\"). According to the investigation, Baluev together with Vyacheslav Rusakov planned the explosions of the Novosibirsk and Altai departments of the FSB, the railway, the dam of the Novosibirsk hydroelectric power plant, as well as the residence of the Plenipotentiary Envoy in the Siberian Federal District, which were scheduled for 9 May 2005. During the search Baluev and Rusakov also seized a large amount of special literature: manuals on explosive operations, the book \"Rail War\", textbooks on the actions of guerrilla and sabotage groups. In addition, about 20 kg of hexogen, TNT and aluminium powder, improvised explosive devices, a small-calibre rifle, gas pistols converted to fire live ammunition, a \"Udar\" pistol converted to fire metal balls and four artillery shells were found in the flats of the Natsbols and in four special caches in the suburban forest belt of Novosibirsk. Later, two psychological and psychiatric examinations declared him insane due to a disorder of mental activity, and he was placed on compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital. Since at the time of the expertise the case had already been transferred to court, the trial was adjourned.  Baluev's case was separated from Rusakov's case. After the end of treatment in the psychiatric hospital Baluev was again transferred to the pre-trial detention centre, where his condition deteriorated sharply - he was hospitalised in the prison hospital \"'in a severe form of mental illness of a relapsing form'\".  At the hospital Baluev was diagnosed with meningitis and pneumonia. Nikolai's condition was assessed as serious. He was completely immobile and could only take liquid food with the help of medical staff.  On 22 July 2008 the case was resumed and transferred to the FSS, the investigation continued.\nIn November 2008, his measure of restraint was changed to a signature not to leave due to his state of health. Subsequently, doctors decided that Baluev had fully recovered from a serious illness. The investigative authorities excluded the article on terrorism from the charges.\nIn April 2014, the case was brought to the Kalininsky District Court of Novosibirsk, where, at Baluev's request, it was considered under a special procedure, without a judicial investigation.\nOn 21 May 2014, the Kalininsky District Court of Novosibirsk passed a guilty verdict against N.N. Baluev, who was found guilty of committing a crime under part 2 of article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal acquisition, carrying and storage of ammunition and explosives, by a group of persons by prior conspiracy) and was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months' deprivation of liberty. His time in custody and his treatment in a psychiatric hospital were included in the sentence, and he has therefore served the sentence of deprivation of liberty imposed by the court in full.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2005-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2005,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":3296,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":470,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 222"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Novosibirsk natsbols","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he stored weapons and explosive devices. Initially, he did not admit guilt, but then admitted it","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2008-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2008-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["temporary hospitalisation","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• temporary hospitalisation:  to 20.05.2008\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 20.05.2008 to 03.11.2008, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.05.2014, Sentence: Sentence: imprisonment for 2 years 6 months.\nSince the time of his detention in custody and the time of treatment in a psychiatric hospital were included in the term of the sentence, the sentence is considered to have been served in full (he was released).","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence: imprisonment for 2 years 6 months.\nSince the time of his detention in custody and the time of treatment in a psychiatric hospital were included in the term of the sentence, the sentence is considered to have been served in full (he was released).","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2014-05-20T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-05-20T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 23-05-2006\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/979.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-05-2006\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/operativnaya-informatsiya/22404.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recuOSupyyVolongW"},{"persecution_id":"recjNapncJqfj2U4B","last_updated":"2024-07-25T08:24:16.000Z","person_id":"recQoDWhXW7Hlpw3z","name_en":"Mikhail Klevachev","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Klevachev was a foreman at the \"Gormost\" State Unitary Enterprise. He was accused of blowing up the Grozny-Moscow train on grounds of ethnic hatred (there was an accident at the 153 kilometer of the Paveletskaya railway in June 2005, four cars of the train derailed, none of the passengers were seriously injured). In 2006, a jury acquitted him. In March 2007, a newly formed jury found him guilty. On 10 April Klevachev was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony. On 19 June the appellate court upheld the sentence. Presumably, he was released in December 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2005-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2005,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":648,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 223 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","223","105","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 223","Part 2, Article 105","Part 3, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Grozny-Moscow train blowup case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in an act of terrorism by prior conspiracy, which had serious consequences in the form of paralyzing transportation operations, and in the attempted murder of two or more persons on grounds of ethnic hatred.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2005-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2005 to 19.06.2007, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.12.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.04.2007, Sentence: 19 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"19 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":228,"first_verdict_date":"2007-04-09T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2007-04-09T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-12-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/22420.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recjNapncJqfj2U4B"},{"persecution_id":"recehlW05LRhYwnew","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:09:04.000Z","person_id":"recYqwBxPkqmxlwYZ","name_en":"Alexey Pichugin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attkUjtJoeXbR55ft.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attkUjtJoeXbR55ft.jpg"],"birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Alexey Pichugin is the former head of the internal economic security department of the Yukos oil company. On 30 March 2005, he was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony after a jury found him guilty of organising the attempted murder of Olga Kostina, former public relations adviser to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, chairman of the board of directors of the Menatep industrial-financial association, and of the murder of Tambov businessman Sergei Gorin and his wife Olga Gorina, and of the attack on Viktor Kolesov, business manager of ZAO Rosprom. Pichugin was also accused of threatening to kill businessman Sergei Lobikov, but this episode was excluded from the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. At first, the jury panel found Pichugin not guilty, after which it was disbanded and a new panel found him guilty. Pichugin's lawyers believe that the jury was pressurised by the Prosecutor General's Office. The trial was held in a closed hearing.\nAs early as 14 April 2005, Pichugin was charged with the murder of Vladimir Petukhov, the mayor of Nefteyugansk, the murder of Valentina Korneeva, the director of the Moscow-based Trading Company Phoenix, the attempted murder of Evgeny Rybin, the head of the Austrian oil company East Petroleum, and, as a result of the second attempt on Rybin's life, the murder of his driver Nikolai Fedotov and the attempt on his guards Alexey Ivanov and Evgeny Filippov. In August 2006, he was sentenced by the Moscow City Court to 24 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, but the prosecutor's office appealed the verdict to the Supreme Court, after which the case was sent for a new trial. In August 2007, the Moscow City Court sentenced Pichugin to life imprisonment in a special regime colony. According to the investigation, Pichugin organised these crimes on behalf of Yukos co-owner Leonid Nevzlin. Human rights activists consider the case against Pichugin to be falsified and his prosecution to be part of a large-scale campaign launched by the Russian authorities against Yukos. On 9 June 2016, it became known that Pichugin received a rejection of his petition for pardon. The rejection document was signed by Yuri Berg, governor of the Orenburg region, where the colony where Pichugin is serving his sentence is located. In July 2016, Pichugin was transported to Moscow. He was interrogated, but it is not known what the case is about. Mikhail Khodorkovsky stated that Pichugin was pressurised in order to obtain the testimony needed by the investigation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2005-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2005,"persecution_days_from_verdict":483,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code, Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["105","105"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 105","Part 2, Article 105"],"case_group_en":["Vladimir Petukhov's murder case"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Pichugin's case of involvement in murder","persecution_case_profile_en":"on behalf of Yukos co-owner Leonid Nevzlin, organised the assassination of Vladimir Petukhov, mayor of Nefteyugansk, the assassination of Valentina Korneeva, director of the Moscow-based Trading Company Phoenix, two attempts on the life of Evgeny Rybin, head of the Austrian oil company East Petroleum, and, as a result of the second attempt on Rybin's life, the assassination of his driver Nikolai Fedotov and the attempted assassination of his security guards Alexei Ivanov and Evgeny Filippov","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2008-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\" \"Black Dolphin\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.03.2008 to 04.07.2016, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\" \"Black Dolphin\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\" \"Black Dolphin\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\" \"Black Dolphin\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.08.2006, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony • First instance court on the merits, 06.08.2007, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Deprivation of liberty (special regime)","Life imprisonment"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"first_verdict_date":"2006-08-16T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2007-08-05T20:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recehlW05LRhYwnew"},{"persecution_id":"recrddT0Fs6InFMhY","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recADYwI4uNCUvN6a","name_en":"Boris Stomakhin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Essayist and founder of the newspaper Radical Politics.\nOn 17 November 2000, following the publication of Stomakhin’s article The Programme of the National Revolution and a series of political statements on the website of the Revolutionary Contact Association, the prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case against him. He was accused of calling for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order, insulting a government official, and slandering a government official. In August 2001, the case was closed due to the absence of corpus delicti.\n\nIn 2002, a new criminal case was opened under Article 280 of the Russian Criminal Code in connection with further publications in Radical Politics. This case was closed in the summer of 2003.\n\nIn 2006, Stomakhin was convicted under Part 2 of Article 280 (“Public incitement to extremist activity”) and Part 1 of Article 282 (“Actions aimed at inciting hatred or enmity”) of the Russian Criminal Code. He was sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony and was banned from engaging in journalistic activity for three years. He served his sentence at Corrective Colony No. 4 in the village of Burepolom, Nizhnii Novgorod Region, and was released on 21 March 2011.\n\nOn 20 November 2012, Stomakhin was detained again, this time on suspicion of offences under Part 1 of Article 205.2 (“Public justification of terrorism”) and Part 1 of Article 282. Charges were formally brought the next day and concerned three articles published online. On 4 March 2013 the charges were expanded to include Part 1 of Article 280 (“Public calls for extremist activity”), with three additional texts added to the indictment.\n\nOn 24 April 2013, the charges were reclassified as more serious after investigators determined that the blog and website on which the texts appeared constituted “mass media”. Accordingly, the charges under Articles 280 and 205.2 were raised from Part 1 to Part 2. On 4 June 2013, a further charge was added: incitement of hatred towards Orthodox Christians, allegedly through “insulting references to the Most High” and “derogatory, insulting references to a saint” (as phrased in the indictment). Stomakhin was also charged with “preparation for public justification of terrorism committed through mass media” (Part 1 of Article 30 and Part 2 of Article 205.2), which included, among other things, “justification of the activities of terrorists who killed Alexander II”.\n\nOn 22 April 2014, Stomakhin was sentenced to six and a half years in a strict-regime penal colony. He was convicted under Part 2 of Article 205.2 (“Public justification or propaganda of terrorism via mass media”), Part 1 of Article 282, Part 2 of Article 280, and Part 1 of Article 30 combined with Part 2 of Article 205.2.\nOn 15 July 2014, the Moscow City Court upheld the sentence, despite the expiry of the statute of limitations for several episodes. While serving his sentence, Stomakhin was accused of publishing, on 18 January 2014 on the LJ.Rossia platform, an article titled Or to Blow Up a Couple of Railway Stations Here!, concerning the December 2013 attacks in Volgograd. On 20 April 2015, the Moscow District Military Court sentenced him to a further three years in a strict-regime colony under Part 1 of Article 205.2. Taking into account his previous conviction, his total sentence amounted to seven years in a strict-regime colony, extending his imprisonment by six months. The court also imposed a five-year ban on practising journalism after release.\n\nStomakhin was released on 19 September 2019.\n\nIn May 2024, it was reported that a new case had been opened against him for disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He was placed on a wanted list and arrested in absentia. In January 2025, the case went to trial, and it became known that he was also charged with incitement to hatred.\n\nOn 26 March 2025, Stomakhin was sentenced in absentia to ten years’ imprisonment.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2006-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2006,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2011-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2011,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":18,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Boris Stomakhin's first case","persecution_case_profile_en":"While serving his sentence, Stomakhin was charged with publishing an article entitled “Or shall a couple of train stations be blown up here!” on 18 January 2014 on the hosting site LJ. Rossia. The piece concerned the bombings in Volgograd in December 2013. On 20 April 2015, the Moscow District Military Court sentenced Boris Stomakhin to three years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime colony under part 1 of article 205.2 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Public justification of terrorism”). Taking into account earlier sentences imposed in similar cases, his total term amounted to seven years in a strict-regime colony. As a result, Stomakhin received an additional six months’ imprisonment on top of his previous sentence. The court also barred him from practising journalism for five years after completing his term.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2006-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2011-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2006 to 21.03.2011, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.03.2006, Sentence: 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, ban on professional activities for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, ban on professional activities for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2006-03-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2006-03-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 21-09-2019\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/stomahin-boris-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recrddT0Fs6InFMhY"},{"persecution_id":"rec5dDVGQLWmbEJPl","last_updated":"2024-07-26T10:55:19.000Z","person_id":"recA2rocfk5J1Q5ps","name_en":"Sergei Shimkevich","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Under Shimkevich's leadership, \"Tomskneft\" significantly increased oil production; the Tomsk Regional Prosecutor's Office suspected the company of exceeding crude oil production quotas; a criminal case was initiated; the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, as the defence convinced the court that Shimkevich did not commit a crime, and that the charges in the case were not properly specified; the prosecutor's office appealed the City Court's ruling, and in June 2006 the case was sent to the regional court.\n\nThe Tomsk regional prosecutor's office brought another criminal case against the \"Tomskneft\" executives; on 16 March 2010, Shimkevich was sentenced to 12 years; the Moscow City Court reduced the sentence to 11 years.\n\nThe Prosecutor General's Office opened another criminal case against Shimkevich. On 16 January 2007, Shimkevich was detained and on 17 January arrested; his arrest was extended several times. In April 2011, the Dorogomilovsky Court of Moscow found Shimkevich guilty in this case and sentenced him to 13 years in prison and a 1 million rouble fine. He was released on parole on 18 June 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Strezhevoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2006-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2006,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1274,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 160 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["160","174.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 160","Part 4, Article 174.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Shimkevich on embezzlement, legalisation and misappropriation of funds","persecution_case_profile_en":"Under Shimkevich's leadership, \"Tomskneft\" failed to pay taxes for 2002; \"Tomskneft\" sold crude oil to its dependent companies \"Ratibor\" and \"Evoil\" at reduced prices; these companies sold this oil at market prices and sent the proceeds to foreign offshore companies; as a result of the actions of the company's management, the government lost 1.79 billion roubles in taxes.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.03.2010, Sentence: Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"first_verdict_date":"2010-03-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2010-03-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-01-2008\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/935.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec5dDVGQLWmbEJPl"},{"persecution_id":"recynaxQvWItmOnTF","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:53:20.000Z","person_id":"recgFRKZXVB6KC6ke","name_en":"Mikhail Khodorkovsky","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 October 2003, Khodorkovsky was detained at Novosibirsk airport. He was taken into custody on charges of large-scale embezzlement, wilful failure to comply with a legally binding court decision, causing property damage to owners through deception, tax evasion by organisations and individuals, document forgery, and misappropriation or embezzlement of property by an organised group on a large scale. The investigation lasted only two months. In May 2005, he was sentenced to nine years in a general-regime penal colony. On 22 September, an appellate court reduced the sentence to eight years.\n\nIn the penal colony, he was twice placed in a punishment cell for seven days. On the night of 14 April 2006, his cellmate, Aleksandr Kuchma, stabbed him in the face. In January 2009, the same man filed a lawsuit against Khodorkovsky, accusing him of sexual harassment. In 2011, Kuchma said that two men in plain clothes had come to the colony, beaten him and threatened to kill him, demanding that he murder Khodorkovsky by stabbing him in the eye. Instead, he said, he inflicted only a minor injury.\n\nIn December 2006, while serving his sentence in the case concerning embezzlement and tax evasion, Khodorkovsky was transferred from the penal colony to a pre-trial detention centre in Chita, where he was charged with oil theft. In February 2009, he was transferred to Moscow. On 30 December 2010, Khodorkovsky was sentenced to 14 years in a general-regime penal colony. On 24 May 2011, an appellate court reduced the sentence to 13 years. On 20 December 2012, a supervisory court reduced the sentence to 11 years. On 20 December 2013, Khodorkovsky was released from the penal colony following a presidential pardon. He subsequently left Russia.\n\nIn December 2015, Khodorkovsky was summoned for questioning as a defendant in the murder case of Vladimir Petukhov, the mayor of Nefteyugansk. He was placed on a federal wanted list, and later an international one, and was arrested in absentia.\n\nIn January 2024, it became known that Khodorkovsky had been placed on a wanted list in another case, for spreading “false information” about the Armed Forces.\n\nIn October 2025, the FSB announced that criminal cases had been opened against Khodorkovsky and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for violent seizure of power and organising the activities of a terrorist community. Khodorkovsky was also charged with publicly justifying terrorism. The charges stemmed from the adoption of the “Berlin Declaration”, calling for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2006-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2006,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1468,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":209,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 160 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 160 of the Criminal Code","Article 174 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 4,  Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["160","160","174","174.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 160","Part 4, Article 160","Article 174 (unknown part)","Part 4, Article 174.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The second Yukos case","persecution_case_profile_en":"as part of an organised group with major shareholders of YUKOS Oil Company, JSC and other persons, stole RUR 3.6 billion worth of shares in subsidiaries of Eastern Oil Company, JSC before 12 June 1998. stole RUR 3.6 billion worth of shares in subsidiaries of Eastern Oil Company, JSC, in 1998-2000 legalised the stolen shares of subsidiaries of Eastern Oil Company, JSC for the same amount, and in 1998-2003 committed theft by embezzlement of oil from Samaraneftegaz JSC, Yuganskneftegaz JSC and Tomskneft JSC for more than RUR 892.4 billion and legalisation of part of these funds in 1998-2004 in the amount of RUR 487.4 billion and USD 7.5 billion.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2006-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.12.2006 to 23.02.2009, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n• in custody: from 23.02.2009 to 09.06.2011, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2011 to 20.12.2013, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.12.2010, Sentence: Fourteen years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fourteen years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-36,"first_verdict_date":"2010-12-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2010-12-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 23-05-2011\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2011/05/russian-businessmen-declared-prisoners-conscience-after-convictions-are-upheld/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International"],"aid":"recynaxQvWItmOnTF"},{"persecution_id":"rec982OmWZe697iH9","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:14:09.000Z","person_id":"recjZmMqqQhmnG3CK","name_en":"Olga Shalina","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-11-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In April 2011, after five years on the federal wanted list, Olga Shalina, a member of the unregistered Other Russia party, was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence with four years of probation on charges of hooliganism. The criminal case was initiated after members of pro-Kremlin youth movements attacked Eduard Limonov and his supporters (the attackers were treated as victims in the case). In December 2011, Shalina's suspended sentence was changed to a real one. Shalina did not appear at the court hearing at which the judgement was made. On 27 April 2012, she was arrested at the baptism of her nephews in the church. Later she was sent to a colony in Nizhny Novgorod oblast, from which she was then transferred to Kemerovo oblast. In April 2015, she was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2006-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2006,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1829,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":261,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"The case of the clash in front of Tagansky Court","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the attack on activists of the \"Local\" movement in front of the Tagansky District Court in Moscow.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 50 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2012 to 18.12.2013, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2013 to 24.04.2015, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 50 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• Court of first instance for replacement of punishment with real deprivation of liberty, 23.12.2011, Sentence: The suspended sentence was replaced by three years' imprisonment in a penal colony• First instance court on the merits, 21.04.2011, Sentence: Found guilty, sentenced to three years suspended sentence with four years' probation","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"The suspended sentence was replaced by three years' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2011-04-20T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-12-22T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-05-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/48830.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/118997.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec982OmWZe697iH9"},{"persecution_id":"recJV8XEBsWJ7nrHa","last_updated":"2023-11-21T08:32:23.000Z","person_id":"recPzBQc4kOSGRdmI","name_en":"Aigul Makhmutova","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 15 December 2006, she was detained by officers of the Department of Internal Affairs of the South-East Administrative District. On 26 December, she was taken into custody by court order. On 5 February 2007, the Moscow City Court overturned the order of the Kuzminski court for her arrest. On 20 September, Makhmutova was detained by officers of the Ryazansky police department at an agreed picket, where she was participating as a reporter. At the police department, Makhmutova was severely beaten and taken to the hospital. On 7 February 2008, Makhmutova was arrested again in the criminal case from a year ago, as her preventive measure was suddenly changed based on a new application from the victim. On 8 February, Makhmutova was taken out of the pre-trial detention center by a police officer, served with papers, and taken to the Kuzminsky court, where she was arrested again. The court session was declared closed, citing the testimony of a witness who was a freelance police officer in the case file. The testimony of defense witnesses was ignored during the session. The prosecution witnesses were interested parties (friends, acquaintances, relatives of police officers), and many testimonies of the prosecution witnesses were fabricated \"retroactively\". On 18 June 2008, she was sentenced to 3.5 years of imprisonment.\n\nA case of extortion and insult was also initiated against Makhmutova. The trial was held with numerous procedural violations. The Moscow City Court upheld the verdict, and Makhmutova repeatedly lost consciousness during her transfer. In September 2008, she was sentenced (with the previous sentence being absorbed) to 5.5 years in prison. In 2010, the sentence was overturned, and the case was dismissed due to the absence of both the event and the corpus delicti of the offense, which allowed Makhmutova to be released on parole in 2011 after three and a half years of imprisonment. In 2012, the Investigative Committee reopened the investigation.\n\nOn 17 November 2017, the court returned the extortion case (the insult charge had been dropped by this point) back to the prosecutor's office. On 13 November 2020, Makhmutova was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. On 26 October 2021, the cassation court reduced the sentence to four years and ten months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2006-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2006,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_days_from_verdict":185,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 159 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 159 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Aigul Makhmutova's case of fraud and violence","persecution_case_profile_en":"Makhmutova, who had a trading place at the \"Weekend Fair\" in Kuzminki, was in October 2006 chosen to be responsible for removing rubbish from the fair and collected money from other outlets, but the rubbish was not removed by the contracting organisation (Avto-Eko-Trans), the money was embezzled by Makhmutova herself and the territory was cleaned by the prefecture; the embezzlement amounted to 3,500 roubles; on 15 December 2006, when arrested, she resisted police officers and injured them","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2007-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2011-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 05.02.2007\n• in custody: from 20.02.2007 to 03.06.2010\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 18.01.2011\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.06.2007, Sentence: terms: three years six months\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"terms: three years six months\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2007-06-17T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2007-06-17T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 17-07-2008\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/943.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 01-12-2008\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-zhurnalistov/7834/mahmutova-ajgul-fatihovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recJV8XEBsWJ7nrHa"},{"persecution_id":"recN0D8UoP5ipOZ09","last_updated":"2026-01-19T07:45:53.000Z","person_id":"recGq1XCcobD14z8V","name_en":"Ruslan Khubaev","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ruslan Khubaev is the former head of the Murmansk branch of the banned National Bolshevik Party and later the Other Russia. In 2006, he was accused of insulting a representative of the authorities because of a rally against conscription and Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov, as well as because of illegal possession and sale of drugs, while it was an FSB officer who was witnessing against him (before that, Khubaev had bullets planted in his apartment). The insult charge was later dropped. He was sentenced to 4.5 years in a strict regime colony. According to his fellow party members and human rights activists, the case was falsified. In October 2010, he was released. On 22 December 2010, his apartment was searched and a large box of literature and money were seized (on the same day, the homes of other activists of the Other Russia and other opposition movements were searched in Murmansk).\n\nOn 26 March 2011, Khubaev was arrested in connection with the clashes over the Manezh case. On 28 October 2011, he was sentenced to four years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. The court of second instance reduced the sentence by two months. Khubaev was released on 23 January 2015.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2006-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2006,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2010-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2010,"persecution_days_from_verdict":253,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 228 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 228 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Khubaev case","persecution_case_profile_en":"illegally possessed and was engaged in the illicit sale of drugs","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2006-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2010-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.07.2006\n• in custody: from 28.09.2006\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 15.10.2010, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.03.2007, Sentence: 4.5 years in a high-security penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4.5 years in a high-security penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2007-03-28T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2007-03-28T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-10-2014\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news/spisok-lic-priznannyh-politicheskimi-zaklyuchennymi-pravozashchitnym-centrom-memorial-na-30\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recN0D8UoP5ipOZ09"},{"persecution_id":"recG0BbT2BhDpD9qd","last_updated":"2024-07-25T09:28:41.000Z","person_id":"recUFaryWRtQPM8N0","name_en":"Platon Lebedev","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the international financial group MENATEP and manager of shares in OJSC NK YUKOS. On 2 July 2003, after refusing to appear for questioning at the General Prosecutor's Office, he was detained at the Vishnevsky Hospital on suspicion of theft of 20 per cent of state-owned shares in the Murmansk-based Apatit OJSC worth $283 million 142 thousand. Lebedev was taken into custody.\nOn 31 May 2005, he was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment in a general regime colony; while awaiting the appeal decision, he refused to go for walks and was placed in a punishment cell for a week. In September 2005, the sentence was reduced to eight years. He was recognised as a political prisoner as a result of the fabrication of the case against YUKOS.\nIn December 2006, while serving his sentence for theft and tax evasion, Lebedev was transferred from the colony to a pre-trial detention centre in Chita, where he was charged with oil theft. In February 2009, he was transferred to Moscow. On 30 December 2010, Lebedev was sentenced to 14 years in a general regime colony. On 24 May 2011, the appellate court reduced the sentence to 13 years. On 20 December 2012, the supervisory-instance court reduced the sentence to 11 years. On 23 January 2014, the Presidium of the Supreme Court reduced the sentence to time served, and Lebedev was released on 24 January.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2006-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2006,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1468,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":209,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 315 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 3,  Article 160 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 198 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 199 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 159.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["315","160","198","199","159.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 315 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 160","Part 2, Article 198","Part 2, Article 199","Part 3, Article 159.2"],"case_name_en":"The second Yukos case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the legalisation of money received from the sales of oil in 2002-2003 as a result of theft from YUKOS enterprises - \"Tomskneft\", \"Samaraneftegaz\" and \"Yuganskneftegaz\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2006-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2014-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.12.2006 to 15.02.2009, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n• in custody: from 16.02.2009 to 15.06.2011, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2011 to 24.01.2014, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.12.2010, Sentence: Fourteen years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fourteen years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":127,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-41,"first_verdict_date":"2010-12-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2010-12-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-02-2009\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-lebedev-platon-leonidovich/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-01-2009\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/delo-jukosa/7788/lebedev-platon-leonidovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recG0BbT2BhDpD9qd"},{"persecution_id":"recXuHSscnRZ43ZK6","last_updated":"2025-10-30T19:10:51.000Z","person_id":"recrG8G11wcGzr29f","name_en":"Rinat Galiullin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attV5JNokfLyIv9rL.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attV5JNokfLyIv9rL.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Rinat Galiullin is an alleged member of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. He was first detained in December 2004 in the Chelyabinsk shopping centre \"Karavan-Saray\", where he distributed leaflets entitled \"Russian law enforcement agencies falsify facts and wrongly accuse Hizb ut-Tahrir\". Subsequently, he was released; however, in 2005, following a search that uncovered literature of the movement in his possession, criminal proceedings were initiated against him for participation in the activities of a religious organization whose activity had been prohibited by a court decision on the grounds of extremist activity. Galiullin was arrested. He was accused of \"taking an active part in the activities of the organisation and trying to spread its teachings among Chelyabinsk residents who profess Islam\". In November 2005, Galiullin was given a one-year suspended sentence.\n\nIn 2006, a case was brought against Galiullin and three other Chelyabinsk residents, members of Hizb ut-Tahrir, in connection with the distribution of the Sakaafat newspaper and literature of the movement, as well as with \"other actions aimed at involving Russian citizens in the activities of a banned religious organisation\". In December 2007, Galiullin was sentenced to a year and three months in an open prison.\n\nIn May 2011, after a search, a case was brought against Galiullin under the article on organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 20 May, another search was conducted at Galiullin's home. On 30 July 2012, сriminal proceedings were initiated against Galiullin on charges of preparation for actions aimed at the violent seizure of power and the violent alteration of the constitutional order (after which, on July 31, 2012, he was taken into custody), as well as for inducing and involving other persons in terrorist activities. The investigation considered Galiullin to be the organiser of the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in the South Ural, and as a result he was charged with \"organising activities\" instead of \"participating in activities\". On 21 November 2013, Galiullin was sentenced to six and a half years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. On 2 February 2015, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five years. In the summer of 2016, he was transferred to a chamber type room.\n\nOn 28 July 2017, the day of his release, Galiullin was detained in connection with a new case — the one on the dissemination of Hizb ut-Tahrir ideas among prisoners. On 17 August 2018, he was sentenced to eight years in a penal colony.\n\nPresumably, he was released on 25 July 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2006-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2006,"persecution_ended":"2009-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2009,"persecution_days_from_verdict":717,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":102,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"S. Iryupin's of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was engaged in distributing the newspaper \"Sakaafat\" and the movement’s literature, as well as in ‘other actions aimed at involving Russian citizens in the activities of a banned religious organization.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.12.2007, Sentence: 1 year 3 months' imprisonment in an open jail","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 3 months' imprisonment in an open jail","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":15,"first_verdict_date":"2007-12-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2007-12-19T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXuHSscnRZ43ZK6"},{"persecution_id":"reckmpfZRVwecVOBA","last_updated":"2023-12-30T08:25:55.000Z","person_id":"recZF7kzNQKktsvgs","name_en":"Vasily Aleksanyan","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attpP88CbM5yW7rmE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attpP88CbM5yW7rmE.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"According to the investigation, Aleksanyan committed embezzlement of Tomskneft property, as well as shares in refining and oil producing companies of VNK.\nHe was arrested on 6 April 2006.\nOn 06.04.2006 the Simonovsky District Court of Moscow found signs of a crime in Vasily Aleksanyan's actions and gave its consent to the Prosecutor General's Office to prosecute the executive vice-president of Yukos.\nOn 22 January 2008, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation refused to satisfy the appeal of the lawyers of former Yukos vice-president Vasily Aleksanyan and release him from custody for health reasons. In response to the lawyers' demands to hospitalise the defendant in a specialised clinic, Aleksanyan was transferred to the hospital of the pre-trial detention centre. There, according to his lawyers, he contracted tuberculosis. In addition, Aleksanyan became practically blind in detention.\nThree Directions of the European Court of Human Rights were issued on Aleksanyan's case - on 29 November, 6 December and 21 December. According to these rulings, Aleksanyan should be provided with urgent medical assistance in a specialised medical institution.\nDespite this, Aleksanyan was denied transfer to a hospital.\nOn 06.02.2008 the Simonovsky Court, taking into account the serious illness of Vasiliy Aleksanyan, decided to suspend the proceedings in the case. At the same time, the court left Vasiliy Aleksanyan's defence motion to change his preventive measure without satisfaction.\n08.02.2008 Vasily Aleksanyan was transferred from the infectious diseases ward of the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention centre to a hospital.\n14.07.2008 Moscow's Simonovsky Court resumes the trial against Vasily Aleksanyan to extend Aleksanyan's arrest.\n8.09.2008 Moscow City Court reduced the defendant's detention period by one day.\n20.10.2008 Moscow's Simonovsky Court extended Aleksanyan's arrest until 22 January 2009.\nOn 8.12.2008, the court decided to release Aleksanyan from custody if bail in the amount of 50 million rubles is paid.\nOn 30.12.2009 Vasily Aleksanyan was released on bail in the amount of 50 million rubles.\nIn June 2010, the case was dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n3.10.2011 Vasily Aleksanyan died.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2006-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2006,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2010-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2010,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 160 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 4,  Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 198 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["160","174.1","198"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 160 (unknown part)","Part 4, Article 174.1","Part 2, Article 198"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yukoz (Aleksanyan)","case_number":"18325501-04","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was accused of embezzling more than 12 billion rubles from Tomskneft and VNK under Articles 160 of the Russian Criminal Code (embezzlement) and 174 of the Criminal Code (money laundering).\nOn 14 July 2006, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office brought a new charge against him - tax evasion from an individual (Article 198 of the Russian Criminal Code).","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2006-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.04.2006 to 08.02.2008, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation (\"Kremlin Central\")\n• Unknown: from 08.02.2018 to 30.12.2018\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 20-10-2008\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/delo-jukosa/7770/aleksanjan-vasilij\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reckmpfZRVwecVOBA"},{"persecution_id":"recWNtR8HUFec6sTc","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:32:45.000Z","person_id":"recKAxeCfJAtynpuo","name_en":"Humaid Khaidayev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrwNXVer0hcprsw.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrwNXVer0hcprsw.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chechnya, he helped his parents raise cattle on the farm. After an amnesty was granted to members of armed groups in September 2006, he signed an acknowledgement of guilt in the police department of the neighbouring district. Some relatives believe it’s possible that he had previously carried food to members of the local underground resistance. After Khaidayev signed his acknowledgement of guilt, an officer of the local district police department detained him, apparently wishing to improve performance at his expense. A case was initiated against Khaidayev on participation in an illegal armed formation. His relatives claim that he was tortured. They demanded money from his relatives to buy weapons that could be handed over as material evidence. Khaidayev was sentenced to ten months in a penal colony in February 2007. He was released on parole in August.\n\nIn September 2007, he was detained together with a fellow villager, tractor driver Yubetirov Ya. and accused of attempted murder of a policeman in 2001. Khaidayev later said that he was forced to testify against Yubetirov and himself under torture.\n\nAccording to Memorial's fact sheet, Chechen human rights activists claim that four young men from the same village were previously kidnapped under the same circumstances. They were never found. \n\nOn 14 August 2008, Khaidayev was sentenced to 13 years and one month in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 16 April 2020, it became known that Khaidayev was accused of organising mass riots and six episodes of disorganising the work of a correctional institution in connection with a riot in Corrective labour colony-15 in Angarsk. After the riot was quelled, Khaidayev was taken to a pre-trial detention facility; his lawyers were only able to see him a few days later. Memorial refers to a report by the human rights organisation Civil Assistance that Khaidayev was subjected to cruel torture: his fingers and a hand were broken, burned his body with a red-hot spoon, and skin on his face was peeled off with a sticky mask. Under torture, he was forced to sign a confession, which he was not allowed to read. He was refused to initiate criminal proceedings in connection with torture.\n\nThe investigation declared Khaidayev one of the main organisers of the riot, despite the fact that he had four months left to serve of his sentence for the attempted assassination of a policeman.\n\nIn December 2023, Khaidayev went on hunger strike demanding that he be provided with halal food.\n\nHuman rights defenders consider the cases of attempted assassination of a policeman and organising a riot in the colony to be falsified.\nIn September 2007, he was detained together with a fellow villager, tractor driver Yubetirov and accused of attempted murder of a policeman in 2001. Khaidayev later said that he was forced to testify against Yubetirov and himself under torture.\n\nAccording to Memorial's fact sheet, Chechen human rights activists claim that four young men from the same village were previously kidnapped under the same circumstances. They were never found.  \n\nOn 14 August 2008, Khaidayev was sentenced to 13 years and one month in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 16 April 2020, it became known that Khaidayev was accused of organising mass riots and six episodes of disorganising the work of a correctional institution in connection with a riot in Penal Correctional Institution-15 in Angarsk. After the riot was quelled, Khaidayev was taken to a pre-trial detention centre; his lawyers were only able to see him a few days later. \"Memorial\" refers to a report by the human rights organisation \"Civil Assistance\" that Khaidayev was subjected to cruel torture: his fingers and hand were broken,  red-hot spoon was burned to his body, and skin on his face was peeled off with a sticky mask. Under torture, he was forced to sign a confession, which he was not allowed to read. He was refused to initiate criminal proceedings in connection with torture.\n\nThe investigation declared Khaidayev one of the main organisers of the riot, despite the fact that he had four months left in his sentence for the attempted assassination of a policeman.\n\nIn December 2023, Khaidayev went on hunger strike demanding that he be provided with halal food.\n\nHuman rights activists consider the cases of attempted assassination of a policeman and organising a riot in the colony to be falsified.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2006-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2006,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the armed underground in Chechnya.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2006-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2007-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2006\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.08.2007\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• , , Sentence: 10 months' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-04-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/hajdaev-humajd-abduhamidovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recWNtR8HUFec6sTc"},{"persecution_id":"recSnKSB9pYUNWtly","last_updated":"2024-07-26T10:55:19.000Z","person_id":"recA2rocfk5J1Q5ps","name_en":"Sergei Shimkevich","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Under Shimkevich's leadership, \"Tomskneft\" significantly increased oil production; the Tomsk Regional Prosecutor's Office suspected the company of exceeding crude oil production quotas; a criminal case was initiated; the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, as the defence convinced the court that Shimkevich did not commit a crime, and that the charges in the case were not properly specified; the prosecutor's office appealed the City Court's ruling, and in June 2006 the case was sent to the regional court.\n\nThe Tomsk regional prosecutor's office brought another criminal case against the \"Tomskneft\" executives; on 16 March 2010, Shimkevich was sentenced to 12 years; the Moscow City Court reduced the sentence to 11 years.\n\nThe Prosecutor General's Office opened another criminal case against Shimkevich. On 16 January 2007, Shimkevich was detained and on 17 January arrested; his arrest was extended several times. In April 2011, the Dorogomilovsky Court of Moscow found Shimkevich guilty in this case and sentenced him to 13 years in prison and a 1 million rouble fine. He was released on parole on 18 June 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Strezhevoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2007-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2007,"persecution_ended":"2013-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1575,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":225,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 160 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["160","174.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 160 (unknown part)","Article 174.1 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Shimkiewicz embezzlement case","persecution_case_profile_en":"While managing Tomskneft, he entered into several fictitious contracts with Intellect Group, which enabled him to launder and steal 462 million roubles.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.04.2011, Sentence: fine: 'one million roubles'\nterms: thirteen years in a general regime colony (taking into account the previous sentence).\nReleased on parole on 18 June 2013.\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: 'one million roubles'\nterms: thirteen years in a general regime colony (taking into account the previous sentence).\nReleased on parole on 18 June 2013.\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1000000,"first_verdict_date":"2011-04-25T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-04-25T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-01-2008\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/935.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recSnKSB9pYUNWtly"},{"persecution_id":"reclAvPu0kEmWb9ka","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recN4iu6dcNdJAVEM","name_en":"Mykola Trotsiuk","birth_year":1954,"age":72,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In October 2007, Trotsyuk received a warning and a caution from the prosecutor's office on the inadmissibility of extremist activity, which in 2008 formed the basis of a lawsuit to liquidate the Jehovah's Witnesses community he headed (the lawsuit was satisfied); on 13 February 2012, Trotsyuk was taken on his own recognizance in connection with the initiation of a case of organizing the activities of a public or religious association, in respect of which a court decision on liquidation due to extremist activity came into force; on 11 December, the court ruled that the community was unlawful. On 30 November, he was sentenced to five and a half years' suspended sentence and a fine of 100,000 (he was exempted from paying the fine due to the expiry of the statute of limitations).\n\nAs early as October 2007, Trotsyuk received a warning and a warning from the prosecutor's office on the inadmissibility of extremist activity, which in 2008 formed the basis of a lawsuit to liquidate the Jehovah's Witnesses community he headed (the lawsuit was satisfied); on 13 February 2012, Trotsyuk was taken on his own recognizance in connection with the initiation of a case of organizing the activities of a public or religious association, in respect of which a court decision on liquidation due to extremist activity came into force; on 11 December, the court ruled that the community was unlawful. On 30 November, sentenced to five and a half years' suspended sentence and a fine of 100,000 (exempted from paying the fine due to the expiry of the statute of limitations)","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2007-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2007,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2021-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2468,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":352,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 150 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","150"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 4, Article 150"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised the activities of a prohibited organisation, involved a minor in its activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 12.11.2012 to 29.07.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.11.2015, Sentence: Five years and six months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of five years; a fine of 100,000 roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years and six months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of five years; a fine of 100,000 roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-07-28T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-06-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/06/d24735/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reclAvPu0kEmWb9ka"},{"persecution_id":"recW7D6IQ3DW8WkiI","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:01:58.000Z","person_id":"recg3IG5pzE9Vrj8t","name_en":"Lors Khamiev","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lors Khamiev is a native of Chechnya. He was detained after May 9, 2007, in Grozny and sent to Vladikavkaz pre-trial detention centre. Then, possibly, he was transferred to Moscow. According to the initial version of the investigation, together with Umar Batukayev, Ruslan Musayev and unidentified people he created a criminal group to commit terrorist acts in Moscow on May 9. Components of an explosive device were found in the car that Khamiyev was allegedly entitled to drive. He was charged with terrorism and possession of weapons and ammunition, later the charge of preparing to organize an assassination attempt on the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, was added, though Kadyrov had no plans of being in Moscow on May 9, 2007. On 2 April 2009, Khamiev was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony. He was released in May 2015.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2007-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2007,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2025-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":689,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 277 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["277","205","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 277 (unknown part)","Part 2, Article 205","Part 3, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of preparation of an assassination attempt on Kadyrov","persecution_case_profile_en":"was preparing an attempt on the life of Chechnya's head Ramzan Kadyrov","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2007-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.05.2007 to 13.05.2007, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the North Ossetia-Alania\n• in custody: from 14.05.2007, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2009 to 24.05.2015\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.04.2009, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2009-04-01T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2009-04-01T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 19-05-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/chechenskii-sled/22414.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-05-2008\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/963.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recW7D6IQ3DW8WkiI"},{"persecution_id":"recthPAc0BxNUccsU","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:04:06.000Z","person_id":"recQCxwzZRMAk5kov","name_en":"Alexander Nikolayenko","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In February 2007, criminal proceedings were initiated against Nikolayenko on the materials of his speech at the rally in front of the FSB building under the articles \"calls to overthrow the constitutional order\" and \"incitement of interethnic and social discord\". The FSB officers offered Nikolaenko to stop his political activity, but he refused. On 10 May 2007, he was detained and taken to the Belov Department of Internal Affairs. One of the FSS officers tortured Nikolaenko, strangled him, and when he lost consciousness, hit him on the head with the handle of a pistol. On 11 May Nikolaenko was released without any charges. On 14 May 2007, he filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office about the torture he had been subjected to in the GUVD. On 15 May 2007, Nikolaenko was detained by prosecutors who took him to a psychiatric hospital in Kemerovo. Doctors declared him healthy. In July 2007, Nikolaenko was taken into custody. He kept a long hunger strike, opposing the criminal prosecution of the opposition. On 17 August he was transferred to the detention centre of the court. The first hearing in the case was held on 21 August 2007, and there were 20 hearings in total. In court, the charges of \"inciting discord\" were dropped, and the charges of \"calls to overthrow the state system\" were reclassified from the second to the first part. The hearings were initially held in strict secrecy. After the interrogation of witnesses, the regime was relaxed. During breaks Nikolaenko was beaten in the guard room for \"improper behaviour\" and handcuffed to the ceiling of the cage. The judge did not accept petitions, challenges, deprived of the right to participate in debates, deprived of the last word. On 19 November 2007, Nikolaenko was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 18 December 2009 he was released\n\nIn June 2010, employees of the Centre for Combating Extremism took Nikolaenko to the investigation department of the Novokuznetsk prosecutor's office, where he was handed a ruling to open a criminal case for insulting Putin and the head of the Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev, in the performance of their official duties. The investigator considered the leaflet, which Nikolaenko distributed at the rally on 24 March 2010 in Belove, to be an insult.\n\nOn 17 August the case was transferred to the department for investigation of especially important cases of crimes against state power of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office. On 1 December Nikolaenko was detained and taken to a psychiatric hospital in Kemerovo for examination. On 24 February 2011, Nikolaenko received a ruling to stop criminal prosecution against him under articles on libel, public calls for extremist activities, incitement to hatred or enmity and organisation of activities of an extremist organisation; on 20 December 2012, the insult case was closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nIn May 2014, the investigator tried to initiate criminal proceedings for the same leaflet under Articles 280, 282 and 282.2 of the Criminal Code, but an expert linguist showed that there was no corpus delicti in these propaganda materials.\n\nIn 2013, Nikolayenko became a suspect in a case of insulting Tuleyev in connection with the publication of a series of comic book photos on the Internet. On 5 May 2014, he was given a six-month suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Belovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2007-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2007,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2009-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2009,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":994,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":142,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikolaenko's extremism case","persecution_case_profile_en":"In February 2007, during the protests outside the FSB building, he called on law enforcement agencies and official services to \"deal with a bunch of extremists represented by Putin, Deripaska, and Abramovich.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2007-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2009-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.06.2007 to 16.08.2007, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 44 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 17.12.2009, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 44 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2009-11-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-11-2007\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2007/11/d12063/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/operativnaya-informatsiya/22477.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2011\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2957.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recthPAc0BxNUccsU"},{"persecution_id":"recowEAUCnZtHJHWx","last_updated":"2023-11-21T08:32:23.000Z","person_id":"recPzBQc4kOSGRdmI","name_en":"Aigul Makhmutova","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 15 December 2006, she was detained by officers of the Department of Internal Affairs of the South-East Administrative District. On 26 December, she was taken into custody by court order. On 5 February 2007, the Moscow City Court overturned the order of the Kuzminski court for her arrest. On 20 September, Makhmutova was detained by officers of the Ryazansky police department at an agreed picket, where she was participating as a reporter. At the police department, Makhmutova was severely beaten and taken to the hospital. On 7 February 2008, Makhmutova was arrested again in the criminal case from a year ago, as her preventive measure was suddenly changed based on a new application from the victim. On 8 February, Makhmutova was taken out of the pre-trial detention center by a police officer, served with papers, and taken to the Kuzminsky court, where she was arrested again. The court session was declared closed, citing the testimony of a witness who was a freelance police officer in the case file. The testimony of defense witnesses was ignored during the session. The prosecution witnesses were interested parties (friends, acquaintances, relatives of police officers), and many testimonies of the prosecution witnesses were fabricated \"retroactively\". On 18 June 2008, she was sentenced to 3.5 years of imprisonment.\n\nA case of extortion and insult was also initiated against Makhmutova. The trial was held with numerous procedural violations. The Moscow City Court upheld the verdict, and Makhmutova repeatedly lost consciousness during her transfer. In September 2008, she was sentenced (with the previous sentence being absorbed) to 5.5 years in prison. In 2010, the sentence was overturned, and the case was dismissed due to the absence of both the event and the corpus delicti of the offense, which allowed Makhmutova to be released on parole in 2011 after three and a half years of imprisonment. In 2012, the Investigative Committee reopened the investigation.\n\nOn 17 November 2017, the court returned the extortion case (the insult charge had been dropped by this point) back to the prosecutor's office. On 13 November 2020, Makhmutova was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. On 26 October 2021, the cassation court reduced the sentence to four years and ten months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2007-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2007,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":245,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 130 of the Criminal Code","Article 163 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["130","163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 130","Article 163 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Aigul Makhmutova extortion case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at an unspecified time, in an unspecified place and under unspecified circumstances, she entered into a criminal conspiracy with unidentified persons, aimed at extorting money from the entrepreneur B. Akhmetzyanova under threat of violence; being on the territory of the \"Weekend Fair\", threatening physical violence, periodically demanded from Akhmetzyanova to hand over money in the amount of 500 to 800 rubles for each day of trade at the fair; on 1 February 2008, being at the wheel of a car, committed a criminal offence.\n\nMakhmutova was initially charged with extortion and insult, but the insult charge was later dropped.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.09.2007, Sentence: terms: five years six months\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"terms: five years six months\n","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":58,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-8,"first_verdict_date":"2007-09-03T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2007-09-03T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 17-07-2008\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/943.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 01-12-2018\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-zhurnalistov/7834/mahmutova-ajgul-fatihovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recowEAUCnZtHJHWx"},{"persecution_id":"recK3P6cT9VeXaDSO","last_updated":"2025-01-28T21:04:37.000Z","person_id":"recKAxeCfJAtynpuo","name_en":"Humaid Khaidayev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrwNXVer0hcprsw.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrwNXVer0hcprsw.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chechnya, he helped his parents raise cattle on the farm. After an amnesty was granted to members of armed groups in September 2006, he signed an acknowledgement of guilt in the police department of the neighbouring district. Some relatives believe it’s possible that he had previously carried food to members of the local underground resistance. After Khaidayev signed his acknowledgement of guilt, an officer of the local district police department detained him, apparently wishing to improve performance at his expense. A case was initiated against Khaidayev on participation in an illegal armed formation. His relatives claim that he was tortured. They demanded money from his relatives to buy weapons that could be handed over as material evidence. Khaidayev was sentenced to ten months in a penal colony in February 2007. He was released on parole in August.\n\nIn September 2007, he was detained together with a fellow villager, tractor driver Yubetirov Ya. and accused of attempted murder of a policeman in 2001. Khaidayev later said that he was forced to testify against Yubetirov and himself under torture.\n\nAccording to Memorial's fact sheet, Chechen human rights activists claim that four young men from the same village were previously kidnapped under the same circumstances. They were never found. \n\nOn 14 August 2008, Khaidayev was sentenced to 13 years and one month in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 16 April 2020, it became known that Khaidayev was accused of organising mass riots and six episodes of disorganising the work of a correctional institution in connection with a riot in Corrective labour colony-15 in Angarsk. After the riot was quelled, Khaidayev was taken to a pre-trial detention facility; his lawyers were only able to see him a few days later. Memorial refers to a report by the human rights organisation Civil Assistance that Khaidayev was subjected to cruel torture: his fingers and a hand were broken, burned his body with a red-hot spoon, and skin on his face was peeled off with a sticky mask. Under torture, he was forced to sign a confession, which he was not allowed to read. He was refused to initiate criminal proceedings in connection with torture.\n\nThe investigation declared Khaidayev one of the main organisers of the riot, despite the fact that he had four months left to serve of his sentence for the attempted assassination of a policeman.\n\nIn December 2023, Khaidayev went on hunger strike demanding that he be provided with halal food.\n\nHuman rights defenders consider the cases of attempted assassination of a policeman and organising a riot in the colony to be falsified.\nIn September 2007, he was detained together with a fellow villager, tractor driver Yubetirov and accused of attempted murder of a policeman in 2001. Khaidayev later said that he was forced to testify against Yubetirov and himself under torture.\n\nAccording to Memorial's fact sheet, Chechen human rights activists claim that four young men from the same village were previously kidnapped under the same circumstances. They were never found.  \n\nOn 14 August 2008, Khaidayev was sentenced to 13 years and one month in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 16 April 2020, it became known that Khaidayev was accused of organising mass riots and six episodes of disorganising the work of a correctional institution in connection with a riot in Penal Correctional Institution-15 in Angarsk. After the riot was quelled, Khaidayev was taken to a pre-trial detention centre; his lawyers were only able to see him a few days later. \"Memorial\" refers to a report by the human rights organisation \"Civil Assistance\" that Khaidayev was subjected to cruel torture: his fingers and hand were broken,  red-hot spoon was burned to his body, and skin on his face was peeled off with a sticky mask. Under torture, he was forced to sign a confession, which he was not allowed to read. He was refused to initiate criminal proceedings in connection with torture.\n\nThe investigation declared Khaidayev one of the main organisers of the riot, despite the fact that he had four months left in his sentence for the attempted assassination of a policeman.\n\nIn December 2023, Khaidayev went on hunger strike demanding that he be provided with halal food.\n\nHuman rights activists consider the cases of attempted assassination of a policeman and organising a riot in the colony to be falsified.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2007-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2007,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":347,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 317 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["317"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 317"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 28 February 2001, together with Y. 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As a result of the explosion, police officer N. was slightly injured, while K., K. and G.P. were coincidentally unhurt.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2007-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2007 to 09.12.2008\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.12.2008\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.04.2020\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.08.2008, Sentence: 13 years 1 month of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years 1 month of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":157,"first_verdict_date":"2008-08-13T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2008-08-13T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Under the criminal case initiated at the same time, several participants of the action were sentenced to various punishments.  The case was considered closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations (for crimes of minor gravity it is two years - i.e. from 2 July 2010), but on 23 January 2012 in the morning two police officers accompanied by Alexei Okopny, an operative of the Centre for Countering Extremism, came to Kharlamova's flat and stated that she was on the federal wanted list and he had the authority to detain her (a few days earlier she had been declared wanted by investigator Andrei Bychkov). After that, Kharlamova was taken for questioning to the prosecutor's office of the Central Administrative District of Moscow in a criminal case on the activities of the banned National Bolshevik Party. She had a one and a half year old child at home. The interrogation lasted 6 hours, after which Kharlamova was released on her own recognisance. The investigation authorities explained the fact that the case was not closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations by the fact that the statute of limitations had been suspended due to the fact that Kharlamova allegedly evaded the investigation. Sentenced to a fine of 20,000 roubles\n\nEarlier in 2009, Tatyana Kharlamova, together with Igor Shchuka, had already been sentenced to 10 months in prison for distributing an anti-Chinese leaflet at the opening of the Far Eastern International Economic Forum in Khabarovsk in 2008. They were released in the courtroom as they had already served their sentences.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2008-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2008,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1464,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":209,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the seizure of the Foreign Ministry reception desk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Tatyana Kharlamova","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a proscribed organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 01.07.2008 to 06.07.2008, Detention Centre Centre No. 2 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.07.2012, Sentence: fine: '20,000 roubles'\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '20,000 roubles'\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":20000,"first_verdict_date":"2012-07-04T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-07-04T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-04-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/3402.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-09-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/43568.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-07-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/07/d24833/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recBQutuexCGjy8L3"},{"persecution_id":"recaAV3ZvaxPszxAt","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recdJRb2sWnYUKuOL","name_en":"Eugene Donets","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained during the seizure of the Foreign Ministry reception room, on the night of 2 to 3 July 2008 in the Presnensky District Court of Moscow was sentenced under part 1 of article 19.3 (\"Disobedience to a lawful order or demand of a police officer\") and article 20.1 (\"Petty hooliganism\") of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation to 7 days of administrative arrest. Under the criminal case initiated at the same time, four participants of the action were sentenced to suspended and real terms of imprisonment.  The case was considered closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations (for crimes of minor gravity it is two years, i.e. from 2 July 2010), but after the interrogation of the participant of the action in 2008 Tatyana Kharlamova it became known that the case was reopened. On 23 May 2012 it became known that Evgeny Donets was charged with participation in the activities of the banned NBP; on 27 June he was sentenced to a fine of 45 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2008-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2008,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1456,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":208,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of assembly"],"case_group_en":["The case of the seizure of the Foreign Ministry reception desk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Eugene Donets","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a banned organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 01.07.2008 to 08.07.2008, Detention Centre Centre No. 2 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.06.2012, Sentence: fine: '45,000 roubles'\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '45,000 roubles'\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":45000,"first_verdict_date":"2012-06-26T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-06-26T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-07-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/07/d24832/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-04-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/3402.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-09-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/43568.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recaAV3ZvaxPszxAt"},{"persecution_id":"recJJKCcS4QxuTMFD","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recxels7G5xg3CEjp","name_en":"Evgeny Voluzhev","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On October 7, 2008, a search was carried out at the Khabarovsk National Bolshevik Evgeniy Voluzhev, during which one copy of the newspaper of different issues “Friend of the People”, a system unit and CDs were confiscated, a copy of the seizure protocol was not given; Voluzhev subsequently filed a complaint against an illegal search, but the court refused to consider it; On October 28, employees of the Organized Crime Control Department, who refused to identify themselves, detained Voluzhev as he left his lawyer’s office and took him to the Organized Crime Control Department, where he was forcibly photographed, searched and interrogated, all SMS messages and numbers from his mobile phone were copied; he was asked to voluntarily sign a cooperation agreement, after refusing, the Organized Crime Control Department officers began to threaten him; On May 14, 2009, officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB came to Voluzhev’s apartment: it turned out that a criminal case had been opened against him under Article 282.2 (“Participation in the activities of an extremist organization”); Limonov's brochures \"To My Supporters\", letters from his comrades-in-arms from the pre-trial detention center, as well as 5 \"Other Russia\" stickers were confiscated; almost all office equipment, a system unit, 15 hard drives, 5 printers, CDs and other property were confiscated again; Voluzhev was given a recognizance not to leave; On June 2, 2009, Voluzhev was charged under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 CC; the basis for initiating a criminal case, based on the case materials, is the posting of opposition leaflets “at a time not established by the investigation, in a place not established by the investigation”; in early July, the National Bolsheviks of Komsomolsk-on-Amur Anton Lukin, Dmitry Voron and Alexander Voron were interrogated about Voluzhev by Khabarovsk security officers; the oppositionists, in particular, were asked: “Could you imagine that Voluzhev is a National Bolshevik?”; All of Evgeniy Voluzhev’s acquaintances were interrogated, whose contacts Evgeniy kept in the phone seized from him by the Organized Crime Control Department; On August 11, 2011, he was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2008-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2008,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2011-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2011,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1037,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":148,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Evgeny Voluzhev","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted opposition leaflets \"at an unspecified time, in an unspecified place\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 14.05.2009\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.08.2011, Sentence: fine: 'one hundred thousand rubles (~10USD), released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations on criminal liability'.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: 'one hundred thousand rubles (~10USD), released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations on criminal liability'.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2011-08-09T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-08-09T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2948.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recJJKCcS4QxuTMFD"},{"persecution_id":"recOC95NTDlVARS5s","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recUXSU8GPq2sHMvb","name_en":"Olga Komarova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained during the seizure of the Foreign Ministry reception room, on the night of 2 to 3 July, she was sentenced by the Presnensky District Court of Moscow under part 1 of article 19.3 (\"Disobedience to a lawful order or demand of a police officer\") and article 20.1 (\"Petty hooliganism\") of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation to 3 days of administrative arrest. Under the criminal case initiated at the same time, four participants of the action were sentenced to suspended and real terms of imprisonment.  The case was considered closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations (for crimes of minor gravity it is two years, i.e. from 2 July 2010), but after the interrogation of Kharlamova it became known that the case was reopened. On 7 February 2012, Olga Komarova was detained at the \"Stop the dictatorship!\" rally in front of the Central Election Commission in Moscow. At the Basmanny IAB it was found out that she was wanted, after which she was transferred to the Arbat IAB, staying overnight until the next day's interrogation. On 8 February investigator Bychkov questioned the activist of the \"Other Russia\" Olga Komarova in the criminal case of seizure of the Foreign Ministry reception room. She was charged again and signed a non-departure undertaking. The investigation authorities explained the fact that the case was not closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations by the fact that Komarova allegedly evaded the investigation, due to which the statute of limitations was suspended. 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In particular, according to his testimony, he found Avdyushenkov distributing leaflets on his way to the flat where the search was to take place, which Arkhadov was to attend. The leaflets were subsequently discovered during the search. There are serious doubts as to whether Avdyushenkov was distributing the printed materials on the day of the search. According to the Natsbola witnesses, when, according to the detention report, Avdyushenkov was pasting leaflets, he was actually in the flat where the search took place. The leaflets were found in a cupboard, and the detention report was drawn up right in the flat. These leaflets and the files found on Avdyushenkov's laptop were subjected to a psychological and linguistic examination conducted by N.I. Batov, candidate of psychological sciences, and N.N. Kryukova, deputy director of the Russian Institute of Cultural Studies. The conclusion of the expertise No. 321/09 of 27.11.2009 was biased against Avdyushenkov and did not quite legitimately link the content of the materials examined (in particular, the leaflets with the inscriptions \"Kill the slave in you!\" and \"He trusted the government and the president!\") to the activities of the banned National Bolshevik Party. On 4 December 2009, Avdyushenkov was charged by the Babushkinsky District Prosecutor's Office and the case against him was referred to the court for consideration. During the court arguments, the prosecution requested that Avdyushenkov be sentenced to one year's imprisonment in a penal colony. The prosecutor's office also asked to take into account that Avdyushenkov already has one sentence under Article 282 of the Criminal Code. He was charged with extremist activity after he, as part of a group of Natsbols, barricaded himself in the Russian Foreign Ministry's reception room in 2008 in defence of Natsbol Linderman. The Natsbols hung a banner \"The Foreign Ministry is a den of traitors\" from the windows, protesting against the \"inaction of the authorities in protecting the rights of the Russian-speaking population in Latvia.\" For this action Avdiushenkov received a one-year suspended sentence.\nOn 30 January 2011, after his conviction on 27 January 2011, investigative measures were carried out against Nikolai Avdiushenkov in the form of a search in a criminal case under part 3 of art. 212 of the Criminal Code (\"Appeals to the Russian-speaking population of Latvia\"). 212 of the Criminal Code (\"Calls for active disobedience to the lawful demands of representatives of the authorities and mass disorder, as well as calls for violence against citizens\"). There are reasons to assume that the reason is Avdyushenkov's participation in the activities of the Organising Committee of Strategy-31, as the search at his flat was carried out on the eve of the next action on Triumfalnaya Square in Moscow for freedom of assembly.\nIn the sentence handed down to Avdyushenkov, he was sentenced to one year of suspended imprisonment with a probation period of three years, during which he was prohibited from attending mass events - rallies and marches held on the territory of the Russian Federation, and the court also ordered him to get a job. Otherwise, his suspended sentence will be changed to a penal colony. The court has not yet imposed such restrictions on the constitutional rights of opposition activists. The Moscow City Court explained that the court was guided by Part 5 of Article 73 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (suspended sentence), where among other additional obligations imposed on the convicted person there is a clause \"not to visit certain places\". During the court hearing on the appeal against the verdict, Avdyushenkov's defence counsel filed a motion to dismiss the criminal case due to the expiry of the statute of limitations. On 14 March 2011, Babushkinski District Court Judge Anton Martynenko overturned the conviction of Mikalai Avdiushenkov for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2009-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2011-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2011,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":688,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nikolai Avdyushenkov","persecution_case_profile_en":"wishing to continue to participate in the activities of the National Bolshevik Party, an interregional public organisation recognised as extremist and banned, to disseminate its ideology, categorically rejecting the foundations of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation and other principles enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, received propaganda printed materials in the form of leaflets, \"Kill the slave in you!\", \"He trusted the Government and the President!\", promoting the ideas, judgements, ideals, goals and objectives of the banned NBP, thereby undertaking to fulfil the tasks and goals of the NBP, knowing that he was thus participating in its activities. On 9 March 2009, he posted the leaflets on the entrance of building 7, building 7, Shirokaya Street, Moscow, and on nearby lampposts, thereby actively propagandizing and disseminating the ideology of the extremist organization NBP.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 14.03.2011\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.01.2011, Sentence: terms: one year suspended (subsequently cancelled due to the expiry of the statute of limitations)\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"terms: one year suspended (subsequently cancelled due to the expiry of the statute of limitations)\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2011-01-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-01-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-01-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/28416.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2866.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recIRTajzGjmjpDeR"},{"persecution_id":"recb1zM9nWnDfpEEM","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:47:13.000Z","person_id":"recjfol1qIGuwu1tg","name_en":"Boris Batyi","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"held under a custodial sentence since 12 June 2009 for more than two years on charges of purchasing unlicensed Microsoft and Autodesk software; according to Batyi, no Autocad software was found when the computers were seized; case closed due to the amnesty of 2 July 2013","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2009-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_ended":"2013-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 146 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["146"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 146"],"case_name_en":"The case of Boris Batyi","persecution_case_profile_en":"purchased unlicensed Microsoft and Autodesk software in the amount of 129582 rubles 15 kopecks","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2864.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recb1zM9nWnDfpEEM"},{"persecution_id":"recEkoMGFgKTevVGZ","last_updated":"2024-07-24T13:06:17.000Z","person_id":"recpMknEAWlAPFRzO","name_en":"Dmitry Bychkov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 1 May 2009, Dmitry Bychkov, an activist of the banned NBP, was detained on his way to a May Day demonstration; a search revealed a grenade and far-right leaflets, which, as Bychkov claims, were planted on him. He detained for two months in a pre-trial detention centre, where he was placed in the same cell with defendants in high-profile cases involving violent crimes. Then Dmitry released on personal recognisance, charged with illegal possession of explosives and participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Dmitry was sentenced to two years and three months' suspended imprisonment","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2009-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2013-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":549,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Bychkov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Illegally possessed a grenade and leaflets \"calling for hostile violent actions against a social group of persons united on the basis of nationality, as well as containing justification of the need for violent actions against the authorities and their representatives\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2009-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2009-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 02.07.2009 to 02.10.2010\n• in custody: from 02.05.2009 to 02.07.2009\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.11.2010, Sentence: two years three months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years three months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2010-11-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2010-11-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-10-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/bychkov-dmitriy-sergeevich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-05-2015\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/22479.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-10-2009\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2009/10/d17156/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recEkoMGFgKTevVGZ"},{"persecution_id":"recNq1SS4VNXFKfV3","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:03:42.000Z","person_id":"recYKpC9rSSPfffJj","name_en":"Nadezhda Nizovkina","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 23 April 2009, a case of incitement to hatred was initiated because of the distribution of leaflets about the activities of the security authorities. On 31 December 2010, she was detained near her home on her way to the \"Strategy-31\" rally. On the same day, she was taken into custody by the court order. On 19 January 2011, she was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 roubles. On 10 March, the appeals court cancelled the sentence. On 4 June 2014, the first instance court started hearing the case again, but then it was returned to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 16 February 2020, the case was dismissed due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 282 of the Criminal Code and the experts' indication that security services personnel do not form a single social group to be protected from incitement to hatred.\n\nOn 26 September 2022, Nizovkina and activist Natalia Filonova, who had been detained at a rally against mobilisation two days earlier, were brought to the Sovetsky District Court for a hearing of an administrative case for repeated violation of the rules of participation in a rally (part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences), but the court announced an evacuation. They were taken away by different cars, after which a criminal case was opened against Filonova for using violence against police officers. Nizovkina represented her interests, but then she was questioned as a witness, so she could no longer act as a defence counsel. Later, a case was brought against Nizovkina for refusing to testify in the Filonova case. At the end of summer 2023, the case was dismissed.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2009-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2011-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2011,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":635,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Nizovkina and Stetsura case","persecution_case_profile_en":"She distributed leaflets aimed at \"forming a negative image of the Russian military, police officers, and personnel in investigative bodies\", which contained \"negative assessment and description of the actions of the FSB officers\" and aimed at violating the honour and dignity of security forces officers.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2010-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2011-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 31.12.2010 to 19.01.2011, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Buryatia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.01.2011, Sentence: a 100,000 roubles fine","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a 100,000 roubles fine","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2011-01-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-01-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-02-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/5183/burjatskoe-delo\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 23-02-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/en/node/4008\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-06-2014\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/06/d29687/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recNq1SS4VNXFKfV3"},{"persecution_id":"recrlqcBdu5N95qf3","last_updated":"2023-11-09T17:56:43.000Z","person_id":"rectQhmEm6rXzv7ez","name_en":"Artem Loskutov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is an artist and organiser of \"Monstrations\" - actions with absurd slogans.\n\nAccording to Loskutov, on May 1, 2009, he was invited for a \"talk\" at the Centre “E” (“Centre for Combating Extremism”), where the head of the Centre spent several hours explaining why the Monstrations organized by Loskutov wasn't liked by the Centre “E”. Subsequently, Centre \"E\" refused to acknowledge the fact of the conversation and presented data according to which Loskutov was allegedly committing some administrative offences at that time, although the fact of Loskutov's presence in Centre \"E\" can be confirmed by two witnesses who came there together with him.  On May 15, Loskutov was again tried to be summoned to the Centre \"E\" for a conversation, but he refused, citing the absence of a summons. \n\nOn the evening of May 15, three men in civilian clothes suddenly surrounded Loskutov and his friend Lubov Belyatskaya in the street, handcuffed Loskutov and forcibly put him into an ordinary car without presenting any documents, charges or demands. Loskutov was taken to a community courtyard, where his attackers began to talk to him about the \"Monstration\" and then, after waiting for their witnesses to arrive, examined Loskutov's bag and found 11 grams of marijuana in it. On 20 May, the court imposed detention as a preventive measure. No legal evidence of guilt was presented - only the information from the Centre \"E\" about alleged extremist activity, which was not proved and confirmed by any documents. On 25 May 2009 Loskutov filed an appeal against the court's decision. On the day of supposed court hearing, the date was postponed to 10 June. Since 10 June 2009, he has been on his own recognisance. He was charged with illegal acquisition, storage, transportation, manufacture, processing of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues. He was sentenced to a fine of 20,000 roubles (ca US$200).\n\nOn 3 November 2010 Loskutov reported that preliminary investigation was being conducted against him. He suggested that the police did not like the fact that he compared their methods to those of fascist, when they roughly dragged him into the car during his arrest on 26 September. Maria Kiseleva, who was detained together with him, wrote a statement to the prosecutor's office. The response, which came on 3 November, stated that the prosecutor's office found no violations in the actions of the police, but informed the applicant that an inspection was being conducted. \n\nOn December 13, it became known that a case had been initiated for insulting a representative of authority. Loskutov was declared wanted. On November 22, 2012, the court confirmed the announcement of the wanted status for him. Although Loskutov was not in hiding, the court refused to arrest him. The case was closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations on 4 March 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2009-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2010-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2010,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":307,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 228.1"],"case_name_en":"Loskutov's drug possession case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Was in possession of marijuana","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.03.2010, Sentence: A fine: of 20,000 roubles (US$ 215)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine: of 20,000 roubles (US$ 215)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":20000,"first_verdict_date":"2010-03-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2010-03-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-10-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2922.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recrlqcBdu5N95qf3"},{"persecution_id":"recukVAYA3p54g21Y","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:11:32.000Z","person_id":"rec1PdTFFec9NIzRP","name_en":"Tatiana Stetsura","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-11-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 23 April 2009, a case of incitement to hatred was initiated in connection with the distribution of leaflets about the activities of the security authorities. On 31 December 2010, she was detained near Doam on her way to the \"Strategy-31\" rally. On the same day she was taken into custody by court order. On 19 January 2011 she was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles. On 10 March, the court of appeal instance cancelled the sentence. On 4 June 2014, the court of first instance started hearing the case again, but then it was returned to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 16 February 2020, the case was dismissed due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 282 of the Criminal Code, as well as the experts' indication that members of law enforcement agencies do not form a single social group to be protected from incitement to hatred.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Teachers","Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2009-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":635,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Nizovkina and Stetsura case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Distributed leaflets aimed at \"forming a negative image of the Russian military, police officers and persons working in investigative bodies\", containing \"negative assessments and characteristics of the actions of FSS officers\" and aimed at humiliating the honour and dignity of law enforcement officers.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2010-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2011-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 31.12.2010 to 19.01.2011, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Buryatia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.01.2011, Sentence: a fine of one hundred thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of one hundred thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2011-01-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-01-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-06-2014\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/06/d29687/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-02-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/5183/burjatskoe-delo\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 23-02-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/en/node/4008\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recukVAYA3p54g21Y"},{"persecution_id":"rec48kgr502oqTGBq","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recIOjQBd9SZHcEEF","name_en":"Vadim Nasyrov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Vadim Nasyrov is an alleged member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, an organization banned and recognized as extremist in Russia. He was first arrested in March 2009 as part of the investigation into the case of preparing a terrorist attack in Chelyabinsk. Initially questioned as a witness, he was later charged with involvement in the activities of a religious organization prohibited by court order due to extremist activities. On 3 June 2010, he was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months’ imprisonment to be served in an open prison.\n\nOn 20 May 2011, following the initiation of another case concerning involvement in a religious organization banned for extremist activities, Nasyrov was searched and materials related to Hizb ut-Tahrir were found, some of which were included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. Subsequently, Nasyrov and the other defendants were charged with preparation for forcible seizure of power and violent overthrow of the constitutional order (he was taken into custody on 31 July 2012). He was also accused of persuading and involving others in activities aimed at seizing power and changing the constitutional system.\n\nOn 21 November 2013, Nasyrov was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. On 2 July 2014, the Supreme Court refused to consider his appeal against the sentence. On 2 February 2015, the appellate court reduced his sentence to five years. He was released on 28 July 2017.\n\nNasyrov was detained on new charges in July 2021 and taken into custody. He was accused of organizing the activities of a terrorist organization and inciting others to participate in such activities. On 5 March 2024, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2009-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_ended":"2010-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2010,"persecution_days_from_verdict":517,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in the organisation and incitement of activities of a terrorist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2009-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2009-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.03.2009 to 02.03.2009\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.06.2010, Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2010-06-02T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2010-06-02T20:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec48kgr502oqTGBq"},{"persecution_id":"recadSpzGTOGRyWzI","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recE7C8M0r4KzKsZJ","name_en":"Ziiavdin Dapaev","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 15 October 2010, Ziiavdin Dapaev, a resident of Dagestan, gave personal recognizance at the Department of Internal Affairs of the Investigative Department of the Federal Security Service in Dagestan. Dapaev signed the document after he returned from Istanbul, where he had attended a conference on the legacy of Said Nursi. On 24 January 2011, the trial began in Makhachkala. Dapaev was charged under Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code (organising the activities of an extremist organisation).\nDapaev denied his involvement in the Nurdzhular organisation, which was banned for extremism. He claimed that the organisation as such did not exist in Russia. On 18 May 2011, a verdict was passed in Makhachkala. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organising the activities of an extremist organisation) and sentenced to 3 years of suspended imprisonment with a probation period of 2 years. On 28 June 2011, Ziiavdin Dapaev was reported to have appealed the sentence. On 3 August 2011, the federal Leninsky Court of Makhachkala began hearing the appeal. In November 2011, it was reported that on 20 September 2011 the Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala had issued a ruling on the appeal of Ziiavdin Dapaev, a follower of Said Nursi, against his conviction. The court overturned the decision of the court of first instance regarding the destruction of all 1,820 books and brochures seized from Dapaev, because they included publications not recognised by the court as extremist, as well as publications not translated into Russian, and decided to hand over the seized literature to the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Republic of Dagestan to \"resolve the issue regarding the destruction of banned books and brochures\".\nThe rest of the sentence was upheld. On 15 November 2011, the Supreme Court of Dagestan dismissed the appeal. On 15 March 2012, the Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala was reported to have ruled to return all the books confiscated during the investigation by law enforcement officers to Dapaev, except for the works of Said Nursi.\n\nIn March 2016, he was detained together with thirteen people, searched, arrested on charges of organising the activities of the extremist organisation \"Nurdzhular\", the existence of which has not been proven. On 7 November 2017, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. He was apparently released in April 2019.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2009-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":516,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ziiavdin Dapaev case","persecution_case_profile_en":"was a member of the extremist organisation Nurdzhular and distributed books by the Turkish theologian Said Nursi, banned for extremism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.05.2011, Sentence: 3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2011-05-17T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-05-17T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-05-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/05/d21671/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recadSpzGTOGRyWzI"},{"persecution_id":"reco7ZtHTCpi2DtRY","last_updated":"2024-08-06T05:25:51.000Z","person_id":"rechPYyUqOSe48Sxd","name_en":"Oleg Orlov","birth_year":1953,"birth_date":"1953-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Human rights activist, former Chairman of the Council of the Memorial Human Rights Centre and Co-Chairman of the Memorial Centre for the Protection of Human Rights.\nA criminal case of defamation against Chechen head of state Ramzan Kadyrov was opened on 20 October 2009. In the spring of 2010, the materials were transferred for further investigation to the investigative section of the Investigative Department of the Central Administrative District Department of Internal Affairs. On 6 July 2010, the investigator charged Orlov with a crime. On 23 July 2010, Orlov and his lawyer signed a protocol on familiarisation with the materials of the criminal case. At the same time, they filed a motion to discontinue the criminal case, which was denied in full. When signing the protocol on familiarisation with the materials of the criminal case, the investigator informed Orlov that she was electing a preventive measure against him in the form of a written undertaking not to leave. Orlov and his lawyer stated that the investigator had no grounds for such a ruling and refused to sign the ruling on the election of a measure of restriction. Subsequently, the defendant and his lawyer, despite the fact that the indictment stated that a measure of restriction had been imposed on Orlov in the form of recognizance not to leave, proceeded in their behaviour on the basis that there was no such measure against Orlov because the defendant had not signed it. On 29 July 2010, the Prosecutor's Office of the Central Administrative District of Moscow sent the criminal case to the Khamovniki District Court, from where it was redirected for consideration by a justice of the peace of the peace of judicial district No. 363 of the Khamovniki district. On 30 July Orlov was handed an indictment. On 14 June 2011, the judge issued a verdict of acquittal. On 4 October 2011, the case was heard on appeal. On 20 January 2012, the case was closed due to decriminalisation of the incriminated act.\n\nThe same act of Orlov, which led to the case against him, was previously considered in a civil case. On 13 August 2009, Ramzan Kadyrov's representative filed a lawsuit for protection of honour, dignity, business reputation and compensation for moral damage in the Tverskoy Court of Moscow, with the Memorial Human Rights Centre and Orlov as defendants. As a result of the court hearings, a judgement was rendered in the civil case. The court ordered the defendants to refute the materials defaming the plaintiff's honour, dignity and business reputation and to pay compensation for moral damage in the amount of 70,000 roubles (the plaintiff had demanded 10 million roubles).\n\nOn 21 March 2023, Orlov was detained after a search and informed that a case had been opened for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. On that day there were also mass searches of International Memorial employees as part of another case - on the rehabilitation of Nazism (item \"c\" of part 2 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code), in this case Orlov was involved as a witness.\n\nOn 11 October 2023, Orlov was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles in the case of discrediting the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. On 14 December, the court of appeal cancelled the sentence and returned the case to the prosecutor's office. At the end of January 2024, the second investigation in Orlov's case was completed: the investigator found in the actions of the human rights defender the motive of \"ideological enmity to traditional Russian spiritual, moral and patriotic values\", as well as the motive of hatred towards the social group \"servicemen\". Orlov and his defence were restricted the time to get acquainted with the case. On 6 February, after the prosecutor's office approved the indictment, the senior assistant prosecutor called Orlov and his lawyer Katerina Tertukhina repeatedly throughout the day, insisting that they come immediately to get the document and even offered to come to their homes. The next day, the assistant prosecutor came to the address of Tertukhina's lawyer's office accompanied by law enforcement officers with automatic rifles; without finding the lawyer, he began to question neighbours about her whereabouts. During the repeated hearings, Orlov refused to answer questions or participate in the debates. On 27 February 2024, the human rights defender was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nAfter the sentence and placement in the pre-trial detention centre, Orlov's health deteriorated, and in the absence of treatment, the human rights defender began to hear much worse.\n\nOn 1 August 2024, Orlov was released as part of a prisoner exchange between the Russian Federation and other states.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2009-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 129 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["129"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 129"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Orlov's case of defamation of Ramzan Kadyrov","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 15 and 16 July 2009, having received information that Natalya Estemirova, a member of the Human Rights Center Memorial, had been abducted in the Chechen Republic, taken to Ingushetia and shot dead there, with the intention of disseminating knowingly false information defaming the honour, dignity and business reputation of the President of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, being aware of the falsity of the information he reported, he publicly expressed slanderous information about Kadyrov in front of journalists, accusing him of committing a particularly serious crime under article 105 of the Criminal Code, i.e., the murder of Estemirova; he disseminated false information defaming Kadyrov's honour, dignity and undermining his business reputation on 15 July at the office of the Human Rights Center Memorial; on his instructions, this false information was placed in a press release by Memorial and posted on the Internet at www.memo.ru; on 16 July Orlov disseminated this press release and repeated the defamatory information in front of journalists at a press conference at the Independent Press Centre in Moscow.","persecution_location_en":"At large as a result of an exchange","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2857.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reco7ZtHTCpi2DtRY"},{"persecution_id":"rechgGnxXtu8A2F2a","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"reckPNBgJyDTvqx9J","name_en":"Ivan Astashin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attXo5Aj4eES1mYKG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attXo5Aj4eES1mYKG.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-02-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":17,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the night of 20 December 2009, on the eve of the \"Day of the Security Worker\", a group of young men (Astashin, Povazhnaia, Markhai, Lebedev and Ivanov) threw Molotov cocktails at the building of the FSB (Federal Security Service) Department for the South-West District of Moscow. As a result of these actions there were no casualties, the damage to the premises amounted to 11 thousand rubles. The video of the action was posted by Astashin on the Internet under the title \"Happy Chekist's Day, bastards!\". The participants positioned the arson as a \"non-violent action of direct action against the FSB\", an act of political protest.\n\nOver the next few months, a series of arson attacks on police stations and market stalls took place in Moscow and the Moscow region by a group of nationalists who positioned them as \"direct action against the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ethno-criminals\". Some members of both groups knew each other.\n\nAstashin and a participant in the action \"Happy Chekist Day...\" Ksenia Povazhnaia were detained on 12 March 2010 by FSB officers, tortured for several days, and then released on recognisance not to leave.\n\nAfter an attempted departure and repeated detention on 28.12.2010, Astashin and Povazhnaia were placed in custody.\n\nThe cases were initially qualified as property damage (article 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), then as hooliganism (article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and finally as a terrorist act (article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).\nIn addition to the action \"Happy Chekist Day...\" Astashin was charged with organising seven arson attacks on police stations and trade tents, which were allegedly carried out on his instructions, blowing up a Lexus car and attempting to mine the Eastern Thermal Power Plant in Perovo.\n\nAccording to the investigation, \"in December 2009, Astashin and other members of the group decided to set fire to the building of the South-West Administrative District Department of the Russian Federal Security Service in Moscow, as a result of which the authorities of the Russian Federation would be forced to make decisions on changing the internal national policy, believing that these issues belong, among others, to the competence of the Federal Security Service\"\n\nOn 12 April 2012, the Moscow City Court sentenced Astashin to 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for 2 years.\n\nOn 23 July 2012, the Supreme Court reduced this sentence to 12 years 6 months with restriction of liberty for 2 years.\n\nOn 21 August, Astashin was sent to the penal colony UFSIN No. 17 (IK-17) of Krasnoyarsk Krai , where he faced threats of violence and use of psychotropic substances. After a motion to familiarise himself with the case materials, he was transferred back to the pre-trial detention centre in Moscow.\n\nOn 11 December 2013, the Supreme Court considered Astashin's supervisory appeal, reduced his sentence to 9 years 9 months in a strict regime colony, and removed the restriction of liberty.\n\nIn Moscow, Astashin wrote complaints about threats and demanding a confession in IK-17, after consideration of which he was transferred to the penal colony No. 5 (IK-5) in Norilsk, where he continued to write complaints about violations of his rights and the rights of other prisoners, and began to write analytical articles about the prison.\n\nAfter 5 years he was transferred back to IK-17 in Krasnoyarsk Krai.\n\nOn the administrative claim of the camp chief, the Sovetsky District Court of Krasnoyarsk sentenced Astashin to 8 years of administrative supervision.\n\nOn 21 September 2020 Astashin was released after the main term. He continued to write complaints about the conditions of detention in IK-17 and IK-5, and started human rights activities in the \"Committee for Civil Rights\".\n\nIn August 2022, Astashin left Russia.\n\nHe is one of the founders of the project to support those persecuted for anti-war actions \"Solidarity Zone\". In December 2024, his participation in the project was terminated.\n\nIn February 2024, it became known that Astashin was put on a wanted list. In May, Astashin himself wrote that, to his knowledge, a case of public justification of terrorism had been brought against him. He was arrested in absentia.\n\nIn August 2024, \"Mediazona\" reported that the materials of the case against Astashin include the testimony of a former tourist police officer, who claims that in 2021 he was at a certain \"flat party\" near Elektrozavodskaya metro station, where a man who introduced himself as Ivan Astashin showed everyone the namesake of his Telegram channel and claimed to be its sole owner. Apparently, the investigation needed this testimony to prove that the \"Ivan Astashin\" Telegram channel, which published a post about the attempted assassination of Zakhar Prilepin, which was the reason for the criminal case, really belongs to Astashin. The human rights defender claims that he has never seen this former employee and has never been to the flats in the Elektrozavodskaya neighbourhood.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2009-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 167 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 223 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 223 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","280","167","282","205.2","222","222","223","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 1, Article 280","Part 2, Article 167","Part 1, Article 282","Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 222","Part 2, Article 222","Part 1, Article 223","Part 3, Article 223"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The ABTO case","case_number":"2-0010/2012 (2-0148/2011)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in December 2009, Astashin, together with other members of the group, decided to commit an arson against the building of the South-West Administrative District Department of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Directorate in Moscow, as a result of which the authorities of the Russian Federation would be forced to make decisions on changes in domestic national policy, believing that these issues among others were within the competence of the Federal Security Service.\nThe FSB conflated this arson with a number of arson attacks on market stalls and police stations that took place during the same period in Moscow and the Moscow suburbs and accused Astashin of organising them.\nAstashin denied adherence to nationalist views and the allegation that he had confused the Federal Security Service with the Federal Migration Service.\n","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechgGnxXtu8A2F2a"},{"persecution_id":"rechLRLLSoQpYaYc2","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recaKEVhysa0V1JgB","name_en":"Andrei Markhai","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on 17 March 2010 and placed in custody on charges of participating in the arson attack on the building of the Department of the Federal Security Service Directorate for South-West District of Moscow on 20 December 2009 in the event \"Happy Chekist's Day, bastards!\" for the Day of State Security Workers.\nAccording to the investigation, Markhai threw a Molotov cocktail through the window.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2009-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The ABTO case","case_number":"2-0010/2012 (2-0148/2011)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Markhai was a member of the organised group \"Autonomous Combat Terrorist Organisation (AСTO) syndicate\", which operated in 2009-2010 and whose plans included systematic bombings and arson attacks to influence the migration policy of the Russian Federation.\nOn the night of 20 December 2009, on the eve of \"Security Worker's Day\", a group of young men (Astashin, Povazhnaya, Markhai, Lebedev and Ivanov) threw Molotov cocktails at the building of the FSB Department for the South-West District of Moscow. As a result of these actions there were no casualties, the damage to the premises amounted to 11 thousand roubles. [The video of the action](https://youtu.be/V1_nlHpfFts?si=ccmTkiQC1nSy28CY) was posted by Astashin on the Internet under the title \"Happy Chekist's Day, bastards!\". Participants positioned the arson as a \"non-violent direct action against the FSB\", an act of political protest. Andrei Markhai, 18, threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the department.\n12.04.2012 Moscow City Court sentenced Markhai to 10 years in a strict regime colony.\n23.07.2012 The Supreme Court reduced this sentence to 8 years of strict regime.\nAt the end of 2017, Markhai was sentenced to 8 years of administrative supervision, under the terms of which he cannot leave Moscow and the Moscow region without notifying the supervisory authorities.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechLRLLSoQpYaYc2"},{"persecution_id":"reckydIIC6CFNfNmU","last_updated":"2026-04-14T15:53:14.000Z","person_id":"recFwesnJ6Z8M89Fq","name_en":"Maxim Ivanov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 17 March 2010 and placed in custody on charges of participation in the arson attack on the building of the Department of the FSB in the South-West District of Moscow on 20 December 2009, the action \"Happy Chekist's Day, bastards!\" for the day of workers of state security agencies.\nAccording to the investigation, Ivanov broke a window in the building with a stone.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2009-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The ABTO case","case_number":"2-0010/2012 (2-0148/2011)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Maxim Ivanov was a member of the organised group \"Autonomous Combat Terrorist Organisation (ABTO) syndicate\", which operated in 2009-2010 and whose plans included systematic bombings and arson attacks to influence the migration policy of the Russian Federation.\nOn the night of 20 December 2009, on the eve of \"Security Worker's Day\", a group of young men (Astashin, Povazhnaya, Markhai, Lebedev and Ivanov) threw Molotov cocktails at the building of the FSB Department for the South-West District of Moscow. As a result of these actions there were no casualties, the damage to the premises amounted to 11 thousand rubles. [The video of the action](https://youtu.be/V1_nlHpfFts?si=ccmTkiQC1nSy28CY) was posted by Astashin on the Internet under the title \"Happy Chekist's Day, bastards!\". Participants positioned the arson as a \"non-violent direct action against the FSB\", an act of political protest. 20-year-old Maxim Ivanov threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the department.\n12 April 2012, Moscow City Court sentenced him to 10 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n23 July 2012, The Supreme Court reduced this sentence to 8 years of strict regime.\nAt the end of 2017, Ivanov was sentenced to 8 years of administrative supervision, under the terms of which he cannot leave his district of residence without notifying the supervisory authorities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckydIIC6CFNfNmU"},{"persecution_id":"rec0sCFFgpvJrYzsa","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recVu0BpVulvo0Mo7","name_en":"Grigory Lebedev","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":16,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on 17 March 2010 and placed in custody on charges of participating in the arson attack on the building of the Department of the FSB in the South-West District of Moscow on 20 December 2009 in the action \"Happy Chekist's Day, bastards!\" for the day of workers of state security agencies.\nAccording to the investigation, Lebedev broke the window with a hammer.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2009-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The ABTO case","case_number":"2-0010/2012 (2-0148/2011)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Lebedev was a member of the organised group \"Autonomous Combat Terrorist Organisation (ABTO) Syndicate\", which operated in 2009-2010 and whose plans included systematic bombings and arson attacks to influence the migration policy of the Russian Federation.\nOn the night of 20 December 2009, on the eve of \"Security Worker's Day\", a group of young men (Astashin, Povazhnaya, Markhai, Lebedev and Ivanov) threw Molotov cocktails at the building of the FSB Department for the South-West District of Moscow. As a result of these actions there were no casualties, the damage to the premises amounted to 11 thousand roubles. The video of the actio (https://youtu.be/V1_nlHpfFts?si=ccmTkiQC1nSy28CY) was posted by Astashin on the Internet under the title \"Happy Chekist's Day, bastards!\". Participants positioned the arson as a \"non-violent direct action against the FSB\", an act of political protest. 16-year-old Grigory Lebedev smashed the window of the building with a hammer.\n12.04.2012 Moscow City Court sentenced Lebedev to 6 years of general regime colony.\n23.07.2012 The Supreme Court reduced this sentence to 4 years.\n","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0sCFFgpvJrYzsa"},{"persecution_id":"rec9FGumVj9BKzZwt","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recEJDSOjXkvSvS0F","name_en":"Kseniia Povazhnaia","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"According to the investigation, Povazhnaia was a member of the organised group \"Autonomous Combat Terrorist Organisation (ABTO) syndicate\", which operated in 2009-2010 and whose plans included systematic bombings and arson attacks to influence the migration policy of the Russian Federation.\nOn the night of 20 December 2009, on the eve of \"Security Worker's Day\", a group of young men (Astashin, Povazhnaia, Markhai, Lebedev and Ivanov) threw Molotov cocktails at the building of the FSB Department for the South-West District of Moscow. As a result of these actions there were no casualties, the damage to the premises amounted to 11 thousand rubles. The video of the action was posted by Astashin on the Internet under the title \"Happy Chekist's Day, bastards!\". The participants positioned the arson as a \"non-violent direct action against the FSB\", an act of political protest. 18-year-old Kseniia Povazhnaia threw two Molotov cocktails at the windows of the FSB department.\nIn the morning of 12 March 2010, FSB officers detained Kseniia and Ivan Astashin in the flat where they lived. After the detention, Povazhnaia was diagnosed with a concussion. A few days later, both were released on their own recognisance.\nAfter an attempted departure and repeated detention on 28.12.2010, Astashin and Povazhnaia were placed in custody.\n12.04.2012 Moscow City Court sentenced Povazhnaia to 8 years in a general regime colony.\nOn 23.07.2012, the Supreme Court reduced this sentence to 4 years.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2009-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The ABTO case","case_number":"2-0010/2012 (2-0148/2011)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Povazhnaia was a member of the organized group \"Autonomous Combat Terrorist Organization (ABTO) syndicate\", which operated in 2009-2010 and whose plans included systematic bombings and arson attacks to influence the migration policy of the Russian Federation.\nOn the night of 20 December 2009, on the eve of \"Security Worker's Day\", a group of young men (Astashin, Povazhnaia, Markhai, Lebedev and Ivanov) threw Molotov cocktails at the building of the FSB Department for the South-West District of Moscow. As a result of these actions there were no casualties, the damage to the premises amounted to 11 thousand roubles (≈$350 as of 20.12.2009). [The video of the action](https://youtu.be/V1_nlHpfFts?si=ccmTkiQC1nSy28CY) was posted by Astashin on the Internet under the title \"Happy Chekist's Day, bastards!\". Participants positioned the arson as a \"non-violent direct action against the FSB\", an act of political protest. 18-year-old Kseniia Povazhnaia threw two Molotov cocktails through the window of the building.\nOn 12.04.2012, Moscow City Court sentenced Povazhnaia to 8 years of general regime colony.\nOn 23.07.2012, The Supreme Court reduced the sentence to 4 years.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9FGumVj9BKzZwt"},{"persecution_id":"recRzlSvvlgOA7Y2n","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recET1SkVPEVY6Heg","name_en":"Natalia Ignateva","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. In June 2009, a case of incitement to hatred was brought against her because of her public reading of the poem \"A Last Wish to the 'Ivans'\". In July 2010, the case was dropped due to a lack of elements of a crime.\nIn September 2023, it became known that a case involving the activities of an extremist organisation was brought against Ignateva. Later, it was reported that the case also includes a charge of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 10 March 2025, Ignateva was sentenced to 5 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2009-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2010-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2010,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the poem \"A Last Wish to the 'Ivans'\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at a rally on 1 May 2009, she recited a poem containing, in the opinion of the prosecutor's office, statements \"demeaning the dignity of a group of people on the basis of nationality\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-07-2009\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2009/07/d16514/?sphrase_id=2732280\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recRzlSvvlgOA7Y2n"},{"persecution_id":"recIYOM0cx6B7mBr6","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recmF1XcYsLWx22pa","name_en":"Aleksei Sokolov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attgwOaV1afFVrz0g.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attgwOaV1afFVrz0g.jpg"],"birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg, a lawyer and human rights defender, specialising in the protection of prisoners’ rights. He was a member of the regional Public Oversight Commission for the observance of human rights in places of detention (ONK).\n\nOn 13 May 2009, he was detained and the following day taken into custody over a case concerning a robbery at an enterprise in Bogdanovich in June 2004. Sokolov later told his lawyer that police had threatened him with torture during the arrest, saying: “You thought you could control us, but no one can control the police. And now you’ve gone too far, human rights defender.”\n\nOn 31 July 2009, Sokolov was released from custody but, upon leaving the pre-trial detention centre, was immediately detained again. On 4 August, the court returned him to custody. By the time the case reached trial, he was accused of robbery at a Krasnoufimsk enterprise, theft of a safe in Yekaterinburg, and robbery in Bogdanovich. On 18 January 2010, the day before the first substantive court hearing, Sokolov was beaten in his cell by the prosecution’s main witness, Eevgenii Beliash. On 3 May 2010, the court sentenced Sokolov to five years in a strict-regime penal colony, finding him guilty of robbery in Bogdanovich and theft in Krasnoufimsk, and acquitting him on the Yekaterinburg episode. On 18 August 2010, the appellate court reduced the sentence to three years. On 27 July 2011, Sokolov was released on parole.\n\nIn October 2023, Sokolov was arrested for five days under the administrative offence of displaying prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) due to the Facebook logo on the website “Human Rights Defenders of the Ural”. On 5 July 2024, a similar post led to the opening of a criminal case. On that day, he had planned to publish a video about torture of prisoners. Authorities came for a search, threw him to the floor, and questioned him about his position in the criminal world. The next day, reports emerged that the human rights defender had been beaten. The indictment stated that the materials on his Telegram channel contained deliberately false socially significant information. On 8 July, Sokolov was taken into custody.\n\nIn July 2024, Sokolov was registered in pre-trial detention as an “extremist.” In October 2024, it was reported that after returning from a psychiatric evaluation, he had been sent to solitary confinement twice: once for placing documents on an unoccupied bed belonging to another prisoner, and once because inmates from a neighbouring cell gave him table salt and immediately reported it to the guards. After one of these periods in solitary, Sokolov went on a hunger strike. Later, he was returned to his cell. On 4 January 2025, he was released afte a recognisance not to abscond was taken from him.\n\nIn June 2025, the case reached court for substantive consideration but was returned to the prosecutor due to procedural violations. On 24 September 2025, an appellate court overturned this decision and returned the case to the court of first instance.\n\nOn 16 December 2025, authorities came to Sokolov’s home with a search order in connection with a case on organising the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation. The case was triggered by a complaint from the volunteer company of the \"Combat Brotherhood” that Sokolov and two other lawyers were collaborating with the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and the National Endowment for Democracy. However, on 18 December, the human rights defender was taken into custody under a different charge — high treason. He managed to tell those present at the hearing that, according to the investigation, he had reported violations in the work of the Federal Penitentiary Service to foreign organisations, which was alleged to threaten Russia’s security.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2009-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2009,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2011-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2011,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":354,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 158 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 161 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["158","161"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 158","Part 3, Article 161"],"case_name_en":"Aleksei Sokolov's case of theft and robbery","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in a robbery committed at the Uralneft enterprise in Krasnoufimsk on 22 April 2001, in the theft of a safe belonging to an individual in Yekaterinburg in 2004, and in a robbery against ZAO Uraltermosvar (Uraltermosvar, CJSC) in Bogdanovich on 20 June 2004.\nThe court acquitted him of the Yekaterinburg episode.","persecution_location_en":"Under investigation (in hospital)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2009-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2011-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.05.2009 to 14.05.2009\n• in custody: from 14.05.2009 to 31.07.2009, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 31.07.2009 to 18.08.2010\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.08.2010, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 27.07.2011\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.05.2010, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-24,"first_verdict_date":"2010-05-02T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2010-05-02T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://memohrc.org/en/node/4082\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recIYOM0cx6B7mBr6"},{"persecution_id":"recbczcJ7ExL47aW7","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec2itYydk8aEFNmB","name_en":"Alexander Dovydenko","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"After Dovydenko tried to stop poachers (including law enforcers and a Gazprom top manager) transporting carcasses of killed moose through the Dmitrovskiy forest, a case was initiated on abuse of authority with use of weapons and violence. Later, the case was returned for further investigation three times. On 10 December 2013 he was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2010-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1400,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":200,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 286 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["286"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 286"],"case_name_en":"The moose case","persecution_case_profile_en":"opened fire on Avtodor mechanic Kiselev and wounded his finger.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.12.2013, Sentence: Three years' suspended prison sentence on probation for three years and deprivation of the right to hold office in the state and municipal service for three years\n","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years' suspended prison sentence on probation for three years and deprivation of the right to hold office in the state and municipal service for three years\n","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2013-12-09T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-12-09T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Ecouznik:\n Date: 19-12-2013\n Status: Eco-prisoner\n Source: http://www.slideshare.net/OlegKozyrev/2013-29833622\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Ecouznik"],"aid":"recbczcJ7ExL47aW7"},{"persecution_id":"recyHIQzEPh27Ben5","last_updated":"2024-07-04T09:09:05.000Z","person_id":"rectQhmEm6rXzv7ez","name_en":"Artem Loskutov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is an artist and organiser of \"Monstrations\" - actions with absurd slogans.\n\nAccording to Loskutov, on May 1, 2009, he was invited for a \"talk\" at the Centre “E” (“Centre for Combating Extremism”), where the head of the Centre spent several hours explaining why the Monstrations organized by Loskutov wasn't liked by the Centre “E”. Subsequently, Centre \"E\" refused to acknowledge the fact of the conversation and presented data according to which Loskutov was allegedly committing some administrative offences at that time, although the fact of Loskutov's presence in Centre \"E\" can be confirmed by two witnesses who came there together with him.  On May 15, Loskutov was again tried to be summoned to the Centre \"E\" for a conversation, but he refused, citing the absence of a summons. \n\nOn the evening of May 15, three men in civilian clothes suddenly surrounded Loskutov and his friend Lubov Belyatskaya in the street, handcuffed Loskutov and forcibly put him into an ordinary car without presenting any documents, charges or demands. Loskutov was taken to a community courtyard, where his attackers began to talk to him about the \"Monstration\" and then, after waiting for their witnesses to arrive, examined Loskutov's bag and found 11 grams of marijuana in it. On 20 May, the court imposed detention as a preventive measure. No legal evidence of guilt was presented - only the information from the Centre \"E\" about alleged extremist activity, which was not proved and confirmed by any documents. On 25 May 2009 Loskutov filed an appeal against the court's decision. On the day of supposed court hearing, the date was postponed to 10 June. Since 10 June 2009, he has been on his own recognisance. He was charged with illegal acquisition, storage, transportation, manufacture, processing of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues. He was sentenced to a fine of 20,000 roubles (ca US$200).\n\nOn 3 November 2010 Loskutov reported that preliminary investigation was being conducted against him. He suggested that the police did not like the fact that he compared their methods to those of fascist, when they roughly dragged him into the car during his arrest on 26 September. Maria Kiseleva, who was detained together with him, wrote a statement to the prosecutor's office. The response, which came on 3 November, stated that the prosecutor's office found no violations in the actions of the police, but informed the applicant that an inspection was being conducted. \n\nOn December 13, it became known that a case had been initiated for insulting a representative of authority. Loskutov was declared wanted. On November 22, 2012, the court confirmed the announcement of the wanted status for him. Although Loskutov was not in hiding, the court refused to arrest him. The case was closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations on 4 March 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2010-11-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2013-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Loskutov's insult case","persecution_case_profile_en":"shouted abuse at patrolmen in the square, insulted one of the officers on his blog.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-06-2009\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2922.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recyHIQzEPh27Ben5"},{"persecution_id":"reca0OnuWUjhA4Edx","last_updated":"2025-12-03T14:36:49.000Z","person_id":"recZNf9vYFDf3EAkJ","name_en":"Vladislav Ivakhnik","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ivakhnik was subjected to detention on 31 October 2010 during a rally in Gostiny Dvor in St. Petersburg as part of the \"Strategy-31\" campaign for freedom of assembly; on 1 November 2010, during the transfer of detainees from one police department to another, Ivakhnik managed to escape; 4 March 2011, operatives of the North-West Federal District Police Department and the District Centre for Countering Extremism searched Ivakhnik's home, after which he is effectively given the status of a suspect, interrogated, and released on his own personal recognisance; on 11 March 2011, he was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation (part 2 Art. 282.2 part 2 of the Criminal Code); on 14 September 2012, he filed a motion for the case against him to be dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations; on 18 September, the court granted the motion.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2010-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2012-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":694,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the St. Petersburg \"Other Russia\" (Case of the Twelve)"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Zintsov, Vladislav Ivakhnik and Vadim Mamedov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Ivakhnik, knowing that A. Pesotsky, A. Dmitriev and A. Marochkin had organised the activities of the banned extremist organisation National Bolshevik Party on the territory of St. Petersburg, decided to personally participate in its activities, and in the second half of 2007 agreed to become a member of the NBP, thus ensuring the actual continuation of the extremist activities of the NBP. Ivakhnik's participation in the continuation of the extremist organisation's activities was expressed in the fact that, acting under the organisational leadership of A. Dmitriev, A. Pesotsky and A. Marochkin, he personally took part in regular meetings of NBP members on the organisation of NBP activities, ensured its financial and economic activities by personally contributing money on a monthly basis, participated in unauthorised public events organised by the NBP on the territory of St. Petersburg, including those held on the 31st day of each month, aimed at expressing intolerance towards the heads of the current authorities, as well as at popularizing the prohibited activities of the NBP; in 2007, 2009 and 2010, acting on behalf of the NBP, he repeatedly personally participated in illegal mass public events: publicly expressing the NBP's extremist political views, shouting its slogans and displaying its symbols, thus popularizing its prohibited activities, for which he was repeatedly found guilty of violation of the legally established procedure of organizing and holding public events, disobeying the lawful demand of a police officer in connection with his duty to protect public order, and also by obstructing traffic, crossing the roadway at a prohibiting traffic signal, thereby obstructing the organized movement of vehicles, for which he was found guilty of a traffic violation in 2009","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 03.03.2011 to 17.09.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.09.2012, Sentence: case dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"case dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-09-17T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-09-17T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2858.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/27427.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reca0OnuWUjhA4Edx"},{"persecution_id":"rec5VgavIxa5n8JJR","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:14:00.000Z","person_id":"recBu9mnBe5SMq9iN","name_en":"Ivan Churanov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 28 December 2010, during a rally of the \"Volya\" party, law enforcement agencies seized leaflets \"Do Russians Want War?\", which had been distributed at its rallies during the year. Results of a linguistic examination showed that statements in the text incited hatred against representatives of the peoples of the Northern Caucasus. On 5 May 2011, Ivan Volkov, an investigator of the Investigation Department of Vologda region, opened a criminal case under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to ethnic hatred).\n\nIn December 2010, a prosecutor's office also sent a petition to the court to recognize as extremist other leaflets of the \"Volya\" party, distributed in the city at pickets and rallies in April 2010. The leaflets in question were \"VOLYA, Who is blowing up Russia?\" and \"VOLYA, There are only days left to save Russia?\".\n\nOn 24 December 2012, the Central Directorate of Internal Affairs of the Samara region distributed a message about a search for Churanov. According to law enforcement agencies, Churanov was on the territory of the Samara region. In 2015, the case went to trial. On 6 November 2015, a court sentenced Churanov to seven months of correctional labor.","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vologda"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2010-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1773,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":253,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the \"Volya\" party in Vologda","persecution_case_profile_en":"Churanov distributed leaflets inciting hatred against the representatives of the peoples of the Northern Caucasus.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.11.2015, Sentence: seven months of correctional labor with a monthly deduction of 15% of wages to the state income","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"seven months of correctional labor with a monthly deduction of 15% of wages to the state income","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-05-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/12/d26108/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec5VgavIxa5n8JJR"},{"persecution_id":"rec5UajfZiAVGu9J1","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recItwiszjUNHHBdK","name_en":"Andrey Dedkov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He detained on 16 February 2010. Accused of organising the activities of the extremist organisation \"Nurdzhular\". On 24 February 2012, the case was dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nOn 24 January 2014, he was detained on suspicion of organising the activities of a non-existent banned religious association \"Nurdzhular\"; a search was conducted, banned literature was seized; on 18 December 2015, he was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles; on 26 January 2016, the court of appeal, leaving the verdict unchanged, released Dedkov from execution of the sentence due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nOn 13 March 2016, he was detained in Krasnoyarsk and later arrested on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation for studying the works of Turkish theologian Said Nursi. In March 2017, he was transferred on his own recognizance. In June 2018, he was fined 250 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2010-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2012-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":737,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":105,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Krasnoyarsk Nursists"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Krasnoyarsk Nursists","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the organisation of a religious association for joint worship and study of the books of the Risale-i Nur collection of works by the author Said Nursi, spiritual leader of the international religious association Nurjular.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2012, Sentence: dismiss the case due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"dismiss the case due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-03-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/counteraction/2012/03/d23803/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec5UajfZiAVGu9J1"},{"persecution_id":"recwSWBjjLZ5JM19Y","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recUyQqLJkenZuGS8","name_en":"Bulat Gayanov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In January 2010, during a search, Bulat Gayanov, who was in one of the colonies of the Altai Territory, was found to have literature included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. The investigation allegedly learned from other prisoners that Gayanov encouraged them to become members of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Gayanov was charged with organizing the activities of an extremist organization. On December 13, 2010, he was sentenced to a year and two months in a maximum security colony. In February 2012 he was released.\n\nOn January 29, 2009, Gayanov was sentenced to seven and a half years in a maximum security colony on charges of involvement in terrorist activities and creating a criminal community. In total, nine residents of Bashkortostan were sentenced in the case, including Gayanov’s brother and father. The criminal case was also related to involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir. 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Pesotsky, A.Y. Dmitriev and A.B. Marochkin had organised the activities of the banned extremist organisation NBP on the territory of St. Petersburg, decided to personally participate in its activities, agreed to become a member of the NBP in the second half of 2007 and early 2009, thus ensuring the actual continuation of the extremist activities of the NBP. Mamedov's participation in the continuation of the extremist organisation's activities was expressed in the fact that, acting under the organisational leadership of A.Y. Dmitriev, A.A. Pesotsky and A.B. Marochkin, he personally took part in regular meetings of NBP members on the organisation of NBP activities, ensured its financial and economic activities by personally contributing money on a monthly basis, took part in uncoordinated public events organised by the NBP in St. Petersburg aimed at expressing intolerance towards the highest leaders of the government, and participated in the activities of the NBP.  Mammadov, in 2009 and 2010, acting on behalf of the NBP, repeatedly personally participated in unlawful mass public events organised by the NBP: publicly expressed the NBP's extremist political views, shouted its slogans, displayed its symbols, thereby popularising its banned activities, for which he was repeatedly found guilty of violating the established order of holding a meeting, rally or demonstration, in February 2009 he was found guilty of violating public order expressing obvious disrespect for society, accompanied by foul language in public places - petty hooliganism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 12.04.2011 to 17.09.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.09.2012, Sentence: case dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"case dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-09-17T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-09-17T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-08-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/27427.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2858.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recmxpKuS8g3RDQkq"},{"persecution_id":"reccOC6L4TnHIkQaa","last_updated":"2026-02-06T21:53:37.000Z","person_id":"recvT8QZJAfacVzr9","name_en":"Samagan Aldakulov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"At the end of 2010, it was reported that the FSB directorate, together with the Interior Ministry’s branch in Buryatia, had shut down the activities of Samagan Aldakulov, the head of the local cell of Tablighi Jamaat. He was accused of participation in the activities of a banned organisation. Aldakulov pleaded guilty in full, requesting that the case be heard under accelerated proceedings, without a full trial. In March 2011, he was sentenced to a ten-month suspended sentence with a one-year probation period.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2010-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_ended":"2012-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":341,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Samagan Aldakulov's case","case_number":"1-211/2011","persecution_case_profile_en":"From May 2009 to April 2010, he led missionary groups that preached the ideas of Tablighi Jamaat, an extremist organization banned in Russia, in Buryatia, as well as in neighboring regions, specifically in Zabaykalsky Krai, Amur Oblast, and Khabarovsk Krai.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2011-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2012-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.04.2010 to 29.03.2011\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 29.03.2011 to 28.03.2012\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.03.2011, Sentence: 10 months' suspended sentence with 1 year' probation period","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 months' suspended sentence with 1 year' probation period","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2011-03-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-03-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-03-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/03/d21286/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reccOC6L4TnHIkQaa"},{"persecution_id":"rec5SIWwzR4zICjSR","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recwT4B0XWdr9rvQL","name_en":"Aleksandr Kurov","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"was searched; he was questioned about his participation in the banned NBP; on 29 April 2011 the final version of the ruling on bringing Alexander Kurov as a defendant was issued. On 2 May 2011 the defendants began to familiarise themselves with the case file. On 26 July 2011 the trial began; as of 20 November 2011 seven prosecutors had changed in the case. On 22 June 2012 Judge Roman Chernyshov sentenced Kurov to a fine of 350 thousand rubles (10640 USD). On 15 October 2012, the verdict was cancelled by the court of second instance, the case was sent for a new consideration, after which the prosecution was terminated for the expiration of the statute of limitations.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2010-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2012-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":626,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 280 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","282.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Part 2, Article 282.2","Article 280 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Kurov and Popov"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Kurov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of a banned organisation (NBP), incited hatred against representatives of the authorities and law enforcement agencies, and publicly called for extremist activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 09.10.2010 to 18.12.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.06.2012, Sentence: fine: '350,000 roubles' (but the sentence was cancelled and the case closed)\n• First instance court on the merits, 10.10.2013, Sentence: the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2012-06-21T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-10-09T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-04-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/3374.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-01-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/01/d26286/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec5SIWwzR4zICjSR"},{"persecution_id":"recCBxnFpfqq6ibAu","last_updated":"2023-11-06T13:35:13.000Z","person_id":"recmNVdUILtgjeY8B","name_en":"Maxim Konobeevskikh","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 15 January 2010, officers of the Centre for Combating Extremism of the Volgograd Regional Department of Internal Affairs searched Konobeevskikh's place of work and home and seized two system units, mobile phones and all documents relating to the activities of the Committee of Legal Initiatives, a human rights organisation headed by Konobeevskikh; Based on oral information received on 19 January 2010 at the enquiry department of the Dzerzhinsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Volgograd, a criminal case was opened for knowingly making a false report of an act of terrorism; between 18 February 2010 and 19 May 2011, the investigation was repeatedly suspended, and nothing was known about the fate of the seized items and documents; At a preliminary hearing on 5 October 2011, a court ruling returned the criminal case to the prosecutor for correction of irregularities; on 11 November, charges were again brought on the same grounds, but the prosecutor did not approve the report and sent the case to the investigation department of Volgograd Police Department №3, finding most of the evidence inadmissible; in November, the investigator split the criminal case into episodes and opened three more criminal cases under the same article, after which he consolidated all the cases into a single proceeding; on 16 February 2012, the criminal case was closed due to expiration of statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2010-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2012-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 207 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 207 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The Maxim Konobeevskikh case","persecution_case_profile_en":"threatened to set fire to a number of shops in the Krasno-Oktyabrsky district from a mobile phone number that did not belong to him","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-02-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/42052.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recCBxnFpfqq6ibAu"},{"persecution_id":"recPZu5lYA35wMy3F","last_updated":"2025-02-07T11:40:18.000Z","person_id":"recWJa6atcxrNHCk4","name_en":"Sergey Porokhovoy","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 4 March 2011, operatives of the Northwestern Federal District Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the District Centre for Combatting Extremism conducted a search of Porokhovy’s home, after which he was effectively given the procedural status of a suspect. After the interrogation, he signed a recognizance not to leave the country. On 11 March 2011, Porokhovy was charged under part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Participation in the activities of an extremist organisation). The investigation claimed that in the summer of 2009, the defendant, together with other participants, resumed the activities of the National Bolshevik Party, banned in 2007. They allegedly held party meetings, collected contributions and “called for the resumption of the activities” of the organisation. On 24 November 2011, it was reported that Porokhovoy decided not to wait for the trial and left for Finland, where he applied for political asylum. He was then placed in a refugee centre. As of 6 November 2012, the case against Sergei Porokhovoy was split into separate proceedings because he left Russia to seek political asylum in Finland. On 11 July 2013, it was reported that the police in the Finnish city of Rovaniemi approved the request for political asylum submitted by Porokhovoy.\n\nIn May 2023, Porokhovoy returned to Russia, where he was detained and taken into custody and later released on personal recognizance. In August 2024, it was reported that Porokhovoy had died.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2010-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the St. Petersburg \"Other Russia\" (Case of the Twelve)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Porokhovoy","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of a banned extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","arrest in absentia","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n• arrest in absentia:  to 01.05.2023\n• in custody: from 01.05.2023 to 24.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 24.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2858.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/27427.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recPZu5lYA35wMy3F"},{"persecution_id":"recTfDgKJdyoUZujh","last_updated":"2023-11-09T14:24:30.000Z","person_id":"reckeDUxSIxGEZdzl","name_en":"Sergei Mokhnatkin","birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergei Mokhnatkin was accused of picking a fight with a police officer, who was filming him in the detention centre, and breaking his nose. Mokhnatkin wrote several statements that he had been beaten by the police. On 11 January 2010, a criminal case was opened against Sergei Mokhnatkin under part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Use of violence against a representative of the authorities\"), and on 26 February, a measure of restraint was chosen against him in a form of recognizance not to leave.\n\nOn 1 June 2010, the day after another rally of \"Strategy-31\" on Triumfalnaya Square, which gathered about 2,000 people (one of the largest rallies of the campaign), Sergey Mokhnatkin was arrested.\nHe was summoned for questioning ostensibly to identify those who had beaten him, and he was arrested in the office of investigator Alexei Petrachenko. In the pre-trial detention center, Mokhnatkin went on hunger strike in protest and starved for 8 days before the trial. He was beaten by the SIZO staff because he refused to be photographed and subjected to fingerprinting.\n\nAt the trial, Mokhnatkin demanded a full acquittal. Tverskoy court judge Alexandra Kovalevskaya removed nine defense witnesses from the courtroom. The prosecution witnesses, all police officers, did not appear at the trial. On 8 June, prosecutor L.A. Serguniaeva requested five years of imprisonment for Mokhnatkin.\n\nOn 9 June 2010, the court sentenced 56-year-old Sergei Mokhnatkin to two years and six months imprisonment in a general regime colony. On 23 April 2012, Mokhnatkin was pardoned by President Dmitry Medvedev.\n\nOn 31 December 2013, Mokhnatkin was detained at the \"Strategy-31\" rally on Triumfalnaya Square in Moscow. On 1 January 2014, it became known that Mokhnatkin was charged with using violence against a representative of the authorities. On 2 January he was placed in a pre-trial detention centre. The investigation ignored the fact that police colonel Sergei Shorin, whose attack Mokhnatkin was accused of, beat and strangled Mokhnatkin. In September 2014, Mokhnatkin was sent to the Serbsky Psychiatric Centre for expert evaluation. While he was there, his period of detention expired and he was released in October. On 10 December, the court sentenced him to four and a half years in a strict regime colony. Mokhnatkin did not attend the verdict and was put on a federal wanted list, but he appeared in court the same day and was taken into custody.\n\nAlready in the colony, Mokhnatkin was charged with a new case of insulting the head of the detachment. Mokhnatkin explained that the head of the detachment prevented him from sending his letters to various authorities. After that, Mokhnatkin was transferred to strict detention conditions. On 3 June 2016, Mokhnatkin was sentenced to 11 months of correctional labor, which was recalculated as an additional two months and three days to the total term. Later, the appeal instance reduced the additional term by one month.\n\nIn March 2016, when Mokhnatkin was about to be sent to the pre-trial detention center to participate in the trial in the abovementioned case, he was outraged that he was not shown the document based on which he was being transported, and lay down on the floor in protest. The officers forcibly dragged him into the car. After that, Mokhnatkin was charged with the fourth case - disorganization of the work of the correctional facility: according to the investigation, he hit the deputy assistant chief of the colony in the face. Mokhnatkin himself claimed that the staff beat him. It was found that he had a compression fracture of two lumbar vertebrae. On 20 March 2017, the court sentenced Mokhnatkin to two years in a penal colony, which was recalculated as two more months to the total term.\n\nMokhnatkin was then transferred to another colony with \"special conditions of economic activity\". In September 2018, the court assigned him two and a half years of administrative supervision after his release. In November, shortly before the end of his sentence, it became known that Mokhnatkin was charged with a fifth case, again about the disorganization of the colony's activities. He was accused of refusing to be taken from the prison hospital. Mokhnatkin himself suspected that the reason for the case was his conflict with the colony staff, who interrupted his speech via videoconference, twisted him, dragged him into the corridor, and broke his back.\n\nOn 14 December 2018, the court decided to release Mokhnatkin from custody. He gave the recognizance not to leave the country.\n\nWhile serving his sentence, Mokhnatkin repeatedly went on hunger strikes.\n\nHe died on 28 May 2020.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2010-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2012-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":148,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Mokhnatkin's case of assault on a police officer","persecution_case_profile_en":"While in the detention centre, he got into a fight with a police officer and broke his nose.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2010-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2012-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2010 to 04.10.2010, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2010 to 01.06.2010\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2010 to 25.04.2012, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.06.2010, Sentence: Two years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2010-06-08T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2010-06-08T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-09-2011\n Status: Political prisoner\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-04-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/7856/mohnatkin-sergej-evgenevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recTfDgKJdyoUZujh"},{"persecution_id":"recuPTfIge6j7V6zs","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recfBNNiq9mRg3Ggs","name_en":"Inna Marinina","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Marinina took part in activities as part of \"Strategy-31\" in Murmansk. She was apprehended during these actions on three occasions: on the 31st of January 2010, the 31st of October 2011, and on the 10th of December 2011, just before a protest against the elections.\n\nIn December 2010, her residence was subjected to a search, and she was subsequently charged with involvement in the operations of a prohibited extremist organization. On the 28th of May 2012, Marinina received a fine of 15 thousand rubles as a sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2010-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_days_from_verdict":848,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":121,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Strategy-31 in Murmansk"],"case_name_en":"The Inna Marinina case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a banned organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 09.12.2011 to 27.05.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.05.2012, Sentence: A fine of 15,000 rubles.\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 15,000 rubles.\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":15000,"first_verdict_date":"2012-05-27T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-05-27T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-01-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/01/d23435/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recuPTfIge6j7V6zs"},{"persecution_id":"recmp6bLpVVgpSwjM","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:04:41.000Z","person_id":"recgPTNCBKAez1pn0","name_en":"Taisia Osipova","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Taisiya Osipova is an activist of the Smolensk branch of \"Other Russia\". On 23 November 2010, her house was searched with the participation of an employee of the Centre for Combating Extremism, who was actively interested in the fate of Osipova's husband, Sergey Fomchenkov, who was preparing documents for the registration of \"Other Russia\" with the Ministry of Justice. In the course of the search, five packages with an unknown substance and a labelled 500-ruble note were found. According to the investigation, Osipova sold drugs to a lady whose real name is unknown (she appeared in court as a classified witness), and the lady handed over the substances to the operatives as part of the so-called \"control purchases\". Osipova, her family and friends are convinced that the drugs were planted on her. On 25 November 2010 Osipova was arrested. The court continuously extended her detention despite the fact that Osipova suffers from diabetes and has a young daughter. On 29 December 2011, Osipova was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. On 15 February 2012, the sentence was overturned and the case was sent for review, with Osipova remaining in pre-trial detention. On 28 August 2012, she was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment, although the prosecutor requested four years and the episode with the alleged drugs stored at her home was excluded from the case due to procedural violations during the search.\n\nOn 28 February 2017, she was released on parole","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Smolensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_started":"2010-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":399,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 228 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 228 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Taisia Osipova","persecution_case_profile_en":"she made an illegal sale of 1.2 grammes of heroin","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2010-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.11.2010 to 28.11.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Smolensk Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2012 to 28.02.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2011, Sentence: ten years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony• First instance court on the merits, 28.08.2012, Sentence: eight years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"eight years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-24,"first_verdict_date":"2011-12-27T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-08-27T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-12-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/27076.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-06-2011\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/2719.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recmp6bLpVVgpSwjM"},{"persecution_id":"rec8kp4iehNjt6Ksn","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recBEQRaTmUA1DCWf","name_en":"Alexander Yashin","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Yashin was subjected to administrative detention on 31 October 2010 during a rally in Gostiny Dvor in St. Petersburg as part of the \"Strategy-31\" campaign for freedom of assembly. On 1 November 2010 he was searched. On 11 November he was charged under part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation) and signed a recognisance not to leave. On 28 December 2012 he was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2010-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_days_from_verdict":795,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":113,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the St. Petersburg \"Other Russia\" (Case of the Twelve)"],"case_name_en":"The case of 'The Other Russia' in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"knowing that A.A. Pesotsky, A.Y. Dmitriev and A.B. Marochkin had organised the activities of the banned extremist organisation NBP on the territory of St. Petersburg, decided to personally participate in its activities, agreed to become a member of the NBP in the second half of 2007, which ensured the actual continuation of the extremist activities of the NBP;\n\nA.M. Yashin's participation in the continuation of the activities of the extremist organisation was expressed in the fact that, acting under the organisational leadership of A.Y. Dmitriev and A.B. Marochkin, A.A. Pesotsky and A.B. Marochkin, personally participated in regular meetings of NBP members on the organisation of NBP activities, ensured its financial and economic activities by personally making monthly contributions, participated in uncoordinated public events organised by the NBP in St. Petersburg aimed at expressing intolerance towards the top leaders of the current government authorities and at promoting the prohibited activities of the NBP, including on the 31st day of each month;\n\nin 2010 and 2011, acting on behalf of the NBP, he did not participate in any of the following activities: (i) in the activities of the NBP; (ii) in the activities of the NBP, including on the 31st day of each month; and (iii) in the activities of the NBP, including on the 31st day of each month.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 10.11.2010 to 27.12.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2012, Sentence: Fine: 150,000 roubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations'\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fine: 150,000 roubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations'\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-12-27T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-12-27T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2858.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/27427.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec8kp4iehNjt6Ksn"},{"persecution_id":"recmbTmLj69PSI61d","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"reczSNXrozYOtU8Ee","name_en":"Igor Nagavkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3DmjMMcs9isnbO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3DmjMMcs9isnbO.png"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2010, Nagavkin was charged with theft. As a measure of restraint, a travel ban was enforced on him. On 13 April 2011, Nagavkin visited the prosecutor of the Voroshilovsky District of Volgograd to file a complaint and was detained by police officers in the prosecutor's office. The court subsequently modified the measure of restraint, placing him under house arrest. On 11 July 2011, Nagavkin was found guilty and sentenced to 160 hours of community service. On 5 October 2011, a court of appeal sentenced him to an additional fine of 15,000 rubles.\n\nThere was also an attempt to initiate a criminal case against Nagavkin for the use of violence against a government official. On 16 April 2010, as Nagavkin was being arrested for attempting to remove a tyre, he allegedly threatened the traffic police officer, who happened to be the husband of the car owner, with violence. Six decisions were issued declining to open a criminal case.\n\nIn late September 2016, Nagavkin was detained along with three acquaintances on suspicion of attempting to steal valuables from a pawnshop. On 1 October he was taken into custody. In April 2017, Nagavkin was transferred from the Volgograd region to Moscow, as his case was merged with a murder case that was being investigated in Moscow. Nagavkin has repeatedly declared a hunger strike. In December 2017, he was beaten in the Moscow City Court building. On November 16, 2018, the Moscow City Court ruled to release Nagavkin from custody due to delays in the proceedings, violation of territorial jurisdiction, and the investigator's inability to explain the need to extend the arrest. Nagavkin's case was again transferred to Volgograd. On April 18, 2023, the court in Volgograd sentenced Nagavkin to six years in a penal colony. On July 18, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.\n\nOn May 15, 2023, the staff of the pre-trial detention centre where Nagavkin was being held intended to place him in a cell where those being prosecuted in cases of sexual violence, including against minors, were being held. Nagavkin threatened to contact the prosecutor's office and promised the staff serious consequences in a rude manner. The exchange of remarks was filmed on a video recorder and transferred to the Investigative Committee, after which a new case was opened against Nagavkin — for disrupting the work of the pre-trial detention center.\n\nAt the trial for the case of disruption of the work of the pre-trial detention center, Nagavkin said that the head of Pretrial Detention Center No. 5, Sergei Kravchuk, through threats and torture, tried to force him to stop writing complaints and defending his innocence. According to the human rights activist defending him, on November 16, a Federal Penitentiary Service officer severely beat his client. And the assistant prosecutor who visits the pre-trial detention center refused to document the beatings. The next day, the head of the detention center, according to Nagavkin, told him that he would \"stick a phone up his ass and pull it out with a stick.\" That same day, Nagavkin was placed in solitary confinement, in response to which he went on a hunger strike. It lasted three days until the prisoner was informed that Kravchuk had been transferred to the position of head of another pre-trial detention center.\n\nOn February 27, 2024, the court of cassation returned the theft case to the court of appeal. On April 22, at the request of the prosecutor's office, the court of appeal reclassified the charge as less severe and released Nagavkin from further execution of the sentence.\n\nOn June 26, 2024, Nagavkin was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence in the case of disrupting the work of the pre-trial detention center.\n\nOn September 12, 2024, the court of appeal replaced the sentence with two years in a penal colony. 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Another expert report was prepared by the Ural State University, whose specialists did not see any signs of extremism in the materials studied; the next expert report - by the Ural Regional Centre for Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, dated 14 October 2011 - also reported that there were no signs of extremism; finally, the investigation received a report by Svetlana Mochalova, a criminalistics expert from the Criminalistics Laboratory of the Expert Department of the FSB in the Sverdlovsk region, which stated that one of the books seized from Yakupov (the expert did not consider the others) was aimed at inciting hatred: in particular, Mochalova found the statement \"there is no God but Allah\" dangerous; on April 28, 2012, Yakupov was sentenced to a fine of 150,000 rubles, but was released from execution of the sentence due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Argayash"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2010-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2012-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":765,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":109,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vildar Yakupov","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the premises of a mosque in the village of Ayazgulovo, distributed publications included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials: \"The Book of Uniformity\", a work by Said Nursi and a compact disc of a speech by Said Buryatsky.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.04.2012, Sentence: fine: '150,000 roubles', but released from execution of the sentence due to the expiry of the statute of limitations in the case","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '150,000 roubles', but released from execution of the sentence due to the expiry of the statute of limitations in the case","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2012-04-27T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-04-27T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-04-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2012/04/d24316/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recalc6He4UNQp8Ak"},{"persecution_id":"recRbRUnP99HtzesC","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recHwK31qwQZJmbUo","name_en":"Alexei Gerasimov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He detained on 16 February 2010. He accused of participation in the activities of the extremist organisation \"Nurdzhular\". 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The FSB officers offered Nikolaenko to stop his political activity, but he refused. On 10 May 2007, he was detained and taken to the Belov Department of Internal Affairs. One of the FSS officers tortured Nikolaenko, strangled him, and when he lost consciousness, hit him on the head with the handle of a pistol. On 11 May Nikolaenko was released without any charges. On 14 May 2007, he filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office about the torture he had been subjected to in the GUVD. On 15 May 2007, Nikolaenko was detained by prosecutors who took him to a psychiatric hospital in Kemerovo. Doctors declared him healthy. In July 2007, Nikolaenko was taken into custody. He kept a long hunger strike, opposing the criminal prosecution of the opposition. On 17 August he was transferred to the detention centre of the court. The first hearing in the case was held on 21 August 2007, and there were 20 hearings in total. In court, the charges of \"inciting discord\" were dropped, and the charges of \"calls to overthrow the state system\" were reclassified from the second to the first part. The hearings were initially held in strict secrecy. After the interrogation of witnesses, the regime was relaxed. During breaks Nikolaenko was beaten in the guard room for \"improper behaviour\" and handcuffed to the ceiling of the cage. The judge did not accept petitions, challenges, deprived of the right to participate in debates, deprived of the last word. On 19 November 2007, Nikolaenko was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 18 December 2009 he was released\n\nIn June 2010, employees of the Centre for Combating Extremism took Nikolaenko to the investigation department of the Novokuznetsk prosecutor's office, where he was handed a ruling to open a criminal case for insulting Putin and the head of the Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev, in the performance of their official duties. The investigator considered the leaflet, which Nikolaenko distributed at the rally on 24 March 2010 in Belove, to be an insult.\n\nOn 17 August the case was transferred to the department for investigation of especially important cases of crimes against state power of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office. On 1 December Nikolaenko was detained and taken to a psychiatric hospital in Kemerovo for examination. On 24 February 2011, Nikolaenko received a ruling to stop criminal prosecution against him under articles on libel, public calls for extremist activities, incitement to hatred or enmity and organisation of activities of an extremist organisation; on 20 December 2012, the insult case was closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nIn May 2014, the investigator tried to initiate criminal proceedings for the same leaflet under Articles 280, 282 and 282.2 of the Criminal Code, but an expert linguist showed that there was no corpus delicti in these propaganda materials.\n\nIn 2013, Nikolayenko became a suspect in a case of insulting Tuleyev in connection with the publication of a series of comic book photos on the Internet. On 5 May 2014, he was given a six-month suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokuznetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2010-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2012-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":918,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":131,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Nikolaenko's case of insulting Putin and Tuleyev","persecution_case_profile_en":"Nikolayenko insulted Putin and the head of the Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-12-19T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2011\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2957.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recvsUJYhcdm9FNY6"},{"persecution_id":"rec9BVbNnlbeFEzLz","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:51:20.000Z","person_id":"recdRND7b9KLTkXxA","name_en":"Alexei Gaskarov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Aleksey Gaskarov is an anti-fascist, anarchist and a member of the Coordination Council of the Opposition. On 3 August 2010, he was arrested in a case on the attack on the building of administration of the city of Khimki outside Moscow on 28 July. On 15 October 2010, the arrest decision was cancelled. On 24 June 2011, he was acquitted by the Khimki City Court.\n\nDuring the dispersal of the action on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, Gaskarov was severely beaten, in connection with which he filed a complaint about the riot police exceeding their official powers with the use of violence and special means. On 28 April 2013, he was detained and arrested a day later on charges of leading a group of persons who took an active part in the mass riots that allegedly took place on Bolotnaya Square and of using violence against a representative of the authorities. Later, Gaskarov was accused of using violence against another representative of the authorities: according to the investigation, Gaskarov pulled a certain officer of internal troops by the shoulder, and riot police officer Igor Ibatulin - by the leg. The final version of the charges also states that he took part in the mass riots on Bolotnaya Square. On 18 August 2014, the court sentenced Alexei Gaskarov to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony. On 27 October 2016, he was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2010-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_ended":"2011-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2011,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"The Khimki case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Gaskarov was involved in the attack on the Khimki administration building.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2010-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2010-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (acquitted)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 22.10.2010\n• in custody: from 02.08.2010 to 22.10.2010, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• антифа:\n Date: 29-08-2010\n Source: https://antifa.fm/news/2010/08/chernobaev-vestnikcivitas\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["антифа"],"aid":"rec9BVbNnlbeFEzLz"},{"persecution_id":"recbNduo34OCu6cW0","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reciFEA0jhH7rE554","name_en":"Lenar Gafiatullin","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 December 2010, a ruling was issued to bring Gafiatullin as a defendant; he was under recognizance not to leave the place and proper behavior; the case was closed for expiry of the statute of limitations in August 2012","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2010-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2012-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Kazan Communists","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a banned organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.12.2010 to 31.07.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-02-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/30411.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-06-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2010/12/d20652/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-06-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2720.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recbNduo34OCu6cW0"},{"persecution_id":"recRUd54XXJS8V9NK","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:05:45.000Z","person_id":"recGiTAkssxp5iD9A","name_en":"Andrey Pesotsky","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Pesotsky was subjected to administrative detention on 31 October 2010 during a rally in Gostiny Dvor in St. Petersburg as part of the \"Strategy-31\" campaign for freedom of assembly; on 1 November in the evening, Judge Kuznetsov sentenced the member of the executive committee of the Other Russia in St. Petersburg to 14 days of administrative arrest; On 3 November, the Kuibyshev District Court sent the ruling on Pesotsky's administrative arrest for review - Pesotsky is released from the court building; on his way out he is detained by officers of the Centre \"E\" and taken to the city Investigative Committee, where he is notified of the initiation of a criminal case and transferred to the status of a suspect; he signs a non-deportation undertaking; in the evening, Pesotsky's places of residence are searched; on 11 November, he is charged under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code. 1 article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organisation of activities of an extremist organisation); on 28 December 2012, he was sentenced to a fine of 200,000 roubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitation","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers","Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2010-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_days_from_verdict":795,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":113,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the St. Petersburg \"Other Russia\" (Case of the Twelve)"],"case_name_en":"The case of 'The Other Russia' in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"recruited by Dmitriev to organise unlawful activities on the territory of St. Petersburg - the resumption of the activities of the National Bolshevik Party, a public organisation in respect of which a court had issued a legally enforceable decision banning its activities in connection with extremist activities - agreed to participate in organising and directing the activities of the NBP. Together with Dmitriev and Marochkin, they organised the recruitment of new members of the NBP through the use of the Internet site \"www.nazbol.ru\", printed material in the form of leaflets and brochures, as well as through the personal involvement of other participants; organised the financial support of the activity by collecting money, found flats where they held regular meetings with the participation of Yashin A.M., Petrov O.A., Boyev O.A., and Yashin A.M., who were involved as participants, Petrov O.A., Boykov I.A., Bashirov R.H., Khrenov R.Y., Zentsov A.S., Ivakhnik V.S., Porokhovy S.D., Milyuk A.N., Mamedov V.A. Pesotsky spoke at meetings to present the political ideology of the NBP, coordinated the activities of the extremist organisation's members both personally and through an internal hierarchical system (including by organising unsanctioned extremist mass events on the 31st day of each month, giving them the name \"Strategy 31\", aimed at expressing intolerance towards the top leaders of the existing state authorities, as well as at promoting extremist activities).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 02.11.2010 to 27.12.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2012, Sentence: fine: '200,000 roubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations'.\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '200,000 roubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations'.\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-12-27T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-12-27T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-08-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/27427.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2858.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recRUd54XXJS8V9NK"},{"persecution_id":"reckZLQBRVbLyFALQ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recoNdaHnIJRwASuL","name_en":"Oleg Petrov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was subjected to administrative detention on 31 October 2010 during a rally in Gostiny Dvor in St. Petersburg as part of the campaign for freedom of assembly \"Strategy-31\"; on 1 November Petrov's home was searched; on 9 November he was charged under part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation); on 11 September 2012, the court granted a motion to dismiss the criminal case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations; Petrov's last \"criminal\" episode in the case was dated 31 August 2010 (detention at the \"Strategy-31\" rally), while the statute of limitations for \"extremist\" articles is 2 years.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2010-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2013-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":687,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the St. Petersburg \"Other Russia\" (Case of the Twelve)"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Petrov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"knowing that A.A. Pesotsky, A.Y. Dmitriev and A.B. Marochkin had organised the activities of the banned extremist organisation NBP on the territory of St. Petersburg, decided to personally participate in its activities, agreed to become a member of the NBP in mid-2007 to mid-2008, thus ensuring the actual continuation of the NBP's extremist activities. Petrov's participation in the continuation of the extremist organisation's activities was expressed, according to the investigation, in the fact that he participated in uncoordinated public events organised by the NBP on the territory of St. Petersburg, aimed at expressing intolerance towards the top leaders of the current government authorities and at promoting the prohibited activities of the NBP, including on the 31st day of each month.  In 2008 and 2010, Petrov, acting on behalf of the NBP, repeatedly personally participated in illegal mass public events: publicly expressing the NBP's extremist political views, shouting its slogans and displaying its symbols, thereby popularising its prohibited activities, for which he was repeatedly found guilty of violating the established procedure for holding a meeting, rally or demonstration, and repeatedly disobeying the lawful demand of a police officer in connection with his duty to protect the public.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 08.11.2010 to 10.09.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.09.2012, Sentence: case dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"case dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-09-10T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-09-10T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-08-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/27427.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2858.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reckZLQBRVbLyFALQ"},{"persecution_id":"reconJAlYsbhDKm3h","last_updated":"2023-11-29T08:43:47.000Z","person_id":"recR8qNLSYkLETle7","name_en":"Evgeny Afanasiev","birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Yevgeny Afanasiev is a professor at the Department of Launch and Technical Complexes of Rockets and Spacecrafts of the Ustinov Baltic State Technical University \"Voenmeh\" in St. Petersburg. In March 2010, he was detained by the FSB on suspicion of transferring technical data on the Bulava intercontinental missile to China. The trial was held in closed mode. During the arguments, the prosecutor demanded 15 years' imprisonment for Afanasyev. On 20 June 2012, he was sentenced to 12 and a half years in a strict regime colony. Died in the colony in April 2015.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2010-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":826,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":118,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of the transfer of information on the Bulava to China","persecution_case_profile_en":"passed classified information on the Bulava strategic missile system to China.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2010-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.03.2010, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 14.04.2015, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.06.2012, Sentence: Conviction, 12 years 6 months in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Conviction, 12 years 6 months in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":150,"first_verdict_date":"2012-06-19T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-06-19T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 06-01-2014\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-uchenyh/50046.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/121788.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reconJAlYsbhDKm3h"},{"persecution_id":"recQkpIrFtN4ndVrg","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:52:40.000Z","person_id":"rec0MmJJof4mtCy3h","name_en":"Andrey Dmitriev","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Dmitriev was subjected to administrative detention on 31 October 2010 during a rally in Gostiny Dvor in St. Petersburg as part of the campaign for freedom of assembly \"Strategy-31\". On November 1, 2010, there was the first search at Dmitriev's registered place. In the evening of the same day, Judge Kuznetsov sentenced him to 5 days of administrative detention. On November 3, after the decision for Dmitriev's administrative arrest was sent for review, he was released from the courthouse but detained by officers of \"Center E\" at the exit. He was then taken to the city's Investigative Committee, where he was informed of the initiation of a criminal case and changed to a suspect status. He was required to provide a written undertaking not to leave the area, and searches were conducted in the locations where Dmitriev actually resided. On November 10, he was charged with Article 282.2, Part 1 (organizing the activities of an extremist organization). On February 4, 2012, he couldn't participate in the \"March for Fair Elections\" as he was summoned to the Investigative Committee on a day off. Arriving at 11:00, he realized that the investigators were intentionally delaying the proceedings to prevent his participation in the march. Not waiting for the investigative actions, he left the agency. However, he was detained by the police on Isaakievskaya Square and taken back to the investigative authorities. During the actual march, it became known that the police had orders to detain Dmitriev in case of his appearance, and he was again required to provide a written undertaking not to leave. On December 28, 2012, he was fined 200,000 rubles but was exempt from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2010-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2012-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":795,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":113,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the St. Petersburg \"Other Russia\" (Case of the Twelve)"],"case_name_en":"The case of 'The Other Russia' in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"out of extremist motives decided to resume and lead in the territory of St. Petersburg the illegal activities of the National Bolshevik Party public organisation, in respect of which the court had issued an enforceable decision to ban its activities in connection with extremist activities.  A. Dmitriev attracted A. Pesotsky and A. Marochkin to the organisation, they agreed to participate in organising and directing the activities of the National Bolshevik Party (NBP). Together, they organized the recruitment of new members of the NBP through the use of the Internet website \"www.nazbol.ru,\" printed materials such as leaflets and brochures, as well as by personally involving other participants. They also organized financial support for their activities by collecting funds, acquired apartments where they held regular meetings with the participation of those they had attracted as members, including A. Yashin, O. Petrov, I. Boykov, R. Bashirov, R. Khrenov, S. Zentsov, V. Ivakhnik, S. Porokhovoy, A. Milyuk, V. Mamedov. Dmitriev spoke at meetings with the goal of presenting the political ideology of the National Bolshevik Party (NBP). He coordinated the activities of extremist organization members, both personally and through an established internal hierarchical system (this included organizing unsanctioned mass events of extremist orientation on the 31st day of each month, which were given the name \"Strategy 31.\" These events were aimed at expressing intolerance toward the highest officials of state authorities and promoting the extremist activities of the NBP). Dmitriev also distributed and promoted the symbolism of the banned NBP and NBP printed publications.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 02.11.2010 to 27.12.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2012, Sentence: fine: '200,000 roubles, but for the expiry of the statute of limitations he was exempted from punishment'.\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '200,000 roubles, but for the expiry of the statute of limitations he was exempted from punishment'.\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-12-27T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-12-27T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/27427.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2858.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recQkpIrFtN4ndVrg"},{"persecution_id":"recXOhnGc2idCI1VF","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recW6hdZX7thWLG7L","name_en":"Alexei Marochkin","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On August 15, 2011, the St. Petersburg Department of the Investigative Committee charged Alexei Marochkin in a case filed in October 2010 against members of the Other Russia party, who are accused of running an NBP (National Bolshevik Party) cell in St. Petersburg. At the trial he claimed that he had nothing to do with the activities of the NBP, but only sometimes participated in events of the Other Russia, where NBP symbols were not present. 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Petrov, I.A. Boykov, R.H. Bashirov, R.Y. Khrenov, A.S. Zentsov, V.S. Ivakhnik, S.D. Porokhovoy, A.N. Milyuk, V.A. Mamedov. Marochkin spoke at meetings to present the political ideology of the NBP, coordinated the activities of the extremist organization's members both personally and through an internal hierarchical system (including by organizing unsanctioned extremist mass events on the 31st day of each month, giving them the name \"Strategy 31\", aimed at expressing intolerance towards the top leaders of the current state authorities, as well as at popularizing the extremist activities of the NBP),  distributed and propagandized paraphernalia of the banned NBP and NBP publications.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 14.08.2011 to 27.12.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2012, Sentence: fine: '200,000 roubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations'.\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '200,000 roubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations'.\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-12-27T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-12-27T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/27427.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2858.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recXOhnGc2idCI1VF"},{"persecution_id":"recelEscHxuUfI4hZ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec4p36mqq2Zd4ddq","name_en":"Dmitry Lebedev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 30 March 2012, it became known about the criminal case opened in August 2010 against D.L. Lebedev, a resident of the town of Gatchina, Leningrad region, under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement to hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity on the grounds of attitude to religion).\nLebedev was accused of having posted online \"records containing statements inciting to actions aimed at humiliating the dignity of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, as well as similar statements to groups of persons on the grounds of attitude to religion\". On 20 May 2011, the court found Lebedev guilty and sentenced him to one year of suspended imprisonment with a one-year probation period. 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Accused of participation in the activities of the extremist organisation \"Nurdzhular\". 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On 14 April 2010, Kutuzov's flat was searched, after which he was sent to a temporary detention centre for 48 hours as a suspect and then released on his own recognizance. On 16 April 2010, the FSB investigator took Kutuzov's signature on non-disclosure of the preliminary investigation data (this order was declared illegal by the decision of the Central District Court of Tyumen on 24 May 2010). On 1 November 2010, the criminal case with the indictment was sent to the prosecutor's office. On 14 March 2011, Kutuzov was sentenced to two years' suspended imprisonment with a probation period of three years. On 7 September 2011, after the verdict was handed down, he was dismissed from his place of work, presumably due to his criminal record. In July 2012, it became known that Kutuzov's Zapsibkombank card was blocked due to his inclusion in the Rosfinmonitoring's List of Terrorists and Extremists.\n\nPreviously, Kutuzov was subjected to pressure from the Centre \"E\" and FSB officers in connection with his public activities.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2010-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":334,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Kutuzov","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 30 October 2009, at a rally dedicated to human rights violations in different regions of Russia by employees of the Department for Countering Extremism, he handed out a leaflet with extremist content with the headline \"Down with political repression! 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accused of participating in the activities of a banned extremist organisation; subsequently detained in the run-up to a similar event; in Severomorsk, where Stepanenko lived, he was placed under surveillance; his flat was searched in December 2010; the case was closed and reopened several times; the court decided to close the case due to the expiration of statute of limitations","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2010-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2011-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2011,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Strategy-31 in Murmansk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artur Stepanenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a banned organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-10-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/10/d22805/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"receLd8mPROpSNHwM"},{"persecution_id":"recrUHYawqSqUmQZp","last_updated":"2023-11-29T08:44:41.000Z","person_id":"recDjrf5Vs6Bbhk65","name_en":"Vladimir Efimov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 28 April 2010, a case of incitement to social hatred committed with the use of mass media and official position was brought against Efimov in connection with the publication of two articles by Rustam Fakhretdinov in a newspaper; on 30 May 2011, the case was closed; on 18 January 2012, he was charged again; on 4 February, he received notification that the case was again terminated","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2010-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vechernyaya Tyumen case","persecution_case_profile_en":"two articles in the issues of the newspaper Vechernyaya Tyumen of 23 April and 30 June 2008 contained signs of incitement to hatred against police officers","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-04-2010\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2010/04/d18625/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recrUHYawqSqUmQZp"},{"persecution_id":"reciPUVT0D8jbAhbc","last_updated":"2024-07-26T10:53:49.000Z","person_id":"recBkpcGt4axcgng9","name_en":"Natalia Sharina","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On December 21, 2010, a search was conducted at the Library of Ukrainian Literature as part of a criminal case related to incitement to national hatred, as a number of books with an \"anti-Russian orientation\" were discovered there. On August 2, 2011, Nataliya Sharina, the director of the library, was implicated as a defendant in the case. In 2013, the charges against Sharina were dropped.\n\nOn October 28, 2015, the Library of Ukrainian Literature was searched once again, and a case involving incitement to national hatred was initiated against Sharina, based on a book found on the Federal List of Extremist Materials. Sharina and other library staff assert that the book was planted. Sharina was detained for 24 hours without food, sleep, or medical attention and was subsequently placed under house arrest.\n\nIn late March 2016, it was disclosed that another case had been filed against Sharina, this time on charges of embezzlement. According to investigators, she had used the funds allocated for the library's legal defense in the previous criminal case. On June 1, 2017, she was sentenced to four years of suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2010-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2021-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2357,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":336,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Library of Ukrainian Literature","persecution_case_profile_en":"Sharina distributed anti-Russian books.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 02.08.2011\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.06.2017, Sentence: 4 years' suspended sentence with a probationary period of 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' suspended sentence with a probationary period of 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-06-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-06-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-08-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/08/d22275/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reciPUVT0D8jbAhbc"},{"persecution_id":"recLKQQgizyfPHAt6","last_updated":"2023-11-07T16:03:47.000Z","person_id":"recTqWhHni0ARuMtC","name_en":"Leonid Nikolaev","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the morning of November 15, 2010, a rented flat in Moscow, where the group members resided, was subjected to a search conducted by operatives from the Centre for Combating Extremism who had arrived from St. Petersburg. The individuals present in the flat were taken to the Begovoy police department, while Oleg Vorotnikov and Leonid Nikolaev  were transported to St. Petersburg. During the transport, bags were placed over their heads, and they were subjected to disproportionate by police officers, resulting in visible signs of beatings. On November 16, the detainees were transferred to a pre-trial detention center in St. Petersburg. On November 17, during a hearing for preventive measures, a decision was made to detain them for two months. The charges were based on their involvement in the \"Coup d'état\" protest action at the Mikhailovsky Castle, during which several police cars were overturned.\n\nOn November 24, 2010, Vorotnikov and Nikolaev were initially charged under paragraph \"b\" of Part 1 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which pertains to 'Hooliganism, i.e., gross violation of public order, expressing obvious disrespect for society, committed on the grounds of political, ideological, racial, national, or religious hatred or enmity, or on the grounds of hatred or enmity towards a social group.' Subsequently, on December 21, the charges were reclassified to paragraph \"b\" of Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which relates to hooliganism committed by a group of individuals.\n\nOn February 22, the Dzerzhinsky District Court decided to release Nikolaev on bail of 300,000 rubles. The required bail was paid on February 24, and the artist was released from pre-trial detention. On October 11, 2011, the case against Vorotnikov and Nikolaev was closed. However, in November, it was reopened at the request of the prosecutor's office. Nikolaev remained in hiding from law enforcement agencies for several years.\n\nOn September 22, 2015, he tragically passed away after a tree-cutting accident.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2010-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2011-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2011,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The case of the band \"War\""],"case_name_en":"The case of the band \"War\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"turning over police cars","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2010-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2011-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.11.2010 to 24.02.2011, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.11.2010 to 17.11.2010, TDF of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.11.2010 to 24.02.2011, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-07-2011\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/2828.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-02-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/02/d21026/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recLKQQgizyfPHAt6"},{"persecution_id":"recUhBlLM3Fd5tI5y","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:48:10.000Z","person_id":"rec1ag1QfRJepZRz7","name_en":"Igor Boykov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Igor was subjected to administrative detention on 31 October 2010 during a rally in St. Petersburg at Gostiny Dvor as part of the \"Strategy-31\" campaign for freedom of assembly; on 1 November Boykov's home is searched; on 9 November Boykov is charged under part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation); on 17 June 2011, the police tried to disrupt the presentation of Boykov's book \"Life Lived Not in Vain\", which was to be held at the Russian National Library; the event managed to take place, but on the way out of the library about 20 people (supporters of the \"Other Russia\" and writers who came to the presentation), as well as Boikov himself, were detained by the police; later, copies of his book handed over by Boikov during the presentation were seized from the fund of the Russian National Library, which was claimed by the police to be (literally) \"extremist literature by an extremist author\"; the investigation included the fact of the presentation books as one of the episodes in the criminal case, arguing that it was a political action of the National Bolshevik Party, and not a literary event; On November 2, 2012, during the trial, the lawyer filed a motion to terminate the criminal prosecution, since the statute of limitations on the case had expired – the last episode attributed to him dates back to October 31, 2010; on November 6, 2012, the petition was granted) .","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers","Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2010-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2012-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":743,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":106,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the St. Petersburg \"Other Russia\" (Case of the Twelve)"],"case_name_en":"Case of Igor Boykov","persecution_case_profile_en":"knowing that A.A. Pesotsky, A.Y. Dmitriev and A.B. Marochkin had organised the activities of the banned extremist organisation NBP on the territory of St. Petersburg, he agreed to become a member of the NBP and decided to personally participate in its activities in the second half of 2007 and the second half of 2009, thereby ensuring the actual continuation of the extremist activities of the NBP. According to the investigation, Boykov's participation in the continuation of the extremist organisation's activities was expressed in the fact that, acting under the organisational leadership of A.Y. Dmitriev, A.A. Pesotsky and A.B. Marochkin, he personally participated in regular meetings of NBP members on the organisation of NBP activities, ensured its financial and economic activities by personally contributing money on a monthly basis, participated in uncoordinated public events organised by the NBP in the city of St. Petersburg on a last day of each month aimed at expressing intolerance towards the senior officials and popularizing the prohibited activities of the NBP.  Boykov, in 2009 and 2010, acting on behalf of the NBP, repeatedly personally participated in illegal mass public events organised by the NBP: publicly expressed extremist political views of the NBP, shouted its slogans and displayed its symbols, thereby popularising its prohibited activities, for which, for example, in October 2010 he was found guilty of violating the established procedure for holding an assembly, protest or demonstration; in November 2009 he crossed a roadway at a prohibited traffic light, thereby obstructing the orderly movement of vehicles, for which he was found guilty of violating traffic rules","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 08.11.2010 to 05.11.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.11.2012, Sentence: Case dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Case dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-11-05T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-11-05T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-08-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/27427.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2858.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recUhBlLM3Fd5tI5y"},{"persecution_id":"recJH31mjLze1COMq","last_updated":"2023-12-05T11:30:20.000Z","person_id":"recdTQhhhLOIQF2Ga","name_en":"Oleg Vorotnikov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a former member of the art group \"War\".\n\nOn the morning of 15 November 2010, the rented flat in Moscow, where the members of the group lived, was searched by operatives of the Central Investigation Department from St. Petersburg, people there were sent to the Begovoy police station, and Oleg Vorotnikov and Leonid Nikolaev were taken to St. Petersburg. They were put bags over their heads and were subjected to physical abuse by police officers, which left the detainees with signs of beating. On 16 November the detainees were taken to the St. Petersburg temporary detention centre. On 17 November during the preventive measure trial it was decided to keep them in custody for two months. The reason for the prosecution was the \"Palace Coup\" action near Mikhailovsky Castle, during which several police cars were overturned.\n\nOn 24 November 2010 Vorotnikov and Nikolayev were charged under paragraph \"b\" part 1 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Hooliganism, i.e. gross violation of public order, expressing obvious disrespect for society, committed on the grounds of political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity or on the grounds of hatred or enmity towards a social group\"), which was reclassified on 21 December to p. \"b\" part 1, part 2 of article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, i.e. hooliganism committed by a group of persons. On 21 February 2011, Dzerzhinsky District Court decided to release Vorotnikov on bail of 300 thousand rubles. On 24 February, the required bail was paid and the artist was released from the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nOn 14 April 2011, it became known that a case was opened against Oleg Vorotnikov, a member of the art group \"War\", on the grounds of crimes under paragraph \"b\" part 1 of article 213 (hooliganism motivated by political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on the grounds of hatred or enmity against a social group), article 319 (public insult of a representative of the authorities in the performance of his official duties or in connection with their execution) and part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (use of force in the exercise of his official duties) and part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (use of force in the exercise of his official duties). Article 318 of the Criminal Code (use of violence not dangerous to life or health or threat of violence against an official or his relatives in connection with the performance of his official duties). According to the investigation, on the evening of 31 March 2011, during an unauthorized rally on Nevsky Prospekt, Vorotnikov tore off the uniform caps of several police officers and threw them on the roadway, and then hit one of the policemen twice on the head; then he jumped on the bonnet of the official car of the Department of Internal Affairs and damaged the rear-view mirror, after which he was detained by police officers.\n\nIn June 2011, the two cases were merged. On 11 October 2011, the \"Palace Coup\" case was closed, but in November it was reopened at the request of the prosecutor's office.\n\nShortly after the initiation of the second case Vorotnikov left the country.\n\nIn the summer of 2014, it was reported that Vorotnikov was awaiting a decision on extradition on his own recognisance in Venice.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2010-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 213 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 213 (unknown part)"],"case_group_en":["The case of the band \"War\""],"case_name_en":"The case of the band \"War\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"turning over police cars","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2010-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.11.2010 to 24.02.2011, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.11.2010 to 17.11.2010, TDF of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-02-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/02/d21026/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-07-2011\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/2828.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recJH31mjLze1COMq"},{"persecution_id":"recZ0vgRd8NJpHTc4","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:06:34.000Z","person_id":"recWVUmJGHdlwPc2k","name_en":"Igor Popov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Popov was searched and questioned about his participation in the activities of the banned National Bolshevik Party. In October 2012, he was sentenced to a 150 thousand rubles fine on charges of incitement to hatred or enmity and participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, as well as calls for extremist activities (this charge was later dropped); due to the expiry of the statute of limitation, Popov was released from punishment. The court of second instance repeatedly sent the case back for a new hearing, but in July 2014 upheld the sentence; the European Court of Human Rights accepted Popov's complaint for consideration.","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2010-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_days_from_verdict":626,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Kurov and Popov"],"case_name_en":"The Igor Popov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of a banned organisation (National Bolshevik Party), incited hatred towards representatives of the authorities and law enforcement agencies, and publicly called for extremist activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 04.10.2010 to 10.10.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.06.2012, Sentence: fine of 150 thousand rubles• First instance court on the merits, 10.10.2013, Sentence: fine of 50 thousand rubles\nreleased from punishment due to expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 50 thousand rubles\nreleased from punishment due to expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2012-06-21T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-10-09T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-04-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/3375.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-12-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/12/d25965/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recZ0vgRd8NJpHTc4"},{"persecution_id":"recCaxWAu57mGBAZa","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:33:33.000Z","person_id":"recYsu81r3f3Ywmxq","name_en":"Alexander Kalistratov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Gorno-Altaisk, a city in Western Siberia. Worked as a psychologist, then in the field of cleaning and building maintenance. In 2000, a criminal case was opened against him for refusing to take up arms, the details are unknown. Kalistratov spent 21 days in custody, then he was released on recognizance not to leave. The court later acquitted him.\n\nIn August 2010, Kalistratov was charged with incitement to hatred in connection with the distribution of banned Jehovah's Witnesses materials. On 14 April 2011, he was acquitted. On 26 May, the appeal court overturned the verdict. On 3 November 2011, at a retrial, Kalistratov was sentenced to 100 hours of correctional labour. On 22 December 2011, the appeal court overturned this sentence and dismissed the case.\n\nOn 16 January 2022, Kalistratov was searched. After the interrogation, he signed a recognizance not to leave. A case was opened against him for organising the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. On 17 February 2023, Kalistratov was sentenced to six and a half years suspended prison sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gorno-Altaysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AL"],"persecution_started":"2010-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2011-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2011,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":458,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Kalistratov on incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he called the meetings, \"for the purposes of conspiracy, determined the places and ways of holding them by means of software for video calls via the information and telecommunications network \"Internet\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 22.12.2011\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.04.2011• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 03.11.2011, Sentence: 100 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"100 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2011-11-02T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-11-02T20:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCaxWAu57mGBAZa"},{"persecution_id":"recbYAdE8qg70TaAM","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recrMhIflKKfSOxjl","name_en":"Nurgazy Kydyraliev","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Chita. On 9 March 2010, he was detained during a religious meeting at a mosque. The next day a case was opened against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On 17 August 2010, Kydyraliev was sentenced to one and a half years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2010-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2010,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2012-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":161,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nurgazy Kydyraliev's case on the organization of the activities of an extremist organization","case_number":"1-364/2010","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"committed the organisation of the activities of a religious association in respect of which a court had issued a decision, which had entered into legal force, to ban it in connection with its extremist activities. The offence was committed in the following circumstances: being an adherent of radical Islam, one of the active members of the international religious association (No. anonymised) and an organiser of that religious association in the Zabaikalsky Krai, knowing full well that the international religious association (No. anonymised) had been declared extremist by decision (No. anonymised) of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and that its activities were banned in the Russian Federation, he deliberately organised the activities of the banned religious association (No. anonymised). In the period from 2009 to 2010, in the city of Chita, Zabaikalsky Krai, and Irkutskii Region, the defendant deliberately carried out extremist activities out of religious motives to disseminate the ideas of the international religious extremist association (No. anonymised), which incite religious discord and intolerance towards all those who do not share the religious ideas of (No. anonymised). To that end, the defendant organised and actively participated in meetings and seminars held by adherents of (No anonymised) and engaged in preaching activities among the population of Chita, Zabaikalsky Krai and the Irkutsk Region in order to attract new followers. He led missionary groups travelling to other regions with sermons, introduced others by reading aloud the collection of the religious association (Number anonymised). (No. anonymised) by author (No. anonymised), published in 2007 by the (No. anonymised) publishing house in Kazan. As follows from the conclusions of the linguistic-religious forensic examination, the collection describes the methods and forms of activity of the religious association (No. Anonymised), contains the religious doctrine of the association and appeals aimed at fostering religious exclusivity and the superiority of one religion over another, and contains statements aimed at inciting religious hatred and discord and at waging a war by (No. Anonymised) aimed at the destruction of infidels. The appeals of the collection are aimed at denying the role of secular states and their governments in society, thus such appeals are directed against the existing state structure and any other forms of state structure. The content of the religious collection is also directed against organisations officially representing Islam on the territory of the Russian Federation, persons professing it, and adherents of all other religions living on the territory of Russia.\n\nIn 2009, at the Chita Cathedral Mosque at the address: Chita (No. anonymised), the defendant organised a meeting of supporters of the banned religious association (No. anonymised), which was attended by 20 persons from Chita, Zabaikalsky Krai and the Irkutsk Region. At the meeting, the defendant gave a report on the work of the religious association (No. anonymised) and its preaching work among the population of the region.\n\nIn 2010, the defendant travelled to the cities of Irkutsk, Ust-Ilimsk, Gidrostroitel, Zima, Nizhneudinsk and Lena with the purpose of preaching and spreading the ideas of the banned religious association (No. anonymised), where, in mosques and prayer rooms, he preached the ideological doctrines of the banned religious association (No. anonymised) to the audience, reading aloud the book-collection (No. anonymised) containing appeals aimed at inciting religious enmity and hatred.\n\nA warning was issued by the Irkutsk transport prosecutor at the prosecutor's office at the following address: Irkutsk, (No. anonymised) in 2010 to prevent the violation of legislation on countering extremist activity and not to distribute the publishing materials of the religious association (No. anonymised) contained in the collection book (No. anonymised) by the authors of (No. anonymised). Even after the official warning was issued to him, he did not draw the necessary conclusions and in 2010, at the Chita Cathedral Mosque and the prayer room at the following address: Chita, (No. anonymised). Even after the official warning was issued to him, he did not draw the necessary conclusions and, in 2010, in the Chita Cathedral Mosque and prayer room at (No. anonymised) in the premises (No. anonymised) located at (No. anonymised) located marketplace, once again read aloud to the audience a book, the collection (No. anonymised), containing the ideological and religious doctrine of the banned religious association (No. anonymised), which called for inciting religious hatred against all those who did not share the ideas of (No. anonymised).\n\nIn 2010, at (No. anonymised), the defendant, being in the cathedral mosque at the following address: Chita, (No. anonymised) together with other worshippers of the mosque, the defendant read aloud the book-collection (No. anonymised) containing the ideological and religious doctrine of the banned religious association (No. anonymised), calling for incitement to religious enmity and hatred, containing theses aimed at recognising their superiority and the superiority of their professed doctrine over all other religious doctrines and the followers of those doctrines. On the same day, the collection (No. anonymised) was seized in the course of the investigative action - the report of the inspection of the scene of the incident.\n\nOrganisational and preaching actions in the activities of the banned international religious association (No. anonymised), expressed in public sermons - calls of this religious association, calling for religious enmity and hatred towards all those who do not share the ideas of (No. anonymised), significantly violated the constitutional rights of citizens living in the territory of the Zabaikalsky Krai to freedom of religion, freedom to profess any religion or not to profess any religion, guaranteed by art. 28 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. ","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2010-08-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2012-02-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 30.08.2010 to 29.02.2012\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.08.2010, Sentence: 1 year 6 months'  suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 1 year 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months'  suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 1 year 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2010-08-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2010-08-17T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbYAdE8qg70TaAM"},{"persecution_id":"rec7iDeK62bDwjU3w","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:54:37.000Z","person_id":"recWtOeEi8fF3mbQi","name_en":"Alexey Zentsov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In the morning on 4th of March, 2011 operatives of the Interior Ministry's North-West Federal District Department and the District Centre for Combating Extremism searched Zentsov's home, after which he was effectively declared a suspect; after interrogation, he signs a covenant not to leave; on March 11th, 2011 he is charged under Part 2, Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation); on 23rd of March, officers of the Interior Ministry's directorate for the North-West Federal District broke into the flat of Olga Zhukova, Zentsov's wife, an activist of the St. Petersburg-based organization \"Other Russia\", and summoned for questioning by the Investigative Committee under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. 282.2 of the Criminal Code, threatening that in case of her refusal to comply they would bring her in handcuffs and send their child to social workers; on September 14th, 2012 Zentsov petitioned to dismiss the case against him for the expiration of the statute of limitations, and on 18th of September the court granted the petition.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2011-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2012-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":563,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":80,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the St. Petersburg \"Other Russia\" (Case of the Twelve)"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Zintsov, Vladislav Ivakhnik and Vadim Mamedov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Knowing that A.A. Pesotsky, A.Y. Dmitriev and A.B. Marochkin had organised activities of the banned extremist organisation NBP on the territory of St. Petersburg, Zentsov decided to personally participate in its activities, agreed to become a member of the NBP from second half of 2007 to second half of 2009, thereby ensuring continuation of the extremist activities of the NBP. Zentsov's input in the continuation of the extremist organisation's activities was expressed in the fact that, acting under the organisational leadership of A.Y. Dmitriev, A.A. Pesotsky and A.B. Marochkin, he personally took part in regular meetings of NBP members on the organisation of NBP activities, ensured its financial and economic activities by personally donating money on a monthly basis, and participated in uncoordinated public events organised by the NBP in St. Petersburg aimed at expressing intolerance towards public authorities.  In 2010, acting on behalf of the NBP, Zentsov personally participated in unlawful mass public events: publicly expressing the NBP's extremist political views, shouting its slogans and displaying its symbols, thereby popularising its prohibited activities, for which, among other things, in June of 2010 he was found guilty of committing petty hooliganism, a breach of public order, expressing obvious disrespect for society, accompanied by foul language in public places.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 03.03.2011 to 17.09.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.09.2012, Sentence: case dismissed due to expiration of statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"case dismissed due to expiration of statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-09-17T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-09-17T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2858.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/27427.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec7iDeK62bDwjU3w"},{"persecution_id":"reclnr5R63iOodoc9","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:59:50.000Z","person_id":"recyz9woEdYphESFz","name_en":"Pavel Krivonosov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"his flat was searched and a membership card of the non-existent extremist organisation \"R.A.S.H.-Antifa\"; detained, a measure of restraint was chosen in the form of a written undertaking not to leave; on 4 March 2013, the court discontinued proceedings on charges of participation in an extremist community, intentional infliction of minor harm to health and battery motivated by hatred or enmity against a social group due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, leaving only the charge of hooliganism; amnestied on 27 December 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2011-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 116 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","213","282","116"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 116"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Nizhny Novgorod case"],"case_name_en":"Nizhny Novgorod case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Member of the extremist organisation R.A.S.H.-Antifa, committed hooligan acts motivated by ideological hatred or enmity, participated in a fight","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 25.04.2011 to 26.12.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-11-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/3029.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-01-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/01/d23480/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 26-12-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/35857.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reclnr5R63iOodoc9"},{"persecution_id":"recjHsZcqyu2MDjFf","last_updated":"2025-05-19T20:22:37.000Z","person_id":"recVTeAcbsLFDDrbE","name_en":"Daniil Malyshkin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 2 February 2011, officers of the Centre for Countering Extremism searched Malyshkin's place of residence; Malyshkin was taken to the police station, where he was held for more than a day without food and water, without sleep and under pressure (including physical pressure) in order to obtain confessions from other members of the Barnaul anarchist community; during the search, police officers seized computers and other office equipment; the search was conducted with procedural violations. During the search, police officers seized computers and other office equipment; the search was conducted with procedural violations, the search warrant did not contain a seal; in 2012, the criminal case was closed for lack of an offence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2011-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Barnaul anarchists","persecution_case_profile_en":"made a protest poster out of a medical centre billboard depicting germs causing sexually transmitted diseases, pasting pictures of Medvedev, Putin, Zhirinovsky, Zyuganov and Altai Territory Governor Alexander Karlin on it","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-08-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/08/d22299/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2863.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recjHsZcqyu2MDjFf"},{"persecution_id":"rec4iUJ9RH9IJ6fQ5","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recBZTMLFWqKP2Tto","name_en":"Marat Bazarbayev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attlYoNtKuKTduqZH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attlYoNtKuKTduqZH.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Marat Bazarbayev is an alleged member of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", an organization banned and recognised as extremist in Russia. On October 6, 2011, after the initiation of a case of participation in the activities of a religious organisation, in respect of which a court issued a decision that entered into legal force on the prohibition of activities in connection with extremist activities, materials of the organisation, including those mentioned in the Federal List of Extremist Materials, were seized from his home during a search. Then Bazarbayev, as well as the other defendants in the case, was charged with preparation for actions aimed at violent seizure of power and violent overthrow of the constitutional order (after which he was taken into custody on July 31, 2012), as well as inducement and involvement of others in activities aimed at seizure of power and change of the order. On November 21, 2013, he was sentenced to six years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. On February 2, 2015, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five years. On July 28, 2017, Bazarbayev was released.\n\nBazarbayev was detained in July 2021 and taken into custody. Charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and with encouraging others to take part in such activities. On March 5, 2024, Bazarbaev was sentenced to 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2011-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":776,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","282.2","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Chelyabinsk Hizb ut-Tahrir case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in the activities and inducement to activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• recognizance not to leave: from 10.10.2011 to 31.07.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 28.07.2017\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2013, Sentence: 6 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty, and a fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty, and a fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2013-11-20T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-11-20T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-12-2013\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/180561.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 18-03-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/112338.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-11-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2013/11/d28453/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec4iUJ9RH9IJ6fQ5"},{"persecution_id":"recUn4SheYmkXy0XV","last_updated":"2024-01-15T19:33:24.000Z","person_id":"reczIv9MBOhBcxHaI","name_en":"Yuri Mukhin","birth_year":1949,"birth_date":"1949-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":77,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Publicist.\nOn 13 April 2011, the Moscow City Prosecutor's Office reported that a criminal case had been initiated under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement to ethnic hatred) over the publication of Yuri Mukhin's article \"I have advice, too\" in the \"K barieru\" newspaper of 06.10.2009. The experts concluded that the article contained \"statements aimed at humiliating the dignity of a person or a group of persons on the grounds of nationality, namely the attitude towards the Russian and the Jewish nation\". On 31 May 2011, three days before the end of the investigation, Mukhin was indicted; the case was dismissed in July 2011.\nOn 29 July 2015, Mukhin was arrested in Sevastopol, taken to Moscow and placed in a pre-trial detention centre as part of the case of organising the activities of the banned organisation \"Army of the Will of the People\". On 19 August, he was transferred under house arrest. On 10 August 2017, Mukhin was sentenced to four years of suspended imprisonment","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2011-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2021-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Yuri Mukhin","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 6 October 2009, he published an article entitled \"I have an advice, too\" in the \"K barieru\" newspaper, which contains statements aimed at humiliating the dignity of a person or a group of persons on grounds of nationality","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.07.2011, Sentence: cancel the decision to institute criminal proceedings","verdict_essence_en":"cancel the decision to institute criminal proceedings","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2011-07-14T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-05-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/06/d21783/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recUn4SheYmkXy0XV"},{"persecution_id":"recw3KUKwlvJR26oy","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rectJpn2IzWNQP6vE","name_en":"Pavel Stegachev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 17 January 2011 in Tambov, local resident Pavel Stegachev, a follower of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organisation, was charged in a criminal case under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement to hatred or enmity). The prosecutor refused to approve the indictment.\nPrior to that, in March 2010, searches were conducted in the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tambov as part of the case. The searches took place in the flats of three families. The basis for the search was a ruling of the Leninsky District Court of Tambov, which stated: \"There may be items, literature, electronic media propagandising religious hatred, as well as other documents recording the activities of a religious organisation\".\n\nOn 8 April 2011, the Regional Unit of the Investigative Committee for the Tambov Region denied Pavel Stegachev's request to disqualify an expert to conduct a religious expert examination.\n\nThe petition stated that the Centre for Religious Studies of Tambov State University (TSU) \"cannot be considered an expert institution due to the fact that it carries out close cooperation and joint activities with the Tambov diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, a priest of this religious organisation is represented on its organising committee, and the diocesan office is the sponsor of the project \"Totalitarian Sects: Regional Aspect of Research\" implemented by the TSU centre.\n\nThe Investigative Committee for the Tambov region found no grounds for disqualification of both the expert organisation and the expert representing it - candidate of philosophical sciences, associate professor Tatyana Pronina. The investigation in its ruling refers to the fact that Pronina is an approved expert at the regional department of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for conducting state religious expertise. However, the document does not state that the competence of this body is limited to the expert examination of certain groups of believers who claim to have the status of a legal entity.\n\nThe investigators also found no evidence of Pronina's interest in the outcome of the criminal case, while the accused and his lawyer pointed out that Pronina's assessment of Jehovah's Witnesses' publications is a judgement of a believer based on an unscientific premise.\n\nOn the contrary, the Tambov Investigative Committee called the defendant's application for disqualification of experts \"a way of evasion with the aim of clearly delaying the investigation\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tambov"],"persecution_region_en":["Tambov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TAM"],"persecution_started":"2011-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tambov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, incited hatred or enmity","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recw3KUKwlvJR26oy"},{"persecution_id":"recIBgpmAf7Z47cKy","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:15:34.000Z","person_id":"reclYmGV44byt6KdM","name_en":"Philip Kostenko","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"After a lengthy action to redesign posters of the All-Russian People's Front in 2011, a criminal case was brought against Filipp Kostenko. The court refused to remand him in custody, taking into account the arguments of the defence, which pointed out that the poster was not cultural heritage and did not represent a high value for the owners. On 16 May 2012 Kostenko was sentenced to a fine of 10 thousand rubles (≈$330 as of 16.05.2012).\n\nOn 23 June 2011, a case of insulting a police officer was brought against Kostenko following the action \"The Dog of the System and its Box\" on 1 March 2011, when Kostenko together with other activists brought a box with inscriptions \"militia\" and \"police\" to Gostiny Dvor. During an altercation with a policeman, someone put the box on his head; the police thought that Kostenko had done it. His flat was searched and Kostenko was taken to the Centre for Countering Extremism for questioning. Kostenko was later arrested twice for 15 days. On 15 May 2012, he was sentenced to a fine of 10 thousand rubles (≈$330 as of 15.05.2012).","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2011-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"case_name_en":"Kostenko's poster defacement case","persecution_case_profile_en":"tried to destroy a poster of the All-Russia People's Front","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-02-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/43420.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recIBgpmAf7Z47cKy"},{"persecution_id":"recbZjuvZZymKl7NS","last_updated":"2025-05-19T20:22:37.000Z","person_id":"rec7nI2dASHIZ4ddl","name_en":"Vitaly Leonov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 14 February 2011, Leonov was arrested near his workplace and brought to the police station as a suspect in a case of hooliganism in the form of a poster with pasted portraits of representatives of the authorities; in 2012, the criminal case was dismissed due to the absense of curpus delicti","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2011-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Barnaul anarchists","persecution_case_profile_en":"made a protest poster out of a medical centre billboard depicting germs causing sexually transmitted diseases, pasting pictures of Medvedev, Putin, Zhirinovsky, Zyuganov and Altai Krai Governor Alexander Karlin on it","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 07-08-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/08/d22299/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2863.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recbZjuvZZymKl7NS"},{"persecution_id":"reci8XK0FbYJpUTBw","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recwyeG52jHVpvWXz","name_en":"Nataliia Filonova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attybUrBh112Br9T9.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attybUrBh112Br9T9.jpg"],"birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Buryatia. On 14 June 2011, she participated in the organisation of a gathering of citizens in connection with the closure of three small schools in Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky district, was detained while in the internal affairs department, declared a dry hunger strike, but despite this, at the suggestion of the representative of the prosecutor's office Maxim Semionov, the court arrested her for 15 days. After her release she appealed, during the hearing Semionov was called as a witness, and Filonova said that she did not want to communicate with the person who, knowing about the dry hunger strike, demanded 15 days of arrest for the woman. After that, a criminal case on insulting the representative of the prosecutor's office was initiated. During the investigation Filonova was detained for a psychiatric examination. On 31 August 2012, the day of the verdict, Filonova was attempted to be run over by a car while riding her bicycle with her child to the hospital. The court sentenced her to a 20,000 ruble fine (≈US$615 as of August 2012). She was forcibly taken to the investigator before the appeal court considered the case. The appeal instance sent the case for further investigation. In 2014, the court re-sentenced Filonova to the fine of 20 thousand rubles.\n\nOn 21 October 2022, Filonova was detained in a new criminal case: on the use of violence against representatives of the authorities. The pensioner refused the defence counsel appointed by the investigation, demanded that her public defender Nadezhda Nizovkina be allowed to see her and went on hunger strike. She also demanded that Nizovkina be allowed as a public defender at the court to decide on the measure of restraint, but the court refused on the grounds that the human rights defender did not have the status of a lawyer. Filonova was placed under house arrest. On 15 November it became known that another episode appeared in the case: Filonova is suspected of breaking a policeman's finger. She was detained and went on hunger strike. On 17 November Filonova was taken into custody, what happened after her husband had a heart attack, and her adopted son disappeared, and she went looking for him with an electronic bracelet on her leg. Nadezhda Nizovkina was questioned in the case as a witness, as a result of which she could no longer act as Filonova's defence counsel (a case was later brought against her for refusing to testify).  In March 2023, it became known that the prosecutor's office returned the case to the investigator, and Filonova's adopted son was sent to an orphanage.\nOn 31 August 2023, Filonova was sentenced to two years and ten months in a general regime colony.\nIn March 2024 it became known that Filonova was deprived of access to the library in the colony after she read \"In the depths of Siberian ores...\" and a response poem by Alexander Odoevsky at a Pushkin memorial evening.\nFilonova was released from prison on 4 March 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2011-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1044,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":149,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Nataliia's Filonova case on insult of a prosecutor's office employee","persecution_case_profile_en":"insulted Maxim Semenov, an employee of the Petrovsk-Zabaikalsk inter-district prosecutor's office","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.04.2014, Sentence: a fine of 20,000 roubles (≈US$615 as of August 2012)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 20,000 roubles (≈US$615 as of August 2012)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":20000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-04-22T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-04-22T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• \n Date: 30-03-2015\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reci8XK0FbYJpUTBw"},{"persecution_id":"reci6e3y6quIDdRGj","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"reciwGWHWW26xMBp1","name_en":"Valiev Rushat Rashitovich","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Rushat Valiev is a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, an organisation banned and recognised as extremist in Russia. On 17 May 2011, a case was initiated against him and Rinat Galiullin for participation in the activities of a religious organisation, in respect of which the court issued an effective decision to ban activities in connection with extremist activities. Later he was charged for incidents related to the fact that in March 2011 he offered a man, who turned out to be an undercover agent, to join Hizb ut-Tahrir, to which he agreed, and also in April-May of 2011 he held seven classes with him, during which he used the book \"The System of Islam\", written by the founder of Hizb ut-Tahrir Taqiuddin An Nabahani, banned in Russia. On 30 July 2012, charges were brought against Valiev and other defendants for preparation for actions aimed at violent seizure of power and violent change of the constitutional order (whereupon he was taken into custody on 31 July 2012), as well as for inducing and engaging others in activities aimed at seizing power and changing the order. On 21 November 2013, he was sentenced to six years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. On 2 July 2014, the Supreme Court refused to consider an appeal against the sentence. On 2 February 2015, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five years. On 28 July 2017, Valiev was released from prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2011-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":915,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":130,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","278","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 278","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Chelyabinsk Hizb ut-Tahrir case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation, induced a person to join Hizb ut-Tahrir, held classes with him using prohibited literature, prepared him or her for actions aimed at the forcible seizure of power and the forcible change of the constitutional order, and induced and involved other persons in actions aimed at the seizure of power by force and the change of the constitutional order by force. ","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 20.05.2011 to 31.07.2012\n• in custody: from 01.08.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 28.07.2017\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2013, Sentence: Six years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 150,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 150,000 rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2013-11-20T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-11-20T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-12-2013\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/180561.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-11-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2013/11/d28453/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 06-01-2014\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/112338.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reci6e3y6quIDdRGj"},{"persecution_id":"recLzIsYpr4phOEOA","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recp8WrFVR692LGBn","name_en":"Evgeny Domojirov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Vologda. Former editor-in-chief of SOTAVision.\n\nOn 11th November 2011, Domojirov was accused of pushing and kicking an employee of the Centre for Countering Extremism, Roman Kopylov, in the groin and pulling the shirt collar of policeman Konstantin Lebedev during the dispersal of the Strategy-31 rally. On 17th September 2012, he was sentenced to a fine of 120 thousand rubles. After the sentence came into legal force Domojirov was stripped of his mandate as a deputy of the regional legislative assembly.\n\nOn 30th July 2016, late at night, a group of law enforcement officers came to Domojirov's house and tried to conduct a search there. The politician's elderly mother blocked their way, demanding to show the necessary documents, but the police officers tried to force their way in; as a result, Domojirov's mother injured her arm. The Domojirovs appealed to the district police officer, who promised to come and examine the bruises on the woman's arm, but never came. On August 9, the investigator for especially important cases of the first department for investigation of especially important cases of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Vologda region initiated a criminal case against Galina Domozhirova under Article 319 of the Criminal Code: according to the investigator, Domozhirova during an unsuccessful search attempt \"deliberately with the purpose of insulting\" the police officers \"began to publicly express profanity\" in their address, \"insulting them as representatives of the authorities and humiliating their honour and dignity\". Later it became known about the initiation of proceedings against Domojirov himself - according to the investigation, in late July 2016, he \"deliberately, in response to the lawful and reasonable demands of a police officer to conduct investigative actions, publicly, expressing coarse profanity, insulted this representative of authority, humiliating his honour and dignity. In addition, in August this year Domojirov posted in the information and communication network \"Internet\" text and comments to it, containing phrases that humiliate human dignity on the grounds of belonging of persons to a certain social group\". On 17 November 2017, Domojirov was acquitted under the articles on libel and humiliation of a social group, and sentenced to 60 hours of compulsory labour under the article on insult.\n\nIn 2020, a case was again brought against the journalist under the article on insulting representatives of the authorities because of a video on his YouTube channel. In the video, the man criticised the actions of local officials who had decided to develop a city square. In February 2021, the case was dismissed - the court found no signs of crime in the statements of the activist. Earlier, Domojirov was detained, arrested and fined for monitoring the same construction site and highlighting the situation.\n\nIn October 2022, it was reported that Domojirov was put on a wanted list, but then the Investigative Committee denied this information. However, Domojirov published a certificate of criminal record, which states that he has been wanted since 6th May in a case of a traffic offence causing serious harm to a person's health.\n\nOn 1st December 2022, a case was opened against Domojirov for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vologda"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2011-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_days_from_verdict":311,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 116 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["116"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 116"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Domojirov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Used violence and beat police officers during the dispersal of the \"Strategy 31\" event in Vologda on 31st October 2011","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.09.2012, Sentence: a fine of 120.000 roubles\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 120.000 roubles\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":120000,"first_verdict_date":"2012-09-16T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-09-16T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 13-11-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/106214.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/175450.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recLzIsYpr4phOEOA"},{"persecution_id":"recWcme4AsskqhlBA","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rechHnEqAUfTlTeQo","name_en":"Dmitry Kolesov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on charges of involvement in a non-existent extremist organisation and assault on football fan Dmitry Redkin; a preventive measure was chosen in the form of personal recognizance; on 4 March 2013, the court discontinued proceedings on charges of participation in an extremist community, intentional infliction of minor harm to health and battery motivated by hatred or enmity against a social group due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, leaving only the charge of hooliganism; amnestied on 27 December 2013","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2011-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 116 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","213","282","116"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 116"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Nizhny Novgorod case"],"case_name_en":"Nizhny Novgorod case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Member of the extremist organisation R.A.S.H.-Antifa, committed hooligan acts motivated by ideological hatred or enmity, participated in a fight","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-11-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/3029.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 26-12-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/35857.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-01-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/01/d23480/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recWcme4AsskqhlBA"},{"persecution_id":"rechcgGUKVyBz7XJ9","last_updated":"2025-12-03T14:36:25.000Z","person_id":"rece5tOeyZ9dHK62Z","name_en":"Ravil Bashirov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the morning of 4 March 2011, Bashirov's apartment was searched by operatives of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, North-West Federal District Department, and the District Centre for Combating Extremism. Following that, he was declared a suspect and released on his own recognizance after interrogation. On 11 March 2011, Bashirov was charged under of article 282.2 part 2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation). In his testimony, he claimed that he had ceased his involvement with the Nationalist Bolshevist Party after its ban in 2007, affiliating himself with The Other Russia group instead. On 28 December 2012, he was sentenced to pay a fine of 150,000 rubles, but by the time the sentence came due, it had already expired, so there was no outstanding obligation for Bashirov to make the payment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Workers","Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2011-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_days_from_verdict":665,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":95,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the St. Petersburg \"Other Russia\" (Case of the Twelve)"],"case_name_en":"The case of 'The Other Russia' in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"Bashirov, with knowledge of the involvement of A.A. Pesotsky, A.Y. Dmitriev, and A.B. Marochkin in organizing the banned extremist organization National Bolshevist Party in St. Petersburg, actively chose to partake in its activities. He willingly became a member of the National Bolshevist Party during the latter half of 2007 and again in the latter half of 2009, thus actively contributing to the continued existence of the extremist activities of the National Bolshevist Party. According to the investigation, Bashirov's involvement in perpetuating the extremist organization's activities was evident in his attendance at regular meetings of National Bolshevist Party members under the organizational guidance of A.Y. Dmitriev, A.A. Pesotsky, and A.B. Marochkin. He also financially supported the organization by personally making monthly monetary contributions. Furthermore, he took part in unapproved public events organized by the National Bolshevist Party in St. Petersburg, events aimed at promoting intolerance and hostility.\n\nBetween 2009, 2010, and 2011, acting on behalf of the National Bolshevist Party, Bashirov repeatedly participated in unlawful mass public gatherings. During these events, he publicly expressed the extremist political views of the National Bolshevist Party, chanted its slogans, and displayed its symbols, effectively promoting its prohibited activities. As a result, he was repeatedly found guilty of violating the established procedures for holding meetings, rallies, or demonstrations and disobeyed lawful orders from police officers tasked with maintaining public order.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 03.03.2011 to 27.12.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2012, Sentence: fine: '150,000 roubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations'.\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '150,000 roubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations'.\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-12-28T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-12-28T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2858.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/27427.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rechcgGUKVyBz7XJ9"},{"persecution_id":"recrLSUYFDfkbmyJ4","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recZPZ4RzIdRg1ovZ","name_en":"Evgenii Vitishko","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Evgenii Vitishko is a well-known environmentalist in the Krasnodar region, one of the leaders of the Environmental Watch for the North Caucasus, and has run for Yabloko in various elections. In 2011, he took part in a series of actions against the Agrocomplex recreation centre. Environmentalists believed that its construction involved the squatting of territories of the forest fund and the Black Sea coastal strip. According to them, the base is actually a holiday home of the governor of the region, Alexander Tkachev. The actions against \"Tkachev's dacha\" in 2011 repeatedly ended in detentions and administrative prosecution of activists. Environmentalists Suren Gazaryan and Evgenii Vitishko were criminally prosecuted for putting inscriptions on the fence of Tkachev's dacha and slightly damaging it.\n\nOn 20 June 2012, both were sentenced to three years of probation. Suren Gazaryan left Russia and is in Estonia. Vitishko continued his public activities in Krasnodar Krai. In early 2014, on the application of the penal inspection on non-compliance with the regime, his suspended sentence was changed to a penal colony. On 8 October, it became known that Vitishko was transferred from a penal colony to a general regime colony for three penalties, but later this information was not confirmed.\nVitishko was denied parole, but on 10 November 2015, part of the term in the penal colony was changed to restriction of freedom. The prosecutor's office challenged this decision the day before Vitishko was due to leave the colony, but on 22 December the court of second instance upheld the decision and Vitishko was released; on 20 January, Vitishko was fitted with an electronic bracelet at the penal inspection office","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tuapse"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2011-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":212,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 167 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["167"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 167 (unknown part)"],"case_group_en":["The case of the fence at Tkachev's dacha (summer residence)"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Vitishko's case of fence tampering","persecution_case_profile_en":"together with unidentified persons, \"put inscriptions on the back surface of the metal fence: \"Sanya is a thief\", \"Toad\", \"This is our forest\", \"This is our land\", \"Party of thieves\", ten stencil images of a bear with the inscription \"Enough\", as well as put inscriptions on the front surface of the metal fence: \"Tkachev, go away\", \"Crook and Thief\", \"Enough VIP Dachas!\", and bent two sections of the metal fence, thereby deforming the fence\" of the cottage of Krasnodar Region Governor Alexandr Tkachev, which is being built illegally on the territory of a protected forest area.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 2 of the Tambov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.03.2014 to 22.12.2015, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 2 of the Tambov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.02.2014 to 12.03.2014, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.06.2012, Sentence: 3 years' suspended imprisonment• First instance court on the merits, 20.12.2013, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in an open prison (suspended sentence to be replaced by a real one)","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in an open prison (suspended sentence to be replaced by a real one)","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"first_verdict_date":"2012-06-19T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-12-19T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-03-2014\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/80252.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 21-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/45223.html\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 13-02-2014\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: http://amnesty.org.ru/node/2799/\n• Ecouznik:\n Date: 08-01-2014\n Status: Eco-prisoner\n Source: http://www.slideshare.net/OlegKozyrev/2013-29833622\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","Amnesty International","Ecouznik"],"aid":"recrLSUYFDfkbmyJ4"},{"persecution_id":"recr9h1yUOpOkVlM6","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recwtwBmf8uFIiPgT","name_en":"Rinat Idelbaev","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Rinat Idelbayev is a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, an organisation banned and recognised as extremist in Russia. On 20 May 2011, after the initiation of a case of participation in the activities of a religious organisation, in respect of which a court has issued a legally enforceable decision to ban activities in connection with extremist activities, materials of the organisation, including those included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials, were seized from his home during a search. Idelbayev, as well as the other defendants in the case, was then charged with preparation for actions aimed at violent seizure of power and violent change of the constitutional order (after which he was taken into custody on 31 July 2012), as well as inducement and involvement of others in activities aimed at seizure of power and change of the order. Idelbayev was also charged with public calls for extremist activity for publishing a video calling not to participate in the presidential election (this charge was later dropped as the relevant actions were covered by other offences). On 21 November 2013, he was sentenced to six years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. On 2 February 2015, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five years. On 28 July 2017, Idelbayev was released from prison","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2011-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":915,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":130,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","282.2","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Chelyabinsk Hizb ut-Tahrir case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of an extremist organisation, made preparations for actions aimed at the forcible seizure of power and the forcible change of the constitutional order, and induced and involved other persons in actions aimed at the forcible seizure of power and the forcible change of the constitutional order","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n• in custody: from 01.08.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 28.07.2017\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2013, Sentence: Six years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2013-11-20T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-11-20T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 06-01-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/112338.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-12-2013\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/180561.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-11-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2013/11/d28453/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recr9h1yUOpOkVlM6"},{"persecution_id":"recZB9Y9AtNPgteZf","last_updated":"2023-10-31T21:07:11.000Z","person_id":"recQlwNaj6rTE5pHZ","name_en":"Elena Polyakova","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"her flat was searched, system blocks were seized; authorisation was given to wiretap the phone; the editorial office of the newspaper \"Sickle and Hammer\" was searched, Polyakova's computer was seized; she was dismissed from her job; the investigator's motion to dismiss the case was not satisfied by the Moscow Region Prosecutor's Office; on 18 October 2013, she was sentenced to one and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Klin"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2011-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":696,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 119 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["119"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 119"],"case_name_en":"The case of Elena Polyakova","persecution_case_profile_en":"threatened to kill Alena Sokolskaya, Head of the Education Department of the Klinsk Municipal District, on the grounds of hatred or enmity against a social group belonging to the senior staff of the Klinsk Municipal District of the Moscow region","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.10.2013, Sentence: sentences: one year six months suspended","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentences: one year six months suspended","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2013-10-17T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-10-17T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-10-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/10/d28211/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recZB9Y9AtNPgteZf"},{"persecution_id":"rec793SSh8A75mxFw","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:06:54.000Z","person_id":"recKjtnP1mEAtNTfA","name_en":"Dmitry Putenikhin","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-01-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"for pouring water on prosecutor Alexei Smirnov after the Manezhny case sentence, a report was drawn up under the article on a threat or violent actions in connection with the administration of justice or pretrial investigation; Smirnov and police officers claimed that he shouted \"Death to the prosecutor!\", although other eyewitnesses and video footage did not confirm this; he was placed in a pre-trial detention centre; it was later agreed that Putenikhin would plead guilty and the charge would be reclassified under the article on insulting a representative of the authorities; on the day the decision on the measure of restriction was made, he was dismissed from work after a call from the investigator; he was sentenced to seven months of corrective labour","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2011-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_days_from_verdict":62,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":8,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Matvey Krylov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"poured water on an official, causing offence to him","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.12.2011, Sentence: 7 months of correctional labour","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 months of correctional labour","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2011-12-28T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-12-28T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-11-2011\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/3063.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec793SSh8A75mxFw"},{"persecution_id":"recMPlc23Nk42qTAW","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recVEqCTbaLylin93","name_en":"Artem Bystrov","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An anti-fascist and civil activist from Nizhny Novgorod. He was detained on April 26, 2011. In the investigator's office Bystrov was offered to give a confession in order to remain free on his own recognisance, otherwise the investigators promised to get him remanded in custody. He was placed under house arrest. Together with other associates he was accused of hooliganism and creation of an extremist community (fictitious organisation \"R.A.S.H.-Antifa\"). Bystrov was on the wanted list. On January 21, 2026, he was removed from the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2011-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 116 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 115 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","213","282","116","115"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 116","Part 2, Article 115"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Nizhny Novgorod case"],"case_name_en":"Artem Bystrov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"A member of the extremist organisation R.A.S.H.-Antifa, committed hooligan acts motivated by ideological hatred or enmity, participated in a fight","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 26.04.2011\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-11-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/3029.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-01-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/01/d23480/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 26-12-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/35857.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recMPlc23Nk42qTAW"},{"persecution_id":"recNUb9kGAL3dzhF7","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rectjaTX4WkOe6dWO","name_en":"Alexander Domrachev","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On February24, 2011 the Medvedev inter-district investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Mari El issued a ruling on bringing as a defendant in the case of incitement to hatred against the \"social group\" of the police (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) resident Alexander Domrachev, who is accused of creating a group in the network \"Vkontakte\" called \"Beat the cops!!!!! Save Russia!!!\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Medvedevo"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2011-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2011-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2011,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":111,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Domrachev","persecution_case_profile_en":"created a group in one of the social networks with the name \"Beat the cops!!!! 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After the search, he was declared a suspect in the evening. Following interrogation, he signed a non-deportation undertaking. On 11 March 2011, he was charged under part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation). On 28 December 2012, he was sentenced to a fine of 150,000 roubles, but released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2011-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_days_from_verdict":664,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":94,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the St. Petersburg \"Other Russia\" (Case of the Twelve)"],"case_name_en":"The case of 'The Other Russia' in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"knowing that A.A. Pesotsky, A.Y. Dmitriev and A.B. Marochkin had organised the activities of the banned extremist organisation NBP on the territory of St. Petersburg, decided to personally participate in its activities, agreed to become a member of the NBP in the second half of 2007 and the second half of 2009, thereby ensuring the actual continuation of the extremist activities of the NBP. Khrenov's participation in the continuation of the extremist organisation's activities was expressed in the fact that, acting under the organisational leadership of A.Y. Dmitriev, A.A. Pesotsky and A.B. Marochkin, he personally took part in regular meetings of NBP members on the organisation of NBP activities, ensured its financial and economic activities by personally contributing money on a monthly basis, took part in uncoordinated public events organised by the NBP in St. Petersburg aimed at expressing intolerance towards the highest leaders of the NBP, and participated in the activities of the NBP.  In 2010 and 2011, Khrenov, acting on behalf of the NBP, repeatedly personally participated in unlawful mass public events: he publicly expressed the NBP's extremist political views, shouted its slogans and displayed its symbols, thus popularising its prohibited activities, for which he was repeatedly found guilty of violating the established procedure for holding a meeting, rally or demonstration, repeatedly disobeyed the lawful demand of a police officer in connection with the performance of his duty to protect the public","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 03.03.2011 to 27.12.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2012, Sentence: fine: '150,000 roubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations'.\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '150,000 roubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations'.\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-12-27T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-12-27T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-08-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/27427.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2858.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recIZUHPI35deuh1a"},{"persecution_id":"recLBqbWYICifCHEo","last_updated":"2023-11-04T09:24:12.000Z","person_id":"recYJIWcbYzqp5vtH","name_en":"Andriy Ermolenko","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 January 2011 the Chelyabinsk Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk region initiated a criminal case against Andrei Yermolenko under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation based on the materials of the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Urals Federal District with the participation of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Chelyabinsk region. After that, on 2 February 2011, a search was conducted in his flat, during which a personal computer and a laptop were seized, which, in the opinion of the searchers, could contain an article inciting hatred towards the social group \"civil servants\", all books by Yuri Mukhin, as well as other items, documents and valuables. According to the data reported by the person under investigation, a preliminary linguistic study was conducted in the Urals Regional Bureau of Forensic Expertise and it was concluded that the article contained statements aimed at humiliating the dignity of a group of people on the grounds of belonging to certain social groups. At the same time, the police officers did not inform Ermolenko of the date of the research and did not provide the materials of this expertise. The last investigative action as of 14 October 2011 was the appointment of an additional expert examination on 16.06.2011. On 28 December 2011, R.R. Gilmanshin, senior investigator of the Investigative Committee of the Chelyabinsk City Investigation Department, signed a resolution to dismiss the criminal case due to the absence of corpus delicti in Andrei Yermolenko's actions.   \n\nThe resolution to initiate a petition for permission to search was signed and subsequently searched by the investigator for internal affairs of the Chelyabinsk Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region, Captain of Justice A.A. Kolov; also involved in the search was the senior operative of the Department of Internal Affairs for the Urals Federal District, V.V. Kataev, The ruling authorising the search was signed by the judge of the Tractorozavodskiy District Court of Chelyabinsk, E.S. Ageyev. On 28 December the case was dismissed.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2011-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2011-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2011,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Yermolenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"published articles that contained signs of incitement to hatred against the social group \"civil servants\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-02-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/02/d20901/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 19-01-2012\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recLBqbWYICifCHEo"},{"persecution_id":"recUJ981P6fZ90j6X","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recXF1RW9xiA7rF35","name_en":"Suren Gazarian","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Krasnodar region and an environmentalist, he was charged with damaging the fence of a state-owned property, allegedly the dacha of the governor of the Krasnodar region. On June 20, 2012, he was sentenced to three years of probation. Gazaryan left Russia, fearing further persecution, as a criminal case was opened against him for allegedly threatening to kill a security guard at another state-owned property, supposedly \"Putin's dacha.\"","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tuapse"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2011-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2018-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":212,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 167 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["167"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 167 (unknown part)"],"case_group_en":["The case of the fence at Tkachev's dacha (summer residence)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Suren Ghazaryan regarding damage to a fence","persecution_case_profile_en":"He threatened the security guard Pirogov near Molokanova Shchel in the village of Praskoveevka.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.06.2012, Sentence: 3 years' of suspended imprisonment.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' of suspended imprisonment.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-06-19T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-06-19T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-12-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-vitishko\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 22-12-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/5195/gazarjan-suren-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recUJ981P6fZ90j6X"},{"persecution_id":"recL2FGPyvfODzCwG","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recT5EMyQmbPmDel1","name_en":"Anton Lukin (Komarov)","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 31 July 2011, on the eve of the rally and march within the framework of Strategy-31 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, officers of the Centre \"E\" searched the headquarters of the party \"The Other Russia\" within the framework of the criminal case initiated on 24 July on the grounds of the crime of part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code on the fact of distribution of extremist materials at the agitation events of the party \"The Other Russia\". Anton Lukin and Svetlana Kuznetsova, the organisers of the forthcoming action, were detained and office equipment and printed materials were seized at their places of residence; on 4 November 2011, Centre \"E\" officers again detained Lukin and Kuznetsova and took them to the Investigative Committee, where investigator Moiseenko S. A. interrogated Lukin and Kuznetsova. A. questioned Lukin as a witness in an earlier criminal case; in particular, the investigator was interested in the 27th issue of the newspaper \"Vysshaya Mera\" for April-May 2011 and the leaflet \"Victory will be ours!\"The investigator showed Lukin the conclusion of experts, which boiled down to the fact that the newspaper \"Vysshaya Mera\" has an emotionally negative connotation and undermines the authority of the state authorities; these materials had already been seized from the Drugorossi on 1 and 9 May by officers of the Centre \"E\", and a month later were returned by the criminal investigation to the owners with the explanation that the police had no money for linguistic expertise; on 10 November in the prosecutor's office Anton Lukin was charged under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code after confrontation with Svetlana Kuznetsova; on 11 November the judge of the Central District Court of Komsomolsk-on-Amur Galina Parshina satisfied the petition of investigator Moiseenko S.A. The main argument in restricting the freedom of the leader of the Komsomolsk Druga Russians was the information of the Centre \"E\" about Lukin's intention to leave the city in the near future and hide from the investigation; On 7 December Anton Lukin was sent to a pre-trial detention centre on the petition of investigator Moiseenko by the decision of Central District Court judge Valery Berezhnov for having escaped from house arrest on 4 December to take part in a rally against illegitimate elections, where he was detained (at the trial he claimed that he went to the dentist with an acute toothache); then on 17 January he was released by the court, he was released on 26 January; on 28 January 2012 the investigator handed Anton Lukin a new ruling on bringing him as a defendant under para.\"a\" part 2 article 282 of the Criminal Code, part 1 of article 280 of the Criminal Code and part 3 of article 212 of the Criminal Code; at the time of his arrest, Anton Lukin was already serving a suspended sentence: in 2010, Judge Kiseleva found Lukin guilty of offences under part 1 of article 282 (inciting social and inter-ethnic hatred) and part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation); Lukin was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence with two years' probation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2011-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2015-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":654,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":93,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","212","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 3, Article 212","Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Other Russia in Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"case_name_en":"The Case of the Other Russia in Komsomolsk-on-Amur","persecution_case_profile_en":"incited hatred, called for extremist actions and mass riots","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 10.11.2011 to 05.12.2011\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.05.2013, Sentence: terms: 3 years' imprisonment suspended\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"terms: 3 years' imprisonment suspended\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2013-05-07T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-05-07T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-05-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/05/d27076/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-10-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2944.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recL2FGPyvfODzCwG"},{"persecution_id":"recAEv8gxLo4PxnOb","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:58:12.000Z","person_id":"recXCP6pGpnB9VLEt","name_en":"Maksim Kalinichenko","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"After being subjected to administrative arrest for participation in the \"For Fair Elections\" rally on 10 December 2011, Maksim Kalinichenko was accused of calling for mass riots: he was accused of shouting \"Beat the cops!\" during his arrest; he was kept in pre-trial detention for more than a year; on 28 February 2013, he was sentenced to two and a half years of suspended sentence. \n\nIn February 2015, he was detained and arrested on charges of public calls for extremist activities (in connection with the Russian Right Sector group created on VKontakte). In 2015, he was sentenced to two years and seven months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2011-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2015-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":445,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212","Part 2, Article 318"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Kalinichenko's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"shouted: \"Beat the cops!\" when a group of unknown hooligans attacked OMON officers who were monitoring the movement of participants between the two sites at the \"For Fair Elections\" rally ","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2011-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.12.2011 to 28.02.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.02.2013, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2013-02-27T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-02-27T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-02-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/3401.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recAEv8gxLo4PxnOb"},{"persecution_id":"recjAFEBd5DViFqBW","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec2eONPVQyZUirND","name_en":"Yaroslav Nemchaninov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On January 27th, 2011, at 7:20 a.m., Yaroslav Nemchaninov's home was searched by officers of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation and the Centre for Counteraction to Extremism of the Kirov Oblast Department of Internal Affairs. A criminal case was opened against him under Article 282 (\"Incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity\").\nThe investigation into the case lasted five months. During the investigation, more than a dozen witnesses were questioned and several expert examinations were conducted. As a result, specialists from the Saratov Forensic Expertise Laboratory came to the conclusion that the leaflet Nemchaninov was charged with did not specify the object of the crime. Social-psychological expertise also did not see signs of a criminal offense in the leaflet.\nAs a result, the case was terminated \"due to the absence of corpus delicti\". ","persecution_occupation_en":["Officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2011-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2011-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2011,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yaroslav Nemchaninov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Incited hatred towards the group \"deputies of the State Duma other than the KPRF faction\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-01-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/01/d20855/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recjAFEBd5DViFqBW"},{"persecution_id":"recc7FuV3bTCc9X3A","last_updated":"2023-11-07T09:24:18.000Z","person_id":"recGmiWTqCbgjs68O","name_en":"Ilhom Merazhov","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 11 October 2011, he was detained and his apartment was searched, during which books by Said Nursi were seized. He was charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 27 May 2013, he was sentenced to one year of suspended imprisonment. On 15 August, the court of second instance upheld the sentence. At the end of June 2014, Merazhov was reported to have been removed from the list of organisations and individuals in respect of whom there is information about their involvement in extremist activity or terrorism.\n\nLater Merazhov was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation as part of the case of continuing the activities of a cell of a non-existent organisation called \"Nurdzhular\" in the Novosibirsk region. He left Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2011-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2014-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":594,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Novosibirsk imams"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Novosibirsk imams","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of the Nurdzhular religious association in Novosibirsk, knowing that it was banned as an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.05.2013, Sentence: terms: one year suspended\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"terms: one year suspended\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2013-05-26T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-05-26T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 07-02-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/02/d26407/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recc7FuV3bTCc9X3A"},{"persecution_id":"recRTgQB7gVSelDJ7","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:15:34.000Z","person_id":"reclYmGV44byt6KdM","name_en":"Philip Kostenko","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"After a lengthy action to redesign posters of the All-Russian People's Front in 2011, a criminal case was brought against Filipp Kostenko. The court refused to remand him in custody, taking into account the arguments of the defence, which pointed out that the poster was not cultural heritage and did not represent a high value for the owners. On 16 May 2012 Kostenko was sentenced to a fine of 10 thousand rubles (≈$330 as of 16.05.2012).\n\nOn 23 June 2011, a case of insulting a police officer was brought against Kostenko following the action \"The Dog of the System and its Box\" on 1 March 2011, when Kostenko together with other activists brought a box with inscriptions \"militia\" and \"police\" to Gostiny Dvor. During an altercation with a policeman, someone put the box on his head; the police thought that Kostenko had done it. His flat was searched and Kostenko was taken to the Centre for Countering Extremism for questioning. Kostenko was later arrested twice for 15 days. On 15 May 2012, he was sentenced to a fine of 10 thousand rubles (≈$330 as of 15.05.2012).","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2011-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2012-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":327,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Kostenko's case of insulting a police officer","persecution_case_profile_en":"insulted a police officer by putting a box over his head","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.05.2012, Sentence: fine: 'ten thousand rubles'\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: 'ten thousand rubles'\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":10000,"first_verdict_date":"2012-05-14T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-05-14T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-02-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/43420.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-01-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/01/d23423/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recRTgQB7gVSelDJ7"},{"persecution_id":"reckN8ukrNqZRnCYj","last_updated":"2026-01-19T07:45:53.000Z","person_id":"recGq1XCcobD14z8V","name_en":"Ruslan Khubaev","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ruslan Khubaev is the former head of the Murmansk branch of the banned National Bolshevik Party and later the Other Russia. In 2006, he was accused of insulting a representative of the authorities because of a rally against conscription and Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov, as well as because of illegal possession and sale of drugs, while it was an FSB officer who was witnessing against him (before that, Khubaev had bullets planted in his apartment). The insult charge was later dropped. He was sentenced to 4.5 years in a strict regime colony. According to his fellow party members and human rights activists, the case was falsified. In October 2010, he was released. On 22 December 2010, his apartment was searched and a large box of literature and money were seized (on the same day, the homes of other activists of the Other Russia and other opposition movements were searched in Murmansk).\n\nOn 26 March 2011, Khubaev was arrested in connection with the clashes over the Manezh case. On 28 October 2011, he was sentenced to four years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. The court of second instance reduced the sentence by two months. Khubaev was released on 23 January 2015.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2011-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":216,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","213","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282 (unknown part)","Part 2, Article 213","Part 3, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Manezhnaya case "],"case_name_en":"The Manezhnaya case","persecution_case_profile_en":"called for mass disorder, incited hatred, committed hooliganism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2011-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.03.2011 to 19.05.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.05.2012 to 23.01.2015, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.03.2011\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.10.2011, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":46,"first_verdict_date":"2011-10-27T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-10-27T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 13-03-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/29898.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-11-2011\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/3040.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reckN8ukrNqZRnCYj"},{"persecution_id":"recNRKuSnPxMunYNn","last_updated":"2023-11-10T18:38:20.000Z","person_id":"recdTQhhhLOIQF2Ga","name_en":"Oleg Vorotnikov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a former member of the art group \"War\".\n\nOn the morning of 15 November 2010, the rented flat in Moscow, where the members of the group lived, was searched by operatives of the Central Investigation Department from St. Petersburg, people there were sent to the Begovoy police station, and Oleg Vorotnikov and Leonid Nikolaev were taken to St. Petersburg. They were put bags over their heads and were subjected to physical abuse by police officers, which left the detainees with signs of beating. On 16 November the detainees were taken to the St. Petersburg temporary detention centre. On 17 November during the preventive measure trial it was decided to keep them in custody for two months. The reason for the prosecution was the \"Palace Coup\" action near Mikhailovsky Castle, during which several police cars were overturned.\n\nOn 24 November 2010 Vorotnikov and Nikolayev were charged under paragraph \"b\" part 1 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Hooliganism, i.e. gross violation of public order, expressing obvious disrespect for society, committed on the grounds of political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity or on the grounds of hatred or enmity towards a social group\"), which was reclassified on 21 December to p. \"b\" part 1, part 2 of article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, i.e. hooliganism committed by a group of persons. On 21 February 2011, Dzerzhinsky District Court decided to release Vorotnikov on bail of 300 thousand rubles. On 24 February, the required bail was paid and the artist was released from the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nOn 14 April 2011, it became known that a case was opened against Oleg Vorotnikov, a member of the art group \"War\", on the grounds of crimes under paragraph \"b\" part 1 of article 213 (hooliganism motivated by political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on the grounds of hatred or enmity against a social group), article 319 (public insult of a representative of the authorities in the performance of his official duties or in connection with their execution) and part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (use of force in the exercise of his official duties) and part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (use of force in the exercise of his official duties). Article 318 of the Criminal Code (use of violence not dangerous to life or health or threat of violence against an official or his relatives in connection with the performance of his official duties). According to the investigation, on the evening of 31 March 2011, during an unauthorized rally on Nevsky Prospekt, Vorotnikov tore off the uniform caps of several police officers and threw them on the roadway, and then hit one of the policemen twice on the head; then he jumped on the bonnet of the official car of the Department of Internal Affairs and damaged the rear-view mirror, after which he was detained by police officers.\n\nIn June 2011, the two cases were merged. On 11 October 2011, the \"Palace Coup\" case was closed, but in November it was reopened at the request of the prosecutor's office.\n\nShortly after the initiation of the second case Vorotnikov left the country.\n\nIn the summer of 2014, it was reported that Vorotnikov was awaiting a decision on extradition on his own recognisance in Venice.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2011-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 213 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","318","319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 213 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 318","Article 319 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Vorotnikov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"On the evening of 31 March 2011, at 49 Nevsky Prospekt, as an activist and participant in an unsanctioned rally, he tore off the uniform caps of several police officers, which he threw onto the roadway of Nevsky Prospekt, after which he hit an officer of the 78th police department of the Central District Department of Internal Affairs twice in the head with his hand, causing him physical pain; he poured urine-like liquid on police officers who were detaining participants in the event.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-04-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/02/d21026/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recNRKuSnPxMunYNn"},{"persecution_id":"recCpE5yaksbqxXBT","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rectB40z1lJCCQo8d","name_en":"Roman Kilin","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In 2009, Kilin posted the video \"Russia 88 (Babulka)\" and the song \"Glory of Russia\" by the \"Kolovrat\" band on his page on the social network VKontakte.\nOn 29 April 2011, the court sentenced Kilin to one year and six months suspended sentence.\nOn 16 August 2011, as a result of an appeal filed by the defence, a second court session of the Leninsky District Court of Kemerovo was held, during which Kilin was also found guilty under part 1 of article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the punishment was not changed.\n\nOn November 1, 2011, in the course of consideration of cassation appeals of the defence, the judicial board for criminal cases of the Kemerovo Regional Court decided: leave the appeal verdict of the Leninsky District Court of Kemerovo unchanged, the cassation appeals of the defence without satisfaction\nOn 1 November 2011 the verdict of the Leninsky District Court of Kemerovo entered into legal force","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2011-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2014-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":0,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":0,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Kilin case","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted a video calling for extremist activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2011, Sentence: one year six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"one year six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2011-04-28T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-04-28T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-04-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/racism-xenophobia/news/counteraction/2011/04/d21526/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recCpE5yaksbqxXBT"},{"persecution_id":"recpy8CG5yLGej6Gy","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:07:31.000Z","person_id":"rectP9DJ2lToH9HTQ","name_en":"Andrei Romanov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 17 May 2011, a search was conducted in Romanov's flat as part of a criminal case opened in connection with the publication on the website mkedo.ru of the video \"Fascists in shoulder straps\", which filmed the scene of Romanov's detention. The prosecutor demanded to interrogate Romanov's six-year-old daughter. Investigators visited the kindergarden and place of work. In July 2014, it became known that a new case had been opened against Romanov in connection with the publication of a text in social networks that only Maidan could defeat Putin. Romanov and his family left Russia. In October 2014, after Romanov's departure, there was information about his detention in Magnitogorsk.\n\nOn 8 September 2021, a case was opened against Romanov for participation in the activities of an extremist community.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magnitogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2011-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Magnitogorsk trade union activists","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the publication on the website mkedo.ru of the video \"Fascists in epaulettes\", where the scene of Romanov's detention was filmed","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-08-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/05/d21669/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recpy8CG5yLGej6Gy"},{"persecution_id":"recwQpuCYGQWrtXyf","last_updated":"2025-08-05T07:49:55.000Z","person_id":"recXJpYS49suWM9ks","name_en":"Kirill Unchuk","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In March 2011, Unchuk was detained by police officers. On the same day Ruslan Khubaev, another activist of the Other Russia party, was detained as well. Both activists, as well as Igor Bereziuk, a member of \"Drugaia Rossia\" (\"Other Russia\") detained on 31 January, were suspected of organising and preparing to commit unlawful acts - mass riots on 11 December 2010 on Manezhnaya Square, when more than five thousand young people came to a mourning rally demanding a thorough investigation into the murder of Spartak FC fan E. Sviridov.  The day after the events on Manezhnaya Square on 11 December 2010, Interior Minister R. Nurgaliev stated that the riots were provoked by \"left-wing radicals,\" which, according to police classification, included activists of the \"Drugaia Rossia\" party.\n\nDuring the trial in October 2011, the prosecutor excluded the article on hooliganism from the charges against Unchuk as overly imputed.\n\nWhile serving his sentence in the penal colony No. 4 in Nizhnekamsk, Unchuk was placed in a punishment cell for 2 months, allegedly after a conflict with the head of the colony. At that moment, Unchuk was preparing to apply for parole, which could be forgotten about after the punishment cell.\n\nOn 21 March 2014, Unchuk was released.\n\nEarlier in 2009, Unchuk was sentenced to a year in prison with a probation period of two years under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for participation in the activities of the banned organisation \"National Bolshevik Party\" for the action of seizure of the Foreign Ministry reception room by the National Bolsheviks in 2008, when about 20 people handcuffed themselves in the offices of officials in protest against the lack of support for Russian citizens living in the Baltic States.\n\nIn July 2025, it became known that Unchuk had died in the war in Ukraine.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2011-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":219,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Article 213 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","213","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212","Article 213 (unknown part)","Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Manezhnaya case "],"case_name_en":"The Manezhnaya case","persecution_case_profile_en":"called for mass disorder, disrupted public peace, incited hatred or enmity","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2011-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2014-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.03.2011 to 11.07.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.07.2012 to 04.08.2013, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.08.2013 to 20.03.2014, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.10.2011, Sentence: terms: 3 years of imprisonment (Unchuk was sentenced to 2 years 6 months of imprisonment under part 1 of article 318, but the previously imposed suspended sentence dated 12.10.2009 for the action at the Foreign Ministry was revoked, and the punishment not served under the sentence for the action in the Foreign Ministry was partially added to the punishment imposed on Unchuk. Thus, the final sentence is 3 years of imprisonment)\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"terms: 3 years of imprisonment (Unchuk was sentenced to 2 years 6 months of imprisonment under part 1 of article 318, but the previously imposed suspended sentence dated 12.10.2009 for the action at the Foreign Ministry was revoked, and the punishment not served under the sentence for the action in the Foreign Ministry was partially added to the punishment imposed on Unchuk. Thus, the final sentence is 3 years of imprisonment)\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2011-10-27T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-10-27T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-11-2011\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/3040.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recwQpuCYGQWrtXyf"},{"persecution_id":"recLL9TodlEEEkTP1","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:02:00.000Z","person_id":"recQhc0BSSCwiNwoo","name_en":"Andey Milyuk","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On April 11, 2011, he became a suspect in the case of the St. Petersburg political party \"The Other Russia\"; on April 15, the Investigative Committee charged him under Article 282.2 Part 2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation); during the testimony at the trial he stated that after the ban of the NBP (National Bolshevik Party) in 2007 he did not continue its activities, but engaged in politics within the \"The Other Russia\" organisation ; on December 28, 2012, he was sentenced to a fine of 150 000 roubles, but was exempted from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists","Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2011-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_days_from_verdict":626,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the St. Petersburg \"Other Russia\" (Case of the Twelve)"],"case_name_en":"The case of 'The Other Russia' in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"Milyuk, knowing that A.A. Pesotsky, A.Y. Dmitriev and A.B. Marochkin had organised the activities of the banned extremist organisation NBP (National Bolshevik Party) on the territory of St. Petersburg, decided to personally participate in its activities, and from the second half of 2007-2008 agreed to become a member of the NBP, thereby ensuring the continued implementation of extremist activities by NBP.  According to the investigation, Milyuk's participation in the continued activities of the extremist organisation was expressed in the fact that, acting under the organisational leadership of A.Y. Dmitriev, A.A. Pesotsky and A.B. Marochkin, he personally took part in regular meetings of NBP members on the organisation of NBP activities.  He facilitated its financial and economic activities by personally contributing money on a monthly basis, participated in NBP's unauthorised public events in St. Petersburg, expressing intolerance towards the higher authorities, and popularising NBP's prohibited activities, including events held on the 31st day of each month.  In 2008, 2010 and 2011, acting on behalf of the NBP, Milyuk repeatedly participated in illegal mass public events: publicly expressed the NBP's extremist political views, shouted its slogans, displayed its symbols, thereby promoting its prohibited activities. He was repeatedly found guilty of violating the established procedure for holding meetings, rallies or demonstrations, repeatedly disobeyed the lawful demand of a police officer in connection with the performance of his duty to maintain public order.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 10.04.2011 to 27.12.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2012, Sentence: 150,000 roubles fine, but he was exempt from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"150,000 roubles fine, but he was exempt from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-12-27T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-12-27T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2858.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-08-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/27427.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recLL9TodlEEEkTP1"},{"persecution_id":"recWIEXJ6wxBBRLLa","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rechgcBu1ESqoS2mH","name_en":"Oleg Gembaruk","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on charges of involvement in a non-existent extremist organisation; a recognizance not to leave imposed as a preventive measure; on 4 March 2013, the court discontinued proceedings on charges of participation in an extremist community, intentional infliction of minor harm to health and battery motivated by hatred or enmity against a social group due to the expiry of the statute of limitations; the only remaining charge was hooliganism; on 27 December 2013 he was amnestied.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2011-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 116 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","213","282","116"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 116"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Nizhny Novgorod case"],"case_name_en":"Nizhny Novgorod case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was a member of the extremist organisation \"R.A.S.H.-Antifa\"; committed hooligan actions motivated by ideological hatred or enmity; was involved in a fight. Gembaruk pleaded guilty to being involved in the fight.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 25.08.2011 to 26.12.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-11-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/3029.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 26-12-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/35857.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-01-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/01/d23480/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recWIEXJ6wxBBRLLa"},{"persecution_id":"recxiRM8AQxFYBnN3","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:00:04.000Z","person_id":"recSFdXfwjjFbn12J","name_en":"Nikolay Kuznetsov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"during a break in the court hearing in the administrative case against Kuznetsov, police officers tried to take away his video camera; almost two months later, a case was initiated due to the fact that Kuznetsov had allegedly assaulted police officer A.V. Baranov; in March 2013, sentenced to two years' suspended sentence","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Stupino"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2011-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2016-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":538,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nikolai Kuznetsov","persecution_case_profile_en":"He grabbed police lieutenant Baranov A.V. from behind by the neck with both hands, threw him on a nearby table and began to squeeze Baranov's throat with his hands, causing him physical pain.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 02.07.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.03.2013, Sentence: 2 years of deprivation of liberty with 3 years of probation","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of deprivation of liberty with 3 years of probation","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2013-03-19T10:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-03-19T10:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Ecouznik:\n Date: 08-01-2014\n Status: Eco-prisoner\n Source: http://www.slideshare.net/OlegKozyrev/2013-29833622\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Ecouznik"],"aid":"recxiRM8AQxFYBnN3"},{"persecution_id":"recRmB9tWqN7iDr42","last_updated":"2025-01-10T09:54:23.000Z","person_id":"recYyOXp9xyDXswt6","name_en":"Pyotr Ofitserov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May 2011, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Ofitserov for causing property damage to the company Kirovles by deception. On 10 April 2012, the case was dismissed for lack of corpus delicti but it was reopened on 29 May 2012 by order of the leadership of the Investigative Committee of Russia. According to the investigation, Pyotr Ofitserov assisted Alexei Navalny by purchasing at market price timber products that had been bought underpriced from Kirovles. The defense argued that the purchase from Kirovles was made at market prices. On 18 July 2013, the Leninsky District Court of Kirov sentenced Ofitserov to four years in prison. Ofitserov was taken into custody in the courtroom, but spent less than a day in the pre-trial detention centre. The next day the court, on the proposal of the prosecutor's office, ruled to release Ofitserov on his own recognisance until the sentence enters into legal force. On 16 October 2013, the Kirov Regional Court replaced Ofitserov's real sentence with a suspended one.\n\nIn November 2016, the Supreme Court cancelled the sentence due to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which recognised the prosecution as groundless. The Leninsky Court of Kirov began to re-examine the case. On 1 February 2017, the court ruled to release Ofitserov on personal recognisance. On 8 February, he was sentenced to a four-year suspended sentence.\n\nOfitserov died in July 2018.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2011-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2018-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":800,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 160 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["160"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 160"],"case_name_en":"The Kirovles case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Ofitserov was head of the Vyatka Forest Company, which purchased underpriced timber products from Kirovles and then sold them to consumers at market prices.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.02.2017\n• recognizance not to leave: from 19.07.2013 to 16.10.2013\n• in custody: from 18.07.2013 to 19.07.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.02.2017, Sentence: 4 years' suspended sentence and a fine of 500,000 rubles (US$ 5,450)• First instance court on the merits, 18.07.2013, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment and a fine of 500 thousand rubles (US$4,450)","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Fine","Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' suspended sentence and a fine of 500,000 rubles (US$ 5,450)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2013-07-17T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-02-07T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-10-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/87097.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-04-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/153769.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recRmB9tWqN7iDr42"},{"persecution_id":"recRrKxq2oh3AtTKr","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"recrG8G11wcGzr29f","name_en":"Rinat Galiullin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attV5JNokfLyIv9rL.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attV5JNokfLyIv9rL.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Rinat Galiullin is an alleged member of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. He was first detained in December 2004 in the Chelyabinsk shopping centre \"Karavan-Saray\", where he distributed leaflets entitled \"Russian law enforcement agencies falsify facts and wrongly accuse Hizb ut-Tahrir\". Subsequently, he was released; however, in 2005, following a search that uncovered literature of the movement in his possession, criminal proceedings were initiated against him for participation in the activities of a religious organization whose activity had been prohibited by a court decision on the grounds of extremist activity. Galiullin was arrested. He was accused of \"taking an active part in the activities of the organisation and trying to spread its teachings among Chelyabinsk residents who profess Islam\". In November 2005, Galiullin was given a one-year suspended sentence.\n\nIn 2006, a case was brought against Galiullin and three other Chelyabinsk residents, members of Hizb ut-Tahrir, in connection with the distribution of the Sakaafat newspaper and literature of the movement, as well as with \"other actions aimed at involving Russian citizens in the activities of a banned religious organisation\". In December 2007, Galiullin was sentenced to a year and three months in an open prison.\n\nIn May 2011, after a search, a case was brought against Galiullin under the article on organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 20 May, another search was conducted at Galiullin's home. On 30 July 2012, сriminal proceedings were initiated against Galiullin on charges of preparation for actions aimed at the violent seizure of power and the violent alteration of the constitutional order (after which, on July 31, 2012, he was taken into custody), as well as for inducing and involving other persons in terrorist activities. The investigation considered Galiullin to be the organiser of the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in the South Ural, and as a result he was charged with \"organising activities\" instead of \"participating in activities\". On 21 November 2013, Galiullin was sentenced to six and a half years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. On 2 February 2015, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five years. In the summer of 2016, he was transferred to a chamber type room.\n\nOn 28 July 2017, the day of his release, Galiullin was detained in connection with a new case — the one on the dissemination of Hizb ut-Tahrir ideas among prisoners. On 17 August 2018, he was sentenced to eight years in a penal colony.\n\nPresumably, he was released on 25 July 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2011-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":916,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":130,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","282.2","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Chelyabinsk Hizb ut-Tahrir case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"While in custody, he had individual and collective conversations with inmates, trying to involve them in activites of Hizb-ut-Tahrir.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 20.05.2011 to 31.07.2012\n• in custody: from 01.08.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 3 of the Saratov Region Penitentiary Department of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"\n• Unknown: , LIU-3 of the Saratov region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2013, Sentence: 6 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony and 1 year's restriction of liberty with a fine of 150 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony and 1 year's restriction of liberty with a fine of 150 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-18,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2013-11-21T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-11-21T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 06-01-2014\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/112338.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-12-2013\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/180561.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-11-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2013/11/d28453/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recRrKxq2oh3AtTKr"},{"persecution_id":"recfpdcy440XjFmvl","last_updated":"2026-02-06T22:03:32.000Z","person_id":"recncDtZfL7GjG4LD","name_en":"Baisalbek Saitov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"On 7 December 2022, the sentence was handed down, details unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2011-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_ended":"2014-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":258,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Baisalbek Saitov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Conducted preaching work in Ulan-Ude, held meetings and studied Tablighi Jamaat literature","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.09.2011, Sentence: One year of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of two years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of two years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2011-09-16T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-09-16T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-02-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/02/d23718/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recfpdcy440XjFmvl"},{"persecution_id":"recrzi0d6D4saBjDO","last_updated":"2025-05-19T20:22:37.000Z","person_id":"recKDezLNyuwCujoL","name_en":"Sergey Sandin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 2 February 2011, officers of the Centre for Countering Extremism searched Sandin's place of residence. He was taken to the police station, where he was held for more than a day without food and water, not allowed to sleep and being pressed (including physical pressure) in order to obtain confessions against other members of the Barnaul anarchist community. In the ward Sandin had an asthma attack. During the search, computers and other office equipment were seized. The search was carried out with procedural violations, the search warrant did not contain a stamp.\nThe reason for the case was a poster on sexual infections with the inscription \"Do you need such travelling companions?\", on which were pasted portraits of Putin, Medvedev, Zyuganov, Zhirinovsky and the governor of Altai Krai Alexander Karlin.\nIn 2012, the criminal case was closed due to lack of an offence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2011-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Barnaul anarchists","persecution_case_profile_en":"made a protest poster out of a medical centre billboard depicting germs causing sexually transmitted diseases, pasting pictures of Medvedev, Putin, Zhirinovsky, Zyuganov and Altai Territory Governor Alexander Karlin on it","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2011\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/2863.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-08-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/08/d22299/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recrzi0d6D4saBjDO"},{"persecution_id":"recDE4Amtg4BWjXin","last_updated":"2025-07-21T13:25:32.000Z","person_id":"recevbfx80lIGcW9L","name_en":"Roman Khabarov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Khabarov, as a former police officer who was dismissed after failing a re-certification, gave several interviews violations in the police. In November 2011, a case of misconduct was initiated against him. Later, after the release of the NTV film \"Anatomy of Protest-2\", a search was conducted at his place.\n\nIn February 2014, Khabarov was accused of involvement in the organisation of a criminal group engaged in illegal gambling. Since July 2014, he was the only one of the accused who was left in custody. On November 8, 2018, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. He was released on June 26, 2020.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2011-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 330 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 330 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Vigilante case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Gave legal advice to businessman Sergei Baidikov without being a police officer","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• \n Date: 30-03-2015\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recDE4Amtg4BWjXin"},{"persecution_id":"recRWBPF3558PVQV4","last_updated":"2023-11-10T18:03:05.000Z","person_id":"recfsBYdytoJ1bzv2","name_en":"Boris Obraztsov","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On February 8, 2011, the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Kaliningrad region received a statement from journalist Maxim Makarov against the publisher and founder of the newspaper \"Tridevyatiy Region\" Boris Obraztsov.\n\nOn March 16, 2011, it became known that a criminal case under part 1 of the Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement to hatred and humiliation of dignity based on religious affiliation using the media) had been opened against Boris Obraztsov. A representative of the Centre for Russian Culture made a statement about the initiation of the case.\n\nThe reason for the lawsuit was a comment to the article \"Spiritual regulations of pret-a-porter\" left by Boris Obraztsov in the \"VIP\" supplement to the newspaper \"Tridevyatiy Region - Kaliningrad\".\n\nThe trial, which began on July 21, did not satisfy the prosecutor's request for a sentence of 1.5 years of imprisonment in a settlement colony for the publisher.\n\nOn September 19, 2011, the Leningradsky District Court of Kaliningrad issued a guilty verdict. Obraztsov was sentenced to a 110,000 roubles fine.\n\nOn December 5, 2011, searches took place in Boris Obraztsov's apartment and in his workplace in Kaliningrad.\n\nObraztsov was informed about the new criminal case by the officers of the Centre \"E\" (Centre for Combating Extremism) who conducted the search. Allegedly, it was initiated due to the repeated posting of the comment on the Internet, for which he had already been fined.\n\nThe comment was posted on  November 15 or 16. Obraztsov denies having anything to do with it.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2011-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2011-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2011,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":222,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Boris Obraztsov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The commentary to the article \"Spiritual regulations of pret-a-porter\", posted on behalf of Obraztsov and published in the \"VIP\" supplement of the newspaper \"Tridevyatiy Region - Kaliningrad\", contains \"words and expressions degrading the dignity of a group of persons on the basis of their attitude to religion, including persons of the Orthodox faith and clergymen of the Russian Orthodox Church\" (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of Russia).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2011, Sentence: a fine of 110 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 110 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":110000,"first_verdict_date":"2011-09-18T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-09-18T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-09-2011\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/03/d21212/\n• \n Date: 18-09-2011\n Source: http://openinform.ru/news/pursuit/19.09.2011/25642/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recRWBPF3558PVQV4"},{"persecution_id":"recYorsfaZ9CGDHbw","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recfSKY0QPAQfLwF4","name_en":"Svetlana Kuznetsova","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On July 31, 2011, on the eve of the rally and march as part of Strategy-31 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, officers from the Center \"E\" conducted a search at the headquarters of the \"The Other Russia\" party in connection with a criminal case initiated on July 24. The case was related to the distribution of extremist materials during the party's promotional events. The organizers of the upcoming action, Anton Lukin and Svetlana Kuznetsova, were detained, and office equipment and printed materials were confiscated from their residences. On November 4, 2011, Centre \"E\" officers again detained Lukin and Kuznetsova and brought them to the Investigative Committee. On November 10, Lukin was charged by the prosecutor's office under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code following a confrontation with Kuznetsova. Kuznetsova received a one-and-a-half-year probationary sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2011-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":654,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":93,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","212","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 3, Article 212","Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Other Russia in Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"case_name_en":"The Case of the Other Russia in Komsomolsk-on-Amur","persecution_case_profile_en":"incited hatred, called for mass riots and extremist actions","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 03.11.2011 to 07.05.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.05.2013, Sentence: sentences: one year six months' suspended imprisonment\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentences: one year six months' suspended imprisonment\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2013-05-07T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-05-07T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 12-05-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/22482.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-05-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/05/d27076/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recYorsfaZ9CGDHbw"},{"persecution_id":"reccshO99i0HatekE","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reci60xHOpyR7KMOL","name_en":"Igor Berezyuk","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Belarus"],"story_en":"Igor Berezyuk is an activist, sympathiser of the Other Russia party, and a citizen of Belarus. He took part in the events on Manezhnaya Square on 11 December 2010, where he clashed with police and attacked people of \"non-Slavic\" appearance. He was detained in the office of the Other Russia on 30 January 2011 as part of a series of searches on the eve of the \"Strategy-31\" event. The court found him guilty of hooliganism, use of violence against a representative of the authorities, involving a minor in the commission of an offence, calls for mass disorder and incitement to hatred. The Tverskoy district court sentenced him to five and a half years in prison; the Moscow City Court later reduced the sentence by four months. Human rights activists believe that Berezyuk, as well as two other defendants in the Manezhnaya case, Ruslan Khubaev and Kirill Unchuk, became a victim of persecution due to their involvement in the activities of the Other Russia, as they were among the few prosecuted for the events in which hundreds of people took part, and in addition, people charged together with him, but not related to the Other Russia, received lesser sentences.\n\nOn 29 April 2016, he was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2011-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":270,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 150 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["150","213","318","212","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 150 (unknown part)","Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 318","Part 3, Article 212","Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Manezhnaya case "],"case_name_en":"The Manezhnaya case","persecution_case_profile_en":"hit a riot policeman Ilya Naumov on the head, committed hooliganism with weapons, called for mass disorder, incited hatred, paid a minor Ilya Kubrakov money and gave him a megaphone to shout slogans","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2011-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2011, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Belgorod region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Belgorod region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Belgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2012 to 01.03.2014, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Belgorod region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.03.2014 to 29.04.2016, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Belgorod region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.06.2012 to 01.01.2012, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Belgorod region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.10.2011, Sentence: five years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"five years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":63,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2011-10-27T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-10-27T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-11-2011\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/3040.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 13-03-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/29898.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reccshO99i0HatekE"},{"persecution_id":"recWNqr9kzxLoMV9e","last_updated":"2024-07-25T15:34:56.000Z","person_id":"recBBwpCRKE9g9uun","name_en":"Maxim Petlin","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Maxim Petlin is a former member of the Ekaterinburg City Duma and Chairman of the Sverdlovsk regional branch of the Yabloko party. He was accused of extorting 3 million roubles from the director of a construction firm involved in the development of a park, in defence of which Petlin was involved. On 22 February 2011 he was detained by FSB officers. On 24 February he was released on bail. Then arrested on 26 August 2011. On 23 March 2012, he was released on bail of 5 million roubles. On 21 March 2013 Petlin was sentenced to three years in prison. Some human rights activists consider Petlin's case to be political, particularly since Petlin's participation in organised rallies was cited as one of the grounds for detention. In addition, the local department of the FSB tapped his phone and read his correspondence for a long time. On 20 August 2015, he was released","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2011-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":756,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":108,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 290 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["290"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 290 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Petlin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"extorted 3 million roubles from Sergey Vorobyev, General Director of Forum Group CJSC","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2011-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.08.2011 to 23.03.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 21.02.2011\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 20.08.2015, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.03.2013, Sentence: Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2013-03-19T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-03-19T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-12-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/22420.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recWNqr9kzxLoMV9e"},{"persecution_id":"rec4DuInZWskmBHgn","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec0NlAtByge0BtIw","name_en":"Albert Gainutdinov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Gainutdinov's flat was searched in his absence, a membership card of the non-existent extremist organisation \"R.A.S.H.-Antifa\" was planted, and a \"charter\" of the organisation was written on a seized computer by police officers; he is on the federal wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2011-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 116 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","213","282","116"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 116"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Nizhny Novgorod case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Albert Gainutdinov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Member of the extremist organisation \"R.A.S.H.-Antifa\", committed hooligan acts motivated by ideological hatred or enmity, participated in a fight","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 26-12-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/35857.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-11-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/3029.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-01-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/01/d23480/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec4DuInZWskmBHgn"},{"persecution_id":"rec01WgxHui5PCnFf","last_updated":"2023-11-26T13:59:06.000Z","person_id":"recnk27a6OSx9N1Qz","name_en":"Igor Matveev","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 12 May 2011, Major Igor Matveev, Head of the Troops and Security Service of the 107th brigade of the Russian Interior Ministry's Internal Troops (MVD RF) stationed in Vladivostok, published a video message describing the facts of corruption in the military unit. The message was based on the facts presented on 16 and 25 April 2011 to the commander of the Eastern District and the Chief of Internal Troops of the Russian Interior Ministry respectively. In particular, he reported that immigrants from China were living illegally on the territory of the unit, and servicemen were given dog food instead of canned meat. A few days after the publication of the highly publicised message, Matveev was dismissed, allegedly for violation of military discipline and prolonged absence from work.\n\nAt the same time, on 1 May 2011, P. Lukanin, a warrant officer of the RF Ministry of Internal Affairs, who was detained on 23 February 2011 by FDCN officers for selling drugs (after Lukanin testified against Matveev, the case was changed to drug possession), wrote a report to the commander of the military unit in which he claimed that he had been beaten by Matveev on 24 February. The reasons why Lukanin \"remembered\" the beating two months later remain unknown; the medical examination was conducted only on 25 May 2011, which made it impossible to establish the exact time of the beating. On 12 May, the collected materials were transferred by the unit's management to the 304 Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, located in Vladivostok. Following this, on 19 May 2011, another serviceman, Sergeant Chernakov, wrote a statement about beatings and abuse of authority by Matveev on 24 February, i.e. almost 3 months later. According to the working group of the Russian Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, the investigation and trial in Matveev's case were conducted with gross procedural violations. Among the witnesses for the prosecution were servicemen who had been tried in criminal cases of abuses exposed by Matveev, and Warrant Officer Lukanin himself was in dire need of a positive characterisation by the unit command. Judge of the Vladivostok garrison military court V.G. Frantsuz on 9 September 2011 on charges of committing two episodes of a crime under para. \"a\", part 3, article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Exceeding official authority, committed with the use or threat of violence\"), sentenced Igor Matveev to 4 years' deprivation of liberty with forfeiture of his military rank. On 6 February 2012, the Judicial Board of the Pacific Fleet Military Court reduced the sentence to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with deprivation of the military rank of major.\n\nThe day before Igor Matveev was sentenced, on 8 September 2011, former serviceman A. Zebnitsky, who was detained for desertion in the summer of 2010 with Matveev's involvment, filed a complaint against the latter under paragraph \"a\" of part 3 of article 286 (\"Exceeding official powers, committed with the use of violence or threat of violence\") and part 3 of article 159 (\"Fraud committed by a person using his official position\") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The case was also based solely on the testimony of the victim, who had written a statement against Matveev when the major's criminal case was being considered in court, a year after the \"fact\" of the \"extortion\". The victim's testimony was contradictory and did not correspond to the actual circumstances of the case, changing during the investigation. In particular, on the day of the alleged transfer of the extorted money by Zebnitsky, Matveev was in Moscow and could not physically receive it; the handcuffs allegedly placed on the victim on 9-10 June and 20-31 July 2010 were actually given to Matveev between 11 June and 5 July 2010; the mobile phone details of Matveev and Zebnitsky exclude the possibility of their meeting on the days of the money transfer. A detailed description of the contradictions in this case was given by the military prosecutor of the Pacific Fleet S.A. Kolomiets, who pointed them out to the head of the military investigation department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Pacific Fleet V.A. Grunin. Nevertheless, on 28 December 2012, the case was referred to the court, which on 10 December 2014 sentenced Matveev under part 3 of article 286, part 3 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Fraud committed by a person using his official position\") to 4 years and 5 months of imprisonment with deprivation of military rank. Released on 8 February 2016","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2011-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2016-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":119,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":17,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 286 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["286"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 286"],"case_name_en":"The Igor Matveev case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he battered warrant officer Pavel Lukanin and sergeant Sergei Chernakov.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 21.05.2011 to 09.09.2011\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.09.2011, Sentence: Four years' deprivation of liberty with forfeiture of military rank","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of special rank","Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four years' deprivation of liberty with forfeiture of military rank","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-6,"first_verdict_date":"2011-09-08T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-09-08T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 19-03-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/85086.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-04-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/153766.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec01WgxHui5PCnFf"},{"persecution_id":"recX2pGJa9xdzlbpD","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:52:24.000Z","person_id":"rec1ExHhEdZtq3Zl8","name_en":"Dmitry Demushkin","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 May, the State Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a case under the article on the activity of an extremist organisation (part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, Demushkin organised the activities of the banned \"Slavic Union\" under the guise of a new organisation \"Slavic Force\". On 22 October 2011 Demushkin was charged under Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred or enmity) and Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code (calls for mass riots). The reason for this was Demushkin's interview with journalists, in which he, according to the prosecution, expressed ideas about the superiority of the Russian nation and called for riots. Demushkin himself said that in an interview with the Novy Region agency he had said that if the authorities did not agree to the Russian March, it would be \"a massacre, breaking through the cordon, mass scuffles\". Later, two new articles were excluded from the charge when the final charge was filed. On 17 March, the court found Demushkin guilty of organising the activities of a banned organisation, imposed a fine of 200,000 roubles and released him from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. On 9 December 2015, shortly after the banning of the ethno-political association \"Russkie\", one of the leaders of which Demushkin was, a new criminal case was opened against him under Part 1 Article 282 of the Criminal Code because he posted a photo of a banner from the \"Russian March\" with the slogan \"For Russia - Russian power\" on the social network \"VKontakte\". As a measure of restraint personal recognizance was chosen. In April 2016, the case was referred to the court, but in June the court returned it to the prosecutor's office. In October 2016, after Demushkin filed a notice to hold a \"Russian March\", he was detained and then placed under house arrest. The investigation motivated this by the fact that the accused travelled to Astrakhan, thus violating the conditions of   personal recognizance. Demushkin himself said that the trip was agreed with the investigator. Later, another picture allegedly posted by Demushkin on the Internet was added to the charges - it shows a child hanging on clothespins and the inscription: \"Only pure white children and adults\". In February 2017, the case went back to court,and was considered in closed session. On 25 April 2017, Demushkin was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony and taken into custody in the courtroom. On 17 July, the Moscow City Court upheld the sentence. Demushkin was sent to the Vladimir region, to IK-2 in the city of Pokrov, to serve his sentence. He was released early on 20 February 2019.","persecution_occupation_en":["Municipal employees"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2011-05-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2183,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":311,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitry Demushkin","case_number":"01-0178/2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted two publications on the social network \"VKontakte\": a picture of a banner with the inscription \"4 NOVEMBER RUSSIAN MARCH [for] RUSSIA - RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT\" made in red letters against the background of the imperial flag, and a picture with the image of a child and the inscription \"4 NOVEMBER RUSSIAN MARCH ONLY CLEAN WHITE CHILDREN... AND ADULTS\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.04.2017\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• house arrest: from 21.10.2016 to 25.04.2017\n• recognizance not to leave: from 02.11.2011 to 17.03.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 20.02.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2017, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2017-04-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-04-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-12-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/dyomushkin-dmitriy-nikolaevich\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 13-03-2017\n Source: http://reports.ovdinfo.org/2017/pp15-16/#persons/demushkin\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recX2pGJa9xdzlbpD"},{"persecution_id":"rec1ksHFYTEQ218KK","last_updated":"2025-01-10T09:54:23.000Z","person_id":"recflA3LDL9LpLNDQ","name_en":"Alexei Navalny","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxpNbPCrkjKYqUd.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxpNbPCrkjKYqUd.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May 2011, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against him for causing property damage by deception to Kirovles. On 10 April 2012, the case was dismissed for lack of corpus delicti, but was reopened on 29 May 2012 by order of the leadership of the Russian Investigative Committee. According to the investigation, Navalny, together with Pyotr Ofitserov, set up the Vyatskaya Lesnaya Kompaniya (Vyatka Forest Company), which purchased timber products from Kirovles at understated prices and then sold them to consumers at market prices. The defence argued that the purchase from Kirovles was made at market prices. On 18 July 2013, the Leninsky District Court of Kirov sentenced Navalny and Ofitserov to five years in prison. The convicts were taken into custody in the courtroom, but spent less than a day in the pre-trial detention centre - the next day the court, on the proposal of the prosecutor's office, ruled to release Navalny and Ofitserov on their own recognisance until the verdict enters into legal force. This was preceded by mass protests in various Russian cities. On 16 October 2013, the Kirov Regional Court replaced Navalny and Ofitserov's real sentences with suspended sentences.\n\nIn November 2016, the Supreme Court cancelled the verdict due to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which recognised the prosecution as groundless. The Leninsky Court of Kirov began to re-examine the case. After Navalny announced his intention to run for president, the court began to hold sessions in a more intensive mode. On 1 February 2017, the court elected Navalny a measure of restraint in the form of a order not to leave. On 8 February, Navalny was sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence.\n\nOn 14 December 2012, information appeared about the initiation of a case against Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg on fraud and legalisation of funds to the detriment of the Russian division of the company \"Yves Rocher\". According to the investigation, the Navalny's stole more than 26 million roubles from \"Yves Rocher Vostok\" and more than 4 million roubles from \"Multiprofile Processing Company\" through fraud. According to the latest information, Yves Rocher submitted a report to the Investigative Committee back in February 2013, stating that no damage had been done to the company. Alexei Navalny was on a order not to leave on charges in this case, but after his detention on 24 February 2014 and arrest on the trail of a mass event in support of those convicted in the \"Bolotnaya case\" on Tverskaya Street, the Basmanny court changed his preventive measure to house arrest. On 24 April, the Zamoskvoretsky court held preliminary hearings on the case. On 28 April, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, having satisfied the motion of the lawyers who found numerous violations in it. On 30 December 2014, the charge was partially reclassified, from simple fraud to business fraud. Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years' suspended imprisonment. On 17 February 2015, the sentence was left unchanged - Navalny was only exempted from paying a 500,000 fine.\n\nOn 10 April 2014, a libel case was brought against Navalny on the claim of Alexey Lisovenko, a municipal deputy of the Babushkinsky district of Moscow. The deputy was called a drug addict in Navalny's tweet after the deputy himself said that Navalny continued to tweet despite the fact that, being under house arrest, he had no right to do so. Lisovenko demanded that Navalny be sentenced to community service. On 22 April, a magistrate judge found Navalny guilty, although there was no evidence that Navalny had tweeted the relevant message, and sentenced him to a fine of 300,000 rubles.\n\nOn 24 April 2014, the Lyublinsky Court, represented by Judge Anna Zotko, ruled on a civil suit against Navalny by Sergei Neverov, a Duma deputy from United Russia, for protection of honour and dignity. Neverov demanded a refutation of information spread by Navalny about undeclared dacha plots belonging to the deputy. The court ruled that Navalny must publish a refutation on the Internet within ten days, despite the fact that Navalny is under house arrest and has no right to use the Internet.\n\nIn May 2016, a libel case was filed against Navalny against former policeman Pavel Karpov: the politician was accused of publishing videos accusing Karpov of crimes, including his involvement in the murder of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.\n\nIn June 2020, a libel case was filed against Navalny against Ignat Artemenko, a World War II veteran who took part in the recording of a video in support of constitutional amendments. A signature of non-deportation was taken.\n\nOn 20 August Navalny became ill on a plane flying from Tomsk to Moscow. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, where he was taken to an emergency hospital. According to reports from the politician's supporters and loved ones, plainclothes operatives were on the hospital grounds. Navalny's relatives are convinced that he was poisoned. After long negotiations, Navalny's relatives managed to get him transferred to the German clinic Charité on 22 August. Two days later, representatives of the clinic announced that they had found signs of the Novichok chemical warfare agent in his body. In October, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed the presence of traces of Novichok poison in Navalny's tests. The politician spent about two weeks in a coma. In December, the Bellingcat research group together with The Insider published the results of an investigation into the possible involvement of FSB officers in Navalny's poisoning.\n\nOn 29 December, it became known that a fraud case had been opened against Navalny: he was accused of spending for personal purposes most of the money transferred to him as donations.\n\nOn 12 January 2021, the Federal Penitentiary Service demanded that Navalny's suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher case be replaced with a real one. On 17 January, when Navalny flew to Russia, he was detained at Sheremetyevo airport while going through passport control. The next day, the court sent Navalny to custody for 30 days at an on-site session at a police station in Khimki near Moscow. On 2 February, the court satisfied the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service.\n\nOn 20 February, Navalny was sentenced to a fine of 850 thousand rubles in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nIn April, it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for creating a non-profit organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nOn 25 May it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for insulting justice of the peace Vera Akimova, who delivered a verdict in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nOn 22 March 2022, Navalny was sentenced to nine years of strict regime and a fine of 1.2 million rubles in a case of fraud and contempt of court.\n\nIn September 2021, it became known that a case was opened against Navalny and his supporters for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of financing extremist activities, legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned case of establishing a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. Later it became known that Navalny was also charged with calls for extremist activity and rehabilitation of Nazism - because of statements and actions that had previously given rise to cases against other people.\n\nOn 4 August 2023, Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in a special regime colony. This was made possible because the court, which ruled on the fraud case in March 2022, changed the sentence in the Kirovles case from suspended to real.\n\nOn 27 September 2023, Navalny was transferred to a single cell-type facility for a year.\n\nDuring his time in the colony Navalny was sent to the punishment cell at least 27 times.\n\nIn December, Navalny's support group reported that his lawyers had already been denied access to him several times, and that he had already been prevented from attending court hearings on his claims against the colony administration via video link several times, explaining this by electricity problems. The situation is aggravated by the fact that shortly before Navalny became ill in his cell. On 25 December, it became known that Navalny was transferred to a colony in the Yamalo-Nenets district (before that he was in the Vladimir region). Already in January 2024, he was again sent to a punishment cell.\n\nIn detention, the politician experienced various health problems. At the end of March 2021, Alexei Navalny went on hunger strike in the colony because a doctor was not allowed to visit him. Then he complained of severe back pain, numbness in his leg, because of the pain he could not step on his foot. But, according to the lawyer, he was brought only two ibuprofen tablets from the prison sanitary unit.\nIn April 2023, Alexei Navalny's lawyer reported that he was called an ambulance because of an aggravated stomach ailment.\nIn November 2023, Navalny reported that he was prevented from visiting a dentist outside the colony to have his teeth examined and prophylactically cleaned.\nIn January 2023, Navalny became very ill in the SHIZO. He had a high temperature, cough and fever; no transfer of medication or hospitalisation was allowed.\n\nOn 16 February 2024, the FSIN Directorate reported Navalny's death in the colony. The next day this information was also confirmed by the politician's supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2011-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2018-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":799,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 160 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["160"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 160"],"case_name_en":"The Kirovles case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he forced Vyacheslav Opalev, director of the state enterprise Kirovles, to sign a knowingly unfavorable contract with Vyatskaya Lesnaya Kompaniya, which bought timber products from Kirovles at understated prices and then sold them to consumers at market prices.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.07.2013 to 19.07.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 29.10.2013 to 28.02.2014\n• recognizance not to leave: from 31.07.2012 to 18.07.2013\n• recognizance not to leave: from 01.02.2017 to 17.01.2021\n• house arrest: from 28.02.2014 to 17.02.2015\n• recognizance not to leave: from 19.07.2013 to 16.10.2013\n• in custody: from 18.01.2021 to 25.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.02.2017, Sentence: Five years' suspended imprisonment, a fine of 500,000 rubles• First instance court on the merits, 18.07.2013, Sentence: 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years' suspended imprisonment, a fine of 500,000 rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2013-07-17T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-02-07T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-04-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/153769.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec1ksHFYTEQ218KK"},{"persecution_id":"recdqB8B0yIkQX7aX","last_updated":"2024-09-13T13:54:17.000Z","person_id":"recnk27a6OSx9N1Qz","name_en":"Igor Matveev","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 12 May 2011, Major Igor Matveev, Head of the Troops and Security Service of the 107th brigade of the Russian Interior Ministry's Internal Troops (MVD RF) stationed in Vladivostok, published a video message describing the facts of corruption in the military unit. The message was based on the facts presented on 16 and 25 April 2011 to the commander of the Eastern District and the Chief of Internal Troops of the Russian Interior Ministry respectively. In particular, he reported that immigrants from China were living illegally on the territory of the unit, and servicemen were given dog food instead of canned meat. A few days after the publication of the highly publicised message, Matveev was dismissed, allegedly for violation of military discipline and prolonged absence from work.\n\nAt the same time, on 1 May 2011, P. Lukanin, a warrant officer of the RF Ministry of Internal Affairs, who was detained on 23 February 2011 by FDCN officers for selling drugs (after Lukanin testified against Matveev, the case was changed to drug possession), wrote a report to the commander of the military unit in which he claimed that he had been beaten by Matveev on 24 February. The reasons why Lukanin \"remembered\" the beating two months later remain unknown; the medical examination was conducted only on 25 May 2011, which made it impossible to establish the exact time of the beating. On 12 May, the collected materials were transferred by the unit's management to the 304 Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, located in Vladivostok. Following this, on 19 May 2011, another serviceman, Sergeant Chernakov, wrote a statement about beatings and abuse of authority by Matveev on 24 February, i.e. almost 3 months later. According to the working group of the Russian Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, the investigation and trial in Matveev's case were conducted with gross procedural violations. Among the witnesses for the prosecution were servicemen who had been tried in criminal cases of abuses exposed by Matveev, and Warrant Officer Lukanin himself was in dire need of a positive characterisation by the unit command. Judge of the Vladivostok garrison military court V.G. Frantsuz on 9 September 2011 on charges of committing two episodes of a crime under para. \"a\", part 3, article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Exceeding official authority, committed with the use or threat of violence\"), sentenced Igor Matveev to 4 years' deprivation of liberty with forfeiture of his military rank. On 6 February 2012, the Judicial Board of the Pacific Fleet Military Court reduced the sentence to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with deprivation of the military rank of major.\n\nThe day before Igor Matveev was sentenced, on 8 September 2011, former serviceman A. Zebnitsky, who was detained for desertion in the summer of 2010 with Matveev's involvment, filed a complaint against the latter under paragraph \"a\" of part 3 of article 286 (\"Exceeding official powers, committed with the use of violence or threat of violence\") and part 3 of article 159 (\"Fraud committed by a person using his official position\") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The case was also based solely on the testimony of the victim, who had written a statement against Matveev when the major's criminal case was being considered in court, a year after the \"fact\" of the \"extortion\". The victim's testimony was contradictory and did not correspond to the actual circumstances of the case, changing during the investigation. In particular, on the day of the alleged transfer of the extorted money by Zebnitsky, Matveev was in Moscow and could not physically receive it; the handcuffs allegedly placed on the victim on 9-10 June and 20-31 July 2010 were actually given to Matveev between 11 June and 5 July 2010; the mobile phone details of Matveev and Zebnitsky exclude the possibility of their meeting on the days of the money transfer. A detailed description of the contradictions in this case was given by the military prosecutor of the Pacific Fleet S.A. Kolomiets, who pointed them out to the head of the military investigation department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Pacific Fleet V.A. Grunin. Nevertheless, on 28 December 2012, the case was referred to the court, which on 10 December 2014 sentenced Matveev under part 3 of article 286, part 3 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Fraud committed by a person using his official position\") to 4 years and 5 months of imprisonment with deprivation of military rank. 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Zebnitsky by handcuffing him.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2011-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.09.2011 to 08.02.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Primorsky Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 08.02.2016\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.12.2014, Sentence: four years and five months in a general regime penal colony, payment of 285,000 roubles to the victim","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years and five months in a general regime penal colony, payment of 285,000 roubles to the victim","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":53,"first_verdict_date":"2014-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-02-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/matveev-igor-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recdqB8B0yIkQX7aX"},{"persecution_id":"rec3I1OxzOho9SyCm","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recIOjQBd9SZHcEEF","name_en":"Vadim Nasyrov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Vadim Nasyrov is an alleged member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, an organization banned and recognized as extremist in Russia. He was first arrested in March 2009 as part of the investigation into the case of preparing a terrorist attack in Chelyabinsk. Initially questioned as a witness, he was later charged with involvement in the activities of a religious organization prohibited by court order due to extremist activities. On 3 June 2010, he was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months’ imprisonment to be served in an open prison.\n\nOn 20 May 2011, following the initiation of another case concerning involvement in a religious organization banned for extremist activities, Nasyrov was searched and materials related to Hizb ut-Tahrir were found, some of which were included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. Subsequently, Nasyrov and the other defendants were charged with preparation for forcible seizure of power and violent overthrow of the constitutional order (he was taken into custody on 31 July 2012). He was also accused of persuading and involving others in activities aimed at seizing power and changing the constitutional system.\n\nOn 21 November 2013, Nasyrov was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. On 2 July 2014, the Supreme Court refused to consider his appeal against the sentence. On 2 February 2015, the appellate court reduced his sentence to five years. He was released on 28 July 2017.\n\nNasyrov was detained on new charges in July 2021 and taken into custody. He was accused of organizing the activities of a terrorist organization and inciting others to participate in such activities. On 5 March 2024, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2011-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":918,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":131,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","278","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 278","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Chelyabinsk Hizb ut-Tahrir case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2011-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 20.05.2011 to 31.07.2012\n• in custody: from 01.08.2011, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 28.07.2017\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2013, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, a fine of 150,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, a fine of 150,000 rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2013-11-20T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-11-20T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-12-2013\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/180561.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-11-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2013/11/d28453/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 06-01-2014\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/112338.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec3I1OxzOho9SyCm"},{"persecution_id":"recEWOiPFTK2DZjMm","last_updated":"2023-12-05T11:30:30.000Z","person_id":"recfsBYdytoJ1bzv2","name_en":"Boris Obraztsov","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On February 8, 2011, the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Kaliningrad region received a statement from journalist Maxim Makarov against the publisher and founder of the newspaper \"Tridevyatiy Region\" Boris Obraztsov.\n\nOn March 16, 2011, it became known that a criminal case under part 1 of the Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement to hatred and humiliation of dignity based on religious affiliation using the media) had been opened against Boris Obraztsov. A representative of the Centre for Russian Culture made a statement about the initiation of the case.\n\nThe reason for the lawsuit was a comment to the article \"Spiritual regulations of pret-a-porter\" left by Boris Obraztsov in the \"VIP\" supplement to the newspaper \"Tridevyatiy Region - Kaliningrad\".\n\nThe trial, which began on July 21, did not satisfy the prosecutor's request for a sentence of 1.5 years of imprisonment in a settlement colony for the publisher.\n\nOn September 19, 2011, the Leningradsky District Court of Kaliningrad issued a guilty verdict. Obraztsov was sentenced to a 110,000 roubles fine.\n\nOn December 5, 2011, searches took place in Boris Obraztsov's apartment and in his workplace in Kaliningrad.\n\nObraztsov was informed about the new criminal case by the officers of the Centre \"E\" (Centre for Combating Extremism) who conducted the search. Allegedly, it was initiated due to the repeated posting of the comment on the Internet, for which he had already been fined.\n\nThe comment was posted on  November 15 or 16. Obraztsov denies having anything to do with it.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2011-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Boris Obraztsov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he repeatedly posted a comment on the Internet, for which he had already been fined.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-09-2011\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2011/9/d22574/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recEWOiPFTK2DZjMm"},{"persecution_id":"rec5xQ6T3Xuuc0zz7","last_updated":"2023-11-09T17:37:28.000Z","person_id":"receLqG2FRNLZXdHj","name_en":"Dmitry Shipilov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 16 and 24 November 2011, he published two texts under his LiveJournal account dedicated to the regional governor Aman Tuleyev and the head of the regional department of culture and national policy Larisa Zauerwein. The texts contained profane language and were strongly negative towards the mentioned officials. One of the texts referred to real events, while the other involved a fictional scenario and was written in the form of a satirical screenplay. Tuleyev and Zauerwein filed statements requesting initiating a case against Shipilov for insulting representatives of the authorities. On 9 April 2012, he was sentenced to 11 months of corrective labour with 10% of his earnings withheld to the state. On 10 September 2014, Shipilov was detained in the Moscow region, at the railway station \"Chkalovskaya\" of the Yaroslavl direction, after which he was transferred to the Kemerovo region. It was revealed that in May 2012, his sentence was replaced with three months of imprisonment in a settlement colony. He was detained because he left for the Moscow region without serving his sentence. Shipilov had been wanted since 2012.\nIn November 2014, it became known that a case had been opened against Shipilov because of two articles on the Novy Kuzbass website, which were found to be insulting to Tuleyev. In December, Dmitry Shipilov was released from the pre-trial detention centre and, without waiting for the development of the second criminal case, left Russia. He received political asylum from the Ukrainian authorities.\n\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2014-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Shipilov's case of insulting Tuleyev","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published two texts insulting the governor of the Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev, on the Novy Kuzbass website.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-10-2014\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news/pravozashchitnyy-centr-memorial-schitaet-dmitriya-shipilova-politzaklyuchennym\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec5xQ6T3Xuuc0zz7"},{"persecution_id":"recCRJUhrhBAPLcUe","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec6Cvzh98sbV5QPe","name_en":"Mukhtar Abytov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Abytov, a resident of Abakan. In 2011 criminal proceedings were initiated against him for participating in the activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement with the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On 26 December 2011 Abytov was sentenced to a fine of 20 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2011-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2013-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":269,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Abakan ","case_number":"1-56/2011","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 11.01.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.12.2011, Sentence: a fine of 20 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 20 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":20000,"first_verdict_date":"2011-12-26T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-12-26T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCRJUhrhBAPLcUe"},{"persecution_id":"recb1PCEpc7Fa6QpD","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recbfCXACuEDusAQo","name_en":"Sagandyk Turganbaev","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Abakan. In 2011, a case was brought against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On 26 December 2011, Turganbaev was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2011-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2011,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2013-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":269,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Abakan ","case_number":"1-56/2011","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 11.01.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.12.2011, Sentence: a fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2011-12-26T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2011-12-26T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recb1PCEpc7Fa6QpD"},{"persecution_id":"recJUfr22ls4R9OcA","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rechCnZtdY13XBL8X","name_en":"Yuri Avdonin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Astrakhan. On 13 May 2011, he was detained in connection with a case involving the organisation of an extremist group’s activities, specifically for his involvement with the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Adherents of this movement are persecuted solely for their religious practices. On 15 May 2011, Avdonin was released on his own recognizance. On 25 May 2012, he was sentenced to one and a half years in a settlement colony. He was presumably released in early 2014. 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literature was seized; on 18 June 2013, the case went to court; Svatov was forced to give up his position as imam of the local mosque; on 6 March 2014, he was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand roubles (1,123 USD) and a ban on religious activity for two years; on 23 April, the court of second instance lifted the ban on religious activity.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Kosh-Agach"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AL"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2015-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":667,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":95,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":[" Altai case of Tablighi Jamaat"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Altai","persecution_case_profile_en":"for several years actively recruited new members in Tablighi Jamaat by inducing members of the Muslim community of the Altai Republic to participate in the organisation's activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 07.05.2012 to 21.04.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2014, Sentence: fine: '100,000 roubles'\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown","Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '100,000 roubles'\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-03-04T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-03-04T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-12-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/05/d24367/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recjYN1g1O97IMPQ7"},{"persecution_id":"reciPkQJF8OhLC6DU","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recf8LbfJgRwk3814","name_en":"Rasim Satayev","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-02-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Rasim Satayev, along with three other residents of Bashkiria, was charged with participation in the activities of the organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Liberation Party), which was declared a terrorist organisation in 2003 at a closed session of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, as well as with \"preparation for actions aimed at forcible seizure of power, as well as forcible change of the constitutional order\". According to the FSB, in 2011-2012 he created a regional subdivision of the banned organisation in Bashkiria and was engaged in the recruitment of supporters and organisation of pickets, meetings and conferences to promote the ideas of his organisation, as well as distribution of propaganda materials with calls \"to overthrow and change the socio-political order by armed means\"; earlier he was already criminally prosecuted under part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code.\nIn the \"Ufa case\", he was kept in custody since August 2013. In April 2015, he was sentenced to 6.5 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nHe was released in September 2019.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2012-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":883,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":126,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Ufa case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the organisation of the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell and the preparation of a violent change of the constitutional order","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.08.2013\n• recognizance not to leave: from 05.03.2013 to 27.08.2013\n• in custody: from 08.11.2012 to 05.03.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 18.09.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2015, Sentence: Six years six months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years six months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2015-04-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-04-08T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-06-2014\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/200020.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 13-04-2015\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/136255.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reciPkQJF8OhLC6DU"},{"persecution_id":"recvSs63qSCXdU0OG","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:02:55.000Z","person_id":"recabldYEY28AXqgf","name_en":"Zikrullokhon Rakhmonkhodzhaev","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"Held in custody since 7 November 2012 due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir,  which has no links to terrorism. Charged with participating in the activities of an extremist organisation, preparation for violent seizure of power and illegal possession of explosives. He pleaded guilty in part. He explained that he was indeed a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, for which he had previously served a prison sentence in Tajikistan. He continued his involvement with the organisation in Moscow, fully aware that it was banned. He was engaged in educational work, believed that the establishment of a Caliphate should've taken place within Islamic countries, excluding Russia. Claimed that the explosives seized during the search were planted on him. On 30 June 2014, he was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime penal colony. On 11 December 2014, the court of appeal upheld the verdict.\n\nWhile in custody, he was charged with participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation based on the statement of another inmate, who claimed that Rakhmonkhodzhaev persuaded him to go to jihad and that he himself intended to drown the entire population of the Vologda region in a reservoir. On 13 December 2018, he was sentenced to 14 and a half years in a special regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":635,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","278","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 278","Part 1, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"persuaded another prisoner of the penal colony to take part in the jihad.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.11.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Vologda Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\" \"Vologodksiy Pyatak\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Vologda Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\" \"Vologodksiy Pyatak\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2014, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment and a fine of 50,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment and a fine of 50,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-07-29T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-07-29T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 17-04-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-05-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/214352.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-07-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2014/07/d29973/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recvSs63qSCXdU0OG"},{"persecution_id":"recSV1TuqFcpmg7D5","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recD0gaXkq0Osh5o2","name_en":"Akhmetkali Bimukhanov","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-11-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 11 April 2013 he was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sol-Iletsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_ended":"2014-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":465,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg region"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Sol-Iletsk","case_number":"1-3-00001/2013","persecution_case_profile_en":"Encouraged Muslims practising traditional Islam to change their attitudes to the faith, recruited new cell members and held meetings","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.04.2013, Sentence: a fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2013-04-10T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-04-10T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-04-2013\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/04/d26884/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recSV1TuqFcpmg7D5"},{"persecution_id":"recLTrQF786qMJdnD","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:06:29.000Z","person_id":"recpdAVOEtcb8DpJb","name_en":"Stanislav Pozdnyakov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 1 April 2012, he was detained by the police during an attempted mass walk with white ribbons on the Red Square and taken to the Tverskoy police station; three hours after his arrival, when the time during which he and other detainees could be held in the department had expired, they attempted to leave; a police officer prevented them from leaving the assembly hall where they were held and punched Pozdnyakov in the face; Pozdnyakov announced his intention to record the beatings and bring the police officer to justice, afterward he filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office; following this, police officers announced a preliminary investigation into the fact of violence against the police officer by Pozdnyakov himself; in May 2012, a case was reported to have been opened against Pozdnyakov under Art. 318 of the Criminal Code; on 31 May 2012, Pozdnyakov was detained on the instructions of an operative of the Centre \"E\" on Triumfalnaya Square during the \"Strategy-31\" rally; he was taken to the Tverskoy police station where he was charged; on 6 June, he was interrogated again, and the investigation chose his personal recognizance as a measure of restriction; on 14 March 2013, he was sentenced to two years of suspended imprisonment with a probation period of three years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2015-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":318,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"case_name_en":"The case of Stanislav Pozdnyakov","persecution_case_profile_en":"violence to a police officer that is not dangerous to life or health","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 04.06.2012 to 12.03.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.03.2013, Sentence: sentences: two years' probation\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentences: two years' probation\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2013-03-13T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-03-13T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-07-2012\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/118996.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recLTrQF786qMJdnD"},{"persecution_id":"recIIbSMK4c1uncvF","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recsd8xRLiXBVmmcE","name_en":"Aidar Garifianov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Aidar Garifianov, along with three other residents of Bashkiria, was charged with participation in the activities of the organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (Party of Islamic Liberation), which was recognised as a terrorist organisation in 2003 at a closed session of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, as well as with \"preparation for actions aimed at forcible seizure of power, as well as forcible change of the constitutional order\". According to the FSB version, in 2011-2012 the accused created a regional subdivision of the banned organisation in Bashkiria and were engaged in recruitment of supporters and organisation of pickets, meetings and conferences to promote the ideas of their organisation, as well as distribution of propaganda materials with calls \"to overthrow and change the social and political order by armed means\". Charges under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation were brought on 8 November 2012. A preventive measure in the form of remand in custody was chosen. Due to changes in the CPC, the defendants were released in March 2013 (at the same time, the court ignored their legal request to change the measure of restraint for two months). On 26 August 2013, a case was opened under part 1 of article 30, article 278 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, merged with the previous one. On 27 May, the defendants were again remanded in custody. On 9 April 2015, he was sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony.\n\nReleased in April 2019","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2012-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":883,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":126,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Ufa case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the organisation of the  Hizb ut-Tahrir cell activities and the preparation of a violent change in the constitutional order","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.08.2013\n• recognizance not to leave: from 08.03.2013 to 27.08.2013\n• in custody: from 08.11.2012 to 08.03.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 17.04.2019, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2015, Sentence: six years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2015-04-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-04-08T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 13-04-2015\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/136255.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-06-2014\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/200020.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recIIbSMK4c1uncvF"},{"persecution_id":"recrDJSzM5gHB9ZeW","last_updated":"2023-11-07T09:22:05.000Z","person_id":"receLqG2FRNLZXdHj","name_en":"Dmitry Shipilov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 16 and 24 November 2011, he published two texts under his LiveJournal account dedicated to the regional governor Aman Tuleyev and the head of the regional department of culture and national policy Larisa Zauerwein. The texts contained profane language and were strongly negative towards the mentioned officials. One of the texts referred to real events, while the other involved a fictional scenario and was written in the form of a satirical screenplay. Tuleyev and Zauerwein filed statements requesting initiating a case against Shipilov for insulting representatives of the authorities. On 9 April 2012, he was sentenced to 11 months of corrective labour with 10% of his earnings withheld to the state. On 10 September 2014, Shipilov was detained in the Moscow region, at the railway station \"Chkalovskaya\" of the Yaroslavl direction, after which he was transferred to the Kemerovo region. It was revealed that in May 2012, his sentence was replaced with three months of imprisonment in a settlement colony. He was detained because he left for the Moscow region without serving his sentence. Shipilov had been wanted since 2012.\nIn November 2014, it became known that a case had been opened against Shipilov because of two articles on the Novy Kuzbass website, which were found to be insulting to Tuleyev. In December, Dmitry Shipilov was released from the pre-trial detention centre and, without waiting for the development of the second criminal case, left Russia. 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In May 2012, after the events at Bolotnaya Square, she was subjected to administrative arrest, then immediately left Russia. In July 2012, her parents' flat was searched; in September 2012, she was put on a federal wanted list; in December 2012, Rybachenko was charged in absentia and ordered to sign a recognisance not to leave; in October 2013, she was arrested in absentia by a court. She was amnestied in January 2014. She received political asylum in Estonia.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anastasia Rybachenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the Bolotnaya Square mass riots on 6 May 2012","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.12.2012 to 08.10.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/121776.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recn7c6Dcgkf4vKD6"},{"persecution_id":"recWg2d93R8XNlNKy","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recps52JQnhsO82HW","name_en":"Abubakir Beyva","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sayanogorsk (Khakassia). In June 2012, a case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. His adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. 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Searches were conducted and literature was seized. Nurkasimov wrote a confession of guilt. On 5 April 2013, the prosecution against him was terminated.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Kosh-Agach"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AL"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2013-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":[" Altai case of Tablighi Jamaat"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Altai","persecution_case_profile_en":"spread the ideology of Tablighi Jamaat among the locals","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-04-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/04/d26967/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recmMiVzWx7hanAfZ"},{"persecution_id":"recPQpvLBTJrapXV3","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recFn6q7S5v4Dvk3s","name_en":"Sergei Udaltsov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attppo8ZfEdKjgW5f.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attppo8ZfEdKjgW5f.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergei Udaltsov is the coordinator of the Left Front and one of the leaders of mass opposition protests since the mid-2000s. In October 2012, a case was opened against him on charges of preparing to organize mass riots following the NTV broadcast of the \"Anatomy of a Protest 2\" film, which alleged that in June 2012 he, together with Leonid Razvozzhaiev and Konstantin Lebedev, had discussed the financing of mass riots in Russia with Georgii Targamadze, then head of the Georgian parliament’s Committee on Defense and Security.\n\nThe film featured video footage that allegedly showed a meeting between Udaltsov and Targamadze; however, the origin of the recording is unknown. According to the investigation, Udaltsov and Razvozzhaiev, together with Lebedev, organized training camps in various regions of the country for participants in future mass riots. On October 17, Udaltsov was placed under a travel restriction order.\n\nIn January 2013, the Investigative Committee announced the merger of the “Anatomy of a Protest 2” case with the Bolotnaya case into a single proceeding. According to investigators, Udaltsov was one of the organizers of the alleged mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, and financed these actions with Targamadze’s funds. On February 9, 2013, Udaltsov was placed under house arrest.\n\nOn July 24, 2014, the Moscow City Court sentenced him to four and a half years in a general-regime penal colony. On March 18, 2015, the Supreme Court upheld the Moscow City Court’s verdict. On August 8, 2017, Sergey Udaltsov was released from prison.\n\nOn January 11, 2024, Udaltsov was detained after a search as part of a case on publicly justifying terrorism, in connection with a statement supporting those persecuted in the Marxist circle case in Ufa. The following day, he was placed in pre-trial detention. On December 25, 2025, Udaltsov was sentenced to six years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":644,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 212","Part 1, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The \"Anatomy of a Protest\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhaev","persecution_case_profile_en":"He organized mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, and was preparing to organize mass riots in other cities.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 09.02.2013 to 24.07.2014\n• recognizance not to leave: from 17.10.2012 to 09.02.2013\n• in custody: from 24.07.2014 to 21.05.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.06.2015 to 08.08.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.07.2014, Sentence: 4 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2014-07-23T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-07-23T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 31-01-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/145391.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-09-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/64702.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recPQpvLBTJrapXV3"},{"persecution_id":"rec7a6elcT6qQiAr3","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:16:41.000Z","person_id":"reclUPsx03EVyDN1h","name_en":"Vladimir Moiseenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attK8WBVvBfPtFhyY.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attK8WBVvBfPtFhyY.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Taganrog. On May 31, 2012, he was charged with participation in the activities of a public or religious association, in respect of which a court decision on liquidation due to extremist activities came into force due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under the articles of the Criminal Code concerned with extremism solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nOn December 11, the court ruled that the indictment was illegal. However, even before that, in November, the investigation brought the same charge once again. On July 29 2014, he was acquitted by the Taganrog City Court. On December 12, the Rostov Regional Court cancelled the decision of the Taganrog court and sent the case for a new hearing. On January 22, new hearings began in the Taganrog court. On November 30 he was sentenced to a fine of 70 thousand rubles (exempted due to the expiration of the statute of limitations).\n\nIn April 2022, it became known that Moiseenko was suspected of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation - again due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. 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on 11 December, the court ruled that the charge was unlawful; however, even before that, in November, the investigation had re-filed the same charge; on 29 July 2014, he was sentenced to a fine of 50,000 rubles (exempted from payment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations); on 12 December, the Rostov Regional Court overturned the decision of the Taganrog court and 30 November sentenced to a fine of 60 thousand (exempted from paying the fine due to the expiration of the statute of limitations).","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2016-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":789,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":112,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a banned organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2015, Sentence: A fine of 60 thousand roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2014, Sentence: fine: '50,000 roubles' (exempted from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations)\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 60 thousand roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":60000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-07-28T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-06-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/06/d24735/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recZ7EdYvwoldHVIk"},{"persecution_id":"recca0ItvTNeMRe8p","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recClIyQ2xxHI6LbZ","name_en":"Timur Malsagov","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-01-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 7 November 2012 as a part of a criminal case on the Moscow cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir, accused of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation, as well as preparations for the violent overthrow of power. 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He actively took part in the preparation for and holding of the meetings of the banned organisation, that were held in various buildings in Moscow. The meetings were dedicated to the learning of the idealogical literature and the skills of its interpretation, that are aimed at propoganda of the ideas and at attracting new supporters. 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On 18 April 2013, he was charged with using violence against a representative of the authorities - the attack on OMON warrant officer Igor Lebedev at the Nizhny Novgorod civil rally on 15 September 2012. Lebedev was beating activists while dispersing the rally. First, Lebedev accused Another Russia activist Ekaterina Zaitseva of attacking himself, whom he himself beat so badly that she was hospitalised. Zaitseva and Staroverov were then tried as witnesses in the case, but on 26 December Staroverov was transferred to the status of a suspect. Civil activists, eyewitnesses to the event, claim that Staroverov did not grab Lebedev by the neck, as the prosecution claims. Video footage also does not confirm Staroverov's guilt. Prosecution witnesses are confused in their testimony. On 20 March 2014, the prosecution requested four years' imprisonment in a penal colony for Staroverov. Nizhny Novgorod District Court of Nizhny Novgorod, represented by Judge Andrei Shutov, sentenced him to three years suspended sentence. On 10 February 2016, on the initiative of the Centre for Countering Extremism, the Ostankinsky District Court of Moscow replaced Staroverov's suspended sentence with a real one in a general regime colony. On 10 February 2017, the Presidium of the Moscow City Court replaced the place of serving the sentence with a settlement colony.\n\nOn 4 February 2019, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2012-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":480,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"case_name_en":"The case of 15 September","persecution_case_profile_en":"grabbed warrant officer Igor Lebedev by the neck.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 26.12.2012 to 25.04.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.04.2018 to 04.02.2019, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.02.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.04.2014, Sentence: 3 years suspendly• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2016, Sentence: Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2014-04-20T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 15-03-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/80295.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 06-04-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/staroverov-yuriy-viktorovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec6aw7WKGwWIlaz8"},{"persecution_id":"recYlS6Xvn6ZswvW0","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recwAUB0Um9S8fh7y","name_en":"Vladimir Kozhukhov","birth_year":1965,"age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 31 May 2012, brought as a defendant for participation in the activities of a public or religious association against which a court decision to liquidate due to extremist activities had entered into force; on 11 December, the court ruled that the indictment was unlawful; however, even before that, in November, the investigation refiled the same charge; on 29 July 2014, acquitted by the court; on 12 December, the Rostov Regional Court overturned the decision of the Taganrog court and sent the case for a new hearing; on 22 January 2015, new hearings began in Taganrog court. 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The \"prayer\" lasted less than a minute and had no musical accompaniment, and the band members were escorted out of the church by security guards. On the same day, a video clip of Pussy Riot's song with the refrain \"Mother of God, chase Putin away\" with fragments of the incident in the church appeared on the Internet. A case of hate-motivated hooliganism was opened. Tolokonnikova was arrested in March 2012 and sentenced to two years in a general regime colony in August 2012. On 23 December 2013, she was amnestied and released.\n\nIn March 2023, it became known that a case of insulting the feelings of believers was brought against Tolokonnikova.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-02-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":175,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["The Pussy Riot case"],"case_name_en":"The Pussy Riot case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Committed hooliganism motivated by religious hatred","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.03.2012 to 19.10.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FKLPU \"KTB No. 1 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\"\nFederal Governmental Medical Institution \"Regional Tuberculosis Hospital no. 1 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Krasnoyarsk krai\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 14 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Mordovia"],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 11.11.2013 to 22.12.2013, Tuberculosis Hospital No. 1 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Department of Penitentiary Services\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.10.2012 to 30.09.2013, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 14 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Mordovia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.08.2012, Sentence: terms: 2 years\nOn 23 December 2013, she was granted amnesty.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"terms: 2 years\nOn 23 December 2013, she was granted amnesty.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2012-08-16T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-08-16T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 02-04-2012\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: http://www.webcitation.org/6BlCZ60IY\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 22-12-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/43518.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-04-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recvLP0c3ilMciDaG"},{"persecution_id":"recao6PKjfqDXSZgJ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reccSGdjkxic6xzbR","name_en":"Minasian Karen Iurevich","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 31 May 2012, he was charged with participation in the activities of a public or religious association against which a court decision on liquidation due to extremist activities had come into force. On December 11, the court ruled that the charge was unlawful; however, even earlier, in November, the investigation had re-filed the same charge. On 29 July 2014, he was sentenced to a fine of 50,000 rubles (exempted from payment due to expiry of the statute of limitations); on December 12, the Rostov Regional Court overturned the decision of the Taganrog court and on November 30, he was sentenced to a fine of 70 thousand (exempted from paying the fine due to the expiration of the statute of limitations).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2016-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":789,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":112,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a banned organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2014, Sentence: fine: '60,000 rubles' (exempted from punishment due to expiry of the statute of limitations)\n• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2015, Sentence: A fine of 70 thousand rubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 70 thousand rubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":70000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-07-28T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-06-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/06/d24735/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recao6PKjfqDXSZgJ"},{"persecution_id":"recIAFkdaJYyDHbej","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:06:34.000Z","person_id":"rec76MJu0JbW7Ybc9","name_en":"Aleksey Polikhovich","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Aleksei Polikhovich holds anarchist views, participated in mass protests in late 2011-2012, in the Occupy movement, in actions in defence of Tsagovsky Forest. On 6 May 2012, he was detained on Bolotnaya Square, charged with disobedience to the police orders, but the magistrate's court closed the case, considering it falsified. During the investigation in July 2012, he was informed that he was suspected of snatching detainees from the hands of police officers. However, there was no evidence that Polikhovich had done anything of the kind: the video attached to the case shows an unidentified masked man, while a witness - riot police fighter Igor Tarasov - said that he was sure that the man who wrestled the detainees from the hands of riot police officers was Polikhovich, but could not explain why he was sure. At first, Polikhovich was officially charged only with participation in mass riots. However, seven and a half months later, Igor Tarasov suddenly remembered that Polikhovich had allegedly hit him on the arm, thus turning him from a witness into a victim, and Polikhovich was accused of using violence. This happened the day after Putin said at a press conference that violence against law enforcement officials was unacceptable. There was also no evidence that Polikhovich had hit Tarasov. At the trial, in response to a question about Tarasov's explanation for not remembering either the specific participants of the action or physical pain in May 2012, and then remembering it, the riot policeman suggested \"having just forgotten about it\".\nProsecutors in the debate asked to sentence Polikhovich to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony. The defence lawyers insisted on his complete innocence. The Zamoskvoretsky Court sentenced him to three and a half years of imprisonment; the Moscow City Court left the decision unchanged. On 9 February 2015, Polikhovich was denied parole. On 19 October, the parole decision was made in favour of Polikhovich, and he was released on 30 October.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":577,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the twelve"],"case_name_en":"A case of eight","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, used violence against a police officer","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.07.2012 to 02.08.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 02.08.2012 to 04.09.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: from 03.09.2012 to 23.07.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 15.07.2014 to 19.07.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ryazan region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2014 to 30.10.2015\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2014, Sentence: three years six months' detention in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"three years six months' detention in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 09-12-2013\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: http://amnesty.org.ru/node/2721/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/50130.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/121776.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recIAFkdaJYyDHbej"},{"persecution_id":"recIHq25Jz3u3rI31","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recB2JXxNlfga0Ncc","name_en":"Roman Voloshchuk","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On May 31, 2012, Voloshchuk was brought to court as a defendant on charges of participating in the activities of a public or religious association against which a court had issued a decision to liquidate due to extremist activities. On December 11, the court declared the indictment as unlawful. However, even before this ruling, in November, the investigation re-filed the same charges against Voloshchuk.\n\nOn July 29, 2014, Voloshchuk was acquitted by the court. However, on December 12, the Rostov Regional Court overturned the decision of the Taganrog court and ordered a new hearing of the case. On January 22, 2015, new hearings began in the Taganrog court. On November 30, X was sentenced to a fine of 60,000 rubles (but was exempted from paying the fine due to the expiration of the statute of limitations).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2014-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1278,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a banned organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2015, Sentence: A fine of 60 thousand roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 60 thousand roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":60000,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-06-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/06/d24735/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recIHq25Jz3u3rI31"},{"persecution_id":"recZEV5ifNUy6hmHV","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recBI06M1hyZ13lfY","name_en":"Natalia Bondareva","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The first searches and initiation of a criminal case took place two and a half weeks after the rally of Vostochny Port employees on 2 June 2012; the case was initiated at the request of Anatoly Lazarev, managing director of Vostochny Port; in accordance with the collective agreement of the port, the owner of the transferred funds, which Bondareva was accused of embezzlement and misappropriation, was the primary public trade union organisation (POPO) of Vostochny Port JSC, the Russian Dockers' Trade Union (RDU) from the moment they were credited; neither during the investigation, nor in court, neither the primary trade union organisation, nor the RDU recognised themselves as victims of the actions of the defendants; the independent audit commission of the RPA conducted an audit of Bondareva's actions and did not reveal any misuse of the funds; in passing sentence, the court rejected the testimony of all defence witnesses, members of the Vostochny Port trade union, who confirmed the fact of purchase of gifts and refute the fact of embezzlement and misappropriation of funds allocated for their purchase; only the testimony of prosecution witnesses who stated that they did not receive gifts in cash or in kind was considered credible; on 15 December 2014, the Nakhodkinsk City Court of Nakhodka dismissed the testimony of all witnesses of the defence, members of the Vostochny Port trade union, who confirmed the fact of purchase of gifts and refute the fact of embezzlement and misappropriation of the funds allocated for their purchase 3 Art. 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (embezzlement or misappropriation using her official position, as well as on a large scale); sentenced to one year and two months' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Later, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months due to full compensation for material damage. In summer 2015, she was released on parole.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nakhodka"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2012-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":906,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":129,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 160 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["160"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 160"],"case_group_en":["The dockers' case"],"case_name_en":"The dockers' case","persecution_case_profile_en":"embezzled and misappropriated money allocated to the trade union for New Year gifts for employees and for ordering a bus for a collective outing to the countryside","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.12.2014, Sentence: One year and two months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year and two months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2014-12-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-12-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 06-05-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/235042.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-02-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/ves-spisok/22379.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recZEV5ifNUy6hmHV"},{"persecution_id":"recwGmGs9zsRDnpvC","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recrv3r3crEdaopYP","name_en":"Denis Bespalov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A search of Bespalov's home discovered propaganda materials and flags bearing National Bolshevik Party symbols, as well as several issues of prohibited newspaper Limonka. On his computer, they found electronic version of the Limonka newspaper and artciled authored by Bespalov and published in Limonka and Duel newspapers.\nOn 4 June 2012, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported that the Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Severomorsk Garrison had opened a criminal case under part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organization); on 8 June 2013, the Severomorsk Garrison Military Court started the trial; on 24 June 2013, the Severomorsk Garrison Military Court started the trial. 2 article 282.2 part 2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation); on 8 June 2013, the trial began in the Military Court of the Severomorsk Garrison; on 24 June 2013, the Military Court of the Severomorsk Garrison found Northern Fleet officer Denis Bespalov guilty under part 2 article 282.2 part 2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation) and sentenced him to a fine of 75,000 roubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2012-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_ended":"2013-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":384,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Denis Bespalov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Since 2011, took part in meetings of the Murmansk branch of the Other Russia party; kept propaganda posters and flags with National Bolshevik Party symbols and several issues of the banned newspaper Limonka.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.06.2013, Sentence: a fine of 75 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 75 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":75000,"first_verdict_date":"2013-06-23T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-06-23T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-06-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/06/d27404/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recwGmGs9zsRDnpvC"},{"persecution_id":"recQr8RSZnIcNasBv","last_updated":"2024-09-15T13:05:25.000Z","person_id":"rec6YWCml96FdnV5U","name_en":"Alexandra Naumova (Dukhanina)","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Alexandra Dukhanina (after marriage, she took Naumova's surname) participated in the activities of the Occupy movement and in actions in defence of the Tsagovsky Forest. She was one of the first detainees in the Bolotnaya case. She was accused of participating in the mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012 and of using violence against riot police by throwing stones or pieces of asphalt and bottles at them. During the confrontation with the so-called victim Anton Sutormin it turned out that he did not receive any bodily injuries and did not experience any pain (he stated that the accused poured kvass on him, which he took as an insult). The indictment states that Dukhanina \"threw stones and fragments of asphalt pavement, as well as an empty bottle at the police officers at least 8 times\", although there is no evidence as to where this number of throws came from. There is also no unconditional evidence that it was Dukhanina who hit the so-called victims Anton Sutormin and Alexei Zelyanin (he does not consider himself a victim of any of the defendants at all). The prosecutors in the debate asked Naumova to be sentenced to six years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. The defence called for her acquittal. The Zamoskvoretsky court sentenced Naumova to three years and three months of suspended imprisonment with a probation period of three years. The Moscow City Court left the judgement unchanged.\nOn 4 July 2016, Naumova's conviction and suspended sentence were expunged - six months earlier than her sentence should have been completed.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":637,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the twelve"],"case_name_en":"A case of eight","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, throwing pieces of asphalt and pouring kvass on police officers","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 28.05.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2014, Sentence: three years three months' suspended prison sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"three years three months' suspended prison sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/121776.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recQr8RSZnIcNasBv"},{"persecution_id":"recUhThQGRcp2AcZR","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec5isLPoy29ogi7v","name_en":"Alexey Koptev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 31 May 2012, brought as a defendant in a case of organising the activities of a public or religious association against which a court decision on liquidation due to extremist activities had entered into force; on 11 December, the court ruled that the charge was unlawful; however, even before that, in November, the investigation had re-filed the same charge; also accused of involving two minors in committing a crime; on 29 July 2014, sentenced to five years' suspended imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 roubles On 30 November, sentenced to five years and three months' suspended imprisonment and a fine of 100 thousand rubles (he was exempted from paying the fine due to the expiration of the statute of limitations).","persecution_occupation_en":["NGO employees"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2019-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":789,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":112,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 150 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","150"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 4, Article 150"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised the activities of a prohibited organisation, involved a minor in its activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2014, Sentence: fine: '100,000 roubles' (exempted from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations)\nterms: five years suspended\n• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2015, Sentence: Five years three months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of five years; a fine of 100,000 roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years three months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of five years; a fine of 100,000 roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-07-28T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-06-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/06/d24735/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recUhThQGRcp2AcZR"},{"persecution_id":"rech1nrskVkVLc8KB","last_updated":"2023-11-09T01:50:36.000Z","person_id":"rec9oZJhx3d0vqcnF","name_en":"Olga Zelenina","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Zelenina was detained in her flat by Federal Drug Control Service officers who came from Moscow and brought her back with them. There it became known that she had become one of the defendants in a criminal case for allegedly smuggling drugs under the guise of poppies in 2010, due to the conclusion that the batch of edible poppies did not contain deliberately introduced narcotic impurities and that the seeds could not be mechanically cleaned of this type of impurity. On 17 August 2012, her detention was extended by 72 hours for complicity in attempted smuggling of narcotic drugs by an organised group, even though the article on smuggling lapsed in back in December of 2011 and smuggling of narcotic drugs constituted a different article. \n\nOn 24 August, a charge of illegal production, sale or forwarding of narcotic drugs committed by an organised group was brought against Zelenina. A preventive measure in the form of arrest was cancelled by the Moscow City Court on 24 September 2012, and a new charge of abuse of power was brought for the same poppy episode and a preventive measure was chosen in the form of personal recognisance and proper conduct.\n\nLater another criminal case of abuse of power was initiated for preparing an expert biologist's opinion on a lawyer's request. On 24 November 2013, finalised charges of abuse of power and participation in a criminal association in the form of aiding and abetting were brought against Zelenina. On January 27, 2015, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office, and on June 1, 2016, it went back to trial. On December 20, 2018, jury acquitted Zelenina.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2012-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2018-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 188 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 286 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 210 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["188","286","210"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 188","Part 1, Article 286","Part 2, Article 210"],"case_name_en":"The case of Olga Zelenina","persecution_case_profile_en":"In 2011, issued a statement on behalf of the Penza Research Institute of Agriculture (at the request of Sergey Shilov, a businessman on trial for alleged drug smuggling) that a batch of 42 tonnes of edible poppy imported through Bryansk customs did not contain deliberately introduced narcotic impurities and that it was impossible to mechanically clean the seeds of this type of contamination. She exceeded her official powers by preparing an opinion of a biologist at the request of a lawyer.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2012-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (acquitted)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 26.09.2012\n• in custody: from 14.08.2012 to 26.09.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-12-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/55326.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 31-01-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/145390.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rech1nrskVkVLc8KB"},{"persecution_id":"recoe7Cl13KhM9w2o","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recr4MYLc86El0xID","name_en":"Yuri Baklushin","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 31 May 2012, Baklushin was brought in as a defendant in a case involving the organization of activities for a public or religious association against which a court decision on liquidation due to extremist activities had entered into force. On 11 December, the court ruled that the charge was unlawful. However, even before that, in November, the investigation had re-filed the same charge. Baklushin was also accused of enticing two minors to commit a crime. On 29 July 2014, he was sentenced to five years and three months' suspended imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 roubles (exempted from paying the fine due to the expiry of the statute of limitations). On 30 November, he was sentenced to five and a half years' suspended imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 roubles (he was exempted from paying the fine due to the expiry of the statute of limitations).","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":789,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":112,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 150 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","150"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 4, Article 150"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised the activities of a prohibited organisation, involved a minor in its activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2014, Sentence: five years six months' suspended imprisonment; fine: '100,000 roubles' (released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations)\nterms: five years three months (suspended)\n• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2015, Sentence: Five years and six months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of five years; a fine of 100,000 roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years and six months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of five years; a fine of 100,000 roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-07-28T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-06-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/06/d24735/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recoe7Cl13KhM9w2o"},{"persecution_id":"recaLIE0OEJU2seld","last_updated":"2024-07-26T11:06:12.000Z","person_id":"recAGEsxiGDLvxbIF","name_en":"Alexey Khamadeev","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Alexei Hamadeev, along with three other residents of Bashkiria, was charged with participation in the activities of the organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (Party of Islamic Liberation), which was recognised as a terrorist organisation in 2003 at a closed session of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, as well as with \"preparation for actions aimed at violent seizure of power, as well as forcible change of the constitutional order\". According to the FSB, in 2011-2012, the accused created a regional subdivision of the banned organisation in Bashkiria and were engaged in recruiting supporters and organising pickets, rallies and conferences to promote the ideas of their organisation, as well as distributing propaganda materials with calls \"to overthrow and change the socio-political order by armed means\". In April 2015, he was sentenced to 6 years in a strict regime colony. He was released in April 2019.\n\nPreviously, Khamadeev was already criminally prosecuted under part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2012-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":883,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":126,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Ufa case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the organisation of the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell and the preparation of a violent change in the constitutional order","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 08.03.2013 to 27.08.2013\n• in custody: from 27.08.2013\n• in custody: from 07.11.2012 to 08.03.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 10.04.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2015, Sentence: six years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2015-04-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-04-08T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 13-04-2015\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/136255.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-06-2014\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/200020.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recaLIE0OEJU2seld"},{"persecution_id":"recEFlhvcKv5vVxC5","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recTUNq13q2i9Yr5N","name_en":"Dmitry Altaychinov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Dmitry Altaychinov was detained on 6 May 2012, along with hundreds of other participants in the event on Bolotnaya Square. Only in December 2013, information emerged that he was facing criminal charges for the events on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May  2012. Altaychinov was accused of participating in mass riots, pleaded guilty, and entered into an agreement with the investigators. On 16 January 2014, he was granted amnesty.","persecution_occupation_en":["Emergency workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Altaychinov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"With the aim of using violence, he threw plastic bottles filled with water at law enforcement officers who were in the first line of the cordon.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.01.2014","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2014-01-15T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 24-06-2016\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/express-news/2014/01/16/delo-novogo-obvinyaemogo-po-bolotnomu-delu-dmitriya-altaychinova\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recEFlhvcKv5vVxC5"},{"persecution_id":"recRuMfZNU9qkXTTC","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recIqNxWhLLZ5pyOE","name_en":"Rikhard Sobolev","birth_year":1990,"age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 10 June 2012, he was detained and arrested on charges of participation in the mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012 and use of violence against a representative of the authorities, despite the fact that he was not on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012.  The defence obtained the dismissal of the charge of violence. He was in pre-trial detention in June-August 2012, then was released on his own recognisance. He was amnestied in February 2014.\n\nDied in the war in September 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2014-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rikhard Sobolev","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012; used violence against police officers","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2012-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 08.08.2012 to 17.02.2014\n• in custody: from 14.06.2012 to 08.08.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/121776.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recRuMfZNU9qkXTTC"},{"persecution_id":"recsERwVhgUmQqPb8","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"rec9Vlqoc9Dcfjm0y","name_en":"Nurzat Sabiyev","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 7 May 2012 it became known that in the village of Kosh-Agach in the Altai Republic a criminal case under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organisation of activities of a banned organisation) was opened on suspicion of organising a cell of the banned Tablighi Jamaat. Searches were conducted and literature was seized. Sabiev wrote a confession of guilt. On 5 April 2013, the prosecution against him was discontinued.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Kosh-Agach"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AL"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2013-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":[" Altai case of Tablighi Jamaat"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Altai","persecution_case_profile_en":"spread the ideology of Tablighi Jamaat among the locals","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-04-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/04/d26967/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recsERwVhgUmQqPb8"},{"persecution_id":"rece9U8bLY2wQt5a1","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec7gZFk10X57WoaQ","name_en":"Konstantin Lebedev","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The case was initiated after showing the film 'Anatomy of Protest-2' on the 'NTV'  TV channel. Lebedev was accused of organising mass riots on the Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, and preparing to organise mass riots in different regions of Russia. He agreed to a plea bargain; the case was considered under a special procedure; on April 25, 2013, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony. On April  24, 2014, he was released on parole.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":189,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 212","Part 1, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The \"Anatomy of a Protest\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Konstantin Lebedev","persecution_case_profile_en":"He organised mass riots on the Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, and prepared to organise mass riots in other cities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2014-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released on probation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.10.2012 to 18.10.2012, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 18.10.2012 to 24.04.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.05.2014\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2013, Sentence: Two years six months in a penal colony.\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months in a penal colony.\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2013-04-24T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-04-24T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 31-01-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/145391.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rece9U8bLY2wQt5a1"},{"persecution_id":"recr78UkFWsEcVeoE","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:47:52.000Z","person_id":"recEJouWWfW4ipAvn","name_en":"Yaroslav Belousov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Yaroslav Belousov is an activist of the Russian Civil Union and was an election observer. He was detained on 6 May 2012 on Bolotnaya Square, charged with disobedience to lawful demands of police officers and sentenced to arrest for 24 hours. However, a month later Belousov was arrested on criminal charges. As for the use of violence, he is accused of throwing an object (according to some investigators and prosecutors, a billiard ball, which he brought with him) at riot policeman Vladimir Filippov (at first he was accused of throwing stones and pieces of asphalt, breaking through the cordon and hitting representatives of the authorities). The video only shows Belousov picking up a certain object from the ground, most likely resembling a lemon, and throwing it aside (the prosecution claims that he threw the object \"with aim\", but Belousov is nearsighted and was without glasses at that moment), and this happens when Filippov is no longer around. The prosecution noted the \"aggressive facial expression\" on the video as evidence of Belousov's criminal intent. Belousov suffered a hypertensive crisis while in the pre-trial detention centre. He has a small child who was about to undergo a heavy operation, but the court did not consider this a reason to transfer Belousov under house arrest. Prosecutors in the debate asked to sentence Belousov to five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. The defence lawyers insisted on his complete innocence. The Zamoskvoretsky court sentenced him to two and a half years in a general regime colony, while the Moscow City Court reduced the term by three months. About a month before the end of his sentence, Belousov was transferred to the Stavropol Territory. He was released on 8 September 2014.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":784,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":112,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the twelve"],"case_name_en":"A case of eight","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, threw a yellow round object at a police officer","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2014-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.09.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.06.2012, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 21.06.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 06.07.2014 to 05.08.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2014 to 08.09.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2014 to 19.08.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2014, Sentence: Two years six months of imprisonment in a general regime colony.\nOn appeal, the Moscow City Court reduced the sentence by three months.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months of imprisonment in a general regime colony.\nOn appeal, the Moscow City Court reduced the sentence by three months.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":27,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 09-12-2013\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: http://amnesty.org.ru/node/2721/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/121776.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recr78UkFWsEcVeoE"},{"persecution_id":"rec9ffaKHulLNydF5","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recJR7j4NSidA9v8z","name_en":"Oksana Goncharova","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 31 May 2012, she was charged with participation in the activities of a public or religious association in relation to which a court decision to liquidate due to extremist activities had entered into force; on 11 December, the court ruled that the indictment was unlawful; however, even before that, in November, the investigation had refiled the same charge; on 29 July 2014, she was acquitted by the court; on 12 December, the Rostov Regional Court overturned the decision of the Taganrog court and remanded the case for a new hearing; on 22 January, new hearings began in Taganrog; on 30 November she was sentenced to a fine of 60 thousand rubles (the fine was later waived due to the expiration of the statute of limitations).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2016-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1278,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a proscribed organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2015, Sentence: A fine of 60 thousand roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, she was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 60 thousand roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, she was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":60000,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-06-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/06/d24735/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec9ffaKHulLNydF5"},{"persecution_id":"rec6mklsTpMdkyctw","last_updated":"2023-12-05T11:27:30.000Z","person_id":"recR1a3V3WEZCRRWP","name_en":"Andrey Rudomakha","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"following a publication on the Yabloko party's website, in which magistrate judge Elena Zolotukhina, a magistrate of the judicial district No. 30 of the Western intra-urban district of Krasnodar, was labelled a \"delinquent judge who willingly fulfils the orders of the authorities to issue knowingly unjust decisions\", a criminal case was opened, although the authorship was not established; he was detained in Sochi for failing to appear before an investigator (Rudomakha claimed that he had not received any summons).","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2012-11-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 298.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["298.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 298.1 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Rudomakha","persecution_case_profile_en":"Dissemination of knowingly false information defaming the honour and dignity of Elena Zolotukhina, magistrate gudge of the Judicial Precinct No. 30 of the Western Intracity District of Krasnodar","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 24.11.2013\n• recognizance not to leave: from 30.10.2013 to 24.11.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Ecouznik:\n Date: 08-01-2014\n Status: Eco-prisoner\n Source: http://www.slideshare.net/OlegKozyrev/2013-29833622\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Ecouznik"],"aid":"rec6mklsTpMdkyctw"},{"persecution_id":"recXUSwTrgIvVjKQo","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recJKH599iJn449jU","name_en":"Mikhail Kosenko","birth_year":1975,"age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Mikhail Kosenko is a group II invalid and was registered in a psychoneurological dispensary. In addition to participating in the mass riots that allegedly took place on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, he was accused of twice striking the riot policeman Alexander Kazmin - with his arm and leg, and although the medical examiner's report states that Kazmin's health was slightly injured, the qualification of the act was changed from not dangerous to life and health to dangerous during the hearing of the case. Kazmin himself does not remember who hit him, most of the prosecution witnesses did not recognise Kosenko, and the only one who did, could not specify how exactly he had striked. In the video footage attached to the case, Kosenko is simply standing next to people jostling with the police. Kosenko was also sued for damage to Moscow property, such as asphalt pavement, toilet cubicles, etc. (at the same time, the case does not mention Kosenko's involvement into the damaging), however later the lawsuit was withdrawn. While the case was pending in court, Kosenko's mother died, but no letters were given to him in the pre-trial detention centre, and he did not even know that his mother was ill. The judge did not let him go to the funeral. At the request of the investigation, specialists from the Serbsky State Scientific Centre for Social and Forensic Psychiatry drew up an opinion on Kosenko's mental state. According to the conclusion, on 6 May and later he was in an insane state. On the basis of this conclusion, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court, having found Kosenko guilty, decided to send him for compulsory treatment \"up to detention in a closed psychiatric hospital\".The Moscow City Court left the decision of the Zamoskvoretsky Court unchanged. Kosenko was sent to psychiatric hospital No. 5 in the village of Troitskoye in the Chekhovsky district of the Moscow region. On 11 June 2014, the Chekhov City Court decided to transfer Kosenko to outpatient treatment. A month later, Kosenko was released.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":486,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Mikhail Kosenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, used violence dangerous to life and health against a police officer","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2014-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.06.2012 to 01.11.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: from 01.11.2012 to 24.04.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["State Budgetary Healthcare Institution of the Moscow city – Psychiatric Clinical Hospital no. 5 of the Moscow city department of healthcare"],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 24.04.2014 to 11.07.2014, Moscow Psychiatric Hospital No. 5\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.10.2013, Sentence: Compulsory treatment up to detention in a closed-type psychiatric hospital","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"Compulsory treatment up to detention in a closed-type psychiatric hospital","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2013-10-07T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-10-07T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 02-10-2013\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: http://amnesty.org.ru/bolotnaya/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/121776.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recXUSwTrgIvVjKQo"},{"persecution_id":"rec1wARPpLWCZ0wse","last_updated":"2023-11-08T21:29:22.000Z","person_id":"recnzMYHdyDDoj5cD","name_en":"Leonid Kovyazin","birth_year":1986,"age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Freelance correspondent for the newspaper Vyatsky Observer. 5 September 2012, detained in Kirov, transported to Moscow; accused of participation in the mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012 - he was moving bio-toilets. He was kept at the pre-trial detention centre. Released on amnesty in December 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the twelve"],"case_name_en":"Case of Vladimir Akimenkov, Maria Baronova, Nikolai Kavkazsky and Leonid Kovyazin","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on May, 6 2012","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2012 to 19.12.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2013","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2013-12-18T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 16-11-2016\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: http://amnesty.org.ru/node/2721\n• HRC Memorial:\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/121776.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec1wARPpLWCZ0wse"},{"persecution_id":"recJbHyPHr3dFY55P","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:12:06.000Z","person_id":"reczlCepTV5iNAOmc","name_en":"Leonid Tikhonov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The first searches and initiation of criminal proceedings took place two and a half weeks after a rally of Vostochny Port employees organized by a trade union led by Tikhonov on June 2, 2012; the initiation of criminal proceedings was also preceded by Tikhonov's appeal to the prosecutor's office regarding Vostochny Port's expenses on organizing sports and cultural events for its employees (information about these expenses was not provided to the trade union); the case was initiated on the application of Anatoly Lazarev, the managing director of Vostochny Port; in accordance with the law, the case was initiated on the basis of a complaint filed by Anatoly Lazarev, the managing director of Vostochny Port; in accordance with the port's collective agreement, the owner of the transferred funds, which Tikhonov was accused of embezzlement and misappropriation, was the primary public trade union organization (POPO) of JSC Vostochny Port, the Russian Dockers' Trade Union (RDTU), from the moment they were credited; neither during the investigation, nor in court, neither the primary trade union organization nor the RDTU recognized themselves as victims of the actions of the defendants; an independent audit commission of the RDTU checked Tikhonov's actions and found no misuse of the funds; at sentencing, the court rejected the testimony of all defense witnesses, members of the Vostochny Port trade union, who confirmed the fact of purchase of gifts and refute the fact of embezzlement and misappropriation of funds allocated for their purchase. Only the testimony of the prosecution witnesses, who stated that they did not receive gifts in cash or in kind, was found credible; on December 15, 2014, the Nakhodka City Court found Tikhonov guilty of committing crimes under Part 3 Article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (misappropriation or embezzlement using his official position, as well as on a large scale); he was sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony with a ban on engaging in trade union activities for three years; later, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months due to the fact that the material damage was fully compensated; he was later transferred to a settlement colony","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nakhodka"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2012-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2016-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":906,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":129,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 160 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["160"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 160"],"case_group_en":["The dockers' case"],"case_name_en":"The dockers' case","persecution_case_profile_en":"embezzled and misappropriated money allocated to the trade union for New Year gifts for employees and for ordering a bus for a collective outing to the countryside","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.12.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the Primorsky Territory Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service","Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 26 of the Primorsky Territory Penitentiary Department\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the Primorsky Territory Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 26 of the Primorsky Territory Penitentiary Department\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.12.2014, Sentence: Three and a half years of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with a ban on engaging in trade union activities for three years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three and a half years of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with a ban on engaging in trade union activities for three years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":40,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2014-12-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-12-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-02-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/194205.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 06-05-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/235042.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recJbHyPHr3dFY55P"},{"persecution_id":"rec2x1Ery94QezDss","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recfbbaLDxhjReulC","name_en":"Khaidar-Ali Bugusynov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 7 May 2012, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Bugusynov in the village of Kosh-Agach in the Altai Republic on suspicion of organising a cell of the banned organisation Tablighi Jamaat. On 18 June 2013, the case was transferred to the court. Bugusynov claimed that the state prosecutor put pressure on his lawyer, threatening to place him in pre-trial detention, after which the lawyer stopped supporting Bugusynov's position in the case. 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On 31 May 2012, for his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community he was charged with organising activities of a public or religious association liquidated by a court decision due to its extremist activities. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, recruitment of new supporters.\nOn 11 December, the court ruled that the indictment was illegal. However, even before that, in November, the investigation filed the same charges against him. Skvortsov was also accused of engaging two minors in a crime. On 29 July 2014, he was sentenced to five years and three months of suspended prison sentence and a fine of 100,000 rubles (exempt from payment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations). On 12 December, the Rostov Regional Court cancelled the decision of the Taganrog city court and sent the case for a new hearing. On 22 January new hearings in Taganrog city court started. On 30 November, he was sentenced to five and a half years suspended sentence and a 100,000 fine (exempt from payment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations).\n\nIn March 2021, Skvortsov found surveillance equipment at home, then his home was searched. On 7 December the authorities came again, after which they detained him. The next day, the court ordered Skvortsov to be taken into custody on a charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation - once again due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. On 20 June 2023, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":789,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":112,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 150 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","150"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 4, Article 150"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised the activities of a prohibited organisation, involved minors in the activities","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2015, Sentence: Five years and six months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of five years; a fine of 100,000 roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2014, Sentence: five years six months' conditioned prison sentence; fine: '100,000 roubles' (released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations)\nterms: five years six months (conditioned prison sentence)\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years and six months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of five years; a fine of 100,000 roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-07-28T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-06-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/06/d24735/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reczoN2kcfNtbqSDq"},{"persecution_id":"recGi6JIhS423qre7","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:11:45.000Z","person_id":"receH0XjmxpJE8hxX","name_en":"Alexey Sutuga","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In April 2012, he was arrested on charges that on 4 December 2011, as part of an antifa group, he attacked a group of young nationalists, and on 17 December 2011, together with fellow antifascist Alexei Olesinov, he attacked the security guards of the Vozdukh club. The defendants and visitors to the concert at the club claimed that the guards themselves provoked the fight and used weapons.\n\nIn 2013, the investigation admitted that Sutuga had nothing to do with the episode of 4 December. In summer 2013, he was released from custody on bail, and in January 2014 the case was dropped under an amnesty.\n\nAfter that, according to Sutuga, employees of the Centre for Countering Extremism threatened him with \"problems\". In April 2014, operatives of the Centre \"E\" detained him after an anti-fascist concert. The pretext was the commission of a crime by an unknown person in the area of the concert. During the detention Sutuga was questioned about his trip to Maidan. All the other detainees were soon released, while Sutuga was charged with petty hooliganism and left at the police department. He was then charged with taking part in a fight at the Sbarro cafe on 2 January 2014, where he struck multiple blows with a chair, legs and a homemade hammer to several people. Sutuga himself claimed that he was breaking up the fighting - the fight, according to him, was between a group of radical right-wing activists and another group of young people - and hit someone once in the process of breaking people up. On 1 October, Sutuga was sentenced to three years and one month in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 17 March 2015, while in the pre-trial detention facility in Irkutsk, from where he should have been transferred to a colony long ago, Sutuga went on a dry hunger strike due to the fact that he was pressured in the pre-trial detention facility: they offered to stay there instead of in the colony, and when Sutuga refused, they took away his letters and books. After Sutuga's hunger strike became known outside the pre-trial detention centre, he was transferred to the colony. He stopped his hunger strike. In the colony, Sutuga was soon sent to a punishment cell, as a certain metal sharpened strip was found in his belongings, although his belongings had been checked before. The colony authorities then ordered Sutuga to be kept in solitary confinement for a year. At the end of May 2015, it became known that Sutuga was not in the colony; later it turned out that he had been transferred to a neighbouring high-security colony. On 30 June 2016, Sutuga was returned to the colony where he had been before.\nOn 4 May 2017, Sutuga was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 116 of the Criminal Code","Article 115 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","116","115"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 116","Article 115 (unknown part)"],"case_group_en":["The case of Olesinov and Sutuga "],"case_name_en":"The Olesinov and Sutuga case","persecution_case_profile_en":"beat up the underage nationalist Zakharenkov; together with Alexei Olesinov, deliberately inflicted light bodily harm and beatings on the security guards of the Vozdukh club out of hooligan motives","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["released on bail","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released on bail: from 20.06.2013 to 10.01.2014\n• in custody: from 18.04.2012 to 20.06.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.01.2014","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2014-01-09T20:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGi6JIhS423qre7"},{"persecution_id":"recbzWDrxaty6fnQ8","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec3gLd4aKf1Md3je","name_en":"Oleg Arkhipenkov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on June 14, 2012, accused of participating in mass riots at the May 6, 2012 rally on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow, which had been agreed upon by the authorities. He was kept in pre-trial detention center in June-August 2012, then released on personal recognizance. He was held for several days in a psychiatric hospital where he was injected with drugs; spent two months under arrest; was amnestied in February 2014.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2014-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Arkhipenkov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-06-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/121776.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recbzWDrxaty6fnQ8"},{"persecution_id":"recrNxJ2BFKgDI3jt","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec1m6ZewOYXJGBLH","name_en":"Maxim Luzyanin","birth_year":1976,"age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Maxim Luzyanin - participant of the event on 6 May 2012 on Bolotnaya Square, businessman, has a suspended sentence for extortion. On 28 May he was detained on suspicion of participation in mass riots, on 30 May Basmanny court chose a measure of restraint in the form of detention. He was also accused of using violence against several policemen and OMON officers. At first, Luzyanin claimed that at Bolotnaya he only prevented himself from hitting, but on 5 June, having recognised himself on the video, he fully admitted guilt. On 21 August, the Investigative Committee announced the extraction of Luzyanin's case into separate proceedings. On 9 November, he was sentenced to four and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. 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the investigation requested to place Efimov in a hospital for a forensic psychological and psychiatric examination (Efimov was brought to court under escort to resolve this issue); The Petrozavodsk City Court made a decision to this effect, but the Supreme Court of Karelia declared it illegal; Efimov went to Estonia, where he received political refugee status and then was put on the federal wanted list in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2012-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Efimov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"published an article containing information aimed at humiliating the dignity of a person or a group of people on the grounds of attitude to religion","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-08-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/08/d27745/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"receAHeWqZrcv8ekd"},{"persecution_id":"recEUvvntrldeuyjT","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recnnkbDI6ZFE3Nwt","name_en":"Alexandr Shudobaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atteYRybXSKnz4s9T.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atteYRybXSKnz4s9T.jpg"],"birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Orenburg region. He was convicted of hooliganism and drug possession. On 10 May 2012, while he was serving a sentence for drug possession, a case was opened against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. During searches, religious literature was seized from Shudobayev, some of which turned out to be banned. On 22 March 2013, Shudobaev was sentenced to a fine of 200 thousand rubles.\n\nOn 6 July 2017, Shudobaev was detained along with 18 other people on suspicion of continuing the activities of an extremist organisation. He was ordered to sign a travel restriction document. On 11 March 2019, Shudobaev was sentenced to six and a half years in a strict regime colony. The appeal court added two years to his sentence and a three-year ban on administrative-economic and organizational-administrative work in religious organisations and activities related to the organisation of public associations of religious orientation. The cassation appeal was denied.\n\nIn September 2025, Shudobaev was released from prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2018-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":315,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexandr Shudobaev","persecution_case_profile_en":"Shudobaev went through training in Tablighi Jamaat schools in India and Bangladesh, later establishing a cell in Sol-Iletsk, which included more than 50 people; the organizers held meetings of Tablighi Jamaat supporters where they read Islamic literature.","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.03.2013, Sentence: 200 thousand rubles fine","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"200 thousand rubles fine","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2013-03-21T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-03-21T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-03-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/03/d26725/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recEUvvntrldeuyjT"},{"persecution_id":"recXMt3MLZMQ8WJ86","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recGs4OEseFT9jru5","name_en":"Tleukabyl Oktashev","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 7 May 2012 it became known that in the village of Kosh-Agach in the Altai Republic a criminal case under Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organisation of activities of a banned organisation) was opened on suspicion of organising a cell of the banned Tablighi Jamaat. Searches were conducted and literature was seized. Oktashev wrote a confession of guilt. 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He admitted guilt partially. He explained that he was indeed a member of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", knowing about the ban on the organisation, but was engaged only in educational work and did not plan a violent seizure of power. On 30 June 2014, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony. On 11 December 2014, the court of second instance left the sentence unchanged.\nOn 7 November 2023, Inamov was released, but on the same day he was detained and placed in a detention detention facility for foreign citizens. He was soon deported to Uzbekistan, where Hizb ut-Tahrir is also banned.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":630,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","278","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 278","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation and in the preparation of a violent seizure of power, and involved people in the commission of acts aimed at the violent seizure of power and violent changes to the constitutional order","persecution_location_en":"Deported","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.11.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 4 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 27 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 4 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 07.11.2023, Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 27 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2014, Sentence: sentence: 11 years in strict regime penal colony\nand a fine of 200,000 roubles\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence: 11 years in strict regime penal colony\nand a fine of 200,000 roubles\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-07-29T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-07-29T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-05-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/214352.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-07-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2014/07/d29973/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 17-04-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recIMn52mxb8xHydL"},{"persecution_id":"recRnk99hsoe4rig9","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recEegACbnJ0bD34O","name_en":"Andrei Barabanov","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Andrei Barabanov was an ordinary participant of the event on 6 May 2012 on Bolotnaya Square, he was not engaged in political or public activities. During the dispersal of the event, he was severely beaten and detained, accused of disobeying a police officer. Barabanov was sentenced to one day of administrative arrest. At the end of the same month he was arrested in a criminal case. He was accused of kicking the body armour of riot policeman Ivan Kruglov (the investigation also claimed that Barabanov bit the shoe of policeman Andrei Goryshin). Barabanov pleaded guilty to using violence against Kruglov and apologised to him, but insisted that he had not harmed him and had no such intention, while the defence stresses that Barabanov's actions should be assessed in the light of the circumstances - the police attack on peaceful citizens. Kruglov himself did not identify Barabanov. There is no evidence that Barabanov's blow caused harm to Kruglov. In addition, one of the police witnesses said that Barabanov did not hit Kruglov, but his colleague Markov, but Markov was not questioned during the trial. The investigation also claimed that Barabanov was involved in breaking the OMON chain, although Barabanov and his common-law wife Ekaterina Minsharapova were in a completely different place, near the stage, at the time of the breakthrough. The prosecution urged the court in its arguments to disregard Minsharapova's testimony because she attended the trial as a spectator before testifying as a witness. Meanwhile, Minsharapova, unlike other relatives of the accused, did not attend the sessions before appearing in court as a witness. Soon after his arrest, Barabanov, who disagreed with the measure of restraint, went on a dry hunger strike, as a result of which he ended up in hospital. Later in the pre-trial detention centre, he accidentally bumped his eye on a sharp corner and was treated by an ophthalmologist.The prosecutors in the debate asked to sentence Barabanov to five and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. The defence insists on his innocence. The Zamoskvoretsky court sentenced him to three years and seven months of imprisonment in a general regime colony, the Moscow City Court left the sentence unchanged. On 25 December 2015, he was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":636,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the twelve"],"case_name_en":"A case of eight","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, used violence against a police officer","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.05.2012 to 23.07.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2014 to 25.12.2015\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2014, Sentence: 3 years 7 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 7 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":43,"first_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/50130.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/121776.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recRnk99hsoe4rig9"},{"persecution_id":"recx9CMEfwH41cPuu","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recevR8i40j9ktXbj","name_en":"Vyacheslav Shchekalev","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On May 31 2012, brought as a defendant for participation in the activities of a public or religious association against which a court decision to liquidate due to extremist activities had entered into force; on December 11, the court ruled that the indictment was unlawful; however, even before that, in November, the investigation re-filed the same charge; on July 29 2014, acquitted by the court; on 12 December, the Rostov Regional Court overturned the decision of the Taganrog court and sent the case for a new hearing; on January 22 2015, new hearings began in Taganrog court. On November 30 sentenced to a fine of 60,000 rubles (exempted from paying the fine due to the expiry of the statute of limitations).","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2015-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1278,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a banned organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2015, Sentence: A fine of 60 thousand roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 60 thousand roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":60000,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-06-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/06/d24735/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recx9CMEfwH41cPuu"},{"persecution_id":"recGcvZ5nPf9uvESb","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reclkb3zN7gJzSGP9","name_en":"Fedor Bakhov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 10 June 2012 detained, during interrogation, following the advice of the appointed lawyer gave a confession; accused of participation in the mass riots in Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012 - participated in breaking the police cordon; for six days he was not allowed to meet with a lawyer; pressure was exerted to induce them to denounce the people whom the investigation declared the organizers. He was in pre-trial detention in June-November 2012, then was released on his recognizance not to leave. He was amnestied in January 2014.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Fyodor Bakhov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/121776.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recGcvZ5nPf9uvESb"},{"persecution_id":"recErrwp0xGm27fYO","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recgQxbnFXZog3X4D","name_en":"Saipula Kurbanov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In custody since 7 November 2012 on suspicion of cooperation with Hizb ut-Tahrir. Accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation and preparing for a violent seizure of power. He partially admitted guilt. He explained that he was a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir and led 2-3 groups of people studying the organisation's literature. He stated that the ideology of the organisation does not imply violent seizure of power. On 30 June 2014, he was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony. On 11 December 2014, the court of second instance left the sentence unchanged. In 2015, the supervisory appeal was returned by the court. He was released from prison in November 2020.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2022-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":636,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation and in preparations for a violent seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.11.2012 to 07.11.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 18.11.2020\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2014, Sentence: Timeline: 8 years\nand a fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Timeline: 8 years\nand a fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-07-29T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-07-29T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 17-04-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-07-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2014/07/d29973/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-05-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/214352.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recErrwp0xGm27fYO"},{"persecution_id":"recbGGOf8QLKbs9mE","last_updated":"2023-11-08T21:21:04.000Z","person_id":"recos3bzxArVnUUJz","name_en":"Ekaterina Samutsevich","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 16 March 2012 she was detained on suspicion of participation in the action of the punk group Pussy Riot in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. She was sent to a pre-trial detention centre. During the investigation, she went on hunger strike when her period of detention was extended. She was found guilty of hooliganism and sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. The court of appeal replaced the real term with a suspended sentence. During the appeal, Samutsevich's defence insisted that the defendant didn't have a chance to take part in the action, as the guard took her out of the cathedral as soon as she uncovered her guitar.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":153,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The Pussy Riot case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ekaterina Samutsevich","persecution_case_profile_en":"committed hooliganism motivated by religious hatred","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2012-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.03.2012 to 10.10.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.08.2012, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"first_verdict_date":"2012-08-16T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-08-16T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 22-12-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/43518.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-04-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/3403.html\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 02-04-2012\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: http://www.webcitation.org/6BlCZ60IY\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","Amnesty International"],"aid":"recbGGOf8QLKbs9mE"},{"persecution_id":"recAHgPLzXJWjoiSJ","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:59:27.000Z","person_id":"recWVVMDOekd3VAE5","name_en":"Daniil Konstantinov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Daniil Konstantinov is a leader of the Moscow Defence League and an active participant in mass protest events that took place in December 2011. On the 5th of December 2011, he was apprehended following an event at Chistye Prudy. Then, on the 22nd of March 2012, he was arrested on charges related to the murder of Alexei Temnikov, who was unemployed at the time, on the 3rd of December near Ulitsa Akademika Yangela metro station. The altercation leading to the murder was allegedly motivated by a dislike for the informal punk movement.\n\nKonstantinov has provided an alibi, stating that on the 3rd of December 2011, he was attending his mother's birthday party on Prospekt Mira. There is no evidence linking him to the crime scene on the other side of the city. The prosecution's case relies on the testimony of witness Alexei Sofronov, and there are concerns about the identification process, with allegedly falsified interrogation protocols of the witness. Sofronov himself has faced multiple theft-related charges.\n\nThe prosecution sought a 10-year prison sentence in a strict regime penal colony for Konstantinov. However, on the 26th of December, Judge Galina Tyurkina of the Chertanovsky District Court in Moscow decided to return the case to the prosecutor's office for further investigation. The case underwent additional investigation, but the indictment remained unchanged.\n\nDuring the second trial at the Chertanovsky District Court, the prosecution once again requested a 10-year prison sentence in a strict regime penal colony. On the 16th of October 2014, the court decided to reclassify the charge from murder to hooliganism, ultimately sentencing Konstantinov to three years in a penal colony. He was granted amnesty. On the 20th of October, it was reported that Konstantinov had left Russia.\n\nOn the 25th of February 2015, the Moscow City Court upheld the decision in Konstantinov's case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Politicians","Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2015-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":937,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":133,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 213 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 213 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Daniil Konstantinov","persecution_case_profile_en":"He, along with five accomplices, was involved in a brawl near Ulitsa Academika Yangelia metro station. The fight began when Konstantinov spat on the jacket of Alexei Temnikov, an unemployed man he had not previously known, due to a combination of personal dislike and a general aversion to the informal punk movement.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2014-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.03.2012 to 16.10.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.10.2014, Sentence: 16 October 2014. Chertanovsky District Court decided to reclassify the charge from murder to hooliganism, sentenced Konstantinov to 3 years' imprisonment in a penal colony and amnestied him. On 20 October 2014, it became known that Konstantinov left Russia. 25 February 2015. Moscow City Court upheld the judgement in Konstantinov's case.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 October 2014. Chertanovsky District Court decided to reclassify the charge from murder to hooliganism, sentenced Konstantinov to 3 years' imprisonment in a penal colony and amnestied him. On 20 October 2014, it became known that Konstantinov left Russia. 25 February 2015. Moscow City Court upheld the judgement in Konstantinov's case.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2014-10-15T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-10-15T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/121786.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-10-2010\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/49710.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recAHgPLzXJWjoiSJ"},{"persecution_id":"recQg4XzpgcJTzhR3","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:21:56.000Z","person_id":"recZJD3VNn8iNc3cE","name_en":"Sergey Krivov","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergey Krivov is a member of the Solidarity movement and the RPR-PARNAS party and was an election observer. On 6 May 2012, he was severely beaten on Bolotnaya Square. Later, he repeatedly participated in pickets in defence of those accused in the Bolotnaya case in front of the Investigative Committee building, where he was detained in October 2012. The prosecution claims that Krivovov took the baton from riot policeman Alexander Algunov and hit him on the arm with it, and pushed riot policeman Denis Moiseyev so that he lost his balance. At the same time, there is evidence that Algunov himself beat Krivov, while there is no evidence of Krivov's violent actions. In addition, Moiseyev's identification of Krivov was falsified: the riot policeman pointed to another person, but it was written in the protocol that he identified Krivov.\n\nDuring his time in the pre-trial detention centre Krivov went on hunger strike twice: in December 2012 - January 2013 in connection with the next extension of the period of detention, and in autumn 2013 - against the fact that he was not provided with the minutes of court hearings despite his petitions. Krivov was taken to court in a serious condition, and the judge ignored the requests of the defence to call an ambulance. Krivov was repeatedly beaten by the escort during the court sessions.\n\nProsecutors in the debate asked to sentence Krivov to six years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. The defence called for his acquittal. The Zamoskvoretsky court sentenced Krivov to four years in prison, the Moscow City Court reduced the sentence by three months.\n\nFor a long time in the penal colony Krivov did not receive and could not send any correspondence, complaints were not allowed. In addition, he did not receive any money for his work and was not transferred to a light regime, to which he was entitled. On 2 March 2015, he was unexpectedly transferred to a neighbouring colony, three days before the court hearing of his application for parole. Due to the transfer to another colony, the court could not consider the application. On 15 July 2016, Krivovov was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":493,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":70,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the twelve"],"case_name_en":"A case of eight","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, used violence against police officers","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.10.2012, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 26.10.2012 to 15.08.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Bryansk region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Bryansk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.08.2014 to 02.03.2015, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Bryansk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.03.2015 to 15.07.2016, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Bryansk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2014, Sentence: Four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.\nOn appeal, the Moscow City Court reduced the sentence by three months.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.\nOn appeal, the Moscow City Court reduced the sentence by three months.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":45,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/50130.html\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 09-12-2013\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: http://amnesty.org.ru/node/2721/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/121776.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","Amnesty International","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recQg4XzpgcJTzhR3"},{"persecution_id":"rec29ffev2APvVXuW","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recYuhNosGCP9VEJu","name_en":"Sergey Trotsyuk","birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 31 May 2012, he was charged with participation in the activities of a public or religious association against which a court decision on liquidation due to extremist activities had come into force; on 11 December, the court ruled that the charge was unlawful; however, even before that, in November, the investigation had re-filed the same charge; on 29 July 2014, he was sentenced to a fine of 60,000 rubles (exempted from payment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations); on 12 December, the Rostov Regional Court overturned the decision of the Taganrog court and On 30 November, he was sentenced to a fine of 70 thousand rubles (exempted from paying the fine due to the expiration of the statute of limitations).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2019-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":789,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":112,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a banned organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2014, Sentence: fine: '60,000 roubles' (exempted from punishment due to expiry of the statute of limitations)\n• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2015, Sentence: A fine of 70,000 roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 70,000 roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":70000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-07-28T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-06-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/06/d24735/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec29ffev2APvVXuW"},{"persecution_id":"recDU8bWwqGMWYora","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recYe1usnwU1HdoNe","name_en":"Pavel Khotulev","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 22 May 2012, it became known that a case of incitement to ethnic hatred had been initiated in connection with the publication of comments on the study of the Tatar language on the Internet; on 15 February 2013, Khotulev was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_days_from_verdict":269,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Pavel Khotulev","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted comments inciting national hatred on a social networking site","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.02.2013, Sentence: fine: '100,000 rubles'\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '100,000 rubles'\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2013-02-14T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-02-14T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-02-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/02/d26467/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recDU8bWwqGMWYora"},{"persecution_id":"recnv71NnAZ4ram9j","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:47:11.000Z","person_id":"recJqn0k0fH5sGqdc","name_en":"Maria Baronova","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Opposition activist. She was accused of calling for mass disorder at the agreed rally on 6 May 2012 on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow. She has been under a custodial sentence since June 2012. She was amnestied in December 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_days_from_verdict":556,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the twelve"],"case_name_en":"Case of Vladimir Akimenkov, Maria Baronova, Nikolai Kavkazsky and Leonid Kovyazin","persecution_case_profile_en":"Called for mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2013","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2013-12-18T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-12-18T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-o-sobytiyah-na-bolotnoy-ploshchadi-6-maya-2012-goda\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2015\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/50130.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recnv71NnAZ4ram9j"},{"persecution_id":"recrhIvexJlnWtxqS","last_updated":"2023-11-09T01:49:48.000Z","person_id":"rec3UtgnGQrTVphjn","name_en":"Zufar Achilov","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 February 2012, he was detained on charges of fraud, then the charge was reclassified to extortion. According to the prosecution, Achilov extorted money from developers who were building an apartment building with violations that allegedly took place in the same month; he was beaten and tortured during his arrest. A measure of restraint in the form of detention was chosen. Later, Achilov was charged with another extortion from a property developer, allegedly in April-May 2011. On 30 April 2013, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nHe was released in February 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gelendzhik"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2012-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":434,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 163 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 163 (unknown part)"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Gelendzhik human rights defenders"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Gelendzhik human rights defenders","persecution_case_profile_en":"extorted two million roubles from developers A. Petrosyan and H. Akrid, who were building a 9-storey apartment building with violations, and 500,000 roubles from N. 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During the arrest he was severely beaten and was treated at the Sklifosovsky Institute. A month later, he was arrested, and riot policeman Alexei Troerin said that Lutskkevich had ripped off his helmet on Bolotnaya Square, an action that was considered a use of violence (later Troerin said that Lutskkevich did not rip off his helmet, but took it away and pulled it). During the interrogations Lutskkevich was threatened, demanded to confess to the use of violence and to testify against persons unknown to him. After Lutskkevich appealed to the head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee in Moscow with a statement about the crime of police officers on Bolotnaya, the investigators in the \"Bolotnaya case\" conduct a line-up with the participation of two \"witnesses\" - members of the OMON who claim that Lutskkevich \"repeatedly threw pieces of asphalt at police officers\", although they had not reported anything of the kind before. There is no evidence that Lutskievich tore off his helmet or threw pieces of asphalt. On the video of the events from the square there are shots where Troerin's helmet falls into Lutskevich's hands for a second and a half, but he only stood nearby and did not commit any aggressive actions.On the day of one of the court hearings, Lutskevich was beaten by a convoy. Prosecutors in the debate asked to sentence Lutskevich to five and a half years in a general regime colony. His defence lawyers insist on his complete innocence. On 24 February 2014, the Zamoskvoretsky Court sentenced Lutskkevich to three and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. The Moscow City Court left the judgement unchanged.\nLutskevich was denied parole. On 8 December 2015, at the end of his sentence, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":624,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the twelve"],"case_name_en":"A case of eight","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, used violence against a police officer","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.06.2012 to 23.07.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2014 to 08.12.2015, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2014, Sentence: Three years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 09-12-2013\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: http://amnesty.org.ru/node/2721/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/121776.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/204321.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recADnUZC0kb8ZkmK"},{"persecution_id":"recC72UagywNayGVw","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recqT6tUbg7Mtz0pG","name_en":"Marina Janjgava","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She arrested on 3 October 2012. She signed a confession because the investigator and the appointed lawyer convinced her that the mere fact of sending SMS to a citizen of another country was already treason. On 1 November 2013, she was sentenced to twelve years in a general regime colony; on 27 February 2014, the sentence was upheld. In April 2017, she was transferred to Moscow for a review of the case. On 29 July 2017, pardoned, released on 8 August","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2012-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2017-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":394,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Marina Janjgava","persecution_case_profile_en":"From April to May 2008, collected, stored with the intent to transmit and sent two SMS containing state secrets to Goga Chkheti, a citizen of Georgia, who served as a police officer at a border guard post","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.04.2017 to 08.08.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 03.10.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 04.04.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.11.2013, Sentence: Twelve years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Twelve years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2013-10-31T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-10-31T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-05-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/dzhandzhgava-marina-nodarovna\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 31-05-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/225114.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recC72UagywNayGVw"},{"persecution_id":"recyp9JFVG74D2zCF","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:55:43.000Z","person_id":"rec9b4t33WuzPZP7p","name_en":"Nikolay Kavkazsky","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Opposition activist, human rights defender, politician. He was accused of participating in mass riots at the agreed rally on 6 May 2012 on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow. He was in pre-trial detention from July 2012 to August 2013, then transferred to house arrest. Amnestied in December 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the twelve"],"case_name_en":"Case of Vladimir Akimenkov, Maria Baronova, Nikolai Kavkazsky and Leonid Kovyazin","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 14.08.2013 to 23.12.2013\n• in custody: from 18.07.2012 to 14.08.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2013","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2013-12-18T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/121776.html\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 04-06-2016\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: http://amnesty.org.ru/node/2721\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Amnesty International"],"aid":"recyp9JFVG74D2zCF"},{"persecution_id":"recdciL8pw9tAGZ0S","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recjuMlmVoft09rFI","name_en":"Leonid Razvozzhayev","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Leonid Razvozzhayev was an aide to Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev and a member of the Left Front Council. In October 2012, a case was opened against him for preparing to organise mass riots following the NTV film Anatomy of Protest-2, which alleged that he, together with Sergei Udaltsov and Konstantin Lebedev, had discussed the financing of mass riots in Russia in June 2012 with Georgi Targamadze, head of the Georgian Parliament's Committee on Defence and Security. The film included video footage allegedly showing a meeting between Udaltsov and Targamadze, but the origin of the video is unknown. According to the investigation, Udaltsov and Razvozzhayev, together with Lebedev, organised training camps for participants in future mass riots in various regions of the country. In October 2012, Razvozzhayev tried to seek political asylum in Kiev, but on 19 October he was taken away from there in a car by unknown persons, after which he ended up in Moscow in the Investigative Committee, where, according to the Investigative Committee, he wrote an affidavit of guilt that he participated in the organisation of mass riots that allegedly took place on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, and preparations for the organisation of mass riots on the territory of Russia. On 22 October, the court at a closed session issued a ruling on Razvozzhayev's arrest. Later, Razvozzhayev retracted his confession, saying that he gave it under torture. On 21 November he was charged with robbery - allegedly in 1997 in Angarsk Razvozzhayev and his comrades attacked a local businessman and robbed him of a video camera and 500 fur hats. The case was merged with a case of preparation to organise mass riots. On 4 December, a case of illegal border crossing was opened against Razvozzhayev - according to the investigation, he travelled to Kiev using someone else's passport. The case of his kidnapping from Kiev was rejected. In December 2012, Razvozzhayev was transferred to Angarsk in a robbery case. On 18 January 2013, a case of false denunciation was opened against Razvozzhayev on the basis of his statement in court - on 12 December, at the hearing to extend his detention, he pointed to investigator Dmitry Pleshivtsev, who was present in the room, and said that this man was among those who tortured him. On 24 January, the robbery case was dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. In January 2013, the Investigative Committee announced the merger of the Anatomy of Protest-2 case and the Bolotnaya case into a joint proceeding; Udaltsov, according to the investigation, is one of the organisers of the mass riots that allegedly took place on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, and he also organised them with Targamadze's money. On 18 March 2013, Razvozzhayev was returned to Moscow. On 19 June 2013, Razvozzhayev was officially charged with organising mass riots on Bolotnaya Square. The case of illegal border crossing was also merged with the mass riot cases into a general proceeding. On 24 July 2014, the Moscow City Court sentenced him to four and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony and a fine of 150,000 rubles. On 18 March 2015, the Supreme Court overturned the decision on the fine for illegal border crossing due to the expiration of the statute of limitations; the rest of the Moscow City Court's decision remained in force.\n\nHe was released on 7 April 2017.","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":642,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 212","Part 1, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The \"Anatomy of a Protest\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhaev","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, prepared to organise mass riots in other cities, illegally crossed the border with Ukraine","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.09.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 12.01.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Irkutsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 21.10.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 13.03.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 24.12.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region\n• in custody: from 17.03.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 19.03.2014 to 01.05.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Krasnoyarsk krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 07.04.2017, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Krasnoyarsk krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.07.2014, Sentence: Four years six months' imprisonment in a general regime colony; a fine of 150,000 roubles (the fine was later cancelled on appeal for expiry of the statute of limitations for \"crossing the border\")","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four years six months' imprisonment in a general regime colony; a fine of 150,000 roubles (the fine was later cancelled on appeal for expiry of the statute of limitations for \"crossing the border\")","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2014-07-23T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-07-23T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-09-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/64702.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 31-01-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/145391.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recdciL8pw9tAGZ0S"},{"persecution_id":"rec7eRJ9rRSwmluF3","last_updated":"2023-11-09T01:49:48.000Z","person_id":"recPUTPLUhbA7l6mU","name_en":"Valery Semergei","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 February 2012, Semergei was detained on charges of fraud but later the charges were reclassified as extortion. According to the prosecution, Semergei extorted money from developers who were building an apartment building with violations that allegedly occurred the same month. While Semergei was being detained, he was beaten and tortured. It was ruled that he remain in custody. On 30 April 2013, he was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony. On 13 August 2013, the court of second instance left the sentence unchanged. Semergei was released in February 2020.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gelendzhik"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2012-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":434,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 163 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 163 (unknown part)"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Gelendzhik human rights defenders"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Gelendzhik human rights defenders","persecution_case_profile_en":"Extorted two million rubles (US$21,800) from the developers A. Petrosyan and H. Akrid, who were building a 9-storey apartment block with violations in the building procedure.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.02.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["п. Apsheronsk | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 19.02.2020, п. Apsheronsk | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.04.2013, Sentence: 8 years in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2013-04-29T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-04-29T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-12-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/119857.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-12-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-gelendzhikskih-pravozashchitnikov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec7eRJ9rRSwmluF3"},{"persecution_id":"rec7zieKCc05jl4Ak","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:21:07.000Z","person_id":"recI5qJesVfRlzJNH","name_en":"Alexander Kamensky","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was accused of participating in mass riots at the agreed rally on 6 May 2012 on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow. He was detained in June 2012, then released on his own recognisance. 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On 12 November it was officially reported about the initiation of criminal proceedings under the article on public justification of terrorism. The activist was given a covenant not to leave the country. Incitement to hatred or hostility was also incriminated. In 2013, the case was terminated due to the absence of corpus delicti, but it was resumed in February 2014: the decision to terminate the criminal case on justification of terrorism was cancelled and the signs of calls for extremist activity were found. In May 2015, the case was again terminated.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2012-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2015-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Svistunov","persecution_case_profile_en":"made calls for extremist activities on social media","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 11.11.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 31-01-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/145392.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-05-2015\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/67284.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-02-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/02/d28997/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recof7rdNlVNQUsiU"},{"persecution_id":"recgRIjjeYsTwz4Va","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recZrPrVWfGCtWuTT","name_en":"Vladislav Kruglikov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On May 31, 2012, he was charged with participating in the activities of a public or religious association, against which a court decision on liquidation due to extremist activities had come into force (according to the investigation, he was involved in criminal activities as a minor). On December 11, the court declared the accusation illegal; however, even before that, in November, the investigation recharged him with the same accusation. On July 29, 2014, he was acquitted by the court; on December 12, the Rostov Regional Court overturned the decision of the Taganrog City Court. On January 22, 2015, new hearings began in the Taganrog City Court. On November 30, he was sentenced to a 20,000 roubles fine (exempted from paying the fine due to the expiration of the statute of limitations).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2016-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1278,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of a banned organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2015, Sentence: A 20,000 roubles fine (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, exempt from paying the fine).","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A 20,000 roubles fine (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, exempt from paying the fine).","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":20000,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-06-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/06/d24735/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recgRIjjeYsTwz4Va"},{"persecution_id":"recz1k9xbqSGZG05H","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:54:46.000Z","person_id":"recDAtNuLcmTqq1Ts","name_en":"Stepan Zimin","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Stepan Zimin holds anarchist and anti-fascist views and has participated in the activities of the Occupy movement and actions in defence of forests near Moscow. On 6 May 2012, he was detained on Bolotnaya Street and charged with disobeying the lawful demands of police officers. A month later, he was arrested and charged with throwing a piece of asphalt at policeman Denis Kuvatov, as a result of which the so-called victim suffered a finger injury. However, as the results of the expertise showed, the cause of the injury suffered by Kuvatov - a fractured finger - could not have been caused by throwing a piece of asphalt. The results of the expert examination were not included by the investigators in the case file. There is no evidence that Zimin threw pieces of asphalt at all - on the contrary, there is evidence that the throwing of pieces of asphalt began after Zimin was detained. The prosecution in the debate as evidence of Zimin's criminal intent used entries in his diary and poems, which were not considered in court. Prosecutors in the debate asked to sentence Zimin to five and a half years in a general regime colony. Defence lawyers insist on his complete innocence. The Zamoskvoretsky court sentenced him to three and a half years in prison, the Moscow City Court left the decision unchanged. On 22 June 2015, he was released on parole.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":625,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the twelve"],"case_name_en":"A case of eight","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, used violence against a police officer","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released on probation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.06.2012 to 18.06.2012, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 18.06.2012 to 23.07.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2014 to 22.06.2015, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2014, Sentence: sentenced to three years six months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentenced to three years six months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/121776.html\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 09-12-2013\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: http://amnesty.org.ru/node/2721/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/50130.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Amnesty International","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recz1k9xbqSGZG05H"},{"persecution_id":"recp3UNQisu10zusG","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recegzacB7gmqusFo","name_en":"Tatiana Kravchenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 31 May 2012, she was charged with participation in the activities of a public or religious association against which a court decision to liquidate due to extremist activities had entered into force; on 11 December, the court ruled that the charge was unlawful; however, even before that, in November, the investigation had re-filed the same charge; on 29 July 2014, she was acquitted by the court; on 12 December, the Rostov Regional Court overturned the decision of the Taganrog court and sent the case for a new hearing; on 22 January 2015, new hearings began. On 30 November, she was sentenced to a fine of 70,000 (ca US$ 760) (she was exempted from paying the fine due to the expiry of the statute of limitations).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2016-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1278,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a banned organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2015, Sentence: A fine of 70,000 roubles ($US  760)\n(due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, she was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 70,000 roubles ($US  760)\n(due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, she was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":70000,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-06-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/06/d24735/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recp3UNQisu10zusG"},{"persecution_id":"recIzbfs7kXVJSFHT","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recXbVcCfrHqysqC0","name_en":"Kirill Chetverikov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 31 May 2012, brought as a defendant for participation in the activities of a public or religious association against which a court decision on liquidation due to extremist activities had come into force; on 11 December, the court ruled that the charge was unlawful; however, even before that, in November, the investigation re-filed the same charge; on 29 July 2014, acquitted by the court; on 12 December, the Rostov Regional Court overturned the decision of the Taganrog court and sent the case for a new hearing; on 22 January, new hearings began in Taganrog; on 30 November sentenced to a fine of 70,000 (exempted from paying the fine due to the expiry of the statute of limitations).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2015-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1278,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a banned organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2015, Sentence: A fine of 70 thousand roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 70 thousand roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":70000,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-06-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/06/d24735/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recIzbfs7kXVJSFHT"},{"persecution_id":"rec13csiTxEoeqmls","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:03:04.000Z","person_id":"recRDi5VkoHGwICX2","name_en":"Oleg Navalny","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYWsEOZZN2CQ1Bh.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYWsEOZZN2CQ1Bh.jpg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Alexei Navalny's younger brother, entrepreneur, artist, and at the time of his prosecution, an employee of FSUE Russian Post. On 20 December 2012, along with his brother, he became a defendant in a case of fraud and money laundering. A personal recognizance was chosen as a measure of restriction. On 11 April 2014, the case was transferred to the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow. On 28 April, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office. On 29 July, the trial resumed. On 30 December 2014, Oleg Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony and taken into custody. He was released on 29 June 2018.\n\nOn 27 January 2021, Oleg Navalny was detained as part of a criminal case on violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules, his flat was searched. On 29 January, the court sent Navalny under house arrest. Later he was charged with incitement to violate the rules. On 7 April, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen. On 6 August, he was given one year' suspended sentence.\n\nIn January 2022, the criminal-executive inspectorate demanded Navalny's suspended sentence to be replaced with a real one due to his alleged failure to register. He was then put on a federal wanted list. On 18 February, he was sentenced to a year in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":747,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":106,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159","174.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159","Part 2, Article 174.1"],"case_group_en":["The Yves Rocher case"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Navalny's case on fraud and money laundering","persecution_case_profile_en":"being an employee of the Russian Post, he found out that Yves Rocher Vostok needed services to transport goods from Moscow to the regions, and then, together with his brother Alexei Navalny, stole more than 26 million roubles from Yves Rocher Vostok and more than 4 million roubles from the Multiprofile Processing Company by deception","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 14.12.2012 to 30.12.2014\n• in custody: from 30.12.2014 to 04.03.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2015 to 29.06.2018, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.12.2014, Sentence: sentences: three and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentences: three and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-12-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-12-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-01-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/87096.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-01-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/221142.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec13csiTxEoeqmls"},{"persecution_id":"recjiPIiPdVOo39ey","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recUtL0P7DrE13tAa","name_en":"Evgeny Kulagin","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Along with three other residents of Bashkiria, was accused of participation in the activities of the organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Liberation Party), which was declared a terrorist organisation in 2003 at a closed session of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, as well as of \"preparation for actions aimed at violent seizure of power, as well as violent change of the constitutional order\"; According to the FSB, in 2011-2012 he created a regional subdivision of the banned organisation in Bashkiria and was engaged in recruiting supporters and organising pickets, rallies and conferences to promote the ideas of his organisation, as well as distributing propaganda materials with calls \"to overthrow and change the social and political order by armed means\". He has been detained since August 2013. In April 2015, he was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.\n\nHe was released in April 2020.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2012-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":883,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":126,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Ufa case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the organisation of Hizb ut-Tahrir activities and in preparations for the violent change of the constitutional order","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 05.03.2013 to 27.08.2013\n• in custody: from 08.11.2012 to 05.03.2013\n• in custody: from 27.08.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 15.04.2020, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2015, Sentence: seven years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"seven years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2015-04-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-04-08T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-06-2014\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/200020.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 13-04-2015\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/136255.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recjiPIiPdVOo39ey"},{"persecution_id":"recDdMynKU2LRyMoG","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recSKE2t9U6ybmUUw","name_en":"Kanat Krushenov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 11th April 2013, he was sentenced to a fine of 50 thousand rubles.\n\nOn 6th July 2017 he was detained together with 18 other people on suspicion of continuing the activities of an extremist organisation. Signed a covenant not to leave the country. On 11th March 2019, sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony. Released in 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Housewives and househusbands "],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sol-Iletsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_ended":"2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":465,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg region"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Sol-Iletsk","case_number":"1-3-00001/2013","persecution_case_profile_en":"Encouraged Muslims practising traditional Islam to change their attitudes to the faith, recruited new organisation members and held meetings","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.04.2013, Sentence: a fine of 50.000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 50.000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2013-04-10T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-04-10T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-02-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10579/orenburgskoe-delo-zapreshhjonnoj-tabligi-dzhamaat\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-04-2013\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/04/d26884/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recDdMynKU2LRyMoG"},{"persecution_id":"recTpSJLEiUjzxVll","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recxPbpISy8QQxJ8L","name_en":"Elena (Alena) Goryacheva","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 8th of September 2012, a month after she was released from the penal colony where she was serving a sentence in the case brought after the attack on the National Bolsheviks in November 2008, Alena Goryacheva, an activist of the banned NBP, was detained in Orenburg and taken to Moscow as part of the investigation into her participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with the action of the banned NBP in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' reception room in 2008. She was released on personal recognizance. On 31st of October the case was terminated due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2012-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2012,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":52,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the seizure of the Foreign Ministry reception desk"],"case_name_en":"Alena Goryacheva's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 08.09.2012 to 31.10.2012\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.10.2012, Sentence: the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2012-10-30T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-10-30T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-09-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/09/d25342/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-09-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-natsbolov/43568.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-04-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/3402.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recTpSJLEiUjzxVll"},{"persecution_id":"recTRjcRmkbPLDauy","last_updated":"2026-02-28T18:35:25.000Z","person_id":"recAxS5l6SMg2qdZo","name_en":"Maria Alyokhina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attCi0OGP4aYdtnSu.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attCi0OGP4aYdtnSu.jpeg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Pussy Riot participant, co-founder of Mediazona and Zona Prava, an organisation dedicated to the protection of prisoners' rights.\n\nOn 4 March 2012, she was detained on suspicion of participation in the action of the punk group Pussy Riot in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. After the detention she went on hunger strike for some time. She was sent to a pre-trial detention centre. During the investigation she was on hunger strike for some time due to the extension of the detention period. She was found guilty of hooliganism and sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. During her stay in a colony in Perm Krai, she went on hunger strike for some time due to the harsh conditions of detention. She was denied parole.\n\nOn 23 December 2013, Alyokhina was amnestied.\n\nOn 27 January 2021, Alyokhina was detained as part of a criminal case for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules, and her flat was searched. On 29 January, the court sent Alyokhina under house arrest. Later she was charged with incitement to violate the rules.\n\nOn 10 September, she was sentenced to a year of restricted freedom. On 21 April 2022, due to the fact that Alyokhina cut off the electronic bracelet she was wearing, the court commuted her remaining sentence of 21 days to imprisonment. Alyokhina did not appear at the trial, and on 26 April it became known that she was wanted.\n\nIn September 2024, Alyokhina, along with four other members of Pussy Riot, was put on a wanted list in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The reason was the clip \"Mum, don't watch TV\" and an anti-war action in a Munich museum.\n\nOn 15 September 2025, the court sentenced her in absentia to 13 years and 15 days in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_days_from_verdict":165,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The Pussy Riot case"],"case_name_en":"The Pussy Riot case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Committed hooliganism motivated by religious hatred","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.03.2012 to 22.10.2012, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 28 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2012 to 05.08.2013, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 28 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2013 to 23.12.2013, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.08.2012, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony\n\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony\n\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2012-08-16T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2012-08-16T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 02-04-2012\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: http://www.webcitation.org/6BlCZ60IY\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-04-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/3403.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 22-12-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/43518.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recTRjcRmkbPLDauy"},{"persecution_id":"recxqcil7pQ5tQLw4","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recRnT8UgFeCIwNSs","name_en":"Kirill Kravchenko","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 31 May 2012, brought as a defendant for participation in the activities of a public or religious association against which a court decision on liquidation in connection with extremist activities had come into force; on 11 December, the court ruled that the charge was unlawful; however, even before that, in November, the investigation re-filed the same charge; on 29 July 2014, acquitted by the Taganrog district court; on 12 December, the Rostov regional court overturned the decision of the Taganrog court and sent the case for a new review; on 22 January 2015, started On 30 November, he was sentenced to a fine of 70,000 (he was exempted from paying the fine due to the expiry of the statute of limitations).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2016-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1278,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a banned organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2015, Sentence: A fine of 70 thousand roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 70 thousand roubles (due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, he was exempted from paying the fine)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":70000,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-06-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/06/d24735/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recxqcil7pQ5tQLw4"},{"persecution_id":"rechWWVLxvtPKD7DN","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reckFKcZRHoo4o3Od","name_en":"Artem Savelov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Artem Savelov is a so-called \"ordinary citizen\", one of the many participants in the mass protests of late 2011-2012, who does not belong to any political organisations. On 6 May 2012, he was in the first ranks of demonstrators who broke the chain of police blocking the movement of the column. He was detained a few minutes after the breakthrough. He spent the night in the Khamovniki IAB. On 8 May, the magistrate ruled on administrative arrest for 24 hours. More than a month later Savelov was arrested in a criminal case. As for the use of violence, he is accused of grabbing by the hand and by the body armour of Alexander Gogolev, an officer of the 2nd operative regiment of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow, who, according to the investigation, detained him together with his colleague Andrei Emelyanov. The accusation is based on the testimony of the so-called victim Gogolev and the so-called witness Emelyanov. Gogolev, however, gave different testimonies at different interrogations, confusing the colour of hair and jacket of the person who allegedly grabbed him. He was not even ready to admit with certainty that violence had indeed been used. (And Emelyanov initially said that no one had committed any unlawful acts against him and Gogolev and other colleagues). At the same time, judging by the video, which clearly shows Savelov's detention, it was not the soldiers of the 2nd Operative Regiment who detained him, but OMON officers wearing completely different uniforms. This means that Savelov's accusation is based on absolutely false testimony. In the opinion of the prosecution, expressed in the debate, one of the confirmations of Artem Savelov's guilt is the video, on which he \"sits on the asphalt together with other citizens, continuing unlawful actions\".\n\nSavelov has logoneurosis - a neurotic form of stuttering, it is very difficult for him to speak, and his condition worsened in the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nProsecutors in the debate asked to sentence Savelov to five and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. The defence lawyers insisted on his complete innocence. The Zamoskvoretsky court sentenced him to two years and seven months of imprisonment in a general regime colony; the Moscow City Court left the decision unchanged.\nOn 31 December 2014 Savelov was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":623,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the twelve"],"case_name_en":"A case of eight","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, used violence against police officers.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2014-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.06.2012, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2014 to 31.12.2014\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2014, Sentence: Two years seven months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years seven months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":31,"first_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-02-23T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 02-10-2013\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: http://amnesty.org.ru/bolotnaya/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/121776.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rechWWVLxvtPKD7DN"},{"persecution_id":"recJ5LuIBht2t6iqS","last_updated":"2025-04-28T13:38:41.000Z","person_id":"recymoP1kKvlLNdOD","name_en":"Vladimir Ivanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxTDN1bqhwJ3wFX.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxTDN1bqhwJ3wFX.jpg"],"birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Gelendzhik, human rights defender. On 20 February 2012, he was detained on charges of fraud, then the charge was reclassified to extortion. According to the prosecution, he extorted money from developers who were building an apartment block with violations. During detention he was beaten and tortured. A pretrial restriction in the form of detention was chosen. Later Ivanov was charged with another extortion from a property developer, allegedly in April-May 2011. On 30 April 2013, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony. On 13 August 2013, the court of second instance left the sentence unchanged.\nIvanov was allegedly released on 19 February 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gelendzhik"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2012-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2025-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":434,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 163 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 163 (unknown part)"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Gelendzhik human rights defenders"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Gelendzhik human rights defenders","persecution_case_profile_en":"extorted two million roubles from developers A. Petrosyan and H. Akrid, who were building a 9-storey apartment building with violations, and 500,000 roubles from N. 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two searches of Moseev's home, seizure of his computer and the laptops of his wife and child; charged on 10 October with incitement to hatred or hostility on ethnic grounds; court proceedings began in November; on 14 December Moseev was added by Rosfinmonitoring to the list of organisations and individuals with respect to whom there is information about their involvement in extremist activity or terrorism, his accounts in Russian banks were blocked, and his new account was opened.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2012-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2013-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":240,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ivan Moseyev","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 1 April 2012, Moseyev left a comment under the nickname \"Pomors\" insulting ethnic Russians on the website of the Ekho Severa news agency","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.03.2013, Sentence: fine: '100,000 roubles'\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '100,000 roubles'\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2013-02-28T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-02-28T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-09-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/09/d25370/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recEKP6furPwMs9A4"},{"persecution_id":"recGlSLq3vtZaQEad","last_updated":"2023-11-08T09:43:42.000Z","person_id":"recvA81pN1nZUAjXK","name_en":"Komil Odilov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On July 24, 2012, Odilov was charged with organising the activities of a religious association that had been banned due to extremist activities by a court's enforceable decision. On May 27, 2013, he received a one-year suspended sentence.\n\nIn late June 2014, it bekame known that Odilov had been removed from the list of organizations and individuals associated with extremist activity or terrorism.\n\nOn December 5, 2015, Odilov was detained in connection with a new criminal case related to the organization of activities of the nonexistent banned organization \"Nurdzhular.\" He was placed in custody, which was later changed to personal recognisance in September 2016. On June 29, 2018, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Novosibirsk sentenced Odilov to two years in a general regime penal colony. On December 21, he was sentenced to eight years of administrative supervision.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2012-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2016-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":307,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Novosibirsk imams"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Novosibirsk imams","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of the Nurdzhular religious association in Novosibirsk while being aware that it had been banned as an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.05.2013, Sentence:  one year suspended imprisonment\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":" one year suspended imprisonment\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2013-05-26T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-05-26T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/02/d26407/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recGlSLq3vtZaQEad"},{"persecution_id":"rechjUP3qvlYGFIb7","last_updated":"2024-07-24T13:15:04.000Z","person_id":"rec0FvjwPdkDQoz6R","name_en":"Vladimir Akimenkov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"At the time of detention Vladimir was a \"Left Front\" activist. He was detained on 10 June 2012 and accused of having \"broken the cordon of armed forces and OMON officers\" on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, \"chanted anti-government slogans\", and also of having \"found and deliberately thrown a flag pole 50 metres away, hitting an unidentified\" OMON officer in the chest. At the same time, Akimenkov has very poor eyesight. The prosecution did not provide any evidence of guilt, and Akimenkov's actions were not qualified under Article 318 of the Criminal Code (use of violence against a police officer). In December 2013 he was amnestied.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the twelve"],"case_name_en":"Case of Vladimir Akimenkov, Maria Baronova, Nikolai Kavkazsky and Leonid Kovyazin","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.06.2012 to 23.09.2012\n• in custody: from 23.09.2012\n• in custody:  to 18.12.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2013","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2013-12-18T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 02-10-2013\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://amnesty.org.ru/node/2721/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/121776.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rechjUP3qvlYGFIb7"},{"persecution_id":"recr6UsOnIxDtaLBV","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recS7JM8TdZeZ7xea","name_en":"Farit Bikeev","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"He was accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 11 April 2013 he was sentenced to a fine of 250,000 rubles (ca. 8000 USD).","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sol-Iletsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_ended":"2014-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":465,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg region"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Sol-Iletsk","case_number":"1-3-00001/2013","persecution_case_profile_en":"Encouraged Muslims practising traditional Islam to change their attitudes to the faith, recruited new cell members and held meetings","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.04.2013, Sentence: fine of 250,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 250,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2013-04-10T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-04-10T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-04-2013\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/04/d26884/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recr6UsOnIxDtaLBV"},{"persecution_id":"recQK4eq7z20VJTWK","last_updated":"2024-01-29T07:39:10.000Z","person_id":"recZEfHxrIUNfEfYu","name_en":"Arkady Babchenko","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Formerly a military correspondent for \"The Novaya Gazeta\". A blogger who has been actively criticising the Russian authorities for many years. Since 2017, he has been living in Ukraine. In May 2018, the Security Service of Ukraine staged Babchenko's murder in order to detain the alleged organiser of the assassination attempt.\n\nOn 2 March 2012, the Moscow prosecutor's office opened a criminal case under part 3 of article 212 of the Criminal Code. The consequences are unknown.\n\nIn July 2020, Babchenko was included on the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with a note that is placed with the names of people prosecuted under terrorist articles. In January 2023, the journalist was put on the wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers","Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Arkady Babchenko's case on calls for mass riots","persecution_case_profile_en":"called for rioting on the Internet.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-03-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2012/03/d23954/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recQK4eq7z20VJTWK"},{"persecution_id":"recCY0VvHdI7P0n35","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recXF1RW9xiA7rF35","name_en":"Suren Gazarian","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Krasnodar region and an environmentalist, he was charged with damaging the fence of a state-owned property, allegedly the dacha of the governor of the Krasnodar region. On June 20, 2012, he was sentenced to three years of probation. Gazaryan left Russia, fearing further persecution, as a criminal case was opened against him for allegedly threatening to kill a security guard at another state-owned property, supposedly \"Putin's dacha.\"","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tuapse"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2012-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 119 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["119"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 119"],"case_name_en":"Suren Gazarian's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he threatened the security guard Pirogov near Molokanova's Shchel in the village of Praskoveyevka","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 23-12-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/gazaryan-suren-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recCY0VvHdI7P0n35"},{"persecution_id":"recBVncim48g4ufpq","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recADYwI4uNCUvN6a","name_en":"Boris Stomakhin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Essayist and founder of the newspaper Radical Politics.\nOn 17 November 2000, following the publication of Stomakhin’s article The Programme of the National Revolution and a series of political statements on the website of the Revolutionary Contact Association, the prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case against him. He was accused of calling for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order, insulting a government official, and slandering a government official. In August 2001, the case was closed due to the absence of corpus delicti.\n\nIn 2002, a new criminal case was opened under Article 280 of the Russian Criminal Code in connection with further publications in Radical Politics. This case was closed in the summer of 2003.\n\nIn 2006, Stomakhin was convicted under Part 2 of Article 280 (“Public incitement to extremist activity”) and Part 1 of Article 282 (“Actions aimed at inciting hatred or enmity”) of the Russian Criminal Code. He was sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony and was banned from engaging in journalistic activity for three years. He served his sentence at Corrective Colony No. 4 in the village of Burepolom, Nizhnii Novgorod Region, and was released on 21 March 2011.\n\nOn 20 November 2012, Stomakhin was detained again, this time on suspicion of offences under Part 1 of Article 205.2 (“Public justification of terrorism”) and Part 1 of Article 282. Charges were formally brought the next day and concerned three articles published online. On 4 March 2013 the charges were expanded to include Part 1 of Article 280 (“Public calls for extremist activity”), with three additional texts added to the indictment.\n\nOn 24 April 2013, the charges were reclassified as more serious after investigators determined that the blog and website on which the texts appeared constituted “mass media”. Accordingly, the charges under Articles 280 and 205.2 were raised from Part 1 to Part 2. On 4 June 2013, a further charge was added: incitement of hatred towards Orthodox Christians, allegedly through “insulting references to the Most High” and “derogatory, insulting references to a saint” (as phrased in the indictment). Stomakhin was also charged with “preparation for public justification of terrorism committed through mass media” (Part 1 of Article 30 and Part 2 of Article 205.2), which included, among other things, “justification of the activities of terrorists who killed Alexander II”.\n\nOn 22 April 2014, Stomakhin was sentenced to six and a half years in a strict-regime penal colony. He was convicted under Part 2 of Article 205.2 (“Public justification or propaganda of terrorism via mass media”), Part 1 of Article 282, Part 2 of Article 280, and Part 1 of Article 30 combined with Part 2 of Article 205.2.\nOn 15 July 2014, the Moscow City Court upheld the sentence, despite the expiry of the statute of limitations for several episodes. While serving his sentence, Stomakhin was accused of publishing, on 18 January 2014 on the LJ.Rossia platform, an article titled Or to Blow Up a Couple of Railway Stations Here!, concerning the December 2013 attacks in Volgograd. On 20 April 2015, the Moscow District Military Court sentenced him to a further three years in a strict-regime colony under Part 1 of Article 205.2. Taking into account his previous conviction, his total sentence amounted to seven years in a strict-regime colony, extending his imprisonment by six months. The court also imposed a five-year ban on practising journalism after release.\n\nStomakhin was released on 19 September 2019.\n\nIn May 2024, it was reported that a new case had been opened against him for disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He was placed on a wanted list and arrested in absentia. In January 2025, the case went to trial, and it became known that he was also charged with incitement to hatred.\n\nOn 26 March 2025, Stomakhin was sentenced in absentia to ten years’ imprisonment.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":650,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","282","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 1, Article 282","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Boris Stomakhin's second case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Stomakhin was accused of publishing six texts containing \"public justification of terrorism\", \"Incitement to hatred or enmity\" and \"public calls for extremist activities\". In addition, Stomakhin was accused of \"preparation for public justification of terrorism committed with the use of mass media\" (Part 1 of Article 30, Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), which was expressed, in particular, in \"justification of the activities of terrorists who killed Alexander II\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2012-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2014-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.11.2012 to 22.04.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2014, Sentence: 6 years 5 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 5 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":77,"first_verdict_date":"2014-04-21T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-04-21T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-04-2014\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/racism-xenophobia/news/counteraction/2014/04/d29391/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recBVncim48g4ufpq"},{"persecution_id":"recxV6QBTRZRAz1gC","last_updated":"2023-11-08T15:12:06.000Z","person_id":"recrOXLxurhmpk3Qm","name_en":"Efendi Kudaev","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 7 November 2012. A case of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir was opened. On 20 November 2013, he was sentenced to a fine of 50 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":377,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"Case of Rasim Karkayev and Efendi Kudayev","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in a conference on 03.08.2012. at the Salut Hotel in Moscow.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.11.2013, Sentence: fine: '50 thousand roubles'.\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '50 thousand roubles'.\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2013-11-19T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-11-19T20:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxV6QBTRZRAz1gC"},{"persecution_id":"recIBbvMT25Gc7B6o","last_updated":"2024-07-15T13:33:29.000Z","person_id":"rec6CrHRsgG7Y6nNp","name_en":"Magomed Magomedov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 7 November 2012. On 11 December 2013, he was sentenced to a fine of 50 thousand rubles in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":398,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Magomed Magomedov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in a conference on 03.08.2012 at the Salut Hotel in Moscow.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.12.2013, Sentence: fine: '50 thousand roubles'.\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '50 thousand roubles'.\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2013-12-10T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-12-10T20:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIBbvMT25Gc7B6o"},{"persecution_id":"rec0CN2WETAHrFrgI","last_updated":"2024-09-13T16:37:46.000Z","person_id":"recBotEhRORCyIS1P","name_en":"Aigun Suleymanov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on 7 November 2012. On 27 January 2014, he was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles in a case of organising the activities of an extremist organisation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":445,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Aygun Suleymanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in organising the activities of a cell of a banned extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.01.2014","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-01-26T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-01-26T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-01-2014\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2014/01/d28917/?sphrase_id=2006646\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-01-2013\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news/v-moskve-osvobozhden-iz-sizo-pervyy-obvinyaemyy-po-delu-o-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec0CN2WETAHrFrgI"},{"persecution_id":"rec39d7Irbvfv5OgK","last_updated":"2024-01-06T17:26:53.000Z","person_id":"reccPnWIA6wJt77jP","name_en":"Alexander Dolmatov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBz74WhqTclR0bw.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBz74WhqTclR0bw.jpeg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Supporter of The Other Russia party. Worked as a leading designer at a major defence design bureau. On May  6, 2012, he was detained during the March of Millions in Moscow for disobeying police officers. Together with other participants of the rally on Bolotnaya Square, he was taken to the Taganskoe police department, where he spent about a day and a half. After his release, he complained of harassment and threats from the security services, and on June 10 he flew to the Netherlands via Kiev. Three days later, he applied for political asylum in the Netherlands, but he was refused.\n\nHe was in a deportation prison in Rotterdam, where he committed suicide on 17 January 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2013-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 212 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 212 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Dolmatov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took part in the mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 20-06-2012\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/obrashhenija-i-zajavlenija-sojuza/4959/zajavlenie-sojuza-solidarnosti-s-politzakljuchennymi-o-prodolzhajushhihsja-repressijah-po-delu-o-sobytijah-6-maja-v-moskve\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec39d7Irbvfv5OgK"},{"persecution_id":"rechMwpNFOYkP5yOB","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec7dhMwrWjiKI52a","name_en":"Kabylbek Apyev","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Kansk (Krasnoyarsk region). In May 2012, a case was brought against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On July 31, 2013, Apyev was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2012-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2012,"persecution_ended":"2016-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":439,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Kabylbek Apyev's case of organising the activities of an extremist organization","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.07.2013, Sentence: A fine of 100,000 rubles, prohibition to engage in religious activity","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 100,000 rubles, prohibition to engage in religious activity","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2013-07-30T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-07-30T20:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechMwpNFOYkP5yOB"},{"persecution_id":"recYO7mSNTryI4wn2","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recQiDndwhCSrHFjT","name_en":"Elena Kokhtareva","birth_year":1955,"age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Elena Kokhtareva is an ordinary participant of the event on 6 May 2012 on Bolotnaya Square, who has no affiliation with any political movements or parties (at the time of the Bolotnaya rally). Following the events on Bolotnaya Square, her flat was searched for the first time on 19 March 2013. Kokhtareva was not at home, the flat was searched, and investigator Alexei Bykov went to Kokhtareva's dacha and handed her a summons obliging her to appear for questioning. On 25 March, after the interrogation, Kokhtareva was released on her own recognisance. Later she was charged with participation in mass riots and use of violence against a representative of the authorities. Kokhtareva pleaded guilty almost immediately. On 25 November she was charged in the final version. Kokhtareva filed an application for consideration of her case in a special order, but it was not satisfied either by the investigators or the judge. On 18 August 2014, Elena Kokhtareva was sentenced to three years and three months of suspended imprisonment. 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Late in the evening of 26 November 2013, detained together with twelve other people during a raid on the hostel where he was living at the time. Accused of preparing for a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" cinema.\n\nHuman rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of his involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the persecution was part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nOn 22 April 2016, he was sentenced to eleven years in a strict regime colony. 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Originally he was charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. Detained since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. Amnestied in December 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The Arctic Sunrise case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arctic Sunrise","persecution_case_profile_en":"according to the investigation, carried out hooliganism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","released on bail"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.09.2013 to 11.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n• released on bail: from 20.11.2013 to 24.12.2013\n• in custody: from 12.11.2013 to 20.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/175451.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recL2ibLLh0C1BqvG"},{"persecution_id":"rechqB1bicnPKQZSX","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"rec4Vp9othoUJdEmL","name_en":"Colin Russell","birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":72,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Australia"],"story_en":"detained in connection with a peaceful action by Greenpeace activists, who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya drilling platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and everyone on board was detained. 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On November 5, Rakhmanov was detained during a meeting in a flat with 15 other suspects and was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. 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On 26 February 2016, he was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony. 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Serebryanikov was initially questioned as a witness in this case. By August 13, it was revealed that Serebryanikov had been declared suspect and was placed under a measure of restraint, which included a release on his own recognizance. Two days later, on August 15, formal charges were filed against him.\n\nThe defense team argued that the case had originated due to the inclusion of a nationalist paragraph in an article on bloger51.com, dated March 5, 2013. This article was dedicated to the murder of Adil Nazim oglu Makhmudov, the former head of the Murmansk region's representative office. Serebryanikov asserted that the nationalist paragraph had been added to the article after the website was compromised by a hacker. Upon discovering the unauthorized alteration, he promptly removed the content and archived the news.\n\nOn December 5, Serebryanikov's residence was subjected to a search, during which his phone, computer, printer, bank cards, and certain books were confiscated. Subsequently, a court order mandated the return of the seized property by the end of the month.\n\nDuring the course of the investigation, law enforcement officers from the Russian Investigative Committee insisted on a psychiatric evaluation for Serebryanikov, claiming that they had evidence that Serebryanikov wore a German Nazi uniform for a substantial period of time, and used the associated salute. \n\nOn April 4, 2014, it was revealed that Serebryanikov faced additional allegations related to promoting drug use, illegal trafficking in ammunition, tax crimes, and the use of pirated software.\n\nThe case proceeded to court on April 29, but on May 21, the court determined that further investigation was required. However, this decision was overturned by the second instance court on July 1st. In August, the case was reopened but ultimately dropped in March 2015 due to its expiration.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2013-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2015-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of bloger51.com.","persecution_case_profile_en":"published material containing \"statements inciting to hostile actions against a group of persons united on the basis of their attitude to religion\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-08-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/08/d30060/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recevijTsKm3gP1Up"},{"persecution_id":"rec9gEiAgpSuKwvw8","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"recrhBitsIessZsPr","name_en":"Ian Rogers","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["United Kingdom"],"story_en":"He was detained in connection with a peaceful rally by Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. He was charged with piracy, and the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. He was detained from September 2013 and was released on bail in November 2013. He was granted amnesty in December 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The Arctic Sunrise case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arctic Sunrise","persecution_case_profile_en":"according to the investigation, carried out hooliganism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released on bail","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released on bail: from 20.11.2013 to 24.12.2013\n• in custody: from 19.09.2013 to 11.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n• in custody: from 12.11.2013 to 20.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/175451.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec9gEiAgpSuKwvw8"},{"persecution_id":"rec9nk7ce2MmY4cQp","last_updated":"2026-02-27T09:37:42.000Z","person_id":"rec91EXsscUvu7y25","name_en":"Igor Puzanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att48Bqiz8WCHLt7o.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att48Bqiz8WCHLt7o.jpeg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A former official of the State Construction Committee, he moved to Moscow from Sochi, where a fraud case was brought against him. Sick of schizophrenia, like some of his relatives. Creator of the opposition website putinapodsud.org.\n\nIn July 2012, his lawyers found Puzanov at Sheremetyevo airport accompanied by police officers. Puzanov was handcuffed and beaten. He said that he was detained in the Solnechnogorsk town and taken to the Kryukovo police station, where FSB officers arrived, including an investigator from the Yaroslavl Region FSB. According to Puzanov, they offered him to confess that he was the leader of a certain revolutionary movement and said that in this case they would put him in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre and would not take him to Krasnodar Krai. Puzanov said he feared he would be killed in Sochi because he accused local law enforcement officials of corruption. Puzanov was taken to hospital from the airport line department.\n\nOn 3 July 2013, he was detained and during a search, components of improvised explosive devices and instructions for their manufacture, 16 mobile phones, a radio station tuned to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and a radio-controlled model of a helicopter were found. He confessed that he had planned to attack Putin's motorcade using the model helicopter. At the trial, he retracted this testimony, saying that he gave it so that he would not be taken to Krasnodar Krai, where he was sentenced in absentia to 3 years 6 months in a general regime colony. On 2 April 2015, he was sentenced to nine and a half years in a strict regime colony.\n\nHe was released in 2022, but was immediately sent for compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":637,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 223 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.1","222","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 222","Article 223 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Igor Puzanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"planned to drop explosives from a radio-controlled helicopter on a government motorcade on the Novy Arbat street in Moscow before making political demands on the country's leadership.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.07.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.04.2015, Sentence: nine years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"nine years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":114,"first_verdict_date":"2015-04-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-04-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-02-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/puzanov-igor-fridrihovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec9nk7ce2MmY4cQp"},{"persecution_id":"recvCOPAjBGOkffbF","last_updated":"2025-12-03T14:37:38.000Z","person_id":"recZDkTnPVLArKZeE","name_en":"Ildar Shaykhutdinov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Criminal charges were brought against Ildar Shaykhutdinov and other members of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Kazan in connection with a series of rallies with the use of symbols of the banned movement, including pickets and car rallies, which were dedicated to the ban on translating the Koran and the persecution of Muslims; shortly before his arrest, he submitted a letter to the administration of Tatarstan about the persecution of Muslims; was taken to pre-trial detention and sentenced to five and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. He was released in April 2019.\n\nEarlier, Shaykhutdinov was sentenced to two and a half years in a strict regime colony on charges of organising the activities of a banned organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2013-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2019-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":433,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir rallies"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir rallies","persecution_case_profile_en":"actively participated in the activities of the regional branch of the illegal religious association \"Islamic Liberation Party\" (Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami), which is banned throughout the Russian Federation by court decision; was engaged in the study and distribution of extremist literature, the involvement of new persons in the organisation, and the dissemination of extremist sentiments among the population; organised and carried out car rallies through the streets of Kazan; used black and white flags with blue and white flags for the purpose of visual propaganda.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.10.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Irkutsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.10.2013 to 06.04.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Irkutsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2014, Sentence: Five years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2014-12-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-12-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-12-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2014/12/d30885/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-07-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/226305.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-06-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-hizb-ut-tahrir-kazan-2013\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recvCOPAjBGOkffbF"},{"persecution_id":"rechv06o2vKaK8Clc","last_updated":"2023-11-20T18:11:08.000Z","person_id":"recXzeUXoJqvmYZVT","name_en":"Pyotr Pavlensky","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An artist famous for his radical actions. He was detained on 10 November 2013 for the action \"Fixation\" (Pavlensky nailed his own scrotum to the paving stones on Red Square). A case of hooliganism on the grounds of political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on the grounds of hatred or enmity against a social group was initiated.\nDetained on 23 February 2014 after a \"Freedom\" action in support of Ukraine near the Church of the Saviour-on-Blood in St. Petersburg. He was acquitted in an administrative case of petty hooliganism and fined 10,000 rubles (≈$280 as of 23.02.2014) in a case of violating the rules of holding a public event. In March, Pavlensky was searched as part of the criminal investigation.\nOn 14 April 2014, the prosecution in the case of the \"Fixation\" action was terminated.\nThe investigation in the \"Freedom\" action case repeatedly requested a psychiatric examination of Pavlensky, but the court refused. On 4 October 2014, formally charged with vandalism, was on his own recognisance. On 18 May 2016, sentenced to a year and four months of restriction of freedom, but released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nOn the night of 9 November 2015 Pavlensky was detained during the action \"Threat\", which consisted in setting fire to the door of the FSB building on Lubyanka. A case of vandalism motivated by ideological hatred was opened. He was sent to pre-trial detention centre. Later the charge was reclassified to destruction or damage to objects of cultural heritage. 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Maria spent a year in a pre-trial detention centre. She was charged with facilitation of terrorist activities and calls for terrorism. On 27 November 2014, she was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Minusinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2013-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":618,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Maria Shabalina","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 20 December 2011, on her page under the name \"Maryam Zakkiyeva\" she posted two photos of M.A. Vagabov, a member of the international organisation \"Caucasus Emirate\" (recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned in the Russian Federation) and an organiser of terrorist acts, providing them with text comments in the form of a set of quotes/borrowings from various sources. On 07 September 2012, she posted on her page the text: \"We turn again to our Muslim youth. Has it not become clear to you by now that for the kafirs and murtads it makes no difference whether you are with the mujahideen or not, whether you are with weapons in your hands or not, whether you recognise jihad or not. They killed and are killing you all the same, but for you there is a very big difference: with what you will catch your own end, and the end is the truth... it will come necessarily in due time\". Shabalina prepared a text article entitled \"VILYAT NOKHCHIICHOY\", subsequently contacted the administrators of the website ummanews.com via the Internet and agreed with them to post the said article, which was done on 10 September 2012 (with the help of this article, the collection of financial funds for I.Sh. Yakh'ev, who participated in the illegal armed formation of the international organisation \"Caucasus Emirate\", was organised). She conducted the collection and transfer of funds through covert means to the territory of the Chechen Republic to achieve the specified goal of financing terrorism. Specifically, the funds were intended to bribe law enforcement officials who had the ability to assist in the release of Yakhaev I.S. from custody, in order to continue his criminal activities. On November 19, 2012, she copied a video from another user on the \"VKontakte\" social network and posted it for public viewing. The video was recognized as extremist in February 2013. It consisted of a series of rapidly changing photo and video clips depicting members of illegal armed formations, including those on the territory of foreign states, and terrorist organizations (Umarov D.Kh., Vagabov M.A., Tikhomirov A.A., and others). The video was accompanied by a monologue of a man against the backdrop of people in military uniforms and religious chanting (nasheed) with subtitles at the bottom of the screen, as well as commentary on this video.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2014-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.11.2014\n• in custody: from 19.03.2013 to 18.03.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.11.2014, Sentence: Five years six months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years six months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2014-11-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-11-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/shabalina-mariya-gennadevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reclQYH8vQEFh8yTn"},{"persecution_id":"recW89NDGgeShegz8","last_updated":"2024-09-15T13:02:09.000Z","person_id":"recGSwSDzSycEMZF5","name_en":"Ilya (Ille) Ivanov","birth_year":1955,"age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 August 2011, a criminal case was opened over the publication in the newspaper \"Bribery\" of an article previously deemed extremist; on 4 April 2013, Ivanov was charged under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code, and was demanded recognizance not to leave as a preventive measure; on 24 May 2013, the trial began; he was sentenced to 300 hours of compulsory labor, but was released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2013-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_days_from_verdict":191,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Ille Ivanov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 4 May 2011, in No. 5 (29) of the opposition newspaper \"Bribery\" published in Chuvashia, under the pseudonym \"Alexei Kudrin\", an article \"Show me your language and I'll tell you who you are\" was published; the article suggested that the Chuvash people in Chuvashia are deprived of the constitutional right to freely use their language because state agencies refuse to deal with it, and criticized politicians and human rights activists who have been opposing the expansion of the use of the Chuvash language from the standpoint of Chuvash nationalism.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 02.04.2013 to 08.10.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.10.2013, Sentence: labour: correctional\nterms: 300 hours (but released from punishment due to expiry of the statute of limitations)\n","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"labour: correctional\nterms: 300 hours (but released from punishment due to expiry of the statute of limitations)\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2013-10-09T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-10-09T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-10-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/10/d28274/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 10-10-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-zhurnalistov/94191.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-07-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/164500.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recW89NDGgeShegz8"},{"persecution_id":"rectQDVagvQgNNEE6","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:51:20.000Z","person_id":"recdRND7b9KLTkXxA","name_en":"Alexei Gaskarov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Aleksey Gaskarov is an anti-fascist, anarchist and a member of the Coordination Council of the Opposition. On 3 August 2010, he was arrested in a case on the attack on the building of administration of the city of Khimki outside Moscow on 28 July. On 15 October 2010, the arrest decision was cancelled. On 24 June 2011, he was acquitted by the Khimki City Court.\n\nDuring the dispersal of the action on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, Gaskarov was severely beaten, in connection with which he filed a complaint about the riot police exceeding their official powers with the use of violence and special means. On 28 April 2013, he was detained and arrested a day later on charges of leading a group of persons who took an active part in the mass riots that allegedly took place on Bolotnaya Square and of using violence against a representative of the authorities. Later, Gaskarov was accused of using violence against another representative of the authorities: according to the investigation, Gaskarov pulled a certain officer of internal troops by the shoulder, and riot police officer Igor Ibatulin - by the leg. The final version of the charges also states that he took part in the mass riots on Bolotnaya Square. On 18 August 2014, the court sentenced Alexei Gaskarov to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony. On 27 October 2016, he was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":476,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the five"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Four","case_number":"01-0032/2017(01-0543/2016)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, used violence against police officers","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.04.2013 to 01.05.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 01.05.2013 to 07.04.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 07.04.2014 to 28.12.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2015 to 27.10.2016, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.08.2014, Sentence: Three years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2014-08-17T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-08-17T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 21-04-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/121776.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/50130.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rectQDVagvQgNNEE6"},{"persecution_id":"recDjAgz9dc52hbxq","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"rec1YxAIHwlEHGhGR","name_en":"Sini Saarela","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Finland"],"story_en":"detained in connection with a peaceful action by Greenpeace activists who sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship in September 2013 to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. She was in custody since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. 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He was sentenced to one and a half years of correctional labor and a 5% salary withholding. 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included in the list of terrorists and extremists; searched, religious literature seized; arrested for two months; sentenced to a fine of 100 000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2013-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":370,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of a home-based madrasah in Naberezhnye Chelny"],"case_name_en":"The case of a home madrasa in Naberezhnye Chelny","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised the activities of a banned organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.02.2013 to 12.05.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.02.2014, Sentence: fine: '100 thousand roubles'\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '100 thousand roubles'\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-02-18T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-02-18T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-03-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/03/d29121\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recUrFXnqWzgBJytt"},{"persecution_id":"recLWe4sznvtUoEC1","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:12:35.000Z","person_id":"recllRrwj6TC5OpkV","name_en":"Azat Khasanov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A criminal case was initiated against Azat Khasanov and other members of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Kazan in connection with a number of actions using symbols of the banned activism, including pickets and car rallies, which were dedicated to the prohibition of translation of the Koran and persecution of Muslims; shortly before his arrest, he submitted a letter to the administration of Tatarstan about the persecution of Muslims and gave a speech at a mosque about the anti-Islamic policy of the Russian Federation; he was held in a pre-trial detention centre; sentenced to six and a half years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. He was released in April 2020.\n\nEarlier, Khasanov had been sentenced to four years and seven months in a general regime colony on charges of participation in the activities of a banned organisation and facilitation of terrorist activities; then - to one and a half years in a penal colony on charges of organising the activities of a banned organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2013-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2020-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":423,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir rallies"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir rallies","persecution_case_profile_en":"Organised the activities of the regional branch of the illegal religious association \"Islamic Liberation Party\" (Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami), which is banned throughout the Russian Federation by court decision; studied and distributed extremist literature, involved new persons in the organisation, spread extremist sentiments among the population; organised and carried out car rallies in the streets of Kazan; used black and white flags with the symbols of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami\" for the purpose of visual propaganda; used black and white flags with the symbols of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami\" and \"Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.10.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 06.04.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2014, Sentence: Six years six months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years six months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2014-12-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-12-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-07-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/226305.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-12-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2014/12/d30885/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-06-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-hizb-ut-tahrir-kazan-2013\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recLWe4sznvtUoEC1"},{"persecution_id":"rec7TyxnUPPBzC66L","last_updated":"2024-12-15T14:13:43.000Z","person_id":"rec6JaXP6Hg2WBKJo","name_en":"Ersmak Saraliyev","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Moscow resident. Following the arrest of thirteen people in a hostel on suspicion of involvement in preparing the terrorist attack on the Kirgizia cinema, Saraliyev, who had previously also lived in the hostel, gave an interview to Kavkazskaya Politika in which he claimed their innocence and also appealed to various authorities. Saraliyev received threats, and on 8 December 2013 he was detained at his sister's flat and then arrested on the same charge - the investigation declared him the ideologist of the group.\n\nDespite the fact that Saraliyev had moved out of the flat two months before the raid, an expert examination revealed the presence of explosives on his clothes and hair.\n\nHuman rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of his involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the persecution was part of a campaign to put pressure on Muslims.\n\nOn 22 April 2016, he was sentenced to eleven years in a strict regime colony. Presumably, he was released in early December 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":865,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":123,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 223 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222","Article 223 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" cinema theatre","persecution_case_profile_en":"was part of a criminal group planning a terrorist attack","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.12.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.12.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2016, Sentence: Eleven years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-04-2017\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-o-podgotovke-terakta-v-moskovskom-kinoteatre-kirgiziya\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/224163.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec7TyxnUPPBzC66L"},{"persecution_id":"reck0M7is94oSdqQC","last_updated":"2024-12-15T14:13:58.000Z","person_id":"recrTSMbjxn0JA3Gl","name_en":"Anzor Tekilov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attvQSROVxpcxPp2a.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attvQSROVxpcxPp2a.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. In the night of 26 November 2013, detained together with twelve other people during a raid on the hostel where he was living at the time. Accused of preparing a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" cinema theatre. The case contains the testimony of a secret witness who was allegedly held in the same cell with Tekilov at the pre-trial detention centre and heard him talk about his readiness to kill infidels, his participation in the preparation of the terrorist attack on the cinema theatre and his involvement in the illegal supply of weapons from Chechnya to Moscow. At the same time, the witness claimed that Tekilov confessed to him that he and his brothers had participated in the events in Budennovsk and Pervomaysk, although they had all been young children at the time.\n\nHuman rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of his involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the persecution was part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nOn 22 April 2016, he was sentenced to eleven years in a strict regime penal colony. He is supposed to have been released in November 2024.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":877,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 223 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222","Article 223 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" cinema theatre","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was a part of a criminal group plotting a terrorist attack. ","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.11.2013 to 25.11.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\"\n• Unknown: from 25.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2016, Sentence: Eleven years' of prison detention in a strict regime penal colony. ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years' of prison detention in a strict regime penal colony. ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/224163.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-04-2017\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-o-podgotovke-terakta-v-moskovskom-kinoteatre-kirgiziya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reck0M7is94oSdqQC"},{"persecution_id":"recCvS9KOgK3nHCTo","last_updated":"2023-11-10T10:29:01.000Z","person_id":"recUpQzPy7eXS7Izz","name_en":"Christian D'Alessandro","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Italy"],"story_en":"detained in connection with a peaceful rally by Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. Detained since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. Amnestied in December 2013","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The Arctic Sunrise case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arctic Sunrise","persecution_case_profile_en":"according to the investigation, carried out hooliganism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released on bail","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released on bail: from 20.11.2013 to 24.12.2013\n• in custody: from 12.11.2013 to 20.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody: from 19.09.2013 to 11.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/175451.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recCvS9KOgK3nHCTo"},{"persecution_id":"rec12N0e2ah2dDRvw","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recZe2yVtD8ns7amL","name_en":"Hajibek Ismailov","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"On 27 August 2013, a case was initiated for organising the activities of an extremist organisation; on 17 November 2014, the case was brought to court; on 3 December, he was sentenced to a fine of 130,000 roubles (ca. 2,300 USD).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2013-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2014-12-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":463,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hajibek Ismailov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Being aware of the prohibition of the Nurdzhular organisation, he organised its activities, which manifested itself in the fact that from November 2012 to May 2013 he enlisted several persons at his home in Rostov-on-Don to the study of extremist brochures prohibited by the decision of the Koptevsky District Court of Moscow.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.12.2014, Sentence: a fine of 130,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 130,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":130000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-12-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-12-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-12-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/11/d30676/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec12N0e2ah2dDRvw"},{"persecution_id":"recOGwxqIvyC6iSPc","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"rectm8WcUAAFTMLtJ","name_en":"Camila Spesiale","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Argentina"],"story_en":"detained in connection with a peaceful action by Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. She was in custody since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. 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The ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Denis was charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. Detained since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. 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Late in the evening of 26 November 2013,  was detained together with twelve other people during a raid on the hostel where he was living at the time. Accused of preparing a terrorist attack in the \"Kirghizia\" movie theater.\n\nHuman rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of his involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the persecution was part of an anti-Muslim campaign.\n\nOn 22 April 2016, he was sentenced to eleven years in a high security prison. Supposedly, he was released in November 2024.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":877,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 223 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222","Article 223 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" cinema theatre","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in a criminal group plotting a terrorist attack","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 3 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Kurgan Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 25.11.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 3 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Kurgan Region\n• Unknown: from 25.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2016, Sentence: Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-04-2017\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-o-podgotovke-terakta-v-moskovskom-kinoteatre-kirgiziya\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/224163.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recoPD0qKBvjIBxyu"},{"persecution_id":"recKi0pNdy6Gk9Re6","last_updated":"2023-11-29T17:32:21.000Z","person_id":"recMDUP5rIJC7WA09","name_en":"Vasyly Purdenko","birth_year":1953,"birth_date":"1953-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 18 July 2013, Purdenko was searched. Documents, electronic media and a computer were seized; on 15 August 2013, it became known that a criminal case on incitement to hatred or hostility was initiated over the publication of the article \"Being Russian in Adygea is possible, but unpromising\"; on 20 May 2014, Purdenko was ordered to pay a fine of 100,000 rubles; on 4 July, the court of appeal upheld the decision","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maykop"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2013-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":306,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vasiliy Purdenko's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"stirred up hatred of \"non-Russians\" in his article.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.05.2014, Sentence: fine: '100,000 roubles'\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '100,000 roubles'\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-05-19T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-05-19T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-08-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/08/d27671/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recKi0pNdy6Gk9Re6"},{"persecution_id":"rech6Bzc8CSloYYMe","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recLL1Vz1cBJTYw07","name_en":"Vyacheslav Stepanov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 12 April 2013, the house was searched, Jehovah's Witnesses literature was seized, and a case was opened for incitement to religious hatred based on statements made during community meetings. On 4 March 2016, the court acquitted Stepanov. The court ruling stated, inter alia, that the experts \"substituted the objects submitted for examination with objects they found themselves\". On 26 May 2016, the court of appeal sent the case for a new review. On 21 June 2017, the Sergiev Posad court acquitted Stepanov again.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sergiyev Posad"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2013-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2017-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sergiev Posad"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Jehovah's Witnesses\" in Sergiyev Posad","persecution_case_profile_en":"As part of a sustainable criminal organised group, under the guise of a non-profit organisation, organised and conducted a religious meeting","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 04.03.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-01-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/01/d36142/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rech6Bzc8CSloYYMe"},{"persecution_id":"recqkPDXBvUTRwBgi","last_updated":"2026-03-25T13:35:19.000Z","person_id":"recvOCnsLCYtlFyCp","name_en":"Radik Nurdinov","birth_year":1949,"birth_date":"1949-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":76,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 4 October 2013, the Birsky District Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan reported that it found Radik Nurdinov guilty of Part 1 Article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to ethnic hatred) and sentenced him to a fine of more than 80 thousand rubles.\n\nNurdinov was accused of having published in March 2012 on the Internet an article \"Tatar national idea and ideology\" by Vil Mirzayanov, included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials (item 635), as well as calls to \"grant privileges to certain groups of people united on the basis of nationality\".\n\nThe defendant pleaded not guilty\n\nOn 10 December 2013, it became known that Nurdinov filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan, but the latter left the decision of the Birsky District Court unchanged. The verdict came into force","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2013-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_days_from_verdict":0,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":0,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Radik Nurdinov","persecution_case_profile_en":"published on the Internet an article entitled \"Tatar national idea and ideology\" by Vil Mirzayanov, included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials (item 635), containing a negative assessment of Russian nationality and the activities of its individual representatives, as well as calls to grant privileges to certain groups of persons united on ethnic grounds","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.10.2013, Sentence: a fine of 80 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 80 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":80000,"first_verdict_date":"2013-10-03T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-10-03T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-10-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/10/d28077/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recqkPDXBvUTRwBgi"},{"persecution_id":"recPO5qhaUlbhqWEA","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"recE6zf6IH4AMdvgA","name_en":"Kieron Bryan","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["United Kingdom"],"story_en":"Detained in connection with a peaceful action of Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya drilling platform in the Pechora Sea protesting against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Initially charged with piracy, the charge was later re-qualified to hooliganism. He was in custody since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. 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Accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation and preparation for violent seizure of power. He partially admitted guilt. He explained that he was indeed a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, knowing about the ban of the organisation, participated in solving organisational issues, but never heard calls for a violent seizure of power, believes that the construction of the Caliphate should take place on the territory of Islamic states, to which Russia does not belong. On 30 June 2014, he was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony. On 11 December 2014, the court of second instance left the sentence unchanged. In 2015, the supervisory review appeal was dismissed. Released from prison in June 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":411,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation and preparations for a violent seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.06.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 16.06.2021\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2014, Sentence: 8 years sentence and a fine of 100,000 roubles (US$ 1090)","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years sentence and a fine of 100,000 roubles (US$ 1090)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-07-29T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-07-29T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-05-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/214352.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 17-04-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-07-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2014/07/d29973/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recId2sQEt5d9hf6A"},{"persecution_id":"recO8raugXLKu0lQp","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:59:31.000Z","person_id":"recBvvkaW7ZGFxWcn","name_en":"Vadim Korovin","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Vadim Korovin is an activist of the Federation of Russian Automobile Owners (FAR) and the White Street protests. Korovin became a “media person” in the spring of 2012, when he tried to organize a “distribution of tents” near the Pushkinskaya metro station on the eve of the presidential elections. He was detained that day, allegedly on suspicion of theft. On October 7, 2012, Korovin was detained together with other activists in front of the presidential administration building, where he had brought a prison robe \"as a gift\" on the occasion of Putin's 60th birthday. Korovin was also detained at other protest events.Korovin was involved in the Rosagit project, which produced various protest paraphernalia and agitprop products. He lost the election of the Coordinating Council of the Opposition, but gained 10,000 votes. In spring 2013, as an FAR activist, he took part in a high-profile action to dismantle a car park near the Prosecutor General's Office, which the Federation considered illegal.\n\nThe criminal case against Korovin appeared at the end of May 2013. On May 24, Korovin did not allow a car with a flashing light to pass on Rublevskoye Highway (according to one version, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Viktor Kiryanov was in it), and he had a conflict with a traffic police officer from the escort car. Korovin was accused of injuring the leg of a traffic police officer by hitting him with the bumper of his car. On August 7, 2014, he was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_ended":"2014-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":581,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":83,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vadim Korovin","persecution_case_profile_en":"injured the leg of a traffic police officer by hitting him with the bumper of his car","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-05-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.05.2013\n• recognizance not to leave: from 02.06.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.08.2014, Sentence: 100 thousand rubles fine (~1000 USD)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"100 thousand rubles fine (~1000 USD)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-08-05T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-08-05T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 19-04-2016\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2014/08/07/vadim-korovin-poluchit-sudimost\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recO8raugXLKu0lQp"},{"persecution_id":"rec4o0x6Bhxz6b0q2","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"recS6LXk0ttSDKDWv","name_en":"Alexander Pohl","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Canada"],"story_en":"detained in connection with a peaceful action by Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. Detained since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. Amnestied in December 2013","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The Arctic Sunrise case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arctic Sunrise","persecution_case_profile_en":"according to the investigation, carried out hooliganism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released on bail","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released on bail: from 20.11.2013 to 24.12.2013\n• in custody: from 12.11.2013 to 20.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\n• in custody: from 19.09.2013 to 11.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/175451.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec4o0x6Bhxz6b0q2"},{"persecution_id":"recPvEOprbh25Ixi8","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recofTSVDdi0TW1rF","name_en":"Alexander Margolin","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Alexander Margolin is one of many ordinary participants of the 6 May 2012 action on Bolotnaya Square, who does not belong to any movements or parties. He had participated in mass protest events before, and in December 2011 he was detained and sentenced to 10 days of arrest. Following the Bolotnaya rally, he was detained on 20 February 2013 and initially questioned as a witness, but was arrested a day later on charges of participation in the mass riots that allegedly took place on Bolotnaya and use of violence against a representative of the authorities. Investigator Timofei Grachev claimed that Margolin was hiding from the investigation, although Margolin himself claimed that he was living openly, had not received any summonses and did not know that the investigation was interested in him. In May 2013, on the eve of a court hearing to extend Margolin's detention, the Investigative Committee seized both cars of the Margolin family as future compensation for damage to asphalt pavement worth 28 million roubles, according to an assessment by an investigative expert. According to the investigation, Margolin threw policeman Bazhanov to the ground and kicked him twice.\n\nOn 18 August 2014, the Zamoskvoretsky Court sentenced Alexander Margolin to three and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. The Moscow City Court left the judgement unchanged. On 9 February 2016, he was released on parole","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":543,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the five"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Four","case_number":"01-0032/2017(01-0543/2016)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, used violence against police officers","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released on probation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.04.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 03.03.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2015 to 09.02.2016\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.08.2014, Sentence: Three years six months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years six months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2014-08-17T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-08-17T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/121776.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/50130.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recPvEOprbh25Ixi8"},{"persecution_id":"rec94eeHBnjQmifSd","last_updated":"2024-12-15T14:13:20.000Z","person_id":"recF0rqrkxzZRPgc0","name_en":"Islam Ramazanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxljmyu59cE7aJH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxljmyu59cE7aJH.png"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. Late in the evening of 26 November 2013, detained together with twelve other people during a raid on the hostel where he was living at the time. Accused of preparing for a terrorist attack in the Kirgizia cinema.\n\nHuman rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of his involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the persecution was part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nOn 22 April 2016, he was sentenced to eleven years in a strict regime colony. Supposedly, he was released in November 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":877,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 223 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222","Article 223 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" cinema theatre","persecution_case_profile_en":"was part of a criminal group plotting a terrorist attack","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 25.11.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n• Unknown: from 25.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2016, Sentence: Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/224163.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-o-podgotovke-terakta-v-moskovskom-kinoteatre-kirgiziya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec94eeHBnjQmifSd"},{"persecution_id":"receH5HX1YPE0sFvw","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recNhlc0BVyvXRgGE","name_en":"Shamil Omarov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on December 9, 2013, on the criminal case for preparation for the forcible seizure of power or forcible retention of power and organization of activities of an extremist organization; He pleaded guilty, and entered into an agreement with the investigation; on July 24th 2015, sentenced to five years in a strict regime colony, on October 15th, the sentence was upheld. ","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2013-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":591,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","278","205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 278","Article 205.5 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Shamil Omarov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the establishment on the territory of the Republic an organized branch of the religious organization Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Liberation Party), which was declared a terrorist organization by a decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on February 14, 2003; conducted covert anti-Russian propaganda work, consistently distributed printed materials and held meetings aimed at creating favorable conditions for the forcible seizure of power and changing the constitutional order of the Russian Federation. 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A criminal case was opened against Yakupov under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred or enmity) and part 1 of article 280 (public calls for extremist activities). 280 (public calls for extremist activities). The cause for this was the statement of the residents of Gorodishchensky district, who accused the imam of calling for the extermination of Jews and the establishment of the supremacy of Islam in the land of Palestine. On 25 June 2013, the defendant was placed under house arrest. In 2014 the case was returned from the court to the prosecutor's office, then in April 2015 it was resumed, but only under part 1. art. 282 of the Criminal Code. On 8 November 2016, the case was closed due to unjustified prosecution, and the prosecutor's office apologised to Yakupov.\n\nOn 19 January 2016, a case under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code was opened against Yakupov, who at that time was the imam of the Kurgan mosque. According to the investigation, on the night of 5 November 2015, Yakupov left a comment on the material published on VKontakte about the fact that Muslim women in China are not allowed to wear the hijab, in which he predicted \"heavenly punishments\" to the Chinese Communists. During a search of Yakupov's home, materials listed as extremist were seized, which the imam said he had brought home from the mosque to destroy. Yakupov also stated that the comment had been left on the Internet by hackers, not him.\n\nOn 25 April 2017, the court acquitted Yakupov, but on 22 June, the court of second instance overturned the decision and sent the case for a new trial. 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On the 22nd of October 2013, while in the educational work room where prisoners watch TV and socialize, he allegedly started to \"make rude remarks on religious topics\" and assert the superiority of one religion over another, as per the investigation's findings. Other inmates reported the incident to the colony staff.\n\nAvazov maintains that the case was built upon the testimonies of prisoners who collaborated with the colony administration. On the 30th of March 2015, Avazov received a sentence of one year and seven months in a strict regime penal colony, taking into account the portion of his sentence that had not been served during his previous incarceration.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Tagil"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2013-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2016-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":522,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of prisoner Ismail Avazov","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 22 October 2013, in the educational work room, where inmates watch TV and socialise, \"in the presence of other inmates, he uttered a number of insulting statements aimed at inciting discord towards certain social and religious groups\", began to \"make rude remarks on religious topics\" and asserted the superiority of one religion over another.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.03.2015, Sentence: One year seven months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year seven months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":19,"first_verdict_date":"2015-03-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-03-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-03-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/03/d31620/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reclBE4gAlvmMYM6P"},{"persecution_id":"recA5cqild7UFcs6L","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recGe0Qvm35tGwMfB","name_en":"Akylbek Mamadaliev","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"In November 2013, it became known that a case had been opened against people involved in the activities of the Novosibirsk cell of Tablighi Jamaat; 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In September 2013, the activists sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas reserves on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to vandalism. Detained since September 2013, and released on bail in November 2013. Granted amnesty in December 2013","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The Arctic Sunrise case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arctic Sunrise","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, carried out vandalism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","released on bail"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.11.2013 to 20.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody: from 19.09.2013 to 11.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n• released on bail: from 20.11.2013 to 24.12.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/175451.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"receUcyqgoyD25qBU"},{"persecution_id":"reczazyS8jdvO2b2u","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"rec7i16JE3ZacjbLL","name_en":"Alexandra Harris","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["United Kingdom"],"story_en":"detained in connection with a peaceful action by Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. 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The activists had travelled on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf. The ship was forcibly stopped, and all those on board were detained. Initially Yakushev was charged with piracy, but the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. He had been detained since September 2013 but was released on bail in November 2013. 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On 4 March 2016, the court acquitted Sivak. The court ruling stated, inter alia, that the experts \"substituted the objects submitted for examination with objects found by hand\". On 26 May 2016, the appellate court sent the case for a new examination. On 21 June 2017, the Sergiev Posad court acquitted Sivak for a second time.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sergiyev Posad"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2013-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2017-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sergiev Posad"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Jehovah's Witnesses\" in Sergiyev Posad","persecution_case_profile_en":"as part of a sustainable criminal organised group, under the guise of a non-profit organisation, organised and held a religious meeting at which he recited sayings and quotations from books inscribed in the Federal List of Extremist Materials of the Russian Federation, pointed out to community members and instructed them to oppose all religions except for Jehovah's Witnesses, forbade them to participate in celebrations of holidays of \"false religion\" and in singing songs and prayers of the \"false religion\", persuaded them to leave the work in which the member of the assembly participates in the \"false\" worship or support for it, forbade close association with members of other religions, also uttered propagandistic statements","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (acquitted)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 04.03.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-01-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/01/d36142/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recXzS4EyPUd3gIt8"},{"persecution_id":"recv9WQ3bcv536UOc","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rec6oI9DbKtdWVesQ","name_en":"Mairambek Berdibekov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"In November 2013, it became known that a case had been opened against people involved in the activities of the Novosibirsk cell of Tablighi Jamaat; 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He was accused of participating in mass riots at the agreed rally on 6 May 2012 on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow (overturning bio-toilets). He was in custody since April 2013. He was released under amnesty in December 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the five"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitry Rukavishnikov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-11-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/121776.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recCFoTOH4tGn57Bt"},{"persecution_id":"recnHvsxFR7jwlzIk","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recDrDCSdVoajh6uD","name_en":"Svetlana Chesnokova","birth_year":1950,"birth_date":"1950-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":76,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In October 2013, together with five other members of the Jehovah's Witnesses community, accused of involvement in an extremist organization. In December 2016, the case was dismissed for lack of corpus delicti.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2013-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2016-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the six Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_name_en":"The case of the six Jehovah's Witnesses","persecution_case_profile_en":"continued the activities of the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses \"Taganrog\", which was liquidated for extremist activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.10.2013 to 14.12.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-01-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/01/d36171/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recnHvsxFR7jwlzIk"},{"persecution_id":"recxwtDNhH9Iy3Ydo","last_updated":"2024-12-15T14:12:54.000Z","person_id":"recGBDH3lSazFRAOm","name_en":"Nurmagomed Balakadashev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attEJFQDe5k3soAr2.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attEJFQDe5k3soAr2.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. Late in the evening of 26 November 2013, he was detained together with twelve other people during a raid on the hostel where he was living at the time. Accused of preparing for a terrorist attack in the Kirgizia cinema.\n\nHuman rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of his involvement in the crime. In their opinion, the persecution was part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nThe case file contains the testimony of witness Timur Ozdoyev, who claims that in 2011 ten defendants, including Balakadashev, blocked his entrance to the mosque in the village of Ekazhevo in Ingushetia and insulted him, although, according to lawyers, Balakadashev was living and working in Dagestan at the time.\n\nOn 22 April 2016, he was sentenced to eleven years in a strict regime colony.\n\nPresumably, he was released in November 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sailors"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":877,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 223 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222","Article 223 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" cinema theatre","persecution_case_profile_en":"was part of a criminal group plotting a terrorist attack","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 25.11.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• Unknown: from 25.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2016, Sentence: Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-o-podgotovke-terakta-v-moskovskom-kinoteatre-kirgiziya\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-04-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/224163.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recxwtDNhH9Iy3Ydo"},{"persecution_id":"recGKmbmRQ5MYTGXi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recALppoVhJ0dWcrC","name_en":"Pavel Vazhenin","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Pavel Vazhenin was one of the participants in the events on Manezhnaya Square on 11 December 2010, when, following the murder of football fan Yegor Sviridov, citizens clashed with riot police and attacked people of non-Slavic appearance who were passing by. He worked as a social psychologist. The ruling to bring him as a defendant in the case of the clashes at Manezhnaya Square was issued on 20 January 2012, on 24 January the case against Vazhenin and unidentified persons was separated into separate proceedings. Vazhenin was charged with calls for mass riots, hooliganism committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, incitement to hatred or enmity, use of violence against a representative of the authorities. Later, during the court hearings, the charges of calling for mass disorder and incitement to hatred or hostility were dropped due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. On 12 April 2013, Vazhenin was detained and sent to arrest a day later.\nAccording to the investigation, Vazhenin, together with other participants in the events, hit the riot police officers with his hands and feet during the fight and threw a metal structure, which served as a fence for an artificial Christmas tree, in their direction. According to the prosecution, Vazhenin used lumps of snow as a weapon. Vazhenin partially pleaded guilty to using violence against a representative of the authorities.During the arguments, prosecutors asked Vazhenin to be sentenced to four years in a penal colony. The Tverskoy court sentenced him to three years in a general regime colony. The Moscow City Court upheld the decision. 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Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. Detained since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. 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Three years after his dismissal, he sent a resume to a Swedish company for possible employment in his speciality, where he indicated that he had worked in the GID. The non-disclosure of state secrets had expired by that time. However, according to the investigation, in his CV Kravtsov \"disclosed data on the personnel composition of the intelligence agencies\", as well as \"on the military purpose of the Tselina-2 spacecraft\". In the summer of 2013, Kravtsov was summoned for questioning by the FSB, and his flat was searched and his laptop and personal computer were seized. On 27 May 2014, Kravtsov was arrested.  During the investigation stage, Kravtsov's defence lawyers signed an undertaking not to disclose the case materials and not to disclose information constituting a state secret. During the investigation Kravtsov was deprived of the opportunity to effectively defend his interests: neither he nor the defence were familiarised with the unpublished normative acts he was accused of violating; the first search and the seizure of Kravtsov's personal computer during the search took place without a court order on the search; the commission that conducted an expert examination on Kravtsov's disclosure of classified information at the request of the investigation included former colleagues of the convicted person, which could affect the objectivity of the examination. The trial was not adversarial and initially had an accusatory bias: as at the investigation stage, neither Kravtsov nor the defence were familiarised with the unpublished regulations he was accused of violating; at the trial, which was held in closed session (which implies the absence of any unauthorised persons other than the participants in the trial), an FSB officer was present, who tried to limit Kravtsov's communication with his lawyer during the entire trial. On 21 September 2015, Kravtsov was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. On 4 February 2016, the court of second instance reduced the sentence to six years.\n\nIn March 2020, two months before his release, Kravtsov was placed in a punishment cell. In April, he was transferred to strict detention conditions. In May 2020, Kravtsov was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":992,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":141,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Gennady Kravtsov","persecution_case_profile_en":"disclosed data on the personnel composition of the intelligence agencies and the military purpose of the Tselina-2 spacecraft","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.05.2014 to 16.03.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2016 to 26.05.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.09.2015, Sentence: Fourteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fourteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-96,"first_verdict_date":"2015-09-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-09-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 05-02-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/208683.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-10-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-kravcova\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recdkK9A2mCJOThod"},{"persecution_id":"recQgArRPs0Pc6LWl","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"reckq9YRuHGS0M01s","name_en":"Ulugbek Zhuraev","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"In November 2013, it became known that a case had been opened against people involved in the activities of the Novosibirsk cell of Tablighi Jamaat; on 5 November, Zhuraev and 15 other suspects were detained during a meeting in a flat; charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation; on 5 November 2015, the court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":729,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in the Novosibirsk region"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Novosibirsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"preached the doctrine of the radical Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat, which aims to reject forms of State and establish an Islamic State, the World Caliphate, in Muslim-majority regions.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.11.2015, Sentence: the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-11-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/11/d33184/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recQgArRPs0Pc6LWl"},{"persecution_id":"rec50SYSgstC0NP1R","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"recLiI0ZVnsX7NVxv","name_en":"Gizem Akhan","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Turkey"],"story_en":"She was detained in connection with a peaceful rally by Greenpeace activists who sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea in September 2013 to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. She was charged with piracy and the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. She was in custody from September 2013, was released on bail in November 2013 and was given amnesty in December 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The Arctic Sunrise case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arctic Sunrise","persecution_case_profile_en":"according to the investigation, she committed hooliganism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","released on bail"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.09.2013 to 11.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n• released on bail: from 20.11.2013 to 24.12.2013\n• in custody: from 12.11.2013 to 20.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/175451.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec50SYSgstC0NP1R"},{"persecution_id":"recdc832nFH6sNFBQ","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"recHdANznH93whBCr","name_en":"Andrei Allakhverdov","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"detained in connection with a peaceful protest by Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. Detained since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. 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Late in the evening of 26 November 2013, detained together with twelve other people during a raid on the hostel where he was living at the time. Accused of preparing for a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" cinema.\n\nHuman rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of his involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the persecution was part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nOn 22 April 2016, he was sentenced to eleven years in a strict regime colony. 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On November 14, 2014, she was sentenced to six years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. On March 24, 2015, the court of second instance left the sentence unchanged. The relevant ruling was drawn up and signed by the judges the day before.\n\nIn June 2016, she was released together with other Georgian citizens convicted of espionage.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2013-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2016-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":538,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 276 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["276"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 276"],"case_name_en":"The case of Catherine Harebawa","persecution_case_profile_en":"In August 2008, when she saw the movement of Russian troops, she informed the military representative of Georgia about it and in that way passed on information constituting a state secret, thus damaging the interests of the Russian Federation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.05.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["п. 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In May 2013, she actively provided the media and human rights organisations with information about law enforcement officers' violations during the counter-terrorist operation declared after the armed attack on Interior Ministry officers in the city of Buynaksk on 30 April 2013. In July 2013, she was detained on suspicion of complicity in the attack. Despite the lack of witnesses and evidence of guilt, the court kept the human rights defender in custody and then extended her arrest several times. At the same time, the essence of the charges changed dramatically several times during the investigation. In May 2014, the court found Bagavutdinova guilty of inducing a person to participate in an illegal armed group and sentenced her to five years in prison. In August, the court of second instance left the verdict unchanged.\n\nBagavutdinova was released in early July 2018.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Buynaksk"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2013-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":321,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Bagavutdinova case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Bagavutdinova allegedly persuaded her acquaintance Mamma Dalgatov to join the ranks of an illegal armed group promising to marry him","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.07.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 28 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Samara Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 03.07.2018, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 28 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Samara Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.05.2014, Sentence: Five years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2014-05-21T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-05-21T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/180573.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recEoxYwOOOVKjYkd"},{"persecution_id":"recjEHPw6blAswMVB","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"recWPqAJKqySwZ3e9","name_en":"Sergey Reznik","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergey Reznik is an opposition journalist from Rostov-on-Don. The newspapers he worked for were gradually closed down, and in recent years he has been engaged in journalistic activities exclusively on his blog in Live Journal. In his opinion, the reason for the persecution was his support of former Rostov Region prosecutor Valery Kuznetsov in his fight against local officials. Reznik's phone was tapped and he received threatening calls. After complaints to the Investigative Committee, prosecutor's office and FSB about threats, a case was opened against Reznik under the article on false denunciation: he allegedly hired people to call him and threaten him, and now accuses them of threats. Reznik was also charged with commercial bribery - he allegedly tried to bribe an employee of a vehicle inspection station to pass the inspection without showing his car - as well as insulting a representative of authority - in his blog he called Olga Solovyeva, chairwoman of the Arbitration Court of the region, a mummy. Reznik, his supporters and lawyers revealed a number of falsifications in the case, but the court sentenced the journalist to a year and a half in a general regime penal colony. Already after Reznik was convicted, another case was brought against him - about false denunciation and at the same time insulting Rostov police operative Andrei Glinkin (Reznik suspected him of pedophilia), as well as insulting Dmitry Ishchenko, deputy head of the department for countering extremism of the Rostov region's Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Reznik called him a put-down) and Roman Klimov, former deputy prosecutor of the Rostov region (he called him a tractor driver and prosecutor swindler). On 22 January 2015, he was sentenced to three years in a colony. On 13 May, the court of second instance reduced the sentence by a month. On 25 October 2016, he was released.\n\nOn 15 October 2021 Reznik was taken from Reznik's signature on non-departure in the framework of the case of insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. On 25 October, he was indicted. Due to the fact that Reznik's whereabouts were not established, he was put on a wanted list.\n\nIn July 2022, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Reznik for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was opened against Reznik for extorting money from Roman Gevorkyan, the director of the Nakhchivan market in Rostov-on-Don. In the same month, it was reported that three cases - on the rehabilitation of Nazism, on \"fakes\" and on extortion - were merged.\n\nIn December 2022, it became known that Reznik was prosecuted for calls for extremist activity because of a post with comments by anonymous lawyers about the shooting at a military recruitment centre in the Irkutsk region, published in the Rostov_com Telegram channel. Then in Ust-Ilimsk, 25-year-old Ruslan Zinin wounded a military commissar with a rifle, after which he was detained by Rosgvardia officers. The linguists who conducted the expert examination saw in the publication \"justification of violent ideology\" and \"incitement to commit violence against military commissars\". Reznik claims that the investigation has no evidence of his involvement in these comments. This case was merged with the previous one.\n\nOn 11 March 2026, Reznik was sentenced in absentia to ten years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2013-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":215,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 306 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 204 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["306","204","319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 306 (unknown part)","Article 204 (unknown part)","Article 319 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Reznik's case of false denunciation, attempted bribery and insulting a representative of the authorities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he made a false denunciation against people he hired to call him and threaten him; tried to bribe an employee of a technical inspection station to pass the technical inspection without showing the car; insulted the chairman of the Arbitration Court of Rostov region.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 26.11.2013\n• in custody: from 12.06.2014 to 15.05.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 12 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Rostov Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.11.2013 to 30.04.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2014 to 12.06.2014, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 12 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Rostov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2015 to 25.10.2016, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 12 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Rostov Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.11.2013, Sentence: 1 year and 6 months in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 6 months in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2013-11-25T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-11-25T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 21-09-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-zhurnalistov/117041.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-01-2014\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/182431.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recjEHPw6blAswMVB"},{"persecution_id":"recay3h4mmFV8LYfE","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"rec7PnKmeFfETcHll","name_en":"Frank Hewetson","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["United Kingdom"],"story_en":"detained in connection with a peaceful action by Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. Detained since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. Amnestied in December 2013","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The Arctic Sunrise case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arctic Sunrise","persecution_case_profile_en":"according to the investigation, carried out hooliganism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","released on bail"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.09.2013 to 11.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n• in custody: from 12.11.2013 to 20.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• released on bail: from 20.11.2013 to 24.12.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/175451.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recay3h4mmFV8LYfE"},{"persecution_id":"rec8FcunZvOfBPYst","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recIXSuFUT6rAevfh","name_en":"Umar Nikiforov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Was detained in December 2013, charged with organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, organising the activities of an extremist organisation, preparation for violent seizure of power and illegal arms trafficking due to membership in Hizb ut-Tahrir. He was sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony. He was released in December 2019.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2013-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":807,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":115,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","205.5","278","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 205.5 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 278","Part 1, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Dagestan"],"case_name_en":"Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Dagestan","persecution_case_profile_en":"He established a stable group in the territory of the Republic of Dagestan to organize activities of the terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, actively disseminated the ideas of that organization, recruited and involved new members in its ranks, and propagated a negative attitude towards the State structure of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-12-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.12.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 18.12.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.02.2016, Sentence: Six years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2016-02-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-02-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-12-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/10/d33088/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec8FcunZvOfBPYst"},{"persecution_id":"recisC5uH1buDboMB","last_updated":"2024-12-15T14:13:14.000Z","person_id":"recFjlxkobIrJvJbK","name_en":"Matlyuba Nasimova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attXiq9Y0RS7r2nTI.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attXiq9Y0RS7r2nTI.jpg"],"birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. Late in the evening of 26 November 2013, detained as a result of a raid on the flat she lived in and rented out as a hostel, together with twelve guests. Accused of preparing a terrorist attack on the Kirgizia cinema.\n\nHuman rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of her involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the persecution was part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nOn 22 April 2016, she was sentenced to 11 years in a general regime penal colony.\n\nPresumably, she was released in November 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Housewives and househusbands "],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":877,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Article 223 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","223","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205 (unknown part)","Article 223 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" cinema theatre","persecution_case_profile_en":"was part of a criminal group preparing a terrorist attack, based in a flat where she rented out bed spaces","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 25.11.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"\n• Unknown: from 25.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2016, Sentence: Eleven years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/224163.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-04-2017\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-o-podgotovke-terakta-v-moskovskom-kinoteatre-kirgiziya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recisC5uH1buDboMB"},{"persecution_id":"rec8tNtYkDS05EsUx","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"recVgdPv0QkFBbCrT","name_en":"Paul Ruzycki","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Canada"],"story_en":"Detained in connection with a peaceful action of Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya drilling platform in the Pechora Sea protesting against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Initially charged with piracy, the charge was later re-qualified to hooliganism. He was in custody since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. Granted amnesty in December 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The Arctic Sunrise case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arctic Sunrise","persecution_case_profile_en":"according to the investigation, carried out hooliganism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released on bail","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released on bail: from 20.11.2013 to 24.12.2013\n• in custody: from 19.09.2013 to 11.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n• in custody: from 12.11.2013 to 20.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/175451.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec8tNtYkDS05EsUx"},{"persecution_id":"rec3YXzybwHWDiBOS","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recCe0xPAl6QGByYD","name_en":"Mukambek Kolbaev","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"In November 2013, it became known that a case had been opened against people involved in the activities of the Novosibirsk cell of Tablighi Jamaat. 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Late in the evening of 26 November 2013, detained together with twelve other people during a raid on the hostel where he had checked in to stay overnight an hour before. Accused of preparing for a terrorist attack in the Kirgizia cinema.\n\nHuman rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of his involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the persecution was part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nThe case file contains the testimony of witness Timur Ozdoyev, who claims that in 2011 ten defendants, including Balakadashev, blocked his entrance to the mosque in the village of Ekazhevo in Ingushetia and insulted him, although, according to lawyers, Balakadashev was living and working in Rostov-on-Don at the time.\n\nOn 22 April 2016, he was sentenced to eleven years in a strict regime colony.\n\nPresumably, he was released in November 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":877,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 223 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222","Article 223 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" cinema theatre","persecution_case_profile_en":"was part of a criminal group plotting a terrorist attack","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 25.11.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• Unknown: from 25.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2016, Sentence: Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/224163.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-o-podgotovke-terakta-v-moskovskom-kinoteatre-kirgiziya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec0hiXIA460eu3kM"},{"persecution_id":"recdg5Jr0fKL040lv","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recy49dnKifElQ8Ij","name_en":"Toichubek Shabdanov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"In November 2013, it became known that a case had been opened against people involved in the activities of the Novosibirsk cell of \"Tablighi Jamaat\"; 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Late in the evening of 26 November 2013, he was detained together with twelve other people during a raid on the hostel where he was living at the time. Accused of preparing for a terrorist attack in the cinema \"Kirgizia\". Akhtakhanov's interrogation report appears in the case, from which it follows that he allegedly knew that the hostel guests were preparing for a terrorist attack. At the trial, Akhtakhanov stated that he did not say that. He signed the report without reading it, trusting the investigator, who promised to conclude a pre-trial agreement with him and separate the materials against him in exchange for the necessary testimony given as a secret witness. The signature of Akhtakhanov's lawyer was found to be forged.\n\nHuman rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of Akhtakhanov's involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the persecution was part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nOn 22 April 2016, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nPresumably, he was released in November 2024.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":877,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 223 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222","Article 223 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" cinema theatre","persecution_case_profile_en":"was part of a criminal group plotting a terrorist attack","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.11.2013 to 28.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 27 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 25.11.2024, Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 27 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• Unknown: from 25.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2016, Sentence: Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-04-2017\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-o-podgotovke-terakta-v-moskovskom-kinoteatre-kirgiziya\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/224163.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec5sil3GsE6es9JG"},{"persecution_id":"reclweFDeD4zh1wjR","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recwl42mVeBBZQpUf","name_en":"Nurbek Nasyrov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"In November 2013, it became known that a case had been opened against people involved in the activities of the Novosibirsk cell of Tablighi Jamaat. 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an attempt was made to conduct a search in Kuznetsov's absence; an interrogation was conducted","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Anapa"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2013-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Anatoly Kuznetsov’s case","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted a video clip from the Internet on the Anapa-pro website to discuss the topic of extremism in inter-ethnic relations","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-07-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/08/d29979/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rechNX20h07KFbd65"},{"persecution_id":"recRIozGiCoJGosbC","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"recTHgXEopaQzFHxj","name_en":"David John Haussman","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["New Zealand"],"story_en":"detained in connection with a peaceful action by Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the \"Arctic Sunrise\" ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil mining platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the exploitation of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. Detained since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. 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The FSB officers offered Nikolaenko to stop his political activity, but he refused. On 10 May 2007, he was detained and taken to the Belov Department of Internal Affairs. One of the FSS officers tortured Nikolaenko, strangled him, and when he lost consciousness, hit him on the head with the handle of a pistol. On 11 May Nikolaenko was released without any charges. On 14 May 2007, he filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office about the torture he had been subjected to in the GUVD. On 15 May 2007, Nikolaenko was detained by prosecutors who took him to a psychiatric hospital in Kemerovo. Doctors declared him healthy. In July 2007, Nikolaenko was taken into custody. He kept a long hunger strike, opposing the criminal prosecution of the opposition. On 17 August he was transferred to the detention centre of the court. The first hearing in the case was held on 21 August 2007, and there were 20 hearings in total. In court, the charges of \"inciting discord\" were dropped, and the charges of \"calls to overthrow the state system\" were reclassified from the second to the first part. The hearings were initially held in strict secrecy. After the interrogation of witnesses, the regime was relaxed. During breaks Nikolaenko was beaten in the guard room for \"improper behaviour\" and handcuffed to the ceiling of the cage. The judge did not accept petitions, challenges, deprived of the right to participate in debates, deprived of the last word. On 19 November 2007, Nikolaenko was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 18 December 2009 he was released\n\nIn June 2010, employees of the Centre for Combating Extremism took Nikolaenko to the investigation department of the Novokuznetsk prosecutor's office, where he was handed a ruling to open a criminal case for insulting Putin and the head of the Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev, in the performance of their official duties. The investigator considered the leaflet, which Nikolaenko distributed at the rally on 24 March 2010 in Belove, to be an insult.\n\nOn 17 August the case was transferred to the department for investigation of especially important cases of crimes against state power of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office. On 1 December Nikolaenko was detained and taken to a psychiatric hospital in Kemerovo for examination. On 24 February 2011, Nikolaenko received a ruling to stop criminal prosecution against him under articles on libel, public calls for extremist activities, incitement to hatred or enmity and organisation of activities of an extremist organisation; on 20 December 2012, the insult case was closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nIn May 2014, the investigator tried to initiate criminal proceedings for the same leaflet under Articles 280, 282 and 282.2 of the Criminal Code, but an expert linguist showed that there was no corpus delicti in these propaganda materials.\n\nIn 2013, Nikolayenko became a suspect in a case of insulting Tuleyev in connection with the publication of a series of comic book photos on the Internet. 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on 5 November, Sagyndykov was detained during a meeting in a flat with 15 other suspects; charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation; on 5 November 2015, the court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":729,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in the Novosibirsk region"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Novosibirsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"preached the doctrine of the radical Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat, which aims to reject institutions of State and establish an Islamic State, the World Caliphate, in Muslim-majority regions.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.11.2015, Sentence: the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-11-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/11/d33184/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rectzq15hY6uOPzl5"},{"persecution_id":"recMeqUDZ2zQJIZsW","last_updated":"2026-03-25T13:13:56.000Z","person_id":"recGDVWj135SHGIsQ","name_en":"Guzalia Galimova","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The case was initiated on 1 February 2013; 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The expressions in the text are insulting, humiliating the honour and dignity of a person, expressing a negative assessment of a particular nationality\"; she has already been suspended from class management, allegedly on the basis of a parental report; Galimova's supporters say that the parents wrote the report under pressure from the lyceum administration.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2013-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Guzalia Galimova case","persecution_case_profile_en":"made a post on Facebook in which she spoke harshly about the behaviour of Russian women in Turkish resorts","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 26.02.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-04-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/04/d26968/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recMeqUDZ2zQJIZsW"},{"persecution_id":"recNJXHKZRA8qrcI4","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recvFR8Ka5JQ8wEBI","name_en":"Vera Lavreshina","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 16 August 2013, an uncoordinated peaceful action of solidarity with Sergei Cherepovsky, accused of using violence against a police officer, organised by Moscow civil activists, took place in front of the Central District Court in Tver; during the unjustifiably harsh detention of activists by Tver police officers on duty outside the court building, a conflict broke out between Vera Lavreshina, who had fallen to the ground, and the police colonel who had detained her; on 18 August, a case was opened against Lavreshina for violence against a representative of the authorities; on the same day, an investigator of the Investigative Department for the city of Tver of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Tver Region applied for a preventive measure against the suspect Lavreshina in the form of remand in custody; On 20 August, the Moscow District Court of Tver decided to extend Lavreshina's detention in custody for 72 hours, and on 23 August elected a final preventive measure in the form of house arrest; on the same day, the senior investigator filed charges against her; on 15 October, the investigator changed Lavreshina's measure of restraint to signing a custody agreement; 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Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. She was in custody since September 2013 and was released on bail in November 2013. 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Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. Detained since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. 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On 1 May 2013, together with party activist Anastasia Zinovkina he came to Tver to participate in a demonstration. Zinovkina claims that during the demonstration they were pointed out to the police by a member of the FSB or the Centre for Combating Extremism. After they pulled out a flag with \"Limonka\" on it and took out a party newspaper and leaflets, they were roughly detained, with Cherepovsky being dragged into a courtyard and beaten, according to his comrades. Cherepovsky was charged with use of violence. At first, the criminal case included two victims - policemen Yevgeny Artamonov and Denis Vasin of the Tsentralny police department but only Vasin remain. The bill of indictment states that Cherepovsky grabbed him by the neck to throw him to the ground. Scratches were found on Vasin's neck, but there was no evidence that it was Cherepovsky who inflicted them. At the trial, both Vasin and the prosecution witnesses actually denied the testimony given during the investigation and no one directly confirmed the fact of violence. Nevertheless, Cherepovsky was sentenced to two years imprisonment. The court of second instance left the sentence unchanged. 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Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. She was in custody since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. 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On 5 November 2015, the charge of participation in the activities of a banned organisation was dropped due to the expiry of the statute of limitations; under the article on illegal border crossing, he was sentenced to a year in a penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":729,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in the Novosibirsk region"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Novosibirsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"preached the teachings of the radical Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat, whose aim is the non-recognition of forms of State and the establishment of an Islamic State, the World Caliphate, in Muslim-majority regions; illegally crossed the border","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.11.2016\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.11.2015, Sentence: One year imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-06-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/06/d32194/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reczlWK8fIYiwXCjF"},{"persecution_id":"recWot3uOwpkRorck","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recRKfWGegemFvMx4","name_en":"Sergey Reznikov","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 29 January 2013, he was detained by the criminal investigation officers. According to the protocol, packages with cocaine were found in the pocket of his jacket. Reznikov claims that they were planted on him along with a phone that had the numbers of members of a criminal group that stole car licence plates. A criminal case was opened. From 30 to 31 January, he was in custody. Afterwards, the criminal case was terminated, but on 1 February it was reopened. On 9 April, the recognisance not to leave was taken from him. On 1 September 2016, the case came to court, and on 15 September it was returned to the prosecutor's office. On 16 November, the second instance court cancelled the decision to return the case to the prosecutor's office, and the case was again submitted to the court. On 6 April 2017, Reznikov was sentenced to three years in an ordinary regiment colony, although the prosecutor requested a suspended sentence. On 20 November 2018, Reznikov was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1527,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":218,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 228 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 228 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Reznikov","case_number":"01-0013/2017 (01-0668/2016)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Possession of 8.06 grams of cocaine.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 09.04.2013 to 06.04.2017\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 30.01.2013 to 31.01.2013\n• in custody: from 06.04.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 20.11.2018, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.04.2017, Sentence: Three years' deprivation of liberty in an ordinary regiment colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years' deprivation of liberty in an ordinary regiment colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2017-04-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-04-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 12-05-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/reznikov-sergey-petrovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-05-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/225105.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recWot3uOwpkRorck"},{"persecution_id":"recmpNCsJtuQs546r","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recc314DNvJJKRT4M","name_en":"Evgenii Urlashov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attgzOHCSHMUsf9Df.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attgzOHCSHMUsf9Df.jpg"],"birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former mayor of Yaroslavl. In July 2013, Urlashov was taken into custody on charges of bribery. His supporters believe that the prosecution is related to the fact that Urlashov had widespread support of the opposition. On 3 August 2016, he was sentenced to twelve and a half years in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 30 December 2025, Urlashov was released from the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2013-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2025-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1126,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":160,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 290 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 6,  Article 290 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["290","290"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 290 (unknown part)","Part 6, Article 290"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Urlashov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"demanded a bribe of 14 million rubles from Sergei Shmelev, director of Radostroi LLC and a member of the United Russia party, and later 30 million rubles from the contract the LLC had been granted for waste removal works in the city; demanded a bribe from businessman Eduard Avdalian for transferring a controlling stake in the municipal road department to the construction firm Yardorstroy, of which Avdalian was the director.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.02.2017 to 13.04.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Yaroslavl Oblast\n• in custody: from 05.07.2013 to 21.02.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.04.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 30.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.08.2016, Sentence: 12 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 60 million rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 60 million rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":150,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":60000000,"first_verdict_date":"2016-08-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-08-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/urlashov-evgeniy-robertovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recmpNCsJtuQs546r"},{"persecution_id":"rec8rJXUF6YRhH3c3","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:02:47.000Z","person_id":"recNbN2ua9VpYKP9z","name_en":"Tekilov Imran ","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. Late in the evening of 26 November 2013, detained together with twelve other people during a raid on the hostel where he was living at the time. Charged with preparation for a terrorist attack in the Kirgizia cinema and possession of a pistol and ammunition.\nHuman rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of his involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the persecution was part of a campaign to pressure muslims.\nOn 22 April 2016, he was sentenced to 12 years's in a strict regime colony.\nSupposedly released at the end of November 2025.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":877,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 223 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222","222","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 222","Part 3, Article 222","Article 223 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" cinema theatre","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was part of a criminal group to prepare a terrorist attack, illegally acquired and stored weapons","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 26.11.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2016, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/224163.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-04-2017\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-o-podgotovke-terakta-v-moskovskom-kinoteatre-kirgiziya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec8rJXUF6YRhH3c3"},{"persecution_id":"reci15Jd67M1BLwzB","last_updated":"2025-07-08T19:46:46.000Z","person_id":"recWcQhRcQHEO7jUY","name_en":"Zagreev Robert Raufanovich","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Robert Zagreev is a Bashkir public activist. He was one of the leaders of the Bashkir opposition, a publicist, and editor of several independent websites and newspapers. In April 2011, he was convicted on charges of public calls for extremist and terrorist activities and incitement to ethnic hatred for his 2008 publications, together with publicist Airat Dilmukhametov. He spent six months in prison and was released due to a reduction of the sentence on appeal.\n\nOn 16 July and 30 August 2013, Zagreev's house was searched in the case of public justification of terrorism in connection with the publication of Dilmukhametov's article \"Akhyr Zaman\", and he signed a recognizance not to leave. Since the end of 2013, he had been in Ukraine and was put on the federal wanted list. On 25 April 2014, after returning to Ufa, Zagreev was detained, charged and placed under house arrest. Since 22 May 2015, he has been under house arrest. On 29 October 2015, sentenced to three years of strict regime. On 3 October 2018, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2013-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":834,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":119,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Akhir Zaman\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Robert Zagreev on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"having entered into a criminal conspiracy with citizen A.A. Dilmukhametov, agreed to post an article \"Akhyr Zaman\" on the websites nabatrb.livejournal.com and revinform.blogpost.ru, allegedly belonging to him","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.10.2015\n• recognizance not to leave: from 22.05.2015 to 29.10.2015\n• house arrest: from 27.04.2014 to 22.05.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kurgan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 03.10.2018, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kurgan region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.10.2015, Sentence: Three years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2015-10-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-10-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 19-04-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/213326.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-04-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/zagreev-robert-raufanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reci15Jd67M1BLwzB"},{"persecution_id":"recWsHeXKSL7qAhAF","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recgCtoGlSnZrSNXx","name_en":"Ilnur Ashirmametov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"A Jehovah's Witness residing in Tobolsk was involved in a road accident and hospitalised in an unconscious state. The leader of the Tobolsk Witness community, Ilnur Ashirmametov, attempted to prevent a blood transfusion procedure based on a healthcare proxy document signed by the accident victim. However, the transfusion was ultimately carried out. Later on, both the injured woman and her son provided retroactive consent for the procedure.\n\nAshirmametov faced prosecution on charges of incitement to hatred or enmity and establishing a religious association whose activities were alleged to involve violence against citizens or harm to their health. According to the Tyumen Oblast Prosecutor's Office, Ashirmametov had printed and distributed Witness literature that purportedly \"promoted the superiority of the Jehovah's Witnesses' doctrine over other religions and incited hatred towards representatives of other faiths.\" Additionally, Ashirmametov was accused of conducting preaching work and owning 35 Witness books.\n\nIn January 2014, the the case against Ashirmametov was dropped due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tobolsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2013-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":79,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","239"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Part 1, Article 239"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ilnur Ashirmametov","persecution_case_profile_en":"printed and distributed Witness literature that promoted the superiority of the Jehovah's Witnesses' doctrine over other religions, incited hatred against members of other faiths\" and conducted preaching work, as well as possessed of 35 Witness books.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.01.2014, Sentence: Dismissal of the case due to the expiry of the statute of limitations\n","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Dismissal of the case due to the expiry of the statute of limitations\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2014-01-18T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-01-18T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-01-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/01/d28845/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recWsHeXKSL7qAhAF"},{"persecution_id":"recG8ZtXq7dnNn3ER","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"rec82dsZLY1otO317","name_en":"Ekaterina Zaspa","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"detained in connection with a peaceful action by Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. She was in custody since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. 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The ship was forcibly stopped, and all those on board were detained. He was initially charged with piracy, which was later reclassified as hooliganism. He was in custody from September 2013, and he was released on bail in November 2013. 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on 5 November, detained during a meeting in a flat with 15 other suspects; charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation; on 5 November 2015, the court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":729,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in the Novosibirsk region"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Novosibirsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"preached the doctrine of the radical Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat, which aims to reject forms of State and establish an Islamic State, the World Caliphate, in Muslim-majority regions.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.11.2015, Sentence: the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-11-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/11/d33184/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reccBK87PyWbmhqBf"},{"persecution_id":"recEQN52ZT18xPn0j","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec1BTMyp35Q4Ys4u","name_en":"Shirazi Bekirov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 March 2013, the press service of the FSS for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region reported that ten people were detained in St. Petersburg as part of the investigation of a case under part 1 of article 282.2 (organisation of activities of an extremist organisation) on suspicion of involvement in the activities of the banned organisation \"Nurdzhular\".\nOn 28 August 2013, the court passed a verdict on the case of involvement in the activities of \"Nurdzhular\". Shirazi Bekirov was found guilty under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code.\nOn 2 September 2013, Bekirov was released, as he was credited for the period of pre-trial detention, which also amounted to 6 months.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2013-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2014-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":177,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Shirazi Bekirov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the banned organisation \"Nurdjular\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.03.2013 to 02.09.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.08.2013, Sentence: 6-months imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6-months imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":6,"first_verdict_date":"2013-08-27T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2013-08-27T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-07-2013\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/03/d26578/?sphrase_id=1575516\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recEQN52ZT18xPn0j"},{"persecution_id":"rec57WERSPDzSbOi3","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:18:50.000Z","person_id":"recI3h6m2LKmMJiUN","name_en":"Ilya Gushchin","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ilya Gushchin is a member of the National Democratic Party (at the time of detention). On 6 May 2012, he was detained during the dispersal of a rally on Bolotnaya Square, on 8 May he was sentenced to one day of administrative arrest, which he has already served. On 6 February 2013, he was detained in a criminal case, and on 7 February he was charged with participation in the mass riots that allegedly took place on Bolotnaya Square, and with having grabbed and pushed policeman Sergei Antonov from behind. Gushchin initially pleaded guilty to using violence against Antonov, but later retracted his confession. On 18 August 2014, the court sentenced him to two and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. He was released on 5 August 2015","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":557,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case","The case of the five"],"case_name_en":"The case 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№1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 06.04.2014 to 28.12.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2015 to 05.08.2015, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.08.2014, Sentence: Two years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months' 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Potential for Socialization of Migrants in the Krasnodar Territory\" with the aim of identifying the number of migrants that the region can accept without the emergence of negative trends in the sphere of interethnic relations; On April 11, 2013, a criminal case was opened against Savva and his acquaintance Victoria Remmler under the article on fraud in receiving payments using his official position on a large scale; the next day, FSB officers conducted a six-hour search of Savva's house; on April 13, he was arrested by the court, representatives of the media and supporters were not allowed into the courtroom; on May 15, another criminal case was opened against Savva under the article on fraud; the scientist was accused of receiving 90 thousand rubles (≈US$2900 as of May 2013) from Kuban State University for a course of lectures that he had not delivered; he was held in pre-trial detention until December 4, 2013, when the court changed his preventive measure to house arrest; on April 2, 2014, Savva was sentenced to three years probation with two years probation and a fine of 70 thousand rubles; In January 2015, Savva was placed on the federal wanted list for allegedly leaving for Ukraine. On March 2, 2015, Savva's suspended sentence was commuted in absentia to three years' imprisonment in a penal colony. \n\nOn 20 April it became known that a new criminal case of fraud committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy was opened against Savva: he is suspected of embezzlement of budgetary funds while receiving payments of more than 150 thousand rubles (≈US$4830 as of April 2013). According to the investigation, the classes declared in the training course were not conducted in full: a number of teachers who were paid a fee did not actually give lectures and did not receive money for them.\n\nIn October 2023, Savva was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". No later than 2025, a case was brought against him for failure to fulfil the duties of a \"foreign agent\". On 21 January 2026, scientist Savva was sentenced to three and a half years in absentia, taking into account the punishment for the previous case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2013-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":383,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 159.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 159 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159.2","159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 159.2","Article 159 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Michael Savva's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The classes stated in the training course of the Levados Centre, of which Savva is the founder, were not conducted in full; a number of teachers who were paid a fee from the regional budget did not actually give lectures and were not paid for them.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.04.2013 to 04.12.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• house arrest: from 04.12.2013 to 02.04.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.04.2014, Sentence: 3 years suspended sentence and a fine of 70,000 roubles (≈US$2250 as of 2013).\nSince Mikhail Savva then left Russia, in January 2015 he was put on a federal wanted list and on 2 March 2015 his suspended sentence was changed by the court in absentia to 3 years in a penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years suspended sentence and a fine of 70,000 roubles (≈US$2250 as of 2013).\nSince Mikhail Savva then left Russia, in January 2015 he was put on a federal wanted list and on 2 March 2015 his suspended sentence was changed by the court in absentia to 3 years in a penal colony.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":70000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-04-01T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-04-01T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-06-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/164491.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 21-04-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/93292.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recJU4KLoHWDouAj6"},{"persecution_id":"recE0tFNNk0w1AbJM","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recB0WdbqNFkaAxCe","name_en":"Saparali Dzhalilov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"In November 2013, it became known that a case had been opened against people involved in the activities of the Novosibirsk cell of Tablighi Jamaat; on 5 November, detained during a meeting in a flat with 15 other suspects; charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation; on 5 November 2015, the court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":730,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in the Novosibirsk region"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Novosibirsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"preached the doctrine of the radical Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat, which aims to reject forms of State and establish an Islamic State, the World Caliphate, in Muslim-majority regions.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.11.2015, Sentence: the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-11-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/11/d33184/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recE0tFNNk0w1AbJM"},{"persecution_id":"recijF3HjhGF9NJwf","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recdgb4unWq71QVhq","name_en":"Fidail Salimzyanov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Salimzyanov was accused of organising the activities of the banned religious association \"Nurdzhular\" on the grounds that he was allegedly involved in setting up a \"home madrassa\" where Islamic religious literature, including works by the Turkish theologian Said Nursi, were read and discussed among the banned; he held under house arrest; he sentenced to a fine of 50,000 roubles","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2013-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":370,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of a home-based madrasah in Naberezhnye Chelny"],"case_name_en":"The case of a home madrasa in Naberezhnye Chelny","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a banned organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 17.02.2013 to 18.02.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.02.2014, Sentence: fine: '50 thousand roubles'.\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '50 thousand roubles'.\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-02-18T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-02-18T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-03-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/03/d29121/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recijF3HjhGF9NJwf"},{"persecution_id":"rec4LcY48WIY8GkS0","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"recyrg19mEdvNydWm","name_en":"Marco Weber","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Switzerland"],"story_en":"detained in connection with a peaceful action by Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. Held in custody since September 2013 until released on bail in November 2013. Amnestied in December 2013","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The Arctic Sunrise case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arctic Sunrise","persecution_case_profile_en":"according to the investigation, carried out hooliganism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released on bail","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released on bail: from 20.11.2013 to 24.12.2013\n• in custody: from 19.09.2013 to 11.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n• in custody: from 12.11.2013 to 20.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/175451.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec4LcY48WIY8GkS0"},{"persecution_id":"recOuUtbTglTxghGV","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:58:42.000Z","person_id":"recYaGWQPeQ00ZM91","name_en":"Airat Dilmukhametov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attqDhUA87lvWKTYW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attqDhUA87lvWKTYW.jpg"],"birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Airat Dilmukhametov is a publicist who promotes the ideas of Bashkir nationalism and has criticised the authorities of Bashkortostan. In April 2011, for his 2008 publications, he was convicted of calling for extremist and terrorist activity and inciting ethnic hatred. He served two years in prison and was released in August 2012. After his release, he continued to engage in journalistic activities.\n\nIn July 2013, a case on justification of terrorism was opened in connection with the publication of the article \"Akhyr Zaman\" in February 2011. On 17 July Dilmukhametov was detained and placed under house arrest on 19 July. In January 2014, he was transferred on his own recognizance. On 12 March 2015, he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. On 22 July, the court of second instance left the sentence unchanged. On 11 September 2017, he was released.\n\nOn 15 March 2019, the court in Ufa sent Dilmukhametov under arrest on charges of publishing on the Internet calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation (part 2 of article 280.1 of the Criminal Code). At the end of April, it became known that a case of justification of terrorism was also opened against Dilmukhametov in connection with the publication of a video about the persecution of alleged members of Hizb ut-Tahrir and calls for extremist activity in connection with an alleged statement about Chechens.\n\nIn October 2019, a case was opened against Dilmukhametov because of his performance in the programme \"Personally Yours\" on Ekho Moskvy in Ufa of 23 May 2018, where he spoke about his initiative to create a \"Fourth Bashkir Republic\".\nIn January 2020, Dilmukhametov was prosecuted for financing extremist activities.\n\nOn 24 August, the court sentenced Dilmukhametov to nine years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2013-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":602,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Akhir Zaman\" case"],"case_name_en":"Ayrat Dilmukhametov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in September 2012, \"having the intention to induce persons to commit terrorist offences, disseminate the ideology and practice of terrorism, ... approached a person in respect of whom the criminal case is a separate proceeding\" (Robert Zagreev, an associate of Dilmukhametov, who later received 3 years in prison in this case) with a proposal to post on the websites nabatrb.livejournal.com and revinform.blogpost.ru his article \"Akhyr Zaman\" (\"The End of the World\"). Having agreed to Dilmukhametov's proposal, \"realising a joint criminal intent\", Zagreev, on 29 September and 1 October 2012, \"being in an unidentified place, using an unidentified technical device\", posted the article \"Akhyr Zaman\" on these Internet resources. By decision of the Kirovsky District Court of Ufa of 15 March 2013, this text was declared extremist. According to a linguistic study of 16 November 2012, \"Akhyr Zaman\" \"contains statements (appeals) that form a positive attitude in the reader, inspire sympathy for terrorist organisations, ... recognition of the theory and practice of terrorism as correct, ... justification of terrorism and other terrorist activities in general\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.01.2014 to 12.03.2015\n• house arrest: from 19.07.2013 to 16.01.2014\n• in custody: from 13.03.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.07.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 11.09.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.03.2015, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2015-03-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-03-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 18-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9238/dilmuhametov-ajrat-ahnafovich-2\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 19-04-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/213327.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-04-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/04/d40967/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 02-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/dilmuhametov-ayrat-ahnafovich\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-04-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/dilmuhametov-ayrat-ahnafovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recOuUtbTglTxghGV"},{"persecution_id":"recw24A8N39JLb9BK","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:41.000Z","person_id":"recHtyrqHBhUYdJes","name_en":"Igor Zhitenev","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Voronezh region who participated in events against nickel mining in Prikhoperye. During one of the rallies he was severely beaten by security guards. In November 2013, he was detained on charges of extorting funds from the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC). Activists believed that the UMMC management itself had previously tried to bribe Zhitenev. According to the defence's version, the case was originally initiated in violation of the current legislation, as the resolution to initiate the case is dated November 22, 2013, and the accused has to be notified of such things on the same day, but Zhitenev learned that there were criminal charges against him only during his detention four days later. On April 22, 2014, the court hearing in the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow was held without the participation of his lawyer Alexei Vetrintsev, because the latter had not been notified in advance about the date of the trial. However, the trial was held with the participation of an appointed lawyer, despite Zhitenev's protest. He was taken into custody. On October 13, 2014, it became known that the charge was changed from extortion to large-scale fraud, but the prosecutor's office refused to approve this option, and as a result, the charge was reclassified to large-scale extortion. On June 8, 2016, Zhitenev was transferred from the pre-trial detention centre to house arrest. On December 22, 2016, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. This decision was cancelled on appeal. On March 7, 2017, Zhitenev was released on his own recognizance. On  July 27, 2017, the court referred the case back to the prosecutor's office, but this decision too was overturned on appeal on September 28, 2017. On August 3, 2018, the court acquitted Zhitenev.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokhopyorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 163 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 163"],"case_name_en":"UMMC extortion case","persecution_case_profile_en":"extorted money from the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (acquitted)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 07.03.2017 to 03.08.2018\n• house arrest: from 08.06.2016 to 07.03.2017\n• in custody:  to 08.06.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n• in custody: from 26.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 03.08.2018","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2018-08-03T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-10-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-zhiteneva\n• Ecouznik:\n Date: 08-01-2014\n Status: Eco-prisoner\n Source: http://www.slideshare.net/OlegKozyrev/2013-29833622\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-10-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/208655.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Ecouznik","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recw24A8N39JLb9BK"},{"persecution_id":"recAN4iKdpOLij9tS","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recWBemCTzvXRmXI9","name_en":"Daniyar Nurmatov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-08-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"In November 2013, it became known that a case had been opened against people involved in the activities of the Novosibirsk cell of Tablighi Jamaat; on 5 November, detained during a meeting in a flat with 15 other suspects; charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation; on 5 November 2015, the court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":729,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in the Novosibirsk region"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Novosibirsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"preached the doctrine of the radical Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat, which aims to reject forms of State and establish an Islamic State, the World Caliphate, in Muslim-majority regions.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.11.2015, Sentence: the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-11-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/11/d33184/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recAN4iKdpOLij9tS"},{"persecution_id":"recpkSvWykwbE95hQ","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:09:04.000Z","person_id":"recGVBe0IRDcEY84C","name_en":"Vladimir Chesnokov","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Cheboksary. In October 2013, together with five other members of the Jehovah's Witnesses community, he was accused of involvement in an extremist organisation. In December 2016, the case was dropped due to lack of corpus delicti.\nOn 7 June 2021, Chesnokov was charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation. He was given a covenant not to leave the country. On 10 February 2022, he was sentenced to a fine of 400,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2013-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the six Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_name_en":"The case of the six Jehovah's Witnesses","persecution_case_profile_en":"Continued the activities of the religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses \"Taganrog\", liquidated for extremist activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.10.2013 to 14.12.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.12.2016, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2016-12-01T14:35:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-01-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/01/d36171/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recpkSvWykwbE95hQ"},{"persecution_id":"recarYHyWELw8T3CZ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recE1AqJnFtojMrvG","name_en":"Alexander Bosykh","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 26 February 2013, it became known that the Solntsevsky inter-district investigative department of Moscow opened a criminal case under part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity) against Alexander Bosykh, a member of the bureau of the presidium of the Rodina party. According to lawyer Oksana Mikhalkina, the investigator's ruling imputes to the member of the Rodina leadership the posting in social networks of texts by the fictitious online character Lev Shcharansky, which contain calls to incite hatred against social groups such as \"tolerant individuals, experts, human rights activists, and homophobes.\" Bosykh's flat was searched and he was given a non-deportation undertaking.\n\nOn 27 February 2013, it was reported that Bosykh was charged with three entries in his Live Journal. The first of them belongs to the author of the journal and is a tendentious selection of criminal chronicles entitled \"once again - not to name the nationality of the perpetrator? fuck you and your tolerance!!!\", which concludes with the conclusion: \"our main enemy is tolerant and corrupt bureaucratic creatures\" and poorly veiled calls for violence against these categories. Two other entries are reprints from other journals. One is titled \"Hand-wringing and conscientious! homophobes must die\" and indeed contains open calls for violence, the other is just a parody of a text from Lev Shcharansky's blog, titled \"Shcharansky's Commandments. Obligatory for the overthrow of the regime\"\n\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Bosykh","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted on social media texts by the online character Lev Shcharansky, which contain incitement to hatred against the social groups \"tolerasts, experts, human rights defenders and homophobes\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-02-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/02/d26543/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recarYHyWELw8T3CZ"},{"persecution_id":"recaC7MfFwzAJgovI","last_updated":"2024-07-25T08:22:06.000Z","person_id":"rec9AlhAbCl3fZ2rJ","name_en":"Stanislav Kalinichenko","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 11 July 2013, he was interrogated as a witness in a criminal case initiated in connection with retweeting a message containing a photo of an opposition leaflet with the headline \"Stop going to rallies and start acting!\"; his home was searched, during which hard drives of a personal computer were seized; on 6 November, he was detained on the street and taken to a senior investigator of the investigation department of the regional department of the FSB, the same day he was charged with calls for extremist activity and personal recognizance not to leave was chosen as the measure of restriction. On 12 March, he was not allowed to speak in court either in the debate or with the last word. On 7 May Kalinichenko was granted amnesty.\n\nIn November 2022, Kalinichenko was reported to have been put on the wanted list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring. On 1 December, the court arrested him in absentia on the case of organising activities of an extremist community.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2015-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":490,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":70,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Stanislav Kalinichenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"retweeted a post containing a photo of an opposition leaflet with the headline \"Quit going to rallies and start taking action!\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 06.11.2013 to 08.05.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.03.2015, Sentence: a fine in the amount of 150,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine in the amount of 150,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2015-03-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-03-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 02-06-2014\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/199172.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 20-05-2015\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/134330.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recaC7MfFwzAJgovI"},{"persecution_id":"recBYMG8pQU9m9KZp","last_updated":"2024-07-25T15:29:02.000Z","person_id":"recyKF92PvYICVuDT","name_en":"Sergey Nikiforov","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Nikiforov was the head of the Ivanovskoye village in Selemdzhinsky District, Amur Oblast; he opposed gold mining companies attempting to occupy the ancestral reindeer pastures and commercial hunting grounds of Evenks, and prevented district and regional officials from closing the Evenki national kindergarten in the village; In October 2013, a criminal case was opened against Nikiforov and he was charged with abuse of power as head of a local government body and large-scale bribery; he was placed under house arrest; at the trial it turned out that at the time when, according to the case materials, Nikiforov received the bribe in Blagoveshchensk, he was actually in the administrative centre of his district, the village of Ekimchan, 655 kilometres from the regional capital; the only witness in the case, speaking in court, did not identify Nikiforov, saying that she had not met him; the bribe-giver was not prosecuted; on September 28 2015, Nikiforov was sentenced to five years in a strict regime colony; on December 9, the court of second instance reduced the sentence to four years.\nHe was released by October 2017.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2013-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2017-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":712,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":101,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 290 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["290"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 290 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Nikiforov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Abused his official powers as the head of a local self-government body and received large-scale bribes twice","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.09.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n• house arrest: from 15.10.2013 to 28.09.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Amur krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 18.10.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Amur krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.09.2015, Sentence: Five years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony with a fine of 16 million roubles and a 2.5-year ban on holding senior positions in local government bodies","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony with a fine of 16 million roubles and a 2.5-year ban on holding senior positions in local government bodies","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":3000000,"first_verdict_date":"2015-09-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-09-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 16-12-2015\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur46/3094/2015/en/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-02-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/211513.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-02-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/nikiforov-sergey-savelevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recBYMG8pQU9m9KZp"},{"persecution_id":"recfYjNoaKBWREOMh","last_updated":"2024-12-15T14:14:32.000Z","person_id":"rech89L2qCYQPAyn3","name_en":"Adam Shavkhalov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. Detained late in the evening of November 26, 2013, along with twelve other people, during a raid on the hostel where he was living at the time. Accused of preparing for a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" movie theater.\n\nHuman rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of his involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the persecution was part of a campaign to put pressure Muslims.\n\nOn 22 April 2016, he was sentenced to eleven years in a strict regime penal colony. Supposedly, he was released in November 2024.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":877,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 223 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222","Article 223 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" cinema theatre","persecution_case_profile_en":"was part of a criminal group plotting a terrorist attack","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 25.11.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"\n• Unknown: from 25.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2016, Sentence: 11 years of imprisonment in a strict penal regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years of imprisonment in a strict penal regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/224163.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-o-podgotovke-terakta-v-moskovskom-kinoteatre-kirgiziya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recfYjNoaKBWREOMh"},{"persecution_id":"recVdfTG3amhHu8bP","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"recRTabcGifsgiOU4","name_en":"Anthony Perrette","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["United Kingdom"],"story_en":"He was detained in connection with a peaceful action by Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. He was charged with piracy, later the charge was reclassified to hooliganism. Was detained since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. He was amnestied in December 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The Arctic Sunrise case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arctic Sunrise","persecution_case_profile_en":"according to the investigation, carried out hooliganism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","released on bail"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.11.2013 to 20.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody: from 19.09.2013 to 11.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n• released on bail: from 20.11.2013 to 24.12.2013\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/175451.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recVdfTG3amhHu8bP"},{"persecution_id":"rec6mA7fI2V0abNkm","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recyVDX9EQK39gsHL","name_en":"Elena Gerasimova","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The case of participation in organising activities of a banned organisation was initiated in August 2013 (later reclassified as participation in activities), and since May 2014 it was transferred from one court to another for several months. Gerasimova was put on a wanted list because she was pregnant and did not attend court hearings. The case was then re-transferred to court in May 2015 and dismissed in August due to the expiry of the statute of limitations period","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2013-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":725,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":103,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The Nurdjular case in Krasnoyarsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Elena Gerasimova","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the banned organisation \"Nurdzhular\", as an assistant to Guzenko, held meetings of supporters in her flat, read and collectively discussed the main provisions of the religious ideas and views of the spiritual leader of this religious association, Badiuzzaman Said Nursi, brought her young children to religious classes for their religious education, and, in proportion to other participants in the banned organisation, provided material support for the meetings.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.08.2015, Sentence: the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-08-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-08-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-05-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/05/d32010/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec6mA7fI2V0abNkm"},{"persecution_id":"recAyrOu2T37ZEh0Q","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec05K6FJikanevNS","name_en":"Zhanna Tsaregradskaya","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained, charged with incitement to hatred or enmity or humiliation of human dignity on the grounds of sex (it was about men) and belonging to the social group \"spouses\". She is under an undertaking not to leave the country.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["239","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 239","Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Zhanna Tsaregradskaya","persecution_case_profile_en":"Under the guise of the Rozhana Centre, since 2007 there has existed \"a sect with a strict hierarchical structure involving a wide range of persons (at least 14 people), operating on the principles of denial of the family as an institution of society, negative attitudes towards spouses (men), refusal of medical care, education, work, military and alternative civilian service, and the use of physical and mental violence\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-10-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/10/d28230/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recAyrOu2T37ZEh0Q"},{"persecution_id":"recPzsg9wckRRPVUQ","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"recFeF3LJSJly2rWV","name_en":"Faiza Aulahsen","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Netherlands"],"story_en":"detained in connection with a peaceful action by Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. She was accused of piracy; later, the charge was reclassified as hooliganism. She has been in custody since September 2013 and was released on bail in November 2013. Amnestied in December 2013","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The Arctic Sunrise case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arctic Sunrise","persecution_case_profile_en":"according to the investigation, she committed hooliganism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","released on bail"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.09.2013 to 11.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n• released on bail: from 20.11.2013 to 24.12.2013\n• in custody: from 12.11.2013 to 20.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/175451.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recPzsg9wckRRPVUQ"},{"persecution_id":"recziMiIeTjmibAvt","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec3KpjqGi5KF6MID","name_en":"Nakiya Sharifullina","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In 2013, a case was brought against Sharifullina under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organisation of activities of a banned organisation) for coordinating the activities of a \"women's underground madrassa\"; during searches, a large amount of literature (books, leaflets, newspaper clippings, brochures, including over 1,000 books by Said Nursi), computers, hard drives and teaching materials were seized. She was placed under house arrest. She was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 roubles (±3220 USD).\n\nDetained in March 2020 and placed under house arrest on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. Again, as in 2013, charged with organising activities of a home madrassa. On 31 August 2021 sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2013-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2024-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":398,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of a women's home-based madrasah in Naberezhnye Chelny"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nakia Sharifullina","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised the activities of a proscribed organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 14.02.2013 to 18.03.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.03.2014, Sentence: fine: '100 thousand roubles'.\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine: '100 thousand roubles'.\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-03-18T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-03-18T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-02-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2013/02/d26472/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recziMiIeTjmibAvt"},{"persecution_id":"recjejsI46a1wNF6g","last_updated":"2023-11-10T22:23:41.000Z","person_id":"reckeDUxSIxGEZdzl","name_en":"Sergei Mokhnatkin","birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergei Mokhnatkin was accused of picking a fight with a police officer, who was filming him in the detention centre, and breaking his nose. Mokhnatkin wrote several statements that he had been beaten by the police. On 11 January 2010, a criminal case was opened against Sergei Mokhnatkin under part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Use of violence against a representative of the authorities\"), and on 26 February, a measure of restraint was chosen against him in a form of recognizance not to leave.\n\nOn 1 June 2010, the day after another rally of \"Strategy-31\" on Triumfalnaya Square, which gathered about 2,000 people (one of the largest rallies of the campaign), Sergey Mokhnatkin was arrested.\nHe was summoned for questioning ostensibly to identify those who had beaten him, and he was arrested in the office of investigator Alexei Petrachenko. In the pre-trial detention center, Mokhnatkin went on hunger strike in protest and starved for 8 days before the trial. He was beaten by the SIZO staff because he refused to be photographed and subjected to fingerprinting.\n\nAt the trial, Mokhnatkin demanded a full acquittal. Tverskoy court judge Alexandra Kovalevskaya removed nine defense witnesses from the courtroom. The prosecution witnesses, all police officers, did not appear at the trial. On 8 June, prosecutor L.A. Serguniaeva requested five years of imprisonment for Mokhnatkin.\n\nOn 9 June 2010, the court sentenced 56-year-old Sergei Mokhnatkin to two years and six months imprisonment in a general regime colony. On 23 April 2012, Mokhnatkin was pardoned by President Dmitry Medvedev.\n\nOn 31 December 2013, Mokhnatkin was detained at the \"Strategy-31\" rally on Triumfalnaya Square in Moscow. On 1 January 2014, it became known that Mokhnatkin was charged with using violence against a representative of the authorities. On 2 January he was placed in a pre-trial detention centre. The investigation ignored the fact that police colonel Sergei Shorin, whose attack Mokhnatkin was accused of, beat and strangled Mokhnatkin. In September 2014, Mokhnatkin was sent to the Serbsky Psychiatric Centre for expert evaluation. While he was there, his period of detention expired and he was released in October. On 10 December, the court sentenced him to four and a half years in a strict regime colony. Mokhnatkin did not attend the verdict and was put on a federal wanted list, but he appeared in court the same day and was taken into custody.\n\nAlready in the colony, Mokhnatkin was charged with a new case of insulting the head of the detachment. Mokhnatkin explained that the head of the detachment prevented him from sending his letters to various authorities. After that, Mokhnatkin was transferred to strict detention conditions. On 3 June 2016, Mokhnatkin was sentenced to 11 months of correctional labor, which was recalculated as an additional two months and three days to the total term. Later, the appeal instance reduced the additional term by one month.\n\nIn March 2016, when Mokhnatkin was about to be sent to the pre-trial detention center to participate in the trial in the abovementioned case, he was outraged that he was not shown the document based on which he was being transported, and lay down on the floor in protest. The officers forcibly dragged him into the car. After that, Mokhnatkin was charged with the fourth case - disorganization of the work of the correctional facility: according to the investigation, he hit the deputy assistant chief of the colony in the face. Mokhnatkin himself claimed that the staff beat him. It was found that he had a compression fracture of two lumbar vertebrae. On 20 March 2017, the court sentenced Mokhnatkin to two years in a penal colony, which was recalculated as two more months to the total term.\n\nMokhnatkin was then transferred to another colony with \"special conditions of economic activity\". In September 2018, the court assigned him two and a half years of administrative supervision after his release. In November, shortly before the end of his sentence, it became known that Mokhnatkin was charged with a fifth case, again about the disorganization of the colony's activities. He was accused of refusing to be taken from the prison hospital. Mokhnatkin himself suspected that the reason for the case was his conflict with the colony staff, who interrupted his speech via videoconference, twisted him, dragged him into the corridor, and broke his back.\n\nOn 14 December 2018, the court decided to release Mokhnatkin from custody. He gave the recognizance not to leave the country.\n\nWhile serving his sentence, Mokhnatkin repeatedly went on hunger strikes.\n\nHe died on 28 May 2020.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2018-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":343,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Mokhnatkin's second case of assault on a police officer","persecution_case_profile_en":"Violated \"certain requirements for prisoner transfer\" by panicking, shouting and coarse language.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["temporary hospitalisation","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• temporary hospitalisation: from 22.09.2014 to 08.10.2014, Serbsky Centre\n• recognizance not to leave: from 14.12.2018 to 28.05.2020\n• in custody: from 02.01.2014 to 22.09.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 27.11.2018 to 14.12.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Arkhangelsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 10.12.2014 to 23.04.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"Penal Colony No. 21 of the Arkhangelsk Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","FCU \"OB UFSPIN of Russia for the Arkhangelsk region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 15.09.2017, FCU \"Penal Colony No. 21 of the Arkhangelsk Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• Unknown: from 01.09.2017 to 01.11.2017, Hospital of the Arkhangelsk Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Arkhangelsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2017 to 28.11.2018, FCU \"Penal Colony No. 21 of the Arkhangelsk Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2015, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.12.2014, Sentence: Four years six months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four years six months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2014-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-12-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/mohnatkin-sergey-evgenevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recjejsI46a1wNF6g"},{"persecution_id":"recgDIA1lWr6ncSiY","last_updated":"2024-12-11T09:00:40.000Z","person_id":"recNb1LNi7RauTERS","name_en":"Tazhib Mahmudov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attqq9Ev6I0oxgBOC.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attqq9Ev6I0oxgBOC.jpg"],"birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Moscow resident. In the night leading to November 27, 2013, a search was conducted in Makhmudov's apartment without witnesses, under a warrant related to an attempted theft of two sweaters from a store (the case was closed in 2016 due to the statute of limitations). During the search, cartridges were found in the father-in-law's nightstand, but it was Makhmudov who was detained, while the father-in-law was not even questioned. The investigation declared Makhmudov the creator and leader of the terrorist cell that planned an attack on the \"Kirgizia\" cinema in Moscow. Human rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of his involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the prosecution was part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\n22 April 2016 sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":876,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 223 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222","222","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 222","Part 3, Article 222","Article 223 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" cinema theatre","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised a criminal group to prepare a terrorist attack, for which purpose he found a flat and illegally stored ammunition","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2016, Sentence: Thirteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Thirteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/224163.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-o-podgotovke-terakta-v-moskovskom-kinoteatre-kirgiziya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recgDIA1lWr6ncSiY"},{"persecution_id":"recv4FsHTBqjcvyYm","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:26:26.000Z","person_id":"rechPqU3X4UN0aGCy","name_en":"Valery Selyanin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attiISHwb4ea0muvw.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attiISHwb4ea0muvw.jpg"],"birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case of high treason was initiated against Selyanin on 29 August 2013. He was placed in custody.\n\nIn August 2015, Selyanin was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony. The case was heard in closed mode.\n\nIn November 2023, it became known that Selyanin was abused in the colony: he was forced to stand in a draught outside in bad weather. This causes his health to deteriorate.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":730,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Valery Selyanin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution version, \"Selyanin V.P. was involved in counselling and assisting foreign citizens against the security of Russia\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2013 to 29.12.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.12.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.08.2015, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2015-08-01T13:13:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-08-01T13:13:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/selyanin-valeriy-petrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recv4FsHTBqjcvyYm"},{"persecution_id":"recqWHewDDJQoZGQb","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recg6FeAplBzbaS5u","name_en":"Zhenishbek Zhailoobaev","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"In November 2013, it became known that a case had been opened against those involved in the activities of the Novosibirsk cell of Tablighi Jamaat; on 5 November, Zhailoobaev was detained during a meeting at a flat with 15 other suspects; charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organization; on 5 November 2015, the court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":729,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in the Novosibirsk region"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Novosibirsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"Zhailoobaev allegedly preached the doctrine of the radical Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat, which aims to reject forms of State and establish an Islamic State, the World Caliphate, in Muslim-majority regions.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.11.2015, Sentence: the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-11-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/11/d33184/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recqWHewDDJQoZGQb"},{"persecution_id":"recePMkrIWb1Zw8S5","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recgL9p0ZpmXLqFAe","name_en":"Adilbek Saipov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"In November 2013, it became known that a case had been opened against people involved in the activities of the Novosibirsk cell of Tablighi Jamaat; on 5 November, he was detained during a meeting in a flat with 15 other suspects; charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation; on 5 November 2015, the court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":729,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in the Novosibirsk region"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Novosibirsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"preached the doctrine of the radical Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat, which aims to reject forms of State and establish an Islamic State, the World Caliphate, in Muslim-majority regions.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.11.2015, Sentence: the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"the case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-11-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/11/d33184/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recePMkrIWb1Zw8S5"},{"persecution_id":"recPWfATd2KBRZZS3","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recy9w4Y4bbt1x7ll","name_en":"Miguel Hernán Pérez Orsi","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Argentina"],"story_en":"detained in connection with a peaceful protest by Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Indicted with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. Detained since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. Amnestied in December 2013","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The Arctic Sunrise case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arctic Sunrise","persecution_case_profile_en":"according to the investigation, carried out hooliganism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released on bail","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released on bail: from 20.11.2013 to 24.12.2013\n• in custody: from 19.09.2013 to 11.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n• in custody: from 12.11.2013 to 20.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/175451.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recPWfATd2KBRZZS3"},{"persecution_id":"reckZbhZT67kktzLu","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:24:35.000Z","person_id":"recUWq0QIiexFDcY1","name_en":"Artur Maslakov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att8KA5QeHGfAVPWB.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att8KA5QeHGfAVPWB.jpg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. Late in the evening of 26 November 2013, detained together with twelve other people during a raid on the hostel where he was living at the time. Accused of preparing for a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgiziya\" cinema and possession of ammunition. In the case file there is a report of Maslakov's interrogation as a suspect, according to which he allegedly knew that weapons and explosives were stored in the hostel, and that the hostel hostess and other guests spoke about the need to wage jihad on the territory of Russia, but Maslakov stated in court that he did not give such testimony, and the protocol, which he signed without reading because he could not see much and was without glasses, was read to him in a distorted form by the operatives.\n\nHuman rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of his involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the persecution was part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nOn 22 April 2016, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nHas HIV and hepatitis. Had a suspended sentence for copyright infringement in the course of trading in laser discs.\n\nIn October 2020, was released for health reasons. In August 2021, Maslakov was re-arrested: the court agreed with the prosecutor's submission that since Maslakov was terminally ill, he did not need to be treated on the outside.\n\nOn 20 December 2022, a Tyumen court passed a verdict in the case of insult and use of violence against colony staff brought against Maslakov, details unknown.\n\nIn July 2025, the Leninsky District Court of Tyumen placed him under administrative supervision for 10 years. Presumably, Maslakov was released from the colony on 19 December 2025.\n\nArtur Maslakov was recognised as a group 2 disabled person indefinitely, he was diagnosed with severe amblyopia - a disorder of the visual analyser that cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2013-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":877,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 223 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222","222","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 222","Part 3, Article 222","Article 223 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the preparation of a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgizia\" cinema theatre","persecution_case_profile_en":"was part of a criminal group to prepare a terrorist attack, illegally stored ammunition","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2035-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tuymen region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 19.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tuymen region\"\n• Unknown: from 19.12.2025 to 19.12.2035\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2016, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/224163.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-04-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-o-podgotovke-terakta-v-moskovskom-kinoteatre-kirgiziya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reckZbhZT67kktzLu"},{"persecution_id":"recfJt7HYdCvYQR5x","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"recm0EQKLUIzayvjz","name_en":"Philip Ball","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["United Kingdom"],"story_en":"detained in the Pechora Sea in connection with a peaceful action by Greenpeace activists who sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in September 2013; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Charged with piracy, later the charge was reclassified to hooliganism. Detained since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. Amnestied in December 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2013-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2013-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2013,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The Arctic Sunrise case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arctic Sunrise","persecution_case_profile_en":"according to the investigation, carried out hooliganism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2013-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released on bail","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released on bail: from 20.11.2013 to 24.12.2013\n• in custody: from 12.11.2013 to 20.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody: from 19.09.2013 to 11.11.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/175451.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recfJt7HYdCvYQR5x"},{"persecution_id":"recXTJf9dIR55KPD4","last_updated":"2023-11-09T22:05:43.000Z","person_id":"recHJjQWjzeipDcCv","name_en":"Dmitry Litvinov","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Sweden"],"story_en":"detained in connection with a peaceful action by Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. Detained since September 2013, released on bail in November 2013. 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During the preliminary investigation, she was forced to sign a confession because the investigator and the lawyer appointed by him convinced her that the mere fact of sending an SMS to a citizen of another country  has already constituted a treason. She was not given the opportunity to choose a qualified lawyer, and her relatives were intimidated. On 3 July 2014, she was sentenced to six years in a penal colony.\n\nOn 16 November 2017, the Supreme Court reduced Tutisani's sentence to four years and one month. On 30 November, Tutisani was released from prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2013-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":251,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Inga Tutisani","persecution_case_profile_en":"On August 11 and September 23, 2009, she collected information about instances of Russian Federation Black Sea Fleet ships carrying out combat duty in the territorial waters of Abkhazia. Subsequently, she transmitted information constituting state secrets by sending SMS messages to her acquaintance in Georgia, who served on the border.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2013-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.10.2013 to 28.10.2013, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 30.11.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.07.2014, Sentence: Six years of imprisonment in a general regime colony• Court of cassation instance No. 1, 16.11.2017, Sentence: Four years and one month of imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four years and one month of imprisonment","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":49,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-23,"first_verdict_date":"2014-07-02T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-11-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 02-05-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/tutisani-inga-zhoraevna\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-05-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/225115.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec5Rk2JxCXpT6fjq"},{"persecution_id":"recdP3wr3ff5gJlTp","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:35:47.000Z","person_id":"rec7QhDIcJ9ky23gD","name_en":"Evgeny Kurakin","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 September 2013, Kurakin was charged with large-scale fraud and signed an undertaking not to leave the country. He was removed from his position as chairman of the Homeowners’ Association (HOA). Shortly afterwards, on 29 January 2014, the process of liquidating the HOA began. A month later, on 28 February, he was placed in a pre-trial detention centre. The case was transferred to court on 12 December of that year. On 9 July 2015, he was released on bail set at three million roubles. Later that year, on 28 September, the court declared all HOA decisions invalid. On 23 January 2017, the case was returned to the prosecutor, with the court noting that there was no evidence of a selfish motive in Kurakin’s actions.\n\nOn 7 June 2019, shortly before the election campaign for the Reutov Council of Deputies—where Kurakin intended to stand as a candidate—he was detained. Three days later, on 10 June, he was placed in custody and his bail of three million roubles was confiscated. The authorities justified this by claiming he had evaded familiarisation with the materials of the criminal case. On 15 October 2019, his detention was replaced with house arrest. Two months later, on 12 December, the Moscow Regional Court transferred jurisdiction of his case to the Zheleznodorozhny City Court, ruling that judges of the Reutov court had a vested interest in the outcome. On 31 August 2020, Kurakin was released from house arrest under a pledge not to abscond.\n\nFinally, on 4 March 2022, he received a two-year suspended sentence. ","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Reutov"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2013-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2025-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":3093,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":441,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159"],"case_name_en":"Yevgeny Kurakin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, the homeowners’ association led by Kurakin transferred payments for utilities to Veles LLC, but failed to pay other suppliers.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody","house arrest","released on bail"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 13.09.2013 to 28.02.2014\n• in custody: from 07.06.2019 to 15.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №11 (SIZO-11) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• house arrest: from 15.10.2019 to 31.08.2020\n• recognizance not to leave: from 31.08.2020\n• released on bail: from 09.07.2015 to 07.06.2019\n• in custody: from 28.02.2014 to 09.07.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №11 (SIZO-11) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 28.04.2022 to 27.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.03.2022, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-03-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-03-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-05-2017\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/225103.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 12-05-2017\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-reutovskih-zhilishchnyh-aktivistov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recdP3wr3ff5gJlTp"},{"persecution_id":"recWaZnhVOGiYeDGx","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"recWPqAJKqySwZ3e9","name_en":"Sergey Reznik","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergey Reznik is an opposition journalist from Rostov-on-Don. The newspapers he worked for were gradually closed down, and in recent years he has been engaged in journalistic activities exclusively on his blog in Live Journal. In his opinion, the reason for the persecution was his support of former Rostov Region prosecutor Valery Kuznetsov in his fight against local officials. Reznik's phone was tapped and he received threatening calls. After complaints to the Investigative Committee, prosecutor's office and FSB about threats, a case was opened against Reznik under the article on false denunciation: he allegedly hired people to call him and threaten him, and now accuses them of threats. Reznik was also charged with commercial bribery - he allegedly tried to bribe an employee of a vehicle inspection station to pass the inspection without showing his car - as well as insulting a representative of authority - in his blog he called Olga Solovyeva, chairwoman of the Arbitration Court of the region, a mummy. Reznik, his supporters and lawyers revealed a number of falsifications in the case, but the court sentenced the journalist to a year and a half in a general regime penal colony. Already after Reznik was convicted, another case was brought against him - about false denunciation and at the same time insulting Rostov police operative Andrei Glinkin (Reznik suspected him of pedophilia), as well as insulting Dmitry Ishchenko, deputy head of the department for countering extremism of the Rostov region's Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Reznik called him a put-down) and Roman Klimov, former deputy prosecutor of the Rostov region (he called him a tractor driver and prosecutor swindler). On 22 January 2015, he was sentenced to three years in a colony. On 13 May, the court of second instance reduced the sentence by a month. On 25 October 2016, he was released.\n\nOn 15 October 2021 Reznik was taken from Reznik's signature on non-departure in the framework of the case of insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. On 25 October, he was indicted. Due to the fact that Reznik's whereabouts were not established, he was put on a wanted list.\n\nIn July 2022, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Reznik for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was opened against Reznik for extorting money from Roman Gevorkyan, the director of the Nakhchivan market in Rostov-on-Don. In the same month, it was reported that three cases - on the rehabilitation of Nazism, on \"fakes\" and on extortion - were merged.\n\nIn December 2022, it became known that Reznik was prosecuted for calls for extremist activity because of a post with comments by anonymous lawyers about the shooting at a military recruitment centre in the Irkutsk region, published in the Rostov_com Telegram channel. Then in Ust-Ilimsk, 25-year-old Ruslan Zinin wounded a military commissar with a rifle, after which he was detained by Rosgvardia officers. The linguists who conducted the expert examination saw in the publication \"justification of violent ideology\" and \"incitement to commit violence against military commissars\". Reznik claims that the investigation has no evidence of his involvement in these comments. This case was merged with the previous one.\n\nOn 11 March 2026, Reznik was sentenced in absentia to ten years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2013-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2013,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":554,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 306 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["306","319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 306 (unknown part)","Article 319 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Reznik's second case of false denunciation and insulting representatives of the authorities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he made a false denunciation and at the same time insulted Rostov police operative Andrei Glinkin, as well as insulted Dmitry Ishchenko, deputy head of the anti-extremism department of the Main Department of the Interior Ministry in the Rostov region, and Roman Klimov, former deputy prosecutor of the Rostov region.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 26.11.2013\n• in custody: from 12.06.2014 to 15.05.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2015, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":35,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"first_verdict_date":"2015-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 17 May 2014, he was arrested on suspicion of terrorism. The investigation names him as a participant in the arson attack on the United Russia office in Simferopol, which was considered a terrorist act. Together with him, Oleg Sentsov, a film director and activist of the \"Automaidan\", whom the investigation believes to be the organiser of the terrorist attacks, is on trial. Two other defendants in the case, Aleksey Chirniy and Gennady Afanasiev, pleaded guilty, entered into an agreement with the investigation and were sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in a high-security penal colony; Afanasiev said at the trial that he had denounced Kolchenko under pressure during the investigation. On 25 August 2015, Kolchenko was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime colony. On 7 September 2019, he was pardoned and released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for groups of people released by Ukraine, arrived in Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":464,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part 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\"Death to the Moscow occupiers\", an image of a cross with an appeal to Russian citizens that entry to Ukraine is restricted due to a shortage of morgue beds, a text by journalist Vladimir Shreidler, and an open appeal to \"so-called volunteers from Russia\"; placed on the Rosfinmonitoring list, due to which her accounts have been blocked; sentenced to 320 hours of compulsory labour on 20 February 2016","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2014-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":436,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of 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14-10-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2014/10/d32757/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-11-2017\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 01-12-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/232075.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recudpDAvSFcH61Jj"},{"persecution_id":"recPICOkuhLKBC5tw","last_updated":"2024-12-21T13:33:27.000Z","person_id":"recmuPNtRNCs6AgEN","name_en":"Shamil Khusniyarov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty 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During the first interrogation, he signed a confession because, according to his lawyer, he needed urgent hospitalisation for health reasons. The next day he retracted his confession. He was arrested by the Central District Court of Sochi and then taken to SIZO-5 in Krasnodar, where he was charged on 7 March 2014. Since then, the period of detention has been extended five times.\n\nThe essence of the charge is that Parpulov, in a conversation with a resident of Georgia, told him information published on the website of the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.\n\nThe case was investigated under \"Secret\"; even after the indictment, the investigation did not inform the defence of the list of information constituting a state secret, which Parpulov allegedly gave out, referring to the fact that the list is also classified.\n\nIn January 2016, he was sentenced to twelve years in a strict regime colony. In 2022, the defence managed to secure Parpulov's release on health grounds from the ninth time. He was released on 20 July 2022. On 17 January, the court of cassation instance cancelled the decision of the court of appeal instance, which approved the decision to release Parpulov, and sent the case for a new consideration.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2014-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":688,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Petr Parpulov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Transmitted information constituting a state secret to a resident of Georgia, who in turn retransmitted it to the Government of Georgia, thereby damaging the interests of the Russian Federation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released due to illness","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.05.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 18.04.2016 to 03.05.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• in custody: from 07.03.2014 to 15.04.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 20.07.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2016, Sentence: Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2016-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-03-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/parpulov-pyotr-ivanovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-04-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/212899.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recA9O41Adylwehmc"},{"persecution_id":"rec9sw5WtKXoYIxA4","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recHFb8Af5VfSwr5b","name_en":"Rinat Shamsutdinov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In October 2014, he was searched. Arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparation for forcible seizure of power for membership in Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 4 February 2016, sentenced to five and a half years in a strict regime penal colony. He was released in March 2020.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2014-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":490,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":70,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","278","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 278","Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Chelyabinsk case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"held meetings, studied Hizb ut-Tahrir literature, recruited new people into the organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.10.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 31.03.2020\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.02.2016, Sentence: Five years and six months in a strict regime penal colony, one year of restricted liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years and six months in a strict regime penal colony, one year of restricted liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2016-02-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-02-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-01-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10498/cheljabinskoe-delo-pjateryh-ob-uchastii-v-zapreshhjonnoj-partii-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-12-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/chelyabinskoe-delo-pyateryh-ob-uchastii-v-zapreshchyonnoy-partii-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-12-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/12/d33419/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec9sw5WtKXoYIxA4"},{"persecution_id":"recGKqJX5uS6s1kAT","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"rec4McZkIgG1coer7","name_en":"Shamil Magomedov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The case was initiated because Magomedov had posted the text of  \"The Book of Tawhid\" by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab on the FlyLinkDC++ file-sharing network. The book is included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials and recognised as information prohibited for distribution in the Russian Federation. In addition, according to the Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan, he had illegally acquired and stored 40 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition; the case was referred to the court.\n\nOn 21 August 2015, he was sentenced to one year in prison.\n\nIn September 2025, a native of Dagestan with the same first name, patronymic, and surname was added to the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring. There are three Dagestan natives with the same first name, patronymic, and surname on the list.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":597,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","282","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 1, Article 282","Part 1, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Shamil Magomedov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Posted the text of \"The Book of Tawhid\" by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab on the FlyLinkDC++ file-sharing network; illegally acquired and possessed 40 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.08.2015, Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2015-08-21T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-08-21T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-05-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/05/d32055/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recGKqJX5uS6s1kAT"},{"persecution_id":"rechPkmyZuIslC1Lf","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:50:13.000Z","person_id":"recjGLKTvkgf4bBU3","name_en":"Alexander Melentiev","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Arrested in April 2014, later transferred to house arrest. On 10 November, charged with participation in the activities of a cell of the banned organisation \"Nurdzhular\"; on 25 February 2015, sentenced to 1 year 8 months' suspended sentence; on 13 May, the court of second instance left the sentence unchanged; on 31 July, the transfer of the cassation appeal was refused","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2014-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":320,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Ulyanovsk Nurcists"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ulyanovsk Nurcists","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of a cell of the banned organisation \"Nurdzhular\" in Ulyanovsk","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest:  to 25.02.2015\n• in custody: from 10.04.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.02.2015, Sentence: One year and eight months suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year and eight months suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-02-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-02-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-02-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/02/d31365/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rechPkmyZuIslC1Lf"},{"persecution_id":"recXXHWDIrCv3ih5S","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recHCtJxiesWpMMIx","name_en":"Alexey Chirniy","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He was detained on the night of 9 May 2014 on charges of involvement in the arson attacks on the office of the Russian Unity and the office of the Ukrainian Party of Regions in the Crimean capital. According to the investigation, he also planned to blow up the Lenin monument in Simferopol. These actions were qualified as terrorism or preparation for it, despite the fact that all of them took place at night, when the buildings were empty, there were no victims and casualties and knowingly should not have been.\n\nChirniy entered into a co-operation agreement with the investigation, which implies the refusal to examine evidence, pleaded guilty and testified against the other defendants in the case - Gennady Afanasiev, Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko, which largely formed the basis of their charges.\n\nLater, when the Ukrainian consul was allowed to see him, Chirniy said that he had given this testimony under torture.\n\nOn 22 April 2015, he was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony.\n\nFor a long time Russian authorities recognised Chirniy as a citizen of Ukraine, as even before his arrest he had managed to write a renunciation of Russian citizenship (this was the procedure for residents of annexed Crimea who did not want to become citizens of the Russian Federation). However, three years after his arrest, in July 2017, the colony staff stated that the renunciation of Russian citizenship \"was not found\" and the Ukrainian citizenship of the convict would be considered invalid, after which representatives of the Ukrainian consulate were no longer allowed to visit him.\n\nChirniy was serving his sentence in a colony in the Magadan region, but in July 2016 it became known that he was taken to Moscow for a psychiatric examination, and in September 2016 he was transferred to the Rostov region. Since July 2017, he has been in one of the colonies there.\n\nHe was released on 7 May 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":347,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205","205","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205 (unknown part)","Article 205 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Crimean terrorists "],"case_name_en":"Alexei Chirniy's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in two arson attacks in April 2014 in Crimea: the arson of the office of Russian Unity and the office of the Ukrainian Party of Regions, which was actually taken over by the local branch of United Russia at the time; planned to blow up the Lenin monument in Simferopol","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.09.2016 to 14.07.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 30.07.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 15.06.2016 to 14.09.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 12.05.2014 to 29.07.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Magadan region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 15 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Rostov region\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 9 of the GUFSIN for the Rostov Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 14.06.2016, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Magadan region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 07.05.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 15 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Rostov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2017, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 9 of the GUFSIN for the Rostov Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2015, Sentence: seven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"seven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2015-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/chirniy-aleksey-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recXXHWDIrCv3ih5S"},{"persecution_id":"recWNM0OdBKGfoiAa","last_updated":"2026-03-25T15:58:55.000Z","person_id":"recU44oqlNLYJPK2z","name_en":"Stanislav Mityaev","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In October 2014, a case for creating an extremist community has been opened; he was taken into custody; on 29 March 2015, he was also charged with inciting ethnic hatred as part of an organised group. He was released from pre-trial detention on 19 February 2016. On 23 May, he was sentenced to two and a half years suspended.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2018-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":573,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"Attack\" "],"case_name_en":"\"Ataka\" (\"Attack\") case","case_number":"01-0274/2016","persecution_case_profile_en":"Was involved in organising the activities of the extremist community \"Ataka \", posting leaflets and inciting national hatred on the movement's website","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.02.2016 to 03.06.2016\n• in custody: from 29.10.2014 to 19.02.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.05.2016, Sentence: Two years six months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2016-05-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-05-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 26-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/196607.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recWNM0OdBKGfoiAa"},{"persecution_id":"recM3DfbReOEdOz0G","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:55:43.000Z","person_id":"rec2mtVH2jMbtL8eG","name_en":"Ilmir Imaev","birth_year":1951,"age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A criminal case was opened against Ilmir Imaev and other members of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Kazan in connection with a number of actions using symbols of the banned movement, including pickets and car rallies, which were dedicated to the ban on translation of the Koran and persecution of Muslims; In addition, Imaev was charged with knowingly making a false denunciation, apparently on the basis of an open appeal to the head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov about the persecution of Muslims; on 13 January 2014, a search took place, Imaev was detained, but then released on his own recognizance; on 9 April, he was placed in pre-trial detention; on 18 December 2014, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony; on 3 July 2015, the court of appeal reduced the term by a month. Transferred to a general regime colony, then to a tuberculosis dispensary. Released on 21 July 2017","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2014-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2018-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 306 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282","306"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282","Part 1, Article 306"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir rallies"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir rallies","persecution_case_profile_en":"actively participated in the activities of the regional branch of the illegal religious association \"Islamic Liberation Party\" (Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami), which is banned throughout the Russian Federation by court decision; was engaged in the study and distribution of extremist literature, the recruitment of new participants to the organisation, and the dissemination of extremist sentiments among the population; organised and carried out car rallies through the streets of Kazan; used black and white flags with blue and white flags for the purpose of visual propaganda.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 14.01.2014 to 09.04.2014\n• in custody: from 09.04.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 13.06.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 10.08.2016, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• Unknown: from 01.08.2016, LIU-1 of Altai Krai\n• Unknown: from 01.06.2017 to 21.07.2017, KTB-12 of the Altai Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2014, Sentence: Three years six months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years six months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":41,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"first_verdict_date":"2014-12-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-12-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-07-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/226305.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-06-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-hizb-ut-tahrir-kazan-2013\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-12-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2014/12/d30885/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recM3DfbReOEdOz0G"},{"persecution_id":"reckjCKbOox2KkZVz","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recqIcQNjx6XupmGT","name_en":"Sergey Eretnov","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 8 July 2014, he was detained on the street after he filed an application to the Investigative Committee due to the fact that two of his full namesakes ran in his single-mandate constituency; after the detention, he was taken to a narcological dispensary. The reason for the detention turned out to be a criminal case on organising gambling. He was placed in a pre-trial detention centre; the court ruling stated that Yeretnov was suspected of committing especially grave crimes, although the articles under which he was detained were just grave. He is charged with complicity in the illegal organisation and conduct of gambling, committed by an organised group, and participation in a criminal association. Yeretnov went on hunger strike in the pre-trial detention centre. On 4 September 2014, he was transferred to house arrest. Later, an article on large-scale fraud was added to the existing charges.\n\nOn 12 July 2016, the court acquitted Yeretnov on the article on participation in a criminal association and fraud; on the charge of complicity in the organisation and conduct of gambling, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony and a fine of 200 thousand rubles. On 28 April 2017, the remainder of the sentence was replaced with correctional labour. On 10 May, he was released from prison","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2014-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":765,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":109,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 171.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 33 Part 5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["171.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 171.2 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Gambling in Naberezhnye Chelny","persecution_case_profile_en":"using his connections he supported the organisers of a criminal association for the organisation and conducted of gambling games","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 04.09.2014 to 12.07.2016\n• in custody: from 10.07.2014 to 04.09.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 12.07.2016 to 18.10.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.10.2016 to 10.05.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.07.2016, Sentence: Three years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2016-07-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-07-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-11-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/eretnov-sergey-alekseevich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 05-12-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/220529.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reckjCKbOox2KkZVz"},{"persecution_id":"recSJIPqsv2WSd4Gn","last_updated":"2024-07-24T13:12:54.000Z","person_id":"recevbfx80lIGcW9L","name_en":"Roman Khabarov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Khabarov, as a former police officer who was dismissed after failing a re-certification, gave several interviews violations in the police. In November 2011, a case of misconduct was initiated against him. Later, after the release of the NTV film \"Anatomy of Protest-2\", a search was conducted at his place.\n\nIn February 2014, Khabarov was accused of involvement in the organisation of a criminal group engaged in illegal gambling. Since July 2014, he was the only one of the accused who was left in custody. On November 8, 2018, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. He was released on June 26, 2020.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2014-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2020-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1729,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":247,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 171.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 210 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["171.2","210"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 171.2","Part 2, Article 210"],"case_name_en":"Gambling case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He helped organisers of gambling activities fend off law enforcement claims.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 30.08.2014\n• in custody: from 13.02.2014 to 29.08.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 08.11.2018\n• in custody: from 08.11.2018 to 13.02.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.02.2020\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 26.06.2020\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.11.2018, Sentence: 3 years 6 months deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a 200,000 roubles fine.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a 200,000 roubles fine.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2018-11-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-11-07T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• \n Date: 30-03-2015\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSJIPqsv2WSd4Gn"},{"persecution_id":"recStIjCBdi38k8jY","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"reck0ni1y9DmdeFOn","name_en":"Dmitrii Ishevskii","birth_year":1983,"age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Dmitrii Ishevskii worked as an instructor at a cadet school. He studied to be a flight attendant. He is a fan of ‘Dynamo’, not a member of any political party, a serviceman, senior lieutenant. From December 2011 to May 2012 participated in protest actions. For the action on 5 December 2011 he received 10 days of arrest, while serving his administrative sentence he met another defendant in the Bolotnaya case - Alexander Margolin. Ishevsky's wife Maria attended court sessions of the \"second wave of Bolotniks\" to support Margolin. In March 2012, Ishevsky was detained at a rally in Ostankino against lies on NTV.\n\nHe was charged with participation in the mass riots that allegedly took place on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012 and with using violence against representatives of the authorities.\n\nOne of the arguments for sending Ishevsky to a pre-trial detention centre was that he had been abroad several times since May 2012 and could allegedly abscond there. He allegedly travelled to Malaysia, Norway, India, UAE and Thailand, although Maria Ishevskaia claims that her husband has not been to Norway and UAE.\n\nOn the day of the beginning of the trial, 9 October 2014, it became known that Ishevskii fully admitted guilt, so the case will be considered in a special order. On 10 October, the court sentenced Ishevskii to three years and two months of imprisonment in a general regime colony. On 19 November, the court of second instance left the decision unchanged. On 8 June 2016, the court of Yaroslavl refused Ishevskii's request for parole.\nOn 26 July 2017, he was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":135,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Ishevskii's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on the 6th of May, 2012, and used violence against a police officer","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.05.2014 to 05.06.2014, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 04.06.2014 to 29.11.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 26.07.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.10.2014, Sentence: 3 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":38,"first_verdict_date":"2014-10-09T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-10-09T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2012\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/121776.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/50130.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recStIjCBdi38k8jY"},{"persecution_id":"recQWXSGNDkREHnMp","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:00:27.000Z","person_id":"recivZ8w9pZuAIY0L","name_en":"Sergey Loshkarev","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergey Loshkarev is an environmental activist, defender of the Red Spring grove in Novocherkassk. On 25 April 2014, he posted on Youtube an appeal to Right Sector leader Dmitry Yarosh urging him to call Novocherkassk mayor Vladimir Kirgintsev and forbid him to cut down the grove, \"uglify ancient buildings, and embezzle people's money\". Loshkarev was detained on 5 June on charges of disobeying a lawful demand of a police officer. He was then arrested for three days and a TT gun was found in his possession during a search. A case of illegal possession and carrying of weapons was opened. Loshkarev claims that the gun was planted on him when he was arrested: he had a traumatic weapon \"Osa\" in his bag before the arrest, but the TT was put there instead, and the traumatic gun was moved to the boot of Loshkarev's car. On 9 June, the court sent him under arrest as part of the criminal case. On 12 May 2015, Sergei Loshkarev was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. On 15 July he was released on amnesty.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novocherkassk"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2014-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2015-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":336,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Loshkarev","persecution_case_profile_en":"Illegally possessed and carried an unmarked TT gun with a magazine loaded with 7 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.06.2014 to 15.07.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.05.2015, Sentence: two years' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":23,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"first_verdict_date":"2015-05-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-05-07T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-07-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/189640.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/230603.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recQWXSGNDkREHnMp"},{"persecution_id":"recz5KkP7YA1Yyvz0","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:00:41.000Z","person_id":"recL84btWKkw1gjjg","name_en":"Nikolay Lyaskin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att65OlLYXRH2QUZH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att65OlLYXRH2QUZH.jpg"],"birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Nikolay is an ecologist, former expert of Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, creator of the Clean Air project and host of the YouTube channel Navalny LIVE. He participated in the 2016 State Duma elections.\n\nThe reason for the prosecution was that in the summer of 2013 Lyaskin contributed money to Navalny's election fund and then offset the amount by collecting donations on his Yandex wallet. In May 2014, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on alleged fraud with this money. The flat where Lyaskin was registered was searched. On 11 June 2014, the day of the official announcement of elections to the Moscow City Duma, where Lyaskin was going to run for office, he was summoned for questioning and signed a personal recognizance. The further fate of the case is unknown.\n\nOn 30 January 2021, he was detained in a criminal case for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules. On 1 February, the court chose Lyaskin a prohibition of certain actions as a measure of restraint. Later, he was charged with incitement to violate the rules. On 6 August, he was sentenced to a year of restricted freedom. On 23 September, the appellate court reduced the term by two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159"],"case_group_en":["A case of the wallets"],"case_name_en":"Wallet Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"embezzled funds raised for Alexei Navalny's election campaign","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 11.06.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 20-10-2014\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/166547.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recz5KkP7YA1Yyvz0"},{"persecution_id":"recUbrYMibrit3H5w","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"rec05EhIpTPBLtBUH","name_en":"Bagir Kazikhanov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 9 April 2014, he was detained in Moscow. From 10 April to 24 October, Kazikhanov was held in a pre-trial detention centre, and was then placed under house arrest. On 10 November, he was charged with organising the activities of a cell of the banned organisation \"Nurdzhular\" (which in fact does not exist). On 25 February 2015, he was sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. On 13 May, the court of second instance upheld the sentence, and on 31 July 2015 a request to refer the cassation appeal for substantive consideration was refused. He was released in October 2017.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2014-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":321,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Ulyanovsk Nurcists"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ulyanovsk Nurcists","persecution_case_profile_en":"He organised a cell of the banned organisation Nurdzhular in Ulyanovsk.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 24.10.2014 to 25.02.2015\n• in custody: from 10.04.2014 to 24.10.2014\n• in custody: from 25.02.2015 to 25.02.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 06.10.2017, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.02.2015, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2015-02-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-02-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-11-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/208968.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-02-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/02/d31365/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-10-2015\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-kazihanova\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recUbrYMibrit3H5w"},{"persecution_id":"recMebm46RICezbXj","last_updated":"2024-06-18T05:53:19.000Z","person_id":"rec6iuOaqyTbftvkf","name_en":"Rafis Kashapov","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On December, 28th, 2014 at 6 a.m., ten armed men showed up at the home of Rafis Kashapov, director of the Tatar Community Centre in Naberezhnye Chelny, and detained him. He was taken to Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, and placed in pre-trial detention centre No. 1. A summons from the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan dated December, 28th was sent to his home address after he was taken into custody, stated that on December, 27th a criminal case was opened against him for alleged incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity. Later it became known that the charges also included calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation. In June 2015, Kashapov's case was referred to court.\n\nIn a ruling dated December, 30th, handed over to Rafis Kashapov's lawyer, the Investigative Committee indicated that the charges in the criminal case against Rafis Kashapov relate to four messages on his personal VKontakte page. In these posts, Rafis Kashapov sharply criticised President Vladimir Putin and the Russian government for policy towards Ukraine and condemned the persecution of Crimean Tatars in occupied Crimea. The Investigative Committee claimed that a comprehensive study of the text found that the messages contained statements modelling hate speech and aimed at inciting hatred between groups. The Investigative Committee insisted on keeping Rafis Kashapov in custody, as he had no permanent sources of income and could continue to engage in criminal activities while at liberty. On December, 29th, the court approved a measure of restraint in the form of detention for Rafis Kashapov.\n\nOn January, 19th Rafis Kashapov started a hunger strike in protest against his arrest and illegal criminal prosecution. A member of the local Public Supervisory Commission, who visited him in the pre-trial detention centre, reported that the activist suffers from a pre-existing illness and complains of pressure from several law enforcement officers.\n\nOn September, 15th, 2015, he was sentenced to three years imprisonment in a general regime colony. On November, 13th the court of second instance left the sentence unchanged.\n\nIn the colony Kashapov was placed in a punishment isolation cell several times, then transferred to another colony in a cell-type room.\n\nOn December, 27th, 2017, he was released.\n\nIn February 2018, it became known that Kashapov left Russia.\n\nOn July, 27th, 2018, it became known that Kashapov was charged with incitement to hatred in connection with publications on the Internet.\n\nIn January 2023, Kashapov was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn 2024, it became known that a case was opened against Kashapov for public justification of terrorism due to statements about the strike on the industrial production special economic zone \"Alabuga\" in Tatarstan.\n\nOn June, 10th, 2024 it became known about a new case against Kashapov - about evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2014-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":261,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","280.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Article 280.1 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rafis Kashapov","persecution_case_profile_en":"From July 1st to December 11th, 2014, the individual published four materials in open access on their VKontakte social media page. The materials are titled: \"Crimea and Ukraine will be free from occupiers!\", \"Yesterday Hitler and Danzig, today Putin and Donetsk!\", \"We will defend Ukraine and the entire Turkic world\", and \"Where Russia is, there are tears and death.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.12.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Kazakhstan","Federal Governmental 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Shortly after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, Dzhemilev was denied entry to the peninsula. In response, on May 3 in Armyansk, Crimean Tatars, supporters of Dzhemilev, tried to organize a meeting with him and broke through the checkpoint. A criminal case was opened in connection with this, and Dzhemilev was charged in absentia of illegally crossing the border.\nIn June 2015, Dzhemilev's son Khayser was sentenced to five years on charges of manslaughter, theft and illegal possession of weapons. According to the investigation, he accidentally shot a family friend with a shotgun he had stolen from his father. Dzhemilev Sr. in connection with this story was accused of careless storage of ammunition.\nOn April 22, 2022 Mustafa Dzhemilev was charged in absentia to two years suspended sentence and a fine of 35 thousand, but was amnestied. 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Charged with hooliganism motivated by political and ideological hatred and vandalism. On 21 August he was placed under house arrest. According to the investigation, the basejumpers jumped off the roof of the building to draw attention to the action. The defence notes that they jumped into an empty courtyard where no one was present. The basejumpers claim that they knew nothing about the protest.\nDuring the court proceedings, the prosecution asked to sentence Pogrebov to three years in prison, but the court acquitted him","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2015-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 214"],"case_group_en":["High-rise case"],"case_name_en":"The Highrise Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"jumped from the roof of a high-rise building on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment to draw attention to the protest action to hang the Ukrainian flag and paint a star on the building","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (acquitted)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 21.08.2014 to 10.09.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.09.2015","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2015-09-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/191379.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-12-2013\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/12/d30913/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-04-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/231447.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recJGTqekYx2VWOzH"},{"persecution_id":"recoqVUnxFES2uJQw","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recYrGiPDdGgE6KvU","name_en":"Gapur Magomedov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"detained during searches of flats and dormitories conducted by officers of the Federal Security Service, the Centre for Combating Extremism, the \"Grad\" special unit and the Special Police Force; taken into custody; placed on the list of terrorists and extremists; entered into a plea bargain; sentenced on 17 August 2015 to five years in a general regime colony.\n\nHe was released in June 2020.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2014-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":420,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":[" St. Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Gapur Magomedov","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.06.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 21.06.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.08.2015, Sentence: Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2015-08-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-08-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-06-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/06/d29774/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recoqVUnxFES2uJQw"},{"persecution_id":"recnYbAoV84jqJjUm","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recTTRzBoCOzKHB1Y","name_en":"Abdurakhmanov Rustam","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Armiansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Meeting of Crimean Tatars with Mustafa Dzhemilev","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of 3 May"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rustam Abdurakhmanov","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 24-10-2014\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2014/10/24/v-krymu-arestovan-krymskotatarskiy-aktivist-podozrevaemyy-v-primenenii\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recnYbAoV84jqJjUm"},{"persecution_id":"recTI2yHnV8o4LN9V","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"recsfDq8rI4cl5QHx","name_en":"Victor Shur","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attgrvyFHym9pMwzE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attgrvyFHym9pMwzE.jpg"],"birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He lived in the Bryansk region, but in recent years, after he was widowed, he settled in Chernihiv to help his elderly father. At the time of his arrest, he was a Russian citizen with a Ukrainian residence permit. Shur's father is a well-known collector of icons. Shur himself is a jeweller and entrepreneur, who studied to be a diamond cutter.\n\nOn December 9, 2014, Shur was detained at the Novye Yurkovichi multilateral road checkpoint in Bryansk region, accused of hitting a police officer. He was arrested for 15 days. However, he was then charged with treason.\n\nRelatives claim that he was tortured, after which he refused a lawyer hired under the agreement and signed a confession. In addition, according to the relatives, Shur was promised that if he confessed his guilt, he would be given a small sentence.\n\nAccording to the investigation, Shur was commissioned by the Ukrainian Border Guard Service to \"collect information constituting a state secret\", namely to take several photographs of a military airfield abandoned in the 1980s.\n\nOn October 7, 2015, Viktor Shur was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2014-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":301,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Victor Shur's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"received an assignment from the State Border Guard Service (SBS) of Ukraine to photograph a military facility in Russia and obtained photographic equipment for this purpose; on the same day, he crossed the border between Russia and Ukraine by car through the Novye Yurkovichi MRBCP (multilateral road border crossing point), arrived to the the location of the military unit 41101-3 in the Klimovsky district of the Bryansk region and \"collected information regarding unit 41101-3 that constitutes a state secret, i.e., committed high treason in the form of espionage\" (took several photographs of the military airfield). ","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Bryansk region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Bryansk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.02.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Bryansk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2024 to 01.07.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Bryansk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.10.2015, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2015-10-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-10-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/shur-viktor-valentinovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recTI2yHnV8o4LN9V"},{"persecution_id":"recafnbEov6fvIX6A","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"rec7zjDANqdZAHVv4","name_en":"Eduard Mochalov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Editor-in-chief of the \"Vziatka\" (\"Bribery\") newspaper in Chuvashia.\nOn July 23, 2014, it became known that a case of incitement to hatred or hostility had been opened against Mochalov; he was searched and interrogated; the reason was the republication of Fauzia Bayramova's article \"We are Tatars, not Russians\" in 1st issue of the newspaper in 2013. On November 6, Mochalov was found guilty of incitement to hatred or hostility, as well as failure to comply with the court decision (he did not publish refutations of information \"harmful to the honour and dignity of certain officials\"), and was sentenced to 400 hours of community work.\nIn February 2025, it was reported that Mochalov was accused of insulting the head of the Morgaushsky district police department and his subordinate: he published a post in which he accused them of forging documents for the case of insulting the local farmer's daughter to stop the investigation. On December 15, 2025, the journalist was sentenced to 180 hours of community work.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2014-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":106,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Article 315 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","315"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Article 315 (unknown 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after the initiation of the case, he left Russia with his family; on 13 November 2014, he received political refugee status.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2014-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Teslenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"Posted a text entitled \"Russophobia post\" on the social network 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sale of the Petrozavodsk school catering plant building; on 25 March 2015, she was detained and placed in pre-trial detention; after her arrest, Tatyana Inozemtseva, head of the guardianship department of the Ministry of Education of Karelia, asked the city guardianship department of Petrozavodsk \"why Zaletskaya's children have not yet been placed in an orphanage\"; on 6 April, Zaletskaya was placed under house arrest; on 27 July, she was released on bail of one million rubles.\n\nOn 25 August, she was sentenced to four years' suspended sentence with a probation period of five years and a fine of 500,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Municipal 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He was detained together with another roofer Kirill Ishutin on 27 August 2014 after Ukrainian roofer Pavlo Ushivets (also known as Grigory Mustang Wanted) claimed responsibility for hanging the Ukrainian flag and painting a star on a high-rise on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment on the night of 20 August. Ishutin told the investigation that he participated in the preparation of the action together with Ushivets, Podrezov and a certain girl. Podrezov claims that although he did climb the building together with Ushivets, he did not participate in painting the star. On 28 August he was arrested by court decision and placed in the pre-trial detention centre.\nHe was sentenced by the court of first instance to two years and three months in a general regime colony. The court of appeal replaced the colony with restriction of liberty","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2018-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":378,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"case_group_en":["High-rise case"],"case_name_en":"The Highrise Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"an accomplice in an act of vandalism by painting a star on a high-rise building on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.08.2014 to 17.12.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.09.2015, Sentence: two years three months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years three months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"first_verdict_date":"2015-09-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-09-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-09-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/09/d30203/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-04-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/231447.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/191379.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recl2t4X5p7ANfVPF"},{"persecution_id":"recnJZiyHgVu9wyoa","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recPkto15sAC0HvQn","name_en":"Alexandra Kornilova","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On April 24, 2014, a search was conducted in Alexandra Kornilova’s apartment and in the office of the Lentorg trading house, of which she was the director, in a case of fraud in connection with the sale of the building of the Petrozavodsk school nutrition plant; On March 25, 2015, Kornilova was detained and placed in a pre-trial detention center; April 6 transferred to house arrest; On July 27, she was released on bail of two million rubles.\n\nOn August 25, 2017, she was sentenced to three and a half years probation and a fine of 500 thousand rubles","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2014-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1218,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":174,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159"],"case_group_en":["The Petropita case"],"case_name_en":"The Petropita case","persecution_case_profile_en":"having conspired with Anastasia Kravchuk, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia, through deceit and abuse of trust of officials of the Petrozavodsk City Hall, acquired the right to the non-residential building that housed the municipal institution Petropit, became the founder of Firm Yadviga LLC, which in 2011 acquired the building of the former school catering centre on Kalinina Street from Petropit, which was undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, on a long-term (49-year) lease;  the premises of Petropita were leased by Kornilova's firm in order to underestimate the value of the building and cut off other bidders for its purchase.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","released on bail","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 06.04.2015 to 27.07.2015\n• released on bail: from 27.07.2015\n• in custody: from 26.03.2015 to 06.04.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karelia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.08.2017, Sentence: Three years six years of suspended imprisonment, a fine of 500,000 rubles (~5,000 USD)","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years six years of suspended imprisonment, a fine of 500,000 rubles (~5,000 USD)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2017-08-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-08-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 10-08-2015\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/204321.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-08-2015\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/243950.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recnJZiyHgVu9wyoa"},{"persecution_id":"rec9kZYu95MEGj0X2","last_updated":"2025-01-06T08:23:31.000Z","person_id":"recjZJRLKCXwk5ZkA","name_en":"Gennady Afanasiev","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"On 9 May 2014, he was detained in Simferopol. He later reported that after the detention he was subjected to severe torture, during which he was forced to incriminate the film director Oleg Sentsov and testify that he participated in the and preparation and committing of terrorist acts under his leadership. He pleaded guilty to participation in terrorist activities and entered into an agreement with the investigation. On 17 December 2014, he was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony. In July 2015, at the trial of Oleg Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko, where he was brought as a prosecution witness, he did not testify and retracted the testimony given at the investigation. Later he said that before appearing at the trial and afterwards he was subjected to pressure from an FSB operative. His whereabouts after 6 August 2015 were unknown. On 14 June 2016, he was handed over to Ukraine together with Yuriy Soloshenko, a Ukrainian convicted on charges of espionage – they left the Russian territory on a plane. On the same day, the Kremlin website published information about a pardon granted to Afanasyev and Soloshenko.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2016-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":222,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.4 (unknown part)","Article 205 (unknown part)","Article 205 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Crimean terrorists "],"case_name_en":"The case of Gennady Afanasiev","persecution_case_profile_en":"He joined a terrorist community organised by Oleg Sentsov; on Sentsov’s instructions, he participated in arson attacks on the offices of the Russian Community of Crimea on 14 April and the offices of the United Russia party on 18 April 2014; he coordinated Alexei Chirniy’s activities to make an IED to blow up a Lenin monument.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.05.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 07.08.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 06.08.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 25 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.10.2015 to 29.04.2016, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 25 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.05.2016 to 14.06.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2016 to 02.05.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2014, Sentence: 7 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2014-12-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-12-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-02-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/203474.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 17-08-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/243626.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec9kZYu95MEGj0X2"},{"persecution_id":"reca1YRAZ2GlQQctm","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec6elH7NI3wPRKtS","name_en":"Sergey Titarenko","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 25 September 2014, he became a suspect in a criminal case on calls for extremist activity and was arrested on 26 September; according to the investigation, he reposted a text on the social network VKontakte that the deputy head of the Dnipropetrovsk administration, Borys Filatov, allegedly offered a reward for Putin's removal. According to activist Darya Polyudova, Titarenko shares a cell with the \"thief in law\"; when Polyudova was in the pre-trial detention centre, Titarenko's cell was next door to her cell, and every evening she heard shouting from there; according to her, Titarenko asked his superior to move him to another cell, but he did not grant his request. Titarenko was also questioned as part of the Polyudova case, and he gave the testimony required by the investigation; on 26 March 2015, he was released from the pre-trial detention centre on his own recognisance.\n\nOn 15 September 2015, he was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2014-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":354,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Titarenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted on his page on the Vkontakte social network a text of unknown authorship that he had previously discovered on the Internet, the text was containing statements that negatively assessed Putin and called for violent acts against him and for a violent change in the foundations of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.09.2014 to 26.03.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• recognizance not to leave: from 26.03.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2015, Sentence: a fine of 100,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 100,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2015-09-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-09-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 20-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/188029.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-03-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/229127.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-03-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/03/d31545/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"reca1YRAZ2GlQQctm"},{"persecution_id":"recdTfOE4Z63tIz4J","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recxwtiEZ74Cobnnl","name_en":"Vladimir Tkach","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"At the end of May 2014, he was charged with incitement of ethnic hatred for publications on the website of the \"Ataka\" association. He was released under recognizance not to leave. At the end of October, a criminal case of organising an extremist organization was initiated and he was taken into custody. On 19 February 2016, he was released from pre-trial detention. On 23 May, he was given two and a half years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":732,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"Attack\" "],"case_name_en":"\"Ataka\" (\"Attack\") case","case_number":"01-0274/2016","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of the extremist \"Ataka\" community, posting leaflets inciting to national hatred on the movement's website","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 28.05.2014 to 29.10.2014\n• in custody: from 29.10.2014 to 19.02.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• recognizance not to leave: from 19.02.2016 to 03.06.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.05.2016, Sentence: suspended sentence of imprisonment for two years and six months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"suspended sentence of imprisonment for two years and six months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2016-05-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-05-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 26-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/196607.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recdTfOE4Z63tIz4J"},{"persecution_id":"recc9cv7R9HvxmrSZ","last_updated":"2024-09-15T12:55:55.000Z","person_id":"recVl3UxG0p4nUtF4","name_en":"Alexander Belov (Potkin)","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 15 October 2014 in connection with a criminal case initiated in 2009 against Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakh banker and politician, and a group of individuals associated with him for alleged embezzlement of loan funds from BTA Bank JSC (Republic of Kazakhstan), formerly controlled by Ablyazov; accused of laundering money acquired by others through criminal means; placed under house arrest, but was soon transferred to a pre-trial detention centre due to the fact that the Russian authorities received a case of inciting social, national, tribal, racial or religious hatred from Kazakhstan, but Belov was never charged with the relevant article; in March-April 2015, he underwent an in-patient complex psychological and psychiatric examination at the Serbsky Institute; at that time, the defence was in the process of defending him. In September 2015, he was charged with establishing an extremist community to overthrow the regime of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.\n\n\nOn 19 August 2015, it became known that another case was opened against Belov - on calls for extremist activity based on a fragment of the documentary film \"Term\"; it was later merged with the main case\n\nOn 24 August 2016, Belov was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime penal colony. On 14 April 2017, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to three and a half years.\n\nThe money laundering case was allocated to separate proceedings. On 4 March 2018, the money laundering charge was mitigated: the amount of damage was reduced from 4.9 billion rubles (67 million euros) to 300 million rubles (4 million euros)  and the charge was reclassified from money laundering to attempted money laundering.\n\nOn 17 January 2018, the case on extremist articles was sent for a new review. On 28 March, the sentence of three and a half years was confirmed. The testimony of three witnesses and the aggravating circumstance - a particularly active role in the commission of the offences - were excluded from the sentence. The court also considered that the charge under paragraph \"c\" of part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code (organised group actions aimed at inciting hatred) was unnecessary.\n\nOn 13 April Belov was released after three and a half years of imprisonment. The day before, the court ordered to place him under house arrest on the economic article. 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According to the investigation, being a member of a cell organized by Salavat Khabirov, he organised the group, which included four people. 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Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/232075.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-11-2017\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recC97ZnmZSlEM4Ii"},{"persecution_id":"recmCeB0Q8HWcxkKM","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recNUeUmSWy2tIB0U","name_en":"Ivan Baryliak","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ivan Baryliak was fighting against the buildings' management company \"Comfort-Service\", which increased the fees for public utilities. In response to his complaints, he began to receive threats from Komfort-Service employees, including the company's lawyer Dmitry Popov. In February 2014, the electric wires leading to the apartment of Barylyak and his parents were cut. On March 20, 2014, two days after Ivan Barylyak organized a mass filing of applications from residents of the building for overcharging for housing and utility services, three unidentified persons cut the wheels and smashed the body of Barylyak's car with baseball bats. The Stavropol police opened a criminal case under part 2 of article 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Intentional destruction or damage to property\"), but the perpetrators were not found and brought to justice.\n\nAccording to Barylyak, Popov, as well as Anatoly Presnyakov and A. Yurin, employees of Komfort-Service, who assisted Popov, attacked him (they later stated that he had attacked them first). After the attack, Barylyak drove his car to a parking lot, where he was attacked again with gunfire (Barylyak identified Presnyakov as the driver of the attackers' car). Following Barylyak's statement about the attack on him on August 14, 2014, the police opened a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code (\"Hooliganism\"). After the attack, Baryliak returned to his house, where he found people whom he recognized as his attackers (including Dmitry Popov), as well as police officers. The attackers, in the presence of police officers, began to take away Barylyak's cell phone (which contained photos of the attackers), beating him in the process. These actions were recorded on video. Having taken away the phone, the attackers fled. On the fact of this attack on Baryliak, as well as his mother, who tried to protect her son, a criminal case was opened under part 2 of article 161 (\"Robbery\") and part 1 of article 116 (\"Beatings\") of the Criminal Code, but the perpetrators of the crimes have not been identified and prosecuted. After the attacks, Baryliak was taken to hospital, where he was diagnosed with a brain concussion, gunshot wounds to his left shoulder and left thigh, and numerous bruises and abrasions. Barylyak was underwent surgery at the hospital and rubber bullets were removed from his body.\n\nOn August 14, 2014, a case was opened against Baryliak under Part 1 Article 213 of the Criminal Code (\"Hooliganism\"), and he was released on personal recognizance. On September 10, after interrogation, Baryliak was detained for 48 hours, and on September 12 he was taken into custody. On December 24, he was placed under the house inprisonment.\nOn January 9, 2015, Barylyak was handed a ruling to bring him as a defendant under part 2 of article 213 (\"Hooliganism\"), part 2 of article 115 (\"Intentional infliction of minor harm to health\"), part 2 of article 116 (\"Beatings\") of the Criminal Code. On August 31, Barylyak was sentenced to three and a half years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nOn March 8, 2018, Barylyak was released. 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People\" (AWP), as well as the fact that his phone number was listed as a contact on the AWP website; the prosecutor refused to sign the indictment in this criminal case, did not send it to court and returned the case to the investigator for elimination of violations; on 9 February 2015, the case against Butko was reclassified; in December, it became known that the case was terminated due to the expiration of the statute of limitation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2014-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2015-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the 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In March 2015, he became aware that as early as in September 2014, an operational and investigative surveillance was launched against him. In addition, Moskovets has repeatedly faced opposition from local authorities in connection with organising actions against the construction of the plant.\n\nAfter a case was opened against the same movement activist Gamil Asatullin in September 2017 for attempted arson at the construction site of the plant, operatives of the Centre for Countering Extremism forced him to testify against Moskovets: Asatullin said that he approved the idea of arson and was even the initiator. Asatullin later said that he testified under pressure. Another defendant in the case, Yevgeny Medvedev, whom local activists consider a provocateur, also testified against Moskovets: Medvedev claimed that Moskovets repeatedly said that some provocation should be committed in the construction area. It was also reported that the police had audio recordings of phone conversations between Moskovets and Medvedev made by the latter. According to Moskovets' lawyer, police officers saw in Moskovets' statements signs of incitement to hatred and calls for mass disorder and in February 2018 passed these recordings to the Investigative Committee. However, in March, the Investigative Committee replied that there were no grounds to even conduct a criminal investigation.\n\nIn February 2018, leaflets with inaccurate information about people opposing the construction of the plant, in particular, about Moskovets, appeared in Chelyabinsk. Around the same time, leaflets dedicated to Moskovets' ex-wife were distributed in the neighbouring city of Kopeysk.\n\nOn 17 December 2018, a criminal case was opened against Moskovets - he was accused of incitement to arson. In February 2019, intentional destruction of the Tominsk forest was added to the charge, but this charge was no longer in the text of the indictment, which Moskovets was acquainted with in March. According to his lawyer, the activist was decided to be prosecuted after he announced his intention to run for mayor of Chelyabinsk. Moskovets is under a recognisance not to leave.\n\nOn 29 March 2021 he was sentenced to two and a half years of probation. On 13 July, the appeal court dropped the hooliganism charge and reduced the sentence to one and a half years suspended.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2014-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2390,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":341,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 167 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["167"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 167"],"case_name_en":"The case of the attempted arson at the 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15 October, arrested along with seven other people on charges of participating in the activities of the terrorist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir.\nOn 8 December 2017, he was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2014-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1150,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":164,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)","Part 1, 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the administrative arrest was about to expire, Fonarev was given another term of administrative arrest for allegedly smoking marijuana in his cell (it was not him, but his cellmates who smoked it, but the results of an examination, apparently falsified, showed the presence of marijuana in his blood); at the end of April he was detained on charges of hooliganism, after which he was ordered to be remanded in custody; the investigation claimed that Fonarev, together with Oleg Savvin and Mikhail Feldman, committed the act of hooliganism with the motive of hatred towards veterans; On 17 June 2015, he was sentenced to a year and a month of imprisonment served in pre-trial detention and released in the courtroom; on 7 October, the court of second instance upheld the sentence, although the prosecutor requested that Fonarev's sentence be reduced for \"confession of guilt\"; the hate motive was excluded from the charges","persecution_occupation_en":["College 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The next day, the blogger was charged at the regional department of the security service under Part 1 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls to extremism) for publishing a post on 8 July 2014 with statements about Russia's actions on the territory of Ukraine.\nA week before the search, the blogger was also summoned to the regional FSS, where he was shown printouts of scans of a certain website, according to which he and another Khabarovsk LGBT activist, Alexander Yermoshkin, are the creators and inspirers of a \"gay terrorist underground\" aimed at organising an \"orange revolution\" in Khabarovsk.\nOn 1 October 2015, Marchenko was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles and amnestied","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2014-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2015-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":405,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Marchenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"published statements on his Facebook page that \"contain calls for violent actions, up to and including physical destruction, against the social group identified by the author - residents of Russia, who, in his opinion, are supporters of fascism and terror, who committed a violent seizure of the territories of Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.10.2015, Sentence: 100,000 roubles fine and amnesty","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"100,000 roubles fine and amnesty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2015-09-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-09-30T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-04-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/04/d31909/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reczeu5xo2TOzT1sr"},{"persecution_id":"recMWgG6kyyQAtziX","last_updated":"2024-12-21T13:33:27.000Z","person_id":"recTJgU3d2hAHhWfT","name_en":"Ruslan Asylov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on charges of involvement in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell; sentenced on 10 June 2015 to six years and four months in a general regime penal colony. 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The case was related to the display of a German flag on the building of the Federal Security Service (FSB) for the Kaliningrad Region on March 11.\n\nHe was initially accused of using foul language and sentenced to administrative arrest. His apartment was then searched. At the end of April, Feldman was detained on criminal charges of hooliganism, and a measure of restraint in the form of detention was imposed on him. The investigation claimed that Feldman, together with Dmitrii Fonarev and Oleg Savvin, committed the act of hooliganism with the motive of hatred towards veterans. The investigators tried to coerce Feldman into cooperation under the threat of criminal prosecution for illegal possession of explosives allegedly found on him during a search.\n\nAfter Feldman refused to cooperate, he was additionally named as a suspect under the article on possession of explosives: according to the case materials, a backpack containing 357 grams of hexogen was seized from him near the FSB building. Feldman responded to these threats by going on a “dry” hunger strike for four days in the special detention center. Afterwards, the head of the facility gave him his word of honour as an officer that no explosives case would be opened. However, it was later revealed that the explosives charge had been included in the case.\n\nOn June 17, 2015, he was sentenced to one year, one month, and 23 days of imprisonment, which he had already served in the pre-trial detention center; he was released in the courtroom. On October 7, the court of appeals upheld the sentence, but the hate motive was excluded from the charges.\n\nIn 2020, Feldman was sentenced to two months of restriction of liberty for insulting state symbols because of his posts on social media. He had published a photo of the Russian tricolour with the caption “wipe your feet,” the Russian coat of arms accompanied by a profanity-laced inscription, and an image of the flag placed next to a human anus.\n\nDuring his final statement in court, Feldman took a Russian flag out of his jacket pocket, threw it on the floor, and stomped on it, shouting, “Wipe your feet!” As a result, a new case was opened against him under the clause on insulting state symbols. On March 3, 2021, Feldman was sentenced to six months of restriction of liberty. On June 7, the appeals court commuted the sentence to five months of suspended imprisonment.\n\nIn 2023, a case was brought against Feldman for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. The court imposed a preventive measure on him in the form of restrictions on certain activities. On March 7, 2024, Feldman was placed in detention for violating the terms of the measure: he had been shopping for wedding rings, which brought him near an administrative building - a location he was prohibited from approaching; he also left his residence at 3:40 a.m.\n\nOn March 28, 2024, Feldman was sentenced to two years in standard security prison. He was released from prison on June 4, 2025.\n\nFeldman suffers from serious health issues — he has cerebral palsy.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2014-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":449,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Part 1, Article 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He was charged with calls to extremist activity. On 28 September he was sentenced to two years of suspended imprisonment and amnestied","persecution_occupation_en":["Historians","Bloggers","Writers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2015-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":502,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 280 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 280 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Zharinov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Posted in his profile on social media VKontakte an appeal by Right Sector to \"Russians and other enslaved peoples\" calling for acts of disobedience, the creation partisan detachments and other forms of resistance to the regime.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.09.2015, Sentence: Two years' imprisonment suspended with two years' probation and amnesty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' imprisonment suspended with two years' probation and amnesty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-09-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-09-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/05/d29543/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recSvdqogKQmmG8sS"},{"persecution_id":"recbFz7XkAOeyfaUj","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:41:28.000Z","person_id":"recCYleGarlYrIbf1","name_en":"Dariia Poliudova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBecyp206a4D8oa.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBecyp206a4D8oa.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Poliudova was one of the organisers of the March for the Federalization of Kuban, which was not authorized by the local authorities. On 15 August 2014, 2 days before the planned event, a young man began harassing her on the street. He accused her of being a nationalist and \"pressured\" her, after which police officers appeared and detained her, accusing her of petty hooliganism. Poliudova was taken to the office of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Western District of Krasnodar, where she was left overnight. On 16 August, the court arrested the activist for 14 days. On 29 August, it became known that a criminal case against Poliudova was initiated. Immediately after serving the administrative arrest, she was placed under arrest in pre-trial detention centre No. 5 in the Krasnodar region, controlled by the FSB. Poliudova was charged with public calls for actions aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation and public incitement to extremist activities (the reason for the application of this clause was a publication in the social network \"Vkontakte\", which, in particular, said: \"All terrorist attacks and disasters are the fault of Putin and his entourage. Disasters and terrorist attacks constantly occur only under Putin's capitalism\"; it asserts that to \"stop this lawlessness, the country needs a revolution\"; that a revolution can \"rid the country of all the misfortunes that are occurring under Putin - paid education, paid medicine, the impossibility of owning a home, low wages, high prices for housing and communal services, political prisoners, and, finally, military aggression in Ukraine and a series of constant disasters\"). Since August 2014, Poliudova was under arrest for 6 months, after which she was released on recognizance not to abscond. The investigation into the case was officially completed four times; however, each time it was returned for further investigation.\n\nThe prosecution asked the court to sentence Poliudova to 3.5 years in a colony settlement. On 21 December 2015, the court sentenced her to 2 years in a colony settlement.\n\nOn 20 October 2017, she was released. After her release, she was registered with the penal inspection.\n\nOn 15 January 2020, Poliudova was detained after a search and interrogated as part of the case on calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation and the justification of terrorism. On 16 January, the court ordered to take Poliudova into custody.\n\nOn 14 September, it became known that Poliudova was charged with another instance of justification of terrorism.\n\nOn 25 February 2021, the charge of calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation was dropped due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code.\n\nOn 31 May, she was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime penal colony. One of the charges was reclassified to calls for extremist actions.\n\nOn 8 November 2021, a case of organizing activities of an extremist organization was initiated against Poliudova. On 23 December 2022, she was sentenced to 9 years in a penal colony.\n\nIn July 2023, Poliudova went on a hunger strike because a blade had been planted on her in the colony. In early August, it became known that Poliudova had been transferred to strict detention conditions. She ended her hunger strike.\n\nOn 15 January 2024, Poliudova's letters had not been delivered to the addressees for a period of 6 months, and she was not allowed to call her relatives.\n\nIn August 2025, it became known that Poliudova was attacked by another prisoner in the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2014-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":478,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"protest_event_en":"March for the federalisation of Kuban","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.1","280","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.1","Part 1, Article 280","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Daria Polyudova's case on the federalisation of Kuban","persecution_case_profile_en":"She posted on her VK page a photo of a picket with a placard \"Not war with Ukraine, but revolution in Russia\", reposted a joking note that ethnic Kubans want to go to Ukraine, and stated that Putin is to blame for all terrorist attacks and disasters","persecution_location_en":"In strict condition custody unit (SUS)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In strict conditions of detention","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.08.2014 to 25.02.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• recognizance not to leave: from 25.02.2015 to 19.04.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 10 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.04.2016 to 20.10.2017, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 10 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.12.2015, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in an open prison with the deprivation of the right to engage in teaching activities and work in the media","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in an open prison with the deprivation of the right to engage in teaching activities and work in the media","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2015-12-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-12-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-11-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/09/d30316/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recbFz7XkAOeyfaUj"},{"persecution_id":"recBhQAnzBHqXqq3R","last_updated":"2025-07-21T13:25:32.000Z","person_id":"recby9BwEPyubFT01","name_en":"Tatiana Kotlyar","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"At least six cases of fictitious registration and registration of foreign citizens in her own flat were brought against Kotlyar.\nOn 13 April 2015, the judge returned the materials on the first case to the prosecutor's office. On 9 November of the same year, following the results of the retrial, Kotlyar was fined 150 thousand rubles, but was released from punishment under the amnesty for the 70th anniversary of the victory over Germany.\nOn 12 September 2017, Kotlyar was again fined 150 thousand rubles, already in the second case, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nThe third case was dismissed on 25 April 2019.\nOn 22 December 2020, Kotlyar was fined 150 thousand rubles in the fourth case. On 15 March 2021, the court of appeal excluded a number of episodes from the case and reduced the fine to 140 thousand.\nOn 13 April 2022, in the fifth case, the human rights defender was fined 480 thousand rubles with a deduction of 140 thousand rubles for the previous sentence. On 19 July, the court of appeal changed the verdict, sentencing Kotlyar to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.\nThe sixth criminal case was initiated at the end of March 2023. Then the office of the movement \"For Human Rights\" was searched. The law enforcers seized all the logs with the record of visitors since 2009 and other information. They also took outdated forms of migration registration and certificates of the Russian language exam from the office. On 29 June, Kotlyar was sentenced to a fine of 650 thousand rubles. On 21 August, the court of appeal reduced the fine to 600 thousand.\nIn autumn 2023, another, seventh, case on the same charges was brought against Kotlyar. On 18 March 2024, she was sentenced to a fine of 450 thousand rubles. On 14 May, the court of appeal reduced the fine to 430 thousand.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Obninsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2014-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":608,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 322.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 322.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322.2","322.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 322.2 (unknown part)","Article 322.3 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of the rubber flats","persecution_case_profile_en":"submitted an application to the city department of the Federal Migration Service for registration of three foreign nationals without the intention of providing them with living quarters for their stay; she was not a host party with whom foreign nationals actually reside or work; she did not provide her flat for the above three persons to live in; the foreigners, in turn, did not move into the flat and did not live in it","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.07.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.11.2015, Sentence: a fine of 150,000 roubles; amnesty","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 150,000 roubles; amnesty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-09T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-09T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• \n Date: 29-03-2015\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBhQAnzBHqXqq3R"},{"persecution_id":"rec5XoaremCAJ75ny","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:10:25.000Z","person_id":"recyU16T1UXkB51Vz","name_en":"Oleg Sentsov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Oleg Sentsov is a film director, an activist of Avtomaidan, a group of motorists who helped the Maidan. On 11 May 2014 he was arrested on suspicion of terrorism. The investigation calls him a member of the Right Sector and the organiser of the terrorist community who committed and prepared terrorist acts in Simferopol: arson attacks on the offices of the \"Russian Community\" and \"United Russia\" (the ruling political party in Russia) (committed) and explosions at the Eternal Flame and the monument to Lenin (prepared). Together with him, anti-fascist Aleksandr Kolchenko was put on trial. Two other defendants in the case, Aleksei Chirniy and Gennady Afanasiev, pleaded guilty, entered into an agreement with the investigation and were sentenced to seven years in a high-security penal colony; Afanasiev stated at the trial that he had denounced Sentsov under pressure during the investigation. The defence argues that there is no evidence of Sentsov's involvement in arson and preparation of explosions. Sentsov claimed that he was tortured by Federal Security Service officers. On 25 August 2015 he was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn September 2017 Sentsov was taken away from the colony in Sakha and was transferred to a colony in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. In May 2018 Sentsov went on hunger strike demanding the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia. In October, Sentsov was forced to end his hunger strike due to the threat of forced feeding. On 7 September 2019 he was pardoned and released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for groups of people released by Ukraine, arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military","Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":470,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205","222","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205 (unknown part)","Article 205 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Crimean terrorists "],"case_name_en":"The case of Oleksandr Kolchenko and Oleg Sentsov","persecution_case_profile_en":"received instructions from Right Sector to establish a branch of the organisation in Crimea and to commit terrorist acts in order to destabilise the situation and influence the authorities to make a decision on the republic's secession from the Russian Federation; organised a terrorist community, organised the commission of terrorist acts (arson attacks on the offices of the Russian Community of Crimea and United Russia) and preparations for the commission of terrorist acts (blowing up the Eternal Flame and the Lenin monument), and illegally acquired explosive devices","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.02.2016 to 07.03.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 11.05.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 16.12.2015 to 05.02.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 16.12.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 17.03.2016 to 22.03.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\"","Labytnangi | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 8 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.03.2016 to 08.09.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2017 to 29.08.2019, Labytnangi | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 8 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2017 to 14.09.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2017 to 15.09.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2017 to 10.10.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2017 to 22.09.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2019 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.08.2015, Sentence: 20 years in a high-security penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years in a high-security penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2015-08-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-08-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 02-08-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/242165.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 24-08-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/203476.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec5XoaremCAJ75ny"},{"persecution_id":"recvqkcFjBIVP9Mke","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recHas126hZDsTTEe","name_en":"Anna Lepeshkina","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Anna Lepeshkina is one of four basejumpers (amateurs who like to jump from high-rise buildings) who detained on 20 August 2014 in connection with hanging the Ukrainian flag and painting a star on a Moscow high-rise. She charged with hooliganism motivated by political and ideological hatred and vandalism. On 21 August she was placed under house arrest. According to the investigation, the basejumpers jumped off the roof of the building to draw attention to the action. The defence notes that they jumped into an empty courtyard where no one was present. The basejumpers claims they knew nothing about the action.\nThe prosecution asked to sentence Lepeshkina to three years of suspended imprisonment, but the court acquitted her","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2015-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 214"],"case_group_en":["High-rise case"],"case_name_en":"The Highrise Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"jumped from the roof of a high-rise building on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment to draw attention to the campaign to hang the Ukrainian flag and paint a star on the building.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (acquitted)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 21.08.2014 to 10.09.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.09.2015","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2015-09-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-04-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/231447.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-12-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/12/d30913/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/191379.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recvqkcFjBIVP9Mke"},{"persecution_id":"recxlGK6fu2xHcL35","last_updated":"2024-12-21T13:33:27.000Z","person_id":"recQvbz2qVoB9CUT2","name_en":"Aidar Faizullin","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 25 February 2014, he was detained, questioned in the case about the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in Bashkortostan, after which he was released. In early March, he was interrogated again, then arrested. On 10 June 2015, he was sentenced to five years and two months in a general regime colony. He was released in May 2019.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Dyurtyuli"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2014-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":462,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Dyurtulin case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"Dyurtulin case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in the Dyurtulinsky district of Bashkortostan, involving parishioners of local mosques in the organisation by showing them \"extremist videos and literature based on psychological influence and manipulation techniques\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.03.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 16.05.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.06.2015, Sentence: Five years two months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years two months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":62,"first_verdict_date":"2015-06-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-06-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-06-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/06/d32189/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-08-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/217863.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-08-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/dyurtyulinskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recxlGK6fu2xHcL35"},{"persecution_id":"recG3NxSL1QX0jPI9","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recVKNc8SWq3Bbl1K","name_en":"Anton Izokaitis","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The case against Anton Izokaitis was initiated after, on 1 January 2014, in the cell for administrative detainees, where he was placed for petty hooliganism, he \"expressed support and positive assessment\" of the terrorist attacks in Volgograd that took place in December 2013 and \"phrases about the need to use\" violence against Russians. Izokaitis was charged with justifying terrorism, inciting hatred on ethnic grounds and calling for extremist activity. On 1 April 2015, Izokaitis was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment in a penal colony; the charge of calling for extremist activity was dropped. On 30 June 2015, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to two years","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Staraya Russa"],"persecution_region_en":["Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NGR"],"persecution_started":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":452,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Anton Izokaitis case","persecution_case_profile_en":"expressing a negative attitude towards Russians, wishing to justify terrorist activities against them ... in the presence of several people expressed support and a positive assessment of the actions committed in December 2013 in Volgograd, related to the explosions of the railway station and a trolleybus, containing signs of a terrorist act; in addition, wishing to incite hatred and enmity towards Russians, expressed in a crude obscene form phrases about the need to use violence against them, which contained insulting and degrading har harassing and humiliating remarks.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2015 to 20.07.2017\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.03.2015, Sentence: two years six months in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years six months in a penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-6,"first_verdict_date":"2015-03-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-03-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-07-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/196410.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-06-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/06/d32315/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 12-07-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/240272.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recG3NxSL1QX0jPI9"},{"persecution_id":"recws4oy6UTyjRuUI","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:14:38.000Z","person_id":"recJU9pwcbzTERbDl","name_en":"Konstantin Jankauskas","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attHEyDY0YlFmd3qH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attHEyDY0YlFmd3qH.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a former municipal deputy of the Moscow district of Zyuzino, and a researcher at the Institute of Market Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He tried to run for the Moscow City Duma in 2019, but his candidacy was withdrawn after allegedly noticing irregularities in the collection of signatures.\n\nThe reason for his prosecution in the \"Wallet Case\" was the fact that Yankauskas contributed one million rubles - in his words, it was his family's personal funds - to Alexei Navalny's election fund, and then compensated this money by collecting donations on his Yandex wallet. In May 2014, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on alleged fraud with this money. At first, Yankauskas was a witness in the case, then he became a defendant and was placed under house arrest, which prevented his registration as a candidate in the Moscow City Duma elections. Searches as part of this criminal case took place in four apartments of Yankauskas and his relatives. On 11 June 2015, house arrest was replaced with personal recognizance.\n\nOn 29 January 2021, Yankauskas was detained and then placed under house arrest on a criminal case of violating sanitary and epidemiological rules. He was later charged with incitement to violate the rules. On 7 April, a measure of restriction in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen.\nAfter the new criminal case, Konstantin's father was hospitalised with a stroke, his lawyers filed a petition requesting that Konstantin be allowed to leave his apartment to care for his father. His father passed away, and Konstantin did not have time to say goodbye to him.\nOn 24 June, the investigator did not extend the measure. On 14 July, the investigation dropped Yankauskas’ case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159"],"case_group_en":["A case of the wallets"],"case_name_en":"Wallet Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"embezzled funds raised for Alexei Navalny's election campaign","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 11.06.2015 to 11.06.2015\n• house arrest: from 11.06.2014 to 11.06.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-06-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/166547.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-10-2014\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ob-elektronnyh-koshelkah\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recws4oy6UTyjRuUI"},{"persecution_id":"recGtM1eqLUDE7CkO","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec5Agw0Bl6qJyNi1","name_en":"Sergey Litvinov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Serhiy Litvinov is a citizen of Ukraine. He was detained in August 2014 when he travelled to the territory of Russia to have his teeth treated. He was accused of involvement in the mass murder and rape of civilians in the Luhansk region. According to him, he has pleaded guilty and testified with details through torture. In November 2015, this charge was dropped, but a new episode appeared in his case - about the robbery of Russian citizen Alexander Lysenko in the Luhansk region. According to the investigation, he and two other unidentified Ukrainian law enforcers, had stolen the Opel Frontera and UAZ 452 cars from Lysenko in the summer of 2014 in the village of Konstantinovka, Stanichno-Luhansk district, and had beaten Lysenko himself. Ukrainian border guards said that Lysenko was not on Ukrainian territory at that time.\n\nIn April 2016, he was sentenced to eight and a half years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn March 2019, he was transferred to a colony in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. He was released in July 2019 after being pardoned by the President of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2014-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":606,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 162 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["162"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 162 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Litvinov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Together with two unidentified Ukrainian security forces, stole an Opel Frontera and a UAZ 452 from a Russian citizen, Alexander Lysenko, and beat Lysenko himself in the summer of 2014, in the village of Konstantinovka, Stanichno-Lugansk district.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 20.10.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 15.10.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 25.08.2014 to 15.10.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Magadan region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 15 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Rostov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2017 to 13.03.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Magadan region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2016 to 27.01.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 15 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Rostov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.04.2016, Sentence: Eight years six months of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eight years six months of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2016-04-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-04-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-05-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/litvinov-sergey-nikolaevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recGtM1eqLUDE7CkO"},{"persecution_id":"recrDrL6r12dLnDYB","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recItwiszjUNHHBdK","name_en":"Andrey Dedkov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He detained on 16 February 2010. Accused of organising the activities of the extremist organisation \"Nurdzhular\". On 24 February 2012, the case was dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nOn 24 January 2014, he was detained on suspicion of organising the activities of a non-existent banned religious association \"Nurdzhular\"; a search was conducted, banned literature was seized; on 18 December 2015, he was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles; on 26 January 2016, the court of appeal, leaving the verdict unchanged, released Dedkov from execution of the sentence due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nOn 13 March 2016, he was detained in Krasnoyarsk and later arrested on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation for studying the works of Turkish theologian Said Nursi. In March 2017, he was transferred on his own recognizance. In June 2018, he was fined 250 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2014-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":693,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second case of the Krasnoyarsk Nurcists"],"case_name_en":"The second case of the Krasnoyarsk Nurcists","persecution_case_profile_en":"decided to \"carry out the activities of the international religious association \"Nurdzhular\", organised the supply and distribution of literature deemed extremist in the city, created a network of places for religious lessons; involved Alexei Kuzmenko and another minor from Krasnoyarsk in his activities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2015, Sentence: fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2015-12-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-12-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/01/d28889/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recrDrL6r12dLnDYB"},{"persecution_id":"rec6hdK4zYlAY5HqR","last_updated":"2025-04-30T17:48:37.000Z","person_id":"recp4HjWP7Eape4y4","name_en":"Anton Podchasov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"According to the investigation, in February 2014 in the city of Barnaul Podchasov posted on his page in the social network \"VKontakte\" \"a text containing calls for hostile actions - violence and harm to a group of people of Ukrainian nationality in relation to a group of people of Russian nationality\".\n\nPodchasov himself, a candidate for deputy to the State Assembly of the Altai Republic from the party \"RPR-Parnas\", found out about it at the interrogation on 14 August, where he was announced that the status of a witness in the case was changed for him to the status of a suspect. Podchasov is accused of publishing the text \"Russophobia Post\", previously also published by Altai oppositionist Andrei Teslenko, who is the first defendant in this criminal case. On 13 July 2015, he was sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence and for this period was deprived of the right to activities related to the operation of telecommunications networks. On 4 September 2015, the court of appeal instance deprived Podchasov of the status of a member of a precinct election commission for the same term.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2014-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":487,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Anton Podchasov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"made on his page in the social network \"VKontakte\" republished the text \"Russophobia post\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 14.08.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.07.2015, Sentence:  1 year and 6 months' deprivation of liberty with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to work with telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for the entire duration of the sentence, with a probationary period of 1 year and 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":" 1 year and 6 months' deprivation of liberty with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to work with telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for the entire duration of the sentence, with a probationary period of 1 year and 6 months","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2015-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-08-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/racism-xenophobia/news/counteraction/2014/08/d30057/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec6hdK4zYlAY5HqR"},{"persecution_id":"recCtAJuwSlFtFKjF","last_updated":"2025-12-03T14:36:54.000Z","person_id":"rec26aXwuKbAoLHrd","name_en":"Stanislav Klykh","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Stanislav Klykh is a Ukrainian journalist, public figure and teacher. Detained in Orel in August 2014. He was accused of participation in hostilities in Chechnya in 1994-1995 on the side of separatists as a member of the Ukrainian militant group UNA-UNSO and of killing Russian servicemen. Another defendant in the case, Alexander Malofeev, testified against him (apparently as a result of torture). For about a year nothing was known about Klykh, he was not allowed to conclude an agreement with a lawyer, and the consul was not allowed to visit him. During this time, he managed to confess to himself and other people involved in the case. He retracted his testimony when a defence lawyer was able to enter into the case under the agreement. He claimed that he gave them through torture. Claimed that he hadn't been in Chechnya and hadn't participated in the activities of UNA-UNSO. In September 2015, the hearing of the case in the Supreme Court of Chechnya began. His aggressive and apathetic behaviour in court caused concern to his lawyer Marina Dubrovina, who was representing him: she demanded to find out what medication he was being given, but was unable to find out anything. In early April 2016, it became known that Klykh had a new case of contempt of court for insulting the prosecutor during the session.\n\nThe jury found Klykh guilty but deserving leniency. On 26 May 2016, the court sentenced him to twenty years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn the second case, Klykh was sentenced to 240 hours of compulsory labour, replaced by one month in a penal colony.\n\nOn 7 September 2019, Klykh was pardoned and released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for a group of people released by Ukraine, arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Grozny"],"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2014-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":656,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":93,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 209 of 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in combat tactics in various conditions, the basics of topography and the use of various types of live firearms\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.09.2015 to 07.01.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n• in custody: from 22.09.2014 to 14.09.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 25.08.2014 to 29.08.2014, Zelenokumsk TDF\n• in custody: from 29.08.2014 to 22.09.2014\n• in custody: from 08.08.2014 to 22.08.2014\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.08.2014 to 25.08.2014, Essentuki IAB TDF, Stavropol Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Regional Psychiatric Hospital of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2018 to 05.02.2019, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 15.08.2017, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2018 to 07.12.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 06.12.2018, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2017 to 29.06.2018, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2019 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• Unknown: from 01.08.2017 to 08.09.2017, Psychiatric Hospital of the Chelyabinsk Region Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Chelyabinsk Region\n• Unknown: from 05.02.2019 to 08.02.2019, Psychiatric Hospital of the Chelyabinsk Region Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Chelyabinsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.05.2016, Sentence: Twenty years' 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On 17 March 2014, he was detained by the FSB when he tried to enter the territory of the Russian Federation to negotiate with Putin. Arrested on charges of killing Russian servicemen in Chechnya in 1994-1995. Another defendant in the case, Alexander Malofeev, testified against him (apparently as a result of torture). For a year and a half nothing was known about Karpyuk, he was not allowed to conclude an agreement with a lawyer, and the consul was not allowed to visit him. During this time, he managed to confess to himself and other people involved in the case. He retracted his testimony when a defence lawyer was able to intervene under an agreement. He stated that he gave them after torture and threats to his wife and child. Claims that he has never been to Chechnya. In September 2015, the Supreme Court of Chechnya began the hearing of the case.\n\nThe jury found Karpyuk guilty. On 26 May 2016, the court sentenced him to twenty-two and a half years in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 7 September 2019, Karpyuk was pardoned and released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for a group of people released by Ukraine, arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Grozny"],"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2014-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":800,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 209 of the Criminal Code","Article 105 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["209","105"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 209","Article 105 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"UNA-UNSO case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the creation and leadership of the \"stable armed group (gang) 'Viking'\", formed from Ukrainian nationalists who fought on the side of Chechen separatists, responsible for the death of 30 and wounding of 13 Russian servicemen of the 131 separate motorized rifle brigade, 81 and 276 motorized rifle regiments during the fighting in Grozny between 31 December 1994 and 2 January 1995; \"between March 1999 and May 2000 ... together with UNA-UNSO gang members S.R. Klykh, I.P. Mazur, A.I. Muzychko, V.O. Bobrovich and others, travelled repeatedly to the territory of the Chechen Republic, where, in a camp near the village of Vedeno in the Vvedeno district of the Chechen Republic, under the command of field commander S.B. 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A second criminal case was later reported to have been initiated under the same article in connection with his posting of the poem, “Ukrainian Rebels”.\n\nIn July 2015, Byvshev was sentenced in the first case to 300 hours of compulsory labour with a two-year ban on working as a schoolteacher.\n\nIn January 2017, a third criminal case was reported to have been initiated against Byvshev under the article on incitement of ethnic hatred – this time for the poem, “On the Independence of Ukraine”. In April 2018, he was sentenced to 330 hours of community work. Later, the court combined the punishments and imposed on Byvshev 400 hours of community work with a deprivation of the right to work at school. However, the court ruled that the period served under the 2015 punishment be counted toward the sentence, thereby reducing the total number of community work hours to 100.\n\nOn 18 January 2018, a case was reported to have been initiated against Byvshev for obstruction of justice because he had disclosed the details of the other criminal cases initiated against him to journalists.\n\nIn April 2018, a fifth criminal case was initiated for the poems, “The Russian Spirit” and “The Mighty Heap”, with Byvshev again charged with inciting ethnic hatred.\n\nIn August 2018, a sixth criminal case was initiated. Byvshev was charged with public calls for extremist activity on the Internet for publishing the poem, “Dedicated to NATO Expansion to the East”. This case and the two previous ones were consolidated into a single proceeding. On 28 February 2019, the proceeding was terminated; however, on 8 April, Byvshev was informed that the investigation had been resumed. On 3 October, the Investigative Committee terminated the proceeding in the case concerning the poem about NATO expansion, and on 5 October, in the case concerning obstruction of justice. The case concerning the poems about the Russian spirit and the mighty heap was referred to the court, which on 29 October terminated it.\n\nOn 1 December 2022, Byvshev was arrested for seven days due to a Facebook post in which he used the word “chmobiki” (a pejorative term used to refer to servicemen conscripted to the Russian military). The poet was charged with inciting hatred or enmity towards the Russian army (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nSubsequently, Byvshev was taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism. It was later reported that a criminal case had also been initiated against him for spreading “fakes” about the Russian army. On 19 March 2024, Byvshev was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony. On 27 May, the court of appeals reduced the term by two months. 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The Ukrainian Embassy was officially notified of his detention only two weeks later.\n\nInitially, Valentin Vygovskii was accused of illegal acquisition and disclosure of commercial secrets. According to the case materials, at the time of his detention he was handing over money to a Russian citizen in exchange for certain secret information. However, the charges were later reclassified to espionage.\n\nVygovskii told his relatives that he was tortured during the investigation, including being taken into the woods for a simulated execution by firing squad. According to him, he was offered to cooperate with the Russain security services, and the charges were intensified after he refused.\n\nAccording to investigators, Vygovskii collected design and other technical documentation of the 117C combat aircraft engine, which constituted a state secret, allegedly for transfer to a representative of the Chinese military attaché in Belgium. He was said to have received assistance from employees of Russian aviation and space enterprises for this purpose.\n\nAt the same time, Vygovskii’s lawyer asserts that the case file contains no evidence of his client having contacts with any intelligence services: he simply collected certain information in the hope of selling it in the future.\n\nOn 15 December 2015, Valentin Vygovskii was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nSince mid-2016, he has been held in a colony in Kirovo-Chepetsk (Kirov Region).\n\nIn September 2025, he was released from the colony. He was then placed in the Temporary Detention Centre for Foreign Citizens pending deportation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2014-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":452,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 276 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["276"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 276"],"case_name_en":"Valentyn Vygovskii's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He collected and stored, with the intent to transfer to a representative of the Chinese military attaché in Belgium for monetary compensation, information constituting state secrets—specifically, design and other technical documentation of the 117S combat aircraft engine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.09.2014 to 31.03.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 11 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 17.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 11 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.03.2016\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.12.2015, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2015-12-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-12-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/vygovskiy-valentin-petrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recLvu3N7Ecj92RB3"},{"persecution_id":"recllmtJWCF1WrZ2E","last_updated":"2026-03-25T15:59:23.000Z","person_id":"rec8lxeDaZyOH52Xz","name_en":"Sergey Sukhanov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In November 2014, he was charged with organising an extremist community and remained under a personal recognizance; on 29 March 2015, he was also charged with inciting ethnic hatred as part of an organised group. 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The case against him was initiated after he had an argument with female employees of the accounting department of the housing and communal services in June 2014. He was accused of inciting hatred and hostility with the use or threat of violence. Yagyaev's home was searched. On 17 July, Yagyaev was sentenced to two years of suspended imprisonment with the deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the transmission and dissemination of any information for two years","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2014-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":393,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Mustafa Yagyayev","persecution_case_profile_en":"disagreeing with colleagues' assessments of the consequences of Crimea's annexation to the Russian Federation, he started shouting, using insulting epithets towards female employees of the Housing and Utilities Accounting Department and said: \"We will return Crimea to Ukraine, there will be war, we will cut and burn you, and Russians will choke on blood in this war, but it is a pity that my Muslim brothers will die\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.07.2015, Sentence: Two years' suspended deprivation of liberty with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the transmission and dissemination of any information for a period of two years","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' suspended deprivation of liberty with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the transmission and dissemination of any information for a period of two years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-07-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-07-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-05-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/05/d32081/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec2A6ARiFGDnmk1R"},{"persecution_id":"recLgx7vOkax851sH","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recLepjtVRe2RAdOX","name_en":"Thomas Pipalas","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In November 2014, was charged with organising an extremist community, sent under house arrest. On 23 May 2015, was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2016-05-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":557,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"Attack\" "],"case_name_en":"\"Ataka\" (\"Attack\") case","case_number":"01-0274/2016","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of an extremist community","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 14.11.2014 to 19.02.2016\n• recognizance not to leave: from 19.02.2016 to 03.06.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.05.2016, Sentence: two years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2016-05-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-05-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 26-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/196607.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recLgx7vOkax851sH"},{"persecution_id":"recMjr1CF5JfT7LG3","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recjk74htoS5UfwJS","name_en":"Mahamadimin Saliev","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"Detained during searches of apartments and dormitories by officers of the FSB, the Centre for Countering Extremism, the Grad special unit and the OMON; taken into custody; placed on the list of terrorists and extremists; entered into an agreement with the investigation; sentenced to 5 years in a strict regime colony on 14 August\n\nHe was released in June 2019.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2014-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":417,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":[" St. Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"Case of Mahamadimin Saliev","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.06.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 21.06.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.08.2015, Sentence: 5 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2015-08-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-08-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-06-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/06/d29774/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recMjr1CF5JfT7LG3"},{"persecution_id":"recfw5yPEFP7OJrHI","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recy8QyaVqZbzLQWd","name_en":"Salavat Khabirov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attuBDZSDSM6V8cTA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attuBDZSDSM6V8cTA.jpg"],"birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Charged with organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparing for a violent seizure of power, for being a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 4 February 2016, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn March 2009, he was detained in a case of participation in the activities of a banned organisation. Together with his brother Vadim Khabirov and two other people, he was also accused of illegal acquisition and storage of ammunition and preparation to commit a terrorist act. Relatives claimed that the ammunition found during the searches had been planted on the accused by authorities. During the trial, the charge of preparation to commit a terrorist act was dropped. On 4 June 2010, Khabirov was sentenced to three and a half years in an open prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2014-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":490,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":70,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","278","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 278","Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Chelyabinsk case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"led a structural subdivision of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk, held meetings, studied the organisation's literature, and attracted new people to the organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.10.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.02.2016, Sentence: 17 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony and one year and six months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony and one year and six months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2016-02-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-02-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-12-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/chelyabinskoe-delo-pyateryh-ob-uchastii-v-zapreshchyonnoy-partii-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-01-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10498/cheljabinskoe-delo-pjateryh-ob-uchastii-v-zapreshhjonnoj-partii-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-12-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/12/d33419/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recfw5yPEFP7OJrHI"},{"persecution_id":"recV3b7Ba87CnskJR","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recH9XTw8UatFBE9F","name_en":"Annik Kesian","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 26 February 2014 she was detained by FSB officers. At the investigation she signed a confession because she was misled about the legal terminology. In a pre-trial detention centre in Krasnodar, one of the FSB officers hit her in the face and said: \"Come on, remember what you know – you don't know!\" The investigation prevented Annik Kesian from meeting with her relatives in every possible way, leaving her in complete isolation from the outside world, which prevented her from finding and choosing a qualified defence lawyer and having the case covered in the media. She was charged with treason. On 26 February 2014, she was sentenced to eight years in a penal colony. In March 2017, she was escorted from the colony to Moscow for a review of the case. She was pardoned on 29 July 2017 and released on 8 August.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2014-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2017-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":536,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Annick Kesian","persecution_case_profile_en":"From March to May 2008, collected information constituting a State secret on the movement of military equipment and transmitted it by sending two SMSs to an acquaintance of a citizen of Georgia who was serving at the border","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.02.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: from 15.03.2017 to 08.08.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 15.03.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.08.2015, Sentence: eight years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"eight years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2015-08-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-08-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-05-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/225116.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-05-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/kesyan-annik-ovanesovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recV3b7Ba87CnskJR"},{"persecution_id":"recrUW7cD9duclGoP","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:21:42.000Z","person_id":"recUcxhXg4mvmdEP0","name_en":"Evgeny Petrin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attDZd7nMGj49UsDQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attDZd7nMGj49UsDQ.jpg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-01-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the evening of 4 June 2014, Petrin was detained by a group of FSB operatives near Avtozavodskaya metro station and taken to the FSB reception room in Lubyanka, where he was kept all night and, according to him, beaten and threatened with physical violence against him and his relatives, as well as his beloved cat. He claims that the next day he was taken to the investigator's office, where an appointed lawyer and a pre-printed interrogation report were already waiting for him. On the same day Petrin was detained and arrested. He was charged under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"High Treason\").\n\nTwo haematomas and a bruise were recorded on Petrin's body when he was admitted to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre. Despite the documented signs of beatings, the Ministry of Internal Affairs refused to initiate a criminal case. Petrin also filed a complaint against the appointed lawyer who accompanied him during the first interrogation with the Bar Association.\n\nFrom the moment of his arrest until his sentencing, Petrin's detention was repeatedly extended by the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow and the Moscow City Court. Petrin's defence counsel at the stage of the investigation signed an undertaking not to disclose the case file and not to disclose information constituting National Security information.\n\nConsideration of the criminal case in court was held in closed mode. It is known that initially Petrin was charged with transferring data on 13 FSB employees, but the court excluded data on 12 employees from the charges and convicted Petrin for transferring data on only one person.\n\nThe representative of the state prosecution during the court arguments asked to impose the maximum penalty on Petrin.\n\nOn 14 June 2016, a panel of the Moscow City Court chaired by Judge P.V. Melekhin found Evgeny Petrin guilty and sentenced him to 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. On 4 October 2016, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation left this sentence unchanged.\n\nPetrin retracted the confession given at the first interrogation and does not admit guilt in full.\n\nPetrin has been transferred to a penal colony and his whereabouts are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":740,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":105,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Evgeny Petrin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the indictment, in the spring-summer of 2013, during a personal meeting in Moscow with an employee of the US CIA, E.Y. Petrin gave out information entrusted to him by his service in the Russian Federal Security Service that constituted a state secret. According to the investigation, this was information about 13 personnel of the Department of the Russian Federal Security Service for Military Space Defence Forces, including their positions and military ranks.\nLater, the court excluded the data on 12 employees from the charges and convicted Petrin for passing the data on only one person.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.06.2014 to 14.06.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.06.2016\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.06.2016, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2016-06-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-06-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/petrin-evgeniy-yurevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recrUW7cD9duclGoP"},{"persecution_id":"recTWBqVGPoF1xR5Z","last_updated":"2025-12-08T17:30:38.000Z","person_id":"recBi2YNtmaWnwb8t","name_en":"Karim Ibragimov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"detained during searches of flats and dormitories conducted by officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the Centre for Countering Extremism, the Grad special unit and the \nOMON. Remanded in custody; made an agreement with the investigation; on August 17, 2016, sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2014-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":786,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":112,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":[" St. Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Karim Ibragimov, Ilyas Kagirov and Eldar Ramazanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"organized the activities of a terrorist unit, established the party's media office, and set up a video channel \"Islam in St. Petersburg\", through which he promoted the anti-constitutional ideas of the \"Islamic State\", to which he attracted other people.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.06.2014 to 13.12.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.06.2014, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.08.2016, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, to be released under the article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, to be released under the article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2016-08-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-08-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-06-2012\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/06/d29774/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/peterburgskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-07-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10099/peterburgskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recTWBqVGPoF1xR5Z"},{"persecution_id":"recKlcFt09Y2NIzgL","last_updated":"2024-07-25T09:24:20.000Z","person_id":"recqeaZJMWKfP1427","name_en":"Ruslan Kutaev","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ruslan Kutayev is a well-known public figure in Chechnya, president of the Assembly of Peoples of the Caucasus. On 20 February 2014, he was detained and subsequently charged with illegal acquisition and possession of drugs, as a bag of heroin was found in his possession when he was searched. However, the testimonies of the police officers who detained him do not agree with each other and contradict the testimonies of other witnesses. There is evidence that Kutayev was tortured after detention. According to him, Apti Alaudinov, deputy head of the Chechen Interior Ministry, and Magomed Daudov, head of the administration of the Chechen head of state, were involved in the torture. Human rights activists are convinced that the reason for Kutayev's persecution was his criticism of the Chechen leadership. Two days before his detention, a conference was held on the deportation of Chechens in 1944; Kutayev was one of the organisers and presenters of the conference. The event displeased the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and Kutayev was the only participant of the conference who did not go to Magomed Daudov's office the next day, where Kadyrov reprimanded everyone. On 7 July 2014, despite numerous inconsistencies in the prosecution's case, Kutayev was sentenced to four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony and one year's restriction of freedom, with a ban on attending public events and engaging in public activities. On 31 October, the Chechen Supreme Court reduced the sentence by two months and allowed Kutayev to visit public places after his release from the colony.\n\nIn November 2017, the court sentenced Kutayev to one year of administrative supervision.\n\nOn 20 December, Kutayev was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2014-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2017-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":135,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 228 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 228 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Kutayev case","persecution_case_profile_en":"acquired and possessed 3.257 grammes of heroin","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.02.2014, Urus-Martan District TDF in Chechnya\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chechen republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 20.12.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chechen republic\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.07.2014, Sentence: Four years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony and restriction of liberty for one year, with a ban on attending public events and engaging in public activities","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony and restriction of liberty for one year, with a ban on attending public events and engaging in public activities","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":46,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2014-07-05T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-07-05T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-06-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/138747.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-06-2014\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/200968.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recKlcFt09Y2NIzgL"},{"persecution_id":"rec8H30f4bsBBGPXe","last_updated":"2023-11-20T18:11:08.000Z","person_id":"recXzeUXoJqvmYZVT","name_en":"Pyotr Pavlensky","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An artist famous for his radical actions. He was detained on 10 November 2013 for the action \"Fixation\" (Pavlensky nailed his own scrotum to the paving stones on Red Square). A case of hooliganism on the grounds of political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on the grounds of hatred or enmity against a social group was initiated.\nDetained on 23 February 2014 after a \"Freedom\" action in support of Ukraine near the Church of the Saviour-on-Blood in St. Petersburg. He was acquitted in an administrative case of petty hooliganism and fined 10,000 rubles (≈$280 as of 23.02.2014) in a case of violating the rules of holding a public event. In March, Pavlensky was searched as part of the criminal investigation.\nOn 14 April 2014, the prosecution in the case of the \"Fixation\" action was terminated.\nThe investigation in the \"Freedom\" action case repeatedly requested a psychiatric examination of Pavlensky, but the court refused. On 4 October 2014, formally charged with vandalism, was on his own recognisance. On 18 May 2016, sentenced to a year and four months of restriction of freedom, but released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nOn the night of 9 November 2015 Pavlensky was detained during the action \"Threat\", which consisted in setting fire to the door of the FSB building on Lubyanka. A case of vandalism motivated by ideological hatred was opened. He was sent to pre-trial detention centre. Later the charge was reclassified to destruction or damage to objects of cultural heritage. On 8 June he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles (≈$7800 as of 09.11.2015).","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2014-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2016-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":816,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":116,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"case_name_en":"The case of Pyotr Pavlensky's \"Freedom\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"vandalised the asphalt as part of a group of persons in prior conspiracy","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 03.10.2014 to 10.11.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.05.2016, Sentence: one year and four months of restriction of liberty, to be released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"one year and four months of restriction of liberty, to be released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2016-05-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-05-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-11-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/10/d30372/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec8H30f4bsBBGPXe"},{"persecution_id":"recCmAYPrQEfkR2bc","last_updated":"2024-07-26T11:06:00.000Z","person_id":"rec8lV7UngMQeb4K0","name_en":"Egor Alekseev","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"During the search he was beaten, forced to sign papers, the essence of which was not explained, threatened with the initiation of new cases if he did not confess; a case was opened under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code. On 17 March 2015, it became known that Alekseev was included in the \"Rosfinmonitoring list\". In December 2015, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. In October 2016, the case was again referred to the court. In October 2017, Alekseev left Russia without waiting for the verdict.","persecution_occupation_en":["NGO employees"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2014-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yegor Alexeev","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted a publicly available video clip on the VKontakte social network containing \"signs of inciting feelings of hatred or enmity towards persons of certain social groups\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-03-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/12/d30963/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recCmAYPrQEfkR2bc"},{"persecution_id":"recsSEHwEuMUCqg8J","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recDTlDRPmw4Mn6PL","name_en":"Evgeniya Korotkova","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Yevgeniya Korotkova is one of four basejumpers (amateur jumpers from high-rise buildings) detained on 20 August 2014 in connection with hanging the Ukrainian flag and painting a star on a Moscow high-rise. Charged with hooliganism motivated by political and ideological hatred and vandalism. On 21 August she was placed under house arrest. According to the investigation, the basejumpers jumped off the roof of the building to draw attention to the action. The defence notes that they jumped into an empty courtyard where no one was present. The basejumpers claim that they knew nothing about the action.\nDuring the arguments, the prosecution asked to sentence Korotkova to three years' imprisonment, but the court acquitted her","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2015-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 214"],"case_group_en":["High-rise case"],"case_name_en":"The Highrise Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Korotkova jumped from the roof of a high-rise building on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment to draw attention to the campaign to hang the Ukrainian flag and paint a star on the building.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (acquitted)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 21.08.2014 to 10.09.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.09.2015","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2015-09-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-04-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/231447.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-12-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/12/d30913/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 15-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/191379.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recsSEHwEuMUCqg8J"},{"persecution_id":"rec3zmoCZmNssNNzh","last_updated":"2024-12-23T10:25:45.000Z","person_id":"rec9cK1yBRmAVCrsl","name_en":"Ilgiz Salakhov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"25 February 2014, detained on charges of organising the activities of a cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir, searched, arrested; 10 June 2015, sentenced to ten and a half years in a strict regime penal colony. Аllegedly, released on 24 August 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Dyurtyuli"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2014-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":469,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Dyurtulin case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"Dyurtulin case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"led a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in the town of Dyurtuli and the Dyurtuli district, whose members involved parishioners of local mosques in the organisation by showing them \"extremist videos and literature based on psychological influence and manipulation techniques\".","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.02.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 44 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 24.08.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 44 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n• Unknown: from 24.08.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.06.2015, Sentence: Ten years six months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for one year","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Ten years six months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for one year","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":126,"first_verdict_date":"2015-06-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-06-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-08-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/dyurtyulinskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-08-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/217863.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-02-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/02/d29050/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec3zmoCZmNssNNzh"},{"persecution_id":"rec6QLsmuqrNy62xy","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"rec3KuTR7ZL3q1pdQ","name_en":"Asgat Khafizov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att7jihLQHZYGGddp.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att7jihLQHZYGGddp.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On October 14, 2014, he was detained during a search. The next day he was arrested along with seven other people in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamic political party ‘Hizb ut-Tahrir,’ which has no ties to terrorism. On December 8, 2017, he was sentenced to 19 years and two months in a strict-regime penal colony. In February 2018, it was revealed that Khafizov had been placed in a disciplinary cell.\n\nIn May 2020, it was reported that a new case had been initiated against Khafizov for participating in the activities of a terrorist organization and recruiting into a terrorist organization. On August 5, 2021, Khafizov was sentenced to 16 years for the second case, bringing his total sentence to 23 years in a special regime penal colony, including a mandatory three-year term in prison, considering the unserved portion of the first sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2014-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1150,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":164,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, while being in prison, he participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation and recruited new members.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 15.10.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.12.2017, Sentence: 19 years and 2 months’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"19 years and 2 months’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":230,"first_verdict_date":"2017-12-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-12-07T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-11-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 01-12-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/232075.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-10-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2014/10/d32757/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec6QLsmuqrNy62xy"},{"persecution_id":"recZU7YPX9QzU1xXu","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:41:28.000Z","person_id":"recbyEBj81RaE7ik1","name_en":"Oleg Savvin","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kaliningrad. On 11 March 2014, he was detained in connection with hanging the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany on the building of the Kaliningrad Region Federal Security Service Directorate. Savvin was first accused of using obscene language and ordered administrative arrest, after which his flat was searched. When the administrative arrest was coming to an end, he was given another term of administrative arrest, again for swearing, and at one of the rallies a few weeks before. At the end of April, he was detained on charges of hooliganism in connection with the display of the FRG flag on the building of the FSB Department, after which he was ordered to be remanded in custody. The investigation claimed that Savvin, together with Dmitrii Fonarev and Mikhail Feldman, committed the act of hooliganism out of hatred for veterans. On 17 June 2015, he was sentenced to a year and a month of imprisonment served in pre-trial detention and released in the courtroom. On 7 October, the court of second instance upheld the sentence, the hate motive was excluded from the charges.\nIn March 2025, a case was brought against Savvin for disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of a post in which he accused the Russian army of crimes against planet Earth in connection with the situation surrounding Ukrainian power plants. On 20 March, he was placed in custody. On 26 December 2025, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2014-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":449,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"The case of the flag","persecution_case_profile_en":"For hooligan reasons, as part of a group of persons in a prior conspiracy, he placed a German flag on the building of the Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Kaliningrad region, thereby grossly violating public order and insulting veterans of the Great Patriotic War.","persecution_location_en":"Under investigation without preventive measure","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.04.2014 to 17.06.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 11.03.2014 to 26.03.2014, Detention Centre of the Kaliningrad Department of Internal Affairs of Russia\n• administrative detention: from 26.03.2014 to 02.04.2014, Detention Centre of the Kaliningrad Department of Internal Affairs of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.06.2015, Sentence: 1 year and 1 month of detention; the court decided to release Savvin from custody, as the convict had served this term in the pre-trial detention center during the preliminary investigation and trial","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 1 month of detention; the court decided to release Savvin from custody, as the convict had served this term in the pre-trial detention center during the preliminary investigation and trial","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":13,"first_verdict_date":"2015-06-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-06-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 05-04-2015\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://amnesty.org.ru/ru/2015-04-06-flagforfreedom/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 28-06-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/143556.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-07-2014\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/203002.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-02-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/02/d31199/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recZU7YPX9QzU1xXu"},{"persecution_id":"recCbGmSVpqRjUYw7","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recILLLsURnQGoKIn","name_en":"Roman Chernikov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In November 2014, he was taken into custody on charges of organising an extremist community and weapons possession (to which he confessed and handed over the weapons during a search); on 20 February 2016, he was released from a pre-trial detention facility. 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A case on calls to violate territorial integrity was opened for reposting a picture showing a map of Kuban, a girl in a national costume with the Ukrainian flag and a caption stating that Ukrainians of Kuban want their region to join Ukraine. He was declared wanted, and an extradition request was filed. 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A search was conducted and he was arrested. On 10 June 2015, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony. Upon arrival at the colony, immediately sent to a cell-type room, three months later sent to a strict regime colony in a single cell-type room for a year. 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In early March, he was again questioned in the case about the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in Bashkortostan, arrested on 17 March. On 10 June 2015, sentenced to five years and two months in a general regime colony. 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was engaged in the study and distribution of extremist literature, the involvement of new persons in the organisation, and the dissemination of extremist sentiments among the population; organised and carried out car rallies through the streets of Kazan; used black and white flags with blue and white flags for the purpose of visual propaganda.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 25.01.2014 to 26.11.2014\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-12-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2014/12/d30885/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec3S1CmJ0HpbS1WA"},{"persecution_id":"rec0g4mnVG5XnyMSe","last_updated":"2023-11-07T23:02:24.000Z","person_id":"recNiztspToFbkvar","name_en":"Nadezhda Savchenko","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"On June 17, 2014, she was captured by armed formations of supporters of the Luhansk People's Republic; during the night of  June 23-24, she was transported to Russian territory, to the Voronezh region, officially detained on June 30. She was placed under arrest. Savchenko claims that she was forcibly transported to Russia under armed guard and held under armed guard in a hotel between June 24 and July 1. She was accused of adjusting the fire of the assault battalion \"Aidar\" on June 17 in the vicinity of the Metallist settlement in the Luhansk region of Ukraine, resulting in the deaths of VGTRK (All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company) journalists Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin. The investigation, citing the \"particularly brutal nature of the crime that raises doubts about her sanity\", ordered a stationary psychological-psychiatric examination for Savchenko, and she was transported to Moscow. On March 22, 2016, the Donetsk City Court of the Rostov region sentenced her to 22 years of imprisonment and imposed a fine of 30,000 rubles.\n\nOn May 25, 2016, Savchenko left Russia on the plane of the Ukrainian President. On the same day, information about her pardon by the Russian president appeared.\n\nOn July 15, 2014, the European Court of Human Rights initiated proceedings in the case of Nadezhda Savchenko against Russia. The case was given priority status.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Boguchar"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2014-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2016-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":644,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) G,K,A,B,F Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) G,K,A,B Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["105","105"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 105","Part 2, Article 105"],"case_name_en":"Case of murder of Russian journalists on the territory of Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"Being an officer in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stationed with the assault battalion \"Aidar\", on June 17, 2014 in the vicinity of the settlement Metalist, Slavyanoserbsky district of the Luhansk region, conducted covert observation and adjustment of artillery fire on a checkpoint held by the militants of the Luhansk People's Republic with civilians on it, including three citizens of the Russian Federation, correspondents of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, as a result of which two Russians were killed; the killing was motivated by hatred and enmity toward a social group - the civilian population of the Luhansk region (Ukraine) - related to their refusal to recognise the legitimacy of the acting authorities in Ukraine and their desire to create a separate territorial entity - the Luhansk People's Republic. \nNo later than June 23, 2014, in the Luhansk region of Ukraine, in the area of the local checkpoint (border crossing point) Donetsk - Severny, in violation of the established procedure for entering the territory of the Russian Federation, intentionally and secretly crossed the state border of the Russian Federation with Ukraine outside the corresponding checkpoint.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.01.2015 to 17.07.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 25.07.2015 to 25.05.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 09.07.2014 to 21.09.2014, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Oblast\n• in custody: from 24.09.2014 to 29.01.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.03.2016, Sentence: 22 years imprisonment in a general regime colony, fine of 30,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"22 years imprisonment in a general regime colony, fine of 30,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":264,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":30000,"first_verdict_date":"2016-03-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-03-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/158200.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-09-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/09/d32923/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 24-05-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/212807.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec0g4mnVG5XnyMSe"},{"persecution_id":"recCwjBCg34gifOUB","last_updated":"2023-10-31T19:17:08.000Z","person_id":"reccsC53TemkEavKD","name_en":"Valery Brinich","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 11 December 2014, a criminal case under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity) was initiated against eco-activist Valery Brinikh, chairman of the Adygean republican organisation of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Nature. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity) for the publication of the article \"Silence of the Lambs\" on the website \"For Krasnodar\"; on 30 September 2015, Brinikh was charged with complicity in incitement to hatred, expressed in the fact that he helped unidentified persons to place the publication on the website \"For Krasnodar\". On 7 August 2017, the case was dropped","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maykop"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2014-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2017-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Valery Brinich","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"incited national discord and sowed enmity\" and \"called for the implementation of extremist activities\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 30.09.2015 to 07.08.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.08.2017","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2017-08-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Ecouznik:\n Date: 16-12-2014\n Status: Persecuted for the defence of nature\n Source: http://ecouznik.livejournal.com/3190.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-12-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/12/d30865\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Ecouznik","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recCwjBCg34gifOUB"},{"persecution_id":"recd1RPfa6K5liivQ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recIaw3mUePYlS1W8","name_en":"Alexey Shirokozhukhov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Oleksiy Shirokozhukhov is one of four basejumpers (amateurs of jumping from high-rise buildings) detained on 20 August 2014 in connection with hanging the Ukrainian flag and painting a star on a Moscow high-rise. Charged with hooliganism motivated by political and ideological hatred and vandalism. On 21 August he was placed under house arrest. According to the investigation, the basejumpers jumped off the roof of the building to draw attention to the action. The defence notes that they jumped into an empty courtyard where no one was present. The basejumpers claim that they knew nothing about the action.\nDuring the debate, the prosecution asked to sentence Shirokozhukhov to three years in prison, but the court acquitted him","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2015-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":385,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 214"],"case_group_en":["High-rise case"],"case_name_en":"The Highrise Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"jumped from the roof of a high-rise building on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment to draw attention to the action to hang the Ukrainian flag and paint a star on the building","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 21.08.2014 to 10.09.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.09.2015","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-09-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-09-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/191379.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-12-2014\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2014/12/d30913/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-04-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recd1RPfa6K5liivQ"},{"persecution_id":"recaJ7xY5Ts5KRrVH","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recMKTGfnuac4puNW","name_en":"Zhenishbek Cholponbaev","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan","Russia"],"story_en":"Cholponbaev is a Kyrgyz-born resident of Novokuznetsk who traded at the market. In 2014 (in November, according to researcher Ilyas Kurbanbek, and according to official reports, Cholponbaev's \"criminal activity\" continued until August), the FSB began investigating his activities in connection with the dissemination of the teachings of Tablighi Jamaat, a religious movement that is banned in Russia as extremist, but which promotes Islamic religious practices only and has not been seen to call for violence. Employees of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Kemerovo region \"warned him about the inadmissibility of such actions and familiarised him with the list of literature prohibited by law\". A criminal case on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was officially opened in January 2015. On 27 July, Cholponbaev was given a one-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokuznetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2014-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2016-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":268,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jenishbek Cholponbaev","case_number":"1-287/2015","persecution_case_profile_en":"Between 2009 and August 2014, as an adherent of Islam, Cholponbaev was part of a radical religious organisation, the activities of which are recognised as extremist and banned in Russia. He studied banned literature, participated in meetings with like-minded people at which he promoted values of an extremist nature. Employees of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Kemerovo region warned him against such actions and acquainted him with the list of literature banned by law, but he continued his illegal activities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 04.08.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 04.08.2015 to 03.08.2016\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.07.2015, Sentence: 1 year suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-07-27T10:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-07-27T10:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-07-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/07/d32518/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recaJ7xY5Ts5KRrVH"},{"persecution_id":"recD1tgTWV83CJhJo","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:46:21.000Z","person_id":"recIZxaUtGulVpQbW","name_en":"Vladimir Ashurkov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The reason for the prosecution was that in the summer of 2013, Ashurkov contributed money to Alexei Navalny's election fund and then offset the amount by collecting donations on his Yandex wallet; in May 2014, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for alleged fraud with this money; Ashurkov left Russia and was put on a federal wanted list on 30 July, after which he sought political asylum in the UK; political asylum was granted on 31 March 2015","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159"],"case_group_en":["A case of the wallets"],"case_name_en":"Wallet Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Misappropriated funds that were collected for Alexei Navalny's election campaign","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-10-2014\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ob-elektronnyh-koshelkah\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 20-10-2014\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/166547.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recD1tgTWV83CJhJo"},{"persecution_id":"reckThR5c950LMYmT","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recKWJRPPcCnHDFQ3","name_en":"Radik Kabirov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In October 2014, he was searched. On 23 April 2015, he was arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparation for a violent seizure of power for being a member of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\". On 4 February 2016, sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony. He was released in April 2021.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2014-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":469,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","278","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 278","Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Chelyabinsk case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"held meetings, studied \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" literature, recruited new people into the organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.04.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 14.04.2021\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.02.2016, Sentence: Six years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, one year of restricted liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, one year of restricted liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2016-02-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-02-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-12-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/chelyabinskoe-delo-pyateryh-ob-uchastii-v-zapreshchyonnoy-partii-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-01-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10498/cheljabinskoe-delo-pjateryh-ob-uchastii-v-zapreshhjonnoj-partii-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-12-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/12/d33419/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"reckThR5c950LMYmT"},{"persecution_id":"recYHOP8LBC0OSumb","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recCCXrDsLT3OPx5b","name_en":"Rustam Sinakaev","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation for informing a fellow countryman about Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 24 July 2015, sentenced to five years' imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Asha"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":568,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rustam Sinakaev","persecution_case_profile_en":"Knowing that Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami was recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned in the territory of the Russian Federation, he became a member of the organisation; during 2011-2012, he provided an apartment belonging to him for religious and political classes, where he kept and studied literature of the organisation; in 2011-2014, in order to involve another resident of Asha in the activities of the organisation, he repeatedly met with him, held religious and political classes, during which he informed him about the activities of the organisation, justifying them; during the period in question, he repeatedly informed him about the activities of the organisation and justified them.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.07.2015, Sentence: Five years' deprivation of liberty with serving the sentence in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 20,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years' deprivation of liberty with serving the sentence in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 20,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":20000,"first_verdict_date":"2015-07-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-07-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-07-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/07/d32508/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recYHOP8LBC0OSumb"},{"persecution_id":"recVfVM0qdETp2KNJ","last_updated":"2024-12-21T13:33:27.000Z","person_id":"rec55lkgD7PSlZdOR","name_en":"Rustam Gabdullin","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 25 February 2014, he was detained and interrogated in the case about the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in Bashkortostan, after which he was released. In early March he was questioned again, then arrested. On 10 June 2015, sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony. 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http://memohrc.org/special-projects/dyurtyulinskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-06-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/06/d32189/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-08-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/217863.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recVfVM0qdETp2KNJ"},{"persecution_id":"recj1PEVbYx5LpYqP","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"reccJf0mFTaZAphfK","name_en":"Ruzil Davletshin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attfPxeggeU8gXs90.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attfPxeggeU8gXs90.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty 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On 10 April 2012, the case was dismissed for lack of corpus delicti, but was reopened on 29 May 2012 by order of the leadership of the Russian Investigative Committee. According to the investigation, Navalny, together with Pyotr Ofitserov, set up the Vyatskaya Lesnaya Kompaniya (Vyatka Forest Company), which purchased timber products from Kirovles at understated prices and then sold them to consumers at market prices. The defence argued that the purchase from Kirovles was made at market prices. On 18 July 2013, the Leninsky District Court of Kirov sentenced Navalny and Ofitserov to five years in prison. The convicts were taken into custody in the courtroom, but spent less than a day in the pre-trial detention centre - the next day the court, on the proposal of the prosecutor's office, ruled to release Navalny and Ofitserov on their own recognisance until the verdict enters into legal force. This was preceded by mass protests in various Russian cities. On 16 October 2013, the Kirov Regional Court replaced Navalny and Ofitserov's real sentences with suspended sentences.\n\nIn November 2016, the Supreme Court cancelled the verdict due to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which recognised the prosecution as groundless. The Leninsky Court of Kirov began to re-examine the case. After Navalny announced his intention to run for president, the court began to hold sessions in a more intensive mode. On 1 February 2017, the court elected Navalny a measure of restraint in the form of a order not to leave. On 8 February, Navalny was sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence.\n\nOn 14 December 2012, information appeared about the initiation of a case against Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg on fraud and legalisation of funds to the detriment of the Russian division of the company \"Yves Rocher\". According to the investigation, the Navalny's stole more than 26 million roubles from \"Yves Rocher Vostok\" and more than 4 million roubles from \"Multiprofile Processing Company\" through fraud. According to the latest information, Yves Rocher submitted a report to the Investigative Committee back in February 2013, stating that no damage had been done to the company. Alexei Navalny was on a order not to leave on charges in this case, but after his detention on 24 February 2014 and arrest on the trail of a mass event in support of those convicted in the \"Bolotnaya case\" on Tverskaya Street, the Basmanny court changed his preventive measure to house arrest. On 24 April, the Zamoskvoretsky court held preliminary hearings on the case. On 28 April, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, having satisfied the motion of the lawyers who found numerous violations in it. On 30 December 2014, the charge was partially reclassified, from simple fraud to business fraud. Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years' suspended imprisonment. On 17 February 2015, the sentence was left unchanged - Navalny was only exempted from paying a 500,000 fine.\n\nOn 10 April 2014, a libel case was brought against Navalny on the claim of Alexey Lisovenko, a municipal deputy of the Babushkinsky district of Moscow. The deputy was called a drug addict in Navalny's tweet after the deputy himself said that Navalny continued to tweet despite the fact that, being under house arrest, he had no right to do so. Lisovenko demanded that Navalny be sentenced to community service. On 22 April, a magistrate judge found Navalny guilty, although there was no evidence that Navalny had tweeted the relevant message, and sentenced him to a fine of 300,000 rubles.\n\nOn 24 April 2014, the Lyublinsky Court, represented by Judge Anna Zotko, ruled on a civil suit against Navalny by Sergei Neverov, a Duma deputy from United Russia, for protection of honour and dignity. Neverov demanded a refutation of information spread by Navalny about undeclared dacha plots belonging to the deputy. The court ruled that Navalny must publish a refutation on the Internet within ten days, despite the fact that Navalny is under house arrest and has no right to use the Internet.\n\nIn May 2016, a libel case was filed against Navalny against former policeman Pavel Karpov: the politician was accused of publishing videos accusing Karpov of crimes, including his involvement in the murder of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.\n\nIn June 2020, a libel case was filed against Navalny against Ignat Artemenko, a World War II veteran who took part in the recording of a video in support of constitutional amendments. A signature of non-deportation was taken.\n\nOn 20 August Navalny became ill on a plane flying from Tomsk to Moscow. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, where he was taken to an emergency hospital. According to reports from the politician's supporters and loved ones, plainclothes operatives were on the hospital grounds. Navalny's relatives are convinced that he was poisoned. After long negotiations, Navalny's relatives managed to get him transferred to the German clinic Charité on 22 August. Two days later, representatives of the clinic announced that they had found signs of the Novichok chemical warfare agent in his body. In October, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed the presence of traces of Novichok poison in Navalny's tests. The politician spent about two weeks in a coma. In December, the Bellingcat research group together with The Insider published the results of an investigation into the possible involvement of FSB officers in Navalny's poisoning.\n\nOn 29 December, it became known that a fraud case had been opened against Navalny: he was accused of spending for personal purposes most of the money transferred to him as donations.\n\nOn 12 January 2021, the Federal Penitentiary Service demanded that Navalny's suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher case be replaced with a real one. On 17 January, when Navalny flew to Russia, he was detained at Sheremetyevo airport while going through passport control. The next day, the court sent Navalny to custody for 30 days at an on-site session at a police station in Khimki near Moscow. On 2 February, the court satisfied the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service.\n\nOn 20 February, Navalny was sentenced to a fine of 850 thousand rubles in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nIn April, it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for creating a non-profit organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nOn 25 May it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for insulting justice of the peace Vera Akimova, who delivered a verdict in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nOn 22 March 2022, Navalny was sentenced to nine years of strict regime and a fine of 1.2 million rubles in a case of fraud and contempt of court.\n\nIn September 2021, it became known that a case was opened against Navalny and his supporters for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of financing extremist activities, legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned case of establishing a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. Later it became known that Navalny was also charged with calls for extremist activity and rehabilitation of Nazism - because of statements and actions that had previously given rise to cases against other people.\n\nOn 4 August 2023, Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in a special regime colony. This was made possible because the court, which ruled on the fraud case in March 2022, changed the sentence in the Kirovles case from suspended to real.\n\nOn 27 September 2023, Navalny was transferred to a single cell-type facility for a year.\n\nDuring his time in the colony Navalny was sent to the punishment cell at least 27 times.\n\nIn December, Navalny's support group reported that his lawyers had already been denied access to him several times, and that he had already been prevented from attending court hearings on his claims against the colony administration via video link several times, explaining this by electricity problems. The situation is aggravated by the fact that shortly before Navalny became ill in his cell. On 25 December, it became known that Navalny was transferred to a colony in the Yamalo-Nenets district (before that he was in the Vladimir region). Already in January 2024, he was again sent to a punishment cell.\n\nIn detention, the politician experienced various health problems. At the end of March 2021, Alexei Navalny went on hunger strike in the colony because a doctor was not allowed to visit him. Then he complained of severe back pain, numbness in his leg, because of the pain he could not step on his foot. But, according to the lawyer, he was brought only two ibuprofen tablets from the prison sanitary unit.\nIn April 2023, Alexei Navalny's lawyer reported that he was called an ambulance because of an aggravated stomach ailment.\nIn November 2023, Navalny reported that he was prevented from visiting a dentist outside the colony to have his teeth examined and prophylactically cleaned.\nIn January 2023, Navalny became very ill in the SHIZO. He had a high temperature, cough and fever; no transfer of medication or hospitalisation was allowed.\n\nOn 16 February 2024, the FSIN Directorate reported Navalny's death in the colony. The next day this information was also confirmed by the politician's supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2014,"persecution_days_from_verdict":10,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 128.1 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Navalny's libel case against municipal deputy Lisovenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"Called a municipal deputy of Moscow's Babushkinsky district a drug addict in a tweet","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2014, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2014-04-21T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-04-21T20:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1xVRUoWL3QPFhS"},{"persecution_id":"recAqk5VJv505SDZn","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recflA3LDL9LpLNDQ","name_en":"Alexei Navalny","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxpNbPCrkjKYqUd.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxpNbPCrkjKYqUd.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May 2011, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against him for causing property damage by deception to Kirovles. On 10 April 2012, the case was dismissed for lack of corpus delicti, but was reopened on 29 May 2012 by order of the leadership of the Russian Investigative Committee. According to the investigation, Navalny, together with Pyotr Ofitserov, set up the Vyatskaya Lesnaya Kompaniya (Vyatka Forest Company), which purchased timber products from Kirovles at understated prices and then sold them to consumers at market prices. The defence argued that the purchase from Kirovles was made at market prices. On 18 July 2013, the Leninsky District Court of Kirov sentenced Navalny and Ofitserov to five years in prison. The convicts were taken into custody in the courtroom, but spent less than a day in the pre-trial detention centre - the next day the court, on the proposal of the prosecutor's office, ruled to release Navalny and Ofitserov on their own recognisance until the verdict enters into legal force. This was preceded by mass protests in various Russian cities. On 16 October 2013, the Kirov Regional Court replaced Navalny and Ofitserov's real sentences with suspended sentences.\n\nIn November 2016, the Supreme Court cancelled the verdict due to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which recognised the prosecution as groundless. The Leninsky Court of Kirov began to re-examine the case. After Navalny announced his intention to run for president, the court began to hold sessions in a more intensive mode. On 1 February 2017, the court elected Navalny a measure of restraint in the form of a order not to leave. On 8 February, Navalny was sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence.\n\nOn 14 December 2012, information appeared about the initiation of a case against Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg on fraud and legalisation of funds to the detriment of the Russian division of the company \"Yves Rocher\". According to the investigation, the Navalny's stole more than 26 million roubles from \"Yves Rocher Vostok\" and more than 4 million roubles from \"Multiprofile Processing Company\" through fraud. According to the latest information, Yves Rocher submitted a report to the Investigative Committee back in February 2013, stating that no damage had been done to the company. Alexei Navalny was on a order not to leave on charges in this case, but after his detention on 24 February 2014 and arrest on the trail of a mass event in support of those convicted in the \"Bolotnaya case\" on Tverskaya Street, the Basmanny court changed his preventive measure to house arrest. On 24 April, the Zamoskvoretsky court held preliminary hearings on the case. On 28 April, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, having satisfied the motion of the lawyers who found numerous violations in it. On 30 December 2014, the charge was partially reclassified, from simple fraud to business fraud. Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years' suspended imprisonment. On 17 February 2015, the sentence was left unchanged - Navalny was only exempted from paying a 500,000 fine.\n\nOn 10 April 2014, a libel case was brought against Navalny on the claim of Alexey Lisovenko, a municipal deputy of the Babushkinsky district of Moscow. The deputy was called a drug addict in Navalny's tweet after the deputy himself said that Navalny continued to tweet despite the fact that, being under house arrest, he had no right to do so. Lisovenko demanded that Navalny be sentenced to community service. On 22 April, a magistrate judge found Navalny guilty, although there was no evidence that Navalny had tweeted the relevant message, and sentenced him to a fine of 300,000 rubles.\n\nOn 24 April 2014, the Lyublinsky Court, represented by Judge Anna Zotko, ruled on a civil suit against Navalny by Sergei Neverov, a Duma deputy from United Russia, for protection of honour and dignity. Neverov demanded a refutation of information spread by Navalny about undeclared dacha plots belonging to the deputy. The court ruled that Navalny must publish a refutation on the Internet within ten days, despite the fact that Navalny is under house arrest and has no right to use the Internet.\n\nIn May 2016, a libel case was filed against Navalny against former policeman Pavel Karpov: the politician was accused of publishing videos accusing Karpov of crimes, including his involvement in the murder of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.\n\nIn June 2020, a libel case was filed against Navalny against Ignat Artemenko, a World War II veteran who took part in the recording of a video in support of constitutional amendments. A signature of non-deportation was taken.\n\nOn 20 August Navalny became ill on a plane flying from Tomsk to Moscow. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, where he was taken to an emergency hospital. According to reports from the politician's supporters and loved ones, plainclothes operatives were on the hospital grounds. Navalny's relatives are convinced that he was poisoned. After long negotiations, Navalny's relatives managed to get him transferred to the German clinic Charité on 22 August. Two days later, representatives of the clinic announced that they had found signs of the Novichok chemical warfare agent in his body. In October, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed the presence of traces of Novichok poison in Navalny's tests. The politician spent about two weeks in a coma. In December, the Bellingcat research group together with The Insider published the results of an investigation into the possible involvement of FSB officers in Navalny's poisoning.\n\nOn 29 December, it became known that a fraud case had been opened against Navalny: he was accused of spending for personal purposes most of the money transferred to him as donations.\n\nOn 12 January 2021, the Federal Penitentiary Service demanded that Navalny's suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher case be replaced with a real one. On 17 January, when Navalny flew to Russia, he was detained at Sheremetyevo airport while going through passport control. The next day, the court sent Navalny to custody for 30 days at an on-site session at a police station in Khimki near Moscow. On 2 February, the court satisfied the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service.\n\nOn 20 February, Navalny was sentenced to a fine of 850 thousand rubles in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nIn April, it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for creating a non-profit organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nOn 25 May it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for insulting justice of the peace Vera Akimova, who delivered a verdict in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nOn 22 March 2022, Navalny was sentenced to nine years of strict regime and a fine of 1.2 million rubles in a case of fraud and contempt of court.\n\nIn September 2021, it became known that a case was opened against Navalny and his supporters for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of financing extremist activities, legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned case of establishing a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. Later it became known that Navalny was also charged with calls for extremist activity and rehabilitation of Nazism - because of statements and actions that had previously given rise to cases against other people.\n\nOn 4 August 2023, Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in a special regime colony. This was made possible because the court, which ruled on the fraud case in March 2022, changed the sentence in the Kirovles case from suspended to real.\n\nOn 27 September 2023, Navalny was transferred to a single cell-type facility for a year.\n\nDuring his time in the colony Navalny was sent to the punishment cell at least 27 times.\n\nIn December, Navalny's support group reported that his lawyers had already been denied access to him several times, and that he had already been prevented from attending court hearings on his claims against the colony administration via video link several times, explaining this by electricity problems. The situation is aggravated by the fact that shortly before Navalny became ill in his cell. On 25 December, it became known that Navalny was transferred to a colony in the Yamalo-Nenets district (before that he was in the Vladimir region). Already in January 2024, he was again sent to a punishment cell.\n\nIn detention, the politician experienced various health problems. At the end of March 2021, Alexei Navalny went on hunger strike in the colony because a doctor was not allowed to visit him. Then he complained of severe back pain, numbness in his leg, because of the pain he could not step on his foot. But, according to the lawyer, he was brought only two ibuprofen tablets from the prison sanitary unit.\nIn April 2023, Alexei Navalny's lawyer reported that he was called an ambulance because of an aggravated stomach ailment.\nIn November 2023, Navalny reported that he was prevented from visiting a dentist outside the colony to have his teeth examined and prophylactically cleaned.\nIn January 2023, Navalny became very ill in the SHIZO. He had a high temperature, cough and fever; no transfer of medication or hospitalisation was allowed.\n\nOn 16 February 2024, the FSIN Directorate reported Navalny's death in the colony. The next day this information was also confirmed by the politician's supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":262,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159","174.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159","Part 2, Article 174.1"],"case_group_en":["The Yves Rocher case"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Navalny's case on fraud and money laundering","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version, through OJSC Main Subscription Agency, which was under his control, he concluded a contract for transport services with a French company, under which Main Subscription Agency received 55,184,767 rubles for 4.5 years of services, of which it paid 31,598,750 rubles to OJSC Autosaga for transport services directly provided to Yves Rocher, allegedly stealing the rest of the money.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2021 to 14.06.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2021 to 04.06.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2021 to 19.04.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.06.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.12.2014, Sentence: 3 years 6 months of suspended deprivation of liberty, a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months of suspended deprivation of liberty, a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2014-12-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-12-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 04-11-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/179697.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recAqk5VJv505SDZn"},{"persecution_id":"recF1onr18g9uZydx","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:43:31.000Z","person_id":"recctectCjehJ3PDC","name_en":"Alexander Byvshev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzf9FuF0YPLLr8h.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzf9FuF0YPLLr8h.jpg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of the settlement of Kromy, a former schoolteacher and a poet.\n\nIn mid-May 2014 a criminal case was initiated against Byvshev on charges of inciting hatred and enmity on national grounds in connection with his posting of the poem, “To Ukrainian Patriots” – which was twice recognised as extremist – on the VKontakte social network. A second criminal case was later reported to have been initiated under the same article in connection with his posting of the poem, “Ukrainian Rebels”.\n\nIn July 2015, Byvshev was sentenced in the first case to 300 hours of compulsory labour with a two-year ban on working as a schoolteacher.\n\nIn January 2017, a third criminal case was reported to have been initiated against Byvshev under the article on incitement of ethnic hatred – this time for the poem, “On the Independence of Ukraine”. In April 2018, he was sentenced to 330 hours of community work. Later, the court combined the punishments and imposed on Byvshev 400 hours of community work with a deprivation of the right to work at school. However, the court ruled that the period served under the 2015 punishment be counted toward the sentence, thereby reducing the total number of community work hours to 100.\n\nOn 18 January 2018, a case was reported to have been initiated against Byvshev for obstruction of justice because he had disclosed the details of the other criminal cases initiated against him to journalists.\n\nIn April 2018, a fifth criminal case was initiated for the poems, “The Russian Spirit” and “The Mighty Heap”, with Byvshev again charged with inciting ethnic hatred.\n\nIn August 2018, a sixth criminal case was initiated. Byvshev was charged with public calls for extremist activity on the Internet for publishing the poem, “Dedicated to NATO Expansion to the East”. This case and the two previous ones were consolidated into a single proceeding. On 28 February 2019, the proceeding was terminated; however, on 8 April, Byvshev was informed that the investigation had been resumed. On 3 October, the Investigative Committee terminated the proceeding in the case concerning the poem about NATO expansion, and on 5 October, in the case concerning obstruction of justice. The case concerning the poems about the Russian spirit and the mighty heap was referred to the court, which on 29 October terminated it.\n\nOn 1 December 2022, Byvshev was arrested for seven days due to a Facebook post in which he used the word “chmobiki” (a pejorative term used to refer to servicemen conscripted to the Russian military). The poet was charged with inciting hatred or enmity towards the Russian army (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nSubsequently, Byvshev was taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism. It was later reported that a criminal case had also been initiated against him for spreading “fakes” about the Russian army. On 19 March 2024, Byvshev was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony. On 27 May, the court of appeals reduced the term by two months. A letter from Byvshev revealed that in November 2023, another case was initiated against him under the article of public justification of terrorism, and in December a new case under the article on “fakes” about the Russian army.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kromy settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":425,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the “Ukrainian Patriots”","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published a poem, “To Ukrainian patriots” inciting hatred and hostility.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.07.2015, Sentence: 300 hours of compulsory labour and a two-year ban on working as a school teacher","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"300 hours of compulsory labour and a two-year ban on working as a school teacher","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-01-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/01/d36201/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recF1onr18g9uZydx"},{"persecution_id":"recWApK5vT4Dknto5","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:48:16.000Z","person_id":"recADYwI4uNCUvN6a","name_en":"Boris Stomakhin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Essayist and founder of the newspaper Radical Politics.\nOn 17 November 2000, following the publication of Stomakhin’s article The Programme of the National Revolution and a series of political statements on the website of the Revolutionary Contact Association, the prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case against him. He was accused of calling for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order, insulting a government official, and slandering a government official. In August 2001, the case was closed due to the absence of corpus delicti.\n\nIn 2002, a new criminal case was opened under Article 280 of the Russian Criminal Code in connection with further publications in Radical Politics. This case was closed in the summer of 2003.\n\nIn 2006, Stomakhin was convicted under Part 2 of Article 280 (“Public incitement to extremist activity”) and Part 1 of Article 282 (“Actions aimed at inciting hatred or enmity”) of the Russian Criminal Code. He was sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony and was banned from engaging in journalistic activity for three years. He served his sentence at Corrective Colony No. 4 in the village of Burepolom, Nizhnii Novgorod Region, and was released on 21 March 2011.\n\nOn 20 November 2012, Stomakhin was detained again, this time on suspicion of offences under Part 1 of Article 205.2 (“Public justification of terrorism”) and Part 1 of Article 282. Charges were formally brought the next day and concerned three articles published online. On 4 March 2013 the charges were expanded to include Part 1 of Article 280 (“Public calls for extremist activity”), with three additional texts added to the indictment.\n\nOn 24 April 2013, the charges were reclassified as more serious after investigators determined that the blog and website on which the texts appeared constituted “mass media”. Accordingly, the charges under Articles 280 and 205.2 were raised from Part 1 to Part 2. On 4 June 2013, a further charge was added: incitement of hatred towards Orthodox Christians, allegedly through “insulting references to the Most High” and “derogatory, insulting references to a saint” (as phrased in the indictment). Stomakhin was also charged with “preparation for public justification of terrorism committed through mass media” (Part 1 of Article 30 and Part 2 of Article 205.2), which included, among other things, “justification of the activities of terrorists who killed Alexander II”.\n\nOn 22 April 2014, Stomakhin was sentenced to six and a half years in a strict-regime penal colony. He was convicted under Part 2 of Article 205.2 (“Public justification or propaganda of terrorism via mass media”), Part 1 of Article 282, Part 2 of Article 280, and Part 1 of Article 30 combined with Part 2 of Article 205.2.\nOn 15 July 2014, the Moscow City Court upheld the sentence, despite the expiry of the statute of limitations for several episodes. While serving his sentence, Stomakhin was accused of publishing, on 18 January 2014 on the LJ.Rossia platform, an article titled Or to Blow Up a Couple of Railway Stations Here!, concerning the December 2013 attacks in Volgograd. On 20 April 2015, the Moscow District Military Court sentenced him to a further three years in a strict-regime colony under Part 1 of Article 205.2. Taking into account his previous conviction, his total sentence amounted to seven years in a strict-regime colony, extending his imprisonment by six months. The court also imposed a five-year ban on practising journalism after release.\n\nStomakhin was released on 19 September 2019.\n\nIn May 2024, it was reported that a new case had been opened against him for disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He was placed on a wanted list and arrested in absentia. In January 2025, the case went to trial, and it became known that he was also charged with incitement to hatred.\n\nOn 26 March 2025, Stomakhin was sentenced in absentia to ten years’ imprisonment.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":473,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Boris Stomakhin's third case","persecution_case_profile_en":"While serving his sentence, Stomakhin was accused of having published the article \"Should a couple of railway stations be blown up here!\", dedicated to the explosions in Volgograd in December 2013, on January 18, 2014 on the hosting site LJ. 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The defendants and visitors to the concert at the club claimed that the guards themselves provoked the fight and used weapons.\n\nIn 2013, the investigation admitted that Sutuga had nothing to do with the episode of 4 December. In summer 2013, he was released from custody on bail, and in January 2014 the case was dropped under an amnesty.\n\nAfter that, according to Sutuga, employees of the Centre for Countering Extremism threatened him with \"problems\". In April 2014, operatives of the Centre \"E\" detained him after an anti-fascist concert. The pretext was the commission of a crime by an unknown person in the area of the concert. During the detention Sutuga was questioned about his trip to Maidan. All the other detainees were soon released, while Sutuga was charged with petty hooliganism and left at the police department. He was then charged with taking part in a fight at the Sbarro cafe on 2 January 2014, where he struck multiple blows with a chair, legs and a homemade hammer to several people. Sutuga himself claimed that he was breaking up the fighting - the fight, according to him, was between a group of radical right-wing activists and another group of young people - and hit someone once in the process of breaking people up. On 1 October, Sutuga was sentenced to three years and one month in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 17 March 2015, while in the pre-trial detention facility in Irkutsk, from where he should have been transferred to a colony long ago, Sutuga went on a dry hunger strike due to the fact that he was pressured in the pre-trial detention facility: they offered to stay there instead of in the colony, and when Sutuga refused, they took away his letters and books. After Sutuga's hunger strike became known outside the pre-trial detention centre, he was transferred to the colony. He stopped his hunger strike. In the colony, Sutuga was soon sent to a punishment cell, as a certain metal sharpened strip was found in his belongings, although his belongings had been checked before. The colony authorities then ordered Sutuga to be kept in solitary confinement for a year. At the end of May 2015, it became known that Sutuga was not in the colony; later it turned out that he had been transferred to a neighbouring high-security colony. On 30 June 2016, Sutuga was returned to the colony where he had been before.\nOn 4 May 2017, Sutuga was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":272,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexei Sutuga","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he beat Rustam Mirza, Vyacheslav Belov and Mark Parkhomenko with a chair, table, legs and a homemade hammer.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.04.2014 to 09.02.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Irkutsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.03.2015 to 28.05.2015, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2015 to 21.03.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.06.2016 to 04.05.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.05.2015 to 30.06.2016, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Irkutsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.10.2014, Sentence: Three years one month of detention of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years one month of detention of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":37,"first_verdict_date":"2014-09-30T20:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2014-09-30T20:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-06-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/188236.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-03-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/229130.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recX3kNB2UcawbHs4"},{"persecution_id":"recKYWbxAFAgxiYpN","last_updated":"2025-08-05T07:48:03.000Z","person_id":"recmrevVmghPzMkE3","name_en":"Vagid Guseykhanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attHdD7YjxtlpbprE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attHdD7YjxtlpbprE.jpg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A native of Dagestan, he resided in Moscow. In 2012, he was convicted in a case of illegal transportation of ammunition, claiming that it had been planted on him.\n\nHe was detained on 7 May 2014 and taken into custody. Initially the case was initiated under the article on illegal possession of explosives, in October the charge of preparation to commit a terrorist act was added. His flatmates testified against Huseykhanov, who was initially taken into custody, but was later sentenced to six months' imprisonment and released after serving his sentence. When questioned, Huseykhanov said that the explosives had been planted in their flat.\n\nHuman rights activists consider the case falsified and regard it as part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nOn 10 March 2016, Huseykhanov was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nPresumably, he was released in May 2025.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow","Odintsovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow","Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW","RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":672,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 222","Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Odintsovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in late April of 2014, together with Nurmagomedov checked the operability of a car alarm control unit with a key fob near the Odintsovo city administration, \"assuming their possible use as elements of an electronic mechanism to detonate an improvised explosive device.\"","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.05.2014 to 26.05.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 22 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.05.2016\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.05.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 22 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n• Unknown: from 01.05.2025 to 01.11.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2016-03-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-11-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-yakoby-podgotovke-terakta-9-maya-2014-goda-v-odincovo\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recKYWbxAFAgxiYpN"},{"persecution_id":"recuyNUBMWjukq3Oh","last_updated":"2025-08-05T07:48:03.000Z","person_id":"recVRxRaEiqzvyNo6","name_en":"Yusuf Huseykhanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnzqnH0yXlD48wT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnzqnH0yXlD48wT.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-01-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Born in Dagestan, he worked as a crane operator in Moscow.\n\nDetained on 7 May 2014 and taken into custody. Initially the case was opened under the article on illegal possession of explosives, in June the charge of preparation to commit a terrorist act was added. Huseykhanov was testified to by his flatmates, who were also initially taken into custody, but were later sentenced to six months' imprisonment and released due to time served. Huseykhanov requested a confrontation with them, but the investigation refused. During interrogation, he claimed that the explosives had been planted in their flat.\n\nIn June 2015, another case was opened against Huseykhanov for illegal possession of explosives. The cases were merged. The case includes testimony from secret witnesses who allegedly sat in the same cell with Huseykhanov and heard from him that he was a Wahhabi, that all the defendants in the case supported illegal armed groups and were going to commit a terrorist act to avenge their murdered associates.\n\nHuman rights activists consider the case to be falsified and regard it as part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nOn 10 March 2016, Huseykhanov was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow","Odintsovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow","Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW","RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":672,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 222","Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Odintsovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with Asret Rizakhanov, \"no later than 31 March 2014,\" they moved the ammunition and IEDs in their possession and hid them in a cache in the Khiva district of Dagestan","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.05.2014 to 26.05.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 27 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 27 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.05.2016\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 27 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2016-03-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-11-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-yakoby-podgotovke-terakta-9-maya-2014-goda-v-odincovo\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recuyNUBMWjukq3Oh"},{"persecution_id":"recXkaflfACynSdXD","last_updated":"2025-08-05T07:48:03.000Z","person_id":"recZbwY1dbEd6IrAJ","name_en":"Ismailov Azim Nazirovich","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att7AkwPO4uPTjjma.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att7AkwPO4uPTjjma.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A native of Dagestan, he worked as a driver in Moscow.\n\nHe was detained on 7 May 2014 and taken into custody. Initially the case was opened under the article on illegal possession of explosives, in June the charge of preparing to commit a terrorist act was added. Ismailov was testified to by his flatmates, who were initially also taken into custody, but were later sentenced to six months' imprisonment and released after serving their time.\n\nIn June 2015, Ismailov was also prosecuted for manufacturing explosives. The cases were merged. The case includes testimony from secret witnesses who allegedly sat in the same cell with Ismailov and heard from him that he was a Wahhabi, that all the defendants in the case supported illegal armed groups and were going to carry out a terrorist attack to avenge their murdered associates.\n\nHuman rights activists consider the case to be falsified and regard it as part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nOn 10 March 2016, Ismailov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow","Odintsovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow","Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW","RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":672,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 223 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","205","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 222","Part 2, Article 205","Article 223 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Odintsovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no later than 7 May 2014, together with Ildarkhan Rizakhanov, they manufactured an explosive device.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.05.2014 to 26.05.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.05.2016\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"","verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2016-03-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-11-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-yakoby-podgotovke-terakta-9-maya-2014-goda-v-odincovo\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recXkaflfACynSdXD"},{"persecution_id":"rec9Gf85lZZwn9YFs","last_updated":"2025-08-05T07:48:03.000Z","person_id":"recNmLBeOx93SqDo2","name_en":"Semed Nurmagomedov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att7YBieeFAaHszi5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att7YBieeFAaHszi5.jpeg"],"birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A native of Dagestan (a republic of Russia in the North Caucasus), he worked as a salesman in Odintsovo near Moscow.\n\nHe was detained on 7 May 2014 and taken into custody. The case was initially initiated under the article on illegal possession of explosives; in June, the charge of preparing to commit a terrorist act was added. Nurmagomedov was testified against by his flatmates, who were initially also taken into custody, but later sentenced to six months in prison and released due to time served. The case includes testimony from secret witnesses who allegedly sat in the same cell with Nurmagomedov and heard from him that he was a Wahhabi, that all the defendants in the case supported illegal armed groups and were going to carry out a terrorist attack to avenge their killed associates.\n\nHuman rights activists consider the case to be falsified and regard it as part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nOn 10 March 2016, Nurmagomedov was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow","Odintsovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow","Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW","RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":672,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["other","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 222","Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Odintsovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in late April 2014, together with Vagid Guseykhanov, they checked the operability of a car alarm control unit with a key fob near the Odintsovo city administration, \"assuming their possible use as elements of an electronic mechanism for triggering an IED\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.05.2014 to 26.05.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.05.2016\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2016-03-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-11-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-yakoby-podgotovke-terakta-9-maya-2014-goda-v-odincovo\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec9Gf85lZZwn9YFs"},{"persecution_id":"rec1D2VvrJxvhfSZ9","last_updated":"2025-08-05T07:48:03.000Z","person_id":"recfZ2VdqPeFyGQml","name_en":"Asret Rizakhanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUTEatWBIMbv8m7.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUTEatWBIMbv8m7.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A native of Dagestan (a republic of Russia in the North Caucasus), he worked as a salesman in Odintsovo near Moscow.\n\nHe was detained on 7 May 2014 and taken into custody. The case was initially opened under the article on illegal possession of explosives, in June the charge of preparing to commit a terrorist act was added. Rizakhanov was testified against by his flatmates, who were initially also taken into custody, but were later sentenced to six months' imprisonment and released due to time served.\n\nIn June 2015, another case was opened against Rizakhanov for illegal possession of explosives. The cases were merged. The case includes testimony from secret witnesses who allegedly sat in the same cell with Rizakhanov and heard from him that he was a Wahhabi, that all the defendants in the case supported illegal armed groups and were going to commit a terrorist act to avenge the murdered associates.\n\nHuman rights activists consider the case to be falsified and regard it as part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nOn 10 March 2016, Rizakhanov was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow","Odintsovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow","Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW","RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":672,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 222","Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Odintsovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with Yusuf Guseykhanov, \"no later than 31 March 2014,\" they moved the ammunition and IEDs in their possession and hid them in a cache in the Khiva district of Dagestan","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.05.2014 to 26.05.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 25 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 25 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.05.2016\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 25 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic","verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2016-03-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-11-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-yakoby-podgotovke-terakta-9-maya-2014-goda-v-odincovo\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec1D2VvrJxvhfSZ9"},{"persecution_id":"recI2b48mhLdo2lpD","last_updated":"2025-08-05T07:48:03.000Z","person_id":"recUQIcMkWvpcExap","name_en":"Ildarkhan Rizakhanov","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He lived and worked in Dagestan and came to Odintsovo near Moscow to look for a doctor for his son - the child was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and epilepsy.\n\nHe was detained on 7 May 2014 and taken into custody. Initially the case was initiated under the article on illegal possession of explosives, in October the charge of preparation to commit a terrorist act was added. Rizakhanov was testified to by his flatmates, who were initially also taken into custody, but were later sentenced to six months' imprisonment and released due to time served.\n\nIn June 2015, a case was also opened against Rizakhanov for the manufacture of explosives. The cases were merged.\n\nHuman rights activists consider the case to be falsified and regard it as part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nOn 10 March 2016, Rizakhanov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony. He died in custody in February 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow","Odintsovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow","Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW","RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2014-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":672,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 223 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","205","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 222","Part 2, Article 205","Article 223 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of preparation of a terrorist attack in Odintsovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no later than 7 May 2014, together with Ismailov they made an explosive device.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2014-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.05.2014 to 26.05.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.02.2021\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.05.2016\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2016-03-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-11-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-yakoby-podgotovke-terakta-9-maya-2014-goda-v-odincovo\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recI2b48mhLdo2lpD"},{"persecution_id":"rec9iyasMcPjU4D6A","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"rec7DHPcClddjQDyn","name_en":"Mikhail Oreshnikov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine"],"story_en":"Leader of the movement for the independence of Chuvashia. In the late 2000s, he was a member of ultra-right-wing groups. In May 2009, Oreshnikov and his friend were detained in connection with an attempt to set fire to a police station: according to the investigation, this was a reaction to the death of Maxim Bazylev, leader of the National Socialist Society, in a Moscow detention centre. Oreshnikov was sentenced to one and a half years in a general regime penal colony on charges of attempted destruction of property and hooliganism motivated by political hatred. Once released, he became a member of the far-right movement Restrukt and organised \"Russian marches\". On 1 May 2014, Oreshnikov planned to hold a rally in support of Ukraine, but he was detained near his home and taken to the police station.  The activist claims he was beaten at the police station. After the events at the police station, a case of violence against a representative of the authorities was opened against him. Soon Oreshnikov was detained at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, but was released on recognisance not to abscond.\n\nOreshnikov left Russia for Ukraine, where he sought political asylum. In November 2020, he was detained at Jakarta airport, and the Russian Federation tried to get him extradited.\n\nOn 17 May 2023, Oreshnikov's relatives in Cheboksary were searched. No later than September, he was taken into custody in absentia. It became known that a case of incitement to hatred with the threat of violence on three episodes was also brought against him. Then came the accusation of calls to extremism.\n\nOn 28 August 2025, the court sentenced Oreshnikov in absentia to seven and a half years in a general regime penal colony on the case of incitement to hatred and calls to extremism.\n\nIn February 2026, an asterisk appeared next to Oreshnikov's name on the Rosfinmonitoring's list of extremists and terrorists, which is placed next to the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of assembly","freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Oreshnikov's case","case_number":"1-270/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in February 2023 in his Telegram channel he posted a photo of the yard of the head of the department for counteraction to extremist organisations and associations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chuvashia with a derogatory caption and threats, later he published a post also containing signs of incitement to hatred against the employees of the regional centre for counteraction to extremism and the FSB. In March of the same year, the accused called an FSB officer and threatened him with death, then posted a recording of the conversation on his channel. Threats against law enforcers were also posted in May and November 2023.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.08.2025, Sentence: 7 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony in absentia","verdict_essence_en":"7 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2025-08-28T05:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9iyasMcPjU4D6A"},{"persecution_id":"recvzuzWKxpfy1aAZ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recCztWY9hftKjJVq","name_en":"Rustam Midov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Rustam Midov, a resident of Nalchik, is the brother of Kaplan Midov, who was convicted in the 2005 attack on Nalchik. Rustam Midov said that on the day of the attack he was detained and severely beaten like other detainees, and then for a long time law enforcers came to his relatives' homes, he himself was repeatedly detained and threatened because he was helping his brother.\nAccording to Midov, they tried to kidnap him in 2013, but people passing by who stopped to find out what was going on prevented it. Midov left for Pyatigorsk and then Moscow. In the spring of 2014, his relatives received a summons from the Investigative Committee, and Midov returned home. His home was searched, he was detained, beaten and tortured with a stun gun, and threatened to have his relatives raped and killed, as a result of which he testified that he had participated in the preparation of the attack on Nalchik. After Midov was released, he went to Moscow, where he was detained by FSB officers and also tortured and forced to sign a paper on cooperation. Midov was released and left for Turkey on 30 May 2014.\nOn 24 June 2014, a criminal case was opened against him for involvement in an illegal armed formation. On 24 April 2017, a case was opened against Midov in Russia for involvement in a terrorist organisation in connection with the attack on Nalchik; on 31 May, the two cases were merged. The case stated that Midov was involved in the war in Syria, where he had never been, according to his own words. He was placed on the Interpol list, prompting the Istanbul prosecutor's office to launch an investigation and deportation proceedings, but the investigation was dropped after it was establisged that there was no evidence of his presence in Syria or involvement with terrorist groups.\nMidov believes the persecution is due to the fact that he helped his brother Kaplan after he was detained in a criminal case. Midov's mother has been searched several times since Rustam's departure.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nalchik"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2014-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rustam Midov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from September 2013 to March 2014, he provided shelter, food and car rides to members of an illegal armed group. 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In March 2014, he went to Sevastopol to guard the participants of Taras Shevchenko's 200th anniversary rally. After a scuffle with provocateurs, he was detained and charged with attempted murder and illegal transportation of weapons. In his own words, he wanted to scare them away and fired a pistol into the ground. After being detained, he was beaten with a stun gun. Shiptur was placed in custody. On 28 April 2015, he was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime colony. On 16 June 2015, the appeal court dropped the weapons charge and reduced the sentence by one year. Shiptur was released on 7 March 2023 and sent to a temporary detention centre for foreign citizens. 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He was detained in August 2014 when he came to Moscow to meet with business partners.  He was accused of espionage: according to the investigation, he tried to smuggle parts of certain Russian weapons to Ukraine in a KamAZ truck. For this purpose, he allegedly offered a certain official of the Russian Defence Ministry 6,000 dollars. RAPSI reported that the dollars were confiscated to the Russian treasury.\nInterfax, citing the FSB press centre, reported that the parts Soloshenko was interested in were secret components for S-300 surface-to-air missile systems. \"At the same time, he acted on behalf of the state enterprise \"Generator Plant\" and the corporation \"Sky of Ukraine\", and the products planned for purchase were intended for the restoration of air defence systems of Ukraine\", - stated the security forces. Meanwhile, one of the prisoner's sons said: \"Everyone knows that he was framed by an acquaintance with whom he co-operated and trusted\". Apparently, under pressure, Soloshenko refused independent lawyers. 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On 24 November 2014, he was detained as part of a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. 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Kugotov, as well as other believers, held meetings with the \"Tablighi Jamaat\", as well as other believers, held collective discussions on issues related to the organisation of the activities of the established Tablighi Jamaat cell, planned trips to the Republic of Dagestan to perform \"dagvat\", read and discussed the works of the ideologist of the international extremist religious association \"Tablighi Jamaat\" Sheikhul Hadis Maulana Muhammad Zakaria Kandehlevi - \"Fazail Amali, \"Values of Namaz\", \"Values of Quran\", \"Values of Zikr\", \"Values of Tabligh\", \"Values of Romazan\", \"Piety and Piety\", \"Selected Hadiths\" reflecting the views and ideology of \"Tablighi Jamaat\". He repeatedly invited other mosque members to join the discussion at the mashurah and participate in the dagvat ceremony, declaring the ideas of Tablighi Jamaat to be the only true and correct ideas in Islam.\n\nActing on the instructions of M.P. Khrachev, from winter 2009 to 24 November 2014, he began to actively conduct religious rituals characteristic of Tablighi Jamaat, attracting believers to participate in them - parishioners of the mosque of the Yubileyny microdistrict of <address>, located at the address: <address>, as well as the prayer room of the hotel \"<data removed>\", located at the address: <address>.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 30.06.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 30.06.2015 to 29.12.2015\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.05.2015, Sentence: 1 year of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-05-14T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-05-14T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQjIHv2z3kEs9xJ"},{"persecution_id":"rec8HH9FBPws5KdaR","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recSBXJdwc8pQF58L","name_en":"Murat Gotov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Cherkessk. On 24 November 2014, he was detained on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Tablighi Jamaat Islamic movement. Its adherents are persecuted solely for their religious activities. 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Khrachev from August 2009 to 24 November 2014, the accused began to actively conduct religious rituals characteristic of Tablighi Jamaat. They involved believers in these activities, specifically parishioners of the Yubileyny microdistrict mosque in Cherkessk, located at <address>, the central mosque of Cherkessk, located at <address>, and the prayer room of the Zvezdny Kompleks hotel, located at <address>.\n\nBetween August 2009 and 24 November 2014, while organizing the activities of a cell of the extremist international religious association Tablighi Jamaat, M.P. Khrachev and his subordinates - V.V. Alekhno, B.S. Karabugaev, M.N. Gotov, Z.K. Kugotov, and R.T. Aibazov - actively promoted the radical ideas and views of Tablighi Jamaat. These ideas were contained in the works of the movement's ideologue, Sheikh ul-Hadith Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi, specifically in the book Faza'il-e-A'maal and its sections: \"Virtues of Namaz\", \"Virtues of the Quran\", \"Virtues of Dhikr\", \"Virtues of Tabligh\", and \"Virtues of Romazan\". These works were recognized as extremist literature by the Sol-Iletsk District Court of the Orenburg Region on 20 April 2010. To promote these ideas, the accused read the texts publicly within their circle and among other Muslims, providing commentary to present Tablighi Jamaat's ideology as the only true interpretation of Islam.\n\nThe accused held collective discussions regarding the organization of the established Tablighi Jamaat cell, planned missionary trips (\"da'wah\") to the Republic of Dagestan, and studied the works of Sheikh ul-Hadith Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi, including Faza'il-e-A'maal, \"Virtues of Namaz\", \"Virtues of the Quran\", \"Virtues of Dhikr\", \"Virtues of Tabligh\", \"Virtues of Romazan\", \"Piety and Fear of God\", and \"Selected Hadiths\". They repeatedly invited other mosque-goers to join their \"mashura\" (consultative) discussions and participate in \"da'wah\" rituals, declaring the ideas of Tablighi Jamaat to be the only true faith in Islam.\n\nActing on the instructions of M.P. Khrachev from the winter of 2009 to 24 November 2014, the accused began to actively conduct religious rituals characteristic of Tablighi Jamaat, involving parishioners of the Yubileyny microdistrict mosque at <address> and the prayer room of the hotel [data redacted], located at <address>.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 30.06.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 30.06.2015 to 29.12.2015\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.05.2015, Sentence: 1 year's suspended imprisonment with a 6-month probation period","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's suspended imprisonment with a 6-month probation period","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-05-14T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-05-14T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8HH9FBPws5KdaR"},{"persecution_id":"reczo3OWLIeRFlZye","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recqGJ9wOVaCNNE6K","name_en":"Batyrbek Karabugaev","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Cherkessk. On 24 November 2014, he was detained on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely on the grounds of their religious activities. 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Khrachev, from August 2009 to 24 November 2014, they began to actively conduct religious rituals characteristic of Tablighi Jamaat, attracting believers to participate in them, who were mainly parishioners of the mosque of the Yubileyny microdistrict of Cherkessk, located at <address> the central mosque of Cherkessk, located at <address>, as well as the prayer room of the hotel \"Zvezdny kompleks\", located at <address>.\n\nIn the period from August 2009 to 24 November 2014, while organising the activities of a cell of the extremist international religious association Tablighi Jamaat, M.P. Khrachev and Alekhno V.V., Karabugaev B.S., Gotov M.N., acting under his leadership, Kugotov Z.H. and Aibazov R.T. actively propagandised the radical ideas and views of Tablighi Jamaat contained in the book of the ideologist of Tablighi Jamaat, Sheikhul Hadis Maulana Mukhamad Zakaria Kandehlevi . His books, \"Fazail Amali, \"Values of Namaz\", \"Values of the Koran\", \"Values of Zikr\", \"Values of Tabligh\", \"Values of Romazan\", recognised as extremist literature by the decision of Sol-Iletsk District Court of the Orenburg region. On 20 April 2010, they read them publicly in their own circle, as well as among other Muslims, and commented on what they read in order to create a positive image of the ideas of Tablighi Jamaat as the only true in the religion of Islam.\n\nHe conducted collective discussions of issues related to the organisation of the activities of the established cell of \"Tablighi Jamaat\", planned trips to perform \"dagwat\" in the Republic of Dagestan, read and discussed the works of the ideologist of the international extremist religious association \"Tablighi Jamaat\" Sheikhul Hadis Maulana Muhammad Zakaria Kandehlevi - \"Fazail Amali\", \"Values of Namaz\", \"Values of Quran\", \"Values of Zikr\", \"Values of Tabligh\", \"Values of Romazan\", \"Piety and Piety\", \"Selected Hadiths\" reflecting the views and ideology of Tablighi Jamaat. They repeatedly offered other mosque worshippers to join the discussion at the \"mashura\", participate in the \"dagvat\" ritual, declaring the ideas of Tablighi Jamaat as the only true and faithful in Islam.\n\nActing on the instructions of M.P. Khrachev, from winter 2009 to 24 November 2014, he began to actively conduct religious rituals characteristic of Tablighi Jamaat, attracting believers to participate in them, who were mainly parishioners of the mosque of the Yubileyny microdistrict of <address>, located at the address: <address>, as well as the prayer room of the hotel \"<redacted>\", located at the address: <address>.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 30.06.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 30.06.2015 to 29.12.2015\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.05.2015, Sentence: 1 year of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-05-14T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-05-14T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reczo3OWLIeRFlZye"},{"persecution_id":"recoUVQySu7XrEcyr","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recFJhojiRcXmRHa6","name_en":"Zaur Kugotov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Cherkessk. On 24 November 2014, he was arrested on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation for his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On 14 May 2015, Kugotov was given 1 year of suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherkessk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2014-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2017-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":171,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Cherkessk","case_number":"1-205/2015","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, acting on the instructions of Khrachev, from August 2009 to 24 November 2014, Kugotov, together with a group of other people began to actively conduct religious rituals characteristic of Tablighi Jamaat, attracting believers to participate in them, such as parishioners of the mosque of the Yubileyny microdistrict of Cherkessk, located at <address> the central mosque of Cherkessk, located at <address>, as well as the prayer room of the hotel \"Star Complex\", located at <address>.\n\nIn the period from August 2009 to 24 November 2014, while organising the activities of a cell of the extremist international religious association Tablighi Jamaat, Khrachev M.P. and acting under his leadership Alekhno V.V., Karabugaev B.S., Gotov M.N., Kugotov Z.H., and Aibazov R.T. actively propagandised the radical ideas and views of Tablighi Jamaat contained in the book of Sheikhul Hadis Maulana Mukhamad Zakaria Kandehlevi, the ideologist of Tablighi Jamaat - \"Fazail Amali, \"Values of Namaz\", \"Values of the Koran\", \"Values of Zikr\", \"Values of Tabligh\", \"Values of Romazan\", which had been recognised as extremist literature by the decision of Sol-Iletsk District Court of the Orenburg region on 20 April 2010. They read them publicly in their own circle, as well as among other Muslims, and commented on what they read in order to create a positive image of the ideas of Tablighi Jamaat as the only true in the religion of Islam.\n\nThey conducted collective discussions of issues related to the organisation of the activities of the established cell of Tablighi Jamaat, planned trips to perform \"dagvat\" in the Republic of Dagestan, read and discussed the works of the ideologist of the international extremist religious association Tablighi Jamaat Sheikhul Hadis Maulana Muhammad Zakaria Kandehlevi - \"Fazail Amali\", \"Values of Namaz\", \"Values of Quran\", \"Values of Zikr\", \"Values of Tabligh\", \"Values of Romazan\", \"Piety and Piety\", \"Selected Hadiths\" reflecting the views and ideology of Tablighi Jamaat. They repeatedly offered other mosque worshippers to join the discussion at the \"mashura\", participate in the \"dagvat\" ritual, declaring the ideas of Tablighi Jamaat as the only true and faithful in Islam.\n\nActing on the instructions of Khrachev M.P., from winter 2009 to 24 November 2014, Kugotov began to actively conduct religious rituals characteristic of Tablighi Jamaat, attracting believers to participate in them - parishioners of the mosque of the Yubileyny microdistrict of <address>, located at the address: <address>, as well as the prayer room of the hotel <data removed>, located at the address: <address>.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 30.06.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 30.06.2015 to 29.12.2015\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.05.2015, Sentence: suspended sentence of 1 year with a probation period of 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"suspended sentence of 1 year with a probation period of 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-05-14T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-05-14T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recoUVQySu7XrEcyr"},{"persecution_id":"recMrvYZab8rEtY4X","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"reclsWcjrn10gH9iv","name_en":"Murat Khrachev","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Cherkessk. Master of Sport in boxing, in 2002 got the title of Champion of Russia. On 24 November 2014, he was detained on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of religious activities. On 14 May 2015, Khrachev was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherkessk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2014-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2014,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2017-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":171,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Cherkessk","case_number":"1-205/2015","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from September 2006, and more actively from August 2009 to 24 November 2014 in Cherkessk, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, in violation of the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 07 May 2009, which came into power and recognised the international religious association \"Tablighi Jamaat\" as extremist and banned its activities on the territory of the Russian Federation in connection with the implementation of extremist activities, deliberately, knowing that he was organising the activities of this extremist organisation in contradiction with the entry into force of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 07 May 2009, committed actions aimed at the maintenance of the international society Tablighi Jamaat and the continuations of its extremist activities under the following circumstances.\n\nThus, between September 2006 and February 2007, under the influence of literary texts by Sheikhul Hadith Maulana Muhammad Zakaria Kandehlevi, an ideologue of the international extremist religious association Tablighi Jamaat, entitled \"Fazail Amali\", \"The Values of Namaz\", \"The Values of the Koran\", \"The Values of Zikr\", \"The Values of Tabligh\", \"The Values of Romazan\", \"Piety and the Fear of God, \"Selected Hadiths\", as well as other religious extremist literature, and travelled between September 2006 and February 2007 to Tablighi Jamaat training centres in the Republic of India and the Republic of Bangladesh, where he studied the religion of Islam in accordance with the views and ideas of Tablighi Jamaat in local Muslim religious educational institutions - the so-called \"Markas\", and also studied the tactics of actions to organise the functioning of Tablighi Jamaat cells in the Russian Federation, with perfect knowledge of the English language, which allowed him to communicate freely and to study, according to his inner conviction, the ideology of the adherents of the radical views and ideas of the international extremist religious association Tablighi Jamaat, which has as its goal the creation of a world Islamic state - a caliphate - by actively interfering in politics in order to change the form of the State.\n\nIn order to study the radical views and ideas of the international extremist religious association Tablighi Jamaat, in January 2007, while in the Republic of India, he travelled to the Republic of Bangladesh, where he continued his study of the ideology of the international extremist religious association Tablighi Jamaat until February 2007.\n\nIn order to study the religion of Islam in greater depth, he studied at the Zakaria Institute of Higher Islamic Studies in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2007 to 2013.\n\nIn August 2009, possessing the appropriate leadership skills and knowledge of the Islamic religion and Sharia (Islamic jurisprudence), being an authority among the members of the Muslim community living in Cherkessk, realising the public danger of his actions, foreseeing the inevitability of socially dangerous consequences in the form of destabilisation of the public and religious situation in violation of the foundations of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation and wishing them to occur, decided to establish a cell of the active Muslim community in the territory of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic.\n\nIn order to create in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic an active cell of the international religious extremist association Tablighi Jamaat and to implement the religious ideas and goals of Tablighi Jamaat, M.P. Khrachev, in the period from August 2009 to 24.11.2014, acting deliberately, involved in his activities residents of Cherkessk: V.V. Alekhno, Kugotov Z.Kh., Gotov M.N., Aibazov R.T. and Karabugaev B.S., dedicating them to his true plan to organise the activities of a cell of the international religious extremist association \"Tablighi Jamaat\" in the republic.\n\nIn addition, he organised the study by V.V. Alekhno, Z.H. Kugotov, M.N. Gotov, R.T. Aybazov and B.S. Karabugaev. The works of Sheikhul Hadis Maulana Muhammad Zakaria Kandehlevi, an ideologue of the international extremist religious association Tablighi Jamaat - \"Fazail Amali\", \"The Values of Namaz\", \"The Values of the Koran\", \"The Values of Zikr\", \"The Values of Tabligh\", \"The Values of Romazan\", \"Selected Hadiths\", \"Piety and the Fear of God\" and other religious literature, included by various federal courts in the federal list of extremist materials of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, teaching mainly the ideology of the international religious extremist association Tablighi Jamaat to form an ideological base for its supporters. At the same time, he presented the ideas of Tablighi Jamaat to his supporters as the only true and correct ideas in Islam.\n\nBeing aware of the fact that on 07 May 2009, on the application of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation in defence of the interests of the Russian Federation, by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the international religious association Tablighi Jamaat in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation is recognized as extremist and its activities are prohibited in the territory of the Russian Federation, in order to organize the activities of the extremist international religious association Tablighi Jamaat, he did not refuse to propagate the goals pursued by it, and did not give up the propaganda. At the same time, he created and organised the activity of a power-structured cell of the international religious extremist association \"Tablighi Jamaat\" in the KCR, in which he took on the role of the leader - \"amir\", single-handedly deciding on the main issues of the cell's functioning.\n\nIn order to strengthen his ideological positions and acquire additional skills in organising the work of the cell of the international extremist religious association Tablighi Jamaat, from May 2014 to January 2015 he made regular trips to the Republics of India and Bangladesh, where he continued studying the religion of Islam in the local Muslim religious educational institutions - the so-called \"Markas\" - in line with the views and ideas of the Tablighi Jamaat.\n\nIn the period from August 2009 to 24 November 2014, while organising the activities of a cell of the extremist international religious association Tablighi Jamaat, Hrachev M.P. and Alekhno V.V., Karabugaev B.S., Gotov M.N., acting under his leadership, Kugotov Z.H. and Aibazov R.T. actively propagandised the radical ideas and views of Tablighi Jamaat contained in the book of the ideologist of Tablighi Jamaat, Sheikhul Hadis Maulana Mukhamad Zakaria Kandehlevi - \"Fazail Amali, \"Values of Namaz\", \"Values of the Koran\", \"Values of Zikr\", \"Values of Tabligh\", \"Values of Romazan\", recognised as extremist literature by the decision of Sol-Iletsk District Court of the Orenburg region 20.On 20 April 2010, they read them publicly in their own circle, as well as among other Muslims, and commented on what they read in order to create a positive image of the ideas of Tablighi Jamaat as the only true in the religion of Islam.\n\nDuring the above-mentioned period of time, acting deliberately, pursuing the criminal purpose of organising the functioning and popularisation of the activities of the Tablighi Jamaat cell on the territory of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, he planned and organised the trips of members of the Tablighi Jamaat cell Gotov M.N. and Alekhno V.V. to the Republic of Dagestan to conduct the religious rite of \"dagvat\" - a call to the Islamic faith, which is a distinctive feature of the ideology of the Tablighi Jamaat.\n\nIn order to unite its supporters - Alekhno V.V., Karabugaev B.S., Gotov M.N., Kugotov Z.H. and Aibazov R.T., as well as to attract new members and popularise the ideology of Tablighi Jamaat, in the period from August 2009 to 24.11.2014 regularly held in mosques of the republic, namely in the mosque of Yubileyny district of the city of Cherkessk, located at the address: <address> located at the address: <address> as well as the prayer room of the hotel \"Star Complex\" located at the address: <address> and other places religious rites \"mashura\" - councils, where under the leadership of Khrachev M.P., and in his absence under the leadership of Alekhno V.V., members of the \"Tablighi Jamaat\" cell created by him Aibazov R.T., Karabugaev B.S., Gotov M.N. and Kugotov Z.H., as well as other believers, held collective discussions on issues related to the organisation of the activities of the established Tablighi Jamaat cell, planned trips to the Republic of Dagestan to perform \"dagvat\", read and discussed the works of the ideologist of the international extremist religious association \"Tablighi Jamaat\" Sheikhul Hadis Maulana Muhammad Zakaria Kandehlevi - \"Fazail Amali, \"Values of Namaz\", \"Values of Quran\", \"Values of Zikr\", \"Values of Tabligh\", \"Values of Romazan\", \"Piety and the Fear of God\", \"Selected Hadiths\" reflecting the views and ideology of \"Tablighi Jamaat\". In the course of conducting \"mashur\" he engaged in conversations to form conviction in the interlocutor in commitment to true religious knowledge. At the same time, M.P. Khrachev, as well as R.T. Aibazov, B.S. Karabugaev, M.N. Gotov, V.V. Alekhno and Z.H. Kugotov, repeatedly offered other mosque members to join the discussion at the \"mashur\" and participate in the \"dagvat\" rite, declaring the ideas of the Tablighi Jamaat to be the only true and faithful in Islam. In his turn, he personally controlled the members of the Tablighi Jamaat cell, organised the conduct of mashur and dagvat visits, and constantly promoted and supported the idea of the need for private and regular meetings of his supporters with the worshippers of the mosques of the republic and dagvat visits.\n\nBeing aware of the ban on the activities of Tablighi Jamaat on the territory of the Russian Federation, while organising the functioning of a cell of Tablighi Jamaat, he tried to attract new supporters for it, tried to attract an unlimited number of worshippers, mostly of young age, to his activities, without masking his criminal activity of organising a cell of the banned international religious extremist association Tablighi Jamaat, flaunting his difference from representatives of traditional Islam.\n\nBy his actions he ensured stable functioning of the Tablighi Jamaat cell in Cherkessk, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, guaranteeing safe reception and accommodation of Tablighi Jamaat supporters. At the same time, as the head of the Tablighi Jamaat cell, he openly demonstrated his affiliation to the representatives of the international religious extremist association Tablighi Jamaat, clearly following the religious ideas and attitudes of Tablighi Jamaat both in everyday behaviour and in religious worship.\n\nThrough his actions in establishing and organising the functioning of a cell of the international religious extremist association Tablighi Jamaat, he destabilised the situation in the Islamic community and undermined trust in traditional spiritual authorities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 30.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 30.06.2015 to 29.06.2017\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.05.2015, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-05-14T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-05-14T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recMrvYZab8rEtY4X"},{"persecution_id":"recgOCzp87YXgvdLm","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"reckulsg2Wd2e7lqD","name_en":"Danis Faizrakhmanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attXj1n5B2jDbSigG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attXj1n5B2jDbSigG.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on 4 February 2015 together with 30 other suspects for participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir and arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation; in January 2016, he was also charged with preparation for a violent seizure of power. 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On 29 November 2016, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2015-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":606,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in St. Petersburg"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitry Mikhailov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.04.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.11.2016, Sentence: Sixteen years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sixteen years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2016-11-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-11-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-04-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/04/d31833/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recF9BP8mytPA6DlM"},{"persecution_id":"recsmtVfG4h0xyKVt","last_updated":"2025-01-28T19:24:00.000Z","person_id":"recTlGmjjwuYNV1eg","name_en":"Refat Chubarov","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Refat Chubarov - Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People since October 2013, MP of the Verkhovna Rada since May 2015. He urged Crimean residents to boycott the referendum on joining the Russian Federation. On 5 July 2014, he was banned from entering Crimea. On 29 May 2015, it became known that the Investigation Department of the FSB Directorate for the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol opened a criminal case against Chubarov under Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code (public calls for actions aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation). On 28 October, a decision on arrest in absentia was made.\n\nAccording to the investigation, in April 2015, Refat Chubarov in an interview with Ukrainian media called for the violation of the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, namely \"the exclusion of the Republic of Crimea from the Russian Federation and its annexation to the territory of Ukraine\".\n\nLater it became known that Chubarov was also accused of organising mass riots in connection with the clashes in Simferopol on 26 February 2014.\n\nOn 1 June 2021, he was sentenced in absentia to six years in a general regime colony. On the episodes on calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, he was sentenced to 200 hours of compulsory labour, a ban on holding administrative positions for a year and a fine of 200 thousand rubles, but was released from punishment due to partial decriminalisation of the relevant article of the Criminal Code.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2015-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2195,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":313,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in front of the Crimean Parliament","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.1","280.1","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.1","Part 1, Article 280.1","Part 1, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of mass disorders in Simferopol on 26 February"],"case_name_en":"The case of Refat Chubarov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he organised mass riots in Simferopol on 26 February 2014; in an interview with Ukrainian media he called for the violation of the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, namely \"the exclusion of the Republic of Crimea from the Russian Federation and its return to the territory of Ukraine\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.06.2021, Sentence: Six years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 200 hours of compulsory labour, a ban on holding administrative positions for one year, and a fine of 200,000 rubles; release from serving the sentence of compulsory labour, the professional ban, and the fine","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Compulsory labour","Fine","Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Penalty","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 200 hours of compulsory labour, a ban on holding administrative positions for one year, and a fine of 200,000 rubles; release from serving the sentence of compulsory labour, the professional ban, and the fine","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-01T08:18:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-06-01T08:18:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-05-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/05/d32076/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recsmtVfG4h0xyKVt"},{"persecution_id":"recrjywtd4345ytE6","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec2lKNxWJ66WbD6W","name_en":"Timur Atadjanov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in the case of a cell of the defunct organisation \"Nurdzhular\". 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independent medical examination of his health condition in the presence of a rapidly progressing disease.\n\nOn 30 July 2018, sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony. He was released on 3 February 2023.\n\nIn October 2018, he was sentenced for membership in Hizb ut-Tahrir to eight months' imprisonment on charges of organising the activities of a banned organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2023-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1279,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of the twenty-one","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation, participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation, prepared for a violent seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 06.10.2018\n• in custody: from 07.10.2018 to 03.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 05.02.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 04.02.2023\n• Unknown: from 05.02.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2018, Sentence: eight years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 400,000 roubles, and one year's restriction of liberty.\nUnder part 2 of article 282.2, impose a fine of 80,000 roubles and release from punishment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"eight years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 400,000 roubles, and one year's restriction of liberty.\nUnder part 2 of article 282.2, impose a fine of 80,000 roubles and release from punishment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-02-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/02/d31214/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-04-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-dvadcati-shesti\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-05-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/214351.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec0IUe04X0oDVnXc"},{"persecution_id":"recT3qHNsizLpOoiX","last_updated":"2024-07-24T12:59:20.000Z","person_id":"recgb9r5JdyoCF6RK","name_en":"Pyotr Miloserdov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"According to the investigation, on 7 September 2015, Pyotr Miloserdov, a political technologist, sociologist and former member of the nationalist and opposition movements, was put on the federal wanted list. Miloserdov himself claims that he did not hide from the investigation and did not leave Moscow, nor did he receive notification that he was wanted.\nOn 24 January 2018, Miloserdov was detained in Moscow. On 25 January 2018, Judge K.A. Pokhilko of the Khamovnicheskiy District Court of Moscow ordered him to be taken in custody as a preventive measure.\n\nAfter his detention, a case was opened against Miloserdov for use of a false document and aiding and abetting its manufacturing. The investigation claimed that while being detained, Miloserdov presented a passport with his photo but a false name. At the same time, the inspection protocols stated that Miloserdov did not have his passport with him at all.\n\nOn 29 May 2019, Miloserdov was sentenced to two and a half years in a general-regime colony and 320 hours of compulsory labour. The charge of aiding and abetting manufacturing a false document was dropped.\n\nOn 27 September 2019, Miloserdov was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers","Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1359,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":194,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 327 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","327"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 3, Article 327"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of political technologist Pyotr Miloserdov","persecution_case_profile_en":"together with Alexander Belov (Potkin), former leader of the banned Movement Against Illegal Immigration, established an extremist community aimed at overthrowing the authorities in the Republic of Kazakhstan;\n\nused a false passport while being detained","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: from 25.01.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody:  to 27.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.05.2019, Sentence: Two years and six months' imprisonment in a general-regime colony; 320 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years and six months' imprisonment in a general-regime colony; 320 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2019-05-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-05-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-07-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/8459/miloserdov-pjotr-kimovich\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 17-07-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/miloserdov-pyotr-kimovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recT3qHNsizLpOoiX"},{"persecution_id":"recsd1GkGCEPP8vwc","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec05ahbn15HIexxj","name_en":"Mirsultan Nasirov","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In 2016, for two months he was a suspect in the case of organising the activities of the non-existent banned organisation \"Nurdzhular\". Later he was charged under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in an extremist organisation). On 15 November 2017, he was sentenced to a fine and released from criminal liability.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2015-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Novosibirsk Nurcists"],"case_name_en":"Uralbek Karaguzinov's and Mirsultan Nasirov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the \"Nurdzhular\" cell in Novosibirsk","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.11.2017, Sentence: the case was dismissed with a court fine of 90 thousand roubles","verdict_essence_en":"the case was dismissed with a court fine of 90 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2017-11-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-10-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/10/d37985/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recsd1GkGCEPP8vwc"},{"persecution_id":"recS55uDFCYxC4Eri","last_updated":"2023-11-27T20:32:32.000Z","person_id":"reciyq9YaWoubjcHJ","name_en":"Vladimir Lapygin","birth_year":1940,"birth_date":"1940-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":85,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":75,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 11 May 2015, searches were conducted in Lapygin's flat and the flats of his children. On 13 May he was placed under house arrest. On 6 September 2016, he was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn March 2017, he filed a petition for pardon.\n\nOn 11 June 2020, he was released on parole.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":483,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Lapygin","persecution_case_profile_en":"Around 2009, while in China, Lapygin reached an agreement with Chen Weijia, known to V. I. Lapygin as \"Vitya\", to provide the Chinese side with a software package for calculating the optimal aerodynamic characteristics of hypersonic aircraft, containing information constituting a state secret.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.09.2016 to 14.12.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• house arrest: from 13.05.2015 to 06.09.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 11.06.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.09.2016, Sentence: seven years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"seven years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2016-09-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-09-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 13-09-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-uchenyh/228684.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-08-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/lapygin-vladimir-ivanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recS55uDFCYxC4Eri"},{"persecution_id":"recAdHQAgJmN0RSyE","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recd7NGBR7xHcVW2a","name_en":"Ramil Khamidullin","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Imam-khatib of the religious organisation Mahalla in Bashkortostan. Detained in 2015 as part of a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its followers are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On 30 June 2017, he was sentenced to two years and five months in a colony-settlement.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Chekmagush"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2023-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":792,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":113,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Bashkortostan"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Bashkortostan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Conducted covert propaganda of Islamic extremist ideology and recruited new members through their psychological manipulation","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 29.04.2015\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 30.06.2017\n• in custody: from 30.06.2017 to 16.10.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.10.2017\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2017, Sentence: two years five months' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years five months' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":29,"first_verdict_date":"2017-06-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-06-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-07-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/07/d37478/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recAdHQAgJmN0RSyE"},{"persecution_id":"recJcsRl9M9H9K8AJ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec3dlJhW5cT9KIFy","name_en":"Vitaly Slavikovsky","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Charged with inciting national hatred and hatred towards fans of the Spartak football club for posts on the VKontakte social network. 31 August 2016 sentenced to two years' suspended sentence","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2018-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":607,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vitaly Slavikovsky","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted on his page in the social network VKontakte \"messages of an aggressive nature with text containing profanity\". The man's statements were aimed at inciting hatred and hostility \"towards fans of the Spartak football club, as well as towards groups of people on the basis of nationality\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.08.2016, Sentence: two years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2016-08-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-08-30T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-07-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/07/d34964/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recJcsRl9M9H9K8AJ"},{"persecution_id":"recDSf4CSxUMRhgt7","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recBUgR2QnsogpSup","name_en":"Ural Iakupov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atteNIecFKtgOTJkX.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atteNIecFKtgOTJkX.jpg"],"birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on 4 February 2015 along with 30 other suspects for alleged involvement in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir and arrested on charges of participation in a terrorist organisation. In January 2016, he was additionally charged with preparing for a violent seizure of power. On 30 July 2018, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn his final statement, Iakupov said he was not interested in the verdict, adding that there is a court of the Almighty that will judge who was right and who was wrong. Judge Oleg Semenov responded that Iakupov’s words would be subject to investigation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1279,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of the twenty-one","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organization, participated in the activities of a terrorist organization, prepared for a violent seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.02.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2018, Sentence: 13 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 450,000 rubles, 1 year of restricted liberty, and a fine of 60,000 rubles under Part 2 of Article 282.2, with release from punishment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 450,000 rubles, 1 year of restricted liberty, and a fine of 60,000 rubles under Part 2 of Article 282.2, with release from punishment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":450000,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-05-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/214351.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-04-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-dvadcati-shesti\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-02-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/02/d31214/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recDSf4CSxUMRhgt7"},{"persecution_id":"recF4BpPkfNRb4NbI","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"rec3oG2MPoXLWKlgR","name_en":"Aramis Fazylov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on the 4th of February 2015, along with 30 other suspects, for their alleged involvement in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir. He was subsequently arrested on charges related to participation in a terrorist organization. He initially pleaded guilty, was then placed under house arrest, and later released on a recognizance not to leave. On the 30th of July 2018, he received a five-year sentence in a general regime penal facility. He was eventually released in July 2022.\n\nIn November 2012, Fazylov was also detained in connection with a criminal case related to his association with Hizb ut-Tahrir.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1279,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against 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In February 2026, presumably released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1279,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb 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Chuvashia\"\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2018, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, a fine of 400,000 rubles, 1 year of restriction of liberty\nUnder Part 2 of Article 282.2, a fine of 70,000 rubles and release from the punishment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, a fine of 400,000 rubles, 1 year of restriction of liberty\nUnder Part 2 of Article 282.2, a fine of 70,000 rubles and release from the punishment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand 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Memorial"],"aid":"rec9XLZx3YTbNr1XW"},{"persecution_id":"recKxYATEg8dNk9RZ","last_updated":"2025-04-01T18:50:13.000Z","person_id":"recUeeJqsTHHObXIf","name_en":"Vladimir Balukh","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"In the past Balukh was a resident of Crimea and a pro-Ukrainian activist.\nThe local authorities were displeased with the Ukrainian flag that he perched on the plot of land. In July 2014, he was detained during the visit of the chairman of the State Council of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov, to the village and was fined 500 rubles under the article on petty hooliganism. In November 2015, two searches were conducted on suspicion of theft of a combine harvester and a car. After the second search, Balukh was detained, beaten, accused of disobeying the lawful demands of police officers, and sentenced to administrative arrest for 10 days. Balukh was on a hunger strike for majority of the sentence. In the special detention centre, he was pressured by the Federal Security Service (FSB) officers. After leaving the detention centre, Balukh learned that policeman Yevgeny Baranov, who had beaten him, wrote a statement about Balukh insulting him. On 5 February 2016, Balukh was sentenced to 320 hours of community service for insulting a representative of authority. Court of appeal decided to revisit the decision. On 10 June, the same sentence was handed down, this time recognized as lawful by the court of appeal. On 11 October 2016, the sentence was changed to 40 days in an open prison due to a complaint by the penal inspection for \"malicious evasion from serving community service\". On 28 November, the decision came into force.\n\nOn 29 November 2016, Balukh installed a plaque in memory of the Heavenly Hundred on the plot of land. In the evening of the same day, the chairman of the council and his two assistants came to him and demanded the removal of the plaque. In December, Balukh was arrested on charges of illegal possession of ammunition and explosives. On 4 August 2017, he was sentenced to three years and seven months in a general regime penal colony. On 2 October, the court of appeal cancelled the verdict and returned the case for a retrial. On 1 December Balukh was transferred to house arrest. On 16 January 2018, he was sentenced to three years and seven months in an open prison, and fined 10,000 rubles. On 14 March, the Supreme Court of Crimea, having considered the appeal, reduced the term by two months.\n\nOn 29 August 2017, it became known that another case was filed against Balukh, this time on the use of violence against a representative of authority. According to the prosecution, on 11 August 2017 Balukh allegedly elbowed the head of the temporary detention facility in the village of Razdolnoye, police captain Valery Tkachenko, in the stomach, after which he went into the cell, took a cleaning supply bottle, and hit the captain's right hand. The defence claims that Tkachenko himself attacked Balukh, and previously, on the regular basis, was insulting and humiliating him on the basis of nationality. On 5 July 2018, Balukh was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony. On 3 October, the court of appeal reduced the prison term by one month.\n\nOn 19 March 2018, Balukh went on an indefinite hunger strike. Later, he began to consume a minimum set of products (two glasses of oatmeal kissel, 50-70 grams of black bread crumbs, and tea with honey). On 9 October it became known that Balukh intends to stop the hunger strike for the time of his transfer to the colony.\n\nIn January 2019, the court refused to recalculate Balukh's sentence in accordance with the law on crediting the period of detention before the entry into force of the verdict. In late February, Balukh's defence reported that the activist could have been transferred to the Tver Oblast. On 7 September 2019, Balukh was pardoned and released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for groups of individuals, and arrived onto the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Serebryanka"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2015-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":221,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Balukh's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Insulted police officer Baranov Eugeniy while the latter was performing his official duties.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 10.06.2016, Sentence: 320 hours of community service• First instance court on the merits, 11.10.2016, Sentence: 40 days' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour","Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"40 days' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"first_verdict_date":"2016-06-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-10-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Detained on 4 February 2015 together with 30 other individuals suspected in participating in the activities of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\". He was arrested on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization. In January 2016, he was also accused of preparing a violent seizure of power. On 30 July 2018, he was sentenced to 24 years in a strict-regime penal colony.\n\nOn 18 November 2019, Nurlygaianov was placed in a solitary confinement. 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January 2016 he was also charged with preparation for a violent seizure of power. On 30 July 2018, he was sentenced to 23 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nIn 2014, he was a suspect in a case of involvement in an extremist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1279,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of the twenty-one","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation, participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, and was preparing for a violent seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.02.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2018, Sentence: 23 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 700,000 rubles, and 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty. Under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code, a fine of 100,000 rubles is imposed, with exemption from further punishment.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"23 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 700,000 rubles, and 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty. Under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code, a fine of 100,000 rubles is imposed, with exemption from further punishment.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":276,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":700000,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-02-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/02/d31214/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-04-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-dvadcati-shesti\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-05-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/214351.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recBXGiRReL2VzY4F"},{"persecution_id":"rec05kn7KBQwn6Emi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec0fgSw4NecLSPvJ","name_en":"Vyacheslav Kuteinikov","birth_year":1949,"birth_date":"1949-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":77,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case of incitement to ethnic hatred in connection with publications on social media was instituted. In October 2016, sentenced to two years suspended sentence with a probation period of three years","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":656,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":93,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vyacheslav Kuteinikov","persecution_case_profile_en":"repeatedly and deliberately posted materials on various social networks that contain linguistic signs of incitement to discord (enmity and hatred) against a group of persons identified on the basis of ethnicity","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.10.2016, Sentence: Two years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of three years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of three years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2016-10-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-10-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-11-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/11/d35842/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec05kn7KBQwn6Emi"},{"persecution_id":"recCFxmRUBkAtpTdS","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recRpUURGcCpM5wDc","name_en":"Alexei Nikonorov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former Kostroma police officer Aleksey Nikonorov was accused of giving PARNAS activist Andrei Pivovarov access to the police department's data bank during the election campaign in the Kostroma region in July 2015. He was kept in custody, in October 2015 he was transferred to house arrest. During the court hearing on the measure of restraint, he stated that he was required to incriminate Pivovarov. He was charged with unlawful access to legally protected computer information, abuse of power, and later bribery. On 10 June 2016, he was sentenced to three years and nine months in a penal colony and a fine of three million rubles. On 4 August, by decision of the court of second instance, the term was reduced to three years and seven months, and the amount of the fine was reduced to 150 thousand.\nOn 3 October 2017, he was released on parole.","persecution_occupation_en":["Law enforcement officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kostroma"],"persecution_region_en":["Kostroma Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KOS"],"persecution_started":"2015-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2017-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":317,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 272 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 1,  Article 286 of the Criminal Code","Article 290 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["272","286","290"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 272 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 286","Article 290 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Pivovarov and Nikonorov","persecution_case_profile_en":"in the evening of 27 July 2015, a police officer together with an unknown person (note: Andrey Pivovarov), acting as a group of persons by prior conspiracy, being in the office № 7 of the building of the Department of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Kostroma region, at the address: Kostroma, Marshala Novikova str. 7, violating the protection regime, unlawfully accessed and used legally protected computer information intended exclusively for official use - the information database of the Department of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Kostroma region, which resulted in blocking access to this information by a legitimate user, modification of the computer information, significant violation of the legally protected rights and interests of citizens to confidentiality of their personal data, unauthorised transfer of confidential information to third parties.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.06.2016 to 04.08.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast\n• in custody: from 29.07.2015 to 01.10.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast\n• house arrest: from 01.10.2015 to 10.06.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.07.2015 to 03.10.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.06.2016, Sentence: Three years nine months in a general regime colony and a fine of three million rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years nine months in a general regime colony and a fine of three million rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":43,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2016-06-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-06-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-10-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/219769.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-10-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/nikonorov-aleksey-vyacheslavovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recCFxmRUBkAtpTdS"},{"persecution_id":"recIDftOnJeXq294V","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recwi8Qeu9JeamjYW","name_en":"Naimjon Khodjaev","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"He was arrested in late 2015 on charges of involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation. 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In January 2016, he was additionally charged with preparing  to seize power by force. On 30 July 2018, he was sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime penal colony. 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Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/214351.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-04-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-dvadcati-shesti\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recBNh67mqDaVkxsk"},{"persecution_id":"recVoCr0zmZcWdNr6","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recgiur5dPUPAcf6x","name_en":"Rustem Galliamov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attcBsa6nLqgV7Z2y.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attcBsa6nLqgV7Z2y.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 5 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On 30 July 2018, he was sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn February 2012, he was sentenced to a year and four months in a penal colony on charges of organising activities of a banned organisation (Hizb ut-Tahrir).","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1279,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of the twenty-one","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation, participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, and was preparing for a violent seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.02.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 07.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"Penitentiary correctional colony-2 OIK № 2 OUHD GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\" \"White Swan\"."],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.02.2015, FCU \"Penitentiary correctional colony-2 OIK № 2 OUHD GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\" \"White Swan\".\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2018, Sentence: 22 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 700,000 roubles, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty; 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during a search of his home, computer equipment and leaflets were seized; his whereabouts were unknown for some time; sentenced to a suspended sentence on 12 May 2015.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kamensk-Shakhtinsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":111,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Igor Kulagin case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Produced and distributed (pasted and put in mailboxes) leaflets calling for hostile actions against police officers up to physical violence","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.05.2015","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-05-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-05-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-01-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/01/d31134/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recMaZOp8iwuXnWiI"},{"persecution_id":"rectTnyP0PQdEYgnb","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"receZfQPwtZjaP535","name_en":"Alexander Kostenko","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Oleksandr Kostenko is a former Crimean police officer and former assistant to a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. According to unconfirmed reports, he participated in the seizure of the Kyiv administration building in December 2013 and in torture of captured Berkut officers. Unconfirmed reports also state that in May of 2014 he was detained in Kyiv by special forces of the Security Service of Ukraine as a pro-Russian saboteur, but was released shortly after that. Allegedly, he participated in the creation of the \"Crimea\" battalion aimed at returning the peninsula to Ukraine. In early February of 2015 he was detained in Simferopol and accused of inflicting bodily injuries on Vitaliy Poliyenko, a member of the Crimean special unit Berkut, during the events of the Maidan Uprising. While he was in pre-trial detention centre, he wrote complaints of being subjected to violence during detention and in custody. Kostenko was diagnosed with a fractured arm bone. On March 11th he was also charged with illegal possession of weapons. On 15th of May, Kostenko was sentenced to four years and two months of imprisonment in a general regime colony. On 26th of August, the court of second instance reduced the sentence by three months. In October of 2015 the attorney reported that he had lost contact with his client. In November Kostenko was found in a colony in Kirov region. On 25th of February, 2016 the Presidium of the Supreme Court of Crimea reduced the term by another five months, excluding from the charges of \"carrying and acquisition of major parts of weapons\" as qualifying characteristics.\n\nOn August 3rd, 2018 Kostenko was released. On 7th of August, it became known that he crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border.\n\nSince the beginning of March of 2015, there is no contact with Kostenko's father. 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The ritual was performed on 2 October 2014 - according to Simakov, with the aim of ending the war on Ukrainian territory and targeting prominent Ukrainian politicians. After TV journalist Maxim Rumyantsev reported Simakov, he was summoned to the Investigative Committee as part of preliminary investigation. In February 2016, the case went to court. On 12 April 2016, the magistrate court of Kirovsky district of Yekaterinburg granted the investigators' petition to place Simakov on compulsory psychiatric treatment. 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On the remaining articles he was given a final sentence of 10 years' imprisonment.\nIn December 2024, it became known that a new case was brought against Afanasev - on facilitation of terrorist activities. In February 2025, it was reported that Afanasev was also accused of mercenarism in 2014-2015 for participation in combat actions on the side of Ukraine.\nIn September 2025, Afanasev's lawyer said that he was placed in a cell with convicted war participants who threatened to \"break his backbone\".\nIn December 2025, Afanasev's lawyer said that a Federal Penitentiary Service officer gave him a blade in the pre-trial detention centre and advised him to \"be a man\", after which Afanasev attempted to open his veins.\nOn 2 February 2026, Afanasev was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony in a case of terrorism facilitation and mercenarism.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Urulga"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2015-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":522,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 223 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222.1","223"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 223"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Afanasev’s case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Afanasev is charged under part 2 of Article 282.2 for serving in the ranks of the \"Right Sector\" organisation, which is banned in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.12.2015 to 31.01.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.01.2018\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: \n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.05.2017, Sentence: 12 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year and 1 month's restriction of liberty, and a fine of 160 000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year and 1 month's restriction of liberty, and a fine of 160 000 rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-30,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2017-05-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-05-30T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/afanasev-nikita-gennadevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recW7Z6BV82sEKlyO"},{"persecution_id":"recRxO83TYWMWezlZ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:15:17.000Z","person_id":"recunDNJrDHk3ZYlz","name_en":"Abdukayum Makhsudov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attSE73SpwfSn1Nzq.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attSE73SpwfSn1Nzq.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"On 20 October 2015, detained together with other suspects for participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, arrested on 21 October. 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The investigation charged the blogger with \"dislike of citizens living in the territory of Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts of Ukraine\". Also, according to the investigators, Vadim Tyumentsev called for participation in an uncoordinated peaceful action on the Internet and criticised the local authorities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.02.2015 to 28.04.2015\n• in custody: from 28.04.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tomsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Federal Penitentiary Service\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 16.01.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Federal Penitentiary Service\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.12.2015, Sentence: Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2015-12-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-12-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-10-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-tyumenceva\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/208732.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recz42YvHdqy5YnuC"},{"persecution_id":"recF8YJ0ZFYrLrqRE","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recWSC5o3l0kvVLJ6","name_en":"Rustem Shaidullin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In September 2015, together with Konstantin Kazantsev, he hung an effigy with an insulting inscription on the worship cross. 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He travelled as a volunteer to Crimea, then took part in the fighting in Donbas. Under the name Andriy Breyva he created a group in the social network VKontakte \"For Fighting Ukraine! For the free Urals! Together against evil!\". On 10 August 2015, FSB officers searched Moroshkin's house because he is a suspect in the case of calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation; the reason for the case were publications in the social network \"VKontakte\" in the group \"For Fighting Ukraine! For the free Urals!\"; on 19 August he signed a recognizance not to leave; on the night of 13 September Moroshkin left to Ukraine, but at the end of September he was detained in Russia and arrested by court decision on 28 September; after 28 November there were no requests to extend his arrest; Moroshkin was also charged with vandalism in connection with painting a bust of Lenin in Chelyabinsk in the colours of the Ukrainian flag. On 19 November 2015, the Sovetsky District Court of Chelyabinsk released Moroshkin from criminal liability and ordered that he be sent to a psychiatric hospital. On 1 June 2017, it was decided to stop compulsory treatment. On 14 June, he was released.\nThe vandalism case was closed on 4 December 2017 due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2015-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2017-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":92,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 280.1 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The Andrei Breiva case","persecution_case_profile_en":"he painted a bust of Lenin in Chelyabinsk in the colours of the Ukrainian flag","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.08.2015 to 28.09.2015\n• in custody: from 28.09.2015 to 29.10.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• in custody: from 29.10.2015 to 10.12.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["State Budgetary Healthcare Institution – Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Specialized Psychoneurological Hospital no. 1"],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 10.12.2015 to 14.06.2017, Chelyabinsk Psychiatric Hospital No. 1\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.11.2015, Sentence: compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-11-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-11-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 12-07-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/216958.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/moroshkin-aleksey-andreevich\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-01-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/01/d33664/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recnomwsa3zZcr0Uh"},{"persecution_id":"reccJRUp5ywWttgID","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:53:20.000Z","person_id":"recgFRKZXVB6KC6ke","name_en":"Mikhail Khodorkovsky","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 October 2003, Khodorkovsky was detained at Novosibirsk airport. He was taken into custody on charges of large-scale embezzlement, wilful failure to comply with a legally binding court decision, causing property damage to owners through deception, tax evasion by organisations and individuals, document forgery, and misappropriation or embezzlement of property by an organised group on a large scale. The investigation lasted only two months. In May 2005, he was sentenced to nine years in a general-regime penal colony. On 22 September, an appellate court reduced the sentence to eight years.\n\nIn the penal colony, he was twice placed in a punishment cell for seven days. On the night of 14 April 2006, his cellmate, Aleksandr Kuchma, stabbed him in the face. In January 2009, the same man filed a lawsuit against Khodorkovsky, accusing him of sexual harassment. In 2011, Kuchma said that two men in plain clothes had come to the colony, beaten him and threatened to kill him, demanding that he murder Khodorkovsky by stabbing him in the eye. Instead, he said, he inflicted only a minor injury.\n\nIn December 2006, while serving his sentence in the case concerning embezzlement and tax evasion, Khodorkovsky was transferred from the penal colony to a pre-trial detention centre in Chita, where he was charged with oil theft. In February 2009, he was transferred to Moscow. On 30 December 2010, Khodorkovsky was sentenced to 14 years in a general-regime penal colony. On 24 May 2011, an appellate court reduced the sentence to 13 years. On 20 December 2012, a supervisory court reduced the sentence to 11 years. On 20 December 2013, Khodorkovsky was released from the penal colony following a presidential pardon. He subsequently left Russia.\n\nIn December 2015, Khodorkovsky was summoned for questioning as a defendant in the murder case of Vladimir Petukhov, the mayor of Nefteyugansk. He was placed on a federal wanted list, and later an international one, and was arrested in absentia.\n\nIn January 2024, it became known that Khodorkovsky had been placed on a wanted list in another case, for spreading “false information” about the Armed Forces.\n\nIn October 2025, the FSB announced that criminal cases had been opened against Khodorkovsky and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for violent seizure of power and organising the activities of a terrorist community. Khodorkovsky was also charged with publicly justifying terrorism. The charges stemmed from the adoption of the “Berlin Declaration”, calling for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["105"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 105"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Vladimir Petukhov's murder case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Khodorkovsky's case of involvement in murder","persecution_case_profile_en":"instructed Leonid Nevzlin and Alexei Pichugin to kill Vladimir Petukhov and Yevgeny Rybin, \"whose official activities were contrary to the interests of Yukos\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 23.12.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccJRUp5ywWttgID"},{"persecution_id":"recm80i8CwnXkytiU","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec4Gm2Xd4o7HijkD","name_en":"Bobirjon Tukhtamurodov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Uzbekistan"],"story_en":"Accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in the case of a cell of the non-existent organisation \"Nurdzhular\". 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In 2011, the Prosecutor General's Office ordered his extradition to Uzbekistan, but on 23 March the Novosibirsk regional court cancelled the ruling.\n\nIn 2011, he was prosecuted in Russia under the article on calls for extremist activity.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Novosibirsk Nurcists"],"case_name_en":"The case of Bobirjon Tukhtamurodov","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the \"Nurdzhular\" cell in Novosibirsk","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-10-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/10/d37985/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recm80i8CwnXkytiU"},{"persecution_id":"recqapyxNOMD0V4cN","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rec8IcfZr4YPJxkK1","name_en":"Ilsur Makulov","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained in 2015 as part of a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation. 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On 10 August 2017, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony. On 21 December, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months. 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On 9 March 2017, the Supreme Court commuted the suspended sentence to four years in a general regime penal colony. He was released in February 2019.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":694,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Rishat Gataullin and Rinat Mamaev","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• house arrest: \n• in custody: from 06.02.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 04.02.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.12.2016, Sentence: four years six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2016-12-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-12-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-04-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-dvadcati-shesti\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-02-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/02/d31214/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-05-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/214351.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec5BPSJBVGqcGpsG"},{"persecution_id":"rec3mXnNOhPesknoP","last_updated":"2023-11-09T17:58:34.000Z","person_id":"reczIv9MBOhBcxHaI","name_en":"Yuri Mukhin","birth_year":1949,"birth_date":"1949-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":77,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Publicist.\nOn 13 April 2011, the Moscow City Prosecutor's Office reported that a criminal case had been initiated under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement to ethnic hatred) over the publication of Yuri Mukhin's article \"I have advice, too\" in the \"K barieru\" newspaper of 06.10.2009. The experts concluded that the article contained \"statements aimed at humiliating the dignity of a person or a group of persons on the grounds of nationality, namely the attitude towards the Russian and the Jewish nation\". On 31 May 2011, three days before the end of the investigation, Mukhin was indicted; the case was dismissed in July 2011.\nOn 29 July 2015, Mukhin was arrested in Sevastopol, taken to Moscow and placed in a pre-trial detention centre as part of the case of organising the activities of the banned organisation \"Army of the Will of the People\". On 19 August, he was transferred under house arrest. 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On 16 August 2016, Vorobyev was sentenced to 200 hours of community service.\n\nPrior to that, Vorobyev was tried twice on charges of incitement to hatred.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":592,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 148 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 148 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Vorobyov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 21 September 2014 Vorobyev \"deliberately while aware of the criminal nature of his actions aimed at offending the religious feelings of believers (adherents of Orthodoxy - representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church and Orthodox believers), inciting hatred, hostility, the formation of religious tension, religious prejudice and prejudice against them in other citizens, anticipating the onset of socially dangerous consequences in the form of undermining the constitutional rights and freedoms of man and citizen and, wishing to do so, with the purpose of bringing information to the attention of other citizens\", And on 24 September 2014, \"in continuation of his intent\" Vorobiev \"publicly posted on his page in the social network 'VKontakte' a photo image (post) of an inverted four-pointed cross with the text 'Those who accepted God believed themselves and assured others of their own insignificance and helplessness'\". According to the expert's conclusion, Vorobyov's posts \"contain religious themes and directly offend the religious feelings of believers (Orthodox Christians), demonstrate a disdainful, disrespectful and mocking attitude towards religious shrines (of Christianity), have references to satanic views\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.08.2016, Sentence: 200 hours of community service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"200 hours of community service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2016-08-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-08-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-08-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/08/d37060/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec7vVN3fAx3AUaWI"},{"persecution_id":"recbhvVKS3pkogfeI","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recCVBqAwSPRo4Myd","name_en":"Abdulaziz Usmonov","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"On 19 October 2015, he was detained together with other suspects in participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 21 October he was arrested and charged under Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code (organisation of activities of a terrorist organisation). 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Arrested in late 2015 on charges of involvement in the activities of a terrorist organization due to his alleged involvement with the Islamist party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\". On June 15, 2017, he was sentenced to 15 and a half years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nThe Hizb ut-Tahrir party was designated a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation in 2003. Human rights activists considered this ban to be unfounded, as there was no evidence that members of this party were involved in terrorist activities. Twenty years later, the party actively expressed support for terrorist activities against Israel. Nonetheless, in Russia, individuals are prosecuted not for public statements — let alone actual terrorist acts — but solely based on alleged membership in the organization, which typically consists of meetings in private homes and the study of religious literature.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":611,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second 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Date: 18-04-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-pyateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-06-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/06/d37296/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-06-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8596/moskovskoe-delo-pjateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recnUNMpqdu24Os9X"},{"persecution_id":"recFlWIM9EaVl67IH","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recan3g7Ou6FSnWVk","name_en":"Vladimir 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He was released in April 2021.\n\nIn September 2011, he was also searched and interrogated in connection with his involvement with Hizb ut-Tahrir.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sterlitamak"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2021-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":392,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Sterlitamak \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Sterlitamak","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.04.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 20.04.2021\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.05.2016, Sentence: six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2016-05-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-05-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-08-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/sterlitamakskoe-delo-5-ob-uchastii-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-04-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/04/d32884/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-08-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9473/sterlitamakskoe-delo-5-ob-uchastii-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recqu8uGEFi4MykqX"},{"persecution_id":"recbHFK3gcofxqWTG","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:59:50.000Z","person_id":"recrmcBvF08cba8Gy","name_en":"Anastasia Kravchuk","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 4 April 2015, a week after the arrest of Zaletskaya and Kornilova, the guardianship officers went to the place of residence of Anastasia Kravchuk and Vasily Popov to check the conditions of their children's detention; on 7 April, the court imposed a preventive measure on Kravchuk in the form of bail in the amount of three million roubles\n\nOn 25 August 2017, she was sentenced to three and a half years' suspended sentence and a fine of 500,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Deputies of the Regional Parliament"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2015-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":870,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":124,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159"],"case_group_en":["The Petropita case"],"case_name_en":"The Petropita case","persecution_case_profile_en":"colluding with Alexandra Kornilova, director of the Lentorg trading house, through deceit and abuse of trust of officials of the Petrozavodsk City Hall, acquired the right to a non-residential building that housed the municipal institution Petropit; in January 2013, having been the only bidder for the purchase of the Petropit building, she obtained the building at the starting price.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released on bail"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released on bail: from 07.04.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.08.2017, Sentence: Three years six years' suspended imprisonment, a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years six years' suspended imprisonment, a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2017-08-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-08-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-08-2015\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/243950.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 10-08-2015\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/204321.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recbHFK3gcofxqWTG"},{"persecution_id":"recDCrZQkVqjdOkl4","last_updated":"2025-10-19T13:02:02.000Z","person_id":"recnRINqKsYjjg2rt","name_en":"Sergey Lavrov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attb1LhYu9LNuE4Ub.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attb1LhYu9LNuE4Ub.jpg"],"birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Lipetsk. 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While Lavrov was in the hospital, an FSB investigator came to him and brought a resolution to initiation a case of incitement to extremist activity for reposting a publication by Kuban activist Darya Polyudova, which became one of the grounds for initiating a case against her of incitement to extremist activity.\nOn 29 September 2016, Lavrov got a one-year suspended sentence and amnestied.\n\nOn 5 June 2019, Lavrov was detained in a new criminal case of incitement to terrorist activity. He was placed under house arrest. On 29 May 2020, Lavrov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released in the autumn of 2024.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2015-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":489,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Lavrov's case on calls to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted a video on YouTube with official photos of Putin, overlaid with a rendition of the song \"Holy War\", ending with a call for those dissatisfied with the regime to join the \"Chapayev Special Forces\"; republished Daria Polyudova's post \"Putin! 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On 10 August 2017, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony. On 21 December, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months. 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He was placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, while neither the party itself nor its members were known to be involved in terrorist activities. In January 2016, he was also accused of preparing for a violent seizure of power. On 30 July 2018, Fattakhov was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime penal colony. Supposedly, he was released on 3 February 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1279,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of the twenty-one","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation, participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation, prepared for a violent seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.02.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tuymen region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.02.2015 to 03.02.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tuymen region\"\n• Unknown: from 04.02.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2018, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 400,000 roubles and one year's restriction of liberty\nUnder part 2 of article 282.2, impose a fine of 80,000 roubles and release from punishment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 400,000 roubles and one year's restriction of liberty\nUnder part 2 of article 282.2, impose a fine of 80,000 roubles and release from punishment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-05-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/214351.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-02-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/02/d31214/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-04-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-dvadcati-shesti\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recTqd6ozyIdN12BT"},{"persecution_id":"recexvxvCdrzLhNCo","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recuVNVxW5e7gpVJi","name_en":"Ramiz Faskhiev","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained in 2015 as part of a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation. Accused of organising a cell. On 30 June 2017, he was sentenced to four years and seven months in a general regime colony.\n\nWhile in the colony, a new case was brought against Faskhiev about preaching to other prisoners. On 12 April 2022, he was sentenced in the new case, taking into account the sentence in the old case, to five years and twenty days in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Chekmagush"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":792,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":113,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Bashkortostan"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Bashkortostan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Since 2018, held religious meetings in the colony and propagated the teachings of Tablighi Jamaat among other inmates","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 29.04.2015\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 30.06.2017\n• in custody: from 30.06.2017 to 16.10.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.10.2017\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2017, Sentence: four years seven months imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years seven months imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":55,"first_verdict_date":"2017-06-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-06-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-07-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/07/d37478/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recexvxvCdrzLhNCo"},{"persecution_id":"recMqyLwDsG3nJpv8","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:55:51.000Z","person_id":"recOI8d6pHP05C3r0","name_en":"Ilyas Kagirov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Kagirov was detained and taken into custody in June 2015 on suspicion of involvement in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir as part of a criminal case on the activities of a terrorist organization. Kagirov admitted involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, but refused to admit that he had participated in the activities of a terrorist organization. On 17 August, he was sentenced to five years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.\n\nKagirov was released in June 2020.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2015-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":434,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":[" St. Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Karim Ibragimov, Ilyas Kagirov and Eldar Ramazanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Kagirov allegedly participated in the activities of a terrorist cell","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.06.2015 to 13.12.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 17.06.2020\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.08.2016, Sentence: five years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, to be released from imprisonment under article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"five years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, to be released from imprisonment under article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2016-08-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-08-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/peterburgskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-07-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10099/peterburgskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-06-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/06/d32154/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recMqyLwDsG3nJpv8"},{"persecution_id":"rec1LKKOacLHcUHO1","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recqnHLnYG1eZmrpc","name_en":"Linar Vakhitov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZlC68ajbG2HsM6.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZlC68ajbG2HsM6.png"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 4 February 2015 as part of the prosecution of members of Hizb ut-Tahrir on suspicion of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, arrested; in January 2016, a charge of preparing for a violent seizure of power was added. On 30 July 2018, sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn 2014, he was a suspect in a case of involvement in an extremist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1278,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5","282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of the twenty-one","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the organisation and activities of an extremist organisation, participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation, prepared for a violent seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.10.2018 to 02.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody:  to 02.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 27.01.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2018, Sentence: 22 years' of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 700 thousand rubles, 1 year 6 months of restriction of freedom. Under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 and part 2 of Art. 282.2 impose a fine in the amount of 100 thousand and 50 thousand rubles, release from punishment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"22 years' of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 700 thousand rubles, 1 year 6 months of restriction of freedom. Under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 and part 2 of Art. 282.2 impose a fine in the amount of 100 thousand and 50 thousand rubles, release from punishment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":264,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":700000,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-02-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/02/d31214/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-04-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-dvadcati-shesti\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-05-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/214351.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec1LKKOacLHcUHO1"},{"persecution_id":"recCV9CYCDkKWx7rt","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recMMy8UA7lhUCWGK","name_en":"Konstantin Kazantsev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In September 2015, together with Rustem Shaidullin, he hung an effigy with an insulting inscription on the worship cross. He was charged with insulting religious feelings and sentenced to 230 hours of compulsory labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sosnovka"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":515,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 148 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 148 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Сase of the effigy on the cross","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, by prior conspiracy, in order to offend the feelings of Christians, he came together with Shaidullin from the town of Sosnovka to the village of Staraya Malinovka and hung an effigy on the worship cross, for the manufacture of which he used trousers, a jacket, ropes, a hat, a mask and self-tapping screws, as well as dry grass.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.05.2016, Sentence: 230 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"230 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2016-05-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-05-30T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-05-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/authorities/feelings/2016/06/d34686/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recCV9CYCDkKWx7rt"},{"persecution_id":"recvstj2UXE6ChF8p","last_updated":"2024-09-27T16:25:27.000Z","person_id":"recqxB8z1qBuXmiGn","name_en":"Danila Buzanov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-05-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was charged with incitement to hatred because of an argument and a fight with an acquaintance near a tent with DPR and LPR paraphernalia. On 4 December 2015 an interrogation took place, on 21 December Buzanov was charged, confronted and introduced to the testimony of witnesses, which, according to him, were almost identical. In court, the witnesses testified that Buzanov shouted pro-Ukrainian phrases directed against supporters of the DPR and LPR (Buzanov himself denies this). On 18 March 2016 Buzanov was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony. At the end of the sentence and immediately after his release, Buzanov was threatened by employees of the Centre for Countering Extremism. Upon his return home, he was placed under administrative supervision.\n\nIn October 2021, unknown persons came to Buzanov's workplace in his absence and asked where he was. Buzanov suspected that they were law enforcers. Later it became known that he was mentioned during the interrogation of another defendant in the case of incitement to violate sanitary and epidemiological rules in Balakovo, Vladimir Nechaev: the investigator asked Nechaev to tell Buzanov to return from Moscow to the Saratov region. Buzanov left Russia and was put on a wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":104,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Danila Buzanov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"incited hatred towards a social group of Russian citizens supporting the position of the DPR and LPR with the use of violence","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.12.2015 to 12.07.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.07.2016 to 21.06.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.03.2016, Sentence: One year six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2016-03-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-03-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-07-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/07/d37556/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recvstj2UXE6ChF8p"},{"persecution_id":"recgjhKUtDbDy5NMR","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"reckOEyjITGNx4FFC","name_en":"Alexander Kornev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att36O5kXHYCv23xc.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att36O5kXHYCv23xc.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on 4 February 2015 together with 30 other suspects in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, unrelated to terrorism, arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation; in January 2016 was also charged with preparation for a violent seizure of power. On 30 July 2018, he was sentenced to 13 years in strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1279,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of the twenty-one","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of an extremist organization, was involved in a terrorist organization, and prepared for the violent seizure of power.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.02.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 with special economic activity conditions of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Perm territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 with special economic activity conditions of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Perm territory\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2018, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in strict regime colony, fine of 400,000 rubles, one year's imprisonment under part 2 of article 282.2, fine of 80,000 rubles and release from penalty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in strict regime colony, fine of 400,000 rubles, one year's imprisonment under part 2 of article 282.2, fine of 80,000 rubles and release from penalty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-02-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/02/d31214/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-04-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-dvadcati-shesti\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-05-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/214351.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recgjhKUtDbDy5NMR"},{"persecution_id":"recvkWWN7U86Tqjls","last_updated":"2024-05-20T15:41:51.000Z","person_id":"recvA81pN1nZUAjXK","name_en":"Komil Odilov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On July 24, 2012, Odilov was charged with organising the activities of a religious association that had been banned due to extremist activities by a court's enforceable decision. On May 27, 2013, he received a one-year suspended sentence.\n\nIn late June 2014, it bekame known that Odilov had been removed from the list of organizations and individuals associated with extremist activity or terrorism.\n\nOn December 5, 2015, Odilov was detained in connection with a new criminal case related to the organization of activities of the nonexistent banned organization \"Nurdzhular.\" He was placed in custody, which was later changed to personal recognisance in September 2016. On June 29, 2018, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Novosibirsk sentenced Odilov to two years in a general regime penal colony. On December 21, he was sentenced to eight years of administrative supervision.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2015-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":936,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":133,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Novosibirsk Nurcists"],"case_name_en":"Komil Odilov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"continued the activities of a cell of the banned organisation \"Nurdzhular\" in Novosibirsk","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 09.09.2016 to 02.07.2018\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 07.12.2015\n• in custody:  to 08.09.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2018 to 01.07.2020\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.06.2018, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony• First instance court on the merits, 21.12.2018","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"first_verdict_date":"2018-06-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-12-21T15:44:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-12-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/12/d33423/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recvkWWN7U86Tqjls"},{"persecution_id":"recavgsNqo1nIXTus","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recumUVZ5M2I2ewiW","name_en":"Almaz Karimov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In April 2015, detained after a search and arrested together with four others on charges of participation in the activities of the terrorist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir; on 12 May 2016, sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. He was released in April 2020.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sterlitamak"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2020-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":392,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Sterlitamak \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Sterlitamak","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.04.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 22.04.2020\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.05.2016, Sentence: Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2016-05-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-05-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-08-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/sterlitamakskoe-delo-5-ob-uchastii-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-08-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9473/sterlitamakskoe-delo-5-ob-uchastii-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-04-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/04/d32884/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recavgsNqo1nIXTus"},{"persecution_id":"recVAXsUniB0vwWLX","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recuecSRstOlyI5nn","name_en":"Fanis Gainutdinov","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 July 2015, it became known about the arrest of Fanis Gainutdinov, during the search extremist literature was found, as well as weapons, although he was not accused of illegal possession of weapons. Gainutdinov was charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. He claimed to have withdrawn from Hizb ut-Tahrir activities. On 8 June 2016, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. He was released in July 2021.\n\nIn 2005, he had already been convicted of involvement in terrorist offences and organising the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2015-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":322,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Fanis Gainutdinov","persecution_case_profile_en":"is a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir and has recruited new members to the organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.07.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.07.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.06.2016, Sentence: six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2016-06-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-06-07T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-06-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/06/d34746/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recVAXsUniB0vwWLX"},{"persecution_id":"rectHZimZ6rLRgc8i","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recrDc1omOugW0J7K","name_en":"Gabbasov Marsel Nazhipovich","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was arrested in December 2015, held in an isolated block of the pre-trial detention centre. On 31 October 2016, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. He was released in June 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhnevartovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2015-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2022-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":327,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases 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SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-02-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/02/d36359/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rectHZimZ6rLRgc8i"},{"persecution_id":"rec5YNWSpI1yzMM79","last_updated":"2026-03-25T16:12:32.000Z","person_id":"recVv0eaKGtrlhmeB","name_en":"Shamil Sharipov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att4rQtpkUQahLHoY.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att4rQtpkUQahLHoY.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on February 4th 2015, together with 30 other suspects of participation in \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" activities, arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation; in January 2016, he was also charged with preparing for a violent seizure of power\n\nOn November 1st 2017, during the court session, the court removed Sharipov's defense attorney Almira Zhukova from the hearing.\n\nOn July 30th 2018, Sharipov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn 2014, Sharipov was a suspect in a case of involvement in an extremist organisation.\n\nIn October 2008, he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for a similar case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1279,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 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On 24 May 2016, the prosecutor returned the case to the investigation. On 5 October 2017, the case was dismissed","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2015-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2017-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":724,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":103,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aidar Halim case","persecution_case_profile_en":"made emotional remarks about Russians mentioning Putin; repeated in his speech the thesis from his own book \"To Kill an Empire\" about the \"biological death\" of the Russian people and stated that the salvation of Russians is possible only after their \"getting rid of Putin\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.10.2017, Sentence: drop the case","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"drop the case","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-10-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-10-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-04-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/04/d34350/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recTc9gpiXrsXOPnm"},{"persecution_id":"recYJ1IGO1IYmVUUt","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recVupNbN9fuxAGyJ","name_en":"Anton Starodubtsev","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 26 December 2015, in the village of Ivanovka, Amur region, armed men burst into the house of a local resident where several Muslims, including Starodubtsev, had gathered. The armed men conducted a search, ordering all those present to lie down on the floor and handcuffing them all. Everyone, including Starodubtsev, was taken for interrogation. Starodubtsev was questioned as a witness, as he was told, in the case of organising the activities of an extremist organisation opened against Yevgeny Kim. The investigator told Starodubtsev that he could easily be transferred to the status of an accused. A search was also conducted in Starodubtsev's flat and workplace. In June 2016, Starodubtsev was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. 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On 16 May, he was sentenced to two years in a penal colony.\n\nIn November 2016, Stenin's sentence was toughened and he was transferred to a penal colony.\n\nOn 2 June 2017, Stenin was released after the verdict was cancelled and the case was dismissed for lack of corpus delicti.\n\nOn 9 November, the Supreme Court, having considered the complaint of the Prosecutor General's Office, returned Stenin's case to the appeal instance. On 21 December, the verdict was again declared lawful.\n\nOn 17 February 2018, it became known that Stenin left Russia.\n\nOn 21 October 2015, Stenin was fined one thousand rubles for posting a video clip \"Orange Sun 14/88\" in the social network \"VKontakte\" in 2012","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Astrakhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":479,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Igor Stenin","persecution_case_profile_en":"Posted on the social network under the pseudonym \"Ingvar Stefan\" post about the war on the Ukraine territory and another user's comment.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 22.01.2015 to 09.09.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"","Federal Penal Correctional Centre-10 of the Astrakhan Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 2 of the Tambov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.11.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tambov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2017 to 02.06.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.10.2016 to 07.11.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tambov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.09.2016 to 13.10.2016, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-10 of the Astrakhan Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.11.2016 to 28.11.2016, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 2 of the Tambov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.10.2016 to 27.10.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Astrakhan Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.05.2016, Sentence: two years' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"first_verdict_date":"2016-05-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-05-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-05-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/05/d34491/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-06-2016\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://memohrc.org/news/memorial-priznal-zhitelya-astrahani-igorya-stenina-presleduemym-po-politicheskim-motivam\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recGN0oRkmvbBMJ9X"},{"persecution_id":"rec9jQrEOK4Uyglka","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recRVrtgg3R9jJ3gf","name_en":"Azamat Kaiumov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 4 February 2015, along with 30 other suspects for participation in Hizb ut-Tahrir activities, arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation; in January 2016 a charge of preparation for forcible seizure of power was added. 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On 30 July 2018, he was sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn the colony Salimov's detention conditions were tightened due to prayers.\n\nIn 2014, he was a suspect in a case of involvement in an extremist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1279,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal 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In addition, in order to acquire propaganda skills, he studied in detail the ideological sources of the terrorist organisation in the form of books, brochures, leaflets and electronic files, which he kept at his place of residence; sharing the political aims and objectives of the terrorist organisation, after acquiring the necessary theoretical knowledge and propaganda skills, he directed his activities towards disseminating ideas in society based on the doctrine of the indispensable construction of the \"Caliphate\" and seeking out and inducing new individuals to participate in the organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.09.2015 to 20.12.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 29.09.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.12.2016\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.08.2016, Sentence: eight years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"eight years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2016-08-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-08-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 06-02-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/chelyabinskoe-delo-chetveryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 07-02-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9089/cheljabinskoe-delo-chetveryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-06-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/06/d34839/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recZv0jPz5CjdxWKI"},{"persecution_id":"recBSB5tbZz7uxOTe","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:09:04.000Z","person_id":"rec9zPBluIU0jRenT","name_en":"Andrei Kolomiets","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attCx2h1EmVC7OFU9.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attCx2h1EmVC7OFU9.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"On the night of 17 May 2015, he was detained in Kabardino-Balkaria, interrogated on charges of attempted murder of Berkut fighters on the Maidan in Kiev (who received Russian citizenship in Crimea after the events), gave a confession, which he later retracted, claiming that he had given it under torture; according to the investigation, after the interrogation he was released and on his way home he picked marijuana and tried to smuggle it in a hitchhiking car, but was detained. Kolomiets claims that he was not released and that the drugs had been planted in the car in which he was then put by the operatives; there is no material evidence of Kolomiets’ attack on the Berkut fighters in the case and everything is based on testimonies of the victims, while the testimony of one of them changed significantly after Kolomiets’ arrest – a description of a person similar to him was added to it.\n\nOn 10 June 2016, he was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime colony. On 1 June 2023, the court of cassation excluded a part relating to the victims’ performance of official duties from the charge of attempted murder and a part relating to transportation from the charge under the article on drugs. Kolomiets’ sentence was reduced by four months.\n\nOn 15 January 2025, Kolomiets was released. On the same day, he was taken to a deportation centre. He was later deported from Russia, but in July 2025 Kolomiets was reported to have been stuck in a buffer zone at the border with Georgia. Soon after that, he eventually managed to return to Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2015-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":389,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 228 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Paragraph(s) K,A,F Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228","105"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 228 (unknown part)","Part 2, Article 105"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Kolomiets’ case","persecution_case_profile_en":"As a member of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army banned in Russia, on 20 January 2014, he participated in clashes on Hrushevsky Street in Kyiv, threw at least two Molotov cocktails at Berkut officers from Crimea, M.V. Kozliakov and A.V. Gavrilenko, leading to their outer clothing catching on fire. On 16 May 2015, in a field near the village of Novo-Ivanovskoye, he picked 152.3 grams of cannabis tops, then hitched a ride and placed a bag of cannabis next to the front seat.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.05.2015 to 13.08.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• in custody: from 13.08.2015 to 22.11.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Krasnodar | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 14 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2016, Krasnodar | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 14 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai\n• punishment cell: from 01.01.2024, Krasnodar | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 14 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Krasnodar | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 14 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai\n• Unknown:  to 01.08.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 15.01.2025, Krasnodar | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 14 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai\n• Unknown: from 15.01.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.06.2016, Sentence: 10 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":116,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-4,"first_verdict_date":"2016-06-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-06-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-07-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/216856.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-07-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/kolomiec-andrey-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recBSB5tbZz7uxOTe"},{"persecution_id":"recCObhnSpqzhNAPu","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recgPj3pJg4xjCdxO","name_en":"Rafael Fattakhov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attGfA7EQMkLrUjdC.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attGfA7EQMkLrUjdC.jpg"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On February 4, 2015, he was detained, along with 30 other suspects, for their alleged involvement in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir. He was subsequently arrested on charges related to participation in  the activities of a terrorist organisation. In January 2016, additional charges were filed against him, accusing him of preparation of a forcible seizure of power. On July 30, 2018, he received a 22-year sentence in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1279,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of the twenty-one","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation, participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, and was preparing for a forcible seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.02.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2018, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":264,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-02-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/02/d31214/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-05-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/214351.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-04-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-dvadcati-shesti\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recCObhnSpqzhNAPu"},{"persecution_id":"recFeckzuo17AJH7a","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recysr8RH0YKrSGgF","name_en":"Obidjon Dzhurabaev","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"On October 20th, 2015, he was detained together with other suspects for participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, he was arrested on October 21st. 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In January 2015, he was put on an international wanted list due to suspicion of car theft and weapons possession.\nArrested on 11 January 2018 on charges of illegal possession of weapons and insulting a government official.\nOn 24 May 2018, Khazbiyev was charged with a incitement of hatred or humiliation of dignity on the grounds of belonging to the social group of a government official.\nOn 27 November, he was sentenced to two years and 11 months in a open prison.\nOn 26 February 2019, the term was reduced by three months due to the cancellation of the sentence in terms of incitement to hatred.\nOn 25 July 2019, Khazbiyev was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nazran"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1404,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":200,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 222 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319 (unknown part)","Article 222 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Magomed Khazbiyev","persecution_case_profile_en":"illegally possessed a weapon, insulted a government official","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.01.2018 to 24.08.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Ingushetia\n• in custody: from 26.08.2018 to 25.07.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the North Ossetia-Alania\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 25.07.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.11.2018, Sentence: Two years and eleven months' deprivation of liberty in an open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years and eleven months' deprivation of liberty in an open prison","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":32,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2018-11-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-11-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-07-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/05/d39417/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recmZlqZkTnnzdm4e"},{"persecution_id":"rec1pB8Q3fdNO9vhw","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recK0xK6295sjJy4a","name_en":"Abdunabi Zoidov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"On 20 October 2015, detained together with other suspects in participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, arrested on 21 October. 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On 19 June 2017, he was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison.\n\nOn 29 January 2019, the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Sverdlovsk region invalidated the decision to grant Kim Russian citizenship.\n\nOn 10 April, Kim was released from prison. The day before, his passport was confiscated, and immediately after leaving the colony, a report on violation of the rules of stay was drawn up on him, after which the court decided to fine him and expel him from the country. 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According to the investigation, Avdoshkin, \"acting for separatist reasons\", in comments to an article on one of the Internet sites posted a text containing public calls for the withdrawal of the Komi Republic from the Russian Federation. The case was considered under special trial procedure, as the accused declared his agreement with the charges. 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He was taken into custody. In June 2015, the defence managed to secure his release under house arrest. On 25 February 2016, at the request of the FSB, he was again detained: the representative of the agency motivated the demand by the fact that Magomedov changed his place of residence several times and did not warn the investigation about it, although his relatives claim that he did. The charge of incitement to hatred was dropped, but Magomedov was also charged with involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation and preparation for violent seizure of power.\n\nOn 3 July 2017, he was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime penal colony. 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On 30 July 2018, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1279,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 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On 10 August 2017, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. On 21 December, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months. On 17 August 2018, he was released, while a court hearing on his motion to recalculate the days in custody was scheduled for 21 August.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":749,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":107,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"Army of the Will of the People\""],"case_name_en":"The case of the \"Army of the Will of the People\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"actively engaged in political activity, positioning themselves as persons in opposition to the State authorities of the Russian Federation\", \"under the plausible pretext of organising and holding a referendum\" on the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution and the law \"On the trial of the people of Russia over the President and members of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation\", wanted to continue the activities of the banned \"Army of the Will of the People\", with the \"main and only goal\" of the organisation being the dissemination of extremist materials.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.07.2015 to 28.08.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 28.08.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2018 to 17.08.2018, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.08.2017, Sentence: four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":46,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2017-08-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-08-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-08-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/203455.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-10-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-igpr-zov\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-07-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/07/d32527/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recyTFASzufoYvw1s"},{"persecution_id":"recIraNq1MLgizsru","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"rec2dm4V3NBWvgLp3","name_en":"Ruslan Zeitullaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attw54hPuWAbNIPmb.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attw54hPuWAbNIPmb.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"A resident of Sevastopol. 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On 27 July, the Supreme Court increased the sentence to 15 years, after the prosecutor's office's request make the sentence harsher.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Orlinoye"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":595,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Sevastopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Zeitullaev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation: recruited supporters, organised and held Hizb ut-Tahrir meetings and study sessions of the organisation's literature for the members.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.05.2016 to 28.08.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 20.01.2015 to 26.05.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2017 to 20.02.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment cell: from 20.02.2024 to 31.03.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.03.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.04.2017, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony• First instance court on the merits, 07.09.2016, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":96,"first_verdict_date":"2016-09-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-04-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-02-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/02/d31292/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 28-07-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/217206.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 17-07-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/sevastopolskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recIraNq1MLgizsru"},{"persecution_id":"rectR9FUKAzvnVhiM","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recAWfTVoiekpDZRU","name_en":"Airat Mustaev","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In April 2015, detained after a search and arrested together with four others on charges of participation in the activities of the terrorist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir; on 12 May 2016, sentenced to five years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. 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On 15 June 2017, he was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":611,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Moscow case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The second Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, actively engaged in recruitment activities, and promoted the ideas of radical Islam and the building of an Islamic caliphate on the territory of the Russian Federation","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.06.2017, Sentence: Fifteen years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fifteen years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2017-06-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-06-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-06-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/06/d37296/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-04-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-pyateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-04-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8596/moskovskoe-delo-pjateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recdX5uR6swbvaSiI"},{"persecution_id":"rec5t6EHhJAVrPW90","last_updated":"2023-11-08T16:39:54.000Z","person_id":"recw6Ps6flc2cPbh6","name_en":"Anton Nosik","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Back in November 2015, the Main Investigative Directorate of the Russian Investigative Committee in Moscow opened a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of hatred or hostility) against media manager and blogger Anton Nosik. The grounds for this were the results of an inspection of his publication \"Wipe Syria off the face of the Earth\", as well as his speeches on the air of the radio station \"Echo of Moscow\". On 3 October 2016, he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles, on 15 December the court of second instance reduced the fine to 300 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2016-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":321,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Anton Nosik case","persecution_case_profile_en":"incited national hatred through a blog post on LiveJournal and a speech on Echo of Moscow","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.10.2016, Sentence: a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2016-10-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-10-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-02-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/02/d33850/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec5t6EHhJAVrPW90"},{"persecution_id":"recNr8iRkJ0Gja8n2","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recf51M7eeuAXzMIp","name_en":"Rustam Zainullin","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In April 2015, he was detained after a search and arrested together with four others on charges of participation in the activities of the terrorist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir; on 12 May 2016, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. He was released in April 2021.\n\nIn September 2011, he was also searched and interrogated in connection with his involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sterlitamak"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":392,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Sterlitamak \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Sterlitamak","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.04.2015 to 16.04.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chuvash republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 20.04.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chuvash republic\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.05.2016, Sentence: six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2016-05-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-05-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-04-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/04/d32884/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-08-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/sterlitamakskoe-delo-5-ob-uchastii-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-08-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9473/sterlitamakskoe-delo-5-ob-uchastii-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recNr8iRkJ0Gja8n2"},{"persecution_id":"recskTUxnU9yXvL8T","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:35:47.000Z","person_id":"recA294aWsXFtGBSr","name_en":"Andrey Bubeev","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-12-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Tver region. In the winter of 2015, a case of incitement to ethnic hatred was opened against Bubeev following a statement by one of the participants in a dispute on social networks about the events in Ukraine. The formal reason was the posting of the anti-Semitic film \"Eternal Jew\" on Bubeev's page, but the film was not included in the case files. Among the publications included in the case were a photo of a cemetery with a text about mass graves of people who fought on the territory of Ukraine, a video entitled \"Russian tanks and armoured vehicles, a large column of fascist aggressors on the border with Ukraine\", Andrey Shipilov's note that \"the majority of those Russians who do not approve of Putin, at the same time with a huge dislike for Ukrainian nationalist-Banderites\", and instructions on how to kill with a knife. All publications were reposts without any comments of Andrey's own.\n\nBubeev evaded the investigation and was put on a federal wanted list on 27 April 2015. Family members were put under surveillance. Bubeev's wife was put matches in the lock and unscrewed plugs from the switchboard in the entrance. FSB operatives called everyone whose phone numbers were in Bubeev's address book and informed them that he had committed a crime. Each acquaintance was told different things: some were told about murder, others about robbery, rape, terrorism.\n\nBubeev's wife was threatened and forced to go to the Investigative Committee for questioning, and, according to her, they attributed things to her that she had not said.\n\nOn 24 May 2015, Bubeev visited his wife and son at their cabin. In the evening of the same day, special forces raided the place (according to his wife, the operatives received a call from neighbours). During the search, they found 56 live cartridges, which were of a calibre suitable for his hunting carbine, but were banned for civilian circulation. Bubeev claims that he found them at a shooting range on the territory of an abandoned military unit.\n\nBubeev was sent to a pre-trial detention centre. His wife was repeatedly denied visits.\n \nBubeev pleaded guilty and entered into an agreement with the investigation. On 28 August 2015, he was sentenced to a year in a penal colony.\n\nAfter the sentence, Bubeev was sent to a special block of the pre-trial detention centre, from where he was regularly sent to the punishment cell. Instead of sending him to a penal colony, a new case was brought against him - again for posts on social networks, under articles on calls for extremist activity and violation of the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation. The reason for the case was the publication of Boris Stomakhin's article \"Crimea is Ukraine!\", as well as a picture with toothpaste and the inscription \"Squeeze Russia out of you!\", accompanied by the text about the need to destroy Russia.\nOn 5 May 2016, Andrey Bubeev was sentenced to two years and three months in a \"colony-settlement\", taking into account the previous term.\nIn December 2016, due to alleged breaches of discipline, Bubeev was transferred by court decision to a general regime colony.\nOn 23 August 2017, he was released.\n\nIn September 2025, Bubeev was added to the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tver"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":238,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Part 1, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Bubeev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"republished Boris Stomakhin's article \"Crimea is Ukraine!\" and a picture with toothpaste and the inscription \"Squeeze Russia out of you!\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.05.2015 to 19.11.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 07.12.2016, LIU-3 of the Tver region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2016 to 23.08.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.08.2015, Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment in a \"colony-settlement\"","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's imprisonment in a \"colony-settlement\"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2015-08-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-08-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-01-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/racism-xenophobia/news/counteraction/2016/01/d33696/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-03-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/bubeev-andrey-borisovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-03-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/212504.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recskTUxnU9yXvL8T"},{"persecution_id":"recWnh9BxRM0zNf2q","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recRozGqNnYAo7qhg","name_en":"Rustem Vaitov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Vaitov, together with two other Muslims, was arrested by FSB officers in late January 2015 on suspicion of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir; a criminal case was opened against them under Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code (organisation of activities of a terrorist organisation and participation in it); on 7 September 2016, he was sentenced to 5 years in a general regime colony.\n\nIn November 2019, it became known that Vaitov was placed in a reinforced regime barrack in the colony. His wife stated that Vaitov was credited with the neighbor's violation.\n\nIn December 2018, Vaitov was denied parole.\n\nOn 22 January 2020, he was released. He was assigned administrative supervision for eight years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":595,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Sevastopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case"],"case_name_en":"Sevastopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation: joined Zeitullayev's cell no later than June 2014","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.01.2015 to 26.05.2016\n• in custody: from 27.05.2016 to 27.12.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kurgan Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2017 to 22.01.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kurgan Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.09.2016, Sentence: 5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2016-09-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-09-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 28-07-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/217206.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 17-07-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/sevastopolskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-02-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/02/d31329/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recWnh9BxRM0zNf2q"},{"persecution_id":"rec9admF2j3LOEV8N","last_updated":"2023-11-07T09:24:18.000Z","person_id":"recGmiWTqCbgjs68O","name_en":"Ilhom Merazhov","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 11 October 2011, he was detained and his apartment was searched, during which books by Said Nursi were seized. He was charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 27 May 2013, he was sentenced to one year of suspended imprisonment. On 15 August, the court of second instance upheld the sentence. At the end of June 2014, Merazhov was reported to have been removed from the list of organisations and individuals in respect of whom there is information about their involvement in extremist activity or terrorism.\n\nLater Merazhov was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation as part of the case of continuing the activities of a cell of a non-existent organisation called \"Nurdzhular\" in the Novosibirsk region. He left Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Novosibirsk Nurcists"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ilkhom Merazhov","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the \"Nurdzhular\" cell in Novosibirsk","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-10-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/10/d37985/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec9admF2j3LOEV8N"},{"persecution_id":"recI8M2MlTfMzFXxh","last_updated":"2024-07-25T09:25:21.000Z","person_id":"recwLN0MuiyTXccXs","name_en":"Sergey Lazarov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 10 June 2015, a case of insulting religious feelings in connection with the publication of an article on the icon of Christ \"Evil Christ\" on the Internet was brought against the writer and former teacher of the Orenburg State Medical University Sergey Lazarov; on 24 February 2015, Lazarov was found guilty, the court imposed a fine of 35,000 rubles and released him from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for criminal liability; on 26 April, the court of second instance upheld the sentence","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2015-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":258,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 148 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 148 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case for the \"Evil Christ\" article","persecution_case_profile_en":"published on his website an article containing insulting statements against Christianity, Judaism, Jews and the Russian Orthodox Church, aimed at inciting religious and ethnic hatred, violating part 2, article 19 and article 28 of the Russian Constitution, which guarantee the equality of human and civil rights and freedoms regardless of gender, race, nationality, language, origin and religion. 2 of article 19 and article 28 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which guarantee the equality of human and civil rights and freedoms regardless of sex, race, nationality, language, origin or attitude to religion.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2016, Sentence: a fine of 35,000 roubles; release from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations on criminal liability","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 35,000 roubles; release from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations on criminal liability","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":35000,"first_verdict_date":"2016-02-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-02-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-04-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/authorities/feelings/2016/04/d34415/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recI8M2MlTfMzFXxh"},{"persecution_id":"recHyhvnNEbztd7zv","last_updated":"2024-08-05T12:23:28.000Z","person_id":"reclVLXZw6luqHrJk","name_en":"Andrey Pivovarov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Andrei Pivovarov, formerly an activist of the People's Freedom Party (PARNAS), served as the campaign manager of the Democratic Coalition in the Kostroma region, which was formed based on Parnas. He later became the coordinator of the Open Russia movement.\n\nA criminal case for unlawful access to computer information was initiated in connection with events in July 2015. After the Democratic Coalition's electoral list in the Novosibirsk region was threatened with removal from the election, Pivovarov arranged with Kostroma police captain Alexei Nikonorov to check the voter list. On the evening of July 27, when he arrived at the police department and entered an office, he was detained along with Nikonorov. Throughout the night Pivovarov was held at the Kostroma regional directorate of the Investigative Committee, and his lawyer was not allowed to see him. On July 29, the Sverdlovsk District Court of Kostroma sent Pivovarov and Nikonorov to a pre-trial detention centre for two months. Initially, Pivovarov was charged with illegal access to computer information. However, his associates and defence argued that he neither accessed nor used any data, and  criminal liability for accessing computer information is only possible in cases of material consequences. Nikonorov was charged with abuse of power. Later, Pivovarov was charged with incitement to abuse of power, and the Investigative Committee announced that Pivovarov was also suspected of bribing Nikonorov.\n\nDuring a confrontation Nikonorov admitted that he had given false testimony against Pivovarov under pressure from operatives.\n\nOn July 30, Pivovarov's mother, who is disabled and dependent on him, residing in St. Petersburg, was summoned to the Centre for Countering Extremism for a preventive conversation. On 31 July, her apartment was searched. According to Ilya Yashin, her lawyers were at the confrontation at the time. They were notified of the search via SMS, but their phones had been confiscated during the confrontation.\n\nOn September 28, after the legislative assembly elections in the Kostroma region, Pivovarov was released on bail. On June 10, 2016, he was sentenced to a fine of 2,4 million rubles, reduced to 1,5 million rubles for the time spent in a pre-trial detention centre. On August 4, the appellate court reduced the fine to one million rubles.\n\nOn May 31, 2021, Pivovarov was removed from a plane when he was about to fly from St. Petersburg to Warsaw. It turned out that a criminal case had been initiated against him on 29 May for engaging in activities of an \"undesirable organisation.\" Pivovarov and his associates emphasised that Open Russia had officially ceased to exist on May 27. On June 2, he was taken into custody by a court order in Krasnodar, where the case had been initiated. On July 15, 2022, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony.\n\nOn August 1, 2024, he was released as part of a prisoner swap between Russia and other countries.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kostroma"],"persecution_region_en":["Kostroma Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KOS"],"persecution_started":"2015-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":318,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 272 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["272"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 272 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Pivovarov and Nikonorov","persecution_case_profile_en":"illegally accessed information on the computer through bribing police officer Alexei Nikonorov","persecution_location_en":"At large as a result of an exchange","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","released on bail"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.07.2015 to 28.09.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast\n• released on bail: from 28.09.2015 to 04.08.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.06.2016, Sentence: A fine of 2,400,000 rubles reduced to 1.5 million rubles to reflect the time served in pre-trial detention; 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in June 2016, Luzgin was sentenced to a fine of 200,000 rubles","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2016-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":545,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Luzgin","persecution_case_profile_en":"Intentionally disseminated deliberately false facts about the joint attack of the USSR and Germany on Poland on 1 September 1939 and the outbreak of the Second World War by those States, which were not reflected in the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal, because he supports the ideas of Ukrainian nationalism.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2016, Sentence: a fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2016-06-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-06-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-06-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/07/d34941/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recdedGStUnc8FOKv"},{"persecution_id":"recqCHyitoZw2a1Qo","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec3tEbuBcUKxftEv","name_en":"Rushan Asylbaev","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"While serving in a military unit in the village of Alkino (Bashkiria), he was a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir and allegedly \"corresponded with other members of this structure via the Internet, stored and distributed materials of an extremist nature, carried out agitation and induced fellow soldiers to be recruited into the ranks of the terrorist organisation\". 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charged with participation in the activities of an extremist (Article 282.2, Part 2) and terrorist organisation (Article 205.5, Part 2). On 12 May 2016, he was sentenced to five years in prison. He was released in April 2020.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Baymak"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2016-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":392,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Sterlitamak \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Sterlitamak","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.04.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 22.04.2020\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.05.2016, Sentence: Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2016-05-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-05-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-04-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/04/d32884/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-08-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9473/sterlitamakskoe-delo-5-ob-uchastii-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-08-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/sterlitamakskoe-delo-5-ob-uchastii-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recof1e3UsHDcfLFL"},{"persecution_id":"recz7HfMd5AriTJik","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recZe8vDF5TImXn9G","name_en":"Mukhidin Yusupov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Charged with public calls to extremism and incitement to hatred for talking in a cell. 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Islyamov’s TV channel, ATR, was not registered by Roskomnadzor, ceased broadcasting in April, and later relocated to Kyiv, where Islyamov himself also eventually moved.\n\nIslyamov is one of the organizers of the commercial blockade of Crimea from Ukrainian territory. The Crimean prosecutor’s office expressed its intention to criminally prosecute the initiators of the blockade. On 2 November 2015, it became known that a case had been opened against him for calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation. Searches were conducted at businesses owned by the Islyamov family. The Central Bank of Russia revoked the license of the family-owned bank due to risky lending practices. Later, it became known that Islyamov was also being investigated under charges of sabotage and organizing an armed formation.\n\nOn 10 December 2020, he was sentenced in absentia to 19 years in a maximum-security penal colony. 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He is accused of organizing an armed formation and carrying out a group sabotage that caused significant property damage.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.12.2020, Sentence: 19 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"19 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"first_verdict_date":"2020-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-10-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/11/d33156/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec1mdyZWwnHt268Q"},{"persecution_id":"recs7v871vZkEUJBQ","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recOKZmIDe9yFtOif","name_en":"Ildus Yanbukhtin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained in 2015 as part of a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 30 June 2017, sentenced to two years and seven months in a penal colony","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Chekmagush"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":792,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":113,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Bashkortostan"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Bashkortostan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Conducted covert propaganda of Islamic extremist ideology and recruited new members by psychologically manipulating them","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 29.04.2015\n• recognizance not to leave: from 27.10.2015 to 30.06.2017\n• in custody: from 30.06.2017 to 16.10.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.10.2017\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2017, Sentence: Two years seven months' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years seven months' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":31,"first_verdict_date":"2017-06-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-06-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-07-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/07/d37478/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recs7v871vZkEUJBQ"},{"persecution_id":"recUnlzfJHxUAPLXG","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recqDBut4UVqXx6iJ","name_en":"Arslan Salimzyanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attd4fAkKidzjF1lU.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attd4fAkKidzjF1lU.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 19 May 2015, detained and on May, 20, arrested together with three other people on charges of participation in the activities of the terrorist organisation \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\". On 5 April 2017, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2015-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":686,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan","case_number":"1-6/2017 (1-28/2016;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Distributed literature of a terrorist organisation, recruited new members, including minors, and supported the organisation financially.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.05.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.04.2017, Sentence: Sixteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sixteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2017-04-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-04-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-07-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/226306.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-05-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/05/d32759/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-06-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recUnlzfJHxUAPLXG"},{"persecution_id":"recX8lowKhY0vuIo0","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recwalVj6HmkBHUrm","name_en":"Radmir Maksutov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attu0PKwnQ8owpOBD.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attu0PKwnQ8owpOBD.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ufa. 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She was forced to write a confession by deceit. On 3 March 2016, she was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony on charges of state treason for sending information about the redeployment of the Russian Armed Forces to Timur Buskadze, a Georgian police officer. The defence lawyer was late in filing an appeal.\n\nIn December, the lawyers of \"Team-29\" filed an application to restore the deadlines for the appeal. The Krasnodar Regional Court refused to restore the deadlines.\n\nPardoned on 7 March 2017, released on 12 March.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2017-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":413,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Oksana Sevastidi","persecution_case_profile_en":"Between April and July 2008, she collected and, by sending two SMS messages, transmitted to a Georgian police officer, Timur Buskadze, information on the redeployment of the Russian Armed Forces that constituted a State secret","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.02.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 08.02.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Ivanovo Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.02.2017 to 12.03.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.03.2016, Sentence: seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2016-03-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-03-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-02-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/sevastidi-oksana-valerevna\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 06-02-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/221156.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec8iVTodA25FQwxB"},{"persecution_id":"recpHi95e8HVkcuNY","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recTfkRPAwxsbCbt9","name_en":"Ruslan Gazizov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and public justification of terrorism; included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring; detained on 15 January 2015; according to the investigation, he participated in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Samara, recruited new supporters, published videos of this organisation on the Internet; on 27 March the case was transferred to court; on 27 April Gazizov was sentenced to two years of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of two years.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":115,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Gazizov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Samara, recruited new supporters, and published videos of the organisation on the Internet","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.01.2015 to 27.04.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.04.2015, Sentence: Two years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of two years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of two years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-04-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-04-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-04-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2015/04/d31877/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recpHi95e8HVkcuNY"},{"persecution_id":"recWeaVjYmd20JIjc","last_updated":"2026-04-11T21:42:02.000Z","person_id":"recVxuNYACAJLqqyk","name_en":"Fanis Akhmetshin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxbVRYh118LGSTG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxbVRYh118LGSTG.jpeg"],"birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on 4 February 2015 together with 30 other suspects for participation in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, unrelated to terrorism.\n\nHe was arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation; in January 2016, a charge of preparation for the violent seizure of power was added. On 16 December 2017, he was transferred to a prison hospital due to a blood clot in his leg. After that, the judge separated his case into separate proceedings. On 30 July 2018, Akhmetshin was sentenced together with the other 20 defendants: the court sentenced him to eleven years in a strict regime colony. Presumably, he was released in February 2026.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1279,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of the twenty-one","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of an extremist organisation, participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation, and prepared for a violent seizure of power.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.10.2018 to 04.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan \n• in custody: from 06.02.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody:  to 02.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 14.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 16.12.2017, Bashkortostan Federal Penitentiary Service Hospital\n• in custody: from 04.04.2020 to 14.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody:  to 16.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.02.2015 to 01.02.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2018, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony; a fine of 400,000 roubles; and 1 year's restriction of liberty.\nUnder Part 2 of Article 282.2, a fine of 80,000 roubles and release from the punishment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony; a fine of 400,000 roubles; and 1 year's restriction of liberty.\nUnder Part 2 of Article 282.2, a fine of 80,000 roubles and release from the punishment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-02-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extrem\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-05-2016\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/214351.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-04-2016\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-dvadcati-shesti\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recWeaVjYmd20JIjc"},{"persecution_id":"recQE8p7Avqry70sU","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recOsrkX8UZ9CilLd","name_en":"Denis Zagitdinov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was a witness in the case of five alleged members of Hizb ut-Tahrir (Salavat Khabirov, Alfred Shaimov, whose group, according to the investigation, Zagitdinov belonged to, and others) being considered in Chelyabinsk, and was prosecuted on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation; on 3 August 2016, he was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony. He was released from prison in September 2023.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_days_from_verdict":580,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Chelyabinsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The third Chelyabinsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"During his training in Hizb ut-Tahrir, he attended secret religious and political classes — \"khalakats\" — where he acquired special knowledge by studying the ideological sources of the organisation, which are recognised as extremist, and mastered the propaganda skills necessary for finding and inducing new people to participate in the organisation; In addition, in order to acquire propaganda skills, he studied in detail the ideological sources of the terrorist organisation in the form of books, brochures, leaflets and electronic files, which he kept at his place of residence; sharing the political aims and objectives of the terrorist organisation, after acquiring the necessary theoretical knowledge and propaganda skills, he directed his activities towards disseminating ideas in society based on the doctrine of the indispensable construction of the \"Caliphate\" and seeking out and inducing new individuals to participate in the organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 20.12.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 29.09.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.12.2016\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.08.2016, Sentence: eight years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"eight years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2016-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 07-02-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9089/cheljabinskoe-delo-chetveryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 06-02-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/chelyabinskoe-delo-chetveryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-06-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/06/d34839/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recQE8p7Avqry70sU"},{"persecution_id":"recTT6paUSM5DLi7G","last_updated":"2025-11-17T12:41:09.000Z","person_id":"rec8ieBbcjW5F6xfs","name_en":"Alexander Zamyatin","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Alexander Zamyatin is one of the prominent nationalists and activists among football fans in Kirov, a representative of the the Russian March organising committee in Kirov, one of the founders of the Kirov regional public organisation \"Club of Fans of Football Club 'Dynamo' Kirov\". The organisation was recognised as extremist. On 27 October 2015, Zamyatin was sentenced to two years in a penal colony for publishing information materials with nationalist and fan orientation on a page titled \"Management of FC Dynamo Kirov Fan Club\". Taken into custody immediately after the verdict. In August 2017, the court decided to place Zamyatin under administrative supervision for eight years. On 26 October 2017, Zamyatin was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2025-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":298,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Zamyatin","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the period from 21 October 2013 to 6 November 2014, placed information materials on the alleged page of KROO \"FC Dynamo Kirov FC KB\" under the title \"Management of FC Dynamo Kirov Fan Club\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.10.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kirov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.01.2016 to 26.10.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.10.2015, Sentence: Two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2015-10-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-10-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-06-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/216390.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recTT6paUSM5DLi7G"},{"persecution_id":"recpOx1qXU1xKbikm","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec9uEYzLmELGgFOp","name_en":"Ildar Dadin","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On January 30, 2015, he was taken to the investigator's office from the court session where his administrative offense during the protests on December 5th, 2014 was considered; before the court session, he was under 15-day administrative arrest, which expired just on January 30. The case was started for repeated violation of the rules for holding mass events; on February 3, he was sent to house arrest; on December 7, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony; on March 31, 2016, the court of second instance reduced the term to two and a half years. After the verdict came into force, Dadin was transferred to St. Petersburg, where he was kept in a pre-trial detention center for longer than the legally required period of time without being sent to a prison, and then taken back to Moscow, where he was interrogated as a witness in a case of incitement to hatred on social media; he was transferred to a colony in Karelia, from where he later reported that he and other prisoners had been tortured; in 2017, Dadin was transferred to a colony in Altai Krai; Dadin's defense filed a complaint against Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code with the Constitutional Court, which considered that the article does not contradict the Constitution, but should be applied in cases where a person's actions pose a real danger; the Constitutional Court recommended reconsidering Dadin's sentence; on February 22, 2017, the Supreme Court ruled to overturn the sentence and release Ildar Dadin; on February 26, Dadin was released from prison. 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On September 13, 2014, in Manezhnaya Square, he participated with slogans against Putin, and also, on December 5, 2014, blocked Myasnitskaya Street, burned flares, held a banner, and shouted slogans.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 03.02.2015 to 07.12.2015\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 30.01.2015 to 03.02.2015, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 18.04.2016 to 23.06.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\n• in custody: from 30.08.2016 to 10.09.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• in custody: from 28.06.2016 to 29.08.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: from 07.12.2015 to 14.04.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.12.2016 to 26.12.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.09.2016 to 02.12.2016, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.01.2017 to 26.02.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.12.2015, Sentence: sentenced to three years of imprisonment, reduced on appeal to 2.5 years, later, the Supreme Court overturned the sentence and dismissed the case. ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentenced to three years of imprisonment, reduced on appeal to 2.5 years, later, the Supreme Court overturned the sentence and dismissed the case. ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-6,"first_verdict_date":"2015-12-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-12-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 23-01-2017\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://amnesty.org.ru/ru/2017-01-24-dadin/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-02-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/224168.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-02-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/182530.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recpOx1qXU1xKbikm"},{"persecution_id":"recEGIKvnAoAMXroe","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:55:43.000Z","person_id":"recPSvvCJK7cbHs30","name_en":"Vladimir Ionov","birth_year":1939,"birth_date":"1939-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":86,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":76,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 16 January, Ionov was taken from the court, where the administrative cases of 10 and 15 January were being considered (Ionov was fined 20,000 and 150,000 respectively - for 15 January he was charged with \"repeated violation\" at the event under part 8 of article 20.2 of the Administrative Code, also introduced in July 2014). 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences, also enacted in July 2014), Ionov was taken back to the IAB, and from there to the prosecutor's office, where he was presented with a ruling to initiate a criminal case.\n\nOn 10 July it became known that the offences of 13 and 14 September were excluded from the case and the offences of 21 March and 11 May were added.\n\nThe prosecution demanded that Ionov be sentenced to three years' suspended imprisonment. On 21 December, two days before making his last word in court, Ionov said that he had left Russia and was on the territory of Ukraine. On 19 January 2016, he was put on the federal wanted list. In August 2016, he was granted refugee status. In January 2018, Ionov's case was returned to the prosecutor's office.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action near the \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" pre-trial detention centre on the birthday of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who was detained there","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 212.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Ionov","case_number":"01-0001/2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 10 January 2015, he took part in a solitary picket on Manezhnaya Square on the occasion of the attack on the editorial office of the Paris satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo; on 15 January 2015, he took part in a rally on Manezhnaya Square in connection with the verdict in the Yves Rocher case against Alexei and Oleg Navalny; On 21 March 2015, in a solitary picket on Pushkin Square in favour of a change of power; on 11 May 2015, in a rally near the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention centre on the birthday of Nadiya Savchenko, a Ukrainian pilot accused of involvement in the murder of Russian journalists.\n\nPreviously, the case did not include the events of 21 March and 11 May, but instead included a solitary picket on 13 September 2014 near the monument to Marshal Zhukov on Manezhnaya Square with the poster \"Putin is there, you don't need a mind\" and an action on Manezhnaya Square with anti-Putin posters on 14 September 2014.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.01.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-02-2015\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/224167.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 19-03-2016\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/182523.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recEGIKvnAoAMXroe"},{"persecution_id":"recS965wkmsyiM25k","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reca4GvM5HI7vXAZP","name_en":"Mustafa Degermendji","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Detained on 7 May 2015, accused of participation in mass riots in the case of clashes in Simferopol on 26 February 2014. According to relatives, the investigator offered Degermendzhi release from custody in exchange for testimony against Akhtem Chiygoz, whom the investigation considers the organiser of the mass riots. He was kept in a pre-trial detention centre, on 6 April 2017 he was transferred to house arrest.\n\nIn June 2018, Mustafa Degermendzhi was sentenced to four years and six months suspended sentence. The probation period is three years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2015-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2020-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1137,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":162,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in front of the Crimean Parliament","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of mass disorders in Simferopol on 26 February"],"case_name_en":"The case of five participants in the mass riots in Simferopol on February 26","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, participated in mass riots in Simferopol on 26 February 2014.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 06.04.2017 to 19.06.2018\n• in custody: from 08.05.2015 to 06.04.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.06.2018, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-06-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-06-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 24-02-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/211885.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-02-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/degermendzhi-mustafa-bekirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recS965wkmsyiM25k"},{"persecution_id":"recY6hDHvuXiTjjKo","last_updated":"2024-03-19T17:10:18.000Z","person_id":"recuYgcEWslMxaLwU","name_en":"Eskender Nebiyev","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Was detained on 22 April 2015 as part of the case of clashes in Simferopol on 26 February 2014, accused of participation in mass riots. He spent about 2 months in pre-trial detention, released on the surety of the Mufti of Crimea Emirali Ablaev. He pleaded guilty and concluded an agreement with the investigation. On 9 October he was detained again, on 12 October he was sentenced to two and a half years of suspended imprisonment","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2015-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2019-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":172,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in front of the Crimean Parliament","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal 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Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.10.2015, Sentence: 2 years 6 months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-10-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-10-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• CrimeaSOS:\n Date: 18-06-2015\n Source: http://crimeahr.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Crimea_Field_Mission_Review_May_2015_RU.pdf\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["CrimeaSOS"],"aid":"recY6hDHvuXiTjjKo"},{"persecution_id":"recEfxTTflH29Hr6x","last_updated":"2026-04-14T13:01:47.000Z","person_id":"rec5xkZ9JYUGfEazl","name_en":"Vitaly Shishkin","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to 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prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders","Writers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":245,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly","freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","282","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212","Part 1, 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The purpose of the rally was \"national revival of Russia\", namely \"to protest against the policies and actions of the state authorities, including its migration policy, tightening of visa policy, deportation of migrants from the territory of the Russian Federation, provision of benefits and state support to the category of persons formed on the ethnic basis of \"Russians\", change of power in the Russian Federation, making demands addressed to the President of the Russian Federation to leave office\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: from 13.02.2015 to 20.05.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 20.05.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Kursk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 10.01.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Kursk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.10.2015, Sentence: four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":47,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"first_verdict_date":"2015-10-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-10-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-10-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/shishkin-vitaliy-viktorovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-11-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/208120.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recEfxTTflH29Hr6x"},{"persecution_id":"rec6bVPybvXduakjO","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:58:10.000Z","person_id":"rec3ZsCWD480UJqea","name_en":"Irina Kalmykova","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 6 June 2015, police officers came to Kalmykova's mother, who lives in the town of Kogalym, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District, and asked where Kalmykova was; on 8 June, an investigator summoned Kalmykova in connection with the initiation of a criminal case; on 10 June, a preventive measure was chosen against Kalmykova in the form of personal recognizance; the case mentions a solitary picket in honour of Nadezhda Savchenko's birthday outside the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention facility on 11 May 2015, being on Bolotnaya Square on the third anniversary of the 6 May 2012 rally, protest on 26 May outside the Ministry of Economic Development in support of small businesses, and protest in support of Savchenko on Lubyanka on 26 January.\n\nKalmykova was under a custodial sentence. In January 2016, it became known that she left Russia. On 4 February, the court decided to arrest Kalmykova in absentia and put her on a wanted list; on 31 May, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in honour of the three-year anniversary of the march at Bolotnaya Square","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 212.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The case of Irina Kalmykova","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in a march on Myasnitskaya Street on 5 December 2014 on the anniversary of protests against the Duma election results;\nin a rally in support of Nadezhda Savchenko at Lubyanka on 26 January 2015;\non Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2015 on the third anniversary of the 2012 rally that led to the initiation of the Bolotnaya case; in a solitary picket in honour of Savchenko's birthday outside the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention centre on 11 May 2015;\nin a rally on 26 May in front of the Ministry of Economic Development in support of small businesses.\n\nLater it turned out that the event of 11 May was not included in the indictment, but the meeting on 15 January 2015 was mentioned in connection with the verdict in the case of Alexei and Oleg Navalny.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 04.02.2016 to 04.02.2016\n• recognizance not to leave: from 10.06.2015 to 04.02.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 04-02-2016\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/197161.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-07-2015\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/241549.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec6bVPybvXduakjO"},{"persecution_id":"receSXUmAI0NUCt0g","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recXonAeSrW6eL2z9","name_en":"Talyat Yunusov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Detained on 11 March 2015 as part of the case of clashes in Simferopol on 26 February 2014, accused of participation in mass riots. He was kept in pre-trial detention centre for about two months, released on the surety of Eskender Bilyalov, advisor to the Presidential Envoy to Crimea.\n\nOn 28 December 2015, he was sentenced to three and a half years of suspended prison sentence","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2015-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":291,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in front of the Crimean Parliament","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of mass disorders in Simferopol on 26 February"],"case_name_en":"The case of Talyat Yunusov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, participated in mass riots in Simferopol on 26 February 2014.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.03.2015 to 08.05.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2015, Sentence: Three years six months' suspended prison sentence with a probation period of two years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years six months' suspended prison sentence with a probation period of two years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2015-12-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-12-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• CrimeaSOS:\n Date: 18-06-2015\n Source: http://crimeahr.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Crimea_Field_Mission_Review_May_2015_RU.pdf\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["CrimeaSOS"],"aid":"receSXUmAI0NUCt0g"},{"persecution_id":"recYpUjaz4l1XXym5","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:49:21.000Z","person_id":"recQE3iDQOfNEL7nt","name_en":"Dmitriy Buchenkov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the evening of December 2, 2015, Buchenkov was detained; at that time there was no official information about the reason, but an investigator told his girlfriend that he was suspected of involvement in the events on the Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012; his lawyer was unable to find him for two days; it was later officially confirmed that Buchenkov was a suspect in the 'Bolotnaya case. The court has arrested him for two months, however Buchenkov was not sent to a pre-trial detention centre, but remained in a temporary detention centre of the Moscow Department of Internal Affairs. He was suspected of participating in mass riots and using violence against the authorities based on a video where a person in black, allegedly resembling him, is involved. Buchenkov claimed that he was in Nizhny Novgorod with relatives during the Bolotnaya Square events and only returned to Moscow on the evening of May  6.\n\nOn March 2, 2017, Buchenkov was placed under house arrest.\n\nOn November 9, it became known that Buchenkov left Russia without waiting for the end of the trial. On November 15, the court arrested him in absentia and declared him wanted.\n\nOn December 24, 2019, the court sentenced him in absentia to two and a half years in a general regime colony. At the same time, the time Buchenkov spent in custody was counted for the entire sentence. The search for Buchenkov was terminated.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers","Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1482,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":211,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Million Man March","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code, Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitriy Buchenkov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he assaulted  several police officers, sprayed pepper gas in their direction and overturned portable toilets at the rally on May 6, 2012. The defence presented evidence that Buchenkov was not in Moscow during the rally.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","arrest in absentia","house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.12.2015 to 02.03.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• arrest in absentia: from 15.11.2017 to 24.12.2019\n• house arrest: from 02.03.2017 to 09.11.2017\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 04.12.2015 to 14.12.2015, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2019, Sentence: Two years six months deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, with the time spent in custody and under house arrest to be taken into account.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, with the time spent in custody and under house arrest to be taken into account.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/50130.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/pzk-list#def=4788\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recYpUjaz4l1XXym5"},{"persecution_id":"reccIzdqJ3Q1JWELb","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reclwRsnXTr70pN1l","name_en":"Ali Asanov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Ali Asanov was detained on 15 April 2015 as part of the case of clashes in Simferopol on 26 February 2014, accused of participation in mass riots; it was also reported that Asanov was to be accused of the death of two people as a result of these clashes. He was in pre-trial detention, on 6 April 2017 he was transferred to house arrest.\n\nIn June 2018, Ali Asanov was sentenced to four years and six months suspended sentence. The probation period was three years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2015-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2022-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1160,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":165,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in front of the Crimean Parliament","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of mass disorders in Simferopol on 26 February"],"case_name_en":"The case of five participants in the mass riots in Simferopol on February 26","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, participated in mass riots in Simferopol on 26 February 2014.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 06.04.2017 to 19.06.2018\n• in custody: from 17.04.2015 to 06.04.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.06.2018, Sentence: 4 years 6 months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-06-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-06-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-02-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/asanov-ali-ahmedovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 24-02-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/211884.html\n• CrimeaSOS:\n Date: 18-06-2015\n Source: http://crimeahr.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Crimea_Field_Mission_Review_May_2015_RU.pdf\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","CrimeaSOS"],"aid":"reccIzdqJ3Q1JWELb"},{"persecution_id":"recOk8HZdDBWgCZU4","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:51:10.000Z","person_id":"recURaVb6fogQjCvB","name_en":"Mark Galperin","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 January 2015, while serving an administrative arrest at the Special Detention Centre No. 2 for participation in solitary pickets on 10 January, Galperin was taken to the Investigation Department of the Central Administrative District of Moscow. Before being allowed inside, he was kept in the car in his slippers for six hours, as a result of which he got a fever. He was charged under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code. He was given a recognisance not to leave the country. On 21 March Galperin was detained as a result of a provocation during a solitary picket, and the court ruled to add the materials of the administrative case to his criminal case. Later, the case was terminated, as the last detention was indicated in the case file as an offence preceding the one that became the reason for the initiation of the case.\n\nIn 2016, a case was opened on calls to extremism using the Internet (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code). The reason was a video of Galperin's interview. On 7 February 2017, the activist was detained and searched. On 15 June, he was charged, and on 27 June, he was placed under house arrest. On 7 March 2018, he was given a two-year suspended sentence. Galperin was also given a probation period of three years with a ban on being a participant or organiser of public associations.\n\nOn 10 October 2019, Galperin's probation was extended for one month and he was ordered not to attend mass events. This was preceded by repeated detentions and long-term arrests under administrative articles in connection with the actions in the summer of 2019.\n\nOn 4 December, the court replaced Galperin's suspended sentence with a real one, the same day Galperin was taken into custody. He was released on 25 March 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally at Manezhnaya Square in support of political prisoners","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 212.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The Mark Halperin case","case_number":"01-0003/2018(1036)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Galperin participated in the demonstration on 6 August 2014 on Manezhnaya Square in support of political prisoners;\non 5 December 2014, on the occasion of the third anniversary of the demonstration on Myasnitskaya Street against the official results of the 2011 State Duma elections;\non 15 January 2015, on Manezhnaya Square in support of Alexei Navalny;\non 10 January 2015, he stood in a solitary picket in support of the Charlie Hebdo magazine.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 20.01.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 10-12-2015\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/182525.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 28-02-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/182525.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-02-2015\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/224169.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recOk8HZdDBWgCZU4"},{"persecution_id":"recdRyfA99nCFRyFZ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recIiip3Fd3v4CYAk","name_en":"Arsen Yunusov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"The Crimean prosecutor's office has opened a case in connection with the clashes on February 26, 2014 near the building of the Legislative Assembly of Simferopol between opponents and supporters of Euromaidan. One of the accused is Arsen Yunusov. He was charged with part 1 of the Article 212.2 of the Criminal Code - participation in mass riots. He does not admit his guilt. The police transferred the case to the Supreme Court of Crimea on December 7, 2015.\n\nThe hearings began on December 28, 2015. Initially, Yunusov was defended by Dzhemil Temishev. But on March 16, 2017, he was removed from the case - the prosecutor filed a motion for recusal, as Temishev had previously represented other defendants in the \"February 26\" case, Talyat Yunusov and Eskender Nebiyev, and the prosecutor saw a conflict of interest there.\n\nIn June 2018, he was sentenced to four years suspended sentence with the three years probation period.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1239,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":177,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in front of the Crimean Parliament","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of mass disorders in Simferopol on 26 February"],"case_name_en":"The case of five participants in the mass riots in Simferopol on February 26","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in mass riots in Simferopol on February 26, 2014.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 19.06.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.06.2018, Sentence: Four years suspended sentence.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four years suspended sentence.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-06-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-06-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 22-02-2016\n Source: http://reports.ovdinfo.org/2017/pp15-16/#topics/tatars\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recdRyfA99nCFRyFZ"},{"persecution_id":"recXIBgpEHIvUsiHF","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:03:30.000Z","person_id":"recimGETe9im4Z0tr","name_en":"Ivan Nepomnyashchikh","birth_year":1990,"age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 25 February 2015, allegedly on suspicion of involvement in the mass riots that allegedly took place on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012 (before that, the police visited his place of residence). On 26 February he was sent under house arrest. On 2 March Nepomnyashchykh was charged: according to the investigation, he took part in the mass riots, and also struck with his hands and an umbrella officers of the 2nd Moscow police detachment Yevgeny Gavrilov and Viktor Kolpakov.\n\nOn 22 December he was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 24 August 2017, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":299,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Million Man March","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ivan Nepomnyashchykh","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he tried to prevent the detention of aggressive citizens and hit police officers several times with his hands and umbrella at the rally on 6 May 2012.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 26.02.2015 to 22.12.2015\n• in custody: from 23.12.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.12.2015 to 23.12.2015\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 24.08.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.12.2015, Sentence: Two years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2015-12-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-12-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 21-06-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memo.ru/d/121776.html\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/50130.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recXIBgpEHIvUsiHF"},{"persecution_id":"recLzlpbLNqmWbb1y","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recy9SlJNLsF79HUQ","name_en":"Akhtem Chiygoz","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"The deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Akhtem Chiygoz was detained on 29 January 2015 on suspicion of organising mass riots in a case opened in connection with the clashes in Simferopol on 26 February 2014. According to the investigation, on that day unidentified persons, \"ignoring the lawful demands of the authorities to stop unlawful actions, began to call on the persons of Crimean Tatar nationality present to disobey the lawful demands of the authoritie and to use violence\". They allegedly \"also began to encourage those gathered by their example of unlawful behaviour to commit the above actions, which led to the emergence of mass riots, accompanied by violence against representatives of the movement \"Russian Union\" and the self-defense movement of Crimea, as well as damage and destruction of property\". As a result, unidentified persons of Crimean Tatar nationality, yielding to the calls of their leaders, allegedly took part in the riots, used physical force against representatives of \"Russian Unity\" and the self-defense movement of Crimea, broke into the building of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea, where they damaged property, causing material damage in the amount exceeding 600 thousand rubles (US$6,500).\n\nChiygoz was put in a pre-trial detention centre. In May 2015, he was transferred to a punishment cell for a few days, in connection with which he was declared a hunger strike, the official reason for which was violation of the detention regime. On 11 September 2017, he was sentenced to eight years in a general regime penal colony.\nOn 25 October 2017, it became known that Chiygoz had been pardoned by the President of Russia. 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He was kept in pre-trial detention center for two months, released on the surety of Eskender Bilyalov, advisor to the Presidential Envoy in Crimea.\n\nIn June 2018, Eskender Emirvaliev was sentenced to three years and six months suspended sentence. 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He was kept in pre-trial detention centre for about two months, released on the surety of Eskender Bilyalov, Advisor to the Presidential Envoy to Crimea.\n\nIn June 2018, the court sentenced him to four years suspended sentence with a probation period of three years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2015-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2022-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1226,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":175,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in front of the Crimean Parliament","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of mass disorders in Simferopol on 26 February"],"case_name_en":"The case of five participants in the mass riots in Simferopol on February 26","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, participated in mass riots in Simferopol on 26 February 2014.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.02.2015 to 06.04.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.06.2018, Sentence: 4 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-06-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-06-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• CrimeaSOS:\n Date: 12-02-2015\n Source: https://www.facebook.com/CrimeaFieldMissionHR/posts/1601799850038154?pnref=story\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["CrimeaSOS"],"aid":"recx7gAqNdBEJmjM3"},{"persecution_id":"rec53V4Tv3QdBk0c7","last_updated":"2023-12-02T18:33:49.000Z","person_id":"recXzeUXoJqvmYZVT","name_en":"Pyotr Pavlensky","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An artist famous for his radical actions. He was detained on 10 November 2013 for the action \"Fixation\" (Pavlensky nailed his own scrotum to the paving stones on Red Square). A case of hooliganism on the grounds of political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on the grounds of hatred or enmity against a social group was initiated.\nDetained on 23 February 2014 after a \"Freedom\" action in support of Ukraine near the Church of the Saviour-on-Blood in St. Petersburg. He was acquitted in an administrative case of petty hooliganism and fined 10,000 rubles (≈$280 as of 23.02.2014) in a case of violating the rules of holding a public event. In March, Pavlensky was searched as part of the criminal investigation.\nOn 14 April 2014, the prosecution in the case of the \"Fixation\" action was terminated.\nThe investigation in the \"Freedom\" action case repeatedly requested a psychiatric examination of Pavlensky, but the court refused. On 4 October 2014, formally charged with vandalism, was on his own recognisance. On 18 May 2016, sentenced to a year and four months of restriction of freedom, but released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nOn the night of 9 November 2015 Pavlensky was detained during the action \"Threat\", which consisted in setting fire to the door of the FSB building on Lubyanka. A case of vandalism motivated by ideological hatred was opened. He was sent to pre-trial detention centre. Later the charge was reclassified to destruction or damage to objects of cultural heritage. On 8 June he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles (≈$7800 as of 09.11.2015).","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":211,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"Threat\" by Pyotr Pavlensky","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 243 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","243"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 1, Article 243"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The case of the \"Threat\" action by Pyotr Pavlensky","case_number":"01-0326/2016","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he destroyed or damaged objects of cultural heritage in the form of the \"Threat\" action, setting fire to the door of the FSB building on Lubyanka Street","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.11.2015 to 06.05.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.11.2015 to 10.11.2015\n• in custody: from 06.05.2016 to 08.06.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.06.2016, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 500 thousand roubles (≈$7800 as of 09.11.2015)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 500 thousand roubles (≈$7800 as of 09.11.2015)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2016-06-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-06-07T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec53V4Tv3QdBk0c7"},{"persecution_id":"recv7jaBp66MO5XGK","last_updated":"2025-07-21T13:25:32.000Z","person_id":"recoGQn28AIIFc16j","name_en":"Sergey Akhmetov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergey Akhmetov is an architect and resident of St. Petersburg. On 19 November 2015, while returning home from abroad, he was detained on suspicion of using violence against a police officer at a gathering in support of Alexei Navalny and Pyotr Ofitserov on 20 July 2013. According to the investigation, Akhmetov ripped off the policeman's epaulette. Akhmetov claims he has not been in Moscow since 2011. The court decided to place him in custody, where he was kept until 9 August 2016, when it was decided to replace his preventive measure with a personal recognizance.\n\nAt the same time, the person recorded on the meeting by the operational footage, whose actions are accused of Akhmetov, is obviously taller than Akhmetov, he has a different build, a different face shape, even the degree of hairiness of his hands is different. In addition, in the footage this man has a DSLR camera hanging on his chest, which, according to his friends, Akhmetov never had. They claim that Akhmetov does not know how to take photographs. The investigation claims that Akhmetov travelled to Moscow specifically to participate in the people's gathering, but there is no evidence that he bought air or train tickets to Moscow for the relevant days, and he cannot drive a car.\n\nOn 15 November 2016, it became known that the charges were reclassified to the article on insulting a representative of the authorities, and the case against Sergey Akhmetov was terminated due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2016-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in support of Alexei Navalny and Pyotr Ofitserov","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The case of the torn off epaulette ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during a gathering on Tverskaya Street on 20 July 2013, trying to prevent the detention of a woman, used violence, not dangerous to life or health, against a representative of the authorities, expressed in tearing off the epaulette","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.11.2015 to 09.08.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• recognizance not to leave: from 09.08.2016 to 15.11.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 21-04-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/213394.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-04-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/ahmetov-sergey-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recv7jaBp66MO5XGK"},{"persecution_id":"rec6RGFTdgTUnTw7f","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recCYleGarlYrIbf1","name_en":"Dariia Poliudova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBecyp206a4D8oa.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBecyp206a4D8oa.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Poliudova was one of the organisers of the March for the Federalization of Kuban, which was not authorized by the local authorities. On 15 August 2014, 2 days before the planned event, a young man began harassing her on the street. He accused her of being a nationalist and \"pressured\" her, after which police officers appeared and detained her, accusing her of petty hooliganism. Poliudova was taken to the office of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Western District of Krasnodar, where she was left overnight. On 16 August, the court arrested the activist for 14 days. On 29 August, it became known that a criminal case against Poliudova was initiated. Immediately after serving the administrative arrest, she was placed under arrest in pre-trial detention centre No. 5 in the Krasnodar region, controlled by the FSB. Poliudova was charged with public calls for actions aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation and public incitement to extremist activities (the reason for the application of this clause was a publication in the social network \"Vkontakte\", which, in particular, said: \"All terrorist attacks and disasters are the fault of Putin and his entourage. Disasters and terrorist attacks constantly occur only under Putin's capitalism\"; it asserts that to \"stop this lawlessness, the country needs a revolution\"; that a revolution can \"rid the country of all the misfortunes that are occurring under Putin - paid education, paid medicine, the impossibility of owning a home, low wages, high prices for housing and communal services, political prisoners, and, finally, military aggression in Ukraine and a series of constant disasters\"). Since August 2014, Poliudova was under arrest for 6 months, after which she was released on recognizance not to abscond. The investigation into the case was officially completed four times; however, each time it was returned for further investigation.\n\nThe prosecution asked the court to sentence Poliudova to 3.5 years in a colony settlement. On 21 December 2015, the court sentenced her to 2 years in a colony settlement.\n\nOn 20 October 2017, she was released. After her release, she was registered with the penal inspection.\n\nOn 15 January 2020, Poliudova was detained after a search and interrogated as part of the case on calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation and the justification of terrorism. On 16 January, the court ordered to take Poliudova into custody.\n\nOn 14 September, it became known that Poliudova was charged with another instance of justification of terrorism.\n\nOn 25 February 2021, the charge of calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation was dropped due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code.\n\nOn 31 May, she was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime penal colony. One of the charges was reclassified to calls for extremist actions.\n\nOn 8 November 2021, a case of organizing activities of an extremist organization was initiated against Poliudova. On 23 December 2022, she was sentenced to 9 years in a penal colony.\n\nIn July 2023, Poliudova went on a hunger strike because a blade had been planted on her in the colony. In early August, it became known that Poliudova had been transferred to strict detention conditions. She ended her hunger strike.\n\nOn 15 January 2024, Poliudova's letters had not been delivered to the addressees for a period of 6 months, and she was not allowed to call her relatives.\n\nIn August 2025, it became known that Poliudova was attacked by another prisoner in the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2015-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319"],"case_name_en":"Daria Poliudova's case of insulting Putin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she reposted a message from a group in the social network \"VKontakte\", which mentions Putin","persecution_location_en":"In strict condition custody unit (SUS)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_isolation_en":"In strict conditions of detention","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6RGFTdgTUnTw7f"},{"persecution_id":"rechcPBy2ajhNqIfJ","last_updated":"2024-09-15T12:55:55.000Z","person_id":"recVl3UxG0p4nUtF4","name_en":"Alexander Belov (Potkin)","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 15 October 2014 in connection with a criminal case initiated in 2009 against Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakh banker and politician, and a group of individuals associated with him for alleged embezzlement of loan funds from BTA Bank JSC (Republic of Kazakhstan), formerly controlled by Ablyazov; accused of laundering money acquired by others through criminal means; placed under house arrest, but was soon transferred to a pre-trial detention centre due to the fact that the Russian authorities received a case of inciting social, national, tribal, racial or religious hatred from Kazakhstan, but Belov was never charged with the relevant article; in March-April 2015, he underwent an in-patient complex psychological and psychiatric examination at the Serbsky Institute; at that time, the defence was in the process of defending him. In September 2015, he was charged with establishing an extremist community to overthrow the regime of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.\n\n\nOn 19 August 2015, it became known that another case was opened against Belov - on calls for extremist activity based on a fragment of the documentary film \"Term\"; it was later merged with the main case\n\nOn 24 August 2016, Belov was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime penal colony. On 14 April 2017, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to three and a half years.\n\nThe money laundering case was allocated to separate proceedings. On 4 March 2018, the money laundering charge was mitigated: the amount of damage was reduced from 4.9 billion rubles (67 million euros) to 300 million rubles (4 million euros)  and the charge was reclassified from money laundering to attempted money laundering.\n\nOn 17 January 2018, the case on extremist articles was sent for a new review. On 28 March, the sentence of three and a half years was confirmed. The testimony of three witnesses and the aggravating circumstance - a particularly active role in the commission of the offences - were excluded from the sentence. The court also considered that the charge under paragraph \"c\" of part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code (organised group actions aimed at inciting hatred) was unnecessary.\n\nOn 13 April Belov was released after three and a half years of imprisonment. The day before, the court ordered to place him under house arrest on the economic article. In October 2018, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office.\n\nIn February 2024, it became known that Belov was put on a wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":600,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Belov (Potkin) on extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he established an extremist group with the aim of overthrowing the regime of Nursultan Nazarbayev. In November 2012, he developed the \"Project 'Evil Kazakh'\" and an \"Outline Plan of Events in Preparation of an Action on 16 December\", which were distributed electronically via the internet to the citizens of Kazakhstan for implementation in Kazakhstan. The \"Evil Kazakh\" project contains information intended to incite national hatred, discord, and the promotion of national hatred, discord, exclusivity, and superiority based on nationality. The texts are capable of instilling the belief in the ineffectiveness of the existing government, the disadvantaged position of Kazakhs in Kazakhstan, the threat of the disappearance of Kazakh culture, and may lead to changes in behavior, including participation in protests and violent actions against representatives of Russian and other nationalities by nationalist-oriented groups. He publicly called for extremist activities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 22.05.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.08.2016, Sentence: Seven years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Seven years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-48,"first_verdict_date":"2016-08-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-08-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-06-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/195702.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 14-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/potkin-belov-aleksandr-anatolevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rechcPBy2ajhNqIfJ"},{"persecution_id":"recnxFBQjg6a0nCnK","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:33:38.000Z","person_id":"recA294aWsXFtGBSr","name_en":"Andrey Bubeev","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-12-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Tver region. In the winter of 2015, a case of incitement to ethnic hatred was opened against Bubeev following a statement by one of the participants in a dispute on social networks about the events in Ukraine. The formal reason was the posting of the anti-Semitic film \"Eternal Jew\" on Bubeev's page, but the film was not included in the case files. Among the publications included in the case were a photo of a cemetery with a text about mass graves of people who fought on the territory of Ukraine, a video entitled \"Russian tanks and armoured vehicles, a large column of fascist aggressors on the border with Ukraine\", Andrey Shipilov's note that \"the majority of those Russians who do not approve of Putin, at the same time with a huge dislike for Ukrainian nationalist-Banderites\", and instructions on how to kill with a knife. All publications were reposts without any comments of Andrey's own.\n\nBubeev evaded the investigation and was put on a federal wanted list on 27 April 2015. Family members were put under surveillance. Bubeev's wife was put matches in the lock and unscrewed plugs from the switchboard in the entrance. FSB operatives called everyone whose phone numbers were in Bubeev's address book and informed them that he had committed a crime. Each acquaintance was told different things: some were told about murder, others about robbery, rape, terrorism.\n\nBubeev's wife was threatened and forced to go to the Investigative Committee for questioning, and, according to her, they attributed things to her that she had not said.\n\nOn 24 May 2015, Bubeev visited his wife and son at their cabin. In the evening of the same day, special forces raided the place (according to his wife, the operatives received a call from neighbours). During the search, they found 56 live cartridges, which were of a calibre suitable for his hunting carbine, but were banned for civilian circulation. Bubeev claims that he found them at a shooting range on the territory of an abandoned military unit.\n\nBubeev was sent to a pre-trial detention centre. His wife was repeatedly denied visits.\n \nBubeev pleaded guilty and entered into an agreement with the investigation. On 28 August 2015, he was sentenced to a year in a penal colony.\n\nAfter the sentence, Bubeev was sent to a special block of the pre-trial detention centre, from where he was regularly sent to the punishment cell. Instead of sending him to a penal colony, a new case was brought against him - again for posts on social networks, under articles on calls for extremist activity and violation of the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation. The reason for the case was the publication of Boris Stomakhin's article \"Crimea is Ukraine!\", as well as a picture with toothpaste and the inscription \"Squeeze Russia out of you!\", accompanied by the text about the need to destroy Russia.\nOn 5 May 2016, Andrey Bubeev was sentenced to two years and three months in a \"colony-settlement\", taking into account the previous term.\nIn December 2016, due to alleged breaches of discipline, Bubeev was transferred by court decision to a general regime colony.\nOn 23 August 2017, he was released.\n\nIn September 2025, Bubeev was added to the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tver"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":489,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","280.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Article 280.1 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Bubeyev's second case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he republished Boris Stomakhin's article \"Crimea is Ukraine!\", as well as a picture with toothpaste and the inscription \"Squeeze Russia out of you!\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 20.07.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 07.12.2016, LIU-3 of the Tver region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2016 to 23.08.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.05.2016, Sentence: Two years three months' deprivation of liberty in an open prison and deprivation of the right to use the Internet for one year","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years three months' deprivation of liberty in an open prison and deprivation of the right to use the Internet for one year","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":27,"first_verdict_date":"2016-05-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-05-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-03-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/212504.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2016/03/d33946/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-03-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/bubeev-andrey-borisovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recnxFBQjg6a0nCnK"},{"persecution_id":"recWK3ZmYXAiAGP7Y","last_updated":"2024-07-25T09:36:43.000Z","person_id":"recn0B8vkUlP5gEqT","name_en":"Alexey Moroshkin","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He calls himself the rector of the Church of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite. He travelled as a volunteer to Crimea, then took part in the fighting in Donbas. Under the name Andriy Breyva he created a group in the social network VKontakte \"For Fighting Ukraine! For the free Urals! Together against evil!\". On 10 August 2015, FSB officers searched Moroshkin's house because he is a suspect in the case of calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation; the reason for the case were publications in the social network \"VKontakte\" in the group \"For Fighting Ukraine! For the free Urals!\"; on 19 August he signed a recognizance not to leave; on the night of 13 September Moroshkin left to Ukraine, but at the end of September he was detained in Russia and arrested by court decision on 28 September; after 28 November there were no requests to extend his arrest; Moroshkin was also charged with vandalism in connection with painting a bust of Lenin in Chelyabinsk in the colours of the Ukrainian flag. On 19 November 2015, the Sovetsky District Court of Chelyabinsk released Moroshkin from criminal liability and ordered that he be sent to a psychiatric hospital. On 1 June 2017, it was decided to stop compulsory treatment. On 14 June, he was released.\nThe vandalism case was closed on 4 December 2017 due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2015-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2017-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214"],"case_name_en":"The Lenin bust case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, painted a bust of Lenin in Chelyabinsk in the colours of the Ukrainian flag.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.09.2015 to 29.10.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• in custody: from 29.10.2015 to 10.12.2015, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 12-07-2016\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/216958.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2016\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/moroshkin-aleksey-andreevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recWK3ZmYXAiAGP7Y"},{"persecution_id":"recUqetME5XwozhOx","last_updated":"2023-12-02T18:36:55.000Z","person_id":"reckeDUxSIxGEZdzl","name_en":"Sergei Mokhnatkin","birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergei Mokhnatkin was accused of picking a fight with a police officer, who was filming him in the detention centre, and breaking his nose. Mokhnatkin wrote several statements that he had been beaten by the police. On 11 January 2010, a criminal case was opened against Sergei Mokhnatkin under part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Use of violence against a representative of the authorities\"), and on 26 February, a measure of restraint was chosen against him in a form of recognizance not to leave.\n\nOn 1 June 2010, the day after another rally of \"Strategy-31\" on Triumfalnaya Square, which gathered about 2,000 people (one of the largest rallies of the campaign), Sergey Mokhnatkin was arrested.\nHe was summoned for questioning ostensibly to identify those who had beaten him, and he was arrested in the office of investigator Alexei Petrachenko. In the pre-trial detention center, Mokhnatkin went on hunger strike in protest and starved for 8 days before the trial. He was beaten by the SIZO staff because he refused to be photographed and subjected to fingerprinting.\n\nAt the trial, Mokhnatkin demanded a full acquittal. Tverskoy court judge Alexandra Kovalevskaya removed nine defense witnesses from the courtroom. The prosecution witnesses, all police officers, did not appear at the trial. On 8 June, prosecutor L.A. Serguniaeva requested five years of imprisonment for Mokhnatkin.\n\nOn 9 June 2010, the court sentenced 56-year-old Sergei Mokhnatkin to two years and six months imprisonment in a general regime colony. On 23 April 2012, Mokhnatkin was pardoned by President Dmitry Medvedev.\n\nOn 31 December 2013, Mokhnatkin was detained at the \"Strategy-31\" rally on Triumfalnaya Square in Moscow. On 1 January 2014, it became known that Mokhnatkin was charged with using violence against a representative of the authorities. On 2 January he was placed in a pre-trial detention centre. The investigation ignored the fact that police colonel Sergei Shorin, whose attack Mokhnatkin was accused of, beat and strangled Mokhnatkin. In September 2014, Mokhnatkin was sent to the Serbsky Psychiatric Centre for expert evaluation. While he was there, his period of detention expired and he was released in October. On 10 December, the court sentenced him to four and a half years in a strict regime colony. Mokhnatkin did not attend the verdict and was put on a federal wanted list, but he appeared in court the same day and was taken into custody.\n\nAlready in the colony, Mokhnatkin was charged with a new case of insulting the head of the detachment. Mokhnatkin explained that the head of the detachment prevented him from sending his letters to various authorities. After that, Mokhnatkin was transferred to strict detention conditions. On 3 June 2016, Mokhnatkin was sentenced to 11 months of correctional labor, which was recalculated as an additional two months and three days to the total term. Later, the appeal instance reduced the additional term by one month.\n\nIn March 2016, when Mokhnatkin was about to be sent to the pre-trial detention center to participate in the trial in the abovementioned case, he was outraged that he was not shown the document based on which he was being transported, and lay down on the floor in protest. The officers forcibly dragged him into the car. After that, Mokhnatkin was charged with the fourth case - disorganization of the work of the correctional facility: according to the investigation, he hit the deputy assistant chief of the colony in the face. Mokhnatkin himself claimed that the staff beat him. It was found that he had a compression fracture of two lumbar vertebrae. On 20 March 2017, the court sentenced Mokhnatkin to two years in a penal colony, which was recalculated as two more months to the total term.\n\nMokhnatkin was then transferred to another colony with \"special conditions of economic activity\". In September 2018, the court assigned him two and a half years of administrative supervision after his release. In November, shortly before the end of his sentence, it became known that Mokhnatkin was charged with a fifth case, again about the disorganization of the colony's activities. He was accused of refusing to be taken from the prison hospital. Mokhnatkin himself suspected that the reason for the case was his conflict with the colony staff, who interrupted his speech via videoconference, twisted him, dragged him into the corridor, and broke his back.\n\nOn 14 December 2018, the court decided to release Mokhnatkin from custody. He gave the recognizance not to leave the country.\n\nWhile serving his sentence, Mokhnatkin repeatedly went on hunger strikes.\n\nHe died on 28 May 2020.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kotlas"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2015-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":251,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Mokhnatkin's case of insulting a colony officer","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version, he made obscene insults to the head of the detachment A. Stakheev, being dissatisfied with the fact that he had been punished, and repeated them the next day.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• Court of appeal instance on the merits, 03.06.2016, Sentence: Eleven months of correctional labor with deduction of 10 percent of earnings to the income of the State, to add the uncompleted sentence and to impose a sentence of two years and five month imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven months of correctional labor with deduction of 10 percent of earnings to the income of the State, to add the uncompleted sentence and to impose a sentence of two years and five month imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2016-06-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-06-02T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUqetME5XwozhOx"},{"persecution_id":"recUQMOgeiWXBQuTO","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"recIi250DjUu3jnMg","name_en":"Konstantin Ponomarev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYZNuoXYHMBzsug.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYZNuoXYHMBzsug.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Moscow resident and entrepreneur. On 27 April 2015, a criminal case was initiated against Ponomarev on charges of tax evasion. On 6 June 2017, cases were opened for knowingly false denunciation and fraud, and Ponomarev was detained. On 9 July 2019, he was sentenced to eight years in a general-regime penal colony in the case concerning false denunciation. On 9 December 2020, in the cases of tax evasion and fraud, he was sentenced, by partial aggregation of sentences, to ten years and two months.\n\nHuman rights defenders consider his prosecution to be punishment for attempting to profit from the energy supply of Crimea and a signal to entrepreneurs not to seek recovery of their funds through the courts. On 4 July 2024, due to changes in legislation, his sentence was reduced by two years. However, by that time a new case against Ponomarev — concerning the misappropriation of bank promissory notes — was already under consideration in court. In September 2025, taking into account his previous sentences, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony.\n\nThereafter, the prosecution appealed the sentence, seeking Ponomarev’s release from serving the sentence on the grounds of the expiry of the limitation period. On 23 January 2026, the court of appeal upheld the sentence but released Ponomarev from punishment. However, another case was initiated against him — for giving a bribe to a public official. His lawyer, Roman Eronov, is also a defendant in the case. According to the investigation, they participated in a bribery scheme intended to secure Ponomarev’s deployment to the war.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2015-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2052,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":293,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 199 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 198 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["199","159","198"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 199","Part 4, Article 159","Part 2, Article 198"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Ponomarev's tax evasion and attempted fraud case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he received money from IKEA to his personal accounts and accounts of organisations controlled by him and evaded tax payments in 2010-2012. In 2010-2012, he avoided paying taxes; he failed to pay profit tax and VAT to SAE Ltd; decided to take advantage of the current extraordinary circumstances and created a sham chain of transactions for the transfer of 71 diesel power plants owned by him and deposited with Star Energy LLC controlled by him for their use in Crimea, knowing that his reputation as an unscrupulous participant in civil turnover, known from disputes with IKEA, would not allow him to enter into legal relations with the Ministry of Energy of Russia and its subsidiaries directly; planned to conceal from his counterparties the ownership of the diesel power plant and mislead them about this fact; together with unidentified persons, developed a criminal plan, according to which he made far-fetched, not based on law claims to PJSC \"Kubanenergo\" for the return of 71 units of diesel power plants belonging to him, bypassing the requirements of the law and abusing his rights; obtained the relevant court judgement on the return of the diesel power plants, after which, using it in a prejudicial manner, filed a statement of claim for recovery of monetary funds from PJSC \"Kubanenergo\" for the use of the said property and the use of alienated monetary funds in the form of rent and interest on the amount of the debt; planned to steal the funds of Kubanenergo PJSC in the amount of RUB 5.4 billion; realised that he was not a party to the contractual relations, the subject of which was the property belonging to him, and therefore had no right to make demands for payment of rent to persons who were not in contractual relations with him; during the period from March to April 2016. under unspecified circumstances, he executed an additional agreement to the agreement on storage of the power plant from 01.01.2012. According to which he gave his consent to the controlled Star Energo LLC to lease the property belonging to him to NTT-Constructions LLC,\nestablished a prohibition to sublease the WPPs owned by him without his consent, established the right to receive payment for the use of WPPs under sublease agreements that were concluded without his consent, determined the jurisdiction of disputes at the place of his location or residence.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• in custody: \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n• in custody: from 15.06.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 15.11.2019 to 22.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.12.2020, Sentence: 8 years and 2 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years and 2 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime prison","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":98,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-24,"first_verdict_date":"2020-12-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-12-08T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-03-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/ponomaryov-konstantin-anatolevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recUQMOgeiWXBQuTO"},{"persecution_id":"rec3PKK2M7wv0Xp02","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recGIzW65ODgrc4Dr","name_en":"Mikhail Savva ","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On March 14 and April 10, 2013, after the start of a campaign of inspections of non-profit organizations by the Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Justice and other regulatory bodies, two searches were conducted in the office of the Krasnodar Regional Public Association \"Southern Regional Resource Center\", of which Savva was the director: the interest of law enforcement agencies in the activities of the organization was connected with the fact that it received a grant from the administration of the Krasnodar Territory \"Building Peace\" in the amount of 820 thousand rubles 820,000 roubles (≈US$27,300 as of March 2013), aimed at normalizing relations between representatives of the Uzbek and Tajik diasporas and the indigenous population of Kuban, of which 366 thousand rubles were spent on conducting a sociological study \"The Potential for Socialization of Migrants in the Krasnodar Territory\" with the aim of identifying the number of migrants that the region can accept without the emergence of negative trends in the sphere of interethnic relations; On April 11, 2013, a criminal case was opened against Savva and his acquaintance Victoria Remmler under the article on fraud in receiving payments using his official position on a large scale; the next day, FSB officers conducted a six-hour search of Savva's house; on April 13, he was arrested by the court, representatives of the media and supporters were not allowed into the courtroom; on May 15, another criminal case was opened against Savva under the article on fraud; the scientist was accused of receiving 90 thousand rubles (≈US$2900 as of May 2013) from Kuban State University for a course of lectures that he had not delivered; he was held in pre-trial detention until December 4, 2013, when the court changed his preventive measure to house arrest; on April 2, 2014, Savva was sentenced to three years probation with two years probation and a fine of 70 thousand rubles; In January 2015, Savva was placed on the federal wanted list for allegedly leaving for Ukraine. On March 2, 2015, Savva's suspended sentence was commuted in absentia to three years' imprisonment in a penal colony. \n\nOn 20 April it became known that a new criminal case of fraud committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy was opened against Savva: he is suspected of embezzlement of budgetary funds while receiving payments of more than 150 thousand rubles (≈US$4830 as of April 2013). According to the investigation, the classes declared in the training course were not conducted in full: a number of teachers who were paid a fee did not actually give lectures and did not receive money for them.\n\nIn October 2023, Savva was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". No later than 2025, a case was brought against him for failure to fulfil the duties of a \"foreign agent\". On 21 January 2026, scientist Savva was sentenced to three and a half years in absentia, taking into account the punishment for the previous case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2015-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 159"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Savva's second case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the classes declared in the training course of the Levados Centre, of which Savva is the founder, were not conducted in full; a number of teachers, who were paid a fee from the regional budget, did not actually give lectures and did not receive money for them.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 02-07-2013\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/2519/\n• Human Rights Watch:\n Date: 22-10-2013\n Source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/22/russia-activist-held-without-bail\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","Human Rights Watch"],"aid":"rec3PKK2M7wv0Xp02"},{"persecution_id":"recOdFIwGFvtW4gZX","last_updated":"2024-09-13T16:16:38.000Z","person_id":"recBkpcGt4axcgng9","name_en":"Natalia Sharina","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On December 21, 2010, a search was conducted at the Library of Ukrainian Literature as part of a criminal case related to incitement to national hatred, as a number of books with an \"anti-Russian orientation\" were discovered there. On August 2, 2011, Nataliya Sharina, the director of the library, was implicated as a defendant in the case. In 2013, the charges against Sharina were dropped.\n\nOn October 28, 2015, the Library of Ukrainian Literature was searched once again, and a case involving incitement to national hatred was initiated against Sharina, based on a book found on the Federal List of Extremist Materials. Sharina and other library staff assert that the book was planted. Sharina was detained for 24 hours without food, sleep, or medical attention and was subsequently placed under house arrest.\n\nIn late March 2016, it was disclosed that another case had been filed against Sharina, this time on charges of embezzlement. According to investigators, she had used the funds allocated for the library's legal defense in the previous criminal case. On June 1, 2017, she was sentenced to four years of suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2015-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":585,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":83,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Second case of the Library of Ukrainian Literature","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she distributed book publications by Dmytro Korchynskyy among visitors. These publications had been recognized by the court as extremist materials and were banned for use. Additionally, she used the funds allocated for the library's lawyers to defend her first case of incitement to ethnic hatred.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 30.10.2015 to 05.06.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.06.2017, Sentence: four years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-06-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-06-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-11-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/208654.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-11-2015\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-sharinoy\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 18-11-2015\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur46/2900/2015/en/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-10-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/10/d33136/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","Amnesty International","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recOdFIwGFvtW4gZX"},{"persecution_id":"rec8df5gZ1hr73pCY","last_updated":"2026-04-17T16:14:41.000Z","person_id":"recJJH6rz4uevPlls","name_en":"Dmitry Semyonov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 29 January 2015, Semyonov's flat in Cheboksary and his parents' house in Tsivilsk were searched; he was then interrogated, and a preventive measure was chosen against the activist in the form of a personal recognizance; on 2 February 2015, Semyonov was summoned for questioning at the FSB Department of the Chuvash Republic, and was presented with a resolution to bring him in for inciting extremist activity\n\nOn 17 September 2015, he was sentenced to a 150 thousand roubles fine and amnestied.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2015-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2015,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":230,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Semyonov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he called for extremist activity by distributing in social networks a picture with Medvedev and the inscription \"Death to the Russian scum!\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.09.2015, Sentence: 150 thousand roubles fine, amnesty","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"150 thousand roubles fine, amnesty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2015-09-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2015-09-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-02-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/02/d31190/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec8df5gZ1hr73pCY"},{"persecution_id":"reczrbziAkqwu5atk","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recF9ei56pLtAfejm","name_en":"Leonid Volkov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters.\n\nIn 2015, a case was opened against him for obstructing journalistic activities: Volkov was accused of damaging the microphone of a Life News employee. The case resulted from a pro-government provocation in Novosibirsk, where Volkov led the \"Democratic Coalition\" headquarters during local elections. During the campaign, opposition members faced regular pressure: Volkov encountered a phone provocation and hacking, unknown individuals threw eggs at Navalny, and people from the \"Young Guard\" deliberately came to work at the headquarters to spoil the signature sheets. On July 17, a day before the final deadline for submitting signatures to the election commission, a film crew from LifeNews and about ten activists from National Liberation Movement (NLM) burst into the \"Democratic Coalition\" headquarters. One of the channel’s employees, Alexander Postupinsky, attempted to film inside the Parnas headquarters, while Volkov tried to stop him. This became the formal reason for initiating the case. An examination showed that the microphone was operational but not in perfect condition. Then, the LifeNews employee gave new testimony, claiming that Volkov grabbed his left arm, causing physical pain. Previously, he had twice asserted that the opposition figure did not harm his health. Following this, Volkov was charged under Part 3,  Article 144 of the Criminal Code — obstructing the lawful activities of a journalist combined with violence against a journalist or damage to their property. In August 2016, the court reclassified the charge to Part 1, Article 144, considering that Volkov did not use violence. On August 31, the opposition figure was fined 30,000 rubles.\n\nOn January 28, 2021, it became known that a criminal case had been initiated against Volkov for involving minors in activities dangerous to their lives. Volkov had previously left Russia. On January 29, he was charged in absentia and placed on a federal wanted list, and on February 10 — on an international wanted list; the court ruled to take him into custody in absentia.\n\nIn April 2021, it became known that a case had been opened against Navalny for creating a non-profit organization that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens. The case had been initiated back in February.\n\nIn August, a case was initiated against Volkov for fundraising for an extremist organization.\n\nIn September, it became known that a case had been initiated  against Zhdanov and other supporters of Navalny for the activities of an extremist community. In October, information emerged that this case was merged with a case regarding the legalization of funds obtained by others through criminal means, as well as with the aforementioned cases concerning involving minors in dangerous activities, financing extremist activities, and creating a non-profit organization infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. Volkov is also involved in Navalny's fraud case related to donations to Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF). In May 2022, he was also arrested in absentia in this case.\n\nOn July 22, 2022, it became known that a criminal case had been initiated  against Volkov for publicly justifying terrorism. Later, information emerged that a case had also been initiated  for disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.\n\nOn October 11, 2024, another case was initiated against Volkov for publicly justifying terrorism and disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The case includes 16 episodes.\n\nOn June 11, 2025, the court sentenced Volkov in absentia to 18 years in prison and a fine of 2 million rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2015,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":607,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 144 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["144"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 144"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The microphone case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was part of an organized group that collected funds from an unlimited number of individuals for the activities of the organizations \"Anti-Corruption Foundation,\" \"Foundation for the Protection of Citizens' Rights,\" and \"Navalny Headquarters,\" as well as for Alexei Navalny's presidential campaign in 2018.\n\nFurthermore, together with Alexei Navalny, he organized the activities of a non-profit organization that infringed on the personal rights of citizens and engaged in extremist community activities. In particular, he organized the dissemination on his personal pages on the Internet and on the FBK pages, on behalf of the non-profit organization they led, publications containing calls for citizens of the Russian Federation to participate in unauthorized rallies in January of this year. Specifically, he posted videos on YouTube with age restrictions of 0+, which, according to the investigation, contained calls to minors to participate in unauthorized rallies in Moscow and other cities in Russia.\n\nAdditionally, he justified harm to Putin's health and spread information about crimes committed by the Russian army in Ukraine.\n\nMoreover, he is implicated in acts of vandalism in Russian cities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.08.2016, Sentence: a fine of 30,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 30,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":30000,"first_verdict_date":"2016-08-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-08-30T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reczrbziAkqwu5atk"},{"persecution_id":"rec2KzTJo4yYWBN44","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reczbOMzPhi6sRV2M","name_en":"Sharip Habibov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 2 March 2016, nine residents of Makhachkala were brought to the police on suspicion of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir. Of these, Murad Valiev, Magomed Magomedov, as well as Gadzhi Ramazanov and Sharip Habibov were arrested.\n\nOn 1 March 2017, Sharip Habibov's case file was transferred to the North Caucasus District Military Court. He was charged under part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an organisation that is recognised as a terrorist organisation under Russian law). On 15 March, the verdict was passed.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dagestan"],"case_name_en":"Sharip Habibov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Khabibov is charged under part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an organisation that is recognised as a terrorist organisation under the laws of the Russian Federation). According to the investigation, in 2014 he joined the Hizb ut-Tahrir banned in Russia, participated in its activities and stored literature published by the organisation in his house.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.03.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-02-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/02/d36475/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec2KzTJo4yYWBN44"},{"persecution_id":"rectWrAoxnPk5yxGh","last_updated":"2026-03-25T13:23:11.000Z","person_id":"recRZWpthOs175LXj","name_en":"Igor Movenko","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-11-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Sevastopol, in December 2016 he was detained by FSB officers and his flat was searched. The detention was accompanied by beatings and threats, Movenko was not allowed to call a lawyer. He was charged with public calls to extremism.\n\nAt one of court sessions Movenko said that he was forced by torture to confirm the authorship of comments on \"VKontakte\" social network. Movenko's wife believes that the prosecution was a revenge for the attempt to prosecute the law enforcers who had attacked her husband earlier.\n\nThe main evidence in this case was the expertise conducted by the FSB. During the court hearing it turned out that the person who conducted the linguistic expertise of Movenko's statements did not have a higher linguistic education. The court ignored the independent expertise.\n\nOn 5 May 2018, Movenko was sentenced to two years in a penal colony, despite the fact that the prosecution requested only a suspended sentence. According to the court decision, after being released, Movenko was deprived of 'the right to carry out activities related to access to information and communication networks' for six months.\n\nOn 26 June, the appellate court replaced Movenko's real term with a suspended one, but the activist was not brought to the trial. On 28 June, Movenko was released. On 28 June 2019, he left the territory of Crimea.\n\nIn September 2016 Movenko was beaten by law enforcers for Ukrainian symbols. He was diagnosed with craniocerebral trauma and damaged teeth, and required surgery on his nasal septum. Movenko tried to prosecute his attacker, but the court refused to consider his claim and fined Movenko himself under the administrative article on 'dissemination Nazi symbols'.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2016-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2019-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":503,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Igor Movenko case","persecution_case_profile_en":"left several comments in the \"Krim - Ukraine\" group on the 'VKontakte' social network, in which he called for extremist activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.12.2016 to 28.06.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.05.2018, Sentence: two years of open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years of open prison","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"first_verdict_date":"2018-05-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-05-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-06-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/06/18/zalozhniki-neobyavlennoy-voyny#prisoner-75\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rectWrAoxnPk5yxGh"},{"persecution_id":"recLvLrq2SEdpe594","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recwQMBsUC5qTq6ko","name_en":"Bekzod Bakirov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kazakhstan"],"story_en":"Bekzod Bakirov was detained on 22 December 2016 along with six others on suspicion of involvement with Tablighi Jamaat and was subsequently remanded in custody. 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On 5 June 2017, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony; on 6 October, the court of second instance reduced the sentence by two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":250,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The fourth case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The fourth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in and organised the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir unit","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.09.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.09.2016, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.06.2017, Sentence: Sixteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year restriction of liberty ","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sixteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year restriction of liberty ","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":190,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2017-06-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-06-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-09-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/09/d35509/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9437/kazanskoe-delo-mahmutova-i-sadykova-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-06-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-mahmutova-i-sadykova-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec2o81wZJ7llG7fD"},{"persecution_id":"recu9sz0auKjHlr8s","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:58:25.000Z","person_id":"recNoMuiUefN26CdL","name_en":"Maxim Smyshlyaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attv98L2hf9CWJGj5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attv98L2hf9CWJGj5.jpg"],"birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In April 2016, Maxim Smyshlyaev's flat was searched, followed by a confrontation between him and Artur Panov, who is accused in the case of preparing a terrorist attack. Smyshlyaev was arrested. On 20 May, he was charged with complicity on the basis of correspondence and personal communication with the minor Panov, who suggested him to commit a terrorist act. Smyshlyaev claims that he dissuaded Panov from carrying out the plot. The investigation believes that Smyshlyaev told Panov how to make a bomb at home. Smyshlyaev claims that during the search he was planted with programme documents of the \"Red Army Faction\", of which Panov considers himself a follower, and materials for making explosives, which became the basis for his detention\n\nDuring the investigation, Smyshlyaev's friend Yulia Milova was pressurised, threatened and intimidated. Rosbalt correspondent Dmitry Remizov was demanded to testify against Smyshlyaev. He was also threatened and used physical force.\n\nOn 11 August 2017, Smyshlyaev was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime colony. He was released in April 2026.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2016-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":475,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Smyshlyayev's case on aiding and abetting terrorist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"Having a correspondence with A.A. Panov via the Internet in the social network \"Vkontakte\" and Skype, as well as during a personal meeting with A.A. 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The cause was Ilmi Umerov's speech in March 2016 live on the Ukrainian TV channel ATR. Umerov was detained in Bakhchisarai and taken to the FSB Directorate in Simferopol, he was searched and signed a non-departure undertaking.\nDuring the investigation, lawyer Nikolay Polozov, who represented Umerov's interests, was transferred to the status of a witness in the case, depriving him of the opportunity to defend his client.\nOn 27 September 2017, Umerov was sentenced to two years in a open jail.\nOn 25 October 2017, it became known that Umerov was pardoned by the President, he flew to Turkey.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2024-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":502,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ilmi Umerov","persecution_case_profile_en":"spoke live on the Ukrainian TV channel ATR calling for the return of Crimea to Ukraine","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 12.05.2016 to 24.10.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.09.2017, Sentence: two years' imprisonment in an open jail","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' imprisonment in an open jail","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2017-09-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-09-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 06-08-2016\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/217553.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-05-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/05/d34533/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 02-08-2016\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/umerov-ilmi-rustemovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recfXmnFWqca3vWGT"},{"persecution_id":"reciwiYIutEhkQNzE","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recQTalJj9wcKXx8p","name_en":"Remzi Memetov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxhJtDRMRzffTP5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxhJtDRMRzffTP5.jpg"],"birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Bakhchisarai, cook. On 11 May 2016, a case on participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation was opened, on 12 May Memetov was detained for alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no relation to terrorism, and on 13 May he was placed in custody. Later, he was also accused of preparing for a violent seizure of power. On 24 December 2018, Memetov was sentenced to nine years in a strict-regime penal colony. On 11 July 2019, the appeals court reduced the sentence by three months. Memetov was released on 11 February 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":955,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":136,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Bakhchisarai case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai ","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation in the territory of Bakhchysarai and in the preparations for the violent seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.05.2018 to 05.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 13.05.2016 to 22.05.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 11 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2019 to 11.02.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 11 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\"\n• Unknown: from 12.02.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2018, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":105,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2018-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-09-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8810/bahchisarajskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-05-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/05/d34531/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-07-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/bahchisarayskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reciwiYIutEhkQNzE"},{"persecution_id":"recq4w7WpeTHM7Lls","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:53:33.000Z","person_id":"recn2prM7uxSdJ5vg","name_en":"Vladimir Egorov","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A criminal case against Egorov was opened in October 2016. The reason for the prosecution was the publication of a photo of Putin on the page of the public group \"Citizens of Toropets\", of which he was the administrator, accompanied by a text stating that the propaganda managed by the security services is aimed at exonerating the head of state, shifting the blame for all the failures of the government to other officials. The author of the post urged to \"not fall for such propaganda tricks\" and said that \"the main Kremlin rat should be taken down\".\n\nIn June 2017, due to criminal prosecution and conflict with local authorities in connection with anti-corruption publications in the above-mentioned publick, Egorov left for Ukraine and asked for political asylum there. The activist took this decision after the windows of his house were broken. Ten days after his departure, Egorov's house, where his wife and minor daughter stayed, was set on fire.\n\nIn early July, Egorov was denied political asylum; Ukrainian border guards said that because he had illegally crossed the border without a passport, he was banned from entering the country for three years. Yegorov did not challenge the decision to deny asylum and moved to Belarus. In Minsk, he applied to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and human rights organisations. However, at the end of July he was arrested by the Belarusian KGB under the article on petty hooliganism, extradited to Russia and brought to Toropets on 1 August; on 2 August the court arrested him. On 16 November, he was transferred on his personal recognizance.\n\nOn 5 June, the Toropets district court of Tver region sentenced Egorov to two years of suspended imprisonment. He was also given a probation period of three years and banned from moderating websites.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Toropets"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2020-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":593,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Egorov","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted pictures of Putin with offensive text on his social media page","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.11.2017 to 05.06.2018\n• placement in the temporary detention centre:  to 02.08.2017\n• in custody: from 02.08.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Tver Oblast\n• in custody:  to 16.11.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.06.2018, Sentence: Two years' imprisonment suspended with probation for three years and a ban on moderating websites.","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' imprisonment suspended with probation for three years and a ban on moderating websites.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-06-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-06-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 02-10-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/egorov-vladimir-petrovich\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-09-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/09/d37885/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 10-10-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/229491.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recq4w7WpeTHM7Lls"},{"persecution_id":"recGL8b4QM1HPdaVl","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"rec1tu84wj53WSkHk","name_en":"Aidar Kuchukov","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former investigator of the Miass Police Department, former lawyer, deprived of his status for violating the interests of the defendant in a criminal case. A case of incitement to ethnic hatred due to statements against the war in Syria and actions in Crimea was instituted. On 13 December 2017, Kuchukov was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Miass"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2019-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":712,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":101,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aidar Kuchukov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"In 2016 in the social network \"My World\" Aidar \"imposed provocative topics other than those under discussion on the participants of the dialogue and posted messages based on national discord\", as well as allowed himself to use insulting language against Russians; left comments on news items in various media, in particular, wrote \"about the inevitability of the imminent defeat of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria, about the vulnerability of our weapons, about the anti-people regime of Vladimir Putin and the imminent growth of popular protest to change the government\"; in comments on the news about the release of a Russian smartphone \"started talking about the illegal actions of the FSB in Crimea, the anti-people annexation of the peninsula and the deterioration of life in Russia because of this\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.12.2017, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-12-13T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-12-13T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-10-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/10/d38117/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recGL8b4QM1HPdaVl"},{"persecution_id":"recO1DzkGA8Q1BvKr","last_updated":"2025-11-26T16:01:46.000Z","person_id":"rec7aJ1Se5OSqBzKX","name_en":"Yurii Dmitriev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attoFpqnEAm91vt8p.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attoFpqnEAm91vt8p.jpg"],"birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Yuri Dmitriev is a historian and researcher of mass burial sites in Karelia from the time of the Great Terror. The case against Dmitriev began with an anonymous denunciation alleging that he displayed his adopted daughter naked. On December 13, 2016, during an apartment inspection, photos of his adopted daughter, some of which were without clothing, were found on his computer. A criminal case was initiated for the use of a minor in the creation of pornographic materials. His adopted daughter, who had lived with him for eight years, was taken from him. On December 15, Dmitriev was arrested.\n\nOn February 6, 2017, based on the examination of the photographs, he was also charged with lewd acts without the use of violence against a minor. On February 10, he was additionally charged with illegal possession of weapons, as fragments of hunting weapons were seized during the inspection. The case was sent to court. In January 2018, after a psychiatric examination deemed him not dangerous, Dmitriev was released under a travel restriction order.\n\nOn April 4, 2018, the court acquitted Dmitriev of the charges of lewd acts and producing child pornography but found him guilty of weapon possession and sentenced him to 2.5 years of restricted freedom. On June 14, this decision was overturned, and Dmitriev's case was sent for a new trial. On June 26, Dmitriev was detained and on June 28, he was arrested under a new case involving violent sexual acts.\n\nOn July 22, 2020, the court found Dmitriev not guilty of child pornography, lewd acts, and weapon possession but sentenced him to three and a half years in a high-security colony for violent acts against a minor. On September 29, the appeal court increased the sentence to 13 years in a high-security colony and sent the acquittals for review. On December 27, 2021, the first-instance court reviewed the episodes of producing pornography, lewd acts, and weapon possession and increased the total sentence to 15 years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2016-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":477,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 4,  Article 132 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 242.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 135 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["132","222","242.2","135"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 132","Part 1, Article 222","Article 242.2 (unknown part)","Article 135 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Yuri Dmitriev's case of violent acts against a minor","persecution_case_profile_en":"Produced pornographic materials involving his adopted daughter, experienced sexual excitement when photographing her, committed lewd acts of a sexual nature against his adopted daughter, kept a weapon at home","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.12.2017 to 25.01.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 25.01.2018 to 27.01.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karelia\n• in custody: from 17.07.2018, Psychiatric Hospital No. 6 in St. Petersburg\n• in custody:  to 30.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karelia\n• in custody: from 16.07.2018 to 17.07.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• recognizance not to leave: from 27.01.2018 to 28.06.2018\n• in custody: from 15.12.2016 to 28.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karelia\n• in custody: from 28.06.2018 to 16.07.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karelia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Karelia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2022, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2022 to 06.04.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Karelia\"\n• punishment cell: from 04.11.2022 to 14.11.2022, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• punishment cell: from 16.09.2022 to 19.09.2022, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• punishment cell: from 19.09.2022 to 24.09.2022, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• punishment cell: from 26.09.2022 to 01.10.2022, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 17.01.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• punishment cell: from 17.01.2025 to 23.01.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.01.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• punishment cell: from 11.06.2025 to 16.06.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.06.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.08.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• punishment cell: from 01.08.2025 to 13.08.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.07.2020, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony• First instance court on the merits, 27.12.2021, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony• First instance court on the merits, 05.04.2018, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' of restricted liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":138,"first_verdict_date":"2018-04-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-07-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/dmitriev-yuriy-alekseevich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 13-08-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/227444.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recO1DzkGA8Q1BvKr"},{"persecution_id":"recWjlYhHxt7oICo0","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:48:16.000Z","person_id":"recbXjmBXlBQ1T1Hd","name_en":"Refat Alimov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years 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On 12 November 2019, sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony. He was released on 17 April 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yalta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1302,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":186,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Yalta case of Hizb 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Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: from 19.04.2016 to 15.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 17.04.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of 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https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/figuranty-yaltinskogo-dela-hizb-ut-tahrir-politzaklyuchennye\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 02-10-2019\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur46/1098/2019/en/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-03-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8238/jaltinskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-04-2016\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/harassment/intervention/2016/04/d34402/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Amnesty International","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recWjlYhHxt7oICo0"},{"persecution_id":"recGPbXfvOnHveuxo","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recJz2KG2KLAEZUkN","name_en":"Magomed 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Of these, Murad Valiev, Magomed Magomedov, as well as Gadzhi Ramazanov and Sharip Habibov were arrested. On 28 February 2017, the prosecutor's office announced that it had referred Magomedov's case to court, he was charged under part 2 of article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code (participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation). On 25 April, a verdict was passed against him.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":418,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dagestan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Magomed Magomedov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Magomed Magomedov is accused of participation in the activities of an organisation that is recognised as a terrorist organisation under the laws of the Russian Federation (part 2, article 205.5 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, in 2014 Magomedov joined Hizb ut-Tahrir.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.03.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2017","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-04-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-04-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-02-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/02/d36475/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recGPbXfvOnHveuxo"},{"persecution_id":"recT4ud2VIo3YnkUj","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recfC93IPNZrb2hH1","name_en":"Sobirjon Burhoniddini","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"In December 2016, he was taken into custody together with 11 other people on suspicion of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir. 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He was charged with espionage. According to the FSB version, Sushchenko is an employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry and collected secret information about the work of the Russian military and Rosgvardia. The Ukrainian State Intelligence Service denied this information, while the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called the case falsified. Sushchenko himself denies the accusations.\n\nThe circumstances, essence and details of Sushchenko's case are classified and it is not known exactly what he is accused of.\n\nThe administration of the pre-trial detention centre refused to hand over most of Sushchenko's letters to the outside world. According to her, the meeting with his wife took place only after Putin's talks with Poroshenko.\n\nThe trial in Sushchenko's case was held behind closed doors. On 4 June 2018, Sushchenko was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 7 September 2019, Sushchenko was pardoned and released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for a group of people released by Ukraine arrived in Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":611,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 276 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["276"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 276"],"case_name_en":"Roman Sushchenko case","persecution_case_profile_en":"collected information constituting a state secret on the activities of the Armed Forces and National Guard troops of the Russian Federation, the leakage of which abroad could harm the defence capability of the State","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 11 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 29.08.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 11 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2019 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.06.2018, Sentence: twelve years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"twelve years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2018-06-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-06-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/sushchenko-roman-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recvsbdGtsQh84ecs"},{"persecution_id":"reczW9692qguXtHtV","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:41:28.000Z","person_id":"recviKu13m2F9oF3e","name_en":"Alidzhon Odinaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attlw6HTB1GL4zB4c.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attlw6HTB1GL4zB4c.jpg"],"birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"In December 2016, Odinaev was taken into custody with 11 other people on suspicion of involvement in the islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir. 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He was charged with mediation in commercial bribery involving extortion. On 1 March 2017, the charge was reclassified under the article on extortion on a large scale. Oblezov pleaded guilty and was transferred to house arrest. 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At the trial, he claimed that after his detention, FSB officers applied \"physical and psychological\" pressure to him, forcing him to confess. On 17 September 2018, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony. In 2021, the Ministry of Justice ruled that the Kyrgyz citizen's stay in the Russian Federation was undesirable for 8 years. Released in April 2022, after which he was apparently deported.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":633,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of a cell of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.12.2016 to 29.04.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.04.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.04.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.09.2018, Sentence: 6 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, prohibition from participating in the activities of public organizations for a period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, prohibition from participating in the activities of public organizations for a period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2018-09-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-09-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-12-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/12/d36065/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-12-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-12-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8969/moskovskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat?fbclid=IwAR1Qp1XVnVxuNa9f974203W_veZwUCwvw0DAOmo2rPcoyHkA2rTJ6SRIe5U\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recE0PDbbfIOlbDCM"},{"persecution_id":"recZdxJxgBdb6SQMF","last_updated":"2025-03-06T09:13:05.000Z","person_id":"recs0sJaJbhyuAqtv","name_en":"Andrey Zakhtey","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Zakhtey was detained by the Federal Security Service in the village of Risovoye in the Krasnoperekopsk district of Crimea. According to the case materials, after he was detained, together with the Security Service officers, he went to the alleged place of meeting with Ukrainian saboteurs. Later, Zakhtey said that after torture he confessed to his participation in a sabotage-terrorist group. After some time, he refused the help of all lawyers and made a deal with the investigation.\n\nOn 16 February 2018, Zakhtey was sentenced to six and a half years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 220 thousand rubles (US$2,400). In February 2023, he was released, after which he was placed in a temporary detention centre for foreign nationals. In June, Zakhtey managed to leave Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":557,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 327 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 324 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","327","281","222.1","324"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 222","Part 3, Article 327","Part 2, Article 281","Part 3, Article 222.1","Article 324 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Crimean saboteurs"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Crimean saboteurs","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participation in the activities of a subversive-terrorist group, possession and transportation of ammunition, illegal acquisition of a Russian passport and use of a false document.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.10.2016 to 20.02.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 13.08.2016 to 20.10.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 20.02.2017 to 08.06.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2018 to 06.02.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol\"\n• administrative detention: from 08.08.2016 to 13.08.2016, Simferopol TDF\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.02.2018, Sentence: six years and six months in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 220,000 roubles (US$2,400)","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years and six months in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 220,000 roubles (US$2,400)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":220000,"first_verdict_date":"2018-02-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-02-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-10-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-krymskih-diversantov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recZdxJxgBdb6SQMF"},{"persecution_id":"rech4aCAxtbJgkJSi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recGQNn4whjvH8m3y","name_en":"Anatoly Pleshanov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May 2016, a case was initiated for inciting hatred. On November 13, 2017, he was sentenced to one year of probation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2016-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2018-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":543,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anatoly Pleshanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"He spoke negatively about Ukrainians who decided to move to Russia and also spoke out against the annexation of Crimea; the statements were \"aimed at humiliating the dignity of groups of people on the grounds of nationality and belonging to a social group\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.11.2017, Sentence: One year suspended prison sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year suspended prison sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-11-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-11-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-11-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/11/d38255/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rech4aCAxtbJgkJSi"},{"persecution_id":"recHmFLiAwNo8VzTD","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recokuWrGuNqRWcy9","name_en":"Aidar Aidarbekov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attkhHWa8nzTuhEli.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attkhHWa8nzTuhEli.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Arrested in September 2016 on suspicion of involvement in a terrorist organisation. On 11 December 2017, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Salavat"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":460,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Salavat case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Salavat","persecution_case_profile_en":"in October 2015, together with Albert Shafiev, organised a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in Salavat","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.09.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.12.2017, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2017-12-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-12-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-04-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/04/d39213/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-07-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8592/delo-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir-v-salavate\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-05-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir-v-salavate\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recHmFLiAwNo8VzTD"},{"persecution_id":"recwwHHhjHNHn4lnV","last_updated":"2024-07-26T10:51:28.000Z","person_id":"recv3K3RnCSkdd5LI","name_en":"Aivar Habibullin","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Aivar Habibullin, former head of the procurement department of the Government of Bashkortostan, was accused of organising the activities of a cell of the organisation \"Nurdzhular\", the existence of which has not been proven. On 20 March 2017, he was sentenced to four years of suspended imprisonment. On 27 June, the appeal instance commuted the sentence to two years and three months in a general regime colony. He was released in August 2019.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":443,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan","persecution_case_profile_en":"held tea parties for pupils of boarding lyceums and public schools, during which he promoted the ideas of a banned organisation and invited students to live together in \"home madrasas\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.06.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 26.08.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.03.2017, Sentence: Four years' suspended imprisonment, prohibition to engage in any educational activity for a period of three years","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four years' suspended imprisonment, prohibition to engage in any educational activity for a period of three years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":27,"first_verdict_date":"2017-03-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-03-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-storonnikov-fethullaha-gyulena\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9322/ufimskoe-delo-storonnikov-fethullaha-gjulena\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-03-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/03/d36644/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recwwHHhjHNHn4lnV"},{"persecution_id":"recBjAcC8bgl3Fo7m","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recqvUoTiIGdO6piI","name_en":"Airat Shakirov","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was charged with incitement to hatred because he posted a video from a rally in Makhachkala on February 8, 2013 against police brutality on his VKontakte page, a video that was included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. Shakirov claimed that his laptop had been unattended for some time and the video could have been posted by someone else, besides he himself deleted the video immediately after it appeared on the list. On May 16, 2017, he was sentenced to a fine of one hundred thousand rubles and released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nIn 2009 and 2010, the prosecutor's office issued warnings to Shakirov about the unacceptability of extremist activity. In July 2012, he was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the attempted assassination of Mufti Ildus Faizov and the murder of his deputy Valiulla Yakupov, but no evidence of his involvement in the crime was found. In 2015, he was one of the public defenders of nationalist activist Rafis Kashapov. Then he also was given 10 days of arrest under Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code - for two images in support of Ukraine in \"VKontakte\", a collage and a cartoon with a swastika. The cartoon, showing a man with a whip chasing swastikas from Donbass, was accompanied by the inscription \"Russia, go home\". 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On 28 December 2017, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony. 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with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8233/kazanskoe-delo-5-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-02-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/pyatero-chlenov-hizb-ut-tahrir-osuzhdennye-v-kazani-politzaklyuchennye\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec5wHQIbku7SHE0H"},{"persecution_id":"recuTmerHUJikbAeZ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec5gf2BCUcjQXdSo","name_en":"Girey Aminov","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 6 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urinated in a Buddhist temple in Elista and kicked a Buddha statue, was arrested on 4 April 2016; charged with insulting the feelings of believers; released on bail on 10 June, but detained again the same day, after which he was charged with incitement to hatred; sentenced to two years' suspended imprisonment on 28 July 2016","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Elista"],"persecution_region_en":["Kalmykia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KL"],"persecution_started":"2016-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":116,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal 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activities of the organisation \"Nurdzhular\", the existence of which has not been proven. On 20 March 2017, he was sentenced to two years of suspended imprisonment","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2022-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":443,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Conducted tea parties for boarding school students and private school pupils, during which he promoted the ideas of a banned organisation and invited students to live together in \"home madrasas\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.03.2017, Sentence: Two years' suspended prison sentence, prohibition to engage in any educational activity for a period of two years","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' suspended prison sentence, prohibition to engage in any educational activity for a period of two years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-03-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-03-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9322/ufimskoe-delo-storonnikov-fethullaha-gjulena\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-03-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/03/d36644/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-storonnikov-fethullaha-gyulena\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recVN4aWzNMapw8J6"},{"persecution_id":"recfb8tXsSDA92vsS","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:04:08.000Z","person_id":"recLnR4Q3f3Ri0DRB","name_en":"Magomednabi Magomedov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Magomednabi Magomedov (Sildinsky), the imam of the Vostochnaya mosque, was detained on 8 April 2016 after demanding the release of worshippers from the Bolnichnaya mosque who had been detained by police following Friday prayers in Makhachkala. Initially taken to an unknown location, it was later revealed that he was being held at the Centre for Countering Extremism of the Interior Ministry in Makhachkala. Magomedov was taken into custody as part of a criminal investigation into charges of incitement to terrorism and hatred. The charges were linked to a sermon he delivered on 5 February 2016 in the village of Vostochny Khasavyurt, in which he criticized the ongoing pressure on Salafists by law enforcement agencies and called for peaceful unity in the defense of community rights.\n\nMagomedov was repeatedly moved between different detention facilities and reported being subjected to torture.\n\nOn 24 November 2016, he was sentenced to five years in a general-regime colony. The court of second instance reduced his sentence by six months on 26 January 2017. Magomedov was released in June 2020.\n\nOn 25 September 2024, he was officially removed from Rosfinmonitoring's list of extremists and terrorists.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2016-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2024-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":198,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 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centre: from 11.04.2016 to 20.04.2016, Kaspiysk TDF\n• in custody: from 21.04.2016 to 26.01.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n• in custody: from 08.04.2016 to 10.04.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.06.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.01.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First 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http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/217204.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-04-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/04/d34279/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recfb8tXsSDA92vsS"},{"persecution_id":"recJGnDArRR8aDfpk","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:02:55.000Z","person_id":"recGXrgwKkfxh9uD4","name_en":"Eduard Khusainov (Zaid)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3xIAyqrgBkjwlW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3xIAyqrgBkjwlW.jpg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In March 2015, he was sentenced to a 120,000 ruble fine on charges of involvement in an extremist organisation 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On 28 June 2018, he was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles. On 25 September 2019, in connection with the decriminalisation of the 1st part of Article 282 of the Criminal Code, the court terminated the criminal prosecution of Sultygov and released him from punishment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nalchik"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":908,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":129,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sarazhdin Sultygov case","persecution_case_profile_en":" made \"derogatory characterisations and insulting remarks\" against Ossetians over the conflict over the Prigorodny district of North Ossetia","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.06.2018, Sentence: a fine of 150 thousand roubles• First instance court on the merits, 25.09.2019","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2018-06-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-09-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-09-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/09/d41518/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recCYURSqQ7XsExQu"},{"persecution_id":"recRtrgWyy4uu2GFp","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recnuHfq4fmxBahgX","name_en":"Maxim Puigin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att9yYbSXUZtgN03x.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att9yYbSXUZtgN03x.png"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Arrested in September 2016 on suspicion of involvement in a terrorist organisation due to his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. On 11 December 2017, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Salavat"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":460,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Salavat case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Salavat","persecution_case_profile_en":"Attended illegal meetings, persuaded other Muslims to join the party, studied and kept banned \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" literature, adhered to  measures of conspiracy","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.09.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"","FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.09.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2023, FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.12.2017, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2017-12-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-12-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-07-2018\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8592/delo-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir-v-salavate\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-05-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir-v-salavate\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-04-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/04/d39213/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recRtrgWyy4uu2GFp"},{"persecution_id":"recODfV4Wj2PwkxLo","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:40:36.000Z","person_id":"recUXcySjrMDyiEiY","name_en":"Rinat Bagaveev","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 April 2016, detained together with two other people after being summoned for questioning, charged with involvement in a terrorist organisation and incitement to hatred. On 22 February 2017, he was sentenced to a six-year suspended sentence and released from custody. On 27 July, the Supreme Court replaced the suspended sentence with a real one in response to the prosecutor's office's demand to toughen the punishment. Bagaveev did not appear at the announcement of the verdict.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhnevartovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":314,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Nizhnevartovsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Nizhnevartovsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist organization, which is banned in the Russian Federation, recruited persons to join the organization, conducted agitation and propaganda work aimed at creating a positive public opinion of its activities, and posted a number of propaganda videos on the VKontakte social networking site.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.04.2016 to 22.02.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.02.2017, Sentence: Six years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of five years and a fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of five years and a fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2017-02-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-02-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-02-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/02/d36464/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recODfV4Wj2PwkxLo"},{"persecution_id":"recemxtXgXNiFxFhB","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recSzR1W51StW66aN","name_en":"Dina Garina","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 April 2016, a search and interrogation was conducted in a case of incitement to hatred against employees of the Centre for Countering Extremism and non-Russians as a social group. The reason was Garina's speech at the rally on 15 March 2015. On 1 February 2017, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office. After that, the case was twice returned for additional investigation.\n\nOn 15 January 2016, it became known that the investigation reclassified the charge to the accusation on insulting a representative of the authorities, which had expired at that time. In December 2018, the court sentenced Garina to 180 hours of compulsory labour, but released her from serving the sentence due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nEarlier, a case of incitement to national hatred and calls for extremist activity was already opened against Garina in connection with a publication in the social network \"VKontakte\". Garina was placed in a pre-trial detention canter and then sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence after she pleaded guilty and agreed to a special trial.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2016-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":972,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":138,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Dina Garina's second case","persecution_case_profile_en":"insulted the staff of the Centre for Countering Extremism","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 20.04.2016 to 19.12.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2018, Sentence: 180 hours of compulsory labour, to be released from the execution of punishment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"180 hours of compulsory labour, to be released from the execution of punishment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-12-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-12-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-04-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/04/d34366/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recemxtXgXNiFxFhB"},{"persecution_id":"recI3AJVE5TKFQRXW","last_updated":"2023-11-08T14:57:17.000Z","person_id":"recsejWlPClFyPNA3","name_en":" I.","birth_year":1988,"age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 19 December 2016, it became known that a criminal case of humiliation of human dignity of a group of persons united on the basis of nationality had been opened against a 28-year-old English language teacher. The defendant signed a confession of guilt and was placed under house arrest. On 14 March he was sentenced to two years of suspended sentence with a probation period of two years, having been found guilty under part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2016-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":84,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the humiliation of the Russians","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 11 July 2016, while playing volleyball at a sports ground on Naberezhnaya Street in Vladivostok, he \"used word combinations and phraseological turns\" degrading the dignity of Russians","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 19.12.2016 to 14.03.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.03.2017, Sentence: two years' of suspended sentence with the probation period of two years, having found him guilty under Article 282, paragraph 1, of the Criminal Code","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' of suspended sentence with the probation period of two years, having found him guilty under Article 282, paragraph 1, of the Criminal Code","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-03-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-03-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-02-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/02/d36364/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recI3AJVE5TKFQRXW"},{"persecution_id":"reciXzk7XqsZsIhFR","last_updated":"2023-11-05T16:18:43.000Z","person_id":"recwB0xVihf05mIIq","name_en":"Olga Lee","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 25 March 2016, a case of defamation of a judge was reported to have been opened against Olga Lee in connection with the judge’s consideration of court cases or materials. This came two weeks after Lee had posted a video on YouTube, in which she stated that Putin's foreign and domestic policies had led to the collapse of Russia's financial system and suppression of the rule of law. Lee also accused Putin of a \"criminal conspiracy against his own people\" and \"propaganda of violence\" that filled state TV channels. At a meeting of Kursk Oblast Duma deputies, she was told that because of her appeals to the Russian president, a criminal case had been opened against her, accusing her of slander and extremism. Deputies for United Russia, CPRF and LDPR openly expressed their dissatisfaction with her. Most of all, she was criticised for not supporting the annexation of Crimea to Russia and insulting Putin.\nOn 1 April, Lee was reported to have also been charged with incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity on the grounds of belonging to a social group of representatives of the authorities, in particular, employees of law enforcement agencies and the judiciary. The cases were merged into a single proceeding. Later, the local Centre for Combating Extremism found no signs of extremism in her video. In October 2016, the charges under the article on inciting hatred were dropped. On 26 June 2017, she was sentenced to a fine of 90 thousand rubles in a libel case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":458,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["case includes denunciation","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 298.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["298.1","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 298.1 (unknown part)","Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Olga Lee case","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the September-October 2015 issue of the newspaper Narodnyj Journalist, she published an article entitled \"Application to bring regional prosecutor Filimonov to criminal responsibility, where she disseminated knowingly false information defaming the honour, dignity and undermining the professional reputation of a judge of the Leninsky District Court of Kursk, accusing him of making a knowingly unjust decision on a case of administrative offence; the information disseminated is aimed at inciting hatred and enmity towards the activities of all officials of the regional prosecutor's office.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 07.10.2016 to 24.11.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.06.2017, Sentence: a fine in the amount of ninety thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine in the amount of ninety thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":90000,"first_verdict_date":"2017-06-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-06-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-03-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/04/d34205/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reciXzk7XqsZsIhFR"},{"persecution_id":"rec2RKPleYsd4wpon","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recMe2EmPYVqRjUQS","name_en":"Rais Suleymanov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 8 February 2016, he was summoned for questioning and informed that a criminal case had been opened for incitement to hatred using his official position; the flat of Suleymanov and his mother was searched, a telephone and computer equipment were seized, as well as the Islamic scholar's working notes on the links between Russian citizens and the Islamic State, copies of the Russian Order newspaper and a brochure by Alexander Barkashov from Suleymanov's archive; the ruling on the initiation of criminal proceedings states that Suleymanov published materials on social networks from 2011 to 2016 that testify to \"the alleged existence in the Republic of Tatarstan of a bandit underground of radical Islamists, active national separatist groups and their support by a large number of supporters from among Muslims and Tatars, as well as from the clergy and representatives of the republic's authorities\", and also stated about the \"mass persecution\" of Russians in Tatarstan and the existence in the republic of \"propaganda of national exclusivity of Tatars\"; On 8 July 2016, the criminal case was terminated","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2016-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rais Suleymanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"from 2011 to 2016, published materials that testify to \"the alleged existence in the Republic of Tatarstan of a bandit underground of radical Islamists, active national separatist groups and their support by a large number of Muslim and Tatar supporters, as well as by the clergy and representatives of the republic's authorities\", as well as allegations of \"mass persecution\" of Russians in Tatarstan and the existence in the republic of \"propaganda of national exclusivity of Tatars\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-02-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/02/d33791/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec2RKPleYsd4wpon"},{"persecution_id":"rec5QMnba6Gzy4HiP","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec4Csk3mlG5nGJAz","name_en":"Ramil Sultanov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-02-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained and arrested in October 2016 along with eight other people on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organization. A search was conducted at his home. Sultanov admitted involvement in “Tablighi Jamaat” but refused to acknowledge that he had participated in the activities of an extremist organization. On April 20, 2017, he was sentenced to three years in a penal colony. On September 26, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to two years and four months. He was released on March 1, 2019.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":181,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan","case_number":"1-503/2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"Knowing that the organization was banned, from 2014 to 2016 he participated in its activities, including recruiting new members and holding meetings of its members, and promoted aggressive and nontraditional forms of Islam in Tatarstan.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.10.2016 to 26.09.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.09.2017 to 01.03.2019\n• Unknown: from 02.03.2019 to 01.11.2019\n• Unknown: from 02.11.2019 to 01.11.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.04.2017, Sentence: 3 years of imprisonment in a general-regime colony with 8 months of restricted freedom.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of imprisonment in a general-regime colony with 8 months of restricted freedom.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":28,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-8,"first_verdict_date":"2017-04-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-04-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-04-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/04/d36741/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec5QMnba6Gzy4HiP"},{"persecution_id":"rec3Oq35h7zWVL28p","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"rec7qiDfmvjsdJFU5","name_en":"Mirzobarot Mirzosharipov","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"In June 2017, he was taken into custody on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation. On 26 July 2018, he was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime prison.\n\nAfter being transferred to prison, a case was opened against Mirzosharipov for publicly justifying terrorist activity in connection with discussions about Hizb ut-Tahrir. According to the case files, Mirzosharipov spoke to other prisoners in Pre-Trial Detention Centre No. 1 and IK-40 in the Kemerovo Region about the organisation. Mirzosharipov himself stated that he was beaten in prison and that, during questioning about Hizb ut-Tahrir, one prisoner held scissors to his throat while another recorded his words. At trial, when witnesses were asked to indicate on a diagram the room where the conversation took place, they pointed to different rooms.\n\nOn 11 November 11 2019, Mirzosharipov was sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment; under the court’s ruling, the combined sentence, including the unserved portion of his first term, amounted to 5 years. By 2022 at the latest, a new case was opened against him for publicly justifying terrorism, linked to conversations about the organisation Jabhat al-Nusra in October 2021, while he was serving his sentence. On 25 April 2023, he was sentenced to 4 years for this charge, but taking into account previously unserved time, his total sentence was set at 5 years in a strict regime prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2016-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":624,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third St Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Saint Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was Involved in the creation of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in Saint Petersburg","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.06.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 40 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.12.2018 to 20.03.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.03.2019 to 15.06.2022, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 40 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.07.2018, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, exemption from paying a fine of 30,000 roubles due to the expiry of the statute of limitations for prosecution","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, exemption from paying a fine of 30,000 roubles due to the expiry of the statute of limitations for prosecution","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-06-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/06/d37375/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/peterburgskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-07-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10103/peterburgskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec3Oq35h7zWVL28p"},{"persecution_id":"rec9aaQPwMlVulCNC","last_updated":"2023-11-08T16:26:43.000Z","person_id":"recg6JxGpsgGuP9tu","name_en":"Mahmud Velitov","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 11 July 2016, Velitov was stopped by a traffic police officer and offered to go to his car, where a man in civilian clothes was sitting, who told Velitov that skinheads were preparing an assassination attempt on him and he should not go home. Velitov followed the stranger and ended up in the criminal investigation building, where he was charged with calling for terrorism using the Internet or mass media. He was placed under house arrest. On 12 February 2017, at the end of the investigation, he was released on his own recognisance.\nVelitov was placed under house arrest. On 21 February 2017, at the end of the investigation, he was released on his own recognisance, mitigating the charge (justification of terrorism without using the internet or media).\nOn 28 April 2017, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.\n\nOn 13 July 2017, the lawyer reported that Velitov was hospitalised in the hospital at the pre-trial detention centre with heart complaints.\n\nOn 1 August 2017, the appeal court upheld the sentence.\n\nIn September 2019, Velitov was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious 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information about the active activities of a member of this organisation, Gappaev\", delivered a Friday sermon in the mosque \"containing ideas of propaganda of the doctrine of political Islam (the basis of the doctrine of this organisation), the need to build a theocratic state on the basis of Sharia as the only possible solution to the problems of Muslims, as well as approving and justifying the activities of Gappaev as a member of this terrorist organisation, i.e. publicly justified terrorism\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.09.2017 to 20.10.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 21.02.2017 to 28.04.2017\n• house arrest: from 12.07.2016 to 21.02.2017\n• in custody: from 28.04.2017 to 15.09.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre-10 of the Astrakhan Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.10.2017 to 13.09.2019, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-10 of the Astrakhan Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.04.2017, Sentence: Three years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common 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In July 2014, he was detained during the visit of the chairman of the State Council of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov, to the village and was fined 500 rubles under the article on petty hooliganism. In November 2015, two searches were conducted on suspicion of theft of a combine harvester and a car. After the second search, Balukh was detained, beaten, accused of disobeying the lawful demands of police officers, and sentenced to administrative arrest for 10 days. Balukh was on a hunger strike for majority of the sentence. In the special detention centre, he was pressured by the Federal Security Service (FSB) officers. After leaving the detention centre, Balukh learned that policeman Yevgeny Baranov, who had beaten him, wrote a statement about Balukh insulting him. On 5 February 2016, Balukh was sentenced to 320 hours of community service for insulting a representative of authority. Court of appeal decided to revisit the decision. On 10 June, the same sentence was handed down, this time recognized as lawful by the court of appeal. On 11 October 2016, the sentence was changed to 40 days in an open prison due to a complaint by the penal inspection for \"malicious evasion from serving community service\". On 28 November, the decision came into force.\n\nOn 29 November 2016, Balukh installed a plaque in memory of the Heavenly Hundred on the plot of land. In the evening of the same day, the chairman of the council and his two assistants came to him and demanded the removal of the plaque. In December, Balukh was arrested on charges of illegal possession of ammunition and explosives. On 4 August 2017, he was sentenced to three years and seven months in a general regime penal colony. On 2 October, the court of appeal cancelled the verdict and returned the case for a retrial. On 1 December Balukh was transferred to house arrest. On 16 January 2018, he was sentenced to three years and seven months in an open prison, and fined 10,000 rubles. On 14 March, the Supreme Court of Crimea, having considered the appeal, reduced the term by two months.\n\nOn 29 August 2017, it became known that another case was filed against Balukh, this time on the use of violence against a representative of authority. According to the prosecution, on 11 August 2017 Balukh allegedly elbowed the head of the temporary detention facility in the village of Razdolnoye, police captain Valery Tkachenko, in the stomach, after which he went into the cell, took a cleaning supply bottle, and hit the captain's right hand. The defence claims that Tkachenko himself attacked Balukh, and previously, on the regular basis, was insulting and humiliating him on the basis of nationality. On 5 July 2018, Balukh was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony. On 3 October, the court of appeal reduced the prison term by one month.\n\nOn 19 March 2018, Balukh went on an indefinite hunger strike. Later, he began to consume a minimum set of products (two glasses of oatmeal kissel, 50-70 grams of black bread crumbs, and tea with honey). On 9 October it became known that Balukh intends to stop the hunger strike for the time of his transfer to the colony.\n\nIn January 2019, the court refused to recalculate Balukh's sentence in accordance with the law on crediting the period of detention before the entry into force of the verdict. In late February, Balukh's defence reported that the activist could have been transferred to the Tver Oblast. On 7 September 2019, Balukh was pardoned and released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for groups of individuals, and arrived onto the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Serebryanka"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":247,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal 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of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Crimea and Sevastopol\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2019 to 29.08.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2019 to 01.03.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.03.2018 to 25.06.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• Unknown: from 25.06.2018, Temporary detention centre (IVS OMVD) for Razdolnensky District \n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 17.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal 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old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Shamil Kazakov, having been refused a job in the police, published a video of a conversation with the head of the personnel department of the Main Department of Internal Affairs, from which it follows that the police in Tver allegedly does not hire \"Caucasians, Chechens, Dagestanis, Tatars and Muslims\". Kazakov was then charged with incitement to hatred against the social group \"employees of the Department of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Tver region\" and insulting a representative of the authorities for the text accompanying the video. He was placed under house arrest, but during the court hearings he was transferred to the pre-trial detention centre. On 11 August the court acquitted Kazakov under the article on incitement to hatred, and under the article on insulting a representative of authority sentenced him to corrective labour, but released him from punishment on account of time served.\n\nLater, a criminal case was initiated against Kazakov for insulting and slandering the investigator who handled his first case","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tver"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2016-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":222,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Article 319 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Shamil Kazakov","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted comments to a video, which have signs of incitement to hatred towards the social group \"employees of the Department of Internal Affairs of Russia in Tver region\" and insulting a representative of the authorities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest:  to 22.07.2016\n• in custody: from 22.07.2016 to 11.08.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.08.2016, Sentence: ten months of corrective labour, release from punishment on account of time served","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"ten months of corrective labour, release from punishment on account of time served","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2016-08-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-08-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-06-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/06/d34884/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec5ESRKF6qwEwtjA"},{"persecution_id":"recbsTWLTKx5d7NQ2","last_updated":"2024-07-25T15:23:48.000Z","person_id":"recfVbmX5o46g7gRY","name_en":"Timur Munasypov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Educator Timur Munasypov was accused of participation in the activities of the organisation \"Nurdzhular\", the existence of which has not been proven. On 20 March 2017, he was sentenced to a suspended sentence","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2020-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":443,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan","persecution_case_profile_en":"held tea parties for pupils of boarding lyceums and public schools, during which he promoted the ideas of a banned organisation and invited students to live together in \"home madrasas\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.03.2017, Sentence: Two years suspended prison sentence, prohibition to engage in any educational activity for a period of two years","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years suspended prison sentence, prohibition to engage in any educational activity for a period of two years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-03-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-03-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9322/ufimskoe-delo-storonnikov-fethullaha-gjulena\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-storonnikov-fethullaha-gyulena\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-03-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/03/d36644/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recbsTWLTKx5d7NQ2"},{"persecution_id":"recLRjM8kJj7sbumL","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec2biXcIeAemUKVE","name_en":"Guliya Mukhametzyanova","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 24 March 2016, she was detained and placed under house arrest on 25 March on suspicion of involvement in the organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in Russia as a terrorist organisation. She is accused of holding secret meetings. She is on the wanted list.\n\nMukhametzyanova's husband Rinat Latyfulin was previously involved as a witness in the case of threats to religious figures of Almetyevsk, in this connection he was summoned to the FSB","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Almetyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Almetyevsk residents on involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Almetyevsk residents on involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"held secret meetings at which it espoused the ideas of Hizb ut-Tahrir.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 25.03.2016 to 25.03.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-03-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/03/d34174/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recLRjM8kJj7sbumL"},{"persecution_id":"recHBVeIVZYpftOuy","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"reco6BMa0qRpZbodX","name_en":"Maxim Tsvetkov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 8 November 2016 together with five other suspects in connection with Hizb ut-Tahrir, taken into custody. On 26 July 2018, he was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony. He was released in May 2022.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2016-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":624,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third St Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Saint Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir in St. Petersburg","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.11.2016 to 09.11.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 06.05.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.07.2018, Sentence: Five years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, exempt from a fine of 30,000 roubles due to the expiry of the statute of limitations.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, exempt from a fine of 30,000 roubles due to the expiry of the statute of limitations.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-11-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/11/d35795/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/peterburgskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-07-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10103/peterburgskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recHBVeIVZYpftOuy"},{"persecution_id":"recQmYSeWiJjl71Cc","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recVDM0ycpLJsNW6s","name_en":"Renat Nasretdinov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained and arrested in October 2016 along with eight other people on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organization. A search was conducted at his home. Nasretdinov admitted involvement in “Tablighi Jamaat” but refused to acknowledge that he had participated in the activities of an extremist organization. On April 20, 2017, he was sentenced to two years and eight months in a penal colony. On September 26, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to two years and four months.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2019-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":181,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan","case_number":"1-503/2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"Knowing that the organization was banned, from 2014 to 2016 he participated in its activities, including recruiting new members and holding meetings of the organization’s members, and promoted aggressive and nontraditional forms of Islam in Tatarstan.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.10.2016 to 26.09.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.09.2017\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.04.2017, Sentence: 2 years and 8 months of imprisonment in a general-regime colony with 7 months of restricted freedom.","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 8 months of imprisonment in a general-regime colony with 7 months of restricted freedom.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":28,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-4,"first_verdict_date":"2017-04-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-04-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-04-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/04/d36741/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recQmYSeWiJjl71Cc"},{"persecution_id":"recLuHWzwvI5rKf5Q","last_updated":"2026-03-02T17:54:48.000Z","person_id":"recCG5Sc63gZQ5y2z","name_en":"Teimur Abdullaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attNmWUBGn0vUT7PL.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attNmWUBGn0vUT7PL.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Crimea. On October 12, 2016, he was detained after a search, taken into custody on charges related to his alleged involvement in the Islamist party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", unrelated to terrorism.\nOn June 18, 2019, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony. On December, 24, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by six months.\nIn March 2020, immediately after his arrival at the colony, Abdullaev was sent to a punitive isolation cell. He was sent to the punitive isolation centre several times after that, which took a toll on his health and he was suspected of having tuberculosis. In November 2024, it was reported that Abdullaev had lost hearing in one ear.\nIn August 2025, Abdullaev said that he was forced to stage a major disciplinary infraction after a directive targeting him came down from the Federal Penitentiary Service of Bashkortostan (he was in a colony on the territory of the republic) and needed to be sent to a single cell-type facility for several months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Stroganovka"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":978,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of 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Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.03.2020 to 01.12.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• Unknown: from 09.12.2022, LIU-19 of Bashkortostan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.02.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.02.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.03.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.03.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 12.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment cell: from 12.12.2024 to 27.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment cell: from 14.01.2023 to 28.01.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.01.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.01.2025 to 01.02.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment cell: from 02.03.2023 to 17.03.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment cell: from 17.03.2023 to 14.08.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2025 to 01.08.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.08.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment cell: from 16.12.2025 to 31.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• Court of appeal instance on the merits, 24.12.2019, Sentence: 16 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony• First instance court on the merits, 18.06.2019, Sentence: 17 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":198,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-6,"first_verdict_date":"2019-06-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-10-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/10/d35608/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-06-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/simferopolskoe-delo-pyateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 21-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9430/simferopolskoe-delo-pjateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recLuHWzwvI5rKf5Q"},{"persecution_id":"recG2ARasYQCVMWNE","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recdbjDLZh9x8V7yQ","name_en":"Natalia Lutovinova","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 11 October 2016, she was charged with arbitrariness. The consideration of the case in court began in January 2017. Magistrate judge issued two private rulings against Lutovinova's lawyer Dmitry Sotnikov on 3 and 20 February, he was accused of allegedly violating the order in the courtroom and not appearing at court hearings on days when Lutovinova took sick leave. On 1 March 2017, magistrate judge Zotova decided to elect a preventive measure against Lutovinova in the form of detention in the Federal Institution of the Federal Penitentiary Service SIZO-11 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Moscow region. The judge motivated her decision by the fact that Lutovinova allegedly chronically failed to appear at court hearings, thus hindering the consideration of the case. On 6 March it became known that Lutovinova was released on her own recognisance. On 16 March 2017 Lutovinova was sentenced to 350 hours of compulsory labour, but taking into account the days spent in custody, the punishment was reduced to 302 hours. In addition, the court satisfied nine civil claims of the \"victims\", obliging Lutovinova to pay them a total of 650 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Reutov"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":155,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 330 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 330 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Natalia Lutovinova","persecution_case_profile_en":"Carried out actions to illegally disconnect persistent non-payers from electricity and wastewater services when she was not authorised to hold the position of Acting Chairperson of the HOA.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2017 to 06.03.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №11 (SIZO-11) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• recognizance not to leave: from 06.03.2017 to 16.03.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.03.2017, Sentence: 302 hours of community service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"302 hours of community service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-03-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-03-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-05-2017\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/225103.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 12-05-2017\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-reutovskih-zhilishchnyh-aktivistov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recG2ARasYQCVMWNE"},{"persecution_id":"recbpXaAlzNkSCFFr","last_updated":"2026-02-07T12:47:52.000Z","person_id":"recjsEx1wEzKhdnD0","name_en":"Ilkhom Artykov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 29 May 2017, was sentenced to two and a half years suspended sentence on charges of involvement with Tablighi Jamaat.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2020-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":510,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of I. Artykov","case_number":"1-449/2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"professed among natives of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan excerpts from the book \"Fazail Amali\", which is on the federal list of extremist materials, and gave talks at meetings of natives of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan to promote the activities of the banned religious movement \"Tablighi Jamaat\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.05.2017, Sentence: 2 years 6 months of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-05-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-05-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-05-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/05/d37180/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recbpXaAlzNkSCFFr"},{"persecution_id":"recnAAlDyFkhnV4bL","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"rec6p4sLf7pSLa2Zs","name_en":"Emir-Usein Kuku","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att1UviJL6jWCasDQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att1UviJL6jWCasDQ.png"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"Crimean Tatar human rights activist Emir-Usein Kuku was detained on 11 February 2016 during mass searches and detentions in Crimea. He was arrested on suspicion of participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned as a terrorist organisation. In July 2016, he was placed in a special block of the pre-trial detention centre as a \"dangerous person under investigation\".\n\nOn 12 November 2019, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nThe day after the verdict, Kuku was placed in a punishment cell due to the fact that in the evening of the previous day he fell asleep in his cell and did not come out for the evening recount.\n\nIn January 2020, it became known that Kuku was placed in a special cell in pre-trial detention centre No. 3 in Rostov Oblast.\n\nEarlier it was reported that a case of incitement to national hatred was opened on Kuku because of publications on Facebook. On 30 November 2015, he was summoned for questioning by the Investigative Committee. Even publications made before the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation were subject to review; as a result, 42 publications were selected. It was claimed that the materials of the case include, in particular, a video with appeals to the Muslims of Crimea in different languages, reports on the losses of the Russian armed forces in Syria, statements of the Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev about the upcoming repressions, a speech by Maksim Shevchenko in defence of Muslims, a photograph of a road sign with the inscription \"Russia go away. Unutma, it was so\". However, the information about the opening of the case was not confirmed.\n\nIn April 2015, Kuku was already prosecuted for publications in the social network \"Odnoklassniki\": a search was conducted, books were confiscated, he was taken to the FSB office for questioning, and was beaten all the way. The case on the fact of injury (the doctor recorded a bruised kidney) was not opened.\n\nOn 26 June 2018, Kuku began an indefinite hunger strike. After 24 days, he ended the hunger strike. According to Kuku's lawyer, the state of his health during this time significantly deteriorated: kidney and pancreas pains began.\nIn June 2023, Kuku was urgently taken from the colony to the hospital with a kidney attack and operated on.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yalta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1369,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":195,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Yalta case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Yalta","persecution_case_profile_en":"incited national hatred by posting on Facebook","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 12.02.2016 to 15.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 15.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus\n• Unknown: from 21.06.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.11.2019, Sentence: 12 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony with restriction of liberty for 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony with restriction of liberty for 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2019-11-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-11-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-12-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/12/d33355/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-02-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/figuranty-yaltinskogo-dela-hizb-ut-tahrir-politzaklyuchennye\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 02-10-2019\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur46/1098/2019/en/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-03-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8238/jaltinskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-02-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/02/d33830/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Amnesty International","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recnAAlDyFkhnV4bL"},{"persecution_id":"recaHiuSvnl6SIA9K","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reciPFJ4EHpyQMDUR","name_en":"Vladimir Timoshenko","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A criminal case under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code on incitement of hatred or enmity was initiated against Vladimir Timoshenko (born in 1973) for asking an acquaintance to publish a text in one of the communities on the social network \"VKontakte\" \"containing statements aimed at inciting enmity against a group of persons on the grounds of belonging to a social group, namely law enforcement officers\". On 27 November 2017, he was sentenced to two years in a strict regime penal colony. On 25 May, the St. Petersburg City Court upheld the sentence.\n\nOn 18 May 2019, Tymoshenko's criminal record was expunged due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 282 of the Criminal Code.\n\nIn 2010, he was convicted of attempting to prepare a terrorist attack, after which he served five and a half years in a strict regime penal colony. Timoshenko was planning to blow up the wall of the Novgorod Kremlin, \"wishing to draw attention to the problems of \"Russia and the Russian people\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2016-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2019-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":340,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Tymoshenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"In January 2015, Timoshenko asked an acquaintance to publish in one of the communities on the VKontakte social network a post \"containing statements aimed at inciting hatred against a group of persons on the grounds of belonging to a social group, namely law enforcement officers\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.05.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.11.2017, Sentence: 2 years in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2017-11-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-11-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-08-2017\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/timoshenko-vladimir-aleksandrovich\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-12-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/racism-xenophobia/news/counteraction/2016/12/d36078/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recaHiuSvnl6SIA9K"},{"persecution_id":"recIYIvoz2FHgbSKc","last_updated":"2026-02-07T12:39:12.000Z","person_id":"recwgz72JDZVZB5wh","name_en":"Rinat Minnegulov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Along with nine others, he was accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. The case was singled out in a separate proceeding, as it took him a long time to familiarise himself with the materials. He pleaded guilty, the trial was held under a special procedure. On May 5, 2017, he was sentenced to a year and eight months in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":196,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rinat Minnegulov","case_number":"1-552/2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the 'Tablighi Jamaat' activities from January 2015 to October 2016.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 17.05.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2018\n• Unknown: from 01.01.2018 to 01.01.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.05.2017, Sentence: One year and eight months deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with restriction of liberty for six months.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction on military service"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year and eight months deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with restriction of liberty for six months.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":20,"first_verdict_date":"2017-05-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-05-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-05-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/05/d36987/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recIYIvoz2FHgbSKc"},{"persecution_id":"recriSFjnnZrL71nU","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:40:36.000Z","person_id":"recZI3hpp0X1a2O04","name_en":"Ildar Gabdrakipov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 April 2016, he was detained after being summoned for questioning (where he arrived with his mother, who was later released) along with two other people; accused of involvement in a terrorist organisation and incitement of hatred. On 22 February 2017, was given five years of conditional imprisonment and released from custody. On 27 July, the Supreme Court replaced the conditional sentence with jail time in response to the Prosecutor's Office request for a harsher punishment. Gabdrakipov did not appear at the announcement of the verdict. He has been put on the international wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhnevartovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":314,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Nizhnevartovsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Nizhnevartovsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist organization, which is banned in the Russian Federation, recruited persons to join the organization, engaged in propaganda and agitation campaign with a view to creating a positive public image of the organization and its activities, and posted a number of propaganda videos in VKontakte.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.04.2016 to 22.02.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.02.2017, Sentence: Five years' conditional imprisonment with a probationary period of five years; a fine","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years' conditional imprisonment with a probationary period of five years; a fine","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2017-02-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-02-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-02-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/02/d36464/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recriSFjnnZrL71nU"},{"persecution_id":"rec8gRuka8WjJmtFM","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recgNIl0f4wSAXEko","name_en":"Vadim Siruk","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attbbTRhapJ2lIUsB.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attbbTRhapJ2lIUsB.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"He was detained on February 11, 2016, during mass searches and arrests in Crimea. He was arrested on suspicion of participating in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned as a terrorist organization. In July 2016, he was placed in a special unit of the pre-trial detention center as a “dangerous detainee.” In January 2017, he was additionally charged with preparing for the violent seizure of power.\n\nOn November 12, 2019, he was sentenced to 12 years in a high-security penal colony.\n\nIn January 2020, it became known that Siruk had been placed in a special unit at Pre-trial Detention Center No. 3 in the Rostov region.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yalta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1369,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":195,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Yalta case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Yalta","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Crimea and preparations for the violent seizure of power. He also served as a judge in a Sharia court established by the cell.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 19.12.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 12.02.2016 to 15.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 15.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: from 20.12.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.11.2019, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony with restriction of liberty for 1 year.","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony with restriction of liberty for 1 year.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2019-11-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-11-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-02-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/figuranty-yaltinskogo-dela-hizb-ut-tahrir-politzaklyuchennye\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-02-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/02/d33830/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-03-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8238/jaltinskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 02-10-2019\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur46/1098/2019/en/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","Amnesty International"],"aid":"rec8gRuka8WjJmtFM"},{"persecution_id":"rec6lNtagDaaceRdB","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recRtH0yMCPEGTWSq","name_en":"Alexander Lepishin","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained in May 2016, taken into custody on 25 May on suspicion of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 25 May 2017, sentenced to three years in a penal colony. Released in May 2019.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2016-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":364,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The fourth Chelyabinsk case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"Fourth Chelyabinsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of a cell of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.05.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 24.05.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.05.2017, Sentence: Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2017-05-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-05-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-05-2016\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/06/d34687/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-04-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9198/delo-troih-chlenov-hizb-ut-tahrir-v-cheljabinske\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-03-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-troih-chlenov-hizb-ut-tahrir-v-chelyabinske\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec6lNtagDaaceRdB"},{"persecution_id":"recrUVf63EPgr4N3q","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec5OwSRA17fXNJPl","name_en":"Salavat Baiazitov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained and arrested in October 2016 together with eight other people on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, and his home was searched. Bayazitov admitted involvement in Tablighi Jamaat, but refused to admit that he participated in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 20 April 2017, he was sentenced to three years in a penal colony. On 26 September, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to two years and four months. 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In September 2016, he was released on his own recognisance. On 7 November 2017, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. 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He faced charges related to mediating in commercial bribery that involved extortion. On the 1st of March 2017, the charges were reclassified under the article pertaining to large-scale extortion. Following the completion of the preliminary investigation, Stepanchenko had limited time to acquaint himself with the case materials.\n\nOn the 1st of June 2017, during the preliminary hearing, he was assaulted by the head of the jail cell at the police station due to his demand, along with Alexei Nazimov, for the rights of those under investigation to be upheld, particularly the provision of medical care. On the 22nd of November 2018, he received a sentence of three years and nine months in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Deputies of the Regional Parliament"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Alushta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":778,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":111,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 163 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 163 (unknown part)"],"case_group_en":["The case of Alushta extortionists"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alushta extortionists","persecution_case_profile_en":"Acted as an intermediary in extorting money from A. 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During one of the detentions, his leg was broken. At the same time, a case of hooliganism was initiated against him due to the fact that, according to the investigation, he used violence against an employee of a security service. On 30 May 2017, Boinov was sentenced to three years and three months suspended sentence.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2017-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":273,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The case of the defender of Dubki Park","case_number":"01-0052/2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Boinov used violence against employees of a private security company during the dispersal of a gathering in defence of Dubki Park.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.05.2017, Sentence: 3 years 3 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 3 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-05-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-05-29T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recanjEkmXEPgL1Ip"},{"persecution_id":"rec18t1CzQeM1zvvC","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recFa0IyIzFqrsYup","name_en":"Khadyatullo Khasanov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"He was detained and arrested in October 2016 together with eight other people on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, and his home was searched. Khasanov admitted involvement in Tablighi Jamaat, but refused to admit that he participated in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 20 April 2017, he was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. On 26 September, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to one year and nine months. 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Vafin admitted involvement in \"Tablighi Jamaat\", but refused to admit that he participated in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 20th of April 2017, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony. On 26th of September, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to two years and two months. 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He was given a saliva sample and an epithelial scraping, after which he was taken for a search. During the search Dudka, according to his son, was planted with a phone, on which he allegedly communicated via the Viber app with accomplices. The son claims that Dudka has a poor understanding of the mobile phone device.\n\nDudka was accused of preparing explosions in Crimea. The investigation declared him a member of the \"subversive-terrorist group of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine\". After Dudka's detention, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry said that he had nothing to do with the intelligence directorate and there were no sabotage groups in Crimea. Dudka was arrested. According to his son, for several days his relatives and the lawyer under the agreement could not find him. During this time, an interrogation of Dudka took place with the participation of an appointed lawyer. After that, the FSB circulated a video recording in which Dudka claims he was supposed to get TNT and was transporting money to carry out intelligence activities. Dudka's son claims that his father gave this testimony after torture - he was electrocuted and then told to learn the text by heart. Dudka later retracted his confession.\n\nDudka complained about the deterioration of his health in the pre-trial detention centre and the fact that he was not provided with the necessary medical care.\n\nIn March 2018, the Crimean prosecutor's office approved an indictment against Dudka on charges of preparation for sabotage as part of an organised group, illegal acquisition, storage of weapons, ammunition and explosives committed by an organised group. In April, the court returned the case to the prosecutor for elimination of deficiencies. In August, the trial started again.\n\nOn 4 April 2019, Dudka was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2016-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":875,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["281","222","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 281","Part 3, Article 222","Part 3, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Sevastopol saboteurs"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexey Bessarabov and Vladimir Dudka","persecution_case_profile_en":"was involved in the preparation of the sabotage","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.11.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 11 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 11 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 11 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.04.2019, Sentence: Fourteen years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 350,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fourteen years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 350,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-04-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 19-05-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9980/delo-sevastopolskih-diversantov\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-05-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-sevastopolskih-diversantov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recWCvd1N0FtLLvhf"},{"persecution_id":"rec5WDr0ON6WwUUzp","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reckn6ulqr4WHOKCd","name_en":"Andrei Rekst","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 March 2016, detained and later arrested on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation for reading the works of Turkish theologian Said Nursi; bailout for 80 thousand rubles. On 1 October 2018, he was sentenced to a fine of 120 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2018-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":931,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":133,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of the Krasnoyarsk Nurcists (Nurcu followers)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Rekstya","persecution_case_profile_en":"took part in religious meetings under Dedkov's leadership, studied Nursi's writings and participated in their collective discussion","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","released on bail"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.03.2016\n• released on bail: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.10.2018, Sentence: a fine of 120 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 120 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":120000,"first_verdict_date":"2018-09-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-09-30T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 04-04-2017\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-musulman/222959.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-05-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/05/d34558/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-03-2017\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/krasnoyarskoe-delo-posledovateley-saida-nursi\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec5WDr0ON6WwUUzp"},{"persecution_id":"recaOvevwmMjMqatk","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recGphSo1oMzqr3CE","name_en":"Viktor Nochevnov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Accused of insulting the feelings of believers for republishing caricatures of Christ. On August 2, 2017, he was sentenced to a fine of 50 thousand rubles. On October 27, the appellate court overturned the verdict and sent the case for a new trial. On January 18, 2018, the court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":578,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 148 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 148 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Viktor Nochevnovnov","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"due to the lack of established principles of behaviour, as well as properly formed critical abilities, was influenced by ideas expressing extreme intolerance towards the adherents of Christianity - Christians, as a result of which he began to oppose himself to generally accepted social and values, to show aggression towards the above-mentioned group of believers, as well as all believers\"; On Orthodox holidays, he republished images from atheist communities on VKontakte, \"with the intention of committing acts aimed at offending the religious feelings of believers, aware of the socially dangerous nature of his actions aimed at offending the religious feelings of believers, the formation of religious tension, religious prejudice and prejudice, anticipating the onset of socially dangerous consequences in the form of undermining the constitutional rights and freedoms of man and citizen\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 18.01.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.01.2018, Sentence: The court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.• First instance court on the merits, 02.08.2017, Sentence: a fine of fifty thousand rubles (~500 USD) ","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"The court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2017-08-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-01-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-08-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/08/d37617/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recaOvevwmMjMqatk"},{"persecution_id":"recOTgzhYE92RMO10","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recBtRUe31xiG9bwr","name_en":"Vladimir Khagdaev","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 27 March 2016, Vladimir Khagdaev, the administrator of a group on the social network VKontakte dedicated to the ideas of pan-Mongolism - the doctrine of the unity of Mongols and the revival of their culture and customs - was prosecuted for calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation. The reason for the case was Khagdaev's post about the possibility of Buryatia's secession from Russia. During the search two bags with drugs were found and a case of illegal possession of drugs was opened.\n\n18 April 2017 Khagdaev sentenced to three years' suspended sentence","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":386,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 228 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.1","228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.1","Part 2, Article 228"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Khagdaev","persecution_case_profile_en":"Posted statements calling for actions aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.04.2017, Sentence: three years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"three years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-04-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-04-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-01-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/01/d36195/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recOTgzhYE92RMO10"},{"persecution_id":"reclenOU8C4WguYeb","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recpD4OYEMbaYWa4L","name_en":"Roman Grishin","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 17 November 2016, FSB officers came to Grishin's house and took him to the investigator. After the on-camera interview, Grishin was told that he was charged with incitement to hatred or hostility (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code) for reposting a video clip in 2014. The main subject of the conversation with the FSB representatives was his regular trips to Ukraine, they asked him why he was taking photos on the Maidan. He was on personal recognizance. In June 2017, he was sentenced to 320 hours of compulsory labour. On 16 November, the court of appeal replaced them with 40 days of open prison. On 30 January 2018, Grishin was released from the jail.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaluga"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2016-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":203,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Roman Grishin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"in 2014 republished on his page in the social network VK social network a video \"A new hit from Kharkiv! This, baby, is Rashism...\" to a song by Boris Sevastyanov","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 17.11.2016 to 22.12.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 6 of the Kaluga Oblast Penitentiary Service"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.12.2017 to 30.01.2018, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 6 of the Kaluga Oblast Penitentiary Service\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.06.2017, Sentence: 320 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"320 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-06-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-06-08T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-12-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/12/d36032/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reclenOU8C4WguYeb"},{"persecution_id":"rec15ITKdspVsQyPy","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recjnzPFlIgg8NILQ","name_en":"Inver Bekirov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnbdbUvxlp3Cwe0.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnbdbUvxlp3Cwe0.png"],"birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Detained on 11 February 2016 during mass searches and detentions in Crimea. He was arrested on suspicion of participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, banned as a terrorist organisation. On 13 January 2017, Bekirov was also charged with preparation for a violent seizure of power.\n\nOn 21 August 2018, the North Caucasus District Military Court, which was considering the case of Bekirov and the other five alleged participants of the \"Yalta cell\" of Hizb ut-Tahrir, decided to return the case to the prosecutor's office because, according to the court, Bekirov's charge does not correspond to the gravity of the act: he is named as a participant of the organisation, while the court believes that Bekirov was one of the organisers of the cell. Bekirov was reclassified from participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation to organisation of such activities, after which the case returned to the court.\n\nOn 12 November 2019, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yalta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1369,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":195,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Yalta case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Yalta","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the organisation of Hizb ut-Tahrir activities in Crimea and in preparations for a violent seizure of power; participated in a meeting at which the possibility of Crimea joining a Muslim country that would declare war on Russia was discussed; was a judge of a Sharia court set up by the cell.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.02.2016 to 15.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody:  to 19.12.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 15.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: from 20.12.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.11.2019, Sentence: Eighteen years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with one year non-custodial sentence","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eighteen years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with one year non-custodial sentence","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2019-11-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-11-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-03-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8238/jaltinskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-02-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/figuranty-yaltinskogo-dela-hizb-ut-tahrir-politzaklyuchennye\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-02-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/02/d33830/\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 02-10-2019\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur46/1098/2019/en/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Amnesty International"],"aid":"rec15ITKdspVsQyPy"},{"persecution_id":"recIWREWATbcZKTE4","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recdUbAObwHrFupG5","name_en":"Zurab Mammadov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organization. In September 2017, the case was transferred to court. 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On 24 March 2017, he was sentenced to three years of imprisonment, taking into account a 2013 conviction under a different article. On 18 July, the appeal court reduced the sentence to two and a half years. 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On August 2, 2011, Nataliya Sharina, the director of the library, was implicated as a defendant in the case. In 2013, the charges against Sharina were dropped.\n\nOn October 28, 2015, the Library of Ukrainian Literature was searched once again, and a case involving incitement to national hatred was initiated against Sharina, based on a book found on the Federal List of Extremist Materials. Sharina and other library staff assert that the book was planted. Sharina was detained for 24 hours without food, sleep, or medical attention and was subsequently placed under house arrest.\n\nIn late March 2016, it was disclosed that another case had been filed against Sharina, this time on charges of embezzlement. According to investigators, she had used the funds allocated for the library's legal defense in the previous criminal case. On June 1, 2017, she was sentenced to four years of suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":427,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 160 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["160"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 160"],"case_name_en":"Natalia Sharina's embezzlement case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Spent money allocated for library lawyers on her defence during the first case on the incitement of national hate.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• : \n• house arrest:  to 05.06.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.06.2017, Sentence: 4 years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-06-01T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-06-01T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 02-11-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/sharina-natalya-grigorevna и https://www.svoboda.org/a/28090408.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recVvT1FUBSzv3kSG"},{"persecution_id":"recm6Uoa1DujhzbHj","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reciiVRJAiVP2UTrx","name_en":"Aleksei Sizonovich","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"According to official information, on 26 August 2016, Sizonovich was detained in the Rostov region. According to the investigation, after the detention, he fled from the law enforcers by jumping from a bridge into the river. A month later he was allegedly detained again while trying to cross the border illegally. At the same time, the investigation does not explain where Sizonovich was during this month. Sizonovich, by his own admission, cannot swim. Human rights activists doubt that Sizonovich could have escaped from the law enforcers in this way, as his physical fitness and health clearly do not allow him to do so.\n\nAccording to Sizonovich, after his detention he was beaten and tortured with electric shocks until he agreed to sign a confession in the fabricated case. Human rights activists believe that Sizonovich was first detained back in Luhansk Region, after which he was handed over to Russian special services. Sizonovich was then arrested by court order.\n\nUnder torture, the pensioner testified that in 2014 he joined a sabotage group, received mine-explosive training in Kyiv, and then carried out several explosions in LNR-controlled territory using devices of his own making (no investigation was conducted in this regard).\n\nIn 2016, according to the investigation, Sizonovich was tasked to make three explosive devices and hand them over to another \"saboteur\" to commit a terrorist act in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (Rostov region) before the State Duma elections. He later travelled to the Rostov region himself to photograph the railway station and the Likhaya station.\n\nThe consul was not allowed to visit Sizonovich in the pre-trial detention centre because, as it became known later, when the consul visited him in the colony, after the beatings his head was all black and twice the size. For court hearings they put make up on him to hide the signs of torture. He was provided with an appointed lawyer who made no attempt to assist him.\n\nThe trial lasted only a few days. Sizonovich pleaded guilty. At the end of July 2017 he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 250,000 rubles (4200 USD) on charges of preparing to commit a terrorist act, illegal possession of explosive devices and illegal border crossing. Sizonovich wrote a refusal to file an appeal, although his lawyer prepared it. On 7 September 2019 he was pardoned and released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for groups of people released by Ukraine, arrived in Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":576,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Aleksei Sizonovich","persecution_case_profile_en":"Following instructions to commit a terrorist act in the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Rostov region, on the day of the State Duma elections or on the preceding \"day of silence\" (18 and 17 October 2016, respectively), made three IEDs and handed them over, together with two mines, to another member of the sabotage group, who delivered them to the territory of the Russian Federation; Entered the territory of the Russian Federation to take photographs of the objects where he was to commit the terrorist act (Kamensk-Shakhtinsk railway station, bus stop and railway tracks) and to hide explosive devices; when police attempted to detain him, he escaped by jumping from a bridge into a river, after which he was apprehended while attempting to illegally cross the border.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 19 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Irkutsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2019 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 29.08.2019, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 19 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Irkutsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.07.2017, Sentence: Twelve years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 250,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Twelve years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 250,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2017-07-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-07-30T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 14-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/sizonovich-aleksey-ivanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recm6Uoa1DujhzbHj"},{"persecution_id":"recNps9rbVXpCqxWO","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recuJW4HEnI3zJ0gT","name_en":"Akhmet Dzhumaev","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Turkmenistan"],"story_en":"Detained on 22 December 2016 together with six other people on suspicion of involvement in Tablighi Jamaat, arrested. On 17 September 2018, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. In October 2019, he was released, after which he was detained on charges of violating migration laws (he had previously been deprived of Russian citizenship). The court decided to fine him and expel him from the country.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":633,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation, travelled to India to the headquarters of Tablighi Jamaat","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.12.2016 to 29.04.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.10.2019\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.04.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.09.2018, Sentence: 4 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2018-09-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-09-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-12-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8969/moskovskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat?fbclid=IwAR1Qp1XVnVxuNa9f974203W_veZwUCwvw0DAOmo2rPcoyHkA2rTJ6SRIe5U\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-01-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/12/d36065/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-12-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recNps9rbVXpCqxWO"},{"persecution_id":"reccEiRPxMmn5uJGc","last_updated":"2023-11-09T17:44:34.000Z","person_id":"recd6nSgCEPkSqI5p","name_en":"Valentina Cherevatenko","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The criminal case was opened in June 2016. According to the investigation, in 2013 Cherevatenko, with a criminal intent to avoid complying with the \"foreign agents\" law, registered the foundation \"Women of the Don\" and intentionally did not apply for inclusion in the register. The foundation received funding from the German Heinrich Böll Foundation and conducted educational seminars and capacity-building for public figures, activities that law enforcement agencies considered to be \"political activity.\"\n\nMeanwhile, in June 2014, the Women of the Don union became the first organization to be forcibly included in the register of \"foreign agents\" after the Ministry of Justice was granted such powers. The foundation was included in the register in 2015. Cherevatenko challenged the inclusion of the NGO in the register in court and succeeded in having the union removed from the list of \"foreign agents.\"\n\nOn 24 July 2017, the case was dismissed due to a lack of corpus delicti.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2016-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2017-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 330.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Women of the 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http://memohrc.org/news/memorial-priznal-presledovanie-glavy-zhenshchin-dona-politicheski-motivirovannym\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reccEiRPxMmn5uJGc"},{"persecution_id":"rec5GQurXsA9VDSkK","last_updated":"2025-12-26T14:21:53.000Z","person_id":"reckyw20JNuZZM0U1","name_en":"Aider Saledinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttWUbntpzwCP4Xa.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttWUbntpzwCP4Xa.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"October 12, 2016, detained after a search, taken into custody on charges of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir.\nJune 18, 2019, sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.\nDecember 24, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by six months.\nMarch 2020, upon arrival at the colony, Saledinov was sent to a punishment cell (SHIZO).","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":978,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Simferopol case of \"Hizb 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11 other people on charges of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir. 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On 11 May 2016, a case on participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation was initiated; on 12 May, Abseitov was detained in connection with his alleged involvement in the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. On 13 May, he was taken into custody. He was also charged with preparing for a violent seizure of power. On 24 December 2018, Abseitova was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony. On 11 July 2019, the court of appeals reduced the sentence by three months. 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Geriev claimed that on that day, he had planned to fly to the Moscow region but was forcibly removed from a bus en route to Grozny by unidentified individuals. He reported being taken to a forest, where he was questioned about his journalistic activities, tortured, and threatened with death before being coerced into signing a confession for possessing marijuana.\n\nOn 5 September 2016, Gereyev was sentenced to three years in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nIn April 2019, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurchaloy"],"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2016-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":141,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 228 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 228 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Jalaudi Geriev case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He collected \"the flowering tops and leaves\" from wild-growing cannabis plants, thereby illegally obtaining the narcotic substance cannabis (marijuana). He then placed it in a bag and transported it to his residence.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.04.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 30.04.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.09.2016, Sentence: A sentence of 3 years in a general-regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A sentence of 3 years in a general-regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2016-09-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-09-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 14-10-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/geriev-zhalaudi-nasrudinovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 19-10-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-zhurnalistov/219706.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec5zIAGrUMVhVXr0"},{"persecution_id":"recMEslRzfd7EyNMn","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"rec92i9ZlqjpaYNrd","name_en":"Vladimir Shmotov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attdGG7mqVLz05vBo.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attdGG7mqVLz05vBo.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Along with five other suspects in involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, he was taken into custody. On March 19, 2018, he was sentenced to eight years in a high-security penal colony, pleaded guilty. According to the investigation, he had been a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir since 2011. Presumably released in November 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2016-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":495,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":70,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third St Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Saint Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"He is involved in organizing the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir in St. Petersburg. \n","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.11.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 07.11.2024\n• Unknown: from 07.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.03.2018, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2018-03-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-03-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 07-11-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/11/d35795/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recMEslRzfd7EyNMn"},{"persecution_id":"recpFqSRdaubbBRHP","last_updated":"2024-07-26T10:52:07.000Z","person_id":"recpYV0RKwQ1zg6SK","name_en":"Shamil Khusnitdinov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Shamil Khusnitdinov, the owner of a language school, was accused of participating in the activities of the organisation \"Nurdzhular\", the existence of which has not been proven. On 20 March 2017, he received a suspended sentence","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":443,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Nursists in Bashkortostan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Khusnitdinov allegedly held tea parties for students of boarding lyceums and public schools, during which he promoted the ideas of a banned organisation and invited students to live together in \"home madrasas\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.03.2017, Sentence: One year and ten months' suspended sentence and a 2 year ban on engaging in any educational activity","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year and ten months' suspended sentence and a 2 year ban on engaging in any educational activity","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-03-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-03-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-storonnikov-fethullaha-gyulena\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-03-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/03/d36644/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9322/ufimskoe-delo-storonnikov-fethullaha-gjulena\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recpFqSRdaubbBRHP"},{"persecution_id":"recwVp3Mq87TGqZXs","last_updated":"2024-07-25T15:41:40.000Z","person_id":"recrBz4kyrIH3iOkY","name_en":"Vladimir Prisich","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Volodymyr Prisich is a citizen of Ukraine, a truck driver. On 13 August 2016, he was detained in Sevastopol, where he was delivering cargo. During the search, drugs were found in the vehicle he was travelling in, despite the fact that Prisich had passed customs control before. Prysich was forced to testify that he had been recruited by the GUR of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry for espionage activities. Prysich later reported that he had been tortured. After independent lawyers appeared in the case, he retracted his confession. Then the investigator suggested that he reclassify the charges from the article on sabotage to the article on drug possession. Prisic agreed. On 18 May 2017, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.\n\nOn 20 June, Vladimir Prisich had a numb part of his head and nosebleed, he lost his consciousness. In the medical unit of the pre-trial detention centre the patient had an outpatient examination, following which, according to relatives, he was \"given a rather expensive drug - piracetam - free of charge. This drug normalises blood circulation in the brain vessels. Prisich's relatives fear that he had a microstroke.\n\nOn 16 August 2019 Vladimir Prisich was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2016-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":277,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 228 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 228 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Prisich","persecution_case_profile_en":"500 grams of marijuana was found in a squad car","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.08.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 16.08.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.05.2017, Sentence: Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2017-05-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-05-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-12-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/prisich-vladimir-sergeevich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-12-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/232914.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recwVp3Mq87TGqZXs"},{"persecution_id":"recJCuH2F4I7cgcxZ","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"reccfqtH8WONqvaa4","name_en":"Ilgiz Zagidullin","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Zagidullin was detained and remanded in custody in October 2016, along with eight others, on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation; a search was also conducted at his home. He admitted his involvement with Tablighi Jamaat but refused to plead guilty to participating in extremist activities. On 20 April 2017, he was sentenced to three years and nine months in a penal colony. On 26 September, an appellate court reduced the sentence to two years and seven months.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":181,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan","case_number":"1-503/2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"Knowing that the association was banned, he participated in its activities from 2014 to 2016, including recruiting new members and holding organisational meetings, and propagated a version of Islam that was aggressive and unconventional for Tatarstan.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.10.2016 to 26.09.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.09.2017\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.04.2017, Sentence: 3 years 9 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and 10 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 9 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and 10 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":31,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-14,"first_verdict_date":"2017-04-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-04-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-04-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/04/d36741/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recJCuH2F4I7cgcxZ"},{"persecution_id":"recBJRl5fzJBu1ugj","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recobAUbKjDBXNh8l","name_en":"Islambek Kamchybekov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"Detained on December 22, 2016 together with six other people on suspicion of involvement in Tablighi Jamaat, arrested. At the trial, he claimed that after detention the Federal Security Service (FSB) officers were applying \"physical and psychological pressure\" to him, forcing him to confess. On September 17, 2018, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime penal colony. He was released in April 2022.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":633,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.12.2016 to 29.04.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 22.04.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.04.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.09.2018, Sentence: Six years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2018-09-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-09-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-12-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-12-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8969/moskovskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat?fbclid=IwAR1Qp1XVnVxuNa9f974203W_veZwUCwvw0DAOmo2rPcoyHkA2rTJ6SRIe5U\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-12-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/12/d36065/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recBJRl5fzJBu1ugj"},{"persecution_id":"recuRAugqiCtxgwtR","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec0fIHaJy71NXWWI","name_en":"Marat Sharifullin","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained and arrested in October 2016, together with eight other people, on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, and his home was searched. Sharifullin admitted involvement in Tablighi Jamaat, but refused to admit that he participated in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 20 April 2017, he was sentenced to three years and three months in prison. On 26 September, the Court of Appeal reduced the sentence to two years and five months. He was released on 29 September 2018.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2019-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":181,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan","case_number":"1-503/2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"Sharifullin allegedly engaged in activities of Tablighi Jamaat from 2014 to 2016, despite knowing it was banned. This allegedly involved recruiting new members and holding meetings of the organisation's members, and promoting aggressive and unconventional Islam for Tatarstan.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.10.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.09.2017 to 29.09.2018\n• Unknown: from 30.09.2018 to 29.05.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.04.2017, Sentence: 3 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, and restriction of freedom for eight months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, and restriction of freedom for eight months","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":29,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-10,"first_verdict_date":"2017-04-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-04-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-04-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/04/d36741/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recuRAugqiCtxgwtR"},{"persecution_id":"recLhgncoN1bpDVhz","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recu3P4cKTrCh40Cp","name_en":"Alexey Stogniy","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 15 November 2016, Stogniy was detained. According to the materials of the criminal case, he was detained in Simferopol. The FSB circulated footage in which Stogniy says that he collected information about the Black Sea Fleet, including data on officers who transferred to the Russian military service from the Ukrainian Navy and serve in Crimea. The Russian authorities thus represented Stogniy as a member of a subversive group acting on behalf of Ukrainian intelligence. Stogniy was taken into custody.\n\nHowever, Stogniy's wife claims from his words that her husband was detained not in Simferopol, but at the checkpoint \"Kalanchak\", he was going to Kiev for his daughter's birthday.\n\nAccording to the investigation, Alexey Stogniy started to prepare for subversive activities in Crimea even before the peninsula was ceded to Russia. Allegedly, back in December 2013, he purchased \"the shell casing of a RGD-5 grenade\", eight rounds of ammunition and a pistol converted from a traumatic gun, an explosive substance with a blasting agent and nails, and in April 2014 he made an explosive device, which he stored together with the rest of the ammunition in his shop in Sevastopol. In November 2016, he allegedly transported all this ammunition and explosives to Simferopol, according to the criminal case file. The reasons for these actions are not explained in the case. Charges of sabotage and working for Ukrainian intelligence Stogniy was never charged. From the video distributed by the FSB, it followed that another Sevastopol businessman, Gleb Shabliy, was engaged in sabotage activities together with Stogniy, but there is no mention of him in Stogniy's case. Stogniy was charged with illegal acquisition, storage and transportation of firearms, ammunition and explosives, as well as illegal manufacture of an explosive device. At the trial he pleaded guilty.\n\nOn 18 July 2017, Stogniy was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony and a fine of 120 thousand rubles. He was released on 19 February 2020.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2016-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":243,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","222.1","223.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222","Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 223.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Sevastopol saboteurs"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Stogniy's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"In December 2013, he purchased a \"loaded case of a RGD-5 grenade\", eight rounds of ammunition and a pistol converted from a traumatic grenade, an explosive substance with a blasting agent and nails; in April 2014, he made an explosive device; he stored the explosives and the device in his shop in Sevastopol; on 15 November 2016, he transported the said ammunition, weapons and an improvised explosive device (IED) to Simferopol by public transport","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.11.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Crimea and Sevastopol\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 19.02.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Crimea and Sevastopol\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.07.2017, Sentence: Three years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of one hundred and twenty thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of one hundred and twenty thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":120000,"first_verdict_date":"2017-07-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-07-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-11-2017\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/stogniy-aleksey-georgievich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recLhgncoN1bpDVhz"},{"persecution_id":"recIZQwWaUjlt3WcV","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:35:56.000Z","person_id":"recucmYCSJev9mXdX","name_en":"Dmitry Shtyblikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attSsndzbTyDBOJ0u.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attSsndzbTyDBOJ0u.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sevastopol. Served as a commander of intelligence units of the Ukrainian Navy in Crimea, since 2003 - head of international programs of the Ukrainian NGO Nomos, was deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine Black Sea Security, worked in the structures of the Russian Ministry of Defence as a civilian specialist.\n\nOn 9 November 2016, he was detained in Sevastopol. He was accused of preparing explosions in Crimea. The investigation declared him a member of the \"subversive-terrorist group of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine\". After Shtyblikov's detention, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry said that he had nothing to do with the intelligence directorate and there were no sabotage groups in Crimea. Shtyblikov was arrested.\n\nTogether with Dmitry Shtyblikov his wife Elena was detained. She was interrogated by the FSB officers until the evening, and asked questions about where she was on certain days, why she put the car in a certain place every day, and what she said on the phone during a call at a certain time. Shtyblikov's wife was released, she does not appear in the case. However, Shtyblikov's relatives and colleagues at the Nomos Centre believe that he may have confessed under the threat of his wife's accusation.\n\nFor several days after the detention, relatives could not find Shtyblikov, his lawyer was not allowed to visit him under the agreement. During this time, the FSB circulated a video in which Shtyblikov said that he had conducted intelligence work in Crimea and \"selection of objects for committing sabotage\".\n\nDmitry Shtyblikov pleaded guilty and consented to the consideration of the case in a special order, that is, without judicial investigation. On 16 November 2017, he was sentenced to five years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 200 thousand rubles.\nIn March 2018, Shtyblikov was transferred to a colony in the Omsk region. In October, he was sent from there to Crimea to act as a witness in the trial of Vladimir Dudka and Alexei Bessarabov, with whom, according to the investigation, he was part of the same subversive group.\n\nIn August 2020, he was transferred to Moscow's Lefortovo pre-trial detention center. In December, he was charged with treason. On 27 April 2022, he was sentenced to 19 and a half years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel","Journalists","Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2016-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":371,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["281","222","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 281","Part 3, Article 222","Part 3, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Sevastopol saboteurs"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Shtyblikov's case of sabotage","persecution_case_profile_en":"As a serving officer of the Main Military Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, conducted reconnaissance work and \"selection of targets for sabotage\" in Crimea","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.11.2016 to 21.03.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2018 to 11.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 21.10.2018, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.11.2017, Sentence: Five years of deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years of deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2017-11-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-11-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 24-05-2017\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-sevastopolskih-diversantov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recIZQwWaUjlt3WcV"},{"persecution_id":"recV87SGKbf4dSMLN","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"reckpr5YXjxWu6U3Q","name_en":"Otabek Isomadinov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-01-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In December 2016, he was taken into custody together with 11 other people on suspicion of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 15 February 2019, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":799,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The third Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir party","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised propaganda sessions to involve citizens in the party's activities","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.12.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 22 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Mordovia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 22 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Mordovia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.02.2019, Sentence: Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2019-02-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-02-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-10-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9684/moskovskoe-delo-9-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-12-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/12/d35959/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-10-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-9-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recV87SGKbf4dSMLN"},{"persecution_id":"recUifmtXqvozU9hE","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recrg6o3VW1zF3vhb","name_en":"Rustem Abiltarov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att5SLJ9Vp1lIWj7y.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att5SLJ9Vp1lIWj7y.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Bakhchisarai, construction worker. On 11 May 2016, a case on participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation was opened, on 12 May Abiltarov was detained on suspicion of cooperation with Hizb ut-Tahrir, and on 13 May he was taken into custody. He was also accused of preparing for a violent seizure of power. On 24 December 2018, Abiltarov was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony. On 11 July 2019, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by three months. On 11 February 2025, Abiltarov was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":955,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":136,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Bakhchisarai case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai ","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation in the territory of Bakhchysaray and preparations for the violent seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.05.2018 to 05.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 13.05.2016 to 22.05.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 11.02.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\"\n• Unknown: from 12.02.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2018, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":105,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2018-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-07-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/bahchisarayskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-05-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/05/d34531/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-09-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8810/bahchisarajskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recUifmtXqvozU9hE"},{"persecution_id":"recbiGRCc056YmKZD","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recSCqBtTuN21HUvJ","name_en":"Marina Gerasimova","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"One of the key figures in the VOLYA party. On February 11, 2016, she was charged with large-scale fraud. According to the investigation team, Gerasimova put pressure on her colleague and forced her to hand over to Gerasimova a car with its registration documents in payment of a supposed debt. On February 19, 2016, as part of the investigation into this case, a series of searches took place in the Samara region at the homes of party members, including its leader Svetlana Lada-Rus (Peunova). On February 20, 2016, Gerasimova was taken into custody.\n\nLada-Rus herself is also on trial: according to the investigation team, she also put pressure on Gerasimova's colleague by pretending to be a healer.\n\nOn August 9, 2016, the VOLYA party was liquidated by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation as an extremist organisation for publishing materials deemed extremist on its website.\n\nLater it became known that Gerasimova was charged with large-scale fraud, participation in the activities of NGOs that infringe on the life and rights of citizens, and intentional infliction of serious harm to health (this charge was later reclassified as unintentional).\n\nIn May 2017, Gerasimova was transferred under house arrest. On March 27, 2019, she was sentenced to correctional labour and a fine of 330 thousand rubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations on the articles on the activities of NGOs and causing harm to health, and as for the article on fraud, the time she spent in custody and house arrest was taken into account.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians","Officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2016-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2019-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1139,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":162,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["239","159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 239","Part 3, Article 159"],"case_name_en":"Marina Gerasimova's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"together with unidentified persons brought E.K. Grahova to a state of emotional, volitional and motivational depression and on 05.11.2015 forced the latter to hand over to her, M.V. Gerasimova, the car NISSAN QASHQAI manufactured in 2012... with registration documents, in repayment of the alleged debt in the amount of 900,000 rubles, by completing a notarised power of attorney for M.V. Gerasimova, L.S. Popova and A.M. Baranov ... for the right to drive and dispose of the said car ... thereby causing significant material damage to E.K.  Grahova in the amount of 869,900 rubles\". Grahova was allegedly persuaded that \"all the benefits in her life (the safe birth of her son, prosperity in her marriage, the successful outcome of a surgical operation on her mother, etc.) she had received solely due to the positive \"energetic influence of S. M. Lada-Rus (formerly Peunova) and that the moment had come when she, E.K. Grahova, had to pay for these benefits by handing over money in the amount of 900,000 rubles\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.02.2016 to 10.05.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• house arrest: from 10.05.2017 to 27.03.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2019, Sentence: correctional labor (term unknown), a fine of 330 thousand rubles, released from execution of the punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations and taking into account the time spent in custody and under house arrest","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"correctional labor (term unknown), a fine of 330 thousand rubles, released from execution of the punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations and taking into account the time spent in custody and under house arrest","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":330000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-12-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/gerasimova-marina-vladimirovna\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 19-09-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/218882.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recbiGRCc056YmKZD"},{"persecution_id":"recm3U16WpBN61L3r","last_updated":"2025-10-05T19:31:22.000Z","person_id":"recITdVjS58dO5DEW","name_en":"Muslim Aliyev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attL73emKKI2to7M2.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attL73emKKI2to7M2.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"Detained on 11 February 2016 during mass searches and detentions in Crimea. Arrested on suspicion of participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, an organisation banned as terrorist. In July 2016, he was placed in a special block of the pre-trial detention centre as a \"dangerous person under investigation\". In January 2017, he was also accused of preparing for a violent seizure of power.\n\nOn 12 November 2019, he was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn January 2020, it became known that Aliyev was placed in a special block in pre-trial detention centre No. 3 in Rostov region.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Alushta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1369,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":195,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal 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Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 15.12.2017 to 25.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: from 12.02.2016 to 15.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 25.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.09.2020 to 01.10.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.02.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• punishment cell: from 01.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• Unknown: from 16.08.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• Unknown: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.10.2020 to 10.10.2020\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.10.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.11.2019, Sentence: 19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony with restrictions on freedom for one year","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict 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https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8238/jaltinskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-02-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/figuranty-yaltinskogo-dela-hizb-ut-tahrir-politzaklyuchennye\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Amnesty International","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recm3U16WpBN61L3r"},{"persecution_id":"recK8vkmVc7C1cYOF","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recbo3Ky4QEU6Wkdz","name_en":"Sabirjon Kabirzoda","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Since December 2016, Kabirzoda was a suspect in the case of Andrei Dedkov and Andrei Rekstya, accused of continuing the activities of the extremist organization \"Nurdzhular\". Kabirzoda was forced to sign a recognisance bond. He was then charged in a separate case. Kabirzoda's case was submitted to the court on 22 December 2017, and hearings began on 25 January 2018. On 14 August, he was sentenced to two years suspended sentence, while the prosecution asked for three and a half years of imprisonment.\n\nKabirzoda was mentioned in the indictment of another person accused of involvement in \"Nurdzhular\", Yevgeny Sukharev, as an attendee of a class in which Sukharev quoted the works of Said Nursi, as well as a participant in conversations recorded with the help of eavesdropping equipment and appearing in the Dedkov case. The conclusion of the expert linguist Alla Kipchatova and expert psychologist Irina Malanchuk (Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University) in this case shows that Kabirzoda's statement that those who do not love the Prophet Mohammed will not survive had signs of incitement to hatred and hostility. In addition, according to the experts, his story about his passion for reading the Koran contained \"signs of propaganda of the exclusivity of the Koran, therefore of Islam\" and created a feeling of \"exclusivity of the experience of a person reading the Koran\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2016-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2020-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":606,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of the Krasnoyarsk Nurcists (Nurcu followers)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sabirjon Kabirzoda","persecution_case_profile_en":"Kabirzoda allegedly participated in the activities of the extremist organisation \"Nurdzhular\", attended their classes and engaged in discussions","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.08.2018, Sentence: two years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-08-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-08-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/08/d39876/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recK8vkmVc7C1cYOF"},{"persecution_id":"recPUCeScbspv9258","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:40:36.000Z","person_id":"rec9JN7R9wVO3X4zK","name_en":"Timur Sadykov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained in September 2016 on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation. On 5 June 2017, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony; the court of appeal left the sentence unchanged. He was released in September 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":248,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The fourth case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The fourth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir unit","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.09.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 15.09.2021\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.06.2017, Sentence: Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2017-06-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-06-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9437/kazanskoe-delo-mahmutova-i-sadykova-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-06-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-mahmutova-i-sadykova-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-09-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/09/d35509/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recPUCeScbspv9258"},{"persecution_id":"rec3pVDPzFaXJ9Dat","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recYJgArA4RPJF464","name_en":"Murojon Sattorov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In December 2016, he was taken into custody together with 11 other people on suspicion of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 15 February 2019, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":799,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The third Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir party","persecution_case_profile_en":"Organised propaganda sessions to involve citizens in the party's activities.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.12.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.02.2019, Sentence: Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2019-02-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-02-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-10-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-9-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-12-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/12/d35959/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-10-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9684/moskovskoe-delo-9-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec3pVDPzFaXJ9Dat"},{"persecution_id":"rec6IMk6v8AdwnYcu","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"reclz7nH57y5Rbsyp","name_en":"Islam Akhmedov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Akhmedov was detained on 8 November 2016, together with five other people suspected of connection with Hizb ut-Tahrir. He was taken into custody. On 26 July 2018, he was sentenced to five and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. He was released in May 2022.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2016-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":624,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third St Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Saint Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir in St. Petersburg","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.11.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 06.05.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.07.2018, Sentence: five years six months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, exempt from paying a fine of 30 thousand rubles due to the expiry of the statute of limitations on bringing to responsibility","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"five years six months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, exempt from paying a fine of 30 thousand rubles due to the expiry of the statute of limitations on bringing to responsibility","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/peterburgskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-11-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/11/d35795/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-07-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10103/peterburgskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec6IMk6v8AdwnYcu"},{"persecution_id":"recivWcFebRqS8RfD","last_updated":"2026-03-25T13:24:21.000Z","person_id":"recXIIzgUggiVHeYm","name_en":"Mikhail Pokalchuk","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 19 May 2016, Pokalchuk posted a video on his page in the social network VKontakte, which, according to the prosecutor's office, had \"signs of humiliation of human dignity and incitement of hatred, enmity (discord) on the grounds of belonging to the group \"anti-fascists\". A criminal case was initiated under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code - incitement of hatred or enmity. On 27 February 2017, he was sentenced to a year of probation","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gorokhovets"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":422,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Mikhail Pokalchuk","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 19 May 2016, he posted a video on his page in the social network VKontakte, which, according to the prosecutor's office, had \"signs of humiliation of human dignity and incitement of hatred, enmity (discord) on the grounds of belonging to the group \"anti-fascists\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.02.2017, Sentence: one year suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"one year suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-02-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-02-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-01-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/01/d36252/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recivWcFebRqS8RfD"},{"persecution_id":"reco7W22CRCUQogA0","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:29:52.000Z","person_id":"recKaEcRb975kqHX5","name_en":"Zhodarbek Toktomuratov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attFB1OBmee02ARwE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attFB1OBmee02ARwE.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"In December 2016, he was taken into custody together with 11 other people on suspicion of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir. 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He was under a non-departure undertaking. In June 2016, it became known that Khorrshr left Russia. On 13 December, the court ruled on his arrest in absentia.\n\nEarlier, Horrshr was repeatedly called by the police, summoning him for a \"conversation\". In addition, while Horrshr was serving an administrative arrest in a special detention centre for the action with the hanging of the Ukrainian flag on a high-rise on Kotelnicheskaya Embankment, he was visited by an FSB officer known as \"Lesha the Smile\", who induced him to covertly cooperate. In December 2015, a few days after his release from the special reception centre, Khorshrr was dismissed from his job","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Alexander Horrschr case","persecution_case_profile_en":" reposted two posts on the VKontakte social network for which one person had already been convicted: one was against the war in Ukraine and contained foul language against Putin, the other was a republishing of the leaflet \"Stop going to rallies and start acting!\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 25.02.2016 to 13.12.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-03-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/02/d33917/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recU2Ulwt0t0l14o7"},{"persecution_id":"recNyEmnAGOckUMrS","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recdP8fhxHGMkxzyi","name_en":"Aidar Shaikhiev","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 22 March 2016, he was detained and then placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 24 March 2017, Shaikhiev was sentenced, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":366,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Zokirzhon Ismanov, Erik Karmatskii and Aidar Shaikhiev","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.03.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2017, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-03-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-03-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-03-2017\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/03/d43838/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recNyEmnAGOckUMrS"},{"persecution_id":"reczNED8Qa6Aac9JN","last_updated":"2026-02-07T21:51:22.000Z","person_id":"recNR8MlyDVcypgp9","name_en":"Kubanychbek Sadyrov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 22 December 2016, he was detained on suspicion of involvement in the \"Moscow cell\" of Tablighi Jamaat, the next day he was taken into custody. He pleaded guilty, entered into an agreement with the investigation to consider the case under special procedure. On 28 November 2017, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony. He was released in December 2018.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":340,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat"],"case_name_en":"The case of Kubanychbek Sadyrov","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a cell of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.12.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.11.2017, Sentence: Two years of deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years of deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2017-11-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-11-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-11-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/11/d38380/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reczNED8Qa6Aac9JN"},{"persecution_id":"recYiXgEkTEkILI4V","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recic4KLpVJMSS0iA","name_en":"Rustem Ismailov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attcPCIWwP3Iuv6Hr.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attcPCIWwP3Iuv6Hr.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 12 October 2016, he was detained after a search, taken into custody on charges of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir.\nOn 18 June 2019, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony. On December 24, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by six months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Stroganovka"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":978,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Simferopol case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"Simferopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir branch.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 13.10.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 07.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.06.2019, Sentence: Fourteen years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fourteen years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":162,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-6,"first_verdict_date":"2019-06-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-06-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 21-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9430/simferopolskoe-delo-pjateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-06-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/simferopolskoe-delo-pyateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-10-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/10/d35608/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recYiXgEkTEkILI4V"},{"persecution_id":"recuHbovihS9AV2c2","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recAChAoHGmAdEuZh","name_en":"Gleb Shabliy","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On November 15 2016, Shabliy was detained in Simferopol. The FSB circulated a footage in which Shabliy said that he was carrying out an assignment of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. The Russian authorities thus presented Shabliy as a member of a sabotage group acting on the assignment of Ukrainian intelligence. Shabliy was taken into custody. Later in court, Shabliy said that after his detention he was beaten by tying his legs with duct tape.\n\nHowever, Shabliy was never charged with sabotage and working for Ukrainian intelligence. Instead, he was charged with illegal manufacture of explosives and acquisition, storage and transport of explosives.\n\nOn October 23 2017, he was sentenced to five years of general regime and a fine of 120,000 rubles. On March 20 2018, the appeal instance ruled to exclude the fine from the punishment.\n\nLater Shabliy was transferred to a colony in Ufa. In November 2018, it became known that Shabliy was taken from the colony to the pre-trial detention centre to participate in a meeting on the appeal of the prosecutor's office against the sentence. After the meeting, he was transferred to the pre-trial detention centre in Omsk.\n\nHe was released on March 5 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2016-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":341,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222.1","223.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 223.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Sevastopol saboteurs"],"case_name_en":"The case of Gleb Shablia","persecution_case_profile_en":"Illegally acquired, stored and transported explosives, manufactured an explosive device","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.11.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2018 to 02.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2018 to 05.03.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.11.2018, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2018 to 09.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Omsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.10.2017, Sentence: Five years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of one hundred and twenty thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of one hundred and twenty thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2017-10-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-10-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 22-07-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8642/shablij-gleb-fjodorovich\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-12-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/shabliy-gleb-fyodorovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recuHbovihS9AV2c2"},{"persecution_id":"reckCWRUleZZ8kyTP","last_updated":"2026-02-08T19:23:51.000Z","person_id":"recFoJRq4Mgz6lYpu","name_en":"Zafar Nodirov","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"In December 2016, Nodirov was taken into custody together with 11 other people on suspicion of involvement in the islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 15 February 2019, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nIn January 2022, Nodirov was sentenced to a further three years on charges of publicly condoning terrorism because of his conversations about Hizb ut-Tahrir at the penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":799,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The third Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir party","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised propaganda sessions to involve citizens in the party's activities","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.12.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Krasnoyarsk Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Krasnoyarsk Territory\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.02.2019, Sentence: 16 years in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2019-02-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-02-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-12-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/12/d35959/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-10-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-9-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-10-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9684/moskovskoe-delo-9-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reckCWRUleZZ8kyTP"},{"persecution_id":"recRND67z2RtaozuG","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recUM7m1CumuDAOlr","name_en":"Urmonzhon Idrisov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 7 October 2016 on suspicion of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 26 July 2017, he was sentenced to a year in a general regime penal colony. Apparently, he was in custody after his detention, as, according to researcher Ilias Kurbanbek, Idrisov was released on 1 August 2017.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":291,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Urmonzhon Idrisov's case","case_number":"1-94/2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he rented a cafe in Barnaul and set up a prayer room there; at weekly religious meetings he tried to induce the residents of Barnaul and Novosibirsk to participate in the activities of Tablighi Jamaat and insinuated to them that the doctrine preached was the only true one; he knew that Tablighi Jamaat was banned in Russia as an extremist organisation and observed conspiracy measures, demanding the same from his followers.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 02.12.2018 to 01.12.2026\n• Unknown: from 02.08.2017 to 01.12.2018\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.07.2017, Sentence: One year's imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year's imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2017-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-07-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/07/d37579/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recRND67z2RtaozuG"},{"persecution_id":"recDbfGGsUM24dHoc","last_updated":"2023-12-03T18:50:43.000Z","person_id":"recLE7chD2WqLDneB","name_en":"Ali Yakupov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 June 2013, officers of the Department of Internal Affairs detained the imam-hatib of the mosque in the village of Srednaya Elyuzan, Penza region, Ali Yakupov. A criminal case was opened against Yakupov under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred or enmity) and part 1 of article 280 (public calls for extremist activities). 280 (public calls for extremist activities). The cause for this was the statement of the residents of Gorodishchensky district, who accused the imam of calling for the extermination of Jews and the establishment of the supremacy of Islam in the land of Palestine. On 25 June 2013, the defendant was placed under house arrest. In 2014 the case was returned from the court to the prosecutor's office, then in April 2015 it was resumed, but only under part 1. art. 282 of the Criminal Code. On 8 November 2016, the case was closed due to unjustified prosecution, and the prosecutor's office apologised to Yakupov.\n\nOn 19 January 2016, a case under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code was opened against Yakupov, who at that time was the imam of the Kurgan mosque. According to the investigation, on the night of 5 November 2015, Yakupov left a comment on the material published on VKontakte about the fact that Muslim women in China are not allowed to wear the hijab, in which he predicted \"heavenly punishments\" to the Chinese Communists. During a search of Yakupov's home, materials listed as extremist were seized, which the imam said he had brought home from the mosque to destroy. Yakupov also stated that the comment had been left on the Internet by hackers, not him.\n\nOn 25 April 2017, the court acquitted Yakupov, but on 22 June, the court of second instance overturned the decision and sent the case for a new trial. On 27 November Yakupov was acquitted again.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurgan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ali Yakupov's second case","persecution_case_profile_en":"incited hatred of the Chinese Communists.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (acquitted)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2017, Sentence: recognise that Yakupov's actions did not constitute an offence; has the right to be rehabilitated","verdict_essence_en":"recognise that Yakupov's actions did not constitute an offence; has the right to be rehabilitated","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2017-04-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-11-2017\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/11/d38357/?ysclid=lmkm8ioudb277271047\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recDbfGGsUM24dHoc"},{"persecution_id":"recj7y3RKjwLXt29R","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recR8Qj6D4u50p4Mg","name_en":"Eugene Kort","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A criminal case has been instituted for posting a picture of people resembling Pushkin and nationalist Maksim Martsinkevich, better known as Tesak, on his VKontakte social network page. On 3 November 2016, the court found Yevgeny Kort guilty of incitement to ethnic hatred and sentenced him to a year of penal colony. On 16 January 2017, the court of second instance replaced the imprisonment with a fine of 200 thousand rubles. According to unconfirmed reports, Kort left Russia. On 25 December 2018, the verdict was cancelled, the case was sent for a new consideration. On 27 February, the court of first instance dismissed Kort's case.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2019-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":306,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Eugene Cort","persecution_case_profile_en":"deliberately published an image containing \"a set of psychological and linguistic signs of humiliation of non-Russians\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.02.2019• First instance court on the merits, 03.11.2016, Sentence: One year's imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2016-11-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-02-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-11-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/11/d35766/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recj7y3RKjwLXt29R"},{"persecution_id":"recFsUQUVQ4oKw7hB","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"receYQWo4EsONFknZ","name_en":"Maxim Kormelitsky","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Novosibirsk. On the application of Orthodox activist Yuri Zadoi, a case of incitement to religious hatred was brought against him in connection with a publication on the social network VKontakte. On 31st May 2016, Kormelitsky was sentenced to a year in a penal colony. The court added another three months to the sentence, as Kormelitsky had previously been sentenced to a suspended sentence, the probation period for which had not expired.\n\nIn September 2016, shortly before Kormelitsky was due to go to a penal colony, he was arrested on charges of attempted murder of a girl. 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According to the investigation, Panov was supposed to coordinate a subversive-terrorist group, was going to transport its members on the territory of Crimea. Panov reported that he was tortured for several days after his detention, as a result of which he signed all the confession documents and spoke on camera under dictation. Later retracted his confession. On 13 July 2018, he was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony. 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The investigation considers him to be the organiser of the cell. On 17 September 2018, sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony. In March 2022, Kozhamkulov was deprived of Russian citizenship. He was released in April 2022, after which he was immediately detained on charges of violating migration laws. 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Minasov was prosecuted for six episodes of incitement to hatred and hostility for the posts that he disseminated on social networks between March and October 2016, including in the group \"Krim - Ukraine\" in \"VKontakte\". It is not reliably known about which publications we are talking about. Perhaps the reason for the prosecution was the statement about the infringement of the Crimean Tatar people and quotes of the creator of the Crimean Tatar volunteer battalion and organiser of the blockade of Crimea Lenur Islyamov in Minasov's Facebook.\n\nOn 7 July 2017, he was sentenced to a year and three months of imprisonment in a penal colony.\n\nOn 27 February 2018, Minasov was sentenced to seven and a half years in a strict regime colony on charges of causing death by negligence. We have no grounds to consider this case political. On 17 April 2018, the appeal court increased the sentence by three months. On 25 June 2024, Minasov was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":262,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Emil Minasov","persecution_case_profile_en":"From March to October 2016, he repeatedly disseminated materials containing signs of incitement to hatred on social networks","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.07.2017 to 18.07.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.09.2018\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.07.2017, Sentence: One year three months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year three months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":15,"first_verdict_date":"2017-07-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-07-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-06-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/06/18/zalozhniki-neobyavlennoy-voyny#prisoner-74\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recUOtjLMKND7AjOd"},{"persecution_id":"recrEzotMVtGoaNd7","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rec9akzzEv3QeK9nb","name_en":"Gaiar Sudiiarov","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained and arrested in October 2016 together with eight other people on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organization, and his home was searched. Sudiiarov admitted involvement in Tablighi Jamaat, but refused to admit that he participated in the activities of an extremist organization. On 20 April 2017, he was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. On 26 September, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to one year and nine months. He was released on 27 July 2018. On 25 January 2023, he was removed from Rosfinmonitoring's list of terrorists and extremists.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":176,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Tatarstan","case_number":"1-503/2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"Knowing that the association was banned, from 2014 to 2016 he participated in its activities, including recruiting new members and holding meetings of the organisation's members, and propagated aggressive and unconventional Islam for Tatarstan.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.10.2016 to 26.09.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.09.2017 to 27.07.2018\n• Unknown: from 27.07.2018 to 26.02.2019\n• Unknown: from 27.02.2019 to 25.02.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.04.2017, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony with 7 months' restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony with 7 months' restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":21,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2017-04-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-04-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-04-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/04/d36741/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recrEzotMVtGoaNd7"},{"persecution_id":"recsxdwUbg5piskrV","last_updated":"2024-12-10T22:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recHUn53rBP5TCJyt","name_en":"Akramjon Abdullaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attR7eP6XwhFPN7pK.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attR7eP6XwhFPN7pK.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"On 26 August 2016, arrested on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation. Later added a charge of assisting terrorist activities. On 26 October 2018, sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2016-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":790,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":112,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of migrants from Kyrgyzstan in Sevastopol about involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation, facilitated terrorist activities","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.08.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.10.2018, Sentence: Fifteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fifteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2018-10-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-10-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 21-06-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10075/delo-grazhdan-kirgizii-v-krymu-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-06-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-grazhdan-kirgizii-v-krymu-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-08-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/08/d38722/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recsxdwUbg5piskrV"},{"persecution_id":"rec9dLFeTAcvQHj7C","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recsZBacMxyLnYnjN","name_en":"Gataullin Ramil Irshatovich","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In March 2016, he was detained after a search and arrested the next day on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 19 January 2018, he was found guilty and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. He was released in March 2023.\n\nIn October 2014, he was also detained after a search in another case of alleged Hizb ut-Tahrir members in Tatarstan, but was apparently released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":667,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":95,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"Ramil Gataullin case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a branch of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.03.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.03.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.01.2018, Sentence: seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2018-01-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-01-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-08-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/08/d37650/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-02-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/pyatero-chlenov-hizb-ut-tahrir-osuzhdennye-v-kazani-politzaklyuchennye\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-03-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8233/kazanskoe-delo-5-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec9dLFeTAcvQHj7C"},{"persecution_id":"recXhI5Jr4PfVkqZ7","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recTVbXecLIrofTaG","name_en":"Khamid Igamberdyev","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In December 2016, taken into custody along with 11 other people in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, unrelated to terrorism. On February 15, 2019, sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn 2020, a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Igamberdyev: according to the investigation, in 2017, while in the Moscow pre-trial detention center Butyrka, while talking to his cellmates, he allegedly gave a speech about the justification of activities of terrorists. On September 28, 2021, he was sentenced to three years. Taking into account the previous sentence, his prison term is 17 and a half years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":799,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The third Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir party","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, in 2017, while in the Moscow pre-trial detention centre Butyrka, during the communication with fellow inmates, he allegedly gave a speech about justifying the activities of terrorists.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.12.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Belgorod region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Belgorod region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.02.2019, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony and one year of restriction of freedom with the deprivation of the right to leave the boundaries of the municipal entity without permission.","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony and one year of restriction of freedom with the deprivation of the right to leave the boundaries of the municipal entity without permission.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2019-02-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-02-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-10-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-9-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-12-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/12/d35959/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-10-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9684/moskovskoe-delo-9-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recXhI5Jr4PfVkqZ7"},{"persecution_id":"recqDdfhXcJDHQ8i1","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rectrd7BzF41q2mL5","name_en":"Murad Valiev","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"On March 2, 2016, nine residents of Makhachkala were brought in for questioning by the police on suspicion of involvement with Hizb ut-Tahrir. Among them, Murad Valiev, Magomed Magomedov, Gadzhi Ramazanov, and Sharip Habibov were subsequently arrested.\n\nOn February 21, 2017, it became known that Murad Valiev, accused under Part 1 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code (organising the activities of a terrorist organisation) and Part 1 of Article 30 and Article 278 of the Criminal Code (preparation for a forcible seizure of power), had his case referred to court.\n\nOn March 10, 2017, the North Caucasus District Military Court sentenced Valiev to five years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, along with one year and three months of liberty restriction. He was convicted under Part 1 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code (organising the activities of a terrorist organisation) and Part 1 of Article 30 of Article 278 of the Criminal Code (preparation for a forcible seizure of power). Valiev pleaded guilty, and the case was processed under a special procedure. He was released in March 2021.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":372,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dagestan"],"case_name_en":"Murad Valiyev case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Accused of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparing for a violent seizure of power.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.03.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 17.03.2021\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2017, Sentence: 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year 3 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year 3 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2017-03-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-03-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-02-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/02/d36475/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recqDdfhXcJDHQ8i1"},{"persecution_id":"recJlMdWjtBmfEmjn","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:55:51.000Z","person_id":"recPrJRnIO9XT7bwf","name_en":"Suleiman Kadyrov","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 October 2016, Kadyrov was searched and his laptop and phone were seized. He was charged with calling for separatism.\n\nThe reason for the criminal case was the reposting of a Facebook video about the creation of the volunteer battalion \"Crimea\", which Kadyrov accompanied with the comment \"Crimea is Ukraine, it always has been, is and will be!\n\nKadyrov claimed that he did not leave such a comment. In his opinion, the criminal case is a provocation by the secret services in response to his active civil position and human rights activities.\n\nIn March 2018, he was sentenced to two years' suspended imprisonment with a ban on engaging in public activities.\n\nSince the beginning of his active participation in public activities, he has been regularly interrogated when crossing the border with Ukraine, and once his place was searched. Kadyrov claims that he has noticed surveillance.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Feodosia"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2021-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":511,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.1"],"case_name_en":"Suleiman Kadyrov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"republished a video on Facebook about the creation of the volunteer battalion \"Crimea\" and accompanied it with the comment \"Crimea is Ukraine, always has been, is and will be!\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.03.2018, Sentence: Two years' deprivation of liberty suspended on probation for two years and prohibition to engage in public activities for two years","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' deprivation of liberty suspended on probation for two years and prohibition to engage in public activities for two years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-02-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-02-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-06-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/06/18/zalozhniki-neobyavlennoy-voyny#prisoner-67\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recJlMdWjtBmfEmjn"},{"persecution_id":"recHqtfRtsDociEJk","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recPrg3hFS4XI5j2K","name_en":"Ilshat Battalov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attu9jMhb1M9KoGiF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attu9jMhb1M9KoGiF.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In March 2016, he was detained following a search and arrested the next day on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 2 February 2018, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":681,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"Ilshat Battalov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a cell of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.03.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.02.2018, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2018-02-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-02-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-08-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/08/d37650/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-02-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/pyatero-chlenov-hizb-ut-tahrir-osuzhdennye-v-kazani-politzaklyuchennye\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-03-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8233/kazanskoe-delo-5-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recHqtfRtsDociEJk"},{"persecution_id":"recuaPKEkn8DXsAi9","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"rec1A6noIz5bK0AA1","name_en":"Zokirzhon Ismanov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on March 22, 2016, and subsequently placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization due to his involvement with the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. On March 24, 2017, he was sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment.\n\nWhile in detention, he was accused of recruitment to a terrorist organization and propaganda of terrorism because of his conversation with cellmates. In October 2020, he was sentenced to 9 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":366,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Zokirzhon Ismanov, Erik Karmatskii and Aidar Shaikhiev","persecution_case_profile_en":"In conversations with convicts, he stated that he considered himself a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir and did not intend to renounce his views despite the Supreme Court's decision to declare the party a terrorist organization. He held classes for other convicts in which he propagated the ideas of Hizb ut-Tahrir and ordered the listeners to take notes on them.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.03.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.01.2017, LIU-1 of Altai Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2017, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2017-03-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-03-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-03-2017\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/03/d43838/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recuaPKEkn8DXsAi9"},{"persecution_id":"recGHM4UpbPki07lc","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recoZacqXXfId7qos","name_en":"Danis Safargali","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 October 2016, Danis Safargali was detained by police officers, as he was wanted on charges of intentional infliction of minor harm to health (part 2 of article 115 of the Criminal Code), hooliganism (part 2 of article 213) and battery (article 116) - during a scuffle with the owners of the apartment where he and his wife lived, Safargali stood up for his pregnant wife, who was kicked in the stomach. In December 2016, Safargali was charged under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to ethnic hatred). The reason for criminal prosecution were 15 posts on Safargali's personal page in the social network \"VKontakte\", posted from March 2014 to March 2016, in which he spoke \"about Russians, the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and the President of Russia (published an image of a man resembling Vladimir Putin with the inscription \"Putler Kaput!\"), including in the context of the situation with Crimea\". After a domestic conflict with the owners of the premises that Safargali rented, he was placed in a pre-trial detention centre, where he was later charged under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code.\n\nOn 31 August 2017, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. On 14 February 2019, the punishment was commuted due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 282 of the CC. On 4 March Safargali was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":607,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Article 115 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Article 116 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","115","213","116"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Article 115 (unknown part)","Part 2, Article 213","Article 116"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Danis Safargali","persecution_case_profile_en":"used violence against the employees of Pilgrim LLC, in publications on social networks incited national and religious hatred, as well as hatred towards the President of Russia, the authorities, and the media","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.10.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 12 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Kirov Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 14.10.2018, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2018 to 05.06.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.06.2018, LIU-12 of the Kirov region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 31.05.2018, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.10.2018 to 04.03.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.08.2017, Sentence: Three-year imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three-year imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2017-08-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-08-30T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-08-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/safargali-danis-vildanovich\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-01-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/racism-xenophobia/news/counteraction/2017/01/d36237/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 07-09-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/228386.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recGHM4UpbPki07lc"},{"persecution_id":"recsSUBIpaPunGkQS","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec48vnJHY9Is809E","name_en":"Aleksandr Gozenko","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Charged with incitement to hatred in connection with four comments on a social network. Pleaded guilty, the case was considered under special procedure. In February 2017, he was sentenced to 160 hours of compulsory labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":422,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Gozenko's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 13 and 14 November 2015, he published four comments in the social network VKontakte against ethnic Russians and \"vatniks\"; one of the comments contained a call for violence against the latter (calling for a \"vata holocaust\")","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.02.2017, Sentence: 160 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"160 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-02-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-02-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-02-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/racism-xenophobia/news/counteraction/2017/02/d36465/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recsSUBIpaPunGkQS"},{"persecution_id":"rectrnCEAoT8Qsumw","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec9KIXmvf4lUPEJ8","name_en":"Gadzhi Ramazanov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 2 March 2016, nine residents of Makhachkala were brought to the police on suspicion of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir. Of these, Murad Valiev, Magomed Magomedov, as well as Gadzhi Ramazanov and Sharip Habibov were arrested.\n\nOn 2 March 2017, the case of Gadzhi Ramazanov was referred to court. He is charged under Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of an organisation that is recognised as a terrorist organisation under Russian law).\n\nOn 3 March 2017, a search was conducted in the house of Gadzhi Ramazanov. His relatives reported violations during the search. According to their version, law enforcement officers, while conducting the search, \"planted extremist literature in Ramazanov's house\".\n\nOn 20 March 2017, Ramazanov was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":382,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dagestan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Gadzhi Ramazanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"He is accused of participating in the activities of an organisation that is recognised as a terrorist organisation under the laws of the Russian Federation. According to the investigation, in 2014 he joined the Hizb ut-Tahrir organisation banned in Russia and recognised by the court as a terrorist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2016-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.03.2016 to 02.03.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.03.2017, Sentence: Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2017-03-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-03-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-02-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/02/d36475/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rectrnCEAoT8Qsumw"},{"persecution_id":"recU1ym1b38IssXUf","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:40:36.000Z","person_id":"recQBwic7Mc5UOEBR","name_en":"Alexey Bessarabov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0bqMHJszJWO4nB.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0bqMHJszJWO4nB.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 9 November 2016, Bessarabov was detained in Sevastopol. He was accused of preparing explosions in Crimea. The investigation declared him a member of the \"subversive-terrorist group of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine\". After Bessarabov had been detained, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry said that he had nothing to do with the intelligence directorate and there were no sabotage groups in Crimea. Bessarabov was arrested.\n\nFor several days after his arrest, Bessabarov's relatives could not find him and an independent lawyer was not allowed to visit him. During this time, the Federal Security Service circulated a video of Bessarabov confessing. The Crimean human rights group claims that the testimony was given under pressure and the video is a staged interrogation. As of now, Bessabarov refuses to plead guilty.\n\nIn March 2018, the Crimean Prosecutor's Office approved an indictment against Bessarabov on charges of preparation for sabotage as part of an organised group and illegal acquisition and storage of weapons, ammunition and explosives committed by an organised group. In April, the court returned the case to the prosecutor for correction. In August, the case started in court again.\n\nOn 4 April 2019, Bessarabov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sailors"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2016-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":875,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["281","222","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 281","Part 3, Article 222","Part 3, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Sevastopol saboteurs"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexey Bessarabov and Vladimir Dudka","persecution_case_profile_en":"As a serving officer of the Main Military Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Bessabarov participated in the preparation of a sabotage attack.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.11.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.04.2019, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony and a fine of 300,000 rubles (US$3,250)","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony and a fine of 300,000 rubles (US$3,250)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-04-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-05-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-sevastopolskih-diversantov\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 19-05-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9980/delo-sevastopolskih-diversantov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recU1ym1b38IssXUf"},{"persecution_id":"recMGhrTg2LVzWQH2","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recilIleuYIA78w0W","name_en":"Amir Hakimullin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttVOsyaW7Kf0jqA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttVOsyaW7Kf0jqA.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Was detained in March of 2016 following a search, arrested the next day on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. He was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony on January 26, 2018.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":674,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"Amir Hakimullin case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation cell.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 23.03.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Labytnangi | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 8 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Labytnangi | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 8 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Labytnangi | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 8 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.01.2018, Sentence: seventeen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"seventeen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2018-01-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-01-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-03-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8233/kazanskoe-delo-5-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-02-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/pyatero-chlenov-hizb-ut-tahrir-osuzhdennye-v-kazani-politzaklyuchennye\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-08-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/08/d37650/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recMGhrTg2LVzWQH2"},{"persecution_id":"recm7TJyU4rsMbwE3","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recV7ABMl9ubPdDMR","name_en":"Rais Shamsuddinov","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained in May 2016, taken into custody on May 25 on suspicion of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On May 25, 2017, he was sentenced to three years in a penal colony. Released in May 2019.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2016-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":364,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The fourth Chelyabinsk case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"Fourth Chelyabinsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of a cell of a terrorist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.05.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 24.05.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.05.2017, Sentence: Three years imprisonment in a general regime colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years imprisonment in a general regime colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2017-05-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-05-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-03-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-troih-chlenov-hizb-ut-tahrir-v-chelyabinske\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-05-2016\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/06/d34687/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-04-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9198/delo-troih-chlenov-hizb-ut-tahrir-v-cheljabinske\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recm7TJyU4rsMbwE3"},{"persecution_id":"rec3DD0yKsJadQq2S","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recp8WrFVR692LGBn","name_en":"Evgeny Domojirov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Vologda. Former editor-in-chief of SOTAVision.\n\nOn 11th November 2011, Domojirov was accused of pushing and kicking an employee of the Centre for Countering Extremism, Roman Kopylov, in the groin and pulling the shirt collar of policeman Konstantin Lebedev during the dispersal of the Strategy-31 rally. On 17th September 2012, he was sentenced to a fine of 120 thousand rubles. After the sentence came into legal force Domojirov was stripped of his mandate as a deputy of the regional legislative assembly.\n\nOn 30th July 2016, late at night, a group of law enforcement officers came to Domojirov's house and tried to conduct a search there. The politician's elderly mother blocked their way, demanding to show the necessary documents, but the police officers tried to force their way in; as a result, Domojirov's mother injured her arm. The Domojirovs appealed to the district police officer, who promised to come and examine the bruises on the woman's arm, but never came. On August 9, the investigator for especially important cases of the first department for investigation of especially important cases of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Vologda region initiated a criminal case against Galina Domozhirova under Article 319 of the Criminal Code: according to the investigator, Domozhirova during an unsuccessful search attempt \"deliberately with the purpose of insulting\" the police officers \"began to publicly express profanity\" in their address, \"insulting them as representatives of the authorities and humiliating their honour and dignity\". Later it became known about the initiation of proceedings against Domojirov himself - according to the investigation, in late July 2016, he \"deliberately, in response to the lawful and reasonable demands of a police officer to conduct investigative actions, publicly, expressing coarse profanity, insulted this representative of authority, humiliating his honour and dignity. In addition, in August this year Domojirov posted in the information and communication network \"Internet\" text and comments to it, containing phrases that humiliate human dignity on the grounds of belonging of persons to a certain social group\". On 17 November 2017, Domojirov was acquitted under the articles on libel and humiliation of a social group, and sentenced to 60 hours of compulsory labour under the article on insult.\n\nIn 2020, a case was again brought against the journalist under the article on insulting representatives of the authorities because of a video on his YouTube channel. In the video, the man criticised the actions of local officials who had decided to develop a city square. In February 2021, the case was dismissed - the court found no signs of crime in the statements of the activist. Earlier, Domojirov was detained, arrested and fined for monitoring the same construction site and highlighting the situation.\n\nIn October 2022, it was reported that Domojirov was put on a wanted list, but then the Investigative Committee denied this information. However, Domojirov published a certificate of criminal record, which states that he has been wanted since 6th May in a case of a traffic offence causing serious harm to a person's health.\n\nOn 1st December 2022, a case was opened against Domojirov for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gryazovets"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":401,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Evgeny Domojirov's second case","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the village of Troitskoye, Gryazovets district, deliberately, in response to a police officer's lawful and justified demands for investigative action, publicly, using coarse profanity, insulted the official in question, humiliating his honour and dignity; in addition, he posted on the information and communication network \"Internet\" a text and comments containing phrases that humiliate human dignity on the grounds that persons belong to a particular social group.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.11.2017, Sentence: 60 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"60 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-11-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-11-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-10-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/10/d35599/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec3DD0yKsJadQq2S"},{"persecution_id":"recR5gr2Qqyi6ZYBu","last_updated":"2023-11-08T04:53:05.000Z","person_id":"rec7o8SiIiMSjQL2G","name_en":"Nikolai Semyon","birth_year":1950,"birth_date":"1950-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":75,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 19 April 2016, a search and interrogation were conducted as part of the case on calls to violate the territorial integrity of Russian Federation. A signature of non-departure was taken. In August 2016, the investigator denied travelling to Kyiv for treatment of the spine. On 7 December, an indictment was filed.\n\n22 September 2017 sentenced to 2 years of suspended sentence with prohibition on engaging in public activities for 3 years. On 18 December, the court of appeal reduced the ban by 1 year.\n\nOn 14 January 2020, the court terminated probation early and expunged Semena's criminal record.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":520,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 280.1 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nikolai Semena","persecution_case_profile_en":"wrote an article \"Blockade - the first necessary step towards the liberation of Crimea\", which was published on the portal \"Krym.Realii\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.04.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.09.2017, Sentence: 2 years and 6 months of suspended deprivation of liberty, prohibited from engaging in public activities for the period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 6 months of suspended deprivation of liberty, prohibited from engaging in public activities for the period of 3 years","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2017-09-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-09-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-06-2017\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/semena-nikolay-mihaylovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 05-07-2017\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-zhurnalistov/226422.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recR5gr2Qqyi6ZYBu"},{"persecution_id":"recPHzD0ouNxie5Nt","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"reclcYBNSsx05GOL2","name_en":"Artur Akhmedov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 8 November 2016 together with five other suspects in connection with Hizb ut-Tahrir, taken into custody. On 26 July 2018, he was sentenced to ten and a half years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2016-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":624,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third St Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Saint Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir in St. Petersburg","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.11.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.07.2018, Sentence: Ten years and six months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, Exempt from paying a fine of 30,000 roubles (US$ 325) due to the expiry of the statute of limitation for prosecution.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Ten years and six months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, Exempt from paying a fine of 30,000 roubles (US$ 325) due to the expiry of the statute of limitation for prosecution.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":126,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-11-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/11/d35795/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/peterburgskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-07-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10103/peterburgskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recPHzD0ouNxie5Nt"},{"persecution_id":"reci2rNx8HiYf820L","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:51:10.000Z","person_id":"recURaVb6fogQjCvB","name_en":"Mark Galperin","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 January 2015, while serving an administrative arrest at the Special Detention Centre No. 2 for participation in solitary pickets on 10 January, Galperin was taken to the Investigation Department of the Central Administrative District of Moscow. Before being allowed inside, he was kept in the car in his slippers for six hours, as a result of which he got a fever. He was charged under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code. He was given a recognisance not to leave the country. On 21 March Galperin was detained as a result of a provocation during a solitary picket, and the court ruled to add the materials of the administrative case to his criminal case. Later, the case was terminated, as the last detention was indicated in the case file as an offence preceding the one that became the reason for the initiation of the case.\n\nIn 2016, a case was opened on calls to extremism using the Internet (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code). The reason was a video of Galperin's interview. On 7 February 2017, the activist was detained and searched. On 15 June, he was charged, and on 27 June, he was placed under house arrest. On 7 March 2018, he was given a two-year suspended sentence. Galperin was also given a probation period of three years with a ban on being a participant or organiser of public associations.\n\nOn 10 October 2019, Galperin's probation was extended for one month and he was ordered not to attend mass events. This was preceded by repeated detentions and long-term arrests under administrative articles in connection with the actions in the summer of 2019.\n\nOn 4 December, the court replaced Galperin's suspended sentence with a real one, the same day Galperin was taken into custody. He was released on 25 March 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":795,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":113,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mark Galperin's case on calls to extremism","case_number":"01-0003/2018","persecution_case_profile_en":"During the action on Red Square, he gave an interview, the video of which was posted on the Internet","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 27.06.2017 to 02.07.2018\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 04.12.2019, Balashikha TDF of the Municipal Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (Balashikha)\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"CP No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Moscow Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 24.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №11 (SIZO-11) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2020 to 25.03.2021, FCU \"CP No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Moscow Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.03.2018, Sentence: The court also imposed a probationary period of three years with disqualification from being an organiser or participant in public associations.","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"The court also imposed a probationary period of three years with disqualification from being an organiser or participant in public associations.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2018-03-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-03-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-02-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/galperin-mark-izrailevich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 19-02-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/182525.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-06-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/06/d37297/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"reci2rNx8HiYf820L"},{"persecution_id":"recZ5n57c8l7Qk51R","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recbJkxnyzbMwtvoI","name_en":"Arsen Jepparov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"On 18 April 2016, detained after a search, interrogated by the FSB and the next day sent under arrest on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation (\"Hizb ut-Tahrir\"). On 12 November 2019, he was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony. 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On December 28th, 2017, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation approved the sentence. 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On 26 July 2018, sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony. 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On 22 February 2017, he was sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence and released from custody.  On 27 July, the Supreme Court replaced the suspended sentence with a real one in response to the prosecutor's office's request to toughen the punishment. Shamsutdinov did not appear at the announcement of the verdict. In April 2018, he was detained in Odessa, but the court refused to arrest him. In October, Shamsutdinov was detained in Lviv.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhnevartovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":334,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Nizhnevartovsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Nizhnevartovsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Being a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist organization, which is banned in the Russian Federation, recruited persons to join the organization, conducted propaganda work aimed at creating a positive public opinion of its activities, and posted a number of propaganda videos on the VKontakte social networking site.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.03.2016 to 22.02.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.02.2017, Sentence: Five years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of five years, fine","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of five years, fine","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2017-02-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-02-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-02-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/02/d36464/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rechd5KlW1tJqvejs"},{"persecution_id":"recSDR9X5X3gGyRbI","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recJjCWDvGjWpwz0s","name_en":"Aziz Yusufov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"Detained on 8 November 2016 together with five other suspects in involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, taken into custody. On 26 July 2018, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. He was released in November 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2016-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":624,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third St Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Saint Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved into the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir in St. Petersburg","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.11.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 17.11.2021\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.07.2018, Sentence: Five years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, to be exempted from paying a fine of 30,000 roubles due to the expiry of the statute of limitations ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, to be exempted from paying a fine of 30,000 roubles due to the expiry of the statute of limitations ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-07-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10103/peterburgskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/peterburgskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-11-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2016/11/d35795/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recSDR9X5X3gGyRbI"},{"persecution_id":"recUmqnbc3YU081gj","last_updated":"2023-10-31T19:21:21.000Z","person_id":"recztNFm1aFi3TiKg","name_en":"Alexei Nazimov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 4 October 2016, he was detained while handing over 120 thousand rubles and taken into custody on 6 October. He was charged with commercial bribery involving extortion. On 1 March 2017, the charge was reclassified under the article on extortion on a large scale. After the preliminary investigation was completed, Nazimov was restricted in the time to familiarise himself with the case materials. On 19 July 2017, he was beaten by a convoy in the courtroom. On 22 November 2018, he was sentenced to four years and seven months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Alushta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":778,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":111,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 163 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 163 (unknown part)"],"case_group_en":["The case of Alushta extortionists"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alushta extortionists","persecution_case_profile_en":"extorted money from the commander of the Alushta company of the \"Crimean Self-Defence\" and member of the \"United Russia\" party A. Ryzhkov and member of the \"United Russia\" party A. Krasnenkov, promising otherwise to publish \"materials (reports (stories) containing materials that disgrace the Alushta local branch of the KRWPP \"United Russia\". Krasnenkov, promising otherwise to publish \"materials (reports, stories) containing information and other information that disgrace the Alushta local branch of the KPRDFP \"United Russia\", which, regardless of their correspondence to reality, could cause substantial damage to the rights and legitimate interests of the Alushta local branch of the KPRDFP \"United Russia\"; extorted money from the entrepreneurs V. and A. Sudarevs, who are engaged in the funeral business, for refusing to publish critical materials.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.10.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.11.2018, Sentence: Four years and seven months imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four years and seven months imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":55,"first_verdict_date":"2018-11-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-11-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-12-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-aktivistov-iz-alushty\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recUmqnbc3YU081gj"},{"persecution_id":"recF8fSUdHmp9RjPn","last_updated":"2025-10-26T17:29:41.000Z","person_id":"reczSNXrozYOtU8Ee","name_en":"Igor Nagavkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3DmjMMcs9isnbO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3DmjMMcs9isnbO.png"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2010, Nagavkin was charged with theft. As a measure of restraint, a travel ban was enforced on him. On 13 April 2011, Nagavkin visited the prosecutor of the Voroshilovsky District of Volgograd to file a complaint and was detained by police officers in the prosecutor's office. The court subsequently modified the measure of restraint, placing him under house arrest. On 11 July 2011, Nagavkin was found guilty and sentenced to 160 hours of community service. On 5 October 2011, a court of appeal sentenced him to an additional fine of 15,000 rubles.\n\nThere was also an attempt to initiate a criminal case against Nagavkin for the use of violence against a government official. On 16 April 2010, as Nagavkin was being arrested for attempting to remove a tyre, he allegedly threatened the traffic police officer, who happened to be the husband of the car owner, with violence. Six decisions were issued declining to open a criminal case.\n\nIn late September 2016, Nagavkin was detained along with three acquaintances on suspicion of attempting to steal valuables from a pawnshop. On 1 October he was taken into custody. In April 2017, Nagavkin was transferred from the Volgograd region to Moscow, as his case was merged with a murder case that was being investigated in Moscow. Nagavkin has repeatedly declared a hunger strike. In December 2017, he was beaten in the Moscow City Court building. On November 16, 2018, the Moscow City Court ruled to release Nagavkin from custody due to delays in the proceedings, violation of territorial jurisdiction, and the investigator's inability to explain the need to extend the arrest. Nagavkin's case was again transferred to Volgograd. On April 18, 2023, the court in Volgograd sentenced Nagavkin to six years in a penal colony. On July 18, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.\n\nOn May 15, 2023, the staff of the pre-trial detention centre where Nagavkin was being held intended to place him in a cell where those being prosecuted in cases of sexual violence, including against minors, were being held. Nagavkin threatened to contact the prosecutor's office and promised the staff serious consequences in a rude manner. The exchange of remarks was filmed on a video recorder and transferred to the Investigative Committee, after which a new case was opened against Nagavkin — for disrupting the work of the pre-trial detention center.\n\nAt the trial for the case of disruption of the work of the pre-trial detention center, Nagavkin said that the head of Pretrial Detention Center No. 5, Sergei Kravchuk, through threats and torture, tried to force him to stop writing complaints and defending his innocence. According to the human rights activist defending him, on November 16, a Federal Penitentiary Service officer severely beat his client. And the assistant prosecutor who visits the pre-trial detention center refused to document the beatings. The next day, the head of the detention center, according to Nagavkin, told him that he would \"stick a phone up his ass and pull it out with a stick.\" That same day, Nagavkin was placed in solitary confinement, in response to which he went on a hunger strike. It lasted three days until the prisoner was informed that Kravchuk had been transferred to the position of head of another pre-trial detention center.\n\nOn February 27, 2024, the court of cassation returned the theft case to the court of appeal. On April 22, at the request of the prosecutor's office, the court of appeal reclassified the charge as less severe and released Nagavkin from further execution of the sentence.\n\nOn June 26, 2024, Nagavkin was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence in the case of disrupting the work of the pre-trial detention center.\n\nOn September 12, 2024, the court of appeal replaced the sentence with two years in a penal colony. On October 9, Nagavkin filed a complaint with the 4th Court of Krasnodar against the ruling of the appeals court and the sentence itself.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2016-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2024-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2393,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":341,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,B Part 2,  Article 158 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 4,  Article 158 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["158","158"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 158","Part 4, Article 158"],"case_name_en":"Igor Nagavkin's second theft case","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"from 8 p.m. on 28.09.2016 to 01:30 a.m. on 29.09.2016, together with persons unidentified by the investigation, by unlocking the plastic door, [he] entered the premises of the purchase shop of IE \"Agarkov\" in Volgograd, from where he tried to secretly steal inventories...\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.04.2017 to 01.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• recognizance not to leave: from 01.11.2018 to 18.04.2023\n• in custody: from 18.04.2023 to 18.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.07.2023 to 23.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.04.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":47,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-25,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-18T14:53:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-18T14:53:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 21-12-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/nagavkin-igor-borisovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recF8fSUdHmp9RjPn"},{"persecution_id":"recwFEJeKlnzv6bZZ","last_updated":"2026-03-14T12:41:42.000Z","person_id":"rec4MyKS8FvbPJxTg","name_en":"Albert Shafiev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrQMt76PMvcr3Ys.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrQMt76PMvcr3Ys.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Arrested in September 2016 on suspicion of involvement in a terrorist organisation. On 11 December 2017, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony. In 2020, the Novotroitsk City Court toughened the punishment, sending Shafiev to prison for two years out of 12. This decision was based on 52 reports that he allegedly violated the conditions of his sentence in the colony. After two years, Shafiev was to be transferred from Balashov prison (Saratov region) back to a colony in the Orenburg region, with the penultimate point of the transfer being remand prison No. 1 in Orenburg. On 2 November 2022, a stranger called Shafiev's mother, introducing himself as a lawyer, and informed her that Shafiev was on hunger strike in this pre-trial detention centre. She asked the man to come to see her son, but, according to the woman's interlocutor, he was told at the centre that Shafiev had been transferred to an unknown location. Shafiev was later found in pre-trial detention centre No. 2 in Orsk.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Salavat"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":460,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Salavat case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Salavat","persecution_case_profile_en":"In October 2015, together with Aidar Aidarbekov, 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Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment cell: from 10.11.2022 to 25.11.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\"\n• punishment cell: from 25.11.2022 to 05.12.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\"\n• punishment cell: from 05.12.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.12.2017, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2017-12-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-12-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-05-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir-v-salavate\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-04-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/04/d39213/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-07-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8592/delo-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir-v-salavate\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recwFEJeKlnzv6bZZ"},{"persecution_id":"recUvCLkP50gACYqS","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recfy4EyvseTfKsEY","name_en":"Larissa Kitayskaya","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"After the annexation of Crimea to Russia, she moved with her family to the mainland of Ukraine. However, in the summer of 2016, the family came to Yalta to sell the flat. The first search in the activist's house took place on 18 July, even before the criminal case was opened. Since there was no court authorisation for the search, the law enforcers, according to Kitayskaya, forced her husband to sign a consent to inspect the flat with threats. The inspection - or rather a detailed search - lasted 13 hours. During the search the activist became ill and had to call an ambulance. The next day, FSB officers came to her apartment and tried to take her, her husband and two other members of her family for questioning. However, the case against the activist was opened only on 12 August. Since that day, the activist has been under a custodial sentence. Larisa Kitayskaya was charged with incitement to hatred through publications in social networks. According to the investigation, she spread \"Russophobic\" posts on the Internet. Kitayskaya denies writing the texts imputed to her. She insists that the case against her was fabricated and links it to the desire to \"squeeze\" her Yalta flat. Kitayskaya says that the investigator told her about this intention during interrogations.\n\nThe defence notes that the investigation and trial were conducted with numerous violations. The court rejected all the motions of the defence, including the request for an interpreter, and also refused to consider the alibi evidence of the activist.\n\nIn December 2017, the court found her guilty and sentenced her to two years of suspended imprisonment.\n\nThe Court of Appeal reduced the suspended sentence to one year and ten months.\n\nIn January 2019, Kitayskaya's sentence was cancelled due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 282 of the Criminal Code.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yalta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":524,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Larissa Kitayskaya case","persecution_case_profile_en":"spreading Russophobic ideas on the internet.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 12.08.2016 to 12.12.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.12.2017, Sentence: two years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2017-12-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-12-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-06-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/06/18/zalozhniki-neobyavlennoy-voyny#prisoner-69\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recUvCLkP50gACYqS"},{"persecution_id":"recqsAhLXxWQgBUhu","last_updated":"2025-06-15T09:16:43.000Z","person_id":"rec1N81rnayMZrJ6h","name_en":"Ruslan Sokolovsky","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In September 2016, it became known that Ruslan Sokolovskii, a popular Ekaterinburg blogger, was being charged with insulting the feelings of believers and inciting religious hatred. The charges were based on three videos in which he harshly criticized the Russian Orthodox Church: one showed him playing Pokémon Go in a church (which led to a probe in August 2016), another commented on the situation surrounding that incident, and the third responded to a local bishop’s remarks on marriage. On September 3, Sokolovskii was arrested by court order. He was also threatened with a case in connection with the discovery of a so-called \"spy\" pen in his possession. Sokolovskii reported receiving threats from a psychiatrist. On September 8, the court of second instance placed him under house arrest. On October 28, Sokolovskii was again placed in a pre-trial detention center. In January 2017, he was also charged with of illegal possession of special technical equipment after a search found a pen with a built-in video camera. On February 13, 2017, Sokolovskii was again placed under house arrest.\n\nOn May 11, 2017, Sokolovskii was given 3 and a half years of suspended sentence. On July 7, the appellate court reduced the suspended sentence to 2 years and 3 months, after the charges related to possessing a \"spy pen\" were dropped.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2016-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2022-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":250,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Article 138.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","138.1","148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Article 138.1","Part 1, Article 148"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Sokolovskii's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"published video clips which contained elements of insulting the feelings of believers and inciting religious hatred; illegally acquired a special technical device","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 08.09.2016 to 28.10.2016\n• house arrest: from 13.02.2017 to 11.05.2017\n• in custody: from 03.09.2016 to 08.09.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 28.10.2016 to 13.02.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.05.2017, Sentence: 3 years and 6 months of suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years and 6 months of suspended sentence","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2017-05-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-05-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 02-12-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/sokolovskiy-ruslan-gennadevich\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-09-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/09/d35335/\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 07-09-2016\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://amnesty.org.ru/asp/2016-09-08-rossiya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Amnesty International"],"aid":"recqsAhLXxWQgBUhu"},{"persecution_id":"recgZNIakgLccT1yU","last_updated":"2025-01-28T19:35:25.000Z","person_id":"recE7C8M0r4KzKsZJ","name_en":"Ziiavdin Dapaev","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 15 October 2010, Ziiavdin Dapaev, a resident of Dagestan, gave personal recognizance at the Department of Internal Affairs of the Investigative Department of the Federal Security Service in Dagestan. Dapaev signed the document after he returned from Istanbul, where he had attended a conference on the legacy of Said Nursi. On 24 January 2011, the trial began in Makhachkala. Dapaev was charged under Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code (organising the activities of an extremist organisation).\nDapaev denied his involvement in the Nurdzhular organisation, which was banned for extremism. He claimed that the organisation as such did not exist in Russia. On 18 May 2011, a verdict was passed in Makhachkala. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organising the activities of an extremist organisation) and sentenced to 3 years of suspended imprisonment with a probation period of 2 years. On 28 June 2011, Ziiavdin Dapaev was reported to have appealed the sentence. On 3 August 2011, the federal Leninsky Court of Makhachkala began hearing the appeal. In November 2011, it was reported that on 20 September 2011 the Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala had issued a ruling on the appeal of Ziiavdin Dapaev, a follower of Said Nursi, against his conviction. The court overturned the decision of the court of first instance regarding the destruction of all 1,820 books and brochures seized from Dapaev, because they included publications not recognised by the court as extremist, as well as publications not translated into Russian, and decided to hand over the seized literature to the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Republic of Dagestan to \"resolve the issue regarding the destruction of banned books and brochures\".\nThe rest of the sentence was upheld. On 15 November 2011, the Supreme Court of Dagestan dismissed the appeal. On 15 March 2012, the Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala was reported to have ruled to return all the books confiscated during the investigation by law enforcement officers to Dapaev, except for the works of Said Nursi.\n\nIn March 2016, he was detained together with thirteen people, searched, arrested on charges of organising the activities of the extremist organisation \"Nurdzhular\", the existence of which has not been proven. On 7 November 2017, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. He was apparently released in April 2019.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2019-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":601,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Dagestan Nurcists (Nurcu followers)"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Dagestan Nurcists","persecution_case_profile_en":"He organised a \"Nurdzhular\" cell in Makhachkala","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.03.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.04.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.11.2017, Sentence: four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2017-11-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-11-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-03-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/03/d34045/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-06-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8600/mahachkalinskoe-delo-posledovatelej-saida-nursi\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-12-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/mahachkalinskoe-delo-posledovateley-saida-nursi\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recgZNIakgLccT1yU"},{"persecution_id":"recxlMqfajhtMYg7u","last_updated":"2025-02-25T06:36:36.000Z","person_id":"reck04aNBKZHZwVuM","name_en":"Alexei Kungurov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tyumen, journalist and blogger. On 3 of March 2016, he was detained and taken to the FSB department on suspicion of justifying terrorism based on a LiveJournal entry about ISIS and was released on his recognisance not to leave. On 15 of June Kungurov was taken into custody. The trial was closed at the request of the expert who analysed Kungurov's post, as he claimed he had received threats. On 20 of December 2016, Kungurov was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. In March 2018, he was transferred to a general regime colony due to reports from penal colony staff, which led to Kungurov being classified as a \"persistent offender\". On 15 of June 2018, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":291,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Kungurov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted on LiveJournal about ISIS.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 03.03.2016 to 15.06.2016\n• in custody: from 15.06.2016 to 26.05.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"CP No. 5 of the Kurgan Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Kurgan Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2017 to 15.03.2018, FCU \"CP No. 5 of the Kurgan Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Kurgan Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 15.06.2018\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.12.2016, Sentence: two years' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2016-12-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-12-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-07-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/217051.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-03-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2016/03/d34007/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2016\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/kungurov-aleksey-anatolevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recxlMqfajhtMYg7u"},{"persecution_id":"recmuc5cApIcYBd04","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec7pgPxyrIcTdlKy","name_en":"Maxim Panfilov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 7 April 2016, Panfilov was deceitfully detained (the local police officer came to the apartment of his 70-year-old grandmother, who lived separately, and took her to his grandson's apartment under the pretext that the police needed to talk to him in connection with a complaint from neighbors) and taken to Moscow. Relatives were informed that Panfilov was suspected of participating in mass riots, allegedly occurring on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, and using violence against police officer Vladimir Filippov, expressed in forcibly removing his helmet. Lawyers were not informed of Panfilov's whereabouts, and when his location was discovered, they were initially denied access. He was interrogated first without legal representation, and later with an appointed lawyer. The investigator announced that Panfilov had partially admitted guilt, although he only confirmed that he was at Bolotnaya Square and at some point he found himself holding a helmet. He did not admit guilt in any actions implied by interrogators. One of the grounds for his detention was the large number of administrative offenses committed by Panfilov - primarily related to drinking alcohol in inappropriate places. On 8 April, the court ordered his detention.\n\nIn October, it became known that as a result of a psychiatric examination at the Serbsky Centre, Panfilov was declared legally insane. On 31 October, the court decided to send him to a psychiatric hospital.\n\nOn 29 March 2017, the court decided to subject Maxim Panfilov to compulsory psychiatric treatment.\n\nOn 15 January 2018 the medical commission of the Astrakhan Regional Psychiatric Hospital concluded that Panfilov was not a danger to society and recommended releasing him home. On January 22, the Kirovsky District Court of Astrakhan decided to replace Panfilov's compulsory inpatient treatment with outpatient treatment and release him from the hospital. On 2 February Panfilov was released home.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":355,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Million Man March","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code, Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Panfilov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he used violence against special forces (OMON) soldier Vladimir Filippov at the action on 6 May 2012: standing behind him, he grabbed his helmet with two hands and then tore it off the officer's head, thereby causing him physical suffering.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.04.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 26.08.2016 to 14.07.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.04.2016 to 21.04.2016, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["State Healthcare Institution \"Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital\" of Ministry of Healthcare of Astrakhan Oblast"],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.07.2017 to 02.02.2018, Astrakhan Oblast Psychiatric Hospital\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.03.2017, Sentence: To be sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment.","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"To be sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-03-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-03-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-04-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/50130.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-04-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://memohrc.org/special-projects/delo-o-sobytiyah-na-bolotnoy-ploshchadi-6-maya-2012-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recmuc5cApIcYBd04"},{"persecution_id":"recXwlhRclPlDEuRJ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec15KyOZ1iLkkqbn","name_en":"Anatoly Leonin","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 24 March 2016, Leonin was searched and charged with participation in mass riots. Shortly before that, he contacted the police with a statement about the theft of his mobile phone, and thus the investigation established his whereabouts. On 16 June, he was granted amnesty.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2016,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Million Man March","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Bolotnaya case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anatoly Leonin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at the rally on 6 May 2012, he prevented the detention of aggressive people and struck a policeman two blows with his hand on his back.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (amnestied)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.06.2016, Sentence: amnesty","verdict_essence_en":"amnesty","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2016-06-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 15-06-2016\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/express-news/2016/06/16/sud-amnistiroval-figuranta-bolotnogo-dela-anatoliya-leonina\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recXwlhRclPlDEuRJ"},{"persecution_id":"rec5Rb0DMrTjLx8F6","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recflA3LDL9LpLNDQ","name_en":"Alexei Navalny","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxpNbPCrkjKYqUd.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxpNbPCrkjKYqUd.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May 2011, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against him for causing property damage by deception to Kirovles. On 10 April 2012, the case was dismissed for lack of corpus delicti, but was reopened on 29 May 2012 by order of the leadership of the Russian Investigative Committee. According to the investigation, Navalny, together with Pyotr Ofitserov, set up the Vyatskaya Lesnaya Kompaniya (Vyatka Forest Company), which purchased timber products from Kirovles at understated prices and then sold them to consumers at market prices. The defence argued that the purchase from Kirovles was made at market prices. On 18 July 2013, the Leninsky District Court of Kirov sentenced Navalny and Ofitserov to five years in prison. The convicts were taken into custody in the courtroom, but spent less than a day in the pre-trial detention centre - the next day the court, on the proposal of the prosecutor's office, ruled to release Navalny and Ofitserov on their own recognisance until the verdict enters into legal force. This was preceded by mass protests in various Russian cities. On 16 October 2013, the Kirov Regional Court replaced Navalny and Ofitserov's real sentences with suspended sentences.\n\nIn November 2016, the Supreme Court cancelled the verdict due to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which recognised the prosecution as groundless. The Leninsky Court of Kirov began to re-examine the case. After Navalny announced his intention to run for president, the court began to hold sessions in a more intensive mode. On 1 February 2017, the court elected Navalny a measure of restraint in the form of a order not to leave. On 8 February, Navalny was sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence.\n\nOn 14 December 2012, information appeared about the initiation of a case against Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg on fraud and legalisation of funds to the detriment of the Russian division of the company \"Yves Rocher\". According to the investigation, the Navalny's stole more than 26 million roubles from \"Yves Rocher Vostok\" and more than 4 million roubles from \"Multiprofile Processing Company\" through fraud. According to the latest information, Yves Rocher submitted a report to the Investigative Committee back in February 2013, stating that no damage had been done to the company. Alexei Navalny was on a order not to leave on charges in this case, but after his detention on 24 February 2014 and arrest on the trail of a mass event in support of those convicted in the \"Bolotnaya case\" on Tverskaya Street, the Basmanny court changed his preventive measure to house arrest. On 24 April, the Zamoskvoretsky court held preliminary hearings on the case. On 28 April, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, having satisfied the motion of the lawyers who found numerous violations in it. On 30 December 2014, the charge was partially reclassified, from simple fraud to business fraud. Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years' suspended imprisonment. On 17 February 2015, the sentence was left unchanged - Navalny was only exempted from paying a 500,000 fine.\n\nOn 10 April 2014, a libel case was brought against Navalny on the claim of Alexey Lisovenko, a municipal deputy of the Babushkinsky district of Moscow. The deputy was called a drug addict in Navalny's tweet after the deputy himself said that Navalny continued to tweet despite the fact that, being under house arrest, he had no right to do so. Lisovenko demanded that Navalny be sentenced to community service. On 22 April, a magistrate judge found Navalny guilty, although there was no evidence that Navalny had tweeted the relevant message, and sentenced him to a fine of 300,000 rubles.\n\nOn 24 April 2014, the Lyublinsky Court, represented by Judge Anna Zotko, ruled on a civil suit against Navalny by Sergei Neverov, a Duma deputy from United Russia, for protection of honour and dignity. Neverov demanded a refutation of information spread by Navalny about undeclared dacha plots belonging to the deputy. The court ruled that Navalny must publish a refutation on the Internet within ten days, despite the fact that Navalny is under house arrest and has no right to use the Internet.\n\nIn May 2016, a libel case was filed against Navalny against former policeman Pavel Karpov: the politician was accused of publishing videos accusing Karpov of crimes, including his involvement in the murder of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.\n\nIn June 2020, a libel case was filed against Navalny against Ignat Artemenko, a World War II veteran who took part in the recording of a video in support of constitutional amendments. A signature of non-deportation was taken.\n\nOn 20 August Navalny became ill on a plane flying from Tomsk to Moscow. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, where he was taken to an emergency hospital. According to reports from the politician's supporters and loved ones, plainclothes operatives were on the hospital grounds. Navalny's relatives are convinced that he was poisoned. After long negotiations, Navalny's relatives managed to get him transferred to the German clinic Charité on 22 August. Two days later, representatives of the clinic announced that they had found signs of the Novichok chemical warfare agent in his body. In October, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed the presence of traces of Novichok poison in Navalny's tests. The politician spent about two weeks in a coma. In December, the Bellingcat research group together with The Insider published the results of an investigation into the possible involvement of FSB officers in Navalny's poisoning.\n\nOn 29 December, it became known that a fraud case had been opened against Navalny: he was accused of spending for personal purposes most of the money transferred to him as donations.\n\nOn 12 January 2021, the Federal Penitentiary Service demanded that Navalny's suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher case be replaced with a real one. On 17 January, when Navalny flew to Russia, he was detained at Sheremetyevo airport while going through passport control. The next day, the court sent Navalny to custody for 30 days at an on-site session at a police station in Khimki near Moscow. On 2 February, the court satisfied the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service.\n\nOn 20 February, Navalny was sentenced to a fine of 850 thousand rubles in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nIn April, it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for creating a non-profit organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nOn 25 May it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for insulting justice of the peace Vera Akimova, who delivered a verdict in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nOn 22 March 2022, Navalny was sentenced to nine years of strict regime and a fine of 1.2 million rubles in a case of fraud and contempt of court.\n\nIn September 2021, it became known that a case was opened against Navalny and his supporters for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of financing extremist activities, legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned case of establishing a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. Later it became known that Navalny was also charged with calls for extremist activity and rehabilitation of Nazism - because of statements and actions that had previously given rise to cases against other people.\n\nOn 4 August 2023, Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in a special regime colony. This was made possible because the court, which ruled on the fraud case in March 2022, changed the sentence in the Kirovles case from suspended to real.\n\nOn 27 September 2023, Navalny was transferred to a single cell-type facility for a year.\n\nDuring his time in the colony Navalny was sent to the punishment cell at least 27 times.\n\nIn December, Navalny's support group reported that his lawyers had already been denied access to him several times, and that he had already been prevented from attending court hearings on his claims against the colony administration via video link several times, explaining this by electricity problems. The situation is aggravated by the fact that shortly before Navalny became ill in his cell. On 25 December, it became known that Navalny was transferred to a colony in the Yamalo-Nenets district (before that he was in the Vladimir region). Already in January 2024, he was again sent to a punishment cell.\n\nIn detention, the politician experienced various health problems. At the end of March 2021, Alexei Navalny went on hunger strike in the colony because a doctor was not allowed to visit him. Then he complained of severe back pain, numbness in his leg, because of the pain he could not step on his foot. But, according to the lawyer, he was brought only two ibuprofen tablets from the prison sanitary unit.\nIn April 2023, Alexei Navalny's lawyer reported that he was called an ambulance because of an aggravated stomach ailment.\nIn November 2023, Navalny reported that he was prevented from visiting a dentist outside the colony to have his teeth examined and prophylactically cleaned.\nIn January 2023, Navalny became very ill in the SHIZO. He had a high temperature, cough and fever; no transfer of medication or hospitalisation was allowed.\n\nOn 16 February 2024, the FSIN Directorate reported Navalny's death in the colony. The next day this information was also confirmed by the politician's supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 128.1 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Navalny's defamation case against former policeman Karpov","persecution_case_profile_en":"He published videos accusing former police officer Pavel Karpov of crimes, including involvement in the murder of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5Rb0DMrTjLx8F6"},{"persecution_id":"recrqQLZAK1Q2m2ZT","last_updated":"2024-12-21T12:56:09.000Z","person_id":"recSJ6YF9gwPIZFNn","name_en":"Ivan Zhdanov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation.\n\nIn 2015, a criminal case was opened against Zhdanov for falsifying voter data in the Novosibirsk Region.\n\nIn April 2016, a case was opened against Zhdanov for draft evasion. Before that, he registered as a candidate for the council of deputies of the rural settlement of Barvikhinskoye, Odintsovo district, Moscow Region.\n\nIn August 2019, a case was brought against Zhdanov for failure to comply with a court order for failing to remove from the Internet the Anti-Corruption Foundation's film \"He is not your Dimon\" about expensive real estate allegedly owned by then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Zhdanov had previously intended to run for the Moscow City Duma, but he was not registered, like most independent candidates. This became a cause for mass actions in Moscow, which were followed by numerous criminal cases. In July 2020, Zhdanov was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles for failing to remove the film.\n\nAnother case under the same article was brought against Zhdanov in November 2020 for non-payment of 29 million roubles in connection with a lawsuit filed by the Moscow Schoolboy company, which was the subject of one of FBC's investigations\n\nIn April 2021, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for the creation of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nIn June, Zhdanov was put on the federal wanted list, and then on the international wanted list. He is outside Russia. On 29 June, the court arrested Zhdanov in absentia.\n\nIn August, a case was brought against Zhdanov for raising funds for an extremist organisation.\n\nIn September, it became known that Zhdanov and other supporters of Navalny were prosecuted for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned cases of financing extremist activities and establishment of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. In May 2022, he was arrested in absentia in this case as well.\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism.\n\nIn December 2024, it was reported that a case against Zhdanov's full namesake is being considered in court for defamation of a representative of justice, the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 328 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["328"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 328"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Zhdanov's case of draft evasion","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Mediazona:\n Date: 14-04-2016\n Source: https://zona.media/news/2016/14/04/ulkon-zhdanova\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Mediazona"],"aid":"recrqQLZAK1Q2m2ZT"},{"persecution_id":"recQNp0jifJLnXzNe","last_updated":"2024-12-21T12:56:09.000Z","person_id":"recSJ6YF9gwPIZFNn","name_en":"Ivan Zhdanov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation.\n\nIn 2015, a criminal case was opened against Zhdanov for falsifying voter data in the Novosibirsk Region.\n\nIn April 2016, a case was opened against Zhdanov for draft evasion. Before that, he registered as a candidate for the council of deputies of the rural settlement of Barvikhinskoye, Odintsovo district, Moscow Region.\n\nIn August 2019, a case was brought against Zhdanov for failure to comply with a court order for failing to remove from the Internet the Anti-Corruption Foundation's film \"He is not your Dimon\" about expensive real estate allegedly owned by then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Zhdanov had previously intended to run for the Moscow City Duma, but he was not registered, like most independent candidates. This became a cause for mass actions in Moscow, which were followed by numerous criminal cases. In July 2020, Zhdanov was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles for failing to remove the film.\n\nAnother case under the same article was brought against Zhdanov in November 2020 for non-payment of 29 million roubles in connection with a lawsuit filed by the Moscow Schoolboy company, which was the subject of one of FBC's investigations\n\nIn April 2021, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for the creation of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nIn June, Zhdanov was put on the federal wanted list, and then on the international wanted list. He is outside Russia. On 29 June, the court arrested Zhdanov in absentia.\n\nIn August, a case was brought against Zhdanov for raising funds for an extremist organisation.\n\nIn September, it became known that Zhdanov and other supporters of Navalny were prosecuted for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned cases of financing extremist activities and establishment of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. In May 2022, he was arrested in absentia in this case as well.\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism.\n\nIn December 2024, it was reported that a case against Zhdanov's full namesake is being considered in court for defamation of a representative of justice, the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2016-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 142 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["142"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 142 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ivan Zhdanov on falsification of voters' signatures","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he forged signatures to participate in the elections to the legislative assembly of the Novosibirsk region.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQNp0jifJLnXzNe"},{"persecution_id":"recJYDJQTHnj4IAIN","last_updated":"2025-12-03T14:36:54.000Z","person_id":"rec26aXwuKbAoLHrd","name_en":"Stanislav Klykh","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Stanislav Klykh is a Ukrainian journalist, public figure and teacher. Detained in Orel in August 2014. He was accused of participation in hostilities in Chechnya in 1994-1995 on the side of separatists as a member of the Ukrainian militant group UNA-UNSO and of killing Russian servicemen. Another defendant in the case, Alexander Malofeev, testified against him (apparently as a result of torture). For about a year nothing was known about Klykh, he was not allowed to conclude an agreement with a lawyer, and the consul was not allowed to visit him. During this time, he managed to confess to himself and other people involved in the case. He retracted his testimony when a defence lawyer was able to enter into the case under the agreement. He claimed that he gave them through torture. Claimed that he hadn't been in Chechnya and hadn't participated in the activities of UNA-UNSO. In September 2015, the hearing of the case in the Supreme Court of Chechnya began. His aggressive and apathetic behaviour in court caused concern to his lawyer Marina Dubrovina, who was representing him: she demanded to find out what medication he was being given, but was unable to find out anything. In early April 2016, it became known that Klykh had a new case of contempt of court for insulting the prosecutor during the session.\n\nThe jury found Klykh guilty but deserving leniency. On 26 May 2016, the court sentenced him to twenty years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn the second case, Klykh was sentenced to 240 hours of compulsory labour, replaced by one month in a penal colony.\n\nOn 7 September 2019, Klykh was pardoned and released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for a group of people released by Ukraine, arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Grozny"],"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2016-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":156,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 297 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["297"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 297 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Stanislav Klykh's case of insulting a prosecutor","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during a hearing on the \"UNA-UNSO case\" Stanislav Klykh insulted prosecutor Salambek Yunuslov.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2016, Sentence: 240 hours of compulsory labour, to be replaced by one month's imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"240 hours of compulsory labour, to be replaced by one month's imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2016-11-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2016-11-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/klyh-stanislav-romanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recJYDJQTHnj4IAIN"},{"persecution_id":"recTFE061FUve4YDH","last_updated":"2023-11-09T17:27:38.000Z","person_id":"reckeDUxSIxGEZdzl","name_en":"Sergei Mokhnatkin","birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergei Mokhnatkin was accused of picking a fight with a police officer, who was filming him in the detention centre, and breaking his nose. Mokhnatkin wrote several statements that he had been beaten by the police. On 11 January 2010, a criminal case was opened against Sergei Mokhnatkin under part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Use of violence against a representative of the authorities\"), and on 26 February, a measure of restraint was chosen against him in a form of recognizance not to leave.\n\nOn 1 June 2010, the day after another rally of \"Strategy-31\" on Triumfalnaya Square, which gathered about 2,000 people (one of the largest rallies of the campaign), Sergey Mokhnatkin was arrested.\nHe was summoned for questioning ostensibly to identify those who had beaten him, and he was arrested in the office of investigator Alexei Petrachenko. In the pre-trial detention center, Mokhnatkin went on hunger strike in protest and starved for 8 days before the trial. He was beaten by the SIZO staff because he refused to be photographed and subjected to fingerprinting.\n\nAt the trial, Mokhnatkin demanded a full acquittal. Tverskoy court judge Alexandra Kovalevskaya removed nine defense witnesses from the courtroom. The prosecution witnesses, all police officers, did not appear at the trial. On 8 June, prosecutor L.A. Serguniaeva requested five years of imprisonment for Mokhnatkin.\n\nOn 9 June 2010, the court sentenced 56-year-old Sergei Mokhnatkin to two years and six months imprisonment in a general regime colony. On 23 April 2012, Mokhnatkin was pardoned by President Dmitry Medvedev.\n\nOn 31 December 2013, Mokhnatkin was detained at the \"Strategy-31\" rally on Triumfalnaya Square in Moscow. On 1 January 2014, it became known that Mokhnatkin was charged with using violence against a representative of the authorities. On 2 January he was placed in a pre-trial detention centre. The investigation ignored the fact that police colonel Sergei Shorin, whose attack Mokhnatkin was accused of, beat and strangled Mokhnatkin. In September 2014, Mokhnatkin was sent to the Serbsky Psychiatric Centre for expert evaluation. While he was there, his period of detention expired and he was released in October. On 10 December, the court sentenced him to four and a half years in a strict regime colony. Mokhnatkin did not attend the verdict and was put on a federal wanted list, but he appeared in court the same day and was taken into custody.\n\nAlready in the colony, Mokhnatkin was charged with a new case of insulting the head of the detachment. Mokhnatkin explained that the head of the detachment prevented him from sending his letters to various authorities. After that, Mokhnatkin was transferred to strict detention conditions. On 3 June 2016, Mokhnatkin was sentenced to 11 months of correctional labor, which was recalculated as an additional two months and three days to the total term. Later, the appeal instance reduced the additional term by one month.\n\nIn March 2016, when Mokhnatkin was about to be sent to the pre-trial detention center to participate in the trial in the abovementioned case, he was outraged that he was not shown the document based on which he was being transported, and lay down on the floor in protest. The officers forcibly dragged him into the car. After that, Mokhnatkin was charged with the fourth case - disorganization of the work of the correctional facility: according to the investigation, he hit the deputy assistant chief of the colony in the face. Mokhnatkin himself claimed that the staff beat him. It was found that he had a compression fracture of two lumbar vertebrae. On 20 March 2017, the court sentenced Mokhnatkin to two years in a penal colony, which was recalculated as two more months to the total term.\n\nMokhnatkin was then transferred to another colony with \"special conditions of economic activity\". In September 2018, the court assigned him two and a half years of administrative supervision after his release. In November, shortly before the end of his sentence, it became known that Mokhnatkin was charged with a fifth case, again about the disorganization of the colony's activities. He was accused of refusing to be taken from the prison hospital. Mokhnatkin himself suspected that the reason for the case was his conflict with the colony staff, who interrupted his speech via videoconference, twisted him, dragged him into the corridor, and broke his back.\n\nOn 14 December 2018, the court decided to release Mokhnatkin from custody. He gave the recognizance not to leave the country.\n\nWhile serving his sentence, Mokhnatkin repeatedly went on hunger strikes.\n\nHe died on 28 May 2020.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kotlas"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2020-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":443,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 321 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["321"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 321 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Mokhnatkin's case on disorganisation of the work of the colony","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he hit  A. Veselkov, the deputy duty assistant chief of the colony, in the face which caused nose bleeding and swelling of the bridge of the nose.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.03.2017, Sentence: Two years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2017-03-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-03-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-12-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/mohnatkin-sergey-evgenevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recTFE061FUve4YDH"},{"persecution_id":"recmmjyxjS8KfQhW5","last_updated":"2025-06-09T11:30:47.000Z","person_id":"reckeDUxSIxGEZdzl","name_en":"Sergei Mokhnatkin","birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergei Mokhnatkin was accused of picking a fight with a police officer, who was filming him in the detention centre, and breaking his nose. Mokhnatkin wrote several statements that he had been beaten by the police. On 11 January 2010, a criminal case was opened against Sergei Mokhnatkin under part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Use of violence against a representative of the authorities\"), and on 26 February, a measure of restraint was chosen against him in a form of recognizance not to leave.\n\nOn 1 June 2010, the day after another rally of \"Strategy-31\" on Triumfalnaya Square, which gathered about 2,000 people (one of the largest rallies of the campaign), Sergey Mokhnatkin was arrested.\nHe was summoned for questioning ostensibly to identify those who had beaten him, and he was arrested in the office of investigator Alexei Petrachenko. In the pre-trial detention center, Mokhnatkin went on hunger strike in protest and starved for 8 days before the trial. He was beaten by the SIZO staff because he refused to be photographed and subjected to fingerprinting.\n\nAt the trial, Mokhnatkin demanded a full acquittal. Tverskoy court judge Alexandra Kovalevskaya removed nine defense witnesses from the courtroom. The prosecution witnesses, all police officers, did not appear at the trial. On 8 June, prosecutor L.A. Serguniaeva requested five years of imprisonment for Mokhnatkin.\n\nOn 9 June 2010, the court sentenced 56-year-old Sergei Mokhnatkin to two years and six months imprisonment in a general regime colony. On 23 April 2012, Mokhnatkin was pardoned by President Dmitry Medvedev.\n\nOn 31 December 2013, Mokhnatkin was detained at the \"Strategy-31\" rally on Triumfalnaya Square in Moscow. On 1 January 2014, it became known that Mokhnatkin was charged with using violence against a representative of the authorities. On 2 January he was placed in a pre-trial detention centre. The investigation ignored the fact that police colonel Sergei Shorin, whose attack Mokhnatkin was accused of, beat and strangled Mokhnatkin. In September 2014, Mokhnatkin was sent to the Serbsky Psychiatric Centre for expert evaluation. While he was there, his period of detention expired and he was released in October. On 10 December, the court sentenced him to four and a half years in a strict regime colony. Mokhnatkin did not attend the verdict and was put on a federal wanted list, but he appeared in court the same day and was taken into custody.\n\nAlready in the colony, Mokhnatkin was charged with a new case of insulting the head of the detachment. Mokhnatkin explained that the head of the detachment prevented him from sending his letters to various authorities. After that, Mokhnatkin was transferred to strict detention conditions. On 3 June 2016, Mokhnatkin was sentenced to 11 months of correctional labor, which was recalculated as an additional two months and three days to the total term. Later, the appeal instance reduced the additional term by one month.\n\nIn March 2016, when Mokhnatkin was about to be sent to the pre-trial detention center to participate in the trial in the abovementioned case, he was outraged that he was not shown the document based on which he was being transported, and lay down on the floor in protest. The officers forcibly dragged him into the car. After that, Mokhnatkin was charged with the fourth case - disorganization of the work of the correctional facility: according to the investigation, he hit the deputy assistant chief of the colony in the face. Mokhnatkin himself claimed that the staff beat him. It was found that he had a compression fracture of two lumbar vertebrae. On 20 March 2017, the court sentenced Mokhnatkin to two years in a penal colony, which was recalculated as two more months to the total term.\n\nMokhnatkin was then transferred to another colony with \"special conditions of economic activity\". In September 2018, the court assigned him two and a half years of administrative supervision after his release. In November, shortly before the end of his sentence, it became known that Mokhnatkin was charged with a fifth case, again about the disorganization of the colony's activities. He was accused of refusing to be taken from the prison hospital. Mokhnatkin himself suspected that the reason for the case was his conflict with the colony staff, who interrupted his speech via videoconference, twisted him, dragged him into the corridor, and broke his back.\n\nOn 14 December 2018, the court decided to release Mokhnatkin from custody. He gave the recognizance not to leave the country.\n\nWhile serving his sentence, Mokhnatkin repeatedly went on hunger strikes.\n\nHe died on 28 May 2020.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kotlas"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_ended":"2020-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 321 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["321"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 321 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Mokhnatkin's second case of colony disorganisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Mokhnatkin, he was not shown the document on the basis of which he was sent to the stage. As a sign of protest, he lay down on the floor, and the colony officers used force to put him in a special vehicle.\n\nAccording to the investigation, Mokhnatkin punched the deputy assistant of the chief of the colony, A. A. Veselkov, in the face while being carried into the vehicle. According to the medical certificate and testimonies of prosecution witnesses, Veselkov suffered a nosebleed and swelling of the bridge of his nose.\n\nMokhnatkin said in court that the colony staff beat him, and when they carried him, he experienced pain in his leg and even though he could twitch, he did not swing his arms on purpose and did not hit Veselkov. He also said that one of the FSIN officers pressed his knee hard on his lower back, putting him face down.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2013\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/mohnatkin-sergej-evgenevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recmmjyxjS8KfQhW5"},{"persecution_id":"recqQ44en9w7gss7M","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"recOCanBqRrKxmHFP","name_en":"Igor Sanjiev","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kalmykia. In September 2022, Sandzhiev was mobilized into the Russian army on the very same day he went to the military enlistment office to verify his personal data. At the military unit, his passport was confiscated, and his request to be transferred to alternative civilian service was denied. In January 2023, Sanjiev fled to Belarus, from where he was expelled and then detained in Moscow before being sent to the military commandant's office in Volgograd. In March, Sanjiev illegally crossed the border into Kazakhstan, where he applied for refugee status.\n\nUnder the article on illegal border crossing, a local Kazakh court sentenced Sandzhiev to six months of suspended imprisonment and ordered his deportation to Russia for five years, citing the rejection of his asylum request as well as his lack of relatives, employment, and permanent residence. On May 25, 2023, the West Kazakhstan Regional Court rejected his appeal.\n\nIn Russia, the investigation was resumed in an old case against Sandzhiev concerning battery. Allegedly, he was identified by a man who had been pushed on a street in Elista. In addition, in April 2023, a new case was opened against him for unauthorized abandonment of a military unit.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Elista"],"persecution_region_en":["Kalmykia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KL"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 116.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["116.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 116.1 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Igor Sanjiev's case","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqQ44en9w7gss7M"},{"persecution_id":"recske0zw1X2RA3oy","last_updated":"2025-04-18T16:55:13.000Z","person_id":"recX8TrjZFD6tqz1P","name_en":"Ivan Yatskin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attCU4shYXBemRUX9.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attCU4shYXBemRUX9.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Crimea. After the annexation, went to Ukraine, where he took part in the collection of aid for the Ukrainian army and, possibly, in the ATO fighting in Donbas. Participated in the blockade of Crimea.\nDetained in Crimea in 2016 in a case of high treason, taken into custody, he was transferred to Moscow. The official report on the detention appeared more than two months later. Throughout this period Yatskin was in isolation, only after the appearance of information about the criminal case he had a lawyer under the agreement. The lawyer was given a non-disclosure undertaking. The lawyer claims that in detention Yatskin was threatened with trouble against the family. In January 2021, it was learned that three months earlier, Yatskin had suffered some sort of injury in prison (allegedly falling in his cell), possibly fractured ribs, and had not received medical attention.\nOn 28 January 2021, the house of Yatskin's wife's parents was searched for drugs.\nOn 21 May 2021, Yatskin was sentenced to 11 years in prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1693,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":241,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Yatskin's treason case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being in Simferopol from 14 February to 30 March 2016, on the instructions of the SBU he communicated with his acquaintances, who were law enforcement officers, \"collecting personal data of employees of the Operational Search Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea\". During his stay on the territory of Ukraine from April to July 2016, he 'passed these data, which constituted state secrets, to them, \"both through the Internet and during personal meetings with SBU officers.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.10.2016 to 01.10.2016\n• in custody: from 01.10.2016 to 01.01.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 01.01.2021 to 16.09.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 44 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.09.2021 to 01.12.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2021, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 44 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-21T10:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-10-2021\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/yackin-ivan-grigorevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recske0zw1X2RA3oy"},{"persecution_id":"rec32A3mmoyA5h6t1","last_updated":"2025-04-01T18:50:13.000Z","person_id":"recZcvyqkQyhwyLfv","name_en":"Munirkhon Boboyev","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"A citizen of Tajikistan. On 7 November 2012, alleged members of Hizb ut-Tahrir, including Boboev, were searched in Moscow, but he was not prosecuted at that time. Boboev was next searched in February 2016. He was taken into custody on the case of activities of an extremist organisation and preparation for violent seizure of power. Later, the charges in connection with the activities of an extremist organisation were dropped due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. On 4 October 2016, Boboev was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony. Presumably, he was released in February 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":247,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"Munirkhon Boboyev`s case","case_number":"2-0045/2016","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he organised the activities of the \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" unit, consisting of natives of Central Asia, and assisted Inamov in controlling the unit consisting of natives of the North Caucasus republics. Together with other members of the Moscow unit, he held numerous meetings of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" members, including organising two mass conferences, each attended by about 400 people, at the \"Izmailovo-Delta\" hotel complex (in 2011) and the \"Salute\" hotel complex (in 2012).","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.02.2025\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2016-10-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 1 February 2018, Belykh was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 48.2 million rubles.\nOn 6 July 2021, it became known that a case of abuse of power was initiated against Belykh. On 26 December 2023, he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in this case, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nOn 21 June 2024, Belykh was released.\nOn 8 July 2024, the appeal court acquitted Belykh of abuse of power.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2016-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2024-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":586,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":83,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 6,  Article 290 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["290"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 6, Article 290"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Belykh's bribery case","case_number":"01-0007/2018","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he received 400,000 euros as a bribe from businessman Yuri Sudheimer.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 24.06.2016 to 25.06.2016\n• in custody: from 25.06.2016 to 10.05.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.05.2018 to 01.06.2018\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2018 to 01.09.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.09.2020\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.06.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.06.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 21.06.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":48200000,"first_verdict_date":"2018-01-31T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/belyh-nikita-yurevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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In August 2018, while in the pre-trial detention centre \"Lefortovo\", he went on hunger strike, because of the pressure of the investigation on his family. In court, the case was heard in closed mode. At the hearing, Parkhomenko did not plead guilty to high treason.  On 11 December 2018, the North Caucasus District Military Court passed a sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2016-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":747,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":106,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Leonid Parkhomenko's case of state treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Parkhomenko was recruited by the Ukrainian special services during his contract service from 2003 to 2005, being in the position of assistant chief of the group of the military unit of the Black Sea Fleet, and passed them official information.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.11.2016 to 11.12.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Labytnangi | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 8 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.12.2018 to 25.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.04.2019, Labytnangi | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 8 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Labytnangi | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 8 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.12.2018, Sentence: 14 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, deprivation of military rank","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Deprivation of special rank"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, deprivation of military rank","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2018-12-11T10:05:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-12-11T10:05:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-04-2021\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/parhomenko-leonid-sergeevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recCPPVX0ZIBg0JK1"},{"persecution_id":"reczHbtQjoT8K3mg4","last_updated":"2025-01-06T08:23:31.000Z","person_id":"recDYT0PmoAJ46uqi","name_en":"Artem Chernetsov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttqOMJyc3mQA99i.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttqOMJyc3mQA99i.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An opposition activist with socialist views.\n\nHe was detained in June 2016 together with Yegor Petryakov and three other minors with the same political views. After the detention he was sent to a pre-trial detention centre, while the others were released on their recognisance not to leave. Chernetsov was accused of organising the activities of an extremist community, weapons possession and drug trafficking.\n\nOn 15 March 2018, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony. According to the support group, during the appeal hearing in the Chelyabinsk Regional Court, Chernetsov's sentence was slightly reduced.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2016-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":652,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":93,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","282.1","228.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 222","Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 3, Article 228.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"People's Social Democratic Political Group case in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from August 2012 he was the organiser of the \"People's Social Democratic Political Group\", a \"military-sports club used as a cover for an extremist cell\" to \"overthrow and seize the current government in the Chelyabinsk region\", to which he attracted new members, including minors.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2016 to 09.06.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Mari El Republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.06.2018, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Mari El Republic\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Mari El Republic\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.03.2018, Sentence: 11 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2018-03-15T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-03-15T13:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-12-2020\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/cherneczov-artyom-viktorovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reczHbtQjoT8K3mg4"},{"persecution_id":"recg7JFcZqN7GLnrq","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:11:20.000Z","person_id":"recAWLPftWUEEZh4M","name_en":"Valentin Sokolov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2016, a hate speech case was opened in connection with a picture in Odnoklassniki and two Facebook videos. On 26 August, all the equipment, including an MP3 player and the children's iPhones, including those with a broken screen, were taken from the flat where Sokolv's wife and children live. They did not give a copy of the seizure report, nor did they give a copy of the court order, although they promised to. The lawyer was not allowed into the flat.\n\nIn May 2016, Sokolov was also searched. Some people, without showing any documents, went to his flat, after which they seized his computer and phone and advised him not to participate in the elections.\n\nIn July 2017, the case was terminated, but then reopened for new episodes.\n\nOn 12 January 2018, Sokolov was sentenced to one and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 28 March, the Moscow Regional Court commuted the sentence to eight months in a general regime colony.\n\nIn the colony, Sokolov was repeatedly placed in the punishment cell for minor breaches of discipline - in particular, for leaving the canteen with a piece of bread in his hand. Sokolov demanded a recalculation of his days in the colony in accordance with the new law, but the court set the date for consideration of his application for a day much later than the time when Sokolov could be released under the new rules. Sokolov went on a dry hunger strike. After that, it became known that the court hearing was postponed to an earlier date. On 8 August 2018, Sokolov was released, but the court that decided on the recalculation of the days assigned him administrative supervision for three years with a ban on attending mass events.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kolomna"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2016-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Valentin Sokolov","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recg7JFcZqN7GLnrq"},{"persecution_id":"recYZSLGnmXiA1iJQ","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"recxWz1zyAAjaTc8R","name_en":"Vladimir Gorelikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnkbAy6zwS0ErNL.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnkbAy6zwS0ErNL.jpg"],"birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sevastopol. In the 1990s, he owned Techcom — a group of  Ukrainian companies engaged in construction, ship repair, property management and wholesale trade.  According to the \"Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial\" project, in the late 2000s, the Security Service of Ukraine tried to accuse Gorelikov of the transfer of information to China about the Zubr landing craft utilities. After the annexation of Crimea, Russian authorities dropped the case. However, when Gorelikov's representative visited the FSB office in Sevastopol and successfully retrieved the documents that served as physical evidence he was stopped on his way out of the building and the documents were taken away again.\n\nGorelikov remained in Sevastopol, obtained Russian citizenship, but re-registered the company in Kherson and began to conduct business only in Ukraine. On 24 April 2016, Gorelikov's house was searched. It became known that a case of espionage was initiated against Gorelikov in connection with the same materials about landing craft utilities that appeared in the dismissed case. The new case was handled by the same law enforcer officers who handled the first case, only now as FSB officers.\n\nThe elderly Sevastopol resident was taken into custody and sent to a pre-trial detention facility in St. Petersburg.\n\nGorelikov was also accused of organising abuse of power and smuggling activities by an organised group. Gorelikov was sentenced to 11 years in a strict-regime penal colony under the article on espionage on 7 June 2018, the court acquitted him under the article on organising abuse of power, and stopped the prosecution under the article on organising smuggling activities.\n\nAccording to Novaya Gazeta, while in the colony Gorelikov slapped a warden who insulted him, after which activists from among the convicts on behalf of the administration crushed his hands. The penal colony is located close to an aluminium plant that generates harmful chemical emissions, which severely affects the convict's health. By the time of his imprisonment, Gorelikov had undergone heart surgery and treatment for kidney cancer, after which he was found to have stage III malignant neoplasms and required constant medical supervision and regular medication.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol","Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol","Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40","RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2016-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":774,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 276 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 188 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 201 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["276","188","201"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 276","Part 4, Article 188","Part 2, Article 201"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Gorelikov's case of espionage ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no later than December 2009, \"guided by selfish motives, he made an agreement with an unidentified representative of the People's Republic of China, who introduced himself as Zhang Yongzhi, using the Russian name \"Zhenya\", acting in the interests of the Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China, for secret co-operation, whereupon he received a task to systematically collect and transfer to representatives of the People's Republic of China information regarding the military shipbuilding of the Russian Federation, including information constituting a state secret, in particular regarding the Index of normative documents on military shipbuilding SHLIC.360021.23 part 1, compiled as of 1 January 2006, classified as “secret” and containing information constituting a state secret”.\n\nIn order to fulfil the espionage assignment, acting out of selfish motives, \"in January to February 2010, in the office of ZAO (CJSC) Techcom-International, located on Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg, he engaged V.E. Cherny (the criminal case was terminated on 4 December 2015 due to his death) and V.I. Nikolsky (guilty verdict was passed on 4 December 2015) in the collection and transfer of information constituting a state secret to PRC representatives.\n\nUnder the espionage assignment of V.N. Gorelikov, V.I. Nikolsky and V.E. Cherny searched for persons with access to the Index by the nature of their official activities from 15 April 2010 to 28 July 2010.\n\nUp until 28 July 2010 they also engaged V.V. Tsurganov, an acquaintance of V.I. Nikolsky (guilty verdict was passed on 10 June 2014), who was the head of the 24th department of the 1st Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation <...> (who had access to the Index and agreed to obtain it.)\n\nOn 28 July 2010 V. Tsurganov received the Index in room No. 358 of the scientific and technical library of the 1 Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, located at 30 Chapayeva Street, St. Petersburg, and, being in his office No. 406 of the 1 Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, used a multifunctional device to copy 44 pages of the Index onto standard A4 sheets of paper\".\n\nHe then met Nikolsky at the metro station and gave him copies of the Index. Nikolsky scanned the document and converted it into electronic form within a few days. He referred the link to the document to Cherny, who was in Ukraine, and the latter passed the link to Gorelikov, who copied the document and saved it on a flash drive for transfer to \"an unidentified PRC representative\". As the court found, \"over the period of time from 3 August 2010 to 1 November 2010 copies of the pages of the Index, constituting state secrets in the field of military shipbuilding, on the instructions of V.N. Gorelikov who was in an unidentified place on the territory of Ukraine, were transferred by unidentified subordinate employees to an unidentified e-mail address previously received from Zhang Yongzhi, and were placed at the disposal of representatives of a foreign state (PRC).\n\nFor the espionage assignment in the interests of a foreign state (PRC), Gorelikov V.N. handed over to Cherny V.E. financial remuneration in an unspecified amount, of which Cherny V.E. handed over 70,000 roubles to Nikolsky V.I. The information contained in the documents, according to the investigation, constituted state and other secrets and was reliable at the time of sentencing.\n\nIn response to a separate instruction of the investigator, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation reported that \"Zhang Yongzhi (Russian name \"Zhenya\") is a trained intelligence officer who engaged Gorelikov, a citizen of Ukraine, to extract secret information on military and maritime topics in the Russian Federation, who in his turn engaged Cherny and Nikolsky to extract materials on military shipbuilding. As a result, the Chinese special services obtained normative and technical documentation referred to as the Index and materials on the Project 12322 Zubr landing craft utility\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2016, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• in custody:  to 11.10.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.10.2018\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.06.2018, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, acquit on the charge of organizing abuse of authority, and dismiss on the charge of organizing smuggling activities","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, acquit on the charge of organizing abuse of authority, and dismiss on the charge of organizing smuggling activities","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":121,"first_verdict_date":"2018-06-07T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-06-07T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-08-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gorelikov-vladimir-nikolaevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recYZSLGnmXiA1iJQ"},{"persecution_id":"recmGU6jyccvXf9zI","last_updated":"2025-04-01T19:03:02.000Z","person_id":"recX9siWzG2WZogXZ","name_en":"Redvan Suleymanov","birth_year":1990,"age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Ukraine. He worked as a security guard in SIZO No. 1 in Crimea, served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, resigned in 2014, and worked as a construction worker. In July 2016, he was detained in occupied Crimea, where he came from Zaporizhzhia. He was accused of falsely reporting a bomb threat in Crimea. According to the investigators' version, Suleymanov, while on the territory of the airport in Simferopol, called the police duty station and connected with them a person from the territory of Ukraine, who reported that several objects in the territory of Crimea were mined. According to the defence, Suleymanov was detained with the use of force and apparently pressured to confess. During the investigation, they tried to accuse him of links to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and of involvement in sabotage, which Evgenii Panov and Andrey Zakhtey were accused of preparing. Suleymanov was sentenced to a year and eight months in a general regime colony. He was released in the spring of 2018.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2016-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":376,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"case_name_en":"Redvan Suleymanov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, while at the territory of Simferopol airport, he contacted the police duty unit by phone, and then connested with them a certain person who was at the territory of Ukraine, who reported that several objects at the territory of the Republic of Crimea were mined.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2016 to 09.10.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.10.2017 to 01.01.2018\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.08.2017, Sentence: 1 year 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":20,"first_verdict_date":"2017-08-10T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-08-10T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmGU6jyccvXf9zI"},{"persecution_id":"recIqMHzQPqxBIRKu","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recKxBHlasX2viFBW","name_en":"Muslim Kozhamkulov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of the Moscow region. He had citizenship of Kyrgyzstan, then obtained citizenship of the Russian Federation. He was allegedly detained in 2016 as part of a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On 5 July 2017, Kozhamkulov was sentenced to two years and four months in a general regime penal colony. He was deprived of Russian citizenship. After his release in 2019, Kozhamkulov was sent to a temporary detention centre for foreign citizens, the further remain unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Klin"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_days_from_verdict":551,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Muslim Kozhamkulov's case of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation ","case_number":"1-231/2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Kozhamkulov, being an adherent of radical Islam and one of the members of the MRO \"/name/\", knowing with certainty that its activities were banned on the territory of the Russian Federation, he deliberately participated in the implementation of the goals of the MRO \"/name/\" by promoting the activities of the banned organisation, directly participated in events (\"dawaat\") held by members of the MRO \"/name/\", and also committed other actions aimed at holding and participating in such events.\n\nThus, during the period of time from /date/ to /date/ (more precise time has not been established), residing at various rented flats, as well as in a private house located at the address: /address/, deliberately, knowing that the MRO \"/name/\" is banned by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, held conspiratorial meetings of the members of the MRO \"/name/\" association on a regular basis, at which they considered and worked out further plans for the activities of the association in Russia in accordance with its programme guidelines, involvement and ideological processing of new supporters, conducting classes to study the ideology of the MRO \"/name/\", studying banned literature with radical Islamic teachings and propaganda of doctrines of the movement \"/name/\" contained in books: \"/name/\" by author /author/, translator and preparator /author/; \"/name/\" by authors /author/ and /author/; \"/name/\" by authors /author/ and /author/, as well as discussion of the establishment of an Islamic caliphate on the territory of the Russian Federation.\n\nIn addition, acting in order to implement the programme guidelines of the extremist MRO \"/name/\" to increase the number of its supporters, he induced A., B. and other unidentified persons to participate in its activities, A., B., A. and other unidentified persons, who voluntarily and on their own initiative, having joined the group at an unspecified period of time, in a private house located at the address: /address/, took part in the activities of the extremist association by attending classes to study its ideology and literature with a view to formulating further plans for the total Islamisation of the population of Russia and the establishment of the Islamic State \"/name/\" on its territory.\n\nIn addition, having a real opportunity to terminate of his own free will his participation in the activities of the above extremist association, he did not voluntarily cease his participation in its activities, did not report to the authorities, in an unspecified period of time, but no later than /date/, at the address of his actual residence: /address/, for the purpose of independent and further group study kept: book \"/name/\" by authors /author/ and /author/, which is prohibited by the decision of Sol-Iletskiy district court of Orenburg region dated /date/, A-4 sheets with photocopies of the book \"/name/\" by authors /author/ and /author/ publishing house \"/name/, pages from /redacted/ in two copies, which are prohibited by the decision of Abakanskiy city court of the Republic of Khakassia dated /date/, A-4 sheets with photocopies of the book \"/name/\" by authors /author/ and /author/ publishing house \"/name/, pages from /redacted/, which are prohibited by the decision of the Norilsk City Court of the Krasnoyarsk Territory dated /date/, until their discovery and seizure by officers of the Federal Security Service of Russia at /address/ and /address/.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 18.07.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.07.2017\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.07.2017, Sentence: 2 years 4 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 4 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":28,"first_verdict_date":"2017-07-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-07-05T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIqMHzQPqxBIRKu"},{"persecution_id":"rec2WDC7A5Pv3nm4l","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec9mpub7FeZRHudh","name_en":" Unknown female 104","birth_year":1976,"age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Uzbekistan"],"story_en":"A resident of Nizhny Novgorod. In March 2016, a case was brought against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. No later than October 2017, the woman was sentenced to a year in a penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2016,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nizhny Novgorod resident's case of participation in the activities of an extremist organization","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment in a penal colony-settlement","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2WDC7A5Pv3nm4l"},{"persecution_id":"rec3QkKFu9naBBHIC","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recdTPr5icv1aq18N","name_en":"Maksim Ivankin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att80ldC8089DuN04.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att80ldC8089DuN04.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An anarchist from Penza, Maksim Ivankin was first detained in March 2017 together with Mikhail Kulkov and anti-fascist Aleksei Poltavets, who claimed that after his detention he had been tortured by FSB officers. Then, according to Poltavets, one of the officers searched Kulkov's backpack and then shouted \"There's drugs here!\". The detainees were not allowed to look in the direction of the officer at that moment.\n\nDuring the \"interrogation\" at the FSB, Kulkov took all the blame, Poltavets said. After two days, the young men were released on the recognisance not to leave.\n\nIn June 2018, it became known that a criminal case been opened against  Kulkov and Ivankin for preparation to produce or sell drugs in large quantities (Paragraph D Part 4, Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code  with the application of Part 3, Article 30 of the Criminal Code).\n\nIn July, two young men were detained in Moscow and brought to Penza pre-trial detention centre. The court arrested them. Later it became known that they were also being charged with participation in the \"Network\" terrorist community.\n\nOn 10 February 2020, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nEleven days after the verdict announcement, \"Meduza\" published the article \"Four went into the woods, but only two came out\". The text contains the story of Aleksei Poltavets about the murder of two people — Artem Dorofeev and Ekaterina Levchenko. In an interview with Meduza, Poltavets said that he, together with Maxim Ivankin, killed a young man and a girl in 2017. According to him, the four of them were hiding in the Riazan region from law enforcement agencies who accused them of selling drugs, but Dorofeev and Levchenko decided to return to Penza. Poltavets and Ivankin, fearing that the returnees would give away their whereabouts, allegedly tricked them into the forest and killed them. Poltavets subsequently left Russia.\n\nIvankin was charged with the murder of two people. There are no grounds to regard the case as politically motivated, and some of the evidence in the case is questionable. Ivankin said that he was beaten and tortured by other prisoners at a medical centre in one of the penal colonies and forced to write and memorise confessions proposed by the investigation. On 12 February 2024, in the murder case, Ivankin was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony — by partial addition to the previous term, the total was 24 years. On 7 June 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence in the murder case by one year. On 27 November 2024, the court of cassation returned the case to the court of appeal for a new trial. On 18 February 2025, the appeal court left the decision unchanged — 23 and a half years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1062,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":151,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) D Part 4,  Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228.1","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 228.1","Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Network\" case"],"case_name_en":"The \"Network\" case in Penza","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the \"Network\" terrorist community; planned to sell drugs on a large scale","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.07.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Penza Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 05.09.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ryazan region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.09.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.06.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Ryazan Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2020, Sentence: 13 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-12-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9750/penzenskoe-delo-zapreshhjonnoj-seti\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-12-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/penzenskoe-delo-zapreshchyonnoy-seti\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 09-08-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-terroristicheskom-soobshchestve-set\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec3QkKFu9naBBHIC"},{"persecution_id":"recChMAKPBHkWojF0","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"reczIYyEd4ULlcGMK","name_en":"Marat Tulyakov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attK0ImuQ2f7kBigI.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attK0ImuQ2f7kBigI.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kazan. In early June 2017, he was detained following a search and taken into custody on charges of organizing the activities of a terrorist organization due to his alleged involvement with the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir. On March 13, 2019, he was sentenced to 18 years in a high-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sibay"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":644,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.06.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.06.2017, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2019, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 06-05-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-dvoih-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir-2017\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-08-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/08/d37614/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 12-03-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9158/kazanskoe-delo-pjateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhennoj-hizb-ut-tahrir-2017\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-03-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-pyateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchennoy-hizb-ut-tahrir-2017\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recChMAKPBHkWojF0"},{"persecution_id":"reckCHoppT2rPaQ7r","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recLoPbxUb63KL1ri","name_en":"Ilya Shakursky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attt7brj6Jx4WWlTY.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attt7brj6Jx4WWlTY.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Antifascist Ilya Shakursky was detained in October 2017 in Penza, after which he was accused of participation in a terrorist community and arrested. Shakursky reported being tortured with electric shocks in the basement of the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nOn February 10, 2020, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 50 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":835,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":119,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","222","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.4","Part 1, 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Penza Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\" ","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2021, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 15.02.2021, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2020, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• Unknown:  to 01.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 16.05.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• Unknown: from 16.05.2025 to 10.06.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.06.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\" \n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Mordovia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n• punishment cell:  to 03.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2020, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 50,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation 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https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9750/penzenskoe-delo-zapreshhjonnoj-seti\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reckCHoppT2rPaQ7r"},{"persecution_id":"recIgymB1LxumgA32","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:32:55.000Z","person_id":"recKnFp3oS255Eepz","name_en":"Sayfilla Hakimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attuIc9qKoQ01Xp9Z.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attuIc9qKoQ01Xp9Z.png"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"Citizen of Saint-Petersbourg. Detained on 6 April 2017. Taken into custody for alleged participation in the terrorist attack in the city's metro on 3 April 2017 - and without sufficient evidence, as posited by human rights activists. At first, he was being held at a pre-trial detention centre in St. Petersburg, then transferred to Moscow; in April 2019, he was taken to St. Petersburg like the other defendants.\n\nOn 10 December 2019, he was sentenced to 19 years in a high security prison. On 6 August 2021, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by a month.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":977,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205","205","205","223.1","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 205","Article 223.1 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of April 3 terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"Entered a terrorist community, which involved surveying the area around the house where they lived for suitable locations for a terrorist attack, looking for escape routes in case of detection by law enforcement agencies, visiting metro stations and looking for points where they could evade searches, studying the locations suitable for terrorist attacks; passing the information gathered to Akbarjon Jalilov through Mukhamadyusup Ermatov; participating in the finalisation of components of an explosive device.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 01.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody: from 07.04.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.12.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.12.2019, Sentence: Nineteen years' deprivation of liberty in a high security prison, a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Nineteen years' deprivation of liberty in a high security prison, a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":227,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-01-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-terakte-v-peterburgskom-metro-3-aprelya-2017-goda\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-02-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10657/delo-o-terakte-v-peterburgskom-metro-3-aprelja-2017-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recIgymB1LxumgA32"},{"persecution_id":"rec9B3Ldeu8Jmtchz","last_updated":"2024-12-23T10:27:47.000Z","person_id":"recEsfcqR5goia99d","name_en":"Aynaz Yanyshev","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In early June 2017, detained and arrested on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation on charges of involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which was recognised as a terrorist organisation - according to some experts, without grounds. On 30 January 2019, sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony. 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Detained on 6 April 2017 during a search. Ortikov claims that during the search and before interrogation he was beaten and had explosives and ammunition planted on him. He was taken into custody on charges of involvement in the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro on 3 April 2017. Human rights activists believe to be no grounds for his detention.\n\nOn 10 December 2019, he was sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime colony. On 6 August 2021, the court of appeal reduced the term by a month.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":976,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205","205","205","223.1","222.1","222.1","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 205","Article 223.1 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of April 3 terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"provided means of communication to members of the terrorist community","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.04.2017 to 08.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 12.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.12.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.12.2019, Sentence: Twenty-two years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Twenty-two years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":263,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-08T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-02-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10657/delo-o-terakte-v-peterburgskom-metro-3-aprelja-2017-goda\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-01-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-terakte-v-peterburgskom-metro-3-aprelya-2017-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recZeLAdMkDKIQCJf"},{"persecution_id":"recRdBElHlG48jLGL","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:45:52.000Z","person_id":"recuhWMrlIGvI7KKG","name_en":"Kazim Ametov","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Crimean Tatar Kazin Ametov and three other defendants in the case - Bekir Degermendzhi, Asan Chapukh and Ruslan Trubach - were detained on 23 November 2017. Before the arrest, they decided to help the veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement Vejiya Kashk, from whom the husband of her granddaughter, a Turkish citizen, according to the version of the investigation, borrowed, and according to the family - stole a large sum of money. Bekir Degermendzhi and other activists met with this man several times and tried to persuade him to return the stolen money.\n\nOn 23 November 2017, on the day when he was supposed to hand over the money to Veđiye Kaška, they were detained and accused of extortion.\n\nOn 24 November 2017, the accused were sent to pre-trial detention. On 24 January 2019, Ametov and other defendants in the case were transferred to house arrest.\n\nOn 17 April, he was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence. Shortly before the verdict, the court recovered from Yusuf Aytan the money allegedly extorted from him by the defendants in the \"Veciye Kashk case\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":509,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 163 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 163 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"\"The case of Vejiye Kashka\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"extorted a large sum of money from Yusuf Aitan, a Turkish national.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.11.2017 to 24.01.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• house arrest: from 24.01.2019 to 27.04.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2019, Sentence: Three years imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of three years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of three years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-06-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/06/18/zalozhniki-neobyavlennoy-voyny#case-9\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recRdBElHlG48jLGL"},{"persecution_id":"rec0tndnRRiR1OfnI","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reclMVGtNFDmVEmer","name_en":"Igor Rudnikov","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"At 14:30 on 1 November 2017, Rudnikov was detained by FSB officers during the evacuation of the house where he lived after a call about an allegedly planted bomb. He was then brought to the Novye Kolesa editorial office, where a search began. During the detention, the FSB officers, according to the journalists of the publication, used physical force on Rudnikov, which made him feel ill. The ambulance doctors found out that he had a fractured arm and multiple bruises and took him to the regional clinical hospital in an unconscious state in the evening of 1 November. However, on the night of 2 November, law enforcers took Rudnikov home from the hospital to conduct a search. In the early morning he was taken to the FSB to the investigator of the State Investigative Committee, who issued an allegedly voluntary appearance of the suspect for interrogation. Rudnikov was brought in a jumper, shorts, socks and slippers, and was not allowed to wear trousers. On 3 November Rudnikov was arrested by court decision. On 23 November he was deprived of his deputy status due to the fact that during the search he was seized a residence permit in the United States. On 1 December, it became known that Rudnikov was transferred to Moscow, to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre. In October 2018, Rudnikov was transferred to the pre-trial detention centre in Kaliningrad, and in March 2019 - to the pre-trial detention centre in St. Petersburg, as the Supreme Court ruled that the case should be considered in the St. Petersburg court.\n\nThe court reclassified the charge to attempted self-rule and failure to fulfil the obligation to submit notification of foreign citizenship. On 17 June 2019, Rudnikov was sentenced to 550 hours of compulsory labour and released in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":592,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 330 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 330.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330","330.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 330","Article 330.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The Igor Rudnikov 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of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.04.2018, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 04.12.2017 to 05.04.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 15.03.2019 to 17.06.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, Appeal against a restraint measure, 17.06.2019, Sentence: Five hundred and fifty hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five hundred and fifty hours of compulsory 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On 17 September 2018, sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. He was released in November 2019.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":606,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved new adherents in the activities of the association, in the Moscow region and elsewhere, by recruiting adherents of non-traditional movements in Islam, within religious Muslim prayer facilities","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.01.2017 to 29.04.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 28.11.2019\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.04.2019\n• Unknown: from 29.11.2019 to 29.05.2020\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.09.2018, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment s in a general regime colony with restriction of liberty for 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment s in a general regime colony with restriction of liberty for 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2018-09-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-09-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-12-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8969/moskovskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat?fbclid=IwAR1Qp1XVnVxuNa9f974203W_veZwUCwvw0DAOmo2rPcoyHkA2rTJ6SRIe5U\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-01-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/01/d36209/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-12-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recbqxsqugCB6lrRa"},{"persecution_id":"recUvqRpBobJbloie","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recPpGImKYm2q45ws","name_en":"Farhod Nurmatov","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"He was a witness in the first Hizb ut-Tahrir case in St Petersburg as the common-law husband of the mother of one of the defendants, Sergei Yablokov. 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On 3 October he was arrested. In September 2018, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but in November it came back to the court. On 22 January 2019, Suleymanov was sentenced to four years in a penal colony.\n\nHe was released on 4 January 2021. During the year, he is obliged to mark in the supervisory bodies and is not allowed to leave the territory of Crimea.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":476,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea"],"case_name_en":"Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of the banned extremist organisation Tablighi Jamaat","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.10.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 24.12.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic\"\n• Unknown: from 25.12.2020 to 24.12.2021\n• Unknown: from 25.12.2021 to 24.12.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2019, Sentence: Four years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, restriction of liberty for one year","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, restriction of liberty for one year","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2019-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-10-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/10/d37974/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9307/krymskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/krymskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recHaOaXmIOmtsA4z"},{"persecution_id":"recXSKv6A4vf35949","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:49:59.000Z","person_id":"recBPLDwFCVYzHQLX","name_en":"Alexei Volkov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 12 May 2017, the home of Alexei Volkov, the coordinator of Alexei Navalny's headquarters in Volgograd, was searched in connection with a criminal case opened over his social media publication of a picture showing the Motherland monument as if doused with green. On 20 July, Volkov became a suspect in the case, and he signed a personal recognizance. On 31 August, Volkov was detained for leaving Volgograd, although the investigator had told him earlier that he was allowed to leave the city. The court placed him under house arrest. On 25 September, Volkov was again transferred on his personal recognizance. On 23 October, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, indicating that there were grounds to reclassify the charge to a more serious one. On 14 March 2019, the court sentenced Volkov to a fine of 200 thousand rubles. On 5 June, the Supreme Court upheld the sentence, but waived Volkov’s punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2017-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2019-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":670,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":95,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the photoshopped greenery","persecution_case_profile_en":"Using electronic devices belonging to him, posted on the Internet an image of the sculpture \"Motherland Calls!\" with green dye on the front of the statue and the surface of its left palm.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 25.09.2017 to 05.06.2019\n• house arrest: from 31.08.2017 to 25.09.2017\n• recognizance not to leave: from 20.07.2017 to 31.08.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.03.2019, Sentence: a fine of two hundred thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of two hundred thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-07-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/07/d37534/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recXSKv6A4vf35949"},{"persecution_id":"recRU39pFhiQZUvOb","last_updated":"2024-09-15T12:58:40.000Z","person_id":"rectjlEggsWa9Oj3A","name_en":"Nicolai (Mikola) Dadeu","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"At the beginning of June 2017, anti-Ukrainian websites and media outlets in Krasnodar region started spreading information demanding criminal prosecution of Mykola (Mykola) Dadeu, a Ukrainian citizen engaged in SEO, website optimisation and promotion. It is known that in 2014-2015 he was a volunteer, supported the AFU and Ukrainian volunteer formations. In the summer of 2015, Dadeu married a Russian citizen on the territory of Ukraine, after which he moved to her in March 2017 in the city of Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, received temporary registration there, and according to media reports, was collecting documents to obtain Russian citizenship....\n\nOn 13 June 2017 (although his wife speaks of detention on 12 June, when he went to the police and never returned) Dadeu was detained by police officers, after which he was twice (on 13 and 28 June) brought to administrative liability for allegedly committing administrative offences under Art. 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (\"Petty Hooliganism\") with a penalty of 15 days of administrative arrest. On 10 July 2017, Dadeu was taken from the detention centre to the FSB's Investigative Department of the Krasnodar Territory, where he was charged under part 5 of article 33, part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Facilitating participation in the activities of an extremist organisation by providing aids of committing a crime\"), after which he was sentenced into custody by the Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar. On 21 May 2018, Nikolai Dadeu was found guilty and sentenced to 1 year 6 months' imprisonment with serving his sentence in a penal colony. 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Unlike the five other defendants in the case of the Moscow cell of Tablighi Jamaat, he refused to admit guilt.\nOn 13 July 2018, he was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. On 18 November 2018, the court of appeal reduced the term to two years. In 2019, Murakhmedov was released. In June 2019, he was detained on charges of violating migration laws, fined and ordered to be deported from the country.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2020-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":225,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat"],"case_name_en":"The second Moscow Tablighi Jamaat case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of the Tablighi Jamaat cell in Moscow","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.11.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.11.2017 to 01.05.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.07.2018, Sentence: Two years six months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-6,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-04-2018\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/04/d39169/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recJcEH6W52BY9EfL"},{"persecution_id":"recTJuB3o6EahOvlM","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec7ky34bRjPv2bnf","name_en":"Alexander Zaitsev","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Krasnoyarsk Kray. On July 25, 2018, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony on charges of inciting and aiding mass riots and inciting hatred due to preparations for the “Maltsev revolution” on November 5, 2017. 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Accused of using violence against a police officer: according to the investigation, he threw a brick at a Rosgvardiya fighter, then \"changed his clothes for the purpose of conspiracy\" and, taking out a traumatic pistol, \"provoked those present to illegal actions\". He is being held in the pre-trial detention centre, for some unknown reason he was placed in a block for those accused of crimes punishable by life imprisonment. Under pressure, he pleaded guilty and agreed to a special trial, but then refused to do so.\n\nOn 20 July 2017, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nHe was released on 23 July 2019.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":110,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"He is not your Dimon\" 26.03.2017","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal 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Later it was reported that Zalipaev was also accused of calling for extremism because he allegedly called for beating Orthodox Christians and Muslims during a sermon. Zalipaev denies this. In July 2018, the case went to trial. In March 2019, it became known that the charge of incitement to hatred was dropped.\n\n7 October 2020 acquitted on charges of calls to extremism.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maysky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 280 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 280 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Yuri Zalipayev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Publicly called on Jehovah's Witnesses to \"beat up Orthodox Christians and Muslims.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (acquitted)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 24.04.2018 to 07.10.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-08-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/08/d37670/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-07-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recx1TQqvg4Mg6UhL"},{"persecution_id":"rec7rEKVqtCT0qcbh","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recJ220G9nib15J94","name_en":"Anton Ushachev","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was arrested on 28 July 2017 on charges of inciting religious hatred, insulting the feelings of believers and vandalism. According to the investigation, Ushachev put insulting inscriptions on the fence near the Borovets Church of the Holy Ascension Archbishop's Palace and near the spring. A minor girl who was detained together with Ushachev later said that the police beat her and demanded that she confess that she had written the inscriptions.\nIn December 2017, Ushachev was placed under house arrest. The charge of incitement to hatred was dropped, the charge of insulting the feelings of believers was reclassified from Part 2 to Part 1 (the reference to committing acts in places specially designed for holding religious services was excluded).\nOn 8 February 2018, he was sentenced to 320 hours of compulsory labour. In connection with the deprivation of freedom, after the decision has taken effect, Ushachev should be released from serving the sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2018-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":195,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 148 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148","214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 148 (unknown part)","Part 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On 17 September 2018, sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. 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At this action Shpakov was detained and beaten, in connection with which he was sent to a trauma centre from the IAB. During the investigation, the appointed lawyer forced Shpakov to confess and agree to a special trial - he expected that the sentence would be suspended. In addition, the lawyer extorted money from his family for any information about him. On 24 May 2017, he was sentenced to one and a half years in a general regime colony. In the colony, Shpakov was placed in a punishment cell. On 12 September 2018, Shpakov was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":57,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"He is not your Dimon\" 26.03.2017","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of 26 March","The case of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally \"Antidimon\" on 26 March 2017"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Shpakov on the use of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally \"Antidimon\" on 26 March 2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation considered that at the rally on 26 March 2017, he tried to release other detainees on Tverskaya Street from a motorcade and in doing so, he struck at least two punches to the head of a police officer with his fist","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.03.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 12.09.2018, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.05.2017, Sentence: One year six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2017-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 22-06-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/226163.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-06-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/shpakov-aleksandr-yurevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recDavkY69EqoQW4R"},{"persecution_id":"recnC09Q8p5jqmbH1","last_updated":"2023-11-10T13:56:44.000Z","person_id":"recUKyckEZzpdMS2E","name_en":"Hamil Asatullin","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on the night of September 10-11, 2017. On September 15, he was arrested on charges of attempted arson of property on the territory of the mining and processing plant after the second alleged arsonist Yevgeny Medvedev gave confessions against  Asatullin. Medvedev also testified against Vasiliy Moskovets, one of the leaders of the ecological organisation 'Stop GOK'. Medvedev was immediately released on bail. Asatullin, however, faced pressure to testify against Moskovets  as the initiator of the arson and also to refuse the services of his lawyer, Lepikhin. On February 6, 2018, Asatullin was placed under house arrest. On June 28, a measure of restriction was chosen in the form of personal recognisance, the same day the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn March 29, 2021 he was sentenced to three years suspended sentence. On July 13, the appeal court dropped the charge of hooliganism and reduced the sentence to one and a half years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2017-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2023-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1294,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":184,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 167 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["167"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 167"],"case_name_en":"The case of the attempted arson at the plant","persecution_case_profile_en":"He set fire to one of the stacks of wood at the construction site","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.09.2017 to 06.02.2018\n• recognizance not to leave: from 28.06.2018 to 13.07.2021\n• house arrest: from 06.02.2018 to 28.06.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.03.2021, Sentence: Three years suspended sentence with a three years probationary period.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years suspended sentence with a three years probationary period.","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-03-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 16-12-2017\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2017/10/16/ugolovno-obogatitelnoe-kartina-konflikta-mezhdu-vlastyami-chelyabinskoy-oblasti\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-04-2018\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/04/d39151/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recnC09Q8p5jqmbH1"},{"persecution_id":"recCYVuEMxfEKjpVB","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recLWqs3lyWftWIEN","name_en":"Kanan Karimov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Azeirbajan"],"story_en":"He was detained on June 28th, 2017. On December 7th, 2018, the Orekhovo-Zuyevsky City Court of Moscow Region found Karimov guilty of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation (part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to two years and two months' inprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orekhovo-Zuyevo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2019-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":526,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in the Moscow region"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, with who the court agreed, Karimov was engaged in promoting the ideology of Tablighi Jamaat among Muslims in Moscow and the Moscow region.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 21.02.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.12.2018, Sentence: 2 years and 2 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 2 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":26,"first_verdict_date":"2018-12-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-12-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-12-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/12/d40383/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recCYVuEMxfEKjpVB"},{"persecution_id":"reczKNou1eiV7vPMe","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recIccYVrNszSd27l","name_en":"Timur Gadiev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attSOS0LYgRuktRPz.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attSOS0LYgRuktRPz.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ufa. In April 2017, he was detained and then arrested in a case of involvement in a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir. 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He was transferred to Moscow and arrested on 13 October by Judge Lenskaya E.A. of the Basmanny District Court. Further investigation was conducted by A. S. Migunov.\nTernovsky pleaded guilty in court and his case was heard under a special procedure. 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Left Russia at the end of 2017 after being detained on charges of hooliganism. In the summer of 2020, he was arrested by border guards in Ukraine, where he had travelled to visit his wife. Initially held in a Ukrainian pre-trial detention centre, he was later extradited to Russia. In 2022, the case was dropped due to the statute of limitations expiring. 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On October 3, he was placed under house arrest. In September 2018, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but in November it was again brought to court. On January 22, 2019, Mustafayev was sentenced to two and a half years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2021-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":476,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea"],"case_name_en":"Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of the banned extremist organisation 'Tablighi Jamaat'.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 03.10.2017 to 03.10.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2019, Sentence: Two years six months' deprivation of liberty suspended on probation for two years, restriction of liberty for one year","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months' deprivation of liberty suspended on probation for two years, restriction of liberty for one year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 21-10-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9307/krymskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-10-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/10/d37974/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/krymskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recvwQKFtFXc4fMWZ"},{"persecution_id":"recJl8Iy0Gp0DyrXS","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recHIgKHTd6aUDzKe","name_en":"Maksat Berdikulov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"In November 2017, he was detained and arrested on charges related to the activities of an extremist organization. On July 13, 2018, he was sentenced to two years of imprisonment in a standard regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":240,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat"],"case_name_en":"The second Moscow Tablighi Jamaat case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of the Tablighi Jamaat cell in Moscow","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-05-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.11.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 23.05.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.07.2018, Sentence: Two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-11-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/11/d38289/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recJl8Iy0Gp0DyrXS"},{"persecution_id":"recERnaJcNbQOAx7a","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recVGcoggCkti8oPT","name_en":"Rinat Khannanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attd0uEX6oiGKIcAo.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attd0uEX6oiGKIcAo.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on October 17, 2017 and arrested on October 18 on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir. 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On 14 March 2017, he was detained after a search and then arrested on charges of involvement in a terrorist organization in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", which is not related to terrorism.\n\nA charge of incitement to hatred was added on 25 December and a charge of calling for terrorist activity was added on 8 January 2018.\n\nOn 5 February 2020, he was sentenced to 15 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1057,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":151,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the organization of the party cell's activities, held secret gatherings, publicly called for terrorist activities and incited hatred by republishing a video with the text \"We declare ...\" from the Facebook community \"Syria - the revolution of blessed Sham\", a video from the Hajira page showing an anti-Russian demonstration in Iran, with an explanatory text beginning with the phrase: \"Iranians: death to Russia\", and a frame from a film with the caption \"Hands off Muslims!\"; called to join \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 15.03.2017 to 06.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Mari El Republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Mari El Republic\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Mari El Republic\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.02.2020, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9433/kazanskoe-delo-10-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhennoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-03-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/03/d36579/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-10-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchennoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recwtIK4TeUCt5NSn"},{"persecution_id":"recBlVZpmetVoZYwu","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:06:31.000Z","person_id":"recZNOjUp1aksPqSH","name_en":"Alexey Politikov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 April 2017, on the same day as Artpodgotovka leader Vyacheslav Maltsev was detained, Politikov's house was searched. On 10 June, Politikov was detained during a search at Maltsev's house together with other activists of the movement. The next day, the court arrested him for two months on charges of assaulting a police officer during the dispersal of an anti-corruption protest on 26 March 2017 in Moscow. On 18 September, it became known that Politikov pleaded guilty and agreed that his case would be reviewed according to a special procedure. On 18 October, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. On 20 November, the appellate court reduced the sentence to one and a half years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":289,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"He is not your Dimon\" 26.03.2017","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of 26 March","The case of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally \"Antidimon\" on 26 March 2017"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Politikov's case of the use of violence against police officers at the Antidimon anti-corruption protest on 26 March 2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in an attempt to prevent the detention of Vyacheslav Maltsev at a protest in Moscow on 26 March 2017, he grabbed a police officer, tried to throw him to the ground and hit him in the stomach with his fist","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.06.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 19.09.2018\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.10.2017, Sentence: Two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-6,"first_verdict_date":"2017-10-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-10-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-08-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/politikov-aleksey-vladimirovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 30-08-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/228010.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recBlVZpmetVoZYwu"},{"persecution_id":"recJJckRsKkeJWnC0","last_updated":"2026-03-28T11:31:45.000Z","person_id":"recxfQIEqihE1ifgW","name_en":"Ibrahimjon Ermatov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attV4rcEErV7yl4qW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attV4rcEErV7yl4qW.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. Detained on 6 April 2017. Another defendant in the case, his brother Mukhamadyusup Ermatov, said that Ibragimzhon was beaten up in the car after detention and had a bag put over his head. On 7 April he was taken into custody on charges of involvement in the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro on 3 April 2017, as human rights activists believe, without sufficient evidence. At first he was kept in a pre-trial detention centre in St. Petersburg, then transferred to Moscow, in April 2019 he was taken to St. Petersburg like the other defendants.\n\nOn 10 December 2019, he was sentenced to 27 years in a high security prison. On 6 August 2021, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers","Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":977,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205","205","205","223.1","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 205","Article 223.1 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of April 3 terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"Entered a terrorist community, which involved surveying the area around the house where they lived for suitable locations for a terrorist attack, looking for escape routes in case of detection by law enforcement agencies, visiting metro stations and looking for points where they could evade searches, studying the locations of suspected terrorist attacks; passing the information gathered to Akbarjon Jalilov through Mukhamadyusup Ermatov; participating in the finalisation of components of an explosive device.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 12.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 07.04.2017\n• in custody: from 12.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Novosibirsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Novosibirsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 18 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Novosibirsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.12.2019, Sentence: Twenty-seven years' deprivation of liberty in a high security prison, a fine of 600,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Twenty-seven years' deprivation of liberty in a high security prison, a fine of 600,000 roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":322,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-01-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-terakte-v-peterburgskom-metro-3-aprelya-2017-goda\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-02-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10657/delo-o-terakte-v-peterburgskom-metro-3-aprelja-2017-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recJJckRsKkeJWnC0"},{"persecution_id":"recV0Uze3KGc1cATw","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recpHI4QlUrBJs11J","name_en":"Marcel Gimaliev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnmicJfB1g53sKL.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnmicJfB1g53sKL.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 14 March 2017, he tried to run away from the officers who came to detain him, fell from the fifth floor, was taken to hospital with a fractured spine. On 4 April he was placed under house arrest. On 31 October it became known that Gimaliev escaped from house arrest, he was placed on the federal and international wanted list. In February 2020, it became known that Gimaliev was detained and taken into custody.\n\nOn 18 May 2022, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1891,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":270,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"Marsel Gimaliev`s case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the cell","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.02.2020 to 13.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• house arrest: from 04.04.2017 to 30.10.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.05.2022, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2022-05-18T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-05-18T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-03-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/03/d36579/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-02-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2020/02/d42123/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-12-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/gimaliev-marsel-minehalimovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 18-01-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10457/gimaliev-marsel-minehalimovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recV0Uze3KGc1cATw"},{"persecution_id":"recBNA0kwekcUBlXZ","last_updated":"2026-01-21T09:20:11.000Z","person_id":"rec6V70io0sfz5WCA","name_en":"Mukhamadyusup Ermatov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attcF0r4pumtU7FbA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attcF0r4pumtU7FbA.jpg"],"birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. According to Ermatov, he was detained on 5 April 2017 as he was leaving a hostel on Tovarishcheskiy Avenue in St. Petersburg. He was attacked by three men, one of them broke his nose. Later, his brother Ibragimyusup Ermatov, accused in the same case, said that he saw that Mukhamadyusup's car doors were unlocked, and the tyres punctured. Mukhamadyusup Ermatov, according to him, was taken to an unknown place, where he was held for more than a month, tortured with electric shocks and required to confess that he knew Akbarzhon Jalilov, who died in the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro on 3 April 2017. Ermatov was officially detained in Druzhba Park in Moscow on 11 May 2017, after which he was placed in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre. In April 2019, he and the other defendants were transferred to the pre-trial detention centre in St. Petersburg. He was accused of involvement in the terrorist attack on the St. Petersburg metro, as human rights activists believe, without grounds.\n\nOn 10 December 2019, he was sentenced to 28 years in a strict regime colony. 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Detained on 17 October 2017 and arrested on 18 October on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. Was also charged with inducement to commit an offence. On 26 April 2019, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn the colony for several months was in a punishment cell.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Almetyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":555,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Almetyevsk \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" case"],"case_name_en":"The Almetyevsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell, induced to endorse terrorism","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 24.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• in custody: from 18.10.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.11.2019, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.04.2019, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-04-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-04-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/almetevskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-10-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/10/d38094/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-04-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9257/almetevskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reclaQBjKf6BFzKLd"},{"persecution_id":"recCLhM0zEfzG3TI0","last_updated":"2026-04-28T17:44:13.000Z","person_id":"recf8jh9fGIahmep0","name_en":"Farid Kryev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attdmsasYDbsinTXP.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attdmsasYDbsinTXP.jpg"],"birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kazan. On 14 March 2017, he was detained after a search and then arrested on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is not related to terrorism.\n\nOn 8 January 2018, a charge of calling for terrorist activity was added.\n\nOn 5 February 2020, he was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1057,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":151,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of the cell, publicly called for terrorist activities by republishing a video with the text \"We declare...\" from the Facebook community \"Syria - 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Before the rally, according to Kavkazsky Uzel, the siloviki (security forces) came to the Iritov brothers' home and beat them up. The brothers filed a police report. According to Iritov's niece, a criminal case was opened against them for using violence against the siloviki (security forces) after they refused to take the statement back.\nIn October 2018, the court sentenced Beslan Iritov to six months' imprisonment and released him, taking into account the served arrest.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nalchik"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":662,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":94,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Nalchik against land allocation in Volny Aul","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case against the head of the Volny Aul organisation and his brother"],"case_name_en":"The case of Beslan Iritov","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 31 October 2017, used violence against police officers","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.11.2017\n• recognizance not to leave: from 01.07.2018\n• in custody: \n• house arrest:  to 01.07.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.10.2018, Sentence: 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":6,"first_verdict_date":"2018-10-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-10-25T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSvpU6fLvClR5wV"},{"persecution_id":"recyrPyisuCKHP1hz","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"reckpSxVpPsZbfk0E","name_en":"Ilnar Zinnatov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrKoTIb9BOXl41y.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrKoTIb9BOXl41y.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In early June 2017, detained after a search and arrested in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, unrelated to terrorism. On 13 March 2019, sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":644,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, inducing others to engage in terrorist activities","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.06.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2019, Sentence: 19 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"19 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":228,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-03-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-pyateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchennoy-hizb-ut-tahrir-2017\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 06-05-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-dvoih-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir-2017\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 12-03-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9158/kazanskoe-delo-pjateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhennoj-hizb-ut-tahrir-2017\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-08-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/08/d37614/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recyrPyisuCKHP1hz"},{"persecution_id":"recIQnkICs1NrF7Ya","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recDs5mOVDkjYrotb","name_en":"Aslan Iritov","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In October 2017, Iritov and an organization he headed planned to hold a rally against the sale of lands of Volniy Aul, a resort village in the territory of Nalchik. Before the rally, according to internet media outlet Kavkazsky Uzel, law enforcers came to Iritov's home and beat him and his family. The case materials said that the activist allegedly strangled the enforcer despite the fact that he had no hands. According to the version of the investigation, during the visit of law enforcers before the rally, the man insulted and attacked the deputy head of the Department of the Center \"E\" Hamidbi Gubashiev, the latter allegedly received a split lip and a concussion.\nAccording to the activist's daughter, the criminal case was opened after the brothers Iritovs refused to withdraw a statement about the beating of their family from the police.\nThe proceedings in the case of Aslan Iritov were stopped on his appeal, however, the court of cassation in March 2021 decided to reconsider this decision. On September 2, 2021, the court sentenced Aslan Iritov to two years of suspended sentence with a probation period of two years. 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On 17 May, a court arrested him on a charge of using violence against a police officer. According to investigators, he hit a policeman on the leg. The appointed legal counsel persuaded him to plead guilty. On 7 December, a court sentenced Krepkin to one and a half years of colony. On 26 March 2018, the Moscow City Court upheld the sentence. 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According to the investigation, he organised events to \"appeal\" Muslims to follow the norms of Islam, agitated other Muslims to join the movement, organised and attended meetings, studied and stored PF literature. He had been in custody since 13 July 2017. On 4 September 2018, the appeal court reduced the sentence to one year and nine months. 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He was charged with incitement to religious hatred. He later claimed that he had been under surveillance six months before the search. The case was transferred to the court. On 21 January 2019, the court dismissed the case due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 282 of the Criminal Code.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2017-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":552,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Daniil Markin","persecution_case_profile_en":"From December 2013 to January 2017, Markin published images on his page, which, according to the results of a psychological and linguistic expertise, contained signs of humiliation of the dignity of a group of persons identified on the basis of their adherence to Christianity.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.01.2019, Sentence: Case to be dismissed due to partial decriminalisation of article 282 of the Criminal Code","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Case to be dismissed due to partial decriminalisation of article 282 of the Criminal Code","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-01-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-01-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-07-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/07/d39754/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recufVbmM4tDzgiyc"},{"persecution_id":"recrBwiDTe8QtiMNf","last_updated":"2026-04-01T16:04:14.000Z","person_id":"recJAp0Qq2UFlaw5a","name_en":"Seiran Saliev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attsXAmOj1tyX5P9c.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attsXAmOj1tyX5P9c.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 11 October 2017, he was detained after a search, charged with participation in the activities of a cell of a terrorist organisation, and arrested on 12 October. In February 2019, it became known that Saliev was also accused of public justification of terrorism and preparation for violent seizure of power.\n\nIn November, Saliev was sent to a punishment cell for checking the time of salah by clock.\n\nOn 16 September 2020, he was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. 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Krai\n• in custody: from 06.10.2020 to 22.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 18.09.2019 to 06.10.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 22.12.2020 to 26.04.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 26.04.2022 to 06.05.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2022 to 01.06.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tula Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ryazan region\n• Unknown: from 21.06.2024 to 01.09.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment cell: from 20.11.2024 to 05.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment cell: from 05.12.2024 to 15.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment cell: from 15.12.2024 to 30.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment cell: from 30.12.2024 to 14.01.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment cell: from 14.01.2025 to 29.01.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.09.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• Unknown:  to 20.11.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• Unknown: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment cell:  to 28.02.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• Unknown: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment cell: from 10.06.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment cell: from 12.03.2026 to 01.03.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.09.2020, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"first_verdict_date":"2020-09-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-09-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-08-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-priznal-politzaklyuchyonnymi-11-krymchan-presleduemyh-za-uchastie-v-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-10-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/10/d38035/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-02-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9879/bahchisarajskoe-delo-vosmeryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recrBwiDTe8QtiMNf"},{"persecution_id":"recRBHnBy98AgO23d","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recMrFpaoy441EMdM","name_en":"Zhyldyzbek Ismailov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In November 2017, he was detained and arrested in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation.\nOn 13 July 2018, sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.\nOn 17 May 2019, he was released. On the same day, he was detained on charges of violating migration laws, fined and ordered to be deported from the country.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":240,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat"],"case_name_en":"The second Moscow Tablighi Jamaat case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of the Tablighi Jamaat cell in Moscow","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.11.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 17.05.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.07.2018, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-11-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/11/d38289/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recRBHnBy98AgO23d"},{"persecution_id":"recADkfa01gvecv4E","last_updated":"2024-07-24T12:54:02.000Z","person_id":"recNwt7MYxiYHut0d","name_en":"Bekir Degermendji","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Crimean Tatar activist Bekir Degermendzhi and three other defendants in the case - Asan Chapukh, Kazin Ametov and Ruslan Trubach were detained on November 23, 2017. Before the arrest, they decided to help the veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement Vejiya Kashka, whose granddaughter’s husband, a Turkish citizen, according to investigators, borrowed, and according to the family, stole a large sum of money. Bekir Degermenci and other activists met with this man several times and tried to convince him to return the stolen property.\n\nOn November 23, 2017, the day he was supposed to hand over money to Vejiya Kashka, they were detained and accused of extortion.\n\nOn November 24, 2017, the accused were sent to a pre-trial detention center. Degermendzhi is asthmatic, disabled group 3. Three weeks later, Degermendzhi was taken to intensive care in extremely serious condition; he was in a coma for three days. At one of the court hearings, Degermendzhi was in a cell wearing an oxygen mask.\n\nOn January 24, 2019, Degermendzhi and other defendants in the case were transferred to house arrest.\n\nOn April 17, he was sentenced to three years probation. Shortly before the verdict, the court recovered from Yusuf Aitan the money that the defendants in the “Vedjie Kashka case” allegedly extorted from him.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers","Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2021-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":509,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 163 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 163 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"\"The case of Vejiye Kashka\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"extorted a large sum of money from Yusuf Aitan, a Turkish national.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.11.2017 to 24.01.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• house arrest: from 24.01.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2019, Sentence: Three years of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of three years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of three years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-06-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/06/18/zalozhniki-neobyavlennoy-voyny#case-9\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recADkfa01gvecv4E"},{"persecution_id":"recxaQsr2qR9ZiX5L","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"rec5iszpq1wAWcitg","name_en":"Rustem Iamaliev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnz7yjJlVS3nPKH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnz7yjJlVS3nPKH.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A esident of Kazan. On March 14th, 2017, Rustem was detained after a search and then taken into custody on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Islamist \"Hizb-ut-Tahrir\" party. On March 13th, 2019, he was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime penal colony. On April 2nd, 2020, he was placed in solitary confinement immediately upon his arrival at the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":728,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 150 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1","150"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 4, Article 150"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, inclined others, including minors, to engage in terrorist activities","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.03.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.04.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2019, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year and 8 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year and 8 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-03-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/03/d36579/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-03-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-pyateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchennoy-hizb-ut-tahrir-2017\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 12-03-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9158/kazanskoe-delo-pjateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhennoj-hizb-ut-tahrir-2017\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recxaQsr2qR9ZiX5L"},{"persecution_id":"recCttjFURcXwn4fC","last_updated":"2025-11-20T12:41:24.000Z","person_id":"recjsfr6aeEFhjOQA","name_en":"Abdukahor Muminjanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZ1eL8AUvDgI1Fn.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZ1eL8AUvDgI1Fn.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kazan. On 14 March 2017, detained after a search. The law enforcers handcuffed the children in the house, and Muminjanov's eldest son was beaten. Muminjanov was arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is not related to terrorism. He has been diagnosed with hypertension, epilepsy, heart, joint and vision problems.\n\nOn 8 January 2018, a charge of calling for terrorist activity was added.\n\nOn 5 February 2020, sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony. Despite health problems, the Mordovian IK-17 does not exempt him from work and inspections.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1057,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":151,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in organising activities of a \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" cell, and in September 2013 gave a speech at the Sultan mosque, calling to join \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" or \"at least make dua\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 15.03.2017 to 06.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 23.02.2021 to 23.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 23.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.11.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2024 to 01.11.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Moldova\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.02.2020, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9433/kazanskoe-delo-10-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhennoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-10-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchennoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-03-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/03/d36579/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recCttjFURcXwn4fC"},{"persecution_id":"recfj9JSnqcZ4tONG","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recA2mi5JW1zwPBJj","name_en":"Dennis Ole Christensen","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Denmark"],"story_en":"He was detained on 25 May 2017, then arrested on charges of organising the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community in Orel, which is banned as an extremist organisation. On 6 February 2019, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 23 July 2020, the court replaced the unserved part of the sentence with a fine of 400 thousand rubles. However, already after that, Christensen was placed in the colony’s punishment cell. On 4 September, the court of appeals overturned the decision to replace part of the sentence with a fine. On 26 October, the court of first instance again refused to replace the unserved part of the sentence with a fine and decided to keep Christensen in the colony.\n\nOn 24 May 2022, Christensen was released, after which he was deported to Denmark.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2017-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":621,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orel"],"case_name_en":"The Dennis Christensen case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orel","persecution_location_en":"Deported","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.05.2017 to 26.05.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Oryol Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Kursk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 24.05.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Kursk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.02.2019, Sentence: six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2019-02-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-02-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 04-02-2019\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://eurasia.amnesty.org/2019/02/05/datskij-svidetel-iegovy-dennis-kris\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-07-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/kristensen-dennis-ole\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-05-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/05/d37159/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 06-08-2017\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/227286.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recfj9JSnqcZ4tONG"},{"persecution_id":"recpR5p9g94fxrk00","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"recBd6PItNF08p0IO","name_en":"Shokhista Karimova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0X6Nhe3tZnkD6a.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0X6Nhe3tZnkD6a.jpeg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Uzbekistan"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. Detained on 6 April 2017 during a search. Karimova claims that explosives were planted on her. She was taken into custody on charges of involvement in the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro on 3 April 2017, as human rights activists believe, without grounds. Later, according to Karimova, people came to her in the pre-trial detention centre posing as operatives and demanding that she admit that the explosives were not planted, but were given to her by another defendant in the case, promising that in this case she would be released.\n\nOn 10 December 2019, she was sentenced to 20 years in a general regime colony. On 6 August 2021, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by one month.\n\nOn 26 July 2023, it became known that Karimova went on hunger strike due to the fact that her account in the colony was being unreasonably debited and the administration refused to give her glasses, without which she cannot work, and shoes.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":977,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 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Signed a covenant not to leave the country. On 11 March 2019, sentenced to two years in a penal colony. Released in January 2021.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2017-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":614,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg Region","persecution_case_profile_en":"was a member of a cell of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2030-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.03.2019 to 31.05.2019\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 11.03.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 28.01.2021\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.05.2019\n• Unknown: from 29.01.2021 to 28.01.2022\n• Unknown: from 29.01.2022 to 28.01.2030\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.03.2019, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40752/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-02-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10579/orenburgskoe-delo-zapreshhjonnoj-tabligi-dzhamaat\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-02-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/orenburgskoe-delo-zapreshchyonnoy-tabligi-dzhamaat\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recFrCti8kHSlwd5R"},{"persecution_id":"recMkveFIim6WRmfE","last_updated":"2025-09-17T06:54:04.000Z","person_id":"recld0oLE9i3b3DDs","name_en":"Altynbek Abdymanap","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attTafghPGjWdnpN5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attTafghPGjWdnpN5.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"Detained and arrested in March 2017 on charges of being involved in the Hizb ut-Tahrir party, which was recognized as a terrorist organisation by the Russian authorities recognised. In September, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On December 12th, he was sentenced to 10 years in a strict-regime penal colony. On the 1t of March, 2018, the sentence was cancelled due to the fact that the judge, who returned the case to the prosecutor's office, participated in hearings after the second filing of the case with the court. On April 2nd, he was again sentenced to 10 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":258,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The fourth Moscow case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The Fourth Moscow Case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the 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In June, a case of incitement to religious hatred was opened, and on the initiative of the investigation an article on offence to the feelings of believers was added. On 6 December, Telegina was sentenced to two years suspended sentence. 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Charged with hooliganism - it was alleged that he threw a firecracker. On the next day he was taken on personal recognizance. Four days after the action, the OMON fighter wrote a statement in which he indicated that he fell and injured his left arm after an unknown person pushed him in the back. On 29 June, the court decided to take him into custody. Iskakov was charged with three episodes of violence against a representative of the authorities. Later, hooliganism and one of the violent episodes were excluded from the case. Iskakov initially did not admit guilt, but then admitted to two episodes of violence and agreed to a special trial. 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On 6 April 2011, detained on charges of involvement in an extremist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, released under recognizance not to leave. In February 2012, he was given a suspended sentence.\n\nIn February 2017, he was detained and later arrested in a case of involvement in a terrorist organisation, also in connection with Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 21 February 2019, sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.\n\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":742,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":106,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The third case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the party cell in Ufa, organised and led by an unidentified person, from February 2015 to 20 April 2017: attended illegal meetings, agitated other Muslims to join the party, studied and stored banned literature, and observed conspiracy measures","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.02.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody:  to 18.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.02.2019, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment in strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2019-02-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-02-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-04-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-trinadcati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/08/d39912/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-01-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9041/ufimskoe-delo-12-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec9CSm2I2MLpxuY2"},{"persecution_id":"recU0sXIOkx2xMa6p","last_updated":"2026-04-17T21:27:18.000Z","person_id":"recEXel1X5uyAN7FS","name_en":"Kukushkin Sergei","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 27 April 2017, a case was opened on the use of violence against Senior Sergeant of patrol service Aleksandr Petrunin during the dispersal of the anti-corruption protest on March 26: allegedly, an unknown person grabbed him by the third finger of his left hand, causing physical pain. On May 15, Kukushkin was fined under the charge on participation in an unauthorized protest. On June 26, he was charged with using violence against Petrunin, dangerous to life and health: now it was a question of pushing Petrunin in the chest and twisting his hand, which led to a closed fracture of the finger. Kukushkin pleaded guilty and agreed to a special order of proceeding. On July 12, the court sentenced him to three years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":75,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"He is not your Dimon\" 26.03.2017","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319","Part 2, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of 26 March"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Kukushkin's case of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally \"Antidimon\", 26 March 2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the participant of the rally on 26 March 2017 in Vladivostok grabbed a policeman by \"the third finger of his left hand, causing the latter physical pain\" (later it was said that the finger was fractured). The verdict states that due to the fractured finger, the senior sergeant was incapacitated for three weeks.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.07.2017, Sentence: three years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"three years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-07-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-07-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 16-07-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/07/17/tri-goda-uslovno-za-palec-eshche-odin-osuzhdennyy-za-protesty-protiv-dimona\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recU0sXIOkx2xMa6p"},{"persecution_id":"recAhakWzFsMreIDU","last_updated":"2025-12-13T10:20:41.000Z","person_id":"recEaF8sFeCNVTpHy","name_en":"Gennady Limeshko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attbXNqWDFzKtw9vf.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attbXNqWDFzKtw9vf.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Since November 2015, he served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine - first in the Aratta battalion and later in the Right Sector assault company. In May 2017, Limeshko was discharged for inaptitude because of \"repeated violation of army discipline\". According to his mother, after his dismissal he moved to Mariupol, but after 9 August he stopped getting in touch with his family. On that very day, Limeshko arrived in Crimea, and, according to the Ukrainian Border Service, he did not have any prohibited items with him.\n\nBy August 12, Limeshko was already arrested on charges of \"carrying out acts of sabotage\" in Crimea, where, according to the investigation, he was supposed to destroy a power line and to arrange a rockslide to block the Sudak-Novy Svet highway. The FSB published a video of the detention, where a man was lying on the ground with a bag of TNT pellets and an anti-personnel grenade next to him.\n\nLater, the FSB published fragments of Limeshko's interrogation, in which he said that he was preparing sabotage on the instructions of the SBU officers and for a reward from them.\n\nRimma Ryzhkova, Limeshko's mother, is sure that these confessions were made under pressure and torture: \"After the detention, his nose was broken and there were abrasions on his cheek, and on this video a fool can see that everything is masqued with cream, only his eye is black.\n\nLimeshko was officially charged under articles on illegal possession of weapons and explosives, as well as manufacturing explosives.\n\nThe case was considered using a special procedure, without questioning witnesses and examining evidence, as Limeshko made a deal with the investigation and admitted his guilt. The hearing lasted no more than an hour.\n\nThe defendant was defended by an appointed defence lawyer who had joined the litigation three days before the verdict.\n\nOn May 10, 2018, the court sentenced Limeshko to eight years in a general regime colony.\n\nSince the summer of 2023, the colony staff began to put pressure on Limeshko. On August 26, he was informed that he would be transferred to a strict detention unit before the end of his sentence because he allegedly incited Russian citizens to fight on the side of Ukraine. Representatives of the FSB visited Limeshko in the colony and questioned him about his links with the SBU.\n\nIn February 2025, after the end of his sentence, Limeshko was taken to the Centre for Temporary Detention of Foreign Citizens. Later he was taken away from there, and since March 13, 2025, there has been no contact with him.\n\nIn July 2025, Limeshko was placed on the Rosfinmonitoring's list of extremists and terrorists. Soon, the law enforcement-affiliated telegram channel Say No to Extremism reported that Limeshko was convicted on charges of calls to extremism because of posts on social media in which he allegedly called for violence on ethnic grounds. The man was sentenced to two years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sudak"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2025-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":268,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","222.1","223.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 222","Part 2, Article 222.1","Part 2, Article 223.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Gennady Limeshko","persecution_case_profile_en":"acting intentionally and for selfish reasons, in order to obtain an unspecified amount of money, he voluntarily agreed to participate in the implementation of a criminal plan developed by a Ukrainian citizen who held a senior position in the Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Kherson region. Being aware of the technologies of manufacturing explosive devices, he assumed obligations for its manufacture and the commission of explosions with its use aimed at damaging, up to their destruction, transport infrastructure and life support facilities in the territory of the Republic of Crimea. Continuing criminal activity with a citizen of Ukraine, in compliance with the instructions of the latter, having entered on August 09, 2017 from the territory of Ukraine into the territory of the Republic of Crimea, on August 10, 2017 arrived at the site located at the specified address, where he extracted incendiary from a criminal case against which a separate investigation was conducted in connection with the search for a cache. A ZTP-50 tube with a mechanical igniter, which is an ammunition (explosive device), as well as two type 200 explosive TNT sticks., They are high explosives — 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene with a total mass of 390.2 grams, which are explosives that were transferred from the specified place to the dwelling at his place of temporary residence. No later than August 12, 2017, under circumstances unknown by the investigation, guided by technologies and instructions for the manufacture of explosive devices, he created a charge of increased mass by combining industrial-made TNT sticks of type 200 into one charge using a polymer adhesive tape of the «scotch» type. In order to ignite the charge of an improvised explosive device, he made a firing socket in the form of a blind hole in his design, into which he installed an incendiary tube ZTP-50 with a mechanical igniter, thereby illegally manufacturing an explosive device. On August 12, 2017, having with him the improvised explosive device he had made, he moved it from his home at his place of temporary residence to a site located near the 2nd km of the R-29 highway with the message «G. Sudak — village. Novy Svet» of the Sudak city district of the Republic of Crimea, in order to install an explosive device and subsequently undermine the support of an overhead fiber-optic communication line","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.08.2017 to 08.08.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2018 to 22.09.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2018 to 01.01.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol Territory\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.01.2023 to 01.10.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol Territory\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023 to 19.02.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol Territory\"\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.05.2018, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2018-05-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-05-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-07-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/limeshko-gennadiy-gennadievich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recAhakWzFsMreIDU"},{"persecution_id":"recQ2hOYkEtiMrc40","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:55:43.000Z","person_id":"recaNhPtKTZxIpkVp","name_en":"Sagit Ismagilov","birth_year":1953,"birth_date":"1953-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":72,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In February 2017, the flat of Sagit Ismagilov, an activist of the Bashkir national movement, and the office of the Bashkort organization were searched and system units and books with religious content were seized. Ismagilov was accused of incitement to hatred for a publication on the VKontakte social network.\nOn 18 October he was sentenced to a fine of 320,000 rubles. On 21 December, the Supreme Court of the Republic confirmed the sentence but reduced the fine to 100 thousand. On 7 February 2019, the verdict was cancelled.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2019-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":246,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sagit Ismagilov","persecution_case_profile_en":"publication on the VKontakte social network of a text signed as \"Ishbuldy Әbәlilbash\" and dedicated to the closure of the Institute of Humanitarian Studies in Ufa, which was engaged in researching the history of Bashkir clans, and the opening of a branch of the Shigabutdin Marjani Tatar Institute there. Shigabutdin Marjani: the author of the text accused the Tatars in harsh terms of the collapse of Bashkir culture; the text was accompanied by a photograph of a page from a book with an extract from the poem \"Light of Hearts\" belonging to the 16th-century poet Mukhamedyar; the fragment of the poem contains invectives against the Golden Horde Tatars","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.10.2017, Sentence: a fine of 320 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 320 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2017-10-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-10-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-07-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/07/d37446/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recQ2hOYkEtiMrc40"},{"persecution_id":"recStIPl4BEJZY1qa","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recj7xtPfjeJpJoN4","name_en":"Ali Azhiyev","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"In November 2017 detained and arrested in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation.\nOn 13 July 2018 he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":240,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat"],"case_name_en":"The second Moscow Tablighi Jamaat case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the Tablighi Jamaat cell in Moscow","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.11.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.07.2018, Sentence: Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-11-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/11/d38289/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recStIPl4BEJZY1qa"},{"persecution_id":"reckt0F4w0HvcBxeC","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recI5DmVLnd1jFYge","name_en":"Konstantin Dorokhin","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On July 6th 2017, detained alongside with 18 other people on suspicion of continuing the activities of an extremist organisation. Signed a recognisance not to abscond the country. On March 11ер 2019, sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony. 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He has portal hypertension - a syndrome of increased pressure in the venous trunk entering the liver.\n\nAccording to his parents, on 24 August 2017, Hryb went to Gomel to meet a girl, a resident of Sochi, whom he met on social networks, after which he disappeared. Hryb himself says that the FSB officers detained him on the territory of Belarus after a brief date with the girl and took him to Russia. According to the official version, Grib was detained in the Smolensk region, at the railway station in the town of Yartsevo. The parents found out where their son was only two weeks after his disappearance.\n\nGrib was accused of proposing to a Sochi resident to detonate a bomb at a school assembly. He was charged under the article on facilitation of terrorist activity.\n\nParents believe that the reason for Grib's persecution was his aggressive statements against Russia on social networks. A girl from Sochi, Tatiana, whom Hryb met on social networks, told reporters that she was forced to meet him in Belarus by the FSB officers. She was prosecuted under the same article as Hryb, but they promised to close the case in exchange for help in obtaining information about the young man.\n\nFor many months, his parents were not allowed to see their son, as well as no transmissions and letters reached him. Consuls and a lawyer were allowed to see him only three times in nine months. According to the defence lawyer, since his arrest, Hryb has not received the necessary medication and Ukrainian doctors have not been allowed to visit him.\n\nIn July 2018, it became known about the transfer of the case to the court. On 23 July, the court returned Hryb's case to the Prosecutor's office for elimination of violations. On 16 November, the consideration of the case on the merits began. On 22 March 2019, Grib was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. On the same day he went on hunger strike due to the lack of medical care. On 7 September 2019, he was pardoned and released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for groups of people released by Ukraine, arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2017-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":573,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Pavel Grib case","persecution_case_profile_en":"suggested to a Sochi resident to detonate a bomb at a school assembly","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• in custody:  to 29.08.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2019 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.03.2019, Sentence: six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 14-01-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/06/18/zalozhniki-neobyavlennoy-voyny#prisoner-57\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recxMk0BLl0xjxkjw"},{"persecution_id":"recWOsRICCXDYDZko","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recY5qaTXZo7j6vEk","name_en":"Ruslan Gabidullin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attjh14sLID4wJAvM.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attjh14sLID4wJAvM.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kazan. On 14 March 2017, detained after a search and then arrested on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism.\n\nOn 25 December, a charge of incitement to hatred was added, and on 8 January 2018, a charge of calling for terrorist activity was added.\n\nOn 5 February 2020, sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1057,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":151,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal 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Mamayev was taken into custody. According to his relatives, during the search and detention, law enforcement officers planted stencils with extremist inscriptions and spray paint cans on him and prevented him from contacting a lawyer.\n\nIn October 2018, it was reported that Mamayev was charged with possession of ammunition and explosives, participation in a terrorist community and justification of terrorism. In April 2020, it became known that all these charges against Mamayev were dropped and he was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist community.  On April 17, he was sentenced to six years in a penal colony, half a year of restriction of freedom and a four year ban on administering websites.\n\nHe was released on May 26, 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2017-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1055,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":150,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","280","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 1, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the BVRR (the Baltic Vanguard of the Russian Resistance)","persecution_case_profile_en":"He actively participated in BARS (the Baltic Vanguard of the Russian Resistance) as a spiritual mentor.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.05.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 26.05.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2020, Sentence: Six years imprisonment in a general regime colony, six months restriction of liberty, four years deprivation of the right to administer websites.","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years imprisonment in a general regime colony, six months restriction of liberty, four years deprivation of the right to administer websites.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2020-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 21-01-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-bars\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 28-01-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/233832.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recH49Kco4geMUqZj"},{"persecution_id":"recq4O77XrDgl3m6d","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"rec5dSFE5PxJJXH9H","name_en":"Marlen Asanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzuEEaZlrOjQwWo.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzuEEaZlrOjQwWo.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"On 11 October 2017, he was detained after a search, charged with organising the activities of a cell of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. On 12 October, he was arrested. In February 2019, he was also accused of preparing for a violent seizure of power.\n\nOn 16 September 2020, he was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1070,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":152,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, 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06.10.2020 to 22.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 26.04.2022 to 06.05.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 12.10.2017 to 12.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 17.09.2019 to 06.10.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\" "],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\" \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.10.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.05.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ryazan region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\" ","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.09.2020, Sentence: 19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty 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In November 2017, it became known that a case on calls to extremism was opened against Mulyukov in connection with his speech at the rally against corruption on 12 June, organised by Navalny's headquarters. In February 2019, he was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.\n\nIn September 2021, it became known that a case was opened against Mulyukov for participation in the activities of an extremist community in connection with the activities of various structures of Alexei Navalny. A press release from the Investigative Committee named Mulyukov as a member of Navalny's HQ, although he had no connection to its structures; it also mentioned his speech in Ufa on 12 June 2017, which was the reason for the previous criminal case. On 9 November 2021, Mulyukov's home was searched. The next day, he was interrogated, and his signature on recognizance not to leave was taken. Later it became known that Mulyukov is under house arrest. Then there was information that a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen against him. On 15 March 2023, Mulyukov was again placed under house arrest due to missing a court hearing - on that day he was undergoing dialysis. On 23 March, Mulyukov was again replaced house arrest with a ban on certain actions.\n\nOn 14 June 2023, Mulyukov was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. He did not appear at the announcement of the verdict. On 7 November 2023, after the appeal court left the sentence unchanged, Mulyukov was taken into custody in the courtroom.\n\nOn 13 November 2023, Mulyukov's lawyer submitted a petition to the Leninsky District Court for the immediate release of his client from serving his sentence due to his serious illness requiring regular hemodialysis.\nAccording to the lawyer, his illness is included in the list of diseases approved by a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation that prevent serving a sentence.\n\nMulyukov stated in court that his condition, despite the fact that he is taken to hemodialysis procedures, is worsening in the colony.\n\nOn 12 November 2024, the court decided to release Mulyukov for health reasons.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2021-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":453,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","participation in mass event"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"Demand answers\" 12.06.2017","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of 12 June"],"case_name_en":"Case of Rustem Mulyukov on calls to extremism in connection with his speech at a rally on 12 June 2017 in Ufa","case_number":"1-25/2019(1-460/2018;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, speaking at a rally on 12 June 2017, called for extremist activity","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.02.2019, Sentence: two years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-02-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-02-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-09-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnymi-eshhyo-troih-storonnikov-alekseya-navalnogo-obvinyonnyh-po-delu-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recQBhvrjmOTIsmHP"},{"persecution_id":"recITeCcohXfqSGee","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recAjOm5PbSRE8UXk","name_en":"Ilnar Zyalilov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attIqO8Pyv0N9r9GD.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attIqO8Pyv0N9r9GD.jpeg"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kazan. Since 2007, he has been brought to criminal and administrative responsibility concerning his involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir. In 2009, he was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in a case in which Article 278 of the Criminal Code (Forcible seizure of power) was first applied against alleged members of Hizb ut-Tahrir. In 2015, he was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred or enmity) for disseminating Hizb ut-Tahrir ideas on the Internet. In 2014, he was fined 2,000 rubles under part 1 of article 20.3 of the Administrative Code (demonstration of symbols of a banned organisation) for placing flags and stickers with the shahada (a symbol of the Islamic faith in Arabic) on his car.\n\nOn 14 March 2017, he was detained after a search and then arrested on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, again for alleged involvement with Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism.\n\nTo these charges, a charge of incitement to hatred was added on 25 December, and a charge of calling for terrorist activity was added on 8 January 2018.\n\nOn 5 February 2020, he was sentenced to 22 years in a special regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1057,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":151,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1","205.1","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organizing the activities of a cell, held secret meetings, collected membership fees, publicly called for terrorist activities, and incited hatred by republishing statements by Ali Charinsky regarding the unjust designation of 'Hizb ut-Tahrir' as a terrorist organization and the unfounded fabrication of criminal cases.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 15.03.2017 to 06.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.02.2020, Sentence: 22 years' imprisonment in a special security penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (special regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"22 years' imprisonment in a special security penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":264,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9433/kazanskoe-delo-10-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhennoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-03-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/03/d36579/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-10-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchennoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recITeCcohXfqSGee"},{"persecution_id":"rec254ECNBwKLVVdi","last_updated":"2026-02-25T23:24:31.000Z","person_id":"recM1NRGg0PbVRtEK","name_en":"Konstancia Esaulkova","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sent under house arrest in June 2017 on charges of illegal entrepreneurship, as well as leading an extremist community and humiliating human dignity. Later released on her own recognizance. 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He gave a confession, agreed to a special consideration of the case, as he expected a suspended sentence. At the same time, he told the lawyer that he was only protecting an elderly man, whom they were trying to detain. On 18 May, the court sentenced him to eight months in an open prison.\nOn 1 December Kuliy was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":43,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"He is not your Dimon\" 26.03.2017","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of 26 March","The case of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally \"Antidimon\" on 26 March 2017"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yury Kuliya on the use of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally \"Antidimon\" on 26 March 2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during an anti-corruption rally on 26 March 2017, he grabbed \"the hand in the shoulder area\" of the National Guard officer Dmitry Gavryutin, which caused him pain.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.04.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 4 UFSIN of Russia in Ryazan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.12.2017, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 4 UFSIN of Russia in Ryazan region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.05.2017, Sentence: eight months' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"eight months' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":8,"first_verdict_date":"2017-05-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-05-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-06-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/kuliy-yuriy-evgenevich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 12-06-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/225775.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recPKAKdvUM3noT9x"},{"persecution_id":"recmID8doFLvbnhIa","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"receSGel5IPVju1Op","name_en":"Dmitry Myakshin","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 14 June 2017, detained after a search, at that time he was a minor. Accused of using violence against a police officer during the dispersal of the action on 12 June. Signed a covenant not to leave the country. At the end of September the trial began. The victim claimed that Myakshin hit him in the upper lip with his right fist. One of the police officers who testified in court stated that Myakshin was arrested after he showed the police officers a \"fuck\". The defence claimed that Myakshin fell on the police officer during the detention. On 2 July 2018, Myakshin was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2020-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":382,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"Demand answers\" 12.06.2017","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of 12 June"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Myakshin's case of violence against police officers at an anti-corruption rally in St. Petersburg on 12 June 2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, a 17-year-old participant in the protest on June 12, 2017, in St. Petersburg, knocked out a tooth of a traffic police inspector. According to the defense, Myakshin accidentally fell on the injured party.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 15.06.2017 to 12.07.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.07.2018, Sentence: Two years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of two years• First instance court on the merits, 16.01.2019, Sentence: 1 year 8 months of imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 8 months of imprisonment","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-01-16T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 10-01-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/trebuem-otvetov-akcii-12-iyunya-2017-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recmID8doFLvbnhIa"},{"persecution_id":"rec8D2MbSW0NxCa7b","last_updated":"2023-11-08T20:18:02.000Z","person_id":"recMIFQQgKve26jbj","name_en":"Alexander Shumkov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Alexander Shumkov, a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a Ukrainian citizen from the city of Kherson, is accused of committing a crime under part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activity of an extremist organisation) for allegedly being a member of the \"Right Sector\", which is banned in Russia. It is known that Shumkov participated in the Maidan events, worked as a security guard for \"Right Sector\" leader Dmitry Yarosh in 2014, after which he joined the AFU, and, according to his relatives, was not a member of this organisation at the time of his detention. Shumkov's mother claims that he disappeared on 17 August 2017. According to the defence version, the car in which Shumkov was travelling was attacked not far from the Russian-Ukrainian border, and he was taken to Russian territory in an unconscious state.\nShumkov was officially detained and placed in custody on 6 September 2017. In May 2018, he went on hunger strike in solidarity with convicted film director Oleg Sentsov. On 4 December, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2017-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":453,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Shumkov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Alexander Shumkov is accused of participating in the activity of an extremist organisation due to his alleged membership in the \"Right Sector\" which is banned in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 31.01.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Bryansk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 09.04.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.12.2018, Sentence: four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2018-12-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-12-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-05-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8352/shumkov-aleksandr-sergeevich\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-03-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/shumkov-aleksandr-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec8D2MbSW0NxCa7b"},{"persecution_id":"rec8lEzOLRH98or3m","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recnnkbDI6ZFE3Nwt","name_en":"Alexandr Shudobaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atteYRybXSKnz4s9T.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atteYRybXSKnz4s9T.jpg"],"birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Orenburg region. He was convicted of hooliganism and drug possession. On 10 May 2012, while he was serving a sentence for drug possession, a case was opened against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. During searches, religious literature was seized from Shudobayev, some of which turned out to be banned. On 22 March 2013, Shudobaev was sentenced to a fine of 200 thousand rubles.\n\nOn 6 July 2017, Shudobaev was detained along with 18 other people on suspicion of continuing the activities of an extremist organisation. He was ordered to sign a travel restriction document. On 11 March 2019, Shudobaev was sentenced to six and a half years in a strict regime colony. The appeal court added two years to his sentence and a three-year ban on administrative-economic and organizational-administrative work in religious organisations and activities related to the organisation of public associations of religious orientation. The cassation appeal was denied.\n\nIn September 2025, Shudobaev was released from prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2017-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":615,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg Region","persecution_case_profile_en":"Shudobaev induced new adherents to join the organisation, conducted religious rites specific to the organisation, including in the course of his missionary activities.","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2035-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 11.03.2019\n• in custody: from 11.03.2019 to 31.05.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 10.09.2025\n• Unknown: from 11.09.2025 to 10.09.2027\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.05.2019\n• Unknown: from 11.09.2027 to 10.09.2035\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.03.2019, Sentence: 6 years and 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years and 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-11T12:08:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-11T12:08:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-02-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/orenburgskoe-delo-zapreshchyonnoy-tabligi-dzhamaat\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40752/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-02-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10579/orenburgskoe-delo-zapreshhjonnoj-tabligi-dzhamaat\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec8lEzOLRH98or3m"},{"persecution_id":"rec35EqzoBrJLh2yr","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:48:43.000Z","person_id":"rec9t7qFL7xVKtiD4","name_en":"Dmitry Borisov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On June 8, 2017, he was detained following a search, and on June 9, he was arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer during the dispersal of a rally on March 26, 2017. 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In September, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 12 December, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony. On 1 March, the sentence was cancelled due to the fact that the judge who returned the case to the prosecutor's office participated in hearings after the second filing of the case in the court. 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Signed a recognizance not to leave. On 11 March 2019, Satubaldin was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. 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Was sentenced on 18 April 2018.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":295,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Khotamjon Irgashev case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.06.2017 to 26.06.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.06.2018\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.04.2018","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-04-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-04-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-06-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/06/d37362/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recViiynqpBgZ7zmu"},{"persecution_id":"recK36XK0Xy2TYIjF","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recJKNncL0yTZKHpF","name_en":"Viacheslav Semakin","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 6 July 2017, Semakin was detained together with 18 other people on suspicion of continuing the activities of an extremist organization. Signed a recognisance bond not to leave the country. On 11 March 2019, sentenced to two years in a penal colony. Released in January 2021.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2017-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":614,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg Region","persecution_case_profile_en":"was a member of an extremist organization cell","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2030-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 11.03.2019\n• in custody: from 11.03.2019 to 31.05.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 28.01.2021\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.05.2019\n• Unknown: from 29.01.2021 to 28.01.2022\n• Unknown: from 29.01.2022 to 28.01.2030\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.03.2019, Sentence: two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40752/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-02-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/orenburgskoe-delo-zapreshchyonnoy-tabligi-dzhamaat\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-02-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10579/orenburgskoe-delo-zapreshhjonnoj-tabligi-dzhamaat\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recK36XK0Xy2TYIjF"},{"persecution_id":"recqgLH4ph8YxhIuC","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recniiDMrRKzihkY5","name_en":"Ulugbek Yusupov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 28 June 2017. On 7 December 2018, the Orekhovo-Zuyevsky City Court of Moscow Region found Yusupov guilty of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation (part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to two years in a general regime colony with restriction of freedom for a six-month period.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orekhovo-Zuyevo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2019-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":526,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in the Moscow region"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, with which the court agreed, he was engaged in promoting the ideology of Tablighi Jamaat among Muslims in Moscow and the Moscow region.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 21.02.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 22.02.2019 to 21.08.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.12.2018, Sentence: 2 years 2 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 2 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":26,"first_verdict_date":"2018-12-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-12-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-12-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/12/d40383/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recqgLH4ph8YxhIuC"},{"persecution_id":"recc8GI2aRreEILcl","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recqBGZ8pF0kxWz2e","name_en":"Ashurali Magomedeminov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On August 24, 2017, it became known that Magomedeminov was wanted on suspicion of recruiting people into an extremist organisation","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pyatigorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2017-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ashurali Magomedeminov","persecution_case_profile_en":"in a rented flat in the city of Pyatigorsk, dressed in religious clothing, displayed and quoted extremist literature to those renting accommodation with him with the aim of involving them in an international religious extremist organisation banned in the territory of the Russian Federation; and held conspiratorial meetings to recruit them","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-08-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/08/d37743/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recc8GI2aRreEILcl"},{"persecution_id":"recD9HWmwCkKlvGlF","last_updated":"2025-10-12T23:46:05.000Z","person_id":"recffoLt0VoHl0bkN","name_en":"Galina Shurinova","birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Arrested in June 2017 on charges of illegal entrepreneurship, as well as leading an extremist community and humiliation of human dignity. In late July, she was transferred under house arrest after an ambulance had to be called for her in court. She was later released on a recognisance not to leave. On 24 August 2023, she was sentenced to a fine of 1,300,000 rubles but the punishment was waived. 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However, the judge ignored these statements, Masharipov said. In his statement, he wrote that now (meaning in autumn 2017), \"FSB officers threaten reprisals and placement in a psychiatric hospital for life because under Article 51, I refused to give my testimony due to torture.\"\nOn 13 November 2018, the Yalta City Court sentenced Masharipov to four years of general regime colony and a fine of 110,000 rubles. The Court of Appeal left the judgement unchanged, apart from minor details in the text, but in the Court of Cassation, Masharipov managed to get the case returned to the court of first instance.\nOn 3 March 2020, the court ordered that Masharipov be sent to a psychiatric hospital. On 25 June, the Court of Appeal overturned the decision. On 1 March 2021, the Cassation Court sent the case for review. 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Accused of using violence against a government official - according to the investigation, Galyashkin sprayed gas in the face of a riot policeman. On 16 June he was placed under house arrest. At the trial, which began in October, Galyashkin pleaded guilty. On 1 March 2018, he was sentenced to a year of suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2020-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":261,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"Demand answers\" 12.06.2017","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of 12 June"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Galyashkin's case of violence against police officers at an anti-corruption rally in Moscow on 12 June 2017","case_number":"01-0017/2018(01-0362/2017)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, at the action on 12 June 2017, sprayed gas from a pepper spray at a soldier of the Rosgvardnaya Guardia","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.06.2017 to 16.06.2017\n• house arrest: from 16.06.2017 to 09.03.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.03.2018, Sentence: One year of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of one year","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of one year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-02-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-02-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 11-01-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/trebuem-otvetov-akcii-12-iyunya-2017-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recrZDL4NMgvg0vob"},{"persecution_id":"reclPlsZvt3ETRukb","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:36:16.000Z","person_id":"recMwwGAPiWFUElbq","name_en":"Bakhrom Ergashev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att8JPVVgmZs6SCBZ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att8JPVVgmZs6SCBZ.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. Detained on 6 April 2017. He was taken into custody on charges of involvement in the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro on 3 April 2017, as human rights activists believe, without grounds. First held in a pre-trial detention centre in St. Petersburg, then transferred to Moscow, in April 2019 he, like the other defendants, was taken to St. Petersburg.\n\nOn 10 December, he was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony. On 6 August 2021, the court of appeal reduced the term by a month.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":977,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205","205","205","223.1","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 205","Article 223.1 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of April 3 terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"Entered a terrorist community, which involved surveying the area around the house where they lived for suitable locations for a terrorist attack, looking for escape routes in case of detection by law enforcement agencies, visiting metro stations and looking for points where they could evade searches, studying the locations of suspected terrorist attacks; passing the information gathered to Akbarjon Jalilov through Mukhamadyusup Ermatov; participating in the finalisation of components of an explosive device.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2016-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody:  to 08.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 07.04.2016\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Buryatia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Buryatia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Buryatia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.12.2019, Sentence: Nineteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Nineteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":227,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-01-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-terakte-v-peterburgskom-metro-3-aprelya-2017-goda\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-02-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10657/delo-o-terakte-v-peterburgskom-metro-3-aprelja-2017-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reclPlsZvt3ETRukb"},{"persecution_id":"recdEKMNU4QRy7TNm","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recu0Uzm7g5FpFBX9","name_en":"Fanis Galliamov","birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Muslim from Bashkortostan, was convicted of involvement in the international Islamic religious movement Tablighi Jamaat (\"Propaganda of Faith\", hereinafter - TD), recognised as extremist and banned in Russia by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. According to the investigation, he organised events to \"call\" Muslims to follow the norms of Islam, agitated other Muslims to join the movement, organised and attended meetings, and studied and stored TD literature. On 14 May 2018, Galliamov was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. On 4 September 2018, the Supreme Court of Bashkortostan reclassified the charge from organising the activities of an extremist organisation to participation in such activities and reduced the prison term from 3 years to 1 year and 11 months. He was in custody from 17 March 2017 to 5 September 2018, when he was released after serving his sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":422,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of \"Tablighi Jamaat\" in Bashkortostan"],"case_name_en":"The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Bashkortostan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Organised events to \"call\" Muslims to implement Islamic norms, agitated other Muslims to join the movement, organised and attended meetings, studied and stored TJ literature","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.03.2017 to 04.09.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.09.2018 to 05.09.2018\n• Unknown: from 05.09.2018 to 04.09.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.05.2018, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 1 year's restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 1 year's restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":23,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-13,"first_verdict_date":"2018-05-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-05-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 20-09-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8793/8793\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-09-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/09/d40028/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 21-09-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recdEKMNU4QRy7TNm"},{"persecution_id":"recmnERisAXVwKyfH","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recpwBxiF6RFYAtdS","name_en":"Timur Ibragimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attXFZqpFnEyFn7S8.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attXFZqpFnEyFn7S8.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A citizen journalist for Crimean Solidarity\n\nOn 11 October 2017, Ibragimov was detained after a search, charged with participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation cell, and on 12 October he was arrested. In February 2019, he was also accused of preparing for a violent seizure of power. In March, it became known that the initial accusation was reclassified as organising the activities of a terrorist organisation.\n\nOn 16 September 2020, Ibragimov was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIbragimov has a group III disability because of visual impairment, one of his eyes was replaced with an artificial one more than 15 years ago. His vision has significantly deteriorated in prison conditions, and he constantly needs eye drops. Timur's wife has reported that he lost 27 kilograms of weight after being transferred to the Ryazan colony from the pre-trial detention centre in Bashkortostan a year ago. Additionally, Ibragimov has been diagnosed with a new condition — the gallstone disease. Ibragimov had to wait for six months to be taken to a hospital for an ultrasound scan  and examination.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1070,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":152,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases 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In April 2017, detained and then arrested in a case of involvement in a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 21 February 2019, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":673,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The third case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of the party cell in Ufa, organised and led by an unidentified person, from February 2015 to 20 April 2017: attended illegal meetings, agitated other Muslims to join the party, studied and stored banned literature, and observed conspiracy measures.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.04.2017 to 18.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Smolensk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Smolensk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Smolensk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.02.2019, Sentence: Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2019-02-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-02-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-04-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-trinadcati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-01-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9041/ufimskoe-delo-12-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/08/d39912/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recCKHUTudWlyUSaV"},{"persecution_id":"recfuUVGdx2JI9AHZ","last_updated":"2025-06-22T13:07:23.000Z","person_id":"recov23wgXGhDOQ6K","name_en":"Alexander Orshulevich","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attX5yH9a0uobFloH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attX5yH9a0uobFloH.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 30 January 2017, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Kaliningrad region sent an official warning notice to Orshulevich about the inadmissibility of carrying out extremist activities, in which it suggested that he take organisational and practical measures within two months to prevent further violations of the law on countering extremist activities. Orshulevich resigned as head of BARR and left the organisation, and the unregistered organisation made changes to its charter.\n\nOn 27 May a case of the creation of an extremist community was initiated. Orshulevich was taken into custody. According to his wife Vanda, during the search and arrest, the law enforement officers planted stencils with extremist inscriptions and spray paint cans on him and prevented him from contacting his lawyer. Orshulevich claims that after his arrest they put a polythene bag over his head and tortured him.\n\nOn 16 October Orshulevich’s lawyer Marina Bontsler was suspended from participation in the case.\n\nIn October 2018, it was reported that Orshulevich was charged with organising a terrorist community (Part 1 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code), justification of terrorism (Part 1 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code), calls for extremist activity (Part 1 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) and storage of ammunition (Part 3 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code) and explosives (Part 3 of Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code), committed by an organised group.\n\nIn April 2020, the above charges against Orshulevich were reported to have been dropped and he was again charged with organising the activities of an extremist community. On 17 April, he was sentenced to eight years in a penal colony, one year of restricted freedom and deprivation of the right to administer websites for six years.\n\nIn May 2025, Orshulevich was released.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2017-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1172,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":167,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","280","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 1, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the BVRR (the Baltic Vanguard of the Russian Resistance)","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was involved in organising the activities of an extremist community; “the goal of the extremist community he was creating was a violent seizure of power in the Kaliningrad region by committing a number of extremist crimes aimed, inter alia, at the secession of the Kaliningrad region from the Russian Federation and its independent existence within the European Union”; “he attracted Mamaev, a resident of the Kaliningrad region who knew him earlier and was aware of these goals and objectives of the organisation, to participate in the activities of the extremist community”; “he attracted Ivanov, a resident of the Kaliningrad region who was aware of the goals and objectives of the organisation, to participate in the activities of the extremist community”.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.05.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.05.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.05.2025 to 01.05.2031\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2020, Sentence: 8 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty and deprivation of the right to administer sites on the Internet for 6 years","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty and deprivation of the right to administer sites on the Internet for 6 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2020-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 28-01-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/233832.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 21-01-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-bars\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recfuUVGdx2JI9AHZ"},{"persecution_id":"rec8x1xzxsoUu2FpC","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recCYnu7QaOdDdkoJ","name_en":"Vasily Kuksov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attsCU48ytCCKko9J.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attsCU48ytCCKko9J.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-05-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on 19 October 2017. At the same time, the FSB officers searched his flat and car, where they found a gun. Kuksov claims that the weapon was planted on him. He was accused of participation in the terrorist community \"Network\" and arrested. Activists and human rights defenders consider this case to be part of a pressure campaign against anarchists.\n\nIn detention, Kuksov was infected with an open form of tuberculosis.\n\nOn 10 February 2020, he was sentenced to nine years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":843,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":120,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 1, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Network\" case"],"case_name_en":"The \"Network\" case in Penza","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the terrorist community \"Network\", kept a gun at home","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.10.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Penza Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 12.01.2022, LIU-3 in Nizhny Novgorod region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.01.2022, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2020, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-12-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/penzenskoe-delo-zapreshchyonnoy-seti\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 18-07-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-terroristicheskom-soobshchestve-set\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-12-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9750/penzenskoe-delo-zapreshhjonnoj-seti\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec8x1xzxsoUu2FpC"},{"persecution_id":"recYODkOwueB5Q1Nk","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recX4swhROyEGjv9C","name_en":"Dmitry Dzhigalov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 July 2017 a case of incitement to hatred against Bulgarians was opened. Since July 2017, he was under a recognisance not to leave. On 24 May 2018, the Sudak City Court fined him 300 thousand rubles. On 6 February, the Supreme Court of Crimea cancelled the sentence due to partial decriminalisation of Article 282 of the Criminal Code.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sudak"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2018-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":307,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Anti-Corruption Bureau activists","persecution_case_profile_en":"A video with negative remarks against Bulgarians was published on Dzhigalov's YouTube channel","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 20.07.2017 to 06.02.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.05.2018, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2018-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-01-2018\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/01/d38668/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recYODkOwueB5Q1Nk"},{"persecution_id":"rec2NAVKUf08R4JnC","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recIYmQpjkB7v2YMb","name_en":"Evgeny Vladenkov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Accused of using violence against police captain Bondarev-Sofrin during the dispersal of an anti-corruption rally on 26 March 2017 in Petrozavodsk. The victim went to the doctor on 31 March, he was diagnosed with a \"bruised nose\". Bondarev found the video on which the prosecution is basing its case on the internet. Of the four prosecution witnesses, only one said he saw Vladenkov hit a police officer. According to the defence version, Vladenkov tried to protect another protester as force was used against him. The verdict states that one of the exhibits in the case is \"a DVD disc with a video recording of the 'He Is Not Dimon to You in Petrozavodsk - YouTube' rally\". Vladenkov claimed that he did not hit anyone, referring to the video recording. On 26 December he was sentenced to a year of suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":273,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"He is not your Dimon\" 26.03.2017","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of 26 March"],"case_name_en":"Yevgeny Vladenkov's case of violence against police officers at the Antidimon anti-corruption rally 26 March 2017","case_number":"1-675/2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"A protester on 26 March 2017 in Petrozavodsk was accused of striking a police officer at least three times in the face.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 27.03.2017 to 05.01.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.12.2017, Sentence: 1 year of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-12-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-12-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 06-12-2017\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2017/12/07/delo-26-marta-kto-eti-lyudi-i-za-chto-ih-sudyat-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec2NAVKUf08R4JnC"},{"persecution_id":"recAkBNx9ARb8wAqk","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec9QKTsh7LwwGpM0","name_en":"I. 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On 23 May 2018 sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":506,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of I. 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In 2005, he was sentenced to four years and seven months in prison for involvement with Hizb ut-Tahrir on charges of promoting terrorism and participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Afterwards, the charge of promoting terrorism was removed from the sentence and the term was reduced to one year.\n\nOn 14 March 2017, he was detained after a search and subsequently arrested on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation, once again for alleged involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism.\n\nOn 25 December a charge of incitement to hatred was added, and on 8 January 2018 a charge of calling for terrorist activity was added.\n\nOn 5 February 2020, he was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime  penal colony.\n\nIn 2023, it became known that a new criminal case was opened against Gataullin: public justification of terrorism and incitement to terrorist activity. On 15 May 2024, a verdict was reached, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1057,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":151,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in organizing activities of a cell, held secret gatherings, collected membership fees, publicly called for terrorist activities by republishing the text \"On the recent Tahrir al-Sham rally\", a video with the text \"We declare...\" from the Facebook community \"Syria - the revolution of blessed Sham\" and a material with a link to the website hizb-russia.com with the title \"Refugees die of hunger and cold\" and the quote: \"Muslim armies and their commanders should realise that silence and obedience to the rulers in abandoning their brotherly people will not save them from the wrath promised by Almighty Allah for those who obeyed unjust rulers\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 23.02.2021 to 31.05.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 15.03.2017 to 06.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody:  to 23.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.05.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.02.2020, Sentence: Nineteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Nineteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":228,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-10-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchennoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9433/kazanskoe-delo-10-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhennoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-03-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/03/d36579/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recNhvxOGBzMuDx2m"},{"persecution_id":"recGVcuSDKVXzJdmB","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recflKJYjioWL9vrS","name_en":"Dmitry Litvin","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On April 8, 2017, in Irkutsk, searches were conducted with the participation of the SOBR unit and employees of the \"E\" Centre (Anti-extremism centre). After that, nine people were detained: Dmitry Litvin, anarchist Igor Martynenko, his girlfriend and mother, freelance correspondent for the \"Rain\" TV channel Valeria Altareva, as well as several activists from the \"Network of Solidarity\" initiative.\n\nLater, it became known that a criminal case was initiated against Litvin for insulting the feelings of believers (Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code) due to the publication of a photo \"f**k\" against the background of a church on VKontakte. The other detainees were questioned as witnesses in this case. On April 2, 2018, Litvin announced that the case had been transferred to court.\n\nOn September 30, 2019, he was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":904,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":129,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 148 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 148 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of the middle finger photo in the background of a church","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2015-2016, Dmitry Litvin posted a photo on the social network \"VKontakte\" where he displayed his middle finger in front of a church","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.09.2019, Sentence: 100 hours of compulsory labour; release from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"100 hours of compulsory labour; release from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-09-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-09-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-04-2018\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/04/d39121/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recGVcuSDKVXzJdmB"},{"persecution_id":"recb1hIg1pZpVm6ZP","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:13:38.000Z","person_id":"recqVWKROraKKAHnG","name_en":"Asan Chapukh","birth_year":1953,"birth_date":"1953-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":72,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Asan Chapukh and three other defendants in the case - Bekir Degermendzhi, Kazin Ametov and Ruslan Trubach were detained on 23 November 2017. Before the arrest, he decided to help the veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement Vejiya Kashk, from whom the husband of his granddaughter, a Turkish citizen, according to the version of the investigation, borrowed, and according to the family - stole a large sum of money. Bekir Degermendzhi and other activists met with this man several times and tried to persuade him to return the stolen money.\n\nOn 24 November 2017, the defendants were sent to pre-trial detention.In October 2018, Chapukh was transferred to house arrest.\n\nOn 17 April, he was sentenced to three and a half years suspended sentence. Shortly before the verdict, the court recovered from Yusuf Aitan the money allegedly extorted from him by the defendants in the \"Vejiye Kashk case\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2023-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":509,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 163 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 222 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 163 (unknown part)","Article 222 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"\"The case of Vejiye Kashka\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"extorted a large sum of money from Yusuf Aitan, a Turkish national.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.11.2017 to 01.10.2018\n• house arrest: from 01.10.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2019, Sentence: Three years six months' conditional deprivation of liberty with a probationary period of three years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years six months' conditional deprivation of liberty with a probationary period of three years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-06-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/06/18/zalozhniki-neobyavlennoy-voyny#case-9\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recb1hIg1pZpVm6ZP"},{"persecution_id":"rec80xxzcQHUo4Fws","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recB2USwa3ftYeIBk","name_en":"Mukhamedali Saidov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"He was detained on 28 June 2017. On 7 December 2018 the Orekhovo-Zuyevsky City Court of Moscow Region found Saidov guilty of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation (part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to two years and two months in a general regime colony with a following restriction of freedom for a six-month period. In February 2019 he was released from prison. In April 2019 his Russian citizenship was terminated, his passport was confiscated in May, and he was forced to leave the country in September. In October 2019 Saidov was banned from entering the Russian Federation for 10 years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orekhovo-Zuyevo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":526,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in the Moscow region"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution's version, with which the court agreed, he was promoting the ideology of Tablighi Jamaat among Muslims in Moscow and the Moscow region.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 21.02.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 22.02.2019 to 21.08.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.12.2018, Sentence: 2 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":26,"first_verdict_date":"2018-12-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-12-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-12-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/12/d40383/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec80xxzcQHUo4Fws"},{"persecution_id":"recGGeMw8vGyEAcxB","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recbxilUQJgbAQEKW","name_en":"Rifat Habibullin","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"On 6 July 2017, detained together with 18 other people on suspicion of continuing the activities of an extremist organisation. Signed a recognisance not to abscond. On 11 March 2019, sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony. Released in 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2017-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":614,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg Region","persecution_case_profile_en":"was a member of a cell of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2030-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.03.2019 to 31.05.2019\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 11.03.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2021\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.05.2019\n• Unknown: from 01.01.2021 to 01.01.2022\n• Unknown: from 01.01.2022 to 01.01.2030\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.03.2019, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40752/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-02-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10579/orenburgskoe-delo-zapreshhjonnoj-tabligi-dzhamaat\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-02-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/orenburgskoe-delo-zapreshchyonnoy-tabligi-dzhamaat\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recGGeMw8vGyEAcxB"},{"persecution_id":"recpKwzdUMWoUKmf1","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recshIvA7ugCvTK11","name_en":"Andrey Chernov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attRFJcEt4jxCOk9i.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attRFJcEt4jxCOk9i.png"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Andrey Chernov was detained in Penza in November 2017, with no one knowing of his whereabouts for two days after his arrest. Chernov was accused of participation in the terrorist community Network and arrested. He was put under pressure - they said that his brother would also be sent to a pre-trial detention centre if Chernov did not sign all the requested documents. He signed a confession after talking to another defendant in the case, Dmitriy Pchelintsev, who, according to his own words, was brutally tortured. Chernov later retracted his confession.\n\nOn 10 February 2020, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn September 2023, Chernov was sent to a punishment cell, immediately after his parents, with whom he had a long visit, complained about problems with telephone communication in the colony. Chernov spent 38 days in the punishment cell, after which he was transferred to strict detention conditions.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":826,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":118,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) D Part 4,  Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","228.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 4, Article 228.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Network\" case"],"case_name_en":"The \"Network\" case in Penza","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the Network terrorist community; planned to sell drugs on a large scale","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.11.2017 to 17.11.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Penza Oblast\n• in custody: from 17.11.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• punishment cell: from 05.09.2023 to 01.10.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• Unknown: from 01.10.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2020, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-12-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/penzenskoe-delo-zapreshchyonnoy-seti\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-12-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9750/penzenskoe-delo-zapreshhjonnoj-seti\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 18-07-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-terroristicheskom-soobshchestve-set\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recpKwzdUMWoUKmf1"},{"persecution_id":"recoO6KI03S7RLENZ","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recSKE2t9U6ybmUUw","name_en":"Kanat Krushenov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 11th April 2013, he was sentenced to a fine of 50 thousand rubles.\n\nOn 6th July 2017 he was detained together with 18 other people on suspicion of continuing the activities of an extremist organisation. Signed a covenant not to leave the country. On 11th March 2019, sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony. Released in 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Housewives and househusbands "],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2017-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":614,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg Region","persecution_case_profile_en":"Was a member of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative 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While being under a recognisance not to leave the country, on 13 October, he was taken into custody after leaving his place of residence to attend to personal matters. On 24 May 2018, the Sudak city court fined him 50 thousand rubles. On 6 February, the Supreme Court of Crimea reversed the sentence due to partial decriminalisation of Article 282 of the Criminal Code.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sudak"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":307,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Anti-Corruption Bureau activists","persecution_case_profile_en":"Spoke negatively about Bulgarians, including making references to their deportation from Crimea","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 20.07.2017 to 13.10.2017\n• in custody: from 13.10.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.05.2018, Sentence: a fine of 50 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 50 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2018-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-01-2018\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/01/d38668/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recoYMrVzvZrEU23H"},{"persecution_id":"recgzawrQdY7gSe8e","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:52:00.000Z","person_id":"recXqjzFTatOxTdVM","name_en":"Albert Gurdjian","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 10 February 2017, he was arrested and charged with incitement to hatred against representatives of the judiciary. He was also charged with justification of terrorism, illegal acquisition of special technical means intended for the covert acquisition of information, and illegal acquisition and storage of weapons. During the investigation, an expert examination revealed \"signs of mental disorder\" in Gyurdzhiyan. In June 2017, he was transferred to a psychiatric hospital. On 21 September, the court ruled to send him to compulsory treatment. On 23 December, Gyurdzhiyan escaped from the hospital, but on 25 December he was back there again.\n\nOn 18 April 2019, the charge of incitement to hatred was removed from the case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2017-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":223,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 138.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","222","138.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 222","Article 138.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Albert Gurdjian","persecution_case_profile_en":"humiliated the dignity of a group of persons on the grounds of belonging to a social group identified by the type of official activity (employees of the judicial bodies of the Russian Federation - officials who decide cases in court) and of a federal judge as a representative of this group; posted a link to a video on his social network page, in which experts found \"public justification of terrorism and calls for terrorist activity\"; illegally purchased two technical means on the Internet intended for covert obtaining of information and a 9mm flare gun (non-monetary purposes; and made an unlawful purchase of a video clip of a federal judge).","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.02.2017 to 05.07.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 05.06.2017 to 23.12.2017, Psychiatric Hospital No. 1 of Nizhny Novgorod\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 25.12.2017\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.09.2017, Sentence: compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-09-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-09-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 21-12-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/gyurdzhiyan-albert-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recgzawrQdY7gSe8e"},{"persecution_id":"recPl8RCXjJ8w5u4a","last_updated":"2025-03-13T09:05:01.000Z","person_id":"rec9VfAijJFEYEfhn","name_en":"Krystyna Golik","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Blagoveshchensk resident. In October 2017, a listening device was installed in Golik's house. This became known after a search that took place in July 2018. In July 2021, Golik was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation because of her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters. Golik undertook a recognisance not to leave the country.\nOn 6 December 2024, Golik was sentenced to two and a half years of forced labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2612,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":373,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Blagoveshchensk"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Blagoveshchensk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 27.07.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.03.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-06T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/08/d44657/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recPl8RCXjJ8w5u4a"},{"persecution_id":"recO879UkWo4LNbBL","last_updated":"2025-11-20T15:15:02.000Z","person_id":"rec8DlhSiai6kURtP","name_en":"Bulat Rakhmanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attX3cZ22Wdg3yKFh.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attX3cZ22Wdg3yKFh.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ufa. In April 2017, detained and then arrested in a case of involvement in a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, unrelated to terrorism. On 21 February 2019, he was sentenced to 16 years in strict regime colony. On 18 October, the Supreme Court reclassified the charge from participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation to organising activities and added three months to the term.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":673,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Ufa 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Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.08.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ryazan region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.11.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• Unknown: , Federal 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On 27 March 2019, sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Baymak"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":658,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":94,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Sibai"],"case_name_en":"The case of Shavkat Alsynbayev and Ainur Sagadeev","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of a cell of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.06.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2019, Sentence: Seventeen years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, one year of restricted liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Seventeen years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, one year of restricted liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-08-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/08/d37614/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-08-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/sibayskoe-delo-troih-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recoVp7cZpUDIyklI"},{"persecution_id":"recCmD3mRdcEXWahZ","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recGq5khICQEZyiJj","name_en":"Tulegen Akbatyrov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"On 6 July 2017, he was detained along with 18 others on suspicion of continuing the activities of an extremist organisation. He was released on his own recognizance pending trial. On 11 March 2019, he was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. He was released in January 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2017-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":614,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Orenburg Region","persecution_case_profile_en":"was a member of a cell of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.03.2019 to 31.05.2019\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 11.03.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 28.01.2021\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.05.2019\n• Unknown: from 29.01.2021 to 28.01.2022\n• Unknown: from 29.01.2022 to 28.01.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.03.2019, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-02-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/orenburgskoe-delo-zapreshchyonnoy-tabligi-dzhamaat\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-02-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10579/orenburgskoe-delo-zapreshhjonnoj-tabligi-dzhamaat\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40752/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recCmD3mRdcEXWahZ"},{"persecution_id":"recJuiDxKTnR82q4o","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:40:36.000Z","person_id":"rec4SIO1irXw927Ze","name_en":"Nikolai Sentsov","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Nikolai Sentsov was detained on 27 September 2017. The next day he was charged under part 2 of article 282.1 of the criminal code (\"Participation in an extremist community for the purpose of committing crimes\"). On 29 September 2017, Vladimir Elzesser,  judge of the Central District Court of Kaliningrad, elected a preventive measure against Nikolay Sentsov in the form of detention until 27 November 2017. On 25 November 2017 and 25 January 2018, the preventive measure was extended twice, in total until 27 March 2018.\nOn 13 March 2018, Sentsov suffered a stroke in the pre-trial detention centre. The man was hopitalized. The FSIN officials did not inform either the family or the lawyer. The incident became known only after Sentsov's lawyer tried to visit the prisoner.\n\nIn October 2018, it was reported that Sentsov was charged with possession of ammunition and explosives, as well as participation in a terrorist community. In April 2020, it became known that Sentsov was charged only with possession of ammunition and explosives, and the charge was reclassified from the more serious part of possession by an organised group to a lighter one. On 17 April, he was sentenced to three years in prison and released in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2017-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":932,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":133,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222","Part 1, Article 222.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the BVRR (the Baltic Vanguard of the Russian Resistance)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Stored firearms, ammunition and explosives, which were planned to be used for a violent seizure of power in the Kaliningrad region","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.09.2017 to 17.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2020, Sentence: Three years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, to release in the courtroom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, to release in the courtroom","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2020-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-02-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/234750.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-02-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/obvinyaemyy-po-delu-baltiyskogo-avangarda-russkogo-soprotivleniya-bars-nikolay-sencov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recJuiDxKTnR82q4o"},{"persecution_id":"recTbohnb7oQUHGqp","last_updated":"2025-08-22T18:08:38.000Z","person_id":"reckolYpgPesljzHe","name_en":"Ural Abdrakhimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttwqIJPnbx0t82S.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttwqIJPnbx0t82S.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ufa. In February 2017, detained and then arrested in a case of involvement in a terrorist organisation with alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. On 21 February 2019, he was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":742,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":106,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The third case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the local cell of the party in Ufa, organised and led by an unidentified person, from February 2015 to 20 April 2017: attended illegal meetings, agitated other Muslims to join the party, studied and stored banned literature, and complied with conspiracy measures","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.02.2017 to 18.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\"\n• Unknown: \n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.02.2019, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2019-02-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-02-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-01-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9041/ufimskoe-delo-12-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-04-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-trinadcati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/08/d39912/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recTbohnb7oQUHGqp"},{"persecution_id":"rec2XhR3Yk7ozjLpQ","last_updated":"2025-08-31T07:36:09.000Z","person_id":"recQuu66dqZubbUR4","name_en":"Memet Belyalov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attKSS5bh4l37wvQE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attKSS5bh4l37wvQE.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 11 October 2017, he was detained following a search and charged with participation in the activities of a cell of a terrorist organisation. He was placed under arrest on 12 October.\nIn February 2019, he was additionally charged with preparing to violently seize power. In March, it became known that the initial charge had been reclassified as organising the activities of a terrorist organisation.\n\nOn 16 September 2020, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1070,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":152,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal 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Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 26.04.2022 to 06.05.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 17.09.2019 to 06.10.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 22.12.2020 to 26.04.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 06.10.2020 to 22.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 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http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/10/d38035/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec2XhR3Yk7ozjLpQ"},{"persecution_id":"recHQilBqRURQks0H","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:40:36.000Z","person_id":"recsir03QXxITZqZR","name_en":"Rakhmiddin Kamolov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atto7Hb2pMMpeSXwB.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atto7Hb2pMMpeSXwB.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Uzbekistan"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow, activist of the Society of Political Emigrants of Central Asia and Yerdam, a human rights organization assisting refugees from Central Asia. Detained on March 21, 2017, on suspicion of organizing activities of a terrorist organization. On December 18, sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn June 2018, after arroving at Penal Colony 6 in the Tver region, Kamolov was repeatedly placed in solitary confinement, as well as in cell-type premises and single cell-type rooms. In mid-2019, he was transferred to Penal Colony 7 where he was similarly placed a single cell-type room.  Later he was sent back to Penal Colony 6 and promptly sent to a treatment and correctional facility. In February 2020, Kamolov returned to Penal Colony 6 and immediately sent to solitary confinement and then to cell-type premises.\n\nOn December 12, 2023, the court decided to transfer Kamolov to prison.\n\nOn October 15, 2024, Kamolov's only son, eight-year-old Khalid, died after being hit by a car.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":271,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases 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On 24 November 2017, she was detained, with the St. Petersburg FSSB initially reporting that Bespalova was the leader of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell, but later it was reported that Bespalova was a member of the cell. Bespalova was taken into custody.\n\nOn 18 July 2018, the Moscow District Military Court, based on the Leningrad District Military Court, sentenced Bespalova to five years in a general regime colony.\n\nIn April 2020, Bespalova was released on parole.","persecution_occupation_en":["NGO employees"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":236,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alla Bespalova","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in St. Petersburg","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.11.2017 to 03.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.07.2018, Sentence: Sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-18T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-11-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/11/d38346/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recPdgTcsJNV406IN"},{"persecution_id":"recdy0681fRO3DaX0","last_updated":"2024-07-24T13:08:03.000Z","person_id":"rec5SRh0TeSmX1fpm","name_en":"Egor Zorin","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 17 October 2017, Egor Zorin was detained, accused of participation in the terrorist group \"Network\" and arrested. Zorin testified against other defendants in the case. On 18 December, Zorin was transferred from the pre-trial detention centre to house arrest. On 4 September 2018, the prosecution against Zorin under the article on the activities of a terrorist community was terminated. On 22 November, he was sentenced to three years of probation in the drug possession case.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2021-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":400,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 2,  Article 228 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.4 (unknown part)","Part 2, Article 228"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Network\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Egor Zorin","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the terrorist community \"Network\"; possession of drugs on a large scale","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.10.2017 to 18.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Penza Oblast\n• house arrest: from 18.12.2017 to 04.09.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.11.2018, Sentence: three years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"three years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-11-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-11-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 18-07-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-terroristicheskom-soobshchestve-set\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-11-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-antifashistov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recdy0681fRO3DaX0"},{"persecution_id":"reczRjBMl8SOVgkLP","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"reczyoB129B3NQ5V9","name_en":"Ernes Ametov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attvepcjI6c8cTXzL.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attvepcjI6c8cTXzL.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"On 11 October 2017 he was detained after a search, charged with participation in the activities of a cell of a terrorist organisation, and arrested on 12 October. In February 2019, he was also charged with preparation for violent seizure of power.\n\n16 September 2020 acquitted by the court and released. On 15 March 2022, the court of appeal reversed the decision and sent Ametov's case for review. On 12 May, Ametov was again taken into custody. On 29 December, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1904,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":272,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Bakhchisarai case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"Ernes Ametov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir party cell","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2022 to 30.11.2023\n• in custody: from 01.09.2019 to 01.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 01.09.2019 to 01.09.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 12.10.2017 to 01.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.11.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.12.2022, Sentence: Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-08-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-priznal-politzaklyuchyonnymi-11-krymchan-presleduemyh-za-uchastie-v-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-10-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/10/d38035/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-02-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9879/bahchisarajskoe-delo-vosmeryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reczRjBMl8SOVgkLP"},{"persecution_id":"rectctEecztQqQgKo","last_updated":"2026-02-07T22:00:25.000Z","person_id":"recyYgUubL5kdUpra","name_en":"Samandar Gadoev","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-01-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"A case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation was opened. In January 2018, the case was transferred to court. On 21 February, he was sentenced to a year of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":415,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Samandar Gadoev case","persecution_case_profile_en":"In 2015, in Barnaul, in the premises of a Central Asian cafe owned by Urmonjon Idrisov, then convicted in 2017 under a similar article, he held conspiratorial religious meetings with residents of Altai Region, during which he inculcated in them \"the fundamental foundations and provisions of the international religious extremist organisation Tablighi Jamaat\", based, \"among other things, on the provisions of literature on the Federal List of Extremist Materials\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.02.2018, Sentence: One year's deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year's deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2018-02-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-02-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-01-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/02/d38756/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rectctEecztQqQgKo"},{"persecution_id":"recluEhE1vW9jqc4J","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:15:06.000Z","person_id":"rectE0RmKFWzgBE9F","name_en":"Azamjon Makhmudov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att95oQQRGrSKAo3O.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att95oQQRGrSKAo3O.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-11-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Uzbekistan"],"story_en":"Azamjon was detained on 6 April 2017.One of the detainees, who was charged in the same case, said that he saw Makhmudov beaten.  Azamjon was taken into custody on charges of involvement in the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro on 3 April 2017, as human rights activists believe, without good reason. At first Azamjon was kept in a St. Petersburg detention center, then he was transferred to Moscow, and in April 2019 Azamjon, like the other defendants, was taken to St. Petersburg.\n\nOn 10 December 2019, he was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime colony. On 6 August 2021, the Court of Appeal reduced the term by a month.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":977,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205","205","205","223.1","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 205","Article 223.1 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of April 3 terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"Azamjon joined a terrorist community, which involved surveying the area around the house where they lived for suitable locations for a terrorist attack, looking for escape routes in case of detection by law enforcement agencies, visiting metro stations and looking for points where they could evade searches, studying the locations of suspected terrorist attacks; passing the information gathered to Akbarjon Jalilov through Mukhamadyusup Ermatov; participating in the finalisation of components of an explosive device.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody: \n• in custody:  to 08.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaikalsky territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaikalsky territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaikalsky territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.12.2019, Sentence: Twenty years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 500,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Twenty years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 500,000 rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":239,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-01-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-terakte-v-peterburgskom-metro-3-aprelya-2017-goda\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-02-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10657/delo-o-terakte-v-peterburgskom-metro-3-aprelja-2017-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recluEhE1vW9jqc4J"},{"persecution_id":"recBqUUvZHgtkLn0Y","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recr4TfHMV3x9GHQn","name_en":"Ilgiz Shakurov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 14 May 2018, Ilgiz Shakurov, a Muslim from Bashkortostan, was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony on charges of involvement in the international Islamic religious movement Tablighi Jamaat (\"Propaganda of Faith\", hereinafter - TJ), recognised as extremist and banned in Russia by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. According to the investigation, he organised events to \"call\" Muslims to follow the norms of Islam, agitated other Muslims to join the movement, organised and attended meetings, studied and stored TJ literature. He had been in custody since 13 July 2017. On 4 September 2018, the appeal court reduced the sentence to one year and nine months. He was released on 14 September 2018.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":304,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of \"Tablighi Jamaat\" in Bashkortostan"],"case_name_en":"The second Tablighi Jamaat case in Bashkortostan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Organised events to \"call\" Muslims to implement Islamic norms, agitated other Muslims to join the movement, organised and attended meetings, studied and stored TJ literature","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.07.2017 to 04.09.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.09.2018 to 14.09.2018\n• Unknown: from 15.09.2018 to 14.09.2019\n• Unknown: from 15.09.2019 to 14.09.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.05.2018, Sentence: 2 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":21,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-6,"first_verdict_date":"2018-05-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-05-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 21-09-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-09-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/09/d40028/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-09-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/8793/8793\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recBqUUvZHgtkLn0Y"},{"persecution_id":"rec0CJt2tW3iSIgIL","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:23:06.000Z","person_id":"recErM7OLz8Blokon","name_en":"Ruslan Trubach","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ruslan Trubach and three other defendants in the case - Bekir Degermendzhi, Asan Chapukh and Kazim Ametov were detained on 23 November 2017. Before the arrest, they decided to help the veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement Vejiye Kashka, from whom the husband of her granddaughter, a Turkish citizen Yusuf Aitan, according to the investigation borrowed and according to the family stole a large sum of money. Bekir Degermendzhi and other activists met with this man several times and tried to persuade him to return the stolen money.\n\nOn 23 November 2017, on the day when he was supposed to hand over the money to Vejiye Kashka, they were detained and accused of extortion.\n\nOn 24 November 2017, the accused were sent to the remand prison. On 24 January 2019, Trubach and other defendants in the case were transferred to house arrest.\n\nOn 17 April, he was sentenced to three years of probation. Shortly before the verdict, the court recovered from Yusuf Aitan the money allegedly extorted from him by the defendants in the \"Vejiye Kashka case\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Housewives and househusbands "],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2022-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":509,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 163 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 163 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"\"The case of Vejiye Kashka\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"extorted a large sum of money from Yusuf Aitan, a Turkish citizen.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.11.2017 to 24.01.2019\n• house arrest: from 24.01.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2019, Sentence: Three years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of three years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of three years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-06-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/06/18/zalozhniki-neobyavlennoy-voyny#case-9\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec0CJt2tW3iSIgIL"},{"persecution_id":"recfcciakOjPYzBQ3","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recRkxZSIAUAakJPX","name_en":"Rakhmatull Kiroev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"He was arrested on June 28, 2017. On December 7, 2018, the Orekhovo-Zuyevo City Court of the Moscow Region found Kiroev guilty of participating in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to two years and two months in a general regime penal colony with a six-month restriction of freedom. In 2019, after his release from prison, he was stripped of his Russian citizenship and deported from the country.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orekhovo-Zuyevo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":526,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in the Moscow region"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, which the court accepted, he was engaged in promoting the ideology of Tablighi Jamaat among Muslims in Moscow and the Moscow region.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 21.02.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 22.02.2019 to 21.08.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.12.2018, Sentence: 2 years 2 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 2 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":26,"first_verdict_date":"2018-12-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-12-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-12-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/12/d40383/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recfcciakOjPYzBQ3"},{"persecution_id":"recGGrpcbN9TjOzRx","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recHD3lEqHXuLm5UH","name_en":"Zulfat Sabirzyanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attdu37cGCL41lIHa.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attdu37cGCL41lIHa.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the city Kazan. On 14 March 2017, he was detained after a search and arrested on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation in connection with his alleged involvement in the Islamist political organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is not a terrorist organisation.\n\nA charge of incitement to hatred was added on 25 December, and a charge of calling for terrorist activity was added on 8 January 2018.\n\nOn 5 February 2020, he was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1057,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":151,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell, publicly called for terrorist activities and incited hatred by publishing the following text: \"There was a \"terrorist attack\" in Boston, three people dead, and the whole world explodes. In Syria, there are 60,000 victims, and everyone is silent. Subhanallah, time to wake up! How long can injustice continue?!\"; reposting a picture by Timur Uzbekov with the caption: \"Islam is banned in Russia. And what have you done in its defence?\", and a photo with a poster saying: \"O Allah, I ask you to protect me from anxiety and sorrow, from weakness and laziness, from cowardice and avarice, and from the burden of debt and oppression\", as well as a text containing the phrase: \"Perhaps these days those who have lost loved ones, homes and property are in the most difficult situation ... no matter how many Muslims are bombed and oppressed, if there is faith, there is life and a future. No weapon can stand against thought.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 06.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 15.03.2017 to 06.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.02.2020, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-03-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/03/d36579/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-10-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchennoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9433/kazanskoe-delo-10-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhennoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recGGrpcbN9TjOzRx"},{"persecution_id":"recfHSqQ59iWdEGDQ","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recGnbBUCDy4jazio","name_en":"Vadim Khabirov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att7YYO25AHV4Yion.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att7YYO25AHV4Yion.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In December 2017, Vadim was detained and arrested in a case of involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement with the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is not related to extremism and terrorism. On 13 November 2018, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict-regime colony.\n\nIn 2006, Khabirov and three other residents of Chelyabinsk were prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation for distributing Hizb ut-Tahrir brochures. On 19 December 2007, he was given a suspended sentence.\n\nIn July 2008 he was detained on a new case of participation in the activities of a banned organisation. Together with his brother Salavat Khabirov and two other people, he was also charged with illegal acquisition and storage of ammunition and preparation to commit a terrorist act. Relatives claimed that the ammunition found during the searches had been planted. During the trial, the charge of preparation to commit a terrorist act was dropped. On 4 June 2010, Vadim Khabirov was sentenced to two years in an open jail.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2017-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":329,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth Chelyabinsk case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The fifth case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• in custody: from 05.03.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kurgan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kurgan region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kurgan region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.11.2018, Sentence: 17 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony and 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony and 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2018-11-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-11-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/05/d39335/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-06-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/chelyabinskoe-delo-4-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 20-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9440/cheljabinskoe-delo-4-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recfHSqQ59iWdEGDQ"},{"persecution_id":"recOYDHsDvsgZ38nV","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recKzVFHXqReqN7Zp","name_en":"Mikhail Toptygin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attfLWelEoA0X0oDG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attfLWelEoA0X0oDG.jpg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ufa. In April 2011, he was detained and later arrested on suspicion of involvement in an extremist organisation due to his alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with extremism and terrorism. In February 2012, he was sentenced to a year and four months in a penal colony.\n\nIn the summer of 2017, detained and then arrested in a case of involvement in a terrorist organisation, again in connection with Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 21 February 2019, sentenced to 15 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":573,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The third case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the party cell in Ufa, organised and led by an unidentified person, from February 2015 to 20 April 2017: attended illegal meetings, encouraged other Muslims to join the party, studied and stored banned literature, and abided by conspiracy measures","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.07.2017 to 18.10.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.02.2019, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2019-02-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-02-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/08/d39912/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-04-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-trinadcati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-01-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9041/ufimskoe-delo-12-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recOYDHsDvsgZ38nV"},{"persecution_id":"recup3AAP2d8maqvc","last_updated":"2024-12-10T22:52:21.000Z","person_id":"recfPfJgSLsAqNDmA","name_en":"Abror Azimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrznnsBfAZPU5pR.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrznnsBfAZPU5pR.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"According to Azimov, he was detained on 4 April 2017, while he was hitchhiking from Moscow towards Ukraine. He was told to follow the police officers to the Naro-Fominsk police station (Moscow region), but they dropped him off along the way, handcuffed him, placed a black bag over his head, and put him into another car. They took him to some kind of basement, chained him to an iron pipe, and kept him there for about two weeks. During this time, he was subjected to torture, including electric shocks, in order to force him to confess that he knew Akbarjon Jalilov, who had died in the terrorist attack at the St. Petersburg metro station on  April 3, 2017. On April 17th, according to Azimov's account, they took him back to Odintsovo Railway Station where they staged an arrest, placing a gun in his underwear. Azimov was then transferred to Lefortovo Pre-Trial Detention Center on charges of being involved in the terrorist act at St.Petersburg Metro on April 3, 2017. He was found to have burns on his left foot, bruises, and abrasions. Azimov wrote a statement about torture, but later wrote a refusal. According to his lawyer, Azimov did so under pressure from FSB officers.\n\nOn 10 December 2019, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Human rights activists suppose that the investigation was conducted at least in bad faith and with the use of violence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":979,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.1","205","205","205","223.1","222.1","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 205","Article 223.1 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of April 3 terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"wired money to Akbarjon Jalilov, discussed the details of the terrorist attack with him.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.04.2017 to 08.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 12.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\" \"Mordovian Zone\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\" \"Mordovian Zone\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\" \"Mordovian Zone\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.12.2019, Sentence: Life imprisonment in a special regime colony, a fine of 800,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (special regime)","Fine","Life imprisonment"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Life imprisonment in a special regime colony, a fine of 800,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 750 thousand roubles to 1 million roubles","verdict_fine":800000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-01-2021\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-terakte-v-peterburgskom-metro-3-aprelya-2017-goda\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-02-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10657/delo-o-terakte-v-peterburgskom-metro-3-aprelja-2017-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recup3AAP2d8maqvc"},{"persecution_id":"rec3T8Ks7hrB97jrZ","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:40:36.000Z","person_id":"recsg6KC0gZc3iFdZ","name_en":"Igor Ivanov","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 27 May 2017, a case was initiated on the creation of an extremist community. Ivanov was taken into custody. According to his relatives, during the search and detention, law enforcers planted on him stencils with extremist inscriptions and spray paint cans and prevented him from contacting a lawyer.\n\nIn October 2018, it was reported that Ivanov was charged with possession of ammunition and explosives, participation in a terrorist community and justification of terrorism. In April 2020, it became known that all these charges against Ivanov were dropped and imputed participation in the activities of an extremist community. On 17 April, he was sentenced to six years in a penal colony, restriction of freedom for six months and deprivation of the right to administer websites for four years. On 16 February 2022, the court of cassation instance reduced the sentence by two months.\n\nHe was released in March 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2017-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1055,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":150,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","280","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 1, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the BVRR (the Baltic Vanguard of the Russian Resistance)","persecution_case_profile_en":"actively participated in \"BARS\", including as Orshulevich's deputy","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.05.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.03.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2020, Sentence: 6 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, 6 months' restriction of freedom, deprivation of the right to administer sites on the Internet for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, 6 months' restriction of freedom, deprivation of the right to administer sites on the Internet for 4 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":70,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2020-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-04-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 28-01-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/233832.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 21-01-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-bars\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec3T8Ks7hrB97jrZ"},{"persecution_id":"rec0xMS50XfWxjgug","last_updated":"2025-07-24T22:26:55.000Z","person_id":"reccG2O4b3VDRnrgt","name_en":"Shafkat Alsynbaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attdDAPzSL89ugQKG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attdDAPzSL89ugQKG.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In early June 2017, detained and arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is not known to be involed in terrorist activity. On 27 March, 2019, he was sentenced to 12 years in a high security prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Baymak"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":658,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":94,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Sibai"],"case_name_en":"The case of Shavkat Alsynbayev and Ainur Sagadeev","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist cell","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.06.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2019, Sentence: Twelve years' imprisonment in a high security prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Twelve years' imprisonment in a high security prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-08-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/08/d37614/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-08-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/sibayskoe-delo-troih-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec0xMS50XfWxjgug"},{"persecution_id":"recPOC2WHT6uaZSLb","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"rechxpQSCYWGdU7s6","name_en":"Emil Shangareev","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Shangareev Emil is a resident of Almetyevsk (Republic of Tatarstan). He was detained on October 17, 2017, and formally arrested the following day on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization, due to his alleged involvement with the Islamist party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\". On April 26, 2019, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict-regime penal colony.\n\nWhile in the colony, he spent several months in a punishment cell.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Almetyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":555,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Almetyevsk \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" case"],"case_name_en":"The Almetyevsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" cell","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 24.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• in custody: from 18.10.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.11.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.04.2019, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-04-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-10-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/10/d38094/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-04-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9257/almetevskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-04-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/almetevskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recPOC2WHT6uaZSLb"},{"persecution_id":"rec2BGFVTj45CN8FJ","last_updated":"2026-03-19T17:54:55.000Z","person_id":"recC5CSCv9WVDdsG7","name_en":"Anastasia Terentyeva","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Arrested on 7 June 2017 on charges of illegal entrepreneurship, as well as management of an extremist community and humiliation of human dignity. On 19 October she was transferred to house arrest. In November 2019, it became known that Terentyeva was released, and a measure of restriction in the form of a prohibition of certain actions was imposed. On 24 August 2023, she was sentenced to a fine of 1 million 200 thousand rubles, and discharged from punishment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2026-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2271,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":324,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 171 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["171","282.1","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 171 (unknown part)","Article 282.1 (unknown part)","Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"was involved in illegal entrepreneurship -\n selling books and providing various paid services, in organizing the activities of an extremist community and in humiliating parishioners","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.06.2017 to 19.10.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• house arrest: from 19.10.2017 to 19.11.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.08.2023, Sentence: a fine of 1 million 200 thousand roubles, discharged from the execution of punishment","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 1 million 200 thousand roubles, discharged from the execution of punishment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1200000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-24T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-24T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-08-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/harassment/intervention/2017/08/d37624/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-01-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-peterburgskih-saentologov\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 21-01-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/233485.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec2BGFVTj45CN8FJ"},{"persecution_id":"recn9xH0ZmM9PQllg","last_updated":"2025-11-26T16:12:01.000Z","person_id":"recXosECXqrMVuNVK","name_en":"Akram Azimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attVPKozVjMeeX13z.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attVPKozVjMeeX13z.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Azimov claims that on 15 April 2017, he was taken out of the intensive care unit of a hospital in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, a few hours after surgery. He was put on a plane flying to Moscow. At Domodedovo airport, he was detained and brought to some basement where he was tortured and threatened with rape. Later, his brother Abror Azimov, accused in the same case, who also claimed having been tortured in an unknown basement, said that he heard his brother screaming through the wall. According to Akram Azimov, on 19 April, he was taken to a bus stop in The Greater Moscow (territories that were transferred to the Russian capital Moscow in 2012) and a bag was placed on his belt, followed by a staged detention, during which a grenade was found in the bag. Azimov was sent to a pre-trial detention centre on charges of involvement in the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro on 3 April 2017. Human rights activists believe that the investigation was conducted at least in bad faith and with the use of violence.\n\nOn 10 December 2019, he was sentenced to 28 years in a strict regime colony. On 6 August 2021, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":968,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":138,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205","205","205","223.1","222.1","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 205","Part 3, Article 205","Article 223.1 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of April 3 terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"received money for his brother Abror Azimov as compensation for transferring money to Akbarjon Jalilov","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.04.2017 to 08.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 12.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Magadan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Magadan region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Magadan region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.12.2019, Sentence: Twenty-eight years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 700,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Twenty-eight years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 700,000 roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":334,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":700000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-02-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10657/delo-o-terakte-v-peterburgskom-metro-3-aprelja-2017-goda\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-01-2021\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-terakte-v-peterburgskom-metro-3-aprelya-2017-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recn9xH0ZmM9PQllg"},{"persecution_id":"recwYxesBqWNa9zNi","last_updated":"2025-08-01T11:07:30.000Z","person_id":"recIaUS8bI0nf6V1P","name_en":"Rustem Salakhutdinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attO16GnBZAhglurg.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attO16GnBZAhglurg.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kazan. 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exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-priznal-politzaklyuchyonnymi-11-krymchan-presleduemyh-za-uchastie-v-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recSMAwteriH7A7DQ"},{"persecution_id":"rec8SaF02aIdV7l17","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec7CCHjwspisRBLP","name_en":"Vladimir Abrosimov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Abrosimov was detained on 20 June 2017 under the charges of using violence against a National Guard fighter during the dispersal of an anti-corruption rally on 12 June. At first it was reported that the fighter was stabbed, but later the Investigative Committee denied this information. Abrosimov was placed under house arrest. He pleaded guilty. On 7 July 2018, he was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2018-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":412,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"Demand answers\" 12.06.2017","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"case_group_en":["The case of 12 June"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Abrosimov's case of violence against police officers at an anti-corruption rally in St. Petersburg on 12 June 2017","case_number":"1-129/2017","persecution_case_profile_en":"Abrosimov allegedly punched a National Guardsman in the back.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 20.06.2017 to 17.08.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.08.2018, Sentence: A fine of one hundred thousand (100.000) roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of one hundred thousand (100.000) roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2018-08-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-08-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 10-01-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/trebuem-otvetov-akcii-12-iyunya-2017-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec8SaF02aIdV7l17"},{"persecution_id":"rec5F8nsTF3aWRGlR","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recJQnV0GA8tPSaWo","name_en":"Mikhail Larionov","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In 2017, a criminal case was initiated. In February 2018, it became known, that the case came to a trial. On 5 April, Mikhail Larionov was given two years of a suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Velikiye Luki"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":455,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Mikhail Larionov","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted a video on Twitch.com titled \"Disrespect to the Ukrainian People!\" in which he \"urged the public to take aggressive actions against Russians\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.04.2018, Sentence: 2 years of suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-04-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-04-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-02-2018\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/02/d38874/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec5F8nsTF3aWRGlR"},{"persecution_id":"rec7OENIdYaweY7Pm","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recIi250DjUu3jnMg","name_en":"Konstantin Ponomarev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYZNuoXYHMBzsug.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYZNuoXYHMBzsug.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Moscow resident and entrepreneur. On 27 April 2015, a criminal case was initiated against Ponomarev on charges of tax evasion. On 6 June 2017, cases were opened for knowingly false denunciation and fraud, and Ponomarev was detained. On 9 July 2019, he was sentenced to eight years in a general-regime penal colony in the case concerning false denunciation. On 9 December 2020, in the cases of tax evasion and fraud, he was sentenced, by partial aggregation of sentences, to ten years and two months.\n\nHuman rights defenders consider his prosecution to be punishment for attempting to profit from the energy supply of Crimea and a signal to entrepreneurs not to seek recovery of their funds through the courts. On 4 July 2024, due to changes in legislation, his sentence was reduced by two years. However, by that time a new case against Ponomarev — concerning the misappropriation of bank promissory notes — was already under consideration in court. In September 2025, taking into account his previous sentences, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony.\n\nThereafter, the prosecution appealed the sentence, seeking Ponomarev’s release from serving the sentence on the grounds of the expiry of the limitation period. On 23 January 2026, the court of appeal upheld the sentence but released Ponomarev from punishment. However, another case was initiated against him — for giving a bribe to a public official. His lawyer, Roman Eronov, is also a defendant in the case. According to the investigation, they participated in a bribery scheme intended to secure Ponomarev’s deployment to the war.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":762,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":108,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 306 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 3,  Article 306 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["306","306"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 306 (unknown part)","Part 3, Article 306"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Ponomarev's false denunciation case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Organised and carried out an illegal scheme to obtain prejudicial judgements in private prosecution criminal cases by filing four applications with the magistrates' court with the participation of front persons.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• in custody: \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n• in custody: from 15.06.2017 to 01.07.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Smolensk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.07.2019, Sentence: Ten years two months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Ten years two months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2019-07-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-07-08T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-03-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/ponomaryov-konstantin-anatolevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec7OENIdYaweY7Pm"},{"persecution_id":"rec2J959ZbheEGzE6","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recRxIDcnoP505wjb","name_en":"Ilgar Aliyev","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Detained and arrested in April 2017. Charged with organising the activities of a cell of an extremist organisation and involvement in its activities. On May 31, 2018, sentenced to eight years in a general regime penal colony. On December 2, 2022, the court of cassation reduced the sentence to six years, Aliev was released, after which it became clear that he had been deprived of his Russian citizenship.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izberbash"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":403,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ilgar Aliyev","persecution_case_profile_en":"Conducted classes in Izberbash, Makhachkala and Khasavyurt cities on the works of the Muslim theologian Said Nursi, involved young people in the cell's activities, and attended international conferences and forums organised by Nursi's followers.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.04.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 02.12.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.05.2018, Sentence: Eight years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, two years' restriction of freedom ","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eight years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, two years' restriction of freedom ","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-24,"first_verdict_date":"2018-05-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-05-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/08/d39877/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec2J959ZbheEGzE6"},{"persecution_id":"rectoFT78WevUd3dG","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:04:36.000Z","person_id":"recWCrXqlUCYoTW5R","name_en":"Sahib Aliyev","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Arrested in June 2017 on charges of illegal entrepreneurship, as well as leading an extremist community and humiliation of human dignity. On 14 May 2019, transferred under house arrest. Later elected a preventive measure in the form of prohibition of certain actions. On 24 August 2023, sentenced to a fine of one million rubles, released from punishment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2270,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":324,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 171 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["171","282.1","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 171 (unknown part)","Article 282.1 (unknown part)","Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"was involved in illegal entrepreneurship - selling books and providing various paid services, organising the activities of an extremist community and humiliating parishioners","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.06.2017 to 19.10.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• house arrest: from 14.05.2019\n• house arrest: from 19.10.2017 to 21.11.2017\n• in custody: from 21.11.2017 to 14.05.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• prohibition of certain actions: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.08.2023, Sentence: a fine of 1 million robles, to be exempted from the execution of the sentence","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 1 million robles, to be exempted from the execution of the sentence","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1000000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-24T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-24T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 21-01-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/233485.html\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-08-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/harassment/intervention/2017/08/d37624/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-01-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-peterburgskih-saentologov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rectoFT78WevUd3dG"},{"persecution_id":"rechoVQ1h8k2yJQqM","last_updated":"2026-02-08T10:26:57.000Z","person_id":"recNxkKs8o3qOsOID","name_en":"Arsen Kubedinov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"2 October 2017 detained after a search, accused of involvement in an extremist organisation. On 3 October, arrested. In February 2018, he was released on personal recognizance. In September 2018, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but in November it came back to the court. On 22 January 2019, Kubedinov was sentenced to two and a half years suspended prison sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2021-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":476,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea"],"case_name_en":"Tablighi Jamaat case in Crimea","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of the banned extremist organisation Tablighi Jamaat","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.10.2017 to 26.02.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• recognizance not to leave: from 26.02.2018 to 26.02.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2019, Sentence: Two years six months' deprivation of liberty suspended on probation for two years, restriction of liberty for one year","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months' deprivation of liberty suspended on probation for two years, restriction of liberty for one year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/krymskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-10-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/10/d37974/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 21-10-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9307/krymskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rechoVQ1h8k2yJQqM"},{"persecution_id":"recgYv4mtEudNG8GO","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:11:20.000Z","person_id":"recAWLPftWUEEZh4M","name_en":"Valentin Sokolov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2016, a hate speech case was opened in connection with a picture in Odnoklassniki and two Facebook videos. On 26 August, all the equipment, including an MP3 player and the children's iPhones, including those with a broken screen, were taken from the flat where Sokolv's wife and children live. They did not give a copy of the seizure report, nor did they give a copy of the court order, although they promised to. The lawyer was not allowed into the flat.\n\nIn May 2016, Sokolov was also searched. Some people, without showing any documents, went to his flat, after which they seized his computer and phone and advised him not to participate in the elections.\n\nIn July 2017, the case was terminated, but then reopened for new episodes.\n\nOn 12 January 2018, Sokolov was sentenced to one and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 28 March, the Moscow Regional Court commuted the sentence to eight months in a general regime colony.\n\nIn the colony, Sokolov was repeatedly placed in the punishment cell for minor breaches of discipline - in particular, for leaving the canteen with a piece of bread in his hand. Sokolov demanded a recalculation of his days in the colony in accordance with the new law, but the court set the date for consideration of his application for a day much later than the time when Sokolov could be released under the new rules. Sokolov went on a dry hunger strike. After that, it became known that the court hearing was postponed to an earlier date. On 8 August 2018, Sokolov was released, but the court that decided on the recalculation of the days assigned him administrative supervision for three years with a ban on attending mass events.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kolomna"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2017-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2018-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":181,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Valentin Sokolov","persecution_case_profile_en":"published images with text inciting hatred against Russians on the Odnoklassniki network, published videos on Facebook with xenophobic comments calling for, inter alia, violence against black people","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-01-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.01.2018 to 20.02.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Oryol Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Belgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 08.08.2018, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Belgorod region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.01.2018, Sentence: One year six months' deprivation of liberty in an open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year six months' deprivation of liberty in an open prison","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":8,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-10,"first_verdict_date":"2018-01-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-01-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-04-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/sokolov-valentin-aleksandrovich\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-01-2018\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/01/d38631/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recgYv4mtEudNG8GO"},{"persecution_id":"rec3fjRds8OjKfKaZ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recmOaQ7hYPCJTFOH","name_en":"Valery Bogatyrev","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Valery was detained on 21 February 2017 in a dormitory, then he was taken into custody. Charged with incitement to terrorism. On 8 February 2018, sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. Released in February 2022.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":323,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Valery Bogatyrev","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted a video on VKontakte called \"Misanthropic Division - Final Chapter\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.03.2017\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.02.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.02.2018, Sentence: Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2018-02-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-02-07T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/bogatyryov-valeriy-svyatoslavovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec3fjRds8OjKfKaZ"},{"persecution_id":"recBGl7R0n1qBSxmd","last_updated":"2024-07-26T10:57:04.000Z","person_id":"recieVgNx3lMQLXIV","name_en":"Alexander Eyvazov","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Alexander Eyvazov worked as a secretary of a court in the\nOktyabrsky District Court of St Petersburg under Judge Irina Kerro. He posted excerpts of audio recordings on YouTube,\ncontaining, what he claimed to be, dialogues with Carroe, indicating various irregularities on her part. He sent complaints on the facts of violations to the chairmen of district, city and Supreme courts, the Qualification Collegium of Judges, the FSB and the Investigative Committee, but this had no effect. On 29 December 2016, he was dismissed. Before that, he was on sick leave and did not have time to finish the minutes of the court hearing in the case of Timofey Kungurov. Nevertheless, on 30 November, Judge Kerro\ndelivered a verdict in the case in the absence of a completed and signed transcript by the secretary.\nOn 10 January 2017, Elvira Vaitekunas, deputy chairperson of the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg, accompanied by police officers, came to Eyvazov's home and persuaded him to sign the minutes of the court session, the preparation of which had been completed by another person Eyvazov refused to do so, citing the fact that he could not sign the minutes, which had not been drawn up by him, moreover, retroactively. In addition, Eyvazov was no longer an employee of the court at that time. He posted an audio recording which recorded Vaitekunas' visit. On 11 January, the head of the FSSB for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region advised him to change his place of residence.\nOn 15 February, a criminal case was opened against Eyvazov for obstruction of justice on the grounds of personal animosity towards Judge Kerro. On 13 March, Eyvazov was put on the federal wanted list. On 22 August, he was detained in Sochi by operatives of the Centre for Counteraction to Extremism of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region and taken to the State Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of St. Petersburg.\nOn 24 August, at 4 a.m. he was arrested.\n\nIn June 2017, during the appeal consideration of Timofey Kungurov's case, both the prosecution and the defence asked to cancel the verdict due to the absence of Eyvazov's signature on the protocol, but the St. Petersburg City Court did not consider this argument significant, and the verdict was left unchanged.\nOn 15 January 2017, Eyvazov was accused of slandering Judge Irina Kerro.\n\nOn 18 June, the Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg found Eyvazov guilty of obstruction of justice. He was sentenced to a year and ten months in a penal colony. 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In February 2017, detained and then arrested in a case of involvement in a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir. Gave confessions to himself and other defendants. 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Maltsev left Russia. In August, he was charged in absentia. On 10 October he was arrested in absentia and put on an international wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vyacheslav Maltsev","persecution_case_profile_en":"at a rally on 6 May 2017 called for extremist activities","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 10.10.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-07-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/racism-xenophobia/news/counteraction/2017/07/d37409/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recs2Uhd7N9Wb19FQ"},{"persecution_id":"recHCdIiCw4qpe7S1","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"rec3SCCISMpSHWYFL","name_en":"Ali Zulushev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"In November 2017, detained and arrested in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation.\nOn 13 July 2018, he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":240,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat"],"case_name_en":"The second Moscow Tablighi Jamaat case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the Tablighi Jamaat cell in Moscow","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.11.2017 to 08.11.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.05.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.07.2018, Sentence: Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-11-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/11/d38289/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recHCdIiCw4qpe7S1"},{"persecution_id":"recd1sj4437SnLyld","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recn7pvY2v7lQgFdu","name_en":"Zaripov Artur Rinatovich","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In February 2017, he was detained and then arrested on the case of involvement in a terrorist organisation. In March 2017, he entered into a pre-trial co-operation agreement with the investigation. His case was separated into another proceeding, the trial began, but currently the website of the Volga District Military Court says that Zaripov has gone into hiding.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Artur Zaripov","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the party office in Ufa, organised and led by an unidentified person, from February 2015 to 20 April 2017: attended illegal meetings, incited other Muslims to join the party, studied and stored banned literature, took conspiracy measures","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.02.2017 to 15.03.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-04-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-trinadcati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/08/d39912/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recd1sj4437SnLyld"},{"persecution_id":"recK2KWnN0WHQoBqr","last_updated":"2025-07-21T22:02:31.000Z","person_id":"recCm9TsLEDhICAD1","name_en":"Sergey Derzhipilsky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attPUMTTHoe1ggmir.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attPUMTTHoe1ggmir.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kazan. On 14 March 2017, detained after a search and then arrested on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism.\n\nOn 5 February 2020, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1058,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":151,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the organisation of the cell's activities, held secret meetings","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 06.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 15.03.2017 to 06.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.02.2020, Sentence: Sixteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sixteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9433/kazanskoe-delo-10-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhennoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-03-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/03/d36579/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-07-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-10-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchennoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recK2KWnN0WHQoBqr"},{"persecution_id":"rec96cxPeaqKLcgkX","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recke0gUdYFLBGnuH","name_en":"Denis Bakholdin","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the night of 9 March 2017, he was detained near the village of Suzemka in the Bryansk region on suspicion of violating the state border regime. On 10 March, he became a suspect for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. According to Bakholdin, after his detention, he was handcuffed to a radiator for 12 hours, beaten on the legs and head, thus trying to extract a confession that he was a member of the Right Sector. On 12 March he was arrested. On 6 April he was subjected to an outpatient psychiatric examination at the Bryansk regional psychiatric hospital. According to him, the doctors asked him questions on the merits of the criminal case. He refused to answer them, after which the experts decided that they could not make a definite conclusion about his sanity and sent Bakholdin for inpatient examination in Moscow, to the Centre of Social and Forensic Psychiatry named after Serbsky.\n\nIn mid-April, an FSB officer came to the home of Denis' mother at his place of residence in Moscow and asked her about her son. At the end of May, FSB officers searched Bakholdin's place of residence and seized the hard drive of his mother's computer; his belongings were not in the house.\n\nOn 17 August he was transferred to Moscow. After a short stay in a psychiatric hospital in Butyrka, he was transferred to the Serbsky Centre on 28 August. There, according to Bakholdin, the staff also began to ask him questions on the merits of the case, he refused to answer. Then they began to apply psychological pressure to him, and as a protest Bakholdin declared a dry hunger strike, which, according to him, lasted for 5 days.\n\nOn 6 September, he was returned to Butyrka. On 16 September he was transferred back to Bryansk. Later, Bakholdin was transferred to SIZO-2 Novozybkov and placed in a special block.\n\nIn March 2018, Bakholdin was escorted to Moscow after the case was transferred to a Moscow court. On 20 April, the court ruled to return the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 24 December 2018, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 14 August 2019, he was released from prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":654,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":93,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Denis Bakholdin","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"Being an active member of opposition to the ruling regime on the territory of the Russian Federation\", decided to join Right Sector; from 24 October 2014 to 9 March 2017, he was a member of Right Sector \"being aware of the decision of the Russian Federation Supreme Court from 17 November 2014 to declare the said organisation extremist and ban its activities on the territory of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.09.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Bryansk Oblast\n• in custody: from 12.03.2017 to 17.08.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Bryansk Oblast\n• in custody: from 31.03.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody:  to 14.03.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Bryansk Oblast\n• in custody: from 18.08.2017 to 15.09.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.06.2019 to 14.08.2019, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2018, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2018-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 22-10-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/baholdin-denis-igorevich\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-10-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/special-projects/baholdin-denis-igorevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec96cxPeaqKLcgkX"},{"persecution_id":"rec6nb5ZU9d6xhcRJ","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recmC0N2BrGgNnGvD","name_en":"Mikhail Kulkov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzyt7gSnzamprXg.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzyt7gSnzamprXg.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"An anarchist from Penza, Mikhail Kulykov, was first detained in March 2017 together with Maxim Ivankin and anti-fascist Alexey Poltavets, who later said that FSB officers tortured him after the arrest. According to Poltavets, one of the officers searched Kulykov’s backpack and then shouted, “There are drugs here!” At that moment, the detainees were not allowed to look at the officer.\n\nDuring the “interrogation” at the FSB, Kulykov took full responsibility, according to Poltavets. After two days, the young men were released under a travel restriction order.\n\nIn June 2018, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Kulykov and Ivankin for preparing to produce or distribute narcotics in large quantities (paragraph “g,” part 4, Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code, applied with part 3, Article 30 of the Criminal Code).\n\nIn July, the two young men were detained in Moscow and brought to the Penza pre-trial detention center. The court remanded them in custody.\n\nOn 10 February 2020, Kulykov was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.\n\nIn October 2023, it became known that in the colony Kulykov was receiving empty envelopes instead of letters.Mikhail Kulkov, an anarchist from Penza, was first detained in March 2017 together with Maxim Ivankin and anti-fascist Alexei Poltavets, who said that after his detention he was tortured by Federal Security Service officers. Then, according to Poltavets, one of the officers searched Kulkov's rucksack and then shouted \"There's drugs here!\". The detainees were not allowed to look in the direction of the officer at that moment.\n\nDuring the \"interrogation\" at the Federal Security Service, Kulkov took all the blame, Poltavets said. After two days, the young men were released on a personal recognisance.\n\nIn June 2018, it became known that a criminal case was opened on Kulkov and Ivankin on preparation for the production or sale of drugs in large quantities (point \"g\" part 4 of article 228.1 of the CC with the application of part 3 of article 30 of the CC).\n\nIn July two young men were detained in Moscow and brought to Penza pre-trial detention centre. The court arrested them.\n\nOn 10 February 2020 he was sentenced to 10 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nIn October 2023, it became known that Kulkov in the colony receives empty envelopes instead of letters.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1075,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":153,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) D Part 4,  Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228.1","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 228.1","Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Network\" case"],"case_name_en":"The \"Network\" case in Penza","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of the terrorist organization “Network” and planned to distribute narcotics in large quantities.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.07.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Penza Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Mari El Republic\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 19 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Mari El Republic\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 19 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Mari El Republic\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2020, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-12-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9750/penzenskoe-delo-zapreshhjonnoj-seti\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-12-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/penzenskoe-delo-zapreshchyonnoy-seti\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 09-08-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-terroristicheskom-soobshchestve-set\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec6nb5ZU9d6xhcRJ"},{"persecution_id":"recrZb3vDrxcfqH5p","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recfgLlGdTylmLcaq","name_en":"Arman Sagynbayev","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Arman Sagynbayev was detained in November 2017 in St. Petersburg and transported to Penza. He was accused of participating in the terrorist community \"Set'\" and arrested. Syganbaev said that during the investigation he was beaten and tortured by electrocution. \n\nOn February 10th, 2020, Sagynbaev was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. On November 5th, 2023, he was released. 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In March 2017, a case was opened against him in connection with publications in the Odnoklassniki social network dedicated to the Second World War, as well as other people's comments under them. In December, the investigation was completed. In February 2021, Dorogoi died. On 15 June 2023, the court dismissed the case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magadan"],"persecution_region_en":["Magadan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MAG"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1","Part 1, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Igor Dorogoi’s case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He spoke negatively of the Soviet high-ranking officers Georgiy Zhukov, Mikhail Tukhachevskiy, Alexander Marinesko, Roman Rudenko and Meliton Kantaria, approved of the crimes established by the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal and claimed that the USSR started the war in 1939.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-02-2018\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/02/d38850/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recH0CCpdskwknAEl"},{"persecution_id":"rec1fWTt9Goy5h6t2","last_updated":"2026-01-11T15:36:56.000Z","person_id":"rec0j0avFe6Fsd0DP","name_en":"Vladimir Filippov","birth_year":1943,"birth_date":"1943-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":83,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":74,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 1 July 2019, a criminal case was opened for organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 15 August, Filippov was searched, and the investigator who came said that a census was being conducted. Another search took place on 22 January 2020.\n\nThe first operational-search measures against Filippov took place on 18 August 2017 — this was an unclassified video recording of a worship service and an audio recording of a conversation about the Bible. On 19 July 2018, Filippov's home was searched, he was punched in the face, his hands were twisted behind his back, and on the same day there was a multi-hour interrogation.\n\nOn 15 March 2021, he was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Razdolnoye settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1304,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":186,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Filippov","persecution_case_profile_en":"committed active actions of an organisational nature ... in the form of convening meetings, organising religious speeches and services.... distribution of extremist literature and preaching activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 14.05.2021 to 13.05.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.03.2021, Sentence: Six years' deprivation of liberty suspended on probation for four years, restriction of liberty for one year","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years' deprivation of liberty suspended on probation for four years, restriction of liberty for one year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-03-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/04/d42269/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec1fWTt9Goy5h6t2"},{"persecution_id":"reclBO6Te8tq0IMq0","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recFUchRALxDO060H","name_en":"Rakhimzhan Aimukhamedov","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"On July 6, 2017, detained together with 18 other people on suspicion of continuing the activities of an extremist organisation. Signed a recognizance not to leave the country. On March 11, 2019, sentenced to two years in a penal colony. 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He was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Sukharev was released on his own recognizance. On 12 February 2018, the charge was filed in final form, on 27 March the case came to court, on 20 April the consideration on the merits began.\n\nOn 28 February 2019, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nIn December it became known that the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for Krasnoyarsk Krai terminated the criminal case due to lack of corpus delicti.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2019-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Evgeny Sukharev","persecution_case_profile_en":"became a follower of Said Nursi in October 2012, visited Turkey from July 2014 to March 2015 to study the theologian's legacy and brought back banned literature; during meetings held at Sukharev's home and at the homes of his friends, he quoted Nursi's writings, thereby influencing the religious feelings of those present in order to gradually change their personalities and worldviews in accordance with the ideology of \"Nurdjular\", with the aim of Islamising the population and establishing an Islamic State.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 18.12.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-04-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/04/d39654/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recsBJPJlMWWO4YC2"},{"persecution_id":"rect7R3yNUOjGqT88","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec08zWJpp9nTBB31","name_en":"Maxim Drozdov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 17 October 2017, it became known that a case of incitement to hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code) had been opened. The reason for this was a verse published by Drozdov online. The verse jokingly described how villagers burned an atheist teacher: \"...The glades have blossomed in the forest, a bird chirps in the distance. The heretic is burning with a faint crackle on the pyre\". According to the investigation, the verse incited hatred towards the \"atheists\" social group. On 24 April, the Investigative Committee decided to dismiss the case due to the absence of corpus delicti.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_ended":"2018-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Maksim Drozdov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"on his VKontakte social network page, published a poem entitled \"Heretic\" aimed at humiliating the dignity of the social group \"atheists\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-10-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/10/d38083/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rect7R3yNUOjGqT88"},{"persecution_id":"recKcIkYtWfvDonwk","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recdqCQjgmavEpXNH","name_en":"Dmitrii Pchelintsev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attjwKTyGBI2ABoOD.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attjwKTyGBI2ABoOD.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Native of Penza, anti-fascist Dmitry Pchelintsev was detained on the morning of October 27, 2017. Immediately after his detention, FSB officers conducted a search of his apartment, during which they seized his family’s personal phones and other electronic storage devices, as well as registered firearms—two hunting rifles and two non-lethal pistols. Then they moved to a car with a non-functioning alarm. As Pchelintsev’s wife, Angelina, recounted, FSB officers began searching the car and, at a moment when no one was watching, \"found\" two grenades under the rear seat. Pchelintsev claimed they had been planted on him.  \n\nPchelintsev was arrested. After several days in the pre-trial detention center (SIZO), he stated that he intended to plead guilty. Later, Pchelintsev said that FSB officers tortured him every day—hanging him upside down, applying electric shocks to different parts of his body. In February, he was forced to retract his statements about the torture. In May, Pchelintsev declared his innocence and spoke about new torture. In September, it became known that Pchelintsev had been formally charged with organizing a terrorist group. Pchelintsev reported that the investigator had offered him a plea deal—admitting guilt in exchange for a lesser charge of participating in a terrorist group. Pchelintsev refused.  \n\nIn March 2019, for unclear reasons, Pchelintsev was transferred to a facility operating as a pre-trial detention center on the grounds of Penal Colony No. 4 in the Penza region.  \n\nOn December 17, the prosecution requested that the charge of preparing to set fire to a military enlistment office be dropped. The court reflected this in the verdict.  \n\nOn February 10, 2020, Pchelintsev was sentenced to 18 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":835,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":119,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.4","Part 1, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Network\" case"],"case_name_en":"The \"Network\" case in Penza","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the organisation of the 'Network' terrorist group, kept weapons at home","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.03.2019 to 22.11.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n• in custody: from 22.11.2020\n• in custody: from 27.10.2017 to 05.03.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Penza Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 4 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 27 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 4 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2023, Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 27 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 27 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2020, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 18-07-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-terroristicheskom-soobshchestve-set\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-12-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9750/penzenskoe-delo-zapreshhjonnoj-seti\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-12-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/penzenskoe-delo-zapreshchyonnoy-seti\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recKcIkYtWfvDonwk"},{"persecution_id":"recw1VZNSCYC9jUCA","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:05:03.000Z","person_id":"recH1p8yXxI5czOEZ","name_en":"Ivan Matsitsky","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Arrested in June 2017 with accusation of illegal entrepreneurship, as well as leading an extremist community and humiliation of human dignity. In November 2019, a preventive measure in the form of a ban from certain actions was chosen. On 16 March 2021, sent to pre-trial detention centre again. 8 April 2022 sent to house arrest. 24 August 2023 sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony, released from punishment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2023-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2271,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":324,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 171 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["171","282","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 171 (unknown part)","Article 282 (unknown part)","Article 282.1 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Church of Scientology of St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"was involved in illegal entrepreneurship - selling books and providing various paid services, organising the activities of an extremist community and humiliating parishioners","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.03.2021 to 08.04.2022\n• house arrest: from 08.04.2022 to 24.08.2023\n• in custody: from 07.06.2017 to 15.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.08.2023, Sentence: 6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a colony of general regime, ban from activities in public associations and religious organisations for a period of 2 years, release from execution of the punishment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a colony of general regime, ban from activities in public associations and religious organisations for a period of 2 years, release from execution of the punishment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-24T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-24T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-01-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-peterburgskih-saentologov\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 07-08-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/harassment/intervention/2017/08/d37624/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 21-01-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/233485.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recw1VZNSCYC9jUCA"},{"persecution_id":"recZV7uF0vT9aOBWO","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:02:08.000Z","person_id":"recjuj8PUWdjZW9eH","name_en":"Alexei Mironov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In June 2017, a volunteer of Alexei Navalny's headquarters in Cheboksary was prosecuted for calls for extremist activity and incitement to ethnic hatred for publications in the social network VKontakte. A search was conducted on 17 June, hard drives, three knives and a disc with a film were taken, then Alexei was questioned by the Federal Security Service. The closed trial began on 4 September. On 18 September he was sentenced to two years and three months in a penal colony.\n\nIn August 2016, he was convicted under part 1 of article 20.3 of the Administrative Code (propaganda or public display of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols) for reposting an image with a swastika, intended to draw a parallel between Putin and Hitler. The Novocheboksarsk City Court fined him 1,500 roubles. On 22 January 2019, the case was dismissed due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 282 of the Criminal Code. He was released on 4 February.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2019-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":93,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Mironov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"publicly posted on his VKontakte page a graphic image of an identity card of a citizen's subject to military conscription with the text in English: \"God bless the USA Keep calm and f*** Russia\" and an inscription over the image: \"I officially call for .......... power\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.06.2017 to 21.11.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 8 of the Chuvashia Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2018 to 04.02.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chuvash Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2017 to 18.04.2018, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 8 of the Chuvashia Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.09.2017, Sentence: Two years three months of imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years three months of imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":27,"first_verdict_date":"2017-09-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-09-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-07-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/07/d37421/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recZV7uF0vT9aOBWO"},{"persecution_id":"recLqyVpQpM88EvPO","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"rec2xapGBIhuWHovw","name_en":"Magomed Akhimov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-01-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Akhimov was a witness in the \"Second St. Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir\". He tried to apply for political asylum in Sweden. In June 2017, Akhimov was arrested under the charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation. On 26 July 2018, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. He was released in June 2022.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2021-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":393,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third St Petersburg case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Saint Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"Allegedly Akhimov was involved in the creation of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in St. Petersburg","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.06.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 15.06.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.07.2018, Sentence: Five years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, exemption from paying a fine of 30,000 roubles due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, exemption from paying a fine of 30,000 roubles due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/peterburgskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-11-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/06/d37375/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-07-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10103/peterburgskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recLqyVpQpM88EvPO"},{"persecution_id":"recwf12VsX1jBfewU","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recjG3aRHsCZc9N0H","name_en":"Ruslan Rakhmatullin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attq4ZSzyYmOwJNRF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attq4ZSzyYmOwJNRF.jpeg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ufa. In April 2017, he was detained and then arrested in a case of involvement in a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 21 February 2019, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":673,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Ufa case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The third case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Ufa","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the party cell in Ufa, organised and led by an unidentified person, from February 2015 to 20 April 2017: attended illegal meetings, agitated other Muslims to join the party, studied and stored banned literature, and abided by conspiracy measures","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.04.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody:  to 18.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.02.2019, Sentence: Fourteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fourteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2019-02-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-02-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-01-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9041/ufimskoe-delo-12-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-04-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/ufimskoe-delo-trinadcati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/08/d39912/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recwf12VsX1jBfewU"},{"persecution_id":"recuWqUVQDIYJ8sPR","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recmR4wD8pQvdRDn3","name_en":"Ruslan Sungatov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On March 14, 2017, he was detained after a search and then arrested on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation. The reason was alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir: supporters of this party in the Russian Federation are prosecuted on terrorist charges because of exclusively religious and party activities - meetings, discussing literature, and engaging new supporters. On March 13, 2019, he was sentenced to 22 years in high security prison.\n\nIn April 2020, upon arrival to the prison, he was immediately sent to a punishment cell.\n\nIn August 2024, it became known that Sungatov was transferred from to a higher security facility. The reason was, as relayed by a person who corresponded with him, numerous \"far-fetched penalties\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":728,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 150 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1","150"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 4, Article 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Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• Unknown: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2019, Sentence: Twenty-two years' imprisonment in high security prison, two years' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Twenty-two years' imprisonment in high security prison, two years' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":264,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 12-03-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9158/kazanskoe-delo-pjateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhennoj-hizb-ut-tahrir-2017\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-03-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2017/03/d36579/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-03-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-pyateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchennoy-hizb-ut-tahrir-2017\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recuWqUVQDIYJ8sPR"},{"persecution_id":"recjPNnCDDyuWedvW","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"rec9kw9Sns999ZV0U","name_en":"Azat 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He was detained on 17 October 2017 and formally arrested the following day, accused of involvement in a terrorist organisation due to alleged ties to the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir. He was also charged with recruitment or incitement to commit a criminal offence.\n\nOn 26 April 2019, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Almetyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":555,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Almetyevsk \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" case"],"case_name_en":"The Almetyevsk case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was involved in the activities of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell and encouraged support for terrorism.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.10.2017 to 24.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 11 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.10.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 11 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 11 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.04.2019, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-04-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-04-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/almetevskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-10-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/10/d38094/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-04-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9257/almetevskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recjPNnCDDyuWedvW"},{"persecution_id":"receeNJ8yDdVgRuSp","last_updated":"2024-07-31T10:27:45.000Z","person_id":"recYeXwDFpYBaL7Vj","name_en":"Valery Bolshakov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On November 14, 2017, Bolshakov's apartment was searched. His electronics, prints and party lists of the Russian Labour Front, prints, a power of attorney in his sick mother's name, and documents related to a case of a physical assault on her in 2013 were confiscated. Bolshakov alleges that he was subjected to beatings during the search. Subsequently, he was taken for questioning at the investigative department of the Nakhimovsky district in Sevastopol. A lawyer appointed to him persuaded him to plead guilty to incitement to national hatred and calls for extremism in exchange for a suspended sentence. He was later released on recognizance not to leave.\n\nOn February 21, 2019, the charge of incitement to hatred was dropped, and it was revealed that Bolshakov faced accusations related to incitement against the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation.\n\nOn June 11, 2019, Bolshakov received a two-and-a-half-year probation sentence. On August 26, the appellate court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn October 26, 2020, he was once again sentenced to a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence.\n\nFinally, on July 15, 2024, Bolshakov was excluded from the list its blacklist of \"terrorists and extremists\", which is maintained by Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2024-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":572,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["solo picket"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Valery Bolshakov","persecution_case_profile_en":"held a solitary picket \"with a banner calling for the removal of the existing authorities\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 15.11.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.11.2020, Sentence: Two years and six months of suspended imprisonment• First instance court on the merits, 10.06.2019, Sentence: two years six months' suspended imprisonment• First instance court on the merits, 21.02.2019","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years and six months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-06-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-11-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-11-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/11/d38303/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"receeNJ8yDdVgRuSp"},{"persecution_id":"recCG8c3PJ6uNKd5U","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:02:47.000Z","person_id":"rechfLm74ll0ewHGq","name_en":"Akhmadjon Juraev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attXGnDWJB9KVKotG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attXGnDWJB9KVKotG.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"A citizen of Tajikistan, lived in Moscow. Detained on 22 June 2017, during a search in his flat electronic versions of Hizb ut-Tahrir materials were found. According to his relatives, Dzhurayev had stopped contacting them since May 2017. In addition to involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation, Dzhurayev was also accused of document forgery because, according to the investigation, he presented an operative of the Centre for Countering Extremism with a false passport in the name of a Kyrgyz citizen, and then during the interrogation said that he used it because he was wanted in Uzbekistan. Later during questioning, Dzhurayev said that he lost his Uzbek passport in 2016 and did not restore it. The investigation claimed that Dzhurayev had given Hizb ut-Tahrir materials to his flatmate. The persecuted denied this. As of the end of February 2018, the case went to court. On 4 April 2018, he was sentenced to ten years and two months in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":286,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 327 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","327"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 3, Article 327"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Akhmadjon Dzhurayev","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the terrorist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir, presented a false passport in the name of a Kyrgyz citizen to a Center for Combating Extremism officer, and then during questioning said that he had used it because he was wanted in Uzbekistan.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.06.2017 to 20.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.04.2018, Sentence: 10 years 2 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years 2 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":122,"first_verdict_date":"2018-04-04T20:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-04-04T20:50:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-02-2018\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/02/d38923/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-07-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/dzhuraev-adhamdzhon-anvarovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recCG8c3PJ6uNKd5U"},{"persecution_id":"recRvMy6fQPymu51N","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recaoDcxXW0xo7Wya","name_en":"Vyacheslav Shashmin","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 November 2017, he was detained while trying to go to the Square of Soviets in Rostov-on-Don in response to Vyacheslav Maltsev's call to stage a \"revolution\". On 6 November, arrested for five days under the article on petty hooliganism. On 9 November a case of preparation for mass riots was opened. During the interrogation in the criminal case, an appointed lawyer was present, who was not supposed to be on duty that day. Shashmin was placed under house arrest.\n\nOn 4 October 2019, he was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":697,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of preparation for mass riots in Rostov-on-Don","Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Vyacheslav Shashmin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, sharing the views of Artpodgotovka, he committed deliberate actions directly aimed at participation in mass riots; in the period from 20 October to 5 November, having the intention to participate in mass riots, having received information about the upcoming action, decided to join the group and take part in the riots; on the Square of Soviets he committed active actions on public display of propaganda materials aimed at protest activity of the persons present, gathering a crowd, as well as intending to commit provocations in relation to the following actions","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 12.11.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.10.2019, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-10-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-10-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 14-09-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/10/02/moim-licom-vytirali-botinki-kak-na-zhiteley-rostova-zaveli-delo-o-massovyh\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-11-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/shashmin-vyacheslav-vitalevich\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 11-11-2018\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://amnesty.org.ru/ru/2018-12-06-russia/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 04-12-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8934/shashmin-vjacheslav-vitalevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial","Amnesty International","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recRvMy6fQPymu51N"},{"persecution_id":"recVWLSk7hjVxkmR1","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:19:58.000Z","person_id":"recgQB8CadMNgTDeK","name_en":"Stanislav Babanov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 November 2017, he was detained while trying to leave Volgograd for Moscow by minibus. The next day, Babanov's home was searched and he was arrested for seven days under the administrative article on petty hooliganism - the report claimed that he was harassing passers-by at night and swearing. After leaving the special reception centre he was detained again and arrested for five days under the same article. On 7 December he was taken into custody on charges of preparation for participation in mass riots.\n\nOn 5 April 2019, sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":517,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\""],"case_name_en":"Case of Volgograd supporters of Vyacheslav Maltsev","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he intended to travel from Volgograd to Moscow to participate in mass riots planned for 5 November 2017","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.12.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 11.11.2017 to 16.11.2017\n• administrative detention: from 04.11.2017 to 11.11.2017\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.12.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.04.2019, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-04-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-10-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/volgogradskoe-delo-storonnikov-vyacheslava-malceva\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 07-04-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2019/04/08/marshrutka-prevratilas-v-avtozak-v-volgograde-vynesli-prigovor-za-revolyuciyu\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recVWLSk7hjVxkmR1"},{"persecution_id":"rec3AXHpZUBZrREmV","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recetWr6OmHRUjHje","name_en":"Vyacheslav Dobrynin","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 November 2017, Dobrynin's house was searched and 23 Molotov cocktails were seized. Detained on 4 November, taken into custody. In November 2018, he went on hunger strike due to constant transfer from cell to cell.\n\nMedics considered Dobrynin insane. On 24 April 2019, the court decided to send him for compulsory psychiatric treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":535,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319","318","212","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319","Part 1, Article 318","Part 1, Article 212","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Novosibirsk supporters of Vyacheslav Maltsev","case_number":"1-127/2020(1-717/2019;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was preparing to seize the building of All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company \"Novosibirsk\".","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.11.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.04.2019, Sentence: compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-04-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 04-11-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/11/05/nesostoyavshayasya-revolyuciya-chto-proizoshlo-s-presleduemymi-po-ugolovnym\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/komarov-aleksandr-yurevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec3AXHpZUBZrREmV"},{"persecution_id":"recxWk0WwKnuw4bkx","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recUPDsj54j3tIAKW","name_en":"Vladislav Mordasov","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 November 2017, two days before the planned march to Sovetov Square in Rostov-on-Don in response to Vyacheslav Maltsev's call to stage a \"revolution\", Vladislav Mordasov, one of the administrators of a Telegram chat room dedicated to the action, received a call from the police and was offered a meeting. Mordasov left home and spent the night at the home of Yan Sidorov, with whom they were preparing for the event together. On 5 November 2017, Mordasov, together with Sidorov, was detained after going out on a picket. On the same day, employees of the Centre for Counteracting Extremism questioned him - as he later reported, he was subjected to threats and violence, in connection with which he was forced to incriminate himself and his comrade Yan Sidorov, with whom he was detained together. On 6 November he was arrested for seven days under the article on organising an uncoordinated event. Later, he said that employees of the Centre \"E\" came to him in the special detention centre and demanded to give a confession. On 9 November a case of preparation for mass riots was opened. On 10 November Mordasov was taken from the special detention centre to the investigation department, and on the way he continued to be pressured by the employees of the Centre \"E\". In the investigative department the pressure and violence continued, Mordasov again gave testimony in which he incriminated himself. The interrogation was attended by a lawyer by appointment, who was not supposed to be on duty that day. On 12 November he was arrested on the criminal case.\n\nOn 4 October 2019 he was sentenced to six years and seven months in a strict regime colony. The court of appeal left the judgement unchanged. On 30 July 2020 the court of cassation reclassified the charge from attempted to preparation for organising mass riots and reduced the sentence to four years. He was released on 3 November 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":699,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of preparation for mass riots in Rostov-on-Don","Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladislav Mordasov and Yan Sidorov","case_number":"1-300/2015","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, sharing the views of \"Artpodgotovka\", committed deliberate actions directly aimed at organising mass riots; no later than 20 October 2017, with the intention to organise and participate in mass riots on the territory of Rostov-on-Don, with the aim of destabilising the political situation in the country and selecting associates to carry out \"forceful\" actions, namely mass riots in public places, accompanied by pogroms, arson, destruction of property, use of objects that pose a danger to occupants of public places, and the use of objects that pose a danger to the public.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.01.2020 to 05.01.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 12.11.2017 to 05.01.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 9 of the GUFSIN for the Rostov Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 03.11.2021, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 9 of the GUFSIN for the Rostov Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.10.2019, Sentence: Six years seven months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years seven months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-31,"first_verdict_date":"2019-10-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-10-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-09-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/mordasov-vyacheslav-evgenevich\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 11-11-2018\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://amnesty.org.ru/ru/2018-12-06-russia/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 07-10-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/8840/mordasov-vladislav-evgenevich\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 14-09-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/10/02/moim-licom-vytirali-botinki-kak-na-zhiteley-rostova-zaveli-delo-o-massovyh\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Amnesty International","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recxWk0WwKnuw4bkx"},{"persecution_id":"reczqK8gs2dSz1kgC","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"rec3SuM7ScFlPCmap","name_en":"Andriy Keptya","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 12 October 2017. According to police reports, seized bottles with incendiary mixture, with which Korny and his accomplices allegedly planned to set fire to hay, decorations and the remains of construction debris on Manezhnaya Square, which remained there after the city holiday. On the same day he was arrested under the administrative article on petty hooliganism. On 23 October a case on preparation of a terrorist act was opened. On 27 October he was taken into custody as part of the criminal case. Pleaded guilty.\n\n18 June 2020 Sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony. On 10 June 2021 the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.\n\nOn 25 August 2023, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":979,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.4","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\""],"case_name_en":"The case of the \"hay burners\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in a terrorist community, took part in the preparation of the arson of hay on Manezhnaya Square, destruction of power lines.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.10.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 25.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• Unknown: from 25.08.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.06.2020, Sentence: 5 years 10 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 10 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":70,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2020-06-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-06-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 12-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-storonnikov-vyacheslava-malceva\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reczqK8gs2dSz1kgC"},{"persecution_id":"reclnVDkGTUsHCOA3","last_updated":"2026-03-05T18:55:47.000Z","person_id":"reciad7E3CPQxAROT","name_en":"Andrey Tolkachev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attNWW2GPOipEDSaE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attNWW2GPOipEDSaE.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A terrorist association case was opened in connection with the activities of Vyacheslav Maltsev's Artpodgotovka movement and the preparation of terrorist attacks in the centre of Moscow due to his alleged involvement in a plan to set fire to hay on Manezhnaya Square. He detained in November 2017, taken into custody on 10 November. Also he accused of preparing arson attacks on administrative buildings and destroying power lines. Tolkachev is not given visits.\n\nOn 18 June 2020, he sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony. On 10 June 2021, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.\n\nIn September 2023, it became known that Tolkachev was transferred to strict detention conditions.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":951,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":135,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.4","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\""],"case_name_en":"The case of the \"hay burners\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, he participated in a terrorist community, took part in the preparation of the arson of hay on Manezhnaya Square, destruction of power lines.","persecution_location_en":"In a cell-type facility (PKT)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In cell-type premises","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.12.2017 to 12.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 10.11.2017 to 12.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 25 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Kazakhstan"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 25 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• cell-type room: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Kazakhstan\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Kazakhstan","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.06.2020, Sentence: 12 years 10 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years 10 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2020-06-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-06-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 12-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-storonnikov-vyacheslava-malceva\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reclnVDkGTUsHCOA3"},{"persecution_id":"recNNiXxiIhJuH5Dn","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rectO3asxk8R3OzS1","name_en":"Alexander Petrovsky","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 November 2017, Petrovsky was detained by the Centre E operatives. According to the investigation, the man, being the administrator of the private telegram group 'Revolution – Kaliningrad', allegedly called for the participants of the conversation to take part in protests. Special services also called Petrovsky a supporter of 'Artpodgotovka', a movement recognised as extremist. In his petition, the investigator mentioned the message 'Move out to the barricades' and the words 'Molotov cocktail'. Petrovsky's lawyer Rostislav Kulikov believes that these quotes are taken out of context – it does not follow from them that they refer to real barricades or incendiary grenades.\n\nThe case was considered in a special procedure. The accused fully admitted guilt and repented. On 21 May 2018, he was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. On 17 July 2018, the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation approved the sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Baltiysk","Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":196,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Petrovsky","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the man, being the administrator of the private Telegram group 'Revolution – Kaliningrad', allegedly called the participants of the conversation to participate in protests. The special services also called Petrovsky a supporter of Artpodgotovka, a movement recognised as extremist.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.11.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.05.2018 to 04.11.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.05.2018, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2018-05-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-05-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-01-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/petrovskiy-aleksandr-evgenevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recNNiXxiIhJuH5Dn"},{"persecution_id":"recEQNjFOfXBJhvpt","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recdG91lcNrUlu8Zt","name_en":"Vyacheslav Shatrovsky","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Vyacheslav Shatrovsky is a resident of the town of Sharya (Kostroma region), a father of three children. On 5 November 2017, when Vyacheslav Maltsev's supporters took to the streets in Moscow, he and his companion came to Novopushkinsky Square to hand his son a bag. They were approached by police officers, who began to check the men's documents and belongings.\n\nAs a result, Shatrovsky and his son were taken to the Tverskaya police station. During the detention, the policeman used a painful technique on the man, throwing him over his shoulder. Shatrovsky Sr. received an open head injury and multiple bruises to the soft tissues of the head.\n\nAt the police station Shatrovsky was accused of using violence against a representative of authority (Article 318 of the Criminal Code). On 9 November, the Tverskoy district court arrested him for two months, later his detention was extended until 5 April 2018. On 22 March, Shatrovsky's case came to the Tverskoy District Court.\n\nOn 24 May, the Tverskoy District Court sentenced Shatrovsky to three years in a general regime colony.\n\nAt the end of June, Shatrovsky was taken from the pre-trial detention centre to a colony in Kirov region, despite the fact that the appeal against the court decision had not yet been considered. That is, the man was sent to the colony even before the decision came into force.\n\nOn 20 September 2018, the appeal court reduced Shatrovsky's sentence to two years and nine months.\n\nOn 28 February 2020, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":199,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vyacheslav Shatrovsky","case_number":"01-0114/2018","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 5 November 2017, when checking documents, \"out of hooligan motives\" he hit Senior Police Sergeant Maxim Pavlov in the back of the head with his fist and seized his neck with his forearm, after which the latter was forced to use force and detain Shatrovsky.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.11.2017 to 01.07.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.07.2018 to 28.02.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.05.2018, Sentence: Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":33,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2018-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 02-02-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/news/2018/02/03/advokat-vyacheslava-shatrovskogo-ponyal-chto-yavlyaetsya-politzaklyuchennym\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-06-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8440/shatrovskij-vjacheslav-robertovich\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-05-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-schitaet-politzaklyuchennym-zhitelya-kostromskoy-oblasti-vyacheslava-shatrovskogo\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recEQNjFOfXBJhvpt"},{"persecution_id":"recqR7uV4G0xCDatP","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"recNTmOiol5WYZSTL","name_en":"Oleg Dmitriev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attESX0WtmuPqwRUz.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attESX0WtmuPqwRUz.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Almetyevsk, supporter of Vyacheslav Maltsev, In October 2017, he came to Moscow after learning that Maltsev was calling for participation in the revolution on 5 November. He was detained late in the evening of 1 November in a rented flat. According to Dmitriev, he and other detainees were held for about an hour and a half on the floor with an open balcony stripped to their waists, after which it was discovered that Molotov cocktails had been found in the flat. Dmitriev claims that they were planted. According to him, he was tortured with electric shocks in the flat and then beaten at the police station with his hands cuffed behind his back. The next day the court arrested Dmitriev for 15 days under an administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers. On 17 November, Dmitriev was taken into custody under a criminal case on participation in a terrorist community and preparation of a terrorist act. Four people were detained in the flat, but only three of them appear in the case, the fourth - Vadim Maiorov - disappeared immediately after the detainees were taken out of the flat. Shortly before his detention, Maiorov suggested the use of weapons and methods of conspiracy on 5 November, making Dmitriev and other defendants in the case consider him a provocateur.\nIn January 2019, the court granted the motion of the prosecutor's office to drop the charge of participation in a terrorist community. On 22 January, Dmitriev was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn the summer of 2019, Dmitriev broke his knee while doing physical exercises on the exercise yard of the Butyrka pre-trial detention centre. After the incident, Dmitriev was sent by ambulance to Botkin Hospital, where he was x-rayed, put in a plaster cast and recommended a rest regime.\n\nUpon his return to the pre-trial detention centre, Dmitriev was unable to obtain permission to be transferred from his cell to the hospital at the detention centre for 3 days, despite his worsening pains and his hunger strike. As a result, he was transferred to the hospital for 20 days, where doctors had to decide whether Dmitriev should undergo surgery or not.\nHowever, for some unknown reason, the colony staff ignored the issue of surgery. During his transfer from Moscow to the Sverdlovsk region, representatives of the Federal Penitentiary Service took away Dmitriev's crutches, and Dmitriev was able to get them again only in Nizhny Tagil Penal Colony No. 5. By the time of transfer to the colony Dmitriev had not been diagnosed, he was kept in quarantine for about a month and only on 6 November, he was transferred to the hospital at the Penal Colony No. 2 in Yekaterinburg.\n\nOn 1 November 2025, Dmitriev was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":446,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.4","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\""],"case_name_en":"The \"Kremlin arsonists\" case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took part in the terrorist community \"Artpodgotovka\" and participated in preparations for a terrorist act in the form of arson against the objects of state authorities of the Russian Federation and objects of critical infrastructure of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last 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Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.11.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.11.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.11.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2019, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2019-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-03-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9168/moskovskoe-delo-3-storonnikov-artpodgotovki\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 13-01-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/11/23/pochemu-malcevskaya-revolyuciya-provokaciya-organov-novye-argumenty\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-03-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-3-storonnikov-artpodgotovki\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recqR7uV4G0xCDatP"},{"persecution_id":"recDcoKBKuvzNWnVS","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recl78kl9pN707dYb","name_en":"Oleg Kostik","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 3 November 2017 while trying to leave Volgograd for Moscow by minibus. The next day, he was arrested for seven days under the administrative article on petty hooliganism. The report stated that he had been harassing passers-by at night and swearing. After leaving the special reception centre he was again detained and arrested for five days under the same article. On 7 December he was taken into custody on charges of preparation for participation in mass riots.\n\nOn 5 April 2019, sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":517,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\""],"case_name_en":"Case of Volgograd supporters of Vyacheslav Maltsev","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he intended to travel from Volgograd to Moscow to participate in mass riots planned for 5 November 2017.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.12.2017 to 24.10.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.12.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.04.2019, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-04-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-10-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/volgogradskoe-delo-storonnikov-vyacheslava-malceva\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 07-04-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2019/04/08/marshrutka-prevratilas-v-avtozak-v-volgograde-vynesli-prigovor-za-revolyuciyu\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recDcoKBKuvzNWnVS"},{"persecution_id":"rec0OXZ1NNvSeZu2R","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recdp5TTcK0rxMNax","name_en":"Iurii Kornyi ","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attPXKRKZ988v7mu6.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attPXKRKZ988v7mu6.jpg"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 12 October 2017. According to police reports, bottles containing an incendiary mixture were seized, which Kornyi and his accomplices allegedly planned to use to set fire to hay, decorations, and leftover construction debris on Manezhnaya Square, remaining there after a city festival. On the same day, he was arrested under the administrative article on petty hooliganism. On 23 October, a criminal case was opened on charges of preparing a terrorist act. On 27 October, he was placed in custody as part of the criminal case. Kornyi was denied visits and, for a long time, was not allowed to see his lawyer. From 4 July to 20 August 2018, he went on a hunger strike demanding to be transferred from \"Lefortovo\" pre-trial detention centre to a facility not under FSB control and to undergo a medical examination. For a short period, he was moved to the hospital at \"Matrosskaya Tishina\", but was later returned to \"Lefortovo\".\n\nOn 18 June 2020, he was sentenced to ten years in a strict-regime penal colony. On 10 June 2021, the appellate court reduced the sentence by two months.\n\nBy no later than January 2026, the prison administration reported that Kornyi had been released, even though more than a year and a half of his sentence remained. The reasons and details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":979,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.4","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\""],"case_name_en":"The case of the \"hay burners\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in a terrorist community and was involved in planning the arson of hay on Manezh Square and the destruction of power lines.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 15.08.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 27.10.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 15.08.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.06.2020, Sentence: 9 years 10 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years 10 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2020-06-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-06-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 12-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-storonnikov-vyacheslava-malceva\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec0OXZ1NNvSeZu2R"},{"persecution_id":"recg9YPhWYpg7PwZw","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recTmUjQFyKE1TXAF","name_en":"Dmitry Bogatov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Bogatov was detained on 6 April 2017 on suspicion of calling for mass riots (part 3 of article 212 of the Criminal Code). On 7 April, the Presnensky District Court refused to place Bogatov in a pre-trial detention centre despite the investigation's request and elected a preventive measure against him in the form of a written undertaking not to leave, due to the fact that part 3 of article 212 of the Criminal Code is considered a crime of minor gravity. However, Bogatov was not released from the court, but was again taken to the Investigative Committee, where on the night of 8 April he was reclassified to a more serious charge - calls for terrorist activity (part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code) and preparation for the organisation of mass riots (part 1 of article 212 with the use of article 30 of the Criminal Code). On 10 April the same Presnensky court arrested Bogatov for two months. The reason for the prosecution of the mathematician was the fact that aggressive messages published on the site sysadmins.ru from an account under the nickname \"Airat Bashirov\" were sent from the IP-address of Bogatov's computer. Bogatov is a principle supporter of free software distribution and the operator of the Tor network's output communication node. His IP could be randomly assigned to a user from anywhere in the world. Meduza journalists wrote to \"Airat Bashirov\" already after Bogatov's placement in custody, and he replied to them, assuring them that Bogatov had nothing to do with the published texts.\nOn 24 July 2017, Bogatov was transferred under house arrest.\nOn 31 January 2018, he was transferred on his own recognisance.\nIn May 2018, it became known that the case against Bogatov was terminated.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2018-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Protest walks 02.04.2017","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","212","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 212","Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of a publication calling for mass riots"],"case_name_en":"Dmitri Bogatov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, under a pseudonym, he posted \"materials inciting to the organisation of mass riots in the centre of Moscow\" on 2 April 2017 and a message \"in which he addressed an unlimited number of persons with the aim of inciting them to commit actions that intimidate the population and create a danger of human death, as well as the occurrence of other grave consequences\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2017-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 24.07.2017 to 31.01.2018\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 06.04.2017 to 10.04.2017, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• recognizance not to leave: from 31.01.2018 to 17.05.2018\n• in custody: from 10.04.2017 to 24.07.2017\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-05-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/news/memorial-schitaet-matematika-bogatova-politzaklyuchennym\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 31-05-2017\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/drugie-dela/225147.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recg9YPhWYpg7PwZw"},{"persecution_id":"reckTNxqyOcsLRkQo","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recghVxlSY7jEhI98","name_en":"Yan Sidorov","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 November 2017, he was detained after going to the Square of Soviets in Rostov-on-Don in response to Vyacheslav Maltsev's call to stage a \"revolution\". On the same day, he was interviewed by officers of the Centre for Countering Extremism - as he later reported, he was subjected to threats and violence, in connection with which he was forced to incriminate himself and his comrade Vladislav Mordasov, with whom he was detained together. On 6 November he was arrested for seven days under the article on organising an uncoordinated event. Later, he said that employees of the Centre \"E\" came to him in the special detention centre and demanded to give a confession. On 9 November a case of preparation for mass riots was opened. On 10 November, Sidorov was taken from the special detention centre to the investigation department, and on the way he continued to be pressured by employees of the Centre \"E\". In the investigative department Sidorov gave testimony in the presence of the appointed lawyer, who was not supposed to be on duty that day, but this time emphasised that their goal was a peaceful rally to convey their dissatisfaction to the authorities. On 12 November, arrested already in the framework of the criminal case. In July 2018, after another extension of his arrest, he went on hunger strike, which he stopped a few weeks later at the request of his relatives.\n\nA check was carried out on Sidorov's statement, and criminal proceedings were refused.\n\nOn 4 October 2019, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a strict regime colony. The court of appeal instance left the decision unchanged. On 30 July 2020, the court of cassation reclassified the charge from attempted to preparation for organising mass riots and reduced the sentence to four years. He was released on 3 November 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":697,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of preparation for mass riots in Rostov-on-Don","Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladislav Mordasov and Yan Sidorov","case_number":"1-300/2015","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, sharing the views of \"Artpodgotovka\", committed deliberate acts directly aimed at organising mass riots; acting for the same purposes - organising mass riots in Rostov-on-Don, namely near the building of the Government of the Rostov region, located at the address: Rostov-on-Don, Socialistskaya st. 112, namely with the aim of gathering a crowd, calling on all citizens in the place of the crime to join the group \"Revolution 05/11/2017 Rostov-on-Don\", as well as to inflict bodily harm to representatives of state authorities, local self-government, law enforcement officers, to commit pogroms, arson, destruction of property, use of objects that pose a danger to others, and in addition to the seizure of the building of the Government of the Rostov region, being in the cafe \"Shaurma-24\", located at the address: Rostov-on-Don, st. Pushkinskaya, 93, personally organised a meeting with unidentified members of the group \"Revolution 05/11/2017 Rostov-on-Don\" in the number of at least four people, with the aim of working out the order of actions during the above-mentioned mass riots, searching for new participants in the forthcoming events, explaining the motives and reason for committing these actions, determining the direction of movement of the crowd, the specific content of its actions, signaling the beginning of actions and preparing objects that could be used in their commission, having planned the commission of the crime at 12:30 on 05.11.2017 on “Sovetov Square” in Rostov-on-Don, that is, directly in front of the building of the Government of the Rostov Region; intended to involve all members of the group, that is, at least 200 people, having previously instructed them in all the details; on the Square of the Soviets, he took active steps to publicly display campaign materials aimed at the protest activity of those present, gathering a crowd, and also intending to commit provocations against representatives of law enforcement agencies when trying to detain these rioters, and thereby tried to start them.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.11.2017 to 05.01.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 05.01.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2020 to 03.11.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.10.2019, Sentence: Six years six months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years six months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-30,"first_verdict_date":"2019-10-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-10-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 26-08-2018\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/8726/sidorov-jan-vladimirovich\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 14-09-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/10/02/moim-licom-vytirali-botinki-kak-na-zhiteley-rostova-zaveli-delo-o-massovyh\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-08-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/sidorov-yan-vladimirovich\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 11-11-2018\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://amnesty.org.ru/ru/2018-12-06-russia/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","OVD-Info","HRC Memorial","Amnesty International"],"aid":"reckTNxqyOcsLRkQo"},{"persecution_id":"recdFcllK0Rz8wjBi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec13PAJrNd3LQsjg","name_en":"Sergey Ryzhov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergey Ryzhov is an opposition activist from Saratov, a member of the Party of Free People, supported Vyacheslav Maltsev, but did not consider himself a member of the Artpodgotovka movement. He was detained in Engels on 1 November 2017 together with several other activists in the flat belonging to an acquaintance. During the search a TNT block and five bottles with incendiary mixture were seized. According to Ryzhov himself, these items were not present on the premises before the arrival of law enforcement officers. According to the regional FSS, Ryzhov planned to use these items to seize the regional government building, Teatralnaya Square and the post office. On 3 November, the court decided to place Ryzhov in custody. At the end of November Ryzhov was transferred to Moscow, to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre. During his stay in the pre-trial detention centre the investigator did not allow him a single visit.\n\nOn 19 October 2021, he was sentenced to six years in a strict regime penal colony. On 31 October 2023, he was released.\n\n\"In detention, the Saratov resident received a femoral neck fracture and was hospitalised. He underwent surgery only a year and a half after the injury.\"\n\n\"In November 2019, he suffered a femoral neck fracture (according to himself , while doing sports), he did not have surgery until May this year. He is now wheelchair-bound\"","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow","Engels"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow","Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW","RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2023-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1447,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":206,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205","Part 1, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\"","Saratov's case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Ryzhov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was preparing a terrorist attack on 4 and 5 November 2017 and was looking for accomplices for this purpose among activists of the \"Artpodgotovka\" movement.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• in custody: from 29.11.2017 to 13.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• temporary hospitalisation: , Medical unit No. 63 of the Samara Region\n• in custody: from 03.11.2017 to 28.11.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2022 to 31.10.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.10.2021, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-18T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-10-18T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 12-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/ryzhov-sergey-evgenevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recdFcllK0Rz8wjBi"},{"persecution_id":"recGiAoTmCfufe7Dt","last_updated":"2025-04-04T21:45:45.000Z","person_id":"rect9B9TcVkamAzhf","name_en":"Oleg Ivanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attPJ5Nfs7hDlNvtt.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attPJ5Nfs7hDlNvtt.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Almetyevsk, supporter of Vyacheslav Maltsev, In October 2017, he came to Moscow after learning that Maltsev was calling for participation in the 5 November revolution. Detained late in the evening of 1 November in a rented flat. According to Ivanov, he and other detainees were held for about an hour and a half on the floor with the balcony open, stripped to the waist, after which it was discovered that Molotov cocktails had been found in the flat. Ivanov claims that they had been planted in the flat. The next day the court arrested Ivanov for 15 days under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful order of authorities. On 17 November Ivanov was taken into custody on the charges of participation in a terrorist community and preparation of a terrorist act. Four people were detained in the flat, but only three of them appear in the case, the fourth - Vadim Mayorov - disappeared immediately after the detainees were taken out of the flat. Shortly before his detention, Mayorov suggested the use of weapons and methods of conspiracy on 5 November, making Ivanov and other defendants in the case consider him a provocateur.\nIn January 2019, the court granted the prosecutor's office's motion and dropped the charge of participation in a terrorist community. On 22 January, sentenced to seven years in a strict regime penal colony. Presumably released on 1 November 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":446,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.4","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205 (unknown part)","Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\""],"case_name_en":"The \"Kremlin arsonists\" case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took part in the terrorist community \"Artpodgotovka\" and participated in preparations of a terrorist act in the form of arson against the objects of state authorities of the Russian Federation and objects of critical infrastructure of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"Location 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01.11.2024 to 31.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2019, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2019-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-03-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9168/moskovskoe-delo-3-storonnikov-artpodgotovki\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 13-01-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/11/23/pochemu-malcevskaya-revolyuciya-provokaciya-organov-novye-argumenty\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-03-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-3-storonnikov-artpodgotovki\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recGiAoTmCfufe7Dt"},{"persecution_id":"recDtcrDJabjYRwEW","last_updated":"2025-11-09T12:02:31.000Z","person_id":"recXUrOs2wq08ld81","name_en":"Sergey Ozerov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attQg0LPH1E1cbU9D.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attQg0LPH1E1cbU9D.jpg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Arzamas, supporter of Vyacheslav Maltsev, In October 2017, he came to Moscow after learning that Maltsev was calling for participation in the 5 November revolution. Detained late in the evening of 1 November in a rented flat. According to Ozerov, he and other detainees were held for about an hour and a half on the floor with an open balcony stripped to the waist, after which it was discovered that Molotov cocktails had been found in the flat. Ozerov claims that they were planted in the flat. The next day the court arrested Ozerov for 15 days under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers. On 17 November, Ozerov was taken into custody under the criminal case of participation in a terrorist community and preparation of a terrorist act. Four people were detained in the flat, but only three of them appear in the case, the fourth - Vadim Mayorov - disappeared immediately after the detainees were taken out of the flat. Shortly before the detention, Mayorov suggested using weapons and methods of conspiracy on 5 November, in connection with which Ozerov and other defendants in the case consider him a provocateur.\n\nIn January 2019, the court granted the prosecutor's office's motion and dropped the charge of participation in a terrorist community. On 22 January, he was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony. On 1 November 2025, he was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":446,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A  Article 205 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified) considering Article 30 of the Criminal Code (Part Article неизвеArticleа)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.4","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\""],"case_name_en":"The \"Kremlin arsonists\" case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took part in the terrorist community \"Artpodgotovka\" and participated in preparations for the commission of a terrorist act in the form of arson against the objects of state authorities of the Russian Federation and objects of critical infrastructure of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.11.2017 to 27.11.2017, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 27.11.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 4 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 27 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 4 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2022, Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 4 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• Unknown:  to 01.11.2022, LIU-12 of the Kirov region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.11.2025, Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 27 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2019, Sentence: 8 year's imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 year's imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2019-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-03-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9168/moskovskoe-delo-3-storonnikov-artpodgotovki\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-03-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/moskovskoe-delo-3-storonnikov-artpodgotovki\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 13-01-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/11/23/pochemu-malcevskaya-revolyuciya-provokaciya-organov-novye-argumenty\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recDtcrDJabjYRwEW"},{"persecution_id":"recuByTPo5TJwRk5P","last_updated":"2025-07-19T10:42:07.000Z","person_id":"recMFcAvfe9BArw6e","name_en":"Roman Maryan","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attJhzcHyksnVcD6V.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attJhzcHyksnVcD6V.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnoyarsk. At the end of October 2017, police officers removed him from a train at Achinsk station and took him to Pre-Trial Detention Centre No. 1 in Krasnoyarsk. According to the Memorial Human Rights Centre website, the activist was travelling to Moscow to participate in the Russian March and the 5.11.17 Revolution, organised by opposition figure Vyacheslav Maltsev. The Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Krasnoyarsk then ordered Maryan’s arrest for two months on charges of preparing to participate in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code, applied together with Part 1 of Article 30). On 27 January 2018, the court extended his arrest for a further two months. According to the investigation, Roman Maryan received a letter calling for an armed uprising on 5 November 2017 in Moscow and was preparing to take part.\n\nOn 27 August 2018, the court sentenced Maryan to three years and two months in a general regime penal colony. He was released on 15 June 2020.\n\nOn 24 December 2024, Maryan was detained again and taken into custody in a case concerning the financing of terrorist activities, due to a donation made to the Artpodgotovka movement. On 18 June 2025, the court sentenced him to nine years’ imprisonment, with the first three years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Achinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":301,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\"","The case of Krasnoyarsk supporters of Vyacheslav Maltsev"],"case_name_en":"Roman Maryan's case of preparation for mass riots in the Krasnoyarsk region","case_number":"1-264/2018","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, prepared for participation in mass riot in Moscow planned for November 5, 2017.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.10.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 15.06.2020, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.08.2018, Sentence: 3 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":38,"first_verdict_date":"2018-08-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-08-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 12-09-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/8243/marjan-roman-evgenevich\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-03-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/obvinyaemyy-v-popytke-uchastiya-v-revolyucii-51117-roman-maryan-politzaklyuchennyy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recuByTPo5TJwRk5P"},{"persecution_id":"recoWbsCfpw4IQPe6","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recg8vrWES9joRElC","name_en":"Mikhail Turchenko","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 3 November 2017 while trying to leave Volgograd for Moscow by minibus. The next day he was arrested for seven days under an administrative article on petty hooliganism - the report claimed that he had been harassing passers-by at night and swearing. On 7 December he was charged with preparation for participation in mass riots. Admitted guilt. Signed a covenant not to leave.\n\n5 April 2019 sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. Taken into custody in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2017-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":517,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\""],"case_name_en":"Case of Volgograd supporters of Vyacheslav Maltsev","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he intended to travel from Volgograd to Moscow to participate in mass riots planned for 5 November 2017.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.04.2019\n• recognizance not to leave: from 07.12.2017 to 05.04.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 04.11.2017 to 11.11.2017\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 14.04.2021\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.12.2020\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.04.2019, Sentence: Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-04-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 07-04-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2019/04/08/marshrutka-prevratilas-v-avtozak-v-volgograde-vynesli-prigovor-za-revolyuciyu\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-10-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/volgogradskoe-delo-storonnikov-vyacheslava-malceva\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recoWbsCfpw4IQPe6"},{"persecution_id":"rec4S2w1QE881Ciic","last_updated":"2025-04-01T19:03:02.000Z","person_id":"recUeeJqsTHHObXIf","name_en":"Vladimir Balukh","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"In the past Balukh was a resident of Crimea and a pro-Ukrainian activist.\nThe local authorities were displeased with the Ukrainian flag that he perched on the plot of land. In July 2014, he was detained during the visit of the chairman of the State Council of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov, to the village and was fined 500 rubles under the article on petty hooliganism. In November 2015, two searches were conducted on suspicion of theft of a combine harvester and a car. After the second search, Balukh was detained, beaten, accused of disobeying the lawful demands of police officers, and sentenced to administrative arrest for 10 days. Balukh was on a hunger strike for majority of the sentence. In the special detention centre, he was pressured by the Federal Security Service (FSB) officers. After leaving the detention centre, Balukh learned that policeman Yevgeny Baranov, who had beaten him, wrote a statement about Balukh insulting him. On 5 February 2016, Balukh was sentenced to 320 hours of community service for insulting a representative of authority. Court of appeal decided to revisit the decision. On 10 June, the same sentence was handed down, this time recognized as lawful by the court of appeal. On 11 October 2016, the sentence was changed to 40 days in an open prison due to a complaint by the penal inspection for \"malicious evasion from serving community service\". On 28 November, the decision came into force.\n\nOn 29 November 2016, Balukh installed a plaque in memory of the Heavenly Hundred on the plot of land. In the evening of the same day, the chairman of the council and his two assistants came to him and demanded the removal of the plaque. In December, Balukh was arrested on charges of illegal possession of ammunition and explosives. On 4 August 2017, he was sentenced to three years and seven months in a general regime penal colony. On 2 October, the court of appeal cancelled the verdict and returned the case for a retrial. On 1 December Balukh was transferred to house arrest. On 16 January 2018, he was sentenced to three years and seven months in an open prison, and fined 10,000 rubles. On 14 March, the Supreme Court of Crimea, having considered the appeal, reduced the term by two months.\n\nOn 29 August 2017, it became known that another case was filed against Balukh, this time on the use of violence against a representative of authority. According to the prosecution, on 11 August 2017 Balukh allegedly elbowed the head of the temporary detention facility in the village of Razdolnoye, police captain Valery Tkachenko, in the stomach, after which he went into the cell, took a cleaning supply bottle, and hit the captain's right hand. The defence claims that Tkachenko himself attacked Balukh, and previously, on the regular basis, was insulting and humiliating him on the basis of nationality. On 5 July 2018, Balukh was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony. On 3 October, the court of appeal reduced the prison term by one month.\n\nOn 19 March 2018, Balukh went on an indefinite hunger strike. Later, he began to consume a minimum set of products (two glasses of oatmeal kissel, 50-70 grams of black bread crumbs, and tea with honey). On 9 October it became known that Balukh intends to stop the hunger strike for the time of his transfer to the colony.\n\nIn January 2019, the court refused to recalculate Balukh's sentence in accordance with the law on crediting the period of detention before the entry into force of the verdict. In late February, Balukh's defence reported that the activist could have been transferred to the Tver Oblast. On 7 September 2019, Balukh was pardoned and released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for groups of individuals, and arrived onto the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Razdolnoye settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":316,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 321 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["321"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 321 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Balukh's third case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the morning inspection of the cells of the detention centre, he elbowed the head of the TDF Tkachenko in the stomach in the corridor, then went into the cell, took a cleaning supply bottle, and hit Tkachenko's right hand.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 03.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody:  to 01.12.2017, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.08.2017, Temporary detention centre (IVS OMVD) for Razdolnensky District \n• house arrest: from 01.12.2017 to 16.01.2018\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.01.2018 to 26.01.2018, Temporary detention centre (IVS OMVD) for Razdolnensky District \n• in custody: from 26.01.2018 to 25.06.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 25.06.2018, Temporary detention centre (IVS OMVD) for Razdolnensky District \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Crimea and Sevastopol\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.10.2018 to 01.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2018 to 12.02.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Crimea and Sevastopol\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2019 to 29.08.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.08.2019 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2019 to 01.03.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.07.2018, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 10 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 10 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":59,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","first_verdict_date":"2018-07-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/baluh-vladimir-grigorevich/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/baluh-vladimir-grigorevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec4S2w1QE881Ciic"},{"persecution_id":"rechLSBBfpv8WQEoz","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:43:31.000Z","person_id":"recctectCjehJ3PDC","name_en":"Alexander Byvshev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzf9FuF0YPLLr8h.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzf9FuF0YPLLr8h.jpg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of the settlement of Kromy, a former schoolteacher and a poet.\n\nIn mid-May 2014 a criminal case was initiated against Byvshev on charges of inciting hatred and enmity on national grounds in connection with his posting of the poem, “To Ukrainian Patriots” – which was twice recognised as extremist – on the VKontakte social network. A second criminal case was later reported to have been initiated under the same article in connection with his posting of the poem, “Ukrainian Rebels”.\n\nIn July 2015, Byvshev was sentenced in the first case to 300 hours of compulsory labour with a two-year ban on working as a schoolteacher.\n\nIn January 2017, a third criminal case was reported to have been initiated against Byvshev under the article on incitement of ethnic hatred – this time for the poem, “On the Independence of Ukraine”. In April 2018, he was sentenced to 330 hours of community work. Later, the court combined the punishments and imposed on Byvshev 400 hours of community work with a deprivation of the right to work at school. However, the court ruled that the period served under the 2015 punishment be counted toward the sentence, thereby reducing the total number of community work hours to 100.\n\nOn 18 January 2018, a case was reported to have been initiated against Byvshev for obstruction of justice because he had disclosed the details of the other criminal cases initiated against him to journalists.\n\nIn April 2018, a fifth criminal case was initiated for the poems, “The Russian Spirit” and “The Mighty Heap”, with Byvshev again charged with inciting ethnic hatred.\n\nIn August 2018, a sixth criminal case was initiated. Byvshev was charged with public calls for extremist activity on the Internet for publishing the poem, “Dedicated to NATO Expansion to the East”. This case and the two previous ones were consolidated into a single proceeding. On 28 February 2019, the proceeding was terminated; however, on 8 April, Byvshev was informed that the investigation had been resumed. On 3 October, the Investigative Committee terminated the proceeding in the case concerning the poem about NATO expansion, and on 5 October, in the case concerning obstruction of justice. The case concerning the poems about the Russian spirit and the mighty heap was referred to the court, which on 29 October terminated it.\n\nOn 1 December 2022, Byvshev was arrested for seven days due to a Facebook post in which he used the word “chmobiki” (a pejorative term used to refer to servicemen conscripted to the Russian military). The poet was charged with inciting hatred or enmity towards the Russian army (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nSubsequently, Byvshev was taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism. It was later reported that a criminal case had also been initiated against him for spreading “fakes” about the Russian army. On 19 March 2024, Byvshev was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony. On 27 May, the court of appeals reduced the term by two months. A letter from Byvshev revealed that in November 2023, another case was initiated against him under the article of public justification of terrorism, and in December a new case under the article on “fakes” about the Russian army.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kromy settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2017-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_ended":"2019-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":446,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the poem \"On the Independence of Ukraine\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published a poem \"On the Independence of Ukraine\", which supposedly contains signs of incitement to hatred on ethnic grounds.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2018, Sentence: sentenced to 330 hours of compulsory labor at a state-run work site","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentenced to 330 hours of compulsory labor at a state-run work site","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-04-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-04-08T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-01-2015\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2015/01/d31140/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rechLSBBfpv8WQEoz"},{"persecution_id":"rec7dlziFLfIYkHCc","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"recrG8G11wcGzr29f","name_en":"Rinat Galiullin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attV5JNokfLyIv9rL.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attV5JNokfLyIv9rL.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Rinat Galiullin is an alleged member of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. He was first detained in December 2004 in the Chelyabinsk shopping centre \"Karavan-Saray\", where he distributed leaflets entitled \"Russian law enforcement agencies falsify facts and wrongly accuse Hizb ut-Tahrir\". Subsequently, he was released; however, in 2005, following a search that uncovered literature of the movement in his possession, criminal proceedings were initiated against him for participation in the activities of a religious organization whose activity had been prohibited by a court decision on the grounds of extremist activity. Galiullin was arrested. He was accused of \"taking an active part in the activities of the organisation and trying to spread its teachings among Chelyabinsk residents who profess Islam\". In November 2005, Galiullin was given a one-year suspended sentence.\n\nIn 2006, a case was brought against Galiullin and three other Chelyabinsk residents, members of Hizb ut-Tahrir, in connection with the distribution of the Sakaafat newspaper and literature of the movement, as well as with \"other actions aimed at involving Russian citizens in the activities of a banned religious organisation\". In December 2007, Galiullin was sentenced to a year and three months in an open prison.\n\nIn May 2011, after a search, a case was brought against Galiullin under the article on organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 20 May, another search was conducted at Galiullin's home. On 30 July 2012, сriminal proceedings were initiated against Galiullin on charges of preparation for actions aimed at the violent seizure of power and the violent alteration of the constitutional order (after which, on July 31, 2012, he was taken into custody), as well as for inducing and involving other persons in terrorist activities. The investigation considered Galiullin to be the organiser of the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in the South Ural, and as a result he was charged with \"organising activities\" instead of \"participating in activities\". On 21 November 2013, Galiullin was sentenced to six and a half years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. On 2 February 2015, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five years. In the summer of 2016, he was transferred to a chamber type room.\n\nOn 28 July 2017, the day of his release, Galiullin was detained in connection with a new case — the one on the dissemination of Hizb ut-Tahrir ideas among prisoners. On 17 August 2018, he was sentenced to eight years in a penal colony.\n\nPresumably, he was released on 25 July 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":592,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Rinat Galiullin's case of spreading the teachings of Hizb ut-Tahrir among prisoners","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was actively involved in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir and attempted to spread the organisation's teachings among Chelyabinsk residents who practise Islam.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kurgan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 25.07.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kurgan region\"\n• Unknown: from 26.07.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.08.2018, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2018-08-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-08-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-07-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/07/d37581/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec7dlziFLfIYkHCc"},{"persecution_id":"recC3OGGPfUpyVRDM","last_updated":"2024-05-19T12:08:11.000Z","person_id":"recby9BwEPyubFT01","name_en":"Tatiana Kotlyar","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"At least six cases of fictitious registration and registration of foreign citizens in her own flat were brought against Kotlyar.\nOn 13 April 2015, the judge returned the materials on the first case to the prosecutor's office. On 9 November of the same year, following the results of the retrial, Kotlyar was fined 150 thousand rubles, but was released from punishment under the amnesty for the 70th anniversary of the victory over Germany.\nOn 12 September 2017, Kotlyar was again fined 150 thousand rubles, already in the second case, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nThe third case was dismissed on 25 April 2019.\nOn 22 December 2020, Kotlyar was fined 150 thousand rubles in the fourth case. On 15 March 2021, the court of appeal excluded a number of episodes from the case and reduced the fine to 140 thousand.\nOn 13 April 2022, in the fifth case, the human rights defender was fined 480 thousand rubles with a deduction of 140 thousand rubles for the previous sentence. On 19 July, the court of appeal changed the verdict, sentencing Kotlyar to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.\nThe sixth criminal case was initiated at the end of March 2023. Then the office of the movement \"For Human Rights\" was searched. The law enforcers seized all the logs with the record of visitors since 2009 and other information. They also took outdated forms of migration registration and certificates of the Russian language exam from the office. On 29 June, Kotlyar was sentenced to a fine of 650 thousand rubles. On 21 August, the court of appeal reduced the fine to 600 thousand.\nIn autumn 2023, another, seventh, case on the same charges was brought against Kotlyar. On 18 March 2024, she was sentenced to a fine of 450 thousand rubles. On 14 May, the court of appeal reduced the fine to 430 thousand.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Obninsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_ended":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2017,"persecution_days_from_verdict":253,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 322.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 322.3 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Tatyana Kotlyar's second case of rubber flats","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she was engaged in fictitious registration of foreign citizens in her own flat.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.09.2017, Sentence: a fine of 150,000 roubles, to be exempted from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 150,000 roubles, to be exempted from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":150,"first_verdict_date":"2017-09-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-09-11T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recC3OGGPfUpyVRDM"},{"persecution_id":"recqQMutbGofTC5Nk","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"recA7qpIc0kDlCH4l","name_en":"Vasily Melnikov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kotelnikovsky District in the Volgograd Region, he was prosecuted for public calls to separatism following a post about the potential creation of a “Kotelnikovo Republic.” Melnikov pleaded guilty, and the case was heard under a special procedure. On 23 August 2017, he was sentenced to 320 hours of community service.\n\nIn July 2023, it emerged that Melnikov had been detained on charges of spreading false information about the Armed Forces. On 16 January 2024, he was sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kotelnikovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":234,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.1"],"case_name_en":"Vasily Melnikov's case about calls for the establishment of the Kotelnikovo Republic","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 18 December 2014, on a certain forum, he started a thread titled \"The end of the Russian Federation, it's time to free ourselves from slavery\", adding to it his own statement containing inducements aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, namely an indirect call for the creation of \"Kotelnikovo Autonomous District or Kotelnikovo Republic - with its own bank, currency and most importantly - normal people's power\" and a direct call to refuse to pay taxes and other state fees to the state treasury of the country (Russian Federation).","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.08.2017, Sentence: 320 hours of community service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"320 hours of community service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2017-08-23T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2017-08-23T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqQMutbGofTC5Nk"},{"persecution_id":"recxKmTmDyRtpJBA9","last_updated":"2024-02-28T10:41:14.000Z","person_id":"rectztJM8XKFWDSpz","name_en":"Shamil Fataliyev","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He lived in St. Petersburg, worked as a carpenter and fitter. No later than 1 January 2014, he was put under surveillance, his email correspondence was studied and phone conversations were tapped. On 24 May 2017, Fataliyev was detained and then taken into custody on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 23 April 2019, the court sentenced him to seven years in a general regime penal colony. 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Acting alone, he attracted other persons involved in the case as members of the cell. Used a flat in St. Petersburg to gather participants. He made commitments to the development of the group, aimed at increasing the number of participants, training (lessons and educational trips), control over preparation for and attendance at classes, as well as internal rules in the form of obedience and subordination to members higher in the hierarchy.\n\nFataliyev admitted that they did indeed gather in the flat (all visited it with varying frequency), holding collective Friday namaz and discussing domestic and religious matters on Tuesdays. It follows from the testimony of the accused that he enjoyed the greatest authority as the eldest. He testified that the room in the communal flat in question in the indictment had previously been rented by a friend of his, and that since 2014 he himself had been using it to store his work tools in the city centre. 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After the annexation of Crimea in 2014, he joined the Russian Armed Forces, which led to a treason case against him in Ukraine.\n\nIn Russia, he and Anna faced similar charges and were detained on 29 September 2017.\n\nShe was kept in a pre-trial detention centre in Moscow.\n\nOn 28 February 2019, a panel of the North Caucasus District Military Court (Rostov-on-Don) presided by Aleksandr Generalov sentenced two defendants in the Crimean \"spy\" case - Major of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Dmitry Dolgopolov and his partner Anna Sukhonosova - to 10 years of strict and 9 years of general regime penal colony respectively.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":517,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitry Dolgopolov and Anna Sukhonosova on state treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Anna Sukhonosova was recruited by Lieutenant Colonel Igor Klimenko of the Ukrainian military intelligence service. She then proposed to her partner, Dolgopolov, that he co-operate with the Ukrainian security services in exchange for money.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2017-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.12.2017 to 01.03.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.02.2019, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2019-02-28T12:42:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-02-28T12:42:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 18-06-2018\n Source: https://ovd.info/articles/2018/06/18/zalozhniki-neobyavlennoy-voyny#prisoner-71\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recAchi4eRTp1FaTl"},{"persecution_id":"recNJxn0OzjpzXyyB","last_updated":"2023-12-30T08:50:29.000Z","person_id":"recabun7xkVzKxy5U","name_en":"Amin Shayakhmetov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Shayakhmetov was accused of publishing six texts on the website shurarb.ru (of the organisation Shura Muslims of the Republic of Bashkortostan) between January 2015 and January 2016. In June 2017, the court recognised the texts published by Shayakhmetov as extremist materials. The Kirovsky District Court considered the criminal case against Shayakhmetov in August 2018 and dismissed it with a judicial fine of 25,000 rubles. However, this decision was appealed by the prosecutor's office, and in November the Supreme Court of Bashkortostan sent the case back to the district court for a new hearing. In February 2019, the Kirovsky District Court of Ufa dismissed the case for lack of corpus delicti.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Amin Shayakhmetov on inciting hatred and enmity","case_number":"1-30/2019","persecution_case_profile_en":"The preliminary investigation bodies accuse A.R. Shayakhmetov of committing acts aimed at inciting hatred and enmity, as well as at humiliating the dignity of a person and a group of persons based on nationality, language, religion, committed in public, using information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 07-02-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40626/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recNJxn0OzjpzXyyB"},{"persecution_id":"rec6r95ZgZYFNp5PK","last_updated":"2026-04-02T23:03:25.000Z","person_id":"recTEaBWH0aYeFwmg","name_en":"Fevzi Sagandzhi","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attl91ZxSISeS3bgY.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attl91ZxSISeS3bgY.png"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Crimea. After the annexation of the peninsula to the Russian Federation, he left there and lived in mainland Ukraine. He worked as a coordinator of resettled people in the Health and Mercy Foundation, in taxis and on construction sites. In September 2017, Sagandzhi returned to Crimea to care for his seriously ill grandmother. According to the Crimean Human Rights Group, he was detained by the FSB in October 2017. According to unconfirmed reports, a criminal case was opened against him, the officers tortured him and demanded him to confess, but there is no information about what exactly Saganji was accused of at that time. All this time he was deprived of his liberty. In March 2018, he was charged with participation in an illegal armed formation, the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, which apparently no longer existed at the time Saganji's incriminating actions began. On 23 January 2019, he was sentenced to ten and a half years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers","Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2017-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":479,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"The Case of Fevzi Sagandzhi on Participation in an Illegal Armed Formation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in March 2016 (the exact date is unknown), while on the territory of Ukraine, acting deliberately out of political hostility towards the Russian Federation and the fact of Crimea's incorporation into it, and pursuing goals contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation as outlined in the Constitution, federal constitutional laws, and federal laws of the Russian Federation, he voluntarily arrived at the camp of the illegal armed formation 'Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Nomon Chelebidzhikhan,' located near the village of Chongar.\" There, he underwent \"courses in firearms training, hand-to-hand combat, and mine-explosive training, <...> participated in the construction of fortifications and barriers near the Russian-Ukrainian border,\" as well as \"engaged in chopping firewood, cooking, constructing trenches and fortifications to strengthen the formation.\" Additionally, \"he received monetary and material support and, along with other members of the formation, carried out various tasks and assignments from the battalion's leadership.\" Moreover, \"acting on orders from an unidentified leader of the mentioned illegal armed formation, he was tasked with photographing the bridge under construction connecting the territory of Crimea through the Kerch Strait, and with carrying out other tasks not identified by the investigation, in the interests of this armed formation. He entered the territory of Crimea from Ukraine and proceeded to the place of his registration.\" Subsequently, \"continuing his participation\" in the battalion, Sagandzhi \"entered the territory of Crimea from Ukraine,\" where \"having had the real opportunity to voluntarily cease his participation in the said illegal armed formation, he deliberately did not contact Russian law enforcement authorities to report this, thereby continuing his criminal activity by participating in it.\"\n\nThe court excluded the mention of completing any assignments on the territory of Crimea on orders from the battalion's leadership.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 14.05.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 25 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Kazakhstan"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.05.2019\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 25 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Kazakhstan\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Kazakhstan","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.01.2019, Sentence: 10 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":126,"first_verdict_date":"2019-01-23T05:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-01-23T05:20:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-08-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sagandzhi-fevzi-memetovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec6r95ZgZYFNp5PK"},{"persecution_id":"recb6ZeSeGPYefIAw","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recdCYrisUd2W3J20","name_en":"Klim Yarullin","birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":72,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Bashkortostan. On 16 March 2017, a case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. He was put on a wanted list. On 9 February 2018, his case was separated from the case involving three other residents of Bashkortostan. Later, he disappeared from the wanted database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2017-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2017,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of \"Tablighi Jamaat\" in Bashkortostan"],"case_name_en":"Klim Yarullin's case","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recb6ZeSeGPYefIAw"},{"persecution_id":"rec6Lyry7DrynXqJL","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reczMQ6togZxwhJNi","name_en":"Sergey Britvin","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Has a group II disability. On 22 July 2018 detained after a search and on 24 July arrested on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 26 December 2019, transferred to house arrest.\n\nOn 2 September 2020, sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. He was released on 30 December 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Beryozovsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":772,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Beryozovsky"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergey Britvin and Vadim Levchuk","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 26.12.2019 to 02.09.2020\n• in custody: from 24.07.2018 to 26.12.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n• in custody: from 02.09.2020 to 08.03.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal 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searched.\nOn 10 September 2020, Svarichevsky was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nSvarichevsky was given a recognisance not to leave. The charge was later reclassified to organising activities. On 21 December 2022 he was sentenced to six years and three months in a general regime penal colony.\n\nIn October 2023, it became known that Svarichevsky was sent to a cell-type room for two months due to the fact that he did not put on a jacket and also lay on the floor, because he could not stand for a long time due to back problems.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1615,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":230,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Blagoveshchensk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Afanasiev, Sergei Ermilov, Sergei Kardakov, Anton Olshevsky and Adam Swarichevsky","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in organising the activities of the liquidated organisation by holding religious events","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.12.2022 to 11.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 10.09.2020 to 21.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Primorsky Territory Department of Penitentiary Services"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.05.2023 to 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Primorsky Territory Department of Penitentiary Services\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Primorsky Territory Department of Penitentiary Services","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.12.2022, Sentence: 6 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to leadership and participation in public organisations for 4 years 6 months, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to leadership and participation in public organisations for 4 years 6 months, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":75,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-21T05:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-21T05:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-09-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/09/d42942/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rech5flXsCKb6fEwd"},{"persecution_id":"recVgWA0juknQOoAI","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"rec8w8X9UF4tSzR3q","name_en":"Ali Bariyev","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"On the night of 27 April 2018, he was detained in Crimea and transported to Moscow. This was preceded by searches at shops and warehouses of \"KrymOpt\", as well as at the homes of Bariyev and his relatives. On 28 April, he was transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre in Moscow.\n\nIn July 2019, Bariyev was released from the pre-trial detention centre. On 19 March 2020, he was sentenced to a fine; details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":692,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 238 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["238"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 238"],"case_name_en":"The case of expired sweets in Crimea","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in organizing the importation of expired sweets and biscuits into Crimea","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.04.2018 to 25.07.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.03.2020, Sentence: details unknown","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"details unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-03-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-03-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-prosrochennyh-konfetah-v-krymu\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recVgWA0juknQOoAI"},{"persecution_id":"recSLvRF8LDGEIJXo","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recselKLarrKFg5xL","name_en":"Galiya Olkhova","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2018, a case on the activities of an extremist organisation was opened against Olkhova. A signature on non-departure was taken.\n\nOn 13 December 2019, she was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence. On 25 March 2020, the court of appeal instance cancelled the verdict and returned the case for a new consideration. On 9 July, the cassation court, in turn, overturned the decision and returned the case to the appeal court. On 16 September, the appeal court confirmed the verdict.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":519,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Penza"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Penza","persecution_case_profile_en":"attended church services","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 13.12.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.12.2019, Sentence: two years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-06-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/07/d41205/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recSLvRF8LDGEIJXo"},{"persecution_id":"receBlHVcdIyFE4IA","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reci2GDpZolnMfXAH","name_en":"Alexander Akopov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 7 December 2018, a criminal case was opened in Neftekumsk, Stavropol Krai, under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organisation of activities of an extremist organisation). On 9 December, at least eight searches of Jehovah's Witnesses were conducted in the city as part of the investigation. Three people - Alexander Akopov, Konstantin Samsonov and Shamil Sultanov - were detained, one more person was declared wanted.\n\nOn 5 December 2019, Akopov was released from custody and a preventive measure in the form of prohibition of certain actions was chosen.\n\n In June 2020, it became known that Akopov was also accused of raising funds for the needs of an extremist organisation.\n\nOn 19 April 2022 he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles, released on account of the time served in custody. A measure of restraint was elected in the form of personal recognizance. On 5 August, the appeal court raised the fine to one million rubles, but with the account of time served ordered to pay 250 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Neftekumsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2018-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2022-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1226,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":175,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Neftekumsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Neftekumsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation; participated in fundraising, knowing that the money would be used both to support the activities of the extremist organisation MCJW (the Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses) and the extremist organisation IRO, which is part of its structure","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.04.2022 to 05.08.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 05.12.2019 to 14.04.2022\n• in custody: from 09.12.2018 to 05.12.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Stavropol Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.04.2022, Sentence: a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1000000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-12-2017\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/12/d40470/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"receBlHVcdIyFE4IA"},{"persecution_id":"rec1QCoj4mrnpR7lx","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recv0uyRohCOihl6P","name_en":"Valery Moskalenko","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On August 2, 2018, he was detained and taken into custody on August 3 on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organization. On September 2, 2019, the court sentenced him to two years and two months of forced labor and six months of restricted freedom. On November 5, the court of appeal replaced the forced labor with a fine of 500 thousand rubles and exempted the payment on account of the time spent in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2018-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2019-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":395,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Valery Moskalenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.08.2018 to 02.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.09.2019, Sentence: Two years and two months of compulsory labour, six months of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years and two months of compulsory labour, six months of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-09-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-09-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/08/d39792/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec1QCoj4mrnpR7lx"},{"persecution_id":"recNkyaaTYbFOsAb5","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:00:04.000Z","person_id":"recOTF9y2frKo1Zkg","name_en":"Vyacheslav Kryukov","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Vyacheslav Kryukov was detained on 15 March 2018, the next day he was taken into custody. On 11 September, the young man went on hunger strike in protest against his arrest and criminal prosecution.\n\nOn 6 August 2020, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. He was released on 14 October 2022. He was assigned administrative supervision for eight years.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":874,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":124,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"New Greatness\""],"case_name_en":"The case of ‘New Greatness’ (Novoe Velichie)","case_number":"01-0001/2020(01-0315/2019)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the organisation of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.03.2018 to 11.03.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Rostov Region\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 12 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Rostov Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 14.10.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Rostov Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.03.2021 to 01.04.2021, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 12 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Rostov Region\n• punishment cell: from 01.04.2021 to 01.05.2021, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 12 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Rostov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2021, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 12 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Rostov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.01.2021 to 11.03.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.03.2021 to 24.03.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.08.2020, Sentence: 6 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony with 2 years' restriction of liberty and a 5-year ban on posting materials on the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony with 2 years' restriction of liberty and a 5-year ban on posting materials on the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2020-08-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-08-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-09-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/8817/delo-novogo-velichija\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-priznal-uchastnikov-novogo-velichiya-politzaklyuchennymi\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recNkyaaTYbFOsAb5"},{"persecution_id":"recc1o9W42smzhbCG","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recbftpEK6C1aAoHe","name_en":"Fail Shangareev","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 16 May 2018, Shangareev's home was searched in a case concerning the activities of an extremist organisation. A recognizance not to leave was signed. Shangareev left Russia.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg"],"case_name_en":"Olga Sandu and Fail Shangareev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.05.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/05/d39377/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recc1o9W42smzhbCG"},{"persecution_id":"recV9XrWjs4CuHetV","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:39:43.000Z","person_id":"rec8LO7ArAuq6jyYU","name_en":"Vyacheslav Eliseev","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained in October 2018 in Moscow with 3 bundles containing amphetamine, hashish, marijuana with a total weight of about 50 grams. A case was opened against him for attempted sale of narcotic drugs on a large scale, and he was placed in custody.\n\nOn 21 December 2018, a case of calls to terrorism was opened against Eliseev because of the song \"Vyacha - Kill the President\". On 9 January 2019, the court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nUnder the article on drug possession in March 2019, he was sentenced to three years. In October 2020, the rest of the term was changed to correctional labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":99,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vyacheslav Eliseev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case on calls to terrorism was initiated because of the song \"Vyacha - Kill the President\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 14.10.2020\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.01.2019, Sentence: terminate due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"terminate due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-01-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-01-08T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-02-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/eliseev-vyacheslav-vyacheslavovich-vyacha\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recV9XrWjs4CuHetV"},{"persecution_id":"recxQAnrQk5v9yl8Z","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec7tWxAFf2uxOAT4","name_en":"Parfenteva Tatiana Ivanovna","birth_year":1947,"birth_date":"1947-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":79,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":71,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 November 2018, Parfenteva's home was searched. On 12 December 2019, a case was opened on the activities of an extremist organisation, Parfentyeva was suspected of participating in its activities. On 31 May 2022, criminal prosecution was terminated.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nevinnomyssk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nevinnomyssk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nevinnomyssk","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d41921/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recxQAnrQk5v9yl8Z"},{"persecution_id":"recYW2i3VfDiFf56I","last_updated":"2025-05-06T13:49:53.000Z","person_id":"recouszl33YfnMq4m","name_en":"Svetlana Ryzhkova","birth_year":1953,"birth_date":"1953-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":72,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 26 June 2018, was detained in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation, and released. Signed recognizance not to leave. On 16 September 2021, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 29 January 2024, Ryzhkova was sentenced to a fine of 480 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Shuya"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2018-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2043,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":291,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Shuya"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Shuya","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities and financing of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.01.2024, Sentence: Fine of 480 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fine of 480 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":480000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-29T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-07-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/07/d39692/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recYW2i3VfDiFf56I"},{"persecution_id":"recQTA8bxnv3PneE3","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec5k9Jhy4SkUqxgJ","name_en":"Alexei Kobaidze","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"13 February 2018 detained after a search of his house in a case of hooliganism committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy. On 15 February, he was released on personal recognisance. In October 2019, it became known that Kobaidze left Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The case of the action in front of the United Russia office"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexei Kobaidze","persecution_case_profile_en":"committed hooliganism, i.e. gross violation of public order, expressing disrespect for society, committed with the use of objects used as weapons, motivated by political hatred against the All-Russian political party \"United Russia\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 15.02.2018\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.02.2018 to 15.02.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 14-05-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2019/05/14/v-moskve-predyavili-obvinenie-esche-odnomu-figurantu-dela-o-broshennoy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recQTA8bxnv3PneE3"},{"persecution_id":"rechSQDmG1uHCM5JX","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recEm3S6ChM6fL0ll","name_en":"Alexey Budenchuk","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the 12th of June 2018, he was detained following a search, and on the 14th of June, he was taken into custody on charges of organizing activities for an extremist organization. He was released on the 20th of May 2019, with a preventive measure in the form of a prohibition on certain actions.\n\nThen, on the 20th of September, he received a sentence of three and a half years in a general regime penal colony. \n\nOn the 6th of February 2020, he was assaulted in the colony and subsequently placed in SHIZO (punitive isolation) on allegations of smoking, despite Budenchuk not smoking due to his religious beliefs.\n\nFinally, on the 6th of July 2021, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2018-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":463,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Saratov region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Saratov region","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At 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On 1 June, he was arrested on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 3 August, he was transferred under house arrest. Later he was released on his own recognisance. On 6 March 2024, he was sentenced to seven years suspended.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magadan"],"persecution_region_en":["Magadan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MAG"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2107,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":301,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Magadan Oblast"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Magadan Oblast","case_number":"1-12/2023 (1-220/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"As a member of a local religious group operating under the control and in direct canonical subordination to the religious organization \"Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\", he carried out organizational actions aimed at continuing the activities of this religious organisation. These actions manifested in convening meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses followers, organizing religious speeches and worship services at those meetings, as well as promoting the activities of the banned organization.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 30.05.2018 to 01.06.2018\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 15.10.2024\n• house arrest: from 03.08.2018\n• in custody: from 01.06.2018 to 03.08.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Magadan Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 15.10.2024 to 14.10.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.03.2024, Sentence: 7 years suspended sentence with a probation period of 5 years, 1 year restriction of liberty, and a prohibition to engage in activities related to working with public religious organisations and associations","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years suspended sentence with a probation period of 5 years, 1 year restriction of liberty, and a prohibition to engage in activities related to working with public religious organisations and associations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-06T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/06/d39477/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political 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Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of September 9th"],"case_name_en":"The case of 9 September","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, , \"called for mass riots, participation in them, as well as called for the use of violence against law enforcement officers\" during a rally on 9 September in Chelyabinsk","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At 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On June 1, he was arrested in Magadan on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On October 5, he was transferred to house arrest. Later released on the recognisance not to leave. On March 6, 2024, he was sentenced to seven years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magadan"],"persecution_region_en":["Magadan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MAG"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2107,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":301,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Magadan Oblast"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Magadan Oblast","case_number":"1-12/2023 (1-220/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"As a member of a local religious group operating under the direction and immediate canonical authority of religious organization \"Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\", committed acts of an organisational nature aimed at continuing the activities of this religious organisation, expressed in convening meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses followers, organising religious speeches and worship services at these meetings, and propagating the activities of the banned organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 05.10.2018 to 05.10.2018\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 15.10.2024\n• in custody: from 01.06.2018 to 05.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Magadan Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 30.05.2018 to 01.06.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 15.10.2024 to 14.10.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.03.2024, Sentence: A conditional sentence of 7 years' imprisonment with a probationary period of 5 years, 1 year of restrictions on freedom, prohibition to engage in activities related to the work of public religious organisations and associations","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"A conditional sentence of 7 years' imprisonment with a probationary period of 5 years, 1 year of restrictions on freedom, prohibition to engage in activities related to the work of public religious organisations and associations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-06T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/06/d39477/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recIPofgkmEeOlmUb"},{"persecution_id":"recaaSdZhjqUObIBA","last_updated":"2025-02-01T10:40:35.000Z","person_id":"rec7m2pKNPHFrvpEG","name_en":"Yuliy Boyarshinov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Boyarshinov was detained on 21 January 2018, apparently by chance. They found with him 400 grams of smoky powder, a relatively weak explosive used for making fireworks, as well as by hunters and amateur shooters. Officers from Police Department 53 beat the detainee because he refused to communicate with them. Two days later Boyarshinov was charged only with illegal possession of explosives (part 1 of article 222.1 of the Criminal Code), and Primorsky District Court arrested him for 30 days.\n\nFSB officers started to visit Boyarshinov in the pre-trial detention centre. They threatened to worsen the conditions of his detention if he did not \"talk\" and called the names of the \"Network\" case defendants from Penza. Yuli refused to communicate. As a result, he was transferred from the pre-trial detention centre \"Kresty-2\" to the pre-trial detention centre \"Gorelovo\" in a 115-bed cell, where 150 people accused of murder, rape and robbery are held. On 11 April 2018, he was charged with participation in the terrorist community \"Network\" (part 2 of article 205.4 of the Criminal Code).\n\nOn 20 March 2019, Boyarshinov announced that he was ready to plead guilty and was going to ask the court to consider his case under a special procedure, i.e. without examining the evidence.\n\nOn 22 June 2020, he was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony. On 29 April 2021, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five years and three months.\n\nBoyarshinov was assigned eight years of administrative supervision. On 21 April 2023, he was released and left Russia on 28 April.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":882,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":126,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222.1","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Network\" case"],"case_name_en":"The St. Petersburg \"Networks\" case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participation in the terrorist community \"Network\" and illegal possession of explosives","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.10.2018 to 12.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\n• in custody: from 12.10.2018 to 12.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• in custody: from 23.01.2018 to 12.02.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody: from 12.02.2018 to 20.07.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast - \"Gorelovo\"\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 21.04.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.09.2018 to 01.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.07.2018 to 10.08.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karelia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.08.2018 to 27.09.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Penza Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.08.2018 to 17.08.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2018 to 10.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.06.2020, Sentence: Five years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":63,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2020-06-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-06-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/peterburgskoe-delo-zapreshchyonnoy-seti\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 18-07-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-terroristicheskom-soobshchestve-set\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 12-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9558/peterburgskoe-delo-zapreshhjonnoj-seti\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recaaSdZhjqUObIBA"},{"persecution_id":"rectBPAclvlUYPbVu","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recKxRTv3gLh3GA8w","name_en":"Sergei Kuznetsov","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In 1990, due to his deteriorating health, he moved with his family to Vladikavkaz, and afterwards to Neftekumsk. In 1996 he underwent another operation in Stavropol. Since 2006 he has been living in Nevinnomyssk, there his two daughters help to provide their father with proper care.\nKuznetsov is a disabled person of the first group. Practically deprived of vision, he also has hearing problems and difficulty moving around. On 21 November 2018, a search was conducted at Kuznetsov's home. On 12 December 2019, a case was opened against him for organising the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of religious activities, such as holding meetings and worship services, and engaging new supporters.\nOn 18 April 2023, Kuznetsov was sentenced to a six-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nevinnomyssk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1609,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":229,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nevinnomyssk"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Kuznetsov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Allegedly Kuznetsov is Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.04.2023, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment, a 3 years' ban on holding managerial positions, and a 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended imprisonment, a 3 years' ban on holding managerial positions, and a 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-18T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-18T11:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d41921/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rectBPAclvlUYPbVu"},{"persecution_id":"recqcJ4RhcAteheHI","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recjb6gQaOA96i8tC","name_en":"Igor Zhukov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case has been opened on the activities of an extremist organisation. He was put on a wanted list.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2018-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Omsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Igor Zhukov and Amirkhan Karimzhanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in organising and financing the 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A case on the activities of an extremist organisation has been opened against her. Shehad to sign  written undertaking not to leave Russia. She was released. On 3 August 2020, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office. On 20 June 2024, Sedova was sentenced to five years' suspended sentence. 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investigators in plain clothes, broke into Yevgeny Karakashev's house. They put Karakashev face down and handcuffed him, only removing the restraints in the detention centre, where he was taken after the search. During the detention he was injured - he was left with abrasions and bruises.\n\nThe investigator later claimed not to remember the exact duration Karakashev spent in handcuffs, whether it was 5 minutes or 3 hours, but to remember perfectly well how the activist allegedly voluntarily agreed to go to the detention centre. Only in the evening of the same day Karakashev was allowed to contact a friend, whom he asked to find a lawyer. The next day the court placed Karakashev under arrest.\n\nKarakashev was charged with incitement to hatred and calls for terrorism. Karakashev's alleged offence is that he posted two videos on his VKontakte page, including \"The Last Interview of Primorsky Partisans\", which is included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials, and also published some text in a chat room with 35 people, which contains signs of \"propaganda of violent ideology\" and \"calls to carry out terrorist activities\".\n\nAs one of the grounds for extending the arrest the court cited Karakashev's possession of a Ukrainian passport, which the investigator initially confiscated from him and then handed over to the activist's relatives.\n\nIn January 2019, it became known that Karakashev was acquitted of the charge of incitement to hatred and hostility. On 19 April, the court sentenced him to six years in prison.\n\nIn the colony, Karakashev was twice sent to a punishment cell for 15 days. In addition, he spent a significant part of his sentence in stricter detention conditions - in a single cell-type room measuring 3×4 metres for three people. In May 2022, the court decided to change his detention regime to a prison regime.\n\nIn January 2024, it became known that Karakashev was assigned eight years of administrative supervision after leaving the colony.\n\nOn 1 February 2024, Karakashev was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yevpatoriya"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":441,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Evgeny Karakashev","persecution_case_profile_en":"on one of his VKontakte pages in late 2014 he published a video that allegedly called for terrorism; in January 2017, from another account, he posted a text in a chat room with 35 people that contained signs of \"propaganda of violent ideology\" and \"calls for terrorist activities\", beginning with the words \"use a grenade against\" and ending with the words \"at the windows of the authorities, good luck\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.02.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2022 to 01.02.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.11.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.04.2019, Sentence: six years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-04-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 24-12-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/karakashev-evgeniy-vitalevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recmLxbozJZSj2fD1"},{"persecution_id":"recQ8d1Ii73OZZjm5","last_updated":"2025-01-28T09:16:35.000Z","person_id":"recavVNysul7vHwcW","name_en":"Sergey Erkin","birth_year":1953,"birth_date":"1953-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":72,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 30 May 2018 following a search, arrested on 1 June on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 5 October, he was transferred under house arrest. Later he was released on his own recognisance. 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On 9 January 2020, the appellate court reversed the decision. On 25 September, the charge was reclassified to participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and Zolotova was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence. On 9 November 2021, the court of cassation cancelled the verdict and returned the case to the appellate court. On 15 December, the verdict was cancelled and the case was returned to the appellate court. 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Two days earlier, law enforcement officers conducted a search of his apartment in the city of Spassk-Dalny and seized electronic equipment. Tretyakov was subsequently transferred to Vladivostok.\nThe grounds for the charges were a repost of a publication from Arkady Babchenko’s Telegram channel to an open chat. Tretyakov did not admit guilt. Individuals present in the courtroom reported that the prosecution had presented no clear evidence and failed to prove that the post had been made from Dmitrii Tretyakov’s account. In June 2017, Tretyakov posted a message in a chat used by local supporters of Navalny. Experts classified the text as “a call-appeal to engage in extremist activity.” According to the expert opinion, the text contained “indications of incitement in the form of a call to violent and destructive actions,” one of which was identified as “protest rallies.” The expert report highlighted several quotations, including: “No fucking agreeing to authorized rallies,” “Bring gas masks,” “Fight with the cops in the streets. Don’t abandon your own. 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On 27 November taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center hospital on 29 November, and transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center in January 2019. 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On 5 October, transferred under house arrest. 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He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. On 7 September 2019, he was released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation for a group of people released by Ukraine and arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ukrainian sailors","persecution_case_profile_en":"Acting as part of an organised group, on 25 November 2018 at 7:01 a.m., being on the Ukrainian Navy ships \"Berdyansk\", \"Nikopol\" and \"Yany Kapu\" in the waters of the Black Sea, without notifying the captain of the seaport of Kerch about the ships' approach to the Kerch Strait 48 hours in advance and additionally without notifying 24 hours before the approach, as well as without transmitting the coordinates of the border crossing to the nearest coastal communication post 1 hour before entering the territorial waters, without responding to requests to stop made by officials of the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in Crimea, performing dangerous manoeuvring and creating a threat to navigation, illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the area with average geographical coordinates of 44 degrees 52.7 minutes north latitude and 36 degrees 31.3 minutes east longitude.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.11.2018 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 27.11.2018 to 29.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9230/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-morjakov\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-moryakov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recMYSfMlfw31s2mo"},{"persecution_id":"recdnNFWMxRmy6Kw6","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recBQXcvNO77uvs5i","name_en":"Natalia Podolyak","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Podolyak is a resident of Krasnoyarsk. She had charges brought against her for alleged use of violence against a police officer in connection with her participation in a rally held by Alexei Navalny's supporters in May 2018. On February 25, 2019, Podolyak was fined 150 thousand rubles.\nIn May 2023, Podolyak was dismissed from the university where she managed a sports club. Her 17 social media comments against the war led to charges discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. After an expert review, there were five comments left in the case. On October 29, 2024, Podolyak was  fined 100 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"He Is Not Our Tsar\"  05.05.2018","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of 5 May 2018"],"case_name_en":"Case of violence at the \"He is not our king\" rally on May 5, 2018","case_number":"1-17/2019(1-342/2018;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at a rally on May 5, 2018, in\nKrasnoyarsk, she kicked a police officer in the shin area","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recdnNFWMxRmy6Kw6"},{"persecution_id":"recBdUmhg1k3tYCau","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:09:04.000Z","person_id":"recA3Opr483765HAN","name_en":"Artur Valov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attWeP4WaBjOil3Ql.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attWeP4WaBjOil3Ql.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the city of Kazan. Detained on 24 April 2018 on suspicion of cooperation with Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 25 April, a Kazan court sent him to custody. Valov was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation.\n\nOn 22 January 2020, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":635,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artur Valov and Niiaz Ziiattinov","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of a terrorist organization, provided financial support with a total amount of no less than 1,500 rubles (≈$26 as of 01.01.2018).","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.04.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"","FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.01.2020, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years","ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2020-01-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-01-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-10-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9658/kazanskoe-delo-valova-i-zijattinova\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 14-10-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-valova-i-ziyattinova\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-04-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/04/d39274/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recBdUmhg1k3tYCau"},{"persecution_id":"recgj6VkRCMppxiHX","last_updated":"2024-12-10T22:53:05.000Z","person_id":"recloxRItTZil8ot0","name_en":"Alam Aliyev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3wTcolrD8V8btE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3wTcolrD8V8btE.jpg"],"birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Birobidzhan was detained on May 17, 2018 after a search for suspicion of organizing activities of an extremist organization connected with involvement in the Jehovah's Witness community. Representatives of this community were persecuted under extremist articles for religious activities such as meetings, joint worship and attracting new supporters. The man was arrested on May 18 and released on bail on May 25 after the court of appeal found significant violations in the criminal procedure law regarding the choice of a preventive measure in the form of detention in its decision to arrest him. On December 19, 2022 he was sentenced to 6 and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1677,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":239,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan","case_number":"1-8/2022 (1-65/2021; 1-609/2020;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Committed \"deliberate active actions of an organisational nature aimed at resuming and continuing the illegal activities\" of a local Jehovah's Witnesses organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 25.05.2018 to 19.12.2022\n• in custody: from 19.12.2022 to 01.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast\n• in custody: from 18.05.2018 to 25.05.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"\n• punishment cell: from 11.04.2024 to 08.05.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.10.2023 to 20.10.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"\n• Unknown: from 20.10.2023 to 25.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.05.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2022, Sentence: 6 years and 6 months general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the management of public organisations for 4 years 6 months, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years and 6 months general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the management of public organisations for 4 years 6 months, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-19T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-08-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-09-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/05/d39425/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recgj6VkRCMppxiHX"},{"persecution_id":"recBZCMV2XJbrzb16","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recR2npd3OqDK4xPU","name_en":"Vadym Levchuk","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 22 July 2018, detained after a search and arrested on 24 July on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 26 December 2019, he was transferred to house arrest.\n\nOn 2 September 2020, sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. He was released on 30 December 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Beryozovsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":772,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Beryozovsky"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergey Britvin and Vadim Levchuk","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.07.2018 to 26.12.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n• in custody: from 02.09.2020\n• house arrest: from 26.12.2019 to 02.09.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 30.12.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.09.2020, Sentence: Four years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, one year's restriction of liberty and a ban on holding certain posts for three years","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, one year's restriction of liberty and a ban on holding certain posts for three years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2020-09-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-09-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-07-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/07/d39762/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recBZCMV2XJbrzb16"},{"persecution_id":"recq2TU7gw92fXAv7","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recooexdjai0Z7Mql","name_en":"Yuri Vashurin","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 June 2018, Vashurin was searched, after which he was taken to the police station. Later it became known that the investigation considers Vashurin involved in hooliganism motivated by political hatred in connection with participation in the action \"He is not our Tsar\" on 5 May 2018. In July 2019, Vashurin was charged.\n\nOn 14 January 2021, the court acquitted Vashurin.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2018-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2021-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"He Is Not Our Tsar\"  05.05.2018","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of 5 May 2018"],"case_name_en":"The case of hooliganism at the protest \"He is not our Tsar\" on May  5, 2018","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with a group of individuals, he participated in clashes with police officers and breaking the cordon at a rally in Chelyabinsk on 5 May 2018","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 14.01.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.01.2021","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2021-01-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-06-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/06/d41193/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recq2TU7gw92fXAv7"},{"persecution_id":"recpKDPnYSwZ2O2aJ","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recUH7NNY7k8hUjSb","name_en":"Vladimir Domnin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attjBUEwte1rbJORB.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attjBUEwte1rbJORB.jpg"],"birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 28 June 2018, he was detained after a search, during which a pistol with cartridges was found and a case of weapons possession was initiated. The next day he was arrested on an administrative case of petty hooliganism. On 4 July he was detained as a suspect, on 6 July he was taken into custody as part of an investigation in a criminal case. Until the end of summer 2019, the charges were toughened: Domnin was also charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organization, participation in an illegal armed formation and undergoing training for participation in such a formation.\n\nOn 3 August 2021, he was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony. On 12 April 2022, the court of cassation instance reduced the sentence by two months, dropping the charge of weapons possession due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1131,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":161,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","208","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 208","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Domnin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Having been previously convicted of violent serious and severely serious crimes against the person, consistenly adhering to right-wing radical nationalist (fascist) views based on the ideology of exclusivity and superiority of one nation over other nations, being an ardent opponent of the reunification of Crimea with Russia and a supporter of the so-called \"Maidan\" — an unconstitutional coup in Ukraine, committed in 2014, sharing the ideas of Ukrainian nationalism based on russophobia and having a criminal intent aimed at participation in the activities of the Right Sector extremist organisation, flew to Ukraine on 15 May 2015 and joined the said organisation, staying on the territory of Ukraine until 8 June 2015;\non 6 October 2017, he once again entered Ukraine, this time through Belarus, after which he spent a month in Kyiv at the Right Sector mobilization centre \"studying propaganda literature and propaganda materials of this organization, underwent additional ideological, psychological and physical training, training in conspiratorial practices and countering law enforcement and regulatory authorities\"; in early November 2017, he was assigned to a temporary training centre in Marinka, Donetsk region, where he underwent \"an intensive course of military, physical and psychological training\"; after that, later the same month, he joined a separate tactical group, \"Volyn,\" of the \"Russian Insurgent Army,\" described as 'uniting ethnic Russians who arrived from various countries around the world,' with the aim of participating in the activities of the \"Ukrainian Volunteer Army,\" which is part of the Right Sector Volunteer Corps. For approximately one month, he was stationed in the area of Maryinka and ‘repeatedly stood guard … took part in the construction of fortifications, carried out logistical and maintenance duties, including arranging and maintaining facilities and surrounding areas, ensuring the delivery of food and water supplies, and organizing meal provision for its members.’ ","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-07-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.07.2018 to 30.08.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 14.02.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• administrative detention: from 29.06.2018 to 06.07.2018\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• Unknown: from 14.02.2024 to 01.03.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• punishment cell: from 17.11.2022 to 21.11.2022\n• punishment cell: from 06.12.2022 to 11.12.2022\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.08.2021, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":106,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 22-03-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9944/domnin-vladimir-aleksandrovich\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-02-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/domnin-vladimir-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recpKDPnYSwZ2O2aJ"},{"persecution_id":"recJEEtWahIQKiN1K","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recjGZ6Gzt2cH9Qci","name_en":"Roman Gridasov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 12 June 2018, detained after a search on suspicion of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, released on 14 June on his own recognizance.\n\nOn 20 September 2019, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 6 February 2020, beaten in the colony. Sent to a SHIZO due to the fact that he allegedly smoked, although Gridasov does not smoke due to his religious beliefs.\n\nReleased on 29 July 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2018-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":464,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Saratov region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Saratov region","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.06.2018 to 14.06.2018\n• recognizance not to leave: from 14.06.2018 to 20.09.2019\n• in custody: from 20.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2020 to 29.07.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.09.2019, Sentence: Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, one year's restriction of liberty and a ban on holding senior positions in public organisations for five years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, one year's restriction of liberty and a ban on holding senior positions in public organisations for five years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2019-09-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-09-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-06-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/06/d39561/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recJEEtWahIQKiN1K"},{"persecution_id":"recfRPbczD5sc5duX","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recPUMdrBpk6AOjD5","name_en":"Alexey Matveev","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 16 May 2018, Matveev's home was searched in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. A recognizance not to leave was taken.\n\nOn 14 January 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Matveev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.05.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/05/d39377/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recfRPbczD5sc5duX"},{"persecution_id":"recCcF2lCfWzSfu94","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recdpklORIYDRY6Rs","name_en":"Edem Smailov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att2LrPaprcRO51h5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att2LrPaprcRO51h5.jpg"],"birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On May 21, 2018 he was detained and later arrested on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation for alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. In February 2019, he was also accused of preparing for a violent seizure of power.\n\nOn September 16, 2020, sentenced to 13 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":848,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":121,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 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Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.04.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.05.2018 to 01.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 01.12.2020 to 01.04.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.09.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal 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https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/05/d39385/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-08-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-priznal-politzaklyuchyonnymi-11-krymchan-presleduemyh-za-uchastie-v-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-02-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9879/bahchisarajskoe-delo-vosmeryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recCcF2lCfWzSfu94"},{"persecution_id":"reciQUPXmik1kax7Q","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:25:06.000Z","person_id":"recV6hL6uf0aCU1jq","name_en":"Albert 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On 24 December 2019, sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":608,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Albert Sayfullin","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation, recruited new members","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.04.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.04.2018\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2019, Sentence: Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-04-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/04/d39274/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reciQUPXmik1kax7Q"},{"persecution_id":"recZg3Yqq21FqMpDN","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"recsY0Oly9SWEbryN","name_en":"Ibrahim Yangulbaev","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Son of a retired judge of the Supreme Court of Chechnya. In 2017, a case was brought against him for incitement of hatred towards Russian servicemen. Novaya Gazeta reported that in July 2018, Yangulbaev began complaining of abdominal pain, ambulance doctors diagnosed appendicitis, but the head of the medical unit of the pre-trial detention centre said that Yangulbaev was faking, and he was not hospitalized. On 11 July Yangulbaev was hospitalized after an appeal by a judge of the Zavodskiy District Court of Grozny and underwent surgery. On 20 July he was returned to the pre-trial detention centre despite the doctors' warnings about the possibility of complications. Yangulbaev received virtually no medical care in the pre-trial detention centre and was not given hot food from the café at the detention centre. During the trial, the prosecutor repeatedly accused Yangulbaev of criticizing the Chechen authorities and calling for protests. After the publication of the article in Novaya Gazeta, human rights commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova contacted the head of the Chechen Federal Penitentiary Service, and on the night of 28 July Yangulbaev was hospitalized again.\n\nAfter the partial decriminalization of the article on incitement to hatred, Yangulbaev was released. He later left Russia. Ibrahim and his brothers were declared terrorists by the Chechen authorities after they started to run the 1ADAT Telegram channel criticizing the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. The mother of the Yangulbaevs, Zarema Musaeva, was detained in the Nizhny Novgorod region in 2022.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Grozny"],"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ibrahim Yangulbaev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"incited hatred against Russian servicemen as a social group","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-07-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/07/d39758/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recZg3Yqq21FqMpDN"},{"persecution_id":"recerLed6rkDSPajT","last_updated":"2026-03-27T20:25:56.000Z","person_id":"recvRcZpAq508tKwu","name_en":"Server Mustafayev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att8ibxWugtcgTWrn.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att8ibxWugtcgTWrn.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On May 21, 2018, he was detained and subsequently arrested on charges of involvement with \"Hizb ut-Tahrir.\" In January 2019, he was placed in a special unit in a pre-trial detention center. In February, he was also accused of preparing for a violent seizure of power.\n\nOn September 16, 2020, he was sentenced to 14 years in a high-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs","Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":848,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":121,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Bakhchisarai case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.04.2022 to 06.05.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov 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https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9879/bahchisarajskoe-delo-vosmeryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 04-11-2019\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur46/1351/2019/en/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-08-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-priznal-politzaklyuchyonnymi-11-krymchan-presleduemyh-za-uchastie-v-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/05/d39385/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","Amnesty International","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recerLed6rkDSPajT"},{"persecution_id":"rectJ6aUuyH1WtTF5","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:53:33.000Z","person_id":"recyk155ub2GRF8SW","name_en":"Andrei 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On 18 January 2021, he was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence. On 21 April 2022, the court of cassation instance reduced the sentence by three months.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1083,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":154,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The case of the action in front of the United Russia office"],"case_name_en":"The case of the action in front of the United Russia office","persecution_case_profile_en":"committed hooliganism, i.e. gross violation of public order, expressing disrespect for society, committed with the use of objects used as weapons, motivated by political hatred against the All-Russian political party \"United Russia\"\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.01.2021, Sentence: 2 years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2021-01-18T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-01-18T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectJ6aUuyH1WtTF5"},{"persecution_id":"recRPuEJ1Vwy8dD0o","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:40:36.000Z","person_id":"rec7E7YszgSgZ7tep","name_en":"Alexei Trofimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attuAQJrh9cY1axqz.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attuAQJrh9cY1axqz.jpg"],"birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Spassk-Dalnego (Primorsky Krai). On 25 November 2018, he was detained and placed under house arrest on 27 November on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nOn 19 November 2019, he was released from house arrest on his own recognisance. On 10 February 2023, sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony. On 24 May, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Spassk-Dalny"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1538,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":219,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Spassk-Dalnyi"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Spassk-Dalnyi","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised the activities of a banned religious organisation in Spassk-Dalnoye","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 27.11.2018 to 19.11.2019\n• recognizance not to leave: from 19.11.2019 to 10.02.2023\n• in custody: from 10.02.2023 to 24.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Primorsky Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2023 to 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.04.2023 to 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Primorsky Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2023, Sentence: 6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":76,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-10T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-10T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-11-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/11/d40298/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recRPuEJ1Vwy8dD0o"},{"persecution_id":"rec5015JEnw9C40qk","last_updated":"2025-01-28T12:19:30.000Z","person_id":"recOeFGTbTxhs3PTI","name_en":"Naila Kogay","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 19 April 2018,she was detained in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. Released on her own recognisance of not leaving her place.\n\nOn November 12, 2019, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On December 16, 2020, the court of cassation instance returned the case to the court of first instance. On June 1, 2022, the court of first instance sentenced Kogay to two years of suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1503,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":214,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.04.2018 to 26.09.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 26.09.2022 to 25.09.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.06.2022, Sentence: two years suspended imprisonment, nine months restricted freedom","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years suspended imprisonment, nine months restricted freedom","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-05-31T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-05-31T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-04-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/04/d39249/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec5015JEnw9C40qk"},{"persecution_id":"recJUhcDrj6Z4UMVy","last_updated":"2023-11-09T17:43:03.000Z","person_id":"recYRdKXo8WaE6hBG","name_en":"Oyub Titiev","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the morning of 9 January, Oyub Titiev was detained by people in the uniform of traffic police officers as he was driving from his home in the village of Kurchaloy to his acquaintances in the village of Mayrtup. According to a friend of the human rights defender who went to look for him, he wanted to approach Titiev, but the latter signalled him to pass by. After that, Titiev was detained and his lawyers were not allowed to see him for some time.\n\nSubsequently, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported the detention of Oyub Titiev, indicating that \"during preventive measures\" drugs were found in his car. Initially it was reported about 180 grams of \"a substance of plant origin with a specific odour of marijuana\", while the ruling on bringing Titiev as a defendant said 206.9 grams. According to the investigators' version, Titiev was detained after an inspection of the interior of his car, and the narcotic substance was found under the right front passenger seat. The inspection was allegedly carried out after traffic police officers stopped the car between 10:20 and 10:35.\n\nThis version contradicts the information received by journalists and the statements of Titiev himself who described the circumstances of his detention quite differently in court during the election of a preventive measure, during questioning and interrogation by investigators.\n\nOn 9 January around 9:00 he left his house in Kurchaloy. Half a kilometre away from his house, several police officers stopped his Lada and, without explaining the reasons, started to inspect it. One policeman diverted his attention by checking his documents, at which point another suddenly asked, 'What's in the bag you have?'  and showed a black polythene bag. Oyub replied that the bag was not his and that he knew nothing about its contents. The police officers unwrapped the bag. It turned out to contain marijuana. Titiev was then taken to the Kurchaloy OMVD.\n\nIn the premises of the department, Oyub stated that the inspection and detention were illegal - in particular, there were no witnesses - to which the policeman replied, 'If you want to do it according to the law, it will be done according to the law.'\n\nTitiev was put back into his car, his documents were returned (as it turned out later, not all of them), and an officer sat next to him on the right front seat. They left the territory of the district department and were soon stopped by traffic police officers. Titiev's \"travelling companion\" got out. When checking the documents, it turned out that among them there was no insurance for the car. Then the drugs were \"discovered\" again: while one policeman was looking at the documents and talking to Titiev, another said that there was weed powder scattered on the mat. The traffic police inspected the car and \"discovered\" a package, the same as the first time. One of them made a mobile phone call and 10-15 minutes later an investigation team and two men in civilian clothes, later introduced as witnesses, arrived at the scene. A protocol of the inspection of the scene was drawn up which Titiev refused to sign. After that, he was again taken to the police station. There, in the absence of his lawyer, biological samples and hand washes were taken from his hands.\n\nBefore the envelopes with samples and washes were sealed, Oyub Titiev, despite his objections, was taken to another office. Titiev expressed indignation that he could not see whether his samples were sealed in the envelopes. In a neighbouring office, a police officer took an explanation from the detainee about his family composition. When he was brought back to the office where the samples were taken, there was no one there, and the envelopes with the samples sealed in his absence were on the table.\n\nShortly after Titiev's colleagues became aware of his detention, his lawyer Sultan Telhigov came to the Kurchaloevsky OMVD, but the police told him for a long time that Oyub was not in the department. The fact of his detention was only recognised at around 17:00, following an appeal by Memorial to Mikhail Fedotov, Chairman of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation, and Tatyana Moskalkova, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation. It was not until around 19:00 that the lawyer was able to meet with Oyub Titiev. The detention protocol was drawn up in the presence of Telhigov's lawyer after 20:00, then procedural documents were drawn up and initial investigative actions were carried out.\n\nThe next day, 10 January, the police raided the house of Oyub Titiev in the village of Kurchaloy. His wife and children were not at home, but relatives of his brother, Yakub Titiev, were in the house. The police said they were looking for Yakub and Oyub's twenty-eight-year-old son, Bekkhan Titiev. When they found out that both of them were not in Kurchaloy at the time, the police became furious and said that Bekkhan and Yakub must report to the district police officer tomorrow, 11 January, otherwise their relatives would be in trouble. The police then threw all the women out into the street, locked the house of Oyub Titiev and left taking keys with them.\n\nLate in the evening of 10 January 2018, Oyub Titiev was charged with illegal acquisition and possession of narcotic drugs committed on a large scale under Part 2 of Article 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which provides for up to 10 years' imprisonment. According to the investigation, he acquired drugs \"under unspecified circumstances\" and \"in an unspecified place\".\n\nOn 11 January 2018, the judge of the Shalinsky City Court ordered the arrest of Oyub Titiev until 9 March 2018. Titiev categorically denied that the bag of drugs \"found\" in his car allegedly belonged to him. According to him, the drugs were planted on him by police officers during the search without witnesses. In a written appeal to President Putin, Head of the Investigative Committee Bastrykin and FSB Director Bortnikov, Titiev stated that any confession of guilt on his part could only be obtained through physical pressure or blackmail.\n\nOn the night of 17 January in Nazran (Republic of Ingushetia), two unknown persons set fire to the office of the representative office of Memorial. Three out of six offices went up in flames. The arsonists were recorded by video surveillance cameras. On the evening of 22 January in Makhachkala, the car of the Memorial office was set on fire. The car was driven by a local lawyer who had been working with Memorial the day before and had travelled to the Chechen Republic to participate in an investigation into the case of Oyub Titiev. After the arson attack, the representative's mobile phone received an SMS: \"You're walking on the edge of a precipice Close up! Next time we will set your office on fire together with you. Car Signal\", followed by a call confirming the threats.\n\nPC \"Memorial\" itself links both arson attacks, in particular, to the fact that the offices in Nazran and Makhachkala were on the list of places where witnesses to the detention of Oyub Titiev were asked to go.\n\nOn 25 January 2018, the Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic rejected the appeal of Titiev's defence which demanded a change in the measure of restraint.\n\nOn 26 January 2018, an identification of Oyub Titiev was conducted by a witness who allegedly saw him in some important circumstances for the prosecution. This witness was unable to identify Titiev among the people presented to him, about which the investigator drew up a relevant protocol, which was signed by the identifier, witnesses, Titiev and lawyer Pyotr Zaikin. Titiev was taken back to the pre-trial detention centre. The next day it turned out that the investigative team decided to refute the results of the identification. Identification can be carried out only once but the investigation decided to present it in such a way that the witness allegedly identified Titiev, and the incompetent investigator who conducted the identification misunderstood the protocol, which was used by Titiev and his lawyer. The investigator and the witnesses who were present at the identification were transferred to the status of witnesses. Titiev had confrontations with the former investigator and witnesses. They claimed that, contrary to the protocol signed by them the previous day, the witness had identified Oyub. On 28 January, Titiev had a confrontation with the same witness who had previously failed to identify him but now claimed that he had allegedly identified Oyub Titiev.\n\nOn 7 February 2018, lawyer Pyotr Zaikin received a message from the Shali City Court that the criminal case on charges of drug trafficking against Oyub Titiev had been withdrawn from the investigative department of the Kurchaloy District Department of Internal Affairs by decision of the Deputy Prosecutor of the Chechen Republic and transferred for further investigation to the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic.\n\nOn 18 March 2019, the court sentenced Titiev to four years in a penal colony. Titiev refused to appeal the sentence.\n\nOn 10 June, the court decided to release Oyub Titiev on parole. On 21 June, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2019-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":432,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 228 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 228 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of the head of Chechen Memorial","persecution_case_profile_en":"had a bag of marijuana in his car","persecution_location_en":"At 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He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. 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A case on the activities of an extremist organisation has been initiated. She was released on her own recognizance. On 3 August 2020, the case was handed back to the prosecutor's office. On 20 June 2024, Zhuk was sentenced to five years' suspended sentence. 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On 9 August he was released on his personal recognisance not to leave.\n\nOn 14 February 2020, he was ordered to pay a fine of 350 thousand rubles. On 19 May, the court of appeal reduced the fine to 250 thousand.","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vilyuchinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":563,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":80,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vilyuchinsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vilyuchinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the organisation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 09.08.2018 to 14.02.2020\n• in custody: from 01.08.2018 to 09.08.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.02.2020, Sentence: a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/08/d39777/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recCrNQSoe0zcTlPG"},{"persecution_id":"rec2TJncXJWGdt6Bp","last_updated":"2026-04-28T17:01:01.000Z","person_id":"recaWF0qsJxZtTg5z","name_en":"Zafar Yakubov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att8JMOgP5l5PCzQs.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att8JMOgP5l5PCzQs.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on April 24th, 2018, and subsequently arrested on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb-ut-Tahrir, unrelated to terrorism. Also charged with recruitment to a terrorist organisation.\n\nOn December 17th, 2019, Zafar was sentenced to 17 years in strict regime penal colony. In the summer of 2021, while in colony, he went on a hunger strike due to biased and cruel treatment by the Federal Penitentiary Service officers: he was placed in a punitive isolation cell because of going to a shop located on the territory of the colony. On August 5th Zafar stopped his hunger strike.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":600,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"Zafar Yakubov's case of activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, recruited supporters","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• in custody: from 25.04.2018 to 25.04.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.12.2019, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-04-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/04/d39274/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 26-02-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9920/kazanskoe-delo-jakubova-i-bagautdinova\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-02-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-yakubova-i-bagautdinova\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec2TJncXJWGdt6Bp"},{"persecution_id":"recI2glcVhYXMidDr","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recl00EUGmmyYo7Oy","name_en":"Elena Zaishchuk","birth_year":1934,"birth_date":"1934-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":91,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":84,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 19 April 2018, detained in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. She was released on her own recognisance.\nOn 12 November 2019, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 16 December 2020, the court of cassation instance returned the case to the court of first instance.\nIn February 2021, it became known that the prosecution against Zayshchuk was terminated.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"The case of Olena Zaishchuk","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.04.2018 to 19.02.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-04-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/04/d39249/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-10-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-11-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/10/d41594/?sphrase_id=12575\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recI2glcVhYXMidDr"},{"persecution_id":"recDzMw9T7KG02Bb9","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recNAMrvQ85n7sl4T","name_en":"Dmitry Sporykhin (Makarov)","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on August 8, 2018 and arrested on August 10, on charges of organising the activities of an extremist community, inciting hatred, and advocating extremist activities. The charge of inciting hatred was later dropped. On June 3, 2020, he was placed under house arrest. He disappeared from house arrest and on December 2, he was sentenced to detention in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","280","212","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 280","Part 1, Article 212","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Black Bloc case\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Ratnikov and Dmitry Sporykhin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was one of the leaders of the 'Black Bloc' social movement, whose information resources published materials of an ultra-nationalist nature.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 03.06.2020 to 02.12.2020\n• in custody: from 10.08.2018 to 03.06.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-11-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/sporyhin-dmitriy-yurevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recDzMw9T7KG02Bb9"},{"persecution_id":"recX1RHjwBkheTE7q","last_updated":"2023-11-09T00:01:24.000Z","person_id":"recVxH5hAqzx0uXuM","name_en":"Oleg Melnichuk","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"On 25 November 2018, detained when Russian vessels blocked Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea near Crimea. He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. On 7 September 2019, he was released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation for a group of people released by Ukraine and arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ukrainian sailors","persecution_case_profile_en":"Acting as part of an organised group, on 25 November 2018 at 7.01 a.m., being on the Ukrainian Navy ships \"Berdyansk\", \"Nikopol\" and \"Yany Kapu\" in the waters of the Black Sea, without notifying the captain of the seaport of Kerch about the ships' approach to the Kerch Strait 48 hours in advance and additionally without notifying 24 hours before the approach, as well as without transmitting the coordinates of the border crossing to the nearest coastal communication post 1 hour before entering the territorial waters, without responding to requests to stop made by officials of the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in Crimea, performing dangerous manoeuvring and creating a threat to navigation, illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the area with average geographical coordinates of 44 degrees 52.7 minutes north latitude and 36 degrees 31.3 minutes east longitude.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.11.2018 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 27.11.2018 to 29.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9230/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-morjakov\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-moryakov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recX1RHjwBkheTE7q"},{"persecution_id":"recSe7XTzRme0AFao","last_updated":"2026-01-31T16:14:39.000Z","person_id":"rec62GW2aiMCICWy4","name_en":"Konstantin Bazhenov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on August 19, 2018 and arrested on August, 21 on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 29th of August, released by decision of the court of appeal. Signed a covenant not to leave the country.\n\nOn 14 November 2019, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 9 January 2020, the court of appeal reversed the decision. On 25 September, the charge was reclassified to participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, sentenced to two years' suspended sentence. On 9 November 2021, the court of cassation instance quashed the conviction and returned the case to the court of appeal. On 18 January 2022, the appeal court issued a verdict of \"not guilty\". On 15 December, the verdict was overturned and the case was returned to the court of appeal. On 31 January 2023, sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yelizovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2018-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":767,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":109,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yelizovo"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Yelizovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"has repeatedly counselled persons who are at a lower religious level on how to behave with law enforcement officials\" and generally has a \"strong moral influence\" on Jehovah's Witnesses in the city; does not co-operate with the investigation and tried to hide items from being seized during the search; \"instilled his religious extremist beliefs\" in \"minor parishioners and his minor daughter\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.08.2018 to 29.08.2018\n• recognizance not to leave: from 29.08.2018 to 18.01.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 31.01.2023 to 30.01.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.09.2020, Sentence: two years' conditional sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' conditional sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-09-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-09-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/08/d39874/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-09-2015\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recSe7XTzRme0AFao"},{"persecution_id":"recjybUwqGc018ONY","last_updated":"2025-01-28T12:25:41.000Z","person_id":"rec1WArX5kMHK8LTG","name_en":"Andrey Suvorkov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attSAf69MW9f3Zm9l.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attSAf69MW9f3Zm9l.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 9 October 2018 on charges of participation in the organisation and activities of an extremist organisation, as well as financing such activities. Taken into custody. On 2 February 2019, transferred to house arrest. In May 2019, released on his own recognisance. Later, the charge of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was dropped. On 3 June 2022, sentenced to six years and three months suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2018-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1332,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":190,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kirov"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kirov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the suspects gathered in flats to sing Bible songs, improve their missionary skills, study religious banned literature, and collected money - \"more than 500,000 rubles\" - to pay rent and \"other premises\" for meetings, bought equipment and transferred the money to the \"Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.10.2018 to 12.10.2018\n• in custody: from 12.10.2018 to 02.02.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 14.05.2019 to 04.10.2022\n• house arrest: from 02.02.2019 to 16.05.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 04.10.2022 to 03.10.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.06.2022, Sentence: six years three months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years three months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-06-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-06-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-10-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/10/d40131/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recjybUwqGc018ONY"},{"persecution_id":"rec7CernG9QYOBPAC","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recOMeAp2oltxuUj9","name_en":"Zinaida Soldatova","birth_year":1967,"age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"27 May 2018 detained after a search in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation, released. On 12 June, she signed a personal recognizance.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny"],"case_name_en":"The case of Zinaida Soldatova and Valentina Stepkina","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 12.06.2018 to 12.06.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/05/d39451/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec7CernG9QYOBPAC"},{"persecution_id":"recElP2kIys2ZP026","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recvJrXPUTaIAkysq","name_en":"Gennady Shpakovsky","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 June 2018, detained after a search, released. A case of organizing activities of an extremist organization was opened. He gave a recognizance not to leave. \n\nOn 9 June 2020, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony. On 3 August, the court of appeal instance replaced the term with a suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2018-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":736,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":105,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Gennady Shpakovsky","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.06.2020 to 03.08.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 09.06.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.06.2020, Sentence: Six years six months impisonment in a general regime colony • Court of appeal instance on the merits, 03.08.2020, Sentence: six years and six months suspended sentense","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years and six months suspended sentense","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2020-06-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-08-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-07-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/07/d39672/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recElP2kIys2ZP026"},{"persecution_id":"recRD8fpgnXiVT5uO","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reclCblfdTImCYdHN","name_en":"Natalia Sorokina","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the 7th of October, searches were conducted in the homes of several residents in the Smolensk region. After these searches, Natalia Sorokina ceased any communication. It was later revealed that on the 9th of October, the court had decided to take her into custody in connection with her alleged involvement in an extremist organization. Subsequently, on the 15th of April 2019, she was placed under house arrest.\n\nOn the 22nd of April 2021, Sorokina received a suspended sentence of six years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Smolensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_started":"2018-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":927,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":132,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Smolensk Oblast"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Smolensk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community, banned as an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 15.04.2019\n• in custody: from 09.10.2019 to 15.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Smolensk Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2021, Sentence: Six years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of three years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of three years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 02-01-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-10-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/10/d40140/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-01-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recRD8fpgnXiVT5uO"},{"persecution_id":"recFyi64dMRA9rdeb","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:08:33.000Z","person_id":"recdTIAvPQUPHeLrc","name_en":"Mikhail Savostin","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the night of 5-6 April, Savostin was travelling with a friend from Mineralnye Vody in a car and was stopped by law enforcement.\n\nAccording to the investigation's version of events, set out in the ruling on the initiation of criminal proceedings, Savostin, after the car was stopped by traffic police officers, \"opened the driver's door and dropped a bag under the rear left wheel\". Three minutes later, officers of the drug control department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs began to examine the site and, the document says, found a bag containing 11.69 grams of marijuana in the left pocket of Savostin's jeans (presumably, a personal inspection or search was also conducted, which the ruling does not say). Another hour later, during the inspection of the scene, a bag with 105.22 grams of marijuana was found.\n\nThe document also notes that Savostin's car was stopped as part of an operational surveillance conducted by \"officers of the Central Investigation Department of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Stavropol Krai together with officers of the ONC [drug control department] of the Department of Internal Affairs of Russia for Mineralovodsk City District\".\n\nAccording to Savostin's defence, when he and a friend were driving in a car, their road was blocked by a minibus. Masked men ran out of the van; they immediately threw Savostin's friend face down on the asphalt and forced Savostin into the minibus. Inside the vehicle, the law enforcement officers tied his hands with wire behind his back and \"carried out some manipulations in the area of his pockets\". Savostin was then taken out of the vehicle and he saw a large bag of marijuana lying under the wheel of the minibus. The police then removed the bag of drugs from the back pocket of his trousers.\n\nSavostin was detained. The case was initiated by the investigative officer K. V. Leonov. On 7 April Savostin was arrested for two months. On 1 June the arrest was extended until 6 July, and on 29 June the arrest was extended for another month.\n\nOn 11 June, Kavkazsky Uzel reported that an expert examination found no traces of drugs in Savostin's blood, and another expert examination found that he had been injured during the arrest.\n\nFrom late June to early July 2018, Savostin went on a dry hunger strike for several days.\n\nOn 26 June 2019, Savostin was sentenced to three and a half years of suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Mineralnye Vody"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":446,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 228 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 228"],"case_name_en":"The case of Mikhail Savostin","persecution_case_profile_en":"after the car was stopped by traffic police officers, \"opened the driver's door and dropped a bag under the rear left wheel\", the bag contained 11.69 grams of marijuana","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.04.2018 to 26.06.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.06.2019, Sentence: three and a half years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"three and a half years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-06-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-06-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-07-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/savostin-mihail-olegovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 24-07-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/8650/savostin-mihail-olegovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recFyi64dMRA9rdeb"},{"persecution_id":"recCl0XegyqkwFg1o","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:04:37.000Z","person_id":"recsvjVlRZsnPw6O5","name_en":"Boris Zolotarevskii","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Chelyabinsk and former coordinator of Alexei Navalny's local headquarters.\n\nOn 29 May 2018, Zolotarevskii was subjected to a search, during which Jehovah's Witnesses literature was found in his possession. At the time, he was being held in a detention center, serving a sentence related to the 'He Is Not Our Tsar' protest.  On 30 May, he was detained as he was leaving the detention centre. The detention was carried out with the involvement of officers from the Centre for Combating Extremism, the military recruitment officers and the head of the detention centre. He was searched again, after which it became known that he was a suspect in a criminal case under paragraph \"b\" of part 1 of article 213 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism committed on the grounds of political hatred) in connection with the 'He Is Not Our Tsar' protest on 5 May. On 29 August 2019, the prosecution against Zolotarevsky was terminated.\n\nIn January 2019, it became known that Zolotarevskii is a suspect in another case - intentional infliction of harm to health in connection with a conflict between activists of Navalny's headquarters and private security company officers of the Russian Copper Company, which occurred in June 2018 between the M-36 motorway and the village of Tomino in the Chelyabinsk region. The coordinator, together with volunteers from the headquarters, wanted to record a video message for the residents of Chelyabinsk. Presumably, the video was intended to adress the construction of a mining and processing plant, which the activists opposed. According to Zolotarevskii, the guards encircled the activists, started pushing and using physical force, preventing them from taking photos and videos. According to him, one of the men jumped towards him and then \"dramatically fell\", claiming that it was Zolotarevskii who threw him to the ground. Later, the private security company officer claimed that the activist had injured his leg. The court acquitted Zolotarevskii in this case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2019-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly","freedom of association"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"He Is Not Our Tsar\"  05.05.2018","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of 5 May 2018"],"case_name_en":"The case of hooliganism at the protest \"He is not our Tsar\" on May  5, 2018","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the coordinator of Alexei Navalny's Chelyabinsk headquarters, together with a group of people participated in clashes with police officers and broke through the cordon at the rally on May 5, 2018. Whereas Zolotarevskiy was detained before the rally and did not take part in it.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-06-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/06/d41193/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/05/d39449/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recCl0XegyqkwFg1o"},{"persecution_id":"recBlfQ83XLfUZRor","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec0cy0egYind4b4H","name_en":"Valery Petrenko","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Berezniki (Perm region). On 17 September 2018, a search took place at his home. A case was opened against Petrenko for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 21 May 2024, the case was dropped.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Berezniki"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2018-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2024-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Valery Petrenko's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2019/10/d41568/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recBlfQ83XLfUZRor"},{"persecution_id":"rec9hIWk7ODoqBgwH","last_updated":"2025-01-30T15:43:33.000Z","person_id":"recCzp7d180Cm1f2M","name_en":"Dmitry Mikhailov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 April 2018, Mikhailov's home, where he lived with his wife, was searched. On 29 May, he was arrested on charges of participation and financing the activities of an extremist organisation. On 15 November, he was released from the pre-trial detention centre on his own recognisance. On 16 September 2021, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. 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On 2 November he was transferred to house arrest. Later released on his own recognisance. On 27 November 2019, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, noting that the court and the defendants were provided with different texts of indictments and that the principle of qualification of the actions of the defendants under part 1 or part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code by the investigation was unclear. In April 2020, the investigation was resumed.\n\nOn 16 December 2021, he was sentenced to two and a half suspended sentences.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1298,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":185,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-11-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 02.09.2022\n• in custody: from 29.05.2018 to 02.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• house arrest: from 02.11.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.12.2021, Sentence: Two years six months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of two years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of two years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-priznal-politzaklyuchennymi-29-veruyushchih-svideteley-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-05-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/05/d39451/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recTit6MIWrXnHJLv"},{"persecution_id":"recZbVHJj8lFHaTpq","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"rec9hClDNg6coBfW1","name_en":"Alexandr Prianikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attSEizGZE4Y2sL7z.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attSEizGZE4Y2sL7z.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In August 2018, a search was conducted at Prianikov's apartment while he was away. He was identified as a suspect in connection with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, and a travel ban was imposed. Another search took place at his home on 16 April.\n\nOn 27 January 2020, he was sentenced to two and a half years on probation. However, on 6 August, the appellate court sent the case back for reconsideration. On 15 July 2021, he received another two-year probation sentence. The appellate court declared him innocent on 15 March 2022, but this decision was overturned by the Supreme Court on 14 March 2023, which returned the case to the appellate court. On 6 July, the appellate court annulled the verdict again and referred the case back to the prosecutor's office. On 8 November, the cassation court returned the case to the appellate court, which upheld the two and a half year probation sentence on 8 February 2024.\n\nOn 30 March 2020, another search was conducted at Prianikov's home, and he was interrogated as a suspect in a separate case involving an extremist organisation, resulting in another travel ban. It later became known that he was also accused of involving children in a criminal group. On 9 August 2023, the court sent this case back to the prosecutor's office, and in March 2025, the investigation was closed.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoturyinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2018-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":529,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karpinsk"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Karpinsk","case_number":"1-5/2020 (1-167/2019;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"While in the city of Karpinsk... knowing full well that the religious organisation \"Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\" has been recognised as extremist and that its activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation, he participated in its activities by directly engaging in events, conducting propaganda for its activities, and familiarising himself with religious literature.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 15.08.2018 to 08.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 08.02.2024 to 07.02.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.07.2021, Sentence: 2 years of suspended imprisonment.• First instance court on the merits, 27.01.2020, Sentence: 2 years and 6 months of suspended imprisonment.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of suspended imprisonment.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-01-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-04-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/04/d40918/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recZbVHJj8lFHaTpq"},{"persecution_id":"recrUnQWpteNeiX3O","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reclHkq6yw4cwlcXl","name_en":"Olga Gämmer","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Olga Gämmer is mother of Novokuznetsk activist Lev Gyammer.\nOn September 9th 2018, on the day of a protest against the pension reform organised by Navalny's local headquarters, Gyammer was leaving her home with another activist Mila Zemtsova. The police tried to detain Zemtsova, while Gyammer tried to defend her. A criminal case was initiated against Gyammer for violence against a representative of the authorities. Her son Lev Gyammer believes that the case against his mother was opened because of his activities.\nOn 19 April 2019, Olga Gyammer was sentenced to a year and a half of conditioned prison sentence.\nGyammer died in July 2019.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokuznetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":472,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Actions against pension reform 09.09.2018","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The case of Olga Gyammer","case_number":"1-64/2019(1-829/2018;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, she hit a policeman \"with the back side of her nail plate\", which left him with a bruise. 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During the court hearing later, Ramazanov stated that during the detention he had been severely beaten by the FSB officers, and one of them was present at the trial. Ramazanov could not stand from the pain, it was difficult for him to speak. The judge refused to call him an ambulance.\n\nRamazanov was accused of disseminating information inciting hatred and enmity. The indictment was made on the basis of a certain audio recording made in  the android application \"Zello walkie-talkie\" (banned on the territory of the Russian Federation), on which Ramazanov's voice was allegedly heard speaking negatively about Russians. By court order, Ramazanov was taken into custody. Ramazanov's lawyer stated that there was no evidence in the case files that his client had committed any unlawful acts. According to him, since the moment of Ramazanov's detention, no investigative actions had been carried out.\n\nIn June 2018, Ramazanov was accused of illegally possessing ammunition. He himself stated that the cartridges found during the search did not belong to him and that they had been planted by a police officer, whom Ramazanov was ready to identify.\n\nIn July, his lawyer stated that the investigation was preventing Ramazanov from familiarising himself with the case files. Later, the investigative official stated in court that he had read two volumes aloud to Ramazanov, but the latter refused to sign the protocol. In response, Ramazanov requested that the official's actions be investigated under the article on falsification of evidence, stating that on the day in question no one had presented him with the case files.\n\nOn 14 July Ramazanov was released on his own recognizance. In August, the case was recommitted. In November it became known that the charge of ammunition possession had been dropped.\n\nOn 16 January 2019, after the lawyer appealed to the court, the investigation stopped prosecution under the article on incitement to hatred due to partial decriminalisation of the article.\n\nIn November 2024, Ramazanov was re-included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with the marking that is placed next to the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2018-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of 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On 24 July, the court sent him under house arrest in the case of participation in an extremist organisation.\n\nOn 13 January 2020, Bondarchuk was also accused of financing extremist activities.\n\nOn 22 June 2021, he was sentenced to a four-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2023-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1245,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":177,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kemerovo"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kemerovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released on probation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.07.2019 to 24.07.2019\n• house arrest: from 24.07.2019 to 22.06.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.06.2021, Sentence: Four years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of four years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of four years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-06-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-07-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/07/d41297/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recHyKdyj4qgUmR6u"},{"persecution_id":"recIxkJ86xqI1w6ki","last_updated":"2024-12-23T10:27:47.000Z","person_id":"rec8dpeoNQAjU6Z19","name_en":"Rustam Galiev","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2018, it became known about the criminal case against Galiev and four other residents of Kazan on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.\nIn June 2019, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. 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Held under a custodial sentence\nOn 12 November 2019, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 16 December 2020, the court of cassation returned the case to the court of first instance. On 1 June 2022, the court of first instance sentenced Anoikina to a two-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1513,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":216,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 26.09.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 26.09.2022 to 25.09.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.06.2022, Sentence: Two years' suspended imprisonment, nine months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' suspended imprisonment, nine months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-05-31T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-05-31T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/10/d41594/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recBg6lsKYSbeyk46"},{"persecution_id":"recbOpqftySdAwwLj","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recINlKjdSWa3lGTV","name_en":"Taliyar Mingazov","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On April 24, 2018, he was detained and then arrested on charges of involvement in the activities of a terrorist organization. Sentenced on December 26, 2019 to a term in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":427,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"Taliyar Mingazov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation, recruiting supporters ","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.04.2018 to 13.04.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.04.2020\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.06.2019","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-06-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-06-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-04-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/04/d39274/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recbOpqftySdAwwLj"},{"persecution_id":"recJapYlT1GCdZdi7","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:24:35.000Z","person_id":"recav4ydjVetdO1ny","name_en":"Andrei Stupnikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atthiov4zxNUd7pga.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atthiov4zxNUd7pga.jpg"],"birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Andrei Stupnikov is a resident of Krasnoyarsk. On 3 July 2018, he was detained at an airport. On 4 July, he was arrested on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremism-related articles solely for their religious activities, including holding meetings, conducting joint worship services, and attracting new followers.\n\nIn February 2019, he was transferred to house arrest. On 2 July, the court released Stupnikov from house arrest and imposed a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions.\n\nOn 3 June 2021, he was sentenced to six years in a general-regime penal colony. 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At around 5pm near the garden of the Winter Palace, Tsakunov and his friends hailed a taxi and were about to leave for home after the rally, but noticed the police telling the janitors to throw away a large inflatable duck, a protest sign from the \"He is not your Dimon\" rally. The young people spoke with the janitors and took the duck away. The police noticed this and began to detain the young men. Initially the protocol was drawn up on Tsakunov about violation of the rules of holding the rally (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences), later a line was added stating that during the arrest he knocked out a tooth of a police officer. The next day he was charged under Part 2 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code (use of violence against a police officer, dangerous to his life and health). According to the investigation, Tsakunov hit police officer Sukharukov A.A., who participated in his detention, and knocked out Sukharukov's tooth with this blow.\n\nOn 26 April 2019, the charge against Tsakunov was reclassified to the use of violence not dangerous to life and health of a representative of authority - the investigation found that Sukharukov had a nerve removed before Tsakunov hit him. Tsakunov was released from the pre-trial detention centre on personal recognisance.\n\nOn 20 May Tsakunov was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles (ca US$1,080). The court exempted him from paying the fine due to the fact that Tsakunov had spent 11 months in pre-trial detention centre. The court also decided to recover 26,000 rubles (ca US$ 280) from Tsakunov in favour of the police officer to pay the costs of dental services.\n\nOn 17 September 2019, the appeal court overturned Tsakunov's verdict and acquitted him.\n\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":379,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"He Is Not Our Tsar\"  05.05.2018","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of 5 May 2018"],"case_name_en":"Case of hooliganism at the rally \"He is not our king\" 5 May 2018","case_number":"1-20/2019(1-106/2018;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Tsakunov punched a police officer and knocked out his tooth during his arrest at a protest in St. Petersburg on 5 May 2018.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 26.04.2019 to 17.09.2019\n• in custody:  to 26.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody: from 07.05.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.05.2019, Sentence: Exemption from paying the fine of 100,000 roubles (US$ 1090), Recover 26,000 (US$ 283) in favour of the police officer to cover the costs of dental services","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Exemption from paying the fine of 100,000 roubles (US$ 1090), Recover 26,000 (US$ 283) in favour of the police officer to cover the costs of dental services","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-05-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-05-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 03-07-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/operativnaya-informatsiya/8572/ssp-priznal-politzakljuchjonnym-zhitelja-sankt-peterburga-mihaila-cakunova\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 12-06-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/cakunov-mihail-sergeevich\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 10-05-2018\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://amnesty.org.ru/ru/2018-05-11-tsakunov/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","Amnesty International"],"aid":"recO2qtuY06sc7QCY"},{"persecution_id":"recNyVnKqqQizHhbA","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recZpEzO2p6i37VmK","name_en":"Sergey Andreev","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 18 July, opposition activist Sergey Andreyev was searched at home and detained. He was accused of incitement to hatred on the grounds of nationality and belonging to a social group. Later he was released on his own recognisance. On 2 August Andreev was summoned to the Investigative Committee for an interview, where he was detained again. He spent the night in the police station, and the next day the court decided to place him under house arrest. In October it became known that Andreyev was put on a federal wanted list. According to unconfirmed reports, he left Russia. In February 2019, it became known that the case was suspended.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Almetyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Andreev","persecution_case_profile_en":"spoke at an uncoordinated rally against corruption on 26 March 2017, during which he urged not to vote for Jews because they \"manage the people's wealth\" and \"steal from Russians\"; the speech incited hatred \"on the grounds of nationality and attitude to a social group\".","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.07.2018 to 03.08.2018\n• house arrest: from 03.08.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-07-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/racism-xenophobia/news/counteraction/2018/07/d39727/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recNyVnKqqQizHhbA"},{"persecution_id":"recGNXt1pSuB4ZUvP","last_updated":"2026-03-23T08:47:12.000Z","person_id":"rec076RrO2T1i2qMo","name_en":"Vladimir Kochnev","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 16 May 2018 and arrested on 19 May on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 3 August, transferred under house arrest. On 12 October, the court replaced the preventive measure with a prohibition of certain actions.\n\nOn 14 January 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but it later came back to the court. On 28 August 2023, Kochnev was sentenced to two years and eight months suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1930,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":275,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg"],"case_name_en":"The case of five Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"in the period from April 2017... participated in the activities of a structural subdivision of the Jehovah's Witnesses Local Religious Organisation by convening and holding meetings, organising the recruitment of new members, and communicating the content of religious literature texts to meeting participants","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.05.2018 to 03.08.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Orenburg Oblast\n• house arrest: from 03.08.2018 to 12.10.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 24.01.2024 to 23.03.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 28.08.2023, Sentence: 2 years 8 months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 2 years 2 months, 10 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 8 months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 2 years 2 months, 10 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-28T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-28T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/05/d39377/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recGNXt1pSuB4ZUvP"},{"persecution_id":"recvbJvwBzxHxPRM1","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recofcls9emHtF7Zq","name_en":"Sergey Polyakov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 4 July 2018, Polyakov and his wife were searched, beaten and then detained. On 6 July, he was arrested on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. In December, transferred under house arrest. Later released on his own recognisance.\n\n30 November 2020 sentenced to three years in a general regime colony, taken into custody in the courtroom. On 30 November 2022, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":879,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Omsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Omsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"In May 2018, he came to the Azovsky German National Municipal District of the Omsk Region, where he began to conduct \"propaganda activities to attract local residents to participate in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-07-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 30.11.2020\n• house arrest: from 03.12.2018\n• in custody: from 30.11.2020\n• in custody: from 06.07.2018 to 03.12.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Omsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 30.11.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2020, Sentence: Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2020-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-07-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/07/d39681/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recvbJvwBzxHxPRM1"},{"persecution_id":"reclPq1dR96MZVooT","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recphFGoJjKFjzelb","name_en":"Anastasia Polyakova","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 4 July 2018, Polyakova and her husband were searched at home and detained. On 6 July, she was arrested on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. In December, she was transferred under house arrest. Later released after signing an acknowledgement of travel restrictions.\n\nOn 30 November 2020, she was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":879,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Omsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Omsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"In May 2018, she came to Azovsky German National Municipal District, Omsk Region, where she began to conduct \"propaganda activities to attract local residents to participate in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-07-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-12-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 03.12.2018 to 03.12.2018\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 28.05.2021\n• in custody: from 06.07.2018 to 03.12.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Omsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2020, Sentence: two years six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-07-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/07/d39681/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reclPq1dR96MZVooT"},{"persecution_id":"recTT9EFQmbeBT9Wj","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recpa9KCE1NwBWDOO","name_en":"Karina Sahakyan","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 November 2018, Sahakyan's home was searched. On 12 December 2019, a case was initiated on the activities of an extremist organisation. Sahakyan was suspected of participating in its activities. 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On 9 December, at least eight searches of Jehovah's Witnesses were conducted in the city as part of the investigation. Three people - Alexander Akopov, Konstantin Samsonov and Shamil Sultanov - were arrested, one more person was declared wanted.\n\nOn 5 December 2019, Samsonov was released from custody and a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen.\n\nIn June 2020, it became known that Samsonov was also accused of raising funds for the needs of an extremist organisation.\n\nOn 19 April 2022, he was sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment in a general regime colony. On 5 August, the court of appeal replaced the term with a fine of one million 400 thousand rubles, obliging, taking into account the time served, to pay 400 thousand.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Neftekumsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2018-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1226,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":175,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Neftekumsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Neftekumsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation; participated in fundraising, knowing that the money would be used both to support the activities of the extremist organisation UCSI (the Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses) and the extremist organisation IRO, which is part of its structure","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 05.12.2019 to 19.04.2022\n• in custody: from 09.12.2018 to 05.12.2019\n• in custody: from 19.04.2022 to 05.08.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.04.2022, Sentence: Seven years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Seven years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1400000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-12-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/12/d40470/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recFcWMwbFMt5MlnS"},{"persecution_id":"rec5jgkoOQH0ym79m","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:02:55.000Z","person_id":"recx0a7E7EWVLQych","name_en":"Eduard Nizamov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att4uzBDyAd2d5XEF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att4uzBDyAd2d5XEF.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Eduard Nizamov, considered by the investigation to be the head of the Russian branch of Hizb ut-Tahrir, was detained in Kazan on 11 October, 2018. On 12 October, the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan arrested Nizamov until 12 November 2018; along with Ildar Akhmetzianov, 41, and Rais Gimadeev, 48, who, according to the investigation, are the leaders of the regional cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan. All of them are charged under Article 205.5, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organizing the activities of an organisation, which, under Russian law, is recognised as a terrorist organisation; up to life imprisonment).\n\nOn 10 February, 2020, Nizamov was sentenced to 23 years in a strict-regime colony.\n\nAfter his arrest, he complained about being tortured by the staff at the pretrial detention center and provocations from his cellmates. After that Nizamov was transferred to another cell.\n\nIn September 2019, it became known that Nizamov was also charged with financing terrorist activities and preparation for violent seizure of power.\n\nNizamov was transferred to pretrial detention center No. 1 in the Sverdlovsk region, where he was kept in harsh conditions, without proper ventilation and necessary food items.\n\nIn 2020, Nizamov was transferred to a colony in the Samara region. From August 1 to August 30, 2022, he was kept in the punishment cell because of his demand to hand him over his parcel with clothes and a wristwatch, which the administration had been refusing to release since 2020. After that, he was placed in the punishment cell several more times. In December, he was constantly transferred from cell to cell. On 13 December, Nizamov was sent to the punishment cell for seven days for allegedly not keeping his hands behind his back. At the end of the month, it was reported that Nizamov was transferred to a special-regime colony.\n\nIt is reported that Nizamov has already been tried under Article 282.2, Part 2 (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation): In 2005, he received a two-year conditional sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":487,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal 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Russian Federation\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2020, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2020, Sentence: Twenty-three years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Twenty-three years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty 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He was charged with involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sol-Iletsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg"],"case_name_en":"The case of the three Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg ","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/05/d39377/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recSOhLcZsk78Bput"},{"persecution_id":"recE3UX2Pui4TKH1v","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec7AzbgEZO2IaioM","name_en":"Alexey Miretsky","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 12 June 2018, he was detained after a search due to suspicion of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, released on 14 June on his personal recognizance not to leave.\n\nOn 20 September 2019, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony.\n\nOn 6 February 2020, he was beaten in the colony. Sent to a SHIZO due to the fact that he allegedly smoked, although Miretsky does not smoke due to his religious beliefs.\n\nOn 3 August 2021 he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2018-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":464,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Saratov region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Saratov region","persecution_case_profile_en":"he participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.06.2018 to 14.06.2018\n• recognizance not to leave: from 14.06.2018 to 20.09.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2020 to 03.08.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.09.2019, Sentence: Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, one year's restriction of freedom and a ban on holding senior positions in public organisations for five years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, one year's restriction of freedom and a ban on holding senior positions in public organisations for five years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2019-09-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-09-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-06-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/06/d39561/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recE3UX2Pui4TKH1v"},{"persecution_id":"recahn5jTTkBRNKLp","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recjP61SNdxA0pVKk","name_en":"Felix Mahammadiev","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On June 12, 2018, he was detained after a search; on June 14, he was arrested on charges of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. On May 20, 2019, he was released and a preventive measure was chosen in the form of a ban on certain actions.\n\nOn September 20, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn February 6, 2020, he was beaten in a colony, resulting in a broken rib and damaged lung and kidney. The colony staff took away the prescribed diet from Mahammadiev.\n\nOn May 8, it became known that Mahammadiev was deprived of the right to obtain Russian citizenship.\n\nOn December 31, he was released from the colony and immediately placed in the Temporary Detention Center for Foreign Citizens. 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Released on the recognizance not to leave.\n\nOn 12 November 2019, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 16 December 2020, the court of cassation instance returned the case to the court of first instance. 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He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border and transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center on 29 November. On 7 September 2019, he was released as a part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation for a group of people released by Ukraine and arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ukrainian sailors","persecution_case_profile_en":"Acting as part of an organised group, on 25 November 2018 at 7.01 a.m., being on the Ukrainian Navy ships \"Berdyansk\", \"Nikopol\" and \"Yany Kapu\" in the waters of the Black Sea, without notifying the captain of the seaport of Kerch about the ships' approach to the Kerch Strait 48 hours in advance and additionally without notifying 24 hours before the approach, as well as without transmitting the coordinates of the border crossing to the nearest coastal communication post 1 hour before entering the territorial waters, without responding to requests to stop made by officials of the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in Crimea, performing dangerous maneuvering and creating a threat to navigation, illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the area with average geographical coordinates of 44 degrees 52.7 minutes north latitude and 36 degrees 31.3 minutes east longitude.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.11.2018 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 27.11.2018 to 29.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-moryakov\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9230/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-morjakov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recnzIYo3gv4qJSz0"},{"persecution_id":"recEulnUYmcjKXXqg","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recEnjdgKebqWfAB2","name_en":"Agnessa Postnikova","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the 17th of May 2018, a search was conducted at Postnikova's residence. On the 12th of February 2021, a case was initiated against her for her alleged participation in the activities of an extremist organization, and on the 17th of February, she faced further charges for involvement in such activities. In March, she agreed to a hold departure order.\n\nOn the 25th of April 2022, she received a five-year suspended sentence. However, on the 11th of October, the appellate court overturned the verdict and sent the case back for review.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1439,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":205,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan"],"case_name_en":"Third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Together with Oleg Postnikov, she formed a criminal group, approving the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organization and sharing its extremist goals. They both joined the local religious organization.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 17.03.2021 to 17.03.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2022, Sentence: 5 years of conditional imprisonment.• First instance court on the merits, 23.08.2023, Sentence: Four years and six months of conditional imprisonment.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four years and six months of conditional imprisonment.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-25T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-23T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-05-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/05/d46212/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-04-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recEulnUYmcjKXXqg"},{"persecution_id":"recgV7SVcHt1aUCi9","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:27:40.000Z","person_id":"rectDiKcWrHiZBSgb","name_en":"Konstantin Ishutov","birth_year":1984,"age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Chuvashia. On 4 October 2018 he was detained after a search, until 8 October he was in a temporary detention centre on charges of rehabilitation of Nazism. The court decided to release him from custody, but impose restrictions on certain actions: Ishutov was forbidden to leave the house from 10 pm to 6 am, to communicate with all participants in the criminal proceedings in his case, except for the lawyer and the investigator, as well as to use the Internet and mail. On 13 March 2019, it became known that Ishutov was also prosecuted for distribution of child pornography (we have no grounds to consider this charge politically motivated). The court refused to place him in custody.\n\nOn 5 April, another case of rehabilitation of Nazism was brought against Ishutov - for his 2010 post about the places of mass burial of German prisoners not recognised by the Chuvash authorities.\n\nOn 24 December 2019, Ishutov was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. He was released in September 2022.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2018-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":445,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 354.1 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Ishutov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Ishutov published a photograph of German leaflet dated year 1941 addressed to citizens of the Soviet Union, soldiers and commanders of the Red Army, in which the Nazis promised to give peasants full ownership of their homestead plots and to restore freedom of religion in the USSR. Ishutov wrote: \"When the Third Reich treats the Soviet people better than Putin treats the Russian people\". He also allegedly stored pornographic materials involving minors on his computer hard drive and posted on Live Journal an article with comments condoning the actions of the Nazis during the Second World War, glorifying fascism and minimizing the contribution of the Soviet people to the victory in WW2.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 08.10.2018\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 04.10.2018 to 08.10.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.09.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2019, Sentence: 3 years  and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years  and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-04-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/04/d40860/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recgV7SVcHt1aUCi9"},{"persecution_id":"recmGniqXmpkgDldy","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"rec8nlpJ54CCXDlvZ","name_en":"Boris Andreev","birth_year":1992,"age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Orenburg region. On 16 May 2018, a search took place in Andreev's house. He was charged with involvement in an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services, engaging new supporters.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Perevolotsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg"],"case_name_en":"The case of the three Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg ","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/05/d39377/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recmGniqXmpkgDldy"},{"persecution_id":"recGJiDcX0jiffpEq","last_updated":"2023-11-09T05:48:02.000Z","person_id":"recT3tJ60ViXAhjBq","name_en":"Andrei Oprysko","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"On 25 November 2018, detained when Russian vessels blocked Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea near Crimea. He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. 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Dulova and her 18-year-old daughter were intimidated during interrogation with long prison sentences. Dulova is suspected of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. Dulova is suspected of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. She was released on the order of her own recognisance. \n\nOn January 27, 2020 she was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence. On August 6, the court of appeal sent the case for a new hearing. On July 15, 2021, she was again sentenced to two years' suspended sentence. On March 15, 2022, the appeal court overturned the verdict, finding Dulova not guilty.\n\nOn March 14, 2023, the Supreme Court overturned this decision, returning the case to the appeal court. On July 6, the appeal court again cancelled the verdict, sending the case back to the prosecutor's office. On November 8, the court of cassation returned the case to the court of appeal. On February 8, 2024, the appeal court affirmed the two-year suspended sentence.\n\nOn March 30, 2020, Dulova's house was searched and she was questioned as a suspect in another criminal case - on involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. She was given a covenant not to leave the country. On August 9, 2023, the court sent the case back to the prosecutor's office. 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On 19 January Valov was taken into custody. Valov claims that after detention he was beaten. Because of the transfer to a special block of the pre-trial detention centre, he went on hunger strike, after which he was sent to a punishment cell. On 19 September, the court began to consider the case. On 26 December, Valov was sentenced to six years of penal colony. On 25 April 2019, the court of appeal returned the case to the court of first instance due to irregularities in the transfer of materials for appeal. After the first-instance court again transferred the materials to the appeal court, the sentence was left unchanged.\n\nIn December 2019, it became known that Valov, who is in IK-14 in the Irkutsk region, was sent to a punishment cell due to some \"operational necessity\".\n\nIn June 2022, it became known that Valov was transferred from strict regime to general.\n\nIn January 2023, Valov was assigned a two-year administrative supervision after his release.\n\nHe was released on 31 March 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":341,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 163 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 163 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Valov","persecution_case_profile_en":"in the period from 13 June to 18 July 2016, offered for 300,000 roubles to remove an article on the seizure of a part of a public beach in Sochi by Yuri Napso, a member of the LDPR State Duma, and other information compromising the parliamentarian, from the BlogSochi website he edited, and received this money, and also demanded from Napso a monthly payment of 20,000-30,000 roubles for the absence of critical materials about him","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.01.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation  for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 31.03.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.12.2018, Sentence: six years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2018-12-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-12-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 06-12-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/valov-aleksandr-igorevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recDzjZwYRRHUq41p"},{"persecution_id":"recnujupjVsCmw1U6","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:58:10.000Z","person_id":"recrMaV5JrQVhDUJs","name_en":"Lyubov Kalugina","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Kazakhstan"],"story_en":"Law enforcement authorities became interested in the content of Kalugina's page in spring 2017, prompted by a statement from a resident of Birobidzhan that her posts incited hatred towards men.\nAt the end of July 2017, Kalugina was summoned to the police for an interview, where she gave an explanation. In August 2018, the activist was again summoned for a conversation, this time to the Investigative Committee. She was informed that a criminal case could be opened against her, and an expert examination was carried out in relation to her publications.\nA criminal case against Lyubov Kalugina for incitement to hatred and humiliation of dignity (282 CC) was opened in early September. The reason was 12 posts published from 2013 to 2016. One text refers to a polemic within the feminist movement, all the others are really directed against men.\nOn 5 February 2019, the case was terminated.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2018-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"case_name_en":"Lubov Kalugina's case of incitement to hatred against men","persecution_case_profile_en":"according to the investigation, incited hatred towards men.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• , 05.02.2019","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2019-02-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/08/d39885/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recnujupjVsCmw1U6"},{"persecution_id":"recvTOKno08gALMTM","last_updated":"2023-11-09T00:01:24.000Z","person_id":"reci8lfCwuavLGKOS","name_en":"Vladimir Varimez","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"On 25 November 2018, detained when Russian vessels blocked Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea near Crimea. He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. On 7 September 2019, he was released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation for a group of people released by Ukraine and arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ukrainian sailors","persecution_case_profile_en":"Acting as part of an organised group, on 25 November 2018 at 7.01 a.m., being on the Ukrainian Navy ships \"Berdyansk\", \"Nikopol\" and \"Yany Kapu\" in the waters of the Black Sea, without notifying the captain of the seaport of Kerch about the ships' approach to the Kerch Strait 48 hours in advance and additionally without notifying 24 hours before the approach, as well as without transmitting the coordinates of the border crossing to the nearest coastal communication post 1 hour before entering the territorial waters, without responding to requests to stop made by officials of the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in Crimea, performing dangerous manoeuvring and creating a threat to navigation, illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the area with average geographical coordinates of 44 degrees 52.7 minutes north latitude and 36 degrees 31.3 minutes east longitude","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.11.2018 to 29.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 29.11.2018 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9230/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-morjakov\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-moryakov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recvTOKno08gALMTM"},{"persecution_id":"recn9UfuSFy7tFAF7","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:34:37.000Z","person_id":"recgU36A2a40tZnSR","name_en":"Pavel Lekontsev","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 16th of May 2018, Lekontsev's home was searched in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. Lekontsev signed a written pledge not to leave the area.\n\nOn 14th of January 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but later it went back to court. On 28th of August 2023, Lekontsev was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1930,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":275,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg"],"case_name_en":"The case of five Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.05.2018 to 24.01.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 24.01.2024 to 23.07.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 28.08.2023, Sentence: 3 years' suspended prison sentence with a probation period of 2 years and 6 months, 10 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended prison sentence with a probation period of 2 years and 6 months, 10 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-28T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-28T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/05/d39377/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recn9UfuSFy7tFAF7"},{"persecution_id":"recj7Y6if85R8FsYX","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recKr6zMEiNMvfoPH","name_en":"Maria Motuznaya","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 18 April 2018, a criminal case was opened against Motuznaya. She found out about it on 8 May, when her flat was searched and then she was taken for questioning. Motuznaya was intimidated and forced to sign a confession. She was given a covenant not to leave the country. At first the case was opened under the article on humiliation of dignity on the grounds of race, then the charge of insulting the feelings of believers was added. In the protocol of examination of Motuznaya's computer it was written that there were images of swastikas and Hitler, Motuznaya denies it.\nOn 6 August the court started to consider the case. On 9 October the case was returned to the prosecutor's office. On 17 October Motuznaya reported that she left Russia. In December, it became known that the case was sent for additional investigation. In January 2019, the Investigative Committee reported the termination of the case.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Article 148 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Article 148 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Maria Motuznaya's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"published images on the social network VKontakte, which contain \"linguistic, psychological and religious signs of expressing contempt for society in order to offend the religious feelings of believers\" and linguistic signs of \"humiliation of members of the Negroid race\" and \"propaganda of the superiority of the Caucasoid race over the Negroid race\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 08.05.2018 to 10.01.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-10-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/10/d40173/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recj7Y6if85R8FsYX"},{"persecution_id":"recwUrwNxSxRMdFaj","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recZVrDQDET873Jll","name_en":"Arkadya Hakobyan","birth_year":1948,"birth_date":"1948-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":77,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":70,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Hakobyan was charged with incitement to hatred. Since 24th of April, 2018 he has been under a custodial sentence. On December 27th he was sentenced to 120 hours of community service. On March 1st, 2019 the sentence was cancelled due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 282 of the Criminal Code.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Prokhladny"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":359,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Arkadi Hakobyan case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Hakobyan gave a speech in which he humiliated the dignity of representatives of other religions; he also distributed banned religious literature among his co-religionists","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.12.2018, Sentence: 120 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"120 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-12-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-12-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-05-2017\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/05/d37078/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-08-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 16-09-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recwUrwNxSxRMdFaj"},{"persecution_id":"recIY1svBkYjSbBht","last_updated":"2023-11-09T00:01:24.000Z","person_id":"recXvCKuxCy46IXyh","name_en":"Andriy Drach","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"On 25 November 2018, detained when Russian vessels blocked Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea near Crimea. He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. On 7 September 2019, he was released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation for a group of people released by Ukraine and arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ukrainian sailors","persecution_case_profile_en":"Acting as part of an organised group, on 25 November 2018 at 7.01 a.m., being on the Ukrainian Navy ships \"Berdyansk\", \"Nikopol\" and \"Yany Kapu\" in the waters of the Black Sea, without notifying the captain of the seaport of Kerch about the ships' approach to the Kerch Strait 48 hours in advance and additionally without notifying 24 hours before the approach, as well as without transmitting the coordinates of the border crossing to the nearest coastal communication post 1 hour before entering the territorial waters, without responding to requests to stop made by officials of the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in Crimea, performing dangerous manoeuvring and creating a threat to navigation, illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the area with average geographical coordinates of 44 degrees 52.7 minutes north latitude and 36 degrees 31.3 minutes east longitude.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.11.2018 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 27.11.2018 to 29.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9230/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-morjakov\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-moryakov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recIY1svBkYjSbBht"},{"persecution_id":"rec4NvmrYJufwVtHb","last_updated":"2024-11-26T08:30:15.000Z","person_id":"recz6JTdHcBhXPpVK","name_en":"Azat Miftakhov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attW7V7teJN2cFztq.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attW7V7teJN2cFztq.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Moscow resident, mathematician, anarchist. In July 2018, the Telegram channel \"Oper Slil\" (\"Cop has doxed\") published photos of detained anarchists with the caption: \"And to another arsehole who ran away with a bag with a banner for 'social activism' inside, we send a special greeting! Azat Miftakhov, wait for us to visit you\". The next time Miftakhov's photo appeared in the same channel was in January 2019 with the caption \"We warned you - stop doing nonsense.\" On 18 January, Miftakhov said that a search was conducted at his MSU dormitory while he himself was not there. On 1 February, he was detained after a search as part of the case of preparation of an explosion in Balashikha in January 2018. Miftakhov's whereabouts were concealed from his lawyer for more than a day, he later reported that he was tortured. ONC members confirmed that Miftakhov's body showed signs of torture. The court refused to choose a measure of restriction for Miftakhov and only extended the period of detention. On 7 February, Miftakhov was released, but then was immediately detained on charges of the attack on the United Russia office in January 2019. The confidential witness said he recognised Miftakhov by his \"expressive eyebrows\", but could not name what Miftakhov was wearing and did not recall the other defendants in the case. In addition, the man explained that he had not reported the offence for a year because first his phone ran out of battery and after that he was unable to do so. According to the witness, he decided to contact the police after the media reported about Miftakhov's detention. On 12 February, the court decided to take Miftakhov into custody.\n\nEarlier, the case of the attack on the United Russia office in Khovrino district was qualified as an act of vandalism, but a new version of the charges was pressed against Miftakhov - under the article on hooliganism committed by a group.\n\nOn 18 January 2021, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony. On 21 April 2022, the court of cassation reduced the sentence by three months.\n\nIn February 2023, a new criminal case against Miftakhov was launched in connection with the Moscow cell of the \"Set'\" (\"Network\") movement (11 people were convicted in the cases of the Penza and St. Petersburg cells of the movement, later recognised as a terrorist organisation). In August, it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Miftakhov.\n\nOn 4 September 2023, the day of his release from the colony, Miftakhov was detained on a new case and taken to Kirov.\n\nIn September, it became known that the ECHR awarded Miftakhov compensation of 26 thousand euros because of the use of violence against him during his detention in 2019.\n\nOn 28 March 2024, Miftakhov was sentenced to four years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nIn April 2024, it became known that Miftakhov was not receiving the necessary antidepressants in the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nIn November 2024, Miftakhov relayed that he was placed in a cell with a person with a severe psychiatric illness who was aggressive towards him.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":914,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":130,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The case of the action in front of the United Russia office"],"case_name_en":"The case of the action in front of the United Russia office","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the attack on the United Russia office on Onezhskaya Street in Moscow on 31 January 2018.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.02.2019 to 14.07.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 14.07.2021 to 07.08.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• in custody: from 12.02.2019 to 26.02.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.02.2019 to 07.02.2019, Balashikha TDF of the Municipal Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (Balashikha)\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 07.02.2019 to 12.02.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2021 to 04.09.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.01.2021, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":69,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2021-01-18T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-01-18T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-03-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9176/miftahov-azat-fanisovich\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 24-03-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/miftahov-azat-fanisovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec4NvmrYJufwVtHb"},{"persecution_id":"recnlxPs5Stfal8AC","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:48:16.000Z","person_id":"recxs8tYXt84YzVZB","name_en":"Valerii Kriger","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attKZWp1zHXXE59bX.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attKZWp1zHXXE59bX.jpg"],"birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Birobidzhan. A case of organising activities of an extremist organisation was initiated against him due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new followers. On 29 June 2018, Kriger was forced to sign the recognisance not to leave. On 19 December 2022, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":942,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":134,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan","case_number":"1-8/2022 (1-65/2021; 1-609/2020;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the organisation of the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community, banned as an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.12.2022 to 01.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 29.06.2018 to 19.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.12.2020, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 4 years' ban to engage in activities related to the management of public organisations, 1 year's restriction of liberty• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 19.12.2022, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 4 years' ban to engage in activities related to the management of public organisations, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 4 years' ban to engage in activities related to the management of public organisations, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":81,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2020-12-14T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-19T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/05/d39378/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 02-01-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-01-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recnlxPs5Stfal8AC"},{"persecution_id":"recGvBTnWLaLw8MWb","last_updated":"2023-11-09T00:01:24.000Z","person_id":"rec4ed9Bh5UhFuR8o","name_en":"Vladimir Tereshchenko","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"On 25 November 2018, detained when Russian vessels blocked Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea near Crimea. He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. 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On 21 August she was released on her own recognisance.\n\nOn 14 November 2019, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 9 January 2020, the court of appeal reversed the decision. On 25 September, the charge was reclassified to participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, she was sentenced to two years' probation. On 9 November 2021, the court of cassation instance quashed the verdict and returned the case to the court of appeal. On 18 January 2022, the appeal court issued a verdict of acquittal. On 15 December, the verdict was cancelled and the case was returned to the court of appeal. 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In July 2023, it became known that Parfentiev died.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nevinnomyssk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nevinnomyssk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nevinnomyssk","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d41921/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recId6Z8lomTgJwZk"},{"persecution_id":"reck7QTpDCnmDPf9e","last_updated":"2025-01-28T12:25:56.000Z","person_id":"recTMsRIID9ahjjFX","name_en":"Maxim Khalturin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attEJsWOZRV0R6F1Y.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attEJsWOZRV0R6F1Y.jpg"],"birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Was detained on 9 October 2018 on charges of participation in the organisation and activities of an extremist organisation, as well as financing such activities. Was taken into custody. On 20 December, was transferred under house arrest. On 30 September 2019, was released on his own recognisance. Later, the charge of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was dropped. On 3 June 2022, was sentenced to six years and two months suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2018-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1332,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":190,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kirov"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kirov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the suspects gathered in flats to sing Bible songs, improve their missionary skills, study religious banned literature, and collected money - \"more than 500,000 rubles\" - to pay rent and \"other premises\" for meetings, bought equipment and transferred the money to the \"Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.10.2018 to 12.10.2018\n• in custody: from 12.10.2018 to 20.12.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• house arrest: from 20.12.2018 to 30.09.2019\n• recognizance not to leave: from 30.09.2019 to 04.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 04.10.2022 to 03.10.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.06.2022, Sentence: six years two months suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years two months suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-06-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-06-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-10-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/10/d40131/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reck7QTpDCnmDPf9e"},{"persecution_id":"recPh2mGDcSHyI7Nn","last_updated":"2025-01-28T19:26:56.000Z","person_id":"rec5gUnEEKTEcb0C0","name_en":"Edem Bekirov","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Detained on 12 December 2018 at the entrance to Crimea from the Kherson region, when he was travelling by taxi. The next day he was taken into custody on charges of manufacturing and storage of ammunition and explosives.\n\nEdem Bekirov is a disabled person of Group I, he has diabetes mellitus, recently suffered a heart attack and had heart surgery, and had a leg amputated.\n\nOn 27 August the court changed Bekirov's measure of restraint from detention to an obligation to appear in court.\n\nOn 7 September 2019, Bekirov was released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for groups of people released by Ukraine, arrived in Ukraine.\n\nOn 9 June 2021, he was sentenced in absentia to seven years of general regime colony and 150 thousand rubles fine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":909,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":129,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 222","Part 2, Article 222.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Edem Bekirov","persecution_case_profile_en":"On or about 31 May 2018, he found a Russian citizen, K.R. Memetov (pseudonym), with whom he entered into a criminal conspiracy; while in Simferopol, he gave \"Memetov\" a bag with 47 TNT checkers weighing 11.62 kg and 192 cartridges for a Makarov pistol, and instructed him to place them in a hiding place","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.12.2018 to 27.08.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.06.2021, Sentence: 7 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, 150,000 rubles fine","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, 150,000 rubles fine","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-06-08T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-05-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/bekirov-edem-ayderovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recPh2mGDcSHyI7Nn"},{"persecution_id":"recjsnKcdnEGKnlRz","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recPYENyf2LIh0wc9","name_en":"Danil Bagautdinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attaVQE4DrvFJHDiw.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attaVQE4DrvFJHDiw.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kazan. On 24 April 2018, detained and then arrested on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism.\n\nOn 17 December 2019, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":601,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"Danil Bagautdinov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.04.2018\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2019, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-04-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/04/d39274/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 26-02-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9920/kazanskoe-delo-jakubova-i-bagautdinova\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-02-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-yakubova-i-bagautdinova\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recjsnKcdnEGKnlRz"},{"persecution_id":"recSYcdsLLjKdHuVR","last_updated":"2025-08-21T22:00:48.000Z","person_id":"recdmW0zt9Yyr5zjZ","name_en":"Igor Turik","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Accused of committing an offence under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Organizing the activities of a religious organization for which a decision on liquidation has been made due to engaging in extremist activities\"). He has been under house arrest since 17 September 2018. In January 2019, he was released on his own recognisance.\n\nOn 12 May 2021, sentenced to seven years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2018-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":967,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":138,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Perm"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Perm","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of a religious organisation that was subject to a decision on liquidation in connection with extremist activities; involved other participants","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.01.2019 to 23.08.2021\n• house arrest: from 17.09.2018 to 16.01.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 23.08.2021 to 22.08.2025\n• Unknown: from 22.08.2025 to 21.08.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.05.2021, Sentence: Seven years' suspended imprisonment, prohibition to hold leading positions in religious organisations","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Seven years' suspended imprisonment, prohibition to hold leading positions in religious organisations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-09-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/09/d40052/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recSYcdsLLjKdHuVR"},{"persecution_id":"recZaleXveeRc1Dy7","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recDRQ7D5kdx9s0do","name_en":"Gennady German","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"June 12, 2018 he was detained after a search on suspicion of participation in the activities of an extremist organization, June 14 he was released on personal recognizance.\n\nSeptember 20, 2019 he was sentenced to two years of general regime penal colony.\n\nFebruary 6, 2020 he was beaten in the colony. Sent to a punishment cell due to the fact that he allegedly smoked, although Herman does not smoke due to his religious beliefs.\n\nReleased on July 29, 2021.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2018-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":463,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Saratov region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Saratov region","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.06.2018 to 14.06.2018\n• in custody: from 20.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 14.06.2018 to 20.09.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2020 to 29.07.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2019, Sentence: Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, one year's restriction of liberty and a five years ban on holding senior positions in public organisations ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, one year's restriction of liberty and a five years ban on holding senior positions in public organisations ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2019-09-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-09-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-06-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/06/d39561/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recZaleXveeRc1Dy7"},{"persecution_id":"rec9yvofTPeajxCI0","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recI4LH7zJeCi0UjS","name_en":"Sergey Klimov","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 3 June 2018 and arrested on 5 June on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 5 November 2019, sentenced to six years in a penal colony. Released on 26 July 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2018-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":519,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Klimov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Between August 2017 and May 2018, he organised the activities of the religious community and carried out missionary activities with the aim of attracting citizens to the ranks of Jehovah's Witnesses.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 29.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Astrakhan Oblast\n• in custody: from 05.06.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tomsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre-8 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2020 to 26.07.2023, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-8 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.11.2019, Sentence: six years' imprisonment in an ordinary regiment colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' imprisonment in an ordinary regiment colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2019-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-11-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-06-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/06/d39482/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec9yvofTPeajxCI0"},{"persecution_id":"recMwHED4A0YgUY1P","last_updated":"2025-04-01T18:50:13.000Z","person_id":"recBRdO77JzmeEjdH","name_en":"Nail Vakhitov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case has been opened for organising the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with the study of the works of the Turkish theologian Said Nursi. Russian law enforcers unjustifiably prosecute such people as members of extremist movement \"Nurdjular\", the existence of which has not been proven. On 29 July 2019, Vakhitov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released no later than 2024.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":573,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Nurcists (Nurcu followers) in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"Nurists' case in Tatarstan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Seeking Muslims for involvement in the activities of the international religious extremist association \"Nurdjular\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 15.11.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2019, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2019-07-28T22:13:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-07-28T22:13:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-10-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/10/d40090/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recMwHED4A0YgUY1P"},{"persecution_id":"recFH5qxaPC0gdGnS","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recfeNfoJkAodMBCU","name_en":"Shamil Galimov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Shamil Galimov was detained on 24 October 2018 and later taken into custody on suspicion of organizing and participating in the activities of a terrorist organization. He was later charged with organization only.\n\nOn 14 February 2020, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":477,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Sixth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Shamil Galimov and Ilmir Motygullin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the law enforcement agencies' version, on the instructions of his foreign handlers, he carried out anti-constitutional activities involving the overthrow of the legitimate authorities \"including by terrorist methods\" to establish a caliphate. He attracted Muslims to the ranks of the organization and \"was engaged in replenishing the combat formations of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in the Middle East,\" the intelligence service said. It is reported that during the search they found propaganda materials, instructions of emissaries and reports on the work done.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.10.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.10.2018, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.02.2020, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 31-08-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10221/aznakaevskoe-delo-galimova-i-motygullina-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-11-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/11/d40247/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 23-08-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/aznakaevskoe-delo-galimova-i-motygullina-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recFH5qxaPC0gdGnS"},{"persecution_id":"rec9FrwkHzziFQVxm","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:08:23.000Z","person_id":"recxX9NgyOS81pLqo","name_en":"Rustam Rustamov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Rustam Rustamov was detained on 15 March 2018 and placed under house arrest the next day. He pleaded guilty and entered into an agreement with the investigation. On 5 March 2019, he was sentenced to two years suspended sentence with restriction of freedom for six months and probation for two and a half years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":354,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"New Greatness\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Rustam Rustamov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Aiding and abetting participation in the activities of an extremist community","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 16.03.2018 to 05.03.2019\n• recognizance not to leave: from 05.03.2019 to 18.03.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2019, Sentence: Two years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of two years six months, six months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of two years six months, six months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-priznal-uchastnikov-novogo-velichiya-politzaklyuchennymi\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-09-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/8817/delo-novogo-velichija\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec9FrwkHzziFQVxm"},{"persecution_id":"recb5SAVN3yfcqHxZ","last_updated":"2026-02-08T16:07:10.000Z","person_id":"recLCYf0o81qHmZkS","name_en":"Marat Nazmiev","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 April 2018, he was arrested on charges of participating in the activities of Tablighi Jamaat and recruiting new members. In September 2019, he was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. 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He was taken to Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, and placed in pre-trial detention centre No. 1. A summons from the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan dated December, 28th was sent to his home address after he was taken into custody, stated that on December, 27th a criminal case was opened against him for alleged incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity. Later it became known that the charges also included calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation. In June 2015, Kashapov's case was referred to court.\n\nIn a ruling dated December, 30th, handed over to Rafis Kashapov's lawyer, the Investigative Committee indicated that the charges in the criminal case against Rafis Kashapov relate to four messages on his personal VKontakte page. In these posts, Rafis Kashapov sharply criticised President Vladimir Putin and the Russian government for policy towards Ukraine and condemned the persecution of Crimean Tatars in occupied Crimea. The Investigative Committee claimed that a comprehensive study of the text found that the messages contained statements modelling hate speech and aimed at inciting hatred between groups. The Investigative Committee insisted on keeping Rafis Kashapov in custody, as he had no permanent sources of income and could continue to engage in criminal activities while at liberty. On December, 29th, the court approved a measure of restraint in the form of detention for Rafis Kashapov.\n\nOn January, 19th Rafis Kashapov started a hunger strike in protest against his arrest and illegal criminal prosecution. A member of the local Public Supervisory Commission, who visited him in the pre-trial detention centre, reported that the activist suffers from a pre-existing illness and complains of pressure from several law enforcement officers.\n\nOn September, 15th, 2015, he was sentenced to three years imprisonment in a general regime colony. On November, 13th the court of second instance left the sentence unchanged.\n\nIn the colony Kashapov was placed in a punishment isolation cell several times, then transferred to another colony in a cell-type room.\n\nOn December, 27th, 2017, he was released.\n\nIn February 2018, it became known that Kashapov left Russia.\n\nOn July, 27th, 2018, it became known that Kashapov was charged with incitement to hatred in connection with publications on the Internet.\n\nIn January 2023, Kashapov was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn 2024, it became known that a case was opened against Kashapov for public justification of terrorism due to statements about the strike on the industrial production special economic zone \"Alabuga\" in Tatarstan.\n\nOn June, 10th, 2024 it became known about a new case against Kashapov - about evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Rafis Kashapov","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the period up to 29 April 2018, Kashapov posted on a personal page of one of the social networks on the Internet text and images which, according to the results of the examination conducted by the investigation, incite hatred and hostility on the grounds of race, nationality, language, origin, attitude to religion, as well as membership of a social group.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-07-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/07/d39759/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recEcfFEz23uZsu4M"},{"persecution_id":"recIgCFsZ4Mogj9Qk","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"reclP8NwRUjUUAVgJ","name_en":"Ilmir Motygullin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0NV7mO4cDCVM8W.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0NV7mO4cDCVM8W.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ilmir Motygullin was detained on 24 October 2018 and later taken into custody on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation and participation in such activities in connection with his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. He was later charged with participation only.\n\nOn 14 February 2020, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":477,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Sixth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Shamil Galimov and Ilmir Motygullin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the law enforcement agencies' version, on the instructions of his foreign handlers, he carried out anti-constitutional activities involving the overthrow of the legitimate authorities \"including by using terrorist methods\" to establish a caliphate. He attracted Muslims to the ranks of the organisation and \"was engaged in replenishing the combat formations of Hizb ut-Tahrir in the Middle East,\" according to the special service. It is reported that during the search they found propaganda materials, instructions of emissaries and reports on the work done.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.10.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.02.2020, Sentence: Thirteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Thirteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 23-08-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/aznakaevskoe-delo-galimova-i-motygullina-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-11-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/11/d40247/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 31-08-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10221/aznakaevskoe-delo-galimova-i-motygullina-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recIgCFsZ4Mogj9Qk"},{"persecution_id":"rec88FUU0rNAGEU0D","last_updated":"2023-11-09T00:01:24.000Z","person_id":"rec7q1MDKJh0r3C3Z","name_en":"Roman Mokryak","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"On 25 November 2018, detained when Russian vessels blocked Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea near Crimea. He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. On 7 September 2019, he was released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation for a group of people released by Ukraine and arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ukrainian sailors","persecution_case_profile_en":"Acting as part of an organised group, on 25 November 2018 at 7.01 a.m., being on the Ukrainian Navy ships \"Berdyansk\", \"Nikopol\" and \"Yany Kapu\" in the waters of the Black Sea, without notifying the captain of the seaport of Kerch about the ships' approach to the Kerch Strait 48 hours in advance and additionally without notifying 24 hours before the approach, as well as without transmitting the coordinates of the border crossing to the nearest coastal communication post 1 hour before entering the territorial waters, without responding to requests to stop made by officials of the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in Crimea, performing dangerous manoeuvring and creating a threat to navigation, illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the area with average geographical coordinates of 44 degrees 52.7 minutes north latitude and 36 degrees 31.3 minutes east longitude.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.11.2018 to 29.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 29.11.2018 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9230/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-morjakov\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-moryakov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec88FUU0rNAGEU0D"},{"persecution_id":"recJlX4oXqKcruxV8","last_updated":"2023-11-09T00:01:24.000Z","person_id":"rec2tJCMEKOBcKXCS","name_en":"Yuri Bezyazyazychny","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"On 25 November 2018, Yuri was detained when Russian vessels blocked Ukrainian in the Black Sea near Crimea. He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border and transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. 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On 12 October, the preventive measure was changed to a ban on certain actions.\n\nOn 14 January 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but it later came back to the court. 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On December 16, 2020, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. The appellate court left the decision unchanged. On November 24, 2021, the court of cassation decided to send the case for a new trial to the court of appeal. On February 7, 2022, the appellate court again left the first-instance court decision unchanged.\n\nSaveliyev was released on July 19, 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":768,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":109,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Yury Saveliyev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in organising the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community, banned as an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.01.2022 to 10.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 11.01.2022 to 17.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• in custody: from 08.11.2018 to 28.05.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Altai Krai"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2022 to 19.07.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2021 to 10.01.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.05.2021 to 24.08.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• Unknown: from 01.08.2021 to 08.09.2021, LIU-1 of Altai Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.12.2020, Sentence: Six years imprisonment in a general regime colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years imprisonment in a general regime colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2020-12-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-12-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-11-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/11/d40274/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recT5HA5zu638ZuND"},{"persecution_id":"recPAph6naiY2ZLNE","last_updated":"2026-01-17T17:43:06.000Z","person_id":"rec3eKxZegLVw0Ipc","name_en":"Almaz Khamdeev","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 24 April 2018, he was detained and then arrested on charges of involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation. 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She was released on her personal recognisance. 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On January 14th 2019, he was transferred under house arrest.\n\nOn December 13th 2019, sentenced to six years in a penal colony, taken into custody in the courtroom. On February 19th 2020, it became known that Alushkin was transferred to a pre-trial detention centre in Mordovia until the case was considered on appeal. On March 25th 2020, the court of appeal instance cancelled the verdict and returned the case for a new consideration. On March 30, he was released on personal recognizance. The prosecution appealed the decision, and on July 9 the court of cassation instance returned the case to the court of appeal instance. 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On 18 January 2019 he was transferred to house arrest. The charge was reclassified from organisation to participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. In March, he was released on his own recognizance.\n\nOn 12 November, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 16 December 2020, the court of cassation instance returned the case to the court of first instance. 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He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. On 7 September 2019, he was released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation for a group of people released by Ukraine and arrived at the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ukrainian sailors","persecution_case_profile_en":"Acting as part of an organised group, on 25 November 2018 at 7:01 AM, being on the Ukrainian Navy ships \"Berdyansk\", \"Nikopol\" and \"Yany Kapu\" in the waters of the Black Sea, without notifying the captain of the seaport of Kerch about the ships' approach to the Kerch Strait 48 hours in advance and additionally without notifying 24 hours before the approach, as well as without transmitting the coordinates of the border crossing to the nearest coastal communication post 1 hour before entering the territorial waters, without responding to requests to stop made by officials of the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in Crimea, performing dangerous manoeuvring and creating a threat to navigation, illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the area with average geographical coordinates of 44 degrees 52.7 minutes north latitude and 36 degrees 31.3 minutes east longitude.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.11.2018 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 27.11.2018 to 29.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9230/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-morjakov\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-moryakov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recgu9ViJxETGtCdH"},{"persecution_id":"recLpKzY9z6fcL8Nl","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reczOelONtxt0lD9T","name_en":"Sergey Skrynnikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttQZUFmaMLCF1ee.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttQZUFmaMLCF1ee.jpg"],"birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 February 2018, it became known that a case was opened for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Since March, Skrynnikov has been under a recognisance not to leave. On 29 May, the investigation in the case was completed. On 1 April 2019, he was sentenced to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.\n\nSkrynnikov was detained on 25 May 2017 during searches in the homes of members of the Jehovah's Witnesses community.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2018-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2019-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":405,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orel"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Skrynnikov","case_number":"1-3/2019 (1-121/2018;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"being a member of the local religious organisation Jehovah's Witnesses \"Orel\", recognised as extremist and liquidated on the basis of a court decision, on 26 February 2017 in the city of Orel, took part in a religious meeting of the said organisation, where he made a public speech containing propaganda for the superiority of the banned organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 08.05.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.04.2019, Sentence: a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-31T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-31T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-06-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/06/d39507/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recLpKzY9z6fcL8Nl"},{"persecution_id":"recidGB0A1D882CHk","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"rec5ueF1zadRmrcOB","name_en":"Dmitrii Terebilov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attkn9h293CFk3XpM.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attkn9h293CFk3XpM.jpg"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kostroma. 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According to his own account, he came to faith while serving a sentence in the previous case, and the prison administration itself petitioned for his early release.\n\nIn 2023, it became known that a new criminal case was initiated against Terebilov for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, allegedly due to conversations about faith with a cellmate. On 23 January 2025, he was sentenced in this case to five years and five days’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. 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https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-09-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/10/d41545/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recidGB0A1D882CHk"},{"persecution_id":"recaxOp1ZRornr1im","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recTCfoXD5JrWZSPl","name_en":"Dinara Dyusekeeva","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years 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After that, his flat was searched at night, and Shishkin himself disappeared. The detainee's wife was taken for questioning to the FSB. She was asked about the \"Network\" and 5.11, as well as clarified whether she shares anarchist views and knows certain people by nicknames. After that, the wife was released.\nOn 27 January Dzerzhinskiy District Court arrested Shishkin until March 23. On 8 February, it became known that he filed a petition for a pre-trial agreement on cooperation with the investigation.\nShishkin did not report torture, however, the local OMK recorded numerous injuries and burns on the body of the young man. Shishkin himself says that he received injuries at a training session. Commission members say that Shishkin \"asked permission from the staff for each of his actions\" and asked the commission participants not to do anything that could cause dissatisfaction of the staff.\n\nOn 17 January 2019, Shishkin was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. At the trial, he announced that he had confessed to his co-defendants and was ready to continue giving them.\n\nOn 23 July 2021, he went free.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":356,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Network\" case"],"case_name_en":"The Igor Shishkin case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participation in the terrorist community \"Network\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.09.2018 to 01.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• in custody: from 12.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.10.2018 to 10.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• in custody: from 10.10.2018 to 12.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\n• in custody: from 25.07.2018 to 07.09.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• in custody: from 27.01.2018 to 20.07.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• in custody: from 07.09.2018 to 27.09.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Penza Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 23.07.2021\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.01.2019, Sentence: Three years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2019-01-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-01-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-12-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/peterburgskoe-delo-zapreshchyonnoy-seti\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 18-07-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-terroristicheskom-soobshchestve-set\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 15-12-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9558/peterburgskoe-delo-zapreshhjonnoj-seti\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recZYmbfPPp9dPhC9"},{"persecution_id":"recSWNn44bsUWysNl","last_updated":"2023-11-09T00:01:24.000Z","person_id":"recrEAHljbLxcxjlB","name_en":"Bogdan Nebylitsa","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"On 25 November 2018, Nebylitsa was detained when Russian vessels blocked Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea near Crimea. He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. On 7 September 2019, he was released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation for a group of people released by Ukraine and arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ukrainian sailors","persecution_case_profile_en":"Acting as part of an organised group, on 25 November 2018 at 7:01 a.m., being on the Ukrainian Navy ships \"Berdyansk\", \"Nikopol\" and \"Yany Kapu\" in the waters of the Black Sea, without notifying the captain of the seaport of Kerch about the ships' approach to the Kerch Strait 48 hours in advance and additionally without notifying 24 hours before the approach, as well as without transmitting the coordinates of the border crossing to the nearest coastal communication post 1 hour before entering the territorial waters, without responding to requests to stop made by officials of the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in Crimea, performing dangerous manoeuvring and creating a threat to navigation, illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the area with average geographical coordinates of 44 degrees 52.7 minutes north latitude and 36 degrees 31.3 minutes east longitude.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.11.2018 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 27.11.2018 to 29.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-moryakov\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9230/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-morjakov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recSWNn44bsUWysNl"},{"persecution_id":"recrWnhAdVYyjQbyN","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec34bTsgC8rDbnGN","name_en":"Amir Gilyazov","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on 23 October 2018 by FSB officers at home after a search. Gilyazov suffers from Duchenne myopathy and uses a wheelchair. According to his wife, Gilyazov's mouth bled during the search and she called an ambulance. The doctors took him away, but then brought him back. The FSB officers took Gilyazov away telling his wife that they would take him to the Investigative Committee. It was only the next day when his wife learnt that he had been in the pre-trial detention centre. Later it turned out that the court had decided to send him to detention for two months on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation and recruiting potential participants. From the pre-trial detention centre Gilyazov was soon sent to the hospital of the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service. Despite the fact that media and human rights activists drew attention to the situation, Gilyazov was released on his own recognisance only on 21 December. The publication Znak.Com reported, citing unnamed representatives of the investigation, that Gilyazov gave \"the necessary testimony\". On 31 January 2019, it became known that Gilyazov is also accused of publicly justifying terrorism on the Internet.\n\nOn 22 November 2019, the court sentenced Gilyazov to 11 years in prison but released him from punishment due to his health condition. In addition, Gilyazov was banned for three years from activities related to the administration of websites and channels on the Internet.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2018-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":395,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1","205.2","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Amir Gilyazov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation, recruited participants, publicly endorsed terrorist activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["temporary hospitalisation","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• temporary hospitalisation: from 25.10.2018 to 21.12.2018, Hospital No. 3 of the Chelyabinsk Region Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• in custody: from 23.10.2018 to 26.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region\n• recognizance not to leave: from 21.12.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.11.2019, Sentence: Eleven years' of imprisonment, release from serving the sentence, deprivation of the right to activities related to the administration of sites and channels using electronic or telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of three years","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years' of imprisonment, release from serving the sentence, deprivation of the right to activities related to the administration of sites and channels using electronic or telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of three years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2019-11-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-11-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-12-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/12/d40446/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recrWnhAdVYyjQbyN"},{"persecution_id":"recRPhaNywnrj0iZ8","last_updated":"2023-12-14T20:58:27.000Z","person_id":"recePNHjQ0I04Gn26","name_en":"Andriy Shevchenko","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"On 25 November 2018, detained when Russian vessels blocked Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea near Crimea. He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. On 7 September 2019, he was released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation for a group of people released by Ukraine and arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ukrainian sailors","persecution_case_profile_en":"Acting as part of an organised group, on 25 November 2018 at 7.01 a.m., being on the Ukrainian Navy ships \"Berdyansk\", \"Nikopol\" and \"Yany Kapu\" in the waters of the Black Sea, without notifying the captain of the seaport of Kerch about the ships' approach to the Kerch Strait 48 hours in advance and additionally without notifying 24 hours before the approach, as well as without transmitting the coordinates of the border crossing to the nearest coastal communication post 1 hour before entering the territorial waters, without responding to requests to stop made by the officials of the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in Crimea, performing dangerous maneuvering and creating a threat to navigation, illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the area with average geographical coordinates of 44 degrees 52.7 minutes north latitude and 36 degrees 31.3 minutes east longitude.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.11.2018 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 27.11.2018 to 29.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-moryakov\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9230/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-morjakov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recRPhaNywnrj0iZ8"},{"persecution_id":"recdRcVWtYYr2cf5n","last_updated":"2026-04-14T12:32:19.000Z","person_id":"rec5j16HHXuMKnOvk","name_en":"Alexander Shestun","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3iUGVH824exSiW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3iUGVH824exSiW.jpg"],"birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Head of the Serpukhov Municipal District of Moscow Region. On 13 June 2018, he was detained on charges of abuse of power. The next day the court decided to place him in custody. Later also accused of illegal entrepreneurship, fraud and money laundering. On 25 December 2020, sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nObservers believe that the reason for the prosecution was the confrontation with the governor of the region, the last point was Shestun's support of environmental activists in the fight against rubbish dumps.\n\nIn April 2021, a new criminal case was opened against Shestun under three articles at once: threat or violent actions in connection with the administration of justice (part 1 of article 296 of the Criminal Code), insulting a judge (part 2 of article 297 of the Criminal Code) and insulting a representative of the authorities (article 319 of the Criminal Code). On 11 August 2022, Shestun was sentenced to six months in a strict regime colony in this case.\n\nIn February 2024, it became known that a case of disorganisation of the colony's activities was also brought against Shestun. On 10 October 2024, he was sentenced in this case to two years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Municipal deputies"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Serpukhov"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2018-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":925,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":132,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 289 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 6,  Article 290 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159","174.1","289","290"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159","Part 4, Article 174.1","Article 289 (unknown part)","Part 6, Article 290"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Shestun's fraud case","persecution_case_profile_en":"repeatedly publicly threatened Judge Tatyana Yuferova and her relatives, State Prosecutor Sukhova and bailiff Kizilev with harm to health and with the use of a knife.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.12.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 14.06.2018 to 26.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 26.11.2018 to 26.12.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.10.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.10.2023, Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 29.04.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• cell-type room:  to 29.04.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 13.03.2026 to 10.04.2026, Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• Unknown: from 10.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.12.2020, Sentence: Fifteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fifteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2020-12-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-12-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-05-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/shestun-aleksandr-vyacheslavovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recdRcVWtYYr2cf5n"},{"persecution_id":"recXSPRVjdI7ah8q7","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recW4sdmWLVgu1fdE","name_en":"Sergei Filatov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attv5PFNenakpIIQP.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attv5PFNenakpIIQP.jpg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the night of 16 November 2018, searches were carried out at the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses in Dzhankoi. Sergei Filatov, who headed the local Jehovah's Witnesses religious organisation \"Sivash\", which was liquidated in 2017, was subsequently questioned. Banned literature was found at his home. It later became known that Filatov was suspected of organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist legislation solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters. He was placed under recognisance not to leave.\n\nOn 5 March 2020, he was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime penal colony. He was released on 21 January 2026.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Dzhankoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":474,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Filatov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 05.03.2020\n• in custody: from 05.03.2020 to 26.05.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 12 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Rostov Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Rostov Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 22.02.2022, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 12 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Rostov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2022 to 21.01.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Rostov Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.05.2020 to 12.06.2020\n• Unknown: from 12.06.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• Unknown: from 21.01.2026 to 20.01.2031\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2020, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony; 1 year's restriction of liberty; 5 years' ban on engaging in educational activities, activities related to public speaking and media publications, and on posting materials on information and telecommunications networks, including the internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony; 1 year's restriction of liberty; 5 years' ban on engaging in educational activities, activities related to public speaking and media publications, and on posting materials on information and telecommunications networks, including the internet","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2020-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-11-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/11/d40294/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recXSPRVjdI7ah8q7"},{"persecution_id":"recQYCHrQElJ6Vvnp","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:59:14.000Z","person_id":"recBpJrLWovYjrOBC","name_en":"Olga Panyuta","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZ41KkXaFEvtBO2.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZ41KkXaFEvtBO2.jpeg"],"birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Primorsky Krai. On 25 November 2018, she was detained and placed under house arrest on 27 November on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with her involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nOn 19 November 2019, she was released from house arrest on her own recognisance. On 10 February 2023, sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. On 24 May, the court of appeal reduced the term by two months.\nUpon arrival in the colony, Panyuta was for some time in the SHIZO because of the lighter found in her possession during the search. In October 2023, it became known that Panyuta was transferred to strict conditions of detention, which lasted almost two years.\nOn 10 April 2026, Panyuta was released.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Spassk-Dalny"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1538,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":219,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 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Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Primorsky Krai\n• recognizance not to leave: from 19.11.2019 to 10.02.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Primorsky Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.05.2023 to 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Primorsky Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2023 to 10.04.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Primorsky Territory\"\n• Unknown: from 11.04.2026 to 10.04.2027\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Primorsky Territory\"\n• Unknown: from 01.10.2023 to 01.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Primorsky Territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2023, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":52,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-10T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-10T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-11-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/11/d40298/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recQYCHrQElJ6Vvnp"},{"persecution_id":"recZ90rdW2LXuyEpf","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reckkqp55zq30zciR","name_en":"Anatoliy Boyko","birth_year":1941,"birth_date":"1941-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":85,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":77,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 November 2018, Boyko's home was searched, after which he required medical assistance. On 12 December 2019, a case was opened on the activities of an extremist organisation, Boyko was suspected of participating in its activities. 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On 29 May, she was detained in a case of extremist organisation activities, and then released. On 22 June, she signed a recognizance not to leave. On 16 September 2021, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 29 January 2024, Mikhailova was sentenced to a fine of 560 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Shuya"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2110,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":301,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Shuya"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Shuya","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities and financing of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 22.06.2018 to 14.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.01.2024, Sentence: A fine of 560 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 560 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":560000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-29T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-07-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/07/d39692/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recURr1oXdKMVp5DK"},{"persecution_id":"recEKoJwnSZHBMHV4","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:06:35.000Z","person_id":"rec06TcOpeqtqPOat","name_en":"Niyaz Ziyattinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attCtzmbcg3Szsgur.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attCtzmbcg3Szsgur.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ziyattinov was detained on 24 April 2018 in Kazan in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, unrelated to terrorism. On 25 April, the Vakhitovsky district court of Kazan chose a measure of restraint in the form of detention.\n\nOn 22 January 2020, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":637,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artur Valov and Niiaz Ziiattinov","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation and financed the activities with cash in the amount of 3,000 roubles","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• in custody: from 25.04.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 26 of the Samara Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2020, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2020-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-04-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/04/d39274/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 14-10-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/kazanskoe-delo-valova-i-ziyattinova\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-10-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9658/kazanskoe-delo-valova-i-zijattinova\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recEKoJwnSZHBMHV4"},{"persecution_id":"rectv0sSoEgeAOBtF","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:44:26.000Z","person_id":"rec5TJtsdzwSowlM7","name_en":"Anton Olshevsky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att6dCOqrNW3CnNws.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att6dCOqrNW3CnNws.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On July 20, 2018, Olshevsky's home was searched.\nOn October 21, 2019, it became known that Olshevsky was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under the articles of the Criminal Code concerned with extremism solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nHe signed a recognizance not to leave the country. The charge against him was later reclassified to organizing activities. On December 21, 2022 he was sentenced to six years and three months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1615,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":230,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Blagoveshchensk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Afanasiev, Sergei Ermilov, Sergei Kardakov, Anton Olshevsky and Adam Swarichevsky","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In strict condition custody unit (SUS)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In strict conditions of detention","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.12.2022 to 11.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 21.10.2019 to 21.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary 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the merits, 21.12.2022, Sentence: 6 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the management of and participation in the work of voluntary organisations for a period of 4 years 6 months, and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the management of and participation in the work of voluntary organisations for a period of 4 years 6 months, and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":75,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-21T05:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-21T05:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/10/d41634/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political 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On 25 January, the press service of the courts wrote that he was arrested and pleaded guilty to participation in the terrorist community \"Network\". Later Filinkov recanted his testimony, saying that it was made under torture. Members of the St. Petersburg Public Supervisory Commission recorded their marks on Filinkov's body: numerous fresh burns from a stun gun on his leg and chest, a haematoma on his right ankle and handcuff marks on both hands.\n\nFilinkov's wife, Aleksandra, has applied for political asylum in Finland. She had been in Kiev all the time after her husband's detention, but left Ukraine fearing for her safety.\n\nOn 22 June 2020, Filinkov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 24 July 2021, it became known that Filinkov was transferred to the basement of SIZO No. 1 in Kirov region after a conflict with the administration.\n\nIn the colony Filinkov was repeatedly placed in a punitive isolation cell. In November 2021, it became known that he was placed in a single cell-type room for a month and a half.\n\nFilinkov was released on 22 January 2025, the same day he was deported to Kazakhstan - Filinkov is a citizen of this country.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":880,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Network\" case"],"case_name_en":"The St. Petersburg \"Networks\" case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participation in the terrorist community \"Network\"","persecution_location_en":"Deported","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.03.2018 to 01.07.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast - \"Gorelovo\"\n• in custody: from 01.10.2018 to 01.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.08.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Penza Oblast\n• in custody:  to 01.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.08.2018 to 17.08.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.07.2018 to 01.08.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.10.2018 to 01.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\n• in custody: from 25.01.2018 to 16.03.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2021 to 10.11.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2021 to 28.12.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2021 to 01.07.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2021 to 01.08.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 02.07.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• Unknown:  to 01.04.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2024 to 22.01.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.06.2020, Sentence: seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2020-06-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-06-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/peterburgskoe-delo-zapreshchyonnoy-seti\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 12-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9558/peterburgskoe-delo-zapreshhjonnoj-seti\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 18-07-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-terroristicheskom-soobshchestve-set\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec4lYwcvy1uf7XqP"},{"persecution_id":"recUNN9Z8eVUfcxZo","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reczAU0M5NfPzW0PA","name_en":"Sergey Konyukhov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case has been initiated on the activities of an extremist organisation. 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On October 24th 2019, Ivanov was searched as a suspect in another similar case (in which Dmitry Kulakov is a suspect as well). On July 14th 2020, he signed a personal recognizance on his first case. On August 27th, the FSSB dropped the second case. 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On 16 May 2018, he was searched at his home in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. A recognisance not to leave was taken.\n\nOn 14 January 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but later it came back to the court. 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He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. 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On October 12, he was taken into custody on charges of organizing activities of an extremist organization.\n\nOn May 13, 2020, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime penal colony. \n\nOn March 26, 2007, he was sentenced to a year and seven months in a penal colony on charges of participation in an extremist organization.\n\nOn December 21st, 2011, he was sentenced to corrective labor through wage docking under the same article.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":580,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Sixth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rais Gimadiev","persecution_case_profile_en":"Recruited local Muslims into Hizb ut-Tahrir by \"influencing their religious feelings\"; held various meetings of Hizb ut-Tahrir members with the goal of \"uniting active members\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 12.10.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.05.2020, Sentence: Imprisonment for sixteen years in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Imprisonment for sixteen years in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2020-05-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-05-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 17-05-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/gimadiev-rais-zakirovich\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-10-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/10/d40142/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recdfpxcMeFCiOrAo"},{"persecution_id":"recVf05bXacsWaQ1i","last_updated":"2025-07-30T21:13:47.000Z","person_id":"rectOf8w42327XXe0","name_en":"Alexey Shcherbich","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Neftekumsk (Stavropol Territory). In December 2018, a case for organising activities of an extremist organisation was initiated on the basis of his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. It was reported that Shcherbich left Russia and was put on the wanted list. In June 2020, it became known that he was also accused of raising funds for an extremist organisation. In June 2024, Shcherbich was taken into custody. In May 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 300 thousand rubles, after which the man was released on his own recognisance.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Neftekumsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2018-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2363,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":337,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Neftekumsk"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Scherbich's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in organizing the activities of an extremist organization; participated in fundraising, knowing that the money would be used both to support the activities of the extremist organization UCSI (the Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses) and the extremist local religious organization which is part of its structure","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.06.2024 to 01.06.2024\n• in custody: from 02.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Stavropol Territory\n• in custody:  to 27.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• recognizance not to leave: from 27.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.05.2025, Sentence: fined with 300 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fined with 300 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-27T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-27T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-12-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/12/d40470/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-06-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recVf05bXacsWaQ1i"},{"persecution_id":"rec6Go6tXhTSBwyMK","last_updated":"2025-04-01T18:50:13.000Z","person_id":"rec1nu2EAeX6HygB5","name_en":"Salavat Muzafarov","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He has been detained in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and taken into custody. On 29 July 2019, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony. Presumably, he has been released.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":573,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Nurcists (Nurcu followers) in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"Nurists' case in Tatarstan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Being an active member of the international religious extremist association \"Nurdzhular\", he has been living with Muslim youth since November 2016, maintaining a training regime, and learning alongside them in the spirit of the goals and values of \"Nurdzhular\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 15.11.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2019, Sentence: 4 years of deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years of deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2019-07-28T22:13:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-07-28T22:13:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-10-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/10/d40090/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec6Go6tXhTSBwyMK"},{"persecution_id":"recDWSTnGFHw0WME6","last_updated":"2023-11-09T14:47:47.000Z","person_id":"recvrFgE8vBBPjRfH","name_en":"Viktor Kudryavtsev","birth_year":1943,"birth_date":"1943-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":77,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":75,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained and taken into custody on 20 July 2018. The charge of high treason was brought with the participation of the state defence lawyer, who knew that the scientist had lawyers under the agreement, but prevented them from participating in the investigative actions.\n\nAccording to the defense, the investigation offered Viktor Kudryavtsev to plead guilty to high treason and testify against his student, promising transfer under house arrest, but the scientist did not agree.\n\nKudryavtsev has diabetes mellitus, hypertension, angina pectoris, atherosclerosis of the arteries of the lower limbs, cardiac renal failure, chronic thyroiditis, consequences of myocardial infarction, and many other diseases. In response to the lawyers' complaint, the ECHR demanded that the Russian authorities take urgent actions regarding Viktor Kudryavtsev - provide him with appropriate medical care and send him to a civilian hospital not connected with the penitentiary system for examination and treatment. However, Kudryavtsev was sent to the detention ward of the 20th City Hospital in Moscow, from where he was returned to the pre-trial detention center.\n\nOn 27 September 2019, he was released on his recognizance not to leave. Lawyers sought the suspension of the case due to Kudryavtsev's physical condition. Died on 29 April 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Viktor Kudryavtsev","persecution_case_profile_en":"Reports sent in 2013 to the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics contained classified data on hypersonic technology for the Avangard and Kinzhal missile systems.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 27.09.2019 to 29.04.2021\n• in custody: from 20.07.2018 to 27.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-07-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/kudryavcev-viktor-viktorovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-07-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-uchenyh/9419/kudrjavcev-viktor-viktorovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recDWSTnGFHw0WME6"},{"persecution_id":"recXfD1byes93D1yq","last_updated":"2024-12-10T22:55:53.000Z","person_id":"recNj6MEZUYRZOqNC","name_en":"Dmitry Barmakin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atte1tD2Qd4Cknn9Z.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atte1tD2Qd4Cknn9Z.jpg"],"birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Primorye. On 28 July 2018, he was detained together with his wife in the house of a 90-year-old relative, whom they came to care for. The wife was released. On 30 July, Barmakin was arrested on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 18 October 2019, Barmakin was banned from certain actions as a preventive measure. On 18 December 2020, the Сourt returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 20 April 2021, the court of appeals returned the case to the Сourt of first instance to the same judge. On 22 November, the Сourt acquitted Barmakin. However, in April 2022 this decision was cancelled, and in April 2023 the court sentenced Barmakin to eight years in a general regime penal colony. But this decision was also cancelled by the court of appeal, the case was sent for review, and Barmakin was released on his recognisance not to leave. On 18 December 2023, the Court of Cassation cancelled the last decision of the Court of Appeal and, in turn, sent the case for review to the Court of Appeal. On 6 February 2024, the appeal court confirmed the sentence of eight years' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1734,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":247,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitry Barmakin","case_number":"1-539/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.07.2018 to 18.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Primorsky Krai\n• in custody: from 27.04.2023 to 08.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 18.10.2019 to 27.04.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 08.08.2023 to 06.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.02.2024\n• Unknown:  to 12.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.11.2021• First instance court on the merits, 27.04.2023, Sentence: 8 years' detention in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' detention in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-27T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/08/d39776/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recXfD1byes93D1yq"},{"persecution_id":"rec5BY5YxcuNk6WVe","last_updated":"2023-11-09T12:19:49.000Z","person_id":"recJumJDZRmhp8F2c","name_en":"Andriy Artemenko","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He was detained when Russian ships blocked Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea near Crimea, and wounded in the shelling on 25 November 2018. November 27 he was seized, accused of illegally crossing the Russian border, November 29 he transferred to the hospital of the pre-trial detention center «Matrosskaya silence». In January 2019 he was transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre. He was released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation for a group of people released by Ukraine and arrived on the territory of Ukraine on 7 September 2019.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2018-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ukrainian sailors","persecution_case_profile_en":"Acting as part of an organized group, while on the Ukrainian Navy ships \"Berdiansk,\" \"Nikopol,\" and \"Yany Kapu\" in the Black Sea waters, without notifying the captain of the Kerch Sea Port about the approach of the ships to the Kerch Strait 48 hours in advance and additionally failing to notify 24 hours before the approach, furthermore, without transmitting the coordinates of the border crossing point to the nearest coastal communication post 1 hour before entering the territorial waters, and without responding to the demands to stop by the officials of the Border Guard Service of the Russian FSB in Crimea, he engaged in dangerous maneuvers, posing a threat to navigation, and illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the area with average geographical coordinates of 44 degrees 52.7 minutes north latitude and 36 degrees 31.3 minutes east longitude on November 25, 2018","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.11.2018 to 26.01.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 26.01.2019 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 27.11.2018 to 29.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-moryakov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec5BY5YxcuNk6WVe"},{"persecution_id":"recBvCFO2CM6TPYPB","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recGKFbqHJig4EA81","name_en":"Vitaly Maximov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 7 December 2018, the court chose a preventive measure in absentia for Maximov in the form of taking him into custody. Maksimov has left Russia and is on a federal and international wanted list.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orel"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Oryol","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 07.12.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-12-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/12/d40392/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recBvCFO2CM6TPYPB"},{"persecution_id":"recFayXz3ZttOmhvn","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:44:26.000Z","person_id":"recSilUPon25lGlVH","name_en":"Sergey Afanasiev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYT8eC2p9Oc0Zub.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYT8eC2p9Oc0Zub.jpg"],"birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 July 2018, Afanasyev's home was searched.\nOn 25 September 2020, it became known that Afanasyev was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nThey signed a recognisance not to leave the country. The charge was later reclassified to organising and financing activities. On 21 December 2022, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1615,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":230,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Blagoveshchensk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Afanasiev, Sergei Ermilov, Sergei Kardakov, Anton Olshevsky and Adam Swarichevsky","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in organising the activities of a liquidated organisation by holding religious events, as well as in financing extremist activities","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 25.09.2020 to 21.12.2022\n• in custody: from 21.12.2022 to 11.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.12.2022, Sentence: 6 years 6 months' impisonment in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the management of and participation in the work of voluntary organisations for a period of 4 years 6 months and 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months' impisonment in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the management of and participation in the work of voluntary organisations for a period of 4 years 6 months and 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-21T05:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-21T05:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-09-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/09/d42969/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recFayXz3ZttOmhvn"},{"persecution_id":"recd7MUW60gPVESNf","last_updated":"2025-02-11T15:26:19.000Z","person_id":"recKRCotdhmMoqhbG","name_en":"Svetlana Shishina","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 29 May 2018, detained in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 22 June, signed a recognizance not to leave. On 16 September 2021, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. 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On 24 May, placed under house arrest on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. 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On 13 November, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. 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In November 2018 he was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_ended":"2020-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":329,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","280.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Article 280.1 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ivan Kolotilkin","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 10 June 2018, in one of the squares of Ulyanovsk, he distributed leaflets of the \"Ulyanovsk community of the indigenous Russian people\", which contained \"calls for the creation of a new state on the territory of the Russian Federation\", as well as xenophobic statements directed against \"representatives of certain ethnic groups\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.11.2018, Sentence: Two years' suspended imprisonment, ban on working in managerial positions in public organisations for one year","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' suspended imprisonment, ban on working in managerial positions in public organisations for one year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-11-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-11-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 07-11-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/racism-xenophobia/news/counteraction/2018/11/d40261/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recthwadmREoywvLT"},{"persecution_id":"recPlnSgrkWAqGN4i","last_updated":"2024-12-23T10:27:47.000Z","person_id":"recErnwFOQF2TWx61","name_en":"Gumar Ganiev","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2018, it became known about the criminal case against Ganiev and four other residents of Kazan on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.\nIn June 2019, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony. Allegedly, released in November 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":246,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Faizrahmanists"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Faizrahmanists","persecution_case_profile_en":"in 2015, after the death of the organisation's founder, former Deputy Mufti of Tatarstan Faizrahman Sattarov, took on the role of the spiritual leader, the amir;. gave instructions to other adherents of the doctrine, induced new persons to participate in its activities, took the oath of office and new members of the group, and collected contributions in the amount of one and a half thousand rubles from each of them","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.06.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.06.2019 to 01.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.03.2019, Sentence: seven years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"seven years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-14T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-14T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-06-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/06/d41167/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recPlnSgrkWAqGN4i"},{"persecution_id":"reczZH6kvF0iIZois","last_updated":"2023-11-09T00:01:24.000Z","person_id":"recKrUBUAEkL36sVy","name_en":"Vladimir Lisovoy","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"On 25 November 2018, detained when Russian vessels blocked Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea near Crimea. He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. On 7 September 2019, he was released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation for a group of people released by Ukraine and arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ukrainian sailors","persecution_case_profile_en":"Acting as part of an organised group, on 25 November 2018 at 7.01 a.m., being on the Ukrainian Navy ships \"Berdyansk\", \"Nikopol\" and \"Yany Kapu\" in the waters of the Black Sea, without notifying the captain of the seaport of Kerch about the ships' approach to the Kerch Strait 48 hours in advance and additionally without notifying 24 hours before the approach, as well as without transmitting the coordinates of the border crossing to the nearest coastal communication post 1 hour before entering the territorial waters, without responding to requests to stop made by officials of the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in Crimea, performing dangerous manoeuvring and creating a threat to navigation, illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the area with average geographical coordinates of 44 degrees 52.7 minutes north latitude and 36 degrees 31.3 minutes east longitude.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.11.2018 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 27.11.2018 to 29.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9230/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-morjakov\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-moryakov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reczZH6kvF0iIZois"},{"persecution_id":"rec1h5R9GrCCExXBx","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recnNJs3YPOXhzGWh","name_en":"Ramil Ishmeyev","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 24 April 2018, detained and then arrested on charges of involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation. Concluded a pre-trial agreement with the investigation, testified against defendants in other Hizb ut-Tahrir cases in Kazan and Togliatti. 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The defendant pleaded guilty and compensated the victim for the damage.\n\nOn 10 February 2018, Askhabali (Askhab) Alibekov created a channel on YouTube and on 11 February 2018 posted a video in which he criticised the Russian President, accused him of concealing data on the number of Russians killed in the conflict in Ukraine and called for a boycott of the elections. The video gained more than 700,000 views.\n\nOn 27 February 2018, the petty officer returned from leave to the military unit and learned that he was dismissed from the Navy. On the same day, he posted two videos in which he cited a video of a speech criticising Vladimir Putin as the reason for his dismissal.\n\nBetween 1 and 11 March, the blogger posted four more videos on YouTube accusing the Russian president and calling on him to leave his post. He also mentioned threats against himself and his relatives. By that time, the videos had been viewed by about two million people on his Internet channel alone.\n\nOn 14 March 2018, Alibekov was detained. The judge of the Primorsky district court of Novorossiysk Nikolay Semenov decided to bring him to responsibility under part 2 of article 20.1 of the Administrative Code and imposed a punishment of 10 days of arrest. \"At 9 o'clock. 00 min. during the operation \"Anaconda\" drew attention to gr. Alibekov A. A., who loudly expressed profanity, did not respond to comments, to the demands of a police officer to stop his unlawful actions refused, provoking a conflict ... Alibekov A. A. ... did not admit guilt, explaining that he was returning home, he was attacked by people in civilian clothes, so he resisted, when he saw police officers in uniform, he stopped resisting and went with them,\" the court ruling says.\n\nOn 24 March 2018, Askhab Alibekov was allegedly detained again. The judge of the same court Mikhail Savin decided to bring him to responsibility under part 2 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation and imposed a penalty in the form of a fine of one thousand rubles. From the court ruling: \"According to the report on administrative offence of 24.03.2018 A. A. Alibekov on 24 March 2018 at 13 hours 30 minutes, being in a public place in the area of the house number 56 on Kozlov Street, Novorossiysk, behaved aggressively, rudely expressed profanity, did not respond to the comments of police officers to stop unlawful actions, which rendered disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers. A.A. Alibekov explained at the court hearing that he had not committed any offence, he was serving a sentence of 10 days' arrest, three hours before the expiry of his sentence he was kidnapped by police officers, handcuffed, placed in a specialised vehicle and brought back to court\".\n\nOn 6 April 2018, Alibekov was summoned to the local department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), where he was asked to sign a covenant not to leave, as he had been convicted of two administrative offences during his probation period under the criminal sentence.\n\nThe video blogger then released several videos dedicated to the all-Russian opposition rally \"He is not our Tsar!\" scheduled for 5 May 2018.\n\nOn 4 May 2018, Askhabali Alibekov was detained when he was travelling by bus to Krasnodar airport and a report was drawn up under part 2 of article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (\"Violation of the procedure for organising a public event\"). The Department for the Enforcement of Administrative Legislation of the Krasnodar Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs saw in his videos calls for \"unauthorised rallies and protests\". On the same day, the Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar found him guilty and sent him under arrest for nine days.\n\nOn 30 June 2018, Alibekov was again detained by police. On 1 July 2018, the judge of the Primorsky District Court of Novorossiysk, Natalia Musienko, decided to hold him liable under part 2 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation and impose a penalty of a fine of one thousand rubles. \"On 30 June 2018 at 10 h. 00 м. Alibekov A. A., being in a public place, in the premises of the police department of the Primorsky district of the UMVD of the Russian Federation for the city of Novorossiysk, expressed himself with coarse profanity, waved his hands, while not responding to repeated demands of police officers to stop illegal actions, thus violating public order. At the court hearing A.A. Alibekov did not admit guilt in committing an administrative offence, explained that the protocol on administrative offence drawn up in respect of him is a provocation\", - reads the court ruling.\n\nOn 11 July 2018, Judge Savin satisfied the submission of the Criminal Executive Inspectorate of the Criminal Executive Inspectorate of the UFSIN in Krasnodar Krai to replace Alibekov's suspended sentence with three years of imprisonment. The court justified its decision by the fact that Alibekov during the probation period \"during the year systematically violated public order, as he was brought to administrative responsibility three times, which is confirmed by the court acts that came into force, was repeatedly warned about the cancellation of probation, but did not make proper conclusions for himself\".\n\nIn the colony, a criminal case was opened against Alibekov for disorganising the activities of the correctional facility and insulting a representative of the authorities. On 9 September 2020, he was sentenced to two years and two months in a strict regime colony. On 24 November, the appeal court cancelled the part of the sentence relating to the article on insulting a representative of the authorities and decided to sentence Alibekov to a year and two months in a strict regime colony.\n\nHe was released in March 2022.\n\nOn 9 September 2022, Alibekov was detained as part of a case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The case was initiated because of the video clips. At first it was reported that he was taken a signature not to leave, later it was reported that the court chose to ban him from certain actions. On 29 September it became known that Alibekov was taken into custody after he refused to wear an electronic bracelet to track his movements. Alibekov pleaded guilty and asked for a special trial, but the court refused.\n\nIn July, the blogger was fined 50,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a video from a solitary picket in the town square. \"Kavkaz.Realii\" wrote that Alibekov was fined under this article twice, the IC also indicated in the release that he was brought to administrative responsibility in March.\n\nOn 23 March 2023, Alibekov was sentenced to a year and two months in a strict regime colony. In late April, Alibekov told his wife that he had been beaten by SIZO staff. On 10 November 2023, he was released. On 2 April 2024, the court of cassation instance cancelled the verdict and sent the case for a new consideration. On 23 January 2025, the court of first instance dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nOn the night of 20 February 2024, Alibekov was taken off a train in Kazan, where he was travelling to become an election observer. According to him, he was beaten and injected with something similar to a syringe in his back, after which he became dizzy. Alibekov was charged with disobedience to the lawful demand of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and arrested for 15 days. On 1 March it became known that Alibekov was prosecuted for use of violence against a representative of authority (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). On 9 October 2024, he was sentenced to two years and four months in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 29 November 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by four months.\n\nOn 17 February 2026, the court placed Alibekov under administrative supervision for two and a half years. On 4 March, he was released from the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novorossiysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2018-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":133,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 286 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["286"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 286"],"case_name_en":"The Wild Trooper case of beating up a subordinate","persecution_case_profile_en":"bent the arm behind the back of one colony officer, and insulted another.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 04.05.2018 to 13.05.2018\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 07.03.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"\n• administrative detention: from 14.03.2018 to 24.03.2018\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.07.2018, Sentence: satisfy the submission of the head of the Novorossiysk branch of the Criminal Executive Inspectorate of the Krasnodar Territory Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation on the cancellation of probation and enforcement of the sentence imposed by the verdict of the Crimean garrison military court of Simferopol, in the form of three years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"satisfy the submission of the head of the Novorossiysk branch of the Criminal Executive Inspectorate of the Krasnodar Territory Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation on the cancellation of probation and enforcement of the sentence imposed by the verdict of the Crimean garrison military court of Simferopol, in the form of three years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2018-07-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-07-10T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdcjqCSp7C5cUJc"},{"persecution_id":"recGew7MUdDA7o47o","last_updated":"2025-04-10T08:14:41.000Z","person_id":"recj2yGgyu4lOwNXT","name_en":"Evgeny Egorov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 17 May 2018, Egorov's home was searched. In July 2019, it became known that a case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. A signature on non-departure was taken.\n\nOn 21 June 2021, he was sentenced to two and a half years of probation. On 12 July 2022 the court of cassation instance cancelled the sentence and returned the case to the court of appeal instance. On 3 October, the appeal court sent the case back to the first instance court for review. On 17 February 2023, he was again sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1130,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":161,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Evgeny Egorov","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 17.07.2019 to 11.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 11.04.2023 to 10.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.06.2021, Sentence: 2 years 6 months of suspended deprivation of liberty, 1 year of restriction of liberty• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 17.02.2023, Sentence: 2 years 6 months of suspended deprivation of liberty, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months of suspended deprivation of liberty, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/10/d41677/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recGew7MUdDA7o47o"},{"persecution_id":"recSN6PHyZX6F5tkd","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recV1rZlfsjTDcadg","name_en":"Enver Seitosmanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attr1Vfv4ocnAQEUu.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attr1Vfv4ocnAQEUu.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Enver Seitosmanov was detained on 10 May 2018 during searches in the Orlinoe village, Balaklava District, Sevastopol. He was charged with a criminal case under Article 205.5 Part 2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation). Seitosmanov is accused in connection with his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism.\n\nOn 11 May, Seitosmanov was arrested. During his imprisonment, he has developed health problems.\n\nOn 5 December 2019, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":573,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Sevastopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case"],"case_name_en":"Enver Seitosmanov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Organisation of the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.05.2018 to 26.07.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 26.07.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.07.2020, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus\n• punishment cell: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Belarus","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.12.2019, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years","between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/seytosmanov-enver-kazimovich\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-07-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2018/06/d39470/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 21-06-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10069/sejtosmanov-jenver-kazimovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recSN6PHyZX6F5tkd"},{"persecution_id":"recLr4SmbbfpUaKKS","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:09:04.000Z","person_id":"recvdcSY0AwgTlIIo","name_en":"Resul Veliliaev","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a businessman, the owner of the company “KrymOpt”, the founder of the Bekir Choban-zade Charitable Foundation for the Promotion of Interethnic Harmony, a public figure and a philanthropist.\nOn the night of 27 April 2018, he was detained in Crimea and taken to Moscow. This was preceded by searches in KrymOpt shops and facilities, as well as at the homes of Veliliaev and his relatives. On 28 April, he was taken to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre in Moscow. On 24 April 2019, he was released on personal recognizance. On 19 March 2020, Veliliaev was sentenced to a fine, its amount is unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":692,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 238 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["238"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 238"],"case_name_en":"The case of expired sweets in Crimea","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in organising the importation of expired sweets and biscuits to Crimea","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 24.04.2019\n• in custody: from 28.04.2018 to 24.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.03.2020","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-03-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-03-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-prosrochennyh-konfetah-v-krymu\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recLr4SmbbfpUaKKS"},{"persecution_id":"rec5XPDEVP4h1Mf6r","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reckc0bXQKxhdiqpP","name_en":"Denis Zhukov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He detained on 23 August 2018 on a train from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk on his return to Russia after a long stay in Turkey. The next day he was sent under house arrest on suspicion of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. He was later released on his own recognisance. The prosecutor returned the case to the investigation for revision. On 20 May 2019, Zhukov was again charged. In December, the term of criminal liability expired. In March 2020, it became known about the termination of the case.\n\nPreviously, he was a witness in the cases of other defendants accused of involvement in the non-existent organisation \"Nurdzhular\" - Andrei Dedkov, as well as Kamil Odilov and Ilkhom Merazhov.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2018-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2020-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Denis Zhukov","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 23 October and 4 November 2015, he participated in the meetings of the Krasnoyarsk cell of \"Nurdjular\", where he spoke about the books of Turkish theologian Said Nursi from the collection of \"Risale-i Nur\" and explained their content to the audience","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 24.08.2018\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 11.12.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-10-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/10/d40203/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec5XPDEVP4h1Mf6r"},{"persecution_id":"recV3l4LNHCqJEpKn","last_updated":"2023-11-21T12:24:08.000Z","person_id":"rec91pWFGxVQZk9uk","name_en":"Bogdan Golovash","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"On 25 November 2018, he was detained when Russian vessels blocked Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea near Crimea. He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border and transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center on 29 November. 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In February 2019, an investigator called Kogut and promised to return the laptop. On 6 February, after Kogut appeared at the investigative department of the Kemerovo Region FSSB, he was detained. Two days later, the court decided to send him under house arrest on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Later he was released on his own recognisance.\n\nOn 10 September 2020, he was sentenced to two and a half years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Beryozovsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2023-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":784,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":112,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Beryozovsky"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hasan Kogut","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 08.02.2019\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 06.02.2019 to 08.02.2019\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 23.12.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.09.2020, Sentence: two years six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-09-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-09-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 07-02-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40633/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recQECU6IkFDpRUqA"},{"persecution_id":"rec0PGsklAR3x9Jeh","last_updated":"2025-08-21T22:02:12.000Z","person_id":"reckBi0VgcnZX5kwF","name_en":"Viktor Kuchkov","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Accused of committing an offence under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (\"Organisation of the activities of a religious organisation, in respect of which a decision to liquidate it has been made in connection with carryiong out extremist activities\"). Has been under house arrest since 17 September 2018. In January 2019, he was released on personal recognisance.\n\nOn 12 May 2021, sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2018-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":967,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":138,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Perm"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Perm","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the organisation of the activities of a religious organisation in respect of which a decision to liquidate it has been made in connection with carryiong out extremist activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 09.01.2019 to 23.08.2021\n• house arrest: from 17.09.2018 to 09.01.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 23.08.2021 to 22.08.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.05.2021, Sentence: Two years six months' suspended imprisonment, ban on holding leading positions in religious organisations","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months' suspended imprisonment, ban on holding leading positions in religious organisations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-09-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/09/d40052/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec0PGsklAR3x9Jeh"},{"persecution_id":"recPeRFVjdq2nid8p","last_updated":"2025-02-28T17:22:55.000Z","person_id":"recQqlWIZCEgg8cQZ","name_en":"Elena Gorban","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 February 2018, she was detained after a search in a case of hooliganism committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy. She pleaded guilty. On 15 February, Gorban was released on her own recognisance. On 18 January 2021, she was sentenced to four years' suspended sentence. On 21 April 2022, the court of cassation reduced the sentence by three months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1070,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":152,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The case of the action in front of the United Russia office"],"case_name_en":"The case of the action in front of the United Russia office","persecution_case_profile_en":"committed hooliganism, i.e. a gross violation of public order, expressing disrespect for society, committed with the use of objects used as weapons, motivated by political hatred against the All-Russian political party Edinaya Rossiya (United Russia)","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.02.2018 to 15.02.2018\n• recognizance not to leave: from 15.02.2018 to 09.06.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 21.04.2022 to 20.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.01.2021, Sentence: 4 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2021-01-18T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-01-18T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPeRFVjdq2nid8p"},{"persecution_id":"recnbylEDOaIchByg","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec7Vn5FsAUwhai01","name_en":"Dmitry Prikhodko","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 7 December, the court chose a preventive measure in absentia in the form of taking Prikhodko into custody. Prikhodko has left Russia and is on a federal and international wanted list.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orel"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Oryol","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 07.12.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-12-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/12/d40392/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recnbylEDOaIchByg"},{"persecution_id":"recQfgARqpOxMNVjS","last_updated":"2024-12-10T22:54:33.000Z","person_id":"recRfFlPGfuQRfGFc","name_en":"Ildar Akhmetzyanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attXWUpasK3YCgsoH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attXWUpasK3YCgsoH.jfif"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Akhmetzyanov was detained in Kazan on 10 October 2018. On 12 October, the court ruled to take him into custody.\n\nOn 11 March 2020, he was sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":517,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Sixth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ildar Akhmetzyanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"recruited local Muslims into the ranks of Hizb ut-Tahrir by \"influencing their religious feelings\"; held various meetings of Hizb ut-Tahrir members aimed at \"rallying active members\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-01-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 12.01.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.03.2020, Sentence: seventeen years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"seventeen years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2020-03-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-03-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-11-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/ahmetzyanov-ildar-foatovich\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-10-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/10/d40142/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recQfgARqpOxMNVjS"},{"persecution_id":"reczpAF8b9GIZ1Pod","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:40:36.000Z","person_id":"recZGXuDzfDgycUa1","name_en":"Igor Ivashin","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ivashin was searched on June 30 or July 1, 2018. He was accused of involvement in the activities of an extremist organization due to his connection with the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist charges solely because of their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services, and recruiting new supporters. On July 2, Ivashin was released on a travel restriction order.\n\nOn November 20, 2019, the court returned the case to the prosecutor’s office. On January 9, 2020, the appellate court overturned this decision.\n\nOn April 1, 2020, he was sentenced to six years probation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakha Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SA"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2025-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":639,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's 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https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec2TIM6PxEBEfcGA"},{"persecution_id":"recDRj50jxYYUxhUJ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recPFL9wAuUrezmLR","name_en":"Konstantin Matrashov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In Naberezhnye Chelny on May 27, 2018, after searches, three followers of Jehovah’s Witnesses were detained, including Konstantin Matrashov. On May 29, the Naberezhnye Chelny City Court arrested Matrashov on charges of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. On November 9, Matrashov was transferred to house arrest. Later released on recognizance not to leave.\nOn November 27, 2019, the court returned the case to the prosecutor’s office, noting that the court and the accused were provided with different texts of indictments, and also that the principle of qualifying the actions of the accused as consequences under Part 1 or Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code. In April 2020, the investigation resumed.\n\nOn December 16, 2021, Matrashov was sentenced to two and a half years probation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1298,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":185,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 02.09.2022\n• in custody: from 29.05.2018 to 09.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• house arrest: from 09.11.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.12.2021, Sentence: two years six months suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of two years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years six months suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of two years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/05/d39451/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recDRj50jxYYUxhUJ"},{"persecution_id":"reck5DcuxSRppNlDs","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recdywnTUPUydGIGn","name_en":"Elina Mammadova","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-01-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 June 2018 at 10 a.m., the FSS came to search the house of Crimean Tatars in Yalta (Outka settlement). After that, Mammadova was detained. After the search, she was taken first to the city department of the FSS, and from there to the city department of the investigative agency. Then, after interrogation, she was released on her own recognisance. In September 2018, it became known that the investigation demanded DNA, saliva and voice samples from Mamedova. Mamedova refused to provide them. In January 2019, it became known that the investigator terminated the case due to the absence of corpus delicti.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yalta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Elina Mammadova","persecution_case_profile_en":"in publications on VKontakte in 2014-2015 incited enmity and hatred and disparaged the Russian nation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 13.06.2018 to 08.01.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-06-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/06/18/zalozhniki-neobyavlennoy-voyny#prisoner-83\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reck5DcuxSRppNlDs"},{"persecution_id":"recXR6ywoOTSkxXZT","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recwtHmiYLeYFTQaY","name_en":"Svyatoslav Rechkalov","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In March 2018, he was detained in a case of hooliganism committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy. He was released, and he told about tortures. He left Russia and is on the wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The case of the action in front of the United Russia office"],"case_name_en":"The case of Svyatoslav Rechkalov","persecution_case_profile_en":"committed hooliganism, i.e. gross violation of public order, expressing disrespect for society, committed with the use of objects used as weapons, motivated by political hatred against the All-Russian political party \"United Russia\"\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.03.2018 to 16.03.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXR6ywoOTSkxXZT"},{"persecution_id":"reclmGDwbGf0qXP7n","last_updated":"2025-01-28T12:24:09.000Z","person_id":"rec8JqvHBQqZKsn3p","name_en":"Vladimir Korobeinikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att7dDHim3jSdSzGT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att7dDHim3jSdSzGT.jpg"],"birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 9 October 2018, on charges of participation in the organising and activities of an extremist organisation, as well as financing such activities. He was taken into custody. On 20 December, he was placed under a house arrest. On 30 September 2019, he was released on his own recognisance. Later, the charge of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was dropped.\n\nOn 9 December 2020, the court separated Korobeinikov's case into a separate proceeding, after which it was suspended. However, in January of 2021 Korobeinikov's case was resumed and rejoined to the general case.  On 3 June 2022, he was sentenced to three years and three months of suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2018-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1332,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":190,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kirov"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kirov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the suspects gathered in flats to sing Bible songs, improve their missionary skills, study banned religious literature, and collected money - \"more than 500 thousand rubles\" - to pay rent accommodation and \"other premises\" for meetings, bought equipment and transferred the money to the \"Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.10.2018 to 12.10.2018\n• in custody: from 12.10.2018 to 20.12.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 30.09.2019 to 04.10.2022\n• house arrest: from 20.12.2018 to 30.09.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 04.10.2022 to 03.10.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.06.2022, Sentence: suspended sentence of three years and three months' imprisonment, prohibition of running civic and religious organizations for 2 years, 1 year of restrictions on freedom","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"suspended sentence of three years and three months' imprisonment, prohibition of running civic and religious organizations for 2 years, 1 year of restrictions on freedom","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-06-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-06-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-10-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/10/d40131/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"reclmGDwbGf0qXP7n"},{"persecution_id":"recj8a7dP8dR9cOw0","last_updated":"2024-11-26T08:30:15.000Z","person_id":"recz6JTdHcBhXPpVK","name_en":"Azat Miftakhov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attW7V7teJN2cFztq.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attW7V7teJN2cFztq.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Moscow resident, mathematician, anarchist. In July 2018, the Telegram channel \"Oper Slil\" (\"Cop has doxed\") published photos of detained anarchists with the caption: \"And to another arsehole who ran away with a bag with a banner for 'social activism' inside, we send a special greeting! Azat Miftakhov, wait for us to visit you\". The next time Miftakhov's photo appeared in the same channel was in January 2019 with the caption \"We warned you - stop doing nonsense.\" On 18 January, Miftakhov said that a search was conducted at his MSU dormitory while he himself was not there. On 1 February, he was detained after a search as part of the case of preparation of an explosion in Balashikha in January 2018. Miftakhov's whereabouts were concealed from his lawyer for more than a day, he later reported that he was tortured. ONC members confirmed that Miftakhov's body showed signs of torture. The court refused to choose a measure of restriction for Miftakhov and only extended the period of detention. On 7 February, Miftakhov was released, but then was immediately detained on charges of the attack on the United Russia office in January 2019. The confidential witness said he recognised Miftakhov by his \"expressive eyebrows\", but could not name what Miftakhov was wearing and did not recall the other defendants in the case. In addition, the man explained that he had not reported the offence for a year because first his phone ran out of battery and after that he was unable to do so. According to the witness, he decided to contact the police after the media reported about Miftakhov's detention. On 12 February, the court decided to take Miftakhov into custody.\n\nEarlier, the case of the attack on the United Russia office in Khovrino district was qualified as an act of vandalism, but a new version of the charges was pressed against Miftakhov - under the article on hooliganism committed by a group.\n\nOn 18 January 2021, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony. On 21 April 2022, the court of cassation reduced the sentence by three months.\n\nIn February 2023, a new criminal case against Miftakhov was launched in connection with the Moscow cell of the \"Set'\" (\"Network\") movement (11 people were convicted in the cases of the Penza and St. Petersburg cells of the movement, later recognised as a terrorist organisation). In August, it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Miftakhov.\n\nOn 4 September 2023, the day of his release from the colony, Miftakhov was detained on a new case and taken to Kirov.\n\nIn September, it became known that the ECHR awarded Miftakhov compensation of 26 thousand euros because of the use of violence against him during his detention in 2019.\n\nOn 28 March 2024, Miftakhov was sentenced to four years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nIn April 2024, it became known that Miftakhov was not receiving the necessary antidepressants in the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nIn November 2024, Miftakhov relayed that he was placed in a cell with a person with a severe psychiatric illness who was aggressive towards him.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["223.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 223.1"],"case_name_en":"Balashikha explosion preparation case","case_number":"01-0005/2021 (01-0205/2020)","persecution_case_profile_en":"manufactured an explosive device","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recj8a7dP8dR9cOw0"},{"persecution_id":"recH6YmoIVyOoAA0G","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recY3j7bv7ELDt3d6","name_en":"Elena Popova","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 30 July 2018, detained on suspicion of organising and engaging in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 3 August she was placed under house arrest. On 10 August she was released on her own recognizance.\n\nOn 14 February 2020, she was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles (≈$4700 as of 14.02.2020). On 19 May, the court of appeal reduced the fine to 250 thousand (≈$3425 as of 19.05.2020).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vilyuchinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":563,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":80,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vilyuchinsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vilyuchinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the organisation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 10.08.2018 to 14.02.2020\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 30.07.2018 to 02.08.2018\n• house arrest: from 03.08.2018 to 10.08.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.02.2020, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles (≈$4700 as of 14.02.2020)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand roubles (≈$4700 as of 14.02.2020)","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/08/d39777/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recH6YmoIVyOoAA0G"},{"persecution_id":"recQECX3Pvp181sIQ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recTM26gIyWUocvEv","name_en":"Andrey Shasherin","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 March 2018, police searched the apartment of Shasherin and his parents. Shasherin was taken in handcuffs to the Centre for Countering Extremism, where he was forced to write a confession about the publication of images directed against groups of persons on the basis of nationality and religion. Shasherin later retracted his confession. On 10 January 2019, the case was dismissed due to the absence of corpus delicti.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2018-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 148 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 148 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Shasherin","persecution_case_profile_en":"Shasherin allegedly posted images on social media \"violating norms of communication ethics in an indecent form, as well as norms of religious ethics in an indecent form and discrediting the administration of the Russian Orthodox Church\", and containing \"negative attitude towards Russians\", and \"negative attitude towards natives of the Caucasus and Central Asia and signs of incitement to hostility and hatred against a group of persons, incitement to hostile actions\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-08-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/08/d39800/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recQECX3Pvp181sIQ"},{"persecution_id":"recZkttcp3CJ262c8","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:22:13.000Z","person_id":"rec0vCKhnpWjDzRcD","name_en":"Nariman Memedeminov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Memedeminov was detained in March 2018 after a search in the village of Kholmovka, Bakhchisaray district. His wife Lemara Memedeminova said that during the search the law enforcers broke down the door, behaved rudely, used foul language, immediately put her husband on the floor and handcuffed him. The law enforcers seized the phones of the activist and his wife, a tablet and several books. Memedeminov was later arrested.\n\nOn 2 October 2019, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony. On 21 September 2020, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":558,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nariman Memedeminov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted videos on YouTube in 2013 and 2014 calling for terrorist activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2018 to 01.03.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody:  to 05.06.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"KP No. 8 of the GUFSIN for Rostov Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2020 to 21.09.2020, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"KP No. 8 of the GUFSIN for Rostov Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.10.2019, Sentence: Two years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2019-10-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-10-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-07-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/07/d41211/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-05-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/operativnaya-informatsiya/8426/ssp-schitaet-politzakljuchjonnym-krymskogo-tatarina-narimana-memedinova\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-05-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/krymskotatarskiy-aktivist-nariman-memedeminov-politzaklyuchennyy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recZkttcp3CJ262c8"},{"persecution_id":"recPKBP2kWHmXy1Vt","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recpyiuFKzhrUeAiI","name_en":"Valentina Stepkina","birth_year":1951,"age":75,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"27 May 2018 detained after a search in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation, released. On 6 June she was released on personal recognizance.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny"],"case_name_en":"The case of Zinaida Soldatova and Valentina Stepkina","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 06.06.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/05/d39451/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recPKBP2kWHmXy1Vt"},{"persecution_id":"rec5Y8Is901mXQxLQ","last_updated":"2024-12-23T10:27:47.000Z","person_id":"rec15i9uUEcaXSBRv","name_en":"Talgat Gizatullin","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2018, it became known about the criminal case against Gizatullin and four other residents of Kazan on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.\nIn June 2019, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. 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A personal recognizance was taken. On 31 May 2019, it became known about the transfer of the case to court.\n\nOn 21 January 2020, he was sentenced to six years of suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Razdolnoye settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":550,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Grigory Bubnov","persecution_case_profile_en":"in the period from October 2017 to July 2018, was the de facto head of the primary organisation (cell) of the local religious organisation \"Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\", carried out organisational actions to convene and hold meetings, as well as directly participated in the meetings held, aimed at continuing the activities of the religious association","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.01.2020, Sentence: six years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-01-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-01-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-06-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/06/d41100/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recW7C3jyQhD2G9pz"},{"persecution_id":"recyVqkGDDvdGniFY","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recpXUDWlVbM5F8uD","name_en":"Roman Udot","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 March 2018, Roman Udot was detained at Sheremetyevo airport after an incident with NTV journalist Alexandra Miroshnichenko. This was preceded by a series of propaganda films by the TV channel, which reported false information about the Golos movement, Udot and his family. Correspondents repeatedly harassed the activist and his relatives. During an incident on 20 March 2018, Udot snatched a mobile phone from a female journalist, making suspicion of theft the official reason for detention. Udot returned the phone after filing a complaint against the journalist for breach of privacy and violation of the secrecy of correspondence and negotiations. In the morning of 21 March Udot was released from the police station.\n\nIn April, while in Europe, Udot learnt that a case of death threat had been brought against him because during an altercation with Miroshnichenko he had said: \"I'll kill you one day!\" The case was suspended, but Udot was put on a federal wanted list.\n\nIn May 2019, Udot returned to Russia. On 15 May, he came to the police department of Sheremetyevo Airport with a request to reopen the case and interrogate him. On 20 May, after the interrogation, Udot was detained and sent to a temporary detention centre; on 22 May, the court chose a measure of restraint in the form of house arrest. On 9 July Udot was released from house arrest, and a preventive measure was chosen in the form of a ban on certain actions - leaving the house at night, communicating with the participants of the case, using the Internet and mobile phones. On 11 July the court toughened this measure, reducing the time spent out of the house and prohibiting him from attending rallies.\n\nOn 28 November the court sentenced Udot to 320 hours of compulsory labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khimki"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2018-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":617,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 119 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["119"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 119"],"case_name_en":"Сase of Roman Udot","persecution_case_profile_en":"threatened to kill NTV correspondent Alexandra Miroshnichenko at Sheremetyevo airport.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.05.2019 to 22.05.2019\n• house arrest: from 22.05.2019 to 09.07.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.11.2019, Sentence: 320 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"320 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-11-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-11-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 21-05-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2019/05/22/ugroza-presledovatelyam-aktivista-golosa-hotyat-posadit-pod-domashniy-arest\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-07-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9339/udot-roman-nikolaevich\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-05-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/udot-roman-nikolaevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recyVqkGDDvdGniFY"},{"persecution_id":"receYcHx6FcyJmJ3K","last_updated":"2024-12-23T10:27:47.000Z","person_id":"recBQHdEW6WQC48oC","name_en":"Mudaris Ibragimov","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2018, it became known about the criminal case against Ibragimov and four other residents of Kazan, accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization.\nIn June 2019, he was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony. 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A criminal case concerning the activities of an extremist organisation has been opened. She was released on a recognizance not to leave. On August 3, 2020, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office. On June 20, 2024, she was sentenced to four years' suspended sentence. 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On 10 October, placed under house arrest. On 13 February 2019, he was released on personal recognisance.\n\nOn 24 January 2020, sentenced to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Polyarny"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":645,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Polyarny"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Polyarny","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised the activities of the religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses \"Polyarny\" \"by convening and holding meetings, organising the recruitment of new members, and bringing the content of religious literature texts to the participants of the meeting\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 13.02.2019 to 24.01.2020\n• house arrest: from 10.10.2018 to 13.02.2019\n• in custody: from 18.04.2018 to 10.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.01.2020, Sentence: a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-01-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-01-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-04-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/04/d39245/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recXYum0pcm4PP1gD"},{"persecution_id":"recaBuNpjMWIXpUMQ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recbsdfzkMpBaUm0X","name_en":"Raisa Usanova","birth_year":1947,"birth_date":"1947-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":78,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":71,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 19 April 2018, detained in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. Released on her own recognisance.\n\nOn 12 November 2019, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 16 December 2020, the court of cassation instance returned the case to the court of first instance. On 1 June 2022, the court of first instance sentenced Usanova to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1503,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":214,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.04.2018 to 26.09.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.06.2022, Sentence: Two years of suspended imprisonment, nine months of a non-custodial sentence","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years of suspended imprisonment, nine months of a non-custodial sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-05-31T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-05-31T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-04-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/04/d39249/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recaBuNpjMWIXpUMQ"},{"persecution_id":"reciPCzXhQtVgxvE5","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rece8kKN56CarF7mW","name_en":"Denis Timoshin","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"15 July 2018 detained after a search on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. 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Taken into custody. On 3 September 2019, he was released on his own recognisance. Later the charge of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was dropped. On 3 June 2022, sentenced to six and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2018-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1332,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":190,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kirov"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kirov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the suspects gathered in flats to sing Bible songs, improve their missionary skills, study banned religious literature, and collected money - \"more than 500,000 rubles\" - to pay rent for housing and \"other premises\" for meetings, bought equipment and transferred the money to the \"Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.10.2018 to 03.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 03.09.2019 to 04.10.2022\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.10.2018 to 12.10.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 04.10.2022 to 03.10.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.06.2022, Sentence: Six years and six months' suspended deprivation of liberty, prohibition to engage in activities related to leadership and participation in the work of public and religious organisations for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years and six months' suspended deprivation of liberty, prohibition to engage in activities related to leadership and participation in the work of public and religious organisations for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-06-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-06-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-10-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/10/d40131/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recJgk4RmcALZyjLh"},{"persecution_id":"recubpCqnHkHozqc1","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:34:37.000Z","person_id":"recyGbjq6VpkmZHX2","name_en":"Sergey Logunov","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 16 May 2018, Logunov's home was searched in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. Personal recognizance was taken.\n\nOn 14 January 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but it later came back to court. On 28 August 2023, Logunov was sentenced to a two and a half year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1930,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":275,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg"],"case_name_en":"The case of five Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"was engaged in the organisation of activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.05.2018 to 24.01.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 24.01.2024 to 23.01.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 28.08.2023, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 2 years, 8 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 2 years, 8 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-28T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-28T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-09-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/05/d39377/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recubpCqnHkHozqc1"},{"persecution_id":"recoGEvoumFKC2dXE","last_updated":"2026-03-25T13:20:47.000Z","person_id":"recMJoJBq7DZty9Jn","name_en":"Lidia Bainova","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Abakan and populariser of Khakass culture, was accused of calling for extremist activity because of a post on VKontakte published in July 2017. The case under part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activity on the Internet) was initiated in May 2018. In July Bainova was charged, in October the FSB (Federal Security Service) forwarded the indictment for approval to the Prosecutor's Office of Khakassia.\nOn 26 November 2018, it became known that the Federal Security Service Directorate of Russia in the Republic of Khakassia terminated the criminal case. No corpus delicti was found in Bainova's actions. On 10 December 2018, the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Khakassia officially apologised to Bainova for the harm caused by the unjustified criminal prosecution.","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Lidia Bainova's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activity on the Internet) was initiated because of a post that Bainova published on her VKontakte page in July 2017.\nAccording to the defendant, she made the post on the social network after she and her daughter were told by the children in one of the city's cafes when entering the playroom that \"only Russians are allowed in here\". Bainova protested that Khakassia did not respect the people \"to whom this land belongs\" and characterised the extent of her outrage, adding: \"At times like this I want to stage a revolution and a coup! To return the power, the land to our people! To reclaim it!\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-12-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/11/d40330/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recoGEvoumFKC2dXE"},{"persecution_id":"recLmFAhjKe13HYRV","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recFnHhsX4vb1Jvem","name_en":"Vyacheslav Lukichev","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 4 November 2018. Accused of justifying terrorism in connection with a publication in the Prometheus Telegram channel. Lukichyov's support group claims that he was subjected to torture and pressure from the FSB officers, who beat him and did not let him sleep for 36 hours, during which there was continuous interrogation. On 6 November, the court decided to take him into custody. On 14 March 2019, Lukichev was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles and released in the courtroom.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":129,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vyacheslav Lukichev","persecution_case_profile_en":"published an entry justifying the terrorist act in Arkhangelsk and containing \"linguistic and psychological signs of justification of the ideology and practice of terrorism, forming the conviction that it is permissible to carry out a terrorist act to achieve the socio-political goals of anarchism\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.11.2018 to 14.03.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.03.2019, Sentence: a fine of three hundred thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of three hundred thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-03-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-03-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/lukichyov-vyacheslav-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recLmFAhjKe13HYRV"},{"persecution_id":"recW8S2e4lvlPRae9","last_updated":"2025-02-11T15:24:54.000Z","person_id":"recVKkEZQTQGFsRoB","name_en":"Alexei Arkhipov","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 26 June 2018, he was detained in a case of extremist activities and was subsequently released. He has signed a recognizance not to leave. On 16 September 2021, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. 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Later it became known that on 9 October the court decided to take her into custody in the case of involvement in an extremist organisation. 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He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. On 7 September 2019, he was released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation for a group of people released by Ukraine and arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ukrainian sailors","persecution_case_profile_en":"Acting as part of an organised group, on 25 November 2018 at 7.01 a.m., being on the Ukrainian Navy ships \"Berdyansk\", \"Nikopol\" and \"Yany Kapu\" in the waters of the Black Sea, without notifying the captain of the seaport of Kerch about the ships' approach to the Kerch Strait 48 hours in advance and additionally without notifying 24 hours before the approach, as well as without transmitting the coordinates of the border crossing to the nearest coastal communication post 1 hour before entering the territorial waters, without responding to requests to stop made by officials of the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in Crimea, performing dangerous manoeuvring and creating a threat to navigation, illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the area with average geographical coordinates of 44 degrees 52.7 minutes north latitude and 36 degrees 31.3 minutes east longitude.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.11.2018 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 27.11.2018 to 29.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9230/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-morjakov\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-moryakov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recJajStLWzhWxoul"},{"persecution_id":"recxmXDFSLwnJF6hX","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recajtQWoUDNyY3A3","name_en":"Sergey Rayman","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"July 25th 2018, he was detained and July 26th arrested on charges of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. On September 21st, transferred under house arrest. In October, a measure of restriction was chosen in the form of a ban on certain actions. In January 2019 - in the form of a personal recognizance.\n\nOn September 25th, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn October 9th 2020,he was sentenced to eight years' suspended sentence. On February 26th 2021, the appeals court reduced the sentence to three years suspended. On February 10th 2022, the court of cassation instance returned the case to the court of appeal on the prosecution's complaint. On March 30th, the appeal court dismissed the charge of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and re-sentenced Rayman to a three-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kostroma"],"persecution_region_en":["Kostroma Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KOS"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":806,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":115,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case 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On 5 August, the appeal court raised the fine to one million rubles, but with the account of time served ordered to pay 250 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Neftekumsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2018-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1226,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":175,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Neftekumsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Neftekumsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation; participated in fundraising, knowing that the money would be used both to support the activities of the extremist organisation The Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses and the extremist organisation Local Religious Organisation, which is part of its structure","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.04.2022 to 05.08.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 05.12.2019 to 19.04.2022\n• in custody: from 09.12.2018 to 05.12.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.04.2022, Sentence: a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1000000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-12-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/12/d40470/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recF5yQOpSgwKvzir"},{"persecution_id":"recLflgh6lqPGpgWm","last_updated":"2025-01-28T12:19:36.000Z","person_id":"recoXtFJeFMktfxF9","name_en":"Nina Purge","birth_year":1940,"birth_date":"1940-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":85,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":78,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 19 April 2018, she was detained in a case on the activities of an extremist organization. She was released on  personal recognizance.\n\nOn November 12, 2019, the court brought the case back to the prosecutor's office. On December 16, 2020, the court of cassation instance returned the case to the court of first instance. On June 1, 2022, the court of first instance sentenced Nina Purge to a two-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1503,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":214,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.04.2018 to 26.09.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 26.09.2022 to 25.09.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.06.2022, Sentence: Two years' suspended imprisonment, nine months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' suspended imprisonment, nine months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-05-31T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-05-31T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-04-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/04/d39249/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recLflgh6lqPGpgWm"},{"persecution_id":"rec4Wpx2Bb4xladXL","last_updated":"2023-11-09T00:01:24.000Z","person_id":"recGZkLFSogFea8Xr","name_en":"Sergey Tsybizov","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"On 25 November 2018, Tsybizov was detained when Russian vessels blocked Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea near Crimea. He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. On 7 September 2019, he was released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation for a group of people released by Ukraine and arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ukrainian sailors","persecution_case_profile_en":"Acting as part of an organised group, on 25 November 2018 at 7.01 a.m., being on the Ukrainian Navy ships \"Berdyansk\", \"Nikopol\" and \"Yany Kapu\" in the waters of the Black Sea, without notifying the captain of the seaport of Kerch about the ships' approach to the Kerch Strait 48 hours in advance and additionally without notifying 24 hours before the approach, as well as without transmitting the coordinates of the border crossing to the nearest coastal communication post 1 hour before entering the territorial waters, without responding to requests to stop made by officials of the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in Crimea, performing dangerous manoeuvring and creating a threat to navigation, Tsybizov illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the area with average geographical coordinates of 44 degrees 52.7 minutes north latitude and 36 degrees 31.3 minutes east longitude.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.11.2018 to 29.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 29.11.2018 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9230/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-morjakov\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-moryakov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec4Wpx2Bb4xladXL"},{"persecution_id":"recJkXsHMGOv1te5w","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recZhMTNKYmhwJdDJ","name_en":"Roman Markin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 18 April 2018, detained and then arrested on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. 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He was detained as a result of a raid on a cafe in Khabarovsk on 10 November 2018. On 12 November, he was taken into custody by court order on charges of organizing activities of an extremist organization in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist laws solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 14 January 2019, Polevodov was moved to house arrest. In July, he was released on his own recognizance. On 3 August 2020, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office. On 20 June 2024, Polevodov was sentenced to eight and a half years in a general regime colony. On 10 October 2024, the court of appeals reduced the term by a year and replaced the real sentence with a conditional one. \n\nIn May 2019, he was also accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization. On 4 February 2020, Polevodov was sentenced to two years conditional sentence.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2049,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":292,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Khabarovsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.11.2018 to 14.01.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• in custody: from 20.06.2024 to 10.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• house arrest: from 14.01.2019 to 04.07.2019\n• recognizance not to leave: from 04.07.2019 to 04.07.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.06.2024, Sentence: 8 years and 6 months imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years and 6 months imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-20T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-20T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-11-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/11/d40283/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-06-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rech8SkNQJWwHRX32"},{"persecution_id":"rec9eFU34aceX3WFS","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recgFQ4Zgwdv5iarx","name_en":"Vladimir Kulyasov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"15 July 2018 Vladimir was detained on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 17 July, he was transferred to house arrest.\n\nOn 13 December 2019, he was sentenced to two year suspended sentence. On 25 March 2020, the appellate court cancelled the verdict and returned the case for a new consideration. On 9 July, the court of cassation instance, in turn, cancelled the decision and returned the case to the appellate court. On 16 September, the appellate court confirmed the verdict.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":515,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Penza"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Penza","persecution_case_profile_en":"Conducted talks in public places and residential premises with residents of Penza, participated in conspiratorial meetings and other activities of the organisation, and paid dues","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 17.07.2018 to 13.12.2019\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.07.2018 to 17.07.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.12.2019, Sentence: two years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-07-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/07/d39731/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec9eFU34aceX3WFS"},{"persecution_id":"recRu4ZDKLqzeRwnF","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recsT4or8gtDOIME9","name_en":"Tatiana Alushkina","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2018, a case was opened against Alushkina and her husband on the activities of an extremist organisation. A signature on non-departure was taken.\n\nOn 13 December 2019, she was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence. On 25 March 2020, the court of appeal instance cancelled the verdict and returned the case for a new consideration. On 9 July, the cassation court, in turn, overturned the decision and returned the case to the appeal court. On 16 September, the appeal court confirmed the verdict.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2018-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":519,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Penza"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Penza","persecution_case_profile_en":"attended church services","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 13.12.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.12.2019, Sentence: two years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-06-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/07/d41205/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recRu4ZDKLqzeRwnF"},{"persecution_id":"rec0iJb9OMgB8GTmc","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec5KEIK8xlQPveVM","name_en":"Sergey Yavushkin","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 23 January 2018 and 22 July 2019, searches were conducted at Yavushkin's house, after the second one he was detained. On 24 July, the court sent him under house arrest in the case of participation in an extremist organisation.\n\nOn 13 January 2020, Yavushkin was also accused of financing extremist activities.\n\nOn 22 June 2021, he was sentenced to a four-year suspended sentence. On 15 September 2023, the prosecution was terminated on parole.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2023-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1245,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":177,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kemerovo"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kemerovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.07.2019 to 24.07.2019\n• house arrest: from 24.07.2019 to 22.06.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.06.2021, Sentence: Four years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of four years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of four years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-06-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-07-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/07/d41297/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec0iJb9OMgB8GTmc"},{"persecution_id":"recMoDPg2uWQ4Qeci","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:39:27.000Z","person_id":"rec2JFtBgITln6i0K","name_en":"Vitaly Zhuk","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att7OjmAPFvzr6aRT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att7OjmAPFvzr6aRT.jpg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Khabarovsk Krai. Detained during a raid on a cafe in Khabarovsk on 10 November 2018. On 12 November, he was taken into custody by court order on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist laws solely for their religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 14 January 2019, Zhuk was placed under house arrest. On 18 January 2020, he was released from house arrest. On 3 August, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office. On 20 June 2024, Zhuk was sentenced to eight years and four months in a general regime prison. On 10 October 2024, the appeal court commuted his sentence to a seven-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2049,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":292,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Khabarovsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. 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Memorial:\n Date: 27-06-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recMoDPg2uWQ4Qeci"},{"persecution_id":"recKbOJFMP4t0npW6","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recesC8YF01bWJIpf","name_en":"Anatoly Vilitkevich","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"10 April 2018 Vilitkevich was detained in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation, arrested on 12 April. On 21 June, he was transferred under house arrest. On 28 February 2019, he was released on his own recognisance. The charge was brought under the article on organising the activities of an extremist organisation, but the court, while passing sentence, reclassified the charge to participation in the activities. On 27 September Vilitkevich was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2018-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2023-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1265,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":180,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Anatoliy Vilitkevich case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.04.2018 to 21.06.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• house arrest: from 21.06.2018 to 28.02.2019\n• recognizance not to leave: from 28.02.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.09.2021, Sentence: two-year suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two-year suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-09-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-09-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-06-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/06/d39586/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8583/vilitkevich-anatolij-sergeevich\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-07-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/vilitkevich-anatoliy-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recKbOJFMP4t0npW6"},{"persecution_id":"rech5ka8HCYVIW9T9","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"rec9Q8hDQqA7ruLti","name_en":"Olga Opaleva","birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On November 25th, 2018, she was detained and on November, 27th placed under house arrest on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On October 10th 2019, she suffered a stroke while being escorted to court. Acquaintances report that she was paralysed on the left side of her body. On November 19th she was released from house arrest on a recognizance not to leave.  February 10th, 2023 she was convicted to four and a half years suspended sentence. On May 24th, the appeals court reduced the sentence by two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Spassk-Dalny"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1538,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":219,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Spassk-Dalnyi"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Spassk-Dalnyi","persecution_case_profile_en":"She organised the activities of a prohibited religious organisation in Spassk-Dalnoye","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 27.11.2018 to 19.11.2019\n• recognizance not to leave: from 19.11.2019 to 24.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.05.2023 to 23.05.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2023, Sentence: 5 years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-10T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-10T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-11-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/11/d40298/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rech5ka8HCYVIW9T9"},{"persecution_id":"recx5cSurlneMXiVo","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recMf6u6J5Tclhq4j","name_en":"Natalia Kovaleva","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A criminal case against Natalia Kovaleva under Part 1 of Article 282 was initiated on 22 August 2018 by the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Saratov Region. The case was initiated in connection with the publication on the Internet of videos with satirical ditties, as well as statements about the corruption of the courts of the Saratov region. The case file mentions six videos that Kovaleva posted on her YouTube channel during April 2018. The case was opened after a complaint from the Saratov regional court. The IC considered that the clips contained statements promoting hatred towards the social group \"judicial community\", as well as expressing humiliating and \"negative emotional assessments\" of judges. On 1 October 2018, the Investigative Committee terminated the criminal case against Kovaleva due to the absence of corpus delicti.\n\nOn 25 September 2018, the Investigative Committee opened a new criminal case against Kovaleva under part 2 of article 297 of the Criminal Code (contempt of court) and part 1 of article. 298.1 CC (slander against a judge). According to the investigation, the woman insulted and slandered the judge of the Frunzensky District Court of Saratov, Irina Shustova, who was considering Kovaleva's civil suit.   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Subsequently, a criminal case was initiated against the organisers of the group. During the search, an employee of the Centre for Combating Extremism threatened Gorbaty with imprisonment.\n\nOn January 23, 2018, the activist was detained and brought in for questioning in a case related to the financing of an extremist organisation. On January 24, he was placed under house arrest. In October of the same year, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn June 11, 2020, he received a two-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":869,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":124,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"Army of the Will of the People\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Vyacheslav Gorbatoy","persecution_case_profile_en":"Member of the Initiative Group for the Referendum \"For Responsible Government\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","temporary hospitalisation","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 12.07.2018\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 28.05.2018 to 12.07.2018, Moscow Psychiatric Hospital No. 1\n• house arrest: from 24.01.2018 to 28.05.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.06.2020, Sentence: two years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-06-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-06-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-12-2018\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/gorbatyy-vyacheslav-yurevich\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-07-2016\n Source: http://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/01/d38686/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec0AcEYcWUzlgQnv"},{"persecution_id":"recxjVbCmz227CdlN","last_updated":"2023-11-09T00:01:24.000Z","person_id":"rec46jrPERen1zs7v","name_en":"Evgeny Semidotsky","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"On 25 November 2018, detained when Russian vessels blocked Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea near Crimea. He was taken into custody on charges of illegally crossing the Russian border, transferred to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre on 29 November. On 7 September 2019, he was released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in the Russian Federation for a group of people released by Ukraine and arrived on the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Ukrainian sailors","persecution_case_profile_en":"Acting as part of an organised group, on 25 November 2018 at 7.01 a.m., being on the Ukrainian Navy ships \"Berdyansk\", \"Nikopol\" and \"Yany Kapu\" in the waters of the Black Sea, without notifying the captain of the seaport of Kerch about the ships' approach to the Kerch Strait 48 hours in advance and additionally without notifying 24 hours before the approach, as well as without transmitting the coordinates of the border crossing to the nearest coastal communication post 1 hour before entering the territorial waters, without responding to requests to stop made by officials of the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in Crimea, performing dangerous manoeuvring and creating a threat to navigation, illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the area with average geographical coordinates of 44 degrees 52.7 minutes north latitude and 36 degrees 31.3 minutes east longitude.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.11.2018 to 29.11.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 29.11.2018 to 07.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-moryakov\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 14-04-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9230/delo-ukrainskih-voennyh-morjakov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recxjVbCmz227CdlN"},{"persecution_id":"recEtaBaocDusOOWc","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recvRZKtqerIYoNiC","name_en":"Alexander Suvorov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"16 May 2018 he detained and 19 May arrested on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 3 August, he was transferred to house arrest. On 12 October, the court replaced the preventive measure with a ban on certain actions\n\nOn 14 January 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Suvorov","persecution_case_profile_en":"in the period from April 2017 to the present.... organised the activities of a structural subdivision of the Jehovah's Witnesses MRO by convening and holding meetings, organising the recruitment of new members, and bringing the content of religious literature texts to the participants of the meetings","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 03.08.2018 to 12.10.2018\n• in custody: from 19.05.2018 to 03.08.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-05-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2018/05/d39377/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recEtaBaocDusOOWc"},{"persecution_id":"rechp19nlGJ1hcckv","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec8apNQboB7bsQTb","name_en":"Poletaev Dmitrii Vladimirovich","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Dmitrii Poletaev was detained on 15 March 2018 and was taken into custody the next day.\n\nOn 6 August 2020, he was sentenced to six years of suspended sentence, released in the courtroom.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":874,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":124,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"New Greatness\""],"case_name_en":"The case of ‘New Greatness’ (Novoe Velichie)","case_number":"01-0001/2020(01-0315/2019)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the defendants' goal was to overthrow the constitutional order and establish a provisional government. The defence argues that the charges are based on the testimony of a law enforcement officer, who was embedded in the group as part of operational activities. 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On April 24, 2019, he was sentenced to a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers","Deputies of the Regional Parliament"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2018-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":398,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Maltsev's Revolution\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222","Part 1, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Cases of the \"Maltsev revolution\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Novosibirsk supporters of Vyacheslav Maltsev","case_number":"1-127/2020(1-717/2019;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was preparing to seize the building of State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Novosibirsk, stored weapons and ammunition.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 21.03.2018 to 24.04.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.04.2019, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-04-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 04-11-2018\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/11/05/nesostoyavshayasya-revolyuciya-chto-proizoshlo-s-presleduemymi-po-ugolovnym\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/komarov-aleksandr-yurevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recwwRateeKsIWwf2"},{"persecution_id":"recZ9i6l0qkUPB9j6","last_updated":"2023-12-18T22:44:50.000Z","person_id":"reczwlsj43mzyX1Ao","name_en":"Mikhail Benyash","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Mikhail Benyash, an attorney who intended to defend those detained in Krasnodar during the protest against the pension reform on September 9, 2018. Even before the rally, he learnt that he was being investigated and that there was an APB (all-points bulletin) on his car. Immediately after he called one of the detained activists, he was stopped in the middle of the street by people in civilian clothes and forced into the car, and then beaten at the police department. \nLater in the hospital Benyash was diagnosed with abrasions on his face, hands, neck, cheekbone and jaw, haemorrhage in the left eardrum and traumatic otitis. \nOn September 11, he was arrested for 14 days under the administrative article on disobedience to lawful demands of police officers (in addition, the court gave him 40 hours of compulsory labour for organising a public event without approval for his post about the action on September 9). On September 23, Benyash was accused of using violence against police officers. According to the investigation, during the arrest in the police car, he bit one officer's hand and struck another in the face with his elbow three times. \nOn September 24, it became known that a case of obstructing justice (part 1 of article 294 of the Criminal Code) was also initiated against Benyash. According to the investigation, on May 6, during the hearing the lawyer \"repeatedly interrupted, gave instructions, expressed demands and objections against the judge's decisions\" and did not respond to the remarks. On September 28, he was taken into custody.\nThe legal and human rights communities spoke out in support of Benyash. On October 23, Benyash was released on bail. In December it became known that the case of contempt of court was closed. Later, information emerged that an inspection had been conducted in the fall regarding Benyash allegedly damaging a police officer's private car during the arrest. Following the inspection results, the Investigative Committee declined to initiate a criminal case.\n\nOn October 11, 2019, Benyash was sentenced to a fine of 30,000 roubles. On February 26, 2021, the appellate court sent the case for reconsideration. On June 26, Benyash was placed under travel restrictions. On December 24, the travel restrictions were lifted, and Benyash was required to pay a bail of 600,000 roubles. On March 6, 2023, Benyash was again sentenced to a fine of 30,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2018-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":396,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Actions against pension reform 09.09.2018","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Mikhail Benyash","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he struck three blows to one policeman and bit another during detention; Benyash, being an attorney, was on his way to the detainees during the protest in Krasnodar to provide legal assistance and was severely beaten during detention.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","released on bail","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.06.2021 to 01.12.2021\n• released on bail: from 01.12.2021\n• in custody: from 28.09.2018 to 01.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• released on bail: from 01.10.2018\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.03.2023, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 30,000 roubles• First instance court on the merits, 11.10.2019, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 30,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 30,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":30000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-10-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-06T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-01-2019\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/benyash-mihail-mihaylovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-02-2019\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9099/benjash-mihail-mihajlovich\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 11-01-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/stories/2018/09/11/mihail-benyash-planiroval-podehat-k-zaderzhannym-pri-advokatah-byut-chut-menshe\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recZ9i6l0qkUPB9j6"},{"persecution_id":"recCnNdudG4Nwwccy","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:59:38.000Z","person_id":"rec7pyusPOlaZz7fY","name_en":"Ruslan Kostylenkov","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ruslan Kostylenkov was detained on 15 March 2018. According to him, after the search, he was beaten and tortured with a bag and forced to incriminate himself on camera. The next day Kostylenkov was arrested.\n\nOn 6 August 2020, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony. On 12 January 2021, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by three months.\n\nKostylenkov was released on 13 July 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":874,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":124,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"New Greatness\""],"case_name_en":"The case of ‘New Greatness’ (Novoe Velichie)","case_number":"01-0001/2020(01-0315/2019)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the defendants' goal was to overthrow the constitutional order and establish a provisional government. The defence argues that the charges are based on the testimony of a law enforcement officer, who was embedded in the group as part of operational activities. The defendants were charged with creation and participation in an extremist community.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.03.2018 to 12.01.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2021 to 13.07.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.01.2021 to 01.03.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.08.2020, Sentence: 7-year imprisonment in a general regime colony (with credit for time served: a day in the pre-trial detention centre for a day and a half in the colony), five years of restricted freedom and a two-year ban on posting materials on the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7-year imprisonment in a general regime colony (with credit for time served: a day in the pre-trial detention centre for a day and a half in the colony), five years of restricted freedom and a two-year ban on posting materials on the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":81,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2020-08-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-08-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-priznal-uchastnikov-novogo-velichiya-politzaklyuchennymi\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-09-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/8817/delo-novogo-velichija\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recCnNdudG4Nwwccy"},{"persecution_id":"recikpKNFDHvLSUUN","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:22:52.000Z","person_id":"recFHoJuO3TN7m0RS","name_en":"Pavel Rebrovsky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attS1h5itcJF1QeXi.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attS1h5itcJF1QeXi.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Rebrovsky was detained on 15 March 2018 and placed under house arrest the next day. He pleaded guilty, agreed to the consideration of the case under special procedure. Rebrovsky was sent for psychiatric examination in a specialised hospital. In April 2019, it became known that Rebrovsky had entered into an agreement with the investigation. He was released on his own recognisance.\n\nOn 29 April 2019, the court sentenced Rebrovsky to two and a half years' imprisonment and one year of restrictions on freedom with compulsory psychiatric treatment on an outpatient basis. He was found guilty only of organising the activities of an extremist organisation.\n\nOn 8 July, at the hearing on the case of other defendants in the \"New Greatness\" case, Rebrovsky stated that he had confessed under pressure and retracted his confession, stressing that the group members had not prepared any arson or attacks.\n\nOn 8 October, Moscow City Court cancelled Rebrovsky's conviction and sent the case for a new trial, after which Rebrovsky was released on his own recognizance.\n\nOn 29 October 2020, Rebrovsky was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony. In December, it became known that he had been sent to a colony before the sentence came into force. No earlier than November 2021, he was sent to a psychiatric hospital for several months, and in April 2022, he was returned to the colony. On 28 July, the cassation court reduced Rebrovsky's sentence by a year.\n\nRebrovsky was released on 29 September 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":409,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"New Greatness\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Pavel Rebrovsky","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the defendants' goal was to overthrow the constitutional order and establish a provisional government. The defense argues that the charges are based on the testimony of a law enforcement officer, who was embedded in the group as part of operational activities. The defendants were charged with creation and participation in an extremist community.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.04.2021 to 20.10.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 01.11.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 29.04.2019 to 08.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• recognizance not to leave: from 08.10.2019 to 29.10.2020\n• house arrest: from 16.03.2018 to 01.04.2019\n• in custody: from 29.10.2020 to 08.11.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• in custody:  to 01.04.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• recognizance not to leave: from 01.04.2019 to 29.04.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2022 to 29.09.2023, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2021, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.04.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Smolensk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.04.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.10.2020, Sentence: 6 years in a general regime penal colony• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2019, Sentence: 2,5 years in a general regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for one year, and compulsory medical measures in the form of compulsory observation and treatment by a psychiatrist on an outpatient basis• First instance court on the merits, 10.10.2023, Sentence: 2,5 years in a general regime penal colony, with restriction of liberty for 1 year, as well as compulsory medical measures in the form of compulsory observation and treatment by a psychiatrist on an outpatient basis","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"2,5 years in a general regime penal colony, with restriction of liberty for 1 year, as well as compulsory medical measures in the form of compulsory observation and treatment by a psychiatrist on an outpatient basis","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-09T22:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-priznal-uchastnikov-novogo-velichiya-politzaklyuchennymi\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-09-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/8817/delo-novogo-velichija\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recikpKNFDHvLSUUN"},{"persecution_id":"rec8USoMLyL2oMSFl","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:40:36.000Z","person_id":"recxsWhlkN2f5Vitr","name_en":"Anastasia 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Became a suspect in a case of hooliganism. In November she was detained in connection with drawings on a transformer box and a household building, a case of vandalism was opened, but Safonova was not charged. On 16 April 2020, detained in Tula and sent to Chelyabinsk, where the next day the court ordered her to be placed in custody. On 28 July 2020, she was transferred to house arrest. On 11 November, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen.\n\nOn 10 September 2021, sentenced to two years in a general regime colony, taken into custody in the courtroom. In addition to hooliganism, she was also accused of vandalism, but this charge was dropped by the court due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. On 24 November 2021, the appellate court overturned the verdict, sent the case back to the first instance court for a new trial and replaced the preventive measure with a ban on certain actions. On 19 September 2022, she was sentenced to one year and nine months in a general regime colony. The next day she was detained while trying to cross the Russian-Kazakh border in the Orenburg region. Taken into custody. On 9 December 2022, released due to completion of her sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2018-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1298,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":185,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","214","213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 214","Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The case over the \"FSB (Federal Security Service) is the main terrorist\" banner"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Tsibukovsky and Anastasia Safonova`s case","case_number":"1-1013/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she participated in the placement of a banner with the inscription \"FSB is the main terrorist\" on the fence near the building of the Chelyabinsk Department of the Federal Security Service.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.11.2021 to 24.11.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 20.09.2022 to 09.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 24.11.2021 to 19.09.2022\n• in custody: from 10.09.2021 to 22.11.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• house arrest: from 28.07.2020 to 11.11.2020\n• in custody: from 17.04.2020 to 28.07.2020\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 11.11.2020 to 10.09.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.09.2021, Sentence: Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2022, Sentence: One year nine months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony• First instance court on the merits, 23.08.2022, Sentence: 1 year 9 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year nine months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":21,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2021-09-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-11-2021\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-chelyabinskih-anarhistov\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-04-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/04/d42336/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec8USoMLyL2oMSFl"},{"persecution_id":"rec13X1HwmiUSH8wT","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recKXah8oMFSe4HML","name_en":"Artem Vorobyev","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 8 August 2018, he was detained and arrested on 10 August on charges of involvement in an extremist community and hooliganism committed by a group of persons. The hooliganism charge was later dropped. On 3 June 2020, transferred under house arrest.\n\nOn 17 March 2021, sentenced to four years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":951,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":135,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Black Bloc case\""],"case_name_en":"Case of Artem Vorobyov, Dmitry Nikitin and Viktor Trofimov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the \"Black Bloc\" and in the attack on LGBT activists","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 03.06.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• recognizance not to leave: from 17.03.2021 to 23.08.2021\n• in custody: from 10.08.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• house arrest: from 03.06.2020 to 17.03.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.03.2021, Sentence: four years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-03-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-12-2020\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/dela-chernogo-bloka\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 18-12-2018\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec13X1HwmiUSH8wT"},{"persecution_id":"recBoZhGBj1siqitK","last_updated":"2026-02-14T11:33:55.000Z","person_id":"recCtvFXKRclFHfzS","name_en":"Anna Pavlikova","birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On March 15, 2018, Anna Pavlikova was detained. At that time, the girl was 17 years old, and the officers threatened her with violence. The next day Pavlikova was placed in custody. On August 16, the girl was transferred under house arrest.\n\nOn August 6, 2020, she was sentenced to four years of suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Veterinarians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":874,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":124,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"New Greatness\""],"case_name_en":"The case of ‘New Greatness’ (Novoe Velichie)","case_number":"01-0001/2020(01-0315/2019)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the defendants' goal was to overthrow the constitutional order and establish a provisional government. The defense claims that the charges are based on the testimony of an employee of the security services, who was embedded in the group as part of operational activities. The defendants are charged with formation and participation in an extremist community.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.03.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• in custody:  to 16.08.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• house arrest: from 16.08.2018 to 06.08.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.08.2020, Sentence: 4 years of conditioned sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years of conditioned sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-08-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-08-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-priznal-uchastnikov-novogo-velichiya-politzaklyuchennymi\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-09-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/8817/delo-novogo-velichija\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recBoZhGBj1siqitK"},{"persecution_id":"recCaJAcqZ8BJV2QA","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:58:24.000Z","person_id":"recPE47b1ifzLyrZN","name_en":"Pyotr Karamzin","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Pyotr Karamzin was detained on 15 March 2018 and was taken into custody the next day.\n\nOn 6 August 2020, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony. On 12 January 2021, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by three months.\n\nHe was released on 11 January 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":874,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":124,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"New Greatness\""],"case_name_en":"The case of ‘New Greatness’ (Novoe Velichie)","case_number":"01-0001/2020(01-0315/2019)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the defendants' goal was to overthrow the constitutional order and establish a provisional government. The defence argues that the charges are based on the testimony of an employee of the security services, who was infiltrated into the group as part of operational activities. The defendants were charged with creation and participation in an extremist community","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.03.2018 to 12.01.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Belgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 11.01.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Belgorod region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.01.2021 to 10.03.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n• Unknown: from 10.03.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.08.2020, Sentence: 6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony; 2 years' restriction of liberty; 6 years' ban on posting materials on the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony; 2 years' restriction of liberty; 6 years' ban on posting materials on the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":75,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2020-08-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-08-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-priznal-uchastnikov-novogo-velichiya-politzaklyuchennymi\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-09-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/8817/delo-novogo-velichija\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recCaJAcqZ8BJV2QA"},{"persecution_id":"recobTdGS8BOrK3mR","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:08:41.000Z","person_id":"recIcJAZjXHpWsHCQ","name_en":"Konstantin Saltykov","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 28 January 2018 during the dispersal of the Voters' Strike action together with Alexei Navalny. He was arrested for 30 days under the administrative article on repeated violation of the order of holding public events (at the same time, the court arrested him for 15 days under the article on disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers). While Saltykov was in the special detention centre, he was visited by officers of the Investigative Committee, who informed him that he was being investigated because he was suspected of using violence against representatives of the authorities. Two hours before the end of his administrative arrest, he was detained and taken into custody the next day - he was accused of using violence against two policemen. Saltykov claimed that he had no intention to harm the officers, but wanted to help Navalny, who was roughly detained. On 22 October, he was sentenced to ten months in a general regime colony and released in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":266,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Voters' strike","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The Konstantin Saltykov case","case_number":"01-0242/2018","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the protest on January 28, 2018, he grabbed a police officer by his uniform, struck him on the thigh, and tore a pocket from his uniform. Subsequently, he punched another police officer in the cheek and hit him twice on the back","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.02.2018 to 22.10.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.10.2018, Sentence: Ten months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Ten months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":10,"first_verdict_date":"2018-10-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-10-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 21-08-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/saltykov-konstantin-matveevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recobTdGS8BOrK3mR"},{"persecution_id":"recmZUseN1vxCcwRz","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recwXOnwquxJ3FgvI","name_en":"Vladimir Ratnikov (Komarnitsky)","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The leader of the nationalist \"Black Bloc\" Vladimir Ratnikov (Komarnitsky) was detained on 26 June 2018 after a search in his flat. On 28 June, Basmanny District Court remanded him in custody for 2 months. Ratnikov is accused of creating an extremist community (part 1 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code), public calls for extremism on the Internet (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code), calls for mass riots (part 3 of article 212 of the Criminal Code), and is also twice accused of inciting hatred or enmity by an organised group (point \"c\" of part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). The reasons for the cases were both the activist's statements on the Internet and slogans chanted during public events.\n\nOn 23 August Judge of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow Yevgenia Nikolaeva extended the arrest of Vladimir Ratnikov for three months and three days. At the hearing it became known that Ratnikov was also suspected of public calls for terrorist activity (part 1 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) and hooliganism committed by a group of persons (part 2 of article 213 of the Criminal Code). Later it became known that the charges of hooliganism and incitement to hatred were dropped due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nOn 3 June 2020 he was transferred to house arrest. On 15 February 2021 he disappeared on his way to court, on 1 March he was declared wanted and arrested in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","212","205.2","213","280","282","282","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 1, Article 212","Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 282","Article 282 (unknown part)","Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Black Bloc case\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Ratnikov and Dmitry Sporykhin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was one of the leaders of the \"Black Bloc\" and participated in the attack on LGBT activists.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n• house arrest: from 03.06.2020 to 15.02.2021\n• in custody: from 28.06.2018 to 01.07.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 01.07.2018 to 03.06.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 18-12-2018\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-03-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/ratnikov-komarnickiy-vladimir-gennadevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recmZUseN1vxCcwRz"},{"persecution_id":"recvTGW899rpjpEy6","last_updated":"2026-02-27T23:38:53.000Z","person_id":"recNbdrGb2FMX9UbH","name_en":"Maria Dubovik","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Maria Dubovik was detained on 15 March 2018. On 16 March, she was taken into custody. On 16 August, the girl was transferred to house arrest.\n\nOn 6 August 2020, she was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2026-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":874,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":124,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"New Greatness\""],"case_name_en":"The case of ‘New Greatness’ (Novoe Velichie)","case_number":"01-0001/2020(01-0315/2019)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the defendants' goal was to overthrow the constitutional order and establish a provisional government. The defence argues that the charges are based on the testimony of a law enforcement officer, who was embedded in the group as part of operational activities. The defendants were charged with creation and participation in an extremist community.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2018-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.03.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• in custody:  to 16.08.2018, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• house arrest: from 16.08.2018 to 06.08.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.08.2020, Sentence: 6 years suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-08-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-08-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-priznal-uchastnikov-novogo-velichiya-politzaklyuchennymi\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-09-2018\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/8817/delo-novogo-velichija\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recvTGW899rpjpEy6"},{"persecution_id":"recJAuIzuc9vgvmUP","last_updated":"2025-10-30T19:40:40.000Z","person_id":"recUbJtFyhpNDcQDv","name_en":"Dmitry Tsibukovsky","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 19 February 2018 in Chelyabinsk in connection with an action near the local directorate FSB building. Later he said that he was tortured and was forced to confess to organising the action. Became a suspect in a case of hooliganism. In November he was detained in connection with drawings on a transformer booth and a household building; a case of vandalism was opened, but Tsibukovsky was not charged. On 16 April 2020, detained in Tula and sent to Chelyabinsk, where the next day the court ordered him to be placed in custody. On 28 July 2020, transferred to house arrest. On 11 November, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen.\n\n10 September 2021 sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime penal colony, taken into custody in the courtroom. In addition to hooliganism, he was also accused of vandalism, but this charge was dropped by the court due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. On 24 November the court of appeal cancelled the verdict, sent the case for a new trial to the court of first instance and replaced the preventive measure with a prohibition of certain actions. On 19 September 2022, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony. The next day he was detained while trying to cross the Russian-Kazakh border in the Orenburg region. Was taken into custody. Released on 8 February 2023. 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Taken into custody.\n\nOn 24 April 2019, sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. 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A second criminal case was later reported to have been initiated under the same article in connection with his posting of the poem, “Ukrainian Rebels”.\n\nIn July 2015, Byvshev was sentenced in the first case to 300 hours of compulsory labour with a two-year ban on working as a schoolteacher.\n\nIn January 2017, a third criminal case was reported to have been initiated against Byvshev under the article on incitement of ethnic hatred – this time for the poem, “On the Independence of Ukraine”. In April 2018, he was sentenced to 330 hours of community work. Later, the court combined the punishments and imposed on Byvshev 400 hours of community work with a deprivation of the right to work at school. However, the court ruled that the period served under the 2015 punishment be counted toward the sentence, thereby reducing the total number of community work hours to 100.\n\nOn 18 January 2018, a case was reported to have been initiated against Byvshev for obstruction of justice because he had disclosed the details of the other criminal cases initiated against him to journalists.\n\nIn April 2018, a fifth criminal case was initiated for the poems, “The Russian Spirit” and “The Mighty Heap”, with Byvshev again charged with inciting ethnic hatred.\n\nIn August 2018, a sixth criminal case was initiated. Byvshev was charged with public calls for extremist activity on the Internet for publishing the poem, “Dedicated to NATO Expansion to the East”. This case and the two previous ones were consolidated into a single proceeding. On 28 February 2019, the proceeding was terminated; however, on 8 April, Byvshev was informed that the investigation had been resumed. 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However, the court ruled that the period served under the 2015 punishment be counted toward the sentence, thereby reducing the total number of community work hours to 100.\n\nOn 18 January 2018, a case was reported to have been initiated against Byvshev for obstruction of justice because he had disclosed the details of the other criminal cases initiated against him to journalists.\n\nIn April 2018, a fifth criminal case was initiated for the poems, “The Russian Spirit” and “The Mighty Heap”, with Byvshev again charged with inciting ethnic hatred.\n\nIn August 2018, a sixth criminal case was initiated. Byvshev was charged with public calls for extremist activity on the Internet for publishing the poem, “Dedicated to NATO Expansion to the East”. This case and the two previous ones were consolidated into a single proceeding. On 28 February 2019, the proceeding was terminated; however, on 8 April, Byvshev was informed that the investigation had been resumed. On 3 October, the Investigative Committee terminated the proceeding in the case concerning the poem about NATO expansion, and on 5 October, in the case concerning obstruction of justice. The case concerning the poems about the Russian spirit and the mighty heap was referred to the court, which on 29 October terminated it.\n\nOn 1 December 2022, Byvshev was arrested for seven days due to a Facebook post in which he used the word “chmobiki” (a pejorative term used to refer to servicemen conscripted to the Russian military). The poet was charged with inciting hatred or enmity towards the Russian army (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nSubsequently, Byvshev was taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism. It was later reported that a criminal case had also been initiated against him for spreading “fakes” about the Russian army. On 19 March 2024, Byvshev was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony. 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On November 12, he was taken into custody by court order on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. In March 2019, he was placed under house arrest. In February 2020, he was released from house arrest. On 3 August, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office. On 20 June 2024, Kim was sentenced to eight years and two months in a general regime penal colony. On 10 October 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by one year and replaced the actual punishment with a suspended sentence.\n\nIn May 2019, he was also charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. In this case, on 4 February 2020, he was sentenced to a two years suspended.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2021-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2049,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":292,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Khabarovsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in organising the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community, which is banned as an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.06.2024 to 10.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• in custody: from 12.11.2018 to 29.01.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• house arrest: from 04.03.2019 to 04.02.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.06.2024, Sentence: 8 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-20T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-20T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-11-2018\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2018/11/d40283/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-06-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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The IC considered that the clips contained statements promoting hatred towards the social group \"judicial community\", as well as expressing humiliating and \"negative emotional assessments\" of judges. On 1 October 2018, the Investigative Committee terminated the criminal case against Kovaleva due to the absence of corpus delicti.\n\nOn 25 September 2018, the Investigative Committee opened a new criminal case against Kovaleva under part 2 of article 297 of the Criminal Code (contempt of court) and part 1 of article. 298.1 CC (slander against a judge). According to the investigation, the woman insulted and slandered the judge of the Frunzensky District Court of Saratov, Irina Shustova, who was considering Kovaleva's civil suit.   ","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2018-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 297 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 298.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["297","298.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 297 (unknown part)","Article 298.1 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Natalia Kovaleva's second case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she insulted the judge and also spread slander against the judge.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6sJMoyJ0uors8i"},{"persecution_id":"recPTsUo1tQtxNQou","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:39:29.000Z","person_id":"recpWUfrMBTUrnI8S","name_en":"Nikolay Polevodov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0aJMeHWCc7efYP.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0aJMeHWCc7efYP.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Khabarovsk resident. He was detained as a result of a raid on a cafe in Khabarovsk on 10 November 2018. On 12 November, he was taken into custody by court order on charges of organizing activities of an extremist organization in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist laws solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 14 January 2019, Polevodov was moved to house arrest. In July, he was released on his own recognizance. On 3 August 2020, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office. On 20 June 2024, Polevodov was sentenced to eight and a half years in a general regime colony. On 10 October 2024, the court of appeals reduced the term by a year and replaced the real sentence with a conditional one. \n\nIn May 2019, he was also accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization. On 4 February 2020, Polevodov was sentenced to two years conditional sentence.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2018-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_ended":"2022-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":544,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.02.2020, Sentence: 2 years' suspended sentence with a probationary period of 2 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended sentence with a probationary period of 2 years.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-02-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/02/d42029/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recPTsUo1tQtxNQou"},{"persecution_id":"reckcZqNcydhIowcf","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:22:11.000Z","person_id":"recabldYEY28AXqgf","name_en":"Zikrullokhon Rakhmonkhodzhaev","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"Held in custody since 7 November 2012 due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir,  which has no links to terrorism. Charged with participating in the activities of an extremist organisation, preparation for violent seizure of power and illegal possession of explosives. He pleaded guilty in part. He explained that he was indeed a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, for which he had previously served a prison sentence in Tajikistan. He continued his involvement with the organisation in Moscow, fully aware that it was banned. He was engaged in educational work, believed that the establishment of a Caliphate should've taken place within Islamic countries, excluding Russia. Claimed that the explosives seized during the search were planted on him. On 30 June 2014, he was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime penal colony. On 11 December 2014, the court of appeal upheld the verdict.\n\nWhile in custody, he was charged with participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation based on the statement of another inmate, who claimed that Rakhmonkhodzhaev persuaded him to go to jihad and that he himself intended to drown the entire population of the Vologda region in a reservoir. On 13 December 2018, he was sentenced to 14 and a half years in a special regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":345,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Zikrullokhon Rakhmonkhodzhaev's case","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Vologda Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Vologda Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Vologda Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.12.2018, Sentence: 14 years 6 months' imprisonment in a special regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (special regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years 6 months' imprisonment in a special regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":174,"first_verdict_date":"2018-12-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-12-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-04-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/moskovskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reckcZqNcydhIowcf"},{"persecution_id":"recftUEmjzlGutl2l","last_updated":"2024-05-19T12:08:11.000Z","person_id":"recby9BwEPyubFT01","name_en":"Tatiana Kotlyar","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"At least six cases of fictitious registration and registration of foreign citizens in her own flat were brought against Kotlyar.\nOn 13 April 2015, the judge returned the materials on the first case to the prosecutor's office. On 9 November of the same year, following the results of the retrial, Kotlyar was fined 150 thousand rubles, but was released from punishment under the amnesty for the 70th anniversary of the victory over Germany.\nOn 12 September 2017, Kotlyar was again fined 150 thousand rubles, already in the second case, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nThe third case was dismissed on 25 April 2019.\nOn 22 December 2020, Kotlyar was fined 150 thousand rubles in the fourth case. On 15 March 2021, the court of appeal excluded a number of episodes from the case and reduced the fine to 140 thousand.\nOn 13 April 2022, in the fifth case, the human rights defender was fined 480 thousand rubles with a deduction of 140 thousand rubles for the previous sentence. On 19 July, the court of appeal changed the verdict, sentencing Kotlyar to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.\nThe sixth criminal case was initiated at the end of March 2023. Then the office of the movement \"For Human Rights\" was searched. The law enforcers seized all the logs with the record of visitors since 2009 and other information. They also took outdated forms of migration registration and certificates of the Russian language exam from the office. On 29 June, Kotlyar was sentenced to a fine of 650 thousand rubles. On 21 August, the court of appeal reduced the fine to 600 thousand.\nIn autumn 2023, another, seventh, case on the same charges was brought against Kotlyar. On 18 March 2024, she was sentenced to a fine of 450 thousand rubles. On 14 May, the court of appeal reduced the fine to 430 thousand.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Obninsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_ended":"2019-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":479,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 322.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 322.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322.3","322.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 322.3 (unknown part)","Article 322.2 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Tatyana Kotlyar's third case of rubber flats","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she fictitiously registered foreign citizens.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-04-25T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recftUEmjzlGutl2l"},{"persecution_id":"recNA8ythXqRorEtJ","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recgrTI9nVoBnXzJS","name_en":"Mikhail Feldman","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atthvlSqxUbQXhTM3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atthvlSqxUbQXhTM3.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On March 11, 2014, Mikhail Feldman was detained in connection with a case under the article on hooliganism motivated by political hatred or enmity committed by a group of persons by prior agreement. The case was related to the display of a German flag on the building of the Federal Security Service (FSB) for the Kaliningrad Region on March 11.\n\nHe was initially accused of using foul language and sentenced to administrative arrest. His apartment was then searched. At the end of April, Feldman was detained on criminal charges of hooliganism, and a measure of restraint in the form of detention was imposed on him. The investigation claimed that Feldman, together with Dmitrii Fonarev and Oleg Savvin, committed the act of hooliganism with the motive of hatred towards veterans. The investigators tried to coerce Feldman into cooperation under the threat of criminal prosecution for illegal possession of explosives allegedly found on him during a search.\n\nAfter Feldman refused to cooperate, he was additionally named as a suspect under the article on possession of explosives: according to the case materials, a backpack containing 357 grams of hexogen was seized from him near the FSB building. Feldman responded to these threats by going on a “dry” hunger strike for four days in the special detention center. Afterwards, the head of the facility gave him his word of honour as an officer that no explosives case would be opened. However, it was later revealed that the explosives charge had been included in the case.\n\nOn June 17, 2015, he was sentenced to one year, one month, and 23 days of imprisonment, which he had already served in the pre-trial detention center; he was released in the courtroom. On October 7, the court of appeals upheld the sentence, but the hate motive was excluded from the charges.\n\nIn 2020, Feldman was sentenced to two months of restriction of liberty for insulting state symbols because of his posts on social media. He had published a photo of the Russian tricolour with the caption “wipe your feet,” the Russian coat of arms accompanied by a profanity-laced inscription, and an image of the flag placed next to a human anus.\n\nDuring his final statement in court, Feldman took a Russian flag out of his jacket pocket, threw it on the floor, and stomped on it, shouting, “Wipe your feet!” As a result, a new case was opened against him under the clause on insulting state symbols. On March 3, 2021, Feldman was sentenced to six months of restriction of liberty. On June 7, the appeals court commuted the sentence to five months of suspended imprisonment.\n\nIn 2023, a case was brought against Feldman for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. The court imposed a preventive measure on him in the form of restrictions on certain activities. On March 7, 2024, Feldman was placed in detention for violating the terms of the measure: he had been shopping for wedding rings, which brought him near an administrative building - a location he was prohibited from approaching; he also left his residence at 3:40 a.m.\n\nOn March 28, 2024, Feldman was sentenced to two years in standard security prison. He was released from prison on June 4, 2025.\n\nFeldman suffers from serious health issues — he has cerebral palsy.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":897,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":128,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 329"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Feldman's case of insulting state symbols","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the two cases was reposts and publications on VKontakte.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.06.2020, Sentence: 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-06-16T16:13:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-06-16T16:13:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNA8ythXqRorEtJ"},{"persecution_id":"rec7JETEmKJAba1Q1","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recNJlt74QNXcLtQQ","name_en":" Unknown male 46","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2018-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg"],"case_name_en":"The case of the three Jehovah's Witnesses in Orenburg ","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-09-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/02/d43729/?sphrase_id=2006640\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 29-08-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/08/29/svidetelyam-iegovy-iz-orenburga-naznachili-uslovnye-sroki\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec7JETEmKJAba1Q1"},{"persecution_id":"rec8y7re7fA0znNPA","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:33:46.000Z","person_id":"recxsbAvFGwTcdw79","name_en":"Karina Tsurkan","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att7ELo0zEOC2u97p.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att7ELo0zEOC2u97p.png"],"birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Tsurkan lived in Moldova until 2007, then moved to Moscow and renounced her Moldovan citizenship in favour of Russian citizenship. Tsurkan was a member of the management board of the public joint-stock company Inter RAO. Tsurkan was detained on 14 June 2018. The next day, the court sent her to custody in the case of espionage in favour of Moldova - according to the investigation, Tsurkan had carried out espionage while still being a citizen of that country. On 28 June, Inter RAO's board of directors decided to expel her from the management board. On 16 January 2020, Tsurkan was issued a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions, but on 7 February she was placed in custody again. On 29 December 2020, Tsurkan was sentenced to 15 years in a general regime colony.\n\nHuman rights activists consider the charges to be unproven and the case itself to be a part of the large spy-seeking campaign, as well as a consequence of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":928,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":132,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 276 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["276"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 276"],"case_name_en":"Karina Tsurkan's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she was recruited in 2004 by a former employee of the Moldovan special services, Colonel Alexandru Popescu. From June to September 2015, she kept information constituting a state secret for the purpose of transferring it to representatives of a foreign state, and no later than 29 September 2015, she passed it to the Information and Security Service of Moldova, which then passed it to the intelligence structures of NATO countries. According to the investigation, Tsurkan received this information on 21 April 2015 at a working meeting at the Russian Ministry of Energy, where they discussed the supply of electricity to the territory of Ukraine, including the territory of Donbass, which was not controlled by Ukraine at that time.\n\nMediazona notes that in April 2015 Tsurkan participated in the preparation of a draft document containing information on electricity supplies on behalf of the Energy Ministry. Files with draft letters to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak on this topic were on Tsurkan's personal laptop and on her office computer. The final versions of these letters, as she herself claims, she had not seen, as they were classified.\n\nThe investigation claimed that in 2015, Moldova's intelligence agency sent three reports in English to NATO intelligence agencies, which included verbatim translations of secret letters from the Energy Ministry to the government: on gas supplies to Moldova, on electricity supplies to Crimea and to the territory of the self-proclaimed DPR/LPR, respectively. The defence claims that only the information on electricity supplies to Donbass was secret.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.06.2018 to 15.06.2018\n• in custody: from 15.08.2018 to 16.01.2020\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 16.01.2020 to 07.02.2020\n• in custody: from 07.02.2020 to 14.10.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.10.2021 to 01.10.2021\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2020-12-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 24-11-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/curkan-karina-valerevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec8y7re7fA0znNPA"},{"persecution_id":"reczDeyeZDwepthWY","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recXY4RpkOrc1UMCX","name_en":"Dilyaver Gafarov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attcDdBola0pHt2ga.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attcDdBola0pHt2ga.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Dilyaver Gafarov was detained on 30 October 2018 immediately after a search at his home in Crimea.\n\nPrior to that, according to the documents and his own testimony, in 2016 Gafarov left the territory of Crimea for Ukraine (according to the investigation, to participate in an illegal armed formation, according to the version of the accused - to work as a hairdresser in Kyiv), and in February 2018 he decided to return home to Crimea together with his wife.\n\nThe investigation accused Gafarov of involvement in the activities of the \"Crimean Tatar volunteer battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan\", which Russia considers an illegal armed formation. At the time of the prosecution, the battalion had apparently not been functioning for a long time.\n\nThe Crimean Tatar was taken into custody. On 28 August 2019, Gafarov was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Islam Terek (Kirovske settlement)"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2018-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":301,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Case of Dilyaver Gafarov on participation in the activities of the \"Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation accused Dilyaver Gafarov of involvement in the activities of the \"Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan\", which Russia considers an illegal armed formation. The accusation was based on the testimony of witnesses who allegedly saw Gafarov in the battalion's location.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2018 to 17.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.08.2019, Sentence: ten years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"ten years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":118,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2019-08-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-08-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 31-01-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gafarov-dilyaver-alimovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Ovechko of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee for Krasnodar Krai was a paedophile and molested children.\n\nPublic insult (according to the verdict):\nThe victim, S.E. Skvortsov, head of the department of neighbourhood police commissioners of the Shcherbinsky district of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, arrived on a call to the house where Sokolov and the OMIA's immediate response unit were located. Skvortsov invited Sokolov to \"proceed to the car to give an explanation on the circumstances of the call of the police officers and the performance of their official duties\". Sokolov responded by insulting Skvortsov, who was on duty, with \"coarse profanity, which by its content humiliates the honour and dignity of the victim, as a police officer, in connection with the performance of his official duties\".","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.09.2019","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-09-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-09-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-04-2021\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sokolov-maksim-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recbbN1csCmPePrX7"},{"persecution_id":"recjSjtRdMloOJrpL","last_updated":"2024-09-24T12:07:19.000Z","person_id":"recS3qKncLcL6I8rc","name_en":"Gulchehra Reshetnikova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atto31s8By9OM4oU1.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atto31s8By9OM4oU1.jpeg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Saratov resident. Reshetnikova's mother, Tatyana Boltaeva, a resident of Ukraine and a Russian citizen, according to the FSB, went to Syria in December 2015 and joined the \"Uzbek Jamaat\", which participated in the fighting against Bashar al-Assad's army as part of the terrorist organisation \"Islamic State\". Reshetnikova received her pension by proxy in June 2018 and transferred part of the money for her to the name of an intermediary, an Uzbek citizen. In August 2018, FSB officers turned up at Reshetnikova's home. According to her daughter, they came to Reshetnikova's house with interrogations two or three times in total, each time taking away her and her relatives' phones for six months. In October 2019, Reshetnikova's family sent a complaint to the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, over the fact that Reshetnikova was accused of facilitating terrorist activity. In April 2020, they received an official response to the complaint from local military investigators. In June 2020, Reshetnikova was detained and placed under house arrest.\n\nIn May 2021, the charge was reclassified to financing an armed formation.\n\nOn 11 October 2021, Reshetnikova was sentenced to ten years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2018-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1166,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":166,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Gulchehra Reshetnikova case on financing IS","case_number":"1-393/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she transferred 52,128 rubles to Uzbek citizen Saidkamolkhon Khonhujaev, which were received by \"a person who presented documents in the name of Khonhujaev Saidkamolkhon\" in Istanbul, \"and subsequently transferred to members of an illegal armed group.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 25.06.2020 to 11.10.2021\n• in custody: from 11.10.2021 to 03.03.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.03.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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She was detained and taken into custody in July 2018 on charges of high treason in favour of Latvia, expressed in long-term cooperation with the Latvian security services, as well as declassification of an employee of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). Initially, she said that the reason for her prosecution was the photos from her wedding, which showed the FSB officer Maksim Denisenko, who did not hide his place of work, and which were sent to guests from Latvia and Lithuania. It later became known that the case involves the transfer to Latvian intelligence of secret documents allegedly obtained by Zimina's husband Konstantin Antonets while working as a lawyer in the Ministry of Economy of the Kaliningrad region. On 24 December 2020, Zimina was sentenced to 13 years in a general regime colony and a fine of 100,000 rubles.\nIn 2021, the Russian-language propaganda portal Baltnews, owned by the Rossiya Segodnya news agency, ran several publications about the case, referring to materials that were apparently included in the criminal case, in particular screenshots of some correspondence that allegedly took place between Zimina and alleged supervisors from Latvian intelligence, who give her tasks to supply them with personal data of employees of Russian organisations that work in the field of international relations and participate in non-profit projects with the Baltic States.\nZimina's father said that his daughter is constantly subjected to pressure in the colony: she is constantly placed in a punishment cell; warm clothes, a boiling pot and coffee have been taken away from her, and doctors refuse to provide her with help despite her constant illnesses due to hypothermia. In early August 2023 Antonina Zimina suffered from Quincke's edema in the colony. 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According to Antonov's wife, they found an extremist video in VKontakte and threatened him with a criminal case. Kuvik was engaged in social networking sites of Ekishev's supporters and taught his associates from the \"People's Militia\" to use the TeamSpeak programme. The FSB supervisors demanded that he admit the charge of participation in terrorist activities.\n\nThe case was considered under special procedure, but instead of the promised suspended sentence, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison on 4 October 2018.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":276,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of People's Militia of Russia"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Kuivik's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the terrorist organisation \"Minin and Pozharsky People's Militia\", which aimed to overthrow the constitutional order by armed rebellion.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.01.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.10.2018, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2018-10-04T19:58:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-10-04T19:58:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVaEsuNMGtMpMjl"},{"persecution_id":"recCf360ROrP9RzQe","last_updated":"2024-05-21T07:22:21.000Z","person_id":"rec1IjbKbnnsotqwK","name_en":"Gleb Koryakin","birth_year":2003,"age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":15,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tula, a minor at the time of the prosecution. Programmer Aleksey Kuvik, another defendant in the Russian People's Militia case, was communicating with him.\n\nKoryakin was accused of preparing to attack police officers with explosives and was allegedly sent for compulsory treatment in 2018.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":99,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222.1","223.1","205.1","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 223.1","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of People's Militia of Russia"],"case_name_en":"Сase of Gleb Koryakin","persecution_case_profile_en":"Gleb was accused of preparing to attack police officers with explosives.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.01.2018\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.04.2018","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2018-04-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2018-04-10T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCf360ROrP9RzQe"},{"persecution_id":"rec8TTVmO319Cny4N","last_updated":"2024-12-10T22:58:18.000Z","person_id":"reclI2Ap3nKMRZQgF","name_en":"Boris Vershinin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att6tPqoUfowv0kMi.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att6tPqoUfowv0kMi.jpg"],"birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Teacher of cadet classes, retired colonel, veteran of combat operations in Chechnya and Tajikistan. Vershinin was an active participant of voice chats of the \"People's Militia of Russia\" in TeamSpeak.\nIn April 2018, he was taken into custody on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation.\nHe refused to testify as per Article 51 of the Constitution. It took the court two sessions to find him guilty. On 11 December 2019, he was sentenced to 17 years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":709,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":101,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of People's Militia of Russia"],"case_name_en":"The case of Boris Vershinin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, he participated in the activities of the Minin and Pozharsky People's Militia terrorist organisation. According to the indictment, Vershinin developed a memo on \"militia equipment\" that included bladed weapons and firearms legally available to Russian citizens. So as to be prepared for turmoil in Russia, Vershinin organised \"drills\": \"militiamen\" were supposed to gather information about what military facilities there were near their place of residence and how they were guarded. The state prosecutor stressed that Boris Vershinin was the head of the \"military vertical\" of the militia and \"after the mutiny intended to become the Minister of Defence\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2018 to 17.02.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.02.2020\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.12.2019, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime prison colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime prison colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-11T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-11T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8TTVmO319Cny4N"},{"persecution_id":"recChvgOmwiNcVRGy","last_updated":"2023-11-27T09:46:47.000Z","person_id":"recUhqqLQrV50TCym","name_en":"Dmitry Chernomorchenko","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 9 August 2018, a case of incitement to hatred was brought against Chernomorchenko in connection with several publications. On 11 March 2019, the case was dismissed due to the fact that experts were not able to identify signs of incitement to hatred in any of the publications, as well as due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 282 of the Criminal Code. However, the investigation initiated a check of an article written by Chernomorchenko's \"Aleppo has fallen: lessons and conclusions\" published on 13 December 2016 on the website \"Voice of Islam\". Access to the article was blocked by Roskomnadzor on 21 July 2017, in order to determine if it contained any signs of justifying terrorism. In April 2019, a case was opened under Article 205.2. 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He called his mother and reported that the border guards said that the passport photo did not depict him. On 14 and 16 April, the lawyer visited the FSB Border Guard Department in Simferopol, but he was not allowed to see Steshenko. Initially, the lawyer was confirmed that the Kharkiv resident was detained for identification and is in the building of the department, and even gave the name of the interrogator - Svinarev - but later the law enforcers began to say that Steshenko did not enter the peninsula. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry got involved in the case and sent a protest note to Russia demanding that it inform Russia of the reasons for the detention of the Kharkiv resident and his whereabouts.\n\nOn 24 April, lawyer Edem Semedlyayev found out that Steshenko was serving an administrative arrest.\n\nLater it became known that he was given 12 days under Part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code (disobedience to the lawful demand of a police officer). The administrative case stated that Steshenko was detained at Kurortnaya bus station near the railway station. The police allegedly reprimanded him for smoking in an unauthorised place and demanded that he follow them, but Steshenko refused and began to wave away when they tried to force him into the car. Steshenko refused to be defended in court and pleaded guilty in court. The Ukrainian was not given a copy of the arrest order, although the case file states otherwise.\n\nThe Kharkiv resident said that he was beaten after being detained at the administrative border with Crimea, forced to sign the required testimony and then jailed for 12 days in a fabricated case to cover up the traces of beatings.\n\nSteshenko's arrest expired on the evening of 24 April. Lawyers arrived to meet the Kharkiv resident at the special reception centre, but the arrested person never left the territory - he was put in a minibus and taken away in an unknown direction.\n\nFinally, on 21 May, the FSB announced a criminal case against him. As alleged, Steshenko was a member of an extremist group, which was organised by Erol Veliyev, an assistant of the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Mustafa Dzhemilev, the national leader of the Crimean Tatars, on the instructions of the chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov and with the support of the SBU. In addition to Veliyev and Steshenko, the security service said, the group included one Oleksandr Tretyakov.\n\nAccording to the case file, the group intended to commit a number of crimes \"in order to intimidate pro-Russian Crimean Tatars and increase interethnic tension in the territory of the Republic of Crimea\". The members of the group were allegedly promised $500 for each action carried out.\n\nOne of the actions was allegedly the arson of Ablayev's house, allegedly committed in January. However, no information about the attack on the mufti's home appeared in the media before the FSB report.\n\nIn his testimony, video recording of which was later distributed by the FSB on 21 May, Steshenko said that Veliev had given him and Tretiakov the task to attack Ablaev's house with Molotov cocktails and to buy bottles of wine in a shop to make them. However, the Kharkiv resident claimed, he refused because he \"realised that innocent people could be hurt\". Then Veliyev and Tretiakov carried out the attack without him.\n\nThe same video clip included CCTV footage of the purchase of wine in the shop, as well as what is presented as an attack on Ablayev's house.\n\nThe FSB explained the detention of Steshenko at the next entry to Crimea in April with the information that Veliyev had sent him to the peninsula \"to prepare and commit provocations\".\n\nSteshenko told Konstantin Rustemov that after his abduction from the special detention centre on 24 April, he was given a custodial measure in the criminal case, but in fact he was kept in a certain basement for a month and a half - where exactly, the political prisoner found it difficult to specify, explaining that he was transported from place to place with a bag on his head. The Kharkiv resident explained that he confessed after being electrocuted and beaten.\n\nEarlier it was reported that Steshenko is sick with hepatitis C and needs systematic medication.\n\nOn 26 July 2018, Steshenko was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. 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Since 2018, he was wanted as the alleged \"Amir of Tatarstan\", the leader of the cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir. In early February 2024, Bagautdinov was detained and taken into custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 8 April 2026, he was sentenced, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_days_from_verdict":3019,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":431,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fifth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan","case_number":"2-149/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was the leader of the Tatarstan branch of the international terrorist organisation \"Party of Islamic Liberation\" (Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami). 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In 2018, he was criminally prosecuted for justifying terrorism because of his approving posts about Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who set off an explosion at the Arkhangelsk FSB building. In February 2019, Pagin was sent to compulsory treatment for two months.\n\nIn July 2023, it became known about another criminal case of public justification of terrorism, brought against Pagin because of posts in \"VKontakte\". The details of the case are unknown. On 17 October 2023, the activist was again sent for compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers","IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2018-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":105,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Daniil Pagin's case of justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted terrorism-approving Vkontakte posts about Mikhail Zhlobitsky.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 14.02.2019 to 01.04.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.02.2019, Sentence: compulsory medical treatment had been applied","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"compulsory medical treatment had been applied","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-02-14T12:35:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-02-14T12:35:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4mo2h5RkW8owBh"},{"persecution_id":"recwZxDM4Z6mBBoml","last_updated":"2026-03-25T16:38:58.000Z","person_id":"recyqRGKOewEaHL2z","name_en":"Radif Basyrov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attpUcBzwsVaR11n6.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attpUcBzwsVaR11n6.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-01-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kazan. 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At the time, he was being held in a detention center, serving a sentence related to the 'He Is Not Our Tsar' protest.  On 30 May, he was detained as he was leaving the detention centre. The detention was carried out with the involvement of officers from the Centre for Combating Extremism, the military recruitment officers and the head of the detention centre. He was searched again, after which it became known that he was a suspect in a criminal case under paragraph \"b\" of part 1 of article 213 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism committed on the grounds of political hatred) in connection with the 'He Is Not Our Tsar' protest on 5 May. On 29 August 2019, the prosecution against Zolotarevsky was terminated.\n\nIn January 2019, it became known that Zolotarevskii is a suspect in another case - intentional infliction of harm to health in connection with a conflict between activists of Navalny's headquarters and private security company officers of the Russian Copper Company, which occurred in June 2018 between the M-36 motorway and the village of Tomino in the Chelyabinsk region. The coordinator, together with volunteers from the headquarters, wanted to record a video message for the residents of Chelyabinsk. Presumably, the video was intended to adress the construction of a mining and processing plant, which the activists opposed. According to Zolotarevskii, the guards encircled the activists, started pushing and using physical force, preventing them from taking photos and videos. According to him, one of the men jumped towards him and then \"dramatically fell\", claiming that it was Zolotarevskii who threw him to the ground. Later, the private security company officer claimed that the activist had injured his leg. The court acquitted Zolotarevskii in this case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2018,"persecution_ended":"2019-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 115 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["115"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 115"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Boris Zolotarevskii's case of infliction of bodily harm on a private security officer","case_number":"1-2/2019","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he injured an employee of a private security company at the entrance to the village of Tomino in the Sosnovsky district of the Chelyabinsk region.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (acquitted)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recMVS85F91UxMxhc"},{"persecution_id":"recpUVEkh0mDTKGrc","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recVQStAaQhBwmVwk","name_en":"Alexei Smelov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 31 July 2019, Smelov was searched as part of a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation. 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The next day, the court sent her under house arrest.\n\nOn 24 May 2021, she was sentenced to two years and three months suspended.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Podolsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2023-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":598,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Moscow region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Moscow region","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 03.10.2019 to 24.05.2021\n• recognizance not to leave: from 24.05.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.05.2021, Sentence: Two years three months of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of two years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years three months of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of two years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/10/d41534/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recC2F26r3UUsPJNx"},{"persecution_id":"reclBAviDv4lrO07W","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"reciOehWdimj0worS","name_en":"Radik Galimjanov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"He was detained at the end of January 2019, placed in custody on 30 January on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 24 December, he was released on the recognisance not to leave.\n\nOn 5 March 2020, in connection with the actions of the investigation and the court, filed a criminal complaint with the Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of Russia and the Prosecutor's Office of the Saratov region, demanding initiating a criminal case under Art. 299 and 301 of the Criminal Code (bringing a knowingly innocent person to criminal responsibility, illegal detention) due to the fact that the evidence in the case was collected in May-October 2018, but the official publication of information on the recognition of \"Tablighi Jamaat\" as an extremist organisation took place in \"Rossiyskaya Gazeta\" only on 13 December of the same year.\n\nOn 13 August, he was sentenced to a year and four months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and a year of restriction of freedom. The court considered the term of imprisonment served.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2022-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":573,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Saratov Tablighi Jamaat case"],"case_name_en":"The case of six","persecution_case_profile_en":"He exchanged extremist literature with other defendants, flew to Jordan, Qatar and Kuwait, where he received training in religious centres, attempted to establish a local \"Tablighi Jamaat\" community and organised \"bayan\" (meetings for the purpose of preaching)","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.01.2019 to 24.12.2019\n• recognizance not to leave: from 24.12.2019 to 01.09.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.08.2020, Sentence: 1 year 4 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 4 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":16,"first_verdict_date":"2020-08-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-08-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-03-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/03/d42199/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reclBAviDv4lrO07W"},{"persecution_id":"recKQIwZPHs9wZu6V","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec52UR17Qb68Fshm","name_en":"Galina Gorina","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2019, Gorina was prosecuted for justification of terrorism. The authorities searched to her home. A psychological and linguistic examination, conducted at the initiative of the Investigative Committee, found signs of justification of a terrorist act in her post. However, the investigation failed to establish the presence of criminal intent. On 26 December the case was reported to have been dropped.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Galina Gorina","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted on her VKontakte page a repost of a post about the explosion in the Arkhangelsk Department of the Federal Security Service, with the comment: \"What is this happening all over the country... Children are killing themselves!\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/counteraction/2019/12/d41891/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recKQIwZPHs9wZu6V"},{"persecution_id":"recEuv5Mk6zs1lICE","last_updated":"2026-02-17T23:18:22.000Z","person_id":"recasHTpIsvWcoMTc","name_en":"Ruslan Korolev","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 25 April 2019, detained and the next day taken into custody by court order in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 14 August, transferred under house arrest. On 17 March 2020, he was released on his own recognisance.\n\nOn 23 April 2021, sentenced to six and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Smolensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":728,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Smolensk region"],"case_name_en":"The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Smolensk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"organised and conducted a joint prayer to Jehovah, carried out the demonstration of videos..... informing adherents about participation in congresses .... on the organisation and conduct of subsequent joint meetings\"","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 17.03.2020 to 02.09.2021\n• house arrest: from 14.08.2019 to 17.03.2020\n• in custody: from 26.04.2019 to 14.08.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Smolensk Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 02.09.2021 to 01.09.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.04.2021, Sentence: Six years six months' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of five years, one year's restriction of liberty, and a ban on holding positions in religious organisations for four years","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years six months' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of five years, one year's restriction of liberty, and a ban on holding positions in religious organisations for four years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-05-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/05/d40970/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recEuv5Mk6zs1lICE"},{"persecution_id":"rec1VtYEyTCvGFK9Y","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"rec37AaHG16R5mk9U","name_en":"Denis Antonov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In February 2019, Antonov was reported to be a defendant in a case of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. He signed a recognizance not to leave the country. Later, the charge of organising activities of an extremist organisation was dropped.\n\nOn 25 August 2022 he was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.\nOn 17 June 2024 Antonov was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saransk"],"persecution_region_en":["Mordovia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MO"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2024-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1295,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":185,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Saransk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Saransk","persecution_case_profile_en":"He engaged in “spreading ideology and faith among the residents of the Republic of Mordovia… by holding conversations in public places and residential premises with residents of the city of Saransk and other settlements”.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.08.2022 to 16.01.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Mordovia\n• recognizance not to leave: from 07.02.2019 to 25.08.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.03.2023 to 17.06.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.08.2022, Sentence: 2 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-25T11:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-25T11:40:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-02-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40624/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec1VtYEyTCvGFK9Y"},{"persecution_id":"recr8VRTAl5Hcdh6X","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recEyizW6KcldhZBa","name_en":"Mukhambetzhan Akhmetov","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained at the end of January 2019, taken into custody on 30 January on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 24 December, he was released on personal recognizance.\n\nOn 5 March 2020, in connection with the actions of the investigation and the court, he filed a criminal complaint with the Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of Russia and the Prosecutor's Office of the Saratov region, demanding to initiate criminal proceedings under Articles 299 and 301 of the Criminal Code (bringing a knowingly innocent person to criminal responsibility, unlawful detention) due to the fact that the evidence in the case was collected in May-October 2018, but the information aboutrecognising Tablighi Jamaat as an extremist organisation was officially published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta as late as 13 December of the same year.\n\nOn 13 August, he was sentenced to a year and four months of imprisonment in a general regime colony and a year of restriction of freedom. 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Released on his own recognisance.\n\nOn 18 August 2020, sentenced to one year suspended sentence with one year of probation.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2021-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":585,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":83,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"The case of the mannequin with Putin's face ","persecution_case_profile_en":"tied a pre-prepared mannequin with transverse white and black stripes imitating the clothes of a prisoner, with the image of Vladimir Putin, as well as the inscriptions \"liar\" and \"war criminal V.V. 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On 27 March 2019, he was detained following a search and the next day taken into custody on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation. Sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov region, later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Adilov was also being charged with preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. On 12 May 2022, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nIn October 2023, it became known that Adilov was transferred to strict detention conditions.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1142,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":163,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 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17.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody:  to 26.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 29.03.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 26.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.05.2023 to 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal 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On 18 February 2021, he was sentenced to two and a half years suspended sentence. On 13 May, the court of appeal instance confirmed the sentence. On 23 December, the cassation court quashed the verdict and returned the case to the appeal court. On 14 March 2022, the appeal court re-approved the sentence with minor changes. On 15 July, Guzev's criminal record was expunged.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2022-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":645,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Guzev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organizing and financing the activities of an extremist organization, participated in the activities of an extremist organization","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.02.2021, Sentence: Two years and six months suspended sentense with a probation period of two years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years and six months suspended sentense with a probation period of two years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-02-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-02-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-04-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/04/d40855/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recc9UiQqwDauIIos"},{"persecution_id":"rec7kSk1nPRe0pAtq","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:55:24.000Z","person_id":"rec5GPabaTwzvekAF","name_en":"Vladimir Ivanyutenko","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Vladimir Ivanyutenko is a regular participant of protest actions in St. Petersburg. On 19 February 2019, he was searched at his home, then questioned by the Investigative Committee, after which he was detained near a metro station, charged with disorderly conduct. Throughout the day on 20 February, his close ones did not know where he was. On 21 February, he was taken into custody by court order on a criminal case on possession of explosives. The court refused to postpone the hearing until the arrival of a lawyer by agreement. Ivanyutenko was on hunger strike in custody.\n\nSome pro-government publications reported that Ivanyutenko was also accused of preparing an assassination attempt on businessman Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who was close to Putin.\n\nOn 7 February 2020, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony. On 2 October, the appeal court overturned the verdict, returned the case to the court of first instance and replaced the preventive measure with a ban on certain actions. On 3 March 2022, the court of first instance sentenced Ivanyutenko to three years and two months in a penal colony, but taking into account the time spent in custody, considered the sentence served.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":352,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Ivanyutenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 27 December 2018, he called Georgy Ivanov to visit him and showed him explosives, plastid and detonators stored at home; on 13 February 2019, he gave Ivanov the explosives and detonators through a cache in the outer part of the Soyuzpechat kiosk; on 18 February, he gave Ivanov the key to cell No. 30 of the Pyatyorochka supermarket on Dybenko Street, where the latter twenty-five minutes later \"found a transparent polyethylene bag wrapped in a tube, measuring approximately 30 cm by 8 cm.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 02.10.2021 to 03.03.2022\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 19.02.2019 to 21.02.2019\n• in custody:  to 02.10.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody: from 21.02.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast - \"Gorelovo\"\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.03.2022, Sentence: three years and two months' imprisonment in a penal colony• First instance court on the merits, 07.02.2020, Sentence: three years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"three years and two months' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":38,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-4,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-03-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-09-2020\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/ivanyutenko-vladimir-fyodorovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec7kSk1nPRe0pAtq"},{"persecution_id":"reczgKerlUegsiFvn","last_updated":"2025-03-06T20:23:48.000Z","person_id":"recvsKPRJUer0VcSe","name_en":"Abdulmumin Gadzhiev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attWutJ9kfbHvFVNK.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attWutJ9kfbHvFVNK.png"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 14 June 2019, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of participation in a terrorist organisation and financing terrorism. According to \"Chernovik\" publication, the prosecution is based on the testimony of another defendant, businessman Kemal Tambiyev, who later claimed that he gave it under torture. Gadzhiyev claims that he had never met Tambiyev before.\n\nIn April 2020, it became known that a case was opened against Gadzhiev for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. The organisations in question are the \"Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan\", and the \"Supreme Military Majlisul Shura of the United Forces of the Mujahideen of the Caucasus\". The lawyer highlights that Gadzhiev did not know about the existence of these organisations and did not take part in them.\n\nOn 12 September 2023, Gadzhiev was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony. On 1 November 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1551,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":221,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of participation in terrorist organisations in Dagestan","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the organisations \"Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan\" and \"Supreme Military Majlisul Shura of the United Forces of the Mujahideen of the Caucasus\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.06.2019 to 23.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n• in custody: from 23.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 01.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2024 to 01.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.09.2023, Sentence: 17 years' deprivation of liberty, with the first seven years to be served in prison and the remainder in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' deprivation of liberty, with the first seven years to be served in prison and the remainder in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":202,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-12T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-12T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 15-10-2019\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://eurasia.amnesty.org/2019/10/16/amnesty-international-vystupila-v-podderzhku-zhurnalista-abdulmumina-gadzhieva-i-dagestanskoj-gazety-chernovik/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-08-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/gadzhiev-abdulmumin-habibovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 25-08-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9509/gadzhiev-abdulmumin-habibovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reczgKerlUegsiFvn"},{"persecution_id":"recTsazguyc7Dz73z","last_updated":"2025-01-06T07:50:51.000Z","person_id":"reclAvDZ9eeQD2HGy","name_en":"Sergey Mysin","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 27 February 2019, he detained after a search and the next day taken into custody by court order on charges of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. In April 2019, he transferred to house arrest. Later, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen.\n\nOn 8 October 2020, he sentenced to four years' suspended sentence. On 29 January 2021, the appeal court commuted the sentence to four and a half years suspended sentence and 10 months of restriction of freedom, leaving only organising activities in the charge.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":588,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ulyanovsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ulyanovsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"promoted the ideas of Jehovah's Witnesses, promoted the superiority of these ideas over other religious teachings, and sought out venues for meetings of members of this organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.02.2019 to 28.02.2019\n• in custody: from 28.02.2019 to 24.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• house arrest: from 24.04.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.10.2020, Sentence: four years' suspended imprisonment, ten months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years' suspended imprisonment, ten months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2020-10-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-10-07T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-02-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40716/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recTsazguyc7Dz73z"},{"persecution_id":"recQRCwgfmEAYGKsS","last_updated":"2025-07-15T13:00:22.000Z","person_id":"recZP9xMWxKlWEU9w","name_en":"Ruslan Mesutov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attpUICU63PoCga36.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attpUICU63PoCga36.jpg"],"birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Alushta (Crimea). On June 10, 2019, he was detained and the next day taken into custody on charges of organizing the activities of a terrorist organization in connection with his alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir. Later, it became known that Mesutov was also charged with preparing for a violent overthrow of the constitutional order.\n\nOn August 16, 2021, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Alushta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":797,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":113,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal 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custody: from 11.06.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\"\n• 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Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.08.2021, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation 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In November 2019, Baibak was also prosecuted in the case of financing extremist activities. 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On 5 December, the court ordered to take Kholmatov into custody. On 24 December 2021, Azizbek was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-12-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":751,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":107,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["FIfth Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The fifth Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.12.2019 to 09.02.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.02.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2021, Sentence: 11 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, fine of 200,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, fine of 200,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2019/12/d41787/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recfNich4NnHq1jbN"},{"persecution_id":"recKLbrL4aNpnuFbx","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recmIuAHvM69BqmaG","name_en":"Alexey Khabarov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attr8PnbKUXsCbIJO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attr8PnbKUXsCbIJO.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Porkhov (Pskov Region). Detained on 3 April 2019 after a search. Accused of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nKhabarov was given a covenant not to leave the country. In February 2020, the investigator stated that he was going to separate Khabarov's case into a separate proceeding (earlier Khabarov was tried in the same case with another defendant, Sergey Komissarov). In July, the prosecutor's office returned Khabarov's case to the investigator due to the revealed violations. In August, the prosecutor's office approved a new indictment.\n\nOn 7 September 2021 Khabarov was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence. On 26 November, the court of appeal cancelled the verdict and sent the case for a new trial to the court of first instance. On 27 June 2022, the court acquitted Khabarov. On 3 November, the appeal court again quashed the acquittal and sent the case for a new trial. On 20 October 2023, Khabarov was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. On 20 December, the appeal court reduced the sentence by two months.\n\nOn 16 January 2026 he was released from the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Porkhov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":888,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":126,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Porkhov"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Khabarov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 03.04.2019 to 20.10.2023\n• in custody: from 20.10.2023 to 20.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.12.2023 to 01.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2025 to 16.01.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"\n• Unknown: from 16.01.2026 to 16.06.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.09.2021, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 2 years• First instance court on the merits, 20.10.2023, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":28,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2021-09-07T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-20T06:20:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-04-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/04/d40892/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recKLbrL4aNpnuFbx"},{"persecution_id":"recYVH28c3bylHldR","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recIFkAKpRx5rOcgj","name_en":"Kaleria Mamykina","birth_year":1941,"birth_date":"1941-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":79,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":78,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On May 7, 2019, a criminal case was opened against Mamykina for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On December 25, it became known that the case had been terminated.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2019-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Kaleria Mamykina","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she participated in the activities of the liquidated local religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-06-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/06/d41147/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recYVH28c3bylHldR"},{"persecution_id":"recLoQUIgINzLj8sV","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recZIvVLpRkhzjuKT","name_en":"Ruslan Bulgakov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In August 2020, it became known that Bulgakov was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in the second Simferopol case about the islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir. Bulgakov is on the wanted list.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Simferopol case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Ruslan Bulgakov, Ruslan Zaurov and Eldar Ibragimov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Bulgakov was one of the rank-and-file members of the local branch of the islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir and using conspiracy measures during meetings to disseminate terrorist ideology among the peninsula's residents and recruit Crimean Muslims into its ranks.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-08-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/08/d42822/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recLoQUIgINzLj8sV"},{"persecution_id":"recxWwuepM4khkmzb","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:40:36.000Z","person_id":"recc4w0cvPoZ2mQdZ","name_en":"Seytveli Seitabdiyev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attqUvLkBQJbmCQkT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attqUvLkBQJbmCQkT.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"\"Crimean Solidarity\" activist. On 27 March 2019, detained after a search and on the same day taken into custody on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation. Sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov region, later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Seitabdiyev was also accused of preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. On 18 March 2022, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1087,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":155,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Simferopol 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№1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 07.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chuvash Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.03.2022, Sentence: 14 years` imprisonment in a strict regime colony, one year of restricted liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years` imprisonment in a strict regime colony, one year of restricted 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Both were detained on charges of drug trafficking, on 18th January the court decided to place Liya Milushkina under house arrest. Observers note that the search was formally conducted in a different case, drugs were not found. On 10th January 2020, the case was sent for the further investigation. On 8th October, house arrest was replaced by a ban on certain actions.\n\nOn 13th August 2021, she was sentenced to ten and a half years in a general regime colony with a three-year suspended sentence.\n\nOn 27 April 2024, Milushkina's sentence was commuted to one and a half years of correctional labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":938,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":134,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 228.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Milushkins (Artem and Lia)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artem and Lia Milushkin","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 16 January 2019, purchased 4.69 grams of amphetamine from unidentified persons and stored it in a bathhouse; sold it to a buyer under the pseudonym \"Olya\" during a controlled purchase for RUB 2,000; handed over 2.16 grams of amphetamine to Stanislav Pavlov","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 18.01.2019 to 08.10.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.08.2021, Sentence: Ten years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Ten years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-lii-i-artyoma-milushkinyh\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recJWRUzIZbPT8IWL"},{"persecution_id":"recaAt4Okr3g9CU5x","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recrBGWtxdIQGgGRW","name_en":"Tatyana Feruleva","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On July 9, 2019, Feruleva's home was searched, and the Koran was confiscated from her, after that she was taken to the investigation department, where she was interrogated. On October 2 it became known that she was a suspect in the case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organization. On June 22, 2020, Feruleva was searched again. 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On 27 August 2020, the FSSB dismissed the case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Street cleaners"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nevelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2020-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nevelsk"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nevelsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"conducted conversations with residents of a house in Nevelsk, \"attempting to impose on them ideas preached by a religious association that had been liquidated by court order, in connection with extremist activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/10/d41648/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reclHoujGdYPLxeTI"},{"persecution_id":"recv2DcvTwpVl1ZwF","last_updated":"2025-12-29T09:09:51.000Z","person_id":"rec1Hu98rgoA7JWhX","name_en":"Lenur Khalilov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attR41hrX3wUOskFv.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attR41hrX3wUOskFv.jpg"],"birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Alushta (Crimea). On 10 June 2019, he was detained and taken into custody the next day on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with his alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir. Later it became known that Khalilov was also accused of preparing for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order.\n\nOn 16 August 2021, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 20 August 2025, Khalilov was released from serving his sentence due to a serious illness. However, on 14 October 2025, the appeal court satisfied the prosecutor's complaint and ordered to take Khalilov back into custody. On 20 October, the lawyer reported that Khalilov was free and had returned home. On 8 November 2025, he was detained again.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Alushta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":797,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":113,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism 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https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/alushtinskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-06-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2019/06/d41132/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recv2DcvTwpVl1ZwF"},{"persecution_id":"rec50eJr3uQb9HbpI","last_updated":"2025-06-17T11:55:23.000Z","person_id":"recQHhQx4DFb2i8sR","name_en":"Timur Khamchiev","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"persecution_occupation_en":["Former security 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On December 13th, 2022, Manushakyan died.\n\nMembers of the Jehovah's Witnesses community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, and recruiting new supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2022-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nizhny Novgorod region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Manushakyan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-07-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/07/d41271/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recZKGAYQvLqofoyN"},{"persecution_id":"recYGeY6KcoDRr05T","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recg2t3FejQiiCCGQ","name_en":"Azat Lukmanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atts9maaDeO5hDcCT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atts9maaDeO5hDcCT.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Azat Lukmanov was detained on November 19, 2019 in Moscow. Federal Security Service officers searched his workplace, and several other people were also detained. Lukmanov was taken to Ufa, where the next day the court put him on remand on charges of engagement in a terrorist organization. On December 21, 2021, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nOn October 16, 2008, Lukmanov was sentenced to 8 months in prison on charges of organizing activities of an extremist organization on grounds of his alleged membership in Hizb ut-Tahrir; on September 22, 2010, he was sentenced to two years in a penal colony under the same article.\n\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":762,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":108,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Azat Lukmanov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.12.2021, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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She signed a recognizance not to leave. 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The court ordered to take Pegasheva into custody. In January 2020, she was transferred to house arrest. 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He spent two months in the departmental detention centre. According to Marchenko, he was tortured in order to get information about people from his phone's address book. February 18, 2019, Marchenko was taken to Krasnodar, where he claimed to be a witness in the criminal case. The next day, the court arrested Marchenko for 10 days under the article of the Code of Administrative Offences for disobedience to the lawful demand of a law enforcement representative. Upon leaving the special reception centre, Marchenko was arrested for 15 days and awarded a fine of two thousand rubles under the articles on disobedience to the lawful demands of law enforcement officers and on illegal labour activity of a foreign citizen on the territory of the Russian Federation without a patent. Marchenko said that representatives of the FSB Department of the Krasnodar region came to the detention centre and took him away from there. At the end of the arrest term, Marchenko was transferred to the Centre for Temporary Detention of Foreign Citizens. May 1st, 2019, the court placed him on remand in custody in the case of preparing to smuggle military equipment.\n\nNovember 26, 2020, he was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nIn February 2024, it became known that Marchenko would be transferred from the colony to prison for three years, since he violated the order of serving his sentence 18 times.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":647,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["226.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 226.1"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Marchenko's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"entered into a criminal conspiracy with a Russian citizen, V. 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Fedorenko, and agreed to purchase \"two sets of electro-vacuum devices used to amplify and generate electromagnetic microwave oscillations for use in the S-300 surface-to-air missile system\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Krasnodar | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 14 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Buryatia\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 19.02.2019 to 27.02.2019\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2022, Krasnodar | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 14 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai\n• administrative detention: from 27.02.2019 to 13.03.2019\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Buryatia\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 19.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Buryatia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Buryatia\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.11.2020, Sentence: ten years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"ten years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2020-11-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-11-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 24-11-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/marchenko-aleksandr-vladimirovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-12-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9740/marchenko-aleksandr-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec90zaVCWmIKS1YS"},{"persecution_id":"recp4fh4f2TL37nUN","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recZ3OkuyFbbUgkFf","name_en":"Galina Abrosimova","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2019, detained as a suspect in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation, released two days later. On 6 May 2022, sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1023,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":146,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"case_name_en":"The case of Galina Abrosimova","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.07.2019 to 17.07.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.05.2022, Sentence: six years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-05-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-05-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-07-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/07/d41527/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recp4fh4f2TL37nUN"},{"persecution_id":"recMwNBBDEr6HFilg","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:14:04.000Z","person_id":"recyCGle1J5gJsBV2","name_en":"Alexander Shabarchin","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 3 January 2019 during a search. After interrogation, he was released on his own recognizance. Charges were brought in connection with two actions: the installation of an effigy depicting Putin in a prison uniform and with the inscriptions “War criminal V.V. Pynya.” (referring to V.V. Putin) and “liar”, and by attaching an image of Putin’s face to a street Christmas tree and placing holey boxes underneath with the inscriptions “VAT 20 percent” and “self-employment tax.” Shabarchin claims that he did not participate in the actions.\n\nOn August 18, 2020, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. On November 5, the appellate court replaced the real sentence with a suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Land surveyors","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":592,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"The case of the mannequin with Putin's face ","persecution_case_profile_en":"tied a pre-prepared mannequin with transverse white and black stripes imitating the clothes of a prisoner to an electric lighting pole, with the image of Vladimir Putin, as well as the inscriptions “liar” and “war criminal V.V. 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At the end of May 2015, a case was initiated against him for incitement to extremist activity due to a YouTube video that suggested joining the \"Chapayev special forces\". Lavrov's flat was searched, during the search FSB officers informed him that his case would be handled by investigators from Krasnodar, due to it  Lavrov assumed that he would be asked to testify against Kuban activist Darya Polyudova. In addition, during the search he was told that a second criminal case could be initiated against him for helping Polyudova. Lavrov was also charged with insulting a representative of the authorities.\nOn 18 September 2015, Lavrov was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for a sanity examination. While Lavrov was in the hospital, an FSB investigator came to him and brought a resolution to initiation a case of incitement to extremist activity for reposting a publication by Kuban activist Darya Polyudova, which became one of the grounds for initiating a case against her of incitement to extremist activity.\nOn 29 September 2016, Lavrov got a one-year suspended sentence and amnestied.\n\nOn 5 June 2019, Lavrov was detained in a new criminal case of incitement to terrorist activity. He was placed under house arrest. On 29 May 2020, Lavrov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released in the autumn of 2024.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":358,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Lavrov's case of incitement to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":" On his VKontakte page, he called for \"terrorist activities by violent seizure of power\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 06.06.2019 to 29.05.2020\n• in custody: from 29.05.2020 to 14.09.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.05.2020, Sentence: 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, compulsory outpatient psychiatric treatment, and a ban on administering websites, groups and chat rooms on the Internet for 2 years and 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, compulsory outpatient psychiatric treatment, and a ban on administering websites, groups and chat rooms on the Internet for 2 years and 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2020-05-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-05-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 15-10-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/10339/lavrov-sergej-ivanovich\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-10-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/lavrov-sergey-ivanovich\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-06-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/06/d42508/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recWYXsXITe5ICn07"},{"persecution_id":"rec42St9ARPSuqZcU","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recndsogVSpAtxr5U","name_en":"Yulia Kaganovich","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 10 October 2019, a case on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was initiated against Kaganovich. A personal recognizance not to leave the country was taken. On 16 February 2021, she was sentenced to a fine of 10 thousand rubles. On 13 May, the appellate court changed the sentence to 2.5 years suspended sentence and 1 year of restrictions of freedom. On 7 July 2022, the court cancelled Kaganovich's suspended sentence and expunged her criminal record.","persecution_occupation_en":["Housewives and househusbands "],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":494,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":70,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Yulia Kaganovich case","persecution_case_profile_en":"'committed deliberate acts relating to the resumption and continuation of the activities of the local religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan'.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 11.10.2019 to 13.05.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.02.2021, Sentence: a fine of 10 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 10 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","first_verdict_date":"2021-02-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-02-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-11-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/11/d41761/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec42St9ARPSuqZcU"},{"persecution_id":"recQVEXbTS5SO4TUi","last_updated":"2025-01-28T09:15:54.000Z","person_id":"recaSWBRtbLxKAgdZ","name_en":"Inna Kardakova","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 March 2019, Kardakova's home was searched as part of an investigation into the activities of an extremist organisation. Travel restrictions were imposed. On 6 March 2024, she was given a suspended sentence of three years.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magadan"],"persecution_region_en":["Magadan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MAG"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1813,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":259,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Magadan Oblast"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Magadan Oblast","case_number":"1-12/2023 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On 19 April 2019, she was detained after a search and taken into custody the next day on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. On 16 October, Buglak was transferred to house arrest. On 31 January 2020, the court released Buglak on her own recognisance during preliminary hearings in the case. On 30 November, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 6 June 2023, Buglak was reclassified from organisation to participation and sentenced to a two and a half year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Partizansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1509,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":215,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Partizansk","persecution_case_profile_en":"convened and held meetings and thus continued the activities of the liquidated local religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses of Partizansk","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 16.10.2019 to 31.01.2020\n• recognizance not to leave: from 31.01.2020 to 22.06.2023\n• in custody: from 20.04.2019 to 16.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Primorsky Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 22.06.2023 to 21.12.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.06.2023, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-06T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-06T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-04-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/04/d40930/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recBldiPkl4h5khbA"},{"persecution_id":"rec4QvB8QdVDTd7Ss","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:02:47.000Z","person_id":"recA6wRoJviwbogoN","name_en":"Yaroslav Shirshikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att8nkEuphbGQSLER.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att8nkEuphbGQSLER.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg, a PR-specialist. He was a participant in protests against the construction of a church in the Drama Theatre Square in 2019 and was sentenced to seven months in a settlement penal colony on charges of inciting mass riots and defamation.\n\nOn 30 March 2023, he was the first to report the disappearance of The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was accused of espionage: Shirshikov wrote that he had met with the journalist and had given him an interview.\n\nIt later became known that a case had been opened against Shirshikov for justification of terrorism due to a publication about the death of Vladlen Tatarsky. He was taken into custody. On 20 June 2023, he was released on recognisance not to leave. On 27 February 2024, Shirshikov was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony. On 17 October 2024, the court of appeal increased his sentence to five years, considering the motive of political hostility as an aggravating factor.\n\nIn April 2025, Shirshikov had his left eye removed at the Ekaterinburg City Hospital.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 5,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212","Part 5, Article 128.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The square versus the temple"],"case_name_en":"Yaroslav Shirshikov's case on calls for mass riots and defamation","case_number":"1-34/2020(1-622/2019;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Commented on his Facebook page about protests against the construction of St. Catherine's Church in the park near the Drama Theater, which was interpreted as incitement to mass riots; posted a screenshot of his appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin on his Facebook page, in which he called Nikolai Tsukanov, the president's representative in the Urals Federal District, a “Polish spy.”","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4QvB8QdVDTd7Ss"},{"persecution_id":"rec1j5ftCqYIsYbod","last_updated":"2024-09-15T13:03:16.000Z","person_id":"rec4fW6A3u9mm1hWG","name_en":"Alexander Kotov (Etkin)","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Alexander Kotov was detained and questioned in January 2019 on charges of hooliganism due to an action with the installation of an effigy of Putin in a prison uniform with the inscriptions \"Liar\" and \"War criminal Pynya V.V.\" Kotov claims that he did not participate in the action, but only filmed it on video. At first he was questioned as a witness. On 20 December it became known that Kotov was charged \n\nOn 18 August 2020 he was acquitted.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"The case of the mannequin with Putin's face ","persecution_case_profile_en":"tied a pre-prepared mannequin with transverse white and black stripes imitating the clothes of a prisoner, with the image of Vladimir Putin, as well as the inscriptions \"liar\" and \"war criminal V.V. Pynya\" to a power pole.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 11.01.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/12/d41873/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec1j5ftCqYIsYbod"},{"persecution_id":"recinZhLAFocDP2Nj","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"rec6OTmlYotagRu2g","name_en":"Dzhemil Gafarov","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-05-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Crimean Solidarity activist. On 27 March 2019, detained after a search and the next day taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. Sent to a Detention Facility in Rostov region. In March 2020, it became known that Gafarov was also accused of preparing to overthrow the constitutional order.\n\nIn June 2021, Gafarov was hospitalised in the interregional tuberculosis hospital No. 19 in Rostov-on-Don due to kidney failure and other diseases. He was given a second degree of disability (he had previously had a third degree). Later, the management of the Federal Penitentiary Service refused to issue documents about his serious health condition. In August, Gafarov was returned to the pre-trial detention centre from the hospital. In June 2022, Gafarov was again sent to hospital. On 11 January 2023, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony. Died in custody on 10 February 2023. The Investigative Committee refused to initiate a criminal case in this regard.\n\nOn 12 November 2024, the court of cassation instance cancelled Gafarov's sentence and dropped his case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2024-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1385,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":197,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal 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dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.06.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.03.2019\n• in custody: from 01.08.2021 to 01.01.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 10.06.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody:  to 10.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.06.2022\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 10.06.2021 to 01.08.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.01.2023, Sentence: Thirteen years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, one year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Thirteen years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, one year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity 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On December 5th, the court ordered to take Malikov into custody. On December 24th 2021, a guilty verdict was handed down.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-12-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":751,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":107,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["FIfth Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The fifth Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.12.2019 to 09.02.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.02.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2021","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2019/12/d41787/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recHqcOAP8lGIRuCr"},{"persecution_id":"recfKUY5ZlFLAWaRm","last_updated":"2026-04-18T11:54:21.000Z","person_id":"recYaGWQPeQ00ZM91","name_en":"Airat Dilmukhametov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attqDhUA87lvWKTYW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attqDhUA87lvWKTYW.jpg"],"birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Airat Dilmukhametov is a publicist who promotes the ideas of Bashkir nationalism and has criticised the authorities of Bashkortostan. In April 2011, for his 2008 publications, he was convicted of calling for extremist and terrorist activity and inciting ethnic hatred. He served two years in prison and was released in August 2012. After his release, he continued to engage in journalistic activities.\n\nIn July 2013, a case on justification of terrorism was opened in connection with the publication of the article \"Akhyr Zaman\" in February 2011. On 17 July Dilmukhametov was detained and placed under house arrest on 19 July. In January 2014, he was transferred on his own recognizance. On 12 March 2015, he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. On 22 July, the court of second instance left the sentence unchanged. On 11 September 2017, he was released.\n\nOn 15 March 2019, the court in Ufa sent Dilmukhametov under arrest on charges of publishing on the Internet calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation (part 2 of article 280.1 of the Criminal Code). At the end of April, it became known that a case of justification of terrorism was also opened against Dilmukhametov in connection with the publication of a video about the persecution of alleged members of Hizb ut-Tahrir and calls for extremist activity in connection with an alleged statement about Chechens.\n\nIn October 2019, a case was opened against Dilmukhametov because of his performance in the programme \"Personally Yours\" on Ekho Moskvy in Ufa of 23 May 2018, where he spoke about his initiative to create a \"Fourth Bashkir Republic\".\nIn January 2020, Dilmukhametov was prosecuted for financing extremist activities.\n\nOn 24 August, the court sentenced Dilmukhametov to nine years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":600,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3","280","205.2","280.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3","Part 1, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ayrat Dilmukhametov's case on the Fourth Republic of Bashkortostan","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.03.2019 to 04.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaykalsky krai\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.07.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2021 to 20.09.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaykalsky krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• Unknown: from 05.10.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.08.2020, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2020-08-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-08-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-04-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/dilmuhametov-ajrat-ahnafovich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40788/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recfKUY5ZlFLAWaRm"},{"persecution_id":"recftgYxPWRda630w","last_updated":"2025-03-07T19:35:00.000Z","person_id":"recwexB4qrExM45Om","name_en":"Kozak Evgenii Aleksandrovich","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"No later than April 2019, it became known that Evgenii Kozak was being held as a suspect in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. 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Memorial:\n Date: 04-08-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/analytics/politzaklyuchyonnye-i-politicheskie-repressii-v-rossii-v-2022-godu/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recvuRl0hw39M8MLg"},{"persecution_id":"recTEfHk0JoXFAwCV","last_updated":"2026-03-23T19:16:26.000Z","person_id":"reckgRGN0IkU7YnUJ","name_en":"Shahboz Makhmudov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atthtbBeQUN07otoh.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atthtbBeQUN07otoh.jpg"],"birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Uzbekistan"],"story_en":"Tyumen resident. In November 2019, Makhmudov's home was searched, he was interrogated and detained as part of a case on the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, groundlessly recognised as a terrorist organisation. On 21 November, the court decided to send him to custody. 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Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/tyumenskoe-delo-desyati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-11-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2019/11/d41743/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Memorial:\n Date: 04-08-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/analytics/politzaklyuchyonnye-i-politicheskie-repressii-v-rossii-v-2022-godu/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec5c1rOm9Jd9VGrq"},{"persecution_id":"recwcYWl2yuNTkLfj","last_updated":"2024-09-13T13:53:02.000Z","person_id":"recaQTnqlo9Zs10II","name_en":"Rashid Maysigov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on 12 July 2019. According to the official version, a bag of heroin was found in Maisigov's possession during the search. At first, Maysigov signed the text of the interrogation with a testimony that he had bought heroin from a stranger two or three weeks earlier and kept it at his place. However, during the subsequent interrogation he retracted this testimony, saying that he gave it under torture, and the drugs were planted on him. On 16 July he was taken into custody by court order. On 19 November he was placed under house arrest.\n\nIn January 2020, Maysigov was charged with calls for separatism. Maysigov initially denied involvement in the imputed texts, but then admitted guilt and agreed to a special procedure for consideration of the case.\n\nOn 16 September 2020, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony for drug possession and was taken into custody in the courtroom.\n\nOn 19 January 2021, Maysigov was reported to have been acquitted in the case of calls for a violation of territorial integrity after the decriminalisation of the corresponding article of the Criminal Code.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Nazran"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":431,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 228 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 228"],"case_name_en":"Rashid Maisigov's drug possession case","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted a publication on his Instagram page on 22 February 2019, in which he called for Ingushetia's secession from Russia; printed on his printer at least 38 A4 leaflets \"Appeal of the Ingush people to the world community\" with a request to the Georgian leadership to accept Ingushetia as part of its state, and to the world community to support these actions; on 1-2 June 2019, pasted these leaflets on public transport stops and walls of buildings in Nazran and Magas","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.07.2019 to 19.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Ingushetia\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.07.2019 to 16.07.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2021\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.09.2020, Sentence: Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2020-09-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-09-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-12-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/maysigov-rashid-aslanovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 20-12-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-zhurnalistov/10426/majsigov-rashid-aslanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recwcYWl2yuNTkLfj"},{"persecution_id":"rec2Ii20aibBa1rNH","last_updated":"2025-06-17T11:55:22.000Z","person_id":"recqgRrP6NDOp87Yv","name_en":"Timerlan Toldiev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_ended":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":191,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 286.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["286.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 286.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"The case of former Ingushetian Ministry of Internal Affairs officers refusing to comply with an order","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 27 March 2019, during the riots in Magas, together with 14 colleagues, he stood in a line between protesters and the Rosgvardiya officers, thereby preventing the dispersal of the meeting","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 10.09.2022 to 09.09.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.08.2022, Sentence: 1 year and 6 months of suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 6 months of suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-30T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-30T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On March 27, 2019, he was detained after a search and the next day taken into custody on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation. Sent to a pre-trial detention centre in the Rostov region, later transferred back to Crimea. \n\nIn March 2020, it became known that Suleimanov was also accused of preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. In August, the charge of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation was reclassified into participation in such activities.\n\nOn November 24, 2022, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony.\n\nIn December 2023, it was reported that Suleymanov was not receiving items purchased through the FSIN (Federal Penitentiary Service) prison store.\n\n'Suleimanov repeatedly sought medical help due to his congenital heart defect and tachycardia. The doctor came to him only once, offering motherwort and glycine. The political prisoner refused both medications. When he asked for a non-alcohol-based drug, the doctors said they had none (https://crimean-solidarity.org/news/2023/11/10/grazhdanskij-zhurnalist-ruslan-sulejmanov-pozhalovalsya-na-bezdejstvie-vrachej-2796).\n\nIn June 2020, Ruslan Suleimanov (https://hromadske.ua/posts/v-aneksovanomu-krimu-gromadyanskogo-zhurnalista-na-misyac-vidpravili-do-psihiatrichnoyi-likarni) was placed in the inpatient ward of the Crimean Republican Psychiatric Hospital, where he underwent a month-long forced forensic psychiatric examination: 'We are deeply concerned by reports that a journalist in Crimea has been subjected to a month-long compulsory forensic psychiatric examination. We call on Russia to immediately cease its human rights abuses in Crimea and withdraw from Ukrainian territory,' — stated the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. (https://twitter.com/USEmbassyKyiv/status/1276094477774589952) In July, Ruslan's lawyer Liliia Gemedzhi said that her client had been diagnosed with a heart defect (https://krymsos.com/news/5f0d6572a5f6a/) \n\nOn July 26, 2020, the body of three-year-old Musa Suleimanov — the son of political prisoner Ruslan Suleimanov, a defendant in the second Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case — was found after a three-day search in the annexed Crimea\n(https://hromadske.ua/ru/posts/v-anneksirovannom-krymu-nashli-mertvym-trehletnego-syna-politzaklyuchennogo-musu-sulejmanova-kotorogo-razyskivali-3-dnya).\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin raised the issue (https://hromadske.ua/ru/posts/zelenskij-obsudil-s-putinym-osvobozhdeniya-politzaklyuchennogo-sulejmanova-ego-trehletnego-syna-nashli-mertvym-v-krymu) of releasing the political prisoner Suleimanov, who was being held in a detention centre in the annexed Crimea. Ruslan's lawyer had sent an appeal to the FSB investigators asking them to release Ruslan to attend his son’s funeral. The request was denied. 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He reported having been tortured. He signed restriction of travel order. Later, it became known that Trifonov was dismissed from his job. 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After interrogation, the activist was released on his own recognizance. 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A signature not to leave was taken. On 17 May 2022, the Investigative Committee dropped the case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Severodvinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2022-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Severodvinsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Severodvinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Conducted conspiratorial meetings and individual classes to study extremist materials, recruited new participants into illegal activities, and promoted the ideas of an organisation banned in the Russian Federation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 17.05.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40793/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recEj9uPYQ7u6G5EI"},{"persecution_id":"recDvvc1Rydg8HTam","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recQJ4qBYJvJ3fqZJ","name_en":"Sergey Volosnikov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On February,15th of 2019, at the homes of the suspects in the case on \"taking part in activities of an extremist organisation\". 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On 5 December 2023, he was sentenced to six and a half years of conditional sentence.\n\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Surgut"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1754,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":250,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut","persecution_case_profile_en":"delivered speeches, participated in preaching ministry with local \"Jehovah's Witnesses\", held meetings with \"pioneers\", \"elders\" and \"office assistants\", including for the purpose of organising the activities of \"elders\" in the \"Vzletnoye\" \"assembly\"","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.12.2023, Sentence: 6 years 4 months' conditional imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 4 months' conditional imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-05T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-02-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40665/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recDvvc1Rydg8HTam"},{"persecution_id":"recohtTL4gueGMaMV","last_updated":"2025-12-24T15:27:43.000Z","person_id":"rec9i0QnM0nCLJE3a","name_en":"Radik Khairutdinov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Toliatti. On 23rd of September, 2019, he was detained on the street as part of a case of the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with his alleged involvement in the Islamist party \"Hizb-ut-Tahrir\", which has nothing to do with terrorism. His home was searched. For three days Khairutdinov’s relatives did not know anything about his whereabouts. On 28th of September the court placed him under arrest.\n\nOn 2nd of March, 2021 he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony. On 17th of June, the court of appeals referred the case back. 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On 5 December, the court ordered to take Kimsanov into custody. On 24 December 2021, he was declared a convict.  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A criminal case has been opened against him for organising the activities of an extremist organisation. The man is accused of continuing the activities of the banned community of Jehovah's Witnesses.\n\nOn 5 March 2020 he was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles. On 4 June, the appeal court replaced the fine with six years of general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yalta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":350,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artem Gerasimov","persecution_case_profile_en":"with others to conduct worship services","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.06.2020 to 04.06.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Rostov Region\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 12 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Rostov Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Rostov Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 28.02.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 12 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Rostov Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Rostov Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2020, Sentence: a fine of four hundred thousand roubles (approximately 4,351 USD)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of four hundred thousand roubles (approximately 4,351 USD)","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2020-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-06-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recEE8X4AjQezZGKr"},{"persecution_id":"recnJtIp5i1wA9q9y","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"rec7Sh4FOnno86z67","name_en":"Dmitrii Zagulin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLrvwI3MXGaWK6a.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLrvwI3MXGaWK6a.jpg"],"birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Birobidzhan. Before criminal prosecution, he worked for many years for Russian Railways. In April 2019, it became known about the initiation of proceedings against him for financing the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. Zagulin was searched on 17 May and given a recognisance not to leave.\n\nOn 19 December 2022, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 27 March 2026, he was released from the colony. Zagulin must spend another eight years under administrative supervision.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1354,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":193,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan","case_number":"1-8/2022 (1-65/2021; 1-609/2020;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Collected cash from other members of the organization and used it to support the activities of the \"Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\" (Moscow) and its subordinate religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2034-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.12.2022 to 01.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 17.05.2019 to 19.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2023 to 27.03.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"\n• Unknown: from 28.03.2026 to 27.03.2034\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2022, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-19T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-04-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/04/d40855/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recnJtIp5i1wA9q9y"},{"persecution_id":"recoQfPJaqNlANczV","last_updated":"2024-07-29T10:30:01.000Z","person_id":"recvZe65BGtQWQlBK","name_en":"Svetlana Prokopyeva","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Svetlana Prokopyeva, a journalist from Pskov, was subjected to a search on 6 February 2019, after which she was taken for questioning and released as a suspect in a case involving the justification of terrorism. The investigation was triggered by her radio programme about the explosion at the Federal Security Service (FSB) office in Arkhangelsk. She was subsequently issued a non-travel restriction. On 24 December 2019, it was reported that the prosecutor's office had returned the case for further investigation. On 6 July 2020, the court sentenced Prokopyeva to a fine of 500 thousand roubles.\n\nProkopyeva left Russia shortly after the start of the war. On 18 July 2024, it became known that she had been placed on a wanted list, although the specific case is unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":515,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Svetlana Prokopyeva","persecution_case_profile_en":"actively used tactics to justify terrorist activities against representatives of state authorities, arguing that in the current political situation in society there is no other way to draw attention to existing problems than to commit terrorist acts.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 02.02.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.07.2020, Sentence: a fine in the amount of five hundred thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine in the amount of five hundred thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-07-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-07-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-08-2020\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/prokopeva-svetlana-vladimirovna\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-02-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40620/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recoQfPJaqNlANczV"},{"persecution_id":"recGisxHCu3i45ZTj","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:28:20.000Z","person_id":"recli2avAIruzyVjB","name_en":"Viktor Stashevsky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attY91lPUZ4w9BVug.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attY91lPUZ4w9BVug.jpeg"],"birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sevastopol. On 4 June 2019, he was detained and the next day released on his own recognisance on suspicion of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nOn 29 March 2021, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony, taken into custody in the courtroom.\nIn December 2021, Stashevsky was placed in a high-security barracks in the colony due to the lack of a tag on his jumper. In the same month, he was assigned six months of detention in a single cell-type facility (SCF). After that, he was transferred to another colony without his belongings, so Stashevsky was forced to go for walks in slippers in the December cold.\nIn June 2022, Stashevsky was returned to the colony where he had been before. In September it became known that he was transferred to strict detention conditions (SUS). In January 2023, he was sent to a cell-type facility (CCF). In September 2023, it was reported that Stashevsky was again transferred to SUS. In October - that he was again sent to the EPCT. On 2 May 2024, the court decided to toughen the conditions of Stashevsky's sentence by sending him to prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sailors"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":663,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":94,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Viktor Stashevsky","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 05.06.2019 to 29.03.2021\n• in custody: from 29.03.2021 to 30.08.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","п. 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Dvubratskiy | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2021, Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment cell: from 01.09.2021, Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2021 to 01.12.2021, Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• cell-type room:  to 20.03.2023, Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• Unknown: , Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.12.2021, Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2021 to 22.12.2021, Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• Unknown: from 28.06.2022 to 29.06.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2023, Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• single cell-type room: , Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• Unknown: , Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.03.2021, Sentence: Six years six months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years six months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-03-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-06-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/06/d41099/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-03-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recGisxHCu3i45ZTj"},{"persecution_id":"recLREP6BSeP9bjvB","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recpg5SgFKqFfmS1I","name_en":"Bagautdin Myakiev","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 April 2019, he was detained on suspicion of using violence against officials, which was dangerous for life and health. He was arrested. According to the defense, Myakiev's body showed signs of abuse. He had worsened a chronic condition while in custody. On July 17, Myakiev was beaten by the staff of Nalchik's Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1. His lawyers documented a hematoma under his eye.\n\nThe charge was reclassified to non-dangerous violence.\n\nIn October 2019, Myakiev was charged with defacing the property of the Nalchik detention center. The case was later put on hold since authorities were unable to locate the suspect.\n\nOn 20 February 2020, he was sentenced to a year and ten months in a penal colony. In April he was released on his own recognizance. On 22 April, the appeal court toughened the sentence, replacing the settlement colony with a general regime colony. Myakiev was released from court but was arrested in the evening of the same day, accused of escaping. It was later revealed that he had been placed in a pre-trial detention center.\n\nHe was released on 27 August.\n\nIn March 2021, it was revealed that the case of damage to the detention center's property had been reopened.\n\nIn January 2022, the court of cassation instance canceled the verdict of the case on the use of violence and sent it for a new review.\n\nOn June 15, he was sentenced to one and a half years in a general regime colony, the court considered the sentence served. The sentence was reduced by one month by the court of cassation instance on June 5, 2023.\n\nOn 28 November 2022, Myakiev was sentenced to six months of correctional labor in the case of property damage, but he was released since the statute of limitations had expired.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nalchik"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1138,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":162,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 167 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["167"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 167"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"Bagautdin Myakiev's case of property damage in pre-trial detention centre","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, being in the punishment cell, broke the toilet partition.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.11.2022, Sentence: six months of corrective labour, to be released from the execution of the sentence due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"six months of corrective labour, to be released from the execution of the sentence due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-27T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLREP6BSeP9bjvB"},{"persecution_id":"recbH28VljShHFVPB","last_updated":"2025-01-28T12:16:30.000Z","person_id":"recAY7QjmY2xXvWo4","name_en":"Yuri Baranov","birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 19 December 2019, he was detained after a search as part of a criminal case on organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 21 December, the court decided to place Baranov under house arrest. On 16 March 2020, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions has been chosen. On 5 September 2022, he was sentenced to a four-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vologda"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2019-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":990,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":141,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vologda"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vologda","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the resumption of activities of the banned local community of Jehovah's Witnesses \"Vologda\"","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 16.03.2020 to 05.09.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 05.09.2022 to 10.11.2022\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 19.12.2019 to 21.12.2019\n• house arrest: from 21.12.2019 to 16.03.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 10.11.2022 to 09.11.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.09.2022, Sentence: four years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/12/d41893/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recbH28VljShHFVPB"},{"persecution_id":"recE7DqReODYFWrh7","last_updated":"2024-12-10T22:57:29.000Z","person_id":"rec3kBDChnE52CHTF","name_en":"Mikhail Burkov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att547qXLlVlOSqj3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att547qXLlVlOSqj3.jpeg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tynda (Amur Region). On November 11, 2019, a case was opened on organising activities for an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community.\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\nOn November 17, Burkov's flat was searched, and he was placed under a recognizance not to leave. On October 25, 2022, he was sentenced to six years and two months in a general regime penal colony and was taken into custody in the courtroom. However, on December 27, the court of appeal overturned the verdict and returned the case to the court of first instance, leading to Burkov's release on his own recognizance. On June 23, 2023, the court of first instance issued a sentence similar to the previous one.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tynda"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1078,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":154,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tynda"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tynda","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised meetings of followers of religious organisations","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 27.12.2022 to 23.06.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 18.11.2019 to 25.10.2022\n• in custody: from 25.10.2022 to 27.12.2022\n• in custody: from 23.06.2023 to 04.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.06.2023 to 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.10.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.10.2022, Sentence: Six years and two months of imprisonment in a general regime colony• First instance court on the merits, 23.06.2023, Sentence: 6 years and 2 months imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years and 2 months imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":74,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-24T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-23T06:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/12/d41799/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recE7DqReODYFWrh7"},{"persecution_id":"recKDShR9fkAv0qfm","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:16.000Z","person_id":"rec1D1DmOOUx9RtuQ","name_en":"Oleg Prikhodko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att8RdBYcxr82mius.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att8RdBYcxr82mius.jpg"],"birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"Resident of Crimea, worked as a blacksmith. After the annexation supported Ukraine. Detained on 9 October 2019 and taken into custody the next day on charges of preparing a terrorist attack. Claims that the case was falsified. On 4 March 2021, sentenced to five years in a strict regime colony.\n\nTwo episodes during the trial on the case of preparation to commit a terrorist attack became formal grounds for a case of insulting the participants of the trial. On 17 January 2023, Prikhodko was found guilty in this case, sentenced to 360 hours of compulsory labour, which was replaced by a month of imprisonment.\n\nIn August 2022, a case was brought against Prikhodko for public justification of terrorism, and in 2023 - for rehabilitation of Nazism. The cases were merged. On 10 November 2023, he was sentenced to four and a half years in prison and a fine of 110 thousand rubles.\n\nOn 22 January 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by one month.\n\nIn March 2026, it became known that another case was brought against Prikhodko - on incitement to high treason: the FSB published a video with the story of an unnamed person, allegedly a prisoner serving a sentence in the same colony with him, who claimed that the latter agitated him to shoot \"someone from the commander-in-chief\" and surrender as a prisoner of war. Later it was reported that there was another article in the case - that of promoting terrorism.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saky"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":511,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222.1","223.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205","Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 223.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Prikhodko's case of preparation to commit a terrorist act","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he planned to blow up the buildings of the administration of the city of Saki (Crimea) and set fire to the building of the Consulate General of Russia in Lviv, and also made one explosive device, did not fully complete another device, and illegally acquired and stored explosives.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov RegionPre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: from 10.10.2019 to 20.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","п. 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It all started with the fact that in 2019, human rights defender Pleskachev claimed that law enforcers exceeded their authority when searching his flat. According to him, the police banned Pleskachev from filming on his phone and prevented him from calling his lawyer. The human rights defender stated that they put him on the floor and then tied him up with belts. He learnt about the case against him on the day of the search. It concerns insulting a representative of the authorities online.\nhttps://orenburg-media.turbopages.org/orenburg.media/s/?pcgi=p%3D108450&fbclid=IwAR0nO2R88yzAMNmFLev54yLlS8W2GoeM4hRD99UmALFiHm-WrRoBDg3OwBA","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2020, Sentence: 1 year and 3 months (after appeal - a year and a month) of compulsory labour with deduction of 10% of earnings. His computer was confiscated.","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 3 months (after appeal - a year and a month) of compulsory labour with deduction of 10% of earnings. His computer was confiscated.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-12-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-12-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-08-2023\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/analytics/politzaklyuchyonnye-i-politicheskie-repressii-v-rossii-v-2022-godu/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Later it became known that Nagaev was also accused of preparing for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order.\n\nOn 16 August, 2021, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Alushta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":797,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":113,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal 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person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/alushtinskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 24-09-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10269/alushtinskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-06-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2019/06/d41132/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recr1OWazX8a4TORF"},{"persecution_id":"recSLdptcsdT8aKxc","last_updated":"2025-01-28T09:15:07.000Z","person_id":"recPg8gTabGsQHqow","name_en":"Sergey 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A signature on non-departure was taken. 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Zimovsky became ill, but was taken for questioning, but later released. On 23 January 2020, Zimovsky was detained on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation and taken into custody by court order the next day. The charge is based on video footage that secretly took place in one of the flats while believers were discussing the Bible together, singing songs and praying. On 23 March he was transferred under house arrest. On 6 May, a measure of restraint in the form of a signature not to leave was chosen. On 6 October 2021 Zimovsky was announced that the preventive measure was cancelled due to the fact that the investigation into his case was suspended on 7 May 2021. The investigation was later resumed. On 14 November 2022, Zimovsky was sentenced to six years and two months in a general regime colony. On 1 March 2023, the appeal court replaced the real term with a suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Georgiyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1117,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":159,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Georgievsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Georgievsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Convened and held participants meetings, discussed with those attending religious intolerance towards representatives of other faiths, promoted the superiority of the organisation teachings over other religions, studied literature included in the federal list of extremist materials, and collected money to finance the organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 06.05.2020 to 06.10.2021\n• in custody: from 14.11.2022 to 01.03.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.01.2020 to 24.01.2020\n• in custody: from 24.01.2020 to 23.03.2020\n• house arrest: from 23.03.2020 to 06.05.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.11.2022, Sentence: Six years two months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years two months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d41927/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recQjNcb4pUN1DH8u"},{"persecution_id":"rec6m6P6LhrBhLIBc","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recd8jMOYYenxYdUv","name_en":"Eduard Smirnov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2019 he was accused of organising activities of an extremist organisation. 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On 28 September, the court sent him to custody. He confessed to himself and his accomplices and agreed to a special procedure for consideration of the case.\n\nOn 9 November 2020, he was sentenced to five years in a strict regime colony. 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Apparently, this information was not confirmed, however, on February 13, 2020, a search was conducted at his place. On March 11, 2021, Kuzio was searched again. The following day, the court ordered him to be placed under house arrest for allegedly financing an extremist organisation. On July 11, 2022, the measure of restriction was changed to a ban on certain actions. On February 27, 2023 sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony. On March 22, the appeals court overturned the sentence and returned the case to the court of еру first instance. Kuzio's measure of restriction was replaced with a ban on certain actions.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yalta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1445,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":206,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yalta"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yalta","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the financing of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"New consideration","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.02.2023 to 22.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• house arrest: from 12.03.2021 to 11.07.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 11.07.2022 to 27.02.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 22.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.02.2023, Sentence: Six years six months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years six months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-27T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-27T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-03-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/03/d43839/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recN9GTF4me0kruzl"},{"persecution_id":"recL6eXx7MQbB6GWU","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reck4sVvLa1Bs58o6","name_en":"Arsen Abdullaev","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 1 June 2019, detained after a search and on 3 June taken into custody by court order in the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 30 April 2020, added a charge of financing extremist activities. 27 May transferred to house arrest. 25 November 2022 sentenced to six and a half years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1272,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":181,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Dagestan"],"case_name_en":"Сase of Jehovah's Witnesses in Dagestan","persecution_case_profile_en":"For several years, he held secret meetings to study extremist literature and coordinate activities to disseminate the ideology of the organisation, and travelled abroad \"to meet with foreign coordinators\", who provided him with funding and advice on expanding his activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 27.05.2020 to 25.11.2022\n• in custody: from 03.06.2019 to 27.05.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.11.2022, Sentence: six years six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-05-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/06/d41098/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recL6eXx7MQbB6GWU"},{"persecution_id":"recoBpDNuRaLfajfj","last_updated":"2025-01-28T10:46:43.000Z","person_id":"recFfSFNJkYtqvPSw","name_en":"Tatiana Galkevich","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 16 May 2019 she taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 21 November she was transferred under house arrest. On 6 August, she was released on her own recognisance. On 14 October 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 7 December 2020, the court of appeal reversed the decision. On 30 March 2022, the court, when re-examining the case, released Galkievich on her own recognisance and again returned the case to the prosecutor's office.\nThe case was considered jointly with the case of theft of gold items, cans of caviar and alcohol, in which Galkevich is tried not only with Valentina Vladimirova, who is also accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, but also with Aleksei Vladimirov. We do not have any information giving grounds to recognise these charges as politically motivated.\nIn April 2023, the case of Vladimirova and Galkevich, now only under the article on the activities of an extremist organisation, was transferred to another court. On 14 February 2024, Galkevich received a two years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Smolensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1229,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":175,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Smolensk Oblast"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Smolensk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 06.08.2020 to 01.03.2024\n• in custody: from 16.05.2019 to 21.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Smolensk Region\n• house arrest: from 21.11.2019 to 06.08.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.03.2024 to 28.02.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.02.2024, Sentence: 2 years of suspended imprisonment, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of suspended imprisonment, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-14T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-05-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/05/d41043/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recoBpDNuRaLfajfj"},{"persecution_id":"recZj8EVexxegzHAK","last_updated":"2024-12-10T22:57:22.000Z","person_id":"recpXgDGPwdsKaAJD","name_en":"Vladimir Bukin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attdN5XbSLqbH3tNA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attdN5XbSLqbH3tNA.jpeg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tynda, Amur region. On November 11, 2019, a criminal case was opened against an organization that engaged in extremist activity, specifically involving the Jehovah's Witness community. Representatives of this community were prosecuted under extremism-related articles for religious activities such as meetings, joint worship and attracting new members.\n\nOn November 17th, Bukin's apartment was searched and he was placed under house arrest. He was accused of engaging others in extremism. On October 25th, 2022, he received a sentence of six and a half years imprisonment in a general-regime colony. The court ruled that he should remain in custody until the trial. However, on December 27th the appeal court overturned the decision and returned the case back to the original court. Bukin was then released on his own recognizance. Six months later, on June 23rd, the first court sentenced him to another six years amd four month in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tynda"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1078,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":154,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism 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A personal recognizance was taken. On 21 January 2021, sentenced to two years' suspended sentence. On 1 March 2022, the court cancelled the suspended sentence and expunged Sycheva's criminal record.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":427,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anastasia Sycheva","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"committed deliberate acts relating to the resumption and continuation of the activities of the local religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 21.11.2019 to 11.03.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.01.2021, Sentence: Two years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of two years, restriction of liberty for six months","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of two years, restriction of liberty for six months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-01-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-01-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-11-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/11/d41761/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recd40olD7sHcsIHO"},{"persecution_id":"recBelbJ3Rnjk4d4t","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recR9o7O29QFTfQAZ","name_en":"Lokhvitskii Artur Sergeevich","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In September 2019, a case was opened on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. 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On that day, his residence was subjected to a search. The following day, he was detained in Rostov-on-Don, and on the same day of his detention, he was placed into custody on charges related to organizing the activities of a terrorist organisation.\n\nDuring this, Bekirov reported that he was beaten during his arrest, then taken to a forest where he was beaten again, and afterward transported for six hours in handcuffs with hands behind his back, while being threatened and intimidated. Following these events, he was transferred to a pre-trial detention center in the Rostov region before being moved back to Crimea.\n\nIn March 2020, it became known that Bekirov was facing additional charges related to preparing to overthrow the constitutional order of the Russian Federation. 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On 24 September he was transferred to house arrest, later released on his own recognisance. Later it became known that the charge was participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and involvement in relevant activities. On 31 January 2022, sentenced to six years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Luchegorsk settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1050,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":150,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Luchegorsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Luchegorsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Conducted talks aimed at explaining the norms, rules, regulations and restrictions to promote the activities of a banned organisation and participated directly in its meetings","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.03.2019 to 24.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Primorsky Krai\n• house arrest: from 24.09.2019\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 21.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.01.2022, Sentence: six-year suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"six-year suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-01-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-01-30T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40806/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recJ2acGyuwWll45W"},{"persecution_id":"recGx8c4cIojxOqxL","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rectN6fXeQIwyyHrz","name_en":"Mikhail Gordeev","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 September 2019, Gordeev was detained at his workplace and questioned as part of a criminal case on organising activities of an extremist organisation. A signature of non-departure was taken. On 28 July 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 450 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2019-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2024-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1422,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":203,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karelia"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karelia","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 06.09.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.07.2023, Sentence: a fine of 450 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 450 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":450000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-28T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-28T08:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-09-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/09/d41460/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recGx8c4cIojxOqxL"},{"persecution_id":"recZhXMzfzvlUMhwQ","last_updated":"2026-01-04T21:50:28.000Z","person_id":"recQF9rpH8VEbWZOR","name_en":"Farkhod Bazarov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attjEdk288JtjftKS.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attjEdk288JtjftKS.png"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"\"Crimean Solidarity\" activist. On 27 March 2019, he was detained following a search and the same day placed in custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", which has nothing to do with terrorism. He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov region and later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Bazarov was also accused of preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. In August, it became known that the charge was reclassified from organising the activities of a terrorist organisation to participating in them. On 10 March 2022, he was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1078,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":154,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Simferopol case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Raim Aivazov, Farkhod Bazarov, Remzi Bekirov, Riza Uzetov, and Shaban Umerov","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was one of the ordinary participants of a \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" cellwho, using covert methods during meetings, spread terrorist ideology among residents of the peninsula and recruited Crimean Muslims into the organisation; also took part in preparations to overthrow the constitutional order.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.03.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody:  to 29.03.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.03.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• cell-type room: from 09.07.2025 to 09.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2022, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2022-03-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-03-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/simferopolskoe-delo-24-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9295/simferopolskoe-delo-24-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40821/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recZhXMzfzvlUMhwQ"},{"persecution_id":"recnV02mKCTxZzOpP","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"rec0eY0PSXZNpf2O5","name_en":"Sergei Melnik","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atty1QKRUzdCQLqV3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atty1QKRUzdCQLqV3.jpg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Volgograd resident. He was detained on 16 May 2019 and taken into custody by court order on 19 May on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. On 26 December, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen. On 10 December 2020, the court did not extend the ban to leave the house from 22:00 to 6:00.\n\n23 September 2021 he was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony, taken into custody in the courtroom.\n\nIn December 2025, he was released from the penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":860,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Volgograd"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Volgograd","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in organization of theactivities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.05.2019 to 26.12.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• in custody: from 23.09.2021 to 11.10.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.05.2019 to 19.05.2019\n• in custody: from 11.10.2021 to 18.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2022 to 18.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n• Unknown:  to 01.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• Unknown: from 18.12.2025 to 18.12.2026\n• Unknown: from 18.12.2025 to 18.12.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.09.2021, Sentence: 6 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year’s restriction of liberty and a 3-year prohibition on engaging in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of public religious organisations","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year’s restriction of liberty and a 3-year prohibition on engaging in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of public religious organisations","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2021-09-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-09-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-09-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-05-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/05/d41023/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recnV02mKCTxZzOpP"},{"persecution_id":"recViyodFtsAgJOxQ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recLqzN9rnlnIyBEL","name_en":"Yuri Krutyakov","birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 1 October 2019, it was reported that on 30 September the activity of a cell of Jehovah's Witnesses in Podolsk, headed by Krutyakov, was suppressed. A case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was opened, Krutyakov was put on the wanted list. In March 2020 Krutyakov appeared before the Investigative Committee, and on 5 March the court decided to take him into custody.\n\nOn 24 May 2021, he was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Podolsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2019-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":601,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Moscow region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Moscow region","persecution_case_profile_en":"as the leader of a cell of an extremist organisation, he involved his wife and three other people, asking them to \"get acquainted with brochures, video and audio materials\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.10.2020 to 25.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody:  to 20.10.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 25.12.2020 to 24.05.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n• in custody: from 05.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.05.2021, Sentence: six years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of five years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of five years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/10/d41534/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recViyodFtsAgJOxQ"},{"persecution_id":"recbMzLNYy9ic5o9l","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recvgXNika6nsU7Xo","name_en":"Ilkhom Aminjanov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"No later than April 2019, it became known that Aminzhanov is a suspect in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of religious activities - holding meetings and worship services, engaging new supporters. 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A personal recognizance was taken. On 12 February 2021, sentenced to two and a half years suspended sentence. 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On July 17, Myakiev was beaten by the staff of Nalchik's Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1. His lawyers documented a hematoma under his eye.\n\nThe charge was reclassified to non-dangerous violence.\n\nIn October 2019, Myakiev was charged with defacing the property of the Nalchik detention center. The case was later put on hold since authorities were unable to locate the suspect.\n\nOn 20 February 2020, he was sentenced to a year and ten months in a penal colony. In April he was released on his own recognizance. On 22 April, the appeal court toughened the sentence, replacing the settlement colony with a general regime colony. Myakiev was released from court but was arrested in the evening of the same day, accused of escaping. It was later revealed that he had been placed in a pre-trial detention center.\n\nHe was released on 27 August.\n\nIn March 2021, it was revealed that the case of damage to the detention center's property had been reopened.\n\nIn January 2022, the court of cassation instance canceled the verdict of the case on the use of violence and sent it for a new review.\n\nOn June 15, he was sentenced to one and a half years in a general regime colony, the court considered the sentence served. The sentence was reduced by one month by the court of cassation instance on June 5, 2023.\n\nOn 28 November 2022, Myakiev was sentenced to six months of correctional labor in the case of property damage, but he was released since the statute of limitations had expired.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":312,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"The case of Bagautdin Myakiev on protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, during a rally in Magas on 27 March 2019, he used violence against the Rosguard officers","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 08.04.2020 to 22.04.2020\n• in custody: from 15.04.2019 to 08.04.2020\n• in custody: from 22.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 27.08.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol Territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.06.2022, Sentence: 1 year 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony• First instance court on the merits, 20.02.2020, Sentence: 1 year 10 months of imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":17,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-5,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-06-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 24-10-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ingushskoy-oppozicii\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recqtX96835qv6NTw"},{"persecution_id":"recsEr59L7g0T7h8T","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:36:01.000Z","person_id":"recrONqhTQ1q015Xe","name_en":"Sergey Shulyarenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUDfLwdMTqbjF5s.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUDfLwdMTqbjF5s.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Birobidzhan. In April 2019, it became known about the initiation of a case of financing the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. On 17 May Shulyarenko was searched. Shulyarenko was placed under recognizance not to leave. On 19 December 2022 he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1354,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":193,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.3 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan","case_number":"1-8/2022 (1-65/2021; 1-609/2020;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"used to collect cash from other members of the organisation and used it to support the activities of the \"Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\" (Moscow) and its subordinate religious organisation Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 17.05.2019 to 19.12.2022\n• in custody: from 19.12.2022 to 01.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2022, Sentence: 7 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the management of public organisations for four years, one year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the management of public organisations for four years, one year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":81,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-19T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-04-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/04/d40855/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recsEr59L7g0T7h8T"},{"persecution_id":"recdlwqLpfysIWiiq","last_updated":"2025-07-08T19:41:13.000Z","person_id":"recQZsgEPp4Em4ykb","name_en":"Egor Zhukov","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Activist from Moscow. On the night of 2 August 2019, Zhukov's residence was searched in a case of mass disorder in connection with a manifestation against the non-admission of opposition candidates to the Moscow City Duma elections, after which he was taken for questioning and charged. The same day he was taken into custody by court order. On 3 September Zhukov was placed under house arrest. On the same day it became known that the charge of participation in mass riots was dropped, but he was charged with calls for extremist activity.\n\nOn 6 December he was sentenced to three years of probation, released from house arrest in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":93,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case"],"case_name_en":"Egor Zhukov's case","case_number":"01-0492/2019","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"According to the investigation, in 2017, he posted video recordings on his YouTube channel containing public calls to engage in extremist activities fueled by political hatred and hostility. These calls included advocating for the violent alteration of the constitutional order, insurrections, and obstructing the lawful activities of law enforcement personnel.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 03.09.2019 to 06.12.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2019, Sentence: A three-year suspended sentence with a probationary period of three years and a two-year ban on engaging in website administration activities using the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"A three-year suspended sentence with a probationary period of three years and a two-year ban on engaging in website administration activities using the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-09-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/09/d41425/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recdlwqLpfysIWiiq"},{"persecution_id":"recSLXjdBxSsEeXNt","last_updated":"2026-04-02T10:22:53.000Z","person_id":"rec0nXQzPRTeAXACd","name_en":"Eden Yayachikov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Crimean Solidarity activist. On 27 March 2019, his house was searched. On 29 March, it became known that he was detained, but his whereabouts were not known. According to unconfirmed reports, he is being prosecuted for involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Simferopol case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The Eden Jayachikov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"was one of the rank-and-file members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell, using conspiracy measures during meetings to disseminate terrorist ideology among the peninsula's residents and recruiting Crimean Muslims into its ranks.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40821/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recSLXjdBxSsEeXNt"},{"persecution_id":"recD8k7K6SgeUGTUe","last_updated":"2024-09-27T16:39:13.000Z","person_id":"recpewiu05dN8jFwC","name_en":"Alexander Polozov","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-01-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 October 2019, he was detained after law enforcement officers stormed a tourist base where followers of Jehovah's Witnesses teachings had gathered. According to Polozov's wife, it was him they were looking for. Polozov was taken for questioning, after which he was released on his own recognisance. Polozov's home was searched. On 23 October he was declared a suspect, on 24 October he was detained, and on 26 October the court sent him to custody. In January 2020, the measure of restraint was changed to a recognisance not to leave. On 18 April 2022, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Norilsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Norilsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Norilsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"Continued conducting extremist activities in the interests of the organisation in question\": organising meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses, \"promoted the activities of a banned organisation\"","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.10.2019 to 21.01.2020\n• recognizance not to leave: from 21.01.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/10/d41609/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recD8k7K6SgeUGTUe"},{"persecution_id":"reckJcxRCGCvELKHD","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"rec4XFDBTfv9GzfA8","name_en":"Mihail Sharygin (Nametkin)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attmcFtC9xVJaQDEW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attmcFtC9xVJaQDEW.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Nizhny Novgorod region, formerly a member of the Yabloko party. A case was opened against him for incitement to terrorist activities. On 7 October 2020, he was sentenced to a fine of 400,000 rubles.\n\nOn 14 February 2024, Sharygin was detained on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation: the grounds for the case were the reposting of a publication about the reopening of Navalny Headquarters and the publication of leaflet layouts of Navalny's team in the run-up to the elections. The next day the court placed him in custody.\n\nLater, Sharygin spoke of a badge with Navalny's symbols had been planted to him. It was allegedly found in Sharygin's car, but this occurred at night without witnesses, a day after the car was seized.\n\nSharygin's mother stated in court that during the search all her personal savings for 40 years — 77 banknotes of 100 US dollars and 100 banknotes of 100 euros — were taken from her. This money was recognised as material evidence.\n\nOn 13 February 2025, Sharygin was sentenced to a 3-year term in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":644,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Sharygin’s case of calls for terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"left a comment on the city website NN.ru under the pseudonym Mikhail Argonshchik, which contained a combination of linguistic and psychological signs of propaganda of the idea of the need for radical action (explosion) against the city authorities in order to influence their decisions","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.10.2020, Sentence: a fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-10-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-10-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-10-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/10/d43109/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reckJcxRCGCvELKHD"},{"persecution_id":"rec75Oo1L2A8WyPGA","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec6nA1Haz4Q42Ffz","name_en":"Konstantin Zherebtsov","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 October 2019, Zherebtsov's house was searched in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. The next day, the court sent him under house arrest.\n\nOn 24 May 2021, he was sentenced to two years and two months suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Podolsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":598,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Moscow region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Moscow region","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 04.10.2019 to 24.05.2021\n• recognizance not to leave: from 24.05.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.05.2021, Sentence: Two years two months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of two years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years two months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probation period of two years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/10/d41534/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec75Oo1L2A8WyPGA"},{"persecution_id":"recEz55c1kEDZm7ZQ","last_updated":"2026-01-01T22:08:32.000Z","person_id":"recUk7V1cZnETaEBQ","name_en":"Andrey Sazonov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Uray (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug). He was detained on February 6, 2019, in a case of organizing activities of an extremist organization, due to his alleged involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and recruiting new adherents.\n\nBy court decision, Sazonov was taken into custody. On February 26, he was placed under house arrest. On August 22, the court imposed a restraining order prohibiting certain actions. In November, it became known that another case for financing extremist activities had been opened against Sazonov.\n\nOn October 23, 2023, a first-instance court sentenced Sazonov to a fine of 450,000 rubles. On January 11, 2024, the court of appeal again overturned the sentence.\n\nOn October 17, 2025, the court of first instance again sentenced the believer to a fine of 450 thousand roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Uray"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1051,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":150,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Uray"],"case_name_en":" Andrei Sazonov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation; together with other members of the organisation, he collected 26,000 roubles from fellow believers between 2017 and 2019.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"New consideration","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 26.02.2019 to 22.08.2019\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 22.08.2019\n• in custody: from 07.02.2019 to 26.02.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2021, Sentence: a fine of 500 000 roubles• First instance court on the merits, 23.10.2023, Sentence: A fine of 450 000 roubles• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 17.10.2025, Sentence: A fine of 450,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 450,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":450000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T05:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-02-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40622/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recEz55c1kEDZm7ZQ"},{"persecution_id":"rec3oYeK8RKpa2BPT","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recdS8o29eE7R9lnf","name_en":"Aslan Makhmaliev","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Was detained at the end of January 2019, placed in custody on 30 January on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 24 December, he was released on his own recognisance.\n\nOn 5 March 2020, in connection with the actions of the investigation and the court, filed a criminal complaint with the Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of Russia and the Prosecutor's Office of the Saratov region, demanding to initiate criminal proceedings under Articles 299 and 301 of the Criminal Code (bringing a knowingly innocent person to criminal responsibility, unlawful detention) due to the fact that the evidence in the case was collected in May-October 2018, but the official publication of information on the recognition of Tablighi Jamaat as an extremist organisation occurred in Rossiyskaya Gazeta only on 13 December of the same year.\n\nOn 13 August 2020, he was sentenced to 1 year and 4 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony and 1 year of restriction of freedom. 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On February 17 Loginov was taken into custody by court decision on charges of participation in an extremist organization. On April 11 Loginov was released from custody and given a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On November 15, 2021 the preventive measure was changed to a recognizance not to leave. On December 5, 2023, he was sentenced to seven years of suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Surgut"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1754,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":250,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut","persecution_case_profile_en":"delivered speeches, participated in preaching ministry with local \"Jehovah's Witnesses\", held meetings with \"pioneers\", \"elders\" and \"office assistants\", including for the purpose of organising the activities of \"elders\" in the \"Vzletnoye\" \"assembly\"","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 11.04.2019 to 15.11.2021\n• recognizance not to leave: from 15.11.2021\n• in custody: from 17.02.2019 to 11.04.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.12.2023, Sentence: 7 years' suspended sentence ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' suspended sentence ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-05T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-02-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40665/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recyBcXFgITraYSJo"},{"persecution_id":"recu3lDDvmZQRaNye","last_updated":"2026-01-12T18:56:42.000Z","person_id":"recteSlUKB1F46lhd","name_en":"Riza Izetov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Izetov is a activist of the Crimean Solidarity movement. 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the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody:  to 26.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 29.03.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 26.02.2021 to 17.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 12.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\"\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2022, Sentence: 19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony and 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony and 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty 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Center"],"aid":"recu3lDDvmZQRaNye"},{"persecution_id":"recBxnyB2lXGKy7EU","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reccJKELP7PeTHN3W","name_en":"Oksana Eremina","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In June 2019, it became known that Yeremina was charged with hooliganism motivated by political hatred.\n\nOn 14 January 2021, the court acquitted Yeremina.","persecution_occupation_en":["Housewives and househusbands "],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_ended":"2021-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action \"He Is Not Our Tsar\"  05.05.2018","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of 5 May 2018"],"case_name_en":"The case of hooliganism at the protest \"He is not our Tsar\" on May  5, 2018","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with a group of individuals, she participated in clashes with police officers and breaking the cordon at a rally in Chelyabinsk on 5 May 2018","persecution_location_en":"At 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Idrisov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attfWaDFzRolmy5P0.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attfWaDFzRolmy5P0.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Tyumen resident. 18 November 2019 detained after a search. On 21 November, the court placed him in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, groundlessly recognised as a terrorist organisation. On 4 August 2022, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":989,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":141,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tyumen case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"engaged in \"anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of establishing a so-called 'world caliphate'\"; aimed at \"destroying the institutions of secular society and violently overthrowing the current government\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 30.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.08.2022, Sentence: Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-11-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/11/d41743/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/tyumenskoe-delo-desyati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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On September 3, 2020, he was sentenced to a year and three months in a penal colony and released due to time served.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":315,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"Knowing about the liquidation of the Jehovah's Witnesses Administrative Centre and local religious organisations, he continued to participate in the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation, \"spreading its ideology by holding talks in public places with residents of Novozybkov settlement, promoting the activities of the organisation and trying to involve others in it's membership\"; since February 2019, collected money for the work of the organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 03.09.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Bryansk Oblast\n• in custody: from 23.10.2019 to 23.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Bryansk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 28.10.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Bryansk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.09.2020, Sentence: One year and three months of deprivation of liberty, one year of restriction of liberty, to release from punishment due to the completion of the term.","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year and three months of deprivation of liberty, one year of restriction of liberty, to release from punishment due to the completion of the term.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":15,"first_verdict_date":"2020-09-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-09-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/10/d41628/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recwBuCe3C7ZCisd0"},{"persecution_id":"recl3wFFZgle3HAot","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recYHD3FyQS65gY4r","name_en":"Eldar Ibragimov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In August 2020, it became known that Ibrahimov was accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation within the framework of the second Simferopol case \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\". 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On 12 August 2019 in St. Petersburg, he was prosecuted under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of a police officer (article 19.3 of the CAO). The punishment is unknown. On 21 August, a criminal case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its followers are persecuted solely for religious activities. 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He reported torture and was placed under house arrest. In May a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was elected. On November 15, 2021 the preventive measure was changed to a recognizance not to leave. 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On 3 November 2020, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony. On 16 April 2021, the court of appeal returned the case to the first instance court to eliminate procedural errors. On 1 November, the sentence was confirmed.\n\nIn February 2024, it became known that the court refused to count Emiruseinov's time spent in custody before the sentence came into force as part of his time in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":627,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against 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of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 15.02.2019 to 15.01.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2022, Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver 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https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40657/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-03-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-priznal-politzaklyuchyonnymi-11-krymchan-presleduemyh-za-uchastie-v-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recjI1JXU2QFilpgc"},{"persecution_id":"recd5pAiikcw8AwNY","last_updated":"2026-03-23T19:00:34.000Z","person_id":"recrIcVpWjjk2z0rF","name_en":"Ruslan Fomin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwnEE0Dnj2w4JZl.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwnEE0Dnj2w4JZl.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years 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He was tried in a case of unauthorised abandonment of a military unit or place of service and incitement to hatred. On 3 February 2020, he was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence in a case of violating traffic rules, causing the death of a person by negligence, and using forged documents. (We do not consider these charges to be politically motivated.)\n\nOn 18 November 2019, Fomin was detained after a search. On 21 November, the court placed him in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. On 4 August 2022, Fomin was sentenced to 12 years in a strict-regime penal colony.\n\nLater it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against the Tyumen's resident on the grounds of his conversations with cellmates in the Tyumen pre-trial detention centre. According to him, he expressed \"criticism\", including \"towards current events\". 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Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/tyumenskoe-delo-desyati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-11-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/11/d41743/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, recruiting new followers.\nHe signed a recognisance not to leave the country. The charges were later reclassified to organising activities. On 21 December 2022, he was sentenced to six years and four months in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2019-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1189,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":169,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Blagoveshchensk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Afanasiev, Sergei Ermilov, Sergei Kardakov, Anton Olshevsky and 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An officer in plain clothes announced that Omerov would have to go to the police station in Kerch. Omerov became ill, but was taken away. On the same day, the court took him into custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his alleged involvement with the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. 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According to the investigation, while in the medical unit of Correctional Colony No. 1 in the Kostroma region, he created a new Twitter account and made posts that negatively characterized military personnel and National Guard officers, as well as contained calls \"for violent actions against Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation as a whole.\" The human rights project Seteviye Svobody (Net Freedom) (which provides legal assistance in cases regarding freedom of expression) noted that the account from which the tweets attributed to Sinitsa were published was registered in October 2022, and its first post was a quote from the tweet for which the man is currently serving his sentence. \"From October 13 to 24, about fifty tweets appeared on the account; since then, it has not been updated and has no followers. All this looks like clear falsification,\" the human rights defenders noted.\n\nOn June 13, 2024, Sinitsa was sentenced in the second case to two years, six months, and ten days in a strict-regime colony. 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The next day, the court imposed a preventive measure on Yakku in the form of a ban on certain actions. In December, it became known that Yakku was also accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. 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On 11 November 2019, a case was brought against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community.\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nOn 17 November Yuferov's flat was searched. He was on a recognisance not to leave the country. He was also accused of involving others in extremist activities. On 25 October 2022 he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony, taken into custody in the courtroom. On 27 December, the court of appeal cancelled the verdict and returned the case to the court of first instance, Yuferov was released on his own recognisance. 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She signed a recognisance not to abscond. 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On 18 October, the court decided to send her to detention. On 17 December 2020, she was transferred to house arrest.\n\nOn 3 June 2021, she was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. 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On 21 April he was taken under house arrest on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nIn October he was released on his own recognisance. On 18 December 2023, Maletskov was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1704,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":243,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Novosibirsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Novosibirsk","case_number":"1-16/2023 (1-181/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 20.04.2019 to 16.10.2019\n• recognizance not to leave: from 16.10.2019 to 18.12.2023\n• in custody: from 18.12.2023 to 14.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-18T10:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-18T10:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-04-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/04/d40931/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-12-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","Support for political prisoners. 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According to the investigation, Navalny, together with Pyotr Ofitserov, set up the Vyatskaya Lesnaya Kompaniya (Vyatka Forest Company), which purchased timber products from Kirovles at understated prices and then sold them to consumers at market prices. The defence argued that the purchase from Kirovles was made at market prices. On 18 July 2013, the Leninsky District Court of Kirov sentenced Navalny and Ofitserov to five years in prison. The convicts were taken into custody in the courtroom, but spent less than a day in the pre-trial detention centre - the next day the court, on the proposal of the prosecutor's office, ruled to release Navalny and Ofitserov on their own recognisance until the verdict enters into legal force. This was preceded by mass protests in various Russian cities. On 16 October 2013, the Kirov Regional Court replaced Navalny and Ofitserov's real sentences with suspended sentences.\n\nIn November 2016, the Supreme Court cancelled the verdict due to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which recognised the prosecution as groundless. The Leninsky Court of Kirov began to re-examine the case. After Navalny announced his intention to run for president, the court began to hold sessions in a more intensive mode. On 1 February 2017, the court elected Navalny a measure of restraint in the form of a order not to leave. On 8 February, Navalny was sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence.\n\nOn 14 December 2012, information appeared about the initiation of a case against Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg on fraud and legalisation of funds to the detriment of the Russian division of the company \"Yves Rocher\". According to the investigation, the Navalny's stole more than 26 million roubles from \"Yves Rocher Vostok\" and more than 4 million roubles from \"Multiprofile Processing Company\" through fraud. According to the latest information, Yves Rocher submitted a report to the Investigative Committee back in February 2013, stating that no damage had been done to the company. Alexei Navalny was on a order not to leave on charges in this case, but after his detention on 24 February 2014 and arrest on the trail of a mass event in support of those convicted in the \"Bolotnaya case\" on Tverskaya Street, the Basmanny court changed his preventive measure to house arrest. On 24 April, the Zamoskvoretsky court held preliminary hearings on the case. On 28 April, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, having satisfied the motion of the lawyers who found numerous violations in it. On 30 December 2014, the charge was partially reclassified, from simple fraud to business fraud. Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years' suspended imprisonment. On 17 February 2015, the sentence was left unchanged - Navalny was only exempted from paying a 500,000 fine.\n\nOn 10 April 2014, a libel case was brought against Navalny on the claim of Alexey Lisovenko, a municipal deputy of the Babushkinsky district of Moscow. The deputy was called a drug addict in Navalny's tweet after the deputy himself said that Navalny continued to tweet despite the fact that, being under house arrest, he had no right to do so. Lisovenko demanded that Navalny be sentenced to community service. On 22 April, a magistrate judge found Navalny guilty, although there was no evidence that Navalny had tweeted the relevant message, and sentenced him to a fine of 300,000 rubles.\n\nOn 24 April 2014, the Lyublinsky Court, represented by Judge Anna Zotko, ruled on a civil suit against Navalny by Sergei Neverov, a Duma deputy from United Russia, for protection of honour and dignity. Neverov demanded a refutation of information spread by Navalny about undeclared dacha plots belonging to the deputy. The court ruled that Navalny must publish a refutation on the Internet within ten days, despite the fact that Navalny is under house arrest and has no right to use the Internet.\n\nIn May 2016, a libel case was filed against Navalny against former policeman Pavel Karpov: the politician was accused of publishing videos accusing Karpov of crimes, including his involvement in the murder of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.\n\nIn June 2020, a libel case was filed against Navalny against Ignat Artemenko, a World War II veteran who took part in the recording of a video in support of constitutional amendments. A signature of non-deportation was taken.\n\nOn 20 August Navalny became ill on a plane flying from Tomsk to Moscow. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, where he was taken to an emergency hospital. According to reports from the politician's supporters and loved ones, plainclothes operatives were on the hospital grounds. Navalny's relatives are convinced that he was poisoned. After long negotiations, Navalny's relatives managed to get him transferred to the German clinic Charité on 22 August. Two days later, representatives of the clinic announced that they had found signs of the Novichok chemical warfare agent in his body. In October, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed the presence of traces of Novichok poison in Navalny's tests. The politician spent about two weeks in a coma. In December, the Bellingcat research group together with The Insider published the results of an investigation into the possible involvement of FSB officers in Navalny's poisoning.\n\nOn 29 December, it became known that a fraud case had been opened against Navalny: he was accused of spending for personal purposes most of the money transferred to him as donations.\n\nOn 12 January 2021, the Federal Penitentiary Service demanded that Navalny's suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher case be replaced with a real one. On 17 January, when Navalny flew to Russia, he was detained at Sheremetyevo airport while going through passport control. The next day, the court sent Navalny to custody for 30 days at an on-site session at a police station in Khimki near Moscow. On 2 February, the court satisfied the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service.\n\nOn 20 February, Navalny was sentenced to a fine of 850 thousand rubles in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nIn April, it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for creating a non-profit organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nOn 25 May it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for insulting justice of the peace Vera Akimova, who delivered a verdict in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nOn 22 March 2022, Navalny was sentenced to nine years of strict regime and a fine of 1.2 million rubles in a case of fraud and contempt of court.\n\nIn September 2021, it became known that a case was opened against Navalny and his supporters for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of financing extremist activities, legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned case of establishing a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. Later it became known that Navalny was also charged with calls for extremist activity and rehabilitation of Nazism - because of statements and actions that had previously given rise to cases against other people.\n\nOn 4 August 2023, Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in a special regime colony. This was made possible because the court, which ruled on the fraud case in March 2022, changed the sentence in the Kirovles case from suspended to real.\n\nOn 27 September 2023, Navalny was transferred to a single cell-type facility for a year.\n\nDuring his time in the colony Navalny was sent to the punishment cell at least 27 times.\n\nIn December, Navalny's support group reported that his lawyers had already been denied access to him several times, and that he had already been prevented from attending court hearings on his claims against the colony administration via video link several times, explaining this by electricity problems. The situation is aggravated by the fact that shortly before Navalny became ill in his cell. On 25 December, it became known that Navalny was transferred to a colony in the Yamalo-Nenets district (before that he was in the Vladimir region). Already in January 2024, he was again sent to a punishment cell.\n\nIn detention, the politician experienced various health problems. At the end of March 2021, Alexei Navalny went on hunger strike in the colony because a doctor was not allowed to visit him. Then he complained of severe back pain, numbness in his leg, because of the pain he could not step on his foot. But, according to the lawyer, he was brought only two ibuprofen tablets from the prison sanitary unit.\nIn April 2023, Alexei Navalny's lawyer reported that he was called an ambulance because of an aggravated stomach ailment.\nIn November 2023, Navalny reported that he was prevented from visiting a dentist outside the colony to have his teeth examined and prophylactically cleaned.\nIn January 2023, Navalny became very ill in the SHIZO. He had a high temperature, cough and fever; no transfer of medication or hospitalisation was allowed.\n\nOn 16 February 2024, the FSIN Directorate reported Navalny's death in the colony. The next day this information was also confirmed by the politician's supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 174 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","214","174"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 214","Part 4, Article 174"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The money laudering case of ACF"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Navalny's case on money laundering, public justification of terrorism and vandalism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the money laundering of funds that financed the Anti-Corruption Foundation.\nIn addition, while in prison, he 'propagandised terrorism' and directed acts of vandalism. The investigation considers Navalny the leader of a criminal group because of the 'Popular Politics' YouTube channel run by his supporters. In particular, according to Navalny himself, his guilt in promoting Nazism lies in the fact that Volkov said on the air of 'Popular Politics' that 'Colonel Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate Hitler, he should be killed'.\nIn addition, Navalny was apparently charged with directing the actions of people in various regions who wrote slogans in his defence in the streets of cities.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRKL8Ddx4PhdaSD"},{"persecution_id":"recb52aMLtWyvuac2","last_updated":"2025-04-28T13:36:19.000Z","person_id":"recmIt8h3boTXVFRk","name_en":"Alexey Berchuk","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atthztNIVVg8sVkTV.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atthztNIVVg8sVkTV.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 January 2019, he was detained at Moscow airport, taken to Blagoveshchensk, and then released on his own recognizance on charges of organising activities for an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn June 30, 2021, he was sentenced to eight years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":890,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":127,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Blagoveshchensk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Aleksei Berchuk and Dmitrii Golik","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.06.2021 to 28.07.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.01.2019 to 23.01.2019\n• recognizance not to leave: from 23.01.2019 to 30.06.2021\n• in custody: from 28.07.2021 to 02.09.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Mari El republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Mari El republic\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.09.2021 to 08.10.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Krai\n• Unknown: from 08.10.2021 to 01.12.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Mari El republic\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2021, Sentence: eight years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"eight years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-06-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-01-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40594/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recb52aMLtWyvuac2"},{"persecution_id":"recJk0IqdYXRH6a1l","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:58:35.000Z","person_id":"rec3mQCl5Lv6qEZvV","name_en":"Yulia Tsvetkova","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, artist. In March 2019, Tsvetkova was reported to the police because of the activities of her theatre MERAK, in which minors play; the teenagers were interviewed by the police. An activist festival she had organised was cancelled. Tsvetkova was summoned to the police because of a body-positive project. On 20 November Tsvetkova was questioned as a suspect in a case of pornography production in connection with the administration of the body-positive blog \"Vagina Monologues\". The case was opened on the application of a well-known homophobe Timur Bulatov, who regularly writes statements against LGBT-activists. Tsvetkova was given a covenant not to leave the country and her flat was searched. On 22 November Tsvetkova was detained on her way to Blagoveshchensk, declaring that she had violated her covenant not to leave. The next day the court placed her under house arrest. A minor actor of the MERAK theatre was forced to recognise himself as a victim. In January 2020 Tsvetkova was banned from seeing a doctor, in February - a dentist. Later, permission to visit the dentist was obtained. On 16 March, the court released Tsvetkova on her own recognisance.\n\nOn 13 December 2019, a magistrate judge fined Tsvetkova 50,000 rubles under an administrative article on propaganda of \"non-traditional sexual relations among minors with the use of the Internet\" for publishing posts on social media criticising violations of LGBT rights. The statement was also apparently written by Bulatov. On 17 January 2020, it became known that Tsvetkova was subject to another administrative protocol under this article for the picture \"Family is where the love is. Support LGBT+ families.\"\n\nOn 3 June 2022 Tsvetkova was included in the register of mass media - \"foreign agents\".\n\nOn 15 July, the court acquitted Tsvetkova. On 28 March 2023, the cassation court overturned this decision and returned the case to the court of first instance. Tsvetkova left Russia, after which she was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia.\n\nShe was also prosecuted for evasion of her duties as a \"foreign agent\". In November 2025, the case came to court and was transferred under jurisdiction. On 24 March 2026 Tsvetkova was sentenced in absentia to a fine, the amount is unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 242 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["242"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 242"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yulia Tsvetkova","persecution_case_profile_en":"in the period from 01 January 2018 to February 2019, Y.V. Tsvetkova illegally distributed and publicly displayed pornographic materials using mass media, including information and communication networks (including the Internet)","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (acquitted)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest","arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.03.2020 to 22.11.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 20.11.2019 to 23.11.2019\n• house arrest: from 23.11.2019 to 16.03.2020\n• arrest in absentia: from 04.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.07.2022, Sentence: acquitted","verdict_essence_en":"acquitted","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2022-07-15T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-02-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/cvetkova-yuliya-vladimirovna\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 18-03-2020\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9893/cvetkova-julija-vladimirovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recJk0IqdYXRH6a1l"},{"persecution_id":"rec2nFTQDXJ8P4DwF","last_updated":"2025-06-17T11:55:22.000Z","person_id":"recTznPunF4GlWMKB","name_en":"Temirlan Umarov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_ended":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":191,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 286.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["286.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 286.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"The case of former Ingushetian Ministry of Internal Affairs officers refusing to comply with an order","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 27 March 2019, during the riots in Magas, together with 14 colleagues, he stood in a line between protesters and the National Guard of the Russian Federation officers, thereby preventing the dispersal of the riots.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 10.09.2022 to 09.10.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.08.2022, Sentence: 1 year 7 months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 7 months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-30T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-30T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-08-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/analytics/politzaklyuchyonnye-i-politicheskie-repressii-v-rossii-v-2022-godu/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec2nFTQDXJ8P4DwF"},{"persecution_id":"rechRho1PrOyuVmic","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"reciI8kTwxiPUegcS","name_en":"Grigorii Ozhiganov","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Surgut. No later than April 2019, it became known that Grigorii Ozhiganov is being held as a suspect in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. He was placed under an undertaking not to abscond.\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\nOn 5 December 2023, Ozhiganov was allegedly sentenced to a suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Surgut"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1754,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":250,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut","persecution_case_profile_en":"delivered speeches, participated in preaching ministry with local \"Jehovah's Witnesses\", held meetings with \"pioneers\", \"elders\" and \"office assistants\", including for the purpose of organising the activities of \"elders\" in the \"Vzletnoye\" \"assembly\"","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 15.02.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.12.2023","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-05T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-02-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40665/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rechRho1PrOyuVmic"},{"persecution_id":"recBXl0ogGifcXBWl","last_updated":"2025-01-06T07:50:51.000Z","person_id":"recoMid5l2lCFkxNk","name_en":"Mikhail Zelensky","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 27 February 2019, he was detained after a search and the next day sent under house arrest by court decision on charges of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 25 April, house arrest was replaced by a ban on certain actions.\n\nOn 8 October 2020, sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":588,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ulyanovsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ulyanovsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Promoted the ideas of Jehovah's Witnesses, promoted the superiority of these ideas over other religious teachings, sought out venues for meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses, and participated directly in the events held","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 28.02.2019 to 25.04.2019\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 25.04.2019\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.02.2019 to 28.02.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.10.2020, Sentence: Three years of a suspended sentence and eight months of a non-custodial sentence","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years of a suspended sentence and eight months of a non-custodial sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-10-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-10-07T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-02-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40716/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recBXl0ogGifcXBWl"},{"persecution_id":"recoTmGfTw65GTqsd","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recKICAaZSEkaaduc","name_en":"Raim Ayvazov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attMlE6CYIaCCuXv3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attMlE6CYIaCCuXv3.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"He was detained on the night of 17 April 2019 while passing one of the checkpoints in Crimea. On 18 April, the court ruled to take him into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. In March 2020, it was reported that Aivazov was also accused of preparing for the overthrow of the constitutional order. According to his lawyer, Aivazov was taken to the forest after his arrest, where he was subjected to a mock execution. Aivazov initially confessed against himself and other defendants in the case and agreed to a special trial, but then refused. In August, it was reported that the charge was reclassified from participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation to organising such activities. On 10 March 2022, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1057,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":151,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb 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Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 26.02.2021 to 17.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 17.03.2022 to 29.03.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","FCU \"Penal Colony No. 21 of the Arkhangelsk Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.06.2023 to 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention 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the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"Penal Colony No. 21 of the Arkhangelsk Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2022, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, one year and six months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, one year and six months' restriction of 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Zagrebelny sprayed them with pepper spray. He was detained. On the same day he wrote an admission of guilt, but in December he retracted it. On 22 October 2020, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony and taken into custody in the courtroom. On 22 April 2021, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to three years and ten months. 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On 21 November, the court placed him in custody on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. 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Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/tyumenskoe-delo-desyati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-11-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/11/d41743/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On October 17, the court decided to place Lyubshin under house arrest on charges of justifying terrorism. On December 25, he was released on his own recognizance.\n\nOn March 5, 2020, he was sentenced to five years and two months in a general regime colony.\n\nIn September 2023, after another placement in the SHIZO, Lyubshin was transferred to a cell-type facility (CCF).\n\nIn March 2025 Lyubshin was released.\n\n\nIn November 2017, Lyubshin was sentenced to a fine of 400,000 rubles under articles on incitement to hatred and rehabilitation of Nazism. Lyubshin was also accused of distributing pornography, but on this article the court acquitted him. 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He died. He is a hero!\" and \"Man of the day, man of the week (at least) is the 17-year-old Mikhail who blew up the Arkhangelsk FSB building on October 31\", which according to the conclusion of the complex psychological and linguistic research №525 dated March 27, 2019 have signs of justification of the act of a 17-year-old boy named Mikhail, who blew up an improvised explosive device in the building of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Arkhangelsk region on October 31, 2018, the actions of which have been qualified as a terrorist act.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2033-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.03.2020 to 11.06.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kaluga Oblast\n• in custody: from 15.06.2020 to 16.06.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• house arrest: from 17.10.2019 to 25.12.2019\n• recognizance not to leave: from 25.12.2019 to 05.03.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.06.2020 to 01.11.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2023 to 01.12.2023\n• cell-type room: from 01.01.2024 to 01.08.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023 to 01.01.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.08.2024\n• cell-type room:  to 12.09.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• Unknown: from 12.09.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• Unknown:  to 03.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• punishment cell: from 03.12.2024 to 17.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• Unknown: from 17.12.2024 to 28.03.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• Unknown: from 29.03.2025 to 28.03.2033\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2020, Sentence: 5 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":62,"first_verdict_date":"2020-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/lyubshin-ivan-viktorovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 12-07-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/10137/ljubshin-ivan-viktorovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recTc3THpkhNVVks9"},{"persecution_id":"recTTmqsf68J0bYd2","last_updated":"2025-06-30T07:44:10.000Z","person_id":"recatsLhxaXEKEOk0","name_en":"Alexander Kabanov","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 26 December 2019, he was detained after a search and interrogation as part of the case of organising activities of an extremist group. He spent 24 hours in a temporary detention centre, after which the court refused to place him in custody.\nIt was reported that he was also accused of fake registration at the place of residence or stay. On 5 August 2022, Kabanov was sentenced to two years' of suspended sentence. On 27 December, the court of appeal returned the case to the prosecutor's office. The charge of fake registration was apparently dropped. On 1 February 2024, the trial court, on reconsideration, also returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but on 28 March the appeal court reversed this decision and returned the case to the trial court. On 18 February 2025, the trial court again sentenced Kabanov to a two-year of suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Zelenogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2019-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":952,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":136,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Kabanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of an extremist group; fictitiously registered people at the place of residence or stay","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.12.2019 to 27.12.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.08.2022, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 18.02.2025, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-18T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/12/d41908/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recTTmqsf68J0bYd2"},{"persecution_id":"recSqIyem46JJk5qr","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec908NTBow5behtQ","name_en":"Anatoly Gezik","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 23 October 2019, a search took place at Gezik's home. On 30 December, it became known that a case was opened against Gezik and his wife for involvement in activities of an extremist organisation. They were also accused of inducement to participate in such an organisation and of failing to perform the duties of bringing up a minor, as well as of financing extremist activities, but this charge was later dropped. In May 2021, the investigation in the case was suspended, but later resumed. On 14 November 2022, he was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months of forced labour. On 1 March 2023, the appeal court replaced the forced labour with a suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Georgiyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1117,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":159,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 156 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2","156"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Article 156"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Georgievsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Georgievsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Provided a house for holding meetings of participants, discussed with those attending religious intolerance towards representatives of other faiths, promoted the superiority of the teachings of this organisation over other religions, studied literature included in the federal list of extremist materials; without fulfilling his obligations to bring up minors, involved his daughter in an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.11.2022, Sentence: four years and two months of forced labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years and two months of forced labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d41927/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recSqIyem46JJk5qr"},{"persecution_id":"rec9VXazb71rBLRfp","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recQXI8HHGzAH3cU6","name_en":"Vitaly Popov","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-02-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 27 June 2019, a case was opened against Popov for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. He was detained and spent two days in the temporary detention centre.\n\nOn 21 May 2021, he was sentenced to a three-year conditional sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":693,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's 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According to his wife, law enforcers sawed the door with an angle grinder and placed a bag containing books in the corridor, including the \"Concept of Hizb ut-Tahrir\", which had not previously been in the house. He was subsequently placed in custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation.\n\nOn 5 March 2021, sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nIn 2012 in Ufa, Ildar Ibragimov was sentenced to a year and four months in an open colony for involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir under the article on organising the activities of an extremist organisation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2019-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":442,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ildar Ibragimov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in organising the activities of the Hizb ut-Tahrir unit","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.12.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2021, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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The stated purpose of the march was the expulsion of Putin. Supporters joined him on the way. This initiative caused persecution of both Gabyshev himself and his supporters in different regions of Eastern Siberia. From mid-summer, Gabyshev's supporters have been subjected to detentions and various forms of pressure. He was first detained in Buryatia, on the border with the Irkutsk region, on 19 September. First he was taken to Ulan-Ude, then to Yakutsk. Later it became known that Gabyshev was prosecuted for public calls for extremist activity. He was released on the recognisance not to leave and in the presence of a state-appointed lawyer was persuaded to undergo a voluntary inpatient examination in a psychiatric facility. On 26 September, due to the threats, the shaman's supporters announced that the march on Moscow was cancelled.\n\nOn 3 October, it became known that the psychiatric assessment carried out after Gabyshev’s detention had found signs of insanity.\n\nIn early December, Gabyshev announced that he was resuming the march to Moscow. On 9 December, his sister was served with a summons calling Gabyshev for questioning at the Investigative Department of the FSB. The next day, first Rostokin and then Gabyshev himself were detained. Information appeared that Gabyshev had been charged with the use of violence against a representative of authority for resisting detention. However, this information was later denied by the Investigative Committee, though Gabyshev was informed that a preliminary inquiry under the relevant article was underway.\n\nGabyshev was summoned for interrogation concerning the case on incitement to extremist activity. Since, according to the police, he “behaved defiantly, thereby disobeying a lawful order or demand of police officers, drew a sword, waved it in the direction of the officers and in doing so tore the officer's uniform jacket”, he was fined one thousand rubles under the administrative article on disobedience to lawful demands of the police.\n\nGabyshev once more gave an undertaking not to leave his place of residence. However, as it was in the previous instance, no formal charges were brought within ten days, and therefore the undertaking was lifted.\n\nIn January 2020, it was reported that the Investigative Committee hadn't initiated criminal proceedings against Gabyshev and had returned his sword. However, in the same month, the pressure on the shaman and his supporters resumed. Finally, in May, Gabyshev was detained at his home and taken to a psychiatric hospital. His lawyer later claimed that the ambulance had been called to Gabyshev’s house by an FSB officer. Gabyshev was told to abandon his march to Moscow. A medical commission deemed him dangerous to others. In June the court ordered his compulsory hospitalisation. On 22 July Gabyshev was released from the psychiatric facility.\n\nAt the end of January 2021, Gabyshev was placed in a psychiatric facility again. Shortly afterwards, it was reported that criminal proceedings had been initiated against him for the use of violence against a representative of authority: according to the investigators, when officers arrived to take him to the facility, Gabyshev injured a member of the National Guard with his sword.\n\nOn 26 July, the court ordered to send Gabyshev to a psychiatric hospital for compulsory treatment.\n\nOn 25 February 2022, the court ordered to transfer Gabyshev to a specialised hospital.\n\nIn June 2023, the court ordered Gabyshev's transfer from the prison hospital to a general psychiatric hospital, but this decision was overturned in July.\n\nOn 25 December 2024, the court once again decided to transfer Gabyshev to a general psychiatric hospital. On 28 February 2025, the appeal court overturned it again. On 11 April 2025, the court extended the term of compulsory treatment in the specialised facility. In June 2025, on appeal, the court again ordered Gabyshev's transfer to a general psychiatric hospital. 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She is under a recognisance not to leave the country. On 12 February 2021, sentenced to a fine of 10 thousand rubles. On 20 April, the appeal court commuted the sentence to a two and a half year suspended sentence. On 14 June 2022, the court cancelled Artamonova's suspended sentence and removed her criminal record.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2019-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":505,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Larisa Artamonova's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated \"in the preparation and realisation of the function of preaching activities of Jehovah's Witnesses, for the dissemination of the said doctrine\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 26.09.2019 to 20.04.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.02.2021, Sentence: a fine of ten thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Penalty","Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of ten thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","first_verdict_date":"2021-02-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-02-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/12/d41815/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recEXhEQS1rBB7svS"},{"persecution_id":"recsUW3YshIdtTiIM","last_updated":"2025-01-28T09:16:27.000Z","person_id":"recvOcypgnO6aPcHK","name_en":"Mikhail Solntsev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnnS6j3T34ypehQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnnS6j3T34ypehQ.jpg"],"birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 March 2019, Oksana and Mikhail Solntsevs were searched at home as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremism-related articles solely in connection with their religious activities, including holding meetings and worship services and recruiting new adherents. Suvorova was placed under a travel restriction. On 11 March 2021, she was sentenced to two years’ suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2019-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2023-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":461,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Chelyabinsk"],"case_name_en":"Valentina Suvorova's Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Suvorova intentionally engaged in conversations about faith with residents of the city of Chelyabinsk, performed religious hymns, prayed to Jehovah God, and studied religious literature","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 05.12.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.03.2021, Sentence: 2 years’ suspended imprisonment with a probation period of 6 months, and restriction of liberty for a period of 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years’ suspended imprisonment with a probation period of 6 months, and restriction of liberty for a period of 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-03-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/12/d41898/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recMZXO60VRnPXdoO"},{"persecution_id":"recoImoRajZc7AX1E","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recqLfXllMw2ZfHPE","name_en":"Marifjon Mamadaliev","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 December 2019, he was detained following a search, as part of an investigation into participation in the activities of a terrorist organization. On 5 December, the court ordered to take Mamadaliev into custody. On 24 December 2021, he was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-12-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":751,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":107,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["FIfth Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The fifth Moscow case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.12.2019 to 09.02.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.02.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2021, Sentence: Sixteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sixteen years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2019/12/d41787/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recoImoRajZc7AX1E"},{"persecution_id":"recy1kzlRjxeesdoi","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:09:55.000Z","person_id":"reckHwrEiPxhCGbi1","name_en":"Nikolay Gorelov (Kirichenko)","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Kaliningrad. On 28 October 2019, Gorelov was stopped on the street and asked to go to the police station, where officers from the Centre for Combating Extremism told him that his posts on social media showed signs of offending religious feelings, rehabilitating Nazism and discrediting the 23 February holiday (The Day of Fatherland Defenders). On 20 November, he was again stopped on the street and forced to sign a summons to the Investigative Committee, where he appeared a few days later, but refused to testify. The reason for interrogation were several posts on VKontakte, the investigation was conducted under articles on the rehabilitation of Nazism and offending religious feelings. On 9 December, the Investigative Committee issued a decision not to initiate criminal proceedings due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. However, on 8 January a case was opened under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism. The grounds for that was Gorelov’s artistic work.\n\nIn January 2019, Gorelov received a call from a person who introduced himself as a district police officer and spoke rudely to him about the “nonsense” he had “written on social media”.\n\nIn June 2020, the case was dropped.\n\nIn 2023, Gorelov participated in the Forum of Free Peoples of Post-Russia, where he represented the Baltic Party. In December 2023, he was added to the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring. On 13 September 2024, a court in Moscow arrested him in absentia on charges of inciting hatred and dissemination of disrespectful information about the days of military glory.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Nikolay Gorelov’s case of insulting the days of military glory","persecution_case_profile_en":"On his VKontakte page, he published “‘a literary note’ that mentions the violence committed by the Red Army against German civilians during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)”.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d41922/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recy1kzlRjxeesdoi"},{"persecution_id":"recS5adu2d4yO3kIT","last_updated":"2025-01-06T07:50:51.000Z","person_id":"recqXjVebcGmaRQbt","name_en":"Alexander Ganin","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-01-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 15 May 2019, he was detained on charges of involvement in an extremist organisation. On 16 May, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of a prohibition on certain actions.\n\nOn 8 October 2020, he was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":511,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ulyanovsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ulyanovsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Promoted the ideas of Jehovah's Witnesses, promoted the superiority of these ideas over other religious teachings, found venues for meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses, and participated directly in the events held","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.05.2019 to 17.05.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.10.2020, Sentence: Three years' suspended sentence, eight months' restriction on freedom","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years' suspended sentence, eight months' restriction on freedom","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-10-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-10-07T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-05-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40716/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recS5adu2d4yO3kIT"},{"persecution_id":"receVcyLI9oKYRSBZ","last_updated":"2024-12-23T10:29:16.000Z","person_id":"recQZsgEPp4Em4ykb","name_en":"Egor Zhukov","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Activist from Moscow. On the night of 2 August 2019, Zhukov's residence was searched in a case of mass disorder in connection with a manifestation against the non-admission of opposition candidates to the Moscow City Duma elections, after which he was taken for questioning and charged. The same day he was taken into custody by court order. On 3 September Zhukov was placed under house arrest. On the same day it became known that the charge of participation in mass riots was dropped, but he was charged with calls for extremist activity.\n\nOn 6 December he was sentenced to three years of probation, released from house arrest in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"Egor Zhukov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the rally on 27 July 2019, he \"gestured to the right\" - thereby allegedly giving directions to protesters","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.08.2019 to 03.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: from 13.08.2019 to 22.08.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.08.2019 to 01.08.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-07-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-svyazi-s-akciey-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-08-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"receVcyLI9oKYRSBZ"},{"persecution_id":"recPhUowDXTrvEs1l","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recErCaQkUAHFfeQ4","name_en":"Sergey Tolstonozhenko","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 9 July 2019, Tolstonozhenko's home was searched, his phones, computers, removable discs, notebooks with notes were seized, after which he was taken to the investigation department, where he was issued a summons to be questioned as a witness. On 2 October it became known that he was a suspect in the case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 22 June 2020, Tolstonozhenko was searched again.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2020-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnoyarsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"recruited new members\" into the Jehovah's Witnesses community and \"distributed extremist literature and software\" to members of the organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2019/10/d41563/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recPhUowDXTrvEs1l"},{"persecution_id":"recsyOM6jVrXTrhk1","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recJ73mQSTuWKge4s","name_en":"Alexander Atamanov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21st of March, 2019 he was detained on the street on charges of foul language. During the search, Atamanov was found in possession of Right Sector leaflets, 2.7 grams of a substance containing heroin, 6-monoacetylmorphine and acetylcodeine, as well as two rolls of marijuana. The next day he was arrested for two days. On 23rd of March a criminal case for drug possession was initiated, upon expiry of the administrative arrest he was detained and on 25th of March he was taken into custody by court decision. In May, criminal charges of enganing in recruitment to an extremist organisation were also brought against Atamanov. Atamanov pressed charges for drug planting and threats of physical violence, but they were rejected by the court. The investigation pertaining to those charges pressed by Artamonov waw conducted by that same investigator who was in charge of the criminal case against Artamonov.\n\nAtamanov's wife claims that they repeatedly tried to extort confessions from him and threatened to infect him with HIV and hepatitis, to plant drugs on his wife, and send his son to an orphanage. According to her, he was beaten with sticks in the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nOn 23rd of July 2020, Atamanov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. On 24th of September, the appeal court reduced the sentence by two months. 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On 5 December, the court ordered to take Kholdarov into custody. 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Taken to Kazan, where the court placed him in custody.\n\nOn 22 April 2021, sentenced to 23 years in a strict-regime penal colony.\n\nIn December 2023, it became known that a new case was brought against Mavliutov - on facilitation of terrorist activities. On 24 May 2024, he was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in connection with this case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2019-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":576,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.5","205.1","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["\"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" case in Togliatti"],"case_name_en":"Rais Mavliutov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the organisation and activities of the banned Islamic political party Hizb ut-Tahrir, publicly justified terrorist activities, and recruited to a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 04.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 28.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.09.2019 to 28.09.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2021, Sentence: 23 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"23 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":276,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 19-11-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10397/10397\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-11-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/mavlyutov-rais-mansurovich\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-09-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/09/d41508/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recybTjYN0oy63QHu"},{"persecution_id":"recaczmWcBW5zBlbt","last_updated":"2025-02-09T19:07:22.000Z","person_id":"recQ2LldjcCNScQno","name_en":"Andrei Tabakov","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Belarus"],"story_en":"He lived in Ulyanovsk. On 27 February 2019, he was arrested after a search and the next day was placed under house arrest by a court order on charges of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 25 April, his house arrest was replaced by a ban on certain actions.\n\nOn 8 October 2020, he was given a suspended sentence of three years of imprisonment.\n\nIn December 2024, he was deprived of Russian citizenship and was deported to Belarus.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":588,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ulyanovsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ulyanovsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"He promoted the ideas of Jehovah’s Witnesses, promoted the superiority of these ideas over other religious teachings, sought out venues for meetings of Jehovah’s Witnesses and directly participated in the events that were held.","persecution_location_en":"Deported","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 25.04.2019\n• house arrest: from 28.02.2019 to 25.04.2019\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.02.2019 to 28.02.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.10.2020, Sentence: a suspended sentence of 3 years of imprisonment, followed by 8 months of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"a suspended sentence of 3 years of imprisonment, followed by 8 months of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-10-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-10-07T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-02-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40716/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recaczmWcBW5zBlbt"},{"persecution_id":"recXn3acW7l3VViuO","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:53:20.000Z","person_id":"recglVnuB4aXNysRh","name_en":"Daria Dulova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attU4oEBxclym6B13.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attU4oEBxclym6B13.jpg"],"birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 30 May 2019, a criminal case was opened against Dulova for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 30 July she was charged, the case was merged with the case of Aleksander Prianikov and her mother Venera Dulova. She was taken into custody.\n\nOn 27 January 2020, she was sentenced to a year of probation. On 6 August, the court of appeal sent the case for a new hearing. On 15 May 2021, again sentenced to a year of probation. On 15 March 2022, the appeal court overturned the verdict, finding Dulova not guilty. On 14 March 2023, the Supreme Court overturned this decision, returning the case to the appeal court. On 6 July, the appeal court again cancelled the verdict, sending the case back to the prosecutor's office. On 8 November, the court of cassation returned the case to the court of appeal. On 8 February 2024, the appeal court terminated Dulova's prosecution due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, as she was a minor at the time of the \"crime\".\n\nOn 30 March 2020, a search was conducted at Dulova’s home. She is also a suspect in another case concerning involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. An undertaking not to leave was imposed on her. On 9 August 2023, the court sent the case back to the prosecutor’s office. In March 2025, the investigation discontinued the case.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoturyinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2024-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":241,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karpinsk"],"case_name_en":"Daria Dulova's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"She conspired with her mother and an acquaintance to continue the activities of the forbidden community, exerting “psychological influence on society”.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.07.2021, Sentence: a suspended sentence of one year• First instance court on the merits, 27.01.2020, Sentence: a suspended sentence of one year• First instance court on the merits, 22.09.2020, Sentence: a suspended sentence of one year","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"a suspended sentence of one year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-01-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-08-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/08/d41331/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recXn3acW7l3VViuO"},{"persecution_id":"recyHzRi6oyt7cYzs","last_updated":"2025-04-04T11:17:26.000Z","person_id":"recYLp6NIY3odNf81","name_en":"Valery Slaschev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLiBmFZPZL5jfP7.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLiBmFZPZL5jfP7.png"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tynda (Amur Region). On 11 November 2019, a case was opened on organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community.\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nOn 17 November Slashchev's flat was searched. He is under a custodial sentence. He was also accused of involving others in extremist activities. On 25 October 2022 he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony, taken into custody in the courtroom. On 27 December, the court of appeal cancelled the verdict and returned the case to the court of first instance, Slashchev was released on his own recognisance. On 23 June 2023, the court of first instance sentenced him to six years and four months in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tynda"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1078,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":154,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tynda"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tynda","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised meetings of followers of... religious organisations","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.10.2022 to 27.12.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 27.12.2022 to 23.06.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 12.11.2019 to 25.10.2022\n• in custody: from 23.06.2023 to 04.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.09.2023 to 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.10.2022, Sentence: Six years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony• First instance court on the merits, 23.06.2023, Sentence: 6 years and 4 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years and 4 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":76,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-24T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-23T06:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/12/d41799/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recyHzRi6oyt7cYzs"},{"persecution_id":"receJ9oRilfGR1rPO","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recPzvZ2EORl0CaRL","name_en":"Mykola Leshchenko","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 31 July 2019, Leshchenko was searched as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. Leshchenko signed a non-departure undertaking. On 28 July 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2024-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1458,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":208,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karelia"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karelia","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 31.07.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.07.2023, Sentence: a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-28T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-28T08:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-08-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/08/d41319/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"receJ9oRilfGR1rPO"},{"persecution_id":"rec4Pb5dOW24lF4UQ","last_updated":"2025-01-28T10:46:38.000Z","person_id":"recm8GbI9gpplNffD","name_en":"Valentina Vladimirova","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Smolensk region. On 16 May 2019, taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 22 November she was transferred to house arrest. On 14 October 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 7 December 2020, the court of appeal reversed the decision. On 30 March 2022, the court of first instance released Vladimirova on her own recognisance and returned the case to the prosecutor's office.\nThe case was considered together with the case of theft of gold items, cans of caviar and alcohol, in which Valentina Vladimirova is tried not only together with Tatiana Galkievich, who is also accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, but also together with Aleksei Vladimirov. We do not have any information giving grounds to recognise these charges as politically motivated.\nIn April 2023, the case of Vladimirova and Galkievich, now only under the article on the activities of an extremist organisation, was transferred to another court. On 14 February 2024, Vladimirova was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Smolensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1229,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":175,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Smolensk Oblast"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Smolensk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 30.03.2022 to 01.03.2024\n• house arrest: from 22.11.2019 to 30.03.2022\n• in custody: from 16.05.2019 to 22.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Smolensk Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.03.2024 to 28.02.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.02.2024, Sentence: 2 years of suspended prison sentence, 1 year of restriction of freedome","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of suspended prison sentence, 1 year of restriction of freedome","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-14T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-05-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/05/d41043/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec4Pb5dOW24lF4UQ"},{"persecution_id":"recrYtoeXh3xcFe19","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recebL5aWZ830vUqO","name_en":"Alexandr Dovydenkov","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 14 February 2019, criminal proceedings were brought against Dovydenkov on charges of publicly justifying terrorism. The case stemmed from a statement he made about Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who had carried out a suicide bombing at an FSB building in the Arkhangelsk Region.\n\nOn 28 March, Dovydenkov was summoned for questioning and placed under house arrest the following day. He was subsequently sentenced to one year in a general-regime penal colony and was released in 2020.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexandr Dovydenkov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to expert findings by the Federal Budgetary Institution of Forensic Expertise of the Russian Ministry of Justice (report No. 3665/5-1 of 24 December 2018), material posted at 2:11 a.m. on 31 October 2018 on a Twitter account under the username “Kid on the drive (fucked speedlimit)” contained linguistic indicators justifying the actions of a young man who carried out a suicide bombing at the FSB building in Arkhangelsk.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 29.03.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 1 year’s imprisonment in a standard-regime colony ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-07-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/dovydenkov-aleksandr-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recrYtoeXh3xcFe19"},{"persecution_id":"recilA64HlQahPKmj","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec5534AbTYHS4txB","name_en":"Eugene Deshko","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 29 April 2019, was detained in Dagomys (Krasnodar region) and on 1 May he was taken into a custody following court decision in a case concerning the activities of an extremist organization. He was placed under house arrest in November. On 17 March 2020, he was released on his own recognisance.\n\nOn 23 April 2021 sentenced to six years suspended.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Smolensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":724,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":103,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Smolensk region"],"case_name_en":"The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Smolensk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"Organised and conducted a joint prayer to Jehovah, carried out the demonstration of videos..... informing adherents about participation in congresses .... on matters related to the organization and conduct of subsequent joint meetings\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 17.03.2020 to 02.09.2021\n• house arrest: from 22.11.2019 to 17.03.2020\n• in custody: from 01.05.2019 to 22.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Smolensk Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.04.2021, Sentence: Six years of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of four years, one year's restriction of liberty, and a ban on holding positions in religious organisations for three years","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of four years, one year's restriction of liberty, and a ban on holding positions in religious organisations for three years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-05-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/05/d40970/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recilA64HlQahPKmj"},{"persecution_id":"recOeiyTAdUOOfnfS","last_updated":"2026-04-03T14:59:42.000Z","person_id":"recrcHbb08DoTTi1S","name_en":"Kuzin Dmitrii","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 26 June 2019, detained after a search and taken into custody on 28 June on charges of involvement in an extremist organisation. On 25 December, transferred to house arrest. On 20 February 2020, the preventive measure was changed to a ban on certain actions. 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https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9295/simferopolskoe-delo-24-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recbMzZGLJY7ZFayx"},{"persecution_id":"recTQS0KX1y4vMuQ7","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recbC7xXMYyGiQ847","name_en":"Alexander Shamov","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 26 March 2019 on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. 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On May 17, 2022, the Investigative Committee dropped the case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Severodvinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2022-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Severodvinsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Severodvinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Conducted conspiratorial meetings and individual classes to study extremist materials, recruited new participants into illegal activities, and promoted the ideas of an organisation banned in the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40793/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec1JeYecn1vPPaOK"},{"persecution_id":"rec6v43OZ9kycYReC","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recQL87nR6ULcqL0h","name_en":"Andrey Shchepin","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 26 March 2019 on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. Two days later, the court elected a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. Charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation and financing extremist activities, the second charge was later dropped. 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The next day, the court placed him under house arrest.\n\nOn 24 May 2021, he was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Podolsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":598,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Moscow region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Moscow region","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 24.05.2021\n• house arrest: from 04.10.2019 to 24.05.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.05.2021, Sentence: two years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of two years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of two years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/10/d41534/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recMJfKO8eflY17hu"},{"persecution_id":"recdGa21QR7cM45D5","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recWbibpMz4a3RNR5","name_en":"Rustem Sheikhaliyev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attVvD5asvhAmZQk7.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attVvD5asvhAmZQk7.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Crimean Solidarity activist. 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Three days before the hearing, Sheikhaliyev complained of headaches, for which painkillers did not help, and that he was denied an ECG.\n\nHe has chronic pyelonephritis, right kidney prolapse, varicose veins on his legs, and is also concerned about his teeth.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":191,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal 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After interrogation, he was taken into custody on suspicion of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 19 December it became known that the period of detention in the TDF was extended for 72 hours. Later, the court placed Batchayev in custody. On 6 February 2020, he was transferred to house arrest. On 17 February, he was returned to custody. 6 April again transferred to house arrest. In June 2021, he was released on his own recognisance not to leave.\n\n6 December 2021 sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherkessk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2019-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2025-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":720,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":102,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Albert Batchayev","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"using his authority as a spiritual leader of the followers of Jehovah's Witnesses, <...> resolved questions about the settlement of conflict situations with followers, organised collective religious services consisting of <...> successive performances of songs from a special collection of Jehovah's Witnesses' religious teachings and prayers to Jehovah God.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.02.2020 to 06.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia\n• house arrest: from 06.02.2020 to 17.02.2020\n• recognizance not to leave: from 24.06.2021 to 17.12.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.12.2019 to 24.12.2019\n• in custody: from 24.12.2019 to 06.02.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia\n• house arrest: from 06.04.2020 to 24.06.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 17.12.2021 to 16.12.2024\n• Unknown: from 17.12.2024 to 16.06.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2021, Sentence: six years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/12/d41856/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rechWh0V4jEl0lRz4"},{"persecution_id":"recGixejfbLZlKaF0","last_updated":"2025-04-01T19:03:02.000Z","person_id":"recPDjxaf8W0Xn9Be","name_en":"Pavel Zlomnov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On January 30, 2019, the day when Pavel Zlomnov was released from pre-trial detention center on recognisance not to leave due to the expiration of the term of detention in the case of illegal possession of weapons, he was re-detained by Federal Security Service (FSB) officers. A case of justification of terrorism was initiated due to the fact that earlier Zlomnov read poems to his cellmates about anarchist Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who blew himself up in the building of the Federal Security Service's Directorate of the Arkhangelsk region. The court chose a measure of restriction in the form of detention. In February, it became known that a new case has been brought against Zlomnov - insulting an employee of the Federal Penitentiary Service's Department. In April he was placed under house arrest. On September 2, it became known that Zlomnov disappeared. He was put on the wanted list.\n\nIn the case of weapons possession, Zlomnov was detained on January 31, 2018. Later he said that he and another detainee, Roman Grozdov, were tortured by officers of the Department of Federal Security Service, demanding confessions. On February 2, the court sent Zlomnov into custody. On January 24, 2019, a criminal case was opened against Pavel Zlomnov's brother and lawyer, Mikhail, for insulting Federal Security Service investigator Daniil Sablin during investigative actions against Pavel in August 2018.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Zlomnov's case of justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he read poems to his cellmates about the anarchist Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who blew himself up in the building of the Arkhangelsk region's FSB office","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 17.04.2019 to 02.09.2019\n• in custody:  to 17.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast - \"Gorelovo\"\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-02-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/zlomnov-pavel-andreevich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-02-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/9134/zlomnov-pavel-andreevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recGixejfbLZlKaF0"},{"persecution_id":"rec5NXsVTrYSuJR9G","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recczQyY3appsE4yT","name_en":"Mikhail Leontyev","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case has been opened on the activities of an extremist organisation. He was put on a wanted list.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Uray"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Uray"],"case_name_en":"Сase of Jehovah's Witnesses in Uray","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-04-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40622/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec5NXsVTrYSuJR9G"},{"persecution_id":"recVvU11AXEnTA01C","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recpPURQ8tPkWfD3S","name_en":"Maxim Amosov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 31 July 2019, Amosov was detained with his wife on the street, his home was searched as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. A signature of personal recognizance was taken. 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He was then ordered to pay 50,000 rubles to each of the two police officers mentioned in the video. In April, the criminal case against him on the charges of fraud by abuse of position was terminated. 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On 24 April, the court ruled to take him into custody. In December, he was transferred to house arrest. On 25 October 2020, he was sentenced to six years and three months suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sharypovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":919,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":131,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"case_name_en":"Anton Ostapenko case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in organising the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 20.12.2019 to 25.10.2021\n• in custody: from 24.04.2019 to 20.12.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.10.2021, Sentence: six years three months' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years three months' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-10-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-04-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/04/d40932/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recrgb9t1Z1MPYfQT"},{"persecution_id":"recy3j1kAASFs7p1J","last_updated":"2026-01-13T23:29:41.000Z","person_id":"recJ0Q5wMykKdgUEb","name_en":"Andriy Okhrimchuk","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 22 May 2019, Okhrimchuk's home was searched, and then he was interrogated. On 29 October 2020, a case was opened against him for participation in and financing of the activities of an extremist organisation. On 2 November, he signed personal recognizance. 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Parkov, against whom a criminal case has been opened; money transfers were made from a bank card to the cards of Semyon Baybak and Arsen Avanesov to pay for the rent of premises, purchase computer equipment, and office and household supplies \"to support the activities of an extremist organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 02.11.2020 to 04.10.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.08.2021, Sentence: four years' suspended imprisonment, one year of restricted liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years' suspended imprisonment, one year of restricted liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/08/d44662/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-03-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recy3j1kAASFs7p1J"},{"persecution_id":"recVEcKQlBYdkjmrn","last_updated":"2025-07-15T12:37:41.000Z","person_id":"recYpjWag48WWM2H2","name_en":"Evgeny Bitusov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0kgI0otK0IFeDc.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0kgI0otK0IFeDc.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 March 2019, Bitusov's home was searched. The search was then conducted on 13 October 2020. On 1 June 2021, he was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. On 8 October the charge was reclassified to organising activities. On 28 December 2022 he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Zeya"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1377,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":196,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Zeya"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Zeya","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 28.12.2022\n• in custody: from 28.12.2022 to 31.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023 to 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.03.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2022, Sentence: six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-06-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/06/d44383/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-12-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recVEcKQlBYdkjmrn"},{"persecution_id":"reciwnDxyYWvFkHZR","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:44:26.000Z","person_id":"reclhL9uWL3oU5Mgh","name_en":"Sergei Ermilov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attJlnWXhDtWz8JKN.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attJlnWXhDtWz8JKN.jpg"],"birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Blagoveshchensk resident. On 21 October 2019, it became known that Ermilov was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nHe signed a recognisance not to leave the country. The charge was later reclassified to organising activities. On 21 December 2022 he was sentenced to six years and three months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1157,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":165,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Blagoveshchensk"],"case_name_en":"The case 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connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reciwnDxyYWvFkHZR"},{"persecution_id":"recWhguaDJbTmfNz7","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recrLqkibGJAcwBNW","name_en":"Georgy Nikulin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxeUwh6jRuj4Rtu.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxeUwh6jRuj4Rtu.jpg"],"birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years 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On 7 February 2019 he was detained after a search, the next day he was taken into custody by court decision on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 2 July he was released on his own recognisance. Later he was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and involvement in extremist activities.\n\nOn 25 August 2022, he was sentenced to four years and two months in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 30 December 2025, Nikulin was released from the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saransk"],"persecution_region_en":["Mordovia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MO"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1295,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":185,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal 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https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-02-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40624/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recWhguaDJbTmfNz7"},{"persecution_id":"recenHMhbUJFEffSt","last_updated":"2025-06-12T14:42:50.000Z","person_id":"recukOU6UNgYKSvVe","name_en":"Turatbek 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In November 2019, Osmonkulov's home was searched, he was interrogated and detained as part of a case on the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. On 21 November, the court decided to send him to custody. 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Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/tyumenskoe-delo-desyati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recenHMhbUJFEffSt"},{"persecution_id":"recKfQ5f14ax7SwZv","last_updated":"2025-07-16T09:44:54.000Z","person_id":"recxe2ShIcwXBaJMm","name_en":"Muso (Khurshejon) Jalolov (Karimov)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att6P9b7rwe17Vq9P.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att6P9b7rwe17Vq9P.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"Detained and taken into custody on suspicion of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. 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In November, it was revealed that he was returned to the trial.\n\nOn 24 November 2022, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nIn December 2023, it was revealed that Arifmemetov is not receiving his purchases from the penal colony shop.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":191,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal 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Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9295/simferopolskoe-delo-24-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rect6K4YwSYvg5lHW"},{"persecution_id":"recmBDuWpkjvdzBgx","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"reczX5Y6vT6jvA2p7","name_en":"Leonid Rysikov","birth_year":1950,"birth_date":"1950-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":76,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"No later than April 2019 it became known that Leonid Rysikov was on the case concerning the activities of an extremist organisation as a suspect. A recognizance not to leave was signed. 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On 27th of March, 2019,  Asan was detained after a search, and on the next day he was taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov region and later transferred back to Crimea. In March of 2020, it came to light that Ianikov was also accused of preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. On 18th of March, 2022, he was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nOn 6th of April 2024, guards of the prison beat Ianikov up for asking when he could pick up food from the wardroom two times.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1087,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":155,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal 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A preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was elected. On 26 April 2023, Malyanov was sentenced to a fine of 700 thousand rubles. On 27 July, the court of appeal added to the sentence a ban on holding any positions in religious and public organisations for 2 years and 11 months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2023-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1380,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":197,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nizhny Novgorod region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Roman Zhivolupov, Oleg Konshin, Sergey and Svetlana Malyanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 18.07.2019 to 30.08.2021\n• recognizance not to leave: from 30.08.2021 to 03.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.04.2023, Sentence: a fine of 700 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 700 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":700000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-26T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-07-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/07/d41271/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"receiZhwaoNoGcbJ3"},{"persecution_id":"recUIchDv70wj5dnM","last_updated":"2026-04-03T14:59:42.000Z","person_id":"recbXOh8QA3076i17","name_en":"Eduard Petrushin","birth_year":1965,"age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaluga. In June 2019, a case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremism charges solely because of religious activities - holding meetings and worship services, recruiting new supporters. On 13 March 2026 Petrushin was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaluga"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2452,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":350,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kaluga"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kaluga","case_number":"1-135/2025 (1-1013/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kaluga Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kaluga Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2026, Sentence: 5 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-13T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-13T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recUIchDv70wj5dnM"},{"persecution_id":"recx3elyHAs2kRCSP","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:16:03.000Z","person_id":"recGYd18cwjPBYbZj","name_en":"Artem Milushkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attKb9h6IACOhUCOS.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attKb9h6IACOhUCOS.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the night of 16 to 17 January 2019, a search took place at the home of Artem and Liya Milushkin. Both were detained on charges of drug trafficking, on January 18 the court decided to send Artem Milushkin to custody. Observers note that the search formally took place due to another case, drugs were not found, and the basis for the case was the testimony of an unknown person, who claimed that he had bought drugs from Milushkin. The activist was also accused of organizing arson attacks on cafes and tire shops in 2018. On January 10, 2020, the case was sent for further investigation.\n\nOn August 13, 2021, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":938,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":134,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 167 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 167 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 5 of the Criminal Code, Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 167 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 5 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) D Part 4,  Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228.1","167","167","167","228.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 228.1","Part 1, Article 167","Part 1, Article 167","Part 2, Article 167","Part 4, Article 228.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Milushkins (Artem and Lia)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artem and Lia Milushkin","persecution_case_profile_en":"Arranged arson attacks on cafes and tire repair shops; sold 2.19 grams of amphetamine to a buyer under the pseudonym \"Denis\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.01.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.05.2022 to 01.07.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.01.2019 to 18.05.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n• Unknown:  to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.08.2021, Sentence: Eleven years imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":131,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-01-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-lii-i-artyoma-milushkinyh\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recx3elyHAs2kRCSP"},{"persecution_id":"recILVtSJXsiWmiti","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recXqLzJUBf3fVc4u","name_en":"Anatoly Tokarev","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 24 May 2019, Tokarev's flat was searched and he was interrogated and then released as a suspect in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. Later, he was charged and released on personal recognisance.\n\nOn 23 October 2020, he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles (US$5,500).","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":548,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anatoly Tokarev","persecution_case_profile_en":"Tokarev organized, sometimes in his flat, meetings of followers and participants of the said meeting in compliance with the actions characteristic of this association, which were expressed in singing biblical songs together, studying religious literature, the so-called \"Holy Scripture\" (Bible), which is included in the federal list of extremist materials, which containing the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 14.01.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.11.2020, Sentence: a fine of 500 thousand roubles (US$ 5,450)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500 thousand roubles (US$ 5,450)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-11-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-11-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-05-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/05/d41071/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recILVtSJXsiWmiti"},{"persecution_id":"recS9tCWD3IaIccxZ","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:43:31.000Z","person_id":"recn4LIeqWyhJwsRd","name_en":"Leonid Druzhinin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attz3RMb26DJNXKH9.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attz3RMb26DJNXKH9.jpg"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Amur region, Druzhinin’s home was searched on 21 March 2019. A second search took place on 13 October 2020, prior to which he was detained and interrogated. On 1 June 2021, he was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community.\n\nMembers of this community have been prosecuted under extremist legislation solely for practising their faith — holding meetings, conducting worship services, and sharing their beliefs with others.\n\nOn 8 October, the charge against Druzhinin was reclassified as organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 28 December 2022, he was sentenced to six and a half years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Zeya"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1377,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":196,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Zeya"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Zeya","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 28.12.2022\n• in custody: from 28.12.2022 to 31.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.10.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023 to 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.03.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2022, Sentence: Six years six months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years six months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-06-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/06/d44383/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-12-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recS9tCWD3IaIccxZ"},{"persecution_id":"recr0eqyxvZnQR7CI","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recdif6thPf8eugx8","name_en":"Aidyngali Mindagaliev","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained at the end of January 2019, placed in custody on January 30 on charges of organizing activities of an extremist organization. On 24th of December, Mindagaliev was released on his own recognisance.\n\nOn 5 March 2020, in connection with the actions of the investigation and the court, Mindagaliev filed a criminal complaint with the Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia and the Prosecutor's Office of the Saratov region. He demanded to start a criminal case under Articles 299 and 301 of the Criminal Code (bringing a knowingly innocent person to criminal responsibility and unlawful detention) due to the fact that the evidence in the case was collected in May-October 2018, but the official publication of information on the recognition of Tablighi Jamaat as an extremist organisation occurred in \"Rossiyskaya Gazeta\" (Russian Newspaper) only on 13 December of the same year.\n\nOn 13 August, he was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony and 1 year of restriction of freedom. He was released in 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":562,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":80,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Saratov Tablighi Jamaat case"],"case_name_en":"The case of six","persecution_case_profile_en":"exchanged extremist literature with other defendants, travelled to Jordan, Qatar and Kuwait, where he received training in religious centers, attempted to establish a local Tablighi Jamaat cell and organized a \"bayan\" (meetings with the purpose of preaching)","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2030-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.01.2019 to 24.12.2019\n• recognizance not to leave: from 24.12.2019 to 13.08.2020\n• in custody: from 13.08.2020 to 01.09.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2020 to 01.01.2021\n• Unknown: from 01.01.2021 to 01.01.2022\n• Unknown: from 01.01.2022 to 01.01.2030\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.08.2020, Sentence: 3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2020-08-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-08-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-03-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/03/d42199/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recr0eqyxvZnQR7CI"},{"persecution_id":"recBnTwB8C6BJl14s","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"recDCXO2eCYsVJP8A","name_en":"Elena Barmakina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attc0bLdcNN9GzxoK.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attc0bLdcNN9GzxoK.jpg"],"birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Vladivostok. Rosfinmonitoring (Federal Financial Monitoring Service) seized her bank cards on 12 September 2019,  and the next day she was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, recruiting new supporters.\n\nThe court returned Barmakina's case back to the prosecutor's office on 29 September 2020.\n\nIn August 2021, the case was merged with the cases of several other believers. In June 2022, the case went to trial. The sentence was handed down on 3 February 2025, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2019-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1970,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":281,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","case_number":"1-79/2023 (1-532/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 13.09.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.02.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-03T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-03T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-06-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/06/d41141/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/barmakina-elena-mihajlovna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recBnTwB8C6BJl14s"},{"persecution_id":"recDneUqrTws1wesn","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recME0sfFwEia5i2V","name_en":"Eldar Kantimirov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attqw886qXnPrNGPT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attqw886qXnPrNGPT.jpg"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Alushta (Crimea). On June 10, 2019, he was arrested and taken into custody the next day on charges of organizing the activities of a terrorist organization in connection with his alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is not associated with terrorism. It was later reported that Kantimirov was also charged with preparing to violently overthrow the constitutional order.\n\nOn August 16, 2021, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Alushta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":797,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":113,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal 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Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Buryatia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.06.2019 to 15.12.2023, FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2023, FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• punishment cell:  to 01.04.2023, FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• punishment cell: from 27.02.2023, FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• punishment cell: from 15.02.2023 to 27.02.2023, FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Buryatia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Buryatia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.08.2021, Sentence: 12 years’ 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exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/alushtinskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recDneUqrTws1wesn"},{"persecution_id":"recAvPjLgErEorYuL","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recgfHwO66nNFM1tF","name_en":"Lyudmila Ponomarenko","birth_year":1950,"birth_date":"1950-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":75,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On June 6, 2019, a case was initiated against Ponomarenko for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On May 18, 2021, she was sentenced to two years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":711,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":101,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Rostov-on-Don"],"case_name_en":"The case of Lyudmila Ponomarenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.05.2021, Sentence: Two years suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-04-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/06/d41593/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recAvPjLgErEorYuL"},{"persecution_id":"reczgvqy04G0JcfBV","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recmzC8TmH5Tj6BQ3","name_en":"Artem Bagratyan","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 16 October 2019, Bagratyan and his wife were searched at home and charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 18 October, the court decided to give him custody. On 27 January 2020, he was transferred from pre-trial detention centre to hospital (Bagratyan suffers from diabetes and hypertension).\n\nOn 3 June 2021 he was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. On 15 June he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":595,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk","persecution_case_profile_en":"studied Jehovah's Witnesses materials with new followers of the doctrine, \"propagandising the superiority of these ideas over other religious teachings, as well as distributing materials with extremist content\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.10.2019 to 15.06.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kursk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.06.2021, Sentence: Two years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-06-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/10/d41601/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reczgvqy04G0JcfBV"},{"persecution_id":"receRMBKtXLFplB1Z","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recvSJESn8AaBuK6S","name_en":"Sergiy Semenyuk","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 August 2019, Semenyuk was charged in absentia with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 13 August, he was arrested in absentia. 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She was placed under travel restrictions. 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A preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was elected. On 15 June 2020, the measure of restraint was changed to signature on non-departure. On 26 April 2023, Konshin was sentenced to a fine of 450 thousand rubles. On 3 August, the appeal court added to the sentence a ban on holding any positions in religious and public organisations for 2 years and 11 months.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2023-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1380,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":197,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nizhny Novgorod region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Roman Zhivolupov, Oleg Konshin, Sergey and Svetlana Malyanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 15.06.2020 to 03.08.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 18.07.2019 to 15.06.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.04.2023, Sentence: a fine of 450 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 450 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":450000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-26T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-07-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/07/d41271/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rect5ybs3etzvNl5l"},{"persecution_id":"rec22eOXCUDWv9V0F","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recCJ7NrItVTDO5j1","name_en":"Alim Karimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttdY8hBOeF9lqSk.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttdY8hBOeF9lqSk.png"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An activist with Crimean Solidarity. On 27 March 2019, he was detained following a search and taken into custody the next day on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation. He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov region, later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Karimov was also being charged with preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. On 11 January 2023, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1385,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":197,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Simferopol case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Seiran Murtaza, and Erfan Osmanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was one of the rank-and-file members of a Hizb ut-Tahrir unit, using clandestine methods during meetings, disseminated terrorist ideology among residents of the peninsula and recruited Crimean Muslims into the organisation. He also took part in preparations to overthrow the constitutional order.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 26.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 26.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 29.03.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody:  to 11.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023, FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.01.2023, Sentence: 13 year`s imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 year`s imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/simferopolskoe-delo-24-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9295/simferopolskoe-delo-24-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40821/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec22eOXCUDWv9V0F"},{"persecution_id":"recRG384xKuwp3b1u","last_updated":"2025-08-26T10:54:28.000Z","person_id":"recm2bcVWeioZLMGR","name_en":"Elmar Mamedov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att4z8pQzIbNy9D3o.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att4z8pQzIbNy9D3o.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tolyatti. On 23 September 2019, he was detained in a terrorist organization case for alleged involvement in the Islamist party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", which has no connection to terrorism. On 28 September, the court sent him to custody. It later became known that Mammadov was also charged of publicly justifying terrorism.\n\nOn 2 March 2021 he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony. On 17 June,  the appellate court sent the case for review. On 13 February 2024, the same sentence was issued.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2019-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":526,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["\"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" case in Togliatti"],"case_name_en":"\"Hizb-ut-Tahrir\" case in Tolyatti","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was a member of the banned Islamic political party 'Hizb ut-Tahrir' and was involved in publicly justifying terrorism.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.09.2019 to 31.10.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• in custody: from 31.10.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.09.2019 to 28.09.2019\n• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 26.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.03.2021, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2024, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-02T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-13T08:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-11-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/tolyattinskoe-delo-mamedova-i-hayrutdinova-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 19-11-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10393/toljattinskoe-delo-mamedova-i-hajrutdinova-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-09-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/09/d41508/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recRG384xKuwp3b1u"},{"persecution_id":"recWFSBDIaQz9CYxa","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec2ZaqH59F62Qx4Z","name_en":"Yuri Belosludtsev","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 17 March 2019, detained after a search and taken into custody and charged with organising activities of an extremist organisation on the next day. On 26 September he was transferred to house arrest, later released on his own recognisance. Later it became known that he was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and involvement of people in said activities. On 31 January 2022 he was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Luchegorsk settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1050,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":150,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Luchegorsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Luchegorsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Conducted talks aimed at explaining the norms, rules, regulations and restrictions to promote the activities of a banned organisation and participated directly in the meetings held","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.09.2019\n• in custody: from 18.03.2019 to 01.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Primorsky Krai\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 21.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.01.2022, Sentence: six years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-01-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-01-30T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40806/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recWFSBDIaQz9CYxa"},{"persecution_id":"rec4iL0PTxjmEJJ7f","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"rec4XfsYF5FPhP9Ad","name_en":"Vitalii Ilinykh","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ussuriysk (Primorsky Krai). Son of Olga Opaleva, who was criminally convicted for involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. On 23 October 2019, Ilinykh himself was detained on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with the Jehovah's Witnesses. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of religious activities - holding meetings and worship services, attracting new supporters. He spent three days in the temporary detention centre, then was released on his own recognisance. On 15 April 2022, Ilinykh was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Spassk-Dalny"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":904,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":129,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Spassk-Dalnyi"],"case_name_en":"Vitalii Ilinykh's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.10.2019 to 25.10.2019\n• recognizance not to leave: from 25.10.2019 to 28.07.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 28.07.2022 to 27.07.2024\n• Unknown: from 28.07.2024 to 27.03.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.04.2022, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' suspended sentence with a 2-year' probation, 8 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' suspended sentence with a 2-year' probation, 8 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-10-2019\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec4iL0PTxjmEJJ7f"},{"persecution_id":"rec99H1SMbkPxNhAj","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recd5AQFfizUyyJo9","name_en":"Eduard Zhinzhikov","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 23 October 2019 and taken into custody on suspicion of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and financing extremist activities. On 3 September 2020, sentenced to a year and three months in a penal colony and released due to time served.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":315,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"knowing about the liquidation of the Jehovah's Witnesses Management Centre and local religious organisations, continued to participate in the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation, \"spreading its ideology by holding talks in public places with residents of Novozybkov, promoting its activities and trying to involve others in the organisation's membership\"; since February 2019, collected money for the work of the organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.10.2019 to 01.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Bryansk Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.11.2019 to 01.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Bryansk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 03.09.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Bryansk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.10.2019 to 24.10.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.09.2020, Sentence: One year and three months of deprivation of liberty, one year of restriction of liberty, to be released from punishment due to completion of the term of imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year and three months of deprivation of liberty, one year of restriction of liberty, to be released from punishment due to completion of the term of imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":15,"first_verdict_date":"2020-09-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-09-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/10/d41628/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec99H1SMbkPxNhAj"},{"persecution_id":"rec4OFFHEUBXCKbwm","last_updated":"2025-01-28T12:52:14.000Z","person_id":"recpYZsl054WmqJGy","name_en":"Anton Chermnykh","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In November 2019, charged with organising activities of an extremist organisation. A personal recognizance was taken. In March 2020, the prosecutor's office returned the case for further investigation. 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On 30 April, added a charge of financing extremist activities. On 27 May, was transferred to house arrest. 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On 21 November, the court placed him in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, groundlessly recognised as a terrorist organisation. On 4 August 2022, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":989,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":141,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tyumen case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"engaged in \"anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of establishing a so-called world caliphate\"; aimed at \"destroying the institutions of secular society and violently overthrowing the current government\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.11.2019 to 30.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.08.2022, Sentence: Fourteen years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fourteen years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/tyumenskoe-delo-desyati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-11-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/11/d41743/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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He was released on 30 December 2020.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":434,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation  for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody:  to 30.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation  for Krasnodar Krai\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: \n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.10.2019 to 11.10.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2020, Sentence: one year and ten months' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"one year and ten months' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":22,"first_verdict_date":"2020-12-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-12-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2019/10/d41574/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recCEH45377ICywSY"},{"persecution_id":"reciDpvtuLbnglyAB","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"reccbVCnSwbauW1ao","name_en":"Timofey Zhukov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"No later than April 2019 it became known that Timofei Zhukov was a suspect in a case of activities of an extremist organization.\n\nOn February 5, 2020 Zhukov was detained. Before that the court ruled that Zhukov should undergo a psychiatric examination but Zhukov challenged the ruling so at the time of detention it had not entered into force. Nevertheless, Zhukov remained in a psychiatric hospital in Yekaterinburg until February 19.\n\nOn October 19, 2021 Zhukov was awarded compensation of 28 and a half thousand rubles for illegal placement in a psychiatric hospital.\n\nOn December 5, 2023 he was sentenced to seven years of suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Surgut"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1754,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":250,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut","persecution_case_profile_en":"delivered speeches, participated in preaching ministry with local \"Jehovah's Witnesses\", held meetings with \"pioneers\", \"elders\" and \"office assistants\", including for the purpose of organising the activities of \"elders\" in the \"Vzletnoye\" \"assembly\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 15.02.2019 to 18.08.2023\n• in custody: from 18.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.12.2023, Sentence: 7 years' suspended sentence ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' suspended sentence ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-05T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-02-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40665/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reciDpvtuLbnglyAB"},{"persecution_id":"recNLenGBcc2KYb0m","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec97EhprMXvC4fya","name_en":"Marat Abdulgalimov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 1 June 2019, Marat was detained after a search and on 3 June taken into custody by the court order on the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 30 April 2020, a charge of financing extremist activities was added. On 27 May transferred to house arrest. On 25 November 2022 sentenced to six and a half years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1272,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":181,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Dagestan"],"case_name_en":"Сase of Jehovah's Witnesses in Dagestan","persecution_case_profile_en":"For several years, he held clandestine meetings to study extremist literature and coordinate activities to spread the ideology of the organisation, and travelled abroad \"to meet with foreign coordinators\" who provided him with funding and advice on how to expand his activities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.06.2019 to 27.05.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n• house arrest: from 27.05.2020 to 25.11.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.11.2022, Sentence: six years six months' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years six months' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-06-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/06/d41098/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recNLenGBcc2KYb0m"},{"persecution_id":"recLrGNhcTCYa1i3n","last_updated":"2025-07-09T18:33:15.000Z","person_id":"recujpw8U3WKNfUGT","name_en":"Sergey Melnikov","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 June 2019, he was detained in his own car while talking to a man who, according to Jehovah's Witnesses, was \"leading him into conversations about faith\". Melnikov's home was searched. The court sent him to custody. On 4 October he was transferred to house arrest.\nInitially he was accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation but in February 2020 the charge was reclassified to participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. At the same time Melnikov was released from house arrest on his own recognisance. In March, it became known that the prosecutor's office returned the case for further investigation. On 3 February 2022, he was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ussuriysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":973,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Melnikov","persecution_case_profile_en":" from 8 April to 5 June 2018 in Ussuriysk he 'carried out actions to organise the recruitment' of new followers of Jehovah's Witnesses","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 04.10.2019 to 25.02.2020\n• in custody: from 05.06.2019 to 04.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Krai\n• recognizance not to leave: from 25.02.2020 to 12.05.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 12.05.2024 to 11.01.2025\n• Unknown: from 12.05.2022 to 11.05.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.02.2022, Sentence: three years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"three years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-02-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-02-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-06-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/06/d41129/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recLrGNhcTCYa1i3n"},{"persecution_id":"recNVh9SUHAuUs9P8","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:43:04.000Z","person_id":"rec0aqOr4OcBg0TjL","name_en":"Tofig Abdulgaziev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att5UOYMBVcTFIOOI.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att5UOYMBVcTFIOOI.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Crimean Solidarity activist. On 27 March 2019, detained after a search and on the same day taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. Sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov region, later transferred back to Crimea.\n\nIn January 2020, it was reported that Abdulgaziev had blood poisoning, was not receiving the necessary medical care and was being held in a psychiatric hospital.\n\nIn March 2020, it became known that Abdulgaziev was also accused of preparing to overthrow the constitutional order.\n\nOn 12 May 2022, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn March 2024 he was transferred from prison to the intensive care unit of the tuberculosis hospital No. 3 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Chelyabinsk region. Doctors assess his condition as serious.\n\nIn December 2025, doctors discovered a malignant tumour in his brain.\n\nOn 27 February 2026, Abdulgaziev was removed from the courtroom where his lawsuit for release due to illnesses was being considered. The reason given was \"inappropriate behaviour towards the judicial panel\". According to Abdulgaziyev's wife, at the hearing he learnt that a day earlier he had been tricked into signing a document drawn up by a consilium of prison doctors, which stated that he was \"perfectly healthy and has no objections or claims about being transferred back from the hospital to the colony\". She explains that her husband could not read the document because of serious vision problems, and the head of the medical unit refused to read it aloud, adding: \"Sign it, then you will know\".\n\nOn 17 April 2026, the judge hearing Abdulgaziyev's lawsuit recused herself and filed an application against him. On the same day it became known that a contempt of court case had been brought against him, apparently in connection with the 27 February incident.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1142,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":163,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 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custody: from 26.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 29.03.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody:  to 17.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody:  to 26.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.05.2023 to 28.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2023 to 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2023 to 01.03.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 07.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Lipetsk Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.03.2024, Hospital No. 3 of the Chelyabinsk Region Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Hospital No. 3 of the Chelyabinsk Region Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.05.2022, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict 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https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9295/simferopolskoe-delo-24-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recNVh9SUHAuUs9P8"},{"persecution_id":"recTNKmrsVPpYJaf7","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec6qKwAnrhtpJciV","name_en":"Artur Netreba","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 2 December 2019, he was detained at the house of an acquaintance: a group of FSB officers stormed into the flat, knocked down the landlady of the house, an ambulance was called to her, all the men were handcuffed and forced to lie on the floor. On 4 December, the court ordered to take Netreba into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 29 October 2020, he was released on his personal recognisance not to leave.\n\nOn 25 November 2021, he was ordered to pay a fine of 500 thousand rubles, taking into account the time served, the amount was reduced to 300 thousand.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lipetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2019-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2023-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":723,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":103,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lipetsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lipetsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"he participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 29.10.2020 to 20.01.2022\n• in custody: from 04.12.2019 to 29.10.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Lipetsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.11.2021, Sentence: 500,000 roubles fine, to be reduced to 300,000 roubles, taking into account the period spent in custody","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"500,000 roubles fine, to be reduced to 300,000 roubles, taking into account the period spent in custody","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-11-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-11-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/12/d41798/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recTNKmrsVPpYJaf7"},{"persecution_id":"reciQVE0FtFH8GFCy","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"recbLXdoJ84PvMrZE","name_en":"Igor Egozarian","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attDsPC7Xz38EXKhz.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attDsPC7Xz38EXKhz.jpg"],"birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on 16 May 2019 and taken into custody by court order on 19 May on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. On 26 December, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen. On 10 December 2020, the court did not extend the ban to leave the house from 22:00 to 6:00.\n\n23 September 2021 sentenced to six years of general regime penal colony, taken into custody in the courtroom. On 1 October it became known that Egozaryan was sent to the penal colony pending appeal. Later it was reported that he was in the pre-trial detention centre, not in the penal colony. Then he was still escorted to the penal colony. On 5 December 2025 Egozaryan was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":860,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Volgograd"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Volgograd","persecution_case_profile_en":"He 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16.05.2019 to 19.05.2019\n• in custody: from 23.09.2021\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 26.12.2019 to 23.09.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt Republic\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt Republic\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.08.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 05.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• Unknown: from 05.12.2025 to 04.12.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.09.2021, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year’s of restriction of liberty, a 4-year prohibition on engaging in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of public religious organisations","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year’s of restriction of liberty, a 4-year prohibition on engaging in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of public religious organisations","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven 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Memorial"],"aid":"reciQVE0FtFH8GFCy"},{"persecution_id":"recKj8tAAJKdAWHaL","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recxUPxIcc9d9Cuc6","name_en":"Alexey Metzger","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 22 August 2019, a criminal case was opened against Metzger for participation in the activities of an extremist organization. The case was taken from the case of Alexander Soloviev, another member of the Perm community of Jehovah's Witnesses. A recognizance was taken.\n\nOn 14 November he was sentenced to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2019-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":83,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Perm"],"case_name_en":"The Alexei Metzger case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of extremist organizations","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 23.08.2019 to 23.08.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.11.2019, Sentence: a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-11-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-11-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-08-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/08/d41407/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recKj8tAAJKdAWHaL"},{"persecution_id":"recvHngAwY4m3ob2A","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec4g6q7BD4Pv67AJ","name_en":"Ravnushkin Dmitrii Vasilevich","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On September 20, he was detained and questioned in the case on the activities of an extremist organisation. He signed a recognizance not to leave. Three days later, Ravnushkin was fired from his job. 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On March 21, 2019, he was detained after a search in his home and charged with involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services, engaging new supporters. Moiseenko was released on his own recognizance.\n\nOn July 14,  2021, he was sentenced to a six-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Zeya"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":845,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":120,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Moiseenko's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 21.03.2019 to 21.03.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 10.09.2021 to 09.09.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.07.2021, Sentence: 6 years' suspended sentence with a probation period of 4 years, 1 year's restriction of liberty, prohibition of activities related to leading and participating in the activities of public organizations for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended sentence with a probation period of 4 years, 1 year's restriction of liberty, prohibition of activities related to leading and participating in the activities of public organizations for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-07-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/lawmaking/2019/03/d40804/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recqtNMXSJETZDs4Q"},{"persecution_id":"recOIpSMIplPb2jVK","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recfYSs3qKEpbwWIi","name_en":"Sergey Svetonosov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 August 2019, Svetonosov was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in absentia. On 13 August, he was taken into custody in absentia. In October, it became known that Svetonosov had been put on an international wanted list.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2019-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses third case in Khabarovsk Krai","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in public readings of the Jehovah's Witnesses Bible, a translation of which is recognised as extremist material, at a meeting held in the conference room of a hotel complex in April 2018.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/10/d41645/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recOIpSMIplPb2jVK"},{"persecution_id":"recacVYimtd0pOE74","last_updated":"2026-04-06T14:52:25.000Z","person_id":"rec5Nmyw2AsQoUqST","name_en":"Eskender Abdulganiev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attVwOPwns9m7b3Ix.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attVwOPwns9m7b3Ix.jpg"],"birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"On 14 February 2019, he was detained in Krasnogvardeyskiy district of Crimea and the next day taken into custody by court order on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 3 November 2020, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony. On 16 April 2021, the court of appeals returned the case to the court of first instance to eliminate procedural violations. On 1 November, the verdict was confirmed.\n\nIn September 2023, it became known that Abdulganiev was not counted the time spent in custody before the sentence came into force towards the time spent in prison: according to his defence counsel's calculations, he should have already been transferred from prison to a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":627,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal 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15.01.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody:  to 21.12.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 41 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.01.2022, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• Unknown: \n• punishment cell: from 14.02.2024 to 31.05.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 41 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n• cell-type room: from 31.05.2024 to 04.06.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 41 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n• punishment cell: from 04.06.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 41 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n• Unknown: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 41 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• single cell-type room: from 01.07.2025 to 01.01.2026\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.01.2026, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 41 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian 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On 18 October, the court decided to send him to custody.\n\nOn 3 June 2021, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony. 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He reported on tortures. A personal recognizance was taken. 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On 11 March 2019, the case was dismissed due to the fact that experts were not able to identify signs of incitement to hatred in any of the publications, as well as due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 282 of the Criminal Code. However, the investigation initiated a check of an article written by Chernomorchenko's \"Aleppo has fallen: lessons and conclusions\" published on 13 December 2016 on the website \"Voice of Islam\". Access to the article was blocked by Roskomnadzor on 21 July 2017, in order to determine if it contained any signs of justifying terrorism. In April 2019, a case was opened under Article 205.2. Chernomorchenko had already left Russia back in 2013.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novy Urengoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Dmitry Chernomorchenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"justified the activities of the Islamic State, saying it was pointless to blame the organisation for the fall of Aleppo, since during the fighting the ISIS had in fact maintained a \"tacit truce\" with Assad","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-05-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/05/d40983/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recHj3mNZsA31i8NW"},{"persecution_id":"recXFtfOjdpZwuHnu","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rec8zHk3xVgBppyUw","name_en":"Bakhtiar Baikulov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-01-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained at the end of January 2019, placed in custody on 30 January on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 24 December, he was released on his own recognisance.\n\nOn 5 March 2020, in connection with the actions of the investigation and the court, filed a criminal complaint with the Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of Russia and the Prosecutor's Office of the Saratov region, demanding a criminal case under Art. 299 and 301 of the Criminal Code (bringing a knowingly innocent person to criminal responsibility, illegal detention) due to the fact that the evidence in the case was collected in May-October 2018, but the official publication of information on the recognition of Tablighi Jamaat as an extremist organisation took place in Rossiyskaya Gazeta only on 13 December of the same year.\n\nOn 13 August, he was sentenced to a year and four months in prison and a year of restriction of freedom in a general regime penal colony. 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Sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik.\n\nOn 2 June 2020, he was sentenced to a year and seven months in a general regime penal colony. Released in the courtroom.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":384,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"Rezvan Ozdoyev's case on protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"unwilling to fulfil the lawful demands of the representatives of the authorities in the performance of their official duties, used violence not dangerous to health against them","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.05.2019 to 02.06.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.05.2019 to 15.05.2019, Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.06.2020, Sentence: 1 year 7 months imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 7 months imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":19,"first_verdict_date":"2020-06-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-06-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-uchastnikov-mitinga-v-magase\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recn1JDr3yQU5VAyE"},{"persecution_id":"recYA1abm9NSlmajb","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reckhZbbLcFFeX95K","name_en":"Svetlana Monis","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On September 26, 2019, a case was opened regarding participation in the activities of an extremist organization. A recognizance not to leave was taken. On February 15, 2021, she was sentenced to a fine of 10 thousand rubles. On May 12, the appellate court replaced the fine with two and a half years probation. On December 9, the cassation court sent the case for a new trial in the appellate court. On March 9, 2022, the appellate court sent the case for a new trial in the court of first instance. On October 31, the trial court sentenced her to two and a half years probation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2019-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":507,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Svetlana Monis","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"participated directly ... for the purpose of propagating the Jehovah's Witnesses' doctrine .... by enhancing skills in preaching ministry and other religious activities\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 27.09.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.10.2022, Sentence: two years six months of suspended imprisonment• First instance court on the merits, 15.02.2021, Sentence: a fine of ten thousand rubles (~100 US) ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years six months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","first_verdict_date":"2021-02-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-30T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-11-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/11/d41761/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recYA1abm9NSlmajb"},{"persecution_id":"recjBpfPkeqoQbwIA","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"rec0Q3DWXeHhugx5v","name_en":"Elena Nikulina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attTAP8EJBEYKWhUl.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attTAP8EJBEYKWhUl.png"],"birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 6 February 2019, the house of Nikulina and her husband was searched, Nikulina was interrogated at the FSB building. Later it became known that she is a suspect in a case of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new followers.\nShe was later charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and involvement in extremist activities.\nOn 25 August 2022, she was sentenced to four years and two months in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saransk"],"persecution_region_en":["Mordovia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MO"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1296,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":185,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal 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https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-02-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40624/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recjBpfPkeqoQbwIA"},{"persecution_id":"recKDrzdj1eSOtoEC","last_updated":"2025-01-28T12:16:57.000Z","person_id":"rec0vbEgTSoL2VtoF","name_en":"Nikolay Stepanov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years 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On 21 December, the court ruled to take Stepanov into custody. 13 August 2020 placed under house arrest. On 25 September, a preventive measure in the form of a prohibition of certain actions was elected.\n\n5 September 2022 sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. On 10 November, the appeal court replaced the prison sentence with a suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vologda"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2019-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":990,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":141,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vologda"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vologda","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the resumption of activities of the banned local community of Jehovah's Witnesses \"Vologda\"","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 13.08.2020 to 25.09.2020\n• in custody: from 21.12.2019 to 13.08.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 25.09.2020 to 05.09.2022\n• in custody: from 05.09.2022 to 10.11.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 10.11.2022 to 09.11.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.09.2022, Sentence: four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/12/d41893/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recKDrzdj1eSOtoEC"},{"persecution_id":"recExbisvcLQ28YM6","last_updated":"2024-09-27T16:25:27.000Z","person_id":"recG5djJkoomqtJIB","name_en":"Nikolai Kuzichkin","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":75,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":68,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 10 October 2019, Kuzichkin's house was searched as part of the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation. The next day, the court decided to send him into custody. In April 2020, he was transferred to house arrest. On 18 December, he was sentenced to a year and a month of imprisonment, released in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":434,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.10.2019 to 11.10.2019\n• in custody: from 11.10.2019 to 16.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation  for Krasnodar Krai\n• house arrest: from 22.04.2020 to 18.12.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2020, Sentence: one year one month imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"one year one month imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":13,"first_verdict_date":"2020-12-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-12-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-10-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2019/10/d41574/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recExbisvcLQ28YM6"},{"persecution_id":"recWGXr5Y70rr375J","last_updated":"2025-07-09T10:39:36.000Z","person_id":"recUnC3qobGpWb2ex","name_en":"Arsen Abkhairov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttRL9vSXTaS75tI.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttRL9vSXTaS75tI.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"On 14 February 2019, Arsen was detained in the Krasnogvardeiskii district of Crimea and the next day taken into custody by court order on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization due to his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 3 November 2020, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony. On 16 April 2021, the court of appeals referred the case to the court of original jurisdiction to eliminate procedural errors. On 1 November, the sentence was confirmed.\n\nIn September 2023, it was reported that Abkhairov’s time spent in custody prior to the court’s sentence coming into force had not been counted toward his time to be served in prison. According to Abkhairov’s own calculations, he should have already been transferred from prison to a strict regime colony. In June 2024, it turned out that he had spent two and a half months more in prison than he should have due to an error in the court indictment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":627,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of \"Hizb 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Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody:  to 01.11.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Buryatia\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.01.2022 to 01.01.2024, FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.01.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2024 to 04.03.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Buryatia\"\n• Unknown: from 04.03.2025 to 17.04.2025\n• Unknown: from 17.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chuvash Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.11.2020, Sentence: 13 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime 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Accused of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. 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On May 22, 2019, was detained after a search, and on May 26 taken into custody on the charges of organizing and financing the activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and proselytizing.\nOn July 29, 2021 Avanesov was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime penal colony with the court dropping the financing charges. On June 23, 2022, the court of cassation decided to return the case to the court of appeal, satisfying the prosecutor's submission, who considered the decision to drop the financing charge to be erroneous. On August 8, the court of appeals increased his sentence to seven years. On October 9, 2024, Avanesov was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":798,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Rostov-on-Don"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arsen Avanesov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organizing and financing the activities of an extremist organization","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.05.2019 to 26.03.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 26.03.2021 to 11.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.05.2019 to 26.05.2019, TDF of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Rostov-on-Don.\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2022 to 09.10.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"\n• Unknown: from 10.10.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2021, Sentence: 6 years and 6 months in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years and 6 months in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":6,"first_verdict_date":"2021-07-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-05-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/05/d41044/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recTGXiQiwoCL6t25"},{"persecution_id":"recEhVOVfYoqiYHz0","last_updated":"2026-03-26T11:11:51.000Z","person_id":"recmFIdQCBFrly35K","name_en":"Damir Abdrafikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attGSJEGFmULKACCY.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attGSJEGFmULKACCY.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Tyumen resident. 18 November 2019 detained after a search. On 21 November, the court placed him in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, due to his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. On 4 August 2022, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":989,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":141,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tyumen case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"engaged in \"anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of establishing a so-called 'world caliphate'\"; aimed at \"destroying the institutions of secular society and violently overthrowing the current government\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.11.2019 to 30.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.08.2022, Sentence: Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/tyumenskoe-delo-desyati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-11-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/11/d41743/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recEhVOVfYoqiYHz0"},{"persecution_id":"rec52VtA7gwnFwuXO","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"rec5YXPrJwmMrb9Dl","name_en":"Sergei Verkhoturov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Nizhny Novgorod region. In July 2019, Verkhoturov's home was searched as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services, engaging new supporters. He was given a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions.\n\nOn 5 March 2021, he was sentenced to a six-year suspended sentence.\n\nOn 17 March 2026, Verkhoturov was searched in a new case of extremist organisation. On the same day he was taken into custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":597,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nizhny Novgorod region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Verkhoturov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2021, Sentence: six years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-07-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/07/d41271/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec52VtA7gwnFwuXO"},{"persecution_id":"recRuWsogra57H3Y0","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recprHKcaie9qWTF3","name_en":"Ilfat Galimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attra9lahfjAP8h2e.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attra9lahfjAP8h2e.jpeg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 26 November 2019, he was detained in Ozersk (Chelyabinsk region) on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation, due to his alleged association with the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is not linked to terrorism. He was taken into custody in Chelyabinsk. On 27 May 2021, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":547,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The sixth case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Chelyabinsk "],"case_name_en":"The 6th case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in a meeting with Vadim Khabirov, a Hizb ut-Tahrir member recently released from a colony, which took place at the home of Rais Shamsutdinov. He promoted Hizb ut-Tahrir’s ideas in conversations with a protected witness and handed over printed materials.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.05.2021, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2019/12/d41787/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10447/cheljabinskoe-delo-galimova-i-halikova\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 14-12-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/chelyabinskoe-delo-galimova-i-halikova\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recRuWsogra57H3Y0"},{"persecution_id":"rech4NYVfe2NIAKe4","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recegjBChSKBqV5NH","name_en":"Akhmed Pogorov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att7keM2VmTl9UNmA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att7keM2VmTl9UNmA.jpg"],"birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A former interior minister of Ingushetia and an active participant in the protests. In May 2019, he was placed on a wanted list in connection with a criminal case over the use of violence against law enforcement officers during the dispersal of a protest rally in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya. He was suspected of organizing the use of violence dangerous to life and health. In late December, it became known that Pogorov was also suspected of participating in an extremist community.\n\nOn 26 February 2021, Pogorov was detained in Nazran and taken to a pretrial detention center in Nalchik. On 25 May, he was transferred to house arrest, but the following day he was taken from a hospital to court and again placed in custody.\n\nOn 20 November 2025, the court sentenced him to nine years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":2431,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":347,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318","Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"Akhmed Pogorov's case on the protests in Ingushetia","case_number":"1-35/2025 (1-63/2024; 1-621/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in organizing the use of violence against government officials, dangerous to life and health, during the rally on 27 March 2019 in Magas; he joined an extremist community with the aim of removing Yunus-Bek Yevkurov from the position of Head of Ingushetia.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 25.05.2021 to 26.05.2021\n• in custody: from 26.02.2021 to 25.05.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.05.2021, Essentuki IAB TDF, Stavropol Territory\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.11.2025, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-20T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-20T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d41969/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-04-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ingushskoy-oppozicii\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rech4NYVfe2NIAKe4"},{"persecution_id":"rec4kinr1JiwYV4hj","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:01:54.000Z","person_id":"recuO0RbqDhkJ9cms","name_en":"Aleksandr Savelev","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 30 July 2019, in Ust-Labinsk, southern Russia, Savelev’s parents’ home was searched, during which it emerged that a case had been opened against him for involvement in an undesirable organisation due to his work with the \"MBKh Media\" portal. On the same day, searches took place in Krasnodar at the homes of Marina and Leonid Zaprudin, witnesses in this criminal case, as well as at the building housing the \"Environmental Watch on the North Caucasus\" — where Savelev was at the time. This search involved the use of force: activist Andrei Rudomakha of \"EcoWatch\" was thrown to the floor and sprayed in the face with pepper spray. Witnesses went through the house looking for phones and flash drives, which were then handed to the investigator. Lawyer Aleksei Avanesyan, who arrived on the scene, was not allowed into the house. After the search, Savelev was taken for questioning by the Investigative Committee and then released.\n\nOn the same day, almost simultaneously with the start of the search, an anonymous Telegram channel, \"Kuban Central\", published a link to a text titled \"Opposition Figures: Aleksandr Savelev\". The text began by noting that Aleksandr Savelev had become the subject of a criminal case (at that time, probably known only to law enforcement). The anonymous author mentioned Savelev’s cooperation with \"EcoWatch\" and accused him of pedophilia, drug use, working for the American Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and for the \"Russophobic\" Polish channel \"Belsat\" 'to make easy and quick money'.\n\nThe following day, Savelev noticed he was being followed.\n\nOn 24 December, it became known that the criminal case had been closed. Investigators concluded that Savelev ceased participating in the undesirable organisation. No charges were filed against him. 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In February 2020, Omerov was charged with preparation for violent overthrow of the constitutional order.\n\nOn 12 January 2021, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony. In October 2023, the court ruled that the Federal Penitentiary Service had incorrectly calculated Omerov's time in prison: according to the defence's calculations, he should have been transferred to the colony back in May.\n\nIn prison, where Omerov was sent to serve the first years of his sentence, he started having problems with his eyesight. There is no ophthalmologist in the prison, so the Crimean Tatar cannot receive qualified medical assistance.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":581,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":83,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Belogorsk \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Belogorsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparations for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 10.06.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.07.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.01.2021, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2021-01-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-01-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-06-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/belogorskoe-delo-troih-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 21-06-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10072/belogorskoe-delo-troih-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-06-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2019/06/d41132/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec7hNmC21X2lWUGV"},{"persecution_id":"recItH3Cqn6OM788e","last_updated":"2025-01-14T13:25:18.000Z","person_id":"recgZLYm2QNhNDHPH","name_en":"Victoria Verkhoturova","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 17 July 2019, a search takes place in the house of Verkhoturova and her husband, against whom has been opened a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation. Verkhoturova was intimidated with the prospect of 'terrible prison conditions' and warned that her psyche would suffer if she refused to cooperate or didn't provide logins and passwords to her personal accounts. On 26 March 2020, a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was brought against Verkhoturova herself. On 17 July, a measure of restraint was chosen in the form of personal recognizance.\n\nOn 30 November 2021, she was sentenced to four years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":865,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":123,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Victoria Verkhoturova's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 17.07.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.11.2021, Sentence: four years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-11-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-11-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-09-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/09/d42865/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-10-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recItH3Cqn6OM788e"},{"persecution_id":"recNlNcP0dGKTbVis","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recdaEuaXdM6asarJ","name_en":"Denis Tsarev","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2019, Tsarev was detained on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation but released two days later. The court ruled to adopt a preventive measure in the form of prohibition of certain actions.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"case_name_en":"The case of Eduard Smirnov and Denis Tsarev","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.07.2019 to 17.07.2019\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 17.07.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-09-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/07/d41527/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recNlNcP0dGKTbVis"},{"persecution_id":"recmC8htkugUmdUI4","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recPs9PQAqGHIn1Dw","name_en":"Aleksandr Seredkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attqSiOKWAXJni0iy.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attqSiOKWAXJni0iy.png"],"birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novosibirsk. On April 19, 2019, a search was conducted in Seredkin's apartment. On April 21, he was placed under house arrest on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organization due to his affiliation with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new followers. In October, he was released on his own recognizance, subject to a travel ban.\n\nOn November 15, 2022, he was sentenced to six years in a general-regime penal colony and taken into custody in the courtroom.\n\nOn December 25, 2025, Seredkin was released from the penal colony early due to a serious illness.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1306,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":186,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Novosibirsk"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Seredkin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in organizing the activities of an extremist organization.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 22.10.2019 to 15.11.2022\n• house arrest: from 21.04.2019 to 22.10.2019\n• in custody: from 15.11.2022 to 16.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.06.2023 to 01.09.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2023 to 25.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• Unknown: from 25.12.2025 to 24.12.2030\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.11.2022, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-15T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-15T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-04-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/04/d40931/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recmC8htkugUmdUI4"},{"persecution_id":"recpqS2zkcHK6Nc9q","last_updated":"2025-08-03T12:50:24.000Z","person_id":"rec3vzgAzsXr0vBV7","name_en":"Evgeny Yelin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 10 December 2019, a criminal case was opened against Yelin for organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of religious activities - holding meetings and worship services, engaging new supporters. On 31 January 2022, he was sentenced to six and a half years' suspended sentence.\n\nIn the 1990s was sentenced to two years in prison for refusing to take up arms. 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On March 27, 2019, he was detained after a search in his house and the next day placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", which has nothing to do with terrorism. He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov Oblast and later transferred back to Crimea. 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of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9295/simferopolskoe-delo-24-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/simferopolskoe-delo-24-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recy0kjoF8Gbb77JT"},{"persecution_id":"recvND3Vs55rVUbnv","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recfMlw3XywjnHLjC","name_en":"Vladlen Abdulkadyrov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atthmFneLCHI3BmC2.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atthmFneLCHI3BmC2.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years 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The defence lawyer reported that his health condition was significantly deteriorating in detention.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1142,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":163,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases 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He reported on tortures. A personal recognizance was taken. 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On 4 December, the court ordered to take Kostrov into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 29 October 2020, he was released on his own recognisance.\n\nOn 25 November 2021, he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles, taking into account the time served, the amount was reduced to 300 thousand.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lipetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2019-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2021-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":722,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":103,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lipetsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lipetsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 29.10.2020\n• in custody: from 04.12.2019 to 29.10.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Lipetsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.11.2021, Sentence: a fine of 500,000 roubles, to be reduced to 300,000 roubles, taking into account the period spent in custody","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500,000 roubles, to be reduced to 300,000 roubles, taking into account the period spent in custody","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-11-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-11-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/12/d41798/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recgPkRFaPpMFE28A"},{"persecution_id":"recRyd8rg5l7irm1c","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recx7nxsiFaJirqqR","name_en":"Irina Gezik","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 23 October 2019, a search took place at Gezik's home. On 30 December, it became known that a case was opened against Gezik and her husband for involvement in the activities of an extremist organization. They were also accused of inducement to participate in such an organization and of failing to perform the duties of raising a minor, as well as of financing extremist activities, but this charge was later dropped. In May 2021, the investigation into the case was suspended but later resumed. On 14 November 2022, she was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months probation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Georgiyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1117,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":159,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 156 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2","156"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Article 156"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Georgievsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Georgievsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Provided her home for meetings of participants, discussed with those attending religious intolerance towards representatives of other faiths, promoted the superiority of the organization's teachings over other religions, and studied literature included in the federal list of extremist materials; without fulfilling her obligations to bring up minors, involved her daughter in an extremist organization.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.11.2022, Sentence: 4 years 2 months suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 2 months suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d41927/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recRyd8rg5l7irm1c"},{"persecution_id":"rec7d84XQmAqZDuqL","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recYLRtzOYul1oZdB","name_en":"Valery Shalev","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 25 April 2019, detained and the next day taken into custody by court order in a case on the activity of an extremist organisation. On 20 December, transferred under house arrest. On 17 March 2020, he was released on his personal recognisance.\n\nOn 23 April 2021, sentenced to six and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Smolensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":728,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Smolensk region"],"case_name_en":"The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Smolensk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"organised and conducted a joint prayer to \"Jehovah\", carried out the demonstration of videos..... informing adherents about participation in congresses .... on the organisation and conduct of subsequent joint meetings\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.04.2019 to 20.12.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Smolensk Region\n• recognizance not to leave: from 17.03.2020 to 02.09.2021\n• house arrest: from 20.12.2019 to 17.03.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.04.2021, Sentence: Six years six months' suspended imprisonment with a probation period of five years, one year of restriction of liberty, and a ban on holding positions in religious organisations for four years","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years six months' suspended imprisonment with a probation period of five years, one year of restriction of liberty, and a ban on holding positions in religious organisations for four years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-05-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/05/d40970/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec7d84XQmAqZDuqL"},{"persecution_id":"recPaELiDkZ9O3klP","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recZQXIwe6HbLpzHn","name_en":"Dmitry Maslov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In April 2019, Maslov was taken on his own recognisance on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 2 June 2021, sentenced to a fine of 450 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Minusinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2021-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":770,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"case_name_en":"Dmitri Maslov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Maslov rented a cottage, where he organized a Jehovah's Witness worship service.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 23.04.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.06.2021, Sentence: a fine of 450 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 450 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":450000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-06-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-04-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/04/d40932/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-10-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recPaELiDkZ9O3klP"},{"persecution_id":"recp212SvyLT0J0mV","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recDflIAh7rToCkRx","name_en":"Medzhit Abdurakhmanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attDtq6uyex65crIX.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attDtq6uyex65crIX.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Activist with \"Crimean Solidarity\". On March 27th, 2019, he was detained following a search and placed in custody the same day due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", which is not associated with terrorism. He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in the Rostov region, and later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Abdurakhmanov was also charged with preparing to overthrow the constitutional order.\n\nOn May 12th, 2022, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict-regime penal colony. 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A recognisance not to leave the country was taken. In March 2020, the prosecutor's office returned the case for further investigation. 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Despite the charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation and involvement in terrorist offences, Hizb ut-Tahrir had no direct links to terrorist activities.\n\nOn 18 November 2019, Saybatalov was detained in Kazan after a search of his daughter's flat, where he was visiting. He was subsequently transferred to Tyumen. On 21 November, a court placed him in custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, once again related to his association with Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 4 August 2022, Saybatalov was sentenced to 17 years in a high-security prison.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":989,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":141,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tyumen case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"Marat Saybatalov is alleged to have established secretive, networked terrorist cells across various regions in Russia. He is accused of organising financial support for illegal activities, spreading terrorist ideology among the local population, and recruiting Muslims into these extremist groups.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.11.2019 to 30.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, Court of appeal instance on the merits, 04.08.2022, Sentence: Seventeen years in a high-security prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Seventeen years in a high-security prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-11-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/11/d41743/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/tyumenskoe-delo-desyati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recrmMB0IM3XqXsD6"},{"persecution_id":"recZo9oHpal5eF51P","last_updated":"2026-03-23T19:19:36.000Z","person_id":"recPutbo39ME7I2yp","name_en":"Farrukh Mahkamov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attoPnEBC8Hk8952q.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attoPnEBC8Hk8952q.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Uzbekistan"],"story_en":"A resident of Tyumen. On November 18, 2019, he was detained and his apartment was searched. According to unconfirmed reports, traces of blood were visible after the search. He was placed in detention in connection with his alleged involvement in the Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir party, which has nothing to do with terrorism. Later, he was taken into custody and placed in pre-trial detention. His wife reported that there were traces of beatings, electric shocks on his body and also foreign interference in his anus, in order to pour unknown liquid into him. The lawyer said that Makhkamov had been threatened with rape. August 4, 2022 he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":989,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":141,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tyumen case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"engaged in \"anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of establishing a so-called 'world caliphate'\"; aimed at \"destroying the institutions of secular society and violently overthrowing the current government\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.11.2019\n• in custody:  to 30.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.08.2022, Sentence: Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eleven years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-11-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/11/d41743/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/tyumenskoe-delo-desyati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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However, on the 10th of December 2020, the court decided not to extend the restriction on leaving the house from 22:00 to 6:00.\n\nOn the 23rd of September 2021, he received a sentence of six years and three months in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":860,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Volgograd"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Volgograd","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising and financing the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.05.2019 to 19.05.2019\n• in custody: from 23.09.2021 to 18.03.2022\n• in custody: from 19.05.2019 to 27.12.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.04.2026\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.04.2026 to 01.04.2030\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.09.2021, Sentence: Six years three months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, one year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years three months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, one year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":75,"first_verdict_date":"2021-09-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-09-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-05-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/05/d41023/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"receNLc8BiHuiwzm2"},{"persecution_id":"recc3Gs7g0Ov3U1JQ","last_updated":"2026-04-03T14:59:42.000Z","person_id":"recbobFiFZNhwheJ5","name_en":"Roman Makhnev","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 26 June 2019, he was detained after a search and placed in custody on 29 June on charges of involvement in an extremist organisation. He claimed that during the search, the literature was planted that did not belong to him.\n\nHe also reported that at an FSB department he was handcuffed to a pipe and left in this position until morning, and did not receive food for three days, from 26 to 28 June. In addition, during the search, the FSB officers took his 15-year-old daughter outside barefoot in the rain. On 25 December, he was transferred to house arrest. On 20 February 2020, the court elected a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions. 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Later Suleimanov was also accused of preparing for a violent seizure of power. 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A signature on non-departure was taken. 16 February 2021 sentenced to a fine of 10 thousand rubles. On 22 April, the appeal court commuted the punishment to a two and a half year suspended prison sentence. On 21 June 2022, the court cancelled Reino-Chernyshova's sentence and removed her criminal record.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2019-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2022-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":505,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Elena Reino-Chernyshova","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"committed deliberate acts relating to the resumption and continuation of the activities of the local religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 30.09.2019 to 22.04.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.02.2021, Sentence: a fine of 10 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 10 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","first_verdict_date":"2021-02-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-02-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-11-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/11/d41761/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec0bNE188SwITRLi"},{"persecution_id":"rece969fBiHFDBvz9","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec25ts1wCVbsY2F2","name_en":"Aitakhadzhi Halimov","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained in December 2019 and taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism. 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On 27 March 2019, following a search of his residence, he was detained and on the same day taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to alleged involvement in the Islamist party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", which is not known to be involved in terrorist activity. He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Rostov Oblast and later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Osmanov was also accused of preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. On 11 January 2023, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers","Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1385,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":197,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Simferopol case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Servet Gaziev, Alim Karimov, Seiran Murtaza, and Erfan Osmanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"was a low-level member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cell, used conspiracy measures during meetings to disseminate terrorist ideology among the peninsula's inhabitants, recruited Crimean Muslims into the ranks of a terrorist organization, and participated in preparations for the overthrow of the constitutional order.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody:  to 11.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 29.03.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.01.2023, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/simferopolskoe-delo-24-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40821/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9295/simferopolskoe-delo-24-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec9Lc1EjMAFr9h03"},{"persecution_id":"rechPLk5wFA5JcQxq","last_updated":"2025-01-28T09:16:57.000Z","person_id":"rec9LVAjEwgUWk83g","name_en":"Viktor Revyakin","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 March 2019, Revyakin's home was searched as part of an investigation into the activities of an extremist organisation. Travel restrictions were imposed. On 6 March 2024, he was given a suspended sentence of three years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magadan"],"persecution_region_en":["Magadan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MAG"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1813,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":259,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Magadan Oblast"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Magadan Oblast","case_number":"1-12/2023 (1-220/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"conducted religious worship services in the company of others","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 15.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 15.10.2024 to 14.10.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.03.2024, Sentence: A suspended sentence of 3 years in prison with a probationary period of 3 years, along with a restriction of freedom for ten months and a prohibition against engaging in activities related to the work of public religious organisations and associations","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"A suspended sentence of 3 years in prison with a probationary period of 3 years, along with a restriction of freedom for ten months and a prohibition against engaging in activities related to the work of public religious organisations and associations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-06T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40796/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://up.d4s.io/estimations/5d05748e6332e6e26d485169\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rechPLk5wFA5JcQxq"},{"persecution_id":"recyNgYdFD1TXEfQ9","last_updated":"2026-01-12T12:29:25.000Z","person_id":"recCSUvci1xKAT2Tj","name_en":"Shaban Umerov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3vesgvX4WzpGhA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3vesgvX4WzpGhA.png"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"An activist of \"Crimean Solidarity\". On March 27th, 2019, he was detained after a search, and on the next day, he was taken into custody on charges of organizing activities of a terrorist organization. He was sent to a pre-trial detention center in the Rostov region and later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Umerov was also charged with preparing to overthrow the constitutional order. On March 10th, 2022, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1078,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":154,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Simferopol case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Raim Aivazov, Farkhod Bazarov, Remzi Bekirov, Riza Uzetov, and Shaban Umerov","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was one of the leaders of a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell who, using covert methods during meetings, spread terrorist ideology among residents of the peninsula and recruited Crimean Muslims into the organization. He was also accused of involvement in preparing to overthrow the constitutional order.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 17.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 29.03.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody:  to 17.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.12.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.12.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2022, Sentence: Eighteen years of imprisonment in a strict-regime colony, one year and six months of restriction of freedom.","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eighteen years of imprisonment in a strict-regime colony, one year and six months of restriction of freedom.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2022-03-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-03-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/simferopolskoe-delo-24-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-03-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/03/d40821/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-05-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9295/simferopolskoe-delo-24-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recyNgYdFD1TXEfQ9"},{"persecution_id":"recCUF4cjRxWQbG79","last_updated":"2023-11-08T20:42:52.000Z","person_id":"recCq4ydlaMkRM5y4","name_en":"Semyon Simonov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"At the end of 2016, the Ministry of Justice conducted an unscheduled inspection of the activities of the Southern Human Rights Centre. As a result, the Ministry identified signs of a non-profit organisation performing the functions of a foreign agent, and it was also established that the organisation had not applied for inclusion in the \"foreign agents\" register. The signs of a \"foreign agent\" were foreign funding and allegedly involvement in political activities such as compilation of the report \"The Legal Status of Stateless People - Residents of Greater Sochi\" and participation in the all-Russian campaign \"Citizen and Police\". Thus, in reality, the organisation was declared a \"foreign agent\" for its human rights activities. In addition, as Simonov later pointed out in his complaints, there were no grounds for the audit, it was conducted with violations, and the receipt of foreign funding was not proven.\n\nAfter being included in the register, the organisation's activities had to be terminated. After a year of inactivity, the Southern Human Rights Centre was removed from the register of \"foreign agents\" by the Ministry of Justice at the end of 2017.\n\nHowever, before that, on 14 February 2017, the Khostinsky District Court of Sochi imposed a 300,000 ruble fine on the organisation for failure to register as a \"foreign agent\" under part 1 of article 19.34 of the Administrative Code (\"Violation of the procedure for the activities of a non-profit organisation performing the functions of a foreign agent\"). The decision to impose the fine was upheld by a judge of the Krasnodar Regional Court on 5 April 2017, and on 30 June 2017 by the deputy chairman of the same court. The defence appealed it to the European Court of Human Rights.\n\nOn 15 September 2017, the Khostinsky District Bailiff Department of Sochi initiated enforcement proceedings. As part of it, the last 304.40 roubles were debited from the organisation's account. The rest of the amount Simonov was demanded to pay until 22 January 2018. He repeatedly reported that the organisation had no funds or property. Nevertheless, an enforcement fee of 21,000 roubles was imposed for non-payment of the fine, and in parallel, a series of fines were imposed on Simonov personally.\n\nOn 26 January 2018, a senior bailiff imposed a fine of 10,000 rubles under Part 1 Article 17.14 of the Code of Administrative Offences (\"Violation of legislation on enforcement proceedings\") for failure to comply with a request to pay a fine to an organisation. According to the lawyer, this was the first precedent when the head of a non-profit organisation was fined for non-payment of a fine by the organisation. On 15 March 2018, the decision was upheld by the Khostinsky District Court of Sochi, and on 21 May 2018 by the Krasnodar Regional Court.\n\nOn 6 September 2018, the magistrate judge of the Central District of Sochi Magistrate's Court No. 104 imposed a fine of 20,000 rubles under part 1 of article 20.25 of the Administrative Code (\"Evasion of administrative punishment\") for non-payment of the previous fine. The appeal was also unsuccessful.\n\nOn 13 September 2019, the Head of the Central District Bailiff Department of Sochi imposed a fine of 10,000 rubles under part 1 frticle 17.14 of the CAO (\"Violation of legislation on enforcement proceedings\") for allegedly failing to provide the information requested by the bailiff. Simonov reasonably claims that he provided all the requested information. On 13 February 2020, the Central District Court of Sochi upheld the ruling, and on 10 June 2020, the Krasnodar Regional Court upheld the ruling.\n\nOn 18 June 2019, the bailiff applied to the court to terminate the enforcement proceedings due to the expiry of the statute of limitations. On 4 July 2019, the Khostinsky District Court of Sochi refused to terminate the enforcement proceedings. The court found that the activities of the organisation had not ceased, although there was no information on cash receipts in the balance sheets. In her opinion, the bailiff did not take all possible actions within the scope of her powers, including the failure to foreclose on Simonov's personal property and funds. The judge proceeded from the fact that Simonov could personally receive funds for the needs of the organisation and mislead the court and supervisory authorities about their absence. The court's conclusions are unsubstantiated and based on speculation (e.g., Simonov's participation in the St. Petersburg marathon is cited as evidence that he has the material ability to pay a fine for the organisation, unspecific references to the results of the Ministry of Justice inspection are cited, etc.). On 2 October 2019, the Krasnodar Regional Court cancelled the determination and sent the case for a new hearing. However, the enforcement proceedings were transferred to another bailiff, she refused the application for termination, and on 17 December 2019, the Khostinsky District Court terminated the proceedings on the application. Simonov tried to challenge this decision and seek termination of enforcement proceedings, but on 12 February 2020 the judge dismissed the appeal. In doing so, he found that the statute of limitations for enforcement had not expired because it was interrupted by the time when Simonov, allegedly trying to avoid enforcement, changed the address of the organisation.\n\nOn 23 August 2019, a senior interrogator of the Interrogation Department of the Central District Police Department of the Internal Affairs Department of Sochi initiated a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under part 1 article 327 of the Criminal Code (\"Forgery, production or circulation of forged documents, state awards, stamps, seals or letterheads\") on the basis of the material of a procedural check conducted by bailiffs on the report of an FSB officer. The inspection materials stated that Simonov allegedly changed the legal address of the organisation and forged the minutes of the general meeting of members on the change of address in order to avoid paying the fine.\n\nAs part of this case, a search was conducted at Simonov's home on 12 September 2019. The door to his apartment was broken down. Several laptops, system units, flash drives, discs and documents related to the \"Southern Human Rights Centre\" were seized. Some of the items were packed in a way that allowed for impact without breaking the integrity of the packaging, and one of the witnesses was drunk.\n\nFurther, signs of another crime were allegedly found, and part of the case was allocated to separate proceedings and transferred to the Central District Bailiff Department of Sochi. On 18 October 2019, the leading specialist-expert (interrogator) of the Central District Bailiff Department of Sochi initiated a criminal case under part 2 of article 315 of the Criminal Code (\"Failure to execute a court sentence, court decision or other judicial act\").\n\nThe status of the initial criminal case is unknown. The investigation of the second case was repeatedly transferred and the investigation period was repeatedly extended.\n\nOn 13 July 2020, a preventive measure was chosen against Simonov in the form of recognizance not to leave and appropriate behaviour.\n\nOn 12 July 2021, Simonov was sentenced to 250 hours of compulsory labour. On 26 October, the court of appeal instance released Simonov from the execution of the sentence and terminated the prosecution due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2019-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2021-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":688,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 315 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["315"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 315 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Сase of Semyon Simonov","persecution_case_profile_en":"ignored the bailiff's demands and did not take measures to pay the fine on behalf of the organisation, having been repeatedly warned of criminal liability for malicious non-execution of the court decision, knowing the legal consequences of non-execution and \"having a real opportunity\" to execute it","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 13.07.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.07.2021, Sentence: 250 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"250 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-07-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 23-09-2020\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/simonov-semyon-leonidovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recCUF4cjRxWQbG79"},{"persecution_id":"recuBG7D3DjzPLGyy","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recRTY9ZaghsFNROv","name_en":"Svetlana Malyanova","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2019, Malyanova's home was searched as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. Detained, released two days later. On 26 April 2023, she was sentenced to a fine of 545 thousand rubles. On 3 August, the court of appeal added to the sentence a ban on holding any positions in religious and public organisations for 2 years and 11 months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1380,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":197,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nizhny Novgorod region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Roman Zhivolupov, Oleg Konshin, Sergey and Svetlana Malyanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.07.2019 to 17.07.2019\n• recognizance not to leave: from 25.08.2021 to 03.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.04.2023, Sentence: a fine in the amount of 545 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine in the amount of 545 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":545000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-26T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-07-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/07/d41271/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recuBG7D3DjzPLGyy"},{"persecution_id":"rec7pkOdWxYykn4Wl","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recsOjfqQrVwI2Ebp","name_en":"Viktor Bachurin","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 2 December 2019, Bachurin was detained in the house of an acquaintance: a group of FSB officers stormed into the flat and knocked down the landlady of the house, an ambulance was called for her, and all the men were handcuffed and forced to lie on the floor. On 4 December, the court ordered Bachurin to be taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organization. On 29 October 2020, he was released on his recognizance not to leave. \n\nOn 25 November 2021, he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles, taking into account the time served, the amount was reduced to 300 thousand.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lipetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2019-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":722,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":103,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lipetsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lipetsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 29.10.2020 to 20.01.2022\n• in custody: from 04.12.2019 to 29.10.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Lipetsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.11.2021, Sentence: a fine of 500,000 roubles, to be reduced to 300,000 roubles, taking into account the period spent in custody","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500,000 roubles, to be reduced to 300,000 roubles, taking into account the period spent in custody","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-11-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-11-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/12/d41798/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec7pkOdWxYykn4Wl"},{"persecution_id":"recLa6555qymL0fKR","last_updated":"2026-03-25T16:53:32.000Z","person_id":"recXo2Hx9J48Mcbhy","name_en":"Olga Medvedeva","birth_year":1953,"birth_date":"1953-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":72,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 May 2019, it became known that a case on the activities of an extremist organisation was opened against Medvedeva. On 27 November, the prosecution was terminated.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2019-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Volgograd"],"case_name_en":"Case of Valentina Makhmadagaeva and Olga Medvedeva","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-02-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d41923/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recLa6555qymL0fKR"},{"persecution_id":"recijxHGfrTAloY9I","last_updated":"2026-03-23T19:19:00.000Z","person_id":"recrw5azwd3PehwTA","name_en":"Alim Timkanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxDEhpUAdPaBKI3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxDEhpUAdPaBKI3.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In April 2007, Alim Timkanov from Tyumen was sentenced to two years and five months in prison for his involvement in a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in Tobolsk, on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organization.\n\nOn 18 November 2019, Timkanov was detained following a search and subsequently sent to Kazan for interrogation. On 21 November, a court in Tyumen placed him in custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, again due to his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is officially classified as a terrorist organization in Russia despite having no direct ties to terrorism. On 4 August 2022, Timkanov was sentenced to 18 years in a high-security prison.\n\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":989,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":141,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tyumen case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"Tyumen case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"Alim Timkanov is alleged to have established secretive, networked terrorist cells across various regions in Russia. He is accused of organising financial support for illegal activities, spreading terrorist ideology among the local population, and recruiting Muslims into these extremist groups.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.11.2019 to 30.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.08.2022, Sentence: eighteen years in a high-security prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"eighteen years in a high-security prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/tyumenskoe-delo-desyati-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-11-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/11/d41743/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On May 27, 2021, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":547,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The sixth case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Chelyabinsk "],"case_name_en":"The 6th case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in a meeting with Vadim Khabirov, a Hizb ut-Tahrir member who had been released from a colony, which took place at the home of Rais Shamsutdinov; promoted Hizb ut-Tahrir ideas in conversations with a classified witness, gave him printed publications.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.05.2021, Sentence: Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 14-12-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/chelyabinskoe-delo-galimova-i-halikova\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-12-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2019/12/d41787/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-12-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10447/cheljabinskoe-delo-galimova-i-halikova\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recQm4y4L1CjoghG3"},{"persecution_id":"recGE9NYYhkIAaxhL","last_updated":"2024-08-01T03:13:49.000Z","person_id":"recyUOxJMl9Qc1OBo","name_en":"Daria Panicheva","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 28 February 2019, Darya Panicheva was detained at her workplace and sent to Khabarovsk, to pre-trial detention centre №1 (she was transferred to another region because the investigation is being handled by the 6th Main Investigation Directorate, which is based in Khabarovsk). According to the press service of the FGBU, Panicheva was not allowed to go home, where her minor son, whom she is raising alone, remained, as well as to collect things and medicines (Panicheva suffers from a number of chronic diseases, including bronchial asthma). On 1 March 2019, the judge of the Central District Court of Khabarovsk issued a ruling on the election of a preventive measure in the form of house arrest for Daria Panicheva.\n\nOn 15 July 2022, she was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony. On 7 February 2023, the court of appeal instance cancelled the verdict and sent the case for a new consideration. Panicheva was released from custody.\n\nOn 4 April 2024, at the retrial, Panicheva was sentenced to three and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yelizovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1232,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":176,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 160 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["160"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 160"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Kronotsky Reserve staff","persecution_case_profile_en":"Appropriation or embezzlement committed by a group of persons or on a particularly large scale","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.07.2022 to 07.02.2023\n• house arrest: from 01.03.2019 to 15.07.2022\n• in custody: from 28.02.2019 to 01.03.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.07.2022, Sentence: Four years and six months of imprisonment in a general regime colony• First instance court on the merits, 04.04.2024, Sentence: 3 years and 6 months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years and 6 months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-04T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-04-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/panicheva-darya-mihaylovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recGE9NYYhkIAaxhL"},{"persecution_id":"recwhKPWx7KR3Rr48","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recTcbjLzg4PvhOhG","name_en":"Ozdoev Magomed Abuezitovich","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 June 2019, he was detained on charges of using violence against representatives of the authorities, dangerous to life and health. He was taken into custody. Later the charge was reclassified to non-dangerous violence.\n\nOn 23 January 2020, he was sentenced to a year and four months in a penal colony. On 2 March he was released.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":215,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"Magomed Ozdoev's case of protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"unwilling to fulfil the lawful demands of the representatives of the authorities in the performance of their official duties, used violence not dangerous to health against them","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.06.2019 to 02.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.01.2020, Sentence: One year four months' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year four months' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":16,"first_verdict_date":"2020-01-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-01-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 24-10-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ingushskoy-oppozicii\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recwhKPWx7KR3Rr48"},{"persecution_id":"recKyCAJJyJILyB8J","last_updated":"2024-09-15T13:03:24.000Z","person_id":"rec3emPxKKCqtNZCP","name_en":"Martin Kochesoko (Kochesokov)","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Activist of the Circassian national movement.\n\nOn June 7, 2019 he was detained on his way back from fishing. During a search in his car, drugs were found. The police conducted searches in the office of the Khabze organisation headed by Kochesoko. Kochesoko was taken into custody by court order. The Republican Interior Ministry disseminated information that the bags found in Kochesoko's car bore the suspect's fingerprints and traces of a narcotic substance were found in the washes from his hands, and that Kochesoko had confessed guilt. Later, the activist passed a letter from the pre-trial detention centre, in which he said that he had been forced to confess because of threats of physical violence from the officers of the Central Investigation Centre, FSIN and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. On June 25, he was transferred from the pre-trial detention centre to house arrest. On August 23, he was released on his own recognizance. On October 11, the prosecutor's office returned the case for additional investigation.\n\nIn February 2020, it became known that the prosecutor's office returned Kochesoko's case for additional investigation, but then the activist was charged again.\n\nAt the end of May 2019, Kochesoko reported a visit to his parents by a representative of the administration of the Baksan district of Kabardino-Balkaria, who passed on an advice to the Khabze leader to \"reduce activity\". Shortly before that, Khabze activists and participants of the Democratic Congress of Peoples of Russia from other constituent entities of the Russian Federation held an interregional round table in Nalchik dedicated to the problems of federalism in Russia. There they sharply criticized the federal authorities. Afterwards, articles appeared in the local pro-government media that Martin Kochesoko was an agent of the United States.\n\nOn March 2, 2021 he was sentenced to three years of probation.\n\nIn August 2023 Kochesoko was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In June 2024, it became known that a case was opened against him for evasion of foreign agents' duties. In August, it became known that his parents' home was inspected three times within a month and a half.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nalchik"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2022-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":633,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 228 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 228"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The Martin Kochesoko case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Kochesokov allegedly unlawfully acquired and possessed 263.4 grammes of marijuana","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 25.06.2019 to 23.08.2019\n• in custody: from 08.06.2019 to 25.06.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• recognizance not to leave: from 23.08.2019 to 14.07.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.03.2021, Sentence: Three years' suspended imprisonment, one year of restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years' suspended imprisonment, one year of restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-03-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 01-03-2021\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/10665/kochesokov-kochesoko-martin-husenovich\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-03-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/kochesokov-martin-husenovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recKyCAJJyJILyB8J"},{"persecution_id":"recSTr2WDuUuma3m6","last_updated":"2025-10-19T23:57:54.000Z","person_id":"recuT88zP0aIymmOk","name_en":"Enver Ametov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attkn2GXTsO8wkNTi.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attkn2GXTsO8wkNTi.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A Crimean Solidarity activist, Ametov was detained on March 27, 2019, following an inspection of his residence. The next day, he was taken into custody and charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organization. He was initially sent to a pre-trial detention center in Rostov oblast but was later transferred back to Crimea. In March 2020, it became known that Ametov was facing additional charges related to preparing to overthrow the constitutional order.\n\nOn November 24, 2022, he received a 13-year sentence in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":191,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal 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liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 26.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 29.03.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n• in custody:  to 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2024 to 01.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.11.2022, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year's restricted 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the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/9295/simferopolskoe-delo-24-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recSTr2WDuUuma3m6"},{"persecution_id":"rece2lVWxbi2HyjHp","last_updated":"2025-03-30T19:51:42.000Z","person_id":"recJ83LRcbwLF1yVT","name_en":"Denis Peresunko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attGv2FQYYqK78XWX.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attGv2FQYYqK78XWX.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 16 May 2019, he was detained as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community, but was released in the status of a witness. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. On 23 August, Peresunko was detained as a suspect in the case, he was taken into custody. Later, the measure of restriction was cahnged to a ban on certain actions. On 10 December 2020, the court did not extend the ban on leaving the house from 22:00 to 6:00.\n\n23 September 2021 sentenced to six years and three months of general regime colony, taken into custody in the courtroom. On 1 October it became known that Peresunko was sent to the colony pending appeal. Later it was reported that he was in the pre-trial detention centre, not in the colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":860,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Volgograd"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Volgograd","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising and financing the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 18.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n• in custody: from 23.09.2021\n• in custody: from 23.08.2019 to 26.12.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt Republic\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt Republic\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.08.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.09.2021, Sentence: Six years three months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, one year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years three months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, one year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":75,"first_verdict_date":"2021-09-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-09-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d41923/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 24-09-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/peresunko-denis-petrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rece2lVWxbi2HyjHp"},{"persecution_id":"recSh7dD7CIu169mJ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reco4G4xEZu97GcEo","name_en":"Alexei Oreshkov","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2019, Oreshkov was detained after a search and taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 12 February 2020, he was transferred under house arrest. On 13 March, he was released on his own recognisance. On 25 October 2021, he was sentenced to three years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Law enforcement officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":831,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":118,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nizhny Novgorod region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Vavilov, Alexei Oreshkov and Alexander Rakovsky","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 12.02.2020 to 13.03.2020\n• in custody: from 17.07.2019 to 12.02.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (\"Druzhny\")\n• recognizance not to leave: from 13.03.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.10.2021, Sentence: three-year suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"three-year suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-10-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-07-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/07/d41271/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2019\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recSh7dD7CIu169mJ"},{"persecution_id":"recTKdqwhFX6qcrVK","last_updated":"2025-01-06T07:50:51.000Z","person_id":"rec9HbprhiookcVsS","name_en":"Khoren Khachikian","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 27 February 2019, he was detained after a search and the next day sent under house arrest by court decision on charges of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. In April 2019, the preventive measure was changed to a ban on certain activities.\n\nOn 8 October 2020, sentenced to two and a half years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":588,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ulyanovsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ulyanovsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"promoted the ideas of Jehovah's Witnesses, promoted the superiority of these ideas over other religious teachings, sought out venues for meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses, and participated directly in the events held","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 28.02.2019 to 24.04.2019\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.02.2019 to 28.02.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.10.2020, Sentence: Two years six months' suspended deprivation of liberty, seven months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months' suspended deprivation of liberty, seven months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-10-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-10-07T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-02-2019\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2019/02/d40716/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recTKdqwhFX6qcrVK"},{"persecution_id":"recyrB2VewD8HqQiV","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:45:52.000Z","person_id":"recdVzivguNVE43jq","name_en":"Yana Antonova","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 9 April 2019, searches took place at Antonova's home and at the office of the \"Environmental Watch for the North Caucasus\". Antonova was interrogated and released as a suspect in the case of the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\".\n\nOn 2 October 2020, she was sentenced to 240 hours of compulsory labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":541,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"protest_event_en":"Solitary picket demanding the completion of the construction of a swimming pool at Lyceum No. 90 in Krasnodar","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 284.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yana Antonova on the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"realising the criminal intent\" and \"realising the criminal nature and public danger of their actions in the form of encroachment on the foundations of the constitutional order and security of the state\", in February 2019 she made a post on Facebook, in which she \"called\" to come to the action in memory of Boris Nemtsov; \"held a solitary picket in memory of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and highlighted this action on the Internet\" under the auspices of the Open Russia OSD; made a repost from the group \"Team Open Russia\" with a post in memory of TV presenter Vladislav Listyev with his quote about the totalitarian state; from 2017 to 2019 she was repeatedly fined under Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences for picketing with the movement's flags; picketing to demand the completion of the construction of a swimming pool not completed by the local authorities;\nseminar for activists with Yevgenia Chirikova; reposting a video with Open Russia symbols on her Facebook page about the lack of schools in Krasnodar; \"from March 2017 to the present time she is the regional coordinator of the Open Russia OSD\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.10.2020, Sentence: 240 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"240 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2020-10-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-10-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 29-07-2019\n Source: https://eurasia.amnesty.org/2019/07/30/presledovanie-nezhelatelnyh-v-krasnodare-nad-yanoj-antonovoj-nachalsya-sud-vozbuzhdeno-novoe-ugolovnoe-delo-obyski-u-andreya-rudomahi/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 09-04-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2018/11/09/nezhelatelnaya-rossiya-pochemu-aktivisty-razreshennogo-dvizheniya-pokidayut\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 05-09-2020\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/10190/antonova-jana-gennadevna\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-09-2020\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/antonova-yana-gennadevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","OVD-Info","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recyrB2VewD8HqQiV"},{"persecution_id":"recOKGD4snTMNBjib","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recPnIglSjVuVQ92L","name_en":"Evgeniy Erzunov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 November 2019, he was detained at Vnukovo airport on charges of threatening a judge. The next day the court placed Erzunov in custody.\n\nOn 24 December he was sentenced to a fine of 130 thousand rubles, the court reduced the amount to 110 thousand taking into account the time spent in custody. Erzunov was released in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":40,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"protest_event_en":"\"Let's take back the elections\" on August 3, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 296 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["296"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 296"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of threats against judge Aleksei Krivoruchko"],"case_name_en":"Case of Evgeny Erzunov on threats to judge Alexey Krivoruchko","case_number":"01-0777/2019","persecution_case_profile_en":"Wrote an aggressive comment on Twitter against the judge under a post about Pavel Ustinov's sentence - three and a half years in a penal colony over the 3 August 2019 rally - handed down by Moscow Tverskoy Court Judge Alexei Krivoruchko.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 10.01.2020\n• in custody: from 14.11.2019 to 24.12.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2019, Sentence: a fine of one hundred and thirty thousand roubles, reduced to one hundred and ten thousand roubles due to being in custody","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of one hundred and thirty thousand roubles, reduced to one hundred and ten thousand roubles due to being in custody","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":130000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 14-11-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2019/10/31/moskovskoe-delo-kto-eti-lyudi-i-za-chto-ih-sudyat-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recOKGD4snTMNBjib"},{"persecution_id":"rec6FShy8NT8JvWXi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recLG7lhj5pdrClOn","name_en":"Eliskhan Azhigov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 April 2019 detained on charges of assaulting police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March. Taken into custody. Initially accused of using violence endangering life or health, in July the charge was reclassified to non-dangerous violence. He pleaded guilty and agreed to a special procedure for consideration of the case in court.\n\nOn 24 December 2019, sentenced to a year and five months in a penal colony. 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Pleaded guilty.\n\nOn 12 December, sentenced to four months in a penal colony. He was released the same month.\n\nIn February 2020, the appeal court upheld the sentence, Gagiyev challenged the decision in cassation and the case was returned to the appeal court. On 13 August 2020, the appeal court increased Gagiyev's punishment, sentencing him to eight months in a general regime colony; Gagiyev was taken into custody in the courtroom. On 17 November, Gagiyev was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2020-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":210,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"Ramazan Gagiyev's case of protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during a rally on 27 March 2019 in Magas, he kicked the shield of the National Guard fighter Pakhomov, who \"experienced pain in the wrist of his left hand\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 17.04.2019 to 12.12.2019\n• in custody: from 13.08.2020 to 17.11.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.12.2019, Sentence: 4 months' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 months' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":8,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":4,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-uchastnikov-mitinga-v-magase\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recVOF3ShBANq41sD"},{"persecution_id":"recHZpFNqFLdr7Bep","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recV5ttjHydtwVbA6","name_en":"Aleksandr Dorogov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attr8zsH9kagGrmov.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attr8zsH9kagGrmov.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 November 2019, a case of intentional damage to a car was initiated: the suspects were not named, but witnesses named Dorogov. On 20 April, after a threefold extension, the case was suspended allegedly due to the inability to identify the accused. On 18 May, the prosecutor's office cancelled the suspension.\n\nOn 21 May a case of extortion was initiated against Dorogov. On 13 July, he was put on a wanted list, and an order on recognizance not to leave was issued in absentia. On 17 July, he was put on the international wanted list, and on 28 July he was arrested in absentia - formally due to violation of the conditions of the recognizance not to leave. Subsequently, at one of the courts to extend the arrest, it turned out that information about the international wanted list had not been submitted to Interpol. Dorogov claimed that he did not know about the personal recognizance.\n\nOn 29 July he was detained, during the detention he received injuries to the spine and abdominal cavity. After that, it was unknown where he was for 10 days.\n\nOn 29 July a case of insulting a representative of the authorities was initiated against him. A case of hooliganism was initiated against him in connection with the incident, about which a case of intentional infliction of minor harm to health had been initiated earlier, where Dorogov had been one of the victims.\n\nOn 25 September, the court transferred Dorogov to house arrest. On 15 October, the court of appeal overturned this order, and Dorogov was taken into custody again.\n\nLater, another extortion case was initiated.\n\nOn 18 November 2023, Dorogov was sentenced to ten and a half years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Ramenskoye","Serpukhov"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1458,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":208,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 163 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 163 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163","163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 163","Part 2, Article 163"],"case_name_en":"Case of the \"Rosderzhava\" journalists Dorogov and Katelevskii","case_number":"1-13/2023 (1-504/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Journalist Ian Katelevskii and his colleague Aleksandr Dorogov are accused of extortion (point \"b\" of part 3 of article 163 of the Criminal Code) and insulting an official (article 319 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), the case was initiated in July 2020. Katelevskii is also a defendant in the case of damage to property for hooligan reasons (part 2 of article 167 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, the journalists extorted 1.3 million roubles from the traffic police officer Gorokhov in exchange for refusal to publish materials about him.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.10.2020 to 25.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n• house arrest: from 25.09.2020 to 15.10.2020\n• in custody: from 10.08.2020 to 25.09.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 29.07.2020 to 10.08.2020, TDF of the Lobnya District Department of Internal Affairs of Russia\n• in custody: from 15.10.2020 to 29.10.2020\n• : from 27.04.2024 to 01.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• : from 26.04.2024 to 27.04.2024\n• in custody: from 01.05.2024 to 11.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan \n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ryazan region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.11.2023, Sentence: 10 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":126,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-17T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-17T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 21-03-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-aleksandra-dorogova-i-yana-katelevskogo\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recHZpFNqFLdr7Bep"},{"persecution_id":"recOzkki6GMNU8Ard","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recHJbfqOqOIr5ovr","name_en":"Aslan Aushev","birth_year":1988,"age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 15 May 2019, he was detained on suspicion of involvement in an attack on police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March and sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik.\n\nOn 20 February 2020 sentenced to a year and eight months in a penal colony. On 23 April, the appeal court replaced the penal colony with a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":280,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"Aslan Aushev's case of protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at a rally in Magas on 27 March 2019, he threw a metal fragment at a Rosguard officer, hitting him in the leg.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.05.2019 to 01.01.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.02.2020, Sentence: 1 year 8 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 8 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":20,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-uchastnikov-mitinga-v-magase\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recOzkki6GMNU8Ard"},{"persecution_id":"rec6gsbjyrh1fIHDP","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"rec8JIveKCJb2Bzha","name_en":"Barakh Chemurziev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attHq5E0mlfpFWHgj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attHq5E0mlfpFWHgj.jpg"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ingushetia. On 3 April 2019, he was detained on charges of organising violence against police officers at a rally on 27 March 2019 and sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik.\nAt the end of December 2019, a case on participation in the activities of an extremist group was opened.\n\nOn 16 March 2021, he went on hunger strike and refused to participate in the trial due to the return of Zarifa Sautieva from house arrest to the pre-trial detention centre. On 23 March, he stopped his hunger strike after appeals from the public.\n\nOn 15 December, he was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony. He was released in February 2025.\n\nIn July 2025, the court imposed eight years of administrative supervision on Chemurziev, under which he is not allowed to leave his place of residence without notification, must report to the police once a month, and must seek approval for any trips advance. He is also prohibited from participating in rallies, demonstrations and marches.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":987,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":141,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318","Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"The case of the rally organisers in Ingushetiia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he made a knowingly illegal decision to continue the mass event on March 27, 2019. Using his influence over the population of the republic, including its radicalized part, he called for national unity, manipulated historical facts about the deportation of the Ingush people, and addressed unresolved issues related to the administrative-territorial structure of the Republic of Ingushetia. He took steps to unite people present at the square, morally supporting them by assuring the arrival of new participants for the unauthorized rally, and urging them to stand firm in case of an attempt by law enforcement officers to forcibly terminate the mass event; he participated in the activities of an extremist organization.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2033-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.12.2020 to 28.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.04.2019 to 05.04.2019, Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik\n• in custody: from 05.04.2019 to 25.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.07.2023 to 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2023 to 18.02.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol Territory\"\n• Unknown: from 18.02.2025 to 18.08.2025\n• Unknown: from 18.08.2025 to 18.08.2033\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.12.2021, Sentence: 2 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony; 2 years' ban on participation in public speaking","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony; 2 years' ban on participation in public speaking","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-15T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-15T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-02-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-liderov-ingushskoy-oppozicii\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 04-07-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9404/delo-liderov-ingushskoj-oppozicii\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d41969/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec6gsbjyrh1fIHDP"},{"persecution_id":"recULEBcfGtTFloXY","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recQwKbcCmZd9YHja","name_en":"Malsag Uzhakhov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attkTz3aScQa0utv1.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attkTz3aScQa0utv1.jpg"],"birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 18 April 2019, detained and taken into custody the next day on charges of organising the use of violence against police officers at a rally on 27 March 2019. Sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik. Later transferred to the pre-trial detention centre in Vladikavkaz.\n\nUzhakhov was also charged under part 2 of article 239 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (the creation of a non-profit organisation, the activities of which involve inducing citizens to refuse to perform civil duties or to commit other illegal acts, as well as the management of such an organisation). The lawyer said that by such an organisation the prosecution meant the Council of Teips of the Ingush People.\n\nAccording to his lawyer, Dzhabrail Kuriyev, Uzhakhov has a number of serious chronic diseases: diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension.\n\nD late December 2019, a case was opened on organising the activities of an extremist community.\n\nOn 16 March 2021, he went on hunger strike and refused to participate in the trial in connection with the return of Zarifa Sautieva from house arrest to the pre-trial detention centre. On 23 March, he stopped the hunger strike after appeals from the public.\n\nOn 15 December, he was sentenced to nine years in a general regime colony. He was released on 27 February 2026.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":971,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":138,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 239 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["239","282.1","318","239"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 239","Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 318","Article 239 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"The case of the rally organisers in Ingushetiia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took a knowingly unlawful decision to continue the mass event, and in this connection, using his authority among the population of the republic, including its radicalised part, making appeals to national unity, manipulating historical facts about the deportation of the Ingush people and the existing unresolved problems of the administrative-territorial structure of the Republic of Ingushetia, took measures to unite the people present in the square, morally supporting them by the imminent arrival of new participants in the non-sanctioned mass event, as well as encouraging perseverance in case of law enforcement officers trying to stop the mass event; participated in the organisation of an extremist society; is part of the creating and governing a non-profit organisation the activity of which is connected with incentivising citizens to give up their civilian responsibilities or doing other unlawful things. ","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 24.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• in custody: from 26.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the North Ossetia-Alania\n• in custody: from 19.04.2019 to 26.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• in custody: from 25.12.2020 to 28.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023 to 27.02.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"\n• Unknown: from 28.02.2026 to 27.02.2031\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.12.2021, Sentence: 9 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty, prohibition to hold office in public organisations for 5 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty, prohibition to hold office in public organisations for 5 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-15T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-15T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 04-07-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9404/delo-liderov-ingushskoj-oppozicii\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d41969/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-02-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-liderov-ingushskoy-oppozicii\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recULEBcfGtTFloXY"},{"persecution_id":"recfrFFNsdpqUmrOR","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recU59KhEnoVueb6r","name_en":"Pavel Novikov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 29 October. Novikov was interrogated as part of the case of violence against a representative of the authorities in connection with the events of 27 July 2019. According to the telegram channel Baza, the interrogation lasted until the night of 30 October. The next day the court sent him to custody, and the representative of the IC announced the end of investigative actions.\n\nOn 6 December he was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles. The court reduced the amount to 120 thousand due to being in pre-trial detention centre. Novikov was released from custody in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":37,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Novikov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the action on 27 July 2019, he struck on the head with a plastic water bottle a police kinologist A. Shiroky, who was wearing a helmet, and also struck another blow with a bottle - on the right forearm.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.10.2019 to 06.12.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2019, Sentence: a fine of one hundred and fifty thousand roubles, to be reduced to one hundred and twenty thousand roubles due to being in custody","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of one hundred and fifty thousand roubles, to be reduced to one hundred and twenty thousand roubles due to being in custody","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-11-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 29-10-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/express-news/2019/10/30/v-moskve-zaderzhali-i-otpravili-v-sizo-novogo-figuranta-moskovskogo-dela\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recfrFFNsdpqUmrOR"},{"persecution_id":"recyPVR5pF8Nf5eVa","last_updated":"2026-03-14T10:31:04.000Z","person_id":"recwjucDLisrBnZYr","name_en":"Vladislav Barabanov","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 27 July 2019 during the dispersal of the rally for fair elections and left for two nights in the police station. On 29 July, he was sent to administrative arrest for seven days. On 3 August, immediately after leaving the special reception centre, Barabanov was taken to the Investigative Committee for questioning and charged with participation in mass riots. On 5 August, the court sent him to custody.\n\nOn 3 September, the Investigative Committee reported that the prosecution against Barabanov was terminated.\n\nOn 21 April 2023, a case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces was opened against Barabanov. He was put on a wanted list.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code, Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Barabanov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took an active part in the protest on 27 July 2019 and coordinated the actions of protesters in Palashevsky Lane, \"organized the directed movement\" of protesters on Petrovsky Boulevard.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.08.2019 to 03.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.08.2019 to 13.08.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 29.07.2019 to 03.08.2019\n• Unknown: from 03.08.2019 to 03.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-07-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-svyazi-s-akciey-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-08-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recyPVR5pF8Nf5eVa"},{"persecution_id":"rec9Ya6D8e68e195Y","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec5Xo0a45WlknUAQ","name_en":"Dmitry Nikitin","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 4 April 2019, the investigation chose a preventive measure against Nikitin in the form of a recognizance not to leave. He fully admitted guilt. On 17 March 2021, he was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":712,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":101,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Black Bloc case\""],"case_name_en":"Case of Artem Vorobyov, Dmitry Nikitin and Viktor Trofimov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the \"Black Bloc\" and in the attack on LGBT activists.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 04.04.2019 to 23.08.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.03.2021, Sentence: three years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"three years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-03-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 16-03-2021\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 17-03-2021\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/dela-chernogo-bloka\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec9Ya6D8e68e195Y"},{"persecution_id":"recljXRLUDyFeohXT","last_updated":"2026-03-06T11:23:48.000Z","person_id":"recAS5JktiuGxdf6T","name_en":"Zarifa Sautieva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attmJ2hOw9vHE7L5E.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attmJ2hOw9vHE7L5E.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ingushetia. Detained on July 12, 2019 and then taken into custody on the case of protests in the republic. Sautieva was later charged with organising the use of violence against representatives of the authorities. Sautieva has a second disability group, which she has not had time to renew.\n\nIn November, Sautieva was transferred to the Essentuki temporary detention centre. She complained about the difficult conditions and went on hunger strike. In December, she was transferred back to SIZO No. 1 (the pre-trial detention centre) in Kabardino-Balkaria.\n\nAt the end of December 2019, a case on participation in the activities of an extremist community was opened.\n\nOn March 10, 2021, she was transferred under house arrest, but already on March 16, she was returned to the pre-trial detention centre - the court granted the prosecutor's office's motion to cancel the decision to mitigate the measure of restraint.\n\nOn December 15, 2021, she was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":887,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":126,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"The case of the rally organisers in Ingushetiia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she took a knowingly unlawful decision to continue the mass event, in this connection, using her authority among the population of the republic, including its radicalised part, making appeals to national unity, manipulating historical facts about the deportation of the Ingush people and the existing unresolved problems of the administrative-territorial structure of the Republic of Ingushetia, took measures to unite the people present in the square, morally supporting them by the imminent arrival of new participants in the non-sanctioned event. Sautieva also encouraged the public to be persistent in the case of an attempt by law enforcement officers to forcefully stop a mass event. In addition, she participated in the activities of an extremist community.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2034-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.11.2019 to 10.12.2019, Essentuki IAB TDF, Stavropol Territory\n• in custody: from 15.07.2019 to 22.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• in custody: from 10.12.2019 to 17.11.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• in custody: from 16.03.2021 to 28.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• in custody: from 17.11.2020 to 10.03.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• house arrest: from 10.03.2021 to 16.03.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.07.2023 to 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2023 to 01.09.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\"\n• punishment cell: from 20.09.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 29.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\"\n• Unknown: from 01.01.2026 to 01.01.2034\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.12.2021, Sentence: 7 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 7 months' restriction of liberty, prohibition to hold office in public organisations for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 7 months' restriction 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courthouse.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":53,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Emelyanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the action on 27 July 2019, he grabbed an employee of the Rosgvardiya by his bulletproof vest and pulled him towards himself, \"thus depriving the said representative of authority of freedom of movement and causing physical pain\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 01.12.2019\n• in custody:  to 06.12.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.10.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2019, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment, 3 years' probation","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended imprisonment, 3 years' probation","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-06T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-06T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-11-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 13-10-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/news/2019/10/14/novye-obyski-i-doprosy-po-sledam-letnih-protestov-chto-izvestno\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recWR4ruI235jsJEl"},{"persecution_id":"recpRnxmtgV0WKuHh","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recAiw7qnG3NankiB","name_en":"Ivan Podkopaev","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 27 July 2019 during the dispersal of the rally for fair elections and left for two nights in the police station. On 29 July, he was sent to administrative arrest for 10 days. On 1 August Podkopaev was taken from the special reception centre for questioning by the Investigative Committee and charged with participation in mass riots. The next day the court sent him to custody. On 21 August Podkopaev was charged with the use of violence against representatives of the authorities, not dangerous to life and health. Podkopaev pleaded guilty and agreed to a special trial.\n\nOn 3 September the court sentenced Podkopaev to three years in a general regime colony. On 9 October, the court of appeal reduced the term by one year. On 18 December 2020, he was released on parole.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":37,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ivan Podkopayev","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"sprayed an aggressive chemical substance in the faces of police officers and members of the Rosgvardiya\" at a protest on 27 July 2019.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.08.2019 to 13.08.2019\n• in custody: from 13.08.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kaluga region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 18.12.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kaluga region\"\n• administrative detention: from 29.07.2019 to 01.08.2019\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.09.2019, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"first_verdict_date":"2019-09-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-09-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-07-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-svyazi-s-akciey-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recpRnxmtgV0WKuHh"},{"persecution_id":"recwRENzrw0KRX6fJ","last_updated":"2025-12-03T14:36:31.000Z","person_id":"reczEYkeU3ZOba7fR","name_en":"Rashid Aushev","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On April 23 2019, detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack on police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March. The next day he was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik.\n\nOn February 27 2020, he was sentenced to a year and nine months in a settlement colony. On April 13, the court of appeal left the sentence unchanged, but, unlike the court of first instance, found a political motive in Aushev's actions. On April 15 he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":309,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rashid Aushev on protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, at a rally on March 27 2019 in Magas, threw two chairs at the Rusguardians.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 15.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.04.2019 to 24.04.2019, Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik\n• in custody: from 24.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.02.2020, Sentence: 1 year 9 months imprisonment in a settlement colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 9 months imprisonment in a settlement colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":21,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-uchastnikov-mitinga-v-magase\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recwRENzrw0KRX6fJ"},{"persecution_id":"recSeSwnDPW1RtPvK","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recXxiqUDrwxEn6Em","name_en":"Magomed Khamkhoev","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 April 2019, detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack on police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March in Magas. On 5 April, sent to the pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik. On 28 February 2020, the charge was reclassified to incitement to use violence against a representative of the authorities, that does not endanger human life or health. On 16 February 2021, sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony. On 6 August he was released.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":684,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"The case of Magomed Khamkhoev on protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at the rally on 27 March 2019, incited others to use violence against representatives of the authorities, that does not endanger human life or health.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.04.2019 to 05.04.2019, Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik\n• in custody: from 05.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• in custody:  to 06.08.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.02.2021, Sentence: 3 years 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2021-02-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-02-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-09-2020\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ingushskoy-oppozicii\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 07-12-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9404/delo-liderov-ingushskoj-oppozicii\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recSeSwnDPW1RtPvK"},{"persecution_id":"recDNiIvsoKgXPo6u","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:35:47.000Z","person_id":"recgtQtg6jcbwcH3w","name_en":"Konstantin Kotov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, IT specialist. Participated in various protest actions. After being detained at a rally on 10 August 2019 for fair elections, an administrative report was drawn up on Kotov for repeated violations at public events, but he was released after two days. In the evening of 12 August, Kotov was detained on a criminal charge of repeated violations at public events. His home was searched and 21 posters were seized. On 14 August, the court ordered him to be placed in custody. On 15 August, Kotov and his lawyer were informed about the completion of investigative actions.\n\nOn 5 September he was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 27 January 2020, the Constitutional Court decided to revise Kotov's sentence.\n\nOn 3 February, the Deputy Prosecutor General filed a submission to reduce Kotov's sentence to one year.\n\nOn 2 March, the cassation court returned Kotov's case to the appellate court. On 20 April, the appellate court reduced Kotov's sentence to 1 year and 6 months. On 16 December, Kotov was released.\n\nOn 21 August 2024, Kotov was searched as part of a case of financing extremist activities because of a donation to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. He was detained and placed under house arrest the next day. In January 2025, it became known that Kotov left Russia.\n\nOn 25 September 2025, Kotov was sentenced in absentia to five years in a strict regime colony in the case of donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":23,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action demanding accountability for those responsible for Ivan Golunov's arrest 12.06.2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 212.1 of the Criminal 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2019.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.04.2020 to 24.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 30.03.2020 to 01.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• in custody: from 05.06.2020 to 15.06.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• in custody: from 27.04.2020 to 05.06.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 25.11.2019 to 28.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.08.2019 to 20.08.2019\n• in custody: from 20.08.2019 to 22.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2020 to 16.12.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.11.2019 to 30.03.2020, Federal Governmental 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Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9488/kotov-konstantin-aleksandrovich\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 04-09-2019\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://eurasia.amnesty.org/2019/09/05/prigovor-konstantinu-kotovu-eto-prigovor-pravam-cheloveka-v-rossii/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-08-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/kotov-konstantin-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","Amnesty International","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recDNiIvsoKgXPo6u"},{"persecution_id":"recDD2Xvjqgxmv0jU","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"rec9XHVXzsd2QlFiL","name_en":"Musa 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On 23 March, he stopped the hunger strike after public appeals.\n\nOn 15 December, he was sentenced to 9 years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 17 February 2026 he was released from the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Deputies of the Regional Parliament"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":987,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":141,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"The case of the rally organisers in Ingushetiia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took a knowingly illegal decision to continue the mass event on 27 March 2019, in connection with which, using the existing authority among the population of the republic, including its radical part, making appeals to national unity, manipulating historical facts about the deportation of the Ingush people and the existing unresolved problems of the administrative-territorial structure of the Republic of Ingushetia, took measures to unite the people present in the square, morally supporting them with the imminent arrival of new participants of the unauthorised rally, as well as calling for fortitude in case of an attempt to forcibly end the mass event by the law enforcement officers; participated in organisation of the activity of an extremist organisation.  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He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik.\n\nOn 13 December, he was sentenced to a year and four months in a penal colony. He was released on 6 February 2020. On 24 June, the court of cassation returned the case to the court of first instance. On 27 July, he was sentenced to a year and a month in a general regime colony, and the court found Nalgiev's actions politically motivated.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":227,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"Seyt-Magomed Nalgiev's case on protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during a rally on 27 March 2019, snatched a rubber truncheon from the hands of a Rosgvardiya fighter and crushed him with a metal barrier.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 29.04.2019, Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik\n• in custody:  to 06.02.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.12.2019, Sentence: 1 year 1 month of imprisonment in a general regime colony• First instance court on the merits, 27.07.2020, Sentence: One year one month of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year one month of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":13,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-07-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-uchastnikov-mitinga-v-magase\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recMFygFlVcrwsF50"},{"persecution_id":"recNXNbcLlvPLCYtT","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec4KwOOflB2wt86x","name_en":"Gelani Khamkhoev","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 April 2019, detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack on police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March in Magas. On 5 April, he was sent to the pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik.\n\nOn 13 February 2020, he was sentenced to a year and nine months in a penal colony. On 23 April, the appeal court replaced the settlement colony with a general regime colony.\n\nOn 19 June 2020, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":315,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"Gelani Khamkhoev case on protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 27 March 2019, at a rally in Magas, threw a fragment of a chair at law enforcement officers.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.04.2019 to 05.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.04.2019 to 05.04.2019, Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 19.06.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol Territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2020, Sentence: 1 year 9 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 9 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":21,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-uchastnikov-mitinga-v-magase\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recNXNbcLlvPLCYtT"},{"persecution_id":"recdyDJlQYYieMYmc","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec79MKauJf7ird22","name_en":"Adam Badiev","birth_year":1994,"age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In April, he was detained on suspicion of involvement in an attack on police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March and sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik.\n\nOn 18 February 2020, he was sentenced to a year and ten months in a penal colony. 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He was detained at Minsk airport on 8 May 2019 and transferred to Nalchik on 12 May, where he was taken into custody on charges of organizing violence against police officers during a protest on 27 March 2019.\n\nIn late December 2019, an additional case was opened against him for participating in the activities of an extremist group.\n\nOn 16 March 2021, he began a hunger strike and refused to take part in the trial in protest against the return of Zarifa Sautieva from house arrest to pre-trial detention. He ended the hunger strike on 23 March following public appeals.\n\nOn 15 December, he was sentenced to eight years in a general regime penal colony. He was released on 1 April 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":987,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":141,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass 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detention centre: from 13.12.2019, Essentuki IAB TDF, Stavropol Territory\n• in custody: from 12.05.2019 to 13.12.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• in custody: from 25.12.2020 to 28.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• in custody:  to 25.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.07.2023 to 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• punishment in 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On 3 June, he was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik.\n\nOn 18 February 2020, he was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony. 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He was taken for questioning, but then released. On 5 August, the Investigative Committee announced that Fomin, accused of participating in the mass riots that allegedly took place in the centre of Moscow on 27 July 2019, had absconded and was wanted. On the same day, Fomin's relatives, Elena and Dmitry Prokazovs, were searched, and on 6 August, the prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit to deprive them of their parental rights due to the fact that, according to the investigation materials, they helped Fomin to go beyond the cordon during the action on 27 July by putting a backpack on him, which contained their infant child. On the night of 8 August, Fomin appeared before the Investigative Committee and was detained, without admitting guilt of participation in the riots. The next day the court decided to take him into custody. On 3 September he was transferred to house arrest.\n\nOn 6 December, the Investigative Committee reported that the prosecution against Fomin was terminated and that he was released from house arrest.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2019-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code, Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Fomin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the action on 27 July 2019, he coordinated the actions of protesters.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.08.2019 to 22.08.2019, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• house arrest: from 03.09.2019 to 06.12.2019\n• in custody: from 22.08.2019 to 03.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-07-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-svyazi-s-akciey-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recqZEb98OxoB8S7q"},{"persecution_id":"rech95PYYF0IZyx9t","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reckOWfbP3IMQWzyU","name_en":"Alexey Minyailo","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on 27 July 2019 during the dispersal of a rally for fair elections. On 1 August, Minyailo was searched, after which he was charged with participation in mass riots. On 2 August, he was taken into custody by court order. Minyailo then went on a hunger strike.\n\nOn 26 September the court dropped the charges against Minyailo and released him.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 212","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexei Minyailo","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, participated in mass riots during the protests on 27 July 2019 in Moscow.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.08.2019 to 13.08.2019\n• in custody: from 13.08.2019 to 26.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-07-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-svyazi-s-akciey-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","OVD-Info"],"aid":"rech95PYYF0IZyx9t"},{"persecution_id":"recPMsFqZw1eib8cI","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recJ7YgXONTINobI2","name_en":"Adam Azhigov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 April 2019, detained on suspicion of attacking police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March. 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Sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik. The charge was reclassified from the use of dangerous violence to the use of non-dangerous violence. Pleaded guilty.\n\nOn 16 December he was sentenced to a year and five months in a penal colony. 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On 4 August, it became known that Ustinov was prosecuted for the use of violence against a representative of the authorities – one of the Rosgvardiya fighters suffered a dislocated shoulder during the detention of Ustinov. On 5 August, the court ordered to place him in custody. On 16 September, the court sentenced Ustinov to three and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nThe case attracted the attention of the general public. 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A court placed him into custody. Later, officers reclassified the charge to non-dangerous violence, softening the accusation.\n\nIn December, he began a hunger strike against the conditions of detention in the pre-trial detention center in Pyatigorsk and the demand to shave off his beard.\n\nOn 27 December, a court sentenced him to a year and five months in a penal colony. On 21 February 2020, a court of appeal reduced the sentence by a month. On 25 February, he was released. A prosecutor's office appealed the courts' decisions in first and appellate instances. In June, a court of cassation instance canceled them and sent the case for review. 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He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik. He pleaded guilty and agreed to a special order of proceeding of the case.\n\nOn December 24, he was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony. 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He was fined 10 thousand rubles (US$100) under the article on participation in an event that created obstacles to transport and pedestrians. On 8 August, Medenkov was summoned for questioning in the town of Shchelkovo near Moscow, where he was asked to explain his detention at the rally.\n\nOn 3 December, it became known that Medenkov was put on an international wanted list and arrested in absentia on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Medenkov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the rally on 27 July 2019, Medenkov pulled on the waistcoat of a riot police officer who tried to detain one of the protesters.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 02-12-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/express-news/2019/12/03/tass-v-dele-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-svyazi-s-letnimi-akciyami-protesta-v\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-08-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recHvn1PW7YuPfEDv"},{"persecution_id":"rec1lD4cNY4pz24X6","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recIWnXXEa9vyZXn2","name_en":"Alexey Veresov","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 12 November in the village of Yakshur-Bodya (Udmurtia), after a search he was convoyed to Moscow on charges of calling for extremist activity. The next court ordered Veresov to be taken into custody.\n\nOn 23 December Veresov's charge was reclassified to threatening a judge. He was released from custody on his own recognisance.\n\nOn 16 December 2020, he was sentenced to a fine of 160 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":64,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"protest_event_en":"\"Let's take back the elections\" on August 3, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 296 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["296","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 296","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Veresov's case of threatening a judge","case_number":"01-0097/2020 (01-0799/2019)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Wrote an aggressive comment in the VKontakte \"All Stable\" publick on 16 September under a photo of Moscow Tverskoy court judge Alexei Krivoruchko, who sentenced actor Pavel Ustinov to three and a half years in prison over a rally on 3 August 2019.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 28.01.2020\n• in custody: from 13.11.2019 to 23.12.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• recognizance not to leave: from 23.12.2019 to 16.01.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.01.2020, Sentence: a fine of 160 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 160 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":160000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-01-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-01-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 14-11-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2019/10/31/moskovskoe-delo-kto-eti-lyudi-i-za-chto-ih-sudyat-gid-ovd-info\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-12-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/veresov-aleksey-vasilevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec1lD4cNY4pz24X6"},{"persecution_id":"recjbStgx9wXb661Q","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recE5V2rPZjgzkqE4","name_en":"Andrei Barshay","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 14 October 2019, he was detained after a search. During the interrogation he was not allowed a lawyer. 16 October taken into custody by court decision on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities.\n\nOn 18 February 2020, sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":126,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Barshay","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the action on 27 July 2019, he pushed an employee of the Rosgvardiya in the back from a run-up.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-02-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.12.2019 to 18.02.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.10.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.02.2020, Sentence: 3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 13-10-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/news/2019/10/14/novye-obyski-i-doprosy-po-sledam-letnih-protestov-chto-izvestno\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-11-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recjbStgx9wXb661Q"},{"persecution_id":"recP3mBjAOUzullwy","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reclwOzygaY3jlLuT","name_en":"Eugene Kovalenko","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained during the dispersal of a rally on 27 July 2019 in Moscow. On 29 July, he was taken into custody by court decision on charges of using violence against a Rosgvardiya soldier. Later it became known that Kovalenko was also charged with participation in mass riots. Another episode about the use of violence against a member of the Rosgvardiya also appeared.\n\nOn 4 September, Kovalenko was sentenced to 3.5 years in a general regime colony on charges of using violence against Rosgvardiya soldiers.\n\nOn 3 October, the appeal court decided to return the case back to the court of first instance for consideration of the lawyer's comments on the trial transcript. On 17 October, the decision of the court of first instance was left unchanged. On 4 February 2021, the court of cassation instance reduced the term by three months.\n\nOn 16 June, the court replaced the rest of Kovalenko's sentence with correctional work, and on 30 June Kovalenko was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":38,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The case of Evgeny Kovalenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the action on 27 July 2019, he threw a metal bin towards Saliev, one of Rosgvardiya soldiers. The bin hit him in the leg. Kovalenko is also accused of pushing the Rosgvardiya soldier on the steps.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.07.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Bryansk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 30.06.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Bryansk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.09.2019, Sentence: Three years and six months deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years and six months deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":39,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2019-09-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-09-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-07-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-svyazi-s-akciey-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recP3mBjAOUzullwy"},{"persecution_id":"recni4XJTtqFQzZXu","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recefUJArhL7Bky8L","name_en":"Yegor Lesnykh","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 14 October 2019, detained after a search. He was threatened to plant cartridges and his girlfriend was threatened with amphetamine. On 16 October, taken into custody by court order on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities. Later, Lesnykh's case was merged with the cases of Maxim Martintsov and Alexander Mylnikov, accused of acting in an organised group.\n\nOn 6 December, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. On 9 November 2020, the court of cassation instance replaced the general regime colony with a settlement colony.\n\nOn 29 January 2021, the court decided to release Lesnykh on parole. The prosecutor's office appealed this decision, after which the administration of the general regime colony announced a retroactive penalty against him. On 6 April, the court of appeal cancelled the parole decision.\n\nHe was released on 24 June 2022.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":53,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The case of Egor Lesnykh, Maxim Martintsov and Alexander Mylnikov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the action on 27 July 2019, he kicked a Rosgvardiya officer in the lower back and also knocked another enforcer to the ground.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released on probation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 13.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.10.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Settlement colony no. 27 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Volgograd region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 05.02.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2021 to 24.06.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Settlement colony no. 27 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Volgograd region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 13.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.07.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2019, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-06T12:53:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-06T12:53:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 13-10-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/news/2019/10/14/novye-obyski-i-doprosy-po-sledam-letnih-protestov-chto-izvestno\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-11-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recni4XJTtqFQzZXu"},{"persecution_id":"rec7LeLVlNGdHAMxJ","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:52:28.000Z","person_id":"recAoc5vBvX6JHQb3","name_en":"Ruslan Dzeitov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 2 May 2019,was detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack on police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March. On 4 May, sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik. On 28 February 2020, he was sentenced to a year and nine months in a penal colony. In April he was released on his own recognisance. On 22 April, the court of appeal replaced the place where the sentence was served with the ordinary regime colony; Dzeitov was sent to the pre-trial detention centre. On 25 June, the court of cassation returned the case to the court of appeal. On 6 August, the court of appeal again ruled to change the place of serving the sentence to a general regime colony. The same day Dzeitov was released from custody due to serving his sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":301,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Dzeitov's case of protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on March 27, 2019, during the riots in Magas, he attacked an employee of the Rosgvardiya, causing him \"physical pain\" with his actions.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.04.2020 to 06.08.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.05.2019 to 04.05.2019, Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik\n• in custody: from 04.05.2019 to 08.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• recognizance not to leave: from 08.04.2020 to 22.04.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.02.2020, Sentence: 1 year and 9 months of deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 9 months of deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":21,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-uchastnikov-mitinga-v-magase\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec7LeLVlNGdHAMxJ"},{"persecution_id":"recoUnGCSKWgk5anS","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec2eMe5GntuJTMId","name_en":"Amir Oskanov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 April 2019, detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack on police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March in Magas. On 5 April, sent to the pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik. He reported that he received bruises during detention. During the confrontation, representatives of law enforcement agencies involved in the clashes with protesters did not identify Oskanov.\n\nOn 28 February 2020, he was sentenced to a year and eleven months in an open prison. 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On 9 August, he was already detained as part of a criminal case, and before that, plainclothes officers standing at the gatehouse at the territory where Vasilyev's workplace is located asked his colleagues where he was. On the night of 10 August, Vasilyev was interrogated and left overnight in a temporary detention facility. Despite his diabetes, he was not given insulin and a glucometer, as a result of which he felt ill during the day and was sent to hospital, where he soon found himself in intensive care. This did not prevent the investigator from asking the court to take Vasilyev into custody on 11 August, but the court refused to elect a preventive measure. That day Vasilyev was transferred from the intensive care unit to the temporary detention centre at the hospital, but on 12 August he returned home. On 19 August it became known that Vasilyev was transferred from suspects to witnesses. On 3 September, the Investigative Committee announced the termination of Vasilyev's prosecution.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2019-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Vasilyev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the initial version of the investigation, he was involved in mass riots. Later transferred to the status of a witness.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.08.2019 to 12.08.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-07-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-svyazi-s-akciey-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recEJVRggAGrCXo8n"},{"persecution_id":"recmTYU9McYYRTJUl","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:59:23.000Z","person_id":"recvgspTvFhzeWkLJ","name_en":"Daniel Konon","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 August 2019, Daniil Konon was searched in connection with the mass riots case, after which he was taken for questioning to the Investigative Committee, where he was charged. On 5 August, the court decided to place him in custody.\n\nOn 3 September, the Investigative Committee reported that the prosecution against Konon was terminated.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code, Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The case of Daniel Konon","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, participated in the mass riots on 27 July 2019, coordinated the actions of protesters.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.08.2019 to 13.08.2019\n• in custody: from 13.08.2019 to 03.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-08-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-07-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-svyazi-s-akciey-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recmTYU9McYYRTJUl"},{"persecution_id":"recF6PBJu8CIDwel9","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:58:38.000Z","person_id":"recgUZ07Zay2sFXOy","name_en":"Khasan Katsiev","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 23 April 2019, detained in Mineralnye Vody on suspicion of involvement in an attack on police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March in Magas. On 25 April, he was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik.\n\nOn 5 March 2020, he was sentenced to a year and nine months in an open prison. On 13 April, the court of appeal left the sentence unchanged, but, unlike the court of first instance, found a political motive in Katsiev's actions. On 15 April he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":316,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"Khasan Katsiyev's case of protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution version, he committed an attack on a Rosgvardiya officer under the influence of political and religious authority of the organisers of an \"unsanctioned\" rally in Magas on 27 March 2019.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• in custody:  to 15.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.04.2019 to 25.04.2019, Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2020, Sentence: 1 year 9 months' deprivation of liberty in an open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 9 months' deprivation of liberty in an open prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":21,"first_verdict_date":"2020-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-uchastnikov-mitinga-v-magase\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recF6PBJu8CIDwel9"},{"persecution_id":"recz9lU6go0YkI1Ou","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recNKPD2w9hYgpSwx","name_en":"Akhmed Barakhoev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attw92XhADLvw7SIl.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attw92XhADLvw7SIl.jpeg"],"birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":72,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 April 2019, he was detained on charges of organising violence against the police officers at a rally on 27 March 2019 and sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik. Later he was transferred to the pre-trial detention centre in Vladikavkaz.\n\nAt the end of December 2019, a case was opened for organising the activities of an extremist community. In addition, he was charged with not fulfilling the obligation to notify about the presence of a second citizenship, later the charge was dropped after the statute of limitations was expired.\n\nOn 16 March 2021, he went on hunger strike and refused to participate in the trial in connection with Zarifa Sautieva being returned from her house arrest to the pre-trial detention centre. On 23 March, he has stopped his hunger strike after the appeals from the public.\n\nOn 15 December, he was sentenced to nine years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 17 February 2026, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":987,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":141,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code","Article 330.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","282.1","239","330.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318","Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 3, Article 239","Article 330.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"The case of the rally organisers in Ingushetiia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he deliberately made an unlawful decision to continue the mass event on 27 March 2019, using his influence on the population of the republic, including the radical part of it, by making appeals for national unity and by manipulating the historical facts about the deportation of the Ingush people and existing unresolved issues related to the administrative-territorial structure of the Republic of Ingushetiia, he took measures to unite the people present at the square, morally supported them by anticipating that the new participants will soon join the unsanctioned rally and urged them to remain resilient in case of any attempts by the law enforcement officials to forcibly terminate the mass rally. He made statements regarding these circumstances and the possibility of resistance against the authority representatives during a conversation that took place at the site of the unsanctioned rally on the morning of 27 March 2019, with D. Kava, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Ingushetiia, and other representatives of law enforcement agencies. He was involved in organizing the activities of an extremist group and participated in the activities of a non-profit organization that encouraged citizens to refuse to fulfill their civic duties or engage in other unlawful activities, and also he failed to notify about holding a second citizenship.","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.12.2020 to 28.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• in custody: from 05.04.2019 to 26.04.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.04.2019 to 05.04.2019, Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik\n• in custody: from 26.04.2019 to 25.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 17.02.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• Unknown: from 17.02.2026 to 17.08.2027\n• Unknown: from 17.02.2026 to 17.02.2031\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.12.2021, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty, a five-year ban on holding positions in public organisations.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty, a five-year ban on holding positions in public organisations.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-15T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-15T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d41969/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 04-07-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9404/delo-liderov-ingushskoj-oppozicii\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-02-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-liderov-ingushskoy-oppozicii\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recz9lU6go0YkI1Ou"},{"persecution_id":"rece4sdTDDhVmuR79","last_updated":"2024-07-31T14:37:09.000Z","person_id":"reck8TsWaQ87zAG4O","name_en":"Vyacheslav Egorov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attbmf2ZvHVfZNgU4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attbmf2ZvHVfZNgU4.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 25 January 2019, a case of repeated violation of the established procedure for conducting a public event was initiated. On 31 January, Vyacheslav Egorov and several other Kolomna activists were searched, Egorov was detained. On 2 February the court placed him under house arrest. On 30 July house arrest was replaced by a prohibition on certain actions.\n\nOn 14 October 2021, he was sentenced to a year and three months in a general regime penal colony. Taken into custody in the courtroom. Released on 8 August 2022.\n\nEarlier Egorov was repeatedly detained at rallies against the landfill.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kolomna"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":986,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":140,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Obstruction of garbage trucks passage","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 212.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vyacheslav Egorov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Walked on the pedestrian crossing near the landfill on 19 April 2018 to prevent rubbish trucks from passing; attempted to prevent cars from passing at the local landfill \"Volovichi\" in May 2018; published a post in the group \"NO to Kolomna landfill\" on VKontakte in July 2018, which was considered as organising an uncoordinated event; published an article on Yandex.Zen about the trial of Gennady and Dmitry Gudkov, which was also considered as organising an uncoordinated event.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.02.2019\n• in custody: from 14.10.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 31.01.2019 to 02.02.2019\n• house arrest: from 02.02.2019 to 30.07.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2022 to 08.08.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.10.2021, Sentence: 1 year 3 months general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 3 months general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":15,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-10-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 18-04-2019\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: amnesty.org.ru/r/2019-04-19-russia/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 31-01-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2019/04/04/mitingi-ne-opasnye-dlya-obshchestva-pochemu-delo-na-vyacheslava-egorova-zaveli\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-02-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/egorov-vyacheslav-valerevich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 27-02-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9127/egorov-vjacheslav-valerevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","OVD-Info","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rece4sdTDDhVmuR79"},{"persecution_id":"recoOHWYOLD6NJJpI","last_updated":"2024-07-24T13:02:50.000Z","person_id":"recOAkf1iVwihGIIx","name_en":"Timur Oziev","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 17 April 2019, he was summoned for questioning in the case about the shelling in the village of Yandare, but Oziev was only asked about the rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March in Magas. Oziev was then taken to court, where he was fined for 20,000 roubles under the administrative article on violation of the order of holding mass events. On leaving the court he was detained and taken to Nalchik, where he was sent to the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nOn 17 January 2020, he was sentenced to a year and seven months in a penal colony. On 6 February he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":274,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"Timur Oziev's case of protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during a rally on 27 March 2019 in Magas, he snatched a shield from an employee of the Rosgvardiya, causing pain to the latter","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.04.2019 to 06.02.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.04.2019 to 18.04.2019, Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.01.2020, Sentence: 1 year 7 months' deprivation of liberty in an open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 7 months' deprivation of liberty in an open prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":19,"first_verdict_date":"2020-01-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-01-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-uchastnikov-mitinga-v-magase\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recoOHWYOLD6NJJpI"},{"persecution_id":"reckBe7EwgQnjfTMo","last_updated":"2026-03-24T16:03:23.000Z","person_id":"reckGIo3rrziesVfe","name_en":"Ian Katelevskii","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attRYSzNaU73PCCYo.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attRYSzNaU73PCCYo.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 November 2019, a criminal case was opened concerning the intentional damage to a vehicle. No suspects were named; however, witnesses identified Katelevskii. On 20 April, after being extended three times, the case was suspended, allegedly due to the impossibility of identifying the accused. On 18 May, the prosecutor’s office overturned the suspension of the case.\n\nOn 21 May, a criminal case on extortion was opened against Katelevskii.\n\nOn 29 July, he was detained; during the detention he sustained an injury to his right ear and lost his hearing for two days.\n\nOn the same day, a criminal case was opened on insulting a representative of the authorities. The following day, he was remanded in custody by a court decision. On 7 August, while in a temporary detention facility (IVS), an undertaking not to leave was imposed in the extortion case.\n\nOn 17 August, the court changed Katelevskii’s preventive measure to house arrest. However, on the same day, Katelevsky was detained and taken to a police station to be acquainted with the materials of the extortion case. The undertaking not to leave in that case was cancelled, and on 19 August the court placed Katelevskii in custody.\n\nDuring the court proceedings, the charge of damaging the vehicle was dropped against Katelevskii. According to the prosecutor, it was not possible to secure the victim’s appearance in court, and it was impossible to determine the amount of damage.\n\nOn 18 November 2023, Katelevskii was sentenced to nine and a half years in a strict-regime penal colony.\n\nOn 15 January 2026, the remaining part of Katelevskii’s sentence was replaced with serving the sentence in an open prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Serpukhov","Ramenskoye"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1458,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":208,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 163 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 163"],"case_name_en":"Case of the \"Rosderzhava\" journalists Dorogov and Katelevskii","case_number":"1-13/2023 (1-504/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The journalist and his colleague Aleksandr Dorogov are accused of extortion (Article 163, Part 3(b) of the Criminal Code) and insulting a public official (Article 319 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The case was opened in July 2020. According to the investigation, the journalists extorted 1.3 million roubles from traffic police officer Gorokhov in exchange for refusing to publish materials about him. Katelevskii was also charged in a case concerning damage to property motivated by hooliganism (Article 167, Part 2 of the Criminal Code): the investigation believed that he struck a car twice with his hand while it was stopped by Gorokhov for inspection. During the court proceedings, this charge was dropped against Katelevskii. According to the prosecutor, it was not possible to secure the victim’s appearance in court, and it was impossible to determine the amount of damage.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• in custody: from 19.08.2020 to 09.10.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• in custody: from 09.10.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n• in custody:  to 17.08.2020\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 29.07.2020\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.08.2020 to 19.08.2020\n• : \n• in custody: from 01.05.2024 to 11.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Irkutsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 11.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Irkutsk Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.09.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.11.2023, Sentence: 9 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":114,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-17T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-17T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-03-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-aleksandra-dorogova-i-yana-katelevskogo\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reckBe7EwgQnjfTMo"},{"persecution_id":"rec9FIEWZ6NOQEuzm","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recCk3hnU4Nqg8C31","name_en":"Viktor Trofimov","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 4 April 2019, the investigation elected a preventive measure against Trofimov in the form of personal recognizance. He fully admitted guilt. On 17 March 2021, he was sentenced to a fine of 50 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":712,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":101,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The \"Black Bloc case\""],"case_name_en":"Case of Artem Vorobyov, Dmitry Nikitin and Viktor Trofimov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, participated in the attack on LGBT-activists.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 04.04.2019 to 23.08.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.03.2021, Sentence: a fine of 50 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 50 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-03-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 17-03-2021\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/dela-chernogo-bloka\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec9FIEWZ6NOQEuzm"},{"persecution_id":"recmUfIAzQVF9drVa","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recmW7e2vykcR6nMj","name_en":"Maxim Martintsov","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 14 October 2019 was detained after a search. On 16 October, was taken into custody by the court order on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities. Later, Martintsov's case was merged with the cases of Yegor Lesnykh and Alexander Mylnikov, accused of acting in an organised group.\n\nOn 6 December, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. On 24 December 2021, Martintsov was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":52,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The case of Egor Lesnykh, Maxim Martintsov and Alexander Mylnikov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, at the action on 27 July 2019, he hit a Rosguard officer, who was lying on the ground.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.10.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"CP No. 3 of the Bryansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 24.12.2021, FCU \"CP No. 3 of the Bryansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2020 to 01.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2020 to 01.05.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2020 to 01.05.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2019, Sentence: 2 years 6 months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 13-10-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/news/2019/10/14/novye-obyski-i-doprosy-po-sledam-letnih-protestov-chto-izvestno\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-11-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recmUfIAzQVF9drVa"},{"persecution_id":"recBQa2jK7UGrOTLk","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recp2Wu6ykFH0JSkG","name_en":"Ibragim Muzhakhoev","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 April 2019, detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack on police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March. On 5 April, sent to the pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik. On 26 May he was released on his own recognisance. Later the prosecution was terminated.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ibragim Muzhakhoyev on protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during a rally in Magas on 27 March 2019, he used violence against the Rosgvardiya.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.04.2019 to 05.04.2019, Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik\n• recognizance not to leave: from 26.05.2019\n• in custody: from 05.04.2019 to 26.05.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-uchastnikov-mitinga-v-magase\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recBQa2jK7UGrOTLk"},{"persecution_id":"recMqED9pCPGJ6Jmp","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recsnbIJ0Hvgizu7V","name_en":"Alexey Tyurin","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 29 July 2020, he was sentenced to one and a half years in an open jail on charges of calling for extremism. In the colony Tyurin was placed in a SHIZO several times. He was released in 2022.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Astrakhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":574,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Tyurin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 14 September 2019, copied the post \"Armenian citizen who stabbed a policeman in Moscow sentenced to a year and a half in a penal colony\" on his Facebook page and commented on it; on 7 October 2019, posted on Facebook and commented on the post \"Moscow City Court upheld the sentence of Danile Beglets, who pulled the arm of a Rosguard officer\" published by Znak.com","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.11.2020 to 10.03.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2020, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' deprivation of liberty in an open jail","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' deprivation of liberty in an open jail","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2020-07-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-07-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 21-01-2022\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-svyazi-s-akciey-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recMqED9pCPGJ6Jmp"},{"persecution_id":"recXpC0Tp1r19MIJ0","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recoD3Acv1qlPw7SE","name_en":"Danil Beglets","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 27 July 2019 he was detained during the dispersal of a rally for fair elections. He was questioned at the police station by an employee of the Investigative Committee. On 9 August, Beglets was detained as part of a criminal case, the same day the court ordered to take him into custody. First he was charged with participation in mass riots, then - with use of violence against a representative of the authorities. The case of violence was separated into separate proceedings, the fugitive pleaded guilty and agreed to a special trial.\n\nOn 3 September, the court sentenced Beglets to two years in a penal colony. On 27 March 2020, the court of cassation instance changed the regime of serving the sentence to a settlement colony.\n\nOn 20 October, the court granted Beglets's application for parole. On 2 November, Beglets was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":38,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"Case of Danil Beglets","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the action on 27 July 2019, pulled the hand of a police officer who detained protesters.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-11-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.08.2019 to 22.08.2019\n• in custody: from 15.11.2019 to 17.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• in custody:  to 02.11.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tula Region\n• in custody: from 08.11.2019 to 14.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• in custody: from 31.10.2019 to 08.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast\n• in custody: from 22.08.2019 to 25.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n• in custody: from 14.11.2019 to 15.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2019 to 02.11.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.09.2019, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2019-09-03T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-09-03T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-07-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-svyazi-s-akciey-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recXpC0Tp1r19MIJ0"},{"persecution_id":"recC94opkBr9Y3WmG","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:59:35.000Z","person_id":"recsrYZjvZkJrviXZ","name_en":"Valery Kostenok","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 27 July 2019, he was detained during the dispersal of a rally for fair elections. On 11 August, Kostenok was searched, after which he was detained and taken for questioning to the Investigative Committee, where he was charged with participation in mass riots. The next day the court ordered him to be placed in custody.\n\nOn 3 September, the Investigative Committee announced the termination of prosecution against Kostenok.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code, Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The case of Valery Kostenok","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, participated in mass riots on July 27, 2019.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.08.2019 to 13.08.2019\n• in custody: from 13.08.2019 to 03.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-07-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-svyazi-s-akciey-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recC94opkBr9Y3WmG"},{"persecution_id":"recru3kORXcLfSirw","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recrEob4bQeQMix89","name_en":"Nikita Chirtzov","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On July 27, 2019, he was detained during the dispersal of a rally for fair elections. Later, the court fined him under an administrative article for violating the procedure for holding public events. On August 28, Chirtzov was detained in Minsk, he was informed that he was wanted in connection with the action on July 27. On August 30, Chirtzov was sent by plane to Moscow. On the night of September 2, he was detained and on the same day taken into custody by court order on charges of using violence against government officials.\n\nOn December 6, he was sentenced to a year in a general regime colony. Sent to a colony pending consideration of the appeal. On April 13, 2020, the appellate court reduced the term to 11 months and decided to release Chirtsov. On April 20, Chirtzov was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":131,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Chirtzov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the action on 27 July 2019, he deliberately pushed the policeman with two hands in the chest.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 20.12.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 03.09.2019 to 28.11.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 20.12.2019 to 20.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kursk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.09.2019 to 03.09.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2019, Sentence: one year of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"one year of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":11,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 29-08-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/reports/mgd-2019#8-19\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recru3kORXcLfSirw"},{"persecution_id":"recdmpe2u45fBWJVK","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rechmWyBZNdHkFfHf","name_en":"Mikhail Kvasov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwbFL7VU5RMVlqt.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwbFL7VU5RMVlqt.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On December 10, 2019, he was detained in Voronezh on charges of threatening a judge and was convoyed to Moscow. On December 12, at the request of the investigator, the court ordered to send Kvasov to a psychiatric examination. Kvasov was released on his own recognizance not to leave the country. On December 19, he was placed in the Serbsky Centre.\n\nOn March 5, 2020, he was sentenced to a fine of 270 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":85,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"protest_event_en":"Action for Fair Elections on August 10, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 296 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["296"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 296"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Kvasov's case of threatening a judge","case_number":"01-0174/2020","persecution_case_profile_en":"He left several aggressive comments on social media about Tverskoy court Judge, Sergei Minin, who sentenced activist Konstantin Kotov on September 5, 2019.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 02.06.2020\n• recognizance not to leave: from 12.12.2019 to 19.12.2019\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 05.03.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2020, Sentence: a fine in the amount of RUB 270,000","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine in the amount of RUB 270,000","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":270000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-03-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 11-12-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/express-news/2019/12/12/s-voronezhca-kvasova-obvinyaemogo-v-ugrozah-sude-vzyali-podpisku-o-nevyezde\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recdmpe2u45fBWJVK"},{"persecution_id":"recoyye6wdgNloBtV","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recEBTAoW6N6wWNPf","name_en":"Alexander Mylnikov","birth_year":1987,"age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On October 15 2019 he was detained after a search. The lawyer was not informed about his whereabouts for many hours. The next day Mylnykov was placed under house arrest by court order on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities. Later, Mylnikov's case was merged with the cases of Yegor Lesnykh and Maxim Martintsov, accused of acting in an organised group.\n\nOn December 6, he was sentenced to two years of suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":51,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The case of Egor Lesnykh, Maxim Martintsov and Alexander Mylnikov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, at the action on July 27, 2019, together with Yegor Lesnykh, he attacked an employee of the Rosgvardiya and fell him on the pavement, \"with two hands he grabbed the victim's right arm, overcoming his resistance, pulled him towards himself, holding him down and depriving him of freedom of movement\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 06.12.2019\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.10.2019 to 16.10.2019\n• house arrest: from 16.10.2019 to 06.12.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2019, Sentence: Two years suspended sentence with a probationary period of three years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years suspended sentence with a probationary period of three years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-11-2019\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 14-10-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/express-news/2019/10/15/eshche-odnogo-cheloveka-zaderzhali-po-delu-27-iyulya-i-uvezli-v-neizvestnom\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recoyye6wdgNloBtV"},{"persecution_id":"recLL5jSfsU0Oi4Yg","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recDOQceZmUoeO3iN","name_en":"Eduard Malyshevsky","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 27 July 2019 during the dispersal of a rally for fair elections in Moscow. On 29 July he was arrested for 13 days under the administrative article on petty hooliganism. On 2 September it became known that he was in a temporary detention centre and taken into custody on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities.\n\nOn 9 December, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. On 29 January 2020, the appellate court reduced the term by three months. In October 2021, it became known that due to alleged multiple violations of the regime Malyshevsky was transferred from the general regime colony to a single cell-type room on the territory of the strict regime colony. He was released on 14 March 2022.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":134,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The Eduard Malyshevsky case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, after being detained at the rally on 27 July 2019, while in the police bus, he with his foot squeezed out a glass, which fell on the commander of the department of the 2nd operative regiment of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who felt 'physical pain and dizziness', but was not injured, as he was protected by a helmet.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.09.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 3 of the Udmurt Republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2021 to 14.03.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2020 to 28.10.2021, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 3 of the Udmurt Republic\"\n• administrative detention: from 29.07.2019 to 08.08.2019\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 06.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kursk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.04.2020 to 29.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.12.2019, Sentence: 3 years in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":33,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-08T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 29-08-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/reports/mgd-2019#8-19\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recLL5jSfsU0Oi4Yg"},{"persecution_id":"recXTR7xM5aAUso7Y","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:41:28.000Z","person_id":"reces0MXNnlovbkcy","name_en":"Anastasia Shevchenko","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On January 21, 2019, a search was carried out at the home of Anastasia Shevchenko, a member of the federal council of Open Russia. Law enforcement officers seized all her means of communication. Searches were also conducted at the homes of other movement members in Rostov-on-Don, Kazan, and Ulyanovsk. That same day, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Shevchenko for carrying out the activities of an organization designated as “undesirable” in Russia (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code). She was summoned for questioning to the Investigative Committee and was held in a temporary detention facility pending trial. On January 23, the court placed Shevchenko under house arrest.\n\nOn February 18, 2021, Anastasia Shevchenko was sentenced to four years of suspended imprisonment. On August 10, another court reclassified Shevchenko’s actions under a revised version of the article on carrying out the activities of an “undesirable organization” and reduced the sentence to three years.\n\nIn August 2022, it was reported that Shevchenko had left the country. In September, reports emerged that she had been placed on a wanted list. On December 20, she was sentenced in absentia to three years in prison. On February 6, 2023, an appellate court reduced the sentence to two years.\n\nIn May 2025, Anastasia Shevchenko was added to the register of extremists and terrorists maintained by Rosfinmonitoring (the Federal Financial Monitoring Service), with a designation used for individuals prosecuted under terrorism-related articles.\n\nOn October 14, 2025, the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the opening of a criminal case against Shevchenko and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia on charges of the violent seizure of power and organizing the activities of a terrorist community. The case was triggered by the adoption of the “Berlin Declaration,” which called for a change of power in Russia.\n\nIn November 2025, another case against Anastasia Shevchenko was referred to court under the article on organizing the financing of terrorism. The details of this case are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":758,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":108,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement","professional activity"],"protest_event_en":"Rally against political repression","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 284.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Anastasia Shevchenko's case on the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"Shevchenko participated in political debates in Taganrog as a coordinator, published an announcement of an Open Russia lecture, encouraged activists to infiltrate protest groups by offering them legal assistance, and \"displayed symbols from the protest action \"Fed up\"\" at a rally on 28 October 2018.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 18.02.2021 to 18.02.2021\n• house arrest: from 23.01.2019 to 18.02.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.08.2021, Sentence: 3 years' suspended sentence with a probationary period of 3 years• First instance court on the merits, 18.02.2021, Sentence: 4 years' suspended sentence with a probationary period of 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended sentence with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"first_verdict_date":"2021-02-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 24-01-2019\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://amnesty.org.ru/r/2019-01-25-russia/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 13-02-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9106/shevchenko-anastasija-nukzarievna\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-02-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/shevchenko-anastasiya-nukzarievna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recXTR7xM5aAUso7Y"},{"persecution_id":"recdxbhONQnkTz0co","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recLMDaYiPo7MWTuu","name_en":"Kirill Zhukov","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 27 July 2019, he was detained during the dispersal of a rally for fair elections. On 31 July, Zhukov's home was searched, after which he was detained in a criminal case. On 2 August he was taken into custody by court order. On 17 August, it became known that the investigative actions against Zhukov in the case of violence against a representative of the authorities have already been completed and that the charge of participation in mass riots is not in the case.\n\nOn 4 September, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. On 22 September 2020, the court of cassation instance commuted the sentence to two and a half years in an open prison. He was released on 19 November 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":38,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"Kirill Zhukov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, during the action on 27 July 2019, he tried to lift the helmet visor of a Rosgvardiya officer.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 31.07.2019 to 22.08.2019\n• in custody:  to 18.12.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• in custody: from 25.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• in custody: from 22.08.2019 to 18.10.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2019, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 19.11.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.09.2019, Sentence: 2 years 6 months of deprivation of liberty in an open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months of deprivation of liberty in an open prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-6,"first_verdict_date":"2019-09-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-09-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-07-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-svyazi-s-akciey-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recdxbhONQnkTz0co"},{"persecution_id":"rechdp0yWsWt64DD4","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recE1xebgPOh72tH8","name_en":"Aidar Gubaidulin","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Late in the evening of 8 August 2019, Gubaidulin was searched as part of the mass riot case, after which he was taken for questioning to the Investigative Committee, where he was charged. The next day, the court decided to take him into custody. On 31 August, his lawyer reported that Gubaidulin was charged with attempted violence against a representative of the authorities.\n\nOn 18 September, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. Gubaidulin was released on his own recognisance.\n\nOn 15 October Gubaidulin was reclassified the charge to threatening to use violence against a representative of power.\n\nOn 17 October it became known that Gubaidulin left Russia. On 30 October the court decided to detain him in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code, Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318","Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The case of Aidar Gubaidulin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 27 July 2019, he took part in a mass riot, threw a plastic bottle in the direction of the Rosguard, thus threatening to use violence against them.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia","placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 30.10.2019\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.08.2019 to 22.08.2019\n• in custody: from 22.08.2019 to 18.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n• recognizance not to leave: from 18.09.2019 to 30.10.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 09-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 03-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-07-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-svyazi-s-akciey-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"rechdp0yWsWt64DD4"},{"persecution_id":"recO8JCg1ql2XHXcl","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recNgqqKFVIHx4muH","name_en":"Bagaudin Khautiev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attkQi5EpjEhADKTd.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attkQi5EpjEhADKTd.jpeg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ingushetia. On April 3rd 2019, detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack on police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on March 27th in Magas. On April 5th, he was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik.\nAt the end of December 2019, a case was opened on participation in the activities of an extremist community. In January 2020, the charge of using violence was reclassified to organising the use of violence.\n\nOn March 16th 2021, he went on hunger strike and refused to participate in the trial due to the return of Zarifa Sautieva from house arrest to the pre-trial detention centre. On March 23rd, he stopped the hunger strike after appeals from the public.\n\nOn December 15th 2021, he was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn February 4th 2025, Khautiev was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":987,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":141,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"The case of the rally organisers in Ingushetiia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took a knowingly illegal decision to continue the mass event on March 27th 2019, in connection with which, using the existing authority among the population of the republic, including its radical part, making appeals to national unity, manipulating historical facts about the deportation of the Ingush people and the existing unresolved problems of the administrative-territorial structure of the Republic of Ingushetia, took measures to unite the people present in the square, morally supporting them with the imminent arrival of new participants also making appeals to perdidtence in case of law enforcers' attempts to stop the mass event by using force; participated in the activities of the extremist comunity.","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.04.2019 to 05.04.2019, Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik\n• in custody: from 17.11.2020 to 28.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• in custody: from 05.04.2019 to 17.11.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.07.2023 to 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2023 to 04.02.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol Territory\"\n• Unknown: from 04.02.2025 to 03.08.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.12.2021, Sentence: 8 years of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 6 months of restriction of liberty, prohibition to hold office in public organisations for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 6 months of restriction of liberty, prohibition to hold office in public organisations for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-15T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-15T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d41969/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 20-02-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-liderov-ingushskoy-oppozicii\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-uchastnikov-mitinga-v-magase\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recO8JCg1ql2XHXcl"},{"persecution_id":"recDtedmVH8rn1SWi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recWON95QnlcDYJC3","name_en":"Sergey Abanichev","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 August Abanichev was searched as part of the mass riot case, the same day he was taken for questioning to the Investigative Committee, where he was charged. On 5 August, the court decided to take him into custody. On 9 August, the staff of the TDF of SVAD, where Abanichev was held, deceived his mother, saying that her son was already in the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nOn 3 September, the Investigative Committee announced the termination of criminal prosecution against Abanichev.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2019-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code, Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Abanichev","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, he threw a tin can at a policeman during the action on 27 July 2019. Abanichev himself claimed that he threw a paper cup away from him.\n\n","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.08.2019 to 13.08.2019\n• in custody: from 13.08.2019 to 22.08.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: from 22.08.2019 to 03.09.2019, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-08-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-07-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/story/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-svyazi-s-akciey-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recDtedmVH8rn1SWi"},{"persecution_id":"rec76TX8GsQyGeePV","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reccPxnWurhRKR5i7","name_en":"Akhmed Nalgiev","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 23 April 2019, detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack on police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March in Magas. Sent to a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik.\n\nOn 18 February 2020, he was sentenced to a year and nine months in a penal colony. On 23 April, the appeal court replaced the settlement colony with a general regime penal colony. On 22 July, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":300,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"The case of Akhmed Nalgiev on protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the clashes in Magas on 27 March 2019, he kicked one of the fighters with his foot on the shield and hit the other with a fist in the face.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.04.2019 to 22.07.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.04.2019 to 24.04.2019, Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.02.2020, Sentence: 1 year 9 months' deprivation of liberty in an open jail","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 9 months' deprivation of liberty in an open jail","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":21,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-uchastnikov-mitinga-v-magase\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec76TX8GsQyGeePV"},{"persecution_id":"reciI5YAWPOK1rVHE","last_updated":"2024-07-24T13:01:25.000Z","person_id":"recK1dXTS09hwQtG3","name_en":"Zubeyr Khamkhoev","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 20 April 2019, detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack on police officers during a rally against the transfer of land to Chechnya on 27 March in Magas. On 22 April, he was sent to the pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik. During the trial on the measure of restraint Khamkhoev became ill with heart trouble. In the pre-trial detention centre his condition worsened.\n\nOn 14 February 2020, he was sentenced to a year and eight months in a penal colony. On 23 April, the court of appeal replaced the settlement colony with a general regime colony. He was released on 17 June.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":299,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"Zubeyr Khamkhoev's case on protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at the rally on 27 March 2019, he snatched a shield from the hands of one Rosguard officer and threw \"a metal fragment of a broken fence\" at another.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.04.2019 to 22.04.2019, Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik\n• in custody: from 22.04.2019 to 17.06.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.02.2020, Sentence: 1 year 8 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 8 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":20,"first_verdict_date":"2020-02-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-02-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2019\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-uchastnikov-mitinga-v-magase\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reciI5YAWPOK1rVHE"},{"persecution_id":"recL0Y6Jrfba8083n","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec9OLIwTipSGbymo","name_en":"Sergey Surovtsev","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 28 November 2019 on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities. On 29 November he was taken into custody by court order. On the same day it became known that the investigation against Surovtsev was completed.\n\nOn 24 December, sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. In April 2020, Surovtsev was moved to Tver region (region north-west of Moscow) until the appeal was considered - according to unconfirmed reports, in connection with the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nOn 9 April 2021, the court of cassation instance replaced Surovtsev's general regime colony with a settlement colony. Surovtsev was released on 30 December.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":25,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of independent candidates on July 27, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of July 27th"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Surovtsev","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 27 July 2019, \"having lifted a section of metal fence, struck a member of the Rosgvardiya with it, and then tried to block the movement of other law enforcement officers who were guarding public order\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 29.11.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 4 UFSIN of Russia in Ryazan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 30.12.2021, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 4 UFSIN of Russia in Ryazan region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.07.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ryazan region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2020 to 30.12.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Tver Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2019, Sentence: 2 years 6 months imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-o-massovyh-besporyadkah-v-moskve-27-iyulya-2019-goda\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-11-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/express-news/2019/11/29/novogo-figuranta-moskovskogo-dela-sergeya-surovceva-arestovali-do-27\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 08-01-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9550/delo-o-massovyh-besporjadkah-v-moskve-27-ijulja-2019-goda\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recL0Y6Jrfba8083n"},{"persecution_id":"reciFWSbraiAocLP4","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recDGCGaG8sEn8UJ6","name_en":"Andrey Borovikov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Arkhangelsk.\n\nOn April 30, 2019, he was detained as part of a criminal case for repeated violations of the procedure for organising public events. The court decided on a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on attending mass events, using means of communication to organise them, as well as communicating with participants of the anti-trash rally held on April 7, in Arkhangelsk.\n\nOn September 27, he was sentenced to 400 hours of compulsory labour.\n\nOn July 3, 2020,  the court rejected the request of the penal inspectorate, which sought to replace Borovikov's compulsory labour with imprisonment.\n\nOn September 27, 2020, a search was conducted in Borovikov's apartment. He was accused of posting a video clip for the song \"Pussy\" by the Rammstein band on his VKontakte page on January 19, 2014. On September 29, Borovikov was placed under travel restrictions.\n\nOn April 29, 2021, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony. On July 15, the appellate court reduced the sentence to two years and three months. On February 1, 2022, the cassation court overturned the decision of the appellate court and returned the case to the appellate stage. On April 1, the appellate court upheld its previous decision. On March 7, 2023, Borovikov was placed under two years of administrative supervision.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2023-05-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":149,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Actions against pension reform 09.09.2018","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 212.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Borovikov's case of repeated violation of the order of holding public events","case_number":"1-292/2019","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the 5 May 2018 action \"He is not our Tsar\" organised by Navalny's local headquarters in connection with Putin's inauguration; in the 9 September 2018 action against pension reform, also organised by the headquarters; was one of the organisers of the 7 April 2019 march and rally, and because of these \"illegal events\" he organised, people \"illegally blocked\" car traffic and prevented a physical education event on Lenin Square, ignoring police demands to disperse; \"constantly organizes\" uncoordinated events against the landfill, \"organizes provocations in order to use violence against government officials\" and recruits local residents \"prone to illegal behavior\" into the \"Pomorie is not a garbage dump\" movement.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2019-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 30.04.2019 to 02.05.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.09.2019, Sentence: 400 hours of compulsory labour, the judge refused to increase the sentence","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"400 hours of compulsory labour, the judge refused to increase the sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2019-09-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-09-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-07-2019\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/borovikov-andrey-vladimirovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 23-07-2019\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9458/borovikov-andrej-vladimirovich\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 06-05-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2019/05/07/eshche-odno-mitingovoe-delo-za-antimusornyy-protest-teper-v-arhangelske\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","OVD-Info"],"aid":"reciFWSbraiAocLP4"},{"persecution_id":"recefvPhI4FKDQSu7","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recH7puaX65JhKjye","name_en":"Sergey Polovets","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 12 November 2019 on charges of threatening a judge. He pleaded guilty, testified against Yevgeniy Erzunov, who, according to him, is the author of the threatening comment, which Polovets reposted. On 13 November he was released on his own recognisance not to leave.\n\nOn 24 December the Investigative Committee stopped the prosecution of Polovets.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2019-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2019,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"protest_event_en":"\"Let's take back the elections\" on August 3, 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 296 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["296"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 296"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Moscow case","The case of threats against judge Aleksei Krivoruchko"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Polovets case on threats to judge Alexei Krivoruchko","persecution_case_profile_en":"Posted a tweet about Pavel Ustinov's sentence - three and a half years in a penal colony over the 3 August 2019 rally - handed down by Moscow Tverskoy Court Judge Alexei Krivoruchko, which contained an aggressive comment.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 24.12.2019\n• recognizance not to leave: from 13.11.2019 to 24.12.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 14-11-2019\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2019/10/31/moskovskoe-delo-kto-eti-lyudi-i-za-chto-ih-sudyat-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recefvPhI4FKDQSu7"},{"persecution_id":"rec8boe4Y91FRRNm0","last_updated":"2024-12-21T12:56:09.000Z","person_id":"recSJ6YF9gwPIZFNn","name_en":"Ivan Zhdanov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation.\n\nIn 2015, a criminal case was opened against Zhdanov for falsifying voter data in the Novosibirsk Region.\n\nIn April 2016, a case was opened against Zhdanov for draft evasion. Before that, he registered as a candidate for the council of deputies of the rural settlement of Barvikhinskoye, Odintsovo district, Moscow Region.\n\nIn August 2019, a case was brought against Zhdanov for failure to comply with a court order for failing to remove from the Internet the Anti-Corruption Foundation's film \"He is not your Dimon\" about expensive real estate allegedly owned by then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Zhdanov had previously intended to run for the Moscow City Duma, but he was not registered, like most independent candidates. This became a cause for mass actions in Moscow, which were followed by numerous criminal cases. In July 2020, Zhdanov was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles for failing to remove the film.\n\nAnother case under the same article was brought against Zhdanov in November 2020 for non-payment of 29 million roubles in connection with a lawsuit filed by the Moscow Schoolboy company, which was the subject of one of FBC's investigations\n\nIn April 2021, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for the creation of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nIn June, Zhdanov was put on the federal wanted list, and then on the international wanted list. He is outside Russia. On 29 June, the court arrested Zhdanov in absentia.\n\nIn August, a case was brought against Zhdanov for raising funds for an extremist organisation.\n\nIn September, it became known that Zhdanov and other supporters of Navalny were prosecuted for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned cases of financing extremist activities and establishment of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. In May 2022, he was arrested in absentia in this case as well.\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism.\n\nIn December 2024, it was reported that a case against Zhdanov's full namesake is being considered in court for defamation of a representative of justice, the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":349,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 315 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["315"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 315 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["The case of refusing to remove \"He Is Not Dimon to You\" documentary"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ivan Zhdanov on the failure to remove the film \"He is not your Dimon\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"Zhdanov refused to delete from the Internet the Anti-Corruption Foundation's film \"He is not your Dimon\" about expensive real estate allegedly owned by then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.07.2020, Sentence: a fine of one hundred thousand (100.000) roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of one hundred thousand (100.000) roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-07-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-07-27T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8boe4Y91FRRNm0"},{"persecution_id":"recHmowKHrZxfgNXH","last_updated":"2026-03-15T10:33:50.000Z","person_id":"rec6dPH6ZqcpX7J0z","name_en":"Askhabali Alibekov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attXqSwv1KB9YPg3J.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attXqSwv1KB9YPg3J.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Askhabali (Askhab, Askhat) Alibekov, aka \"Wild Paratrooper\", a participant of the Second Chechen War, became known as a blogger in February 2018.\nA year before, on 19 May 2017, the court sentenced Askhat Alibekov to three years of suspended imprisonment.\nAccording to the verdict, on 1 February 2017, Petty Officer Askhabali Alibekov, being the commander of a branch of a military unit of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, angered by the fact that one of his subordinates, Sailor Ustimirov, was absent from his workplace, struck him in the face with his fist, breaking his lower jaw. The defendant pleaded guilty and compensated the victim for the damage.\n\nOn 10 February 2018, Askhabali (Askhab) Alibekov created a channel on YouTube and on 11 February 2018 posted a video in which he criticised the Russian President, accused him of concealing data on the number of Russians killed in the conflict in Ukraine and called for a boycott of the elections. The video gained more than 700,000 views.\n\nOn 27 February 2018, the petty officer returned from leave to the military unit and learned that he was dismissed from the Navy. On the same day, he posted two videos in which he cited a video of a speech criticising Vladimir Putin as the reason for his dismissal.\n\nBetween 1 and 11 March, the blogger posted four more videos on YouTube accusing the Russian president and calling on him to leave his post. He also mentioned threats against himself and his relatives. By that time, the videos had been viewed by about two million people on his Internet channel alone.\n\nOn 14 March 2018, Alibekov was detained. The judge of the Primorsky district court of Novorossiysk Nikolay Semenov decided to bring him to responsibility under part 2 of article 20.1 of the Administrative Code and imposed a punishment of 10 days of arrest. \"At 9 o'clock. 00 min. during the operation \"Anaconda\" drew attention to gr. Alibekov A. A., who loudly expressed profanity, did not respond to comments, to the demands of a police officer to stop his unlawful actions refused, provoking a conflict ... Alibekov A. A. ... did not admit guilt, explaining that he was returning home, he was attacked by people in civilian clothes, so he resisted, when he saw police officers in uniform, he stopped resisting and went with them,\" the court ruling says.\n\nOn 24 March 2018, Askhab Alibekov was allegedly detained again. The judge of the same court Mikhail Savin decided to bring him to responsibility under part 2 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation and imposed a penalty in the form of a fine of one thousand rubles. From the court ruling: \"According to the report on administrative offence of 24.03.2018 A. A. Alibekov on 24 March 2018 at 13 hours 30 minutes, being in a public place in the area of the house number 56 on Kozlov Street, Novorossiysk, behaved aggressively, rudely expressed profanity, did not respond to the comments of police officers to stop unlawful actions, which rendered disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers. A.A. Alibekov explained at the court hearing that he had not committed any offence, he was serving a sentence of 10 days' arrest, three hours before the expiry of his sentence he was kidnapped by police officers, handcuffed, placed in a specialised vehicle and brought back to court\".\n\nOn 6 April 2018, Alibekov was summoned to the local department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), where he was asked to sign a covenant not to leave, as he had been convicted of two administrative offences during his probation period under the criminal sentence.\n\nThe video blogger then released several videos dedicated to the all-Russian opposition rally \"He is not our Tsar!\" scheduled for 5 May 2018.\n\nOn 4 May 2018, Askhabali Alibekov was detained when he was travelling by bus to Krasnodar airport and a report was drawn up under part 2 of article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (\"Violation of the procedure for organising a public event\"). The Department for the Enforcement of Administrative Legislation of the Krasnodar Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs saw in his videos calls for \"unauthorised rallies and protests\". On the same day, the Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar found him guilty and sent him under arrest for nine days.\n\nOn 30 June 2018, Alibekov was again detained by police. On 1 July 2018, the judge of the Primorsky District Court of Novorossiysk, Natalia Musienko, decided to hold him liable under part 2 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation and impose a penalty of a fine of one thousand rubles. \"On 30 June 2018 at 10 h. 00 м. Alibekov A. A., being in a public place, in the premises of the police department of the Primorsky district of the UMVD of the Russian Federation for the city of Novorossiysk, expressed himself with coarse profanity, waved his hands, while not responding to repeated demands of police officers to stop illegal actions, thus violating public order. At the court hearing A.A. Alibekov did not admit guilt in committing an administrative offence, explained that the protocol on administrative offence drawn up in respect of him is a provocation\", - reads the court ruling.\n\nOn 11 July 2018, Judge Savin satisfied the submission of the Criminal Executive Inspectorate of the Criminal Executive Inspectorate of the UFSIN in Krasnodar Krai to replace Alibekov's suspended sentence with three years of imprisonment. The court justified its decision by the fact that Alibekov during the probation period \"during the year systematically violated public order, as he was brought to administrative responsibility three times, which is confirmed by the court acts that came into force, was repeatedly warned about the cancellation of probation, but did not make proper conclusions for himself\".\n\nIn the colony, a criminal case was opened against Alibekov for disorganising the activities of the correctional facility and insulting a representative of the authorities. On 9 September 2020, he was sentenced to two years and two months in a strict regime colony. On 24 November, the appeal court cancelled the part of the sentence relating to the article on insulting a representative of the authorities and decided to sentence Alibekov to a year and two months in a strict regime colony.\n\nHe was released in March 2022.\n\nOn 9 September 2022, Alibekov was detained as part of a case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The case was initiated because of the video clips. At first it was reported that he was taken a signature not to leave, later it was reported that the court chose to ban him from certain actions. On 29 September it became known that Alibekov was taken into custody after he refused to wear an electronic bracelet to track his movements. Alibekov pleaded guilty and asked for a special trial, but the court refused.\n\nIn July, the blogger was fined 50,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a video from a solitary picket in the town square. \"Kavkaz.Realii\" wrote that Alibekov was fined under this article twice, the IC also indicated in the release that he was brought to administrative responsibility in March.\n\nOn 23 March 2023, Alibekov was sentenced to a year and two months in a strict regime colony. In late April, Alibekov told his wife that he had been beaten by SIZO staff. On 10 November 2023, he was released. On 2 April 2024, the court of cassation instance cancelled the verdict and sent the case for a new consideration. On 23 January 2025, the court of first instance dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nOn the night of 20 February 2024, Alibekov was taken off a train in Kazan, where he was travelling to become an election observer. According to him, he was beaten and injected with something similar to a syringe in his back, after which he became dizzy. Alibekov was charged with disobedience to the lawful demand of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and arrested for 15 days. On 1 March it became known that Alibekov was prosecuted for use of violence against a representative of authority (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). On 9 October 2024, he was sentenced to two years and four months in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 29 November 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by four months.\n\nOn 17 February 2026, the court placed Alibekov under administrative supervision for two and a half years. On 4 March, he was released from the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lipetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":616,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 321 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["321"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 321 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Wild Trooper's case of disruption of prison activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, Alibekov bent a prison officer's hand behind his back and insulted another prison officer.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2018-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.07.2018\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Lipetsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 07.03.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.09.2020, Sentence: 2 years and 2 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 2 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":14,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"first_verdict_date":"2020-09-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-09-08T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHmowKHrZxfgNXH"},{"persecution_id":"recz8XCEsRq5vOziU","last_updated":"2025-04-01T18:47:37.000Z","person_id":"recPDjxaf8W0Xn9Be","name_en":"Pavel Zlomnov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On January 30, 2019, the day when Pavel Zlomnov was released from pre-trial detention center on recognisance not to leave due to the expiration of the term of detention in the case of illegal possession of weapons, he was re-detained by Federal Security Service (FSB) officers. A case of justification of terrorism was initiated due to the fact that earlier Zlomnov read poems to his cellmates about anarchist Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who blew himself up in the building of the Federal Security Service's Directorate of the Arkhangelsk region. The court chose a measure of restriction in the form of detention. In February, it became known that a new case has been brought against Zlomnov - insulting an employee of the Federal Penitentiary Service's Department. In April he was placed under house arrest. On September 2, it became known that Zlomnov disappeared. He was put on the wanted list.\n\nIn the case of weapons possession, Zlomnov was detained on January 31, 2018. Later he said that he and another detainee, Roman Grozdov, were tortured by officers of the Department of Federal Security Service, demanding confessions. On February 2, the court sent Zlomnov into custody. On January 24, 2019, a criminal case was opened against Pavel Zlomnov's brother and lawyer, Mikhail, for insulting Federal Security Service investigator Daniil Sablin during investigative actions against Pavel in August 2018.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Zlomnov's case of insulting a representative of the authorities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, while in the investigation room in pre-trial detention center-6, he insulted Federal Penitentiary Service's operative Ivan Prozorovsky.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 02-09-2019\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zlomnov-pavel-andreevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recz8XCEsRq5vOziU"},{"persecution_id":"reckJAtP7TbF1LO99","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recPejR1PF7cpIaC2","name_en":"Vyacheslav Ivanov","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"October 14th 2019, it became known that a case was opened against Ivanov for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On October 24th 2019, Ivanov was searched as a suspect in another similar case (in which Dmitry Kulakov is a suspect as well). On July 14th 2020, he signed a personal recognizance on his first case. On August 27th, the FSSB dropped the second case. On January 31st 2022, he was sentenced in his first case to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nevelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2019-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2020-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nevelsk"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nevelsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 14 October 2019, it became known that a case was opened against Ivanov for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 24 October 2019, Ivanov was searched as a suspect in another similar case, in which he is being held together with Dmitry Kulakov. On 14 July 2020, a signature of non-departure was taken as part of the first case. On 27 August, the FSSB dropped the second case. On 31 January 2022, he was sentenced in the first case to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-01-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/01/d45718/?sphrase_id=1575146\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reckJAtP7TbF1LO99"},{"persecution_id":"rec0xfNwL5civhCut","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"rec7qiDfmvjsdJFU5","name_en":"Mirzobarot Mirzosharipov","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"In June 2017, he was taken into custody on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation. On 26 July 2018, he was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime prison.\n\nAfter being transferred to prison, a case was opened against Mirzosharipov for publicly justifying terrorist activity in connection with discussions about Hizb ut-Tahrir. According to the case files, Mirzosharipov spoke to other prisoners in Pre-Trial Detention Centre No. 1 and IK-40 in the Kemerovo Region about the organisation. Mirzosharipov himself stated that he was beaten in prison and that, during questioning about Hizb ut-Tahrir, one prisoner held scissors to his throat while another recorded his words. At trial, when witnesses were asked to indicate on a diagram the room where the conversation took place, they pointed to different rooms.\n\nOn 11 November 11 2019, Mirzosharipov was sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment; under the court’s ruling, the combined sentence, including the unserved portion of his first term, amounted to 5 years. By 2022 at the latest, a new case was opened against him for publicly justifying terrorism, linked to conversations about the organisation Jabhat al-Nusra in October 2021, while he was serving his sentence. On 25 April 2023, he was sentenced to 4 years for this charge, but taking into account previously unserved time, his total sentence was set at 5 years in a strict regime prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":313,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mirzobarot Mirzosharipov`s case of the justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he told an officer of the Federal Penitentiary Service (GUFSIN) in Kemerovo Region that he did not consider Hizb ut-Tahrir to be a terrorist organisation, and spoke to detainees in the intake unit of pre-trial detention centre-1 about the group’s activities. The day after arriving at the penal colony, he told another prisoner that Hizb ut-Tahrir should not be considered a terrorist organisation because it had not carried out bombings or arson attacks. He stated that the goal of Hizb ut-Tahrir is to establish a caliphate across the entire world and that the party’s main method is persuasion, but that “in case of disagreement by anyone,” jihad should be used. He expressed admiration for Hizb ut-Tahrir. He claimed that a violent seizure of power is the only way to build a caliphate. He emphasised that the party is open to everyone, including non-Muslims. He assured others that all prisoners would be freed in the caliphate and given a just trial. He justified the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, including support for the goal of creating a caliphate through jihad, and the party’s ideas about “changing the fundamental foundations of the social order and state organisation (including the state system of Russia).”","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.11.2019, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2019-11-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-11-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-07-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-musulman/10103/peterburgskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhjonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-02-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2020/02/d42122/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/peterburgskoe-delo-8-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec0xfNwL5civhCut"},{"persecution_id":"reczVFaGze9IuaGI3","last_updated":"2025-02-07T11:30:18.000Z","person_id":"recIBZfrsBzZ6n4nW","name_en":"Mikhail Alferov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Mikhail Alferov is an opposition blogger from the Kemerovo region, author of the YouTube channel \"enemy of pig dogs\", where he posts videos about freedom of assembly in the region, corruption and the work of law enforcers.\n\nDue to his activism, the blogger has repeatedly faced pressure from the authorities.\n\nIn June 2019, while serving an administrative arrest, the blogger learnt that a case was opened against him under the article on inflicting moderate harm to health with the use of weapons. The statement against him was written by an employee of the management company: she claimed that Alferov allegedly sprayed her with pepper spray. According to Alferov, the spray can could have been planted on him by an employee of the Centre \"E\", and the case itself is connected with his visit to the deputy governor.\n\nIn July 2019, a case of insulting a judge was brought against Alferov. Then once again they tried to bring him to trial for evading community service, after which, according to the investigation, he called the judge Kirill Bolotov, who appointed him administrative arrest, a \"creature\". On 11 June 2020, the court dismissed the case.\n\nIn April and June 2020, cases were brought against Alferov for insulting a representative of the authorities, both because of the videos containing derogatory remarks about police officer N. Evdokimova, who later moved to work at the Centre for Combating Extremism, who had previously drawn up administrative protocols against Alferov and, as he believes, prepared materials for a criminal case on insulting a judge. In July 2020, a case on the rehabilitation of Nazism was initiated because of a video where Alferov discusses the use of 9 May symbols in modern Russia. These three cases were merged into one. On 18 November 2021, Alferov was sentenced to 470 hours of community service.\n\nIn July 2021, a case of incitement to hatred against the social groups \"law enforcement\" and \"judicial authorities\" was brought against Alferov because of a video he recorded in connection with Alexei Navalny's return to Russia. Alferov was detained on 5 July and placed under house arrest on 9 July. On 30 December, he was released on recognisance not to leave. In March 2023, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 15 August 2023, Alferov was detained again. On 18 August, the court sent him under house arrest on a new case of incitement to hatred, use of violence against a representative of the authorities and defamation of a judge.\n\nIn April 2024, Alferov, allegedly as a result of pressure from the investigating authorities, went to war with Ukraine. In January 2025, it became known that he had died.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 112 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["112"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 112 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Alferov's case of harm to an employee of a management company","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Alferov used pepper spray against an employee of the management company.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-10-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/kemerovskomu-blogeru-mihailu-alfyorovu-prodlili-domashnij-arest/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reczVFaGze9IuaGI3"},{"persecution_id":"reco5Cz40NGAoFXec","last_updated":"2025-02-07T11:30:18.000Z","person_id":"recIBZfrsBzZ6n4nW","name_en":"Mikhail Alferov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Mikhail Alferov is an opposition blogger from the Kemerovo region, author of the YouTube channel \"enemy of pig dogs\", where he posts videos about freedom of assembly in the region, corruption and the work of law enforcers.\n\nDue to his activism, the blogger has repeatedly faced pressure from the authorities.\n\nIn June 2019, while serving an administrative arrest, the blogger learnt that a case was opened against him under the article on inflicting moderate harm to health with the use of weapons. The statement against him was written by an employee of the management company: she claimed that Alferov allegedly sprayed her with pepper spray. According to Alferov, the spray can could have been planted on him by an employee of the Centre \"E\", and the case itself is connected with his visit to the deputy governor.\n\nIn July 2019, a case of insulting a judge was brought against Alferov. Then once again they tried to bring him to trial for evading community service, after which, according to the investigation, he called the judge Kirill Bolotov, who appointed him administrative arrest, a \"creature\". On 11 June 2020, the court dismissed the case.\n\nIn April and June 2020, cases were brought against Alferov for insulting a representative of the authorities, both because of the videos containing derogatory remarks about police officer N. Evdokimova, who later moved to work at the Centre for Combating Extremism, who had previously drawn up administrative protocols against Alferov and, as he believes, prepared materials for a criminal case on insulting a judge. In July 2020, a case on the rehabilitation of Nazism was initiated because of a video where Alferov discusses the use of 9 May symbols in modern Russia. These three cases were merged into one. On 18 November 2021, Alferov was sentenced to 470 hours of community service.\n\nIn July 2021, a case of incitement to hatred against the social groups \"law enforcement\" and \"judicial authorities\" was brought against Alferov because of a video he recorded in connection with Alexei Navalny's return to Russia. Alferov was detained on 5 July and placed under house arrest on 9 July. On 30 December, he was released on recognisance not to leave. In March 2023, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 15 August 2023, Alferov was detained again. On 18 August, the court sent him under house arrest on a new case of incitement to hatred, use of violence against a representative of the authorities and defamation of a judge.\n\nIn April 2024, Alferov, allegedly as a result of pressure from the investigating authorities, went to war with Ukraine. In January 2025, it became known that he had died.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2020-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 297 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["297"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 297"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Alferov's case of insulting a judge","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, called the judge of the judicial district No. 1 of Kirovsky district of Kemerovo Kirill Bolotov \"a creature\".","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-10-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/kemerovskomu-blogeru-mihailu-alfyorovu-prodlili-domashnij-arest/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reco5Cz40NGAoFXec"},{"persecution_id":"rec16qTCvuCAgJATq","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"rec5so4MC2VILKkmq","name_en":"Alexei Vorobyev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attbbQdeuEkZgHsCS.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attbbQdeuEkZgHsCS.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On February 14, 2019, a criminal case was opened against Vorobyov on high treason, preparation for the export of materials for the creation of delivery vehicles for weapons of mass destruction, and attempted smuggling of equipment for the creation of military equipment. The scientist was taken into custody. On April 23, 2021, Vorobyov was sentenced to 20 years in strict regime prison and a fine of one million roubles.\n\nVorobyov's lawyer reported that while in custody, the man \"was diagnosed with fibrotic lesions of the lungs and a tumour on his arm, but the necessary tests to diagnose and assess the benignity or malignancy of the tumour were not done\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":798,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 189 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","226.1","189"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275","Part 3, Article 226.1","Part 3, Article 189"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Vorobyov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in November 2018, he handed over a scientific paper with mathematical modelling of liquid rocket engine (LRE) operation, which contains information constituting a state secret, to a representative of Harbin Polytechnic University (HPU). Vorobyev received the said work, namely the abstract of Elena Malakhova , an employee of the Voronezh \"Design Bureau of Chemautomatics\" as a reference for writing a review. On the memory card of his phone were found photos of this abstract, which had a \"Secret\" stamp. With the help of polymorphological examination, dust was found on it, which \"predominantly occurs in the Chinese region\". On this basis, the investigation claims that Vorobyev used the map on the territory of China, i.e. gave away state secrets to a foreigner.\nIn 2018, Vorobyev entered into an agreement with a private Chinese company Deep Blue Aerospace to create a project for an oxygen-kerosene-fuelled liquid-propellant rocket engine. According to the prosecution, this work fell under mandatory export controls, which were not implemented through the scientist's fault.\nIn February 2019, he mailed to China a console designed to test the performance of the equipment of MiG and Su military aircraft. The physicist allegedly acted not alone, but in a group of three people: in addition to him in the group was the one who asked to send the remote control (a Federal Security Service agent), and the buyer.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.02.2019 to 01.02.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 01.02.2020 to 08.09.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.09.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.04.2021, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment in strict regime prison, a fine of one million roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment in strict regime prison, a fine of one million roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1000000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/vorobyov-aleksej-gennadievich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec16qTCvuCAgJATq"},{"persecution_id":"recWo600aasMuzrpT","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:27:40.000Z","person_id":"recARvGXi2yQLLDOq","name_en":"Georgii Guev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLf6AeNJmjOolK7.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLf6AeNJmjOolK7.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On 15 May 2019, detained and taken into custody on groundless charges of terrorism financing. On 20 November 2020, sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. Presumably had been released in May 2025.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":554,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Georgiy Guev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he made wire transfers to the bank cards of persons taking part in the fighting in Syria as part of the international terrorist organisation Islamic State, which is banned in Russia, and to the founder of the Muhajiroun Islamic Foundation, I. S. Akhmednabiyev (call sign \"Abu Umar Sasitlinsky\", wanted for terrorism). The funds accumulated in this way were cashed abroad and sent for the preparation and commission of terrorist offences. In total, the defendant has transferred at least 50 million rubles since 2015.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.05.2019 to 26.04.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.04.2021 to 01.06.2021\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2021 to 01.05.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2020-11-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/guev-georgiy-ruslanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recWo600aasMuzrpT"},{"persecution_id":"recdm3XHTN2AnHwDm","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recHmr5CIcZ0MLKo1","name_en":"Natik Dzhabiyev","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Nizhnevartovsk. Detained on 28 April 2019. As it turned out later, the next day Dzhabiev was going to fly to the UK to seek political asylum there. Before that, he recorded a video about the oppression of Muslims in Nizhnevartovsk with the participation of another future defendant in the case, Ilmir Khamitov. In 2018, Dzhabiyev was detained, watched correspondences on his phone, then released.\nDuring a search in April 2019, Dzhabiyev was found in possession of an explosive device, shells, drugs and an ISIS flag. Initially, a case was opened for illegal possession of explosives and drugs. At first, Dzhabiyev told the investigator that he received the grenade from another person, and the case was opened under the part about actions by a group of persons. Then Dzhabiev changed his testimony and said that he had found the grenade in the forest, and the investigator reclassified the charges and excluded the part about a group of persons. However, after three other defendants were detained, Dzhabiyev was accused of involvement in terrorist activities. In December 2019, Dzhabiyev said he had previously incriminated himself. In March 2020, he stated that he confessed after torture: according to him, he was tortured with electric shocks, strangled, threatened with sexual violence, and promised that they would bring a case against his wife as well.\nOn 27 December 2023, Dzhabiyev was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhnevartovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1704,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":243,"persecution_subject_en":["other","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) D Part 4,  Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.5","205.1","205.2","205","222.1","222","228.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.4","Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 205","Part 3, Article 222.1","Part 3, Article 222","Part 4, Article 228.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["\"Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being an adherent of the international terrorist organisation \"Islamic State\" banned in Russia, at an unspecified time he created a terrorist community \"Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat\" on the territory of Nizhnevartovsk, which in 2015 became a structural subdivision of ISIS, i.e. transformed from a terrorist community into a terrorist organisation. Dzhabiyev involved Eduard Amirov, Albert Ilyasov, Robert Khabibullin, Ilmir Khamitov and Ilkin Melikov in the Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat. He was actively engaged in inducing Muslims to participate in the \"Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat\", raising funds to finance terrorism in Nizhnevartovsk, as well as to help previously recruited Muslims fighting in Syria on the side of ISIS. Engaged in active preparation of a terrorist attack in the city. In order to improve relations between members of the Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat, to relieve tensions caused by the fear of being exposed and to create conditions for inducing persons to participate in terrorist activities, together with Khamitov and Khabibullin, according to the investigation, he purchased a large amount of drugs for the purpose of its subsequent sale to members of the Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2019\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.12.2023, Sentence: 19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":228,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-27T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-27T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-09-2021\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-po-obvineniyu-pyati-zhiteley-nizhnevartovska-v-terrorizme\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recdm3XHTN2AnHwDm"},{"persecution_id":"recGtF7Lybq0PioTU","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recpcpfp7NgtLiRsv","name_en":"Eduard Amirov","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Amirov was detained on 18 September 2019. The search of his home yielded the discovery of explosives, weapons, and shells. Additionally, in Amirov's garage, authorities found a map of Nizhnevartovsk with markings indicating the locations of police stations, areas of large gatherings of people, as well as photographs of objects allegedly intended for detonation. A case was initiated against him for involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation. In December 2019, Amirov stated that he had confessed under duress and falsely incriminated himself and Natik Dzhabiyev, whom the investigation considers to be the leader of the terrorist group. 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Amirov is also believed to be involved in the active preparation of a terrorist attack within the city.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2019\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast ","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.12.2023, Sentence: 12 years in a high-security prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years in a high-security prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-27T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-27T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-09-2021\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-po-obvineniyu-pyati-zhiteley-nizhnevartovska-v-terrorizme\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recGtF7Lybq0PioTU"},{"persecution_id":"recWYIXYq2E2AMOsr","last_updated":"2026-04-07T10:46:54.000Z","person_id":"recWCQ7KZFfAh4T91","name_en":"Albert Ilyasov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On June 30, 2019, Ilyasov's home was searched, during which they found a homemade device made of metal, which, according to the indictment, \"is a safety-executive mechanism that determines the method of detonation of an explosive device and is designed to ensure reliable detonation and eliminate the possibility of accidental explosion during transportation.\" On September 18, 2019, Ilyasov was detained in Kazan and handcuffed for more than a day and taken to Nizhnevartovsk in the luggage compartment of a minibus; a case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. In November, Ilyasov retracted his confession.\nOn December 27, 2023, Ilyasov was sentenced to 13 years in strict regime prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhnevartovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1641,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":234,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.5","205.1","205.2","205","222.1","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 205","Part 3, Article 222.1","Part 3, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["\"Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was actively engaged in persuating Muslims to participate in the \"Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat\", collecting funds to finance terrorism on the territory of Nizhnevartovsk, as well as to aid Muslims previously recruited to fight in Syria on the side of ISIS. He was actively involved in the preparation of a terrorist attack in the city. On Dzhabiyev's instructions, together with Khamitov, he prepared an attack on the personal car of Nikolai Lukash, the deputy head of Nizhnevartovsk.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2019\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast ","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.12.2023, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in strict regime prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in strict regime prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-27T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-27T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-09-2021\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-po-obvineniyu-pyati-zhiteley-nizhnevartovska-v-terrorizme\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recWYIXYq2E2AMOsr"},{"persecution_id":"recp2xiL6RjwotlMw","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recERS2cHO0IqGHMu","name_en":"Ilmir Khamitov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Khamitov was arrested on 18 September 2019. Before that, he had been summoned for interrogation about 2-3 times every year since 2014. This started after Khamitov returned from Egypt, where he had studied Arabic. He was asked questions about people who had allegedly gone to fight in Syria. The last interrogation took place in August 2019. In addition, in April Khamitov participated in the recording of a video about harassment of Muslims in Nizhnevartovsk. During a search in September, weapons and drugs were found in Khamitov's possession. A case was opened on participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and possession of weapons and drugs. In November 2019, Khamitov said that he had made his confessions under torture and had falsely accused himself and Natik Dzhabiyev, whom the investigation considers the leader of a terrorist group.\nOn 27 December 2023, Khamitov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhnevartovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2019-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1561,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":223,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) D Part 4,  Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.5","205.1","205.2","205","222.1","222","228.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 205","Part 3, Article 222.1","Part 3, Article 222","Part 4, Article 228.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["\"Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was actively engaged in inducing Muslims to participate in the Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat, collecting funds to finance terrorism in Nizhnevartovsk, as well as to help previously recruited Muslims fighting in Syria on the side of ISIS. He was actively involved in the preparation of a terrorist attack in the city. As directed by Dzhabiyev, together with Ilyasov he was preparing an attack on the personal car of Nikolay Lukash, who is the deputy mayor of Nizhnevartovsk. In order to improve relations between members of the Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat, relieve tensions caused by the fear of being exposed and create conditions for inducing persons to participate in terrorist activities, together with Dzhabiyev and Khabibullin, according to the investigation, he purchased a large amount of drugs for the purpose of its subsequent sale to members of the Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2019\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.12.2023, Sentence: 14 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-27T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-27T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-09-2021\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-po-obvineniyu-pyati-zhiteley-nizhnevartovska-v-terrorizme\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recp2xiL6RjwotlMw"},{"persecution_id":"recNN8vCJ6UFdB00S","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recHTZELDnPTUfNJu","name_en":"Robert Khabibullin","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 18 September 2019, and released the same day after interrogation. On 12 March 2020, he was detained again and drugs were found on him during the arrest. Despite the fact that neither weapons nor explosives were found on him, he was still charged with the relevant offences, and accused of being a member of a terrorist group and being knowingly aware of the possession of weapons and explosives by other members. That day, he was only interrogated on terrorism charges, after which he wrote a confession. Only the next day, he was interrogated on the drug charge, and his detention was formalized. In June 2020, Mr. Khabibullin retracted his confession. He reported that after he refused to sign the search protocol during his second detention, he was beaten. He was also beaten on the way to the interrogation, and electrocuted during the interrogation.\nOn 27 December 2023, the court ruled to send Mr. Habibullin for compulsory treatment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhnevartovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2019-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1561,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":223,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) D Part 4,  Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.5","205.1","205.2","205","222.1","222","228.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 205","Part 3, Article 222.1","Part 3, Article 222","Part 4, Article 228.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["\"Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was actively engaged in inducing Muslims to participate in the \"Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat\", collecting funds to finance terrorism in Nizhnevartovsk, as well as assisting previously recruited Muslims fighting in Syria on the side of ISIS. He was allegedly actively preparing a terrorist act in the city.  According to the investigation, in order to improve relations between members of the Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat, to relieve tensions caused by the fear of being exposed and to create conditions for inducing individuals to participate in terrorist activities, he, along with Mr. Dzhabiev and Mr. Khamitov, purchased a large amount of drugs for the purpose of its subsequent sale to members of the Nizhnevartovsk Jamaat.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2020\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.12.2023, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-27T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-27T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-09-2021\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-po-obvineniyu-pyati-zhiteley-nizhnevartovska-v-terrorizme\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recNN8vCJ6UFdB00S"},{"persecution_id":"recwtTxKwJhidCyVJ","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"reciI0VTyvDj67q7C","name_en":"Ilkin Melikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attVt5lrRTSnG8Iij.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attVt5lrRTSnG8Iij.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 19th of September 2019, Melikov was detained as a witness in a case involving his acquaintances from Nizhnevartovsk, who had been accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation. According to Melikov, during interrogation he was beaten and threatened with the planting of drugs. Upon his arrest, he was punched in the eye, kicked in the back, and had his arms twisted before being handcuffed and placed in the trunk of a jeep for transportation to the interrogation site. After the interrogation, Melikov was released. A month later, he left Russia. On November 27th, a case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, and he was put on the wanted list.\nOn 29th of April 2022, he was detained by the police in Tbilisi. Initially, they informed him that he matched the description of a suspect involved in the theft of technical equipment and requested to see his passport. He went home to retrieve his ID, and the police entered the apartment with him, insisting that he accompany them to the department for identification. 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A year later, the charges were reclassified under Part 1 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code, with the application of Part 3 of Article 30.\nMetlin denied the charges. His father, Mikhail, said that his son “held opposition views and did not conceal them at work,” and linked the criminal prosecution to Metlin’s refusal to go on a deployment to Syria in the summer of 2018.\n\nHe also described the case as a provocation, noting that Metlin’s conversations about Molotov cocktails and nationalism had been recorded by a fellow serviceman who coordinated his actions with an FSB officer overseeing the unit. Metlin’s lawyer pointed out that it was this fellow serviceman who had brought the materials for the incendiary mixture shortly before Metlin’s detention.\nMetlin was also charged with distributing pornography on VKontakte (Paragraph “b,” Part 3 of Article 242 of the Criminal Code), but this case was dismissed by the judge at the end of May.\nOn 16 June 2021, Metlin was sentenced to a fine of 600,000 rubles but was exempted from serving the sentence due to the time he had already spent in pretrial detention.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tambov"],"persecution_region_en":["Tambov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TAM"],"persecution_started":"2019-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2021-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":690,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Tambov contract worker Egor Metlin's extremism case","case_number":"1-2/2021 (1-28/2020;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"He is accused of allegedly carrying out acts aimed at creating and leading an extremist community to plan and commit arson of cars and real estate belonging to people of “non-Slavic nationalities” between January and 27 July 2019. The governor, the regiment’s chief of staff, and an FSB officer were also mentioned as potential arson targets, but this was not included in the final charges.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.06.2021, Sentence: ₽600,000 fine, released from punishment due to time served in pre-trial detention","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"₽600,000 fine, released from punishment due to time served in pre-trial detention","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-16T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-06-16T09:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 06-09-2020\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/metlin-egor-mihaylovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recrVzklqKDtGhbnv"},{"persecution_id":"recaIUsbboVoloGpI","last_updated":"2023-12-17T16:05:24.000Z","person_id":"rec4MvFiJWVm9FCo8","name_en":"Kirill Evstigneev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attaiAVH9nhyqIkW8.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attaiAVH9nhyqIkW8.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 17 July 2019, Yevstigneev's home was searched. On 2 September 2020, he was charged with finding the extremist activities. On 24 August 2021, Yevstigneev signed acknowledgement of travel restrictions. 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On 26 March 2019, he was searched at home. On 18 May 2021, he was searched again, already as a suspect in the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 25 May 2022, Popov was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2019-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1155,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":165,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Pavel Popov","case_number":"1-659/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the suspect \"held the position of 'district warden'\" in a local religious community since September 2017, and was engaged in preaching among residents of Chelyabinsk and the region, holding religious meetings where chants were played and organising the study of religious literature.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.05.2022, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-05-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-05-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-08-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/08/d46824/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 12-08-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/popov-pavel-nikolaevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rectVD5wskKmqZjMa"},{"persecution_id":"recSKCQtNN4N9HGvR","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:03:13.000Z","person_id":"recjHVd2RqSb9E4VG","name_en":"Galina Dovgopolaya","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttScog5Pf2g0iL1.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttScog5Pf2g0iL1.jpg"],"birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Bakhchysaray, according to media reports, holds an active pro-Ukrainian stance and criticises the occupying authorities.\n\nDovgopolaya's detention was reported by the Russian FSB in November 2019. It was alleged that she had been \"recruited by the Ukrainian Special Services\" and was \"purposefully collecting secret information of a military nature\" on behalf of the Main Intelligence Directorate.\n\nLater, Dovgopolaya said that she had signed all the documents after threats of arrest to her daughter. In the pre-trial detention centre, she was bullied by her cellmates until the visit of the Public Supervisory Commission and her transfer to another cell.\n\nThe trial was closed and the Russian side did not respond to requests from the Ukrainian ombudsman. Dovgopolaya did not have a lawyer under the agreement. On 24 March 2021, the Sevastopol City Court sentenced her to 12 years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":509,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Galina Dovgopolaya's case on charges of state treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she was gathering information for Ukrainian intelligence about a specific aviation regiment of the Black Sea Fleet, \"revealing the validity of call signs, frequencies and keys, indices of radio stations, keys to tables of radio call signs and duty radio operator tables, and tables of telephone, telegraphic, radio and flag call signs for peacetime.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.11.2019 to 01.01.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 01.01.2021 to 15.07.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.07.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• Unknown: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2021, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-24T20:31:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-03-24T20:31:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• \n Date: 25-10-2021\n Source: https://crimeahrg.org/ru/pozhiluyu-ukrainskuyu-shpionku-dovgopoluyu-derzhat-vo-vladimirskom-czentrale/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSKCQtNN4N9HGvR"},{"persecution_id":"rec5lXM0dUUjdSAt7","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:03:53.000Z","person_id":"reccYLrGstOBdl6NB","name_en":"Yuri Ekishev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attKv1i8zyq3TF7VO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attKv1i8zyq3TF7VO.jpg"],"birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Nationalist, leader of the ParaBellum movement and activist of the People's Militia of Russia. NOR is an alternative name for the \"Minin and Pozharsky People's Militia\" movement. Minin and Pozharsky People's Militia (NOMP). In 2015, it was banned as a terrorist organisation, after which former NOMP members started using a different abbreviation.  \n\nFive criminal cases were opened against him. In 2006, he was sentenced by a court in Syktyvkar to 1.5 years in a penal colony for extremism.  In December 2006 the prosecutor's office brought new charges against Yuri Yekishev, and on 1 October 2007 the Syktyvkar federal court sentenced him under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code and article 150 of the Criminal Code (involving minors in committing a crime) to imprisonment for propaganda talks with young people in a cafe in the village of Vizinga and distribution of leaflets published by DPNI under the title \"The Truth about the events in Kondopoga\" at a rally in Syktyvkar.\n\nIn May 2017, the Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow found him guilty under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code in connection with the publication of two anti-Semitic articles and sentenced him to 1.5 years in prison.\n\nIn 2018, he was found guilty under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to ethnic hatred) and sentenced to 1.5 years' imprisonment.\n\nIn 2019, he was detained again in connection with his participation in the organisation \"Minin and Pozharsky People's Militia\", as well as preparations for an attack on a police station with the use of weapons. 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On 12 December 2022, the Military Court of Appeal upheld the sentence.\n\nThe main materials of the criminal case are recordings of conversations about the situation in Russia in the TeamSpeak programme.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":802,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of People's Militia of Russia"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Russian People's Militia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the terrorist organisation \"Minin and Pozharsky People's Militia\", which aimed to overthrow the constitutional order by armed rebellion.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.04.2019 to 12.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.12.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.06.2021, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-11T19:29:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-06-11T19:29:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8cCaTlOkRkDD7c"},{"persecution_id":"rec5iX833oOiIftoI","last_updated":"2025-05-13T10:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec9UWlsYNRGEiOPD","name_en":"Sergei Finogin","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Teacher of cadet classes, retired colonel, participant of combat operations in Chechnya and Tajikistan. Active participant in TeamSpeak discussions among members of the Russian People's Militia.\n\nHe was taken into custody on 13 April 2019 on the case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 28 April 2021, the court sent him for compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Law enforcement officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":758,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":108,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of People's Militia of Russia"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Finogin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the terrorist organization \"Minin and Pozharsky People's Militia\", which aimed to overthrow the constitutional order by armed rebellion.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.04.2019 to 28.04.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 28.04.2021\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.04.2021, Sentence: sent to compulsory treatment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"sent to compulsory treatment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-28T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-28T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5iX833oOiIftoI"},{"persecution_id":"reco0cGTXEmAxiBur","last_updated":"2024-01-21T14:05:03.000Z","person_id":"recZt6qzPRw69IslT","name_en":"Aider Muzhdabaev","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A journalist, worked for the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper for 17 years. In 2015, being opposed to the annexation of Crimea and the actions of the Russian authorities in eastern Ukraine, as well as being in disagreement with the editorial policy of MK, he resigned and moved to Kiev, where he obtained Ukrainian citizenship. He works as a deputy general director of the Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR, based in Kiev.\nIn 2019, a criminal case on calls for terrorism was opened against Muzhdabaev over posts in which he suggested \"forcefully grabbing Russian agents\" and exchanging them for Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, who was convicted on terrorism charges. In June 2020, the journalist was declared wanted and arrested in absentia.\nOn 20 September 2023, Muzhdabaev was sentenced to six years in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1722,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":246,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Aider Muzhdabaev on calls for terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was prompted by two Facebook posts in which Muzhdabaev called for \"forcefully grabbing Russian agents\" and exchanging them for Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, then serving a sentence in a Russian colony in Labytnangi.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 26.06.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.09.2023, Sentence: 6 years imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-19T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reco0cGTXEmAxiBur"},{"persecution_id":"recjOHBZ2AzohCMRb","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:58:56.000Z","person_id":"recV8eua0wUPa2QoS","name_en":"Nikita Kuvikov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian blogger and prankster. On 1 November 2018, the day after the explosion of the FSSD (Federal Security Service Directorate) building in Arkhangelsk, he published a video of his phone conversation discussing the explosion.\n\nOn 14 April 2021, he was sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":834,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":119,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of blogger Evgeniy Volnov on the justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-42/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published a video recording of a telephone conversation in which he publicly stated that he recognised the ideology and practice of terrorism as correct, worthy of support and imitation - in connection with the self-detonation of Mikhail Zhlobitsky in the building of the Arkhangelsk Oblast FSB.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.04.2021, Sentence: Six years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, ban on administration of websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, ban on administration of websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-14T09:54:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-14T09:54:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjOHBZ2AzohCMRb"},{"persecution_id":"recSOirgayu7S8jPF","last_updated":"2026-03-29T10:24:51.000Z","person_id":"rec1wMRLxDimLa8p5","name_en":"Alexander Sokolov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sochi. A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him in connection with statements about Mikhail Zhlobitskiy, who carried out a suicide bombing in the building of the Ukrainian Federal Security Service in Arkhangelsk. On 1 August 2019, Sokolov was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":212,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Sokolov's case for justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-72/2019","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, posted texts on the Internet about Mikhail Zhlobitsky, a resident of Arkhangelsk, who committed a terrorist act in the building of the Federal Security Service Directorate for Arkhangelsk Region on 31 October 2018.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2019 to 01.01.2021\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.08.2019, Sentence: Two years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2019-08-01T10:12:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-08-01T10:12:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSOirgayu7S8jPF"},{"persecution_id":"recq0tkUzlXIu84VH","last_updated":"2024-02-28T14:33:26.000Z","person_id":"recEEXf67YEBDFazN","name_en":"Igor Shkitov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Togliatti.\n\nOn 4 December 2019, he was sentenced to a year in prison for reposting an article in Vkontakte mentioning Mikhail Zhlobitsky and the explosion in the Arkhangelsk FSB. He pleaded guilty precisely on the fact of resharing the post: he wanted to know what comments the readers of the article would leave.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_ended":"2020-12-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Igor Shkitov's case on incitement to terrorism","case_number":"2-28/2019","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the reposting in \"VKontakte\" of an article that mentioned the explosion in the Arkhangelsk UFSB on 31 October 2018 is a public call to terrorism.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-12-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2019 to 04.12.2019\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2019 to 03.12.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.12.2019, Sentence: 1 year of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2019-12-04T10:27:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2019-12-04T10:27:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recq0tkUzlXIu84VH"},{"persecution_id":"rectjk4WN0sXmkzzD","last_updated":"2025-10-30T20:14:51.000Z","person_id":"rec4fx6ZEg6GStTJ4","name_en":"Alexander Kovalenko","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":68,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Pensioner, resident of St. Petersburg. 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Before that, he registered as a candidate for the council of deputies of the rural settlement of Barvikhinskoye, Odintsovo district, Moscow Region.\n\nIn August 2019, a case was brought against Zhdanov for failure to comply with a court order for failing to remove from the Internet the Anti-Corruption Foundation's film \"He is not your Dimon\" about expensive real estate allegedly owned by then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Zhdanov had previously intended to run for the Moscow City Duma, but he was not registered, like most independent candidates. This became a cause for mass actions in Moscow, which were followed by numerous criminal cases. In July 2020, Zhdanov was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles for failing to remove the film.\n\nAnother case under the same article was brought against Zhdanov in November 2020 for non-payment of 29 million roubles in connection with a lawsuit filed by the Moscow Schoolboy company, which was the subject of one of FBC's investigations\n\nIn April 2021, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for the creation of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nIn June, Zhdanov was put on the federal wanted list, and then on the international wanted list. He is outside Russia. On 29 June, the court arrested Zhdanov in absentia.\n\nIn August, a case was brought against Zhdanov for raising funds for an extremist organisation.\n\nIn September, it became known that Zhdanov and other supporters of Navalny were prosecuted for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned cases of financing extremist activities and establishment of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. In May 2022, he was arrested in absentia in this case as well.\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism.\n\nIn December 2024, it was reported that a case against Zhdanov's full namesake is being considered in court for defamation of a representative of justice, the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2019-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 174 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["174"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 174"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["The money laudering case of ACF"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ivan Zhdanov on money laundering","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in money laundering, which was used to finance the Anti-Corruption Foundation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recizZSb9z6KsXelv"},{"persecution_id":"reciCRumMJJbdwP90","last_updated":"2025-04-14T11:26:47.000Z","person_id":"rec2vNzJIv4ZOn8w8","name_en":"Abubakar Rizvanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attiqNwv7UIIQCypW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attiqNwv7UIIQCypW.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Dagestan. He was convicted on charges of possession of drugs and explosives. On 14 June 2019, he was detained as part of a case on the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 12 September 2023, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony. On 1 November 2024, the court of appeals reduced the sentence by two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2019-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1551,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":221,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 4, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of participation in terrorist organisations in Dagestan","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the organisations \"Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan\" and \"Supreme Military Majlisul Shura of the United Forces of the Mujahideen of the Caucasus\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.06.2019 to 23.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n• in custody: from 23.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody:  to 01.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2024 to 01.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.09.2023, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":214,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-12T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-12T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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According to the investigation, he induced two of his acquaintances to participate in the \"Levant Liberation Organisation\" and in ISIS. The defence suggests that these two acquaintances testified against Nurumov to avoid similar persecution. Nurumov has claimed torture. Human rights activists note that the organisations to which Nurumov allegedly recruited his acquaintances are feuding with each other. On 14 April 2021, Nurumov was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kopeysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2019-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":516,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","222","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 222","Part 1, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Shamil Nurumov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he tried to persuade his acquaintances, Ayupov A.V. and Almukhametov A.I., to participate in the activities of the \"Levant Liberation Organisation,\" a part of the international organisation \"Jabhat al-Nusra (Victory Front),\" as well as the \"Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant\" in Syria. Investigators claim he knew these organisations were recognised as terrorist organisations, and thus sought to \"assist these terrorist organisations in conducting combat operations against the government forces of the Syrian Army on the territory of Syria.\" Between December 2018 and September 2019, Nurumov allegedly engaged in this incitement \"through Ayupov and Almukhametov's entreaties, persuasion, requests, suggestions and instructions during personal communication and in Telegram messages\", and also by sending them \"photos, audio, video files and text messages justifying terrorist activity\".\n\nIn 2018, he reportedly acquired ammunition (20 live cartridges of two different calibres and one rifle cartridge) and explosive devices (four training and simulation detonators for a training and simulation fuze and one combat remote-controlled fuze), which he kept in his flat until they were seized by Federal Security Service officers during a search on 15 November 2019.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.11.2019 to 24.08.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.08.2021\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.04.2021, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-14T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-14T13:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-05-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/nurumov-shamil-ahmetovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recy4G2oa5YagmhMj"},{"persecution_id":"rec7cPzqDO5p89Eck","last_updated":"2026-01-12T12:10:47.000Z","person_id":"recgxrwDunklJ5Tk6","name_en":"Andrey Karepov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lived in Khabarovsk, then in Moscow, lawyer. On 18 November 2019, he was detained in Khabarovsk and sent to Moscow and sent to custody the next day in the case of contract killings in 2004 and 2005. Karepov later reported that he was pressured to testify against the former governor of Khabarovsk Krai Sergey Furgal, whom the investigation considered the organiser of the murders. On 10 February 2023, Karepov was sentenced to 21 years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of murder and attempted murder by an organised group for hire. He was also accused of weapons possession, but was released from punishment on this charge due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lyubertsy"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2019-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1241,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":177,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) G,H Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","105","105"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 222","Part 2, Article 105","Part 2, Article 105"],"case_group_en":["The case of involvement in contract killings"],"case_name_en":"The case of involvement in contract killings","case_number":"1-10/2023 (1-171/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he found the perpetrators of the planned murders, supervised their actions and kept secret the information \"that could contribute to the suppression or disclosure of illegal activities of the group members\"; \"no later than 28 July 2004\", he attracted Mikhail Timofeev and \"persons not identified by the investigation, who had significant authority in criminal circles and were regularly involved in the commission of premeditated crimes\" to the group, who, in turn, attracted Mikhail Timofeev to the organised group.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.11.2019 to 19.11.2019\n• in custody: from 19.11.2019 to 15.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment cell: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2023, Sentence: 21 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"21 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":252,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-10T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-10T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 18 November 2019, he was detained in Khabarovsk, sent to Moscow and taken into custody the next day in the case of contract killings in 2004 and 2005. According to Andrei Paley, another defendant in the case, they were beaten during detention. On 10 February 2023, Kadyrov was sentenced to nine and a half years in a strict regime colony on charges of attempted murder by an organised group for hire. He was considered to be involved in the preparation of murders organised by Sergei Furgal, the governor of Khabarovsk Krai at the time when the investigation began.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lyubertsy"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2019-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1241,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":177,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) G,H Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["105"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 105"],"case_group_en":["The case of involvement in contract killings"],"case_name_en":"The case of involvement in contract killings","case_number":"1-10/2023 (1-171/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, he “participated in the preparation and planning of, and directly attempted, the murder of Smolsky A.V.” He also stored, transported and carried ammunition to commit the crime.","persecution_location_en":"In punishment isolation cell (SHIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2019-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In punishment cell","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.11.2019 to 19.11.2019\n• in custody: from 19.11.2019 to 15.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment cell: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2023, Sentence: 9 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":114,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-10T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-10T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He later wrote that he and another detainee in the case, Marat Kadyrov, were beaten during detention. On 10 February 2023, Paley was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony under the article on the murder of two persons committed by a group of people for hire with the purpose of concealing another crime. 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Their associates said that Kozlov, the victim in the case, \"destroyed the activists' caravan with the escavator, injuring [environmentalist] Vladimir Kogut, and then swung the bucket from side to side, crowding people, clearing the way for himself\". On 30 of June 2020, Grigoryants was acquitted.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_ended":"2021-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"Shies defenders' case of arbitrariness ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from 23 hours 00 minutes on 14 March 2019 to 06 hours 10 minutes on 15 March 2019, together with Valery Dzyuba, being on the road adjacent to the territory of the railway station <address>, in the area of the 65th quarter of the Urdomsky district forestry of the Yarensky forestry <address>, leading from <address> towards the Republic of K., along with Starkovsky A.S., Drobinin D.V. and persons unidentified by the investigation, entered into a preliminary criminal conspiracy to commit unlawful acts against the employees of \"OOO SeverStroyTrans\" aimed at stopping the movement of a convoy of equipment by damaging the equipment and using physical violence against the employees of \"OOO SeverStroyTrans\" who were driving the equipment, as well as against any other persons preventing their criminal actions. In order to realise which, having divided the criminal roles, they jointly decided to use a mobile biaxial trailer deliberately maintained as a barricade preventing any movement of machinery along the given road section, and agreed that in case of disobedience to their unlawful actions and unlawful demands to stop movement along the given road, they would jointly use violence against the persons accompanying the machinery and damage the machinery itself.\n\nThen, during the specified period of time on the said road, knowing with certainty that the said unlawful actions to block traffic on the said road were disputed by representatives and employees of organisations carrying out works on the territory of the railway station <address>, including representatives and employees of \"OOO SeverStroyTrans\", acting deliberately, in accordance with the criminal agreement and assigned roles, unauthorisedly, contrary to the procedure established by law for the performance of any actions, the legality of which was disputed by the representatives and employees of \"OOO SeverStroyTrans\".\n\nIn the period from 23 hours 00 minutes on 14 March 2019 to 06 hours 10 minutes on 15 March 2019, according to the investigation, being together with Valery Dzyuba on the road adjacent to the territory of the railway station <address>, in the area of the 65th quarter of the Urdomsky district forestry of the Yarensky forestry <address>, at a distance of about 755 metres from the exit through the gate from the territory of the railway station <address> towards the Republic of Karelia, acting deliberately, in accordance with the criminal agreement and assigned roles, unlawfully, contrary to the procedure established by law for the performance of any actions, the legality of which is disputed, unlawfully, having arrogated to himself the authority associated with the possibility of restricting the constitutional rights of citizens of the Russian Federation to inviolability of the person (Article 22 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation), to freedom of movement (Article 27 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation), after the excavator \"HITACHI ZX200-3\", state registration mark KK 7321 11, was damaged and could not be moved to the railway station <address>, after the excavator \"HITACHI ZX200-3\", state registration mark KK 7321 11, was damaged and could not be moved to the railway station <address>, used physical violence against Alexey Kozlov, inflicting at least 40 blows on his head and body with his hands and feet, namely, acting deliberately, arbitrarily, for the specified purpose, he jumped into the cabin of this excavator and inflicted no less than 30 blows on Kozlov, the operator of this excavator. punches to Kozlov’s face and body, including in the lower back area, while simultaneously pushing Kozlov out of the cabin excavator, causing him physical pain.\n\nThen, acting together with Valery Dzyuba as part of a group of persons by prior conspiracy, together with Starkovsky A.S., Drobinin D.V. and persons not identified by the investigation, during the same period of time and on the same road, arbitrarily, contrary to the procedure established by law for committing any actions, the legality of which is disputed, illegally, having appropriated for himself the powers of authority associated with the possibility of limiting the constitutional rights of citizens of the Russian Federation to personal inviolability (Article 22 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation), to freedom of movement (Article 27 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation), after causing bodily harm to Kozlov, illegally deprived Kozlov and [the other victim] of their freedom, preventing their free movement, forcibly holding them on the street against their will in freezing weather for at least three hours in a row, humiliating their personal dignity in the indicated manner, subjecting the latter to cruel treatment.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2020","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2020-06-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recaC6bbfXgngrqRc"},{"persecution_id":"rec6Vmf2gkZLuHW4j","last_updated":"2025-11-12T17:57:10.000Z","person_id":"recRvQ9VGsQ6R3F3p","name_en":"Valery Dzyuba","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Arkhangelsk Region, took part in action against the construction of a landfill at Shies station that would be used to import rubbish from Moscow to the region. A case of forcible assertion of the law (i.e. self-rule) was brought against him and three other people: they were accused of attacking an excavator operator at the protest camp. Dzyuba was also accused of threatening to harm his health. The activist's associates reported that Kozlov, the alleged victim in the case, \"destroyed the activists' caravan with a bucket, thus injuring [environmentalist] Vladimir Kogut, and then, waving the bucket from side to side to crowd people, he cleared the way out for himself\". On the 30th of June 2020, Dzyuba was acquitted.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_ended":"2021-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 119 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330","119"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330","Part 1, Article 119"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"Shies defenders' case of arbitrariness ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 23:00pm on the  14th of March 2019 to 06:10am on the 15th of March 2019, together with Vyacheslav Grigoryants, on the road adjacent to the territory of the railway station [address], in the area of the 65th block of the Urdomsky district forest area of the Yarensky forestry [address], facing from [address] towards the Republic of K., Dzyuba entered with Starkovsky A.S., Drobinin D.V. and other persons unidentified by the investigation into a preliminary criminal conspiracy to commit unlawful actions against the employees of LLC \"SeverStroyTrans\". These actions were aimed at stopping the convoy of equipment by damaging it and using physical violence against the employees of LLC \"SeverStroyTrans\" who were escorting the equipment, as well as against any other persons preventing their criminal actions. To achieve this, having distributed the roles amongst themselves prior, they decided to put a mobile biaxial trailer 100 meters from the gates of the train station [address] that was facing towards the direction to the Republic of K., with the intention of blocking any equipment travelling through the area. They also agreed that in case their demands are met with resistance, together they will commit violence against the staff escorting the equipment, as well as damage the equipment itself.\n\nFrom 23:00pm on the 14th of March 2019 to 06:10am on the 15th of March 2019, according to the investigation, Dzyuba was together with Vyacheslov Grigoryants on the road adjacent to the territory of the railway station [address], in the area of the 65th black of the Urdomsky forest area of the Yarensky forestry [address], at a distance of about 755 metres from the railway station's gates [address] that were facing towards the Republic of Karelia. Having unlawfully given themselves the authority to restrict the constitutional rights of citizens of the Russian Federation to the inviolability of the person (Article 22 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation) and to freedom of movement (Article 27 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation), after the excavator \"HITACHI ZX200-3\" -- state registration plate KK 7321 11 -- was damaged and could not be moved to the railway station [address], they used physical violence against Alexei Kozlov and, with their hands and legs, hit him across the head and body no less than 40 times. More specifically, after Grigoryants, Starkovksy, Drobinin and other persons unidentified by the investigation dragged Kozlov from the excavator, at the agreed upon location, acting unlawfully and intentionally, Dzyuba hit Kozlov across the head and body no less than 10 times, from which the aforementioned experienced physical pain.\n\nDuring the same period of time, i.e. between 23:00pm on the 14th of March 2019 and 06:10am on the 15th of March 2019, on the said road, acting together with persons unidentified by the investigation, Dzyuba deliberately grabbed [another victim], who was moving in the said convoy of equipment of LLC \"SeverStroyTrans\", laid him on the ground, and tied the victim's hands with his belt. Having bent the victim's hands behind his back, Dzyuba and his unidentified accomplices caused physical pain to the victim through their joint actions.\n\nThen, together with Vyacheslav Grigoryants as part of a group of persons by prior conspiracy, together with Starkovsky, Drobinin and persons unidentified by the investigation, during the same period of time and on the same road, after having beaten Kozlov and given themselves the authority to restrict the constitutional rights of citizens of the Russian Federation to the inviolability of the person (article 22 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation), as well as the freedom of movement (article 27 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation), Dzyuba unlawfully held Kozlov [and the other victim] in his custody and forced them to stay outside in the cold for three hours straight. During this time, they were humiliated and subjected to cruelty.\n\nMoreover, from  23:00pm on the 14th of March 2019 to 6:10am on the 15th of March 2019, Dzyuba, who  was on the road adjacent to the territory of the railway station [address], in the area of the 65th block of the Urdomsky district forest area of the Yarensky forestry [address], demonstrated a small infantry spade (i.e. a sapper spade) at his disposal (which can be used as a melee weapon), as well as his willingness to use it to cause Kozlov bodily harm. Feeling true dislike for Kozlov and wishing to frighten him and make him fear for his life and health, Dzyuba made a death threat against Kozlov, which he, taking into account the situation in which he found himself, took seriously and started fearing for his life.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2020","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2020-06-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6Vmf2gkZLuHW4j"},{"persecution_id":"recQy3FiW948NSAeL","last_updated":"2025-11-12T17:57:07.000Z","person_id":"rectPE2kvE4UQARGN","name_en":"Denis Drobinin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Arkhangelsk region, participated in protests against constructing a landfill at Shies station to store waste from Moscow in the area. Drobinin and three other people were charged with arbitrariness: they were accused of attacking an excavator operator at an environmental camp. Their associates said that Kozlov, the victim in the case, \"destroyed the activists' wagon with an excavator bucket, injuring [environmentalist] Vladimir Kogut, and then, swinging the bucket from side to side, crowding people, cleared the way for himself\". On 30 June 2020, Drobinin was given a one-year suspended sentence. The cassation court twice returned the case to the appeal court, which then, on 19 October 2021, increased the sentence by six months.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":546,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"Shies defenders' case of arbitrariness ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from 23 hours 00 minutes on 14 March 2019 to 06 hours 10 minutes on 15 March 2019, together with Andrei Starkovsky and persons unidentified by the investigation, while located on the specified road adjacent to the territory of the railway station <address>, in the area of the 65th quarter of the Urdomsky district forestry of the Yarensky forestry <address>, acting deliberately, in coordination, as part of a group of persons, wishing to illegally stop any movement of machinery along this road and committing unlawful acts against the employees of LLC \"SeverStroyTrans\", aimed at stopping the movement of a convoy of machinery by damaging the machinery and using physical violence against the employees of  SeverStroyTrans who were driving the machinery, he decided to use a mobile two-axle trailer placed across the road at a distance of 100 metres from the exit through the gate from the territory of the railway station <address> towards the Komi Republic, deliberately kept in this position for a long time as an artificial barrier preventing any movement of machinery along this section of the road.\n\nThen, in the period from 23 hours 00 minutes on 14 March 2019 to 06 hours 10 minutes on 15 March 2019, together with Andrei Starkovsky and persons unidentified by the investigation, while located on the said road adjacent to the territory of the railway station <address>, in the area of the 65th quarter of the Urdomsky district forestry of the Yarensky forestry <address>, at a distance of about 755 metres from the exit through the gate from the territory of the railway station <address> towards the Komi Republic, acting intentionally, arbitrarily, contrary to the procedure established by law for the performance of any actions, the legality of which is disputed, illegally, having appropriated to himself the powers of authority, after the \"HITACHI ZX200-3\" excavator, licence plate KK 7321 11, had been damaged and could not continue moving, he used physical violence against Alexei Kozlov, at the same time, acting deliberately, jointly, arbitrarily, with the specified purpose, being near the excavator cabin, grabbed Kozlov by the hands and pulled him out of the cabin, at the same time jointly inflicting with hands and feet at least 10 blows on Kozlov's head and body, at the same time inflicting at least two blows.\n\nThen, acting as part of a group of individuals, jointly with Starkovky and other persons not identified by the investigation, between 23:00 on March 14, 2019, and 06:10 on March 15, 2019, while located on the aforementioned road adjacent to the railway station [address], in the vicinity of the 65th quarter of the Urdom district forest area of the Yaren forestry [address], intentionally and unlawfully, in violation of the established legal procedure for undertaking any actions, the legality of which is disputed, and unlawfully assuming authority associated with the power to restrict the constitutional rights of citizens of the Russian Federation to personal inviolability (Article 22 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation), and to freedom of movement (Article 27 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation), after inflicting bodily harm upon Kozlov, jointly and unlawfully deprived Kozlov and [another victim] of their liberty, obstructing their free movement, forcibly, against the will of the victims, detaining them outdoors in freezing weather for no less than three consecutive hours, thereby degrading their dignity and subjecting them to cruel treatment.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2020, Sentence: 1 year of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended 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A self-rule case was brought against him and three other people: they were accused of attacking an excavator at an environmental camp. Their associates said that Kozlov, the victim in the case, \"destroyed the activists' caravan with a bucket, injuring [environmentalist] Vladimir Kogut, and then, swinging the bucket from side to side, crowding people, cleared the way for himself.\" On 30 June 2020, Starkovsky was given a one-year suspended sentence. The cassation court twice returned the case to the appeal court, which then, on 19 October 2021, increased the sentence by six months.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_days_from_verdict":546,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"Shies defenders' case of arbitrariness ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from 23 hours 00 minutes on 14 March 2019 to 06 hours 10 minutes on 15 March 2019, together with Denis Drobinin and persons unidentified by the investigation, being on the specified road adjacent to the territory of the railway station <address>, in the area of the 65th quarter of the Urdomsky district forestry of the Yarensky forestry <address>, acting deliberately, in concert, as part of a group of persons, wishing to illegally stop any movement of machinery along this road and committing unlawful acts against the employees of the OOO SeverStroyTrans company, aimed at stopping the movement of a convoy of machinery by damaging the machinery and using physical violence against the employees of OOO SeverStroyTrans who were driving the machinery, he decided to use a mobile two-axle trailer placed across the road at a distance of 100 meters from the exit through the gate from the territory of the railway station <address> towards the Komi Republic, deliberately kept in this position for a long time as an artificial barrier preventing any movement of machinery along this section of the road.\n\nThen, in the period from 23 hours 00 minutes on 14 March 2019 to 06 hours 10 minutes on 15 March 2019, together with Denis Drobinin and persons unidentified by the investigation, being on the said road adjacent to the territory of the railway station <address>, in the area of the 65th quarter of the Urdomsky district forestry of the Yarensky forestry <address>, at a distance of about 755 meters from the exit through the gate from the territory of the railway station <address> towards the Komi Republic, acting intentionally, unauthorised, contrary to the procedure established by law for the performance of any actions, the legality of which is disputed, illegally, having appropriated to himself the powers of authority. After the \"HITACHI ZX200-3\" excavator, licence plate KK 7321 11, had been damaged and could not continue moving, he used physical violence against Alexei Kozlov, at the same time, acting deliberately, jointly, arbitrarily, with the specified purpose, being near the cab of the excavator, grabbed Kozlov by the hands and pulled him out of the cab, at the same time jointly inflicting at least 10 blows on Kozlov's head and body with his hands and feet, at the same time inflicting at least eight blows.\n\nThen, acting as part of a group of persons, together with Drobinin and persons unidentified by the investigation, in the period from 23 hours 00 minutes on 14 March 2019 to 06 hours 10 minutes on 15 March 2019, being on the specified road adjacent to the territory of the railway station <address>, in the area of the 65th quarter of the Urdomsky district forestry of the Yarensky forestry <address>, deliberately, unlawfully, unauthorisedly, contrary to the procedure established by law for the performance of any actions, the legality of which is disputed, unlawfully, appropriating to himself the powers of authority, after causing bodily injuries to Kozlov, jointly and unlawfully deprived Kozlov and [the other victim] of their freedom of movement by preventing their free movement, forcibly keeping them outside in freezing weather for at least three hours in a row against their will, humiliating their personal dignity in this way and subjecting them to cruel treatment.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2020, Sentence: 1 year of suspended prison sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of suspended prison sentence","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2020-06-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-06-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recA2bvhJyXCESDfQ"},{"persecution_id":"recEx3gSIb6Ifxy47","last_updated":"2025-02-07T11:33:04.000Z","person_id":"recLIRPKZoW2JtKo5","name_en":"I.","birth_year":1997,"age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Partizansk (Primorsky Krai). In April 2019, he was placed under house arrest on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of religious activities - holding meetings and worship services, engaging new supporters. In November 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. Later, the court of cassation cancelled this decision. On June 6th 2023, the court reclassified the charge from organisation to participation and terminated the prosecution of I. due to his voluntary cessation of participation in the activities of the organisation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Partizansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2019-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2023-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Partizansk","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.04.2019 to 06.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.06.2023","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2023-06-06T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEx3gSIb6Ifxy47"},{"persecution_id":"recPvdfZanlEKkSQm","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recjy8w1uzjx8LSWX","name_en":"Gulsum Khalilova","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A journalist of the Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR. She left Crimea in 2015. In 2019, a case was initiated against her for participation in an illegal armed formation: according to the investigation, she joined the Crimean Tatar \"Noman Chelebidzhikhan\" volunteer battalion and provided informational support to it. According to the journalist herself, she covered the energy blockade of Crimea, in which future volunteers of the battalion participated. In January of 2025, Khalilova was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, marked as a person prosecuted under terrorist articles. On the 1st of April, 2025, a search was conducted on her parents' house in Crimea. As a result of the visit of law enforcers, the journalist's elderly father, Khalil Khalilov, who had been unwell for the past few days, was taken to hospital by an ambulance. According to the journalist, the result of the search was a protocol that said \"nothing was found\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2019,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Gulsum Khalilova's case ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she joined the Noman Chelebidzhikhan battalion and provided it with informational support.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPvdfZanlEKkSQm"},{"persecution_id":"recDN2Z7WAhYD8ysi","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recrucDsgSV6NzFSa","name_en":"Mark Davydov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Alushta. On October 11, 2019, he was detained at Krasnodar airport, from where he was going to fly to Istanbul. Davydov later recounted that a FSB officer beat him right at the airport and threatened him with further violence and the arrest of his relatives. Davydov was remanded in custody on charges of financing terrorism, preparation for financing terrorism and preparing to participate in the activities of a terrorist organization. According to the investigation, he helped Farrukh Faizimatov (Faruk Shami), a citizen of Tajikistan, to collect money for the needs of the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham movement (in the judgment - Hayat Tahri al-Sham), which took part in the hostilities in Syria against the troops of the then government, and at the same time against Russian servicemen who helped them, transferred money to him for the same purposes and intended to go to Syria and join the movement there. Representatives of that movement have now seized power in Syria.\nDavydov initially confessed. At the trial, he retracted his confession, saying that he had done so out of fear of torture and threats. He said that he did not know about the movement's activities and only wanted to help the people of Syria.\nOn April 7, 2021, Davydov was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony. At the same time, the court reclassified the charge on one of the episodes of terrorism financing to aiding in financing, the charge of preparing to participate in the activities of a terrorist organization was reclassified to preparation for attempted participation, and the charge of preparing to finance terrorism was dropped.\nOn October 6, 2021, the appellate court reclassified the charge from preparation for attempted participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation to preparation for participation in the activities of an illegal armed group. 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Detained, the next day placed in custody by court order, accused of use of violence that endangerы human life or health against a representative of the authorities. On 10 April he was transferred to house arrest.\n\nOn 7 December he was sentenced to six months in a general regime colony and released in the courtroom.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":296,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"Zakriy Bopkhoyev's case on protests in Ingushetia","case_number":"1-35/2021 (1-412/2020;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during a rally in Magas on 27 March 2019, he threw a half-empty plastic bottle at a National Guard of the Russian Federation officer, and kicked another enforcer in the shield","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.02.2020 to 15.02.2020\n• in custody: from 15.02.2020 to 10.04.2020\n• house arrest: from 10.04.2020 to 07.12.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.12.2020, Sentence: 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony• First instance court on the merits, 07.12.2020, Sentence: six months in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"first_verdict_date":"2020-12-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-12-07T14:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-03-2020\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ingushskoy-oppozicii\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recvrXXUP6YfGZhn9"},{"persecution_id":"recQMZUsm1j2qN701","last_updated":"2026-04-16T15:29:37.000Z","person_id":"recp7RvGBFh0PQJnN","name_en":"Lyudmila Shut","birth_year":1947,"birth_date":"1947-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":78,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":73,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 10 February 2020, a case was initiated against Shut', who was previously a witness in the case of Grigory Bubnov, on suspicion of participation in an extremist organisation. Shut' has a second-group disability.\n\nOn 19 May 2021, she was sentenced to four years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Razdolnoye settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2020-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":463,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Lyudmila Shut","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.05.2021, Sentence: four years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-02-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/02/d42091/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recQMZUsm1j2qN701"},{"persecution_id":"recFsPkJLMaaQiAYZ","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recUgapvkKXQtCdDE","name_en":"Aleksei Gorelyi","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attg1SM3iZbIz6NHw.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attg1SM3iZbIz6NHw.jpg"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained in August 2020, taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. On 19 September 2022 he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony. On 14 November 2025, Gorelyi was released.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gukovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2020-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":772,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gukovo"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gukovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.08.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.08.2020 to 10.08.2020\n• in custody:  to 19.01.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 14.11.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"\n• Unknown: from 14.11.2025 to 13.11.2030\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2022, Sentence: 6 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, one year of restricted freedom, and a 5-year prohibition on engaging in organisational activities within public and religious associations and organisations.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, one year of restricted freedom, and a 5-year prohibition on engaging in organisational activities within public and religious associations and organisations.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-08-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/08/d42755/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recFsPkJLMaaQiAYZ"},{"persecution_id":"recYNow4dAvehyTs0","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recqCAnfCR4ZcxUSX","name_en":"Igor Popov","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Voronezh region. On 13 July 2020, Popov's house was searched, after which he was detained. Later, the court decided to take him into custody in the case of organizing activities of an extremist organization. Then he was  transferred under house arrest. On 2 December, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was elected.\n\nOn 21 November 2025, the court sentenced him to six years of suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1957,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":279,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Voronezh region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Voronezh Oblast","case_number":"1-1/2025 ","persecution_case_profile_en":"He convened meetings, organized events and worship services, preached, and recruited new supporters.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-12-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest:  to 02.12.2020\n• in custody: from 14.07.2020 to 03.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.07.2020 to 14.07.2020, Temporary detention centre (IVS OMVD) for Nizhnedevitsky District of Voronezh Oblast\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 03.12.2020 to 21.11.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 21.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2025, Sentence: 6 years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-11-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 05-11-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-07-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42652/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recYNow4dAvehyTs0"},{"persecution_id":"recWSZtVWuu6bEtXq","last_updated":"2024-12-23T10:29:16.000Z","person_id":"recXP1QYsPEFfQpAS","name_en":"Georgi Khugaev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sentenced to five years and three months in connection with the case of mass riots during a public gathering in Vladikavkaz on April 20, 2020. The appeals court reduced the sentence to five years. Presumably, he was released in the summer of 2024.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladikavkaz"],"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_ended":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":573,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering against the self-isolation regime in Vladikavkaz","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Vladikavkaz case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arsen Brikhov, Artur Javadyan, Khetag Samov, Atsamaz Tebloev and Georgi Khugaev on mass riots in Vladikavkaz","case_number":"1-485/2015","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took part in mass riots in Vladikavkaz on April 20, 2020","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.05.2020 to 10.01.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 11.07.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.01.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.07.2021, Sentence: 5 years and 3 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 3 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2021-07-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-27T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWSZtVWuu6bEtXq"},{"persecution_id":"recMfdpXdyZQ2Dgri","last_updated":"2026-04-28T17:43:25.000Z","person_id":"reckRyaxhthc52mFZ","name_en":"Vyacheslav Vankov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 5 November 2020 and taken into custody the next day. 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On 17 April 2020, three days prior to the rally against coronavirus restrictions in Vladikavkaz, Cheldiev was detained in Saint Petersburg as part of the case on dissemination of deliberately false information about circumstances representing a threat to a human life or health. Cheldiev was transferred to Vladikavkaz. According to the investigation, on the way from the Mineralnye Vody airport to Vladikavkaz, while being in a police officer's personal car, Cheldiev attacked a policeman and hit him twice in the face with his fist. Due to this he was accused of use of violence against an authorities representative. Cheldiev was taken into custody. He was also accused of hooliganism, but later the accusation was reclassified to organizing mass riots and calling for extremist activities. On 19 July 2022 Cheldiev was sentenced to 10 years in a strict-regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians","Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladikavkaz"],"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":930,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":132,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly","freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering against the self-isolation regime in Vladikavkaz","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 207.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","207.1","280","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 212","Article 207.1","Part 2, Article 280","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Vladikavkaz case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the organisers of the popular gathering in Vladikavkaz","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was the organiser of mass riots in Vladikavkaz on 20 April 2020, publicly disseminated knowingly false information threatening the safety and health of citizens, during his convoy from St. Petersburg to Vladikavkaz Cheldiev struck two blows with his fist to the operative of the Centre for Counteraction to Extremism Atsamaz Pliev, called for extremist actions.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.04.2020 to 14.11.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza Region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.04.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.07.2022, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-19T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-07-19T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Later in became clear that Chirkinov was charged with a criminal offense on hooliganism on a rally, then he was accused of organizing mass riots. On July 19, 2022 the Court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced him to eight years of maximum security labour camp. 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In July of the same year, Safronov was detained and placed in pretrial custody on charges of high treason: he was accused of passing classified data to employees of German and Czech intelligence services. 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The prosecution believes that the journalist was recruited by the Czech special services, but according to the defence, no evidence of this claim has been provided.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2020 to 07.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Krasnoyarsk Territory\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2023 to 01.09.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Krasnoyarsk Territory\"\n• Unknown: from 01.09.2023 to 01.09.2023, Tuberculosis Hospital No. 1 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Department of Penitentiary Services\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Krasnoyarsk Territory\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.12.2022 to 01.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.09.2022, Sentence: 22 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"22 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":264,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-05T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-05T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 28 April 2020, he videotaped an incident involving the hosts of the blog \"Don't Be Inert\" Maxim Lavrentiev and Sergey Kamensky, which later became the reason for a criminal case of hooliganism against the latter. On 26 June, Sadovin was detained. In February 2021, a case of incitement to hatred was brought against him as a member of an organised group created to discredit law enforcers. Sadovin is under a non-deportation and non-disclosure undertaking (as is his lawyer). On 16 August 2024 he was sentenced to three years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1571,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":224,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Kemerovo bloggers","case_number":"1-19/2023 (1-90/2022; 1-620/2021;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"A lawyer, together with bloggers of the YouTube channel \"Don't Be Inert\" Maxim Lavrentiev and Sergey Kamensky is charged under the article on incitement to hatred or hostility (item \"c\" part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, Lavrentiev created an organised group to discredit law enforcers, and Kamensky and Sadovin were members of this group.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 06.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 06.02.2026 to 05.02.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.08.2024, Sentence: 3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-16T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-16T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-11-2021\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recj3rIpvMzYy9L3G"},{"persecution_id":"recXOUb2riJl7W8cd","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"recklLYdXSADupGf7","name_en":"Ramazan Suleymanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attjhfmNkH3vrHhUj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attjhfmNkH3vrHhUj.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Eduard Limonov's Other Russia activist. A contempt of court case was opened against him due to the fact that unknown people hung a poster \"JUDGE ANTONOV IS A DICKHEADS' SERVANT\" on the fence of the Nizhny Novgorod District Court. The defence argued that Suleymanov's involvement had not been proven. On 28 July 2021, he was sentenced to one year of corrective labor. On 21 October 2022, due to the fact that Suleymanov did not serve his sentence, having gone to war, the court sentenced him to 2 months and 25 days in a penal colony (minimum security prison camp). On 12 December, the court of appeal cancelled this decision. However, on 15 May 2023, the court ruled that Suleymanov should serve his sentence in an isolated section functioning as a correctional facility. On 1 August 2023, Suleymanov set off for his destination. 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No later than 2012, he began to publicly criticise the authorities. In 2020, a case of incitement to hatred against FSB officers was brought against Sendakov because of the video \"Surkov promised war to Donbass\".  Shendakov was given a covenant not to leave the country. Later, a case of incitement to extremism was initiated because of the same video clip. On 19 October, Shendakov was taken into custody because he failed to attend two consecutive court hearings on the case. At the same time, he was under administrative detention. Lawyer Nikolai Kuryanovich, who defended Shendakov, was suspended from the trial and then stripped of his status. On 2 February 2021, Shendakov was sentenced to a two and a half year suspended sentence.\n\nLater it became known that another case was brought against Shendakov - on incitement to hatred because of a video in which he told a joke about a Rosgvardiya officer and a surgeon. In November 2021, the colonel was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.\n\nOn 1 February, 2023, the suspended sentence in the case of the video about Surkov was replaced by a real one, Shendakov was taken into custody. In March, it became known that a new case for incitement to extremism was initiated against him due to the video. An expert examination found that Colonel Shendakov had \"persistent delusional ideas\", and it was reported that he might be sent to compulsory treatment. On June 15, the court ordered compulsory treatment for this case.\n\n\nOn 22 March, 2024,  according to Shendakov, he was released from the colony with the intention of going to a psychiatric hospital himself, but he did not do so. On 17 June, 2024, he was detained in the Moscow metro, after which he was apparently sent to a hospital.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":397,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","282","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Shendakov's case because of the video \"Surkov promised Donbass a war!\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"Mikhail Shendakov was found guilty of incitement to hatred or hostility (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code) and public calls to extremism on the Internet (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code). 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Through active actions, namely persuasion and appeals for religious unity, he “gradually transformed the world view” of other locals; held divine services and meetings on topics such as “Love that never passes away”, “Love overcomes everything”, “Walk in love”, “Unquenchable love of our global brotherhood”, while singing the songs “God is love”, “God’s example of love” and “Welcome one another warmly”.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (acquitted)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.05.2024","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2024-05-02T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-05-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/05/d44204/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec8pcrWHyCrtL4O8"},{"persecution_id":"recElQvHB9uCeDfBU","last_updated":"2025-10-01T06:08:05.000Z","person_id":"reckbqcMZSxDppeiB","name_en":"Konstantin Sannikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attDl01az1BSbwEJQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attDl01az1BSbwEJQ.webp"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kazan. 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In October, the court of cassation instance cancelled the verdict and returned the case for a new examination by the court of appeal instance, but in December the court of appeal instance again left the verdict unchanged.\n\nOn 9 April 2025, the court placed Sannikov under administrative supervision until the criminal record is expunged, presumably for eight years (until 10 September 2033).\n\nOn 10 September 2025, he was released from the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2020-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":902,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":128,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Sannikov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"held illegal religious meetings with the aim of inducing [the audience] to hostile perceptions of people singled out on the basis of religious affiliation, as well as justifying the need to carry out aggressive, violent, brutal actions directed against a person because of his or her religious affiliation","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.08.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.08.2020 to 10.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n• Unknown: from 11.09.2025 to 10.09.2026\n• Unknown: from 11.09.2025 to 11.09.2030\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.02.2023, Sentence: 6 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony; 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On April 11, 2020, a search was conducted at Spivak’s home. A case was initiated against him for organizing the activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist charges solely for their religious activities, such as holding meetings, worship services, and attracting new followers. Spivak was given a recognizance not to leave. On February 29, 2024, he was sentenced to a 600,000 ruble fine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Teykovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1419,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":202,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Teykovo"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Teikovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"Deliberately participated in the implementation of the objectives of the religious organization \"Jehovah's Witnesses in Teykovo\", by organising, directing activities.... propaganda of its activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.04.2020 to 18.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.02.2024, Sentence: 600,000 ruble fine","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"600,000 ruble fine","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-29T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-29T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-04-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/04/d42308/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recxeJb7DD40Yj8T2"},{"persecution_id":"recJrF5grzIP7KZNf","last_updated":"2025-09-04T19:26:33.000Z","person_id":"recDuMQ9dM19TiAQY","name_en":"Sergey Kretov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On November 16, 2020, Kretov's home was searched. He was detained after interrogation in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation, later the court placed him in custody. On July 15, 2021, he was transferred to house arrest. On November 15, he was released on his own recognizance. On July 28, 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gryazi"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1715,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":245,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gryazyakh"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gryazi","persecution_case_profile_en":"deliberately, acting from extremist motives manifested in the propaganda of the superiority of the followers of the religious doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses over other persons, negative assessment of persons who are not followers of this religious doctrine ... continued to spread among the residents of Gryazi, Lipetsk region, the ideology and beliefs of this extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 15.07.2021 to 15.11.2021\n• in custody: from 18.11.2020 to 15.07.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Lipetsk Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 15.11.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.11.2020 to 17.11.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.07.2025, Sentence: fine in the amount of 300 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine in the amount of 300 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-28T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-28T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-11-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/11/d43207/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recJrF5grzIP7KZNf"},{"persecution_id":"recamQGc0ALnb41s9","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recc33YeVcE5dR1M0","name_en":"Sergei Baev","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Voronezh region, Baev's house was searched on 13 July 2020, after which he was detained. Later, the court decided to take him into custody on the case of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. Then transferred to house arrest. On 2 December, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was elected.\n\nOn 21 November 2025, the court sentenced him to six years of suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1957,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":279,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Voronezh region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Voronezh Oblast","case_number":"1-1/2025 ","persecution_case_profile_en":"Called meetings, organised public speeches and worship services, preached and attracted \"new supporters.\"","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.07.2020 to 04.08.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.07.2020 to 14.07.2020, Temporary detention centre (IVS OMVD) for Nizhnedevitsky District of Voronezh Oblast\n• house arrest: from 04.08.2020 to 02.12.2020\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 02.12.2020 to 21.11.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 21.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2025, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 05-11-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-07-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42652/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-11-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recamQGc0ALnb41s9"},{"persecution_id":"rec2aRL2GYHlWQoia","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"reci32zvtw5ibFmAA","name_en":"Albert Naumov (Gabdrakhman)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attAIOUiqfR5XXfl0.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attAIOUiqfR5XXfl0.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A lecturer at the Russian Islamic University, member of the Ulema Council, former imam-khatib of the Al-Iman parish of the muhtasibat of the Sovetsky and Privolzhsky districts of Kazan. Detained and taken into custody in March 2020 on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation: according to the investigation, he was the leader of a cell of the \"Nurdjular\" movement, as Russian investigative authorities call the disparate groups of followers of the Turkish theologian Said Nursi. On 2 November 2021, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony. 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On 2 December, he was sentenced to a year of probation and a fine of 150 thousand rubles (approximately 1635 USD). On 10 June 2021, the court of appeal returned the case for review.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":162,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 228 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 354.1","Part 1, Article 228"],"case_name_en":"The case of Mohammed El Ayoubi","persecution_case_profile_en":"in order to endorse the crimes defined by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, posted a photograph of Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, on the \"Memory Bank\" website for broadcast on the \"Immortal Regiment of Russia\" website","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.12.2020, Sentence: One year of suspended deprivation of liberty, a fine of 150,000 rubles (approximately 1,632 USD)","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year of suspended deprivation of liberty, a fine of 150,000 rubles (approximately 1,632 USD)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-12-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-12-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-05-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/05/d42406/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recCzR1WbnJnbyYyF"},{"persecution_id":"recEEIIxpqDf49PpJ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recj26v5CIYVsV1yL","name_en":"Alexey Ershov","birth_year":1953,"birth_date":"1953-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ershov's home was searched on July 14, 2020. In March 2021, a criminal case was opened for participation in the activities of an extremist organization. A recognizance was taken. He was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony on January 19, 2022. The real term was replaced with a suspended term by the court of appeals instance on April 7.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Seversk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":553,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Ershov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in a conspiratorial 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On 5 June, sent under house arrest. On 26 March 2021, was elected a measure of restraint in the form of a signature not to leave. In October it became known that Ohanyan was acquitted of the charge of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Odintsovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Ohanyan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the organisation and activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.06.2020 to 05.06.2020\n• recognizance not to leave: from 26.03.2021\n• house arrest: from 05.06.2020 to 26.03.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-06-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/06/d42493/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec3nRRn9USyTXEY9"},{"persecution_id":"recsLNEkhCgcMxjaX","last_updated":"2026-04-24T13:13:35.000Z","person_id":"recpC8vSAHJzHug8s","name_en":"Sergei Klikunov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attR4EEr1HDbVTJRN.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attR4EEr1HDbVTJRN.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Astrakhan. On June 9th, 2020, he was detained after a search, and on June 11th taken into custody by court order. Accused of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. Later, Klikunov was also accused of financing extremist activities. On October 25th, 2021, he was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony. On December 22nd, 2022, the court of cassation slightly mitigated the punishment: previously it was forbidden to him to leave Astrakhan after release, now the court allowed him to choose a place to live on his own.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Astrakhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":502,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Astrakhan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Astrakhan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising and financing the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.07.2020 to 03.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Astrakhan Oblast\n• in custody: from 11.06.2020 to 17.06.2020\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.06.2020 to 11.06.2020\n• in custody: from 17.06.2020 to 02.07.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Astrakhan Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2023 to 01.01.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.03.2022 to 10.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Astrakhan Oblast\n• Unknown: from 10.03.2022 to 10.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.10.2021, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-10-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-06-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/06/d42518/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-10-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recsLNEkhCgcMxjaX"},{"persecution_id":"receaDAAkqRMdCGQd","last_updated":"2025-10-24T16:26:08.000Z","person_id":"recK4OfO7KeKh2464","name_en":"Anna Safronova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attsXyfUOTIBNelkh.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attsXyfUOTIBNelkh.jpg"],"birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Astrakhan. In June 2020, Safronova's home was searched. On May 28, 2021, she was prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and financing of such activities in connection with her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nOn June 2 Safronova was searched again and detained. The next day the court decided to put her under house arrest. On January 25, 2022, she was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.\n\nSince 2024, the authorities started to make life unbearable in the colony for Safronova. She was twice sent to solitary confinement after she refused to wear a St George ribbon. Despite constant pain in her legs, in December 2024, Safronova was prohibited to sleep in free  lower tier beds in the cell and had to climb up to the upper tier.\n\nOn 22 March 2025, after morning formation, Safronova was taken to an airless room without windows or furniture, where she had to stand for ten hours. The next day she was again taken to this room, where she stood for 13 hours and was taken to the toilet only once. Safronova felt unwell, but was not allowed to see a doctor. According to the lawyer, when she asked why she was being tortured, she was told: \"You have not been tortured yet\". On March 26, her lawyer sent a request to the local police department to conduct a forensic medical examination and initiate a criminal case. The next day Safronova was again placed in solitary confinement.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Astrakhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":592,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Anna Safronova's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"personally 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She was detained after interrogation in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation, later released on her own recognizance. On 28 July 2025, the court sentenced her to a fine of 250 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gryazi"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1715,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":245,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gryazyakh"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gryazi","persecution_case_profile_en":"deliberately acting from extremist motives expressed in the propaganda of the advantage of followers of the religious doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses over other persons, negative evaluation of persons who are not followers of this religious doctrine ... continued to spread among the residents of Gryazi, Lipetsk region, the ideology and beliefs of this extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.11.2020 to 18.11.2020\n• recognizance not to leave: from 18.11.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.07.2025, Sentence: a fine of 250 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 250 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-28T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-28T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-11-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/11/d43207/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec5WzoyKk9iJPBgy"},{"persecution_id":"recTavYCaozdlqEMH","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recncugguWLjKNDs7","name_en":"Irina Lokhvitskaya","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 6 February 2020, a case of participation in an extremist organisation was brought against Lokhvitskaya. 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On 8 April he was released from the pre-trial detention centre, announcing that he would not be extradited to Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Uray"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2020-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Uray"],"case_name_en":"Сase of Jehovah's Witnesses in Uray","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-02-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/02/d42124/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recnqQcl4sCAep5mK"},{"persecution_id":"recsLHi3FSfUPUZ6T","last_updated":"2025-11-05T08:44:58.000Z","person_id":"recMcxXLl9QO22BjE","name_en":"Sergei Zabora","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case was opened for organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 20 January 2022, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. 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Detained on 28 April 20206 charged with hooliganism involving resistance to a representative of the authorities. He was sent to a pre-trial detention centre after 15 days of arrest in an administrative case, also because of the 20 April rally.\n\nIt was confirmed that Bugalov was infected with coronavirus. On 10 May 2020, he had high temperature at the hearing where the arrest petition was considered. According to Vladikavkaz activist Indira Gabolayeva, Bugulov lost 10 kilograms in the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nAt the trial, a video was shown of a man resembling Bugulov throwing stones at the police. According to Gabolayeva, Bugulov was accused of taking a swing at a policeman who hit him with a rubber stick. In the explanation Bugulov gave to the Centre E, he admitted that at first he tried to calm people who threw stones at the law enforcers who were pushing them, but then he was hit several times, and then, \"giving in to a feeling of anger\", he also threw a stone. Bugulov did not see where the stone hit.\n\nBugulov was later reclassified to participation in mass riots. On 26 July 2021, he was sentenced to five years and three months in a penal colony. On 18 October 2022, Court of Cassation reduced the sentence to five years.\n\nPresumably, Bugulov was released in June 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladikavkaz"],"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_ended":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":571,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering against the self-isolation regime in Vladikavkaz","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Vladikavkaz case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artur Bugulov, Aslan Gasiev, Magomed Kadyrov, David Okruashvili and Zaza Tsaritov on mass riots in Vladikavkaz","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took part in mass riots in Vladikavkaz on 20 April 2020","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-07-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.05.2020 to 10.01.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 06.07.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.01.2022 to 01.06.2024\n• administrative detention: from 28.04.2020 to 09.05.2020\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.07.2021, Sentence: 5 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2021-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLWJt2DE8wTbPzh"},{"persecution_id":"reck0HjAW58iZaXs0","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recbyl4victtkXj1U","name_en":"Vitalii Nerush","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-05-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Voronezh region. On 13 July 2020, Nerush's house was searched, after which he was detained. Later, the court decided to take him into custody under the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 1 December, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen.\n\nOn 21 November 2025, the court sentenced him to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1957,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":279,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Voronezh region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Voronezh Oblast","case_number":"1-1/2025 ","persecution_case_profile_en":"Organised meetings, speeches and worship services, preached and recruited \"new supporters\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.07.2020 to 14.07.2020, Temporary detention centre (IVS OMVD) for Nizhnedevitsky District of Voronezh Oblast\n• in custody: from 14.07.2020 to 01.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.12.2020 to 21.11.2025\n• in custody: from 21.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 05-11-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-07-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42652/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-11-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reck0HjAW58iZaXs0"},{"persecution_id":"recPxKrDuCpw7LFO0","last_updated":"2026-02-25T23:28:00.000Z","person_id":"recfglLUUzXEve5YZ","name_en":"Nikolay Aliyev","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On May 22, 2020  Aliyev's home was searched, and then he was questioned by the Investigative Committee together with his wife and brother. The operatives advised his wife to cooperate with the investigators so that \"something would not happen to her husband\". Later it became known that Aliyev was accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization and involving others in such activities.\n\nOn 4 June 2021, he was sentenced to four and a half years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2026-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":377,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nikolai Aliyev","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organization, recruiting new members","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.06.2021, Sentence: Four years six months' suspended sentence, one year two months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four years six months' suspended sentence, one year two months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-06-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-11-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/11/d43143/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 21-05-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-10-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recPxKrDuCpw7LFO0"},{"persecution_id":"recT2oobhGauFUCoy","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rece8AddpIEXEWIO9","name_en":"Zaurbek Tsgoev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Was taken into custody on March 27, 2021 in connection with the case of mass riots related to the people's assembly in Vladikavkaz on April 20, 2020. On October 14, 2022, was sentenced to three and a half years. Presumably, was released in December 2023.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladikavkaz"],"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_ended":"2023-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1017,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":145,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering against the self-isolation regime in Vladikavkaz","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Vladikavkaz case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Zaurbek Tsgoev on mass riots in Vladikavkaz","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in mass riots in Vladikavkaz on April 20, 2020.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.03.2021 to 25.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.10.2022 to 10.12.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.10.2022, Sentence: 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-14T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-14T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 24-08-2020\n Source: https://ovd.info/articles/2020/08/24/vladikavkazskoe-delo-kogo-zaderzhali-za-protesty-protiv-samoizolyacii-gid-ovd\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recT2oobhGauFUCoy"},{"persecution_id":"recP8hu9dOExoFv3z","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recMJjRaXhZ315q8y","name_en":"Egor Baranov","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 27 May 2020, law enforcement agencies searched Baranov's home and took him for interrogation. On 29 May, a court placed him into custody on charges of participation in activities of an extremist organization and recruitment of new members. On 20 November, a court chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions, and on 6 June 2022, sentenced him to five years' suspended sentence. On 1 March 2023, a court of appeal reduced the sentence by six months.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vyazemsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2020-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2024-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":739,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":105,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The fifth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yegor Baranov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Baranov participated in the activities of an extremist organization and the recruitment of new members of an extremist organization.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.05.2020 to 20.11.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 20.11.2020 to 06.06.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 06.06.2022 to 01.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.06.2022, Sentence: five years suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"five years suspended sentence","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2022-06-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-06-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-05-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/05/d42464/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recP8hu9dOExoFv3z"},{"persecution_id":"recug2U1r0DTi2n8q","last_updated":"2025-10-28T08:09:17.000Z","person_id":"recNdWOSaYsgT1iDD","name_en":"Arthur Javadian","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Sentenced to six and a half years in the case of mass riots during a public gathering in Vladikavkaz on 20 April 2020. 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On 30 July she was charged, the case was merged with the case of Aleksander Prianikov and her mother Venera Dulova. She was taken into custody.\n\nOn 27 January 2020, she was sentenced to a year of probation. On 6 August, the court of appeal sent the case for a new hearing. On 15 May 2021, again sentenced to a year of probation. On 15 March 2022, the appeal court overturned the verdict, finding Dulova not guilty. On 14 March 2023, the Supreme Court overturned this decision, returning the case to the appeal court. On 6 July, the appeal court again cancelled the verdict, sending the case back to the prosecutor's office. On 8 November, the court of cassation returned the case to the court of appeal. On 8 February 2024, the appeal court terminated Dulova's prosecution due to the expiry of the statute of limitations, as she was a minor at the time of the \"crime\".\n\nOn 30 March 2020, a search was conducted at Dulova’s home. 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The court of appeals reduced the sentence to four years and ten months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladikavkaz"],"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_ended":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":573,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering against the self-isolation regime in Vladikavkaz","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Vladikavkaz case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Arsen Brikhov, Artur Javadyan, Khetag Samov, Atsamaz Tebloev and Georgi Khugaev on mass riots in Vladikavkaz","case_number":"1-485/2015","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took part in mass riots in Vladikavkaz on 20 April 2020.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-05-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.05.2020 to 10.01.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 23.05.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.01.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.07.2021, Sentence: 5 years and 3 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 3 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":58,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-5,"first_verdict_date":"2021-07-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-27T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvmvN5oTkUXONaI"},{"persecution_id":"recohaWuvkbEzFKmi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recG3oV7Scyn657cw","name_en":"Nadezhda Kochetkova","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 October 2020, it became known that law enforcement agencies opened a criminal case against Kochetkova for using violence against government officials during a dispersal of the rally on 10 October 2020 in support of the former governor of Khabarovsk Krai, Sergey Furgal. She signed a recognizance not to leave. Later, officers also charged Kochetkova with insulting government officials. 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He was detained on suspicion of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. The next day the court decided to take him into custody. On 12 November Degtyarenko was elected a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions, and on 26 February 2022 in the form of a signature not to leave. In September 2022, he was acquitted, but the court of appeal cancelled the verdict and sent the case for a new hearing. 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In November 2020, because of an action on the anniversary of the October Revolution, a case of violence against a representative of the authorities was brought against him. According to eyewitnesses, several police officers used physical force against Cherepanov at the rally. After that he was taken to the IC to give an explanation.\n\"The policemen forcibly dragged me into the Gazelle and put me on the floor. I lay on my back for 20 minutes, as they held me down. I started shouting that I was unwell, asking for an ambulance, then the three of them started turning me over on my stomach\", Cherepanov told Novaya Gazeta.\nOn June 10, 2021, he was sentenced to a fine of five thousand rubles.\nOn June 1, 2022, the cassation court overturned the verdict and sent the case for review. 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On May 1, he was arrested for 15 days under an administrative article on the organization of an uncoordinated event in connection with the protest against covid restrictions held in the city on April 20. Later it became known that a criminal case of hooliganism was opened against Besolov, later the charge was reclassified to organization of mass protests. 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On 12 October, she was detained as part of a criminal case of violence against a representative of the authorities and sent to a temporary detention centre, later that day she was released on her own recognisance. Initially, two cases of violence against a representative of the authorities were opened against Subbotnikova in connection with two episodes that allegedly took place at the rally on 10 October. Later they were merged into one case. In addition, Subbotnikova was accused of insulting a representative of the authorities. In December, the investigator dismissed the case, considering that since the representatives of the authorities mentioned in the case were in civilian clothes on 10 October, Subbotnikova could not have known that they were police officers.\n\nIn April 2021, it became known that the prosecutor's office requested to resume the inspection against Subbotnikova.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2020-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in defence of Sergei Furgal on October 10, 2020","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of 10 October 2020 in Khabarovsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anastasia Subbotnikova","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she used violence against representatives of the authorities at a rally in support of Furgal on 10 October 2020","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 12.10.2020 to 30.12.2020\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.10.2020 to 12.10.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 01-01-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/reports/kak-podavlyayut-protesty-v-habarovske-doklad-ovd-info#6-4\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec2rift8GnHUgGEq"},{"persecution_id":"recNeVJByu0Or45eL","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"rec0FObLg40slSG4M","name_en":"Zaur Savlokhov","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sentenced to four years' imprisonment in the case of mass riots in connection with a public gathering in Vladikavkaz on 20 April 2020. Presumably released in October 2025.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladikavkaz"],"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_ended":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":782,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":111,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering against the self-isolation regime in Vladikavkaz","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Vladikavkaz case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Viacheslav Makhmadiev, Zaur Savlokhov, and Atsamaz Tsagaraev of the participation in mass riots in Vladikavkaz","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Savlokhov took part in mass riots in Vladikavkaz on 20 April 2020","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 14.01.2021 to 20.02.2022\n• in custody: from 21.02.2022 to 12.04.2022\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.04.2020 to 28.04.2020\n• house arrest: from 30.04.2020 to 13.11.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.10.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.04.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.02.2022, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2022-02-21T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-02-21T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNeVJByu0Or45eL"},{"persecution_id":"rectoPdQea8wCSVPH","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"recsWW0HEaOtDT7qv","name_en":"Nikita Moiseev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrBJOUfck4360fQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrBJOUfck4360fQ.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained in August 2020 and taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organization in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. On 19 September 2022, he was sentenced to seven years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gukovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2020-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":772,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gukovo"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gukovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organizing of the activities of an extremist organization","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.08.2020 to 10.08.2020\n• in custody: from 10.08.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 19.01.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2022, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-08-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/08/d42755/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rectoPdQea8wCSVPH"},{"persecution_id":"rec2pfZiDaOxipEgy","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recXKV2NMyBqHA2kG","name_en":"Alexey Baikalov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On March 30th, 2020 it became known that a criminal case was opened against Baikalov for participation in the activities of an extremist organization. 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","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-04-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/04/d42256/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-10-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-10-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec2pfZiDaOxipEgy"},{"persecution_id":"rec5sqC8gfuL5xbIk","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:22:41.000Z","person_id":"recmdkfno3cDeF3K3","name_en":"Sergei Furgal","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttJ5R7UcQyupS9M.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttJ5R7UcQyupS9M.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he was involved in the scrap metal trade. In 2005, he became head of the Khabarovsk branch of the LDPR. In 2007, he became a deputy of the State Duma. In September 2018, he won the gubernatorial election in Khabarovsk Krai in a protest vote, beating the incumbent regional head, Vyacheslav Shport, by more than 40 percentage points, despite running almost no campaign. During his short tenure as governor, Furgal took a number of steps aimed at curbing officials' privileges: he cut his own salary, refused to use state-owned luxury goods, reduced staff numbers and travel expenses and cut pension supplements for officials and deputies. In addition, the governor submitted a bill to the regional legislature to restore the direct election of district heads - the law was adopted. Under him, the regional parliament also passed laws limiting the powers of the governor.\nOn July 9, 2020, Furgal was detained and taken to Moscow, where the next day a court ordered his pretrial detention in a case concerning the organization of murders and attempted murders committed in 2004. On July 20, President Putin removed him from office due to a loss of trust.\nIn November 2021, Furgal was charged in a new case - the embezzlement of funds from the Amurstal plant.\nOn 10 February 2023, Furgal was sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime penal colony.\nOn 3 December 2025, Furgal was sentenced to 25 years in the embezzlement case, taking into account the previous sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lyubertsy"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":946,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":135,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) G,H Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","105","105"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 222","Part 2, Article 105","Part 2, Article 105"],"case_group_en":["The case of involvement in contract killings"],"case_name_en":"The case of involvement in contract killings","case_number":"1-10/2023 (1-171/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the Investigative Committee, Sergei Furgal organised the murders of businessmen Evgenii Zoria and Oleg Bulatov, as well as the attempted murder of Alexander Smolskii (Paragraphs A, B, G, H, J Part 2 Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 and Paragraphs B, G, H Part 2 Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 and Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code). 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The next day, the court decided to take him into custody on the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nOn 30 March 2021 he was transferred to house arrest. In November, the preventive measure was changed to a ban on certain actions. 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The next day, the court decided to take him into custody in the case of organizing the activities of an extremist organization in connection with his involvement in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses. Representatives of this community are persecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, collective worship services, attracting new supporters.\nOn 23 March 2021, he was placed under house arrest. In October, the measure of restraint was replaced by a ban on certain actions. 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On 4 April 2022, she was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_ended":"2024-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":823,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":117,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Abakan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Vergunov and Matrena Spiriadi","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.04.2022, Sentence: two years six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-10-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-10-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-04-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/04/d42256/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recAwwtrS9x72z0kg"},{"persecution_id":"recowWLndj1JEQvGB","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec7TM0lAjGiIn66T","name_en":"Irina Sidorova","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 30 March 2020, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Sidorova for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 22 May she was interrogated. On 17 July, she died in hospital after two surgical operations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Abakan"],"case_name_en":"Case of Irina Sidorova","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-04-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/04/d42256/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-10-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-10-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recowWLndj1JEQvGB"},{"persecution_id":"recQgMbyzcqyiQpIc","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"receoasyWXFXVVGOd","name_en":"Venera Dulova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxJQJdUyB04N3Up.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxJQJdUyB04N3Up.jpg"],"birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-01-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In August 2018, searches took place in Dulova's flat and at the countryside residence of her relatives. Dulova and her 18-year-old daughter were intimidated during interrogation with long prison sentences. Dulova is suspected of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. Dulova is suspected of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. She was released on the order of her own recognisance. \n\nOn January 27, 2020 she was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence. On August 6, the court of appeal sent the case for a new hearing. On July 15, 2021, she was again sentenced to two years' suspended sentence. On March 15, 2022, the appeal court overturned the verdict, finding Dulova not guilty.\n\nOn March 14, 2023, the Supreme Court overturned this decision, returning the case to the appeal court. On July 6, the appeal court again cancelled the verdict, sending the case back to the prosecutor's office. On November 8, the court of cassation returned the case to the court of appeal. On February 8, 2024, the appeal court affirmed the two-year suspended sentence.\n\nOn March 30, 2020, Dulova's house was searched and she was questioned as a suspect in another criminal case - on involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. She was given a covenant not to leave the country. On August 9, 2023, the court sent the case back to the prosecutor's office. In March 2025, the investigation dropped the case.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Karpinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2020-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karpinsk"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karpinsk","case_number":"1-11/2021 (1-184/2020;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Encouraged people to participate in the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 30.03.2020 to 30.03.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-04-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/04/d42255/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recQgMbyzcqyiQpIc"},{"persecution_id":"recgnDtyWDfHLtpMV","last_updated":"2026-02-09T08:13:40.000Z","person_id":"reczFYQ4PJt53h81Y","name_en":"Sergey Kamensky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attuUhMwesZrpi8DJ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attuUhMwesZrpi8DJ.png"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-12-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Kemerovo resident, host of the blog \"Don't Be Inert\" on YouTube, dedicated to violations by officials and law enforcers. On 28 April 2020, together with co-host Maxim Lavrentiev, he participated in a raid to combat improper parking. Between the activists and the driver of one of the parked cars there was a conflict. According to the investigation, Kamensky sprayed pepper gas from a canister in the direction of the female passenger, while there are no women on the video that captured the conflict. In June, he was charged with hooliganism in connection with the incident. On 28 June Kamensky was taken into custody. On 14 November he was transferred to house arrest.\n\nIn February 2021, Kamensky was also charged with incitement to hatred as a member of an organised group set up to discredit law enforcers.\n\nLater it became known that Kamensky was also charged with intentional infliction of harm to health from hooligan motives with the use of weapons.\n\nKamensky and his lawyer have signed a non-disclosure agreement.\n\nOn 16 August 2024, he was sentenced to five years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1571,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":224,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A,C Part 2,  Article 115 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","282","115"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 115"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Kemerovo bloggers","case_number":"1-19/2023 (1-90/2022; 1-620/2021;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Maxim Lavrentiev and Sergey Kamensky are the hosts of the YouTube blog \"Don't Be Inert\". On 28 April 2020, the bloggers participated in a raid to combat improper parking. Between the activists and the driver of one of the parked cars there was a conflict. According to the version of the investigation, Lavrentiev sprayed pepper gas from a canister in the direction of the driver, and Kamensky — in the direction of the passenger. In connection with this incident, the bloggers were charged with hooliganism (part 2 of article 213 of the Criminal Code).\n\nAlso Lavrentiev was charged with the article on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities (Part 2, Article 318 of the Criminal Code). According to the prosecution, on 5 June 2020, Lavrentiev used a gas canister against an FSB officer while filming a story near the building of the Kemerovo Department of the Federal Security Service.\n\nIn February 2020, it became known that a case was brought against the activists under the article on incitement to hatred or enmity (Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code). The investigator stated that Lavrentiev had created an organised group aimed at discrediting law enforcers, and Kamensky and fellow blogger Anatoly Sadovin were members of this group.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 14.11.2020 to 16.08.2024\n• in custody: from 28.06.2020 to 14.11.2020\n• in custody: from 16.08.2024 to 06.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.08.2024, Sentence: 5 years‘ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years‘ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-16T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-16T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-11-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-kemerovskih-blogerov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recgnDtyWDfHLtpMV"},{"persecution_id":"recHskvPvJFsnZtFJ","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recTKvTimWgg02sCs","name_en":"Alexey Dyadkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attaXdLUZ89r5Mc5l.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attaXdLUZ89r5Mc5l.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Rostov region. Detained on 21 August 2020, taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters. On 19 September 2022, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gukovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2020-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":759,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":108,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gukovo"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gukovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.08.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 19.01.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2022, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-08-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/08/d42755/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recHskvPvJFsnZtFJ"},{"persecution_id":"recupzWwAFHh3R26w","last_updated":"2026-04-10T07:48:03.000Z","person_id":"recviKsKqIe4hdJi5","name_en":"Maxim Lavrentiev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attK9HdBxzhiLBAyI.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attK9HdBxzhiLBAyI.jpeg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kemerovo, who hosts a YouTube blog \"Don't Be Inert\", dedicated to exposing violations by officials and law enforcement officers. \n\nOn April 28, 2020, he, along with his co-host Sergey Kamensky, participated in a raid against illegal parking. A conflict arose between the activists and the driver of one of the parked cars. According to the investigation, Lavrentyev sprayed pepper spray towards the driver. However, according to a video published by the blogger supporters, it was not Lavrentyev but Kamensky who sprayed the driver when the driver attacked him. Later, an unknown man attacked Lavrentyev and threw him to the ground.\n\nOn June 5, Lavrentyev, along with Kamensky, was filming a report near the Kemerovo FSB building. They approached one of the cars and demanded that the driver move the car. The car drove away, but a man in a suit emerged from the building, approached Kamensky, and, without introducing himself, asked, \"Who are you?\" then grabbed Kamensky's camera and quickly walked away. Lavrentyev chased him, trying to retrieve the camera, and used pepper spray several times. It was later revealed that the attacker was Dmitry Kislyov, an employee of the Kemerovo FSB.\n\nIn June, in connection with the first incident, Lavrentyev was charged with hooliganism. On June 28, he was taken into custody. On July 13, he was placed under house arrest, but on August 7, he was taken back into custody because his common-law wife, who is a witness in the case, visited him during his house arrest (neither Lavrentyev nor she knew about this at the time). On October 5, Lavrentyev was charged with using violence against a government official in connection with the incident involving the FSB officer.\n\nIn February 2021, Lavrentyev was also charged with inciting hatred as a member of an organized group allegedly aimed at discrediting law enforcement.\n\nIt was later revealed that Lavrentyev was also charged with intentional infliction of bodily harm with a weapon, motivated by hooliganism.\n\nLavrentyev and his lawyer are under a non-disclosure agreement.\n\nFirst, Lavrentyev had been held in a basement cell, then he was moved to another one. He has been kept in solitary confinement the entire time. This has affected the blogger's psychological state as well as his health: Lavrentyev has developed a chronic illness and suffers from back pain due to drafts. During the last session at the Central District Court, an ambulance was called to administer an anti-inflammatory injection to Lavrentyev. On that day, January 24, the public was not allowed into the courtroom, although the case is being heard in an open session.\n\nOn August 16, 2024, Lavrentyev was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1571,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":224,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A,C Part 2,  Article 115 of the Criminal Code","Article 116 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","213","282","115","116"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318","Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 115","Article 116"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Kemerovo bloggers","case_number":"1-19/2023 (1-90/2022; 1-620/2021;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Maxim Lavrentiev and Sergey Kamensky are the hosts of the YouTube blog \"Don't Be Inert\". On 28 April 2020, the bloggers participated in a raid to combat improper parking. Between the activists and the driver of one of the parked cars there was a conflict. According to the version of the investigation, Lavrentiev sprayed pepper gas from a canister in the direction of the driver, and Kamensky - in the direction of the passenger. In connection with this incident, the bloggers were charged with hooliganism (part 2 of article 213 of the Criminal Code).\n\nAlso Lavrentiev was charged with the article on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). According to the prosecution, on 5 June 2020, Lavrentiev used a gas canister against an FSB officer while filming a story near the building of the Kemerovo Department of the Federal Security Service.\n\nIn February 2020, it became known that a case was opened against the activists under the article on incitement to hatred or enmity (point \"c\" part 2 article 282 of the Criminal Code). The investigator stated that Lavrentiev had created an organised group aimed at discrediting law enforcers, and Kamensky and fellow blogger Anatoly Sadovin were members of this group.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.06.2020 to 13.07.2020\n• house arrest: from 13.07.2020 to 07.08.2020\n• in custody: from 07.08.2020 to 06.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.08.2024, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-16T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-16T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-11-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-kemerovskih-blogerov\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recupzWwAFHh3R26w"},{"persecution_id":"rechjnnmykd8woArU","last_updated":"2025-06-19T17:39:28.000Z","person_id":"recBEmAMv79UXj901","name_en":"Alexandr Vasichkin","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Teikovo (Ivanovo Oblast). On April 11, 2020, Vasichkin's home was searched. He was charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist legislation solely for their religious activities: holding meetings, conducting worship services, and recruiting new supporters. Vasichkin was released on recognisance not to leave the country. On February 29, 2024, he was sentenced to a fine of 1,100,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Teykovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2025-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1419,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":202,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Teykovo"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Teikovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"consciously participated in pursuing the goals of the religious organisation 'Jehovah's Witnesses in Teikovo' by organising and managing its events as well as <...> promoting and popularising its activities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 15.04.2020 to 18.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.02.2024, Sentence: a fine of 1,100,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 1,100,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1100000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-29T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-29T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-04-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/04/d42308/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rechjnnmykd8woArU"},{"persecution_id":"recbFrXXApLLhPBU3","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:19:00.000Z","person_id":"recRh2wa50sH1ZBTP","name_en":"Vladimir Melnik","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBSwPbH23Ov3ywj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBSwPbH23Ov3ywj.jpeg"],"birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Orel. On December 9, 2020, he was detained following a search. On December 11, the court ruled to place him in custody on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organization, citing his connection to a Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation. Members of this community face prosecution under extremist articles solely for practicing their religion: holding gatherings, collective worship, and recruiting new adherents.\nOn October 13, 2023, he was sentenced to six years in a general-regime penal colony. On April 9, 2025, he was released.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2020-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1038,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":148,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orel"],"case_name_en":"The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orel","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organizing and participating in the activities of an extremist organization.","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.12.2020 to 11.12.2020\n• in custody: from 11.12.2020 to 08.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Oryol Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Oryol Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 09.04.2025\n• Unknown: from 10.04.2025 to 09.10.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.10.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restricted liberty, and a 3-year ban on engaging in any activity related to heading or participating in the work of public or religious organizations and associations","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restricted liberty, and a 3-year ban on engaging in any activity related to heading or participating in the work of public or religious organizations and associations","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-13T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-13T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-12-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/12/d43355/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recbFrXXApLLhPBU3"},{"persecution_id":"recXWVJvQwMbq6E91","last_updated":"2024-12-23T10:27:47.000Z","person_id":"recuNBmMPCzxTwUqO","name_en":"Alexander Prilepsky","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 10 November 2020, a case was initiated against Prilepsky for organising extremist activities. A recognizance not to leave was taken. 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On 30 January, the court ruled to take Polyakievich into custody in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 25 November he was transferred to house arrest, in January 2021 he was released under recognizance not to leave. On 20 January 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 17 December 2024, upon retrial, Polyakevich was sentenced to a fine, details unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pechora"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1785,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":255,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town","case_number":"1-174/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised and conducted meetings, directed the process of speeches, readings of religious verses, speeches, collected funds, gave instructions for the implementation of preaching ministry","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody","house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 29.01.2021\n• in custody: from 30.01.2020 to 25.11.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• house arrest: from 25.11.2020 to 29.01.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 28.01.2020 to 30.01.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2024, Sentence: a fine of 200 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 200 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d42001/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec6zBOgffidiweGv"},{"persecution_id":"recytrAUU0R1kYOAD","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:40:36.000Z","person_id":"recAyVtx0Tsz1iJ7J","name_en":"Osman Seytumerov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attleiKNAqBC8m06z.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attleiKNAqBC8m06z.png"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"11 March 2020 detained after a search. A case was opened for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no relation to terrorism. The next day, the court decided to take Seytumerov into custody. On 29 October 2021, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nHe has a chronic condition—gastritis. An ambulance was called for him in the Vladimir prison due to an exacerbation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers","Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":596,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Bakhchisarai Case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The Third Bakhchisarai Hizb ut-Tahrir Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation and planning a violent seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 09.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 12.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.03.2020 to 12.03.2020\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.04.2023 to 01.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.05.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.02.2023 to 01.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.10.2021, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-10-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-03-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/bahchisarayskoe-delo-pyateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-03-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/03/d42182/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recytrAUU0R1kYOAD"},{"persecution_id":"rec8WUIois9QHZoZn","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:19:00.000Z","person_id":"recbADTYQxHG3kiMS","name_en":"Artur Putintsev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attbKbkOFK0uw6DI8.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attbKbkOFK0uw6DI8.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 9 December 2020 he was detained after a search. On 14 December, the court decided to send him to custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nOn 13 October 2023 he was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony. On 9 April 2025 he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2020-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1038,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":148,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orel"],"case_name_en":"The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orel","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.12.2020 to 08.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Oryol Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.12.2020 to 14.12.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Oryol Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 09.04.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• Unknown: from 10.04.2025 to 09.10.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.10.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-13T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-13T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-03-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-07-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/12/d43355/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec8WUIois9QHZoZn"},{"persecution_id":"recqL9ToxQ31SspKp","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recCYleGarlYrIbf1","name_en":"Dariia Poliudova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBecyp206a4D8oa.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBecyp206a4D8oa.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Poliudova was one of the organisers of the March for the Federalization of Kuban, which was not authorized by the local authorities. On 15 August 2014, 2 days before the planned event, a young man began harassing her on the street. He accused her of being a nationalist and \"pressured\" her, after which police officers appeared and detained her, accusing her of petty hooliganism. Poliudova was taken to the office of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Western District of Krasnodar, where she was left overnight. On 16 August, the court arrested the activist for 14 days. On 29 August, it became known that a criminal case against Poliudova was initiated. Immediately after serving the administrative arrest, she was placed under arrest in pre-trial detention centre No. 5 in the Krasnodar region, controlled by the FSB. Poliudova was charged with public calls for actions aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation and public incitement to extremist activities (the reason for the application of this clause was a publication in the social network \"Vkontakte\", which, in particular, said: \"All terrorist attacks and disasters are the fault of Putin and his entourage. Disasters and terrorist attacks constantly occur only under Putin's capitalism\"; it asserts that to \"stop this lawlessness, the country needs a revolution\"; that a revolution can \"rid the country of all the misfortunes that are occurring under Putin - paid education, paid medicine, the impossibility of owning a home, low wages, high prices for housing and communal services, political prisoners, and, finally, military aggression in Ukraine and a series of constant disasters\"). Since August 2014, Poliudova was under arrest for 6 months, after which she was released on recognizance not to abscond. The investigation into the case was officially completed four times; however, each time it was returned for further investigation.\n\nThe prosecution asked the court to sentence Poliudova to 3.5 years in a colony settlement. On 21 December 2015, the court sentenced her to 2 years in a colony settlement.\n\nOn 20 October 2017, she was released. After her release, she was registered with the penal inspection.\n\nOn 15 January 2020, Poliudova was detained after a search and interrogated as part of the case on calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation and the justification of terrorism. On 16 January, the court ordered to take Poliudova into custody.\n\nOn 14 September, it became known that Poliudova was charged with another instance of justification of terrorism.\n\nOn 25 February 2021, the charge of calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation was dropped due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code.\n\nOn 31 May, she was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime penal colony. One of the charges was reclassified to calls for extremist actions.\n\nOn 8 November 2021, a case of organizing activities of an extremist organization was initiated against Poliudova. On 23 December 2022, she was sentenced to 9 years in a penal colony.\n\nIn July 2023, Poliudova went on a hunger strike because a blade had been planted on her in the colony. In early August, it became known that Poliudova had been transferred to strict detention conditions. She ended her hunger strike.\n\nOn 15 January 2024, Poliudova's letters had not been delivered to the addressees for a period of 6 months, and she was not allowed to call her relatives.\n\nIn August 2025, it became known that Poliudova was attacked by another prisoner in the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":503,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","statement"],"protest_event_en":"\"Kurils, stop feeding Moscow. Long live the Far Eastern Republic.\"","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Daria Polyudova's case on the justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-66/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she published a post in which she called Shamil Basayev and Aslan Maskhadov worthy sons of the Chechen people; she spoke publicly about Yevgeny Manyurov, who committed a shooting outside the FSS building","persecution_location_en":"In strict condition custody unit (SUS)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In strict conditions of detention","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.01.2020 to 16.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.01.2020\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.05.2021, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-30T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 12-02-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.politzeky.ru/politzeki/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/166545.html\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-03-2016\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: http://www.memo.ru/d/214405.html\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 29-03-2016\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://amnesty.org.ru/ru/2016-03-30-poljudova/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-01-2020\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2020/01/29/poslednyaya-iz-federalistok-novoe-delo-o-separatizme\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 21-04-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/7418/poljudova-darja-vladimirovna\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 06-04-2020\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/polyudova-darya-vladimirovna\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-09-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/09/d42904/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","Amnesty International","OVD-Info","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recqL9ToxQ31SspKp"},{"persecution_id":"recfjAJ4I5lwSm7ER","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reco4AIZrVmpaSTeR","name_en":"Tatiana Zagulina","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case was opened against Zagulina for participation in an extremist organisation on 6 February 2020. 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In 2017, he created a public forum \"Police Ombudsman\" on the social network \"VKontakte\", where he published information about violations in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He resigned almost immediately afterwards. Some of the revelations published on the forum led to the resignations of head officials at various levels.\nOn 8 April 2020, an administrative case was initiated against Vorontsov for abuse of freedom of mass information in connection with the publication about the coronavirus. On 14 April, he was searched in a criminal case on dissemination of knowingly false information posing a threat to life and safety. Vorontsov was questioned and released as a witness. On 7 May, he was detained in an extortion case. The court decided to take him into custody. Later it became known that a case of distribution of pornography was also initiated against Vorontsov, and after that, another case of insulting a representative of the authorities. 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Vorontsov himself claims that he received this amount from Andina for drafting her appeal against the court decision that recognised her dismissal as lawful, while the photos had been published earlier elsewhere by other people and were the reason for her dismissal. Andina was later charged with false denunciation, coupled with artificial creation of evidence for the prosecution, because of a film about prosecution of Vorontsov.\n\nIn addition, according to the investigation, Vorontsov repeatedly published insults against L. 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Kim was taken into custody.\n\nOn 30 October 2020, Yuri Kim died after a trip to the court, where he was acquainted with the search order.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nikolsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2020-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nikolsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nikolsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"in September 2017, resumed the activities of the local religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses \"Nikolsk\", which was liquidated and declared extremist, continued its activities until October 2020; exercised general management, distributed duties among the participants of the organisation and exercised control over them, gave instructions to spread among the residents of Nikolsk the ideology and beliefs of the extremist organisation, relevant literature and involvement of new participants from among their relatives, acquaintances and local residents","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 11.10.2020 to 30.10.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-10-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/10/d43047/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reciymDW2TwbqyLz7"},{"persecution_id":"recsnIowywnk1h4ni","last_updated":"2025-04-01T18:49:31.000Z","person_id":"reciLkjd688yzhmoV","name_en":"Sergey Kobelev","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 12 May 2020, detained after a search as part of a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation, released the same day. On 8 March 2021, it becomes known that a case of participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation has been opened against Kobelev. On 10 March he signed the recognizance not to leave. 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On April  19, 2022, sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oktyabrskoye settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":650,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb 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Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n• punishment cell:  to 01.04.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.04.2025 to 01.05.2025\n• punishment cell: from 01.05.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.04.2022, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of 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Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recZd0fslQc9gI1eY"},{"persecution_id":"recR6qxhFt0gWKqSR","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recJRUlEXwYnQubOP","name_en":"Olga Ivanova","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 9 June 2020, she was detained after a search, sent to house arrest by court order on 11 June. Charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 25 October 2021, sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. On 22 December 2022, the court of cassation slightly changed the restrictions after serving the sentence: if earlier it was forbidden to leave Astrakhan, now the court allowed her to choose a settlement to live independently. 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https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/03/d42154/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recQ6yqNYbDyuMjZa"},{"persecution_id":"recoiBwsKkL7A3udJ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recCyBE20HvcBAz53","name_en":"Ilmira Bikbayeva","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In April 2020, Bikbayeva was searched in connection with the fact that in 2018-2019 she donated 6,000 rubles to the 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Bikbayeva was taken to the FSB for questioning and officially charged with financing extremist activities in December. Bikbayeva claimed that she transferred part of the money for Dilmukhametov's trip with her father to the village of Sunarchi in the Orenburg region, where it was planned to erect a memorial stone to the Bashkirs who died in May 1736, and another part to the politician's mother, who had \"little means of subsistence\" after her son's arrest. 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Pleaded guilty. On 14 October he was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2020-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2020-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":145,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Evgeny Akhmylov","persecution_case_profile_en":"in early May 2020 uploaded to the website of the \"Immortal Regiment\" a photo of Ataman Pyotr Krasnov, the head of the main department of the Cossack troops of the Imperial Ministry of the Eastern Occupied Territories of the Third Reich","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.10.2020, Sentence: a fine of 150 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 150 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-10-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-10-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-10-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/10/d43052/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recLS4Znlpd0eG2H4"},{"persecution_id":"rechpdH58ZSVhlcGu","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recIJm8Ybkvqn5JQm","name_en":"Ludmila Salikova","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 30 November 2020, Salikova's home was searched. On 26 August 2021, she was charged with the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation and signed a personal recognizance. On 20 January 2022, she was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence. On 11 January 2023, the court of cassation instance overturned the verdict and returned the case to the court of appeal instance. On 23 March, the court of appeal reclassified the charge from organisation to participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and reduced the sentence to two and a half years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Snezhinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":415,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Lyudmila Salikova","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a religious organisation, imported and imported into the Russian Federation for subsequent illegal mass distribution of information materials with religious content included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 26.08.2021 to 17.03.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.01.2022, Sentence: Six years suspended prison sentence with a probationary period of 4 years, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of religious organisations for a period of four years","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years suspended prison sentence with a probationary period of 4 years, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of religious organisations for a period of four years","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2022-01-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-01-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-01-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/01/d45659/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-09-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rechpdH58ZSVhlcGu"},{"persecution_id":"recehZ8NJTqbt4vyd","last_updated":"2024-12-10T22:58:31.000Z","person_id":"reco1j4uB0WL1ObIg","name_en":"Andrei Vlasov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttVSNEJSMAWkmBm.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttVSNEJSMAWkmBm.jpg"],"birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Prokopyevsk (Kemerovo Region). On July 12, 2020, Vlasov's home was searched and he was detained after interrogation. On July 14, the court placed him under house arrest under the charges of organising activities for an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters. Vlasov has a disability.\n\nOn 23 May, 2022, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Prokopyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":679,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Vlasov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 14.07.2020 to 23.05.2022\n• in custody: from 23.05.2022 to 26.07.2022\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.07.2020 to 14.07.2020, TDF of the Kemerovo Department of Internal Affairs of Russia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.05.2022, Sentence: seven years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"seven years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2022-05-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-05-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-07-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42651/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recehZ8NJTqbt4vyd"},{"persecution_id":"recbL6UaLt2S2wMUN","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recxhGl0gNmshuATh","name_en":"Zekirya Muratov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attKZhHynFe8a5vUW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attKZhHynFe8a5vUW.jpg"],"birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on July 7, 2020 and taken into custody the next day on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization. On February 11, 2022, he was sentenced to 11 and a half years in a maximum security colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Alushta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":583,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":83,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Zekirya Muratov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Member of a cell of the international terrorist organization \"Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami\", carrying out anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of establishing a so-called \"world caliphate\", destroying the institutions of secular society and aimed at overthrowing the current authorities by force.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation  for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: from 08.07.2020 to 18.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 22.01.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 19.12.2020 to 22.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.03.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.07.2020\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.02.2022, Sentence: 11 years 6 months imprisonment in a maximum security colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years 6 months imprisonment in a maximum security colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":138,"first_verdict_date":"2022-02-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-02-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-07-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42629/\n• Support for political prisoners. 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On 28 February 2022, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but on 28 April, the appellate court reversed this decision and sent the case for review. On 3 August 2023, she was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":955,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":136,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The sixth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai"],"case_name_en":"The sixth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in participating in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.08.2023, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-03T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-03T11:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-12-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/12/d43397/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recQNbwJNGGvNvwiS"},{"persecution_id":"rec111KSQ2VVl1IPE","last_updated":"2026-04-14T15:57:54.000Z","person_id":"recm9oz6wUzitNYob","name_en":"Pavel Ogorodov","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 28 January 2020, Ogorodov's home was searched, and he was detained but released the same day. In May, he was questioned, after which he suffered a minor stroke. On 10 November 2020, a case was opened against him for organising extremist activities.\nOn 20 January 2022, the court returned the case to the prosecution. Following a second review on 17 December 2024, Ogorodov was sentenced to a fine, though the details remain undisclosed.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pechora"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1785,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":255,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town","case_number":"1-174/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2024","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-01-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/09/d44940/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec111KSQ2VVl1IPE"},{"persecution_id":"recBgZGGnDnChhy4Q","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:01:37.000Z","person_id":"recavSP201FKQlySr","name_en":"Valerii Gurskii","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwo9fM3ulXD27GK.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwo9fM3ulXD27GK.webp"],"birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Voronezh region. On 13 July 2020, Gurskii's house was searched, after which he was detained. Later, the court decided to take him into custody in the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 2 December, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen.\n\nOn 21 November 2025, the court sentenced him to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1957,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":279,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Voronezh region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Voronezh Oblast","case_number":"1-1/2025 ","persecution_case_profile_en":"called meetings, organised speeches and worship services, preached and attracted \"new supporters\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.07.2020 to 14.07.2020, Temporary detention centre (IVS OMVD) for Nizhnedevitsky District of Voronezh Oblast\n• in custody: from 14.07.2020 to 03.12.2020\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 03.12.2020 to 21.11.2025\n• in custody: from 21.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2020 to 02.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-07-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42652/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 05-11-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recBgZGGnDnChhy4Q"},{"persecution_id":"recgIydrdfRYX5rdm","last_updated":"2026-04-14T15:58:39.000Z","person_id":"rectsa5vis99qgy69","name_en":"Viktor Shchannikov","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2020, Shchannikov's home was searched. On 10 November 2020, a case was opened on organising extremist activities. A recognisance not to leave was signed. On 20 January 2022, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 17 December 2024, at the reconsideration, Shchannikov was sentenced to a fine, details unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pechora"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1621,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":231,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town","case_number":"1-174/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised and conducted meetings, directed the process of public speakings, readings of religious verses, speeches, collected funds, gave instructions for the implementation of preaching ministry","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2024, Sentence: a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-01-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/09/d44940/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recgIydrdfRYX5rdm"},{"persecution_id":"rec1Hw3A3h1Nqp2Ee","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recdxn3vP0pnBmAsQ","name_en":"Seyran Khairedinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3S513xfii2gHUX.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3S513xfii2gHUX.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Bakhchysaray. Detained on 7 July 2020 and later taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 24 August 2021, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office because the materials were not recorded in Braille - another defendant, Alexander Sizikov, was blinded as a result of a traffic accident. On 27 October, the appeal court overturned this decision. On 17 May 2024, he was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, with the first four years to be served in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1044,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":149,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The fourth case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Bakhchisarai "],"case_name_en":"The Fourth Bakhchisaray case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was a member of the cell of the international terrorist organization \"Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami\", carrying out anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of establishing a so-called \"global caliphate\", aiming to destroy the institutions of secular society and overthrowing the current authorities by force.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.06.2021 to 08.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 08.07.2020 to 28.06.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 08.06.2023\n• in custody:  to 13.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• Unknown:  to 21.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• Unknown: from 01.12.2024 to 01.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.05.2023, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in high security prison, with the first four years to be served in higher security facility","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in high security prison, with the first four years to be served in higher security facility","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-17T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-17T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-06-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://telegra.ph/CHetvyortoe-bahchisarajskoe-delo-Hizb-ut-Tahrir-06-17\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-07-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42629/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec1Hw3A3h1Nqp2Ee"},{"persecution_id":"recmk5HbugoYx8e5D","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recrzgSCDiUduF3tp","name_en":"Denis Vorontsov","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Volgograd. In May 2020 it became known that a case was initiated against him because of the publication of a photo of a Nazi criminal on the website of the Immortal Regiment (WW2 memorial march). On 11 January 2022 Vorontsov was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2020-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":609,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 294 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","294"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 354.1","Article 294 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Denis Vorontsov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Vorontsov has submitted a photohraph of a Nazi criminal for public display to an unlimited number of people on the Internet on the \"Immortal Regiment\" (WW2 memorial march) website","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.01.2022, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-01-10T21:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-01-10T21:20:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-05-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/05/d42406/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recmk5HbugoYx8e5D"},{"persecution_id":"recY7XcPUZEhBmkz4","last_updated":"2025-06-19T17:40:03.000Z","person_id":"reciXOInw3hhumENw","name_en":"Sergei Galiamin","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Teykov (Ivanovo Region). On April 11, 2020, a search was carried out at Galyamin's home. A case was opened against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities —holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. Galyamin was given a recognisance not to leave the country. On February 29, 2024 he was sentenced to a fine of 650 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Teykovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1419,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":202,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Teykovo"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Teikovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"Deliberately participated in the realisation of the aims of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organization in Teykovo, by organising, directing activities and spreading propaganda of its activities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.04.2020 to 18.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.02.2024, Sentence: 650-thousand-rouble fine","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"650-thousand-rouble fine","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":650000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-29T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-29T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-04-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/04/d42308/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recY7XcPUZEhBmkz4"},{"persecution_id":"recch1vJiGvC8y15b","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:58:33.000Z","person_id":"recXZQ2hmd9h4WmeQ","name_en":"Lyudmila Shchekoldina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attITJTKqC88e8KkT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attITJTKqC88e8KkT.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 29 April 2020, Shchekoldina's home is searched. She is charged with involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with a statement by a man named Ilchenko, whom Jehovah's Witnesses believe to be a secret service agent, that Shchekoldina had tried to involve him in the activities of an extremist organisation. A signature of non-departure was taken.\n\nOn 23 May 2022, sentenced to four years and one month in a general regime colony. 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On 15 February, Mamalimov was released from custody in the status of a suspect. 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He was charged with organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and additionally accused of preparing for the violent overthrow of the government.\n\nThe case against him was based on his alleged involvement with the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. Human rights organisations argue that there are no legitimate grounds for its classification as a terrorist group. Nevertheless, this designation has enabled the prosecution of hundreds of people in Russia and Crimea as “terrorists” solely for party-related activities such as holding meetings, studying religious literature, or recruiting new members.\n\nOn 8 July 2022, Ibragimov was sentenced to 19 years' in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":730,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ismet Ibragimov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was the head of a unit of the international terrorist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, which engaged in anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of creating a so-called “world caliphate”. Its goals included dismantling secular institutions and overthrowing the current authorities by force.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.07.2020 to 02.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.09.2025, FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.07.2022, Sentence: 19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":228,"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-07-07T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-07-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42629/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-06-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/ibragimov-ismet-tairovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recERdHNBEBtQozyW"},{"persecution_id":"rechrT89DfvwQEc0T","last_updated":"2025-09-04T19:26:33.000Z","person_id":"rec8Veg9HleWM4TFd","name_en":"Natalia Perekatiy","birth_year":1953,"birth_date":"1953-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":72,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 16 November 2020, Perekatii's home was searched. She was detained after interrogation in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation, later released on bail. 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On 13 July 2020, Iagupov’s home was searched and he was detained. A court later ordered to place him in custody in connection with a case concerning the organisation of an extremist group. He was then transferred to house arrest. 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On 13 July 2020, Veselov's house was searched, after which he was detained. Subsequently, the court ordered that he be taken into custody in connection with a case concerning the organization of the activities of an extremist organization. On 2 December, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen.\n\nOn 21 November 2025, the court sentenced him to 6 year's imprisonment in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1957,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":279,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Voronezh region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Voronezh Oblast","case_number":"1-1/2025 ","persecution_case_profile_en":"Called meetings, organised speeches and worship services, preached and attracted \"new supporters\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.07.2020 to 14.07.2020, Temporary detention centre (IVS OMVD) for Nizhnedevitsky District of Voronezh Oblast\n• in custody: from 14.07.2020 to 03.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 03.12.2020 to 21.11.2025\n• in custody: from 21.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-11-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 05-11-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-07-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42652/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recD3MjELZNPTOlhb"},{"persecution_id":"recE63IO2vwzbSAjV","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec8OauwZNNLBOYPL","name_en":"Alexey Ukhov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 22 October 2020, Ukhov's house was searched. Detained on suspicion of organising activities of an extremist organisation, the next day the court decided to take him into custody. On 9 July 2021, he was released on his own recognisance. On 27 March 2023, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony. On 18 July, the court of appeal instance replaced Ukhov's real term with a suspended one.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sovetskaya Gavan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2020-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":886,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":126,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexei Ukhov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Performed the acts of reciting prayers... studying and quoting texts of Holy Scripture... and songs of psalms","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.10.2020 to 23.10.2020\n• in custody: from 27.03.2023 to 18.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Khabarovsk Krai\n• in custody: from 23.10.2020 to 09.07.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• recognizance not to leave: from 09.07.2021 to 27.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2023, Sentence: six years six months in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years six months in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-27T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-27T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-10-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/10/d43101/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-03-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recE63IO2vwzbSAjV"},{"persecution_id":"rec0ghkBeS1tPNmNU","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recYAdlO5iIBwPfNc","name_en":"Andriy Kolesnichenko","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 14 July 2020, Kolesnichenko's house was searched. A criminal case on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was initiated in March 2021. Personal recognizance was taken. On 20 January 2022 he was sentenced to four years of general regime penal colony. On 30 July, the court of appeal replaced the real term with a suspended one.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Seversk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":554,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Kolesnichenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in a closed conspiratorial meeting in the form of a collective religious service consisting of playing audio recordings and video recordings.... singing songs from a special collection of Jehovah's Witnesses religious teachings and prayers to Jehovah God","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.01.2022 to 30.06.2022\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 20.01.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.01.2022, Sentence: four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2022-01-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-01-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-11-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/11/d45329/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec0ghkBeS1tPNmNU"},{"persecution_id":"rec5s9mDrFojE0Uz8","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recuizkWujglYFt0B","name_en":"Oleg Shidlovskiy","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attO5BDNILi71br5k.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attO5BDNILi71br5k.jpg"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained in August 2020, taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist legislation solely for engaging in religious activities: holding meetings, conducting collective worship, and reaching out to new supporters. On 19 September 2022 he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony. On 14 November 2025, Shidlovskiy was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gukovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2020-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":772,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gukovo"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gukovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.08.2020 to 10.08.2020\n• in custody: from 10.08.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 19.01.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 14.11.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"\n• Unknown: from 14.11.2025 to 13.11.2030\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2022, Sentence: 6 years 6 months’ imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty, and a 5-year prohibition on engaging in organizational activities within public and religious associations and organizations","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months’ imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty, and a 5-year prohibition on engaging in organizational activities within public and religious associations and organizations","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-08-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/08/d42755/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec5s9mDrFojE0Uz8"},{"persecution_id":"recnXYZiQJbdI5092","last_updated":"2026-02-10T10:11:48.000Z","person_id":"rec3Jec9y0uMQrZkS","name_en":"Alim Sufyanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLsC8tSjpTwHw45.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLsC8tSjpTwHw45.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on July 7, 2020, and later taken into custody on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization due to his alleged involvement with the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. On August 24, 2021, the case was returned to the prosecutor’s office because the materials had not been transcribed in Braille - another defendant, Aleksandr Sizikov, had lost his sight in a car accident. On October 27, the appeals court overturned that decision. On May 17, 2024, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict-regime penal colony, with the first four years to be served in prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1044,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":149,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The fourth case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Bakhchisarai "],"case_name_en":"The Fourth Bakhchisaray case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was a member of a cell of the international terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami. He engaged in anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of establishing a so-called “global caliphate,” the dismantling of secular societal institutions, and the violent overthrow of the current government.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.07.2020 to 28.06.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 28.06.2021 to 13.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• Unknown:  to 21.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.12.2024 to 01.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 28.12.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.05.2023, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, with the first 4 years to be served in prison.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, with the first 4 years to be served in prison.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-17T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-17T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-07-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42629/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-06-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://telegra.ph/CHetvyortoe-bahchisarajskoe-delo-Hizb-ut-Tahrir-06-17\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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She was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 roubles (±3220 USD).\n\nDetained in March 2020 and placed under house arrest on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. Again, as in 2013, charged with organising activities of a home madrassa. On 31 August 2021 sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2020-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":524,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nakia Sharifullina's second case","persecution_case_profile_en":"On at least nine occasions in 2019, under the guise of Koranic and Turkish language classes, introduced the writings of Nursi from the Risale-i Nur collection, including the extremist books Letters, Words and the Path of Positive Service; publicly promoted the ideas of Nurdjular in the classes and worked individually with potential members of the association","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 25.03.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.08.2021, Sentence: two years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-30T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-03-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/04/d42252/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recdNNGr2i0i03mqq"},{"persecution_id":"recJkhX7SisEW7mJE","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recy8Qb4fUnifWxgm","name_en":"Ilya Olenin","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 30 November 2020, Olenin's home was searched. On 8 September 2021, it became known about the initiation of a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 27 October, after the search and interrogation, he gave a recognisance not to leave.\n\nOn 26 July he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Snezhinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":602,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ilya Olenin","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 27.10.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.07.2022, Sentence: a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-11-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-12-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/12/d43319/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recJkhX7SisEW7mJE"},{"persecution_id":"recGKbufQH1uhnBd5","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:10:03.000Z","person_id":"rec58deeIKtwn637w","name_en":"Eugene Korotun","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attEzLdEStojZCSdE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attEzLdEStojZCSdE.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Seversk (Tomsk region). On July 14th 2020, Korotun's house was searched and he was detained. The next day, the court sent him under house arrest on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nOn September 7th, the court decided to place Korotun in custody. On January 19th 2022, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Seversk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":554,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yevgeny Korotun","persecution_case_profile_en":"From July 2017 to July 2020, in ZATO of Seversk, Tomsk region, he participated in organising the activities of a banned local Jehovah's Witnesses community, knowing that it was banned, held \"closed conspiratorial meetings\", distributed banned literature and worked to \"recruit and engage new participants from among the residents of Seversk\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.09.2020 to 15.07.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tomsk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.07.2020 to 15.07.2020\n• house arrest: from 15.07.2020 to 07.09.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.01.2022, Sentence: seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2022-01-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-01-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-07-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42666/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recGKbufQH1uhnBd5"},{"persecution_id":"recwjI5GcH8jMWD9w","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recH46vcbXW7YvdQg","name_en":"Evgeny Razumov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attvAAh00Zsl2khz1.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attvAAh00Zsl2khz1.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained in August 2020, taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. On 19 September 2022, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gukovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2020-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":772,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gukovo"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gukovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.08.2020 to 10.08.2020\n• in custody: from 10.08.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 19.01.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.08.2020, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2022, Sentence: seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-08-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/08/d42755/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recwjI5GcH8jMWD9w"},{"persecution_id":"recynSyCMdcD2zvOB","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:02:55.000Z","person_id":"recVJ4UIeFnBuHwHx","name_en":"Seytumer Seytumerov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att2UB1Uf4BC92Mc1.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att2UB1Uf4BC92Mc1.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"11 March 2020, detained after a search. A case was opened for participation in the activity of a terrorist organisation. The next day, the court decided to take Seytumerov into custody. Later, the charge was reclassified as organizing the activities of a terrorist organization. In addition, Seytumerov was accused of preparing for a violent seizure of power. On 29 October 2021, he was sentenced to 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penitentiary colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Historians","Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":596,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Bakhchisarai Case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The Third Bakhchisarai Hizb ut-Tahrir Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising a terrorist organisation and planning a violent seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.03.2020 to 12.03.2020\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 09.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 12.03.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.05.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• Unknown: from 01.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.02.2023 to 01.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.10.2021, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year`s and 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year`s and 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-10-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-03-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/trete-bahchisarayskoe-delo-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-03-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/03/d42182/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recynSyCMdcD2zvOB"},{"persecution_id":"recw2fEZPZ8suymLJ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recAuADKfREH5aAkM","name_en":"Andrey Ryshkov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 January 2020, he was detained as part of a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 23 January, the court decided to take him into custody.\n\nOn 3 June 2021, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony. On 20 January 2022, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":498,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk","persecution_case_profile_en":"held conspiratorial meetings of members of the banned local religious organisation Jehovah's Witnesses (Kursk) and adherents of the Jehovah's Witnesses doctrine, \"organising religious speeches, preaching and disseminating the ideas of an extremist organisation at these meetings\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.01.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kursk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.01.2020 to 23.01.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.06.2021, Sentence: Three years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-06-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d41974/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recw2fEZPZ8suymLJ"},{"persecution_id":"rec9MSus7imo6UXBa","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recMB0wJnVVkJ6Tyy","name_en":"Aisa Aizatullin","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In August 2020, Aizatullin's home was searched. He was accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 19 August 2021 he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles. On October 26, the appeal court commuted the sentence to three years in a general regime colony. On the 12 of April 2022, the court of cassation instance cancelled the verdict and returned the case to the court of appeal instance, which a month later again sentenced Aizatullin to three years in a penal colony. Presumably, he was released in 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saransk"],"persecution_region_en":["Mordovia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MO"],"persecution_started":"2020-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":373,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["\"Tablighi Jamaat\" case in Mordovia"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Mordovia","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the establishment of a Tablighi Jamaat branch in Mordovia in September 2019","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.07.2020 to 18.10.2021\n• in custody: from 12.04.2022 to 19.05.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.05.2022 to 01.01.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.10.2021 to 12.04.2022\n• Unknown: from 01.01.2024 to 01.01.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.08.2021, Sentence: a fine of 500 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Other","Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2021-08-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/08/d44785/?sphrase_id=1575246\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec9MSus7imo6UXBa"},{"persecution_id":"recacC6uXPekHNJ0C","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recsYpWuYRu2KU42d","name_en":"Daniil Simanov","birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May 2020, it became known that a case had been brought against Simanov. He was charged with rehabilitation of Nazism. Simanov pleaded guilty. On 1 September he was sentenced to 200 hours of compulsory labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2020-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2020-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":112,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Daniil Simanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Submitted an application with Vlasov's photo for public display to a wide audience during the \"Immortal Regiment of Russia\" campaign","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.09.2020, Sentence: two hundred hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"two hundred hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-08-31T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-08-31T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-05-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/05/d42406/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recacC6uXPekHNJ0C"},{"persecution_id":"recOIzTmCfXozbfC1","last_updated":"2026-01-12T20:45:56.000Z","person_id":"recMdINuB4dGtiKJV","name_en":"Ilsur Galeev","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on 5 November 2020 and taken into custody the following day. He was charged with participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 12 September 2022, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":675,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"Third Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"He \"deliberately participated\" in the activities of the organization from 2014 to 2018. He \"took part in illegal propaganda meetings\" of Hizb ut-Tahrir, where he acquired \"skills and specialized knowledge\" used to justify the group’s activities. He then participated in numerous propaganda gatherings, where, together with others, he studied \"extremist materials that contradicted traditional interpretations of Islam.\" He \"improved his propaganda skills\" to justify the organization’s actions and \"recruited potential participants.\"\n\n\"Possessing the skills required of a member of this illegal organization,\" he \"deliberately adhered to security measures\": he did not bring mobile phones to meetings, parked his personal vehicle far from meeting locations, and \"monitored for possible surveillance by law enforcement agencies.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.11.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.11.2020 to 06.11.2020\n• in custody:  to 22.03.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.03.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.09.2022, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 12 March, a court placed Suleymanov under house arrest. On 29 October 2021, he was sentenced to 12 years in a high-security penal colony.\n\nWhile in prison, his health significantly deteriorated. Amet was recommended to undergo heart valve replacement surgery. Two of Suleymanov’s medical diagnoses are included in the official list of conditions that warrant release from detention. However, a prison medical officer told the court that Suleimanov's illness was “not severe enough\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":596,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Bakhchisarai Case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"The Third Bakhchisarai Hizb ut-Tahrir Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation and of planning violent overthrow of the government","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 12.03.2020 to 09.02.2023\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.03.2020 to 12.03.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.02.2023 to 05.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.04.2023 to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.10.2021, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, followed by one year of freedom restrictions","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, followed by one year of freedom restrictions","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-10-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-03-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/bahchisarayskoe-delo-pyateryh-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-03-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/03/d42182/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recLGALxkjGLGIVw2"},{"persecution_id":"receo8DStGPHpxnd3","last_updated":"2024-09-27T16:39:13.000Z","person_id":"recXBwrQeNwoBYmBt","name_en":"Vitaliy Omelchenko","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 20 January 2020 as part of a case on organising activities of an extremist organisation, spent two days in a temporary detention facility. On 22 January, a preventive measure in the form of a prohibition of certain actions was chosen. 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They sawed down the door and conducted a search, during which they seized electronic equipment (gadgets), and after that Zakruzhny was taken for interrogation in the case of calls for mass riots and extremist activity. After the interrogation in the Investigative Committee and forensic medical examination, Zakruzhny was released. The lawyer of the Transbaikal Human Rights Center was not allowed to attend the interrogation.\n\nOn February 11, 2021 he was given a suspended sentence of two years and three months. On May 27, the appellate court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On February 3, 2022, after a retrial, he was given a suspended sentence of two years and two months. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship, and attracting new members. On 12 February the court decided to place Ermolaev under house arrest. On 3 April, he was released under recognisance not to leave. 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He was placed under travel restrictions. On 20 January 2022, the court returned the case to the prosecution. 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On 13 July 2020, a search was conducted at Galka’s home; he reported that he was knocked to the ground and pressed face down onto the floor. After the search, he was detained. Later, the court ordered his remand in custody in a case concerning the organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation. On 1 December, a preventive measure in the form of a prohibition on certain actions was imposed.\n\nOn 21 November 2025, the court sentenced him to six years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1957,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":279,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Voronezh region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Voronezh Oblast","case_number":"1-1/2025 ","persecution_case_profile_en":"He called meetings, organised speeches and worship services, preached and attracted “new supporters”.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.07.2020 to 01.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.07.2020 to 14.07.2020, Temporary detention centre (IVS OMVD) for Nizhnedevitsky District of Voronezh Oblast\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.12.2020 to 21.11.2025\n• in custody: from 21.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2025, Sentence: 6 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-07-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42652/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 05-11-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-11-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recmhAi5YiAtTkQGR"},{"persecution_id":"recERlIsa8SkWbFS5","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recpHAVQa69Nfdom7","name_en":"Mederbek Seydaliyev","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. 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A criminal case on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was opened in March 2021. Belousov was released on his own recognisance. 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At the end of March 2020, it became known that Gorbunov was prosecuted for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. 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In May 2020, it became known about the initiation of a case against Shabanov. He was charged with rehabilitation of Nazism. On 1 March 2022, Shabanov was sentenced to a fine of 60 thousand rubles.\nOn 21 March 2024, Shabanov's mother was searched. The law enforcers claimed that they were looking for explosives, but nothing was found. After that Shabanov himself was arrested under the administrative article on disorderly conduct. On 6 April 2024, it became known that he was taken into custody on the case of public justification of terrorism and calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation, namely joining the legion \"Freedom of Russia\" and \"Russian Volunteer Corps\". On 5 February 2025, Shabanov was sentenced in this case to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2020-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":658,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":94,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 354.1","Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Shabanov's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"Made an application with a photographic image of Führer Adolf Hitler, who was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, a recognised criminal organisation, for public display to an unlimited number of persons on the Internet on the \"Immortal Regiment of Russia\" website","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.03.2022, Sentence: a fine of 60 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 60 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":60000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-02-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-02-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-05-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/05/d42406/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recLzVzK0XCCv7Agc"},{"persecution_id":"recqUZ3ogl3b3JqrI","last_updated":"2026-04-14T15:57:27.000Z","person_id":"recXI7YLYWJoQ6WUV","name_en":"Eduard Merinkov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 10 November 2020, a case was opened against Merinkov for organising extremist activities. A recognisance not to leave was given. On 20 January 2022, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 17 December 2024, following a retrial, Merinkov was sentenced to a fine, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pechora"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1498,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":214,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town","case_number":"1-174/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"organised and conducted meetings, directed the process of public speakings, readings of religious verses, speeches, collected funds, gave instructions for the implementation of preaching ministry","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2024, Sentence: a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-01-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/09/d44940/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recqUZ3ogl3b3JqrI"},{"persecution_id":"recd46LMvrqC5Q6XI","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"reco2RKP8xClGx95z","name_en":"Rail Abdrakhmanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZIRjrvxKgxDAEh.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZIRjrvxKgxDAEh.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 5 November 2020 and taken into custody the next day. Charged with organising and participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation and financing terrorism. 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The next day, the court ruled to take him into custody in the case of organising the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are persecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\nOn May 17, 2021, he was transferred to house arrest. In October, the measure of restraint was changed to a ban on certain actions. 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The next day he was released on a pledge not to leave the area as part of his case relating to organizing activites for an extremist organization.\nOn 7 August 2023, the court acquitted Sorokin. 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On April 29, 2020, Ivshin's house was searched, he was taken for questioning and then released on his own recognizance as a defendant in the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nOn February 10, 2021, he was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime prison, taken into custody in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kholmskaya"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":286,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, 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A signature on non-departure was taken. On 20 January 2022, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. 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On 12 February 2020, a case was brought against him for participation in an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, and attracting new supporters. On 25 April 2022, Oleg Postnikov was sentenced to five and a half years suspended sentence. On 11 October, the Court of Appeal overturned the sentence and sent the case for review. On 23 August 2023, a similar sentence was handed down.\n\nOn 3 April 2025, Postnikov's home was searched in a new case in connection with the community's activities. He was taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation.\n\nOn 12 February 2026, the court sentenced him to six years and two months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2020-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":803,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan"],"case_name_en":"Third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Actively participated in organizing religious events aimed at studying and promoting the ideology","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2022, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment• First instance court on the merits, 23.08.2023, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-25T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-23T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-02-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/02/d42100/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recOtB3yXVga0d5lg"},{"persecution_id":"recvPoky1Anoj7yW9","last_updated":"2025-01-28T13:56:25.000Z","person_id":"recdgVCDIZhXFcwfY","name_en":"Galina Kobeleva","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 12 May 2020, Kobeleva's home was searched. On 8 March 2021, the information appeared about the initiation of criminal proceedings for participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 10 March, a recognisance not to leave was taken. Later the charge was reclassified to organising the activities of an extremist organisation. Initially, Kobeleva was on trial together with several other people, including her own son, Sergei Kobelev. However, on 5 August, her case was singled out for separate proceedings due to her serious illness. On 20 October 2022, she was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lesozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":890,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":127,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lesozavodsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Galina Kobeleva","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated directly in meetings and involved others in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 10.03.2021 to 21.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 21.12.2022 to 20.01.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.10.2022, Sentence: six years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 24-07-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-09-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/09/d44940/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recvPoky1Anoj7yW9"},{"persecution_id":"recjaaoXQM8fvg9kf","last_updated":"2026-01-05T14:44:44.000Z","person_id":"rectDCr7UsbMhu4WI","name_en":"Igor Lonchakov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att2hBx7BpSZYjMTF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att2hBx7BpSZYjMTF.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladivostok. On September 4, 2020, he was charged with organizing the activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremism laws solely for their religious activities, such as holding meetings and services and recruiting new followers. On February 3, 2025, Lonchakov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1670,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":238,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","case_number":"1-79/2023 (1-532/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organizing the activities of an extremist organization.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 04.09.2020 to 03.02.2025\n• in custody: from 03.02.2025 to 28.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.07.2025 to 01.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.02.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-03T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-03T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-09-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/09/d42943/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/lonchakov-igor-vladimirovich/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","Support for political prisoners. 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On 12 September 2022, sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":675,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"Third Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"Deliberately participated\" in the organisation's activities from 2014 to 2018; \"took part in illegal propaganda meetings\" of HT, where he acquired \"skills and special knowledge\" to justify HT's activities, then took part in a large number of HT propaganda meetings, where, together with others, he studied \"extremist materials contrary to the traditional interpretation in Islam\"; \"improved his propaganda skills\" to justify the activities, \"carried out the involvement of potential participants\"; \"possessing obligatory for the member of this illegal organisation skills of illegal activity\",  “deliberately observed conspiracy measures”: did not carry mobile phones to meetings, left personal cars far away from meeting places and “controlled the presence of surveillance by law enforcement”.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.11.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.11.2020 to 06.11.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\" \"Black Dolphin\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.03.2023, FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\" \"Black Dolphin\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\" \"Black Dolphin\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.09.2022, Sentence: Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Twelve years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 29-11-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/kazanskoe-delo-4-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-11-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/11/d47291/?sphrase_id=6101\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec5AdslbvaIgAJbS"},{"persecution_id":"recqgUR61nudY0qjW","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rechHCWtNcMR8ltYf","name_en":"Ibragim Murtazaliyev","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In March 2020, he was taken into custody on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. 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He was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organization. On 19 August 2021, he was sentenced to a fine of 200,000 rubles. On 26 October, the court of appeal replaced the fine with a one-year sentence in a general-regime penal colony. On 12 April 2022, the court of cassation overturned the verdict and remanded the case to the court of appeal, which, a month later, again sentenced Aizatullin to one year in a penal colony. 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On 30 July 2021, she was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence. On 2 August 2022, the court of cassation instance sent the case for a new trial to the court of appeal instance. On 22 September, the appeal court sent the case back to the first instance court for a new trial. 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A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. The next day, the court ruled to place Seitmemetov in custody. 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On 19 May, he was interrogated, and an undertaking to appear was taken. On 4 April 2022, he was sentenced to a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2020-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":684,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Abakan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Vergunov and Matrena Spiriadi","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.04.2022, Sentence: two years six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-10-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-04-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/04/d42256/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-10-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recugan0xhT3fP7CL"},{"persecution_id":"recyV0SbFDMjO40Qc","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recsJZIheL16DywYF","name_en":"Oleg Lonshakov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 29 September 2021, he was detained in Brest (Belarus) after being placed on the international wanted list on charges of organising activities of an extremist organization. On 1 October, he was taken into custody by decision of the local court. On 14 October, the Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus refused the Russian authorities' request to extradite Lonshakov, and he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Tavrichanka"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2020-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Oleg Lonshakov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-01-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/10/d45074/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-10-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recyV0SbFDMjO40Qc"},{"persecution_id":"reclYgjcYGeEvJSdt","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:47:52.000Z","person_id":"recd79sHzMNX3xJSe","name_en":"Sergey Bespalov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2020, Bespalov was reported to have been prosecuted for inflicting harm of medium severity: Irina Rodzievskaya, an activist of the pro-Kremlin People's Liberation Movement (PLM), claimed that Bespalov had beaten her on 14 April 2020. The activist and her associates claim that he did not beat Rodzievskaya, but that she herself repeatedly approached him and provoked a conflict on that day. The city police conducted an investigation based on Rodzievskaya's statement that lasted three months. After that, Bespalov was informed that had not found any corpus delicti in his actions. However, the case documents were then handed over to the regional department, after which the case was eventually initiated. On 12 February 2021, Bespalov was sentenced to one year and eight months of restricted freedom. Bespalov left Russia.\n\nIn November 2022, iBespalov was reported to have been put on the wanted list of extremists and terrorists by Rosfinmonitoring. 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On 28 December he was sentenced to a 120 thousand roubles fine.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":159,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitry Borodaenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted a photograph of Adolf Hitler on the Memory Bank website no later than 6 May","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2020, Sentence: a fine of 120 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 120 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":120000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-12-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-12-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-07-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42702/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recCoazyc08G4FSq4"},{"persecution_id":"recDw2fjgsbl2PUXo","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recArC65JTT5iDGuk","name_en":"Sergey Kazakov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 December 2020, he was detained in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and taken to Khabarovsk Krai. Later, the court ruled to place him in custody in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 4 June 2021, he was transferred to house arrest. On 5 August he was released from house arrest and a preventive measure in the form of a prohibition of certain actions was chosen. On 28 February 2022, the court sent the case to the prosecutor's office, but on 28 April the court of appeal overturned this decision and sent the case for review. On 3 August 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 500,000 roubles. On 31 October, the court of appeal reduced the amount to 200 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Emergency workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":955,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":136,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The sixth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai"],"case_name_en":"The sixth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody","house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 05.08.2021\n• in custody: from 23.12.2020 to 04.06.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• house arrest: from 04.06.2021 to 05.08.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.12.2020 to 23.12.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.08.2023, Sentence: a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-03T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-03T11:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-12-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/12/d43397/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recDw2fjgsbl2PUXo"},{"persecution_id":"rec4kCboIzZSUvpT5","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recRhtwdeWkhCFDrN","name_en":"Riais Tyshkin","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Saransk. 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He was accused of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community, a group whose members have been prosecuted under extremist charges for engaging in religious activities such as meetings, joint worship services, and recruiting new followers. Later, Ivanov was also accused of financing extremist activities. On 25 October 2021, he was sentenced to eight years in a medium-security prison. 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The next day, the court sent him to custody on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 1 March 2022, Kuzhelkov's preventive measure was replaced with a ban on certain actions. On 27 May 2025, the court sentenced him to six and a half years of suspended imprisonment. 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On December 9th 2020 detained after a search. On December 11th, the court decided to send him to custody on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nIn June 2021 it turned out that Piskarev had suffered a stroke. On October 13th 2023, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. 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Memorial:\n Date: 25-03-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-12-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/12/d43355/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On 24 August 2021, the case was returned to the prosecutor’s office because the materials had not been recorded in Braille — Sizikov lost his sight as a result of a car accident. On 27 October, an appellate court overturned this decision.\n\nOn 17 May 2024, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict-regime penal colony, with the first four years to be served in prison. On 14 September 2024, the day after an appellate court upheld the sentence, Sizikov was taken into custody.\n\nOn 25 April 2025, the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) submitted a request for Sizikov’s release. On 26 May, a court ruled to release him from his sentence.\n\nOn 21 October 2025, an appellate court overturned this decision; however, lawyers stated that Sizikov was safe. On 23 October, news emerged that he had been detained. He was arrested for ten days under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences for disobeying lawful orders from government officials. On 1 November, an appellate court overturned the arrest order. On 5 November, Sizikov’s support group reported that he was in pre-trial detention (SIZO).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1044,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":149,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The fourth case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Bakhchisarai "],"case_name_en":"The Fourth Bakhchisaray case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was the leader of a cell of the international terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir. He engaged in anti-constitutional activities based on the doctrine of establishing a so-called \"world caliphate\", aimed at dismantling secular state institutions and overthrowing the existing government by force.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (temporarily)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released due to illness","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 08.07.2020 to 14.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.09.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 09.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• Unknown: from 09.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.02.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• Unknown: \n• Unknown: , Tuberculosis Hospital No. 1 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Department of Penitentiary Services\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 26.05.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• administrative detention: from 23.10.2025 to 31.10.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.10.2025 to 01.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• Unknown: from 01.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• Unknown: , Tuberculosis Hospital No. 1 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Department of Penitentiary Services\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Tuberculosis Hospital No. 1 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Department of Penitentiary Services","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.05.2023, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, with the first 4 years to be served in prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, with the first 4 years to be served in prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-17T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-17T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-06-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://telegra.ph/CHetvyortoe-bahchisarajskoe-delo-Hizb-ut-Tahrir-06-17\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-07-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42629/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec5hfzm3Vg2YSyCy"},{"persecution_id":"reccWcYWwA7J7bDf2","last_updated":"2025-03-03T13:18:16.000Z","person_id":"recOlxqwJ8ORaNDvx","name_en":"Vladimir Poltoradnev","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 28 July 2020, Poltoradnev was arrested at his house, detained, and sent under house arrest on 31 July on charges of organizing activities of an extremist organization. On 24 September a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was elected. On 18 August 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 638 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Solikamsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1116,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":159,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Solikamsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Solikamsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 28.07.2020 to 31.07.2020\n• house arrest: from 31.07.2020 to 24.09.2020\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 24.09.2020 to 18.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.08.2023, Sentence: a fine in the amount of 638 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine in the amount of 638 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":638000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-18T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-18T09:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-07-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42714/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","SOVA Center"],"aid":"reccWcYWwA7J7bDf2"},{"persecution_id":"recRe7i8g3Okbjbo7","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recqWIgfuwOVWwDj5","name_en":"Aibek Mamajunusov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. Detained and taken into custody on 19 February 2020 on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. His adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On 7 July 2021, Mamajunusov was sentenced to six years. On 14 April 2025, he was released, after which he was immediately detained and later apparently deported.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":521,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat"],"case_name_en":"The third Tablighi Jamaat in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.02.2020 to 12.11.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.11.2021\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 14.04.2025\n• Unknown: from 14.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.07.2021, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, a ban on participating in activities of social organisations for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, a ban on participating in activities of social organisations for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2021-07-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-02-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/02/d42103/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recRe7i8g3Okbjbo7"},{"persecution_id":"recnoGC2tAbmZGms1","last_updated":"2025-09-04T19:26:33.000Z","person_id":"recGQdTWKsnNe25Hd","name_en":"Tatiana Morlang","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 16 November 2020, Morlang's home was searched. She was detained after interrogation in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation, later released on her own recognizance. On 28 July 2025, the court sentenced her to a fine of 250,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gryazi"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1705,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":243,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gryazyakh"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gryazi","persecution_case_profile_en":"deliberately, acting from extremist motives expressed in the propaganda of the advantage of followers of the religious doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses over other persons, negative evaluation of persons who are not followers of this religious doctrine ... continued to spread among the residents of Gryazi, Lipetsk region, the ideology and beliefs of this extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 17.11.2020\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.11.2020 to 17.11.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.07.2025, Sentence: a fine of 250 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 250 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-28T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-28T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-11-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/11/d43207/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recnoGC2tAbmZGms1"},{"persecution_id":"rec55xGghK3TqW69j","last_updated":"2024-12-11T17:30:08.000Z","person_id":"receBC62zmVEBlPyI","name_en":"Andrey Zhukov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att9bU8t2ycP6uWXD.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att9bU8t2ycP6uWXD.jpg"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Yugorsk (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug). On 19 August 2020, Zhukov's home was searched, he was detained and taken for questioning, after which he was placed in a temporary detention facility. The next day he was released on his own recognisance as part of a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community.\nOn 7 August 2023, the court acquitted Zhukov. On 21 November, the appeal court overturned the verdict and sent the case for a new hearing.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":735,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":105,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sevastopol"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sevastopol","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in organizing the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.10.2022 to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 02.10.2020 to 17.05.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.10.2020 to 02.10.2020\n• house arrest: from 17.05.2021 to 21.10.2021\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 20.10.2021 to 06.10.2022\n• in custody: from 01.08.2023 to 11.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.10.2023 to 01.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2023 to 01.12.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.10.2022, Sentence: six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-06T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-06T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-10-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://t.me/pzk_memorial/950\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-10-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/10/d42999/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec55xGghK3TqW69j"},{"persecution_id":"recXt4pXXGSMuqwOy","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recGxGD3yKPmKL1TH","name_en":"Dmitry Zaprometov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was on trial for involvement in an extremist organisation. 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On February 11, 2022, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict-regime prison colony.\nIn December 2023, Bektemirov reported that he was beaten upon arrival at the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":583,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":83,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vadim Bektemirov`s case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was a member of a cell of the international terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami. 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His home was searched. On 30 December, he was charged and released on his own recognizance. On 10 February 2022, he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":441,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Cheboksary"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Chesnokov, Vladimir Dutkin, and Valery Yakovlev","persecution_case_profile_en":"Being aware of the unlawfulness of his actions, organised and held meetings (gatherings) of a religious group of Jehovah's Witnesses in the city of Cheboksary in specially rented premises enclosed by a solid high fence with a separate entrance, excluding any visual and vocal contact with unauthorised persons, under the guise of friendly meetings, tea and barbecue parties.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 30.12.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2022, Sentence: a fine of 500 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-12-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/11/d43287/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reck078J3KdcMHnxC"},{"persecution_id":"recuppswgCmu5jTKy","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recgbkMykCkDwbzzU","name_en":"Mikhail Kopytov","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 11 July 2020, Kopytov's home was searched, and after the search he was taken for questioning. 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On 30 January, the court decided to place Skutelets under house arrest after charging him with organizing the activities of an extremist organisation. On 27 January 2021, he was released on his own recognisance. On 20 January 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 17 December 2024, Skutelets was sentenced to a fine, details unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Street cleaners"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pechora"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1785,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":255,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Pechora town","case_number":"1-174/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"organized and conducted meetings, led the process of speeches, reading religious poems and speeches, collected money, gave instructions for the implementation of preaching","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 27.01.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 28.01.2020 to 30.01.2020\n• house arrest: from 30.01.2020 to 27.01.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2024, Sentence: a fine of 250.000 roubles (≈$2430 as of 17.12.2024)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 250.000 roubles (≈$2430 as of 17.12.2024)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-01-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/01/d42001/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec6A1XjeE1rWh5ZG"},{"persecution_id":"recc8VZWsF0WxOflj","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recmYgXAZ4k0foltA","name_en":"Altynbek Kozonov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. Arrested on 19 February 2020 and taken into custody the next day on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation for being involved in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On 18 May 2021, Kozonov was sentenced, presumably to 3 and a half years of imprisonment. He was released in December 2022, after which he was arrested again and sent to a centre for the temporary detention of foreign nationals for further deportation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":453,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Moscow case of Tablighi Jamaat"],"case_name_en":" Altynbek Kozonov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"took part in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.02.2020 to 29.05.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.05.2021\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.12.2022\n• Unknown: from 01.12.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.05.2021, Sentence: details unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"details unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-02-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/02/d42103/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recc8VZWsF0WxOflj"},{"persecution_id":"recqogirZ05ilJjVU","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recOoew7ReKxfLTAR","name_en":"Rustam Diarov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attQUy3QxxvJnpc9z.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attQUy3QxxvJnpc9z.jpg"],"birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"He was detained after a search on 9 June 2020 and taken into custody by court order on 11 June. He was charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services and attracting new supporters. Later, Diarov was also charged with financing extremist activities.\n\nOn 25 October 2021, he was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony. On 22 December 2022, the cassation court expanded the sentence with a ban on travelling outside Astrakhan.\n\nIn 2025, he was deprived of Russian citizenship (acquired in 2007) at the request of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.\n\nOn 17 February 2026, the court gave Diarov early release from punishment, and on the night of 18 February he was deported from Russia to Uzbekistan.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Astrakhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":502,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Astrakhan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Astrakhan","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was involved in organising and financing the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.06.2020 to 17.06.2020\n• in custody: from 17.06.2020 to 02.07.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Astrakhan Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.06.2020 to 11.06.2020\n• in custody: from 02.07.2020 to 03.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Astrakhan Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2022 to 10.04.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2023 to 17.02.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.03.2022 to 10.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Astrakhan Oblast\n• Unknown: from 10.03.2022 to 23.05.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.10.2021, Sentence: 8 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony and a 1-year restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony and a 1-year restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-10-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-06-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/06/d42518/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-10-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recqogirZ05ilJjVU"},{"persecution_id":"recwUMnOTOioUmcEg","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recK4rccySmFEDbpq","name_en":"Ruslan Zaliaev","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 30 March 2020, Zaliaev's and his wife's home was searched. On 19 May, a criminal case was opened against Zaliaev for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, and he was given a recognizance not to leave the country. Zaliaev is not a believer of Jehovah's Witnesses. Later it became known that Zaliaev was also prosecuted for involvement in the activities of the organisation and involvement of minors in a criminal group. On 9 August 2023, the court sent the case back to the prosecutor's office. In March 2025, the investigator dropped the case.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Karpinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2020-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 150 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2","150"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 4, Article 150"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karpinsk"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Karpinsk","case_number":"1-11/2021 (1-184/2020;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation, involved others in the activities of an extremist organisation, involved minors in the activities of a criminal group","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.05.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 11-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/drugie-dela/8671/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniju-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svideteljam-iegovy\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2020\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-05-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/05/d42470/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recwUMnOTOioUmcEg"},{"persecution_id":"reczWflvSvELEXS4y","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recB24W7zebE8SN89","name_en":"Artem Shabliy","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 26 May 2020, Shabliy was detained after a search, during which he was kept undressed in the cold for three hours and fell ill. 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On 10 June, taken into custody by court decision on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.\n\nAn operational experiment was conducted against Kryshka, as well as Golubev and Prosvirnin, who were detained together with him, with the participation of an embedded Center for Countering Extremism officer, according to the unregistered \"Other Russia\" (\"Drugaya Rossiya\"). They were detained near the building of the Prosecutor's Office of the Leninsky District of Chelyabinsk while \"attempting to set the building on fire\". The investigation called the evidence of the intention to set fire to the building the bottles with incendiary mixture and \"NBP armbands\" (National Bolshevik party) found at the scene. Two other people were detained together with them, who are listed in the case under changed surnames.\n\nOn 24 August it became known that Kryshka made an agreement with the investigation and confessed. 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On 10 June he was taken into custody by court decision on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation.\n\nAn operational experiment was conducted against Golubev, as well as Prosvirnin and Kryshka, who were detained with him, with the participation of, according to the unregistered \"Other Russia\", an embedded officer of the Central Investigative Committee. They were detained near the building of the Prosecutor's Office of the Leninsky District of Chelyabinsk while \"attempting to set fire to the building\". The investigation calls the bottles with incendiary mixture and \"NBP armbands\" found at the scene as evidence of their intention to set fire to the building. Two other people were detained together with them, who are listed in the case under changed surnames.\n\nOn 1 September he was sentenced to four years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2024-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":84,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"protest_event_en":"You will answer for Konev!","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Chelyabinsk National Bolshevism supporters (nazbols)"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artem Golubev","persecution_case_profile_en":"continued the activities of the National Bolshevik Party (NBP), which was recognised as an extremist organisation in 2007. According to the investigation, this activity was expressed, in particular, in the fact that on 25 April 2020 they attacked a monument to Czechoslovak legionnaires in Chelyabinsk, hitting it with a sledgehammer and unfurling a banner \"You will answer for Konev!\"; participated in an attempt to set fire to the building of the Prosecutor's Office of the Leninsky district of Chelyabinsk","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.06.2020 to 01.09.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.09.2020, Sentence: 4 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-08-31T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-08-31T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-06-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/06/d42522/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recH8QKELs74dkeO5"},{"persecution_id":"rec8T5aYZETwThzqb","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec2G2vkNU8DT5KnL","name_en":"Ali Khamkhoev","birth_year":1993,"age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Was detained and was taken into custody on 25 November 2020 on charges of using violence dangerous to life and health against a representative of the authorities. The charge was later reclassified to use of non-dangerous violence.\n\nOn 10 June 2021, he was sentenced to nine months in a general regime colony and released in the courtroom.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":196,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"Ali Khamkhoev's case on protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, during a rally in Magas on 27 March 2019, he used violence against the Russian guards.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.11.2020 to 10.06.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.06.2021, Sentence: 9 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":9,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-06-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-02-2021\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ingushskoy-oppozicii\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec8T5aYZETwThzqb"},{"persecution_id":"reculmMVeI4Fp0LZN","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recDGCGaG8sEn8UJ6","name_en":"Andrey Borovikov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Arkhangelsk.\n\nOn April 30, 2019, he was detained as part of a criminal case for repeated violations of the procedure for organising public events. The court decided on a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on attending mass events, using means of communication to organise them, as well as communicating with participants of the anti-trash rally held on April 7, in Arkhangelsk.\n\nOn September 27, he was sentenced to 400 hours of compulsory labour.\n\nOn July 3, 2020,  the court rejected the request of the penal inspectorate, which sought to replace Borovikov's compulsory labour with imprisonment.\n\nOn September 27, 2020, a search was conducted in Borovikov's apartment. He was accused of posting a video clip for the song \"Pussy\" by the Rammstein band on his VKontakte page on January 19, 2014. On September 29, Borovikov was placed under travel restrictions.\n\nOn April 29, 2021, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony. On July 15, the appellate court reduced the sentence to two years and three months. On February 1, 2022, the cassation court overturned the decision of the appellate court and returned the case to the appellate stage. On April 1, the appellate court upheld its previous decision. On March 7, 2023, Borovikov was placed under two years of administrative supervision.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2020-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":213,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 242 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["242"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 242"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Borovikov's case on trafficking in pornography","case_number":"1-292/2019","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on January 19, 2014, he posted a video on the VKontakte social network from the Rammstein group, which \"contains information of a pornographic nature, naturalistic scenes depicting sexual intercourse, with a vivid demonstration of genitalia, as well as genital contact, including close-ups, lacking scientific, educational, artistic, or historical value.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-05-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 13.09.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 29.09.2020 to 29.04.2021\n• in custody: from 28.05.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• in custody: from 29.04.2021 to 28.05.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2021 to 15.12.2021, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2022 to 23.05.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2021, Sentence: Two years six months deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years six months deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":27,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 22-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/9458/borovikov-andrej-vladimirovich\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-12-2020\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/borovikov-andrey-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reculmMVeI4Fp0LZN"},{"persecution_id":"recz8aBNvS1qQLTcW","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recjhFHBDpIFXwCdb","name_en":"Denis Posmetyukhin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attSaEp64XgtYzZOk.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attSaEp64XgtYzZOk.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A regular participant at rallies in support of former Khabarovsk Krai governor Sergey Furgal. Posmetyukhin was detained on September 25, 2020, when police and bailiffs tried to arrest Furgalomobile 2.0, a minibus involved in Furgal protests. Law enforcement attempted to force the owner of Furgalomobile 2.0, Andrei Maklygin, out of the cabin, damaging the vehicle and using force against other activists. Posmetyukhin was placed in a temporary prison center for two days when it was revealed that a case of assault against government representatives had been initiated against him. The judge placed him under house arrest on September 28. On January 13, 2021, the preventive measure was replaced with a prohibition on certain actions.\n\nOn 20 April, he was sentenced to a year in a settlement colony. On 14 October the court refused to release Posmetyukhin on parole. He was released on 25 January 2022.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2020-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":207,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"case_name_en":"The case of Denis Posmetyukhin, defender of Furgalomobile","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, he used pepper spray in the direction of law enforcers on 25 September 2020. 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In 2019, protocols were drawn up on Iosilevich under the relevant administrative article - the materials of these administrative cases formed the basis of the criminal case. He was brought under a recognisanse on non-departure.\n\nOn 30 January 2021, Iosilevich was taken into custody. The investigation applied for the arrest of the accused, citing pressure on the witness Yaroslav Grach, whose relatives, according to his testimony, were called by someone having Iosilevich's voice. According to the lawyer, Iosilevich did not call the witness, while earlier the witness had been pranked on the phone.\n\nAt the hearing of Iosilevich's case on 23 April it became known that a new criminal case was brought against the activist under the article about death threats motivated by political, ideological, racial, national or religious enmity.\n\nOn 17 August he was released from custody, on 19 August a preventive measure in the form of prohibition of certain actions was chosen. On 20 September, a preventive measure was chosen in the form of a obligation not to leave.\n\nOn 11 May 2022 Iosilevich was taken off the plane to Tel Aviv and detained. On 13 May, the court sent him to custody. On 27 May he was sentenced to a year and eight months in a penal colony. 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Novgorod, Maksim Gorky Street, 226, belonging to him by right of ownership, organised, by providing the above premises and the necessary equipment, an event to train observers for the upcoming elections to the City Duma of N. Novgorod, representative bodies of local self-government bodies. According to the case materials, one of the grounds for bringing Iosilevich to criminal liability under the article on participation in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\" (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code) was an interview of the executive director of Open Russia, Andrey Pivovarov, to the Znak online edition. Pivovarov said in the interview that the independent project United Democrats was participating in the election campaign in the Novgorod Region, but the headline instead of Novgorod Region included Nizhny Novgorod Region.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: \n• in custody: from 30.01.2021 to 17.08.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 20.09.2021 to 13.05.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 01.10.2020 to 30.01.2021\n• in custody: from 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Vedrov was accused of assaulting a police officer. On the night of 12 September, he was released on a promise to appear to give explanations. On 15 September, Vedrov was detained again as a suspect and placed in a temporary detention centre. On 17 September the court sent him to house arrest.\n\nOn 19 February 2021, he was given a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence. On 15 July, the appellate court reduced the term to two years. 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The charge was later reclassified to use of non-dangerous violence. On 19 February 2021, he was transferred to house arrest.\n\nOn 15 April, after being sentenced to seven months in a general regime colony, he was released in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":196,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"The case of Tagir Galayev on protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, je used violence against a representative of the authorities during a rally on 27 March 2019 in Magas.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 19.02.2021 to 15.04.2021\n• in custody: from 30.09.2020 to 19.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.04.2021, Sentence: 7 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":7,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-02-2021\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ingushskoy-oppozicii\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recQ8PQoKuDDhHGVo"},{"persecution_id":"recRA2honXb2XONiZ","last_updated":"2024-07-24T13:07:10.000Z","person_id":"recDSMuV5GoHvrydU","name_en":"Yulia Galyamina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attspY84iJ2dcMLgE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attspY84iJ2dcMLgE.jpg"],"birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 31 July 2020, the Investigative Committee announced the initiation of criminal proceedings against Yulia Galamina under the charge of repeated violations of the regulations for organizing public events (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code). This action was prompted by her involvement in a protest to collect signatures against constitutional amendments, which took place on 15 July at Pushkinskaya Square. Before this protest, Galamina had been subjected to multiple instances of administrative detention in connection with her exercise of the right to freedom of assembly. On the night of 1 August, Galamina was formally charged, subjected to hours of questioning, and subsequently released on her own recognizance. Law enforcement authorities also conducted searches at her country house and residence.\n\nOn 23 December, she was sentenced to a two-year probation period.","persecution_occupation_en":["Municipal deputies"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":144,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Against Amendments to the Constitution on July 15, 2020","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 212.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yulia Galamina","case_number":"01-0406/2020","persecution_case_profile_en":"\n1) Published a post on Twitter on 11 July 2019 calling for participation in a rally on 14 July 2019 in Novopushkinsky Square in support of unregistered candidates.\n2) Participated in a rally on 15 July 2019 in Trubnaya Square in support of unregistered candidates.\n3) Participated in a rally on 17 July 2019 in the same place on the same topic.\n5) Published a series of posts in July 2020 calling for participation in a rally on 15 July 2020 against constitutional amendments.\n6) Published another series of posts, after the rally was not approved, \"with the aim of conspiring illegal actions by changing the form of holding a public event unauthorized by the executive authorities of Moscow under the guise of collecting signatures\".\n\nTwo more events were added later:\n8) A Facebook post on 29 July 2019 calling to participate in the action on 3 August 2019 in support of unregistered candidates.\n\nThe court excluded events 4 (participation in the rally on 27 July 2019) and 7 (Facebook posts on 20, 23, 25, and 26 July 2019) from the charge.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.08.2020 to 09.03.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.12.2020, Sentence: A two-year suspended sentence.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"A two-year suspended sentence.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-12-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-12-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 02-09-2020\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/10232/galjamina-julija-evgenevna\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 31-07-2020\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2020/08/01/na-mundepa-yuliyu-galyaminu-vozbudili-ugolovnoe-delo-po-mitingovoy-state-chto\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-08-2020\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/galyamina-yuliya-evgenevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recRA2honXb2XONiZ"},{"persecution_id":"recL2KwDxJBR7UOVH","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recycoMRVdEmgN8tP","name_en":"Khamzat Kamurzoev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"At the end of February 2020, was detained and later taken into custody on charges of using violence dangerous to life and health against a representative of the authorities during the dispersal of a rally in Magas in March 2019. 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On 10 April 2012, the case was dismissed for lack of corpus delicti, but was reopened on 29 May 2012 by order of the leadership of the Russian Investigative Committee. According to the investigation, Navalny, together with Pyotr Ofitserov, set up the Vyatskaya Lesnaya Kompaniya (Vyatka Forest Company), which purchased timber products from Kirovles at understated prices and then sold them to consumers at market prices. The defence argued that the purchase from Kirovles was made at market prices. On 18 July 2013, the Leninsky District Court of Kirov sentenced Navalny and Ofitserov to five years in prison. The convicts were taken into custody in the courtroom, but spent less than a day in the pre-trial detention centre - the next day the court, on the proposal of the prosecutor's office, ruled to release Navalny and Ofitserov on their own recognisance until the verdict enters into legal force. This was preceded by mass protests in various Russian cities. On 16 October 2013, the Kirov Regional Court replaced Navalny and Ofitserov's real sentences with suspended sentences.\n\nIn November 2016, the Supreme Court cancelled the verdict due to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which recognised the prosecution as groundless. The Leninsky Court of Kirov began to re-examine the case. After Navalny announced his intention to run for president, the court began to hold sessions in a more intensive mode. On 1 February 2017, the court elected Navalny a measure of restraint in the form of a order not to leave. On 8 February, Navalny was sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence.\n\nOn 14 December 2012, information appeared about the initiation of a case against Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg on fraud and legalisation of funds to the detriment of the Russian division of the company \"Yves Rocher\". According to the investigation, the Navalny's stole more than 26 million roubles from \"Yves Rocher Vostok\" and more than 4 million roubles from \"Multiprofile Processing Company\" through fraud. According to the latest information, Yves Rocher submitted a report to the Investigative Committee back in February 2013, stating that no damage had been done to the company. Alexei Navalny was on a order not to leave on charges in this case, but after his detention on 24 February 2014 and arrest on the trail of a mass event in support of those convicted in the \"Bolotnaya case\" on Tverskaya Street, the Basmanny court changed his preventive measure to house arrest. On 24 April, the Zamoskvoretsky court held preliminary hearings on the case. On 28 April, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, having satisfied the motion of the lawyers who found numerous violations in it. On 30 December 2014, the charge was partially reclassified, from simple fraud to business fraud. Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years' suspended imprisonment. On 17 February 2015, the sentence was left unchanged - Navalny was only exempted from paying a 500,000 fine.\n\nOn 10 April 2014, a libel case was brought against Navalny on the claim of Alexey Lisovenko, a municipal deputy of the Babushkinsky district of Moscow. The deputy was called a drug addict in Navalny's tweet after the deputy himself said that Navalny continued to tweet despite the fact that, being under house arrest, he had no right to do so. Lisovenko demanded that Navalny be sentenced to community service. On 22 April, a magistrate judge found Navalny guilty, although there was no evidence that Navalny had tweeted the relevant message, and sentenced him to a fine of 300,000 rubles.\n\nOn 24 April 2014, the Lyublinsky Court, represented by Judge Anna Zotko, ruled on a civil suit against Navalny by Sergei Neverov, a Duma deputy from United Russia, for protection of honour and dignity. Neverov demanded a refutation of information spread by Navalny about undeclared dacha plots belonging to the deputy. The court ruled that Navalny must publish a refutation on the Internet within ten days, despite the fact that Navalny is under house arrest and has no right to use the Internet.\n\nIn May 2016, a libel case was filed against Navalny against former policeman Pavel Karpov: the politician was accused of publishing videos accusing Karpov of crimes, including his involvement in the murder of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.\n\nIn June 2020, a libel case was filed against Navalny against Ignat Artemenko, a World War II veteran who took part in the recording of a video in support of constitutional amendments. A signature of non-deportation was taken.\n\nOn 20 August Navalny became ill on a plane flying from Tomsk to Moscow. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, where he was taken to an emergency hospital. According to reports from the politician's supporters and loved ones, plainclothes operatives were on the hospital grounds. Navalny's relatives are convinced that he was poisoned. After long negotiations, Navalny's relatives managed to get him transferred to the German clinic Charité on 22 August. Two days later, representatives of the clinic announced that they had found signs of the Novichok chemical warfare agent in his body. In October, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed the presence of traces of Novichok poison in Navalny's tests. The politician spent about two weeks in a coma. In December, the Bellingcat research group together with The Insider published the results of an investigation into the possible involvement of FSB officers in Navalny's poisoning.\n\nOn 29 December, it became known that a fraud case had been opened against Navalny: he was accused of spending for personal purposes most of the money transferred to him as donations.\n\nOn 12 January 2021, the Federal Penitentiary Service demanded that Navalny's suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher case be replaced with a real one. On 17 January, when Navalny flew to Russia, he was detained at Sheremetyevo airport while going through passport control. The next day, the court sent Navalny to custody for 30 days at an on-site session at a police station in Khimki near Moscow. On 2 February, the court satisfied the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service.\n\nOn 20 February, Navalny was sentenced to a fine of 850 thousand rubles in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nIn April, it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for creating a non-profit organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nOn 25 May it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for insulting justice of the peace Vera Akimova, who delivered a verdict in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nOn 22 March 2022, Navalny was sentenced to nine years of strict regime and a fine of 1.2 million rubles in a case of fraud and contempt of court.\n\nIn September 2021, it became known that a case was opened against Navalny and his supporters for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of financing extremist activities, legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned case of establishing a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. Later it became known that Navalny was also charged with calls for extremist activity and rehabilitation of Nazism - because of statements and actions that had previously given rise to cases against other people.\n\nOn 4 August 2023, Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in a special regime colony. This was made possible because the court, which ruled on the fraud case in March 2022, changed the sentence in the Kirovles case from suspended to real.\n\nOn 27 September 2023, Navalny was transferred to a single cell-type facility for a year.\n\nDuring his time in the colony Navalny was sent to the punishment cell at least 27 times.\n\nIn December, Navalny's support group reported that his lawyers had already been denied access to him several times, and that he had already been prevented from attending court hearings on his claims against the colony administration via video link several times, explaining this by electricity problems. The situation is aggravated by the fact that shortly before Navalny became ill in his cell. On 25 December, it became known that Navalny was transferred to a colony in the Yamalo-Nenets district (before that he was in the Vladimir region). Already in January 2024, he was again sent to a punishment cell.\n\nIn detention, the politician experienced various health problems. At the end of March 2021, Alexei Navalny went on hunger strike in the colony because a doctor was not allowed to visit him. Then he complained of severe back pain, numbness in his leg, because of the pain he could not step on his foot. But, according to the lawyer, he was brought only two ibuprofen tablets from the prison sanitary unit.\nIn April 2023, Alexei Navalny's lawyer reported that he was called an ambulance because of an aggravated stomach ailment.\nIn November 2023, Navalny reported that he was prevented from visiting a dentist outside the colony to have his teeth examined and prophylactically cleaned.\nIn January 2023, Navalny became very ill in the SHIZO. He had a high temperature, cough and fever; no transfer of medication or hospitalisation was allowed.\n\nOn 16 February 2024, the FSIN Directorate reported Navalny's death in the colony. The next day this information was also confirmed by the politician's supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":248,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 128.1"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Navalny's case of defamation of WWII veteran Ignat Artemenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"He called Ignat Artemenko, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, a man without conscience and a traitor.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.02.2021, Sentence: a fine of 850 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 850 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 750 thousand roubles to 1 million roubles","verdict_fine":850000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-02-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-02-19T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfVs6q1aLgJDr5U"},{"persecution_id":"recz8YBC37wDZ2lEl","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recflA3LDL9LpLNDQ","name_en":"Alexei Navalny","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxpNbPCrkjKYqUd.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxpNbPCrkjKYqUd.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May 2011, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against him for causing property damage by deception to Kirovles. On 10 April 2012, the case was dismissed for lack of corpus delicti, but was reopened on 29 May 2012 by order of the leadership of the Russian Investigative Committee. According to the investigation, Navalny, together with Pyotr Ofitserov, set up the Vyatskaya Lesnaya Kompaniya (Vyatka Forest Company), which purchased timber products from Kirovles at understated prices and then sold them to consumers at market prices. The defence argued that the purchase from Kirovles was made at market prices. On 18 July 2013, the Leninsky District Court of Kirov sentenced Navalny and Ofitserov to five years in prison. The convicts were taken into custody in the courtroom, but spent less than a day in the pre-trial detention centre - the next day the court, on the proposal of the prosecutor's office, ruled to release Navalny and Ofitserov on their own recognisance until the verdict enters into legal force. This was preceded by mass protests in various Russian cities. On 16 October 2013, the Kirov Regional Court replaced Navalny and Ofitserov's real sentences with suspended sentences.\n\nIn November 2016, the Supreme Court cancelled the verdict due to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which recognised the prosecution as groundless. The Leninsky Court of Kirov began to re-examine the case. After Navalny announced his intention to run for president, the court began to hold sessions in a more intensive mode. On 1 February 2017, the court elected Navalny a measure of restraint in the form of a order not to leave. On 8 February, Navalny was sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence.\n\nOn 14 December 2012, information appeared about the initiation of a case against Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg on fraud and legalisation of funds to the detriment of the Russian division of the company \"Yves Rocher\". According to the investigation, the Navalny's stole more than 26 million roubles from \"Yves Rocher Vostok\" and more than 4 million roubles from \"Multiprofile Processing Company\" through fraud. According to the latest information, Yves Rocher submitted a report to the Investigative Committee back in February 2013, stating that no damage had been done to the company. Alexei Navalny was on a order not to leave on charges in this case, but after his detention on 24 February 2014 and arrest on the trail of a mass event in support of those convicted in the \"Bolotnaya case\" on Tverskaya Street, the Basmanny court changed his preventive measure to house arrest. On 24 April, the Zamoskvoretsky court held preliminary hearings on the case. On 28 April, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, having satisfied the motion of the lawyers who found numerous violations in it. On 30 December 2014, the charge was partially reclassified, from simple fraud to business fraud. Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years' suspended imprisonment. On 17 February 2015, the sentence was left unchanged - Navalny was only exempted from paying a 500,000 fine.\n\nOn 10 April 2014, a libel case was brought against Navalny on the claim of Alexey Lisovenko, a municipal deputy of the Babushkinsky district of Moscow. The deputy was called a drug addict in Navalny's tweet after the deputy himself said that Navalny continued to tweet despite the fact that, being under house arrest, he had no right to do so. Lisovenko demanded that Navalny be sentenced to community service. On 22 April, a magistrate judge found Navalny guilty, although there was no evidence that Navalny had tweeted the relevant message, and sentenced him to a fine of 300,000 rubles.\n\nOn 24 April 2014, the Lyublinsky Court, represented by Judge Anna Zotko, ruled on a civil suit against Navalny by Sergei Neverov, a Duma deputy from United Russia, for protection of honour and dignity. Neverov demanded a refutation of information spread by Navalny about undeclared dacha plots belonging to the deputy. The court ruled that Navalny must publish a refutation on the Internet within ten days, despite the fact that Navalny is under house arrest and has no right to use the Internet.\n\nIn May 2016, a libel case was filed against Navalny against former policeman Pavel Karpov: the politician was accused of publishing videos accusing Karpov of crimes, including his involvement in the murder of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.\n\nIn June 2020, a libel case was filed against Navalny against Ignat Artemenko, a World War II veteran who took part in the recording of a video in support of constitutional amendments. A signature of non-deportation was taken.\n\nOn 20 August Navalny became ill on a plane flying from Tomsk to Moscow. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, where he was taken to an emergency hospital. According to reports from the politician's supporters and loved ones, plainclothes operatives were on the hospital grounds. Navalny's relatives are convinced that he was poisoned. After long negotiations, Navalny's relatives managed to get him transferred to the German clinic Charité on 22 August. Two days later, representatives of the clinic announced that they had found signs of the Novichok chemical warfare agent in his body. In October, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed the presence of traces of Novichok poison in Navalny's tests. The politician spent about two weeks in a coma. In December, the Bellingcat research group together with The Insider published the results of an investigation into the possible involvement of FSB officers in Navalny's poisoning.\n\nOn 29 December, it became known that a fraud case had been opened against Navalny: he was accused of spending for personal purposes most of the money transferred to him as donations.\n\nOn 12 January 2021, the Federal Penitentiary Service demanded that Navalny's suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher case be replaced with a real one. On 17 January, when Navalny flew to Russia, he was detained at Sheremetyevo airport while going through passport control. The next day, the court sent Navalny to custody for 30 days at an on-site session at a police station in Khimki near Moscow. On 2 February, the court satisfied the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service.\n\nOn 20 February, Navalny was sentenced to a fine of 850 thousand rubles in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nIn April, it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for creating a non-profit organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nOn 25 May it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for insulting justice of the peace Vera Akimova, who delivered a verdict in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nOn 22 March 2022, Navalny was sentenced to nine years of strict regime and a fine of 1.2 million rubles in a case of fraud and contempt of court.\n\nIn September 2021, it became known that a case was opened against Navalny and his supporters for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of financing extremist activities, legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned case of establishing a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. Later it became known that Navalny was also charged with calls for extremist activity and rehabilitation of Nazism - because of statements and actions that had previously given rise to cases against other people.\n\nOn 4 August 2023, Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in a special regime colony. This was made possible because the court, which ruled on the fraud case in March 2022, changed the sentence in the Kirovles case from suspended to real.\n\nOn 27 September 2023, Navalny was transferred to a single cell-type facility for a year.\n\nDuring his time in the colony Navalny was sent to the punishment cell at least 27 times.\n\nIn December, Navalny's support group reported that his lawyers had already been denied access to him several times, and that he had already been prevented from attending court hearings on his claims against the colony administration via video link several times, explaining this by electricity problems. The situation is aggravated by the fact that shortly before Navalny became ill in his cell. On 25 December, it became known that Navalny was transferred to a colony in the Yamalo-Nenets district (before that he was in the Vladimir region). Already in January 2024, he was again sent to a punishment cell.\n\nIn detention, the politician experienced various health problems. At the end of March 2021, Alexei Navalny went on hunger strike in the colony because a doctor was not allowed to visit him. Then he complained of severe back pain, numbness in his leg, because of the pain he could not step on his foot. But, according to the lawyer, he was brought only two ibuprofen tablets from the prison sanitary unit.\nIn April 2023, Alexei Navalny's lawyer reported that he was called an ambulance because of an aggravated stomach ailment.\nIn November 2023, Navalny reported that he was prevented from visiting a dentist outside the colony to have his teeth examined and prophylactically cleaned.\nIn January 2023, Navalny became very ill in the SHIZO. He had a high temperature, cough and fever; no transfer of medication or hospitalisation was allowed.\n\nOn 16 February 2024, the FSIN Directorate reported Navalny's death in the colony. The next day this information was also confirmed by the politician's supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":453,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 297 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 297 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159","297","297"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159","Part 2, Article 297","Part 1, Article 297"],"case_group_en":["Alexei Navalny's case of fraud and contempt of court"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Navalny's case of fraud and contempt of court","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Navalny \"with other persons\" spent 356 million rubles out of 588 collected as donations for personal purposes: the purchase of personal property and payment of expenses, including holidays abroad; during the session on the case of defamation of a veteran insulted the participants of the process and the judge.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.02.2021 to 12.03.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vladimir Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.06.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.03.2022, Sentence: Nine years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of one million and 200 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Nine years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of one million and 200 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1200000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-03-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-03-21T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recz8YBC37wDZ2lEl"},{"persecution_id":"recJ0MelBB081ltsp","last_updated":"2026-02-17T14:44:17.000Z","person_id":"recF9ei56pLtAfejm","name_en":"Leonid Volkov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters.\n\nIn 2015, a case was opened against him for obstructing journalistic activities: Volkov was accused of damaging the microphone of a Life News employee. The case resulted from a pro-government provocation in Novosibirsk, where Volkov led the \"Democratic Coalition\" headquarters during local elections. During the campaign, opposition members faced regular pressure: Volkov encountered a phone provocation and hacking, unknown individuals threw eggs at Navalny, and people from the \"Young Guard\" deliberately came to work at the headquarters to spoil the signature sheets. On July 17, a day before the final deadline for submitting signatures to the election commission, a film crew from LifeNews and about ten activists from National Liberation Movement (NLM) burst into the \"Democratic Coalition\" headquarters. One of the channel’s employees, Alexander Postupinsky, attempted to film inside the Parnas headquarters, while Volkov tried to stop him. This became the formal reason for initiating the case. An examination showed that the microphone was operational but not in perfect condition. Then, the LifeNews employee gave new testimony, claiming that Volkov grabbed his left arm, causing physical pain. Previously, he had twice asserted that the opposition figure did not harm his health. Following this, Volkov was charged under Part 3,  Article 144 of the Criminal Code — obstructing the lawful activities of a journalist combined with violence against a journalist or damage to their property. In August 2016, the court reclassified the charge to Part 1, Article 144, considering that Volkov did not use violence. On August 31, the opposition figure was fined 30,000 rubles.\n\nOn January 28, 2021, it became known that a criminal case had been initiated against Volkov for involving minors in activities dangerous to their lives. Volkov had previously left Russia. On January 29, he was charged in absentia and placed on a federal wanted list, and on February 10 — on an international wanted list; the court ruled to take him into custody in absentia.\n\nIn April 2021, it became known that a case had been opened against Navalny for creating a non-profit organization that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens. The case had been initiated back in February.\n\nIn August, a case was initiated against Volkov for fundraising for an extremist organization.\n\nIn September, it became known that a case had been initiated  against Zhdanov and other supporters of Navalny for the activities of an extremist community. In October, information emerged that this case was merged with a case regarding the legalization of funds obtained by others through criminal means, as well as with the aforementioned cases concerning involving minors in dangerous activities, financing extremist activities, and creating a non-profit organization infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. Volkov is also involved in Navalny's fraud case related to donations to Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF). In May 2022, he was also arrested in absentia in this case.\n\nOn July 22, 2022, it became known that a criminal case had been initiated  against Volkov for publicly justifying terrorism. Later, information emerged that a case had also been initiated  for disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.\n\nOn October 11, 2024, another case was initiated against Volkov for publicly justifying terrorism and disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The case includes 16 episodes.\n\nOn June 11, 2025, the court sentenced Volkov in absentia to 18 years in prison and a fine of 2 million rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1987,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":283,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 151.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159","214","239","205.2","282.3","207.3","354.1","151.2","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159","Part 2, Article 214","Part 2, Article 239","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 282.3","Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 151.2","Part 3, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Alexei Navalny's case of fraud and contempt of court","Anti-war case","Beautiful Russia case","The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"Leonid Volkov's case","case_number":"1-218/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, damaged the microphone of the employee of the TV channel Life News Alexander Postupinsky.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.06.2025, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment and a fine of 2 million rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment and a fine of 2 million rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":2000000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-10T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJ0MelBB081ltsp"},{"persecution_id":"recZWLtYbdA1ONjf9","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recSJ6YF9gwPIZFNn","name_en":"Ivan Zhdanov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation.\n\nIn 2015, a criminal case was opened against Zhdanov for falsifying voter data in the Novosibirsk Region.\n\nIn April 2016, a case was opened against Zhdanov for draft evasion. Before that, he registered as a candidate for the council of deputies of the rural settlement of Barvikhinskoye, Odintsovo district, Moscow Region.\n\nIn August 2019, a case was brought against Zhdanov for failure to comply with a court order for failing to remove from the Internet the Anti-Corruption Foundation's film \"He is not your Dimon\" about expensive real estate allegedly owned by then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Zhdanov had previously intended to run for the Moscow City Duma, but he was not registered, like most independent candidates. This became a cause for mass actions in Moscow, which were followed by numerous criminal cases. In July 2020, Zhdanov was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles for failing to remove the film.\n\nAnother case under the same article was brought against Zhdanov in November 2020 for non-payment of 29 million roubles in connection with a lawsuit filed by the Moscow Schoolboy company, which was the subject of one of FBC's investigations\n\nIn April 2021, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for the creation of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nIn June, Zhdanov was put on the federal wanted list, and then on the international wanted list. He is outside Russia. On 29 June, the court arrested Zhdanov in absentia.\n\nIn August, a case was brought against Zhdanov for raising funds for an extremist organisation.\n\nIn September, it became known that Zhdanov and other supporters of Navalny were prosecuted for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned cases of financing extremist activities and establishment of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. In May 2022, he was arrested in absentia in this case as well.\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism.\n\nIn December 2024, it was reported that a case against Zhdanov's full namesake is being considered in court for defamation of a representative of justice, the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Alexei Navalny's case of fraud and contempt of court"],"case_name_en":"Navalny's associates' fraud case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was a part of an organised group that collected money from an unlimited number of people for the activities of the organisations \"Anti-Corruption Foundation\", \"Citizens' Rights Protection Fund\" and \"Navalny's Headquarters\", as well as for Navalny's 2018 presidential campaign.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 18.05.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZWLtYbdA1ONjf9"},{"persecution_id":"recTFD8YdGS0OAjWt","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recSJ6YF9gwPIZFNn","name_en":"Ivan Zhdanov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation.\n\nIn 2015, a criminal case was opened against Zhdanov for falsifying voter data in the Novosibirsk Region.\n\nIn April 2016, a case was opened against Zhdanov for draft evasion. Before that, he registered as a candidate for the council of deputies of the rural settlement of Barvikhinskoye, Odintsovo district, Moscow Region.\n\nIn August 2019, a case was brought against Zhdanov for failure to comply with a court order for failing to remove from the Internet the Anti-Corruption Foundation's film \"He is not your Dimon\" about expensive real estate allegedly owned by then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Zhdanov had previously intended to run for the Moscow City Duma, but he was not registered, like most independent candidates. This became a cause for mass actions in Moscow, which were followed by numerous criminal cases. In July 2020, Zhdanov was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles for failing to remove the film.\n\nAnother case under the same article was brought against Zhdanov in November 2020 for non-payment of 29 million roubles in connection with a lawsuit filed by the Moscow Schoolboy company, which was the subject of one of FBC's investigations\n\nIn April 2021, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for the creation of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nIn June, Zhdanov was put on the federal wanted list, and then on the international wanted list. He is outside Russia. On 29 June, the court arrested Zhdanov in absentia.\n\nIn August, a case was brought against Zhdanov for raising funds for an extremist organisation.\n\nIn September, it became known that Zhdanov and other supporters of Navalny were prosecuted for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned cases of financing extremist activities and establishment of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. In May 2022, he was arrested in absentia in this case as well.\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism.\n\nIn December 2024, it was reported that a case against Zhdanov's full namesake is being considered in court for defamation of a representative of justice, the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 315 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["315"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 315 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Zhdanov's case for non-payment at the suit of the Moscow Schoolboy company","persecution_case_profile_en":"Zhdanov failed to pay 29 million roubles on a lawsuit filed by the Moscow Schoolboy company, which was the subject of an investigation by the Anti-Corruption Foundation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 29.06.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTFD8YdGS0OAjWt"},{"persecution_id":"rec1gJ6THEQIzRv8k","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:08:18.000Z","person_id":"recgJ4ze8j9e1KZSO","name_en":"Roman Rubanov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. In February 2019, a criminal case was opened against him for not complying with a court order to remove the film \"He is Not Dimon to You\" from YouTube. Rubanov left Russia, he was put on the wanted list.\nIt was later revealed that Rubanov was under investigation in the case against Alexei Navalny for alleged misappropriation of funds donated to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. It was also reported that Rubanov was named in the case of an extremist organization against Navalny and his associates.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159"],"case_group_en":["Alexei Navalny's case of fraud and contempt of court"],"case_name_en":"Navalny's associates' fraud case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was part of an organised group that collected money from an unlimited number of people for the activities of the organisations \"Anti-Corruption Foundation\", \"Citizens' Rights Protection Fund\" and \"Navalny's Headquarters\", as well as Navalny's 2018 presidential campaign.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1gJ6THEQIzRv8k"},{"persecution_id":"recSPBTNVchAAxGyi","last_updated":"2023-11-20T19:44:31.000Z","person_id":"recVBB6MYciStsGWM","name_en":"Lyubov Sobol","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3dgUdFwBfgJBkG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3dgUdFwBfgJBkG.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former lawyer of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, including the RosPil project, producer of the Navalny LIVE channel, graduate of Moscow State University Law School. Author of investigations into anti-icing chemicals, the Vostochny cosmodrome and the mass poisoning of children in Moscow kindergartens. She has announced her nomination to the State Duma (lower house of Russian parliament).\n\nOn 21st December 2020, detained near the home of an FSB officer Konstantin Kudryavtsev, whom Alexei Navalny accused of involvement in his own poisoning. On December 23, she was fined one thousand rubles under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers. On December 25, Sobol's home was searched, after which she was interrogated as part of a criminal case on violation of inviolability of the property with threat of violence. On April 5, during the trial in the case, the court removed Sobol from the courtroom until the end of the debate. However, the court did not prevent Sobol from participating in the sessions. On April 15, Sobol was sentenced to one year of correctional labour on probation.  27th of May, the court of appeal returned the case to the court of first instance for elimination of procedural violations. On June 8 the decision was left unchanged. In November, the Federal Penitentiary Service demanded to replace the suspended sentence with a real one. On December 2nd the court satisfied the submission of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). On 8 June 2022, the same court replaced correctional labour with four months of imprisonment.\n\nOn 27 January 2021, she was detained in a criminal case on violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules, her flat was searched. On January 29, the court sent Sobol under house arrest. Later she was charged with incitement to violate the rules. On April 7, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen. On August 3rd she was sentenced to one and a half years of restriction of freedom. A few days later it became known that Sobol left Russia. In October, she was declared wanted. On 14 April 2022, the court changed her remaining sentence of five months and 26 days to imprisonment.\n\nIn September 2021, it became known that a case of extremist community activity had been opened against Sobol and other Navalny supporters. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with cases of money laundry, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, financing of extremist activities and establishment of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. 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Author of investigations into anti-icing chemicals, the Vostochny cosmodrome and the mass poisoning of children in Moscow kindergartens. She has announced her nomination to the State Duma (lower house of Russian parliament).\n\nOn 21st December 2020, detained near the home of an FSB officer Konstantin Kudryavtsev, whom Alexei Navalny accused of involvement in his own poisoning. On December 23, she was fined one thousand rubles under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers. On December 25, Sobol's home was searched, after which she was interrogated as part of a criminal case on violation of inviolability of the property with threat of violence. On April 5, during the trial in the case, the court removed Sobol from the courtroom until the end of the debate. However, the court did not prevent Sobol from participating in the sessions. 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On March 24, 2017, he was sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment.\n\nWhile in detention, he was accused of recruitment to a terrorist organization and propaganda of terrorism because of his conversation with cellmates. In October 2020, he was sentenced to 9 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":300,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Zokirjon Ismanov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Accordinc to the investigation, In conversations with convicts, he stated that he considered himself a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir and did not intend to renounce his views despite the Supreme Court's decision to declare the party a terrorist organisation. He held classes for other convicts in which he propagated the ideas of Hizb ut-Tahrir and ordered the listeners to take notes on them.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.10.2020, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2020-10-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-10-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-03-2017\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/03/d43838/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-02-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/02/d43606/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec06SqurF2n74RBr"},{"persecution_id":"recQc96kE152f7BIM","last_updated":"2023-11-06T16:16:37.000Z","person_id":"recaQTnqlo9Zs10II","name_en":"Rashid Maysigov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on 12 July 2019. According to the official version, a bag of heroin was found in Maisigov's possession during the search. At first, Maysigov signed the text of the interrogation with a testimony that he had bought heroin from a stranger two or three weeks earlier and kept it at his place. However, during the subsequent interrogation he retracted this testimony, saying that he gave it under torture, and the drugs were planted on him. On 16 July he was taken into custody by court order. On 19 November he was placed under house arrest.\n\nIn January 2020, Maysigov was charged with calls for separatism. Maysigov initially denied involvement in the imputed texts, but then admitted guilt and agreed to a special procedure for consideration of the case.\n\nOn 16 September 2020, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony for drug possession and was taken into custody in the courtroom.\n\nOn 19 January 2021, Maysigov was reported to have been acquitted in the case of calls for a violation of territorial integrity after the decriminalisation of the corresponding article of the Criminal Code.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nazran"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_ended":"2021-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 280.1 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Rashid Maysigov's case on calls for separatism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 22 February 2019, he posted on his Instagram page a publication in which he called for the secession of Ingushetia from Russia; he printed on his printer at least 38 A4 leaflets \"Appeal of the Ingush people to the world community\" with a request to the leadership of Georgia to accept Ingushetia as part of its state, and to the world community to support these actions; on 1-2 June 2019, he pasted these leaflets on public transport stops and walls of buildings in Nazran and Magas.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 19.11.2019 to 16.09.2020\n• in custody: from 16.09.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Ingushetia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-12-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/maysigov-rashid-aslanovich\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-01-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/01/d43523/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 20-12-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-zhurnalistov/10426/majsigov-rashid-aslanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recQc96kE152f7BIM"},{"persecution_id":"recsnLBRw6eONZs1a","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recFoJRq4Mgz6lYpu","name_en":"Zafar Nodirov","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"In December 2016, Nodirov was taken into custody together with 11 other people on suspicion of involvement in the islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 15 February 2019, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nIn January 2022, Nodirov was sentenced to a further three years on charges of publicly condoning terrorism because of his conversations about Hizb ut-Tahrir at the penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":748,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":106,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Zafar Nodirov case on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, engaged in justification of terrorism among other prisoners in the colony where he is serving his sentence.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.01.2022, Sentence: Three years of a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years of a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2022-01-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-01-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-02-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/02/d45757/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recsnLBRw6eONZs1a"},{"persecution_id":"recjkRUtD0psdaqSF","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"rec3KuTR7ZL3q1pdQ","name_en":"Asgat Khafizov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att7jihLQHZYGGddp.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att7jihLQHZYGGddp.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On October 14, 2014, he was detained during a search. The next day he was arrested along with seven other people in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamic political party ‘Hizb ut-Tahrir,’ which has no ties to terrorism. On December 8, 2017, he was sentenced to 19 years and two months in a strict-regime penal colony. In February 2018, it was revealed that Khafizov had been placed in a disciplinary cell.\n\nIn May 2020, it was reported that a new case had been initiated against Khafizov for participating in the activities of a terrorist organization and recruiting into a terrorist organization. On August 5, 2021, Khafizov was sentenced to 16 years for the second case, bringing his total sentence to 23 years in a special regime penal colony, including a mandatory three-year term in prison, considering the unserved portion of the first sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2020-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":443,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Asgat Khafizov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 02.02.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.02.2022, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.08.2021, Sentence: 23 years` of imprisonment in a special security colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (special regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"23 years` of imprisonment in a special security colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":276,"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-06-2020\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2020/05/d42424/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recjkRUtD0psdaqSF"},{"persecution_id":"recZLd8UenVjJMRtR","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:31:34.000Z","person_id":"recucmYCSJev9mXdX","name_en":"Dmitry Shtyblikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attSsndzbTyDBOJ0u.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attSsndzbTyDBOJ0u.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sevastopol. Served as a commander of intelligence units of the Ukrainian Navy in Crimea, since 2003 - head of international programs of the Ukrainian NGO Nomos, was deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine Black Sea Security, worked in the structures of the Russian Ministry of Defence as a civilian specialist.\n\nOn 9 November 2016, he was detained in Sevastopol. He was accused of preparing explosions in Crimea. The investigation declared him a member of the \"subversive-terrorist group of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine\". After Shtyblikov's detention, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry said that he had nothing to do with the intelligence directorate and there were no sabotage groups in Crimea. Shtyblikov was arrested.\n\nTogether with Dmitry Shtyblikov his wife Elena was detained. She was interrogated by the FSB officers until the evening, and asked questions about where she was on certain days, why she put the car in a certain place every day, and what she said on the phone during a call at a certain time. Shtyblikov's wife was released, she does not appear in the case. However, Shtyblikov's relatives and colleagues at the Nomos Centre believe that he may have confessed under the threat of his wife's accusation.\n\nFor several days after the detention, relatives could not find Shtyblikov, his lawyer was not allowed to visit him under the agreement. During this time, the FSB circulated a video in which Shtyblikov said that he had conducted intelligence work in Crimea and \"selection of objects for committing sabotage\".\n\nDmitry Shtyblikov pleaded guilty and consented to the consideration of the case in a special order, that is, without judicial investigation. On 16 November 2017, he was sentenced to five years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 200 thousand rubles.\nIn March 2018, Shtyblikov was transferred to a colony in the Omsk region. In October, he was sent from there to Crimea to act as a witness in the trial of Vladimir Dudka and Alexei Bessarabov, with whom, according to the investigation, he was part of the same subversive group.\n\nIn August 2020, he was transferred to Moscow's Lefortovo pre-trial detention center. In December, he was charged with treason. On 27 April 2022, he was sentenced to 19 and a half years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel","Journalists","Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":846,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":120,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Dmitriy Shtyblikov's and Alexander Obloga’s high treason case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he worked for the intelligence service of Ukraine, being a citizen of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.08.2020 to 09.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.04.2022, Sentence: Nineteen years  and six months imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Nineteen years  and six months imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":234,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-11-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-shtyblikova-i-oblogi-o-gosudarstvennoj-izmene/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZLd8UenVjJMRtR"},{"persecution_id":"recAwyoaAYSncltAN","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recXRg5HwkfduxLMz","name_en":"Roman Zhivolupov","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 9 July 2020, a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was opened against Zhivolupov. On 17 July, he was given a covenant not to leave the country. On 26 April 2023, Zhivolupov was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles. On August 3, the court of appeal added to the sentence a ban on holding any positions in religious and public organisations for 2 years and 11 months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2023-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1021,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":145,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nizhny Novgorod region"],"case_name_en":"The case of Roman Zhivolupov, Oleg Konshin, Sergey and Svetlana Malyanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in holding meetings, collecting donations for the needs of the religious organisation, improving skills in carrying out missionary activities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 17.07.2020 to 03.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.04.2023, Sentence: a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-26T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-04-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/02/d45777/?sphrase_id=16171\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recAwyoaAYSncltAN"},{"persecution_id":"recDAw82mDVpYGvVA","last_updated":"2024-05-19T12:08:11.000Z","person_id":"recby9BwEPyubFT01","name_en":"Tatiana Kotlyar","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"At least six cases of fictitious registration and registration of foreign citizens in her own flat were brought against Kotlyar.\nOn 13 April 2015, the judge returned the materials on the first case to the prosecutor's office. On 9 November of the same year, following the results of the retrial, Kotlyar was fined 150 thousand rubles, but was released from punishment under the amnesty for the 70th anniversary of the victory over Germany.\nOn 12 September 2017, Kotlyar was again fined 150 thousand rubles, already in the second case, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nThe third case was dismissed on 25 April 2019.\nOn 22 December 2020, Kotlyar was fined 150 thousand rubles in the fourth case. On 15 March 2021, the court of appeal excluded a number of episodes from the case and reduced the fine to 140 thousand.\nOn 13 April 2022, in the fifth case, the human rights defender was fined 480 thousand rubles with a deduction of 140 thousand rubles for the previous sentence. On 19 July, the court of appeal changed the verdict, sentencing Kotlyar to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.\nThe sixth criminal case was initiated at the end of March 2023. Then the office of the movement \"For Human Rights\" was searched. The law enforcers seized all the logs with the record of visitors since 2009 and other information. They also took outdated forms of migration registration and certificates of the Russian language exam from the office. On 29 June, Kotlyar was sentenced to a fine of 650 thousand rubles. On 21 August, the court of appeal reduced the fine to 600 thousand.\nIn autumn 2023, another, seventh, case on the same charges was brought against Kotlyar. On 18 March 2024, she was sentenced to a fine of 450 thousand rubles. On 14 May, the court of appeal reduced the fine to 430 thousand.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Obninsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":355,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 322.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 322.3 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Tatyana Kotlyar's fourth case of rubber flats","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she fictitiously registered a foreign citizen and a stateless person.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.12.2020, Sentence: a fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":140000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-12-21T23:23:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-12-21T23:23:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recDAw82mDVpYGvVA"},{"persecution_id":"recgiCi6yIYRpDKvs","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recgrTI9nVoBnXzJS","name_en":"Mikhail Feldman","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atthvlSqxUbQXhTM3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atthvlSqxUbQXhTM3.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On March 11, 2014, Mikhail Feldman was detained in connection with a case under the article on hooliganism motivated by political hatred or enmity committed by a group of persons by prior agreement. The case was related to the display of a German flag on the building of the Federal Security Service (FSB) for the Kaliningrad Region on March 11.\n\nHe was initially accused of using foul language and sentenced to administrative arrest. His apartment was then searched. At the end of April, Feldman was detained on criminal charges of hooliganism, and a measure of restraint in the form of detention was imposed on him. The investigation claimed that Feldman, together with Dmitrii Fonarev and Oleg Savvin, committed the act of hooliganism with the motive of hatred towards veterans. The investigators tried to coerce Feldman into cooperation under the threat of criminal prosecution for illegal possession of explosives allegedly found on him during a search.\n\nAfter Feldman refused to cooperate, he was additionally named as a suspect under the article on possession of explosives: according to the case materials, a backpack containing 357 grams of hexogen was seized from him near the FSB building. Feldman responded to these threats by going on a “dry” hunger strike for four days in the special detention center. Afterwards, the head of the facility gave him his word of honour as an officer that no explosives case would be opened. However, it was later revealed that the explosives charge had been included in the case.\n\nOn June 17, 2015, he was sentenced to one year, one month, and 23 days of imprisonment, which he had already served in the pre-trial detention center; he was released in the courtroom. On October 7, the court of appeals upheld the sentence, but the hate motive was excluded from the charges.\n\nIn 2020, Feldman was sentenced to two months of restriction of liberty for insulting state symbols because of his posts on social media. He had published a photo of the Russian tricolour with the caption “wipe your feet,” the Russian coat of arms accompanied by a profanity-laced inscription, and an image of the flag placed next to a human anus.\n\nDuring his final statement in court, Feldman took a Russian flag out of his jacket pocket, threw it on the floor, and stomped on it, shouting, “Wipe your feet!” As a result, a new case was opened against him under the clause on insulting state symbols. On March 3, 2021, Feldman was sentenced to six months of restriction of liberty. On June 7, the appeals court commuted the sentence to five months of suspended imprisonment.\n\nIn 2023, a case was brought against Feldman for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. The court imposed a preventive measure on him in the form of restrictions on certain activities. On March 7, 2024, Feldman was placed in detention for violating the terms of the measure: he had been shopping for wedding rings, which brought him near an administrative building - a location he was prohibited from approaching; he also left his residence at 3:40 a.m.\n\nOn March 28, 2024, Feldman was sentenced to two years in standard security prison. He was released from prison on June 4, 2025.\n\nFeldman suffers from serious health issues — he has cerebral palsy.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_ended":"2021-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":427,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 329"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Feldman's second case about insulting state symbols","persecution_case_profile_en":"In 2018, Mikhail Feldman posted a photo on social media of the Russian flag with the caption \"Wipe your feet\", the Russian coat of arms with a profanity-laced inscription, and an image of a flag next to a human anus.\n","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.03.2021, Sentence: Mikhail Feldman was sentenced to 6 months in prison on the charge of illegal possession of hexogen and 1 year and 1 month because of the flag incident, and in total, by adding up both of the sentences to 1 year 1 month and 23 days of imprisonment in standard security prison. The court decided to release him from custody, as the convicted person had served this term in the pre-trial detention center during the pre-trial investigation and trial.","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Mikhail Feldman was sentenced to 6 months in prison on the charge of illegal possession of hexogen and 1 year and 1 month because of the flag incident, and in total, by adding up both of the sentences to 1 year 1 month and 23 days of imprisonment in standard security prison. 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Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recVkDjSEHxBRpKdE"},{"persecution_id":"recq7lq6xFn07m3TI","last_updated":"2024-07-30T16:54:18.000Z","person_id":"recDLaZNb57W6RacL","name_en":"Marina Melikhova","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Head of the personal development centre \"Age of Aquarius\", dealing with aura diagnostics and cleaning, as well as energetic, psychological, and spiritual help. She has been involved in coaching and business training. Headed the Kuban branch of the financial pyramid Cashberry.\nHeaded the \"Council of Citizens of the USSR of the Prikubansky Okrug of Krasnodar\".\nIn May 2020, Melikhova was taken into custody on the case of calls to extremism. The reason was a video in \"VKontakte\" titled \"On 9 May 2020 may come the end of the Putin regime! It depends only on us.\" On 25 March 2021, Melikhova was sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony. In October of the same year, the \"Council of Citizens of the USSR of the Prikubansky Okrug of Krasnodar\" was recognised as an extremist organisation.\nIn June 2022, Melikhova was released from prison.\n\nOn 21 June 2023, Melikhova's home was searched, she was taken for questioning, and the next day the court sent her to custody on the case of discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. According to unconfirmed reports, the reason was her anti-war videos on YouTube.\nOn 15 December 2023, Melikhova was sentenced to a year and five months in a general regime colony.\nOn 1 June 2024, Melikhova was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":448,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Marina Melikhova's case on calls to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a video on VKontakte with the title \"On 9 May 2020 the Putin regime may come to an end! 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Memorial:\n Date: 23-06-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/sud-v-sochi-otpravil-v-sizo-aktivistku-i-blogerku-marinu-melihovu/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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A case of justification of Nazism was initiated against him because of several videos and other materials published at Vkontakte, Pekpaev was released on personal recognizance. On 12 May 2020 the court dismissed the case, the court of appellate instance approved the decision, but on 22 April 2021 the court of cassation cancelled it and returned the case into prosecutor's office. On 1 October Pekpaev was sentenced to 180 thousand roubles fine.\n\nOn 4 August 2023 Pekpaev was sentenced to 5 years and six months in general regime penal colony in a case of public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":183,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Pekpaev's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he publicly denied the facts established by the verdict of the International Military Tribunal for the trial and punishment of the main war criminals of the European Axis countries, approval of the crimes established by the said verdict, and dissemination of deliberately false information about the activities of the USSR during the Second World War by posting the following materials on his personal page:\n\n- a video file with the title \"POBEDOBESIE (must be watched in Russia)\" (POBEDOBESIE - Victory madness);\n- the text of the article, beginning with the words \"I'll tell you: can we do it again?\" and ending with the words \"... anything has never led to anything good\";\n- a video file labelled \"We can do it again...\";\n- a video file with the title \"St. George's Ribbon: Why Russians were forced to wear fascist signs\";\n- video file with the title \"Veteran tells the truth about the war and Stalin\";\n- a video file with the title \"Was there a victory\";\n- a video file with the title \"Where grandfathers fought and why the Banderites shot them in the back\";\n- the text of the article, beginning with the words: \"The artificial blockade of Leningrad: the myth is debunked, it was favourable to the criminal USSR authorities...\" and ending with the words: \"This means that the authorities of our country have the experience of inhuman anti-peoples decisions and many years of lying to their citizens\";\n- the text of the article: \"A fascinating fact about the civil war of 1941-1945\", \"The 1941-45 war was an internal civil conflict in the USSR. The Germans simply supported Vlasov's army and Krasnov's Cossacks\";\n- video file with the title \"This day we were bringing closer as we could ...\";\n- video file with the title \"Wild scream in the Kremlin. The German magazine put to shame Moscow paper-makers\";\n- the text of the article, beginning with the words \"victories m.i. victories - ...\" and ending with the words \"...in substantial legal and technical readiness and linguistic revision\", containing false information about the activities of the USSR during World War II;\n- a video file with the title \"The Truth about Lend-Lisa, which is hidden in Russia\";\n- an audio recording with the title \"Mikhail Elizarov - SS lyric\";\n\nas well as posting a comment in the VKontakte social network group, beginning with the words: \"Is he threatening? Some pathetic endeavours...\" and ending with the words \"You shouldn't have helped, oh you shouldn't have...\".","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 12.05.2020\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 12.10.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 01.10.2021, Sentence: a fine of 180 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 180 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":180000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-07-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-09-30T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-10-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/10/d48534/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recFTCwKEzOEiZO6J"},{"persecution_id":"recBLB0Pa2dlUMpc0","last_updated":"2025-03-19T14:23:57.000Z","person_id":"rec5DyX2VP2ilfDuZ","name_en":"Alexander Sobyanin","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Solikamsk (Perm Krai). In July 2020, it became known that a case was brought against him for organising the activities of an extremist organisation. A preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was elected. On 18 August 2023, the court sentenced Sobyanin to a fine of 494 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Solikamsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2025-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1143,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":163,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Solikamsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Solikamsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"participated directly in religious meetings .... discussed with followers issues and topics of a religious nature\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 28.07.2020 to 01.07.2020\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.07.2020 to 18.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.08.2023, Sentence: a fine in the amount of 494 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine in the amount of 494 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":494000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-18T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-18T09:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/07/d42714/?sphrase_id=1575574\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recBLB0Pa2dlUMpc0"},{"persecution_id":"recCNSgfNCYR6teox","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:14:15.000Z","person_id":"rec9WsAR6JLlFOKqQ","name_en":"Alexey Shvarts","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ex-coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Kurgan. In November 2020, a case of draft evasion was brought against him. In May of the same year, police officers demanded that the activist sign the summons retroactively, but he refused to do so. In August, he was interrogated as part of the pre-investigative investigation into the criminal case of evasion of military service, and after that he was served three summonses to the military enlistment office at once. During a visit there in September, according to Shvarts himself, he was attacked by the head of the military enlistment office. The young man also said that during one of the visits to the military enlistment centre, they removed mention of all illnesses from his personal file. On 30 December 2020, the last day of the draft, Shvarts was summoned for questioning by the IC. He said that after the interrogation the investigator took away his phone, two employees of the Centre \"E\" took him to a private clinic and paid for the examination themselves. The doctors confirmed that Shvarts was unfit for service due to a medical condition, and he was released.\n\nIn February 2021, the Investigative Committee terminated the activist's criminal case, but in August the prosecutor's office cancelled this decision: representatives of the agency did not find \"legal grounds for exemption from service.\n\nIn March 2021, a case was brought against him for violation of the secrecy of correspondence and telephone conversations because of the publication of a video about falsifications in the vote on amendments to the Constitution: Shvarts called three high-ranking officials on behalf of the president's representative. He was charged on his own recognisance. Initially, the officials had no claims against him, but the case was sent for revision, they were re-interviewed, after which they filed lawsuits against Shvarts totalling 1.75 million rubles. In August 2021, Shvarts was put on a wanted list because he twice failed to appear at court hearings. The activist left Russia and was granted political asylum in Germany in early 2022.\n\nIn 2023, it became known that a case was also brought against Shvarts for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces, the details are unknown. According to Shvarts, this is the sixth criminal case against him. On 18 October, he was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians","Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurgan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_ended":"2021-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 328 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["328"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 328"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Shvarts' case of draft evasion","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCNSgfNCYR6teox"},{"persecution_id":"recbNDFH2ms0IJpAo","last_updated":"2025-02-07T11:40:18.000Z","person_id":"recIBZfrsBzZ6n4nW","name_en":"Mikhail Alferov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Mikhail Alferov is an opposition blogger from the Kemerovo region, author of the YouTube channel \"enemy of pig dogs\", where he posts videos about freedom of assembly in the region, corruption and the work of law enforcers.\n\nDue to his activism, the blogger has repeatedly faced pressure from the authorities.\n\nIn June 2019, while serving an administrative arrest, the blogger learnt that a case was opened against him under the article on inflicting moderate harm to health with the use of weapons. The statement against him was written by an employee of the management company: she claimed that Alferov allegedly sprayed her with pepper spray. According to Alferov, the spray can could have been planted on him by an employee of the Centre \"E\", and the case itself is connected with his visit to the deputy governor.\n\nIn July 2019, a case of insulting a judge was brought against Alferov. Then once again they tried to bring him to trial for evading community service, after which, according to the investigation, he called the judge Kirill Bolotov, who appointed him administrative arrest, a \"creature\". On 11 June 2020, the court dismissed the case.\n\nIn April and June 2020, cases were brought against Alferov for insulting a representative of the authorities, both because of the videos containing derogatory remarks about police officer N. Evdokimova, who later moved to work at the Centre for Combating Extremism, who had previously drawn up administrative protocols against Alferov and, as he believes, prepared materials for a criminal case on insulting a judge. In July 2020, a case on the rehabilitation of Nazism was initiated because of a video where Alferov discusses the use of 9 May symbols in modern Russia. These three cases were merged into one. On 18 November 2021, Alferov was sentenced to 470 hours of community service.\n\nIn July 2021, a case of incitement to hatred against the social groups \"law enforcement\" and \"judicial authorities\" was brought against Alferov because of a video he recorded in connection with Alexei Navalny's return to Russia. Alferov was detained on 5 July and placed under house arrest on 9 July. On 30 December, he was released on recognisance not to leave. In March 2023, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 15 August 2023, Alferov was detained again. On 18 August, the court sent him under house arrest on a new case of incitement to hatred, use of violence against a representative of the authorities and defamation of a judge.\n\nIn April 2024, Alferov, allegedly as a result of pressure from the investigating authorities, went to war with Ukraine. In January 2025, it became known that he had died.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":595,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319","Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Alferov's case on insulting a representative of the authorities and rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case of insulting a representative of the authorities was initiated because of the videos in which Alferov spoke about N. Yevdokimova, an employee of the Centre for Combating Extremism. The case on rehabilitation of Nazism was initiated because of a video in which Alferov discusses the use of 9 May symbols in modern Russia.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.11.2021, Sentence: A fine of 470 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 470 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":470000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-11-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-11-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-10-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/kemerovskomu-blogeru-mihailu-alfyorovu-prodlili-domashnij-arest/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recbNDFH2ms0IJpAo"},{"persecution_id":"recuT9gWZsIHINrDl","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recKfVW0doL0ri8Hw","name_en":"Denis Mikhailenko","birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":15,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Mikhailenko is a resident of Kansk, Krasnoyarsk region, a minor at the time of the prosecution. He was detained in June 2020, shortly after he and Nikita Uvarov put up leaflets in the city in support of Azat Miftakhov and those convicted in the \"Network\" case. On 11 June, Mikhailenko was placed under house arrest in the case of receiving training for terrorist attacks. According to Uvarov, Mikhailenko and the third defendant in the case, Bogdan Andreev, denounced him under pressure. In November, a case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community was opened. As one of the proofs of guilt, the investigation used correspondence about the explosion of the FSB building in the computer game Minecraft, but these circumstances were not included in the indictment. In November Mikhaylenko was placed in custody for violating the conditions of house arrest, he was accused of keeping correspondence on the Internet. In March 2021, the charge of participation in the activities of a terrorist community was dropped. On 17 August, Mikhailenko was given a ban on certain actions as a preventive measure. The court exempted him from liability under the article on undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist acts, leaving the charges of manufacturing and storage of explosives. On 10 February 2022, Mikhailenko was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2024-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":618,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["223.1","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 223.1","Part 2, Article 222.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Kansk teenagers","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the manufacture and storage of explosives to prepare an explosion in the FSB in Kansk.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 11.06.2020 to 01.11.2020\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 16.08.2021 to 10.02.2022\n• in custody: from 01.11.2020 to 16.08.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-08-2023\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-kanskih-podrostkov/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recuT9gWZsIHINrDl"},{"persecution_id":"rech0BgjNN7gzVT1s","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recLWbccofzTqhEES","name_en":"Bogdan Andreev","birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":15,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kansk in the Krasnoyarsk region, who was a minor at the time of the prosecution, was detained in June 2020. His detention followed shortly after two other defendants in the case distributed leaflets in the city in support of Azat Miftakhov and individuals convicted in the \"Network\" case. On June 11, Andreev was placed under house arrest as part of the case related to receiving training for terrorist attacks. According to Uvarov, Andreev and the third defendant in the case, Mikhailenko, gave statements against him under pressure. Andreev essentially confirmed this during the trial.\n\nIn November, a case was initiated against Andreev for participation in the activities of a terrorist community. One of the pieces of evidence used by the investigation was correspondence related to an explosion of the FSB building in the computer game Minecraft. However, these circumstances were not included in the indictment. In March 2021, the charge of participating in the activities of a terrorist community was dropped. On August 17, Andreev was granted a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions. The court released him from responsibility for the charge related to undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist acts, but retained the charges of manufacturing and storing explosives. On February 10, 2022, Andreev was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2022-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":618,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["223.1","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 223.1","Part 2, Article 222.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Kansk teenagers","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he is involved in the manufacture and storage of explosives for the preparation of an explosion at the Federal Security Service (FSB) office in Kansk.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 11.06.2020 to 17.08.2021\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 16.08.2021 to 10.02.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-08-2023\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-kanskih-podrostkov/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rech0BgjNN7gzVT1s"},{"persecution_id":"recqoy9tfPOPeu9lP","last_updated":"2026-04-12T09:03:35.000Z","person_id":"recTz7Iv9E87NGCmA","name_en":"Nikita Uvarov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attypKAwRpeTOyQw4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attypKAwRpeTOyQw4.jpg"],"birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":15,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kansk (Krasnoyarsk region), Uvarov was a minor at the time his prosecution began. He was detained in June 2020 shortly after he and Denis Mikhailenko posted leaflets in the city in support of Azat Miftakhov and those convicted in the \"Network\" case. On 10 June, Uvarov was taken into custody on charges of undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist attacks. In November, a case regarding participation in a terrorist community was opened. As evidence of his guilt, the investigation cited correspondence about blowing up an FSB building within the video game Minecraft, though these details were ultimately excluded from the final indictment. Uvarov and other defendants were accused of manufacturing Molotov cocktails with the intent to seize the FSB building in Kansk. In March 2021, the charge of participating in a terrorist community was dropped. On 4 May, Uvarov was released from custody. However, on 10 February 2022, he was sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nIn October 2023, it was decided to transfer Uvarov from a juvenile correctional facility to a general-regime penal colony until he reaches the age of 19.\n\nIn February 2026, it was reported that a new case had been initiated against Uvarov for participation in an extremist organisation, specifically the \"AUE\" movement. According to Novaya Gazeta, criminal subculture was alien to Nikita Uvarov both before and during his imprisonment. Furthermore, Penal Colony No. 31, where he served his sentence, is considered a \"red\" colony, meaning it lacks a traditional prison hierarchy and customs.\n\nThe propaganda TV channel Ren-TV aired a video featuring a prisoner, identified as Uvarov's cellmate, who described Uvarov’s alleged commitment to illegal groups involved in sabotage—a description that does not align with the typical \"AUE\" subculture. According to the cellmate: \"The convict Nikita Uvarov told other convicts how he went against the special services and the authorities at the age of 14. He said that groups should be created... some legal, others illegal. The legal ones would be involved in posting leaflets and so on... and the illegal ones would organise all sorts of sabotage, well, to go against the authorities... Uvarov talked about Stepan Bandera; he was fascinated by how he prepared for torture, driving nails under his fingernails so that when the special services interrogated him, he wouldn't reveal anything that was being prepared. Not only has he not reformed, he has become even more hostile toward the authorities and everything else; he’s embittered against everyone. ...When he gets out, I think he will commit even more crimes related to terrorist and extremist activities\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":618,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["223.1","222.1","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 223.1","Part 2, Article 222.1","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Kansk teenagers","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he underwent training for the purpose of \"acquiring knowledge, practical skills, and abilities in the manufacture and handling of explosives, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and items posing a danger to others\", with the aim of carrying out an explosion at the FSB building in Kansk to intimidate and destabilise the activities of its staff, as well as to demonstrate \"the significance of the anarchist organisation\"; \"as the leader of the group, he sought to achieve a revolution in the country and to take revenge for individuals he referred to as political prisoners—namely, anarchists and members of a terrorist organisation who had suffered unjustifiably from the actions of the authorities\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.06.2020 to 04.05.2021\n• in custody: from 10.02.2022 to 16.05.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FKU \"Kanskaya VK of the State Penitentiary Department of the Krasnoyarsk Territory\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Krasnoyarsk krai\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.05.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.03.2023, FKU \"Kanskaya VK of the State Penitentiary Department of the Krasnoyarsk Territory\"\n• Unknown: from 01.03.2023, Tuberculosis Hospital No. 1 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Department of Penitentiary Services\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.10.2023, FKU \"Kanskaya VK of the State Penitentiary Department of the Krasnoyarsk Territory\"\n• Unknown: from 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• Unknown:  to 01.01.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Krasnoyarsk krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.01.2024 to 01.12.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• punishment cell: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• punishment cell: from 01.12.2024 to 01.12.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2024 to 17.02.2026, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• punishment cell: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• punishment cell: from 03.02.2026, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2022, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2022-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On November 26, Zakaryan was discharged from the hospital and sent to a detention centre, where he was charged overnight with involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his participation in the Jehovah's Witnesses. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles of law solely for their religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\n\nHe is being asked to testify against his co-members. On 30 November, the court appointed him to house arrest. On 31 March 2023, Zakaryan was sentenced to four years and three months in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 13 October 2025, the believer was released from the colony. Immediately after that, he was placed in the centre for temporary detention of foreign citizens for further deportation from Russia to Armenia. On 16 October, he was deported.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":857,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Fourth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was engaged in involving others in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.11.2020 to 30.11.2020\n• house arrest: from 30.11.2020 to 31.03.2023\n• in custody: from 31.03.2023 to 01.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 01.04.2023 to 10.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.07.2024 to 13.10.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 13.10.2025 to 16.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.03.2023, Sentence: 4 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 3 years' prohibition of leading or participating in public organisations, mass events and demonstrations, and bimonthly registration with the state authority supervising the serving of sentences, with limitations of certain actions and freedoms for 1 year. ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 3 years' prohibition of leading or participating in public organisations, mass events and demonstrations, and bimonthly registration with the state authority supervising the serving of sentences, with limitations of certain actions and freedoms for 1 year. ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":51,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-31T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-31T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-01-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/11/d43263/?sphrase_id=1575149\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recHqtrAm4PMz7Mon"},{"persecution_id":"recjTDvlbo0DPnn49","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"recRdRxgHissTMDvP","name_en":"Vitaly Komarov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attGoqAcM4TKEXjYg.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attGoqAcM4TKEXjYg.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-02-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 24 November 2020 he was detained after a search. On 27 November, the court sent him under house arrest. On 31 March 2023, Komarov was sentenced to six years and three months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":857,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Fourth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 24.11.2020 to 27.11.2020\n• house arrest: from 27.11.2020 to 31.03.2023\n• in custody: from 31.03.2023 to 01.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 01.04.2023 to 10.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Oryol Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.03.2023, Sentence: 6 years 3 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the management and participation in the work of voluntary organisations for a period of 3 years, and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 3 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the management and participation in the work of voluntary organisations for a period of 3 years, and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":75,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-31T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-31T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-01-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/11/d43263/?sphrase_id=1575149\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recjTDvlbo0DPnn49"},{"persecution_id":"recaCxEvgmiXPhccp","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"recSEGx9ABhhxCltz","name_en":"Ivan Tchaikovsky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attRvQxctCxwV0VI8.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attRvQxctCxwV0VI8.jpg"],"birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"24 November 2020 detained after a search. On 27 November, the court sent him under house arrest on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters\nOn 31 March 2023, Tchaikovsky was sentenced to six years and three months in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":857,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Fourth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 24.11.2020 to 27.11.2020\n• house arrest: from 27.11.2020 to 31.03.2023\n• in custody: from 31.03.2023 to 01.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 01.04.2023 to 10.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.03.2023, Sentence: 6 years 3 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the management and participation in the work of voluntary organisations for a period of 3 years, and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 3 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the management and participation in the work of voluntary organisations for a period of 3 years, and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":75,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-31T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-31T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-01-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/11/d43263/?sphrase_id=1575149\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recaCxEvgmiXPhccp"},{"persecution_id":"recQcwVwMpDROOUgN","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"recu03urFXlBD7tBb","name_en":"Yuri Chernyshev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attMu8bOv8ipnpz7O.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attMu8bOv8ipnpz7O.png"],"birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-08-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 24 November 2020, Chernyshev was detained following a search of his home. Three days later, on 27 November, a court placed him under house arrest on charges of organizing the activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist laws solely for engaging in religious activities, such as holding meetings, conducting worship services, and recruiting new members.\n\nOn 31 March 2023, Chernyshev was sentenced to six years and three months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":857,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Fourth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 24.11.2020 to 27.11.2020\n• house arrest: from 27.11.2020 to 31.03.2023\n• in custody: from 31.03.2023 to 01.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 01.04.2023 to 10.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.03.2023, Sentence: 6 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the management and participation in the work of voluntary organisations for a period of 3 years, and 1 year's imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the management and participation in the work of voluntary organisations for a period of 3 years, and 1 year's imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":75,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-31T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-31T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-01-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/11/d43263/?sphrase_id=1575149\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recQcwVwMpDROOUgN"},{"persecution_id":"rechBtZllEQzP6vkZ","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"reckMerqcTuhUiPuZ","name_en":"Sergei Shatalov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attaoGwQf4Ljjrl1y.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attaoGwQf4Ljjrl1y.jpg"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On November 24, 2020 he was detained after a search. On November 26, the court put him under house arrest. On March 31, 2023, Shatalov was sentenced to six years and three months in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":857,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Fourth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 24.11.2020 to 26.11.2020\n• house arrest: from 26.11.2020 to 31.03.2023\n• in custody: from 31.03.2023 to 01.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 01.04.2023 to 10.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.04.2024 to 01.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.03.2023, Sentence: 6 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the management and participation in the work of civil society organisations for a period of 3 years, and 1 year of restricted freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the management and participation in the work of civil society organisations for a period of 3 years, and 1 year of restricted freedom","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":75,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-31T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-31T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 27-01-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2020/11/d43263/?sphrase_id=1575149\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rechBtZllEQzP6vkZ"},{"persecution_id":"recaZFQ484J0gg9Kb","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:35:20.000Z","person_id":"reco4FGJ3ik6YBaIj","name_en":"Vyacheslav Shepelev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atts4D4C7Y2XMujWq.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atts4D4C7Y2XMujWq.jpg"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Togliatti, chairman of the Molot trade union, supporter of Citizens of the USSR. Organised rallies in the city. In 2017, after one of the rallies, he was summoned for a conversation at the Centre for Countering Extremism, where he was asked questions about the Artpodgotovka movement and its leader Vyacheslav Maltsev. On 7 June 2018, Shepelev was searched as part of a case of incitement to hatred - the reason for the case could be a social media post in which he used the word \"Yid\". After the search, the activist was taken away for questioning, Shepelev refused to testify under Article 51 of the Constitution. According to him, the law enforcers induced him to testify against Vyacheslav Maltsev. At the same time, they claimed that they had detained Maltsev and that he, in turn, had already testified against Shepelev.\nOn 15 November 2019, a search came to Shepelev's house, probably due to the fact that shortly before that the organisation \"Union of Slavic Forces of Russia\", whose followers are considered to be \"Citizens of the USSR\", had been recognised as extremist.\nIn April 2020, Shepelev was searched again, this time as part of a criminal case on calls for extremist activity, incitement to hatred or enmity and insulting a representative of the authorities. After the search, Shepelev was released on his own recognisance. Later it became known that the case was also initiated on several episodes of public justification of terrorism.\nOn 21 March 2022, Shepelev was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":749,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":107,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319","280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319","Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Vyacheslav Shepelev on public justification of terrorism, calls to extremism, incitement to hatred and insulting a government representative ","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated in part due to the reposting of a video by blogger Alexander Chernykh titled \"To the Russian Police and Traitors of the USSR\" (Chernykh himself received a 1.5-year suspended sentence in January 2020). According to Shepelev, he was charged with insulting a government official for using the word \"police\" in the video, with promoting extremism for statements in the video about what might happen \"after the restoration of the jurisdiction of the USSR,\" including the idea of putting police on trial or even killing them, and for inciting hatred due to an anti-Semitic statement in the video. The specific reasons for initiating the case regarding other counts are unknown.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","temporary hospitalisation","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.04.2020\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.02.2021 to 01.03.2021\n• in custody: from 21.04.2022 to 16.08.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.08.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-20T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recaZFQ484J0gg9Kb"},{"persecution_id":"rec33FIubFJnMqF09","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recgOeosVBKItzn5s","name_en":"Myasut Rafikov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Ulyanovsk region. Allegedly detained in June 2020 on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. He was on a recognisance not to leave the country. On 13 April 2022, Rafikov was sentenced to six years and two months suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":680,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Ulyanovsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"held secret meetings and coordinated preaching trips to mosques in other regions of Russia to indoctrinate and involve Muslims in extremist activities.\"\n","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 20.07.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.04.2022, Sentence: 6 years and 2 months of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 4 years, 1 year and 2 months of restricted freedom, a ban on participation in the activities of public organizations for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years and 2 months of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 4 years, 1 year and 2 months of restricted freedom, a ban on participation in the activities of public organizations for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-08-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/08/d46834/?sphrase_id=2006216\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec33FIubFJnMqF09"},{"persecution_id":"reclyqyCr0jP9QMtD","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recDzCfoMmClddOHM","name_en":"Saubian Salkin","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Salkin is a resident of the Ulyanovsk region. He was supposedly detained in the summer of 2020 on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement in the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely for their religious activities. Salkin was issued a travel ban. On 13 April 2022, Salkin received a suspended sentence of two years and eight months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":680,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Ulyanovsk","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 20.07.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.04.2022, Sentence: suspended sentence of 2 years and 8 months with a probationary period of 2 years and 6 months, 8 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"suspended sentence of 2 years and 8 months with a probationary period of 2 years and 6 months, 8 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-08-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/08/d46834/?sphrase_id=2006216\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reclyqyCr0jP9QMtD"},{"persecution_id":"recuYy2sTSMNdpizX","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec7cf12eF93LRt67","name_en":"Aisia Shabanov","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Ulyanovsk region. Presumably detained in the summer of 2020 on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. He was under a recognisance not to leave the country. On 13 April 2022, Shabanov was sentenced to three and a half years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":680,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Ulyanovsk","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 20.07.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.04.2022, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' suspended sentence, with a probation period of 2 years 8 months, and 10 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' suspended sentence, with a probation period of 2 years 8 months, and 10 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-12T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-08-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/08/d46834/?sphrase_id=2006216\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recuYy2sTSMNdpizX"},{"persecution_id":"reco3AUWkaTLN0rVe","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recXbsMgtlt45bhyb","name_en":"Mansur Sadykov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-01-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sadykov is a resident of the Ulyanovsk region. Sadykov was supposedly detained in the summer of 2020 on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement in the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely for their religious activities. He was issued a travel ban. 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On 13 October 2020, a search took place at her home. On 22 November 2021, a case was opened against Yatsik for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 15 February 2022, she was given a recognisance not to leave. On 21 September 2023, Yatsik was sentenced to two years suspended sentence with a probation period of 2 years, restriction of freedom for six months and deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of public organisations for 3 years. On 21 November 2023, the appeal court excluded from the sentence the deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to participation in the work of public organisations.\nOn 27 March 2025, Yatsik was removed from Rosfinmonitoring's list of terrorists and extremists.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Zeya"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2020-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1073,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":153,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Zeya"],"case_name_en":"The case of Margarita Moiseenko, Galina Yatsik and Elena Yatsyk","case_number":"1-62/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"Galina, realizing that by her actions she was undermining the foundations of the constitutional order and security of the state... directly participated in... religious events\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 15.02.2022 to 21.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.09.2023, Sentence: 2 years` of suspended imprisonment for 6 months, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to leadership and participation in the work of voluntary organisations for 3 years`, with a probation period of 2 years`","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years` of suspended imprisonment for 6 months, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to leadership and participation in the work of voluntary organisations for 3 years`, with a probation period of 2 years`","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-21T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-21T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2023\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/yaczik-galina-ivanovna/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-09-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/11/d47245/?sphrase_id=2006186\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"reczEk11hj2jLwb6v"},{"persecution_id":"recN1H7QnEWzSrsFs","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recT951aX9AhPAelo","name_en":"Yelena Yatsyk","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attHpc1lGheuPC7DE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attHpc1lGheuPC7DE.jpeg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the town of Zeya (Amur Region). On 13 October 2020, a search was conducted at her home. On 22 November 2021, a case was opened against Yatsyk for participation in the activities of an extremist organization. On 15 February 2022, she was given a recognisance not to leave. On 21 September 2023, Yatsyk was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence with a probation period of 2 years, restriction of freedom for eight months, and deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to leadership and participation in the work of public organizations for 3 years. On 21 November 2023, the appeal court excluded from the sentence the deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to participation in the work of public organizations. 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On 21 January 2021, a criminal case was opened against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new followers.\nThe basis for the case was the testimony of a secret witness and recordings of telephone and personal conversations. On 20 October 2021, Zinich agreed not to leave. During the criminal prosecution, the believer's spouse died of a serious illness. On 27 June 2022, the court sentenced Zinich to six years in a general regime colony, with deprivation of the right to engage in organisational activities in public associations and religious organisations for a period of 2 years, with restriction of freedom for a period of 1 year. On 19 January 2022, the appeal confirmed this decision.\n\nZinich suffers from several diseases, including hypertension.  Due to the conditions of detention in IK-15, Yevgeniy Zinich's chronic diseases have worsened.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2020-12-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":562,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":80,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Evgeny Zinich on organising activities of an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-83/2022 (1-865/2021)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"committed actions of an organisational nature aimed at continuing the illegal activities of Jehovah's Witnesses, expressed in the leadership of this organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.06.2022 to 19.01.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 20.10.2021 to 27.06.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 15 of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Penal Correctional Department"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.01.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.03.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2023 to 01.07.2023, Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 15 of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Penal Correctional Department\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2023\n• Unknown: \n• cell-type room: \n• cell-type room: \n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell: from 01.07.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 15 of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Penal Correctional Department\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 13.11.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 15 of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Penal Correctional Department\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2022-06-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zinich-evgenij-nikolaevich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-06-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/06/d46522/?sphrase_id=2008160\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On 11 November 2022, the appeal court commuted the suspended sentence to a real one. Presumably released in November 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":802,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["\"Tablighi Jamaat\" case in Volgograd"],"case_name_en":"The Tablighi Jamaat case in Volgograd","case_number":"1-50/2022 (1-392/2021;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"conducted activities aimed at studying and spreading extremist ideology, preached it, held meetings to determine the plans and goals of the organisation, and committed other actions in favour of this religious association\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 11.11.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.11.2022 to 10.11.2024\n• Unknown: from 11.11.2024 to 01.09.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-11-2022\n Source: sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/11/d47191/?sphrase_id=1575454\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recbA47WD7NYRUsSL"},{"persecution_id":"recaDimHNWM02DQn7","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rec8JBKEGjNJqg1bh","name_en":"Batr Urazov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Volgograd. 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He was taken into custody on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation, namely the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, which apparently had not been functioning for a long time at the time of the prosecution. On 23 March 2021, the court sentenced him to six years in a strict regime colony and one year of restricted freedom. Ablyamitov did not plead guilty.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Islam Terek (Kirovske settlement)"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":215,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Case of Mejit Ablyamitov on participation in the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion","case_number":"1-9/2021 (1-163/2020;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 6 March 2016, Ablyamitov left Crimea for Ukraine to participate in the APF. Ablyamitov allegedly supported the goals of the \"Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion\", which were contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation, and knew about the presence of firearms there. On the basis of witness testimony, the investigation established that in the battalion he was engaged in economic affairs and security, carried out combat duty and underwent firearms training.\n\nOn 10 July 2016, Medzhit Ablyamitov returned to Crimea. At the same time, neither when crossing the border, nor later, he did not apply to the authorities of the Russian Federation with a statement on voluntary cessation of participation in the APF. Therefore, according to the investigation, he continued his participation in the activities of the Battalion.\n\nMejit Ablyamitov pleaded not guilty in court, but admitted that he participated in the activities of the formation \"Asker\", founded, as well as the \"Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan\", by Lenur Islyamov to patrol the border with Crimea. At the same time, he did not take weapons in his hands and did not undergo combat training.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.08.2020 to 13.04.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre-6 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.04.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre-6 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penal Correctional Centre-6 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region","verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-22T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Dataev supported Artem Vatrya in making the facts of violations of Muslims' rights public and filing complaints with the prosecutor's office and the regional Investigative Committee. The law enforcers intimidated them by threatening them with unlawful prosecution if complaints were filed against these illegal actions of law enforcement officials. The law enforcers' threats were apparently carried out in the form of criminal prosecution of Vatrya, Dataev, as well as Behruz Ganiev.\n\nDataev was charged with forming a terrorist group and planning to bomb social institutions in Lyantor, as well as killing workers at the local mosque, and keeping weapons, explosives and drugs with him.\n\nDataev was detained on 1 April 2020. The attackers did not say that they were from the police or the FSB, but simply used physical force on him, immobilised him, took his hand luggage, immediately took him out of the entrance hall and, putting him in a car, drove him to another house. They allegedly found drugs and a grenade in his possession. Dataev claims that these objects were placed in his hands to leave his sweat marks. His body was then rubbed with various objects to collect biomaterial. Similarly, according to Dataev, explosive devices were planted by police officers in the bag he was carrying, which was in the uncontrolled possession of the law enforcers for over an hour.\n\nAfter searching Dataev, he was, according to his account, placed in a vehicle, had a black bag put over his head, and was taken to a garage. There, his shoes and socks were removed and wires were tied to his toes, after which he was electrocuted. A group of officers threatened to kill him, forcing him to confess to being a terrorist, to testify against the other defendants and to confirm the planning of the attack and the killing of the imam.\n\nDataev was then taken to a police station in Surgut, where regional Center for Combating Extremism officers blackmailed him with threats of long imprisonment and demanded that he plead guilty to everything he was charged with. Dataev was forced to sign an explanatory note and threatened with a return to the torture in the garage.\n\nHe was then taken to an investigator, where Dataev refused to give a confession in the presence of an appointed lawyer. Dataev was then beaten and continued to make threats, offering to take the guilty plea in exchange for a shorter prison sentence. The identification then took place and he saw Ganiev and Vatrya, also handcuffed and in an exhausted state.\n\nOn 1-2 April, during a search of Dataev's home, prohibited items were seized during a search of his residence, including CDs and flashcards with images and recordings typical of radical Muslim groups, including those belonging to terrorist organisations banned in Russia. Dataev denies possession of these items.\n\nDataev's statements to law enforcement agencies about the commission of torture and official offences against him have not been verified so far, i.e. for more than 2 years. It is known from the case materials that not even a check has been carried out in relation to Dataev's statements.\n\nIn the case materials, there is a video recording confirming that Dataev was placed in a minibus near his house at 11:54 on 1 April 2020, which contradicts the protocol, according to which his personal search began later and in another place.\n\nDataev was taken into custody, initially on charges of weapons and explosives possession. The detention period expired at midnight on 14 December 2020, but Dataev was unlawfully held until 19:00 on 15 December. After his release, he was detained again without grounds and taken to Nizhnevartovsk and then to Surgut, where documents on administrative offenses were drawn up. He was subsequently accused of organising the activities of a terrorist community and preparing to commit a terrorist act.\n\nThe Center for Combating Extremism officers continued to visit Dataev in the pre-trial detention centre, threatening, intimidating and blackmailing him.\n\nOn 1 March 2024, Dataev was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Lyantor"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1430,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":204,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 223 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 228 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","222","223","228","223.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.4","Part 3, Article 222","Part 3, Article 223","Part 2, Article 228","Part 3, Article 223.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the terrorism charges against three residents of Lyantor, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra"],"case_name_en":"Terrorism case of three residents of Liantor","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was an organiser of the activities of a terrorist community, participated in the planning of a terrorist act, and possessed weapons, explosives and drugs.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 14.12.2020\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.04.2020\n• in custody: from 15.12.2020\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.03.2024, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-01T10:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-01T10:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-10-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-po-obvineniyu-tryoh-zhitelej-lyantora-hmao-yugry-v-terrorizme/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Nevertheless, a number of local Muslims were involved in publicising the violation of Muslim rights and filing complaints with the prosecutor's office and the regional Investigative Committee. The threats of the law enforcement officials were apparently realised in the form of criminal prosecution of Mr. Ganiev and two other Muslims, Artem Vatry and Gamid Dataev.\n\nMr. Ganeyev was accused of being a member of a terrorist group, planning to blow up social institutions in Lyantor, and killing employees of the local mosque, as well as possessing weapons and explosives.\n\nMr. Ganeyev was detained on 1 April 2020. The video recording of Mr. Ganeyev's \"detention\" available in the case file and provided by the defence shows that it was excessively violent, resembling an assault and forced abduction. The abductors were in civilian clothes, and they placed Mr. Ganeyev in a civilian car and drove him away. It is alleged that during Mr. Ganeyev's detention, a pistol and four cartridges were found on him, and the next day during a search of Mr. Ganeyev's residence, two more cartridges were discovered. Mr. Ganeyev himself claims that the pistol was put into his hand following his detention and then placed in the pocket of his jacket. The pocket was shallow and with a broken zipper, which is why, later, when Mr. Ganeyev was placed in a pre-trial detention center, his jacket disappeared. He believes that the security forces did not want to submit it for examination, the results of which could confirm his testimony. After his lawyer's complaint about the disappearance of material evidence, the pre-trial detention center staff threatened Mr. Ganeyev to write a false statement that he had thrown away the jacket himself while in the temporary detention facility because it was unusable.\n\nAfter the alleged discovery of the pistol during Mr. Ganeyev's detention, he was taken to the staircase where an official search was conducted, during which he stated that the pistol and cartridges did not belong to him. After the search protocol was drawn up, Mr. Ganeyev was beaten and threatened with murder on the way to the police station. Then, at the police station, he was interrogated with the use of torture and beaten in a manner leaving no traces. In the presence of the head of the local Center for Combatting Extremism (CCE), he was being forced to give false testimony that the pistol belonged to him and that Artem Vatry and Gamid Dataev were planning terrorist acts in the city. Mr. Ganeyev refused to do so.\n\nIn May 2020, an officer visited Mr. Ganeyev in the temporary detention facility, demanding, with threats, that he incriminate himself for weapon possession and testify against Mr. Dataev and Mr. Vatry. Mr. Ganeyev again refused. Similar demands for confessions were made in late November.\n\nInitially, Mr. Ganeyev was charged with possession of weapons and explosive devices. In December 2020, he was additionally charged with involvement in a terrorist organisation.\n\nThe verdict was pronounced on 1 March 2024, but the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Lyantor"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1430,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":204,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.4","222","222.1","223.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 3, Article 222","Part 3, Article 222.1","Part 3, Article 223.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the terrorism charges against three residents of Lyantor, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra"],"case_name_en":"Terrorism case of three residents of Liantor","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was an organiser of the activities of a terrorist community, participated in the planning of a terrorist act, and possessed weapons and explosives.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 14.12.2020\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.04.2020\n• in custody: from 15.12.2020\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.03.2024, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-01T10:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-01T10:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-10-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-po-obvineniyu-tryoh-zhitelej-lyantora-hmao-yugry-v-terrorizme/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Vatrya filed official statements and complaints to the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor's Office.\n\nVatrya was charged with being a member of a terrorist group and planning to blow up social institutions in Lyantor, as well as to kill employees of the local mosque, and keeping weapons and explosives with him.\n\nVatrya was detained on 1 April 2020. It is alleged that he was carrying a grenade, and at home he was allegedly found an explosive device in the form of a homemade bag with explosives and bolts, as well as media with images and recordings typical of radical Muslim groups, including those belonging to terrorist organisations banned in Russia. Vatrya's wife immediately said that the explosives, mats and flash drives did not belong to them, which she noted in the protocol.\n\nVatrya testified that he was tortured and during the initial explanations he was forced to sign the form without reading the text, otherwise he would have been subjected to additional torture, which he could no longer withstand.\n\nThe physical and chemical forensic examination of Vatrya's fingernail clippings showed no traces of explosives.\n\nVatri was taken into custody, initially on charges of possession of weapons and explosives. His detention expired at midnight on 14 December 2020, but he was unlawfully detained until 19:00 on 15 December 2020. After his release, he was detained again without grounds and taken to Nizhnevartovsk and then to Surgut, where he drew up documents on an administrative offence. He was subsequently accused of organising the activities of a terrorist community and preparing to commit a terrorist act.\n\nCenter for Combating Extremism officers continued to visit Vatrya in the pre-trial detention centre, threatening, intimidating and blackmailing him.\n\nOn 1 March 2024, the court sent Vatrya to compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Lyantor"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1430,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":204,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.4","222","222.1","223.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 3, Article 222","Part 3, Article 222.1","Part 3, Article 223.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the terrorism charges against three residents of Lyantor, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra"],"case_name_en":"Terrorism case of three residents of Liantor","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was an organiser of the activities of a terrorist community, participated in the planning of a terrorist act, and kept weapons and explosives with him.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.04.2020\n• in custody:  to 14.12.2020\n• in custody: from 15.12.2020\n• in custody: \n• : \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.03.2024, Sentence: Compulsory medical measures have been applied","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"Compulsory medical measures have been applied","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-01T10:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-01T10:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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From there, he was moved to the Penza region, where the criminal case against Yuri Kim had been under investigation since October 2020. Shayapov was placed under house arrest.\nOn 7 November 2022, Shayapov was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nikolsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2024-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":766,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":109,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nikolsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Viktor Shayapov","case_number":"1-24/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Shayapov participated in religious services and other gathering held by Jehovah's Witnesses. As evidence, the prosecution provided the court with audio recordings secretly recorded during the religious meetings, as well as materials seized during the search of Shayapov's house.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 06.02.2022 to 01.02.2022\n• house arrest: from 01.02.2022 to 07.11.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 07.11.2022 to 31.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.11.2022, Sentence: 2 year suspended prison sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 year suspended prison sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-11-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/11/d47180/?sphrase_id=2006110\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-11-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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At the trial on the preventive measure, the video blogger's interests were represented by Alexei Khalzov, a lawyer by appointment who, according to media reports, actively cooperated with the FSB.\nPyzh was charged with illegally obtaining and disseminating abroad information constituting a state secret. There is no information in the public domain about what specific actions of Andrey Pyzh are considered criminal by the FSB. An anonymous source of the TASS news agency said that \"he is charged with transporting to the territory of Ukraine data related to the metro lines in Moscow, as well as underground transport facilities for mobilisation purposes, which are protected by law and law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation. This information is classified as state secrets.\"\nOn 29 October 2021, Pyzh was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.\nIn October 2023, Pyzh was denied commutation of the remainder of his sentence to compulsory labour.\nIn early 2024, he was transferred to light detention conditions.\nOn 30 September 2024, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2024-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":449,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 283 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["283"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 283"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Pyzh's state secrets case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the press service of the Moscow prosecutor's office, Andrei Pyzh from December 2018 to August 2020 \"illegally obtained information constituting state secrets regarding the design features and technical systems of some regime facilities located in the Moscow region\". 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A case was initiated against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. 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On 15 September 2021, she was brought as a defendant in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 30 December, she was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nikolsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2020-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2024-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":448,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nikolsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nikolsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she took part in preaching work, studying compilations and materials, including those included in the list of extremist materials, teaching the doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses, involving other persons in the religious organisation, direct participation in religious meetings and congresses, and providing living quarters for these events.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 11.10.2020 to 09.03.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.12.2021, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty on probation for 3 years, 8 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty on probation for 3 years, 8 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-12-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/12/d45566/?sphrase_id=2006124\n• HRC Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recJJDcqssXL8MaqC"},{"persecution_id":"rec27qqqJ3PmEwEtR","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"recj8Z95uYfrkWsdk","name_en":"Alexandr Dolzhenkov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attCiUJJJy9s08Bva.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attCiUJJJy9s08Bva.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Odessa. \nOn 19 September 2020, he was detained in Crimea. At the time of detention, he was charged with calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, but later reclassified the charge to creation of an extremist community. \nOn 20 May 2021, he was sentenced to a year in prison. \nHe was released on 21 May 2021, but immediately after his release he was detained again and accused of false reporting of a terrorist attack: according to the investigation, on 15 May 2018, the day of the opening of the Crimean bridge, he allegedly made a phone call to the police station in Temryuk (Krasnodar region) and reported that the bridge was mined. Dolzhenkov was taken into custody. In the pre-trial detention centre, he was beaten on the head with a metal crane for disobeying the administration, according to human rights activist Zarema Barieva. \nOn 17 November 2021, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. On 21 January 2026 Dolzhenkov was released. On the same day he was deported to Armenia.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":261,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Dolzhenkov on the creation of an extremist community","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"created a group on the social network, developed the charter, structure, symbols of the extremist community with the aim of returning the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol under the jurisdiction of Ukraine\", as well as \"actively recruited its members from among the residents of the Crimean peninsula\" and \"called for the commission of unlawful acts\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.09.2020 to 21.05.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.05.2021, Sentence: 1 year imprisonment with prohibition to administer websites for 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year imprisonment with prohibition to administer websites for 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-20T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-20T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-05-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/05/d44260/?sphrase_id=1575357\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec27qqqJ3PmEwEtR"},{"persecution_id":"recblCBDI8w8zg62Q","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recSm5h4L1jECpJ0u","name_en":"Farit Sharifullin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attdY6c8oWjpaFC0x.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attdY6c8oWjpaFC0x.jpeg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 19 February 2020, a criminal case was initiated against Farit Sharifullin on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation, as well as recruitment to a terrorist organisation and acquisition of a fake ID. According to the case materials, on 21 February he was detained in Bryansk together with Marsel Gimaliev, who had been on the wanted list since 2017. Both were sent to Kazan and taken into custody there.\n\nHowever, as follows from the rulings of the Fokinsky District Court of Bryansk, Sharifullin and Gimaliev were detained on 14 February 2020 and arrested the next day for seven days under the article on petty hooliganism - the protocols stated that they were swearing loudly in a public place.\n\nOn 25 October 2022, Sharifullin was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nIn November 2024, it became known that the colony where Sharifullin is being held systematically violates the rights of Muslims: they are not allowed to read namaz on time, prayer mats were taken away in the punishment isolation centre, and the prayer room is not allowed under fabricated pretexts. The prisoner was placed in a punishment cell after he tried to take a Koran from the staff, which was taken away from him and trampled with feet in his presence. On another occasion, he was sent to a punishment cell because he left his workplace and went to read namaz.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2020-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":983,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":140,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 327 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1","327"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 4, Article 327"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Farit Sharifullin's case of participation in Hizb ut-Tahrir","case_number":"\t2-44/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation alleges in the indictment that from 2015 to 2017 he organised and conducted at least 54 training and other meetings of Hizb ut-Tahrir participants in Kazan, and participated in at least 12 mass meetings of Hizb ut-Tahrir activists from 2014 to 2017 in Tatarstan. This is confirmed by audio recordings of two small training events in autumn 2015, several participants of which identified the voice of the \"teacher\" (\"mushrif\") on them as Sharifullin's.\n\nThe accused person's organisational activities in the remaining meetings are confirmed only by the testimony of several former participants of Hizb ut-Tahrir, including one secret witness and A. G. Shamsutdinov, who is serving a criminal sentence for participation in the party's activities.\n\nThe financing of terrorism (part 1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) consists, according to investigator A. Zaitsev, in Sharifullin's collection of donations for printing ideological literature from Hizb ut-Tahrir members  and supporting prisoners  and their families in Hizb ut-Tahrir cases. One of the participants of several training meetings (\"khalakat\" and \"amali\"), prisoner A.G. Shamsutdinov testified that he knows that three participants of his training group from November 2016 to June 2017 gave Sharifullin at least 100 rubles each month, and in total they gave him at least 4,000 rubles.\n\nThe investigation also alleges that Farit Sharifullin, under unspecified circumstances, between 25 October 2018 and 21 February 2020, acquired a knowingly forged driving licence in the name of Alexei Spiridonov, which he kept and transported. This document was seized from him during his detention. According to the conclusion of the expert on technical-criminalistic forensic examination, the certificate \"has signs of complete forgery\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.02.2020\n• in custody:  to 04.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.10.2022, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-10-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-farita-sharifullina-politzaklyuchyonnym/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-10-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/10/d47110/?sphrase_id=2008373\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recblCBDI8w8zg62Q"},{"persecution_id":"recUFFv5tRKbYxV97","last_updated":"2024-09-24T12:07:49.000Z","person_id":"rech1wMvJfJb3QGDW","name_en":"Oleg Sheremetiev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLVMUFynnKye0yQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLVMUFynnKye0yQ.jpg"],"birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Moscow City Duma deputy Oleg Sheremetyev was accused of fraud on a large scale (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to the investigation, the deputy wrote bonuses to his assistant, while in reality, he took the money for himself. However, according to the deputy, the staff of the office (including the deputy's assistant) could receive bonuses themselves (by writing to the correspondent department), which was used by the assistant. Having found out that his assistant used the scheme without any limitations, the deputy wrote a report to the deputy head of the Moscow City Duma staff. The assistant was dismissed, but, according to the deputy, the Moscow City Duma staff was afraid that if a criminal case was opened against the deputy's assistant, the traces could lead to much larger frauds and high-ranking Moscow City Duma employees, so it was decided to apply to law enforcement authorities with a fraud claim against the deputy himself.\nOn 22 October 2020, Oleg Sheremetyev was given four years of suspended sentence with deprivation of the right to hold public office for two years and the court also satisfied in full the civil claim, according to which Sheremetyev must return to the budget of 2,171,579 rubles, until compensation for the damage, the arrest imposed on his property remains in place.\nEarlier, the deputy was one of the initiators of a lawsuit to the Supreme Court challenging the presidential decree on scheduling a vote on constitutional amendments (the lawsuit was rejected) and also advocated for the resignation of Aleksei Shaposhnikov as head of the City Duma due to his concealment of millions of rubles in income and the closure of the political criminal \"Moscow case\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Deputies of the Regional Parliament"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2021-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":82,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":11,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Sheremetyev's case","case_number":"01-0428/2020 ","persecution_case_profile_en":"Moscow City Duma deputy Oleg Sheremetyev was accused of fraud on a large scale (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to the investigation, the deputy wrote bonuses to his assistant, while in reality, he took the money for himself. However, according to the deputy, the staff of the office (including the deputy's assistant) could receive bonuses themselves (by writing to the correspondent department), which was used by the assistant. Having found out that his assistant used the scheme without any limitations, the deputy wrote a report to the deputy head of the Moscow City Duma staff. The assistant was dismissed, but, according to the deputy, the Moscow City Duma staff was afraid that if a criminal case was opened against the deputy's assistant, the traces could lead to much larger frauds and high-ranking Moscow City Duma employees, so it was decided to apply to law enforcement authorities with a fraud claim against the deputy himself.\nOn 22 October 2020, Oleg Sheremetyev was given four years of suspended sentence with deprivation of the right to hold public office for two years and the court also satisfied in full the civil claim, according to which Sheremetyev must return to the budget of 2,171,579 rubles, until compensation for the damage, the arrest imposed on his property remains in place.\nEarlier, the deputy was one of the initiators of a lawsuit to the Supreme Court challenging the presidential decree on scheduling a vote on constitutional amendments (the lawsuit was rejected) and also advocated for the resignation of Aleksei Shaposhnikov as head of the City Duma due to his concealment of millions of rubles in income and the closure of the political criminal \"Moscow case\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 21.08.2020 to 21.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.10.2020, Sentence: 4 years' suspended sentence, the ban to hold public office for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' suspended sentence, the ban to hold public office for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2020-10-22T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-10-22T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 05-10-2020\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/sheremetev-oleg-mihaylovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recUFFv5tRKbYxV97"},{"persecution_id":"rece33ppFYiaQNOjA","last_updated":"2023-11-01T07:47:19.000Z","person_id":"rec3t9VyxqqIA1oGk","name_en":"Alexander Gejadze","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Entrepreneur. In the Republic of Belarus, he was convicted under part 2 of article 342 of the Criminal Code (\"Organisation and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order or active participation in them\") to 3 years in a general regime colony. In January 2022, the Moscow City Court decided to transfer Alexander to a Russian colony. After extradition, on 11 April 2022, the Savelovsky District Court of Moscow changed the article to part 2 of article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (\"Participation in mass riots\"). He was detained since 27 October 2020, released after serving his sentence on 16 June 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2023-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The case of Aliaksandr Gejadze on participation in protests in Belarus","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was brought for the fact that on 12 October 2020, he transported tyres in a carshare car in Minsk, which were then used to build barricades on the road in the residential complex \"Cascade.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• Court of other judicial proceedings, 11.04.2022, Sentence: changing the article of the charge to part 2 of article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation","verdict_essence_en":"changing the article of the charge to part 2 of article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2022-04-11T12:55:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In May 2020, when he had already moved to another region, his case was separated into a proceeding of its own, which was subsequently repeatedly suspended and resumed. His new place of residence was searched in September 2022. Dolzhikov was interrogated and then taken back to Novosibirsk, where he was placed in a pre-trial detention centre for 2.5 months.\n\nSince November 2022, the believer has been under house arrest. The court began to consider his case in December of the same year. In June 2023, the court sentenced the believer to 3 years of colony and 1 year of restriction of liberty, but the imprisonment was changed to forced labour. In September 2023, the appeal confirmed this decision.\n\nOn 1 August 2025, Dolzhikov was denied parole, but on 24 October the appeal court overturned this decision and ordered the believer to be released. He was released on the same day.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2020-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1143,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":163,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Dolzhikov's case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"deliberately, out of extremist motives, took part in the activities of a religious association, in the form of participation in religious meetings and gatherings of an extremist organisation, holding talks, demonstrating and watching educational videos\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released on probation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.09.2022 to 24.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• house arrest: from 24.11.2022 to 30.06.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 30.06.2023 to 22.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 24.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2023, Sentence: 3 years of compulsory labour, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of compulsory labour, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-30T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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At that time Kamynin was charged with distribution of drugs on a large and particularly large scale.\n\nOn 4 January 2022, Kamynin was released from the Kemerovo pre-trial detention centre, and then immediately detained and charged with extortion. According to the investigation, he extorted 20,000 roubles from a Kemerovo resident.\n\nThe drug case was suspended for a while due to lack of evidence, but then the case was resumed.\n\nOn 29 May 2023, Kamynin was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony in the drug case.\n\nIn September 2023, Kamynin said that he was tortured in the pre-trial detention centre. According to his testimony, the assistant head of the pre-trial detention centre, Aliuskin, repeatedly ordered his subordinates to beat the human rights defender with a stun gun and drag him on the floor into the cell, as Kamynin writes. In at least one case, the reason for such treatment was the man's refusal to hand over legal literature to the pre-trial detention centre's staff before taking him into the cell. The staff refuses to accept care packages sent to Kamynin on the pretext that he is currently en route to court to consider an appeal against his sentence.\n\nNo later than 2025, a new case was initiated against Kamynin on the grounds of fraud in receiving payments.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2020-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":909,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":129,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) D Part 4,  Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 5,  Article 228.1","Paragraph(s) D Part 4,  Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228.1","228.1","228.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 228.1","Part 5, Article 228.1","Part 4, Article 228.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of human rights defender Dmitry Kamynin on drug distribution","case_number":"2-8/2023 (2-39/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version of the case, he found persons among his acquaintances and persuaded them to buy drugs, provided contacts of drug distributors and subsequently controlled the transfer of money and information about stash houses; in this way he sold about 80 grams of mephedrone and more than 250 grams of so-called \"salt\"; the money received from the sale of substances he sent to criminal leaders in places of detention, allegedly under the pretext of helping prisoners.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2020 to 04.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n• in custody: from 04.01.2022 to 18.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.05.2023, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-29T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-29T15:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Siberia.Realities:\n Date: 21-02-2022\n Source: https://www.sibreal.org/a/arestovannyy-pravozaschitnik-iz-kemerova-zayavil-o-falsifikatsii-svoego-dela-sotrudnikom-spetssluzhb/31714310.html\n• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Siberia.Realities","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recfgBq1IOtqSv28p"},{"persecution_id":"recEGDTOqov0E704A","last_updated":"2025-10-30T20:24:31.000Z","person_id":"recSr3h41BxJgW5Or","name_en":"Eugenia Tkach","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Rostov-on-Don.\n\nThe case against her was opened in December 2020, at which time she was added to the terrorist and extremist register of Federal Financial Monitoring Service. In August 2021, she was found guilty and sent to a psychiatric hospital for compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2020-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":259,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Evgeniya Tkach on the justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2020, using her mobile phone, she posted comments justifying terrorism on the social network. 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Repeatedly faced pressure from the authorities. In 2018, he was detained because of a picket demanding resignation of the head of the Tbilisi district of Krasnodar Krai Evgeny Ilyin. He was fined 12,000 rubles (130 US$) following a picket with a poster \"Thank you\" Putin for raising the retirement age and VAT!\", and also was issued three administrative protocols because of a series of solitary pickets \"Thank you Putin\".\n\nThe case was initiated in 2020. During the debates, the prosecutor asked to sentence him to 6 years in prison, on 23 November Klimenchenko was sentenced to 4 years and 1 month in prison. On 3 March 2021, the appeal left the sentence unchanged, and on 17 March 2021 Valery was added to the terrorist and extremist register of Rosfinmonitoring. 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The blogger was also charged with other posts: the investigation believes that in 2019 Klimenchenko published threats against police officer Maxim Ilyinov and the head of the Tbilisi district of Krasnodar Krai Evgeny Ilyin.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.03.2021 to 01.09.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.11.2020, Sentence: 4 years 1 month of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 1 month of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":49,"first_verdict_date":"2020-11-23T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-11-23T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recgMHonqVYRKbWHZ"},{"persecution_id":"receH0vksOyRDprFM","last_updated":"2026-03-09T11:24:25.000Z","person_id":"recGHhK8M4943ZG62","name_en":"Pyotr Belyakov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attTFHNf2wDqnCsm2.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attTFHNf2wDqnCsm2.jpg"],"birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-01-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Krasnodar region. A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of his statements about the explosion in the building of the FSB in the Arkhangelsk region. The case came to court on 4 September 2020, and only on 7 July 2021 he was sentenced to 4 years in a penal colony, on 24 July the sentence came into force. Presumably, Belyakov went free in 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["khutor of Udobno-Zelenchuksky"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":553,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Petr Belyakov's case on the justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in early November 2018, he posted three text comments containing a positive assessment of actions of a terrorist nature from his mobile phone on a page he created in one of the social networks. His comments related to the explosion at the regional Federal Security Service department in Arkhangelsk in 2018.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.07.2021 to 01.01.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.07.2021, Sentence: 4 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2021-07-07T09:36:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-07T09:36:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receH0vksOyRDprFM"},{"persecution_id":"recIz10jl1DcUg7KV","last_updated":"2024-12-10T22:54:01.000Z","person_id":"rec4oq9nHByvMOylq","name_en":"Sergey Arbuzov (Burkevich)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYIh1BZ1H4r7bvj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYIh1BZ1H4r7bvj.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vologda. He was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of his comments about the explosion in the Arkhangelsk Department of the Federal Security Service.\n\nAccording to local politician Sergei Guzhev, Arbuzov actively cooperated with the investigation, fully admitted his guilt and sincerely repented; he is a father-carer of two young children and also took an active part in helping orphans. 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The support group links the prosecution to Putin's upcoming visit to the city, to the Legislative Assembly elections in September, and to the session on recognising the construction of the mining and processing combine in the city as illegal. Vladimir himself actively opposed this combine.\n\nThe investigation closed the case materials for public familiarisation and forbade Kazantsev to disclose information about the course of the investigation. 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The team named \"Regional Public Organisation \"Search and Rescue Team \"Emergency Sakhalin\"\" was engaged in finding missing persons, conducted paintball games and trainings, and cooperated with the All-Russian People's Front. In April 2020, Kozin was detained and taken into custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist community and possession of weapons and explosives. Kozin claimed that  during the search law enforcers planted a tube with wires on him,  handling it carelessly, while an explosives expert saying it was safe. 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Those close to Kozin speculate that the reason for the case was his nationalist public.\nOn 8 June 2022, Lesny was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":796,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":113,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","205.3","222.1","222.1","223.1","223.1","205.1","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222","Article 205.3","Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 223.1","Part 1, Article 223.1","Part 4, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of a terrorist community in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Alexander Kozin and Arseniy Lesnoy","persecution_case_profile_en":"Accused of participation in a terrorist community called S.T.C.N. 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At that time, the journalist was investigating the involvement of the Drug Control Department of the Chelyabinsk Region in the operation of online drug shops.\n\nIn October 2021, the ECHR ruled that the journalist's preventive measure should have been changed. The court in Chelyabinsk refused to do so in January 2023. His lawyer reported that according to the results of expert examinations, Gromovoy's DNA was not found on the drug parcels. On 31 January 2023, he went on hunger strike.\n\nOn 28 March 2025, Gromovoy was sentenced to 17 and a half years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1704,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":243,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 228.1"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Gromovoi's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Gromovoi was going to purchase and prepackage drugs, make \"stashes\" and then post photos of the places with \"stashes\" on the SELL YOU BUY website. Prosecutors allege that between 24th and 27th of July 2020, the journalist purchased narcotic substances and made 19 \"stashes\", which formed the basis of the case. In addition, law enforcers found narcotic substances during a search of the journalist's flat. According to the defence, the drugs were planted on Gromovoi.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 31.07.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region\n• in custody:  to 19.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.03.2025, Sentence: 17 years 6 moths' imprisonment is a strict penal colony ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years 6 moths' imprisonment is a strict penal colony ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":210,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-28T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-28T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gromovoj-dmitrij-aleksandrovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recAeOna2OJ7NiWqx"},{"persecution_id":"recqxraQC2GipItaC","last_updated":"2026-03-09T13:40:13.000Z","person_id":"recdMnItPLPKU5UOA","name_en":"Mikhail Ivanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attHYlAqTxLVbaqYJ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attHYlAqTxLVbaqYJ.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Known among anti-fascists as \"Sicil\". Detained after a fight with a group of neo-Nazis on 5.01.2020 in Moscow together with another defendant Yakimenko Bogdan. On 6.01.2020, officers of the Centre \"E\" and the FSB, including Alexey Okopny, came to the department, according to the detainees, they put pressure and threats, trying to induce them to cooperate. The criminal case was initiated under part 2 of article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and item \"b\" part 2 of article 115 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. One of the attacking neo-Nazis became a victim in the case. On 29.05.2023 Basmanny court sentenced him to 4.5 years of general regime, as he already had a suspended sentence. The sentence, which was passed by Basmanny court, became the second - the first sentence, under which the antifascists were sentenced to real terms of imprisonment, was cancelled by Moscow City Court and sent for a new consideration in April 2022. In the three years that the case has been pending, the antifascists were under house arrest for a year, then under a recognisance not to leave, and after the first verdict they spent eight months in a pre-trial detention centre.\n\nAccording to the defence lawyer, Ivanov suffers from epilepsy.\n\nOn 26 September 2024, the appeal court overturned the verdict. 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At the time of his arrest, he was a first-year student at the Faculty of Law of the South Federal University, ran the Skinheads R.A.S.H group on VKontakte, and was the creator of the non-commercial antifascist clothing merch \"Antifa United\".\n\nHe was detained after a fight with a group of neo-Nazis on 5 January 2020 in Moscow, along with another persecuted man, Mikhail Ivanov. Supporters claim that Yakimenko did not use any weapons during the fight. The next day, officers of the Centre \"E\" and the FSB came to the department. According to the detainees, they pressurised and threatened them, trying to induce them to cooperate. A case of hooliganism and battery was opened against both of them. One of the attacking neo-Nazis became a victim in the case. Yakimenko was under house arrest, then under the signature on non-departure. On 15 September 2021 Yakimenko was sentenced to imprisonment. On 27 April 2022, the court of appeal overturned the sentence. On 29 May 2023 Yakimenko was sentenced to four years of forced labour.\n\nYakimenko attributes the attention from Centre \"E\" and the FSB to his own anti-fascist activism.\n\nOn 5 June 2024, he was detained in Rostov-on-Don on a case of creating an extremist community and taken to Moscow. Telegram channel Antifa ru wrote that Yakimenko was tortured with electric shocks, demanding that he refuse the services of a lawyer and stay in touch with human rights activists. On 10 June Yakimenko was sent to the pre-trial detention centre. Later it was reported that he was also charged with hooliganism, the details are unknown.\n\nOn 26 September 2024, the court of appeal cancelled the verdict in the first case. A new sentence was passed on 18 August 2025, details are unknown.\n\nOn 1 December 2025 Yakimenko was brought to court in the extremist community case with a broken arm.\n\nOn 2 February 2026 Yakimenko was sentenced to nine years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":618,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 115 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A,C Part 2,  Article 115 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","115","115"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 115","Part 2, Article 115"],"case_name_en":"The case of anti-fascists Yakimenko and Ivanov","case_number":"01-0076/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he is charged with hooliganism - defined as a gross violation of public order expressing clear disrespect for society - committed with the use of weapons and objects used as weapons, motivated by ideological hatred, carried out by a group of persons by prior agreement; and with intentional infliction of minor bodily harm, motivated by hooliganism and ideological hatred, using items employed as weapons.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-01-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 29.05.2023\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 07.01.2020 to 08.01.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody:  to 08.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 07.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.06.2024 to 07.06.2024\n• in custody: from 15.09.2021 to 27.04.2022\n• house arrest: from 09.01.2020 to 26.12.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 29.05.2023, Sentence: 4 years' compulsory labour• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2021","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-09-15T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-29T14:11:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckQUQWrWdSWzYEZ"},{"persecution_id":"rec1glQB3CXudsrpi","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"recGGnH4CwKTOONsD","name_en":"Alexandr Lukanin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrv4dUW1pCKBvAA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrv4dUW1pCKBvAA.jpeg"],"birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Scientist-physicist. Worked at Shenyang University in China, but returned to Russia because of the pandemic.\n\nHis detention and arrest became known on 30 September 2020, after his arrest he was sent to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre. The physicist's relatives did not know where he was for several days.\n\nOn 11 October 2022, he was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison, the trial was held in a closed hearing.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":741,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":105,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Alexandr Lukanin's case of state treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the allegations suggest that during his work at the Chinese university, Alexander was involved in transferring information on secret technology.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.09.2020 to 28.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.10.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.10.2022, Sentence: 7 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":90,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-11T20:55:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-11T20:55:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1glQB3CXudsrpi"},{"persecution_id":"recAwZl64rMe7tklD","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"rec0pcmaulH8syY4f","name_en":"Ludmila Stech","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attTzmSrD7Dij3OY2.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attTzmSrD7Dij3OY2.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"As part of the criminal case, law enforcers came to Stetsch's house with a search on 8 May. First, they knocked on the door, presenting themselves as employees of Rospotrebnadzor. However, Stech did not open the door, and then they broke the window.\n\nDuring the search, a router and a mobile phone were seized from the resident of Kaliningrad. After that, Stech was taken for interrogation, where she was informed that she was a suspect in the criminal case.\nAfter the interrogation, she was released home on her own recognisance.\n\nStech fully confessed her guilt and repented of what she had done. In addition to her confession, the main evidence of her guilt is the conclusion of a comprehensive forensic psychological and linguistic examination conducted by an expert of the Federal Security Service Directorate. On 19 November 2020, the Kaliningrad woman was sentenced to a fine of 350 thousand rubles (US$4492).","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":195,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ludmila Stech's case of justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-150/2020","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court verdict, in October 2019, accessing the Internet from her mobile phone, Lyudmila Stech reposted on her VKontakte page a publication from the group Narodnaya Samooborona about the anniversary of the terrorist attack on law enforcement officers in Arkhangelsk by Mikhail Zhlobitsky. The repost on her page was accompanied by a comment which, according to the verdict, contains \"psychological and linguistic signs of justification of the committed terrorist act, propaganda of terrorism and ideology of violence and calls to carry out terrorist activities\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.11.2020, Sentence: Sentenced to a fine of 350,000 roubles (US$4492).","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentenced to a fine of 350,000 roubles (US$4492).","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-11-19T07:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2020-11-19T07:50:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/stech-lyudmila-olegovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recAwZl64rMe7tklD"},{"persecution_id":"rec36Kar7RNecz9vI","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"recexTNnfPNkQJzXm","name_en":"Roman Verigin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att5hxRyXMkptfVht.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att5hxRyXMkptfVht.jpg"],"birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Vladivostok. On July 2, 2020, he was added to Federal Financial Monitoring Service (\"Rosfinmonitoring\")'s list of extremists and terrorists. At the time, Verigin did not know that he was being prosecuted. A week later, he was searched as part of a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. On February 10, 2023, the court suspended Verigin's prosecution.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","case_number":"1-79/2023 (1-532/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 09.07.2020 to 10.02.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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At that time Astvatsaturova did not know that she was being prosecuted. A week later, she was searched into the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in relation to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and divine services, attracting new supporters. On 3 February 2025, Astvatsaturova was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1677,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":239,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","case_number":"1-79/2023 (1-532/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 09.07.2020\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.02.2025, Sentence: 3 years' suspended sentence with a probation period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended sentence with a probation period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-03T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-03T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He is suspected of committing a crime under part 2 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public actions expressing clear disrespect to society and committed for the cause of insulting the religious feelings of believers, committed in places intended for religious rites and ceremonies).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-02-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/publications/2022/02/d45859/?sphrase_id=2006255\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recO5vJ38bOOwhfeU"},{"persecution_id":"rec0LYVKvotqcli3f","last_updated":"2025-01-16T10:06:07.000Z","person_id":"recHcgOOLWVD3rxUE","name_en":"Alexander Kostenko","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Accused of committing an offence under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organisation of activities of an extremist organisation) in connection with membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia. In October 2020, a preventive measure was chosen in the form of a written pledge not to leave.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sevastopol"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Kostenko on participation in Jehovah's Witnesses in Sevastopol","persecution_case_profile_en":"He is accused of committing an offence under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organisation of activities of an extremist organisation) in connection with membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia. The case is at the stage of preliminary investigation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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The consequences are unknown.\n\nIn July 2020, Babchenko was included on the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with a note that is placed with the names of people prosecuted under terrorist articles. 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Before the trial, she fought against the cancellation of direct routes from Voronezh to Novaya Usman and collected signatures at people's gatherings. In this connection, complaints were filed against her for allegedly organising mass riots.\n\nShe was detained on 13 May 2020 and kept in a temporary detention centre for 24 hours. She spoke about how she gave testimony under threats, but soon withdrew it. The activist also said that pressure was also exerted on her young son. The investigator threatened to send him to an orphanage. On the day of Belova's detention the guardianship service visited her.\n\nOn 4 December 2020, she was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles, on 19 April 2022, the cassation court reduced the fine by 10 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2020-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":205,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nadezhda Belova's case on justifying terrorism","case_number":"1-107/2020","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"Belova had the intention to justify terrorism publicly, to admit that the practice of terrorist is rightful. She decided to leave a comment with the purpose of propaganda of terrorist activity.\" The court considered as justification of terrorism a comment about the self-detonation of anarchist Mikhail Zhlobitsky in the FSB Department of the Arkhangelsk region in 2018.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.12.2020, Sentence: fine of 400,000 roubles• Court of cassation instance No. 1, 19.04.2022, Sentence: fine of 390 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 390 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":390000,"first_verdict_date":"2020-12-04T13:11:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-19T13:18:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfHHQDgnr03jiWd"},{"persecution_id":"reczhWgfgVYdAJRKh","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:37:04.000Z","person_id":"recv3fTuRFS8VFyX5","name_en":"Oleg Yelanskii","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Stavropol Krai. On February 8, 2021, a pro-government Telegram channel published a video in which a man identifying himself as Oleg Yelanskii stated that he admitted guilt in connection with the publication of a comment about the explosion at the Arkhangelsk office of the Federal Security Service. On March 31, 2021, he was sentenced to a fine of 360,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_ended":"2021-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":449,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Yelanskii’s case of the justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-60/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in October 2018, in Stavropol Krai, he posted on the page of one of the social networks a comment on a publication about a committed terrorist act, containing a public justification of terrorism, namely, the explosion in the Arkhangelsk Department of the Federal Security Service.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.03.2021, Sentence: a fine of 360,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 360,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":360000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-25T14:06:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-03-25T14:06:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reczhWgfgVYdAJRKh"},{"persecution_id":"recVAqwc2YYAiF9P0","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:37:47.000Z","person_id":"rec4TBnfaaVqeRNIi","name_en":"Konstantin Vasilyanov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Arkhangelsk, large northern city of Russia on White sea. Konstantin works as a long-haul truck driver.\n\nA criminal case was opened against him in April 2020 because of his comments about the explosion organised by Mikhail Zhlobitsky in the Arkhangelsk FSB. At the interrogation Vasilyanov refused to express his attitude to the charges, and later, already at the trial, did not admit his guilt. A representative of the civil rights organisation Pravozaschita Otkrytki specified in a conversation with a local media FlashNord that in his commentary the Konstantin did not justify terrorism, but, on the contrary, condemned it.\n\nOn 2 April 2021, he was found guilty and sentenced to a fine of 350 thousand rubles (US$ 3800).","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":365,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Vasilyanov's case of justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-49/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 31 October to 1 November 2018, from a mobile phone he posted text comments in one of the groups in a social network on the Internet under the news about a terrorist act, which contained linguistic signs of justification of the ideology of terrorism. It was about the explosion organised by Mikhail Zhlobitskiy in the Arkhangelsk FSB","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.04.2021, Sentence: Fine of 350 thousand roubles (US$ 3800)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fine of 350 thousand roubles (US$ 3800)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-01T16:23:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-01T16:23:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVAqwc2YYAiF9P0"},{"persecution_id":"recnmjVPa10uhk5Ef","last_updated":"2025-05-13T10:57:03.000Z","person_id":"rec6a682VtGrJC1Q0","name_en":" Unknown person 4","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In April 2020, a case was initiated regarding the activities of an extremist organisation in Teykovo (Ivanovo region). On 29 February 2024, a sentence was passed — a fine of 350,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Teykovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1420,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":202,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Teykovo"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Teikovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"deliberately participated in the implementation of the goals of the religious organisation Jehovah's Witnesses in the town of Teykovo, by organising, leading events... implementing propaganda of its activities\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.02.2024, Sentence: A fine of 350,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 350,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-29T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-29T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnmjVPa10uhk5Ef"},{"persecution_id":"receqZHAXs4JQJwaE","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"recUVoJYBYTz631JG","name_en":"Tatiana Piskareva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attbb5csOM4D3OmRn.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attbb5csOM4D3OmRn.jpg"],"birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Orel, the wife of a man who is being prosecuted for involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nThe first search of their house took place on December 9th, 2020. In October of 2021, the case against Piskareva for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was severed into a separate case. She was put under recognisance not to leave the country. On March 4th 2024, Piskareva was sentenced to two and a half years of community work.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2020-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1178,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":168,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Tatiana Piskareva's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, \"took part in meetings of a banned religious organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"In correctional center","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 16.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.03.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months of community work","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months of community work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-01T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-01T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receqZHAXs4JQJwaE"},{"persecution_id":"recwrw4wQyxJTxP9A","last_updated":"2025-07-21T13:25:32.000Z","person_id":"recIz5nA3w5eKFamo","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Perm. In the spring of 2020, his home was searched in connection with his statement on the VKontakte social network about the dispersal of the rally against pension reform on 9 September 2018. Later it turned out that a criminal case was not initiated at the time. A case of calls for extremism was eventually initiated in August 2021, and the home of the resident of Perm was searched again. On 6 April 2022, he was given a two-year suspended sentence.\nCharges were also brought against the man for calls for terrorism in connection with his statements about Putin and Putin’s power. On 13 September 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 320 thousand rubles (≈ $3,330 as of 13 September 2023).","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":825,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":117,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"protest_event_en":"Actions against pension reform 09.09.2018","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"A case for calls for extremism in Perm","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a post about police officers kicking grandmothers in the stomach, in connection with the dispersal of a rally against pension reform.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.04.2022, Sentence: 2 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-05T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwrw4wQyxJTxP9A"},{"persecution_id":"recnivbA4S13Mh7EN","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"recuBaIT2Ct3EQ8Zv","name_en":"Anatoly Gubanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attNZw5fSuQaLYyhR.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attNZw5fSuQaLYyhR.jpg"],"birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An associate Professor at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and head of the Department at the Zhukovsky Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI). He participated in an international project to develop a high-speed aircraft called HEXAFLY-INT. In December 2020, he was detained and taken into custody on charges of high treason. On October 27, 2023, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1059,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":151,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_group_en":["The case of transferring information about a high-speed aircraft"],"case_name_en":"Anatoly Gubanov's case of high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"Investigators claim that he directed Valery Golubkin to hand over to Dutch scientists classified reports on a high-speed aircraft project, which contained information constituting a state secret.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.10.2023, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• First Department:\n Date: 27-10-2023\n Source: https://t.me/deptone/7650\n• Support for political prisoners. 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According to him, he was threatened with detention and forced to sign a confession without reading it. After that, Kalyamin was released on his own recognizance. Later, in March 2021, Kalyamin reported that he was charged in a case involving statements that were different from those previously discussed. He was accused of making remarks against Russians. On June 30, 2021, Kalyamin was sentenced to two years of probation. On August 12, he died. 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On 4 July 2025, in an appellate procedure, her real term was changed to a suspended sentence with a four-year probation period.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg","Nizhny Tagil"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1687,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":241,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Citizens of the USSR\" in the Sverdlovsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the Citizens of the USSR movement, she held the position of the “acting head of the Sverdlovsk region of the RSFSR”; from the summer of 2019 to the spring of 2020, she distributed propaganda materials and held meetings where she discredited Russian government authorities.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2031-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 14.08.2024\n• in custody: from 14.08.2024 to 04.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 04.07.2025 to 03.07.2031\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.08.2024, Sentence: 6 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-14T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-14T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec3OlJkhlqXWtWYs"},{"persecution_id":"recZAw2ZBS4uxy6oA","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recwuSz6pKSlPGc0x","name_en":"Pyotr Afanasenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Nizhny Tagil, Afanasenko was accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. Investigators alleged that, as a supporter of the \"Citizens of the USSR\" movement, he had declared himself the \"Acting Head of Nizhny Tagil\". This movement rejects the dissolution of the Soviet Union, although its structure and the extent of the threat it poses to Russian society remain unclear. Afanasenko had been released on his own recognisance during the investigation. On 14 August 2024, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg","Nizhny Tagil"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1687,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":241,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Citizens of the USSR\" in the Sverdlovsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he acted as the \"Interim Head of Nizhny Tagil\" within the \"Citizens of the USSR\" movement. 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Just before he could assemble the IED and begin preparing the attack at the market, he posted flyers on the streets of Sevastopol featuring a Nazi swastika and two messages:\n\n\"Slavs of Crimea!!!! The Russian authorities have illegally occupied our peninsula, our native land, imposed taxes and repression, started the war in Donbas, and are killing our compatriots. Crimeans, rise up!!!!!!!!!! Take up knives and weapons!!!!!! Let's reclaim Crimea from Russia and return it to Ukraine, restore justice!!!! The Russian government is a criminal gang that must be destroyed by any means necessary, at any cost!!!!!!\"\n\nand\n\n\"Save Russia!!!! Kill Putin and Kadyrov!!!! Overthrow the government—gain freedom!!!!\"\n\nTo carry out the explosion in a crowded area, he scouted potential targets, conducted reconnaissance of their anti-terrorism security systems by inspecting and photographing them, and manufactured three explosive devices, which he illegally stored at his residence. 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He was accused of distributing leaflets with calls to undermine the state system of the Russian Federation, manufacturing and possession of explosives, possession of a pistol and ammunition and preparation for a terrorist attack at the market \"Krymskiy Privoz\" in Simferopol. On 16 June 2023, Lagutin was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1101,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":157,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","222.1","223.1","205.2","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 222","Part 2, Article 222.1","Part 2, Article 223.1","Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of preparing a terrorist act at the Simferopol market"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrey Kulievich, Nikolay Lagutin, Valentin Khoroshayev and Daniil Reshetnichenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he planned to detonate an improvised explosive device at the agricultural wholesale and retail market \"Krymskiy Privoz\" in Simferopol. Immediately before making an improvised explosive device (IED) and starting to prepare a terrorist attack at the market, he distributed leaflets with the image of the Nazi swastika and two texts in the streets of Belogorsk:\n\n\"Slavs of Crimea!!!! The Russian authorities illegally occupied our peninsula, our native land, imposed taxes and repression, unleashed war in Donbass, kill our compatriots. Crimeans, stand up!!!!!!!!!! Take knives and weapons!!!!!! let's take Crimea from Russia and return it to Ukraine, let's restore justice!!!! The power of Russia is a criminal gang, which must be destroyed by any means, at any price!!!!!!\"\n\nand\n\n\"Save Russia!!!! Kill Putin and Kadyrov!!!! Overthrow the government - get freedom!!!!\".\n\nIn order to produce an explosion in a place of mass gathering of people, he searched for potential objects, carried out reconnaissance of anti-terrorist security systems available on them by inspection and photographing, as well as made three explosive devices and illegally stored them at his place of residence. In addition, he kept at Kulievich's place of residence homemade firearms, as well as 3 pistol cartridges. 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On 13 June, the court sent him under house arrest on charges of pasting leaflets calling for the overthrow of the state system of the Russian Federation as part of the case of preparation for a terrorist attack at the market in Simferopol. Later, the preventive measure was replaced by a ban on certain actions. On 16 June 2023 Reshetnichenko was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. He was given a covenant not to leave until the appeal.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1101,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":157,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of preparing a terrorist act at the Simferopol market"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrey Kulievich, Nikolay Lagutin, Valentin Khoroshayev and Daniil Reshetnichenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he pasted leaflets with the image of the Nazi swastika and two texts on the streets of Saki:\n\n\"Slavs of Crimea!!!! The Russian authorities illegally occupied our peninsula, our native land, imposed taxes and repression, unleashed war in Donbass, kill our compatriots. Crimeans, stand up!!!!!!!!!! Take knives and weapons!!!!!! let's take Crimea from Russia and return it to Ukraine, let's restore justice!!!! The power of Russia is a criminal gang, which must be destroyed by any means, at any price!!!!!!\"\n\nи\n\n\"Save Russia!!!! Kill Putin and Kadyrov!!!! Overthrow the government - get freedom!!!!\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.06.2020 to 13.06.2020\n• house arrest: from 13.06.2020 to 06.02.2021\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 06.02.2021 to 16.06.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 16.06.2023 to 06.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.06.2023, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-16T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-16T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-08-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-yakoby-podgotovke-terakta-na-rynke-v-simferopole/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec2uaKvLUHZZmjNr"},{"persecution_id":"recuOBB7YGdr06cvE","last_updated":"2025-12-19T19:35:10.000Z","person_id":"recKalx7YiuUCDeby","name_en":"Valentin Khoroshayev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attqlc9jhfRxZGMGF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attqlc9jhfRxZGMGF.png"],"birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-01-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Simferopol, a student. Detained on 10 June 2020. He reported that he was subjected to violence. He was accused of distributing leaflets with calls to undermine the state system of the Russian Federation, manufacturing and possession of explosives, possession of a pistol and ammunition and preparation for a terrorist attack at the market \"Krymskiy Privoz\" in Simferopol. On 16 June 2023, Khoroshayev was sentenced to seven years and three months in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1101,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":157,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","222.1","223.1","205.2","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 222","Part 2, Article 222.1","Part 2, Article 223.1","Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of preparing a terrorist act at the Simferopol market"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrey Kulievich, Nikolay Lagutin, Valentin Khoroshayev and Daniil Reshetnichenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he planned to detonate an improvised explosive device at the agricultural wholesale and retail market \"Krymskiy Privoz\" in Simferopol. Immediately before making an IED and starting to prepare a terrorist attack at the market, he distributed leaflets with the image of the Nazi swastika and two texts in the streets of the city:\n\n\"Slavs of Crimea!!!! Russian authorities illegally occupied our peninsula, our native land, imposed taxes and repressions, unleashed war in Donbass, kill our compatriots. Crimeans, stand up!!!!!!!!!! Take knives and weapons!!!!!! let's take Crimea from Russia and return it to Ukraine, let's restore justice!!!! The power of Russia is a criminal gang, which must be destroyed by any means, at any price!!!!!!\"\n\nи\n\n\"Save Russia!!!! Kill Putin and Kadyrov!!!! Overthrow the government - get freedom!!!!\".\n\nIn order to produce an explosion in a place of mass gathering of people, he searched for potential objects, carried out reconnaissance of anti-terrorist security systems available on them by inspection and photographing, as well as made three explosive devices and illegally stored them at his place of residence. In addition, he kept at Kulievich's place of residence homemade firearms, as well as 3 pistol cartridges. He was unable to complete his criminal intent due to his detention by law enforcement officers.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.06.2020 to 13.06.2020\n• in custody: from 13.06.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• :  to 06.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.06.2023, Sentence: 7 years 3 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, with the first four years to be served in prison, a fine of 250,000 roubles, and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years 3 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, with the first four years to be served in prison, a fine of 250,000 roubles, and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":87,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-16T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-16T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-08-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-yakoby-podgotovke-terakta-na-rynke-v-simferopole/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recuOBB7YGdr06cvE"},{"persecution_id":"recBXt5ZPxIhtUifn","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recRhHPB48FMdaMgI","name_en":"Valentin Litau","birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of the town of Saki (Crimea). Presumably, detained on 10 June 2020 as part of the case of preparation for a terrorist attack at the market in Simferopol. He confessed, after which he was charged only with distribution of leaflets about the overthrow of the state system of the Russian Federation. On 25 August 2021, he was sentenced to a suspended sentence. On 1 December 2022, Litau was removed from the list of Rosfinmonitoring.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":440,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of preparing a terrorist act at the Simferopol market"],"case_name_en":"The case of Valentin Litau","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he pasted leaflets with the image of the Nazi swastika and two texts on the streets of Saki:\n\n\"Slavs of Crimea!!!! The Russian authorities illegally occupied our peninsula, our native land, imposed taxes and repression, unleashed war in Donbass, kill our compatriots. Crimeans, stand up!!!!!!!!!! Take knives and weapons!!!!!! let's take Crimea from Russia and return it to Ukraine, let's restore justice!!!! The Russian authorities are a criminal gang, which must be destroyed by any means, at any price!!!!!!\"\n\nи\n\n\"Save Russia!!!! Kill Putin and Kadyrov!!!! Overthrow the government - get freedom!!!!\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-24T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBXt5ZPxIhtUifn"},{"persecution_id":"rec5ngG7wTsrU0zzo","last_updated":"2026-03-24T20:20:21.000Z","person_id":"recKAxeCfJAtynpuo","name_en":"Humaid Khaidayev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrwNXVer0hcprsw.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrwNXVer0hcprsw.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chechnya, he helped his parents raise cattle on the farm. After an amnesty was granted to members of armed groups in September 2006, he signed an acknowledgement of guilt in the police department of the neighbouring district. Some relatives believe it’s possible that he had previously carried food to members of the local underground resistance. After Khaidayev signed his acknowledgement of guilt, an officer of the local district police department detained him, apparently wishing to improve performance at his expense. A case was initiated against Khaidayev on participation in an illegal armed formation. His relatives claim that he was tortured. They demanded money from his relatives to buy weapons that could be handed over as material evidence. Khaidayev was sentenced to ten months in a penal colony in February 2007. He was released on parole in August.\n\nIn September 2007, he was detained together with a fellow villager, tractor driver Yubetirov Ya. and accused of attempted murder of a policeman in 2001. Khaidayev later said that he was forced to testify against Yubetirov and himself under torture.\n\nAccording to Memorial's fact sheet, Chechen human rights activists claim that four young men from the same village were previously kidnapped under the same circumstances. They were never found. \n\nOn 14 August 2008, Khaidayev was sentenced to 13 years and one month in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 16 April 2020, it became known that Khaidayev was accused of organising mass riots and six episodes of disorganising the work of a correctional institution in connection with a riot in Corrective labour colony-15 in Angarsk. After the riot was quelled, Khaidayev was taken to a pre-trial detention facility; his lawyers were only able to see him a few days later. Memorial refers to a report by the human rights organisation Civil Assistance that Khaidayev was subjected to cruel torture: his fingers and a hand were broken, burned his body with a red-hot spoon, and skin on his face was peeled off with a sticky mask. Under torture, he was forced to sign a confession, which he was not allowed to read. He was refused to initiate criminal proceedings in connection with torture.\n\nThe investigation declared Khaidayev one of the main organisers of the riot, despite the fact that he had four months left to serve of his sentence for the attempted assassination of a policeman.\n\nIn December 2023, Khaidayev went on hunger strike demanding that he be provided with halal food.\n\nHuman rights defenders consider the cases of attempted assassination of a policeman and organising a riot in the colony to be falsified.\nIn September 2007, he was detained together with a fellow villager, tractor driver Yubetirov and accused of attempted murder of a policeman in 2001. Khaidayev later said that he was forced to testify against Yubetirov and himself under torture.\n\nAccording to Memorial's fact sheet, Chechen human rights activists claim that four young men from the same village were previously kidnapped under the same circumstances. They were never found.  \n\nOn 14 August 2008, Khaidayev was sentenced to 13 years and one month in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 16 April 2020, it became known that Khaidayev was accused of organising mass riots and six episodes of disorganising the work of a correctional institution in connection with a riot in Penal Correctional Institution-15 in Angarsk. After the riot was quelled, Khaidayev was taken to a pre-trial detention centre; his lawyers were only able to see him a few days later. \"Memorial\" refers to a report by the human rights organisation \"Civil Assistance\" that Khaidayev was subjected to cruel torture: his fingers and hand were broken,  red-hot spoon was burned to his body, and skin on his face was peeled off with a sticky mask. Under torture, he was forced to sign a confession, which he was not allowed to read. He was refused to initiate criminal proceedings in connection with torture.\n\nThe investigation declared Khaidayev one of the main organisers of the riot, despite the fact that he had four months left in his sentence for the attempted assassination of a policeman.\n\nIn December 2023, Khaidayev went on hunger strike demanding that he be provided with halal food.\n\nHuman rights activists consider the cases of attempted assassination of a policeman and organising a riot in the colony to be falsified.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1792,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":256,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Article 321 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","321"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 212","Article 321 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was one of the organisers and active participants of the riot in IK-15 in the Irkutsk region.\n\nAs Memorial notes, according to the testimony of Alexei Karbovsky, a convict who cooperated with the administration and was in a so-called \"safe place\" at the time of the riot, Khaidayev shouted: \"Give us the 'bamshchiks' [occupants of the safe house], and we will leave.\" At the hearing, however, Karbovsky was unable to identify Khaidayev.\n\nBair Rinchino, the former head of the detachment in the colony, claims that Khaidayev shouted to him: \"You've reached the limit, now we'll deal with you!\".\n\nFormer colony employee Artem Yermakov, who is charged in the case of abuse of power, refers to employee Parygin, who said that Khaidayev was in charge of the prisoners who attacked and beat him. Yermakov also shows that Khaidayev was one of the main negotiators on the part of the prisoners, who demanded that they be allowed to live as they wished and encouraged other prisoners with the words \"We do not give up, we stand to the end.\" Convict Alexei Chechin also described Khaidayev as an active negotiator.\n\nThe former head of the colony Andrei Vereshchak, against whom several criminal cases were brought, claims that Khaidayev was among the convicts who came to his office for negotiations, behaved inadequately: he shouted and tore his shirt, demanded not to make the riot public and not to initiate criminal proceedings against him for beating Parygin, as well as threatened the operative officer Artem Gridasov, who also suffered from the actions of the convicts.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.02.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (special regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-04-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/hajdaev-humajd-abduhamidovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec5ngG7wTsrU0zzo"},{"persecution_id":"recugoowtEGO7Upif","last_updated":"2024-09-06T10:42:41.000Z","person_id":"recVJV1mrmFwpXo7Q","name_en":"Konstantin Shiring","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He lived in Kiev and was convicted several times in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He worked in agriculture and then ran his own business; in particular, he worked in Crimea.\n\nOn 15 April 2020, he was detained together with his wife, Russian military servicewoman Tatyana Kuzmenko. Shiring was charged with espionage, taken into custody and sent to Moscow. On 14 October 2021, a court in Crimea sentenced him to 12 years in a strict regime colony. On 7 February 2023, Shiring died in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea","Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2023-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":547,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 276 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["276"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 276"],"case_group_en":["The case of a sabotage and reconnaissance group in Crimea"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was part of a “sabotage and intelligence group” operating on the territory of Crimea, “carried out espionage activities on the instructions of the Ukrainian secret service.”...","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.04.2020\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody:  to 25.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 07.02.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.10.2021, Sentence: 12 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-14T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-10-14T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recugoowtEGO7Upif"},{"persecution_id":"rec3rELtfG2dehJig","last_updated":"2024-12-24T23:41:34.000Z","person_id":"recsUMe9lEXXp0aoo","name_en":"Tatiana Kuzmenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attaDFKa9jFnSE0ZR.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attaDFKa9jFnSE0ZR.jpg"],"birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A military servicewoman, who lived in Crimea. On 15 April 2020, she was detained together with her husband, Ukrainian citizen Konstantin Shiring. Kuzmenko was accused of high treason. On 21 May 2021, she was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony with the delay provided until her child reaches the age of 14.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":401,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_group_en":["The case of a sabotage and reconnaissance group in Crimea"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, was part of a \"diversionary-intelligence group\", in 2017-2018 gave to representatives of the Ukrainian military intelligence \"entrusted to her in her service information that was state secrets\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.05.2021, Sentence: 8 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, execution of the sentence to be delayed until the child reaches 14 years of age","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, execution of the sentence to be delayed until the child reaches 14 years of age","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-21T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-21T10:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• \n Date: 09-06-2021\n Source: https://ru.krymr.com/a/kogo-sudyat-v-rossii-po-statyam-o-gosizmene-i-shpionazhe/31297867.html\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3rELtfG2dehJig"},{"persecution_id":"recv6a2QZJGPXrYiK","last_updated":"2025-01-06T07:47:33.000Z","person_id":"recnkWjV35jaD54Vq","name_en":"Pyotr Verzilov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Canada"],"story_en":"Former publisher of Mediazona, member of Pussy Riot. After the beginning of the war, he fought in the AFU. In September 2018, he suffered from poisoning.\n\nOn 21 June 2020, Verzilov was searched as part of a case of mass disorder and use of violence against representatives of the authorities in connection with a rally in Moscow on 27 July 2019 in support of unregistered candidates in the Moscow City Duma elections. After the search, Verzilov was interrogated and released in the status of a witness, but he was attacked by a provocateur on his way out of the Investigative Committee building and was detained again. On 22 June, the court arrested him for 15 days under the article on petty hooliganism. On 6 July he was released from the special detention centre, after which it became known that a case of failure to notify of foreign citizenship had been opened against him. In November 2021, Verzilov was declared wanted in this case.\n\nIn September 2021, Verzilov was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn early December 2022, information about a criminal case about \"fakes\" about the army appeared. It was reported that Verzilov was wanted in this case as well. On 13 December a search was conducted at Verzilov's mother's home, on 16 December - at the participant of Pussy Riot Rita Flores house. In the latter case, lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov confirmed that the search was conducted as part of the case of \"fakes\" about the army. On 26 January 2023, Verzilov was charged in absentia. In March 2023, he was arrested in absentia. On 3 November 2023, Verzilov was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in a penal colony. On 11 March 2024, the court of appeal cancelled the verdict and sent the case for a new hearing due to some procedural violations. The next day, a number of artists and activists in different cities, as well as Verzilov's mother, were searched for treason in a new case against him.\n\nIn December 2024, Verzilov was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, with a mark that is usually placed next to the names of people prosecuted under terrorist articles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 330.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 330.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Pyotr Verzilov's case of failure to notify the Russian Government of his foreign citizenship","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, he failed to notify the Russian authorities of his Canadian citizenship.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recv6a2QZJGPXrYiK"},{"persecution_id":"recFgHprnOZ4pAPTZ","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:02:47.000Z","person_id":"recO8HdXfzyByF7yP","name_en":"Daud Muradov","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-01-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Born in Chechnya. In 2017 he left with his family to France. Requested political asylum. On 11 December 2020, he was deported from France to Russia. After arriving in Moscow, he was detained and charged with facilitating terrorist activity, after which he was taken into custody.\n\nA few days later, Muradov told a lawyer invited by his relatives that he had been tortured, the lawyer saw marks from torture, which was noted in the logbook. However, the investigator refused to conduct a forensic medical examination, the initiation of a criminal case on illegal actions of law enforcers was also refused.\n\nMuradov said that he collected information about the war in Chechnya and the crimes of the Russian military and disseminated it on social network platforms.\n\nIn July 2021, the charges were toughened: Muradov was charged with organising a terrorist attack and manufacturing and storing explosives. In November 2021, he was transferred from Moscow to Chechnya. On 6 February 2022, shortly before the scheduled start of the trial, Muradov died. His body was not released to his relatives.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow","Grozny"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow","Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW","RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2020-12-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","222.1","223.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 205.1","Part 3, Article 222.1","Part 3, Article 223.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Daud Muradov’s case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in October 2020, while he was in France, Muradov set up a terrorist group in Chechnya, which he directed via Telegram; he planned a terrorist act in Grozny - an explosion in the billiard cafe 'Uyut'. On his instructions, a certain \"Said\", whose identity investigation failed to establish, purchased the necessary materials and made an improvised explosive device, then hid it \"not far from the centre\" and informed Muradov about it. Then a certain R. Baisultanov, on behalf of Muradov, took \"an explosive device from an unspecified place made by an unidentified person 'Said'\" and took it to a rented flat. On 7 November 2020, Baisultanov and another unidentified person \"Abu-Khasan\" took the homemade bomb and hid it between Ippodromnaya and Tverskaya streets in Grozny. But on the same day, the bomb was discovered by law enforcement officers who were conducting operational search activities. They replaced it with a dummy and set up surveillance of the area. A. Mazanova, who also acted on Muradov's instructions, came there from Kislovodsk, put on the dummy, went to Uyut and was detained there while attempting to detonate herself.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-12-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.12.2020 to 06.11.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 06.11.2021 to 06.02.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-04-2022\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/vydvorennyy-iz-francii-chechenskiy-bezhenec-skonchalsya-v-sizo-groznogo\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recFgHprnOZ4pAPTZ"},{"persecution_id":"recCGzYu1Fu4fULZX","last_updated":"2026-02-10T16:58:33.000Z","person_id":"recMTxvsmiSCqqX56","name_en":"Alexander Obloga","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att7wk0KIH9SwBsTi.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att7wk0KIH9SwBsTi.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"He lived in Sevastopol and served in the Black Sea Fleet. In July 2020, he was taken into custody on charges of high treason: according to the investigation, he passed classified information to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. On 27 April 2022, Obloga was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":664,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":94,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Dmitriy Shtyblikov's and Alexander Obloga’s high treason case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he collected and transferred information constituting state secrets to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2020 to 09.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 26 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 26 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 26 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.04.2022, Sentence: 13 years’s imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years’s imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Human rights defenders claim that he was only lecturing in China, using materials related to his scientific and teaching activities. In June 2021, Mitko was hospitalised with a microinfarction. In March 2021, the scientist was allowed to go for walks, but in August he was forbidden to go for walks again. In April 2022, Mitko was again hospitalised and underwent surgery for a chronic aortic aneurysm. The next hospitalisation occurred in September 2022, he was soon discharged in serious condition. The scientist died on 2 October 2022, less than two months after the start of his trial.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_started":"2020-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2022-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Case of Valery Mitko on high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he passed secret information to China.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 11.02.2020 to 02.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.11.2022","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2022-11-28T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjo31E912w8wi7w"},{"persecution_id":"rectPNqruLpvhmrEY","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:33:33.000Z","person_id":"recYZYDCyy02CaNFr","name_en":"Alexander Pasichnyk","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Omsk. On 8 August 2020, he was detained during the dispersal of a rally in support of Khabarovsk and former Khabarovsk Krai Governor Sergey Furgal - the so-called \"feeding of pigeons\". Pasichnyk was accused of using violence against a representative of the authorities. He was given a recognizance not to leave the country. Later he was sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence.\n\nIn December 2024, Pasichnyk was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with a mark that is placed next to the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2020-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Actions in support of Sergei Furgal 08.08.2020","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Pasichnyk on using violence against a representative of the authorities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 1 year 6 months' suspended deprivation of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectPNqruLpvhmrEY"},{"persecution_id":"recgfFbBMvo4oWlhE","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:33:33.000Z","person_id":"reczA6XKxu4rD5vSL","name_en":"Konstantin Zotov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Berezovsky resident (the Sverdlovsk Region). On the 19th of October 2020, his home was searched as part of a case of participation in the activity of an extremist organisation and the involvement of others in such activity on the basis of Zotov's connection to Jehovah's Witnesses. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist charges solely because of their religious practises - such as holding meetings and worship services, or recruiting new members. In October of 2021, Zotov was also prosecuted for organising the activity of an extremist organisation. In March of 2022, the cases were merged, the charge of involving others in extremist activity was dropped, but a charge of organising the financing of extremist activity was added.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Beryozovsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2020-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Beryozovsky ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"together with other members of a local religious cell, he read prayers to Jehovah, sang religious songs, studied banned religious literature, organised the viewing of and participation in demonstrational role-playing games\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recgfFbBMvo4oWlhE"},{"persecution_id":"recmgZzd3vd16ICpJ","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:33:33.000Z","person_id":"rec9kFMCfaMPebMFY","name_en":"Natalia Kochneva","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Beryozovsky (Sverdlovsk region), accountant. In October 2020, her home was searched on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Beryozovsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2020-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Beryozovsky ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"together with other members of a local religious cell, she prayed to Jehovah God, sang religious songs, studied banned religious literature, and watched and participated in demonstration role-playing games\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recmgZzd3vd16ICpJ"},{"persecution_id":"recKzXG7uEWPNmbKk","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"recKRU2kViCuqwwUn","name_en":"Nariman Mezhmedinov","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine"],"story_en":"Mezhmedinov is a resident of Crimea. On 3 February 2020, he was detained and sent into custody the next day on charges of participation in the activities of an illegal armed group. According to the investigation, Mezhmedinov was involved in the activities of the the Battalion in the name of Noman Chelebidzhikhan, which apparently had not been functioning for a long time at the start of the persecution. On 20 July 2020, Mezhmedinov was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2020-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":167,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Nariman Mezhmedinov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August 2016, Mezhmedinov joined the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion of which he was an active member until December 2016.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2020 to 09.12.2020, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["п. 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Memorial:\n Date: 22-12-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/mezhmedinov-nariman-rizaevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recKzXG7uEWPNmbKk"},{"persecution_id":"recYwM0SPtALQXMNL","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:01:20.000Z","person_id":"recedobqDg5DXYlAW","name_en":"Olga Petrova","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the city of Makhachkala. She sold traditional medicine products, bio-products, soap, shampoos, and oils. According to her sister, she was registered as a \"Russian Muslim\". Petrova married the imprisoned R. Magomazov. On 13 August 2020, when she was visiting her mother in Krasnodar Krai, she was detained and then sent to custody on charges of financing terrorist activities. According to the version of the investigation, Petrova transferred money to ISIS. At least two witnesses in the case who testified against her recanted their testimony in court, including Sagid Kazimagomedov, to whose bank card Petrova, according to the investigation, transferred money. Both he and the other witness were in prison at the time of the investigation in Petrova's case. Kazimagomedov stated in court that his card was used by his wife, who traded in \"Muslim goods\". Kazimagomedov's wife confirmed that she corresponded with Petrova about goods from her husband's page and that Petrova bought goods from her. On 28 December 2021, Petrova was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2020-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":501,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Olga Petrova's case of financing terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"no later than February 2013. Petrova, who was a follower of radical Islam, through the Internet met with another person (convicted under the sentence of the Southern District Military Court of 21 October 2020, which came into legal force, under Part 1, Art. 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), who collected money for the purchase of air tickets for persons wishing to join illegal armed groups operating in the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic that were part of the international organisation \"Islamic State\", which was recognised as a terrorist organisation by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 29 December 2014.\n\nWishing to assist terrorist activities, Petrova, in the course of the above communication, agreed with the above-mentioned other person to transfer money to him for the above-mentioned purposes.\n\nRealising what she had planned, acting out of the above-mentioned motives, Petrova, having received the necessary details from this other person, being in the city of Makhachkala and Domodedovo airport, Domodedovo district, Moscow region, made a transfer to the latter between 22 February 2013 and 29 January 2015, through the Sberbank Online system and an ATM of Sberbank of Russia PJSC, made nine money transfers totalling 21,700 roubles (≈$320 as of 29.01.2015), realising that these funds would later be used for the above-mentioned purposes\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2020-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2020\n• in custody:  to 15.08.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["п. 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On 29 December, he was charged with organising activities of an extremist organisation. 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He has lived in Moscow and the Nizhny Novgorod region and has been repeatedly prosecuted. Based on scattered data and texts, the project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” claims that on 27 March 2020, he lit three bonfires nearby his home (apparently in the Nizhny Novgorod region), and when the head of the village council and an officer of the Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived, he swung a poker at the first and berated the second. This incident led to the initiation of a case of threatening to use violence and insulting representatives of the authorities. After that Voronin was also charged with threatening to commit a terrorist act because of a certain online post. It is not known which one, but Voronin occasionally made online posts with rather radical statements. On 4 April 2020, his home was searched, and a packet of gunpowder was found during the search. Voronin claimed that it had been planted on him. On 15 April 2021, he was sentenced in a case involving all these charges to 12 years in a strict regime colony. It is possible that the case also included an article on violation of the rules of road traffic and operation of vehicles, but the details of the relevant charge are unknown. Voronin’s case file in the court of cassation does not contain this article, which allowed the project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” to conclude that the article appeared in the case file of the court of first instance as a result of a mistake. It is also possible that this charge was excluded from the case at some stage. On 28 April 2022, the court of cassation reduced the prison sentence by two months.\n\nWhen Voronin was already in the colony, a case was initiated against him for disorganising the work of the institution: according to the investigation, he went on hunger strike, after which he used violence against the deputy head of the security department. On 30 July 2024, Voronin was sentenced to two and a half years of imprisonment and, taking into account the remaining time from his previous sentence, to nine years in a strict regime colony.\n\nThe third case against him was initiated under articles on the dissemination of “fakes” about the Russian army and justification of terrorism for conversations he had with his cellmates about the war in Ukraine. According to the cellmates’ denunciations, Voronin said that to stop the war in Ukraine, “Putin needs to be shot dead” and called him a Nazi. In July 2025, the court began hearing the case. At one of the sessions, one of the prisoners who testified against Voronin, Dmitri Ivanov, said that the staff of the colony administration wanted to “trigger” Voronin for a new term and falsified the charges, and he, Ivanov, agreed to incriminate Voronin and signed the necessary testimony without looking at it. On 17 July, the court sentenced Voronin to six years of imprisonment; taking into account the previously imposed sentence, he was sentenced to ten years, of which three years were to be spent in a prison and the rest of the term in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2020,"persecution_days_from_verdict":470,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319","318","205","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319","Part 1, Article 318","Part 1, Article 205","Part 1, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Voronin’s case of threatening to use violence and insulting a representative of the authority, threatening to commit a terrorist act and storing explosives","case_number":"1-39/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 27 March 2020, he lit three bonfires in the immediate vicinity of wooden buildings on his land plot adjacent to his house, which was not prepared for burning fires and lacked primary means of fire extinguishing as well as proper control, which violated the relevant provisions of the Russian Federation Government Decree No. 390 of 25 April 2012 “On fire prevention regime”, threatened to use violence against the head of the village council of the district, who arrived on the scene, and swung a poker at him, and also insulted a Ministry of Emergency Situations officer who arrived together with the head of the village council.\nOn 3 April 2020, he posted a text on his VKontakte page, which, according to an expert, contained signs of a threat to commit sabotage of military and government facilities and demolish an FSB building.\nOn 4 April 2020, during a search of Voronin’s home, a pack of gunpowder weighing 494.1 grams was found, “which, according to the conclusions of explosion experts, was an industrially manufactured mixed explosive propellant”.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 08.09.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.09.2021\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n• punishment cell: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.04.2021, Sentence: 12 years’ imprisonment, of which the first 3 years are to be served in a prison and the rest in a strict regime colony, a fine of 50,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years’ imprisonment, of which the first 3 years are to be served in a prison and the rest in a strict regime colony, a fine of 50,000 rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":142,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-15T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-15T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 25 July 2024, the court of first instance sentenced Bikmayev to a six-year suspended sentence. On 26 February 2025, the cassation court returned the case to the appeal court, which on 26 March changed the wording regarding the ban on activity. However, on 17 September 2025, the cassation court again returned the case to the appeal court, stating that the imposition of a suspended sentence was not justified. 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On 28 July 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gryazi"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1518,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":216,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gryazyakh"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gryazi","persecution_case_profile_en":"deliberately, acting out of extremist motives expressed in propaganda of the advantage of followers of the religious doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses over other persons, negative evaluation of persons who are not followers of this religious doctrine ... continued spreading the ideology and beliefs of this extremist organisation among the residents of the town of Gryazi in the Lipetsk region","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 02.06.2021 to 06.08.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.06.2021 to 02.06.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.07.2025, Sentence: fine of 400 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 400 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-28T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-28T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-06-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/06/d44321/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recRs3OPULoQxcZKM"},{"persecution_id":"recQISlPXvx4JdcuS","last_updated":"2025-09-04T18:54:01.000Z","person_id":"recBZTMLFWqKP2Tto","name_en":"Marat Bazarbayev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attlYoNtKuKTduqZH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attlYoNtKuKTduqZH.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Marat Bazarbayev is an alleged member of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", an organization banned and recognised as extremist in Russia. On October 6, 2011, after the initiation of a case of participation in the activities of a religious organisation, in respect of which a court issued a decision that entered into legal force on the prohibition of activities in connection with extremist activities, materials of the organisation, including those mentioned in the Federal List of Extremist Materials, were seized from his home during a search. Then Bazarbayev, as well as the other defendants in the case, was charged with preparation for actions aimed at violent seizure of power and violent overthrow of the constitutional order (after which he was taken into custody on July 31, 2012), as well as inducement and involvement of others in activities aimed at seizure of power and change of the order. On November 21, 2013, he was sentenced to six years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. On February 2, 2015, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five years. On July 28, 2017, Bazarbayev was released.\n\nBazarbayev was detained in July 2021 and taken into custody. Charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and with encouraging others to take part in such activities. On March 5, 2024, Bazarbaev was sentenced to 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":973,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The 7th case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation, made preparations for actions aimed at the forcible seizure of power and the forcible change of the constitutional order, and induced and involved other persons in actions aimed at the forcible seizure of power and the forcible change of the constitutional order","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 18.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 07.07.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2024, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-05T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-05T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-01-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/01/d47466/?sphrase_id=6375\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-03-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/vtoroe-chelyabinskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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On July 8 2022, Oleg was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nHis eyesight was impaired due to lack of daylight in prison and he lost a lot of weight.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":506,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Bakhchisarai case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Ernest Ibragimov and Oleg Fedorov","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody:  to 12.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.11.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.11.2024 to 01.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.12.2024 to 01.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.12.2024 to 01.01.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• punishment cell:  to 01.01.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Udmurt republic\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.07.2022, Sentence: 2 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony; a 2-year ban on administering websites on the internet.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony; a 2-year ban on administering websites on the internet.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-08T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-07-08T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-05-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/vtoroe-bahchisarayskoe-delo-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-02-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2021/02/d43687/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-07-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Delo-Krymskih-musulman-Ibragimova-i-Fyodorova-07-19\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recH1G5GDy4TNMSOj"},{"persecution_id":"reccSvq46jUgtnuEH","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recBPSxWB5SSCNeOC","name_en":"Yuri Ponomarenko","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 22 July 2021, Ponomarenko's home was searched. On 24 July, he was interrogated in connection with the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation, during the interrogation it became clear that the investigation has an audio recording of a telephone conversation with Ponomarenko, held in 2018. He was released on personal recognisance. On 2 May 2024, sentenced to six and a half years' suspended sentence. On 4 July 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by one month.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Luchegorsk settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1015,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":145,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Luchegorsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yuri Ponomarenko, Nikolai Dikhtyar, Oleg Sergeyev and Andrey Lyakhov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Committed deliberate active actions of an organisational nature aimed at organising the continuation of the activities of the banned religious organisation \"The Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\" and the local religious organisations within its structure","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 24.07.2021 to 04.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.05.2024, Sentence: 6 years 4 months' suspended prison sentence, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 4 months' suspended prison sentence, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-02T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-02T11:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-04-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-07-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/07/d44634/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"reccSvq46jUgtnuEH"},{"persecution_id":"recccuVTVCvZJZLW3","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recn6R0IJLKUTU3Fa","name_en":"Egor Moskalev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. A case of hooliganism was brought against him because, according to the investigation, he beat up an activist of the Orthodox movement \"Forty Forty\" during the action on 23 January 2021 in support of Alexei Navalny. From Moskalev took a signature not to leave. On 7 May, the court dismissed the case at the request of the investigator, obliging Moskalev to pay a court fine. However, on 10 March 2022, the court of cassation instance reversed this decision, returning the case to the court of first instance. On 30 March 2022, the court of first instance returned the case to the police. 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Rospotrebnadzor employees and police officers came to her to send her to hospital. On 14 July, the court decided on forced hospitalisation. Grudina went on hunger strike. On 2 August she was discharged from the hospital due to a negative test for coronavirus, but immediately after leaving the building she was detained. The investigation applied for a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions, but the court refused. On the same day, Natalia Zamorskaya, the coordinator of her campaign headquarters, was detained at the airport, but was released at night after a search of her personal belongings. Grudina was given a custodial sentence and her home was searched. On August 23, she was interrogated as a witness in the case of creating an organization that infringes on the identity and rights of citizens, brought against Alexei Navalny and his associates. In October, the insurance company, where Grudina had a policy of compulsory medical insurance, was billed about 200 thousand rubles for forced hospitalisation. On 29 December it became known that Grudina was put on a wanted list. IIn June, Grudina reported that she had left Russia and was put on the international wanted list and that she had been arrested in absentia. 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Initially Mr. Lukashin was charged with the use of violence dangerous to life and health, but the court reclassified the charge to non-dangerous violence. On 10 March 2022, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. 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The case was dismissed, Krovatkin was ordered to pay a court fine of 20,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2021-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":115,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"The case of 23 January in Yaroslavl","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he used firecrackers at the rally on 31 January and got into a confrontation with police officers.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-26T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recufeAJh5D6gaSbm"},{"persecution_id":"recSioDQBK14FqleN","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recubknNvJJCBjBlJ","name_en":"Kirill Bogdanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att8SBXmUozlNlUFK.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att8SBXmUozlNlUFK.jpeg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Originally from Arkhangelsk, he suffers from a chronic illness and has elderly relatives who are his dependents. He was detained in the case of violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 31 January 2021, in the video he apologised to the police officer. On 4 February Bogdanov was taken into custody. On 31 March, he was sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence. The court of appeal left the decision unchanged, but the court of cassation satisfied the complaint of the prosecution, which considered the sentence too lenient, and sent the case for review. On 7 June 2022, the court of first instance sentenced Bogdanov to four months in a penal colony and released him due to time served. On 18 August, the appeal court increased the sentence to six months, so that Bogdanov would have to spend about two months in a penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":57,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Kirill Bogdanov's case of violence against a police officer at the 31 January rally in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at the rally on 31 January, he pushed a policeman, who then pointed a gun at him.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.02.2021 to 31.03.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.02.2021 to 04.02.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.06.2022, Sentence: 4 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony• First instance court on the merits, 31.03.2021, Sentence: One year six months' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of two years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":6,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":2,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-06-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 31-01-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recSioDQBK14FqleN"},{"persecution_id":"rec5TVCe56V4ZYjtz","last_updated":"2025-04-04T11:18:19.000Z","person_id":"recBIJ1I4JHCAGiaH","name_en":"Alexander Skvortsov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attyMEO1J014E0AuZ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attyMEO1J014E0AuZ.jpeg"],"birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Taganrog. On 31 May 2012, for his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community he was charged with organising activities of a public or religious association liquidated by a court decision due to its extremist activities. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, recruitment of new supporters.\nOn 11 December, the court ruled that the indictment was illegal. However, even before that, in November, the investigation filed the same charges against him. Skvortsov was also accused of engaging two minors in a crime. On 29 July 2014, he was sentenced to five years and three months of suspended prison sentence and a fine of 100,000 rubles (exempt from payment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations). On 12 December, the Rostov Regional Court cancelled the decision of the Taganrog city court and sent the case for a new hearing. On 22 January new hearings in Taganrog city court started. 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He also complained to his spouse about hearing loss in one ear.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":397,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The third Simferopol \"Hizb-ut-Tahrir\" case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 07.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 17.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Amur krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2023 to 01.11.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• Unknown:  to 15.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• Unknown: from 15.05.2025\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.06.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Amur krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Amur krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.03.2022, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in high security prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in high security prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2022-03-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-03-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-02-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2021/02/d43687/\n• Support for political prisoners. 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On 5 April 2024, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. 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On 30 June he was sentenced to 1.5 years of suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Vitaly Berdnikov's case of violence against a police officer at the 23 January rally in Krasnoyarsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at the rally on 23 January he threw a bottle and snowballs at police officers, one of them was hit in the head.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-01-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec9hrchZuwVVneQ0"},{"persecution_id":"recr5DOtgOECnZuuY","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"recHfNH4BNPy33GSd","name_en":"Roman Mareev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attknz97hjuipcXZ2.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attknz97hjuipcXZ2.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On October 20, 2021, his house was searched, he was detained and interrogated. On October 22, the court ruled to take him into custody on charges of involving in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are persecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\nOn July 12, 2023, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony. 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(SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 01.09.2022 to 03.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.10.2024 to 25.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.07.2023, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime 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A criminal case was opened against him for hooliganism and property damage. According to the investigation, during a 23 January 2021 rally in support of Alexei Navalny, he threw a bottle containing an incendiary mixture at the local administration building. The authorities claim the bottle did not reach the building, so he allegedly broke a window with a brick. He was reportedly fined in August 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kingisepp"],"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":365,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 213 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 2,  Article 167 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","167"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 213 (unknown part)","Part 2, Article 167"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"The case of 23 January in Kingisepp","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 23 January 2021 threw a \"Molotov cocktail\" into the building of the administration of the Kingisepp district.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.01.2022, Sentence: fine (amount unknown) ","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine (amount unknown) ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-01-01T13:24:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-01-01T13:24:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recaHapuIZPhbOmwf"},{"persecution_id":"rec28S0usm8KsSeKQ","last_updated":"2025-07-08T09:54:09.000Z","person_id":"reck03k3tc36SgRMq","name_en":"Vladislav Esipenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attIc8oiMd6L5cGn2.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attIc8oiMd6L5cGn2.jpg"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A correspondent for the publication Krym.Realii. 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On August 18, the appellate court reduced the sentence to five years and the fine to 105,000 rubles.\nIn October 2024, Esipenko’s wife told Krym.Realii that the colony was obstructing her husband’s parole.\nIn June 2025, he was released from the colony and left Crimea.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2021-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2025-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":342,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222.1","223.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 223.1"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Esipenko's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"While preparing for a business trip to Crimea, Esipenko arranged to purchase an RGD-5 hand fragmentation grenade from an unknown person on the territory of mainland Ukraine to ensure his personal safety while gathering information for Krym.Realii. On February 26, he retrieved the grenade and a UZRGM-2 fuse from a cache and placed them in his car. In Simferopol, he replaced the safety pin ring and attached a fishing line to it.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.03.2021 to 18.08.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Crimea and Sevastopol\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.08.2022 to 20.06.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Crimea and Sevastopol\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.02.2022, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 110,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 110,000 rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":105000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-02-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-02-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 24-03-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/esipenko-vladislav-leonidovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec28S0usm8KsSeKQ"},{"persecution_id":"rechrAlbnzAQVkJB3","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recuNVsXwYY8sOJFc","name_en":"Roman Kostyshyn","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 1 April 2021 it became known that a criminal case on rehabilitation of Nazism was brought against Kostishin. On 20 August he was sentenced to a fine of 50 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":230,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Roman Kostishin","persecution_case_profile_en":"applied for the publication of a photograph of Joseph Goebbels on the website of the \"Immortal Regiment\" campaign with the aim of \"forming in society a disdainful attitude\" towards Victory Day and \"a negative attitude towards the participants of the Great Patriotic War\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.08.2021, Sentence: a fine of 50 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 50 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/08/d44795/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rechrAlbnzAQVkJB3"},{"persecution_id":"recBEHtrr0dAxFM6I","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:13:12.000Z","person_id":"recaJ1zHAijdh0x1R","name_en":"Gourami Labadze","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 April 2021, Labadze's home was searched. He was detained after interrogation in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 15 April the court decided to place him under house arrest, in July released him on personal recognisance. On 20 November 2023 he was sentenced to six and a half years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tula"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":951,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":135,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tula"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tula","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.04.2021 to 15.04.2021\n• house arrest: from 15.04.2021 to 20.07.2021\n• recognizance not to leave: from 20.07.2021 to 06.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 06.12.2023 to 05.06.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.11.2023, Sentence: 6 years 6 months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-20T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-20T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-04-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/04/d44056/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recBEHtrr0dAxFM6I"},{"persecution_id":"recuCcidGxqf8RFos","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recLbG4EqiM3fEWCu","name_en":"Sergey Lyulin","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In March 2021, Lyulin's home was searched. On 10 August, he was detained near Belgorod, stuffed into the luggage compartment of a minibus, his hands handcuffed to the handrails under the ceiling and his legs taped to the seat. On 13 August, the court decided to take him into custody on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 1 March 2022 he was transferred to house arrest. 11 July 2022 elected preventive measure changed to prohibition of certain actions. On 27 February 2023, sentenced to six years and one month in a general regime colony. On 22 March, the court of appeal instance cancelled the sentence and returned the case to the court of first instance, Lyulin's preventive measure was replaced with a ban on certain actions.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yalta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2021-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":712,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":101,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yalta"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yalta","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.03.2022 to 11.07.2022\n• in custody: from 11.07.2022 to 22.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 10.08.2021 to 13.08.2021\n• in custody: from 13.08.2021 to 01.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 22.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.02.2023, Sentence: six years one month in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years one month in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":73,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-27T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-27T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-02-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/08/d44745/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On 1 April he was sentenced to a fine of 25,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2021-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":58,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Case of 31 January in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, at the action on 31 January, he threw a traffic police inspector to the ground.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.04.2021, Sentence: Penalty of 25,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Penalty of 25,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":25000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-31T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-03-31T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 31-03-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recDk6I3uojIJSHSO"},{"persecution_id":"reccYmsKmB2N2lrmL","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rectf6zQHI5Ahbs9Z","name_en":"Denis Merkulov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 July 2021, Merkulov's home was searched. The next day, he was interrogated and detained. On 24 July, the court placed Merkulov under house arrest on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 17 September, the court ruled to adopt a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 23 March 2023,  Merkulov was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles (US$5,500). On 18 July, the appellate court reduced the fine by 100 thousand.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Apatity"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":610,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Denis Merkulov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 23.03.2023\n• house arrest: from 24.07.2021 to 17.09.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.07.2021 to 24.07.2021\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 17.09.2021 to 23.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.03.2023, Sentence: fine of 500 thousand roubles (US$5,450)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 500 thousand roubles (US$5,450)","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-23T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-23T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-09-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-07-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/07/d44635/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"reccYmsKmB2N2lrmL"},{"persecution_id":"recdjgJymQQq34OHX","last_updated":"2025-05-25T11:45:01.000Z","person_id":"rec8gR3xs9JhA9bhB","name_en":"Sergey Rimsky","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former police officer, resigned from the authorities after the verdict of Alexei Navalny.\n\nThe reason for the initiation of a case against him was a report written by police lieutenant colonel Alexander Chinenov. He stated that during the detentions on 21 April he had received \"a negative assessment of personality\".\n\nThe document claims that while in the detention cell, the detainee profanely insulted the policeman Alexander Chinenov, whom he recognised at the rally, who was present there - allegedly at this moment Rimsky \"had a criminal intent\" and decided to \"reduce the authority\" of the law enforcer. The indictment is at the disposal of OVD-Info.\n\nAccording to Rimsky himself, he filmed what was happening at the rally to record police violations.\n\n\"Then the head of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs gives an order to Chinenov to grab me, I clearly heard, further Chinenov orders others to detain me to destroy the recordings,\" Rimsky says. During the detention, his recording equipment was broken, and he was put in a solitary cell in the detention centre.\n\n\"The phone kept filming my knee,\" the man explains. - I talk to myself, angry, of course, at such lawlessness. Since I was in a solitary booth, I swear under my breath at the cops. Then I see the tape is playing, I switched it off. At the police station, they confiscated my phone for an hour and a half, and returned it without any recordings.\n\nOn 22 May, Sergei Rimsky was searched. Employees of the Centre \"E\" seized his laptop, phones and several documents. After the search, he was taken to the Investigative Committee for questioning as a suspect. On 20 July he was charged.\n\nCurrently, Rimsky is a candidate for the State Duma from the Yabloko party in the Kineshma district (Ivanovskaya Oblast).\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ivanovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2022-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":570,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Action on April 21, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Case of insulting a police lieutenant colonel","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he insulted police lieutenant colonel Alexander Chinenov during the rally on 21 April","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.07.2022, Sentence: a fine of 20 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 20 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":20000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdjgJymQQq34OHX"},{"persecution_id":"reczwuWomZHp56o28","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:41:28.000Z","person_id":"recCYleGarlYrIbf1","name_en":"Dariia Poliudova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBecyp206a4D8oa.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBecyp206a4D8oa.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Poliudova was one of the organisers of the March for the Federalization of Kuban, which was not authorized by the local authorities. On 15 August 2014, 2 days before the planned event, a young man began harassing her on the street. He accused her of being a nationalist and \"pressured\" her, after which police officers appeared and detained her, accusing her of petty hooliganism. Poliudova was taken to the office of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Western District of Krasnodar, where she was left overnight. On 16 August, the court arrested the activist for 14 days. On 29 August, it became known that a criminal case against Poliudova was initiated. Immediately after serving the administrative arrest, she was placed under arrest in pre-trial detention centre No. 5 in the Krasnodar region, controlled by the FSB. Poliudova was charged with public calls for actions aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation and public incitement to extremist activities (the reason for the application of this clause was a publication in the social network \"Vkontakte\", which, in particular, said: \"All terrorist attacks and disasters are the fault of Putin and his entourage. Disasters and terrorist attacks constantly occur only under Putin's capitalism\"; it asserts that to \"stop this lawlessness, the country needs a revolution\"; that a revolution can \"rid the country of all the misfortunes that are occurring under Putin - paid education, paid medicine, the impossibility of owning a home, low wages, high prices for housing and communal services, political prisoners, and, finally, military aggression in Ukraine and a series of constant disasters\"). Since August 2014, Poliudova was under arrest for 6 months, after which she was released on recognizance not to abscond. The investigation into the case was officially completed four times; however, each time it was returned for further investigation.\n\nThe prosecution asked the court to sentence Poliudova to 3.5 years in a colony settlement. On 21 December 2015, the court sentenced her to 2 years in a colony settlement.\n\nOn 20 October 2017, she was released. After her release, she was registered with the penal inspection.\n\nOn 15 January 2020, Poliudova was detained after a search and interrogated as part of the case on calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation and the justification of terrorism. On 16 January, the court ordered to take Poliudova into custody.\n\nOn 14 September, it became known that Poliudova was charged with another instance of justification of terrorism.\n\nOn 25 February 2021, the charge of calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation was dropped due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 280.1 of the Criminal Code.\n\nOn 31 May, she was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime penal colony. One of the charges was reclassified to calls for extremist actions.\n\nOn 8 November 2021, a case of organizing activities of an extremist organization was initiated against Poliudova. On 23 December 2022, she was sentenced to 9 years in a penal colony.\n\nIn July 2023, Poliudova went on a hunger strike because a blade had been planted on her in the colony. In early August, it became known that Poliudova had been transferred to strict detention conditions. She ended her hunger strike.\n\nOn 15 January 2024, Poliudova's letters had not been delivered to the addressees for a period of 6 months, and she was not allowed to call her relatives.\n\nIn August 2025, it became known that Poliudova was attacked by another prisoner in the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":471,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action in support of the protest against the construction of a temple in Yekaterinburg 22 May 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Left Resistance\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Kirill Kotov and Daria Poliudova","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she was the organizer of the “Left Resistance.”","persecution_location_en":"In strict condition custody unit (SUS)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In strict conditions of detention","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 24.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.06.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.01.2024 to 10.01.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic\"\n• Unknown: from 16.01.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic\"\n• Unknown: from 01.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: from 23.05.2024\n• punishment cell: from 17.12.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.12.2022, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-23T11:54:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-23T11:54:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-12-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/12/d45396/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 02-03-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-levogo-soprotivleniya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reczwuWomZHp56o28"},{"persecution_id":"recw41ZlTZ4B1WnJB","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recXO5BMAmSHI44yq","name_en":"Albert Abdullin","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Naberezhnye Chelny. In April 2021, he was sentenced to six months of restriction of freedom in the case of calls for mass riots due to the publication of an action in support of Alexei Navalny on January 23, 2021. Admitted guilt, the case was considered in a special order.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2021-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":108,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly","freedom of expression"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Albert Abdullin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he found on the Internet and downloaded to his phone a text with calls for aggressive behaviour of the crowd, mass riots and armed resistance to representatives of the authorities. Later, he posted this publication on a social network, in a group dedicated to Naberezhnye Chelny.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 30.04.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.04.2021, Sentence: 6 months' restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months' restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-19T05:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-19T05:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 31-01-2022\n Source: https://ovd.info/navalny-protests\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recw41ZlTZ4B1WnJB"},{"persecution_id":"reck4XePieeybFUUN","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:40:36.000Z","person_id":"recMFUBFIp9lVIAV3","name_en":"Andrey Ivashev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attA6vZ09cbIk4HK5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attA6vZ09cbIk4HK5.jpg"],"birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 1 December 2021, Ivashev's home was searched and he was detained. On 4 December, the court selected a measure of restriction in the form of a ban on certain actions. In March 2022, he was sent into custody after he came to the Investigative Committee to request permission to travel to Kirov for a scheduled surgery. Ivashev subsequently won a lawsuit against the Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service for failing to provide medical care. He was kept in the pre-trial detention centre in unsanitary conditions, which negatively affected his health condition. In December, the human rights defender was transferred to house arrest. On 24 May 2023, the court sentenced Ivashev to six years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders","Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2021-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":538,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 297 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["297","282","280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 297","Part 1, Article 282","Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Ivashev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 21 June to 26 July 2021, Ivashev posted information \"aimed at inciting hatred, hostility, as well as humiliation of the dignity of a person or a group of persons on the grounds of nationality\" on the Internet.\n\nThe investigation also claims that in August 2021, Ivashev published \"an obscene and insulting post with a negative assessment of a judge\" on social media, and in 2020 he called for the killing of Komi head Vladimir Uiba and local MP Oleg Mikhailov, as well as all representatives of such a \"social group\" as \"the administrator of the Opera and Ballet Theatre\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2022 to 01.12.2022\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.12.2021 to 04.12.2021\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 04.12.2021 to 01.03.2022\n• house arrest: from 01.12.2022 to 24.05.2023\n• in custody: from 24.05.2023 to 27.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023, FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.05.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penalty colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penalty colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-08-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ivashev-andrej-yurevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reck4XePieeybFUUN"},{"persecution_id":"recSbsanwmq6snzhp","last_updated":"2025-04-30T17:48:25.000Z","person_id":"reclX5HX2N4ohqax5","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"The court of first instance sentenced the Krasnoyarsk man to a two-year suspended sentence; the court of appeal, having considered the prosecution's complaint, added another two months.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2023-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":136,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Case of violence against police officers at the 23 January rally in Krasnoyarsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he sprayed pepper spray in the face of employees at the protest on 23 January.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.05.2021, Sentence: 2 years 2 months suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 2 months suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-17T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSbsanwmq6snzhp"},{"persecution_id":"recf1NDT6rd4J7iLT","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"rec8m8p2ZnsXMFPUs","name_en":"Roman Dobrokhotov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Editor-in-Chief of The Insider. In 2020-2021, The Insider journalists co-authored with other investigators a series of articles about the alleged poisoners of politicians Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Kara-Murza and writer Dmitry Bykov. In July 2021, Dobrokhotov was searched in a libel case. The case was initiated following a complaint by Dutch blogger Max van der Werff, who wrote about the Malaysian Boeing shot down in Donbass. Van der Werff's claims were caused by the article, which referred to his cooperation with the GRU and the Russian Defence Ministry. Later it became known that the case was initiated because of a post about the downed Boeing in Dobrokhotov's Twitter account. The journalist is a witness in the libel case. During the investigation, law enforcers seized several mobile phones, a laptop, tablets and a foreign passport. Dobrokhotov left the country. After that, a case of illegal border crossing was opened against him. On 4 August 2022, Dobrokhotov was arrested in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 322"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["The case of illegal border crossing"],"case_name_en":"Roman Dobrokhotov's case of illegal border crossing","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of 1 August 2021, the journalist arrived at the border crossing point Koleshchatovka in the Voronezh region and \"from there, 'with the mediation of other persons', left on foot for Ukraine bypassing checkpoints\". Dobrokhotov himself claims that he did not cross the Russian-Ukrainian border, although he had indeed left the country by the time he was put on the wanted list.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 04.08.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recf1NDT6rd4J7iLT"},{"persecution_id":"recdLBdm0zBJLDDOR","last_updated":"2025-03-13T09:04:42.000Z","person_id":"reciVf5djqr5tPP6F","name_en":"Valentina Ermilova","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Blagoveshchensk. In August 2021, Ermilova was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. A signature of non-departure was taken.\nOn 6 December 2024, Ermilova was sentenced to two and a half years of forced labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Municipal employees"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2021-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1220,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":174,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Blagoveshchensk"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Blagoveshchensk","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 04.08.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.03.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-06T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/08/d44657/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recdLBdm0zBJLDDOR"},{"persecution_id":"rec9MlMhNjQDq2cHq","last_updated":"2024-07-01T17:50:23.000Z","person_id":"recwPN3DEPhdt8m2I","name_en":"Mikhail Shendakov","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A retired colonel. No later than 2012, he began to publicly criticise the authorities. In 2020, a case of incitement to hatred against FSB officers was brought against Sendakov because of the video \"Surkov promised war to Donbass\".  Shendakov was given a covenant not to leave the country. Later, a case of incitement to extremism was initiated because of the same video clip. On 19 October, Shendakov was taken into custody because he failed to attend two consecutive court hearings on the case. At the same time, he was under administrative detention. Lawyer Nikolai Kuryanovich, who defended Shendakov, was suspended from the trial and then stripped of his status. On 2 February 2021, Shendakov was sentenced to a two and a half year suspended sentence.\n\nLater it became known that another case was brought against Shendakov - on incitement to hatred because of a video in which he told a joke about a Rosgvardiya officer and a surgeon. In November 2021, the colonel was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.\n\nOn 1 February, 2023, the suspended sentence in the case of the video about Surkov was replaced by a real one, Shendakov was taken into custody. In March, it became known that a new case for incitement to extremism was initiated against him due to the video. An expert examination found that Colonel Shendakov had \"persistent delusional ideas\", and it was reported that he might be sent to compulsory treatment. On June 15, the court ordered compulsory treatment for this case.\n\n\nOn 22 March, 2024,  according to Shendakov, he was released from the colony with the intention of going to a psychiatric hospital himself, but he did not do so. On 17 June, 2024, he was detained in the Moscow metro, after which he was apparently sent to a hospital.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":320,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Shendakov's case because of an anecdote about the Rosgvardiya","persecution_case_profile_en":"In September 2020, Mikhail Shendakov posted a video in which he told an anecdote about a representative of Rosgvardiya. 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On 14 July the preventive measure was changed to a ban on certain actions. 3 August 2023 sentenced to six and a half years suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2024-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":842,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":120,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavl"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavl","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he held worship meetings, \"including via the Internet\", within the framework of which he promoted prohibited teachings. 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On 30 July, he was sentenced to a year in prison, but the court commuted the sentence to a year of forced labour with a ban on administering websites for two years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":62,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrey Akimov","persecution_case_profile_en":" Through a social network application, sent an application to the Memory Bank website with a photograph of Adolf Hitler to be broadcast at the \"Immortal Regiment Online\" event in a row with veterans of the Great Patriotic War and home front workers.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2021, Sentence: One year of forced labour with 15 per cent of salary withheld, prohibition to administer websites for two years","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year of forced labour with 15 per cent of salary withheld, prohibition to administer websites for two years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-07-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/07/d44654/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rectlPjPs5PT2GZji"},{"persecution_id":"recUXTgssmLXy5SSO","last_updated":"2025-04-01T18:49:31.000Z","person_id":"recF7oXQOiEe89ESW","name_en":"Vladimir Metelkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attfLquQZ7rOnGh14.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attfLquQZ7rOnGh14.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Editor of the DOXA student magazine.\n\nOn 14 April 2021, he was detained after a search in a case involving minors in activities dangerous to their lives. On the same day, the court imposed on Metelkin a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain activities, which implied, inter alia, the inability to leave the house for more than one minute per day. Later, the court of appeal instance allowed Metelkin to walk for two hours. The investigation scheduled Metelkin for interrogations on all working days until the end of May.\n\nOn 28 May, it became known that a slander case had been initiated against investigator Ekaterina Zhizhmanova, who was in charge of his case but was suspended at his request. On 22 April Metelkin applied for Zhizhmanova's dismissal due to psychological pressure: he said that the investigator called him a \"sexual hero\" and reported that she had found Metelkin's Instagram account. The journalist also said that Zhizhmanova touched him with her hands.\n\nOn 12 April 2022, sentenced to two years of corrective labor through wage docking, the preventive measure was canceled. He left Russia and declared wanted.   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In addition, \"in a difficult epidemiological situation, the actions of the defendants created a real threat of coronavirus infection of an unlimited number of people\".\n\nLater, a slander case was also brought against Metelkin over his statements that the investigator in charge of his case had called him a sexual hero and touched him with her hands.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.04.2022, Sentence: Two years of corrective labor through wage docking, prohibition to engage in the administration of Internet sites for three years","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years of corrective labor through wage docking, prohibition to engage in the administration of Internet sites for three years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-05-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-doxa\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 13-04-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recUXTgssmLXy5SSO"},{"persecution_id":"rechChrVDNRpHtefI","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recUsqI2XD22L5VaT","name_en":"Sergey Vasilenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attz6KXRaukyNSWLc.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attz6KXRaukyNSWLc.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. In February 2021, was taken into custody in a case for causing damage by setting fire to the wheel of a Rosgvardiya vehicle during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 31 January 2021. The court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but then the hearings were resumed. On 21 October, Vasilenko was sentenced to three years and three months in a penal colony. 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In April 2022, Shaveddinov was put on a wanted list.\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Shaveddinov for disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism. In April 2025, Shaveddinov was declared wanted again, it became known that he was also accused of evading his duties as a \"foreign agent\". 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In June 2021, he was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. On 30 December, Oleinik was placed in a punitive isolation cell for 14 days, after which the colony administration declared him a persistent offender. In 2022, he was transferred to a general regime colony. 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In May 2022, Eyupov's cellmate told his lawyer that he was showing signs of a stroke or microstroke - his left leg and arm were not functioning properly and he was unable to move around his cell.\n\nOn 19 July 2022, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":517,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Belogorsk \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" case"],"case_name_en":"Azamat Eyupov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation; participated in the organisation and preparation of a violent overthrow of the constitutional order","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (temporarily)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 25.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.07.2022, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-19T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-07-19T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-05-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/belogorskoe-delo-troih-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoy-hizb-ut-tahrir\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-02-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2021/02/d43687/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec4sRDZA7kB3RMsf"},{"persecution_id":"recyM87LLFFoBFPLB","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recRQRjpIZEQ5qt2q","name_en":"Alexander Glushkov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atth0EFHNY0oIdask.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atth0EFHNY0oIdask.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 3 February 2021, detained and taken into custody the next day on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January. On 22 June, sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. On 22 November, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by a month. 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On 14 July 2021, Ershov's home was searched and he was detained as part of a case of extremist organisation activity in connection with his membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 16 July Ershov was released in the status of a suspect. On 26 January 2026, the court sentenced him to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Shadrinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1657,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":236,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Shadrinsk"],"case_name_en":"Ilia Ershov's case","case_number":"1-15/2026 (1-205/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The defendant is involved in the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.07.2021 to 16.07.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.01.2026","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-26T05:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-26T05:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-07-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/07/d44569/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec4UK4AQLgLOHgQ3"},{"persecution_id":"receRtokbJtOa42Vq","last_updated":"2024-07-25T08:06:10.000Z","person_id":"recTRDgZaM8EEEZg6","name_en":"Valery Evsin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att5iGUfRH4cFVlS1.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att5iGUfRH4cFVlS1.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A taxi driver who came to Moscow from Pskov to earn money.\n\nOn 26 January 2021, he was detained as part of a criminal case on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January. According to the investigation, during the action on 23 January he pushed a metal barrier towards a police officer. This was not an act of aggression: a young man was detained nearby and Evsin tried to protect him. The policeman, who is the victim in the case, was wearing a helmet and protective gear and was not injured or damaged.\n\nOn 29 January, the court sent Evsin to custody.\n\nOn 7 April he was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.\n\nIn April, Yevsin was transferred to the Perm Region until the appeal was considered. Because of this, he had no opportunity to meet with his lawyers and relatives and could not familiarise himself with the case materials in court.\n\nHe was released on 3 November 2022.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":70,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Valery Evsin's case of using violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally on 23 January in Moscow","case_number":"01-0219/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, at the action on 23 January pushed a metal barrier in the direction of a police officer.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.03.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.01.2021 to 29.01.2021\n• in custody: from 05.05.2021 to 16.11.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai\n• in custody: from 29.01.2021 to 19.03.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2021 to 03.11.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.04.2021, Sentence: 2 years impisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years impisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-01-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 25-04-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/evsin-valeriy-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"receRtokbJtOa42Vq"},{"persecution_id":"recVf2xrqmeOHdZIV","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:01:20.000Z","person_id":"recSodf1FJ1sacOmU","name_en":"Dmitry Gudkov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former State Duma deputy, opposition politician. On 2 June 2021, he was detained after a search in the case of causing damage to the Moscow City Property Department. The next day he was released in the status of a suspect. Gudkov left Russia.\n\nIn February 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn October 2023, it became known that a case was opened against Gudkov for spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces. On 21 August 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to eight years.\n\nOn 14 October 2025, the FSB reported the initiation of a case against Gudkov and other members of the \"Anti-War Committee of Russia\" for violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community. 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Putin the murderer! Putin the thief! Death to the fascist Putin! Death to all his minions! Give revolution in Russia!\". Later the charge was reclassified to part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code. 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Memorial:\n Date: 26-02-2023\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/08/d44660/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Before that, he registered as a candidate for the council of deputies of the rural settlement of Barvikhinskoye, Odintsovo district, Moscow Region.\n\nIn August 2019, a case was brought against Zhdanov for failure to comply with a court order for failing to remove from the Internet the Anti-Corruption Foundation's film \"He is not your Dimon\" about expensive real estate allegedly owned by then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Zhdanov had previously intended to run for the Moscow City Duma, but he was not registered, like most independent candidates. This became a cause for mass actions in Moscow, which were followed by numerous criminal cases. In July 2020, Zhdanov was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles for failing to remove the film.\n\nAnother case under the same article was brought against Zhdanov in November 2020 for non-payment of 29 million roubles in connection with a lawsuit filed by the Moscow Schoolboy company, which was the subject of one of FBC's investigations\n\nIn April 2021, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for the creation of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nIn June, Zhdanov was put on the federal wanted list, and then on the international wanted list. He is outside Russia. On 29 June, the court arrested Zhdanov in absentia.\n\nIn August, a case was brought against Zhdanov for raising funds for an extremist organisation.\n\nIn September, it became known that Zhdanov and other supporters of Navalny were prosecuted for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned cases of financing extremist activities and establishment of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. In May 2022, he was arrested in absentia in this case as well.\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism.\n\nIn December 2024, it was reported that a case against Zhdanov's full namesake is being considered in court for defamation of a representative of justice, the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 174 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3","174","282.1","239"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3","Part 4, Article 174","Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 1, Article 239"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases related to mass actions","Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"The case of an extremist community led by Navalny","case_number":"01-0333/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Alexei Navalny and his supporters organised the distribution on their personal Internet pages and on the pages of FBK on behalf of the non-profit organisation they headed, of publications containing calls for the participation of citizens of the Russian Federation in uncoordinated rallies in January of this year","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 18.05.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-01-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/08/d44721/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/08/d44703/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-01-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/09/d44992/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-11-2021\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshchestve-storonnikov-navalnogo\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reci5aZlnjhEDNU1o"},{"persecution_id":"recmm1QBJAyFGXV4x","last_updated":"2025-11-17T12:43:12.000Z","person_id":"recR5Ndl21UV9FFFZ","name_en":"Elnar Efimov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kazan. He was detained in February 2021 in connection with the case on incitement to mass riots related to the rallies in support of Alexei Navalny, taken into custody. On August 5, 2021, Efimov was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony. On December 30, of the same year, he was released.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2025-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":215,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly","freedom of expression"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Palace case","The Kazan case on calls for extremism"],"case_name_en":"Elnar Efimov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Elnar Efimov was\"inciting\" young people in Telegram social media to fight with police officers and the National Guard officers during protest actions, and also taught them in Telegram chats to prepare Molotov cocktails, to think over the tactics of clashes with law enforcement officers, and to maintain secrecy.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 19.10.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Tatarstan"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 30.12.2021, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.08.2021, Sentence: One and a half years imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One and a half years imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 15-02-2021\n Source: https://ovd.info/navalny-protests\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recmm1QBJAyFGXV4x"},{"persecution_id":"recgWR1B6nKbsDgdh","last_updated":"2026-01-23T11:30:54.000Z","person_id":"recVEJqtnnlTlfeDh","name_en":"Nikolai Smaglo","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2021, Smaglo's home was searched, and he was detained and interrogated in a case on the activities of an extremist organization, after which he was released. On 2 September, he was searched again.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nalchik"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nalchik"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nalchik","persecution_case_profile_en":"was involved in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-07-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/07/d44597/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-09-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recgWR1B6nKbsDgdh"},{"persecution_id":"reclOOp5WvYhEtdCt","last_updated":"2024-07-26T10:52:38.000Z","person_id":"rec7uzL4HtlxQ3S5q","name_en":"Alexey Cherviakov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Safonovo (Smolensk region) was arrested on December 23, 2021, in a case concerning the defamation of a veteran The next day, the court placed him under house arrest. On February 17, 2022,  it became known that other charges were brought against Chervyakov, which fell under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism. On May 18, a measure of restraint was chosen for him in the form of a prohibition of certain actions.\nOn July 19, 2022, Cherviakov was sentenced to one year and ten months in an open prison.\nWhile in the colony, Chervyakov testified against the deputy head of the institution, who had beaten seven prisoners. Following this, he was regularly placed in a punishment cell and denied treatment for his diabetes. Due to being placed in solitary, his condition worsened, and as a result, Chervyakov was either bedridden or confined to sitting at a table. For this, he received new penalties, and the colony administration assigned him the status of a persistent violator.\nOn June 13, 2023, the court granted the colony administration's proposal to replace Cherviakov's open prison with a general regime penal colony.\nIn March 2024, Cherviakov was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Safonovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_started":"2021-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":207,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Cherviakov's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted comments to the news that a portrait of the Great Patriotic War veteran Viktor Yakunin was being painted on the facade of school No. 22 in Smolensk. In addition, he insulted Mikhail Egorov, the \"flag bearer of the Victory\", and Alexander Nikulin, a warrior-internationalist, and expressed his negative attitude towards the \"cult of victoriousness\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.12.2021 to 24.12.2021\n• house arrest: from 24.12.2021 to 18.05.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 19.05.2022 to 27.09.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2022 to 01.03.2024, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.07.2022, Sentence: 1 year 10 months of imprisonment in a penal colony with a ban on publishing on the Internet for 4 years 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 10 months of imprisonment in a penal colony with a ban on publishing on the Internet for 4 years 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":22,"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-07-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-05-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/chervyakov-aleksej-aleksandrovich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-07-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/07/d46656/?sphrase_id=2009238\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"reclOOp5WvYhEtdCt"},{"persecution_id":"reclz3wuIEoHpGgkO","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recUT5wcAQQFit5QH","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Verkhnyaya Pyshma (Sverdlovsk region). Detained on 28 April 2021. According to the investigation, announcing in social networks actions on 23 and 31 January 2021 in support of Alexei Navalny, called for mass disorder. Was placed  under an undertaking not to abscond. On 10 September 2021, the man was sentenced to four months of restricted freedom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Verkhnyaya Pyshma"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":251,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case","The case of calls for mass riots in Yekaterinburg"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Verkhnyaya Pyshma","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he called for mass riots in social media, announcing actions on 23 and 31 of January.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.09.2021, Sentence: 4 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-09-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-09-09T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reclz3wuIEoHpGgkO"},{"persecution_id":"reclFPSMprBTCmqN2","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:20:41.000Z","person_id":"recSF35Rd1dhsUTRW","name_en":"Pavel Zelensky","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 15 February 2021. During the search Zelensky was hit on the head. An investigator at the Main Investigation Department forbade the emergency doctors from hospitalise him. A officer in a plain clothes used violence against the lawyer and pushed him out of the office. The same day the court ordered to place Zelensky in custody. On 18 February, it became known that Zelensky admitted guilt and refused a lawyer. Representatives of the FBC suggested that that pressure was exerted on him. Zelensky himself and his wife denied it. On 24 February, he was transferred to a house imprisonment.\n\nOn 16 April he was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony. On 1 June, the court of appeal reduced the term by a month. On 2 February 2022, the Court of Cassation changed the place of serving the sentence to an open prison.\n\nIn September 2021, it became known that a case of participation in the activities of an extremist community was opened against Zelensky in connection with his participation in the activities of various structures of Alexei Navalny. The press release of the Investigative Committee also mentioned his previous criminal case.\n\nZelensky was released on 7 October 2022. According to unconfirmed reports, he was transferred to the status of a witness in the extremist community case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":90,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Pavel Zelensky","case_number":"01-0333/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"became a member of an extremist community, within the framework of which he held \"uncoordinated public events, during which calls for extremist and terrorist activities were made, unlawful acts were committed that violated human and civil rights and freedoms, and public order and public safety were harmed\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 24.02.2021 to 16.04.2021\n• in custody:  to 05.05.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n• in custody: from 15.01.2021 to 24.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 16.04.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 05.04.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.04.2021, Sentence: Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":23,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-15T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 23-02-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/zelenskiy-pavel-andresovich\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 31-01-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/10525/zelenskij-pavel-andreevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"reclFPSMprBTCmqN2"},{"persecution_id":"recikRC2PXiDbP98A","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:01:48.000Z","person_id":"recF7oXQOiEe89ESW","name_en":"Vladimir Metelkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attfLquQZ7rOnGh14.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attfLquQZ7rOnGh14.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Editor of the DOXA student magazine.\n\nOn 14 April 2021, he was detained after a search in a case involving minors in activities dangerous to their lives. On the same day, the court imposed on Metelkin a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain activities, which implied, inter alia, the inability to leave the house for more than one minute per day. Later, the court of appeal instance allowed Metelkin to walk for two hours. The investigation scheduled Metelkin for interrogations on all working days until the end of May.\n\nOn 28 May, it became known that a slander case had been initiated against investigator Ekaterina Zhizhmanova, who was in charge of his case but was suspended at his request. On 22 April Metelkin applied for Zhizhmanova's dismissal due to psychological pressure: he said that the investigator called him a \"sexual hero\" and reported that she had found Metelkin's Instagram account. The journalist also said that Zhizhmanova touched him with her hands.\n\nOn 12 April 2022, sentenced to two years of corrective labor through wage docking, the preventive measure was canceled. He left Russia and declared wanted.   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On 28 January it became known that Lukyanov was charged with using violence against representatives of the authorities, the court decided to take him into custody. In spring Lukyanov was transferred to house arrest, in January 2022 was released on his own recognisance. On 10 March he was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony. Presumably, he was released on 20 March 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaluga"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2025-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":408,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case","The case of January 23rd in Kaluga"],"case_name_en":"The case of five people who used violence against police officers during a protest in Kaluga on 23 January 2021","case_number":"1-151/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he used violence against representatives of the authorities at the rally on 23 January","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 14.04.2021 to 12.01.2022\n• in custody: from 10.03.2022 to 28.09.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 12.01.2022 to 10.03.2022\n• in custody: from 28.01.2021 to 14.04.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.01.2021 to 28.01.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 23.01.2021 to 28.01.2021\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.09.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 20.03.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2022, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2022-03-10T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-03-10T11:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 09-03-2022\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-04-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-5-uchastnikov-mitinga-23-yanvarya-2021-goda-v-kaluge/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recvTb2OotmVnafrz"},{"persecution_id":"reclpCOd4XgNztvlw","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recxnV4Xt0vfz9hSs","name_en":"Elmira Kyalunziga","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 19 June 2021, detained as part of a criminal case on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities. Signed a recognisance not to leave. Kyalunziga pleaded guilty.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in defence of Sergei Furgal on October 10, 2020","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of 10 October 2020 in Khabarovsk"],"case_name_en":"Elmira Kyalunziga's case of violence against a riot policeman at a rally for Furgal's freedom","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she hit a riot policeman at a rally on 10 October 2020","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 20-06-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/reports/kak-podavlyayut-protesty-v-habarovske-doklad-ovd-info#6-4\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reclpCOd4XgNztvlw"},{"persecution_id":"recmxQfB03MGjfEso","last_updated":"2025-12-20T23:25:05.000Z","person_id":"rec6uOR4XshDR6hTm","name_en":"Boris Yagovitov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 June 2021 he was detained on the street, his home was searched. On 7 June, the court decided to send Yagovitov under house arrest in the case of participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 29 December he was taken into custody at the request of the prosecutor, who stated that Yagovitov \"systematically violated the execution of the preventive measure in the form of house arrest\". On 24 February 2022, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. In June, the case came back to court. On 10 October, he was sentenced to five years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Solnechny"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2025-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":491,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":70,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Boris Yagovitov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation involving new participants","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 10.10.2022 to 22.12.2022\n• in custody: from 29.12.2021 to 10.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Khabarovsk Krai\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.06.2021 to 07.06.2021\n• house arrest: from 07.06.2021 to 29.12.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 22.12.2022 to 21.12.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.10.2022, Sentence: five years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"five years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-07-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-06-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/06/d44349/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recmxQfB03MGjfEso"},{"persecution_id":"recuojjBdtTw67Wyk","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recjfhMjgG6tCCn6v","name_en":"Igor Nagibin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYxgF5nb8TI4GSx.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYxgF5nb8TI4GSx.jpg"],"birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sochi. He has been in custody since September 2021,  was transferred to Moscow after being detained. Charged with incitement to mass riots, incitement to hatred by an organised group and illegal possession of explosives.\n\nNagibin said that during the detention he was sprayed with tear gas, although he did not resist. Because of this, Nagibin lost his vision for a while and got a throat burn: his voice never recovered.  During the search at his home they found gunpowder - Nagibin claimed that he did not know who the substance belonged to.\n\nSince the early summer of 2023, he suffered from a severe cold, and the administration of the pre-trial detention centre did not provide him with medical care for a long time.\n\nOn 13 September, Nagibin had a package stolen in Moscow pre-trial detention centre-4 \"Medved\", which, among other things, contained the medication he needed. It was probably done by the FSIN officers, as at the moment when the items went missing all of Nagibin's cellmates were out for a walk. 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On 5 October 2021, Komandirov's home was searched and he was detained, after which the court ordered to take him into custody as part of the case of justification of terrorism. The reason was the publication of the video \"Judge Gramm\" with a mock trial of Putin, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov and Rosneft chairman Igor Sechin. On 30 November, after his detention was extended, Komandirov went on hunger strike, demanding a non-custodial measure of restraint. On 9 December, he ended his hunger strike.\n\nAt the end of March 2022, during a court hearing on the appeal against the change of preventive measure, Komandirov learned that the Investigative Committee had opened three more criminal cases against him - under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism (part 4 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code), on incitement to hatred (paragraph \"a\", part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code) and on insulting a representative of the authorities (article 319 of the Criminal Code).\n\nOn 28 July he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Smolensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":295,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 319 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","205.2","354.1","319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 4, Article 354.1","Article 319"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Komandirov's case about the publication of the web series \"Judge Gramm\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2021, Sergey Komandirov \nshared a video on social media that was said to contain “elements of justification of terrorism, the formation of a terrorist ideology, and a belief in the permissibility of engaging in terrorist activity”, and he was also accused of calling for “financial support for the author of the video, who had been convicted of a terrorist offence”.\n\nOn 5 October, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Komandirov under public justification of terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). The grounds were the publication of a video clip of the web series \"Judge Gramm\" on \"VKontakte\", which depicts a mock trial of Putin, Peskov, and Sechin, ending in death sentences. 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On 10 April 2012, the case was dismissed for lack of corpus delicti, but was reopened on 29 May 2012 by order of the leadership of the Russian Investigative Committee. According to the investigation, Navalny, together with Pyotr Ofitserov, set up the Vyatskaya Lesnaya Kompaniya (Vyatka Forest Company), which purchased timber products from Kirovles at understated prices and then sold them to consumers at market prices. The defence argued that the purchase from Kirovles was made at market prices. On 18 July 2013, the Leninsky District Court of Kirov sentenced Navalny and Ofitserov to five years in prison. The convicts were taken into custody in the courtroom, but spent less than a day in the pre-trial detention centre - the next day the court, on the proposal of the prosecutor's office, ruled to release Navalny and Ofitserov on their own recognisance until the verdict enters into legal force. This was preceded by mass protests in various Russian cities. On 16 October 2013, the Kirov Regional Court replaced Navalny and Ofitserov's real sentences with suspended sentences.\n\nIn November 2016, the Supreme Court cancelled the verdict due to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which recognised the prosecution as groundless. The Leninsky Court of Kirov began to re-examine the case. After Navalny announced his intention to run for president, the court began to hold sessions in a more intensive mode. On 1 February 2017, the court elected Navalny a measure of restraint in the form of a order not to leave. On 8 February, Navalny was sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence.\n\nOn 14 December 2012, information appeared about the initiation of a case against Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg on fraud and legalisation of funds to the detriment of the Russian division of the company \"Yves Rocher\". According to the investigation, the Navalny's stole more than 26 million roubles from \"Yves Rocher Vostok\" and more than 4 million roubles from \"Multiprofile Processing Company\" through fraud. According to the latest information, Yves Rocher submitted a report to the Investigative Committee back in February 2013, stating that no damage had been done to the company. Alexei Navalny was on a order not to leave on charges in this case, but after his detention on 24 February 2014 and arrest on the trail of a mass event in support of those convicted in the \"Bolotnaya case\" on Tverskaya Street, the Basmanny court changed his preventive measure to house arrest. On 24 April, the Zamoskvoretsky court held preliminary hearings on the case. On 28 April, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, having satisfied the motion of the lawyers who found numerous violations in it. On 30 December 2014, the charge was partially reclassified, from simple fraud to business fraud. Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years' suspended imprisonment. On 17 February 2015, the sentence was left unchanged - Navalny was only exempted from paying a 500,000 fine.\n\nOn 10 April 2014, a libel case was brought against Navalny on the claim of Alexey Lisovenko, a municipal deputy of the Babushkinsky district of Moscow. The deputy was called a drug addict in Navalny's tweet after the deputy himself said that Navalny continued to tweet despite the fact that, being under house arrest, he had no right to do so. Lisovenko demanded that Navalny be sentenced to community service. On 22 April, a magistrate judge found Navalny guilty, although there was no evidence that Navalny had tweeted the relevant message, and sentenced him to a fine of 300,000 rubles.\n\nOn 24 April 2014, the Lyublinsky Court, represented by Judge Anna Zotko, ruled on a civil suit against Navalny by Sergei Neverov, a Duma deputy from United Russia, for protection of honour and dignity. Neverov demanded a refutation of information spread by Navalny about undeclared dacha plots belonging to the deputy. The court ruled that Navalny must publish a refutation on the Internet within ten days, despite the fact that Navalny is under house arrest and has no right to use the Internet.\n\nIn May 2016, a libel case was filed against Navalny against former policeman Pavel Karpov: the politician was accused of publishing videos accusing Karpov of crimes, including his involvement in the murder of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.\n\nIn June 2020, a libel case was filed against Navalny against Ignat Artemenko, a World War II veteran who took part in the recording of a video in support of constitutional amendments. A signature of non-deportation was taken.\n\nOn 20 August Navalny became ill on a plane flying from Tomsk to Moscow. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, where he was taken to an emergency hospital. According to reports from the politician's supporters and loved ones, plainclothes operatives were on the hospital grounds. Navalny's relatives are convinced that he was poisoned. After long negotiations, Navalny's relatives managed to get him transferred to the German clinic Charité on 22 August. Two days later, representatives of the clinic announced that they had found signs of the Novichok chemical warfare agent in his body. In October, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed the presence of traces of Novichok poison in Navalny's tests. The politician spent about two weeks in a coma. In December, the Bellingcat research group together with The Insider published the results of an investigation into the possible involvement of FSB officers in Navalny's poisoning.\n\nOn 29 December, it became known that a fraud case had been opened against Navalny: he was accused of spending for personal purposes most of the money transferred to him as donations.\n\nOn 12 January 2021, the Federal Penitentiary Service demanded that Navalny's suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher case be replaced with a real one. On 17 January, when Navalny flew to Russia, he was detained at Sheremetyevo airport while going through passport control. The next day, the court sent Navalny to custody for 30 days at an on-site session at a police station in Khimki near Moscow. On 2 February, the court satisfied the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service.\n\nOn 20 February, Navalny was sentenced to a fine of 850 thousand rubles in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nIn April, it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for creating a non-profit organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nOn 25 May it became known that Navalny was prosecuted for insulting justice of the peace Vera Akimova, who delivered a verdict in the case of defamation of a veteran.\n\nOn 22 March 2022, Navalny was sentenced to nine years of strict regime and a fine of 1.2 million rubles in a case of fraud and contempt of court.\n\nIn September 2021, it became known that a case was opened against Navalny and his supporters for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of financing extremist activities, legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned case of establishing a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. Later it became known that Navalny was also charged with calls for extremist activity and rehabilitation of Nazism - because of statements and actions that had previously given rise to cases against other people.\n\nOn 4 August 2023, Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in a special regime colony. This was made possible because the court, which ruled on the fraud case in March 2022, changed the sentence in the Kirovles case from suspended to real.\n\nOn 27 September 2023, Navalny was transferred to a single cell-type facility for a year.\n\nDuring his time in the colony Navalny was sent to the punishment cell at least 27 times.\n\nIn December, Navalny's support group reported that his lawyers had already been denied access to him several times, and that he had already been prevented from attending court hearings on his claims against the colony administration via video link several times, explaining this by electricity problems. The situation is aggravated by the fact that shortly before Navalny became ill in his cell. On 25 December, it became known that Navalny was transferred to a colony in the Yamalo-Nenets district (before that he was in the Vladimir region). Already in January 2024, he was again sent to a punishment cell.\n\nIn detention, the politician experienced various health problems. At the end of March 2021, Alexei Navalny went on hunger strike in the colony because a doctor was not allowed to visit him. Then he complained of severe back pain, numbness in his leg, because of the pain he could not step on his foot. But, according to the lawyer, he was brought only two ibuprofen tablets from the prison sanitary unit.\nIn April 2023, Alexei Navalny's lawyer reported that he was called an ambulance because of an aggravated stomach ailment.\nIn November 2023, Navalny reported that he was prevented from visiting a dentist outside the colony to have his teeth examined and prophylactically cleaned.\nIn January 2023, Navalny became very ill in the SHIZO. He had a high temperature, cough and fever; no transfer of medication or hospitalisation was allowed.\n\nOn 16 February 2024, the FSIN Directorate reported Navalny's death in the colony. The next day this information was also confirmed by the politician's supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":945,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":135,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 151.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["239","282.1","282.3","151.2","280","280","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 239","Part 3, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 282.3","Part 2, Article 151.2","Part 1, Article 280","Part 2, Article 280","Part 3, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Navalny and Daniel Kholodny Extremist Community Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he created an extremist community no later than 2014. To support the activities of this community, together with his associates, he created eight non-profit organisations, which became structural subdivisions of the community. Then, in order to expand the scope of criminal activity to 37 regions of the country, together with other leaders of the community created a public movement \"Navalny's Headquarters\". The community was financed by raising money through broadcasts on the YouTube channel Navalny LIVE.\n\nTogether with his supporters, he organised the distribution on his personal pages on the Internet and on the pages of FBK on behalf of the community of publications containing calls for the participation of citizens of the Russian Federation in uncoordinated actions in January 2021; minors were involved in the actions.\n\nThe investigation also believes that Navalny was involved in the dissemination of a collage with a green-covered monument \"Motherland Calls!\" in the community's VKontakte group.\n\nNavalny is also accused of involvement in Rustem Mulyukov's speech at a rally on 12 June 2017 and the publication of aggressive tweets by former FBK cameraman Pavel Zelensky - these episodes have previously given rise to cases against Mulyukov and Zelensky for calling for extremism.\n\nThe charges under the articles on calls to extremism, rehabilitation of Nazism, establishment of an NGO infringing on the rights of citizens, and involvement of minors in dangerous actions were dropped due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.09.2023 to 28.11.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.01.2023 to 01.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023\n• Unknown: from 28.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• Unknown: from 01.12.2023 to 01.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.12.2023 to 01.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.12.2023 to 01.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Komi\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.08.2023, Sentence: 19 years' deprivation of liberty in a special regime colony, a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (special 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On 11 July 2022, the measure of restriction was changed to prohibition of certain actions. On 27 February 2023, he was sentenced to six years and one month in a general regime penal colony. On 22 March, the appeals court cancelled the sentence and returned the case to the court of the first instance, Zhiltsov's measure of restriction was replaced with prohibition of certain actions.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yalta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":578,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yalta"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yalta","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising activities and financing an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 30.07.2021 to 11.07.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 11.07.2022 to 27.02.2023\n• in custody: from 27.02.2023 to 19.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 29.07.2021 to 30.07.2021\n• in custody: from 19.07.2023 to 22.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 22.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.02.2023, Sentence: Six years and one month of deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years and one month of deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":73,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-27T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-27T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-02-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/08/d44660/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recGcy7X5TBIQw33k"},{"persecution_id":"recSyV6tI56yFPaiv","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"reczeBMLcCOhAbR7I","name_en":"Andrei Sevostianov","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladivostok. A hooliganism case was brought against him for firing a flare gun at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January 2021. Sevostianov was given a recognisance not to leave. On 13 July 2021, he was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":192,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Sevostianov's case of hooliganism at the 23 January rally in Vladivostok","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he fired a flare gun at the rally on 23 January.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.07.2021, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-12T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSyV6tI56yFPaiv"},{"persecution_id":"recHunXZkqsjLsKcM","last_updated":"2025-03-11T12:59:28.000Z","person_id":"recm7YkjEgdH6lyOo","name_en":"Oleksandr Olekhnovich","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attyfRWKoNVlQyerp.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attyfRWKoNVlQyerp.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ship repairman.\nAfter the action on 23 January 2021 in support of Navalny, he was put on a wanted list. On 26 January 2021, Olekhnovich appeared before the Investigative Committee and made a signed apology to a police officer unknown to him, whom he, Olekhnovich, as he himself claims, used violence against at the 23 January rally in support of Alexei Navalny. The lawyer says that Olekhnovich intervened when police officers started dragging another protester on the ground. Olekhnovich was questioned as a witness and released, but the next day he was detained and charged. On 28 January the court sent him to custody.\n\nOn 23 April he was sentenced to two years of probation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":84,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"The case of attack on police officers at the January 23 rally in Vladivostok","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version, he grabbed S.V. Galkin, an employee of the UMVD PPSP regiment, by the hood of his uniform jacket with his hands, pulled it towards himself and started pulling the hood to the ground with force, pulling the jacket down on S.V. Galkin's head. The police officer leaned forward, and Olekhnovich delivered at least two punches with his right hand to the head and torso area, causing the police officer to experience physical pain.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.01.2021 to 28.01.2021\n• in custody: from 28.01.2021 to 23.04.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.04.2021, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-20T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-20T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-01-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recHunXZkqsjLsKcM"},{"persecution_id":"rech37KtfuwB1GaRt","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:10:31.000Z","person_id":"recVzaFi0bLeQ7qeg","name_en":"Yuri Sidorov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 27 May 2021, it became known that Sidorov was put on the federal wanted list. On 28 May, he himself reported that he was summoned for questioning on 31 May for a criminal case on carrying out activities of an organisation declared undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation. On 30 May, Sidorov was detained, taken to the Investigative Committee, and then released under obligation to appear in court. On 31 May, he was questioned as part of the criminal case. On 17 February 2022, the court dismissed the case, considering that Sidorov withdrew from the organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Municipal deputies"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2022-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 284.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"Yuri Sidorov's case on the activities of an 'undesirable organisation'","case_number":"1-576/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"Organised an action 'to distribute tickets to theimaginary film \"I haven't seen it, but I condemn it\"' in the cinema 'Offended feelings' in connection with the outrage of believers over the screening of the film \"Matilda\", an action in the building of the Government of Chuvashia 'to transfer a book on gynaecology \"The main book about women\" to the Minister of Health of Chuvashia V.N. Viktorov, A.O. Ladykov, the city manager of Cheboksary, a Russian-Chinese phrasebook to the Head of Chuvashia M.V. Ignatyev and Orwell's book \"1984\" to the Chuvashian prosecutor V.M. Poslovsky', an action \"to give a bouquet of yellow tulips' to the former speaker of the Chuvash State Council Valery Filimonov.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.02.2022","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2022-02-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 27-05-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/05/28/zakon-prinimaetsya-chetko-pod-nas-pochemu-likvidiruyut-organizaciyu-otkrytaya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rech37KtfuwB1GaRt"},{"persecution_id":"recShAs7qeXkQ6t2m","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec5pvXeVJHytKs9A","name_en":"Anastasia Chistova","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She was detained in connection with the publication of a photo with simulated oral sex in front of a temple (Chistova was wearing a uniform with the inscription \"Police\"). On 1 October 2021 the court arrested Chistova for 10 days under the administrative article on disobedience to the police orders. On 2 October it became known that a criminal case on insulting religious feelings was opened against Chistova. On 29 October she was sentenced to 10 months of general regime colony. She was released on 11 July 2022.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":26,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 148 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 148 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of the photo shoot in front of the temple","case_number":"01-0040/370/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the publication of a provocative photo with simulated oral sex in front of St Basil's Cathedral.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 11.07.2022\n• administrative detention: from 01.10.2021 to 09.10.2021\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.10.2021, Sentence: ten months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"ten months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":10,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-10-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-10-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/10/d45203/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-04-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Delo-o-fotografii-u-Sobora-Vasiliya-Blazhennogo-04-18\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recShAs7qeXkQ6t2m"},{"persecution_id":"recviVFvWJuUeJxJr","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:04:08.000Z","person_id":"rec3DP6flRyxkbDdS","name_en":"Nikolai Deviaty","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atta1mhEV6tDXM7r7.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atta1mhEV6tDXM7r7.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-01-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg who worked in the IT sector was detained on 24 January 2021 and taken into custody the next day on charges of using violence against two traffic police officers during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January. Initially, Deviaty was charged with using non-dangerous violence against public officials, but the charge was later escalated to dangerous violence. Deviaty reported bribery within the pre-trial detention center, after which he was no longer brought to court for hearings. On 5 August, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a general-regime colony. It is believed that he was released in 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":192,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Nikolai Deviaty on the use of violence against a police officer and a traffic police officer at the 23 January rally in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at the action on 23 January, he attacked a traffic police officer and hit another policeman while trying to escape.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 10.11.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast - \"Gorelovo\"\n• in custody: from 25.01.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 24.01.2021 to 25.01.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2021 to 01.01.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.08.2021, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 23-01-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recviVFvWJuUeJxJr"},{"persecution_id":"recPenpSCV9VGSYH0","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"reclaqaoq1c5WKR76","name_en":"Grigorii Severin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attFlPh83iCwrvd85.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attFlPh83iCwrvd85.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Voronezh. PhD student of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, civil activist. He has repeatedly faced pressure from the authorities. In November 2020, he was fined in connection with a solidarity action with residents of Khabarovsk Krai who were protesting against the arrest of the region's ex-governor, Sergey Furgal. In January 2021, Severin was arrested for five days because of a picket in support of Alexei Navalny.\nThe criminal prosecution of Severin became known in February 2021. The reason for arrest was a post on \"VKontakte\" dated 19 December 2019. On that day, a resident of Podolsk, Evgeny Manyurov, opened fire outside the FSB building on Lubyanka. According to the investigation, Severin allegedly wrote \"cut the Chekitsts\" on his page under a post about the shooting. He did not admit guilt, saying that he did not write the corresponding comment. In addition, a case of insulting a representative of the authorities was brought against him because on the day of the search he published a photo with the caption \"'We'll break through,' said the condoms\".\n\nOn 23 August 2022, Severin was sentenced to two years in a penal colony.\nOn 5 July 2023, at the request of the colony administration, the court decided to transfer Severin to a general regime colony. The appellate court upheld this decision on 12 December, despite the fact that Severin had already been released on 4 August 2023. However, on 22 August 2023, the court recalculated Severin's time spent under house arrest at the rate of two days of house arrest per day of imprisonment and ordered the released activist to spend another 84 days in the colony. On 14 December 2023, the appellate court reversed this decision and returned the case to the court of first instance. On 19 July 2024, the court again ordered Severin to spend 84 days in the colony. He was again taken into custody, after which he was sent to the colony. On 6 September 2024, Severin was released.\n\nOn 22 April 2025, Severin was searched in connection with a case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces due to conversations with prisoners in the colony about the war. The next day he was taken into custody. On 28 February 2026, Severin was sentenced in this case to three years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":599,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Article 319 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Article 319"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of calls for extremism on the Internet","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case alleging calls for extremist activity was initiated due to a post made on December 19, 2019. On that date, Evgenii Maniurov opened fire outside the FSB building in Lubyanka. Grigory Severin allegedly wrote on his social media page, \"slaughter the gebnya\" (a derogatory term for KGB). He pleads not guilty. \n\nThe case for insulting a representative of the authorities stems from a post with a photo taken during the search of his apartment with the caption: 'We'll break through,' said the condoms\". ","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 08.12.2022\n• in custody:  to 01.08.2021\n• house arrest: from 01.08.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 10 of the Voronezh Region Penitentiary Department\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 04.08.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 10 of the Voronezh Region Penitentiary Department\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.07.2024 to 21.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Oblast\n• punishment cell: from 22.08.2024 to 06.09.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 10 of the Voronezh Region Penitentiary Department\"\n• Unknown: from 07.09.2024 to 06.09.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.08.2022, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in colony-settlement, ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in colony-settlement, ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-23T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-23T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services, and attracting new supporters. 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He was detained on charges of calling for extremism: according to the investigation, on 31 January 2021 he called to go to a rally in support of Alexei Navalnyi and commit \"physical violence against law enforcement officers and members of their families\". After his detention, a video of him apologising was published. On 23 April 2021, Demenko was sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tula"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":112,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly","freedom of expression"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Artemii Demenko's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He recorded a video in which, according to the investigation, he called for violence at the rally on 31 January.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.04.2021, Sentence: 1.5 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1.5 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-23T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-23T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recThi1oZvhEQ0K5L"},{"persecution_id":"recQDjHxM1rbRRoWa","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recCNY97OdjdllyS1","name_en":"Irina Ermilova","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 165 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["165"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 165"],"case_group_en":["The case of damage to the Moscow Property Department"],"case_name_en":"The case of Irina Ermilova","persecution_case_profile_en":"Ermilova is accused of causing property damage by deceit or breach of trust (point \"b\" of part 2 of article 165 of the Criminal Code) and of incomplete payment of rent payments by a group of persons by prior agreement (point \"a\" of part 2 of article 165 of the Criminal Code). The matter concerns the debt for renting the basement premises by the company \"Sector-2A\" Ltd, whose director was Ermilova. The firm was supposed to make a training centre, but as a result it went bankrupt and has not conducted any activity for more than five years.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• IStories:\n Date: 25-06-2021\n Source: https://istories.media/investigations/2021/06/25/eto-dolgi--kogo-nado-dolgi/?tztc=1\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["IStories"],"aid":"recQDjHxM1rbRRoWa"},{"persecution_id":"recWrGuKj64uVtBJJ","last_updated":"2025-09-04T19:26:33.000Z","person_id":"recNgRoPyOZAyXK4i","name_en":"Alexander Popras","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 1 June 2021, Popras' home was searched. He was detained after interrogation in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation, later released. On 28 July 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 550 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gryazi"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1518,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":216,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Gryazyakh"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in 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On 26 March the court decided to take Velizhanina into custody on the case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 4 March 2022 she was transferred under house arrest.  On 28 March, she was sentenced to a year and four months in a general regime colony, the term was considered served, and she was released in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2021-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":368,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 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from 26.03.2021 to 16.04.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation  for Krasnodar Krai\n• house arrest: from 04.03.2022 to 28.03.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.03.2022, Sentence: one year and five months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"one year and five months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":17,"first_verdict_date":"2022-03-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-03-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 07-03-2021\n Source: 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Memorial:\n Date: 31-10-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-telegram-kanala-chto-delat/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reckHyoRWfgEUDakl"},{"persecution_id":"recLAKDH8krlGN7kB","last_updated":"2025-04-30T17:48:21.000Z","person_id":"recQvxvH3KBfCvZly","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":2002,"age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A minor. Trained as a programmer, student at the College of Communications and Informatics.\n\nIn July, it became known that the investigation asked to drop the case.\n\n\"He is an ordinary first-year student, nothing unusual,\" classmates say in one voice. The guy, they say, studied well in school and dreamed of becoming a programmer. He himself entered the College of Communications and Informatics. The young man's classmates characterise the \"riot instigator\" as a responsive and kind person. \"He posted the story in \"VKontakte\" as a joke, say, take milk, take masks (from fines), put out your passport, so that if taken away, they did not know who you are,\" says one of the classmates. The students are sure that the investigators may not have understood the joke.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2021-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":187,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly","freedom of expression"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Case of calls for mass riots in Rostov-on-Don","case_number":"1-210/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, published posts with calls to participate in the action.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.07.2021, Sentence: Case dismissed, court fine imposed","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Case dismissed, court fine imposed","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-07-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-07T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLAKDH8krlGN7kB"},{"persecution_id":"recFifYbsRRZN6kNh","last_updated":"2026-01-04T21:39:10.000Z","person_id":"recShG7suiD8E01zG","name_en":"Artem Samsonov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att67ptzY6toAacHT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att67ptzY6toAacHT.jpg"],"birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former CPRF member of the Primorsky Krai Legislative Assembly. The criminal case against the deputy was initiated in November 2021: two months before that, the local branch of the CPRF, which he headed, won the elections to the regional parliament in 8 out of 11 polling stations in Vladivostok.\n\nAccording to the investigation, the politician showed a dildo and told about the purpose of the object to an 11-year-old boy, whose family was staying at the same recreation centre.\n\nThe prosecution believes that Samsonov committed the crime in July 2018 in a tent camp on a wild beach, where the boy was holidaying with his father Nikolai Koldaev. Initially, Koldaev claimed that he put up the tent in June and did not remove it until September. However, the defence managed to prove that the family put up the tent in the camp only in August. Then Koldaev changed his testimony: according to the new version, he put up the tent in June, but then repeatedly removed it for repairs.\n\nThe reason for the initiation of criminal proceedings was the statement of the deputy Irina Safonova, an acquaintance of Samsonov, who is in a relationship with the father of the boy injured in the case. Previously, Samsonov had set up a tent camp on a wild beach, but because of his employment in the party, he handed over the place of informal leader of the camp to Safonova.\n\n\"Mediazona\" reported that there was a conflict between them: Safonova decided to take money from holidaymakers at the closed beach; the deputy himself wanted it to be a free urban space. The publication notes that the woman repeatedly wrote statements against Samsonov with the wording \"walking naked and campaigning for Navalny\".\n\nMediazona journalists also relay the lawyers' version: \"dildos - in large quantities and repeatedly - were brought to the beach by Safonova herself\". The defence lawyers interviewed more than a dozen witnesses who confirmed this information and provided relevant photos and videos.\n\nIn September 2022, Samsonov was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony on charges of violent acts of a sexual nature against a person under the age of fourteen (item \"b\" part 4 of article 132 of the Criminal Code). On 27 February the regional court sent the case for a new hearing and transferred the deputy from the pre-trial detention centre to house arrest. However, in early May, the court of cassation cancelled the decision to cancel the verdict, and Samsonov was again placed in the detention centre.\n\nOn 24 May 2023, the court banned Samsonov from communicating with his family.\n\nIn November 2023, it became known that Samsonov's lawyers were penalised because of posts about his case.\n\nIn January 2024, it was reported that Samsonov was banned from working in the colony's library - presumably because he talks about violations in the colony and his life there.\n\nIn June 2025, the court denied the request of the Primorsky Krai Department of the Penitentiary Service hospital to release Samsonov, despite the fact that he was diagnosed a skin cancer. 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Memorial:\n Date: 24-08-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-primorskogo-deputata-artyoma-samsonova/; https://memopzk.org/figurant/samsonov-artyom-anatolevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On August 27, 2021, Kudrin was sentenced to eight months in a penal colony. On October 27, the court of appeal reduced the term by one month. In 2022, Kudrin was released from prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":237,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","213","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 213","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Yekaterinburg smoke bomb case","case_number":"1-354/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he threw a training grenade under the feet of the National Guard soldiers at the action on January 23.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 27.10.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.08.2021, Sentence: 7 months imprisonment in a penal colony; the court of the first instance imposed 8 months; the court of appeal mitigated the sentence due to the fact that Kudrin's wife is pregnant.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 months imprisonment in a penal colony; the court of the first instance imposed 8 months; the court of appeal mitigated the sentence due to the fact that Kudrin's wife is pregnant.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-26T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 18-05-2021\n Source: https://ovd.info/navalny-protests\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec8hpnq3NihUsB71"},{"persecution_id":"recMGQKY03fyErDSt","last_updated":"2025-02-25T06:40:00.000Z","person_id":"recZvRDzKfBQ8luny","name_en":"Aleksei Kupriianov","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On February 17, 2021, Kupriianov's home was searched. On July 8, he was searched again, after that he was detained and taken away for questioning. The next day the court sent him to custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On November 19, he was transferred to house arrest. On June 21, 2022, Kupriianov's preventive measure was replaced by a ban on certain actions. On September 15, 2023, Kupriianov was sentenced to a year of imprisonment and half a year of restriction of freedom, the court considered the term of imprisonment served.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kovrov"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":940,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":134,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksei Kupriianov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Took part in religious meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kovrov, spoke at them; collected information about the amount of work done on the introduction of the ideology of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious doctrine.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions","in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.07.2021 to 09.07.2021\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 21.06.2022 to 15.09.2023\n• in custody: from 09.07.2021 to 19.11.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• house arrest: from 19.11.2021 to 21.06.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 15.09.2023 to 03.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.10.2023 to 01.04.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2023, Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment, release from serving the sentence on the account of the time spent in custody and house arrest, 6 months' restriction of liberty ","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's imprisonment, release from serving the sentence on the account of the time spent in custody and house arrest, 6 months' restriction of liberty ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-15T13:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-15T13:50:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-07-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/07/d44552/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recMGQKY03fyErDSt"},{"persecution_id":"recGM56TrzjWvI6xN","last_updated":"2025-01-18T15:21:11.000Z","person_id":"reckEGMCksBCvyb2r","name_en":"Yuri Temirbulatov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 10 February 2021, taken into custody on 12 February on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 8 August 2022, sentenced to six and a half years suspended sentence, released in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":543,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"From September 2017 to the present day, knowing about the ban on the activities of the Management Center, he organised a community in the north of Moscow where followers studied religious literature and information from other sources promoting the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses. They also carried out other actions characteristic of this association, including conducting online meetings via video conferencing","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.02.2021 to 12.02.2021\n• in custody: from 30.12.2021 to 07.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 04.04.2022 to 08.08.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 12.02.2021 to 22.12.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 07.03.2022 to 04.04.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.12.2021 to 30.12.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.08.2022, Sentence: Six years and six months of a suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years and six months of a suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-07T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-02-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/02/d43655/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recGM56TrzjWvI6xN"},{"persecution_id":"recOsICpFu4jNR1TO","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:40:11.000Z","person_id":"recwIqKnnJQpB0QMY","name_en":"Anton Dementev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 267 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","267"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318","Part 1, Article 267"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"St. Petersburg case of street blocking","case_number":"1-490/2010","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, involved in the blocking of roads at the action on 23 January 2021 in support of Alexei Navalny.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOsICpFu4jNR1TO"},{"persecution_id":"rectS0UOaIo7paWAK","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:05:53.000Z","person_id":"rec7JDsJ0AaYy8KGo","name_en":"Roman Pichuzhin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZOvKP4oePhmcuA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZOvKP4oePhmcuA.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Member of the election commission. Diagnosed with epilepsy.\n\nOn 20 February 2021, there was information about the initiation of a case of violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 31 January. The name of the suspect was not mentioned, but indirect data suggested that it was Pichuzhin, who was serving a 30-day administrative arrest after being detained at the rally. On 2 March Pichuzhin was detained after leaving the special reception centre and sent to custody the next day.\n\nOn 29 June he was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. Pichuzhin was transferred to the colony before the judgement became final, but then transferred back. He was released on 26 October 2022.\n\nFrom Pichuzhin's letter of 13.08.2021:\n\"All prisoners from \"our\" transfer had bags - in them, they carried their belongings. It was impossible to run - the bags were heavy, and I had a bad back. But the staff cursed and ordered me to run. The dogs were barking. I think I have only seen such things in Nazi films. As I understood, this \"ritual\" was invented to humiliate the prisoners once again.\nI couldn't run - the heat and heavy bags. I took a step. Then one of the guards shouted \"What don't you understand?!\" and hit me on the neck with his hand.\nSince each of the officers had a video recorder on their chests, I started to express my complaints to them during the search and medical examination. They remained silent.\nAfter that, they put me in a solitary cold cell and kept me there until 03 a.m. on 11 July. My travelling ration along with all my other belongings were taken away from me.\nIt was impossible to sleep in that cell. It turned out that I was deprived of sleep and food from 9 p.m. on 09 July to 3 a.m. on 11 July. So I was tortured by hunger, heat, cold, and sleep deprivation.\nTogether with all my belongings, my orthopedic mattress, which I need because of my health problems, was taken away from me. Instead, they gave me an imitation of a mattress, which was impossible to sleep on.\nThere are elbow-length rats in pre-trial detention centre No. 1 in Vladimir. There are no windows or ventilation in some rooms. It's hard.\nAfter quarantine, I was transferred to Kolchugino SIZO-3. 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He was arrested for 10 days under the administrative article on organising an unauthorised event. On 2 February, he was released from the special detention centre. The next day, he was detained again, this time under a criminal case of public justification of terrorism.\n\nThe reason for the criminal case was Nadein's statement about Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who had committed a self-bombing in the building of the Arkhangelsk FSB. He was taken into custody. In April 2021, a forensic psychiatric examination saw signs of insanity in Nadein's actions.\n\nIn June 2021 it became known that Nadein was secretly transported from Irkutsk to Khabarovsk. Later, the lawyer found out that it happened by mistake: the staff of the pre-trial detention centre assumed that the case would be considered not at an off-site session in the building of the Irkutsk Garrison Military Court but in the premises of the 1st Eastern District Military Court in Khabarovsk.\n\nOn 19 July 2021, the court decided to compulsorily send Nadein to a psychiatric hospital.\n\nIn March 2024, Nadein was released from the hospital. In April, he was prescribed compulsory outpatient treatment. Under the terms of the treatment, the man must check in with a psychiatrist on a monthly basis.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":198,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitry Nadein","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation's version, he posted comments about the explosion at the FSB office in Arkhangelsk.","persecution_location_en":"Ambulatory treatment","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.02.2021 to 10.08.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.09.2021 to 01.03.2024, IOCPB NO. 1\n• Unknown: from 10.08.2021 to 01.09.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.07.2021, Sentence: A decision has been made to impose compulsory medical measures due to insanity","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"A decision has been made to impose compulsory medical measures due to insanity","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-07-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-09-2023\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/nadein-dmitrij-olegovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Later she was charged with incitement to violate the rules.\n\nOn 16 August she was sentenced to one and a half years of restricted freedom. On 30 August it became known that Yarmysh left Russia. On 11 March 2022, it was reported that Yarmysh was wanted. On 16 June, the court commuted her remaining sentence - nine months - to real deprivation of liberty.\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was opened against Yarmysh for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.\n\nOn 14 October 2022, she was entered in the register of individuals - \"foreign agents\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":205,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 236 of the Criminal Code considering 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I felt sorry for the kid.\"\n\nThis is how 38-year-old Vitaly Timofeyenko, a resident of the town of Raduzhny in the Vladimir region, explained his act. At a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in Vladimir on 23 January 2021, he sprayed a gas canister in the face of a policeman when he tried to detain one of the protesters. \"I just started to get through the crowd - I saw that the guy was lying on the snow, that he was wheezing, that he was being held, I even find it difficult to say, by how many people,\" Timofeyenko told the court hearing.\n\nThe policeman suffered a chemical burn to his eye. Timofeyenko was immediately detained. At the trial he fully admitted guilt, repented and apologised to the victim. The policeman accepted the apology.\n\nVitaly Timofeyenko works as a fitter at a local production facility. His colleagues told the court that Vitaly is hardworking, tactful and always ready to help. Neighbours recalled that he had been working part-time since he was 14 years old, helping his mother.\n\nOn 5 March 2021, Timofeyenko was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. 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The next day, the court sent him to detention as part of the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 25 November, he was transferred to house arrest, then he was given a prohibition of certain actions.\n\nOn 15 July 2023, Adestov was sentenced to a year in a general regime colony and 11 months of restricted freedom. The court released him on account of the time spent under preventive measures.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kovrov"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2023-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":707,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":101,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Roman Adestov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"took part in religious meetings of the members of the SI MRO in Kovrov, spoke at them; collected information on the amount of work done... to introduce the ideology of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious doctrine into the civilian masses","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.07.2021 to 09.07.2021\n• house arrest: from 25.11.2021 to 21.06.2022\n• in custody: from 09.07.2021 to 25.11.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 21.06.2022 to 15.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.06.2023, Sentence: 1 year of deprivation of liberty, release from serving the sentence, 11 months of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of deprivation of liberty, release from serving the sentence, 11 months of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-15T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-15T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-07-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/07/d44552/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recruzn3JGq9KviQL"},{"persecution_id":"recMF0PWNq2lZkOxX","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recG9CV3h8TtUzeQj","name_en":"Eduard Kislov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Barnaul. A criminal case was initiated against him on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities: according to the investigation, he delivered a single blow with his right hand to the head of the commander of an auto platoon during a rally held on January 23, 2021, in support of Alexey Navalny. According to Kislov, he did not participate in the protest and, on January 23, was in the center of Barnaul looking for a pharmacy in order to purchase medication. He attempted to cross the road at an unauthorized location, as there were many people around and traffic had been blocked, making it impossible to cross the road by any other means. On April 30, 2021, Kislov was sentenced to a fine of eight thousand rubles. The court authorized him to pay the fine in installments over a period of four months.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2021-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":118,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"The case of 23 January in Barnaul","case_number":"1-350/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he delivered a single blow with his right hand to the head of the commander of an auto platoon during the rally on January 23.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.04.2021, Sentence: A fine of 8,000 rubles; the court allowed the fine to be paid in installments over a period of four months.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 8,000 rubles; the court allowed the fine to be paid in installments over a period of four months.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":8000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-29T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recMF0PWNq2lZkOxX"},{"persecution_id":"recDYRRWvwLW1ZITG","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recWPqAJKqySwZ3e9","name_en":"Sergey Reznik","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergey Reznik is an opposition journalist from Rostov-on-Don. The newspapers he worked for were gradually closed down, and in recent years he has been engaged in journalistic activities exclusively on his blog in Live Journal. In his opinion, the reason for the persecution was his support of former Rostov Region prosecutor Valery Kuznetsov in his fight against local officials. Reznik's phone was tapped and he received threatening calls. After complaints to the Investigative Committee, prosecutor's office and FSB about threats, a case was opened against Reznik under the article on false denunciation: he allegedly hired people to call him and threaten him, and now accuses them of threats. Reznik was also charged with commercial bribery - he allegedly tried to bribe an employee of a vehicle inspection station to pass the inspection without showing his car - as well as insulting a representative of authority - in his blog he called Olga Solovyeva, chairwoman of the Arbitration Court of the region, a mummy. Reznik, his supporters and lawyers revealed a number of falsifications in the case, but the court sentenced the journalist to a year and a half in a general regime penal colony. Already after Reznik was convicted, another case was brought against him - about false denunciation and at the same time insulting Rostov police operative Andrei Glinkin (Reznik suspected him of pedophilia), as well as insulting Dmitry Ishchenko, deputy head of the department for countering extremism of the Rostov region's Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Reznik called him a put-down) and Roman Klimov, former deputy prosecutor of the Rostov region (he called him a tractor driver and prosecutor swindler). On 22 January 2015, he was sentenced to three years in a colony. On 13 May, the court of second instance reduced the sentence by a month. On 25 October 2016, he was released.\n\nOn 15 October 2021 Reznik was taken from Reznik's signature on non-departure in the framework of the case of insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. On 25 October, he was indicted. Due to the fact that Reznik's whereabouts were not established, he was put on a wanted list.\n\nIn July 2022, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Reznik for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was opened against Reznik for extorting money from Roman Gevorkyan, the director of the Nakhchivan market in Rostov-on-Don. In the same month, it was reported that three cases - on the rehabilitation of Nazism, on \"fakes\" and on extortion - were merged.\n\nIn December 2022, it became known that Reznik was prosecuted for calls for extremist activity because of a post with comments by anonymous lawyers about the shooting at a military recruitment centre in the Irkutsk region, published in the Rostov_com Telegram channel. Then in Ust-Ilimsk, 25-year-old Ruslan Zinin wounded a military commissar with a rifle, after which he was detained by Rosgvardia officers. The linguists who conducted the expert examination saw in the publication \"justification of violent ideology\" and \"incitement to commit violence against military commissars\". Reznik claims that the investigation has no evidence of his involvement in these comments. This case was merged with the previous one.\n\nOn 11 March 2026, Reznik was sentenced in absentia to ten years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1622,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":231,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 163 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","163","207.3","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 163","Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Reznik's case regarding \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, rehabilitation of Nazism, incitement to extremism and extortion","case_number":"2-48/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published materials in his Telegram channel containing \"knowingly false information about the goals, tasks and procedure of Russia's special military operation on the territory of Ukraine\". In addition, together with unidentified persons, he wrote false information about Gevorgyan in the telegram channel \"Deputy of all departments\", after which he called the businessman's son and demanded to transfer 60 thousand rubles  to him, which the latter did - and also justified the German attack on the USSR in 1941.\n\nThe reason for the charge of calling for extremism was a post with comments by anonymous lawyers about the shooting at a military recruitment centre in the Irkutsk Region, published in the Rostov_com Telegram channel. At the time, in Ust-Ilimsk, 25-year-old Ruslan Zinin wounded a military commissar with a rifle, after which he was detained by the National Guard officers. The linguists who conducted the expert examination perceived \"justification of violent ideology\" and \"incitement to commit violence against military commissars\" in the publication. Reznik claims that the investigation has no evidence of his involvement in these comments.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 02.03.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.03.2026, Sentence: On January  22, 2015, the Leninsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don, taking into account Reznik's previous conviction under part 2 of article 306 of the Criminal Code and two other episodes under article 319 of the Criminal Code, sentenced him to 3 years in a general regime penal colony with deprivation of the right to engage in journalistic activities for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"On January  22, 2015, the Leninsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don, taking into account Reznik's previous conviction under part 2 of article 306 of the Criminal Code and two other episodes under article 319 of the Criminal Code, sentenced him to 3 years in a general regime penal colony with deprivation of the right to engage in journalistic activities for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-11T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-11T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 12-07-2022\n Source: https://data.ovdinfo.org/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-12-2022\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2022/12/28/na-rostovskogo-zhurnalista-sergeya-reznika-zaveli-esche-odno-ugolovnoe-delo\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recDYRRWvwLW1ZITG"},{"persecution_id":"recfnWOxzrIvcgUHN","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:09:04.000Z","person_id":"recGVBe0IRDcEY84C","name_en":"Vladimir Chesnokov","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Cheboksary. In October 2013, together with five other members of the Jehovah's Witnesses community, he was accused of involvement in an extremist organisation. In December 2016, the case was dropped due to lack of corpus delicti.\nOn 7 June 2021, Chesnokov was charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation. He was given a covenant not to leave the country. On 10 February 2022, he was sentenced to a fine of 400,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2022-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":247,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Cheboksary"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Chesnokov, Vladimir Dutkin, and Valery Yakovlev","persecution_case_profile_en":"Being aware of the unlawfulness of his actions, he organised and held meetings (gatherings) of a religious group of Jehovah's Witnesses in the city of Cheboksary in specially rented premises enclosed by a solid high fence with a separate entrance, excluding any visual and vocal contact with unauthorised persons, under the guise of friendly meetings, tea parties, and cooking kebabs.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 13.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2022, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in absentia, ban on administering Internet pages for a period of 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in absentia, ban on administering Internet pages for a period of 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-01-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/01/d45679/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recfnWOxzrIvcgUHN"},{"persecution_id":"rec75eC3zPHpk3qtR","last_updated":"2026-02-13T17:21:15.000Z","person_id":"recTSPZ2XsOeUvk8x","name_en":"Vladislav Lagutkin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Accused of using violence against a representative of the authorities in connection with the action on 23 January 2021 in support of Alexei Navalny. Initially, Lagutkin was charged with the use of violence, both non-dangerous and dangerous to life and health, but the court upheld only the charge of non-dangerous violence. On 10 March 2022, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. 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A recognisance not to abscond was taken. 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Four years of my personal protest\" and symbols of \"Artpodgotovka\", offered CPRF member Pavel Grudinin to participate in a broadcast with the leader of \"Artpodgotovka\" Vyacheslav Maltsev, participated in Vyacheslav Maltsev's broadcasts, congratulated him on his birthday, reposted \"Artpodgotovka\" publications, and kept a video with the announcement of the picket.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.04.2023, Sentence: 2 years of forced labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of forced labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-10T05:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-10T05:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rect2dxWtdeNIbl7L"},{"persecution_id":"recSjbY20L0ZLLM5X","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recVBB6MYciStsGWM","name_en":"Lyubov Sobol","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3dgUdFwBfgJBkG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3dgUdFwBfgJBkG.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former lawyer of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, including the RosPil project, producer of the Navalny LIVE channel, graduate of Moscow State University Law School. Author of investigations into anti-icing chemicals, the Vostochny cosmodrome and the mass poisoning of children in Moscow kindergartens. She has announced her nomination to the State Duma (lower house of Russian parliament).\n\nOn 21st December 2020, detained near the home of an FSB officer Konstantin Kudryavtsev, whom Alexei Navalny accused of involvement in his own poisoning. On December 23, she was fined one thousand rubles under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers. On December 25, Sobol's home was searched, after which she was interrogated as part of a criminal case on violation of inviolability of the property with threat of violence. On April 5, during the trial in the case, the court removed Sobol from the courtroom until the end of the debate. However, the court did not prevent Sobol from participating in the sessions. On April 15, Sobol was sentenced to one year of correctional labour on probation.  27th of May, the court of appeal returned the case to the court of first instance for elimination of procedural violations. On June 8 the decision was left unchanged. In November, the Federal Penitentiary Service demanded to replace the suspended sentence with a real one. On December 2nd the court satisfied the submission of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). On 8 June 2022, the same court replaced correctional labour with four months of imprisonment.\n\nOn 27 January 2021, she was detained in a criminal case on violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules, her flat was searched. On January 29, the court sent Sobol under house arrest. Later she was charged with incitement to violate the rules. On April 7, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen. On August 3rd she was sentenced to one and a half years of restriction of freedom. A few days later it became known that Sobol left Russia. In October, she was declared wanted. On 14 April 2022, the court changed her remaining sentence of five months and 26 days to imprisonment.\n\nIn September 2021, it became known that a case of extremist community activity had been opened against Sobol and other Navalny supporters. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with cases of money laundry, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, financing of extremist activities and establishment of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. She was arrested in absentia in May 2022.\n\nIn October 2021, it was reported that a libel case was brought against Sobol because of a video about businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin.\n\nIn May 2022 she was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Sobol for spreading “deliberately false information” about the Russian Armed Forces.\n\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases related to mass actions","Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"The case of an extremist community led by Navalny","case_number":"01-0333/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she was a member of an extremist community, within the framework of which she held \"uncoordinated public events, during which calls to extremist and terrorist activities were made, unlawful actions were carried out, resulting in the violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, and harm to public order and public safety\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-11-2021\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshchestve-storonnikov-navalnogo\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-09-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/09/d44992/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recSjbY20L0ZLLM5X"},{"persecution_id":"recoVAWl5EU4HUCfC","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rechXHvjDSHwwcpHR","name_en":"Olga Bendas","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atto8CW6muiTQAHcZ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atto8CW6muiTQAHcZ.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Olga Bendas participated in a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January 2021. Many media reported that Bendas is a citizen of Ukraine, but this is not true: Olga was born in Odessa in 1985 and now has Russian citizenship.\n\nOn 29 January 2021, she was sent to detention on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny.\n\nThe investigation claims that the woman struck the policeman several times, including on the head. Bendas does not deny guilt. Olga is known for the video where she picks up a baton from the ground with the words \"I'll keep this trophy anyway.\" The media reported that she took it from one of the law enforcers, but the video refutes this.\n\nOn 22 June 2021, Bendas was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony. On 31 August 2022, she was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":145,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Olga Bendas and Alexander Glushkov on the use of violence against police officers on 23 January protest in Moscow","case_number":"01-0278/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"struck several blows with her hands on the head and torso of a police officer on Pushkinskaya Square on 23 January and took away a baton lying on the ground","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 16.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai\n• in custody: from 29.01.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2022 to 31.08.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.06.2021, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-22T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-06-22T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-01-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recoVAWl5EU4HUCfC"},{"persecution_id":"rec1mUARKzBN3yIdq","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:59:10.000Z","person_id":"recLVXorRERMsXyvz","name_en":"Danil Suvorov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attVwTSfVhDS2NVX8.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attVwTSfVhDS2NVX8.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sochi. On 18 August 2021, Suvorov was searched and detained. Later, the court decided to take him into custody as part of a case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. In April 2022, Suvorov was also accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation.\nOn 20 June 2023, Suvorov was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. On 7 April 2026, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2021-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":671,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":95,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Danil Suvorov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"using his authority as a spiritual leader of a follower of the Jehovah's Witnesses religion on the territory of Sochi, Krasnodar Region, committed active actions aimed at inducing, recruiting and otherwise involving ... in the activities of a banned extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.08.2021\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation  for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody:  to 07.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 07.04.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"\n• Unknown: from 08.04.2026 to 07.10.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.06.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-20T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-20T08:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-05-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/05/d46234/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec1mUARKzBN3yIdq"},{"persecution_id":"recRrYuHhKPJmVVUi","last_updated":"2025-03-12T18:08:54.000Z","person_id":"recsECdrnJyc78aQr","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"In a closed group of Belgorod supporters of Navalny he wrote, in his own words, \"this is a bomb\", trying to characterise what he expected from the 23 January rally. Kovyazin says that at the police station he was forced to formulate his testimony as if he had said that a bomb would be planted at the site of the rally itself.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Case on the false report of a terrorist attack","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a comment in a closed group of Navalny's headquarters in Belgorod in VKontakte under a post on the eve of the action on January 23: in the comment a young man wrote \"It's a bomb!\". According to him, during the interrogation he was forced to admit guilt that he wrote in the comment that a bomb would be planted at the rally at a certain address","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRrYuHhKPJmVVUi"},{"persecution_id":"rec5RhPCSQp2xI6qy","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recJkj8Kt4atXQRyF","name_en":"Ruslan (Ruslani Talabjon) (Muzaffar) Bobiev (Murojonzoda)","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"On September 30th, 2021 he was detained because of the publication of a photo with an imitation of oral sex with a temple in the background. On October 1st, the court arrested him for 10 days under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demand of police officers. It was also reported that back in April, he was fined five thousand rubles and ordered to be expelled from the country under the administrative article on violation of the rules of his stay in Moscow. On October 2d, it became known that a criminal case on insulting religious feelings was instituted against Bobiev. On October 29th, he was sentenced to 10 months in a general regime colony. 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On 26 August 2021, detained, the next day taken into custody by court order on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nFor the first weeks, Pike was forced to sleep on the floor in his cell.\nOn 22 December 2023, Pike was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":848,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":121,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.09.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.08.2021 to 27.08.2021\n• in custody: from 27.08.2021 to 10.09.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 06.08.2024 to 09.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.06.2025 to 01.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.12.2023, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-22T13:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-22T13:45:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/08/d44799/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reczf2DdyZNBWtT70"},{"persecution_id":"recTeVhVmjaUhMY5C","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recaV9yy5OaxgSXsK","name_en":"Artem Popov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained in February 2021 on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 31 January. On 4 February, taken into custody by court order. On 5 April, sentenced to one and a half years of suspended sentence.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2022-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":60,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Artem Popov's case of violence against a police officer at the 31 January rally in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at the protest on 31 January pushed a policeman with two hands in the back.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.02.2021 to 05.04.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.04.2021, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' suspended deprivation of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' suspended deprivation of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 03-02-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recTeVhVmjaUhMY5C"},{"persecution_id":"recZDW0OESn7JLEEB","last_updated":"2024-12-21T13:11:41.000Z","person_id":"recYfcs9YThGBVkhz","name_en":"Alexander Serebryakov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attqakHKr86AGfvh5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attqakHKr86AGfvh5.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. 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On 13 December 2024, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2022-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":543,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"in the period from September 2017 to the present, knowing about the ban on the activities of the Management Centre, organised a community in the north of Moscow, where followers studied religious literature and information contained in other sources of information promoting the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses and carried out other activities characteristic of this association; held online meetings via video conferences","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.12.2021 to 30.12.2021\n• in custody: from 30.12.2021 to 08.08.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 12.02.2021 to 22.12.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.02.2021 to 12.02.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.08.2022, Sentence: six years six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years six months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-07T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-07T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-02-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/02/d43655/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recZDW0OESn7JLEEB"},{"persecution_id":"rec8yQzxsmV19M3H3","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"reccPDDc5jZxVjPLi","name_en":"Igor Kuznetsov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZwspDePB2bzF0e.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZwspDePB2bzF0e.jpg"],"birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist, resident of Tomsk. On September 8, 2021, he was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist community in connection with the Left Resistance community. In addition, another case against him was opened in relation to the What-To-Do! (Chto-delat!) Telegram channel. \n\nIn September 2021, Igor was sent to a pre-trial detention centre. The journalist said that during his time in custody he developed diabetes and obesity, and his high blood pressure problems worsened. \n\nOn 20 March 2024, Kuznetsov was given a three-year suspended sentence in the case of his involvement in Left Resistance. In the case of the What-To-Do! 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A case was opened against him for the use of violence at the 21 April 2021 rally in support of Alexei Navalny. Acquaintances claim that Punegov tried to free the girl, who was seized by law enforcers. He was taken into custody. On 18 August 2021, Punegov was sentenced to a year in a penal colony. On 8 November he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":110,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Action on April 21, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"The case of 21 April in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, at the action on 21 April, he \"with both hands encircled and squeezed the neck\" of a policeman\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2021 to 29.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 30.04.2021 to 01.05.2021\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody: from 01.05.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast - \"Gorelovo\"\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"CP No. 8 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 08.11.2021, FCU \"CP No. 8 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.08.2021, Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment in an open jail","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's imprisonment in an open jail","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-18T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-18T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 03-05-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec7QBSQnHoqxh2BE"},{"persecution_id":"recQ71BrFV3XauiKf","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recgJ4ze8j9e1KZSO","name_en":"Roman Rubanov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. In February 2019, a criminal case was opened against him for not complying with a court order to remove the film \"He is Not Dimon to You\" from YouTube. Rubanov left Russia, he was put on the wanted list.\nIt was later revealed that Rubanov was under investigation in the case against Alexei Navalny for alleged misappropriation of funds donated to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. It was also reported that Rubanov was named in the case of an extremist organization against Navalny and his associates.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"The case of an extremist community led by Navalny","case_number":"01-0333/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the organisation of an extremist community, which held \"uncoordinated public events, during which calls for extremist and terrorist activities were made, unlawful actions were committed, resulting in the violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, and harm to public order and public safety\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-09-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/09/d44992/?sphrase_id=1555391\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recQ71BrFV3XauiKf"},{"persecution_id":"rec8Tv8D7BQHMZtPj","last_updated":"2026-01-06T15:33:15.000Z","person_id":"recdFbQYWqXDZKUhp","name_en":"Zhargal Budaev","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-01-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":81,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Zhargal Budayev case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the action on 31 January he desecrated the monument, writing \"Putin go away\" with chalk on the pedestal with a gun.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 01.01.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2021, Sentence: Penalty of 20,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Penalty of 20,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":20000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-03-23T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8Tv8D7BQHMZtPj"},{"persecution_id":"recTFs4BVXsWbyB9w","last_updated":"2024-09-27T16:25:27.000Z","person_id":"recqxB8z1qBuXmiGn","name_en":"Danila Buzanov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-05-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was charged with incitement to hatred because of an argument and a fight with an acquaintance near a tent with DPR and LPR paraphernalia. On 4 December 2015 an interrogation took place, on 21 December Buzanov was charged, confronted and introduced to the testimony of witnesses, which, according to him, were almost identical. In court, the witnesses testified that Buzanov shouted pro-Ukrainian phrases directed against supporters of the DPR and LPR (Buzanov himself denies this). On 18 March 2016 Buzanov was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony. At the end of the sentence and immediately after his release, Buzanov was threatened by employees of the Centre for Countering Extremism. Upon his return home, he was placed under administrative supervision.\n\nIn October 2021, unknown persons came to Buzanov's workplace in his absence and asked where he was. Buzanov suspected that they were law enforcers. Later it became known that he was mentioned during the interrogation of another defendant in the case of incitement to violate sanitary and epidemiological rules in Balakovo, Vladimir Nechaev: the investigator asked Nechaev to tell Buzanov to return from Moscow to the Saratov region. Buzanov left Russia and was put on a wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Balakovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 236 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["236"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 236"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Sanitary business in Balakovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"encouraged participation in an unauthorised event, which could have posed a risk of spreading an infection","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 11-01-2022\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recTFs4BVXsWbyB9w"},{"persecution_id":"recJ9G8O9u8qk7R8Z","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recCIfZDbP4s2QZFP","name_en":"Fedotov Anton Borisovich","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years 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At the time of the persecution, he was an honorary donor of Moscow, had been donating blood for more than 5 years, had been engaged in dancing for 15 years: hustle, kizomba, social tango, contact improvisation.\n\nOn 31 March 2021, detained on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January. The next day taken into custody by court order. Federyakov was accused of spraying a gas canister in the direction of a riot police officer. His wife claims that he did not do it.\n\nAt least two OMON officers were known to have been injured: 25-year-old Vladislav Vybornov and 27-year-old Anton Chizhov. According to Mediazona, doctors diagnosed Vybornov with \"chemical burns to the eyes, left and right\" from pepper spray, while his colleague Chizhov was diagnosed with \"chemical burns to the face, right and left eyes\".\n\nThe results of any other expert examinations in the case have not yet been presented to the defence, said lawyer Borkov in an interview to \"Mediazona\": \"The case materials in full have not been shown to us. The only thing they point to is the similarity of Alexander's dark jacket from the back - with the back and dark jacket of the person standing next to the policeman.\"\n\nThere was no confrontation with the injured OMON officer either. During the interrogation he said that he had not seen the attacker and would not be able to identify him.\n\n- I consider myself innocent, -Alexander insisted. - The investigation did not provide any evidence of my guilt. My position is unambiguous: I am not guilty, it is important for me to prove my case. Maybe this will be just the case when a person was able to get the truth under our justice system?\n\nOn 9 August he was sentenced to one and a half years in a general regime colony. On 25 May 2022 he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":131,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Federyakov's case of violence against riot police at the 23 January rally in Moscow","case_number":"01-0683/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at the action on 23 January he used \"violence not dangerous to life and health\" against a police officer (sniper) of the 3rd squad of the 1st platoon of the 1st company of the 1st operational battalion of OMON Vybornov V.S., spraying unspecified contents from an aerosol can in the area of the face, causing him \"physical pain and moral suffering\" by his actions.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 22.12.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 31.03.2021 to 01.04.2021, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 01.04.2021 to 01.04.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 23.12.2021 to 14.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tambov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2022 to 25.05.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.08.2021, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-09T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-09T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-schitaet-politzaklyuchyonnym-figuranta-dvorcovogo-dela-aleksandra-federyakova\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-03-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recZ43Bxn3nzVnQJH"},{"persecution_id":"recFTUksRomd5SqCO","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recEIGNKRnf1HqB9R","name_en":"Alexey Yanochkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attfwCn4LmDTtXNZN.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attfwCn4LmDTtXNZN.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnoyarsk, a combat veteran. He was detained in September 2021, transported to Moscow, where he was taken into custody on charges of involvement in organizing mass riots in connection with correspondence in the telegram chat network \"What - to Do!\", where possible protest actions during the Duma elections were discussed. Later it became known that Yanochkin was also accused of inciting hatred. On April 5, 2024, he was sentenced to six years in a penal colony. According to another convict in the case, Dmitry Chebanov, the witness who testified against Yanochkin was under pressure from the investigation. The Sota Vision publication notes that there are inconsistencies in the protocols with the testimony of the witness: for example, it follows from some testimony that the Molotov cocktail tests they conducted in the forest were successful, and from others that the incendiary mixture did not catch fire. 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On 28 April 2021, he was detained. A preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen against Tiunov. According to the investigation, announcing in social networks actions on 23 and 31 January in support of Alexei Navalny, called for mass riots. 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On October 22, the court ruled to place him in custody, charging him with involvement in the activities of an extremist organization due to his connection with the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, recruiting new supporters.\n\nLater, it became known that Tolokonnikov was also accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization. On July 12, 2023, he was sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nOn June 27, 2025, he was released from the penal colony after serving his sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":630,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses of Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation and involvement in such activities","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.10.2021 to 07.11.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.10.2021 to 22.10.2021\n• in custody: from 07.11.2021 to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 01.03.2024 to 03.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.08.2023 to 01.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 27.06.2025\n• Unknown: from 27.06.2025 to 26.06.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.07.2023, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":62,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":2,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-12T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-12T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-10-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/10/d45154/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reco5fkYmt5RPQ9oR"},{"persecution_id":"recUV79lpQA2NWal4","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:10:14.000Z","person_id":"recetpMPzMX9PoMC6","name_en":"Zinaida Minenko","birth_year":1940,"birth_date":"1940-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":86,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":81,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 25 November 2021, a criminal case was opened against Minenko for involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 26 November, her home was searched and she was interrogated the next day. Initially, Minenko was also accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, but this charge was later dropped. On 16 October 2023, Minenko was sentenced to a fine of 330 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Zheleznovodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2021-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2023-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":690,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Zinaida Minenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"Conducted religious performances and services [...] induced and attracted members to join the organisation by talking about the need to make voluntary contributions to the organisation, which, in case of need, were intended for needy members of the proscribed organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.10.2023, Sentence: fine of 330 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 330 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":330000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-16T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-16T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 18-12-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-05-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/05/d46213/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recUV79lpQA2NWal4"},{"persecution_id":"receB5QYSUOLQqvU9","last_updated":"2025-03-12T18:08:55.000Z","person_id":"reca7E7RazUzjURKY","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A case has been opened on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities due to the dispersal of a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in Moscow on 23 January 2021. The prosecuted was released under personal recognizance. On 11 April, they were sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. They were released in January 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":166,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Case of violence against a Rosgvardiya officer at a rally on January 23 in Moscow","case_number":"01-0193/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on January 23, on Strastnoy Boulevard, he kicked a police officer once. The blow landed on the latter's arm, the law enforcer felt physical pain","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.10.2021\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.04.2022, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime 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Participated in a rally on 23 January 2021 in support of Navalny. A case was opened against him on charges of using violence against a representative of the government authorities.\n\nAccording to the version given by Dzhumaev's relatives to Chechen Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov, Said-Mukhamad acted in a state of affect: he received a blow to the head and then started fighting with riot police. On 2 February, Ramzan Kadyrov harshly criticised Dzhumaev, claiming that he had \"harmed the people of Chechnya and acted unmanly by hiding from the security forces after the action\". During a meeting with Chechen parliamentary speaker Magomed Daudov, Dzhumaev's uncles and cousins on his father's side said that Dzhumaev's parents had been divorced for a long time, that the boy was born and raised in Moscow, and that they had seen each other only a few times. Said-Mukhamad was detained a few days after the action, in Pskov, and from there was taken to Moscow.\n\nOn 28 January 2021, Dzhumaev was taken into custody on charges of using violence against an official at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January. On 19 August, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 17 July 2025, Dzhumaev was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":202,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 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On 22 October, the court decided to place him under house arrest on charges of organizing the activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under anti-extremist laws solely for their religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and recruiting new followers.\n\nOn 12 July 2023, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime penal colony.\n\nIn December 2025, doctors assigned him a second-degree disability","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":630,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses of Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.10.2021 to 22.10.2021\n• house arrest: from 22.10.2021 to 11.07.2023\n• in custody: from 11.07.2023 to 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 22.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: from 22.08.2023 to 03.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.10.2025 to 17.11.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.11.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.07.2023, Sentence: 6 years 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-12T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-12T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-10-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/10/d45154/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recqlGsPcKz2K0mPd"},{"persecution_id":"recyTsIItcxWXj8eb","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recJctnaYwx63SPSA","name_en":"Evgeny Esenov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attfa8h8NkQrDKPoO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attfa8h8NkQrDKPoO.jpg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 26 January 2021, detained and taken into custody on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January. Initially, it was reported that Esenov was charged with the use of violence not threatening life or health, but later it became known that it was the use of violence endangering life and well-being against a representative of authority.\n\nOn 20 May, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":114,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Yevgeny Yesenov's case of violence against a police officer at a protest on 23 January in Moscow","case_number":"01-0260/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the Mash Telegram channel, Esenov was walking around the city with a friend on the day of the protest on 23 January and got into an altercation with law enforcement officers.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 27.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• in custody: from 26.01.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Kalmykia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Kalmykia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.05.2021, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2021-05-20T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-05-20T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-01-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 16-03-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/esenov-evgeniy-anatolevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recyTsIItcxWXj8eb"},{"persecution_id":"recTk7loNgPSWz6fe","last_updated":"2024-09-13T12:34:25.000Z","person_id":"recdeNlLcmvym5OqI","name_en":"Violetta Grudina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attKOLAOYV2XLt0Zz.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attKOLAOYV2XLt0Zz.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of Alexei Navalny's headquarters in Murmansk.\n\nOn 9 July 2021, it became known that a case of violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules was brought against Grudina: according to the investigation, she distributed leaflets while sick with coronavirus. Rospotrebnadzor employees and police officers came to her to send her to hospital. On 14 July, the court decided on forced hospitalisation. Grudina went on hunger strike. On 2 August she was discharged from the hospital due to a negative test for coronavirus, but immediately after leaving the building she was detained. The investigation applied for a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions, but the court refused. On the same day, Natalia Zamorskaya, the coordinator of her campaign headquarters, was detained at the airport, but was released at night after a search of her personal belongings. Grudina was given a custodial sentence and her home was searched. On August 23, she was interrogated as a witness in the case of creating an organization that infringes on the identity and rights of citizens, brought against Alexei Navalny and his associates. In October, the insurance company, where Grudina had a policy of compulsory medical insurance, was billed about 200 thousand rubles for forced hospitalisation. On 29 December it became known that Grudina was put on a wanted list. IIn June, Grudina reported that she had left Russia and was put on the international wanted list and that she had been arrested in absentia. According to her data, two more cases were opened against her: on organising the activities of an extremist community (as part of the case against Navalny and his associates) and on spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 236 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["236"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 236"],"case_name_en":"The case of Violetta Grudina on violation of sanitary and epidemiological norms","persecution_case_profile_en":"according to the investigation, she handed out leaflets while being sick with coronavirus.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 02.08.2021 to 10.06.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTk7loNgPSWz6fe"},{"persecution_id":"rec5gRwgNNY8WgpQx","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recwmxDGqZT1f9FgR","name_en":"Nikita Kreshchuk","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained in Moscow in September 2021 and charged with being involved in organising mass riots in connection with correspondence in the Chto-Delat! Telegram channel, which included discussions of potential protests during the Duma elections. Later it became known that Kreshchuk was also charged with incitement to hatred. On 5 April 2024 he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. 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Memorial:\n Date: 31-10-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-telegram-kanala-chto-delat/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec5gRwgNNY8WgpQx"},{"persecution_id":"rec40QAjhiwuF9ziQ","last_updated":"2025-04-28T13:36:19.000Z","person_id":"recmX6ByHkCQtymVv","name_en":"Artem Zhukov","birth_year":1984,"age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is charged with using violence against a representative of the authorities in connection with the action on 23 January 2021 in support of Alexei Navalny. Zhukov was initially charged with the use of violence dangerous to life and health, but the court reclassified the charge to non-dangerous violence. On 10 March 2022, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. 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Engaged in hunting, so firearms were found in the house. Has a minor son with a disability. Maintained an account in \"TickTock\", where he recorded video messages. A case was opened against him about calls for mass disorder in connection with the video in the social network TikTok before the action in support of Alexei Navalny on 31 January 2021, as well as the use of violence against a representative of the authorities and possession of weapons. On 29 April 2021, Ivanov was sentenced to eight months in a penal colony.\nPresumably, he was released in 2022.\nNo later than 2025, a case was filed against him for calls to extremism and terrorism. In April 2026, the case went to court. 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Cases have also been opened against him under part 2 of Article 280, part 3 of Article 212, and part 1 of Article 222. We do not know anything about the charges brought against him.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2021, Sentence: 8 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":8,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-29T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-29T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recklXu9z5TAeiyla"},{"persecution_id":"rec0oRjDxe8NbAfFs","last_updated":"2026-01-05T14:37:28.000Z","person_id":"rec8y0nfK1qTO3trw","name_en":"Sergey Ashikhmin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUIlWOm9Ywh5x5r.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUIlWOm9Ywh5x5r.jpg"],"birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 14 April 2021, Ashikhmin's home was searched. He was charged with organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nOn 16 April, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen. On 13 May 2024, Ashikhmin was sentenced to three years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1125,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":160,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Izhevsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in coordination of the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 16.04.2021 to 13.05.2024\n• in custody: from 13.05.2024 to 01.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chuvash republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2025 to 01.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chuvash republic\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chuvash republic\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.05.2024, Sentence: 3 years in prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years in prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-13T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-13T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 15-04-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-04-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/04/d44074/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec0oRjDxe8NbAfFs"},{"persecution_id":"recx34yIg5DNuPsvn","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recoQZqPOOfBcDh80","name_en":"Amir Gazdiev","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On March 18, 2021 he was detained, injured while trying to escape, was hospitalized, where he was operated on. On April 29, he was placed under house arrest. At first Gazdiev was charged with the use of violence against a representative of the authorities, dangerous to life and health, then reclassified to the use of non-dangerous violence. On November 25, 2021, he was sentenced to three months in a general regime penal colony, released from execution of the sentence due to completion of the term.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2021-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":252,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"Amir Gazdiyev's case of protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"unwilling to comply with the legitimate demands of representatives of the authorities in the performance of their official duties, used violence not dangerous to health against them","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 29.04.2021 to 25.11.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.11.2021, Sentence: 3 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":3,"first_verdict_date":"2021-11-25T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-11-25T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 10-10-2021\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ingushskoy-oppozicii\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recx34yIg5DNuPsvn"},{"persecution_id":"recF54E4isyv6atAX","last_updated":"2025-02-26T16:20:54.000Z","person_id":"recEpdfvacTEby8cy","name_en":"Maria Kuznetsova","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"13 April 2021 Kuznetsova's house was searched and she was detained. On 15 April, the court ruled to take Kuznetsova into custody in a case of the activities of an extremist organization. On 14 July detention was changed to a ban on certain actions. 3 August 2023 Kuznetsova received a two and a half years suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":842,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":120,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavl"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavl","persecution_case_profile_en":"Kuznetsova held worship meetings, both in person and online, where she promoted prohibited teachings.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.04.2021 to 14.07.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.04.2021 to 15.04.2021\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 14.07.2021 to 03.08.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 03.08.2023 to 30.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 30.10.2023 to 29.10.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.08.2023, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' suspended sentence, 6 months of restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' suspended sentence, 6 months of restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-03T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-03T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-04-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/04/d44040/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recF54E4isyv6atAX"},{"persecution_id":"recPtyljIJqDv5IUu","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:41:28.000Z","person_id":"recbORNvGWPRbJoX8","name_en":"Pavel Krisevich ","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attc4DnLCDeVYq0jd.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attc4DnLCDeVYq0jd.jpg"],"birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Moscow-based performance artist. He regularly staged performances that led to his detention. One of them was carried out by Krisevich in early November 2020 outside the FSB headquarters on Lubyanka Square — he \"crucified\" himself on a cross above a burning pile of politically motivated criminal cases. After that, he was arrested for 15 days under the article on disobeying the lawful demands of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nIn 2021, a criminal case for hooliganism was opened against Krisevich in connection with an action he staged on Red Square, during which he simulated shooting himself in the head using a deactivated firearm and fireworks. On 18 October 2022, he was sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony. On 15 June 2023, the appellate court sent the case back for reconsideration. On 27 September 2023, Krisevich received the same sentence again. In January 2025, the artist was released.\n\nIn late August 2025, Krisevich was detained and arrested for ten days for refusing to show his passport to police officers. On 7 November 2025, he was added to the register of \"foreign agents\". On 28 November, he was arrested for 15 days under the administrative article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). On 13 December, he was given an additional 12 days under the same article. On 30 December, Krisevich reported that he had left Russia after receiving threats from FSB officers.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":494,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":70,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"protest_event_en":"Performance with a shot on the Red Square 11.06.21","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Pavel Krysevich's case of performance art on Red Square"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Krisevich's case of performance on the Red Square","case_number":"01-0334/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 11 June 2021, he staged a performance on the Red Square, during which he shot himself in the head with a deactivated pistol.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 11.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• Unknown:  to 01.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kirov Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.04.2024 to 01.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast - \"Gorelovo\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2024 to 01.08.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.08.2024 to 19.08.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.08.2024 to 24.01.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.10.2022, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony• First instance court on the merits, 27.09.2023, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-18T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-27T14:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 9 April, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. On 20 July, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by six months.\n\nPavel claims that at the action on 31 January he tried to protect his wife and admitted his guilt in spraying the spray can at the rosgvargiya serviceman, partially, as due to the lowered visor the latter could not suffer any harm to health.\n\nIn April, Grin-Romanov was transferred to a colony in Perm Krai until the appeal is heard. Because of this, he has no opportunity to meet with his lawyers and relatives, nor can he familiarise himself with the case materials in court.\n\nOn 10 November 2023, Grin-Romanov was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2023-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":65,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal 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No later than February 2021, he was sent under house arrest for his posts on social networks between the rallies on 23 and 31 January in support of Alexei Navalny. According to the version of the investigation, in his entries in social networks he has called for riots. 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Yermak is suspected of recruiting a local resident into the activities of an extremist organization. A signature of non-departure was taken. 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Then there was information that a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen against him. On 15 March 2023, Mulyukov was again placed under house arrest due to missing a court hearing - on that day he was undergoing dialysis. On 23 March, Mulyukov was again replaced house arrest with a ban on certain actions.\n\nOn 14 June 2023, Mulyukov was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. He did not appear at the announcement of the verdict. On 7 November 2023, after the appeal court left the sentence unchanged, Mulyukov was taken into custody in the courtroom.\n\nOn 13 November 2023, Mulyukov's lawyer submitted a petition to the Leninsky District Court for the immediate release of his client from serving his sentence due to his serious illness requiring regular hemodialysis.\nAccording to the lawyer, his illness is included in the list of diseases approved by a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation that prevent serving a sentence.\n\nMulyukov stated in court that his condition, despite the fact that he is taken to hemodialysis procedures, is worsening in the colony.\n\nOn 12 November 2024, the court decided to release Mulyukov for health reasons.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2024-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":894,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":127,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"Lilia Chanysheva and Rustem Mulyukov Extremist Community Case","case_number":"1-144/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was a member of an extremist organisation, within the framework of which he held \"uncoordinated public events, during which calls to extremist and terrorist activities were made, unlawful actions were committed, entailing violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, harm to public order and public safety\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released due to illness","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 15.03.2023 to 23.03.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 23.03.2023 to 07.11.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions:  to 15.03.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 10.11.2021 to 21.02.2022\n• house arrest: from 21.02.2022\n• in custody: from 01.04.2024 to 09.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.11.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2024 to 12.11.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 09.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.06.2023, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-14T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-14T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-09-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/09/d44992/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-11-2021\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshchestve-storonnikov-navalnogo\n• Support for political prisoners. 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The injured police officer filed a lawsuit against Lavrov for compensation for moral harm for 500 thousand rubles. On 27 September 2021, Lavrov was sentenced to one and a half years in a colony-settlement, the court also charged him 10 thousand rubles in favour of the police officer.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladimir"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":269,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Valerii Lavrov's case of violence against a police officer at the 23 January rally in Vladimir","case_number":"1-195/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he used violence against a police officer at the rally on 23 January.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 9 of the Vladimir Oblast Penitentiary Service"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 18.05.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 9 of the Vladimir Oblast Penitentiary Service\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.09.2021, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' deprivation of freedom in a colony-settlement","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' deprivation of freedom in a colony-settlement","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-09-27T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-09-27T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recgOTI5cv7vFfrIp"},{"persecution_id":"recmlGwcVqB0rHuBz","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recHPR5hrfzZJLoqT","name_en":"Renat Kovalenko","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Novosibirsk. On 27 April 2021 sentenced to two years and two months suspended sentence in the case of calling for extremism and mass disorder in connection with a planned rally in support of Alexei Navalny in January 2021.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":115,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly","freedom of expression"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Renat Kovalenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, called for mass riots and extremist activity in posts on \"VKontakte\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.04.2021, Sentence: 2 years 2 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 2 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-04-26T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-04-26T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmlGwcVqB0rHuBz"},{"persecution_id":"recJhH7ywLC5BDUI0","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec1FjQHQa3Iu9Sn6","name_en":"Stepan Shevelev","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 6 May 2021, a case was brought against Shevelev for organising activities of an extremist organisation. Shevelev signed a recognizance bond. On 18 April 2022, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Norilsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Norilsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Norilsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Shevelev allegedly engaged in a criminal conspiracy with Alexander Polozov, was reading prayers and preaching","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 06.05.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-04-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46167/\n• Support for political prisoners. 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In May 2022, he was prosecuted for rehabilitation of Nazism because of his posts arguing that Joseph Stalin \"abandoned\" Leningrad and that the USSR authorities were no less guilty than the Germans for unleashing World War II. Volkov links the criminal prosecution to his criticism of Russia's military actions in Ukraine. However, the case file shows that operatives began monitoring his Telegram channel as early as October 2021, and in January 2022 Mail.Ru provided the investigation with Volkov's personal correspondence. At the same time, the case file was mainly filled with correspondence mentioning the war in Ukraine.\nThe jury that heard Volkov's case was disbanded - the defence believes that the jury was going to acquit him. After that, a new panel in July 2023 found him guilty. In September 2023, Volkov was sentenced to a fine of two million roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ivanovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":725,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":103,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Volkov's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"Wrote on social media that Stalin \"abandoned\" the sieged city of Leningrad and the USSR collaborated with Nazi Germany before the war.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.09.2023, Sentence: a fine of two million roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of two million roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":2000000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-26T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-26T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwXuBsIIMEm1LMA"},{"persecution_id":"recogr8043fiT8etu","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"recNmlHfyuOtWoO47","name_en":"Olga Kuzmina","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An environmental activist who opposed urban redevelopment and the cutting down of trees. The reason for the criminal prosecution was a protest during which Kuzmina climbed a tree with a crossbow that was unfit for shooting. On 17 August 2021 she was placed under house arrest. On 4 August 2023 a court ordered that Kuzmina be sent for compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital. 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On 2 March, she was interrogated, and a preventive measure in the form of travel restrictions was imposed. On 6 March 2024, she was given a suspended sentence of three years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magadan"],"persecution_region_en":["Magadan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MAG"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1104,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":157,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Magadan Oblast"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Magadan Oblast","case_number":"1-12/2023 (1-220/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"conducted religious worship services in the company of others","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 02.03.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 15.10.2024 to 14.10.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.03.2024, Sentence: A suspended sentence of 3 years in prison with a probationary period of 3 years, along with a restriction of freedom for ten months and a prohibition against engaging in activities related to the work of public religious organisations and associations","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"A suspended sentence of 3 years in prison with a probationary period of 3 years, along with a restriction of freedom for ten months and a prohibition against engaging in activities related to the work of public religious organisations and associations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-06T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-04-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46142/?sphrase_id=6103\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec4HoCdXby37ZU3d"},{"persecution_id":"recK3RgirlTwFDzw2","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:59:12.000Z","person_id":"recrqbJ42x6UDYMVb","name_en":"Eduard Sviridov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attT1DNDyiqPyQbWl.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attT1DNDyiqPyQbWl.jpg"],"birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. 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He was detained and interrogated, and on August 19 the court ordered his detention on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. They have signed a recognizance not to leave.\nOn 6 December 2024 Portnyagina was sentenced to two years and two months of forced labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2023-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1241,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":177,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Blagoveshchensk"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Blagoveshchensk","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 27.07.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.03.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2024, Sentence: 2 years 2 months forced labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 2 months forced labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-06T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/08/d44657/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recKT0CpKaYq5qj4F"},{"persecution_id":"recRS6TDemgEFbnM1","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:06:35.000Z","person_id":"recccXLOuAybu3CZ5","name_en":"Valery Yakovlev","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 7 June 2021, Yakovlev was charged with organising activities of an extremist organisation. He signed a non-departure undertaking. On 10 February 2022 he was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":247,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Cheboksary"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Chesnokov, Vladimir Dutkin, and Valery Yakovlev","persecution_case_profile_en":"Being aware of the unlawfulness of his actions, organised and held meetings (gatherings) of a religious group of Jehovah's Witnesses in the city of Cheboksary in specially rented premises enclosed by a solid high fence with a separate entrance, excluding any visual and vocal contact with unauthorised persons, under the guise of friendly meetings, tea parties, and cooking shish kebabs.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 13.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2022, Sentence: a fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-01-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/01/d45679/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recRS6TDemgEFbnM1"},{"persecution_id":"recbSGIrblkZ4w6B7","last_updated":"2025-01-28T19:05:29.000Z","person_id":"recNQIFgU8dWaiUkp","name_en":"Raif Fevziev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attp9OSF5VdMVHqv3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attp9OSF5VdMVHqv3.jpg"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 17 August 2021, a search took place at Fevziev's home. 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Memorial:\n Date: 18-07-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Delo-Krymskih-musulman-Ibragimova-i-Fyodorova-07-19\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 26-05-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/vtoroe-bahchisarayskoe-delo-hizb-ut-tahrir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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On 12th May 2022, the court sentenced Maslennikova to a fine of 25 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaluga"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2021-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":165,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Natalia Maslennikova's case","case_number":"1-7/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"posted a photo with her skirt up against the backdrop of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.05.2022, Sentence: a fine of 25 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 25 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":25000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-05-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-05-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-05-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/05/d46251/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reciZtmlnkeZWQj0I"},{"persecution_id":"recYSwN0DifAKkYnv","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recayIFRNOGgNGGXq","name_en":"Alexander Shutov","birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 30 July 2021, Shutov's home was searched, he was detained and taken for questioning, after which he was released on his own recognizance as a defendant in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 9 June 2023, he was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vyazemsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":680,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Shutov","case_number":"1-5/2023 (1-166/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 30.07.2021 to 30.07.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.06.2023, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-09T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-09T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/08/d44676/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recYSwN0DifAKkYnv"},{"persecution_id":"rec6k3M0tKUVzsh8W","last_updated":"2025-02-26T16:19:18.000Z","person_id":"recVfOZZUOaoBnlbu","name_en":"Alexander Kuznetsov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On April 13, 2021, Kuznetsov's house was searched, and he was detained. On April 15, the court decided to keep him in custody as part of the case related to the activities of an extremist organization. On July 14, the preventive measures were changed to prohibition of certain actions. On August 3, 2023, Kuznetsov received a suspended sentence of two and a half years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":842,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":120,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavl"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavl","persecution_case_profile_en":"Conducted worship meetings, \"including via the Internet,\" during which he promoted prohibited teachings.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.04.2021 to 14.07.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.04.2021 to 15.04.2021\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 14.07.2021 to 03.08.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 03.08.2023 to 30.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 30.10.2023 to 29.10.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.08.2023, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' suspended deprivation of liberty, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' suspended deprivation of liberty, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-03T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-03T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-04-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/04/d44040/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec6k3M0tKUVzsh8W"},{"persecution_id":"reccoTMNL0G63SbY9","last_updated":"2025-10-19T10:53:47.000Z","person_id":"recCG6cmz8dLCEVFI","name_en":"Alexander Rumyantsev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attWUGN726OsFmz2n.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attWUGN726OsFmz2n.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On August 26, 2021, he was detained and on the next day taken into custody by the order of the court on the charges of organizing activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under the articles of the Criminal Code concerned with extremism solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nOn December 22, 2023, Rumyantsev was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":848,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":121,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 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11.09.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vladimir Oblast\n• in custody:  to 09.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kaluga region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kaluga 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On 22nd of March 2022, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony.\nIn November of 2023, it came to light that Yalkabov was forced to shave his head in prison, after which they tried to force him to wash it under cold water in the sink. Prior to that, Yalkabov reported that after being transferred to a quarantine facility, his personal hygiene items began to disappear.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":397,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The third Simferopol \"Hizb-ut-Tahrir\" case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In strict condition custody unit (SUS)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In strict conditions of detention","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 17.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2023 to 01.02.2023, FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• punishment cell: from 01.02.2023 to 01.02.2023, FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2023, FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• punishment cell:  to 01.04.2023, FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• punishment cell: from 01.02.2023, FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• Unknown: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.03.2022, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2022-03-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-03-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 31-01-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/simferopolskoe-delo-sejdametova-i-yalkabova/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-02-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2021/02/d43687/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recSSUvrPs4bhNI31"},{"persecution_id":"receL1XVs2o4cjF3M","last_updated":"2025-06-15T10:01:49.000Z","person_id":"rechM10mSqPd6kbRY","name_en":"Ivan Kvitko","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In June 2021, it was reported that a case had been brought against Kvitko for rehabilitation of Nazism. On 7 September, he was sentenced to a fine of 50,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Roza"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":248,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ivan Kvitko","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 5 May 2020, submitted an application for public display of Adolf Hitler's photograph as part of the \"Immortal Regiment Online\" project","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.09.2021, Sentence: A fine of 50,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 50,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-09-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-09-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-09-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/09/d44887/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"receL1XVs2o4cjF3M"},{"persecution_id":"recJ1Jd1sciydWRRn","last_updated":"2025-02-26T16:22:04.000Z","person_id":"recLZiWTTLLanuERi","name_en":"Andrey Vyushin","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"13 April 2021 Vyushin's house is searched and he is detained. On 15 April, the court decided to send him to custody as part of the case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 14 July the preventive measure was changed to a ban on certain actions. In October it became known that Vyushin was put a tracking bracelet on his leg. On 3 August 2023 he was sentenced to six and a half years of probation. On 30 October, the court of appeal reclassified the charge from organising activities to participation and reduced the sentence to two and a half years suspended.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2024-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":841,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":120,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavl"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavl","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he held worship meetings, \"including via the Internet\", within the framework of which he promoted prohibited teachings. 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Worked in the local department of the Federal Penitentiary Service. Starred in a TV series about torture of prisoners. Founded the movement \"All-Russian Social Unity\". In October 2020 he was sentenced to a suspended sentence in the case of calls for extremist activity: according to his own words, the reason for prosecution was an economic manifesto, which was published by his acquaintance from Belarus, and FSB officers forced Pishchulin to recognise his authorship, threatening him with a real term. He was also prosecuted for insulting the feelings of believers because of his posts and comments on VKontakte, which were seen as disparaging the Orthodox faith, as well as the Russian Orthodox Church. Pishchulin pleaded guilty, the case was considered in a special order. On 5 October 2021 he was sentenced to 180 hours of compulsory labour. \"Mediazona\" quotes Pishchulin's statement that the case was actually initiated because he \"flatly refused\" to \"engage in cashing money\" under the cover of employees of the Centre for Countering Extremism.\n\nOn 17 October 2022, Pishchulin was detained and taken to Moscow, where he was taken into custody on a case of confidential cooperation with foreigners. A few days before, he had written a post about the illegality of mobilisation. On 18 July he was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony. When imposing punishment, the court considered as mitigating circumstances active assistance in the investigation of the case at the stage of preliminary investigation and the presence of minor children. At the same time, as stated in the press release, Pischulin did not actually admit guilt. 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Turns out Jesus didn't have an SUV, twirl a censer or dress like a clown\";\nleft two comments on a photo of the sacrament of baptism, in which he drew attention to the masks worn by priests and called them \"bipedal talking monkeys\" - but noted that he considers such monkeys not only clergymen, but all people in the world;\nreposted a quote from an article by Leo Tolstoy, which claims that Christianity is \"a very crude Jewish sect\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.10.2021, Sentence: 180 hours of community work","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"180 hours of community work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-10-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-11-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/12/d45377/?sphrase_id=14831\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recWsFh3jnaUS5hUI"},{"persecution_id":"recL10JJT7lxXy7PT","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:15:03.000Z","person_id":"recuPyRHHjj8wGXUw","name_en":"Yulia Popkova","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 April 2021, Popkova's home was searched. She was detained after interrogation in the case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 15 April, the court decided to place her in custody. In May, she was transferred to house arrest. On 22 July she was released on her own recognisance. 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Following his detention and interrogation, the court decided to remand him in custody on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization. On May 31, 2023, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2021-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":652,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":93,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Sevastopol case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The second Sevastopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","case_number":"1-19/2023 (1-83/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparations for a violent seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.08.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody:  to 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 20.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.11.2023 to 17.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2024 to 01.12.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.05.2023, Sentence: 12 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-31T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-31T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2021/08/d44743/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-06-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Vtoroe-sevastopolskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoj-Hizb-ut-Tahrir-06-07\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recPaWIUTkYQNXEtn"},{"persecution_id":"rec59kdveyPnJ02Vc","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"rec4iHDg5KtGTkYjB","name_en":"Yunona Ilyasova","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Murmansk region. Detained on 21 July 2021 after a search, questioned as part of a case on organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. On 22 July she signed a recognisance not to abscond.\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\nOn 15 May 2023 Ilyasova was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Snezhnogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":669,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":95,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Snezhnogorsk"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Snezhnogorsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Seeking technical means and devices connected to the Internet, organised personal delivery of sermons, discussion of religious literature and its texts","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 22.07.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.07.2021 to 22.07.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.05.2023, Sentence: a fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-15T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-15T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-07-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/07/d44635/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec59kdveyPnJ02Vc"},{"persecution_id":"recZq0EAm3TXwkAMD","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:15:16.000Z","person_id":"recsqfwK4fZmRz50z","name_en":"Angela Putivskaya","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 13 April 2021, Putivskaya's home was searched. She was detained after interrogation in relation to a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 15 April, the court decided to place her in custody. In May, she was put under house arrest. On 22 July she was released on her own recognisance. On 20 November 2023, sentenced to two and a half years suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tula"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":951,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":135,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tula"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tula","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 20.05.2021 to 22.07.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.04.2021 to 15.04.2021\n• recognizance not to leave: from 22.07.2021 to 06.12.2023\n• in custody: from 15.04.2021 to 20.05.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 06.12.2023 to 05.12.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.11.2023, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-20T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-20T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-04-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/04/d44056/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recZq0EAm3TXwkAMD"},{"persecution_id":"recFjdWZGLE9PcOyx","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec3AiZf466Bpm0TC","name_en":"Oleg Sergeyev","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 1 November 2021, Sergeyev's home was searched. The next day he was interrogated as part of the case of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. A measure of restraint was chosen in the form of recognizance not to leave. On 2 May 2024 he was sentenced to six years and four months sentence on probation. On 4 July 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by one month.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Luchegorsk settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2021-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":913,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":130,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Luchegorsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yuri Ponomarenko, Nikolai Dikhtyar, Oleg Sergeyev and Andrey Lyakhov","persecution_case_profile_en":"had \"intent to organise the continuation of the activities of the said religious organisation\" and decided \"to create a criminal group to commit serious crimes\"; was a \"spiritual leader\", continued to communicate with other believers on religious topics","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 02.11.2021 to 04.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.05.2024, Sentence: sentenced to 6 years 6 months' on probation, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty• Court of appeal instance on the merits, 04.07.2024, Sentence: 6 years 5 months' suspended deprivation of liberty, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 5 months' suspended deprivation of liberty, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-02T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-04T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-07-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/07/d46579/?sphrase_id=6111\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recFjdWZGLE9PcOyx"},{"persecution_id":"recDARcHBw9fxZLni","last_updated":"2025-12-29T16:21:45.000Z","person_id":"recIOjQBd9SZHcEEF","name_en":"Vadim Nasyrov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Vadim Nasyrov is an alleged member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, an organization banned and recognized as extremist in Russia. He was first arrested in March 2009 as part of the investigation into the case of preparing a terrorist attack in Chelyabinsk. Initially questioned as a witness, he was later charged with involvement in the activities of a religious organization prohibited by court order due to extremist activities. On 3 June 2010, he was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months’ imprisonment to be served in an open prison.\n\nOn 20 May 2011, following the initiation of another case concerning involvement in a religious organization banned for extremist activities, Nasyrov was searched and materials related to Hizb ut-Tahrir were found, some of which were included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. Subsequently, Nasyrov and the other defendants were charged with preparation for forcible seizure of power and violent overthrow of the constitutional order (he was taken into custody on 31 July 2012). He was also accused of persuading and involving others in activities aimed at seizing power and changing the constitutional system.\n\nOn 21 November 2013, Nasyrov was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. On 2 July 2014, the Supreme Court refused to consider his appeal against the sentence. On 2 February 2015, the appellate court reduced his sentence to five years. He was released on 28 July 2017.\n\nNasyrov was detained on new charges in July 2021 and taken into custody. He was accused of organizing the activities of a terrorist organization and inciting others to participate in such activities. On 5 March 2024, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":973,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The 7th case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of an extremist organization, made preparations for actions aimed at the violent seizure of power and forcible change of the constitutional order, induced and involved others in actions aimed at the violent seizure of power and forcible change of the constitutional order.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.07.2021\n• in custody:  to 18.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2024, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-05T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-05T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-01-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/01/d47466/?sphrase_id=6375\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-03-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/vtoroe-chelyabinskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recDARcHBw9fxZLni"},{"persecution_id":"recX56tZzcbic8h7R","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:01:58.000Z","person_id":"recFS5GvZkwCepWxA","name_en":"Elena Nesterova","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Khabarovsk Krai. On 20 October 2021, Nesterova's home was searched, she was interrogated and released with a recognisance not to abscond as part of a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 23 March 2023, she was sentenced to five years' suspended sentence. On 4 July, the appeal court added a year and eight months of restriction of liberty to this term.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2025-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":519,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"case_name_en":"The case of Saniia Uzianbaeva and 4 other residents of Bashkortostan","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 20.10.2021 to 04.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 04.07.2023 to 03.07.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.03.2023, Sentence: 5 years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-23T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-23T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-11-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-10-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/10/d45208/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recX56tZzcbic8h7R"},{"persecution_id":"recNKTI87ukXJyV8D","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:01:20.000Z","person_id":"recr2YTx5ADv2EFUL","name_en":"Maxim Reznik","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On June 17, 2021, a criminal case was opened against Reznik. The next day, the court sent him under house arrest. On April 20, 2022, Reznik was sentenced to five months in a penal colony. He was released in the courtroom, as the time spent under house arrest was counted as punishment.\n\nIn September 2022, he left Russia due to fear of new persecution. A year later, the Ministry of Justice recognised him as a \"foreign agent\".\n\nOn June 19, 2025, Reznik was put on a wanted list. The details of the case are unknown.\n\nOn October 14, 2025, the FSB reported about the initiation of a case against Reznik and other members of the \"Anti-War Committee of Russia\" on the violent seizure of power and organization of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of government in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Municipal deputies"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":306,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 228.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Reznik's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"bought 18.2 grammes of marijuana \"for personal consumption\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 18.06.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.04.2022, Sentence: 5 months' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 months' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":5,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-19T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 29-03-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/reznik-maksim-lvovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recNKTI87ukXJyV8D"},{"persecution_id":"recWWJNzant8Z9qxg","last_updated":"2026-02-05T22:58:34.000Z","person_id":"reciRCejFiAs73s4r","name_en":"Anatoly Isakov","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kurgan. On July 14, 2021, Isakov's home was searched, and he was arrested. The next day the court decided to place him in custody as part of the case on activities of an extremist organisation, despite his Group II disability. The charge relates to involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nIsakov was diagnosed with a blood cancer, multiple compression fractures of the spine, ribs and other diseases. Because he was behind bars, his chemotherapy course was interrupted. Also, the believer was deprived of vital potent medication, which caused Anatoly to experience intolerable pain. He cannot move around without a cane. Before the criminal prosecution, the believer needed hospitalisation on average 6 times a year. The situation was complicated by the fact that in the pre-trial detention centre Anatoly Isakov was infected with COVID-19.\nOn August 28, after the defence filed a complaint with the ECHR, he was given a preventive measure in the form of prohibition of certain actions.\n\nOn August 8, 2024, Isakov was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles, which was reduced to 400 thousand rubles, taking into account his stay in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurgan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1121,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":160,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kurgan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kurgan","persecution_case_profile_en":"conducted religious meetings, also through videoconferencing using the Zoom platform","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 28.08.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.07.2021 to 15.07.2021\n• in custody: from 15.07.2021 to 28.08.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.08.2024, Sentence: 500 thousand rubles, to be reduced to 400 thousand rubles, taking into account the stay in custody","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"500 thousand rubles, to be reduced to 400 thousand rubles, taking into account the stay in custody","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-08T05:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-08T05:50:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-07-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/07/d44569/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recWWJNzant8Z9qxg"},{"persecution_id":"recj1xinUEPW4DyiP","last_updated":"2025-06-14T11:40:30.000Z","person_id":"recHNi6mh7G81gZU6","name_en":"Sergey Sakharov","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May 2021, it became known that a case on rehabilitation of nazism was brought against Sakharov in connection with an attempt to publish a photo of Goebbels on the website of the \"Immortal Regiment\". On 17 December, he was sentenced to 2 years of probation and a fine of 200 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":202,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Sakharov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Using a mobile phone, made an application for public display on the \"Immortal Regiment Online\" website of a photo of Joseph Goebbels, head of the propaganda department of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) and one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates from 1930 to 1945, alongside veterans of the Great Patriotic War.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2021, Sentence: 2 years of suspended deprivation of liberty, a fine of 200,000 rubles and prohibition on posting any material on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of suspended deprivation of liberty, a fine of 200,000 rubles and prohibition on posting any material on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-05-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/05/d44301/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recj1xinUEPW4DyiP"},{"persecution_id":"rec7ujTbL9ygNMM0j","last_updated":"2025-01-28T14:02:03.000Z","person_id":"recSEKvVOXfuUwm1D","name_en":"Ildar Urazbakhtin","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 July 2021, Urazbakhtin's home was searched and he was detained. The next day the court sent him under house arrest in the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation. Later he was released under recognizance not to leave. On 10 October 2022, he was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kodinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":446,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ildar Urazbakhtin case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.07.2021 to 21.07.2021\n• house arrest: from 21.07.2021 to 23.09.2021\n• recognizance not to leave: from 23.09.2021 to 02.02.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 02.02.2023 to 01.02.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.10.2022, Sentence: three years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"three years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-07-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/07/d44610/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec7ujTbL9ygNMM0j"},{"persecution_id":"recrWVpplCSSNkPvT","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recLwBLsZ9kjyMxCc","name_en":"Anton Zhurbenko","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 28 October 2021, a criminal case was opened against Zhurbenko for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 28 February 2022, the investigation dismissed the case due to the absence of corpus delicti in Zhurbenko's actions. On 25 March, the prosecutor's office cancelled this ruling.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Orel"],"case_name_en":"Anton Zhurbenko's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-05-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/05/d46233/\n• Support for political prisoners. 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In September it became known that Morozov would be transferred to Kemerovo region. On 8 August 2023, at one of the court hearings, the prosecutor stated that there was no evidence of actions of \"organisational nature\", and Morozov was reclassified the charge to participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.\nOn 15 August 2023, Morozov was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony, but was released from the sentence due to time served.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tayga"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2021-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":739,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":105,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taiga"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taiga","persecution_case_profile_en":"Initially, Morozov was accused of having committed actions of an organisational nature aimed at continuing and resuming the illegal activities of the banned organisation \"Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\" in the form of convening meetings with the participation of residents of Taiga; using the Zoom computer programme to organise the activities of the banned religious organisation \"Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\" in Taiga, Kemerovo Region, by convening and holding meetings of its members; and holding meetings of the banned religious organisation \"Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\". However, at one of the court hearings, the prosecutor stated that there was no evidence of actions of an \"organisational nature\" and the charge against Morozov was reclassified from organising the activities of an extremist organisation to participation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 06.08.2021 to 07.08.2021\n• in custody: from 07.08.2021 to 15.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.08.2023, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, the sentence to be considered served, 6 months' restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, the sentence to be considered served, 6 months' restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-15T10:05:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-15T10:05:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/08/d44810/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recTJC3wL93aKn0Kr"},{"persecution_id":"rec0l2GW0cjsj3PSu","last_updated":"2025-05-13T10:57:03.000Z","person_id":"recaT4SGcYdnnzEaW","name_en":"Mikhail Potapov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Udmurtia. On 21 January 2021, Potapov's home was searched and he was detained. The next day the court decided to place him in custody in the case of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 18 May, the measure of restriction was changed to a ban on certain actions. On 25 February 2024 Potapov was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles. In October 2024, the cassation court returned the case to the appellate court. On 17 December, the appellate court changed in absentia the sentence to six years' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Votkinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1159,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":165,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Votkinsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Votkinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions","in custody","arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.01.2021 to 22.01.2021\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 18.05.2021 to 18.06.2024\n• in custody: from 22.01.2021 to 18.05.2021\n• arrest in absentia: from 17.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.03.2024, Sentence: A fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2024-03-25T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-25T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-09-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/09/d44881/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec0l2GW0cjsj3PSu"},{"persecution_id":"recaUWyIbDLMMzdiq","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"recJeRUHo0hhT5gTM","name_en":"Maxim Derendyaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnDO92TPotpkCGC.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnDO92TPotpkCGC.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On April 14, 2021, Derendyaev's home was searched. He was detained and later taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship, and recruiting new followers..\n\nOn July 9, he was placed under house arrest. On September 9, a preventive measure in the form of prohibition of certain actions was chosen. On May 13, Derendyaev was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1125,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":160,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Izhevsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.04.2021 to 09.07.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• house arrest: from 09.07.2021 to 09.09.2021\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 09.09.2021 to 13.05.2024\n• in custody: from 13.05.2024 to 01.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chuvash republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chuvash republic\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chuvash republic\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.05.2024, Sentence: 3 years of imprisonment  in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of imprisonment  in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-13T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-13T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 08-09-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-04-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/04/d44074/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recaUWyIbDLMMzdiq"},{"persecution_id":"reczRS0VO4Lnbqcep","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:01:58.000Z","person_id":"recDPn64EySQvgx0m","name_en":"Tatiana Bondarenko","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Khabarovsk Krai. On 20 October 2021, Bondarenko's home was searched, she was interrogated and released on her own recognisance as part of a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 23 March 2023, she was sentenced to five years' suspended sentence. On 4 July, the court of appeal added a year and eight months of restriction of liberty to this term.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2025-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":519,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"case_name_en":"The case of Saniia Uzianbaeva and 4 other residents of Bashkortostan","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 20.10.2021 to 04.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 04.07.2023 to 03.07.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.03.2023, Sentence: 5 years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-23T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-23T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-11-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-10-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/10/d45208/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"reczRS0VO4Lnbqcep"},{"persecution_id":"recSlZ41SlxoHfcJ4","last_updated":"2025-08-02T12:03:31.000Z","person_id":"rec3VnpuWd1dESvgl","name_en":"Andrei Polyakov","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An activist, a resident of Tambov. A case of rehabilitation of Nazism was brought against him. Polyakov claims that he was prosecuted because of an appeal from a local Stalinist who claimed that Polyakov had spread false information about Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Stalin's order No. 428 \"on scorched earth\", the siege of Leningrad and the evacuation of the inhabitants of Stalingrad. During the investigation new episodes were added to the case. On 24 June 2022 he was sentenced to a fine of 250 thousand roubles.\n\nIn June 2023, Polyakov was detained and later a report was drawn up on him for production and distribution of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of his profile picture with a white-blue-white flag in the form of a heart in Telegram. Polyakov left Russia no later than August 2023: he reported threats of criminal charges against him.\n\nIn September, Tverdyi Znak Tambov reported that Polyakov was prosecuted for repeated propaganda and demonstration of Nazi or extremist symbols (Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code). At the same time his wife Ekaterina Logvinova was summoned for 14 consecutive interrogations. During one of them, the investigator confessed to Logvinova that his superiors \"gave him a good beating\" because Polyakov had managed to leave the country. Therefore, the investigator began to summon Logvinova for regular interrogations as a witness. The couple's underage children were also summoned for questioning.\n\nIn March 2024, it was reported that a case of public insults to the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland was brought against Polyakov.\n\nIn July 2025, one of Polyakov's criminal cases was brought to the court - he was accused not only of repeated propaganda and demonstration of Nazi or extremist symbols, but also of repeatedly discrediting the army.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tambov"],"persecution_region_en":["Tambov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TAM"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":538,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Poliakov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was Polyakov’s comment on VKontakte under a post about the unveiling of a memorial plaque to a “hero of the Special Military Operation (SVO)” in Tambov saying “Let’s call SVO heroes using the good old word SVOloch” (bastard).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.06.2022, Sentence: a fine of 250 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 250 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-06-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-06-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-06-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/06/d46505/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recSlZ41SlxoHfcJ4"},{"persecution_id":"rec7RdrHj2TuYUhkn","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recjKwcaSvML5m9l9","name_en":"Boris Simonenko","birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"17 February 2021 detained, 19 February sent to custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 23 September, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen. On 28 July 2023, Symonenko was sentenced to two years and seven months of imprisonment, but was released from serving the sentence, assigning one year of restricted freedom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kovrov"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2023-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":891,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":127,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Boris Symonenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organization","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions","placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.02.2021 to 24.06.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• in custody: from 24.06.2021 to 13.07.2021, Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at penal colony-7 (IK-7) for Vladimir region\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 14.02.2022 to 28.07.2023\n• in custody: from 19.02.2021 to 26.02.2021, Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at penal colony-7 (IK-7) for Vladimir region\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.02.2021 to 19.02.2021\n• house arrest: from 13.07.2021 to 14.02.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.07.2023, Sentence: 2 years 7 months of deprivation of liberty, release from serving the sentence, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 7 months of deprivation of liberty, release from serving the sentence, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":31,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-28T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-28T08:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-02-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/02/d43702/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec7RdrHj2TuYUhkn"},{"persecution_id":"rec64gtzWv2lZFskQ","last_updated":"2024-07-25T08:11:19.000Z","person_id":"recsritojGZqyleOs","name_en":"Ruslan Z.","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In April 2021, a search took place at the home of the minor Z., who was detained as part of a case on the rehabilitation of Nazism. On 11 August, the court dismissed the case due to the expiry of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2021-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":103,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ruslan Z.","persecution_case_profile_en":"tried to upload a picture of a Nazi criminal to the \"Immortal Regiment\" website","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.08.2021, Sentence: dismiss the case due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"dismiss the case due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/08/d44697/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec64gtzWv2lZFskQ"},{"persecution_id":"recohoApRxVuOGlFN","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recMp1I3aTtLKKiS2","name_en":"Vladimir Deshko","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Was detained on 24 March 2021. On 26 March, the court decided to send Deshko to custody in the case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. In February 2022, it becomes known that Deshko was sent under house arrest. On 28 March, he was sentenced to a year and four months in a general regime colony, the term was considered served, and he was released in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2021-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":368,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sochi","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.04.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation  for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: , TDF No. 3 Khosta, Sochi\n• house arrest:  to 28.03.2022\n• in custody: from 26.03.2021 to 14.04.2021, TDF No. 3 Khosta, Sochi\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 24.03.2021 to 26.03.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.03.2022, Sentence: One year four months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year four months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":16,"first_verdict_date":"2022-03-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-03-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-03-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/03/d43928/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recohoApRxVuOGlFN"},{"persecution_id":"recc9JklQdgjztO24","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:27:45.000Z","person_id":"recetTCx1Ql5uHwJp","name_en":"Zareta Ortanova","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Maysky (Kabardino-Balkaria). On 28 April 2021, a case was brought against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. The members of this community are persecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nThe case was later dismissed.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maysky"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Mayskoye"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Maysky","persecution_case_profile_en":"Ortanova participated in the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-05-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/05/d44204/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recc9JklQdgjztO24"},{"persecution_id":"reco8aMWd27JKbNbL","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"recPpFDJK0Uv2dLTX","name_en":"Alexander Kutin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attDFG192IosHqjVn.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attDFG192IosHqjVn.jpg"],"birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On April 14, 2021, Kutin's home was searched, he was detained and later taken into custody on charges of organizing activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under the articles of the Criminal Code concerning extremism solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn April 29, the court revoked the decision to take him into custody. On May 14, Kutin was sent under house arrest. On August 10, he was released from house arrest, and a preventive measure in the form of prohibition of certain actions was imposed. On May 13, 2024, Kutin was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1125,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":160,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Izhevsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.04.2021 to 29.04.2021\n• house arrest: from 14.05.2021 to 10.08.2021\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 10.08.2021 to 13.05.2024\n• in custody: from 13.05.2024 to 01.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Mari El republic\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Mari El republic\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Mari El republic\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.05.2024, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-13T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-13T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-04-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/04/d44074/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"reco8aMWd27JKbNbL"},{"persecution_id":"reccYnEIK5hbng6CN","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"recivLerMSZtRrq0i","name_en":"Iashar Shikhametov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att2fqaiXBgErFQeG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att2fqaiXBgErFQeG.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of occupied Crimea. On 17 February 2021, he was detained and taken into custody on the same day on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to involvement in the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 9 September 2022, Shikhametov was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":568,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Iashar Shikhametov’s case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He participated in the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 04.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 17.02.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 3 of the Saratov Region Penitentiary Department of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region\n• Unknown: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 3 of the Saratov Region Penitentiary Department of the Russian Federation\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.09.2022, Sentence: 11 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-08T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-02-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2021/02/d43687/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-01-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/shihametov-yashar-rustemovich/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 07-06-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/shihametov-yashar-rustemovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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Human rights activists believe that the banning of this party as a terrorist organisation had no grounds. However, this decision gave grounds for the prosecution of hundreds of residents of the Russian Federation and Crimea as terrorists solely on the basis of party activities: meetings, study of literature, involvement of new supporters. On 31 May 2023, Bekirov was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2021-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":652,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":93,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Sevastopol case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\""],"case_name_en":"The second Sevastopol case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","case_number":"1-19/2023 (1-83/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparing for a violent seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.08.2021 to 01.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody:  to 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 20.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.11.2023 to 17.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast - \"Gorelovo\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast - \"Gorelovo\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.05.2023, Sentence: 17 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-31T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-31T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-08-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2021/08/d44743/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-06-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Vtoroe-sevastopolskoe-delo-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshchyonnoj-Hizb-ut-Tahrir-06-07\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recwKnbSVRwUfy6dm"},{"persecution_id":"recIWOBAwRoLrtO2v","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recy5Vc3sAeQwjQ7q","name_en":"Olga Ponomareva","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 7 April 2021 it became known about criminal proceedings' initiation. Ponomareva is suspected of recruiting a local resident into the activities of an extremist organisation. A personal recognisance was assigned. On 2 December, she was sentenced in absentia to five years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kholmskaya"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":238,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kholmskaya"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kholmskaya","persecution_case_profile_en":"Recruited a local woman into the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 14.04.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.12.2021, Sentence: Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-04-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/04/d44008/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recIWOBAwRoLrtO2v"},{"persecution_id":"rect1CWi4K8w2Wl5v","last_updated":"2024-12-16T14:11:59.000Z","person_id":"recZhxRB2Vri6ThP3","name_en":"Alexander Lubin","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Shadrinsk (Kurgan region). On 14 July 2021, Lubin's home was searched and he was detained. On July 6, the court ruled to place him in custody as part of a case involving the activities of an extremist organization, despite his Group II disability. On 28 August, after the defence filed a complaint with the ECHR, he was issued a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. The charges relate to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community - the representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles on the basis of exclusively religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 7 October 2024, Lubin was sentenced to a fine of 500,000 rubles. Lubin, whose physical state of health significantly deteriorated after his stay in the pre-trial detention centre, died in November 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Shadrinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1181,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":168,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, recruitment of new supporters.\nOn 31 March 2023, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":774,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergey Ananin","persecution_case_profile_en":"fully aware of the ban on the local religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses \"Central, Belovo\", organised its work, held online meetings where they studied the materials sent from the organisation's \"central office\" and special literature \"promoting\" its activities ","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.02.2021 to 16.02.2021\n• house arrest: from 16.02.2021 to 31.03.2023\n• in custody: from 31.03.2023 to 14.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.06.2023 to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.03.2023, Sentence: six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-31T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-31T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-02-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/02/d43662/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec4h8dWtQ4qyWmJu"},{"persecution_id":"rec46COCJqSJUqF1b","last_updated":"2026-04-01T16:52:21.000Z","person_id":"recs70sfMU5mM0O63","name_en":"Elena Savelieva","birth_year":1941,"birth_date":"1941-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":84,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":80,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A criminal case on involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation was initiated in March 2021. 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He was detained and interrogated, and on 19 August the court decided to take him into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. 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On 26 March, the court decided to place Moskalev under house arrest in the case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organization. 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He tried to run for the Moscow City Duma in 2019, but his candidacy was withdrawn after allegedly noticing irregularities in the collection of signatures.\n\nThe reason for his prosecution in the \"Wallet Case\" was the fact that Yankauskas contributed one million rubles - in his words, it was his family's personal funds - to Alexei Navalny's election fund, and then compensated this money by collecting donations on his Yandex wallet. In May 2014, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on alleged fraud with this money. At first, Yankauskas was a witness in the case, then he became a defendant and was placed under house arrest, which prevented his registration as a candidate in the Moscow City Duma elections. Searches as part of this criminal case took place in four apartments of Yankauskas and his relatives. On 11 June 2015, house arrest was replaced with personal recognizance.\n\nOn 29 January 2021, Yankauskas was detained and then placed under house arrest on a criminal case of violating sanitary and epidemiological rules. He was later charged with incitement to violate the rules. On 7 April, a measure of restriction in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen.\nAfter the new criminal case, Konstantin's father was hospitalised with a stroke, his lawyers filed a petition requesting that Konstantin be allowed to leave his apartment to care for his father. His father passed away, and Konstantin did not have time to say goodbye to him.\nOn 24 June, the investigator did not extend the measure. 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On 20 December 2012, along with his brother, he became a defendant in a case of fraud and money laundering. A personal recognizance was chosen as a measure of restriction. On 11 April 2014, the case was transferred to the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow. On 28 April, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office. On 29 July, the trial resumed. On 30 December 2014, Oleg Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony and taken into custody. He was released on 29 June 2018.\n\nOn 27 January 2021, Oleg Navalny was detained as part of a criminal case on violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules, his flat was searched. On 29 January, the court sent Navalny under house arrest. Later he was charged with incitement to violate the rules. On 7 April, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen. On 6 August, he was given one year' suspended sentence.\n\nIn January 2022, the criminal-executive inspectorate demanded Navalny's suspended sentence to be replaced with a real one due to his alleged failure to register. He was then put on a federal wanted list. 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He was accused of using violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally on 23 January 2021 in support of Alexei Navalny. On the day of the rally Borisov was a minor. On 1 September, he was sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence. The prosecution appealed the verdict, demanding a sentence of seven years of actual imprisonment. However, on 12 November, the appellate court upheld the verdict without changes.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":242,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Article 167 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 2,  Article 167 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","167","167"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318","Article 167 (unknown part)","Part 2, Article 167"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace 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Mother of three children.  Participant of numerous protest actions, including those in support of the former governor of Khabarovsk Krai, Sergey Furgal.\n\nA case under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code was brought against Drobnokhod on 30 January 2021, after she was detained during a traditional \"pigeon feeding\" action in support of Khabarovsk Krai and its former governor Sergei Furgal. The next day Drobnokhod was sent under house arrest.\n\nOn 16 February, Drobnokhod house arrest was replaced with detention. The reason was her participation in the action on 14 February - a mass walk in the streets with torches at the call of Alexei Navalny's headquarters, as well as a solitary picket on 15 February against political repression and in support of Furgal, after which Drobnokhod was detained. On 26 February it became known that her husband and son were not allowed to visit the activist in the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nOn 18 March, the court dismissed Drobnokhod's case and ordered her to pay a court fine. In April, the prosecutor's office appealed the decision. The appeal court upheld the decision, but the cassation court accepted the arguments of the prosecutor's office and decided to send the case for revisition.\n\nOn 23 August 2024, Drobnokhod was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Housewives and househusbands "],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":47,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in support of Sergei Furgal","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 212.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jana Drobnochod","case_number":"1-37/2023 (1-119/2022; 1-396/2021;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in a \"group picket\" in support of the Khabarovsk protests and Sergei Furgal on 26 September 2020; published Instagram posts on 23 and 29 October 2020 calling for participation in a rally under the slogan \"Feed the pigeons\"; participated in actions on 23 January 2021 in support of Furgal and Navalny, which allegedly took place one immediately after the other (Drobnokhod herself says that she only participated in the action in support of Furgal); in a rally in support of Sergei Furgal on 30 January 2021.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["no preventive measure","in custody","house arrest","arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• no preventive measure: from 18.03.2021 to 23.08.2024\n• in custody: from 16.02.2021 to 18.03.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• house arrest: from 30.01.2021 to 16.02.2021\n• arrest in absentia: from 23.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-03-18T10:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 29-01-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/reports/kak-podavlyayut-protesty-v-habarovske-doklad-ovd-info#6-3\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 04-03-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/en/node/12467\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 17-03-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/10701/drobnohod-jana-aleksandrovna-1\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"recEJooeNmO3GbKIh"},{"persecution_id":"recQxiCK8AkdJxBSm","last_updated":"2025-12-03T14:37:28.000Z","person_id":"recz4WAoH7MeVyedX","name_en":"Zakhar Sarapulov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 28 December 2021, Sarapulov’s home was searched. A measure of restriction was chosen against him in the form of a ban on certain actions as part of a case on the activities of an extremist community and on a non-profit organisation infringing on personality and citizens rights. Later, charges against Sarapulov related to the activities of an extremist community were dropped. 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Since Alexei Navalny and his associates were listed on the same day in the extremist community case, Fateyev assumed that a case had been brought against him as well. By this point, he had left the country. 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Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recsiw56ozlziYP4D"},{"persecution_id":"recp4NRHg61ws68Kr","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:04:14.000Z","person_id":"recjOuFPwmV7kLVBX","name_en":"Victoria Novikova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attclNnAkGIs7wrwo.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attclNnAkGIs7wrwo.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She works at the Chelyabinsk Institute for the Humanities. She is a civic activist since 2017. Victoria is a single mother, raising a minor daughter.\n\nOn February 5, 2021, Novikova was detained and interrogated as a suspect in the case of blocking roads during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 31. An obligation to appear was taken.\n\nDuring the search, a report was issued about inappropriate conditions in which the minor lived. 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In October 2021, a case was opened against Smirnova for justifying terrorism in connection with an action in support of Crimean Tatars. It later became known that the case had been dropped; the decision to terminate the proceedings was dated October 2021, although Smirnova was not returned all the equipment seized during the search until 6 April 2022.\n\nOn 5 May 2022, Smirnova was detained following a search in connection with a criminal case on the dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The following day, the court ordered that Smirnova be remanded in custody; the hearing was held behind closed doors and concluded late at night. On 10 October, the court returned the case to the prosecutor’s office; however, the case was subsequently sent back to the court. In February 2023, Smirnova’s defence lawyer, Dinar Idrisov, was barred from participating in the proceedings on the grounds that two witnesses in the case had issued powers of attorney to him.\n\nOn 30 August 2023, Smirnova was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nIn June 2024, it became known that Smirnova had been placed on a prison register as “prone to extremism”.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vsevolozhsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2021-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"protest_event_en":"\"Strategy-18\" Actions 18.08.2021.","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Cases related to mass actions","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Olga Smirnova's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"Organised rallies in support of Crimean Tatars persecuted on charges of involvement with \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-04-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/counteraction/2022/04/d46071/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recEenYdQvNWJD2Yl"},{"persecution_id":"rec5XIi61OLiAWtrf","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"reccfRCWhH7xxuaSD","name_en":"Natalia Rezontova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZd2mumA1u7DfUQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZd2mumA1u7DfUQ.jpg"],"birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist, tour guide, editor, amateur artist. 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In August 2025, his mother was searched in Rtischev, where he is registered, in a case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 236 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["236"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 236"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Sanitary business in Saratov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 19 January 2021, being the coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Saratov, he posted messages on his page and on the page \"Team Navalny/Saratov\" in the social network VKontakte with calls to participate in a rally on 23 January 2021.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 27.09.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-09-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recWPdxunugyqvc2J"},{"persecution_id":"recLQSOTSJbeuFt3b","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recUSc6kLZkotPCYJ","name_en":"Pavel Lisin","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In February 2021, the case of vandalism was brought against Lisin. 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On April 17, 2021, he walked around wearing a mask with the slogan \"Putin must resign\".\n","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["no preventive measure"],"restraint_measures_en":"• no preventive measure:  to 24.01.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 27-04-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/reports/kak-podavlyayut-protesty-v-habarovske-doklad-ovd-info#6-3\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recXeYVKuOeix0BNB"},{"persecution_id":"rece2geBkdLSKaGQB","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recFIJTx1D2CvBs1k","name_en":"Alexey Vinogradov","birth_year":1992,"age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained and sent under house arrest on 27 January 2021 on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January. 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He later told his lawyer that on that day he was forced to sign a statement stating that he, together with other defendants in the case, was a member of a group of \"civil self-defence groups\" and had painted an inscription about Putin on the wall and thrown a Molotov cocktail at the wall. He was given an undertaking to appear. On 3 April, he was taken into custody for attempting to leave the country. On 23 September, Skripin was released from custody without the appointment of another preventive measure. 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An obligation to appear was taken.\n\nOn 6 December, the case was terminated at the investigation stage.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 267 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["267"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 267"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"31 January Chelyabinsk road blockage case ","case_number":"1-257/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, involved in road blocking at the protests on 31 January 2021.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court:  to 01.12.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 16-02-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recxa0NbwLc5ezMi2"},{"persecution_id":"recjJ0zyqsXNV0B2D","last_updated":"2025-04-14T10:39:33.000Z","person_id":"recyUrDpsrxrAptKF","name_en":"Lilia Chanysheva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUcRq27zX41Gktl.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUcRq27zX41Gktl.jpg"],"birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 9 November 2021, Chanysheva was searched, detained, and the next day the court decided to take her into custody as part of a case of organising activities of an extremist community due to her involvement with Alexei Navalny's structures. She was transported from Ufa to Moscow, where several lawyers were not allowed to see her. In September 2022, it became known that Chanysheva was accused of involvement in the activities of an extremist community using her official position, calls for extremist activities and participation in the activities of an organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens.\n\nOn 14 June 2023, Chanysheva was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime colony on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist community using her official position. She was sentenced to three years under the article on calls for extremist activity, and a fine of 100,000 rubles under the article on participation in the activities of an organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens, but was released from punishment under both articles due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nAfter the verdict, Chanysheva was transferred to another pre-trial detention centre, where she was put on a preventive register as \"prone to committing terrorist and extremist offences\". When she tried to find out why she had not been placed on the prophylactic register in the pre-trial detention centre where she had been before, it turned out that the relevant protocol from the previous pre-trial detention centre was in her file, but she was not informed about it.\nOn 7 November 2023, the appellate court confirmed the sentence, adding aggravating circumstances to the episode of organising the activities of an extremist community: committing a crime by a group of persons and motivated by political hatred.\nOn 4 March 2024, the court of cassation instance overturned the verdict and returned the case to the court of appeal instance. 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An undertaking to appear was taken.\nOn the day of the action on 31 January, in connection with which the criminal case was initiated, Makarova was serving an administrative arrest for not removing the announcement of the action from the chat room.\nOn 6 December, the case was terminated at the investigation stage.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2022-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 267 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["267"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 267"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"31 January Chelyabinsk road blockage case ","case_number":"1-257/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, involved in road closures at the action on 31 January 2021.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 11-02-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recwwrKKao582tnmF"},{"persecution_id":"rec0RIaHe4PYjgupE","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recGDOYjOSk7YUvZp","name_en":"Alena Krylova","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 8 September 2021, Krylova was prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist community. 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After the detention she went on hunger strike for some time. She was sent to a pre-trial detention centre. During the investigation she was on hunger strike for some time due to the extension of the detention period. She was found guilty of hooliganism and sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. During her stay in a colony in Perm Krai, she went on hunger strike for some time due to the harsh conditions of detention. She was denied parole.\n\nOn 23 December 2013, Alyokhina was amnestied.\n\nOn 27 January 2021, Alyokhina was detained as part of a criminal case for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules, and her flat was searched. On 29 January, the court sent Alyokhina under house arrest. Later she was charged with incitement to violate the rules.\n\nOn 10 September, she was sentenced to a year of restricted freedom. On 21 April 2022, due to the fact that Alyokhina cut off the electronic bracelet she was wearing, the court commuted her remaining sentence of 21 days to imprisonment. Alyokhina did not appear at the trial, and on 26 April it became known that she was wanted.\n\nIn September 2024, Alyokhina, along with four other members of Pussy Riot, was put on a wanted list in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The reason was the clip \"Mum, don't watch TV\" and an anti-war action in a Munich museum.\n\nOn 15 September 2025, the court sentenced her in absentia to 13 years and 15 days in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":226,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 236 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["236"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 236"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case","Sanitary case"],"case_name_en":"Maria Alyokhina's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she incited the violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules in connection with the action in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.01.2021 to 29.01.2021, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• house arrest: from 29.01.2021 to 10.09.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• Court of first instance for replacement of punishment with real deprivation of liberty, 10.09.2021, Sentence: 1 year's restriction of liberty, 21 days remaining in the term to be replaced by imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's restriction of liberty, 21 days remaining in the term to be replaced by imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-09-10T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-09-10T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 24-02-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/10568/sanitarnoe-delo-o-mitinge-23-janvarja-2021-goda-v-moskve\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-02-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/sanitarnoe-delo-o-mitinge-23-yanvarya-2021-goda-v-moskve\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-01-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recsuAnlHONAODXlR"},{"persecution_id":"recILiXHCe1rgOfLt","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:01:41.000Z","person_id":"reccISR3l31cIVt6K","name_en":"Gleb Maryasov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwGQB6GbIoTSph8.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwGQB6GbIoTSph8.jpg"],"birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He lived in Krasnoyarsk, studied at Siberian Federal University. 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Signed a written pledge not to leave the area. He left Russia and was put on a wanted list.\n","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2021-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"case_group_en":["The case of \"Putin is a thief\" inscription in Rostov-on-Don"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Ivanov's case about the inscription \"Putin - Thief\" in Rostov-on-Don","persecution_case_profile_en":"Grossly violating the norms of public morality and aesthetics, expressing clear disrespect for society, disregarding the norms of morality and morals, rules of behaviour in public places, expressing clear disrespect for society, being aware of the unlawfulness of his actions and wishing for the occurrence of socially dangerous consequences, wishing to prove himself, being [at the specified address], having the intention to damage and desecrate residential houses, acting on the grounds of political hatred, carried out the drawing of a political inscription: \"PUTIN - Thief\" on the wall <....> of a house using white and black coloured paint, defacing the building and disfiguring its appearance\", and then applied the same inscription in the similar way to another house nearby.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 13-10-2021\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ob-antiputinskoy-nadpisi-v-rostove-na-donu\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recBOdTsewVy7EpHj"},{"persecution_id":"rec5AlwBforGjdPHs","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:00:41.000Z","person_id":"recL84btWKkw1gjjg","name_en":"Nikolay Lyaskin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att65OlLYXRH2QUZH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att65OlLYXRH2QUZH.jpg"],"birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Nikolay is an ecologist, former expert of Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, creator of the Clean Air project and host of the YouTube channel Navalny LIVE. He participated in the 2016 State Duma elections.\n\nThe reason for the prosecution was that in the summer of 2013 Lyaskin contributed money to Navalny's election fund and then offset the amount by collecting donations on his Yandex wallet. In May 2014, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on alleged fraud with this money. The flat where Lyaskin was registered was searched. On 11 June 2014, the day of the official announcement of elections to the Moscow City Duma, where Lyaskin was going to run for office, he was summoned for questioning and signed a personal recognizance. The further fate of the case is unknown.\n\nOn 30 January 2021, he was detained in a criminal case for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules. On 1 February, the court chose Lyaskin a prohibition of certain actions as a measure of restraint. Later, he was charged with incitement to violate the rules. On 6 August, he was sentenced to a year of restricted freedom. On 23 September, the appellate court reduced the term by two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":187,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 236 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 236 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["236","236"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 236","Part 1, Article 236"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case","Sanitary case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Nikolai Lyaskin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he incited the violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules due to the action in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January 2021.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.02.2021 to 26.11.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 30.01.2021 to 01.02.2021, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.08.2021, Sentence: 1 year imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year imprisonment","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-05T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-05T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-01-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 24-02-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/10568/sanitarnoe-delo-o-mitinge-23-janvarja-2021-goda-v-moskve\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-02-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/sanitarnoe-delo-o-mitinge-23-yanvarya-2021-goda-v-moskve\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec5AlwBforGjdPHs"},{"persecution_id":"recujIEW7QM1oehHd","last_updated":"2023-11-09T17:32:27.000Z","person_id":"rec9D7Wrk7EJG7I4u","name_en":"Konstantin Lakeev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUUgPQZ6ShyCeCF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUUgPQZ6ShyCeCF.jpg"],"birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Popular TikTok blogger Kostya Kievsky, whose real name is Konstantin Lakeev, made headlines on the evening of January 26, 2021, when FSB officers entered the TikTok-house where young bloggers live and create content for the TikTok social network. During the incident, the enforcers ordered everyone in the house to lie face down on the floor, and several individuals were detained, including 18-year-old Konstantin Lakeev.\n\nOn January 27, the Investigative Committee released a video featuring Lakeev apologizing for his actions. In the video, he admitted to damaging a car by pelting it with snow and kicking it several times. He apologized to everyone affected by his actions and promised that such incidents would not occur again.\n\nLater that same day, Lakeev was formally charged with property damage (under Article 167 Part 2 of the Criminal Code) and initially with hooliganism (under Article 213 Part 2 of the Criminal Code). Members of the Public Supervisory Commission reported that Lakeev had allegedly been subjected to physical abuse and denied food for two days following his detention. He was also forced to sleep on chairs.\n\nOn that very day, the Presnensky District Court of Moscow ordered Lakeev's detention for two months and transferred him to the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center. Initially, Lakeev was represented by Tatyana Okushko, a lawyer from OVD-Info, but he later chose to decline her legal services. During the court proceedings, the charge of hooliganism was dropped by the prosecutor's office.\n\nUltimately, on December 8, Lakeev received a sentence of two years and eight months in a general regime colony. He was subsequently released on February 10, 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":316,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 167 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["167"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 167"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case","Snowball case"],"case_name_en":"The case of 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operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at penal colony-5 (IK-5) for Krasnoyarsky Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.01.2022 to 20.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 05.08.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Smolensk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.03.2022 to 06.04.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 07.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.07.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for 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At the end of February 2021, he was unexpectedly summoned for questioning in the case of blocking roads in connection with a rally in support of Navalny on January  23, 2021.\n\nAccording to the investigation, on January 23, Gasiuk and nine other people entered into a criminal conspiracy with the coordinator of Navalny's headquarters Ekaterina Ostapenko and went out on the roadway, thus blocking traffic. Because of this, according to the prosecution, the ambulance crew was unable to get to the seriously ill patient in time. Thus, Gasiuk \"created a real threat to the life and health of a person\", as stated in the indictment. Whether there were any consequences for the person's health is not specified. In addition, the investigation believes that Gasiuk created \"a real threat of damage to property worth 50,000 roubles located in the shop \"L'Etoile\"\".\n\nThe investigator conveniently omits the fact that people took to the roadway when it was ALREADY  blocked by lorries and chains of OMON (Special Purpose Mobile Unit). \"You can't block a road that is already blocked [by the law enforcement officers],\" stated Polina Sidelnikova, who represented Alexey Gasiuk interests from OVD-Info.\n\nOn March 22, 2023, the court dismissed the case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sailors"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2023-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":754,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":107,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 267 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["267"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 267"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case","Vladivostok street blocking case"],"case_name_en":"The case of blocking the streets in Vladivostok","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he colluded with unidentified individuals from Navalny's headquarters, while being at the action on January 23, 2021, on the Svetlanskaya Street, and prevented an ambulance crew from reaching a seriously ill patient, and also by his aggressive behaviour created \"a real threat to the safety of citizens\" and \"a real threat of damage to property worth 50,000 roubles <...> located in the 'L'Etoile' shop\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 24.01.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 07-03-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recY2plSV6LVKJr59"},{"persecution_id":"recYjGH6Ya1gCUseb","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recrT9KJsPyXD24me","name_en":"Sergey Motovilov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In connection with the action on January 31, 2021 in support of Navalny, a case of road blocking was initiated. 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She was issued a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions within the framework of the case on the activities of an extremist community and a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens.\nOn 9 October 2023, the court hearing Fadeeva's case declared the trial closed. In October, Fadeyeva was placed under house arrest, the judge considered that she had violated one of the prohibitions imposed on her. The state prosecutor appealed against this decision and demanded to send the activist to custody. On 13 November the court satisfied the demand. In December it became known that the judge insisted that the sessions should be held from early morning to evening. The defendant is constantly under escort, she is not allowed to rest, eat, use hot water and prepare for the hearings. In the evening of 27 December, an ambulance had to be called to the courthouse because Fadeeva and her lawyer felt ill. 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She was at the rally in support of Navalny on 23 January 2021 as a journalist. Despite this, immediately after the rally she was detained, taken to the police station and denied lawyer's presence for an hour and a half. The young woman spent the night in the police department. The next day, the court sentenced her to 60 hours of compulsory labour for participation in an unauthorised rally, which interfered with the movement of traffic and pedestrians (part 6.1 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nIn early March, the administrative case was dismissed due to the initiation of a criminal case about hooliganism. Two weeks later, Ponkina's flat was searched. Her laptop and flash drives were seized. A search was also conducted in the local headquarters of the RSM. In addition, Ponkina and other activists of the movement were questioned as part of an investigation into the possible organisation of an extremist community (Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). Anastasia herself connects it with the protests against deforestation on 40 Let Pobedy Street.\n\nOn 10 October 2022, Ponkina was sentenced to two years' suspended prison sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2021-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":579,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 1,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"The case of 23 January in Izhevsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she \"posted appeals to an indefinite number of people on the Internet\" calling for the participation in the rally on 23 January 2021, including her contact details in the posts, \"taking active actions to protest against the current political authorities of the Udmurt Republic and the Russian Federation\", \"knowing with certainty that her actions were unlawful\", as the rally was unauthorised; she went to the square and addressed the people gathered with appeals: \"Let's go out into the street and show our power! Come here, let's show our power! 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On 25 January, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Egorov for climbing on a monument to the Kuban Cossacks and taking off his trousers. A written pledge not to leave was taken.\n\nOn 18 June he was sentenced to two years of suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":143,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 1,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"The horse case","case_number":"1-368/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"During the action on 23 January, he climbed on the monument to the Kuban Cossacks in the form of a Cossack on a horse, after which, according to the investigation, \"he put his pants on the hoof of the horse, then took off his trousers, exposing his buttocks, turned first towards the administrative building, slamming himself on them, thereby grossly violating public order\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 25.01.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.06.2021, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-06-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-06-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-01-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/01/d43544/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-01-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recEyPr2G18XWXd8e"},{"persecution_id":"rec5Spct8ANhF4yqM","last_updated":"2025-04-24T15:35:14.000Z","person_id":"recd2u5spvCakYk71","name_en":"Ludmila Stein","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attB7brL64RyVbYQI.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attB7brL64RyVbYQI.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Municipal deputy of Basmanny district of Moscow, a graduate of VGIK (Russian State Institute of Cinematography), a journalist and an actress. According to her, she decided to get involved in politics after seeing a minor being brutally detained by police officers. She reported on the anlawful actions of the officers, but didn't receive any reply from police. \n\nOn 2 February 2021, she was repeatedly detained in a special detention centre, where she was serving an arrest in connection with a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January. On 3 February, the court sent Stein under house arrest. Later she was charged with incitement to violate sanitary and epidemiological rules. On 7 April, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen. On 25 August, she was sentenced to a year of restricted freedom.\n\nOn 8 April 2022 it became known that Stein left Russia. In May, she was declared wanted. On 30 June, the court replaced the rest of her one-month sentence with imprisonment in a general regime colony.\n\nIn February 2023, it became known that a case was brought against Stein for disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. In May, it was reported that the Investigative Committee was checking the activist's tweets. Stein was put on a wanted list again. In November 2023, she was arrested in absentia.\n\nOn 27 March 2024, Stein was sentenced to six years in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":204,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 236 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["236"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 236"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case","Sanitary case"],"case_name_en":"The Lucy Stein case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, instigated the violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules in connection with a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January 2021.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.02.2021 to 03.02.2021, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• house arrest: from 03.02.2021 to 07.04.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.08.2021, Sentence: one year of imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"one year of imprisonment","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":1,"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-25T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-25T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 09-02-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/sanitarnoe-delo-o-mitinge-23-yanvarya-2021-goda-v-moskve\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 24-02-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/dela-grazhdanskih-aktivistov/10568/sanitarnoe-delo-o-mitinge-23-janvarja-2021-goda-v-moskve\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-01-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners","OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec5Spct8ANhF4yqM"},{"persecution_id":"recuJ8uXdfuJpPtRD","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:41:28.000Z","person_id":"recVGavraxrkOt9do","name_en":"Ruslan Abasov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attRsgKscxSHFpdwd.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attRsgKscxSHFpdwd.jpeg"],"birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A left-wing activist from Vladimir. In May 2020, criminal proceedings for robbery were initiated against him: according to Abasov himself, he beat an officer of a district police department “in the course of a quarrel that lasted more than one day”, but he was also accused of extorting cigarettes from the officer. Later, criminal proceedings for the use of violence against a police officer were initiated as well. Abasov states that the reason was an unjustified detention: force was used against him when he refused to go to the police station, one of the police officers caused him to trip, and Abasov, while falling, caused the officer himself to fall. In August 2020, the cases were merged. According to the publication Dovod, the merged case was later dropped. Abasov believes that the police officers wanted to “spoil his life”.\n\nIn addition, two criminal cases for vandalism were initiated against him in Moscow: according to him, “for a broken bus stop advertising amendments to the Constitution and for a broken turnstile during a fight near the metro”. The investigations in these cases were also suspended.\n\nOn 23 December 2021, Abasov was detained in Moscow following a search, and his whereabouts were unknown until the following day. On 24 December, interrogations and face-to-face confrontations were conducted. Abasov was accused of hooliganism in connection with an action involving flares near the building of the regional office of the FSB. A minor participant in the action was also detained; he initially gave testimony against Abasov but later recanted. The following day, the court ordered that Abasov be remanded in custody. On 13 July 2022, a measure of restraint in the form of a prohibition on certain actions was imposed. In January 2023, Abasov was placed on a wanted list.\n\nAccording to Dovod, in 2022, the criminal proceedings for robbery and the use of violence against a police officer were resumed. On 8 February, he was also placed on a wanted list in connection with these proceedings. It is presumed that the vandalism cases were also resumed.\n\nAccording to Abasov, criminal proceedings were initiated against him in Croatia, where he sought political asylum, on charges of possession of weapons and child pornography, as well as propaganda in support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and participation in the activities of a radical Islamic organisation. He claims that he reached an agreement with the local security service under which he would withdraw his application for political asylum in exchange for being allowed to travel to Bosnia.\n\nAbasov subsequently moved to Montenegro, where, according to him, criminal proceedings were initiated in February 2024 on charges of selling and possession of drugs, possession of weapons, and grievous bodily harm. He was remanded in custody. He was sentenced to 11 months’ imprisonment on the drug-related charges; the status of the other charges remains unclear. After his release, Abasov was detained and placed in an immigration detention centre, after which he was forced to leave the country. 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The charge was reclassified to a more serious one - about rendering transport means or ways of communication inoperable, causing by negligence serious harm to human health or causing major damage. On 26th May 2022, Kabulina was sentenced to a year in a general regime colony and was taken into custody in the courtroom. In addition, the court ordered Kabulina to pay 1.23 million rubles on the claim of the Interior Ministry and about 19 thousand rubles on the claim of the Rosgvardia. On August 19, the court of appeal reclassified the charge back to disabling communication routes without severe consequences. The court replaced the imprisonment with a fine of 250 thousand rubles and, taking into account the time Kabulina spent in custody, reduced the amount to 100 thousand rubles. 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On the same day, a video appeared on Tregubov's Facebook, in which he refuses to be the head of Alexei Navalny's headquarters and calls not to go to uncoordinated events. Later, Tregubov said through his lawyer that he was forced to record the video by the police. On 28 February it became known that Tregubov is a suspect in a criminal case. He left Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 236 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["236"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 236"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Nizhny Novgorod \"sanitatiry case\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted information on social networks about holding a public event in support of Alexei Navalny on Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street on 23 January 2021. At the same time, the investigation believes that he deliberately ignored the requirements of sanitary and epidemiological rules on the cancellation of mass events.","persecution_location_en":"Under investigation without preventive measure","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["no preventive measure"],"restraint_measures_en":"• no preventive measure: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 27-02-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-11-2021\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/sanitarnoe-delo-o-mitinge-23-yanvarya-2021-goda-v-nizhnem-novgorode\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec8J8Sh4JL5IAbLK"},{"persecution_id":"recFmT9zf49J6vxvg","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:47:11.000Z","person_id":"recAEANXyULT4giFp","name_en":"Dmitry Baranovsky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att6Y4JvkOi6RkRVb.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att6Y4JvkOi6RkRVb.jpeg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Deputy of the Moscow district of Severnoe Izmailovo.\nOn 1 February 2021, he was detained and sent under house arrest as part of a criminal case for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules. Baranovsky was later charged with incitement to violate the rules.\n\nThe reason for the case was Baranovsky's post in the social network \"LiveJournal\" about the upcoming protest action on 23 January. This created a threat of \"mass infection of people\", according to the investigation. On 22 April, a defendant appeared in the case, who was allegedly influenced by Baranovsky, among others. This defendant admits that he came to the action \"hoping for a negative express test\", but denies that he did it under the influence of any appeals.\n\nOn August 30th he was sentenced to one and a half years of imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Municipal deputies"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":209,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 236 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 236 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["236","236"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 236","Part 1, Article 236"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case","Sanitary case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Dmitri Baranovsky","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, Dmitry Baranovsky instigated the violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules in relation to the action in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January 2021.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.02.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.08.2021, Sentence: Sentenced to 1 year and 6 months under the following conditions:\n1. 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In February, the case concerning the imposition of a preventive measure was sent for a new trial. On 9 April, he was sentenced to a two-year conditioned prison sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":67,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Snowballs case in Togliatti","case_number":"1-179/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the Investigative Committee's video, he admitted that he pushed a policeman in the back at the rally on 23 January 2021. 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On the same day, the court imposed a preventive measure on Aramyan, prohibiting certain activities, which specifically prohibited him to leave his home for more than one minute per day. Later, the appellate court allowed Aramyan to go for walks for up to two hours a day. The investigation scheduled interrogations for him on all working days until the end of May.\n\nOn April 12, 2022, Aramyan was sentenced to two years of corrective labor, and the preventive measure was lifted.\n\nIn August, it became known that he had left Russia.\n\nIn May 2024, a criminal case was initiated against Aramyan on charges of spreading knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces and publicly justifying terrorism. In September, he was arrested in absentia. On February 27, 2025, Aramyan was sentenced in absentia to ten years and one month in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":362,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 151.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["151.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 151.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"DOXA editors' case of involving minors in activities dangerous to their lives","case_number":"01-0001/208/2022 (01-0035/208/2021)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in recording and distributing a video \"in order to increase the audience\" of the protest. 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During the detention, police officers behaved very harshly, almost strangled Pavel. He was given an undertaking to appear.\n\nOn 6 December, the case was terminated at the investigation stage.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2021-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 267 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["267"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 267"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"31 January Chelyabinsk road blockage case ","case_number":"1-257/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, involved in road closures at the protest on 31 January 2021.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 08-03-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recmHfRaFZpD0mRsh"},{"persecution_id":"recUN7MKdGj7G0zTd","last_updated":"2025-04-14T10:38:10.000Z","person_id":"recW1v3GhFpAuymU4","name_en":"Vadim Ostanin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attXhCJI5jBfoxAg9.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attXhCJI5jBfoxAg9.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 28 December 2021, Ostanin was home searched. He was issued a measure of restriction in the form of a ban on certain actions in the case of activities of an extremist community and a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. In March 2022, he was taken into custody.\n\nAt the end of March 2023, Ostanin spoke about the pressure of the investigation and deteriorating health due to the conditions in SIZO-1 in Altai Krai, which he described as torture-like. He was kept for a long time in the punishment cell - a basement with a window covered with rubbish, without hot water or a sleeping place. The cell was once flooded with water, and he had to share it with rats, spiders and ants. In April, Ostanin told his fellow detainees that his medicines, personal hygiene items and books were taken away from him in the pre-trial detention centre. He was repeatedly denied medication, which caused his health to deteriorate.\n\nOn 24 July 2023, Ostanin was sentenced to nine years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 1 August 2024, he was released as part of a prisoner exchange between the Russian Federation and other states.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul","Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai","Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":573,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","239"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 3, Article 239"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"Vadim Ostanin's case of extremist community","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was a member of an extremist community, within the framework of which he held \"uncoordinated public events, during which calls for extremist and terrorist activities were made, unlawful actions were committed, resulting in the violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, and harm to public order and public safety\".","persecution_location_en":"At large as a result of an exchange","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.03.2022 to 29.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 28.12.2021 to 16.03.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.09.2023 to 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023 to 01.07.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• Unknown:  to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.07.2023, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-24T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-24T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-12-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/12/d45543/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-09-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recUN7MKdGj7G0zTd"},{"persecution_id":"recpa6CGaehPQv5ad","last_updated":"2024-07-26T11:06:40.000Z","person_id":"recO6fRBuc9Dol374","name_en":"Pavel Khokhlov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attWY4tkedrijnbrP.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attWY4tkedrijnbrP.jpg"],"birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Khokhlov's detention (without mentioning his name) was reported on 30 January 2021 by the website of the regional police department. It said that the reason for the criminal case was the young man's participation in a rally on January 23 (in support of Alexei Navalny, although this was not specified in the report). Before that, from August to October 2020, he \"was three times brought to administrative responsibility under Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code\", and \"various district courts of the regional centre imposed fines of 10,000 rubles and arrest for ten days\". Apparently, one of the actions included in the criminal case was a march in support of Khabarovsk protest on 8 August: Khokhlov was considered the organiser of an uncoordinated event and was arrested for ten days, but the court of appeal reduced the arrest to eight days.\n\nThe message was accompanied by a video showing Khokhlov being roughly placed in the snow and handcuffed.\n\nOn 1 February, the court sent Khokhlov to custody. In March, he was released from custody on his own recognisance.\n\nOn 5 July the court dismissed the case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2021-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":156,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Actions in support of Sergei Furgal 08.08.2020","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 212.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Pavel Khokhlov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in a number of actions, including a march in support of Khabarovsk protests on 8 August 2020 and a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January 2021.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 17.03.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 30.01.2021 to 01.02.2021\n• in custody: from 01.02.2021 to 10.03.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.07.2021, Sentence: case dismissed","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"case dismissed","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-07-05T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-05T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 31-01-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/reports/kak-podavlyayut-protesty-v-habarovske-doklad-ovd-info#6-3\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recpa6CGaehPQv5ad"},{"persecution_id":"recmT4X1kCfGqb9r2","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:58:58.000Z","person_id":"recUKjpYUAQCQ848s","name_en":"Alexander Kashevarov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBN4me8hEu41WHi.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBN4me8hEu41WHi.jpg"],"birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-02-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of the Chelyabinsk branch of the Viasna movement.\nIt first became known on 30 April 2021 that a case under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code had been initiated in the Chelyabinsk region. The message of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (UMVD) did not specify against whom the case was initiated, but the age of the suspect - 18 years old - was specified. On May 1, Kashevarov was detained at the airport of Yekaterinburg: he was going on vacation to Armenia. Later that day he was charged under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code and released on personal recognisance. On 3 May, Kashevarov's house was searched. On 17 May, the personal recognizance was cancelled, at the same time it became clear that Kashevarov was a suspect. On 13 August, it became known that Kashevarov had left Russia. On 9 November, the case was dismissed due to the fact that not all court decisions on Kashevarov's administrative cases, that were included in the criminal case, had entered into force at the time of the initiation of the latter.\n\nIn 2023, it became known that Kashevarov was a suspect in a criminal case initiated in connection with the activities of Viasna: he was charged with organising the activities of an extremist community, spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, calling for activities threatening the security of the Russian Federation and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2021-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Action on April 21, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 212.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Case of repeated violation of the established procedure for conducting a public event in Chelyabinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Held a solitary picket on 3 October 2020 with an attempted self-immolation in memory of Nizhny Novgorod journalist Irina Slavina;\nposted about a rally in support of Navalny on 31 January 2021;\nannounced in social media a rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov in February 2021; participated in a rally in support of Navalny on 21 April 2021.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.05.2021 to 17.05.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-04-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/reports/kak-podavlyayut-protesty-v-habarovske-doklad-ovd-info#6-3\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recmT4X1kCfGqb9r2"},{"persecution_id":"recaHMEJI6tEweeIR","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recNbZWkklkp0hYPh","name_en":"Serafim Kravchuk","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In September 2021, a criminal case was reported to have been initiated against Kravchuk for property damage in connection with the rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January. He signed a recognisance not to leave the country. 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Declared his candidacy for the State Duma.\n\nOn 28 January 2021 he was detained at the exit from the special reception centre, where he finished serving administrative arrest in connection with the announcement of a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January. On 29 January, the court sent Stepanov under house arrest. Later he was charged with incitement to violate the rules. On 20 August he was sentenced to a year of restricted freedom. On 26 January 2022 it became known that Stepanov was put on a federal wanted list. According to him, he tried to get on the register of the FSIN, but was refused. 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Interrogations and confrontations took place during the next day. A minor participant of the action was also detained, who initially testified against Skoryakin, naming him as the organiser, but then recanted. The next day, the court decided to send Skoryakin to custody. On 13 July 2022, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen. Skoryakin managed to leave Russia. In June 2023, he was detained in Bishkek and placed in a pre-trial detention centre, but in September he was released as the Kyrgyz Prosecutor General's Office refused to extradite him to Russia because he had requested political asylum. After his release from the pre-trial detention centre, the activist hsd a German ersatz passport issued, he received humanitarian protection from Germany and was ready to go there. On 13 October, the day of Vladimir Putin's visit to the summit in Kyrgyzstan, Skoryakin was detained by officers of the country's State Committee for National Security. The activist was held for two hours in the office of the security service and released after his Russian passport was confiscated.\n\nSkoryakin was detained again on 16 October. According to him, the law enforcers drove him around the city by car. They did not take away the activist's phone, but he could not contact anyone. In the early morning of 17 October Skoryakin was locked alone in the car, handcuffed and his phone was confiscated. Later that morning, he was handed over to the Russian authorities. The two Russian law enforcers did not identify themselves; they had with them a laptop, which the activist had left in a hostel in Bishkek. They put him on a plane and kept him handcuffed during the flight. At Moscow's Domodedovo airport he was taken for interrogation in a windowless room. During the interrogation, two FSB officers beat him on his chest, head and legs. After that, Skoryakin was placed in an investigative isolator.\n\nOn 13 December 2023, Skoryakin was sentenced to a fine of 500,000 rubles and released from payment due to his detention.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2023-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":720,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":102,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action of Left Bloc supporters on the Day of Security Workers of the Russian Federation","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["\"Happy chekist day\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Lev Skoryakin","case_number":"01-0030/2023 (01-0490/2022)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he entered into a criminal conspiracy with Ruslan Abasov and unidentified persons. Then they placed a banner on the fence of the FSB building with the inscription \"Happy Chekist Day\", after which they lit firecrackers and threw one of them over the fence of the FSB building.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia","in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 07.02.2023 to 17.10.2023\n• in custody: from 25.12.2021 to 12.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 13.07.2022 to 07.02.2023\n• in custody: from 12.01.2022 to 13.07.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 31.10.2023 to 13.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 17.10.2023 to 31.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.12.2023, Sentence: A fine of 500,000 roubles. 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Romanov and his family left Russia. In October 2014, after Romanov's departure, there was information about his detention in Magnitogorsk.\n\nOn 8 September 2021, a case was opened against Romanov for participation in the activities of an extremist community.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action in support of the protest against the construction of a temple in Yekaterinburg 22 May 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Left Resistance\" case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Romanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he joined the \"Left Resistance\", within the framework of which he organised and held public events aimed at discrediting the activities of the authorities, and ensured the functioning of Internet pages on VKontakte.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-12-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/12/d45396/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 02-03-2022\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-levogo-soprotivleniya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"rec6zNQUYaI71uyvC"},{"persecution_id":"recbyAHI37qm4SIyf","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rech62hViZ9GEBglB","name_en":"Anastasia Galkina","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 February 2021, Galkina was searched, then taken for questioning as a suspect in the case of blocking roads during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 31 January, after which she was released under an obligation to appear.\n\nOn 6 December, the case was terminated at the investigation stage.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 267 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["267"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 267"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"31 January Chelyabinsk road blockage case ","case_number":"1-257/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, involved in road closures at the action on 31 January 2021.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 08-03-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recbyAHI37qm4SIyf"},{"persecution_id":"recsyeO4xYkBjiKqg","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recpIApGerFTugb0l","name_en":"Alexander Stepanov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Vladimir, journalist of the Tomiks publication. He was charged with calls for extremist activity in connection with the publication on the day of the action on 23 January demanding physical violence against members of United Russia. Stepanov was sent under house arrest. He pleaded guilty, accelerated proceetings were used in this case. 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On 31 January 2021, he was serving an administrative arrest on the day of the rally, which led to a criminal case.\nOn 17 February 2021, Kopyev was detained and questioned as a suspect in the case of blocking roads during the action in support of Alexei Navalny on 31 January. An obligation to appear was taken.\n\nOn 6 December, the case was terminated at the investigation stage.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2021-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 267 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["267"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 267"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"31 January Chelyabinsk road blockage case ","case_number":"1-257/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, involved in road closures at the action on 31 January 2021.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 16-02-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec1nwWmpWT7eL9yO"},{"persecution_id":"recu8gD3RhnkrdGzv","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:49:59.000Z","person_id":"recxmCsD2Xjqmgd9K","name_en":"Alexey Vorsin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attRlFLMPhr958ypS.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attRlFLMPhr958ypS.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former head of Navalny's Khabarovsk headquarters. Vorsin regularly faced pressure due to his participation in protests. In 2020, he was frequently arrested because of rallies in support of Furgal, and in 2021 because of protests following Navalny's arrest. Vorsin has repeatedly reported being under surveillance. In winter he announcedplans to run for the State Duma.\n\nOn 19 March 2021, he was detained, accused of repeatedly violating public event regulations in connection with his support for Alexei Navalny. Alexei was beaten during the arrest. Activist Valentin Kvashnikov reported seeing many abrasions and haematomas on Vorsin's face. The next day, the court placed Vorsin under house arrest, and his lawyer was required to sign a non-disclosure agreement.\n\nOn 28 September he was sentenced to three years of probation.\n\nIn September 2022, it was revealed that a case had been opened against Vorsin for creating of an extremist community, part of the prosecution of Navalny's supporters. Vorsin left the country and was subsequently put on a wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2021-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":192,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Action in support of Sergei Furgal","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 212.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Vorsin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in a march on 25 July 2020 in support of the former governor of Khabarovsk Krai, Sergei Furgal, against whom a criminal case was opened.\nParticipated in rallies on 15 August and 10 October 2020 in support of Furgal.\nPublished posts on social media in January 2021 announcing a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January.\n","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 28.09.2021 to 23.12.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 19.03.2021 to 20.03.2021\n• house arrest: from 20.03.2021 to 28.09.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.09.2021, Sentence: 3 years of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-09-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-09-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 18-03-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/reports/kak-podavlyayut-protesty-v-habarovske-doklad-ovd-info#6-3\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 19-04-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/vorsin-aleksey-yurevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recu8gD3RhnkrdGzv"},{"persecution_id":"recYirKirGoJO2jwE","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec5ZzHXHKZ0GKRHC","name_en":"Maria Chugunova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attiq5EOhlpXpepJP.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attiq5EOhlpXpepJP.jpg"],"birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Charged with blocking roads within a group of persons in prior conspiracy in connection with a demonstration on the day of Alexey Navalny's sentencing in the Yves Rocher case on 2 February 2021. She was under a recognisance not to leave. The judge dropped the charge of participation in the conspiracy. On 16 May 2022, sentenced to eight months in a general regiment colony. She was released in November.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":311,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Navalny's Trial on February 2, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 267 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["267"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 267"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"The case of road blocking in Moscow on 2 February","case_number":"01-0008/370/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, 'at approximately 20:20, on 02 February 2021, acting in accordance with a general criminal intent, being near the \"Okhotny Ryad\" Moscow metro station, Chugunova joined a group of people who took part in an unsanctioned demonstration in support of \"Alexei Navalny\" with the aim of further violating the established rules of traffic on the objects of transport infrastructure by blocking the movement of participants in the road network, knowing that these actions would create a threat to life, health and safety of citizens, the threat of destruction and damage to the property of individuals and legal entities', after which during a procession in the center of Moscow, she 'moved along the roadway, accompanying her criminal actions with active gesticulation and chanting offensive slogans against the current government, thereby committing criminal actions by herself and unidentified persons, ignoring the legitimate demands of law enforcement officials to stop illegal actions, communicated through loudspeaker communication devices, blocked the movement of emergency services and other road users at transport infrastructure facilities, thereby creating a threat to the life, health and safety of citizens, as well as the threat of destruction or damage to the property of individuals and legal entities.'","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.05.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 16.05.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 16.11.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.05.2022, Sentence: 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":8,"first_verdict_date":"2022-05-16T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-05-16T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 08-07-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/articles/2021/01/29/poziciya-ovd-info-po-massovym-presledovaniyam-v-svyazi-s-akciyami-23-yanvarya\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-06-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Delo-o-perekrytii-dorog-na-mitinge-2-fevralya-2021-goda-v-Moskve-06-15\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recYirKirGoJO2jwE"},{"persecution_id":"rec1HJXEQjFjAVDoi","last_updated":"2025-04-14T10:38:34.000Z","person_id":"reclVLXZw6luqHrJk","name_en":"Andrey Pivovarov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Andrei Pivovarov, formerly an activist of the People's Freedom Party (PARNAS), served as the campaign manager of the Democratic Coalition in the Kostroma region, which was formed based on Parnas. He later became the coordinator of the Open Russia movement.\n\nA criminal case for unlawful access to computer information was initiated in connection with events in July 2015. After the Democratic Coalition's electoral list in the Novosibirsk region was threatened with removal from the election, Pivovarov arranged with Kostroma police captain Alexei Nikonorov to check the voter list. On the evening of July 27, when he arrived at the police department and entered an office, he was detained along with Nikonorov. Throughout the night Pivovarov was held at the Kostroma regional directorate of the Investigative Committee, and his lawyer was not allowed to see him. On July 29, the Sverdlovsk District Court of Kostroma sent Pivovarov and Nikonorov to a pre-trial detention centre for two months. Initially, Pivovarov was charged with illegal access to computer information. However, his associates and defence argued that he neither accessed nor used any data, and  criminal liability for accessing computer information is only possible in cases of material consequences. Nikonorov was charged with abuse of power. Later, Pivovarov was charged with incitement to abuse of power, and the Investigative Committee announced that Pivovarov was also suspected of bribing Nikonorov.\n\nDuring a confrontation Nikonorov admitted that he had given false testimony against Pivovarov under pressure from operatives.\n\nOn July 30, Pivovarov's mother, who is disabled and dependent on him, residing in St. Petersburg, was summoned to the Centre for Countering Extremism for a preventive conversation. On 31 July, her apartment was searched. According to Ilya Yashin, her lawyers were at the confrontation at the time. They were notified of the search via SMS, but their phones had been confiscated during the confrontation.\n\nOn September 28, after the legislative assembly elections in the Kostroma region, Pivovarov was released on bail. On June 10, 2016, he was sentenced to a fine of 2,4 million rubles, reduced to 1,5 million rubles for the time spent in a pre-trial detention centre. On August 4, the appellate court reduced the fine to one million rubles.\n\nOn May 31, 2021, Pivovarov was removed from a plane when he was about to fly from St. Petersburg to Warsaw. It turned out that a criminal case had been initiated against him on 29 May for engaging in activities of an \"undesirable organisation.\" Pivovarov and his associates emphasised that Open Russia had officially ceased to exist on May 27. On June 2, he was taken into custody by a court order in Krasnodar, where the case had been initiated. On July 15, 2022, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony.\n\nOn August 1, 2024, he was released as part of a prisoner swap between Russia and other countries.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":410,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 284.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Pivovarov's case of engaging in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on August 12, 2020, he published informational material from the \"United Democrats\" project on Facebook, despite having been subjected to administrative penalties under Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code twice within the previous year.","persecution_location_en":"At large as a result of an exchange","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-05-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.06.2021 to 03.08.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.06.2021 to 02.06.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 31.05.2021 to 01.06.2021, TDF of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\"","п. 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In April 2022, it was reported that Gimadi was put on a wanted list. 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On September 8, 2021, he was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist community in connection with the Left Resistance community. In addition, another case against him was opened in relation to the What-To-Do! (Chto-delat!) Telegram channel. \n\nIn September 2021, Igor was sent to a pre-trial detention centre. The journalist said that during his time in custody he developed diabetes and obesity, and his high blood pressure problems worsened. \n\nOn 20 March 2024, Kuznetsov was given a three-year suspended sentence in the case of his involvement in Left Resistance. In the case of the What-To-Do! Telegram channel on April 5, 2024, Kuznetsov was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk","Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast","Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":923,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":131,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"protest_event_en":"Action in support of the protest against the construction of a temple in Yekaterinburg 22 May 2019","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The \"Left Resistance\" case"],"case_name_en":"Igor Kuznetsov's case","case_number":"01-1138/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, he joined the Left Resistance, within the framework of which he organised and held public events aimed at discrediting the activities of the authorities, and ensured the functioning of Internet pages on VKontakte.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n• : , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Federal Penitentiary Service\"\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.03.2024, Sentence: 3 years' suspended imprisonment, ban on administering websites and online resources, working in mass media and organizing public events for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended imprisonment, ban on administering websites and online resources, working in mass media and organizing public events for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-20T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-20T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-12-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/12/d45396/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 02-03-2022\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-levogo-soprotivleniya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recS9hG57BIQcBqqX"},{"persecution_id":"recvMuwJPeuOlaW5x","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recgncM3hy9G6Bv32","name_en":"Georgy Alburov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In September 2021, it became known that a case of participation in the activities of an extremist community had been opened against Alburov in connection with his participation in the activities of various structures of Alexei Navalny. In April 2022, it was reported that Alburov was put on a wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases related to mass actions","Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"The case of an extremist community led by Navalny","case_number":"01-0333/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was a member of an extremist community, within the framework of which he held \"uncoordinated public events, during which calls for extremist and terrorist activities were made, unlawful actions were committed, resulting in the violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, and harm to public order and public safety\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-09-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/09/d44992/\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 01-11-2021\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshchestve-storonnikov-navalnogo\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recvMuwJPeuOlaW5x"},{"persecution_id":"recAaV4ML7LQd36sH","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"rec77RzNXrg2DDVR6","name_en":"Vadim Khairullin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attiYli6SPH9dWZUQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attiYli6SPH9dWZUQ.jpg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaliningrad, Khairullin came under investigation in June 2021 for repeated violations of the regulations on holding public events. On 20 August he was placed under recognisance as a suspect in the case. The measure was cancelled on 30 August but reimposed on 24 January 2022.\n\nOn 8 August 2022, Khairullin was sentenced to one year in a general-regime colony. He was released on 22 June 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":412,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Action on April 21, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 212.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Vadim Khairullin's case","case_number":"1-119/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"He took part in the picket on 29 August 2020 in support of the protests in Belarus, as well as in demonstrations on 23 January, 31 January, and 21 April 2021 in support of Alexei Navalny.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 20.08.2021 to 30.08.2021\n• in custody: from 08.08.2022 to 07.11.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 24.01.2022 to 08.08.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2023 to 22.06.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.08.2022, Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment in general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's imprisonment in general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-08T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-08T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-09-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/hajrullin-vadim-vilevich/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 19-08-2021\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/reports/kak-podavlyayut-protesty-v-habarovske-doklad-ovd-info#6-3\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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She has announced her nomination to the State Duma (lower house of Russian parliament).\n\nOn 21st December 2020, detained near the home of an FSB officer Konstantin Kudryavtsev, whom Alexei Navalny accused of involvement in his own poisoning. On December 23, she was fined one thousand rubles under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers. On December 25, Sobol's home was searched, after which she was interrogated as part of a criminal case on violation of inviolability of the property with threat of violence. On April 5, during the trial in the case, the court removed Sobol from the courtroom until the end of the debate. However, the court did not prevent Sobol from participating in the sessions. On April 15, Sobol was sentenced to one year of correctional labour on probation.  27th of May, the court of appeal returned the case to the court of first instance for elimination of procedural violations. On June 8 the decision was left unchanged. In November, the Federal Penitentiary Service demanded to replace the suspended sentence with a real one. On December 2nd the court satisfied the submission of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). On 8 June 2022, the same court replaced correctional labour with four months of imprisonment.\n\nOn 27 January 2021, she was detained in a criminal case on violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules, her flat was searched. On January 29, the court sent Sobol under house arrest. Later she was charged with incitement to violate the rules. On April 7, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen. On August 3rd she was sentenced to one and a half years of restriction of freedom. A few days later it became known that Sobol left Russia. In October, she was declared wanted. On 14 April 2022, the court changed her remaining sentence of five months and 26 days to imprisonment.\n\nIn September 2021, it became known that a case of extremist community activity had been opened against Sobol and other Navalny supporters. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with cases of money laundry, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, financing of extremist activities and establishment of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. She was arrested in absentia in May 2022.\n\nIn October 2021, it was reported that a libel case was brought against Sobol because of a video about businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin.\n\nIn May 2022 she was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Sobol for spreading “deliberately false information” about the Russian Armed Forces.\n\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 128.1 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Lubov Sobol's libel case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Posted a video on YouTube in which she presented \"false information undermining the honour and dignity\" of businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectKlLPv8OPaK9P7"},{"persecution_id":"recovswFv794CcHLw","last_updated":"2025-06-09T11:30:43.000Z","person_id":"rec0IRIRd8MS1r8wq","name_en":"Pavel Popovich","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":17,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Khabarovsk, a minor at the time of the prosecution. In connection with his participation in protests in support of the former governor of the region Sergey Furgal in 2020, he was put on the preventive register. A criminal case was initiated against him for insulting a representative of the authorities: according to the investigation, he used foul language against a police representative who came to a meeting of the school preventive council. In March 2022, Popovich was sentenced to 80 hours of community service. On May 4, 2023, the court of cassation instance overturned the sentence and dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2023-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":330,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Popovich's case of insulting a female police officer","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he insulted a female member of staff attending a meeting at the school where Popovic's behaviour and poor academic performance was discussed","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: from 15.04.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.03.2022, Sentence: 80 hours of community service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"80 hours of community service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-03-11T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-03-11T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recovswFv794CcHLw"},{"persecution_id":"rec7d8ItJNtERbY7E","last_updated":"2025-09-17T06:56:10.000Z","person_id":"recydlfuEtnoFAvmn","name_en":"Aleksandr Gabyshev","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 6 March 2019, Alexandr Gabyshev, who calls himself a warrior shaman, headed out on foot from Yakutsk towards Moscow. The stated purpose of the march was the expulsion of Putin. Supporters joined him on the way. This initiative caused persecution of both Gabyshev himself and his supporters in different regions of Eastern Siberia. From mid-summer, Gabyshev's supporters have been subjected to detentions and various forms of pressure. He was first detained in Buryatia, on the border with the Irkutsk region, on 19 September. First he was taken to Ulan-Ude, then to Yakutsk. Later it became known that Gabyshev was prosecuted for public calls for extremist activity. He was released on the recognisance not to leave and in the presence of a state-appointed lawyer was persuaded to undergo a voluntary inpatient examination in a psychiatric facility. On 26 September, due to the threats, the shaman's supporters announced that the march on Moscow was cancelled.\n\nOn 3 October, it became known that the psychiatric assessment carried out after Gabyshev’s detention had found signs of insanity.\n\nIn early December, Gabyshev announced that he was resuming the march to Moscow. On 9 December, his sister was served with a summons calling Gabyshev for questioning at the Investigative Department of the FSB. The next day, first Rostokin and then Gabyshev himself were detained. Information appeared that Gabyshev had been charged with the use of violence against a representative of authority for resisting detention. However, this information was later denied by the Investigative Committee, though Gabyshev was informed that a preliminary inquiry under the relevant article was underway.\n\nGabyshev was summoned for interrogation concerning the case on incitement to extremist activity. Since, according to the police, he “behaved defiantly, thereby disobeying a lawful order or demand of police officers, drew a sword, waved it in the direction of the officers and in doing so tore the officer's uniform jacket”, he was fined one thousand rubles under the administrative article on disobedience to lawful demands of the police.\n\nGabyshev once more gave an undertaking not to leave his place of residence. However, as it was in the previous instance, no formal charges were brought within ten days, and therefore the undertaking was lifted.\n\nIn January 2020, it was reported that the Investigative Committee hadn't initiated criminal proceedings against Gabyshev and had returned his sword. However, in the same month, the pressure on the shaman and his supporters resumed. Finally, in May, Gabyshev was detained at his home and taken to a psychiatric hospital. His lawyer later claimed that the ambulance had been called to Gabyshev’s house by an FSB officer. Gabyshev was told to abandon his march to Moscow. A medical commission deemed him dangerous to others. In June the court ordered his compulsory hospitalisation. On 22 July Gabyshev was released from the psychiatric facility.\n\nAt the end of January 2021, Gabyshev was placed in a psychiatric facility again. Shortly afterwards, it was reported that criminal proceedings had been initiated against him for the use of violence against a representative of authority: according to the investigators, when officers arrived to take him to the facility, Gabyshev injured a member of the National Guard with his sword.\n\nOn 26 July, the court ordered to send Gabyshev to a psychiatric hospital for compulsory treatment.\n\nOn 25 February 2022, the court ordered to transfer Gabyshev to a specialised hospital.\n\nIn June 2023, the court ordered Gabyshev's transfer from the prison hospital to a general psychiatric hospital, but this decision was overturned in July.\n\nOn 25 December 2024, the court once again decided to transfer Gabyshev to a general psychiatric hospital. On 28 February 2025, the appeal court overturned it again. On 11 April 2025, the court extended the term of compulsory treatment in the specialised facility. In June 2025, on appeal, the court again ordered Gabyshev's transfer to a general psychiatric hospital. He was transferred from a special-type facility to a general psychiatric hospital only on 3 September.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yakutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakha Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SA"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":151,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318"],"case_name_en":"Alexandr Gabyshev's case of violence against a National Guard officer","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he injured a National Guard officer with a sword, causing bruising to the officer’s right wrist and left elbow joints, as well as a stab wound half a centimetre long to the lower third of his right thigh.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• temporary hospitalisation: from 27.01.2021, Yakutsk Republican Psychoneurological Dispensary\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 03.09.2025, Psychiatric Hospital No. 1 of Primorsky Krai\n• Unknown: from 03.09.2025, Yakutsk Republican Psychoneurological Dispensary\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Yakutsk Republican Psychoneurological Dispensary","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.07.2021, Sentence: hospitalisation in the psychiatric facility","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"hospitalisation in the psychiatric facility","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-25T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-11-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gabyshev-aleksandr-prokopevich/\n• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners:\n Date: 29-06-2020\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.politzeky.ru/operativnaya-informatsiya/10092/ssp-schitaet-politzakljuchjonnym-jakutskogo-shamana-aleksandra-gabysheva\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners"],"aid":"rec7d8ItJNtERbY7E"},{"persecution_id":"recp83ddN32fxWieb","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:16.000Z","person_id":"rec1D1DmOOUx9RtuQ","name_en":"Oleg Prikhodko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att8RdBYcxr82mius.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att8RdBYcxr82mius.jpg"],"birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Other"],"story_en":"Resident of Crimea, worked as a blacksmith. After the annexation supported Ukraine. Detained on 9 October 2019 and taken into custody the next day on charges of preparing a terrorist attack. Claims that the case was falsified. On 4 March 2021, sentenced to five years in a strict regime colony.\n\nTwo episodes during the trial on the case of preparation to commit a terrorist attack became formal grounds for a case of insulting the participants of the trial. On 17 January 2023, Prikhodko was found guilty in this case, sentenced to 360 hours of compulsory labour, which was replaced by a month of imprisonment.\n\nIn August 2022, a case was brought against Prikhodko for public justification of terrorism, and in 2023 - for rehabilitation of Nazism. The cases were merged. On 10 November 2023, he was sentenced to four and a half years in prison and a fine of 110 thousand rubles.\n\nOn 22 January 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by one month.\n\nIn March 2026, it became known that another case was brought against Prikhodko - on incitement to high treason: the FSB published a video with the story of an unnamed person, allegedly a prisoner serving a sentence in the same colony with him, who claimed that the latter agitated him to shoot \"someone from the commander-in-chief\" and surrender as a prisoner of war. Later it was reported that there was another article in the case - that of promoting terrorism.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":745,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":106,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 297 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["297"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 297"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Prikhodko's case of insulting the participants of the court proceedings","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the interrogation in the Southern District Military Court of the Federal Security Service's securitive officer Vladimir Stetsik, who was present during the search in Prikhodko's garage, when the latter was telling that he had found explosives in the garage, the former had shouted: \"You faggot, I fucked your mum in the mouth, you scum! You put the explosives in there! You'd better tell me how you planted the knife in my garage, you scum!\";\nDuring the interrogation of Federal Security Service's investigator Ivan Romanets, when he said that he does not remember the person who, disguised as a doctor, came to the detained Prikhodko and fraudulently took DNA samples from him, which later were found on the explosives, the defendant said: \"It didn't happen, did it? Then why do I remember him? And why did I draw his Judeo-Armenian face for the lawyers? You don't remember anything, do you? Then how do you know under what influence I wanted to do the terrorist act? You're a complete bastard! Animal!\"","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","п. Dvubratskiy | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2023, п. Dvubratskiy | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai\n• Unknown: , ФКУ МОТБ УФСИН России по Краснодарскому Краю\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.01.2023, Sentence: 5 years 1 month's imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 1 month's imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":61,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-16T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recp83ddN32fxWieb"},{"persecution_id":"reckL93JLibUxapBU","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recuVNVxW5e7gpVJi","name_en":"Ramiz Faskhiev","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained in 2015 as part of a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation. Accused of organising a cell. On 30 June 2017, he was sentenced to four years and seven months in a general regime colony.\n\nWhile in the colony, a new case was brought against Faskhiev about preaching to other prisoners. On 12 April 2022, he was sentenced in the new case, taking into account the sentence in the old case, to five years and twenty days in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":465,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ramiz Faskhiev's case on preaching in the colony","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 2018 he held religious meetings in the colony and promoted the teachings of Tablighi Jamaat among other convicts.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 15.08.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.08.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.04.2022, Sentence: Five years and twenty days' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years and twenty days' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-10-2017\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2017/10/d38138/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-08-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/08/d46798/?sphrase_id=2006442\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reckL93JLibUxapBU"},{"persecution_id":"recndhJ0YhCshZvdM","last_updated":"2026-04-14T12:33:06.000Z","person_id":"rec5j16HHXuMKnOvk","name_en":"Alexander Shestun","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3iUGVH824exSiW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3iUGVH824exSiW.jpg"],"birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Head of the Serpukhov Municipal District of Moscow Region. On 13 June 2018, he was detained on charges of abuse of power. The next day the court decided to place him in custody. Later also accused of illegal entrepreneurship, fraud and money laundering. On 25 December 2020, sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nObservers believe that the reason for the prosecution was the confrontation with the governor of the region, the last point was Shestun's support of environmental activists in the fight against rubbish dumps.\n\nIn April 2021, a new criminal case was opened against Shestun under three articles at once: threat or violent actions in connection with the administration of justice (part 1 of article 296 of the Criminal Code), insulting a judge (part 2 of article 297 of the Criminal Code) and insulting a representative of the authorities (article 319 of the Criminal Code). On 11 August 2022, Shestun was sentenced to six months in a strict regime colony in this case.\n\nIn February 2024, it became known that a case of disorganisation of the colony's activities was also brought against Shestun. On 10 October 2024, he was sentenced in this case to two years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Municipal deputies"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":485,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["court statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 296 of the Criminal Code","Article 297 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 319 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["296","297","319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 296","Article 297 (unknown part)","Article 319 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Shestun's case of threats","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he repeatedly made public threats to harm, including with a knife, judge Tatyana Yuferova and her relatives, state prosecutor Sukhova, and bailiff Kizilev.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.10.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №11 (SIZO-11) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• in custody:  to 01.10.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №11 (SIZO-11) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• in custody: from 11.10.2021 to 26.10.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.10.2021 to 08.10.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.10.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.10.2023, Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 10.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 29.04.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• cell-type room:  to 29.04.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 13.03.2026 to 10.04.2026, Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.08.2022, Sentence: 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":6,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-10T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 21-05-2021\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/news_old/memorial-schitaet-eks-glavu-serpuhovskogo-rayona-podmoskovya-aleksandra-shestuna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recndhJ0YhCshZvdM"},{"persecution_id":"recEoMfmcvNft5iil","last_updated":"2024-05-19T12:08:11.000Z","person_id":"recby9BwEPyubFT01","name_en":"Tatiana Kotlyar","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":70,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"At least six cases of fictitious registration and registration of foreign citizens in her own flat were brought against Kotlyar.\nOn 13 April 2015, the judge returned the materials on the first case to the prosecutor's office. On 9 November of the same year, following the results of the retrial, Kotlyar was fined 150 thousand rubles, but was released from punishment under the amnesty for the 70th anniversary of the victory over Germany.\nOn 12 September 2017, Kotlyar was again fined 150 thousand rubles, already in the second case, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nThe third case was dismissed on 25 April 2019.\nOn 22 December 2020, Kotlyar was fined 150 thousand rubles in the fourth case. On 15 March 2021, the court of appeal excluded a number of episodes from the case and reduced the fine to 140 thousand.\nOn 13 April 2022, in the fifth case, the human rights defender was fined 480 thousand rubles with a deduction of 140 thousand rubles for the previous sentence. On 19 July, the court of appeal changed the verdict, sentencing Kotlyar to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.\nThe sixth criminal case was initiated at the end of March 2023. Then the office of the movement \"For Human Rights\" was searched. The law enforcers seized all the logs with the record of visitors since 2009 and other information. They also took outdated forms of migration registration and certificates of the Russian language exam from the office. On 29 June, Kotlyar was sentenced to a fine of 650 thousand rubles. On 21 August, the court of appeal reduced the fine to 600 thousand.\nIn autumn 2023, another, seventh, case on the same charges was brought against Kotlyar. On 18 March 2024, she was sentenced to a fine of 450 thousand rubles. On 14 May, the court of appeal reduced the fine to 430 thousand.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Obninsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":467,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 322.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 322.3 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Tatyana Kotlyar's fifth case of rubber flats","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she fictitiously registered 13 foreign citizens - refugees from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.04.2022, Sentence: a fine of 480,000 rubles, to be reduced in light of the previous sentence","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 480,000 rubles, to be reduced in light of the previous sentence","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-04-13T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-13T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEoMfmcvNft5iil"},{"persecution_id":"recezZkfJdu4nb4CR","last_updated":"2026-03-02T14:03:26.000Z","person_id":"rec1ftLpQ0Io6wuOg","name_en":"Farit Kharisov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained and taken into custody in June 2021. A case on the activities of a terrorist organisation was opened in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. On 12 July 2023, sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":922,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":131,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Fourth Ufa case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was the organiser of the activities of a cell of a banned terrorist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2021\n• in custody:  to 28.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.07.2023, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-12T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-12T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. 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Memorial:\n Date: 12-07-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/ufimskoe-delo-3-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-07-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/07/d48368/?sphrase_id=1560793\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recGK3Z30eyzAJaUs"},{"persecution_id":"recB0t0YieSMOdYOY","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reccmFERioKarTp60","name_en":"Timur Khabibullin","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained and taken into custody in June 2021. Charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. 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Memorial:\n Date: 12-07-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/ufimskoe-delo-3-o-chlenstve-v-zapreshhyonnoj-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-07-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/07/d48368/?sphrase_id=1560793\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recB0t0YieSMOdYOY"},{"persecution_id":"reckiVO3f6vtyOyjg","last_updated":"2025-05-13T10:57:03.000Z","person_id":"recm5hfVNM2KwaZBg","name_en":"Lyubov Serebryakova","birth_year":1950,"birth_date":"1950-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":75,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":71,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kemerovo region. In February 2022, it became known that the materials concerning Serebryakova were separated from the criminal case of her fellow countryman Sergey Sushilnikov. In June 2022, a criminal case was reportedly opened. Serebryakova was accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. On 22 July, she was charged and signed a covenant not to leave. On 11 July 2023, the court sentenced her to a four-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokuznetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":770,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Lubov Serebryakova's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she \"personally propagandised the activities of the organisation and its ideological attitudes\", \"participated in carrying out missionary activities\", \"participated in meetings of followers of the Jehovah's Witnesses religion, preaching the Jehovah's Witnesses religion\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 22.07.2022 to 05.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 05.09.2023 to 04.09.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.07.2023, Sentence: 4 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-11T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-11T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-07-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/serebryakova-lyubov-nikolaevna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reckiVO3f6vtyOyjg"},{"persecution_id":"recsHbaoDveTHwT8G","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:04:22.000Z","person_id":"recgtox0kShKHEYKs","name_en":"Tatiana Oleynik","birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In April 2019, Oleynik's and two other believers' homes were searched and a criminal case was opened. At the end of 2021, it became known that the materials against her were put into separate proceedings and a criminal case was opened against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 22 August 2023, Oleynik was sentenced to four years' suspended prison sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2021-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":642,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Novosibirsk"],"case_name_en":"Tatiana Oleynik's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she \"repeatedly provided her residential premises for holding collective religious meetings with followers of Jehovah's Witnesses, and personally participated in religious meetings\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.08.2023, Sentence: 4 years' suspended prison sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' suspended prison sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-22T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-22T12:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 11-09-2023\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/olejnik-tatyana-nikolaevna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recsHbaoDveTHwT8G"},{"persecution_id":"recEI184FcYE60BNV","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:14:15.000Z","person_id":"rec9WsAR6JLlFOKqQ","name_en":"Alexey Shvarts","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ex-coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Kurgan. In November 2020, a case of draft evasion was brought against him. In May of the same year, police officers demanded that the activist sign the summons retroactively, but he refused to do so. In August, he was interrogated as part of the pre-investigative investigation into the criminal case of evasion of military service, and after that he was served three summonses to the military enlistment office at once. During a visit there in September, according to Shvarts himself, he was attacked by the head of the military enlistment office. The young man also said that during one of the visits to the military enlistment centre, they removed mention of all illnesses from his personal file. On 30 December 2020, the last day of the draft, Shvarts was summoned for questioning by the IC. He said that after the interrogation the investigator took away his phone, two employees of the Centre \"E\" took him to a private clinic and paid for the examination themselves. The doctors confirmed that Shvarts was unfit for service due to a medical condition, and he was released.\n\nIn February 2021, the Investigative Committee terminated the activist's criminal case, but in August the prosecutor's office cancelled this decision: representatives of the agency did not find \"legal grounds for exemption from service.\n\nIn March 2021, a case was brought against him for violation of the secrecy of correspondence and telephone conversations because of the publication of a video about falsifications in the vote on amendments to the Constitution: Shvarts called three high-ranking officials on behalf of the president's representative. He was charged on his own recognisance. Initially, the officials had no claims against him, but the case was sent for revision, they were re-interviewed, after which they filed lawsuits against Shvarts totalling 1.75 million rubles. In August 2021, Shvarts was put on a wanted list because he twice failed to appear at court hearings. The activist left Russia and was granted political asylum in Germany in early 2022.\n\nIn 2023, it became known that a case was also brought against Shvarts for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces, the details are unknown. According to Shvarts, this is the sixth criminal case against him. On 18 October, he was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians","Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurgan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 138 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["138"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 138"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Shvarts case for violation of the secrecy of telephone conversations","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published a discussion of falsifications with several high-ranking officials of the Kurgan region \"out of a falsely understood sense of justice and civic duty\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEI184FcYE60BNV"},{"persecution_id":"recZyoV6VOshKQhAF","last_updated":"2025-06-09T08:53:14.000Z","person_id":"recjgBCXMmg51QxaH","name_en":"Dmitry Krasichkov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attiXNsVkptAdCHf2.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attiXNsVkptAdCHf2.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A social activist form Lipetsk who makes videos about the problems of the region and criticises local officials.\nIn 2020, he ran for the city council and won, but the results were cancelled. Krasichkov planned to run for an additional elections in 2021. In the spring of 2021, he was involved in a car accident and called an appraiser whom he had already contacted when he was involved in an accident in 2016. He claims his phone was tapped and after the phone call, the appraiser was arrested. The law enforcers found out from him about the 2016 accident, after which on 3 June they detained the second participant in the accident, Valery Mochalov, in Moscow, brought him to Lipetsk and demanded that he declare that the accident had been falsified. He refused. On 4 June, Krasichkov's home was searched and he was taken with accusations in extremism, where the officers demanded to confirm that the 2016 traffic accident had been falsified, threatening otherwise to send him to custody. After the interrogation Krasichkov was released, he published an audio recording of a conversation in which someone's voice says to him: \"You promised me that you would withdraw your candidacy from the election\".\nOn the day he submitted his documents to the election commission, Krasichkov was detained for allegedly failing to pay alimony, after which the court imposed 72 hours of compulsory labour. He failed to register as a candidate.\nOn 20 October 2022, Krasichkov was sentenced to a year of corrective labour for a fraud with the 5-year-old traffic accident insurance. On 27 December, the appellate court affirmed the decision, releasing Krasichkov from execution of the sentence due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nIn March 2022, Krasichkov was prosecuted for violating sanitary norms: he was accused of having a coronavirus infection and meeting with city residents to record a video message to Putin against the construction of high-rise buildings in the private sector. 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On 5 April 2020, he was detained in St Petersburg and taken to Chechnya. There, he, his brother Salekh Magamadov, and other chat participants were forced to apologise on camera for criticising the authorities. The brothers later reported that they were systematically beaten up. They were held in detention until 29 May 2020, when they were released without any paperwork. Both, supported by “Sphere,” a social and legal aid fund dedicated to protecting LGBT rights, moved to Nizhny Novgorod.\n\nOn 4 February 2021, both were detained again and transported back to Chechnya. The brothers later said they were subjected to violence during the arrest. Law enforcement officials denied their lawyer access and told him that Isayev and Magamadov had confessed to passing food to the fugitive militant Rustam Borchashvili (allegedly killed in October 2020). On 9 February, both were taken into custody on charges of aiding and abetting participation in an illegal armed group. On 12 March, they retracted their earlier statements, claiming they had signed documents without reading them under a threat of torture. On 21 March, the court revoked the custody order for Isaev, who was a minor at the time, but on 5 April the preventive measure was extended. Authorities pressured the young men’s relatives, and Grozny TV aired a video in which the relatives demanded that Isaev and Magamadov no longer be labelled as LGBT and issued threats against LGBT organisations and journalists. 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The law enforcers entered the house and threw him on the floor. He was taken to Irkutsk region, where on December 2, the court sent him to custody on the charges of organizing activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under the articles of the Criminal Code concerned with extremism solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. 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On 17 April 2023 he was sentenced to seven years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Akhtubinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_started":"2021-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":524,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Akhtubinsk","case_number":"1-9/2023 (1-342/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"organised meetings.... including through the use of videoconferencing ... namely in the form of a collective religious service consisting of public reproduction of audio and video recordings ... successive performances of chants from a special collection of Jehovah's Witnesses' religious teachings and prayers to God Jehovah\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.11.2021 to 10.11.2021\n• in custody: from 10.11.2021 to 31.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Astrakhan Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.08.2023 to 13.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Astrakhan Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• Court of appeal instance on the merits, 17.04.2023, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, a three-year ban on engaging in activities related to leading or participating in public organisations, and one year of restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, a three-year ban on engaging in activities related to leading or participating in public organisations, and one year of restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-17T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-17T14:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 23-11-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-11-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/11/d45276/?sphrase_id=1575156\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recDuuIL5Q8h3dBbn"},{"persecution_id":"recVAMP4m6EA11NDd","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:50:13.000Z","person_id":"rechDRXvlMeQVJUTY","name_en":"Aleksandr Filatov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attkyVy6up58kx8Kz.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attkyVy6up58kx8Kz.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Krasnoyarsk. On 11 July 2021, Filatov's flat was searched, he was not at home. On 13 July he was detained in Vladikavkaz and taken to Krasnoyarsk. On July 15, the court sent him to custody on the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities, such as holding meetings and worship services, as well as engaging new followers. On 28 December 2022, Filatov was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":534,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Filatov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"committed actions of an organisational nature aimed at continuing the illegal activities of Jehovah's Witnesses, expressed in the leadership of the organisation and the direct holding of religious meetings\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.07.2021 to 15.07.2021\n• in custody: from 15.07.2021 to 20.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.07.2021 to 30.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.08.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 21-07-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-07-2021\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recVAMP4m6EA11NDd"},{"persecution_id":"rec40P7pWVNr0GcOo","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"recGraqiFKdfHL5Mj","name_en":"Vladimir Balabkin","birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Amur region, cancer patient. In March 2021, Balabkin's home was searched. Later, he was questioned in relation to a case of \"organising activities of an extremist organisation\" due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witness community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. On September 13, 2023, Balabkin was sentenced to 4 years in a \"general regime colony.\" On December 19, the appeal court commuted the sentence to a year of probation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2021-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":926,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":132,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Balabkin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"organised meetings of followers of religious organisations.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.09.2023 to 19.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.09.2023, Sentence: 4 years of imprisonment in a \"general regime colony\"","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years of imprisonment in a \"general regime colony\"","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-13T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-13T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-09-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/03/d43823/?sphrase_id=1575718\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-09-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec40P7pWVNr0GcOo"},{"persecution_id":"recOCMy1Q7vMG25pZ","last_updated":"2025-04-30T13:15:21.000Z","person_id":"recIBZfrsBzZ6n4nW","name_en":"Mikhail Alferov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Mikhail Alferov is an opposition blogger from the Kemerovo region, author of the YouTube channel \"enemy of pig dogs\", where he posts videos about freedom of assembly in the region, corruption and the work of law enforcers.\n\nDue to his activism, the blogger has repeatedly faced pressure from the authorities.\n\nIn June 2019, while serving an administrative arrest, the blogger learnt that a case was opened against him under the article on inflicting moderate harm to health with the use of weapons. The statement against him was written by an employee of the management company: she claimed that Alferov allegedly sprayed her with pepper spray. According to Alferov, the spray can could have been planted on him by an employee of the Centre \"E\", and the case itself is connected with his visit to the deputy governor.\n\nIn July 2019, a case of insulting a judge was brought against Alferov. Then once again they tried to bring him to trial for evading community service, after which, according to the investigation, he called the judge Kirill Bolotov, who appointed him administrative arrest, a \"creature\". On 11 June 2020, the court dismissed the case.\n\nIn April and June 2020, cases were brought against Alferov for insulting a representative of the authorities, both because of the videos containing derogatory remarks about police officer N. Evdokimova, who later moved to work at the Centre for Combating Extremism, who had previously drawn up administrative protocols against Alferov and, as he believes, prepared materials for a criminal case on insulting a judge. In July 2020, a case on the rehabilitation of Nazism was initiated because of a video where Alferov discusses the use of 9 May symbols in modern Russia. These three cases were merged into one. On 18 November 2021, Alferov was sentenced to 470 hours of community service.\n\nIn July 2021, a case of incitement to hatred against the social groups \"law enforcement\" and \"judicial authorities\" was brought against Alferov because of a video he recorded in connection with Alexei Navalny's return to Russia. Alferov was detained on 5 July and placed under house arrest on 9 July. On 30 December, he was released on recognisance not to leave. In March 2023, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 15 August 2023, Alferov was detained again. On 18 August, the court sent him under house arrest on a new case of incitement to hatred, use of violence against a representative of the authorities and defamation of a judge.\n\nIn April 2024, Alferov, allegedly as a result of pressure from the investigating authorities, went to war with Ukraine. In January 2025, it became known that he had died.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Alferov's case of incitement to hatred against representatives of the authorities","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of a case of incitement to hatred was a video in support of Alexei Navalny, dedicated to the politician's return to Moscow, detention at Sheremetyevo airport and subsequent arrest.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 30.12.2021\n• house arrest: from 09.07.2021 to 30.12.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-10-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/kemerovskomu-blogeru-mihailu-alfyorovu-prodlili-domashnij-arest/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recOCMy1Q7vMG25pZ"},{"persecution_id":"reckxQLk3HKgHv2PX","last_updated":"2025-09-06T13:02:52.000Z","person_id":"recYfcs9YThGBVkhz","name_en":"Alexander Serebryakov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attqakHKr86AGfvh5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attqakHKr86AGfvh5.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. Detained on 10 February 2021, taken into custody on 12 February on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. 8 August 2022 sentenced to six and a half years suspended sentence, released in the courtroom.\nOn 20 September 2023, Serebryakov was taken into custody on a new case - on financing extremist activity, also in connection with involvement in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses. On 13 December 2024, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1402,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":200,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Serebryakov case on financing extremist activities","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody:  to 22.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.12.2024, Sentence: 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-13T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-13T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckxQLk3HKgHv2PX"},{"persecution_id":"recPS0iPv63Mzabhq","last_updated":"2025-10-09T09:49:21.000Z","person_id":"recqHUX5tzz5kaJXF","name_en":"Aslambek Ezhayev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZUSGQR5GZaZvd7.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZUSGQR5GZaZvd7.jpg"],"birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ezhayev is a resident of Moscow who had worked in the book publishing business since 1989. He was was the founder and a head of several publishing houses, including the Islamic publishing house \"Umma\". In 2007, the book \"The Personality of a Muslim\", published by his publishing house, was declared extremist material.\nIn 2008, Ezhayev became a defendant in a criminal case under the article on inciting hatred.\nIn 2012 his book \"On the Way to the Koran\" was also declared extremist.\nOn April 29, 2021, Ezhayev was taken into custody on charges of organising the financing of terrorist activities.\nOn February 3, 2023, he was sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":672,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Aslambek Ezhayev on financing of \"Islamic State\"","case_number":"1-5/2023 (1-84/2022)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being an adherent of the ideas of radical Islam, he organised the financing of terrorist activities of the international terrorist organisation \"Islamic State\" (banned in the territory of the Russian Federation by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation). Since 2012, Ezhayev had repeatedly held clandestine meetings with counter-parties from whom he received money intended for the financing of the \"Islamic State\". Subsequently, he transferred over 34 million roubles to persons wanted in Russia for crimes of a terrorist nature\".\nAccording to information on court websites, initially there were two charges in the case, both accusing Ezhayev of organising terrorist activities (part 4 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code). However, the trial court apparently reclassified one of the charges as organising involvement in terrorist activities (part 2 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code with application of part 3 of article 33 of the Criminal Code).","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.04.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-02T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ezhaev-aslambek-kaspievich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recPS0iPv63Mzabhq"},{"persecution_id":"recjYkTbGZ4Ek4QUH","last_updated":"2024-09-15T12:59:39.000Z","person_id":"recgGeqvpox0ODgc1","name_en":"Nariman Dzhelyal (Dzhelyalov)","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine"],"story_en":"Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, political scientist, former host of the Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR, teacher. On 4 September 2021, he was searched at his home, detained and held without procedural status for about a day. According to his own words, he was kept for a long time in an unknown place in handcuffs and with a bag on his head According to the case materials, he was detained on 5th of September. The court sent Dzhelyal to custody on charges of sabotage and possession and smuggling of an explosive device. Initially, Dzhelyal was charged with aiding and abetting sabotage, but then the charge was reclassified. In the pre-trial detention centre, Dzhelyal was placed on a preventive register as prone to extremist and terrorist offences.\nIn March 2022, Dzhelyal was not released from the pre-trial detention centre to attend his father's funeral.\nOn 21 September 2022, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.\nOn 28 June 2024 it became known that Dzhelyal together with nine other people were handed over to Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2021-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2024-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":381,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,B Part 2,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["281","222.1","226.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 281","Part 4, Article 222.1","Part 3, Article 226.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of undermining a gas pipeline in Crimea","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he introduced Asan and Aziz Akhtemov to Riza Yagyaev-Veliulaev, a former security guard of the spiritual leader of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev, who instructed them to blow up the gas pipeline.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2021 to 31.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.07.2023 to 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023 to 01.11.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2023 to 01.06.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-01-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-narimana-dzhelyalova-i-bratev-ahtemovyh/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recjYkTbGZ4Ek4QUH"},{"persecution_id":"rec3Rd1naGP10jmid","last_updated":"2026-04-06T08:14:37.000Z","person_id":"recQQyrJuhIJPgBl4","name_en":"Asan Akhtemov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attsNFc1jinB4Vn9P.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attsNFc1jinB4Vn9P.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine"],"story_en":"He was detained in the late evening of 3 September 2021. He was not shown any documents, a plastic mask was put over his eyes and handcuffs on his hands. According to Akhtemov, at first he was told that he had raped a girl. Ten days after his detention, Akhtemov said that he was brought to a basement where he was electrocuted, after which he agreed to speak a prepared text on camera. He was then taken to the Federal Security Service building where he was interrogated, forced to sign some documents and again to speak on camera. Initially, Akhtemov was charged with sabotage, then the charge of possession of explosives by an organised group was added.\nIn October 2021, Akhtemov's lawyer reported that he was not being transferred from quarantine to a regular cell in the pre-trial detention centre - in her opinion, this was done to hide the remaining traces of physical abuse.\nOn 21 September 2022, Akhtemov was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.\nIn June 2023, it was reported that Akhtemov was being tortured in the pre-trial detention centre.","persecution_occupation_en":["NGO employees","Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":382,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,B Part 2,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["281","222.1","226.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 281","Part 4, Article 222.1","Part 3, Article 226.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of undermining a gas pipeline in Crimea","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, on the assignment of the former guard of the spiritual leader of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev Riza Yagyaev-Veliulaev participated in the explosion of the gas pipeline in the village of Perevalnoye: he went to the site several times and took photos, in the evening of 22 August 2021 brought the device to the gas pipeline and made sure that no one saw him and Aziz Akhtemov.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2021 to 31.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.07.2023 to 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-01-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-narimana-dzhelyalova-i-bratev-ahtemovyh/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec3Rd1naGP10jmid"},{"persecution_id":"recilRSZmrMG5dOha","last_updated":"2024-12-10T22:54:45.000Z","person_id":"recexrfsySpzrTcGy","name_en":"Aziz Akhtemov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attWTG1lZRu2r6lcp.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attWTG1lZRu2r6lcp.png"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine"],"story_en":"He detained on the night of 4 September 2021, taken to an unknown destination. In the early morning, in the absence of a lawyer, he wrote a confession of guilt. The protocol of detention was not completed until late in the evening of 4 September. Ten days later, Akhtemov told his lawyer under an agreement that he had been tortured with electric shocks and beaten.\nIn December it was reported that Akhtemov was not being given letters in the pre-trial detention centre.\nOn 21 September 2022, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.\nIn June 2023, it was reported that Akhtemov was being tortured in the pre-trial detention centre.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":382,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,B Part 2,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["281","222.1","226.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 281","Part 4, Article 222.1","Part 3, Article 226.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of undermining a gas pipeline in Crimea","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, on the instructions of the former guard of the spiritual leader of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev Riza Yagyaev-Veliulaev participated in the undermining of the gas pipeline in the village of Perevalnoye: he went to the site several times and took photos, in the evening of 22 August 2021 brought the device to the gas pipeline and buried it.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2021 to 31.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.07.2023 to 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023 to 01.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2023 to 17.09.2024, FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-01-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-narimana-dzhelyalova-i-bratev-ahtemovyh/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recilRSZmrMG5dOha"},{"persecution_id":"recqwfNBe0nIkTfwv","last_updated":"2025-08-15T17:20:50.000Z","person_id":"rec0ixgVBMpVwUnlA","name_en":"Andrey Danielyan","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYcD2Zi2XGUQJPR.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYcD2Zi2XGUQJPR.webp"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Labourer from Rubtsovsk (Altai Krai). Led a local religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses until they were banned by the Supreme Court. In May 2021, a search was conducted with the participation of FSB officers. Initially a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was initiated, later the charge was reclassified to organising such activities due to involvement in the community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nDanielyan spent almost a year and a half under a recognisance not to leave the country. On 7 November 2022, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rubtsovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":530,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Danielyan on the activities of an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-501/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, \"carried out preaching activities ... conducted prayers for all those gathered and discussed the holding of subsequent meetings\".","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.05.2021 to 07.11.2022\n• in custody: from 07.11.2022 to 26.01.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.01.2023 to 01.05.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Omsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Omsk Oblast","verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-06T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-11-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 07-11-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/11/d47163/?sphrase_id=2007464\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recqwfNBe0nIkTfwv"},{"persecution_id":"recueW1LOJbbfi4zd","last_updated":"2024-04-07T22:43:48.000Z","person_id":"recZSPVBn1o5VuwRQ","name_en":"Andrei Martynov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attMrth4FfZJRAh6x.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attMrth4FfZJRAh6x.jpg"],"birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In June 2021, the Russian Federal Security Service initiated a criminal case against unidentified individuals, and a week later, a series of searches were conducted in the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses in Alatyr. The family of Andrei Martynov had previously been investigated twice (with the first search taking place in 2012). During these searches, law enforcement officials seized electronic devices, photographs, personal records, drawings, and other items that contained inscriptions mentioning the name of God - Jehovah.\n\nIn April 2022, Andrei and Nina Martynov, Mikhail Ermakov, and Zoya Pavlova were officially charged. The men were accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization, while the women were charged with involvement and participation in it. In July 2022, the case of these Jehovah's Witnesses went to court, and in December of the same year, the court issued its verdict. The women were fined 350,000 rubles each, and the men received a 6-year suspended sentence. Two months later, the verdict became final following a decision by the appeals court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Alatyr"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":446,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Alatyr","case_number":"1-114/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Martynov \"organised religious performances and worship services, and carried out preaching activities with the aim of spreading the Jehovah's Witnesses' doctrine\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.12.2022, Sentence: 6 years of conditional imprisonment with a probation period of 3 years, with a prohibition on engaging in activities related to leadership and participation in the work of public and religious associations and organizations for a period of 4 years, with a restriction of freedom for 1 year.","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years of conditional imprisonment with a probation period of 3 years, with a prohibition on engaging in activities related to leadership and participation in the work of public and religious associations and organizations for a period of 4 years, with a restriction of freedom for 1 year.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-21T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-21T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 14-02-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47658/?sphrase_id=2006180\n• HRC Memorial:\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recueW1LOJbbfi4zd"},{"persecution_id":"recMoOjRC3sP96wuk","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recNLHKqmHgrqhvJq","name_en":"Margarita Moiseenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrPbzq9Insrm7Vo.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrPbzq9Insrm7Vo.jpeg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the town of Zeya (Amur region). On 21 March 2019, a search was conducted at her home in connection with a case of involvement in an extremist organisation brought against her husband Konstantin Moiseenko for involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. A case against Margarita Moiseenko for involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation was initiated on 22 November 2021, also in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. On 15 February 2022, she signed the recognizance not to leave.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 21 September 2023 Moiseenko was sentenced to three years' probation with a probation period of 3 years, restriction of freedom for 10 months and deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of public organisations for 3 years. On 21 November 2023, the appeal court excluded from the sentence the deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to participation in the work of public organisations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Zeya"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2021-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":668,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":95,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Zeya"],"case_name_en":"The case of Margarita Moiseenko, Galina Yatsik and Elena Yatsyk","case_number":"1-62/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"Margarita, realizing that by her actions she was undermining the foundations of the constitutional order and security of the state... directly participated in... religious events\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 15.02.2022 to 21.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 21.11.2023 to 20.11.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-21T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2023\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/moiseenko-margarita-anatolevna/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-09-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/11/d47245/?sphrase_id=2006186\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recMoOjRC3sP96wuk"},{"persecution_id":"recTWXjxEQeJFYW1A","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recacIEygVVcByxNi","name_en":"Ruslan Iliasov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attq1GS4JT0EyvR70.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attq1GS4JT0EyvR70.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ruslan Iliasov is a resident of Kazan, father of 4 minor children.\nDetained on 16 June 2021, taken into custody on the case of organising activities of a terrorist organisation and involvement in terrorist activities. On 9 December 2022 he was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":540,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Iliasov's case of organising a Hizb ut-Tahrir cell in Tatarstan","case_number":"\t2-85/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the verdict, from January 2015 until the day of his arrest on 16 June 2021 in Kazan and the Vysokogorsky district of Tatarstan, \"in order to increase the numbers of Hizb ut-Tahrir\", Iliasov \"induced several persons to participate in Hizb ut-Tahrir and directed their activities\", trained them to recruit other persons, and organised illegal meetings. In addition, Iliasov regularly received money from Hizb ut-Tahrir members during this period to support the organisation's activities, \"including assistance to family members of its members, thus collecting a total of at least 17,000 roubles\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.06.2021\n• in custody:  to 15.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":228,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-08T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-02-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ilyasov-ruslan-ajratovich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-01-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/01/d47463/?sphrase_id=2008162\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recTWXjxEQeJFYW1A"},{"persecution_id":"reccYpW91sDkG0EoA","last_updated":"2025-11-05T16:17:19.000Z","person_id":"recx103sBhDFiWkwP","name_en":"Andrey Okhapkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attstZsVPOjgoYSqV.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attstZsVPOjgoYSqV.jpg"],"birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kineshma (Ivanovo region). On 23 November 2021, he was searched, after which he was detained and placed in a pre-trial detention center the next day as part of a case involving the organisation of extremist activities. On 17 February 2022, Okhapkin was transferred to house arrest, and on 14 July the measure of restraint was changed to a ban on certain actions. On 13 August 2024, Okhapkin was sentenced to a fine of 700,000 rubles, but the court decided to reduce the amount to 540,000 rubles, taking into account the time spent under various measures of restraint, and also the possibility to pay the fine to be paid in installments over two years.\n\nOn August 13, 2024, Okhapkin was sentenced to a fine of 700,000 rubles, but the court reduced the amount to 540,000 rubles, taking into account the time spent under various measures of restraint, and also allowed the fine to be paid in installments over two years.\n\n","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists","Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kineshma"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2021-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2025-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":999,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":142,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Ohapkin on the continuing activities of Jehovah's Witnesses","case_number":"1-459/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"resumed extremist activities in the city of Kineshma\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.11.2021 to 25.11.2021\n• in custody: from 25.11.2021 to 17.02.2022\n• house arrest: from 17.02.2022 to 14.07.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 14.07.2022 to 15.12.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 15.12.2022 to 29.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.08.2024, Sentence: A fine of 700,000 roubles, reduced to 540,000 roubles with payment deferred over two years, taking into account the time spent under restrictive measures.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 700,000 roubles, reduced to 540,000 roubles with payment deferred over two years, taking into account the time spent under restrictive measures.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":540000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-13T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-13T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-11-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/11/d45355/?sphrase_id=2006104\n• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 28-11-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reccYpW91sDkG0EoA"},{"persecution_id":"rectONCXCXnlGundV","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recfZEtOtpTBPErMK","name_en":"Evgeny Tarasov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 October 2021 he was detained after a search, on 7 October taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation, namely the Nurcular movement, which, according to experts, does not actually exist on the territory of the Russian Federation. On 27 June 2023, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":630,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Nurism case in Moscow","case_number":"01-0020/2023 (01-1093/2022)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Tarasov organised the activities of the Nurcular cell in Moscow from December 2017 to October 2021. According to the prosecution, he knew that the movement was recognised as extremist, yet for four years he did \"everything possible\" to continue the activities of the cell.\nIn particular, the man organised a \"madrassa\" in his flat, where he invited people for \"gradual transformation of personality and change of worldview in accordance with the ideology of Said Nursi's teachings\". According to prosecution witnesses, Nursi's books had a \"negative impact on their worldview and consciousness, increasing the level of aggression towards other social, political and religious groups\".\nThe investigation also believes that Tarasov visited the Nurcular association in Turkey and was involved in editing and designing covers for Nursi's books.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.10.2021 to 07.10.2021\n• in custody: from 07.10.2021 to 08.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.11.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.06.2023, Sentence: 6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-27T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-27T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-09-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/09/d47470/?sphrase_id=1575358\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-07-2025\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/moskovskoe-delo-8-posledovatelej-saida-nursi/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rectONCXCXnlGundV"},{"persecution_id":"rec7FkZ3aF6zyGCgV","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recMiRgu2Kpvp7vLQ","name_en":"Mukazhan Ksiupov","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 October 2021, detained after a search and taken into custody the next day on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 27 June 2023, sentenced to 6 years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":630,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Nurism case in Moscow","case_number":"01-0020/2023 (01-1093/2022)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he organised \"home madrasas\" in his apartment, where participants read and discussed the works of Said Nursi.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.10.2021 to 06.10.2021\n• in custody: from 06.10.2021 to 08.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Federal Penitentiary Service\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.11.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Federal Penitentiary Service\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Federal Penitentiary Service\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.06.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-27T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-27T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-09-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/09/d47470/?sphrase_id=1575358\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-07-2025\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/moskovskoe-delo-8-posledovatelej-saida-nursi/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7FkZ3aF6zyGCgV"},{"persecution_id":"reczncFMNDeKXsXaf","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"reczRwpjjcOleUReX","name_en":"Parviz Zeynalov","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"5 October 2021 detained after a search, 7 October taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. 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Memorial:\n Date: 09-07-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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Members of this community are prosecuted under extremism legislation solely for practising their religion — holding meetings and worship services, and seeking to attract new adherents.\n\nIn October 2023, the case was referred to court. In March 2025, the proceedings against Naumenko were suspended, while the other defendants received custodial sentences. The prosecution was later resumed, Naumenko was remanded in custody, and his case was sent to court again in December 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Konakovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tverskoy District"],"case_name_en":"Segey Naumenko's case ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he, together with fellow believers from Konakovo, “discussed the Bible via Zoom video conferences and also shared biblical teachings with residents of the Konakovo district.”","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2021\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-07-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/07/d44535/?sphrase_id=2007764\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-07-2021\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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They were detained by the Federal Security Service and police officers.\nThe investigation materials formed the basis of the criminal case initiated on 28 April 2021 by the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the North Caucasus Federal District. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation completed the investigation on 14 March 2022. \nThe committee did not specify what kind of \"prohibited activity\" the Stavropol resident was carrying out.\nAccording to the investigation, Kharaim and Kartashov were induced to participate in the \"Right Sector\" by Oleg Skidanov (sentenced to six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony).\nOn 15 March, the case was transferred to court.\nOn 5 July, the court announced a guilty verdict - three years in a general regime colony.\nPresumably, Kharaim was released in February 2024.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":459,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of involvement in the activities of the Right Sector"],"case_name_en":"Case of Oleg Kharaim","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, since October 2020, Kharaim has been a member of the extremist organisation \"Right Sector\", which is banned in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.04.2021 to 31.08.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.08.2022 to 19.02.2024\n• Unknown: from 19.02.2024 to 18.02.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.07.2022, Sentence: 3 years' of imprisonemnt in a general regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for 1 year, and a ban on using the Internet for 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' of imprisonemnt in a general regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for 1 year, and a ban on using the Internet for 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-04T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-07-04T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/racism-xenophobia/news/counteraction/2022/03/d45938/?sphrase_id=2009232\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recZdTUgmLpIyysZx"},{"persecution_id":"recu32eBMg4UQgNnz","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"rec4ZIuP3jrn3Sopy","name_en":"Valery Golubkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0PumxKVF8ca2E3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0PumxKVF8ca2E3.webp"],"birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Golubkin was a professor of the Department of Theoretical and Applied Aerohydromechanics at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He holds the degree of a Doctor of Technical Sciences, and is a lead researcher at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute. In April 2020, Golubkin’s flat and dacha were searched, and law enforcement officers also came to the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute. In December 2020, Anatoly Gubanov, the head of the department where Golubkin worked, was arrested. At the same time, Golubkin’s home was searched, during which the scientist, in his words, was warned that he could be next. In April 2021, he was summoned for a conversation, after which he was taken into custody in a case of treason committed in favour of the Netherlands, which was manifested, according to the investigation, in a transfer of documents containing state secrets to the Netherlands. However, before the transfer, the documents were checked by three special committees, which all confirmed that the documents did not contain any state secrets. Investigative actions did not begin until mid-May 2021. He was offered to plead guilty in exchange for a relatively short sentence. Golubkin did not admit guilt. His boss Anatoly Gubanov was later reported to have testified against Golubkin – apparently after receiving threats from the investigator. At the trial, Gubanov, as well as other witnesses, said that Golubkin did everything in accordance with the law. On 26 June 2023, Golubkin was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony. On 17 April 2024, the court of cassation reversed the decision of the court of appeal to affirm the sentence and returned the case back to the latter. On 19 June, the court of appeal again confirmed the sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":816,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":116,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_group_en":["The case of transferring information about a high-speed aircraft"],"case_name_en":"Valery Golubkin's case of state treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"The charges relate to the sending of two reports to the coordinator of the HEXAFLY-INT hypersonic airliner project Johan Stilant on Golubkin's work on the development of a passenger aircraft, in which he had participated since 2018, that, according to the investigation, contained state secrets. 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The court refused to place Kletkin in custody, after which the investigator took his signature on recognizance not to leave. 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Memorial:\n Date: 19-10-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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The court refused to place Markov in custody, after which the investigator had him sign recognizance not to leave. The prosecutor appealed the court decision, and Markov was elected a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions on 1 November.\nFrom the beginning of 2023, for a year and seven months the court considered the case of four residents of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Markov was one of the defendants. On 30 July 2024, the court ruled to separate Markov's case into a separate proceeding, and sentenced the other three defendants to suspended sentences.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nikolaevsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladislav Markov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 14.10.2021 to 01.11.2021\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.11.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 13-10-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/10/d45100/?sphrase_id=2006168\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-10-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec2kotffKZIKxXSo"},{"persecution_id":"recUyjpD3ViZSdMjf","last_updated":"2025-01-28T10:35:57.000Z","person_id":"recdb3mTNAStbLsBn","name_en":"Mykola Kononenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0UKcUjwhTEGQA5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0UKcUjwhTEGQA5.jpg"],"birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. He was charged with participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organization. He was released on his own recognizance. On 30 July 2024, Kononenko was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nikolaevsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1033,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":147,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur","case_number":"1-54/2023 (1-413/2022)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organization","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 15.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 15.08.2024 to 14.08.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2024, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-30T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-30T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-10-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/10/d45100/?sphrase_id=2006168\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-10-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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On July 30, 2024, Korobochko was sentenced to six years suspended.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nikolaevsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1033,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":147,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur","case_number":"1-54/2023 (1-413/2022)","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participation in and incitement to participation in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 14.10.2021 to 15.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 15.08.2024 to 14.08.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2024, Sentence: 5 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-30T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-30T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-10-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/10/d45100/?sphrase_id=2006168\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-10-2021\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reccaGtxbnWIZYb5y"},{"persecution_id":"recP2rhcXS0VhzgRX","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recTlaVK9GJ8MtQOB","name_en":"Vladimir Vidiker","birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Temryuk (Krasnodar region). He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: organising meetings and worship services, and attracting new supporters. On 26 September 2022, Vidiker was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Temryuk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2024-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":633,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witness Vladimir Vidiker","case_number":"1-246/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, with which the court agreed, from July 2020 to 27 January 2021 Vidiker held conversations in Temryuk in which he promoted the activities of banned Jehovah's Witnesses organisations, engaged in religious discussions, participated in online classes, held lectures based on Jehovah's Witnesses' religious books, read them aloud and discussed their contents with others (including the banned book \"Holy Scripture. 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On 23 November, she was searched.\nOn 15 October 2022, Perefilieva was given a recognizance not to leave, and on 9 November the case came to court.\nThe consideration of the case began on 6 December 2022.\nOn 31 July 2023, during the arguments, the prosecutor asked for a four-year suspended sentence.\nOn 28 August 2023, the Urupsky District Court of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic found 58-year-old Irina Perefilieva guilty of extremism because of her faith. 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Taken into custody in April 2021 on the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On November 21, 2022, sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. 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Taken into custody in April 2021 under the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 21 November 2022, sentenced to two years and eight months in a strict regime colony. 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Taken into custody in April 2021 on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist organisation At-Taqfir wal-Hijra, the existence of which is questioned by some experts. On November 21, 2022, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. In December 2022, he was released.\nIn February 2026, a note appeared next to Bazhenov's name in the list of extremists and terrorists, which is used for names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kislovodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":595,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Takfir Wal Hijra case in Kislovodsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of eight residents of Kislovodsk","case_number":"1-273/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, from 2017 to March 2021, he \"conducted propaganda in the region to induce people to join\" At-Taqfir wal-Hijra. 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Taken into custody in April 2021 in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 21 November 2022, sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. In December 2022 he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kislovodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":595,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Takfir Wal Hijra case in Kislovodsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of eight residents of Kislovodsk","case_number":"1-273/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 2017 to March 2021, he \"conducted propaganda in the region to induce people to join\" At-Taqfir wal-Hijra. 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A case of organising activities of an extremist organisation was opened. On 8 February 2022, Sushilnikov signed a travel restriction agreement.\nOn 24 January 2023, Sushilnikov was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokuznetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":594,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Sushilnikov","case_number":"1-108/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"deliberately organised the continuation of the activities of the Novokuznetsk local religious organisation, in respect of which the court has issued an enforceable decision on liquidation in connection with extremist activities\", and also conducted conversations \"in order to promote the activities of the banned organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 08.02.2022 to 29.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.01.2023, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment with a probation period of 4 years, with deprivation of the right to engage in educational activities in all types of educational establishments for 5 years, with restriction of liberty for 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended imprisonment with a probation period of 4 years, with deprivation of the right to engage in educational activities in all types of educational establishments for 5 years, with restriction of liberty for 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-23T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-01-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/01/d47526/?sphrase_id=2006174\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-01-2023\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec3TBWTpxWuM7kIT"},{"persecution_id":"reciS4JLWlL7PTrnx","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recRWAeCEqdLHL1b1","name_en":"Viktor Bondarev","birth_year":1950,"age":76,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":71,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Novosibirsk. According to media reports, Bondarev negatively characterised his mother's civilian spouse - veteran of the Great Patriotic War Vitaly Simonov, in his posts accusing the latter of abusing his mother, putting her in a nursing home, and stealing. A case of insulting a veteran and defamation was opened against him. On 28th of December 2022 Bondarev was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2022-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":726,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":103,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 128.1"],"case_name_en":"Viktor Bondarev's case of insulting a veteran","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from 23th of July to 14th of August 2021, posted on his page in the social network, knowingly false information insulting and defaming the honour and dignity of a veteran of the Great Patriotic War living in the Novosibirsk region. The published information contains statements in the form of assertions that reflect facts, states of affairs that negatively characterise the activities, actions and behaviour of a veteran of the Great Patriotic War.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2022, Sentence: fine of 100,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 100,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-28T11:58:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-28T11:58:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-12-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/12/d47437/?sphrase_id=2007567\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reciS4JLWlL7PTrnx"},{"persecution_id":"recG7aJc6PPDWlpMb","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec1arM3K8l1RoQdh","name_en":"Andrei Kurdov","birth_year":2004,"age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":17,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg, 17 years old at the time of the prosecution. On 19 November 2021, it became known that the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg in the course of monitoring social networks revealed photos of two young people against the background of the Saviour on the Blood with their trousers and underwear down. However, it also follows from the case materials that the photo was seen, in particular, by \"citizen Bulatov, who experienced moral suffering\".\n\nAndrei was found and detained on the same day, the sentence was passed only a year later - in November 2022.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2021-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2022-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":360,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Kurdov about the photo in the background of the temple","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from 1 July to 19 November 2021, Kurdov and his friend took a photo against the background of the Saviour on the Blood, in which they were depicted naked below the waist. This photo they then published on social media. From the prosecutors' point of view, Kurdov and his friend acted from hooligan motives, but their criminal intent was aimed at \"committing public acts expressing disrespect for society, committed with the aim of offending the feelings of believers by mocking against the background of a religious building\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.11.2022, Sentence: 80 thousand rubles fine","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"80 thousand rubles fine","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":80000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-14T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-14T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-11-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/11/d47203/?sphrase_id=2007558\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recG7aJc6PPDWlpMb"},{"persecution_id":"recvZv1krPcOwJUqc","last_updated":"2025-01-16T13:47:36.000Z","person_id":"receP5XT6SkQEZQc9","name_en":"Nikolay Merinov","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Irkutsk. On 4 October 2021, his house was searched. When the law enforcers broke into his house, they hit him in the face with a heavy object so that the man fell down and lost consciousness. They continued beating him, breaking his teeth. His wife Lilia was dragged out of bed by her hair, handcuffed and beaten. Merinov tried to have a criminal case opened in connection with the beating, but was unsuccessful. He left Russia in July 2022. Merinov was initially tried in a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation as a witness, but later he was accused in absentia of organising the activities.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Irkutsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Nikolai Merinov on participation in Jehovah's Witnesses activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recD8iS9PD9ztbqxa"},{"persecution_id":"recoAyD6p0HgtZKsN","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec9yBETp1Hob7lFW","name_en":"Alexei Galishko","birth_year":1992,"age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chelyabinsk. On 30 July 2021, a criminal case was opened against him; the crime was discovered by employees of the FSSB for the region.\n\nOn 11 October 2021, the Chelyabinsk Regional Court sentenced him to a fine.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2021-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":73,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Galishko's case about Hitler's photo on the website of the Immortal Regiment","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 5 May 2020, Galishko through sent, through VK, to the website \"Immortal Regiment Online\" application with a photo of Adolf Hitler, indicating that it depicted a certain Gitenko Andrei Alexandrovich.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.10.2021, Sentence: fine of 60 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 60 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":60000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-11T10:05:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-10-11T10:05:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-10-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/10/d45084/?sphrase_id=2006246\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recoAyD6p0HgtZKsN"},{"persecution_id":"reckyNoGbVtw0Z7Ul","last_updated":"2023-11-20T23:02:22.000Z","person_id":"recx1XGI11N3zp4c3","name_en":"Georgy Pesterev","birth_year":1997,"age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Arkhangelsk. The case against him was initiated on 20 October 2021, and on 24 February 2022 he was found guilty and sentenced to a fine.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":146,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Georgy Pesterev's case about the photo on the Immortal Regiment website","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 5 to 7 May 2020 on the website of the \"Immortal Regiment Online\" project Pesterev made requests to broadcast photos of Hitler, Jodl, Keitel and Rosenberg in the same row with veterans of the Great Patriotic War, signing the images of criminals with false names, \"in order to cynically ridicule the idea of the Immortal Regiment movement and to rehabilitate Nazism by approving war crimes\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2022, Sentence: a fine of 250 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 250 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-02-24T10:25:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-02-24T10:25:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-02-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/02/d45855/?sphrase_id=2006318\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reckyNoGbVtw0Z7Ul"},{"persecution_id":"rec4YcYyx7IEi8aV5","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recSOADnNA6wADp2A","name_en":"Rajab Magomedov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kislovodsk. Taken into custody in April 2021 on the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 14 September 2022, sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. 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Taken into custody in April 2021 in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Either he or another defendant, Rustam Arov, was also charged with possession of weapons in connection with a pistol found during a search. 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To do this, according to the prosecution, he held meetings where he study \"the basics of extremist ideology\" and spoke about its \"superiority over other religions\".\nEither Magomedov or another defendant, Rustam Arov, was also charged with illegal possession of weapons because of a gun found during the search.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.11.2022","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-01T13:33:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-01T13:33:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recZc26LQKeg0xQ7H"},{"persecution_id":"reclDdwMTItwGz4nq","last_updated":"2023-11-01T07:48:26.000Z","person_id":"rec2CV19usqxhtCAb","name_en":"Rustam Arov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kislovodsk. Taken into custody in April 2021 in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Either he or another defendant, Gadzhi Magomedov, was also charged with possession of weapons in connection with a pistol found during a search. 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To do so, the prosecution alleges, he held meetings where he learnt \"the basics of extremist ideology\" and spoke about its \"superiority over other religions\".\nEither Arov or another defendant, Gadzhi Magomedov, was also charged with illegal possession of weapons in connection with a pistol found during a search.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, ","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reclDdwMTItwGz4nq"},{"persecution_id":"recZ63XQU4nvLWdPw","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"rechEoJZA1LOa7Yxy","name_en":"Vitalii Michurin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Smolensk. On 29 July 2021, a case was opened against him in connection with the publication of a photo of a Nazi war criminal on the website of the “Immortal Regiment”. The case was submitted to the court on 19 October. On 22 February 2022, Michurin was sentenced to a suspended sentence of one and a half years.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Smolensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":236,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Vitalii Michurin's case of the photo on the Immortal Regiment website","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he uploaded a photo of Adolf Hitler to the website \"Memory Bank\" to be displayed during the “Immortal Regiment” march. According to law enforcement officials, by doing so he distorted the facts established by the Nuremberg Tribunal and disseminated knowingly false information about the activities of the USSR during the Second World War","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 29.07.2021 to 19.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 19.04.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.02.2022, Sentence: 1 year 6 months’ imprisonment suspended with a probation period of 2 years\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months’ imprisonment suspended with a probation period of 2 years\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-02-22T12:53:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-02-22T12:53:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-02-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/02/d45841/?sphrase_id=2006253\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recZ63XQU4nvLWdPw"},{"persecution_id":"rechriCML7ETShnE6","last_updated":"2025-04-28T13:38:50.000Z","person_id":"recfAPsXJA5iqHlUp","name_en":"Irina Volkova","birth_year":1991,"age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St Petersburg and an Instagram blogger faced legal action after a controversial photograph she posted. On 30 October 2021, a criminal case was brought against her for insulting the feelings of believers, following the publication of a 2020 photograph showing her in lingerie in front of St Isaac's Cathedral.\n\nThe case was initiated after Timur Bulatov, a local resident known for regularly filing complaints against opposition activists, LGBTQ+ individuals, and those he believes offend religious sentiments, submitted a statement. Another supporter, who identifies as Orthodox, also contributed to the complaint. At the end of October 2021, the photograph began circulating on popular VKontakte blogs, leading to Volkova receiving numerous abusive personal messages.\n\nOn 28 March 2022, Volkova was sentenced to 180 hours of compulsory labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":149,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Irina Volkova's case about the photo against the background of St Isaac's Cathedral","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated over a photo that Volkova posted on Instagram on 21 August 2020. In the image, she is seen squatting with her back to the camera in front of St Isaac's Cathedral, with her skirt lifted and her underwear visible.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.03.2022, Sentence: 180 hours of community service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"180 hours of community service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-03-28T13:11:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-03-28T13:11:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d46018/?sphrase_id=2006260\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rechriCML7ETShnE6"},{"persecution_id":"recfgeBhwzA5yMURz","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:29.000Z","person_id":"rec3hez658b3wiwkN","name_en":"Valentin Shliakov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrZjEcx31kIoE63.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrZjEcx31kIoE63.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Shliakov is a Moscow-based blogger who runs an opposition YouTube channel with almost 25,000 subscribers.\n\nIn 2017, Shlyakov was detained by police over a “New Opposition” march. In 2020, he took part in the Khabarovsk protests, for which he was given ten days of administrative arrest. He was also among those detained on 2 February 2021, the day of Alexei Navalny’s trial.\n\nA case on incitement to extremism was opened against him in the summer of 2021, he was taken into custody on 19 August, and on 26 August he was added to the register of extremists and terrorists of Federal Financial Monitoring Service. In November 2021, it became known about the second criminal case - on incitement to terrorism.\n\nOn 10 November it became known that he was sentenced to 4 years in prison on both charges.\n\nIn January 2023 it became known about the third criminal case - on defamation of a judge. On 5 October he was sentenced.\n\nOn 15 August 2025, Shliakov was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":580,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Valentin Shliakov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was certain statements on his YouTube channel. As Kommersant noted, \"his videos often contained unconfirmed information - in particular, about China's readiness to suppress the Khabarovsk protests, the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin's daughter from a vaccine, etc.\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.08.2021 to 19.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.10.2022 to 17.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• Unknown:  to 01.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Ivanovo Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown:  to 15.08.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 15.08.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.08.2022, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-04T14:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-04T14:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-03-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/shlyakov-valentin-valentinovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recfgeBhwzA5yMURz"},{"persecution_id":"recBQNiHK5DlAdwbU","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reccCyFVONVRFI0WO","name_en":"Osman Bolurov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Bolurov is a resident of Kislovodsk and the head of a farm. He was apparently taken into custody in April 2021 in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. He was sentenced in December 2022. Further details unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kislovodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":638,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Takfir Wal Hijra case in Kislovodsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Osman Bolurov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Bolurov participated in the activities of an organisation founded by his friend. The aim of the organisation was \"to establish world domination of a radical form of Islam and creation of a unified Islamic state\". \"He also took part in gatherings of participants of this association, held regularly from mid-2017 to 21 March 2021, where the activities of the association, the need to increase its followers, ideological literature and works of preachers were discussed,\" according to the investigative committee.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2021 to 10.01.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.12.2022","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-30T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-30T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recBQNiHK5DlAdwbU"},{"persecution_id":"recjRzznoJN6jPBUc","last_updated":"2023-11-01T09:51:47.000Z","person_id":"recjEUSiDZ8UhUh3P","name_en":"Alexey Shulgin","birth_year":1997,"age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladivostok. The case against him was initiated in February 2021, and he was sentenced on 29 December.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":331,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Shulgin's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2020, \"for the purpose of rehabilitation of Nazism\", he issued an application for public demonstration to an unlimited number of people on the website \"Immortal Regiment Online\" photo of Adolf Hitler with the caption \"Adolf Hitler National - Socialist\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.12.2021, Sentence: 10 months of community service with deduction of 15% of wages to the state income","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 months of community service with deduction of 15% of wages to the state income","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-29T16:28:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-29T16:28:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-12-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/12/d45567/?sphrase_id=2006251\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recjRzznoJN6jPBUc"},{"persecution_id":"recM8alZex2lKw5yc","last_updated":"2026-02-18T08:50:19.000Z","person_id":"rec9srSPcPW4VsMPg","name_en":"Dmitry Alekseenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1612,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":230,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Alekseenko's case of uploading photos of Nazis to the \"Immortal Regiment\" website","case_number":"2-0078/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In May 2021, \"posted on the website of Russia's Immortal Regiment\" applications containing information and photographs of Nazi criminals with the aim of \"endorsing the crimes of the Nazi regime as established by the Nuremberg Tribunal.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.10.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-29T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recM8alZex2lKw5yc"},{"persecution_id":"recwruTBH8ohEVNV4","last_updated":"2025-12-26T13:05:24.000Z","person_id":"rechglGF27cAM0dmM","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Bratsk. A case was opened against him for the rehabilitation of Nazism due to an attempt to post a photograph of Hitler on the \"Immortal Regiment\" website. On October 29, 2021, he was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2021-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":301,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the resident of Bratsk over the photo of Hitler","case_number":"2-51/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he sent a request with a photograph of Adolf Hitler from his account on \"VKontakte\" to the \"Memory Bank\" website for its subsequent display as part of the \"Immortal Regiment Online\" campaign.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.10.2021, Sentence: 100,000 fine","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"100,000 fine","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-10-29T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 29-10-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/10/d45206/?sphrase_id=2009037\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recwruTBH8ohEVNV4"},{"persecution_id":"recezePEDhOh3LLU8","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:44:26.000Z","person_id":"recTYFySnc85O5zSA","name_en":"Vadim Kartashov","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Stavropol region, together with fellow countryman Oleg Kharaim, was accused of participation in the Right Sector. The accused were detained by FSB and police officers. The regional Federal Security Service Directorate also published information about the case.\nThe investigation materials formed the basis of the criminal case initiated on 28 April 2021 by the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the North Caucasus Federal District. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation completed the investigation on 14 March 2022. According to the investigation, Kharaim and Kartashov were induced to participate in the Right Sector by Oleg Skidanov (sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony).\nThe trial took place on 11 September 2023. The Industrial District Court of Stavropol found Kartashov guilty of the incriminated offence and sent him to serve 3 years and 6 months in a general regime penal colony. In addition, the defendant's freedom is restricted for 1 year. Presumably, Kartashov was released on the day of entry into force of the sentence on 27 September 2023.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Stavropol"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2023-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":893,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":127,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of involvement in the activities of the Right Sector"],"case_name_en":"Vadim Kartashov's case","case_number":"1-13/2023 (1-550/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he voluntarily swore allegiance to one of the leaders of the extremist organisation Right Sector, which is banned in the territory of the Russian Federation, with the aim of subsequently committing crimes on its behalf.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 27.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 27.09.2023 to 26.09.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.09.2023, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a genral regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a genral regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-11T06:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-11T06:50:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/racism-xenophobia/news/counteraction/2022/03/d45938/?sphrase_id=2009232\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recezePEDhOh3LLU8"},{"persecution_id":"recMjOBCNrhOUCubM","last_updated":"2025-07-19T09:36:45.000Z","person_id":"recHAN2jhBLO8a5ed","name_en":"Aleksei Fedorov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnO7A4JRsOgE9c2.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnO7A4JRsOgE9c2.jpeg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Blogger, author of the YouTube channel \"Pokos Kuzbass. Aleksei Fedorov\".\n\nSince January 2020, when he started his YouTube channel, he has been repeatedly brought to administrative responsibility under various articles of the Code of Administrative Offences. He has been fined and arrested for statements made in videos on his channel. He has also been prosecuted under administrative articles for disobeying the police and violating sanitary regulations.\n\nIn May 2021, Fedorov was charged with incitement to hatred. On May 18, his house was searched. During the search, cartridges were allegedly found in the storeroom, as well as an explosive substance. Previously, on 27 October 2017, Fedorov was issued a permit to keep and carry a hunting weapon, which was cancelled on 12 March 2021. According to the investigation, it was at this point that Fedorov developed the intention to illegally possess smokeless gunpowder SUNAR.\n\nFedorov was placed under house arrest. In May 2022, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. 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Aleksei Fedorov\" the video \"KUZBASS. 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He was prosecuted for incitement to extremism and terrorism because of his aggressive remarks about Putin and United Russia and because of a comment approving the actions of Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who blew himself up in the building of the Arkhangelsk region's FSB office. Bondarenko claimed that he did not write these comments: he pointed out that the administration of VKontakte regularly blocked his page, and he used the social network via his phone, which he once lost. 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In March 2021, it became known that a case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist community. In the same month, he was sentenced in a drug possession case (we do not consider this case to be political). On 24 September 2021, Benda was sentenced to a two and a half year suspended sentence in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist community.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maykop"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2021-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of participation in the activities of the extremist organisation \"AUE\"  (\"Prisoner's Structure/Code is United\") in Maykop","case_number":"1-596/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"It was alleged that the suspect posted images with AUE (\"Prisoner's Structure/Code is United\") symbols on social media, \"in the course of communication with residents of the region expressed support for the movement and demonstrated his adherence to it\", as well as \"denied generally accepted moral principles and the primacy of law, promoted the ideology of violence as a means to an end and hostility towards representatives of the authorities\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-12-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/02/d43628/?sphrase_id=1575497\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recy9kOxsuo0HNFvU"},{"persecution_id":"rec14JHAMWkUOrECi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recjENJrsz9MuE3tD","name_en":"Alina Vlaskina","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2021-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Case of offence against the religious feelings of believers, initiated because of a video on TikTok","case_number":"01-0009/11/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the Investigative Committee report, on June 11, 2021, several young individuals on Nagorny Boulevard were alleged to \"have pursued the objective of desecrating a religious shrine highly regarded by believers — an Orthodox icon. 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On 24 September 2022, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony on charges of fraud. Orlov was accused of having stolen more than 11 million roubles (US$ 109445) as deputy director of Nefte-Service under the pretext of supplying diesel fuel to YUSUF BOBO FAYZ, a firm from Uzbekistan, and, together with two associates on behalf of Hermes LLC, stole another 14.8 million roubles (US$ 147253) by promising to supply liquefied gas to Gairat-82 LLC. Orlov claimed that he was being persecuted because of his trade union and social activities. Later, another fraud case was brought against him: according to the investigation, he, being the deputy head of the company, after receiving the money on its settlement account, used it at his own discretion and failed to fulfil his obligations, and then in the same way stole almost $600,000, which were transferred as payment under the contract for the supply of diesel fuel. On 5 December 2024, Orlov was sentenced to nine and a half years in a general regime colony, taking into account his previous sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2021-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":326,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159"],"case_name_en":"Large-scale fraud case in Ufa","case_number":"1-139/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation's findings, he is accused of committing two instances of large-scale frauds.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.09.2022 to 01.02.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.09.2022, Sentence: A sentence of 6 years and 6 months in a penal colony, along with a fine of 250,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A sentence of 6 years and 6 months in a penal colony, along with a fine of 250,000 rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-23T13:55:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-23T13:55:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUMPoKcVXI0LhGK"},{"persecution_id":"recqj0jn0jasvvfSG","last_updated":"2026-01-01T21:53:50.000Z","person_id":"recz4ksGEpCBXnuma","name_en":"Mikhail Pukh","birth_year":2002,"age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A citizen of Ukraine, originally from Mariupol. A case of rehabilitation of Nazism was opened against him in absentia. According to the investigation, in May 2021, Mikhail Pukh \"placed applications on the website of the Russian Immortal Regiment containing information and photos of Hitler, Goebbels and the traitor to the Motherland Vlasov\" with the aim of \"approving the crimes of the Nazi regime established by the Nuremberg Tribunal\".\n\nIn August 2025, his case came before the Moscow City Court. On 17 November, the court sentenced him in absentia to four and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2021-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1661,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":237,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Pukh’s case for posting photos of Nazis on the “Immortal Regiment” website","case_number":"2-0073/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2021 he “posted on the website of the Russian Immortal Regiment applications containing information and photographs of Hitler, Goebbels, and the traitor to the Motherland Vlasov” with the aim of “endorsing the crimes of the Nazi regime established by the Nuremberg Tribunal.”","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.11.2025, Sentence: Sentenced in absentia to 4.5 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony and banned from administering websites for 5 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentenced in absentia to 4.5 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony and banned from administering websites for 5 years.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-17T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-17T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqj0jn0jasvvfSG"},{"persecution_id":"rec8bqiKXIKqmqDOw","last_updated":"2025-01-28T14:48:20.000Z","person_id":"recROrZeS7WjOF9eJ","name_en":"Valery Vyaznikov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Primorsky Krai. On 16 July 2021, it became known that a criminal case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 7 November 2023, Vyaznikov was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Luchegorsk settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":844,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":120,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Valery Vyaznikov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"engaged a resident of Luchegorsk in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.12.2022 to 11.01.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 11.01.2024 to 11.07.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.11.2023, Sentence: Two years and six months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years and six months of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-07T06:25:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-07T06:25:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 07-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/11/d48890/?sphrase_id=2009417\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec8bqiKXIKqmqDOw"},{"persecution_id":"recrCZQegly240K3u","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recJsnPxLfNtiOJLr","name_en":"Yuri Chernykh","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attioinS7Zr8nJeiG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attioinS7Zr8nJeiG.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A coalman, a resident of Prokopyevsk (the Kemerovo region). On 12 July 2020, his house was searched because he appeared a witness in the case of another resident of Prokopyevsk, Andrei Vlasov, accused of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 10 November Chernykh was searched again, this time as a suspect in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 26 April 2022, he was given a covenant not to leave. On 28 September 2023 Chernykh was sentenced to three years of forced labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Prokopyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2021-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":696,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yury Chernykh on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-22/2023 (1-209/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he provided his house for meetings and participated in online meetings of the banned religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses \"Prokopyevsk\"","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (temporarily)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 26.04.2022 to 28.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.09.2023, Sentence: 3 years of forced labor with 15% of earnings withheld","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of forced labor with 15% of earnings withheld","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-28T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-28T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 03-10-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/06/d46533/?sphrase_id=2006214\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recrCZQegly240K3u"},{"persecution_id":"rechMFu4V6jf921UK","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recszSyHTdb6G5aIe","name_en":"Matvei Iuferov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attN6PqfGIwZDXZfE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attN6PqfGIwZDXZfE.jpg"],"birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the night of 25 November 2021 in Moscow, Iuferov, while intoxicated, urinated on a stand with a portrait of a World War II veteran; the video was recorded on camera and published in his Instagram stories.\n\nSoon screenshots of the video appeared on the Telegram channel of Vladislav Pozdnyakov, founder of the extremist movement \"Men's State\". On the same day, Iuferov was detained, and a criminal case was opened against him. The case was investigated by a five-member investigative team; it was reported that the case was under the personal control of the head of the State Investigative Committee of Moscow.\n\nIuferov, the great-grandson of a veteran and son of a retired military officer, pleaded guilty, recorded a video apologising, and donated 30,000 roubles he had saved working as a courier to a veterans' aid fund. In a conversation with the investigator, Iuferov noted that his \"prank\" was \"cynical and blatantly hooligan\", but he had never shared Nazi and extremist beliefs. Matvei agreed to a deal with the investigation and was to receive no more than two-thirds of the term demanded by the prosecutor - that is, 3 years and 4 months.\n\nDespite this, the Moscow City Court sentenced him to 4 years' imprisonment on 24 December 2021; on 21 March, the appeal court approved the decision, and it entered into force.\n\nPresumably, Iuferov was released in November 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":29,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":4,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Matvei Iuferov's case of the rehabilitation of Nazism","case_number":"2-0080/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"As established by the Moscow City Court, on the night of 25 November 2021 urinated on the stand with a portrait of a war participant on Izmailovsky Boulevard.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.11.2021 to 21.03.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.03.2022 to 01.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2021, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban for 5 years on activities related to posting materials on the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban for 5 years on activities related to posting materials on the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-24T10:35:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-24T10:35:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-12-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/12/d45534/?sphrase_id=1809099\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-11-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/yuferov-matvej-alekseevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rechMFu4V6jf921UK"},{"persecution_id":"recmM684QqELmEpRc","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"reclv6AbrycMZ0QvC","name_en":"Yegor Dybov","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 1 February 2022, the Maikop City Court of the Republic of Adygea passed a sentence on Yegor Dybov from the village of Udobnoye, Maikop district. He was found guilty under part 2 of article 162 (robbery), part 4 of article 166 (unlawful seizure of a car or other vehicle without the purpose of theft), part 2 of article 158 (theft), part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code. The latter charge was related to the fact that Dybov in his surroundings publicly expressed support for the A.U.E. (“Prison. Order. Universal”), cultivated the foundations of prison life, denied generally accepted moral principles and the supremacy of law, advocated violence as a means of achieving his goals and hostility towards members of the authorities and administration. He considered himself a member of A.U.E., socialised with previously convicted persons and visited thematic groups on social networks. The court sentenced Dybov to six years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with a one-year restriction of liberty.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maykop"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2021-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":166,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Egor Dybov's case on participation in A.U.E.","case_number":"1-102/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"E.L. Dybov, being on the territory of the Republic of Adygea, the exact time and place is not established by the investigation, no later than January 2020 joined the international public movement A.U.E. (“Prison. Order. Universal”). 20.02.2021, near the shop \"Khleba Krasnooktyabrskie\" during the detention of Dybov E.L. by police officers for committing an administrative offence under part 1 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, the latter, showing his commitment to the international public movement A.U.E. committed deliberate actions expressed in statements in support of this public movement and demonstration of his commitment to it, namely shouted phrases: \"A.U.E. Life to thieves\", used by the participants of this movement. After that Dybov E.L. did not voluntarily cease his participation in the activities of the above-mentioned international public movement, the activities of which are recognised as extremist and banned in the territory of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.06.2021 to 07.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.02.2022, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony• Court of appeal instance on the merits, 07.04.2022, Sentence: 6 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime penal colony, 6 months' restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime penal colony, 6 months' restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2022-02-01T13:27:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-04-07T13:31:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 22-12-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/02/d43628/?sphrase_id=1575555\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recmM684QqELmEpRc"},{"persecution_id":"recd3VdDrFPG2Ffbm","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:06:35.000Z","person_id":"recuZxt72MhGE51a4","name_en":"Nadezhda Semyonova","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In September 2021, the flat of believers Dmitry and Nadezhda Semyonov was searched, a criminal case was opened against them and they were placed on a recognisance not to leave.\n\nIn June 2022 the case of the spouses went to court. The prosecution was built on the testimony of a woman who expressed a desire to study the Bible with the Semenovs, and subsequently began to cooperate with the FSB. In November 2022, the court sentenced Dmitry and Nadezhda to a 4-year suspended sentence for talking about the Bible. The appeal left the sentence unchanged.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2021-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":428,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Nadezhda and Dmitrii Semenov"],"case_name_en":"Nadezhda and Dmitry Semenov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, for four years, together with her husband, \"through persuasion, inclining and appeals, they induced a 58-year-old woman, as well as other persons\" to join the banned local religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses. To this end, the believers \"repeatedly held conversations with potential members of the organisation, including in the format of video conferences\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 06.09.2021 to 14.02.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.11.2022, Sentence: 4 years of suspended imprisonment, 1 year of imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years of suspended imprisonment, 1 year of imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-08T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-08T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-02-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47670/?sphrase_id=2006185\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recd3VdDrFPG2Ffbm"},{"persecution_id":"rec1GKrMlqCUnqJg0","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:06:35.000Z","person_id":"rec0Xop1kQKY2xtvb","name_en":"Dmitrii Semenov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. In September 2021, he was searched and a criminal case was opened against him and his wife for activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. They both signed recognisance not to leave,\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nIn June 2022, the case of the spouses went to court. The prosecution was built on the testimony of a woman who expressed a desire to study the Bible with the Semenovs, and subsequently began to cooperate with the FSB. In November 2022, the court sentenced Dmitry and Nadezhda to a 4-year suspended sentence for talking about the Bible. 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To this end, the believers \"repeatedly held conversations with potential members of the organisation, including in the format of video conferences\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 06.09.2021 to 14.02.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.11.2022, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-08T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-08T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-02-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47670/?sphrase_id=2006185\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec1GKrMlqCUnqJg0"},{"persecution_id":"recqygRAwX04HxLvg","last_updated":"2026-02-08T23:54:57.000Z","person_id":"recAgQ40q8HiaykUc","name_en":"Sultan Dusekenov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Omsk. He was detained in the spring of 2021 as part of an 11 people group.  Four other detainees then became witnesses in the case, and the rest - citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan - were deported from Russia under court decisions.\n\nOn 13 January 2022, the Kirovsky District Court of Omsk found Sultan Dyusekenov, Abdimomun Mamytov and Murat Baltabaev guilty. All of them were sentenced to a fine of between 20,000 and 90,000 roubles.\n\nOn 30 March, the Omsk Regional Court considered the prosecutor's appeal and toughened the sentence. Dyusekenov was given a final punishment of 2 years of imprisonment without the right to engage in activities related to participation in public organisations for 3 years and with restriction of freedom for 1.5 years.\n\nPresumably, he was released in March 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":287,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case in Omsk"],"case_name_en":"Tablighi Jamaat case in Omsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Dusekenov was the head of a Tablighi Jamaat \"unit\", which functioned from July 24, 2020, to April 3, 2021, into which he recruited Mamytov and Baltabaev. The latter, the court ruled, have been charged with propaganda of Tablighi Jamaat activities among the local population. They allegedly \"gave sermons, spreading the ideology of Tablighi Jamaat using specialised religious literature\".","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2033-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.04.2021 to 30.03.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.03.2022 to 01.03.2024\n• Unknown: from 01.03.2024 to 01.09.2025\n• Unknown: from 01.09.2025 to 01.09.2033\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.01.2022, Sentence: a fine of 90 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 90 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2022-01-13T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-01-13T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d46036/?sphrase_id=2009086\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recqygRAwX04HxLvg"},{"persecution_id":"recbrd6cPrAzrjlXC","last_updated":"2026-02-08T23:54:59.000Z","person_id":"recqXwzp5ghXvqNls","name_en":"Abdimomun Mamytov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained in the spring of 2021 as part of a group of 11 people.  Four other detainees then became witnesses in the case, the rest - citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan - were deported from Russia under court decisions.\n\nOn January 13, 2022, the Kirovsky District Court of Omsk found Sultan Dyusekenov, Abdimomun Mamytov and Murat Baltabaev guilty. All of them were sentenced to a fine of between 20,000 and 90,000 roubles.\n\nOn March 30th, the Omsk Regional Court considered the prosecutor's appeal and toughened the sentence. 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Mamytov and Baltabaev were charged with propaganda of Tablighi Jamaat activities among the local population. 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Four other detainees then became witnesses in the case, the rest - citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan - were deported from Russia under court decisions.\n\nOn 13 January 2022, the Kirovsky District Court of Omsk found Sultan Dyusekenov, Abdimomun Mamytov and Murat Baltabaev guilty. All of them were sentenced to a fine of between 20,000 and 90,000 roubles.\n\nOn 30 March, the Omsk Regional Court considered the prosecutor's appeal and toughened the sentence. 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Rabadanov was among them.\n\nHe was accused of participating in the activities of the religious association At-Takfir wal-Hijra. 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Darsayev was one of them.\n\nHe was charged with taking part in the activities of the religious organization At-Takfir wal-Hijra.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kislovodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Takfir Wal Hijra case in Kislovodsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Adam Darsaev on participation in the activities of At-Takfir wal-Hijra","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took part in the activities of the Kislovodsk branch of At-Takfir wal-Hijra. 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Ismailov was among them.\n\nHe was accused of participating in the activities of the religious association At-Takfir wal-Hijra. On 30 May 2022, he and the other six detained in July 2021 were added to the register of extremists and terrorists. Ismailov was the only one marked with an asterisk, which means prosecution under the terrorist article. Later it became known that he was accused of financing terrorist activities as a supporter of the \"Islamic State\". At the moment we have no grounds to consider this part of the prosecution as political.\n\nOn 22 May 2023, Interfax, citing the FSB press service, reported that Ismailov was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony. The information could not be found on the court's website.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kislovodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":690,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Takfir Wal Hijra case in Kislovodsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of Yusup Ismailov on participation in At-Taqfir wal-Hijra activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the At-Takfir wal-Hijra branch established in Kislovodsk. The organisation's members allegedly carried out activities aimed at \"establishing the world domination of a radical form of Islam and the creation of a single Islamic state\".\nIn addition, sharing the ideas of the international terrorist organisation Islamic State, which is banned on the territory of the Russian Federation, he collected money to finance terrorist activities.\n\n","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.07.2021 to 15.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.06.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.05.2023, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty, prohibition to administer websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty, prohibition to administer websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-22T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-22T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6kCNdC7oE2eHbv"},{"persecution_id":"rec4TH8R5OrieOg0s","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:18:53.000Z","person_id":"recEs2AS4xuN2qHix","name_en":"Hunar Agaev","birth_year":2000,"age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Naberezhnye Chelny. He was detained on 23 November 2021 and taken into custody on 25 November. He was accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. According to the investigation, he was one of the leaders of the cell of the organisation \"Nurdzhular\", the existence of which, according to experts, has not been proven. In fact, the reason for the prosecution was the joint study of the works of the Turkish theologian Said Nursi.\n\nOn 8 June 2022, the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan reported that the case had been referred to court. On 13 March 2023, Agaev was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released in August 2023.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2021-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2023-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":475,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Nurcists (Nurcu followers) in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The Nursu case in Naberezhnye Chelny","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, Agayev and his assistant Sageev organised a 'cell' of 'Nurdzhular' in the city in 2020-2021, recruited new participants including foreign students, possessed relevant literature, while Akhmedov was actively participating in the activities of the cell.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.11.2021 to 20.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.06.2023 to 11.08.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2023, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-13T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47838/?sphrase_id=1575356\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec4TH8R5OrieOg0s"},{"persecution_id":"reckx3NHIyo4umry8","last_updated":"2025-04-13T12:59:39.000Z","person_id":"rec64GX8lziBAr0DO","name_en":"Aidar Sageyev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attuhe6XBZdumk7qV.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attuhe6XBZdumk7qV.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sageyev, together with the other defendants, Agayev and Akhmedov, were detained on 23 November and arrested on 25 November 2021. The two defendants were sent to pre-trial detention centre, Akhmedov - under house arrest.\n\nOn 8 June 2022, the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the IC for the Republic of Tatarstan reported about the transfer of the case to the court. The prosecution asked to sentence the defendants to eight, seven and five years' imprisonment. All three pleaded not guilty, and their lawyers insisted on their acquittal.\n\nOn 13 March 2023, Naberezhnochelninsk city court passed a sentence, Sageyev received 2 and a half years in a penal colony. Presumably, he was released in August 2023.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2021-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":475,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Nurcists (Nurcu followers) in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The Nursu case in Naberezhnye Chelny","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Sageyev and his assistant Agayev organised a \"cell\" of \"Nurdzhular\" in the city in 2020-2021, attracted new participants, including foreign students, stored relevant literature, and Akhmedov actively participated in the activities of the cell.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.11.2021 to 20.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.06.2023 to 11.08.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2023, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-13T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47838/?sphrase_id=1575356\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reckx3NHIyo4umry8"},{"persecution_id":"recR3FtNe8rNcQYDc","last_updated":"2025-04-13T12:59:39.000Z","person_id":"reckzW6CG2yPvFm4E","name_en":"Amrakh Akhmedov","birth_year":1983,"age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Akhmedov, along with the other defendants, Sageyev and Agayev, was detained on 23 November and arrested on 25 November 2021. The two defendants were sent to pre-trial detention centre, Akhmedov was under house arrest.\n\nOn 8 June 2022, the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Republic of Tatarstan reported about the transfer of the case to the court. The prosecution asked to sentence the defendants to eight, seven and five years' imprisonment. All three pleaded not guilty, and their lawyers insisted on their acquittal.\n\nOn 13 March 2023, the Naberezhnye Chelny City Court passed a verdict; Akhmedov received a one-year six-month suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2021-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":475,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Nurcists (Nurcu followers) in Tatarstan"],"case_name_en":"The Nursu case in Naberezhnye Chelny","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Sageyev and his assistant Agayev organised a \"cell\" of \"Nurdzhular\" in the city in 2020-2021, attracted new participants, including foreign students, stored relevant literature, and Akhmedov actively participated in the activities of the cell.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 23.11.2021\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 20.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2023, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-13T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47838/?sphrase_id=1575356\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recR3FtNe8rNcQYDc"},{"persecution_id":"recPulD0pGTYh9W3F","last_updated":"2025-10-29T15:47:40.000Z","person_id":"recpdhgtu8Iqkx1CZ","name_en":" Ildar Abdurakhmanov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Neftekamsk (Bashkortostan). On May 20, 2021, a criminal case was brought against him for coordination of activities of an extremist organization. On May 25th, he was given travel restrictions. Abdurakhmanov wrote an open letter to Putin in which he said that he and four other people in the same case were forced to confess under threat. On 3 August, he was transferred to custody and later to house arrest. On 6 June 2022, Abdurakhmanov was sentenced to a year and three months' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2025-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":377,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Takfir Wal Hijra case in Neftekamsk"],"case_name_en":"Case of \"At-Taqfir wal-Hijra\" in Neftekamsk","case_number":"1-288/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the resolution to initiate a criminal case, Abdurakhmanov “organized in the territory of Neftekamsk, Krasnokamsk and Yanaul districts of the Republic of Bashkortostan the activities of the international religious association “At-Takfir Wal-Hijra” [hereinafter referred to as ATVH], whose activities are recognized as extremist and prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation” .","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.06.2022","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-06-06T09:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-06-06T09:50:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-10-2021\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/neftekamskoe-delo-o-prichastnosti-k-zapreshhyonnoj-ak-takfir-val-hidzhra/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recPulD0pGTYh9W3F"},{"persecution_id":"recttarDLoXt8r2NZ","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recl21cQmX4Xpt7cA","name_en":"Nikolai Bachin","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Bashkortostan. On 25 May 2021, he became a suspect in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his alleged involvement in the organisation At-Taqfir Wal-Hijra, the existence of which some experts call into question. Ildar Abdurakhmanov, whom the investigation believes to be the organiser of the cell, claimed that he and the other defendants were \"forced to confess\" to involvement in the organisation's activities by threats and blackmail. Gayanov was on his own recognisance not to abscond. On 23 September 2022, he was sentenced; the details remain unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":486,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Takfir Wal Hijra case in Neftekamsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Takfir wal-Hijra in Neftekamsk","case_number":"1-316/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"Resolution on bringing Nikolai Bachin as an accused states that he \"voluntarily joined the activities of the 'ATVKh' (at-Takfir wa-l-Higra), took an active part in meetings of this organization where he discussed activities of this religious association and also engaged in interpreting religious literature on the ideology of the 'ATVKh.'\" We (note by Memorial) do not have the court orders on bringing the other defendants in the case of the 'ATVKh' as accused. Still, Memorial assumes that they state the same thing.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-23T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-10-2021\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/neftekamskoe-delo-o-prichastnosti-k-zapreshhyonnoj-ak-takfir-val-hidzhra/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recttarDLoXt8r2NZ"},{"persecution_id":"recwzk9DCxE3JqkY1","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recbjCyCxJMjDQVKH","name_en":"Rizvan Gaianov","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Gaianov is a resident of Bashkortostan. On 25 May 2021, he became a suspect in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his alleged involvement in the organisation Takfir wal-Hijra, the existence of which some experts question. Ildar Abdurakhmanov, whom the investigation believes to be the organiser of the unit, claimed that he and the other defendants were \"forced to confess\" to involvement in the organisation's activities by threats and blackmail. Gaianov was on his recognizance not to leave. On 23 September 2022, he was sentenced, the details are unknown. On 21 January 2026, Gaianov was removed from the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":486,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Takfir Wal Hijra case in Neftekamsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Takfir wal-Hijra in Neftekamsk","case_number":"1-316/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"Resolution on bringing Nikolai Bachin as an accused states that he \"voluntarily joined the activities of the [ATVKh] (Takfir wal-Hijra), took an active part in meetings of this organization where he discussed activities of this religious association and also engaged in interpreting religious literature on the ideology of the [ATVKh].\" We (noted by Memorial) do not have the resolutions on bringing the other defendants in the case of the [ATVKh] as accused. Still, Memorial assumes that they say the same thing.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-23T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-10-2021\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/neftekamskoe-delo-o-prichastnosti-k-zapreshhyonnoj-ak-takfir-val-hidzhra/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On 21 November 2025, he was removed from Rosfinmonitoring’s list of extremists and terrorists.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":486,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Takfir Wal Hijra case in Neftekamsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Takfir wal-Hijra in Neftekamsk","case_number":"1-316/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"Resolution on bringing Nikolai Bachin as an accused states that he \"voluntarily joined the activities [of the at-Takfir wa-l-Higra], took an active part in meetings of this organization where he discussed activities of this religious association and also engaged in interpreting religious literature on the ideology [of the at-Takfir wa-l-Higra]\". We (note: Memorial) do not have the orders designating the other defendants as accused, but we assume that they say the same thing.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-23T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-10-2021\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/neftekamskoe-delo-o-prichastnosti-k-zapreshhyonnoj-ak-takfir-val-hidzhra/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"receEXGPsomYq7cLP"},{"persecution_id":"recL29P6LL8XSyfDO","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recnN4GsnK4pDwE4f","name_en":"Rif Sabirov","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-07-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 25 May 2021, he was identified as a suspect in a criminal case on charges of participation in the ATWH.\nAbdurakhmanov claims that he and his companions \"Ishmetov Ruslan, Sabirov Rif, Nikolai Bachin, Gaianov Rizvan were forced by threats and blackmail to confess that we were members of the organisation At-Takfir Val-Hijra and initiated criminal proceedings against us\".\nOn 23 September 2022 he was sentenced under part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, up to 6 years' imprisonment), the punishment is unknown. He was under a recognisance not to leave.\nOn 9 December 2025, Sabirov was removed from the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2025-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":486,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Takfir Wal Hijra case in Neftekamsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Takfir wal-Hijra in Neftekamsk","case_number":"1-316/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"Resolution on bringing Nikolai Bachin as an accused states that he \"voluntarily joined the activities of the 'ATVKh' (at-Takfir wa-l-Higra), took an active part in meetings of this organization where he discussed activities of this religious association and also engaged in interpreting religious literature on the ideology of the 'ATVKh.'\" We (noted by Memorial) do not have the resolutions on bringing the other defendants in the case of the 'ATVKh' as accused. Still, Memorial assumes that they say the same thing.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-23T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-10-2021\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/neftekamskoe-delo-o-prichastnosti-k-zapreshhyonnoj-ak-takfir-val-hidzhra/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recL29P6LL8XSyfDO"},{"persecution_id":"recpk5mVwrGEXhtQa","last_updated":"2025-03-20T18:37:08.000Z","person_id":"recT3mqSEpcmfnY3b","name_en":"Denis Kuzyanin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att4sqDv4DzjDanh6.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att4sqDv4DzjDanh6.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In December 2021, at least ten houses of Jehovah's Witnesses were searched in Samara. In one of the flats, law enforcers tortured and beat believers. Three men, Polosenko, Kuzyanin and Vasiliev, were arrested and sent to custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with their involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. The representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities, such as meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\n\nIn December 2022, Kuzyanin was transferred from custody under a ban on certain actions. In April 2023, the case was brought to court.\n\nOn Jan 25, 2024, Kuzyanin was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2021-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":771,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Samara"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Samara","case_number":"1-105/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the continuation of the activities of the 'Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia' in the Samara region.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.12.2021 to 14.12.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 14.12.2022 to 25.01.2024\n• in custody: from 25.01.2024 to 20.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.05.2024 to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.01.2024, Sentence: seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-25T17:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-25T17:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-12-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/12/d45502/?sphrase_id=2009720\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnymi-chetyryoh-svidetelej-iegovy-iz-samary/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\n\nIn December 2022, he was transferred from custody under a ban on certain actions. In April 2023, the case went to court.\n\nOn 25 January 2024, Polosenko was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2021-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":771,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Samara"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Samara","case_number":"1-105/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the continuation of the activities of the \"Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\" in the Samara region.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.12.2021 to 14.12.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 14.12.2022 to 25.01.2024\n• in custody: from 25.01.2024 to 01.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• in custody: from 01.04.2024 to 20.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.05.2024 to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.01.2024, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-25T17:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-25T17:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-12-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/12/d45502/?sphrase_id=2009720\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnymi-chetyryoh-svidetelej-iegovy-iz-samary/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recMjZ7drzbOiAVov"},{"persecution_id":"recGwOgQue39U2NiP","last_updated":"2024-12-10T22:58:01.000Z","person_id":"recaIxlr4YeUNYVXG","name_en":"Nikolay Vasilyev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attSJRwxtcuTg39sS.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attSJRwxtcuTg39sS.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In December 2021, at least 10 homes of Jehovah's Witnesses were searched in Samara. In one of the flats, law enforcers tortured and beat believers. Three men - Polosenko, Kuzyanin and Vasilнev - were arrested and sent to custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with their involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\n\nThe Jehovah's Witnesses claimed that when Nikolaн Vasilyev was detained at the home of a co-religionist, torture was used: after the owner of the flat refused to give the law enforcement officers the password to his laptop, they began to put a heated kettle on his hands and pour hot water on his arms, legs and neck; this continued until the witnesses arrived.\n\nIn December 2022, Vasilyev was transferred from custody under a ban on certain actions. In April 2023, the case went to trial.\n\nOn 25 January 2024, Vasilyev was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2021-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":771,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Samara"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Samara","case_number":"1-105/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the continuation of the activities of the \"Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\" in the Samara region.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.12.2021 to 14.12.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 14.12.2022 to 25.01.2024\n• in custody: from 25.01.2024 to 01.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• in custody: from 01.04.2024 to 20.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.05.2024 to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.01.2024, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-25T17:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-25T17:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-12-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/12/d45502/?sphrase_id=2009720\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnymi-chetyryoh-svidetelej-iegovy-iz-samary/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recGwOgQue39U2NiP"},{"persecution_id":"recsRj3eX6nVm7qQz","last_updated":"2025-01-27T23:07:12.000Z","person_id":"rechhBUwlOhGn3irS","name_en":"Mikhail Reshetnikov","birth_year":1949,"birth_date":"1949-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":76,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":72,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May 2021, mass search and seizure procedures took place in Barnaul and surrounding towns in the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses, including Reshetnikov's. The law enforcers searched the believer's flat, seizing his wedding cards, electronic devices and personal notes.\n\nAfter the search, the investigator interrogated him in a FSB (Federal Security Service) building and released him on his own recognizance.\n\nIn December 2022, the criminal case went to court. 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Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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On May 13, 2024 Kolotinsky was sentenced to two years and three months with suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1084,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":154,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Barnaul"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Barnaul","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, he \"carried out activities in support of the existence of the local religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses \"Barnaul\", including by holding talks... as well as direct participation in events held by representatives of this organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 06.10.2022 to 19.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 19.07.2024 to 18.07.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.05.2024, Sentence: 2 years 3 months of suspended prison sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 3 months of suspended prison sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48488/?sphrase_id=2009721\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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On 13 May 2024, Sarychev was sentenced to two years and three months suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1084,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":154,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Barnaul"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Barnaul","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"carried out activities to support the existence of a local religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses \"Barnaul\", including by holding talks... as well as direct participation in events held by representatives of this organisation\". as well as direct participation in events held by representatives of this organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 06.10.2022 to 19.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 19.07.2024 to 18.07.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.05.2024, Sentence: 2 years 3 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 3 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48488/?sphrase_id=2009721\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sabodash-miroslav-ivanovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attraction of new supporters.\n\nThis was followed by mass searches of Jehovah's Witnesses in Altai krai. The law enforcers searched the house of Pavel's relatives in the village of Lugovoye, as well as his flat in Novokuznetsk (Kemerovo region), after which the believer was taken to Barnaul for interrogation. \n\nAfter twenty-four hours in the isolation ward, Pavel was given restriction of travel. At the end of June 2022, the criminal case was brought to court.\n\nIn April 2023, Pavel Kazadaev was sentenced to a 3-year suspended sentence. In August, the appeal court toughened the sentence, replacing the suspended sentence with imprisonment in a penal colony for 3 years.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":729,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Pavel Kazadaev","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, 'being an 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Center"],"aid":"rec4GsogpKMSdrWd2"},{"persecution_id":"recCnjiupS4lZ8dpR","last_updated":"2025-01-16T23:01:42.000Z","person_id":"recSiXxx0iuWpkWi6","name_en":"Oleg Ovechkin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-12-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May 2021, a series of searches took place in Altai Krai, including one at Oleg Ovechkin's.\n\nA criminal case was opened against him, and he was placed on his own recognisance.","persecution_occupation_en":["Street cleaners"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai 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Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recCnjiupS4lZ8dpR"},{"persecution_id":"recXKMltmzQ9CckO6","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec4V3yWdB65KhQey","name_en":"Ravshan Saliev","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"The FSB reported the detention of fifteen alleged Hizb ut-Tahrir members in Penza, Ufa and Chelyabinsk in July 2021. On 13 July 2021, Ravshan Saliev was added to the terrorist and extremist register of Rosfinmonitoring. On 8 August 2022, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":391,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Ravshan Saliev on participation in Hizb ut-Tahrir activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he disseminated information about the radical Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned as a terrorist organisation in Russia, via messengers and encouraged acquaintances to participate in its activities.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.08.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.08.2022, Sentence: 11 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, with the first 3 years to be served in prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, with the first 3 years to be served in prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-08T16:06:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-08T16:06:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-09-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/09/d46905/?sphrase_id=1575467\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recXKMltmzQ9CckO6"},{"persecution_id":"recS2dQSvl5REcaOv","last_updated":"2026-03-29T19:01:22.000Z","person_id":"recmdkfno3cDeF3K3","name_en":"Sergei Furgal","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttJ5R7UcQyupS9M.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttJ5R7UcQyupS9M.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he was involved in the scrap metal trade. In 2005, he became head of the Khabarovsk branch of the LDPR. In 2007, he became a deputy of the State Duma. In September 2018, he won the gubernatorial election in Khabarovsk Krai in a protest vote, beating the incumbent regional head, Vyacheslav Shport, by more than 40 percentage points, despite running almost no campaign. During his short tenure as governor, Furgal took a number of steps aimed at curbing officials' privileges: he cut his own salary, refused to use state-owned luxury goods, reduced staff numbers and travel expenses and cut pension supplements for officials and deputies. In addition, the governor submitted a bill to the regional legislature to restore the direct election of district heads - the law was adopted. Under him, the regional parliament also passed laws limiting the powers of the governor.\nOn July 9, 2020, Furgal was detained and taken to Moscow, where the next day a court ordered his pretrial detention in a case concerning the organization of murders and attempted murders committed in 2004. On July 20, President Putin removed him from office due to a loss of trust.\nIn November 2021, Furgal was charged in a new case - the embezzlement of funds from the Amurstal plant.\nOn 10 February 2023, Furgal was sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime penal colony.\nOn 3 December 2025, Furgal was sentenced to 25 years in the embezzlement case, taking into account the previous sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1797,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":256,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 289 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 201 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 210 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 159.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["289","159","174.1","201","210","159.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 289 (unknown part)","Part 4, Article 159","Part 2, Article 174.1","Part 2, Article 201","Part 3, Article 210","Part 4, Article 159.1"],"case_name_en":"The embezzlement case of Amurstal funds ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 2017 to 2018 in Moscow and Khabarovsk Krai, Furgal (at that time a member of the State Duma, and governor from 2018 until his arrest in 2020), illegally participated in the commercial activities of enterprises of the “Toreks Group” (a resident of the Khabarovsk Special Economic Zone, owner of the “Amurstal” plant), with the purpose of embezzling the assets of Russian Bank for Small and Medium Enterprise Support and committing other serious property crimes - and thereby creating a criminal organization.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.12.2025, Sentence: 23 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, with restriction of liberty for 1 year and 6 months' and a ban on holding public office for 2 years and 6 months', combined with a previous sentence of 25 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"23 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, with restriction of liberty for 1 year and 6 months' and a ban on holding public office for 2 years and 6 months', combined with a previous sentence of 25 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":276,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recS2dQSvl5REcaOv"},{"persecution_id":"recRM57RliwrK8318","last_updated":"2024-11-05T15:07:56.000Z","person_id":"recRdpADNHXEdUyXt","name_en":"Mukhram Akhmedov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The court rulings say that Akhmedov, who had no previous convictions, turned himself in to law enforcement agencies with a confession of guilt, described his activities, admitted guilt, repented and actively cooperated with the investigation, \"contributing to the disclosure of the crimes committed\"","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izberbash"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2021,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Kazbek Zapirov and Mukhram Akhmedov","persecution_case_profile_en":"From 2005 until April 2018, he participated in \"dars\" - gatherings where he studied the \"ideological sources\" of \"Nurjular\", i.e., apparently the writings of Said Nursi.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-11-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/11/d45295/?sphrase_id=2006244\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recRM57RliwrK8318"},{"persecution_id":"recnnbdYLZVPuYfzw","last_updated":"2024-08-01T16:45:53.000Z","person_id":"recOGXQJ078NuaOCu","name_en":"Oleg Makurin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attp2LrVOLOI2gCqz.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attp2LrVOLOI2gCqz.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Mytishchi near Moscow. On 13 January 2021, he was taken into custody in a case of public justification of terrorism. On 8 July 2021, Makurin was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":176,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Makurin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the indictment, Makurin, no later than 21 December 2019, being in his rented room in Mytishchi, \"having formed in himself a firm position on the correctness of the ideology and practice of terrorism, the need to support and imitate them, wishing to give publicity to this position through the use of the information and telecommunications network (hereinafter — ITS) \"Internet\", decided to commit public justification of terrorism by publishing a record (publication) of a terrorist nature in public access for an unlimited number of persons.\nRealising this criminal intent and \"being aware of the terrorist orientation of the actions\" of Zhlobitsky, who committed an explosion in the reception room of the Arkhangelsk FSB, Konev who opened fire in the Khabarovsk FSB and Manyurov who shot outside the FSB building in Moscow, Makurin posted a post on his VKontakte page with the text and two attached videos","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.01.2021 to 08.07.2021\n• recognizance not to leave: from 08.07.2021 to 21.12.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.07.2021","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2021-07-08T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-07-08T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 14-07-2021\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/defendants/makurin-oleg-evgenevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recnnbdYLZVPuYfzw"},{"persecution_id":"rec1eQLjSjCJFOJ7n","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:24:26.000Z","person_id":"recdScKhcuuy7rScm","name_en":"Elena Rodvikova","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Syktyvkar, single mother. In February 2021, a criminal case was opened against her for public justification of terrorism and calls to extremism because of her aggressive comments on the adoption of the law on disrespect for authority, on responsibility for fake news, and on exemption from criminal liability for fraud. Because of the blocked bank account, Rodvikova could not receive child support or get a new job. On 29 June 2021, she was searched but nothing was seized. On 22 October, Rodvikova was sentenced to a fine of 350,000 rubles. On 17 January 2022, the appeal court reduced the amount by 20 thousand and exempted Rodvikova from paying court costs.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2021-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":262,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Elena Rodvikova's case on public justification of terrorism and calling for extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she published comments that expressed dislike for State Duma deputies, federal officials and President Vladimir Putin and \"incitement to commit acts of violence, danger, harm and damage.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.02.2021 to 17.01.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.10.2021, Sentence: a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":330000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-10-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-10-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec1eQLjSjCJFOJ7n"},{"persecution_id":"recnaUa3cDOC3AfwS","last_updated":"2024-10-22T00:03:53.000Z","person_id":"recsu0e0CQIc3aAZv","name_en":"Sergey Bashorin","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Syktyvkar. No later than May 2021, a case was brought against him for calls to extremism because of comments on social networks about the police and United Russia. On 18 May 2022, Bashorin was sentenced to a year of suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":381,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Bashorin's case on calls to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Bashorin published comments containing calls for violent actions against police officers and members of the United Russia party. In particular, the comments made in 2020-2021 were found in public groups \"Public Assembly of the Komi Republic\", ROMB, \"Satire without positivity\", \"I oppose\" and others. He himself says that his purpose was only to call for an investigation into the abuse of power by police officers and members of United Russia and a trial against them.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.05.2022, Sentence: 1 year of suspended imprisonment with prohibition to administer websites for a period of 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of suspended imprisonment with prohibition to administer websites for a period of 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-05-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-05-17T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recnaUa3cDOC3AfwS"},{"persecution_id":"recS43nBl0MpKy6I6","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recqWiFcxiUrQC55z","name_en":"Rail Abkadirov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 13 January 2021 and taken into custody in a case of preparation for hooliganism and possession of explosives. On 22 September 2021, he was transferred to house arrest. On 10 January 2023, Abkadirov was sentenced to seven years' suspended imprisonment and a fine of 30 thousand rubles. On 12 April 2023, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to three and a half years suspended.\nAbkadirov, like other defendants in the case, considers the prosecution as part of the pressure on eco-activists who took part in actions in defence of the Mount Kushtau. He also claims that the explosives found during the search were planted on him.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":726,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":103,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Part 1, Article 222.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Karmaskaly Four"],"case_name_en":"Case of Rail Abkadirov, Rustam Amanov and Ilnur Kinisarov","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a conflict that took place in November 2020 between a resident of the village of Karmaskaly and representatives of the Armenian diaspora. On November 7, the police, in collaboration with special forces operatives, forcefully detained several dozen people who, as reported on social media, were heading to protect a participant in the conflict. According to \"Bashinform\", firearms, cold weapons, as well as explosives were confiscated from the detainees.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2021 to 22.09.2021\n• house arrest: from 22.09.2021 to 10.01.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 10.01.2023 to 12.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.01.2023, Sentence: 7 years' suspended imprisonment, a fine of 30 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' suspended imprisonment, a fine of 30 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":30000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recS43nBl0MpKy6I6"},{"persecution_id":"rec12w1mt5rCEuAri","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recwxff9jEfirY2X1","name_en":"Rustam Amanov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 13 January 2021 and taken into custody as part of a case of preparation to commit hooliganism. On 22 September 2021, he was transferred to house arrest. On 10 January 2023, Amanov was sentenced to three years on probation.\nAmanov, as well as other defendants in the case, considers the prosecution as part of the pressure on eco-activists who participated in Kushtau monadnock defence rallies.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":726,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":103,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Karmaskaly Four"],"case_name_en":"Case of Rail Abkadirov, Rustam Amanov and Ilnur Kinisarov","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a conflict that took place in November 2020 between a resident of the Karmaskaly village and representatives of the Armenian diaspora. On 7 November, the police, together with special forces fighters, rudely detained several dozen people who, as reported in social networks, were on their way to protect the participant in the conflict.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2021 to 22.09.2021\n• house arrest: from 22.09.2021 to 10.01.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 10.01.2023 to 12.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.01.2023, Sentence: 3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec12w1mt5rCEuAri"},{"persecution_id":"reczm1yyU55DNHjn1","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec29Sldw7JoKvsuR","name_en":"Ilnur Kinisarov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 13 January 2021 and taken into custody on charges of preparation for hooliganism and possession of explosives. 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In his final statement at the trial, he told how, together with other activists, he was beaten during the detention on 7 November 2020, which later gave an excuse to initiate a case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":726,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":103,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Part 1, Article 222"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Karmaskaly Four"],"case_name_en":"Case of Rail Abkadirov, Rustam Amanov and Ilnur Kinisarov","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a conflict that took place in November 2020 between a resident of the village of Karmaskaly and representatives of the Armenian diaspora. On 7 November, the police together with special forces forcefully detained several dozen people who, as reported in social networks, were on their way to protect the participant in the conflict. According to \"Bashinform\", firearms and melee weapons were seized from the detainees.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2021 to 22.09.2021\n• house arrest: from 22.09.2021 to 10.01.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 10.01.2023 to 12.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.01.2023, Sentence: 3 years 2 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 2 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-09T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reczm1yyU55DNHjn1"},{"persecution_id":"recdEv5Mp1rQ4bknP","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"recKasaABaYTKo59T","name_en":"Marat Sharafutdinov","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Bashkir activist. He was detained on 13 January 2021 and taken into custody as part of a case of preparation to commit hooliganism. He was later sent to the Federal Penitentiary Service's hospital and then to a psychoneurological dispensary. In February 2022, Sharafutdinov returned home. The investigation of his case continued, he was also accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. The case was brought to court, but in August 2023 the hearings ware suspended. In January 2024, the court resumed hearings, suspended them again in June, but returned to the case in July. On 19 November 2024, Sharafutdinov was sentenced to nine years in a general regime penal olony. On 24 April 2025, the court of appeal overturned the sentence and returned the case to the prosecutor's office. In December 2025, the case came back to court, but without the charge of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. The media outlet  \"Idel.Realii\" later reported that the court had previously considered this charge to be unnecessary. On 30 January 2026, Sharafutdinov was sentenced to three years and three months in a general regime penal colony, but was released from the punishment due to the fact that he had actually served his sentence. He was released from custody in the courtroom.\nThe activist's relatives consider the prosecution as part of the pressure on the eco-activists who participated in the actions in defence of the Kushtau shihan hill.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2026-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1406,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":200,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Karmaskaly Four"],"case_name_en":"Marat Sharafutdinov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a conflict that took place in November 2020 between a resident of the village of Karmaskaly and members of the Armenian diaspora. On 7 November, the police, together with special forces, rudely detained several dozen people who, as reported on social media, were on their way to defend the participant in the conflict.\nSharafutdinov is also charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation, apparently referring to the Bashkir national movement Bashkort.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2021\n• temporary hospitalisation: \n• :  to 01.02.2022\n• in custody:  to 30.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.11.2024, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 30.01.2026, Sentence: 3 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":39,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-69,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recdEv5Mp1rQ4bknP"},{"persecution_id":"recFu3s2bSUjbm3Lf","last_updated":"2026-02-10T09:11:20.000Z","person_id":"recwC0HSm13CsnmJN","name_en":"Aleksei Kuznetsov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attz8Q05C2xERpVnr.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attz8Q05C2xERpVnr.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Tver Region, he worked as an engineer and lecturer. On 6 July 2021, his home was searched. A criminal case was initiated against him for organising the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activity -- organising meetings and worship services, and involving new adherents. On 27 March 2025, Kuznetsov was sentenced to six years of imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers","Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Konakovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2021-07-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1360,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":194,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tverskoy District"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Tver region","case_number":"12107280001075037","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with his fellow believers from Konakovo, he “discussed the Bible via video communication using Zoom videoconferences, and also spoke about biblical teachings to residents of the Konakovo District.”","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.03.2025 to 02.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty, and a prohibition on engaging in activities related to the publication of appeals and other materials in public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty, and a prohibition on engaging in activities related to the publication of appeals and other materials in public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-10-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/07/d44535/?sphrase_id=2007764\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On 1 February 2018, Belykh was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 48.2 million rubles.\nOn 6 July 2021, it became known that a case of abuse of power was initiated against Belykh. On 26 December 2023, he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in this case, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nOn 21 June 2024, Belykh was released.\nOn 8 July 2024, the appeal court acquitted Belykh of abuse of power.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2024-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1089,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":155,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 285 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 286 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["285","286"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 285","Part 3, Article 286"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Belykh's case of abuse of power","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, being the Governor of the Kirov region, \"in order to create an appearance for the population of the region and the government leadership that he, as the head of the region, had achieved high results in providing employees of public sector organisations with service housing in the shortest possible time\", he ensured that the Kirov region budget funds in the amount of 448 million roubles were allocated to the commercial organisation OAO Kirov Regional Mortgage Corporation (OJSC \"KRIK\"), ostensibly for the purchase and construction of a specialised housing fund, which was not allocated to the Kirov region.\nIn addition, exceeding his official powers, he secured the conclusion of a loan agreement for the mortgage corporation with one of the companies of the Kirov region in the amount of over 300 million roubles, and then organised the distribution of these funds for the financial obligations of various organisations, as well as for the execution of an unfavourable settlement agreement unrelated to the statutory objectives of the joint stock company, which resulted in grave consequences for OJSC \"KRIK\" in the form of significant material damage.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (acquitted)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.12.2023, Sentence: 2 years and 6 months' deprivation of liberty, release from punishment due to expiry of the statute of limitations, prohibition to hold positions in the civil service related to organisational, administrative and economic powers for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 6 months' deprivation of liberty, release from punishment due to expiry of the statute of limitations, prohibition to hold positions in the civil service related to organisational, administrative and economic powers for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-26T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEW9oHy3j7TzGm6"},{"persecution_id":"recOyRsXRr5O1AdFR","last_updated":"2025-04-30T13:17:49.000Z","person_id":"recUDtHUr3VMYinRM","name_en":"Pavel Brilkov","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 10 November 2021, Brilkov was searched. On 30 May 2022, a case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 16 March 2023, Brilkov was put under the recognizance not to leave.\nOn 15 January 2024, Brilkov was sentenced to two years and ten months of forced labour. On 12 March, the appeal court commuted the sentence to a two-year suspended prison sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Prokopyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2021-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":796,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":113,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Brilkov's case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"repeatedly expressed and explained the meaning and substance of passages of scripture (Bible) and contributed to the responses of adherents of the the religious teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses at a religious meeting\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 12.03.2024 to 11.03.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.01.2024, Sentence: 2 years and 10 months of compulsory labour and a ban on taking part in the activities of public or religious organisations for a period of 2 years and 8 months• Court of appeal instance on the merits, 12.03.2024, Sentence: suspended sentence of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"suspended sentence of 2 years","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-15T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-12T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He left Russia and was arrested in absentia. In 2022, a case was opened against him for disseminating \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces.\nKochegin's lawyer was not allowed to access the case file, and the court upheld this decision.\n\nIn 2025, a third criminal case was opened against him for justifying terrorism. 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The reason was Christian beliefs of the spouses. In April 2022, they were charged in involvement in activities of and participation in an extremist organisation. In July 2022, the case was sent to court, and, in December, the court sentenced the woman to a fine of 350,000 rubles. 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Andrey Martynov's family was subjected to investigative actions twice (the first search took place in 2012). The security forces seized electronic devices, photographs, personal notes, drawings and other items with inscriptions mentioning the name of God — Jehovah. In April 2022, Andrei and Nina Martynov, Mikhail Ermakov and Zoya Pavlova were charged: men with organizing the activities of an extremist organization, and women with involvement in and participation in it. In July 2022, the believers' case went to court, and in December of the same year, the court sentenced the women to a fine of 350,000 rubles, and the men to 6 years of probation. 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The family of Andrei Martynov was investigated twice (the first search took place in 2012). The law enforcers seized electronic devices, photographs, personal records, drawings and other items, in the inscriptions on which the name of God - Jehovah - was mentioned. In April 2022, Andrei and Nina Martynov, Mikhail Ermakov and Zoya Pavlova were charged: the men with organising the activities of an extremist organisation, and the women with involvement and participation in it. In July 2022, the believers' case went to court, and in December of the same year, the court sentenced the women to a fine of 350,000 rubles (≈$6700 as of 01.07.2022) and the men to 6 years of suspended sentence. Two months later, the verdict came into force on appeal.\n\nThe criminal prosecution has affected Mikhail's health: due to unfounded accusations and threats from law enforcers, his heart disease has worsened. 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On 17th of September 2021, it became known from the FSB (Federal Security Service) report that he was sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment because of his statements about the explosion in the Arkhangelsk Office of the Federal Security Service.\n\nThe report also stated that the man, \"during the period of operational and investigative actions, repeatedly expressed threats to agents of law enforcement, rsuch threats concerned not only the life and health of agents, but also to the integrity of buildings and structures\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":257,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Chita man on the justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-74/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, posted online materials justifying the terrorist attack in the building of the Arkhangelsk regional office of the Federal Security Service in 2018.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2021\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2021, Sentence: 6 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2021-09-15T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-09-15T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recunciSe9SYPCb8w"},{"persecution_id":"rec6oTwKUWRWn9Zlo","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:58:53.000Z","person_id":"recFxbZwnUDY0q79R","name_en":"Evgeny Gavrilov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Segezha (Karelia), blogger and activist.\n\nIn February 2021, he was included in the terrorist and extremist register of Rosfinmonitoring. Later it became known that a case was opened against him for calls to terrorism and extremism, in particular because of publications about the explosion in the building of the Arkhangelsk FSB in 2018. On 18 June 2021, he was fined under the administrative article on incitement to hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code) due to publications on social media.\n\nIn July 2021, it also became known that another criminal case was opened against him under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism.\n\nOn 5 August 2021, he was sentenced in the case of calls to extremism and terrorism to a fine of 360 thousand rubles and outpatient observation by a psychiatrist","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":216,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"A case of Evgeeny Gavrilov on calls for terrorism and extremism","case_number":"1-112/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the placement of materials on the Internet calling for public justification of terrorism (in connection with the self-detonation of Mikhail Zhlobitsky in the building of the Arkhangelsk region's FSB) and extremist activities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.08.2021, Sentence: a fine of 360,000 roubles (US$ 4000) and compulsory observation by a psychiatrist on an outpatient basis.","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 360,000 roubles (US$ 4000) and compulsory observation by a psychiatrist on an outpatient basis.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":360000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-08-05T13:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-08-05T13:50:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6oTwKUWRWn9Zlo"},{"persecution_id":"rechHksTQvnbmVnQx","last_updated":"2025-06-23T16:28:51.000Z","person_id":"recQ9vUrVCN2BwT05","name_en":"Ruslan Khagabanov","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nalchik. The case against him was opened in June 2021 for a three-year-old comment, at the same time Khagabanov was detained. Khagabanov pleaded guilty.\n\nOn 15 November 2021, he was sentenced to a fine of 360 thousand roubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nalchik"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":167,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Khagabanov case on justifying terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the telegram channel \"Oper slil\", Khagabanov posted the publication because he \"admired\" the deed of the Arkhangelsk resident who detonated the bomb.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.11.2021, Sentence: fine of 360 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 360 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":360000,"first_verdict_date":"2021-11-15T14:14:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-11-15T14:14:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechHksTQvnbmVnQx"},{"persecution_id":"recF3DlGKl8Oa6JXi","last_updated":"2024-11-05T15:09:19.000Z","person_id":"recKqYol0JEDgrTtI","name_en":"Catherine","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Irkutsk, a single mother. 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He was detained on 3 September 2021. His parents claim that they could not find him for three days and all this time Bogdanov was being beaten (they wanted to make him testify against himself for a terrorism associated case). Bogdanov's father reported that his son was beaten and threatened that the authorities would detain his brothers and cause problems for his parents. Bogdanov was taken into custody. According to his father, he was held for 30 days in a punishment cell because he refused to confirm the testimony of the alleged provocateur Anton Petrov. 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For this purpose, he joined Matvei Tarkhanov's 'Movement' community and coordinated the activities of his unit with the leadership of the 'Movement'. \"He was also giving lectures under the title: 'Young Fighter Course' for candidates to the 'Movement' community\", \"compiled a methodology for recruiting new participants and used it later as a methodological recommendation for recruiting an unspecified number of persons as participants in the terrorist community he created and led\". However, Bogdanov's unit did not fulfil the \"Movement's\" requirements, so communication with Tarkhanov ceased, and Bogdanov began to implement the plan as part of his own terrorist community: he selected literature on the Internet \"for skill acquisition by members of the terrorist community, during physical and psychological training sessions: handling firearms, combat tactics, the manufacture and use of improvised explosive devices and means of initiation, studied it and systematized it\". He developed a training plan for the members of the terrorist community and was organizing \"walks into the woods\" where they \"under the guise of playing strike-ball during physical and psychological training sessions in order to acquire knowledge, practical skills and firearms marksmanship\", \"sought out and freely acquired components necessary for the manufacture of explosives\", and manufactured sulphuric acid and an explosive device from the previously acquired components.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.09.2021 to 01.09.2021\n• in custody: from 01.09.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast ","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.04.2024, Sentence: 18 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 2 years' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 2 years' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-16T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-16T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-03-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/ufimskoe-delo-5-obvinyaemyh-v-sozdanii-naczionalisticheskogo-terroristicheskogo-soobshhestva/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recd2qDEiT7zgZJMw"},{"persecution_id":"recJVn4nUlnTwSsvN","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recCsd2AyBnrXk1JJ","name_en":"Nikita Kolomiiko","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ufa. Detained on 3 September 2021, then taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist community, receiving training for the purpose of terrorist activity and preparation to commit a terrorist act.\nOn 16 April 2024, Kolomiiko was sentenced to nine years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":956,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":136,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3","Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of a terrorist community in Ufa"],"case_name_en":"Terrorist organisation case in Ufa","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he joined the terrorist community created by Ruslan Bogdanov, took on the functions of a physical training instructor, studied the literature found by Bogdanov to carry out terrorist activities, and participated in the manufacture of sulphuric acid.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.09.2021 to 01.09.2021\n• in custody: from 01.09.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast ","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.04.2024, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-16T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-16T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Detained on 3 September 2021,  subsequently taken into custody on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation, undergoing training for terrorist activities, and preparing to commit a terrorist act.\n\nOn 16th April 2024, Lugovoi was sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3","Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of a terrorist community in Ufa"],"case_name_en":"Terrorist organisation case in Ufa","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he entered the terrorist community created by Ruslan Bogdanov, studied the literature found by Bogdanov to carry out terrorist activities.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2021, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.09.2021 to 01.09.2021\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-03-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/ufimskoe-delo-5-obvinyaemyh-v-sozdanii-naczionalisticheskogo-terroristicheskogo-soobshhestva/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recO7h3msYpDrp321"},{"persecution_id":"recdQnNHPavNnWVDZ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec3tORxb15YEFjZa","name_en":"Danil Hakimov","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ufa. Detained on the 3rd of September, 2021, then taken into custody for participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation, receiving training for the purpose of terrorist activity and preparing to commit a terrorist act.\nOn 16th of April, 2024, Khakimov was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3","Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of a terrorist community in Ufa"],"case_name_en":"Terrorist organisation case in Ufa","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he joined the terrorist organisation created by Ruslan Bogdanov as a sapper, studied the literature found by Bogdanov to carry out terrorist activities, and used his knowledge of chemistry to select an explosive substance.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.09.2021 to 01.09.2021\n• in custody: , Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at the Federal Penal Correctional Institution-2 (FCU IK-2 GUFSIN) for the Sverdlovsk Region\n• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He headed Leninets' directorate for New Hypersonic Technologies. In August 2021, Kuranov was detained as part of a treason case. He pleaded guilty and entered into an agreement with the investigation. On 18 April 2024, Kuranov was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 100,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2021-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":991,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":141,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"A case of Alexander Kuranov on treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"passed to a foreign citizen the information containing state secrets about scientific developments\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2021 to 04.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.05.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.04.2024, Sentence: 7 years imprisonment in a strict regime colony and a fine of 100,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years imprisonment in a strict regime colony and a fine of 100,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-18T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-18T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recL5wOTB0tp2ktix"},{"persecution_id":"recf9qEQNFijKHPQR","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:58:59.000Z","person_id":"recQetMKgklw1oh4S","name_en":"Elvira Abdullina","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of the Tyumen region. 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On 30 October 2023, she was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, the exact term is unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2021-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":881,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of \"USSR Citizens\" in the Tyumen region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being an active supporter of the idea that the Russian Federation should cease to exist illegally, she participated in a public movement aimed at reviving the former USSR state in Russia and disseminated information about it on the Internet; wishing to violently overthrow the State power in the Russian Federation, she became a member of an organised group whose goal was to forcibly seize State power and forcibly change the situation in the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 09.06.2021 to 30.10.2023\n• in custody: from 30.10.2023 to 04.03.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.03.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.10.2023","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-30T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-30T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recf9qEQNFijKHPQR"},{"persecution_id":"recUXDYC0XS2qa3xs","last_updated":"2026-03-09T20:05:53.000Z","person_id":"rece8494JTFTIVP3r","name_en":"Vladimir Ignatov","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":75,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":70,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of the Tyumen Region. 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Member of the Presidium of the CPRF Central Committee from 2003 to 2021.  Leader of the Moscow branch of the CPRF until 2022. Actively participated in protest events until 2021, when he opposed electronic voting and the results of the Duma elections.\nIn late October 2021, less than two months after the election, Rashkin was detained in the Saratov region with an animal carcass in his off-road vehicle. At first, Rashkin claimed that he had found a dead moose and wanted to take it to the police. Later, the deputy said that he was invited to the hunt, assured that it was legal, and that he shot the moose by mistake, mistaking it for a wild boar. Rashkin emphasised that he voiced his initial version in order \"not to frame anyone\".\nRashkin considers his prosecution to be political. He noted that he had \"ensured the sky in a cage to more than one hundred corrupt officials and placeman\", and was engaged in the fight \"for fair and clear elections\".\nOn November, 25th, 2021, Rashkin was stripped of his parliamentary immunity. In early December, it became known that he became a suspect. He was assigned a ban on certain actions as a preventive measure. On April, 22nd, 2022, Rashkin was sentenced to three years of probation. 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Since 2005, she headed the newspaper Vpered, where she worked for 23 years. She was dismissed in November 2020, the decision was made by the Property Management Committee of the Bataysk administration. Independent journalists and activists attribute this to her active civic position and editorial policy. The publication \"7×7\" notes that the authorities, in particular, were outraged by one of the last headlines in the newspaper before her dismissal: \"Bataysk in the Leaders in Coronavirus Infection in the Region\".\n\nA month after her dismissal, Pivovarova filed a lawsuit to be reinstated. In February 2021, a search was conducted at her home as part of an embezzlement case, accusing her of inflating circulation numbers. During the investigation, she fell ill and was hospitalized with a suspected stroke. In March 2021, the court rejected her complaint about the dismissal. Until the verdict, Pivovarova was under recognisance not to leave.\n\nPivovarova claimed that she distributed a small portion of the print run for free as advertising to potential subscribers. \"Kavkazsky Uzel,\" citing her lawyer, reported that the initial investigation accused her of embezzling about 400,000 rubles. 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On 21 September 2022, Semerkin was sentenced to five years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":508,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published on his VKontakte page more than 30 videos on the events of 1994-2000 in Chechnya and the events of 2014 in Ukraine with the participation of Chechen fighters, in which he called for terrorist activity, publicly justified terrorism and publicly promoted terrorism.\nAccording to the interrogation protocols, Semyorkin published these materials \"with the purpose of recognising the ideology and practice of terrorism as correct, in need of support and imitation, as well as for shaping among an unlimited number of persons of a terrorist ideology, belief in its attractiveness and the idea of the permissibility of carrying out terrorist activities\". The indictment against Semerkin states that \"at the time he posted these materials, he believed that the terrorist activities of Chechen armed formations were correct <...> and require justification, as they were fighting for their independence and freedom in this way, and the Russian government was making wrong political decisions by killing dissenting residents of the Chechen Republic\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 07.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.09.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.09.2022, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-21T14:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-21T14:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On March 26, 2019, her home was searched as part of the case involving the organisation of activities of an extremist organisation initiated against Vladimir Suvorov. Later, Zhelavskaya was charged with participating in the activities of an extremist organisation - as in the case of Suvorov, in connection with her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities, such as holding meetings and worship services or recruiting new members. 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Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec6W6LlayKgmBEAE"},{"persecution_id":"recy1PsjvCs4PmSTH","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:31:34.000Z","person_id":"rechwTxTtjj2uSZxE","name_en":"Vadim Gizatulin","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Chelyabinsk, electrician. On 26 March 2019, his home was searched as part of the criminal case against Vladimir Suvorov for organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 22 October 2021, Gizatulin was searched as part of the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, which had already been brought against himself. In July 2022, he signed a covenant not to leave the country. 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In April 2021, a case was brought against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community have been prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Norilsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2021-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"A case of Nikolay Salmanov","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sabodash-miroslav-ivanovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recl4LBM094HBuYt7"},{"persecution_id":"recBeRfNfmyowiRWM","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:33:57.000Z","person_id":"recooLMp0cKpNl7mL","name_en":"Aleksandr Tsikunov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att4GU75GTC9kLtFu.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att4GU75GTC9kLtFu.jpg"],"birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaltan (Kemerovo Oblast). Tsikunov worked as the head of the State Architectural and Construction Supervision Inspection of the Kaltan Administration, and later as an engineer of the Major Construction Department at South Kuzbass GRES power plant. On 2 May 2021, his home was searched. He was detained, and on May 4, the court placed him under house arrest. On 24 June 2021, his measure of restraint was changed to a recognisance not to leave. In August 2022, the prosecutor's office returned the case for further investigation due to the fact that Tsikunov's right to defence was violated during the theological and linguistic expert examinations. In June 2023, the case went to court. On 6 March 2025, he was sentenced to six years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1404,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":200,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Tsikunov's case","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.05.2021 to 04.05.2021\n• house arrest: from 04.05.2021 to 24.06.2021\n• recognizance not to leave: from 24.06.2021 to 06.03.2025\n• in custody: from 06.03.2025 to 23.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 40 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 40 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 40 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.03.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime p colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime p colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-06T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recBeRfNfmyowiRWM"},{"persecution_id":"recoOb6oUhp7HBBoj","last_updated":"2025-11-04T11:26:28.000Z","person_id":"reckEk5LvmltrmgCJ","name_en":"Vitalii Syrykh","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Kaltan (the Kemerovo region). On 22 April 2021, a case was initiated against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation for his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses community, which was groundlessly declared an extremist organisation and banned in the territory of the Russian Federation. On 2 May, his home was searched.\n\nOn 4 May the court ordered that Syrykh be placed under house arrest, but the court of appeals cancelled this decision and on 20 May the believer was released on personal recognizance not to leave the country.\n\nOn 12 September 2022, the Investigative Committee dropped the case against the believer, having concluded that there were no signs of crime in his actions.\n\nOn 26 December 2024, Syrykh was again charged – under a more serious article on organising the activities of an extremist organisation. In August 2025, the case was referred to the court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vitalii Syrykh’s case of organising the activities of an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-134/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Syrykh “took part as an organiser in the activities of the religious organisation of the local religious branch of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the town of Kaltan”.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2021-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 04.05.2021 to 20.05.2021\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.05.2021 to 04.05.2021\n• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recoOb6oUhp7HBBoj"},{"persecution_id":"recvzhwWAZXL55ePg","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:44:26.000Z","person_id":"rec6mI77bJV7Kfqgc","name_en":"Oleg Skidanov","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Stavropol. He was prosecuted for participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation: according to the investigation, he induced two fellow countrymen to participate in the activities of the Right Sector. He was kept in custody. On 3 August 2022, Skidanov was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Stavropol"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_days_from_verdict":579,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of involvement in the activities of the Right Sector"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Skidanov's case","case_number":"1-303/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 9 October 2020 he joined the extremist Ukrainian organisation \"Right Sector\" banned by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, having \"the intention to become its full member and continue its banned activities on the territory of the Russian Federation, pursuing the goal of aggravating the socio-political situation and destabilising the constitutional order of the country\". I received an order to collect information about law enforcement officers, judges, prosecutors and FSB officers. He found like-minded people who shared the ideology of the banned organisation and induced Oleg Kharaim and Vadim Kartashov to join the ranks of the banned organisation, after which they became full members.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2021 to 28.09.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.09.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.08.2022, Sentence: 6 years in a general regime penal colony, with restriction of liberty for a period of 1 year and 8 months and deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the placement of appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years in a general regime penal colony, with restriction of liberty for a period of 1 year and 8 months and deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the placement of appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvzhwWAZXL55ePg"},{"persecution_id":"recqcD3MePKsr13P3","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recaJkW7hEoQrb4pI","name_en":"Aleksandr Kameniuk","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attC3ftFI1ew2Ac8i.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attC3ftFI1ew2Ac8i.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former head of the local branch of A Just Russia.\nIn October 2021, his apartment was searched due to a case of insulting a representative of the authorities and defamation: the reason was a video entitled \"About the work of the Prosecutor's Office of Kamchatka Krai\".\nOn 15 June 2022 Kamenyuk was detained. The local Interior Ministry reported that a post published by Kamenyuk in one of the messengers on 24 May became the reason for opening a case of discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation. Earlier, at least two administrative cases were brought against the activist for discrediting the Russian Army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), one case - about a video clip, apparently posted on Facebook or Instagram - was already considered by the court and Kamenyuk was fined 50 thousand rubles. There was no official information that this decision had come into force at the time the criminal case was initiated.\nA measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen against Kamenyuk. In September 2022, law enforcers detained Kamenyuk allegedly because of an attempt to \"escape from the preliminary investigation\" and kept him in a temporary detention centre for two days. In November, the court took him into custody due to violations of the previous preventive measure and missed meetings with the investigator. Later Kamenyuk's preventive measure was changed to house arrest. On 15 March 2023, the court sentenced him to a fine of 450 thousand rubles. Taking into account the time spent in custody, the amount was reduced to 100 thousand rubles. The verdict also states that in payment of this amount \"foreclosed on the arrested property\" - it is not known what property was seized from Kamenyuk.\nSince January 2023, the court also considered a case of insulting a representative of authority and defamation. On 18 August 2023, Kamenyuk was sentenced to 470 hours of compulsory labour, reducing the term taking into account the time spent in custody. On 16 November 2023, the appeal court dismissed the charge of insulting a representative of the authorities due to the expiration of the statute of limitations and apparently reduced the formal term of work to 320 hours.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2021-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":674,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code","Part 5,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319","128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319","Part 5, Article 128.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of a video about the prosecutor's office of Kamchatka Krai","case_number":"1-129/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation version, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on 14.09.2021 Kamenyuk and Filatov, being on the ground floor of the administrative building of the Prosecutor's Office of the Kamchatka region, which houses subdivisions of the apparatus of the Prosecutor's Office of the region, the Prosecutor's Office of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the Kamchatka Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office, located at the above-mentioned address, in violation of the admission regime established by p.3.13 of the Regulations on admission regime, made an attempt to pass into the room for the reception of citizens with audio and video recording equipment, which they planned to use to record the process of personal reception of the person against whom criminal prosecution is not being carried out. \n\nThen, Kamenyuk and Filatov, acting in violation of the admission regime established by clause 3.13. of the Regulations on admission regime, went to the room for the reception of citizens with audio and video recording equipment, which they used to record the process of personal reception of the person against whom criminal prosecution is not being carried out\nFurther, in the period from 13 hours 01 minutes on 14.09.2021 till 18 hours 12.10.2021 Kamenyuk and Filatov, being on the territory of the Kamchatka region, on the grounds of unpleasant relations to the employees of the Prosecutor's Office as to the representatives of the authorities due to the following reasons: 1) non-execution of personal reception by the Victim №1, in connection with the refusal to fulfil the lawful demand of the latter; 2) explanation by the Victim №2 of the order of holding personal reception of citizens by the Prosecutor of the Kamchatka Territory (Victim №3) and her demand to stop violation of the public order and pass regime, established by the clause 3.13. Regulations on the admission regime; 3) disagreement with the Order of reception of citizens, approved by the Prosecutor of Kamchatka Territory,(Victim №3), having an intention aimed at publicly insulting the representatives of the authorities (Victim №3, Victim №2, Victim №1) in connection with the performance of their official duties, acting jointly and in concert, decided to make and edit a video containing their dialogue in the form of a verbal exchange of statements according to a script prepared in advance, and to post it on the Internet, after which, in pursuance of their plan, they, knowing with certainty that the above prosecutor's office employees are representatives of the authorities, who on 14.09.2021, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. performed their official duties under the above circumstances, and while understanding the socially dangerous nature of their actions, foreseeing and desiring the occurrence of socially dangerous consequences in the form of disruption of the normal lawful functioning of state authorities and the undermining of their authority, as well as the public humiliation of the honour and dignity of representatives of the authorities, namely: the Prosecutor of Kamchatka Krai (Victim №3), the Senior Assistant Prosecutor of Kamchatka Krai (Victim №2), and the First Deputy Prosecutor of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, acting Prosecutor of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Victim №1) in the eyes of an indefinite circle of persons, acting jointly and in concert, using technical means and computer equipment, they produced and edited a video clip entitled \"<daninye Izyaty>\" containing their dialogue, in which they indicated that they were representatives of the mass media: Kamenyuk as deputy editor-in-chief of the news agency \"<daniye izty>\" and Filatov as a journalist of this agency, and took turns uttering insulting expressions degrading the honour and human dignity of the representatives of the authorities - employees of the prosecutor's office, Victim №1 and Victim №2, Victim №3 in an obscene and otherwise contrary to generally accepted norms of morality and ethics. Then Victim No. 1 expressed to them a legal demand to stop violating the pass regime established by p.3.13. of the Regulations on the access regime, and indicated that the personal reception of the above persons would take place after the audio and video recording equipment was switched off; Victim #2 explained the procedure of the personal reception of citizens by the Prosecutor of Kamchatka Territory (Victim #3), and also expressed a demand to stop violating the public order and access regime established by the law, as set forth in p. 3.13. of the Regulations on the access regime, Regulations on admission regime at the above-mentioned facility; Then Kamenyuk and Filatov using technical means and computer equipment, in violation of Art. 1, Art. 4 and Art. 51 Law on Mass Media, placed the above mentioned video clip in the information and telecommunication network \"Internet\", on the publicly available Internet resource video hosting site \"Youtube\" at the electronic address: <data access denied>, containing an oral dialogue between Kamenyuk and Filatov, in which the latter, indicating that they are representatives of the mass media - the news agency \"<data access denied>\", uttered insulting expressions degrading the honor and human dignity of representatives of the authorities - employees of the Prosecutor's Office of Victim №3, Victim №2, Victim №1 in an obscene and otherwise contrary to generally accepted norms of morality and ethics, pointing to the inability of these officials to perform their professional functions, due to their individual cowardice, weakness, lack of conscience, and mentally unhealthy state, i.e., their inability to perform their professional functions.е. voiced information discrediting the honour and dignity of Victim №3, Victim №2, Victim №1, as employees of the Prosecutor's Office of Kamchatka Krai, and as citizens, undermining their professional and personal reputation, as well as discrediting the work of the state body, communicating the content of the video to an indefinite circle of people, from among the visitors of the above-mentioned Internet resources, i.e. publicly insulted the representatives of the authorities in connection with the performance of their official duties, humiliating the honour and human dignity of the representatives of the authorities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest:  to 15.03.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.06.2022 to 01.09.2022\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.09.2022 to 01.09.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.09.2022 to 01.11.2022\n• in custody: from 01.11.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 15.03.2023 to 16.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.08.2023, Sentence: 470 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"470 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-18T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-18T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqcD3MePKsr13P3"},{"persecution_id":"recM6W6JMoUpD7xcA","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recscBInhs2N2mFGg","name_en":" Unknown male 575","birth_year":1989,"age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"He lived in the Voronezh region, engaged in missionary work. Later he moved to the Krasnodar region. When he applied for a residence permit, his temporary residence permit was confiscated. In August 2021, he was detained on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and involvement in such activities due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents were persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On 22 December 2021, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony. In 2023, he recorded a video message from the colony with a confession of guilt and a call to renounce participation in extremist groups.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2021-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":143,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Krasnodar Krai resident's case of participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organization.","case_number":"1-295/2021","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 02.03.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.03.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.12.2021, Sentence: 7 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2021-12-22T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2021-12-22T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recM6W6JMoUpD7xcA"},{"persecution_id":"rec2yUqUYOK9lcQuZ","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recPPDWIhgqjlFHGF","name_en":" Unknown male 576","birth_year":1971,"age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Saratov region. On 14 May 2021, he was detained on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On 2 March 2022, the man was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2021-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":292,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of the Saratov region on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-10/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"posed himself as a supporter of this organisation, demonstrating awareness of the prohibition of its activities, expressing approval and justification of the ideology, as well as directly organised and personally participated in regular meetings, during which extremist ideology was promoted among residents of the Saratov region, conducted explanatory work, that is, carried out actions to ensure the activities of the association in the territory of the Saratov region\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 15.03.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.03.2022\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.03.2022, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 8 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 8 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2022-03-02T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-03-02T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2yUqUYOK9lcQuZ"},{"persecution_id":"recffIlrDLHCxCO4x","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recj8Z95uYfrkWsdk","name_en":"Alexandr Dolzhenkov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attCiUJJJy9s08Bva.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attCiUJJJy9s08Bva.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Odessa. \nOn 19 September 2020, he was detained in Crimea. At the time of detention, he was charged with calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, but later reclassified the charge to creation of an extremist community. \nOn 20 May 2021, he was sentenced to a year in prison. \nHe was released on 21 May 2021, but immediately after his release he was detained again and accused of false reporting of a terrorist attack: according to the investigation, on 15 May 2018, the day of the opening of the Crimean bridge, he allegedly made a phone call to the police station in Temryuk (Krasnodar region) and reported that the bridge was mined. Dolzhenkov was taken into custody. In the pre-trial detention centre, he was beaten on the head with a metal crane for disobeying the administration, according to human rights activist Zarema Barieva. \nOn 17 November 2021, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. On 21 January 2026 Dolzhenkov was released. 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Akhtarskiy | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 11 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai\n• punishment cell: , п. Akhtarskiy | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 11 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai\n• punishment cell: , п. 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A case of insulting the feelings of believers was brought against him because he published a video of him preparing a hookah using an Easter kulich as a bowl. On 26 January 2022, Budagyan was sentenced to a fine of 20 thousand rubles. For some unknown reason, the sentence was passed by the Crimean district court, although cases under the article on offence to the feelings of believers should be considered by magistrate judges.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bartenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2021,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":390,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Minas Budagyan's case of a hookah on an Easter cake","case_number":"1-66/2022 (1-360/2021;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version, \"bought a kulich (Easter bread) in the shop of OOO Agrotorg \"Pyaterochka\", located at the address: <address> kulich (Easter bread), after which he returned to the cafe \"VOSK\", at the above address, where, disparaging the Orthodox faith, pursuing the goal of offending the religious feelings of believers, acting deliberately, that is, aware of the public danger of his actions, foreseeing the onset of socially dangerous consequences in the form of violation of constitutional rights and offence to the religious feelings of an indefinite number of Orthodox believers, and wishing them to occur, he made a bowl from the kulich (Easter bread) he had purchased, in which he put tobacco and lit coals, and prepared a hookah for smoking tobacco.\n\nImmediately after that, FIO1, continuing his deliberate unlawful actions, on DD.MM.GGGY at approximately 17:20 hours, proceeded to the territory adjacent to the emergency exit of the cafe \"VOSK\", located at the address: <address>, in the course of smoking the above-mentioned hookah using a kulich (Easter bread) instead of a tobacco flask, wishing to demonstrate publicly his hookah smoking, which offends the feelings of believers, attracted his acquaintance FiO6, unaware of his illegal intentions, to whom he gave his mobile phone \"XiaomiMiMix 2S\" and asked to make a video recording of the process of his smoking.FiO6, being unaware of FiO1's illegal intentions, using the latter's mobile phone \"XiaomiMiMix 2S\" made 3 video recordings, lasting 13.9 and 5 seconds respectively, as well as took 1 photo of a hookah using a kulich (Easter bread) instead of a tobacco flask and the process of its smoking by FiO1, after which he handed the phone to FiO1.MM.YYYY in the period of time from 17:00 to 18:00, more precise time is not established, FIO1, continuing to be in the territory adjacent to the emergency exit of the cafe \"VOSK\" located at the address: <address>, i. 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Krymsk.<address>, with the purpose of giving publicity to his unlawful actions aimed at offending the religious feelings of believers, expressing clear disrespect for society, acting openly, publicly, available for the attention of an indefinite circle of people. deliberately violating the generally recognised norms and rules of behaviour, wishing to contrast himself with others, to demonstrate a disdainful attitude towards the religious principles of the Orthodox Christian faith, using his mobile phone \"XiaomiMiMix2S\", connected to the worldwide system of unified computer networks for storage and transmission of information \"Internet\", published in his personal account in the Internet service \"lnstagram\": minas_budagyan, the access to which is open to an unlimited number of persons, one of the above-mentioned video recordings having the name \"VID_20210502_173629.mp4\" and lasting 13 seconds, on which, in response to FIO6's utterance of the Easter greeting \"Christ is Risen\" instead of \"Amen\" - usually the concluding formula in prayers and psalms in Christianity, designed to confirm the truth of the spoken words, said \"Aluminium\", and also signed this video: \"Believers !!!! 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The defence lawyer and author of the YouTube channel \"Especially Dangerous Lawyer,\" Sergei Zemtsov, was removed from the room by the judge after he said that the prosecutors, jumping up and down, interrupted the defence to remove their question to witnesses. The day after one of the sessions, defence lawyer Panyuzheva was detained by traffic police officers and a report was drawn up on her for disobedience to a lawful demand of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to her, the police officers told her that they could not do anything and referred to some order.\nOn 27 April 2023, Nozdrinov's wife and his public defender Ekaterina Nozdrinova was removed from the hall because, when answering the judge's questions, she stood up rather than standing up fully.\nIn September, it became known that the prosecution side in the case is represented by prosecutor Alexander Ilinov, about whom Nozdrinov had previously made an investigation, accusing him of involvement in the theft of state land. On 20 September, the blogger wrote to his wife that after one of the sessions, his lawyer was not allowed to see him, and law enforcement officers, including the head of the local police department, who, according to Nozdrinov, was involved in fabricating his criminal case, went through his belongings; Nozdrinov fears that something may have been planted on him.\nOn 29 September 2023, the blogger was sentenced to eight and a half years in a general regime colony.\nIn November 2025, it became known that the staff of the colony where Nozdrinov was held fabricated disciplinary actions against him.\nAgainst Ekaterina Nozdrinova initiated a case of fraud in the field of credit (Art. 159.1 of the Criminal Code). The publication \"Open Space\" wrote that the family with three children used to live on the income of the father, and Ekaterina had to take loans, resulting in debts. On 17 May 2023, Nozdrinova's house was searched; the search order was issued by the judge who is considering her husband's case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Novokubansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":561,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":80,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E,D Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Nozdrinov on “fakes” about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine in Novokubansk","case_number":"1-48/2023 (1-378/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published false information in the telegram channel \"SANIA Novokubansk\": the reason for the initiation of case was the publication with a photo of a destroyed multi-storeyed building in Kiev and the caption \"Ukrainian cities after the arrival of the liberators\". According to the investigation, Nozdrinov received 1,000 roubles for the publication.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.03.2022 to 19.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation  for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 18.03.2022 to 28.03.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.02.2024 to 01.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation  for Krasnodar Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2024, Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.09.2023, Sentence: 8 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-29T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-29T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In May 2022 it became known that a case of flag desecration was brought against her: according to the investigation, she spat on the Russian flag attached to the bonnet of a car participating in a rally in support of the Russian army. 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In 2021, he was included in the registry of media outlets designated as “foreign agents”.  He was chargedwith publicly justifying terrorism over a video concerning the attack on Russian ambassador Sergei Andreev in Warsaw. \n\nOn 17 August 2022, searches were conducted at the homes of several journalists in Kazan working for Idel.Realii in connection with the case. Further searches took place on 9 September, 10 October, and 1 December. 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A criminal case was opened against him for allegedly disseminating “fake news” about the Russian army, public justification of terrorism and illegal possession of drugs. On May 5, 2023, Mitrofanov was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Later, a case of public justification of terrorism and incitement to hatred was initiated against him, including over comments made a few days before announcement of the verdict in the first case. 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She has a visual disability group 1.\nIn early October, Novikova's health deteriorated: after contracting a coronavirus, she developed cardiological complications, and during her hospitalisation she was scheduled for heart surgery and constant medical supervision. She asked for a stay of the trial until the operation and for permission to testify and answer questions sitting down, but the court rejected the requests. According to the case card on the court's website, sessions continue to be scheduled regularly, but the defendant does not attend them. According to Novikova's husband, she constantly suffocates and suddenly loses consciousness or orientation in space. At the same time, doctors at the local polyclinic provide conclusions that her state of health is good enough to participate in the trial. Novikova's husband believes that this is due to pressure from the prosecutor's office. Novikova was diagnosed with angina pectoris, atherosclerosis, hypertension, chronic cerebral ischaemia and type II diabetes mellitus.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Seversk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":423,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Marina Novikova's case of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Seversk","case_number":"1-21/2023 (1-334/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she published false information about the actions of the Russian army on the territory of Ukraine on the social network, relying on the words of \"eyewitnesses from the scene of events\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 28.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.04.2023, Sentence: a fine of 1 million roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 1 million roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1000000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-28T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-28T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recW5OkiApGuBLxrK"},{"persecution_id":"rec8uWUlgGwkZg09N","last_updated":"2025-06-25T20:16:34.000Z","person_id":"recAqMtujHBsFiT1i","name_en":"Anton Ganyushkin","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In March 2022, Ganyushkin's home was searched in a vandalism case. He was detained but later released. It was initially reported that he was a witness in the case. However, Ganyushkin was eventually charged. On 27 September he was sentenced to eight months of restrictions on freedom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladimir"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":207,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 2.03.2022.","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case about a \"NO TO WAR\" inscription in Vladimir","persecution_case_profile_en":"On the night of March 2, graffiti with the words \"NO WAR\" appeared in the area of Yerofeyevsky Descent and near the Lybedskaia highway. 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Eco-activist, participated in protests in defence of the Kushtau shikhan, a small mountain that the local authorities wanted to give for soda and limestone mining.\nIn April 2022, a case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces was brought against her. In December, the court ordered Boldova to undergo an outpatient psychiatric evaluation. On 22 February 2023, she was sentenced to a year of correctional work suspended.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sterlitamak"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":326,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Raisa Boldova on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Sterlitamak","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she published \"in one of the social networks\" photos and videos that contain \"signs of public dissemination of deliberately false information\" about the \"special operation\" in Ukraine. The videos and their comments referred to an airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol that killed a pregnant woman and regular shelling of Mariupol by the Russian army.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.02.2023, Sentence: Suspended sentence for 1 year of correctional labour  with a probation period of 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"Suspended sentence for 1 year of correctional labour  with a probation period of 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-21T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recyBNNnTFe2faPeK"},{"persecution_id":"rec7pC4GIQw5ZN7Ha","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:02:47.000Z","person_id":"rec3W8QBr99e2pNAA","name_en":"Kirill Bunin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atta2ymEWPZoUwNbK.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atta2ymEWPZoUwNbK.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An activist of the StopHam movement, which fights against improper parking. In June 2022, Bunin and two other activists of the movement had a conflict with law enforcers over improper parking. The activists claim that the officers attacked them. On 25 June 2022, Bunin was taken into custody in a case of hooliganism and use of violence against a representative of the authorities. On 19 February 2024, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. On 24 October 2024, the court of appeal cancelled the sentence and returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 24 November 2025, Bunin was sentenced to six years' imprisonment: the judge pronounced the words \"strict regime\" when announcing the sentence, but this was most likely a mistake.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":628,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"protest_event_en":"StopHam Raid","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 318 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 318 (unknown part)","Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The \"StopHam\" case","case_number":"01-0513/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in an attack on police officers, provoked and used violence, aiming at the image of the Russian flag on the clothes","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.06.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vladimir Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.02.2024, Sentence: 6 years imprisonment in a general regime penal colony• First instance court on the merits, 24.11.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-19T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-24T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec7pC4GIQw5ZN7Ha"},{"persecution_id":"recjTUg6KBB8ryNMP","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recmYW70p7ZL4YyS6","name_en":"Evgeniya Smetankina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att2FiXsvuauM2ZsN.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att2FiXsvuauM2ZsN.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On February 24, 2022, Smetankina was detained for an anti-war banner in the office of the local urban planning research institute where she worked as an architect; the next day, the court fined her 20 thousand rubles. Smetankina was fired from her job.\nIn early March, Smetankina was searched for a case of false reporting of mines, she was detained but later released under an obligation to appear.\nShe was also detained when exiting her house on March 12, 2022, shortly after the searches on the criminal case. She was charged with violation of the established procedure for arranging a public event and disobedience to the lawful demand of a police officer. \n","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of a false report of a bomb threat against a police station in St. Petersburg"],"case_name_en":"The case on a false bomb threat report against a police station in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, on March 1, the Police Department No. 77 received a call about a bomb placed in that office. On March 5 and 6, dozens of houses that mostly belonged to local civil rights activists were searched.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjTUg6KBB8ryNMP"},{"persecution_id":"receZQARjreBQmR4Q","last_updated":"2024-06-25T00:22:34.000Z","person_id":"recTVFP3i6RFqu9MC","name_en":"Evgeny Babin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attr3lkPOVB4DvirP.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attr3lkPOVB4DvirP.jpeg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-02-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kursk. He was prosecuted for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. Babin was placed under travel restrictions not to leave the country. On 19 February 2024, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. Babin was not present at the verdict and was put on a wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists","Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":715,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":102,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yevgeny Babin on \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-434/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was an anti-war video in the YouTube channel \"Evgeny Ostrovsky\" for ten subscribers. In the final part of the video, Babin set fire to his military card. 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He was prosecuted for disseminating dissemination of knowingly false information about Russian Armed Forces because of his comments on Facebook about Russian army losses and the formation of \"barrier troops\" from Chechen servicemen. 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Works in an emergency hospital.\nHe was detained in the case of defacing banners with portraits of participants in the war in Ukraine. \"Komsomolskaya Pravda\" in Rostov claims that Churinov repented, apologised, said that he did it under the influence of an acquaintance who emigrated to another country, and also said that he decided to volunteer for the war.\nOn 31 May 2023, Churinov was sentenced to a fine of 800,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novocherkassk"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":242,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of banner defacement in the Rostov Oblast"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Churinov's case of discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Novocherkassk","case_number":"1-320/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he poured red paint on banners with portraits of participants in the war with Ukraine - two in Novocherkassk, at the intersection of Kharkiv Highway and Tramway Street, and on Baklanovsky Avenue, and another on the Don motorway near the village of Shchepkin.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.05.2023, Sentence: Fine of 800 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fine of 800 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 750 thousand roubles to 1 million roubles","verdict_fine":800000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-31T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-31T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqRWqoqW66jTBsw"},{"persecution_id":"rectghS6EG73i6GmO","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recgkY8Q02Oc98zRq","name_en":"Daria Fadeeva","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":216,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of anti-war graffiti in Moscow","case_number":"01-0003/250/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with Artur Sarkisov and Sergey Yazikov, she painted on the building of the central heating station inscriptions \"Za fascism :)\" (for fasciZm), \"Russian writer. 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On 10 May, the court chose a preventive measure against him in the form of prohibition of certain actions. 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A case was brought against him for the use of violence against a representative of the authorities during an action against mobilisation on 26 September 2022. He was a minor at the time of the events he is charged with. 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Detained on 24 September 2022 after a search. Was subsequently released in the late evening of 25 September or on the morning of 26 September. 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A case was initiated against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In January 2023, Voronezh journalist Fyodor Orlov was searched as part of this case. In March, the search again came to Karpov's parents. The activist was put on a wanted list. In September 2023, Karpov was added to the register of \"foreign agents\". On 21 November 2024, his parents were visited again, his sister and ex-wife were summoned for questioning. In January 2025, Karpov's relatives were summoned for questioning in a new case - on evasion from fulfilling the duties of a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgeny Karpov's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 01-12-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/12/d47300/?sphrase_id=2011447\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recNhngC3FUrGToKT"},{"persecution_id":"reciO8MBIuVHAdZS2","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"recDbjYiLaszsueCs","name_en":"Vitalii Koltsov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attn4LQOM1Ci8Rv7u.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attn4LQOM1Ci8Rv7u.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow, father of three children. Detained on 4 May 2022 after throwing two Molotov cocktails at a detention vehicle in central Moscow. Koltsov was accused of damaging property as well as attempting to harm the lives of 12 law enforcement officers, although according to eyewitnesses, there were not that many people inside the detention vehicle at the time of the throwing. Koltsov claimed that he did not want to kill anyone.\n\nOn 7 June 2023, a jury found Koltsov guilty only on the property damage count. Despite this, the prosecution demanded that he be sentenced to 19 and a half years in a strict regime colony. On 14 June, the court, while passing sentence, reclassified the charge from attempt on the life of employees to the use of violence against them and sentenced Koltsov to six years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 11 September 2025, at Koltsov's request, the court commuted his remaining term in the colony to community work.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":409,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"protest_event_en":"Molotov сocktail thrown at a police van","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 167 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["167","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 167","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"Vitalii Koltsov's Molotov cocktail case","case_number":"2-0044/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he threw at least two Molotov cocktails at the Rosgvardiia bus with an officer inside.","persecution_location_en":"In correctional center","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 30.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.06.2023 to 27.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.06.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-14T06:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-14T06:45:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reciO8MBIuVHAdZS2"},{"persecution_id":"recl27rAQAwgZZCGY","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec8PX1kXH3D5TJ3a","name_en":"Mendoza B.M. Briceño","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Venezuela"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":759,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":108,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,D Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of dissemination of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine by an organised group in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"Case of Venezuelan nationals on the dissemination by an organised group of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine","case_number":"01-0716/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, transferred Giraldo Sarayu cash and cryptocurrency, gave him instructions and accepted reports.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 17.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-30T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-30T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recl27rAQAwgZZCGY"},{"persecution_id":"recvUpLgi7HCBBd9j","last_updated":"2026-04-22T11:48:39.000Z","person_id":"rec7IkHTOjfdX4KsS","name_en":"Gregory Marcus Severin Vinter","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attIiZhfoqI0oaI7k.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attIiZhfoqI0oaI7k.png"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former name - Grigory Winter. He lived in Cherepovets, was the head of the local branch of the movement \"For Human Rights\". In 2019, he was sentenced to 280 hours of correctional labour - the activist was found guilty of insulting the former mayor of Cherepovets Elena Avdeeva and the current head of the city Margarita Guseva. The court saw the insult in a post on Winter's personal closed page, in which he spoke about the felling of the Pulovsky forest and mentioned the officials.\nIn February 2019, Winter was sent for a compulsory medical examination as part of a criminal case about threats to the court clerk - he allegedly said on 15 October 2018 that he would blow up the courthouse.\nIn 2020, the human rights defender was searched in a criminal case of spreading \"fakes about the coronavirus\": he wrote in \"VKontakte\" that on 12 April 2020, prisoners from the Cherepovets pre-trial detention centre were escorted to colonies on a transit train coming from St. Petersburg, with some of those escorted showing \"clear signs\" of the coronavirus. After the search, Winter was also prosecuted for insulting a representative of the authorities: he was accused of uttering \"coarse profanity\" to the IC and FSB officers who conducted the search.\nIn December 2020, Winter was placed in a pre-trial detention centre on the pretext that he did not attend court hearings, although he had a sick leave. A month later, a regional court overturned the city court's decision. After being released, Vinter reported torture and beatings. According to the human rights defender, he was kicked by the staff of the duty shift. They also used tasers and strangled him.\nIn March 2021, a court in Cherepovets sentenced the human rights defender to two years of restricted freedom in the case of \"fakes\" and insulting a representative of the authorities. In August 2021, the Vologda Regional Court commuted this punishment to six months of correctional labour with the deduction of five percent of income in favour of the state.\nWinter was also prosecuted under the article on contempt of court, according to the information on the website of the Cherepovets city court. He was charged with insulting the judge (part 2 of article 297 of the Criminal Code) and insulting participants of the trial (part 1 of article 297 of the Criminal Code). The court website says that the case was transferred under the jurisdiction, but it is not known how the proceedings ended.\nGrigory Winter was also subjected to an attack. In March 2018, he was attacked by an unknown person outside his own home. The attacker told Winter, \"For the forest.\" The human rights defender was diagnosed with a head injury, broken ribs and swelling of the right eye. The man believes that the attack was organised by the local authorities because of his involvement in saving the Pulovsky forest.\n\nIn September 2022, Winter was placed in custody on a case of knowingly spreading false information about the Armed Forces. Winter reported that at night the temperature in his cell dropped to between 4 and 6 degrees centigrade. He later said that he was deaf in one ear due to the low temperature and that he was running low on insulin. The insulin was then given to him, but Winter continued to write about the lack of medication. On 19 October 2022, he was transferred to house arrest. On 28 October, the Court of Appeal overturned this decision. Later, house arrest was again ordered. Winter also reported that he was humiliated and beaten in the pre-trial detention centre in an attempt to get him to write a statement that he was \"put down\".\nAt one of the court hearings on the merits of the case, Winter was not allowed to file a complaint with the prosecutor's office against the actions of the SIZO staff.\n\nWinter has 12 cats at home, and while awaiting sentencing, he began giving them away.\n\nOn 3 November 2023, house arrest was replaced by a ban on certain actions.\n\nOn 18 January 2024, Winter was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 30 December 2025, Winter was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherepovets"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2025-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":512,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Gregori Vinter's case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-329/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason was a post on VKontakte about the actions of the Russian army in Bucha, as well as eight reposts about the shelling of the Drama Theatre in Mariupol.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 19.10.2022 to 03.11.2023\n• in custody: from 24.08.2022 to 19.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 03.11.2023 to 18.01.2024\n• in custody: from 18.01.2024 to 02.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• in custody: from 02.04.2024 to 27.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• Unknown:  to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.07.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• Unknown: from 05.09.2024, LIU-12 of the Kirov region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2024 to 30.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.01.2024, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-18T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-18T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-10-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/vinter-gregori-markus-severin/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 02-09-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Since 2015 he lives in Ukraine.\nHe is suspected of organizing the murder of the head of the Center for Combating Extremism in Ingushetia, Ibragim Eldzharkiev, and his brother Abdulakhmed in Moscow. In 2020, he was put on an international \"wanted\" list in connection to this case and arrested in absentia.\n","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ilyas Belharoyev on \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, \"while in Ukraine, he joined the ranks of Ukrainian nationalists and, under the guise of credible information, spread statements online that were publicly available, and thus formed a knowingly false perception about the supposedly illegal activities of the Russian armed forces and the government of the Russian Federation regarding the conduct of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, which discredited its true mission.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receuMMFG24uGYwdE"},{"persecution_id":"recvxX8KayWbd50EE","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:18:53.000Z","person_id":"reccXOCLaSRPE2ctc","name_en":"Irina Dmitrieva (Nelson)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atty9p3kTZVrFjIxA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atty9p3kTZVrFjIxA.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lawyer, entrepreneur, mother of four children. In recent years, she has been going on solitary pickets in the district centre of Parfino settlement. She was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism. The occasion was the series of comments in VKontakte from August 2021 to March 2022, two of them devoted to the war and sending Russian soldiers to Ukraine. On 18 October 2022, the court sentenced Nelson to a fine of 300,000 rubles. About six months later, when Nelson's son turned 14 and the family tried to get a bank card for him, it turned out that his data had been blocked under the terrorism financing law.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Veliky Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NGR"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":534,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Irina Nelson's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-178/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated in connection with a series of comments made on VKontakte from August 2021 to March 2022. 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On 18 March, his home got searched. Before that, his superior had expressed his displeasure over anti-war posts that Domovetskikh had published on social networks and demanded that they be removed, citing an order from a certain major. Domovetskikh fled Russia.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 283 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["283"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 283"],"case_name_en":"The case about the disclosure of state secrets in Orenburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"Details are unknown","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 04-08-2023\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec2g8HdaxhS92FtY"},{"persecution_id":"recIwERw6JCPs6Nk9","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec9Wfn3I1osS27C6","name_en":"Aleksey Vedeneev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":83,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case on anti-war inscriptions on the wall of a building in Moscow","case_number":"01-0012/145/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, he made an inscription discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and the President on a wall, likely it was a transformer booth. 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On 24 March 2022, he was taken into custody in a case of attempted murder committed with particular cruelty in a generally dangerous manner out of hooligan motives. The investigation claimed that Rozhkov had set the military recruitment centre on fire, knowing that a female guard was inside. The female guard was not injured, the fire was extinguished, and petrol canisters were found at the young man's home. The policeman who detained Rozhkov claimed that no one was in the building. Then the charge was reclassified to property damage, and the measure of restraint was changed to recognisance not to leave. In November, Rozhkov failed to appear at the first court hearing in his case. Information appeared that he had been missing from the city since 18 November. Rozhkov reported that he left the country. At the end of May 2023, he was taken from Kyrgyzstan to Russia and taken into custody. The trial resumed, but on 5 July the case was sent back for further investigation: there were reports that Rozhkov might face tougher charges. On 31 August, a case was opened against Rozhkov for public justification of terrorism, the reason being Rozhkov's alleged reposting on VKontakte of a video clip of an interview he himself gave to the Khodorkovsky LIVE channel. In October 2023, the charge in connection with arson was reclassified to committing a terrorist act. On 30 December it became known that Rozhkov was accused of spreading military \"fakes\" by a group of persons by prior conspiracy on the motive of political hatred. The reason was the same interview to the channel \"Khodorkovsky LIVE\": according to the investigation, Rozhkov had agreed in advance with the hosts of the channel Elena Malakhovskaya and Renat Davletgildeev that on air he would call the arson attack on the military recruitment centre \"correct, in need of support and imitation\" and would express his opinion on the war, while the hosts would \"verbally express their solidarity with Rozhkov, confirming his words\". Rozhkov's lawyer was given limited time by the court to familiarise himself with the case.\n\nOn 20 May 2025, Rozhkov was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers","Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Beryozovsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1176,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":168,"persecution_subject_en":["other","freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","205","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 205","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of arson of a military recruitment office in Beryozovsky and of Khodorkovsky Live interview"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Rozhkov's case","case_number":"2-85/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he set a military recruitment centre on fire on the night of 11 March. The reason for the initiating a case of public justification of terrorism was a repost of an interview that Rozhkov gave to the Khodorkovsky LIVE channel.\nThe reason for the initiation of the case of dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces was the interview itself: according to the investigation, Rozhkov colluded with the presenters of the channel Elena Malakhovskaya and Renat Davletgildeev that during the interview he would call the arson of the military recruitment centre, which he had committed, the right thing to do, and declare that:\n- the Special Military Operation announced by the President of the Russian Federation, V.V. Putin, is in fact a war;\n- the announcement by the President of the Russian Federation V.V. 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The pro-government St. Petersburg channel \"78\" reported that Karpukhina and other detainees were planning to \"participate in illegal actions on Victory Day\".\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Historians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the false report about the mine laying at the branch of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"Charged with sending e-mail messages to the RANCHIGS mail with an alleged threat of an explosion, which will be carried out if no ransom is provided, which will allegedly be transferred to support the AFU","persecution_location_en":"Under obligation to appear in court","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec7RYu5IuKsTpp8a"},{"persecution_id":"rec2ew8WPGO5Zn1JI","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recoeLS57Y8Z63TmA","name_en":"Isa Abdulaev","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":110,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions and against mobilisation 25.09.2022","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Isa Abdulayeva on the use of violence against a police officer in Makhachkala","persecution_case_profile_en":"Use of non-life threatening violence against a police officer at an anti-mobilization rally in Makhachkala.\nAbdulaev claims that he took his grandfather to the city's annual festival and had no intention of participating in the rally. 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In April and May, Rylov was fined under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) for 30 and 35 thousand rubles respectively; in the latter case, the reason was that on May 9 he shouted \"Glory to Ukraine! 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In his own words, he provided social services to displaced people as part of the activities of the public organisation Resettled.SOS. Kiselev told the court that on July 22, 2022, he was kidnapped and tortured in the basement of a vocational school in occupied Genichesk. According to Kiselev, he was beaten and tortured for five days, demanding that he confess on camera that he was the leader of the Ukrainian partisan movement. He did not give in. It later became known that Kiselev's arm was broken after his detention. On July 27, he was put in a car and taken to Crimea.\nKiselev was officially accused of involvement in an illegal armed formation, namely the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, which apparently had not been functioning for a long time at the time of the prosecution. The founder of the \"battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan\" Lenur Islyamov publicly denies that Kiselev has anything to do with the battalion.\nAmong those who testified against Kiselev were Sergei Gudym, also convicted on charges of involvement in the battalion, and Seit-Ibram Zaitullaev. Both testified against other defendants in similar cases.\nAccording to the version of the Russian law enforcers, Kiselev was detained after he entered the territory of Crimea on his own. However, the FSB officers were unable to provide the court with video footage from surveillance cameras at the checkpoint and a copy of the migration card that Kiselyov would have had to fill out if he had entered on his own.\nOn February 16, 2023, Kiselyov was sentenced to eight and a half years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Dzhankoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea","Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":210,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Case of Alexei Kiselev concerning the participation in the activities of an illegal armed group","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the \"Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Nomon Chelebidzhikhan\", was often on its territory, and was also the organiser of the \"sea blockade\" of Crimea, which he planned to carry out on a fishing boat by deploying several rows of cable barriers in the Kerch Strait.\n","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 22.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.08.2023 to 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.02.2023, Sentence: 8 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-17T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-17T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-06-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kiselyov-aleksej-alekseevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recSN1MV2KCZduKmy"},{"persecution_id":"recIE8pa0CbJ7lzZQ","last_updated":"2025-04-16T17:52:06.000Z","person_id":"recXwWJ4KVnJlpH18","name_en":"Polina B.","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att5KFmIgKJmhgW7I.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att5KFmIgKJmhgW7I.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained in early March 2022 as part of a series of searches in St. Petersburg in the case of a false bomb threat. Released after signing an obligation to appear at first notice.\t\nShe was detained in a bar on the night on 8 May on a similar case and released on 10 May after signing an obligation to appear at first notice.\nDetained for the third time on a similar case after a search on 24 September. In the evening of 25 September she was released under an NDA. Thus, Bashurova turned out to be a suspect in three cases of false reporting of a terrorist attack. She left Russia.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the false report about the mine laying at the branch of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"Titova is being charged with an alleged bomb threat delivered via email to the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA). The email allegedly stated that an explosion would be carried out if no ransom is provided. The ransom would be transferred to the Ukrainian armed forces.","persecution_location_en":"Under obligation to appear in court","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIE8pa0CbJ7lzZQ"},{"persecution_id":"reckAWKtd8XxMCMYx","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:19:00.000Z","person_id":"recSlrAzpHPqqZOD7","name_en":" L.L.","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A Moscow-based street artist was charged with vandalism for painting an anti-war message on a fence.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case about vandalism in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, he painted an anti-war message on the fence.\n","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckAWKtd8XxMCMYx"},{"persecution_id":"recbWSUJwqCYIbAed","last_updated":"2026-02-13T20:02:52.000Z","person_id":"rec9LYnpMGd3vt5BK","name_en":"Nikolay Bogoslavsky","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Pastor of Christ the Saviour Evangelical Church in Anapa. Detained in August 2022. VK Press news outlet claims that Bogoslavskyy (or another defendant in the case, Nikolai Ulitin) \"created an entire network\" in Russia to collect donations for the Ukrainian battalions Azov and Aidar. On 4 April 2023, Bogoslavsky was sentenced to a year in a penal colony. Presumably, he was released in June 2024.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Anapa"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":246,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"New Generation\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Nikolai Bogoslavsky","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he partook in the activities of the Latvian International Christian Movement \"New Generation\", which was recognised as an \"undesirable organisation\". In February 2022, Bogoslavsky was fined five thousand rubles under the administrative article on carrying out activities of an \"undesirable organisation\" (20.33 of the Administrative Code) in connection with a conference that took place in December 2021 in Ramenskoye near Moscow.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 15.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2023 to 01.06.2024\n• Unknown: from 01.06.2024 to 01.06.2031\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.04.2023, Sentence: 1 year in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year in a penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-04T07:35:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-04T07:35:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-02-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-novogo-pokoleniya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recbWSUJwqCYIbAed"},{"persecution_id":"recnaK8myfKmdaj60","last_updated":"2025-09-17T06:54:04.000Z","person_id":"rec8vUyCp5ATLZvkL","name_en":"Egor Pavlov","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Student of the Polytechnic University in St. Petersburg. According to unconfirmed reports, several criminal cases have been opened against him: among them a case of false report of a mine bombing and a case of involvement in mass riots and public justification of terrorism. In the second case, Pavlov was detained after a search, but then released under recognizance not to leave. Later, the charge under the article on mass riots was reclassified to calls for them. On 14 December 2023, Pavlov was sentenced, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a false bomb threat of the Moscow District Court","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated in relation to an unknown person allegedly sharing information about a bomb threat at the Moscovsky District Court in Saint Petersburg.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnaK8myfKmdaj60"},{"persecution_id":"recLiOoWXEJv684Bg","last_updated":"2024-11-18T08:06:29.000Z","person_id":"recl2VlF5BOhQgrSX","name_en":"Kirill","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Yakutia. Mobilised on 23 September with the rank of junior sergeant. After he told his commander that he would not shoot Ukrainians and would not go to Ukraine, he was threatened with reprisals.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3.1,  Article 337 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["337"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3.1, Article 337"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case about the unauthorized abandonment of a military unit in Ulan-Ude","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to human rights defender Pavel Chikov, he told his commander: \"I will not go to any Ukraine, I will not shoot at any Ukrainians\" and then escaped through a hole in the fence.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLiOoWXEJv684Bg"},{"persecution_id":"recIK1vS0iCmrOl8p","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec2F2ZO13481MRnj","name_en":"Anatoliy Voytenok","birth_year":1989,"age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":453,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anatoly Voytenok's case on calls for activities against the security of the state","case_number":"1-127/2023","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.12.2022 to 30.03.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 30.03.2023 to 15.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.03.2023, Sentence: 150 thousand roubles fine","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"150 thousand roubles fine","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-30T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-30T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIK1vS0iCmrOl8p"},{"persecution_id":"recOMHlLIFogEWMIY","last_updated":"2025-05-13T10:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recdEahKXt4JkLsH4","name_en":"Olga Sayenko","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kerch, a social worker. No later than October 2022, a case on calls to extremism was brought against her.  According to the FSB version, she disseminated in some chat room in \"Telegram\" social network \"calls to carry out violent actions against a group of persons singled out on the basis of nationality (Russians)\". In the detention video, a document is read out to her, which states that she \"publicly distributed materials of extremist orientation in connection with the special military operation\". The \"Kryminform\" media reported that \"after the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge, the woman actively spoke out in favour of Ukraine's actions and expressed death wishes for the Russian military personnel involved in the special operation in Ukraine\". Pro-Russian blogger Alexander Talipov said that Sayenko was detained after his denunciation. She was under a recognisance not to leave the country. On 13 February 2023, she was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":135,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Kerch resident about calls for extremist activity","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB version, she disseminated in some chat room in \"Telegram\" social network \"calls to carry out violent actions against a group of people singled out on the basis of nationality (Russians)\". In the detention video, a document is read out to her, which states that she \"publicly distributed materials of extremist orientation in connection with the special military operation\". The \"Kryminform\" media reported that \"after the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge, the woman the woman actively spoke out in favour of Ukraine's actions and expressed death wishes for the Russian military personnel involved in the special operation in Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 20.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 20.04.2023 to 19.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2023, Sentence: 2 years' suspended sentence, ban on engaging in teaching activities for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended sentence, ban on engaging in teaching activities for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-13T10:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-13T10:40:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOMHlLIFogEWMIY"},{"persecution_id":"recH97oom8dTBi1OS","last_updated":"2026-02-13T18:56:57.000Z","person_id":"recqBmwfTyzaN00LD","name_en":"Ruben Pogosyan","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att6Uh8boOrS9zENH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att6Uh8boOrS9zENH.jpg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The resident of Petrozavodsk. In August 2022, he was detained after a search in the case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces. He said that during the search in the case of \"fakes\", officers put a gun to his neck. The court chose a measure of restraint in the form of prohibition of certain actions. On 29 February 2024, Pogosyan was sentenced to six years in strict regime penal colony.\n\nPreviously, Pogosyan had served his sentence in different penal colonies in Karelia. He said that he was subjected to torture. A criminal case was initiated against the staff of Penal colony 9.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":549,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ruben Poghosyan's case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-994/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal case was reposting publications about the events in Bucha, Mariupol, and Kramatorsk on VKontakte. Poghosyan was initially prosecuted under Part 1 of the article on the dissemination of \"fakes\", but later charged with dissemination of fakes motivated by political hatred (point \"e\" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 30.08.2022 to 29.02.2024\n• in custody: from 29.02.2024 to 15.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Karelia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Karelia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Karelia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Karelia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Karelia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.02.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-29T10:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-29T10:40:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 29-03-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/pogosyan-ruben-razmikovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recH97oom8dTBi1OS"},{"persecution_id":"recEMut2uIaovuJ7I","last_updated":"2026-02-17T15:24:05.000Z","person_id":"rec0h4dw2LAxIvZw2","name_en":"Lyudmila Tolmacheva","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, an accountant and investment manager. A criminal case was opened against her for disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation due to messages about the killing of civilians in Ukraine. She was arrested in absentia; it was previously mistakenly reported that she was in custody. According to the text of the court ruling, the case was opened on 9 August, on 25 August Tolmacheva was placed on the federal wanted list, on 5 October charges were brought against her in absentia and she was placed on the international wanted list, and on 7 October she was arrested in absentia. On 22 December 2023, Tolmacheva was sentenced in absentia to 8.5 years’ imprisonment.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":500,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Lyudmila Tolmacheva's case on \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Moscow","case_number":"01-0580/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds were posts on Instagram about the killing of the head of the Ukrainian village of Motyzhyn, Olha Sukhenko, her husband, and her son, as well as about the killings of other civilians. In addition, Tolmacheva wrote about casualties that were not acknowledged by the Ministry of Defense.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.12.2023, Sentence: 8 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in absentia, with a ban on administering internet websites for a period of 4 years and 6 months.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in absentia, with a ban on administering internet websites for a period of 4 years and 6 months.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-22T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-22T12:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-01-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/tolmachyova-lyudmila-viktorovna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recEMut2uIaovuJ7I"},{"persecution_id":"recJJmiAB4GDGgsrt","last_updated":"2025-03-21T12:41:18.000Z","person_id":"recqt7249vserItM7","name_en":"Sergey Yarovoy","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sailor, a Yevpatoria resident. In July 2022, it became known that a case was opened against him for making calls for extremist activity. According to the investigation, he posted videos in a group chat in which death threats were made against Russian military personnel involved in the \"special military operation\", and then, while talking about the military and the \"special military operation\",  he told two members of the ship's crew that \"Russians are invaders and should be killed\". On the 7th of November 2022, he was sentenced to a year in prison, presumably suspended.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yevpatoriya"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":310,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The Case of Calls to Extremist Activity in Yevpatoria","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted videos in a group chat in which death threats were made against Russian military personnel involved in the \"special military operation\" and then, while talking about the military and the \"special military operation\", Yarovoy told two members of the ship's crew that \"Russians are invaders and should be killed\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.11.2022, Sentence: A 1 year suspended prison sentence.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"A 1 year suspended prison sentence.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-07T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-07T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJJmiAB4GDGgsrt"},{"persecution_id":"recCFIHf6cYPQNqFH","last_updated":"2024-05-14T19:24:45.000Z","person_id":"recvBaMBBBKF1DdeN","name_en":"Alexander Skryabnev","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He owned a key-making shop..\nDuring 2022, Skryabnev was three times subjected under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army. Under one of the protocols he was given a 30,000 roubles fine. Then Skryabnev commented on this court decision on his personal page in \"VKontakte\", saying that Russia is \"moving towards the Third Reich\". This was the reason for the initiation of a criminal case. Skryabnev's house was searched and he was given a recognizance not to leave. Alexander Skryabnev died on 6 October 2022, the investigation had not been completed by that time.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novouralsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Skryabnev's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"Skryabnev was issued three administrative protocols under the article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of his statements against the war on social networks and anti-war inscriptions on his own pavilion. Under one of the protocols he was given a 30,000 roubles fine. Then Skryabnev commented on this court decision on his personal page in \"VKontakte\", saying that Russia is \"moving towards the Third Reich\". This was the reason for the initiation of a criminal case.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-09-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/09/d46952/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recCFIHf6cYPQNqFH"},{"persecution_id":"recSH4BSIue3x5JcB","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:41:57.000Z","person_id":"recbx2JtLZItFffGa","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"He was a tyre fitter, was interested in carpentry, and was a cyclist. He explains his actions by the fact that after the mobilisation started he was afraid for his relatives and close friends. The lawyer said that after the detention the police subjected his client to torture: with the help of electric shock they forced him to confess to financing from Ukraine. The man was forced to incriminate himself. On 23 August 2023, he was sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":295,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case about the arson of the military recruitment office in Krasnodar","case_number":"1-179/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he ignited a fire at the military enlistment office of the Western and Prikuban districts on Yan Poluyan Street. Initially, he was charged with intentional property damage, but later the charge was changed to terrorism. One of the bottles he threw caught fire in front of the building, while the second one did not break at all.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• in custody: from 01.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.08.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-23T06:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-23T06:50:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSH4BSIue3x5JcB"},{"persecution_id":"recoO8Cjq5mJEaqrz","last_updated":"2025-04-04T13:26:00.000Z","person_id":"recMZLuU8UA5e2Ocw","name_en":"Andrey Kizevalter","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Mozhaisk. A case was initiated under the article of vandalism because of Kizevalter spilling a dye on a poster supporting the war. On the 11th of April, the court [selected](https://ovd.news/express-news/2022/04/11/zhitelyu-mozhayska-raskrasivshemu-plakat-s-bukvoy-z-izbrali-meru) a precautionary measure in the form of a prohibition of certain actions. Later, the measure of restraint was changed to a declaration of non-refoulement. On 24 April 2023, the court sent Kizevalter to a forced treatment in a psychiatric hospital.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Mozhaysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":380,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Kizevalter about the desecration of a poster with the letter Z","case_number":"1-5/2023 (1-44/2022)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, he threw yellow paint on a poster with the letter Z on it which was hanging on the facade of the cultural center.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 11.04.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.04.2023, Sentence: compulsory treatment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"compulsory treatment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-24T18:38:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-24T18:38:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recoO8Cjq5mJEaqrz"},{"persecution_id":"recQ0fLN5eBnBVgO1","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recVCLquFCzQt2fTb","name_en":"Ruslan Karpuk (Leviev)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attbzZ9JR0p5AtBZ7.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attbzZ9JR0p5AtBZ7.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A former law student who interned at the Investigative Committee but got disillusioned with the judicial system and dropped out of the university. 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He was detained on 6 July 2022 in Bryansk region. Belousov was first arrested for ten days under an administrative article on disobedience to a lawful demand of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), then taken into custody under a criminal case on preparation for participation in an illegal armed formation. 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Memorial:\n Date: 09-12-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/belousov-kirill-andreevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec4fTGrWqpkzi0Ce"},{"persecution_id":"recddhYf3v8kPT5hG","last_updated":"2025-09-17T06:54:04.000Z","person_id":"recXwWJ4KVnJlpH18","name_en":"Polina B.","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att5KFmIgKJmhgW7I.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att5KFmIgKJmhgW7I.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained in early March 2022 as part of a series of searches in St. Petersburg in the case of a false bomb threat. Released after signing an obligation to appear at first notice.\t\nShe was detained in a bar on the night on 8 May on a similar case and released on 10 May after signing an obligation to appear at first notice.\nDetained for the third time on a similar case after a search on 24 September. In the evening of 25 September she was released under an NDA. Thus, Bashurova turned out to be a suspect in three cases of false reporting of a terrorist attack. 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He was detained on the 7th of October, 2022, in relation to the case of arson of a military recruitment centre. Initially, he was charged with attempted damage to property by arson (part 2 of article 167 of the Criminal Code with an application of part 3 of article 30 of the Criminal Code), but then the charge was reclassified to committing a terrorist act by a group of people with significant damage (paragraphs \"a\", \"c\" of part 2 of article 205 of the Criminal Code). On the 24th of October, the court decided to send him into custody. He was initially mentioned in the court ruling as a person with the initial A..\nAt the court hearing on the 17th of April, 2024, Abdurakhmanov stated that the idea to set fire to the military recruitment office was his, but the case materials show that he acted on the instructions of his accomplice Boris Goncharenko. 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The resulting fire was extinguished by a female employee of the military recruitment centre before the arrival of firefighters. Initially, the charge was imputed to attempted damage of property by arson (part 2 of article 167 of the Criminal Code with an application of part 3 of article 30 of the Criminal Code), but then the charge was reclassified to committing a terrorist act by a group of people resulting in significant damage (paragraphs \"a\", \"c\" of part 2 of article 205 of the Criminal Code). 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A case was brought against him for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 30 May 2022 Mylnikov was sentenced to a fine of one million rubles.\n\nIn November 2024, Mylnikov was searched. He was taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the Artpodgotovka movement. The reason for the case was Mylnikov's participation in chats and agitation in support of the movement in 2020-2021, as well as receiving \"revcoins\" for participation in the Artpodgotovka's action in Moscow on 5 November 2017.\n\nOn 24 December 2025, the court sentenced him to 15 years in prison, three of which he must serve in prison and the remaining term in a strict regime colony. 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Lives outside of Russia and is wanted by Russian authorities. The court arrested him in absentia in the case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, and his property was seized. On 9 September 2022, the Ministry of Justice included Nacke in the register of \"foreign agents\".\nOn 29 August 2023, Nacke was sentenced in absentia to 11 years in prison.\nIn September 2024, Naki was declared wanted. In March 2026, the Investigative Committee reported that a case was opened against him for calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":485,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E,C Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ruslan Leviev and Michael Nacke of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine","case_number":"01-0378/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the video \"War. The results of the ninth day,\" he expressed scepticism about the official position of the Russian Ministry of Defence that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was shelled by the Ukrainian military, and embedded fragments in the video that were supposed to show that the Russian army was destroying cities and civilians.\nIn addition, Nacke was charged with spreading \"fakes\" with a political motive in the video \"Special airing | Preparing to storm Kyiv | Mariupol Drama Theatre\" dated 16 March 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.08.2023, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-29T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-29T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47622/?sphrase_id=1575578\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recigmglL9TUavQCd"},{"persecution_id":"recrVLbjoIG9L89xk","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recfwJ8O9U7aQaniE","name_en":"Andrei Balin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attMsvonEvHrB7OiW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attMsvonEvHrB7OiW.jpg"],"birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former co-chairman of the Samara branch of PARNAS (people’s freedom party).\nIn 2014, he was sentenced to 100 hours of compulsory labour in a case of incitement to hatred (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). In 2016, Balin's flat was searched in a new case of incitement to hatred because of a Facebook post about state security officers.\nIn September 2022, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Balin for \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces. On 17 March 2023, he was sentenced to seven years in prison, he was taken into custody in the courtroom.\nOn 1 August, Balin told his lawyer that a cellmate in the pre-trial detention centre threatened him with a shiv because he spoke ill of Putin. The conflict twice escalated into a fight. According to the lawyer, Balin's cellmate was reprimanded at the commission and has already been removed.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians","Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":280,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Toliatti","case_number":"1-76/2023 (1-533/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case against Balin was initiated because of six posts on VKontakte between 12 March and 4 April.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.03.2023 to 13.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.07.2023 to 26.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.08.2023 to 15.01.2030, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.03.2023, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","first_verdict_date":"2023-03-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-17T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-03-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/balin-andrej-albertovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On 5 and 6 March, searches took place at dozens of addresses, mainly at the homes of local civil activists.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxbtnT6ETL2bI6J"},{"persecution_id":"recp2HyaYVi0u5A2L","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recojPGwqVRYDieiI","name_en":"Leonid Rybakov","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Director of an IT company in Tomsk. A criminal case was brought against him for calls to extremism. In April 2022, Rybakov was fined under the article on discrediting the Russian army. In addition, the defence claims that Rybakov was fined 10,000 roubles under the article on incitement to hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for the same post that gave rise to the criminal case. Rybakov pleaded guilty. He petitioned for the case to be heard under a special procedure, without examination of evidence, but the court refused. On 12 March 2024, Rybakov was sentenced in this case to a two-year suspended sentence. On 3 October 2024, the appellate court overturned the verdict and issued a new one, the details of which remain unknown.\nOn 27 February 2023, Rybakov's house was searched in the case of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces. Rybakov said that, in addition to electronic equipment, law enforcers seized a book by politician Boris Nemtsov, who was killed on the same day in 2015. Another case under the same article was opened in the autumn of 2023; later the cases were merged. On 19 February 2025, Rybakov was sentenced in the combined case to a fine of 150,000 rubles. On 5 May 2025, the appeal court released Rybakov due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nIn February 2026, Rybakov was added to the list of extremists and terrorists maintained by Rosfinmonitoring, with a marking placed next to the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":620,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Leonid Rybakov's case on calls for extremism","case_number":"1-131/2023 (1-672/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March he published an aggressive post in support of the Ukrainian army.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.03.2024, Sentence: 2 year suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 year suspended sentence","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-12T06:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-12T06:15:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recp2HyaYVi0u5A2L"},{"persecution_id":"recHeXPEpYnS2IaWP","last_updated":"2025-09-17T06:54:04.000Z","person_id":"recKnzAmeHTlnkz8Z","name_en":"Andrei Belous","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg, he was detained on September 24, 2022, in connection with a false report of a terrorist attack, following an anonymous message claiming a bomb had been planted at the Moskovsky District Court. His case was part of a broader wave of prosecutions in 2022 targeting participants in anti-war protests. He was released two days later, on September 26. According to his wife, the search warrant referenced his public statements about the war.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other","freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a false bomb threat of the Moscow District Court","persecution_case_profile_en":"A criminal case was opened after an anonymous individual allegedly reported that the Moskovsky District Court in St. Petersburg had been mined.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHeXPEpYnS2IaWP"},{"persecution_id":"rece242t50a4Md9Mk","last_updated":"2025-03-06T10:09:30.000Z","person_id":"recy8DMOaji5eS0GV","name_en":"Miroslav Nych","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-08-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":668,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":95,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["private correspondence"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces in Khabarovsk","case_number":"1-58/2024","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.10.2023, Sentence: sentence unknown• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 15.11.2024","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","first_verdict_date":"2023-10-31T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-15T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rece242t50a4Md9Mk"},{"persecution_id":"rec3XxpVgViG1Cup1","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:41:57.000Z","person_id":"recptl2CpWw3QkkM5","name_en":"Vladimir Atamanchuk","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":71,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sochi. In March, Atamanchuk was arrested for 10 days under the article on organising a public event without submitting a notice (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 8 September the court arrested Atamanchuk for five days under the article on disobedience to the demands of police officers (part 1 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Before that, he was held in a police station for more than a day, where the officers threatened him with a criminal case. The man told \"Kavkazsky Uzel\" that while he was in the special detention centre, law enforcers \"came to his house and were searching for something\".\nOn 27 December Atamanchuk told \"Kavkazsky Uzel\" about pressure from the investigation and health problems. This information was confirmed by his lawyer Sergey Kostyuk. Thus, on 22 December the investigator handed him five summonses for interrogation at once - for 23, 24, 26, 27 and 28 December.\nOn 29 December Atamanchuk fell ill in front of the police department building. He was taken away from there by ambulance and hospitalised in the city hospital No. 5 with a heart attack.\nIn March 2023, Atamanchuk said that the investigator threatened to put him in the basement if he would defend himself and refuse to sign the documents required by the investigation. He also said that the investigator refused to issue an inventory of items returned after the search. Later, Atamanchuk also reported that the investigator, threatening to arrest him, forced him to collect the laptop, seized during the search, along with a mobile phone against a receipt, while the defendant claims that the phone does not belong to him.\nOn 11 November 2023, the investigator announced Atamanchuk's dismissal of the case, at the same time informing him that a libel case had been opened against the Sochi resident because of the leaflets he had put in mailboxes in the entrances of two houses on 4 September 2022.\nOn 12 April 2024, Atamanchuk was sentenced in the libel case to 240 hours of community work.\nIn July 2024, it became known that a case on disrespect of court was initiated against Atamanchuk following a complaint by the victim in the libel case. On 13 December 2024, he was sentenced in this case to 160 hours of community work.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2023-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Atamanchuk's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The ruling on the initiation of a criminal case states that on 4 September he went out on the street with leaflets saying that the majority of Sochi residents hold pacifist views and that the authorities persecute those who express a different opinion.\n\nIn May, Atamanchuk was twice fined under the administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) for handing out anti-war leaflets.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 27-12-2022\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2022/12/27/71-letnego-figuranta-dela-o-diskreditacii-armii-gospitalizirovali-iz-za\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec3XxpVgViG1Cup1"},{"persecution_id":"recWFTlgEdq7rsOxS","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recclP6AK2QGurGtl","name_en":"Dmitrii Volkov","birth_year":1992,"age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was prosecuted for spreading deliberately false information about the Army Forces of the Russian Federation: according to the investigation, being detended in Penza penal colony No. 5 under the articles on embezzlement, intentional infliction of minor harm to health, theft and use of violence against a representative of the authorities, he \"tried to create a negative image of the Russian military among other prisoners\" - he told about the killing of civilians in Bucha and on Snake Island, as well as that the missile cruiser \"Moscow\" was burnt by the Ukrainian servicemen. On 30 September, 2022, Volkov was released from the colony and was placed under administrative supervision for eight years. 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A case was brought against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces in connection with an article about Russian army crimes in Bucha. The court allegedly decided to send Trifonovuk to compulsory treatment, but Trifonova herself told OVD-Info that this was the court's intention, but she herself did not attend the court hearings due to illness and does not know exactly whether such a decision was made. On 25 March 2023, the appeal court overturned the order for compulsory treatment, but Trifonova told OVD-Info that even this time she did not know about the court decision. On 20 April, Trifonova was detained and taken to court, where the decision on forced hospitalisation was again issued. From the court she was released home.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Odintsovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":111,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of publication on the portal \"Odintsovo-INFO\"","case_number":"1-1152/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 03.05.2022, the Odintsovo-INFO website posted an article \"A clear answer to Russian citizens on war crimes in Ukrainian Bucha\" containing knowingly false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 20.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.04.2023, Sentence: compulsory treatment• First instance court on the merits, 21.12.2022, Sentence: compulsory treatment; decision overturned on appeal","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"compulsory treatment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-21T15:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-20T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Kolin was detained in April in the village of Pogoreloye Gorodishche. According to Trofimov, the case is completely fabricated, and the case file includes correspondence with the provocateur on Telegram and false witnesses. Furthermore, Trofimov's account suggests that after his detention, Kolin was transported in the trunk of a car.\nOn March 16, 2023, the court declared Kolin insane and sentenced him to compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Zubtsov"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":349,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Kolin's case on his intention to join an illegal armed group","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he planned to join the \"Freedom of Russia\" Legion.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.03.2023, Sentence: compulsory treatment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"compulsory treatment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-16T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-16T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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According to the ruling, the case was opened on the fact of embezzlement of 22,362 rubles 5 kopecks from the city council \"by deceit and breach of trust\". Arzhanov stated that he was essentially accused of stealing his own salary.\nIn 2023, it became known that Arzhanov was a suspect in the case of the Vesna movement, charged with organising the activities of an extremist community.","persecution_occupation_en":["Deputies of the Regional Parliament"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 159"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Arzhanov about the theft of 22 362 rubles and 5 kopecks from Novosibirsk city council","persecution_case_profile_en":"He stole 22,362 rubles and 5 kopecks from the City Council \"by deceit and breach of trust\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recf7nnAyyPi0CiXf"},{"persecution_id":"recfKGaHFhxJBkRG2","last_updated":"2024-07-25T09:25:10.000Z","person_id":"rec20YmIi8gDJlRLJ","name_en":"Viktor Lavrentiev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0JhZrYeqOIiLht.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0JhZrYeqOIiLht.jpg"],"birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Retired lieutenant colonel of the police. He was one of the first to be prosecuted for knowingly spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Signed a non-disclosure agreement.\nOn 31 May 2023, sentenced to a one million rouble fine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":456,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Viktor Lavrentiev on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Tomsk","case_number":"1-159/2023 (1-877/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published false information about the actions of the Russian army on the territory of Ukraine on the social network, relying on the words of \"eyewitnesses from the scene of events\", in particular, about the destruction of a maternity hospital in Mariupol by the Russian army.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.05.2023, Sentence: Penalty of 1 million roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Penalty of 1 million roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1000000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-31T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-31T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfKGaHFhxJBkRG2"},{"persecution_id":"rectixfzuBDaQlzCu","last_updated":"2026-03-22T14:57:38.000Z","person_id":"rec9FLaJPV27Jc403","name_en":"Nikolai Titarenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3H1XHwFyqSuoS5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3H1XHwFyqSuoS5.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Blagoveshchensk. In October 2022, he was taken into custody for inciting activities against the security of the Russian Federation. He was also accused of public justification of terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code), vandalism (part 2 of article 214 of the Criminal Code), and preparation for participation in military actions on the territory of a foreign state for purposes contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation (part 3 of article 208 of the Criminal Code with application of part 1 of article 30 of the Criminal Code). On 1 March 2024, Titarenko was sentenced to eight years in a maximum security colony","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":517,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","205.2","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Titarenko's case of the video of the \"Atesh\" movement","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he left a publicly available video clip of the Atesh movement in comments in a public chat room on Telegram: it says about supposed plans of an underground movement within the Russian army \"to leak the positions of soldiers, equipment\" and \"sabotage warehouses and headquarters\" in order to stop the war; \"feeling a sense of animosity towards the governor of the Amur region, who supports the special military operation, posted a text message in free access in a group of users of the messenger Telegram, in which he called for violent actions against the said official, encroaching on his life\", and also put an inscription on the stele \"Moscow - Vladivostok\" located at 1629 km of the Amur highway in which he criticized the policies pursued by the Russian Federation, and sent an application to the email of the Freedom of Russia Legion. 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Memorial:\n Date: 22-06-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/titarenko-nikolaj-romanovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rectixfzuBDaQlzCu"},{"persecution_id":"recnbhfhhZ0qzE7Ce","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recO4O8t9QiCOhrsR","name_en":"Igor Khalilov","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of the Kherson Oblast (Ukraine). Khalilov was detained on 21 July 2022 in the village of Salkovo, Genicheskiy district, Kherson Oblast, after which he was taken from there with a bag over his head and placed in a pre-trial detention centre in Simferopol.\nHe was accused of involvement in an illegal armed formation, namely the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, which apparently was not functioning at the time of the prosecution.\nOn 2 March 2023, Khalilov was sentenced to five years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Dzhankoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":224,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Igor Khalilov's case of participation in the activities of an illegal armed formation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"motivated by political hostility over the Russian occupation of Crimea, he joined an illegal armed formation, where he took part in guarding the battalion’s permanent deployment point as part of an armed guard, performed support duties, worked on trench construction and the erection of defensive barriers, and went on checkpoints to provide security as well as to inspect individuals and vehicles travelling to Crimea.\"","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.07.2022 to 20.03.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.03.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.03.2023, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-02T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-02T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-13-obvinyaemyh-v-uchastii-v-batalone-imeni-nomana-chelebidzhihana/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recnbhfhhZ0qzE7Ce"},{"persecution_id":"recZkn8iiYIjnNwPT","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recLuoaSFA55jsI2E","name_en":"Dmitrii Kurmoiarov (Ioann)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attQw5cOIjcWQ49xH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attQw5cOIjcWQ49xH.jpg"],"birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-01-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A priest of the Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia. Previously he served in Vinnitsa in the Moscow Patriarchate church and criticised the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate. An administrative case was opened against Kurmoiarov, accusing him of pro-Russian propaganda, resulting in him being excluded from the list of priests of the Tulchyn diocese.\nHe moved to Russia and taught theology at the Novosibirsk Theological Seminary. He criticised the patriarch and spoke out strongly against the Temple of the Armed Forces in Kubinka near Moscow. Then he moved to St Petersburg, moved to the Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia. \nComposes electronic music.\n7 June 2022 Kurmoiarov was detained after a search, the next day taken into custody on charges of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 10 August it became known that the lawyer Leonid Krikun, representing the interests of Kurmoiarov, was made to sign a non-disclosure agreement.\n\nAt one of the trial sessions Kurmoiarov said that the staff of the medical unit of pre-trial detention centre #1 \"Kresty-2\" ignored twenty-five of his requests for medical assistance, his complaints were refused to be registered, and the button to call the staff does not work, which in case of hypertension, from which he suffers, can lead to death in case of a heart attack or a stroke. In addition, according to him, for more than two weeks he had not been allowed to take a shower, citing the lack of hot water, and a full search had been carried out not behind a screen, but in front of the other detainees in the cell. In the pre-trial detention centre, the priest was filed as prone to extremism and terrorism.\nThey cannot provide him with the necessary medical care (Ioann had a severe flu, after which he began to have problems with hearing and vision, and he also has chronic diseases).\n\nOn 31 August 2023 Kurmoiarov was sentenced to 3 years in a general regime colony.\nOn 1 August 2024 he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":450,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E,D Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Father Ioann Kurmoiarov's case of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason to open a case was a video in which Kurmoiarov claimed that Russian military personnel killed in Ukraine would go to hell, and not heaven, since they were not peacekeepers.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.06.2022 to 15.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 07.06.2022 to 08.06.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.02.2024 to 01.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• Unknown: from 01.03.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.08.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.08.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.08.2023, Sentence: 3 years of imprisonment in a general regime corrective colony with a 2-year ban on engaging in activities related to making publications on the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of imprisonment in a general regime corrective colony with a 2-year ban on engaging in activities related to making publications on the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-31T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-31T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 06-06-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-07-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kurmoyarov-ioann-valerevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZkn8iiYIjnNwPT"},{"persecution_id":"recTf6acHyetctCsj","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recnbYy7mHySAcXuh","name_en":"Igor Pokusin","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Head of the public movement \"Till When?\", former civil aviation pilot. Winner of an author's song contest in the category \"Poet\". The \"Till When?!\" movement represented the interests of the residents of Khakassia who faced abuses by law enforcers. In 2013 he tried to register as a candidate in the elections to the Supreme Council of Khakassia. In 2012, he held pickets in defence of his son Maxim Pokusin, who had been convicted of drug trafficking. He insisted that the court had destroyed evidence of Maksim's innocence.\n\nIn May 2022, it became known that a criminal case of vandalism was opened against Pokusin because, according to the investigation, he painted over with yellow and blue paint the inscription on a banner in support of the Russian army, located at the intersection of Katanova and Pushkin streets, and put an anti-war inscription on the facade of the Khakass National Museum of Local Lore, where a light screen with the letter Z symbolising the Russian invasion of Ukraine had previously appeared. Initially it was reported that Pokusin was prosecuted under Part 1 of the article, but later it became known that he was charged with Part 2 - apparently, it was vandalism motivated by political hatred. Pokusin pleaded guilty. He was under a recognizance not to leave.\n\nOn 24 July Pokusin was detained at Krasnoyarsk airport when he was about to fly to Astana. His wife told \"Present Time\" that after the detention Pokusin was put a bag over his head and threatened with a stun gun. According to his wife, he was going to Astana \"to have a look around, to see if it would be possible to move there\". Pokusin's wife says that \"his hip joint and knee joint were replaced, and he has a metal structure in his ankle. He is a 'tin soldier'. He has a stent on his heart after the operation.\n\nPokusin was placed under house arrest. On 7 December, Pokusin was sentenced to six months of restricted freedom. The next day he was detained again, after which he was sent to custody in a case of attempted treason. During the court arguments the prosecutor reclassified the charge to preparation for state treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code with application of part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code). On 19 January 2024, Pokusin was sentenced to eight years and one month in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nOn 14 June 2024 it became known that Pokusin died.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":219,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols","graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of vandalism in Abakan","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he painted over the inscription on a banner in support of the Russian army, located at the intersection of Katanov and Pushkin streets, and put an anti-war inscription on the facade of the Khakass National Museum of Local History, where a light screen with the letter Z symbolising the Russian invasion of Ukraine had previously appeared.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.12.2022, Sentence: 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-06T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTf6acHyetctCsj"},{"persecution_id":"rec5wq3hzzbxyG0yW","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec7RsgDitEO9NSTj","name_en":"Elena Yun","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZGAzIOim8pp3lV.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZGAzIOim8pp3lV.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-01-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novosibirsk, she shares the ideology of \"citizens of the USSR\". In June 2022, she was detained after a search. A case was opened against her for deliberately disseminating false information about the Russian Armed Forces. At first, a measure of restraint was chosen against her in the form of a signature not to leave, although she herself denied it. On 3 August, the activist was detained by police in Prokopyevsk (Kemerovo Region), where she was visiting her sister, and then taken to Novosibirsk for questioning. On 4 August, Tardasova-Yun stopped making contact.\n\"I was taken to Novosibirsk by deceit, although at first they said that the interrogation would be conducted at the police department of Prokopyevsk. In the end, they took me to another region, and I am waiting for an investigator. I don't know what kind of questioning, if I have already been questioned by the IC in the case of \"spreading false information\". A policeman is sitting opposite, saying that he is not obliged to explain anything to me,\"- \"Sibir. Realities\" call Tardasova-Yun on 3 August.\nThen, lawyer Elena Chirkina was unable to meet with her client: Tardasova-Yun was eventually detained for 48 hours, as Chirkina assumes, in order to be placed in a psychoneurological dispensary for examination.\nAt the outpatient examination in July, a psychiatrist, after refusing to testify and completing one of the tasks, wrote in his conclusion that he found Tardasova-Yun had difficulties in generalisation processes and unclear thinking. After that, the investigation began to insist on an inpatient examination. The activist called such a decision punitive psychiatry, and her lawyer asked for a repeat examination.\nOn 5 August, it became known that Tardasova-Yun was elected a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions.\nOn 26 December, Tardasova-Yun was sent to custody: the reason was that she allegedly published two videos on her social network page, thus violating the ban on certain actions. At the same time, the lawyer claims that at that time the preventive measure imposed on the activist had already expired, as it was chosen only for the period of investigation, which had already been completed by that time.\n\nOn 22 February 2023, Tardasova-Yun was sentenced to 11 months of correctional labour and released from custody in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":265,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Elena Yun on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ","case_number":"1-130/2023 (1-718/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was opened after a message was reposted in a VKontakte group. The post originated from WhatsApp and concerned a memorial service in the village of Moshkovo for a soldier killed in Ukraine. In the original message, the author claimed that a thousand coffins had arrived in Novosibirsk.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.12.2022 to 22.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• prohibition of certain actions:  to 26.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.02.2023, Sentence: 11 months' correctional labour","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 months' correctional labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-22T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-22T09:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-01-2023\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/tardasova-yun-elena-aleksandrovna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec5wq3hzzbxyG0yW"},{"persecution_id":"recXoVNsoIoqCQCxT","last_updated":"2026-02-17T14:14:52.000Z","person_id":"reczZeKDFGASdL03L","name_en":"Arslan Mirzaev","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-01-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Blogger known as Ali Charinsky. Trainer in jiu-jitsu, combat sambo and grappling (one of the styles of close combat). He lived in Dagestan and left Russia. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism. On 3 December 2025, the blogger was sentenced to eight years in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1098,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":156,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ali Charinsky's case","case_number":"1-710/2025","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.12.2025, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in absentia, a fine of 1 million rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in absentia, a fine of 1 million rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1000000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXoVNsoIoqCQCxT"},{"persecution_id":"recTuaNVJ61MN3HfM","last_updated":"2024-09-15T13:02:23.000Z","person_id":"recSeyMtKe2TxpQbD","name_en":"Marina Ionova (Shoetova)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attNsF610mYM8POA3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attNsF610mYM8POA3.jpg"],"birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Eco-activist, populariser of separate waste collection and \"zero waste\" policy. She is a supporter of the movement \"Against the Incineration Plant in Kazan\". She was detained on 25 March, on which day the Kazan activists were searched in the case of involvement in mass riots. Ionova was taken off the train, her apartment was searched, after that it became known that she was a suspect in the case. She spent two days in a temporary detention centre, after which she was released under an obligation to appear.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly","freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 3.03.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The cse of involvement into a mass disorder in Kazan"],"case_name_en":"The case of Marina Shoetova on involvement in mass riots in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"The criminal case was opened for a message in the Telegram channel \"Protest Kazan\", where unknown people allegedly called to bring incendiary mixtures, batons and megaphones to use against the police at the upcoming antiwar protest on 3 March.","persecution_location_en":"Under obligation to appear in court","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTuaNVJ61MN3HfM"},{"persecution_id":"recCHuLx9BKlJCUSc","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"recWbXsN4Sp662qK3","name_en":"Vitalii Mishin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Taganrog, a veteran of the war in Chechnya. He was prosecuted for \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces because of a comment on \"VKontakte\" about the Russian army killing civilians in Ukraine. On 10 August 2022, Mishin was sentenced to a five years' suspended sentence. 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He was arrested for 13 days under the article on demonstration of prohibited symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for showing a video with the song \"Bayraktar\". Students complained about the teacher. After this case Belozerov was fired. On 28 October he was again sent to administrative arrest under the article on prohibited symbols - this time because of the publication of the song \"Chervona Kalina\" in \"VKontakte\" for 14 days. During detention he was beaten up.\nLater, a criminal case was brought against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because of a post with the words \"Innocent children and women of Ukraine in Donbass have been bombed by the Russian Armed Forces for 8 years, turning guns from the front line towards Donetsk, and for the last six months the Russian Armed Forces have been bombing Ukrainian cities and killing Ukrainian residents\". Belozerov was placed under house arrest. He reported that he began to suffer from hunger fainting due to the fact that he had no money for food.\nOn 22 March 2023, Belozerov was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":111,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Belozerov's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-197/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The post from October 9, which led to the case, stated: \"Innocent children and women of Ukraine in Donbas have been bombed by the Russian armed forces for 8 years, by guns which were turned from the front line towards Donetsk, and for the last six months the Russian armed forces have been bombing Ukrainian cities and killing Ukrainian residents.\" Earlier, Belozerov was found guilty under a similar administrative article (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation) for showing a video with the song \"Bayraktar\" to students at a college.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 16.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.03.2023, Sentence: a fine of 100,000 rubles with monthly installments of 10,000 rubles and a ban on site administration for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 100,000 rubles with monthly installments of 10,000 rubles and a ban on site administration for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-22T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-22T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rect3GkT3pXjydSIW"},{"persecution_id":"recFJcagXHHfWyV4M","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec7eIZMGp11lKtaA","name_en":"Gennady Makarov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lipetsk activist, human rights defender. s\nIn March 2022, Makarov was searched under the article on discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), but no case was opened. In December, Makarov was searched again, this time under the libel case, and the same computers and phones that had already been seized during the previous search were seized again. The law enforcers refused to allow a lawyer to attend the investigation and to call an ambulance - Makarov and his mother felt ill.\nIn October 2025, Makarov was searched and taken to Lipetsk, where he was pressured to incriminate former deputy Pavel Sokolov and write a confession, but it was not clear what information was required. The same thing was happening with Sokolov. On 5 November 2025, Makarov was detained in a libel case, the reason for which was the reposting of Nikita Mikhalkov's video on alleged extortion in the Lipetsk region on the Yelets Novosti channel: the video was accompanied by an untrue statement that Igor Artamonov, the governor of the region, had been detained on extortion charges.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lipetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 128.1 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of libel against the governor of the Lipetsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case against Makarov was initiated because of a social media post he allegedly published on 24 February. 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On 6 May 2022, he was searched at home, after which a video was made public in which Popov says that around 2008 he \"got in touch with the commander of the Kaluga branch of the Right Sector, Leonid Butusin\". At the same time, as the Novy Kaliningrad edition notes, Right Sector emerged only in 2013, and there were no reports of a branch of the banned organisation in the Kaluga region. Leonid Butusin is the son of Right Sector activist Oleg Butusin, who was killed in Ukraine in April. Popov was taken into custody. He was previously an activist of the Baltic Vanguard of Russian Resistance movement, whose other members were sentenced to real prison terms in 2020 in a case on extremist community activities. Popov's acquaintance Anastasia Nekhaeva, whose flat was inspected as part of the criminal case, claimed in a conversation with Mediazona that he opposed the war, but never said anything about ties with nationalist associations there. Popov himself did not admit guilt at first, but later changed his testimony. On 29 March 2023, he was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony. 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He was taken into custody in February 2020. At that time Kamynin was charged with distribution of drugs on a large and particularly large scale.\n\nOn 4 January 2022, Kamynin was released from the Kemerovo pre-trial detention centre, and then immediately detained and charged with extortion. According to the investigation, he extorted 20,000 roubles from a Kemerovo resident.\n\nThe drug case was suspended for a while due to lack of evidence, but then the case was resumed.\n\nOn 29 May 2023, Kamynin was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony in the drug case.\n\nIn September 2023, Kamynin said that he was tortured in the pre-trial detention centre. According to his testimony, the assistant head of the pre-trial detention centre, Aliuskin, repeatedly ordered his subordinates to beat the human rights defender with a stun gun and drag him on the floor into the cell, as Kamynin writes. 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Snegirev was placed on the federal wanted list.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 128.1 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The libel case of Valentin Snegiryov","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a publication in which Snegirev analyzed payments to war participants in Ukraine and suggested that the money was coming from the budget of the Penza region.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBjiZMnqDAmi7ak"},{"persecution_id":"reclcfSVlrbXY6toH","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recsu2psfdqE1anpR","name_en":"Anatolii Nogovitsyn","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Head of the Yakutsk branch of the Yabloko party.\nA case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The reason was a video message about the mobilisation announced by Putin on 21 September 2022. Initially, it was mistakenly reported that Nogovitsyn was given a custodial sentence. In reality, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. In November, Nogovitsyn's ban on certain actions was lifted because the hearing on the extension of the preventive measure did not take place. However, the preventive measure was extended on 2 December. Two witnesses at one of the hearings said that they were forced to sign the act of an operational event in which they did not participate: they had not seen Nogovitsyn's video and the disc, which the operatives were supposed to seal in their presence, and the police officers told them before the hearing what they should say in court. On 21 March 2023, Nogovitsyn was sentenced to a fine of 280 thousand rubles, but taking into account the period spent under the ban on certain actions, the amount was reduced to 200 thousand.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yakutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakha Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":201,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anatolii Nogovitsyn's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a video message about the mobilisation announced by Putin on 21th of September. On 13th of April Nogovitsyn was fined 30 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Part 1,  Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of reposting a video report by journalist Elena Kostyuchenko from Nikolaev. Nogovitsyn accompanied the video with the comment: \"'Liberated' Berdyansk and Kherson, local residents are clearly not happy about the liberation\".\n","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 22.11.2021\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.03.2023, Sentence: Penalty of 280,000 roubles, due to the measure of restriction reduced to 200,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Penalty of 280,000 roubles, due to the measure of restriction reduced to 200,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-21T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-21T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reclcfSVlrbXY6toH"},{"persecution_id":"recyJhKGnWUMpKVQJ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:39:22.000Z","person_id":"recdy7EGXyuZGqb3x","name_en":"Dmitry Vasilets ","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attR958o82fs6mNt5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attR958o82fs6mNt5.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Participated in military operations in Ukraine. In a conversation with Novaya Gazeta, he said that he realised that he did not want to kill people. After taking leave, he went to Buryatia to visit the grave of his fallen comrade in arms, where he converted to Buddhism. In August, after leaving, he wrote a report about his refusal to participate in military operations. However, due to the beginning of mobilisation, the process of dismissal was stopped. On 28 September 2022, after the Criminal Code included a part of the article on the non-execution of an order in wartime, Vasilets wrote a new report, which became the reason for a criminal case. On 7 April 2023, he was sentenced to two years and five months in a penal colony. On 1 June, the court of appeal reduced the term by three months. Vasilets was released on 27 September 2024 on parole.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pechenga settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2024-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":170,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2.1,  Article 332 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["332"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2.1, Article 332"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitry Vasilets on non-execution of an order","persecution_case_profile_en":"He wrote a report on his refusal to participate in combat operations in Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released on probation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Settlement colony no. 3 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Kalmykia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2023 to 27.09.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Settlement colony no. 3 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Kalmykia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.04.2023, Sentence: 2 years 5 months of deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 5 months of deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":26,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-07T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-07T14:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-06-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/vasilecz-dmitrij-vitalevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recyJhKGnWUMpKVQJ"},{"persecution_id":"recsGqEPhzAOoPeNq","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recNY9Gw2bx3SDgN7","name_en":"Alexander Zykov","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former head of Navalny's Kostroma and Saratov headquarters. Left Russia.\n\nIn September, members of The Investigative Committee came to his mother's house, ostensibly to serve a summons in a criminal case. The summons was registered to his grandmother, who had passed away ten years ago. During the conversation, the investigator mentioned that he had talked to the head of the jewellery factory where the activist's mother works and hinted at her possible dismissal. In January it became known that seven people were questioned in the Zykov case in Kostroma, one of whom Zykov had never met.\n\nOn 22 June 2023, Zykov was sentenced in absentia to five years in penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kostroma"],"persecution_region_en":["Kostroma Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KOS"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":417,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":" Alexander Zykov's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"ефр","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case against Zykov was initiated due to social media posts about dead soldiers from the Kostroma regiment of the Airborne Forces, about anti-war actions in Amsterdam and The Hague, about Zykov's friend who survived bombings near Sumy, about a certain video in which Zykov saw \"bearded pigs fighting in foreign parts of a foreign country\", as well as about the criminal case itself. Initially, the case was opened under Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code (public dissemination of deliberately false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation), but the charge was later reclassified to dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces with the motive of political hatred (Paragraph \"E\" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.06.2023, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-22T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-22T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recsGqEPhzAOoPeNq"},{"persecution_id":"recVOaptC5j6pce7C","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recms92yfdB5Jh52c","name_en":"Artem Konstantinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att7HW2OIzAVCSgJ4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att7HW2OIzAVCSgJ4.png"],"birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Murmansk resident and student, Konstantinov reported in November 2022 that FSB officers threatened to open a criminal case against him for inciting separatism due to several YouTube videos, as well as for discrediting the Russian military and, presumably, inciting hatred.\nThe young man was detained on June 3, 2022, when he arrived at university to take an exam. He claims they put a bag over his head and put him in a minivan, where they forced him to unlock his phone and began beating him, demanding that he confess to working for the SBU. Afterward, security forces conducted a search of his apartment, which was formally an \"inspection of the premises,\" and issued him an \"official warning\" about the inadmissibility of treason. Konstantinov was then taken to the FSB for questioning, where he was asked about his correspondence with a friend in Ukraine. On March 20, 2023, a friend of Konstantinov's told OVD-Info that Konstantinov had not been in touch for two months.\nIt was later revealed that the student was charged with treason. According to investigators, he had contacted Ukrainian intelligence agencies and carried out their orders. On October 1, 2024, Konstantinov was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers","College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":851,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":121,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Artem Konstantinov’s case of treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, in a Telegram message, he \"established contact with representatives of a Ukrainian armed group and expressed his agreement to join them for subsequent participation in combat operations on Ukrainian territory against the Russian Armed Forces.\" According to security officials, the student also contacted \"a representative of a foreign intelligence service\" and carried out tasks for the \"foreign party.\" Specifically, he sent the SBU a voice message compromising the Russian Armed Forces, which was later published online, along with photocopies of documents on the activities of the Murmansk Region military registration and enlistment office.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 09.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.12.2024 to 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.10.2024, Sentence: 13 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-01T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-01T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVOaptC5j6pce7C"},{"persecution_id":"recyDzh7b78nIi8Ce","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recQpLF4EW7jXoKXT","name_en":"Roman Paklin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUAYJWMzGpHusg7.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUAYJWMzGpHusg7.jpg"],"birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Surgut, he worked at Surgutneftegas. He participated in the activities of a libertarian library founded by Nikita Oleinik. He was detained at his workplace on September 1, 2022. Paklin later reported that he had been subjected to electric shocks and pressured to provide incriminating testimony. On September 3, he was transported to Tyumen, where he was taken into custody. He was charged with participating in a terrorist community and plotting terrorist attacks alongside Oleinik and four other young people. Paklin was subsequently transferred to a different pre-trial detention center, separate from the others; his support group suspects this was done to exert psychological pressure. Paklin reported that his health had deteriorated significantly while in detention. In 2023, Paklin’s case was severed from the main proceedings, and he was ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment. In April 2024, Paklin’s case was suspended; however, in November, it became known that the prosecution had been resumed.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.4","222.1","223.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 4, Article 222.1","Part 3, Article 223.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The Ural anti-fascists case"],"case_name_en":"Roman Paklin's case","case_number":"2-241/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with Nikita Oleinik he held \"secret meetings, gatherings and discussions\" where the overthrow of the government was discussed.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• : from 01.08.2023 to 01.07.2024, Regional Lebedev Psychiatric Hospital\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 19.04.2023\n• in custody: from 01.11.2022 to 03.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.07.2024 to 01.08.2024\n• in custody: from 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recyDzh7b78nIi8Ce"},{"persecution_id":"rec9JVF9sPMuiFThP","last_updated":"2025-01-22T10:43:28.000Z","person_id":"rec1UI89Foi6YbybM","name_en":"Maxim Voronovsky","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":328,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case on justification of terrorism because of the publication about the explosion in the Arkhangelsk FSB","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case against Voronovsky was initiated because of his comment on a photo of Mikhail Zhlobitsky published on \"VKontakte\", who committed a suicide bombing in the building of the Arkhangelsk region's FSB.\n\nThe comment called Zhlobitsky a \"hero\". Voronovsky handed his grandmother a letter in which he claims he did not leave the comment. \"They want to declare me a terrorist because of someone else's comment,\" he wrote.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 18.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 18.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.02.2023","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-22T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-22T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-01-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/voronovskij-maksim-gennadevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec9JVF9sPMuiFThP"},{"persecution_id":"rec1mzpxx4RY3cjBi","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recd7YjMv7lLipK1Q","name_en":"Maxim Evstropov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Founder of the \"Party of the Dead\"","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the \"Party of Dead\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case against Yevstropov was his posts on Telegram and VKontakte around Easter. The posts contained photographs of a protest that took place at a cemetery, where a man in a black robe with his face hidden is holding anti-war posters.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1mzpxx4RY3cjBi"},{"persecution_id":"recj4iwURKsFcakG3","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recVBB6MYciStsGWM","name_en":"Lyubov Sobol","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3dgUdFwBfgJBkG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3dgUdFwBfgJBkG.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former lawyer of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, including the RosPil project, producer of the Navalny LIVE channel, graduate of Moscow State University Law School. Author of investigations into anti-icing chemicals, the Vostochny cosmodrome and the mass poisoning of children in Moscow kindergartens. She has announced her nomination to the State Duma (lower house of Russian parliament).\n\nOn 21st December 2020, detained near the home of an FSB officer Konstantin Kudryavtsev, whom Alexei Navalny accused of involvement in his own poisoning. On December 23, she was fined one thousand rubles under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers. On December 25, Sobol's home was searched, after which she was interrogated as part of a criminal case on violation of inviolability of the property with threat of violence. On April 5, during the trial in the case, the court removed Sobol from the courtroom until the end of the debate. However, the court did not prevent Sobol from participating in the sessions. On April 15, Sobol was sentenced to one year of correctional labour on probation.  27th of May, the court of appeal returned the case to the court of first instance for elimination of procedural violations. On June 8 the decision was left unchanged. In November, the Federal Penitentiary Service demanded to replace the suspended sentence with a real one. On December 2nd the court satisfied the submission of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). On 8 June 2022, the same court replaced correctional labour with four months of imprisonment.\n\nOn 27 January 2021, she was detained in a criminal case on violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules, her flat was searched. On January 29, the court sent Sobol under house arrest. Later she was charged with incitement to violate the rules. On April 7, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen. On August 3rd she was sentenced to one and a half years of restriction of freedom. A few days later it became known that Sobol left Russia. In October, she was declared wanted. On 14 April 2022, the court changed her remaining sentence of five months and 26 days to imprisonment.\n\nIn September 2021, it became known that a case of extremist community activity had been opened against Sobol and other Navalny supporters. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with cases of money laundry, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, financing of extremist activities and establishment of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. She was arrested in absentia in May 2022.\n\nIn October 2021, it was reported that a libel case was brought against Sobol because of a video about businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin.\n\nIn May 2022 she was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Sobol for spreading “deliberately false information” about the Russian Armed Forces.\n\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","publication","membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Beautiful Russia case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ivan Zhdanov, Ruslan Shaveddinov, Leonid Volkov and Lyubov Sobol","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, Sobol published a post with information about Russian soldiers' crimes in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 22-08-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recj4iwURKsFcakG3"},{"persecution_id":"recbb2Agxf0kXU0vP","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recNyCC8f9zw2kEbN","name_en":"Bogdan Ziza","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attaaV1UOI4iD5CuJ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attaaV1UOI4iD5CuJ.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Yevpatoria resident and an artist. He was detained on 16 May 2022, the day when an unknown person poured blue and yellow paint on the Yevpatoria administration building and threw a Molotov cocktail at it. Law enforcement officers published a video in which Ziza pleads guilty. His friend believes that the artist could have confessed under duress. Later, Ziza himself said that the officers beat him in order to get him to exhibit “more sincere repentance”. Ziza was charged with an attempted terrorist act. He was taken into custody. According to unconfirmed reports, a case of attempted damage or destruction of property has also been initiated, but this article is not included in the final version of the charges. In addition, cases of vandalism and public justification of terrorism have been initiated against him because of a video manifesto that Ziza planned to publish. The final version of the case contains two counts under the article on committing a terrorist act: the throwing of the Molotov cocktail is classified as a terrorist act itself, while the phrase in the video that more will come is treated as a threat of a terrorist act. After the prosecution requested that he be sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony, Ziza went on a hunger strike. On 6 June 2023, he was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony. On 27 June, Ziza ended his hunger strike.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":386,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","205.2","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Bogdan Ziza’s case of preparing a terrorist attack in Yevpatoria","case_number":"1-73/2023 (1-240/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 16 May he poured blue and yellow paint on the local administration building and threw a Molotov cocktail at it. In addition, he prepared a video manifesto in which he justified terrorist activities and made threats concerning new terrorist attacks.\n\nThe video contained the following language:\n\n\"I would like to address all the representatives of graffiti culture, all the vandals in Crimea, in Russia and Belarus. I would like to remind you that graffiti culture is, first and foremost, a protest. And now is as good a time as any to declare your protest. There is a terrible war going on, unleashed by Putin and the state machine, propaganda is trying to convince people that this is normal. It's trying to convince them that they don't need to do anything, [they need] to sit in silence and watch and wait, that nobody can do anything about it. But now it is very important to go out on the streets and express your protest, so that those who are against this war, who sit at home and are afraid to express their opinion, see that they are not alone. There are many of us. And we outnumber those who support this war. But they took away this opportunity, they took away our ability to go out during the day, but we can go out at night. I urge everyone to go out at night to the courtyard and protest, vandalism can be for the good, and this is the case. No to war.\"\n\n\"This is the first warning for the administration of the city of Yevpatoria, as long as you do not speak out against the war, such actions will continue in the city, and how soon I will move from the buildings to you personally, this depends only on you, so please think about this.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 27.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.05.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• Unknown:  to 10.11.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2023 to 01.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2023 to 01.11.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.11.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.06.2023, Sentence: 15 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-06T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-06T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ziza-bogdan-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recbb2Agxf0kXU0vP"},{"persecution_id":"rec6Jk1Ce2HBIb78Z","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"recWffujG2OvcTDLP","name_en":"Aleksandr Nizamov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attIhrTfpPm2NrpMR.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attIhrTfpPm2NrpMR.jpg"],"birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Nizamov is a student residing in Moscow. He was charged with vandalism over an anti-war protest held on August 24, 2022 - exactly six months after the beginning of the full-scale invasion of  Ukraine. On this date, activists dyed the water in the \"Music of Glory\" fountain the color of blood. The resolution to initiate a criminal case states that unidentified individuals came to the fountain and, \"cynically disregarding moral standards and rules of conduct in public places, fully aware of the unlawfulness of their actions and intending to set themselves against society, poured an unidentified red liquid from a plastic bottle they had with them into the fountain, thereby defacing and desecrating its appearance. After this, the unidentified individuals fled the scene of the crime.\"\nNizamov was detained but later released under a travel restriction order. He was initially charged with vandalism committed by a group of individuals motivated by political hatred, but the charge was later reclassified as vandalism without aggravating circumstances. Nizamov left Russia and was put on a wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of dyeing fountain water red as a protest","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated over an anti-war protest held on August, 24 - exactly six months after the start of the war in Ukraine. Activists dyed the water in the \"Music of Glory\" fountain the color of blood. The resolution to initiate a criminal case states that unidentified individuals came to the fountain and, \"cynically disregarding moral standards and rules of conduct in public places, fully aware of the unlawfulness of their actions and intending to set themselves against society, poured an unidentified red liquid from a plastic bottle they had with them into the fountain, thereby defacing and desecrating its appearance. After this, the unidentified individuals fled the scene of the crime\". Nizamov was initially charged with vandalism committed by a group of individuals motivated by political hatred (part 2 of article 214 of the Criminal Code), but the charge was later reclassified as vandalism without aggravating circumstances (part 1 of article 214 of the Criminal Code).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 24-02-2022\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#6-1-3\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec6Jk1Ce2HBIb78Z"},{"persecution_id":"recBQAvZRR3fhS0EA","last_updated":"2026-02-15T12:12:31.000Z","person_id":"recgkqWWd4T02hUsb","name_en":"Alexey Shitik","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attQ0HulznES24yeD.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attQ0HulznES24yeD.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-01-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Asino (Tomsk region). In 2017, he ran for mayor of the city from the Yabloko party, but lost to a candidate from United Russia, after which he spoke about pressure from the authorities. In 2018, Shitik left Russia because of an anonymous note saying that \"if he doesn't shut up, his relatives will bury him.\" In addition, Shitik received information that the Tomsk prosecutor's office was allegedly planning to launch a criminal case against him. On 1 August 2022, his parents were searched as part of a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Asino"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexey Shitik on \"fakes\" about the activity of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, Shitik published \"deliberately false information\" about the financing of the Russian Army, deaths among Ukrainian civilians and the Bucha crimes. The above was posted on Russian social media site Odnoklassniki in the group \"Lesnoy patrul' Asino\" (\"Asino Forest Patrol\").","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBQAvZRR3fhS0EA"},{"persecution_id":"recNDIcabbA5yDdRX","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"rec4i2cdFdO10ZW1p","name_en":"Daniil Sitnikov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. A case was brought against him for falsely reporting a terrorist attack. According to the investigators' version, the 77th police department received a call about the mined department. Sitnikov was detained after a search, but later apparently released. This case was the first in a series of cases brought under this article against anti-war activists in St. Petersburg.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of a false report of a bomb threat against a police station in St. Petersburg"],"case_name_en":"The case on a false bomb threat report against a police station in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on March 1st the 77th police department received a call about a mining of the department. On March 5th and 6th, searches took place at dozens of addresses, mainly at the homes of local civil activists.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNDIcabbA5yDdRX"},{"persecution_id":"recu8VnhZueFhcppu","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recp8WrFVR692LGBn","name_en":"Evgeny Domojirov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Vologda. Former editor-in-chief of SOTAVision.\n\nOn 11th November 2011, Domojirov was accused of pushing and kicking an employee of the Centre for Countering Extremism, Roman Kopylov, in the groin and pulling the shirt collar of policeman Konstantin Lebedev during the dispersal of the Strategy-31 rally. On 17th September 2012, he was sentenced to a fine of 120 thousand rubles. After the sentence came into legal force Domojirov was stripped of his mandate as a deputy of the regional legislative assembly.\n\nOn 30th July 2016, late at night, a group of law enforcement officers came to Domojirov's house and tried to conduct a search there. The politician's elderly mother blocked their way, demanding to show the necessary documents, but the police officers tried to force their way in; as a result, Domojirov's mother injured her arm. The Domojirovs appealed to the district police officer, who promised to come and examine the bruises on the woman's arm, but never came. On August 9, the investigator for especially important cases of the first department for investigation of especially important cases of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Vologda region initiated a criminal case against Galina Domozhirova under Article 319 of the Criminal Code: according to the investigator, Domozhirova during an unsuccessful search attempt \"deliberately with the purpose of insulting\" the police officers \"began to publicly express profanity\" in their address, \"insulting them as representatives of the authorities and humiliating their honour and dignity\". Later it became known about the initiation of proceedings against Domojirov himself - according to the investigation, in late July 2016, he \"deliberately, in response to the lawful and reasonable demands of a police officer to conduct investigative actions, publicly, expressing coarse profanity, insulted this representative of authority, humiliating his honour and dignity. In addition, in August this year Domojirov posted in the information and communication network \"Internet\" text and comments to it, containing phrases that humiliate human dignity on the grounds of belonging of persons to a certain social group\". On 17 November 2017, Domojirov was acquitted under the articles on libel and humiliation of a social group, and sentenced to 60 hours of compulsory labour under the article on insult.\n\nIn 2020, a case was again brought against the journalist under the article on insulting representatives of the authorities because of a video on his YouTube channel. In the video, the man criticised the actions of local officials who had decided to develop a city square. In February 2021, the case was dismissed - the court found no signs of crime in the statements of the activist. Earlier, Domojirov was detained, arrested and fined for monitoring the same construction site and highlighting the situation.\n\nIn October 2022, it was reported that Domojirov was put on a wanted list, but then the Investigative Committee denied this information. However, Domojirov published a certificate of criminal record, which states that he has been wanted since 6th May in a case of a traffic offence causing serious harm to a person's health.\n\nOn 1st December 2022, a case was opened against Domojirov for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vologda"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Domojirov's case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated in connection with publications in Telegram. The reason were the posts: about a missile attack on a dormitory in Kharkiv, an attack on residential buildings in Nikopol, the 164th day of a full-scale invasion, an attack on a boiler room in Mykolayiv, three thousand cruise missiles fired by Russia on the territory of Ukraine, attacks on the centre of Vinnytsia, his own birthday and emigration, and a Russian soldier who cut off the genitals of a Ukrainian prisoner of war (two episodes).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 01-12-2022\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recu8VnhZueFhcppu"},{"persecution_id":"rec8II7pUZNkUbNdh","last_updated":"2023-11-08T19:15:29.000Z","person_id":"recMJArfp02DfQ2sA","name_en":"Georgiy Godizov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In March, it became known that Godizov was included in the \nFederal Financial Monitoring Service's List of Terrorists and Extremists. In April, the Investigative Committee reported that a criminal case had been initiated for organising the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maykop"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Georgiy Godizov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d46019/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-05-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec8II7pUZNkUbNdh"},{"persecution_id":"recWEHDjWnHR6kuGY","last_updated":"2026-01-27T14:47:39.000Z","person_id":"recLbGNl5f55SMtLv","name_en":"Ian Kulikov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Soligalich (Kostroma region), owner of a bookshop. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. He was under a recognisance not to abscond. On 29th of December 2023, Kulikov was sentenced to six months of corrective labour. On 6th of March 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by one month. On 19th of December 2024, the court of cassation instance cancelled the sentence and returned the case to the prosecutor's office. After that, the charges were increased, adding the motive of political hatred, and in May 2025, the case came back to court.\n\nOn 11th of September 2025, Kulikov was given a five-year suspended sentence. On 11th November, on appeal, the court replaced the suspended sentence with a real one. Kulikov did not come to the hearing, as he's a caretaker of his sick mother. The court decided to take him into custody at his arrest. Kulikov managed to leave the country.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kostroma Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KOS"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":454,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces in Kostroma region","case_number":"1-50/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was opened on the basis of his publications on VKontakte on July, 16th and 17th - one was regarding the Russian Army shelling residential areas of the city of Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk region with a Grad multiple launch rocket system, while the other was about the constant shelling by the Russian Army of civilian infrastructure and civilians in the Ukrainian cities of Vinnitsa, Kremenchug, Chasov Yar, Mariupol, Odesa, Kramatorsk, Kharkiv and others, in February and March.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.12.2023, Sentence: 6 months' corrective labor work• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 11.09.2025, Sentence: 5 years' suspended imprisonment and a ban on administering websites and channels on the Internet for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Other","Suspended sentence","Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' suspended imprisonment and a ban on administering websites and channels on the Internet for 4 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-11T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWEHDjWnHR6kuGY"},{"persecution_id":"recjD8lWIVuX5YM07","last_updated":"2025-01-28T09:41:35.000Z","person_id":"recyneX8nLXm5j3vX","name_en":"Pavel Sidorenko","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 28 January 2022, Sidorenko's home was searched. He signed a recognizance of non-departure as a suspect in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organization. On 3 April 2024, Sidorenko was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":796,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":113,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnodar Krai"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Sidorenko's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organization","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 28.01.2022 to 19.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 19.04.2024 to 18.04.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.04.2024, Sentence: Suspended sentence of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Suspended sentence of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-03T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-03T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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According to his own words, at the time of the initiation of the case he was a member of a chat of supporters of the movement \"Vesna\" and occasionally made reposts, but was not a member of the organisation.\nOn 6 May, he was detained and the next day arrested for 20 days under the article on repeated violation of the rally law (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences): he was accused of tweeting a call to take part in the procession of the \"Immortal Regiment\" on 9 May to express opposition to the war.\nOn 8 May, Drobotov's flat was searched as part of the criminal case, the door to his flat was broken down, and he was brought to the search from the special detention centre in handcuffs.\nOn 10 May, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions.\nOn 18 June, Drobotov wrote on his Facebook page that he had cut off the FSIN geolocation bracelet and left Russia.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"protest_event_en":"Memorial actions for Boris Nemtsov and anti-war protests 27.02.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["239"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 239"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Timofei Vaskin, Ekaterina Goncharova, Ivan Drobotov, Roman Maksimov and Angelina Roschupko","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the activities of the non-profit organisation Vesna, whose activities involve encouraging citizens to participate in unauthorized public events","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 10.05.2022 to 06.07.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBIDwgEE63gZ8HQ"},{"persecution_id":"rec9ykvygRBYTwKC3","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recUtObfjc3CPWKky","name_en":"Leon Darsht","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLWcTUE5POrO58K.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLWcTUE5POrO58K.jpg"],"birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He had received an award from the city administration for participation in a music competition, studied at Armavir Law College.\n\nDarsht was arrested in December 2022 for setting fire to the banner \"We Do Not Abandon Our People\". During a conversation with the investigator, he admitted that he had set fire to a transformer substation on the railway. A case of sabotage was filed against him in January 2023. Darsht is currently in custody.\n\nOn 30 March 2023, it was revealed that a case on preparing to bomb a police station was also filed against Darsht. The investigation believes that he intended to blow up the police station on the basis of his \"nationalist views\" and thus wanted to stop the influx of migrants to the region. Darsht has also been charged with attempted arson, vandalism and attempted illegal acquisition of explosives via Internet. According to the investigation, he set on fire \"on the motive of national hatred\" a shop and a house where migrants lived. No public evidence of Darsht's nationalist views could be found.\n\nOn 16 January 2025, the young man was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gulkevichi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":777,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":111,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of setting fire to a banner in Gulkevichi, a transformer substation and planning to blow up a police station","case_number":"1-77/2024 (1-273/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he set fire to a banner \"We do not abandon our people\", threw four Molotov cocktails at a transformer substation (according to other sources, a sectioning post) on the railway tracks between Armavir and Kurganinsk to stop the supply of military equipment and to protest against the Special military operation, \"on the grounds of national hatred\" set fire to a shop and a house where migrants lived, intended to blow up a police station, guided by his \"nationalist views\", and thus wanted to stop the influx of migrants to the region.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• in custody: from 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody:  to 12.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.01.2025, Sentence: 13 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime corrective colony, with the first 3 years to be served in prison, with a fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime corrective colony, with the first 3 years to be served in prison, with a fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-16T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-16T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9ykvygRBYTwKC3"},{"persecution_id":"recn8zT2EKE29TnCu","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recWYqNeczC4tJ4e1","name_en":"Daniil Stepanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLvAu1Hz6Iumupr.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLvAu1Hz6Iumupr.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-01-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Aleksin (Tula region). On 2 December 2022, he was taken into custody in a case of vandalism for drawing anti-war inscriptions on the walls of administrative buildings. Later it became known that he had been also charged with secret cooperation with a foreign organisation (Art. 275.1 of the Criminal Code): the Telegram channel \"Tula. ExtremiZm\" reported that flags of Ukraine and the Freedom of Russia Legion were found at Stepanov's home, along with correspondence with some \"participants\" of the Legion. On 27 July 2023, Stepanov was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Aleksin"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":237,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti","destruction of patriotic symbols","joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Article 275.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of vandalism and confidential cooperation with a foreign organisation in Aleksin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he put anti-war inscriptions on the building of the city administration, the pension fund, and the military recruitment centre, and set fire to two \"patriotic\" banners. In addition, he was in correspondence with \"participants\" of the Freedom of Russia Legion.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 31.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tula Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tula Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.07.2023, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-27T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-27T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 31-01-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-daniila-stepanova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recn8zT2EKE29TnCu"},{"persecution_id":"recijubNFSTbksPfW","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:41:57.000Z","person_id":"recncvxSqL8EGS88D","name_en":"Anastasia Emelyanova","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria. Administrator of the YouTube channel \"Anastasia for the Law\". In July 2019, administrative protocols were drawn up on Emelyanova and her sister because of the speech at the rally and the Putin mask. The girl was also detained on 23 January 2021 - the day of the protests in support of Alexei Navalny. She was charged with organising an uncoordinated public event because of publications in social networks. In February 2022, Emelyanova was attacked in the city hall of the city of Baksan, after which she required hospitalisation.\n\nIn September 2022, about 20 law enforcers came to Emelyanova's house with a search in the case of defamation of Zhanna Makhova, a businesswoman from the Orel region. The activist connects the persecution with her anti-war stance - she spoke out against mobilisation and against \"the special operation\" in general on Instagram.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Prokhladny"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 128.1 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case of libel against Janna Makhova, a businesswoman from Orlov Oblast","persecution_case_profile_en":"An unidentified person in Prokhladny, no later than September 2, 2021, spread false information about the activities of entrepreneur Zhanna Makhova in the Orel region, thus damaging her reputation. The police in Prokhladny received information that Anastasia Emelyanova was involved.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recijubNFSTbksPfW"},{"persecution_id":"rec3PkANtcvN0XP6a","last_updated":"2026-02-10T09:12:48.000Z","person_id":"recZdeg2AfK2BOpVG","name_en":"Alexey Lelikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3j0ZBFrLuDls48.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3j0ZBFrLuDls48.jpg"],"birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Krasnodar. On January 28th 2022, a search took place at his home and a case was opened for organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - organising meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. Lelikov was put under travel ban. On February 4th 2025, he was sentenced to six years and five months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1103,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":157,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnodar Krai"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexei Lelikov","case_number":"1-507/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.02.2025, Sentence: 6 years and 5 months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty, prohibition to engage in activities related to the organisation of and participation in voluntary associations and groups for a period of 5 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years and 5 months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty, prohibition to engage in activities related to the organisation of and participation in voluntary associations and groups for a period of 5 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":77,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-04T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-04T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-02-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/02/d45734/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-02-2025\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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Doctors at the regional psychiatric hospital diagnosed her with “psychoorganic syndrome” and a disorder of the “schizophrenic spectrum.”\n\nOn 25 May 2023, Sinitsyna was sentenced to one and a half years in a settlement colony. She was reportedly released in February 2025.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok","Nakhodka"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":265,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dolita Sinitsyna's Case of calls to extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"Prosecutors initiated the case because of comments on Odnoklassniki social media: \"Step away, you fake cat!\" and \"Russian fascism - this will not be shown on government channels.\" The expert examiner appointed by the investigation considered these posts an incitement of violence against the Russian military.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 49 of the Primorsky Territory Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.02.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 49 of the Primorsky Territory Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.05.2023, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' imprisonment in an open prison.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' imprisonment in an open prison.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 20-01-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/01/20/sud-napravil-pensionerku-na-psikhiatricheskuyu-ekspertizu-po-delu-ob\n• Support for political prisoners. 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In March 2022, she was charged with vandalism for, according to the investigation, throwing paint on a banner that supported the Russian Armed Forces.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladikavkaz"],"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of vandalism in Vladikavkaz","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she threw paint on a banner that supported the armed forces of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Under obligation to appear in court","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccKG5EMdEgNTKEN"},{"persecution_id":"recwRaR5AjAowdoJM","last_updated":"2025-06-12T16:12:45.000Z","person_id":"rect2MMLDVCNT1eJv","name_en":"Andrei Petrauskas","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attjk1Dp9UXTFPHnt.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attjk1Dp9UXTFPHnt.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Krasnoyarsk. Supposedly a supporter of the \"Artpodgotovka\" movement. Detained in October 2022 on suspicion of arson at a military recruitment centre. During interrogation, according to the Baza Telegram channel, Petrauskas stated that he wanted to do a good deed for society. He was taken into custody.\nInitially, the case was opened under the article on attempted terrorist act, but later the arson was considered a completed act.\nOn 16 August 2023 Petrauskas was sentenced to 10 years in prison.\nIn August 2024, it became known that the convict was prosecuted under the article on public justification of terrorism because of a conversation with prisoners from Ukraine about the Russian Freedom Legion. On 14 November 2024, Petrauskas was sentenced on this case to two and a half years; the total term, taking into account the unexecuted part of the sentence from the previous conviction, was nine years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":319,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Petrauskas' case of an arson attack on a military recruitment centre in Krasnoyarsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated on the grounds of the arson attack on the military recruitment office of the Sovetsky and Centralny districts of Krasnoyarsk.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2023 to 01.09.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• Unknown: from 01.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• Unknown: , Tuberculosis Hospital No. 1 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Department of Penitentiary Services\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.08.2023, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-16T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-16T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-06-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/petrauskas-andrej-vadimovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recwRaR5AjAowdoJM"},{"persecution_id":"recwNXW17PPffKCF9","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"recqKPtZrR3p7Yp0v","name_en":"Andrei Biryukov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att4kS3D2jB4vY3Ge.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att4kS3D2jB4vY3Ge.png"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Andrei is registered with a psychiatrist. Before his arrest, his relatives began the process of registering him as disabled. Biryukov’s mother and her parents also have disabilities, and without Andrei’s help, they struggle to manage the household.\n\nAndrei was detained on 28 July 2022 following a search of his home. The court later remanded him in custody. According to his mother, the true reason for the prosecution was likely his posts about the war in Ukraine. Andrei previously ran a website covering events in the country. His lawyer explained that the investigator initially refused to allow face-to-face meetings with relatives or phone calls to Andrei, only permitting contact after he confessed and agreed to cooperate with the investigation. Ultimately, Andrei admitted guilt and agreed to assist the authorities.\n\nOn 9 November 2022, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a general-regime penal colony, along with a two-year ban on managing websites.\n\nFollowing his speech at the trial during the appeal, a new case was opened against him for public justification of terrorism and incitement to hatred. On 18 April 2024, he was sentenced to four years for this offence. When combined with his previous sentence, Andrei’s total term amounts to six years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":104,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Biryukov's case of calls to extremism and public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason was publications in VKontakte social network. One was a statement in May 2020 in connection with the case of Nadezhda Belova, a resident of Voronezh, who was also previously prosecuted under the article on justification of terrorism. According to the investigation, Biryukov approved terrorist activities against the authorities and \"so-called\" Russians.\nAnother publication was an aggressive phrase dated 25th of February 2022, calling for death of Russia and \"Rusna\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 23.01.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.01.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Oblast\n• Unknown:  to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.11.2022, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, prohibition of activities related to the administering of websites for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, prohibition of activities related to the administering of websites for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-09T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-09T13:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-05-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/biryukov-andrej-yurevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recwNXW17PPffKCF9"},{"persecution_id":"reclE6IJXdkKBXvwU","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recXnGNdb8hFIUlpW","name_en":"Dmitrii Liamin ","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attX7LLwTJIEaPt9q.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attX7LLwTJIEaPt9q.jpg"],"birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast. He was detained on 19 March 2022 in connection with an arson attack on a military recruitment centre. During a search, officers seized a poster reading: \"No to Russia’s war against Ukraine!!\"\nThe case was initially opened on charges of attempted damage or destruction of property, but was later reclassified as a terrorist attack. In late June, it became known that Liamin had been transferred to Moscow — apparently for a psychiatric assessment at the Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology. For unknown reasons, he refused his privately hired lawyer; human rights defender Ivan Astashin believes Liamin was pressured.\n\nOn 12 April 2023, Liamin was sentenced to eight years in prison and assigned compulsory psychiatric treatment at the place of detention.\n\nIn May, he lost both of his parents.\n\nIn February 2026, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against him. He is accused of involving others in terrorist activity. The investigation claims that he persuaded another prisoner to join the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps.\n\nAccording to Liamin, the case file includes five audio recordings of his conversations with other inmates. 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The investigation, which recounted phone conversations with Frolkin, was released on 15 August. Back in late July, Frolkin left for Khabarovsk Krai, where he applied for dismissal from service. In Ukraine, a case of violation of the laws and customs of war (part 2 of article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) was opened against Frolkin. In the Russian Federation, a case was opened against serviceman Daniil Frolkin for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. After finding out about this criminal case, the journalists of Vazhnye Istorii attempted to contact Frolkin, but he did not respond to their messages and calls.\nOn 16 March 2023, the court sentenced Frolkin to a five and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":439,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,D Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of iStories media publication"],"case_name_en":"Daniil Frolkin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-26/2023 (1-164/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"A case was opened against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces by a group of persons for self-serving reasons (paragraphs \"b\", \"g\" of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.03.2023, Sentence: a suspended sentence of 5 years and 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"a suspended sentence of 5 years and 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-16T14:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-16T14:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2I2HsuWv6ko6Ih"},{"persecution_id":"rechXgPA9dDwiAESc","last_updated":"2026-03-27T13:42:55.000Z","person_id":"recETYCV1UCuRh2TW","name_en":"Evgenii Pinchuk (hieromonk Nikandr)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzINR5hK4xl6gtl.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzINR5hK4xl6gtl.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Of Russia under the omophorion of Metropolitan Agafangel (a breakaway church that does not recognise the authority of the Moscow Patriarchate). In June 2022, a case was brought against Nikandr for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because he called the actions of the Russian military \"an invasion\". On 17 October 2022, he was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles.\n\nOn 17 October 2025, Nikandr was taken into custody on a criminal case on public justification of terrorism. He called the founder of the Russian Volunteer Corps, Denis Nikitin, \"a cool guy\" and expressed \"respect\" to him. On 10 March 2026, the cleric was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Verkhoturye"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":138,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Hieromonk Nikadr's case of discrediting the Russian army in Verkhoturye","case_number":"1-184/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in a VKontakte post, he called the actions of the Russian military \"an invasion\". Before the case was initiated, the hieromonk had already been fined at least once under Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences for making a comment on social media criticising a prayer service for the victory of Russian troops. The decision has entered into force, Nikandr did not pay the fine in time, and was assigned community work.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2022, Sentence: a fine in the amount of 100,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine in the amount of 100,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-17T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-17T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechXgPA9dDwiAESc"},{"persecution_id":"recV6iCuPnEhreETV","last_updated":"2026-02-17T16:31:27.000Z","person_id":"rec4abYkTTCXBmnjL","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attXPzDJnwNfNNgvb.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attXPzDJnwNfNNgvb.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Chelyabinsk region. 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In September, information emerged about a case regarding discrediting the use of the Armed Forces.\n\nOn February 7, 2025, the court ruled for compulsory medical treatment for \"fake facts\" about Russian army and disrespect to days of military glory.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1074,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":153,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of the Chelyabinsk region about \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and disrespect for the days of military glory","case_number":"2-1/2025 (2-2/2024; 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Deputy of several convocations of the State Duma. Since 2006, he has been an advisor to Konstantin Ernst, CEO of Channel One. In 2012, he was included on the list of Vladimir Putin’s trusted representatives. Later he began to lean towards more and more oppositional views.\nA case was brought against Nevzorov for \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces while he was abroad. He was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia. As an interim measure, the court seized his dacha near St. Petersburg. In addition, the Ministry of Justice included Nevzorov in the register of mass media - \"foreign agents\". Interpol refused to fulfil the Russian Federation's request for Nevzorov's extradition. On 1 February 2023, he was sentenced in absentia to eight years' imprisonment in a penal colony.\nIn April 2024, a case was brought against Nevzorov for evading his duties as a \"foreign agent\".\nOn 2 July 2024, an association alleged to include Nevzorov and his wife, Lidia, was designated extremist, and their property was confiscated.\nIn December 2024, it became known that the house and land plot of Nevzorov's mother-in-law were handed over to the state.\nIn May 2025, cases were brought against Nevzorov and his wife for financing extremist activities due to the collection of donations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Nevzorov's case of \"fake facts\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine","case_number":"01-0152/2023 (01-0650/2022)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 9 March he published   on Instagram and on 19 March on his YouTube channel \"deliberately false information about the deliberate shelling by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation of a maternity hospital in the city of Mariupol\", accompanying them with \"inaccurate photos of civilian victims of the shelling\" with reference to the Ukrainian media.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.02.2023, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-01T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-01T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRPwqC6Yfg4KN1v"},{"persecution_id":"recIy3CfK9DVfazGG","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"reckdA544ZUNFdu7Q","name_en":"Denis Popov","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Uglich. He was detained in July 2022 on charges of attempting to commit a terrorist act by setting fire to a military recruitment office. After his detention, an operational video was published in which Popov said that he acted on the instructions of “Ukrainian servicemen” whom he met on the Internet and planned to also commit sabotage on the railways on their instructions. Popov was also charged with calls for extremism because he had called for violence against members of United Russia. He was taken into custody. At his trial, he claimed that the arson was instigated by an operative with whom he had been communicating in the Freedom of Russia Legion chat room on Telegram, without knowing who he was. On 13 March 2023, Popov was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Uglich"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":242,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of attempted arson of the military recruitment office in Uglich","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he tried to set fire to a military recruitment office in Uglich. At the time of his detention, he was found in possession of several Molotov cocktails and leaflets with swastikas. The investigation also claimed that he had called for committing crimes against the participants of the special military operation on social networks and expressed intentions to commit terrorist acts as well as sabotage railroad tracks.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 21.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.02.2023, Sentence: 8 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-28T14:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-28T14:45:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 24-04-2023\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/svodka-antivoennyh-repressiy-2#3\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 31-01-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/popov-denis-aleksandrovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recIy3CfK9DVfazGG"},{"persecution_id":"rec5p2Wl44UWaXx4z","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recgY4S8OOcQ5vhN3","name_en":"Polina Roots","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attsfjubDBM73aO9O.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attsfjubDBM73aO9O.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Polina is a resident of Cherepovets. Polina Roots and her husband Vitaly Torochkov have five children, they were deprived of parental rights at the request of Roots' mother, who had registered custody of the four older children. The youngest girl, an infant, was placed in foster care. The couple blogged \"How and why children are taken away in Russia.\" They publicly renounced their Russian citizenship and said they would use USSR documents. In September 2022, Roots and Torochkov were detained and taken into custody in a case of public justification of terrorism. It later became known that they were also charged with manufacturing and possessing explosives. On 8 June 2023, Roots was sentenced to nine years in a general regime colony and presented with a fine of 350,000 rubles.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Housewives and househusbands "],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vologda"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":280,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","222.1","223.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 3, Article 222.1","Part 2, Article 223.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vitalii Torochkov and Polina Roots concerns the public justification of terrorism, and the manufacture and possession of explosives","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 26.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.06.2023, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban to administer websites for a period of 3 years, and a fine of 350,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban to administer websites for a period of 3 years, and a fine of 350,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-08T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-08T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5p2Wl44UWaXx4z"},{"persecution_id":"recWzCKXN9rZoac0z","last_updated":"2025-06-08T12:53:42.000Z","person_id":"rec59VcEQ3zKuaUV7","name_en":"Lev Lerman","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attEjbwwRFsJbcsbT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attEjbwwRFsJbcsbT.jpg"],"birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nizhny Novgorod. Lerman was searched in the evening of 3 March 2022, and the next morning he was taken to the police station. According to the police, he was a witness in a case under investigation. Lerman's relatives are sure that the reason for the case was the man's anti-war statements on social networks. Lerman's wife says that during the search officers of the Centre for Countering Extremism were interested in her husband's publications on Facebook and said that he had participated in a rally in memory of Boris Nemtsov. At the police station, a report was drawn up on Lerman under the article on violation of the order of holding a rally (20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences), he was found guilty and arrested for nine days. While he was serving his arrest, the house was searched again. This time ten cartridges were found in the common entrance of the apartment building: the investigators believed that they belonged to the electrician. The court sent Lerman to custody. On 10 December Lerman was sentenced to four years in a penal colony.\n\nBoth before and after the verdict, pro-government TV channels accused Lerman of contacts with Ukrainian intelligence, claiming that he was in custody. This was prompted by a screenshot of Lerman's correspondence with an acquaintance from Ukraine, which he kept shortly before the first search - Lerman's wife claims that he was trying to find out details about his neighbour, who, as it later turned out, died in Ukraine on 24 February.\n\nOn 30 May 2025, Lerman was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2025-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":221,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Lev Lerman's case of storing cartridges","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Lerman had been illegally storing ten cartridges.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 15 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 15 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.12.2023 to 30.05.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.10.2022, Sentence: 4 years` of imprisonment in a open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years` of imprisonment in a open prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-10T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-10T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-11-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/lerman-lev-isaakovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recWzCKXN9rZoac0z"},{"persecution_id":"recvwid9OsQNjfCtI","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"recsZNtS0ysSioBnG","name_en":"Mikhail Sukhoruchkin","birth_year":2004,"age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sukhoruchkin is a student of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University. He was charged with vandalism because of the inscription \"PUTIN = WAR\" on the back of the monument to the 1200 Guardsmen, which he allegedly made on 9 April 2022. After Sukhoruchkin's detention, a video appeared online in which he apologises, says he supports Putin's actions \"in Ukraine against Nazism\", and pledges to join \"patriotic organisations\". He later told the media outlet \"Sever.Realii\" that he made this statement under pressure from unknown people who were in the investigator's office and threatened him with physical violence. Sukhoruchkin was placed under an undertaking not to abscond. After that, he left Russia. Later, it became known that Sukhoruchkin received political asylum in Poland.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 214 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 214 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Sukhoruchkin's case of desecration of the monument to the 1200 Guardsmen in Kaliningrad","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on April 9, Sukhoruchkin made an inscription \"PUTIN = WAR\" on the back wall of the monument to the 1200 Guardsmen.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvwid9OsQNjfCtI"},{"persecution_id":"rec0baReeA1kwXDTf","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recg38ja9EoPZe7Ke","name_en":"Roman Balyasin ","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attPb9qYI8HdC4oR7.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attPb9qYI8HdC4oR7.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Trade representative. He told Taiga.info that at night he was trying to paint over the Latin letter \"Z\", which was in place of the Cyrillic \"Z\" in the inscription \"Zheleznogorsk\" in the park near the forest area. An unknown person approached him from behind, Balyasin brushed him off and he fell down. It turned out that it was a group of law enforcers in civilian clothes, but with batons and service weapons. Balyasin was handcuffed, beaten, insulted and threatened with rape with a stick. The man Balyasin brushed off was found to have an abrasion on his face. After that Balyasin was taken to the department and interrogated. On 2 August, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case. Balyasin claims that he could only hit the right side of the law enforcer's face, and the latter was left with a bruise and a cut above his left eye. Balyasin placed under a travel ban. He was also charged with an administrative offence of discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of \"marks with spray paint\" on a \"poster with the Latin letter \"Z\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["closed city of Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["other","freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Roman Balyasin’s case of violence against a representative of the authority","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he inflicted “at least three blows to the head area” of the operative of the Krasnoyarsk FSB office Alexander Tolstikhin.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0baReeA1kwXDTf"},{"persecution_id":"recSFTn0a44Na0Wr4","last_updated":"2025-12-08T23:44:33.000Z","person_id":"recMnGn72X7mLOL6S","name_en":"Boris Goncharenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attvqLuTlFNfcDbZl.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attvqLuTlFNfcDbZl.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"School teacher in Goryachy Klyuch (Krasnodar Region). Participant of \"What? Where? When?\" [an intellectual game show] tournaments. On October 7, 2022, he was detained on suspicion of attempted arson of a military recruitment centre. Later, the charge was reclassified to committing a terrorist act by a group of persons with significant damage. On October 24, Goncharenko was taken into custody. During one of the hearings, another defendant in the case, Bogdan Abdurakhmanov, stated that he was the initiator of the arson, but, after being detained and subjected to torture, he was coerced into claiming that he acted under Goncharenko's orders. In October 2024, during court hearings, the prosecutor reclassified Goncharenko's charge to aiding terrorist activities, thereby rejecting the investigation's earlier version in which he was the initiator. On January 12, 2025, Goncharenko was sentenced to 12 years in a maximum security colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":835,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":119,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of an arson attack on the military recruitment centre in Goryachiy Klyuch","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on October 6, he threw four Molotov cocktails at the door of the military recruitment office in the town of Goryachiy Klyuch and fled the scene. The resulting fire was extinguished by a female employee of the military recruitment centre before the fire brigade arrived. Initially, Goncharenko was charged with attempted damage to property by arson (Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Part 3, Article 30 of the Criminal Code), however then the charge was reclassified to committing a terrorist act by a group of persons with significant damage (paragraphs \"a\", \"c\" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code). The investigation claims that the arson was planned \"due to disagreement with the conduct of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine and the partial mobilisation of Russian citizens, with the aim of influencing the decisions of the Russian authorities to cease these actions\".","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.10.2022 to 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: from 01.10.2023 to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• : \n• in custody:  to 03.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.01.2025, Sentence: 12 years of imprisonment, of which the first 4 years and 6 months in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years of imprisonment, of which the first 4 years and 6 months in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-13T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-13T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-02-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-bogdana-abdurahmanova-i-borisa-goncharenko/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recSFTn0a44Na0Wr4"},{"persecution_id":"recUpDtN6mosp43SW","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recwizwYxgxTa5sWT","name_en":"Egor Lediakin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attaa3FGrirM171B4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attaa3FGrirM171B4.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A street artist performing under the pseudonym Leonid Cherny. He was detained on 18 March 2022, allegedly for sticking stickers. During the detention Ledyakin was found in possession of stickers with the inscriptions \"GruZ 200\" and \"P\\*Z\\*\\*\\*Ts\". The formal reason for the case is unknown. Initially, Ledyakin was charged with vandalism, but later it became known that the charge was reclassified to hooliganism motivated by political hatred. During the investigation, the artist was twice sent to hospital for psychiatric examination. Police interrogators suspected that he could make anti-war inscriptions and stickers because of some kind of mental disorder. The first examination did not deduce any thought disorder in Black. In the end, the charge was again reclassified to vandalism, but committed on the grounds of political hatred or enmity. In June, the court fined Vechernye Vedomosti 150,000 rubles for mentioning Leonid Chyorny's anti-war stickers under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code).\nDuring the debate, the prosecutor asked to exclude the anti-war inscriptions from the charges and leave only graffiti with insults to the President. On 3 April 2023 Ledyakin was sentenced to six months of restricted freedom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":380,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Leonid Cherny's case of vandalism in Yekaterinburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"There are three episodes in the case concerning the anti-war and insulting Putin inscriptions on the walls. At the same time, according to the artist himself, spray cans, which were found in his possession during the detention, were admitted as evidence, but their colors do not match with the colors of the inscriptions. During the hearing, the prosecutor asked to exclude from the charges the drawing of anti-war inscriptions and leave only the graffiti insulting the president.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.04.2023, Sentence: 6 months' restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months' restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-02T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-02T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUpDtN6mosp43SW"},{"persecution_id":"recGhBwe4P6PjSIGJ","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"recrLD7xiURU4dYwm","name_en":"Unknown male 16","birth_year":2005,"age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":17,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"He is a resident of Ulan-Ude and was a minor at the time when the charges were brought against him. A case of vandalism was initiated against him: according to the investigation, together with another minor, he set fire to a banner with the letter V attached to a Lenin monument. The FSB press service said that the suspect “repented and pleaded guilty”.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of setting fire to a banner with the letter V","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the arson of a banner with the letter V, attached to a monument dedicated to Lenin.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGhBwe4P6PjSIGJ"},{"persecution_id":"recfoi9pn07ewFhZb","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"recBMra4Em5GEeznN","name_en":"Andrey Kuznetsov","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the village of Karpogory (Arkhangelsk region), senior citizen. A case was opened against him for vandalism and damage to monuments related to the Great Patriotic War. According to the investigation, he made anti-war inscriptions on buildings and a memorial plaque of a war participant. Kuznetsov admitted guilt; the case was considered in a special procedure. On June 22, 2022, the court sentenced him to 360 hours of community service.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Karpogory"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":172,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["243.4","214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 243.4","Part 1, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Kuznetsov's case of vandalism and damage to the WWII monument in Karpogory","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"with the aim of conveying to the authorities his subjective opinion about the special military operation carried out by the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine, expressed as a negative attitude towards the deaths of servicemen and civilians on both the Russian Federation’s and Ukraine’s sides,\" he used an aerosol spray can to write inscriptions on several buildings, including the local leisure centre, library, employment centre, and shop - as well as on the memorial plaque of Mikhail Teplov, a participant in the Great Patriotic War. 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Detained on 6 April 2022 at the entrance to Crimea. A case was opened against him for participation in an illegal armed formation, namely the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, which apparently was no longer functioning at the time of the prosecution. According to Ibraimov, after his detention, the FSB officers offered him to confess and cooperate with them: in particular, to tell them about the SBU officers he knew. Ibraimov refused, then other people entered the room and hit him on the head and ribs. The case is based on the testimony of witness Seyat-Ibram Zaitullayev, whose testimony is also included in other cases of those accused of involvement in the battalion. Ibraimov claims he has never met Zaitullayev before.\nIbraimov was taken into custody. 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Since the early 1990s was a paediatrician, then became an individual entrepreneur. In 2018, actively participated in protests against the construction of a landfill at Shiess station.\nWorks in the point of separate rubbish collection, deals with environmental issues in the city.\nAt the end of September, Semionov was arrested for five days under the article on non-payment of a fine (part 1 of article 20.25 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), after which he was immediately arrested for 10 days under the article on disobedience to the police (article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). On 13 October he was taken directly from the special reception centre, where he was serving the arrest, to the investigative actions. After that Semionov was placed under house arrest. Later he was charged with six violations of house arrest. According to Semionov's wife, all the violations were related to breaking the connection between the bracelet and the stationary tracking device and were recorded at times when her husband was taking a bubble bath. She added that the radius of permissible distance from the device was only seven metres instead of the recommended 50 or 100. Semionov was later charged with two more offences: his wife claimed that the connection was cut off when he was asleep at home. During the investigation, Semionov pleaded guilty, but at the court hearing he refused to confess and to consider the case under a special procedure. On 21 January 2025, he was sentenced to a year in prison, but was released from execution of the sentence due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nIn February 2024, another criminal case was brought against Semionov: insulting a representative of authority, in connection with the fact that he dumped rubbish on the table in the office of Natalia Arteeva, head of the State Housing Inspectorate for Izhemsky District of Komi. Semyonov did so because Arteeva refused to conduct an inspection of the actions of a regional operator who was removing rubbish and who had included in the contract a non-operational container site next to a playground. 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In May, he was fined 30,000 rubles (≈US$475 as of May 2022) under the administrative article on defamation (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of the post on VKontakte: the text of the publication stated the number of children who had died because of the war in Ukraine at that time.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 15.10.2022 to 01.02.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 01.02.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 28.09.2022 to 03.10.2022\n• administrative detention: from 03.10.2022 to 15.10.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.02.2025, Sentence: A fine of 100,000 rubles (≈US$1000 as of January 2025), with exemption from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 100,000 rubles (≈US$1000 as of January 2025), with exemption from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-03T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-03T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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A case was brought against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. She was given a covenant not to leave. 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She is outside Russia, wanted, arrested in absentia in the case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces.\n","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Natalia Peterimova's case of \"fakes\" about the activity of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine in Krasnoyarsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Details are unknown.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNvGp7fbWbIIZb5"},{"persecution_id":"recGds6IWYA7psrmF","last_updated":"2025-02-07T11:33:04.000Z","person_id":"recI0JSLmlD4f4msf","name_en":"Andrey Novashov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attV84mqpKNJKCgzk.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attV84mqpKNJKCgzk.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A journalist from Prokopyevsk. A case was brought against him for spreading knowingly false information about the Armed Forces. The court chose a preventive measure in the form of a prohibition on certain actions: in particular, Novashov was forbidden to use the telephone and the Internet. Later, the restrictions were tightened, prohibiting him from communicating with correspondents of Sibir.Realii and Taiga.info. On 6 March 2023, Novashov was sentenced to eight months of corrective labour.\nOn 13 March 2024, Novashov was searched, reasons unknown.\nOn 31 January 2025, Novashov was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":370,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Novashov's case of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine","case_number":"1-37/2023 (1-317/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published a translated account by advisor to the mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko about the siege of the city, and also made four publications, in one of which he \"substituted the goal and objectives of the Russian Armed Forces\", as he indicated \"the violent nature of the actions of the Russian Armed Forces\" instead of writing that they \"protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens through demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 29.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.03.2023, Sentence: 8 months of corrective labour and a one-year publication prohibition","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 months of corrective labour and a one-year publication prohibition","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-06T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-06T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGds6IWYA7psrmF"},{"persecution_id":"recZJWYIpcHtpGUIq","last_updated":"2026-04-28T17:35:31.000Z","person_id":"recxRX5GKUSLJmaQp","name_en":"Artem Skakalin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attQECjiu9dAGWZbo.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attQECjiu9dAGWZbo.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A janitor from Tambov. On June 27th 2022, he was detained by FSB officers near the Russian-Ukrainian border in Bryansk region. He was arrested under the administrative article for disobeying a lawful order or demand of a serviceman in connection with the performance of duties to guard the State Border of the Russian Federation  (Article 18.7 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On July 4th, Skakalin was taken into custody on charges of preparing to participate in an illegal armed formation: according to the investigation, he intended to join the \"Freedom of Russia\" Legion. On 20th of  October 2022, Skakalin was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony. On July 12th 2023, the court of cassation instance cancelled the verdict and sent the case for a new consideration. On 15th of August 2023, the court of first instance again sentenced Skakalin to seven years in a strict regime colony, only the term of imprisonment was changed - two years instead of one and a half. On March 20th 2024, the court of appeal overturned this sentence. On April 22nd 2024, the court of first instance again sentenced Skakalin to seven years in a strict regime colony with the same prison term as the second time.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Street cleaners"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":115,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Artem Skakalin's case of participation in the activities of an illegal armed group","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being an adherent of the Nazi ideology of Ukraine and an active opponent of the domestic and foreign policy of the Russian Federation, Artem entered into correspondence with a recruiter of an illegal armed formation, who promised assistance in crossing the state border.\n","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (temporarily)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.07.2022 to 20.02.2023\n• in custody: from 12.07.2023 to 17.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.02.2023 to 12.07.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• administrative detention: from 27.06.2022 to 03.07.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.07.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.10.2022, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment, of which the first year and a half are in prison, the rest are in a strict regime colony• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 15.08.2023, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 are in a prison, the rest are in a strict regime colony• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 22.04.2024, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 are in a prison, the rest are in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 are in a prison, the rest are in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-20T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/skakalin-artyom-alekseevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZJWYIpcHtpGUIq"},{"persecution_id":"recH3n7VHvLnszjU7","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:01:58.000Z","person_id":"rec94MRLJbqYBRmvy","name_en":"Unknown male 17","birth_year":2005,"age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":17,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of the city of Ulan-Ude, a minor at the time of the prosecution. A case of vandalism was opened against him: according to the investigation, he, together with another minor, set fire to a banner with the letter V attached to the Lenin monument. The FSB press service said that the suspect \"repented and admitted guilt\".\n","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of setting fire to a banner with the letter V","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, participated in the arson of the banner with the letter V, attached to the monument to Lenin.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recH3n7VHvLnszjU7"},{"persecution_id":"recjWFm7VWzZqwKuA","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"rec3Nm3hWqcaucImw","name_en":"Igor Korotkov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Adygea, he was twice nominated as a self-nominated candidate in elections to the Council of Deputies of the Krasnogvardeysky District. He runs the YouTube channel Social Patriot. Criminal proceedings were initiated against him for disseminating deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 3 March 2023, Korotkov was sentenced to a fine of 800,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Krasnogvardeyskoye"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":92,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces in the Krasnogvardeysky district of Adygea","case_number":"1-13/2023 (1-504/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was opened after a link to a video was shared on WhatsApp that allegedly contained false information about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces. According to investigators, the post was made from a mobile phone in March 2022.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.03.2023, Sentence: a fine of 800 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 800 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 750 thousand roubles to 1 million roubles","verdict_fine":800000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-03T11:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-03T11:40:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjWFm7VWzZqwKuA"},{"persecution_id":"recbKkbWu1ylYOoDh","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:19:00.000Z","person_id":"recFhgEBkx8kEnJgs","name_en":"Unknown male 14","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Makhachkala. He was accused of using violence against a representative of the authorities in connection with a protest against mobilisation on 26 September 2022. The other defendants in the case claimed to have responded to the screams of a girl whose phone had been stolen during the rally. In the theft they suspected a certain person, who, as it later turned out, was a police officer (he was in civilian clothes at the rally). In March 2023, the investigation reclassified the charge to causing minor harm to health out of hooliganism.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"26.09.2022 Anti-war actions and against mobilisation","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 115 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["115"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 115"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of violence against police lieutenant S. 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In Soviet times worked as an engineer, after 1991 he owned retail grocery shops in Magnitogorsk. In Sovetsk he lived with his paralysed 96-year-old mother and looked after her alone. A search was conducted in Baryshnikov's house on 4 May 2022. On June 22nd it became known that another case was brought against him, also under the article on the dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Later there was information that the cases were combined.\nBaryshnikov is suspected of having cancer.\nOn 22 June 2023 Baryshnikov was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime penal colony.\nOn August 7th, Baryshnikov's mother died. The court refused to let him attend the funeral.\nIn September, his lawyer reported that due to the negligence of FSIN officers, Baryshnikov was taken to the hospital three hours late, and the doctors there found that his bladder was overfilled and on the verge of bursting. It turned out that the tube with an epicystostomy, which was installed in his abdomen and needs to be changed once a month, was last changed on July 31st — the doctor who did it was forced to resign and leave the country. After mass appeals to the prosecutor's office of the Kaliningrad region, Baryshnikov was allowed to resume his medical examination. At the same time, it became known that in the pre-trial detention centre his food parcels were spoilt deliberately.\nIn January 2024, Baryshnikov's lawyer reported that he was placed in a prison hospital, where his epicystostomy was changed, and that he is going to be placed in a civil hospital for a biopsy. However, there were many problems remaining: the convict had to sleep at 15 degrees Celsius, which makes him feverish. At January 10th, the medicines appointed at the end of December were not transferred, as there was no authorization of the administration. Although the epicystostomy has been replaced, it was installed in such a way that it continues to cause inconvenience: at night Baryshnikov has to get up to change his underwear.\nIn December 2023, Baryshnikov told his friend that some letters were not reaching him. He explained that he only received one response form from her instead of two. He also said that letters are often delayed, and he received response forms alone from Oksana Osadcha, who went out on pickets in support of a political prisoner, while the letters themselves were not given to him.\nIn June 2024 it became known that Baryshnikov was ordered not to talk about politics with other prisoners in the colony. He also had problems with care packages \"from the outside\", and his card for calling from the colony was switched off for an unknown reason. In addition, Baryshnikov was called in by the disciplinary commission because he walked around the colony in shorts instead of trousers (the temperature that day was +30 degrees Celsius, and an epicystostomy should not be overheated).\nOn 26 September 2024, Baryshnikov underwent surgery to remove an prostate adenoma: this may obviate the need for a cystostomy.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sovetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":417,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Igor Baryshnikov on posts about the shelling of a maternity hospital in Mariupol and the murders of Bucha residents","case_number":"1-5/2023 (1-115/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"He published posts about the shelling of a maternity hospital in Mariupol, the killing of residents of Bucha, the sinking of the cruiser \"Moscow\", the shooting of Ukrainian civilians by the Russian military, and other reports on the war.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 22.06.2023\n• in custody: from 22.06.2023 to 21.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.11.2023 to 08.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.12.2023 to 01.09.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n• Unknown: \n• Unknown: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 10.07.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n• punishment cell: from 10.07.2025 to 17.07.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n• punishment cell: from 17.07.2025 to 31.07.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.07.2025 to 02.10.2030, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.06.2023, Sentence: 7 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":90,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-22T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-22T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-08-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/baryshnikov-igor-lazarevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"receN84HJaDtQOQzQ"},{"persecution_id":"recwA8LPseRcBZFTQ","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:41:57.000Z","person_id":"recgifxTgOUGkqD9j","name_en":"Boris Zimin","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Entrepreneur, philanthropist, patron of the arts. Left Russia in 2004. He was the founder of the Sreda Foundation, which supported independent Russian media. In 2015, the foundation was recognised as a \"foreign agent\", after which the organisation announced its self-liquidation. He was a member of the board of the Dynasty Foundation for the Support and Development of Russian Fundamental Science. This project was created by Zimin's father - philanthropist Dmitry Zimin, who passed away in 2021. In 2015, \"Dynasty\" also ceased its activities due to inclusion in the register of \"foreign agents\".\nIn October 2020, Alexei Navalny revealed that Boris Zimin had paid for a private jet that took the politician after his poisoning from Omsk to Germany.\nOne of the founders of the \"Redkollegiya\" award in the field of independent journalism.\nHeads the Zimin Foundation, which has launched several programmes to help students, academics and journalists forced to flee Ukraine and Russia.\nHe has repeatedly spoken out about the war.\nIn January 2023, it became known that a fraud case was opened against Zimin in connection with a deal to alienate shares in the carsharing company BelkaCar Ltd.\nZimin considers the case to be politically motivated.\nOn 22nd April 2025, he was sentenced in absentia to nine years' imprisonment.\nOn 14th October 2025, the FSB reported that a case of forcible seizure of power and organisation of a terrorist community had been opened against Zimin and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":873,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":124,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Boris Zimin's fraud case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between February 2017 and October 2019, he orchestrated the theft of 100% of the shares of the carsharing company BelkaCar Ltd, valued at 367 million roubles, through a share transfer transaction.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2025, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in absentia, a fine of 1 million roubles, and a 2 years' ban on activities related to the performance of management functions in commercial organisations ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in absentia, a fine of 1 million roubles, and a 2 years' ban on activities related to the performance of management functions in commercial organisations ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1000000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-22T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-22T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwA8LPseRcBZFTQ"},{"persecution_id":"recndgtoXpVNf0BV0","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recbnl5GyfUJmtmi1","name_en":"Andrey Fedorov","birth_year":1998,"age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Cheboksary. A case of vandalism was brought against him: according to the investigation, together with another persecuted person, he damaged a light installation with the letter Z. For this he has already been fined 30 thousand rubles each under the article on \"discrediting\" the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Offences Code). He was under an obligation to appear. The criminal case was considered in a special order. On 4 August 2022 the prosecution was terminated, Fedotov was given a judicial fine of 20 thousand rubles. However, on 3 October the court of appeal cancelled this decision, and on 18 November Fedorov was sentenced to eight months of restricted freedom.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":169,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of damage to a light installation featuring the letter Z in Cheboksary","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in damaging a light installation with a letter \"Z\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.11.2022, Sentence: judicial precinct No. 2 (18.11): 8 months of restriction of liberty; judicial district No. 7 (04.08): case dismissed","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"judicial precinct No. 2 (18.11): 8 months of restriction of liberty; judicial district No. 7 (04.08): case dismissed","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-17T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recndgtoXpVNf0BV0"},{"persecution_id":"recSxUERUhZC1hy2m","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recvhKbOLiXjGjasu","name_en":"Kirill Alekhin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attvi7bbNBxB72U8s.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attvi7bbNBxB72U8s.jpg"],"birth_year":1982,"age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Following his arrest for a period of 10 days due to his participation in an anti-war rally on the 24th of February in Kazan and subsequent search in connection with an incitement to mass disorder case, it was revealed that Alekhin is also a suspect in a case involving the dissemination of false information about the Russian army. Currently, Alekhin is located outside of Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 207.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Kirill Alekhin on \"fakes\" about the activity of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Details are unknown.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSxUERUhZC1hy2m"},{"persecution_id":"recO1HDFhiqwQzfJJ","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"recle3y81hsdKlmMW","name_en":"Maxim Katz","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attRVoVCt49BNFyat.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attRVoVCt49BNFyat.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Politician, blogger. Included in the register of \"foreign agents\" in July 2022.\n\nThe case was initiated on 7 April 2022 under Part 1 of the article on \"fakes\", but later the part was changed, and on 20 February 2023 Katz was charged in absentia under paragraph \"e\" of Part 2 of the article (spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces on the grounds of political hatred). On 23 March, he was arrested in absentia. On 24 August 2023, Katz was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison.\n\nIn August 2025, a case was brought against the politician for evasion of duties as a \"foreign agent\". On 11 March 2026, he was sentenced in absentia to nine years in this case, taking into account the previous sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":327,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Maxim Katz's case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"01-0355/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, he published the video about killing of civilians in occupied Bucha on his YouTube channel.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.08.2023, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-24T07:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-24T07:45:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recO1HDFhiqwQzfJJ"},{"persecution_id":"recYs63vTCvgNgkv9","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:30:27.000Z","person_id":"recKR0zM7iPCuVIr0","name_en":"Valery Kotovich","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attETQziw4e9d7fxU.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attETQziw4e9d7fxU.jpg"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Valery served in the internal troops of Ukraine on the territory of Crimea, in 2014 he received citizenship of the Russian Federation. According to the \"Dva Mayora\" Telegram channel, since 2020 Valery served in the Southern Logistics Centre of the Rosgvardia (Federal Public Establishment) as a Head of the Procurement Department. A case was opened against him for spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces. Telegram channel \"Dva Mayora\" claims that Kotovich \"spoke about aggressive actions of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine, looting of soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces, unreliability of the stated goals and objectives of the special military operation, losses in manpower and equipment, suffering of the civilian population of Ukraine.\" Before that, the same channel reported that Kotovich, \"being an employee of the logistics unit, did not fully fulfil his duties, as a result of which the delivery of \tmateriel and foodstuffs to the units at the front was delayed.\" The denunciation against Kotovich was written by his subordinates.\n\nValery was taken into custody. On May 2, 2023, he was sentenced to six years of imprisonment in a general regime colony.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Law enforcement officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":259,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Valery Kotovich on \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"Telegram channel \"Dva Mayora\" claims that Kotovich \"spoke out about aggressive actions of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine, looting of soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces, unreliability of the goals and objectives of the special military operation, losses in manpower and equipment, and suffering of the civilian population of Ukraine\". Before that, the same channel reported that Kotovych, \"being an employee of the logistics unit, did not fully fulfil his due duties, as a result of which the delivery of materiel and foodstuffs to the units at the front was delayed\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.08.2022 to 14.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.07.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2023, Sentence: 6 years of prison in a general regime colony, deprivation of the rank of colonel and the right to hold certain posts for three years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of special rank"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years of prison in a general regime colony, deprivation of the rank of colonel and the right to hold certain posts for three years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-17T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-17T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 02-06-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-byvshego-polkovnika-rosgvardii-valeriya-kotovicha/\n• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 17-04-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47622/?sphrase_id=2011398\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recYs63vTCvgNgkv9"},{"persecution_id":"reczX7LDNq6F5UgdN","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"rec2wjXadsYBdCvcD","name_en":"Konstantin Pokhilchuk","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. After being searched and detained in early March 2022 as part of a case of false reporting of a terrorist attack (part of a campaign against anti-war activists), Pokhilchuk was given an ultimatum: either he would leave or a case would be brought against him for statements made on the Internet. Pokhilchuk preferred to leave, but at that time he did not have a foreign passport. As a result, at the end of March he was searched again, in another case under a similar article. He was held for two days in a temporary detention centre, after which Pokhilchuk left the country.\nPokhilchuk said in an interview that he was beaten during the search and asked about his posts about the Russian army. After the arrest, according to the activist, he was given an ultimatum: either he would leave or a case would be opened against him in connection with his statements on the Internet. Pokhilchuk preferred to leave, but at that time he did not have a foreign passport. 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Supposedly detained on 9th September 2022 in Simferopol (the second-largest city on the Crimean Peninsula). According to the FSB version, the detainee \"threatened to kill\" Russian military personnel in one of the Telegram's group chats. On 14th November 2022, the court sentenced Glazunov to five months of forced labour. 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The law enforcement officers met Fedosov at the entrance and immediately took away his phone. He was taken for questioning to the police station № 1. Fedosov spent the whole day there. In the evening, he tried to leave the department, but was grabbed and beaten. Fedosov was then taken home, where the equipment was seized in front of witnesses and inventoried. He was allowed to stay at home, but was told that if he did not come to the department the next day, he would \"feel bad\". On 10 November he came to the department, where he was not interrogated, but the officers told him to buy a SIM card and be in touch. Fedosov found out about the criminal case against him on 22 December during interrogation.\nOn 8 June 2023, Fedosov was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhnevartovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":211,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgeny Fedosov's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-591/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated by seven reposts of anti-war posts on VKontakte: they talked about the results of the 151st day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, support for the Ukrainian army, and the crimes of the Russian military; one of the posts began with the words \"gopniks in the Kremlin\", another had a caricature poster with Vladimir Putin, whose \"appearance is similar\" to Adolf Hitler.\nAccording to the investigation, the text of one of the posts read: in the village of Yagodnoye (Ukraine), the Russian military held almost the entire population of the village (351 people) in the basement of a school for 28 days. Another post, according to the indictment, said that at the Kalanchak station in the Kherson region, \"the Russians blew up their own train with military equipment and ammunition.\".\n","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.06.2023, Sentence: A fine of 150 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 150 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-08T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-08T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-12-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/12/d47407/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recHR7iuqWInIK0JD"},{"persecution_id":"recmvIPxlVtP2aiek","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recxw4hLzS1swIV1Z","name_en":"Leonid Gozman","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attEclrN1pzHigWxk.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attEclrN1pzHigWxk.jpg"],"birth_year":1950,"birth_date":"1950-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":75,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":72,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a politician, a public figure and a psychologist. In the past, he was one of the leaders of the Union of Right Forces party and later led the Right Cause. In April 2022, a case was initiated against him for failure to notify the authorities of his foreign citizenship, but the information was made public as late as 15 July. The politician was detained and questioned by the Investigative Committee and was released afterwards. Gozman was detained again on 25 July, and after that an arrest warrant was reported to have been issued for him. However, he was then released, and the investigator apologised and said that there had been a mistake. On 30 August, Gozman was arrested for 15 days under the article on equating the actions of the USSR with those of Nazi Germany (Part 1 of Article 13.48 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for a post he had made on Facebook. On 13 September, he was detained on his way out of the special detention centre and the next day was arrested for the same period under the 2nd part of the same article (a repeated offence) for an online post dated 2013. After that Gozman left Russia.\n\nIn December 2023, a case was reported to have been initiated against Gozman for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. On 11 July 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in this case.\n\nIn January 2025, Gozman was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with a mark that is placed at the names of people prosecuted under terrorist articles. A case of public justification of terrorism was later reported to have beein initiated against him for his interview in the Russian-language version of the Bild newspaper about Ukrainian drone attacks and the explosion on the Crimean Bridge.\n\nOn 14 October 2025, the FSB reported about the initiation of a case against Gozman and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for a violent seizure of power and organising the activities of a terrorist community. The basis for initiating the case was the adoption of the Berlin Declaration on the need for a change of power in Russia.\n\nOn 14 November, the court sentenced Gozman in absentia to ten years of imprisonment in the case of justification of terrorism. 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He regularly held solitary pickets against the decisions of local authorities. He staged theatrical shows to exorcise spirits from the regional Council of Deputies and regional administration. On 29 August, Grigoriev was detained in a cafeteria while he was working on a FIFO roster in the town of Stary Oskol (the Belgorod region) and taken to Lipetsk, where he was searched. Grigoriev was then taken to the Investigative Committee, where he was interrogated in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces in the presence of a state-appointed lawyer. The activist was asked, in particular, how he feels about the war, the letters Z and V, and why he writes “putin” without capitalisation. After the interrogation Grigoriev was released under the obligation to show up. Initially the case was reported to have been initiated under paragraph “e” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code (dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation motivated by hatred), but later Grigoriev was said to have been charged under Part 1 of that article. After the information about the criminal case appeared, Grigoriev lost his job: his employer did not renew the contract with the activist, stating that he did not need “criminals”.\nIn connection with his statements about the investigator who oversaw the case of “fakes” in Dzen and on VKontakte (Grigoriev, in particular, called him a “ragged bitch”), a case of insulting a representative of the authorities was also initiated against the activist. According to the latest information, the joint case still involves paragraph “e” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code. Grigoriev was on a recognisance not to leave the country. In September, the court arrested Grigoriev in absentia and an arrest warrant was issued for him.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lipetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Grigoriev’s case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March he published some “knowingly false information” about the actions of the Russian army “via a channel that he administered on a media platform”. The case was initiated for publications on \"Yandex.Zen\" and on the website of RIA \"Lipetsk\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court","arrest in absentia","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n• arrest in absentia: from 08.09.2023\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 08.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCoNS61v8wlrikr"},{"persecution_id":"recLz5QadX4km54w5","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recZMNG5UWJoiyIl6","name_en":"Oleg Kashintsev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attTHeAOmXtAe0QUI.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attTHeAOmXtAe0QUI.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former policeman from Yaroslavl. He is  currently outside Russia. On 9 March 2022, a case was opened against him for disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. In May 2022, he was declared wanted and arrested in absentia. Later it became known that his bank accounts were seized. Interpol refused to fulfil the Russian Federation's request for Kashintsev's extradition. On 27 January 2023, the court sentenced him in absentia to eight years in prison and deprivation of rank.\nIn March 2024, the former policeman was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Law enforcement officials"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":324,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Kashintsev's case of \"fakes\" about the activity of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine","case_number":"01-0154/2023 (01-0652/2022)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was opened on the basis of two social media posts made in March: one with a video of an interrogation of a Russian pilot who had been shot down in Ukraine, and another with a collage of photos of Putin and Hitler and a red equal sign, accompanied by a caption criticising the war in Ukraine and the actions of the Russian president.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.01.2023, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in absentia, with ban on administering social media accounts and holding positions in law-enforcement agencies during 4 years, and with deprivation of his special rank of police major","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in absentia, with ban on administering social media accounts and holding positions in law-enforcement agencies during 4 years, and with deprivation of his special rank of police major","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-27T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-27T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLz5QadX4km54w5"},{"persecution_id":"rec30EgkgNjJOFokt","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recbz0ojkRBRsuOux","name_en":"Evgeny Tronev","birth_year":1981,"age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Verkhny Mamon village (Voronezh Oblast). A criminal case on discrediting the Armed Forces was initiated in November 2022. Law enforcers broke into Tronev's house and detained him. He gave a confession. In May 2023, Tronev was sentenced to two years of probation and compulsory observation by a psychiatrist in outpatient conditions. On 7 September, the court of appeal acknowledged that the court of orginial jurisdiction had incorrectly qualified the act as belonging to the category of medium gravity (according to the later wording of the Criminal Code article) rather than minor, and replaced the suspended imprisonment with a fine of 100,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pavlovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":209,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces in Voronezh Oblast","persecution_case_profile_en":"In June and July, he published \"discrediting\" reposts in some messenger app \"on a publicly accessible channel for an indefinite number of people\", of which he was the administrator. In April, he was fined 15,000 rubles under a similar administrative article (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a comment in VKontakte.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.05.2023, Sentence: Two years prison sentence on probation for two years, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the creation, maintenance and support of websites, forums, messengers, social networks, groups and chat rooms using electronic and information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of two years, and medical measures in the form of compulsory observation and treatment by a psychiatrist on an outpatient basis.","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment","Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Compulsory treatment","Suspended sentence","Other","Penalty","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years prison sentence on probation for two years, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the creation, maintenance and support of websites, forums, messengers, social networks, groups and chat rooms using electronic and information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of two years, and medical measures in the form of compulsory observation and treatment by a psychiatrist on an outpatient basis.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-29T11:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-29T11:20:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec30EgkgNjJOFokt"},{"persecution_id":"recKNtYLy1TyqpaR2","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recVL8Tr4WbY9hklL","name_en":"Irina Tolmacheva","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Civic activist, former chair of the Teachers' Alliance.\nIn March 2022, a case was brought against her for knowingly spreading false information about the Russian armed forces.\nOn 22 September 2022, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office due to the fact that the exact time of writing the comment and the time zone difference between Moscow and Novosibirsk were not specified in the case.\nIn December, the case came back to court.\nOn 7 June 2023, during the court debates, the prosecutor required that Tolmacheva be sentenced to two years in prison, pointing out that she had committed a crime of medium gravity. Tolmacheva replied that at the time the case was initiated, it was considered a minor offence. The prosecutor then asked to sentence her to 10 months of correctional labour. On 6 July, the court sentenced Tolmacheva to nine months of corrective labour.\nIn her social networks Tolmacheva publishes posts about neuralgia, from which she has been suffering for several years.\nIn March 2024 it became known that she was released from the execution of the sentence due to her illness, as in December 2023 the medical commission decided that Irina was not liable to punishment due to her illness (cerebellar ataxia).","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":492,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":70,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case against Irina Tolmacheva over \"false information\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces within the territory of Ukraine","case_number":"1-190/2023 (1-812/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Tolmacheva, the reason for the case was her comment on the page of a Novosibirsk city councillor Sergey Boyko, which said that the Ministry of Defence did not acknowledge all the facts about the deaths of Russian servicemen in Ukraine. Tolmacheva claims that she posted this one on 3 March, a day before Article 207.3 was added to the Criminal Code.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 09.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.07.2023, Sentence: 9 months of corrective labour","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 months of corrective labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-06T05:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-06T05:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKNtYLy1TyqpaR2"},{"persecution_id":"recUaxnlY7lCk03i7","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"recuDU9YRlBDUfd0j","name_en":"Natalya Indukaeva","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the town of Kolpashevo (Tomsk region), a pensioner. In March 2022, it became known that a case of vandalism was brought against her because she had made an inscription about war with Ukraine on the wall of the local Rybnik Cultural Centre. Her home was searched. She fully admitted her guilt and compensated for the damage, therefore the case was dropped.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kolpashevo"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":212,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Natalia Indukaeva over the inscription on the cultural center wall in Kolpashevo","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she wrote a message about the war in Ukraine on the wall of the local cultural center..","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.09.2022, Sentence: Case dismissed","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Case dismissed","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-29T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUaxnlY7lCk03i7"},{"persecution_id":"rec3ju9Ob9L2zol4x","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recTbYDhhN1DP5aQH","name_en":"Olesia Krivtsova","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Student of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University. On 26 December 2022, she was searched, after which she was detained. Later it became known that a case was opened for discrediting the Armed Forces, as well as public justification of terrorism. The court elected her a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions.\nOn 3 January 2023, Krivtsova was detained, accusing that tickets from Russia had been bought in her name. At the same time, the girl's support group claims that neither she nor any of her relatives bought the tickets. The next day the court sent her under house arrest.\nKrivtsova managed to leave Russia. After that, the investigator began threatening her family. In June, Krivtsova and her husband were expelled from the university.\nIn July 2024, it became known that Krivtsova's Russian passport was cancelled. At the same time, Krivtsova's mother was fined because, according to the law enforcers, the girl had stolen the electronic bracelet of the Federal Penitentiary Service.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The of Olesya Krivtsova's case on repeated discreditation of the RF Armed Forces and justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case under the article on repeated discreditation of the army was initiated because of a repost of an anti-war publication by activist Ilia Leshukov in VKontakte. Also the case on public justification of terrorism was initiated because of Instagram stories about the explosion on the Crimean Bridge. On May 30, Krivtsova was fined 30,000 rubles under the article on discredetation of the army of the Russian Federation (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of the anti-war leaflet. The decision came into force.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-03-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnoj-studentku-iz-arhangelska-olesyu-krivczovu/\n• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47792/?sphrase_id=2011415\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"rec3ju9Ob9L2zol4x"},{"persecution_id":"rec4jxuWZLeqDKeeI","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recHz8N4SvvWiN2QK","name_en":"Christo Grozev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0PkDMWK0HnzvLA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0PkDMWK0HnzvLA.jpg"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Bulgaria"],"story_en":"He is one of the authors of the investigation into the poisoning of Alexei Navalny in 2020, launched by journalists from Bellingcat, The Insider and CNN with the participation of Der Spiegel. The investigative journalists found that a group of FSB officers had been travelling on Navalny’s trail since 2017, including on the alleged days of the poisoning.\nIn July, the FSB said Grozev was involved in a plan by Ukrainian intelligence services to hijack Russian warplanes. At that time, an arrest warrant was issued for him for the first time.\nOn 21 April 2023, Grozev was added to the register of “foreign agents”.\nOn the same day, he was arrested in absentia in a case of illegal border crossing. In addition, according to unconfirmed reports, a case was initiated against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 207.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Christo Grozev’s case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"Grozev is charged with helping the editor-in-chief of The Insider Roman Dobrokhotov, who was a witness in a case of libel, to illegally cross the Russian border.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4jxuWZLeqDKeeI"},{"persecution_id":"recRXK9Oug3RsrBm1","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recqB4vuo80DP59Nm","name_en":"Kirill Brick","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attHlVYrYui8xxFXj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attHlVYrYui8xxFXj.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tyumen. Along with Deniz Aydin detained at the end of August 2022 with some kind of explosive substance. Claimed that they planned to test it out of curiosity. Later he said that he had been subjected to torture, as a result of which he had incriminated himself and other persons involved in the case. According to the version of the investigation, was part of a group of six people who planned terrorist attacks on the railway. Detainees' friends consider the case to be part of a large-scale pressure on anti-fascists.\nBrick was transferred to another detention centre, separate from the other five defendants. The support group did not rule out that this was done to exert pressure. Later, Brik refused the services of a lawyer hired for him by the support group; the activists assumed that he was being induced to sign a pre-trial agreement with the investigation. Later it turned out that Brick was not in the pre-trial detention centre, where he was previously held, but then it was reported that he was there. On May 24th 2023 it became known that Brick fully admitted guilt.\nOn 28th of September it was reported that Brick had entered into an agreement with the investigation.\nOn May 16th 2024, Brick was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians","Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":623,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","223.1","222.1","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 3, Article 223.1","Part 4, Article 222.1","Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The Ural anti-fascists case"],"case_name_en":"Kirill Brick's case","case_number":"2-106/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, along with Deniz Aydin, he made improvised explosive devices for use in attacks planned by the terrorist community.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 30.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 20.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.05.2024, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 600,000 roubles (US$ 6761) and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 600,000 roubles (US$ 6761) and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-16T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-16T09:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRXK9Oug3RsrBm1"},{"persecution_id":"recQNgRoMifIRk4n1","last_updated":"2025-08-14T08:33:05.000Z","person_id":"recVRm5suHhPRmsQR","name_en":"Bakhrom Khamroev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzNxAMJdHiOAc6D.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzNxAMJdHiOAc6D.jpg"],"birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on February 24, 2022. Law enforcement had key to his apartment and were able to access it. On February 26, the court decided to take Khamroev into custody. On March 4, the offices of Memorial and Civil Assistance were searched as part of the case. Lawyers and the chairman of the board of the International \"Memorial\" Yan Rachinsky were not allowed into its offices. The search in one of Memorial's offices lasted through the night of March 5. Following the search, the staff noticed that several Z's - symbols of support for the war in Ukraine - as well as the phrase \"Memorial is over\" were put onto whiteboards and flip charts in the office.\n\nBakhrom Khamroev has been involved in human rights work in Russia since 1992. He dedicated the last few years to defending the rights of migrants from Asia, and Russian Muslims. In February of 2020, the court dropped the criminal case against Khamroev under the article on fictitious registration of foreigners (Article 322.2 of the Criminal Code). The case was closed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nIn 2016 and 2017, Khamroev was searched twice in relation to a case against two refugees from Uzbekistan, in which the human rights defender was a witness. During one of the interrogations, FSB officers asked Khamroev why he was helping the \"extremists\".\n\nOn October 17, 2022, it became known that a charge for organising activities of a terrorist organisation was also brought against Khamroev. Later the charge was reclassified to participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation.\n\nOn May 23, 2023, Khamroev was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony. On October 10, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by three months.\n\nKhamroev's wife reported that on January 23, 2024 he was severely beaten in the Vladimirskiy Central prison. This happened after Khamroev repeatedly filed complaints about the conditions of detention. According to his wife, \"He received blows on his legs, groin, kidneys, there were bloody abrasions on his back, he lost consciousness from a blow to his head\". After that, Khamroev's lawyer was prevented from visiting his client twice, and medical workers refused to record the beatings. Other Muslims detained in the facility demanded an end to his abuse, and some of them also received beatings.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":453,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Bakhrom Khamroev on justification of terrorism and organisation of activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-55/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he promoted activities of the radical Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is recognised as a terrorist organisation in Russia, by means of six posts on Facebook, including two reposts of Uzbek-language materials related to the party, as well as a video recording of the Arabic-language Al-Wakiya TV channel with dubbing in Uzbek; he provided assistance to those accused of terrorism and accumulated materials realted to their cases.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.02.2022 to 10.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 24.02.2022 to 26.02.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.10.2023 to 01.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2023 to 01.12.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023 to 01.02.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment cell: from 09.02.2024 to 14.02.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.02.2024 to 13.12.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment cell: from 13.12.2024 to 18.12.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 24.03.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.01.2025 to 01.02.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.02.2025 to 01.02.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• Unknown: from 24.03.2025 to 07.06.2025\n• Unknown: from 07.06.2025\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.05.2023, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment, the first 3 of which are in prison, the remaining 11 are in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment, the first 3 of which are in prison, the remaining 11 are in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":165,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-23T14:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-23T14:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-10-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/10/d47075/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-02-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/02/d45856/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 23-05-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Hamroev-Bahrom-Mardonovich-05-24\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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On 25 February, he spray-painted several anti-war inscriptions at the public transport stop \"Vodstroy\". Two citizens grabbed him, threw him to the ground and held him until the police arrived. Devyatov later told \"Support Service\" that after his detention he was beaten by officers of the Center for Combating Extremism.\nOn 27 October 2022, Devyatov was sentenced to two years of restriction of freedom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":244,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 25.02.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Th Vasiliy Devyatov's case of the anti-war inscription in Belgorod","persecution_case_profile_en":"Devyatov spray-painted several anti-war graffiti on the public transport stop \"Vodstroy\". According to Fonar.TV, one of the graffiti accused Russia of fascism.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.10.2022, Sentence: Restriction of liberty for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Restriction of liberty for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-27T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-27T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reczmfNfwSpfCt0Fq"},{"persecution_id":"rec5sPioKLAkZG6J5","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recbcVMZglpKxUr96","name_en":"Ivan Volkov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":119,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":17,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 244 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["244"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 244"],"case_name_en":"A case against an artist over a faeces-shaped installation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.05.2022, Sentence: 5 months of correctional labour","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 months of correctional labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-05-16T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-05-16T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5sPioKLAkZG6J5"},{"persecution_id":"rec5pWxFeAifX8Akr","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recpKx9xUTTX45Y3j","name_en":"Marsel Nabiullin","birth_year":1989,"age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Astrakhan. He was detained on 25 April 2022 after a call from a security guard at the Vastorg shopping centre, who complained that the man had left an anti-war inscription on a billboard near the building. An expert examination showed that the man was drunk. The Astrakhan man was charged with discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and petty hooliganism involving disobedience to a lawful order of a public official (Part 2, Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Under the first report he was fined 30 thousand rubles, and under the second one he was arrested for five days. In addition, it became known that the man left inscriptions \"No to war!\" on two buildings and two monuments, namely on the monument to former Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev and on the memorial stone at the base of the Aliyev Square. This was the reason for initiation of a criminal case. On 1 December 2022, the Astrakhan man was sentenced to two years of restriction of liberty.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Astrakhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":243,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vandalism case in Astrakhan","persecution_case_profile_en":"He painted the words \"No to war!\" on two buildings and two monuments, specifically on the monument to former Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev and on the memorial stone at the base of the Aliyev Square.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.12.2022, Sentence: 2 years' restrictions of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' restrictions of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-30T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5pWxFeAifX8Akr"},{"persecution_id":"recHC4bZSz7AAQaE9","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rec9HXVVtZj29Hel5","name_en":"Kira Yarmysh","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUA49QyjO9QjNwq.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUA49QyjO9QjNwq.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Spokesman for Alexei Navalny, author of the novel \"The Incredible Events in Women's Cell Number 3\".\n\nOn 30 January 2021, she was detained as part of a criminal case on violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules. On 1 February, the court sent Yarmysh under house arrest. Later she was charged with incitement to violate the rules.\n\nOn 16 August she was sentenced to one and a half years of restricted freedom. On 30 August it became known that Yarmysh left Russia. On 11 March 2022, it was reported that Yarmysh was wanted. On 16 June, the court commuted her remaining sentence - nine months - to real deprivation of liberty.\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was opened against Yarmysh for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.\n\nOn 14 October 2022, she was entered in the register of individuals - \"foreign agents\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Beautiful Russia case","The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"The case of Maria Pevchikh, Dmitry Nizovtsev, Kira Yarmysh, and Anna Biryukova","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she told about Russian bombing of civilians in Ukraine and participated in the activities of an extremist community.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 22-08-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recHC4bZSz7AAQaE9"},{"persecution_id":"recm7hL1HA3nlhATz","last_updated":"2025-04-28T13:38:50.000Z","person_id":"recdUnuETZtLAbRRC","name_en":" Unknown male 28","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Tver. 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In March 2022, detained after an anti-war rally on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities. He was taken into custody. Pleaded guilty, his case was considered in court under special procedure. On 25 April he was sentenced to a year in a penal colony. 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Worked as a premises maintenance technician at the Red and White shop. The media describes him as an admirer of the late neo-Nazi Maksim Martsinkevich (\"Tesak\").\n\nA case was opened against Filatov for committing a terrorist act in connection with the arson attack on the military recruitment centre. On the morning of the same day as the arson attack, a post with a picture of a Molotov cocktail and the caption \"Everyone protests in the way they think is right\" appeared on Filatov's VKontakte page.\n\nOn 3 October 2023, Filatov was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn December 2024, it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Filatov.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Uryupinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":640,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the arson attack on a military recruitment centre in Uryupinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he set fire to a military recruitment centre in Uryupinsk. 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Detained after searches on 17 March 2022. Searches were conducted at a number of civil and political activists in the city in the case of involvement in mass riots in connection with anonymous posts in a Telegram channel. On 19 March Tukhvatullin was released without pre-trial restrictions. 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A criminal case on incitement to hatred was launched against her over the broadcast addressed to the wives of Russian military officers.\nOn 31 July, Moseychuk was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":883,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":126,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Natalia Moseychuk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"on the air of a Ukrainian television channel, she publicly called for the use of violence dangerous to life and health against Russian pilots participating in the special military operation on the territory of the Luhansk and Donetsk people's republics and Ukraine, as well as members of their families\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.07.2024, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-31T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-31T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recJU2RwnZ5HMZRIa"},{"persecution_id":"recRRGfsH7fQOPm1O","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"recKXriygeOin40ZR","name_en":"Vladimir Sergeev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attFNlGtYeJrNmvts.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attFNlGtYeJrNmvts.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sergeev was detained at the anti-war rally on 6 March. His relatives lost contact with him, and he was found only on 12 March in the hospital at the Sklifosovsky Emergency Medical Research Institute. He was taken there because he had taken methadone after his arrest. Later Sergeev was placed in custody. Initially, a case of preparation for hooliganism by a group of persons with the use of weapons or (Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code) was initiated. On 6 March, an anonymous group in social media website VKontakte Vezhlivye Ludi/Voina (Polite People / War) published a message that two citizens detained on Pushkinskaya Square were found in possession of explosives. Sergeev pleaded guilty. On 5 May it became known that the charge was reclassified to preparation for a terrorist act by a group of persons (Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code). On 20 April 2023 Sergeev was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony. On 27 September, the court of appeal reduced his sentence by two months.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":415,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 6.03.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of preparation for a terrorist attack in Moscow","case_number":"1-69/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"He stated that he was going to set fire to police vehicles at the action on 6 March and then commit suicide.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody:  to 27.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.09.2023 to 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2024 to 01.02.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2024 to 01.10.2025, FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.04.2023, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":94,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":22,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-20T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-20T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On April 15 of the same year, Khozyakin brought eggshells filled with red paint to the \"Mayak\" shopping center and threw them at the banner with Putin's image displayed there. The court decision states that he applied the paint \"deliberately chaotically\", \"thereby imitating blood as a symbol of bloodshed and violence\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.01.2023, Sentence: 6 months of restraint","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months of restraint","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-04-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/04/d47955/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recZWaIGb3HdCZsTK"},{"persecution_id":"recL0XFV1V4RkbtJl","last_updated":"2026-03-30T16:00:33.000Z","person_id":"recwyfuaXBKNhMnUe","name_en":"Andrey Klimashev","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":449,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Klimashev's case of violence against police officers at the rally on 23 January 2021","case_number":"01-0164/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at a rally in the winter of 2021, he kicked one policeman and sprayed two others with a gas canister","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.05.2023, Sentence: 5 years and 6 months' deprivation of liberty with time served in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 6 months' deprivation of liberty with time served in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-24T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-24T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recL0XFV1V4RkbtJl"},{"persecution_id":"recKa1VsWUuEJWYZ5","last_updated":"2023-10-31T17:14:19.000Z","person_id":"recaYNVWJyIPZHzD3","name_en":"Andrey Samodurov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. 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On March 28 the arrest from her property was lifted.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":342,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Veronika Belotserkovskaya's case of \"false information\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine","case_number":"01-0001/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, she published posts on her Instagram page which allegedly contained knowingly false information about the actions of the Russian army. She claimed that the Army was being used to \"destroy cities and civilian population of Ukraine, including children, during a special military operation on the territory of the said state\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.02.2023, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in absentia, ban on website administration for 5 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in absentia, ban on website administration for 5 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-06T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccD5i2ZtKT9j0SS"},{"persecution_id":"recQnEbWKbKqVRgKp","last_updated":"2026-03-22T15:04:59.000Z","person_id":"recFR7eDQtrdKdIx6","name_en":"Ilia Podkamennyi","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attNBMZ09edQaofSY.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attNBMZ09edQaofSY.jpg"],"birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He worked at the Subway fast-food chain. Podkamennyi was detained in November 2022. According to the investigation, he wrapped copper wire around railway tracks and attached handwritten leaflets to the tracks. The leaflets contained slogans such as \"Death to the Katsaps!\", \"Instead of leaves, Putinists will be hanging\", and \"Freedom for Siberia!\". \n\nPodkamennyi admitted his guilt. From 17 November to 21 December, he was under house arrest. Then the investigator appointed an stationary psychiatric assessment, after which the young man injured himself and was taken to hospital. Then the investigator asked the court to send Podkamennyi to the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nIn December, it became known that a case had also been opened against the young man for preparing and organising terrorist attack (presumably, under Article 205 of the Criminal Code with the application of Article 30 of the Criminal Code, as well as Part 4 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code). Podkamennyi was accused of collecting funds to prepare an explosion at the local military recruitment office. Later it was reported that the case also included articles on undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities (Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code) and on publicly justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).\n\nPodkamennyi entered into a pre-trial agreement with the investigation, but it was annulled because the first offence he was charged with was committed while he was still a minor. On 19 October 2023, Podkamennyi was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nArson attacks on military recruitment centres have become a popular form of anti-war protest, which, of course, cannot be called peaceful, but in the vast majority of cases this action looks more like a gesture of despair than a planned act intended to cause serious damage. It is known that not all cases of arson attacks on military recruitment offices during the war were classified as terrorist acts. It should be noted that no one was harmed by Podkamennyi's actions, and even if the arson was planned, the young man did not have the opportunity to carry it out. In this regard, the classification of his actions as terrorist, as well as the use of four articles from the \"terrorist package\", seems excessive.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":338,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment","leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","205.1","205","205.3","280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280","Part 4, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 205","Article 205.3","Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of Siberian Liberation Movement"],"case_name_en":"Ilia Podkamennyi's case of calls for extremism and terrorism and preparation of a terrorist act","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he wrapped copper wire around the railway tracks and attached leaflets, handwritten on notebook paper, to the tracks, as well as collected funds to prepare an explosion at the local military recruitment office.\nPodkamennyi was charged with calls for extremism on the Internet and public justification of terrorism because of several comments in the Telegram chat \"Siberian Liberation Movement\", in which, according to the investigation, he called for obstructing the activities of state bodies, setting fire to military registration and enlistment offices, and using incendiary mixtures for this purpose.\nThe court considered the fact that Podkamennyi's mother found containers with petrol, kerosene, and acetone in her son's room and took them out of the house as evidence of preparation of a terrorist act.\nDownloading of the book \"Russian Cuisine. The ABCs of 'Home Terrorism\" from the internet, which includes methods for making incendiary mixtures, was considered as undergoing training with the intent to commit a terrorist act.\" During the investigation, Podkamenyi himself said that the link to the book was sent to him by a person who introduced himself as a Ukrainian soldier and suggested setting fire to the military recruitment office.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 04.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• house arrest: from 17.11.2022 to 21.12.2022\n• : from 21.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Krasnoyarsk krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n• Unknown: , Tuberculosis Hospital No. 1 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Department of Penitentiary Services\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n• Unknown: , Tuberculosis Hospital No. 1 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Department of Penitentiary Services\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Krasnoyarsk krai\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.10.2023, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-19T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-19T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-08-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/analytics/politzaklyuchyonnye-i-politicheskie-repressii-v-rossii-v-2022-godu/\n• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recQnEbWKbKqVRgKp"},{"persecution_id":"recZsUU80bobrteTn","last_updated":"2026-03-10T05:51:22.000Z","person_id":"recTK3HUfv5Pe4yLT","name_en":"Amethan Abdulvapov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attM5tTQrxIOz10kx.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attM5tTQrxIOz10kx.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-02-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Abdulvapov was detained and taken into custody on February 9, 2022. He was charged with being a member of a terrorist organization and preparing for a violent seizure of power. He was sentenced to ten and a half years in a strict regime colony on March 15, 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":398,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The fourth case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" in Simferopol "],"case_name_en":"Ametkhan Abdulvapov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of a terrorist organization.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.02.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody:  to 27.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Irkutsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Irkutsk region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Irkutsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Irkutsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.03.2023, Sentence: 10 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":126,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47858/?sphrase_id=1560733\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-11-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/abdulvapov-amethan/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZsUU80bobrteTn"},{"persecution_id":"reccXEoz13oIaUIAi","last_updated":"2024-07-24T13:16:45.000Z","person_id":"recSut7C2EspVJQOs","name_en":"Mukhamed-Afandi Asipov","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"He is a resident of Makhachkala and allegedly a former world champion in mixed martial arts. He participated in a rally against mobilisation in Makhachkala in September 2022. He was held in custody on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities. On 16 March 2023, Asipov was given a suspended sentence of two years’ imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":196,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mukhamed-Afandi Asipov’s case of the use of violence against a representative of the authorities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he used violence against a representative of the authorities during a rally against mobilisation in Makhachkala.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 16.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.03.2023, Sentence: A suspended sentence of 4 years’ imprisonment with a probation period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"A suspended sentence of 4 years’ imprisonment with a probation period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-16T14:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-16T14:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccXEoz13oIaUIAi"},{"persecution_id":"reczxFjR7BzmVclzM","last_updated":"2025-05-20T09:05:34.000Z","person_id":"recBy9l0uHNeXJITa","name_en":"Ansar Osmanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttvFvIUTvmjqfZM.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttvFvIUTvmjqfZM.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Wood carver, artist. Detained in February 2022 after a search, taken into custody. Another Crimean Tatar activist, Ernes Seytosmanov, was arrested at the same time. Both were accused of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparing for a violent seizure of power.\n\nLater, Osmanov was transferred to Rostov region.\n\nOsmanov's lawyer Emil Kuberdinov spoke about irregularities in his client's case. \"The basis of the prosecution was a secret recording in Seitosmanov's house, when Ansar and Seitosmanov talked about domestic and religious topics, about the persecution of Crimean Tatars, about helping their families. This recording was secretly made in Seytosmanov's house and then it was interpreted the way the investigation needs,\" Crimean Solidarity quotes Kuberdinov.\n\nOn 16 June, Osmanov was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime colony - two years more than the term requested by the prosecutor.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":500,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The Third Sevastopol Case of Hizb ut-Tahrir"],"case_name_en":"Ansar Osmanov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Ansar Osmanov, a Crimean Tatar, is accused of being the head of the regional branch of the international religious and political organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (\"Party of Islamic Liberation\"), recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (hereinafter - HT), and of organising its activities on the territory of Sevastopol and Bakhchisaray district of the Republic of Crimea.\n \nAccording to the investigation, from 18 March 2014 to 10 May 2018, Ansar Osmanov took the position of the regional head of HT on the territory of Sevastopol and Bakhchisaray district of the Republic of Crimea and organised the activities of at least two local cells of this organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.02.2022\n• in custody:  to 04.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.04.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.06.2023, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-16T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-16T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-11-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/osmanov-ansar-ismailovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reczxFjR7BzmVclzM"},{"persecution_id":"rec7xL8T1eeyvxvqy","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"recUQ2iRBHbT3hdSP","name_en":"Tatiana Alifanova","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A participant of the \"People's Council of Noginskiy District\". On 24 July 2022 she was detained at a people's gathering against the administration of Bogorodskiy city district. On 26 September, police officers took Alifanova from the polyclinic and brought her to court to consider the administrative charges filed against her after the detention. When the law enforcers replied to the woman's question that she was not detained, Alifanova tried to leave the territory of the institution. Then the police grabbed the woman and forcibly dragged her into the building. Alifanova lost consciousness - she had a brain contusion - and was dragged into the building by her arms and legs. From there, at the request of the judge, the woman was called an ambulance.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Noginsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathring against the head of Noginsk","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"Tatyana Alifanova's case concerning violence against a police officer","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, while near the Noginsk court building, she deliberately hit police captain Dmitry Gulin, as a result of which the latter received a bruise to the soft tissue of the face.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec7xL8T1eeyvxvqy"},{"persecution_id":"recZxAeqYTew4aRjs","last_updated":"2026-02-11T17:19:44.000Z","person_id":"recvRhs39LZKCca8A","name_en":"Anton Zavadskii","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwLkraOsIdJpB08.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwLkraOsIdJpB08.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ambulance paramedic, anti-fascist, anarchist. He participated in the initiative \"Food instead of bombs\" in Bryansk in 2008.\nA case of vandalism was brought against him and his colleague Faik Khandzhigazov. According to the investigation, they wrote \"Overthrow Putler! Stop the war!\" in the entrances of four residential buildings. Initially it was reported that they were taken into custody. Later it was reported that both are under house arrest. However, according to data on the website of the Central District Court of Tula, in August 2022, the court chose a preventive measure against them in the form of a ban on certain actions. No later than October, an article on calls for extremist activity was added to the charges. On 29 March 2023, both were sentenced to two years' imprisonment and a fine of 180 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tula"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2026-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":393,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ambulance paramedics' case of vandalism in Tula","case_number":"1-55/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took part in putting inscriptions \"Overthrow Putler! 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A case of vandalism was opened against him for painting howitzers of the Military Historical Museum of Artillery in yellow and blue colours.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti","destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of howitzer colouring"],"case_name_en":"The case of howitzer colouring.","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in painting the shield covers of two howitzers of the Military Historical Museum of Artillery in yellow and blue colours.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d45976/?sphrase_id=1617484\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec9SspgCDSc0kNxu"},{"persecution_id":"recD8aj94MrrT0PlJ","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:18:53.000Z","person_id":"recrYEygaaGwN281V","name_en":"Evgeniya Kazantseva","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. On 5 October 2022 she was detained as part of a case of false report of a terrorist attack, details are unknown. On 7 October Kovalishina was released. The case was later suspended. It became part of a large series of cases under this article brought against St. Petersburg anti-war activists.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a false report of a terrorist threat in Saint Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"Details are unknown.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 06-11-2022\n Source: https://ovd.info/news/2022/11/06/hronika-politicheskih-presledovaniy-v-oktyabre-2022-goda-glavnoe\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recD8aj94MrrT0PlJ"},{"persecution_id":"recgNaVSggmLaJ9GG","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:41.000Z","person_id":"recyWr6qAyHbkVrwE","name_en":"Igor Orlovskii","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attTGj64BDE42ndAj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attTGj64BDE42ndAj.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Igor Orlovskii is a resident of Krasnoyarsk. At different times he worked as a turner, practised sculpting, ceramics, kneaded dough, did industrial climbing and decorative finishing work. He was interested in speleology and published a home-made magazine. A case was brought against him for public justification of terrorism and calls for extremism because of his anti-war comments. On 24 March 2023, Igor was sentenced to three years in prison. The case of rehabilitation of Nazism and dissemination of of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces was initiated from this case's materials. In the second case, on 13 November 2023, Igor was sentenced to seven and a half years, taking into account the previous sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers","Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":447,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Igor Orlovskii's case of calls for extremism and public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a comment on VKontakte with the words \"Death to Russian occupiers! Peace to Ukraine and the whole world!\". The same proceedings include a case under the article on calls to terrorism - the FSB considered the comment \"Death to the old fascist Vovka Putin\" to be such a call.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 17.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.05.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\"\n• Unknown:  to 27.02.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.02.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2023, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on posting publications on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on posting publications on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-24T08:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-24T08:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 02-05-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-igorya-orlovskogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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In May 2022, recognised as a \"foreign agent\". In January 2023, it became known that he was prosecuted for calls for extremist activity because of a comment calling on Ukrainian servicemen not to take Rosgvardia officers prisoner. In August 2024, an asterisk appeared next to Klimarev's surname in the List of Extremists and Terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, which means that a case was opened against Klimarev under the terrorist article.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Klimarev's case on calls to extremist activity","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of a comment calling on Ukrainian servicemen not to take Rosgvardia officers prisoner. In early March 2022, the ZaTelecom Telegram channel posted a video in which law enforcers beat a citizen lying on the ground with feet and batons, and used a stun gun, with an aggressive caption about Rosgvardia officers. As evidence that Klimarev administers the \"ZaTelecom\" channel, the law enforcers used portrait expertise: they compared an image from the passport database with a video posted on Nag.Company's Instagram. \"Network Freedoms\" notes that the authenticity of the Instagram account is not confirmed in any way in the documents.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8nJHA8AZfUFU4u"},{"persecution_id":"rec1cVWKv7YNlEnFO","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec5EeBZ7Wu9BXFk9","name_en":"Nina Belyaeva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attkTy1AWiOLHrnhQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attkTy1AWiOLHrnhQ.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A former deputy of the Council of People's Deputies for the Semiluksky District in the Voronezh Region. She is currently outside of Russia and has been placed on a wanted list. Initially, a criminal case was initiated against Belyaeva for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces; later, it was revealed that she was also suspected of public justification of terrorism. The Investigative Committee subsequently reported that the deputy had been remanded in custody in absentia, facing two charges under the latter article. In July, Belyaeva announced her resignation from the council.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nina Belyaeva's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during a meeting of the Semiluksky District Council on 22 March, she \"disseminated, under the guise of reliable reports, knowingly false information regarding the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine.\" She also allegedly uttered \"insults against Russian servicemen\" and condemned their actions. Furthermore, she granted an interview to Ukrainian blogger Rostyslav Kalatsinskyi, in which she \"publicly issued calls for a violent change of power\" in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1cVWKv7YNlEnFO"},{"persecution_id":"recZqlrMT2IkkbukO","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recaI31I8a37epGGV","name_en":"Zakhar Tatuiko","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg, bartender. Studied at film drama courses. According to the investigation, during the protest on 2 March 2022, he grabbed a law enforcer with his hands and sprayed pepper spray in his face. The Investigative Committee published a video in which a young man with a blurred face during a conversation with the officer (also with a blurred face) fully admits his guilt in using violence against a representative of the authorities. The case was examined in accelerated proceedings. On 28 April 2022 Tatuiko was sentenced to a year and four months in a colony-settlement. 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In court he stated that he was not participating in the rally, that he was on a bridge and looking for a place to read a book. He headed towards a shopping center when he felt that someone grabbed his arm. 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On 18 December 2022, he was detained in a case of rehabilitation of Nazism for posts he made on social networks; details are unknown. The next day, a case of calls to extremism was initiated against him.\nIn October 2023, a resident of Anadyr was reported to have been sentenced to five and a half years of imprisonment in the case of calls to extremism, as well as public justification of terrorism and defacing the flag or coat of arms of the Russian Federation. In all likelihood, the resident in question was Aritkulov. There was no mention of rehabilitation of Nazism in the report.\n\nOn 25 October 2023, Aritkulov was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony. The charge of defacing the flag was dropped by the court.\n\nIn 2021, Aritkulov was already fined 100,000 rubles on charges of disrespecting the authorities – for the word “dick” (Rus. “huylo”) addressed to Putin.\n\nIn April 2025, reports came out that Aritkulov had allegedly been charged with financing terrorist activities for his donations to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The FSB local office for the Chukotka Autonomous District said that “additional crimes were uncovered in relation to the Anadyr resident” while he was in captivity. “It turned out that earlier he transferred a certain amount of money for the purchase of weapons and equipment for a terrorist battalion fighting as part of the AFU against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He also called for the killing of Russian soldiers and residents of the new regions, posting this information on the Internet.” According to the FSB, Aritkulov planned to travel via Georgia to the territory of Ukraine, and during the search he was found in possession of passports for travel abroad and currency totalling about $5,500 in US currency notes, euros and Ukrainian hryvnias.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Anadyr"],"persecution_region_en":["Chukotka Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHU"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":328,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Aritkulov’s case of calls for extremism and public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was \"a link to the video and a commentary with statements containing obvious disrespect to society, to the Day of Military Glory associated with the defence of the Fatherland, as well as desecrating the name of the fallen soldiers\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 06.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.08.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.10.2023, Sentence: 5 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-25T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-25T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-04-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/aritkulov-dmitrij-vinerovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recfsA98A5oLaWKbj"},{"persecution_id":"recaYuK51QvLLXC7n","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recWQteBcgGU48WAb","name_en":"Fedor Erbes","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttGJoG4wgQCuqM0.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttGJoG4wgQCuqM0.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A 28-year-old resident of Ussuriysk (Primorsky Krai), a taxi driver, formerly served in the Guards Airborne Assault Brigade. According to the investigation, he distributed in messengers \"a video discrediting Russian servicemen,\" which shows the destroyed cities of Donbass and broken Russian equipment, as well as two dialogues between servicemen. The dialogues talk about military casualties and the difficulties they face in trying to leave the front. Erbes has been detained. According to official reports, after criminal proceedings were initiated, he stated that the video he was distributing was a \"fake\".\nHe was released under an undertaking to appear. On 2 August 2022, the court sentenced Erbes to six months of correctional labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ussuriysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":123,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":17,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Fyodor Erbes of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine in Ussuriysk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he distributed in messengers \"a video discrediting Russian servicemen,\" which shows destroyed towns in Donbass and broken Russian equipment, as well as two exchanges between servicemen. The exchanges concerned military casualties and the difficulties they face in trying to leave the frontline.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.08.2022, Sentence: 6 months of corrective labor","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months of corrective labor","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-02T06:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-02T06:20:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 13-09-2023\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#23-1-7\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recaYuK51QvLLXC7n"},{"persecution_id":"reco5YSX2r2Aus5eY","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:58:43.000Z","person_id":"recqirqcyoItMXknx","name_en":"Ilya Danilov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Lipetsk. On 25 August 2022, his place of residence was searched as part of a criminal case under the article on the dissemination of \"fakes\" about the Russian army on the grounds of political hatred. The case was initiated on 4 April 2022 because of a publication in the \"Danilov without notes\" Telegram channel. On 14 March, the activist published a video in which captured Russian soldiers call their mothers. At first it was reported that Danilov, who left the country, is in the status of a witness in the case. In November, it became known that Danilov was put on the wanted list. On 13 December he was arrested in absentia as a suspect.\nNo later than June 2023, it became known that Danilov was also charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of Navalny's headquarters.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lipetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case on \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Lipetsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 14 March he published a video in the \"Danilov without notes\" Telegram channel in which captured Russian soldiers call their mothers.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reco5YSX2r2Aus5eY"},{"persecution_id":"recC4jMQKKXZbsZNj","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"rec71f3TGh7tZK1yy","name_en":"Maksim Asriian","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attPxb04lssV0T36H.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attPxb04lssV0T36H.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He graduated from the medical vocational college of St. Petersburg State University, then worked in the intensive care units at First Medical University hospital, including the \"red zone\" during the pandemic.\n\nSentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony on charges of attempted terrorism because of a failed arson attack on a military recruitment office and treason because of an unrealised intention to join the Freedom of Russia Legion.\n\nIn a conversation with \"Novaya Gazeta. Europe\", Maksim’s wife said: “We had been discussing the news from the very beginning, since 24 February. He was deeply affected by the situation in Bucha. It was very emotional for him. Even back then, he was already discussing the possibility of emigration with friends, because no one knew how things would unfold—it was becoming more and more frightening. We were generally planning to leave for Georgia in the summer. Things became much heavier, emotionally speaking—the broader political context was weighing heavily on us.”\n\nHe had volunteered to go to Mariupol to provide medical assistance, believing he would be helping civilians. However, upon learning that the aid was intended for Russian military personnel, he refused.\n\nLater, in the autumn of 2022, he decided to protest against the war by setting fire to a military recruitment center in St. Petersburg. However, when he approached the building, he changed his mind, fearing that someone might get hurt.\n\nOn 7 October 2022, he was detained at Pulkovo airport while trying to fly to Sochi. He pleaded guilty before his lawyer by agreement was allowed to talk to him. On 10 October, the court sent Asriian to custody. In the man's smartphone, according to the prosecution, they found \"instructions on how to undermine and destroy railway infrastructure\", and in his laptop - a completed application form to join the Freedom of Russia Legion and links to Telegram accounts \"related to the illegal sale of military weapons\".\n\nThe lawyer representing Asriian, Vera Ivanova, clarified that he did indeed fill out a form to provide medical assistance to civilians affected by the war, but chose not to submit it once he “found out about the sources of the legion’s funding.” According to her, Asriian suffers from serious chronic illnesses that make holding him in custody inadvisable.\n\nHe was charged under two serious articles at once: attempt to commit a terrorist act (articles 30 and 205 of the Russian Criminal Code) and high treason (article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code). On 18 January 2024, he was sentenced to eight years in a strict-regime penal colony. The case was heard behind closed doors.\n\nThe Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre believes that Maksim Asriian was persecuted for expressing an anti-war position. He voluntarily renounced violent actions, and the actions of the authorities in applying the articles on terrorism and state treason to him are clearly political in nature. The confession of guilt was likely obtained under pressure, and the criminal prosecution itself was a way to intimidate and suppress dissent.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":468,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Asriian's case of attempted terrorism and treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Asriian allegedly purchased bottles of an incendiary mixture with the intention of setting fire to the \nmilitary recruitment office in the Frunzensky district, after which he approached the building, looked at its windows, and left. Asriian has been charged with state treason, apparently due to the intention to join the Freedom of Russia Legion.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 12.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","Federal Penal Correctional Centre-6 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre-6 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penal Correctional Centre-6 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.01.2024, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment, the first 2.5 of which are in prison, the rest in a high-security penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment, the first 2.5 of which are in prison, the rest in a high-security penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-18T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Presumably, Barykina was soon released.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a false bomb threat of the Moscow District Court","persecution_case_profile_en":"A criminal case has been initiated in connection with the fact that an unknown individual allegedly reported a bomb threat at the Moscow District Court in St. Petersburg.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recljw9gWLOpuQMMb"},{"persecution_id":"rec5HULxand3FEJoo","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recs2TJ1FcjS2kido","name_en":"Danila Chumak","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Norilsk. The investigation considers the young man to be \"an adherent of radical Ukrainian nationalism\" who shares \"the main ideas of the extremist Ukrainian organisation Right Sector\". In May 2022, he was taken into custody on charges of desecrating symbols of military glory because of a video calling for burning St George's ribbons.\nIn August 2022, it became known that Chumak was also prosecuted for public justification of terrorism. He is charged with publishing \"videos with calls for actions of a terrorist nature <...> during the Victory Day celebrations.\" The young man pleaded guilty. Then he was also charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation - apparently because of the alleged connection with the Right Sector. On 28 March 2023, Chumak was sentenced; the details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Norilsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case on burning of the St. George ribbon and public justification of terrorism in Norilsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published two videos on Messenger, where he is seen burning the St George ribbon and urging others to follow his example, as well as \"videos with calls for actions of a terrorist nature <...> during the celebration of Victory Day\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 21.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5HULxand3FEJoo"},{"persecution_id":"recJ3CG1e8Km21bOG","last_updated":"2025-11-13T09:55:28.000Z","person_id":"recJRZVXgJMxositz","name_en":"Denis Narolsky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atty9Y0SvZU89x3w3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atty9Y0SvZU89x3w3.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Contractor. According to official data, after the beginning of the war, he left the military unit unauthorisedly and began to live on the territory of Crimea. A case of desertion was initiated against him. On 30 March 2023, he was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn December 2023, it was reported that authorities opened a case of high treason against Narolsky. On 22 October 2024, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony, taking into account the previous sentence.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":453,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 338 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["338"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 338"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Denis Narolsky's desertion case","case_number":"1-42/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"From the press release on the court's website it follows that after the beginning of the war he left the military unit unauthorisedly and began to live on the territory of Crimea. \"At the court hearing, the defendant pleaded guilty to the offence and motivated his actions by the fact that he did not want to participate in a special military operation and undergo military service,\" the court's press service wrote.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 09.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Federal Penitentiary Service\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.06.2023 to 01.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• Unknown: from 01.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Federal Penitentiary Service\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Federal Penitentiary Service\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.03.2023, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-30T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-30T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 29-01-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-denisa-narolskogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJ3CG1e8Km21bOG"},{"persecution_id":"recQKeVWUZa3Sbpus","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"recpjeYAqJnHmR96s","name_en":"Marina Egorova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3cUmgMtPD9igBA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3cUmgMtPD9igBA.jpg"],"birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":70,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Marina is a psychologist and the wife of Leonid Gozman. On 29 July 2022, it became known that a case had been opened against her for allegedly failing to report obtaining Israeli citizenship in a timely manner in 2018. After Gozman’s administrative arrest, the couple left Russia. However, in 2024, Egorova returned to Russia, and on 4 October she was placed under house arrest in a case concerning the smuggling of cultural property – namely, family silver cutlery – as part of an organised criminal group together with Gozman and a driver who had given her a lift to the border crossing. On 5 November 2025, Gozman announced that his wife had left Russia “completely legally”.","persecution_occupation_en":["Psychologists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 330.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 330.2"],"case_name_en":"Marina Egorova’s case of concealment of her second citizenship","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she failed to notify the authorities of holding a second citizenship in a timely manner.\n\n","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQKeVWUZa3Sbpus"},{"persecution_id":"recaa67FDWfQZjca6","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recsenKQIdEV1kcAq","name_en":"Dmitrii Ivanov (Kamikaze Di)","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A popular YouTube blogger. In 2017, he left Russia after one of his videos was required to be checked for inducement to suicide (Article 110.1 of the Criminal Code). In September 2022, it became known that Ivanov had been charged for \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces. On 23 September 2022, the Ministry of Justice included Ivanov in the register of \"foreign agents\". In December, he was put on the wanted list. Initially, the case was opened under the 1st part of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but in April 2024 the charge was reclassified to distribution of military \"fakes\" motivated by political hatred (item \"e\" part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). On 7 May Ivanov was arrested in absentia.\nOn 21 October 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to 8 years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":781,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":111,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Ivanov's (Kamikaze Di) case of \"fake news\" regarding the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0448/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, driven by political hatred towards the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as towards Putin as Supreme Commander-in-Chief and President, he published two videos on his YouTube channel on March 17 and 18, 2022. The videos were titled \"Putin celebrates the death of children in Ukraine\" and \"I was betrayed. Putin's seizure over Biden's words and the war in Ukraine,\" in which he discussed the missile attack on the Drama Theatre in Mariupol and the deaths of Ukrainian civilians.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 07.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.10.2024, Sentence: 8 years of imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years of imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-21T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-21T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recaa67FDWfQZjca6"},{"persecution_id":"rectBrFJoSGureDT4","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:59:48.000Z","person_id":"recq6cOnu64kBtUGE","name_en":"Rovshan Askerov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a former sports journalist and a connoisseur of \"What? 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Later it became known that a case on calls for terrorism was opened against him and Ukrainian journalist Oleksiy Gomon in connection with calls for an attempt on the life of the Russian leadership.\n","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Rovshan Askerov's case on rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a Facebook post criticising Soviet commander Georgy Zhukov.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectBrFJoSGureDT4"},{"persecution_id":"recq2GtOAZRrsiYBV","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"rec1zA5XKOL8cCjHV","name_en":"Momagul Alimordonova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","story_en":"On 27 July, the wife of activist Alexander Pravdin accompanied her husband to the police station, where a report on incitement to hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) was drawn up against him due to the sign \"Russians, you are inhumans\". The police officers asked Alimordonova to leave the premises, to which she refused. Subsequently, according to Pravdin, they splashed tear gas in her face, threw her on the floor and handcuffed her. Later, Pravdin was informed that a case had been opened against his wife.\nAlimordonova was made to undertake the recognisance not to leave. Later, she was sent to a psychiatric hospital for a month for an expert examination. According to Pravdin, there she was placed in a supervisory ward where men and women are kept together. She is prescribed unknown drugs, and her husband is prevented from meeting her doctor. During one of the court sessions, Pravdin discovered strangulation marks on her neck.\nIn December 2023, the prosecutor's office returned the case to the investigation.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gatchina"],"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of violence against a female police officer of the Gatchina District Police Department of the Leningrad Region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she \"took the opportunity and infiltrated\" the Ministry of Internal Affairs' department in the Gatchina district, where she then threw a police officer Ivanova on the tiled floor and pushed her down the stairs.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.07.2022 to 01.07.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 01.07.2022 to 01.09.2023\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.09.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 15-12-2023\n Source: https://ovdinfo.legal/instruction/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#3-1\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recq2GtOAZRrsiYBV"},{"persecution_id":"recUDOCNOmQZssYyq","last_updated":"2026-02-17T16:54:06.000Z","person_id":"rechibLaUJhzh0CWH","name_en":"Sergey Novokreschennykh","birth_year":1973,"age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Naberezhnye Chelny (city in west-central Russia). A case was initiated against him for incitement of hatred and dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.\nIn court Novokreschennykh declared that he was drunk when he wrote all the comments. He partially plead guilty on the first episode, but noted that he doesn't remember to \"humiliate anybody\", on the second charge about \"fakes\" about army he did not plead guilty.\nNovokreschennykh got 3 years and 1 month of suspended sentenсe. Later, the appeal court replaced the sentence with 6 months of corrective labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":357,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Naberezhnye Chelny case of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine","case_number":"1-81/2023 (1-1412/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, between February 24 and March 6 he posted \"non-credible information about the special military operation in Ukraine\" on VKontakte. Those were comments to a video where the actions of Russian servicemen in Ukraine were characterized as criminal. Another case was launched against Novocreshenyh under incitement of hatred (Part 2, Article 282 of the Criminal Code) - in relation to comments from June 26 and July 2, 2021 which contained \"some signs of violation of human dignity\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2023, Sentence: 3 years 1 month suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 1 month suspended sentence","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-24T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-24T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUDOCNOmQZssYyq"},{"persecution_id":"recWquGTZgolHHjyX","last_updated":"2024-06-17T16:02:18.000Z","person_id":"recumeKCPQIKp5P0Z","name_en":"Vitaly Barinov","birth_year":1987,"age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"School teacher, resident of Kansk (Krasnoyarsk region). In the past, he worked as a juvenile affairs inspector. In October 2022, he was detained on charges of shooting a banner advertising military service. Barinov told his lawyer Vladimir Vasin that after his detention he was tortured: his hands were broken and he was electrocuted. He tried to fix the marks of beatings, but in the certificate of 17 October the doctor of the state Kansk hospital explained the injuries by a fall in the street. Barinov was also accused of threatening to kill (Article 119 of the Criminal Code) a neighbour whom he met after the banner shooting. According to his lawyer, he was also going to be forced to confess to setting fire to a military recruitment office in Kansk on 24 September 2022, but this episode was not included in the case in the end. From Kansk, the teacher was transferred to the pre-trial detention centre in Krasnoyarsk, where he was beaten and threatened with rape. His lawyer was not allowed to see him several times. The investigation took place in Krasnoyarsk, but then the case was transferred to the Kansk City Court. On 21 April 2023, Barinov was sentenced to two years and ten days in a general regime colony.\nOn 11 June 2024, Barinov was released.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Kansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2024-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":187,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 119 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","119"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Part 1, Article 119"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the shooting of a banner advertising military service","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 15 October on Moskovskaya Street he shot a banner advertising military service with a shotgun and threatened to kill a neighbour whom he met after the shooting. The ruling on the election of a preventive measure said that he was \"accused of committing the offence out of political convictions regarding military actions between the Russian Federation and Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• in custody:  to 13.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2023 to 01.01.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.01.2024 to 01.01.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2024 to 11.06.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.04.2023, Sentence: 2 years 10 days' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 10 days' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-21T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-21T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWquGTZgolHHjyX"},{"persecution_id":"recahBpfDVlZAbaH2","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:41:57.000Z","person_id":"recvJbZGe28CKj79K","name_en":"Dmitrii Gordon","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attAUW2ePejS2eCX7.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attAUW2ePejS2eCX7.jpg"],"birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian TV presenter.\nOn 19 July, he was put on the wanted list and on 22 July he was arrested in absentia in the case of public calls to unleash a war of aggression, actions aimed at inciting hatred or enmity, as well as at humiliating the dignity of a person or a group of persons on the grounds of gender, race, nationality, language, origin, attitude to religion, as well as affiliation to a social group, committed in public, including through mass media or information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, with the use of an official status and disseminating false information about Russia's' armed forces. On 2 September, the Ministry of Justice included Gordon in the register of individuals - \"foreign agents\"; thus, Gordon became the first foreign citizen to be included in the register of foreign agents.\nIn January 2024, it was reported that Gordon was again wanted, this time for public justification of terrorism.\nOn 1 July 2024, the journalist was sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":853,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":121,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 354 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354","282","207.3","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 354","Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Gordon's case","case_number":"1-125/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in a live broadcast he \"called for an armed attack on the Russian Federation and unleashing a war of aggression against it using nuclear weapons\", \"publicly called for the extermination of citizens of the Russian Federation on the grounds of nationality, language and origin\" and \"disseminated deliberately false information about bombing and artillery shelling of civilian infrastructure and civilians by the Russian Armed Forces under the guise of credible reports\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.07.2024, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-01T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-01T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recahBpfDVlZAbaH2"},{"persecution_id":"recpBVu8YsStVhSlE","last_updated":"2024-06-29T19:27:09.000Z","person_id":"recNOm0Jf0MaZ22Mr","name_en":"Andrei Prikazchikov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The head of the Derzhava party, which advocates for \"Russian socialism\".  He was charged with disseminating deliberately false information about the Armed Forces with a hate motive and for discrediting the Armed Forces (part 1 of article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). On 8 February 2024, Prikazchikov was sentenced in the criminal case to a fine of 250,000 rubles, while the charge was reclassified from the 2nd part of the article on \"fakes\" to the 1st part. However, on 16 April 2024, the court of appeal reclassified the charge back from 1st part to 2nd part of the article and altered the sentence, sentencing Prikazchikov to three years of compulsory labour and a fine of 100,000 roubles.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":768,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":109,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Prikazchikov's case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-128/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between 2 September and 10 October 2022, he posted inaccurate information about the Russian army in a certain social network \"in order to form a negative attitude to the ongoing\" \"special operation\". He also \"gave a negative assessment of the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and government authorities\". On 10 June, Mr. Prikazchikov was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for publishing a video titled \"Think! And Stop Being Afraid! We Have Nothing Left to Fear! Except Nuclear War! And Don't Deceive Yourselves! Putin-the-Liberator Did Not Bring Peace to the Peoples.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.02.2024, Sentence: A fine of 250,000 roubles and deprivation of the right to administer Internet websites for one year and six months","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 250,000 roubles and deprivation of the right to administer Internet websites for one year and six months","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-08T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-08T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/prikazchikov-andrej-anatolevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recpBVu8YsStVhSlE"},{"persecution_id":"recqWLrxeuuE5S4DK","last_updated":"2025-09-17T06:56:10.000Z","person_id":"rec2jwHbVoxQK7oO6","name_en":"Marlen Mustafayev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZVU6UbE5flIZsi.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZVU6UbE5flIZsi.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Belogorsk (Crimea). Not officially employed, married, has two minor children. On 9 February 2022, detained and on the same day taken into custody on the case of organisation of activities of a terrorist organisation and preparation for violent seizure of power in connection with the alleged involvement in the Islamist party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", which has nothing to do with terrorism. On 30 November 2022, sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn June 2023, it became known that before the appeal Mustafayev was given only 15 days to familiarise himself with 7,300 pages of the case.\n\nIn 2025, he was deprived of Russian citizenship.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":293,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Belogorsk \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" case"],"case_name_en":"Marlen Mustafayev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, since at least February 2017 he had been an active member of Hizb ut-Tahrir and, together with Azamat Eyupov, Enver Omerov, Riza Omerov, and Aider Dzhapparov, “organized the activities of a cell” of the organization in the town of Belogorsk, Republic of Crimea. He allegedly “carried out covert anti-Russian, anti-constitutional activities” in the area, encouraged local residents to join Hizb ut-Tahrir, directed the cell’s activities, organized clandestine meetings, instructed participants on “identifying and recruiting new members” to Hizb ut-Tahrir, assigned roles, established security measures, and monitored their compliance.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.02.2022 to 01.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 01.01.2022 to 01.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 01.01.2022 to 07.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.08.2023 to 22.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023, FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.11.2022, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, the first 3 years of which are to be served in prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, the first 3 years of which are to be served in prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-4,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-12-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/mustafaev-marlen-ramisovich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-11-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/11/d47286/?sphrase_id=1698255\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recqWLrxeuuE5S4DK"},{"persecution_id":"recnmbLjM42F919H0","last_updated":"2026-02-15T12:23:16.000Z","person_id":"recG8FpJoZwo9EJtt","name_en":"Andrey Alekseev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att6mu6Px631BiGwl.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att6mu6Px631BiGwl.jpg"],"birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A conscript who served in the Pacific Fleet. He was accused of setting fire to a military recruitment centre, which was classified as a terrorist act. In July, the Amur Mash Telegram channel published]() a video with his apologies and screenshots of his alleged correspondence with the \"customer\" (the sum of 120 thousand was mentioned there). Alekseev pleaded guilty. The press service of the Khabarovsk Krai courts (the 1st Eastern District Military Court, which passed the sentence, is located there) claims that Alekseev \"opposed the special military operation and prevented partial mobilisation\".\nHe was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":243,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Alekseev's case of setting fire to a military recruiting office in Vladivostok","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he corresponded in a messenger app with a \"client\" who promised him 100,000 rubles \"in case of the complete destruction of the building\" of the military enlistment office for the Leninsky and Frunzensky districts and for providing a video recording of the arson. The investigation stated that the goal of the arson was to \"destabilize the activities\" of the military enlistment office and to \"influence\" the authorities to make a decision to stop the war in Ukraine. An attempt was made to set fire to the military enlistment office, which is housed in a wooden building considered an architectural monument, on the night of June 8.\n\n","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 17.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.03.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.03.2023, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-01T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-01T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/alekseev-andrej-igorevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recnmbLjM42F919H0"},{"persecution_id":"recnlOqEayKNT9MX3","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recSJ6YF9gwPIZFNn","name_en":"Ivan Zhdanov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation.\n\nIn 2015, a criminal case was opened against Zhdanov for falsifying voter data in the Novosibirsk Region.\n\nIn April 2016, a case was opened against Zhdanov for draft evasion. Before that, he registered as a candidate for the council of deputies of the rural settlement of Barvikhinskoye, Odintsovo district, Moscow Region.\n\nIn August 2019, a case was brought against Zhdanov for failure to comply with a court order for failing to remove from the Internet the Anti-Corruption Foundation's film \"He is not your Dimon\" about expensive real estate allegedly owned by then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Zhdanov had previously intended to run for the Moscow City Duma, but he was not registered, like most independent candidates. This became a cause for mass actions in Moscow, which were followed by numerous criminal cases. In July 2020, Zhdanov was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles for failing to remove the film.\n\nAnother case under the same article was brought against Zhdanov in November 2020 for non-payment of 29 million roubles in connection with a lawsuit filed by the Moscow Schoolboy company, which was the subject of one of FBC's investigations\n\nIn April 2021, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for the creation of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. The case was initiated back in February.\n\nIn June, Zhdanov was put on the federal wanted list, and then on the international wanted list. He is outside Russia. On 29 June, the court arrested Zhdanov in absentia.\n\nIn August, a case was brought against Zhdanov for raising funds for an extremist organisation.\n\nIn September, it became known that Zhdanov and other supporters of Navalny were prosecuted for the activities of an extremist community. In October, it was reported that this case was merged with the cases of legalisation of money acquired by others through criminal means, involvement of minors in dangerous activities, as well as with the above-mentioned cases of financing extremist activities and establishment of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. In May 2022, he was arrested in absentia in this case as well.\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Zhdanov for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism.\n\nIn December 2024, it was reported that a case against Zhdanov's full namesake is being considered in court for defamation of a representative of justice, the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Beautiful Russia case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ivan Zhdanov, Ruslan Shaveddinov, Leonid Volkov and Lyubov Sobol","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he disseminated information about the crimes of the Russian army and also made the statement \"The arson of the Moscow military recruitment center is a God-pleasing act\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 22-08-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recnlOqEayKNT9MX3"},{"persecution_id":"recT5peEy5vPJhZKe","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recswXz6nxL53pPj0","name_en":"Lyubov Lizunova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attdaZLyYB6nNNeYF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attdaZLyYB6nNNeYF.png"],"birth_year":2006,"birth_date":"2006-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":19,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":16,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An anarchist, she administered Telegram channels dedicated to protests against the war in Ukraine, partisan actions, leftist ideology, animal protection and problems in Transbaikal. Lizunova remained released on her own recognisance. In January 2023, she was detained in Irkutsk and then placed under house arrest. In April 2024, a letter from Snezhkov was published in which he reported that Lizunova had been placed under house arrest; it was later revealed that she had violated house arrest and got back home two hours late. On April 25, 2024, she was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. The prosecution on the charge of vandalism was terminated due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":542,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Chita anarchists","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the graffiti \"Death to the regime\", as well as a post in the Telegram channel \"Shugan-25\", where the approval of arson attacks on military recruitment centres was expressed.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.01.2023\n• in custody:  to 25.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n• recognizance not to leave: from 31.10.2022 to 01.01.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 19.05.2025\n• Unknown: from 19.05.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2024, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime prison, prosecution on the charge of vandalism to be discontinued due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime prison, prosecution on the charge of vandalism to be discontinued due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-25T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-25T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 04-08-2023\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recT5peEy5vPJhZKe"},{"persecution_id":"rec2sBgJuKSiXVU4G","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec1IBrz8u7ZUPjGF","name_en":"Kirill Martyushev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attC4keFDZxtWTkIP.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attC4keFDZxtWTkIP.jpg"],"birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tyumen. On 5 March 2022, his home was searched. He was accused of calling for extremism because of a video he recorded after detentions at an anti-war rally, in which he said that police officers who use violence against protesters should be put on the electric chair. Martyushev was taken into custody. On 30 January 2023, he was sentenced to three years in a penal colony. He was released in August 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":331,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 24.02.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Kirill Martyushev on calls to extremism in Tyumen","case_number":"1-56/2023 (1-773/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 24 February 2022, while moving on foot in Tyumen, in an open group with the name \"#NETVOYNE\" (\"No to war\") for public viewing, he recorded and posted a video material featuring himself with an assessment of the activities of police officers, containing signs of incitement in the form of a call for violent actions against a group of persons united by their occupation in the internal affairs authorities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tuymen region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2023 to 01.08.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tuymen region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2023, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-30T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-30T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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The next day he was found guilty under the article on violation of the rules of participation in the rally, creating an obstacle to traffic (part 6.1 of article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) and was arrested for 14 days. On 24 September it became known that Atanasian was sent to custody already on a criminal case of violence against a representative of the authorities.\nOn 16 December 2022 Atanasian was sentenced to a year of forced labour. Presumably, he served his sentence no later than June 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":106,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions and against mobilisation 21.09.2022","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Suren Atanasyan on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities at an action against mobilisation","case_number":"01-0553/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during the action against mobilisation on 21 September on Arbat, he hit R.S. 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Sosnin is an inspector of the service organisation department of the OMON \"Avangard\" of the Main Directorate of the Rosgvardiya in Moscow.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.09.2022 to 27.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.09.2022 to 22.09.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 01.06.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.12.2022, Sentence: 1 year of forced labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of forced labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-16T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-16T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recDSYpg7NNTygTFY"},{"persecution_id":"recmW0NBkL0tRFJGM","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:08:28.000Z","person_id":"recnqbVe47ORl9Hdt","name_en":"Mikhail Ryazantsev","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Deputy's assistant of the Novosibirsk City Council, coordinator of the movement \"Maimed Novosibirsk\". Deputy Svetlana Kaverzina, whose assistant is Ryazantsev, stated that Ryazantsev does not deal with material issues in her team. In May 2023, Kaverzina reported that Ryazantsev's case was terminated due to expiration of statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 159"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Mikhail Ryazantsev about the theft of 16 thousand roubles and 50 kopecks from Novosibirsk city council","persecution_case_profile_en":"He stole 16 thousand rubles 50 kopecks from the city council \"by deceit and breach of trust\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmW0NBkL0tRFJGM"},{"persecution_id":"recMSGHwQgQ5f6FCn","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recG4Gv6ZXh7kMzE8","name_en":"Pavel Korshunov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attbyJezSiv67EBAU.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attbyJezSiv67EBAU.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tolyatti, an employee of a company renting out sports and tourist equipment. 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In October 2020 he was sentenced to a suspended sentence in the case of calls for extremist activity: according to his own words, the reason for prosecution was an economic manifesto, which was published by his acquaintance from Belarus, and FSB officers forced Pishchulin to recognise his authorship, threatening him with a real term. He was also prosecuted for insulting the feelings of believers because of his posts and comments on VKontakte, which were seen as disparaging the Orthodox faith, as well as the Russian Orthodox Church. Pishchulin pleaded guilty, the case was considered in a special order. On 5 October 2021 he was sentenced to 180 hours of compulsory labour. \"Mediazona\" quotes Pishchulin's statement that the case was actually initiated because he \"flatly refused\" to \"engage in cashing money\" under the cover of employees of the Centre for Countering Extremism.\n\nOn 17 October 2022, Pishchulin was detained and taken to Moscow, where he was taken into custody on a case of confidential cooperation with foreigners. A few days before, he had written a post about the illegality of mobilisation. On 18 July he was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony. When imposing punishment, the court considered as mitigating circumstances active assistance in the investigation of the case at the stage of preliminary investigation and the presence of minor children. At the same time, as stated in the press release, Pischulin did not actually admit guilt. The verdict explicitly states that Pishchulin's interlocutor, who pretended to be an Ukrainian Security Service officer, was an undercover the Federal Security Service (FSB) officer.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":640,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Pischulin's case of confidential co-operation with foreigners","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2022 he corresponded with representatives of the Ukrainian intelligence services and informed them that he was prepared to provide assistance 'in activities against the Russian Federation.' After learning of this, Russian law enforcement officers began communicating with him on behalf of the Ukrainian intelligence services and obtained information regarding possible ways for the defendant to participate 'in activities against the security of the Russian Federation","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Penza Oblast\n• in custody:  to 12.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.07.2024, Sentence: 5 years' of imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, followed by one year of restriction of freedom, and deprivation of the rank of reserve lieutenant","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of special rank"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' of imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, followed by one year of restriction of freedom, and deprivation of the rank of reserve lieutenant","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-05-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/pishhulin-pavel-andreevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rece9QYlReoIZ1TDq"},{"persecution_id":"recNUnmezTOsGyZ90","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recvJkuH5bwpTCl6W","name_en":"Irina Gen","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attISuCHqfBIvQZ2v.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attISuCHqfBIvQZ2v.jpg"],"birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Since 2011, she taught English at the Olympic Reserve School in Penza. According to the investigation, when answering the students' question why they would not go to competitions in Europe, she expressed her position on the war. One of the students recorded the conversation on a voice recorder and sent it to law enforcement agencies. The indictment states that Gen \"informed the pupils with inaccurate information that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are seizing the territories of other states, started the war in 2014 in \"LNR\" and \"DNR\", bombed a maternity hospital in Mariupol, planned to overthrow the President of Ukraine V.A. Zelensky, being on the territory of Ukraine, shot down a foreign state aircraft - Boeing-777 belonging to Malaysia, are engaged in annexation, seizure of other people's territories and expansion of their own territories\". The teacher gave a confession, but later retracted it. Gen was given a recognisance not to leave the country. She wrote an application for dismissal at her own request on April 1st, 2022. She claims that the management did not insist on it and even wished her good luck in court.\nGen gave a confession but later retracted it. On August 3rd, 2022, she was sentenced to five years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":155,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Irina Gen's case of “fakes” about actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine","case_number":"1-184/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, when answering the students' question why they would not go to the competition in Europe, she expressed her position on the war. The indictment states that Gen \"provided to the students inaccurate information that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation seize the territories of other states, started the war in 2014 in \"LNR\" and \"DNR\", bombed a maternity hospital in Mariupol, planned to overthrow the President of Ukraine V.A. Zelensky, shot down a foreign country's plane - Boeing-777, belonging to Malaysia, from the territory of Ukraine, are engaged in annexation, seizure of other people's territories and expansion of their own territories\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.08.2022, Sentence: 5 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 27-04-2022\n Source: https://eurasia.amnesty.org/2022/04/27/zayavlenie-po-rossijskoj-federaczii-shkolnoj-uchitelnicze-ugrozhaet-desyat-let-lisheniya-svobody-za-rasskaz-uchenikam-ob-udare-po-ukrainskoj-bolnicze/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International"],"aid":"recNUnmezTOsGyZ90"},{"persecution_id":"recUYGzdDcpgqcZp6","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"recmG4JqcUfLoc4HY","name_en":"Dmitry Khodin","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Engineer, father of three young children. According to the investigation, he made the inscriptions \"No to War!\" and \"Putin is a fascist!\" on the memorial \"The mass grave of Soviet Army soldiers who died in the defence of Leningrad in 1941-1943\" and the stele \"Historical routes of the Peterhof and Narva roads\". He also reportedly painted the stele \"Soviet Era\" in Polezhaevsky Park. Initially accused of desecrating mass graves, but the defence managed to prove that there were no graves in the places where the inscriptions were drawn. On 28 December 2022, Khodin was sentenced to a 40 thousand roubles fine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":301,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of desecration of the memorial in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, he made the inscriptions \"No to War!\" and \"Putin is a fascist!\" on the memorial \"The mass grave of Soviet Army soldiers who died in the defense of Leningrad in 1941-1943\" and on the stele \"Historical routes of the Peterhof and Narva roads\". He was also reported to had painted the stele \"Soviet Era\" in Polezhaevsky Park. He was initially accused of desecrating mass graves, but his defenders managed to prove that there were no graves in the places where the inscriptions were drawn.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2022, Sentence: a fine of 40,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 40,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":40000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-27T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUYGzdDcpgqcZp6"},{"persecution_id":"reczDo5Og3jUlVyeC","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:18:53.000Z","person_id":"recpmzHA4FOdJhfeI","name_en":" Unknown male 20","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Ukhta. On November 14th 2022, the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the Komi Republic distributed information about him being wanted person in connection with the defacement of a memorial plaque dedicated to Arsen Pavlov (Motorola), a participant of the armed conflict in the east of Ukraine.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ukhta"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["243.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 243.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the damage to Motorola's memorial plaque","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"a young man under 30 years of age\", \"using an axe, damaged to the point of destruction a memorial plaque, installed in honour of the memory of Arsen Pavlov, a hero of the Donetsk People's Republic, commander of the anti-tank special unit \"SPARTA\", after which, using a substance of red colour, desecrated it\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reczDo5Og3jUlVyeC"},{"persecution_id":"recXVKaL9EwGGzKHu","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:51.000Z","person_id":"recZOZ999RoXyx2GT","name_en":"Andrei Soldatov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Editor-in-Chief of Agentura.Ru, has been studying the Russian security services for many years. Together with journalist Irina Borogan, he has written several books on the work of the FSB.\n\nOn 11 March 2022, just a week before the criminal case on \"fakes\" appeared, Soldatov and Borogan spoke about the repression that Vladimir Putin launched against the FSB. According to the journalists, after the first two weeks of the war, the leadership of one of the FSB units, the Operational Information and International Relations Service (SOIMS), was placed under house arrest.\n\nThe investigation also checked Soldatov under articles on libel (Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code), calls to extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) and incitement to hatred (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code), but he was not charged with these offences. Soldatov was put on a wanted list and his property was seized. Interpol refused to fulfil the Russian Federation's extradition request. In February 2023, it became known that the prosecutor's office did not take the case to court and sent it for further investigation.\nIn December 2025, it became known that a case was opened against Soldatov for participation in the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation and violation of the law on \"foreign agents\". On 30 March 2026, he was sentenced in absentia in this case to four years' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Soldatov's case of \"fakes\" about the use of Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a video with his participation on the “Popularnaia Politika” Youtube channel under the title \"FSB generals arrested because of the war\". \"The investigation classified the allegations that units of the Rosgvardiya (National Guard of Russia) take part in hostilities in Ukraine, while not being able to fight on a par with the Armed Forces, as false information\", “Setevye Svobody” writes.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXVKaL9EwGGzKHu"},{"persecution_id":"rec3dM1W6Pt0T7PIF","last_updated":"2024-12-11T09:00:40.000Z","person_id":"recYAzKcpm6PxCcWB","name_en":"Yuri Neznamov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attaIBjBJa6LRUYnl.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attaIBjBJa6LRUYnl.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Yekaterinburg. Worked as a freelance designer, engaged in 3D modelling. He reported that he confessed after being tortured by electric shocks and strangulation. Later he also said that he was experiencing some health problems in the pre-trial detention centre: he was losing weight and had a toothache.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.4","222.1","223.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 4, Article 222.1","Part 3, Article 223.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The Ural anti-fascists case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nikita Oleinik, Deniz Aydin, Yuri Neznamov and Daniil Chertykov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was responsible for financial matters in the terrorist community, and together with other members participated in secret meetings during which the future overthrow of the government was discussed.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.02.2024 to 01.02.2024\n• in custody: from 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3dM1W6Pt0T7PIF"},{"persecution_id":"recjnDaKqIvhCbxm5","last_updated":"2024-09-30T21:45:31.000Z","person_id":"rec1cpVuSrRJMxbDa","name_en":"Lelya Nordic","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwxDZul2JiLq5dT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwxDZul2JiLq5dT.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained after a search, released from detention, the measure of restraint or coercion is unknown.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of a false report of a bomb threat against a police station in St. Petersburg"],"case_name_en":"The Leli Nordic case of the false bombing report","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on March 1st  the 77th police department received a call about mining the department. On March 5th and 6th, dozens of houses, primarily belonging to local activists, were searched.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjnDaKqIvhCbxm5"},{"persecution_id":"reciy4zbtN6z9G9sy","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec81Z1TTUQC72MCC","name_en":"Artur Sarkisov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":216,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of anti-war graffiti in Moscow","case_number":"01-0003/250/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with Daria Fadeeva and Sergey Yazikov, he painted on the building of the central heating station inscriptions \"Za fascism :)\" (for fasciZm), \"Russian writer. Crushed. By Russian tanks in Prague. 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He was also charged with several administrative cases and arrested for 28 days and fined 300,000 rubles. The Interior Ministry circulated a video in which a man with a blurred face says that he applied the inscriptions and regrets having applied the banned symbols.\nOn 16 August 2022, Kambolin was sentenced to 10 months of restricted freedom.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":167,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of vandalism in Blagoveshchensk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, over the course of several days, he painted in black “images of prohibited symbols and inscriptions discrediting the actions of the Russian Armed Forces” on the buildings of the cinema center and the Amur Regional House of Folk Art, as well as on a fence, the wall of an underground parking lot at a shopping center, and a commemorative stele dedicated to the Day of the Adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.08.2022, Sentence: 10 months of restricted liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 months of restricted liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-15T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recA2RW6x1JVxqy5g"},{"persecution_id":"rec0xhLOfsM5Vq4pQ","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recq7wNxlnOzj3ndn","name_en":"Elena Kalinina","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Arkhangelsk region. Participated in protests against the construction of a landfill at Shiys station in 2018-2020.\nOn 8th of December 2022, Kalinina was detained after a search, the next day the court appointed her a ban on certain actions within the framework of the case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The reason was two posts on VKontakte: in one Kalinina questioned whether it was normal that people were being killed, while the other was a video with the story of a woman from Balaklia, whose son was killed by the shelling from the Russian military. On 12th of May 2023, Kalinina was sentenced to a fine of 130,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":155,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Elena Kalinina's case of repeated discrediting of the armed forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-29/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason was two publications on VKontakte: one in which Kalinina questioned whether it was normal that people were being killed, and the other was a video with a story of a woman from Balakliia, whose son was killed by the Russian military fire.\nIn July, the Oktyabrsky District Court fined Kalinina under two administrative protocols for discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The reason for the fines was the posts with photos of destroyed Mariupol, which Kalinina published on social media","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 12.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.05.2023, Sentence: a fine of 130 thousand roubles ($1.419)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 130 thousand roubles ($1.419)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":130000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-12T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-12T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0xhLOfsM5Vq4pQ"},{"persecution_id":"recFx4sKi9paKwPFa","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec6SdhfZhwBtdG5m","name_en":"Mikhail Balabanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZBHul38pWD9dIO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZBHul38pWD9dIO.jpg"],"birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Originally from Kazan, he left his native place due to mobilisation and was arrested in the Stavropol region in a case of preparation for a terrorist attack.\nTelegram channel SHOT claims that Balabanov was recruited by a man who introduced himself in correspondence as \"Ben\" and allegedly works for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. The \"Vot Tak\"(\"Just like that\") paper suggests that the man who introduced himself as Ben was a provocateur: he began writing messages to Balabanov under the nickname \"I want to live\" on the same day that he tried to contact the Ukrainian project of the same name, which offers mobilised Russians to surrender. \"Ben\" promised to help Balabanov leave, but demanded that he gather information in Nevinnomyssk for \"some kind of action\", as well as photograph a number of objects in the city and buy components for an incendiary mixture. In addition, the interlocutor asked the young man to send him a copy of his passport. It was on the instructions of \"Ben\" Balabanov came to the military recruitment office on 19th of December 2022: he was already waited for there by law enforcers.\nVitaly Matvienko, a representative of the Ukrainian project \"I Want to Live\", told the journalists of \"Vot Tak\" that no one from the project has ever contacted Balabanov and they have never had such situations.\nThe defense suggests that the correspondence with \"Ben\" was forged: according to Balabanov himself, some messages from the correspondence are missing from the case materials, and other dialogues present in the case, on the contrary, it was not in it. For example, Mikhail is charged with authorship of messages about hatred of \"rusnya\"(derogatory term for russians) and the capture of Moscow, as well as statements that the young man himself planned to offer the provocateur to set fire to the military recruitment centre. At the same time, the dialogues where \"Ben\" arranged the transfer of money to Mikhail to pay for the rent of temporary housing in Nevinnomyssk disappeared from the correspondence.\nBalabanov's lawyer reported that his phone was most likely hacked by law enforcers when he came to the FSB to represent the interests of his client.\nOn  May 22nd 2024 Balabanov was sentenced to four and a half years in a strict regime colony. On the night of 5 to 6 June, the young man was taken from Rostov SIZO-1(detention center) in an unknown direction, despite the fact that the sentence had not yet entered into legal force. On 10 June it became known that Balabanov was in pre-trial detention centre-3 in Novocherkassk.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Stavropol"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":538,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of preparation for arson of a military recruitment centre in Nevinnomyssk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the messages in Telegram channels, he took a stance  against the war in Ukraine. According to the investigation, he planned to set fire to the military recruiting office in Nevinnomyssk and Kochubeyevsky district. Telegram channel SHOT claims that Balabanov was recruited by a man who introduced himself in correspondence as \"Ben\" and allegedly worked for the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. According to the law enforcers' version, the resident of Nevinnomyssk bought incendiary mixture and planned to set fire to the local military recruiting centre following the instructions of \"Ben\".\nThe news outlet \"Vot Tak\" suggests that the man who introduced himself as \"Ben\" was a provocateur: he started writing messages to Balabanov under the nickname \"I Want to Live\" on the same day that he tried to contact the Ukrainian project of the same name, which offers mobilised Russians to surrender and become war prisoners. \"Ben\" promised to help Balabanov flee the mobilisation campaign, but demanded him to collect information in Nevinnomyssk for conducting an undefined action, to take photos of several facilities in the city and to buy components for an incendiary mixture. Additionally the collocutor asked the young man to send him a copy of his passport. \"Ben's\" direction was what induced Balabanov to come to the military recruitment center on December 19th 2022, where he was already awaited by the enforcers. Vitaliy Matvienko, a representative of the Ukrainian project \"I Want to Live\", told \"Vot Tak\" journalists that no one from the project had ever contacted Balabanov and they had never had such situations.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Stavropol Territory\n• temporary hospitalisation:  to 01.07.2023\n• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 05.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Stavropol Territory\n• : from 05.06.2024 to 10.06.2024\n• in custody: from 10.06.2024 to 15.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.05.2024, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-22T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-22T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-10-2022\n Source: https://oi.legal/instruction/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#3-1\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-07-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/balabanov-mihail-vyacheslavovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recFx4sKi9paKwPFa"},{"persecution_id":"recig1U6wgvR2Ezga","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"reci1QBW7GgUvrnky","name_en":"Sergey Arslanov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Anzhero-Sudzhensk (Kemerovo region). It is alleged that he has been repeatedly tried on charges of theft and robbery.\nA case was brought against him on calls to terrorism. According to the investigators' version, Arslanov \"felt hatred towards servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in connection with the conduct of the special military operation, towards the current President and Government of the Russian Federation, as well as their policies\". In March 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 360,000 roubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Anzhero-Sudzhensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":436,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of calls for terrorism in Anzhero-Sudzhensk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in his publications on VKontakte he called for terrorism, 'experiencing hatred towards the servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in connection with the conduct of the special military operation, towards the current President and the Government of the Russian Federation, as well as their policies.'","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2023, Sentence: a fine in the amount of 360,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine in the amount of 360,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-13T15:21:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-13T15:21:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recig1U6wgvR2Ezga"},{"persecution_id":"recJOavYldhD3MLpF","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:18:53.000Z","person_id":"recE2tNd1jqgTFrXA","name_en":"Andrey Tsapkalenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att79KctvUg2p3r5b.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att79KctvUg2p3r5b.jpg"],"birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Khabarovsk. On 6 June 2022, a case was brought against him for insulting the religious feelings of believers because of his statements at an anti-war rally: in particular, he called the patriarch the Antichrist. Tsapkalenko was obliged to appear. On 28 December 2022, the case was dismissed for lack of corpus delicti.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case about insulting feelings of religious believers in Khabarovsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"While on the square he made public statements, in which he clearly disrespected society and insulted the feelings of believers. The criminal case was initiated on 06.06.2022. On 06.03.2022 this video was posted on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQGOUN6pDH4.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJOavYldhD3MLpF"},{"persecution_id":"rec18G1AUrIjSj1pU","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recUNfBdsHzjB04AR","name_en":" Unknown female 2","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","story_en":"On 6 July, the suspect has been released on her own recognisance, but she managed to escape and was put on a wanted list the same day. On 2 November, the court arrested her in absentia.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tver"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces in connection with posts in the \"Close Tver after me\" Telegram channel","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was some posts in the Telegram channel \"Close Tver behind me\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec18G1AUrIjSj1pU"},{"persecution_id":"rec4fFFnf6OMXowjq","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:04:21.000Z","person_id":"rec2TYggr3FWfL5Ym","name_en":"Sergey Nosov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Orel. A case was started against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. In September 2022, Nosov's apartment was searched as part of the investigation over a case of \"false information\" brought against politician Ilya Ponomarev. After that, he left Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Nosov's case over \"false information\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces within the territory of Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 3 April he posted information about the killing of civilians in Bucha and Irpen by Russian servicemen in his Telegram channel \"Nosov's List\", as well as a video in which he accused the Russian authorities of genocide of the civilian population of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4fFFnf6OMXowjq"},{"persecution_id":"recVJKyaEslXXdpQg","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recwyeG52jHVpvWXz","name_en":"Nataliia Filonova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attybUrBh112Br9T9.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attybUrBh112Br9T9.jpg"],"birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Buryatia. On 14 June 2011, she participated in the organisation of a gathering of citizens in connection with the closure of three small schools in Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky district, was detained while in the internal affairs department, declared a dry hunger strike, but despite this, at the suggestion of the representative of the prosecutor's office Maxim Semionov, the court arrested her for 15 days. After her release she appealed, during the hearing Semionov was called as a witness, and Filonova said that she did not want to communicate with the person who, knowing about the dry hunger strike, demanded 15 days of arrest for the woman. After that, a criminal case on insulting the representative of the prosecutor's office was initiated. During the investigation Filonova was detained for a psychiatric examination. On 31 August 2012, the day of the verdict, Filonova was attempted to be run over by a car while riding her bicycle with her child to the hospital. The court sentenced her to a 20,000 ruble fine (≈US$615 as of August 2012). She was forcibly taken to the investigator before the appeal court considered the case. The appeal instance sent the case for further investigation. In 2014, the court re-sentenced Filonova to the fine of 20 thousand rubles.\n\nOn 21 October 2022, Filonova was detained in a new criminal case: on the use of violence against representatives of the authorities. The pensioner refused the defence counsel appointed by the investigation, demanded that her public defender Nadezhda Nizovkina be allowed to see her and went on hunger strike. She also demanded that Nizovkina be allowed as a public defender at the court to decide on the measure of restraint, but the court refused on the grounds that the human rights defender did not have the status of a lawyer. Filonova was placed under house arrest. On 15 November it became known that another episode appeared in the case: Filonova is suspected of breaking a policeman's finger. She was detained and went on hunger strike. On 17 November Filonova was taken into custody, what happened after her husband had a heart attack, and her adopted son disappeared, and she went looking for him with an electronic bracelet on her leg. Nadezhda Nizovkina was questioned in the case as a witness, as a result of which she could no longer act as Filonova's defence counsel (a case was later brought against her for refusing to testify).  In March 2023, it became known that the prosecutor's office returned the case to the investigator, and Filonova's adopted son was sent to an orphanage.\nOn 31 August 2023, Filonova was sentenced to two years and ten months in a general regime colony.\nIn March 2024 it became known that Filonova was deprived of access to the library in the colony after she read \"In the depths of Siberian ores...\" and a response poem by Alexander Odoevsky at a Pushkin memorial evening.\nFilonova was released from prison on 4 March 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":364,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions and against mobilisation 24.09.2022","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nataliia Filonova's case of violence against two police officers","case_number":"1-442/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she used violence against two police officers on 26 September. On that day, Filonova and human rights defender Nadezhda Nizovkina, who had been detained at the anti-mobilisation action on 24 September, were brought to the Sovetskiy District Court to hear administrative cases for repeated violations of the rules for participating in a rally (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences), but an evacuation was announced in the court building. The women were transported in separate vehicles, and at some point, according to the investigation, Filonova struck one officer in the face with her hand and jabbed another in the face with a pen. Later, another incident was added to the case: Filonova is suspected of having broken a policeman's finger.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.11.2022 to 07.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Buryatia\n• house arrest: from 01.10.2022 to 17.11.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Buryatia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023\n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell:  to 01.07.2024\n• Unknown:  to 04.03.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.08.2023, Sentence: 2 years 10 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 10 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":34,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-31T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-31T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-05-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnoj-pravozashhitniczu-natalyu-filonovu/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recVJKyaEslXXdpQg"},{"persecution_id":"recG9aaEE379fyTke","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recUOUeVXAPWEBr65","name_en":"Anton Zhuchkov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attjOsDSidiSZEwM1.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attjOsDSidiSZEwM1.jpg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Omsk, security guard.\nHe was detained at an anti-war protest on 6 March. His relatives lost contact with him, and he was located only on 12 March in the hospital at the Sklifosovsky Emergency Medical Research Institute. He had been taken there because he had ingested methadone following his arrest. Zhuchkov was subsequently placed in custody. Initially, a criminal case was initiated regarding preparation for hooliganism by a group of persons using weapons. On 6 March, an anonymous VKontakte group, \"Polite People / War,\" published a report stating that explosives were found on two citizens detained at Pushkinskaya Square. On 5 May, it became known that the charges had been reclassified to preparation for a terrorist act by a group of persons. On 20 April 2023, Zhuchkov was sentenced to 10 years in a strict-regime penal colony. On 27 September 2023, an appellate court reduced his sentence by two months.\nIn March 2024, it was revealed that while in transit to a prison in Minusinsk, Zhuchkov was beaten by inmates at a pre-trial detention center in Krasnoyarsk, where he had been held for several days. Prior to this, prison staff had demanded that Zhuchkov inform on his cellmates; when he refused, he was transferred to another cell, where he was subjected to beatings and threatened with rape if he did not cooperate with the administration.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":415,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 6.03.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 228.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","228.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Article 228.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of preparation for a terrorist attack in Moscow","case_number":"1-69/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"He stated that he intended to commit suicide during the protest on 6 March. 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Memorial:\n Date: 04-08-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/analytics/politzaklyuchyonnye-i-politicheskie-repressii-v-rossii-v-2022-godu/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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One of the founders of the NGO \"Brodyaka\", which tries to solve the problem of homeless animals in Kasimov. Bassist in the band \"Tri Bukvi\" (\"Three Letters\").\nIn April 2022, a vandalism case was brought against Skoreyev and journalist Sergei Erzhenkov over an inscription on the Lenin monument in Kasimov. The court dismissed the case twice, and the prosecutor's office appealed the decision twice. On 3 May 2023, Skoryeyev was sentenced to eight months of restriction of freedom. In August, it was reported that he was attributed with administrative supervision violations; as a result, he could be sent to a penal colony. In November, the court refused to replace Skoreyev's sentence with a prison sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers","Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kasimov"],"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-RYA"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":397,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the inscription on the Lenin monument in Kasimov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Painted with emulsion paint the inscription \"Putin z***** (fed up) go away\" on the monument to Lenin.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.05.2023, Sentence: 8 months' restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 months' restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-03T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-03T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJoMWwks74MQrpP"},{"persecution_id":"recxOC67XzLKLKNit","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recnbYy7mHySAcXuh","name_en":"Igor Pokusin","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Head of the public movement \"Till When?\", former civil aviation pilot. Winner of an author's song contest in the category \"Poet\". The \"Till When?!\" movement represented the interests of the residents of Khakassia who faced abuses by law enforcers. In 2013 he tried to register as a candidate in the elections to the Supreme Council of Khakassia. In 2012, he held pickets in defence of his son Maxim Pokusin, who had been convicted of drug trafficking. He insisted that the court had destroyed evidence of Maksim's innocence.\n\nIn May 2022, it became known that a criminal case of vandalism was opened against Pokusin because, according to the investigation, he painted over with yellow and blue paint the inscription on a banner in support of the Russian army, located at the intersection of Katanova and Pushkin streets, and put an anti-war inscription on the facade of the Khakass National Museum of Local Lore, where a light screen with the letter Z symbolising the Russian invasion of Ukraine had previously appeared. Initially it was reported that Pokusin was prosecuted under Part 1 of the article, but later it became known that he was charged with Part 2 - apparently, it was vandalism motivated by political hatred. Pokusin pleaded guilty. He was under a recognizance not to leave.\n\nOn 24 July Pokusin was detained at Krasnoyarsk airport when he was about to fly to Astana. His wife told \"Present Time\" that after the detention Pokusin was put a bag over his head and threatened with a stun gun. According to his wife, he was going to Astana \"to have a look around, to see if it would be possible to move there\". Pokusin's wife says that \"his hip joint and knee joint were replaced, and he has a metal structure in his ankle. He is a 'tin soldier'. He has a stent on his heart after the operation.\n\nPokusin was placed under house arrest. On 7 December, Pokusin was sentenced to six months of restricted freedom. The next day he was detained again, after which he was sent to custody in a case of attempted treason. During the court arguments the prosecutor reclassified the charge to preparation for state treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code with application of part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code). On 19 January 2024, Pokusin was sentenced to eight years and one month in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nOn 14 June 2024 it became known that Pokusin died.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":414,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Igor Pokusin's case on preparation for high treason","case_number":"2-16/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he planned to fly to Astana in order to get to Ukraine via Moldova and join the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There is a secret witness in the case, who claims that Pokusin planned to get to one of Ukraine's foreign consulates and ask to be transferred to the country. According to the defence lawyer, the case of state treason was based on the materials of the vandalism case, and the same people who testified against Pokusin in the previous case testified against him.\nDuring the debate, the prosecutor reclassified the charge from attempted state treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code with the application of part 3 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code) to preparation for state treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code with the application of part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code).","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 23.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Khakassia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Khakassia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.06.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.01.2024, Sentence: 8 years 1 month of deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 1 month of deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":97,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-19T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-19T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 04-08-2023\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-01-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/pokusin-igor-borisovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recxOC67XzLKLKNit"},{"persecution_id":"recNjg8p3yMkg7xau","last_updated":"2026-02-17T14:58:05.000Z","person_id":"recOuuxzI1myaSL0I","name_en":"Arsenii Glebov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attuF6F7jUkkwc5D3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attuF6F7jUkkwc5D3.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kazan. On 18 May he was detained at the Moscow airport when he was going to fly to Georgia. According to his sister, Glebov was forced to buy a ticket to Kazan with his own money and was detained on arrival. The next day he was searched at his home as part of a criminal case on incitement to mass disorder. The young man was ordered to appear on 20 May for questioning as a witness. However, then a criminal case of attempted participation in an illegal armed formation was opened against him and he was taken into custody.\n\nThe reason for the case was his comment under one of the videos of Aleksei Arestovich, who was then an adviser to the Ukrainian president: Glebov wrote about his intention to help Ukraine. Then came the information that, according to the investigation, while in Armenia at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Glebov contacted the military attaché of Ukraine with a request to be accepted into the \"International Legion\", and later allegedly received recommendations on leaving Russia and obtaining a Ukrainian visa. Later it became known that he was also accused of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.\n\nOn 17 October 2025, Glebov was sentenced to 8 and a half years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1248,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":178,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"case_name_en":"Arsenii Glebov's case on attempted participation in an armed formation and \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-34/2025 (1-97/2024; 1-602/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he tried to join an illegal armed formation. The pretext was a comment under one of the videos by Alekseii Arestovich, at that time an adviser to the Ukrainian president: Glebov wrote that he would like to help Ukraine. Later it was reported that, according to the investigation, being in Armenia at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Glebov contacted the military attaché of Ukraine with a request to be accepted into the \"International Legion\", and later allegedly received recommendations on leaving Russia and obtaining a Ukrainian visa. \nThe reason for the initiation of a case of dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces motivated by political hatred was a post about Russia bombing cities and maternity hospitals in Ukraine. Later, it was reported that the reason for prosecution under this article was Glebov's appeal to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky: according to the investigation, Glebov wrote that he was \"ready to do any work that would bring Ukraine's victory closer\" and also \"promised to come to any point in Ukraine by car within a week of receiving a transit visa\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.06.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody:  to 30.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 8 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony with the ban of administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony with the ban of administering websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 02-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/glebov-arsenij-nikolaevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recNjg8p3yMkg7xau"},{"persecution_id":"recGjfbGDdHzVVomk","last_updated":"2025-06-09T08:19:02.000Z","person_id":"recFu0HCHtL3PX4XG","name_en":"Tatiana Savinkina","birth_year":1945,"birth_date":"1945-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":81,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":77,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Petrozavodsk. Before retirement she worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After resigning as head of the enquiry department, she became involved in public activities. She supported the local branches of Memorial and Yabloko, participated in the rehabilitation of those repressed under the USSR, and worked as an assistant to a deputy of the Zakobrazhdan. After 24 February 2022, she spoke out against war with Ukraine.\nSavinkina was fined three times under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the CAO). The first time, the reason for a fine of 30 thousand rubles was the denunciation of the chairwoman of the housing association - she complained to the police about the leaflets \"Putin, get out of Ukraine\", which Savinkina hung in the entrance. The second time, Savinkina was fined 15,000 rubles because she wrote words about the war in Ukraine at a bus stop. The protocol was drawn up after a ninth-grade girl denounced her. For the third time Savinkina was fined 15,000 rubles because she allegedly put up leaflets on a notice board in the entranceway with \"insulting the president.\"\nThe criminal case was initiated because of anti-war leaflets, which Savinkina allegedly pasted in the entrance on 31 July 2022. In October 2022, it became known that another case under the same article was brought against Savinkina, this time because of a leaflet she allegedly pasted in the lift of a residential building on 24 September. On the leaflet was written the number of \"young guys\" who \"returned to Russia in coffins\". It also said that a \"huge number\" of children and old people had \"died\" in Ukraine. The cases came together.\nOn 4 December 2024, Savinkina was sentenced to a fine of 200,000 rubles, but was released due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2024-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1068,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":152,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Tatyana Savinkina's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-932/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The criminal case was initiated because of anti-war leaflets that Savinkina allegedly pasted in the entrance on 31 July 2022. Later, another episode appeared in the case - according to the investigation, Savinkina pasted a leaflet in the lift of a residential building on 24 September 2022, in which it was written the number of \"young guys\" who \"returned to Russia in coffins\" and that a \"huge number\" of children and the elderly had \"died\" in Ukraine.\n\nBefore that, she was fined three times under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The first time, the reason for a fine of 30,000 rubles was the denunciation of the chairwoman of the housing association - she complained to the police about the leaflets \"Putin, get out of Ukraine\", which Savinkina hung in the entrance. The second time, Savinkina was fined 15,000 rubles because she wrote words about the war in Ukraine at a bus stop. The protocol was drawn up after a ninth-grade girl denounced her. For the third time, Savinkina was fined 15,000 rubles because she allegedly put up leaflets on a notice board in the entrance hall with \"insulting the president\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.12.2024, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 200 thousand roubles, to be released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations of the offence","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 200 thousand roubles, to be released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations of the offence","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-04T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-04T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGjfbGDdHzVVomk"},{"persecution_id":"recrI20kvVWlUldjt","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recyWr6qAyHbkVrwE","name_en":"Igor Orlovskii","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attTGj64BDE42ndAj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attTGj64BDE42ndAj.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Igor Orlovskii is a resident of Krasnoyarsk. At different times he worked as a turner, practised sculpting, ceramics, kneaded dough, did industrial climbing and decorative finishing work. He was interested in speleology and published a home-made magazine. A case was brought against him for public justification of terrorism and calls for extremism because of his anti-war comments. On 24 March 2023, Igor was sentenced to three years in prison. The case of rehabilitation of Nazism and dissemination of of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces was initiated from this case's materials. In the second case, on 13 November 2023, Igor was sentenced to seven and a half years, taking into account the previous sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers","Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":347,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Igor Orlovskii's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism and 'fakes news' about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"2-32/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, polemising with the 'mantra' of the 'zombified people' on VKontakte about the victory over fascism, Orlovskii compared the policies of Hitler and Stalin before the Second World War. The text ended with the words 'Conclusion: Stalin was as much an aggressor as Hitler. And what could the Soviet Union be proud of?'.\nLater, the case was joined with a case of 'fake news' about the Armed Forces (part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code): according to the investigation, in March, Orlovskii posted on VKontakte a message that the Russian Armed Forces had struck a drama theatre in Mariupol, and in April – two comments. In one of them, he pointed out that Russian soldiers were killing civilians and destroying towns, and in the other, he said that Russian soldiers had raped a boy and a girl in Bucha, according to Ukraine's former ombudsman. In April 2023, Orlovskii's charges on this episode were toughened and reclassified to the dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces on the motive of political hatred (point 'e' of part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) because of 'opposition views'.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.03.2023 to 14.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.03.2024 to 23.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• Unknown: from 23.04.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.05.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\"\n• Unknown:  to 27.02.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.02.2025 to 23.07.2030, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\"\n• punishment cell: from 18.01.2025 to 21.01.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.11.2023, Sentence: 6 years and 6 months' imprisonment. Cumulatively with the previous sentence, 7 years and 6 months' imprisonment.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years and 6 months' imprisonment. Cumulatively with the previous sentence, 7 years and 6 months' imprisonment.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":90,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-13T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-13T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 02-05-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-igorya-orlovskogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Zlye. SVOi.\" (Polite. Angry. Ours) in \"VKontakte\" social media posted a message about Sachivka's persecution, from which it followed that he did not come to the military recruiting office when summoned, \"disagreed with the letter Z\", had reposted posts by people who live or have lived in Ukraine, as well as a post about the missile attack on the train station in Kramatorsk and a post mentioning the deaths of civilians, rape, and looting.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.02.2023, Sentence: 6 months of corrective labour• First instance court on the merits, 16.05.2023","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-08T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-15T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYI85R0GCosBhpb"},{"persecution_id":"recTBgLz4TAoj2lRA","last_updated":"2025-06-25T20:34:03.000Z","person_id":"recgFsbzeTmwYluMR","name_en":"Erzhenkov Sergei Borisovich","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"According to Erzhenkov, the inscription was intended to draw attention to the \"deplorable condition\" of the cultural heritage objects in the city.\nThe journalist added that the inscription was applied with water-based paint, which is easily erased. \"Alas, the inscription which could be washed off with a rag and water was painted over with black oil paint by the utility workers. This is the real gesture of vandalism,\" he explained. Erzhenkov said that he was beaten up during the detention.\n\nThe court dismissed the case twice, after which the prosecutor's office appealed the decision twice. On 3 May 2023, Erzhenkov was sentenced to eight months of restricted freedom. In Augus, it became known that he was accused of violations of administrative supervision; because of this, he could be sent to a colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Kasimov"],"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-RYA"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":397,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the inscription on the Lenin monument in Kasimov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, filmed the video during application of the inscription on the monument to Lenin.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.05.2023, Sentence: 8 months' restrictions on freedom","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 months' restrictions on freedom","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-03T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-03T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTBgLz4TAoj2lRA"},{"persecution_id":"rec7DSYUkEUkYYLFT","last_updated":"2026-01-20T14:41:24.000Z","person_id":"recFyEGfNp4KrB3Wc","name_en":"Elena Filina","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She is a former deputy of Moscow's Prospekt Vernadskogo district. A case was opened against her for dissemination of knowingly fake information about Russian Armed Forces because of a post condemning crimes in Irpen and Bucha. She left Russia, she was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia.\n\nOn 6 March 2025, Filina was sentenced in absentia to eight years. On 19 June, Moscow City Court cancelled the sentence because of a violation of the Code of Criminal Procedure: the judge did not schedule a preliminary hearing, which is mandatory for trials held in the absence of the defendant. In July, the case went to the court of first instance for a new hearing. On 16 September 2025, a new verdict was passed, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":856,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Elena Filina’s case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0624/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for the case was a Facebook post that read, “Bucha and Irpin are the real fascism and Nazism, a crime against humanity committed by Russian soldiers on Putin’s orders”.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.03.2025, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty, 4 years' prohibition to hold office in public organisations• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 16.09.2025, Sentence: The sentence is unknown","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"The sentence is unknown","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-06T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-16T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec7DSYUkEUkYYLFT"},{"persecution_id":"rece8mpVbOpebCoND","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recDnRqHOzcm2LWAu","name_en":"Dmytro Slabkovsky","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Naberezhnye Chelny. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces, a verdict was passed on 13 September 2023, details unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":620,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Slabkovsky's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published several comments in the group \"Science and facts | What will happen if...?\" of the social network, which attracted the attention of law enforcers: \"defence of one's own, but not occupation of the territory of another state\", \"there can be no referendums in the occupied territories\", \"Ukrainians defend their homes and families. Russians are aggressors and occupiers\".\nIn May 2022, Slabkovsky was fined 30 thousand under an administrative article on discrediting the RF Armed Forces (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the CAO), details are unknown.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.09.2023, Sentence: A fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-13T05:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-13T05:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-04-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/04/d47968/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rece8mpVbOpebCoND"},{"persecution_id":"recIJPh2YpC6OJ00z","last_updated":"2025-05-13T10:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recfYIhQ5T8tOzxnM","name_en":"Ivan Legotkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attKMmHs7Y6OpKQMk.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attKMmHs7Y6OpKQMk.jpg"],"birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Perm. No later than May 2022, a case of calls to extremism was opened against him because of a comment on 27 February 2022 wishing that \"the Russian people would rise up against the authorities\". The investigation re-examined the text and found in it also \"signs of incitement to commit violent acts, rebellion and unification against Vladimir Putin\", after which a case of justification of terrorism was also initiated. In May 2025, it became known that Legotkin was put on a wanted list.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Legotkin's case of calling for extremism and justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 27 February he left a comment in the chat room of the \"Perm 36.6\" media, in which he wished that \"the Russian people would rise up against the authorities\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIJPh2YpC6OJ00z"},{"persecution_id":"rech6VIr4fyaEL7dO","last_updated":"2025-01-27T11:42:38.000Z","person_id":"recp6iBc0kVCwUTgO","name_en":"Alexander Vdovichenko","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A citizen of Ukraine. While in pre-trial detention for attempted murder, he was also prosecuted in a case of discreditation of the use of the Russian Armed Forces. In this case, on July 21, 2023, Vdovichenko was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles.\nIn January 2024, it became known that another case of discrediting the Armed Forces was brought against Vdovichenko. On March 11, 2024, he was sentenced to a fine of 130 thousand rubles in this case.\nIn the case of attempted murder Vdovichenko was sentenced to six and a half years in a strict regime colony in August 2023. We do not consider this case as politically motivated.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":232,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["case includes denunciation","private conversation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the ASTRA Telegram channel, the reason for launching a defamation case was a denunciation by acquaintances with whom Alexander discussed the war in his flat. According to them, he condemned the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and expressed support for the military battalion \"Azov\". Earlier, the court fined him 30,000 rubles under a similar administrative article (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a comment in social networks, where he condemned the actions of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 09.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.08.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.07.2023, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 150 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 150 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-21T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-21T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rech6VIr4fyaEL7dO"},{"persecution_id":"recrfFDKbK8LBN1uX","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recIMWnbfpbNnMAUN","name_en":"Mikhail Nikitin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attsfmUGg8DW6cVQU.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attsfmUGg8DW6cVQU.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He has repeatedly criticised the authorities and participated in protests. In 2020, an administrative case was brought against Nikitin for insulting the authorities in a Facebook post, but the case was dismissed due to the statute of limitations. He also participated in actions against the construction of a temple on the embankment of the City Pond of Yekaterinburg and in the square near the Drama Theatre in 2017-2018. Journalists of media \"66.ru\" noticed Nikitin at the actions against the demolition of the TV tower in the winter of 2018.\nIn November 2022, a case of committing a terrorist act was opened against the activist because of the attempted arson of the military recruitment office.\nOn 5 December 2023, Nikitin was sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":212,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"A case of preparing for an arson of a military recruitment office in Yekaterinburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB, he planned \"a terrorist attack in an administrative facility\" (a military recruitment office) in order to \"spread panic among the local population\". According to the agency, the man had accomplices, who are now being sought.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.12.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment, the first 3 of which in prison, the remainder in a strict regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment, the first 3 of which in prison, the remainder in a strict regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-01T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-25T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-10-2022\n Source: https://oi.legal/instruction/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#1\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recrfFDKbK8LBN1uX"},{"persecution_id":"recYon2YthlcoOWx2","last_updated":"2024-12-23T10:25:45.000Z","person_id":"rec3Z7shWt1do56Ct","name_en":"Eugene Yaremenko","birth_year":1985,"age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Dmitrov (Moscow region), a citizen of Ukraine. A case was opened against him for flag desecration, as well as theft with significant damage to a citizen (para. \"c\" part 2, article 158 of the Criminal Code) - he was accused of stealing a bicycle. The court placed Yaremenko in custody. Witnesses in court claimed that Yaremenko shouted \"No to war\", \"Russian occupants\" and called for Putin's resignation. The Ukrainian citizen was also charged with discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) and disobeying the lawful demands of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code). In the first case, he was fined 30,000 rubles. On 23 September 2022, Yaremenko was sentenced in the criminal case to two years in a penal colony. Presumably, he was released in April 2024.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Dmitrov"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2024-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":84,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 329"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Flag desecration case in Dmitrov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took the flag off the flagpole located on Minina Street and tore it. He was also accused of stealing a bicycle.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 04.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.10.2022 to 10.04.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.09.2022, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-23T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-23T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYon2YthlcoOWx2"},{"persecution_id":"rec5xGLcXeJudBQJo","last_updated":"2024-07-25T15:46:32.000Z","person_id":"recuB9d6b7WrlkVcF","name_en":"Stanislav Semenyuk","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Semenyuk worked as a lightning technician at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow. He supplemented the advertising projection on the hall walls with the inscription «Free political prisoners!»  on the day of mass protests in support of Alexei Navalny. Afterwards, he was suspended from work and reprimanded. He resigned at his own request 3 days after the incident. Then he became self-employed and participated in the creation of performances, films and advertising.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vsevolozhsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 329"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of flag burning in a gardening community","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, Semenyuk set on fire a flag with the letter Z (a Russian pro-war symbol), which was hanging in the gardening community \"Yubileynoye-Ruchi\". After Semenyuk was released from the pre-trial detention centre, an administrative report under the article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3. Code of Administrative Offences) was drawn up against him. The report states that the letter \"Z\"  is a \"patriotic symbol which is common and accessible for the understanding of Russians and which is directly identified as a symbol of support for the Russian Armed Forces\". The police believed that Semenyuk had deliberately undermined the credibility and image of the Russian military and discredited the goals and objectives of deploying the Russian military during the «special military operation». Igor Yakovlev, supervisor of the press service of the political party \"Yabloko\", later said in a Facebook post that the administrative case against Semenyuk had been closed.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 10-05-2022\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec5xGLcXeJudBQJo"},{"persecution_id":"recYIJe6OiDODjcbY","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:22:41.000Z","person_id":"rec8pAtoyKCRWQ3gj","name_en":"Vladimir Efimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBcx3OtSjxhAq1U.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBcx3OtSjxhAq1U.jpg"],"birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":68,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist, head of the Primorye branch of the Yabloko political party. In May 2022, detained as part of a criminal case on repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces. During the search, he allegedly handed over two gas pistols and five cartridges, which were stored in his possession illegally. He was given a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On March 31, 2023, Efimov was sentenced to a fine of 200 thousand rubles.\nIn November 2023, it became known that a case was brought against him for repeated propaganda of Nazi symbols. He was again assigned a ban on certain actions.\nIn July 2024, there was information about another case of discrediting the Armed Forces, brought against Efimov. These two cases were merged.\nOn August 23, 2024, Efimov was taken into custody based on a third case of discrediting the Armed Forces. On October 18 2024, he was transferred to house arrest. On January 28, 2025, Efimov was sentenced in this case to two years in a penal colony. On March 28 2025, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by six months.\nOn April 4, 2025, Efimov was sentenced to two years in a settlement type colony on the case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces and repeated propaganda of Nazi symbols.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":314,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Efimov's case of discrediting the Russian army in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky","case_number":"1-27/2023 (1-911/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The details of the case are unknown. Efimov had previously been fined 30 thousand roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.05.2022 to 31.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.03.2023, Sentence: A fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-31T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-31T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYIJe6OiDODjcbY"},{"persecution_id":"reckPorYKfUiSTF16","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recgE3gspIU9QQFe9","name_en":"Kirill Korolev","birth_year":1995,"age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. He was prosecuted for violence against a police officer in connection with the dispersal of an anti-war rally on 6 March 2022. He was under house arrest. On 9 December 2022, the court dismissed the case, Korolev was ordered to pay a court fine. According to the defence lawyer, the reason for dismissing the case was that Korolev had made amends to the police officer and the community. However, on 12 January 2023, the appeal court overturned the decision and returned the case to the trial court. On 2 March, Korolev was sentenced to 10 months in a settlement colony. On 10 May, the appeal court replaced the term with a suspended sentence.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":283,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 6.03.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the attack on police officers in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he pushed the policeman with his hands.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.03.2023, Sentence: 10 months' imprisonment in a settlement colony• First instance court on the merits, 09.12.2022, Sentence: case dismissed","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 months' imprisonment in a settlement colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-09T16:31:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-02T15:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckPorYKfUiSTF16"},{"persecution_id":"receddeMODoxl12Kw","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recv3TXjlam8OgBG2","name_en":"Anatoliy Poplavskiy","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attVTaTLnzak1QsnB.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attVTaTLnzak1QsnB.jpg"],"birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An employee of an oil and gas company. On 6 October 2022, he was detained and drew up a report on petty hooliganism because he was swearing using profanities. According to \"Ostorozhno, Novosti\", Poplavskiy explained it by the fact that he divorced his wife and his children remained in Ukraine. He was arrested for 15 days, after which a criminal case was opened: initially he was charged with the creation of an illegal armed formation, but then reclassified as participation in an armed conflict. On 21 October, Poplavskiy was taken into custody. The Sota newspaper reported from the words of a man who was in the same cell with Poplavskiy in the special detention centre that he had a mark from a stun gun on his arm. Poplavskiy told him that on 6 October, after his arrest, he was \"put a bag on his head and taken to the forest\", where he was forced to unlock his phone and show his correspondence. In the phone they found critical statements about the Russian army.\nLater it became known that Poplavskiy was charged with preparation for participation in an armed conflict. On 2 November 2023, he was sentenced to five and a half years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":396,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 208"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anatoliy Poplavskiy's case of the creation of an armed formation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was an application to join the \"Freedom of Russia\" legion. Poplavskiy claims that he had indeed sent the application, but he did it in a drunken state and succumbed to emotions, and in fact he did not intend to join it.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.10.2022 to 18.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• administrative detention: from 07.10.2022 to 21.10.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.11.2023, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/poplavskij-anatolij-eduardovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"receddeMODoxl12Kw"},{"persecution_id":"rec7QeEkNmcRJCTHl","last_updated":"2024-05-27T15:40:53.000Z","person_id":"recldgfuXVnBL9VKY","name_en":"Bratash Olga","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Individual entrepreneur in the agricultural production sector.\nDuring the search, Bratash, in particular, was found with green ribbons - a symbol of anti-war protest. She was [taken to a pre-trial detention centre](https://ovd.news/express-news/2022/05/16/zhitelnicu-vladivostoka-obvinyaemuyu-v-povrezhdenii-pamyatnika-otpravili-v) and her two underage children were sent to a rehabilitation centre. Later their father picked them up. On July 11, the woman was [trasferred](https://ovd.news/express-news/2022/07/11/zhitelnicu-vladivostoka-obvinyaemuyu-v-povrezhdenii-pamyatnika-zorge) to house arrest.\nInitially, the case was opened under an article on vandalism, then she was charged with destruction or damage to burials or monuments associated with the Great Patriotic War (clause “b”, part 2 of Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code), but in January 2023 they again charged with vandalism. On April 7, 2023, Bratash received a fine of five thousand rubles. On June 20, the appellate court changed the classification of the act and toughened the punishment; details are unknown..","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":340,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case on the damage to the sorge monument in Vladivostok","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, Bratash spilled red paint on a monument dedicated to the spy Richard Sorge.\n\nInitially, the case was initiated under the article on vandalism. Then the charges were changed destruction or damage to graves or monuments related to the Great Patriotic War (Paragraph \"B\" of Part 2 of Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code). In January 2023, the charges were changed back to vandalism.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.05.2022 to 11.07.2022\n• house arrest: from 11.07.2022 to 07.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.04.2023, Sentence: a fine of 5 thousand rubles (~50USD)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 5 thousand rubles (~50USD)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":5000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-06T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec7QeEkNmcRJCTHl"},{"persecution_id":"rec4WH16EoWLItBXA","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recbyObGdS5uRsGBB","name_en":"Pavel Zholtikov","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaluga"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":352,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Zholtikov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"Zholtikov was prosecuted because of a photo he posted in a Telegram channel in April, showing a truck with the letter \"Z\" on it, accompanied by the comment \"Russians on their way to the slaughter\" and because of a call to blow up military vehicles with the letter \"Z\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2022, Sentence: a fine of 240 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 240 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":240000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-19T12:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-19T12:50:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-03-2023\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#1\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec4WH16EoWLItBXA"},{"persecution_id":"recRDh0vFcsvs1ZDr","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recsyd4iMhqx4N3aT","name_en":"Aleksandr Strukov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwhJ23b34Y3ASwP.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwhJ23b34Y3ASwP.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-07-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A photographer who co-operated with Navalny's team in Moscow.\nIn January 2022, a criminal case was opened against him for public justification of terrorism and incitement of hatred in connection with comments under posts in the Telegram channel of the media outlet Znak.com. Strukov was detained after a search and placed in pretrial detention. It later became known that the case also included a charge of offending the feelings of believers.\n\nStrukov himself told OVD-Info that in the Znak.com chatrooms where he had written his comments there were “Kremlin bots” provoking people into verbal aggression.\"They wrote anti-Semitic insults, insults against the Ukrainian people, calls for the destruction of the social group \"Navalnists\", people with liberal views. Simply put, tthe chat was filled with chaos, swearing, and spam. Seeing all the absurdity that surrounds us every day, all the injustice, it was sometimes nice to let off steam in the evening by writing a couple of comments to these provocateurs,\" the photographer said.\n\nIn September 2023, it became known that one of Strukov's cellmates - ex-mercenary of Wagner PMC - offered other detainees a cartoon of cigarettes to beat up the photographer. None of the 18 people in the cell agreed to this, but the fight took place anyway. After that, an officer suggested that Strukov “move to SIZO No. 6 to do repairs there.” This detention center is a women’s facility, but according to lawyers, it also holds transgender people and those prosecuted on charges of sexual abuse of minors.\n\nOn 3 November 2023, Strukov was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony and a fine of 200,000 rubles. On 30 January 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months and the fine by 20 thousand roubles. On 1 August 2024, the cassation court further softened the sentence by removing the fine, as the statute of limitations had expired under the article on insulting the feelings of believers.\n\nIn May 2025, it became known that a new case of public justification of terrorism had been opened against Strukov. The basis was the words “Death to Putin” spoken during the announcement of the verdict in the first case — the investigators interpreted them as calls to attempt the life of Vladimir Putin. On February 26, 2026, he was sentenced in this case to six years in prison, taking into account the term from the first sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":671,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":95,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","282","148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 282","Part 1, Article 148"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Strukov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case against Strukov was opened because of comments under posts on the Telegram channel of Znak.com. The posts included phrases such as “Glory to Ukraine!”, “Down with the Chekist regime,” “Good morning everyone, down with Putin!” and similar statements etc.\nAccording to an expert who conducted a psychological-linguistic analysis, these statements contain signs of incitement to hatred and enmity towards persons of Russian nationality, and are aimed at committing terrorist acts, destroying employees of the Interior Ministry, the Federal Security Service (FSB), members of the \"United Russia\" party and calling for an attempt on the life of Vladimir Putin ","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 01.10.2023 to 30.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• Unknown:  to 01.04.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: from 10.12.2024 to 25.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: from 27.12.2024 to 11.01.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.12.2024 to 27.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.01.2025 to 12.02.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: from 12.02.2025 to 23.02.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.02.2025 to 27.02.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: from 27.02.2025 to 09.03.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.04.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.03.2025 to 26.03.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: from 26.03.2025 to 10.04.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 07.05.2025, Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.11.2023, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles• Court of appeal instance on the merits, 30.01.2024, Sentence: 7 years and 10 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, a fine of 180,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years and 10 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, a fine of 180,000 rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":94,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2023-11-03T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-06-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/strukov-aleksandr-alekseevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recRDh0vFcsvs1ZDr"},{"persecution_id":"rec6WGNxpFpybpBfm","last_updated":"2025-09-20T14:33:55.000Z","person_id":"recwJipNFSaFID56j","name_en":"Islamutdin Yusupov","birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Buynaksk"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2023-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":312,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly","freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"Islamutdin Yusupov's case on calls for mass disorder","persecution_case_profile_en":"Under the news of the power outage he wrote a comment urging the whole village for a rally \"for life clamped down by the authorities.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 22.11.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.11.2022, Sentence: 4 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-09T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-09T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6WGNxpFpybpBfm"},{"persecution_id":"reczZ8PxbHL5JyFm7","last_updated":"2025-01-27T09:39:25.000Z","person_id":"rec4aZ0aTBEF5i6Q5","name_en":"Valery Badmaev","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":71,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Editor-in-chief of \"Sovremennaya Kalmykiya\" (Modern Kalmykiya) newspaper, human rights defender.\n\nA case was brought against Badmaev for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. The prosecutor's office refused to approve the indictment in the case twice, but eventually the case did go to court. On  November 13, 2023, Badmaev was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Elista"],"persecution_region_en":["Kalmykia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KL"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":347,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Valery Badmaev's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-392/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"A criminal case was initiated over a video about the events in Mariupol. According to the investigation, the journalist reposted a video on VKontakte with a story by a fighter of the Azov battalion saying that the Russian army had used phosphorus bombs against the defenders of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. Earlier Badmaev was fined 35,000 rubles under a similar administrative article (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of the publication of a video on VKontakte entitled \"Stop the war with Ukraine and Putin should resign! Opinion of public figure Badmaev V.A.\".\nIn March 2023, it became known that the expert examination did not find any signs of defamation in the video with the story of \"Azov\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 13.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.02.2024 to 01.02.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.11.2023, Sentence: A fine of 150,000 roubles, a ban on publishing materials on the Internet and publishing a newspaper for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 150,000 roubles, a ban on publishing materials on the Internet and publishing a newspaper for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-13T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-13T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 14-12-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/12/d49072/?sphrase_id=2733962\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"reczZ8PxbHL5JyFm7"},{"persecution_id":"recdsNyJbioDE6lEo","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"reca24uPiLcSs5zhp","name_en":"Yulia Chapurina","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Arkhangelsk. In 2019 participated in actions against the construction of a landfill in Shies. In April 2022, she was fined 40 and 35 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of the installation of a cross in memory of the victims in Mariupol and an anti-war picket for 8 March, respectively. The reason for the initiation of a criminal case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces was a repost of a video of a cargo plane filled with the bodies of dead Russian soldiers. The caption to the video said that Moscow residents die in Ukraine much less often than Dagestanis, Buryats or Tuvinians. The court chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 10 January 2023, Chapurina was sentenced to a fine of 130,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":101,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yulia Chapurina's case of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-54/2023 (1-362/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a repost of a video of a cargo plane allegedly filled with bodies of dead Russian servicemen. The caption to the video said that Moscow residents die in Ukraine much less often than Dagestanis, Buryats or Tuvinians.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 10.01.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.01.2023, Sentence: a fine of 130 thousand roubles (approximately US$1688)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 130 thousand roubles (approximately US$1688)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":130000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-10T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-10T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdsNyJbioDE6lEo"},{"persecution_id":"recp4oN88Emmax04l","last_updated":"2023-11-08T17:12:01.000Z","person_id":"recq8ubUq1JtOHPZm","name_en":"Maria Malysheva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attXwngqM1X6215Rq.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attXwngqM1X6215Rq.jpg"],"birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Regularly defends in courts people who were groundlessly detained at protests.\nOn 5 March, she detained after a search, released, measure of restraint or coercion unknown. After Malysheva's criminal prosecution was terminated, the prosecutor's office sent her an official apology in connection with the unlawful prosecution.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of a false report of a bomb threat against a police station in St. Petersburg"],"case_name_en":"Maria Malysheva's case of a false report of a bomb threat","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 1 March, the 77th police department received a call about a bombing of the department. 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In the spring and autumn of 2018, Grachev, who participated in the activities of Navalny's headquarters, was repeatedly detained, arrested and fined. In 2019, he planned to run as a municipal candidate.\nOn September 24th 2022, Grachev was detained in the case of a false report of bobm threat. The reason was the call of an unknown person about the mining of the Moscow district court of St. Petersburg. On 25th of September Grachev was released on a recognisance to appear. The case was part of a large series of cases initiated in 2022 against participants of anti-war actions.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a false bomb threat of the Moscow District Court","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to preliminary data, the case was initiated in connection to a message regarding a bomb threat to the Moscovsky District Court in Saint Petersburg.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recY9iMoWUi1A2H3M"},{"persecution_id":"rec87Lwzcex3R7S8O","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recRjXBFobqj8jUnx","name_en":"Nikolay Dikhtyar","birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":72,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":68,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In March 2022, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Dikhtyar for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. A measure of restraint was elected in the form of a signature not to leave. On 2 May 2024, he was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence. 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Memorial:\n Date: 14-04-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-07-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/07/d46579/?sphrase_id=6111\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec87Lwzcex3R7S8O"},{"persecution_id":"recNOzRrPvAozGLVh","last_updated":"2025-08-31T07:04:56.000Z","person_id":"rec2qkESoFuSwC2iP","name_en":"Vladimir Latypov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kemerovo, entrepreneur. On 25 April 2022, it became known that a case was opened against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because of a solitary picket. According to unconfirmed reports, he left Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["solo picket"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Latypov's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"He held a solitary protest against the war. Prior to the initiation of the criminal case, he was twice held administratively liable for solitary pickets under the article on discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the  Code of Administrative Offences), one of the rulings came into force on April 18.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-04-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46186/\n• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 26-04-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46186/?sphrase_id=2011452\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recNOzRrPvAozGLVh"},{"persecution_id":"recH7IsGUQKBIHkRS","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recEn8EyCFWMz4t5W","name_en":"Ivan Kavinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwBU2i8z3z4iDyF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwBU2i8z3z4iDyF.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kovrov (Vladimir region). In November 2022, taken into custody on the case of dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 26 May, 2023, he was sentenced to three years in a strict regime colony. The severity of the punishment is apparently explained by the fact that this is not his first criminal case. In February 2012, Kavinov was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime prison colony in a robbery case, taking into account the punishment for the sentence handed down in September 2010. Presumably, he was released in November 2025.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kovrov"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":206,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case on \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Kovrov","case_number":"1-147/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Kavinov published at least seven posts in a Telegram channel containing deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 14.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.06.2023 to 01.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.05.2023, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonement in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonement in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-26T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-26T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-06-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kavinov-ivan-igorevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recH7IsGUQKBIHkRS"},{"persecution_id":"recYVE9YUzbzmaL3M","last_updated":"2026-02-17T16:54:18.000Z","person_id":"recY1ipAiOsgDJ0YR","name_en":"Ruslan Ganeev","birth_year":1983,"age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Naberezhnye Chelny, web developer. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Ganeev failed to appear at the first court hearing in the case. After that, the case was suspended, as the defendant went into hiding. Ganeev was put on a wanted list and was found at his home. He was taken into custody and the hearings resumed.\nOn 6 March 2023, Ganeev was sentenced to 10 months of correctional labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":429,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces in Naberezhnye Chelny","case_number":"1-158/2023 (1-1741/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The details are unknown.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.03.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.03.2023, Sentence: 10 months of corrective labor.","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 months of corrective labor.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-06T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-06T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 23-02-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ganeev-ruslan/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recYVE9YUzbzmaL3M"},{"persecution_id":"reckZqsWO7WfqGuoG","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"recssUxdxW4bBnrOc","name_en":"Alexey Pinigin","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Novosibirsk. In October 2022, he was detained after being informed that he had been recognized by the cameras. His home was searched. Later Pinigin was released on his own recognisance in the case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation because of painting the inscription \"No to War\" on a monument. It is known that Alexei Pinigin was among those detained in Novosibirsk at the anti-war action on February 27th. The website of the Novosibirsk Regional Court also has information about the cancellation of the activist's fine of nine thousand rubles: it was imposed because of participation in the action against the war with Ukraine on March 6 under the article on violation of the regime of heightened readiness (part 1 of article 20.6.1 of the Administrative Code) and was cancelled after the removal of \"anticoronavirus\" restrictions in the region in the summer.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Pinigin's case concerning an anti-war inscription on a monument","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case against Pinigin was opened for painting the inscription \"No to War\" on a monument.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckZqsWO7WfqGuoG"},{"persecution_id":"reckIW7n0DsV9sq8W","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:06:46.000Z","person_id":"reclrwhhvAh7ik0zx","name_en":"Aleksandr Snezhkov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attULawE9eAZJeJaE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attULawE9eAZJeJaE.jpg"],"birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An anarchist, he administered Telegram channels dedicated to protests against the war in Ukraine, guerrilla actions, leftist ideology, animal protection and problems in Transbaikalia. Snezhkov was on his own recognisance. In January 2023, he was detained in Omsk, after which he was taken into custody. On 25 April 2024, he was sentenced to six years in a penal colony. On 25 November 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.\n\nIn July 2025, Snezhkov reported that a new criminal case had been opened against him. According to him, in January of the same year, when he was in SIZO-1 in Chita, a prisoner cooperating with the administration was placed in his cell and began to ask Snezhkov why he was in jail. The anarchist told about his case - this conversation was recorded on a dictaphone. On the basis of this recording, the FSB opened a criminal case on justification of terrorism and calls for terrorism. On 22 October 2025, Snezhkov was sentenced, taking into account his previous sentence, to five years in a strict regime colony. On 16 February 2026, the appeal court reduced the sentence by six months, considering that Snezhkov's words did not contain calls to terrorism, but only justification. Taking into account the previous sentence, the total term was four years and nine months (earlier it was erroneously reported that Snezhkov was sentenced to four and a half years).","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":542,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, 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custody:  to 25.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n• recognizance not to leave: from 31.10.2022 to 01.01.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaikalsky territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n• Unknown: \n• punishment cell: from 27.02.2025 to 06.03.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaikalsky territory\"\n• punishment cell: from 06.03.2025 to 20.03.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaikalsky territory\"\n• punishment cell: from 20.03.2025 to 04.04.2025, Federal 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Unknown: from 10.04.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":70,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-25T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-25T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 04-08-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/analytics/politzaklyuchyonnye-i-politicheskie-repressii-v-rossii-v-2022-godu/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reckIW7n0DsV9sq8W"},{"persecution_id":"recjUp4tdykByEU6j","last_updated":"2024-07-25T15:33:52.000Z","person_id":"rec8XbY8ayWt771GL","name_en":"Andrey 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In 2010, he began working as a consultant for an international consulting company Bain & Company. Eventually, Panov became a project manager and a partner in the Moscow office of the company. There, he was an expert in aviation, financial, educational, and digital practices. Among other projects, in 2014, he participated in the development of a strategy and the launch of the first Russian low-cost airline Pobeda. On December 26, 2018, Andrei Panov was appointed Deputy CEO for Strategy and Marketing at PJSC Aeroflot. There, he participated in the development of a strategy for a group of airlines—Aeroflot, Pobeda, Rossiya, and Aurora. \nImmediately after the war began, he resigned from the company and left Russia, publishing several anti-war statements. On April 12, 2022, his article in the Financial Times called on Russian business leaders and top managers to resign and sabotage the war \"by delaying or ignoring every deal or contract that supports the military invasion or Russian propaganda.\" The next day, a criminal investigation was initiated against him. Panov is currently outside of Russia. On May 18th, the court ruled to arrest him in absentia\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 159"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Panov on fraud","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he, together with an unidentified group of people, is accused of fraud in connection with a contract with the American company Bain in 2019 to develop a marketing strategy for Aeroflot. The investigation is currently paused.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjUp4tdykByEU6j"},{"persecution_id":"recOT6OUgbP9pWN7K","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:06:32.000Z","person_id":"rec5qbgkPO8QWiO2H","name_en":"Ilya Ponomarev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attRWFiEbOw12R5bh.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attRWFiEbOw12R5bh.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ilya Ponomarev was a deputy of the State Duma from 2007 to 2016. He was elected to the Duma of the V convocation from the CPRF, and to the VI convocation from Just Russia. In 2011-2012, he took an active part in protests against the rigged elections and the power of Vladimir Putin. In 2013, he left Just Russia. In 2014, he was the only MP who voted against the annexation of Crimea to Russia.\n\nIn 2015, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the MP for complicity in embezzlement (part 4 of article 160 of the Criminal Code with application of part 5 of article 33 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, the Skolkovo Foundation signed a contract with Ponomarev to conduct research work and lectures in the amount of 750 thousand dollars. The deputy received the money by preparing, as the IC wrote, \"under the guise of research work, two reports that had absolutely no scientific value and did not meet the requirements of the terms of reference\", and instead of lectures he gave \"short blitz speeches of 3 to 18 minutes, and at events unrelated to the declared subject (\"Commercialisation of new technologies\" - OVD-Info's note)\". In 2015, Ponomarev was stripped of his parliamentary immunity and arrested in absentia.\n\nNow Ilya Ponomarev lives in Ukraine. In 2019, then Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko granted him Ukrainian citizenship. In April, Ponomarev founded the TV channel \"Morning of February\", dedicated to the war between Russia and Ukraine.\nOn 22 August 2022, Ponomarev claimed that a certain National Republican Army had claimed responsibility for the murder of publicist Darya Dugina, which had taken place in the Moscow suburbs the previous day.\n\nSoon he was arrested in absentia in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Later this case was merged with the case of public justification of terrorism.\nIn September 2022, a criminal case was opened against Ponomarev, which, according to information as of February 2025, includes a number of articles: state treason, participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, calls for terrorism and activities against the security of the Russian Federation, creation of a terrorist community and seizure of power.\nOn 21 October 2022, Ponomarev was included in the register of individuals - \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn September 2023, it was reported that a case was opened against Ponomarev for the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\". Apparently, this refers to the organisation Kongres Deputowanych Ludowych (Congress of People's Deputies), registered in Poland, of which Ponomarev is one of the leaders.\n\nOn 11 September 2024, Ponomarev was sentenced in absentia to ten years' imprisonment in the case of \"fakes\" and public justification of terrorism.\n\nIn June 2025, it became known that another case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Ponomarev because of statements in support of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\". Apparently, this case was merged with the case of evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\".\n\nA case was also brought against Ponomarev for organising mass disorder, incitement to hatred and financing extremist activities in connection with the pogrom at Makhachkala airport in 2023 (we cannot say with certainty that there was a political motive in this case). In July 2025, the case came to court. On 2 April 2026, the court sentenced Ponomarev in absentia to 19 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":772,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ilya Ponomarev's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-181/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case concerns posts on the YouTube channel “Forum of Free Russia” from March 5 to 17 — videos with information about the killing of civilians near Kyiv and in Mariupol, the bombing of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant by the Russian army, the obstruction of the humanitarian corridor, and cases of looting by Russian military officers.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.09.2024, Sentence: 10 years` imprisonment (in absentia) and a 4-year ban on administering internet resources","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years` imprisonment (in absentia) and a 4-year ban on administering internet resources","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-11T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-11T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOT6OUgbP9pWN7K"},{"persecution_id":"recGw9QTZTnCGrdZg","last_updated":"2026-02-17T15:08:57.000Z","person_id":"recnkWjV35jaD54Vq","name_en":"Pyotr Verzilov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Canada"],"story_en":"Former publisher of Mediazona, member of Pussy Riot. After the beginning of the war, he fought in the AFU. In September 2018, he suffered from poisoning.\n\nOn 21 June 2020, Verzilov was searched as part of a case of mass disorder and use of violence against representatives of the authorities in connection with a rally in Moscow on 27 July 2019 in support of unregistered candidates in the Moscow City Duma elections. After the search, Verzilov was interrogated and released in the status of a witness, but he was attacked by a provocateur on his way out of the Investigative Committee building and was detained again. On 22 June, the court arrested him for 15 days under the article on petty hooliganism. On 6 July he was released from the special detention centre, after which it became known that a case of failure to notify of foreign citizenship had been opened against him. In November 2021, Verzilov was declared wanted in this case.\n\nIn September 2021, Verzilov was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn early December 2022, information about a criminal case about \"fakes\" about the army appeared. It was reported that Verzilov was wanted in this case as well. On 13 December a search was conducted at Verzilov's mother's home, on 16 December - at the participant of Pussy Riot Rita Flores house. In the latter case, lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov confirmed that the search was conducted as part of the case of \"fakes\" about the army. On 26 January 2023, Verzilov was charged in absentia. In March 2023, he was arrested in absentia. On 3 November 2023, Verzilov was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in a penal colony. On 11 March 2024, the court of appeal cancelled the verdict and sent the case for a new hearing due to some procedural violations. The next day, a number of artists and activists in different cities, as well as Verzilov's mother, were searched for treason in a new case against him.\n\nIn December 2024, Verzilov was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, with a mark that is usually placed next to the names of people prosecuted under terrorist articles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Pyotr Verzilov's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0488/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"Two tweets and two posts in Verzilov's Instagram about the events in Bucha became the reason for the case.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.11.2023, Sentence: 8 years 6 months imprisonment in absentia, ban on writing on the Internet for 4 years• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 02.04.2024, Sentence: 8 years 4 months imprisonment in absentia, ban on writing on the Internet for 3 years 10 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 4 months imprisonment in absentia, ban on writing on the Internet for 3 years 10 months","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":100,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-03T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-02T06:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-10-2022\n Source: https://oi.legal/instruction/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#22-2\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recGw9QTZTnCGrdZg"},{"persecution_id":"recotMJljA2SY3z0h","last_updated":"2024-11-13T07:53:38.000Z","person_id":"recZ1psRaXWaYK4Fk","name_en":"Gennady Druzenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBqQeZmImSvmt1e.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBqQeZmImSvmt1e.jpg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ukrainian military doctor, head of the Mobile Hospital project. A case of incitement to hatred was brought against him because of his aggressive remarks against captured Russian servicemen. In June 2024, Druzenko was sentenced in absentia to five and a half years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":839,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":119,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Gennady Druzenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"on the air of a Ukrainian television channel, he publicly called for violence dangerous to life and health against Russian servicemen who were captured by Ukrainian troops during a special military operation\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.06.2024, Sentence: 6 years 6 months imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-17T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-17T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recotMJljA2SY3z0h"},{"persecution_id":"recFZtiNY422hy5Au","last_updated":"2026-02-13T23:17:16.000Z","person_id":"recFazmJvYxgwQ82o","name_en":"Aleksei Sukhobokov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attTmRkL2UeBXB81Y.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attTmRkL2UeBXB81Y.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of the Tver region and a loader.\nAt the time the criminal case was initiated, Sukhobokov was serving an administrative arrest: he was given seven days in the case of demonstrating prohibited symbols (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The man was found guilty of drawing a symbol of the Azov Brigade on the wooden door of a warehouse on 25 August 2022, and on 5 October 2022 – a swastika on a dirty car. On 12 October, operatives interrogated Sukhobokov in a special detention centre. The text of the interrogation report says that he is “fond of fascist ideology” and “wears fascist insignia”. At the same time, his colleagues from the company Prestige Ltd. were also questioned. “They all repeated the same thing: Alexei repeatedly expressed his Nazi views, drew swastikas, symbols of Azov fighters and once put a picture of Hitler on the desktop of his corporate computer,” writes Avtozak LIVE. The lawyer Valery Luzin told Avtozak LIVE that the witnesses in the case were under pressure.\nThe court sentenced Sukhobokov to two and a half years in a penal colony.\nPresumably, Sukhobokov was released in April 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ostashkov"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":207,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["case includes denunciation","private conversation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Sukhobokov’s case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he expressed his joy over the explosion on the Crimean Bridge in a conversation with his colleagues. Testimonies of Sukhobokov’s colleagues serve as the evidence of his verbal statement.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.10.2022 to 12.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Novgorod Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2023 to 01.04.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Novgorod Region\n• Unknown: from 01.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.04.2023, Sentence: 2 years and 6 months’ imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 6 months’ imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-26T12:24:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-26T12:24:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/suhobokov-aleksej-alekseevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recFZtiNY422hy5Au"},{"persecution_id":"rec4gQkfbdcZjAXpn","last_updated":"2024-12-11T09:00:40.000Z","person_id":"recNb4TRPf1GeobYG","name_en":"Deniz Aydın","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attymA1bTWXtOsdBu.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attymA1bTWXtOsdBu.jpg"],"birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Together with Kirill Brik, he was detained at the end of August with some explosive substance. He claimed that they planned to test it out of curiosity. Later he said that he had been tortured, as a result of which he denounced himself and other defendants in the case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 111 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.4","223.1","222.1","111"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 3, Article 223.1","Part 4, Article 222.1","Article 111 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The Ural anti-fascists case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nikita Oleinik, Deniz Aydin, Yuri Neznamov and Daniil Chertykov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with Kirill Brik, he made improvised explosive devices for use in attacks planned by terrorist groups. He is also charged with intentional infliction of serious harm to health from premeditated hooliganism with the use of weapons because he was attacked by several people, in connection with which he had to defend himself.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 30.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• in custody: from 30.10.2023\n• in custody: from 01.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 30-03-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/03/30/figurant-dela-uralskikh-antifashistov-rasskazal-o-davlenii-v-sizo\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec4gQkfbdcZjAXpn"},{"persecution_id":"reclW12eYbU5jj9Fa","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recCTQEUmGMORtQlL","name_en":"Olga Belova","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In March 2022, the activist was fined 25,000 rubles, and in May - 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of anti-war reposts and comments on VKontakte. In April, the woman was fired because of her anti-war stance from the Omsk clinical cardiology dispensary, where she worked as a psychologist. Belova posted on her VKontakte page a video of a conversation with Olga Korenova, the head doctor, and the head of the human resources department. In the video they say that the Ministry of Health has received an order to dismiss the activist, so she has to choose between work and politics. The publication of the video became a formal reason for the cancellation of the contract: the dispensary management believed that Belova had disclosed personal data by showing what Korenova looked like. Later, the court refused to reinstate her to her job. On the night of November 2, Belova was taken to the Centre \"E\", where she was taken explanations about the next anti-war publications, then released without protocol.\nIn December 2023, it became known that Belova was declared wanted, and for the second time - previously she was declared wanted in connection with some operational-search activities (ORM), that is, even before the initiation of a criminal case.\nOn 4 May 2024, Belova was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Psychologists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":519,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Olga Belova's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Army","case_number":"1-279/2024","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.05.2024, Sentence: 6 years in prison in absentia, banned from administering websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years in prison in absentia, banned from administering websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-03T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-03T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reclW12eYbU5jj9Fa"},{"persecution_id":"reciK3Vej0sg1CMct","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recPt4sNRR2ic2Pgf","name_en":"Zaurbek Zhambekov","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Nalchik. In March, Zhambekov was fined 30,000 roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of his publications on social media. In April, Zhambekov was summoned to the Centre for Countering Extremism and shown a video of a girl tearing a sticker off a car. After the conversation, a report was drawn up on Zhambekov for disobedience to the lawful demands of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), and then the court arrested him for five days. While Zhambekov was under arrest, a criminal case was opened against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and involving minors in committing a crime. On 24th of June, he was sentenced to two years suspended for two years and a fine of 30 thousand rubles with the possibility of repayment in instalments.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nalchik"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":84,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 150 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["150","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 150","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Zaurbek Zhambekov's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and involving a minor in a crime in Nalchik","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he told his daughter to tear off a sticker in the form of the letter Z from someone's car. The owner of said car turned out to be a police officer.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.06.2022, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment, a fine of 30,000 roubles with the possibility of repayment in instalments","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended imprisonment, a fine of 30,000 roubles with the possibility of repayment in instalments","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":30000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-06-24T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-06-24T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reciK3Vej0sg1CMct"},{"persecution_id":"recTPFzDuGax6QomR","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:18:53.000Z","person_id":"recNewj2KBoykWWpO","name_en":"Ilya Vinogradov","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnoyarsk, supporter of the antifa movement. A case of robbery was opened against him. Presumably, a visit to a former antifascist who had defected to the right-wing was considered as a robbery: according to the Bums in Paris Telegram channel, Vinogradov and another defendant in the case, Daniil Ivanov, took away his belongings with antifascist symbols. RIA \"Novosti\", citing a law enforcement source, reported that they were going to set fire to a military recruitment centre to protest against the war in Ukraine, and also sprayed graffiti in Krasnoyarsk. Whether criminal cases have been opened in connection with these episodes is unknown. Vinogradov was taken into custody. On 19 April 2023, he was transferred to house arrest. On 17 May Vinogradov was sentenced to five years of suspended sentence.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":290,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["other","freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 162 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["162"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 162"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Krasnoyarsk antifa","persecution_case_profile_en":"Presumably, the robbery was considered a visit to a former anti-fascist who had defected to the right-wing: according to the Bums in Paris Telegram channel, Vinogradov and Ivanov took away his belongings with anti-fascist symbols. RIA \"Novosti\", citing a law enforcement source, reported that they were going to set fire to a military recruitment centre to protest against the war in Ukraine, and also sprayed graffiti in Krasnoyarsk. It is not known whether criminal cases have been opened in connection with these episodes.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 19.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• house arrest: from 19.04.2023 to 18.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 13.06.2023 to 12.06.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.05.2023, Sentence: 5 years of suspended sentence with a probationary period of 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years of suspended sentence with a probationary period of 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTPFzDuGax6QomR"},{"persecution_id":"recLiE65qeNB9scbp","last_updated":"2025-09-08T09:27:11.000Z","person_id":"reci97m9k6KXSxhwk","name_en":"Mikhail Simonov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attOIGi6bzxzmtSIV.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attOIGi6bzxzmtSIV.jpg"],"birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Director of a restaurant car, lived in Belarus. The elderly Simonov is hard of hearing and speaks with difficulty, and has a number of chronic diseases.\n\nA criminal case about \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces was brought against him. On 30 March 2023, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony. On 18 January 2024, the Сourt of Сassation reduced the sentence by six months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":149,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Simonov's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0105/2023 (01-0731/2022)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 19 and 20 March, having a disdainful, unfriendly and aggressive-hostile attitude towards the Russian authorities and dislike for their actions to normalise the socio-political situation in Ukraine, he published two comments on VKontakte about the bombing of Kiev and Mariupol.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody:  to 25.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chuvash Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chuvash Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Nizhny Novgorod region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.03.2023, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-6,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-30T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-30T10:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-04-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47622/?sphrase_id=2011398\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-04-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/simonov-mihail/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recLiE65qeNB9scbp"},{"persecution_id":"receLwDR8wmBfijeX","last_updated":"2024-12-10T22:58:59.000Z","person_id":"reclYIcOYoSaNdtrC","name_en":"Adam Gadzhiev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atts2pCRmuhvD3Qcp.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atts2pCRmuhvD3Qcp.jpg"],"birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Detained after an anti-mobilisation rally in Makhachkala on 26 September 2022, Adam was accused of violence against a law enforcement officer. According to his defence lawyers, Gadzhiev had bodily injuries after his detention.\nOn 10 February 2023 he was sentenced to one and a half years in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released in November 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":162,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"26.09.2022 Anti-war actions and against mobilisation","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Adam Gadzhiev's case of violence against a representative of the authorities in Makhachkala","persecution_case_profile_en":"Use of violence dangerous to life and health against a police officer at a protest against mobilisation in Makhachkala on 26 September","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 30.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.11.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2023, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-10T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-10T15:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receLwDR8wmBfijeX"},{"persecution_id":"recSUnyElCCBaSyHy","last_updated":"2024-05-13T23:19:03.000Z","person_id":"recw9xPhgKByJ4ytW","name_en":"Evgeny Roizman","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attw7jdfQlBLjvNH9.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attw7jdfQlBLjvNH9.jpg"],"birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former mayor of Yekaterinburg. Earlier, Roizman was repeatedly fined under the administrative article on discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of the statements he made on Twitter. He was detained in the early hours of 24 August in Yekaterinburg after searches at his home, at the Nevyanskaya Icon Museum he founded, and at his charitable foundation. Icons were seized from the museum - according to unconfirmed information, because of theft reports. According to official data, the case was initiated in Moscow; Roizman was going to be transferred there, but then was left in Yekaterinburg.\nOn 25 November, Roizman was included in the register of individuals - \"foreign agents\".\nOn 16 March 2023, Roizman was arrested for 14 days because of a post in his support group on social network VKontakte, which contained symbols of the FBK (Anti-Corruption Foundation) which was recognised as an extremist organisation. Roizman himself claims that he has never used VKontakte.\nOn 19 May 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 260,000 rubles (formally the amount of the fine was 280,000) (approximately 2.6 and 2.8 thousand euros), but it was reduced due to the time spent under the pre-trial restriction).","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":268,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yevgeny Roizman's case of repeated discrediting of the use of the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"Roizman told journalists that the reason for the prosecution was that he had used the words \"invasion of Ukraine\". The reason for the prosecution was a certain video clip on social media.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 19.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.05.2023, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 260 thousand roubles (approximately 2.6 thousand euros)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 260 thousand roubles (approximately 2.6 thousand euros)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":260000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-19T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-19T11:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-08-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/08/d46852/?sphrase_id=1575104\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 04-08-2023\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recSUnyElCCBaSyHy"},{"persecution_id":"recIegJpcoIVhcClc","last_updated":"2026-03-23T19:54:23.000Z","person_id":"reca4LQCshIgyatcd","name_en":"Andrei Trofimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attns1daLTdCOqtUq.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attns1daLTdCOqtUq.jpg"],"birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Tver region. Calls himself an unemployed dachnik. In his own words, he participated in the development of spacecraft, worked as a machinist, and was an editor of the criminal section of the NTV website. Repeatedly published in \"Russian Journal\" and on \"Kasparov.Ru\". Since the last years of Soviet rule, he has taken part in protests in Moscow.\nDetained on 7 May 2022 in a settlement near the town Konakovo. On 8 May it became known that he was in pre-trial detention centre No. 1 in Tver. A criminal case was opened against him for calling for extremist activity, spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces, and preparing for participation in an illegal armed formation.\nFrom 13 September to 18 October 2022, Trofimov was on a prison hunger strike demanding \"the immediate cessation of military actions by the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine and the immediate withdrawal of all troops and other forces of the Russian Federation beyond the internationally recognised borders of Ukraine\". On 28 July 2023, Trofimov was fined 40,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for showing sheets of paper with the inscriptions \"NO WAR\" and \"PUTIN IS A DICK\" from the \"fishbowl\" at the court room, and planned to show the audience posters with the inscriptions \"GLORY TO UKRAINE\" and \"FREE NAVALNY\". On 17 September, Trofimov began a hunger strike, demanding for incoming and outgoing correspondence to be censored precisely in accordance with the Internal Regulations, and for all letters from early July, that had been delayed by the censor for reasons not specified in the Regulations, to be delivered.\nOn 17 October 2023, Trofimov was sentenced to 10 years in a strict regime penal colony.\nIn June 2024, a new case was brought against him on public justification of terrorism because of the conversations in the pre-trial detention centre and his last word in court in the first case. Later it became known that this case also includes an article on discrediting Russian Armed Forces. On 6 May 2025, Trofimov was sentenced, taking into account the previous sentence, to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Konakovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":528,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Trofimov's case on calls for extremism, \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and planning to participate in an illegal armed formation","case_number":"1-210/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"Trofimov's son believes that anti-war posts on VKontakte were the reason for the persecution. Later, Andrei himself stated that after the declaration of war he was ready to take up arms, and that he is also charged with preparing for participation in, or attempted participation in, an illegal armed formation(Part 2, Article 208 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code) due to his application to join the \"Freedom of Russia\" legion.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 23.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2023, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-17T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-17T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/trofimov-andrej-nikolaevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recIegJpcoIVhcClc"},{"persecution_id":"rec7CT7IWiGkK7nSR","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recBUKhxMpHKW8Idg","name_en":"Ilia Baburin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxAuFhSx9JR7crs.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxAuFhSx9JR7crs.jpg"],"birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Novosibirsk. He was detained in the autumn of 2022 on charges of attempted arson of military enlistment offices in Kirovsky and Leninsky districts. During the search, law enforcers seized from him a book by American war correspondent William Shirer, \"The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich\", BBC Russian Service quotes lawyer Vasily Dubkov as saying that the investigation was thus trying to prove Baburin's adherence to Nazism. Initially it was reported that he was charged with attempted organisation of a terrorist attack, but later it became known that he was accused of the organisation. Baburin was taken into custody. Later he was also charged with involvement in terrorist activities.\n\nOn 29 September 2022, one day before the reports about Baburin, it became known that a local resident had been detained in connection with an attempted arson attack on military recruitment offices in Kirovsky and Leninsky districts. It is unknown whether this also referred to Baburin.\n\nIn the pre-trial detention centre Baburin was subjected to abuse: he was placed in a disciplinary cell and a \"psychisolator\", a special cell with rubber walls in which prisoners prone to self-harm should be placed, where he was completely stripped and given no underwear. Cellmates were told by the administration that Baburin had allegedly filed a complaint against them. In addition, he was not given the books and magazines to which he subscribed.\n\nOn 1 April 2023, it became known that Baburin was additionally charged with attempted treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code with application of part 3 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code): this is how the investigation qualified the same organisation of the arson attack on the military recruitment office \"in order to assist\" the Azov battalion \"in carrying out activities against the security of the Russian Federation\".\n\nOn 27 September 2023, Baburin was beaten by escorts. The lawyer demanded the recusal of the investigator and filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office. The next day, three girls, including Baburin's girlfriend, were searched, she was not released after the interrogation, and her lawyer was not allowed to see her. Later she was released from the investigator in the status of a witness.\n\nOn October 11. Baburin was placed in the disciplinary cell.\n\nIn December 2023, it became known that Baburin was charged with four more articles: illegal trafficking in special technical means for covertly obtaining information because of the GPS-beacon found during the search, committing a terrorist act because of the arson of a music school, with which, according to the Solidarity Zone, Baburin had nothing to do, as well as participation in an illegal armed formation and in the activities of a terrorist organisation on charges of involvement in the Azov regiment - a charge Baburin also denies. According to him, when he bought the GPS-beacon, he did not know that it had a built-in microphone. He notes that he bought the device to keep an eye on the car he was going to rent out. Solidarity Zone suggests that the insides of the \"beacon\" could have been replaced before the examination. In addition, the investigator refuses the defenders' request for a second examination.\n\nOn 20 May 2024 Baburin was sentenced to 25 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":627,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Article 138.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","275","205.1","205","138.1","208","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 205.1","Part 3, Article 275","Part 1.1, Article 205.1","Part 1, Article 205","Article 138.1","Part 2, Article 208","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of organising attempted arson attacks on military recruitment offices in the Novosibirsk Region","case_number":"1-18/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version, he searched for perpetrators of arson attacks on the buildings of military commissariats in the Novosibirsk region on the instructions of foreign customers. He handed a bottle with a Molotov cocktail to the alleged perpetrators, who appear in the case under the surnames Orlov and Shorin. Orlov and Shorin allegedly handed the bottle to FSB officers voluntarily and testified against Baburin.\nInitially, it was reported that he was charged with the attempted organization of a terrorist act (part 1 of article 205 of the Criminal Code with an application of part 3 of article 30 of the Criminal Code and part 3 of article 33 of the Criminal Code), but later it became known that he was charged under the 4th part of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code. Baburin was also charged with involvement in terrorist activities (part 1.1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code). On April 1, 2023 it became known that Baburin was added a charge of attempted treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code with an application of part 3 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code): this is how the investigation qualified the said organization of arson of the military recruitment office \"in order to assist\" the Azov battalion \"in carrying out activities against the security of the Russian Federation\".\nIn December 2023, it became known that Baburin was charged with four more articles: illegal trafficking of special technical means for the unauthorized acquisition of information (Art. 138.1 of the Criminal Code) due to the GPS-beacon found during the search; committing a terrorist act (Part 1 of Art. 205 CC) due to the arson of a music school, to which, according to \"Solidarity Zone\", Baburin has nothing to do; as well as participation in an illegal armed group (part 2 of article 208 of the Criminal Code) and in the activities of a terrorist organization (part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code). Additionally, charges of involvement in the regiment \"Azov\" were laid - this charge Baburin also denies. According to him, when he bought the GPS-beacon, he did not know that it had a built-in microphone. He notes that he bought the device to keep an eye on the car he was going to rent out. \"Solidarity Zone\" suggests that the insides of the \"beacon\" could have been replaced before the expertise. In addition, the investigator refuses the defence's request for a second examination.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2022 to 15.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.05.2024, Sentence: 25 years' imprisonment, with the first 5 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony, with restriction of liberty for 1 year and a fine of 100,000 roubles.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"25 years' imprisonment, with the first 5 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony, with restriction of liberty for 1 year and a fine of 100,000 roubles.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":300,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-20T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-20T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-03-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/baburin-ilya-nikolaevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7CT7IWiGkK7nSR"},{"persecution_id":"recz8Lf7bmzlVpvEJ","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recv5g71D2xgWVO8G","name_en":"Ekaterina Goncharova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attVtU078lrrZuEJA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attVtU078lrrZuEJA.jpg"],"birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She is a journalist of the MR7 news outlet and a former Avtozak LIVE correspondent. She is outside Russia. In 2021, she ran for the office of a municipal deputy in the Avtovo district of Saint Petersburg.\nOn 6 March 2022, her relatives’ apartment was searched in a case of a deliberately false bomb threat. An inscription “Traitor” appeared on the door to her apartment.\n\nIn 2022, Goncharova became a suspect in a case of involvement in the activities of an organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens, and in 2023 she became a suspect in a case that included involvement in the activities of an extremist community, spreading “fakes” about the Armed Forces, calling for activities that pose a threat to the security of the Russian Federation and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Memorial actions for Boris Nemtsov and anti-war protests 27.02.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["239"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 239"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Timofei Vaskin, Ekaterina Goncharova, Ivan Drobotov, Roman Maksimov and Angelina Roschupko","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she was involved in the activities of the non-profit organisation Vesna, whose activities involve encouraging citizens to participate in unauthorised public rallies.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recz8Lf7bmzlVpvEJ"},{"persecution_id":"recbYLG0JIBvUdyXJ","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"recPdXHeD2z3a3fD9","name_en":"Aleksandr Poletaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLqkj7DLR1oxJHO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLqkj7DLR1oxJHO.jpg"],"birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Artem (Primorsky Krai). He was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism and calls to extremism in connection with aggressive comments posted on VKontakte on 24 February 2022. Poletaev pleaded guilty, but stated that he had made the comments while in a highly emotional state due to the outbreak of war. He was initially placed under house arrest, which was later replaced with a travel restriction order.\nOn 22 December 2022, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony. He was released on 22 November 2024.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":265,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case on public justification of terrorism and calls to extremism in Artem","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated in connection with aggressive comments on \"VKontakte\", published on 24 February 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 02.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 22.11.2024\n• Unknown: from 22.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.12.2022, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-22T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-22T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-04-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-aleksandra-poletaeva/ https://memopzk.org/figurant/poletaev-aleksandr-aleksandrovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recbYLG0JIBvUdyXJ"},{"persecution_id":"recX3ze5VTX1OJQ0r","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recDltAXAU89nwYhY","name_en":"Artem Lebedev","birth_year":2003,"age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case was opened against Lebedev for arson of a military recruitment centre. He denied guilt. His mother told OVD-Info that during the search, in particular, they confiscated \"shish kebab ignition liquid, which was standing in the entrance, and which was used by the whole entrance\". According to his mother, the investigation did not have sufficient evidence of his guilt.\nLater it became known that the prosecution of Lebedev was stopped due to the lack of evidence. The young man sued the state for 100 thousand rubles in compensation.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 213 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 213 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The case about arson of a military recruitment office in Nizhny Novgorod","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version, he set fire to the dental office in the building of the military enlistment office of the Kanavinsky district of Nizhny Novgorod.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recX3ze5VTX1OJQ0r"},{"persecution_id":"recGMHmNO4w5mCpVn","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"rec34TELptw8V7hAl","name_en":"Daniil Krinari","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnJSyxrrDpsBXtc.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnJSyxrrDpsBXtc.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. On 24 September 2022, he was detained following a search carried out due to a case of false reporting of a bomb threat. 48 hours later he was released from a temporary detention centre.\nHe attempted to flee the country. On 21 December, Krinari was detained in the Belarusian city of Grodno. After that, he was brought to Moscow - it turned out that the case was handled by the Moscow investigative department of the FSB. Krinari was taken into custody. He is charged with the article on cooperation with a foreign state (Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code).\nOn 9 April 2024, Krinari was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony.\nOn 3 September 2025, Krinari was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, with a mark indicating prosecution under terrorist-related charges.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists","Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":494,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":70,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Daniil Krinari's case of cooperation with Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he is implicated in the creation of an intelligence network to prepare terrorist attacks on sites in the Belarusian city of Grodno, one of which could have been the building of the Russian Consulate General. 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He was accused of using violence against a representative of the authorities. After reclassification of the charges he was released from custody.\nOn April 7, 2023, the case was dropped.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":218,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"26.09.2022 Anti-war actions and against mobilisation","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 115 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["115"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 115"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of violence against police lieutenant S. 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On 5 September 2022, Karpenko was fined 800,000 rubles (approximately US$10,000).\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":247,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky","case_number":"1-27/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"The details are unknown.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.09.2022, Sentence: A fine of 800,000 rubles (approximately US$10,000)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 800,000 rubles (approximately US$10,000)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 750 thousand roubles to 1 million roubles","verdict_fine":800000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-05T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-05T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEu74sX0JAyTZbo"},{"persecution_id":"recXVipSCIovRVv2J","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:41:57.000Z","person_id":"recxulrDzJWVeOeDX","name_en":"Georgii Zykov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Balakhty (Krasnoyarsk region). On 3 October 2022, law enforcers came to his house with a search, seizing equipment and personal weapons. Most likely, the search took place because of his posts on social networks, but Zykov did not know what case the police came to him as he was not present during the search. On 31 October, Zykov was searched again, after which he was taken to a temporary detention centre. He stayed there, as his acquaintance Marina said, \"for two or three days\". It became known that a case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was opened against him.\n\nIn addition, a case of insulting a judge (part 1 of article 298.1 of the Criminal Code) was opened against Zykov in connection with a video in \"VKontakte\". The video claims that Justice of the Peace Privalikhina \"is a member of an organised criminal group and takes illegal decisions when considering civil cases\". By publishing the video, according to the investigation, Zykov \"defamed the honour and dignity of the justice of the peace and undermined her reputation\". The cases were merged.\n\nOn 1 February 2024, Zykov was issued a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions and deprived of the ability to use the Internet.\n\nOn 30 August 2024, Zykov was sentenced to a fine of 350,000 roubles. On 22 October 2024, the court of appeal left the decision unchanged, but released Zykov from execution of the sentence due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. 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The decision entered into force. After that, according to the investigation, he changed his name on \"VKontakte\" to \"Roman Varygin\", which is the name of the prosecutor of the Balakhta district. Law enforcement officers believe that Zykov then continued to publish materials discrediting the Russian army. 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On 8 April, Miaskovskii was convicted under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["no preventive measure"],"restraint_measures_en":"• no preventive measure:  to 10.01.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.12.2023, Sentence: 5 episodes, a fine of 100,000 rubles for each, totaling 250,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 episodes, a fine of 100,000 rubles for each, totaling 250,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-22T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-22T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec85WyPe0WMC0Re3"},{"persecution_id":"recQ8WbMiJYdBA8mH","last_updated":"2025-06-09T08:26:16.000Z","person_id":"recPfsJVIGVYxLJRU","name_en":"Vladislav Yegorsky","birth_year":1966,"age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Nizhny Novgorod. A criminal case against him was initiated for the dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In October 2022 The Investigative Committee dismissed the case since Yegosky's post appeared “before the publishing of the official refutaion by the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation regarding the the events in cities of Irpen and Bucha of the Republic of Ukraine” to which was dedicated the video that became the reason of the case initiation. However it later became known about a new case against Yegosky on the same article, on  June 30, 2023 he was sentenced to 10 months of corrective labor through wage docking.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case on \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Nizhny Novgorod","persecution_case_profile_en":"The criminal case against Yegorsky was opened because of a link to a video about the events in Bucha, which was posted in April. In October, the Investigative Committee closed the case because the post appeared \"before the release of the official refutation by the Ministry of Defenсe of the Russian Federation regarding the events that took place in the cities of Irpen and Bucha of the Republic of Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQ8WbMiJYdBA8mH"},{"persecution_id":"rec1XwZzj5LCEDTlD","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recJLo6cJxPbsF9T6","name_en":"Vladimir Zolotarev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att9UjkzLaGRx6uKA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att9UjkzLaGRx6uKA.jpg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, a taxi driver, he participated in protest rallies. In March 2022,  he was stopped while driving by traffic police officers, after which, according to the investigation, Zolotarev hit Senior Lieutenant Dmitrii Feldman in the face with his head. Zolotarev himself claims that during the arrest his arms were \"twisted\" and from the pain he \"leaned back and accidentally hit\" the back of his head in the traffic policeman's face. A case of violence against a representative of authority (part 1 of the article 318 of the Criminal Code) was initiated against him, after which he was placed under house arrest. On 4 June Zolotarev set fire to the entrance of the National Guard of the Russian Federation department. Later under questioning he explained that he wanted to protest against the war in this way. The next day he was detained and taken into custody, charged with attempted terrorist act. Later a case of preparation to commit a terrorist act (part 1 of the article 205 of the Criminal Code with application of part 1 of the article 30 of the Criminal Code) was also initiated. According to the investigation version, in March, when Zolotarev was stopped by traffic police officers, he told them that he was going to open the windows of police and Federal Security Service departments with a tire iron and set them on fire with petrol (the tire iron and canisters with petrol were found in his boot). This accusation Zolotarev denies completely.\nIn March 2023 the prosecutor's office did not approve the indictment in his case. In May the case went to court. During the hearing the episode, which was previously qualified as an attempt to commit a terrorist act, was qualified as the actual commission of a terrorist act. On 28 July 2023 Zolotarev was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony.\nIn June 2024 it became known that the penal colony's administration did not give out the letters addressed to Zolotarev.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":514,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","318","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205","Part 1, Article 318","Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Zolotarev's case of attempted terrorist act and use of violence against a representative of the authorities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March he was stopped by traffic police officers, after which he hit Senior Lieutenant Dmitrii Feldman in the face with his head. On June 4, he set fire to the entrance to the National Guard of the Russian Federation department. During his arrest in March, he claimed that he was going to break open the windows of the police and Federal Security Service departments with a crowbar and set them on fire with petrol (a crowbar and canisters of petrol were found in his boot).","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 04.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2023 to 01.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• Unknown: from 01.03.2024 to 01.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2024, FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.07.2023, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment, of which the first 5 years are to be served in prison, and the remaining term in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment, of which the first 5 years are to be served in prison, and the remaining term in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-28T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-28T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-09-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zolotaryov-vladimir-georgievich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec1XwZzj5LCEDTlD"},{"persecution_id":"recg9pt6ZkFYgBCPi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recsGv5cDdVCmx83v","name_en":"Polina Barabash","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attdqGQGDtAqvHYzt.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attdqGQGDtAqvHYzt.jpg"],"birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 4 April she hung an anti-war banner and chained herself to the fence of the military hospital on Suvorovsky Prospekt. The action was filmed by \"Soty\" journalist Viktoria Arefieva. At that time, men in military uniform approached the girls, demanded to stop the action and attacked Victoria: they threw her and the participants of the action on the ground, causing the journalist's glasses and phone to break. The men took away the girls' personal belongings and gave them back only when the police arrived. Barabash was detained. The attacking men were not detained.\nShe was detained on the night of May 8th after searches. Released on 10 May under an undertaking to appear. The pro-government St. Petersburg channel \"78\" reported that Barabash and other detainees were planning to \"participate in illegal actions on Victory Day\".\nOn 23 October, police came to Barabash's flat, where an evening of letters to political prisoners was being held. They said that they had a search warrant and that they would cut down the door if it was not opened. In the end, they did not break down the door and conduct a search.\n\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the false report about the mine laying at the branch of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"It is charged with sending e-mail messages to the RANCHIGS mail with an alleged threat of an explosion, which will be carried out if no ransom is provided, which will allegedly be transferred to support the AFU","persecution_location_en":"Under obligation to appear in court","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recg9pt6ZkFYgBCPi"},{"persecution_id":"recZE7J2n1U6zbgeK","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"rec9kTDr2yPXMR2bt","name_en":"Alexei Arbuzenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attJ7qpF1vGDKYPrF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attJ7qpF1vGDKYPrF.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Togliatti. Worked as a speech therapist in a kindergarten. Initially, a case of vandalism motivated by political hatred was opened, but later it became known that the case also included charges of discrediting the Armed Forces, causing damage to property, and involving a minor in the commission of a crime by a criminal group motivated by political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred. The Telegram channel \"Emergency Samara\" published a video in which Arbuzenko admits that he \"committed a number of acts of vandalism\" against \"posters depicting servicemen of the Russian army who performed heroic deeds on the territory of Ukraine\" in June-July on Voroshilov, Dzerzhinsky and Revolutionary streets, repents and apologises to those whose feelings he may have hurt. The man often stammered and looked down, as if forced to say a memorised text.\nArbuzenko was taken into custody. On 11 May 2023, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":283,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 150 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["150","214","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 150","Part 2, Article 214","Part 2, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Arbuzenko's case of vandalism in Togliatti","case_number":"1-187/2023 (1-1165/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version, over the course of weeks he threw paint and on three banners with images of the Russian military and made inscriptions on them. According to unconfirmed information, a minor was also involved in these actions.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2022 to 31.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.07.2023 to 14.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.10.2023 to 28.01.2028, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.05.2023, Sentence: 6 years of imprisonment in a general regime facility","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years of imprisonment in a general regime facility","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-11T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-11T12:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-08-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-alekseya-arbuzenko-iz-tolyatti/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZE7J2n1U6zbgeK"},{"persecution_id":"reca6zgBCphurA9A4","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"rec2WihfoOEALeN1W","name_en":"Vitalii Torochkov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attmtzjmy5LSFFxBe.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attmtzjmy5LSFFxBe.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Cherepovets. Torochkov and his wife, Polina Roots, have five children, but they were stripped of their parental rights at the request of Roots' mother, who was granted custody of the four older children. The youngest child, an infant girl, was placed in a foster family. The couple maintained a blog titled \"How and Why Children Are Taken Away in Russia.\" They publicly renounced their Russian citizenship and declared that they would use Soviet-era documents. In September 2022, Torochkov and Roots were detained and taken into custody in a case involving public justification of terrorism. Later it became known that they were also charged with manufacturing and possessing explosives. On June 8, 2023, Torochkov was sentenced to 13 years in a strict-regime penal colony and fined 350,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vologda"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":280,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","222.1","223.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 3, Article 222.1","Part 2, Article 223.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vitalii Torochkov and Polina Roots concerns the public justification of terrorism, and the manufacture and possession of explosives","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for Torochkov's prosecution was a video titled \"Russian Passport - Shame and Stigma!\", published on Telegram and VKontakte. In it, Torochkov burns his Russian passport and wishes death upon Putin. The video was published in the early days of the war, and at the beginning of the video, Torochkov says that his friend died in Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In a high-security facility (BUR)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In maximum security barrack","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 26.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"Penal Colony No. 21 of the Arkhangelsk Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.10.2023 to 01.12.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023 to 01.08.2024, FCU \"Penal Colony No. 21 of the Arkhangelsk Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.06.2023, Sentence: 13 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites for a period of 3 years, and a fine of 350,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites for a period of 3 years, and a fine of 350,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-08T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-08T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-03-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/torochkov-vitalij-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reca6zgBCphurA9A4"},{"persecution_id":"recG0pFKypbMPvaCL","last_updated":"2024-01-06T13:17:21.000Z","person_id":"recBYVC005zOjMvZF","name_en":"Dmitry Baev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzMpo4tobp9Nb2m.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzMpo4tobp9Nb2m.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Baev was a deacon of the Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist in Kirov. On 25 February, he resigned from the church and soon left Russia with his family. On 11 March, by decree of the diocesan bishop, Baev was banned from priesthood. On 23 March, a criminal case was initiated because of his posts on VKontakte in support of Ukraine. His page was blocked at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office on 24 March. Baev's appartment was searched, and he was put on the federal wanted list. In October, he was defrocked.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Father Dimitriy's case on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case were posts in VKontakte, in which Baev, according to the investigation, wrote that the Ukrainian military \"sent 17 thousand 500 orcs to the next world\" and \"Putin's retinue is afraid to tell him the truth.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 01-04-2022\n Source: https://ovd.info/antigrafika?tab=articles&person=recG0pFKypbMPvaCL&items=207.3,receqO8MDzRQ7LcGV\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recG0pFKypbMPvaCL"},{"persecution_id":"recQJehAM3a0WeYU1","last_updated":"2024-07-24T13:13:22.000Z","person_id":"receiQHERnSnFWnZn","name_en":"Elena Shchelupanova","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Animal rights defender, engaged in social work. In April 2021, she was arrested for 5 days because of a publication about a rally in support of Navalny. A case was brought against her for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism. On 3 March 2023, she was sentenced to three years on probation and a fine of 360 thousand rubles (ca US$ 4,000)","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":424,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Elena Shchelupanova's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Supreme Court and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-40/2023","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.03.2023, Sentence: 3 years of suspended imprisonment and a fine of 360,000 roubles (ca US$4000) with the possibility of repayment in instalments.","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of suspended imprisonment and a fine of 360,000 roubles (ca US$4000) with the possibility of repayment in instalments.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":360000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-01T10:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-01T10:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQJehAM3a0WeYU1"},{"persecution_id":"recVokwLlKvluN6Y6","last_updated":"2025-05-13T10:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recntyuJnLcGooH6U","name_en":"Vyacheslav Chernov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-05-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A businessman from Tashtagol, Kemerovo region. He has been engaged in civic activism for many years, advocating against corruption and for the improvement of local infrastructure and urban development. In 2021, he ran for the State Duma but lost to candidates from United Russia and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF).\n\nIn November 2021, a search was conducted at Chernov’s home in connection with a criminal case regarding unlawful access to computer information, in which he was a witness. The case was initiated after the publication on YouTube of audio recordings of a 2018 conversation between Chernov, other entrepreneurs, and Governor Sergey Tsivilyov.\n\nIn October 2021, two administrative cases of extremism were initiated against Chernov for \"negative remarks\" about deputies and a Kemerovo oligarch, who he claimed were involved in the alleged raider takeover of his business in Sheregesh. He was arrested for 10 days.\n\nBy April 2022, Chernov was charged with inciting hatred. The reason was a video dedicated to investigating the causes of the explosion at the Listvyazhnaya mine. In the video, the blogger referred to the incident as a result of a \"system of total lies\" encompassing election results, COVID-19 statistics, environmental conditions, and safety protocols. He also accused the head of the regional Investigative Committee of involvement in the raider takeover of the mine.\n\nIn July 2022, Chernov was fined 45,000 rubles under the article on \"discrediting\" the army.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers","Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tashtagol"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vyacheslav Chernov's case of incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for the prosecution was a video published by Chernov on Instagram on December 15, 2021, which was dedicated to investigating the causes of the explosion at the Listvyazhnaya mine. In the video, the blogger referred to the incident as the result of a \"system of total lies\" affecting everything from election results and COVID-19 statistics to environmental conditions and safety protocols. He also accused the head of the regional Investigative Committee of being involved in the raider takeover of the mine, compared prosecutors to \"escorts,\" and criticized investigators for focusing on the persecution of \"village bloggers.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-04-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46068/?sphrase_id=2007551\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recVokwLlKvluN6Y6"},{"persecution_id":"rec3hHyUxNQCUfrI6","last_updated":"2026-02-17T15:34:46.000Z","person_id":"recomzcPop5E3PaWt","name_en":"Vladimir Osechkin","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Human rights defender, founder of the prisoner assistance project Gulagu.net. In 2020, a court in Moscow arrested Osechkin in absentia in a case of fraud committed by a group of persons or causing significant damage. The human rights defender is on the wanted list.\nIn September 2022, Osechkin said that someone tried to kill him in the French city of Biarritz. According to him, the assassination attempt was prepared by \"a person closely linked to the FSB and organised crime\". Osechkin said \"there were shots fired\" but he was not hit.\nIn January 2023 he was recognised as a \"foreign agent\".\nOn 28 February 2025, Osechkin was sentenced in absentia to eight years in the case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":881,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":125,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Osechkin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0145/2025 (01-1054/2024)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was:\n\n- the stream on the YouTube channel Gulagu.net on 8 March 2022 \"War in Ukraine and recent events in Russia and the world. Insider info from a source in the intelligence services. Prospects\",\n- the stream on the YouTube channel of Ukrainian journalist Tatiana Popova on 11 March 2022 \"The 16th day of war\",\n- the speech on the Ukrainian YouTube channel Freedom.Live on 20 November 2022 \"Putin exterminates the population of two countries at the same time - Osechkin\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 21.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.02.2025, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-28T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-28T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3hHyUxNQCUfrI6"},{"persecution_id":"recmpT5XkGFy8xbez","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recpBTAMQbexmE919","name_en":"Bogdan Litvin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attglTbzc0gH61YvM.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attglTbzc0gH61YvM.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Federal coordinator of the Vesna movement. On 7 May, his parents' flat in St. Petersburg was searched, Litvin himself is outside Russia. According to the investigation, Litvin is the creator and seven other people - participants of the non-profit organization, which \"encouraged citizens to commit other illegal acts\" and promoted \"such acts\", namely, urged people to take part in anti-war actions on 25, 26, and 27 February. Litvin was put on a wanted list. On 6 October, the Justice Ministry included Litvin in the register of individuals - \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn 2023, it became known that Litvin was a suspect in the second criminal case, also initiated in connection with the activities of Vesna: he was charged with organising the activities of an extremist community, spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, calling for activities threatening the security of the Russian Federation and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory.\n\nIn August 2025, Fontanka reported that Litvin was also prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation because of his posts in the Vesna Telegram channel published between July 2023 and November 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement","publication"],"protest_event_en":"Memorial actions for Boris Nemtsov and anti-war protests 27.02.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["239","212","282.1","354.1","280.4","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 239","Part 1.1, Article 212","Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 3, Article 280.4","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Vesna","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in organising the activities of the \"Vesna\" extremist community, whose activities involved encouraging citizens to participate in uncoordinated public events, disseminated deliberately false information about the Armed Forces, disrespectful information about the days of military glory, involved other people in mass riots and called for activities against the security of the Russian Federation.\nThe article on \"fakes\" about the army was imputed in connection with the publication of reports on the number of dead Russian servicemen, as well as on the events in Bucha and other settlements of the Kiev region.\nThe article on calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation was imputed in connection with Vesna's call for servicemen to refuse to participate in hostilities or surrender, which was circulated in September 2022; the movement disavowed this call in November of the same year.\nThe article on the dissemination of disrespectful information about the Days of Military Glory was imputed in connection with posts on Telegram and VKontakte that criticised state-sponsored ways of celebrating Victory Day.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 27.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vesny/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recmpT5XkGFy8xbez"},{"persecution_id":"recXVJZ1mehloRg1R","last_updated":"2024-07-25T09:17:59.000Z","person_id":"recjgBCXMmg51QxaH","name_en":"Dmitry Krasichkov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attiXNsVkptAdCHf2.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attiXNsVkptAdCHf2.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A social activist form Lipetsk who makes videos about the problems of the region and criticises local officials.\nIn 2020, he ran for the city council and won, but the results were cancelled. Krasichkov planned to run for an additional elections in 2021. In the spring of 2021, he was involved in a car accident and called an appraiser whom he had already contacted when he was involved in an accident in 2016. He claims his phone was tapped and after the phone call, the appraiser was arrested. The law enforcers found out from him about the 2016 accident, after which on 3 June they detained the second participant in the accident, Valery Mochalov, in Moscow, brought him to Lipetsk and demanded that he declare that the accident had been falsified. He refused. On 4 June, Krasichkov's home was searched and he was taken with accusations in extremism, where the officers demanded to confirm that the 2016 traffic accident had been falsified, threatening otherwise to send him to custody. After the interrogation Krasichkov was released, he published an audio recording of a conversation in which someone's voice says to him: \"You promised me that you would withdraw your candidacy from the election\".\nOn the day he submitted his documents to the election commission, Krasichkov was detained for allegedly failing to pay alimony, after which the court imposed 72 hours of compulsory labour. He failed to register as a candidate.\nOn 20 October 2022, Krasichkov was sentenced to a year of corrective labour for a fraud with the 5-year-old traffic accident insurance. On 27 December, the appellate court affirmed the decision, releasing Krasichkov from execution of the sentence due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nIn March 2022, Krasichkov was prosecuted for violating sanitary norms: he was accused of having a coronavirus infection and meeting with city residents to record a video message to Putin against the construction of high-rise buildings in the private sector. In the summer of the same year, the case was dropped: the police found out that Krasichkov had already been cured at the time of the meeting.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lipetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 236 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["236"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 236"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"Lipetsk sanitary case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules. According to the investigation, on 12 February 2022 he was at a public event of a gardening association and exposed people to the threat of COVID-19 infection.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court:  to 20.01.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXVJZ1mehloRg1R"},{"persecution_id":"recpF5G9s1ZmfK3eY","last_updated":"2026-02-15T12:23:22.000Z","person_id":"recqqTBISqMdZ1xO0","name_en":"Evgeniya Baltatarova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzEUKs933r4ShaO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzEUKs933r4ShaO.jpg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Buryatia, journalist. On 30 September 2022, it became known that Baltatarova was put on an international wanted list and detained in Astana. Initially it was reported that the detention took place within the framework of the case of \"fakes\" about the Russian army (part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), but then it was reported that the reason was a case of false report of a terrorist attack (part 1 of article 207 of the Criminal Code). Baltatarova was detained again in Almaty on 2 November, when she was about to fly to Bishkek. This time she was familiarised with the official rulings, from which it follows that two cases of \"fakes\" under Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code were brought against her, and then she was released. On 7 October, the Ministry of Justice included Baltatarova in the register of mass media - \"foreign agents\". In 2024, a case of evasion from fulfilment of duties of a foreign agent was also brought against her. In March 2025, it became known that the cases were merged, and the journalist was charged with the 2nd part of the article on \"fakes\".\nOn 16 July 2025 Baltatarova was sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1233,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":176,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yevgeniya Baltatarova's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian armed forces and evasion of duties as a \"foreign agent\"","case_number":"1-174/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The first case of \"fakes\" was initiated in March on account of the publication in the Telegram about the bombing of a maternity hospital in Mariupol (apparently, it was a repost of a publication by politician and blogger Maksim Kats). The other one — in June on account of the April publication in the Telegram about the killing of civilians in Bucha. These cases were merged. Later, they were joined by a case of evasion from fulfilling the duties of a \"foreign agent\", initiated due to the fact that Baltatarova, from 2023 to 2024, \"violated the procedure of her activities by failing to submit the information stipulated by law to the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation or its territorial body\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.07.2025, Sentence: 7 years of imprisonment in absentia with a fine","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years of imprisonment in absentia with a fine","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-16T06:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-16T06:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 07-09-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/09/07/zhurnalistku-iz-buryatii-oshtrafovali-po-zakonu-ob-inoagentakh\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recpF5G9s1ZmfK3eY"},{"persecution_id":"rec67G7dk8cVarUeH","last_updated":"2024-12-11T17:33:02.000Z","person_id":"recZZJhH5tsd8Ewgy","name_en":"Nikita Oleynik","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attmlTTI6LV7sehrf.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attmlTTI6LV7sehrf.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Surgut resident, an anti-fascist and a creator of the libertarian library \"Burevestnik\". He was detained on the night of 1 September 2022. Oleinik reported that he was tortured and forced to falsely confess. A case of creating a terrorist oraganization was opened against him. After Oleinik refused to confess, he was transferred to another detention centre — the defence did not rule out that he could be tortured there again. In March 2023, Oleynik was charged with preparation of a terrorist act, and in December 2023 — with manufacturing and possession of explosives. According to the investigation, he and several other anti-fascists from the cities of the Ural region were planning to overthrow the government and were preparing terrorist acts that would supposedly take place on the railway routes transporting Russian military equipment. 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Memorial:\n Date: 26-10-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ahmetshin-ruslan-shamilevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Participated in an anti-war action on 6 March 2022. Later he was summoned by the Centre for Counteraction to Extremism because of some post, the details are unknown.\nUlukshonov was detained in the spring of 2022 by Belarusian border guards, accused of trying to cross the border with Ukraine. He was taken into custody and a case was opened against him for participation in an illegal armed formation - the \"Kastus Kalinovsky\" battalion or the \"Freedom of Russia\" legion. The investigation describes Ulukshonov as sharing Nazi views.\nOn 13 December 2022, he was sentenced to four years and eight months in a strict regime colony.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":251,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Case of Sergei Ulukshonov on participation in the activities of an illegal armed group","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, after learning about the start of the war, he decided to participate in it on the side of Ukraine as a member of one of the national battalions. He was counselled by a resident of Ukraine. Ulukshonov left for Minsk and tried to illegally cross the border with Ukraine, where he was detained. An audio recording of a conversation and correspondence with the Security Service of Ukraine representative were found in his smartphone.\n","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2022 to 27.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.12.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.12.2022, Sentence: 4 years 8 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 8 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":56,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-08T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-08T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 29-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ulukshonov-sergej-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recNLg9unofVHj5aV"},{"persecution_id":"recFvyZ3tsaDStZk3","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recEerXqkmwkYmHCx","name_en":"Evgenii Kochegin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attqgFcBuBjtDWj7Y.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attqgFcBuBjtDWj7Y.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Volgograd, leader of the public movement \"Dozor.\" In November 2021, a case was opened against him for dodging military service. He left Russia and was arrested in absentia. In 2022, a case was opened against him for disseminating \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces.\nKochegin's lawyer was not allowed to access the case file, and the court upheld this decision.\n\nIn 2025, a third criminal case was opened against him for justifying terrorism. According to security officials, Kochegin expressed approval of the bombing of the Crimean Bridge on October 8, 2022 on social media.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Evgeny Kochegin from Volgograd on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Kochegin, the reason for the prosecution was a post in his Telegram channel: the activist wrote that President Putin wanted to seize Ukraine and install a puppet government there.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 15-03-2022\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#23-2-8\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recFvyZ3tsaDStZk3"},{"persecution_id":"recqpKIVz2kEeqyiu","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recliAJUYTLo7bbTc","name_en":"Ruslan Shaveddinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attV3LccVPsYWd5UM.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attV3LccVPsYWd5UM.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former project manager of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. In the past, he was a spokesman for the #Navalny2018 election campaign and host of the NavalnyLIVE channel. In December 2019, he was detained and, after a search, sent to a conscription centre and then to the Arkhangelsk region to the Novaya Zemlya archipelago for military conscription service. The court recognised the opposition activist's conscription as legal, despite the lack of information about his health from the medical commission. In the military unit the command prohibited other conscripts to communicate with Shaveddinov.\n\nIn September 2021, it became known that a case of participation in the activities of an extremist community was opened against Shaveddinov in connection with his participation in the activities of various structures of Alexei Navalny. In April 2022, Shaveddinov was put on a wanted list.\n\nIn August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Shaveddinov for disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism. In April 2025, Shaveddinov was declared wanted again, it became known that he was also accused of evading his duties as a \"foreign agent\". In the message of the Ministry of Internal Affairs he was called a traitor to the Motherland.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers","Journalists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","207.3","330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Beautiful Russia case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ivan Zhdanov, Ruslan Shaveddinov, Leonid Volkov and Lyubov Sobol","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was a member of an extremist community, within which he held \"uncoordinated public events, during which calls to extremist and terrorist activities were made, unlawful actions were committed, entailing violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, harm to public order and public safety\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 22-08-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recqpKIVz2kEeqyiu"},{"persecution_id":"recsTFDwp39JGlt3W","last_updated":"2025-09-17T06:54:04.000Z","person_id":"recMxroy67hOEywaE","name_en":"Viktoria Arefyeva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttObU4lTymL6x2A.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttObU4lTymL6x2A.jpg"],"birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-05-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 2 April 2022, Arefyeva filmed the action of \"Vesna\" activist Lina Barabash, who hung an anti-war banner and chained herself to the fence of the military hospital on Suvorovsky Prospekt. At that time, men in military uniform came up to the girls, demanded to stop the action and attacked Victoria: they threw her and the participants of the action on the ground, because of which the journalist's glasses and phone were broken. The men took away the girls' personal belongings and gave them back only when the police arrived.\nOn 24 September 2022, law enforcement officers broke down the door to Arefyeva's flat and seized the journalist's and her sister's equipment. Arefyeva was detained as part of a case of a false bomb threat, but was later released on a non-disclosure bond. The case was one of a large series of cases filed in 2022 against anti-war protesters.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a false bomb threat of the Moscow District Court","persecution_case_profile_en":"A case has been opened in connection with the fact that an unknown person allegedly reported the mining of the Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recsTFDwp39JGlt3W"},{"persecution_id":"rec9szhZazCjnWcmE","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recYnQr1v3DVnjJ1j","name_en":"Yuriy Yatsentyuk","birth_year":1987,"age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He attempted to cross the border with Poland after receiving a summons: being of Ukrainian origin, he did not want to fight against his own people. He was detained and a criminal case was opend for attempted illegal border crossing . Yatsenyuk was under a recognisance not to leave the country, he was fired from his job. 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He wrote under the name of Denis Evsyukov. By the time a \"fakes\" case was initiated against Ushakov, a case of public justification of terrorism had already been brought against him. As part of that case, he was allegedly detained on 14 December 2022.\nInitially it was reported that Ushakov was charged under Part 1, Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but later it became known that he had been charged with spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces with the motive of political hatred (Paragraph E Part 2, Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Ushakov is also accused of incitement to hatred (Paragraph A Part 2, Article 282 of the Criminal Code) and rehabilitation of Nazism (Part 4, Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code).\nDuring the trial, Ushakov said that he had been tortured by electrocution while in detention.\nOn 29 June 2023, he was sentenced to eight years in a general regime penal colony. On 27 October, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":210,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","282","354.1","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 282","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Ushakov's case of public justification of terrorism, \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces, incitement to hatred and rehabilitation of Nazism","case_number":"1-139/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case of dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces was initiated due to Ushakov's posts \"with signs of convincing the addressee in the negative nature of the purposes of the use of the Russian Armed Forces\", in particular, about the strikes on a maternity hospital in Mariupol. The case of public justification of terrorism, was initiated presumably due to Ushakov's  statements about the war in Chechnya and the actions of Russian security forces in the Caucasus, in which he had made comparisons between separatists and security forces not in favour of the latter. The case of desecration of symbols of military glory and insulting veterans was initiated due to Ushakov's statements about the St George's ribbon being awarded to Russian Liberation Army’s soldiers who had fought on the side of Hitler's Germany, as well as his rude remarks about veterans of the Great Patriotic War. The case of incitement to hatred was initiated due to Ushakov's rude and derogatory statements about Russians.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.12.2022 to 13.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 14.06.2023 to 27.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.10.2023 to 20.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• Unknown: from 20.03.2024 to 02.04.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.04.2024 to 14.10.2030, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.10.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.06.2023, Sentence: 8 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a 3 years' ban on website management","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a 3 years' ban on website management","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":94,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-29T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-29T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 20 December 2023, Kudryashov was sentenced to a fine of 1,400,000 rubles; presumably, he was found guilty only under the article on desecration of symbols.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vsevolozhsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":418,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti","destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Kudryashov’s case of vandalism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he damaged the war memorial in the “Road of Life” museum complex by making inscriptions on the Commemorative kilometre pole and anti-aircraft gun pedestal, in which he equated the swastika first with the Soviet red star and then with the letter “Z”.  Initially, the case was initiated under the article on damaging a monument or memorial structure commemorating those who died in defence of the Fatherland or its interests (point “b” of Part 2 of Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code). Kudryashov was taken into custody. However, the charge was later reclassified to vandalism motivated by political hatred (Part 2 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code) because the paint used by Kudryashov washed off over time, and the memorial was not damaged. The court changed his preventive measure to a ban on certain actions. Then the charge was again reclassified: to desecration of symbols of military glory (Part 3 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) and damage to property (Part 1 of Aarticle 167 of the Criminal Code). Presumably, he was found guilty only of desecration of symbols.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 23.12.2022\n• in custody: from 01.10.2022 to 23.12.2022\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 24.10.2022 to 01.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.12.2023, Sentence: a fine in the amount of one million 400 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine in the amount of one million 400 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1400000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-20T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-20T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1V2uxGismrOoz2"},{"persecution_id":"recyQfODGe6q0LhYd","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recdJ5IdRe3ITne0A","name_en":"Dmitry Stepanchenko","birth_year":1996,"age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Feodosia"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":186,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case about the anti-war graffiti in Fedosia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, Stepanchenko made several “offensive” inscriptions on walls against the war in Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.09.2022, Sentence: 1 year 21 days of restriction of liberty; sentence commuted on appeal to 1 year, sentence to be considered served","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 21 days of restriction of liberty; sentence commuted on appeal to 1 year, sentence to be considered served","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-13T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 24-02-2022\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#6-2-5\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-12-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/12/d47362/?sphrase_id=2011404\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recyQfODGe6q0LhYd"},{"persecution_id":"recwGtV7CUYhV7Ysp","last_updated":"2026-02-25T09:28:05.000Z","person_id":"rec34TELptw8V7hAl","name_en":"Daniil Krinari","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnJSyxrrDpsBXtc.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnJSyxrrDpsBXtc.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. On 24 September 2022, he was detained following a search carried out due to a case of false reporting of a bomb threat. 48 hours later he was released from a temporary detention centre.\nHe attempted to flee the country. On 21 December, Krinari was detained in the Belarusian city of Grodno. After that, he was brought to Moscow - it turned out that the case was handled by the Moscow investigative department of the FSB. Krinari was taken into custody. He is charged with the article on cooperation with a foreign state (Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code).\nOn 9 April 2024, Krinari was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony.\nOn 3 September 2025, Krinari was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, with a mark indicating prosecution under terrorist-related charges.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists","Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a false bomb threat of the Moscow District Court","persecution_case_profile_en":"A case was initiated in connection with an unknown person allegedly reporting a bomb threat at the Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 04-08-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/analytics/politzaklyuchyonnye-i-politicheskie-repressii-v-rossii-v-2022-godu/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recwGtV7CUYhV7Ysp"},{"persecution_id":"recLJZC97VNnjPv9b","last_updated":"2025-07-08T09:54:09.000Z","person_id":"recMYZtl3Naf6srO5","name_en":"Vladislav Vakhitov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kazan. He was charged with vandalism for 12 inscriptions against the war and Putin on the walls of buildings. He pleaded guilty and reimbursed the repainting costs. Representatives of the management companies, recognized as victims, agreed to drop the criminal case without punishment, but the prosecutor insisted that “the use of the name of the incumbent president and the anti-war nature of the inscriptions during the SWO period indicate an extraordinary threat to public safety and morality.”\nOn 1 March 2023, Vakhitov was sentenced to 9 months of restricted freedom.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":180,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vlasislav Vakhitov's case of vandalism in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he painted 12 inscriptions against the war and Putin on the walls of city buildings.\nThe state prosecutor argued that the use of the incumbent president’s name and the anti-war nature of the inscriptions during the special operation constituted an extraordinary threat to public safety and morality.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.03.2023, Sentence: 9 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-28T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47797/?sphrase_id=1575642\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recLJZC97VNnjPv9b"},{"persecution_id":"recx5Mt9vSquKTwfe","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recHTMOvmtWzuXxsb","name_en":"Pavel Drozdov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vorkuta. He was prosecuted for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and drug sales. On 9th November 2022, the court found Drozdov guilty of the episodes related to the sale of drugs, and returned the case of \"fakes\" to the prosecutor's office, considering that the charges required improvement. It said that Drozdov held pacifist views, but disseminated false information with the motive of hatred towards servicemen.\nThe court of appeal confirmed this decision. On 29th June 2023, the court of cassation instance cancelled the return of the \"fakes\" case to the prosecutor's office and decided to send it for a new review.\nDrozdov was remanded in custody. On 21st December 2023, Drozdov was sentenced in the \"fakes\" case to 5 years in a strict regime colony. 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Also for the above-mentioned purposes, he posted comments with untrue information in open public communities on the Internet. In addition, he purchased a drug, weighing at least 32.76 grams, which he packaged and stored for the purpose of subsequent sale and profit. Subsequently, he sold part of the drugs for a cash reward, the remaining part, weighing at least 21.43 grams, he could not dispose of due to the suppression of criminal activity by law enforcement officers. The court returned the case of dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces to the prosecutor's office.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 20.01.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 25 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.01.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 25 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 25 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.11.2022, Sentence: details unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"details unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-09T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-09T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recx5Mt9vSquKTwfe"},{"persecution_id":"recx5eWShQ6Ch87Al","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec8DOQUHz4EqS8cp","name_en":"Murad Aligadzhiev","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Participant of a rally against mobilisation in Makhachkala on 26 September 2022.\nAccording to the defence lawyers, Aligadzhiev suffered bodily injuries after detention. Initially accused of using violence against a representative of the authorities, then the charge was reclassified to causing minor harm to health. After the reclassification of charges he was released from custody.\nOn 17 May 2023, the case was terminated.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":258,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"26.09.2022 Anti-war actions and against mobilisation","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 115 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["115"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 115"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of violence against police lieutenant S. Sarukhanov"],"case_name_en":"Murad Aligadzhiev's case of violence against police lieutenant S. Sarukhanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"He delivered multiple blows with his hands and feet to various parts of the body of police lieutenant S. Sarukhanov. Initially Aligadzhiev was charged with the use of violence against a representative of authority dangerous to life and health (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code), but in March 2023 the investigation reclassified the charge, considering that since Sarukhanov was in civilian clothes, Aligadzhiev could not have known that he was a representative of authority.\nThe defendants claim that they responded to the screams of a girl whose phone had been stolen during the rally. They suspected Sarukhanov, who was in civilian clothes, of the theft.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.05.2023, Sentence: Terminated with a court fine of 15 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Terminated with a court fine of 15 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-17T11:47:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-17T11:47:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recx5eWShQ6Ch87Al"},{"persecution_id":"recUCmc5ITHRfmtSr","last_updated":"2024-07-25T08:09:52.000Z","person_id":"recLNqQAanSIDVQgD","name_en":"Konstantin Zavalin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Zavalin, a resident of Astrakhan, is a trade union activist. 9 January 2022 he was detained after a picket against sending troops to Kazakhstan, but later released without charges. In early February, the police visited him home twice, but he did not open the door. Zavalin has not received any summons from the police, regardless, 2 March he was violently detained by law enforcement officers and charged with disobeying police, which resulted in 10 days of administrative arrest as per court order. Zavalin filed a complaint against officers' unlawful acts, in response, the police filed a case against him for assaulting a local policeman. Supposedly, the initial assault allegation considered it to be life-threatening, but latter part was dropped. The case went to trial 6 May. 12 May, the court ordered to take Zavalin into custody. 24 June 2022 the court sentenced Zavalin to 1.5 years of community service. The facility where Zavalin was being detained deemed him a habitual violator of order.\n\nIn March 2023, Zavalin, who had already served his sentence, claimed that his record of employment book was not returned to him.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Astrakhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":114,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Picket against the introduction of troops into Kazakhstan","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Zavalin's case of violence against a police representative","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Zavalin used violence against a representative of the authorities when he was detained following his participation in the protest.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.05.2022 to 23.06.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.06.2022, Sentence: 1 year 6 months of community service","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months of community service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-06-23T09:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-06-23T09:45:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUCmc5ITHRfmtSr"},{"persecution_id":"recCLq7bMJl0dRhqH","last_updated":"2026-03-14T14:41:28.000Z","person_id":"rechd7dxfPqoUIbFT","name_en":"Semiel Vedel","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUYLNivBKboAflI.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUYLNivBKboAflI.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a technician of the reserve control centre of the Interior Ministry’s headquarters in the capital. He was detained on the night between 16 and 17 March. After a search, Klokov had a bag put over his head and was taken to the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee, where his detention was formalised. The report states that Klokov resisted, so force and special means were used against him. On 18 March, he was taken into custody. Law enforcement officers informed his lawyer Daniil Berman that Klokov refused his services, but later he eventually concluded an agreement with the lawyer. On 10 August, the court returned the case to the prosecutor’s office, but later the case was referred back to the court.\n\nAs late as June it turned out that the wiretapping of Klokov’s telephone conversations, which became the reason for initiating the case, was sanctioned on 28 January 2022 by Denis Ignatiev, a judge of the Moscow Regional Court. It was allegedly related to a murder of policemen almost 20 years prior and to the fact that Klokov’s father worked together with their alleged killer Vladislav Stepanov. The investigation considered the phone conversations public, as there were several of them. On 10 August, the court returned the case to the prosecutor’s office, but the case was later referred back to the court. On 24 April 2023, Klokov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony. In August 2023, the court of appeals affirmed the sentence. On 29 May 2024, the court of cassation reversed the ruling of the court of appeals and sent the case back for a new trial. On 23 July 2024, the court of appeals overturned the verdict and returned the case to the prosecutor’s office.\n\nOn 21 May 2025, the Perovsky District Court of Moscow began to re-examine the case. On 4 December, Klokov was sentenced again to seven years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Law enforcement officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":404,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["private conversation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Klokov’s case of “fakes” about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces in the territory of Ukraine","case_number":"01-0611/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"Initially, the investigation claimed that Vedel, having a disdainful, unfriendly, hostile and aggressive attitude towards the Russian people and the Russian Federation as a whole, acting by prior conspiracy together with unidentified persons, on 9 March 2022, being at an unspecified place on the territory of the city of Moscow, by making telephone calls from his subscriber numbers … to unidentified persons residing in the Republic of Crimea and the Moscow region, publicly disseminated, under the guise of reliable messages, knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, as well as maintain peace and security. The charge for criminal actions committed as part of a group of persons and by misusing his official position was later dropped.\nAfter the case was returned to the prosecutor’s office, Vedel was charged with organising the dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.03.2022 to 18.03.2022\n• in custody: from 18.03.2022 to 21.08.2023\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• temporary hospitalisation: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.08.2023 to 01.10.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023 to 01.02.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.02.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• Unknown: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.04.2023, Sentence: 7 years’ imprisonment, with deprivation of the right to hold positions in the civil service in the system of internal affairs of the Russian Federation related to the exercise of the functions of a representative of authority for a period of 4 years, with the main sentence of imprisonment be served in a general regime penal colony.\n\nIn accordance with Article 48 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, S.V. Vedel (S.V. Klokov) was deprived of the special rank of “captain of the internal service”.• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 04.12.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-24T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-04T10:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 21-03-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-05-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Klokov-Sergej-Valentinovich-05-17\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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The next day he was released under an obligation to appear.\n\nOn 18 October 2022, police officers came to Martynichev's workplace and took him to Police Station No. 77 in connection with a case of assault. The incident stemmed from a conflict in the metro with a pro-war supporter. The scuffle in the metro occurred in May 2022 after the activist made a remark to the young man, and other passengers supported the man wearing a Z symbol on his clothing, which called Martynichev a \"Ukrainian fascist\". Martynichev claims that he did not hit the man, and the eyebrow laceration occurred accidentally during the push-and-shove. That day passengers handed the activist over to the police. He was held in Police Station No. 77 for a day, then fined 500 rubles under the article on petty hooliganism (Part 1,  Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and released. Nevertheless, the young man, considering himself the victim, filed a complaint of assault.\n\nMartynichev was left alone in the police station and, since he was not detained, he went to work, but on 19 October he himself voluntarily came to the police department of the Admiralteysky District with a lawyer. He was given a recognisance not to leave.\n\nOn 16 May 2023 he was sentenced to six months of suspended corrective labor. On 17 August 2023, the appeal court overturned the conviction and referred the case back to the first instance court. On 10 October 2023, at the retrial, Martynichev was sentenced to five months of suspended corrective labor.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a false bomb threat of the Moscow District Court","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated in connection with an anonymous caller who allegedly reported a bomb threat against the Moscow District Court of Saint Petersburg.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxLf7tjiOoCtmRz"},{"persecution_id":"recL0q7mUhJbR9lmN","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:41:28.000Z","person_id":"recaJkW7hEoQrb4pI","name_en":"Aleksandr Kameniuk","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attC3ftFI1ew2Ac8i.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attC3ftFI1ew2Ac8i.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former head of the local branch of A Just Russia.\nIn October 2021, his apartment was searched due to a case of insulting a representative of the authorities and defamation: the reason was a video entitled \"About the work of the Prosecutor's Office of Kamchatka Krai\".\nOn 15 June 2022 Kamenyuk was detained. The local Interior Ministry reported that a post published by Kamenyuk in one of the messengers on 24 May became the reason for opening a case of discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation. Earlier, at least two administrative cases were brought against the activist for discrediting the Russian Army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), one case - about a video clip, apparently posted on Facebook or Instagram - was already considered by the court and Kamenyuk was fined 50 thousand rubles. There was no official information that this decision had come into force at the time the criminal case was initiated.\nA measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen against Kamenyuk. In September 2022, law enforcers detained Kamenyuk allegedly because of an attempt to \"escape from the preliminary investigation\" and kept him in a temporary detention centre for two days. In November, the court took him into custody due to violations of the previous preventive measure and missed meetings with the investigator. Later Kamenyuk's preventive measure was changed to house arrest. On 15 March 2023, the court sentenced him to a fine of 450 thousand rubles. Taking into account the time spent in custody, the amount was reduced to 100 thousand rubles. The verdict also states that in payment of this amount \"foreclosed on the arrested property\" - it is not known what property was seized from Kamenyuk.\nSince January 2023, the court also considered a case of insulting a representative of authority and defamation. On 18 August 2023, Kamenyuk was sentenced to 470 hours of compulsory labour, reducing the term taking into account the time spent in custody. On 16 November 2023, the appeal court dismissed the charge of insulting a representative of the authorities due to the expiration of the statute of limitations and apparently reduced the formal term of work to 320 hours.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":287,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Kameniuk on the discrediting of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-97/2023 (1-1060/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, published a post in which he discredited the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.06.2022 to 01.09.2022\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.09.2022 to 01.09.2022\n• in custody: from 01.11.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.09.2022 to 01.11.2022\n• house arrest:  to 15.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.03.2023, Sentence: Fine 450 thousand, due to preventive measures reduced to 100 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fine 450 thousand, due to preventive measures reduced to 100 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-15T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-15T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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The following day, September 3, the court sentenced Sinitsa to five years in a penal colony.\n\nIn August 2022, Sinitsa was transferred to the colony's hospital despite having no illness and good test results.\n\nIn December 2022, it became known that a new case had been opened against Sinitsa for calls to extremism. According to the investigation, while in the medical unit of Correctional Colony No. 1 in the Kostroma region, he created a new Twitter account and made posts that negatively characterized military personnel and National Guard officers, as well as contained calls \"for violent actions against Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation as a whole.\" The human rights project Seteviye Svobody (Net Freedom) (which provides legal assistance in cases regarding freedom of expression) noted that the account from which the tweets attributed to Sinitsa were published was registered in October 2022, and its first post was a quote from the tweet for which the man is currently serving his sentence. \"From October 13 to 24, about fifty tweets appeared on the account; since then, it has not been updated and has no followers. All this looks like clear falsification,\" the human rights defenders noted.\n\nOn June 13, 2024, Sinitsa was sentenced in the second case to two years, six months, and ten days in a strict-regime colony. The sentence was handed down shortly before the end of his term for the first conviction.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kostroma"],"persecution_region_en":["Kostroma Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KOS"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":560,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":80,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Sinitsa's case on calls to extremism in the colony","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, while in the medical unit of Correctional Colony No. 1 in the Kostroma region, he created a new Twitter account and made posts that negatively characterized military personnel and National Guard officers, as well as contained calls \"for violent actions against Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation as a whole.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.12.2022 to 11.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.06.2023 to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.11.2023 to 18.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.09.2024 to 17.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast\n• Unknown: from 17.10.2024 to 21.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.10.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.06.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months 10 days' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months 10 days' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-13T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-13T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 28-12-2022\n Source: https://data.ovdinfo.org/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recCfxFgy3M7hr8Je"},{"persecution_id":"recJKVR0jUdqi6C5Q","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recCHbrk16vDtEAzZ","name_en":"Mikhail Zhilin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attWPcP5YchtsFL6Z.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attWPcP5YchtsFL6Z.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Major of the Federal Guard Service. Crossed the border with Kazakhstan after mobilisation was announced and requested asylum. In a video message he stated that he refused to kill Ukrainian citizens. A case of illegal border crossing was also brought against Mr. Zhilin in Kazakhstan. On 2 December, he was sentenced to a 6 month suspended sentence and expulsion from the country. Mr. Zhilin tried to fly to Armenia, but he was detained at the airport. He was kept in custody. On 30 December, Mr. Zhilin was deported to Russia, where a case of desertion was opened against him. On 24 March 2023, he was sentenced to 6 years 6 months in a strict regime colony.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":109,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 338 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["338","322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 338","Part 1, Article 322"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Zhilin's case of desertion","case_number":"1-17/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"Crossed the border with Kazakhstan after the military recruitment campaign was announced and sought for asylum. In a video message he stated that he refused to kill Ukrainian citizens.","persecution_location_en":"In strict condition custody unit (SUS)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In strict conditions of detention","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Altai Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Irkutsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2023 to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Altai Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2023 to 01.11.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Irkutsk region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Irkutsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Irkutsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.03.2023, Sentence: 6 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-20T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-20T14:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-07-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zhilin-mihail-alekseevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJKVR0jUdqi6C5Q"},{"persecution_id":"rec5d6clFnVo7t4GH","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:01:58.000Z","person_id":"recCoLnAzbWrZAGZn","name_en":"Aleksei Marakulin","birth_year":1971,"age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. He was charged with vandalism for damaging a \"Z\" symbol installation in Kostroma. He pleaded guilty and fully compensated for the damages. In September 2022, Marakulin was fined 40,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kostroma"],"persecution_region_en":["Kostroma Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KOS"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":102,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of vandalism in Kostroma","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigation, Marakulin broke an installation in the shape of the letter \"Z\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.08.2022, Sentence: A fine of 40,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 40,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":40000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-11T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5d6clFnVo7t4GH"},{"persecution_id":"recVRNyrVLFLp8EoO","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"rec7ZkwK1RNRIL3UT","name_en":"Ivan Kudriashov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attk6XlRCEZ0cS6nx.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attk6XlRCEZ0cS6nx.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He spent part of his childhood in an orphanage. He was a school champion in checkers and learnt chess in the pre-trial detention centre. He worked as a mechanic at a carriage repair plant. In the spring of 2022 he held several anti-war protests alone. He was fined on the grounds of leaving profane language on posters in support of the war. After the announcement of mobilisation, Kudriashov received call up papers from a military recruitment office. On the same day he was violently detained and accused of preparing to set fire to the military recruitment office.\n\nKudriashov told his lawyer that during his detention officers of the Tver's Federal Security Service department planted incendiary mixtures on him and that he was repeatedly tortured in order to get the password to his smartphone and force him to sign a confession.\n\nThe Investigative Committee refused to initiate a criminal case on the grounds of Kudriashov's torture claim. On 14 June 2023, Kudriashov went on hunger strike because he was not given vegetarian food, his complaints were not forwarded to the prosecutor's office, and the head of the pre-trial detention facility refused to meet with him.\n\nOn 20 June, Kudriashov was sentenced to six years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nOn 18 July, Kudriashov stopped his hunger strike.\n\nOn 27 July it became known that Kudriashov was sent to hospital. Later, lawyer Maksim Kharchenko said Kudriashov was in the psychiatric ward in an immobilised state. According to him, the security guards said that Kudriashov was tied up because he could harm others and himself. The convict does not respond to speech. \"Solidarity Zone\" suggests that Kudriashov could have been subjected to punitive psychiatry methods as revenge by the head of Pre-trial detention centre №1 in Tver, his namesake Alexei Kudriashov (no relation). The lawyer claims that on 18 July, the first day of his client's release from hunger strike, he did not notice any changes in his mental state.\n\n\"Solidarity Zone\" also stated that the Federal Penitentiary Service officers could have forged Ivan Kudriashov's letters. The human rights activists received a reply from the convict, but the handwriting in it does not match the handwriting in the previous letters. \"Kudriashov\" writes that he had a nervous breakdown and broke a tap and a sink in two cells, after which he was sent to hospital, where he was being treated and was on the mend. \"We believe that in this way the hospital management is trying to mislead the public and extinguish the scandal,\" writes \"Solidarity Zone\".\n\nOn 8 August, the lawyer said that Kudriashov had recovered.\n\nOn 29 September 2023, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to four years and ten months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Tver"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver 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Service of Russian Federation for the Lipetsk Oblast\n• Unknown:  to 01.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Smolensk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.06.2023, Sentence: 6 years in prison, of which the first 2.5 years are to be spent in prison, and the remaining 3.5 years in a strict regime penal 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Memorial:\n Date: 18-10-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kudryashov-ivan-valerevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. 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On 5 and 6 March, searches took place at dozens of addresses, mainly at the homes of local civil activists.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2MU5kWMmLXIvv6"},{"persecution_id":"recHtxOPSTM0aSbAM","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:14:57.000Z","person_id":"rec2Dfc25xcKHdB5R","name_en":"Sultan Akhmedkhanov","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Makhachkala. Participated in an action against mobilisation on 26 September 2022. He was soon detained and taken into custody on charges of using violence against a police officer. According to defence lawyers, Akhmedkhanov suffered bodily injuries after his detention.\nIn March 2023, the investigation reclassified the charge to causing minor harm to health out of hooliganism, considering that since the policeman was in civilian clothes, Akhmedkhanov and the other defendants in the case could not have known that he was an official. 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Detained between 27 February and 4 March because of publications in social networks. A video was published online in which a man calling himself Vadym Ignashov admits guilt, apologises, and says that Russia and Ukraine are brotherly nations and that Bandera and Nazis have no place among civilians. On 5 March, he was taken into custody. According to unconfirmed information, in October 2022 he was sentenced to a year and four months in a penal colony, the same year he was allegedly released.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Sailors"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":224,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vadim Ignashov about calls to extremism in Vladivostok","persecution_case_profile_en":"Allegedly, he published calls for the physical destruction of Russian servicemen, as well as photo and video materials with killed Russian soldiers and destroyed equipment, encouraged fellow countrymen to record the movements of Russian columns on the territory of the Kherson region and pass this information to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 25.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.10.2022, Sentence: 1 year 4 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 4 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-11T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2lNImFaRchrMDz"},{"persecution_id":"recl72aOYmivkKOlt","last_updated":"2026-02-13T20:02:34.000Z","person_id":"recOd0Nm1xtqNI5G0","name_en":"Nikolai Ulitin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attjzW5eOMI3GvyPX.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attjzW5eOMI3GvyPX.jpg"],"birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Bishop, holder of the parish of \"The Church of Christ the Saviour. New Generation.\" His premises were searched in August 2022, after which he was taken into custody on charges of organising the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation. VK Press claims that Ulitin (or another defendant in the case, Nikolai Bogoslavskii) \"created an entire network\" in Russia to collect donations for the Ukrainian battalions Azov and Aidar.\nOn 18 July 2023, Ulitin was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. 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Offense reports were drawn up after law enforcement officers came to the meeting and detained about 150 participants. 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Later, Slish was summoned to the Investigative Committee. Then it became known that a case for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces had been initiated against her. On 22 May 2023, Slish was sentenced to one and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":172,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Camelia Slich case about \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces in Irkutsk","case_number":"1-597/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of posts and reposts in her Telegram channel, made between March and May 2022. Among them was a screenshot showing people in camouflage clothing shooting civilians, with Slish's comment \"Murderers, inhumans, creatures\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.05.2023, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' suspended deprivation of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' suspended deprivation of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-22T09:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-22T09:20:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recp6Ex1zUnPACpJ2"},{"persecution_id":"recPxRWvWRZ0Sp9ft","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recODiCr2RmI52GTH","name_en":"Dmitry Antonov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Tula Region. A case of incitement to hatred was brought against him due to his posts criticising Putin's regime. Antonov left Russia.\n","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tula"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitry Antonov of incitement to hatred or enmity","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated due to two social media posts: one, published on 23 June, said that Putin's regime was \"a world threat that will inevitably be destroyed\" and that Putin's criminal nature was clear to the author before the war began; the other contained a cartoon depicting Putin as Hitler.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-07-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/07/d46613/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recPxRWvWRZ0Sp9ft"},{"persecution_id":"recorRSRRwqwtWFCx","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recW21OV0ZsP9pibq","name_en":"Helga Pirogova","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former deputy of the Novosibirsk City Council.\nA criminal case was opened against her for disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation over an emotional tweet. The complaint demanding that a case be initiated was filed with the prosecutor’s office by Andrey Panferov, deputy chairman of the regional legislative assembly. By that time, the tweet had already been deleted.\nOn July 21, 2022, Pirogova was detained after a charity auction and taken to a police station to draw up a protocol under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). However, the next day the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, demanded that a criminal case be opened, which was done immediately. Pirogova left Russia. In June 2023, she was stripped of her deputy mandate.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Helga Pirogova's case of \"fake news\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Novosibirsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated over a tweet from July 15 containing an emotional comment on a “Mediazona” article about Russian volunteers who died in Ukraine. Later, another episode was added to the case—an interview with the TV Rain channel in which the deputy spoke about her criminal prosecution. Expert examinations twice found that her statements did not contain information about the actions of the armed forces or any negative assessment of their actions.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recorRSRRwqwtWFCx"},{"persecution_id":"rec5q3muVHg9DxZmr","last_updated":"2026-02-13T21:13:41.000Z","person_id":"rec5RjJ4ziRUIA3UA","name_en":"Igor Levchenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attH9DUYyD06PfPLT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attH9DUYyD06PfPLT.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Born in Donetsk, the singer moved to the Moscow region after the outbreak of the war in Donbas. On 11 March 2022, he was summoned to a police station and detained for several days over a video in which he expressed hostility toward Russian military personnel. While in police custody, he was coerced into recording an apology video. On 15 March, Levchenko was taken to the Investigative Committee, where a criminal case on charges of incitement to hatred was initiated. He pleaded guilty and was placed in pre-trial detention.\n\nOn 28 June 2022, Levchenko was sentenced to three years in a general-regime penal colony. During his transfer, while held in a pre-trial detention centre in Togliatti, he was subjected to beatings accompanied by the taunt: “So, glory to Russia or glory to Ukraine?”\n\nLevchenko was released on 18 December 2024.\n\nIn October 2025, reports emerged that he had been stripped of Russian citizenship.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":109,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of incitement of hatred against the Russian military in Krasnogorsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 24 February 2022 he posted a video on Instagram that contained “signs of incitement to hatred and enmity toward Russian military personnel, with threats of the use of violence and the commission of their killings.”","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2022 to 18.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.08.2022\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.06.2022, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2022-06-28T14:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-06-28T14:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/levchenko-igor-yurevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec5q3muVHg9DxZmr"},{"persecution_id":"recFPuyO0gOOuT0pX","last_updated":"2025-04-30T13:09:35.000Z","person_id":"recJdS1pm4NtWgGVy","name_en":"Oleg Nepein","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrOYkhuAwNgC9qO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrOYkhuAwNgC9qO.jpg"],"birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a deputy of the Balashov City Council from the CPRF and a leader of the local pagan community. On 1 December, Nepein's home was searched, as a result of which law enforcers seized two computers, two phones, flash drives and a hard drive. The deputy notes that he was not familiarised with the court ruling on the search. After the search, Nepein was taken to the Investigative Committee for questioning, where he was forbidden from taking photos of the case materials.\n\nIn November it became known that a criminal case was also opened against Nepein under the article on repeated demonstration of Nazi symbols (Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code). According to preliminary information, the communist is accused of posting a publication with swastika in the news feed of the group \"Saratov-Engels\", he himself claims that he did not do it: \"Swastika was published under my name. It's completely clumsily done, there is no expertise.\" In August, Nepein was already fined 1,000 rubles under the administrative article on the demonstration of Nazi symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Administrative Code) - then, according to the activist, someone under his name posted a post with Hitler's Germany paraphernalia in the \"Saratov-Engels\" group.\n\nAfter Nepein failed to appear in court several times, he was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia. However, Nepein's wife claims that he was not in hiding, but simply refused to appear in court, as he considers himself a citizen of the USSR and claims that the courts of the Russian Federation have no right to try him. On 12 May 2023, Nepein was detained and taken into custody. On 21 September 2023, the court decided to send Nepein to compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Balashov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":303,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Oleg Nepein on disseminating fake information on the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-31/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was opened because of comments about the war in Ukraine published in the Saratov-Engels Telegram channel, including about the events in Bucha, the bombing of Luhansk and Donetsk, an air strike on the drama theatre in Mariupol, as well as the destruction of the Ukrainian people on Putin's orders. Initially, the case was opened under the first part of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but later the charge was reclassified to spreading false information about the Armed Forces with a hate motive (point \"e\" of part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 03.05.2023 to 12.05.2023\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 03.05.2023\n• in custody: from 12.05.2023 to 11.09.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution for the Saratov Oblast\n• : from 11.09.2023 to 11.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 01.12.2023\n• Unknown: \n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.09.2023, Sentence: compulsory treatment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"compulsory treatment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-21T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-21T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-06-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-saratovskogo-deputata-olega-nepeina/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 01-12-2022\n Source: https://oi.legal/instruction/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#22-2\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under the articles of the Criminal Code concerned with extremism solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nOn December 11, the court ruled that the indictment was illegal. However, even before that, in November, the investigation brought the same charge once again. On July 29 2014, he was acquitted by the Taganrog City Court. On December 12, the Rostov Regional Court cancelled the decision of the Taganrog court and sent the case for a new hearing. On January 22, new hearings began in the Taganrog court. On November 30 he was sentenced to a fine of 70 thousand rubles (exempted due to the expiration of the statute of limitations).\n\nIn April 2022, it became known that Moiseenko was suspected of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation - again due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. On June 20, 2023, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":445,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.05.2022 to 01.08.2023\n• in custody: from 01.08.2023 to 22.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.06.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-20T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-20T08:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-04-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46155/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recYRCpOdgSmILLBw"},{"persecution_id":"rece6ClPTFPjbQ3gU","last_updated":"2023-10-31T17:14:19.000Z","person_id":"recqvPRQAAS6CvPWI","name_en":"Isabella Yevloeva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attv7jKSTTTAhowi5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attv7jKSTTTAhowi5.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist, former editor-in-chief of Fortanga. She left Russia. So far, three criminal cases have been brought against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Her relatives who remain in Ingushetia are being searched, summoned for questioning and pressurised in every possible way to stop writing.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Izabella Evloeva on publications concerning the losses of the Russian army and the explosion in the shopping mall in Kremenchug","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a publication in the Telegram channel \" Fortanga\" about the losses of the Russian army and the explosion of a shopping center in Kremenchug.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rece6ClPTFPjbQ3gU"},{"persecution_id":"rec3FJquOZ1F4bgnq","last_updated":"2024-12-25T10:45:31.000Z","person_id":"recbaj8C2TvMQMeJ1","name_en":"Dmitry Skurikhin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An entrepreneur from the Leningrad region. He has a grocery shop, which he has painted with anti-war slogans and the names of Ukrainian cities that have suffered from Russian shelling. In April, unknown people left the inscription \"Traitor\" on the doors of the shop, pasted a leaflet \"Nazism will not be forgiven\", and threw manure on the porch.\nOn 23 September 2022 Skurikhin's house was searched. The lawyer signed a non-disclosure agreement. Later it became known that the reason for bringing a criminal case against Skurikhin for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces was an anti-mobilisation poster placed on the facade of Skurikhin's shop in Russko-Vysotsky on 21 September. It was removed by police officers (probably after drawing up an offence report). Presumably, because of the poster they first initiated an administrative case under a similar article (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The case was immediately dropped and a criminal case was immediately initiated, since in May Skurikhin had already been fined under the administrative article on defamation because of an anti-war video in his Telegram channel. The reason for the case was an anti-war post in Telegram and photos of anti-war inscriptions on a shop. On 25 September, the court ordered Skurikhin to ban certain actions. In December, Skurikhin was searched, along with St. Petersburg resident Anastasia Makarova, who claims she does not know him.\n\nOn the anniversary of the start of the war, 24 February 2023, the media circulated a photograph of Skurikhin kneeling in front of his shop with a placard reading \"Forgive Ukraine\". Later, police officers arrived at the house where the family was celebrating his parents' wedding anniversary. They questioned Skurikhin and left. After the celebration, the relatives took Skurikhin to another place, with a police car following them. When the relatives returned, the police officers told them that they had taken Skurikhin away for nothing, as it could provoke searches and tighten restrictions. On 26 February it became known that Skurikhin was detained, after which the court sent him to custody on a new criminal case of discrediting the Armed Forces over the action with the poster. On 21 April, he was transferred to house arrest. The cases were merged, the circumstances were considered one continuous episode. On 3 August 2023, Skurikhin was sentenced to one and a half years in a general regime colony.\nOn 26 July 2024, Skurikhin was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lomonosov"],"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2024-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":315,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","public action"],"protest_event_en":"24.02.2023 Anti-war actions","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Skurikhin's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of human rights defender Dinar Idrisov, the reason for initiating a criminal case against him was an anti-war poster placed on the facade of Skurikhin's shop in Russko-Vysotsky. The poster was placed on 21 September 2022. It was removed by police officers (probably after drawing up an offence report). Presumably, because of the poster, an administrative case under a similar article (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) was first initiated. The case was immediately dropped and a criminal case was immediately initiated, since in May Skurikhin had already been fined under the administrative article on defamation because of an anti-war video in his Telegram channel.\n\"Network Freedoms\" reported that the reason for the case was a certain anti-war post in Telegram and photos of anti-war inscriptions on the shop.\nThe reason for a second criminal case under the same article was an action on the anniversary of the beginning of the invasion - Skurikhin knelt in front of his shop with a poster \"Forgive Ukraine\". Later the cases were merged.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 25.09.2022 to 26.02.2023\n• house arrest: from 21.04.2023 to 03.08.2023\n• in custody: from 26.02.2023 to 14.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody: from 14.04.2023 to 21.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast - \"Gorelovo\"\n• in custody: from 03.08.2023 to 17.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast - \"Gorelovo\"\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.11.2023 to 01.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast - \"Gorelovo\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023 to 26.07.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.08.2023, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-03T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-03T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-08-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/09/d46979/?sphrase_id=14074\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 24-09-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 25-02-2023\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-02-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47778/?sphrase_id=14074\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-03-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/skurihin-dmitrij-nikolaevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec3FJquOZ1F4bgnq"},{"persecution_id":"receXadC9kpjfMrDX","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recJxhZ2irThXtEM6","name_en":"Vyacheslav Koshelev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the city of Volzhsky (Volgograd Region). Previously prosecuted for theft, the court dismissed the case due to reconciliation of the parties. He was detained on 17 April 2022 during a competition in high-speed climbing to the floors of high-rise buildings. According to Koshelev, the law enforcers' attention was attracted by his clothes - he came wearing a cap with the Ukrainian flag and a sweatshirt with the inscription \"30 years of independence of Ukraine\". He was charged with petty hooliganism: the police said that he shouted \"obscene slogans\" and thus interfered with the competitions. On 19 April, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Koshelev due to the fact that, according to the investigation, during detention he \"deliberately kicked one blow on the shin of the right leg of policeman Vlasov, causing him physical pain\". On 5 August 2022, the court ordered for him to undergo an involuntary psychiatric treatment.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Emergency workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Volzhsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":110,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vyacheslav Koshelev's case on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities at the competitions in Volzhsky","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, when detained during a high-rise building climbing race, Koshelev \"deliberately kicked the police officer Vlasov's right shin, causing him physical pain\".","persecution_location_en":"Ambulatory treatment","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.08.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 09.12.2024\n• Unknown: from 09.12.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.08.2022, Sentence: compulsory treatment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"compulsory treatment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-05T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-05T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receXadC9kpjfMrDX"},{"persecution_id":"rec7MLwPxGl2vdDAi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec3vtCAxDgsJy2bV","name_en":"Alexander Pogudin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On September 29th, 2022, Alexander left an empty bottle with a note inside it next to a military recruiting office. At first, it was reported that the note contained a certain message opposing the mobilization, but later it turned out that the note was about the intention to blow up the recruiting office. After his arrest, Pogudin said that he aimed to frighten the office employees and thus put a stop to the moblization. Pogudin was detained. In April, 2023, the measure of restriction for him was changed to prohibition of certain actions. 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Initially it was reported that the note contained some text against mobilization, but later it turned out that the note contained the intention to blow up the recruitment office.\n\nAt first Pogudin was charged with knowingly false report of explosion and arson to destabilize the authorities (Part 3 of Article 207 of the Criminal Code), but then it became known that he was charged with knowingly false report of an explosion of an object of social infrastructure (Part 2 of Article 207 of the Criminal Code). 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He has left Russia. He was declared wanted on suspicion of disseminating \"fakes\" about the Russian army. 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Head of \"Kaster OrgsintezGroup\" LLC, a large Russian company operating in the polymer market.\n\nIn April 2022, Rossiev was detained in a case of public justification of terrorism because of two aggressive comments in connection with a news story about a pensioner who sued for 60 thousand roubles for unlawful criminal prosecution. The comments were related to the case of Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who carried out a self-detonation in the building of the regional department of the Arkhangelsk FSB in 2018. Rossiev was taken into custody and placed in a special cell as a particularly dangerous criminal. After examining the contents of his phone, a case of incitement to hatred against law enforcement officers of the Russian Federation and Belarus was also brought against him. Rossiev pleaded guilty. On 23 August 2022, he was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles. The prosecution asked to send him to a colony for eight years.\n\nIn November 2022, Rossiev was detained in Krasnodar and taken to Kstovo. It became known that a case was brought against him of \"fakes\" about the army and calls to extremism. The court appointed him a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. 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Since 2019, Novikov has been living and working in Ukraine. Novikov repeatedly spoke out against the war. He is wanted in a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 30 May 2023, the Moscow Bar Association deprived Novikov of the status of a lawyer. In October 2023, it was reported that a case of high treason (article 275 of the Criminal Code) was started against Novikov.\nOn 11 June 2024, Novikov was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in the case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces.\nIn July 2024, Novikov was included in the list of Rosfinmonitoring with the same mark that is given to people who are prosecuted under \"terrorist\" articles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":558,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ilya Novikov's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0179/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason was an interview on YouTube, in which the lawyer speaks about the involvement of the Russian army in the killings of civilians in Bucha. \"The expertise also found that Novikov's statements contain a motive of political hatred and enmity, including that towards representatives of Russia's supreme governing bodies,\" TASS quoted its source.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 14.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.06.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-11T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-11T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJhSPkCFZ3Fi6Oa"},{"persecution_id":"recJ6s9Zq4K4wZLyc","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recDKb3OUTdVQV0EW","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a welder and took part in the war as a contract paratrooper. According to Mediazona, he was among the servicemen stationed in Bucha. In July 2022, he decided to stop serving: first returning from the front to his unit, and then going home. In September 2022, he learned that a criminal case had been opened against him for unauthorised abandonment of his unit. In December 2022, he was sentenced to one year’s probation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":259,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 337 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 337 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["337","337"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 337","Part 3, Article 337"],"case_name_en":"Case of a Pskov paratrooper on abandonment of his unit","persecution_case_profile_en":"In July, he refused to fight and returned to the military unit near Pskov from which he had previously been sent to war. He remained at the unit for a fortnight before going home.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.12.2022, Sentence: 1 year's suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-16T13:51:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-16T13:51:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJ6s9Zq4K4wZLyc"},{"persecution_id":"recAn6wvec25OdKX7","last_updated":"2025-09-17T06:54:04.000Z","person_id":"reciTWNmPWI5OLLpT","name_en":"D. Bogdanov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a false bomb threat of the Moscow District Court","persecution_case_profile_en":"A case has been initiated in connection with the fact that an unknown person allegedly reported that the Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg had been mined.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAn6wvec25OdKX7"},{"persecution_id":"recOxQGfwdaCZAuwQ","last_updated":"2026-02-13T21:26:50.000Z","person_id":"rec5qNDCXXFMKao6R","name_en":"Viktoria Goncharova (Kutz)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attQPOXv4g6IWMlwt.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attQPOXv4g6IWMlwt.jpeg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Owner of a shelter for homeless dogs and cats.\n\nAs telegram channel “ChVK Media” states:\n“”Valkiria Bandery” Viktoria Goncharova (Kutz) was detained in Adygeya. Having heard screech of her tribesmen turned up under the onslaught of the punishing sword of the armed forces of the Russian Federation she hissed with comments and statements in their support.\nAs an outcome a fulminant response of the law enforcement of Adygeya – detention and a criminal case under p.2 art.282.2 of the Criminal Code of Russia for the participation in the activity of the extremist organisation “Pravy Sektor”.\n\nGoncharova was put in custody, the case was initiated on articles about the  participation in the activity of the extremist organisation and dissemination of the deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 2 June 2023 she was sentenced to 6,5 years of detention.","persecution_occupation_en":["Animal defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maykop"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":363,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Victoria Goncharova's case on participation in the Right Sector and \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-79/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the \"CHVK Media\" (PMC Media) telegram channel, a case was initiated for alleged involvement in the Right Sector - organization, previously recognized as an extremist one. The telegram channel also mentioned some \"comments and statements\" of Goncharova in support of \"her compatriot\" (she was born in Ukraine). The Regnum publication, citing the local FSS department, wrote that Goncharova \"demonstrated through social networks symbols of the extremist organizations banned in Russia \"Ukrainian National Assembly - Ukrainian People's Self-Defense (UNA-UNSO)\" and \"The Trident of Stepan Bandera\" and promoted extremist ideology among her friends.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.04.2022 to 07.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.08.2023 to 01.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\"\n• Unknown:  to 01.10.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2025 to 03.03.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.05.2023, Sentence: 6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-30T16:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-30T16:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/goncharova-kucz-viktoriya-vasilevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On April 22 it became known that a criminal case was opened against Kara-Murza for spreading deliberately false information about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces, the same day the court decided to take him into custody.\n\nIn 2015 and 2017, Kara-Murza claimed poisoning, both times the diagnosis was confirmed by doctors. After one of the poisonings, the politician fell into a coma. Later, a group of investigative journalists established that Kara-Murza had been surveilled by FSB officers.\n\nOn 13 July 2022, a criminal case was opened against Kara-Murza for carrying out activities of an \"undesirable organisation\".\n\nOn October 6, it was reported that a criminal case of high treason was initiated against Kara-Murza, the same day he was charged. All three cases were later merged.\nAfter being placed in the disciplinary cell, he began to lose sensitivity in his limbs. On 16 March, 2023, the staff of the medical unit of the pre-trial detention centre did not allow Kara-Murza to participate in the trial until the end of the course of treatment.\nOn 17 April, he was sentenced to 25 years in a strict regime prison colony.\n\nIn June, it became known that Kara-Murza stopped receiving some of his letters. On June 25, the secretary of the Public Supervisory Commission of Moscow Alexei Melnikov reported that Kara-Murza's letters were handed over.\n\nImmediately after his transfer to the colony in September, the politician was placed in a punishment cell. The staff told him that he would not be released to the camp, as he \"infects all prisoners with his views\". In total, Kara-Murza was sent to the punishment cell at least five times.\n\nOn 1 August 2024, he was released as part of a prisoner exchange between the Russian Federation and the United States.\n\nIn August 2025, State Duma deputy Vasily Piskarev announced that a case had been opened against the organisers of the opposition march in Berlin on 1 March 2025 (i.e. including Kara-Murza) for participation in the activities of an extremist and terrorist organisation, organising the activities of an extremist community and calling for extremism. On 13 October 2025, Kara-Murza was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring without the marking that is put on the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles, which may mean that participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation is not imputed to him. On October 15, the politician was arrested in absentia in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.\n\nOn 14 October 2025 the FSB reported about the initiation of a case against Kara-Murza and other members of the \"Anti-War Committee of Russia\" for violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":371,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E,D Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1","275","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 284.1","Article 275","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Kara-Murza's case of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine, of involvement in the activities of an undesirable organisation and of high treason","case_number":"2-41/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in a public speech before members of the Arizona House of Representatives of the United States of America, acting on the grounds of political hatred, disseminated, under the guise of reliable reports, deliberately false information containing data on the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to bomb residential areas, social infrastructure, including maternity hospitals, hospitals and schools, as well as the use of other prohibited means and methods of warfare in the course of a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine. In addition, in October 2021, he held a conference in support of Russian political prisoners at the Sakharov Centre in Moscow, allegedly with money from the Free Russia Foundation. In addition, in Lisbon on 8 October 2021, he spoke about the illegitimacy of election campaigns in Russia, including the upcoming 2024 presidential election; in Oslo on 29 October 2021, at the Norwegian Helsinki Committee award ceremony for historian Yuri Dmitriev, he spoke about state terror in Russia and politically motivated murders; on 29 March 2022, at a U.S. Helsinki Commission hearing, he spoke about the \"information iron curtain\" in Russia and the need for citizens to have access to the truth about the war in Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"At large as a result of an exchange","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.04.2022 to 31.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 12.04.2022 to 22.04.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.07.2023 to 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2023 to 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Omsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2023 to 01.01.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.01.2024 to 01.01.2024\n• single cell-type room: from 01.01.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.06.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n• cell-type room: from 01.06.2024 to 04.07.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n• Unknown: from 04.07.2024 to 01.07.2024\n• cell-type room: from 01.07.2024 to 01.07.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n• Unknown:  to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• Unknown:  to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2023, Sentence: 25 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"25 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":300,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-17T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-17T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-05-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Vladimir-Vladimirovich-Kara-Murza-05-20\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 09-05-2022\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://eurasia.amnesty.org/2022/05/10/zayavlenie-po-rossijskoj-federaczii-politicheskij-aktivist-vladimir-kara-murza-uznik-sovesti-i-on-dolzhen-byt-nemedlenno-i-bezogovorochno-osvobozhdyon/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 21-04-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","Amnesty International","SOVA Center","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recvouFuZKhNALFjz"},{"persecution_id":"receHG7bnhCCQkqIq","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recP0Elxyke7MOuBq","name_en":"Anastasia Eletskaya","birth_year":1982,"age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokuznetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":219,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anastasia Yeletskaya on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, in May, Yeletskaya was walking with a friend in the city center, and the friend tried to tear off the letter \"Z\" from a cardboard star attached to one of the monuments of the Monument to the Liberator Soldier. When he was detained by the National Guard, Yeletskaya bit one of the National Guard officers on the left arm and then began to punch him in the head, neck and arms.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2022, Sentence: 1 year of suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-06T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 04-08-2023\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"receHG7bnhCCQkqIq"},{"persecution_id":"rec23JHmU3RqXXxL4","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:59:01.000Z","person_id":"recabtYyxCSXx1yxp","name_en":"Kirill Butylin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atthUeHDHBnA585Mc.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atthUeHDHBnA585Mc.jpg"],"birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Lukhovitsy, Moscow region, aircraft assembler at the Lukhovitsy Aviation Plant named after P.A. Voronin. He tried to leave Russia, but on 8 March 2022 he was detained at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border, after which he was handed over to representatives of the Russian authorities in connection with a criminal case due to the arson attack on a military recruitment centre. That day he published a video of his attack on the military recruitment centre and a manifesto. On 13 March Butylin managed to escape from the police department. The young man was put on the wanted list, but in the evening of the same day he was detained again. At first Butylin was charged with vandalism (Article 214 of the Criminal Code), then a charge of damage to property in the form of arson (part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code) was added, after which the second charge was reclassified as committing a terrorist act. In addition, Butylin was accused of public justification of terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) in connection with the arsonist manifesto published by him, in which he spoke out against war. Butylin is in custody. He said that in the pre-trial detention centre in Kolomna they tried to force him to say the phrase \"Putin is cool\" on camera. After the young man refused, the law enforcers said he would \"rot in solitary confinement for 15 years with paedophiles, [his] teeth will fall out\". On 15 March 2023, the court sentenced him to 13 years in a strict regime colony.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":379,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.2","214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of desecration of a military recruitment centre in Lukhovitsy","case_number":"1-59/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he broke two windows of the military recruitment office and threw bottles with Molotov cocktails, as well as painted the gates in the colours of the Ukrainian flag and left a \"provocative note about the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces\". Butylin was first charged with vandalism (Article 214 of the Criminal Code), then added a charge of damage to property in the form of arson (part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code), after which the second charge was reclassified as committing a terrorist act. In addition, Butylin was accused of publicly justifying terrorism in connection with the arsonist manifesto he published, in which he spoke out against war.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 17.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.05.2023 to 01.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• Unknown: from 01.12.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023, FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.03.2023, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-15T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-15T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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A case of vandalism was brought against him because on 27 February 2022 he put inscriptions \"No war\" on the facades of several residential buildings. Zotov compensated for the damage, admitted guilt, actively cooperated with the investigation and reconciled with the victim - a representative of the management company. In this regard, the court decided to dismiss the case on 22 September.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":263,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Roman Zotov’s vandalism case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, on 27 February, Zotov inscribed «No war» on the facades of several apartment buildings.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.09.2022, Sentence: case dismissed","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"case dismissed","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-21T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2MO4LGUjwYUYAL"},{"persecution_id":"recWEcFPiIk0FXNRI","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recRj2lD8pCdYqx2n","name_en":"Alexei Nuriev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZojV7ib86Dv4NY.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZojV7ib86Dv4NY.jpeg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the town of Bakal, a member of the postpunk band Room32, worked as a commander of the fire and rescue service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Prior to his arrest, he published anti-war poems. He was taken into custody on charges of arson of a military recruiting office. He was accused of committing a terrorist act and taking terrorist courses. On 10 April 2023, Nuriev was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":181,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of arson of the town hall in Bakal","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of 11 October he with Nasriyev broke a window on the first floor of the Bakal city administration building and threw two \"Molotov cocktails\" there. The fire was extinguished by a watchman before the firefighters arrived. The men were detained several hours later. On 13 October, the Central District Court of Chelyabinsk sent them to pre-trial detention centre for two months. Initially, Nuriev and Nasriyev were charged with intentional destruction and damage to property (Article 167 of the Criminal Code), but later the case was reclassified to the commission of a terrorist act by a group of people by prior conspiracy (paragraph \"a\" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code). The press service of the Federal Security Service Directorate for the region noted that the detainees \"are members of several dozen left- and right-wing radical internet communities, including pro-Ukrainian nationalist ones\". Then another case against Nuriyev and Nasriyev was brought for training in order to carry out terrorist activities (Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code). A source in security forces told URA.RU portal that the musicians \"took courses to carry out terrorist activities. They took the courses via the Internet and by phone. The arson attack on the town hall was a premeditated action\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.10.2022 to 28.08.2024, Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at the Federal Penal Correctional Institution-2 (FCU IK-2 GUFSIN) for the Sverdlovsk Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at the Federal Penal Correctional Institution-2 (FCU IK-2 GUFSIN) for the Sverdlovsk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.04.2023, Sentence: 19 years' imprisonment (the first 4 years in prison, the other 15 years in a strict regime penal colony)","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"19 years' imprisonment (the first 4 years in prison, the other 15 years in a strict regime penal colony)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":228,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-10T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-10T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-07-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnymi-alekseya-nurieva-i-romana-nasryeva/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recWEcFPiIk0FXNRI"},{"persecution_id":"rec6LcyacGmAlcI6m","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recqlvtIxeuJ3yddG","name_en":"Ruslan Terentev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kazan. Detained after searches on 17 March 2022 due to anonymous posts in a Telegram channel. Searches took place at a number of civil and political activists in the city. On 19 March Terentev was released without pre-trial restrictions. At the end of March it was reported that Terentev had disappeared and his whereabouts were unknown. Later it turned out that he was under recognisance not to leave. Initially he was a suspect in the case of involvement in mass riots, but eventually he was charged with calls for mass riots. On 7 July 2022, Terentev was sentenced to a year of restricted freedom.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":112,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly","freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 3.03.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The cse of involvement into a mass disorder in Kazan"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Terentev's case on calls for mass riots in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"The criminal case was initiated due to the message posted on the Telegram channel \"Protest Kazan\" where unknown persons allegedly published calls to bring incendiary mixtures, batons and megaphones for resistance against the police at the anti-war protest on March 3.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 01.07.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.07.2022, Sentence: One year of restricted freedom","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"One year of restricted freedom","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-07T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-07-07T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6LcyacGmAlcI6m"},{"persecution_id":"recHQBXESOUTUvKep","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recpq4fTGMyOGV7RU","name_en":"Yevgeny Fokin","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":250,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a minor on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine in Novosibirsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, the defendant wrote a comment to the post in the Telegram chat “Koalitsya Novosibirsk 2020” (Coalition Novosibirsk 2020). The post was reposted from the page of Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. It described the murders of civilians by the Russian military during the seizure of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. Several linguistic examinations revealed \"absence of statements about verifiable facts\" in the repost.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.11.2022, Sentence: case dismissed, supervision ordered until 7 December from 10pm to 6am.","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"case dismissed, supervision ordered until 7 December from 10pm to 6am.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-06T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHQBXESOUTUvKep"},{"persecution_id":"reclBLq64fn9T4N3J","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec6ol2iD4K2PIyUp","name_en":"Andrei Adarin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnnVTHHtWuLJcYV.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnnVTHHtWuLJcYV.jpg"],"birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was a public activist in Altai. He moved to Domodedovo (Moscow Region) and started working as a taxi driver. In September 2022, it became known that a case of \"fakes\" about the army was brought against him. The investigation asked to place him in custody, but the court ordered a ban on certain actions. In September Adarin was detained in Moscow. A report was drawn up on him under the article on the use of narcotic substances (Article 6.9 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Police officers referred the case to a justice of the peace, but one of the witnesses mentioned in the protocol refused to testify against the detainee. After that, the judge dismissed the case. But Adarin was placed in a temporary detention centre until a new trial on the measure of restraint. The next day the court sent him to custody, considering it an offence to buy a bus ticket from Moscow to Minsk via the Internet. On 27th of December Adarin was again given a preventive measure in the form of prohibition of certain actions. In December, a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Adarin. Later it became known that Adarin had left Russia. He was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Domodedovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Adarin's case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in his Telegram channel \"Adarin Andrei. Only the Truth\" made several anti-war publications, including those about the crimes in Bucha and Irpen. In addition, on the website of the paper \"News of Gorny Altai\" he left a comment on the fall of the economy as a result of Vladimir Putin's actions, toughening of repressions and actions needed to be taken in regards to this.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody","arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 08.09.2022 to 02.12.2022\n• in custody: from 02.12.2022 to 27.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 27.12.2022 to 12.07.2023\n• arrest in absentia: from 12.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 02-12-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/adarin-andrej-taanovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"reclBLq64fn9T4N3J"},{"persecution_id":"recH0bVRToQws3Wqg","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recAN0tNr0ylFAa33","name_en":"Igor Kazankov","birth_year":1984,"age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Tula region. The reason for initiating a case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and displaying Nazi symbols was the same incident in the Magnit shop in the village of Oktyabrsky on 23 November 2022, when Kazankov in an inebriated state allegedly caused a scandal in the grocery shop and stripped to the waist, showing tattoos with Nazi symbols. In the car park next to the shop, he uttered the phrase \"Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Ukraine!\". He was taken into custody. The criminal case also included two episodes of vandalism (part 1 of article 214 of the Criminal Code), the details are unknown. On 7 July 2023 Kazankov was sentenced to three years in a strict regime colony with a two-year ban on administration of sites on the Internet. On 13 November 2024, the cassation court reduced the sentence, details unknown. In November 2025, Kazankov was allegedly released from prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kireyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":248,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4","280.3","214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4","Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 1, Article 214"],"case_name_en":"Igor Kazankov's case of repeated display of Nazi symbols and discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was an incident at a Magnit supermarket in the settlement of Oktyabrsky on 23 November 2022, when, in an inebriated state, he allegedly caused a disturbance in the store and stripped to the waist, displaying tattoos featuring Nazi symbols. In the parking lot next to the store, he shouted the phrase \"Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Ukraine!\".\n\nIn March 2022, Kazankov was charged for a similar incident under administrative articles for discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code), with a fine of 50 thousand rubles, and for displaying Nazi symbols (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code), with an arrest for 8 days. According to the rulings, he displayed his tattoos in the lobby of a Moscow metro station, accompanying it with a Nazi salute and “loud public slogans with thematic content.” After this incident, he was also arrested for 10 days under the article for petty hooliganism (Part 2 of Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 23.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.10.2023 to 01.11.2025\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2025 to 01.11.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.07.2023, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment and 2 years' ban on administration of Internet sites ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment and 2 years' ban on administration of Internet sites ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-07T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-07T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recH0bVRToQws3Wqg"},{"persecution_id":"rec2FDci84E9sAvQT","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recoHyAzZhXpQVQy2","name_en":"Mikhail Gusev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att8kZqVD4D6ps6jj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att8kZqVD4D6ps6jj.jpg"],"birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ivanovo. Participated in election monitoring and attended relevant trainings of the \"Golos\" movement, which is engaged in election monitoring. He left Russia. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. As part of the Gusev case, on 5 October 2022, searches took place in Ivanovo, Moscow, Pskov, Perm, and Chelyabinsk, mostly of people related to \"Golos\". At least one more search took place on 7 March 2023 at the home of Vladimir Zhilkin, a member of the movement in Tambov. In December 2023, a restraint in the form of a recognisance not to leave was imposed on Gusev despite his absence from the Russian Federation.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ivanovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces in Ivanovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published a post on his Telegram channel \"containing a negative assessment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, while attributing to them the commission of violent acts against civilians in Ukraine\". As \"Novaya Gazeta. Europe\" found out, the reason for initiating the case was Gusev's post, in which he reacted to the fact that another case was about to be brought against him — for evasion of military service. \"Apparently, the Ivanovo military recruitment office took great offence at the fact that I left Russia because of my unwillingness to join the army of fascists and occupiers, which kills Ukrainian civilians and bombs residential buildings,\" Gusev wrote. In June, he was fined 45,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for a poster that read \"*** *****\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["no preventive measure","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• no preventive measure: \n• recognizance not to leave: from 14.12.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 01.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 15-12-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/10/d47018/?sphrase_id=2011449\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 15-12-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/12/15/nablyudatelyu-iz-ivanovo-po-delu-kotorogo-shli-obyski-u-uchastnikov-golosa\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec2FDci84E9sAvQT"},{"persecution_id":"recfI32LFXZR2vykJ","last_updated":"2025-02-07T11:33:04.000Z","person_id":"recGvp3InvK5cQIoP","name_en":"Andrei Pavlov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attFF8zfgxgC5MXcl.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attFF8zfgxgC5MXcl.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A criminal case for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces was initiated in December 2022. After the case went to court, Pavlov left. He was placed on a wanted list and arrested in absentia. On 5 July Pavlov was detained in Astana but was released the following day.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tula"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","solo picket"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 29.07.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Pavlov's case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-14/2023 (1-365/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Pavlov used his personal \"VKontakte\" page to publicly post materials aimed at discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. He also staged a protest on Lenin Street on 29 July, holding a poster that read: «Нет ***не! No **r! HI ***нi». In late March, Pavlov had already been fined under the administrative article on discrediting (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) for attaching to his jacket the Ukrainian flag, an inscription reading \"Putin, stop the war,\" and a red-and-black flag, which the court ruling designated as a \"Cossack protest banner.\" The ruling entered into force.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia","released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 03.03.2023\n• released under obligation to appear in court: from 08.08.2022 to 03.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfI32LFXZR2vykJ"},{"persecution_id":"reczVKYWlowN3ITS0","last_updated":"2025-08-18T17:43:52.000Z","person_id":"rechaMrGBoG9OXxup","name_en":"Dmitry Petrenko","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Deputy of the Omsk City Council. In September 2021 he was arrested for 10 days for disobeying the police at a polling station under part 1 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences. In October Petrenko was expelled from the CPRF.\nOn 10 August it became known that he did not appear at the preliminary hearings on his case. He was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia.\nOn 30 July 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to 7 years in a general regime colony with a 4-year ban on administering websites.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":854,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitry Petrenko on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a post in the deputy's Telegram channel dedicated to the shelling of Mariupol.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.07.2024, Sentence: 7 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, as well as a 4-year ban on administering websites","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, as well as a 4-year ban on administering websites","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 10-08-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2022/08/10/omskogo-deputata-dmitriya-petrenko-obyavili-v-rozysk-i-zaochno-arestovali\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reczVKYWlowN3ITS0"},{"persecution_id":"recy9ltCx6SjcWwrD","last_updated":"2023-10-31T17:14:19.000Z","person_id":"recqvPRQAAS6CvPWI","name_en":"Isabella Yevloeva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attv7jKSTTTAhowi5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attv7jKSTTTAhowi5.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist, former editor-in-chief of Fortanga. She left Russia. So far, three criminal cases have been brought against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Her relatives who remain in Ingushetia are being searched, summoned for questioning and pressurised in every possible way to stop writing.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Isabella Yevloyeva about the comment on the murders of civilians in Bucha","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was comments about the killing of civilians in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recy9ltCx6SjcWwrD"},{"persecution_id":"rec0Pb1Got8Q8dz77","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:20:44.000Z","person_id":"recxKaOmlwX96daMy","name_en":"Rustem Osmanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attvFQwxlSBm9RoYE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attvFQwxlSBm9RoYE.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"According to the investigation, on 14 April 2022, Osmanov was detained while trying to pass the Armyansk border checkpoint. According to his own words, on 15 April 2022, 12 Russian servicemen armed with automatic rifles broke into his house in the village of Kalanchak, Kherson region. Osmanov was beaten, handcuffed and put a bag over his head, loaded into a lorry and taken to the border with Crimea. At the border Osmanov was taken to a caravan where, according to him, they threatened to kill him and his family and forced him to sign a confession. After that, he was taken to the FSS in Simferopol, where he was tortured with electric shocks, beaten and again threatened that they would kill his relatives. On 4 August, Osmanov was sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":111,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rustem Osmanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Osmanov allegedly participated in the activities of the \"Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelibidzhikhan\": drove service vehicles, maintained them, ran subsidiary services and guarded facilities","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.04.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.08.2022, Sentence: six years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"six years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-02-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/osmanov-rustem-sejtbukirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec0Pb1Got8Q8dz77"},{"persecution_id":"recFN0rnECSdEAVKV","last_updated":"2025-12-22T15:17:37.000Z","person_id":"recdSeldTMYzOXFU6","name_en":"Vasily Gavrilishen","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Nizhnevartovsk. Taken into custody in May 2022 on charges of arson of a military recruitment office. He was initially charged with damaging or destroying property and hooliganism, but later the charge was reclassified to committing a terrorist act by a group of persons. After the sentencing of another defendant, Vladislav Borysenko, Gavrilishen retracted his earlier confession: he admitted guilt, but did not agree with the qualification of the act under the terrorist article. The case was to be considered under a special procedure, but due to the refusal to testify, the court switched to the general order of consideration.\nOn 3 July 2023, Gavrilishen was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khanty-Mansiysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":428,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of arson in the military recruiting office in Nizhnevartovsk"],"case_name_en":"Vasily Gavrilishen's case of arson at the military recruitment office in Nizhnevartovsk","case_number":"2-30/2023 (2-160/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of 4 May he took part in throwing Molotov cocktails at the military recruitment office in Nizhnevartovsk. The investigation claims that Gavrilishen agreed to set fire to the military recruitment centre for a monetary reward to express his disagreement with the war in Ukraine: he corresponded with a certain Rostislav Mukhin, associated with the AFU, who promised the man from one to three million rubles for the arson. After the arson, law enforcers say Gavrilishen received 700,000 rubles on his cryptocurrency wallet, which he transferred to his bank account.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 14.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.07.2023, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment with the first five years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony, one and a half years' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment with the first five years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony, one and a half years' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-03T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-03T14:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Stop the war!\" in the entrance halls of four residential buildings. It was initially reported that they were placed in custody. Later it was reported that both were under house arrest. However, according to data on the website of the Central District Court of Tula, in August 2022, the court imposed a restraint measure in the form of a prohibition of certain actions. No later than October 2022, an article on calls for extremist activity was added to the charges. On 29 March 2023, both were sentenced to 2 years’ restriction of liberty and a fine of 180,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tula"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":393,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ambulance paramedics' case of vandalism in Tula","case_number":"1-55/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":" According to the investigation, he was involved in putting inscriptions \"Overthrow Putin! 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She learned about the criminal case from her mother, who lives in Vladivostok; investigators called her. The case was opened in Moscow, and she was placed on the wanted list. Details are unknown. She speculated that her pickets outside the Russian Embassy in Canada may have been the reason, but it later emerged that the case was opened because of a Telegram post about the events in Bucha. On April 24, 2023, Kartasheva was arrested in absentia. On November 24, 2023, she was sentenced in absentia to eight years.\nKartasheva later said that the verdict, for some unknown reason, mentioned Maxim Katz, who had previously been sentenced to the same term under the same article, and also stated that her YouTube channel was viewed by many people, even though she does not have a YouTube channel. From this, she concluded that the court \"simply copied\" portions of the Katz verdict into her own. On March 21, 2024, the appellate court overturned the verdict and remanded the case for a new trial.\nOn July 1, 2024, Kartasheva was sentenced in absentia to seven years' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":419,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of a woman who emigrated to Canada about \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0474/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of a post in a Telegram channel about the events in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 24.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.11.2023, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in absentia, ban on publishing information on the Internet for 4 years• First instance court on the merits, 01.07.2024, Sentence: 7 years imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":82,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-14,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-24T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-01T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 15-06-2023\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info?_gl=1*kjeqrl*_ga*NjA3NzI5OTM2LjE2ODUwOTA4Njk.*_ga_J7DH9NKJ0R*MTY5MDI5NjQwMi4xMTUuMS4xNjkwMjk5NDU0LjUwLjAuMA..#1\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recwvjsJeKLSDHy6D"},{"persecution_id":"recpW4UD0UgjDHTOz","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recM3efI3flRlDkDz","name_en":"Igor Paskar","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZtS7LkueJNQQbd.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZtS7LkueJNQQbd.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Volgograd. Has been convicted of theft and drug trafficking. According to unconfirmed information, he participated in a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in Moscow in 2021. At the first session Paskar talked about torture after his detention. In February 2023, it was reported that the letters have not been passed on to Paskar in the pre-trial detention centre since the New Year. In March it emerged that that the letters were being passed again. On 31 May Paskar was sentenced to eight and a half years in a strict regime colony.\nIn the pre-trial detention centre Paskar has been beaten, presumably by the war veterans, with whom he was placed.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers","Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":364,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of setting the entrance checkpoint of the Department of the Federal Security Service and a Z banner in Krasnodar on fire","case_number":"1-51/2023 (1-208/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Paskar threw a Molotov cocktail into the hall of the Krasnodar branch of the Federal Security Service. The police has found the tubes with the blue and yellow paint in his possession. Allegedly, before throwing the Molotov cocktail, Paskar has painted his face with the colors of the Ukrainian flag. That has not been confirmed. Apart from that, he is charged with setting a banner with the letter \"Z\" and the words \"We don’t abandon our people\" on fire.","persecution_location_en":"In a cell-type facility (PKT)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In cell-type premises","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 25.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: from 25.11.2022 to 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 07.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.11.2023 to 14.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• Unknown: from 14.01.2024\n• Unknown: from 03.02.2024 to 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2024 to 01.02.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2024, FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• Unknown:  to 24.11.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.11.2025\n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell: \n• cell-type room: from 01.12.2025 to 01.06.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.05.2023, Sentence: 8.5 years' imprisonment. Paskar is to spend the first 3 years in a prison and the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8.5 years' imprisonment. Paskar is to spend the first 3 years in a prison and the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-31T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-31T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-05-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/04/d48024/?sphrase_id=1555387\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-09-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/paskar-igor-konstantinovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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After that it became known that a case was also opened against Belokiev for participation in an armed conflict on the territory of a foreign state for purposes contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation.\n\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Islam Belokiyev on “fakes” about actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 7 March, Belokiev disseminated deliberately false information about the actions of the Russian armed forces under the guise of reliable information. The criminal case against Belokiev was initiated because of a video in which he spoke about an Ingush soldier who had been captured in Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYZQCAVjHuA3knA"},{"persecution_id":"recW0nE7RRAKTIGV0","last_updated":"2026-02-13T21:28:32.000Z","person_id":"recSIba44HGm8DRWP","name_en":"Andrei Boiarshinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attncgyyZN2cxxVcF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attncgyyZN2cxxVcF.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A doctoral candidate of Biological Sciences, former employee of Kazan Federal University. Detained after searches on 17 March 2022 as a suspect in a case of involvement in mass riots. During the search he was threatened with physical violence and promised that his elderly mother would be stripped naked if he did not provide his phone and password. On 19 March Boiarshinov was released, but was immediately taken to an unknown direction. On 20 March it became known that he was under house arrest in the case of public justification of terrorism. On 29 March, at the request of the prosecutor's office Boiarshinov was taken into custody.\nBoiarshinov was twice not brought to court, as the administration of Pre-trial Detention Centre No. 1 in Samara stated that they did not have Boiarshinov, while, according to the information from lawyers who visited him and people who received letters from him, he was there. On 7 May 2024 Boiarshinov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.\nIn March 2025, it was reported that Boiarshinov had not received any letters since January.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":798,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Boiarshinov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 4 and 9 March, using the nickname \"Andrei Ossian\" he posted messages justifying terrorism in the chat room \"ProtestniiChat | Kazan\" (ProtestChat | Kazan) and in the channel \"Protestnaia Kazan - NetVoine\" (Protest Kazan - NoToWar).","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.03.2022 to 16.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 16.04.2023 to 05.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• house arrest: from 19.03.2022 to 29.03.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.01.2025 to 01.02.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.05.2024, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-07T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-07T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-12-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/boyarshinov-andrej-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recW0nE7RRAKTIGV0"},{"persecution_id":"recxnVUOge1cooUO1","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recwYZ2TdZQdCIS51","name_en":"Vyacheslav Barabashov","birth_year":1983,"age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Irkutsk region, a cycling enthusiast. At the end of August 2022, law enforcers searched Barabashov's house in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces, and his devices were seized. 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Lawyer Yevgeny Smirnov notes that his client's correspondence about the legion took place before the bill equating switching to the enemy's side with state treason came into force.\nOn 25 October 2023, Frolov was sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony.\nFrolov's friend said that letters and parcels are not delivered to him in the pre-trial detention centre, and volunteers who bring parcels are pressurised.\nIn July 2024, it became known that Frolov was threatened with transfer to strict detention conditions (SDC) because he received the Prison Gazette, a samizdat for defendants in politically motivated cases.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladikavkaz"],"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":389,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Savely Frolov's case of preparation for high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he planned to get to Istanbul via Georgia, from there to Poland and then to Ukraine, where he was going to join the \"Freedom of Russia\" legion.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 29.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.01.2024 to 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the North Ossetia-Alania\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.10.2023, Sentence: 6 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 100,000 roubles and 2 years of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 100,000 roubles and 2 years of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-25T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-25T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He left Russia. He learnt about the criminal case after his parents' house was searched. Protasov later said that when he called the Investigative Committee, he was told that he had been notified that a case had been opened. When asked how exactly he had been notified, the investigator replied, \"None of your business,\" and hung up. Protasov assumes that one of his colleagues wrote a denunciation against him.\nOn 22 February 2023, Protasov was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in absentia; should Protasov find himself in Russia, he will have to serve his sentence in a general regime colony. On 12 April, the appellate court overturned the sentence and sent the case for a new trial. 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The court excluded the episode related to the events in Bucha from the case, as Protasov's post was published before the official refutation of the Defence Ministry.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.02.2023, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in absentia and 3 years' prohibition to administer Internet resources• First instance court on the merits, 28.06.2023, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in absentia with a ban on administering websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in absentia with a ban on administering websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-28T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recso0ttGe7lwMam6"},{"persecution_id":"recKwSQuzs8Mb0Uym","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:29:34.000Z","person_id":"rec9vn59h3QPcYfw6","name_en":"Konstantin Pchelintsev","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Orenburg. Director of the historical and genealogical society \"Odnodvorets\". In 2022, a criminal case was brought against him for defamation of the Russian Armed Forces after he ripped off stickers with the letter Z made of St. George's ribbon and the inscription \"We do not abandon our own\" from the door of the reading room of the United State Archive of the Orenburg Region, and later published a video on social networks titled \"How to tear off the letter 'Z' properly\". On 13 January 2023, the court sentenced Pchelintsev to a fine of 100,000 rubles.\nLater, another case under the same article was brought against Pchelintsev. 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Participated in the action against mobilisation on 26 September 2022. On 1 October, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of using violence against a police officer.\nIn March 2023, the investigation reclassified the charge to causing minor bodily harm out of hooliganism, considering that since the policeman was in civilian clothes, Ibragimov and the other defendants in the case could not have known that he was a representative of the authorities. After the charges were reclassified, Ibragimov was released from custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"26.09.2022 Anti-war actions and against mobilisation","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 115 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["115"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 115"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of violence against police lieutenant S. 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They suspected Sarukhanov in stealing it, and he was in civilian clothing.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZbsySt3eeFtvwl"},{"persecution_id":"rec0Q1dBGXIK1JmsP","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recgD6f67UTNoiDci","name_en":"Dmitrii Martynichev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attVtF6goEhatGVmC.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attVtF6goEhatGVmC.jpg"],"birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. He participated in anti-war rallies. On 24 September 2022, he was detained in a case of a false report of a terrorist attack. The reason was a call from an unknown person about the bombing of the Moscow District Court. The next day he was released under an obligation to appear.\n\nOn 18 October 2022, police officers came to Martynichev's workplace and took him to Police Station No. 77 in connection with a case of assault. The incident stemmed from a conflict in the metro with a pro-war supporter. The scuffle in the metro occurred in May 2022 after the activist made a remark to the young man, and other passengers supported the man wearing a Z symbol on his clothing, which called Martynichev a \"Ukrainian fascist\". Martynichev claims that he did not hit the man, and the eyebrow laceration occurred accidentally during the push-and-shove. That day passengers handed the activist over to the police. He was held in Police Station No. 77 for a day, then fined 500 rubles under the article on petty hooliganism (Part 1,  Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and released. Nevertheless, the young man, considering himself the victim, filed a complaint of assault.\n\nMartynichev was left alone in the police station and, since he was not detained, he went to work, but on 19 October he himself voluntarily came to the police department of the Admiralteysky District with a lawyer. He was given a recognisance not to leave.\n\nOn 16 May 2023 he was sentenced to six months of suspended corrective labor. On 17 August 2023, the appeal court overturned the conviction and referred the case back to the first instance court. On 10 October 2023, at the retrial, Martynichev was sentenced to five months of suspended corrective labor.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":227,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 116 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["116"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 116"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Martynichev's case of assault","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he punched three times an underground passenger wearing a jacket with the letter Z — a symbol of support for Russian military actions in Ukraine. The victim suffered a lacerated eyebrow. The scuffle in the underground took place in May after the activist made a remark to the young man, and other passengers supported the guy with a Z on his clothes and called Martynichev a \"Ukrofascist\". At the same time, Martynichev claims that he did not hit the young man, and that the eyebrow laceration occurred accidentally during the crowd the push-and-shove in the train.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.05.2023, Sentence: 6 months of correctional labour suspended• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 10.10.2023","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-16T07:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-10T09:37:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 16-05-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/05/16/peterburzhcu-vynesli-prigovor-iz-za-konflikta-s-passazhirom-metro-na-kurtke\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec0Q1dBGXIK1JmsP"},{"persecution_id":"recmfCz1fF5QIjmZm","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec2h3HeNp1BnzfRi","name_en":"Maxim Moiseev","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"After the mobilisation was announced, he failed to appear at a military recruitment office after being called up because his date of birth had been misstated on his documents. According to his wife, he didn't show up a second time because of a stomach ulcer. \nMoiseev later told MediaZona that he had received phone calls from a district police officer and an investigator, but refused to show up because he did not want to fight \"for no reason\". He was detained at his mother-in-law's house in the village of Akhlebinovka, and riot police took part in the arrest.\nAccording to Moiseyev's wife, the house was searched on 3 October, but the search warrant was dated 5 July, and the name and address of the owner were incorrect. Two days after his detention, Moiseyev was released after signing a personal recognizance. A few days later, the case was dismissed after the prosecutor's office intervened. The case was sent to Moscow for review, but was not reopened.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Zarechny"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 328 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["328"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 328"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case on military service evasion in Penzenskaya Oblast","persecution_case_profile_en":"Moiseev refused to sign a summons to a military recruiting office which was sent to him as part of the mobilization announced by Putin.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmfCz1fF5QIjmZm"},{"persecution_id":"recxIfiKxMDznCnmL","last_updated":"2023-11-08T12:59:52.000Z","person_id":"rec9uWJKGAsjipXTp","name_en":"Oleg Kulik","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An artist, a representative of Moscow actionism, regularly staged radical 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Memorial:\n Date: 23-12-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kuczev-ilya-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recT2HfMhrdbd0tK7"},{"persecution_id":"recofxQlKqR9EPlIA","last_updated":"2026-02-17T16:39:54.000Z","person_id":"recp9lZhqWoHvlTcv","name_en":"Vladimir Timofeev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attK0ydIxT64wU1md.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attK0ydIxT64wU1md.jpeg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"According to friends, a participant of the Afghan and Chechen wars and a left-wing activist. The Investigative Committee denied that Timofeev had ever taken part in combat operations or had anything to do with military service, it also stated that he had multiple prior convictions. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Timofeev had criticized the Russian authorities on social media. As a result, his VKontakte page was blocked at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office.\n\nNo later than November 2022, a case of public justification of terrorism was opened against Timofeev; later it became known that he was also charged with spreading deliberately false information about armed forces of the Russian Federation. Timofeev was placed under house arrest.\n\nDuring the trial, the prosecutor asked for a suspended sentence of two years, taking into account Timofeev's combat experience, but on April 25 2023, the court sentenced him to three years in actual imprisonment. On September 11, the appellate court reduced the term by four months.\n\nOn July 22, 2025, at the request of the administration of Penal Colony No. 13 in the Sverdlovsk region, the court imposed administrative supervision on Timofeev for eight years.\n\nIn October 2025, he was released from the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":175,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Timofeev's case on public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-49/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for opening the case was his Telegram posts about a Ukrainian airstrike on an oil depot in Belgorod region.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2033-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.11.2022 to 25.04.2023\n• in custody: from 25.04.2023 to 11.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.09.2023 to 01.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023 to 01.04.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.04.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 08.10.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n• Unknown: from 01.10.2025 to 01.10.2033\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2023, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":32,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-4,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-25T11:19:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-25T11:19:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On October 7th 2022, the Ministry of Justice included Glukhovsky in the register of mass media - \"foreign agents\".\nOn August 7th 2023, the court sentenced him to eight years' imprisonment in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":463,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E,C Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Glukhovsky's case of \"fakes\" about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine","case_number":"01-0239/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of a post on Instagram. 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He was detained on a charge of arson of a military recruiting office. In a pre-trial detention centre, he said that he committed the arson as a protest against the war and mobilisation. The case was at first initiated under the article on damaging property, but then reclassified as a terrorist act. Later, Nasryev was also accused of taking terrorist training. On April 10th, 2023, he was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":181,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of arson of the town hall in Bakal","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of October 11th, he with Nuriev broke a window on the ground floor of the Bakal town hall and threw two \"Molotov cocktails\" there. The fire was extinguished by a security guard before the firefighters arrived. The men were detained several hours later. On October 13th, the Central District Court of Chelyabinsk sent them to a pre-trial detention centre for two months. Initially, Nuriev and Nasryev were charged with intentional destruction and property damage (Article 167 of the Criminal Code), but later the case was reclassified to the commission of a terrorist act by a group of people by prior conspiracy (paragraph \"a\" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code). The press service of the Federal Security Service Directorate for the region noted that the detainees \"are members of several dozen left- and right-wing radical internet communities, including pro-Ukrainian nationalist ones\". Then another case against Nuriev and Nasryev was brought for training to carry out terrorist activities (Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code). A source in security forces told URA.RU portal that the musicians \"took training to carry out terrorist activities. They took the courses via the Internet and by phone. The arson attack on the town hall was a premeditated action\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.10.2022 to 28.08.2024, Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at the Federal Penal Correctional Institution-2 (FCU IK-2 GUFSIN) for the Sverdlovsk Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.08.2024, Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at the Federal Penal Correctional Institution-2 (FCU IK-2 GUFSIN) for the Sverdlovsk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.04.2023, Sentence: 19 years' imprisonment (the first 4 years in prison, the other 15 years in a strict regime penal colony)","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"19 years' imprisonment (the first 4 years in prison, the other 15 years in a strict regime penal colony)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":228,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-10T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-10T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-07-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnymi-alekseya-nurieva-i-romana-nasryeva/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recdER2xfCbMMVwPp"},{"persecution_id":"rec5hEnY82dCYsGQ4","last_updated":"2026-03-01T12:18:55.000Z","person_id":"recWRpGS4FCaNkJBg","name_en":"Vladislav Borisenko","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nizhnevartovsk. He was taken into custody in connection with a criminal case concerning the arson of a military recruitment office; according to the investigation, he was filming the incident. Initially, Borisenko was charged with damage to or destruction of property and hooliganism, but the charge was later reclassified as committing a terrorist act by a group of persons. On January 31, 2023, Borisenko was sentenced to 12 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khanty-Mansiysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":275,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of arson in the military recruiting office in Nizhnevartovsk"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Borisenko's case of the military recruitment centre arson in Nizhnevartovsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of 4 May he took part in throwing Molotov cocktails at the building of the military recruitment office in Nizhnevartovsk.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 07.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 41 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.09.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 41 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 41 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.01.2023, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-31T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-31T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-05-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vladislava-borisenko-i-vasiliya-gavrilishena/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec5hEnY82dCYsGQ4"},{"persecution_id":"recGU3IHPBk25TUgF","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recG7taNOC7xtaeAD","name_en":"Marina Matsapulina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attL1LYYQ8d5Gw7Tf.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attL1LYYQ8d5Gw7Tf.jpg"],"birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She was detained after the search, released under an obligation to appear at the hearing. ","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of a false report of a bomb threat against a police station in St. Petersburg"],"case_name_en":"The case on a false bomb threat report against a police station in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, on 1 March, the 77th police department received a call about a bomb placed at that office. On 5 and 6 March, dozens of houses, primarily belonging to local activists, were searched.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGU3IHPBk25TUgF"},{"persecution_id":"recr67Eh2YDcufBfx","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:19:00.000Z","person_id":"recyHw0fvwL2R0cMm","name_en":"Daniil Ivanov","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-01-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnoyarsk and supporter of the antifa movement, Ivanov was accused of robbery in an incident that allegedly involved visiting a former antifascist who had shifted to right-wing views. According to the \"Bums in Paris\" Telegram channel, Ivanov and co-defendant Ilya Vinogradov took items bearing antifascist symbols from the individual.\n\nRIA Novosti, citing a law enforcement source, reported that the two also planned to set fire to a military recruitment center as a protest against the war in Ukraine and were involved in spraying anti-war graffiti around Krasnoyarsk. It is unclear whether criminal charges were filed specifically in connection with these alleged actions.\n\nIvanov was taken into custody and pleaded guilty to the robbery. His parents later reported seeing bruises on his face, and the VKontakte community \"Punks and Skins\" claimed he may have confessed under torture. On April 19, 2023, Ivanov was placed under house arrest, and on May 17, he received a five-year suspended sentence.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":290,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 162 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["162"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 162"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Krasnoyarsk antifa","persecution_case_profile_en":"The incident was reportedly classified as a robbery, allegedly involving a visit to a former anti-fascist who had shifted to right-wing views. According to the \"Bums in Paris\" Telegram channel, Vinogradov and Ivanov took items from him that featured anti-fascist symbols.\n\nRIA Novosti, citing a law enforcement source, reported that the two also planned to set fire to a military recruitment center as an act of protest against the war in Ukraine and were involved in spraying graffiti in Krasnoyarsk. It remains unclear whether criminal cases have been officially opened in connection with these additional actions.\n","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 19.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• house arrest: from 19.04.2023 to 18.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 13.06.2023 to 12.06.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.05.2023, Sentence: 5 years imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recr67Eh2YDcufBfx"},{"persecution_id":"recbypFOEYlwqUDKw","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recNl06HduI0M0hn5","name_en":" Unknown male 26","birth_year":1989,"age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 244 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["244"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 244"],"case_name_en":"Case of the torn beret in Cheboksary","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, tore the flag of airborne troops and tore a beret at the burial place of a soldier who died in the war in Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbypFOEYlwqUDKw"},{"persecution_id":"recVmy4X3OBdPrTgV","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recZHdb6TBpBZ723s","name_en":"Alberto Enrique Giraldo Saray","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atta6D8U1nIjLfkGj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atta6D8U1nIjLfkGj.jpeg"],"birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Colombia"],"story_en":"Giraldo Saray, a citizen of Colombia, has been living in Russia since the early 2000s. He was detained on 10 April 2022. The next day, the court ruled to send him into custody on charges of disseminating knowingly false information about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces by a group of persons. According to the investigation, he \"by prior agreement with persons who directed his actions from abroad, provided technical preparation and subsequent secret placement of mobile devices in one of the shopping centres of Moscow\", through which unidentified persons \"remotely made a mass mailing to subscribers of Russian telecommunications operators knowingly false messages about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, including the alleged killing of civilians\", \"as well as about the replenishment of the regular number of troops with reservists, conscripts, foreign soldiers, and other military personnel\". On 16 May 2023, Giraldo Saray was sentenced to five years and two months in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":401,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,D Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of dissemination of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine by an organised group in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"Alberto Enrique Giraldo Saray's case on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"by prior agreement with persons directing his actions from abroad, provided technical preparation and subsequent covert placement in a shopping centre in Moscow of mobile devices which were used to remotely send to subscribers of Russian telecommunications operators knowingly false messages about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, including alleged killings of civilians.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.04.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.04.2022 to 11.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.05.2023, Sentence: 5 years and 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":62,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-16T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-16T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 10-04-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. 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In September 2022, he was prosecuted for vandalism for defacing a banner with the letter Z and falsely reporting an impending terrorist attack at a military recruitment centre. The reason for the call with the message, as he later explained, was that he saw his son's name on the list of those subject to mobilisation. At the time of the search in the criminal case, Kraval was serving a six-day administrative arrest in a special reception centre under the article on evasion of compulsory labour (part 4 of article 20.25 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Later he was taken into custody as part of a criminal case.\nIn December 2022, Kraval was transferred to house arrest. He was reclassified the charge to false reporting of a terrorist act to destabilise the authorities (part 3 of article 207 of the Criminal Code). In May 2023, Kraval was again taken into custody. Back in March, the prosecution petitioned to transfer Kraval to a pre-trial detention centre, claiming that he had violated the conditions of house arrest several times - in particular, approached the Palace of Culture, where he had previously defaced a banner. Then the court rejected this motion.\nOn June, 6, 2023, Kraval was sentenced to six years and three months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ukhta"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":248,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols","alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a false report of arson at a military recruitment centre in Ukhta","case_number":"1-136/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on September 25 he called the front office of the city police department and reported \"knowingly false information\" about the arson of the military recruitment office, and also defaced the banner with the letter Z because of \"disagreement with the position of the state in terms of the conduct of the Defence Forces and mobilisation\". 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Participated in meetings and published information on the prosecution of other activists, helped female political prisoners.\nLitvinova was detained on 24 September 2022 following searches in connection with a false report of a terrorist attack, but was soon released.\t\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["alleged false bomb report"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a false bomb threat of the Moscow District Court","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated in connection to an anonymous message regarding a bomb threat to the Moscow District Court in Saint Petersburg.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdx4eEJwC95rSPM"},{"persecution_id":"recTBg5Ge1ivPP7vX","last_updated":"2026-04-28T17:42:40.000Z","person_id":"reclFEg6RcmsMGUM5","name_en":"Andrei Bogdanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attL1ri10hBDQD0uh.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attL1ri10hBDQD0uh.jpg"],"birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Zelenodolsk (Tatarstan). According to his own words, since 27 February 2022 he has been going out on pickets with a poster that the Fatherland is in danger. On 14 March, he was fined 15 thousand rubles for such a picket under the article on discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces (20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nBohdanov claims that he corresponded with someone in Ukraine and asked how he could go there.\n\nOn 6 September 2022, Bogdanov was taken into custody on a case of damaging property by arson. While in the pre-trial detention centre, he reported that he was not receiving medical care. He had hypertension, however, he was unable to obtain a tonometer. In addition, he needed to have temporary titanium implants removed from his arm and leg, but he couldn’t get to a surgeon either, and his arm was almost immobile.\n\nOn 1 March 2023, Bogdanov's preventive measure was replaced with a ban on certain actions. At the same time it became known that a case of discrediting the Armed Forces was also initiated against him. The combined case was transferred to court, but on 17 November 2023 it was returned to the prosecutor's office. In December, the case came back to court.\n\nOn 20 June 2024, the case was suspended because, as the court card said, \"the defendant absconded.\" On 4 July it became known that Bogdanov was declared wanted. As the persecuted man himself later told \"Mediazona\" in a letter, he went into the forests, but on 31 October he was detained. The case was reopened. On 8 November 2024, Bogdanov was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nIn addition, in February 2024, he was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence in the case of violence against a police officer. We have no reason to consider this case political.\n\nOn 5 November 2025, the court of cassation instance commuted Bogdanov's sentence due to a change in the qualification of the charges, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Zelenodolsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":799,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["solo picket"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of attempted arson of a military recruitment centre in Zelenodolsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 4 September, he threw a bottle with a liquid resembling a Molotov cocktail in the direction of the Zelenodolsk military recruitment centre. No fire occurred.\nHe is also suspected of repeatedly discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. On 14 March 2022, Bogdanov was fined twice, 15,000 rubles each, under two administrative protocols for discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for participating in solitary pickets. During one picket, he held a poster reading, \"Citizens, the Fatherland is in danger, our tanks on foreign soil!\" — a quote from Aleksandr Galich. During the other, his poster stated, \"No to ZZonderoperation, bring the boys home! To their mothers, not as cargo 200.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.03.2023\n• in custody:  to 04.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 06.09.2022 to 01.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.11.2024, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a 4-year prohibition on engaging in activities related to the administration of websites, electronic, and information-telecommunication networks, including the Internet.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a 4-year prohibition on engaging in activities related to the administration of websites, electronic, and information-telecommunication networks, including the Internet.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-08T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-08T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTBg5Ge1ivPP7vX"},{"persecution_id":"recpiOexWOwAajiUv","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recAZ17XjqkrbgvM7","name_en":"Albert Mansurov","birth_year":1984,"age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 8 May 2022, Mansurov flew to Dubai. On 19 September, he was put on the federal wanted list.\n","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces in Naberezhnye Chelny","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of a criminal case was an anti-war publication on VKontakte. The previous similar publication was the reason for an administrative case for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code): On 29 April Mansurov came out with an anti-war picket to the building of the administration of Naberezhnye Chelny, the police detained him and drew up a report under the article on discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the CAO) because of the publication in \"VKontakte\". On 4 May, the court found him guilty, the punishment is unknown.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpiOexWOwAajiUv"},{"persecution_id":"recq4XkYf13ScenKN","last_updated":"2023-10-31T17:14:19.000Z","person_id":"rec9iPexz4G98pz3l","name_en":"Kirill Levchenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attA3SAvP9CgAzp2T.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attA3SAvP9CgAzp2T.jpg"],"birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former candidate for deputy of the city council of Berdsk (Novosibirsk Oblast). Levchenko has left Russia. His parents, who live in the Krasnoyarsk region, have been interrogated.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 207.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Kirill Levchenko on \"fakes\" about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiation of the criminal case was, according to Levchenko, the BBC video he published on Instagram with a “copter flying above Borodyanka”, a quote by Putin, and questions from the activist himself.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recq4XkYf13ScenKN"},{"persecution_id":"recC63z32iNOGmeau","last_updated":"2024-11-20T11:46:32.000Z","person_id":"recwUQbDRps0tSclt","name_en":"Artem Paramonov","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaluga, a member of the anti-fascist movement. In March 2022, a number of local activists had their homes searched. The garage where a local band Social Distancing rehearsed was searched as well. It became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was initiated because of leaflets with a photo of Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who staged a self-detonation in the building of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in the Arkhangelsk region. Paramonov was a minor at the time of pasting the leaflets. On 18 October 2022, he was sentenced to a fine of 30,000 rubles.\nIn November 2024, the prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit to recognise \"public organisation\" and rock band (which by then had already been disbanded for over two years) Social Distancing as a terrorist organisation. Paramonov was listed as an active participant.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaluga"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":231,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of leaflets with Mikhail Zhlobitsky's photo in Kaluga","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in pasting leaflets with Mikhail Zhlobitsky's photo.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.10.2022, Sentence: a fine of 30 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 30 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":30000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-18T10:34:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-18T10:34:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recC63z32iNOGmeau"},{"persecution_id":"recrmeDzVH3nw04G3","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"recUscKb3M3A0Zubv","name_en":"Nikita Kamensky","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On 8 July 2022, Kamensky was detained, released the next day. His home was searched on 12 July in a criminal case of vandalism over anti-war markings with a felt-tip pen near the Timiryazevskaya metro station. Kamensky left Russia and was put on a wanted list. On 28 February 2023, Kamensky was detained at Yerevan airport. A month and a half later, he managed to leave Armenia.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Kamensky's of vandalism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Kamensky wrote antiwar messages with a marker near the Timiryazevskaya metro station.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recrmeDzVH3nw04G3"},{"persecution_id":"recPwk7GGToGgeKNW","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recv5ZOjxgstoJ24d","name_en":"Roman Taganov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Maikop, an activist of the Mayak movement. According to Mayak activists, on 7 March 2022, when Taganov was returning home with his child, he was attacked by unknown people. Later, they turned out to be police officers. The next day, Taganov was arrested for 10 days under the article on disobedience to a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), and was also fined 30 thousand rubles under the article on discrediting the Russian military (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of his Instagram post. On 17 March, the activist's personal data and information about the criminal case on using violence against a police officer became publicly available. The same day, Taganov was placed under house arrest.  On 29 July, he was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.\nThe court left Taganov under house arrest until the verdict came into force. On 3 October, the court, at the request of the Federal Penitentiary Service, sent Taganov into custody, considering that he violated the conditions of house arrest. The reason was a series of triggers of the tracking bracelet, which was put on Taganov. The report of the penal inspection claims that in one case, the bracelet was triggered because of a technical failure, and in another case, the inspector called Taganov's home number and proved that Taganov was at home. Nevertheless, FSIN provided a certificate that the activist visited the sports club during the hours when the bracelet was triggered. Taganov's wife claims that the certificate was falsified. On 6 October, the verdict came into force, but Taganov remained in custody for a week after the verdict. On 13 October, he was released. In November, the prosecutor's office considered Taganov's placement in custody to be unlawful.\nOn 6 August 2023, Taganov was beaten up by an unknown person because of his online publications critical of Putin.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists","Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maykop"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":150,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["other","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"case_name_en":"Roman Taganov's case of the use of violence against policemen in Maykop","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he used violence against representatives of the authorities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2022, Sentence: 3 years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-29T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-07-29T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPwk7GGToGgeKNW"},{"persecution_id":"rec7XyjMTArCaKcHa","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recIg4wLBgi12jXjH","name_en":"Evgenii Kruglov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attXj8kvYJ8EVqZh6.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attXj8kvYJ8EVqZh6.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An archaeologist. Kruglov was detained in July 2022, when he was on an expedition in a forest in the Tyumen region. He was taken to Omsk and interrogated, after which he was released, promising that he would be sent for a psychological examination within a few days. \nOn 11 August, the court ordered a comprehensive inpatient forensic examination for Kruglov. \nOn 16 August he was admitted to hospital. \nAfter the court began considering the case, Kruglov attempted to leave the country, but was detained en route by officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB), after which the court placed him in custody. \nOn 12 December 2022, Kruglov was sentenced to eight months of corrective labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":165,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Kruglov’s case concerning “fake” reports on the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, in Omsk","case_number":"1-348/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated in connection with the reposting of a news bulletin about the events in Bucha and Mariupol from a closed group on VKontakte.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.10.2022 to 12.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.12.2022, Sentence: 8 months of correctional labour","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 months of correctional labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-12T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-12T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-02-2023\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kruglov-evgenij-borisovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7XyjMTArCaKcHa"},{"persecution_id":"recoVlebHHeWUmDqF","last_updated":"2025-10-17T17:17:22.000Z","person_id":"rec29Xzuo2koaVPhZ","name_en":"Roman Shvedov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Rostov region and an anarchist, Shvedov, was fined 2,000 roubles on 29 September 2022 after being detained. He faced administrative charges for disobeying lawful orders from law enforcement officers (Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code), accused of attempting to dispose of evidence during a search.  \nSubsequently, reports emerged that Shvedov was charged with intentional property damage (Article 167 of the Criminal Code), later reclassified as an act of terrorism. After his detention, a video was released showing a man with a blurred face confessing and expressing remorse. Shvedov was then placed in custody.  \nDuring the investigation, the charges were further escalated, accusing him of committing a terrorist act that caused significant property damage or other severe consequences.  \nOn 18 December 2024, Shvedov was sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony. Hours after the sentencing, he was found dead in his cell, with preliminary reports suggesting suicide.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":839,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":119,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of arson of the administration of Zimovnikovsky District, Rostov Region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 26 September, around 3 a.m., Shvedov approached the building of the Zimovnikovsky district administration in the Rostov region and threw a petrol-filled canister through the window of the office of the head of the construction and landscaping department. 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A criminal case on vandalism was initiated against him: according to the investigation, together with another prosecuted individual, he damaged a light installation featuring the letter Z. For this act, he had already been fined 30,000 rubles under the article on the “discrediting” of the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), with each individual fined separately. He was placed under an obligation to appear when summoned.\nThe criminal case was examined under a special procedure. On August 4, 2022, the prosecution was terminated, and Mikhailov was ordered to pay a court fine of 20,000 rubles. However, on October 3, the appellate court overturned this decision, and on November 18, Mikhailov was sentenced to 8 months’ restriction of liberty.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":169,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of damage to a light installation featuring the letter Z in Cheboksary","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the damage of a light installation featuring the letter Z.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 18.11.2022, Sentence: Judicial precinct No. 2 (18.11): 8 months of restriction of liberty; judicial district No. 7 (04.08): case dismissed","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Judicial precinct No. 2 (18.11): 8 months of restriction of liberty; judicial district No. 7 (04.08): case dismissed","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-17T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recM9kByjOy7pT7L2"},{"persecution_id":"recQ7pL1HIHlQkmem","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:41:57.000Z","person_id":"recln67LdXHo7G01n","name_en":"Igor Ivanov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yakutia. According to official data, the court fined him three times under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces for 30.000 roubles. Then a criminal case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 13th August 2022, Ammosov and his girlfriend were detained because of their attempt to hang this banner on a building in the centre of Yakutsk. At that time Ammosov said that after the detention he and his girlfriend were interrogated, their phones were taken away and they were threatened with criminal proceedings. Since 17th August, he was kept in a temporary detention centre after the decision to arrest him for 15 days. On 3rd September Ammosov was arrested again, presumably under the article on evasion from paying a fine (Article 20.25 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 10th September, at the end of the previous arrest, the activist was again sentenced to 15 days, under what article - it is unknown. On 14th December it became known that Ammosov had disappeared. At the same time, his friend claims that Ammosov did not plan to flee and \"really wanted to go to the trial\". Later, Ammosov's relatives published his letter dated 22 November, in which the activist says that if the letter is made public, it will mean that he is missing or killed. In January 2023, Ammosov said he was in Kazakhstan. He was put on a wanted list. Later it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him. In October 2023, Ammosov was taken into custody in Kazakhstan and his extradition to Russia is under consideration. The initial term of extradition arrest was 40 days, in November it was extended to a year.\nIn November 2024, it became known that Ammosov was released from Kazakh custody and left for Germany.","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yakutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakha Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SA"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Yakutsk resident on repeated discreditation of the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he placed a banner on the roof of a building in the centre of Yakutsk with an inscription discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 23-08-2022\n Source: https://oi.legal/instruction/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#23-1\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recQ7pL1HIHlQkmem"},{"persecution_id":"recUMYRvnySwPcrhY","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"recEQR4Xv2xcSCnfE","name_en":"Maksim Rachkov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Rostov-on-Don, master’s degree holder at the Laboratory of Electromagnetic Field-Assisted Methods for Processing of Novel Materials at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI. After the beginning of the war, Rachkov left Russia but later returned. A friend of Rachkov reported that the case was opened after his return, on April 27. Rachkov was placed under surveillance, and on July 21, searches were conducted at his and his relatives’ homes. He was detained and taken into custody.\nInitially, Rachkov was charged with the dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces for reasons of political hatred (Paragraph D Part 2, Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), but after three forensic linguistic examinations, the charge was reclassified to the Part 1 of the same article. In addition, Rachkov was accused of possession of drugs without the purpose of sale (Part 1, Article 228 of the Criminal Code); the drugs were allegedly found during the search. On April 6, 2023, Rachkov was sentenced to one and a half years in a colony-settlement. Considering the time he had already spent in custody, Rachkov was released shortly thereafter.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":344,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 228 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 228","Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Rachkov's case of “fake news“ about the Russian Armed Forces ","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated after Rachkov posted a video on VKontakte showing Russian forces violently dispersing a peaceful protest in Kherson. Initially, he was charged with the dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces for reasons of political hatred (Paragraph D Part 2, Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), but after the forensic linguistic examination, the charge was reclassified to the Part 1 of the same article. In addition, Rachkov was accused of possession of drugs without the purpose of sale (Part 1, Article 228 of the Criminal Code); the drugs were allegedly found during the search.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.07.2022 to 26.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.04.2023, Sentence: 1 year and 6 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 6 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-06T10:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-06T10:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 24-06-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• Support for political prisoners. 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In July 2022, a case was also initiated against Veselov for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. The reason was the clips on Veselov's YouTube channel, to which 17 people are subscribed. The court prohibited a certain conduct for him, but later the Court of Appeal cancelled this decision. Another case of discrediting the use of the Armed Forces was initiated against Veselov in September. The reason for initiating the case was his speech at a hearing in the Court of Appeal on his administrative case of discrediting the army. All three criminal cases were merged. In December Veselov was charged with another case of discrediting the army, the reason was two videos on YouTube, published in August and September. The first video was published on Veselov's YouTube channel, the second – on the Opposition 2.0 YouTube channel, Veselov claims that he did not film and publish it, although the video includes the story of the search at his home. The accompanying text to the second video mentions Veselov's channel – in his opinion, this was the reason for the case. This case was also merged with the vandalism case and the first cases of discrediting the army. In addition, the charge of vandalism was reclassified from Part 1 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code to Part 2 (vandalism motivated by political hatred). Veselov was released under recognisance not to leave the country.\n\nIn addition, a case of insulting a judge (part 2 of Article 297 of the Criminal Code) was initiated against Veselov. The inciting incident was his video about the judge, who ruled to ban Veselov from certain conduct. On 22 August 2023, Veselov was sentenced in the case of insulting the judge to 300 hours of community service.\n\nOn 2 June, Veselov was detained and the next day arrested for eight days because he had previously told his subscribers about a rally in support of Alexei Navalny scheduled for June 4. The court found the blogger guilty of organising an uncoordinated public event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).\n\nAt one of the court hearings on the criminal case of vandalism and discrediting of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the court excluded five psychological and linguistic expertises of Veselov's statements.\n\nOn October 5, 2023, Veselov's home was searched. It became known that two new cases were initiated against him – on the rehabilitation of Nazism and on discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Later, the investigation dropped the charge of rehabilitation of Nazism. On May 17, 2024, Veselov was sentenced in the case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to two years and one month in a settlement colony, taking into account the time not served on the sentence in the case of insulting the judge.\n\nOn January 22, 2024, Veselov was detained in Ivanovo on the charges of incitement to terrorism. He was taken into custody.\n\nIn April 2024 it became known that Veselov was beaten and doused with boiling water by a cellmate. Later, due to a conflict with another cellmate, he was sent to a disciplinary cell.\n\nOn June 6, 2024, it was reported that another case was initiated against Veselov, this time about confidential cooperation with a foreign state. Later, it was merged with the case of incitement to terrorism.\n\nOn June 26, 2024, Veselov was sentenced to a fine of 350,000 rubles in the case of vandalism and discrediting the Armed Forces; the vandalism case was dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, and Veselov was acquitted in one of the discrediting episodes. Another episode of discrediting was dropped by the prosecution itself in the debates.\n\nOn February 27, 2025, Veselov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony on the case of incitement to terrorism and confidential cooperation with a foreign state.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Shuya"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":264,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 297 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["297"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 297"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Veselov's case of insulting a judge","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a YouTube video in which Veselov called Nikolay Vergazov, a judge of the Frunzensky District Court of Ivanovo, a patented cretin. Earlier, this judge had chosen a preventive measure against Veselov in the form of a ban on certain actions in the case of vandalism and discrediting the Armed Forces. This decision was later cancelled.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.08.2023, Sentence: 300 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"300 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-22T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-22T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-04-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/veselov-sergej-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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A second criminal case was later reported to have been initiated under the same article in connection with his posting of the poem, “Ukrainian Rebels”.\n\nIn July 2015, Byvshev was sentenced in the first case to 300 hours of compulsory labour with a two-year ban on working as a schoolteacher.\n\nIn January 2017, a third criminal case was reported to have been initiated against Byvshev under the article on incitement of ethnic hatred – this time for the poem, “On the Independence of Ukraine”. In April 2018, he was sentenced to 330 hours of community work. Later, the court combined the punishments and imposed on Byvshev 400 hours of community work with a deprivation of the right to work at school. However, the court ruled that the period served under the 2015 punishment be counted toward the sentence, thereby reducing the total number of community work hours to 100.\n\nOn 18 January 2018, a case was reported to have been initiated against Byvshev for obstruction of justice because he had disclosed the details of the other criminal cases initiated against him to journalists.\n\nIn April 2018, a fifth criminal case was initiated for the poems, “The Russian Spirit” and “The Mighty Heap”, with Byvshev again charged with inciting ethnic hatred.\n\nIn August 2018, a sixth criminal case was initiated. Byvshev was charged with public calls for extremist activity on the Internet for publishing the poem, “Dedicated to NATO Expansion to the East”. This case and the two previous ones were consolidated into a single proceeding. On 28 February 2019, the proceeding was terminated; however, on 8 April, Byvshev was informed that the investigation had been resumed. On 3 October, the Investigative Committee terminated the proceeding in the case concerning the poem about NATO expansion, and on 5 October, in the case concerning obstruction of justice. The case concerning the poems about the Russian spirit and the mighty heap was referred to the court, which on 29 October terminated it.\n\nOn 1 December 2022, Byvshev was arrested for seven days due to a Facebook post in which he used the word “chmobiki” (a pejorative term used to refer to servicemen conscripted to the Russian military). The poet was charged with inciting hatred or enmity towards the Russian army (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nSubsequently, Byvshev was taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism. It was later reported that a criminal case had also been initiated against him for spreading “fakes” about the Russian army. On 19 March 2024, Byvshev was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony. On 27 May, the court of appeals reduced the term by two months. A letter from Byvshev revealed that in November 2023, another case was initiated against him under the article of public justification of terrorism, and in December a new case under the article on “fakes” about the Russian army.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":808,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":115,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Byvshev's case of public justification of terrorism and \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-44/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"Human rights defender Aleksandr Podrabinek writes that the criminal prosecution of the poet under the article of public justification of terrorism is connected with the publication of his poem \"To Russian officership or a rhetorical question\" in March 2022. The poem begins with the phrase \"Missiles are hitting Ukraine\", then the poet addresses to the Russian militaries, hoping to find a \"Russian Stauffenberg\".\nThe reason for the prosecution under the article on \"fakes\" was a post about massacres of civilians in Mariupol and Bucha by Russian troops. According to the investigation, Byvshev published it in social network \"VKontakte\" between March and April 2022 \"in order to undermine the authority and discredit\" the authorities and the army. Byvshev himself wrote from the detention centre that the case was opened because of his quatrain about the tragedy in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 27.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Oryol Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Oryol Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.03.2024, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":82,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-19T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-19T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 16 November 2023, sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":533,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Milov's case about \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed 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The criminal case against Kolezev became known in November 2022 and he was put on a wanted list. The journalist left Russia shortly after the war started. According to unconfirmed reports, the reason for the case was a post on Instagram in April 2022 about the killings of civilians in Bucha. Initially it was reported that Kolezev was accused of spreading \"fakes\" about the army using his official position (item \"a\" part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), but later official information about the hate motive appeared. In October 2022, Kolezev was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".\nIn June 2024, the journalist was arrested in absentia. On 6 August Kolezev was sentenced in absentia to seven and a half years' imprisonment and was banned from journalistic activities for 3 years.\nIn December 2024, it became known that a case of evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\" was initiated against Kolezev.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":644,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Kolezev's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0516/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Kommersant, the reason for the case was an April Instagram post about the killing of civilians in Bucha. Initially, it was reported that the case involved spreading 'fakes' using his official position. However, the charge was later reclassified to spreading 'fakes' with a hate motive. Despite two expert examinations finding no signs of hatred in Kolesev's statements, the investigator apparently believed there were such motives. The investigator concluded this based on an analysis of Kolesev's interview with journalist Alexander Pluschev, in which Kolesev did not deny the existence of such motives.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 05.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.08.2024, Sentence: Sentenced in absentia to seven and a half years in a penal colony and a three-year prohibition on activities","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentenced in absentia to seven and a half years in a penal colony and a three-year prohibition on activities","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":90,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-06T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnGmCp4KuijAaaB"},{"persecution_id":"recDReYvHQp3uILtO","last_updated":"2026-02-13T18:46:04.000Z","person_id":"rectABoGtcuhrWcTN","name_en":"Sergei Veselov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBxy1nHDibYPivu.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBxy1nHDibYPivu.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Host of the YouTube channel \"That Same One Veselov\". At the end of March 2022, a vandalism case was initiated against him over the inscription \"No to war!\".  In July 2022, a case was also initiated against Veselov for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. The reason was the clips on Veselov's YouTube channel, to which 17 people are subscribed. The court prohibited a certain conduct for him, but later the Court of Appeal cancelled this decision. Another case of discrediting the use of the Armed Forces was initiated against Veselov in September. The reason for initiating the case was his speech at a hearing in the Court of Appeal on his administrative case of discrediting the army. All three criminal cases were merged. In December Veselov was charged with another case of discrediting the army, the reason was two videos on YouTube, published in August and September. The first video was published on Veselov's YouTube channel, the second – on the Opposition 2.0 YouTube channel, Veselov claims that he did not film and publish it, although the video includes the story of the search at his home. The accompanying text to the second video mentions Veselov's channel – in his opinion, this was the reason for the case. This case was also merged with the vandalism case and the first cases of discrediting the army. In addition, the charge of vandalism was reclassified from Part 1 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code to Part 2 (vandalism motivated by political hatred). Veselov was released under recognisance not to leave the country.\n\nIn addition, a case of insulting a judge (part 2 of Article 297 of the Criminal Code) was initiated against Veselov. The inciting incident was his video about the judge, who ruled to ban Veselov from certain conduct. On 22 August 2023, Veselov was sentenced in the case of insulting the judge to 300 hours of community service.\n\nOn 2 June, Veselov was detained and the next day arrested for eight days because he had previously told his subscribers about a rally in support of Alexei Navalny scheduled for June 4. The court found the blogger guilty of organising an uncoordinated public event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).\n\nAt one of the court hearings on the criminal case of vandalism and discrediting of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the court excluded five psychological and linguistic expertises of Veselov's statements.\n\nOn October 5, 2023, Veselov's home was searched. It became known that two new cases were initiated against him – on the rehabilitation of Nazism and on discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Later, the investigation dropped the charge of rehabilitation of Nazism. On May 17, 2024, Veselov was sentenced in the case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to two years and one month in a settlement colony, taking into account the time not served on the sentence in the case of insulting the judge.\n\nOn January 22, 2024, Veselov was detained in Ivanovo on the charges of incitement to terrorism. He was taken into custody.\n\nIn April 2024 it became known that Veselov was beaten and doused with boiling water by a cellmate. Later, due to a conflict with another cellmate, he was sent to a disciplinary cell.\n\nOn June 6, 2024, it was reported that another case was initiated against Veselov, this time about confidential cooperation with a foreign state. Later, it was merged with the case of incitement to terrorism.\n\nOn June 26, 2024, Veselov was sentenced to a fine of 350,000 rubles in the case of vandalism and discrediting the Armed Forces; the vandalism case was dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, and Veselov was acquitted in one of the discrediting episodes. Another episode of discrediting was dropped by the prosecution itself in the debates.\n\nOn February 27, 2025, Veselov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony on the case of incitement to terrorism and confidential cooperation with a foreign state.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Shuya"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":828,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":118,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Veselov's case of vandalism and discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Shuya","case_number":"1-135/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he wrote \"No to War\" on a wall of a building of the city administration. The reason for the initiation of cases of discrediting the army were the videos on Veselov's YouTube channel, to which 17 people subscribed, and his speech at a hearing in the appeals court on his administrative case of discrediting the army.\nIn December Veselov was indicted in another case of discrediting the army, the reason being two YouTube videos published in August and September. The first video, according to the investigation, was published on Veselov's channel, the second – on the channel \"Opposition 2.0\" Veselov claims that he did not film and publish it, although the video includes his story about the search at his home. The accompanying text to the second video mentions Veselov's channel – in his opinion, this was the reason for the case. During the closing arguments, the prosecution withdrew one of these two videos from the charges\nOn 6 June Shuisky City Court fined Sergey Veselov 30 thousand roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 27.12.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 28.09.2022 to 18.10.2022\n• in custody: from 29.11.2024 to 01.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Ivanovo Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.06.2024, Sentence: To stop proceedings under part 2 of article 214, to acquit on one episode of part 1 of article 280.3, on two other episodes of part 1 of article 280.3, a fine of 200 thousand roubles on each episode, in total a fine of 350 thousand roubles.","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity","Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"To stop proceedings under part 2 of article 214, to acquit on one episode of part 1 of article 280.3, on two other episodes of part 1 of article 280.3, a fine of 200 thousand roubles on each episode, in total a fine of 350 thousand roubles.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-27T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-27T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-04-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/veselov-sergej-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recDReYvHQp3uILtO"},{"persecution_id":"rechSpMG7NRBDgoir","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recuqciLMhZXqbboP","name_en":"Sergei Bezrukov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attWpTG8EDvynuU1V.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attWpTG8EDvynuU1V.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An aircraft engineer who investigated the activities of fraudulent brokers. On 13 December 2022, he was detained on charges of public justification of terrorism due to appeals to Russian soldiers to surrender, calls to donate money to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), and harsh remarks about Ramzan Kadyrov. On 15 December, he was remanded in custody. According to Bezrukov’s associates, the criminal case is a retaliation for his conflict with law enforcement agencies, whom he pressured to prosecute fraudulent firms. His associates believe the case is based on fake accounts falsely attributed to Bezrukov. During a search of his apartment, a package containing an unknown powder was allegedly found in a baby stroller. \nOn 15 February 2024, Bezrukov was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":441,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Bezrukov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he created a Twitter account under his own name, through which he urged Russian soldiers to surrender and described their deaths as \"social cleansing.\" In each tweet, he reportedly provided a bank card number and a cryptocurrency wallet address; all funds collected were allegedly used for \"food\" (his euphemism for supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine).","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.12.2022 to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.02.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-15T13:17:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-15T13:17:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechSpMG7NRBDgoir"},{"persecution_id":"recMxUEzhwgCjxXaU","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recO1AEBKJTPAtc2M","name_en":"Valerii Kachin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attSPzOckJ1SJZfR0.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attSPzOckJ1SJZfR0.png"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Scientist-geodesist. In the past an employee of the Birobidzhan Mayor's Office, an employee of the \"Bastak\" Nature Reserve. Showed support for Ukraine, Alexei Navalny and protests in Belarus via social media. Detained in Birobidzhan, presumably in autumn 2022, taken to Moscow, where he was taken into custody on charges of treason. It is unknown what exactly the scientist was accused of. He himself wrote from the detention centre that the state \"took offence\" at him because of his \"position on Ukraine and what is happening now\". He also mentioned some kind of provocation and that he told law enforcers that in his case it would be enough to have a preventive conversation with him, rather than initiate a case, to which the answer was: \"I'm sorry, such is the time\". On January 27, 2025, a court in Birobidzhan sentenced Kachin to 14 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":788,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":112,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Valerii Kachin's treason case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, acting on the instructions of the Ukrainian secret service, he collected and transferred to its representative information constituting state secrets about critical infrastructure facilities in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast\n• in custody:  to 25.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.04.2025 to 05.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• Unknown: from 05.05.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.07.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.01.2025, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 300 thousand rubles, reduce the amount to 180 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 300 thousand rubles, reduce the amount to 180 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":180000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recMxUEzhwgCjxXaU"},{"persecution_id":"recl0czzvSvHHD858","last_updated":"2025-04-01T19:03:02.000Z","person_id":"recSIba44HGm8DRWP","name_en":"Andrei Boiarshinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attncgyyZN2cxxVcF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attncgyyZN2cxxVcF.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A doctoral candidate of Biological Sciences, former employee of Kazan Federal University. Detained after searches on 17 March 2022 as a suspect in a case of involvement in mass riots. During the search he was threatened with physical violence and promised that his elderly mother would be stripped naked if he did not provide his phone and password. On 19 March Boiarshinov was released, but was immediately taken to an unknown direction. On 20 March it became known that he was under house arrest in the case of public justification of terrorism. On 29 March, at the request of the prosecutor's office Boiarshinov was taken into custody.\nBoiarshinov was twice not brought to court, as the administration of Pre-trial Detention Centre No. 1 in Samara stated that they did not have Boiarshinov, while, according to the information from lawyers who visited him and people who received letters from him, he was there. On 7 May 2024 Boiarshinov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.\nIn March 2025, it was reported that Boiarshinov had not received any letters since January.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly","freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 3.03.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The cse of involvement into a mass disorder in Kazan"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Boyarshinov's case of involvement in mass riots in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Implicated in involvement in mass riots through participation in Telegram chats.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recl0czzvSvHHD858"},{"persecution_id":"recFLb8TF14E1AILF","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recprmxmG3KBpznu1","name_en":"Valery Tibius","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In April 2022, it became known that Tibiy was suspected of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 18 May, he was detained and sent to custody the next day. On 20 June 2023, Tibii was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":415,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.05.2022 to 20.06.2023\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.05.2022 to 19.05.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.06.2023, Sentence: 6 years suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-20T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-20T08:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-05-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-04-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46155/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Both cases involve the same witnesses, and she had already evaluated their testimony.\nOn 10 July 2024 Rabota was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.\nOn 17 September, the court reduced Rabota's sentence from six to five years' suspended sentence","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Knyaze-Volkonskoye"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":860,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Case of Valery Rabota","persecution_case_profile_en":"Rabota is involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.03.2022 to 29.06.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• house arrest: from 29.06.2022 to 28.07.2022\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.03.2022 to 05.03.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 28.07.2022 to 10.07.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 10.07.2024 to 17.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 17.09.2024 to 16.09.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.07.2024, Sentence: suspended sentence of 6 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"suspended sentence of 6 years","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d45897/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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The protest involved burning an effigy dressed in camouflage, with a bag over its head and the inscription \"Take away.\" On March 11, a court ordered his detention.\n\nOn September 26, 2022, Maltsev was sentenced to three years and eight months in a general-regime penal colony. He was released on parole on November 26, 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2024-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":203,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 6.03.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of the scarecrow in camouflage with the bag on its head"],"case_name_en":"Egor Skorokhodov's case of a scarecrow in camouflage with a bag on his head","persecution_case_profile_en":"took part in a performance in which an effigy in camouflage with a bag on its head and the inscription \"TAKE IT AWAY\" was burned","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released on probation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 07.03.2022 to 11.03.2022\n• in custody: from 11.03.2022 to 08.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.02.2023 to 26.11.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.09.2022, Sentence: 3 years 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":44,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-26T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-26T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 06-03-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-05-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Delo-o-sozhzhenii-chuchela-v-voennoj-forme-v-Sankt-Peterburge-05-10\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d45900/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. 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On 17 January 2024, Saparov was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony on charges of involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nSaparov told the court on 28 November that after his detention at Mineralnye Vody airport, law enforcers used violence against him, including the use of a stun gun.\nAccording to Saparov, they forced him into a car and took him about 300 kilometres away to a law enforcement department in Adygeya. On the way, the officers beat him and intimidated him into confessing guilt.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Maykop"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":667,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":95,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nikolai Saparov","persecution_case_profile_en":"committed acts of an organisational nature... by organising meetings using the Internet ... coordinating the speeches and worship at these meetings","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.03.2022 to 24.03.2022\n• in custody: from 24.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Adygea\n• in custody:  to 19.03.2025, Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at penal colony-1 (IK-1) for the Republic of Adygea\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.03.2025, Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at penal colony-1 (IK-1) for the Republic of Adygea\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.01.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-17T06:10:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-17T06:10:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d46019/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recPjMjZCDni9Nd94"},{"persecution_id":"rec25st6dVI0frMVX","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recQWPzixCjZSI2qE","name_en":"Vladimir Baikalov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On February 3, 2022, Baikalov’s house was searched. It became known that a case had been opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organization. Later the charge was reclassified as organizing such activities. On October 23, 2023, Baikalov was sentenced to six years probation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":627,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Baikalov","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in an extremist organisation by communicating on biblical topics via video link","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.10.2023, Sentence: 6 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-23T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-23T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-05-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-02-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/02/d45752/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec25st6dVI0frMVX"},{"persecution_id":"recqgEQGDZBCYSpZD","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:01:44.000Z","person_id":"recnNl5zRj7IouUmG","name_en":"Rustem Gugurik","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attqF4HUc69wtcqHH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attqF4HUc69wtcqHH.png"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Genicheskiy district of Kherson region (Ukraine). On 27 March 2022, he was detained at passport control on the way from Kherson region to Crimea, taken to the FSS in Simferopol. A criminal case was initiated on 29 March. The court placed Gugurik in custody on charges of involvement in an illegal armed formation, namely the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, which apparently had not been functioning for a long time at the time of the prosecution. On 25 October, he was sentenced to eight and a half years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":211,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rustem Gugurik","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participated in the activities of the \"Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan\": ran a subsidiary farm at the location of the armed formation and supplied the members of the \"Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion\" with foodstuffs and uniforms.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.03.2022 to 29.03.2022\n• in custody: from 29.03.2022 to 29.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Buryatia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Buryatia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Buryatia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.10.2022, Sentence: Eight years and six months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Eight years and six months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-24T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-01-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gugurik-rustem-sejdalievich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recqgEQGDZBCYSpZD"},{"persecution_id":"recFzuEIsDv7YiC1a","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recvtfXh58KTPuwU1","name_en":"Andrey Lyakhov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In March 2022, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Lyakhov for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. A measure of restraint was elected in the form of a signature not to leave. On 2 May 2024 he was sentenced to two years and eight months suspended sentence. On 4 July 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by one month.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Luchegorsk settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":779,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":111,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Luchegorsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yuri Ponomarenko, Nikolai Dikhtyar, Oleg Sergeyev and Andrey Lyakhov","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 15.03.2022 to 04.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.05.2024, Sentence: 2 years 8 months of suspended deprivation of liberty, 1 year of restricted liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 8 months of suspended deprivation of liberty, 1 year of restricted liberty","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-02T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-02T11:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-04-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 05-06-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/07/d46579/?sphrase_id=6111\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recFzuEIsDv7YiC1a"},{"persecution_id":"recdcIoWL6uJ3inth","last_updated":"2025-04-10T18:12:31.000Z","person_id":"recM7IrYazlCYYNZ5","name_en":"Evgenii Plotnikov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yoshkar-Ola. On 15 April 2022, his home was searched as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. A website dedicated to the persecution of believers in Russia reports that force was used against Plotnikov. He was detained after a search, and a court placed him in custody on April 17. On 12 August 2022, Plotnikov was transferred to house arrest. On 7 October, the preventive measure was replaced by a ban on certain actions.\n\nRepresentatives of the Jehovah's Witnesses community are prosecuted under extremism-related charges solely in connection with their religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, attracting new followers.\n\nOn 13 February 2025, Plotnikov was sentenced to a fine of 600 thousand rubles, but the amount was reduced to 500 thousand rubles, taking into account the time he had already spent in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1035,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":147,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yoshkar-Ola","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"continued the activities of the religious organisation.... by convening meetings of followers of the religious beliefs (doctrine) of Jehovah's Witnesses and directly participating in them\".","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 07.10.2022\n• in custody: from 15.04.2022 to 12.08.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Mari El\n• house arrest: from 12.08.2022 to 07.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2025, Sentence: a fine of 600,000 roubles, due to time spent in detention the penalty was reduced to a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 600,000 roubles, due to time spent in detention the penalty was reduced to a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-10-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-04-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46151/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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He previously coordinated the Democratic Russia movement and worked at the Higher School of Economics in St Petersburg.\n\nHe was detained on 9 November 2022, and the following day a court ordered him to be held in custody on charges of spreading knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces.\n\nBestuzhev suffers from several serious heart conditions and has experienced heart attacks during court hearings. He previously had a myocardial infarction in 2008 and underwent bypass surgery. He now requires another operation—something confirmed by a doctor at the pre-trial detention centre—as well as regular medication and ongoing medical supervision, none of which can be properly provided in detention. Within two months, his health had noticeably worsened: he repeatedly complained to his lawyer about chest and leg pain, and doctors at the detention centre diagnosed him with superficial vein thrombosis. In early June 2023, it was reported that he had been transferred to hospital for medical examination.\n\nIn July, his lawyer revealed that he was also facing administrative charges under Article 20.3.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences—calls for separatism—related to a speech he gave in October 2022.\n\nOn 5 November 2024, Bestuzhev was given a suspended sentence of five years and three months.\n\nHe left Russia in December 2024. On 20 May 2025, an appeal court overturned the suspended sentence, replacing it with a prison term and placing Bestuzhev on the wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":782,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":111,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Bestuzhev's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-775/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The charges stemmed from content posted on Bestuzhev’s personal VKontakte page and interviews he gave to Ukrainian YouTube channels. Prosecutors cited 22 separate posts published between February and late March 2022.\n\nIn its ruling, the court only convicted Bestuzhev for one specific post – a shared link to Zelensky’s speech referencing \"five-hundred-kilogram bombs being dropped on Ukrainian homes\".\n\nTwo additional posts were admitted as supporting evidence: a repost discussing new legislation about \"fakes\" and discrediting the Russian military, and a critical statement about Putin.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","temporary hospitalisation","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.11.2022 to 10.11.2022\n• in custody: from 10.11.2022 to 31.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 31.05.2023 to 29.06.2023, F.P. Gaaz Regional Hospital\n• in custody: from 30.06.2023 to 05.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• recognizance not to leave: from 05.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.11.2024, Sentence: 5 years 3 months' suspended sentence, 4 years 6 months' prohibition on any online posting of materials or public appeals","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 3 months' suspended sentence, 4 years 6 months' prohibition on any online posting of materials or public appeals","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":63,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-05T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-05T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 08-11-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-11-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/bestuzhev-evgenij-leonardovich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"reca7IRc8SyuTfDGx"},{"persecution_id":"recoMsdyXDY4LM04S","last_updated":"2024-12-05T11:45:37.000Z","person_id":"rec2aEZ0xrHJYE9mP","name_en":"Elena Kotenochkina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attJ0BVBDctA7VTTe.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attJ0BVBDctA7VTTe.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Head of the Moscow municipal district \"Krasnoselsky\". On 26 April 2022, it became known about the initiation of a criminal case on dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Kotenochkina had previously left the country. On 29 April, she was put on an international wanted list and arrested in absentia. On 15 July 2024, Kotenochkina was sentenced in absentia to seven and a half years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians","Municipal deputies"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":812,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":116,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of Moscow municipal deputies on fakes about the Russian Armed Forces"],"case_name_en":"The case of Elena Kotenochkina","case_number":"01-1134/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"At a meeting of the Council of Deputies on 15 March, she spread deliberately false information \"about the Russian Federation conducting military aggressive actions on the territory of another sovereign state, calling that not a special military operation, but a war\", about the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army \"with the aim of seizing its territory, liquidating its independence, change in its political or social order\", about the daily deaths of children during the war in Ukraine, and about the fact that those actions of the Russian army on the territory of Ukraine \"as an element of the system of state power are in fact actions of a fascists state\". In addition, no later than on 16 March, she recorded a video \"about the large number of servicemen performing compulsory military service who are in the combat zone on the territory of Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 29.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.07.2024, Sentence: 7 years 6 months imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years 6 months imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":90,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-15T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-15T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-05-2022\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Delo-municipalnyh-deputatov-Gorinova-i-Kotyonochkinoj-05-23\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 25-04-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","OVD-Info","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recoMsdyXDY4LM04S"},{"persecution_id":"recyfwmSxhtmQhgCV","last_updated":"2025-04-14T10:39:04.000Z","person_id":"rec12jexbZUEQpOpS","name_en":"Alexandra Skochilenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwtYqcIyiXtJWlr.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwtYqcIyiXtJWlr.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg, musician and artist. A criminal case on \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces was initiated against her because of a protest activity when she inserted leaflets with information about the Russian army's crimes in Ukraine into the price tags in a shop. On the morning of 11 April 2022, law enforcement officers went to the flat of Skochilenko's friend,  whose house is 900 metres away from the shop where they found the price tags. What exactly was going on in the flat is unknown. That morning, Skochilenko received a message from her friend that they were \"looking for a body\" in his flat and asked her to come over. When she was on her way, the young man texted her that \"everything was fine.\" Skochilenko's friends believe that law enforcers may have been texting from the friend's phone. When Skochilenko arrived at her friend's flat, she was detained. Later, her flat was searched. The interrogation lasted until 3 a.m. the next day. On 13 April, the court placed her in custody, despite her celiac disease - gluten intolerance. At first, Skochilenko was refused to be given food that she could eat, she was poisoned by her cellmates in the pre-trial detention centre. Later it became known that the artist was transferred to another cell with better conditions.\nIn July 2023, at least four searches were conducted in Skochilenko's cell over a period of two weeks. During the last search she was not in the cell. The girl's belongings were scattered on the floor, her letters were trampled on, earplugs were crushed, a book was torn open and a daily dose of medication was seized. When asked what the searches were related to, the detention centre staff said that they were related to the price tags that had led to the case against Skochilenko. Since mid-July, the pre-trial detention centre stopped accepting books and introduced a restriction: each detainee could have no more than three books. In addition, there was no hot water in the showers of the detention centre. At the same time, referring to safety rules, detainees were forbidden to carry heated water from their cells in buckets, and were allowed only to use hard to carry basins to do so. In August, it was reported that Skochilenko was brought insufficient amounts of drinking water. On 15 September bailiffs sprayed tear gas at people who came to the hearing to support Skochilenko. On 29 September it turned out that due to the schedule of court hearings Skochilenko had not eaten anything for two days: she was escorted from the pre-trial detention centre before breakfast and returned after dinner, because of diagnosed celiac disease the girl was not given dry rations. Due to the late return to the pre-trial detention centre, the defendant also did not receive the neuroleptics and psychotherapy in time. On 16 November 2023, Skochilenko was sentenced to seven years of general regime colony.\nOn 30 December it became known that the artist could not undergo the examinations prescribed by the doctor due to the refusal of the judge to approve her removal from the pre-trial detention centre to a civilian clinic.\nOn 1 August 2024, Skochilenko was released as part of a prisoner exchange between the Russian Federation and other states.\nHowever, on 11 September 2024, a court of appeal upheld Skochilenko's sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":584,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":83,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexandra Skochilenko on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she replaced price tags in grocery shops with leaflets containing information about the shelling of the Mariupol Drama Theatre and death of multiple civilians.","persecution_location_en":"At large as a result of an exchange","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 27.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.04.2022 to 13.04.2022\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.08.2022, TDF of the Department of Internal Affairs of Russia for Vasileostrovsky District of St. Petersburg\n• in custody: from 13.04.2022 to 01.08.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• : from 27.07.2024 to 28.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast - \"Gorelovo\"\n• : from 28.07.2024 to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.11.2023, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of web-sites on electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of web-sites on electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-16T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-16T12:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 10-04-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-06-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Skochilenko-Aleksandra-YUrevna-06-02\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recyfwmSxhtmQhgCV"},{"persecution_id":"rectN3a9KcBSKnxip","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recOJvdyGQYG9gbTD","name_en":"Olga Smirnova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwhbdW48y0AT9EJ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwhbdW48y0AT9EJ.jpg"],"birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An architect and artist, and an activist of the \"Peaceful Resistance\" movement. In October 2021, a case was opened against Smirnova for justifying terrorism in connection with an action in support of Crimean Tatars. It later became known that the case had been dropped; the decision to terminate the proceedings was dated October 2021, although Smirnova was not returned all the equipment seized during the search until 6 April 2022.\n\nOn 5 May 2022, Smirnova was detained following a search in connection with a criminal case on the dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The following day, the court ordered that Smirnova be remanded in custody; the hearing was held behind closed doors and concluded late at night. On 10 October, the court returned the case to the prosecutor’s office; however, the case was subsequently sent back to the court. In February 2023, Smirnova’s defence lawyer, Dinar Idrisov, was barred from participating in the proceedings on the grounds that two witnesses in the case had issued powers of attorney to him.\n\nOn 30 August 2023, Smirnova was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nIn June 2024, it became known that Smirnova had been placed on a prison register as “prone to extremism”.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":482,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","solo picket"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Olga Smirnova regarding \"fake news\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, in St. Petersburg","case_number":"1-99/2023 (1-1086/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was seven posts on the movement's page on VKontakte, published in early March, which were dedicated, in particular, to military operations in the Zaporozhye region, the shelling of Mariupol and the Kharkiv region, as well as an anti-war picket that Smirnova held on March 6.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.05.2022 to 20.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.05.2022 to 06.05.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.03.2024 to 01.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• Unknown: from 04.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.08.2023, Sentence: Deprivation of liberty for 6 years in a general regime penal correctional institution with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the placement of publications on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Deprivation of liberty for 6 years in a general regime penal correctional institution with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the placement of publications on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-30T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-30T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Smirnova-Olga-Borisovna-06-16\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 04-05-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","OVD-Info","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rectN3a9KcBSKnxip"},{"persecution_id":"receFyEC6N3U2J7eR","last_updated":"2026-03-05T13:18:05.000Z","person_id":"rec0DXw32RFPzYsv7","name_en":"Richard Rose","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attlfqCwA27BYocls.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attlfqCwA27BYocls.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 14 April 2022, he was detained by force and during interrogation threatened violence against his wife and the removal of his child. Later, the court placed Rose in custody. In the pre-trial detention centre, he was pressured to confess, with threats that otherwise his wife would also be placed in detention, his son would be taken to an orphanage, and Rose himself would be transferred to the \"offended\", and in general his conditions would become unbearable. In addition, the investigator announced that the lawyer could no longer defend him. Rose refused then to answer any questions about the case or to perform proceedings in the presence of a court-appointed lawyer. At one of the trials, Rose said that he had been severely beaten by security forces during his arrest. Later he wrote to a friend that he was threatened with physical violence in the pre-trial detention centre. He does not receive letters, his letters also do not reach their recipients. He has been forbidden from calling his family. In August 2023, it was reported that during a search of his cell almost all his books and personal belongings were taken away from him. He was denied phone calls, he could only receive letters from two senders, and his own letters were not being sent.\n\nOn 22 September 2023, Rose was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony. His wife reported that his letters were not being delivered and that he was not allowed to make phone calls, despite the court's permission.\n\nIn April 2024, it was revealed that Richard Rose was again being pressurised in the pre-trial detention centre. He was sent to a rubber-walled temporary isolation cell for four days after he protested that his notes, poems and a draft story had been taken away from him. There, according to Rose, he was kept naked. He was not allowed to use the toilet, so he decided to refuse food for a while so as not to to cope with a major need in the cell. Rose was then told he would be placed in a disciplinary cell for six days for allegedly sleeping during the day.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":526,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","video","comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of Richard and Maria Rose on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine"],"case_name_en":"Richard Rose’s case of “fakes” about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine","case_number":"2-47/2023 (2-179/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published posts, images and videos on his personal VKontakte page containing \"knowingly false information about the goals, objectives and procedure of the special military operation in the territory of the settlement of Bucha, Kyiv region\" on the grounds of political hatred towards the head of state. The reason for this was the publication on Instagram of  a video by Aleksandr Sotnik about the killing of residents of Bucha with the comment: \"The massacre in Bucha will never be forgotten all over the world and the RuZZian fascists will never be forgiven for this!\" The reason for initiating a case on incitement to terrorism was Rose's publication on Instagram of a video with an appeal by Ukrainian musician Svyatoslav Vakarchuk to stop the war and the comment: \"There is only one way to stop Putler - to kill him physically\".","persecution_location_en":"In a cell-type facility (PKT)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In cell-type premises","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.04.2022 to 15.04.2022\n• in custody: from 15.04.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• in custody:  to 15.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• Unknown:  to 15.01.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• punishment cell: from 15.01.2025 to 23.01.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• Unknown: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• punishment cell: from 01.02.2026 to 13.03.2026, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• cell-type room: from 01.03.2026 to 01.09.2026, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.09.2023, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony and prohibition from using the Internet for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony and prohibition from using the Internet for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-22T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-22T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 14-04-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-06-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Delo-suprugov-Rouz-06-14\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"receFyEC6N3U2J7eR"},{"persecution_id":"rectAFUqOH9adOJGU","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:21:12.000Z","person_id":"recSDs3t6JyzMdMhX","name_en":"Altan Ochirov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnZqejUbjzdjbf1.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnZqejUbjzdjbf1.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An employee of the Elista City Hall. Detained on 12 April 2022 at his workplace with the use of force, the next day the court ordered to take him into custody. A case was initiated for dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces with the use of official position, by a group of persons and with the motive of hatred (paragraphs \"a\", \"b\", \"d\" of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Later, the charge concerning the use of official position (item \"a\") was dropped from Ochirov. On 18 October Ochirov was sentenced to three years in prison. On 23 December the court of appeal extended the sentence to five years.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Elista"],"persecution_region_en":["Kalmykia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KL"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":188,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of \"Volniy Ulus\" regarding \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Elista"],"case_name_en":"The case of Altan Ochirov on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being the owner of the Volny Ulus  telegram channel, he published information Russian servicemen shooting a civilian car with an elderly man and a woman in it, on the deaths of 14,000 Russian servicemen, on the Russian warships being destroyed and on Russian servicemen looting.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.04.2022 to 23.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Kalmykia\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.04.2022 to 13.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Kalmykia\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Kalmykia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Kalmykia\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.10.2022, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":24,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-18T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Ochirov-Altan-Sanhimovich-06-29\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 02-07-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"rectAFUqOH9adOJGU"},{"persecution_id":"recwqzTnaTVRxBYs7","last_updated":"2026-04-28T17:10:12.000Z","person_id":"recOlmPcEkMkjAM0E","name_en":"Nikita Tushkanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBeNmkuzOtD4oQQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBeNmkuzOtD4oQQ.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a former school teacher in the town of Mikun (Komi). He was dismissed because he organised an anti-war action in Mikun. Nikita was a member of a search team, searching for unburied remains of soldiers and officers from the Finnish and Great Patriotic Wars. He is married.\n\nIn March 2022, four protocols were drawn up against Tushkanov because of his anti-war posts on VKontakte. He was charged with petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code), demonstration of Nazi symbols (Article 20.3), and two protocols for discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of Article 20.3.3). The criminal case on public justification of terrorism was initiated over a post containing a photo of the Crimean bridge explosion with an approving comment. Case materials also included his publications on the annexation of Crimea.\n\nTushkanov was detained after a search in his flat and taken for questioning to the local FSSB. His flat in Mikun was also searched. The next day the court placed him in custody. Later, it became known that a case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) was also opened due to a VKontakte post. In January 2023, he was forbidden from seeing relatives and denied permission to marry. In March 2023, pre-trial detention centre staff cut food sent by relatives into small pieces and shredded his jacket. According to his support group, this was an attempt to pressure him into cooperating with the investigation.\n\nOn 11 May 2023, Tushkanov was sentenced to 5.5 years in a general regime colony. On 25 September 2023, the appeal reduced the sentence to five years. In the colony, he was sent to SHIZO several times. In June 2023, he received the Boris Nemtsov Prize.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":421,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Tushkanov's case of public justification of terrorism and repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The criminal case on public justification of terrorism was initiated because of a post containing a photo of the Crimean Bridge explosion with a caption expressing approval of the incident. The case on discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was triggered by a VKontakte post. In addition, the case materials included comments referring to the annexation of Crimea.","persecution_location_en":"In strict condition custody unit (SUS)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In strict conditions of detention","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.12.2022 to 25.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 07.12.2022 to 08.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.09.2023 to 01.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• Unknown:  to 01.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2023, FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment cell: from 31.12.2023 to 12.01.2024, FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment cell: from 12.01.2024 to 01.01.2024, FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• Unknown: from 01.01.2024 to 01.03.2024, FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• Unknown: from 01.03.2024\n• Unknown: from 01.04.2024, FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment cell: from 01.06.2024 to 20.06.2024, FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment cell: from 01.06.2024 to 05.07.2024, FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• Unknown: from 20.06.2024 to 01.06.2024, FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• Unknown:  to 01.05.2025, FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• Unknown: \n• Unknown: , FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• Unknown: \n• Unknown: , FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.05.2023, Sentence: 5 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-6,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-11T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-11T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-02-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/tushkanov-nikita-alekseevich/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 06-12-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recwqzTnaTVRxBYs7"},{"persecution_id":"reczSkSDRj3ukL1XR","last_updated":"2025-05-26T11:23:46.000Z","person_id":"rec7vmnzInoQTYOLv","name_en":"Irina Tsybaneva","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 12 October 2022, Tsybaneva was placed under house arrest in the case of desecration of burial sites. On 7 November, the preventive measure was replaced by a prohibition of certain actionы.\n\nThe reason for the prosecution was a note, which Tsybaneva, according to the investigation, left on the grave of Putin's parents. According to \"Mediazona\", the content of the note became known: \"Parents of the maniac, take him to yourself, he causes so much pain and misery, the whole world begs for his death <unintelligible> Death to Putin, you have raised a freak and a murderer\". According to Tsybaneva herself, she left the letter after she \"watched the news, realised that everything is very terrible, everything is very sad, there are so many dead.\"\nOn 11 May 2023, Tsybaneva was sentenced to two years of conditioned prison sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2025-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":211,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 244 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["244"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 244"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the note on the grave of Putin's parents","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 6 October, when she was near the grave of Putin's parents at the Serafimovskoye cemetery, she \"left a note with an insulting inscription\" addressed to the president. According to Tsybaneva's son, the note contained a \"wish to die\". The content of the note became known from the case materials attached to the court, \"Mediazona\" wrote: \"Parents of the maniac, take him to yourself, he causes so much pain and misery, the whole world is praying for his death <unintelligible> Death to Putin, you have raised a freak and a murderer\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 07.11.2022 to 27.05.2023\n• house arrest: from 12.10.2022 to 07.11.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 27.05.2023 to 26.05.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.05.2023, Sentence: 2 years' of suspended prison sentence with a probationary period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' of suspended prison sentence with a probationary period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-11T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-11T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 10-10-2022\n Source: https://data.ovdinfo.org/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-01-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/10/d47047/?sphrase_id=6048\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center"],"aid":"reczSkSDRj3ukL1XR"},{"persecution_id":"recR1pSsgoLt4KOEZ","last_updated":"2025-12-03T14:37:23.000Z","person_id":"recYHbscAxm2VEKH2","name_en":"Boris Romanov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"St. Petersburg activist and human rights defender.\nDetained on 10 May 2022, placed in custody the next day. On 28 July, the measure of restriction was changed to a prohibition on certain actions. After Romanov failed to appear at court hearings three times, he was put on a wanted list. On 28 February 2024, Romanov was sentenced in absentia to six years' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":659,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":94,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"In St. Petersburg, Boris Romanov's case of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a video published on Vkontakte, in which a man resembling Romanov congratulates the deputies of the Svetlanovsky Municipality Council of Deputies on the end of the war following negotiations in Istanbul.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: \n• in custody: from 11.05.2022 to 28.07.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.05.2022 to 11.05.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 28.07.2022 to 28.07.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.02.2024, Sentence: 6 years in a general regime penal colony in absentia with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 4 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years in a general regime penal colony in absentia with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 4 years.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-28T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-28T09:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Romanov-Boris-Borisovich-06-29\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 09-05-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Detained on 4 March 2022 in Simferopol and taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an illegal armed formation, namely the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, which, apparently, had long been dormant at the time of the prosecution. On 30 November, he was sentenced to nine years in a high security prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":270,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Case of Nasrulla Seydaliyev's participation in operation of an illegal armed group","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, since January 2016, he participated in a foreign illegal armed formation in Ukraine, namely the \"Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan\", having joined it on the grounds of political enmity towards the Russian Federation; he performed functional duties in the battalion related to the maintenance of auxiliary farming, cleaning the territory, collecting firewood and supplying the members of the formation with food.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 04.03.2022 to 05.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.11.2022, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a high security prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a high security prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-29T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-29T08:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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She studied sociology and was an active participant in various volunteer organisations, social and university projects.\nOn 7 March 2022, Semyonova was searched and detained as part of hooliganism case. On 9 March, the court appointed her a prohibition of certain actions.\nAt the end of March it became known that Semyonova left Russia. On 5 May, the decision on Semyonova's preventive measure (prohibition of certain actions) was cancelled and sent for reconsideration. On 23 June, Semyonova was put on a wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 6.03.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of the scarecrow in camouflage with the bag on its head"],"case_name_en":"Sofia Semyonova's case of an effigy in camouflage with a bag on his head","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she participated in a performance in which an effigy in camouflage with a bag on its head and the inscription \"Take away\" was burned.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: \n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 07.03.2022 to 09.03.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.03.2022 to 05.05.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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The court the next day fined her because of the video, and the protocol because of the live rally later returned to the police. Ovsyannikova resigned from Channel One and left Russia, but later returned. In July, she was detained again and then fined because of a speech she made outside the court on 13 July, when Ilya Yashin was sent to pre-trial detention . At the end of July, the journalist said that she had noticed that she was being followed. In August, she was given another fine - because of an anti-war publication in Facebook. On 10 August, she was detained after a search. On the same day she was charged with spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army on the grounds of political hatred (item \"e\" part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The next day Ovsyannikova was placed under house arrest. On 3 October it became known that Ovsyannikova was put on a wanted list because she had left Russia. Before that, her ex-husband reported that Ovsyannikova escaped from house arrest together with their common daughter. The court refused to change the preventive measure. Later, Ovsyannikova's parental rights were restricted: the court ruled that her daughter should live with her father. On 20 October, Ovsyannikova was arrested in absentia.\n\nOn 4 October 2023, Ovsyannikova was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison.\nOn 26 October, she was deprived of parental rights.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":569,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["solo picket"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Marina Ovsyannikova","case_number":"01-0536/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a solitary picket on 15 July on Sofia Embankment with a poster \"Putin is a murderer. His soldiers are fascists. 352 children have died. How many more children must die for it to stop?\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.08.2022 to 11.08.2022\n• house arrest: from 11.08.2022 to 20.10.2022\n• arrest in absentia: from 20.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.10.2023, Sentence: 8 years 6 months imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer Internet sites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 6 months imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer Internet sites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-04T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-04T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-10-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ovsyannikova-marina-vladimirovna/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 09-08-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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On 14 July, the court decided on forced hospitalisation. Grudina went on hunger strike. On 2 August she was discharged from the hospital due to a negative test for coronavirus, but immediately after leaving the building she was detained. The investigation applied for a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions, but the court refused. On the same day, Natalia Zamorskaya, the coordinator of her campaign headquarters, was detained at the airport, but was released at night after a search of her personal belongings. Grudina was given a custodial sentence and her home was searched. On August 23, she was interrogated as a witness in the case of creating an organization that infringes on the identity and rights of citizens, brought against Alexei Navalny and his associates. In October, the insurance company, where Grudina had a policy of compulsory medical insurance, was billed about 200 thousand rubles for forced hospitalisation. On 29 December it became known that Grudina was put on a wanted list. IIn June, Grudina reported that she had left Russia and was put on the international wanted list and that she had been arrested in absentia. According to her data, two more cases were opened against her: on organising the activities of an extremist community (as part of the case against Navalny and his associates) and on spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 207.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Violetta Grudina on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she spread deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 10.06.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 09-06-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recuIXW42XrA01eLD"},{"persecution_id":"recvmPW3kxN57pfSj","last_updated":"2025-11-27T10:12:24.000Z","person_id":"rectpUUlxiKC7oV4h","name_en":"Lilia Khvylka","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attgbE5SVN9FOSLfU.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attgbE5SVN9FOSLfU.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine"],"story_en":"Kerch resident. Changed her gender marker. Formerly an activist of the LDPR and the United Russia Young Guard. She has a higher legal education. Worked as a shop assistant in Kerch.\n\nDetained in August 2022 in the case of spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army because of the April post about the strike on the railway station in Kramatorsk, which killed 60 people. The court sent Khvylka under house arrest. On 4 October, the court arrested her in absentia after she went into hiding.\n\nOn 22 September 2025, Khvylyka was sentenced in absentia to five and a half years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1138,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":162,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Liliia Khvylka's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian army","case_number":"1-347/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of an April Instagram post in which Khvylka criticises the Russian army for shelling the train station in Kramatorsk.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 04.10.2022\n• house arrest: from 15.08.2022 to 04.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.09.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment with a 3-year ban on administering websites ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment with a 3-year ban on administering websites ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-22T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-22T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 14-08-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-10-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ganczevskij-ilya-valerevich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recvmPW3kxN57pfSj"},{"persecution_id":"rec4NV2gQM6aX84Zm","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recvvGmQB5RJLnaYL","name_en":"Anastasia Skryleva","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case of vandalism motivated by political hatred has been initiated. 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Editor of the publication Novy Focus.  In 2009, a libel case was brought against Afanasyev in connection with the publication that after the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP accident Afanasyev wrote in his Internet diary that there were still people alive in the flooded premises, but the authorities were doing nothing to save them. The case was soon dropped. \"Novaya Gazeta\" claims that a total of at least 14 criminal cases were brought against Afanasyev before the war because of his professional activities.\n\nHe was detained on 13 April 2022 after a search in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 15 April, the court ruled to take him into custody. On 17 November, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, and in March 2023 the case was sent back to court. On 7 September 2023 Afanasyev was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony. On 28 September, the court liquidated the Novy Focus publication.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":512,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Afanasyev's case of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Abakan","case_number":"1-298/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a text published in the Novy Focus newspaper about Special Police Force officers from Khakassia who refused to go to the war in Ukraine: in it, according to the investigation, Afanasyev indicated inaccurate information about the number of dead, missing and wounded, about the inadequate level of material support, about improper performance of duties by the management staff.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.04.2022 to 18.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Khakassia\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.04.2022 to 15.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Khakassia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.09.2023, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty with a ban on publishing materials in the media and on the Internet for 2 years 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty with a ban on publishing materials in the media and on the Internet for 2 years 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-07T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-07T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-06-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Afanasev-Mihail-Vyacheslavovich-06-23\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 12-04-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recX6ozVgDjSQ8Y2y"},{"persecution_id":"recJjypN0qvTdhdTL","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recZgxsMjCLH4hRWp","name_en":"Andrei Sorochkin","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Activist of the local branch of the Yabloko party. On the eve of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 23 February 2022, he held a solitary protest with the poster \"War with brotherly Ukraine? Putin is completely fucked up\", after which he was detained.\n\nOn 13 May 2022, Sorochkin was stopped by traffic police officers because he had a poster in the colours of the Ukrainian flag with the inscription \"No to the shameful war\" on the rear window of his car. He was informed that on 8 May a criminal case was opened against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Before that Sorochkin had been brought to administrative responsibility four times under a similar article of the Code of Administrative Offences. On 31 May, Sorochkin's home and workplace were searched. The court  ordered him to prohibit certain actions.\n\nLater it became known that a new case had been opened against Sorochkin under the same article in connection with the fact that during the search, a poster was found with the inscription \"For the ruins of Mariupol, we filled Ukraine with corpses\" on a yellow and blue background. Sorochkin tried to leave Russia but was detained. On 10 July, the court placed him under house arrest. Then the cases were combined.\n\nOn 20 September, he was sentenced to a fine of 200 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":135,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Sorochkin's case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he kept a poster with the words \"No to shameful war\" on the rear window of his car. In addition, during the search, a poster with the words \"For ruins of Mariupol, did filled Ukraine with corpses?\" was found, which also discredited the use of the Armed Forces of Russian Federation. This poster was hanging in Sorochkin's office.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 10.07.2022 to 20.09.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 31.05.2022 to 10.07.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 20.09.2022 to 03.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.09.2022, Sentence: A fine of 200 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 200 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-20T12:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-20T12:50:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 31-05-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-09-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sorochkin-andrej-markovich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-11-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/11/d47188/?sphrase_id=12574\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. 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On August 4, 2023, Kholodny was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":518,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Navalny and Daniel Kholodny Extremist Community Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was a member of an extremist community, within which he held 'unsanctioned public events, during which the calls for extremist and terrorist activities were made and unlawful acts were committed, resulting in the violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, and harm to public order and public safety'.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 26.09.2023\n• in custody: from 07.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.09.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.08.2023, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on publications on the Internet for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on publications on the Internet for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-04T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-04T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d46045/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-09-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recBcT0kxNMQwQwTx"},{"persecution_id":"rec9TjxgboufZ9Ync","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recNx5Gee7hdqXjPd","name_en":"Olga Shkolina","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 23 March 2022, Shkolina was searched. On 31 March it became known that she is a suspect in the case of participation in an extremist community, initiated against Aleksei Navalny and his supporters. She has given a written pledge not to leave the country. On 8 April it was reported that Shkolina was charged with participation in an extremist community and in a non-profit organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens. In July it became known that Shkolina had left Russia. She was put on a wanted list. On 20 October, the court arrested her in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs","Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["239","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 239","Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"The case of an extremist community led by Navalny","case_number":"01-0333/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she was a member of an extremist community, within the framework of which she held \"uncoordinated public events, during which calls for extremist and terrorist activities were made, unlawful actions were committed, resulting in the violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, and harm to public order and public safety\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 20.10.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 31.03.2022 to 20.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d46037/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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At the investigation stage, Razumova admitted guilt, but during her last word she stated that she did not consider the videos she had published about the deaths of civilians in Ukraine to be \"fakes\". This was the reason for the resumption of the court investigation. In addition, Razumova said that the investigator blackmailed her child - her underage daughter. While in detention, she made a series of illustrations for Bulgakov's The White Guard.\n\nOn 7 March 2023, Razumova was sentenced to seven years.\n\nIn February 2025, Razumova was sent to a punishment cell in a penal colony for 14 days. The formal reason for this was that she allegedly \"ate a candy from her neighbour's container\". On 28 February, she went on a dry hunger strike.\n\nIn March Razumova was transferred to the prison hospital. On 24 March she had a conflict with another prisoner, Ksenia Nabatchikova. Razumova poured water on her in response to her aggressive action. After that, she attacked the artist, started beating and strangling her with a cord from a boiling pot, crossing it as a noose. On 22 April 2025, it became known that because of this conflict against Razumova initiated a case of causing minor harm to health. Razumova believes that Nabatchikova was deliberately placed with her in order to provoke a conflict.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Konakovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":338,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of residents of the Novozavidovskii settlement about \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine","case_number":"1-33/2023 (1-321/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with Alexander Martinov, she \"posted on her page in one of the social networks, openly accessible to other users, video clips, presenting knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to destroy cities and civilians in Ukraine\", obtained from unofficial Russian sources, as well as using paint and stencils to \"desecrate buildings and other structures\" and \"deface property\" in the villages of Mokshino, Varaksino and Teshilovo, as well as in the village of Mirny and Novozavidovskii settlement - in particular, writing \"Ukraine, forgive us\" on the back wall of the shop \"Candy\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.04.2022 to 01.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• cell-type room: from 10.10.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: from 22.10.2024 to 05.11.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: , Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• cell-type room:  to 27.02.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: from 28.02.2025 to 14.03.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: from 15.03.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 21.03.2025, Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• cell-type room: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.09.2025 to 14.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown:  to 07.11.2025, Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.11.2025 to 15.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 25.02.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.02.2026 to 27.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• Unknown: from 27.02.2026\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.03.2023, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-17T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-17T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 29-01-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-aleksandra-martynova-i-lyudmily-razumovoj/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 01-09-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center","OVD-Info"],"aid":"rechVl9UTjAbotiUE"},{"persecution_id":"rectXUlpDGHPYAwd9","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rec0OZS8I770nIn87","name_en":"Maria Pevchikh","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrAiNIchrZPfoUj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrAiNIchrZPfoUj.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former head of the Investigations Department of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. Left Russia. In August 2022, it became known that a case was opened against Pevchikh for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","214","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 214","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Beautiful Russia case","The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"The case of Maria Pevchikh, Dmitry Nizovtsev, Kira Yarmysh, and Anna Biryukova","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she told about Russian bombing of civilians in Ukraine, carried out activities of the extremist community using her official position, and directed acts of vandalism.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 22-08-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-08-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rectXUlpDGHPYAwd9"},{"persecution_id":"rech4WEQC9s0qOf6x","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"rech1jHppuWVsn7kE","name_en":"Vsevolod Korolev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att9AFysscg456fEe.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att9AFysscg456fEe.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A documentary film director. He produced short films about criminal cases against artist Sasha Skochilenko and journalist Maria Ponomarenko. He earned a living by tutoring in English and maths, and water excursions.\nKorolev was denied visits from relatives for seven months.\nOn 12 July 2022 he was detained and taken into custody the next day on a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces, despite the fact that he had his thyroid gland removed and needed regular medical examinations.\nAt one of the hearings, prosecution witness Mikhail Baranov, who during the investigation said that Korolev's publications made him angry, said that many of the wording in the interrogation report was suggested to him by the investigator, while he himself considers these publications to be a manifestation of freedom of speech. The testimony of Baranov and another witness, Vladimir Shatokhin, coincide verbatim. The defence has identified a number of serious violations in the examination of Korolev's social media page by an operative of the Centre for Countering Extremism.\nOn 20 March 2024, Korolev was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.\nOn 2 July 2024, the court of appeal increased the sentence to seven years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":617,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vsevolod Korolev's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Federation Armed Forces","case_number":"1-205/2023 (1-1261/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was publications on VKontakte about the killing of civilians in Bucha and Borodyanka and the shelling of Donetsk by the Russian army.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.07.2022 to 02.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.07.2022 to 13.07.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.07.2024 to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.03.2024, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites on electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites on electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 4 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":48,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-20T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-20T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 11-07-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-07-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/korolyov-vsevolod-anatolevich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rech4WEQC9s0qOf6x"},{"persecution_id":"recokM8Aui2snmD58","last_updated":"2025-12-24T21:35:51.000Z","person_id":"recdKV6fZ4odnlziV","name_en":"Oleg Belousov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att8Jukfz4bZqySCv.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att8Jukfz4bZqySCv.jpg"],"birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. Describes himself as \"a lover of wandering around with a metal detector looking for things near villages\". He was involved in treasure hunting. On 27 June 2022 Belousov was detained and the next day taken into custody in a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In October, it became known that Belousov was also charged with calls to extremist activities.\nBelousov's son is a person with a disability. The investigation involved him as a witness in the case, so he was banned from meeting his father.\nOn 29 March 2023 Belousov was sentenced to 5 and a half years in a penal colony. In the colony he was registered as prone to escape. He was also subject to several administrative bans, including being allowed to call only two phone numbers instead of five.\n\nBelousov has a group three disability <because of an injured arm>, and in his letter he wrote that his health deteriorated in detention. He would like to see an osteopath who had helped him before.\n\nOleg Belousov also has an adult son, Daniil, as a dependent. Daniil has a developmental disability and needs constant care.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":274,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Belousov's case of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine","case_number":"1-78/2023 (1-1114/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no later than 4 April he posted text messages in the social network \"VKontakte\" in the community \"Peter's Diggers\" containing in the form of true statements \"deliberately false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation against civilians during the special military operation in Ukraine\", as well as posted messages containing \"signs of accusations of a person holding a government position\". In the post, which gave rise to a case of calls to extremism, Belousov accused Putin of war crimes.","persecution_location_en":"In strict condition custody unit (SUS)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In strict conditions of detention","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.06.2022 to 04.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.06.2022 to 28.06.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.09.2023 to 06.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.10.2023 to 03.10.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• punishment cell: from 03.10.2024 to 10.10.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• punishment cell: from 10.10.2024 to 17.10.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• Unknown: from 17.10.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• cell-type room: from 25.07.2025 to 25.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• Unknown: from 25.12.2025 to 14.05.2027, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.03.2023, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to placing publications on the Internet for a period of 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to placing publications on the Internet for a period of 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-29T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-29T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 27-06-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-07-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/belousov-oleg-vasilevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recokM8Aui2snmD58"},{"persecution_id":"recuGD2vSbiZP2r2e","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:41:57.000Z","person_id":"recNHJqjRqRY7dT0K","name_en":"Vladislav Nikitenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attE8SzrzQXOWBxig.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attE8SzrzQXOWBxig.jpg"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A civil activist who has been repeatedly persecuted, including for his eccentric and aggressive behaviour.  On 24 February 2022, he filed applications to all regional military investigation departments of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation against Vladimir Putin and members of the Security Council, accusing them of unleashing war in Ukraine. Before the criminal case was initiated, Nikitenko was prosecuted under an administrative article on discrediting the use of Russian army (20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and fined 45,000 rubles.\nOn 18 May 2022, information about the initiation of a criminal case appeared. At that moment Nikitenko was serving an administrative arrest under the article on public display of extremist symbols. On 23 May, the court decided to place him under house arrest. On 9 July, Nikitenko was taken into custody for allegedly using a mobile phone. In September, Nikitenko [went on hunger strike](https://ovd.news/express-news/2022/09/14/pravozashchitnik-iz-blagoveshchenska-kotorogo-podozrevayut-v-diskreditacii) due to the extension of his detention.\n\nOn 31 January 2023, Nikitenko was sentenced to three years in a penal colony. On 14 June, the court of appeal reduced the term by one month.\n\nIn May 2025 he was released from the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders","Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk","village of Ivanovka"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":258,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 297 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 297 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["297","297","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 297","Part 2, Article 297","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Nikitenko's case of discrediting the use of the AF in Blagoveshchensk","case_number":"1-10/2023 (1-282/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"More than ten posts on social networks that according to the investigation discredited the Russian Armed Forces became the reason for the case; before that, Nikitenko was brought to administrative responsibility under a similar article in connection with the filing of an application demanding a criminal case on the fact of propaganda of aggressive war by the governor of the Amur region, Vasily Orlov. In addition, Nikitenko insulted participants of previous court proceedings and judges of the Blagoveshchensk City Court.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.07.2022 to 14.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n• house arrest: from 23.05.2022 to 09.07.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Buryatia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 16.05.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.01.2023, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of RUB 1,176,506.36, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the use of the Internet, except for the possibility of applying to state bodies, for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of RUB 1,176,506.36, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the use of the Internet, except for the possibility of applying to state bodies, for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":35,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1176506,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-31T13:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-31T13:50:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-06-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Nikitenko-Vladislav-Nikolaevich-06-27\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 22-04-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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After that, Bespalov was informed that had not found any corpus delicti in his actions. However, the case documents were then handed over to the regional department, after which the case was eventually initiated. On 12 February 2021, Bespalov was sentenced to one year and eight months of restricted freedom. Bespalov left Russia.\n\nIn November 2022, iBespalov was reported to have been put on the wanted list of extremists and terrorists by Rosfinmonitoring. On 1 December, the court arrested him in absentia in a case of organising the activities of an extremist community.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"The case of an extremist community led by Navalny","case_number":"01-0333/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"involved in the creation of an extremist community","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 01.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 02-12-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-11-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/09/d46891\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recchYGs7cGsiG21W"},{"persecution_id":"rec6FVJbNwyyyX22z","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rec1xGsXwcO3gqe5J","name_en":"Anna Biryukova","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former head of the sociological service of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. Left Russia.\nIn August 2022, it became known that Biryukova was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","call for arson"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Beautiful Russia case","The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"The case of Maria Pevchikh, Dmitry Nizovtsev, Kira Yarmysh, and Anna Biryukova","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she declared the need to set fire to military recruiting offices and participated in the activities of an extremist community.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 22-08-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-08-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. 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On September 28, the court ordered Shtovba into custody. Initially, he was charged with incitement to hatred with the threat of violence (paragraph a of Article 282 Part 2 of the Criminal Code), but later the charge was reclassified to incitement to hatred by an organised group (paragraph c of Article 282 Part 2 of the Criminal Code), and an additional charge of inciting activities against the security of the state, committed by an organised group (Article 280.4 Part 3 of the Criminal Code) was added.\nOn December 28, 2023, Shtovba was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony. While in the pre-trial detention centre, Shtovba was included in the preventive register \"as a person prone to committing terrorist and extremist offences\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":458,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action","professional activity"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions and against mobilisation 25.09.2022","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 3, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The Mayakovsky case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artem Kamardin and Egor Shtovba","case_number":"01-0411/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The proceedings were initiated following recital of poems at the Mayakovsky Readings on September 25. According to the ruling, a case of incitement of hatred towards \"members of volunteer armed formations of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics\" was initiated. Initially, Shtovba was charged with incitement of hatred with the threat of violence (paragraph a of Article 282 Part 2 of the Criminal Code), but later the charge was reclassified to incitement of hatred by an organised group (paragraph c of Article 282 Part 2 of the Criminal Code), and an additional charge of inciting activities against the security of the state, committed by an organised group (Article 280.4 Part 3 of the Criminal Code) was added. As such, the investigation deemed the calls to refuse summonses, to not sign for them, to avoid appearing at military enlistment offices, and to memorise the aforementioned actions.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.09.2022 to 19.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.09.2022 to 28.09.2022\n• : from 19.01.2024\n• in custody: from 07.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai\n• in custody: from 06.02.2024 to 07.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• :  to 01.03.2024\n• : from 01.03.2024 to 22.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• in custody: from 22.03.2024 to 03.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.10.2024 to 22.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• Unknown: from 22.11.2024 to 25.11.2024\n• Unknown: from 25.11.2024 to 03.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.12.2024 to 03.04.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.04.2025 to 19.03.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2023, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony (282: 3 years, 280.4: 5 years)","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony (282: 3 years, 280.4: 5 years)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-28T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-28T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 25-09-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47831/?sphrase_id=12563\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-12-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/mayakovskoe-delo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recn2UYT4MKL1SLv7"},{"persecution_id":"recmgCuDNPNOYN935","last_updated":"2023-11-20T11:02:35.000Z","person_id":"recW03peOp0mH77hq","name_en":"Nikolay Vorotnev","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-01-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Basketball player. Detained on 19 March 2022 on suspicion of vandalism. Vorotnev gave a confession. On 23 March, the court ordered to take him into custody. According to unconfirmed reports, he was later released, the measure of restraint is unknown. On 6 October he was sentenced to a year of restricted freedom.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":200,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of howitzer colouring"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Vorotnev's case of howitzer colouring","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with an unidentified person, he painted in the colours of the Ukrainian flag the shield covers of two howitzers from the Great Patriotic War, located near the artillery museum in Alexandrovsky Park; he posted a photo of the painted howitzer on his Instagram page, with the caption \"the gun has been looking west for too long\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 19.03.2022 to 23.03.2022\n• in custody: from 23.03.2022 to 06.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.10.2022, Sentence: 1 year imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-05T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 22-03-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d45976/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d45976/?sphrase_id=1617484\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recmgCuDNPNOYN935"},{"persecution_id":"recAl7VCgdk4p6mK3","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rec9AlhAbCl3fZ2rJ","name_en":"Stanislav Kalinichenko","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 11 July 2013, he was interrogated as a witness in a criminal case initiated in connection with retweeting a message containing a photo of an opposition leaflet with the headline \"Stop going to rallies and start acting!\"; his home was searched, during which hard drives of a personal computer were seized; on 6 November, he was detained on the street and taken to a senior investigator of the investigation department of the regional department of the FSB, the same day he was charged with calls for extremist activity and personal recognizance not to leave was chosen as the measure of restriction. On 12 March, he was not allowed to speak in court either in the debate or with the last word. On 7 May Kalinichenko was granted amnesty.\n\nIn November 2022, Kalinichenko was reported to have been put on the wanted list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring. On 1 December, the court arrested him in absentia on the case of organising activities of an extremist community.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","239"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 3, Article 239"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"The case of an extremist community led by Navalny","case_number":"01-0333/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"he is involved in the creation of an extremist community","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 01.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-11-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/09/d46891\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 02-12-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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The defendant pleaded guilty and compensated the victim for the damage.\n\nOn 10 February 2018, Askhabali (Askhab) Alibekov created a channel on YouTube and on 11 February 2018 posted a video in which he criticised the Russian President, accused him of concealing data on the number of Russians killed in the conflict in Ukraine and called for a boycott of the elections. The video gained more than 700,000 views.\n\nOn 27 February 2018, the petty officer returned from leave to the military unit and learned that he was dismissed from the Navy. On the same day, he posted two videos in which he cited a video of a speech criticising Vladimir Putin as the reason for his dismissal.\n\nBetween 1 and 11 March, the blogger posted four more videos on YouTube accusing the Russian president and calling on him to leave his post. He also mentioned threats against himself and his relatives. By that time, the videos had been viewed by about two million people on his Internet channel alone.\n\nOn 14 March 2018, Alibekov was detained. The judge of the Primorsky district court of Novorossiysk Nikolay Semenov decided to bring him to responsibility under part 2 of article 20.1 of the Administrative Code and imposed a punishment of 10 days of arrest. \"At 9 o'clock. 00 min. during the operation \"Anaconda\" drew attention to gr. Alibekov A. A., who loudly expressed profanity, did not respond to comments, to the demands of a police officer to stop his unlawful actions refused, provoking a conflict ... Alibekov A. A. ... did not admit guilt, explaining that he was returning home, he was attacked by people in civilian clothes, so he resisted, when he saw police officers in uniform, he stopped resisting and went with them,\" the court ruling says.\n\nOn 24 March 2018, Askhab Alibekov was allegedly detained again. The judge of the same court Mikhail Savin decided to bring him to responsibility under part 2 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation and imposed a penalty in the form of a fine of one thousand rubles. From the court ruling: \"According to the report on administrative offence of 24.03.2018 A. A. Alibekov on 24 March 2018 at 13 hours 30 minutes, being in a public place in the area of the house number 56 on Kozlov Street, Novorossiysk, behaved aggressively, rudely expressed profanity, did not respond to the comments of police officers to stop unlawful actions, which rendered disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers. A.A. Alibekov explained at the court hearing that he had not committed any offence, he was serving a sentence of 10 days' arrest, three hours before the expiry of his sentence he was kidnapped by police officers, handcuffed, placed in a specialised vehicle and brought back to court\".\n\nOn 6 April 2018, Alibekov was summoned to the local department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), where he was asked to sign a covenant not to leave, as he had been convicted of two administrative offences during his probation period under the criminal sentence.\n\nThe video blogger then released several videos dedicated to the all-Russian opposition rally \"He is not our Tsar!\" scheduled for 5 May 2018.\n\nOn 4 May 2018, Askhabali Alibekov was detained when he was travelling by bus to Krasnodar airport and a report was drawn up under part 2 of article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (\"Violation of the procedure for organising a public event\"). The Department for the Enforcement of Administrative Legislation of the Krasnodar Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs saw in his videos calls for \"unauthorised rallies and protests\". On the same day, the Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar found him guilty and sent him under arrest for nine days.\n\nOn 30 June 2018, Alibekov was again detained by police. On 1 July 2018, the judge of the Primorsky District Court of Novorossiysk, Natalia Musienko, decided to hold him liable under part 2 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation and impose a penalty of a fine of one thousand rubles. \"On 30 June 2018 at 10 h. 00 м. Alibekov A. A., being in a public place, in the premises of the police department of the Primorsky district of the UMVD of the Russian Federation for the city of Novorossiysk, expressed himself with coarse profanity, waved his hands, while not responding to repeated demands of police officers to stop illegal actions, thus violating public order. At the court hearing A.A. Alibekov did not admit guilt in committing an administrative offence, explained that the protocol on administrative offence drawn up in respect of him is a provocation\", - reads the court ruling.\n\nOn 11 July 2018, Judge Savin satisfied the submission of the Criminal Executive Inspectorate of the Criminal Executive Inspectorate of the UFSIN in Krasnodar Krai to replace Alibekov's suspended sentence with three years of imprisonment. The court justified its decision by the fact that Alibekov during the probation period \"during the year systematically violated public order, as he was brought to administrative responsibility three times, which is confirmed by the court acts that came into force, was repeatedly warned about the cancellation of probation, but did not make proper conclusions for himself\".\n\nIn the colony, a criminal case was opened against Alibekov for disorganising the activities of the correctional facility and insulting a representative of the authorities. On 9 September 2020, he was sentenced to two years and two months in a strict regime colony. On 24 November, the appeal court cancelled the part of the sentence relating to the article on insulting a representative of the authorities and decided to sentence Alibekov to a year and two months in a strict regime colony.\n\nHe was released in March 2022.\n\nOn 9 September 2022, Alibekov was detained as part of a case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The case was initiated because of the video clips. At first it was reported that he was taken a signature not to leave, later it was reported that the court chose to ban him from certain actions. On 29 September it became known that Alibekov was taken into custody after he refused to wear an electronic bracelet to track his movements. Alibekov pleaded guilty and asked for a special trial, but the court refused.\n\nIn July, the blogger was fined 50,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a video from a solitary picket in the town square. \"Kavkaz.Realii\" wrote that Alibekov was fined under this article twice, the IC also indicated in the release that he was brought to administrative responsibility in March.\n\nOn 23 March 2023, Alibekov was sentenced to a year and two months in a strict regime colony. In late April, Alibekov told his wife that he had been beaten by SIZO staff. On 10 November 2023, he was released. On 2 April 2024, the court of cassation instance cancelled the verdict and sent the case for a new consideration. On 23 January 2025, the court of first instance dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nOn the night of 20 February 2024, Alibekov was taken off a train in Kazan, where he was travelling to become an election observer. According to him, he was beaten and injected with something similar to a syringe in his back, after which he became dizzy. Alibekov was charged with disobedience to the lawful demand of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and arrested for 15 days. On 1 March it became known that Alibekov was prosecuted for use of violence against a representative of authority (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). On 9 October 2024, he was sentenced to two years and four months in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 29 November 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by four months.\n\nOn 17 February 2026, the court placed Alibekov under administrative supervision for two and a half years. On 4 March, he was released from the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Novorossiysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2023-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":195,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Wild Paratrooper's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-301/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of a video that contained \"a set of psychological and linguistic signs of convincing the addressee in the negative nature of the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, i.e. in discrediting it, as well as a set of psychological and linguistic signs of incitement (including in the form of an appeal) to oppose the functioning of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, acting to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, maintaining international peace and security.\"\nThe indictment mentions the video \"Putin must resign\", published on 16 March, in which Alibekov allegedly \"publicly called for obstructing the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation outside the territory of the Russian Federation\", as the material that gave grounds for prosecution under Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 06.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: from 09.09.2022 to 29.09.2022\n• in custody: from 29.09.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: from 15.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["п. Apsheronsk | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.04.2023 to 10.11.2023, п. Apsheronsk | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Krasnodar krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.03.2023, Sentence: 1 year 2 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 23.01.2025, Sentence: Criminal case was terminated due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for prosecution.\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Criminal case was terminated due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for prosecution.\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-23T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-23T12:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-09-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/alibekov-ashabali-amirovich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-01-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/01/d47520/?sphrase_id=12566\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 08-09-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recu75t1OFhwa0chA"},{"persecution_id":"recSB6cjGGl3jrxnS","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"rec0txNnqvikZMDnA","name_en":"Olga Nazarenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attsN49nzHkSObJGZ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attsN49nzHkSObJGZ.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ivanovo, a pharmacologist, and a participant in protest actions.\nOn 20 September 2022, Nazarenko was searched at her workplace as part of a criminal case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces; then searched at her home. The criminal case was initiated over leaflets that referred to war crimes in Bucha, Irpen, and other Ukrainian cities. According to the investigation, Nazarenko put up the leaflets on 6 September. At that time, the police detained her but later released her without an administrative protocol. However, they added that Nazarenko was under investigation for distributing anti-war leaflets, as well as for the Ukrainian flag displayed on her balcony. In addition, the investigator seized the activist's laptop during her detention. Earlier, in May, Nazarenko was fined 40,000 rubles under an administrative offence for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces due to a solitary picket holding a poster with a quote from Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko.\n\nOn 18 October, it became known that a case of repeated violation of the order of holding public events was brought against Nazarenko. The case was prompted by a solitary picket she held on 10 September in support of those persecuted for their anti-war stance - Aleksandra Skochilenko, Olga Smirnova, Mariia Ponomarenko, Victoriia Petrova, and Ilya Yashin. At the time of the picket, Nazarenko already had three final court rulings under the article concerning violations of public event regulations, which under the law can lead to a case under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code: all because of solitary pickets held in February. Two of these protests were against the war; another, the very first one, held on 13 February, was dedicated to Nikita Uvarov, convicted in the \"Kansk teenagers\" case. Nazarenko was given a recognisance not to leave the country. Later, Nazarenko was suspended from teaching at the Ivanovo State Medical Academy.\n\nOn 22 August 2023, Nazarenko was detained after a session and taken to the police station, where a protocol was drawn up on repeated violation of the order of holding public events (Part 8, Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences) due to a freedom of speech rally held by Ivanovo activists in the local Speaker's Corner. Nazarenko was released from the court, and the protocol was returned to the police.\n\nIn addition, in March, Nazarenko was investigated for a possible offence under Article 319 of the Criminal Code - insulting a representative of the authorities, but no case was initiated.\n\nOlga Nazarenko died in October 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ivanovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2023-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":449,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["solo picket","leaflets"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 10.09.2022","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212.1","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 212.1","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and repeated violation of the established procedure for conducting a public event in Ivanovo","case_number":"1-239/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for criminal prosecution under Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code were anti-war leaflets, which spoke about war crimes in Bucha, Irpin and other Ukrainian cities. According to the investigators' theory, the activist posted them on 6 September.\n\nEarlier, in May, Nazarenko was fined 40,000 under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of a solitary picket with a poster with a quote from Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko.\n\nThe reason for the case under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code was a solitary picket, which Nazarenko held on 10 September in support of those persecuted because of their anti-war stance - Aleksandra Skochilenko, Olga Smirnova, Maria Ponomarenko, Victoriia Petrova and Ilya Yashin. At the time of the picket, Nazarenko already had three court judgements in force under the article on violation of the established procedure for conducting a public event (article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences), which are required by law to initiate proceedings under article 212.1 of the Criminal Code: all because of the solitary pickets held in February. Two of them were directed against the war, another, the very first one, which took place on 13 February, was dedicated to Nikita Uvarov, convicted in the case of \"Kansk teenagers\".","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 29.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-13T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-10-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 19-09-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-09-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/09/d46957/?sphrase_id=12565\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recSB6cjGGl3jrxnS"},{"persecution_id":"recH5b0ASF0Z0P9s6","last_updated":"2025-02-25T06:36:36.000Z","person_id":"reczUPyE4hcP8LGiH","name_en":"Vladimir Rumyantsev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attHymVUu3juP5E3y.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attHymVUu3juP5E3y.jpg"],"birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The stoker. Made his own radio station and went on air. Detained on 14 July 2022 and taken into custody the next day on the case of dissemination of knowingly fake information about Russian Armed Forces. In September, the case was sent for additional investigation. In October, the case was sent back to court. On 22 December he was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.\nOn 21 February 2025 Rumyantsev was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vologda"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2025-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":163,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Rumyantsev's case of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Vologda","case_number":"1-1375/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published posts about civilians killed in Ukraine and also spoke about the war through his own radio station.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.07.2022 to 12.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.07.2022 to 15.07.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.05.2023 to 21.02.2025, FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.12.2022, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment with serving of sentence in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment with serving of sentence in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-22T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-22T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-08-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/rumyanczev-vladimir-aleksandrovich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 14-07-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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The reason for the prosecution was the fact that, according to the investigation, he pasted a photo of his relative, a member of the National Guard who took part in military operations, with a signature accusing him of killing children, at the gate of his house. According to the project \"Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial\", Tarapon's wife was threatened with physical violence.\nOn 21 October 2022, Tarapon was sentenced to two and a half years in a strict regime colony. According to lawyer Rifat Yakhin, the severity of the punishment is explained by the fact that Tarapon was previously convicted in a case of illegal sale of drugs.\nOn 18 April 2025, Tarapon was released from prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Alushta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2025-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":205,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Tarapon's case of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-176/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he downloaded from the Internet a photograph of his relative, Yuri Orlenko, the National Guard soldier who had participated in military operations in Ukraine. He added the caption \"A war criminal, children killer, Orlenko Y. lives here,\" printed it as leaflets, and posted them on Orlenko's house and nearby poles.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.10.2022 to 17.01.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.12.2022 to 22.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Astrakhan Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2023 to 18.04.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.10.2022, Sentence: 2 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-21T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-21T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 20-10-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 29-12-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/tarapon-aleksandr/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. 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Then Mumrikov was taken for interrogation in the criminal case, after which he was taken into custody, he was charged with hooliganism in connection with the action planned to be held on 9 May by Daniil Tkachenko. According to the investigation, Mumrikov was assigned the role of a photographer. Tkachenko claims that no one but himself knew about the action. On 8 August, Mumrikov was transferred to house arrest. On 4 April 2023, he was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labour. On 11 September 2023, Mumrikov was released on parole","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2023-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":328,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code, Article 33 Part 5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of the failed action with smoke bombs on 9 May"],"case_name_en":"Grigory Mumrikov's case on a failed shareholding","case_number":"01-0117/2023 (01-0649/2022)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in accordance with the assigned roles, he was supposed to photograph the action with blue and yellow smoke bombs planned near Red Square on Victory Day.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released on probation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 08.08.2022 to 05.04.2023\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.05.2022 to 31.05.2022\n• in custody: from 31.05.2022 to 08.08.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 12.05.2022 to 21.05.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.04.2023, Sentence: 1 year 6 months of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-04T14:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-04T14:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 26-07-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-09-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-podgotovke-antivoennoj-akczii-na-parade-9-maya-2022-goda/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recCbTVwtV8bYrie7"},{"persecution_id":"rece7Ssqvt7ASDBLg","last_updated":"2024-07-25T09:26:56.000Z","person_id":"recSKmKFXfqdfnUJ9","name_en":"Anastasia Levashova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attvVt1g1pLgYtayo.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attvVt1g1pLgYtayo.jpg"],"birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She studied to be a teacher. She was a volunteer at the centre for Mirgants and refugees \"The Same Children\".\nOn 24 February 2022 she was detained due to connection with an anti-war action. The next day, the court sent Levashova to custody on charges of using violence against representatives of the authorities. Levashova became the first known defendant in the first known criminal case related to anti-war protests. The Investigative Committee published a video in which the girl apologised. On 28 March, she was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. On 7 December, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months. Levashova was released in August 2023.\n\n\n","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":31,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 24.02.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of 24 February in Moscow","case_number":"01-0281/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she threw a Molotov cocktail in the direction of police officers at the action on 24 February 2022.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.02.2022 to 16.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.03.2023 to 05.08.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.03.2022, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":22,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2022-03-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-03-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 04-03-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rece7Ssqvt7ASDBLg"},{"persecution_id":"recCb7o4kvnchHEQt","last_updated":"2026-02-12T16:48:44.000Z","person_id":"recBVBogmhUaAxjGu","name_en":"Dmitrii Talantov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwsCuAMqumiqMmc.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwsCuAMqumiqMmc.jpg"],"birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lawyer, President of the Udmurtia Bar Association. One of the lawyers of journalist Ivan Safronov, accused under the article on state treason.\n\nDetained on 28 June 2022 in Izhevsk on suspicion of spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army on the grounds of hatred or hostility and taken to Moscow. The next day, the court decided to take him into custody. Later, a case was also filed against him for incitement to hatred against social groups \"representatives of the authorities, governing bodies in the Russian Federation\" and \"supporters of the Russian president from among lawyers who support the special military operation.\" In July, defence lawyer Daniil Berman said that there was no room for Talantov in the pre-trial detention facility. In December, the case was transferred to the Zavyalovsky District Court of Udmurtia.\n\nTalantov suffers from hypertension, and his blood pressure was recorded at 220/120 when he arrived at the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nOn 28 November 2024, the lawyer was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 31 October 2025, the court of appeal reduced the term by two months. In December it became known that Talantov was deprived of his lawyer status.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Zavyalovo","Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia","Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":884,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":126,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Talantov's case on  spreading deliberately false information about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine","case_number":"1-79/2023 (1-398/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The basis for initiating the criminal case was a post on Facebook: Talantov described the actions of the Russian army in Mariupol, Irpin, and Bucha as Nazi practices. Subsequently, the case was expanded to include two additional counts under the article on disseminating \"false information\" about the army, and two counts of inciting hatred related to posts on Facebook.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 26.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 28.06.2022 to 29.06.2022\n• in custody: from 29.06.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 26.07.2024\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• : , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n• temporary hospitalisation:  to 10.04.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Udmurtia\"\n• : \n• in custody:  to 31.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.11.2024, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":82,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-28T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-28T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-07-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Talantov-Dmitrij-Nikolaevich-07-14\n• Amnesty International:\n Date: 04-07-2022\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://eurasia.amnesty.org/2022/07/05/zayavlenie-amnesty-international-po-povodu-ugolovnogo-presledovaniya-rossijskogo-uznika-sovesti-dmitriya-talantova/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-10-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/10/d47081/?sphrase_id=12562\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 27-06-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On 17 March, he was placed under house arrest and the charge was reclassified to use of violence not dangerous to life and health.\n\nOn 10 August he was given a suspended sentence of\na year and a half in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":176,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"Ramazan Dugiev's case on protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during a rally on 27 March 2019 in Magas, unwilling to comply with the lawful demands of the representatives of the authorities in the performance of their official duties, used violence not dangerous to health against them.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 17.03.2022 to 10.08.2022\n• in custody: from 16.02.2022 to 17.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.02.2022 to 16.02.2022, Temporary detention centre (IVS UMVD) for Nalchik\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.08.2022, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' suspended deprivation of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' suspended deprivation of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-10T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-10T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6XS8VRgRncEUK1"},{"persecution_id":"recmNhweyMy5jORVY","last_updated":"2025-08-17T14:06:31.000Z","person_id":"reccrVaAQZLpRw2WD","name_en":"Alexey Moskalev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attXBVbx41U0MhNzW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attXBVbx41U0MhNzW.jpg"],"birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Tula region. Raised ornamental birds and kept a small household. Raised a teenage daughter alone. In the past, he had been convicted of theft, illegal imprisonment and ammunition possession.\n\nAfter Moskalev's daughter drew a picture with Russian and Ukrainian flags and the inscriptions \"No to war\" and \"Glory to Ukraine\" during an art class, she and her father were taken to the police. Moskalev was found in \"Odnoklassniki\" a comment with the words \"Russian army. Rapists near us\" and drew up a protocol under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 25 April 2022, the court fined Moskalev 32 thousand rubles. Then, Moskalev and his daughter were interviewed by FSB officers at the school. After that, Moskalev took the girl out of school. On New Year's Eve, their house was searched and all of Moskalev's savings were taken away. He was taken for questioning to the FSB, and his daughter was taken to a \"social institution\". Moskalev said that during the interrogation he was beaten \"with his head against the wall and the floor\", locked in his office for two and a half hours and the Russian national anthem was played at full volume, which made his heart go bad. In the evening they were both released, and Moskalev and his daughter left Efremov. The reason for the initiation of criminal proceedings were publications in \"Odnoklassniki\", including publications about the murders of residents of Bucha and Ukrainian prisoners of war in Yelenovka. He himself denies having published these posts. According to Moskalev, his page was hacked several times. The director of the school where Moskalyov's daughter studied claims that no one called the police because of the drawing.\n\nOn March 1, 2023, Moskalev was detained in another city, where he moved with his daughter; the daughter was taken to a rehabilitation centre in Efremov. The next day Moskalev was sent under house arrest. They refused to give him his daughter. On 28 March Moskalev was sentenced to two years in a penal colony, the court ordered to hand over his daughter to the guardianship authorities. He was not present at the announcement of the verdict - according to the court spokesman, he ran away the night before the verdict. On the night of 30 March it was reported that Moskalev was detained in Minsk.\n\nOn 5 April, Moskalev's daughter was handed over to her mother, who refused to take the girl before the sentencing of her ex-husband. On 7 April it was officially reported that Moskalev was in the pre-trial detention centre in the Belarusian town of Zhodzina, about 60 kilometres from Minsk. On 12 April it became known that Moskalev was extradited to Russia. The court dismissed the case on restriction of parental rights of Moskalev and his ex-wife. The prosecutor appealed against the verdict, demanding to deprive Moskalev of the right to administer Internet resources for three years, as he had committed an offence in the armed conflict. In the meantime, it turned out that there was a new lawyer in the case, who was working under an agreement with a certain person, whom he refused to name. In his appeal against the verdict, this lawyer agreed with the court that Moskalev was guilty, but demanded to change the punishment to a non-custodial measure. On 3 May it turned out that Moskalev was in the pre-trial detention centre in Smolensk. He told the lawyer from IAB-Info that he had been severely beaten when detained in Belarus. According to him, it happened in the town of Smolevichi, about 40 kilometres from Minsk. He was kept in a temporary detention centre for two or three days, then about a week in the prison in Zhodzina, after which people in civilian clothes took him to Russia in a car without departmental markings. He spent two days in the Smolensk temporary detention centre, after which he was placed in the remand centre. Later, Moskalev was transferred to a pre-trial detention centre in Tula. After the support group published an appeal to write letters to Moskalev, the administration of the pre-trial detention centre suspended the processing of correspondence.  On 14 June it became known that Moskalev's new lawyer withdrew his appeal. On 3 July, the court of appeal toughened Moskaliev's punishment by banning him from administering Internet resources for two years.\n\nIn the colony Moskalev was placed in the isolation cell five times in a row. The first time he was placed in the isolation cell for six days on 4 August - then the reason was that he allegedly did not get up immediately after rising. Then, on 10 August, the convict was sent to the isolation cell for 13 days because he had introduced himself inappropriately. The third time he was sent to the isolation cell for 15 days because he did not keep his hands behind his back when leaving the cell: the officer asked him to take out the leftovers. Moskalev could not remember the reason for the fourth punishment. The fifth time he was left in the detention centre because he leaned on his arm while sitting at the table - he was charged with \"arranging a sleeping place at the table\".\n\nOn 6 December 2023, the cassation court quashed the verdict and sent the case back to the appeal court: the ruling said that the trial and appeal courts had failed to pay attention to the fact that the experts who conducted the psychological and linguistic examination did not have the necessary education and qualifications. On 19 February 2024, the appeal court reduced the term to one year and ten months.\n\nOn 15 October 2024, Moskalev was released. He said that shortly before his release, FSB officers questioned people from his unit in the colony: they were interested in what Moskalev communicated with other prisoners.\n\nAccording to Moskalev, immediately after his release, the police came to his house while he was away, and also asked acquaintances about him. Five days after his release, Moskalev and his daughter left Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Yefremov"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Moskalev's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-63/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for launching a criminal case were publications in \"Odnoklassniki\" social media, including those about the killings of residents of Bucha and Ukrainian prisoners of war in Yelenivka. Moskalyov himself denied publishing these posts. According to Moskalev, his page was hacked several times.\nBefore that, Moskalev's a comment with the words \"Russian army. Rapists are near us\" was found in \"Odnoklassniki\" and a report was drawn under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On April 25th, the court fined Moskalev with 32 thousand rubles.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 02.03.2023 to 27.04.2023\n• in custody: from 01.04.2023 to 01.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Smolensk Region\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.03.2023 to 02.03.2023\n• in custody: from 01.05.2023 to 03.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tula Region\n• in custody: from 06.12.2023 to 19.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tula Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tula Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 06.12.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment cell: from 04.08.2023 to 10.08.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment cell: from 10.08.2023 to 23.08.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment cell: from 23.08.2023 to 07.09.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment cell: from 07.09.2023 to 22.09.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment cell: from 22.09.2023 to 05.10.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.02.2024 to 02.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tula Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.03.2024 to 15.10.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• Unknown: from 15.10.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.03.2023, Sentence: 2 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":22,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-28T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-28T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 02-04-2023\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/01/d47499/?sphrase_id=13988\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-03-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/moskalyov-aleksej-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recmNhweyMy5jORVY"},{"persecution_id":"recYd6dsraSssVjnW","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"receYjFTkp4PtGP0Z","name_en":"Dmitry Kozyrev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLfGDXnxzIRuIZc.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLfGDXnxzIRuIZc.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 20 March 2022. A case of politically motivated vandalism has been opened. Police reported that Kozyrev pleaded guilty. He was placed under house arrest. On 28 September he was sentenced to two years of restricted freedom.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tula"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":192,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case against Dmitry Kozyrev about the inscription on the Spasskaya Tower of the Tula Kremlin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he wrote 'War is a requiem for common sense' on the Spasskaya Tower of the Tula Kremlin.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 17.03.2022 to 28.09.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.09.2022, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-28T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-28T10:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-09-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/10/d47121/?sphrase_id=6063\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 19-03-2022\n Source: https://data.ovdinfo.org/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recYd6dsraSssVjnW"},{"persecution_id":"recuk907xIJJois35","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recfkfo3UGPK62RMf","name_en":"Danila Tkachenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attuvn09YQujrHTMY.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attuvn09YQujrHTMY.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"World Press Photo laureate, author of a scandalous project in which he set fire to abandoned village houses and took photographs. He left Russia before the day of the planned protest action. Tkachenko was going to remotely set off blue and yellow smoke bombs built into air conditioners outside the windows of an apartment near the Kremlin, but law enforcement officers broke into the apartment. Special services officers later told Tkachenko that they began following him immediately after he bought the remote-controlled GSM sockets. Tkachenko's relatives were searched and threatened that they would also be suspects in the case.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of the failed action with smoke bombs on 9 May"],"case_name_en":"The case of the failed protest with smoke bombs on May 9","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he organised an action with blue and yellow smoke bombs, planning it near Red Square during the Victory Day celebrations.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 26.07.2022 to 26.07.2022\n• arrest in absentia: from 27.07.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-09-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-podgotovke-antivoennoj-akczii-na-parade-9-maya-2022-goda/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 26-07-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recuk907xIJJois35"},{"persecution_id":"reck11EjwY0Sw1zjn","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"recDkpXfRPNCCjPka","name_en":"Artem Kamardin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxhLjsgZcjZpoLp.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxhLjsgZcjZpoLp.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 26 September 2022, the day after the \"Mayakovsky Readings\" on Triumfalnaya Square, special forces came to the flat where Kamardin and two other people were staying. The flat was searched, and all three were subjected to violence. According to Novaya Gazeta, Kamardin was beaten and raped by shoving a dumbbell up his anus. He was then forced to apologise on camera for a couplet he had recited on Triumfalnaya Square, 'Glory to Kievan Rus – Novorossiya, suck it'. After that, all three were taken to the investigation department of the Tverskoy district of Moscow, and the detainees, along with Kamardin, were released late in the evening. Kamardin was taken away by ambulance, but he was not admitted to the hospital and was taken to a temporary detention centre. On 28 September, the court sent him to custody. At first, Kamardin was charged with incitement to hatred with the threat of violence (paragraph 'a' of part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code), but then the charge was reclassified to incitement to hatred by an organised group (paragraph 'c' of part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code) and a charge of calls for activities against the security of the state, committed by an organised group (part 3 of article 280.4 of the Criminal Code) was added.\nOn 28 December 2023, Kamardin was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.\nIn the pre-trial detention centre, Kamardin was put on the preventive register 'as a person prone to committing terrorist and extremist offences'.\n\nIn March 2024, Kamardin was placed into an overcrowded cell in Butyrka prison – 26 arrestees for 22 beds. He is the only non-smoker in the cell, and his eyes hurt from the poor lighting.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":458,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action","professional activity"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions and against mobilisation 25.09.2022","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 3, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The Mayakovsky case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artem Kamardin and Egor Shtovba","case_number":"01-0411/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the poems read at the 'Mayakovsky readings' on 25 September. According to the ruling, a case of incitement to hatred towards 'members of volunteer armed formations of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics' was opened. At first, Kamardin was charged with incitement to hatred with the threat of violence (point 'a' of part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code), but then the charge was reclassified to incitement to hatred by an organised group (point 'c' of part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code) and also added a charge of calls for activities against the security of the state, committed by an organised group (part 3 of article 280.4 of the Criminal Code). As such, the investigation considered the calls not to take military draft orders, not to sign their receipt, not to appear in military enlistment offices, and to memorise the above. Meanwhile, Kamardin's lawyer Leonid Soloviev points out that, as it follows from the case materials, these phrases were uttered by another person, who is not under investigation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.09.2022 to 28.09.2022\n• in custody: from 18.10.2022 to 19.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 28.09.2022 to 18.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• : from 19.01.2024\n• : from 09.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• in custody: from 07.02.2024 to 01.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai\n• in custody: from 06.02.2024 to 07.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• :  to 01.03.2024\n• : from 01.03.2024 to 22.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• in custody: from 22.03.2024 to 03.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 25.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• Unknown: from 25.11.2024 to 02.12.2024\n• Unknown: from 02.12.2024 to 03.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.12.2024 to 24.03.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.03.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2023, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-28T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-28T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47831/?sphrase_id=12563\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-12-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/mayakovskoe-delo/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 25-09-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"reck11EjwY0Sw1zjn"},{"persecution_id":"rec54g7X1iWgQmMKE","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:58:58.000Z","person_id":"recFyoeWCzAC2WGd1","name_en":"Alexei Onoshkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxFREglIGK5wkBN.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxFREglIGK5wkBN.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Blogger, traveller, political activist and priest of the \"Temple of the Flying Spaghetti Monster\".\nOn 28 April 2022, Onoshkin was detained and then forcibly placed in a psychiatric hospital. The reason for this was a statement by a certain citizen about the activist's suicidal tendencies because of a video in which he says that the Russian authorities are driving him to suicide. On 21 July Onoshkin was released from the hospital. On 12 August it was reported that Onoshkin had been prosecuted for \"fakes\", but he did not confirm it. On 16 August Onoshkin was searched and detained as a suspect. The next day the court sent him to custody. The reason was Onoshkin's post in VKontakte about the shelling of the drama theatre in Mariupol. On 3 October, the court transferred Onoshkin to a psychiatric hospital until the end of the investigation due to his mental disorder. In November, it was reported that Onoshkin was also charged with public justification of terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). The reason for the case was several comments published between March 2020 and July 2021. They mentioned the leaders of the armed struggle for the separation of Chechnya from Russia and, among other things, wrote: \"It is bad to kill in general, but it is even more abominable to differentiate murderers into our own and strangers\". The cases were merged and sent to trial. On 9 March 2023, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office because of various irregularities. Onoshkin's stay in the hospital ended on 28 March, but the chief of medicine said he would not release the defendant without the prosecutor's instruction, as he was charged with \"bad articles\". Onoshkin's term was later extended. In September 2023, the case went back to court. On 6 October, the decision to extend Onoshkin's detention in the hospital was cancelled, but he was not released from the hospital.\nInitially, the case was initiated by the distribution of \"fakes\" on the grounds of political hatred (point \"e\" part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), but the court reclassified the charge to the milder first part of this article. On 11 October 2023, the court sent Onoshkin to compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":531,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment","publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Onoshkin's case of \"fakes\" about the activities of the RF Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-228/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating a case of \"fakes\" was a post on VKontakte about the shelling of the Drama Theatre in Mariupol.\nThe case of public justification of terrorism was initiated by several comments published between March 2020 and July 2021, in which the leaders of the armed struggle for the separation of Chechnya from Russia were mentioned:\n\n\"Can someone explain to me the difference between the act of Captain Nikolai Gastello and the act of Khava Barayeva?\"\n\"Our governor is Boris. Our hero is Irina. It's just like with Chechnya: your president is Dzhokhar, your hero is Khava.\"\n\"It was he who travelled to Chechnya when Putin's avenue was still properly called Victory Avenue, and when its president was its true president, Dzhokhar Dudayev\".\n","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• : from 03.10.2022 to 14.12.2023, Psychiatric Hospital No. 1 of Nizhny Novgorod\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.08.2022 to 17.08.2022\n• in custody: from 17.08.2022 to 03.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 14.12.2023, Psychiatric Hospital No. 1 of Nizhny Novgorod\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.10.2023, Sentence: involuntary hospitalisation in a special type of hospital","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"involuntary hospitalisation in a special type of hospital","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-11T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-11T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 11-08-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-02-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/onoshkin-aleksej-vladimirovich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec54g7X1iWgQmMKE"},{"persecution_id":"recwI8m7XcYpcVbHP","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rec2tixhYrNj55VkA","name_en":"Alexander Martynov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att6LzyNpH1doFJso.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att6LzyNpH1doFJso.jpg"],"birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Driver of \"Yandex. Taxi\". \nDetained and taken into custody in April 2022. Initially reported only for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces, later it became known that he was also charged with vandalism. Pleaded guilty. On 17 March 2023, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a penal colony.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Konakovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":338,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of residents of the Novozavidovskii settlement about \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine","case_number":"1-33/2023 (1-321/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with Lyudmila Razumova, he \"posted on his page in one of the social networks in open access for other users videos which constitute knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the destruction of cities and civilians in Ukraine\", obtained from unofficial Russian sources. Additionally, using paint and stencils he \"desecrated buildings and other structures\" and \"defaced property\" in the villages of Mokshino, Varaksino and Teshilovo, as well as in the settlement of Mirny and Novozavidovskoye - in particular, he wrote \"Ukraine, forgive us\" on the back wall of the store \"Konfetka\".","persecution_location_en":"In strict condition custody unit (SUS)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In strict conditions of detention","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.04.2022 to 01.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• punishment cell: from 30.09.2025 to 01.10.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.10.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• punishment cell: from 16.09.2025 to 23.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• punishment cell: from 23.09.2025 to 30.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• punishment cell: from 06.11.2025 to 01.11.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.12.2025 to 22.02.2028, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.11.2025 to 01.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.03.2023, Sentence: 6 years and 6 months imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years and 6 months imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-17T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-17T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 29-01-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-aleksandra-martynova-i-lyudmily-razumovoj/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 01-09-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recwI8m7XcYpcVbHP"},{"persecution_id":"recyu0H7heTQjuOTM","last_updated":"2025-12-19T13:02:02.000Z","person_id":"reckYoXQIug7YHWQ7","name_en":"Alexei Gorinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUaA3DFEWTSzZZJ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUaA3DFEWTSzZZJ.jpg"],"birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Deputy of the Krasnoselsky Municipal District in Moscow.\n\nHe was detained on 26 April 2022 after a search. The following day, the court ordered his placement in custody under a criminal case on the dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces, following his statement at a meeting of the municipal council that it was inappropriate to hold a children’s drawing competition while children were dying in the war. On 5 May, the court limited Gorinov’s period for familiarisation with the case materials to 6 May, although he had only begun to review the case on 4 May, and spent more than half of 5 May in court. The Moscow Helsinki Group reported that he was held in torturous conditions in the pre-trial detention centre: the cell in which he was placed held seven people, although it was designed for four, and during his detention he had to sleep on a concrete floor.\n\nOn 8 July, Gorinov was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.\n\nIn September, it became known that the hearing of the appeal against the verdict would be held behind closed doors. Later, the presiding judge stated that such a decision was made for security reasons, as threats had previously been received against the judge of the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow who had delivered the original verdict.\n\nOn 19 September, the appellate court reduced Gorinov’s sentence by one month.\n\nIn December, it became known that Gorinov was not receiving medical assistance in the colony. After the situation became public, he was transferred to the hospital at a neighbouring penal colony.\n\nOn 29 June 2023, Gorinov wrote in a letter that he was being woken every two hours during the night — this was how the administration checked whether he had escaped.\n\nIn October 2023, Gorinov was placed in a pre-trial detention centre after it became known that a new criminal case had been initiated against him for publicly justifying terrorism, based on a conversation with other prisoners in the hospital. In the detention centre, he was regularly subjected to searches, and his letters were not delivered to him.\n\nLater, he was returned to the penal colony. He reported that he was being forced to clear snow despite having a high temperature. In December 2023, a lawyer who visited Gorinov in the colony stated that he was in very poor condition, had almost no strength to sit or speak, was suffering from bronchitis in an active stage, had a fever and constant chills, and was experiencing difficulty breathing, while his medicines had been confiscated and not returned, and the doctor was merely taking his temperature and leaving.\n\nIn March 2024, in a letter from Gorinov, it became known that he was again being deprived of sleep in the colony, as he was classified as prone to escape. Subsequently, he was also registered as prone to suicide.\n\nOn 29 November 2024, in the case of public justification of terrorism, Gorinov was sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. The day before, he had been placed on record as prone to terrorist activity.\n\nIn December 2024, it became known that the heating in Gorinov’s cell had been turned off and he had not been provided with a blanket. Shortly after this information became public, the heating was turned back on.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":74,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of Moscow municipal deputies on fakes about the Russian Armed Forces"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Gorinov's case","case_number":"01-0719/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at a meeting of the Council of Deputies on March 15th 2022, he knowingly disseminated false information \"about the conduct of military aggressive actions by the Russian Federation on the territory of another sovereign state, calling them not a special military operation but a war\", about the invasion of the territory of Ukraine by the Russian army \"with the aim of seizing its territory, liquidating its independence, changing its political or social order\", about the daily deaths of children in the war in Ukraine, and about the fact that the actions of the Russian army on the territory of Ukraine, \"as an element of the government system are the actions of a fascist state\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.04.2022 to 21.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 21.11.2022 to 25.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.04.2022 to 27.04.2022, TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.10.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2022 to 16.12.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.10.2023 to 01.10.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2023 to 01.12.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.12.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.04.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.04.2024 to 01.04.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.07.2024 to 05.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.09.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• Unknown: , KTB-12 of the Altai Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• punishment cell: from 10.09.2025 to 24.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• cell-type room: from 24.09.2025 to 24.11.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.11.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.11.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.07.2022, Sentence: 7 years'  imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years'  imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":83,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-08T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-07-08T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 25-04-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-05-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Delo-municipalnyh-deputatov-Gorinova-i-Kotyonochkinoj-05-23\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recyu0H7heTQjuOTM"},{"persecution_id":"recrObIz3eNRHd2Hs","last_updated":"2025-11-22T15:42:21.000Z","person_id":"recprLbKBfIayTdCD","name_en":"David Eichendorff","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 7 May 2022, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and the rehabilitation of Nazism. Pleaded guilty. On 21 July he was sentenced to six months in a penal colony. He was released on 8 August. Later he said that during his arrest in May at his home the law enforcers beat him with feet, and after he started to call for help, they taped his mouth with duct tape. Then they blindfolded him and took him for interrogation, where they continued to hit, insult and threaten him.\n\nIn November, Eichendorf and his friend were searched in Kursk, for what reason - it is not known.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":75,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine and the rehabilitation of Nazism in Tyumen","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 11 April, \"under the guise of reliable reports, he posted publications in the form of statements containing deliberately false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\" on the Internet, as well as uploaded an image of Hitler to the website of the \"Immortal Regiment\", where photos of heroes of the Great Patriotic War are published on 9 May.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 07.05.2022 to 08.05.2022\n• in custody:  to 08.08.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.07.2022, Sentence: 6 months' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":6,"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-21T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-07-21T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-09-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/shherbakov-eduard-antonovich/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 23-05-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-07-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/07/d46701/?sphrase_id=1789\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","OVD-Info","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recrObIz3eNRHd2Hs"},{"persecution_id":"recDsQaTGr98rwGGK","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:24:35.000Z","person_id":"recOLjQpileRdnTut","name_en":"Ilya Yashin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att4kTcs4ySeVRfxC.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att4kTcs4ySeVRfxC.jpeg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ilya Yashin is an opposition politician, deputy of the Krasnoselsky municipal district of Moscow, and former head of this district.\n\nIn May 2022, several administrative protocols were drawn up against Yashin for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces in defending the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens. Under this article, he was fined a total of 90,000 roubles (≈US$1265 as of May 2022). \n\nOn 27 June 2022, Yashin was detained while walking in a park. The next day, he was arrested for 15 days under the administrative article on disobeying the lawful demands of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 12 July, as Yashin’s administrative arrest was coming to an end, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against him for knowingly spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 13 July, the court placed him in custody. On 22 July, the Ministry of Justice added Yashin to the register of so-called “foreign agents”. His bank accounts were frozen. On 9 December, he was sentenced to eight and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nOn 1 December 2023, shortly after arriving at the colony, Yashin was sent to a punishment cell (SHIZO) for refusing assignment to a construction brigade building barracks. After his term in the punishment cell ended, he was transferred to a barrack with strict detention conditions.\nOn 4 March 2024, it became known that Yashin had been registered as “prone to studying and spreading extremism”.\nOn 3 April 2024, he was again placed in a punishment cell for taking off the upper part of his prison uniform (jacket) at breakfast.\nOn 17 May 2024, he was again sent to a punishment cell for 15 days — three days before a scheduled visit with his parents.\nOn 1 June 2024, he was sent to a punishment cell for another 12 days, even before the previous term had ended. This time, the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) considered it a “violation” that, after leaving the shower room, Yashin removed his uniform for a few minutes to change his T-shirt.\n\nOn 1 August 2024, Yashin was released as part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and other states and taken to Germany.\nOn 25 December 2024, he was declared wanted in a criminal case for evading his duties as a “foreign agent”. On 17 January 2025, his parents’ home was searched.\nIn August 2025, State Duma deputy Vasily Piskaryov announced that a case had been opened against the organisers of the opposition march in Berlin on 1 March 2025 (including Kara-Murza) for participation in the activities of extremist and terrorist organisations, organising the activities of an extremist community, and making public calls for extremism. On 13 October 2025, Yashin was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of extremists and terrorists, without the marking used for those prosecuted under terrorist articles, which may indicate that participation in a terrorist organisation is not imputed to him. On 15 October, Yashin was arrested in absentia under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":134,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ilya Yashin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-1300/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was the broadcast on Yashin's YouTube channel, where he talked about the killing of civilians in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"At large as a result of an exchange","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.07.2022 to 12.09.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: from 01.08.2022 to 01.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 01.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• in custody: from 28.11.2022 to 20.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: from 27.07.2022 to 01.08.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 12.07.2022 to 27.07.2022\n• in custody: from 01.02.2023 to 19.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 28.06.2022 to 12.07.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.04.2023 to 01.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2023 to 01.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Smolensk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2023 to 01.12.2023, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n• punishment cell: from 01.12.2023 to 05.12.2023, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n• Unknown: from 01.12.2023 to 01.04.2024, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n• punishment cell: from 01.04.2024 to 01.04.2024, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n• Unknown: from 01.04.2024 to 17.05.2024, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n• punishment cell: from 17.05.2024 to 01.06.2024, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n• punishment cell: from 01.06.2024 to 13.06.2024, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n• Unknown: from 13.06.2024 to 18.06.2024, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n• cell-type room: from 18.06.2024 to 27.07.2024, Federal Penal Correctional Centre-3 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Smolensk Region\n• Unknown: from 27.07.2024 to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.12.2022, Sentence: 8 years` 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years` 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-08T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 11-07-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-07-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/yashin-ilya-valerevich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recDsQaTGr98rwGGK"},{"persecution_id":"recuaqDDjLBRNJ4cJ","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:07:53.000Z","person_id":"recWkdiq2E6gurLkQ","name_en":"Maria Rose","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Wife of Richard Rose, prosecuted for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and publicly justifying terrorism.\n\n14 April 2022 detained, later elected a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 5th October it became known that she was also accused of calls to extremism. On 12th October, the preventive measure was terminated. After Rose's case went to court, it became known that she left Russia. She was put on a wanted list. At the end of May 2023, she was detained in Armenia, but was soon released. On 30th August, the case was resumed in court.\n\nOn 29th January 2024, Rose was sentenced in absentia to five and a half years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":655,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":93,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","comment","publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of Richard and Maria Rose on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine"],"case_name_en":"The case of Maria Rose on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine","case_number":"1-59/2023 (1-625/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she published on her page in \"VKontakte\" a video with the title \"Named list of Russian soldiers: the perpetrators of genocide in Bucha are identified\", as well as a comment calling for extremism; in addition, on her page were found photos of murdered women in Gostomel, video \"Rashists will pay with their lives for hunting Ukrainians\" and other posts about the war.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 15.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.01.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer Internet resources for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer Internet resources for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-29T05:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-29T05:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-06-2022\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Delo-suprugov-Rouz-06-14\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 21-04-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recuaqDDjLBRNJ4cJ"},{"persecution_id":"recQs65qTGSWLX7JR","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"reccdKwD54AApkD8l","name_en":"Dmitrii Nizovtsev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attN4SW6ANA81ntKU.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attN4SW6ANA81ntKU.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former employee of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. Until 2017, he lived in Khabarovsk, worked as a correspondent in regional media and was an employee of Navalny's local Headquarter. In 2017, he moved to Moscow.\n\nIn July 2020, he was beaten by three unidentified men while covering protests in Khabarovsk. In March 2021, he was attacked by an unidentified person in Yaroslavl together with a cameraman (doused with brilliant green).\n\nHe was the host of the YouTube channels \"Navalny's Headquarters\" and \"Navalny LIVE\". Left Russia. In August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Nizovtsev for disseminating of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 14 October he was included in the register of individuals - \"foreign agents\". In April 2025 Nizovtsev was put on a wanted list, it became known that he was also accused of evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\". In an official report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Nizovtsev was called a traitor to the Motherland.\n\nOn 4 February 2026, the court sentenced him in absentia to a fine of 200,000 rubles in the case of evasion of his duties as a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Beautiful Russia case","The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"The case of Maria Pevchikh, Dmitry Nizovtsev, Kira Yarmysh, and Anna Biryukova","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he spread information about the killing of Ukrainian civilians by Russian soldiers in Bucha and participated in the activities of an extremist community.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 22-08-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-08-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recQs65qTGSWLX7JR"},{"persecution_id":"recrUcNtVoTQA6hII","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec9vwaODA8NLfOG0","name_en":"Kirill Ukraintsev","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the evening of 25 April 2022, Ukraintsev's home was searched. By that time a courier strike had been being held for several days, and on 25 April about thirty protesters went to the Delivery Club office, protesting against the lowering of wages per order. More than ten people were detained. At night Ukraintsev was taken for interrogation, on 26 April it became known that he was charged with repeated violation of the established procedure of holding public events. On 27 April the court placed him in custody. On 9 February 2023, he was sentenced to a year and four months in an open prison, and was released in the courtroom due to already serving his sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":290,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"Actions in support of Delivery Club couriers","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 212.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"Kirill Ukraintsev's case","case_number":"1-73/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"Published a YouTube video on 8 July 2020 calling for a couriers' strike the next day; published an Instagram post on 12 October 2020 calling for a protest the next day at Moscow's Golovinsky District Court, where a hearing of the case of a broken window in the United Russia office was held (one of the defendants was anarchist and mathematician Azat Miftakhov); published a post in VKontakte on 30 October 2020 calling for participation in a couriers' protest rally; published a post in Telegram on 12 October 2021 calling for participation in a protest of the drivers of the Yandex.Taxi service in Sergiev Posad (Moscow Region), which took place on 15 October.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 09.02.2023\n• in custody: from 27.04.2022 to 09.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.04.2022 to 27.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.02.2023, Sentence: Sentenced to 1 year and 4 months in an open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentenced to 1 year and 4 months in an open prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":16,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-09T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-09T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-06-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Ukraincev-Kirill-Viktorovich-06-10\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 25-04-2022\n Source: https://ovdinfo.org/reports/kak-podavlyayut-protesty-v-habarovske-doklad-ovd-info#6-3\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recrUcNtVoTQA6hII"},{"persecution_id":"rec57rlSOPmn7Td24","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"recMRyZgePImFdlMI","name_en":"Sergei Mikhailov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attsz0Lv8Sf6kPZdI.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attsz0Lv8Sf6kPZdI.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Gorno-Altaisk, publisher of the newspaper LIStok.\nDetained on 13 April in Moscow. On the same day, the editorial office of LIStok in Gorno-Altaisk was searched. On 14 April, Mikhailov was transported to Gorno-Altaisk, where the court ordered him to be taken into custody.\nOn 7 April 2023, the court returned Mikhailov's case to the prosecutor's office due to the fact that the investigation failed to establish the location of the crime. However, the appeal court then cancelled this decision and sent the case back to the first-instance court for a new trial. The court pointed out that the investigation was not obliged to establish the place where Mikhailov was when working on the Listok: the place of realisation of the \"crime\" in any case is Altai, as it was there that the newspapers with \"fakes\" were received by readers.\nOn 30 August 2024, he was sentenced to eight years in a general regime penal colony. In addition, he was banned from journalistic and publishing activities and the administration of Internet resources for four years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gorno-Altaysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AL"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":870,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":124,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Mikhailov's case of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":" 1-79/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published in the LIStok newspaper's Telegram channel information that did not correspond to reality about the destruction by Russian troops of a maternity hospital and a drama theatre in Mariupol, as a result of which civilians were killed; from 20 March to 8 April 2022, published in the same telegram channel, on the LIStok website, as well as in the print issue No. 13(14)/1183 of the LIStok weekly of 6 April 2022, information inconsistent with reality about the killing by the Russian army of civilians in the town of Bucha, Kyiv region.\nThe court returned the case to the prosecutor's office because the investigation failed to establish the location of the crime. However, the Court of Appeal then cancelled this decision and sent the case back to the first-instance court for a new hearing. The court pointed out that the investigation was not obliged to establish the place where Mikhailov was when working on the \"LIStok\": the place of realisation of the \"crime\" in any case is the Altai Region, as it was there that the newspapers with \"fakes\" were received by readers.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.04.2022 to 01.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Altai\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 13.04.2022 to 14.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2025 to 12.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Altai\n• Unknown: from 12.07.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.08.2024, Sentence: 8-years imprisonment in a general regime colony, 4-year ban on engaging in journalism, publishing activities, and managing internet resources.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8-years imprisonment in a general regime colony, 4-year ban on engaging in journalism, publishing activities, and managing internet resources.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-30T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-30T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-05-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Mihajlov-Sergej-Sergeevich-06-22\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 11-04-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center","OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec57rlSOPmn7Td24"},{"persecution_id":"recvXGfHULTRU50N4","last_updated":"2025-04-01T18:50:13.000Z","person_id":"recGOQuO9ISqYoPfV","name_en":"Elizaveta Bychkova","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 23 March 2022, Bychkova was searched and questioned on that day and the next. A week later, it became known that she was a suspect in the case of participation in an extremist community against Alexei Navalny and his supporters. Bychkova was also charged with participation in the activities of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. Later, the charges related to the extremist community were dropped due to the fact that Bychkova testified against other defendants. On 16 January, she was sentenced to a year of restricted freedom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":299,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["239"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 239"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"Egor Butakov and Elizaveta Bychkova's case of the non-profit organization infringing on the personal and civil rights of citizens","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she was a member of an extremist community, within the framework of which she held \"uncoordinated public events, during which calls for extremist and terrorist activities were made, unlawful actions were committed, resulting in the violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, and harm to public order and public safety\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 01.02.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.01.2023, Sentence: 1 year imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-16T09:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-16T09:40:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46104/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-10-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recvXGfHULTRU50N4"},{"persecution_id":"recEtdiI6BRnWBndt","last_updated":"2026-03-24T15:57:42.000Z","person_id":"rec0QXYutpiDNgoOv","name_en":"Mariia Ponomarenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzur2Rae1AHhlQz.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzur2Rae1AHhlQz.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A correspondent for RusNews. In 2021, a preliminary investigation was carried out into possible repeated violations of regulations at public events, but no criminal case was ultimately opened. On 23 April 2022, she was detained in Saint Petersburg and was remanded in custody on 27 April. She was initially charged under Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but the investigator later reclassified the charge under the more serious Part 2. On 23 May it became known that Ponomarenko had been transferred to Barnaul.\n\nIn September, reports emerged that, owing to a serious deterioration in her mental health, she broke a window in her cell and cut her veins. She was then placed in solitary confinement. On 14 November she was moved to house arrest. On the night of 27 January, following a conflict with her ex-husband in the flat where she was living under house arrest, she went to a police station. The court subsequently changed her measure of restraint back to custody. On 15 February 2023, she was sentenced to six years in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nAfter sentencing, she was transferred to another detention centre where, during a search, she was forced to strip. The incident triggered a severe outburst, after which force was used against her and she was sent to a psychiatric hospital for three days. In the penal colony, Ponomarenko has been prevented from sending documents on staff misconduct to her lawyer. Since 17 September she has also been denied correspondence, and she still has not received necessary medical treatment.\n\nOn 2 November 2023, a new criminal case was opened against her for allegedly causing minor harm to a member of the prison staff. During one hearing, the supposed victim admitted that they would not have filed a complaint against Ponomarenko of their own accord.\n\nOn 18 March 2025, her lawyer reported that she was on the verge of suicide. On 27 March 2025, she was sentenced in the second case to one year and ten months in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nIn August 2025, it was revealed that yet another case had been opened against Ponomarenko, again for allegedly causing minor bodily harm to a member of the prison staff.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":298,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal 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Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Altai Krai\n• house arrest: from 14.11.2022 to 27.01.2023\n• in custody: from 16.06.2022 to 14.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• in custody: from 23.05.2022 to 30.05.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kirov Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.04.2022 to 27.04.2022\n• in custody: from 27.01.2023 to 17.03.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• in custody: from 27.04.2022 to 23.05.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• in custody: from 20.03.2023 to 20.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Altai Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 22 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2023 to 14.08.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 22 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.09.2023 to 27.11.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• punishment cell: from 20.09.2023 to 05.11.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2023 to 01.04.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.04.2023 to 01.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• Unknown: , KTB-12 of the Altai Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: from 01.10.2025 to 31.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• Unknown: from 31.10.2025 to 14.11.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.11.2025\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the 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Memorial:\n Date: 26-05-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Ponomarenko-Mariya-Nikolaevna-05-27\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 22-05-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recEtdiI6BRnWBndt"},{"persecution_id":"recDEDciFdZMq2MZr","last_updated":"2026-02-27T12:47:58.000Z","person_id":"receCspJh2BOTpGRZ","name_en":"Vladimir Zavyalov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzVWV13HaLKjqmX.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzVWV13HaLKjqmX.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Smolensk. On April 6, 2022 it became known that he was charged with spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces because he replaced price tags in the shop with anti-war inscriptions. Zavyalov was placed under house arrest. At first, the case was initiated under Part 1 of the Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but then experts found a motive of political hatred in Zavyalov's actions, and the charge was reclassified to Part 2. After the prosecution demanded a six year term in a penal colony for Zavyalov, he left Russia.\nOn March 5, 2025, he was sentenced in absentia to five years.\nOn May 30, 2025, on appeal, the sentence was cancelled and the case was sent for a new trial.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Smolensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1063,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":151,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Zavyalov's case of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he printed out anti-war leaflets and placed them in instead of price tags on products in the Karusel supermarket located in the Galaktika shopping mall. Initially, the case was opened under Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of Russia, but then experts identified a motive of political hatred in Zavyalov's actions, and the charges were reclassified under Part 2.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n• house arrest: from 06.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 04.03.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in absentia with a 3-year ban on administering websites on the Internet• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 27.10.2025, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":58,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-04T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-27T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 05-04-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-05-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Zavyalov-Vladimir-Valerevich-05-31\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recDEDciFdZMq2MZr"},{"persecution_id":"recZNUKespkWks7xg","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recZLnSC39Z21jqNj","name_en":"Egor Kazanets","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A citizen of Ukraine. On 16 May 2022 he was taken into custody in St. Petersburg in a vandalism case. On 14 November, he was sentenced to a fine of 30 thousand rubles, a more lenient punishment than provided for by the 2nd part of Article 214 of the Criminal Code. In addition, the court credited Kazants's time spent in custody, thus relieving him of the need to pay the fine. On 25 January 2023, the appellate court overturned the verdict and sent the case for a new hearing, granting the prosecution's motion: the prosecution considered the sentence too harsh.\nOn 30 March Kazanets was given a new sentence, the details are unknown.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pushkin","Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast","Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":181,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Egor Kazanets's case of inscription on the facade of a house","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, while being drunk, he wrote \"Glory to Ukraine!\" with an aerosol spray can on the facing tiles of the facade of the multi-storey house No. 1 on Izborskaya Street in St. Petersburg, \"having the intention to desecrate the building on the grounds of ethnic hatred, recognising the unlawfulness of his actions, in order to show his negative attitude to the special operation in Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.05.2022 to 14.11.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.03.2023, Sentence: sentence unknown• First instance court on the merits, 14.11.2022, Sentence: a fine of 30,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","first_verdict_date":"2022-11-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Kazanec-Egor-Alekseevich-07-11\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-01-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/01/d47527/?sphrase_id=11542\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 15-05-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recZNUKespkWks7xg"},{"persecution_id":"rec0mhZ16Zibxhlna","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec3nVlQZal6PYhuo","name_en":"Victoria Petrova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attS0iDFpvPgjw3Zp.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attS0iDFpvPgjw3Zp.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. On 6 May 2022 she was detained in a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The next day the court placed her in custody.\nOn 24 August 2023 it became known that according to the results of in-patient forensic psychiatric examination Petrova was appointed a legal representative - it was her uncle. In October, Petrova was transferred to a psychiatric hospital. Later, her lawyer reported that his client was abused by the hospital staff: she was forced to undress for a \"bodily examination\" in front of men, laughed in response to her request to change her pad before the examination, had her hands clasped when she refused to shower in front of everyone present and asked to be left only with women, as she had been in the pre-trial detention centre, was bound and shaken and promised to be beaten, tied by her hands and feet to a bed and injected with medication that left her unable to speak for two days, and while she was under the influence of the medication, had her clothes thrown over her face.\nOn 25 December 2023, the court ordered Petrova to undergo compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":598,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","conversation with cellmate"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Victoria Petrova's case of \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she published a post on \"VKontakte\", where she sharply condemned Russia's military actions in Ukraine, accusing Vladimir Putin personally and his inner circle of the death of civilians and genocide of the Ukrainian people, and the federal media of lying and psychological manipulation. As evidence of Petrova's guilt, the investigation used a message sent to the girl by an anonymous user on \"VKontakte\". In the indictment, the investigator refers to a message from a user with the nickname \"Valday Valdaykin\" [non-existent name], who wrote messages to Petrova: \"Hello Russophobe and terrorist\" and \"Have you prepared the crackers yet?\" [a hint about the need to take non-perishable food with you to prison]. According to the law enforcers, receiving such messages \"indicates a direct intent\" by Petrova to post \"fakes\" about the Russian army. According to the lawyer, they are trying to attribute \"anti-war agitation\" to Petrova in the pre-trial detention centre. For this purpose, her cellmates are being pressurised.","persecution_location_en":"Ambulatory treatment","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.05.2022 to 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 06.05.2022 to 07.05.2022\n• : from 01.10.2023 to 19.07.2024, Skvortsov-Stepanov City Psychiatric Hospital No. 3\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 19.07.2024 to 12.08.2024, Skvortsov-Stepanov City Psychiatric Hospital No. 3\n• Unknown: from 12.08.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.12.2023","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-25T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-25T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 05-05-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-07-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Petrova-Viktoriya-Ruslanovna-07-05\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec0mhZ16Zibxhlna"},{"persecution_id":"recScMb13ity8aKdc","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:52:49.000Z","person_id":"recFOflPRkR0QqDi1","name_en":"Erentsen Dolyaev","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Moves in a wheelchair. Emigrated after threats of criminal prosecution after the State Duma elections in September 2021.\n\nIn 2022, a case was opened for disseminating deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Elista"],"persecution_region_en":["Kalmykia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KL"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of \"Volniy Ulus\" regarding \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Elista"],"case_name_en":"The case of Erenzen Dolyayev on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was opened in connection with a post on his Telegram channel \"Vol'nyy Ulus\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 02-10-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recScMb13ity8aKdc"},{"persecution_id":"rec7OM8YY1UK2bQYY","last_updated":"2026-02-02T13:46:02.000Z","person_id":"recHdOzTpi19WZv2g","name_en":"Bulat Shumekov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attoXx9eHhXirh48z.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attoXx9eHhXirh48z.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Civil activist from Kiselevsk.\n15 April 2022 detained and taken into custody by court order in the case of \"fakes\" about the Russian army. On 9 March 2023, sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony. On 28 June, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five and a half years.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kiselyovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":328,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Bulat Shumekov's case on \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine","case_number":"1-60/2023 (1-553/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted publications in one of the social networks \"containing deliberately false information about the way the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine\", with the artificial creation of evidence to accuse the military of committing crimes and spilling the blood of peaceful Ukrainian citizens.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n• in custody: from 15.04.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n• in custody:  to 28.06.2023, Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at the FCU LIU-42 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for Kemerovo Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 42 of the State Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Kemerovo Region","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 40 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 15.01.2026, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 42 of the State Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Kemerovo Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.01.2026 to 05.03.2027, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 40 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 40 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.03.2023, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-18,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-09T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-09T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 14-04-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-06-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/SHumekov-Bulat-Sajlauevich-06-29\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7OM8YY1UK2bQYY"},{"persecution_id":"rec45V9CnIhYLQCxc","last_updated":"2025-11-15T23:05:09.000Z","person_id":"reccO1DqkBx1ZBFUt","name_en":"Mikhail Krieger","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxerqdEbX1PhXJo.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxerqdEbX1PhXJo.jpg"],"birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-02-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, Krieger is a member of the Anti-War Action Committee and one of the founders of the Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners. He has been a long-standing participant in various protest actions.\n\nOn 3 November 2022, his home was searched and he was detained. He was charged with public justification of terrorism due to a post concerning the explosion at the Arkhangelsk FSB building and the shooting near the FSB building in Moscow. On 5 November, the court placed him in custody. In December, additional charges of incitement to hatred with threats of violence were brought against him, related to an aggressive post about Chekists and a possible execution of Putin.\n\nOn 17 May 2023, Krieger was sentenced to seven years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":195,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Krieger case on justification of terrorism and calls to extremism","case_number":"1-60/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"Investigators allege that, by December 2020 at the latest, he posted on Facebook praising two attacks: Mikhail Zhlobitsky’s 2018 suicide bombing inside the FSB office in Arkhangelsk and Yevgeny Manyurov’s 2019 shooting outside the FSB headquarters in Moscow. The same post, they say, incited hatred and threatened violence against Russian FSB officers, and endorsed terrorism by urging the hanging of President Vladimir Putin. The court later reclassified this final allegation, reducing it from incitement to hatred to advocating extremist activity.","persecution_location_en":"In a single cell-type facility (EPKT)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In single cell-type premises","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 19.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 22.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 05.11.2022 to 22.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.11.2022 to 05.11.2022\n• in custody:  to 24.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.10.2023 to 01.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• Unknown: from 01.03.2024 to 01.04.2024\n• punishment cell: from 25.05.2024 to 30.05.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 09.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 25.05.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• punishment cell: from 09.09.2025 to 24.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• punishment cell:  to 09.10.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• punishment cell:  to 20.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.10.2025 to 15.10.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• punishment cell: from 15.10.2025 to 17.10.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.10.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• single cell-type room:  to 16.11.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n• single cell-type room: from 11.11.2025 to 10.05.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.05.2023, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, prohibition to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, prohibition to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-17T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-17T11:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-11-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kriger-mihail-aleksandrovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec45V9CnIhYLQCxc"},{"persecution_id":"recuXmhoF9F80Rl6q","last_updated":"2025-12-22T17:28:51.000Z","person_id":"recvqD29IcSaKvtTE","name_en":"Dmitry Ivanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atthiqQSX1HaiAb78.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atthiqQSX1HaiAb78.jpg"],"birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Activist, student of the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics at Moscow State University, author of the Protest MSU Telegram channel.\nOn 2 June 2022, he was detained; on that day, at least four searches were conducted - at Moscow activists' and journalists' homes, as well as at Ivanov's parents' home. The activist himself was serving 25 days of administrative arrest under the article on repeated violation of the established procedure for arranging a rally (part 8 of article 20.2 of the CAO) - the arrest was due to end at 6:30 pm on 2 June. He was charged with dissemination of deliberately false information about the activities of the armed forces on the grounds of hatred (point \"e\" of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and was detained until the trial. On 3 June the court decided to take Ivanov into custody.\n\nAmong the evidence collected by the investigation, there is a statement from an assistant professor of Moscow State University, who claims that Ivanov \"participated in financial frauds\" and \"defends all political scum of society\".\n\nAt the end of July 2022, Ivanov was visited in the pre-trial detention centre by a man who introduced himself as an FSB officer and suggested that Ivanov \"could uncover some criminal network to get a lesser sentence\". After one of the hearings in January 2023, Ivanov was beaten by an escort. His letters from the pre-trial detention centre do not reach their addressees due to censorship.\nOn 7 March 2023, Ivanov was sentenced to eight and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nThe Investigative Committee did not initiate a criminal case in connection with the beating. In November 2023, it became known that Ivanov was not given letters at the pre-trial detention centre, and his letters were not sent to the outside either. In addition, Ivanov is denied visits from his mother. Later, Ivanov received the letters.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists","College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":278,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Ivanov's case regarding \"fakes\" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Moscow","case_number":"01-0038/2023 (01-0555/2022)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was publications and reposts about Russian attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, shelling of a hospital in Mariupol, dispersal of a public gathering in Kherson, losses of Russian aviation in the war, crimes in Bucha and Irpen, as well as Zelensky's appeal to the residents of Donbas and a post where a \"special operation\" is called a war, and posts with calls to go to anti-war rallies.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.06.2022 to 03.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.06.2022 to 14.06.2022\n• in custody: from 14.06.2022 to 27.06.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 27.06.2022 to 07.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 11.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 01.06.2023 to 01.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.06.2023 to 01.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Yaroslavl Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chuvash Republic\n• in custody: from 01.06.2023 to 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 02.10.2023, Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at Federal Penal Correctional Institution-6 (FCU IK-6 UFSIN) for the Chuvash Republic Federal Penitentiary Service\n• in custody: from 02.10.2023 to 08.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• in custody: from 08.10.2023 to 19.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.12.2023 to 11.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• Unknown: from 11.03.2024 to 15.03.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.03.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n• punishment cell: from 15.03.2024 to 25.03.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.03.2024 to 27.03.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n• punishment cell: from 27.03.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n• punishment cell: from 19.11.2025 to 04.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2025 to 15.02.2030, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n• punishment cell:  to 01.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.03.2023, Sentence: 8 years 6 months imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 6 months imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-07T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-07T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 01-06-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/03/d47794/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-07-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://telegra.ph/Ivanov-Dmitrij-Aleksandrovich-07-15\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recuXmhoF9F80Rl6q"},{"persecution_id":"recErb1yJBf9SpyIg","last_updated":"2025-09-17T06:54:04.000Z","person_id":"reczEq9bcQFCoQMyG","name_en":"Nikolay Daineko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att1RHSPh9mGC4bAR.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att1RHSPh9mGC4bAR.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Daineko was detained on September 25, 2022 during the \"Mayakovsky Readings\" on Triumfalnaya Square, a protocol was drawn up against him on violation of the procedure for holding a public event (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The next day, the court fined him 20 thousand rubles, after which he was taken to the Investigative Committee. On September 28, the court sent Daineko into custody. At first, he was charged with inciting hatred with the threat of violence (paragraph \"a\" part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code), but then the charge was reclassified as inciting hatred by an organized group (paragraph \"c\" part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code), and also added accusation of calls for activities directed against the security of the state, committed by an organized group (part 3 of article 280.4 of the Criminal Code).\nDaineko entered into an agreement with the investigation.\nOn May 10, 2023, he was sentenced to four years in a penal colony.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":226,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action","professional activity"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions and against mobilisation 25.09.2022","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 3, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The Mayakovsky case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Daineko's case","case_number":"01-0362/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the poems read at the \"Mayakovsky Readings\" on September 25. According to the ruling, a case of incitement to hatred towards \"members of volunteer armed formations of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics\" was opened. At first Daineko was charged with incitement to hatred with the threat of violence (par. \"a\" of p. 2 of art. 282 of the Criminal Code), but then the charge was reclassified to incitement to hatred by an organized group (par. \"в\" of p. 2 of art. 282 of the Criminal Code), as well as added a charge of calls for acts against the security of the state, committed by an organized group (p. 3 of art. 280.4 of the Criminal Code). As such, the investigation considered the calls not to take summons, not to sign in their receipt, not to appear at military recruiting offices, as well as to memorize the above. The investigation considers Daineko an accomplice to the crime.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.09.2022 to 28.09.2022\n• in custody: from 28.09.2022 to 05.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.10.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.05.2023, Sentence: 4 year's deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 year's deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-10T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-10T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 25-09-2022\n Source: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/05/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-12-2022\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/mayakovskoe-delo/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47831/?sphrase_id=12563\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recErb1yJBf9SpyIg"},{"persecution_id":"recTsYx6LxY3ivHdo","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recxmCsD2Xjqmgd9K","name_en":"Alexey Vorsin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attRlFLMPhr958ypS.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attRlFLMPhr958ypS.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former head of Navalny's Khabarovsk headquarters. Vorsin regularly faced pressure due to his participation in protests. In 2020, he was frequently arrested because of rallies in support of Furgal, and in 2021 because of protests following Navalny's arrest. Vorsin has repeatedly reported being under surveillance. In winter he announcedplans to run for the State Duma.\n\nOn 19 March 2021, he was detained, accused of repeatedly violating public event regulations in connection with his support for Alexei Navalny. Alexei was beaten during the arrest. Activist Valentin Kvashnikov reported seeing many abrasions and haematomas on Vorsin's face. The next day, the court placed Vorsin under house arrest, and his lawyer was required to sign a non-disclosure agreement.\n\nOn 28 September he was sentenced to three years of probation.\n\nIn September 2022, it was revealed that a case had been opened against Vorsin for creating of an extremist community, part of the prosecution of Navalny's supporters. Vorsin left the country and was subsequently put on a wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"The case of an extremist community led by Navalny","case_number":"01-0333/2021","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, involved in the creation of an extremist community.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2022\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-08-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/09/d46891\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Previously, she was fined 30,000 rubles under a similar administrative article (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of her comments in a regional public group. She wrote that Russian troops were conducting a \"fratricidal war supporting  fascism in Russia\" and \"invaded foreign land and bombed everything\", and also spoke out \"against the actions of the authorities and genocide of the fraternal people\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.04.2023, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 100,000 rubles.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 100,000 rubles.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-14T07:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-14T07:20:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reciKGnZdBwDBEd21"},{"persecution_id":"recNLgK0ftxePWmps","last_updated":"2026-04-23T15:34:17.000Z","person_id":"rec7ou36xjpStK82N","name_en":"Svetlana Amirova","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Makhachkala, feminist, founder of the human rights group Marem. She left Russia in 2021. A case was opened against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces because of her post about the killing of civilians in Bucha. On April 12, 2022, police officers came to the home of Amirova's 93-year-old mother. A search of the human rights defender's home was conducted on August 14, 2023. On September 5, 2024, her mother was visited again to take samples of her saliva. On January 19, 2026, Amirova was sentenced in absentia to five years in general regime prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1389,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":198,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Dagestani case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces"],"case_name_en":"Svetlana Anokhina's case  ","case_number":"1-849/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"Allegedly, the case was initiated in connection with Instagram posts in April 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.01.2026, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-19T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-19T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• North Caucasus SOS Crisis group:\n Date: 18-04-2023\n Source: https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/387879\n• Civic Assistance Committee:\n Date: 18-04-2023\n Source: https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/387879\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["North Caucasus SOS Crisis group","Civic Assistance Committee"],"aid":"recNLgK0ftxePWmps"},{"persecution_id":"rec8UeFS5zlMjNcu8","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recHz8N4SvvWiN2QK","name_en":"Christo Grozev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0PkDMWK0HnzvLA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0PkDMWK0HnzvLA.jpg"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Bulgaria"],"story_en":"He is one of the authors of the investigation into the poisoning of Alexei Navalny in 2020, launched by journalists from Bellingcat, The Insider and CNN with the participation of Der Spiegel. The investigative journalists found that a group of FSB officers had been travelling on Navalny’s trail since 2017, including on the alleged days of the poisoning.\nIn July, the FSB said Grozev was involved in a plan by Ukrainian intelligence services to hijack Russian warplanes. At that time, an arrest warrant was issued for him for the first time.\nOn 21 April 2023, Grozev was added to the register of “foreign agents”.\nOn the same day, he was arrested in absentia in a case of illegal border crossing. In addition, according to unconfirmed reports, a case was initiated against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 322"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["The case of illegal border crossing"],"case_name_en":"Christo Grozev’s case of illegal border crossing","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he helped organise the escape of Roman Dobrokhotov, the editor-in-chief of The Insider.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 21.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8UeFS5zlMjNcu8"},{"persecution_id":"reckziwdMWOKJdw6E","last_updated":"2023-11-08T21:22:33.000Z","person_id":"recK6R670GPsUnvX9","name_en":"Alexei Ivanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYpaEBktm7C3NjI.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYpaEBktm7C3NjI.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Syktyvkar, left Russia, wanted.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","solo picket"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 24.02.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexey Ivanov about insulting representatives of the authority in Syktyvkar","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he called police officers fascists, who approached him during an anti-war picket on 24 February and asked him to introduce himself.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 04-06-2022\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2022/06/04/mvd-obyavilo-v-rozysk-aktivista-iz-komi-vo-vremya-antivoennogo-piketa\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reckziwdMWOKJdw6E"},{"persecution_id":"recu4l3BJrzzFEZ3q","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recoEqnbKZzI28Zan","name_en":"Stanislav Velichko","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 26 April 2022 Stanislav Velichko was detained in Moscow, he told OVD-Info that after his detention he was beaten and threatened to press charges against his wife. A case was opened against him for spreading knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 28 April the investigator took his recognisance not to abscond. Velichko left Russia and was put on a wanted list.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Stanislav Velichko's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces.","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 1 March 2022 (i.e., before Article 207.3 appeared in the Criminal Code), while he lives in Turkey, he published in VKontakte a video about the death of a family under fire from the Russian army and \"statements aimed at inciting enmity and hatred towards representatives of a group of persons on the grounds of their attitude to military service, information affecting the mind and feelings of users of the VKontakte social network, capable of causing doubt, excitement, irritation among this audience, inciting hatred and enmity.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 28.04.2022 to 28.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recu4l3BJrzzFEZ3q"},{"persecution_id":"reclJkxApGpllnRTi","last_updated":"2024-07-24T13:21:49.000Z","person_id":"reczp7iU8sKsIhcxY","name_en":"Denis Batranin","birth_year":1998,"age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In 2022, he was also fined because of an anti-war graffiti on the building of the local movie theater \"Sibir\" (under the article on discrediting the army - part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) and because of a graffiti with a symbol that the court found to be confusingly similar to Nazi symbols (under the article on the demonstration of Nazi symbols - part 1 of article 20.3 of the Administrative Code). On May 24, 2022 Batranin was detained for \"testing for involvement in a crime of extremist nature\". The law enforcers involved in his detention stated that the young man pushed them and \"banged his head against the door and windows of the car\". Because of this, he was also assigned an administrative arrest for 24 hours.\nOn May 11, 2023 Batranin was sentenced, the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokuznetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":351,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Denis Batranin's vandalism case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2022, he painted graffiti with the flag of Ukraine, the symbols of the \"Freedom of Russia\" legion and the inscriptions “discrediting the President of Russia and a special military operation conducted on the territory of Ukraine” on the walls of residential buildings and memorial complexes.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.05.2023","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-10T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reclJkxApGpllnRTi"},{"persecution_id":"rec3Ld53PVkfhmJdy","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:02:42.000Z","person_id":"recET0eEbS1CMgqtU","name_en":"Felix Eliseev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZvM64DRTM3wIy6.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZvM64DRTM3wIy6.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Lipetsk, the author of the “Kalkhoznoye Madness” Telegram channel and administrator of the “Nechaevshchina” and “It Fell Apart” public pages on VKontakte. The first case of public justification of terrorism was initiated in late 2022; Eliseev was taken into custody. The second case was opened on 28 April 2023. Eliseev said that he was not provided with medical care in the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nIn October 2023, a case of treason was reported to have also been initiated against Eliseev. The local branch of a state TV channel reported that he had transferred money to the crypto account of a Ukrainian citizen, which was used to buy “uniforms and ammunition used by the airborne assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during combat operations against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”.\n\nThe project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” notes that the count of treason bears signs of falsification. The story about the detention of a “sponsor of militants” and the initiation of a treason case was broadcast on Lipetsk television in September 2023, nine months after Eliseev was taken into custody over the first case. In addition, during his “arrest” the alleged “sponsor of militants” was wearing a black dry-fit jacket, but he gave a “confession” on camera wearing a white sweater and grey jacket. Human rights activists assume that the “arrest”, for the filming of which Eliseev was brought to court, and the “confession” were recorded on different days.\n\nOn 19 December 2023, Eliseev was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nAccording to Eliseev, he spent three and a half months in a cell with high humidity, fungus and mould on the walls, which caused him to develop a cough. On 14 April he was transferred to another cell, but received no medical assistance.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lipetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":717,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":102,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of public justification of terrorism in the “Kalkhoznoye Madness” Telegram channel and treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"The first case of public justification of terrorism was initiated in late 2022, details unknown. The second case was initiated on 28 April 2023, the reason being a recording with approval of a strike on an oil depot in Belgorod, dated 1 April 2022.\nIn October 2023, it was reported that a case of high treason was also brought against Eliseev. The local branch of the state TV channel reported that it had transferred money to the crypto account of a Ukrainian citizen, which was used to buy \"means of uniforms and ammunition that were used by the airborne assault troops of the AFU during combat operations against the Russian Armed Forces\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":"","persecution_imprisonment_started":"","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.12.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Lipetsk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 16.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №12 (SIZO-12) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №12 (SIZO-12) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n• punishment cell: from 06.10.0225, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Penza region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2023, Sentence: 14 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-19T16:10:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-19T16:10:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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A case was opened against him for publicly justifying terrorism because due to drunken outbursts about explosions and shootings. On 25 August 2022, the Telegram channel \"Super Novorossiysk News\" posted a video of Chafonov apologising, saying that he was drunk and his words were a joke. On 13 April 2023, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. 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The Telegram channel \"Nasha Gazeta Novorossiysk\" published the live photo message that Chafonov posted on his telegram channel. The publication claimed that the man allegedly threatened passersby strolling along the embankment. 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In December of 2022 she travelled to her homeland to visit her father, who was diagnosed with cancer.\n\nWhen Umerova was travelling on the bus \"Tbilisi-Simferopol\", she was detained by Russian security forces at the checkpoint \"Verkhny Lars\" and taken to Vladikavkaz. The next day she was found guilty of violating the rules of crossing the Russian border (part 1 of article 18.1 of the Administrative Offences Code). She spent three months in detention in the Centre for Temporary Detention of Foreign Citizens.\n\nIn March, the Court of Cassation cancelled the decision to expel Umerova, so she should have been released - instead, she was detained again. After that, Umerova was charged with disobeying the demand of a police officer four times (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and four times she was sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest. The term of the last arrest was to expire on 12th of May. However, on 4th May it became known that FSB officers took Umerova out of the temporary detention centre in Vladikavkaz, where she had been staying for the last months. The next day the court arrested her on grounds of an espionage criminal case.\n\nOn 13th September, 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Lenye Umerova had returned to Ukraine as a result of an exchange of prisoners. 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On 15 November 2023, Yanov was sentenced to a fine of 120 thousand rubles in the criminal case.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":683,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Yanov's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-774/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating a criminal case of discrediting was the publication of a link to a certain video in messenger.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.11.2023, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 120,000 roubles with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites of electronic or public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 (two) years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 120,000 roubles with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites of electronic or public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 (two) years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":120000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-15T06:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-15T06:20:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-05-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/05/d48084/?ysclid=lmhomahtme131800442\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec7p0JKuXRllP6d6"},{"persecution_id":"recaZR38odO2RSYcJ","last_updated":"2025-04-29T09:03:19.000Z","person_id":"rec9oLavwySoqbK8d","name_en":"Marcel Kandarov","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was in Ukraine for a month at the beginning of the war. After he was returned to Russian territory for rehabilitation, he \"decided that he could not and would not take people's lives,\" according to the Conscious Refusenik Movement's Telegram channel. Kandarov filed a report for dismissal, but his superiors delayed their decision. He went home, but was later taken into custody. On 11 January 2023, Kandarov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. On 18 May, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to three years in a penal colony. 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In 2018, she became an ambassador of the UN Population Fund in Ukraine. The case against Efrosinina was initiated on 7 April 2022 under the 1st part of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code in connection with publications in Instagram. On 1 July, she was put on a wanted list. In March 2023, the charge was reclassified to dissemination of knowingly false information with a hate motive (point \"e\" part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). On 17 May Efrosinina was arrested in absentia. 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In January 2022, Musaeva was forcibly taken from Nizhny Novgorod to Chechnya, allegedly for questioning in a fraud case. There, the woman was sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest under the article on petty hooliganism (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences), and was later charged with large-scale fraud (part 3 of article 159 of the Criminal Code) and violence against a police officer (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code).\n\nAs the Committee Against Torture wrote, the investigation claims that Musaeva, together with her \"accomplice\", realised a fraudulent scheme related to consumer loans in 2017, and after being taken to Grozny for interrogation, scratched a policeman's cheek.\n\nIn February 2022, a court in Grozny sent the woman to a pre-trial detention centre, where she remains to this day. Musaeva does not admit her guilt.\n\nThe fraud case is based on the testimony of another defendant, who was released from the pre-trial detention centre after taking a plea bargain. Some of the witnesses who claimed that Musaeva attacked the policeman were not eyewitnesses and allegedly learnt about the incident from the words of colleagues. The investigation did not provide the video recordings from the police department; moreover, the department's employees claimed that the broadcasts from the video surveillance cameras were not stored, whereas, according to the information on the state procurement website, the recordings should have been stored for at least 14 days.\n\nAccording to the investigation, Musaeva inflicted eight abrasions with her fingers and one wound on the face of the victim policeman - this was qualified as violence dangerous to life or health. The Ministry of Health responded to the lawyer's request that the wounds and abrasions themselves do not cause harm to health if they have not become infected or suppurated. The expert Maskhud Chumakov considered that the very fact of bandaging was evidence of harm to health. In addition, in his expert report, the lawyers found the phrase \"discuss on the forum\", which suggests that part of the document was sloppily copied from the Internet.\n\nIn April, Musaeva's lawyers claimed falsification of evidence pointing to the discovery of the victim's blood under the woman's fingernails: the defenders pointed out that there was no connection between the nail slices taken from Musaeva and those examined in the case materials.\n\nDuring a year and a half in the pre-trial detention centre, Musaeva began to have serious health problems. In early June, due to back pain, she was practically unable to move around. In addition, the woman suffers from type 2 diabetes and several related diseases that require constant medical supervision. Musaeva's lawyers reported that she suffers from acute hypertensive crises, sometimes accompanied by loss of consciousness.\n\nDespite this, Musaeva continues to be denied a thorough examination and hospitalisation. On 5 June 2023, she was admitted to the hospital for a check-up, but the very next day, she was returned to the pre-trial detention centre. On 15 June, Musayeva reported that she was feeling better. According to the woman, doctors examined her and took tests.\n\nOn 4 July 2023, Musaeva was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony. On the day of the verdict, her lawyer, Alexander Nemov, and Yelena Milashina, a journalist of Novaya Gazeta who had previously written about Chechnya, were brutally beaten by unknown persons in Grozny.\n\nOn 12 September 2023, the Court of Appeal reduced Musaeva's sentence to five years and replaced the general regime colony with a settlement colony. On 5 March 2024, the Court of Cassation reduced the sentence by three months.\n\nOn 29 October 2024, an investigator came to Musaeva's colony to question her about her alleged assault on an FSIN officer who accompanied her on her daily trips to the hospital. Musaeva denies the fact of the attack; she does not know what incident they are talking about. In November 2024, it became known that a case was opened against Musaeva for disorganising the work of the FSIN institution. According to the investigation, she hit an employee on the neck and tore off his epaulette. On 6 August 2025, Musaeva was sentenced to three years and 11 months in a penal colony in this case. On 16 February 2026, the Court of Appeal overturned the verdict. 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A robbery case was opened against her and two acquaintances in connection with a conflict with a stranger over anti-war leaflets. Manyukhina was taken into custody. The victim, Yuri Korovin, petitioned for the case to be dropped, and the expertise recognised that his health had not been harmed. Manyukhina, along with the other defendants, also paid the man compensation for moral and material damage in the amount of 300,000 rubles. However, on 2 March 2023, a court sentenced her to two years and five months in prison, later substituting this punishment with forced labour. On 2 July, Manyukhina was released from custody on her own recognisance. On 30 October 2023, the appeal court overturned the verdict and returned the case to the prosecutor for reclassification to a more severe article on theft of weapons by a group of persons with the use of violence (paragraphs \"a\", \"g\" of part 3 of article 226 of the Criminal Code). Manyukhina managed to leave Russia. 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(\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 26.05.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.03.2023, Sentence: 2 years 5 months compulsory labour• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 25.10.2024","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Deprivation of liberty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-02T07:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-25T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 13-09-2023\n Source: 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A case of robbery was initiated against him and his two acquaintances in connection with a conflict with a stranger over anti-war leaflets. Timofeev was taken into custody. The victim, Yuri Korovin, petitioned to dismiss the case, and the expert examination recognised that his health had not been harmed. Timofeev, together with the other defendants, also paid the man compensation for moral and material damage in the amount of 300 thousand rubles. However, on 2 March 2023, the court sentenced him to two years and five months in prison, but replaced this punishment with compulsory labour. On 2 July Timofeev was released from custody under a recognizance not to leave. On 30 October 2023, the appeal court overturned the verdict and returned the case to the prosecutor for reclassification to a more severe article on theft of weapons by a group of persons with the use of violence (paragraphs \"a\", \"g\" of part 3 of article 226 of the Criminal Code). Timofeev managed to leave Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":425,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,D Part 3,  Article 226 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["226"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 226"],"case_group_en":["The robbery case of three Moscow residents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Lilia Manyukhina and Kirill Timofeev","case_number":"01-0095/2023 (01-0600/2022)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, as part of the group attacked a stranger who asked why they were putting up anti-war leaflets and stole a traumatic pistol from him.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave","arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.04.2022 to 02.03.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 02.03.2023 to 17.06.2024\n• arrest in absentia: from 17.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.03.2023, Sentence: 2 years 5 months compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 5 months compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-02T07:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-02T07:40:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 13-09-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/antigrafika?tab=articles&items=161,recZbUfkYZXkzZTdC\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recNt9DgfjJm34a3E"},{"persecution_id":"recPjAWkckzUYUBl4","last_updated":"2025-04-05T12:41:32.000Z","person_id":"rec35LghhXiEgdna1","name_en":"Anton Bykov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novocherkassk"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of banner defacement in the Rostov Oblast"],"case_name_en":"Anton Bykov's case of damaging banners in the Rostov region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation together with Churinov during the nighttime in the time period from 11.09.2022 to 18.09.2022 he drove to different spots in Rostov-On-Don, in the Aksai region and in Novocherkassk, Rostov Region, and intentionally, realising the illegal nature, as well as the publicity of the actions, threw paint-filled bundles towards the banners depicting participants of the 'Special military operation'.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPjAWkckzUYUBl4"},{"persecution_id":"reclBD6yoDOwPvEf1","last_updated":"2026-02-17T16:52:31.000Z","person_id":"recabKRooAY2UZ3uO","name_en":"Andrey  Shevchuk","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 31 January 2023, the court dismissed the case and ordered Shevchuk to pay a judicial fine of 30,000 rubles. The court considered that Shevchuk had refuted the \"false information\" he had disseminated in his Telegram channel, published \"a number of patriotic posts dedicated to the exploits of servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the participation in a special military operation\", and donated 15,000 rubles to an orphanage. The prosecutor appealed the judgement, claiming that Shevchuk's actions had damaged the \"reputation and prestige\" of the Russian Armed Forces. However, on 23 May, the court of appeal instance upheld the decision. On 12 October, the cassation court overturned the decision and sent the case for a new trial to the appeals court, which on 21 November ordered the case to be returned to the trial court. On 21 December 2023, Shevchuk was sentenced to six months of correctional labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":395,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Shevchuk's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-161/2023 (1-699/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he spread deliberately false information \"about the Russian Armed Forces servicemen from Primorsky Krai captured during a special military operation in Ukraine\" in a certain Telegram channel.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.01.2023, Sentence: a court fine of 30 thousand roubles• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 21.12.2023, Sentence: 6 months of correctional labour","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed","Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months of correctional labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-31T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-21T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reclBD6yoDOwPvEf1"},{"persecution_id":"recQQYootlOb70vlS","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recqBneweZWxU0rUc","name_en":"Timofey Budkov","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Anarchist. He was detained in October 2022, questioned if he had set fire to a military recruiting office, but released after interrogation. Two months later, he found out that a criminal case had been opened against him because of the our posts on VKontakte. During the investigation and trial, Budkov was banned from certain actions. On May 23, 2023, the court sentenced him to a fine of 400,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rubtsovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":233,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","call for arson"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of public justification of terrorism in Rubtsovsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, in the fall of 2022, he created a telegram channel, where he published “terrorist-oriented” content. In particular, the forensic-linguistic examination saw in the posts “a positive assessment of violence, actions associated with danger, causing harm and damage, […] blowing up vehicles and buildings of law enforcement agencies, dismantling army supply lines, and killing people. In addition, one of the materials contained a call for an attack on the military commissariats.” Budkov said that he, among other things, supported the arson of military registration and enlistment offices, spoke about the protests in Kazakhstan in 2022, and also wrote about the case of the “Kan teenagers”.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.12.2022 to 23.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.05.2023, Sentence: a fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-22T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQQYootlOb70vlS"},{"persecution_id":"receJDxHa4TbgNirB","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:06:27.000Z","person_id":"recSCtMwoaNZXUxGh","name_en":"Evgenii Zateev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attpIpBSIgNgriVYX.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attpIpBSIgNgriVYX.jpg"],"birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Coordinator of the anti-war movement \"Viasna\". He was detained in St. Petersburg on 7 May 2022 after searches and taken to Moscow. On 10 May, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions in the case of participation in the activities of NGOs that infringe on the rights of citizens, because of his involvement in the movement \"Viasna\". In May 2023, Zateyev was reclassified from participation in NPO activities to creation of such an organisation.\nOn 6 June 2023, Zateyev was again detained in St. Petersburg after a search and taken to Moscow. Here he was charged with the creation of an extremist community and dissemination of disrespectful information about the days of military glory by a group of persons. On 8 June, he was taken into custody.\nIn October 2023, Zateev was fined 30 thousand rubles because of the lack of \"foreign agent\" labelling on his publications (part 4 of article 19.34 of the Administrative Code). According to Roskomnadzor, Zateev published posts in the Viasna movement's Telegram channel, which was recognised as a \"foreign agent\", without the appropriate markings.\nThe criminal cases were merged. Zateev initially gave a confession, but on 16 October 2024 he retracted it. He said he did not testify against the other defendants in the cases but betrayed his ideals, including calling the anti-war movement \"an anti-Russian policy financed and managed by political forces from Ukraine.\"\nOn 8 April 2026, Zateyev was sentenced to six years and two months in a general regime colony. The court ruled out the charge of creating an NGO that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1432,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":204,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of assembly","freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement","publication"],"protest_event_en":"Memorial actions for Boris Nemtsov and anti-war protests 27.02.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anna Arkhipova, Evgenii Zateyev, Yan Ksenzhepolsky, Vasilii Neustroev, Pavel Sinelnikov and Valentin Khoroshenin of the creation of an extremist community","case_number":"2-35/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, he is involved in the activities of the non-profit organization \"Vesna,\" which encourages citizens to participate in unauthorized public events.\nThe case for creating an extremist group and disseminating disrespectful information about military glory days was prompted by posts on Vesna's social media in 2022.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.06.2023 to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 06.06.2023 to 08.06.2023, TDF of the Department of Internal Affairs of the North-Eastern Administrative District of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• prohibition of certain actions:  to 11.06.2023\n• in custody: from 01.07.2024 to 13.06.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2026, Sentence: 6 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition on engaging in activities related to public dissemination of appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for 6 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition on engaging in activities related to public dissemination of appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for 6 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":74,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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In May 2023, Khoroshenin was reclassified from participation in the activities of NGOs infringing on the rights of citizens (part 3 of article 239 of the Criminal Code) to creation of such an organisation (part 2 of article 239 of the Criminal Code).\nOn 6 June 2023, Khoroshenin was again detained in St. Petersburg after a search and taken to Moscow. Here he was charged with creation of an extremist community and dissemination of disrespectful information about the days of military glory by a group of persons. On 8 June he was taken into custody. In July it became known that Khoroshenin was threatened by other prisoners in the pre-trial detention centre, the activist also complained about health problems.\n\nIn July 2025, Khoroshenin testified in court against the other defendants in the case.\n\nIn February 2026, the court terminated his prosecution under the article on participation in the activities of NGOs that infringe on the rights of citizens due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nOn 8 April 2026, Khoroshenin was sentenced to six years and two months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1432,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":204,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"protest_event_en":"Memorial actions for Boris Nemtsov and anti-war protests 27.02.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anna Arkhipova, Evgenii Zateyev, Yan Ksenzhepolsky, Vasilii Neustroev, Pavel Sinelnikov and Valentin Khoroshenin of the creation of an extremist community","case_number":"2-35/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for opening the case were social media posts by \"Vesna\" in 2022.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.06.2023 to 21.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody:  to 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• prohibition of certain actions:  to 11.06.2023\n• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 21.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• : from 21.06.2024 to 25.06.2024\n• in custody: from 25.06.2024 to 13.06.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2026, Sentence: 6 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition on engaging in activities related to public dissemination of appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for 6 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition on engaging in activities related to public dissemination of appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for 6 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":74,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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At that time, it was assumed that the case was initiated not only for the dissemination of disrespectful information about the days of military glory, but also for the dissemination of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), but this information was not confirmed. Two days later, Drugov was detained when he tried to leave Petrozavodsk.\nDrugov fully admitted guilt and applied for a special procedure of consideration of his case. The state prosecutor opposed Drugov's motion, referring to some materials about his state of health. The judge sided with the prosecution and ordered a general order of consideration of the case.\nOn 25 July 2023, Drugov was sentenced to two years of compulsory labour and banned from administering internet resources for three years.\nIn September 2024, the court decided to release Drugov on parole.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":311,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Sergey Drugov on dissemination of disrespectful information about the days of military glory","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a repost of a publication by Feminist Anti-War Resistance (FAS), in which activists criticised the Victory cult against the backdrop of Russian aggression in Ukraine and announced alternative mourning rallies for 9 May.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.07.2023, Sentence: two years of compulsory labour, prohibition to administer Internet resources for three years","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"two years of compulsory labour, prohibition to administer Internet resources for three years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-25T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-25T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 23-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/drugov-sergej-andreevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recVB4IcsBH0D5xy1"},{"persecution_id":"recYGMB7FtRTI04jt","last_updated":"2025-04-15T09:17:25.000Z","person_id":"recUIfb1g2EnrWATo","name_en":"Natalya Kuklina","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Petrozavodsk town. In the spring and summer of 2022, the court received eight times materials on administrative cases of discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) against her. The reasons were, in particular, anti-war leaflets, stickers and a post on VKontakte. She was fined on three protocols, the remaining administrative cases were either terminated or returned to the police for revision. On 23 December 2022, the court imposed a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 2 February 2023, the court seized Kuklina's property. In August 2023, a car was taken away from the woman because of inscriptions \"discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation\".\nOn 17 December 2024, the court dismissed Kuklina's case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2024-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1081,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":154,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Natalya Kuklina on repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-790/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the spring and summer of 2022, the court received eight times materials on administrative cases on defamation of the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) against Natalya Kuklina. The reasons were, in particular, anti-war leaflets, stickers and a post on \"VKontakte\". She was fined for three protocols, the rest of the administrative cases were either cancelled or returned to the police for revision.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 23.12.2022 to 17.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2024, Sentence: Criminal case dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Criminal case dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYGMB7FtRTI04jt"},{"persecution_id":"recfRRh7U48pdGC0w","last_updated":"2026-02-17T16:53:48.000Z","person_id":"recT5bnwSQXqtxb0t","name_en":"Marat Yagudin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Naberezhnye Chelny. In October 2022, he was fined under an administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Later, a case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Yagudin pleaded guilty and said that at the time of publishing the comments he disagreed with the introduction of Russian troops into Ukraine and decided to express his discontent in this way. He published public apologies in the form of advertisements in three issues of the city newspaper and also transferred five thousand roubles to a charity fund to help children with leukaemia. At the time of the case, Yagudin was on his own recognisance. On 13 July 2023, he was sentenced to six months of correctional labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":259,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Marat Yagudin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-1334/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"A criminal case was initiated because of comments published on VKontakte on 19 March and 18 May 2022.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.07.2023, Sentence: 6 months of correctional labour","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months of correctional labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfRRh7U48pdGC0w"},{"persecution_id":"recQUoeR74ahbncIj","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:01:47.000Z","person_id":"recIUrbRSWLlvZgqc","name_en":"Alexander Nemenok","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Tik-Tok blogger known as Petya Benzobakov. He is a resident of Vladivostok. In May 2022, the blogger was searched, after interrogation he was released. However, in September he was sent to pre-trial detention centre for two months. A case of public justification of terrorism was opened against him. The reason for the case was four videos criticising the authorities and calling for their overthrow. In one of them, dated 6 March 2022, Nemenok apparently condemns war. According to him, he was hospitalised once during his detention, after which he was assigned disability group 3. Later the blogger was transferred to house arrest. The FSB officers informed him that they had tapped his phone for several months before taking him into custody. According to him, on one of the days when he was taken from the pre-trial detention centre to the investigator just to sign his signature, he spent about 20 hours without food and water.\nOn 26 June 2023, the blogger was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles (≈$4750 as of 26.06.2023).","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":421,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Petya Benzobakov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated by four videos criticising Putin and appeals to the military calling for the overthrow of the government. One of them, dated 6 March 2022, appears to condemn war.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2022 to 01.11.2022\n• house arrest: from 01.11.2022 to 26.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.06.2023, Sentence: a fine of 400 thousand rubles (≈$4750 as of 26.06.2023)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400 thousand rubles (≈$4750 as of 26.06.2023)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-26T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-26T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQUoeR74ahbncIj"},{"persecution_id":"recQubuQ6vsrqaOZ2","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recmeD7ynYot214wL","name_en":"Lev Petrov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Goryachy Klyuch (Krasnodar Region). A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of a post about the destruction of Ukrainian cities. Petrov's case was referred to the court in December 2022, but on 7 March 2023 the consideration was suspended. As a reason on the court's website stated \"mental disorder or other serious illness that precludes the possibility of the defendant's appearance\". The review was then resumed. On 12 February 2024, the court sent Petrov to compulsory treatment.\n\nIn April 2022, Petrov was fined under the administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code). At that time, he left a comment in \"VKontakte\" to a video entitled \"Russian occupants continue to wipe Mariupol off the face of the earth\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Goryachy Klyuch"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":772,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Lev Petrov's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-7/2024 (1-41/2023; 1-264/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on March 19, 2022, no later than 3:54 PM, the exact time not having been established by the investigation, Petrov L.V., while at the address: <address>, using a device with access to the “Internet” information and telecommunications network, for the purpose of fostering a negative attitude toward the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and government bodies as a whole during the special military operation on the territory of the Republic of Ukraine, acting intentionally and being aware that the information was knowingly false, posted on the “VKontakte” social network, on his page under the nickname “L. Petrov” located at the URL: https://vk.com/№“...”, an entry containing false information beginning with the words “What Ukrainian cities look like...” and ending with the words “...more than 200 civilians died,” with a total view count of 36.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.02.2024","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-12T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-12T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQubuQ6vsrqaOZ2"},{"persecution_id":"recBkqMcDqC5KqmPX","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recyuUqDA29h6ed6s","name_en":"Alexey Vorochek","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May 2022, a report on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) was drawn up against him because of the inscription \"Occupants, Fashizm\" on the wall of the city military enlistment office. Vorochek was fined 30,000 rubles. \n\nAt the same time, according to unconfirmed reports, he was arrested for 7 days due to the fact that he allegedly refused a medical examination for the presence of alcohol. While he was under arrest, the special forces \"Grom\" (\"Thunder\") of the Lipetsk Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted a search of his relatives and the relatives of his wife. During the search, a bulletproof vest, gas masks, an American flag, and stripes with Ukrainian symbols were found in Vorochek's apartment. Later, he said that he used the bulletproof vest to play airsoft. gas masks for photo shoots, a flag for decoration, and bought stripes because he is half Ukrainian. He was accused of having links with the \"Right Sector\". Vorochek also reported that during his detention, FSB officer Dmitry Peregudov and special forces soldiers forced him to sing the anthem of Russia, threatened him with rape and tried to force him to have a blowjob in a police van. After serving a day on administrative arrest, he was taken into custody. During the hearings devoted to the election or extension of the preventive measure, Vorochek claimed torture, but the court ignored these statements. \n\nOn July 27, 2023, he was sentenced to a year and 11 months in a general regime penal colony, soon released due to the long stay in custody. He was also given six months of freedom restriction.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Yelets"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":451,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["other","freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Oleksiy Vorochek's case of involvement in the Right Sector","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation suggests that Vorochek is connected with the \"Right Sector\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2022 to 29.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Lipetsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.07.2023, Sentence: 1 year 11 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 11 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":23,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-26T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-26T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 27-07-2023\n Source: https://ovd.news/express-news/2023/07/27/zhitelya-lipeckoy-oblasti-prigovorili-k-1-godu-i-11-mesyacam-kolonii-po-delu?page=4\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recBkqMcDqC5KqmPX"},{"persecution_id":"reclB1NjnOGvTTEMC","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"recwBXh10RCT00XCm","name_en":"Andrei Kapatsyna","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attC9ygVwd4ypj0k9.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attC9ygVwd4ypj0k9.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He told his lawyers that his employer had initially planned to arrange a deferment for him and other employees as air traffic controllers, but he was later denied it. He pleaded guilty and explained in court that, due to his religious beliefs, he could not take up arms or use them against other people. He was sentenced to two years and ten months in a penal colony. The court justified its decision by stating that the law does not provide for the possibility of replacing military service under mobilisation with alternative civilian service.\nKapatsyna was allegedly released in May 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Air-traffic controllers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":240,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2.1,  Article 332 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["332"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2.1, Article 332"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of the air traffic controller for disobeying an order","persecution_case_profile_en":"The criminal case was initiated after the air traffic controller twice disobeyed orders and refused to go to fight in Ukraine: the first time was in October, on the parade ground in the presence of other mobilised soldiers; the second time was in November, in the office of the unit’s headquarters.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.05.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.06.2023, Sentence: 2 years 10 months' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 10 months' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":34,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-29T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-29T08:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-12-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-andreya-kapaczynu/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reclB1NjnOGvTTEMC"},{"persecution_id":"rec8z4cmlnaEPDj2V","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recSDJJrbrOtr9SOR","name_en":"Alexander Korus","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":" Korus is a resident of Mogocha (Zabaykalsky Krai). On May 17, 2023, he was sentenced to a year of restriction of freedom in a case of vandalism due to anti-war inscriptions.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Mogocha"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":500,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Korus vandalism case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation argues that he vandalised the infrastructure facilities (road bridge, railroad railings, the RZD branch office, shop). Among the graffitis there are such inscriptions as “Putin is a Faschist”, “Vata Zombi”, “No to Mogilisation” and “1984”. The court noted in the conviction that man compared in his act the events, happening in Russia with a plot of 1984 by G. Orwell, the book about imaginary totalitarian state where people live under constant supervision. ","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.05.2023, Sentence: 1 year of imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-16T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-07-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/07/d48330/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec8z4cmlnaEPDj2V"},{"persecution_id":"rec8qQysSxnqfSlly","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:11:53.000Z","person_id":"recLzAbCmuzpDYfJx","name_en":"Irina Sedelnikova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An employee of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration \n(RANEPA). A case of dissemination of deliberately false information about Russian armed forces was initiated against her, and Sedelnikova was placed under house arrest. During one of the court sessions, she pleaded guilty. Sedelnikova complained that her health conditions worsened as she could not go for a walk. However, the court refused to soften the measure of restriction. On November 7 she was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence. ","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":675,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Irina Sedelnikova on \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-341/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was the words she said at the seminar on September 14, 2022: \"Even according to official data, how many children have already died, and how many children are left disabled! What has been done there is dreadful! A beautiful little girl left without a leg. It was torn off. Well, there are some kinds of prostheses and they still take them to Germany for treatment. Or a lovely girl Lisa was killed at only six years old\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest:  to 07.11.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 07.11.2023 to 23.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 23.11.2023 to 22.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.11.2023, Sentence: 3 years suspended sentance with 2 years probation period and prohibition of teachinig activities","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years suspended sentance with 2 years probation period and prohibition of teachinig activities","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-07T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-07T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8qQysSxnqfSlly"},{"persecution_id":"recdFIrbfgyXQbuOG","last_updated":"2026-02-17T17:10:51.000Z","person_id":"recPfsJVIGVYxLJRU","name_en":"Vladislav Yegorsky","birth_year":1966,"age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Nizhny Novgorod. A criminal case against him was initiated for the dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In October 2022 The Investigative Committee dismissed the case since Yegosky's post appeared “before the publishing of the official refutaion by the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation regarding the the events in cities of Irpen and Bucha of the Republic of Ukraine” to which was dedicated the video that became the reason of the case initiation. However it later became known about a new case against Yegosky on the same article, on  June 30, 2023 he was sentenced to 10 months of corrective labor through wage docking.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":545,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Egorsky's second case of \"fakes\" about the SC","case_number":"1-196/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigation, “the deliberately false information under the guise of reliable messages containing data on the usage of Russian military” was posted on a certain social media by “three different accounts”.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2023, Sentence: 10 months of corrective labor through wage docking","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 months of corrective labor through wage docking","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-30T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-30T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdFIrbfgyXQbuOG"},{"persecution_id":"recZfHmCPI9Y5ku6A","last_updated":"2026-03-09T13:49:59.000Z","person_id":"recNafy9zpAM5A2Yf","name_en":"Alexander Somriakov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attOjW2kQeSsEH4cj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attOjW2kQeSsEH4cj.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Krasnodar, an electrician, born in Moldova. A criminal case was opened against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. He partially admitted guilt: he said that he spread \"false\" information in an attempt to \"gain more subscribers, likes and comments\". On 4 April 2023, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. In March 2024, it became known that he was deprived of Russian citizenship.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":458,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Somryakov's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-187/2023 (1-658/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the man's prosecution was his publications that Russian troops had attacked a maternity hospital and a drama theatre in Mariupol, as well as committed \"mass slaughter of civilians\" in Ukraine, including \"killing 260 people in the small town of Bucha\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.08.2022 to 19.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.07.2023 to 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2023, Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment cell: , Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n• punishment cell: , Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.04.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-04T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-04T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-08-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/somryakov-aleksandr-sergeevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZfHmCPI9Y5ku6A"},{"persecution_id":"recxs0TkkdEVtSZhl","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"recjtDtUxN0p2txfL","name_en":"Timofey Rudenko","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, a former military psychologist. Since May 2022, he has been detained and arrested five times on administrative articles. Rudenko said that on 7 May 2022 he was searched and taken to the police station, where he was tortured. He was forced to sign a confession to planning the 9 May terrorist attacks and to make a confession of guilt, and when he failed to do so, they drew up a report on petty hooliganism.\nOn 18 May 2023, Rudenko was detained at Zhukovsky airport while trying to fly to Kyrgyzstan. According to him, he was then beaten again, tasered and threatened. The court arrested him for 15 days under the article on petty hooliganism. After that, Rudenko was arrested four more times in a row, being detained immediately on his way out of the detention centre.\nOn 20 July 2023, it became known that a criminal case had been brought against Rudenko, and the next day the court sent him to custody under the article on public justification of terrorism.\nRudenko's mother assumed that the persecution was related to her son's anti-war statements. Last year, he published a post on his VKontakte page condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and also left several anti-war comments on Telegram.\nLater it became known that Rudenko was accused of making comments on behalf of a certain \"Maimul Maimulovich\" under the title \"Crimea — the land of guerrilla glory\", which, according to the investigation, contained approval of the activities of Chechen separatists. It is unclear how the investigation determined that Rudenko was the author of these comments.\nOn 6 February 2024, the court sent Rudenko to compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":523,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Timofey Rudenko's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for prosecution were comments about Chechen separatists. The comments were written by the user \"Maimul Maimulovich\" in the period from April 29 to May 1, 2022 in the telegram channel \"Crimea — the land of guerrilla glory\", dedicated to military actions in Crimea and cases of sabotage on the peninsula.\n\nThese statements, according to the investigation, included \"justification of the actions of members of illegal armed groups, supporters of [Dzhokhar] Dudayev, operating on the territory of the Chechen Republic and fighting in Ukraine against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.02.2024","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-06T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-06T11:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-10-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://tskvsmfq---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/rudenko-timofej-aleksandrovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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In December 2021, law enforcers came to the event. \"Everyone was put on the cold floor face down for 40 minutes, one person was beaten by the law enforcers,\" the believers claimed. Judging by the website of the Ramensky city court, several dozen of them were subsequently given fines.\nIn the summer of 2022, law enforcers searched alleged members of the New Generation in at least six Russian cities as part of a criminal case under the article on carrying out activities of an \"undesirable organisation\". The believers were accused of communicating with Andrei Tishchenko, a New Generation pastor from Ukraine. In November Basmanny court arrested him in absentia. Then the REN TV channel published a video in which Yugov was led out of his flat in handcuffs. When asked if he had anything to do with the New Generation, Yugov replied, \"Not at the moment.\"\nOn 20 April 2023, Yugov was taken into custody in Moscow as accused of involvement in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\". On 18 July Yugov was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow","Ramenskoye"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow","Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW","RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":351,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"New Generation\""],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Ulitin's and Sviatoslav Iugov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Apparently, the criminal prosecution was based on the organisation of a conference of New Generation pastors in Ramenskoye near Moscow in December 2021. The protocols drawn up after law enforcement officers came to the conference and detained about 150 participants listed the International Movement of Christian Churches \"New Generation\" as the organiser of the event, although it was actually held by the Russian-registered Centralised Religious Organisation of Christians of Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals) \"New Generation\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.04.2023 to 12.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.10.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.07.2023, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-18T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-02-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-novogo-pokoleniya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recQMHXGAnZyjsz0H"},{"persecution_id":"recBBAUnzq1fbuVRe","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recsurmlDsEWeUlBt","name_en":"Ai-Tana Tugudina","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Gorno-Altaisk. A case of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces was initiated against her due to comments made under a publication about a woman who allegedly wanted to assist Ukrainian special services. The court sentenced Tugudina to eight months of forced labour. As there is no correctional centre for women in Gorno-Altaisk, Tugudina was supossed to be sent to Biysk. She refused to comply with the court's decision and left Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gorno-Altaysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AL"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":577,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ay-Tana Tugudina regarding repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of comments under the news about another Altai resident who allegedly intended to assist the special services of Ukraine in the telegram chat \"Gorny Altai. Discussion\" and the channel \"Altai: main news (tös solundar)\". According to the investigation, Tugudina, \"aware the criminal nature of her actions\", posted message negatively criticising the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine. \"Mediazona\" found a post with the comment \"Guys are dying not because of this woman, but because Russia started the war\", which was left by the user \"Nobody T\". In response, a user named \"Alena\" claimed that \"Nobody T\" was actually Ay-Tana Tugudina, previously fined under the article about discrediting the army. \"Nobody T\" wrote: \"I was fined for writing that contract soldiers can refuse and not go to fight in Ukraine. I don't want the guys to die. And you, apparently, like that people die, you are fascists.\" In April 2022, Tugudina was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of her comments in the same chat.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.08.2023, Sentence: 8 months of imprisonment, to be replaced by compulsory labour for the same period of time.","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 months of imprisonment, to be replaced by compulsory labour for the same period of time.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-01T12:55:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-01T12:55:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-08-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/tugudina-aj-tana/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 07-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48478/?ysclid=lmi003kabp923842581\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recBBAUnzq1fbuVRe"},{"persecution_id":"recivgUjWb1802XlT","last_updated":"2025-02-09T17:40:20.000Z","person_id":"recsErxskOFHrKNZg","name_en":"Andriy Kovalenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att8wg1kQfl6QYZjH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att8wg1kQfl6QYZjH.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Temryuk (Krasnodar region). On 8 August 2023, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony on charges of hacking with payment cards, as well as financing the Anti-Corruption Foundation. The appeal court cancelled the sentence and sent the case for a new trial. On 25 December 2023, a new verdict was handed down, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Temryuk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":584,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":83,"persecution_subject_en":["other","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Kovalenko's case on hacker attacks and FBK financing","case_number":"1-394/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, having found accomplices - \"traffers\" - on the Internet, he sent them malicious files, which they were supposed to distribute under the guise of sending e-mails to computers of foreign citizens - residents of Western Europe, as well as North and South America. Each \"traffer\" was to receive $250 for infecting 1,000 computers. In this way, Kovalenko gained access to users' information, which he stored on the hard drive of the computer for the purpose of subsequent purchases of goods in online shops, including Bay, Walmart, Amazon, at the expense of the money of bank card holders whose data he had stolen.\nIn addition, he financed the activities of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, a recognised extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.08.2023, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles and a ban on administering websites for 2 years• First instance court on the merits, 25.12.2023, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine","Prohibition of activity","Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2023-08-08T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-25T12:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-08-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-finansirovanii-fbk/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recivgUjWb1802XlT"},{"persecution_id":"reccui3nnhiBgQ6Pe","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec3nLFDrW8f64lvR","name_en":"Konstantin Martsenko","birth_year":1988,"age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Mozhaysk. In 2022 Martsenko was detained on the charge of vandalism, because he toppled the installation in shape of letter Z and tried to set it on fire. Later he also tore up the pro-war banner. On 13 December 2022 Martsenko was sentenced to eight months of restrictions of freedom.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Mozhaysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":35,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Martsenko vandalism case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, he knocked down an installation in the form of the letter Z, after which he tried to set a banner in favour of the war on fire on the building of the House of Culture. This appeared to be impossible, and then Martsenko tore the banner.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 13.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.12.2022, Sentence: eight months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"eight months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-12T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccui3nnhiBgQ6Pe"},{"persecution_id":"recoYRgyuah1X0Vfo","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"rec6MQtjQREpHMsFX","name_en":"Nikolai Shatkovskii","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att6o9nb9HI7uFRbJ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att6o9nb9HI7uFRbJ.jpg"],"birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"А monk of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, lived in Belgorod Oblast. After the full-scale invasion, he published aggressive social media posts, including posts in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In October 2022, he was detained and taken into custody. The reason was reportedly aggressive statements calling for violence against representatives of the authorities and law enforcement agencies. In particular, he stated that those dissatisfied with the authorities should not attend peaceful rallies, but \"make shivs and take Molotov cocktails\" to kill \"Putin and all that entire Jewish gang\". On 12 July 2023, Hilarion was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":283,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Monk Hilarion's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"Presumably the reason for the case was a video message posted by Shatkovskii on 26 February 2022, containing the following text: \"...while our young people wasted precious time on foolish peaceful demonstrations in St. Petersburg, in Moscow - they wasted this time instead of making shivs and taking Molotov cocktails and pouring them down the necks of cops, those scum, those Judas, so these people were afraid to do such a thing, they were sent to Ukraine and now they are dying there, that's the point, but if instead they had killed Putin and all that entire Jewish gang, that would have been the liberation of Russia, all at once, thank God. You know now what to do, do not be afraid of these scum, death comes only once anyway, pray to God, with a prayer on your lips and in your heart, kill the Jews - they are enemies of God and the Fatherland, thank God\".","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2022 to 28.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Belgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Belgorod region\"\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.07.2023, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 4 years' ban on administering websites","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 4 years' ban on administering websites","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-11-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/shatkovskij-nikolaj-vladimirovich-monah-ilarion/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recoYRgyuah1X0Vfo"},{"persecution_id":"recKr06Qzv1B8hnoB","last_updated":"2023-11-08T16:40:58.000Z","person_id":"recg72wQqHU2LvZwM","name_en":"M. Abdullaev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Abdullaev is a resident of Makhachkala. Against him, a case of calls for extremism was initiated. According to the investigation, he called for killings of Russian military men on social media. Abdullaev pleaded guilty. On 26 June 2023, he was sentenced to two years of suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izberbash"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":540,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"M. 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An employee of the Novovoronezh nuclear power plant. He was interested in Ukrainian culture. Presumably he holds right-wing views. Detained on 28 May 2022 after a search. The law enforcers allegedly found explosives and a Ukrainian passport in his house, but Dimitrenko himself says that they were planted on him. Grigory Severin, who was in the pre-trial detention centre with him, said that the explosives allegedly found during the search were packed in a juice box, which was rubbed on a sheet in Dimitrenko's flat, apparently to leave traces of his DNA on it. Dimitrenko told Severin about torture, including that the law enforcers put a bag over his head to get the testimony they wanted. He was placed in custody on the charges of preparation for sabotage and illegal possession of explosives. According to Severin, Dimitrenko \"does not support Putin's regime, including the so-called special military operation.\" Later, the Telegram channel \"Free People of Voronezh\" published Dimitrenko's letter, in which he said that during the search the FSB officers brought their witnesses with them, beat him and forced him to record a video confession, while the investigator Danila Maltsev did not show him the search warrant. The search took no more than seven minutes. When Dimitrenko asked why he was planted with material evidence, the operative Denis Gerasimov told him: \"Sanya, you are not white and fluffy - you have to do time.\" The FSB officers checked contacts in the detainee's phone, threatened him with life imprisonment and provoked him to testify against his acquaintances. When Dimitrenko was taken from the pre-trial detention centre to the investigation department for interrogation, he was again beaten and had a bag put over his head. Investigator Maltsev told him: \"The times when you could write whatever you wanted in your correspondence are over. Now it's war, you're an enemy for us, you have to do time. Or what, should I bring a device with electric current?\" After the lawyer's visit, Dimitrenko again claimed his innocence, refusing to testify against himself under Article 51 of the Constitution. He continued to be beaten until his return to the pre-trial detention centre, including \"with a drill or a screwdriver\", forced to say the word \"palyanytsya\", and threatened with pressuring his relatives. The defence lawyer applied for a medical examination, but the man was taken to a doctor only two weeks later, when the bruises had gone. Later Dimitrenko was also charged with high treason.\nOn 22 March 2024, Dimitrenko was sentenced to 23 years in a strict regime colony.\nOn 24 September 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by six months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":664,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":94,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["281","222.1","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 281","Part 1, Article 222.1","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Dimitrenko's case on preparation for sabotage and possession of explosives","case_number":"2-3/2024 (2-28/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"established cooperation relations on a confidential basis with representatives of the AFU, the Ukrainian organisation Right Sector, the Ukrainian paramilitary unit Azov\", informed a certain Gleb Parfenov, \"directly connected with the AFU and cooperating with the SBU\", \"on a list of employees of  \"Concert Rosenergoatom\" sent to ensure safety at Zaporizhzhia power plant, accompanied by a comment about the possibility of using the obtained information in the International Criminal Court.\" In addition, agreed with unidentified persons to organise an explosion at the Maslovka railway station in Voronezh.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2022 to 01.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Oblast\n• in custody: from 21.08.2024 to 24.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• : from 25.06.2024 to 13.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• : , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• in custody: from 13.08.2024 to 21.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.09.2024 to 11.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.03.2024, Sentence: 23 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, with the first 5 years' imprisonment in prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"23 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, with the first 5 years' imprisonment in prison","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":270,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-6,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-22T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-22T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-11-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/dimitrenko-aleksandr-aleksandrovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec8CZneSKwURXdLx"},{"persecution_id":"recGAazfIZ73jU3xF","last_updated":"2023-11-10T18:28:03.000Z","person_id":"recqmZ8E4F6emlbTE","name_en":"Stepan Efremenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Karasuk (Novosibirsk region), he faced charges for the dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On August 31, 2023, he was sentenced to ten months of corrective labor, suspended.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Karasuk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":607,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Stepan Efremenko's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-18/2023 (1-223/2022;)","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.08.2023, Sentence: 10 months of correctional labour suspended with a probation period of 9 months","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 months of correctional labour suspended with a probation period of 9 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-31T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-31T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGAazfIZ73jU3xF"},{"persecution_id":"recBu8BzifWm9h4u7","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recU0pBNr58QFcs6I","name_en":"Zenoviy Ilkiv","birth_year":1950,"birth_date":"1950-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":75,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":72,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Magadan region. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Russian army through publications in Odnoklassniki. The court chose a measure of restriction against Ilkiv in the form of a ban on certain actions. Ilkiv pleaded guilty, the case was tried under a special procedure. On April 19, 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Seymchan"],"persecution_region_en":["Magadan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MAG"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2023-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":473,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Zenoviy Ilkiv's case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-9/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"On his \"Odnoklassniki\" social network page, he intentionally posted a video material, making it available for viewing and downloading to an unlimited number of people, containing linguistic signs of negative assessment of the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, expressed by the lexeme \"occupants\" (\"okupantiv\"). Before that, Ilkiv was fined 15,000 rubles (US$ 160) under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of five publications in Odnoklassniki containing certain graphic images and video files.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 14.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.04.2023, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-19T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-19T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBu8BzifWm9h4u7"},{"persecution_id":"recA2apNAohJDMLfR","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:02:20.000Z","person_id":"rec2NMgo9rrNUISOo","name_en":"Irina Danilovich","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attKtZVtUt3wDOw7b.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attKtZVtUt3wDOw7b.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine"],"story_en":"In 2015, Irina Danilovich was actively involved in the operations of the library branch of the Ukrainian Cultural Centre. In this role, Danilovich frequently gave interviews to the publication \"Krym.Realii\" and expressed her love for Ukraine. She collaborated with the independent publication \"INzhir Media\" and the human rights project \"Crimean Process.\" In 2020, Danilovich assumed the position of the head of the Crimean branch of the trade union Alliance of Doctors.\n\nEven before facing criminal prosecution, law enforcement authorities subjected the nurse to pressure. In 2016, she was detained at the entrance to Crimea from mainland Ukraine, along with two other activists of the Ukrainian Cultural Centre. During this incident, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) interrogated them, inquiring about her travel to the mainland and her contacts. In 2017, Danilovich recounted to \"Crimea.Realia\" that FSB officers attempted to compel her to act as an informant. She mentioned that she was summoned without formal summons, subjected to pressure, and threatened regarding the validity of her Ukrainian passport.\n\nIrina Danilovich went missing on April 29, 2022. She later informed the court that she had been abducted by Crimean FSB officers on that day. According to her account, she was forced into an unmarked car at a bus stop, where she was threatened, subjected to physical violence, and had her phone and tablet confiscated. After arriving at the FSB office in Simferopol, she was blindfolded with a black bag and taken inside the building.\n\nShe recalled, \"Despite the black bag, I could see my feet as I entered the building. I was led through the metal detector frame, which did not react in any way.\"\n\nWhile searching Danilovich and her belongings, a security service employee checked a case containing glasses, which later law enforcement officers would allegedly claim contained explosives. She remembered this moment clearly, as the employee took out the case, opened it, identified it as containing glasses, and checked it with a metal detector. However, according to her, there were no explosives or prohibited items in the case. Subsequently, law enforcement officers searched her residence.\n\nFollowing the search, Danilovich was taken to the basement of the FSB building. She described it as cold, with constant bright lighting. She was provided with minimal food and had no access to restroom facilities. She endured these conditions for about eight days. During this time, law enforcement officers regularly visited her in the basement, threatening her life, attempting to obtain information about the \"Alliance of Doctors,\" participants in \"Crimean Solidarity,\" and independent journalists in the region. Danilovich also claimed to have been subjected to polygraph testing. One day, a bag containing a glasses case was taken from her, raising suspicions that prohibited items could have been planted.\n\nDanilovich also mentioned that she was coerced into providing her consent for \"operational-search measures.\" Authorities forcibly obtained her fingernail clippings, hand wash samples, and buccal epithelium. She was also forced to record a video statement asserting that she had not experienced mental or physical abuse. Under duress, she signed protocols and two blank sheets of paper without reviewing their content.\n\nFollowing these events, Danilovich asserted that she faced physical abuse by law enforcement officers. This allegedly occurred after she was informed that explosives had been found in the glasses case. Subsequently, she was taken to an investigator, placed in temporary detention, and then transferred to pre-trial detention.\n\nFrom the moment of her disappearance, Danilovich's family, friends, and a lawyer, according to their agreement, began searching for her. Her father managed to obtain surveillance footage near a petrol station, which depicted the abduction of his daughter.\n\nIn June 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) designated Danilovich as a \"foreign agent\" in the media registry.\n\nDanilovich faced repeated extensions of her pre-trial detention, despite unsuccessful defense appeals. In August 2022, she was formally charged, and her case was transferred to Feodosia City Court.\n\nIt was later revealed that Danilovich had initially been detained on suspicion of state treason (Art. 275 of the Criminal Code) due to her alleged ties to Ukrainian intelligence. The investigation claimed that since 2018, Danilovich had been collecting data on the movement of Russian military equipment in Crimea. During her week in the FSB basement, she was persistently questioned about this, including through the use of polygraph testing. Ultimately, the charges against her did not include Art. 275 and any association with foreign intelligence services.\n\nWhile in pre-trial detention, Danilovich's health deteriorated significantly. She developed otitis media but was not provided with medical treatment. As a result, she nearly lost her hearing and experienced severe headaches due to ear inflammation, according to human rights activists.\n\nIn November 2022, Danilovich reported instances of pressure from law enforcement officers who conducted an unscheduled search of her cell and confiscated her records.\n\nDuring the trial, the defense repeatedly raised concerns about the judge's bias, especially when questioning witnesses, particularly the comprehensive ones. Danilovich claimed she had never seen them before, including during the search when explosives were allegedly discovered in the glasses case. The defense also highlighted numerous inconsistencies in witness testimonies, inadmissible evidence, lack of substantial proof, and perjury by one of the \"witnesses,\" who was revealed to be a Crimean police officer. The investigation failed to clarify why the activist was carrying explosives and the source of these alleged items.\n\nIn December, during the trial's closing arguments, the prosecutor requested a seven-year prison sentence and a fine of 60,000 rubles for Danilovich. The Feodosia City Court nearly accepted this request and sentenced the activist to seven years of imprisonment and a fine of 50,000 rubles.\n\nDanilovich's health continued to deteriorate, leading her to initiate a hunger strike in March 2023 due to the absence of medical care. In April, she was deceived into ending her hunger strike with promises of hospitalization, but she only received medical attention once thereafter.\n\nActivists reported that there were plans to transfer Danilovich from pre-trial detention to a hospital; however, the judge scheduled a date for her to review the case materials on the same day, deliberately obstructing her access to medical care and preparations for appealing her sentence. Danilovich's father later revealed that she had almost completely lost her hearing while in pre-trial detention.\n\nBy the end of June 2023, the Supreme Court of Crimea reduced Danilovich's original sentence by one month. In July, it was announced that she would be transferred from Crimea to a correctional colony in Krasnodar to serve her sentence. In October, reports were indicating that Danilovich may have experienced a stroke while in pre-trial detention.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers","Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Feodosia","Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":243,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Crimean nurse Irina Danilovich","case_number":"№ 1-369/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"Investigators found explosives - 200 grams of TNT equivalent - concealed in the lining of an eyeglass case in Danilovich's purse. She also had medical needles and a tourniquet, which she needed as a nurse, in a 17x3x6cm case. According to the investigation, she intended to use the needles as projectiles in the explosive device.\n\n\"Irina Danilovich, while on the territory of Crimea, no later than 29 April 2022, assembled an improvised explosive device with fragmentation characteristics... The device was equipped with a military electric detonator, and the camouflage container was a glasses case. She also included medical needles from syringes as pre-made projectiles <...> During the specified period, to conceal her actions, she kept the device in a black cloth bag and carried it with her until it was discovered on 29 April. It was discovered and seized by FSB officers.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.05.2022 to 29.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.06.2023 to 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2022, Sentence: Seven years of imprisonment in a general regime colony and a fine of 60,000 rubles.• Court of appeal instance on the merits, 29.06.2023, Sentence: Six years and eleven months of imprisonment in a general regime colony and a fine of 50,000 rubles.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Six years and eleven months of imprisonment in a general regime colony and a fine of 50,000 rubles.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":83,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-28T14:08:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-29T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-02-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnoj-aktivistku-iz-kryma-irinu-danilovich/ \n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recA2apNAohJDMLfR"},{"persecution_id":"recz3SDx4NqjT180P","last_updated":"2025-03-06T15:07:27.000Z","person_id":"recGGwQG7ssoTz1bt","name_en":"Artem Kirasirov","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A former PhD student of Vladimir State University. He was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of leaflets against war. He was under house arrest, was expelled from graduate school because he could not pay tuition fees. 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She was prosecuted for incitement to hatred because of two statements - on television and one in her own YouTube channel. She is wanted. On 14 October 2024, Sokolova was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1017,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":145,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yanina Sokolova","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 5 August 2022, \"with the aim of influencing people's consciousness\", she gave an interview to the programme \"Great Lviv Speaks\" of the Ukrainian TV channel NTA, during which she \"justified violent actions against Russians\", and on 10 December 2022, on the YouTube channel \"Evening with Yanina Sokolova\", she made a statement \"forming contempt\" and \"justifying violence\" against Russians.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.10.2024, Sentence: 8 years imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-14T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-14T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recByLXyCm0N6AdZt"},{"persecution_id":"reccl9hHiiN8kJ1gZ","last_updated":"2023-12-13T23:27:21.000Z","person_id":"recLX0fMFtv1Nmsus","name_en":"Kirill Shvetsov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tambov. In June 2022, he met Artem Skakalin, a janitor who sold books, through the Avito website. They later began communicating on Telegram, and Skakalin told Shvetsov that he opposed war with Ukraine, was on the border with Ukraine and planned to join the Russian Freedom Legion,and had purchased two knives \"with the aim of attacking a Russian patrol.\" After Skakalin was detained at the border, a case of under-reporting was brought against Shvetsov. On 19 December 2022, Shvetsov was sentenced to a fine of 30,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tambov"],"persecution_region_en":["Tambov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TAM"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":170,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["no denunciation filed"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.6 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.6"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.6"],"case_name_en":"Kirill Shvetsov's case of under-reporting","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"failed to report to the authorities about a person preparing to participate in hostilities against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, LNR and DNR on the side of Ukraine, as part of an armed formation not provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation, for purposes contrary to the interests of Russia\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":30000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-18T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccl9hHiiN8kJ1gZ"},{"persecution_id":"recUN5CIDy0NsBQH7","last_updated":"2026-02-24T19:43:44.000Z","person_id":"recL4LhA4SMhu6DJq","name_en":"Sergey Gromov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atteEABwPZ9sDk04D.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atteEABwPZ9sDk04D.jpg"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was detained on 15 March 2022 at an airport in Moscow. Gromov was transported to Kazan, where he was searched. On 17 March, the court placed him into custody as a suspect in a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nLater he was also charged with financing extremist activities. On 14 September 2023, Gromov was sentenced to six years and one month in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":548,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Gromov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he continued the activities of the liquidated religious organisation by the means of keeping the religious meetings going at his place of residence.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.03.2022 to 17.03.2022\n• in custody: from 17.03.2022 to 17.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 17.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.01.2024 to 09.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.02.2024 to 01.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2024 to 01.02.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.09.2023, Sentence: 6 years and 1 month in prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years and 1 month in prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":73,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-14T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-14T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 23-03-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memohrc.org/ru/special-projects/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d45961/?sphrase_id=1575094\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recUN5CIDy0NsBQH7"},{"persecution_id":"recQz6dCckl0f1Lrg","last_updated":"2025-02-25T19:35:17.000Z","person_id":"recXX5mIfzd3oS4sQ","name_en":"Denis Mikhailov","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Mikhailov was detained after a search, then released but immediately detained again, this time under the charges of possessing ammunition. Later he was released, what measure of restriction or coercion the court elected is unknown.\n","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Denis Mikhailov's case on possession of firearms","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation claims that during the search in the case of false mining, eight cartridges and nine bullets from the Great Patriotic War-era were found in his possession.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQz6dCckl0f1Lrg"},{"persecution_id":"recuLV7h5zO9tbNrL","last_updated":"2026-02-15T12:21:27.000Z","person_id":"rectAK8GmODkElypX","name_en":"Nikolai Voishchev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUT6wMInekHH1ck.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUT6wMInekHH1ck.jpg"],"birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Maikop. Detained on 20 October 2022 after a search, the next day the court sent him to custody as part of a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 14 September 2023, Voishchev was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. On 29 April 2025, he was released.\n\nOn 8 February 2026, he died of cancer.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maykop"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":329,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Voishchev' case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"organised and held secret meetings together with other participants and followers of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious movement, through personal communication, telephone conversations and the Internet\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.10.2022 to 21.10.2022\n• in custody: from 21.10.2022 to 14.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Adygea\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Adygea\n• Unknown:  to 01.01.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2024 to 29.04.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n• Unknown: from 29.04.2025 to 08.02.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.09.2023, Sentence: 3 years' of imprisonment in a general-security colony, 4 years' ban on engaging in educational activities, as well as activities related to leadership and participation in religious or social organisations, and 1 year 's restriction of liberty.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' of imprisonment in a general-security colony, 4 years' ban on engaging in educational activities, as well as activities related to leadership and participation in religious or social organisations, and 1 year 's restriction of liberty.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-14T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-14T12:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-10-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-10-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/10/d47098/?sphrase_id=2006497\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recuLV7h5zO9tbNrL"},{"persecution_id":"recQOPe9MfDQZfnLj","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:08:33.000Z","person_id":"recJEKAJHQpWsWjOQ","name_en":"Vladislav Avtomanov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Biysk (Altai Territory). Probably participated in combat operations in 2015. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces. On 26 September 2023, the court sentenced Avtomanov to the fine of 100 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Biysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2023-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":633,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Avtomanov's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in July 2022 he published a post on his Odnoklassniki page, in which law enforcement officers found \"linguistic signs\" of discrediting the army.\nIn April 2022, Avtomanov was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). As stated in the ruling, the reason for prosecution were two publications. One of them depicted the flag of Ukraine with the inscription \"Bandera rag\", the flag of Russia with the inscription \"Vlasov rag\" and the flag of the USSR with the inscription \"Your great-grandfather understood it. And you? The flag of victory over fascism.\" On the second - the letter Z in a circle with the inscription \"To new fascism, a new swastika!\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.09.2023, Sentence: a fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-26T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-26T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQOPe9MfDQZfnLj"},{"persecution_id":"recUDXrHpux6SkRAo","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:27:45.000Z","person_id":"recMvK5xVp0cpxxS6","name_en":"Evgenii Sokolov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Voronezh Region. On 13 July 2020, Sokolov's house was searched, after which he was detained. Later, the court decided to take him into custody in the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 1 December, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen.\n\nIn December 2022, another case of organising activities of an extremist organisation was brought against Sokolov. The case was initiated in the Amur region, with an investigator from the Voronezh region conducting the interrogation in September 2023. On 29 May 2024, a court in Amur Region sentenced Sokolov to three years' suspended sentence.\n\nOn 21 November 2025, the court sentenced Sokolov to seven years in a general regime penal colony for the first criminal case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Zeya"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast","Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":531,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Evgeny Sokolov's case of activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"Sokolov was charged with preparing and holding religious meetings.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.05.2024, Sentence: 3 years' suspended sentence with a 3 years' ban to engage in activities related to leadership and participation in public organisations, and an additional 10 months' restriction of liberty.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended sentence with a 3 years' ban to engage in activities related to leadership and participation in public organisations, and an additional 10 months' restriction of liberty.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-29T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-29T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUDXrHpux6SkRAo"},{"persecution_id":"recX6tTeqYEpQjp56","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"recJQqzDfSIUf4v7e","name_en":"Sergei Orlov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attARKIhqVgccHtHe.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attARKIhqVgccHtHe.jpeg"],"birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 19 December 2022, Armavir City Court sentenced local video game blogger Sergei Orlov to a year in prison on charges of insulting the feelings of believers and illegal drug possession. Earlier, on 16 June 2021, Orlov was sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence for stealing money from a bank card. On the aggregate of sentences, the court sentenced him to two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Orlov was taken into custody in the courtroom.\n\nThe defendant pleaded guilty, and accelerated proceedings were used.\n\nPresumably, he was released in December 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Armavir"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2024-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":351,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 228 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148","228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148","Part 1, Article 228"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Orlov's case of insulting the feelings of Muslims","case_number":"1-657/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Orlov, \"posing as a blogger, playing an online streaming game and simultaneously conducting a live broadcast on his channel, posted a video clip in which he addressed other users in a rude, obscene way with statements aimed at offending the feelings of believers. A conclusion of a comprehensive religious-psychological-linguistic expert confirmed that the video and statements posted by the defendant were offensive (blasphemy and sacrilege). Orlov deliberately violated the constitutional rights of an indefinite number of Muslims who profess the religion of Islam.\" In addition, Orlov was found guilty of illegally purchasing and possessing marijuana under Part 1 of Article 228 of the Criminal Code.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.12.2022 to 20.03.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2022 to 19.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.03.2023 to 23.04.2024\n• Unknown: from 23.04.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 19.12.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2022, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony by joining the unexecuted part of a punishment under a previous sentence.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony by joining the unexecuted part of a punishment under a previous sentence.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-18T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-18T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-12-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/12/d47424/?sphrase_id=1791535\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recX6tTeqYEpQjp56"},{"persecution_id":"recUxvHPsTEDqPpIx","last_updated":"2023-12-10T13:31:47.000Z","person_id":"recvDosvVMdeGyunw","name_en":"Evgeny Kirillov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Author of the blog \"Combat Nerds\" on YouTube. On 27 December 2022 at the latest, he was declared wanted in a case of spreading deliberately false information about Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yevgeny Kirillov's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUxvHPsTEDqPpIx"},{"persecution_id":"recszzYfDUtdaQaWK","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"receuRrWPjSgpciRJ","name_en":"Pavel Danilov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Sverdlovsk region. On 21 October 2022, Danilov was searched, and on 6 February 2023, a case was opened against him on calls for activities against the security of the state, calls for extremism and public justification of terrorism. The reason was statements approving the undermining of the Crimean bridge and the activities of the Freedom of Russia Legion. As a measure of restraint, he was chosen to sign a covenant not to leave the country. The case was transferred to the court. Danilov absconded. Later, it became known that he was taken into custody.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of calls for activities against the security of the state, calls to extremism and public justification of terrorism in the Sverdlovsk region","case_number":"2-4/2026 (2-6/2025; 2-20/2024; 2-126/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The article on the justification of terrorism is imputed because of a comment on YouTube about the explosion on the Crimean bridge in 2022: \"The Crimean bridge has fulfilled its tasks and moved to more favourable borders.\" The investigation found calls to extremism in the comment: \"Undermine the system from within,\" left under the video about the Legion of Freedom of Russia. The comment was a response to the question: \"How do you want to fight against 4 fleets? Against an army of 3 million men. Only if NATO intervenes will you win.\" Danilov is accused of calling for the implementation of anti-state activities because of the comment \"Join the Legion\" as an answer to a question about what a person living outside Russia can do.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2023\n• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recszzYfDUtdaQaWK"},{"persecution_id":"recL6wEizCKeOppUs","last_updated":"2024-11-21T12:35:28.000Z","person_id":"recGHKP4KVF7fcqd6","name_en":"Tatiana Sushilnikova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attvsusZIZoOul06Z.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attvsusZIZoOul06Z.webp"],"birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novokuznetsk. In the summer of 2022, a case was brought against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. In August 2022, at the first hearing, the judge returned the case to the prosecutor because of violations found in the indictment. On 15 November 2023, Sushilnikova was sentenced to a four-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokuznetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":513,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Tatyana Sushilnikova","case_number":"1-270/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she \"personally propagandised the activities of the organisation and its ideological attitudes\", \"participated in carrying out missionary activities\", \"participated in meetings of followers of the Jehovah's Witnesses religion, preaching the Jehovah's Witnesses religion\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.11.2023, Sentence: 4 years' suspended imprisonment, 10 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' suspended imprisonment, 10 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-15T12:10:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-15T12:10:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 17-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/11/d48946/?sphrase_id=2010202\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sabodash-miroslav-ivanovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recL6wEizCKeOppUs"},{"persecution_id":"recsWt7FROSUfoUeu","last_updated":"2023-11-01T07:45:10.000Z","person_id":"recSJkF2PXUaAOFi0","name_en":"Fedor Belov","birth_year":1999,"age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Novgorod region. When detained, a mobile phone and two aerosol guns, as well as a box with two cartridges for one of them were seized from the Novgorod resident. It is reported that in 2019 and 2020, the detainee was involved in criminal cases of vandalism and theft, but both of them were terminated.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":106,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Fyodor Belov's case about Bandera's photo on the Immortal Regiment website","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of law enforcement agencies, the detainee, using a profile in the social network VKontakte, \"sent to the page of the website 'Immortal Regiment Online' an application containing the surname, first name and patronymic of Stepan Andreevich Bandera, as well as his photo\" in May 2020.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 19.03.2022 to 01.07.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-01T09:02:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-06-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/06/d47717/?sphrase_id=2007580\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recsWt7FROSUfoUeu"},{"persecution_id":"rec4iPiN1abnnOmwu","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:09:55.000Z","person_id":"rec8nEwgA7O0QqNFu","name_en":"Kirill Efimov","birth_year":2000,"age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Kirill Efimov, a student from Maloyaroslavets in the Kaluga Region, was detained on 20 May on charges of desecrating symbols of military glory and confessed to the offence. Subsequently, he recorded a video in which he apologised, stating that he could not recall the reasons for his actions, as he had been in a state of alcoholic intoxication at the time. On 18 August 2022, Efimov was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. It is presumed that he was released in August 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maloyaroslavets"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":88,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Kirill Efimov's case of desecration of the Eternal Flame","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Kirill Efimov publicly desecrated symbols of Russia's military glory and insulted the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland online. The case materials indicate that on the night of 18 to 19 May 2022, an intoxicated Efimov deliberately urinated on the Eternal Flame in Victory Square, Kaluga. Upon learning that this act had been photographed by his companion, Efimov requested his friend to send him the photo, which he then used as his profile picture on VKontakte. The case was initially investigated under Part 3 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code, but his actions were later reclassified.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2022 to 01.08.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.08.2022, Sentence: Two years in a penal settlement with a ban on posting material on the internet for a period of three years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years in a penal settlement with a ban on posting material on the internet for a period of three years.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-18T09:22:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-18T09:22:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-08-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/08/d46821/?sphrase_id=2007578\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec4iPiN1abnnOmwu"},{"persecution_id":"recuE1vn9FRw5WxFN","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recXKoNFikQPFVlAc","name_en":"Georgii Vasiliev","birth_year":1989,"age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. He was detained on 28 March 2022, and charged the following day for posting a photograph of Adolf Hitler on the \"Immortal Regiment\" website on 3 May 2020. The Vyborgsky District Court of St. Petersburg refused to remand him in custody. 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The image was intended for public viewing and was placed alongside the portraits of World War II veterans.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2022, Sentence: 300 hours of compulsory labour; to be released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"300 hours of compulsory labour; to be released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-15T12:29:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-15T12:29:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-09-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/09/d46941/?sphrase_id=2007575\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recuE1vn9FRw5WxFN"},{"persecution_id":"recWFX8yh3iiweula","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recjV2MRjCkV4K2f3","name_en":"Aleksandr Vikulov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nizhny Novgorod Region. He was prosecuted for rehabilitation of Nazism in connection with an attempt to publish a photo of Marshal Vlasov on the website of the \"Immortal Regiment\". Vikulov did not admit guilt and stated that he was testing the service. On 2 September 2022, he was sentenced to six months of correctional labour with 10% of his salary withheld and immediately released due to the expiry of the statute of limitations on prosecution.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2022-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":244,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Vikulov's case of Vlasov's photo on the Immortal Regiment website","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 27 April 2020, Vikulov deliberately uploaded a photo of the leader of the Russian Liberation Army General Andrei Vlasov to the Immortal Regiment Online service.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.09.2022, Sentence: 6 months of correctional labour with deduction of 10% of salary, to be released from punishment due to expiry of the statute of limitation","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months of correctional labour with deduction of 10% of salary, to be released from punishment due to expiry of the statute of limitation","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-02T12:52:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-02T12:52:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-09-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/09/d47712/?sphrase_id=2007579\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recWFX8yh3iiweula"},{"persecution_id":"rechgbYMnS6DckctE","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"rec0yGwvDDmwZD3aU","name_en":"Gevorg Yeritsyan","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attNCusdPfpIBM0El.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attNCusdPfpIBM0El.png"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 11 August 2022, local Jehovah's Witnesses were searched at least 10 addresses in the Novocherkassk town (Rostov region). Yeritsyan was taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 26 June 2024, he was sentenced to six years and two months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novocherkassk"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":685,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Novocherkassk","case_number":"1-451/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"Accused of committing an offence under part 1 of article 282.2 (organisation of activities of an extremist organisation) in connection with membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia. 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Khachaturian was taken into custody on charges of organizing activities of an extremist organization in connection with his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nThe hearings on the case began in September 2023.\n\nOn 26 June 2024, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novocherkassk"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":685,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Novocherkassk","case_number":"1-451/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"Accused of committing an offence under Part 1, Article 282.2 (Organizing Activities of an Extremist Organization) in connection with membership in a community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia. 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After the searches, the believers were interrogated. Galitsyna was taken into custody.\nThe hearings in the case began in September 2023.\nOn 26 June 2024, Galitsyna was sentenced to two years and three months' imprisonment, which she had already served prior to her sentence.\n\nGalitsyna has diabetes mellitus.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novocherkassk"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2024-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":685,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Novocherkassk","case_number":"1-451/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"Accused of committing an offence under part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation) in connection with his involvement in the local community of Jehovah's Witnesses. 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A case was brought against her for organising the activities of an extremist organisation and financing extremist activities in connection with her involvement in the religious group Alla Ayat. On 10 March 2025 Gruzdeva was sentenced to 6 years and 8 months' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":983,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":140,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Novosibirsk followers of Allya ayat"],"case_name_en":"The case of participation in Allia ayat in Novosibirsk","case_number":"1-5/2025 ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she participated in gatherings of followers of the religious group \"Alla ayat\" (\"Elle ayat\"), together with three other residents of the region, \"one of whom also performed coordinating functions of the group\", and the other two were active participants.\n\nAccording to the case file, from 2020 to 2022, Olga Gruzdeva, Nadezhda Gruzdova and Raviya Yusupova, acting by prior conspiracy, continued the activities of the religious association, despite the court decision to ban it due to its recognition as extremist. For this purpose, the women rented premises in the Sovetsky district of Novosibirsk, where they regularly held meetings with followers, taught religious practices, distributed literature recognised as extremist, and recruited new members.\n\nIn addition, Gruzdeva, Gruzdova and Yusupova organised the collection of money, which was used to support the activities of the banned association. 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On 10 March 2025, Gruzdova was given a suspended sentence of six years and eight months.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":983,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":140,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Novosibirsk followers of Allya ayat"],"case_name_en":"The case of participation in Allia ayat in Novosibirsk","case_number":"1-5/2025 ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she participated in gatherings of followers of the religious group \"Alla ayat\" (\"Elle ayat\"), together with three other residents of the region, \"one of whom also performed coordinating functions for the group\", and the other two were active members.\n\nCase materials state that from 2020 to 2022, Olga Gruzdeva, Nadezhda Gruzdova and Raviya Yusupova, acting in prior collusion, continued the activities of the religious association, despite a court decision to ban it after it had been designated extremist. For this purpose, the women rented premises in the Sovetsky district of Novosibirsk, where they regularly held meetings with followers, taught religious practices, distributed literature recognised as extremist, and recruited new members.\n\nIn addition, Gruzdeva, Gruzdova and Yusupova organised the collection of funds to support the activities of the banned association. The total amount of donations totalled more than 193,000 roubles.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 21.08.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2025, Sentence: 6 years 8 months' suspended sentence with 5 years' probation, prohibition to participate in activities related to managing civil society unions and organizations and participation in work of such organizations for the period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 8 months' suspended sentence with 5 years' probation, prohibition to participate in activities related to managing civil society unions and organizations and participation in work of such organizations for the period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-07-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/07/d46670/?sphrase_id=2007565\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recygKnDFvyPnqqTz"},{"persecution_id":"rech7fV3YwuhyOT2s","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recMjwNS5aUnouK4H","name_en":"Raviia Yusupova","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":71,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novosibirsk. A case was initiated against her for organizing the activities of an extremist organization and financing extremist activities due to her involvement in the religious group \"Allia Aiat.\" On March 10, 2025, Gruzdeva was sentenced to six years and eight months with a suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":983,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":140,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Novosibirsk followers of Allya ayat"],"case_name_en":"The case of participation in Allia ayat in Novosibirsk","case_number":"1-5/2025 ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she participated in gatherings of followers of the religious group \"Allia aiat\" (\"Elle ayat\"), together with three other residents of the region, \"one of whom also performed coordinating functions of the group\", and the other two were active participants.\n\nAccording to the case file, from 2020 to 2022, Olga Gruzdeva, Nadezhda Gruzdova and Raviia Yusupova, acting by prior conspiracy, continued the activities of the religious association, despite the court decision to ban it due to its recognition as extremist. For this purpose, the women rented premises in the Sovetsky district of Novosibirsk, where they regularly held meetings with followers, taught religious practices, distributed literature recognised as extremist, and recruited new members.\n\nIn addition, Gruzdeva, Gruzdova and Yusupova organised the collection of money, which was used to support the activities of the banned association. The total amount of donations totalled more than 193,000 roubles.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 21.08.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2025, Sentence: 6 years 8 months' imprisonment with a suspended sentence for 5 years, a ban on engaging in activities related to leadership and participation in the work of public associations and organizations for a period of 3 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 8 months' imprisonment with a suspended sentence for 5 years, a ban on engaging in activities related to leadership and participation in the work of public associations and organizations for a period of 3 years.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-07-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/07/d46670/?sphrase_id=2007565\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rech7fV3YwuhyOT2s"},{"persecution_id":"recsugkwYf4WTB3R2","last_updated":"2023-11-08T21:59:38.000Z","person_id":"recd7KKsPVrt6Q5us","name_en":"Maria Chistyakova","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Blogger under the pseudonym \"Mari Govori\", a YouTube creator. After the outbreak of war in Ukraine, she left for Estonia. In 2021, Chistyakova said that employees of the Investigative Committee in Nizhny Novgorod took explanations from her because of the photo in underwear with the image of the Virgin Mary, but refused to initiate a case of insulting the feelings of believers.\n\nIn April 2022, her parents were searched, and in June it became known that a criminal case was opened against Maria. One of the reasons for the initiation was the complaint of Penza resident Denis Kolotilin, head of the regional \"Society for the protection of consumer rights in the field of construction\". The \"Forty Forties\" and Vladislav Pozdnyakov's \"Men's State\" also urged their supporters to write complaints about Chistyakova's photos.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Marie Govori's case of offence to the feelings of believers","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Chistyakova's photo in underwear with the image of the Virgin Mary, published on 2 May 2021 in a tweet by Marie Govori, offends the feelings of believers.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-06-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/06/d46523/?sphrase_id=2007559\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recsugkwYf4WTB3R2"},{"persecution_id":"recmQ6c27AkA07wYl","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recOtXs0rtNU3PjzY","name_en":"Artem Antipov","birth_year":1995,"age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. In April 2022, a criminal case was opened against him for desecration of the St. George ribbon over a mocking postcard. Antipov pleaded guilty, and the case was heard under a special procedure. On 10 November 2022, he was given a six-month suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2023-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":196,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Artem Antipov's case of desecration of the St. George ribbon","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 4 to 9 May 2021, on a social network, under posts celebrating Victory Day and honoring World War II veterans, he posted “desecrated images of the St. George ribbon and accompanying texts.” As reported by the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg, these comments included “an image of an artificial phallus on a stand” with a St. George ribbon attached to it and some caption.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.11.2022, Sentence: 6 months' suspended sentence with a 1-year probation","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months' suspended sentence with a 1-year probation","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-10T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-10T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-11-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/11/d47187/?sphrase_id=2007557\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recmQ6c27AkA07wYl"},{"persecution_id":"rece9tSvAZG5VRUQD","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"recKJxYqsPKrxOCQy","name_en":"Polina Morugina","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Blogger. In December 2021, a protocol was drawn up against Morugina under part 2. art. 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offences (intentional public desecration of religious or devotional literature, objects of religious veneration, signs or emblems of worldview symbols and attributes, or their defacement or destruction). However, the magistrate of judicial precinct No. 210 of the Dorogomilovsky judicial district of Moscow returned the report to the police to correct the violations committed during its preparation. As a result, it was decided to initiate criminal proceedings because of a nude photo in front of a temple. In January, the case was transferred to the Golovinsky District Court (although Article 148 of the Criminal Code is under the jurisdiction of magistrate judges, not federal judges).\n\nAccording to the materials of the case announced in court, Morugina suffers from schizotypal personality disorder and at the time of the photo shoot could not realise the nature of her actions and be in charge of them.\n\nOn 20 February 2023, Morugina was sent for compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":360,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Pauline Faith's case about the temple photo.","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal case was a photo that Morugina took in August 2021 in the nude in front of the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Fili, and then posted on Instagram.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.03.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.02.2023, Sentence: to be sent for compulsory treatment in a general psychiatric hospital","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"to be sent for compulsory treatment in a general psychiatric hospital","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-20T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-20T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-02-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47687/?sphrase_id=2007556\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rece9tSvAZG5VRUQD"},{"persecution_id":"recU4RjGvixzk1rNF","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recipt5aI3J53E2RJ","name_en":"Server Bariyev","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Crimean Tatar activist, Bariyev works as a dental technician. In January 2019 a search was conducted at his home as part of a criminal case against the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned in Russia.\n\nOn 6 April 2022, his place of residence was searched again. Bariyev was then taken away from his home, presumably to Simferopol. On 7 April, he was charged with calls to terrorism and released under recognisance not to leave the country. On 21 July 2022, Bariyev was sentenced to a fine of 360 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Razdolnoye settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":105,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Server Bariyev's case of justifying terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he publicly spread via publications on social networks the ideology of the radical Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is recognised as a terrorist organisation in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 07.04.2022 to 21.07.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.07.2022, Sentence: fine of 360 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 360 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":360000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-21T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-07-21T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-04-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46116/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recU4RjGvixzk1rNF"},{"persecution_id":"recKlNazn1EmMMyC0","last_updated":"2023-12-13T23:03:28.000Z","person_id":"rec73ROjmYl2aWUM4","name_en":"Ivan Chepushtanov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Novosibirsk. At the time the photo was published, he was undergoing military conscription.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2022-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":144,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Chepushtanov's case about the photo on the Immortal Regiment website","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 6 May 2020, he published a questionnaire and a photograph of Erwin Rommel, one of the commanders of Nazi Germany, on the website \"Bank of Memory\", materials from which are broadcast during the annual campaign \"Immortal Regiment Online\". The court found the questionnaire and photograph to be a message containing \"information expressing clear disrespect for society with the aim of rehabilitating Nazism in relation to the day of Russia's military glory - 9 May\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-05-25T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-05-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/05/d47480/?sphrase_id=2007560\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recKlNazn1EmMMyC0"},{"persecution_id":"rec75EJs2o2rJjQ7X","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec8z1mzb5BrCckjy","name_en":"Mikhail Nalimov","birth_year":1977,"age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is the coordinator of the organising committee \"For the Removal of Lenin\", a supporter of conservative-monarchist views and Orthodox fundamentalism. Nalimov also believes that power in the Russian Federation is in the hands of the Satanists and that the symbols of Victory are linked to the cult of Satan. In November 2022, he was sentenced to three years of forced labour under the article of insulting days of military glory, due to the publication of posts depicting pentagrams drawn upon symbols of the Great Patriotic War. On 16 November 2023, the Court of Cassation overturned this verdict and sent the case to the appellate court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":150,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Mikhail Nalimov regarding the rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 4 and 9 May 2021, Nalimov posted images on \"VKontakte\" containing symbols associated with Victory Day, i.e. with red and St George ribbons, upon which he drew Satanic pentagrams.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2022, Sentence: Three years of imprisonment to be replaced by three years of compulsory labour with 10% of earnings to be withheld by the state, plus a 5 year ban on administering websites","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Three years of imprisonment to be replaced by three years of compulsory labour with 10% of earnings to be withheld by the state, plus a 5 year ban on administering websites","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-21T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-21T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-11-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/11/d47242/?sphrase_id=2007553\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec75EJs2o2rJjQ7X"},{"persecution_id":"reciWARm4DR8MBwPf","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recZVarm8D7N6tTCQ","name_en":"Natalia Krivova","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Omsk. A case of incitement to extremism was filed against her because of an aggressive comment on VKontakte under a post about the increase in public transport fares. On 4 October 2022, Krivova was fined 10 thousand rubles under Article 20.3.1 of the CAO (incitement of hatred or enmity). The reason was a certain comment about the Russian president, which she left in the community \"Psychotype\" in \"VKontakte\". On 11 November 2022, she was sentenced to an eight-month suspended sentence in the criminal case.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":325,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Natalya Krivova's case on incitement to extremist activity","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 05.12.2019 Krivova posted a comment under the post \"The fare in Omsk might be raised to 48 rubles\" in the community \"Omsk Live\" on Vkontakte that incited to extremism and violent actions against representatives of the executive power of the city of Omsk with the purpose of violent obstruction of their activities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.11.2022, Sentence: 8 months' suspended prison sentence with a probation period of 1 year, prohibition to administer websites for 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 months' suspended prison sentence with a probation period of 1 year, prohibition to administer websites for 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-22T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-22T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-11-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/11/d47254/?sphrase_id=2007549\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reciWARm4DR8MBwPf"},{"persecution_id":"reczqpoVg0WxE2WoO","last_updated":"2025-01-18T13:51:46.000Z","person_id":"rectQEh7ka9VxsGxa","name_en":"Valentina Samus","birth_year":1949,"birth_date":"1949-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":76,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":73,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A pensioner, resident of Kostroma. On 15 March 2022 in Kostroma, officers of the Investigative Committee searched the homes of four women, three of them of retirement age, including Samus. A case was opened against her for organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 19 December 2023, Samus was sentenced to 6 years of suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kostroma"],"persecution_region_en":["Kostroma Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KOS"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":644,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Valentina Samus on participation in Jehovah's Witnesses activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Samus organised the activities of a banned religious Jehovah's Witnesses organisation in Kostroma. The investigation believes that she \"carried out a search\" and then stored Jehovah's Witnesses literature in her flat and distributed it. In addition, according to the investigation, the defendant provided the flat for meetings, religious gatherings, collective worship services, and sermons and took part in such meetings herself.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 15.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2023, Sentence: 6 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-19T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-19T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47835/?sphrase_id=2007548\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sabodash-miroslav-ivanovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reczqpoVg0WxE2WoO"},{"persecution_id":"recphNrVd6I4cMfU2","last_updated":"2025-11-11T17:04:11.000Z","person_id":"rec5gYC1jnHoAUVTl","name_en":"Anton Kokovin","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yaroslavl, an engineer. In May 2022, he was detained in the central street of Yaroslavl, after a search at his place of residence and in the flat where he was a guest. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Kokovin was signed not to leave the country.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles on the basis of purely religious activities: holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 23 September 2024, Kokovin was fined 75,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2025-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":858,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Anton Kokovin on participation in Jehovah's Witnesses activities","case_number":"1-257/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, knowingly aware of the ban on the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organisation, he participated in meetings of the banned organisation via the Internet by means of video-conferencing.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.05.2022 to 09.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.09.2024, Sentence: A fine of 75,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 75,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":75000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-23T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-23T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kokovin-anton-pavlovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recphNrVd6I4cMfU2"},{"persecution_id":"recl1RvYf5lH101gg","last_updated":"2026-01-17T17:28:41.000Z","person_id":"recZoH7zdc7eFb8XN","name_en":"Natalia Voropaeva","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A hairdresser from Krasnoyarsk. In 2018, she was searched and later questioned as a witness in the case of Jehovah's Witness Andrei Stupnikov. In September 2022, she was brought as a defendant in the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. In January 2023, the case was brought to court. On 24 March 2023 Voropaeva was sentenced to a fine of 360 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Hairdressers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2023-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":200,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Natalya Voropaeva's case on participation in Jehovah's Witnesses activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she \"directly participated in meetings, in reading and discussing texts from the Bible, in the performance of religious chants and prayers\".  ","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 06.09.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2023, Sentence: fine of 360 000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 360 000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":360000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-24T07:46:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-24T07:46:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-03-2023\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/voropaeva-natalya-leonidovna/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-10-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/10/d47241/?sphrase_id=2008531\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recl1RvYf5lH101gg"},{"persecution_id":"recjKOk6EIIJ54Wrc","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recE3ae5vpjPKX8f0","name_en":"Elena Iashina","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the town of Unecha, Bryansk region. On 11 August 2022, at least four addresses of Jehovah's Witnesses were searched in two towns in the Bryansk region. After that, a criminal case was opened against Iashina for participation i activities of an extremist organisation. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. On 2 June 2023, Iashina was sentenced to a two and a half year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Unecha"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":295,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Elena Iashina's case of participation in Jehovah's Witnesses activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she participated in a community of Jehovah’s Witnesses, which is banned in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 11.08.2022 to 02.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.07.2023 to 01.01.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.06.2023, Sentence: 2 years and 6 months' suspended sentence with a probation period of 2 years and 6 months, and a restriction of freedom for 8 months","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 6 months' suspended sentence with a probation period of 2 years and 6 months, and a restriction of freedom for 8 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-02T08:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-02T08:45:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-08-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/08/d46801/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recjKOk6EIIJ54Wrc"},{"persecution_id":"recMIypKjWg3owFNC","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recHhZtl9FvaIyBdY","name_en":"Aleksandr Chagan","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attcQHTQvjIbqeLsS.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attcQHTQvjIbqeLsS.jpeg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Togliatti. Since early spring 2022, his home has been searched twice. In September 2022, he was detained, and the prosecution requested his placement in custody, but the court imposed a recognisance not to leave as a measure of restraint. On 29 February 2024, Chagan was sentenced to an eight-year term in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":526,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Chagan's case of participating in Jehovah's Witnesses activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in organising the activities of an extremist community.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 23.09.2022 to 29.02.2024\n• in custody: from 29.02.2024 to 16.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.02.2024, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-29T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-29T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-05-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/05/d48133/?sphrase_id=2008534\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 02-03-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recMIypKjWg3owFNC"},{"persecution_id":"recS4klfm5o1Za1Kr","last_updated":"2026-03-17T19:08:53.000Z","person_id":"recvXp311fNbIQtMe","name_en":"Andrei Glazov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Yaroslavl. In April 2021, a wave of searches took place in the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavl, including the home of Andrei Glazov's family. On the same day, Andrei, along with other believers, was questioned by the Investigative Committee. Thirteen months later, a criminal case was opened against Glazov on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, he was detained and placed in a detention centre.\n\nJehovah's Witnesses are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, attractiong of new supporters.\n\nFour months later, the court changed the preventive measure to a ban on certain actions. In June 2023, the case came to court. On the 22 August 2024, Andrei was sentenced to two and a half years suspended, one year of probation, and a six-month ban from attending public events.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":827,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":118,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Andrei Glazov on participation in Jehovah's Witnesses activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Andrei participated in the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.05.2022 to 08.09.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 08.09.2022 to 22.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 04.09.2024 to 03.03.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.08.2024, Sentence: Two and a half years suspended, a year of probation, and a six-month ban from attending public events.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two and a half years suspended, a year of probation, and a six-month ban from attending public events.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-22T02:37:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-22T02:37:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-05-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/05/d46353/?sphrase_id=2008536\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recS4klfm5o1Za1Kr"},{"persecution_id":"recd2nZG6ig72WvK8","last_updated":"2025-01-14T20:03:12.000Z","person_id":"recQ2hxGfZ42UpMbc","name_en":"Vadim Fedorov","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In June 2021, Vadim's home was first searched. In April 2022, a criminal case was opened against him; in June 2022, his home was searched again, after which he signed a covenant not to leave. In October 2022, Fedorov's case went to court. In April 2023, the court sentenced Fyodorov to a 6-year suspended sentence, later the appeal court confirmed the sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Asha"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":364,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vadim Fedorov on the organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he managed a meeting of followers of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious doctrine in the Ashinsky district and organised the collection of reports on preaching activities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.04.2023, Sentence: 6-year suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6-year suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-28T09:53:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-28T09:53:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-04-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/sud-prigovoril-k-uslovnomu-sroku-svidetelya-iegovy-iz-chelyabinskoj-oblasti/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recd2nZG6ig72WvK8"},{"persecution_id":"rec3YqTQx6mubM9ZI","last_updated":"2026-04-30T12:49:29.000Z","person_id":"reclAHCMGpWjgEIcv","name_en":"Sergey Soloviev","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ivanovo resident. In November 2022, his home and the homes of two other people were searched.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ivanovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1273,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":181,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ivanovo"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ivanovo","case_number":"1-143/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he deliberately participated in the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses by directly participating in meetings held by the said banned organisation, conducting propaganda for its activities, teaching religion and religious education","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.04.2026","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-28T07:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-28T07:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec3YqTQx6mubM9ZI"},{"persecution_id":"recvrpFgZD7B4XF2a","last_updated":"2026-04-30T12:49:08.000Z","person_id":"rec4COfvr2TwGUPmD","name_en":"Yuri Dementiev","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ivanovo resident. In November 2022, he and 2 other people were searched.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ivanovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1273,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":181,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ivanovo"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ivanovo","case_number":"1-143/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he deliberately participated in the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses by directly participating in meetings held by the said banned organisation, conducting propaganda for its activities, teaching religion and religious education","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.04.2026","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-28T07:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-28T07:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recvrpFgZD7B4XF2a"},{"persecution_id":"recAZFQfLe3Ue9Fts","last_updated":"2026-02-13T20:59:58.000Z","person_id":"rec9BJZ5tArm53yHT","name_en":"Alexei Gerasimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUf4FSEba2vIYFa.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUf4FSEba2vIYFa.jpg"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Driver from Kazan. In March 2022, searches were conducted in the homes of believers in Kazan, including Gerasimov's, who was also interrogated. In September 2022, he was brought as a defendant in a case of organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 7 December 2023, Gerasimov was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":665,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":95,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexei Gerasimov on the organising the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Alexei continued to meet with fellow believers to discuss the Holy Scriptures, which the authorities considered undermining the foundations of Russia's constitutional order.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 23.09.2022 to 07.12.2023\n• in custody: from 07.12.2023 to 22.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• Unknown: from 01.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.07.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.12.2023, Sentence: 6 years imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-07T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-07T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d45982/?sphrase_id=2007542\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recAZFQfLe3Ue9Fts"},{"persecution_id":"rec98uFq1So4c2VUI","last_updated":"2025-06-03T16:41:50.000Z","person_id":"recAlMaEkNfttJuKc","name_en":"Abdulkadir Isaev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Makhachkala. On 20 April 2022, he reported to the OVD-Info hotline that he was detained and a grenade and drugs were planted on him. He links his persecution to the fact that in February he went to Red Square in Moscow with a placard in support of political prisoners and against the \"kadyrovisation\" of Chechnya and Russia. Then he was detained and released with a protocol on participation in an uncoordinated rally (part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 24 April he was sent to a pre-trial detention centre, and in November 2022 he was sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment, having been released from criminal responsibility.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":197,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 228 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222.1","228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 2, Article 228"],"case_name_en":"Abdulkadir Isaev's case on possession of drugs and weapons","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, kept and carried a weapon, as well as illegally purchased a narcotic drug from a person unidentified by the investigation.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.04.2022 to 03.11.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.11.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.11.2022, Sentence: Release from criminal responsibility and send for compulsory psychiatric treatment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"Release from criminal responsibility and send for compulsory psychiatric treatment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-03T13:55:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-03T13:55:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec98uFq1So4c2VUI"},{"persecution_id":"recFUvSGWzBhPRGIr","last_updated":"2025-06-03T14:56:28.000Z","person_id":"recc5ins6O0SRb6dM","name_en":"Andrei Zdor","birth_year":1985,"age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Some sources referred to Zdor as a local resident, while others reported that he was registered in Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk oblast. He was detained on 21 October 2022 on charges of desecrating symbols of military glory by burning wire on the Eternal Flame in Aleksin (Tula oblast). Zdor was taken into custody. On 13 February 2023, he was sentenced to 10 months in an open prison. No later than April 2023, he was released.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Aleksin"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":115,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Zdor's case of burning cable on the Eternal Flame","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"trampling on the memory of soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War\", burnt on the flame of the Eternal Flame the insulation of an electric cable, which he later handed over to a scrap metal collection point.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2022 to 06.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.03.2023 to 01.04.2023\n• Unknown: from 01.04.2023 to 01.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2023, Sentence: 10 months' deprivation of liberty in a open prison, prohibition to engage in activities related to the upbringing of minors for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 months' deprivation of liberty in a open prison, prohibition to engage in activities related to the upbringing of minors for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":10,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-13T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-13T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-02-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47657/?sphrase_id=2007537\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recFUvSGWzBhPRGIr"},{"persecution_id":"rece4VoidUXfYMqnT","last_updated":"2025-08-05T07:49:55.000Z","person_id":"recVpwtQNwIjl8vED","name_en":"Dmitrii Aritkulov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attIBSCh8DLFj3XWN.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attIBSCh8DLFj3XWN.jpeg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Anadyr. On 18 December 2022, he was detained in a case of rehabilitation of Nazism for posts he made on social networks; details are unknown. The next day, a case of calls to extremism was initiated against him.\nIn October 2023, a resident of Anadyr was reported to have been sentenced to five and a half years of imprisonment in the case of calls to extremism, as well as public justification of terrorism and defacing the flag or coat of arms of the Russian Federation. In all likelihood, the resident in question was Aritkulov. There was no mention of rehabilitation of Nazism in the report.\n\nOn 25 October 2023, Aritkulov was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony. The charge of defacing the flag was dropped by the court.\n\nIn 2021, Aritkulov was already fined 100,000 rubles on charges of disrespecting the authorities – for the word “dick” (Rus. “huylo”) addressed to Putin.\n\nIn April 2025, reports came out that Aritkulov had allegedly been charged with financing terrorist activities for his donations to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The FSB local office for the Chukotka Autonomous District said that “additional crimes were uncovered in relation to the Anadyr resident” while he was in captivity. “It turned out that earlier he transferred a certain amount of money for the purchase of weapons and equipment for a terrorist battalion fighting as part of the AFU against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He also called for the killing of Russian soldiers and residents of the new regions, posting this information on the Internet.” According to the FSB, Aritkulov planned to travel via Georgia to the territory of Ukraine, and during the search he was found in possession of passports for travel abroad and currency totalling about $5,500 in US currency notes, euros and Ukrainian hryvnias.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Anadyr"],"persecution_region_en":["Chukotka Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHU"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of rehabilitation of Nazism in Anadyr","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"he transferred a certain amount of money for the purchase of weapons and equipment for a terrorist battalion fighting as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He also called for the killing of Russian soldiers and residents of new regions, posting this information on the Internet.\" He planned to leave via Georgia to the territory of Ukraine, and during the search he was found to have foreign passports and currency totalling about 5.5 thousand dollars in US notes, euros and Ukrainian hryvnias.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rece4VoidUXfYMqnT"},{"persecution_id":"recdMetpLqugRafhm","last_updated":"2025-01-30T15:48:31.000Z","person_id":"recJWYk4TqiviafwG","name_en":"Alexei Konovalov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Magadan. On August 13, 2022, a search was conducted at his place in connection with a case related to financing extremist activities. Law enforcement authorities identified him due to a technical glitch: he had transferred money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation after the organization was declared extremist, and the information had not been concealed in time. The defense insisted that Konovalov made the donation while hospitalized in the regional healthcare facility and, due to the medication he was taking, \"could not fully comprehend and control his actions.\" This argument was rejected by the court.\n\nIn January 2023, Konovalov was fined 500,000 rubles (Part 1 of Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magadan"],"persecution_region_en":["Magadan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MAG"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":164,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Konovalov's case on donations to FBK","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on August 5, 2021, the day after the recognition of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) as an extremist organisation, he made a donation of 10,000 rubles.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 22.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.01.2023, Sentence: fine of 500,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 500,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-24T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-24T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdMetpLqugRafhm"},{"persecution_id":"rechWXRQmt4BuzFm1","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recVMmquKjumvyDDW","name_en":"Sergey Shiryaev","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On 15 August 2022, he was detained as part of a case of financing an extremist organisation - the reason was a transfer to the account of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. The law enforcers found out Shiryaev's identity due to a technical glitch: the transfer was made after the FBK was recognised as an extremist organisation, and the donors' data had not been concealed. On 26 December 2022, Shiryaev was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":133,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Shiryaev's case on FBC donations","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 5 August 2021, the day after the recognition of FBK as an extremist organisation, sent a donation of 5 thousand rubles.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.12.2022, Sentence: fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-26T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechWXRQmt4BuzFm1"},{"persecution_id":"recJmFiM56gWKx31P","last_updated":"2026-03-25T17:18:02.000Z","person_id":"recQSH8LHmxXGybcR","name_en":"Mikhail Kavun","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a geologist and a candidate of sciences. According to his lawyer's version, the attention of law enforcement was drawn to his photo in which he posed in a T-shirt with the inscription \"Zhidobandera\", the inscription \"Glory to Ukraine\" on his motorbike that had a licence plate with letters “PTN PNH” (a Russian abbreviation meaning “Putin, go f*** yourself”). He often travelled to Ukraine, and those trips contributed to his being charged with financing extremist activities.\n\n“In the summer of 2021, Mikhail was stopped by officers of the “E” Centre and was told that he was allegedly listening to banned music – the Ukrainian band Okean Elzy,” said Dmitry Zakhvatov, a lawyer cooperating with Department One.\n\nShortly before his arrest in April 2022, Kavun was subjected to a merry-go-round of arrests: first, he was detained on trumped-up charges of disobedience to policeand, and then allegedly for petty hooliganism.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2023-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":315,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Kavun's case on Right Sector financing","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between 2015 and 2019, Kavun transferred to the political head of the Right Sector branch of the organisation Pirozhk I.N. at least 20,000 hryvnias, as well as at least 70,000 rubles to ensure its activities.\n\nIn addition, the investigator believed that Kavun \"shared the ideas of Ukrainian nationalism\" because he has some kind of diplomas from Right Sector, publicly criticised Putin's policies, and often travelled to Ukraine after 2014. Such testimony, as emphasised in the \"First Department\", was given by an anonymous witness, who is proceeding in the case under a pseudonym.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.04.2022 to 10.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-10T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-02-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/mihail-markovich-kavun\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJmFiM56gWKx31P"},{"persecution_id":"recwXQ7SkLuXINCyi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recDAosWdHU79i6HR","name_en":"Denis Shibankov","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Chairman of the Yaroslavl Region MMA Federation.\n\nIn January 2021, Shibankov was brought to administrative responsibility for his participation in the activities of the international organisations Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting and the World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong Inc. After that, a criminal case was initiated against him, accusing him of continuing the activities of \"undesirable organizations\".\n\nHe did not admit guilt. According to him, he gave references to the organisations that became the basis of his criminal prosecution in 2016-2018, and they were included in the list of undesirable organisations as early as 2020.\n\nOn 28 July 2023, Shibankov was sentenced to 300 hours of community service. On 27 September the appellate court reduced the sentence to 80 hours.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":573,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Case of Denis Shibankov on participation in activities of undesirable organisations","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Shibankov continued to cooperate with the organisations Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting and the World Organisation to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong Inc, stored links to their texts and other information on his social networks, encouraged membership in the organisations and justified their activities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.07.2023, Sentence: 300 hours of community service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"300 hours of community service","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-28T12:56:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-28T12:56:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recwXQ7SkLuXINCyi"},{"persecution_id":"recH1EKypBNFknWP7","last_updated":"2026-01-28T19:37:38.000Z","person_id":"recxo3NVLwabVeqtT","name_en":"Viktor Chernov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The law enforcers started operational-search activities (audio recordings of worship services) against Viktor Chernov and other Jehovah's Witnesses back in December 2018.\n\nOn 18 November 2022, Viktor's home is searched, on 19 November he comes to the IC on a summons, he is detained and taken to the TDF of Artyom. Victor's son is also questioned.\n\nOn 20 November, the court chose a measure of restraint in the form of house arrest, under which he was kept until March 2023, after which the measure was changed to a ban on certain actions. Chernov was included in the register of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, in June 2023, the believer was placed on a recognisance not to leave.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Tavrichanka"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Viktor Chernov on the organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses' activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he conducted prohibited meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses via the Internet.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 20.11.2022 to 15.03.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 15.03.2023 to 14.06.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 14.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-11-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/11/d47247/?sphrase_id=2007527\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recH1EKypBNFknWP7"},{"persecution_id":"recJhWsrTjE7kolZn","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recLJOI7sVArxaXY9","name_en":"Andrey Enenko","birth_year":2003,"age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nevinnomyssk (Stavropol region), he was detained on 23 March 2022, along with two other defendants in the case. He had been held in custody since 28 March.\n\nOn 31 August, he was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment in a penal colony. It is presumed that he was released in December 2023.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nevinnomyssk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":183,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of desecration of the Eternal flame in Nevinnomyssk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrey Enenko and Arsen Lekarev","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 26 March, together with Arsen Lekarev and a minor, he lit cigarettes from the Eternal Flame, threw flowers laid to the monument into the fire, tried to blow it out, \"and committed other actions aimed at desecration of the symbol of military glory of Russia\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.03.2022 to 19.01.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.01.2023 to 01.12.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.08.2022, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement with deprivation of the right to hold posts in the civil service for a period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement with deprivation of the right to hold posts in the civil service for a period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-31T09:29:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-31T09:29:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-08-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/08/d46880/?sphrase_id=2008775\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recJhWsrTjE7kolZn"},{"persecution_id":"reckLsFTyOXLv4v34","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:09:55.000Z","person_id":"recf0Is00nDav7WB6","name_en":"Arsen Lekarev","birth_year":2001,"age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Krai. 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Presumably, he was released in January 2023.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nevinnomyssk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":114,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of desecration of the Eternal flame in Nevinnomyssk"],"case_name_en":"Case of a juvenile","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 26 March, together with Enenko and Lekarev, he lit cigarettes from the Eternal Flame, threw flowers placed at the monument into the fire, tried to blow it out, \"as well as committed other actions aimed at desecration of the symbol of military glory of Russia\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.03.2022 to 24.08.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.08.2022 to 01.01.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.06.2022, Sentence: 1 year of deprivation of liberty in an correctional colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (educational colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of deprivation of liberty in an correctional colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2022-06-23T09:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-06-23T09:40:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 31-08-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/08/d46880/?sphrase_id=2008775\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recnOPLLQQuLgqFw6"},{"persecution_id":"recw5ijQUKfoUzmqS","last_updated":"2025-09-08T08:52:53.000Z","person_id":"recWl3l1YOIUdALtv","name_en":"Eduard Ataev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att7rHCsqGjdCCPXm.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att7rHCsqGjdCCPXm.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Makhachkala, previously head of the Dagestan branch of the People's Freedom Party. In January 2023, this branch was liquidated on the suit of the Ministry of Justice.\nNavalny's supporters have been trying to open a headquarters in Dagestan since February 2021. In April of the same year, Eduard Ataev, the then coordinator of the headquarters, was arrested for 10 days. In fact, the security forces kidnapped the activist, as well as another member of the headquarters Murad Manapov. The latter said that after his arrest he was threatened with torture and demanded a report on the plans of the headquarters.\nIn late March 2022, Atayev was sent to detention on a case of possession of weapons, explosives and drugs. He later reported that he was tortured during his detention: a bag was put over his head, wrapped with duct tape, and then objects similar to a pistol handle and a grenade were forcibly placed in his hands. While in the pre-trial detention centre, Ataev reported violations of his rights: he was not given correspondence.\nIn September 2023, the court briefly suspended the case due to Ataev's allegations of torture during detention.\nOn 22 November 2023, Ataev was sentenced to six years and five months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Khasavyurt"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":606,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 228 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","222.1","228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222","Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 228"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_name_en":"Eduard Ataev's case on possession of weapons, explosives and drugs","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation alleges that on 26 March 2022 Ataev's home was searched because an officer of the police department in Khasavyurt \"in the course of operational-search measures received information from trusted persons that\" Ataev might be involved in a crime and that he might be storing narcotic substances at his place of residence. During the search Ataev was found in possession of a pistol, a grenade and marijuana.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2022 to 01.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.11.2023, Sentence: 6 years 5 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 5 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":77,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-22T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-22T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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At the same time, he was forced to record a video of remorse and apology.\n\nIn May 2022, the court discontinued the criminal prosecution.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2022-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":101,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Ingushetia resident's case of rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2020, he twice uploaded photos of Adolf Hitler to the website \"Bank of Memory\", which collects photos for the action \"Immortal Regiment\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-05-13T19:38:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 13-05-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/05/d47710/?sphrase_id=2006325\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recFp1yTjXD3hdGYy"},{"persecution_id":"recYwbEYqRjPfTNv1","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:14:38.000Z","person_id":"rec53sugRc0jEjvxh","name_en":"Abubakar Yangulbayev","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Chechen opposition activist.\n\nBrothers Ibragim and Abubakar Yangulbayev and their father, retired judge Saidi Yangulbayev, were tortured in Chechnya in 2015.  In 2017, Ibrahim was sent to a pre-trial detention centre in a case of incitement to hatred and hostility (part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code) against \"the Russian soldiers\" and was released in early 2019 after the partial decriminalisation of this article. In late 2021, Abubakar Yangulbayev's flat in Pyatigorsk was searched, after which he was interrogated by police officers. Then his relatives in Chechnya were kidnapped: they were later released, but on 19 January at least two people were still kidnapped.\n\nThe mother of the Yangulbaev brothers, Zarema Musaeva, was forcibly taken from Nizhny Novgorod to Chechnya in January 2022, allegedly for interrogation in a fraud case (Article 159 of the Criminal Code). Since then, she was in a pre-trial detention centre as a suspect in the article on the use of violence against a police officer (part 2 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). Her defence repeatedly pointed to the fabrication of evidence in the case. In July 2023, she was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.\n\nThe case against Abubakar was initiated in the summer of 2023. First, it became known about the charges of organising extremist activity, then - the justification of terrorism. In August, he was put on the federal wanted list and entered into the register of Rosfinmonitoring.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Grozny"],"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Abubakar Yangulbayev on organising activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the video recordings on the YouTube channel of the 1ADAT project and in his personal telegram channel. According to the investigation, in late August and early September 2022, Abubakar took part in live broadcasts of the banned movement.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYwbEYqRjPfTNv1"},{"persecution_id":"recUHd4hE5jMIghZG","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec53rWfkPbQ32EoH","name_en":"Baisangur Yangulbaev","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Chechen opposition activist, the youngest son of Zarema Musayeva and retired federal judge Saidi Yangulbayev.\n\nBrothers Ibragim and Abubakar Yangulbayev and their father, retired judge Saidi Yangulbayev, were tortured in Chechnya in 2015. In 2017, Ibrahim was sent to pre-trial detention in a case of incitement to hatred and hostility (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code) against \"Russian servicemen\" and was released in early 2019 after the partial decriminalisation of this article. In late 2021, Abubakar Yangulbayev's flat in Pyatigorsk was searched, after which he was questioned by police officers. Then his relatives in Chechnya were kidnapped: they were later released, but on 19 January at least two people were still abducted.\n\nThe mother of the Yangulbaev brothers, Zarema Musaeva, was forcibly taken from Nizhny Novgorod to Chechnya in January 2022, allegedly for questioning in a fraud case (Article 159 of the Criminal Code). Since then, she has been in pre-trial detention centre as a suspect in the article on the use of violence against a police officer (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). Her defence repeatedly pointed to the fabrication of evidence in the case. In July 2023, she was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nThe case against Baysangur became known when he was put on the federal wanted list in May 2023. In June, 1ADAT reported that the case was opened in September 2022, at the same time Baysangur was included in the register of Rosfinmonitoring.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Grozny"],"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Baysangur Yangulbaev on participation in an extremist community","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the extremist community 1ADAT.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUHd4hE5jMIghZG"},{"persecution_id":"recPR0KSmt2iHZYPr","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"reci10aS2B9Lt8oEw","name_en":"Roman Kartavkin","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A prisoner. No later than July 2022, he was sentenced to two and a half years on charges of involvement with the non-existent  organisation AUU.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maykop"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":158,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Roman Kartavkin's case of AUU propaganda","case_number":"1-105/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"Roman Kartavkin actively participated in the activities of the banned movement, which was expressed by posting on his social network page images with symbols of the AUU organisation banned in Russia. 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According to the investigation, he decided to cross the border with Russia and enter Crimea on 20 April 2022. For this purpose, he arrived at the checkpoint \"Dzhankoy\", and Abdurakhmanov did not have any documents with him, except for a military ticket of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He allegedly wanted to travel to Crimea for personal reasons. Since he did not have the documents required to enter the Russian Federation, a decision was made not to let him pass through and subsequently detained him. On 9 August 2022, he was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on charges of involvement in an illegal armed formation, namely the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, which apparently had long been dormant at the time of the prosecution.\n\nA few months after the verdict, in December 2022, Ruslan Abdurakhmanov handed over a letter from the pre-trial detention centre, where he described completely different circumstances of his detention. According to his version, it happened on 18 April 2022 in the village of Azovskoye, occupied by Russian troops in Genicheskiy district. Armed men in balaclavas and camouflage uniforms with patches of the flags of the DNR and Russia broke into his house.\n\nAbdurakhmanov, according to him, was taken with a bag over his head to the building of vocational school No. 17 in Genichesk.\n\nAbdurakhmanov described interrogations with the use of electric shocks, threats and beatings. After he signed some papers, the content of which he does not know, he was transported to the FSB building in Simferopol. Further, according to Abdurakhmanov's testimony, he was in the pre-trial detention centre also in torture conditions, practically without food and water, he was pressurised by the investigators. As a result, he denounced himself.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":130,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Case of Ruslan Abdurakhmanov on participation in an armed formation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, since February 2016, he participated in the territory of Ukraine in the armed formation \"Crimean Tatar battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan\", for purposes contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2022 to 01.08.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2022, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.08.2022, Sentence: 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, with the first year to be served in prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, with the first year to be served in prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-09T13:54:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-09T13:54:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-02-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/abdurahmanov-ruslan-yusupovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reczI1I815tsf9FVG"},{"persecution_id":"recEh06uwv1so1vRD","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recOaTWT5m13Pg9DG","name_en":"Enver Krosh","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attjlBgLs5uAXOG2H.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attjlBgLs5uAXOG2H.jpg"],"birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine"],"story_en":"Crimean Tatar, Muslim, civil activist. He went to trials of Crimean Tatars, covered the trials on social media. In 2012, the court arrested him for ten days on charges of \"propaganda of symbols or paraphernalia of extremist organisations\". The ground was a social media post made by Krosh in February 2012.\nOn 11 August 2022, Krosh's home was searched. He was placed in custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparation for a coup in connection with alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has nothing to do with terrorism. It is reported that he was tortured while being taken from Dzhankoi to Simferopol.\nOn 26 November 2025, Krosh was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1203,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":171,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["First Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Dzhankoy"],"case_name_en":"The case of the five","persecution_case_profile_en":"Enver Krosh, a Crimean Tatar, is accused of organising a cell of the international religious and political organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, on the territory of the Dzhankoi district of Crimea, and preparing for a violent seizure of power.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.08.2022 to 12.08.2022\n• in custody: from 12.08.2022 to 01.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 01.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.11.2025, Sentence: 19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":228,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-26T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-26T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-08-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dzhankojskoe-delo-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47789/?sphrase_id=2012159\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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A criminal case was initiated against him on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and preparation for the violent seizure of power in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of a cell of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has been designated as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation without substantiated grounds. On November 26, 2025, Temerianov was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1203,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":171,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["First Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Dzhankoy"],"case_name_en":"The case of the five","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was charged with participation in the activities of a cell of the international religious and political organization Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, which has been designated as a terrorist organization and banned by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, in the territory of the Dzhankoi District of Crimea, as well as with preparation for the violent seizure of power.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.08.2022 to 12.08.2022\n• in custody: from 12.08.2022 to 01.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 01.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.11.2025, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-26T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-26T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 11 August 2022, Bekirov's home was searched. He was taken into custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparation for the violent seizure of power in connection with involvement in the activities of the Islamic party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\".  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Memorial:\n Date: 30-08-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dzhankojskoe-delo-hizb-ut-tahrir/\n• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 01-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47789/?sphrase_id=2012159\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Head of \"Kaster OrgsintezGroup\" LLC, a large Russian company operating in the polymer market.\n\nIn April 2022, Rossiev was detained in a case of public justification of terrorism because of two aggressive comments in connection with a news story about a pensioner who sued for 60 thousand roubles for unlawful criminal prosecution. The comments were related to the case of Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who carried out a self-detonation in the building of the regional department of the Arkhangelsk FSB in 2018. Rossiev was taken into custody and placed in a special cell as a particularly dangerous criminal. After examining the contents of his phone, a case of incitement to hatred against law enforcement officers of the Russian Federation and Belarus was also brought against him. Rossiev pleaded guilty. On 23 August 2022, he was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles. The prosecution asked to send him to a colony for eight years.\n\nIn November 2022, Rossiev was detained in Krasnodar and taken to Kstovo. It became known that a case was brought against him of \"fakes\" about the army and calls to extremism. The court appointed him a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 7 November 2024, Rossiev was sentenced to seven years conditioned prison sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kstovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":119,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":17,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Rossiev's case of public justification of terrorism and incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating a case of public justification of terrorism were two comments on the page of the \"Ekho Moskvy\" website under the news about pensioner Galina Gorina, who sued 60 thousand rubles for unlawful criminal prosecution in connection with a comment about the case of Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who carried out a suicide bombing in the building of the regional department of the Arkhangelsk FSB in 2018. Rossiev, according to the investigation, wrote: \"Beautiful woman, no one is sorry that the law enforcers burned, that's where bastards should go\" - and then in the course of the discussion wrote to the interlocutor: \"Oleg, I hope they died, I'm just not aware, or remained disabled?\".\nThe reason for the initiation of a case of incitement to hatred were aggressive remarks in the communities of the TV channel \"Dozhd\", Znak.com publication and \"Svobodnaya Pressa\", as well as in the blogs \"Eshkin Mole\" and \"News SVERKHDERJAVA\" in May - July 2021, devoted mainly to Belarusian security forces.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2022 to 23.08.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.08.2022, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-08-23T10:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-08-23T10:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recuVXudsyKDw2bkK"},{"persecution_id":"recWk4f4GupJntVeL","last_updated":"2024-12-20T15:48:35.000Z","person_id":"recVRPK7hI2mRVSQg","name_en":"Natalia Sharapova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attf6BIPBdKVvYUCl.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attf6BIPBdKVvYUCl.jpg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Born in Novy Uzen (Kazakhstan). Mother of two daughters lived in the town of Yaroslavsky (Primorsky Krai). Worked as a storekeeper at a garment factory, and then as a nail service master.\n\nOn 6 October 2022, Sharapova was taken into custody after a search. Initially, it was reported that she was charged with involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation, but later it was reported that Sharapova was accused of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\nOn 10 July 2024, she was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. On 3 October 2024, the court of appeals reduced the sentence by a month. 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Memorial:\n Date: 14-10-2022\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nDue to the long detention in the pre-trial detention centre and lack of full-fledged physical activity, Andreev found it difficult to perform the simplest actions, started having heart problems and dizziness. He was also diagnosed with a pre-cancerous condition and needs to be regularly monitored by specialists.\n\nOn 10 July 2024 Andreev was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":646,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavsky"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavskyi","case_number":"1-183/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.10.2022 to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Krai\n• in custody: from 01.08.2023 to 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n• in custody: from 01.10.2023 to 01.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Krai\n• in custody: from 01.11.2023 to 01.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n• in custody:  to 01.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Krai\n• in custody: from 01.09.2024 to 03.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.07.2024, Sentence: 6 years' deprivation of liberty with time served in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' deprivation of liberty with time served in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-10-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/10/d47037/?sphrase_id=2012182\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recwpzDFmLKi3wew9"},{"persecution_id":"recE9cSpmmno8z351","last_updated":"2024-11-28T16:03:30.000Z","person_id":"rec3ZgfsBybnadX6v","name_en":"Anatoly Lee","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attyLngwmSp3WRgH1.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attyLngwmSp3WRgH1.webp"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was born in the Gagarin town (Uzbekistan) in 1985. When he was 9 years old, he moved to Ussuriysk (Primorsky Krai) with his older brother and his mother, who was raising her sons alone. He studied at a pedagogical institute as a teacher of English and Korean languages and worked as a tutor before the criminal prosecution, constantly improving his qualifications. In addition, during his life, he managed to work as a janitor, a telephone repairman, and a logistician in a Canadian trading firm.\n\nOn 13 October 2022, Lee was taken into custody on charges of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 10 July 2024, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony. On 3 October 2024, the court of appeals reduced the sentence by one month.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":636,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavsky"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yaroslavskyi","case_number":"1-183/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an organisation recognised as extremist by the Russian authorities","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.10.2022 to 03.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.07.2024, Sentence: 6 years and 6 months' imprisonment, to be served in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of public religious organisations for a period of 3 years, and 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years and 6 months' imprisonment, to be served in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of public religious organisations for a period of 3 years, and 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":77,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-10-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/10/d47037/?sphrase_id=2012182\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recE9cSpmmno8z351"},{"persecution_id":"reckblSvybEpCyTpx","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"recUWq0QIiexFDcY1","name_en":"Artur Maslakov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att8KA5QeHGfAVPWB.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att8KA5QeHGfAVPWB.jpg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. Late in the evening of 26 November 2013, detained together with twelve other people during a raid on the hostel where he was living at the time. Accused of preparing for a terrorist attack in the \"Kirgiziya\" cinema and possession of ammunition. In the case file there is a report of Maslakov's interrogation as a suspect, according to which he allegedly knew that weapons and explosives were stored in the hostel, and that the hostel hostess and other guests spoke about the need to wage jihad on the territory of Russia, but Maslakov stated in court that he did not give such testimony, and the protocol, which he signed without reading because he could not see much and was without glasses, was read to him in a distorted form by the operatives.\n\nHuman rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of his involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the persecution was part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.\n\nOn 22 April 2016, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nHas HIV and hepatitis. Had a suspended sentence for copyright infringement in the course of trading in laser discs.\n\nIn October 2020, was released for health reasons. In August 2021, Maslakov was re-arrested: the court agreed with the prosecutor's submission that since Maslakov was terminally ill, he did not need to be treated on the outside.\n\nOn 20 December 2022, a Tyumen court passed a verdict in the case of insult and use of violence against colony staff brought against Maslakov, details unknown.\n\nIn July 2025, the Leninsky District Court of Tyumen placed him under administrative supervision for 10 years. Presumably, Maslakov was released from the colony on 19 December 2025.\n\nArtur Maslakov was recognised as a group 2 disabled person indefinitely, he was diagnosed with severe amblyopia - a disorder of the visual analyser that cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":353,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code","Article 321 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319","321"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319","Article 321 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Case of Artur Maslakov on insulting representatives of the authorities and use of violence against staff of a place of detention","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.12.2022, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-20T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-20T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckblSvybEpCyTpx"},{"persecution_id":"recf39EywdtUtyBA2","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"reciR9sb9Pp13EaiI","name_en":"Sergei Tsigipa","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZXZxVpETmnQ04B.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZXZxVpETmnQ04B.png"],"birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"An elderly man, a retired major, formerly served in the KGB of the USSR, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He was also a three-term member of the Nova Kakhovka city council, as well as a writer and journalist.\n\nAfter Russia launched its full-scale invasion, he took part in volunteer work, organised pro-Ukraine rallies and reported on events in the south of the country.\n\nSergei Tsygipa disappeared on March 12, 2022. That same day, Russian forces seized Aleksandr Tarasov, an organizer of rallies in Kherson. After being released from captivity, Tarasov said that during the first few days they were held together in the basement of the Kherson regional administration building, before being taken to a pre-trial detention center in Crimea. There, Tsigipa — like other illegally detained Ukrainians — was subjected to ill-treatment and torture. His family received official information about his whereabouts only in autumn 2022.\n\nFrom October 2022 until August 2023, lawyer Refat Iunus was unable to obtain access to his client. In response to all lawyer’s requests, investigators repeatedly forwarded handwritten notes supposedly from Sergei Tsigipa refusing legal assistance. The lawyer was allowed into the case only once the trial had begun, when at the very first hearing Sergei Tsigipa publicly stated that he wanted Iunus to represent him.\n\nOn 27 December, the Kyiv District Court of Simferopol placed Tsigipa in custody for two months on espionage charges, that period that was subsequently extended. On 13 July 2023, his case was sent to court, and on October 6, 2023 he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":584,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":83,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 276 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["276"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 276"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Tsigipa's case of espionage","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he passed on to an SBU officer \"information about the location of a radio relay station that provides headquarters communications for the Russian Armed Forces.\"","persecution_location_en":"In a cell-type facility (PKT)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In cell-type premises","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.12.2022 to 13.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.06.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n• cell-type room: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n• cell-type room: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n• cell-type room: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n• cell-type room: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.10.2023, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-06T10:19:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-06T10:19:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-10-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/czygipa-sergej-vitalevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recf39EywdtUtyBA2"},{"persecution_id":"recTTY57Vpta73RZL","last_updated":"2024-09-27T16:43:07.000Z","person_id":"rechAab5ED8Ww3AyB","name_en":"Abdulmumin Abdulmuminov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Makhachkala. Detained since January19, 2022.\n\nThe case against him was considered three times - the first time it came before the court in March 2022, the sentence was passed in August and cancelled in October. In the same month, the case returned to court, the sentence was handed down in December 2022, and the sentence was again cancelled in March 2023.\n\nThe final sentence was imposed on  May 5, 2023. Due to the actual completion of the main sentence imposed, he was released from custody in the courtroom.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":489,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Abdulmumin Abdulmuminov's case on At-Taqfir Wal-Hijra activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2014, he organised the activities of the At-Takfir Wal-Hijra organisation in Dagestan, within the framework of which he propagandised its ideas and recruited new participants.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.01.2022 to 05.05.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 05.05.2023 to 20.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.05.2023, Sentence: 1 year 8 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for 10 months, deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to leadership in the work of public religious organizations for 3 years 10 months, release from custody in connection with the actual completion of the term of punishment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 8 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for 10 months, deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to leadership in the work of public religious organizations for 3 years 10 months, release from custody in connection with the actual completion of the term of punishment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":20,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-05T16:31:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-05T16:31:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 05-05-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/extremism/counter-extremism/2023/05/d48178/?sphrase_id=2646439\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recTTY57Vpta73RZL"},{"persecution_id":"recY5NiATD8SwYWrt","last_updated":"2023-11-10T10:38:51.000Z","person_id":"reco2nJ2tN8AVaQhZ","name_en":"Denis Rybovalov","birth_year":1993,"age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Feodosia. The case against him became known in October 2022, the sentence was passed in February 2023.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Feodosia"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":131,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Denis Rybovalov's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 9 September 2022, Rybovalov climbed the Eternal Flame memorial in Feodosia, drank alcoholic beverages and set fire to the flowers placed at the memorial, imitating cooking. By these actions, Rybovalov, according to law enforcers and the court, \"desecrated the symbol of Russia's military glory\" and \"insulted the memory of the defenders who fell in the battles for Feodosia during the Civil War and the Great Patriotic War\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.02.2023, Sentence: 200 hours of compulsory work","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"200 hours of compulsory work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-09T17:11:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-09T17:11:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-02-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47646/?sphrase_id=2007555\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recY5NiATD8SwYWrt"},{"persecution_id":"recvEMlLlLBMUVePI","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recSQqe5nuKluMMrP","name_en":"Sergei Kondratev","birth_year":1996,"age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A photographer from Saint Petersburg. On 15 April 2022, a case of offending religious feelings was brought against him. The complaint against the photographer was written by a parishioner of the temple. On 25 July 2022, Kondratev was sentenced to a fine of 15 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":101,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Kondratev's case of offending religious feelings","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated due to an eight-second video posted on Kondratyev's Instagram account, depicting him kissing his male partner in front of the Holy Trinity Church \"Kulich and Easter.\" The video was accompanied by singing in the style of church chants with obscene lyrics. Although the investigation initially emphasized the victim's guilt as kissing another man in front of the temple, the verdict ultimately found Kondratyev guilty of using a song with profanity against the backdrop of church chants.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.07.2022, Sentence: Fine of 15,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fine of 15,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":15000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-07-25T19:32:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-07-25T19:32:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-07-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/07/d46685/?sphrase_id=2007561\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recvEMlLlLBMUVePI"},{"persecution_id":"recZWUilPLGXVpj53","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"reckogbVv6kBhyfx6","name_en":"Lyubov Kocherova","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Since April 2020, a resident of the village of Knyaze-Volkonsky, acting on instructions from the FSB, had been secretly recording conversations about the Bible with Lyubov Kocherova and Lyubov Ovchinnikova.\n\nTwo years later, a criminal case was opened against the pensioners on charges of participating in and facilitating the activities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under Russia’s anti-extremism laws solely for their religious activities — holding meetings, conducting worship services, and attracting new followers.\n\nIn March 2023, the case was submitted to the court. In August 2023, Kocherova received a 6-year suspended sentence. In December 2023, the Court of Appeal overturned the sentence and sent the case for a new trial. On 20 January 2025, Kocherova received a 5.5-year suspended sentence.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Knyaze-Volkonskoye"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":487,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Kocherova and Ovchinnikova on participation in Jehovah's Witnesses activities","case_number":"1-59/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Lyubov “collectively performed religious songs and prayers that, according to investigators, are part of the structure of the worldwide organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses.” The case was also based on the testimony of FSB officer Stanislav Martyn, who for two years feigned an interest in studying the Bible. The investigation interpreted the conversations with Martyn as evidence of involvement in extremist activity.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.08.2023, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 20.01.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-01T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-20T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 02-08-2023\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/sud-naznachil-uslovnye-sroki-dvum-svidetelniczam-iegovy-iz-habarovskogo-kraya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nIn March 2023, the case went to court. In August 2023, Ovchinnikova was given a six-year suspended sentence. In December 2023, the court of appeal cancelled the sentence and sent the case for a new trial. On 20 January 2025, Ovchinnikova was sentenced to a five and a half year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Knyaze-Volkonskoye"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":487,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Kocherova and Ovchinnikova on participation in Jehovah's Witnesses activities","case_number":"1-59/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, \"collectively performed religious songs, prayers, which are a product in the structure of the worldwide organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses\". The case was also based on the testimony of FSB officer Stanislav Martyn, who for two years portrayed an interest in studying the Bible. 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Memorial:\n Date: 02-08-2023\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/sud-naznachil-uslovnye-sroki-dvum-svidetelniczam-iegovy-iz-habarovskogo-kraya/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. In October 2022, the court replaced Kudinov's preventive measure with a ban on certain actions. The case came to court in March 2023. On 14 January 2025, Kudinov was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":874,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":124,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sevastopol"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sevastopol","case_number":"1-373/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2019, the defendants \"developed a criminal plan\" to continue the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation in Sevastopol and became elders in the \"cell\" named \"Primorskoye\". At \"safe houses\" on Dmitriy Ulyanov and Astan Kesaev streets, they held online meetings in Zoom, during which they studied Jehovah's Witnesses literature recognised as extremist, \"foreign videos with sermons and songs\", analysed their content, \"propagandised alien destructive religious ideas\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 26.08.2022 to 17.10.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 17.10.2022 to 14.01.2025\n• in custody: from 14.01.2025 to 09.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.01.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-14T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-14T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recrhOuxGQhptY67m"},{"persecution_id":"recsh0yClGHpEraSN","last_updated":"2026-02-10T09:07:58.000Z","person_id":"recez7XMXIcTalGA1","name_en":"Sergey Zhigalov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atti2e9HkzfFdNsSg.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atti2e9HkzfFdNsSg.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sevastopol. In August 2022, a search took place at his home. He was detained and two days later sent under house arrest on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. In October 2022, the court replaced Zhigalov's preventive measure with a ban on certain actions. The case was heared in court in March 2023. On 14 January 2025, Zhigalov was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":874,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":124,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sevastopol"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sevastopol","case_number":"1-373/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2019, the defendants \"developed a criminal plan\" to continue the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation in Sevastopol and became elders in the \"Primorskoye\" branch. At \"safe houses\" on Dmitriy Ulyanov and Astan Kesaev streets, they held online meetings in Zoom, during which they studied Jehovah's Witnesses literature recognised as extremist, \"foreign videos with sermons and songs\", parsed their content, and \"propagandised alien destructive religious ideas\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 26.08.2022 to 17.10.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 17.10.2022 to 14.01.2025\n• in custody: from 14.01.2025 to 09.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.01.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-14T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-14T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recsh0yClGHpEraSN"},{"persecution_id":"recorynJ3vuPmjKyE","last_updated":"2025-04-09T13:41:31.000Z","person_id":"recS7D62Y4Y8B1F2g","name_en":"Evgeny Bochko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwJjJtX0R6Vj4kG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwJjJtX0R6Vj4kG.webp"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Evgeny was born in April 1975 in the Novoberezansky settlement in Krasnodar Krai. He is the sole child in his family, raised by his mother.\n\nDuring his childhood, Evgeny developed a keen interest in studying insects and collecting stamps. He enjoyed replicating experiments from physics and chemistry lessons at home and examining objects under a microscope. In high school, his focus shifted to electronics, and he even constructed a random number generator.\n\nIn 1996, Evgeny successfully completed his education at Krasnodar Machine-Building College. Following this, he pursued a career as an electrician and later as an engineer specializing in the maintenance of gas equipment instrumentation and control. He is currently not employed, due to health reasons.\n\nEvgeny embraced the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses in 1998. In 2009, he got married.\n\nHowever, in February 2022, Evgeny Bochko found himself implicated in a criminal case of extremism solely based on his faith in Jehovah God. Law enforcement conducted a search and seizure, triggering a severe health episode related to his chronic illness (Evgeny is now disabled).","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vyselki","case_number":"1-4/2025 (1-9/2024; 1-96/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from July 31, 2020, to July 4, 2021, the believers \"were undertaking active organizational actions with the intent to perpetuate the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization in Vyselki village. These actions included the initiation, commencement, and conclusion of meetings, the orchestration of religious speeches and worship services, as well as coordination of meetings, presentation of discussion topics, and engagement in various preaching activities.\" They face charges under part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 16-06-2023\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/06/16/delo-pyati-svideteley-iegovy-iz-krasnodarskogo-kraya-peredali-v-sud-u\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. 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He allegedly headed a local Jehovah's Witnesses group and solicited funds for the community's needs.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 08.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-12-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/12/d47348/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recE4GYNZYTh0xFON"},{"persecution_id":"recoqrc4gSq5ssbnW","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:41.000Z","person_id":"rec4gIy8sCxaGiryo","name_en":"Alexander Voronchikhin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttoWHDLxEoWaOPt.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttoWHDLxEoWaOPt.jpg"],"birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"On 8 December 2022, Voronchikhin was searched, interrogated and charged with organising activities of an extremist organisation. He was given a recognisanse not to leave the country.\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\nIn December 2023, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. In May 2025, the case came back to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea"],"case_name_en":"The case of four more Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took part in religious meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-12-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/12/d47348/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recoqrc4gSq5ssbnW"},{"persecution_id":"recK0n1IjBxqBod6v","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recMXT9lWuXAQzcJH","name_en":"Viktor Mania","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Crimea. On 8 December 2022, his home was searched. In May 2023, Mania was charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremism articles solely for their religious activity - holding meetings and worship services, and attracting new members.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea"],"case_name_en":"The case of four Jehovah’s Witnesses in Crimea","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"engaged in active organisational actions, expressed in the organisation of propaganda meetings at which discussions of the texts and religious provisions of the Jehovah’s Witnesses were held.”","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-12-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/12/d47348/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recK0n1IjBxqBod6v"},{"persecution_id":"recJPpZvME2vzy6t2","last_updated":"2025-10-09T14:09:58.000Z","person_id":"rec7r2QYgAhktPm3q","name_en":"Oleg Berezin","birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":17,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Krasnokamensk (Transbaikal Territory), a minor at the time of the start of prosecution. Creator of the telegram channel \"Siberian Liberation Movement - Republic of Siberia\". November 15, 2022, he was detained in a case of calls to extremism because of leaflets about the separation of Siberia from Russia posted on the railway. A case of public justification of terrorism was also initiated. February 6, 2024 he was sent for compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":461,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["call for arson","publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Siberian Liberation Movement","Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of a minor on public justification of terrorism and calls to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the teenager posted \"ways of rebellion\" on his channel, including, law enforcers claim, calling for blowing up railway tracks and setting relay cabinets on fire, as well as \"justifying the commission of terrorist acts\".","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.02.2024","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-05T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJPpZvME2vzy6t2"},{"persecution_id":"recqaeylk854vnc4l","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"rec12ZLWNdCbtUYS6","name_en":"Kazbek Gasanov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaspiysk (Dagestan). He was accused of involvement in the organisation \"At-Takfir Wal-Hijra\", which is recognised as extremist. Some human rights activists believe that there is no evidence of the real existence of such an organisation on the territory of Russia.\n\nGasanov was first sentenced in August 2022, but the sentence was cancelled in December 2022 by a court of appeal.\n\nIn April 2023, Gasanov was sentenced to three years and two months in a general regime colony. The court took into account that Gasanov had no previous convictions, has a disabled mother, a wife and five children and actively contributed to the investigation: he fully admitted guilt and cooperated with the investigation. 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He found himself in a detention centre having just flown to Moscow from Astrakhan, where he lives. The student was going to fly to Istanbul the same day, but he was detained at a bus stop near the Vnukovo airport and arrested for 10 days, allegedly for \"using foul language\".\n\nOn 7th of November, Verdiyan was supposed to be released from the detention centre, but on the same day he was charged with a criminal case of state treason, and the Lefortovo court sent him to a pre-trial detention centre.\n\nOn 7th of September, 2023, Verdiyan was sentenced to six years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":314,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Gleb Verdiyan's case of preparation for state treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"The details of the charges are unknown.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.11.2022 to 20.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.09.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 9 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Chuvashia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.09.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for 1 year, fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for 1 year, fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-07T09:27:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-07T09:27:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4rJjSD4x5NqXbf"},{"persecution_id":"recXfZmTH1gZQaz9M","last_updated":"2025-11-04T21:02:14.000Z","person_id":"recgU7Vgoy8nM0ZyZ","name_en":"Aleksandr Shiplyuk","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attMG4URXHwJ38lh3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attMG4URXHwJ38lh3.jpg"],"birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Renowned scientist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, head of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, expert of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Military-Industrial Commission, Hypersonic Weapons Section of the Russian Government.\n\nOn 5 August 2022, it became known that he was detained and sent to a pre-trial detention centre, the Institute was searched. A treason case was opened against Shiplyuk, allegedly in connection with the transfer of documents to China during a scientific conference in 2017. 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Chuvilin was accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist community, preparing for seizure of power and attempting to steal or extort weapons. \n\nLater he spoke of threats from the FSB, reported on the use of violence against him and other defendants in the case during transportation to the court, as well as that investigators had put pressure on him in the pre-trial detention centre, forcing him to speed up his study of the case files.\n\nAccording to Mediazona, testimony against the circle's participants was given by Sergei Sapozhnikov, who also took part in the work of the circle and is listed as a witness in the case. 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The investigation considers Pavel Matisov, a member of the circle, to be the organiser.\n\nThe investigation considers three texts and two videos published on VKontakte in 2019-2021 to be evidence of preparations for an armed seizure of power. In one of the videos the programme of the circle is read out, in the second one a circle’s member states that Russia is \"occupied by capitalists\" and calls for the overthrow of capitalism.\n\nA participant of the meetings, Sergei Sapozhnikov, who wrote a report to the FSB on the others, claimed that they discussed in his presence how to procure weapons \"with the use of violence\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 25.03.2022\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast ","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.12.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-16T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-16T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXgk94ksYypMREX"},{"persecution_id":"recypVubbc6smXGZu","last_updated":"2026-03-28T18:36:41.000Z","person_id":"rec031ZECw7fqboqh","name_en":"Alexei Dmitriev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUdTb8aLPgLvnRn.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUdTb8aLPgLvnRn.jpg"],"birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the city of Ufa, he is an otolaryngologist by profession.\n\nOn 24 March 2022, his home was checked and he was taken into custody. Dmitriev was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist group, preparation for the violent seizure of power, public justification of terrorism, and attempted extortion or theft of weapons.\n\nDefendants of the case have reported the use of violence against them during their transportation to the court and that investigators put pressure on them while they were held in pre-trial detention. This pressure was intended to force them to accelerate their familiarisation with the case materials.\n\nAccording to Mediazona, Sergei Sapozhnikov, who also took part in the activities of the group and later became a witness in the case, gave testimony against the other participants. 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Efimov was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist community, preparation for the overthrow of power, public justification of terrorism and attempted extortion or theft of weapons.\n\nThe defendants in the case reported the use of violence while being taken to court, as well as the fact that the investigators put pressure in the pre-trial detention centre, forcing them to familiarize themselves with the case files on an accelerated timeline.\n\nAccording to Mediazona, Sergei Sapozhnikov, who also participated in the activities of the community and is a witness in the case, testified against its members. 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Efimov was also accused of making public calls for terrorist activity due to his statement about the need to overthrow capitalism. The investigation considers Pavel Matisov, a member of the circle, to be the organizer.\n\nAs evidence of preparations for an armed seizure of power, the investigation cites three texts and two videos published on VKontakte between 2019 and 2021. 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In 2014 he fought as a volunteer in one of the battalions of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic.\n\nOn 24 March 2022, he was searched. He was sent into custody. Matisov was accused of organising the activities of a terrorist community, preparation for the overthrow of power and attempted extortion or theft of weapons.\n\nThe defendants in the case reported the use of violence during the delivery to the court, as well as the fact that the investigators put pressure in the pre-trial detention centre, forcing to accelerate familiarisation with the case materials.\n\nAccording to Mediazona, Sergei Sapozhnikov, who also participated in the work of the circle and is a witness in the case, testified against the participants of the circle. 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In one of the videos the programme of the circle is read out, in the second the participant states that Russia is \"occupied by capitalists\" and calls for the overthrow of capitalism.\n\nA participant in the meetings, Sergei Sapozhnikov, who wrote a statement to the FSB on the others, claimed that they discussed in his presence how to obtain weapons \"with the use of violence\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 29.12.2025, Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at the Federal Penal Correctional Institution-2 (FCU IK-2 GUFSIN) for the Sverdlovsk Region\n• in custody: from 29.12.2025\n• in custody: from 25.03.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.12.2025, Sentence: 22 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, fine of 200 thousands rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"22 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, fine of 200 thousands rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":264,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-16T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-16T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckNQHjE3DQMMTbX"},{"persecution_id":"rechblsc0ZdEdgzuO","last_updated":"2026-03-28T18:36:41.000Z","person_id":"recoSpzo3piPH9ArD","name_en":"Rinat Burkeev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attywow8bvZC8e8R3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attywow8bvZC8e8R3.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ufa. In 2014, he fought as a volunteer in one of the battalions of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic.\n\nOn March 24, 2022, he was searched and placed in custody. Burkeev was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist community, preparation for the overthrow of power and attempted extortion or theft of weapons.\n\nThe defendants in the case reported the use of violence during transport to the court, as well as the fact that the investigators put pressure in the pre-trial detention centre, forcing to accelerate familiarisation with the case files.\n\nAccording to \"Mediazona,\" it was Sergei Sapozhnikov who testified against the participants of the circle. He also participated in the work of the circle and is a witness in the case. According to him, the circle was preparing to seize power.\n\nOn December 16, 2025, Burkeev was sentenced to a 16-year term in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1363,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":194,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 4,  Article 226 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","226","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 4, Article 226","Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Marxist club in Ufa\n"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Marxist club in Ufa","case_number":"2-8/2025 (2-30/2024; 2-150/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the Ufa Marxist circle, which Burkeev attended, was planning a violent seizure of power. 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During his childhood, he developed a passion for sports, successfully participating in running competitions.\n\nBetween 1956 and 1968, Vladimir pursued his education, attending the Orenburg Suvorov School and later studying in Kazan. He eventually graduated from Yeysk Aviation School, earning a diploma of higher education. In 1968, he began his service in Zabaykalsky Krai and retired as a captain in 1976. Subsequently, he worked for eight years at a northern mine and currently relies on his retirement pension, facing challenges due to an illness that has restricted his activities.\n\nVladimir has resided in various cities, including Uralsk, Orenburg, Kazan, Yeisk, Magadan, Salsk, and Mosty (Belarus). \n\nIn 1979, he married Zinaida, who was raising a daughter. Later, a son and another daughter were born to the couple. Zinaida, employed in the trade sector and cleaning, faced health challenges, prompting the couple to move to Vyselki in the Krasnodar Krai, where Vladimir still resides. In his leisure time, he enjoys walking, tending to his vegetable garden, and caring for his pet parrot.\n\nSince 1995, Vladimir has been a member of Jehovah's Witnesses.\n\nIn 2020, he experienced the loss of his beloved wife, and in 2022, he found himself facing criminal prosecution due to his religious beliefs.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vyselki","case_number":"1-4/2025 (1-9/2024; 1-96/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from 31 July 2020 to 4 July 2021, the believers \"took active actions of an organisational nature, aimed at continuing... the activities... of the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation of Vyselki village, expressed in the convening, opening and closing of meetings, organisation of religious speeches and worship services... coordination of meetings, proposals of topics for discussion, other preaching activities\". They are charged with part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.\n\nAccording to the investigation, in the period from July 31, 2020, to July 4, 2021, the believers \"were undertaking active organizational actions with the intent to perpetuate the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization in Vyselki village. These actions included the initiation, commencement, and conclusion of meetings, the orchestration of religious speeches and worship services, as well as coordination of meetings, presentation of discussion topics, and engagement in various preaching activities.\" They face charges under part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 16.02.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 16-06-2023\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/06/16/delo-pyati-svideteley-iegovy-iz-krasnodarskogo-kraya-peredali-v-sud-u\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. 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He also sang and played the bass guitar and drums in a vocal-instrumental ensemble.\n\nAfter school Valery continued his education at the Krasnodar Institute of Culture at the faculty of stage folk ensemble, and then - museology. He initially worked as a security guard, then as an accordionist at the district cultural center, collaborating with choreographers of children's folk dances and creating phonograms for children's concerts. With acquired construction skills, he has been working in interior finishing for the last 20 years.\n\nIn 1999 Valery decided to join the Jehovah's Witnesses.\nValery met Irina in 1994 and 2 years later they got married.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vyselki","case_number":"1-4/2025 (1-9/2024; 1-96/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from 31 July 2020 to 4 July 2021, the believers \"took active actions of an organisational nature, aimed at continuing... the activities... of the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation of Vyselki village, expressed in the convening, opening and closing of meetings, organisation of religious speeches and worship services... coordination of meetings, proposals of topics for discussion, other preaching activities\". They are charged with part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 16.02.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 16-06-2023\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/06/16/delo-pyati-svideteley-iegovy-iz-krasnodarskogo-kraya-peredali-v-sud-u\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. 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For some time his family lived in the town of Langepas (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra), and in the early 2000s moved to Krasnodar Krai and settled in the village of Vyselki.\n\nIn childhood Alexey was active. He liked skiing, went to a wood carving class, was often outdoors with his parents, went fishing, went to the forest for berries and mushrooms. The whole summer the family spent at the dacha. But then tragedy struck: the young man fell from a tree and received a serious spinal injury. This affected his entire future life. Still, despite the physical limitations, he was able to get a diploma of accountant-economist. Being on disability, Alexey does not work. He lives with his parents and still likes fishing, being outdoors and discovering new places.\n\nIn 2008, Alexey joined the Jehovah's Witnesses.\n\nIn February 2022 he became a suspect in a criminal case on extremism because of his participation in Jehovah's Witnesses.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vyselki","case_number":"1-4/2025 (1-9/2024; 1-96/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from 31 July 2020 to 4 July 2021, the believers 'took active actions of an organisational nature, aimed at continuing... the activities... of the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation of Vyselki village, expressed in the convening, opening and closing of meetings, organisation of religious speeches and worship services... coordination of meetings, proposals of topics for discussion, other preaching activities'. They are charged with part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 16.02.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 16-06-2023\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/06/16/delo-pyati-svideteley-iegovy-iz-krasnodarskogo-kraya-peredali-v-sud-u\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec1zZeIjXBeP2scb"},{"persecution_id":"recLMge2zBcvvw9Ba","last_updated":"2025-04-09T13:41:31.000Z","person_id":"reciQIP6jbNAb7XDI","name_en":"Vitaly Ushakov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attOogbMmCg6JeGlS.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attOogbMmCg6JeGlS.webp"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Vitaly was born in July 1980 in Khatukai aul (Adygea). He has a brother and a sister.\n\nA diligent young man, Vitaly entered the workforce immediately after finishing school. He initially took up interior decoration and roofing work, and later shifted to car repair.\n\nAs a Jehovah's Witness, Vitaly held firm to his peaceful Christian beliefs and his refusal to bear arms. At the time, there was no legislation for alternative civilian service, and he faced the threat of criminal prosecution. Eventually, he was exempted from military service due to health reasons.\n\nIn 2006, Vitaly married Irina, a single mother raising a son. The following year, they welcomed another son into their family.\n\nIn February 2022, Vitaly became a suspect in a criminal case for extremism, stemming from his involvement with Jehovah's Witnesses.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vyselki","case_number":"1-4/2025 (1-9/2024; 1-96/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from 31 July 2020 to 4 July 2021, the believers \"took active actions of an organisational nature, aimed at continuing... the activities... of the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation of Vyselki village, expressed in the convening, opening and closing of meetings, organisation of religious speeches and worship services... coordination of meetings, proposals of topics for discussion, other preaching activities\". They are charged with part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.02.2022 to 10.10.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 10.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 16-06-2023\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/06/16/delo-pyati-svideteley-iegovy-iz-krasnodarskogo-kraya-peredali-v-sud-u\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recLMge2zBcvvw9Ba"},{"persecution_id":"recTBPDfOpMZDSpQi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rechF2pKhHzKWnBm8","name_en":"Elvira Paeva","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Activist from Cheboksary, supporter of the \"Citizens of the USSR\" movement.\n\nThe case against Elvira was initiated in June 2022, initially resulting in travel restrictions. However, in December, she was placed in a pre-trial detention center due to her continued posting of videos and her decision to leave to a monastery.\n\nAccording to the Telegram channel \"Serditaya Chuvashia\" (Angry Chuvashia), Elvira extensively discussed the coronavirus pandemic, characterized the current government as criminal, deemed government agencies illegitimate, and criticized Putin's attempts to revive the Soviet Union through armed means.\n\nOn May 22, 2023, she received a 2-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":354,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Elvira Paeva's case on Incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case against her was initiated based on several posts on Vkontakte and videos on her YouTube channel. Among the key posts that served as the basis for the case was a publication by a user with the nickname \"Eto Ya,\" which focused on the topic of the coronavirus.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.06.2022 to 15.12.2022\n• in custody: from 15.12.2022 to 22.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chuvash Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.05.2023, Sentence: 2 years of suspended prison sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of suspended prison sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-21T21:13:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-21T21:13:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTBPDfOpMZDSpQi"},{"persecution_id":"recwtu5Pn9COA1WgD","last_updated":"2026-02-15T19:55:18.000Z","person_id":"recsEcT759FRG02W0","name_en":"Yuri Yakovlev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attvup3dqUP6869tq.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attvup3dqUP6869tq.jpeg"],"birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In March 2022, Russia’s Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Yury Yakovlev, a resident of Sosnovoborsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai). The following day, his home was searched, and he was placed in a pre-trial detention center on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his alleged involvement with the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under anti-extremism laws solely for their religious activities — holding meetings, conducting worship services, and attracting new members.\nIn June 2022, the case went to court. In March 2023, the believer was sentenced to six years and two months in prison, and on May 21, 2024, the Court of Appeal upheld the sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":354,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Yuri Yakovlev's case of organizing the activities of an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-89/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"The charges were based on covert audio recordings of worship services and conversations with friends on biblical topics. The investigation regarded actions such as “setting the time of meetings via online broadcasts”, “pastoral work”, and “supervising preaching activities” as constituting the organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (temporarily)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.03.2022 to 16.08.2023\n• in custody: from 16.08.2023 to 01.02.2024, Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at penal colony-5 (IK-5) for Krasnoyarsky Krai\n• in custody: from 01.02.2024 to 01.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• in custody: from 01.03.2024 to 21.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.02.2026, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• Unknown: , Tuberculosis Hospital No. 1 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Department of Penitentiary Services\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Tuberculosis Hospital No. 1 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Department of Penitentiary Services","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.03.2023, Sentence: 6 years and 2 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities within public or religious associations for 2 years, and restriction of liberty for 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years and 2 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities within public or religious associations for 2 years, and restriction of liberty for 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":74,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-17T17:09:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-17T17:09:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-03-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/yakovlev-yurij-aleksandrovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recwtu5Pn9COA1WgD"},{"persecution_id":"rec32MguY5ag3Kax8","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recjKRjaXfMeAXE9Q","name_en":"Haydarali Ashurov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"On 9 June 2022, the FSB reported the detention in Rostov-on-Don of 13 Central Asian nationals suspected of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir.\n\nOne of them was Ashurov — the Leninsky District Court of Rostov placed him in custody. Ashurov stated that he did not admit guilt.\n\nLater, it became known that Ashurov is accused of preparing to participate in the activities of a terrorist organisation and calls for extremism and terrorism.\n\nOn 18 April 2024, Ashurov was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":686,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 280","Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Rostov-on-Don"],"case_name_en":"Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Rostov-on-Don","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he studied party materials and tried to join a cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir, but was not accepted there. In addition, he held meetings at which he \"spoke approvingly about the activities of terrorist organisations and the need to commit violent acts against a group of people on the basis of their attitude to religion.\" ","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.06.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2024, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-17T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-17T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-06-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/06/d46415/?sphrase_id=2007521\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec32MguY5ag3Kax8"},{"persecution_id":"rec9j6HUr2ZJ5Hz2J","last_updated":"2024-12-23T14:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rec9uX2gaGeOTH2va","name_en":"Larisa Bochieva","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In March 2022, it was reported that a criminal case had been opened in Makhachkala against members of a local cell of 'Citizens of the USSR,' including Larisa Bachieva, who was placed on the wanted list.\n\nOn March 16, 2023, she was detained in Belgorod and brought to Dagestan. On March 23, the Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala ordered her to be held in pre-trial detention, despite the fact that she has a seriously ill minor child.\n\nOn April 14, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Dagestan granted Bachieva house arrest due to her health condition. Later, the preventive measure was changed to a ban on certain actions.\n\nOn September 13, 2024, Bachieva did not attend the hearing at the Kirovsky District Court of Makhachkala due to hospitalization. She had informed the court about her condition on the same day, before the hearing began. However, the judge ruled that Bachieva had fled and ordered her detention. On September 19, she filed an appeal against the decision and returned to the hospital. The following day, she attempted to fly to Moscow for urgent business, but was detained at the airport and sent to the pre-trial detention centre. She was released on October 4 after the Supreme Court reviewed the appeal.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Citizens of USSR case in Makhachkala"],"case_name_en":"Case of Larisa Bachieva","case_number":"1-105/2024 (1-1017/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she organized the activities of the executive committee of the 'Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR,' a structural subdivision of the banned extremist group 'USSR.'","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.03.2023 to 14.04.2023\n• house arrest: from 14.04.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions:  to 20.09.2024\n• in custody: from 20.09.2024 to 04.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9j6HUr2ZJ5Hz2J"},{"persecution_id":"rec4IYrmzNZpC5K4z","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"recpNxhQjGTMtXmSK","name_en":"Evgenii Bushev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attf0kJKgctAe4yrv.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attf0kJKgctAe4yrv.png"],"birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Chelyabinsk. On 8 September 2022, when he was visiting a friend, the friend's house was searched. Bushev was taken to his home and searched there. The next day, he was given a recognisance not to leave in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nLater, apparently, the charge was reclassified to organising such activities.\n\nOn 7 November 2023, Bushev was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony. On 25 April 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by one year.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":425,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Chelyabinsk"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Bushev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"took deliberate active actions of an organisational nature aimed at continuing the illegal activities of a banned religious organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 09.09.2022 to 07.11.2023\n• in custody: from 07.11.2023 to 25.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.08.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.11.2023, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-07T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-07T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 07-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/10/d47053/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-11-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. 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In March 2022, he was interrogated, after which the investigator served him with a notice on the need to appear to face charges. However, he did not appear at the investigative measures, after which he was declared wanted. In August, Florinsky was detained and taken into custody.\n\nThe group \"Citizens of the USSR. Orel\" had been blocked for two years by the time the criminal case was initiated. Florinsky claimed that he first saw the video during an interrogation.\n\nOn 19 April 2023 he was sentenced to 6 years in prison, in August 2023 the appeal left the sentence unchanged.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":419,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ilya Florinsky on the justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he reposted a video \"Scheme of liberation from the regime\" in VKontakte and Telegram with calls \"for Muscovites to take to the streets and seize the Kremlin\" and an anti-vaxxer post calling for the revival of a \"socially oriented state\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2022 to 14.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Oryol Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kaluga region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.08.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kaluga region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kaluga region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.04.2023, Sentence: 6 years imprisonment, prohibition to administer websites for 3 years\n","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years imprisonment, prohibition to administer websites for 3 years\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-19T09:28:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-19T09:28:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-02-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/florinskij-ilya-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7uJQ4QlxSka9p3"},{"persecution_id":"recl3K5NogIp4AZ44","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recMzFoX1mhEqwwdK","name_en":"Vladimir Sheremetyev","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Vladimir Sheremetyev, a resident of Uglich. Sheremetyev was prosecuted for calls to terrorism and hatred due to his statements in support of Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who carried out a suicide bombing at the Federal Security Service Directorate (FSSD) building in the Arkhangelsk region.\n\nOn 6 April 2023, Sheremetyev was sentenced to four and a half years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":460,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Sheremetyev's case on justification of terrorism and incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated due to comments made by Vladimir Sheremetyev on a video about Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who detonated a bomb in the Federal Security Service (FSS) building in Arkhangelsk in the autumn of 2018. According to the investigation, Sheremetyev’s statements justified and approved of Zhlobitsky's actions, and further called for violence against law enforcement officers, \"including through terrorist attacks.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 22.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.04.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.04.2023, Sentence: Four and a half years in a high-security prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Four and a half years in a high-security prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-06T09:43:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-06T09:43:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-05-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sheremetev-vladimir-evgenevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recl3K5NogIp4AZ44"},{"persecution_id":"recOskiPorLuCjdP3","last_updated":"2025-07-19T09:39:20.000Z","person_id":"recBV4RpjYOPijMkj","name_en":"Anatoly Maslov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attdk92QhDEEOe1pL.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attdk92QhDEEOe1pL.jpg"],"birth_year":1946,"birth_date":"1946-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":79,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":76,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Russian physicist, specialist in hydrodynamics. Laureate of the N.E. Zhukovsky Prize and B. N. Petrov, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.\n\nHe was arrested on 28 June 2022, in Novosibirsk and placed in a pre-trial detention centre. He has a number of chronic diseases, in November 2022 complained about the lack of proper medical care in the detention centre. On 12 May 2023, the case was filed with the St. Petersburg City Court.\n\nHe has a number of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases. In the detention facility, due to high stress, his health deteriorated. On one occasion, he had to receive emergency treatment for symptoms of myocardial infarction. At the same time, he is not provided with proper medical care on a regular basis, and he is not given the necessary medicines to maintain his health.\n\nOn 21 May 2024, Maslov was sentenced to 14 years in a high-security prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":693,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Anatoly Maslov's case of state treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"The scientist is accused of passing hypersonic-related data to China.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (temporarily)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.06.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody:  to 09.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• Unknown: , LIU-1 of Altai Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"LIU-1 of Altai Krai","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.05.2024, Sentence: 14 years' of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for 1 year and deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to access to State secrets for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for 1 year and deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to access to State secrets for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-21T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-21T09:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recOskiPorLuCjdP3"},{"persecution_id":"recpDABkO99bFvg9K","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"recuHMypGoRDxDhJq","name_en":"Sergey Parfenovich","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attEFk6SX8vlBbOJp.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attEFk6SX8vlBbOJp.webp"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the village of Krasnogvardeyskoye (Crimea). On September 28, 2022, his home was searched. On September 30, the court sent him to detention on charges of organizing activities of an extremist organisation. On November 15, he was transferred to house arrest. On July 12, 2023, the preventive measures selected for Parfenovich were changed to a ban on certain actions, but on July 28, he was put under house arrest again. On July 1, 2024, he was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence. On October 3, 2024, the court of appeal replaced the suspended sentence with a real one.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":642,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yuriy Gerashchenko and Sergey Parfenovich","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, \"acting intentionally ... committed active acts of an organisational nature.... consisting in the organisation of propaganda meetings at which texts and religious provisions of Jehovah's Witnesses were discussed\".","persecution_location_en":"In a cell-type facility (PKT)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In cell-type premises","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 28.09.2022 to 30.09.2022\n• in custody: from 30.09.2022 to 15.11.2022\n• house arrest: from 15.11.2022 to 12.07.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 12.07.2023 to 28.07.2023\n• house arrest: from 28.07.2023 to 01.07.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 01.07.2024 to 03.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre-8 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre-8 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region\n• punishment cell: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre-8 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region\n• Unknown: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre-8 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region\n• punishment cell: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre-8 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region\n• Unknown: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre-8 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region\n• cell-type room: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre-8 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penal Correctional Centre-8 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.07.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 4 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-01T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-01T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-07-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/sud-v-krymu-smyagchil-meru-presecheniya-dvoim-svidetelyam-iegovy/\n• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 30-06-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/09/d46994/?sphrase_id=2012727\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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He was the administrator of the Telegram channel \"Police Ombudsman\"; after the arrest of the channel's founder Vladimir Vorontsov, he created the channel \"Police Ombudsman 2\".\n\nA criminal case was initiated after Fedorov, together with Yevgeny Moiseyev and Irina Andina, released the film \"Save the Police Ombudsman\". The authors of the video told about a plan to expose the investigation, under which Andina tried to infiltrate the Moscow police's own security department. Vorontsov's supporters decided to deliberately add another episode to his case to document the falsification on the part of the investigation.\n\nAndina and Moiseyev reported their plan in Vorontsov's trial in October 2021. Andina stated that the operatives persuaded her to give false testimony against Vorontsov in exchange for material goods and reinstatement. As evidence, she submitted audio recordings of conversations with the operatives.  \n\nAs a result, on 18 July 2022, the prosecutor dropped part of the charges against the \"police ombudsman\", including the episode with Andina. A month and a half later, Fedorov, Moiseyev and Andina were detained and sent to the pre-trial detention centre, where they remained for more than a year.\n\nOn 3 October 2023, the Tverskoy District Court sentenced all three to real terms, with Fedorov receiving four years in a general regime penal colony.\n\nIn May 2025, the court placed Fedorov under administrative supervision for two years. In August, he was released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2025-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":432,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 306 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["306"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 306"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"Police Ombudsman\" supporters"],"case_name_en":"The case of the supporters of the Police Ombudsman","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 13 May 2020, Andina filed a false report with law enforcement authorities that Vorontsov had extorted 30,000 rubles from her for not distributing intimate photos that compromised her. About two weeks later, she confirmed this by testifying to the investigators. 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Memorial:\n Date: 26-08-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-storonnikov-vladimira-voronczova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recyo0sSLT7twQrsv"},{"persecution_id":"recOX9sS9Sle8X50h","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"rectDepGuKuJIK7jd","name_en":"Evgenii Moiseev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att06pxspUGxQMZTD.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att06pxspUGxQMZTD.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Penza, formerly a police captain, worked as the CEO of a law firm. He has two dependent minor children.\n\nThe criminal case was initiated after Moiseev, along with Vasilii Fedorov and Irina Andina, released the film \"Save the Police Ombudsman\". The authors of the video told about a plan to expose the investigation, under which Andina tried to infiltrate the Moscow police's own security department. Vorontsov's supporters decided to deliberately add another episode to his case to document the falsification by the investigation.\n\nAndina and Moiseev reported their plan in Vorontsov's trial in October 2021. Andina stated that the operatives persuaded her to give false testimony against Vorontsov in exchange for material benefits and reinstatement. As evidence, she submitted audio recordings of her conversations with the operatives.  \n\nAs a result, on 18 July 2022, the prosecutor dropped part of the charges against the \"police ombudsman\", including the episode with Andina. A month and a half later, Fedorov, Moiseev, and Andina were detained and sent to the pre-trial detention centre, where they remained for more than a year.\n\nOn 3 October 2023, all three were sentenced to real terms. Moiseev was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released in August 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":432,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 306 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["306"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 306"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"Police Ombudsman\" supporters"],"case_name_en":"The case of the supporters of the Police Ombudsman","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on May 13, 2020, Andina filed a false report with law enforcement authorities alleging that Vorontsov had extorted 30,000 roubles from her for not distributing intimate photos that compromised her. About two weeks later, she confirmed this by testifying to the investigation. Moiseev and Fedorov, who were declared the organisers of the criminal group, encouraged her to take this step and devised a plan.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.07.2022 to 04.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.08.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.10.2023, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-03T08:24:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-03T08:24:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-08-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-storonnikov-vladimira-voronczova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recOX9sS9Sle8X50h"},{"persecution_id":"reciuNB2SK7QTOXTC","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"recDgOA6v87AMrkUt","name_en":"Irina Andina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attbX4wRrO30FU48Z.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attbX4wRrO30FU48Z.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She is a resident of Saransk, a former police officer, and currently a housewife. She has two dependent minor children, whom she raises alone (she is a widow).\n\nThe criminal case was initiated after Andina, together with Fedorov and Moiseev, released a film titled “Saving the Police Ombudsman” about the criminal case against Vladimir Vorontsov, who defended the rights of law enforcement officers. The authors of the video told about the plan to expose the investigation, in which Andina tried to infiltrate the department of internal security of the Moscow police. Vorontsov’s supporters decided to deliberately add another count to his case in order to document falsification carried out by the investigation.\n\nAndina and Moiseyev reported their plan in Vorontsov’s trial in October 2021. Andina stated that the operatives persuaded her to give false testimony against Vorontsov in exchange for material benefits and reinstatement. She submitted audio recordings of her conversations with the operatives as evidence.\n\nAs a result, on 18 July 2022, the prosecutor dropped part of the charges against the “police ombudsman”, including the count with Andina’s involvement. A month and a half later, Fedorov, Moiseyev and Andina were detained and taken to pre-trial detention.\n\nOn 3 October 2023, Andina was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. Presumably, she was released in August 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":431,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 306 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["306"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 306"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"Police Ombudsman\" supporters"],"case_name_en":"The case of the supporters of the Police Ombudsman","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 13 May 2020, Andina filed a false report with law enforcement authorities in which she claimed that Vorontsov had extorted 30,000 rubles from her for not distributing intimate photos that would compromise her. About two weeks later, she confirmed this when she testified before the investigation. 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Memorial:\n Date: 26-08-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-storonnikov-vladimira-voronczova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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In addition, Aytekin \"adopted a pose imitating urination on the five-pointed star with the torch of the Eternal Flame\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.02.2022 to 25.02.2022\n• in custody: from 25.02.2022 to 23.08.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.08.2022 to 24.08.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 05-08-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/08/d46750/?sphrase_id=2007577\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recnQUYK8k05T8sZN"},{"persecution_id":"recvL2fvmGaEWHWTR","last_updated":"2025-04-13T12:59:39.000Z","person_id":"recgXgs8q2WnCK2oD","name_en":"Aytekin Ibrahim","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Turkey"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of desecration of the Eternal Flame in Yoshkar-Ola","persecution_case_profile_en":"The Supreme Court of the Republic of Mari El passed a sentence on Turkish citizens accused of public desecration of symbols of Russia's military glory committed by a group of persons (part 4 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). The defendants Erdzhan Kargyn, Mustafa Ar and Ibrahim Aytekin were sentenced to one year of imprisonment in an open prison.\n\nThe court found that on 21 February 2022, while in the Central Park of Culture and Recreation in Yoshkar-Ola, the tourists from Turkey \"wiped and shook off their feet in shoes on the surface of the pedestal of the Eternal Flame monument\". In addition, Aytekin \"adopted a pose imitating urination on the five-pointed star with the torch of the Eternal Flame\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.02.2022 to 25.02.2022\n• in custody: from 25.02.2022 to 23.08.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.08.2022 to 24.08.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 05-08-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/08/d46750/?sphrase_id=2007577\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recvL2fvmGaEWHWTR"},{"persecution_id":"recuauEkM3fXHmwm6","last_updated":"2025-04-28T13:36:19.000Z","person_id":"rec7G4rZupUFWvw5r","name_en":" Dennis Igor Bespalov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"According to the investigation, on January 19, 2022, the individuals involved filmed a model clad in underwear and a fur coat with the Moscow Cathedral Mosque as the backdrop, thus insulting the religious sentiments of believers by displaying blatant disrespect towards the mosque, an object of religious veneration. Subsequently, they disseminated information about these actions on the Internet to increase their public profile.\n\"Bespalov D.I., following the devised criminal plan, assumed the role of directly recording the video, posing as a casual passerby, capturing the actions of Katanova M.P. and a female participant acting as a model during the photography session against the backdrop of the mosque. He was responsible for providing the obtained provocative video materials to Volkova K.A., who, in turn, would pass them on to Maslennikov R.M. to ensure their widespread distribution on the Internet.\"\nIn January 2022, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code, pertaining to the offence of insulting the religious sentiments of believers. \nOn May 25, 2022, a justice of the peace from the judicial district No. 410 in the Meshchansky district of Moscow terminated the criminal case and prosecution, citing the reconciliation of the parties.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2022-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The case of filming against the backdrop of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque","case_number":"01-0002/410/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on January 19, 2022, the individuals involved filmed a model clad in underwear and a fur coat with the Moscow Cathedral Mosque as the backdrop, thus insulting the religious sentiments of believers by displaying blatant disrespect towards the mosque, an object of religious veneration. Subsequently, they disseminated information about these actions on the Internet to increase their public profile.\n\"Bespalov D.I., following the devised criminal plan, assumed the role of directly recording the video, posing as a casual passerby, capturing the actions of Katanova M.P. and a female participant acting as a model during the photography session against the backdrop of the mosque. He was responsible for providing the obtained provocative video materials to Volkova K.A., who, in turn, would pass them on to Maslennikov R.M. to ensure their widespread distribution on the Internet.\"\nIn January 2022, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code, pertaining to the offence of insulting the religious sentiments of believers. \nOn May 25, 2022, a justice of the peace from the judicial district No. 410 in the Meshchansky district of Moscow terminated the criminal case and prosecution, citing the reconciliation of the parties.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 20-01-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/05/d46331/?sphrase_id=2006321\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recuauEkM3fXHmwm6"},{"persecution_id":"recypC0zLubFk4Q0z","last_updated":"2025-04-28T13:38:50.000Z","person_id":"recHWttR6r6W0eszC","name_en":"Kristina Volkova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. 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Subsequently, they disseminated information about these actions on the Internet to increase their public profile.\n\"Katanova M.P. assumed the role of co-directing and co-coordinating the members within the criminal group with Maslennikov R.M. Jointly with Maslennikov R.M. and Reznichenko A.Y. she was clarifying the details of the plan and actions of each co-conspirator at the stage of preparation for the offence and in the process of committing it, sourcing appropriate clothing for the female accomplice featured in the photograph against the mosque backdrop, personally capturing images of the female accomplice, amending the publication containing false information intended for posting on her profile and disseminating this misleading information on her account page.\"\nIn January 2022, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code, pertaining to the offence of insulting the religious sentiments of believers. \nOn May 25, 2022, a justice of the peace from the judicial district No. 410 in the Meshchansky district of Moscow terminated the criminal case and prosecution, citing the reconciliation of the parties.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2022-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The case of filming against the backdrop of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque","case_number":"01-0002/410/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on January 19, 2022, the individuals involved filmed a model clad in underwear and a fur coat with the Moscow Cathedral Mosque as the backdrop, thus insulting the religious sentiments of believers by displaying blatant disrespect towards the mosque, an object of religious veneration. Subsequently, they disseminated information about these actions on the Internet to increase their public profile.\n\"Katanova M.P. assumed the role of co-directing and co-coordinating the members within the criminal group with Maslennikov R.M. Jointly with Maslennikov R.M. and Reznichenko A.Y. she was clarifying the details of the plan and actions of each co-conspirator at the stage of preparation for the offence and in the process of committing it, sourcing appropriate clothing for the female accomplice featured in the photograph against the mosque backdrop, personally capturing images of the female accomplice, amending the publication containing false information intended for posting on her profile and disseminating this misleading information on her account page.\"\nIn January 2022, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code, pertaining to the offence of insulting the religious sentiments of believers. \nOn May 25, 2022, a justice of the peace from the judicial district No. 410 in the Meshchansky district of Moscow terminated the criminal case and prosecution, citing the reconciliation of the parties.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 20-01-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/05/d46331/?sphrase_id=2006321\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recc812ltl807wb70"},{"persecution_id":"recy7Z8aoMRTDZuen","last_updated":"2025-04-28T13:36:19.000Z","person_id":"reclATpH9jx1wTWUb","name_en":"Elena Reznikova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"According to the investigation, on January 19, 2022, the individuals involved filmed a model clad in underwear and a fur coat with the Moscow Cathedral Mosque as the backdrop, thus insulting the religious sentiments of believers by displaying blatant disrespect towards the mosque, an object of religious veneration. 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Meanwhile, Katanova M.P. documented the provocative display using a mobile phone as the most suitable for dissemination on the Internet.\"\nIn January 2022, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code, pertaining to the offence of insulting the religious sentiments of believers. \nOn May 25, 2022, a justice of the peace from the judicial district No. 410 in the Meshchansky district of Moscow terminated the criminal case and prosecution, citing the reconciliation of the parties.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2022-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The case of filming against the backdrop of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque","case_number":"01-0002/410/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on January 19, 2022, the individuals involved filmed a model clad in underwear and a fur coat with the Moscow Cathedral Mosque as the backdrop, thus insulting the religious sentiments of believers by displaying blatant disrespect towards the mosque, an object of religious veneration. Subsequently, they disseminated information about these actions on the Internet to increase their public profile.\n\"Reznikova E.Y. carried out a sexual provocation by unzipping her fur coat, striking various poses, revealing underwear, and exposing bare body parts against the backdrop of the mosque, all in the presence of strangers. Meanwhile, Katanova M.P. documented the provocative display using a mobile phone as the most suitable for dissemination on the Internet.\"\nIn January 2022, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code, pertaining to the offence of insulting the religious sentiments of believers. \nOn May 25, 2022, a justice of the peace from the judicial district No. 410 in the Meshchansky district of Moscow terminated the criminal case and prosecution, citing the reconciliation of the parties.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 20-01-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/05/d46331/?sphrase_id=2006321\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recy7Z8aoMRTDZuen"},{"persecution_id":"recHAz3WhUMoolMkX","last_updated":"2025-04-28T13:36:19.000Z","person_id":"recPDUqv3DL3bIMg4","name_en":"Roman Maslennikov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"According to the investigation, on January 19, 2022, the individuals involved filmed a model clad in underwear and a fur coat with the Moscow Cathedral Mosque as the backdrop, thus insulting the religious sentiments of believers by displaying blatant disrespect towards the mosque, an object of religious veneration. 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Subsequently, they disseminated information about these actions on the Internet to increase their public profile.\n\"Maslennikov R.M., according to the devised criminal plan, was entrusted with the functions of jointly directing the members of the criminal group and coordinating their actions with Katanova M.P.; jointly with Katanova M.P and Reznichenko A.Y. he was clarifying the details of the plan and actions of each co-conspirator at the stage of preparation for the offence and in the process of committing it, ensuring the dissemination of the received provocative video materials on the Internet by finding a specialist in this field and involving them as an accomplice to the crime; correcting the publication containing false information, which was planned to be posted by Katanova M.P. in her profile.\"\nIn January 2022, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code, pertaining to the offence of insulting the religious sentiments of believers. \nOn May 25, 2022, a justice of the peace from the judicial district No. 410 in the Meshchansky district of Moscow terminated the criminal case and prosecution, citing the reconciliation of the parties.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 20-01-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/05/d46331/?sphrase_id=2006321\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recHAz3WhUMoolMkX"},{"persecution_id":"rectSTdME1YNE9F2Y","last_updated":"2025-04-28T13:36:19.000Z","person_id":"recR5sprOR7ogDRQW","name_en":"Alexander Reznichenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"According to the investigation, on January 19, 2022, the individuals involved filmed a model clad in underwear and a fur coat with the Moscow Cathedral Mosque as the backdrop, thus insulting the religious sentiments of believers by displaying blatant disrespect towards the mosque, an object of religious veneration. 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Subsequently, they disseminated information about these actions on the Internet to increase their public profile.\n\"Chicherin A.M. selected a video featuring Reznikova E.Y. carrying out sexual provocation by unzipping her fur coat, striking various poses, revealing underwear, and exposing bare body parts against the backdrop of the mosque, all in the presence of strangers, and Katanova M.P. photographed her on a mobile phone as the most suitable for distribution on the Internet,..., through electronic communication channels carried out the distribution of the said video file to the editorial offices of the respective channels.\"\nIn January 2022, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code, pertaining to the offence of insulting the religious sentiments of believers. \nOn May 25, 2022, a justice of the peace from the judicial district No. 410 in the Meshchansky district of Moscow terminated the criminal case and prosecution, citing the reconciliation of the parties.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2022-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2022,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The case of filming against the backdrop of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque","case_number":"01-0002/410/2022","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on January 19, 2022, the individuals involved filmed a model clad in underwear and a fur coat with the Moscow Cathedral Mosque as the backdrop, thus insulting the religious sentiments of believers by displaying blatant disrespect towards the mosque, an object of religious veneration. Subsequently, they disseminated information about these actions on the Internet to increase their public profile.\n\"Chicherin A.M. selected a video featuring Reznikova E.Y. carrying out sexual provocation by unzipping her fur coat, striking various poses, revealing underwear, and exposing bare body parts against the backdrop of the mosque, all in the presence of strangers, and Katanova M.P. photographed her on a mobile phone as the most suitable for distribution on the Internet,..., through electronic communication channels carried out the distribution of the said video file to the editorial offices of the respective channels.\"\nIn January 2022, a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code, pertaining to the offence of insulting the religious sentiments of believers. \nOn May 25, 2022, a justice of the peace from the judicial district No. 410 in the Meshchansky district of Moscow terminated the criminal case and prosecution, citing the reconciliation of the parties.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 20-01-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/05/d46331/?sphrase_id=2006321\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recvfDgYOX4ddVvqt"},{"persecution_id":"recl8o9Xt8DpHHHDj","last_updated":"2025-03-20T18:37:02.000Z","person_id":"rec4r4X2tXIRahrPb","name_en":"Aram Danielyan","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attsY6R6fTPZ5kasA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attsY6R6fTPZ5kasA.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Aram Danielyan was detained at Samara airport on 10 January 2022 and sent to a pre-trial detention centre the next day on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nHis case was merged into one proceeding with the case of Polosenko, Kuzyanin and Vasiliev.\n\nIn December 2022, he was transferred from custody under a ban on certain actions. In April 2023, the case went to trial.\n\nOn 25 January 2024, Danielyan was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":745,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":106,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Samara"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Samara","case_number":"1-105/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the continuation of the activities of the \"Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\" in the Samara region.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.01.2022 to 12.12.2022\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 12.12.2022 to 25.01.2024\n• in custody: from 25.01.2024 to 20.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.05.2024 to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Republic of Mordovia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.01.2024, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-25T17:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-25T17:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-12-2021\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/12/d45502/?sphrase_id=2009720\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnymi-chetyryoh-svidetelej-iegovy-iz-samary/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recl8o9Xt8DpHHHDj"},{"persecution_id":"recgUUQS4s8wLr32d","last_updated":"2025-02-17T15:52:32.000Z","person_id":"recmzg434YA520nk3","name_en":"Andrei Murych","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May-June 2021, residents of Balakovo city were followed and their conversations were recorded. A month later, searches took place in 8 homes inhabited by Jehovah's Witnesses.\n\nAlexei Bogatov, Vladimir Mavrin, Yevgeny Fomashin, Andrei Murych and Sergei Tyurin were placed in a temporary detention centre after overnight interrogations. Two days later they were imprisoned in a pre-trial detention centre 170 kilometres away from their home. The court repeatedly extended their period of detention in the pre-trial detention centre, as a result of which they spent 10 months in custody.\n\nIn January 2023, the court decided to change the believers' preventive measure to a ban on certain activities. On 29 June 2023, the case came before the Balakovo District Court of the Saratov Region. On 24 November 2023, Murych was sentenced to a fine of 550,000 roubles, but the amount was reduced to 300,000 after accounting for time spent in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Balakovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2025-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":610,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Balakovo"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses in Balakovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"resumed and organised the activities of a local religious branch of the Jehovah's Witnesses on the territory of Balakovo, which involved convening meetings, engaging in preaching activities, and collecting money under the guise of donations\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions","placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.03.2022 to 23.01.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 23.01.2023 to 23.11.2023\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.03.2022 to 25.03.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 23.11.2023 to 09.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.11.2023, Sentence: Fine of 550,000 rubles, reduced to 300,000 rubles due to time spent in custody","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fine of 550,000 rubles, reduced to 300,000 rubles due to time spent in custody","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-23T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-23T11:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d46005/?sphrase_id=2009836\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recgUUQS4s8wLr32d"},{"persecution_id":"recjz9MCbwkYvrYqm","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:15:29.000Z","person_id":"recKvQ0MH0GVU1wUt","name_en":"Alexey Bogatov","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May-June 2021, residents of Balakovo city were followed and their conversations were recorded. A month later, searches took place in 8 homes of Jehovah's Witnesses.\n\nAlexei Bogatov, Vladimir Mavrin, Yevgeny Fomashin, Andrei Murych and Sergei Tyurin were placed in a temporary detention centre after overnight interrogations. Two days later they were imprisoned in a pre-trial detention centre 170 kilometres away from home. The court repeatedly extended the period of detention of the believers in the pre-trial detention centre, as a result of which they spent 10 months in custody.\n\nIn January 2023, the court decided to change the believers' preventive measure to a ban on certain actions. On 29 June 2023, the case came before the Balakovo District Court of the Saratov Region. On 23 November 2023, Bogatov was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Balakovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":610,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Balakovo"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses in Balakovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, they \"resumed and organised on the territory of Balakovo the activities of the local religious subdivision of Jehovah's Witnesses, expressed in convening meetings, preaching activities, collecting money under the guise of donations\"","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.03.2022 to 25.03.2022\n• in custody: from 25.03.2022 to 23.01.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 23.01.2023 to 23.11.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 23.11.2023 to 09.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 09.12.2023 to 08.12.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.11.2023, Sentence: 6 years' deprivation of liberty on a suspended sentence with a probationary period of 4 years, additional punishment in the form of deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to leadership in the work of voluntary organisations for 5 years and restriction of liberty for 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' deprivation of liberty on a suspended sentence with a probationary period of 4 years, additional punishment in the form of deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to leadership in the work of voluntary organisations for 5 years and restriction of liberty for 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-23T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-23T11:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d46005/?sphrase_id=2009836\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recjz9MCbwkYvrYqm"},{"persecution_id":"recdn3mdjTkQkkRpY","last_updated":"2025-02-17T15:53:55.000Z","person_id":"recA8nXKx5FkmPnAC","name_en":"Yevgeny Fomashin","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May-June 2021, residents of Balakovo town were under surveillance and their conversations were recorded. A month later, searches took place in 8 homes of Jehovah's Witnesses.\n\nAlexey Bogatov, Vladimir Mavrin, Yevgeny Fomashin, Andrey Murych and Sergey Tyurin were placed in a temporary detention centre after overnight interrogations. Two days later they were imprisoned in a pre-trial detention centre 170 kilometres away from home. The court repeatedly extended the period of their detention, resulting in them spending 10 months in custody.\n\nIn January 2023, the court decided to change the preventive measure for the believers to a ban on certain actions. On June 29, 2023, the case was transferred to the Balakovo District Court of the Saratov Region. On November 24, 2023, Fomashin was sentenced to a fine of 550,000 roubles, but the amount was reduced to 300,000, considering the time spent in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Balakovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":610,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Balakovo"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses in Balakovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, they \"resumed and organised the activities of the local religious unit of Jehovah's Witnesses on the territory of Balakovo town, expressed in convening meetings, preaching activities, collecting money under the guise of donations\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.03.2022 to 25.03.2022\n• in custody: from 25.03.2022 to 23.01.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 23.01.2023 to 23.11.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 23.11.2023 to 09.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.11.2023, Sentence: 550,000 roubles fine, due to the time spent in detention, reduced to 300,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"550,000 roubles fine, due to the time spent in detention, reduced to 300,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-23T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-23T11:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d46005/?sphrase_id=2009836\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recdn3mdjTkQkkRpY"},{"persecution_id":"recPSKx000bIJi5i3","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:17:23.000Z","person_id":"reczJ54Hvmy2bPVB4","name_en":"Vladimir Mavrin","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May-June 2021, residents of Balakovo city were followed and their conversations were recorded. A month later, searches took place in 8 homes of Jehovah's Witnesses.\n\nAlexei Bogatov, Vladimir Mavrin, Yevgeny Fomashin, Andrei Murych and Sergei Tyurin were placed in a temporary detention centre after overnight interrogations. Two days later they were imprisoned in a pre-trial detention centre 170 kilometres away from home. The court repeatedly extended the period of detention of the believers in the pre-trial detention centre, as a result of which they spent 10 months in custody.\n\nIn January 2023, the court decided to change the believers' pre-trial measure of restriction to a ban on certain actions. On 29 June 2023, the case came before the Balakovo District Court of the Saratov Region. 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A month later, searches took place in 8 homes of Jehovah's Witnesses.\n\nAlexei Bogatov, Vladimir Mavrin, Yevgeny Fomashin, Andrei Murych and Sergei Tyurin were placed in a temporary detention centre after overnight interrogations. Two days later they were detained in a pre-trial detention centre 170 kilometres away from home. The court repeatedly extended the period of detention of the believers in the pre-trial detention centre. As a result they spent 10 months in custody.\n\nIn January 2023, the court decided to change their preventive measure to a prohibition of certain actions. On 29 June 2023, the case came before the Balakovo District Court of the Saratov Region. On 24 November 2023, Tyurin was sentenced to a fine of 550,000 rubles (ca US$6160), but the amount was reduced to 300,000 (ca US$3360), taking into account the time spent in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Balakovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2025-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":610,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Balakovo"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses in Balakovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, they \"resumed and organised on the territory of Balakovo the activities of the local religious subdivision of Jehovah's Witnesses, expressed in convening meetings, preaching activities, collecting money under the guise of donations\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions","placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.03.2022 to 23.01.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 23.01.2023 to 23.11.2023\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.03.2022 to 25.03.2022\n• recognizance not to leave: from 23.11.2023 to 09.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.11.2023, Sentence: Penalty 550,000 rubles (ca US$6,160). Due to detention the fine was reduced to 300,000 (ca US$3,360) rubles.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Penalty 550,000 rubles (ca US$6,160). Due to detention the fine was reduced to 300,000 (ca US$3,360) rubles.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-23T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-23T11:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-03-2022\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/03/d46005/?sphrase_id=2009836\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recGJExrvu8yYLSzr"},{"persecution_id":"recRUJCfRDPap70i5","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec7fVgNGTEyqP67O","name_en":"Evgeniya Samoylova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att1I1eXPmAfBz97B.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att1I1eXPmAfBz97B.jpg"],"birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Rybinsk. On 13 July 2022, she was searched at her home as a suspect in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Samoylova was given a recognizance not to leave. On 20 March 2024, the case was terminated due to lack of corpus delicti.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rybinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2024-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehova's Witnesses in Rybinsk","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRUJCfRDPap70i5"},{"persecution_id":"recogxQ8pUL5TLSWK","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recjy4VM7xjFNrVAn","name_en":"Mikhail Ovchinnikov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-01-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Rybinsk. He was a suspect in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Presumably, on 13 July 2022, his home was searched. On 20 March 2024 the case was terminated due to lack of corpus delicti.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rybinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2024-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehova's Witnesses in Rybinsk","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recogxQ8pUL5TLSWK"},{"persecution_id":"recUJrouB5ds3p7NM","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recNrdHQEarL9XaEW","name_en":"Olga Golovacheva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3fJbuLV2qpsf21.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3fJbuLV2qpsf21.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Rybinsk (Middle Volga). On 13 July 2022 her home was searched in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Golovacheva signed a recognisance not to leave. On 20 March 2024 the case was terminated due to lack of corpus delicti.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rybinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2024-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehova's Witnesses in Rybinsk","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUJrouB5ds3p7NM"},{"persecution_id":"recTSBQmOOyjSyNL6","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"recyQS42FLtJhIWAy","name_en":"Ruslan Gabbasov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Bashkir activist. He left Russia after a case of preparation for hooliganism was brought against other local activists in January 2021. In September 2022, a case was brought against Gabbasov himself for organising the activities of an extremist community - the national public organisation Bashkort. In October 2022, Gabbasov was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In February 2023, the Prosecutor General's Office declared undesirable the \"Free Nations League\", a non-governmental organisation registered in Lithuania - a platform of national movements of the peoples of Russia. Gabbasov is one of the participants of the platform.\nIn April 2023, another case was brought against Gabbasov for public justification of terrorism.\n\nIn November, a case was brought against Gabbasov's brother, Rustam Fararitdinov, as part of a case of facilitation of terrorist activity. According to Gabbasov, his brother was told that he would be released if Gabbasov returned to Russia.\n\nIn January 2024, a case was opened against Gabbasov for organising mass disorder in connection with a people's assembly in Baymak on 17 January in support of another representative of the national movement, Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. It later became known that as part of this case Gabbasov is also accused of participating in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\" (presumably the Free Russia Forum) and evading his duties as a \"foreign agent\". On 24 March 2026, he was sentenced in absentia in this case to 14 years' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Gabbasov's case of organizing an extremist community","persecution_case_profile_en":"Apparently, the organization of the activities of the Bashkir national movement \"Bashkort\" is imputed.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recTSBQmOOyjSyNL6"},{"persecution_id":"rectIREtq9cGwzz9A","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"rec5igeYlvn4j4nTH","name_en":"Kirill Buzmakov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Essentuki, Buzmakov took part in a private online chat of eight people dedicated to cars and motorbikes, where participants also discussed the war and criticised the Russian authorities. On 8 October 2022, his home was searched. He was later taken into custody as part of a case concerning the alleged preparation of a terrorist attack.\n\nAccording to the wife of another defendant, Nikolai Murnev, Buzmakov was tortured and forced to testify against the other accused, and weapons were planted on him. In a message to another defendant, Vladimir Burmai, who had managed to leave Russia, Buzmakov wrote:\n\n“First they threaten you with violence — in my case, they spread bags in the corner of the office, made me kneel, and started playing with the gun, pressing it to the back of my head. At the same time they said, ‘We don’t need you any more; everything has already been written down.’”\n\nWhen he refused to confirm statements made in his name, he was beaten. Such interrogations reportedly lasted six to seven hours, and his “confessions” were recorded on video.\n\nIt later became known that his facial bone had been broken during his detention. For a year and a half, Buzmakov was denied medical care. To conceal the traces of torture, he was not taken to hospital and was promised treatment only if he gave the required testimony. He never received the promised medical help; the injury became infected, and he later suspected it had developed into a malignant tumour.\nIn May 2024, Buzmakov was placed under house arrest, by which time he was already in a serious condition. On 28 May, he underwent surgery at a civilian hospital.\n\n“They cut off the whole jaw. I breathe through a tracheostomy and eat through a feeding tube. I will probably live,” he wrote to Burmai.\n\nOn 20 July 2024, Buzmakov died.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of Yessentuki residents of preparing a terrorist act"],"case_name_en":"The case of the three","case_number":"1-372/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in planning an arson attack on a military recruitment centre, as well as an attack on the administration and the Ministry of Internal Affairs department in Yessentuki.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2022 to 01.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• house arrest: from 01.05.2024 to 20.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectIREtq9cGwzz9A"},{"persecution_id":"rec2irVBSIGIjqPT2","last_updated":"2026-03-24T09:58:16.000Z","person_id":"recANHcQ3k3aH7QIo","name_en":"Sergey Dudchenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atto0F1mjXGRodNjX.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atto0F1mjXGRodNjX.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Essentuki. He was engaged in repairing motorbikes. He communicated in an eight-person collective chat room dedicated to cars and motorbikes, where he also discussed the war and criticised the Russian authorities. He openly wrote anti-war posts in Instagram and organised a motorbike rally with the Ukrainian flag. On 8 October 2022, he was detained. Later he was taken into custody as part of the case of preparation for a terrorist attack. According to the wife of another defendant, Nikolay Murnev, according to her information, Dudchenko was tortured and forced to testify against other defendants, he was also planted with weapons and drugs. Dudchenko was also charged with possession of weapons, explosives and drugs and sale of weapons. On 27 June 2024, he was sentenced to seven and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of Yessentuki residents of preparing a terrorist act"],"case_name_en":"The case of the three","case_number":"1-372/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in preparations for setting fire to a military recruitment office and for an attack on the administration and the Ministry of Internal Affairs department in Essentuki.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-10-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-stavropolskih-bajkerov/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec2irVBSIGIjqPT2"},{"persecution_id":"recxh5Fx8Dxly6WcA","last_updated":"2026-02-26T09:22:13.000Z","person_id":"recMOUp9sxxmMHMHe","name_en":"Nikolay Murnev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attgiZFUekG5hsxfB.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attgiZFUekG5hsxfB.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Essentuki. He was engaged in repairing cars. He communicated in a collective chat room for eight people dedicated to cars and motorbikes, where he also discussed the war and criticised the Russian authorities. On 12 October 2022, his home was searched as a part of a case of preparation for a terrorist attack, while his wife was at home. While one of the officers read the search warrant to her, two others were in the yard. Murnev's wife assumes that this is when the Molotov cocktails were planted in the garage; one of the neighbours later confirmed to her that he had seen a stranger enter the garage. In the safe, to which the law enforcers already had the keys, they found a hunting weapon, for which Murnev had all the permits. After that, the officers moved to the garage, where they took out bottles with incendiary mixture, a metal detector, an empty tube from a grenade launcher, bolts, wires, bottles with antifreeze and industrial alcohol and gloves. After that, they were not interested in other premises. On that day Murnev himself was detained near his work, they dragged him into a car and put a bag over his head. During the interrogation, as he later told his wife, he was kicked and electrocuted, forced to confess to links with the Ukrainian security services and the Azov regiment and to plan arson and attacks on administrative buildings. According to his words, they put various objects in his hands and put duct tape on his fingers, threatening to put pressure on his family (they promised to send his four children to an orphanage and to plant drugs on his wife).\n\nMurnev's wife said that her husband was planted with drugs after the arrest, after which a report on petty hooliganism (part 2 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) was drawn up. The next day, he was arrested for 15 days. In the cell, he tried to squeeze an artery with a spoon, and he was placed in the punishment cell for 10 days. On 19 October 2022, the court sent Murnev to custody on a drug possession case. In the pre-trial detention centre, he was pressurised by inmates cooperating with law enforcers. On 4 May 2023, Murnev was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence. He remained in custody in the case of preparation for a terrorist attack.\n\nMurnev is a witness in the case of his comrade Sergei Dudchenko for possession of weapons, explosives and drugs, as well as the sale of weapons. (Dudchenko, like Murnev, is also accused of preparing for a terrorist attack). According to Murnev's wife, he was beaten several days before the court session on 19 December 2023, where he was to appear as a witness, and immediately on the day of the session, demanding to confirm the testimony against Dudchenko, which he gave at the investigation under torture. Murnev refused to testify in court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of Yessentuki residents of preparing a terrorist act"],"case_name_en":"The case of the three","case_number":"1-372/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the preparation for the arson attack on the military recruitment centre and the attack on the administration and department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Essentuki.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• in custody:  to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 13.10.2022 to 22.10.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-10-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-stavropolskih-bajkerov/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recxh5Fx8Dxly6WcA"},{"persecution_id":"recVgeoNyhnOZVgjX","last_updated":"2024-10-09T20:56:45.000Z","person_id":"recB9ytjEJXOzIsSu","name_en":"Vladimir Burmay","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Essentuki. Former police and Rosgvardia officer. Communicated in an eight-person chat room dedicated to cars and motorbikes, where he also discussed the war and criticised the Russian authorities. He wrote about the war on Instagram. On October 8th 2022, he was searched as part of a case of preparation for a terrorist attack. Burmay managed to leave Russia. He was put on a wanted list. He said that a case of drug possession was also opened against him, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of Yessentuki residents of preparing a terrorist act"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Burmay","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the preparation for the arson attack on the military recruitment centre and the attack on the administration and department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Essentuki.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-10-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-stavropolskih-bajkerov/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recVgeoNyhnOZVgjX"},{"persecution_id":"recc8yA2u4S9ePdFE","last_updated":"2026-03-24T09:59:04.000Z","person_id":"recANHcQ3k3aH7QIo","name_en":"Sergey Dudchenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atto0F1mjXGRodNjX.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atto0F1mjXGRodNjX.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Essentuki. He was engaged in repairing motorbikes. He communicated in an eight-person collective chat room dedicated to cars and motorbikes, where he also discussed the war and criticised the Russian authorities. He openly wrote anti-war posts in Instagram and organised a motorbike rally with the Ukrainian flag. On 8 October 2022, he was detained. Later he was taken into custody as part of the case of preparation for a terrorist attack. According to the wife of another defendant, Nikolay Murnev, according to her information, Dudchenko was tortured and forced to testify against other defendants, he was also planted with weapons and drugs. Dudchenko was also charged with possession of weapons, explosives and drugs and sale of weapons. On 27 June 2024, he was sentenced to seven and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":635,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 7,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 228 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","222","222.1","228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222","Part 7, Article 222","Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 2, Article 228"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Dudchenko's case of possession of weapons, explosives and drugs","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the preparation of an arson attack on the military recruitment centre and an attack on the administration and department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Essentuki.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2022 to 06.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.06.2024, Sentence: 7 years and 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years and 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":90,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-27T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-27T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-10-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-stavropolskih-bajkerov/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recc8yA2u4S9ePdFE"},{"persecution_id":"rec2oAkh9ajOfajzy","last_updated":"2026-02-26T09:22:13.000Z","person_id":"recMOUp9sxxmMHMHe","name_en":"Nikolay Murnev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attgiZFUekG5hsxfB.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attgiZFUekG5hsxfB.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Essentuki. He was engaged in repairing cars. He communicated in a collective chat room for eight people dedicated to cars and motorbikes, where he also discussed the war and criticised the Russian authorities. On 12 October 2022, his home was searched as a part of a case of preparation for a terrorist attack, while his wife was at home. While one of the officers read the search warrant to her, two others were in the yard. Murnev's wife assumes that this is when the Molotov cocktails were planted in the garage; one of the neighbours later confirmed to her that he had seen a stranger enter the garage. In the safe, to which the law enforcers already had the keys, they found a hunting weapon, for which Murnev had all the permits. After that, the officers moved to the garage, where they took out bottles with incendiary mixture, a metal detector, an empty tube from a grenade launcher, bolts, wires, bottles with antifreeze and industrial alcohol and gloves. After that, they were not interested in other premises. On that day Murnev himself was detained near his work, they dragged him into a car and put a bag over his head. During the interrogation, as he later told his wife, he was kicked and electrocuted, forced to confess to links with the Ukrainian security services and the Azov regiment and to plan arson and attacks on administrative buildings. According to his words, they put various objects in his hands and put duct tape on his fingers, threatening to put pressure on his family (they promised to send his four children to an orphanage and to plant drugs on his wife).\n\nMurnev's wife said that her husband was planted with drugs after the arrest, after which a report on petty hooliganism (part 2 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) was drawn up. The next day, he was arrested for 15 days. In the cell, he tried to squeeze an artery with a spoon, and he was placed in the punishment cell for 10 days. On 19 October 2022, the court sent Murnev to custody on a drug possession case. In the pre-trial detention centre, he was pressurised by inmates cooperating with law enforcers. On 4 May 2023, Murnev was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence. He remained in custody in the case of preparation for a terrorist attack.\n\nMurnev is a witness in the case of his comrade Sergei Dudchenko for possession of weapons, explosives and drugs, as well as the sale of weapons. (Dudchenko, like Murnev, is also accused of preparing for a terrorist attack). According to Murnev's wife, he was beaten several days before the court session on 19 December 2023, where he was to appear as a witness, and immediately on the day of the session, demanding to confirm the testimony against Dudchenko, which he gave at the investigation under torture. Murnev refused to testify in court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":204,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 228 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 228"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolay Murnev's case on drug possession","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he picked up a narcotic substance wrapped in a sales receipt on the street.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.10.2022 to 20.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.05.2023, Sentence: 3 years' suspended prison sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended prison sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-04T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-04T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-10-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-stavropolskih-bajkerov/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec2oAkh9ajOfajzy"},{"persecution_id":"recXnTLKkfmDc5Wx6","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recKlry92niJh46i0","name_en":"Boris Gerasimenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Novorossiysk. On 2 December 2021, he was detained in Ramenskoye near Moscow together with other participants of the conference of Protestant churches \"New Generation\", an organisation recognised as \"undesirable\" on the territory of the Russian Federation. On 10 March 2022, Gerasimenko was fined five thousand rubles under an administrative article on cooperation with an \"undesirable organisation\". Later, a criminal case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\": according to the investigation, he posted on his VKontakte page and on his YouTube channel materials of the New Generation Association of Churches. On 5 May 2023, Gerasimenko was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["NGO employees"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novorossiysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":276,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of the \"New Generation\""],"case_name_en":"The case of Boris Gerasimenko","persecution_case_profile_en":"10.03.2022, by the decision of the Ramenskiy City Court of the Moscow region, Gerasimenko B.B. was brought to administrative responsibility under article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation in connection with participation in the activities of an international non-governmental organisation on the territory of the Russian Federation, in respect to which a decision was taken to declare its activities undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation - the International Christian Movement \"New Generation\", which was expressed in the fact that on 02.12.2021 at 17:35 hours B.B. Gerasimenko, being at the address: Moscow region.\n\nAccording to the investigation, despite this, stored and thereby distributed on the personal pages of users used personally by Gerasimenko with the pseudonyms \"Boris\" (e-mail address: <danii yatty>), \"Novorossiysk\" (<danii yatty>), \"Boris Gerasimenko\" (<danii yatty>), which are openly accessible to an indefinite number of persons among the users of the social network \"YouTube\" and \"VKontakte\", information materials, published by the foreign non-governmental organisation Spiritual Administration of Evangelical Christians of the Ukrainian Christian Church \"New Generation\" (Ukraine), \"Evangelisko kristiesu baznica \"Jauna Paaudze\" (Evangelical Christian Church \"New Generation\") (Republic of Latvia), International Christian Movement \"New Generation\" (Republic of Latvia).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.08.2022 to 23.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.05.2023, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty on probation for 2 years, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites using electronic and informational and telecommunicational networks, including the Internet, for 5 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty on probation for 2 years, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites using electronic and informational and telecommunicational networks, including the Internet, for 5 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-04T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-04T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recXnTLKkfmDc5Wx6"},{"persecution_id":"recmUsGcFclnxWJaz","last_updated":"2025-07-21T13:25:32.000Z","person_id":"rec8brkYOTXJbgeEI","name_en":"Roman Vishnevetsky","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Business coach, resident of Dimitrovgrad (Ulyanovsk region). In April 2022, it became known that a case was opened against him for illegal business activities, as well as for financing the activities of the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises, which was recognised as an \"undesirable organisation\" in 2021.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Dimitrovgrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Case on fundraising for an \"undesirable organization\" in Dimitrovgrad","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, from January 2020 to April 2022, \"as part of an organized group, he carried out illegal business activities — the sale of educational programs without a license, having received income in excess of 26 million rubles.\", and also as part of an organized group, he collected more than 1 million rubles. for the activities in Russia of the international organization \"World Institute of Scientology Enterprises\", recognized by the Prosecutor General's Office as an undesirable organization in the territory of the Russian Federation.\n\nIn a conversation with a Kommersant correspondent, entrepreneurs called it \"strange\" to accuse a colleague of illegal educational activities, \"since all kinds of seminars, consultations and coaching do not require a license.\" The Ministry of Education of the Ulyanovsk region confirmed that one-time trainings, seminars, lectures, consultations or webinars are not considered educational activities and do not require licensing.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recmUsGcFclnxWJaz"},{"persecution_id":"recZoPJSmy3CXt8x6","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recUfZilyIifrDWGN","name_en":"Elena Avramova","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"From 2020 to 18 March 2022, she served in the Ukrainian special purpose regiment \"Azov\" as a cook with the military rank of soldier. She was captured on 31 March 2022 during fighting in Mariupol. She was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure and retention of power. Human rights activists noted that she was a prisoner of war, so she should not have been held criminally liable actually for participation in hostilities, and in addition, human rights activists consider the charges absurd.\n\nOn 13 September 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Avramova had been returned to Ukraine as part of an exchange. 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Additionally, they consider the charges to be absurd.\n\nOn March 26, 2025, Zhdamarov was sentenced to 22 years in strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel","Veterinarians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1068,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":152,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3","Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of military service in the Azov regiment","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.02.2024\n• in custody: from 01.02.2024 to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.03.2025, Sentence: 22 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"22 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":264,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-26T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Human rights activists note that she is a prisoner of war, so she should not have been held criminally liable for participation in military actions, and in addition, consider her charges absurd.\n\nOn 13 September 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Pavrianidis had been returned to Ukraine as part of an exchange. 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Human rights activists note that she is a prisoner of war, so she should not have been actually held criminally liable for participating in hostilities, and in addition, they consider the charges absurd.\n\nOn 13 September 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Rudenko had been returned to Ukraine as part of an exchange. 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Human rights activists noted that she was a prisoner of war, so in fact she should not have been held criminally liable for participation in hostilities, and in addition, consider the charges absurd.\n\nOn September13,  2024, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said Tekin had been returned to Ukraine as part of an exchange. 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Prosecuted in the case of 24 people associated with Azov, accused of forcible seizure and retention of power, organising the activities of a terrorist organisation and receiving training to carry out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that since he is a prisoner of war, he should not have been held criminally liable for actually participating in hostilities, and on top of that, consider the charges absurd. 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Memorial:\n Date: 12-01-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-24-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-polku-azov/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recOsurlbziHto0GG"},{"persecution_id":"recuG5lP3ILvYwU2v","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"rec62S1v3Dba6nOYi","name_en":"Alexey Smykov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att50xYR4Ft0DNeOM.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att50xYR4Ft0DNeOM.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"From 2018 to 6 March 2022 served in the Ukrainian regiment \"Azov\" as a sniper, mortar gunner, machine gunner, radio telephonist-diver. On 6 March 2022, he was captured during fighting in Mariupol. He was accused of forcible seizure and retention of power, participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and receiving training to carry out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been held criminally liable actually for participation in hostilities, and in addition, they consider the charges absurd. According to women who were tried in the same case and handed over to Ukraine as part of the prisoner-of-war exchange, Smykov was beaten on the head with a pistol while in custody in Donetsk. At the same time, the appointed defence lawyer said, \"It would be better if you were beaten.\" On 26 March 2025, Smykov was sentenced to 23 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1116,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":159,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3","Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of military service in the Azov regiment","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.02.2024\n• in custody: from 01.02.2024 to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.03.2025, Sentence: 23 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"23 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":276,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-26T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-01-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-24-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-polku-azov/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recuG5lP3ILvYwU2v"},{"persecution_id":"recMKQ40sMPWqMTKL","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recQiQepa0dXVuMTo","name_en":"Nikita Timonin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attolqhMMo2a3FsEB.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attolqhMMo2a3FsEB.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"From 2020 until March 2022, he served in the Ukrainian \"Azov\" regiment as a rifleman-grenadier. On 13 April 2022, he was detained in Mariupol. He was charged with violent seizure and retention of power, participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, and undergoing training for the purpose of committing terrorist acts. Human rights activists have emphasised that he is a prisoner of war and, therefore, should not have been prosecuted essentially for participating in combat. Furthermore, they regard the charges as absurd. On 26 March 2025, Nikita was sentenced to 22 years in a high-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1078,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":154,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3","Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of military service in the Azov regiment","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.02.2024\n• in custody: from 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.03.2025, Sentence: 22 years' imprisonment in a high-security penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"22 years' imprisonment in a high-security penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":264,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-26T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He was accused of forcible seizure and retention of power, participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and receiving training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been prosecuted for actually participating in combat. In addition, human rights activists consider the charges absurd. 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She was accused of participation in the terrorist organisation activities and violent seizure and retention of power. Human rights activists noted that she was a prisoner of war, so she should not have been actually held criminally liable for participation in hostilities, and in addition, they consider the charges absurd.\n\nLater, Mogitich said that when she was in custody in Donetsk, she had her veins \"torn out\" in an attempt to draw blood.\n\nOn 13 September 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Mogitich had been returned to Ukraine as part of an exchange. 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Khalil Kurtamet, Appaz's father, was detained on 7 November 2023 on charges of participation in another Crimean armed formation.\n\nOn 20 April 2023, Kurtamatov was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":201,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Appaz Kurtamatov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he transferred 500 UAH (approximately 900 RUB at the exchange rate at the time of the alleged transfer) to a member of the volunteer armed formation \"Islamic Battalion 'Crimea'\". The person to whom Appaz transferred UAH 500 is his close friend, with whom he studied at the Islamic college \"Imam Khatib\" from 2018 to 2020. According to the version of the investigation and the court, Kurtamet knew that his friend was involved in hostilities against the RF Armed Forces.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Pskov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.04.2023, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment, with 1 year to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment, with 1 year to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-20T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-20T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 21 December 2023, sentenced to five years in a strict regime colony.\nPresumably, Udovika died in custody in 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":719,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":102,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Udovika's case of participation in a terrorist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, in December 2017, Udovika voluntarily joined the Aidar battalion and was provided with firearms, ammunition, military uniforms, and other necessary equipment. While in service, Udovika took part in combat operations against \"Luhansk People's Republic\" soldiers and served in combat positions. In July 2018, due to the expiry of his contract, Udovika was enrolled in the operational reserve of the first line of the Aidar battalion as a gunner.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.12.2023, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-21T08:38:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-21T08:38:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 20 December 2023, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":537,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Linnik's case on participation in a terrorist community","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court's information, during the trial it was established that in July 2016, Linnik, after completing military conscription service after mobilisation in the \"Aidar\" assault battalion, joined the terrorist community and began serving as a senior turner. He was provided with firearms and ammunition and was engaged in the repair and maintenance of military equipment used by the terrorist community on the territory of the \"Donetsk People's Republic\". In December 2016, the leadership of the Aidar battalion unilaterally cancelled the contract with Linnik due to his violation of the terms of military service.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: , Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: , Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 17.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.12.2025 to 01.06.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.12.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-20T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-20T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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She was taken into custody in 2022, following the occupation of the region by Russian forces, and charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. \n\nOn 21 December 2023, Victoria was sentenced to five years in a penal settlement. However, on 13 September 2024, she was returned to Ukraine as part of a prisoner exchange.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2024-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":709,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":101,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Victoria Tkachenko's case of participation in a terrorist community","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, it was established that in late December 2016, Victoria Tkachenko, while in the self-proclaimed \"Luhansk People's Republic\" (LNR), signed a contract for military service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) for a period of five years. After completing initial training in April 2017, she was assigned to the Aidar battalion. The court found that, despite being aware of the alleged terrorist nature of the battalion's activities, she continued to fulfil her duties under the terms of the contract.\n\nFrom April 2017 to November 2020, Tkachenko served in various roles in the territories of the self-proclaimed \"Donetsk People's Republic\" (DNR) and \"Luhansk People's Republic\" (LNR). During this period, she held positions as an operator, line observer, senior telephonist-grenade launcher, shooter-sniper, and combat medic at different times.","persecution_location_en":"At large as a result of an exchange","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2022 to 10.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• Unknown:  to 13.09.2024\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.12.2023, Sentence: Five years in a penal settlement","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years in a penal settlement","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-11T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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She was arrested in 2022, after the occupation of the territory by the Russian army. On December 4, 2023, she was sentenced to five years in an open prison. 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After completing initial training courses, she was sent to the 24th Separate Assault Battalion \"Aidar\", in which she served on battle line in \"DPR\". In the battalion, Natalia worked as a cook. 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In October 2022, he was put on a wanted list in a case of incitement to hatred. Later it became known that a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces was also initiated against him. On 24 October 2024, Shilov was sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Law enforcement officials"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":754,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":107,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladimir Shilov","case_number":"01-0285/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the hate speech case was a video in which Shilov \"reports that he gave orders not to take Russian soldiers prisoner, but to kill them on the spot.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.10.2024, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in absentia, a fine of 550,000 roubles, a ban on administering websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in absentia, a fine of 550,000 roubles, a ban on administering websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":550000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-24T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-24T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYO3oWZDE0he3XD"},{"persecution_id":"recwLCZ2xu4pqcLdP","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:43:31.000Z","person_id":"recnkzonkULJJMP0k","name_en":"Maxim Chikhunov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Vladivostok resident, CPRF activist. In October 2022, he published a video in which he stated that he would blow the memorial plaque of White General Mikhail Diterikhs \"to smithereens\", took a tube from a grenade launcher and pulled the trigger. A case of hooliganism with the use of an object used as a weapon was brought against Chikhunov. He was placed under house arrest, but later released on his own recognisance, and the charges were reduced, excluding the qualifying sign of using an object used as a weapon. At the end of January 2023, the investigation was completed, but then resumed and again qualified Chikhunov's actions under a more serious part of the article. On 15 February 2024, the court again reduced the charges and sentenced Chikhunov to a year of suspended sentence. The prosecutor's office appealed the sentence and demanded that the activist be sentenced to five years' imprisonment. On 20 May 2024, the court of appeals sentenced Chikhunov to three and a half years in a general regime colony.\nOn 20 September 2024, the court of cassation instance cancelled the appeal ruling. The case was sent for reconsideration in the appeal instance. In November 2024, the appeal court again sentenced Chikhunov to three and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":775,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"The case of the simulated shooting of the memorial plaque","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a video in which Chikhunov declares that he will blow up the memorial plaque of the White Army General Mikhail Diterikhs 'to smithereens', takes a tube from a grenade launcher and pulls the trigger.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.11.2022 to 27.01.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 27.01.2023 to 20.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.05.2024 to 20.09.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.02.2024, Sentence: 1 year's suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-15T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-15T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwLCZ2xu4pqcLdP"},{"persecution_id":"reclTp7Nfclwh6qla","last_updated":"2024-10-09T20:57:00.000Z","person_id":"recv4QqYZsnOSJROG","name_en":"Rasim Bulgakov","birth_year":1986,"age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Essentuki. He was a participant of a collective chat room dedicated to cars and motorbikes, where they also discussed the war and criticised the Russian authorities. On 8 October 2022,  as well as other members of the chat, he was detained in a case of preparing a terrorist attack. According to his friend Nikolai Burmai, Bulgakov was tortured then. On 13 October, he was arrested for 14 days in an administrative case of disorderly conduct(Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). After that, a case of drug possession was initiated against him and he was placed in custody. He was made a witness for the prosecution in the case of preparation for a terrorist attack. On 30 March 2023, Bulgakov was sentenced to three years' conditioned prison sentence in the drug possession case. Bulgakov applied to the Committee against Torture, but then withdrew the application.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":172,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 228 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["228"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 228"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Rasim Bulgakov's case on illegal drug possession","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, was detained in connection with the commission of an offence, after which he was found in possession of a package with a narcotic substance.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2022 to 30.03.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 30.03.2023 to 15.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 13.10.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.03.2023, Sentence: 3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-29T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-29T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-10-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-stavropolskih-bajkerov/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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The next day, Lisovets was arrested for five days under an administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of law enforcement officers (Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code), and then placed in pre-trial detention, where he was held for over two months without procedural status. The lawyer who later took on his case reported that Lisovets was tortured during this time. On June 16, 2022, a case was initiated against Lisovets for participating in the activities of an illegal armed group and extremist organization, as well as for undergoing training with the aim of carrying out terrorist activities. On December 7, 2023, the former Ukrainian serviceman was sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":613,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208","282.2","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208","Part 2, Article 282.2","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitry Lisovets","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he served in the illegal armed formation \"Ukrainian Volunteer Army,\" which is a combat unit of the Ukrainian nationalist organization \"Right Sector.\" He underwent training in combat tactics and handling of weapons, explosive devices, and explosives posing a danger to others. He participated in combat operations in the territory of the Volnovakha district of the Donetsk People's Republic until his criminal activities were stopped by law enforcement officers. He constructed fortifications, conducted surveillance of the positions of the People's Militia, and engaged in firefights with DPR militiamen on multiple occasions.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• : from 01.04.2022 to 15.06.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n• in custody: from 15.06.2022 to 09.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 01.04.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.12.2023, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-07T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-07T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-03-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/lisovecz-dmitrij-eduardovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recEeEraN6ZF5ZExU"},{"persecution_id":"recAJ8PBqWyXbsdex","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recrCTVGoIeFICEEN","name_en":"Ekaterina Demidova","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Crimea. On 30 November 2023, she was given a recognisance not to abscond as part of her sentence for  participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted as extremists solely because of their religious activities - holding gatherings and mass and recruiting new supporters.\nIn December 2023, the case was remanded to the prosecutor's office. In May 2024, the case went back to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea"],"case_name_en":"The case of four more Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she \"took active measures of an organisational nature, expressed in the organisation of propagandist meetings at which discussions of religious texts and provisions of Jehovah's Witnesses were held\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recAJ8PBqWyXbsdex"},{"persecution_id":"rechCX0XdUI3abZtd","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recyVR6Iwy8GHWIam","name_en":"Saleh Mamedov","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Crimean resident. On 8 December 2022, a search took place at his home. A case was opened against Mammadov for organising activities of an extremist organisation and financing extremist activities.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea"],"case_name_en":"The case of four Jehovah’s Witnesses in Crimea","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"committed active actions of an organisational nature, expressed in the organisation of propaganda meetings at which discussions were held on the texts and religious provisions of \"Jehovah's Witnesses\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 30-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/12/d47348/?sphrase_id=2645583\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rechCX0XdUI3abZtd"},{"persecution_id":"rec6EZeSFM9zy9i0u","last_updated":"2026-04-28T21:16:08.000Z","person_id":"rec3VnpuWd1dESvgl","name_en":"Andrei Polyakov","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An activist, a resident of Tambov. A case of rehabilitation of Nazism was brought against him. Polyakov claims that he was prosecuted because of an appeal from a local Stalinist who claimed that Polyakov had spread false information about Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Stalin's order No. 428 \"on scorched earth\", the siege of Leningrad and the evacuation of the inhabitants of Stalingrad. During the investigation new episodes were added to the case. On 24 June 2022 he was sentenced to a fine of 250 thousand roubles.\n\nIn June 2023, Polyakov was detained and later a report was drawn up on him for production and distribution of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of his profile picture with a white-blue-white flag in the form of a heart in Telegram. Polyakov left Russia no later than August 2023: he reported threats of criminal charges against him.\n\nIn September, Tverdyi Znak Tambov reported that Polyakov was prosecuted for repeated propaganda and demonstration of Nazi or extremist symbols (Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code). At the same time his wife Ekaterina Logvinova was summoned for 14 consecutive interrogations. During one of them, the investigator confessed to Logvinova that his superiors \"gave him a good beating\" because Polyakov had managed to leave the country. Therefore, the investigator began to summon Logvinova for regular interrogations as a witness. The couple's underage children were also summoned for questioning.\n\nIn March 2024, it was reported that a case of public insults to the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland was brought against Polyakov.\n\nIn July 2025, one of Polyakov's criminal cases was brought to the court - he was accused not only of repeated propaganda and demonstration of Nazi or extremist symbols, but also of repeatedly discrediting the army.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tambov"],"persecution_region_en":["Tambov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TAM"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1334,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":190,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Polyakov's case of repeated display of prohibited symbols","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.04.2026","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-27T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-27T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6EZeSFM9zy9i0u"},{"persecution_id":"recb6RBkodQZ5bWGu","last_updated":"2025-04-01T19:03:02.000Z","person_id":"recM3WzNrMB9GSljm","name_en":"Albert Kruglov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attT358WhSH3sqpXL.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attT358WhSH3sqpXL.jpg"],"birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Crimea. In July 2018, two explosive devices disguised as a thermos and a bottle were discovered and seized from Kruglov's home. A criminal case was opened against him for the possession of weapons and explosives. He was also charged with inciting extremism due to calls for violence against members of a specific religious group.\n\nIn June 2019, Kruglov was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison and fined 60,000 rubles. He was presumably released on parole.\n\nOn November 16, 2022, Kruglov was detained at a bus station in Simferopol. He was taken into custody as part of a case involving preparation for high treason and participation in a terrorist organization.\n\nOn October 4, 2023, Kruglov was sentenced to eight years in a high-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":321,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Albert Kruglov`s case of preparation for joining the Azov battalion","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he rejected the concept of the special military operation and, in February 2022, decided to leave Russia for Ukraine in order to switch sides; he aimed to engage in activities against Russia’s security and obtained information about the Azov battalion from the banned social network Instagram.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.11.2022 to 26.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.10.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.10.2023, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-04-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kruglov-albert-lorikovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recb6RBkodQZ5bWGu"},{"persecution_id":"recayYPf2jteUy6OP","last_updated":"2025-04-13T22:54:03.000Z","person_id":"rechxlehKfm6aH5nv","name_en":"Sergei Chechulin","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (a city and the administrative center of Kamchatka Krai in the Far East of Russia). On 17th October 2022 detained at work. He accused for organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. Chechulin was given a covenant not to leave the country. On 23rd April 2024, he was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence. On 30th October 2024, the cassation court cancelled the sentence and returned the case to the first instance court. On 19th February 2025, Chechulin was sentenced to six year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":553,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"case_name_en":"Sergei and Elena Chechulin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was engaged in convening meetings, organising collective religious performances and worship services, in accordance with the ideology of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious association at  their meetings, and conducted regular trainings with other persons on the postulates of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious association.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 08.04.2025 to 07.04.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2024, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment, 6 months' imprisonment• First instance court on the merits, 19.02.2025, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment with 3 years' probation, 6 months' imprisonment, prohibition to engage in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of religious associations for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended imprisonment with 3 years' probation, 6 months' imprisonment, prohibition to engage in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of religious associations for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-22T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-19T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recayYPf2jteUy6OP"},{"persecution_id":"rec8Gfwo7smoNcsyd","last_updated":"2025-04-13T22:55:07.000Z","person_id":"recECDYhOWPrZpLcq","name_en":"Elena Chechulina","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. On 17 October 2022, Chechulina's home was searched. A case was brought against her for organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to her participation in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are persecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. Chechulina took a recognisance not to leave the country. On 23 April 2024, she was given a two-year suspended sentence. On 30 October 2024, the cassation instance cancelled the sentence and returned the case to the first instance court. On 19 February 2025, Chechulina was given a six-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":553,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"case_name_en":"Sergei and Elena Chechulin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she was engaged in convening meetings, organising collective religious performances and worship services, in accordance with the ideology of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious association at these meetings, and conducted scheduled training with other persons on the postulates of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious association.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 08.04.2025 to 07.04.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2024, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment, 6 months' restriction of liberty• First instance court on the merits, 19.02.2025, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment on 3 years' probation, 6 months' restriction of liberty, 3 years' prohibition of engaging in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of religious associations","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended imprisonment on 3 years' probation, 6 months' restriction of liberty, 3 years' prohibition of engaging in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of religious associations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-22T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-19T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec8Gfwo7smoNcsyd"},{"persecution_id":"recvR1426BZsdu06J","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"rec4zPKRinzLxCqhi","name_en":"Oleg Antipov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attFqeKNCO62gCiGs.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attFqeKNCO62gCiGs.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He lived in St. Petersburg and worked in logistics. In October 2022, his company accepted an order to deliver construction film from Armavir to Simferopol. On 8 October, after learning about the explosion on the Crimean Bridge, he suggested that the car he had arranged for transporting the film might have been involved. Antipov went to the FSB to report this, saying he could assist the investigation. On 14 October, officers came to his home and took him to Moscow, where he was placed in custody. Soon afterwards, the investigators stopped communicating with Antipov and refused to take additional testimony from him. The first interrogation after a long break took place on 17 February 2023. He was questioned about alleged ties to Ukrainian security services and whether he had any money, property, relatives, or friends in Ukraine.\nShortly after Oleg was transferred to the pre-trial detention centre, he was placed in a disciplinary cell. He does not know why: he was not given any documents to sign, was not informed which internal regulations he had allegedly violated, and was not asked for an explanation. Oleg spent 21 days in the disciplinary cell. Earlier, in an interview with Meduza, his wife said he suffered from dehydration there and lost seven kilograms - his cellmates later “fattened him up.” The investigator has banned Antipov from receiving visits or making phone calls.\nInitially, Antipov was charged with carrying out a terrorist attack as part of an organised group, resulting in significant damage. The charge was later reclassified to a terrorist attack committed by an organised group that resulted in loss of life. He was also accused of transporting explosives.\nOn 27 November 2025, Antipov was sentenced to life imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol","Moscow","Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea","Moscow","Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43","RU-MOW","RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1146,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":163,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 205","Part 4, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artem and Georgii Azatian, Oleg Antipov, Alexander Bylin, Vladimir Zloba, Roman Solomko, Artur Terchanyan, and Dmitrii Tyazhelykh","case_number":"1-236/2025 (1-600/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the transport of explosives and the explosion on the Crimean bridge due to the fact that his company TEK-34 provided a car for a cargo to be transported to Crimea.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.10.2022 to 15.10.2022\n• in custody: from 15.10.2022 to 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.11.2025, Sentence: Life imprisonment with the first 5 years to be served in prison, and the remainder in a special-regime penal colony, with a fine of 600,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Life imprisonment","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Life imprisonment with the first 5 years to be served in prison, and the remainder in a special-regime penal colony, with a fine of 600,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-27T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-27T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• First Department:\n Date: 23-02-2023\n Source: https://t.me/deptone/4707\n• Support for political prisoners. 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In August 2022, she was taken into custody in an extortion case. On 27, November, 2023, Bayazitova was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony. On 9, September, 2025, the court replaced her imprisonment with forced labour. On 28, October, 2025, the court of appeal instance cancelled this decision.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":476,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 163 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 163"],"case_group_en":["The case of extorting the vice president of Promsvyazbank","The case of \"blocks from negativity\" "],"case_name_en":"Aleksandra Baiazitova and Olga Arkharova's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, she was involved in extorting 1.2 million rubles from the vice-president of Promsviazbank in exchange for the extension of the \"no negative mentions mode\" in her Telegram channel.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.08.2022 to 10.08.2022\n• in custody: from 10.08.2022 to 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• : from 01.02.2024 to 01.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai\n• : from 01.05.2024 to 28.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.08.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.11.2023, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-27T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-27T09:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recJzzRHvRWGsmsQX"},{"persecution_id":"rec55NULbAfTS9sjS","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:41:57.000Z","person_id":"rec1GSJbPG31jqLb9","name_en":"Olga Arkharova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attO6U5yQilYWdsVp.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attO6U5yQilYWdsVp.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Media Manager. In August 2022, she was sent to custody in the case of extortion from the vice-president of Promstroybank. On November 27th 2023, Arkharova was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony. On 29th of December 2025, she was released on parole.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2025-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":476,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 163 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 163"],"case_group_en":["The case of extorting the vice president of Promsvyazbank","The case of \"blocks from negativity\" "],"case_name_en":"Aleksandra Baiazitova and Olga Arkharova's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she was involved in extorting 1.2 million rubles from the vice-president of Promsvyazbank in exchange for the extension of the \"block on negativity\" in the telegram channel of Alexandra Bayazitova.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released on probation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.08.2022 to 10.08.2022\n• in custody: from 10.08.2022 to 28.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.08.2024 to 29.12.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.11.2023, Sentence: 4 years and 6 months' imprisinment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years and 6 months' imprisinment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-27T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-27T09:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec55NULbAfTS9sjS"},{"persecution_id":"rec2FpSbwynvLTddq","last_updated":"2024-07-26T10:53:22.000Z","person_id":"recHjKVS9heB8TX26","name_en":"Inna Churilova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A PR manager. In August 2022, was taken into custody in an extortion case. She pleaded guilty. On 2 November she was transferred under house arrest. In July 2023, Churilova was sentenced to four years' suspended sentence and a fine of one million roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":331,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 163 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 163"],"case_group_en":["The case of extorting the vice president of Promsvyazbank","The case of \"blocks from negativity\" "],"case_name_en":"Inna Churilova's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, she was involved in extorting 1.2 million rubles from the vice-president of Promsvyazbank in exchange for the extension of the \"block on negativity\" in the telegram channel of Alexandra Bayazitova.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-11-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.08.2022 to 10.08.2022\n• in custody: from 10.08.2022 to 02.11.2022\n• house arrest: from 02.11.2022 to 05.07.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 05.07.2023 to 21.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.07.2023, Sentence: 4 years' suspended imprisonment, a fine of 1 million roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' suspended imprisonment, a fine of 1 million roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1000000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-05T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-05T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec2FpSbwynvLTddq"},{"persecution_id":"reczjf8zfKK5FJgaw","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec0SEe78X8VCxxHI","name_en":"Izilya Afanasieva","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"She is a resident of the Samara region. She was one of the key figures in the “Novokuibyshevtsy” group of the Citizens of the USSR movement. Under her leadership, elections of deputies were held, after which the “Union of Soviet Socialist Districts” was established and “warrior councils” were formed to provide armed support for the activities of the “USSR”, including the “release of hostages” and the return of “national socialist property” (there is no information about the actual activities of the “warriors”). The police drew up two police reports against Afanasyeva under the administrative article on inciting hatred, as well as on organising an unauthorised event and obstructing the activities of bailiffs. She was also twice issued notices and warnings on the inadmissibility of extremist activities.\n\nIn November 2022, charges of inciting hatred were brought against Afanasyeva and she was taken into custody. She was later placed under house arrest. In February 2023, Afanasyeva was prosecuted for organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the movement of the Citizens of the USSR.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Novokuybyshevsk residents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Izilya Afanasieva","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she posted a public video on a social network, “which, according to the conclusion in an expert research memorandum”, contains “statements aimed at the denigration of dignity of groups of persons on the basis of their nationality or race”; she also coordinated the activities of the Citizens of the USSR and attracted new “associates” to the organisation; organised a congress and car rally of participants from different Russian regions; from July to November 2022, she held daily video conferences from her home at which their participants discussed the functioning of the organisation and its plans, and at which they also defined everyone’s role in it.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.11.2022\n• house arrest: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reczjf8zfKK5FJgaw"},{"persecution_id":"recKue9FYb22fi5mc","last_updated":"2024-05-09T07:42:07.000Z","person_id":"recv5e4PzQ2IsyCO9","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Yakutsk. On 20 December 2022, when he was studying in the 11th grade, he was taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism due to his publications in a Telegram chat and drawings related to the topic of armed attacks on schools. The young man spent more than two months in custody. In April, he was sentenced to a fine of 10,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yakutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakha Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SA"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Columbine in Yakutsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a video from \"TickTock\" posted in the Telegram chat about the attack on the American school \"Columbine\" with the caption \"We can do it again\", as well as the \"Columbine\" symbol drawn on the blackboard in the classroom, which was invented by the young man himself.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.12.2022 to 01.01.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: A fine of 10 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recKue9FYb22fi5mc"},{"persecution_id":"recpZuydZxYxH0qTi","last_updated":"2024-09-15T13:01:26.000Z","person_id":"rec2n2wCHfLiuwyxn","name_en":"Tionge (Rebecca) Ziba.","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Zambia"],"story_en":"In the past, she was a student of Yugra State University. In April 2022, a case was brought against her for desecration of the symbol of military glory because of a short video near the Eternal Flame with movements that could be described as wagging her arse. The case came to court in April 2023, but it was returned to the prosecutor's office because the girl's first and last name were mixed up in the materials. On May 7 2024, Ziba was sentenced to a year of probation.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khanty-Mansiysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":767,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":109,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Case of twerking near the Eternal Fire","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, while being near the Eternal Flame, she \"performed an obscene dance, the video of which she posted on her page in one of the social networks, accompanied by an insulting inscription\". The video of Ziba's movements was accompanied by the caption \"Shaking ass for the dead, I am sure they are sleeping well tonight\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.05.2024, Sentence: 1 year of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-07T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-07T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 07-05-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46146/?sphrase_id=2731741\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recpZuydZxYxH0qTi"},{"persecution_id":"recBPwrR1CJKwX6uv","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"recWFf5h93b4XTBmg","name_en":"Sven Nordin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYOk2YR8fthuJ0N.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYOk2YR8fthuJ0N.jpg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of the Kaliningrad region, legal scholar, Swedish nationalist. On the 15th of August 2022, a search came to his home in a case of insulting the memory of a defender of the Fatherland. According to Nordin, force was used against him. The next day, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. In April 2023, the prosecutor's office returned the case to the investigation. On the 13th of March 2024, the court tightened the preventive measure by prohibiting Nordin from making phone calls and leaving the house at night. On the 7th of June 2024, Nordin was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.\n\nIn the colony Nordin was beaten by prisoners and his nose was broken.\n\nIn December 2025, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Bagrationovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":662,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":94,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Sven Nordin's case of insulting Karatsupa","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a post dated from the 28th of September 2021 in one of Nordin's groups in \"VKontakte\", in which he compared a participant of the Great Patriotic War, colonel of border troops, a famous trainer of service dogs Nikita Karatsupa with serial killer Andrei Chikatilo.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 16.08.2022 to 07.06.2024\n• in custody: from 07.06.2024 to 20.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.11.2024 to 01.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n• punishment cell:  to 01.01.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.01.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.12.2025 to 01.12.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.06.2024, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a corrective penal colony, 3 years' of deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the placement of information on the Internet ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a corrective penal colony, 3 years' of deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the placement of information on the Internet ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-07T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-07T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/nordin-sven-karlovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recBPwrR1CJKwX6uv"},{"persecution_id":"recgzriHV1tDHRrjb","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recNeQDfHlpepeb5H","name_en":"Evgenii Kazantsev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att20UHeveLRRJmjJ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att20UHeveLRRJmjJ.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. According to the investigation, he was an active participant in “Right Sector,” known by the alias Sever. On March 24, 2022, Kazantsev was taken into custody after operatives identified him among Ukrainian prisoners of war. Following his detention, the NTV television channel published a video featuring his confession. According to his mother, the confession was obtained under torture, which led to the amputation of his toes. In court, Kazantsev denied any involvement with “Right Sector.”\n\nOn November 28, 2023, he was sentenced to 12 years in a high-security penal colony on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organization, weapons possession, and involvement in an armed formation. On March 19, 2024, a court of appeal reduced his sentence by one month.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":637,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","222","208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 222","Part 2, Article 208"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Sever case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, as a supporter of nationalist ideology who shared the core ideas of “Right Sector,” he was part of a “cohesive cell of a militarized extremist organization acting against the interests of the Russian Federation,” carried out assignments from the unit’s leadership, participated in combat operations, and illegally possessed weapons.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.03.2022 to 19.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.03.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n• Unknown: from 31.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast - \"Gorelovo\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.11.2023, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, 1 year of restricted freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, 1 year of restricted freedom","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":143,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-28T07:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-28T07:50:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 29-11-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://tskvsmfq---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/kazanczev-evgenij-viktorovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recgzriHV1tDHRrjb"},{"persecution_id":"receuYh6cAxy896MP","last_updated":"2026-02-12T10:35:58.000Z","person_id":"recO6bqsqdeVRBh9X","name_en":"Maksim Khamatshin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attvwpMDXd5pWcA8L.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attvwpMDXd5pWcA8L.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Chelyabinsk. On September 8, 2022, his home was searched in connection with a criminal case regarding involvement in the activities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses community, previously initiated against another Chelyabinsk resident, Yevgeniy Bushev. On June 29, 2023, similar criminal charges were brought against Khamatshin himself. He was given a recognisance not to leave the country. On April 3, 2025, Khamatshin was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist legislation solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings, conducting worship services, and recruiting new followers.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":938,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":134,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Chelyabinsk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Maksim Khamatshin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 10.07.2023 to 03.04.2025\n• in custody: from 03.04.2025 to 01.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.04.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony with a 6-year prohibition to engage in activities related to managing and participating in activities of religious organizations, with restriction of liberty for a period of 1 year ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony with a 6-year prohibition to engage in activities related to managing and participating in activities of religious organizations, with restriction of liberty for a period of 1 year ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-03T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-03T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 15-05-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/05/d49819/?sphrase_id=2732249\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/habrik-kirill-alekseevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"receuYh6cAxy896MP"},{"persecution_id":"recrJg4dHKjRuOXUb","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"recENDZytm4gNE8jm","name_en":"Kadi Hajiyev","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A Makhachkala resident. A case was brought against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the \"citizens of the USSR\" movement. On 14 August 2024, he was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":897,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":128,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Citizens of USSR case in Makhachkala"],"case_name_en":"The case of Kadi Hajiyev","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 1 November 2020 to 12 March 2022, he participated in the activities of the executive committee of the \"Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.08.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' of suspended prison sentence with a 1 year period of supervised release. ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' of suspended prison sentence with a 1 year period of supervised release. ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-14T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-14T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recrJg4dHKjRuOXUb"},{"persecution_id":"rech3u3Q5FwanymSS","last_updated":"2026-02-12T10:32:39.000Z","person_id":"rec1hwangaIYG0HFk","name_en":"Yevgeny Stephanidin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attkRLcTsjevl8Hpc.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attkRLcTsjevl8Hpc.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Izhevsk. On 14 December 2022, his home was searched as part of a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. Stefanidin was given a covenant not to leave the country. On 25 October 2024, he was sentenced to a six-year suspended sentence. On 4 February 2025, the court of appeal replaced the suspended sentence with a real one.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":681,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses' second case in Izhevsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"organised the convening and holding of religious meetings... carried out the homiletic activity\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 14.12.2022 to 05.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.10.2024, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-25T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-25T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 02-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/12/d47383/?sphrase_id=2736127\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/astvaczaturova-nina-nikolaevna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rech3u3Q5FwanymSS"},{"persecution_id":"recdr9MVwDHhwnPAg","last_updated":"2026-02-05T12:31:52.000Z","person_id":"reccvue6GbPVtGJNf","name_en":"Alexander Votyakov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att4hsZrIsXdgCBsX.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att4hsZrIsXdgCBsX.jpg"],"birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Izhevsk. On 14 December 2022, Votyakov's home was searched as part of a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and prayers and attracting new supporters. The next day Votyakov was placed under house arrest. On 7 August 2023, his measure of restriction was changed to recognisance not to leave. On 25 October 2024, Votyakov was sentenced to six and a half years' suspended sentence. On 4 February 2025, the appeal court replaced the suspended sentence with a real one.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":681,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses' second case in Izhevsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"organised the convening and holding of religious meetings.... carried out the preaching activities\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.12.2022 to 15.12.2022\n• house arrest: from 15.12.2022 to 07.08.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 07.08.2023 to 05.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.10.2024, Sentence: 6 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-25T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-25T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 02-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/12/d47383/?sphrase_id=2736127\n• Support for political prisoners. 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He was engaged in fundamental and applied optical research, in particular, he developed spectroscopic devices for rapid analysis of exhaled air and gas analysers for unmanned aerial vehicles. On June 30, 2022, he was apprehended and taken into custody in a treason case. Immediately at the time of his detention, Kolker was in hospital on a drip and had stage four pancreatic cancer. He was transported from Novosibirsk to Moscow and placed in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre. On the night of July 2,2022, Kolker died in hospital, where, according to an official telegram, he had been taken two hours before his death.\nKolker was accused of divulging state secrets during lectures he gave in China, although the reports were certified to confirm the absence of state secrets and were given in the presence of an FSB officer.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Kolker‘s case of treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he divulged state secrets during lectures he gave at a Chinese university.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.06.2022 to 02.07.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reca67g1S5xOJAFcj"},{"persecution_id":"recKOXVrQtQrJYMx9","last_updated":"2025-06-27T12:00:42.000Z","person_id":"rec6O5gPYuS84HIib","name_en":"Anton Galeta","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atteGYR1d1L75zJ6v.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atteGYR1d1L75zJ6v.jpg"],"birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A native of Belgorod. In 2011, he held the position of head of the analysis department in the macroeconomics department of the administration of the Governor of Perm Krai, then worked in the regional Ministry of Housing and Utilities, and later became the head of the department for the implementation of investment projects and programs in the Housing and Utilities Department of the Perm Administration. At the time of his arrest on 12 October 2022, he was working in the Administrative Buildings Operation Department of Perm. A case was opened against him for preparing to commit state treason and commission of a terrorist act (both articles for the same action —preparation for arson of a traffic police parking lot, allegedly on the orders of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\", which Galeta intended to join), as well as for incitement to terrorism. On 22 March 2024, Galeta was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":527,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275","Part 1, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Anton Galeta's treason case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in September-October 2022, he \"cooperated with representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine\" and \"prepared subversive and terrorist acts on industrial and law enforcement facilities of Perm\", namely, he planned to commit arson of the car park of the DPS regiment of the traffic police of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Perm on the instructions of representatives of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine to join the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\". In addition, he published a comment on Telegram, which, in particular, said that \"military recruitment offices in the Russian Federation should be destroyed\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 02.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.03.2024, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-22T16:57:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-22T16:57:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/galeta-anton-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recKOXVrQtQrJYMx9"},{"persecution_id":"recGmJMHI7d6G8ZpH","last_updated":"2026-02-10T17:00:52.000Z","person_id":"recJacV1UbrY54b02","name_en":"Anton Osipenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attlN0Ur0GcEEYW1q.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attlN0Ur0GcEEYW1q.jpg"],"birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Voronezh resident. On 31 January 2021, at a meeting in support of Alexei Navalny, he shouted into the mouthpiece \"Glory to free Russia! Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Belarus!\", after which he was detained by officers of the Centre \"E\" and forced to record a video with apologies.\nOn the night of 8-9 March 2022, Osipenko tried to fly from Moscow's Domodedovo airport to Yerevan, but he was detained by law enforcers and taken from Moscow back to Voronezh, where, as he later wrote in a letter, he was tortured. The young man was strangled with a bag, beaten on the hands and kidneys, and demanded to confess his intention to join a unit of the International Legion of Ukraine. Osipenko noted in a letter that citizens of the Russian Federation are not accepted into this unit. He was not provided with a lawyer. At the same time, a report was drawn up on him under the administrative article on minor hooliganism, accusing him of swearing near the police station. The next day the court arrested him for seven days. While he was under the arrest, Osipenko, according to him, was taken to the regional FSS to sign a confession about his intention to go to fight in Ukraine, as well as an agreement to co-operate with the authorities. At the end of the administrative arrest, Osipenko's passport was taken away and he was released.\nOn 22 February 2023, Osipenko's home was searched. He was taken to the investigative department of the FSS, where he was forced to make a confession of guilt on the same circumstances that had appeared in his earlier confession. On the same day Osipenko was placed in custody on charges of attempted treason.\nOn 9 July 2024, the young man was sentenced to nine years and ten months in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":847,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":121,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Anton Osipenko's case of attempted high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"Presumably, Osipenko is accused of intention to join a unit of the International Legion of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Oblast\n• in custody:  to 15.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Krasnoyarsk krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 09.03.2022 to 16.03.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Krasnoyarsk krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Krasnoyarsk krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.07.2024, Sentence: 9 years 10 months of inprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years 10 months of inprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":118,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-03T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-03T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recGmJMHI7d6G8ZpH"},{"persecution_id":"rec5ROXCrMv93KghJ","last_updated":"2025-12-15T00:04:03.000Z","person_id":"recBgyoKl7cORxoYN","name_en":"Viktor Didyk","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attE8aHgnADDITxav.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attE8aHgnADDITxav.jpg"],"birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Citizen of Ukraine. In March 2022, he was mobilised into Ukrainian Armed Forces together with his son Roman. In April of the same year, they were both captured by the Russians, after which a case was opened against them for participation in a terrorist community and illegal possession of weapons. At the trial Didyk said that he agreed to sign all interrogation protocols because the investigator promised that in this case he and his son would be exchanged for Russian prisoners of war and thus they would both be able to return home. However, the exchange did not take place. On 14 December 2023, Didyk was sentenced to eight years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":622,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 3, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Victor Didyk and Roman Didyk on involvement in the terrorist community","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in 2015, while in Dnipropetrovsk, he voluntarily joined the ranks of the terrorist community Dnipro-1. The said formation took an active part in military actions aimed at forcing the residents of Donbass to roll back the decision on self-determination. In the spring of 2022, having been mobilised on the territory of Ukraine, he arrived to take part in combat operations in the town of Rubizhne of the Luhansk People's Republic. He had firearms and ammunition for them, which he used during combat duty\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 25.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.06.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.12.2023, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-14T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-14T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-06-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-viktora-i-romana-didykov/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec5ROXCrMv93KghJ"},{"persecution_id":"rec7BOLNjjfJdzkbJ","last_updated":"2025-12-15T00:04:25.000Z","person_id":"rec1nTY4PdJ92qLoh","name_en":"Roman Didyk","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUtIyYx292nGvoS.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUtIyYx292nGvoS.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Citizen of Ukraine. In March 2022, he was mobilised together with his father, Viktor Didyk. In April of the same year, they were both captured, after which they were prosecuted for participation in a terrorist community and illegal possession of weapons. In the same month, two videos were published in which Didyk Jr. says he received orders to kill civilians. On 14 December 2023, he was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":622,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 3, Article 222"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Victor Didyk and Roman Didyk on involvement in the terrorist community","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in 2015, while in Dnipropetrovsk, he voluntarily joined the ranks of the terrorist community Dnipro-1. The said formation took an active part in military actions aimed at forcing the residents of Donbass to refuse the decision on self-determination. In the spring of 2022, having been mobilised on the territory of Ukraine, arrived to conduct combat operations in the town of Rubizhne of the Luhansk People's Republic. At the same time, he had firearms and ammunition for them, which he used during combat duty\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 25.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.06.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.12.2023, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-14T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-14T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-06-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-viktora-i-romana-didykov/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7BOLNjjfJdzkbJ"},{"persecution_id":"rec5Ca1c2PLRV126k","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:59:07.000Z","person_id":"rec369HqkxPmT2clJ","name_en":"Vladlen Menshikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attI02lvSYpSPxktu.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attI02lvSYpSPxktu.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The resident of Sverdlovsk oblast. On September 27, 2022, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of attempted sabotage. At the same time, a video was published in which Menshikov claimed to have installed jumpers on a railway section. His lawyer later claimed that he had testified under pressure. In January 2023, Menshikov was charged with confidential cooperation with a foreign organisation. Menshikov's charge was then reclassified from attempted sabotage to attempted terrorist attack, and a charge of incitement for terrorism was added. On April 15, 2024, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":566,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":80,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.2","275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205","Part 1, Article 205.2","Article 275.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladlen Menshikov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he installed aluminium jumpers between the rails on the Rezh - Striganovo section of the Sverdlovsk railway, where trains with Russian military equipment run, and liaised with the Russian Freedom Legion. 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He was detained on 13 March 2022 while on the occupied territory of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (according to official information, he was detained on 14 March).\n\nHe was charged under several articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). After Russia declared the DPR to be part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Baidiuk was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure of power. \n\nHuman rights defenders note that he is a prisoner of war and therefore should not have been subjected to criminal prosecution for effectively taking part in hostilities; they also consider the charges to be absurd.\n\nOn 17 October 2025, Baidiuk was sentenced to 16 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1314,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":187,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of military service in the Aidar Battalion"],"case_name_en":"The case of fifteen servicemen in the Aidar battalion ","case_number":"1-21/2025 (1-49/2024; 1-211/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he joined the 24th separate assault battalion \"Aidar\", where, among other things, he conducted surveillance of servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), passed information to the command, and also participated in combat operations in the Telmanovsky district of the DNR and the settlement of Krymskoye in the Luhansk People's Republic, used automatic rifles and anti-tank grenade launchers, and committed acts in the territories of the Republic occupied by Ukraine aimed at forcibly seizing power and changing the constitutional order of the DNR.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.03.2022\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-09-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://jtyrggqz---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/dossier/delo-18-voennosluzhashhih-vsu-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-batalone-ajdar?utm_source=kldscp\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recHm6jltkv3QqXx2"},{"persecution_id":"reck0Py8QnpgbrEV5","last_updated":"2026-03-28T20:10:34.000Z","person_id":"recw1Udq4VR3OVVrd","name_en":"Igor Gaiokha","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att1S4WRkjLcqvGKF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att1S4WRkjLcqvGKF.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Mortar platoon commander in the Ukrainian \"Aidar\" battalion. He was seriously wounded on 3 March 2022 — his colleagues believed he was killed. He was taken prisoner (according to his mother, before that he was stripped and tried to be killed, but he survived), he was kept in the occupied territory of Donetsk region of Ukraine: first in hospital, since 13 April - officially in custody. He was charged under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic: the investigation considered him to be one of the organisers of the activities of a terrorist organisation. After the Russian Federation declared the DPR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Gaiokha was accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization, violently seizing power, and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been prosecuted for participating in hostilities, and furthermore, they consider the charges absurd. On 17 October 2025, Gaiokha was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1385,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":197,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 278","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of military service in the Aidar Battalion"],"case_name_en":"The case of fifteen servicemen in the Aidar battalion ","case_number":"1-21/2025 (1-49/2024; 1-211/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he underwent training at the \"Iavorovskii polygon\" training centre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Starichi in Lvov region, joined the 24th separate assault battalion \"Aidar\", where, among other things, he conducted surveillance of servicemen of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), passed information to the command, as well as participated in combat operations in the Telmanovskii district of the DPR and in the Krymskoe settlement in the Lugansk People’s Republic, used automatic weapons and anti-tank grenade launchers, and committed acts in the Ukrainian-occupied territories of the Republic aimed at forcibly seizing power and changing the constitutional order of the DPR.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.04.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-09-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://jtyrggqz---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/dossier/delo-18-voennosluzhashhih-vsu-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-batalone-ajdar?utm_source=kldscp\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reck0Py8QnpgbrEV5"},{"persecution_id":"recKoMoBIjjZfn5GS","last_updated":"2026-03-28T20:10:34.000Z","person_id":"recCROfXYE7ALPspX","name_en":"Vitalii Gruzinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attQEfr9XGQBkzRR4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attQEfr9XGQBkzRR4.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He is known in Ukraine as a journalist and activist under the pseudonym Kozak Vedmenko. A grenadier, he served in the Ukrainian \"Aidar\" battalion. He was taken prisoner in the spring of 2022 and was in the occupied territory of Donetsk region of Ukraine. He was charged under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. After the Russian Federation declared the DPR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Gruzinov was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, forcible seizure of power, and receiving training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been held criminally liable for actually participating in hostilities, and in addition, they consider the charges absurd. On 17 October 2025, Gruzinov was sentenced to 21 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1385,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":197,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 278","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of military service in the Aidar Battalion"],"case_name_en":"The case of fifteen servicemen in the Aidar battalion ","case_number":"1-21/2025 (1-49/2024; 1-211/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, was trained at the training centre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine \"Yavorivskii polygon\" in the village of Starichi in Lviv region, joined the 24th separate assault battalion \"Aidar\", where, among other things, he conducted surveillance of servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and passed information to the command, and participated in combat operations in the Telmanovsky district of the DPR and in the Krymskoye settlement in the Luhansk People's Republic, used assault rifles and anti-tank grenade launchers, and committed acts in the territories of the Republic occupied by Ukraine aimed at forcibly seizing power and changing the constitutional order of the DPR.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.04.2022\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 21 years'  imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"21 years'  imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":252,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-09-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://jtyrggqz---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/dossier/delo-18-voennosluzhashhih-vsu-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-batalone-ajdar?utm_source=kldscp\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recKoMoBIjjZfn5GS"},{"persecution_id":"recskYb80YwgRyMvl","last_updated":"2026-03-28T20:10:34.000Z","person_id":"rec66nyo7i5gjzh4u","name_en":"Vladislav Ermolinskii","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Driver, served in the Ukrainian battalion \"Aidar\". After the outbreak of full-scale war, he did not take part in combat operations. In March 2022, he tried to leave occupied Mariupol, but was detained. He was charged under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. After the Russian Federation declared the DPR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Ermolinskii was accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation, forcible seizure of power and receiving training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. Human rights activists point out that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been prosecuted actually for participation in hostilities, and in addition, they consider the charges absurd. On 17 October 2025, Ermolinskii was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1326,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":189,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 278","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of military service in the Aidar Battalion"],"case_name_en":"The case of fifteen servicemen in the Aidar battalion ","case_number":"1-21/2025 (1-49/2024; 1-211/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was trained at the training centre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine \"Iavorovskii poligon\" in the village of Starichi in Lviv region, joined the 24th separate assault battalion Aidar, where, among other things, he conducted surveillance of servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and passed information to the command, and participated in combat operations in the Telmanovskii district of the DPR and in the Krymskoye settlement in the Luhansk People's Republic, used assault rifles and anti-tank grenade launchers, and committed acts in the Ukrainian-occupied territories of the Republic aimed at forcibly seizing power and changing the constitutional order of the DPR.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-09-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://jtyrggqz---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/dossier/delo-18-voennosluzhashhih-vsu-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-batalone-ajdar?utm_source=kldscp\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recskYb80YwgRyMvl"},{"persecution_id":"recFJl2bvZ97ZrYWt","last_updated":"2026-03-28T20:10:34.000Z","person_id":"recMjzOBjPRTEuLFn","name_en":"Sergei Kalinchenko","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Commander of the 2nd platoon of the assault company of the Ukrainian Aidar battalion. He was detained by unknown persons in April 2022, was in the occupied territory of Donetsk region of Ukraine. He was charged under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic: the investigation considered him one of the organisers of the activities of a terrorist organisation. After the Russian Federation declared the DNR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Kalinchenko was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, forcible seizure of power and receiving training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been held criminally liable for participation in hostilities, and in addition, consider the charges absurd. 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After the Russian Federation proclaimed the DNR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Mishchenko was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure of power. Human rights activists noted that she was a prisoner of war, so she should not have been held criminally liable for actually participating in hostilities, and in addition, they consider the charges absurd.\n\nOn 12 September 2024, the court decided to separate the case of Mishchenko and another woman accused in the same case, Lilia Prutyan, into separate proceedings, as they were also prosecuted for the use of prohibited methods of warfare.\n\nThe next day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Mishchenko and Prutyan had been returned to Ukraine as part of the prisoners of war exchange.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military","Health workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2024-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of military service in the Aidar Battalion"],"case_name_en":"The case of Marina Mischenko and Lilia Prutian","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Marina Mischenko joined the 24th separate assault battalion \"Aidar\", where she performed various roles, including conducting surveillance on servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) and handing information to her command. She also participated in combat operations in the Telmanovsky district of the DNR and in Krymskoye in the Luhansk People's Republic. 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He was taken prisoner in the spring of 2022 and was in the occupied territory of Donetsk region of Ukraine. A video was recorded with him, in which he says that he voluntarily surrendered and does not agree with the policy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Later in court, Nedostup recanted his words and said he was forced to say on camera what he was told to say. He was charged under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. After the Russian Federation declared the DPR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Nedostupa was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, forcible seizure of power and receiving training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been held criminally liable actually for participation in hostilities, and in addition, they consider the charges absurd. 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After the Russian Federation declared the DPR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Prutian was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure of power.\n\nOn September 12, 2024, the court decided to separate the case of Prutyan and another woman accused in the same case, Marina Mishchenko, into a separate proceeding, as they were also charged with the use of prohibited methods of warfare.\n\nThe next day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Prutian and Mishchenko had been returned to Ukraine as part of the exchange.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military","Health workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2024-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of military service in the Aidar Battalion"],"case_name_en":"The case of Marina Mischenko and Lilia Prutian","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she joined the 24th separate assault battalion 'Aidar', where, among other things, she conducted surveillance of servicemen of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), transmitted information to her higher-ups, and also participated in combat operations in the Telmanovsky district of the DPR and the settlement of Krymskoye in the Lugansk People’s Republic, used assault rifles and anti-tank grenade launchers, and carried out actions in the Ukrainian-occupied territories of the Republic aimed at forcibly seizing power and changing the constitutional order of the DPR.","persecution_location_en":"At large as a result of an exchange","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 13.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Captured in the spring of 2022, he was in the occupied territory of the Donetsk region of Ukraine. He was forced to film for a propaganda video. Later in court, he noted that he looked beaten in the video. Radchenko was charged under several articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic: the investigation considered him one of the organisers of the activities of a terrorist organisation. After the Russian Federation declared the DNR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Radchenko was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, forcible seizure of power, and receiving training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been held criminally liable for actual participation in hostilities, and, in addition, consider the charges to be absurd. On October 17, 2025, Radchenko was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1385,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":197,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 278","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of military service in the Aidar Battalion"],"case_name_en":"The case of fifteen servicemen in the Aidar battalion ","case_number":"1-21/2025 (1-49/2024; 1-211/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was trained at the training centre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine \"Yavorovsky polygon\" in the village of Starichi in Lviv region, joined the 24th separate assault battalion 'Aidar', where, among other things, he conducted surveillance of servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and passed information to the command, and participated in combat operations in the Telmanovsky district of the DNR and in the Krymskoye settlement in the Lugansk People's Republic, used assault rifles and anti-tank grenade launchers, and committed acts in the Ukrainian-occupied territories of the Republic aimed at forcibly seizing power and changing the constitutional order of the DPR.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-09-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://jtyrggqz---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/dossier/delo-18-voennosluzhashhih-vsu-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-batalone-ajdar?utm_source=kldscp\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recBXKDmS4bcQkaeD"},{"persecution_id":"recGR8Ik42FDf2Jaf","last_updated":"2026-03-28T20:10:34.000Z","person_id":"recNVJNjmaonUXtcE","name_en":"Alexandr Taranets","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attlMmRIXo3tv4Ax9.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attlMmRIXo3tv4Ax9.png"],"birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Served in the Ukrainian Aidar battalion as a sniper. He was taken prisoner in the spring of 2022, was in the occupied territory of Zaporizhzhya and then the Donetsk region of Ukraine. He was forcibly filmed for a propaganda video. Later in court, Taranets said that he had been beaten beforehand. He was charged under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. After the Russian Federation declared the DNR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Taranets was accused of \"participating in activities of a terrorist organisation,\" \"forcible seizure of power,\" and \"receiving training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities.\" Human rights activists note that as a prisoner of war he must not have been held criminally liable for actual participation in hostilities, and, in addition, consider the charges absurd. On October 17, 2025, Taranets was sentenced to 20 years in a \"strict regime colony.\"","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1385,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":197,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 278","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of military service in the Aidar Battalion"],"case_name_en":"The case of fifteen servicemen in the Aidar battalion ","case_number":"1-21/2025 (1-49/2024; 1-211/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, he joined the 24th separate Aidar assault battalion, where, among other things, he conducted surveillance of servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), passed information to his command, and participated in combat operations in the Telmanovsky district of the DNR and Krymskoye settlement, Lugansk People's Republic, used automatic rifles and anti-tank grenade launchers, and \"committed acts aimed at forcibly seizing power and changing the constitutional order of the \"DNR\" in the territories of the Republic \"occupied by Ukraine.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n• in custody: from 14.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-09-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://jtyrggqz---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/dossier/delo-18-voennosluzhashhih-vsu-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-batalone-ajdar?utm_source=kldscp\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recGR8Ik42FDf2Jaf"},{"persecution_id":"recVhPwsh0zoZytnh","last_updated":"2026-03-28T20:10:34.000Z","person_id":"recRjZU1WK1KTLNcb","name_en":"Andrei Sholik","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attN0RqL2ccTnWfu4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attN0RqL2ccTnWfu4.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Sholik served in the Ukrainian Aidar battalion as a medic. He was captured in the spring of 2022, was in the occupied territory of Donetsk region of Ukraine. Sholik was charged under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. After the Russian Federation proclaimed the DNR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Sholik was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure of power. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been held criminally liable for participating in military actions, and also consider the charges absurd. On 17 October 2025, Sholik was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military","Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1385,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":197,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of military service in the Aidar Battalion"],"case_name_en":"The case of fifteen servicemen in the Aidar battalion ","case_number":"1-21/2025 (1-49/2024; 1-211/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he joined the 24th separate assault battalion Aidar, where, among other things, he conducted surveillance of military servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), passed information to the command, and also participated in combat operations in the Telmanovsky district of the DPR and the settlement of Krymskoye in the Luhansk People's Republic, used automatic rifles and anti-tank grenade launchers, committed acts aimed at violent seizure power and changing the constitutional order of the DPR in the territories of the Republic occupied by Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.03.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-09-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://jtyrggqz---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/dossier/delo-18-voennosluzhashhih-vsu-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-batalone-ajdar?utm_source=kldscp\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recVhPwsh0zoZytnh"},{"persecution_id":"recZ42yXjwUKDFna3","last_updated":"2026-03-28T20:10:34.000Z","person_id":"rectOtdsUCpXLdoIW","name_en":"Semen Zabairachnyi","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attJ06rs6jMuA3Et3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attJ06rs6jMuA3Et3.jpg"],"birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Served in the Ukrainian Aidar battalion as a drone operator. While being in the occupied territory of Donetsk region of Ukraine, he was captured as a prisoner of war in the spring of 2022. He was forced to star in a propaganda video. He was charged under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. The investigation considered him one of the organisers of the activities of a terrorist organisation. After the Russian Federation declared the DPR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Zabairachnyi was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, forcible seizure of power and receiving training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been held criminally liable for actually participating in hostilities, and in addition, consider the charges absurd. On 17 October 2025, Zabairachnyi was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1327,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":189,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 278","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of military service in the Aidar Battalion"],"case_name_en":"The case of fifteen servicemen in the Aidar battalion ","case_number":"1-21/2025 (1-49/2024; 1-211/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was trained at the training centre of the Armed Forces of Ukraine \"Yavorivsky Polygon\" in the village of Starichi in Lviv region, joined the 24th separate assault battalion \"Aidar\", where, among other things, he conducted surveillance of servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic and passed information to the command, and participated in combat operations in the Telmanovsky district of the Donetsk People's Republic and in the Krymskoye settlement in the Luhansk People's Republic, used assault rifles and anti-tank grenade launchers, and committed acts in the Ukrainian-occupied territories of the Republic aimed at violent seizing power and changing the constitutional order of the Donetsk People's Republic.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.04.2022\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He was charged under several articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. After the Russian Federation declared the DPR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Chuprina was accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation, violent seizure of power and receiving a training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been held criminally liable for participation in military activities; in addition, they consider the charges absurd. 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He also participated in combat operations in the Telmanovsky district of the DPR and in the settlement of Krimskoie in the Lugansk People’s Republic, used assault rifles and anti-tank grenade launchers, and carried out actions in the Ukrainian-occupied territories of the Republic aimed at the violent seizure of power and changing the constitutional order of the DPR.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 31.03.2022\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-09-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://jtyrggqz---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/dossier/delo-18-voennosluzhashhih-vsu-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-batalone-ajdar?utm_source=kldscp\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec9BLVxkdKDVAuYp"},{"persecution_id":"recNadITyyN5WBpfR","last_updated":"2026-01-09T20:07:44.000Z","person_id":"recZsandp9NMXhfsT","name_en":"Evgenii Piatigorets","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attjiJbyfkmIXNEpj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attjiJbyfkmIXNEpj.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He served in the Ukrainian \"Aidar\" battalion as a driver. In 2021, he was discharged from the unit. In March 2022, Piatigorets was detained, then returned home - according to his mother, with \"broken ribs and bound hands\". On 6 April, he was detained again; he was in the occupied territory of the Donetsk region of Ukraine. He was charged under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. After the Russian Federation declared the DPR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Piatigorets was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure of power. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been held criminally liable for actual participation in hostilities; additionally, they consider the charges to be absurd.\n\"Mediazona\" reported that the case of Piatigorets was separated from the large case of Ukrainian servicemen; however, his name appears on the card of this case on the court's website. According to the newspaper, the court decided to separate Piatigorets' case into a separate proceeding as early as December 1, 2023, when the prosecutor said that a case of \"use of prohibited means and methods of warfare by the Ukrainian security forces\" had also been opened against him.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers","Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of military service in the Aidar Battalion"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Piatigorets' case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he joined the 24th separate assault battalion \"Aidar\", where, among other things, he conducted surveillance on servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), transmitted information to command, and also participated in combat operations in the Telmanovskii district of the DPR and the settlement of Krymskoe in the Lugansk People's Republic, used automatic weapons and anti-tank grenade launchers, and committed acts in the territories of the Republic occupied by Ukraine aimed at forcibly seizing power and changing the constitutional order of the DPR.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.04.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-09-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://jtyrggqz---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/dossier/delo-18-voennosluzhashhih-vsu-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-batalone-ajdar?utm_source=kldscp\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recNadITyyN5WBpfR"},{"persecution_id":"recwS5zltANm1VxuP","last_updated":"2026-03-28T20:10:34.000Z","person_id":"recyGg9Gth0B18jBC","name_en":"Dmitry Fedchenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He served as a driver in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On March 17, 2022, he was detained in the occupied territory of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. He was charged under several articles of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. After the Russian Federation declared the DPR part of its territory, the charges were reclassified in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: Fedchenko was accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization in connection with his involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion (although the battalion is not mentioned in any of his documents) and the violent seizure of power. Human rights activists note that he is a prisoner of war, so he should not have been prosecuted for participating in hostilities, and furthermore, they consider the charges absurd. On October 17, 2025, Fedchenko was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers","Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1310,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":187,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of military service in the Aidar Battalion"],"case_name_en":"The case of fifteen servicemen in the Aidar battalion ","case_number":"1-21/2025 (1-49/2024; 1-211/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, he joined the 24th separate assault battalion “Aidar,” where, among other things, he conducted surveillance on servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), passed information to the command, and participated in hostilities in the Telmanovsky district of the DPR and the settlement of Krymskoye in the Lugansk People's Republic, used automatic weapons and anti-tank grenade launchers, and carried out actions in the territories of the Republic occupied by Ukraine aimed at the violent seizure of power and the change of the constitutional order of the DPR.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 15 years imprisonment in a maximum security prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years imprisonment in a maximum security prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-09-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://jtyrggqz---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/dossier/delo-18-voennosluzhashhih-vsu-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-batalone-ajdar?utm_source=kldscp\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recwS5zltANm1VxuP"},{"persecution_id":"recATMldknR2B92a6","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"reclb48TogOd69qcc","name_en":"Roman Nosachev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attMJJbwyOVK0GEcf.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attMJJbwyOVK0GEcf.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He is a citizen of Ukraine and an IT specialist. He was born and lived in the city of Khartsyzsk in the Donetsk region.\n\nIt is unknown how he got from the occupied territory of the Donbas to the Rostov region. A case was initiated against him for hacking attacks on Russian infrastructure. On 30 May 2023, a court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced him to two years in a penal colony and a fine of 600,000 rubles. His laptop and phone, which were taken from him during the searches, were confiscated “to the profit of the state”.\n\nPresumably, Nosachev was released in July 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":514,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 274.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["274.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 274.1"],"case_name_en":"Roman Nosachev’s case of a hacking attack on the objects of critical information infrastructure of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, using the Internet resource https://help-ukraine-win.firebaseapp.com, he carried out DDoS attacks on the objects of critical information infrastructure of the Russian Federation “with the aim to block it, because he had a negative attitude toward the Special Military Operation conducted by the Russian Federation in the territory of Ukraine”.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 10.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.07.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.05.2023, Sentence: 2 years’ imprisonment in a colony-settlement and a fine of 600 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years’ imprisonment in a colony-settlement and a fine of 600 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-30T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-30T08:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recATMldknR2B92a6"},{"persecution_id":"reccpyZ5gDcKlRvvv","last_updated":"2025-10-19T10:55:01.000Z","person_id":"recBL5loW2frviv70","name_en":"Irina Navalnaia","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0vkrJbQjfA81Q1.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0vkrJbQjfA81Q1.png"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"She lived in Mariupol (Ukraine). In May 2022, she left for Donetsk (the capital of the self-proclaimed DPR) and then to the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. During the evacuation from Mariupol, she was subjected to abuse and threats. In August, she returned to Mariupol to visit her grandmother and pick up her documents. On 27 September 2022, the day on which the self-proclaimed DPR joined the Russian Federation, she was detained and then taken to Donetsk. At the trial, Navalnaia said that she had been tortured. She was charged with planning to commit a terrorist act at one of the polling stations. According to her, before taking her home for investigation, she was told to “point her finger at a cupboard” and say that she had explosives there. Navalnaia believes that the secret services became interested in her because her stepfather was a member of the Azov Brigade (he was captured) and because records of her might have been present at the local police station (she was trying to get a job there); she also believes that she might have been chosen as a target because she often went to the beach past the place where she was detained on 27 September 2022. Navalnaia also said that after she was taken into custody, she refused to communicate with journalists who came to the detention centre, she was beaten and “sent to the basement where prisoners of war were held”.\nNavalnaia was charged under articles on attempted terrorist acts and possession of explosives by a group of persons, but the court reclassified the charges, removing the charges of offences committed by a group of persons. On 7 October 2024, the Mariupol resident was sentenced to 8 years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_started":"2022-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":741,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":105,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205","Part 1, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Irina Navalnaia’s case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she planned a terrorist attack at a polling station in Mariupol on 27 September 2022, the day of the referendum on the accession of the DPR to the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 23.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.10.2024, Sentence: 8 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-07T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-07T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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On 27 May 2022, it became known that unknown persons abducted him and took him to Crimea, where he was taken into custody. He was accused of participating in the activities of an illegal armed formation, namely the \"Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion\", which at that time had apparently been dormant for a long time. On 10 November 2022, Umerov was sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":313,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Case of Aider Umerov on participation in the activities of an illegal armed group","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, while on the territory of Ukraine, he voluntarily agreed to become a member of the battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, performed duty at checkpoints on the state border between Ukraine and the Russian Federation to check citizens and vehicles, digging trenches, and also performed household chores. He was detained when he voluntarily tried to pass to Crimea from the territory of Kherson region in May 2022.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2022 to 01.02.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2023, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.11.2022, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2022-11-10T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-11-10T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On March 20, 2024 his case was dismissed due to absence of corpus delicti.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rybinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2024-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehova's Witnesses in Rybinsk","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reciwUgVQbe62wKtU"},{"persecution_id":"recOXXsYTfnkgUlbC","last_updated":"2026-03-16T07:39:23.000Z","person_id":"rec7x7UPyugKFSbuM","name_en":"Alexey Sivokhin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnIjhoguc3h97MA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnIjhoguc3h97MA.jpeg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. 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After the end of his arrest, he was kept in a closed centre for temporary detention of foreign citizens, as it was decided to deport him. However, on 20 October 2022, he was taken into custody on charges of promoting terrorism, organising activities of an extremist organisation and rehabilitation of Nazism. Later, the latter charge was apparently dropped from the case. According to the investigators' version, while in Mariupol, Manko induced other people to participate in the Right Sector. On 19 September 2023, he was sentenced to nine years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":353,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from March 2019 to January 2022, while in Mariupol, in one of the social networks persuaded another user to commit terrorist acts, as well as during the correspondence inclined interlocutors to participate in the Right Sector.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.10.2022\n• in custody:  to 25.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.12.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2023, Sentence: 9 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, with the first 3 years to be served in prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, with the first 3 years to be served in prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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A case of vandalism was brought against him because of the inscription \"No to War\" on the monument to Lomonosov. According to Gorelyshev, under pressure he wrote a confession, then he was taken to the place where he left the spray paint cans and demanded to show how exactly he applied the inscription.\nOn 23 January 2023, the court dismissed the case and ordered Gorelyshev to pay a court fine.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2023-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vitkro Gorelyshevv's vandalism case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the inscription \"No to War\" on the monument to Lomonosov.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec2q8K8V08ilh3Cs"},{"persecution_id":"recvtxdqNUM0B9Vp7","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:01:20.000Z","person_id":"recLH8gjYwIcsauUj","name_en":"Irina Gorobtsova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLgAUTSxE67DBDi.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLgAUTSxE67DBDi.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Kherson, a port city in southern Ukraine, Gorobtsova worked as a tester. After the start of the Russian occupation, she volunteered by delivering medicines, food, and essentials by car, and helped medical workers get to the hospital. She participated in protests by Kherson residents against the occupation, wrote Facebook posts supporting Ukrainian soldiers, and published information about fundraising for the needs of civilians and the military.\n\nOn May 13, 2022, according to relatives, armed men in military uniforms and masks took Gorobtsova from her home. In June 2022, her father received a response from the Federal Security Service (FSB) stating that \"the mentioned person opposed the special military operation,\" so \"a decision regarding her\" would be made \"after the end of the SVO\" (Special Military Operation).\n\nLater it became known that Gorobtsova was taken to Crimea. Lawyer Emil Kurbedinov said in October 2022 that the Ministry of Internal Affairs informed him she had been held since at least late May in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Simferopol, while detention staff refused to let him meet her, claiming she was not there. As of October 2022, she had not been charged.\n\nSubsequently, Gorobtsova was accused of espionage. According to the investigation, she collected strategically important data about the units of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kherson region and passed them to an officer of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine. 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The media website and its VKontakte group were blocked for their coverage of the war. In August 2022, Panfilov was detained on charges of extortion from a local businessman. The journalist was remanded into custody. On 26 August, he was transferred to house arrest. On 24 October 2023 Panfilov was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence. It is possible that the case was part of the clampdown on local journalists.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":447,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 163 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 163"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he threatened businessman Vladimir Tilman with publication of damaging evidence and as a result received money from him.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.08.2022 to 04.08.2022\n• in custody: from 04.08.2022 to 26.08.2022\n• house arrest: from 26.08.2022 to 24.10.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 24.10.2023 to 09.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.10.2023, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-24T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-24T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 24-10-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/10/24/sotrudnikam-izdaniya-orlec-naznachili-uslovnye-sroki-po-delu-o\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"receiu59ygy1IWyCa"},{"persecution_id":"recZ0LmOY50pnEx7W","last_updated":"2024-09-06T10:42:41.000Z","person_id":"recDgwJAKsKWHUjre","name_en":"Artem Prokhorov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist of the \"Orlets\" media based in Oryol, which often criticises local officials. The media's website and its VKontakte group were blocked due to its coverage of the war. In August 2022, Artem was detained on charges of extortion from a local businessman. The journalist was sent into custody. On the 26 August, he was transferred to house arrest. On the 24 October 2023, Prokhorov was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence. 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In 2020, he was fined 10,000 roubles in an administrative case for publishing a xenophobic video on VKontakte against natives of the Caucasus and Central Asia.\nIn May 2022, Basyrov was interviewed as part of a check-up. On 11 August 2022, he was taken into custody on charges of preparing to participate in an illegal armed formation - meaning the Freedom of Russia Legion. On 12 December 2022, Basyrov was sentenced to three and a half years in a strict regime colony. After that, a new case was brought against him - on calls to terrorism, promotion of terrorist activity and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 6 August 2025, Basyrov was sentenced in this case, the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":133,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Artem Basyrov's case on preparing to join the Freedom of Russia legion","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being an adherent of right-wing radical ideas of Russian nationalism and an active adversary of the foreign and domestic policy of the Russian Federation, in order to participate in hostilities against the Luhansk People's Republic, Donetsk People's Republic and the Russian Federation\", contacted the administrator of the Telegram channel \"the Freedom of Russia Legion\", filled out a questionnaire, agreed that he would obtain a travel passport, move to Georgia and there will apply to the Ukrainian Embassy for further instructions, but \"for reasons beyond his control\" he was unable to complete what he had started.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.08.2022 to 27.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.12.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.12.2022, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-12T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-12T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 11-11-2025\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/basyrov-artyom-arturovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recI17JlL3K5zwT0q"},{"persecution_id":"recGdO2rcBOkmDRYb","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"recmYYLtN04e6gHjV","name_en":"Mikhail Sbeglov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attAcukFR8VSnCPER.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attAcukFR8VSnCPER.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kemerovo. He spoke out against the war, put up anti-war leaflets. On 13 May 2022, he was detained and arrested on the next day for 5 days under the administrative article on disorderly conduct (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). At the end of the arrest term, he was detained and taken into custody under a criminal case on preparation for participation in an illegal armed formation, namely the \"Freedom of Russia Legion\". On 14 March 2023, Sbeglov was sentenced to 4,5 years in a strict regime (penal) colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2022-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":305,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Sbeglov's case of preparation to participate in an illegal armed group.","case_number":"2-17/2023 (2-49/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"guided by the motive of ideological enmity towards supporters of the foreign and domestic policy of the Russian Federation, realising the intention to participate in hostilities against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation as part of the armed formation 'Legion of Freedom of Russia' operating in the territory of the Republic of Ukraine and not recognized by law of this state, i.e. an illegal armed formation\", contacted in the messenger Telegram with \"the administrator of the channel 'Legion of Freedom of Russia' under the nickname 'Oleg'\". 18 April 2022, received the Legion's questionnaire digitally from \"Oleg\" and filled it out on 24 April. On 28 April, wrote to \"Oleg\" that in May 2022 he would cross the state border of Russia and apply to the Ukrainian Embassy in Kazakhstan. On 7 May he bought a ticket for a shuttle bus on the route Novosibirsk - Nur-Sultan (Astana) with a departure date of 15 May 2022.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.05.2022 to 23.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 41 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.06.2023\n• administrative detention: from 13.05.2022 to 17.05.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 41 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 41 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.03.2023, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime (penal) colony, 1 year 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime (penal) colony, 1 year 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-14T14:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-14T14:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On the 25th of March, 2022, he was detained in Moscow and a report was drawn up against him under the administrative article on hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences), accusing him of swearing while \"being on track No. 3 of the Eastern Railway Station\". Dmitrienko was arrested for 10 days. On the 4th of April, he was detained already in relation to the criminal case and accused of intent to fight on the side of Ukraine. On the same day, he was placed in custody. On the 22nd of December, 2022, Dmitrienko was sentenced to four years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":265,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Case of Maksim Dmitrienko on participation in the activities of an illegal armed military group","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at the end of February 2022, \"being a contracted serviceman of the French Foreign Legion and an opponent of the decision of the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin on the 24th of February, 2022, to conduct a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, <...> Dmitrienko decided to participate on the territory of Ukraine as part of an armed formation — the International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine, not provided for by the legislation of this state\".\n\nAccording to the court's verdict, the investigation established that while at his place of duty in the city of Auban in the French Republic, Dmitrienko established contact with a Ukrainian citizen who was the head of the International Military Cooperation Department of the National Academy of Land Forces of Ukraine named after Hetman Petro Sagaidachny. The name and surname of this employee of the educational institution of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine are concealed in the verdict. However, it is alleged that in his position he was engaged in the recruitment of \"volunteers among foreign citizens to participate in combat operations on the territory of Ukraine against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation as part of illegal armed formations\".\n\nAllegedly, while in France, Maksim Dmitrienko purchased at his own expense \"a set of technical devices designed to modernise weapons\", which he could later use for weapons issued to him in Ukraine. In addition, he purchased \"a compass, medications, tactical glasses, shooting gloves, a bag for dropping magazines from weapons, which he also planned to use while performing his functional duties as a member of the International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine\".\n\nThe investigation also proves that after leaving France in early March 2022, Dmitrienko travelled to Poland, where he tried twice to enter the territory of Ukraine. His goal was to get to the location of the National Academy of Land Forces of Ukraine named after Hetman Petro Sahaydachny. However, officers of the State Border Service of Ukraine did not let Dmitrienko into the country because of his Russian passport.\n\nDmitrienko then allegedly decided to enter Ukraine via Russia. From Poland, he went to Latvia, then to Estonia, from where he entered the territory of the Russian Federation on the 22nd of March, 2022, and arrived in Moscow via St. Petersburg. From Moscow, Maksim Dmitrienko was going to go to his native Volgograd.","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2022 to 10.01.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.01.2023 to 01.04.2026\n• administrative detention: from 25.03.2022 to 04.04.2022\n• Unknown:  to 01.04.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.12.2022, Sentence: 4 years imprisonment, the first 2 being in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony, and 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years imprisonment, the first 2 being in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony, and 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-22T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-22T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-12-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/dmitrienko-maksim-andreevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recXwPep5946clwok"},{"persecution_id":"recjQlmkPNrIYL6Yk","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"recQh3qHNqRW69Usk","name_en":"Konstantin Sereda","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Rostov-on-Don. On 4 October 2022, he was detained at a railway station in Belgorod. A criminal case was initiated against him for preparing to commit high treason: according to the investigation, he intended to join the ranks of the \"Freedom of Russia\" Legion. On 21 April 2023, Sereda was sentenced to four years in a strict-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":199,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Sereda's case on preparing to commit high treason","case_number":"2-8/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in July 2022, he \"submitted an application to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine,\" \"planned to illegally cross the state border of the Russian Federation in order to defect to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and participate in military actions against Russia as part of the Ukrainian armed formation, the 'Freedom of Russia' Legion.\" Following instructions from representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he distributed leaflets in his native Rostov, \"affixed stickers and made inscriptions on various objects with the aim of persuading people to join the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.\" He travelled to Belgorod with the intention of crossing the border there. As reported by media citing the FSB, \"attempts to bypass the established border crossing points and numerous checkpoints were unsuccessful – residents of border settlements noticed the suspicious stranger. It became dangerous to spend the nights in forest belts, and the man moved to the territory of the railway station. For concealment purposes, he purchased tickets to different destinations daily.\"","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2024 to 11.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.05.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.04.2023, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-21T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-21T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 31-10-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sereda-konstantin\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recjQlmkPNrIYL6Yk"},{"persecution_id":"recw0TDJxZDltXvUQ","last_updated":"2024-09-06T10:42:41.000Z","person_id":"reck5MaTc9oivMifY","name_en":"Maxim Arinushkin","birth_year":1995,"age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A former Russian national guard soldier, born in the Moscow vicinities. Detained in the Bryansk Oblast in November 2022, while trying to enter Ukraine. At first, he was charged with illegal crossing of the state border, then the charge was reclassified to attempted state treason: Arinushkin was accused of attempting to join the Freedom of Russia Legion. No later than March 2024, a verdict was passed, the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he intended to join the Freedom of Russia Legion.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• , ","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recw0TDJxZDltXvUQ"},{"persecution_id":"recqugTlmeSjs2O2N","last_updated":"2025-02-25T06:40:00.000Z","person_id":"recpMNUXd8tasfNnb","name_en":"Andrei Galchevsky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLTmGhALBYu3UVN.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLTmGhALBYu3UVN.jpg"],"birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Israel"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaliningrad and a businessman. In October 2022, he was detained after officers of the Centre for Combating Extremism accused him of speaking loudly on the phone while using profane language. He was arrested for 10 days under the administrative charge on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). At the same time, the project \"Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial\" project pointed out that phone records showed Galchevsky had not been on the phone at all during the specified time. The court of appeal reduced his arrest by 24 hours. However, before his scheduled release, he was charged in a criminal case with publicly justifying terrorism and preparing for treason. According to the investigation, he called for killing the heads of military commissariats and planned to join the foreign legion of the AFU. Galchevskyy was taken into custody.\n\nOn 8 September 2023, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Galchevsky","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, he called for killing the heads of military enlistment offices and planned to join the foreign legion of the AFU.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.10.2022 to 05.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.12.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.09.2023, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, a fine of 400,000 roubles, and a two-year ban on administering websites.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, a fine of 400,000 roubles, and a two-year ban on administering websites.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":121,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-08T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-08T11:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-08-2024\n Source: https://t.me/pzk_memorial/4825\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recqugTlmeSjs2O2N"},{"persecution_id":"recYPuHnwsSLwnhPz","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recbjO4b78mvm2iYp","name_en":"Sergei Popov","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Zaporozhye region (Ukraine). He was detained and taken into custody in connection with the arson of the building of the administration building of Novobohdanivka rural settlement of Melitopol district of the region, occupied by the Russian army. The arson occurred in June 2022, Popov was a minor at the time. A case was brought against him for committing an act of international terrorism because of the arson and for desecration of the Russian flag because he, according to the investigation, tore the flag off the wall of the building and threw it on the ground. On 28 January 2025, Popov was sentenced to imprisonment in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1123,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":160,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 361 of the Criminal Code","Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["361","329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 361","Article 329"],"case_group_en":["The case of arson of the local government building in Zaporizhzhia region"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Popov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of June 20-21, 2022, together with two acquaintances, with the purpose of destroying the administration building, he lit and threw bottles with incendiary mixture, which resulted in the ignition of the double-glazed window and the entrance door of the settlement administration building. After that, he removed the pole with the State Flag of the Russian Federation from its mount on the administration building and threw it to the ground.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody:  to 28.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.02.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.01.2025, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-28T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-28T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recYPuHnwsSLwnhPz"},{"persecution_id":"rechkQS7WrcUu6E1t","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:09:55.000Z","person_id":"reci6qBt1BUwUtjle","name_en":"Andrei Karaulov","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A former presenter on federal channels, for many years he hosted the Moment of Truth programme. Left Russia after the start of a full-scale invasion. In the autumn of 2022, a libel case was brought against him in connection with a statement by Sergei Chemezov, head of Rostec, over the journalist's words about the construction of incinerators. Karaulov was put on a wanted list. In March 2023, it became known that another libel case was brought against him - this time because of the statement of film director Nikita Mikhalkov, whom the journalist accused of deforestation in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The two cases were later merged.\nIn April 2023, the Kommersant newspaper reported that a case of illegal business activity had been opened against Karaulov because at least 50 flats in Moscow were registered to him and his relatives, which, according to the investigation, the journalist illegally rented out through third parties. The journalist's lawyer said that the criminal case, \"if was initiated, then was initiated against unidentified persons.\" We do not have sufficient grounds to consider this case political.\nIn June 2023, Karaulov was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 128.1 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Karaulov's libel case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the statement of Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov in connection with the journalist's comment about the construction of incinerators. Later, another episode was added in connection with the statement of film director Nikita Mikhalkov, whom Karaulov accused of cutting down forests in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The journalist repeatedly stated in his Telegram channel, as well as in an interview with Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon in January 2022 that the film director was cutting down forests for his furniture factory.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rechkQS7WrcUu6E1t"},{"persecution_id":"reczbedaITgTOFZmF","last_updated":"2026-04-28T22:19:30.000Z","person_id":"recpDXoof14rvE3wD","name_en":"Dmitrii Kicha","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, a former employee of the Promtechnologia arms factory and a shooting instructor. In April 2023, he was detained and taken into custody on charges of high treason. On 7 October 2024, Kicha was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony. A case was also initiated against him for participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons","Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":684,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Kicha's case of high treason","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.11.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Khakassia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Khakassia","verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-06T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-04-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kicha-dmitrij-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reczbedaITgTOFZmF"},{"persecution_id":"rec7avKNRpmjvZXMV","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:09:55.000Z","person_id":"recDcFobL5BiL8Rk9","name_en":"Andrei Masalsky","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ufa, bard. In January 2022, he was searched as part of a case on calls to extremism and terrorism because of his aggressive statements about Putin and Sechin, as well as about Muslims. In May 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 300,000 rubles. Masalsky died on 26 August 2023. He was removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list only on 4 October 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2024-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"protest_event_en":"Rally in defence of Sergei Furgal on October 10, 2020","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Masalsky's case of calls to extremism and terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 2 and 11 October 2020, he spoke harshly about the actions of the police dispersing protest marches in Khabarovsk and called on demonstrators to beat police officers; in particular, mentioning that \"Puk\" had given police officers \"the right of death penalty without trial\". In addition, on 15 October, noting that while the people are impoverished, the president \"pays Sechin 5 million a day,\" wrote: \"Shoot ... Putin and Sechin\", thus realising \"a criminal intent aimed at calling on an unlimited number of people to commit an attack on the life of the President of the Russian Federation in order to stop his state and other political activities\". In addition, on 31 October, commenting on the terrorist attack in Nice, in foul language called for \"banning [the Muslim religion] as well all other religions.\" On 3 November, referring to the terrorist attack in Vienna, he wrote that it was necessary to \"expel them [Asians and Africans] to their wild countries\" - these two posts were regarded as the implementation of \"criminal intent aimed at calling on an unlimited number of people to destroy Muslims and violence against representatives of certain immigrant nationalities\".","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec7avKNRpmjvZXMV"},{"persecution_id":"recNdgd8uQNrix4BP","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"recgs4dVnItURyylA","name_en":" Unknown female 28","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ivanovo. In October 2022, a case was brought against her for damaging memorials to defenders of the Fatherland because she had extinguished the Eternal Flame while intoxicated. Later the charge was reclassified to vandalism. 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A case was opened against him for participation in a terrorist organisation and for undergoing training to carry out terrorist actions. 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According to investigators, he took part in combat operations against civilians and servicemen of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) while serving with the Donbass–Ukraine battalion. On February 11, 2025, he was sentenced to five years and ten months in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1078,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":154,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ukrainian servicemen's case of participation in the Donbass-Ukraine battalion","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, he took part in combat operations as a member of the Donbass Battalion and its unit, the 46th Separate Donbass-Ukraine Assault Battalion, in the territories of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics. In April 2016, he left the unit voluntarily but did not report his service during filtration procedures. 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Makarenko was taken into custody on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization: according to investigators, he participated in military operations against civilians and DPR servicemen as part of the Donbass-Ukraine Battalion. On February 11, 2025, Makarenko was sentenced to five years and eight months in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1078,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":154,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ukrainian servicemen's case of participation in the Donbass-Ukraine battalion","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, from February to March 2022, while serving with the 46th Separate Assault Battalion \"Donbass-Ukraine\" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, he participated in combat operations against civilians and DPR military personnel. \"While in the temporarily occupied territory of the DPR in the village of Stepnoye, Volnovakha District, and in Volnovakha, he fired towards the positions of DPR People's Militia personnel\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 09.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.07.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.02.2025, Sentence: 5 years and 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":68,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-11T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-11T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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At the checkpoints, he performed illegal service and searched the documents of civilians\". In April 2016, he left the unit of his own volition, but did not report his service during the filtration measures. The battalion in which he served was recognised as a \"terrorist organization\" by a DPR court in 2016; it is not on the unified list of terrorist organizations published by the Russian Federal Security Service.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 09.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.07.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.02.2025, Sentence: 5 years 8 months' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 8 months' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":68,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-11T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-11T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Usenko is under a recognisance not to leave the country.\n\nMembers of the Jehovah’s Witnesses community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities, such as holding meetings and worship services and attracting new followers.\n\nOn 13 February 2025 Usenko was sentenced to a fine of 600 thousand rubles.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2022-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":805,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":115,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yoshkar-Ola","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with others, \"with the observance of conspiracy measures, he took actions to continue the illegal activities... of the religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses \"Yoshkar-Ola\" by calling meetings of followers of the religious doctrine.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2025, Sentence: The fine in the amount of 600 thousand rubles.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"The fine in the amount of 600 thousand rubles.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 07-11-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46151/?sphrase_id=2746471\n• Support for political prisoners. 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Buryi was given a recognisance not to leave. \n\nRepresentatives of the Jehovah's Witnesses community are prosecuted under extremist articles exclusively in connection with religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 13 February 2025, Buryi was sentenced to a fine of 600,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1038,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":148,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yoshkar-Ola","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"continued the activities of the religious organisation.... by convening meetings of followers of the religious beliefs (doctrine) of Jehovah's Witnesses and directly participating in them\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2025, Sentence: a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 07-11-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46151/?sphrase_id=2746471\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recaTLyqc5x3VzUjO"},{"persecution_id":"recRrYaki6RfWUBeY","last_updated":"2025-12-23T15:34:47.000Z","person_id":"recSa5TFL0tGTDhV9","name_en":"Sergey Naimushin","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Yoshkar-Ola. He is on a recognisance not to leave as part of a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community.\n\nRepresentatives of the Jehovah's Witnesses community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely in connection with religious activities: holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 13 February 2025, Naimushin was sentenced to a fine of 600,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2025-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1038,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":148,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yoshkar-Ola","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"continued the activities of the religious organisation.... by convening meetings of followers of the religious beliefs (doctrine) of Jehovah's Witnesses and directly participating in them\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2025, Sentence: a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 07-11-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46151/?sphrase_id=2746471\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recRrYaki6RfWUBeY"},{"persecution_id":"recAsmcetam7e0ofv","last_updated":"2025-04-10T18:12:39.000Z","person_id":"recLpU9SIfSWE3vcj","name_en":"Igor Alekseev","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Yoshkar-Ola. On 25 April 2023, he was brought in as a defendant in a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Alekseev was given a recognisance not to leave.\n\nRepresentatives of the Jehovah's Witnesses community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely in connection with religious activities: holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 13 February 2025, Alekseev was sentenced to a fine of 600,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1038,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":148,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yoshkar-Ola","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"continued the activities of the religious organisation.... by convening meetings of followers of the religious beliefs (doctrine) of Jehovah's Witnesses and directly participating in them\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2025, Sentence: a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 07-11-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46151/?sphrase_id=2746471\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recAsmcetam7e0ofv"},{"persecution_id":"recjGo22xXaelP044","last_updated":"2024-11-20T11:48:21.000Z","person_id":"reclC7bmYTEbKYiIp","name_en":"Olga Proshkina","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaluga, a member of the anti-fascist movement. In March 2022, a number of local activists had their homes searched, and the premises of a garage which served as the rehearsal space of a local band called Social Distancing were also examined. It became known that a case of public justification of terrorism had been opened because of leaflets with a picture of Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who had staged a self-detonation in the building of the FSB in the Arkhangelsk region. On October 18, 2022, Proshkina was sentenced to a fine of 150,000 rubles.\nIn November 2024, the prosecutor's office filed a statement of claim with the court to recognise the \"public organisation\" and the rock band (which by then had already been disbanded for over two years) Social Distancing as a terrorist organisation, with Proshkina listed as one of the founders of such organization and an active participant.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaluga"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":231,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of leaflets with Mikhail Zhlobitsky's photo in Kaluga","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, she was involved in pasting leaflets with Mikhail Zhlobitsky's photo.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.10.2022, Sentence: a fine of 150 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 150 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-18T10:34:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-18T10:34:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recjGo22xXaelP044"},{"persecution_id":"recGXKajGTqBAM8Uw","last_updated":"2024-11-20T11:46:32.000Z","person_id":"recxuxEBvw4PrNyS9","name_en":"Alexander Stolbin","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaluga, a member of the anti-fascist movement. In March 2022, some local activists had their homes searched, and the garage premises where a local \"Social Distancing\" musician group rehearsed were also examined. It became known that a case of public justification of terrorism had been opened because of leaflets with a picture of Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who had staged a self-detonation in the building of the FSB in the Arkhangelsk region. On 18 October 2022, Stolbin was sentenced to a fine of 150,000 rubles.\nIn November 2024, the prosecutor's office filed a statement of claim with the court to recognise the \"public organisation\" and rock band (which by then had already been disbanded for over two years) Social Distancing as a terrorist organisation; Stolbin was listed as one of the founders and leader.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaluga"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":231,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of leaflets with Mikhail Zhlobitsky's photo in Kaluga","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in pasting leaflets with Mikhail Zhlobitsky's photo.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.10.2022, Sentence: a fine of 150 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 150 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2022-10-18T10:34:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-10-18T10:34:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recGXKajGTqBAM8Uw"},{"persecution_id":"recJQ7EbkzMc2cpG2","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"recQrXptuFXb6vbRp","name_en":"Ruslan Abdullaev","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Makhachkala. On 12 March 2022, he was detained and taken into custody on 14 March on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the \"citizens of the USSR\" movement. On 7 September 2023, Abdullayev was sentenced to two years and two months in a general regime colony and released in the courtroom due to having completed his sentence. The prosecutor's office appealed the sentence, considering it too lenient, while Abdullaev, unlike the vast majority of those accused of involvement in the \"Makhachkala Executive Committee of the DASSR\", was sentenced to a real term. On 30 November 2023, the appeal court added 6 months of restriction of liberty to the sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":396,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Citizens of USSR case in Makhachkala"],"case_name_en":"The case of Zainulla Abdullaev","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"acting deliberately, on the grounds of political hatred, as well as out of other personal interest, expressed in the desire to stand out from the general mass and get a higher social position in society, realising the public danger of his actions, fully supporting and sharing the principles of the ideology of the Interregional Public Association USSR (Interregional Public Association Union of Slavic Forces of Russia), being reliably aware that in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court of the Komi Republic of 11.07.2019, the activities of the International Public Association USSR on the territory of the Republic of Komi is forbidden, foreseeing the inevitability of socially dangerous consequences in the form of undermining the foundations of the constitutional order, the integrity and security of the Russian Federation, inciting social strife, and violating the rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests of individuals and citizens depending on their social affiliation, and desiring their occurrence, he joined a structural unit of this organization — the executive committee of the Council of People's Deputies of the city of Makhachkala of the DASSR/RSFSR, positioning himself as an active participant.\" In particular, \"in the period from 01.12.2019 to 23.10.2020 at least twice a week he took part in conspiratorial meetings of members of the executive committee of the Council of People's Deputies of the city of Makhachkala DASSR/RRS and the executive committee of the Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR held by another person known to the investigation, actively participating in the voting on the appointment of members of the organisation to positions in its structure, propagated the ideology of the Interregional Public Association USSR to the present persons, and also carried out propaganda of hatred towards the state authorities of the Russian Federation, urged them to refuse to pay taxes, housing and communal payments, and not to fulfil civil law obligations. In addition, in the period from 01.12.2019 to 23.10.2020, for conspiratorial purposes, he kept in his house agitation materials - leaflets and brochures, as well as organisational and administrative documents of the Interregional Public Association USSR and the executive committee of the Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR.\" In addition, \"pursuing the extremist goals of the organisation\", together with another person known to the investigation, \"in violation of Federal Law No.114 \"On Combating Extremist Activity\", acting on the grounds of political hatred, as well as out of other personal interest connected with the desire to stand out from the general mass and to obtain a higher social position in society, organised the activities of a subdivision of the USSR International Public Association in the territory of the Republic of Dagestan, having accepted its ideology and realising its purpose of functioning, and wishing to continue its extremist activities in the territory of the Republic of Dagestan under conditions of secrecy, performed the following organisational functions:\n\n- not wishing to be detected by the law enforcement agencies, observing strict measures of secrecy, by means of mobile communication using the messenger WhatsApp, coordinated their actions to organise the activities of the executive committee of the Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR;\n\n- organised and held at least 145 conspiratorial meetings, during which they propagandised to their participants the ideology of the Interregional Public Association USSR, and also carried out propaganda of hatred towards the state bodies of the Russian Federation, called for refusal to pay taxes, housing and communal payments, failure to fulfil civil legal obligations, and evasion of voting on issues of national, regional or local importance;\n\n- In order to increase the number of supporters of the cell of the USSR International Non-Governmental Organisation led by them, they systematically organised the distribution of information promoting the activities and ideology of the USSR International Non-Governmental Organisation via the Internet;\n\n- Using computer equipment, organised the production and distribution to an unlimited number of persons of propaganda materials such as leaflets, notices and brochures calling for the achievement of the above extremist goals;\n\n- using the services of a printing house, organised the production of propaganda materials: leaflets, notices, brochures calling for the achievement of the extremist goals of the organisation, certificates and letterheads of the Interregional Public Association USSR, confirming the affiliation of the organisation's members to the executive committee of the Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR, as well as the citizenship of the USSR;\n\n- at a place not identified by the investigation, organised the production of company mastic seals of the USSR International Public Association for stamping on certificates and letterheads of the USSR International Public Association, confirming the affiliation of the organisation's members to the executive committee of the Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR, as well as the citizenship of the USSR;\n\n- recruited a new member to the organisation, namely, on 25.09.2021, at approximately 14:00 hours, tried to involve by means of persuasion and proposals a resident of Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, into the activities of the executive committee of the Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR\".","persecution_location_en":"At 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Detained on 12 March 2022. On 14 March, he was taken into custody on charges of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the \"citizens of USSR movement\".  He was later transferred under house arrest. 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On 12 March 2022, detained and taken into custody on 14 March on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to involvement in the movement of \"citizens of the USSR\". On 12 May 2023, sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2025-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":426,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Citizens of USSR case in Makhachkala"],"case_name_en":"Sharab Davudov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"acting deliberately, on the grounds of political hatred, as well as out of other personal interest, expressed in the desire to stand out from the general mass and get a higher social position in society, realising the public danger of his actions, fully supporting and sharing the principles of the ideology of the International Public Association \"USSR\" (Interregional Public Association \"Union of Slavic Forces of Russia\", being reliably aware that in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court of the Komi Republic of 11.07.2019, the activities of the International Public Association \"USSR\" on the territory of the Republic of Komi, \"in particular, from 01.12.2019 to 23.10.2020 took part in conspiratorial meetings of the members of the executive committee of \"USSR\" held by another person known to the investigation at least twice a week. In particular, \"in the period from 01.12.2019 to 23.10.2020 took part in conspiratorial meetings of members of the executive committee of the \"Council of People's Deputies of the city of Makhachkala DASSR/RRS\" held by another person known to the investigation at least twice a week. Makhachkala DASSR/RFSR\" and the executive committee of the \"Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR\", actively participating in the voting on the appointment of members of the organisation to positions in its structure, propagated the ideology of the \"USSR\" MPO to the persons present, as well as carried out propaganda of hatred towards the state authorities of the Russian Federation, urged them to refuse to pay taxes, housing and communal payments, and not to fulfil civil law obligations. In addition, in the period from 01.12.2019 to 23.10.2020, for conspiratorial purposes, he kept in his house agitation materials - leaflets and brochures, as well as organisational and administrative documents of the NGO \"USSR\" and the executive committee of the \"Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR\".\" In addition, \"pursuing the extremist goals of the organisation\", together with another person known to the investigation, \"in violation of Federal Law No. 114-FZ \"On Combating Extremist Activity\", acting on the grounds of political hatred, as well as out of other personal interest connected with the desire to stand out from the general mass and to obtain a higher social position in society, organised the activities of a subdivision of the USSR International Public Association in the territory of the Republic of Dagestan, having accepted its ideology and realising its purpose of functioning, and wishing to continue its activities.\n\n- not wishing to be detected by the law enforcement agencies, observing strict measures of secrecy, by means of mobile communication using the messenger WhatsApp, coordinated and coordinated their actions to organise the activities of the executive committee of the Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR;\n\n- organised and held at least 145 conspiratorial meetings, during which they propagandised to their participants the ideology of the MOO \"USSR\", and also carried out propaganda of hatred towards the state bodies of the Russian Federation, called for refusal to pay taxes, housing and communal payments, failure to fulfil civil legal obligations, and evasion of voting on issues of national, regional or local importance;\n\n- In order to increase the number of supporters of the cell of the USSR International Non-Governmental Organisation led by them, they systematically organised the distribution of information promoting the activities and ideology of the USSR International Non-Governmental Organisation via the Internet;\n\n- Using computer equipment, organised the production and distribution to an unlimited number of persons of propaganda materials - 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On March, 12, 2022, she was detained and on March 14, taken into custody on charges of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the \"citizens of the USSR\" movement. On April, 12, 2023, she was sentenced to three and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":396,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Citizens of USSR case in Makhachkala"],"case_name_en":"The case against Tatiana Fomina","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"acting deliberately, on the grounds of political hatred, as well as out of other personal interest, expressed in the desire to stand out from the crowd and get a higher social position in society, realising the public danger of their actions, fully supporting and sharing the principles of the ideology of the International Public Association \"USSR\" (Interregional Public Association \"Union of Slavic Forces of Russia\", being reliably aware that in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court of the Komi Republic dated July 11, 2019, the activities of the International Public Association \"USSR\" on the territory of the IPA \"USSR\" on the territory of the Russian Federation are prohibited and recognized as extremist, foreseeing the inevitability of the onset of socially dangerous consequences in the form of undermining the foundations of the constitutional order, integrity and security of the Russian Federation, inciting social discord, violating the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of a person and citizen depending on his social affiliation, and desiring their onset, joined a structural subdivision of this association - the executive committee of the \"Council of People's Deputies of the city of Makhachkala DASSR/RSFSR”, positioning itself as its active participant.” In particular, \"in the period from 01.12.2019 to 23.10.2020 she took part in conspiratorial meetings held by another person known to the investigation, at least twice a week of members of the executive committee of the \"Council of People's Deputies of the City of Makhachkala DASSR/RFSR\" and the executive committee of the \"Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR\", actively participating in the voting on the appointment of members of the organisation to positions in its structure, propagated the ideology of the IPA \"USSR\" to the persons present, and also carried out propaganda of hatred towards the state authorities of the Russian Federation, urged them to refuse to pay taxes, housing and communal payments, not to fulfil civil law obligations. In addition, from 01.12.2019 to 23.10.2020, for conspiratorial purposes, she kept agitation materials in her home - leaflets and brochures, as well as organisational and administrative documents of the IPA \"USSR\" and the executive committee of the \"Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR as part of the RSFSR/USSR\". In addition, \"pursuing the extremist goals of the organisation\", together with another person known to the investigation, \"in violation of Federal Law No. 114-FZ \"On Combating Extremist Activity\", acting on the grounds of political hatred, as well as out of other personal interest connected with the desire to stand out from the crowd and to obtain a higher social position in society, organised the activities of a subdivision of the IPA \"USSR\" in the territory of the Republic of Dagestan, having accepted its ideology and realising its purpose of functioning, and wishing to continue its activities:\n\n- not wishing to be detected by law enforcement agencies, observing strict measures of secrecy, by means of mobile communication using the messenger WhatsApp, they agreed and coordinated their actions to organise the activities of the executive committee of the Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR;\n\n- they organised and held at least 145 conspiratorial meetings, during which they propagandised the ideology of the IPA \"USSR\" to their participants, and also carried out propaganda of hatred towards the state bodies of the Russian Federation, called for refusal to pay taxes, housing and communal payments, failure to fulfil civil legal obligations, and evasion of voting on issues of national, regional or local importance;\n\n- in order to increase the number of supporters of the headed cell of the IPA \"USSR\", they systematically organised the distribution of information promoting the activities and ideology of the IPA \"USSR\" via the Internet;\n\n- using computer technology, they organised the production and distribution to an unlimited number of persons of agitation materials - leaflets, notices, brochures - calling for the achievement of the above-mentioned extremist goals;\n\n- using the services of a printing house, they organised the production of agitation materials - leaflets, notices, brochures calling for the achievement of the extremist goals of the organisation, certificates and letterheads of the IPA \"USSR\", confirming the affiliation of the organisation's members to the executive committee of the \"Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR\", as well as the citizenship of the USSR;\n\n- at a place not identified by the investigation, they organised the production of branded mastic seals of the IPA \"USSR\" for stamping on certificates and letterheads of the IPA \"USSR\", confirming the affiliation of the organisation's members to the executive committee of the \"Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR, as well as the citizenship of the USSR;\n\n- they recruited a new member to the organisation, namely, on September 25, 2021, at approximately 14:00 hours, they attempted to involve, by means of persuasion, persuasion and proposals, a resident of Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, into the activities of the executive committee of the \"Makhachkala City Council of People's Deputies of the Dagestan ASSR within the RSFSR/SSR\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2022-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.03.2022 to 14.03.2022\n• in custody: from 14.03.2022\n• house arrest:  to 28.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.04.2023, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty on probation for 3 years, prohibition to engage in activities related to the functioning of non-governmental public and political organisations for 3 years 6 months, 1 year 3 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty on probation for 3 years, prohibition to engage in activities related to the functioning of non-governmental public and political organisations for 3 years 6 months, 1 year 3 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-12T06:55:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-12T06:55:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec65aXgldlNbW2Oo"},{"persecution_id":"reck6xtbz4l7eVJ4i","last_updated":"2024-12-16T14:13:13.000Z","person_id":"reccRKIcQfHJh8VCi","name_en":"Mykola Martyniuk","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Luhansk region (Ukraine). In the past - military serviceman. From August 2014 to 20 July 2015, he served in the 24th separate assault battalion of the AFU \"Aidar\" on mobilisation. Supposedly detained in April 2022 in the occupied territory of Luhansk region. Taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist community in connection with service in the \"Aidar\" battalion. On 5 December 2023, Martynyuk was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":703,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":100,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nikolay Martynyuk","persecution_case_profile_en":"Martynyuk is accused of serving as a private in the 24th Territorial Defense Battalion of the AFU \"Aidar\", which the Russian authorities consider as participation in a terrorist community. The investigation has no evidence of specific terrorist acts committed by Martyniuk. It is known that he was on duty at checkpoints and guarded the \"Aidar\" deployment point. Mykola Martyniuk does not deny this. He claims that he was mobilised on the basis of the decree of the President of Ukraine and was fulfilling his military duty. He insists that he was not a member of a terrorist organization or community but served in the 24th Territorial Defense Battalion of the AFU \"Aidar.\"","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.04.2022 to 28.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.02.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.12.2023, Sentence: 5 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-05T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-05T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Kuzmenko was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist community, she was taken recognizance not to leave . 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At the end of April, his relatives learnt that he was in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist community. On 18 June 2024, Tsarevsky was sentenced to imprisonment, term unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel","Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":831,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":118,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Piotr Tsarevsky's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The version of the investigators was that the \"Self-Defence of Starobelsk\" joined the AFU battalion \"Aidar\", which was a terrorist community. Tsarevsky joined the \"Self-Defence\" in April 2014, before it joined Aidar. The investigation claims that Tsarevsky had the intention to participate in this community in order to destabilise the situation in the Luhansk People's Republic and in the Russian Federation. For this purpose, Tsarevsky was on duty at checkpoints.\n\nPiotr Tsarevsky does not deny participation in the self-defence, but claims that this structure was created by local residents to restore order and protect the property of citizens at a time when there was actually no legitimate authority in Starobelsk. Piotr Tsarevsky denies involvement in terrorism.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.03.2022\n• in custody:  to 29.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.06.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 02-12-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-4-byvshih-voennosluzhashhih-batalona-ajdar/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec9svAzMFjCa1SAc"},{"persecution_id":"recEOxhHJR87YqzmY","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:09:15.000Z","person_id":"recPdEXGKWbbDr3yp","name_en":"Nariman Derman","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attOPVEvEs48dHUeQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attOPVEvEs48dHUeQ.jpg"],"birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He is a resident of the Genichesky district of the Kherson region of Ukraine. He was detained on 7 February 2024 on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation; the next day the court in Crimea ordered that he be taken into custody. According to his wife, he suffered an epileptic seizure while in court: when he was detained, she informed the authorities about his disability and was promised in response that her husband would be released after a conversation. The family did not have the original disability certificate at that moment – the wife had turned it in, because, in her own words, she was arranging care for him. According to the investigation, Derman participated in the activities of the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion. Human rights activists believe that by the time Derman joined the battalion according to the investigation, the formation was no longer functioning. According to his wife, Derman had regular seizures in court and could not fully participate in the trial. In October 2024, he was sentenced to 3.5 years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nIn June 2025, Derman was informed that he had been stripped of his Russian citizenship, which he had obtained in 2023 as part of forced passportisation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_group_en":["The case of the three of involvement in the activities of the Noman Chelebijihan Battalion"],"case_name_en":"Nariman Derman’s case of participating in the activities of the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2016 he joined the Crimean-Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody:  to 01.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 31.12.2024 to 21.01.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2024 to 31.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.01.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 3 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-12-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-dursunova-kestana-i-dermana/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recEOxhHJR87YqzmY"},{"persecution_id":"recKEhwvvNYDScBl7","last_updated":"2026-02-27T09:27:21.000Z","person_id":"recd6VJX7yrbuyfLL","name_en":"Yaroslav Vladyko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attau0rgvzTJ1LHsj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attau0rgvzTJ1LHsj.jpeg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He lived in Moscow and worked as a packer. On August 23, 2022, he was detained on allegations of using obscene language and harassing passersby, and a protocol was filed for petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Administrative Offenses Code). The following day, a court sentenced him to 12 days of administrative arrest. The \"Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial\" project reports that, as stated (apparently in the administrative case materials), during questioning related to the case, Vladyko allegedly expressed his intention to travel to Ukraine and join the military formation \"Right Sector\" to participate in combat on Ukraine's side. A case of preparation for participation in the activities of an extremist organization was opened against him. On 1 September, Vladyko was taken into custody. Later, he was also accused of preparing for high treason. Initially, he pleaded guilty, but in court, he stated that his confession was given under pressure, including physical coercion. According to the case materials, a backpack with a Right Sector chevron sewn on the inside, a printout of the train schedule Moscow - Minsk - Grodno - Warsaw, a set of military uniforms and a first-aid kit were found at Vladyko's home. Vladyko stated at the trial that he did not know the origin of these items. The lawyer noted that they were found a week after the first search, and the second search was conducted without photo fixation.\n\nOn 27 June 2023, Vladyko was sentenced to 10 years in a strict regime colony. On 21 November 2023, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.\n\nOn 7 November 2024, Vladyko was stripped of his Russian citizenship.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":307,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Yaroslav Vladyko's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 9 June 2022, while corresponding on Instagram with a \"previously known to him\" AFU serviceman, \"expressed negative judgments about the current government in the Russian Federation and declared his intention to travel to Ukraine to join Right Sector to participate in combat operations against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.\" \"Wishing to confirm his determination to participate in the activities of Right Sector,\" he ordered the organization's chevron on the Internet, as well as a set of field uniforms and a medical kit. He planned to leave Moscow on 15 September 2022 by rail, transiting through Minsk to Poland, \"with further movement to the territory of Ukraine to join the AFU\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2022 to 21.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 23.08.2022\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.11.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.06.2023, Sentence: 10 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 100,000 rubles, a ban on administering websites for 3 years, and 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 100,000 rubles, a ban on administering websites for 3 years, and 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":118,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-27T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-01-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/vladyko-yaroslav-nikolaevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recKEhwvvNYDScBl7"},{"persecution_id":"receuBgAmwOcMvby4","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recfFRWrGEkn5kfQ4","name_en":"Andrei Serezhenko","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Kherson, he was detained on 29 June 2022. According to his relatives, he was held at \"Steklotara,\" one of the most notorious unofficial sites for torture and detention in occupied Kherson, located on the premises of a former glass-container collection and storage facility. On 2 September 2022, his relatives were informed that Serezhenko had been removed from the site. Official Russian state media reported that he was involved in organising the car bombing targeting Yevgeny Sobolev, then head of the Kherson region’s Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service. A criminal case was initiated against Serezhenko for committing a terrorist act and possession of explosives. He was not granted the formal status of a suspect until February 2024; prior to this, he was held in an undisclosed location where he was repeatedly interrogated in the presence of journalists from state-controlled media outlets (the court subsequently credited the period from 6 July 2022 to the date the sentence entered into legal force toward his prison term). Another defendant in the same case, Oleg Pronko, died in custody under unclear circumstances. On 6 August 2024, the court returned Serezhenko’s case for further investigation. The charge was reclassified from \"committing a terrorist act\" to \"committing an act of international terrorism,\" apparently due to the fact that, as of June 2022, Kherson was not yet considered part of the Russian Federation's territory. During the retrial, the court reclassified the charge from \"committing an act of international terrorism\" to \"aiding and abetting such an act.\" On 13 May 2025, Serezhenko was sentenced to 17 years in a strict-regime penal colony. As of March 2026, he is being held in a pre-trial detention centre in Chechnya.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1049,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":149,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 361 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222.1","361"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 361"],"case_name_en":"The case of involvement in an assassination attempt on Evgenii Sobolev, the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service in Kherson Region, ","case_number":"1-193/2025 (1-551/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with an accomplice, \"acting on instructions from the Ukrainian GUR, he participated in organising the car bombing of the head of the FSIN in the Kherson region, Evgenii Sobolev\": in his own car, he transported Vasilii Biblenko, who had an explosive device in his backpack, to the public garden between Parovoznaya Street and Admiral Senyavin Avenue in Kherson. An hour later, he returned and drove Biblenko to the latter's home, where he provided him with medical assistance.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2022\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 13.05.2025, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment, with the first 2 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime colony, plus a fine of 300,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment, with the first 2 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime colony, plus a fine of 300,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/seryozhenko-andrej-nikolaevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"receuBgAmwOcMvby4"},{"persecution_id":"recEM1OFcJMAeCqE2","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recThGNPBUHLpQqB0","name_en":"Oleg Pronko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Kherson. No later than early July 2022, he was detained; official Russian media reported that he was accused of organizing an assassination attempt on Evgenii Sobolev, then head of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Kherson Region. He died in custody. In May 2024, the criminal prosecution against him was discontinued.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"case_name_en":"The case of involvement in an assassination attempt on Evgenii Sobolev, the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service in Kherson Region, ","case_number":"1-193/2025 (1-551/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with an accomplice he \"on instructions from the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine participated in organizing the bombing of the car of Evgeniy Sobolev, head of the Federal Penitentiary Service in Kherson Region\".","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEM1OFcJMAeCqE2"},{"persecution_id":"recYaTIqvGYa6ECS2","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:33:33.000Z","person_id":"recYsu81r3f3Ywmxq","name_en":"Alexander Kalistratov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Gorno-Altaisk, a city in Western Siberia. Worked as a psychologist, then in the field of cleaning and building maintenance. In 2000, a criminal case was opened against him for refusing to take up arms, the details are unknown. Kalistratov spent 21 days in custody, then he was released on recognizance not to leave. The court later acquitted him.\n\nIn August 2010, Kalistratov was charged with incitement to hatred in connection with the distribution of banned Jehovah's Witnesses materials. On 14 April 2011, he was acquitted. On 26 May, the appeal court overturned the verdict. On 3 November 2011, at a retrial, Kalistratov was sentenced to 100 hours of correctional labour. On 22 December 2011, the appeal court overturned this sentence and dismissed the case.\n\nOn 16 January 2022, Kalistratov was searched. After the interrogation, he signed a recognizance not to leave. A case was opened against him for organising the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. On 17 February 2023, Kalistratov was sentenced to six and a half years suspended prison sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gorno-Altaysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AL"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":397,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Kalistratov on organizing activities of an extremist organization","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from October 2008 to 31 December 2009, with the help of co-religionists, he distributed literature (48 titles in total) promoting religious and social discord and inciting hatred towards the Orthodox and Catholic religions, their representatives and clergymen.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measures_en":"• : from 16.01.2022 to 20.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 20.04.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.02.2023, Sentence: 6 years 6 months'  of suspended prison sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months'  of suspended prison sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-02-17T06:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-02-17T06:40:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 21-04-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47669/?sphrase_id=2750871\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recYaTIqvGYa6ECS2"},{"persecution_id":"recRoL1zE5ZCrRbSA","last_updated":"2025-04-29T18:20:14.000Z","person_id":"rec5fAEbZ3AXxfXhu","name_en":"Aleksei Ovchar ","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky resident, he worked as a Chinese language teacher, translator, and manager in a trading company. In September 2022, a case was brought against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities, such as holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. On 25 December 2023 the investigation was suspended, but on 15 October 2024 it was resumed. The case went to trial. The prosecutor announced that Ovchar's guilt lay in his participation in 12 worship meetings. The defence stated that he had attended only one of these meetings. On 26 February 2025, Ovchar was sentenced to six years' probation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":885,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":126,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"case_name_en":"Aleksei Ovchar's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Accused of \"convening meetings, organising collective religious speeches and worship services in accordance with the ideology of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious association at these meetings... Conducted planned training with other persons on the postulates of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious association\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 22.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 22.04.2025 to 21.04.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.02.2025, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recRoL1zE5ZCrRbSA"},{"persecution_id":"reciSXQ9Do3HcUjjc","last_updated":"2025-02-07T11:33:04.000Z","person_id":"recL9Ew1yUJFU5Kb0","name_en":"Vitaly Ryazanov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-05-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kherson region of Ukraine. On 4 September 2022, he was kidnapped from his home by unknown persons. After some time his relatives learnt that he was being kept in the basement of the police department in a neighbouring village. Ryazanov was kept there for more than two months, then he was transported to Crimea and taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an illegal armed formation. On 28 April 2023, he was sentenced to five years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Armiansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":236,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Case of Vitaly Ryazanov on participation in an illegal armed formation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 14 November 2022, he tried to enter Crimea by his own means. On the same day, the FSB received information about his involvement in the activities of the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan. According to the investigation, he had been taking an active part in the battalion's activities during the period from December 2015 to November 2017. Later, without notifying the state authorities of the Russian Federation about the termination of participation in the battalion, he continued his activities as part of the illegal armed formation. He ws performing functions \"related to the inspection of persons and vehicles at checkpoints on the State border between Ukraine and the Republic of Crimea of the Russian Federation as well as guarding the facilities of the illegal armed formation\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.11.2022 to 11.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.07.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.04.2023, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment, of which the first year in jail and the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment, of which the first year in jail and the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-28T10:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-28T10:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-01-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ryazanov-vitalij-sergeevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reciSXQ9Do3HcUjjc"},{"persecution_id":"recAHCcTOT6WbUTqK","last_updated":"2025-12-19T19:47:11.000Z","person_id":"recjxsXge6YJuvhiJ","name_en":"Pavel Gladkii","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Stavropol. On 22 September 2022, he was detained for pasting anti-war leaflets. In a letter from the pre-trial detention centre he noted that he was officially arrested only on September 30. What happened to him between these dates remains unknown. No information could be found indicating that he was subjected to administrative detention during this period. On 26 September 2022, an administrative case was filed in court for discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) due to the anti-war leaflets Gladkiy had pasted up. On 12 December 2022, he was fined 15 thousand rubles (US$ 186) for this case. On 30 September Gladkii was taken into custody on charges of high treason (in his letter he specifies that he took the text of the leaflets from the Telegram channel of the Freedom of Russia Legion) and preparing to commit a terrorist act (the details of this charge are unknown). On 29 October 2024, Gladkii was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Stavropol"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":768,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":109,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Gladkii's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The charge of high treason is related to the fact that Gladkii pasted up and distributed leaflets condemning the \"special military operation\"  in mailboxes, the text of which he took from the telegram channel of the Freedom of Russia Legion.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.09.2022 to 06.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Stavropol Territory\n• in custody: from 07.12.2023 to 16.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• in custody: from 17.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 10.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.10.2024, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-29T06:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-29T06:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 29-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gladkij-pavel-petrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recAHCcTOT6WbUTqK"},{"persecution_id":"recDp6QO2wiSMka9F","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:09:04.000Z","person_id":"recHQFO1dNqBYTwpa","name_en":"Aleksei Maksimov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Mariupol (Ukraine). In May 2018, he got a job in the Azov battalion as a mechanic, repairing vehicles. According to his own words, he did not participate in combat missions. On 22 February 2022, two days before the invasion of the Russian Federation, together with the rest of the employees of the auto repair base was sent to the plant \"Azovstal\". At the same time, he, like the others, was issued weapons. Maksimov was there until 16 May, when the company commander announced that they were surrendering. According to him, they had no weapons on them when they surrendered. Maksimov was accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation and receiving training to carry out terrorist activities. On 21 October 2024, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony. On 4 July 2025, Maksimov was handed over to Ukraine as part of a prisoner-of-war exchange.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2025-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1024,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":146,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of four servicemen of the Azov Bridage"],"case_name_en":"Aleksei Maksimov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was that Maksimov served in the special purpose unit \"Azov\" of the National Guard of Ukraine as a mechanic and underwent military training and car repair training in the village of Urzuf.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 04.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.10.2024, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-21T14:51:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-21T14:51:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-02-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-voennosluzhashhih-azova-danilchuka-maksimova-musafirova-i-pogrebnyaka/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recDp6QO2wiSMka9F"},{"persecution_id":"recixzewunHQbeeAM","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recubxaqBSCG5mjLr","name_en":"Oleg Bogdanov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kherson region of Ukraine, former deputy head of the transport and communications department of the Kherson City Council. He was detained on 29 July 2022. On 2 August, explosives were seized from his flat. Later he told that after the detention he was kept in the basement, where he confessed, although he was not familiar with the others prosecuted in the criminal case. On 6 October, he was transported to Simferopol, where he was formally charged with preparation and attempted commission of an act of international terrorism and taken into custody. On 30 January 2026, Bogdanov was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast","Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1281,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":183,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 361 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 361 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","361","361"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 1, Article 361","Part 1, Article 361"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the attempted murder of the employees of the military-civil administration of Kherson region"],"case_name_en":"The case of the nine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in a terrorist community created by the SBU officers, from March to August 2022 he carried out surveillance of the places of visits and routes of the employees of the Kherson region VGA and Russian military personnel \"for the further commission of acts of international terrorism\". Secretly, using his personal vehicle, he transported \"instruments and means of committing crimes from the AFU-controlled territory of Ukraine to the city of Kherson\" and stored them \"in caches he had equipped for this purpose for subsequent transfer to the direct perpetrators of acts of international terrorism from among the participants of the terrorist community\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.10.2022 to 01.10.2022\n• in custody: from 01.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2026, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-9-obvinyaemyh-v-terrorizme-zhitelej-hersona/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recixzewunHQbeeAM"},{"persecution_id":"recWh0KXgJeWde0TG","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recUWZFPknOTvdDhv","name_en":"Sergei Geidt","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kherson region, Ukraine, an auto mechanic (according to other sources, the head of a fishing enterprise). On July 8 (according to other sources, July 19), 2022, he was detained and then kept in the basement. He said that he was tortured, in particular, with electric shocks, beaten, his hands were crushed in a door, and needles were inserted under his fingernails. For seven days, he was suspended from a metal grate. On October 6, 2022, he was transported to Simferopol, prior to that, he had been forced to sign several sheets, the contents of which were hidden from him. In Simferopol he was formally remanded in custody. On October 14, he was transferred to Moscow. Geidt was charged with attempted commission of an act of international terrorism and participation in the activities of a terrorist community. During the investigation, he confessed, in particular, that he had personally informed the occupation administration of Kherson that an assassination attempt was being prepared on its employee Aleksei Kovalev. Later, in court, he retracted this testimony, saying that he had given it under threat of beatings and harm to his wife and daughter. In court, he also pointed out that the addresses and names of villages listed in the records concerning attesting witnesses did not exist. On January 26, 2026, Geidt  was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast","Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1490,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":212,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 361 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","361"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 1, Article 361"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the attempted murder of the employees of the military-civil administration of Kherson region"],"case_name_en":"The case of the nine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in a terrorist community allegedly created by officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and, from March to August 2022, conducted surveillance of locations visited and routes used by officials of the Kherson Regional Military-Civil Administration and Russian servicemen “for the purpose of subsequently committing acts of international terrorism.” \nTogether with Vasilii Stetsenko (who died as a result of beatings prior to the formal initiation of criminal proceedings), they allegedly manufactured an improvised explosive device (IED) “of an electrical, high-explosive type” and, “no later than July 16, 2022 <…> by unspecified means transported and covertly installed, using a magnet, the IED they had manufactured on a pier.” It is further alleged that, “having confirmed the arrival of Kherson Regional Military-Civil Administration official A.I. Kovalev and Russian servicemen providing his security at the pier located at: Kherson, Karantynnyi Island, geographical coordinates 46.603231°, 32.555766°, they repeatedly attempted to remotely activate the IED; however, no explosion occurred due to a possible technical malfunction.” \nFor the purpose of killing Kovalev, on July 11, 2022, Geidt transported Stetsenko by boat; Stetsenko then swam underwater and attached the IED beneath the pier to a support using a magnet, while Geidt waited in the reeds in the boat. Stetsenko subsequently swam to shore and waited for Kovalev to appear at the pier. As Kovalev approached the location where the IED had been installed, Stetsenko pressed the remote control several times, but for unknown reasons the device did not detonate. \nAfter these unsuccessful attempts, Geidt and Stetsenko, “under unspecified circumstances,” allegedly covertly removed the IED from the pier and transported it to an apartment in Kherson, where they “disassembled it and stored it until its seizure by law enforcement officers on August 2, 2022.”","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 01.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 06.10.2022 to 01.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2026, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-9-obvinyaemyh-v-terrorizme-zhitelej-hersona/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recWh0KXgJeWde0TG"},{"persecution_id":"rec4eAvAP9TcqG9il","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recZ3PlXk7vNXRnYk","name_en":"Sergey Kabakov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Sergey is a resident of the Kherson region of Ukraine, a sales manager. He was detained together with another person prosecuted in the case, Konstantin Reznik, in a shop on 21 July 2022 and kept in a certain basement until 6 October 2022, where, according to him, they were tortured with a stun gun by connecting electrodes to their little fingers, genitals and buttocks, and beaten by tying them to the bars. They were taken to the investigative actions with Reznik in the boot. The investigative actions were staged videos: armed masked men rushed at Kabakov and detained him; when they took off their masks, they were the same men who had tortured him in the basement. At one point, he said, he was forced to leave fingerprints on a plastic explosive. He signed a consent to the search several times, but was not present during the searches. On 6 October, he was taken to Simferopol, where he was officially taken into custody, and then to Moscow. Kabakov was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist community and preparation and attempt to commit an act of international terrorism. One of the attempts imputed to Kabakov, according to the investigation, took place on 2 August 2022, when Kabakov was already effectively detained. In addition, the defence noted that the bottle of baby food \"Agusha\", appearing in the video about the detention of Kabakov, allegedly seized from him during detention, which, according to the investigation, contained an explosive substance, has a later date of manufacture relative to the day of his actual detention. On 30 January 2026, he was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast","Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1289,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":184,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 361 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 361 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","361","361"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 1, Article 361","Part 1, Article 361"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the attempted murder of the employees of the military-civil administration of Kherson region"],"case_name_en":"The case of the nine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in a terrorist community created by the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) officers, from March to August 2022, he carried out surveillance of the places of visits and routes of employees of the Kherson region VGA (Kherson Military-Civil administration) and Russian military personnel \"for the further commission of acts of international terrorism\". Together with another person prosecuted in the case, Konstantin Reznik, \"no later than May 2022\", they planned to eliminate Kovalyov, for which they tracked his routes and were going to install a booby-trapped Chevrolet Lacetti car near the barbershop he visited. An anti-personnel fragmentation mine MON-50 with a 698.3g charge of industrially manufactured military explosive PVV-5A was placed in the underbelly of the car. However, they were unable to carry out the explosion \"due to the lack of sufficient time\" to move the vehicle from the car park to the intended location of the explosion. They then handed the vehicle over to two other pursuers. On 2 August 2022 (actually after their detention) in the area of Karantinnyi Island, on the assignment of an SBU officer, Kabakov was supposed to plant an IED in the jet ski of Aleksei Kovalev, an employee of the Kherson Oblast VGA, but was detained at the moment of planting the IED, and the explosive device was seized from him, which was in a baby food bottle. Then he consented to participate in the operational experiment, together with Konstantin Reznik, on the instructions of the SBU officer, equipped a cache for an IED on Starokolodeznaia Street and placed there a mock-up of the explosive device, which was to be taken away by Sergey Kovalskii.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 01.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 06.10.2022 to 01.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2026, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-9-obvinyaemyh-v-terrorizme-zhitelej-hersona/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec4eAvAP9TcqG9il"},{"persecution_id":"rece28CnoWiJW76K8","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recbZ0PPrPPc8S3Lk","name_en":"Iurii Kaev","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kherson Region, Ukraine, a Red Cross volunteer. On August 5, 2022, he was detained by unidentified individuals who seized expensive medical equipment he was transporting, as well as money collected for humanitarian purposes. Kaev was placed in a pre-trial detention centre. \nThe next day he was taken to Melitopol with a plastic bag placed over his head and brought into an administrative building where, according to him, he was beaten. Then he was taken to Kherson, where he was subjected to torture, including electric shocks; wires were attached to his genitals; he was beaten with kicks and with sticks on his back, arms, and feet; doused with water; had his mouth and face covered with a towel while water was poured over him. He was subjected to the so-called “monkey” position — his hands were tied, he was forced to wrap his arms around his knees, a rod was passed under his legs, and chairs were placed at either end so that he was suspended on the rod, which pressed into his muscles and tendons.\nLater, as he testified in court, a staged video of his detention was filmed, which was later broadcasted on the Rossiya 24 TV channel. \nIn September, he and other detainees were forced to leave fingerprints on weapons and explosives. \nIn October 2022, Kaev was taken to Simferopol, where he was charged with preparation for an act of international terrorism and formally remanded in custody. Kaev stated in court that he signed a confession without reading it. He was also beaten there. On October 14, he was transferred to Moscow. \nHis lawyer noted that the case file states that “on August 5 Kaev’s criminal activity was suppressed,” yet it does not explain how he ended up in Simferopol. He was also charged with participation in a terrorist community. \nAt the court hearing on May 15, 2025, where the case was examined on the merits, Kaev was brought in with visible injuries on his face. He said that he lost consciousness and hit his head after being forced to climb stairs in a squatting position in retaliation for a complaint he had previously filed regarding the conduct of escort officers. \nOn January 30, 2026, Kaev was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast","Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1274,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 361 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","361"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 1, Article 361"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the attempted murder of the employees of the military-civil administration of Kherson region"],"case_name_en":"The case of the nine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in a terrorist community created by SBU officers, and, from March to August 2022, conducted surveillance of locations visited and routes used by officials of the Kherson Regional Military-Civil Administration and Russian servicemen “for the purpose of subsequently committing acts of international terrorism”. He took photographs and searched for locationssuitable for carrying out explosions. \nIn May 2022, in Kherson, \"under unspecified circumstances\" he received from Sergei Zelinskii (whose status in the case is unknown) pistols of the Makarov design \"PM\" and a \"Fort-12\" with magazines, \"for use in the interests of the terrorist community\", which he \"under unspecified circumstances\" transported and stored in a cache, \"until their seizure by officers of the Federal Security Service of Russia during the operational-search measure on August 5, 2022\". (In court, Kaev stated that he made this cache at the end of September 2022 on the instructions from FSB officers and put there the package they had given him.) \nBetween August 2 and 4, 2022, together with Denis Lialka, another person prosecuted in the case, they manufactured \"a radio-controlled improvised explosive device of a fragmentation high-explosive type, of an electrical design, suitable for producing an explosion.”","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 01.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 06.10.2022 to 01.10.2022\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2026, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime  penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime  penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-9-obvinyaemyh-v-terrorizme-zhitelej-hersona/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rece28CnoWiJW76K8"},{"persecution_id":"recZedhOR4w8evB5N","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recqdtlFKBUS9NJMX","name_en":"Sergei Kovalskii","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Serviceman of the Ukrainian armed forces. Detained in Kherson on 21 July (according to other sources, 3 August) 2022, he was placed in the basement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs building. He later said that he was tortured with electric shocks and hung from bars. On 5 October 2022, he was forced to write a statement on participation in the operational experiment. The next day, Kovalskii was taken to Simferopol. According to Kovalskii, he was taken to the operational experiment together with another persecuted person, Konstantin Reznik, tied up in the boot. Reznik confirms that the experiment was conducted in early October. Kovalskii told the court that it was a staged video, as if he were trying to take an explosive device from the cache on the instructions of an SBU officer, after which he was detained. During the staged detention, he had his collarbone dislocated. At the same time, according to the case materials, Kovalskii was detained on 2 August 2022. He was officially accused of participation in the activities of the terrorist community and preparation to commit an act of international terrorism. As the investigation states, he was involved in the preparation of attacks on the employees of the civil-military administration. On 30 January 2026, Kovalskii was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast","Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1289,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":184,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 361 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","361"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 1, Article 361"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the attempted murder of the employees of the military-civil administration of Kherson region"],"case_name_en":"The case of the nine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in a terrorist community created by SSU (Security Service of Ukraine) officers. From March to August 2022, he carried out surveillance of places of visit and routes of employees of the Kherson region's military and civil administration and Russian military personnel \"for the further commission of acts of international terrorism.\" Together with another person prosecuted in the case, Sergei Ofitserov, they \"secretly stored instruments and means of committing crimes using caches.\" In April 2022 in Kherson he received \"for use in the interests of the terrorist community\" Kalashnikov assault rifles, magazines and cartridges for them, cartridges for Makarov \"PM\" pistol, rifle cartridges, cases and fuses of hand grenades, a pouch, a sapper spade, which he \"kept in a cache equipped for these purposes until the moment of seizure of these items by officers of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the course of operational-search activities on 5 August 2022.\" (According to Kovalskii, he was referring to his own service weapon, which had nothing to do with the charges against him.) In July 2022, Kovalskii and Ofitserov \"at least twice\" attempted to detonate a mine by remote control while the deputy head of the occupation administration of Kherson, Vitalii Buliuk, was travelling in his car accompanied by servicemen of the Russian Federation, for which purpose they placed a Chevrolet Lacetti along the official's route, but the explosions did not take place \"due to technical reasons.\" On 4 August 2022, while \"'voluntarily' participating in the ORM 'Operative Experiment' conducted by officers of the Federal Security Service of Russia,\" he received an improvised explosive device from two others prosecuted in the case, Yurii Kaev and Denis Lialka.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 01.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 06.10.2022 to 01.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2026, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-9-obvinyaemyh-v-terrorizme-zhitelej-hersona/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZedhOR4w8evB5N"},{"persecution_id":"recH6xOeQjkOMncHF","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recJ9kbwrXF2F8XmZ","name_en":"Denis Lialka","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Kherson (Ukraine), a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On 24 April 2022, according to his own statements, he returned home and decided to stay there, to be a volunteer and to engage in the wholesale sale and supply of household chemicals and food products. On 6 August (according to other data — 14 July) 2022, he was detained and beaten in his apartment, after which he was taken to the basement of an MVD building, where he was tortured with electric shocks and beaten, being required to provide contacts of officers of the SBU and Ukrainian intelligence, as well as the location of weapons and caches. After the beatings, he was hung on a grate, then beaten again and again hung, and shots were fired near him. Before a polygraph examination, he was told that if he failed it, he would die in the torture chamber. According to his own statements, he signed confessional statements under the threat of being shot. Lyalyka also stated that he and others prosecuted in the case were forced to leave fingerprints on weapons and components of explosives. On 6 October 2022, he was taken to Simferopol; up to the border he was transported in a car trunk together with another defendant in the case, Konstantin Reznik, and at the border they were transferred to a bus. Shortly before the transfer, Lialyka was forced to sign certain sheets, the contents of which were unknown to him. In the remand prison in Simferopol, Lialyka was also beaten. There he was charged with preparation for the commission of an act of international terrorism. He was later taken to Moscow. Subsequently, he gave confessional statements to correspondents of “Rossiia 24”. Lialyka was also charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist community. In court, he retracted his confessional statements. On 30 January 2026, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast","Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1273,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":181,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 361 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","361"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 1, Article 361"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the attempted murder of the employees of the military-civil administration of Kherson region"],"case_name_en":"The case of the nine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in a terrorist community created by SBU officers; from March to August 2022, he carried out surveillance of places visited and routes used by officials of the Kherson region military-civil administration and servicemen of the Russian Federation “for the subsequent commission of acts of international terrorism”. Together with another defendant in the case, Yurii Kaiev, in the period from 2 to 4 August 2022 they manufactured “a radio-controlled improvised explosive device of fragmentation high-explosive effect, of an electrical type, suitable for producing an explosion”.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 01.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 06.10.2022 to 01.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2026, Sentence: 14 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 6 October 2022, he was transported to Simferopol, where he was charged with an attempt to commit an act of international terrorism and participation in a terrorist community. According to the case materials, he was detained on 6 October at the FSS building in Simferopol. It is not explained how he got there from Kherson, having only a driving licence. Ofitserov noted at the trial that he signed all the papers he was given, including the refusal to call a relative. On 30 January 2026, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast","Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1276,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":182,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 361 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","361"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 1, Article 361"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the attempted murder of the employees of the military-civil administration of Kherson region"],"case_name_en":"The case of the nine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in a terrorist community created by SBU officers. From March to August 2022, he carried out surveillance of places of visit and routes of employees of the occupation administration of the Kherson region and Russian military personnel \"for the further commission of acts of international terrorism.\" In July 2022, together with another person prosecuted in the case, Sergei Kovalskii, they \"at least twice\" attempted to detonate a mine by remote control while the deputy head of the administration, Vitalii Buliuk, was travelling in his car accompanied by servicemen of the Russian Federation, for which purpose they placed a Chevrolet Lacetti along the official's route, but the explosions did not take place \"due to technical reasons.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 01.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 06.10.2022 to 01.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2026, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, with a ban on engaging in activities related to the leadership of and participation in the work of public religious organisations for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, with a ban on engaging in activities related to the leadership of and participation in the work of public religious organisations for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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According to him, after the search he was tortured with electric shocks, had his head dipped in a pail of water, and then was hung by his hands on the bars for several hours. Sometimes he was not allowed to eat for several days. After the torture, he found himself in the same car with his own grandson and agreed to testify. His testimony was recorded on video for the TV channel \"Russia 24\". On 28 July Reznik was brought to the square, where he received money from another person prosecuted in the case, Yuriy Tavozhnyansky, after which he was returned to the basement. This operation, as it later turned out, was necessary in order to detain Tavozhnyansky. According to Kabakov, they were taken together with Reznik to the operational experiment tied up in a boot. The experiment was a staged video: Reznik was supposed to stand with Kabakov's bag and wait for him to be detained. In his own words, at this point he was so weak he could not lift his head himself, it was turned by a special forces fighter. The consent to participate in the experiment, according to Reznik, they signed later. In October 2022, he was taken to Simferopol, where he was officially taken into custody on charges of involvement in the preparation of assassination attempts on employees of the civil-military administration, after which he was again beaten. On 13 October Reznik was taken to Moscow. He was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist community and preparation and attempt to commit acts of international terrorism. On 30 January 2026 Reznik was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast","Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1289,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":184,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 361 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 361 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","361","361"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 1, Article 361","Part 1, Article 361"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the attempted murder of the employees of the military-civil administration of Kherson region"],"case_name_en":"The case of the nine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in a terrorist community created by the SSU officers, and from March to August 2022, he carried out surveillance of places of visit and routes of employees of the Kherson region MCA and Russian military personnel \"for the further commission of acts of international terrorism\". Together with another person prosecuted in the case, Sergey Kabakov, they planned to liquidate Aleksey Kovalyov, an employee of the Kherson Region MCA, \"no later than May 2022\", for which purpose they tracked his routes and were going to install a booby-trapped Chevrolet Lacetti car near the hairdresser's shop he visited. An anti-personnel fragmentation mine MON-50 with a 698.3g charge of industrially manufactured military explosive PVV-5A was placed in the underbelly of the car. However, they were unable to carry out the explosion \"due to lack of sufficient time\" to move the vehicle from the car park to the intended location of the explosion. On 2 August 2022 (already after the actual detention), in the area of Karantinniy Island, on the assignment of an SSU officer, he was supposed to detonate an explosive device in Kovalyov's jet ski, but was detained at the place where he was waiting for it to pass. Then he agreed to participate in the operational experiment, together with Kabakov, on the instructions of the SSU officer, equipped a cache for an IED on Starokolodeznaya Street and placed a mock-up of the explosive device that Sergey Kovalskiy was to pick up.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 01.10.2022, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: from 06.10.2022 to 01.10.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2026, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He was placed in a certain basement, where he was tortured and threatened that his family would be persecuted, after which he agreed to sign a confession. He was officially detained in the criminal case on 6 October 2022. At the trial, Tavozhnianskii noted that, according to the case file, the acts he allegedly committed took place when he was in the basement. It was also claimed that, from March 2022, he had undertaken, on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine, to monitor employees of the military-civilian administration of Kherson Oblast, even though such an administration did not exist at that time. Tavozhnianskii was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist community and preparation and attempt to commit acts of international terrorism. 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On 10 March 2025, Kozlova was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1164,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":166,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the Novosibirsk followers of Allya ayat"],"case_name_en":"Natalia Kozlova's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from March 2020 to May 2022, she rented an office on Krasny Avenue in Novosibirsk, where she held meetings with followers of Allya-Ayat, collected donations, and distributed literature.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 4 years, 1 year of restriction of liberty, prohibition to lead public organisations for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 4 years, 1 year of restriction of liberty, prohibition to lead public organisations for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVzaTf7V8zDk4N3"},{"persecution_id":"recyBJ8i2xxMLoFQX","last_updated":"2025-04-01T19:03:02.000Z","person_id":"recuDatmNZfYuWLgO","name_en":"Vladislav Emelianenko","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman, lived in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. On May 18, 2022, he was taken prisoner. He was accused of participating in a terrorist community, specifically in the \"Azov\" unit. On October 2, 2024, Emelyanenko was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":868,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":124,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Emelianenko's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, he \"signed a contract with the Azov Battalion on February 25, 2022,\" after which he served until surrendering as a prisoner on May 18, 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 24.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.10.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.10.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-02T14:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-02T14:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 29 May, a video was published in which Hubbard says that after encountering the Russian military, he changed his attitude towards war, after which he retells some theses of Russian propaganda. Hubbard has been accused of mercenarism, although there is no evidence that he fought as part of the Ukrainian armed forces. Ukrainian military officer Igor Chichko, who was imprisoned with him in the Bryansk and Vladimir regions and was released in May 2024 as part of the exchange, said that the American was beaten, humiliated and starved. According to Chichko, Hubbard told him how he was tortured with electric shocks. (It is not known how Hubbard ended up in a colony in the Vladimir region before his sentencing.) On 7 October 2024, a court in Moscow sentenced the American to six years and ten months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":919,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":131,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 359 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["359"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 359"],"case_name_en":"Stephen James Hubbard's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"during the period until 2 April 2022, participated as a mercenary in the armed conflict of non-international character in the south-east of Ukraine for monetary reward and other material support, having signed a contract with the territorial defence battalion of Izyum, which is subordinate to the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. According to the contract, for participation in the armed conflict he received a monthly monetary reward in the amount of 1,000 USD\".","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Bryansk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 29.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.10.2024, Sentence: 6 years 10 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 10 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":82,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-07T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-07T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-03-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-inostrannyh-voennosluzhashhih-vsu/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recnL2Yvq64bgUf3D"},{"persecution_id":"rech0wzNBPLnkHEcu","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"rec5FLuik54B6dQus","name_en":"Artem Azatian","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Armavir, entrepreneur. Together with his brother Georgii, he owned a warehouse where a cargo of explosives was reloaded, which was later used in the explosion of the Crimean Bridge. No later than October 2022, Azatian was taken into custody on charges of involvement in a terrorist attack. On 27 November 2025, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs","Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Armavir","Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai","Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA","UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1153,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":164,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 205","Part 4, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artem and Georgii Azatian, Oleg Antipov, Alexander Bylin, Vladimir Zloba, Roman Solomko, Artur Terchanyan, and Dmitrii Tyazhelykh","case_number":"1-236/2025 (1-600/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the transportation of explosives and in the explosion on the Crimean bridge as the  warehouse he owned was used to reload the cargo.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.11.2025, Sentence: Life imprisonment, with the first six years to be served in a prison facility and the remainder in a special-regime penal colony, with a fine of 700,000 rubles.","verdict_type_en":["Life imprisonment","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Life imprisonment, with the first six years to be served in a prison facility and the remainder in a special-regime penal colony, with a fine of 700,000 rubles.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-27T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-27T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-8-obvinyaemyh-po-delu-o-podryve-krymskogo-mosta\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rech0wzNBPLnkHEcu"},{"persecution_id":"recQm0Uag7HSqCCD8","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recgw1KbRZ8GOVvxL","name_en":"Georgii Azatian","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Armavir and an entrepreneur. Together with his brother Artem, he owned a warehouse where they reloaded cargo with explosives that were later used to blow up the Crimean Bridge. In October 2022, Azatian was taken into custody on charges of involvement in a terrorist attack. On 27 November 2025, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1153,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":164,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 205","Part 4, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artem and Georgii Azatian, Oleg Antipov, Alexander Bylin, Vladimir Zloba, Roman Solomko, Artur Terchanyan, and Dmitrii Tyazhelykh","case_number":"1-236/2025 (1-600/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the transport of explosives and in the explosion on the Crimean Bridge due to the fact that the cargo was overloaded at a warehouse he owned.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.11.2025, Sentence: Life imprisonment, with the first 5 years to be served in a prison and the rest in a special regime colony, as well as a fine of 600,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Life imprisonment","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Life imprisonment, with the first 5 years to be served in a prison and the rest in a special regime colony, as well as a fine of 600,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-27T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-27T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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The cargo the lorry was carrying was loaded with explosives and exploded on the Crimean Bridge. Bylin was taken into custody on charges of involvement in the terrorist attack. 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According to Solomko's former lawyer, he was only connected to the case because some people asked him how he managed to deliver a cargo from abroad to Russia, while he had nothing to do with the cargo containing the explosives used on the bridge. Meanwhile, Oleg Antipov, another defendant in the case, claims that Solomko needed help in transporting the film and he turned to another defendant, his former fellow countryman Vladimir Zlob, who helped organise the transportation, during which, without their knowledge, explosives appeared inside the cargo. 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Memorial:\n Date: 07-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-8-obvinyaemyh-po-delu-o-podryve-krymskogo-mosta\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recxXlxyTZKG9Oqlt"},{"persecution_id":"reclLENZMxGc2uHkP","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recSw6B5khwvdQbBD","name_en":"Artur Terchanyan","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"He was a trucker living in Georgia. He was carrying a cargo containing explosives that were later used to blow up the Crimean bridge, which, according to the defence, he did not know about. He was taken into custody on charges of involvement in the terrorist attack. On 27 November 2025, Terchanyan was sentenced to life imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1153,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":164,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222.1","226.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 205","Part 4, Article 222.1","Part 3, Article 226.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artem and Georgii Azatian, Oleg Antipov, Alexander Bylin, Vladimir Zloba, Roman Solomko, Artur Terchanyan, and Dmitrii Tyazhelykh","case_number":"1-236/2025 (1-600/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the transporting cargo that contained explosives later used in the Crimean Bridge demolition.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.11.2025, Sentence: Life imprisonment with 6 years' prison and the rest in a special regime penal colony, a fine of 700 thousand roubles ","verdict_type_en":["Life imprisonment","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Life imprisonment with 6 years' prison and the rest in a special regime penal colony, a fine of 700 thousand roubles ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-27T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-27T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He was placed in custody on charges of involvement in the terrorist attack. On 27 November 2025, Tiazhelykh was sentenced to life imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1153,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":164,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 205","Part 4, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artem and Georgii Azatian, Oleg Antipov, Alexander Bylin, Vladimir Zloba, Roman Solomko, Artur Terchanyan, and Dmitrii Tyazhelykh","case_number":"1-236/2025 (1-600/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he provided an unidentified person with a phone number to which a Telegram account was registered, \"which was used by the perpetrator for covert communication and monitoring the movement of cargo\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.11.2025, Sentence: Life imprisonment with the first five years to be served in prison and the remainder of the term to be served in a special regime colony with a fine of 500,000 rubles.","verdict_type_en":["Life imprisonment","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Life imprisonment with the first five years to be served in prison and the remainder of the term to be served in a special regime colony with a fine of 500,000 rubles.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-27T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-27T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In May 2022, he was captured on the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. Tkhor was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist community: according to the investigation, he was involved in the activities of the Azov battalion. On 21 November 2024, he was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony. On 4 July 2025, Tkhor was handed over to Ukraine as part of a prisoner-of-war exchange.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2025-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":935,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":133,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Tkhor's case ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he joined Azov on November 30, 2019, “with the aim of improving his financial situation, as well as for ideological reasons.” He served as an assistant grenade launcher operator and, on the territory of the village of Urzuf, provided cover for an infantry group during offensive and defensive operations, “ensuring Azov’s participation in terrorist activities until it was uncovered by law enforcement agencies.”","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 14.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2024, Sentence: 240 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"240 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-21T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-21T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 20 August 2024, he was sentenced to a term of imprisonment, although the specific details of the sentence remain unknown. On 4 July 2025, Danilchuk was returned to Ukraine as part of a prisoner exchange.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_ended":"2025-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":962,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":137,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of four servicemen of the Azov Bridage"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Danilchuk's case","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 13.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.09.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.08.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-20T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-20T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Due to his involvement in the Azov battalion a case was opened against him on the charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist community. On 1 December 2023, Gordeev was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":548,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nazarii Gordeev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"-","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 05.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.06.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.12.2023, Sentence: 7 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":90,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-01T13:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-01T13:40:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 7 August 2025, Sopuliak was sentenced to 19 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1314,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":187,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Sopuliak's case of participation in the activities of the Azov Battalion","case_number":"1-426/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.08.2025, Sentence: 19 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"19 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":228,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-07T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-07T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec7KfIoQ1CCSKT7U"},{"persecution_id":"recaQ2R4CzJ684VGE","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"rec52owsUrAtUvhnl","name_en":"Artem Gumeniuk","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A Ukrainian serviceman. In spring 2022, he was captured and subsequently accused of participating in an illegal armed formation because he was guarding his own unit in the Kherson region. On March 22, 2024, Gumeniuk was sentenced to eight years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":811,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":115,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Artem Gumeniuk's case on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation.","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he joined an armed group of people that guarded the territory of a military unit, including a weapons depot, maintained order in the vicinity of the village of Staraya Zburyovka, provided assistance to Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups, and to retreating Ukrainian soldiers. \"The group was not an official unit of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. Sometimes, in social media correspondence, he <Chebotar> referred to his group as the ‘territorial defense’; this name was conditional, as all those defending themselves against the Russian Armed Forces who were not servicemen called themselves this way.\"","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 11.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.07.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.03.2024, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment, which include 2 years in jail and 6 years in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment, which include 2 years in jail and 6 years in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-22T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-22T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On December 25, 2024, Chernysh was sentenced to 18 years in strict-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1030,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":147,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.3","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.3","Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of seven former servicemen of the Aidar Battalion"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Chernysh`s case ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being aware of the terrorist nature of the \"Aidar\" battalion, wanting to be provided with a monthly allowance, he voluntarily joined the battalion.\n\nHe was provided with firearms, ammunition, military uniforms with insignia and other necessary ammunition, carried out combat duty to protect the territory of the location of units of the terrorist battalion \"Aidar\".\n\nIn addition, he underwent training, during which he acquired knowledge, practical abilities and skills in physical training, rules of handling weapons and explosive devices\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2022 to 14.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.01.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.12.2024, Sentence: 18 years` first 3 years`s in jail and the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years` first 3 years`s in jail and the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-25T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-25T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-7-byvshih-voennosluzhashhih-batalona-ajdar/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recF360HQb9whUU19"},{"persecution_id":"recBdeHYcJjwcZMyW","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:54:05.000Z","person_id":"recipWL9bgNDG1HvF","name_en":"Dmitry Goldychev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att6wKslyLGcxqh1T.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att6wKslyLGcxqh1T.jpg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. On 3 June 2022, he was detained in Belarus while trying to cross the border with Ukraine. He was deported to the Russian Federation. On 10 June 2022, a case was opened against him for preparation to participate in the activities of an illegal armed formation. The next day he was taken into custody. According to the version of the investigation, he was going to join the legion \"Freedom of Russia\". Later, the charge was reclassified to attempted participation in the activities of an illegal armed group. In addition, Goldychev was accused of attempted treason. On 29 May 2024, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":728,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":104,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208","Part 3, Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Goldychev's case on attempted participation in an illegal armed group and high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being an adherent of neo-Nazi views, he wrote via messenger to the representatives of the Legion of Freedom of Russia and filled out a questionnaire in which, among other things, he told about his ability to shoot an AK-47 and indicated his biographical data\", purchased the necessary \"outfit, equipment, medicines and equipment\" and in May 2022 bought a ticket to Belarus to then get to Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.06.2022 to 05.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.05.2024, Sentence: 13 years' deprivation of liberty, of which the first 4 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles, and 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' deprivation of liberty, of which the first 4 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles, and 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":200,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-29T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-29T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 28 May 2024, the student was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2022-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":551,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Rostislav Stasiv's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a comment on 10 June 2022 about the arson attack on a military recruitment office in Vladivostok two days earlier: \"If the person who did it is reading this comment, you should know that you really did a brave deed, even a heroic one considering our time. When the moth dies, you will be able to tell everyone about it and become one of the crushers of the fascist regime\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 24.11.2022 to 28.05.2024\n• in custody: from 28.05.2024 to 21.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.06.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.05.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-28T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-28T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/stasiv-rostislav-vasilevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recsPd3CzQEEWAMEM"},{"persecution_id":"recMr84Y4JRRHEJG1","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rechQ91z94IGUCAIT","name_en":"Sergei Ivashchenko","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He served as a stoker-steamfitter in a military unit of the Aidar Battalion. He lived in the Luhansk region of Ukraine. On August 31, 2022, men in military uniforms with National Guard insignia burst into his home, searched it, and detained him. Only three months later, his wife received a call from someone claiming to be an investigator, who said Ivashchenko was accused of participating in a terrorist organization due to his service in the battalion. On June 11, 2024, Ivashchenko was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":650,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Ivashchenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-53/2024 (1-224/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was his service in the Aidar battalion in 2014.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.07.2023\n• in custody: from 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 23.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.06.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-11T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-11T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-10-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-byvshih-voennosluzhashhih-ajdara-sergeya-ivashhenko-i-ibragima-kudzhanova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recMr84Y4JRRHEJG1"},{"persecution_id":"recftFhWxkjsUpea1","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recRLWLKDDEbcAm2p","name_en":"Andrei Koshelenko","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A Ukrainian serviceman, taken prisoner. He has been prosecuted for participating in the activities of a terrorist community and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities for having been involved with the Azov battalion. On 15 August 2024, Koshelenko was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2022-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":868,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":124,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Koshelenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-351/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for prosecution was serving in a section of the operational platoon of a separate special purpose detachment of the Azov regiment, of which Koshelenko was the commander.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 28.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.04.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.08.2024, Sentence: 18 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-15T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-15T11:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recftFhWxkjsUpea1"},{"persecution_id":"rec23AfnGnfncOF85","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recdsMwjjrwLPsDae","name_en":"Victor Pokusin","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Novosibirsk region, a contract serviceman. On 30 September 2022, he was detained on charges of failure to report for military service. On 10 April 2023, he was sentenced to a year of probation. After Pokusin again failed to report for military service in June 2023, a case of desertion was opened against him. On 19 June he was detained and then taken into custody. On 12 September 2023, Pokusin was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. A case of confidential co-operation with foreigners was also brought against him: according to the investigation, he came into contact with representatives of the Russian Freedom Legion. On 13 August 2024, Pokusin was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony, taking into account his previous sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2022-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":192,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2.1,  Article 337 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["337"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2.1, Article 337"],"case_name_en":"The case of Viktor Pokusin regarding failure to report for military service.","case_number":"1-17/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in order to temporarily evade military service, wishing to rest, by 8 hours 30 minutes on 26 September 2022 did not report for duty in military unit No., stationed in <data withheld>. Living in the town of Chulym, Novosibirsk region, he spent his time at his own discretion.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.04.2023, Sentence: 1 year of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-10T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-10T11:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-11-2025\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/pokusin-viktor-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec23AfnGnfncOF85"},{"persecution_id":"recQlQYs345sMR2Ql","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recFOVFsLEKuguwdE","name_en":"Roman Tutov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. He was taken prisoner in April 2022. The investigative body of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic opened a case against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov battalion. After the official annexation of Donetsk region to the Russian Federation, the charge was reclassified to participation in the activities of a terrorist community and receiving training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities. In February 2026, the case went to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Roman Tutov's case on involvement in the activities of the terrorist community","case_number":"1-711/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2014, he joined the Azov regiment, as part of the unit he took an active part in combat operations against the republic's servicemen in the area of Mariupol, Shyrokyne, Granitnoye and other settlements. The investigation also claims that the man was engaged in reconnaissance activities and recruiting recruits for the regiment.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQlQYs345sMR2Ql"},{"persecution_id":"recjOSRcBy1qWnWeL","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recddNXwKrBqBDN7z","name_en":"Sergey Makarov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Voronezh, had a business in construction. Cooperated with the local headquarters of Alexei Navalny, participated in protest and anti-war actions. In February 2022, a court authorised the FSB to wiretap his conversations and access his computer and phone as part of a check on his involvement in activities containing signs of public justification of terrorism. The occasion was comments in Telegram about Maidan events in Kazakhstan. On 23 February 2022 Makarov planted a Ukrainian flag over the viaduct. The next day he was detained. According to him, unknown people attacked him on the street near his house and pushed him into a minibus, handcuffed him and put a bag over his head. For the first two days he was kept in the basement without any procedural status. On 25 February he was searched at his home, during which Molotov cocktails were found in his basement. Makarov pleaded guilty; he later explained to OVD-Info that he had been forced to do so. He was taken into custody. Among the material evidence in the case are toilet paper with a portrait of Putin and the inscription \"PTN PNH\" and vodka \"Banderivska\". Witnesses during the investigation were asked about Makarov's political views. On 20 January 2023, Makarov was sentenced to three years and three months in a general regime colony. He was released in November 2024. In early 2025, according to him, they came to him with an inspection of the premises, saying that they were looking for cartridges and weapons. After that, Makarov decided to leave the country.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2022-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":330,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222.1","223.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 223.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Makarov's case of manufacturing and storing explosives","case_number":"1-22/2023 (1-332/2022;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no later than November 2020, he illegally manufactured explosives, after which he began to store them in the residential premises belonging to him.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2022 to 14.02.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.02.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.01.2023, Sentence: 3 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, and a fine of 120,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, and a fine of 120,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":39,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":120000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-01-20T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-01-20T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recjOSRcBy1qWnWeL"},{"persecution_id":"recJfRL5YFzaiGjv0","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recYup1ic2tz3IaF8","name_en":"Konstantin Tereshchenko","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kherson region (Ukraine) and an agricultural labourer, he was detained on 18 June 2022. He was initially held in the basement of Vocational School No. 17 in Henichesk before being remanded in custody in Crimea. A criminal case was initiated against him on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation due to his alleged involvement with the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion, an organisation whose participation in any combat operations has not been proven. During the trial, Tereshchenko stated that he had not been a member of the Chelebidzhikhan Battalion, but rather of a formation called \"Asker\"; he had been there for approximately one and a half months, had not signed an official contract, and had performed only manual labour, leaving the formation because he had not been paid his promised salary. On 2 December 2022, Tereshchenko was sentenced to four years and three months in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":166,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Tereshchenko's case of participation in an illegal armed formation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, guided by a motive of \"political enmity towards the Russian Federation and the fact of the Republic of Crimea and the city of federal significance Sevastopol becoming part of it\", the individual voluntarily arrived at the location of the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion near the village of Chongar in the Kherson region and joined it.\n\n\"Being a member of the said illegal armed formation (IAF), from January 2016 until mid-May 2016, he took an active part in its activities, performing functional duties to support the formation's operations, including the guarding of its facilities, the inspection of vehicles at checkpoints on the state border between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, and engaging in auxiliary farming.\" On 19 June 2022, he independently and voluntarily arrived in the territory of the Russian Federation from Ukraine, and \"while on the territory of the Republic of Crimea, having a real opportunity to voluntarily terminate his participation in the aforementioned IAF, he deliberately failed to notify the law enforcement authorities of the Russian Federation, thereby continuing his criminal activity within the formation until the specified time\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.06.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.12.2022, Sentence: 4 years 3 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 3 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":51,"first_verdict_date":"2022-12-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-12-01T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-13-obvinyaemyh-v-uchastii-v-batalone-imeni-nomana-chelebidzhihana/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJfRL5YFzaiGjv0"},{"persecution_id":"reclEnAg54FBGeGdR","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"rectK7vTDegTL48zA","name_en":"Mamed Dovgopoly","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Kherson region (Ukraine). On 22 June 2022, it became known that he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation due to his involvement in the activities of the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, whose involvement in any military actions has not been proven. On 28 September 2022, Dovhopoloh was sentenced to five years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":269,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"The case of Mamed Dovgopoly on participation in the activities of an illegal armed group","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.06.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.09.2022, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-27T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-13-obvinyaemyh-v-uchastii-v-batalone-imeni-nomana-chelebidzhihana/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reclEnAg54FBGeGdR"},{"persecution_id":"recavrDVCdFPgaKki","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"reckvlEBk4WHosPDp","name_en":"Sergei Gudym","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Kherson region (Ukraine). Taken into custody no later than summer 2022. A case was opened against him on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, whose involvement in any military actions has not been proven. On 16 September 2022, Gudym was sentenced to five years' imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_days_from_verdict":258,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Gudym's case of participating in an illegal armed group","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 19.12.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.12.2022\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.09.2022, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-16T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-16T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-13-obvinyaemyh-v-uchastii-v-batalone-imeni-nomana-chelebidzhihana/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recavrDVCdFPgaKki"},{"persecution_id":"recmS2Rxf7IuaEEsv","last_updated":"2026-04-28T18:10:14.000Z","person_id":"reciKqA0vQnNuHrFS","name_en":"Khalil Ametov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Uzbekistan"],"story_en":"A resident of Kherson region (Ukraine). He was allegedly detained in August 2022. He was brought to Crimea, where he was taken into custody on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation due to his involvement in the activities of the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, whose involvement in any military actions has not been proven. On 8 October 2024, a court in Kherson region sentenced Khalilov to five years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":799,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Khalil Ametov's case of participating in an illegal armed group","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2022 to 24.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.10.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.10.2024, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-08T09:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-08T09:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-13-obvinyaemyh-v-uchastii-v-batalone-imeni-nomana-chelebidzhihana/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recmS2Rxf7IuaEEsv"},{"persecution_id":"recww8AyWhuvbLY8y","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recVrgW3F20ZrdhYl","name_en":"Oleg Kremeznoy","birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Moscow. Former investigator of the Prosecutor's Office, worked as a private detective, then for the \"Foundation for Assistance to National Security\". No later than June 2022, a case was opened against him for involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation: it was about the \"Union of Slavic Forces of Russia\" (in the documents banning the organisation, it also appears as \"USSR\"), within which Kremezny was listed as \"deputy prosecutor general\". On 9 April 2026, Kremezny was taken into custody - according to the \"Beware of the News\" telegram channel, due to his involvement in the \"movement of citizens of the USSR\". What happened to him and the criminal case for almost four years is unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Kremeznoy's case of participation in the activities of an extremist organization","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.04.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recww8AyWhuvbLY8y"},{"persecution_id":"recN9duAOUnG8DR1Q","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recfpb4xasAQON1A2","name_en":"Valery Ryzhov","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Moscow. One of the founders of the \"Union of Slavic Forces of Russia\" (also appears as \"USSR\" in the documents banning the organisation). A case was brought against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation. The court found him insane. Presumably, Ryzhov was sent to compulsory treatment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Valeriy Ryzhov's case of organizing the activities of an extremist organization","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recN9duAOUnG8DR1Q"},{"persecution_id":"recvPE5XAa8ZiNA6C","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recm48KMcdPTJj8ZL","name_en":"Dmitry Gnatenko","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Luhansk region (Ukraine). On 21 April 2022, he was detained. Gnatenko was officially taken into custody on 19 May. A case of high treason was opened against him in the wording of the Criminal Code of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic: according to the investigation, he asked his wife to take pictures of Russian military equipment and send the photo to the bot \"I found the occupier!\". The defence pointed out that on 5 March 2022, when Gnatenko, according to the investigation, asked his wife to photograph the equipment, the LPR authorities had not been formed on the territory of the Belokuraki district, and therefore Gnatenko did not consider himself a citizen of this entity. The court countered that \"until the issues of citizenship of the Luhansk People's Republic are determined by law, for the purposes of the LPR CPC and LPR CC, citizens of the Luhansk People's Republic are citizens of Ukraine whose place of residence as of 12 May 2014 was registered on the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic.\" On 29 September 2022, Gnatenko was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment; on 18 December 2023, the place of punishment was determined to be a strict regime colony. On 9 September 2024, the sentence was brought in line with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation without changing the punishment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_started":"2022-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2022,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":153,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Dmitriy Gnatenko's case of high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 4 March 2022, while at home, on a Ukrainian TV channel he saw a call to report the movement of Russian military equipment to the chatbot \"I found the occupier!\". Gnatenko saved a link to this bot. The next morning, on 5 March 2022, Gnatenko, driving a car with his mother and common-law wife in the passenger compartment, while driving through the settlement, saw a column of \"LNR\" military equipment \"consisting of three units: one URAL tilt cargo vehicle, one UAZ low-tonnage cross-country utility vehicle, registration number LK 3958, and one Jeep cross-country passenger vehicle, with \"Z\" identification marks, travelling in the opposite direction along ul. Slavyanskaya St. from the side of the village. Lubyanka village of Belokurakino district in the direction of Belokurakino settlement\".\n\nThen, \"continuing to implement his criminal intent aimed at committing high treason, realising the socially dangerous nature of his actions and wishing to harm the security of the Luhansk People's Republic, on his mobile phone he followed the link saved the day before in the browser of the phone to the chatbot called \"I found the occupant!', and pressed the 'Start' button\", after which he handed the phone to his common-law wife Elena Sokol, who, according to the prosecution, \"was not aware of Gnatenko's criminal intent\", and asked her to take pictures of the equipment. Having taken one or two photos, the woman, acting in accordance with Gnatenko's instructions, \"sent the above information to a chatbot created on 02 March 2022 by the Security Service of Ukraine to collect information on the location of the LNR NM and RF Armed Forces units on the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as the redeployment of military equipment and personnel, in order to carry out measures to destroy the identified positions of the above-mentioned LNR and RF units\".\n\nIn response to a question from the bot, \"Specify at what time did you see this?\", Elena Sokol replied, \"just now\", then the bot offered to describe the situation in one message. Sokol specified: \"The technique is moving to the settlement of Belokurakino, 10-14 hours, 05.03.2022\". In response to the sentence \"Write your phone number\", the woman wrote Gnatenko's mobile phone number, then a map was sent to her, and Sokol marked with a dot the place where they had photographed the technique. Then came a message that read: \"Thank you, your appeal has been sent to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, soon the enemy will be destroyed.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.05.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.09.2022, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2022-09-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2022-09-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-04-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gnatenko-dmitrij-viktorovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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A case of public justification of terrorism was opened against Neizhmakov because of his statements on social networks criticising Putin and the Russian army. He was taken into custody.\n\nOn 14 August 2023, Neizhmakov was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 18 December 2024, the court placed him under administrative supervision for eight years.\n\nIn March 2026, Neizhmakov was allegedly released.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladimir"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":165,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Prokhor Neizhmakov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of Neizhmakov's messages criticising the war and the Russian leadership in the Telegram group chat Vladimirskaia Banda (Vladimir Gang), which, according to the investigation, he wrote in November. It was not possible to find this Telegram group chat.","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2034-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 20.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.03.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.03.2026 to 01.03.2034\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.08.2023, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-14T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-14T12:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 01-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48452/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-11-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/nejzhmakov-prohor-aleksandrovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reckQCk9x4odEyZWU"},{"persecution_id":"recgUkKUE3559ffZU","last_updated":"2025-01-04T17:56:41.000Z","person_id":"recXa6O1ZBJd8jXug","name_en":"Nikita Klunya","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att5kAFFz1kZ29bAZ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att5kAFFz1kZ29bAZ.png"],"birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A student at Sortavala College and a member of the Russian Civil Alliance movement. He was charged with a terrorist attack on the railway. His lawyer stated that Klunya was charged based on receiving a personal message with instructions for making an explosive substance and the testimony of two witnesses. Those close to him claim that he was not involved in the arson. Later, it became known that Klunya was also accused of high treason, confidential cooperation with a foreign state, and public calls to terrorism or its justification. Regarding the actual terrorist attack charge, he was initially accused of organising it, but the charge was later reclassified to preparation for the organisation. His defence lawyer was charged with non-disclosure. On 31 May 2024, Klunya was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony. On 30 August 2024, the court of appeal increased the sentence from 14 years to 19 and a half years. At the same time, the court considered the organisation of the terrorist attack as a completed act and removed the application of the article on preparation for a crime.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":457,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["other","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","205.2","275","275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.2","Article 275","Article 275.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of sabotage on the railway in Karelia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he organised the arson of a relay cabinet. Initially, he was accused of organising a terrorist act, then the charge was reclassified to preparation for the organisation. However, the court of appeal considered the act completed and removed the application of the article on preparation. Additionally, Klunya was accused of public justification of terrorist activities, confidential cooperation with a foreign organisation, and high treason.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2023\n• in custody:  to 30.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Karelia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Karelia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.05.2024, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":234,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-31T09:47:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-31T09:47:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recgUkKUE3559ffZU"},{"persecution_id":"recq2CLCKMjcteYxL","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:08:18.000Z","person_id":"rec98D6OYMfTG6lHf","name_en":"Maxim Gavrilin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Orsk (Orenburg Region). A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces. On 26 September 2023, Gavrilin was sentenced to a fine of 120,000 rubles. The court took into account as a mitigating circumstance, among other things, the fact that Gavrilin \"repeatedly provided charitable assistance, including to public organisations providing support to persons participating in a special military operation\".","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":209,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces in Orsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was a certain \"comment in a messenger chat\", the details are unknown. Earlier, Gavrilin was fined under the administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Offences Code) for 30,000 rubles because of the publication of certain \"text materials, images with text, video clips\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.09.2023, Sentence: A fine of 120 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 120 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":120000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-26T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-26T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recq2CLCKMjcteYxL"},{"persecution_id":"rechTw6Gf7Sm3qsYw","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:19:00.000Z","person_id":"recea87ZKlf8G2Gx6","name_en":" Unknown male 21","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Ukhta, Russia, was declared wanted on 14 November 2022. According to the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for the Komi Republic, the case was opened in connection with the defacement of a memorial plaque dedicated to Arsen Pavlov (also known as Motorola), a participant in the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ukhta"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["243.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 243.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the damage to Motorola's memorial plaque","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, a man about 30 years old was involved in the desecration of a memorial plaque commemorating Arsen Pavlov, a commander of the anti-tank special unit \"SPARTA\" and a figure celebrated as a hero in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechTw6Gf7Sm3qsYw"},{"persecution_id":"recg1v7kJabyCxorO","last_updated":"2025-10-12T23:18:33.000Z","person_id":"recFVHJvxKf7Ssg0A","name_en":"Sergey Gusev","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former employee of the MVD Forensic Center, an expert in explosives and pyrotechnics.\nHe became a defendant in a case of incitement of hatred because of an anti-war post, in which the examination found calls for the use of violence against the Russian military.\nOn 25 July 2023, he was sentenced to three years of compulsory labor at a state-run work site.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":205,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Gusev's case of incitement to hatred","case_number":"01-0386/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The cause for initiating this case was Gusev's chat message to colleagues, sent over Viber on February 24. The examination found it to contain calls for the use of violence against the Russian military forces.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.07.2023, Sentence: three years' compulsory labor at a state-run work site","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"three years' compulsory labor at a state-run work site","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-25T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-25T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recg1v7kJabyCxorO"},{"persecution_id":"rec6RPfZhxFcvLQCi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recNHPD83KAwxF52k","name_en":"Alexander Kolomiets","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Born in Ukraine, lived in Moscow.\n\nKolomiets was detained on January 1, 2023 in Murmansk. According to him, he was hit several times during detention, and as a result he limped for a week. He was taken to Moscow, where he was placed in custody in the case of public justification of terrorism. Kolomiets pleaded guilty. On 25 April the court sentenced him to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":114,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Oleksandr Kolomiets' case on public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-96/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in September 2022 from his phone he published a number of comments on VKontakte under a post on the progress of partial mobilisation in the group \"Liberty News\", where, in particular, he called to \"pick up knives and Molotov cocktails\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2023 to 25.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody:  to 25.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2023, Sentence: A fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-25T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-25T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6RPfZhxFcvLQCi"},{"persecution_id":"recUVkmZikL5q5R3U","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recA3Vxnnpecu2YXM","name_en":"Lenard Valeev","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Theatre director, activist. Previously, he participated in protest actions organised by Navalny's headquarters and was brought to administrative responsibility under the article on violation of the rules of holding public events. In particular, Valeev was arrested for three days under the article on organising an uncoordinated event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the CAO) because of his call to go out to an anti-war rally on 2 April 2022.\nIn 2023, a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Valeev because of several posts. 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A criminal case was initiated against him for public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. At the time of the initiation of the case, he was in the Republican Psychoneurological Dispensary, where he was sent for compulsory treatment as part of a criminal case on the illegal acquisition and possession of ammunition (Article 222 of the Criminal Code). On July 27, 2023, the court decided to send him to compulsory treatment as part of the case of false information.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Hebda"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":117,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces in Dagestan","case_number":"1-32/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published an announcement \"To imams and preachers of the brotherly nations of the Caucasus, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan\" on his fake page on Vkontakte social network. 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A case was brought against her for spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces and calls to extremism. In January 2023, it became known that Maiboroda was fined 40,000 roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Court records indicate the trigger was publications criticising the war on her personal VKontakte page.\n\nIn the criminal case, Maiboroda was subjected to a restriction of certain actions as a pre-trial measure. On 29 January 2024, she was sentenced to five and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Shakhty"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":393,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgenia Mayiboroda's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and calls for extremism","case_number":"1-941/2023","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 29.01.2024\n• in custody: from 29.01.2024 to 02.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.01.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-29T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-29T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 07-03-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/03/07/protiv-71-letney-zhitelnicy-rostovskoy-oblasti-vozbudili-delo-o-feykakh-pro\n• Support for political prisoners. 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According to his wife, the law enforcers threw Bolshakov to the floor, beat him and handcuffed him.\nHe was given a recognisance not to leave the country, but this preventive measure expired because Bolshakov was not charged within the ten days required.\nOn 3 April 2023, another case was brought against Bolshakov for defamation of the Russian Armed Forces. The cases were merged. During the debate it became known that the second episode was excluded from the combined case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. On 24 October 2024 Bolshakov was sentenced to a fine of 240 thousand rubles. On 9 December 2024, the court of appeal instance released the convicted person from the execution of punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Kasimov"],"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-RYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2024-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":618,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vasily Bolshakov's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-157/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a joke that Bolshakov published in \"VKontakte\":\n\"- Sergei, why are we retreating from Kherson?\n- Volodya, you yourself ordered to liberate Ukraine from fascists and Nazis...\".\nIn addition, the reason for the case were the comments that Bolshakov left on 22 September 2022 under the post of another user in \"VKontakte\". In these comments he speaks out against the war and calls to sabotage mobilisation.\nLater, the comments on VKontakte were excluded from the charges due to the expiry of the statute of limitations.\n\nIn July 2022, Bolshakov was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of his comments on VKontakte, where he called the actions of the Russian armed forces fascist and aimed at the destruction of the people of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.10.2024, Sentence: a fine of 250,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 250,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-24T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-24T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recMsV4qYxh0OfrzW"},{"persecution_id":"recJTEhJjrhly3xyq","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"rec0X95qV0FLtKwk9","name_en":"Dmitry Vashchenok","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attRIyqmWo8N7eDFM.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attRIyqmWo8N7eDFM.jpg"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An employee of AvtoVAZ. He considers himself to be a citizen of the USSR and denies the existence of the Russian Federation as a state.\nHe was detained at work in February 2023 as part of a case of discrediting the Armed Forces. His defence lawyer signed a non-disclosure agreement. Vashchenok was assigned treatment in a psychiatric hospital.\nOn February 14, 2024, the investigator terminated his case due to the absence of corpus delicti.\n\nOn April 12, the Avtozavodsky District Court of Togliatti ordered Vashchenok to undergo a psychiatric in-patient examination. The appeal against this decision was partially satisfied: the court set a 30-day time limit for his in-patient stay. Vashchenok lives with his mother, who has group II disability. The woman suffers from a number of diseases and cannot do without assistance.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2024-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Vashchenko’s case of a repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The details are unknown. In August, Vashchenok was fined 15,000 and 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences): the first case was for a video clip featuring the Ukrainian trial of Russian tanker Vadim Shishimarin accused of killing a Ukrainian pensioner, while the second case was for a video clip aired by the Ukrainian TV channel ICTV on looting committed by the Russian military.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 22.02.2023\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 03.08.2023 to 22.09.2023, GBUZ SO \"Togliatti Psychoneurological Dispensary\"\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJTEhJjrhly3xyq"},{"persecution_id":"recFlwIqK3Cmem1RP","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recSJc3hKrjDBt0Pz","name_en":"Andrei Anfalov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ukhta, detained in Nizhnii Novgorod no later than March 2023. He was accused of public calls to terrorism. The investigation believes that he is a follower of a destructive ideology, has a negative attitude towards the Russian authorities and called for arson of administrative buildings and terrorist activities against Russian statesmen. On 13 September 2023, Anfalov was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":255,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ukhta resident's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, using his personal page on the Odnoklassniki social network, he posted publicly available text materials containing public justification of terrorism - actions to set fire to administrative buildings, and public calls to carry out terrorist activities against Russian statesmen.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.09.2023, Sentence: 5 years 5 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, a prohibition to administer websitess for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 5 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, a prohibition to administer websitess for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-13T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-13T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFlwIqK3Cmem1RP"},{"persecution_id":"recd7t0MJSJVh8Wsz","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:29.000Z","person_id":"recOEFy1mqFSkGD99","name_en":"Andrey Grib","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Voronezh, streamer. He was prosecuted for incitement to hatred because of a stream in January 2023, during which Hryb burned his military ID and made harsh remarks about \"Muscals\". RIA \"Novosti\" published a video of Grib's apology. The IC noted that in 2014 and 2018 he was already prosecuted under Article 282 of the Criminal Code. The streamer was given a suspended imprisonment and a fine. \"Mediazona\" drew attention to the fact that in 2013 Grib was also prosecuted for beating up an acquaintance during a stream. The case was dropped after the parties reconciled. At the same time, as the publication notes, the blogger was fined 20 thousand rubles in a case of knowingly false reporting of terrorism (Art. 207 of the Criminal Code). The reason was that Grib called the police and said that there were terrorists in the flat of his \"Internet opponent\".\nOn 26 October 2023, Grib's name was removed from the Rosfinmonitoring's List of terrorists and extremists. It is not known what this is related to.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Grib's case of incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a stream on the Livacha.com platform in January 2023, during which Hryb burned his military ID card and made harsh remarks about \"Muscals\" (\"Muskal\" can be used as a derisive or disparaging word to refer to Russian citizens, especially those from Moscow or the Moscow region).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recd7t0MJSJVh8Wsz"},{"persecution_id":"recm92U1hcpRbNJGj","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recoU8mhdSjgK4KHg","name_en":"Teona Kelekhsaeva","birth_year":1991,"age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladikavkaz. In 2022, she was brought to administrative liability because of a video in Instagram - the court decided that the video \"discredits servicemen and the leadership of the Russian Armed Forces\" (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Offences Code) and imposed a fine of 30,000 roubles.\n\nIn March 2023, she was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles and compulsory outpatient treatment by a psychiatrist because of her statements on VKontakte and Instagram in the first case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.\n\nIn May 2024, a second discreditation case became known - because of comments left in October 2022 under a news item in the group \"Emergency/Vladikavkaz\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladikavkaz"],"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":81,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces in Vladikavkaz","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case is based on comments about the \"special military operation\" and mobilised people from North Ossetia, which, according to the investigation, the woman wrote on VKontakte and in Telegram channels. Earlier, this resident of Vladikavkaz had been prosecuted under an administrative article (article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.03.2023, Sentence: A fine of 100,000 roubles, compulsory outpatient treatment by a psychiatrist","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 100,000 roubles, compulsory outpatient treatment by a psychiatrist","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-03-23T08:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-03-23T08:50:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recm92U1hcpRbNJGj"},{"persecution_id":"recL4Dy6Iv5Cvc9vR","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:48.000Z","person_id":"recPHxT517IhQycoT","name_en":"Parvinakhan Abuzarova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attNjJnbeoW6VZcwa.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attNjJnbeoW6VZcwa.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Blogger, designer of Muslim clothing for women. On 14 February 2023, Abuzarova's flat was searched and she was threatened with jail time because of her support for Ukraine. On 31 March, she was detained on charges of calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. Telegram channel \"Emergency Kazan\" reported that she called on the military to defect and criticised the war in her personal blog, as well as failed to appear for questioning and was put on a wanted list. Abuzarova was placed under house arrest the same day. On 12 September 2023, she was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. She was released in February 2026.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers","Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":209,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Parvina Abuzarova's case of incitement to activities against the security of the State","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to unconfirmed reports, she incited the military to desert and criticised the war on a personal blog.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest:  to 12.09.2023\n• in custody: from 12.09.2023 to 10.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 27.02.2026\n• Unknown: from 28.02.2026 to 27.02.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.09.2023, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-11T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-11T10:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-08-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnoj-parvinu-abuzarovu/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recL4Dy6Iv5Cvc9vR"},{"persecution_id":"recadKB4lEDfNRfVd","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"recwaH19cHjJx4Sfk","name_en":"Aleksandra Garmazhapova","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Journalist, founder of the Svobodnaya Buryatiya Foundation. According to the \"Empire of Truth\" Telegram channel, she was prosecuted under the article on dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces with the motive of political hatred (item \"e\" part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). In February it was reported that Garmazhapova was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia. On 10 November 2023, she was sentenced in absentia to seven years' imprisonment.\n\nOn 23 October 2025, law enforcers came to search Garmazhapova's relatives in St. Petersburg in a new criminal case. She was accused of evading her duties as a \"foreign agent\". On 5 March 2026, she was sentenced in absentia in this case to ten months' imprisonment, taking into account the previous sentence to seven years and three months' imprisonment.\n\nIn November 2022, the activist was added to the list of \"foreign agents\". After that, she was twice fined in administrative cases for failure to fulfil the duties of a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders","Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":282,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war 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Graduate of the Moscow Cossack Cadet Corps.\n\nIn December 2022, was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the CAO) because of a comment on social media with the words \"The ship didn't sink, the ship went to fuck because it was a Russian warship\".\n\nIn January 2022, he was fined 30 thousand rubles in a case of violence against a representative of the authorities (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code), details are unknown.\n\nOn 30 March 2023 Kolosov was detained in a case of attempted participation in an illegal armed formation, later the charge was reclassified to preparation for participation in military actions on the territory of a foreign state for purposes contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation. He was accused of preparing to join the Freedom of Russia legion. Kolosov's acquaintance claims that he supported the legion, but did not intend to fight.\n\nOn 1 October 2024, Kolosov was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony. On 19 December 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.\n\nIn April 2025, it became known about a new criminal case against Kolosov - on the website of the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow appeared the card of the session on the extension of his arrest in the case of confidential cooperation with a representative of a foreign state. In October 2025, Kolosov said in a letter that another charge had been added to the case - about public justification of terrorism. It later became known that the reason for the case was some conversations \"in messenger with other people about 'joining the Legion'.\" Presumably, the correspondence involved provocateurs from the FSB. On 17 April 2026, taking into account the previous term, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow","Krasnogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow","Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW","RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":552,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Kolosov's case on preparing to participate in military actions contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, he “took steps towards joining” the Freedom of Russia Legion and intended to fight on the side of Ukraine.\nHowever, a friend of Kolosov said he supported the legion and had hung a white-blue-white flag in his room, but had no intention of going to war.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 19.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №10 (SIZO-10) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №10 (SIZO-10) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.10.2024, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment, the first 4 years of which in prison and the rest in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment, the first 4 years of which in prison and the rest in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":106,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-02T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-02T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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Then she was charged with disobedience to  law enforcement officers (Part 1,  Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), but later the case was dropped.\nNo later than April 2023 a case was brought against Nina for discrediting the Russian armed forces. She left Russia. On 30 September 2023 she was arrested in absentia.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["solo picket"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nina Nesterova's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"In April 2022 Nesterova was fined 50 thousand rubles under a similar administrative article (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), the reason being an anti-war picket.\n","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 30.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recuhnYnC9oSO1Gkp"},{"persecution_id":"recXVidf3PzaY8rhB","last_updated":"2025-04-30T17:48:28.000Z","person_id":"recAJkZkzzECUdeOa","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-01-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"The case on the production of pornography was initiated after the activist's phone was seized as material evidence in an administrative case on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). In his opinion, the operatives looked at his posts on various social networks in search of other examples of discrediting the Armed Forces, but came across a certain \"obscene picture\" in the comments on VKontakte. The activist was later sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":243,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 242 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["242"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 242"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the manufacture of pornography","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a certain \"obscene picture\" in the comments in \"VKontakte\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.09.2023, Sentence: 3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-01T13:25:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-01T13:25:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXVidf3PzaY8rhB"},{"persecution_id":"recTJoe1kQgjsRoBY","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rec3lGeo9MNKAgQsJ","name_en":"Maria Lakhina","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In 2023, it became known that Lakhina was a suspect in a criminal case initiated in connection with the activities of \"Vesna\": she was accused of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist community.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Vesna","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vesny/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recTJoe1kQgjsRoBY"},{"persecution_id":"rec2Ci9EzSFMZODB9","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recz4sEzIuqTjKkjo","name_en":"Vladimir Martynenko","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A citizen of Ukraine. The law enforcement carried out a search in his flat, seized his electronic equipment and detained him. Martynenko was taken into custody in the case of discreditation of the use of the Russian Armed Forces. On May 23, 2023, he was punished by a fine of 100 thousand rubles and released from punishment taking into account the time spent in custody.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Engels"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":97,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces in Engels","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from February to December he posted publications aimed at discrediting the Russian Army in one of the social networks. In October, he was fined 30,000 under a similar administrative article (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a publication in the Odnoklassniki social network \"about the presence of neo-Nazism in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 25.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.05.2023, Sentence: a fine of 100,000 roubles, to be released from punishment on account of the time spent in custody","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 100,000 roubles, to be released from punishment on account of the time spent in custody","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-23T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-23T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2Ci9EzSFMZODB9"},{"persecution_id":"recy3O8swBAhT91Xz","last_updated":"2026-02-15T12:27:46.000Z","person_id":"recH7sdaK5aYzMN2E","name_en":"Egor Balazeikin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attkXR5BNTtXNhwJT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attkXR5BNTtXNhwJT.jpg"],"birth_year":2006,"birth_date":"2006-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":19,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":17,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg, at the time of the prosecution, he was a 10th grade student, an honours student, engaged in karate and social activism. A Telegram channel dedicated to Balazeikin reports that he initially supported the war, but then changed his position, including because his uncle died there. The teenager's mother, who managed to speak to him after his detention, recounted his words on Rain that he wanted to do something, \"seeing how many people were dying.\"\nHe was detained on 28 February 2023 because of the attempted arson of the military enlistment office for Kirovsk and Kirovsky district of the Leningrad region. According to the version of the investigation, the young man threw a \"Molotov cocktail\" at the door of the military enlistment office, but the bottle did not explode. Initially, the case was initiated under the article on intentional destruction or damage to property (Art. 167 of the Criminal Code), but later the article was changed to an attempt to commit a terrorist act (Part 1 of Art. 205 of the Criminal Code with the application of Part 3 of Art. 30 of the Criminal Code). Soon it became known that another case was brought against Balazeikin in connection with an attempt to set fire to the military enlistment office of Krasnogvardeysky district of St. Petersburg. At first it was also reported about the article on damage to property, but this information was apparently not confirmed. The first written explanations were taken from Balazeikin in the absence of his parents. The teenager was taken into custody.\nFSB officers who visited Balazeikin in the TDF said that they could beat him, rape him or send him to a psychiatric hospital. Balazeikin's father was fired from his job.\nOn 7 August 2023 it was reported that the young man's health was deteriorating in detention: liver fibrosis was progressing on the background of a disease - autoimmune hepatitis.\nThe court held the first sessions at a fast pace, they lasted many hours, in connection with which the lawyer announced the violation of Balazeikin's rights, as the defence had no opportunity to communicate with him confidentially. On 25 October, the court postponed the sessions indefinitely. On 22 November 2023 Balazeikin was sentenced to six years in an educational colony.\nThe medical commission refused to recognise him as a person with a disability.\nIn June 2024, it became known that a letter with the documents necessary for his transfer to an educational colony was missing from the pre-trial detention centre where Balazeikin is being held. Without them, he will also not be able to get permission to make calls, and his parents will not be able to get permission for visits.\nLater Balazeikin was transferred to the colony. During his transfer to the pre-trial detention centre in Vologda, where he had a long stopover, he was first placed with other prisoners in the basement. There, the former Wagnerite promised to kill him. Balazeikin was then transferred to a separate cell with many fleas and bedbugs, and spent six days there without water and with a non-functioning toilet. Throughout the entire phase, he was never once given medication, which is vital for him.\nIn August 2024 it was reported that the colony staff let him know that he was a terrorist, provoking him to talk about military actions, telling him about NATO and the Banderaites. Balazeikin was forced to write a statement that he did not want to be in an educational colony until the age of 19 and asked to be transferred to a penal colony, and forbade his lawyer to appeal his decision. In addition, the colony staff drew up a characterisation on the teenager, according to which he regularly violates internal regulations, is prone to terrorist and extremist activities, has a detrimental effect on other prisoners and is dangerous to juvenile prisoners.\nIn September 2024, the court decided to send Balazeikin to an adult colony, and it turned out that the court was guided by the characteristic from the educational colony, where the prisoner was described on the positive side (easily found a common language with unfamiliar teenagers, communicated politely with the administration, did not clash with anyone, performed works to improve the territory, emotionally mature, balanced, tidy, kept his sleeping place in order), but in the finale it was said that he was characterised negatively.\nOn 25 November 2024 Balazeikin was established the third disability group for 1 year.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":267,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of attempted arson attacks on military recruitment centres in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the young man threw a Molotov cocktail at the door of the military recruitment office, but the bottle did not explode. Initially, the case was initiated under the article on deliberate destruction or damage to property (Article 167 of the Criminal Code), but later the charges were reclassified to the attempted commission of a terrorist act (Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Part 3, Article 30 of the Criminal Code). Soon, it became known that another case was brought against the high school student in connection with an attempt to set fire to the military recruitment office of Krasnogvardeysky district of St. Petersburg. According to the investigation, he \"arrived at the scene with everything necessary, but was unable to carry out the plan and left the location.\" Initially, this was also reported as a case of property damage; however, this information, apparently, was not confirmed.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 09.06.2023 to 01.07.2023\n• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.09.2023\n• in custody: from 23.11.2023 to 03.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.04.2024 to 17.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 23.09.2024\n• Unknown: from 23.09.2024 to 27.09.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: from 25.10.2024 to 27.10.2024, Hospital of the Arkhangelsk Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Arkhangelsk Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast - \"Gorelovo\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 22.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"\n• Unknown: from 22.09.2025, F.P. Gaaz Regional Hospital\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.11.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a juvenile detention centre","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (educational colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a juvenile detention centre","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-22T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-22T10:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-12-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-egora-balazejkina/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recy3O8swBAhT91Xz"},{"persecution_id":"recVsoeNSLdVOskph","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recmSig26Ay6Wigyn","name_en":"Svetlana Zotova","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The mother of Valeria Zotova, who is being prosecuted for the arson of a humanitarian aid collection point for Donbas.\nOn March 14, 2023, security servicemen came to Zotova's home and took her to the police station. There, they began questioning her about the comments she posted on social media. According to Zotova, one of the officers threatened to prosecute her, called her obscene names, and swung his fists at her. Zotova was then taken to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where she was informed that two criminal cases had been opened against her. The first was for incitement to terrorist activity. Zotova was charged with two comments, in one of which she allegedly wrote the words \"Russians\" and \"nuclear.\" However, the police refused to show her these comments. Another criminal case, according to security officials, is related to her interrogation in the case of her daughter, Valeria. The woman was released the same evening, and charges were brought against her on March 16. On December 6, 2023, Zotova was sentenced to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":267,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Svetlana Zotova's case of public justification of terrorism and calls for extremist activity","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she posted comments to the posts of the \"Combat Anarchist\" and \"Ukraine 24/7\" Telegram channels that violate Russian law. Mediazona reports that one of the comments approves of blowing up the Crimean bridge, while the other two comments speak about the senselessness of peaceful protests and the need to overthrow the government. It follows from the ruling on initiation of criminal proceedings that the publications were made from an account linked to Zotova's old phone number, seized during the search in connection with her daughter's case. She did not recognise the authorship of the comments and said that during the interrogation she was not allowed to familiarise herself with their content.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 20.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2023, Sentence: A fine of 350,000 roubles and 2 years' ban on administering websites ","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 350,000 roubles and 2 years' ban on administering websites ","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":330000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-06T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVsoeNSLdVOskph"},{"persecution_id":"recjpiAKYyh9NUycc","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reccyi4pqOC7FW97J","name_en":"Alexander Klimenko","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On February 1st 2023, a criminal case for violation of human dignity on the grounds of nationality was initiated against Klimenko. ","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Klimenko's case of degrading the dignity of Russians","persecution_case_profile_en":"In Klimenko's own words, the reason for the initiation of the case was a video of an emotional conversation about the war with his neighbour, which was filmed by another neighbour. The video contained aggressive phrases about Russians. Klimenko says that the forensic report mentions phrases he did not actually say. On 22nd of April, 2022 a court fined Klimenko an administrative offence of incitement to hatred after he shouted \"Glory to Ukraine, Glory to Heroes, death to Putin's faggots\" through the window of his house.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjpiAKYyh9NUycc"},{"persecution_id":"recQDxBX0pbsiR3hJ","last_updated":"2025-02-23T07:34:00.000Z","person_id":"rec7hRMGnFkLEYnaO","name_en":"Daniil Kliuka","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnJ2eCmYeDbiv8w.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnJ2eCmYeDbiv8w.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He worked as an art teacher in Dankov (Lipetsk region). According to him, he was dismissed because he expressed his attitude to events through drawings in a local propaganda newspaper, which he was mandatorily provided with at school. In addition, he claims that the school authorities forwarded the newspaper with his drawings to the FSB and told them that he was \"interested in explosives\". The school principal then asked Kluku to come \"to sort out the papers\". On the way to the school, he was attacked - as he himself describes it, \"with his face in the snow, a bag over his head, then a basement in an unknown place.\" FSB officers found money transfers in Klyuka's phone to his brother, who lives in Luhansk: Klyuka believed that the money was going to charity. According to the investigation, on October 18, 2022, he exchanged 20 thousand rubles for cryptocurrency and transferred it to the electronic wallet of the former Azov battalion, recognised as a terrorist organisation, which became part of the regular units of the AFU. According to Klyuka, he was forced to give a confession. Since February 2023, Klyuka has been in custody. Later it became known that he was accused not only of financing terrorism but also of high treason. On 19 June 2024, Klyuka was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lipetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":504,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Daniil Kliuka on terrorist financing and treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being a \"supporter of anti-Russian views\", in October 2022, he transferred 20 thousand rubles in cryptocurrency to the electronic wallet of \"Azov\", which were spent on the purchase of weapons, kamikaze drones, military equipment, radios, uniforms, ammunition and other equipment.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Lipetsk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 03.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.06.2024, Sentence: 20 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, with a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony, with a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-19T10:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-19T10:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-12-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/klyuka-daniil-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recQDxBX0pbsiR3hJ"},{"persecution_id":"recNhwIKW1CDhWq6q","last_updated":"2026-02-13T21:00:56.000Z","person_id":"recIgqbgezYiNu15J","name_en":"Vadim Kharchenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attGbW4kq0KpKKkfj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attGbW4kq0KpKKkfj.png"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Gelendzhik. Opposition blogger, labeled a \"foreign agent\" on 20 January 2023.\nThe first report of a possible criminal case against the blogger for discrediting the Armed Forces appeared on 12 February 2023 in the Telegram channel \"Good Gelendzhik\". On 15 February, it was also reported there that he was sent under house arrest, but without specifying the source or evidence of this. On 20 February, the Telegram channel published what was presumably a brief fragment of the the decision to initiate a criminal case. Acquaintances expressed concern that they had not been able to reach Kharchenko for ten days. In early March, the same Telegram channel published information that Kharchenko had been seen in the city.\nIn January 2024, when the case went to court, it became known that Kharchenko was also charged with articles on offending religious feelings, defamation involving an accusation of committing a crime against sexual integrity, and public calls for  extremist activity. \nAt the end of July 2024, Kharchenko was sent to a pre-trial detention centre. In August, his lawyer said that the blogger was being deliberately subjected to torture: he was being held in solitary confinement in unsanitary conditions, in a damp basement without windows. Dust and dirt were flying into the room through the bars, and at night, people in neighboring cells were shouting and swearing. In addition, the same voice constantly read aloud, loudly and monotonously, the rules and regulations of detention center No. 3. The prisoner has chronic bronchitis and asthma, but he was not receiving any medical care. On August 14, it became known that Kharchenko had been transferred to more favorable conditions.\nOn 5 December 2024, the court replaced the blogger's restraint with a ban on certain actions. However, he was not released and was detained, and later taken into custody on a new case—for defamation of Yaroslav Krasnoshchekov - a lawyer who was named the victim in the first case. At the same time, the judge who overlooked the first case recused herself.\nOn 12 March 2025, Kharchenko was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony for discrediting the Armed Forces and other charges.\nLater it became known that in the second case, as in the first, there are articles on insulting the religious feelings of believers and inciting hatred. The defence claims that Kharchenko's second case is built on the same evidence as the first one.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gelendzhik"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":770,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vadim Kharchenko's case of repeated discreditation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"A case for discrediting the Armed Forces was initiated because of a video titled \"Kherson surrendered? Who is to blame? Russian troops are leaving Kherson. Shoigu Surovkin Stremousov Saldo\" on the YouTube channel \"Personal Opinion.\" In April 2022, the blogger was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a video from his YouTube channel in which he allegedly expressed \"disagreement with the actions of the Russian Armed Forces to conduct a military operation on the territory of Ukraine.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 02.02.2023 to 29.07.2024\n• in custody: from 29.07.2024\n• in custody:  to 05.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Krai\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 05.12.2024 to 12.03.2025\n• in custody: from 12.03.2025 to 10.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Krai","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.03.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment with a 3 years' ban on administering Internet resources.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment with a 3 years' ban on administering Internet resources.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-12T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-12T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 20-02-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47691/?sphrase_id=1575181\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-12-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/harchenko-vadim-mihajlovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recNhwIKW1CDhWq6q"},{"persecution_id":"recWpWp4ozDPhy19j","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec1UItnynfxNe8hI","name_en":"Mark Serov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attGPKHII3ESJUCCy.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attGPKHII3ESJUCCy.jpeg"],"birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-01-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kazan. On 6 April 2023 he was searched because of vandalism charges against him for the graffiti \"No to War\" and \"some negative statements\" about Vladimir Putin. Shortly before the search, Serov with other activists had registered a regional branch of the \"Civil Initiative\" party in Kazan. After the registration, a post with threats against them appeared in a local Telegram channel, presumably affiliated with the law enforcers.\nAfter the search Serov was taken to the police station, where they drew up a report under the administrative article on the organisation of an uncoordinated event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a civil memorial for the civilians of Dnieper who died under airstrikes. Serov was left overnight at the station until the trial.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mark Serov's case of vandalism in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"The pretext for the case was a graffiti \"NO TO WAR\" and unspecified negative statements about Putin.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-04-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/04/d47946/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recWpWp4ozDPhy19j"},{"persecution_id":"recdQFRAlPQUwVwKe","last_updated":"2025-07-21T13:25:32.000Z","person_id":"reczvZ2CZHTSiHH2j","name_en":" Unknown male 27","birth_year":2006,"age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":17,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Case of rehabilitation of Nazism in Ulan-Ude","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the early morning of March 24, 2023, he climbed on the monument to the Red Guards and partisans who died in the battles for the liberation of Verkhneudinsk town, danced on it, showed \"obscene gestures\" and shouted \"Glory to Ukraine!\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 27-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47899/?sphrase_id=1624873\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recdQFRAlPQUwVwKe"},{"persecution_id":"recOBAMB3HWUDko8F","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recojPGwqVRYDieiI","name_en":"Leonid Rybakov","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Director of an IT company in Tomsk. A criminal case was brought against him for calls to extremism. In April 2022, Rybakov was fined under the article on discrediting the Russian army. In addition, the defence claims that Rybakov was fined 10,000 roubles under the article on incitement to hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for the same post that gave rise to the criminal case. Rybakov pleaded guilty. He petitioned for the case to be heard under a special procedure, without examination of evidence, but the court refused. On 12 March 2024, Rybakov was sentenced in this case to a two-year suspended sentence. On 3 October 2024, the appellate court overturned the verdict and issued a new one, the details of which remain unknown.\nOn 27 February 2023, Rybakov's house was searched in the case of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces. Rybakov said that, in addition to electronic equipment, law enforcers seized a book by politician Boris Nemtsov, who was killed on the same day in 2015. Another case under the same article was opened in the autumn of 2023; later the cases were merged. On 19 February 2025, Rybakov was sentenced in the combined case to a fine of 150,000 rubles. On 5 May 2025, the appeal court released Rybakov due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nIn February 2026, Rybakov was added to the list of extremists and terrorists maintained by Rosfinmonitoring, with a marking placed next to the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":723,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":103,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Leonid Rybakov's case of repeatedly discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-372/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"A criminal case was initiated following comments made on VKontakte. In December, an unknown user posted a picture of General Sergey Surovikin, former commander of the Russian army in Ukraine, on Rybakov's page. In response, Rybakov left two comments: \"The ghouls are briefly untied from their beds. Enjoy it in all its glory\" and \"The scoundrel is one of the worst– Syrian butcher and general of failed offensives.\"\n\nLater, in the fall of 2023, another criminal case was opened against Rybakov for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. This case stemmed from a post on VKontakte regarding the crash of a Russian attack aircraft returning to an airfield in the Belgorod region, which resulted in the pilot’s death. Rybakov’s comment on the post, saying \"Feel sorry for the guy, even though he was a murderer,\" contributed to the charges. Both cases were merged and sent to court.\n\nPreviously, Rybakov had been fined twice under the administrative law for discrediting the Russian army (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). He was fined 35,000 roubles for participating in an anti-war protest, and 40,000 roubles for displaying a Ukrainian flag and a \"Russia without Putin\" poster in his apartment window.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.02.2025, Sentence: A fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-19T06:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-19T06:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOBAMB3HWUDko8F"},{"persecution_id":"recvChYo9UGrWUosc","last_updated":"2025-04-14T10:37:55.000Z","person_id":"rechPYyUqOSe48Sxd","name_en":"Oleg Orlov","birth_year":1953,"birth_date":"1953-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":70,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Human rights activist, former Chairman of the Council of the Memorial Human Rights Centre and Co-Chairman of the Memorial Centre for the Protection of Human Rights.\nA criminal case of defamation against Chechen head of state Ramzan Kadyrov was opened on 20 October 2009. In the spring of 2010, the materials were transferred for further investigation to the investigative section of the Investigative Department of the Central Administrative District Department of Internal Affairs. On 6 July 2010, the investigator charged Orlov with a crime. On 23 July 2010, Orlov and his lawyer signed a protocol on familiarisation with the materials of the criminal case. At the same time, they filed a motion to discontinue the criminal case, which was denied in full. When signing the protocol on familiarisation with the materials of the criminal case, the investigator informed Orlov that she was electing a preventive measure against him in the form of a written undertaking not to leave. Orlov and his lawyer stated that the investigator had no grounds for such a ruling and refused to sign the ruling on the election of a measure of restriction. Subsequently, the defendant and his lawyer, despite the fact that the indictment stated that a measure of restriction had been imposed on Orlov in the form of recognizance not to leave, proceeded in their behaviour on the basis that there was no such measure against Orlov because the defendant had not signed it. On 29 July 2010, the Prosecutor's Office of the Central Administrative District of Moscow sent the criminal case to the Khamovniki District Court, from where it was redirected for consideration by a justice of the peace of the peace of judicial district No. 363 of the Khamovniki district. On 30 July Orlov was handed an indictment. On 14 June 2011, the judge issued a verdict of acquittal. On 4 October 2011, the case was heard on appeal. On 20 January 2012, the case was closed due to decriminalisation of the incriminated act.\n\nThe same act of Orlov, which led to the case against him, was previously considered in a civil case. On 13 August 2009, Ramzan Kadyrov's representative filed a lawsuit for protection of honour, dignity, business reputation and compensation for moral damage in the Tverskoy Court of Moscow, with the Memorial Human Rights Centre and Orlov as defendants. As a result of the court hearings, a judgement was rendered in the civil case. The court ordered the defendants to refute the materials defaming the plaintiff's honour, dignity and business reputation and to pay compensation for moral damage in the amount of 70,000 roubles (the plaintiff had demanded 10 million roubles).\n\nOn 21 March 2023, Orlov was detained after a search and informed that a case had been opened for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. On that day there were also mass searches of International Memorial employees as part of another case - on the rehabilitation of Nazism (item \"c\" of part 2 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code), in this case Orlov was involved as a witness.\n\nOn 11 October 2023, Orlov was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles in the case of discrediting the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. On 14 December, the court of appeal cancelled the sentence and returned the case to the prosecutor's office. At the end of January 2024, the second investigation in Orlov's case was completed: the investigator found in the actions of the human rights defender the motive of \"ideological enmity to traditional Russian spiritual, moral and patriotic values\", as well as the motive of hatred towards the social group \"servicemen\". Orlov and his defence were restricted the time to get acquainted with the case. On 6 February, after the prosecutor's office approved the indictment, the senior assistant prosecutor called Orlov and his lawyer Katerina Tertukhina repeatedly throughout the day, insisting that they come immediately to get the document and even offered to come to their homes. The next day, the assistant prosecutor came to the address of Tertukhina's lawyer's office accompanied by law enforcement officers with automatic rifles; without finding the lawyer, he began to question neighbours about her whereabouts. During the repeated hearings, Orlov refused to answer questions or participate in the debates. On 27 February 2024, the human rights defender was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nAfter the sentence and placement in the pre-trial detention centre, Orlov's health deteriorated, and in the absence of treatment, the human rights defender began to hear much worse.\n\nOn 1 August 2024, Orlov was released as part of a prisoner exchange between the Russian Federation and other states.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":224,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Orlov's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0513/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a repost on Facebook of his own article \"They wanted fascism. They got it\" for the French publication Mediapart. The human rights defender wrote that \"the bloody war unleashed by the Putin regime in Ukraine is not only the mass murder of people, destruction of infrastructure, economy and cultural objects of this wonderful country. It is not only the destruction of the foundations of international law. It is also the heaviest blow to the future of Russia.\"\nOn 12 May Orlov was fined 50 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of the poster \"USSR 1945 - the country that overcome fascism. Russia 2022 - the country where fascism has overcome\", which he unfurled on Red Square.\nThe results of the re-investigation of the case revealed the motive of \"ideological enmity towards traditional Russian spiritual, moral and patriotic values\", as well as the motive of hatred towards the social group \"servicemen\" in the actions of the human rights defender.","persecution_location_en":"At large as a result of an exchange","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 27.02.2024\n• in custody: from 27.02.2024 to 11.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 11.03.2024 to 12.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• : from 15.04.2024 to 23.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• in custody: from 23.04.2024 to 11.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.07.2024 to 29.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• Unknown: from 29.07.2024 to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.10.2023, Sentence: Fine of 150 thousand roubles• First instance court on the merits, 27.02.2024, Sentence: 2 years, 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years, 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2023-10-11T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-27T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Amnesty International:\n Date: 27-02-2024\n Status: Prisoner of conscience\n Source: https://eurasia.amnesty.org/2024/02/27/osuzhdyonnyj-sopredsedatel-rossijskogo-pravozashhitnogo-czentra-memorial-oleg-orlov-uznik-sovesti/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-03-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/orlov-oleg-petrovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Amnesty International","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recvChYo9UGrWUosc"},{"persecution_id":"rec0ofRCaNWioS2Vt","last_updated":"2025-01-06T08:23:31.000Z","person_id":"rec6puMrQVX2LZScE","name_en":"Gleb Nefedov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of the city of Kirov, Kaluga Region. In February 2023, it became known that a case was initiated against him for incitement to terrorism and extremism. According to the investigation, he called for terrorist attacks and violence against \"persons authorised to conduct a mobilisation campaign\".  In a video recorded by law enforcers after his detention, Nefedov said that he repented for the crime he had committed under the \"influence of Ukrainian propaganda\".\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaluga"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of public justification of terrorism and incitement to extremism in the Kaluga region","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of the case were publications in Telegram, where, according to the investigation, the man called for terrorist attacks and violence against \"persons authorised to conduct a mobilisation campaign\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0ofRCaNWioS2Vt"},{"persecution_id":"rec0tXeSso5Jfpvmp","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recvvsnGZIg4xPstx","name_en":"Unknown female 3","birth_year":1960,"age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Law enforcement officers posted a video with woman's \"confession\": she was explaining that she drew [Ukrainian] flags because she \"loves Ukraine and wanted to support it\".\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Balaclava vandalism case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, she \"put Ukrainian symbols on buildings, fences, and benches using paintbrush and tins of paint\" in the city center of Balaklava, which \"led to a significant public outcry and resentment among citizens of Sevastopol.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0tXeSso5Jfpvmp"},{"persecution_id":"recCWLoE1dXeVw2DJ","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recBwrsI8EYdInX5T","name_en":"Anatolii Roshchin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBfEz4yXowRR9KJ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBfEz4yXowRR9KJ.jpg"],"birth_year":1948,"birth_date":"1948-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":78,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":75,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"During the search on 15 March 2023 computers, phones and other equipment, as well as the flag of Ukraine, were seized from him. After interrogation, he was released on recognisance not to abscond. Since Roshchin is a member of the Territorial Election Commission (TEC) with the right of deciding vote, the resolution to initiate a criminal case against him was signed by the head of the Main Investigative Directorate for Moscow Region.\nOn 3 August 2023, Roshchin was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lobnya"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":141,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","solo picket"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anatoly Roshchin's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-182/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The pretext for the case was three anti-war posts in VK published in the summer of 2022. In the posts Roshchin characterised the ‘special military operation’ as war, military aggression and the policy of fascism.\nOn 29 March 2022 the Lobnya City Court fined Roshchin 30,000 rubles ($327) under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for a solitary picket in front of the city administration building with the poster \"MY COUNTRY YOU'RE CRAZY. UKRAINE FORGIVE ME FOR THE AGGRESSION\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 15.03.2023 to 12.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.08.2023, Sentence: a fine of 100,000 roubles ($1.091), deprivation of the right to hold public office for 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 100,000 roubles ($1.091), deprivation of the right to hold public office for 1 year","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-03T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-03T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCWLoE1dXeVw2DJ"},{"persecution_id":"recdw8zCE6pMW6WpQ","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recjZLWYBpZewwzXq","name_en":"Oleg Seliverov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attfQjv2B88dIGYwE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attfQjv2B88dIGYwE.png"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, a philologist. On February 3, 2023, his home was searched, he was detained and the following day, remanded in custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism. The media reported that Oleg Seliverov was being investigated for involvement in the Nexta Live Telegram channel.\nIn May 2024, it became known that the charge had been reclassified as incitement to hatred.\nOn August 14, 2024, Seliverov was sentenced to three years of imprisonment.\nOn November 14, 2024, Seliverov was included in the list of extremists and terrorists maintained by the Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) with a designation typically applied to individuals prosecuted under terrorism-related articles. On this basis, we concluded that a new case had been opened against him. However, it is also possible that the designation was applied due to the initial charge of publicly justifying terrorism. Seliverov was reportedly released on March 31, 2025.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":558,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Seliverov's case of inciting hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was prompted by three comments left on the Nexta Telegram channel in late 2022, which called for actions against the regime, including the need to overturn police cars and march to the Kremlin.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.02.2023 to 20.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 20.02.2023 to 13.03.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 13.03.2023 to 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n• in custody: from 01.11.2023 to 08.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.10.2024 to 31.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.08.2024, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-14T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-14T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdw8zCE6pMW6WpQ"},{"persecution_id":"recfaEl5yHLUTo39d","last_updated":"2025-07-08T09:54:09.000Z","person_id":"rec2506HJkHNwXn18","name_en":"Vladimir Mironov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attMFSugiVkM7LRTU.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attMFSugiVkM7LRTU.jpg"],"birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Postgraduate student of the Alferov Academic University. In February 2023, he was taken into custody in a case of hooliganism and discrediting the army because of broken windows in the building of the military registration and enlistment office and anti-war inscriptions on the walls. At first it was reported that Mironov was charged with repeated discrediting of the army (part 1 of article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), but later it became known that he was charged with discrediting the army with causing damage (part 2 of article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). On 12 July 2024, Mironov was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony. On 11 February 2025, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by eight months. On 2 July 2025, Mironov was released from the penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2025-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":501,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Part 2, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Mironov's case of hooliganism and discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he broke windows in the building of the Vyborgsky district military enlistment office and wrote on the walls \"No to War\", \"Stop Killing\" and \"How Much Killing Is Enough\". Mironov was previously fined under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Art. 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences): as OVD-Info was informed by the Joint Press Office of the courts of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, this happened on 31 October.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody:  to 11.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 02.07.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.07.2024, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":40,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-8,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-11T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-11T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-04-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/mironov-vladimir-nikolaevich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 17-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/11/d47786/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 27-02-2023\n Source: https://oi.legal/instruction/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#4\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Akimov allegedly cut into the dialogue between pilots and the airport dispatcher, due to this he was twice brought to administrative liability in 2018 for using a radio-electronic device without registration. On 16 June 2022, Akimov was detained and then taken into custody on charges of calling for terrorism due to anti-war statements on his radio channel, including aggressive ones. On 12 April 2023, he was sentenced to six years in penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saransk"],"persecution_region_en":["Mordovia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MO"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":101,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The \"Mordovian farmer\" case","case_number":"2-60/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on his own radio channel he spoke out against the war in Ukraine and \"called for the overthrow of the Russian government\" and for violent actions against those who support Putin's mode of government.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 28.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 16.06.2022\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.04.2023 to 01.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.04.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-12T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-12T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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One of her students complained about her; the complaint stated that the teacher \"instead of lectures, she made propaganda statements that Ukraine was stronger than Russia and would lose the war\". After the court fined Lizunkova for this statement, the university administration reprimanded her. Some time later, she wrote a resignation letter.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Vorotynets"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Olga Lizunkova's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason was a video message in which she urged Russians not to go to war and called it criminal, and Vladimir Putin a war criminal, published in December in the channel \"Serditaya Chuvashia\". In November, a court fined her 30,000 rubles because she spoke out against mobilisation during a class at a university.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recrqAvwGOf7yhj8s"},{"persecution_id":"recAmfKkXhFZ9mSFI","last_updated":"2026-02-10T21:05:32.000Z","person_id":"recBtSQlLrIHwLXAA","name_en":"Semyon Kochkin","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Semyon is a former coordinator of Alexei Navalny's local headquarters and administrator of the Telegram channel \"Serditaya Chuvashia\" (\"Grumpy Chuvashia\"). In October 2022, Kochkin was declared a “foreign agent”.\n\nIn March 2023, it was reported that a case had been opened against him for repeated discrediting of the use of the Armed Forces, and in November, another case was opened for repeated demonstration of prohibited symbols.\n\nOn 28 June 2024, a search was conducted at Kochkin’s sister’s home in Cheboksary in connection with a new case brought against him. The details remain unknown. In December 2024, Kochkin received an official document stating that, in addition to the two previously known cases, he was also being prosecuted for participation in an extremist organisation and for evading his duties as a “foreign agent”.\n\nOn 26 November 2025, Kochkin was sentenced in absentia to 2 years in a general-regime penal colony in a consolidated case comprising charges of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, participating in an extremist organisation, and evading “foreign agent” obligations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1001,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":143,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","282.2","330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Semyon Kochkin's  regarding repeated discreditation of the Russian Armed Forces and refusal of performing obligations of a foreign agent","case_number":"1-374/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated based on a publication in a Telegram channel dated 27 December, where Kochkin left negative comments about Robert Baranov, the head of the Main Computer Centre of the Russian Ministry of Defence. According to The Insider's investigation, Baranov supervises missile launches into Ukraine. Kochkin has two effective court decisions under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), issued in October and December: according to the second one, he was fined 40,000 rubles for a certain video.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.11.2025, Sentence: in absentia, 2 years imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, fine of 150 000 rubbles and ban on administrating websites for a duration of 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"in absentia, 2 years imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, fine of 150 000 rubbles and ban on administrating websites for a duration of 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-26T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-26T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47903/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recAmfKkXhFZ9mSFI"},{"persecution_id":"recNhLyRoDrGUjR1s","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recNhOPBYRxt7yEjs","name_en":"Abbas Galliamov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Political scientist. On 10 February 2023, he was recognised as a \"foreign agent\". In March 2023, it became known that a case was opened against Galliamov for disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Galliamov is outside Russia, he was declared wanted and arrested in absentia.\nOn 29 July 2024, he was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment in absentia with a ban on administering internet pages for four years.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":516,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war 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left several comments that contained \"signs of public incitement to call for physical destruction with firearms against representatives of the group of persons \"officials\", including towards specific individuals\": the head of State Corporation \"Rostec\" Sergey Chemezov and the Minister of Industry and Trade, Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: 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Arrested in Nevinnomyssk in December 2022. He was under house arrest in the case of desecration of symbols of military glory. 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It later emerged that three criminal cases were filed against Ivanov under the provision concerning dissemination of \"fakes\" about the Russian army with the intent of inciting political hatred (paragraph e of Article 207.3 Part 2 of the Criminal Code), based on three posts on his Telegram channel \"Chestnoye Korolyovskoye!\". The cases were consolidated the same day, and Ivanov was formally charged. The following day, the court ordered his detention. On April 20, Ivanov was included in the register of those who \"study, profess, or disseminate extremist ideology\", a decision of which he was not notified—he was neither summoned to the commission meeting nor informed about the decision. He learned of this fact only at the end of July. In September, Ivanov's lawyer reported that during a search of his client's cell, materials related to Ivanov's criminal case were confiscated, hindering his ability to prepare for trial. 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All three were taken to the police station, after which the other two were released without drawing up a report, while their mate was charged under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Later it became known that the young man had already been fined under this article and a criminal case was opened against him.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recncQInYFisuSQOt"},{"persecution_id":"recJqG6w1GB9e3bRW","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"recTvi0ce12F1KFJ8","name_en":"Denis Vasiliev","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In 2021, he received the Ministry of Defence medal “For Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic.” As a cadet, he assisted in treating military personnel infected with coronavirus, including working in the red zone. A criminal case was opened against him for failure to comply with an order during wartime. According to human rights defender Pavel Chikov, the reason was his refusal to go to the combat zone “for personal convictions.”\n\nPrior to this, Vasilyev had submitted a request for dismissal, but was unable to leave the service due to the announcement of mobilisation. He agreed to be transferred to Franz Josef Land at the suggestion of the Northern Fleet’s medical service, but subsequently his military unit received an order to deploy to Ukraine. Vasilyev pleaded guilty. He later stated that his refusal to go to war was specifically connected to his expectation of being transferred to another military unit.\n\nOn 3 October 2023, he was sentenced to two years in a settlement colony.\nHe was reportedly released at the end of 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pechenga settlement"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":242,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2.1,  Article 332 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["332"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2.1, Article 332"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Denis Vasiliev's case of failure to execute an order","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of his refusal to go to the combat zone “due to personal convictions.” Prior to this, Vasiliev had submitted a resignation request but did not have time to leave because of the announcement of mobilisation. He agreed to transfer to Franz Josef Land at the suggestion of the Northern Fleet’s medical service, but then his military unit received orders to go to Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.10.2023, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a settlement-type penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a settlement-type penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-01T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJqG6w1GB9e3bRW"},{"persecution_id":"recKeL93JKGznche6","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:46:15.000Z","person_id":"reclFyMqbGNP6VuBB","name_en":"Anatoly Arseev","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former deputy of the city assembly of Kotlas. In September 2022, he was detained while filming mobilisers: at that time, the deputy was released without a report, but at the police station the officers said that the expert examination saw signs of discrediting the army in his posts on \"VKontakte\", and threatened to initiate a criminal case. Later his VKontakte page was blocked.  A criminal case was opened against Arseev for discrediting the army. On 17 October 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 120,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Municipal deputies"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kotlas"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":258,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anatoly Arseev's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Army","case_number":"1-363/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from July to September he published comments discrediting the army in social networks, in particular, under posts about mobilised people. In May, the court fined Arseev 30,000 rubles for comments under VKontakte posts about the deaths of residents of the Arkhangelsk region in the war and the anti-war rally in Tbilisi.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 09.06.2023 to 26.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2023, Sentence: a fine of 120,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 120,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":120000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-17T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-17T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Source: https://ovd.info/content/iyul-2023-chto-uspeli-sdelat-blagodarya-vashey-podderzhke\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recKeL93JKGznche6"},{"persecution_id":"recmDNp3pYO3fsz5i","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recLr2kNbJEh8u66G","name_en":"Bogdan Zaiats","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Rostov-on-Don, born in Zhitomir, Ukraine. On 29 March 2023, he was fined 10.000 rubles on charges of humiliating representatives of the authorities (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Later it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism and calls to extremism had been opened against Zaiats for leaving comments in \"VKontakte\" social media, in which he \"called for a violent change of power of the Russian Federation\". On 31 October 2023, a verdict was handed down, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":228,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Bogdan Zaiats's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he left comments on the social media \"calling for a violent change of the Russian regime\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.10.2023","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-31T14:58:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-31T14:58:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recmDNp3pYO3fsz5i"},{"persecution_id":"recGxfJi2B7frU5BK","last_updated":"2026-01-15T15:19:41.000Z","person_id":"receNdee7bFEejZsF","name_en":"Nina Slobodchikova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atts7nIbYydqU7Puz.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atts7nIbYydqU7Puz.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Slobodchikova, originally from the Novosibirsk area, moved to Moscow. She was a consultant in IT and worked on accounting automation in large companies. Her mother's relatives live in Ukraine. On 3 May 2023, Nina was detained. That day, she was supposed to fly to Novosibirsk and then to Belgium on a business trip. According to her, the case files stated that \"on the day of the detention, she was planning to get to Novosibirsk to flee to the European Union afterward\". She was charged with funding the Armed Forces of Ukraine and taken into custody. According to the investigation, she transferred 5000 roubles to the Ukrainian blogger's bank account, and the funds were later used to buy \"ammunition and uniform for Ukrainian Armed Forces\". Slobodchikova herself says that the transfer was intended for humanitarian aid. \n\nSlobodchikova pleaded guilty and refused the services of a lawyer. Later she told Mediazona news outlet that law enforcement officers refused to admit lawyers to her, didn't transfer her correspondence, threatened to refuse her family entry to her apartment, and threatened to open more criminal cases against her. Nina also accused FSB officers of stealing her cat under the pretext of caring for him. \n\nOn 11 April 2024, Slobodchikova was sentenced to 12 years in a general regime colony. 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Memorial:\n Date: 05-09-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/belkovich-vladimir-anatolevich/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-11-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://tskvsmfq---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/slobodchikova-nina-mihajlovna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["First Department","OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. 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As a preventive measure, he was placed under a travel ban and was held in police custody until midday on 27 March. He was then released with a 500-ruble fine for petty hooliganism (under Article 20.1 of the Administrative Offence Code), which allowed the police to detain him for up to 48 hours. Initially charged under the first part of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, his charges were later upgraded to the dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces with political hatred as the motive (point \"d\" part 2 of Article 207.3).\n\nOn 22 April 2024, Kokhovets was sentenced to five years of forced labor. However, on 17 September 2024, the appellate court replaced the forced labor sentence with imprisonment in a general-regime colony.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":418,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yuri Kokhovets on \"fakes\" about the Russian Federation Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0407/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The cause for the case was a poll of passers-by on whether the tension between Russia and NATO countries needs to be defused, which was conducted by Radio Liberty: in it, a Muscovite said that Russia \"bombs shopping centres\" and the military shot civilians for no reason, so the reduction of tension in relations depends on the actions of the Russian government.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 25.03.2023 to 17.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.09.2024 to 23.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.09.2024 to 10.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.04.2025 to 17.09.2029, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2024, Sentence: Forced labour - 5 years, ban on information posting - 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Forced labour - 5 years, ban on information posting - 4 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-22T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-22T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kohovecz-yurij-anatolevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec0pWnZg3TC9woSn"},{"persecution_id":"rechkTHPPtlMHp4Wk","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recPxep0pq9KC2iiZ","name_en":"Nikolai Gutsenovich","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Penza, a city in western Russia. He regularly participated in protests. In February 2023, a case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 18 July, he was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles (approximately 1 thousand euros).","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":153,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 6.03.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"A case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces in Penza","case_number":"1-177/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case initiation was the likes on anti-war posts in social network \"Odnoklassniki\", which \"characterise the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federationas criminal and invasive\" and contain \"allegations of the Russian Federation military shooting at Ukrainian citizens, firing rockets at residential buildings, including Kiyv, which resulted in the death of civilians\". In March, Gutsenovich was fined 30,000 rubles (approximately 3 thousand euros) under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because he held a solitary picket with a drawing of a rocket being fractured by hands.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["no preventive measure"],"restraint_measures_en":"• no preventive measure: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.07.2023, Sentence: A fine of 100 thousand roubles (approximately 1 thousand euros)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 100 thousand roubles (approximately 1 thousand euros)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-18T08:55:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-18T08:55:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechkTHPPtlMHp4Wk"},{"persecution_id":"rec3UKYvj6dyXDxos","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:01:20.000Z","person_id":"recMWdkg9TRPEQspA","name_en":"Intigam Aliev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attJP4CkoTynEjRJ2.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attJP4CkoTynEjRJ2.jpeg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg, allegedly a freestyle wrestler. At the end of March 2023, he stopped his car at a pedestrian crossing, approached another driver and stated his negative attitude towards Russians and Christians, calling them fascists because of the war in Ukraine and because of his attitude towards Caucasians. The conversation was recorded on a video recorder. Initially it was reported that the man's name was Vahid Javadly, but later it turned out that Javadly was the owner of the car and Aliyev was driving. According to media reports, the police detained Aliyev, but he used \"physical violence as well as fighting techniques\" against them and fled. Because of this incident, a case was opened against him under the article on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). On 5 April it was reported that Aliyev was detained, a video with his apologies was published. He was taken into custody. On 10 November 2023, Aliev was sentenced to a fine of 250 thousand rubles (≈$2700 as of 11/10/2023), which was reduced to 150 thousand rubles (≈$1630), taking into account his detention. On 18 April 2024, the court of appeal changed the sentence, assigning Aliev two years of penal colony. Presumably, he was released in February 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":253,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Intigam Aliyev's case of offending religious feelings","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a conversation between Aliyev and another man recorded on a video camera. 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Because of this incident, a case was opened against him under the article on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities.\n","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.04.2023 to 10.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.02.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.11.2023, Sentence: A fine of 250,000 roubles (≈$2700 as of 11/10/2023), reduced to 150,000 roubles (≈$1630), taking into account the time spent in custody","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 250,000 roubles (≈$2700 as of 11/10/2023), reduced to 150,000 roubles (≈$1630), taking into account the time spent in custody","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2023-11-09T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-09T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 27-05-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47920/?sphrase_id=2733265\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"rec3UKYvj6dyXDxos"},{"persecution_id":"recfD2p9qDsbitE8s","last_updated":"2025-01-27T09:37:04.000Z","person_id":"rec0DgG3KYneRdHyJ","name_en":"Yulia Lapteva","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":324,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yulia Lapteva on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on November 10, under the news in one of the local groups about the detention of Mikhail Nikitin in the case of attempted arson of the military recruiting office of Kirov district she left a comment: \"Well done man, right, these military recruiting offices equip people for slaughter.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["no preventive measure"],"restraint_measures_en":"• no preventive measure:  to 06.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.01.2024","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-19T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-19T13:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-10-2022\n Source: https://oi.legal/instruction/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#2\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recfD2p9qDsbitE8s"},{"persecution_id":"recSrBpliXsqkrDa9","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recZwH5uouM7TAOQs","name_en":"Ivan Epikhin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attG8k9it5KxFWof2.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attG8k9it5KxFWof2.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaluga Region, a landscaper for Russian Railways. The criminal prosecution became known in June 2023. The reason for the prosecution was anti-war leaflets that Epikhin placed in the snow in the street in the settlement of Tovarkovo. After the detention, law enforcers allegedly found \"an explosive substance derived from pyrotechnic products\" at Epikhin's home. He was taken into custody. On 7 July 2023, Epikhin was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. On 5 October, the court of appeal reduced the term by three months. In December 2025, Epikhin was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaluga"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":128,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 280","Part 1, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of distributing leaflets in the Tovarkovo village","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case against Epikhin was opened over his anti-war leaflets that he, according to the prosecution, distributed on the streets in the village of Tovarkovo. The leaflets stated that Crimea belongs to Ukraine and Russia is ruled by a 'fascist' regime.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 31.03.2023 to 03.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.10.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.12.2025 to 01.12.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.07.2023, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony and a 1-year prohibition on engaging in activities related to website management or administration","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony and a 1-year prohibition on engaging in activities related to website management or administration","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":33,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-07T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-07T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Glory to Ukraine. Occupiers to the gilyak(Sakhalin).\" \"Aimax\" is the name of the computer repair shop where Arkhipov works. The statement was interpreted as aimed at \"inciting a person to violence and physical destruction of people belonging to the social group 'servicemen'\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receOZUloURiJCZs6"},{"persecution_id":"recCa0blKGugBjhMF","last_updated":"2026-02-13T23:21:02.000Z","person_id":"rec4DxWSxyPlqdCC5","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Employee of a technical university.\nTaken into custody in the case of dissemination of knowingly fake information about Russian Armed Forces. On 16 June 2023, the court transferred him to a psychiatric hospital, finding him not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder.\nOn 14 December 2023, the court sent the university employee to compulsory psychiatric treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":261,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of an employee of a Moscow technical university about \"fake facts\" about the Russian Army","case_number":"01-0597/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of two comments on the e-xecutive.ru website published on April 9th. The first one contains information that Russian troops razed the city of Mariupol to the ground, heavily shelled Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Kiev, and did not pity the civilians. The second one mentions, among other things, that Russian soldiers stole television sets, video boards, raped and killed Ukrainian girls.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.03.2023 to 06.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 06.04.2023 to 22.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• : from 22.06.2023 to 30.12.2023, White Pillars Psychiatric Hospital No. 19\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 30.12.2023, White Pillars Psychiatric Hospital No. 19\n","imprisonment_location_en":"White Pillars Psychiatric Hospital No. 19","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.12.2023","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-14T09:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-14T09:45:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Later it became known that he was also accused of illegal formation of a legal entity. \"Izvestia\" claims that Siomik worked with phone scammers from Ukraine and transferred rubles stolen from pensioners to their accounts. \"Beware of the News\" notes that on social networks Siomik supported Russia and the Russian army.\nOn 15 July 2024, Siomik was acquitted in a terrorism financing case because it turned out that he had sold his card from which the transfers were made earlier than they were made. On the charge of illegally forming a legal entity, he was sentenced to two years and eight months in a penal colony and released from custody in the courtroom because he had actually served the sentence.\nOn 23 October 2024, the court of appeal overturned the acquittal in the terrorism financing case and returned the case to the first instance court.\nNew witnesses appeared in the case - two prisoners who had allegedly met Siomik in detention centres: according to them, he told them that he would lie during the investigation, but in fact he was assisting the AFU. At the same time, another prisoner spoke at the trial, who claimed that Siomik, on the contrary, while in custody, said that he was accused of financing terrorism, while he did not. According to the defence lawyer, the court ignored the words of this witness.\nOn 23 April 2025, Siomik was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":502,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Igor Siomik terrorism financing case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, since October 2022, the man corresponded with representatives of the AFU and Azov, collected money for them and transferred to Ukrainian accounts.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.03.2023 to 15.07.2024\n• in custody: from 23.04.2025 to 01.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.07.2024, Sentence: 2 years 8 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 23.04.2025, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment. First 3 years in the prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment. First 3 years in the prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":88,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-15T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-23T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/siomik-igor-viktorovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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The Telegram channel “VChK-OGPU” reports that during the investigation Baranov claimed that he was guided by his anti-war stance during the arson attacks.\nNo later than March 2023, Baranov’s charge was reclassified to committing a terrorist act. He was later reported to have also been charged with manufacturing explosives, participating in a terrorist community and treason. On 10 October 2024, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":617,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205","205","205.4","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Baranov’s case of arson","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 19 January 2023, he damaged a glass pane in the window of a building belonging to the extra-departmental guard and poured flammable liquid through the resulting hole, but was unable to “bring his criminal intent to a successful end”, and on 20 February he set fire to two official cars of the State Road Traffic Safety Inspectorate and planned to set fire to cars of the Interior Ministry. Later, charges of preparing to manufacture explosives, participation in a terrorist community and state treason we also added to the case.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 11.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.10.2024, Sentence: 18 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-10T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-10T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 27-02-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/02/27/v-peterburge-rabochego-otpravili-v-sizo-po-podozreniyu-v-popytke-podzhoga?page=2\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recvIRriMN9E1iTcD"},{"persecution_id":"recooRTYjJaZmf23m","last_updated":"2026-02-17T15:24:46.000Z","person_id":"rec15Z04WMojmZGSo","name_en":"Konstantin Sonin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atthSqLyyQOKc5f0q.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atthSqLyyQOKc5f0q.JPG"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Economist, professor at the University of Chicago, and formerly a lecturer and vice-chancellor of the Higher School of Economics. In March 2023, a case was brought against him for dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.\nOn 25 May 2023 it became known that he was put on a wanted list. On 20 February 2024, Sonin was arrested in absentia. On 23 May 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":449,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Sonin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0223/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"having disagreed for a long time with the foreign and domestic policy pursued by the leadership of the Russian Federation, three times he created publications in the Telegram messenger on his personal channel \"Konstantin Sonin\", which, according to the experts, contain information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 20.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.05.2024, Sentence: 8 years and 6 months' deprivation of liberty in absentia with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites on electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including on the Internet, for a period of 4 years and 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years and 6 months' deprivation of liberty in absentia with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites on electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including on the Internet, for a period of 4 years and 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-23T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-23T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recooRTYjJaZmf23m"},{"persecution_id":"rec7lpzVUTvYN3n2L","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"rec9SD62ZWoN4y3XE","name_en":"Zakhar Zaripov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attTz1uDNWaCzkrPd.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attTz1uDNWaCzkrPd.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Zaripov is a resident of Sovietskaya Gavan (Khabarovsk region), a maths teacher, and a writer.\n\nHe took part in protests against the construction of a coal terminal and against the arrest of Sergey Furgal, Khabarovsk's governor at the time. A case was initiated against him for incitement to terrorism after he published a post on \"LiveJournal,\" a social media website, suggesting that the head ofChechnya should not to send Chechen soldiers to fight in Ukraine, but seek independence for Chechnya instead. On January 25, 2023, Zaripov's place was searched, and he was detained. On January 27, the court placed him under arrest.\n\nSince September 2023, Zaripov had been complaining about a growing tumor. It wasn't until February 2024, six months later, that he was allowed to undergo an oncological examination. The diagnosis—parotid gland cancer—was confirmed only in September, by which time the disease had reached stage four. FSIN (Federal Penitentiary Service) medical staff stated that Zaripov's condition could constitute grounds for his release.\n\nOn April 1, 2024, Zaripov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.\n\nZaripov has two young daughters, the youngest of whom was born while he was already in custody.\n\nAt the end of October 2024, Zaripov underwent surgery at an oncology center and was transferred back to the pre-trial detention center. Due to the prolonged delay in the surgery, the tumor had spread into neighboring tissues. As a result, the right side of his face was completely paralyzed, and he has coordination issues with his right hand. In November, Zaripov's lawyer, Konstantin Bubov, reported that his client was losing his vision: after the operation, \"half of his face became immobile, and his right eye was half-closed.\"\n\nAt that time, the prosecutor's office, the human rights commissioner’s office, and the FSIN in the Khabarovsk region told Zaripov's lawyer that they \"did not have the authority\" to keep him in the pre-trial detention center but also could not release him because the district military court and the appellate military court \"did not respond to their requests.\" The appellate court, in turn, had not considered the appeal for more than six months.\n\nOn November 26, 2024, the appellate court replaced the prison sentence with a fine of 650,000 rubles. Taking into account the time already spent in custody, the fine was reduced to 350,000 rubles. On November 28, Zaripov was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sovetskaya Gavan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":432,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Zakhar Zaripov case on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in early March, under the nickname scribble_33, he published a post in LiveJournal titled \"Hint to Kadyrov\", where he suggested that the head of Chechnya should not send the republic's military servicemen to the war in Ukraine, but instead seek independence for his region.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.01.2023 to 15.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 15.10.2024 to 21.10.2024\n• in custody: from 21.10.2024 to 28.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.04.2024, Sentence: 5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":650000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-01T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-01T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-07-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zaripov-zahar-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7lpzVUTvYN3n2L"},{"persecution_id":"rec0gKDNuOVN3SUUF","last_updated":"2024-12-12T11:31:26.000Z","person_id":"recENtTU7nShIXIsc","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Sudak. A criminal case on discrediting the Armed Forces was initiated against him. On June 28 2023, a non-custodial sentence was handed down, details unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sudak"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":88,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces in Sudak","persecution_case_profile_en":"In October 2022, he was fined 30 thousand rubles under a similar administrative article (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the CAO) for five publications on Facebook.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.06.2023, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-28T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-28T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0gKDNuOVN3SUUF"},{"persecution_id":"recmS0Y371TenLJjl","last_updated":"2025-11-07T16:07:53.000Z","person_id":"recKGvyYrfION1Slj","name_en":"Irina Chernikova (Lopanova)","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She is a masseuse and lived in Obninsk. In February 2023, the Telegram channel \"Ostorozhno, Novosti\" reported that a criminal case had been opened against her for discrediting the army because of anti-war publications on VKontakte. Chernikova, who was abroad, knew nothing about it at the time. In addition, in March, she received a certificate from the Ministry of Internal Affairs stating that there were no criminal cases against her. However, in June, her husband's relatives were searched in her case. Later, she received a notice that the case had still been opened in February 2023.\n\nIn February 2024, it was reported that Chernikova was prosecuted for participation in activities of an extremist organisation because she posted hyperlinks to the \"Navalny's Team\" Telegram channel and the YouTube channel \"Navalny LIVE\", as well as a hyperlink to a post on the \"Vesna\" movement's Telegram channel.\n\nThe cases were merged. In February 2025, the merged case was submitted to a court. On 10 September 2025, Chernikova was sentenced in absentia to four years in a general regime colony and a fine of 200,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Obninsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":952,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":136,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Irina Chernikova's case on repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces and participation in the activities of extremist organisations","case_number":"1-69/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"on 24 December 2022, being in Obninsk, being an opponent of the use of the Russian Armed Forces within the framework of the ongoing special military operation to protect the citizens of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, having been brought to administrative responsibility for a similar act within one year, again committed public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces to protect the interests of Russia and its citizens, and to support international peace and safety; discrediting the fulfillment of Russian government authorities' duties  for the stated purposes outside the Russian territory. She committed similar acts on 11, 15 and 25 January 2023.\nShe also twice committed participation in the activities of a public association in respect of which a court had issued a decision (that had entered into legal force) banning its activities in connection with extremist activities, with the exception of organisations that are recognised as terrorist in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.  Namely,  between 29 June 2023 and 06 February 2024, being dissatisfied with the domestic and foreign policy pursued by the Russian Federation President, by visiting websites, forums and channels on the \"Internet\" network, she acquired a feeling of ideological unity with members of one of the banned extremist organisations. She began to disseminate its activities publicly for an unspecified audience on the \"Internet\" network. Having participated in its activity, she posted textual information with a hyperlink to this organisation's Telegram channel on her social network account, which was publicly available for an unspecified audience. She committed similar actions in the period from 06 August 2021 to 08 December 2023, having posted textual information and a video file with a link to a QR code pointing to a website that belonged to an organisation that had been liquidated and banned by a court decision due to its extremist activity\".\n\nAccording to \"ASTRA\" Telegram channel, Chernikova is accused of publishing links to the Anti-Corruption Foundation Internet project \"Russia without Putin 2024\", \"Navalny's Team\" Telegram channel and the YouTube channel \"Navalny LIVE\", as well as links to the post of \"Vesna Movement\" Telegram channel with an appeal to Putin, created by the women organisation \"Way Home\". It is also reported that Chernikova's account contained a link to a cloud storage of \"Vesna\" leaflets with the inscriptions: \"For anyone but Putin to bring the soldiers home\", \"Russia without Putin - return the mobilised home\", \"Russia without Putin - peace negotiations\", \"For anyone but Putin to stop releasing criminals\", \"Putin is sanctions against Russia\", \"Putin is violence\" and others.\n\nOn 18 November 2022, Obninsk City Court [fined](https://obninsky--klg.sudrf.ru/modules.php?name=sud_delo&srv_num=1&name_op=case&case_id=82143145&case_uid=8b06633a-ac91-401d-becf-001719fc95a9&delo_id=1500001) Lopanova under Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code for 30 thousand rubles. The reason was the publication of a video message to the Russian military.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.09.2025, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony in absentia and a fine of 200, 000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony in absentia and a fine of 200, 000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-10T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-10T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmS0Y371TenLJjl"},{"persecution_id":"recslyLd3hr4R9AQU","last_updated":"2025-05-13T10:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recTLEYyP2ksoVsSq","name_en":"Alexei Tokmachev","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Yaroslavl. According to different data, he is 41 or 43 years old. In March 2023, the Telegram channel “Yaroslavl. Main” published a video in which a man with a blurred face claims that “from 2022 to the present” he has written comments in which he “called to blow up Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin as well as spoke against the special military operation” and that he called Russian servicemen “fascists”. On 1 July 2023, Tokmachev was sentenced to a fine of 400,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":122,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":17,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of public justification of terrorism in Yaroslavl","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he publicly justified terrorism on VKontakte. In a video published in the Telegram channel “Yaroslavl. Glavny” (“Yaroslavl. Main”), a man with a blurred face claims that \"from 2022 to the present\" he has written comments in which he “called to blow up Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin as well as spoke against the special military operation” and that he called Russian servicemen “fascists”.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.07.2023, Sentence: a fine of 400 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-01T13:29:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-01T13:29:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recslyLd3hr4R9AQU"},{"persecution_id":"recqehNADLKdeMU0l","last_updated":"2025-02-07T11:33:04.000Z","person_id":"recUrTBmuXKeDedVs","name_en":"Kirill Dudarkov","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tomsk. In December 2022, he was detained in connection with defacing of banners supporting the war, during interrogation he was beaten and forced to tell about Stanislav Shmakov, who defaced banners with his help. In January 2023, Dudarkov was placed under house arrest as part of a vandalism case for defacing banners supporting the war. In April 2024, Dudarkov died.","persecution_occupation_en":["Veterinarians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":596,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of defacing \"All for the Front\" banners","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the defacement of banners \"All for the front\".","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.01.2023 to 10.04.2023\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.01.2023 to 01.01.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 10.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.08.2024","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-19T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-19T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-10-2022\n Source: https://oi.legal/instruction/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#1\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recqehNADLKdeMU0l"},{"persecution_id":"recRt5Kwfgo4Yg3HG","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:27:40.000Z","person_id":"recfmomrL3xSJceXa","name_en":"Tamara Parshina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att1hrYDEPOFdWhZZ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att1hrYDEPOFdWhZZ.jfif"],"birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Khabarovsk. She was reported to be a member of a movement in support of former Khabarovsk Krai governor Sergey Furgal, but the Furgal's Headquarters telegram channel wrote that \"none of the activists of the movement\" had identified her. Lawyer Kaloy Akhilgov told Sever.Realii that the persecuted woman had transferred 2,500 rubles in small sums to several Ukrainian charities.\nThe woman was detained in Khabarovsk and taken to Moscow, where she was placed in custody.\nOn 4 October 2023, a court in Khabarovsk sentenced Parshina to eight years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":204,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Khabarovsk resident's treason case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she transferred money to purchase weapons, ammunition and uniforms for Ukrainian troops.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody:  to 21.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.10.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.10.2023, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-03T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-03T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-02-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://jtyrggqz---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/parshina-tamara-mihajlovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recRt5Kwfgo4Yg3HG"},{"persecution_id":"recRTRSNMmfDlET8t","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"recjgzRSqpyiptyaq","name_en":"Stanislav Korviakov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Lipetsk, Korvyakov faced charges in February 2023 for discrediting the Armed Forces. The case was initiated after employees of certain agencies, to whom Korvyakov had submitted complaints about their use of the letter \"Z,\" reported him to the prosecutor's office.\n\nInitially, the court imposed a preventive measure restricting certain actions. When the case proceeded to trial, Korvyakov was placed under house arrest; however, this decision was overturned by an appellate court.\n\nOn July 10, 2024, Korvyakov was fined 180,000 roubles. Further details about the case are unavailable.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lipetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":525,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Stanislav Korvyakov's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated due to publications on his personal blog on \"Yandex.Zen.\" The acting prosecutor of the city's Oktyabrsky district stated that Korvyakov compared \"symbols of special operations\" to the swastika and wrote \"a lot of negativity and filth\" about the Russian military.\n\nIn July, Korvyakov was fined under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3.3 of the Administrative Code) after he sent a letter to the city administration titled \"About Zombies.\" In the letter, the activist demanded the removal of a poster with the letter Z from the Youth Palace \"October.\" \"Z is Putin's swastika <...> Only a zombie, brainwashed by propagandists from Channel One, could support the war and draw the letter Z,\" he explained in his request.\n\nThe court also considered other instances of discrediting the military, including Korvyakov's letter to the regional health department, in which he demanded the removal of Z symbols from ambulances, and a letter to Russian Railways, where he requested the removal of a Z sticker from a diesel locomotive.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 26.07.2023\n• house arrest: from 26.07.2023 to 04.08.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 04.08.2023 to 08.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.07.2024, Sentence: a fine of 180 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 180 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":180000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 08-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/02/d47825/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recRTRSNMmfDlET8t"},{"persecution_id":"recysTwF3p9shmHPH","last_updated":"2025-02-24T11:13:25.000Z","person_id":"recEAkHm8aT9649uP","name_en":"Anastasia Brukhanova","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Moscow resident, she worked at the Urban Projects Foundation of Ilya Varlamov and Maxim Kats. In 2016, she was elected as a municipal deputy in the Moscow district of Shchukino, where she headed the Housing and Public Utilities and beautification Commission. In 2019, she tried to pass to the Moscow City Duma, but she was not allowed to the elections.\nIn the 2021 elections to the State Duma, Bryukhanova was leading in her single-mandate district after in-person voting and processing 99% of protocols. But after the counting of votes by remote electronic voting, she lost to the candidate from °A Just Russia° party.\nIn April 2023, it became known that authorities opened a criminal case  against Brukhanova for \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, she was put on a wanted list. On 20 July, Brukhanova was arrested in absentia.\nOn 19 November 2024, she was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":598,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anastasia Brukhanova on \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0654/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was some video that Brukhanova published on YouTube on 23 December.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 20.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.11.2024, Sentence: 8 years imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-19T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-19T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recysTwF3p9shmHPH"},{"persecution_id":"recONvlTCb05w8zYq","last_updated":"2025-01-30T21:28:16.000Z","person_id":"recGb5xalofkyGDir","name_en":"Stanislav Shmakov","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tomsk (Eastern Siberia), an assistant to city Duma deputy  and a member of the Yabloko faction David Avetyan. A vandalism case was brought against him and two other individuals for defacing the banners \"All for the Front\" and \"All for Victory\" - first under Part 1 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code, then reclassified to the more serious Part 2, imputing the commission of an offence by a group of persons. On 19 August 2024, Shmakov was sentenced to a year and two months of restricted freedom. He was banned from leaving the house at night, leaving Tomsk or attending mass events. On 3 December 2024, the appeal court discharged him due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2024-12-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":596,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of defacing \"All for the Front\" banners","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was leading the group that defaced the \"All for the Front\" banners","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 13.01.2023 to 10.04.2023\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.01.2023 to 13.01.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 10.04.2023 to 19.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.08.2024, Sentence: Banned from leaving the house at night, leaving Tomsk or attending mass events for 1 year and 2 months.","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Banned from leaving the house at night, leaving Tomsk or attending mass events for 1 year and 2 months.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-19T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-19T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-10-2022\n Source: https://oi.legal/instruction/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#1\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recONvlTCb05w8zYq"},{"persecution_id":"rec8Oduwp2OTWXSgo","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recpw2e2NYsCXrz0j","name_en":"Maxim Lypkan","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attFThWGt7ZzmhBIG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attFThWGt7ZzmhBIG.jpg"],"birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, he submitted a notification about holding a rally called \"The Year of Hell\" on 24 February 2023. The Moscow authorities refused to approve the rally, citing the epidemiological situation. Lypkan tried to challenge the refusal in court, but the court did not satisfy his claim.\nThe activist was detained after a search hold in his place on 20 February 2023, and his father's place was also searched. The lawyer was not allowed into the flat during the search. When the lawyer arrived at Lypkan's house, he was met at the entrance by four men in civilian clothes, who started talking to him rudely and pressing him; the unknown men also told Kachmazov \"let's go out\". The next day Lypkan was taken into custody in the case of \"fake facts\" about the Russian Armed Forces. In the pre-trial detention center, the young man was bullied by his cellmates: according to his lawyer, they shaved a Mohawk on his head. After the story went public, they were transferred to another cell. On 30 October Lypkan was transferred to a psychiatric hospital. On 19 February 2024, the court sentenced the young man to the forced medical treatment.\nIn September 2024 it became known that Lypkan did not receive letters in the psychiatric hospital where he was kept.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow","Odintsovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow","Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW","RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":363,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Maxim Lypkan's case on \"fake facts\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-38/2024 (1-1078/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was an interview about the war and protests that Lypkan gave to Radio Liberty","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.02.2023 to 19.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 19.07.2023 to 18.08.2023, Serbsky Centre\n• in custody: from 18.08.2023 to 08.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• : from 24.11.2023 to 11.06.2024\n• in custody: from 08.11.2023 to 24.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n• in custody: from 24.11.2023 to 24.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №10 (SIZO-10) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 11.06.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.02.2024, Sentence: Forced medical treatment in a specialised hospital","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"Forced medical treatment in a specialised hospital","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-19T17:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-19T17:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-09-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/lypkan-maksim-kirillovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec8Oduwp2OTWXSgo"},{"persecution_id":"recuL99MayAVR0SAp","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec4d83ZO0Jgabwac","name_en":"Evan Gershkovich","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Correspondent of The Wall Street Journal. He was detained on March 29, 2023 in Yekaterinburg, where he was working on a material about the attitudes of the public to the PMC Wagner, after which he was taken to Moscow, where he was taken into custody. The materials of the case are almost completely classified. According to the publication where the journalist works, he was under surveillance even before his detention. Yevgeny Smirnov, a lawyer for First Department, stressed that this is the first criminal case of espionage against a foreign journalist in the Russian Federation.\nOn July 19, Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.\nOn August 1, 2024, Gershkovich was released as part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":506,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 276 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["276"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 276"],"case_name_en":"Evan Gershkovich's espionage case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, he was engaged in collecting information about one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.\n","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.07.2024, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-19T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-19T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recuL99MayAVR0SAp"},{"persecution_id":"recOrEbMPMJ4fbtmo","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recQfi2AdPlzfZQCd","name_en":"Filipp Medvedev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att89YkP0jqGppDTu.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att89YkP0jqGppDTu.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow, blogger. Also known as Oliver Gertsen.\nMedvedev has been sent to a special detention centre for 15 days three times in administrative cases on the demonstration of Nazi symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The first arrest was ordered because of his VKontakte avatar with the flag of Vlasov's Russian Liberation Army. The second time he was arrested because of a tweet with a photo of Ku Klux Klan members, which he posted to the news about a girl being robbed in South Africa. Another arrest was related to a post about fighting Zionism. In November 2022, Medvedev was convicted under the article on intentional damage to property (part 1 of article 167 of the Criminal Code) because he damaged a car with the letter Z pasted on it. Medvedev tried twice unsuccessfully to leave Russia.\nIn March 2023, it became known that Medvedev was taken into custody. He was accused of publicly justifying terrorism because of an audio message in a Telegram channel calling to \"bomb the FSB building with Iskanders\".\nAccording to the blogger, with his post he expressed an emotional evaluation \"in connection with militaristic policy\".\nOn 15 August 2023, Medvedev was sentenced to four years and two months in a general regime penal colony. On 15 November, the appeal court reduced the sentence by three months.\n\nIn April 2023, it became known that a case was also brought against Medvedev for calling to go to a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January 2021. Later it turned out that the case was most likely initiated under the article on calls for mass disorder. The case was soon dismissed, as it was initiated at the time of expiry of the statute of limitations for the relevant acts.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":195,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Filipp Medvedev's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated due to the audio message calling to \"bomb the FSB building with Iskanders\" posted on a Telegram channel.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 01.10.2023 to 15.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.11.2023 to 01.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• Unknown: from 01.01.2024 to 01.01.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.08.2023, Sentence: 4 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":47,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-15T12:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-15T12:40:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-06-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-filippa-medvedeva/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recOrEbMPMJ4fbtmo"},{"persecution_id":"recnqhR2g5P1xveLv","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"rectA8i7znEoR318i","name_en":"Valeria Zotova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atti2dul67sMrNv3z.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atti2dul67sMrNv3z.jpg"],"birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yaroslavl. On the evening of 16 February 2023, she left home, telling her mother that she was going out with friends. Her mother did not see her after that. At about 1 a.m. law enforcers came to the flat with a search, without introducing themselves and without informing about the grounds for investigative actions. Later it became known that Valeria is in custody. A Telegram channel affiliated with local law enforcers published a video in which Zotova, stammering, says that she gave the coordinates and photos of buildings \"where [there are] [collection points for aid to mobilised] AFU\" for seven thousand rubles. During the \"confession\" the girl several times clarifies to the person on the other side of the camera what exactly she should say. Later, Valeria's mother told the publication \"7×7\" that on the day of detention her daughter was beaten, held in the snow in a T-shirt and without socks, put face down in the snow, and threatened with a stun gun. Zotova Sr. told \"Novaya.Europa\" that her daughter was indeed in correspondence with a certain Andrei, who claimed to be serving in the AFU and asked her to set fire to a \"railway cabinet\" or leave a certain bag in a specified place for a reward. Valeria refused. Her mother considers the criminal case to be the result of provocation by the FSB. A publication in the Telegram channel claims that Zotova \"grew up in a dysfunctional family\" and \"was a drug addict\". Valeria's mother told OVD-Info that neither the family nor the girl had ever been on the relevant registers, and her daughter ended up in a rehabilitation centre because she left home several times without permission. In October, Zotova Sr. was fined under the article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of the graffiti \"No to War\" on one of the local kiosks. During the search, law enforcers threatened to make her a suspect in her daughter's case, claiming that she had participated in anti-war rallies. In a post on the Yaroslavl LIVE public group, someone whom the authors of the publication call a friend of Valeria Zotova claims that the young man of the arrested woman is fighting in Ukraine on the side of the Russian army. Zotova's mother said that her daughter and the man in question have separated.\nOn 28 June 2023, Valeria Zotova was sentenced to six years in a penal colony.\n\nZotova complained about pressure in the pre-trial detention centre. Zotova's mother said that her daughter complained about the FSIN officer Natalia, who accused the girl of driving her cellmate to suicide, told her \"people like you are not loved here\" and offered cigarettes to other prisoners in exchange for compromising information about Zotova. During the visit, her daughter complained to Svetlana Zotova that the FSIN officer tried to hit her. After that Svetlana wrote a letter to Valeria, in which she told about her plans to go to the head of the pre-trial detention centre with complaints, but in response she received a message: \"At the moment it is impossible to deliver the letter, we are not informed about the reasons for the delay (investigative actions, disciplinary cell, TDF)\". Zotova's cellmates tried to force Zotova to testify against her in the suicide case. They refused and were also sent to the punishment cell. In February 2024, it became known that Zotova was experiencing constant pain in her back and gums, but she was not receiving medical assistance. Later, it was reported that she was charged because of a tag that had been torn off, although the tag had been torn off by a female employee of the colony.\nIn August 2024, Zotova's mother said that Valeria was offered to denounce other prisoners, she refused, and some time later rumours began to spread in the facility that she had a drug addiction.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":132,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Valeria Zotova's case on the attempted arson of the Donbass aid collection point","case_number":"1-142/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, tried to set fire to the collection point of humanitarian aid for Donbass.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 08.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.11.2023 to 20.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• Unknown: from 21.12.2023 to 22.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.12.2023 to 29.01.2025\n• punishment cell: from 29.01.2025 to 03.02.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.02.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.06.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-28T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-28T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-01-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zotova-valeriya-igorevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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According to the investigation, Strugov suggested in his post to \"shoot people like Volodin and his kind\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.09.2023","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-28T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-28T15:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recDPt718CoiVLTFv"},{"persecution_id":"recxh9owOcbOebrRE","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec3dNT790xQPogCh","name_en":"Stanislav Rumyantsev","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ivanov resident. A case of discrediting the Armed Forces was brought against him. Later it was reported that Rumyantsev was charged not only with discrediting the Russian army, but also with vandalism motivated by political hatred. The court chose a ban on certain actions as a preventive measure. Later it became known that Rumyantsev died.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ivanovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["solo picket"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Ivanovo resident on discrediting the RF Armed Forces and vandalism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of the poster \"No to War! No to fascism! Putin is a murderer\", with which Rumyantsev went to the building of the reception centre of \"United Russia\". In July, Rumyantsev was fined 30,000 rubles under a similar administrative article (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for anti-war statements during the procession on 9 May.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 03.03.2023 to 30.04.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 03.03.2023 to 25.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-04-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/04/d47955/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recxh9owOcbOebrRE"},{"persecution_id":"recrXvrU1mUZpy6lr","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recUdqsncNuO5Cma9","name_en":"Sergei Boiko","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a former coordinator of Alexei Navalny’s headquarters in Novosibirsk and deputy of the Novosibirsk City Council. He has left Russia. Tatiana Sazonova, an aide to a State Duma deputy, demanded that a libel case be initiated against Boiko after he claimed that a 100-year-old World War II veteran had died of a coronavirus after visiting her.\n\nIn February 2023, an arrest warrant was issued for Boiko as part of a certain criminal case, details of which are unknown. On 31 March 2023, he was added to the register of “foreign agents”. In September 2024, a case was initiated against him for evasion of his duties as a “foreign agent”.\n\nOn 22 October 2024, Boiko was added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of extremists and terrorists, with a note that is placed at the names of people facing prosecution under terrorist articles.\n\nIn January 2026, the RBC and Kommersant newspapers reported that Boiko had been sentenced in absentia to 400 hours of compulsory labour in a case of evading his duties as a “foreign agent”.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Boyko's case","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-08-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recrXvrU1mUZpy6lr"},{"persecution_id":"recaRhQnp9evoeYdA","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recP5C4f1rRSbe8C2","name_en":"Nazir Tsechoev","birth_year":1977,"age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Ingushetia. A case was opened against him for discrediting the Armed Forces. Tsechoev was given a recognisance not to leave. On October 31 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 250 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magas"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":244,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published some \"discrediting\" posts about the Russian army in an unnamed social network in November 2022. It later became known that the reason for the case was comments made in the Telegram chat room of the publication \"Chernovik\" by a user with the nickname FT. In these statements, according to the expert, \"the actions of Russian servicemen are seen as cowardly and ridiculous; the low level of armaments of the Russian Federation and the professionalism of the command of the Russian troops are ridiculed\".\nIn March 2022, Tsechoev was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of comments in Telegram with the text \"Putin's naZists promised a humanitarian corridor from Mariupol, and when the evacuation began, they opened fire on it\" and \"From every window the occupants can be hit! The photo shows a molotov crossbow\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.10.2023, Sentence: A fine of 250 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 250 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-31T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-31T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recaRhQnp9evoeYdA"},{"persecution_id":"recEHgoTWoP2880ws","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recq4vT4MN1Hf4cBp","name_en":"Unknown male 34","birth_year":1988,"age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vorsma"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 329"],"case_name_en":"Case of a resident of Vorsma on flag abuse","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 3 April 2023, he removed the flag from the flagpole on the police department building, after which he threw the flag onto the roadway and began \"trampling and beating it with a bat\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEHgoTWoP2880ws"},{"persecution_id":"recNN1X3BtCti5Q2t","last_updated":"2026-04-28T16:31:55.000Z","person_id":"recaPgMLm2MXcIs3y","name_en":"Dmitry Mikheev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzONoFfU9zVuQZ7.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzONoFfU9zVuQZ7.jpg"],"birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He worked as a sound engineer at the Bratsk shopping mall. In January 2023, it became known that he was detained on suspicion of arson of a military recruitment centre. After that, the TV company said that he no longer worked for them, and his name was removed from the TRK website.\nAt first Mikheev was charged with intentional destruction of property (part 2 of article 167 of the Criminal Code), but then the charge was reclassified as committing a terrorist act that caused substantial property damage (point \"c\" of part 2 of article 205 of the Criminal Code). Mikheev was in custody. Then he was transferred to a psychiatric hospital for six months, after which he was returned to the detention centre.\nLater it became known that he was charged with the 1st, milder, part of the article on committing a terrorist act, but the charge of undergoing training for the purpose of terrorist activity and treason was also added - the transfer of money to the legion \"Freedom of Russia\" appeared in the case.\nOn 27 January 2025 Mikheev was sentenced to eighteen years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":759,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":108,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.3","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205","Article 205.3","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the arson attack on a military recruitment centre in Bratsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he tried to set fire to a military recruitment centre in Bratsk and also transferred money to the Freedom of Russia legion","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 24.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russin Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 24.04.2023 to 01.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.06.2023 to 01.12.2023\n• in custody: from 01.12.2023 to 01.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 22.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.01.2025, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":213,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-29T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-29T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On the same day, a video clip of Pussy Riot's song with the refrain \"Mother of God, chase Putin away\" with fragments of the incident in the church appeared on the Internet. A case of hate-motivated hooliganism was opened. Tolokonnikova was arrested in March 2012 and sentenced to two years in a general regime colony in August 2012. On 23 December 2013, she was amnestied and released.\n\nIn March 2023, it became known that a case of insulting the feelings of believers was brought against Tolokonnikova.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's case of offence to the feelings of believers","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was the NFT work \"Virgin Mary Become a Feminist\", as well as a post on social media about the action of LGBTQ+ activists on Red Square, which included a photo with an LGBTQ+ flag against the background of St Basil's Cathedral.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recN5ZESFAi4IynAG"},{"persecution_id":"reckVZ1yqnFrz33Bm","last_updated":"2024-05-12T14:01:41.000Z","person_id":"recMsT79gLsqT935S","name_en":"Amyr Aytashev","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Head of the Anti-Corruption Committee project.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gorno-Altaysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AL"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Amyr Aytashev's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the operational footage, the reason for the prosecution could have been Aitashev's messages in the telegram chat room \"Gornyi Altai. Discussion\", where the journalist corresponded with a participant of the war in Ukraine.\nEarlier he was fined twice under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and issued an official warning of possible criminal prosecution (under Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) in case of a third offence. The reason for the first fine was a repost of a March 2022 address by American film actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger on the war in Ukraine. The second time Aitashev was fined because of a repost from the channel of historian Kamil Galeyev about the consequences of mobilisation for Russians.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckVZ1yqnFrz33Bm"},{"persecution_id":"rec5W20Y1SkfDTQbk","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"recqGrb3dLLRzENxx","name_en":"Saniyat Alikhanova","birth_year":1995,"age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaspiysk (Dagestan). In March 2023, it became known that a case was brought against her for spreading knowingly false information about the Armed Forces. On 11 July Alikhanova was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaspiysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":132,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Kaspiysk resident on \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was two comments in the chat room \"Fan Club Readers of the Draft\" in Telegram. Commenting on the statements of the Russian Ministry of Defence, Alikhanova wrote: \"Well, how can you trust those who have hidden so many losses among their soldiers and silenced their relatives, publish everything only in their favour frankly and brazenly making up stories as they go along! Is it possible to build a strong state on lies and on the bones of other people's children???,\" and also, \"And the cluster bombs and calibres you throw on people, schools and theatres? Are they authorised? Or did the AFU draw the markings on them themselves? It is so disgusting to watch these lies when you know the details of the truth. I didn't think they were so cynical, where are you going?\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.07.2023, Sentence: a fine of 150 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 150 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-11T11:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-11T11:20:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5W20Y1SkfDTQbk"},{"persecution_id":"reczNQWXtIGHFVQYH","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec0B1F0JJzIDmOJB","name_en":"Maxim Smyshlyaev","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Smyshlyayev's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, posted comments. which included wishing death to Vladimir Putin and approval of explosion on the Crimean bridge, in the VK group \"Typical Kemerovo\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reczNQWXtIGHFVQYH"},{"persecution_id":"recU8yGvR36ukiVkw","last_updated":"2025-02-07T11:30:18.000Z","person_id":"recIBZfrsBzZ6n4nW","name_en":"Mikhail Alferov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Mikhail Alferov is an opposition blogger from the Kemerovo region, author of the YouTube channel \"enemy of pig dogs\", where he posts videos about freedom of assembly in the region, corruption and the work of law enforcers.\n\nDue to his activism, the blogger has repeatedly faced pressure from the authorities.\n\nIn June 2019, while serving an administrative arrest, the blogger learnt that a case was opened against him under the article on inflicting moderate harm to health with the use of weapons. The statement against him was written by an employee of the management company: she claimed that Alferov allegedly sprayed her with pepper spray. According to Alferov, the spray can could have been planted on him by an employee of the Centre \"E\", and the case itself is connected with his visit to the deputy governor.\n\nIn July 2019, a case of insulting a judge was brought against Alferov. Then once again they tried to bring him to trial for evading community service, after which, according to the investigation, he called the judge Kirill Bolotov, who appointed him administrative arrest, a \"creature\". On 11 June 2020, the court dismissed the case.\n\nIn April and June 2020, cases were brought against Alferov for insulting a representative of the authorities, both because of the videos containing derogatory remarks about police officer N. Evdokimova, who later moved to work at the Centre for Combating Extremism, who had previously drawn up administrative protocols against Alferov and, as he believes, prepared materials for a criminal case on insulting a judge. In July 2020, a case on the rehabilitation of Nazism was initiated because of a video where Alferov discusses the use of 9 May symbols in modern Russia. These three cases were merged into one. On 18 November 2021, Alferov was sentenced to 470 hours of community service.\n\nIn July 2021, a case of incitement to hatred against the social groups \"law enforcement\" and \"judicial authorities\" was brought against Alferov because of a video he recorded in connection with Alexei Navalny's return to Russia. Alferov was detained on 5 July and placed under house arrest on 9 July. On 30 December, he was released on recognisance not to leave. In March 2023, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 15 August 2023, Alferov was detained again. On 18 August, the court sent him under house arrest on a new case of incitement to hatred, use of violence against a representative of the authorities and defamation of a judge.\n\nIn April 2024, Alferov, allegedly as a result of pressure from the investigating authorities, went to war with Ukraine. In January 2025, it became known that he had died.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 298.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","318","298.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Part 1, Article 318","Part 1, Article 298.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Alferov's case of incitement to hatred against the authorities, use of violence against a representative of the authorities and defamation of a judge","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of a libel case was the dissemination of information by a blogger that Marina Yevdokimova, a judge of the Central District Court of Novokuznetsk, was allegedly bribed by a traffic police inspector to decide the case in his favour.\nThe reason for the case of incitement to hatred was a YouTube video about Kemerovo Region police chief Gennady Kornienko.\nThe case of non-life-threatening violence against the law enforcment officer was initiated because Alferov allegedly grabbed the hand of the investigator in the case of incitement to hatred D. Gutova, which left the investigator with an abrasion.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 18.08.2023 to 01.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-10-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/kemerovskomu-blogeru-mihailu-alfyorovu-prodlili-domashnij-arest/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recU8yGvR36ukiVkw"},{"persecution_id":"recoe7ssOCVt2kKbW","last_updated":"2024-08-29T07:10:52.000Z","person_id":"recd2u5spvCakYk71","name_en":"Ludmila Stein","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attB7brL64RyVbYQI.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attB7brL64RyVbYQI.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Municipal deputy of Basmanny district of Moscow, a graduate of VGIK (Russian State Institute of Cinematography), a journalist and an actress. According to her, she decided to get involved in politics after seeing a minor being brutally detained by police officers. She reported on the anlawful actions of the officers, but didn't receive any reply from police. \n\nOn 2 February 2021, she was repeatedly detained in a special detention centre, where she was serving an arrest in connection with a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January. On 3 February, the court sent Stein under house arrest. Later she was charged with incitement to violate sanitary and epidemiological rules. On 7 April, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen. On 25 August, she was sentenced to a year of restricted freedom.\n\nOn 8 April 2022 it became known that Stein left Russia. In May, she was declared wanted. On 30 June, the court replaced the rest of her one-month sentence with imprisonment in a general regime colony.\n\nIn February 2023, it became known that a case was brought against Stein for disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. In May, it was reported that the Investigative Committee was checking the activist's tweets. Stein was put on a wanted list again. In November 2023, she was arrested in absentia.\n\nOn 27 March 2024, Stein was sentenced to six years in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":420,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Lucy Stein's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0177/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was her tweets of 27 March. On that day, she took part in discussions about a video that appeared on the Internet in which Ukrainian servicemen allegedly shoot Russian prisoners in the legs.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 07.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-27T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-27T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 03-02-2023\n Source: https://data.ovdinfo.org/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recoe7ssOCVt2kKbW"},{"persecution_id":"reckpswmImcCvCrRS","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:27:40.000Z","person_id":"recDggHgTgNgSRhNJ","name_en":"Unknown male 37","birth_year":1990,"age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Gavrilov-Yam (Yaroslavl region). In April 2023, it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of posts in support of the AFU, sabotage and violence against Russian statesmen. After his detention, videos appeared in the Yaroslavskiy Neighbourhood telegram channel, in which the man says that he loves Russia and sings a patriotic song.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of public justification of terrorism in Gavrilov-Yam","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in his publications, he supported Ukraine and the Ukrainian armed forces, called for sabotage against the Russian army and \"to carry out physical destruction of state figures\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckpswmImcCvCrRS"},{"persecution_id":"recrj3UVmzWYnUHQc","last_updated":"2025-01-28T19:41:44.000Z","person_id":"rechkcS74IG8pyS2T","name_en":"Sergey Vasilkovich","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":185,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of public justification of terrorism in Achinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case originated from a comment related to the potential sabotage of the Crimean Bridge.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 31.01.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.01.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.10.2023","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2023-10-03T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-03T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recrj3UVmzWYnUHQc"},{"persecution_id":"recddQlGBsMs0bLMq","last_updated":"2025-01-28T19:12:45.000Z","person_id":"recqSU3y8jPO5MNbJ","name_en":"Sergei Buivol","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZ8XbDlFaxWLJIh.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZ8XbDlFaxWLJIh.jpg"],"birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novomoskovsk. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. According to the investigators' version, when they came to search him, he put up armed resistance, in connection with which a case of violence against representatives of the authorities was also brought against him. Buivol was taken into custody. On 12 July 2023, he was sentenced in the criminal case to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novomoskovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":104,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Sergey Buivol on repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces and use of violence against a representative of the authorities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"on 16 July 2022, on his page on the social network \"Odnoklassniki\" he published an entry in the group \"Emergency Novomoskovsk\" with the news about bringing him to administrative responsibility for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. There he also made a comment to this entry, in which he wrote about his negative attitude to police officers and about the President of the Russian Federation as the initiator of the special military operation in Ukraine. On 9 August 2022, on his page on the social network Odnoklassniki, he published an entry about his negative attitude to the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. On 26 September 2022, on the social network Odnoklassniki, he published a news entry on his page that a resident of the town of Ust-Ilimsk came to the local military enlistment office and shot the military officer. Under the record, he made a comment in which he positively assessed the actions of the person, in the same comment he expressed his negative assessment of the special military operation, mobilisation, and service in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and the actions of the President of the Russian Federation in a rude manner. On 4 October 2022, on his page on the social network \"Odnoklassniki\", he published an entry in which he indicated that he was against the war in Ukraine, and in a rude manner gave an assessment of the actions of police officers and the personality of the President of the Russian Federation. On 10 October 2022, on his page on the social network \"Odnoklassniki\", he published an entry on his negative attitude towards police officers, called for the use of violence against police officers, and rudely assessed the actions of the President of the Russian Federation. On 9 January 2023, on his page on the social network \"Odnoklassniki\" he published an entry in which he rudely assessed the actions of the Russian Federation and persons involved in the special military operation in Ukraine\".\n\nAdditionally, when a search was conducted at Buyvol's residence on March 30, 2023, he offered armed resistance, threatened with a knife, doused himself and law enforcement officers with an incendiary mixture, and attempted to set it on fire. In connection with this, a case of violence against representatives of the authorities was also opened against him.\nIn May 2022, he was fined 30 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The reason was his posts on \"Odnoklassniki\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.04.2023 to 25.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.09.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.07.2023, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-12T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-12T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-12-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/bujvol-sergej-petrovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recddQlGBsMs0bLMq"},{"persecution_id":"recJtOtGs7sd8DNGV","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:00:53.000Z","person_id":"recA6wRoJviwbogoN","name_en":"Yaroslav Shirshikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att8nkEuphbGQSLER.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att8nkEuphbGQSLER.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg, a PR-specialist. He was a participant in protests against the construction of a church in the Drama Theatre Square in 2019 and was sentenced to seven months in a settlement penal colony on charges of inciting mass riots and defamation.\n\nOn 30 March 2023, he was the first to report the disappearance of The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was accused of espionage: Shirshikov wrote that he had met with the journalist and had given him an interview.\n\nIt later became known that a case had been opened against Shirshikov for justification of terrorism due to a publication about the death of Vladlen Tatarsky. He was taken into custody. On 20 June 2023, he was released on recognisance not to leave. On 27 February 2024, Shirshikov was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony. On 17 October 2024, the court of appeal increased his sentence to five years, considering the motive of political hostility as an aggravating factor.\n\nIn April 2025, Shirshikov had his left eye removed at the Ekaterinburg City Hospital.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":422,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yaroslav Shirshikov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"He commented on his Facebook page on actions against the construction of the St. Catherine's Church in the square near the Drama Theatre, which was considered as calls for mass riots; he also posted on his Facebook page a screenshot of his appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which he called the Presidential Envoy to the Urals Federal District, Nikolai Tsukanov, as a \"Polish spy\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.04.2023 to 18.06.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 18.06.2023 to 27.02.2024\n• in custody: from 27.02.2024 to 01.07.2024\n• in custody: from 01.07.2024 to 17.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• Unknown:  to 01.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n• Unknown: \n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n• punishment cell:  to 20.05.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n• single cell-type room:  to 03.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.02.2024, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-27T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-06-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-yaroslava-shirshikova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJtOtGs7sd8DNGV"},{"persecution_id":"recXJKASdZh5x360i","last_updated":"2025-02-03T20:03:12.000Z","person_id":"recFsji2qUHdckDkf","name_en":"Maria Menshikova","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Editor of the online magazine DOXA. In April 2023, a case was filed against her for public justification of terrorism, and in April 2024, another under the same article. The cases were merged. Menshikova left Russia even before the first case was initiated. She was arrested in absentia. In the first case, the reason was a post with the cover of the DOXA newsletter, which read \"15 military recruitment centres caught fire in spring, how many will catch fire in summer?\" and suggested writing letters to Denis Serdyukov, Ilya Farber and Dmitry Lyamin, who were being prosecuted for arson attacks on military recruitment centres. The second reason was to write letters to Belarusians Denis Dikun, Dzmitry Ravich and Aleh Molchanau, convicted in Homel for setting fire to a relay cabinet at a railway station. On 30 September 2024 Menshikova was sentenced in absentia to seven years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":548,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Maria Menshikova case on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a post with appeals to write letters in support of those prosecuted for arson of military commissions, published in the DOXA community in VKontakte, with a screenshot of a DOXA newsletter on the same topic with the title \"15 military commissions caught fire in spring, and how many will catch fire in summer?\" and an appeal to write to Denis Serdyukov, Ilya Farber and Dzmitry Lyamin. Later another episode appeared in the case - with an appeal to write to Belarusians Denis Dikun, Dzmitry Ravich and Aleh Molchanau, convicted in Homel for setting fire to a relay cabinet at the railway station.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 15.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.09.2024, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-30T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-30T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXJKASdZh5x360i"},{"persecution_id":"recIGr2d3HWuaS8z1","last_updated":"2025-08-17T10:22:31.000Z","person_id":"recDw4rC6WcSsLFyS","name_en":"Andrey Etkeev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwNQ62MbYw8SJdP.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwNQ62MbYw8SJdP.jpg"],"birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Urzhum (Kirov region). Initially, it was reported that a case of spreading \"fakes\" by a group of persons was initiated, but later it became known that it was a case of spreading \"fakes\" with the motive of political hatred (item \"e\" part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Etkeev was placed under house arrest. On 27 November 2023, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Urzhum"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":240,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Etkeev's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-68/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal case were reposts in Odnoklassniki social media of news broadcasts and media publications about Russian war crimes in Ukraine, including in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 28.04.2023 to 27.11.2023\n• in custody: from 27.11.2023 to 07.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.02.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.11.2023, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-27T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-27T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-12-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-andreya-etkeeva/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recIGr2d3HWuaS8z1"},{"persecution_id":"recTf16EbeSXUEYwB","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"reczScAruiTRQePlX","name_en":"Unknown male 39","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Birobidzhan. In April 2023, it was reported that a case of public justification of terrorism was initiated against him: according to the investigation, he was \"justifying the practice\" of arson of military recruitment offices. He signed a recognisance not to leave. No later than December 2023, the man was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of public justification of terrorism in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB, he posted \"in one of the popular Russian messengers\" materials for a wide range of people, in which he \"justified the practice of arson of military commissariats to destabilise the activities of state authorities\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTf16EbeSXUEYwB"},{"persecution_id":"recPcROW964EY9fXj","last_updated":"2026-03-19T16:54:37.000Z","person_id":"recI6owaqcJ3p5EFh","name_en":"Igor (Ingvar) Gorlanov","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"For a long time, Gorlanov held solitary pickets outside the Novokuznetsk City Hall. Through his actions, he managed to obtain a flat, which he was entitled to by law as a graduate of an orphanage. He was detained on several occasions, particularly for his efforts to expose the issue of punitive psychiatry in orphanages. In December 2019, the activist was placed in a psychiatric hospital after he announced an indefinite picket to seek a personal meeting with Putin. Gorlanov told OVD-Info that he obtained a court ruling that this hospitalisation was illegal.\nIn July 2019, the young man was fined under the article on insulting the state and society (Part 4 of Article 20.1 of the Code on Administrative Offenses) because of a post he made with the phrase \"Putin is a fabulous *******\". In the summer of 2021, the activist was held in custody for three days under the same article because of the video he published under the title of \"Appeal to the President from a Kuzbass Resident\".\nIn 2021, Gorlanov was detained because of a solitary picket with a poster \"How to contact the president?\". A year later, he managed to recover 15 thousand rubles through the court from the Ministry of Internal Affairs for illegal detention.\nIn November 2022, law enforcement officials visited the activist to obtain an explanation, presumably because he had called the police and reported his anti-war stance.\nGorlanov also faced a legal case for insulting a police officer (Article 319 of the Criminal Code) because of a conflict in a shopping centre.\nOn 24 April 2024, the court sent Gorlanov to compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokuznetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":479,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"protest_event_en":"27.02.2023 Anti-war actions","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Article 319 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Article 319"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Igor Gorlanov's case on incitement to hatred and insulting a representative of the authorities","case_number":"1-30/2024 (1-229/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case were the negative publications about judges and police officers in Telegram. In March 2022, the activist was twice charged under a similar administrative article (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The first time the reason was a post in his Telegram channel about police officers who detained him on his way to an anti-war rally on February 27 and then sent him to a psychiatric hospital. For this post, the court arrested Gorlanov for five days. The second protocol was drawn up against him because of a post he wrote in connection with this court decision. According to the second protocol, Gorlanov was arrested for 15 days. It is not known which publication was the reason for the criminal case. Gorlanov was given a non-disclosure undertaking.\nThe reason for the charge of insulting a representative of the authorities was the conflict with a policeman in the building of a shopping centre.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measures_en":"• : \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.04.2024","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-24T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-24T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 07-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47819/?sphrase_id=15800\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recPcROW964EY9fXj"},{"persecution_id":"recaWWMcpauCORyAg","last_updated":"2023-11-10T19:15:24.000Z","person_id":"recyscaN5PUo5Kj2m","name_en":"Aleksey Kortnev","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Spoke out against the war. The band has faced pressure on several occasions since then. In June 2022, the lights were cut off at a concert in Nizhny Novgorod, and in March and April 2023, concerts in Votkinsk and Izhevsk were canceled. A criminal case was initiated after the band's performance in Novosibirsk was canceled at the last moment: first it was moved to another venue, and later canceled, citing smoke in the neighboring room. Firefighters and police arrived there. Kortnev was detained, but they did not draw up a protocol.\nOn August 25, 2023, the court dismissed the case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Kortnev's case of insulting a police officer","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was the conflict with a police officer, which occurred after the cancellation of the band's concert in Novosibirsk in February 2023. Then, the performance was moved to another venue at the last minute but later cancelled, citing smoke in a nearby room. Firefighters and police arrived there. Kortnev was detained. According to unconfirmed reports, the musician gave the finger to the law enforcer after learning about the concert's cancellation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.08.2023, Sentence: Terminated with a court fine of 20 thousand roubles","verdict_essence_en":"Terminated with a court fine of 20 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2023-08-25T10:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 25-08-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/08/25/sud-prekratil-delo-lidera-gruppy-neschastnyy-sluchay-alekseya-kortneva-ob\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recaWWMcpauCORyAg"},{"persecution_id":"recrMGWTwbk8ET6HZ","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:48:16.000Z","person_id":"rec3DW0oHoM0PHAvX","name_en":"Alexander Neustroev","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 21 April 2023, he shouted aggressively at a boy wearing a hat with the letter Z. In the video capturing the incident, Neustroyev explained his behavior by saying the boy was wearing a hat in hot weather. The child’s mother filed a complaint with the police. On 24 April, the man was detained with the involvement of OMON, citing the need to “prevent possible armed resistance.” The Telegram channel Mash published a video of the Yekaterinburg resident apologizing. Initially, he was issued a protocol under the article on petty hooliganism (Part 1, Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), but the administrative case was later terminated due to the initiation of a criminal case. On 9 August 2023, the court closed the case, ordering Neustroyev to pay a court fine of 7,000 rubles.\n\nHowever, after the intervention of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Seventh Cassation Court ordered the case to be reviewed. In October 2023, it was again submitted to the Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg, but was sent for a new investigation to the Investigative Committee. During the next hearing, the prosecutor questioned the objectivity of the Leninsky Court (where the mother of the victimized schoolboy had previously worked) and requested the case be transferred to the Oktyabrsky Court, which on 10 June 2024 sentenced Neustroyev to three years in a settlement colony.\n\nIn 2025, a case was opened against Neustroyev for justifying terrorism. According to authorities, in April 2025, he made approving remarks about the killings of propagandists Vladlen Tatarsky and Darya Dugina in the presence of other prisoners. On 19 November, the court sentenced Neustroyev to 4.5 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":412,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"The case of insulting a boy wearing a Z hat.","persecution_case_profile_en":"Rudely yelled at a boy wearing a Z hat.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measures_en":"• :  to 13.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.08.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2025 to 01.01.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.06.2024, Sentence: 3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony settlement","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of imprisonment in a penal colony settlement","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-09T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-01-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/neustroev-aleksandr-evgenevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recrMGWTwbk8ET6HZ"},{"persecution_id":"recZhJhY62KTgLKLa","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recWxNnn0NJ1zHihQ","name_en":"German Evdokimov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Belgorod. According to the \"Ashes\" telegram channel, Evdokimov lived and worked in Tanzania and was detained when he returned to Russia. Evdokimov was placed in custody in a case of public justification of terrorism. He has to leave at home his disabled mother and minor child. On 26 December 2023, Evdokimov was sentenced to a fine of 300 000 rubles. He fully admitted his guilt and stated his desire to participate in the war against Ukraine. A friend of Evdokimov said that he started to help repair military equipment and also helped financially volunteers who sent parcels to the Russian military.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":269,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"German Evdokimov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a comment under the video about the attack by AFU helicopters on the oil depot in Belgorod on 1 April 2022.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 26.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.12.2023, Sentence: a fine of 300 000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-26T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZhJhY62KTgLKLa"},{"persecution_id":"reclNXSuTfj7UZLoQ","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"recbSybjF1IkfqDyJ","name_en":"Ivan Losev","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chita. He was repeatedly fined under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Among the posts that prompted the first protocol under this article was Losev's story about a dream involving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Later on, Losev repeatedly gave interviews about how he was being persecuted, and the posts with references to the interviews also became a reason for drawing up a protocol and a further fine. A criminal case was then opened against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. Losev was placed in custody, then replaced the measure of restraint with a ban on certain actions. The young man pleaded guilty and agreed to the consideration of the case in a special order.\nPressure was also exerted on his mother Nelly Loseva. She was fined under the administrative article because of the liking of a picture, which, among other things, contained an insult to Vladimir Putin, as well as because of the liking of a post about the deaths of mobilised people.\nOn 23 May 2023, Losev was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles, but taking into account the time spent under various preventive measures, the amount was reduced to 120 thousand.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":96,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Losev's case of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated on the grounds of a certain photo on Instagram. Previously, Losev was fined three times under Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code: for 30 thousand rubles for posts, including one about a dream about Zelensky, for 35 thousand rubles for a video, for 35 thousand rubles for posting links on Instagram to his own interviews in a number of publications.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2023 to 22.05.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions:  to 23.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.05.2023, Sentence: A fine of 150 thousand rubles, reduced to 120 thousand rubles due to the measure","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 150 thousand rubles, reduced to 120 thousand rubles due to the measure","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":120000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-22T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-22T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reclNXSuTfj7UZLoQ"},{"persecution_id":"rechN8t44AC1dsGH2","last_updated":"2025-01-27T11:58:45.000Z","person_id":"rec5QFmHivueNEwdR","name_en":"Nikolay Egorov","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Chairman of the Vologda branch of the Yabloko party. He was fined three times under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for the publication of videos on VKontakte. In May 2023, a criminal case against him for discrediting the army became known. Egorov had to sign personal recognizance. On 5 May 2023 law enforcers searched the office of LLC \"Stroyrynok\", which is managed by Egorov. On 11 June, Egorov was given a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 25 April 2024, he was sentenced to a fine of 200 thousand rubles and a ban on administration of Internet sites for 2 years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Veliky Ustyug"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":356,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Egorov's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-193/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"Earlier, Egorov had been fined three times under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of the publication of videos on VKontakte (twice for 30 thousand rubles, once for 50 thousand rubles)","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 03.05.2023 to 12.05.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 11.06.2023 to 14.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.05.2024 to 01.05.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2024, Sentence: a fine of 200 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 200 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-25T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-25T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechN8t44AC1dsGH2"},{"persecution_id":"recebpkZr0s5PMTEd","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"recefRa7Bq0nSm5uh","name_en":"Evgenia Berkovich","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attSxpIh8CamGYTSP.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attSxpIh8CamGYTSP.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A director, a poet. The case against Berkovich was initiated because of the play she staged in 2020. The play titled Finist, the Brave Falcon was written by Svetlana Petriychuk and focuses on women involved with radical Islamists. In 2022, the play won two Golden Mask awards. On 4 May 2023, Berkovich's home in Moscow was searched, along with those of her parents and grandmother in Saint Petersburg. Alexander Andrievich, who is the director of the SOSO Daughters Theatre where the play was staged, was questioned as a witness. Berkovich was placed in custody the next day. During the first court session on the merits of the case, it became known that complaints regarding a poem written by Berkovich had been attached to the case. The poem includes the following line: \"Conscripts are flying in the sky...\" After the prosecutor read the poem, Berkovich said it was compiled from her various works.\nOn 13 July 2024, the court closed the trial in favour of the prosecution, following statemens from the prosecutor about a witness receiving threats.\nOn 8 July, Berkovich was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime colony. On 25 December 2024, the appeal court reduced the sentence by 5 months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg","Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":431,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Finist, Yasniy Sokol (\"Finist, the Brave Falcon\")","case_number":"1-92/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was the play Finist, the Brave Falcon, which Berkovich staged in 2020 based on Svetlana Petriychuk's play about women involved with radical Islamists.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.05.2023 to 25.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 04.05.2023 to 05.05.2023, TDF of the Department of Internal Affairs of the North-Eastern Administrative District of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.12.2024 to 04.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• Unknown: from 04.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.07.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with deprivation of the right to manage websites for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with deprivation of the right to manage websites for 3 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":67,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-5,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-08T15:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-08T15:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-09-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnymi-evgeniyu-berkovich-i-svetlanu-petrijchuk/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On 31 May 2024 it became known that Petriichuk was registered as prone to terrorism and extremism.\nOn 13 June 2024, the court closed the trial, satisfied the prosecution's demand. The prosecutor claimed that one of the witnesses who had appeared in court earlier had been receiving threats.\nOn 8 July 2024, Petriichuk was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony. On 25 December 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":431,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Finist, Yasniy Sokol (\"Finist, the Brave Falcon\")","case_number":"1-92/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was Zhenya Berkovich's play \"Finist Yasniy Sokol\" (\"Finist, the Brave Falcon\"), staged in 2020, based on Petriichuk's play about women who cast their lot with radical Islamists. According to the wording of the appeal court ruling, Petriichuk was also found guilty of posting a video of the play reading on the Internet.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 04.05.2023 to 05.05.2023, TDF of the Department of Internal Affairs of the North-Eastern Administrative District of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 05.05.2023 to 25.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.12.2024 to 11.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• Unknown: from 11.02.2025 to 21.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №11 (SIZO-11) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.02.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.07.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a ban on running Internet sites for three years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a ban on running Internet sites for three years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":70,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-08T15:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-08T15:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-09-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnymi-evgeniyu-berkovich-i-svetlanu-petrijchuk/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recGIwFFLW0vO0mKt"},{"persecution_id":"receBkpV8jhf6BqgF","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recoiG5bCkbBW6YV6","name_en":"Anastasia Ageyeva","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She participated in anti-war protests in February and April 2022. In addition, Ageyeva and two other girls were detained on April 29 of the same year at Red Square, although they did not participate in any protests. Later, Ageyeva and another detainee were arrested for 15 days under the article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). At the end of July 2022, it became known that Ageyeva had left Russia. She was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia, but later the appeal court cancelled these decisions. On November 13, 2023, Ageyeva was again arrested in absentia and was also placed on the federal wanted list. Initially, Ageyeva was charged with the 1st part of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but later she was charged with spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces with the motive of political hatred (point \"e\" part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). On March 25, 2024, Ageyeva was sentenced in absentia to eight years' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":327,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anastasia Ageyeva's case of \"fake facts\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0093/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"A criminal case was initiated because of two posts on social media. A post in \"VKontakte\" was published in April 2022 under the nickname Gertruda Gate. The second post appeared in Instagram in September of the same year - it was published by a user under the pseudonym birdintheoceans. In these posts, Ageeva criticised the authorities for the way work was organized in COVID hospitals, and also mentioned her anti-war stance.\nInitially, Aheieva was charged with the 1st part of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but later she was charged with spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces with the motive of political hatred (point \"e\" part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 29.09.2023 to 17.10.2023\n• arrest in absentia: from 13.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.03.2024, Sentence: Sentence in absentia of 8 years' general regime penal colony, with 4 years prohibition to administer websites","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence in absentia of 8 years' general regime penal colony, with 4 years prohibition to administer websites","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-25T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-25T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 04-05-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/05/04/v-moskve-vozbudili-novoe-delo-o-feykah-pro-armiyu-ego-figurantka-uehala-iz\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"receBkpV8jhf6BqgF"},{"persecution_id":"rec2pHSroPII0dxi9","last_updated":"2026-02-13T21:19:39.000Z","person_id":"rechSHMrour76PAIK","name_en":"Ilya Gibeskul","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"In early April 2022 at the latest, Gibeskul and his father were forcibly deported from Mariupol. In the group for missing persons, it was stated that people on the list were forcibly and illegally taken from Mariupol to Donetsk for filtration.\n\nIn April 2023, the student tried to leave for Poland through the Kaliningrad region, but Polish border guards refused to let the young man pass; he was detained by Russian border guards.\n\nGibeskul's phone was taken away, after which ten reposts appeared on his VKontakte page, which he has not maintained since 2019 (in particular, videos titled \"Oath of the Azov Battalion on Sofiyivska Square 23.06.14g\", \"Wahhabi terrorist instructs Muslims\", and \"Dudayev about Ukraine\").\n\nOn 15 April 2023, a court in Kaliningrad arrested him for 15 days under the article on petty hooliganism. After that, Gibeskul was taken into custody on the case of public justification of terrorism.\n\nOn 28 February 2024, Gibeskul was sentenced to a fine of 60,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":308,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ilya Gibeskul's case on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation's version, he reposted donation collections for the \"Azov\" Battalion. ","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2023 to 28.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.02.2024, Sentence: A fine of 500,000 rubles, reduced to 60,000 rubles, taking into account detention in custody","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 500,000 rubles, reduced to 60,000 rubles, taking into account detention in custody","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":60000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-28T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-28T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-02-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gibeskul-ilya-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec2pHSroPII0dxi9"},{"persecution_id":"rec1UoFfJam3PKeOe","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recTWWwFUa44M2lfX","name_en":"Petr Opalnik","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3DxHnvHtC16mw4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3DxHnvHtC16mw4.jpeg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A citizen of Ukraine, was also a citizen of the Russian Federation, lived in the city of Pestovo (Novgorod region). He worked as real estate manager and was involved in insurance. On 18 January 2023, he was detained on charges of confidential cooperation with foreigners. The reason was a conversation with his former stepson, who received a summons as a mobilised man: Opalnik offered him to surrender as a prisoner of war and gave him the contacts of his nephew who lived in Poland. As follows from the case file, the former stepson secretly recorded the conversations with Opalnik on the instructions of the FSB. Already after the lawyers by agreement entered the case, the court was refusing to remove the public defender from the case. Opalnik received almost no letters in the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nDuring the trial, Opalnik spoke about torture. In July 2024, it became known that Opalnik was threatened with transfer to strict detention conditions because he receives the Tiuremnyi Vestnik (Prison Herald), a samizdat for defendants in politically motivated cases.\n\nOn 1 August 2024, Opalnik was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn September 2025, Opalnik was stripped of his Russian citizenship.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Veliky Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NGR"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":561,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":80,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 352.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code, Article 33 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1","352.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1","Part 3, Article 352.1"],"case_name_en":"Petr Opalnik's case of confidential cooperation with Ukraine","case_number":"02-8/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he incited mobilised individuals to commit state treason by providing the enemy with information about the locations of Russian military units and formations, executing theft and transfer of military equipment, and voluntary surrender.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Novgorod Oblast\n• in custody:  to 13.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Novgorod Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.08.2024, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, followed by one year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, followed by one year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-01T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-01T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-10-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/opalnik-pyotr-grigorevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec1UoFfJam3PKeOe"},{"persecution_id":"recRQjtmgU8Fa3Chq","last_updated":"2024-05-14T07:07:02.000Z","person_id":"recBPqEuNbfHsgHme","name_en":"Andrey Melnikov","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In May 2022, Melnikov was fined 30,000 rubles for violating the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) due to a YouTube video titled \"Is the use of nuclear weapons possible? Well, why not?\". \nIn March 2023, Melnikov's flat was searched, but he had already left Russia by then. Melnikov's wife was not provided with any documents, but was informed that the case was opened under the article on discrediting the army. The police threatened her with the removal of her three minor children, and she was charged with harboring her husband. In May 2023, Melnikov was attempted to be detained in Yerevan. At the same time it turned out that he was put on a wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Anapa"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Melnikov's case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"In May 2022, Melnikov was fined 30,000 roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a YouTube video entitled \"Is the use of nuclear weapons possible? Well, why not?\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRQjtmgU8Fa3Chq"},{"persecution_id":"recS0zWmydChlDjrE","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recgrTI9nVoBnXzJS","name_en":"Mikhail Feldman","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atthvlSqxUbQXhTM3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atthvlSqxUbQXhTM3.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On March 11, 2014, Mikhail Feldman was detained in connection with a case under the article on hooliganism motivated by political hatred or enmity committed by a group of persons by prior agreement. The case was related to the display of a German flag on the building of the Federal Security Service (FSB) for the Kaliningrad Region on March 11.\n\nHe was initially accused of using foul language and sentenced to administrative arrest. His apartment was then searched. At the end of April, Feldman was detained on criminal charges of hooliganism, and a measure of restraint in the form of detention was imposed on him. The investigation claimed that Feldman, together with Dmitrii Fonarev and Oleg Savvin, committed the act of hooliganism with the motive of hatred towards veterans. The investigators tried to coerce Feldman into cooperation under the threat of criminal prosecution for illegal possession of explosives allegedly found on him during a search.\n\nAfter Feldman refused to cooperate, he was additionally named as a suspect under the article on possession of explosives: according to the case materials, a backpack containing 357 grams of hexogen was seized from him near the FSB building. Feldman responded to these threats by going on a “dry” hunger strike for four days in the special detention center. Afterwards, the head of the facility gave him his word of honour as an officer that no explosives case would be opened. However, it was later revealed that the explosives charge had been included in the case.\n\nOn June 17, 2015, he was sentenced to one year, one month, and 23 days of imprisonment, which he had already served in the pre-trial detention center; he was released in the courtroom. On October 7, the court of appeals upheld the sentence, but the hate motive was excluded from the charges.\n\nIn 2020, Feldman was sentenced to two months of restriction of liberty for insulting state symbols because of his posts on social media. He had published a photo of the Russian tricolour with the caption “wipe your feet,” the Russian coat of arms accompanied by a profanity-laced inscription, and an image of the flag placed next to a human anus.\n\nDuring his final statement in court, Feldman took a Russian flag out of his jacket pocket, threw it on the floor, and stomped on it, shouting, “Wipe your feet!” As a result, a new case was opened against him under the clause on insulting state symbols. On March 3, 2021, Feldman was sentenced to six months of restriction of liberty. On June 7, the appeals court commuted the sentence to five months of suspended imprisonment.\n\nIn 2023, a case was brought against Feldman for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. The court imposed a preventive measure on him in the form of restrictions on certain activities. On March 7, 2024, Feldman was placed in detention for violating the terms of the measure: he had been shopping for wedding rings, which brought him near an administrative building - a location he was prohibited from approaching; he also left his residence at 3:40 a.m.\n\nOn March 28, 2024, Feldman was sentenced to two years in standard security prison. He was released from prison on June 4, 2025.\n\nFeldman suffers from serious health issues — he has cerebral palsy.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":325,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","destruction of patriotic symbols"],"protest_event_en":"06.03.2022 Anti-war actions","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Feldman's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-394/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"for hooligan reasons, as part of a group of people by prior conspiracy, placed a German flag on the building of the Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Kaliningrad region, thereby harshly violating public order and insulting veterans of the Great Patriotic War; kept hexogen at home.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 10.05.2023 to 07.03.2024\n• in custody: from 07.03.2024 to 06.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.06.2024 to 03.08.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.08.2024 to 04.06.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n• Unknown: from 05.06.2025 to 04.06.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.03.2024, Sentence: 2 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-28T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-28T14:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-05-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/05/d48075/?ysclid=lmhn11pnle676167860\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/feldman-mihail-valerevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recS0zWmydChlDjrE"},{"persecution_id":"recSo3D9ZfghxUpmu","last_updated":"2024-07-01T17:27:48.000Z","person_id":"recwPN3DEPhdt8m2I","name_en":"Mikhail Shendakov","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A retired colonel. No later than 2012, he began to publicly criticise the authorities. In 2020, a case of incitement to hatred against FSB officers was brought against Sendakov because of the video \"Surkov promised war to Donbass\".  Shendakov was given a covenant not to leave the country. Later, a case of incitement to extremism was initiated because of the same video clip. On 19 October, Shendakov was taken into custody because he failed to attend two consecutive court hearings on the case. At the same time, he was under administrative detention. Lawyer Nikolai Kuryanovich, who defended Shendakov, was suspended from the trial and then stripped of his status. On 2 February 2021, Shendakov was sentenced to a two and a half year suspended sentence.\n\nLater it became known that another case was brought against Shendakov - on incitement to hatred because of a video in which he told a joke about a Rosgvardiya officer and a surgeon. In November 2021, the colonel was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.\n\nOn 1 February, 2023, the suspended sentence in the case of the video about Surkov was replaced by a real one, Shendakov was taken into custody. In March, it became known that a new case for incitement to extremism was initiated against him due to the video. An expert examination found that Colonel Shendakov had \"persistent delusional ideas\", and it was reported that he might be sent to compulsory treatment. On June 15, the court ordered compulsory treatment for this case.\n\n\nOn 22 March, 2024,  according to Shendakov, he was released from the colony with the intention of going to a psychiatric hospital himself, but he did not do so. On 17 June, 2024, he was detained in the Moscow metro, after which he was apparently sent to a hospital.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":107,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Shendakov's case on calls to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in one of the social networks he published a video with personal participation, which, according to the expert's conclusion, contains calls for violent actions against members of law enforcement agencies and representatives of the authorities.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 04.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 4 UFSIN of Russia in Ryazan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.07.2023 to 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2023 to 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ryazan region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 4 UFSIN of Russia in Ryazan region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 22.03.2024\n• Unknown: , Moscow Regional Psychiatric Hospital\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Moscow Regional Psychiatric Hospital","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.06.2023, Sentence: Compulsory treatment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"Compulsory treatment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-16T06:55:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-16T06:55:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSo3D9ZfghxUpmu"},{"persecution_id":"recHndMp6TTkTgno7","last_updated":"2024-05-21T06:39:00.000Z","person_id":"recby9BwEPyubFT01","name_en":"Tatiana Kotlyar","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":72,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"At least six cases of fictitious registration and registration of foreign citizens in her own flat were brought against Kotlyar.\nOn 13 April 2015, the judge returned the materials on the first case to the prosecutor's office. On 9 November of the same year, following the results of the retrial, Kotlyar was fined 150 thousand rubles, but was released from punishment under the amnesty for the 70th anniversary of the victory over Germany.\nOn 12 September 2017, Kotlyar was again fined 150 thousand rubles, already in the second case, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nThe third case was dismissed on 25 April 2019.\nOn 22 December 2020, Kotlyar was fined 150 thousand rubles in the fourth case. On 15 March 2021, the court of appeal excluded a number of episodes from the case and reduced the fine to 140 thousand.\nOn 13 April 2022, in the fifth case, the human rights defender was fined 480 thousand rubles with a deduction of 140 thousand rubles for the previous sentence. On 19 July, the court of appeal changed the verdict, sentencing Kotlyar to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.\nThe sixth criminal case was initiated at the end of March 2023. Then the office of the movement \"For Human Rights\" was searched. The law enforcers seized all the logs with the record of visitors since 2009 and other information. They also took outdated forms of migration registration and certificates of the Russian language exam from the office. On 29 June, Kotlyar was sentenced to a fine of 650 thousand rubles. On 21 August, the court of appeal reduced the fine to 600 thousand.\nIn autumn 2023, another, seventh, case on the same charges was brought against Kotlyar. On 18 March 2024, she was sentenced to a fine of 450 thousand rubles. 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He was taken into custody no later than on 1 March 2023 on charges of facilitating terrorist activity in a case of attempting to assemble an explosive device and distributing leaflets in support of Ukraine. The charge was later reclassified to failure to report a terrorist offence. On 10 June 2024, a sentence was handed down, details unknown. On 11 July 2024, Konkin was removed from the Rosfinmonitoring (Federal Financial Monitiring Service) terrorist list.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":526,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.6 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.6"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.6"],"case_group_en":["The case of Yekaterinburg students of preparing a terrorist act"],"case_name_en":"The Semyon Konkin case","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was initially charged with being a supervisor in charge of a terrorist operation. 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Detained on the night of 25 February 2023 after writing \"insults\" against the Novator design bureau on the wall. His dorm room was then searched. Police found parts of an explosive device and \"Ukrainian leaflets\" in Mangasarov's possession. He was taken into custody on charges of preparation for a terrorist attack and possession and manufacture of an explosive device. A charge of undergoing training to carry out terrorist activities was later added to the case. On 11 April 2024, he was sentenced, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":435,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["other","freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","222.1","223.1","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205","Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 223.1","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Yekaterinburg students of preparing a terrorist act"],"case_name_en":"The Eric Mangasarov case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was preparing a terrorist act, illegally stored and manufactured explosives.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.04.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-11T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-11T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recPzAkhuOGRPFxl8"},{"persecution_id":"recK5TUQCH6IL92GJ","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:18:09.000Z","person_id":"rec69NcVbCqTIuq0z","name_en":"Sergei Kalalb","birth_year":1968,"age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nikolaevsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":232,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Kalalb's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of the case was a tiktok video that Kalalb published in the group chat \"Kalalb-ur\" on WhatsApp, which he himself administers. In the video, a woman says, \"Girls, why are you sending your children to war? Go to the Ministry of Defence and ask to get them out of there.\" Shortly before the publication, an officer of the local police department joined the group chat, who had previously drawn up a report on Kalalb under the administrative article of discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of the messages in the group chat. In August 2022, Kalalb was fined 30,000 rubles under this protocol. The same officer informed Kalalb about the initiation of criminal proceedings.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2023, Sentence: Conviction, details unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Conviction, details unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-19T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recK5TUQCH6IL92GJ"},{"persecution_id":"recZDH9ZApH7VsfHG","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recXbX0fdyI9QT6No","name_en":"Aleksei Sidorov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUP8o02UsUNslTe.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUP8o02UsUNslTe.jpg"],"birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Chelyabinsk. No later than May 2023, he was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of a stream in which he expressed hope that the Ukrainian army would strike the Kremlin. Sidorov was remanded in custody. Portal 74.ru published a video in which the streamer claims that he spoke \"on emotion\" and offered to show his strength to those who wrote him comments along the lines of \"Russians, you can't do anything\".\n\nOn 22 April 2024, Sidorov was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony.\n\nPresumably, he was released from the colony in November 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":357,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Chelyabinsk streamer's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-77/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was the stream, in which he expressed hope in that Ukrainian army would attack the Kremlin. 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Memorial:\n Date: 16-01-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-alekseya-sidorova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZDH9ZApH7VsfHG"},{"persecution_id":"recdtE4rCHQzMiOW1","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:59:02.000Z","person_id":"recPvhb7a0m8MadOL","name_en":"Dmitry Silin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Businessman from Ivanovo, founder of the George Orwell Library. In the spring of 2022, together with activist Anastasia Rudenko, he distributed more than 600 copies of George Orwell's dystopias 1984 and Animal Farm and Leo Tolstoy's story Khadzhi-Murat about the Caucasian War free of charge to Ivanovo residents.\n\nIn December 2022, Silin left Russia for fear of prosecution.\n\nIn May 2023, it became known that a case of repeated defamation of the army had been brought against him because of a comment under a post by an Ivanovo Telegram channel about the unveiling of memorial plaques to Russian soldiers who took part in the war in Ukraine. In his comment, Silin wrote: \"The names of murderers should not be hung on schools\".\n\nIn February 2026, a case of justification of terrorism was also brought against him. Its details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ivanovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Silin's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal case was his comment under the news in the IvanovoNEWS | Bars Telegram channel about the unveiling of memorial plaques on the wall of a local school in honour of graduates who died in Ukraine. Silin wrote: \"The names of murderers should not be hung on schools. School directors - fear God. You are more afraid of crazy Putin. You Putin's gang has made you a beggar and obedient bull. If you refuse to hang signs of murderers, you will be removed from the principal's office at most, but your conscience will remain clear and your children will respect you\".\n\nIn May 2022, he was fined 30,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code). The reason for the charge was the denunciation of a pensioner - she told the police that Silin wrote \"no to war\" on the wall of the building. The activist claimed that he had not done it.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-05-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/05/d48081/?print=1\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recdtE4rCHQzMiOW1"},{"persecution_id":"recX0Zf1pl1WRAFPW","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:03:42.000Z","person_id":"recYKpC9rSSPfffJj","name_en":"Nadezhda Nizovkina","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 23 April 2009, a case of incitement to hatred was initiated because of the distribution of leaflets about the activities of the security authorities. On 31 December 2010, she was detained near her home on her way to the \"Strategy-31\" rally. On the same day, she was taken into custody by the court order. On 19 January 2011, she was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 roubles. On 10 March, the appeals court cancelled the sentence. On 4 June 2014, the first instance court started hearing the case again, but then it was returned to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 16 February 2020, the case was dismissed due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 282 of the Criminal Code and the experts' indication that security services personnel do not form a single social group to be protected from incitement to hatred.\n\nOn 26 September 2022, Nizovkina and activist Natalia Filonova, who had been detained at a rally against mobilisation two days earlier, were brought to the Sovetsky District Court for a hearing of an administrative case for repeated violation of the rules of participation in a rally (part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences), but the court announced an evacuation. They were taken away by different cars, after which a criminal case was opened against Filonova for using violence against police officers. Nizovkina represented her interests, but then she was questioned as a witness, so she could no longer act as a defence counsel. Later, a case was brought against Nizovkina for refusing to testify in the Filonova case. At the end of summer 2023, the case was dismissed.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 308 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["308"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 308"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nadezhda Nizovkina's refusal to testify","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she refused to testify in the case of her client - Natalia Filonova who has been accused of using violence against representatives of the authorities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recX0Zf1pl1WRAFPW"},{"persecution_id":"recKORjgwkd3TeXlN","last_updated":"2024-07-24T12:48:32.000Z","person_id":"reciUhU8TWR5cLEyC","name_en":"Islam Mambetov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, an accountant. 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He refused, then the man ripped off the ribbon with the use of force and threw it on the ground. According to Mash, the minor is the son of a federal judge. The publication notes that the attacker of the teenager called him \"Rusnya\". 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He was detained in May 2023 for painting red crosses on the asphalt. Kochanov himself later said that he painted the crosses on the instructions of the Ukrainian project \"I Want to Live\", which calls on Russian military personnel to surrender as prisoners of war. It was alleged that at first the police refused to open a criminal case. At the same time, Pervyi Otdel reported that Kochanov was repeatedly told after his detention that a case of high treason would be opened.\n\nKochanov was taken into custody in a case of hooliganism, later he was also charged with vandalism.\n\nOpen sources do not mention Kochanov's health problems, nonetheless he was ordered to undergo a compulsory psychological and psychiatric evaluation. It is unclear whether this was part of punitive medicine or whether he actually has psychiatric problems.\n\nKochanov was later released from custody with a travel ban. He managed to leave the country.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 1,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214","Part 1, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Kochanov's case of red crosses on the asphalt","persecution_case_profile_en":"The red crosses painted on the asphalt on the night of 9 May were the reason for the case. According to the investigation, Kochanov painted two crosses near houses on Bolshoi Kozlovskii Lane and one cross on Nizhniaia Krasnoselskaia Street. The investigation believes that Kochanov expressed \"disagreement with Russia's ongoing special military operation in Ukraine\" and \"performed public actions that create a real threat of undermining the security of the state\" and harming the lives and health of citizens.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.05.2023 to 01.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 01.06.2023 to 01.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 01.06.2023 to 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• : from 01.10.2023, Serbsky Centre\n• in custody: \n• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Shonov was taken into custody in Vladivostok and then transferred to Moscow. The summonses for questioning in the Shonov case were sent to the two secretaries of the US Embassy in Moscow, David Bernstein and Jeffrey Seelin. The law enforcers refer to them as \"employees of the embassy's political department\" from whom Shonov allegedly received assignments.\nOn 1 November 2024, a court in Vladivostok sentenced Shonov to four years and ten months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok","Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai","Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":431,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Robert Shonov's case of co-operation with a foreign state","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation considers that Shonov, \"being dissatisfied with the special military operation conducted by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine, established, by means of correspondence, co-operation relations on a confidential basis with representatives of a foreign state (the United States of America) for the purpose of assisting them in activities knowingly directed against the security of the Russian Federation\"; carried out the tasks of employees of the United States political department in Moscow \"to collect information\" on the course of the \"special military operation\", mobilisation in the regions of Russia, \"problematic aspects and evaluation of their influence on the protest activity of the population prior to the presidential election\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.03.2023 to 15.05.2023\n• in custody: from 15.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody:  to 17.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.11.2024, Sentence: 4 years 10 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of 1 million roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 10 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of 1 million roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":58,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1000000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-01T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-01T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 3 November 2023, Kotov was sentenced to a fine of 130 thousand rubles.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kotlas"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":169,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Kotov's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for prosecution was anti-war publications on VKontakte. In June 2022, Kotov had already been fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on \"discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\" (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation) for eight comments on VKontakte, in which he, according to the text of the court decision, characterised \"the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation as violent, invasive, fascist\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.11.2023, Sentence: A fine of 130 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 130 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":130000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-03T10:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-03T10:45:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 13-09-2023\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info?_gl=1*kjeqrl*_ga*NjA3NzI5OTM2LjE2ODUwOTA4Njk.*_ga_J7DH9NKJ0R*MTY5MDI5NjQwMi4xMTUuMS4xNjkwMjk5NDU0LjUwLjAuMA..#24-1-31\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recCoL2k0aKvP9HHI"},{"persecution_id":"recpov7HlfXQC072d","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:06:51.000Z","person_id":"rec8NHzfGMLswmh1Z","name_en":"Artur Smolianinov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Actor, left Russia after the outbreak of war. In January 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In the same month, a case was opened against him, as it turned out later - about \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces and incitement to hatred. This was done on the personal instructions of the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin. Presumably, the reason was an interview with Novaya Gazeta. Europe\", in which Smolyaninov said that he felt \"nothing but hatred\" towards the Russian military in Ukraine. In February 2026, the case was brought to court only under the article on \"fakes\".\n\nOn 14 October 2025, the FSB reported the initiation of a case against Smolyaninov and other members of the \"Anti-War Committee of Russia\" for violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.\n\nOn 14 April 2026, Smolyaninov was sentenced in absentia to eight years in the \"fakes\" case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1199,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":171,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Artur Smolyaninov's case about \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0217/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in order to disseminate false information regarding the actions of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, he entered into a criminal conspiracy with unidentified employees of Novaya Gazeta. 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In May 2023, she was detained after searches and then released after interrogations on her own recognisance in a case of public justification of terrorism and involvement in mass riots. Kuzmina pleaded guilty. According to official reports, she flew to Georgia via Belarus in June. She was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 212","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of anti-war Telegram chats in St. Petersburg"],"case_name_en":"Veronika Kuzmina's case of involvement in organising mass riots and public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the publications made on 24 September 2022 in a number of Telegram channels, including anti-war ones, devoted to various types of active resistance.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 17.05.2023 to 01.09.2023\n• arrest in absentia: from 01.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recyuIG8P4BTPvnmL"},{"persecution_id":"recAETFWvCQPKkyB6","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:10:02.000Z","person_id":"recMZpSkqDpznWMr5","name_en":"Marianella Filatova","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 17 May 2023, Filatova's home was searched. Initially, it was reported that Filatova was on trial for involvement in mass riots and public justification of terrorism, but later this information was not confirmed. She was on personal recognizance. 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Activist, SOTAVision correspondent. After being detained at an anti-war rally on February 24th 2022, Sultanbegova was threatened that she would be taken to the border with Ukraine, then promised to initiate a case of high treason. In March 2022, she was fined 30,000 roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of her avatar with the inscription \"No to War\". In addition, at the end of April 2023, the Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar received another administrative case for the activist under the same article - the protocol was drawn up for her because of her Instagram stories with an anti-war drawing by schoolgirl Masha Moskaleva from the town of Efremov, Tula region, daughter of Alexei Moskalev. Sultanbegova left Russia after she found a letter in her mailbox from the Investigative Committee with a ruling to open a criminal case. The reason for the case was a protest action on the anniversary of the beginning of the war at the monument to Taras Shevchenko.\nAt the end of May 2023, three acquaintances of Sultanbegova were searched as witnesses in her case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alipat Sultanbegova's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case stemmed from a protest action on the anniversary of the beginning of the war at the monument to Taras Shevchenko: Sultanbegova laid flowers at the monument and left three signs with the following inscriptions: \"24.02.2022 - Day of Shame\", \"Forgive us Ukraine\", and \"Bucha, Irpen, Kyiv, Dnipro, Vinnitsa, Odessa, Kharkiv, Kherson, Donetsk, Lugansk, Izyum, Gostomel\". 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According to the author of the somments, it would help to stop the war in Ukraine and \"save Russia\". In one of the comments he used the word \"burn\" aimed at the president and authorities and also wrote down his surname and initials. 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As of 4 August 2023, Mokrousov was released from custody. On 1 November, he was assigned a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. After his detention, he reported that he had been tortured with a taser, but in court he retracted this statement and pleaded guilty, saying that he had changed his attitude to the \"special military operation\". On 20 March 2024, the court ordered him to be sent for compulsory treatment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ryazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-RYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":324,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Mokrousov's case on public justification of terrorism and \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-50/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was the comment \"Well done, I hope she will be fine. Daria, hold on!\", left in the group \"Zhest' Ryazan\" (Mayhem Ryazan) in \"VKontakte\" from the account \"Vladimir Haimarsovich\" under the news about Daria Trepova, accused of murdering Tatarsky, and the publication in the group \"Russian World\" in \"VKontakte\" that the Russian army shelled a kindergarten in Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2023 to 01.01.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ryazan region\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.11.2023 to 17.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.03.2024, Sentence: Compulsory treatment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"Compulsory treatment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-20T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-20T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjbVyIoiLHt55vR"},{"persecution_id":"recS2T1xANyKuo3ck","last_updated":"2026-02-13T22:46:25.000Z","person_id":"recMg4B2npywUr5CL","name_en":"Sergey Korneev","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Miass"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_ended":"2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":138,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Sergey Korneev on public calls against the security of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, in one of the social media networks he publicly called for sabotage of mobilization and military events. 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Memorial:\n Date: 01-09-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/korneev-sergej-viktorovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recS2T1xANyKuo3ck"},{"persecution_id":"recL86CDKimPEnix0","last_updated":"2024-09-10T21:14:01.000Z","person_id":"recUixmfjkRkWdURs","name_en":"Vadim Kalashov","birth_year":1981,"age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Writer, scriptwriter of the TV series \"Kupchino\" and computer games. A criminal case was brought against him for repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces. On 5 July 2024, Kalashov was sentenced to a fine of 230,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":431,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces in Ivanovo Region","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated by several posts published in VKontakte in a group dedicated to Kalashov's creative work in autumn 2022. In the summer of 2022, he was repeatedly fined under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.07.2024, Sentence: A fine of 230,000 roubles and a ban on administering websites for a period of 2 years and 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 230,000 roubles and a ban on administering websites for a period of 2 years and 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":230000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-05T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-05T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recL86CDKimPEnix0"},{"persecution_id":"recck3ykHc4dmbn2c","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:09:47.000Z","person_id":"recHQyi5BysBIw6tz","name_en":"Vladimir Konstantinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attdgFHU5WkKB2sX4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attdgFHU5WkKB2sX4.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In the fall of 2022, he was drafted into the military. Before being sent to the war zone, he fled from a training camp, after which he lived at home with his mother. In January 2023, after an investigator made him a phone call, Konstantinov came to a department of the Investigative Committee and fully admitted his guilt, saying that \"it is better to go to prison than to the frontline.\" On May 23, the court sentenced him to five years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":142,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 338 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["338"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 338"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Konstantinov's case of desertion","persecution_case_profile_en":"Before being sent to a war zone, he escaped from the training camp.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.05.2023 to 08.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.06.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.05.2023, Sentence: 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-23T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-23T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recck3ykHc4dmbn2c"},{"persecution_id":"rec9K5hMGc5yeGxaO","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recFzqfA6aGRVmzJ4","name_en":"Sergey Podsytnik","birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is the editor of the online media \"Protocol. 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She is being prosecuted in a case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because of her appeal to the regional Minister of Education demanding the cancellation of \"Conversations about Important Things\" in schools. In September 2024, the investigation dropped the case due to lack of corpus delicti.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ruzili Bishova on discrediting the Russian Army","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was an appeal to the Minister of Education of the Saratov region on behalf of the public movement \"Parents of Saratov\", the regional faction of the CPRF and the people's council of the local \"All-People's Union of the Revival of Russia\". The letter was signed by Bisheva and allegedly sent from her email account. In the text of the appeal, the residents of the region demanded the cancellation of the lessons \"Talking about important\", OGE, USE and VPR in schools, as well as not to use metal detector frames in educational institutions. \"On what grounds in the schools of the Saratov region political propaganda is conducted in the lessons \"Conversations about important\", while the Federal Law \"On Education\" prohibits political propaganda in educational institutions?\" - its compilers write. \"The main terrorists are not children and parents, but those who supported the policy of United Russia and now support the war in Ukraine. This is a war against Ukrainians, against civilians of beautiful Ukraine,\" the text of the letter read. The lawyer notes that the appeal to state bodies is not public in itself, as its text is available to a limited number of people, and the prosecution under Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code can be brought only for \"public actions\".\nIn November 2022, Bisheva was fined 30,000 under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the CAO) because of several anti-war posts in the group \"Education Red Textilshchik\" in Viber.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 18.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdltyKWAN5xXsFf"},{"persecution_id":"recS8b83kq1jucdzX","last_updated":"2025-05-13T21:50:13.000Z","person_id":"rec7z5GFG33ULr2zI","name_en":"Mikhail Belousov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former associate professor at the Institute of History of St. Petersburg State University. On 2 June 2023, he was dismissed from the university. Earlier, pro-war activists accused the scholar of saying that it is possible to use symbols of the \"special military operation\" only within the framework of post-irony and that \"a direct and open approval of ruscism is disgusting.\" Belousov allegedly wrote these words on Telegram because of creation of a spontaneous memorial at the university to a student who died in the war with Ukraine. Later, a criminal case was opened against him for denying the facts established during the Nuremberg trials.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Belousov's case of denial of the facts established at the Nuremberg Trials","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the criminal case was Belousov's statement in February 2023 during a meeting of the university's student council: according to investigators he denied connection between Hitler's racial theory and the course of the Great Patriotic War (Soviet term for II World War, considering mainly Eastern Front events 1941-1945), moreover, he stated that he sees signs of history falsification in some topics on GPW, however, discussing it prohibited by  law. 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He was taken into custody in connection with the arson of the local military recruitment centre. It was initially reported that he confessed to committing a terrorist act and carried out the arson, expecting to be paid 40,000 rubles. Later, the project \"Solidarity Zone\" reported that at first Lazakovich was charged with damage to property (part 2 of article 167 of the Criminal Code) and confessed under this article, while money was not at all in question. When the charge was reclassified, the young man refused to testify.\nLazakovich is also charged with abuse of dead bodies (part 1 of article 244 of the Criminal Code). According to \"Solidarity Zone\", the case file confirms his guilt on this episode.\nOn 29 May 2024 Lazakovich was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Likhoslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":392,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of arson at the military recruitment centre in Likhoslavl","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version, he set fire to the local military recruitment office, the arson became known on 7 May 2023. Initially it was reported that he confessed to committing the terrorist act and carried out the arson, expecting to be paid 40,000 rubles. Later, the project \"Solidarity Zone\" reported that at first Lazakovich was charged with damage to property (part 2 of article 267 of the Criminal Code), and confessed under this article, and there was no talk about money at all. When the charge was reclassified, the young man refused to testify. The investigation calls Lazakovich \"an opponent of the SWO\" and \"an adherent of liberal-radical ideas\".\nLazakovich is also charged with desecration of dead bodies (part 1 of article 244 of the Criminal Code), the case materials, according to \"Solidarity Zone\", confirm his guilt on this episode.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.05.2023 to 21.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.05.2024, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment, with the first three years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment, with the first three years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-27T13:47:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-27T13:47:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• \n Date: 03-05-2024\n Source: https://t.me/solidarity_zone/2396\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 29-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/lazakovich-mihail-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recRjNhYtz3phftTK"},{"persecution_id":"rec6OJ8I2yL9y4imh","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:24:40.000Z","person_id":"recqoBkOsPpE7Rtt3","name_en":"Denis Anokhin","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Uzlovaya (Tula Region). A case was brought against him for calls to extremism and public justification of terrorism. According to the investigation, in posts on social networks he called for violence against the Russian military, as well as not to go to the military recruitment centre and evade military service. On 21 September 2023, Anokhin was sentenced to four years in a penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novomoskovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":143,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Uzlovaya resident on calls to extremism and public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in posts on social networks he called for violence against the Russian military, as well as not to go to the military recruitment centre and evade military service.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2023 to 12.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tula Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown:  to 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.09.2023, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment, prohibition to administer Internet sites for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment, prohibition to administer Internet sites for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-21T10:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-21T10:20:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 01-06-2023\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info?_gl=1*15m1vwz*_ga*MTkyNDg5NTg2OS4xNjk0NTU5MTAx*_ga_J7DH9NKJ0R*MTY5NDU5NjEyOS4yLjEuMTY5NDU5NjQyMy41OC4wLjA.#30-2-29\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-06-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/anohin-denis-alekseevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec6OJ8I2yL9y4imh"},{"persecution_id":"recgm8P4AWn9XKSsF","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:58:43.000Z","person_id":"recqirqcyoItMXknx","name_en":"Ilya Danilov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Lipetsk. On 25 August 2022, his place of residence was searched as part of a criminal case under the article on the dissemination of \"fakes\" about the Russian army on the grounds of political hatred. The case was initiated on 4 April 2022 because of a publication in the \"Danilov without notes\" Telegram channel. On 14 March, the activist published a video in which captured Russian soldiers call their mothers. At first it was reported that Danilov, who left the country, is in the status of a witness in the case. In November, it became known that Danilov was put on the wanted list. On 13 December he was arrested in absentia as a suspect.\nNo later than June 2023, it became known that Danilov was also charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of Navalny's headquarters.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lipetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ilya Danilov on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took part in the activities of Alexei Navalny's structure after the decision to ban it was made in June 2021: \"he carried out illegal activities by posting messages with extremist content through a channel he administered in one of the messengers\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-02-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-uchastii-v-ekstremistskih-organizacziyah-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recgm8P4AWn9XKSsF"},{"persecution_id":"recZggxmDLTcbMGCX","last_updated":"2026-04-24T15:27:15.000Z","person_id":"recIkojgNdu5hDdvX","name_en":"Andrei Edigarev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attyy16GdHdoUy6Gq.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attyy16GdHdoUy6Gq.jpg"],"birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-01-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former deputy of the City Duma in Glazov (Udmurtia). In 2022 he participated in the \"Congress of People's Deputies of Russia\" in Warsaw, after which he returned to Russia.\n\nAccording to unconfirmed reports, Edigarev was several times subjected to protocols under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), with the third protocol returned to the police by the court. The Tainiy Sovetnik telegram channel claims that Edigarev was also prosecuted for \"committing fraudulent actions\".\n\nIn the winter of 2023, Edigarev was beaten up by unknown people, \"Vot Tak\" reports, but the Investigative Committee refused to open a criminal case.\n\nThe criminal case on public justification of terrorism became known in May 2023. The occasion was three comments in Telegram - about the need to overthrow the government, the undermining of a railway train and the \"FSBshniki dynasty\".\n\nDuring the detention Edigarev was beaten in the face, stomach and groin, as well as toppled in the mud with his face. He was taken into custody.\n\nIn November 2023, it was reported that the politician was to be prosecuted for cooperation on a confidential basis with a foreign state or organisation - presumably because of his connection with the \"Congress of People's Deputies of Russia\".\nOn 24 September 2024, Edigarev was sentenced on the case of public justification of terrorism to three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 5 March 2026, shortly before Edigarev's supposed release, he was formally taken into custody in a new case - on participation in the activities of a terrorist community and violent seizure of power. A RIA Novosti source in law enforcement agencies said that the reason was Edigarev's involvement in the activities of the \"Congress of People's Deputies of Russia\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Glazov"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":512,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Yedigarev's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-110/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The following texts served as a pretext for initiating the case:\n\n\"Unfortunately, we live in a fascist state. Hitler's Mein Kampf clearly shows analogies with Putin's regime, which has been in force for more than 25 years now. The only way to implement the law on lustration proposed by Galina Starovoytova is to overthrow the current regime. Onwards to topple the current regime!\";\n\n\"As a result of a terrorist act against a railway train in the Bryansk region, a locomotive and 4 railcars were blown up and burnt down. I approve and look forward to similar actions at railway facilities in other regions in Russia, through which death is travelling to Ukraine. The local law enforcers at Federal Security Service, Ministry of Internal Affairs, bailiffs should meet the same end and be jollied by Molotov cocktails\";\n\n\"It is difficult to find a dynasty of stokers or carpenters in Russia, but we have a dynasty of Federal Security Service's men\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• in custody:  to 24.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 53 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.11.2024 to 01.12.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 53 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region\n• punishment cell: from 01.12.2024 to 01.12.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 53 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2024 to 01.03.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 53 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region\n• Unknown: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2025 to 07.10.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 53 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Sverdlovsk Region\n• Unknown: from 07.10.2025 to 01.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.09.2024, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-24T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-24T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-07-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/edigarev-andrej-borisovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZggxmDLTcbMGCX"},{"persecution_id":"recysD3qEfjLIYlf5","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:06:58.000Z","person_id":"reczI6M8a9oTUB5xf","name_en":"Daniil Pimenov","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On June 2, 2022, an unknown person came to Pimenov's flat, claiming to bring some kind of warning. Pimenov claims that the visitor began to threaten him and even beat him. The activist responded by spraying the unknown person with the pepper spray and closing the door. This became a reason for the criminal prosecution, as it turned out that the visitor was a police officer. The warning apparently concerned a planned action in support of Alexei Navalny on June 4. On June 3, Pimenov was taken into custody. The case was initiated on the use of violence, dangerous to life and health, but the court reclassified the charge to non-dangerous violence. On September 11, he was sentenced to the 25,000 roubles  fine and released from payment on account of the time served in custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":101,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"04.06.23 Navalny's Birthday","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"Daniil Pimenov's case of violence against a representative of the authorities","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.06.2023 to 11.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.09.2023, Sentence: A 25,000 roubles fine, exempt from paying the fine.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A 25,000 roubles fine, exempt from paying the fine.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":25000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-11T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-11T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recysD3qEfjLIYlf5"},{"persecution_id":"recIc2vBusMNLoXPB","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recR6fJQZ24TOwjRi","name_en":"Robert Latypov","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 19 May 2023, large-scale searches took place in Perm in the homes of local human rights activists and members of the board of directors of the Centre for Historical Memory, organisation that became the succession to the human rights organisation Memorial. It became known that a case of attempted smuggling of cultural property had been initiated against Latypov. Latypov has since left Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["226.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 226.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Perm Memorial's case of attempted smuggling of cultural property","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with Alexander Chernyshov, Latypov tried to \"export from Russia to Germany the documents of Memorial, which are of cultural and historical value\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 10.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIc2vBusMNLoXPB"},{"persecution_id":"rec2fUrA3zYqrF9nU","last_updated":"2025-01-28T10:16:03.000Z","person_id":"recfIu5AoIDwXbB0k","name_en":"Alexander Chernyshov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 May 2023, he was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. According to the law enforcers, Chernyshov was behaving aggressively and cursing, so he was charged with petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and arrested for 15 days. At the end of the administrative arrest, the court sent him to custody in a criminal case on smuggling of cultural property.\nOn 4th April 2024, Chernyshov was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":339,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["other","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["226.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 226.1"],"case_name_en":"Perm Memorial's case of attempted smuggling of cultural property","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version, together with Robert Latypov, he tried to \"export from Russia to Germany the documents of Memorial, which are of cultural and historical value\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.05.2023 to 04.04.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 04.04.2024 to 04.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 04.06.2024 to 03.06.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.04.2024, Sentence: 3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-04T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-04T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2fUrA3zYqrF9nU"},{"persecution_id":"recAx5Xe2pkBN0CNe","last_updated":"2025-01-27T10:42:39.000Z","person_id":"recplHX8oPMZVWm8b","name_en":"Vladislav Nikolaev","birth_year":1994,"age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Norilsk, lead singer of the punk band Drunkface. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces. On 27 November 2023, Nikolaev was sentenced to a fine of 400,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Norilsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":179,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Nikolaev's case of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces","case_number":"1-491/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution were posts and a collage \"on a social network banned in the Russian Federation\" (likely, Facebook) on 4 September 2022 and 20 February 2023, \"containing statements undermining the dignity, authority and trust in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\".\nIn June 2022, in Volgograd, where Nikolaev was on holiday, he was reported under administrative articles on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the CAO) because of the inscription \"Fuck the war\" and a peace sign on the window of his personal car. The court arrested him for 24 hours. One of the posts, which became the reason for a criminal case, was devoted to punishment under administrative articles.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 29.09.2023 to 22.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.11.2023, Sentence: A fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Confiscation"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-27T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-27T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-07-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/07/d48379/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recAx5Xe2pkBN0CNe"},{"persecution_id":"recmR1PT3rmpbvqj7","last_updated":"2025-12-29T10:05:47.000Z","person_id":"recFmEuct6Yvws4VR","name_en":"German Kuzovkin","birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a college student in Ufa. A case was opened against him for attempted arson of a military recruitment centre – according to initial reports, the case was opened under articles on attempted terrorism and sabotage. During his interrogation he allegedly said he had thrown a bottle at the military recruitment centre building as a protest against the war in Ukraine. Kuzovkin was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony; reports of the verdict only include the charge of preparing to commit a terrorist act.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Zlatoust"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of attempted arson of a military recruitment centre in Asha","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he tried to set fire to the local military recruitment office on the night of 4 June 2023.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kurgan Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kurgan Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kurgan Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 5 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmR1PT3rmpbvqj7"},{"persecution_id":"recloL0yC4WanGm0S","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:06:14.000Z","person_id":"recAjvn28ejQF05HX","name_en":"Vasily Neustroev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0nnWOuF0rlxVKv.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0nnWOuF0rlxVKv.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Member of the St Petersburg regional council of the Yabloko party. On 6 June 2023, he was detained after a search and taken to Moscow. Neustroev was sawed off the door and taken out of the flat in handcuffs. Later it became known that Neustroev was suspected of organising the activities of an extremist community (part 1 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code), dissemination by a group of persons of disrespectful information about the days of military glory (part 4 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code), public calls for actions against the security of the state, committed by an organised group (part 3 of article 280.4 of the Criminal Code). 3 Art. 280.4 part 3 of the Criminal Code), dissemination of \"fakes\" about the army of the Russian Federation by a group of persons motivated by hatred (paragraphs \"b\", \"d\" part 2 Art. 207.3 of the Criminal Code), incitement to mass disorder (part 1.1 Art. 212 of the Criminal Code) and organisation of NGO activities that infringe on the personality and rights of citizens (part 2 Art. 239 of the Criminal Code; this charge was dropped by the court due to the expiration of the statute of limitations). On 8 June Neustroev was taken into custody as part of the case against the anti-war movement \"Viasna\". On 8 April 2026 he was sentenced to ten years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians","College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg","Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1037,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":148,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","282.1","354.1","280.4","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 212","Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 3, Article 280.4","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anna Arkhipova, Evgenii Zateyev, Yan Ksenzhepolsky, Vasilii Neustroev, Pavel Sinelnikov and Valentin Khoroshenin of the creation of an extremist community","case_number":"2-35/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated over posts by the “Vesna” movement on social media in 2022.\nThe charge of spreading “fake” information about the army was brought in connection with messages about the number of Russian military casualties, as well as events in Bucha and other settlements in Kyiv Oblast.\nThe charge of calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation was linked to a Vesna appeal urging military personnel to refuse participation in combat or to surrender, which was circulated in September 2022; the movement disavowed this appeal in November of the same year.\nThe charge of disseminating disrespectful information about Days of Military Glory was related to posts on Telegram and VKontakte that criticized state-endorsed ways of celebrating Victory Day.\nThe charge of involvement in an organization infringing on the rights and freedoms of citizens was based on calls to participate in mass protests.\nThe charge of inciting mass riots was related to a message proposing violence against law enforcement officers, following the example of Euromaidan.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 06.06.2023 to 08.06.2023, TDF of the Department of Internal Affairs for the Northern Administrative District of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 08.06.2023 to 03.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 03.07.2024 to 13.06.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2026, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition on engaging in activities related to public dissemination of appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for 7 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition on engaging in activities related to public dissemination of appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for 7 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vesny/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. 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As part of the case against the anti-war movement \"Viasna\", accused of creating an extremist community, dissemination by a group of persons of disrespectful information about the days of military glory, public calls for actions against the security of the state, committed by an organised group, dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation by a group of persons with a hate motive, and creation of a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens (this charge was later excluded by the court due to the expiration of the statute of limitations). On 8 June he was taken into custody.\nIn July, Ksenzhepolski said that law enforcers tried to recruit him in the pre-trial detention centre. In October, it was reported that he had not received food and clothing parcels for weeks. In January 2024, Ksenzhepolski's support group reported that he had not received some of the parcels sent to him in the pre-trial detention centre.\nOn 8 April 2026, Ksenzhepolski was sentenced to 11 years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tver","Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1037,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":148,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","280.4","282.1","212","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 3, Article 280.4","Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 1.1, Article 212","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anna Arkhipova, Evgenii Zateyev, Yan Ksenzhepolsky, Vasilii Neustroev, Pavel Sinelnikov and Valentin Khoroshenin of the creation of an extremist community","case_number":"2-35/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was based on the 2022 social media posts made by Vesna movement.\nThe charges of \"fakes\" about the army were imputed in connection with the publication of reports on the number of Russian servicemen casualties, as well as on the events in Bucha and other settlements of the Kiev region.\nThe charges of calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation were imputed in connection with Vesna's call for servicemen to refuse to participate in hostilities or surrender which was circulated in September 2022. Afterwards the movement disavowed this call in November of the same year.\nThe charges of the dissemination of disrespectful information about the days of military glory were imputed in connection with social media posts made in Telegram and VKontakte that criticised state-approved ways of celebrating Victory Day.\nThe charges of participation in an organisation infringing on the safety and rights of citizens were imputed in connection with calling for mass protests.\nThe charges of inducement to organise mass riots were imputed in connection with a post proposing to use violence against law enforcement officers, following the example of Euromaidan.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 06.06.2023 to 06.06.2023, TDF of the Department of Internal Affairs for the Northern Administrative District of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 08.06.2023 to 21.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 21.06.2023 to 10.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 11.07.2023 to 24.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 25.07.2023 to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 01.08.2023 to 21.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• : from 21.06.2024 to 25.06.2024\n• in custody: from 25.06.2024 to 13.06.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2026, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition on engaging in activities related to public dissemination of appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for 7 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition on engaging in activities related to public dissemination of appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for 7 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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Knyazev was sentenced to eight months of corrective labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":152,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of vandalism in Cheboksary","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 9 January 2023, he destroyed a metal structure in the shape of the letter Z in the memorial complex \"Pobeda\", hitting it with his feet and hands, and on 14 January he fired metal balls from a slingshot at the door of the State Archive, which had a sticker in the shape of the letter Z on it.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.06.2023, Sentence: 8 months of corrective labour with 10% of the wages withheld in favour of the state","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 months of corrective labour with 10% of the wages withheld in favour of the state","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-02T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-02T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6pCc1jod8NXZI6"},{"persecution_id":"recoRTL2btwlercub","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:06:16.000Z","person_id":"recF8Tv0LDREsSBKY","name_en":"Anna Arkhipova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attPxfGoqVc5lg0Lm.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attPxfGoqVc5lg0Lm.jpg"],"birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 6 June 2023 in Novosibirsk and taken to Moscow. As part of the case against the anti-war movement \"Viasna\", charged with creation of an extremist community and participation in its activities, dissemination of disrespectful information about the days of military glory by a group of persons, public calls for actions against the security of the state, committed by an organised group, dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation by a group of persons with a hate motive, and participation in the activities of NGOs that infringe on the personality and rights of citizens. On 8 June she was sent to custody. On 8 April 2026, Arkhipova was sentenced to 12 years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1037,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":148,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","354.1","280.4","282.1","239","212","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 3, Article 280.4","Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 3, Article 239","Part 1.1, Article 212","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anna Arkhipova, Evgenii Zateyev, Yan Ksenzhepolsky, Vasilii Neustroev, Pavel Sinelnikov and Valentin Khoroshenin of the creation of an extremist community","case_number":"2-35/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the posts in the social networks of \"Viasna\" in 2022.\nThe article on \"fakes\" about the army was imputed in connection with the publication of reports on the number of dead Russian servicemen, as well as on the events in Bucha and other settlements of the Kiev region.\nThe article on calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation was imputed in connection with Viasna's call for servicemen to refuse to participate in hostilities or surrender in captivity, which was circulated in September 2022; the movement disavowed this call in November of the same year.\nAn article on spreading disrespectful information about Days of Military Glory, in connection with posts on Telegram and VKontakte that criticised state-sponsored ways of celebrating Victory Day.\nArticle on involvement in an organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens - for calling for mass protests.\nThe article on inducement to organise mass riots - for a message proposing to use violence against law enforcement officers, following the example of Euromaidan.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.06.2023 to 21.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 06.06.2023 to 08.06.2023, TDF of the Department of Internal Affairs for the Northern Administrative District of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• : from 21.06.2024 to 24.06.2024\n• in custody: from 24.06.2024 to 13.06.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2026, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition on engaging in activities related to public dissemination of appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for 7 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition on engaging in activities related to public dissemination of appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for 7 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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On 2 May 2024, at the request of a bailiff, the sentence was replaced by five months of correctional labour, as Kolokolnikov was unable to pay the fine on time.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Buzuluk"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":240,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Mikhail Kolokolnikov on repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces.","case_number":"1-233/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"Kolokolnikov was accused of reposting several videos on his Odnoklassniki page. In particular, he published videos by Ukrainian blogger and political analyst Taras Berezovets, who previously founded the Free Crimea project. One of the stories is dedicated to the undermining of the Crimean bridge.\nIn May 2022, Kolokolnikov was fined 35,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because he shouted \"Glory to Ukraine!\", explained to passers-by that they say untruths on TV, used foul language against the president and the government, and called the Russian army occupants. In court, Kolokolnikov explained that he wanted both peace and opposed war, and thus expressed his personal opinion.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2023 to 07.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.08.2023, Sentence: A fine of 130 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 130 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2023-08-29T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-29T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recsMRosCl6Jo63wk"},{"persecution_id":"recE597UWIIOlDuXA","last_updated":"2025-10-06T18:54:53.000Z","person_id":"recnQRmiEZOb1yA3w","name_en":"Oleg Borisenko","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Participated in combat operations in Chechnya, Yugoslavia and Syria (in the latter case, presumably, as a member of the Wagner Group). In 2005, he took part in the elections to the City Duma as a self-nominated candidate.\n\nThe first case of discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was allegedly initiated in November 2022. In addition, a case of illegal possession of explosives was initiated. Borisenko was given a recognisance not to leave.\n\nIn May 2023, Borisenko was arrested for 15 days because he had not paid a fine on time for illegally crossing the road. On 6 June, after leaving the detention centre, Borisenko was detained again and taken to the police station. The next day, the court sent him into custody on a new case of discrediting the army. This case was initiated because of three video appeals in which he condemned the war in Ukraine.\n\nOn 15 June, Borisenko was transferred to house arrest. On 5 October, the court refused to extend the house arrest.\n\nOn 1 December 2023, Borisenko was sentenced in the first case to six years suspended and a fine of 150 thousand rubles. In the second case, the verdict was handed down on 13 August 2025: Borisenko was sentenced to one year suspended.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tambov"],"persecution_region_en":["Tambov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":804,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Borisenko's second case of repeated discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-332/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was the video messages published in May 2023. In one of them, he appealed to former students of his military-patriotic club not to go to war with Ukraine and called it criminal. In another video, Borisenko appealed to the governor of the Tambov Region, Maksim Egorov, and suggested that he should go to see the graves of soldiers killed in Ukraine.\n\nAfter the case was referred from the court to the prosecutor's office, only one episode remained in the case — it concerned a video message to former students of Borisenko's club.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.06.2023 to 15.06.2023\n• house arrest: from 15.06.2023 to 05.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 13.08.2025, Sentence: 1 year's suspended imprisonment with a 1 year's probation, as well as a 1 year's ban on administering websites and Internet channels","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's suspended imprisonment with a 1 year's probation, as well as a 1 year's ban on administering websites and Internet channels","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-13T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-13T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-05-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/05/d48139/?sphrase_id=1575145\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recE597UWIIOlDuXA"},{"persecution_id":"reczD6MRhmc9R79g2","last_updated":"2026-02-13T23:07:19.000Z","person_id":"rec9MkRcCpnsjfIdR","name_en":"Pavel Baryshev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attlta1M0FnVqxZav.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attlta1M0FnVqxZav.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-05-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yakutia. Before the case of discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces was initiated, Baryshev had been sued under articles on theft with unlawful entry into a dwelling (point \"a\" of part 3 of article 158 of the Criminal Code) and on evasion of administrative supervision or failure to comply with court-ordered restrictions (part 2 of article 314.1 of the Criminal Code). The Megino-Kangalassky court, which passed sentence in the defamation case, said in a statement that Baryshev's last conviction had not been expunged or cancelled. On 21 April 2023, Baryshev was sentenced in the defamation case to one and a half years in a general regime colony. He was released on 20 September 2024.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Maya"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakha Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_ended":"2024-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":110,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Baryshev's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"In December 2022, Baryshev was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). He was brought to administrative responsibility because of a phrase said during a live broadcast in the social network \"Chat Roulette\". According to the court ruling, the man entered into a conversation with strangers sitting in front of the flag of Ukraine in the background . They started asking Baryshev about his attitude to the war, to which he replied that he wished all Yakuts who went to fight would die. Later, a video of their conversation was spreaded on social nets.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 15.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 20.09.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.04.2023, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2023-04-21T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-04-21T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 16-06-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/06/16/zhitelyu-yakutii-utverdili-15-goda-kolonii-za-vyskazyvaniya-protiv-voyny-v\n• Support for political prisoners. 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Alexander Talipov, the administrator of the \"Crimean SMERSH\" telegram channel, who regularly writes denunciations of opponents of the war, said in his personal channel that Savchenko and Zhitkov were then arrested for 15 days. In June, they were sent under house arrest, although the investigation demanded that they be taken into custody. \"Crimean SMERSH\" also published a video with their apologies. Supposedly, on 9 August 2023, both were sentenced to a year of restrictions on freedom. However, on 5 October, the court of appeal cancelled the sentence. The reason was that the justice of the peace who considered the case prepared only the introductory and operative parts of the verdict in the deliberation room and attached the full version of the verdict to the case later, which is a violation of the law.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":76,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Kerch vandalism case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Painted anti-war graffiti together with Mikhail Zhidkov.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 06.06.2023 to 09.08.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 09.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.08.2023, Sentence: 1 year imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-09T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-09T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 07-06-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/06/d48212/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recw4O0NEpnKTHSBo"},{"persecution_id":"recakJvGDLR2rQZ1T","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recQs44Q6JN03IxLE","name_en":"Mikhail Zhitkov","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 25 May 2023, law enforcers burst into the flat where Zhidkov was staying with another persecuted person, Yegor Savchenko. At least one of them was dragged by the hair. Alexander Talipov, the administrator of the \"Crimean SMERSH\" Telegram channel, who regularly writes denunciations against opponents of the war, said in his personal channel that Savchenko and Zhidkov were then arrested for 15 days. In June, they were sent under house arrest, although the investigation demanded that they be taken into custody. \"Crimean SMERSH\" also published a video of them apologising. Supposedly, on 9 August 2023, both were sentenced to a year of restricted freedom. However, on 5 October, the appellate court cancelled the sentence, because the magistrates' court, which considered the case, prepared only the introductory and operative parts of the verdict in the deliberation room, and attached the full version of the verdict to the case later, which is a violation of the law.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":96,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Kerch vandalism case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Painted anti-war graffiti together with Yegor Savchenko.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.06.2023 to 09.08.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 09.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.08.2023, Sentence: 1 year imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-09T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-09T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 07-06-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/06/d48212/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recakJvGDLR2rQZ1T"},{"persecution_id":"recHXPhOzEDXXsM3Q","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:01:54.000Z","person_id":"rec3eOiqECLjCoVLL","name_en":"Andrei Gayevsky","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-11-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 1 June 2023, he was taken from his home and taken to the Zyablikovo District IAB, where he was detained and demanded to sign a confession to posting an anti-war publication, but was released without a report being drawn up. On 8th of June at 6 a.m. the law enforcers broke into Gayevsky's house to examine the premises, put him on the floor, took away his equipment and again took him to the Zyablikovo District IAB, where they again detained him for about five hours, forcing him to sign a confession. On the same day, the court imposed a fine on him on charges of disobedience to a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). In March 2024, it became known that a case was brought against Gayevsky for spreading military \"fakes\". On 7 June 2024, the court ruled to send Gayevsky for compulsory treatment.\n\nIn November 2025, it became known that Gayevsky left Russia.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":372,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrey Gayevsky regarding \"fake news\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"01-0587/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the summer of 2022 he published a  post on social media about crimes committed by Russian military forces in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 01.01.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.06.2024, Sentence: Compulsory treatment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"Compulsory treatment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-07T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-07T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 8 June he was taken into custody. Initially gave a confession, then retracted it. On 8 April 2026, Sinelnikov was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1037,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":148,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anna Arkhipova, Evgenii Zateyev, Yan Ksenzhepolsky, Vasilii Neustroev, Pavel Sinelnikov and Valentin Khoroshenin of the creation of an extremist community","case_number":"2-35/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was posts made on the Vesna (Spring) social media accounts in 2022.\n","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.06.2023 to 03.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 06.06.2023 to 08.06.2023, TDF of the Department of Internal Affairs of the North-Eastern Administrative District of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 03.07.2024 to 13.06.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2026, Sentence: 7 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition on engaging in activities related to public dissemination of appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for 6 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition on engaging in activities related to public dissemination of appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for 6 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":90,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vesny/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recLxgX7w6kWfwOxQ"},{"persecution_id":"recF2F5J6jRu3yfGE","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recX5jvTWPFG5ocx5","name_en":"Gleb Kondratyev","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Moscow activist. In 2023, it became known that Kondratyev was a suspect in a criminal case initiated in connection with the activities of \"Spring\": he was charged with organising the activities of an extremist community, spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, calling for activities that threaten the security of the Russian Federation and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory. On 22 July 2024, Kondratyev was arrested in absentia in this case, he was also added charges of creating an organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens and involvement in the organisation of mass riots.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","354.1","280.4","207.3","239","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 3, Article 280.4","Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 239","Part 1.1, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Vesna","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the posts in the social networks of \"Spring\" in 2022.\nThe article on \"fakes\" about the army was imputed in connection with the publication of reports on the number of dead Russian servicemen, as well as on the events in Bucha and other settlements of the Kyiv region.\nThe article on calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation was imputed in connection with Spring's call for servicemen to refuse to participate in hostilities or surrender in captivity, which was circulated in September 2022; the movement disavowed this call in November of the same year.\nThe article on the dissemination of disrespectful information about the Days of Military Glory - in connection with posts on Telegram and VKontakte that criticised state-sponsored ways of celebrating Victory Day.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 22.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vesny/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recF2F5J6jRu3yfGE"},{"persecution_id":"recIngxuzTbGZti38","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rec8CIRdJKzKpbpBz","name_en":"Makar Dyakonov","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"St. Petersburg resident and an activist. In 2023, it became known that Dyakonov was a suspect in a criminal case initiated in connection with the activities of \"Vyesna\": he was charged with organising the activities of an extremist community, spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, calling for activities that threaten the security of the Russian Federation and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory.\nOn 29 July 2024 he was arrested in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","354.1","280.4","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 3, Article 280.4","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Vesna","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the posts in the social networks of \"Vyesna\" in 2022.\nWas charged with \"fakes\" about the army due to the publication of reports on the number of dead Russian soldiers, as well as on the events in Bucha and other settlements of the Kyiv region.\nWas charged with calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation was in connection with Vyesna's call for soldiers to either refuse to participate in hostilities or surrender, which was circulated in September 2022; the movement disavowed this call in November of the same year.\nWas charged with dissemination of disrespectful information about the Days of Military Glory due to the posts on Telegram and VKontakte that criticised state-sponsored ways of celebrating Victory Day.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 29.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vesny/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recIngxuzTbGZti38"},{"persecution_id":"rec0hpHSYRBsHPclV","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recw4KDFMV0nCGzS3","name_en":"Timofey Martynenko","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Participant of the \"Vesna\" movement. On 6 October 2022, Martynenko was included in the register of \"foreign agents\"\nIn 2023, it became known that Martynenko was a suspect in a criminal case initiated in connection with the activities of Vesna: he was charged with organising and participating in the activities of an extremist community, spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, calling for activities that threaten the security of the Russian Federation and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory (referring to Second World War).","persecution_occupation_en":["NGO employees"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","354.1","282.1","280.4","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 3, Article 280.4","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Vesna","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vesny/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec0hpHSYRBsHPclV"},{"persecution_id":"recMhDzjYC81epHS3","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recjqhuqK8IGrBH2N","name_en":"Ekaterina Bushkova","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"St. Petersburg activist, former coordinator of the Viasna movement.\nIn 2023, it became known that Bushkova was a suspect in a criminal case initiated in connection with the activities of Viasna: she was charged with organising the activities of an extremist community, spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, calling for activities that threaten the security of the Russian Federation and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","354.1","280.4","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 3, Article 280.4","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Vesna","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vesny/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recMhDzjYC81epHS3"},{"persecution_id":"recBxilUGHV0jmkw1","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recl3WfVwTpAIDLBR","name_en":"Lev Gämmer","birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was an activist of the Protest Novokuznetsk movement, then moved to Krasnodar and was the coordinator of Navalny's local headquarters. He is the editor-in-chief of Skat Media.\nIn 2023, it became known that Gämmer was a suspect in a criminal case opened in connection with the activities of Vesna: he was charged with organising the activities of an extremist community, spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, calling for activities that threaten the security of the Russian Federation and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory. On 22 July 2024,  Gämmer was arrested in absentia in this case, and was also added to the charges of creating an organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens, and involvement in the organisation of mass riots.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 239 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","354.1","280.4","207.3","239","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 3, Article 280.4","Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 239","Part 1.1, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Vesna","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the posts in the social networks of \"Vesna\" in 2022.\nThe article on \"fakes\" about the army was imputed in connection with the publication of reports on the number of dead Russian servicemen, as well as on the events in Bucha and other settlements of the Kiev region.\nThe article on calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation was imputed in connection with Vesna's call for servicemen to refuse to participate in hostilities or surrender in captivity, which was circulated in September 2022; the movement disavowed this call in November of the same year.\nThe article on the dissemination of disrespectful information about the Days of Military Glory - in connection with posts on Telegram and VKontakte that criticised state-sponsored ways of celebrating Victory Day.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 22.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In 2023, it became known that Sorvenkov was a suspect in a criminal case initiated in connection with the activities of Viasna: he was charged with organising the activities of an extremist community, spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, calling for activities that threaten the security of the Russian Federation and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory.\nOn 29 July 2024 he was arrested in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Municipal employees"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","354.1","280.4","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 3, Article 280.4","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Vesna","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the posts in the social networks of \"Viasna\" in 2022.\nThe article on \"fakes\" about the army was imputed in connection with the publication of reports on the number of dead Russian servicemen, as well as on the events in Bucha and other settlements of the Kiev region.\nThe article on calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation was imputed in connection with Viasna's call for servicemen to refuse to participate in hostilities or surrender in captivity, which was circulated in September 2022; the movement disavowed this call in November of the same year.\nThe article on the dissemination of disrespectful information about the Days of Military Glory - in connection with posts on Telegram and VKontakte that criticised state-sponsored ways of celebrating Victory Day.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 29.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In 2023, it became known that Lozitsky was a suspect in a criminal case initiated in connection with the activities of \"Viasna\": he was charged with organising the activities of an extremist community, spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, calling for activities that threaten the security of the Russian Federation and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","354.1","280.4","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 3, Article 280.4","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Vesna","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vesny/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vesny/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recNjeQIptq5a6Br8"},{"persecution_id":"recfEopwPj0v8XF3F","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"reccBkvJLaB9QUG5T","name_en":"Anna Nazarova","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She is a spokesperson for the Viasna movement. In 2023, it became known that Nazarova was a suspect in a criminal case initiated in connection with the activities of Viasna: she was charged with organising and participating in the activities of an extremist community, spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, calling for activities that threaten the security of the Russian Federation and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","354.1","282.1","280.4","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 3, Article 280.4","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Vesna","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vesny/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recfEopwPj0v8XF3F"},{"persecution_id":"recWEgne3RNTAn5z5","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recPgypNAhnXpWtUs","name_en":"Mikhail Tukh","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In 2023 it became known that Litvin was a suspect in a criminal case initiated in connection with the activities of \"Vesna\": he was charged with organising and participating in the activities of an extremist community, spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, calling for activities that threaten the security of the Russian Federation and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","354.1","282.1","280.4","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 3, Article 280.4","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Vesna","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vesny/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recWEgne3RNTAn5z5"},{"persecution_id":"recygN2la7d1X56el","last_updated":"2024-12-10T23:28:28.000Z","person_id":"recybDA969hi1S5P6","name_en":"Sergey Streknev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attEV7ewMHpeKaYBR.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attEV7ewMHpeKaYBR.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Rybinsk, a city situated along the Volga River, appeared in a video broadcasted by the \"First Yaroslavsky\" TV channel. In the video, the man, who stutters, confesses that on June 4, 2023, after watching a video supporting Alexei Navalny, he wrote messages such as \"no war\" and \"freedom to political prisoners.\" The accompanying photo shows the inscription \"Putin is a murderer,\" which was apparently mentioned by another young man in a separate video. Streknev was then apprehended and later transferred to Moscow.\n\nOn 15 February 2024, a court in Rybinsk sentenced him to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony. The charge was reclassified from participation in the activities of an extremist organization to participation in the activities of an extremist community (part 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code).","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rybinsk","Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast","Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":266,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of vandalism and participation in the activities of an extremist community in Rybinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 4 June 2023, the man made inscriptions on buildings and bus stops in support of the FBK and Navalny's headquarters, previously banned as extremist organisations. Local TV channel First Yaroslavsky published a video with the confession of a man who, stammering, claims that on 4 June, having watched a video in support of Navalny, made inscriptions, in his words, \"like 'no war' and 'freedom for political prisoners'\". At the same time, the video with his confession was accompanied by a photo of the inscription \"Putin is a murderer\", which apparently was mentioned by a young man in another video. It follows from the report of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Yaroslavl region that the persecuted person also put inscriptions on a model of an artillery unit on 29 April 2023, while other reports indicate that these inscriptions were made by another young man born in 2000. In addition, the IC report only mentions the charge of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2023\n• in custody:  to 07.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Yaroslavl Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Yaroslavl Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.02.2024, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony; with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the organization and conduct of mass events, including socio-political, cultural, entertainment, sports, meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches, picketing, with participation in them and visiting their venues, as well as activities related to the placement of appeals and other materials in public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years; with restriction of liberty for a period of 10 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony; with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the organization and conduct of mass events, including socio-political, cultural, entertainment, sports, meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches, picketing, with participation in them and visiting their venues, as well as activities related to the placement of appeals and other materials in public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years; with restriction of liberty for a period of 10 months","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-22T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-22T08:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-11-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-uchastii-v-ekstremistskih-organizacziyah-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recygN2la7d1X56el"},{"persecution_id":"recPWziukbelPvA9x","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recmGq3kGTRef0n2x","name_en":"Unknown male 45","birth_year":2000,"age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The \"Pervy Yaroslavsky\" (\"First Yaroslavl\") TV channel published a video with a confession of a young man born in 2000, who says that he opposed a \"special military operation\" and in this regard made the inscriptions \"No to war\" and \"Putin is a murderer.\"","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rybinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"A case of vandalism in Rybinsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, on April 29, 2023, he inflicted inscriptions on a model of an artillery mount, which is part of the ensemble of monuments of the World War 2. The First Yaroslavsky TV channel published a video with a confession of a young man born in 2000, who says that he opposed the “special military operation” (the war) and in connection with this made the inscriptions “No to war” and “Putin is a murderer.” At the same time, the inscription “Putin is a murderer” appears in the video with the confession of a 41-year-old man. From the report of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Yaroslavl region, it follows that the inscriptions on April 29 were applied by a 41-year-old man taken into custody.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPWziukbelPvA9x"},{"persecution_id":"reccUP29SwLgTAl2I","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recb33DkINuEwB30x","name_en":"Daria Sergeyeva","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On the morning of 9 June 2023, Sergeyeva was searched and taken for questioning in Sysert; after that she was released on her personal recognisance in a case of discrediting the army.\nA screenshot of a post from her Instagram, which became the reason for the administrative case of discrediting the army, appeared on war-supporting Telegram channels, after which Sergeyeva began receiving threats. On 25 August 2023, Sergeyeva was arrested in absentia.\nOn 23 December in Yekaterinburg, law enforcers came to the event \"Spaces of Politics\" and copied the data of all those present, announcing that they were looking for Daria Sergeyeva.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Aramil","Sysert"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Daria Sergeyeva case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of her Instagram posts and anti-war rally on 24 February 2023. On the anniversary of the start of the full-scale war, Sergeeva created an unofficial memorial at the monument to the civil war heroes in Aramil. She brought carnations, a candle, a toy bear, and photo frames with portraits of Ukrainians who perished and an inscription \"February lasts a year. So many sins cannot be washed away, there are not enough prayers.\" She published the photo on her Instagram.\nIn November 2022, Sergeyeva was fined 15,000 roubles under the article of the Code of Administrative Offences on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because she posted a ballot for the September regional gubernatorial election with an inverted Ukrainian flag and a dove of peace on her Instagram story. On the ballot, it was also written, \"No to war. Putin should be on trial  <...> Glory to Ukraine, freedom to Russia! Freedom to political prisoners.\" In addition to the stories with the ballot, the protocol also mentioned another story and five posts by Sergeyeva.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 09.06.2023 to 25.08.2023\n• arrest in absentia: from 25.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccUP29SwLgTAl2I"},{"persecution_id":"recosXac2FliFDYEC","last_updated":"2024-07-30T15:11:00.000Z","person_id":"recDLaZNb57W6RacL","name_en":"Marina Melikhova","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Head of the personal development centre \"Age of Aquarius\", dealing with aura diagnostics and cleaning, as well as energetic, psychological, and spiritual help. She has been involved in coaching and business training. Headed the Kuban branch of the financial pyramid Cashberry.\nHeaded the \"Council of Citizens of the USSR of the Prikubansky Okrug of Krasnodar\".\nIn May 2020, Melikhova was taken into custody on the case of calls to extremism. The reason was a video in \"VKontakte\" titled \"On 9 May 2020 may come the end of the Putin regime! It depends only on us.\" On 25 March 2021, Melikhova was sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony. In October of the same year, the \"Council of Citizens of the USSR of the Prikubansky Okrug of Krasnodar\" was recognised as an extremist organisation.\nIn June 2022, Melikhova was released from prison.\n\nOn 21 June 2023, Melikhova's home was searched, she was taken for questioning, and the next day the court sent her to custody on the case of discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. According to unconfirmed reports, the reason was her anti-war videos on YouTube.\nOn 15 December 2023, Melikhova was sentenced to a year and five months in a general regime colony.\nOn 1 June 2024, Melikhova was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_ended":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":184,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Marina Melikhova's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces in Krasnodar","case_number":"1-1155/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"Melikhova was charged with two publications on VKontakte: a video with the title \"Shock! There is not a single official published document of the Russian Federation on the Special military operation in Ukraine\" and a post with the text \"Slavs do not want war!\". In August 2023, she reported that another episode had appeared in the case: the publication \"In Tokmak the occupants' base was blown up\" on the Telegram channel of public activist Mikhail Nazarenko. According to Melikhova, Nazarenko briefly renamed his channel without her knowledge, and it was called by her name for a period of time.\nBefore that, Melikhova was twice fined for similar videos under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.06.2023 to 28.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation  for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.05.2024 to 01.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation  for Krasnodar Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.12.2023, Sentence: 1 year 5 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 5 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":17,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-15T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-15T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recosXac2FliFDYEC"},{"persecution_id":"recbpJFqOXE1hHwQu","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"rec5ueF1zadRmrcOB","name_en":"Dmitrii Terebilov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attkn9h293CFk3XpM.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attkn9h293CFk3XpM.jpg"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kostroma. In July 2018, a search was carried out at Teribilov’s home in his absence. In June 2019, it became known that criminal proceedings had been initiated against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his alleged involvement in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremism-related articles exclusively for their religious activities, including meetings, joint worship services, and the recruitment of new adherents.\n\nTerebilov was placed under a travel restriction.\n\nOn 6 September 2021, he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony and taken into custody in the courtroom. The strict regime was imposed on the grounds that Teribilov had a prior conviction. According to his own account, he came to faith while serving a sentence in the previous case, and the prison administration itself petitioned for his early release.\n\nIn 2023, it became known that a new criminal case was initiated against Terebilov for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, allegedly due to conversations about faith with a cellmate. On 23 January 2025, he was sentenced in this case to five years and five days’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. On 28 May 2025, the appellate court reduced the sentence by two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Street cleaners"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kostroma"],"persecution_region_en":["Kostroma Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":644,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second Dmitrii Terebilov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated on the basis of conversations with fellow inmates about faith.\n","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast\n• in custody:  to 28.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.01.2025, Sentence: 5 years 5 days' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 5 days' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":58,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-23T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-23T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 22-06-2023\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/06/d48270/?sphrase_id=2006647\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 21-06-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/06/d48270/?ysclid=lmknubfdtf371285947\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recbpJFqOXE1hHwQu"},{"persecution_id":"rec4vpcFsljojaTBC","last_updated":"2023-11-20T11:08:37.000Z","person_id":"recYW3RcqTesFL1yA","name_en":"Nikolay Veprikov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Veprikov was detained in the morning of 23 June 2023 after a search, the next day the court sent him to custody as part of the military \"fakes\" case. On 27 July, the court decided to release Veprikov on his own recognisance, the next day he was released from the pre-trial detention centre. On 23 September, Veprikov was arrested in absentia: according to the investigation, he went to Georgia. He was put on the wanted list. Initially, Veprikov was charged with the 1st part of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but then reclassified to distribution of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the grounds of political hatred (paragraph \"e\" part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). In November, the appeal court cancelled the decision on the arrest in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Veprikov's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between March and June 2022, he made several publications on VKontakte and reposts of YouTube videos about what the Russian invasion of Ukraine had led to. The posts include civilian and military deaths, destroyed cities, and criminal cases for anti-war stances. Initially, Veprikov was charged with the 1st part of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but then reclassified to spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces on the grounds of political hatred (point \"e\" part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave","arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.06.2023 to 27.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• recognizance not to leave: from 28.07.2023 to 23.09.2023\n• arrest in absentia: from 23.09.2023 to 09.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-06-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/v-peterburge-po-delu-o-fejkah-arestovan-aktivist-nikolaj-veprikov/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec4vpcFsljojaTBC"},{"persecution_id":"recvnrb9Na0U8nTZo","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:19:00.000Z","person_id":"recdkb3EFm0D0NqGI","name_en":"Sergey Romanov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 1 June 2023, law enforcers came to the flat in Zhirnovsk (Volgograd Region) where Romanov was staying. The search was conducted on the basis of an investigator's order, without a court decision. The door was broken in, and the landlady was kept in the entryway for about an hour. When she got into the flat, she saw Romanov handcuffed on the floor. Electronic devices, personal records and a large sum of money were seized from the woman. All of Romanov's personal belongings were confiscated and he was taken to a neighbouring town for questioning.\n\nThe next day Romanov was placed in a temporary detention centre, the following day he was charged and threatened with ten years' of imprisonment. On 4 June, he was sent to custody. In July 2023, Romanov was transferred to Anadyr. On 1 February 2024, he was released under recognisance not to leave the country.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Anadyr"],"persecution_region_en":["Chukotka Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHU"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Anadyr","persecution_case_profile_en":"Since 20.04.2017 ... acting jointly and in concert, [the four believers] by organising and holding religious meetings, carrying out missionary and preaching activities ... involving new participants, as well as collecting donations, organised the activities of an unregistered religious group \"Jehovah's Witnesses in Anadyr\" in the city of Anadyr, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. 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Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Subsequently, he departed Russia with his family, apprehensive of potential persecution by the authorities. On 28 June 2023, law enforcement officials interrogated his sister and nephew and conducted a search at the residence previously occupied by his family, which had since been sold to a new owner, who was also summoned for questioning.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yakov Ovchinnikov's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 4 April 2022, Ovchinnikov was fined 30,000 roubles under the article pertaining to the discrediting of the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) due to a comment made on social media. The comment referenced mobile crematoria in the Russian army and stated: \"Mothers will at best get back the urn with the ashes of their sons killed in battle, unless they will be listed as missing, so as not to burden the authorities with 'all sorts of trifles'\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recN0E27wkM3INaSI"},{"persecution_id":"recy9ptq0xNjFqXi0","last_updated":"2026-04-26T20:43:40.000Z","person_id":"recbZZVg72f9KAHND","name_en":"Oleg Tyryshkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attU04VAGQj98kuot.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attU04VAGQj98kuot.jpg"],"birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Activist from Anzhero-Sudzhensk (Kemerovo Region). Head of the local branch of the LDPR. He was chairman of the miners' trade union and head of the local branch of the United Civil Front founded by Garry Kasparov.\n\nIn late April 2023, Tyryshkin was fined 2,000 rubles under the article on the demonstration of Nazi symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for a photograph of Vladimir Putin in a Nazi uniform. In early May of the same year, he was fined for the same post under the article on public disrespect for state authorities (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) - the reason was the caption under the photo.\n\nIn May 2023, Tyryshkin was also prosecuted for public justification of terrorism. The reason was his comments on VKontakte about the death of Chechen head Akhmat Kadyrov in 2004. He was released on his own recognisance.\n\nIn June, another report was drawn up against Tyryshkin because of his comments on VKontakte with insulting remarks about FSB officers. He came to the prosecutor's office, but, after consulting with his lawyer, said that he did not have to come. The prosecutor informed him that there would be a trial in his case, but Tyryshkin left. Two weeks later, he was detained near his plot in the vegetable garden, thrown to the ground, hit, and then taken to court, where he was fined under the article on incitement to hatred (part 1 of article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nOn 9 December 2024, he was sentenced in a criminal case to two years in a general regime colony. In April 2026, Tyryshkin was removed from the list of terrorists and extremists of Rosfinmonitoring.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Anzhero-Sudzhensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2026-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":588,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Tyryshkin's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was comments in VKontakte in connection with the death of the head of Chechnya Akhmat Kadyrov because of the terrorist attack in Grozny on 9 May 2004.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.05.2023 to 09.12.2024\n• in custody: from 09.12.2024 to 27.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.03.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 04.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.12.2024, Sentence: 2 years of prison in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of prison in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-09T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-09T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 25 May 2023, law enforcers came to her house with an \"inspection of the premises\", and her and her husband's phones were seized to check for violation of the article on discrediting the army (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). Later, a case was brought against her for public justification of terrorism because of her commentary on the death of \"war correspondent\" Vladlen Tatarskii, as well as for discrediting the Armed Forces. The doctor was placed under house arrest. At the end of 2024, she was sentenced to three years of probation and a fine of 500 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":487,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of public justification of terrorism in Blagoveshchensk","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a comment in connection with the death of \"war correspondent\" Vladlen Tatarskii in an explosion in St. Petersburg. According to the media, the doctor wrote \"I never thought I would ever be happy about this. God forgive me for this.\"\n\nOn 5 December 2022, the court fined the doctor under the administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for 30 thousand rubles, the details are unknown.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.06.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 17.10.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.10.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-30T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-06-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/06/d48562/?sphrase_id=1575530\n• Support for political prisoners. 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On 23 June 2023, he was sentenced to two years in a penal colony and a fine of 500,000 rubles in the case of a hacker attack on a resource for blocking. Presumably, he was released in September 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":173,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 274.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["274.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 274.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Igor Bayandin's case of a hacker attack on an Internet resource for blocking","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he carried out a hacker attack on “an Internet resource designed to block the activities of the websites of Russian companies related to the crucial information infrastructure of the Russian Federation”, “because he had a negative attitude towards the Special Military Operation conducted by the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine.”","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 03.09.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.06.2023, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony and a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony and a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-23T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-23T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccVOaECsZNu1gNH"},{"persecution_id":"recpV6gpimnhHswFL","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:43:31.000Z","person_id":"recISRN2Eug1stk35","name_en":"Vladimir Sukhorukov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Pechora (Pskov region), a marathon runner. A case was brought against him for repeatedly discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. On 3 June 2024, Sukhorukov was sentenced to a fine of 110 thousand rubles.\n\nOn 29 September 2025, due to non-payment of the fine, at the request of bailiffs, the court commuted his punishment to 300 hours of compulsory labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":338,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Sukhorukov's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-36/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"In April 2022, Sukhorukov was fined 35 thousand rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of the status, avatar, and captions to the videos on his VKontakte page.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 05.07.2023 to 01.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.06.2024, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 110 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 110 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2024-06-03T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-03T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 04-07-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/07/d48331/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recpV6gpimnhHswFL"},{"persecution_id":"rec5ZhjgVh5eZ3wov","last_updated":"2025-07-19T09:40:50.000Z","person_id":"recY5Mz87xMoSYbZ6","name_en":"Dmitrii Lialiaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBL4wugjvQ9NpLO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBL4wugjvQ9NpLO.jpg"],"birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Saratov, a poet and singer-songwriter. Lialiaev regularly posted on his VKontakte page, sharing either critical poems or comments targeting the Russian authorities and the war in Ukraine. In October and November 2022, Lialiaev was repeatedly fined under administrative charges. One fine of 30,000 roubles was issued under the article on “discrediting the army” (Article 20.3.3 of Code of Administrative Offences) for a post that read: “fresh lamb is off to slaughter.” Another fine of the same amount was imposed under the article on “disrespect towards the authorities” (Part 3 of Article 20.1) for an image of Putin with Hitler-style moustache and haircut. He was also fined twice — 1,000 roubles each time — under the article on displaying banned symbols (Article 20.3), for depicting Putin both as Hitler and with tattoos associated with criminal subculture.\n\nLialiaev was charged with “public incitement to extremism” and with “repeated display of Nazi or extremist symbols,” as well as with “spreading fake news” about the Armed Forces. On 11 September 2023, he was sentenced in the first case to two years in an open prison. On 20 November 2023, in the “fake news” case, he received a further six-month sentence in an open prison. 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In the request for such a preventive measure, the investigators stated that Filugin lives in the territory bordering Kazakhstan, where he is from, and, according to operational information, expressed his intention to flee there.\n\nOn 28 September 2023, Filugin was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labour.\n\nPresumably, he served his sentence in April 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Tselinnoye"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":87,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Filugin's case of \"fakes\" and discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":" 1-46/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in the period from March to April this year, he repeatedly posted on his page in the social network information discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.10.2023 to 01.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.09.2023, Sentence: 1 year 6 months of compulsory labour with withholding of wages in the amount of 20%.","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months of compulsory labour with withholding of wages in the amount of 20%.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-28T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-28T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/filyugin-aleksej-viktorovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recTHbfGK2BfvEu3U"},{"persecution_id":"recKzLqGCJC7aprZ1","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recApQqtbGBKpKjcb","name_en":"Gulnara Bakhareva","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A street sweeper from the Cheliabinsk region. She was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of her posts about the Crimean Bridge and the Ostankino TV Tower. Bakhareva was given a recognisance not to leave. On 23 November 2023, she was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.\nOn 2 October 2024, FSB officers came to the woman and seized her phone due to the fact that a new case of public justification of terrorism was brought against her - because of the word \"Proud\" about Alexei Nuriev, convicted in the case of arson of a military registration desk.\nOn 19 June 2025, the woman was fined 450 thousand rubles in the second case. On the aggregate of punishments, the court imposed on her a total fine of 600 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Street cleaners","Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Satka"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":141,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Gulnara Bakhareva's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 10 October 2023, she published in Telegram channel \"You're Not Alone 74\" a comment \"My fellow countrymen. I am proud\" under a post about the birthday of political prisoner Alexei Nuriev, who was sentenced to 19 years in a high-security colony on charges of setting fire to a military registration and enlistment office in town Bakal near Cheliabinsk.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.11.2023, Sentence: a fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-23T14:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-23T14:20:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKzLqGCJC7aprZ1"},{"persecution_id":"reckaQhjhgZaIydGU","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recEcKht6q06T7VxP","name_en":"Alexander Kapustin","birth_year":1972,"age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He repeatedly joined anti-war rallies in Krasnoyarsk, being regularly detained for that. The first time since the beginning of the Russian invasion he was detained on 26 February 2022 because of a jacket with a statement \"No to War\". There were similar detentions in May, June and July 2022. He also held solitary pickets in support of political prisoners and against the introduction of troops into Kazakhstan. In July 2023, a criminal case was opened against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Kapustin was on a recognisance not to leave, however, since 11 January 2024 he has not appeared at meetings and was placed on the wanted list","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Berezovka"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"protest_event_en":"02.07.2023 Anti-war actions","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Kapustin's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-272/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"In September 2022, Kapustin was fined under the administrative article on discrediting the armed forces (Art. 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a solitary picket in July 2022. He stood there with two posters: against the war and in support of Alexandra Skochilenko, Viktoria Petrova and Maria Ponomarenko, prosecuted for \"fakes\" about the army (part 2 of Art. 207.3 of the Criminal Code) as well as of Lilia Chanysheva, prosecuted for involvement in an extremist community (part 3 of Art. 282.1 of the Criminal Code). The picket, as stated in the ruling, \"was accompanied by a musical composition\". \nA criminal case was opened for discrediting the armed forces after Kapustin had left an anti-war comment on Telegram in January 2023.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckaQhjhgZaIydGU"},{"persecution_id":"recIW0NRShEHcLLJQ","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:08:48.000Z","person_id":"recNZuqZ3X8rwcvwB","name_en":"Anton Korchagin","birth_year":1976,"age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Volsk (Saratov Region). A criminal case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation because of a conflict with a woman whose car was labelled with the letter Z. On 26 September 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles. The case was heard under a special procedure.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":87,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anton Korchagin's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"In May 2022, Korchagin was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a comment with the words \"Yes Z means fascism\", published in the Telegram channel \"Just Chatting Volsk\". The reason for the initiation of criminal case was a conflict with the driver of the car on which the letter Z was pasted. Korchagin, having seen the car, took a bat and demanded that the owner of the car removes the sticker. Telegram channel Baza specifies that, according to Korchagin himself, he was drunk and therefore spoke rudely to the woman.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.09.2023, Sentence: a fine of 150 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 150 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-26T11:05:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-26T11:05:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIW0NRShEHcLLJQ"},{"persecution_id":"recMysAN1EWIrQA4N","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"recBt4626pURWfS1P","name_en":"Sergey Ukhov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former head of Alexei Navalny's  headquarters in Perm and creator of the \"Perm 36.6\" Telegram channel. In January 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In July 2023, it became known that Ukhov was put on the wanted list in the case of calls for actions against the security of the state. On 17 August, several people in Perm were searched in his case.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 280.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Ukhov","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recMysAN1EWIrQA4N"},{"persecution_id":"recrNro540uPDySin","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recGI9WSEOkDWyQsp","name_en":"Alexei Volsky","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Nizhny Novgorod, diagnosed with schizophrenia since childhood. Volsky has a second-degree disability.\n\nIn July 2023, he was placed under house arrest on charges of spreading knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In September, he was also charged with incitement to extremism. On 3rd October, Volsky was released under a travel restriction order.\n\nThe charge under the article concerning \"fake news\" was initially filed under the first part of the article, but was later reclassified to dissemination of knowingly false information motivated by political hatred.\n\nOn 14th May 2024, Volsky was ordered to undergo compulsory treatment.\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":306,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Volsky's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and calls for extremism","case_number":"1-470/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for prosecution in the case of \"fakes\" were posts in \"VKontakte\". \"A lot of dead locals and one ruin. In general, the Russian occupiers and the Russian government itself in general are to blame here. Doing inhuman things,\" Volsky wrote on his page.\nThe posts on \"VKontakte\" also became a reason for prosecution in the case of calls to extremism.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 14.07.2023 to 03.10.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 03.10.2023 to 24.11.2023\n• : from 24.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.05.2024, Sentence: Psychiatric Medical and Moral Facility in a Specialized Type of Inpatient Facility","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"Psychiatric Medical and Moral Facility in a Specialized Type of Inpatient Facility","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-14T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-14T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 02-08-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/volskij-aleksej/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recrNro540uPDySin"},{"persecution_id":"recFYjwZEmFJOF1na","last_updated":"2024-06-03T22:15:49.000Z","person_id":"recfwGTXtwtH0ZT1r","name_en":"Olga Avdeeva","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Izhevsk, surgeon, mother of five children. The reason for the initiation of a criminal case against her was the inscription that Avdeeva put on the building of the Opera and Ballet Theatre in the summer of 2022. However, the case was initiated only a year later. Avdeeva believes that she attracted the attention of law enforcers because of the anti-war picket: she stood with a poster ‘Russia creates ZLO [EVIL (rus. “зло”) with the Z stylised to match its use in the Russian state media]’ in front of the same theatre. That time, Avdeeva stood on the square for no more than five minutes, then she was detained and released from the police department with an explanation.\nA recognisance not to leave was taken.\nOn 4 September 2023, Avdeeva was fined 30,000 ($325,20) rubles under the same administrative article because of the solitary picket she attempted to hold on 1 September - then she went to the square with a wreath and a placard \"RUSSIA CREATES ZLO\".\nOn 4 April 2024 Avdeeva was sentenced in a criminal case to a fine of 120 thousand rubles ($1.300).","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":278,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"protest_event_en":"Anti-war actions 13.03.22","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Olga Avdeeva's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-60/2024 (1-464/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the inscription ‘fascists’ under the stretching banner with the letter Z on the facade of the Izhevsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. In March 2022, Avdeeva was fined 15,000 rubles ($162) under an administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because she participated in an anti-war action: according to the court ruling, during the action, Avdeeva shouted anti-war slogans and held a poster in the colours of the Ukrainian flag.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.07.2023 to 20.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.04.2024, Sentence: A fine of 120 thousand roubles ($1.310)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 120 thousand roubles ($1.310)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":120000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-04T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-04T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 11-01-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/07/d48361/?sphrase_id=2656220\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recFYjwZEmFJOF1na"},{"persecution_id":"receNRdODm8hlDH5h","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"recY7y9hzLAX59h4y","name_en":"Vladimir Kuprin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att9SIC2BvnKAutEl.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att9SIC2BvnKAutEl.png"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kurgan Region. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The court refused to place Kuprin in custody. On 9 April 2024 Kuprin was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Shchuchye"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":374,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Kuprin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-14/2024 (1-95/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was some messages on a personal page on social media, discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 25.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kurgan Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.06.2024 to 01.07.2024\n• Unknown: from 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kurgan Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kurgan Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kurgan Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2024, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-09T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-09T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-06-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kuprin-vladimir-evgenevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"receNRdODm8hlDH5h"},{"persecution_id":"recNovvkDr1EIjcSQ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recr6hzwNQ8GKNdAG","name_en":"Batyr Zhaboev","birth_year":1987,"age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case has been opened for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. He is under a non-departure undertaking. On 30 August 2023, the court sentenced Zhaboev to a year of suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nalchik"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":60,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Batyr Zhaboev's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published a video in Instagram, which spoke about the killing of civilians in Chechnya and Ukraine by the Russian army and called these actions fascist and invasive. In July 2022, Zhaboev was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of his publications in Instagram.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2023 to 01.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.08.2023, Sentence: 1 year of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-30T08:25:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-30T08:25:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNovvkDr1EIjcSQ"},{"persecution_id":"recTl2a1WOnDkUbA4","last_updated":"2025-08-22T18:09:57.000Z","person_id":"recvxxtz4i6SOvUXj","name_en":"Dmitry Cherepkov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nizhny Tagil. Since the summer of 2023, he has been on a recognizance not to leave the country in the case of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In March 2024, it became known that two more cases under the same article were brought against him, and they were merged. In April 2024, it became known about three more cases. On 9 July 2024, the court returned the first defamation case to the prosecutor's office.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Tagil"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Cherepkov's case of repeated discreditation of the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-264/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a comment in one of the Vkontakte groups supporting the war in Ukraine.  According to the investigation, on 6 May 2023 a comment was posted in the Vkontakte community \"Zapadenets - Order of Stepan Bandera \"Rotten lard\"  \"... I believe that the Russian army is occupying Ukraine, BUT I do NOT support the Banderites!!!!! Not all of the Ukrainian army are banderites!!! Even if all of them are, it does not mean that our troops are not occupiers! Those who are engaged in occupation are occupiers...\".\nThe case is based on the expertise by an employee of the \"Ural Forensic Expert Centre\", which concluded that the statement contains \"convincing the addressee in the negative nature of the purposes of using the RF Armed Forces, i.e. discrediting them\".\n\nIn April 2023 he was fined 35 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of his comments in VKontakte criticising the authorities and the actions of the Russian army. On  April 19, 2023 by the decision of Tagilstroevsky District Court of Nizhny Tagil he was found guilty of committing an administrative offence under part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the CAO, the decision came into force on May 3, 2023.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 10.07.2023\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 21.11.2023 to 01.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-07-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/07/d48395/?print=1\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recTl2a1WOnDkUbA4"},{"persecution_id":"recJe3lqUjO8Wqp8O","last_updated":"2025-10-21T09:37:06.000Z","person_id":"recOvZAJNlRilT4L0","name_en":"Zulfiya Sitdikova","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2022, Sitdikova was fined 40,000 rubles (445 USD) under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Art. 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because she wore a sweatshirt with the inscription \"NO WAR\" during Oleg Gazmanov's concert on 12 June. Three and a half weeks after the incident, when she went to the police to retrieve the sweatshirt, a report on disobedience to the lawful demands of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code) was drawn up and she was detained, after which she was arrested for five days. In early September 2022, Sitdikova was searched in a case of justification of terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) because of a video of an attack on the Russian ambassador to Poland. In April 2023, Sitdikova and another activist Vera Otreshko were detained because of their intention to hold a picket with a \"9 May\" poster. In May, Sitdikova was searched in connection with a criminal case on discrediting the army, filed against Pavel Chumakov from Kazan. On 4 July the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan cancelled the decision to search the activist's flat. In the same month it became known that Sitdikova is being held as a defendant in a criminal case on discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 25 August Sitdikova was detained on her way out of the house and taken to the police station, where a report was drawn up on the organisation of an uncoordinated action (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Administrative Code); the next day the court arrested her for eight days. It is not known why the protocol was drawn up.\nOn 29 October activists who gathered at the monument to the victims of political repressions were issued summonses by the Center \"E\" employees or called orally for questioning as witnesses in Sitdikova's case.\nIn November, it became known that a case of Nazi rehabilitation was also brought against Sitdikova - because of the poster \"9 waя\", which was one of the reasons for the case of discrediting the army.\nOn 28 May 2024, she was sentenced in the combined case to two years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":332,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti","solo picket"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 3, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Zulfiya Sitdikova on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and disseminating disrespectful information about the days of military glory","case_number":"2-24/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"There are two episodes in the case of discrediting the army: for one the occasion was the inscription \"No to War\", which was placed at the Eternal Flame in Kazan's Victory Park, the second arose in connection with the detention on 28 April 2023 - then the activist was found in possession of a poster with the words \"9 waя\".\nIn July 2022, Sitdikova was fined 40,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because she wore a sweatshirt with the words \"NO WAR\" during Oleg Gazmanov's concert on 12 June.\nThe poster \"9 Waя\" was also the reason for the initiation of a case on rehabilitation of Nazism.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 13.08.2024 to 12.09.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.05.2024, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 4 years, prohibition to disseminate information on the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 4 years, prohibition to disseminate information on the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-28T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-28T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 18-07-2023\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2023/07/18/protiv-kazanskoy-aktivistki-zulfii-sitdikovoy-vozbudili-ugolovnoe-delo-o\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recJe3lqUjO8Wqp8O"},{"persecution_id":"rec2ztrAWJhnHA1wX","last_updated":"2025-05-29T00:00:50.000Z","person_id":"recuaZycVopm5gUXW","name_en":"Nikita Chernichkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att6lIcnO2es7TOMU.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att6lIcnO2es7TOMU.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ryazan, animal rights defender. He is involved in sheltering and rehabilitation of homeless animals. After the start of the war in Ukraine, he renamed his page on Odnoklassniki to \"Nikita No-War\" and started actively posting comments. A case was opened against him on charges of rehabilitating Nazism, and Chernichkin was placed under recognizance not to leave. Later, he was also charged with public justification of terrorism and spreading military \"fakes\" motivated by political hatred. It is known that no later than in August 2023, a motion for his detention was considered, but either it was not granted or he was later released.\nOn 7 June 2024, Chernichkin was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Animal defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ryazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-RYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":342,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","205.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Chernichkin's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism, \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-110/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, in October 2022, he posted on the social network about the Russian soldier Nikita Samoilov, who was killed in Gostomel. After an expert examination, law enforcement concluded that the comment \"could insult the memory of a military serviceman.\" Additionally, he posted comments on social media that \"incited acts against high-ranking officials of the Russian Federation and the Ryazan region\" and made false statements about the actions of the Russian military in Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.07.2023 to 01.08.2023\n• in custody: from 01.08.2023 to 23.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.09.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.06.2024, Sentence: 6 years imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-07T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-07T15:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 20-07-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/07/d48403/?sphrase_id=2732604\n• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-05-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/chernichkin-nikita-evgenievich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec2ztrAWJhnHA1wX"},{"persecution_id":"recarKjTro7ciMklq","last_updated":"2025-11-28T17:05:16.000Z","person_id":"recYZvYgg8SdHba9K","name_en":"Boris Kagarlitsky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attIGZR0pGLDiXfcF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attIGZR0pGLDiXfcF.jpg"],"birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sociologist, publicist, video blogger. Editor-in-chief of the online publication Rabkor and author of the YouTube channel of the same name. On 25 July 2023 he was detained in Moscow and transported to Syktyvkar, where the next day the court decided to take him into custody for the case of public justification of terrorism. Searches in the process of his case took place in Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Penza.\nOn 12 December 2023, Kagarlitsky was sentenced to a fine of 600,000 rubles. On 13 February 2024, the court of appeal replaced the fine with a five-year sentence in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":140,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Boris Kagarlitsky's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a post about the explosion on the Crimean bridge in October 2022: Kagarlitsky speculated about the economic and political consequences of the explosion and its meaning from a \"military point of view\".","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (temporarily)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.07.2023 to 12.12.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 12.12.2023 to 13.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.02.2024 to 01.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №12 (SIZO-12) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell:  to 10.11.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: , Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.12.2023, Sentence: a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2023-12-12T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-12T09:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 26-07-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/07/d48420/?sphrase_id=1575177\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-09-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-socziologa-borisa-kagarliczkogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recarKjTro7ciMklq"},{"persecution_id":"recgKUXDShurkMJUu","last_updated":"2024-12-23T12:09:47.000Z","person_id":"recm8NGFoieUatOw0","name_en":"Dmitry Kozlya","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attO8DgjLbAWe42Jw.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attO8DgjLbAWe42Jw.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Simferopol. A case of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was opened against him, he was taken into custody. On 19 October 2023, Kozlya was sentenced to one year of imprisonment in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_ended":"2024-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":84,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Kozlya's case of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"31 May 2022 Kozlya was fined for 45 thousand rubles under a similar administrative article (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Code of of Administrative Offenses) for his comments on Facebook.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 05.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.12.2023 to 21.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.10.2023, Sentence: 1 year of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-19T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-19T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-08-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kozlya-dmitrij-fyodorovich/#:~:text=Козля%20Дмитрий%20Фёдорович%2C%20житель%20Симферополя%2C,с%2029%20июля%202023%20года\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recgKUXDShurkMJUu"},{"persecution_id":"recb2FBsUN9lOiT82","last_updated":"2025-06-05T11:02:19.000Z","person_id":"rec2CWD1msuVIcUYR","name_en":"Janina Sokolovskaia","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian journalist who co-operated with Russian media. On 26 July 2023, it became known that a criminal case on military \"fakes\" was opened against Sokolovska. The journalist's Moscow flat was searched. According to RBC, Sokolovskaya and her family left Russia for Europe after the outbreak of a full-scale war. On 23 January 2025, the journalist was sentenced to seven and a half years in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":572,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Janina Sokolovskaia on military \"fakes\"","case_number":"01-1022/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"Sokolovskaya in the period from March to May 2022 publicly disseminated in the open access for an unlimited number of people in a Telegram channel knowingly false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation against the civilian population of Ukraine under the guise of reliable reports\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 26.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.01.2025, Sentence: 7 years 6 months imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years 6 months imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":90,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-23T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-23T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recb2FBsUN9lOiT82"},{"persecution_id":"recba9l4Bp9mTPNPN","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recvTxpaXfRn5ZhNy","name_en":"Mikhail Petrov","birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Omsk. A criminal case was initiated against him for public justification of terrorism because of a comment he left under a post about a drone attack on the Kremlin. In December 2025, he was removed from the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, the reasons are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of public justification of terrorism in Omsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was a comment Petrov left in VKontakte under a post about the drone attack on the Kremlin: \"Glory to Ukraine. Work, brothers. Putin has probably already prepared fifteen suitcases for faeces there))\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recba9l4Bp9mTPNPN"},{"persecution_id":"recISHcbtSd6JWzeW","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recwtPddxsINkBZLr","name_en":"Polina Evtushenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attsehKKSjHoejoaY.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attsehKKSjHoejoaY.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tolyatti. Since autumn 2022, she was running a blog in the Ukrainian language and making anti-war inscriptions on banknotes. In July 2023, it became known that a criminal case on preparation for high treason was opened against her and she was taken into custody. Later it was reported that Evtushenko is also charged with public justification of terrorism. In September 2023 it became known that Evtushenko was also charged with financing terrorism (part 1.1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code). In November it became known that Evtushenko was charged with calls to extremism (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code). In March 2024, Evtushenko was charged in the final version: in addition to the above articles, there are also the dissemination of \"fakes\" about the Russian army with the motive of hatred (point \"e\" of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), public dissemination of information expressing blatant disrespect to society regarding the days of military glory and memorial dates in Russia's history related to the defence of the Fatherland (part 4 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). In May, she was sent to a punishment cell for not switching off the TV set in time. On 6 March 2026, Evtushenko was sentenced to 14 years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":977,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":139,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.2","205.1","280","207.3","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1.1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Polina Evtushenko's case on preparation for high treason and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-8/2026 (2-15/2025; 2-84/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she induced a resident of Samara to join Freedom of Russia Legion fighting on the side of Ukraine, and also published posts in its support.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2023\n• temporary hospitalisation: \n• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.03.2026, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-04T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-04T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 23-08-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/evtushenko-polina-sergeevna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recISHcbtSd6JWzeW"},{"persecution_id":"recqeylNDFgH2O2FZ","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:02:20.000Z","person_id":"recqKPtZrR3p7Yp0v","name_en":"Andrei Biryukov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att4kS3D2jB4vY3Ge.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att4kS3D2jB4vY3Ge.png"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Andrei is registered with a psychiatrist. Before his arrest, his relatives began the process of registering him as disabled. Biryukov’s mother and her parents also have disabilities, and without Andrei’s help, they struggle to manage the household.\n\nAndrei was detained on 28 July 2022 following a search of his home. The court later remanded him in custody. According to his mother, the true reason for the prosecution was likely his posts about the war in Ukraine. Andrei previously ran a website covering events in the country. His lawyer explained that the investigator initially refused to allow face-to-face meetings with relatives or phone calls to Andrei, only permitting contact after he confessed and agreed to cooperate with the investigation. Ultimately, Andrei admitted guilt and agreed to assist the authorities.\n\nOn 9 November 2022, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a general-regime penal colony, along with a two-year ban on managing websites.\n\nFollowing his speech at the trial during the appeal, a new case was opened against him for public justification of terrorism and incitement to hatred. On 18 April 2024, he was sentenced to four years for this offence. When combined with his previous sentence, Andrei’s total term amounts to six years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":316,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["court statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Biryukov's case of public justification of terrorism and incitement to hatred in a court hearing","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of the case was a speech at the hearing of the appeal against the verdict in the first case, during which Biryukov, in particular, said:\n\n\"I do not consider Putin's fascism to be legitimate, I do not consider it a state. A raging fascist petrol station - nothing more than that. It has carried out, for example, punitive strikes on peaceful towns in Ukraine as revenge for an absolutely just and necessary sabotage, on a county bridge built by the occupiers. Any action against it is not a terrorist attack, but a necessity, so I do not just passively justify, but actively promote any terrorist actions against state military facilities of the Russian Federation.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2023 to 03.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Tambov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2024, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-17T10:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-17T10:50:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-05-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/biryukov-andrej-yurevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recqeylNDFgH2O2FZ"},{"persecution_id":"reckfaEWJgdnfuoo8","last_updated":"2026-02-13T22:26:25.000Z","person_id":"rec5ImjzBjlsP1ELI","name_en":"Sergey Tokhteev","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Musician. Initially, five criminal cases were brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces, which were later merged into one. He was charged in June 2023. In May, he was sent for an outpatient psychiatric examination. On 17 August Tokhteyev was placed in a psychiatric hospital.\nThe criminal case was considered in court under a special procedure, but after the objection of the prosecutor, the special procedure was terminated. On 22 January 2024 Tokhteyev was sentenced in the criminal case to a fine of 120 thousand rubles and was obliged to register with a psychiatrist.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists","Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":178,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces in Vladivostok","case_number":"1-631/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal case was some tweets, their content is unknown. Initially, five criminal cases were initiated against the musician, which were later merged into one. In June 2022, the musician was fined 30 thousand rubles under a similar administrative article (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code): the reason was pictures and comments in \"VKontakte\", which, among other things, criticised the military symbols Z and V, as well as information about the tragedy in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measures_en":"• : from 17.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.02.2024 to 01.02.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2024, Sentence: A fine of 120,000 roubles, a ban on administering websites for 3 years, and outpatient treatment by a psychiatrist","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 120,000 roubles, a ban on administering websites for 3 years, and outpatient treatment by a psychiatrist","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":120000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-22T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-22T13:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-01-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/tohteev-sergej-viktorovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reckfaEWJgdnfuoo8"},{"persecution_id":"recnzq1CRKKNmrRKq","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recBO5FTFK7aJRZb5","name_en":"Unknown male 47","birth_year":2007,"age":19,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":16,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A schoolboy, a resident of the village of Sosva (Sverdlovsk region), aged 16. Law enforcers claim that in January 2023, the young man created a Telegram channel in which he \"praised saboteurs and encouraged other schoolchildren to carry out arson attacks on military commissariats\". According to the SHOT Telegram channel, the teenager was detained after operatives started following the Telegram channel. He was then released under travel ban.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","call for arson"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of public justification of terrorism in Sosva village","persecution_case_profile_en":"Security forces argue that he created Telegram channel in January, in which “honoured saboteurs and called schoolchildren for arsons of military commissariats”","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnzq1CRKKNmrRKq"},{"persecution_id":"recRXSBs7nwujePSI","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recmv76LO2oDN3R0r","name_en":"Ivan Trofimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atteVBdR6uYDRIhio.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atteVBdR6uYDRIhio.png"],"birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A student of the Department of Contemporary Art at the Higher School of Economics, School of Design. On 27 July 2023, he was detained and sent under house arrest as part of a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. TV propagandist Vladimir Solovev claimed that Trofimov and his fellow student Alina Olekhnovich were activists in Navalny's \"underground headquarters\" and were \"helping the Anti-Corruption Foundation\".\nIn August 2023, the decision to place Trofimov under house arrest was overturned and he was taken into custody.\nLater it became known that the charge was reclassified from participation in the activities of an extremist organisation to participation in the activities of an extremist community.\nOn 14 March 2024, Trofimov was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony. In December 2025, he was allegedly released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":230,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny","The case of journalists of participation in an extremist community"],"case_name_en":"Moscow students' case of involvement in an extremist community","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigation, \"in the period from August 2022 to March 2023,\" \"according to his assigned role in the extremist community, he carried out his criminal activities by shooting videos and then posting them by unidentified persons on the Internet, including on the YouTube video hosting channel Navalny LIVE, on the Navalny's Team channel on the Telegram social network.\n\nIn addition, \"in the period from August 26, 2022 to February 22, 2023,\" \"in order to discredit the current government, he interviewed people using video, asking provocative questions in public places in Moscow and the Moscow region.\"\n\nFor following the instructions of Ivan Zhdanov, Nina Volokhonskaia, \"and other unidentified leaders and members of the extremist community, as part of the implementation of these joint extremist activities, as well as for the costs incurred to ensure it, he received funds and cryptocurrency from unidentified members of the extremist community and other persons involved in the activities of Anti-Corruption Foundation.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 27.07.2023 to 01.08.2023\n• in custody: from 01.08.2023 to 03.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.12.2025, FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2024, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-13T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-13T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-11-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-uchastii-v-ekstremistskih-organizacziyah-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recRXSBs7nwujePSI"},{"persecution_id":"recrR6RLIy4xBHy0x","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recOVSF9Ys3cYvhcm","name_en":"Alina Olekhnovich ","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attDzz4I365quf6iv.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attDzz4I365quf6iv.jpg"],"birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A student at the Department of Contemporary Art at the HSE School of Design. On 27 July 2023, she was detained and placed under house arrest as part of a case concerning alleged participation in an extremist organisation. TV propagandist Vladimir Solovyov claimed that Olekhnovich and her fellow student, Ivan Trofimov, were activists with ‘Navalny’s underground headquarters’ and were ‘helping the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK)’.\n\nIn August 2023, the decision to place Olekhnovich under house arrest was overturned and she was taken into custody.\n\nIt was later reported that the charge had been reclassified from participating in the activities of an extremist organisation to participating in an extremist community.\n\nOn 14 March 2024, Olekhnovich was sentenced to three and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nIn December 2025, it became known that Olekhnovich had been released from the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":230,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny","The case of journalists of participation in an extremist community"],"case_name_en":"Moscow students' case of involvement in an extremist community","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"between November 2022 and March 2023,\" in line with her assigned role in the extremist community, she \"carried out her criminal activity by filming videos, which were then posted online by unidentified persons, including on the YouTube channel ‘Navalny LIVE’ and the ‘Team Navalny’ channel on the social network Telegram.\"\n\nAdditionally, \"between 5 December 2022 and 22 February 2023,\" \"with the aim of discrediting the authorities, she conducted surveys of people in public places in Moscow and the Moscow region, using video recording and asking provocative questions.\"\n\nFor carrying out the instructions of Ivan Zhdanov, Nina Volokhonskaya, \"and other unidentified leaders and members of the extremist community, within the framework of this joint extremist activity, as well as for expenses incurred in its execution,\" she received \"money and cryptocurrency from unidentified members of the extremist community and other persons involved in the activities of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 27.07.2023 to 01.08.2023\n• in custody: from 01.08.2023 to 03.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.12.2024 to 01.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• Unknown: from 01.03.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2024, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-13T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-13T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-11-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-uchastii-v-ekstremistskih-organizacziyah-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recrR6RLIy4xBHy0x"},{"persecution_id":"receN3WcexhkWLYHp","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:53:20.000Z","person_id":"rec9zcDVYOlXyKpPv","name_en":"Lidia Prudovskaia","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Mirny, Arkhangelsk region. She previously worked at a construction and installation site of JSC “Main Directorate for Troops’ Facilities,” under the Ministry of Defence. On 24 July 2023, she was served with a search order, which never took place. Prudovskaya and her nine- and ten-year-old children (as witnesses) were summoned for questioning in a case concerning the discrediting of the Armed Forces. The case was referred to court. On 26 March 2024, the court declared Prudovskaya wanted and ordered her arrest in absentia, as she did not appear at the hearing and, according to the prosecutor, had left Russia.\n\nIn September 2024, it became known that Prudovskaya had been deprived of parental rights for her 12-year-old foster son back in April, because after leaving with her children, she failed to inform the guardianship authorities of the foster child’s new place of residence the day after moving. The boy was declared wanted. In June 2025, a court sentenced Prudovskaya in absentia to a fine of 200,000 rubles, despite the prosecutor requesting a two-year sentence in a settlement colony.\n\nIn January 2026, it became known that a case had been opened against Prudovskaya for unlawful deprivation of liberty in connection with the disappearance of her foster son.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Mirny"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":682,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Lidiia Prudovskaya's case on repeated discrediting of the Russian army forces","case_number":"1-6/2024 (1-91/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"In September 2022, Prudovskaya was fined 35,000 rubles for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to the court ruling, in April and June 2022, she published eight posts on her VKontakte (Russian alternative to Facebook) page, including ones concerning the Russian president and military personnel.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 02.08.2023 to 19.03.2024\n• arrest in absentia: from 19.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.06.2025, Sentence: a fine of 200,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 200,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-05T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-05T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receN3WcexhkWLYHp"},{"persecution_id":"recxfe2Vld8XFASbP","last_updated":"2026-03-10T06:17:31.000Z","person_id":"rec3sELjg0k3btvLK","name_en":"Tahir Arslanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attCPO9zXFbQMfwzH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attCPO9zXFbQMfwzH.jpg"],"birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"There were two searches in Arslanov's house, during them law enforcers broke down the flat door. According to him, he was interrogated until five o'clock in the morning, meanwhile it was claimed that he was in the status of a witness. Arslanov was initially told that he was investigated for arson. Arslanov admits that the publications that encouraged prosecution were \"protesting and very harsh\"; he explained that by the fact that his daughter lives in Kiev and slept in a bomb shelter. He was on personal recognizance. On 2 August 2023, Arslanov was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony. Local councillor Svetlana Kaverzina, who corresponded with Arslanov, claimed that his cat was killed during the search. On 4 December 2023, an appeals court reduced the sentence by two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons","Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":213,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280","212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280","Part 3, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Tahir Arslanov's case on calls to extremism, mass riots and terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"As it follows from Arslanov's own words, prosecution was encouraged by two publications related to the arson of the military enlistment office of Kirov and Leninsky districts, which took place on 29 September 2022.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 02.08.2023\n• in custody: from 02.08.2023 to 04.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.08.2023, Sentence: 3 years of detention in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of detention in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":34,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-02T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-02T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-11-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/arslanov-tahir-ravilevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recxfe2Vld8XFASbP"},{"persecution_id":"recZa4nxfrd1cgetQ","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"recqFPO7EE9BiyQEc","name_en":"Nikolai Artanov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg. He was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of a post published on 8 October 2022, the day of the explosion on the Crimean Bridge. The IC reported that on that day Artanov from his page in the social network left a comment under the news about the terrorist attack. On 23 June 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 550,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novouralsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":692,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of public justification of terrorism in the Sverdlovsk region","case_number":"2-230/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the IC's version, on the 8 October 2022, while in the city of Novouralsk, using a mobile phone with Internet access, he posted a comment on his personal social network page under the news about a terrorist act. In his comment, according to the forensic report, the defendant justified the terrorists' actions.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.06.2025, Sentence: Fine of 550 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fine of 550 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":550000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-23T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-23T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZa4nxfrd1cgetQ"},{"persecution_id":"recAFU4ZTKvlHtBnJ","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:29.000Z","person_id":"recBw3aMby9Vbrq8T","name_en":"Alexei Simakov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kirov, a handyman at a social services centre. A criminal case was opened against him for public justification of terrorism because of his comments on the Internet about the car bombing of writer and war propagandist Zakhar Prilepin. Newsler.ru published a video in which Simakov, handcuffed, says that after the outbreak of full-scale war he began studying \"foreign information resources\" and, having been exposed to the propaganda of \"Ukrainian neo-Nazis\", began to share their point of view, leaving comments on the Internet aimed at justifying terrorism and promoting the activities of the Freedom of Russia Legion and the RDK. Later it became known that a case of calls to extremism was also opened against him. On 20 September 2024, Simakov was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":447,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Simakov's case ","case_number":"2-72/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for intiating the case was Alexey's comments on the Internet about the car bombing of a writer and war propagandist Zakhar Prilepin.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.09.2024, Sentence: fine of 400 000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 400 000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-20T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-20T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAFU4ZTKvlHtBnJ"},{"persecution_id":"recYUjxfrvdaMwwV7","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"rec2HG1yDvka7bMj7","name_en":"Mikhail Zharikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att76DR1X50jSfwoN.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att76DR1X50jSfwoN.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former hockey match referee and press officer for the Nizhny Novgorod hockey club \"Torpedo\" and the Youth Hockey League.\n\nDue to reposting of an announcement of 4th June action in support of Alexei Navalny, he was forced to record a video apology and was then arrested for eight days under the article on organising an unauthorised event (Part 2,  Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nOn 6th July, the Investigative Committee initiated a case against Zharikov under the article on \"fake news\" about the Russian army due to a June broadcast on Instagram. He was taken into custody.\n\nOn 1st August, a new case was opened against Zharikov under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism due to a post on VKontakte. It was later revealed that a case had also been opened for public justification of terrorism due to a post on Instagram.\n\nOn 20th October 2023, Zharikov was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony. On 13th May 2024, a courtof appeal reduced his sentence by two months.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":106,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","205.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Zharikov's case for the \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces, justification of terrorism and rehabilitation of Nazism","case_number":"1-237/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"In June 2023, the media reported that Zharikov published anti-war posts and photos of destroyed Ukrainian cities on his Instagram page. In a live broadcast, he compared modern Russia to 1930s Germany and criticised Russians for the lack of mass anti-war demonstrations. The broadcast became the reason for a criminal case. Zharikov was initially charged under the 1st part of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but then the charge was reclassified to dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces on hate motives (point \"e\" part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).\n\nThe case of rehabilitation of Nazism was initiated because of a post in VKontakte. The post expressed an opinion about the role of the RLA(Russian Liberation Army) in the liberation of the Czech Republic in 1945 and quoted Solzhenitsyn's words from \"The Gulag Archipelago\".\n\nA case of public justification of terrorism was opened because of comments in Instagram about the car bombing of writer and propagandist Zakhar Prilepin.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2023 to 13.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.05.2024 to 23.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• Unknown: from 23.06.2024 to 27.06.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.06.2024 to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2024 to 11.05.2029, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.10.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to administer Internet resources for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to administer Internet resources for 4 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":70,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-20T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-20T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-02-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-mihaila-zharikova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recYUjxfrvdaMwwV7"},{"persecution_id":"rec1UoJAcPBmUnb6s","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:09:22.000Z","person_id":"rechgeoXduAAD2w2J","name_en":"Mikhail Svetov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is an opposition politician, blogger, chairman of the social and political movement Civil Society, one of the main Russian-speaking popularisers of right-wing libertarianism. On 2 August 2023, it became known that Svetov was prosecuted for rehabilitation of Nazism because of his performance of a song about Bandera in September 2021 in his Telegram channel. Svetov believes that the case was initiated because of two-years-old denunciations from followers of Vladislav Pozdnyakov, the founder of the Men's State movement.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 354.1 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Svetov case on the rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of the song 'Ah, Bandero, Ukrainian apostle!' which the blogger performed in his Telegram channel in September 2021.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1UoJAcPBmUnb6s"},{"persecution_id":"recWiK49CIKFu4MU2","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recj3q7ommbr3LycK","name_en":"Pavel Pekpaev","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yoshkar-Ola. A case of justification of Nazism was initiated against him because of several videos and other materials published at Vkontakte, Pekpaev was released on personal recognizance. On 12 May 2020 the court dismissed the case, the court of appellate instance approved the decision, but on 22 April 2021 the court of cassation cancelled it and returned the case into prosecutor's office. On 1 October Pekpaev was sentenced to 180 thousand roubles fine.\n\nOn 4 August 2023 Pekpaev was sentenced to 5 years and six months in general regime penal colony in a case of public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":215,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Pekpayev's case about deliberately false information the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-483/2023","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 09.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Mari El\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Mari El\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.08.2023, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-04T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-04T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-09-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/pekpaev-pavel-vitalevich/\n• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-10-2022\n Source: https://oi.legal/instruction/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#1 https://ovd.info/antigrafika?tab=articles&person=recWiK49CIKFu4MU2&items=207.3,receqO8MDzRQ7LcGV\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"recWiK49CIKFu4MU2"},{"persecution_id":"recZ57B56M4EyVf9P","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"recA7qpIc0kDlCH4l","name_en":"Vasily Melnikov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kotelnikovsky District in the Volgograd Region, he was prosecuted for public calls to separatism following a post about the potential creation of a “Kotelnikovo Republic.” Melnikov pleaded guilty, and the case was heard under a special procedure. On 23 August 2017, he was sentenced to 320 hours of community service.\n\nIn July 2023, it emerged that Melnikov had been detained on charges of spreading false information about the Armed Forces. On 16 January 2024, he was sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kotelnikovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":199,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vasily Melnikov's case of publishing fake stories about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-6/2024 (1-92/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was opened following comments made on social media. According to the investigation, Melnikov expressed critical views of the Russian authorities and policies, and was a member of several related online communities and forums. ","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2023 to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.08.2023 to 19.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.01.2024, Sentence: 5 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with a prohibition on managing websites for 3 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with a prohibition on managing websites for 3 years.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-16T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-16T06:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-08-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/delo-zhitelya-volgogradskoj-oblasti-o-voennyh-fejkah-peredali-v-sud/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZ57B56M4EyVf9P"},{"persecution_id":"rec0W5Jg0PULew6x2","last_updated":"2023-10-31T21:29:04.000Z","person_id":"recDYTpCY2YzDjEsW","name_en":"Yury Sipko","birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":71,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A pastor, a former chairmen of Russian Union of Evangelical Baptist Christians and vice-president of Worldwide Baptist Alliance. Sipko emigrated from Russia. At 8 August Sipko's house was searched, his son Kirill was questioned as a witness and gave a non-disclosure agreement. The Investigative Committee has informed that searches were also conducted at certain Sipko's \"associates\" in Moscow and Kaluga. The pastor was placed on wanted list.\n\nSipko's father was also a baptist pastor and was sentenced to five years of exile in 1961.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yury Sipko's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2022, he “put a video in the public domain for an unlimited circle of people on video hosting, which, according to a psychological and linguistic expertise, contains deliberately false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation against the civilian population of Ukraine.”","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0W5Jg0PULew6x2"},{"persecution_id":"recmB6QWUZv9cElhz","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recHTMOvmtWzuXxsb","name_en":"Pavel Drozdov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vorkuta. He was prosecuted for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and drug sales. On 9th November 2022, the court found Drozdov guilty of the episodes related to the sale of drugs, and returned the case of \"fakes\" to the prosecutor's office, considering that the charges required improvement. It said that Drozdov held pacifist views, but disseminated false information with the motive of hatred towards servicemen.\nThe court of appeal confirmed this decision. On 29th June 2023, the court of cassation instance cancelled the return of the \"fakes\" case to the prosecutor's office and decided to send it for a new review.\nDrozdov was remanded in custody. On 21st December 2023, Drozdov was sentenced in the \"fakes\" case to 5 years in a strict regime colony. The total term for the two cases was 8 years.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vorkuta"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":175,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment","publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Drozdov's case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in order to form a negative attitude towards the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Republic of Ukraine during a special military operation, he created a group with an audience of at least 28 participants in one of the messengers and posted two videos containing deliberately false information under the guise of authentic messages in the public space. Also, for the above-mentioned purposes, he posted comments with untrue information in open public communities online.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.06.2023 to 19.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 25 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Komi\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 25 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 25 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.12.2023, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, 3 years' prohibition on websites administration, 8 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony in total with the previous sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, 3 years' prohibition on websites administration, 8 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony in total with the previous sentence","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-21T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-21T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 05-12-2022\n Source: https://ovd.info/antigrafika?tab=articles&person=recmB6QWUZv9cElhz&items=207.3,receqO8MDzRQ7LcGV\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-12-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/drozdov-pavel-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recmB6QWUZv9cElhz"},{"persecution_id":"rec14o69SgxWr8bXI","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:50:13.000Z","person_id":"recb3Wa30NmLjtCHY","name_en":"Sergei Piskarev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attlV9S6yg7wmZMd5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attlV9S6yg7wmZMd5.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the village of Nerchinskii Zavod (Zabaykalsky Krai). He was involved in a fight with a group of people, one of whom was a participant in the war in Ukraine, former PMC Wagner fighter Mikhail Taskin. A criminal case was opened against him not only for causing minor injury and damage to property, but also for discrediting the use of the Armed Forces.\nAccording to \"Siberia.Realii\", the beating of Taskin was not related to his participation in the war in Ukraine. According to the publication, in 2019, Taskin was found guilty of attempted premeditated murder of two or more people and sentenced to 9 years in a strict regime colony, from where he was recruited to the PMC Wagner. In a cafe, Taskin met one of the people he had tried to shoot, after which he himself provoked a fight.\nOn 20 September 2024, Piskarev was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony, as he had a prior criminal record. On 3 February 2025, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by a year.\nAccording to the Politzek.org project, while in the colony, Piskarev signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense and went to war, where he died in the spring of 2025.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Nerchinsky Zavod"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":412,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 115 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 167 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","115","167"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.3","Part 2, Article 115","Part 1, Article 167"],"case_name_en":"The case of the attack on a participant of the war in Ukraine","case_number":"1-9/2024 (1-72/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of August 5, 2023, in the Nerchinsko-Zavodsky district of the Zabaykalsky Krai, the accused, together with other accomplices, provoked a conflict with two 36-year-old men. Publicly expressing grievances about the men's participation in a special military operation, the perpetrators inflicted multiple blows to various parts of the body on one of the victims, ripped off state and public awards from his clothing, and damaged his car.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2023 to 03.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Zabaykalsky Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaykalsky krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Zabaykalsky Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaykalsky krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.09.2024, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-20T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-20T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec14o69SgxWr8bXI"},{"persecution_id":"recokx00SysIyZHMg","last_updated":"2025-10-19T09:09:51.000Z","person_id":"recDTAU0go5Zb491d","name_en":"Husen Gukov","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Baksan (Kabardino-Balkaria region), formerly a candidate for deputy to the local government council from the CPRF. On the 7th of August, 2023, a search was conducted at Gukov's in relation to a case of discrediting the use of the Armed Forces. He was given a recognisance not to leave the country. On the 4th of March, 2024, Gukov was sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Baksan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2025-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":210,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Khusen Gukov's case of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-357/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of the case became Gukov's posts on Facebook on a closed page. 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Because of his participation in the attack on a company in which the participant of the war in Ukraine, former fighter of the Wagner Group Mikhail Taskin was, a criminal case was initiated against him not only for inflicting minor harm to health and damage to property, but also for discrediting the use of the Armed Forces.\nAccording to ‘Sibir.Realii’, the beating of Taskin was not related to his participation in the war in Ukraine. As the publication reports, in 2019, Taskin was found guilty of an attempt on premeditated murder of two or more people and sentenced to 9 years in a strict-regime penal colony, from where he was recruited to the Wagner Group. The former prisoner met one of the people he tried to shoot in a cafe, and after that he provoked a fight himself.\nOn 20 September 2024 Aleksandrov was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony. 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Publicly expressing grievances about the men's participation in the special military operation, the perpetrators inflicted multiple blows to various parts of the body of one of the victims, tore off state and public awards from his clothing, and damaged his car.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2023 to 03.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.02.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.09.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":58,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-8,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-20T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-20T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpxqIc5esMk4l5O"},{"persecution_id":"rec2LHoSczO95UdDT","last_updated":"2026-03-16T11:41:27.000Z","person_id":"rec7Ak1PHefSqLt8c","name_en":"Ivan Zyrianov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the village of Nerchinskiy Zavod (Zabaikalsky Krai). Because of his participation in the attack on a group of people, which included a participant in the war in Ukraine, former Wagner Group fighter Mikhail Taskin, a criminal case was opened against Zyrianov not only for causing minor injury and damage to property, but also for discrediting the use of the Armed Forces. He was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia, but a few days later, it was reported that he had been detained.\nAccording to \"Sibir.Realii\", Taskin's beating was not related to his participation in the war in Ukraine. As the publication reports, in 2019, Taskin was found guilty of attempted premeditated murder of two or more people and sentenced to 9 years in a strict regime penal colony, from where he was recruited to the Wagner Group. The former prisoner met one of the people he tried to shoot in a cafe, after which he provoked a fight.\n\nThe 43-year-old Zyrianov's legs and right arm have failed, making him unable to move independently, and bailiffs of the Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District Court of the Zabaikalsky Krai carried him into the building, throwing him over their shoulders. Zyrianov was not given an MRI scan of his spine, the defence lawyer said. Before his arrest, the man was diagnosed with pinched nerves from intervertebral discs, and \"as a result of severe stress, his legs failed\".\n\nOn September 20th, 2024, Zyryanov was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony. On February 3rd, 2025, the appeal court reduced the sentence by one year.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Nerchinsky Zavod"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":412,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 115 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 167 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","115","167"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.3","Part 2, Article 115","Part 1, Article 167"],"case_name_en":"The case of the attack on a participant of the war in Ukraine","case_number":"1-9/2024 (1-72/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of 5 August 2023, in the Nerchinsko-Zavodskoi district of the Zabaikalsky Krai, the accused, together with other accomplices, provoked a conflict with two 36-year-old men. Publicly voicing complaints about the men's participation in a special military operation, the perpetrators inflicted multiple blows to various parts of the body on one of the victims, ripped off state and public awards from his clothing, and damaged his car.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 01.08.2023 to 01.08.2023\n• in custody: from 01.08.2023 to 03.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Zabaykalsky Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaikalsky territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Zabaykalsky Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaikalsky territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaikalsky territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.09.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-20T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-20T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2LHoSczO95UdDT"},{"persecution_id":"recymOqwCEiUGhvZT","last_updated":"2025-01-06T08:23:31.000Z","person_id":"rec6EH0bFcaJW2m6p","name_en":"Daniil Seregin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attCFGxXUGATp40jP.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attCFGxXUGATp40jP.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Simferopol district of Crimea. In August 2023, it became known that a criminal case was opened against him for discrediting the Armed Forces. During a search of Seregin's house, marijuana was found, which became the reason for initiating a case of drug possession. He was taken into custody. On September 20, 2023, Seregin was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony-settlement. Presumably, he was released in November 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2024-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":50,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Daniil Seregin's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was Facebook posts. In April 2023, Seregin was fined 40,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code). According to the Simferopol District Court, while in a public place, he criticized the Russian military and shouted phrases that NATO troops would soon enter Crimea.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.08.2023 to 25.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.10.2023 to 21.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.09.2023, Sentence: 1 year and 6 months of imprisonment in a penal colony-settlement.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 6 months of imprisonment in a penal colony-settlement.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-20T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-20T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-08-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/seryogin-daniil-sergeevich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-09-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/09/d48638/?sphrase_id=1575627\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recymOqwCEiUGhvZT"},{"persecution_id":"recCUw12swo5C8ufN","last_updated":"2025-11-30T20:17:19.000Z","person_id":"recLsDqJB1P8AAVpv","name_en":"Yaroslav Levchenko","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was a specialist in trawl fishing and lived in Kamchatka. Those close to Levchenko claim that he held anti-war views and a criminal case was opened against him after he broke up a fight on a ship and was hit on the head with a bottle by one of the participants. When he went to the police to report the assault, he was told that he himself had been denounced for not supporting the war and for expressing sympathy for Ukraine. The court order taking Levchenko into custody lists his attacker as well as the ship's captain as witnesses. Levchenko was fired from the fishing company (according to other sources, he quit on his own), it gave him a negative characterisation for the court. A criminal case was also opened against the attacker.\nIn January 2024 Levchenko was released on his own recognisance.\nOn 7 November 2024, he was sentenced to two years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sailors"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":495,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":70,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yaroslav Levchenko's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.07.2023 to 01.01.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2024 to 01.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.11.2024, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-07T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-07T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCUw12swo5C8ufN"},{"persecution_id":"recAxJVO6G5r3M3BA","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recIAKJS6aqYdfFWs","name_en":"Zainulla Hajiyev","birth_year":1948,"age":78,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":75,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Iglinsky district of Bashkortostan. On 9 August 2023, sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles in a case of discrediting the Armed Forces because of a comment in VKontakte.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Iglino"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_ended":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":220,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Zainulla Gadzhiev's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a comment written on 5 January 2023 in the \"Bashkiria Online\" VKontakte group. In March 2022, Gadzhiev was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of a post on VKontakte that read: \"The lies of Putin's propaganda in Russia have been elevated to the truth, the truth is called a lie by Putin's fascist regime. Nothing will save Russia, the aggressor, from collapse anymore. Glory to Ukraine, courageously reflecting Russian aggression, defending civilisation on the whole planet. West, USA, wake up!!! Today, Ukraine is saving you too with blood of its sons and daughters!\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.08.2023, Sentence: Fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-09T08:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-09T08:20:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAxJVO6G5r3M3BA"},{"persecution_id":"recuM4olMhE4d4bT6","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recfOFQTWS4jdX3kb","name_en":"Andrey Anikiev","birth_year":1971,"age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Anikiev, a videographer and stoker from Yeniseysk, had his home searched on 28 June 2023, following three anti-war comments he posted on VKontakte. The police seized his phone, laptop, and passport, and made him apologize on camera. He provided a written statement expressing regret for his actions and promised not to speak out about the war on social networks again.\n\nLater, Anikiev posted on VKontakte that one of the officers who detained him had a \"dead head\" patch on his uniform. He referred to the police officers as \"carriers of the invading ideology of Russian Nazism\" and noted that the video of his \"apology\" required multiple takes. He also stated that a fascist regime had been established in Russia and that part of the nation was afflicted by \"the plague of Russian Nazism.\" Following these statements, a criminal case was brought against him. Anikiev is currently under travel restrictions. On 22 May 2024 he was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yeniseysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":356,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Anikiev's case of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case against Anikiev was based on three comments he posted on VKontakte. In one comment, he called the war with Ukraine an \"invading war\". In another, he discussed high-ranking military officers who had previously opposed wars, and in the third, he described the shelling of civilian infrastructure in Ukraine as \"a disgrace to our army.\"\n\nBefore this, Anikiev had been fined 30,000 roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code), apparently for reposting a photo of someone's solitary picket. A month later, he was fined again for posting a video message by military pilot and Hero of Russia Gennady Shtern, who called for an end to the destruction of Ukrainian cities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.05.2024, Sentence: a fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-22T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-22T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recuM4olMhE4d4bT6"},{"persecution_id":"recSYnwONDsR8jiCc","last_updated":"2025-05-23T22:11:29.000Z","person_id":"recHoWhnOlZtdSHiD","name_en":"Mira Lushchaeva","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Transgender woman, creator of an anti-war Telegram channel. On 2 August 2023, the flat where Lushchayeva lived with her girlfriend was searched by FSB officers. Both were taken for questioning. On the same day, Dmitry Kozlov, a witness in the case of Alexander Snezhkov and Lyubov Lizunova, was questioned in the FSB building: he told the Taiga newspaper that the law enforcers showed him two detained transgender women (presumably Lushchaeva and her girlfriend) and told him that if he beat them up, he would not be imprisoned; Kozlov refused. The next day they were taken to the FSB again, supposedly to return the seized equipment. Instead, however, the law enforcers confiscated the couple's passports. Lushchaeva was given a recognizance not to leave.\nIn October 2023, an asterisk appeared next to Lushchaeva's surname on Rosfinmonitoring's list of extremists and terrorists, the same asterisk that is placed next to the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mira Lushchaeva's case on calls to extremism","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSYnwONDsR8jiCc"},{"persecution_id":"recHaWWF17g2AMIno","last_updated":"2025-04-30T17:48:15.000Z","person_id":"recO284zj5oZsA84j","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":2008,"age":18,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":15,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Supposedly, a minor refugee from Kharkiv oblast. A case of vandalism due to inscriptions on the walls was initiated. She was released on personal recognizance.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Feodosia"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of a minor on vandalism in Feodosia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, she painted “extremists movement’s symbols” on the building of the heating unit, the wall of an abandoned building and the gazebo. What kind of movement is in question, is not specified. According to the published statement, the girl acted on the instructions of the \"coordinator\" and received monetary rewards, also for other actions in support of Ukraine: in particular, the transfer of data on the movement of Russian military equipment.\nPro-Russian activist Oleksandr Talipov reported that the girl scattered yellow balloons with blue pro-Ukrainian slogans around the city, and posted anti-war leaflets.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHaWWF17g2AMIno"},{"persecution_id":"recn83lE8c8rnw6sB","last_updated":"2026-03-28T11:59:40.000Z","person_id":"recRq0OuD5aEJWbeO","name_en":"Grigorii Melkoniants","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attNizvenuo4oL1i1.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attNizvenuo4oL1i1.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Co-chairman of the Golos (\"Voice\") movement, which monitors election violations. On August 17th 2023, Melkoniants' place was searched and it became known that a case had been opened against him for alleged cooperation with the European Network of Election Monitoring Organisations (ENEMO) — on September 27th 2021, the Prosecutor General Office declared it an \"undesirable organisation\". At the same time, there is no evidence of Melkoniants' participation in the activities of this network or that Golos is a subdivision of it. Melkoniants was taken into custody. On May 14th 2025, he was sentenced to 5 years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["NGO employees"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":636,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Golos participants' case of the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\"","case_number":"01-0581/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the alleged cooperation with the European Network of Election Monitoring Organisations (ENEMO) − on September 27th, 2021, the Prosecutor General's Office declared it an \"undesirable organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.08.2023 to 01.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 01.09.2023 to 25.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 25.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• : \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• in custody:  to 15.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.05.2025, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on public activities for 9 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on public activities for 9 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-14T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-14T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Novaya Gazeta:\n Date: 18-08-2023\n Source: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2023/08/18/nezhelatelno-kritikoval-krazhu-vyborov\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-10-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-grigoriya-melkonyancza/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Novaya Gazeta","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recn83lE8c8rnw6sB"},{"persecution_id":"recQLh24jIWhiCEE9","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:29:34.000Z","person_id":"recuXjxVcE95Xob1Y","name_en":"Natalia Guseva","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of the Golos movement in the Chelyabinsk Region. For 16 years she was the head of the women's non-governmental organisation Civic Initiative, whose main target group was children. She was the head of the regional NGO \"Centre for Social Partnership\", a deputy of the Zlatoust City Assembly, from 2010 to 2012 she was a public assistant to the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Chelyabinsk region.\nOn 5 October 2022, she was searched as a witness in the case of discrediting the Armed Forces, filed against Mikhail Gusev, the coordinator of Golos in Ivanovo. On 17 August 2023, Guseva was searched as a witness in the case of spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, which had already been initiated against her.\nOn 6 February 2024, Guseva was sentenced to a fine of 700 thousand rubles.\nIn May 2023, she was fined under an administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Shortly thereafter, Guseva was attacked in the street, the attacker hit her several times in the face. Guseva believes that this is related to her activist activities. Only one of the attackers was charged with administrative beating.  Guseva's son has disability group 3 and had part of his leg amputated.\nIn July 2024, it became known that the case was initiated against Guseva for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 14 January 2025, she recieved a two-year suspended sentence in this case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders","Municipal deputies"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Zlatoust"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":173,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Natalya Guseva's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-740/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on her page in Odnoklassniki, under the guise of reliable reports, she spread knowingly false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, including the shelling of the Drama Theatre in Mariupol","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.02.2024, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 700 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 700 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":700000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-06T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-06T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQLh24jIWhiCEE9"},{"persecution_id":"recJifF72dRcZ25qG","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:41.000Z","person_id":"recZfMLhPOHbsKsG2","name_en":"Sergei Salosh","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kerch. No later than August 2023 a case was brought against him for calls for extremism in connection with statements calling for violence against Russian the military personnel. On 21 November 2023  Sergei was sentenced to a year in a penal colony. Presumably, he was released in February 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":112,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Salosh's case of calls for extremism","case_number":"1-539/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in July 2023, being at his place of residence, using a mobile phone belonging to him with access to the Internet, in the messenger \"WhatsApp\", publicly, deliberately, illegally published in the column \"Information\", available for review to all users of this messenger, a text entry with the following content: \"Death to the Rashist occupants!\", which, according to the conclusions of the expert opinion, contains a call to carry out violent actions against a group of persons identified on the basis of citizenship (citizens of the Russian Federation taking part in a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2024 to 01.02.2025\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2025 to 01.08.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2023, Sentence: 1 year's of imprisonment in a penal settlement, with a ban on engaging in activities related to the publication of statements and other materials in public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for a period of 1 year and 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's of imprisonment in a penal settlement, with a ban on engaging in activities related to the publication of statements and other materials in public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for a period of 1 year and 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-21T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-21T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 17-08-2023\n Source: https://t.me/ovdinfolive/24287\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recJifF72dRcZ25qG"},{"persecution_id":"recgmNyAvMuxD0kxw","last_updated":"2025-08-21T20:26:02.000Z","person_id":"rec8tjQ4YEnbXPzO4","name_en":"Anna Bazhutova (YokoBovich)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attArQI3wqmNHfLZL.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attArQI3wqmNHfLZL.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Twitch streamer. A case was opened against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Bazhutova was taken into custody.\nAt one of the court hearings Bazhutova's partner Alexander Demchuk said that he had testified under torture: according to him, the interrogation lasted about nine hours, it was conducted by six to eight people, during a part of the interrogation he was lying on the floor and did not know where he was, he was threatened with initiation of criminal proceedings and physical violence. The interrogation protocol had been rewritten six times. In the end, Demchuk was forced to state that he supported the war and condemned Bazhutova's actions. The court recognised this method of investigation inadmissible and adjourned the hearing.\nOn 5 June 2024, Bazhutova was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":309,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"YokoBovich's  case on \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0756/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The accusation was based on a stream made in June 2023, during which Bazhutova, according to the official version, read out the news on the murder of Bucha residents and a rape commited by a Russian soldier, wrote on a banner that 300 Bucha residents were killed by Russian soldiers, uttered the phrase \"death to Russian occupiers\", and, in addition, called for \"elimination\" of the \"Russians\" responsible for these crimes.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.08.2023 to 05.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• : from 05.07.2024 to 11.07.2024\n• in custody: from 11.07.2024 to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai\n• in custody:  to 08.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• in custody: from 11.11.2024 to 09.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.12.2024 to 17.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.04.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown:  to 21.08.2025, Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.08.2025 to 16.06.2028, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.06.2024, Sentence: Five years and six months' imprisonment to be served in a general regime penal colony, ban of activities related to the administration of sites on electronic, information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of three years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Five years and six months' imprisonment to be served in a general regime penal colony, ban of activities related to the administration of sites on electronic, information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of three years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-05T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-05T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-09-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/bazhutova-anna-nikolaevna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recgmNyAvMuxD0kxw"},{"persecution_id":"recR5TbiatTpcuCRm","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recLAJ3R4lYLpG9gZ","name_en":"Artem Vazhenkov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Coordinator of the Tver branch of the Golos movement, he also worked as a lawyer at Navalny's local headquarters and headed the Open Russia branch in the city. Because of this, police often visited him and detained him.: for example, before a major rally in support of Alexei Navalny in 2017 (https://ovd.news/express-news/2017/10/06/v-tveri-policiya-zaderzhala-volonterov-mestnogo-shtaba-navalnogo). In 2018, Vazhenkov was arrested for 5 days because of the action \"He is not our Tsar\", whose participants opposed the inauguration of Vladimir Putin (https://ovd.news/news/2018/05/06/sudy-nad-uchastnikami-akcii-nam-ne-car).\n\nIn August 2020, the activist went to Belarus as an observer for the presidential election. He was detained on the street, on the day of protests against the re-election of Alexander Lukashenko, severely beaten and accused of participating in mass riots (https://meduza.io/feature/2020/08/15/ves-siniy-ves-izbit) After that Vazhenkov was sent to the isolation centre in Okrestina, where he spent five days and was also beaten. The activist was then released and returned to Russia.\n\nIn early 2021, Vazhenkov was summoned to the prosecutor's office because of an upcoming rally in support of the arrested Navalny. (https://ovd.news/news/2021/01/21/davlenie-na-aktivistov-pered-akciyami-v-podderzhku-alekseya-navalnogo-23-yanvarya) In June, law enforcers came to his home because of his participation in opposition rallies (https://ovd.news/express-news/2021/06/10/v-tveri-i-krasnodare-domoy-k-byvshim-aktivistam-otkrytoy-rossii-prishli). In the same month, an administrative report was drawn up against him under the article on abuse of freedom of speech (part 9 of article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offences): the reason was a video clip from a year ago, where the activist spoke about the possible mechanisms of falsification in the elections on amendments to the Constitution (https://ovd.news/express-news/2021/06/28/eks-koordinatoru-otkrytki-vmenyayut-zloupotreblenie-svobodoy-slova-iz-za).\n\nIn addition, in August of the same year unknown persons sent threats to Vazhenkou by e-mail and SMS; they left a sign on his door \"Get out scum\" with the colours of the white-red-white flag used by the opposition in Belarus (https://ovd.news/express-news/2021/08/14/v-tveri-eks-koordinatoru-otkrytoy-rossii-ostavili-ugrozy-na-dveri-kvartiry).\n\nIn 2021, Vazhenkov planned to run for deputy to the Tver Oblast Zakzobraniya from the Yabloko party, but the election commission denied his candidacy (https://t.me/vazhenkovteam/847). The commission cited the activist's involvement in \"extremist organisations\" because of his connection to Alexei Navalny's team (https://t.me/vazhenkovteam/864).\n\nIn August 2021, the Ministry of Justice recognised the Golos movement as a \"foreign agent\", and in September - Vazhenkov himself: he was included in the register of media \"foreign agents\" because of a money transfer from a Nigerian citizen. The activist explained that the airline transferred money from Abure's card to him for the purchase of a plane ticket, for which he paid with miles. \"By doing that, I simply sold the accumulated miles to one of the airlines. That is, it is not a transfer, but a transaction, a payment for the sale, and this is evident from the details of my payments,\" Vazhenkov explained.\nThe activist's explanation was rejected and he wasn't removed from the register; in January and June 2022, the activist was fined 10,000 and 50,000 rubles for the lack of \"foreign agency\" labelling in his Instagram and Telegram channel (part 1 and part 2 of Article 19.34.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nIn October 2022 Vazhenkov was summoned to the Investigative Committee: his lawyer found out that a criminal case was planned to be opened against the client. \"The investigator said that I already have two fines, and I continue to evade maliciously. She needs to take an explanation from me and decide whether she will initiate criminal proceedings. And since I did not come on summons, she plans to put me on a wanted list,\" the activist wrote in his Telegram channel.\nIn February 2023, it became known that Vazhenkov was charged with the first criminal case in Russia under the article on repeated evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\" (part 2 of article 330.1 of the Criminal Code). At that time, the activist was outside Russia. In the same month he was declared wanted and arrested in absentia.\n\nOn 18 October 2023, it was reported that the case against Vazhenkov was suspended while he was still wanted.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tver"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Case on evasion of \"foreign agency\" duties","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he repeatedly violated the procedure for \"foreign agent\" activities. In January and June 2022, Vazhenkov was fined 10,000 rubles under the administrative article on violation of the procedure for such activities due to failure to label a post in Instagram.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 16.02.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recR5TbiatTpcuCRm"},{"persecution_id":"rec5yUdXd8nfF2P9K","last_updated":"2024-05-14T11:51:56.000Z","person_id":"rec2pDGQEbSQJcsmT","name_en":"Viktor Rodionov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Obluchye (Jewish Autonomous Region). A criminal case was brought against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. Rodionov pleaded guilty, the case was tried under special order. On 21 July 2023, he was charged with a fine of 120 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Obluchye"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":201,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Viktor Rodionov's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of a link to a video about marauding of the Russian military Rodionov sent to a WhatsApp group. Previously, he was twice fined 30,000 rubles under administrative cases for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) - also because of links to videos he sent to the WhatsApp group \"Citizens of Obluchya\": with the annotation \"Look what the inevitability of defeat is doing to Shoigu and Solovyov...\" and with the annotation \"Operation 'deReFication' of the world - in this sense, everything is really going on\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.07.2023, Sentence: a fine of 120 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 120 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":120000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-21T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-21T14:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-09-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/09/d48638/?sphrase_id=1575484\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec5yUdXd8nfF2P9K"},{"persecution_id":"recZaKLqWaRkpVVHa","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recuYdrwKgOMKxnoh","name_en":"Sergey Patsiashvili","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tambov. At the end of March 2023, he was detained because of another post on VKontakte, but he was released after questioning. Soon he left Russia. Patsiashvili found out about the initiation of criminal case from his mother, who was visited by security forces and asked about his location.","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tambov"],"persecution_region_en":["Tambov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Patsiashvili's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Army","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a certain entry in \"VKontakte\".\nIn March 2022, Patsiashvili was fined 40,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army. According to the ruling of the Sovetsky District Court of Tambov, he, being the administrator of the \"Philosopher's Stone\" blog on VKontakte, wrote: \"The Russian Ministry of Defence claims that it was \"Banderaites\" who set fire to the nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye. Nothing dumber can be invented. Every Ukrainian understands that in case of an explosion from radiation the whole Ukraine will suffer. But the radiation may not reach Putin's bunker. Therefore, it is quite obvious that the Ukrainians could not have set the plant on fire.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZaKLqWaRkpVVHa"},{"persecution_id":"recE5FdFj002rZYAq","last_updated":"2026-02-17T17:19:03.000Z","person_id":"recoF4zMq8BUdib1o","name_en":"Yuri Morozov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Serviceman. 11 March 2023 taken into custody in the case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces. On 14 September, sentenced to a fine of 700 thousand rubles (≈$9200 as of 11.03.2023), released from punishment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk","Anadyr"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast","Chukotka Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS","RU-CHU"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":197,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yury Morozov's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-9/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"Initially, he was accused of spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces using his official position (point \"a\" part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Later the charge was reclassified to the first part of the article.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.03.2023 to 14.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.09.2023, Sentence: a fine in the amount of 700,000 roubles (≈$9200 as of 11.03.2023), exempt from payment","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine in the amount of 700,000 roubles (≈$9200 as of 11.03.2023), exempt from payment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":700000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-14T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-14T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recE5FdFj002rZYAq"},{"persecution_id":"recE8X7V1tFuXGBvH","last_updated":"2026-02-17T17:20:52.000Z","person_id":"rec7ySeBuRQAadpDA","name_en":"Shahban Abakargadzhiev","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Khasavyurt (Dagestan). A case has been opened for dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He was on his own recognisance not to leave. He admitted his guilt. On 8 November 2023, Abakargadzhiev was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, which was replaced by three years of forced labour. On 1 February 2024, the appellate court overturned the sentence and sent the case for a new trial. On 28 May 2024, Abakargadzhiev was sentenced to five years of forced labour. On 6 August 2024, the sentence was reduced to three years of forced labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khasavyurt"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":76,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Khasavyurt about \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-485/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was opened because of the reflections on the war in Ukraine, which the resident of Khasavyurt published in his Instagram account: he compared the events in Bucha to the massacre in the Croatian town of Vukovar in 1991.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.06.2023 to 24.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.11.2023, Sentence: 3 years' compulsory labour with 10 (ten) per cent deduction from wages to the income of the State, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites, forums, social groups and chat rooms, including through the use of the information and telecommunications network \"Internet\" for a period of 3 (three) years.\n\n• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 27.05.2024, Sentence: 5 years of forced labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Prohibition of activity","Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years of forced labour","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-08T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-27T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 24-08-2023\n Source: https://oi.legal/instruction/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info#22-2\n• Support for political prisoners. 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He took part in the fighting in eastern Ukraine as a member of pro-Russian groups and was defence minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR). In 2022, a court in The Hague found him guilty in the case of shooting down the Malaysian Boeing flight MH-17 in July 2014 and sentenced him to life imprisonment in absentia.\nAfter the start of the full-scale invasion, Strelkov began to actively criticise the Russian authorities for, in his opinion, not being tough enough in the conduct of the war. On 21 July 2023, Strelkov was detained after a house search and taken into custody the same day in a case of calls for extremism over two posts on Telegram.\nOn 25 January 2024, Strelkov was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":188,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Igor Strelkov’s case of public calls for extremist activity","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for the case were aggressive posts criticising the Russian authorities on Telegram.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.07.2023 to 29.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.01.2024, Sentence: 4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-25T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-25T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec92rVDTxaBpAqBu"},{"persecution_id":"recEjb8XLvYZjZoSX","last_updated":"2025-10-31T11:34:57.000Z","person_id":"recfM6QuKl2POcpoM","name_en":"Elena Abramova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrUQjDVdOwHbaqi.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrUQjDVdOwHbaqi.png"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She is a resident of St. Petersburg, a translator. In August 2023, she was detained in connection with the initiation of a criminal case on discrediting the Armed Forces because of a solitary picket with a placard \"FREEDOM TO NAVALNOMU! FREEDOM TO ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS NO WAR!\". The court imposed a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. The investigation was completed in four days, but then resumed, after which another episode appeared in the case: a solitary picket on 29 April 2023 with the poster \"A world without war. Russia without Putin\", because of which Abramova was initially reported under Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences.\nThe case was referred to the court, but on 21 December the court returned it to the prosecutor's office, considering that the law enforcers had violated the procedure for initiating criminal proceedings against a member of the election commission with the right to casting vote. In May 2024, the case was reopened. On 25 March 2025, Abramova was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. On 4 August 2025, the court of appeal replaced the general regime colony with a settlement colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":602,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["solo picket"],"protest_event_en":"04.06.23 Navalny's Birthday","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Elena Abramova's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-328/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on June 4, she went to Gostiny Dvor with a poster \"Freedom to Navalny! Freedom to political prisoners! No to war!\" Later, another episode appeared in the case: a solitary picket on April 29, 2023 with the poster \"A world without war. Russia without Putin\", because of which Abramova was initially reported under Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences.\nIn February 2023, Abramova was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a picket with the poster \"No War\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 25.08.2023 to 26.08.2023, TDF of the Department of Internal Affairs of Russia for Vasileostrovsky District of St. Petersburg\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 26.08.2023 to 06.05.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 06.05.2024 to 25.03.2025\n• in custody: from 25.03.2025 to 26.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• in custody: from 26.06.2025 to 04.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• Unknown: from 09.10.2025 to 31.10.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.10.2025 to 12.05.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.03.2025, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony with a ban on engaging in activities related to the public spread of information on the activities of the Russian Armed Forces and Russian state agencies, including in information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, as well as in holding meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches, picketing and participation in them, for a period of 2.5 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony with a ban on engaging in activities related to the public spread of information on the activities of the Russian Armed Forces and Russian state agencies, including in information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, as well as in holding meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches, picketing and participation in them, for a period of 2.5 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-25T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-25T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-05-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/abramova-elena-arnoldovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recEjb8XLvYZjZoSX"},{"persecution_id":"recZQBuprrmSkPNis","last_updated":"2025-01-26T17:37:25.000Z","person_id":"recwKqu3QKHcNAP1b","name_en":"Pavel Stepanov","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tatarstan, he had social media pages under the pseudonyms \"Sovereign Pavel Alexandrovich Stepanov\" and \"The Spirit of Truth of All Russia!\". A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces. In August 2023 he was taken into custody. On 24 July 2024 the court appointed him compulsory measures of medical nature (compulsory treatment).","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":358,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Stepanov's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of a criminal case on discrediting the army was a certain video clip discussing the war in Ukraine. In September 2022, Stepanov was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of comments on VKontakte criticising the war, Vladimir Putin, market economy, and containing xenophobic statements.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.08.2023 to 17.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.07.2024, Sentence: The court imposed compulsory medical measures (compulsory treatment)","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"The court imposed compulsory medical measures (compulsory treatment)","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-24T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-24T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-05-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/stepanov-pavel-aleksandrovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZQBuprrmSkPNis"},{"persecution_id":"recanGWhQsoQW4Rer","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:06:00.000Z","person_id":"recz6JTdHcBhXPpVK","name_en":"Azat Miftakhov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attW7V7teJN2cFztq.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attW7V7teJN2cFztq.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Moscow resident, mathematician, anarchist. In July 2018, the Telegram channel \"Oper Slil\" (\"Cop has doxed\") published photos of detained anarchists with the caption: \"And to another arsehole who ran away with a bag with a banner for 'social activism' inside, we send a special greeting! Azat Miftakhov, wait for us to visit you\". The next time Miftakhov's photo appeared in the same channel was in January 2019 with the caption \"We warned you - stop doing nonsense.\" On 18 January, Miftakhov said that a search was conducted at his MSU dormitory while he himself was not there. On 1 February, he was detained after a search as part of the case of preparation of an explosion in Balashikha in January 2018. Miftakhov's whereabouts were concealed from his lawyer for more than a day, he later reported that he was tortured. ONC members confirmed that Miftakhov's body showed signs of torture. The court refused to choose a measure of restriction for Miftakhov and only extended the period of detention. On 7 February, Miftakhov was released, but then was immediately detained on charges of the attack on the United Russia office in January 2019. The confidential witness said he recognised Miftakhov by his \"expressive eyebrows\", but could not name what Miftakhov was wearing and did not recall the other defendants in the case. In addition, the man explained that he had not reported the offence for a year because first his phone ran out of battery and after that he was unable to do so. According to the witness, he decided to contact the police after the media reported about Miftakhov's detention. On 12 February, the court decided to take Miftakhov into custody.\n\nEarlier, the case of the attack on the United Russia office in Khovrino district was qualified as an act of vandalism, but a new version of the charges was pressed against Miftakhov - under the article on hooliganism committed by a group.\n\nOn 18 January 2021, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony. On 21 April 2022, the court of cassation reduced the sentence by three months.\n\nIn February 2023, a new criminal case against Miftakhov was launched in connection with the Moscow cell of the \"Set'\" (\"Network\") movement (11 people were convicted in the cases of the Penza and St. Petersburg cells of the movement, later recognised as a terrorist organisation). In August, it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Miftakhov.\n\nOn 4 September 2023, the day of his release from the colony, Miftakhov was detained on a new case and taken to Kirov.\n\nIn September, it became known that the ECHR awarded Miftakhov compensation of 26 thousand euros because of the use of violence against him during his detention in 2019.\n\nOn 28 March 2024, Miftakhov was sentenced to four years in a strict regime penal colony.\n\nIn April 2024, it became known that Miftakhov was not receiving the necessary antidepressants in the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nIn November 2024, Miftakhov relayed that he was placed in a cell with a person with a severe psychiatric illness who was aggressive towards him.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_region_en":["Kirov 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01.05.2025 to 01.03.2026, FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• Unknown:  to 01.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.04.2026 to 20.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Komi\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.04.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.03.2024, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven 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A case was initiated for dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces, as well as for a threat of violence in connection with the administration of justice, intentional infliction of harm to health and attempted fraud. 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In November 2020, a case of draft evasion was brought against him. In May of the same year, police officers demanded that the activist sign the summons retroactively, but he refused to do so. In August, he was interrogated as part of the pre-investigative investigation into the criminal case of evasion of military service, and after that he was served three summonses to the military enlistment office at once. During a visit there in September, according to Shvarts himself, he was attacked by the head of the military enlistment office. The young man also said that during one of the visits to the military enlistment centre, they removed mention of all illnesses from his personal file. On 30 December 2020, the last day of the draft, Shvarts was summoned for questioning by the IC. He said that after the interrogation the investigator took away his phone, two employees of the Centre \"E\" took him to a private clinic and paid for the examination themselves. The doctors confirmed that Shvarts was unfit for service due to a medical condition, and he was released.\n\nIn February 2021, the Investigative Committee terminated the activist's criminal case, but in August the prosecutor's office cancelled this decision: representatives of the agency did not find \"legal grounds for exemption from service.\n\nIn March 2021, a case was brought against him for violation of the secrecy of correspondence and telephone conversations because of the publication of a video about falsifications in the vote on amendments to the Constitution: Shvarts called three high-ranking officials on behalf of the president's representative. He was charged on his own recognisance. Initially, the officials had no claims against him, but the case was sent for revision, they were re-interviewed, after which they filed lawsuits against Shvarts totalling 1.75 million rubles. In August 2021, Shvarts was put on a wanted list because he twice failed to appear at court hearings. The activist left Russia and was granted political asylum in Germany in early 2022.\n\nIn 2023, it became known that a case was also brought against Shvarts for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces, the details are unknown. According to Shvarts, this is the sixth criminal case against him. On 18 October, he was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians","Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurgan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":290,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Shvarts' case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-1234/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the publication of a certain video in Telegram.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.10.2023, Sentence: 6 years imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-18T07:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-18T07:15:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2vYb2VBie9LZEM"},{"persecution_id":"recTmdbo3vpZTdAin","last_updated":"2025-05-28T16:28:04.000Z","person_id":"rec3r6ZUW0gyRdjwF","name_en":"Lydia Shevchenko","birth_year":1947,"birth_date":"1947-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":78,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":76,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case on discrediting the Armed Forces was initiated and transferred to court in May 2023. On December 25, 2023, Shevchenko was sentenced to a fine of 60,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Shipunovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":358,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Lydia Shevchenko's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-104/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for prosecution was certain publications in \"Odnoklassniki\" (a social media platform).\nIn October 2022, Shevchenko was fined 30,000 roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Art. 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) for the publication in the social network of a poem that contained \"a call to refuse to participate in the <information redacted>\", as well as three posts that did not contain any calls, but the court deemed them directed against \"the special military operation being conducted by <information redacted> in <information redacted>\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.12.2023, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 60,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 60,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":60000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-25T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-25T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTmdbo3vpZTdAin"},{"persecution_id":"recwIQVInopKHsleF","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:09:55.000Z","person_id":"recgqPNsWv2PPhQoZ","name_en":"Andrei Trokal","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case of discreditation of the Russian Armed Forces was initiated and went to trial in July 2023. On November 20, 2023, Trokal was apparently sentenced to a fine.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ussuriysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":323,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Trokal's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.","case_number":"1-807/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"In March 2022, Trokal was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of the publication on his personal page of clips titled \"Shattered to Pieces - The Russian Army Lost.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.11.2023, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-20T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-20T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwIQVInopKHsleF"},{"persecution_id":"recIh9zOOhhioJ0h1","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recn59aHuQawogFqG","name_en":"Mikhail Kartyshov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case was opened for discrediting the Armed Forces as well as robbery; details are unknown. On 28 August 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 105,000 rubles (it is unclear whether this included the punishment under the article on robbery, in which he was also found guilty).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nikolsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":239,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Kartyshov's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and robbery","case_number":"1-48/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"In April 2022, Kartyshov was fined 40,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of anti-war comments on VKontakte.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.08.2023, Sentence: A fine of 105,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 105,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":105000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-28T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-28T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIh9zOOhhioJ0h1"},{"persecution_id":"reccWAIw3Jc6KKRE4","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:09:34.000Z","person_id":"recdekVTlwadbXEhn","name_en":"Bilega Anna Georgievna","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She was a correspondent for the \"Uglegorskie Novosti\" (\"Uglegorsk News\") newspaper and in 2015 ran for the Council of the Shakhtersk urban settlement as a candidate of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF). Two cases of discrediting the Armed Forces were initiated against her, one went to court in June 2023, the other in August 2023. On 6 October 2023, Bilega was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence in the first case. On October 31, a similar sentence was handed down in the second case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Shakhtyorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":278,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anna Bilega's case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-80/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"In March 2022, the court ruled on the administrative case of defamation of the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the CAO) against Bilega, details unknown.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.10.2023, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites using electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet for a period of 2 years.","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites using electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet for a period of 2 years.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-06T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-06T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccWAIw3Jc6KKRE4"},{"persecution_id":"recVvaQYS5Q8BgRdH","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:10:50.000Z","person_id":"recdekVTlwadbXEhn","name_en":"Bilega Anna Georgievna","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She was a correspondent for the \"Uglegorskie Novosti\" (\"Uglegorsk News\") newspaper and in 2015 ran for the Council of the Shakhtersk urban settlement as a candidate of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF). Two cases of discrediting the Armed Forces were initiated against her, one went to court in June 2023, the other in August 2023. On 6 October 2023, Bilega was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence in the first case. On October 31, a similar sentence was handed down in the second case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Shakhtyorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":303,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anna Bilega's second case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-93/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of a post on Odnoklassniki with a link to a video, which, according to law enforcers, contained information \"aimed at discrediting\" the Russian army. In addition, the journalist was accused of commenting on the same post. In March 2022, a court issued a decision in an administrative case related to the discredit of the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Offenses Code) against Bilega, with details unknown.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.10.2023, Sentence: punishment in the form of 2 years of imprisonment with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites using electronic or information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet for a period of 2 years. To consider the main punishment of deprivation of liberty as conditional with a probationary period of 2 years.","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"punishment in the form of 2 years of imprisonment with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites using electronic or information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet for a period of 2 years. To consider the main punishment of deprivation of liberty as conditional with a probationary period of 2 years.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-31T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-31T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVvaQYS5Q8BgRdH"},{"persecution_id":"recHVRAx8E9LNL7AJ","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:40:11.000Z","person_id":"recm3xg3dFAUuHdBq","name_en":"Vitaliy Yermishin","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Moscow resident, storekeeper. On 24 August 2023, he was beaten by a security guard at Moscow's RIO shopping centre after writing Mayakovsky's lines in chalk on the pavement: \"War is a wind of corpse stench, war is a beggar factory!\". According to Yermishin's wife, he was kicked in the stomach and punched in the head, and when she tried to stand up for her husband, she herself was hit on the head so hard that she fell to the ground. The other guards, according to Yelena, watched what was happening and did not intervene. The Yermishins called the police to the scene, but they did not take a statement about the beatings. Without even identifying themselves, the law enforcers threw Yermishin on the asphalt, knocked his phone out of his hands, handcuffed him, put him in a car and took him to the Butyrsky inter-district department of the Investigative Committee. Yelena was not even allowed to return the phone to her husband. The woman did not know where he was until two o'clock in the afternoon on 25 August, when she received a phone call informing her that Yermishin was detained under criminal articles on violence against representatives of the authorities and insulting them. On 28 August Yermishin was elected a measure of restraint in the form of house arrest. The case file on the court website contained only the article on violence, but the case was initiated under both articles. Later Yermishin was released on his own recognisance. On 24 June 2025, he was given a one and a half year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":693,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code","Article 319 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318","319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 318","Article 319"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vitaly Ermishin on the use of violence and insulting representatives of the authorities","case_number":"01-0036/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Yermishin assaulted and insulted policemen","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 28.08.2023\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 10.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 11.07.2025 to 10.07.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.06.2025, Sentence: 1 year, 6 years' suspended sentence with 2 year probation","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year, 6 years' suspended sentence with 2 year probation","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-24T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-24T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHVRAx8E9LNL7AJ"},{"persecution_id":"rechF371NgKWHhBEa","last_updated":"2025-06-27T10:45:03.000Z","person_id":"rec4zYdKNxsBguThJ","name_en":"Vladimir Vladimirov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-02-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kirov. Detained on 17 August 2023 due to the fact that, according to the investigation, he set fire to a mobilisation tent and sent a video of the fire to his friends. The next day he was placed under administrative arrest for four days under the article on petty hooliganism (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences): Oktyabrsky District Court of Kirov agreed with the police that Vladimirov was \"shouting loudly, using foul language, waving his arms\". Later it became known about the initiation of a criminal case. On 7 December 2023, Vladimirov was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2025-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":128,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Vladimirov's case of arson of a mobilisation tent","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 17 August 2023, he approached a mobile selection point for military service under contract, hid his face under his T-shirt and set fire to the tent, and then stepped back, uncovered his face, began filming the fire on his phone and sent the clip to other people.\nVladimirov partially pleaded guilty, but claimed that he did not know that there was a mobile point in the tent and only tried to light the room with the fire from a cigarette, and filmed the fire on his phone to come to the police the next day.\nThe case also mentioned correspondence on Vladimirov's phone, in which he \"expresses himself negatively about the current political system in the Russian Federation and Russian citizens, using among other things the words 'Putler' and 'Rashist orcs'\" and \"expresses readiness to join Ukrainian armed formations\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.08.2023 to 23.08.2023\n• in custody: from 23.08.2023 to 28.12.2023, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.12.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 16.06.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.12.2023, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites on information and communication networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites on information and communication networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-07T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-07T12:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-12-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-vladimira-vladimirova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rechF371NgKWHhBEa"},{"persecution_id":"receCb0E3ZHfTU1n6","last_updated":"2026-02-13T20:34:00.000Z","person_id":"rec5CiLkq37cyqvJ4","name_en":"Tamara Kriukova","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Magadan and a civil activist. On 24 August 2023, her home was searched and she was detained.  A criminal case was opened against her for publicly justifying terrorism, along with nine administrative cases: two for “discrediting” the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code), six for displaying Nazi or extremist symbols (Article 20.3), and one for organising an unauthorised event (Part 2 of Article 20.2).Her whereabouts were unknown for the entire day, and only in the evening of 25 August was she located at the Magadan City Court building. There, Kriukova managed to say that she had been taken to the local FSB office. According to her goddaughter, there was a representative of law enforcement agencies in civilian clothes next to her in court, who behaved aggressively and said that Krukova's phone had been confiscated and that  “it'll be a while before she gets out”. The goddaughter noticed that Kriukova was wearing someone else's shoes, from which she concluded that she had been taken from her home barefoot. Kriukova was sentenced to three days of administrative arrest for one of the cases. Immediately after being released from the detention centre, she was detained again and sentenced to a further eight days. After this second administrative term ended, she was placed under house arrest.\n\nThe criminal case was initiated due to posts endorsing the bombing of the Crimean Bridge and the activities of the “Freedom of Russia” legion.\n\nOn 29 March 2024, Kriukova was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magadan"],"persecution_region_en":["Magadan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MAG"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":218,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Tamara Kriukova's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-6/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was opened on the grounds of posts endorsing the bombing of the Crimean Bridge and the activities of the ‘Freedom of Russia’ Legion.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 06.09.2023 to 29.03.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 29.03.2024 to 16.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.03.2024, Sentence: A fine of 400,000 roubles and a 2 years' ban on managing websites","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 400,000 roubles and a 2 years' ban on managing websites","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-29T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 07-09-2023\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-01-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kryukova-tamara-alekseevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"receCb0E3ZHfTU1n6"},{"persecution_id":"recYkjvag1gMSP0uX","last_updated":"2026-02-13T20:35:15.000Z","person_id":"recxOYywA9NpNoIWB","name_en":"Tatiana Moskalenko","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Maykop and a Supporter of \"Citizens of the USSR\". On 15 August 2023, Moskalenko's home was searched, and on 18 August the court remanded her into police custody on charges of calling for actions against the security of the state. Later it became known that Moskalenko was also being accused of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 3 October 2024, she was sentenced to five years and a month in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maykop"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":415,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Tatiana Moskalenko's case of calling to obstruct mobilisation","case_number":"1-523/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on her social network page she called for protests against the war in Ukraine, for disrupting \"mobilization undertakings\", and for obstructing the work of military commissions.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.08.2023 to 01.01.2024\n• house arrest: from 01.01.2024\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 03.10.2024\n• in custody: from 03.10.2024 to 22.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.01.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.10.2024, Sentence: 5 years 1 month's imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 1 month's imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":61,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-03T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-03T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 11-09-2023\n Source: https://data.ovd.info/antivoennoe-delo-gid-ovd-info\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-01-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/moskalenko-tatyana-mihajlovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recYkjvag1gMSP0uX"},{"persecution_id":"recx9ECYodQjdpBEW","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:33:33.000Z","person_id":"recQenf6jmY3BEPIe","name_en":"Sergey Nevorotin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attNsXYJOEioeKWJl.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attNsXYJOEioeKWJl.jpg"],"birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-01-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bezhetsk (Tver Region), worked as a powerlifting coach. A case was opened against him for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. No later than August 2023, a decision was made to take him into custody. On 28 December 2023, Nevorotin was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 4 September 2024, Nevorotin was released from serving his sentence due to his state of health, he went free. In January 2025, he died in hospital after approximately two weeks of sedation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bezhetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2024-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":149,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces in Bezhetsk","case_number":"1-186/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation:\n\n- 18 March 2022: He reposted a video titled Arnold Schwarzenegger. A Message to the Russian People on his VKontakte page. The video contained information alleging that the Russian Armed Forces, using artillery, destroyed entire sections of a city, including a children's hospital and a maternity ward, and that they targeted civilians, schools, hospitals, and homes.\n\n- 10 May 2022: On the page of the group he administered, Gym at DOSAAF (Bezhetsk) on VKontakte, he reposted a YouTube video titled The Complete Destruction of Russian Propaganda. The video claimed that the Russian Armed Forces completely destroyed Ukrainian cities, killed Ukrainian civilians (including children) and soldiers, executed residents of Ukraine by tying their hands behind their backs, raped civilians, destroyed Anna Ivanovna Ivanova's home, and nearly completely destroyed the city of Mariupol using firearms and aerial bombs, while also damaging residents' vehicles.\n\n- 18 May 2022: On the same group page, he reposted a YouTube video titled War. Day 84. The Third Phase of the War/Catastrophic Losses of Russian Equipment/Cannon Fodder from Soldiers. The video alleged that the Russian Armed Forces carried out explosions in Lviv, launched missile strikes on the village of Desna in Chernihiv Oblast, resulting in deaths and injuries, dropped four bombs using the Orlan multi-functional unmanned aerial system on Donbas, and conducted missile and airstrikes on territories deep inside Ukraine.\n\n- 18 May 2022: On his personal VKontakte page, he reposted a video titled Bucha After the Invasion of zombies and Mercenaries for Money #2022. The video accused the Russian Armed Forces of destroying houses and vehicles, stealing personal belongings, damaging property, killing civilians in Bucha, and threatening to kill a civilian in the city.\n\n- 20 May 2022: On the Gym at DOSAAF (Bezhetsk) group page, he reposted a video titled New Video Evidence of Russian War Crimes in Bucha Has Emerged. The video alleged that the Russian Armed Forces killed civilians in Bucha who were wearing civilian clothing.\n\n- 26 May 2022: On the same group page, he reposted a YouTube video titled Blogger Zolkin, Who Conducted 200 Interviews with Russian POWs. What's in the Minds and Hearts of the Occupiers. The video claimed that, as of the recording date, the Russian Armed Forces had suffered about 30,000 casualties during the special military operation in Ukraine, that they shelled soldiers from the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) after these soldiers completed their assigned tasks, and that they committed mass killings and rapes of Ukrainian civilians, causing them physical and emotional suffering. It also accused a Russian Armed Forces pilot, Krasnoyartsev, of shooting a civilian in Ukraine and claimed the Armed Forces destroyed all high-rise buildings in the Northern Saltivka district of Kharkiv using missiles and bombs.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2023 to 22.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.02.2024 to 01.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 30.07.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 30.07.2024 to 04.09.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 04.09.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2023, Sentence: 6 years of imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, along with a prohibition on engaging in activities related to the administration of websites in electronic and information-telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years of imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, along with a prohibition on engaging in activities related to the administration of websites in electronic and information-telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-28T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-28T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-12-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-sergeya-nevorotina/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recx9ECYodQjdpBEW"},{"persecution_id":"recA1ACwbr5Qcs4qk","last_updated":"2026-01-26T22:35:17.000Z","person_id":"recrizksh07Yd8L0u","name_en":"Pyotr Zhukovskiy","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Novogurovsky village (Tula region), assistant operator at a cement plant. A criminal case was opened against him for calls to extremism because of a conversation in Telegram. The Telegram channel \"Tula. ExtremiZm\" published a video in which the man admitted guilt and repented of what he had done. 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He holds the second form of access to state secrets. According to the Vazhnye Istorii (Important Stories) media, in 2014 Kurshin fought on the side of the self-proclaimed DNR and had the call sign \"Moscow\". Later, he took a more moderate stance and created the telegram channel Moscow Calling, in which he analysed the mistakes of both Russian and Ukrainian military commanders. On August 31, 2023, he was detained on the charges of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. Kurshin pleaded guilty. He was placed under house arrest.\nOn October 4, law enforcers in Volgograd searched the house of Elena Penchuk, who used to be the administrator of the Moscow Calling channel. The reason was that Kurshin allegedly wrote messages to her for a month, violating the prohibition to use the Internet. Penchuk said that she had not administered Moscow Calling for a long time. The person who wrote to her from a new account introduced himself as Kurshin and offered to return to work, but she refused.\nOn August 7, 2024, Kurshin was sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":342,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Kurshin's case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of Russia","case_number":"01-0504/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was two posts published in Kurshin's Telegram channel in the autumn of 2022: one was about a missile attack on a dam on a reservoir near Kryvyi Rih, the other about the shelling of a maternity hospital in the Zaporizhzhya region.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.09.2023 to 07.08.2024\n• in custody: from 07.08.2024 to 10.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.08.2024, Sentence: 6 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-07T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-07T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-08-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kurshin-andrej-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recco4YLYL9OQp9Q8"},{"persecution_id":"rec29tS780eLyxZYS","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:29.000Z","person_id":"recc0t96tnf0Z5FlM","name_en":"Filipp Kozlov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Moscow street artist, author of a large number of anti-war graffiti.\nIn June 2022, he was fined twice under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for 40 thousand roubles because of the graffiti \"Zinc is ours\": for painting the drawing on the wall and for publishing its photo on social media. In August, he was fined 45 thousand roubles under the same article because of a post in \"VKontakte\" with a drawing of a soldier and information about the war in Ukraine. It is unclear from the case materials what kind of information is in question.\nOn 29 July 2023, the artist was detained at the airport when he was returning from Georgia, where had been residing for some time, and arrested for 15 days under the article on disobedience to law enforcement officers (Part 1, Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) - allegedly he refused to show his passport. On 11 August, the artist was arrested a second time for 15 days under the same article. On 1 September, he was searched in a criminal case of vandalism because of his work \"Izrossilovanie\" (a word play on combining the words rape and Russia) under the Elektrozavodskiy bridge on the embankment of the Yauza river.\nHe was then summoned for questioning, to which he did not come. On 25 October 2023 it became known that Kozlov was put on a wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Philippenzo's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the work \"Izrosilovanie\" under Elektrozavodskiy bridge on the embankment of the Yauza River.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec29tS780eLyxZYS"},{"persecution_id":"recluUw42CV8K40h4","last_updated":"2026-02-13T18:37:19.000Z","person_id":"recXIS9COsRMlEBVo","name_en":"Aleksandr Tiurenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attHjri0cXbcrIR2b.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attHjri0cXbcrIR2b.jpg"],"birth_year":2000,"age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bakhchysaray. On the evening of 25 August 2023, he urinated on a sculpture of Z and V symbols located on an alley dedicated to the invasion of Ukraine. The next day, he was detained and forced to record a video apologising and expressing support for the war. In the recording, you can hear the rustling of pages behind the scenes. At the end of the video, Tiurenko reads the text of the Russian anthem. He explained his act by the fact that he was drunk. A criminal case of vandalism on the motive of political hatred was opened against Tiurenko. Later, it became known that he was also charged with insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. On 29 January 2024, Tiurenko was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence. On 9 April, the Court of Appeal replaced the suspended sentence with two years in a penal colony. Presumably, he was released in November 2025.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":181,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the man who urinated on symbols of Russian military aggression","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was opened because, on 25 August 2023, Tiurenko urinated on a sculpture of Z and V symbols located on an alley dedicated to the invasion of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2023 to 03.11.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 03.11.2023 to 29.01.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 29.01.2024 to 09.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2024 to 01.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.01.2024, Sentence: 2 years' suspended sentence with 2 years of probation, ban on publishing materials on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended sentence with 2 years of probation, ban on publishing materials on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-29T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-29T13:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Earlier, his organisation was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". Later it became known that the case was initiated under the article on humiliation of dignity on the grounds of belonging to a social group because of his statements addressed to the representatives of the Supreme Court. Rodkin suggests that it could be due to his comment criticising the Supreme Court's ruling that declared the \"International LGBT Public Movement\" an extremist organisation.\n\nIn June 2025, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Rodkin for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. According to the law enforcement version, from March 2024 to April 2025, he participated in the activities of the \"International LGBT Movement\", publishing materials about it, in which he \"propagandised it, defended its participants and opposed its ban\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nikolai Rodkin","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal prosecution was Rodkin's comment in the Telegram chat of the Omsk Civil Association - the publication, according to the investigation, was aimed at \"humiliating the dignity of a group of people on the grounds of their affiliation with representatives of the Supreme Court\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 28-03-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/03/d49549/?sphrase_id=2738075\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recU3vk5M2cqyg7kK"},{"persecution_id":"recO02QwcL0YkPxeZ","last_updated":"2025-06-03T17:37:50.000Z","person_id":"rec5uEAdbZkVvXKAC","name_en":" Unknown male 49","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Saransk. In April 2013, it became known that a case was opened against him for calls to extremism and activities against the security of the state. 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In March 2022, he was ordered to go to war. The serviceman refused. When he was summoned to the commander of the army, the commander told the officer that he himself was from Kharkiv. The officer asked the commander: \"Where did you see Nazis in Kharkov, Colonel, really?\" After this conversation, the officer wrote that he refused to go to the front for health reasons. He expected to be dismissed, but his dismissal was delayed.\n\nIn January 2023, the officer was told they wanted to send him to a military commandant's office in a Ukrainian town occupied by Russia. 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On 6th of September, 2023, he was searched in the case of donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. 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The verdict specifies only two words from one publication that the law enforcers did not like: it begins with the word \"Burn...\" and ends with the word \"...claps!\". It is also known that both posts contained links to video clips.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.05.2023, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 2 years, ban on administration of Internet sites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 2 years, ban on administration of Internet sites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-05-23T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recx4DjoIu5ccpsrB"},{"persecution_id":"reczXPIbnyfkmMbiA","last_updated":"2025-08-20T14:58:36.000Z","person_id":"rec8thg8xqPKKnn2n","name_en":"Anton Kovrik","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-05-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Omsk activist. On 6 September 2023, he was detained in the case of FBK financing and taken to Tyumen. Later it became known that Kovrik was taken into custody. On 5 April 2024, he was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles and released from punishment, taking into account the time spent in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2025-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":212,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of FBK financing in Omsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in financing the Anti-Corruption Foundation","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2023 to 05.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.04.2024, Sentence: a fine in the amount of 300,000 roubles, to be exempted from the execution of the sentence, taking into account the time spent in custody","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine in the amount of 300,000 roubles, to be exempted from the execution of the sentence, taking into account the time spent in custody","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-05T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-05T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-09-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/09/d48620/?sphrase_id=1904409\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reczXPIbnyfkmMbiA"},{"persecution_id":"rec87aRhaWbcWOYjj","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:01:42.000Z","person_id":"recZJ4x3eUOQTbOEK","name_en":"Gleb Malkov","birth_year":2001,"age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sevastopol. On 25 August 2023, came to a spontaneous memorial, presumably to the dead leaders of PMC \"Wagner\" Yevgeniy Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, kicked their portraits and also stepped on the Russian flag. Pro-Russian blogger Alexander Talipov, who regularly spreads information about pro-Ukrainian residents of Crimea and reports them to the authorities, published a video in which a Sevastopol resident explained that he kicked the Russian flag in protest against Russia's attack on \"his country\" - Ukraine. Talipov later published a video of Malkov apologising. The website of the Leninsky District Court of Sevastopol has a case file against Malkov under the article on petty hooliganism (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Administrative Code), which was received and considered on 26 August. It is not known what punishment he was given, but it is likely that he could have been sent to administrative arrest. On 4 September the same court also received a case against the young man for discrediting the army of the Russian Federation (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the CAO). On 27 September it was reported that a case of vandalism motivated by hatred (part 2 of article 214 of the Criminal Code) was also filed against Malkov because of inscriptions in support of Ukraine.\nLater Malkov was deprived of liberty, the details are not disclosed. On 7 May 2025, he was released.\nIn April 2026, the FSB reported the detention of the Sevastopol man on charges of calling for extremism and terrorism. The report stated that he \"posted text comments in support of the actions of militants who staged a terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall.\" The arrest video shows screenshots with calls to bomb Sevastopol, Simferopol, Donetsk and Luhansk, as well as the words \"I want a second Crocus. Give me the second Crocus.\" The Telegram channel \"Tribunal. Crimean episode\" claims that the speech is about Malkov.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 329 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["329","214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 329","Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Gleb Malkov's case of flag desecration and vandalism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The flag vandalism case was initiated because Malkov, according to the investigation, stepped on the Russian flag near a spontaneous memorial to the allegedly dead leaders of the Wagner Group Yevgeniy Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin.\nThe vandalism case was initiated because Malkov, according to the investigation, applied \"symbols of Ukrainian nationalists\" on various infrastructure objects in the village of Kacha in the Nakhimov district of Sevastopol.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec87aRhaWbcWOYjj"},{"persecution_id":"recK3qcmBYEdhEupn","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:06:32.000Z","person_id":"rec5qbgkPO8QWiO2H","name_en":"Ilya Ponomarev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attRWFiEbOw12R5bh.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attRWFiEbOw12R5bh.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ilya Ponomarev was a deputy of the State Duma from 2007 to 2016. He was elected to the Duma of the V convocation from the CPRF, and to the VI convocation from Just Russia. In 2011-2012, he took an active part in protests against the rigged elections and the power of Vladimir Putin. In 2013, he left Just Russia. In 2014, he was the only MP who voted against the annexation of Crimea to Russia.\n\nIn 2015, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the MP for complicity in embezzlement (part 4 of article 160 of the Criminal Code with application of part 5 of article 33 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, the Skolkovo Foundation signed a contract with Ponomarev to conduct research work and lectures in the amount of 750 thousand dollars. The deputy received the money by preparing, as the IC wrote, \"under the guise of research work, two reports that had absolutely no scientific value and did not meet the requirements of the terms of reference\", and instead of lectures he gave \"short blitz speeches of 3 to 18 minutes, and at events unrelated to the declared subject (\"Commercialisation of new technologies\" - OVD-Info's note)\". In 2015, Ponomarev was stripped of his parliamentary immunity and arrested in absentia.\n\nNow Ilya Ponomarev lives in Ukraine. In 2019, then Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko granted him Ukrainian citizenship. In April, Ponomarev founded the TV channel \"Morning of February\", dedicated to the war between Russia and Ukraine.\nOn 22 August 2022, Ponomarev claimed that a certain National Republican Army had claimed responsibility for the murder of publicist Darya Dugina, which had taken place in the Moscow suburbs the previous day.\n\nSoon he was arrested in absentia in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Later this case was merged with the case of public justification of terrorism.\nIn September 2022, a criminal case was opened against Ponomarev, which, according to information as of February 2025, includes a number of articles: state treason, participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, calls for terrorism and activities against the security of the Russian Federation, creation of a terrorist community and seizure of power.\nOn 21 October 2022, Ponomarev was included in the register of individuals - \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn September 2023, it was reported that a case was opened against Ponomarev for the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\". Apparently, this refers to the organisation Kongres Deputowanych Ludowych (Congress of People's Deputies), registered in Poland, of which Ponomarev is one of the leaders.\n\nOn 11 September 2024, Ponomarev was sentenced in absentia to ten years' imprisonment in the case of \"fakes\" and public justification of terrorism.\n\nIn June 2025, it became known that another case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Ponomarev because of statements in support of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\". Apparently, this case was merged with the case of evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\".\n\nA case was also brought against Ponomarev for organising mass disorder, incitement to hatred and financing extremist activities in connection with the pogrom at Makhachkala airport in 2023 (we cannot say with certainty that there was a political motive in this case). In July 2025, the case came to court. On 2 April 2026, the court sentenced Ponomarev in absentia to 19 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 284.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Ilya Ponomarev's case of the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recK3qcmBYEdhEupn"},{"persecution_id":"rec6PKdNHc5hPZzr8","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:31:38.000Z","person_id":"recOv4un1qruNtps9","name_en":"Maxim Polovnikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attPIbDi1RioW944G.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attPIbDi1RioW944G.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-01-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Azeirbajan"],"story_en":"Resident of Norilsk. In August 2023, a criminal case was opened against him for public justification of terrorism because of his anti-war comments on VKontakte. Before that, according to a friend, he had problems at work because of his anti-war stance. On 2 April 2024, Polovnikov was sentenced to two years in prison. Before the sentence, he was under a non-deportation undertaking. In April 2026, Polovnikov was released, stripped of his Russian citizenship and deported.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Norilsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":245,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of public justification of terrorism in Norilsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated over comments on VKontakte under videos titled “In Moscow, protesters against the war in Ukraine are being dispersed” and “Just listen to what this terrorist *** is saying.”\n","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.08.2023 to 02.04.2024\n• in custody: from 02.04.2024 to 17.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.04.2026, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.04.2024, Sentence: 2 years of imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-02T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-02T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6PKdNHc5hPZzr8"},{"persecution_id":"recLm8XDIMhEndTeq","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recNuJFts086au3Jp","name_en":"Evgeny Savin","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former football player, former football commentator, video blogger, president of the Krasava football club. \nIn September 2023, it was reported that a criminal case was opened against Savin for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Savin himself left Russia in May 2022 after publishing a video with Ukrainian athletes speaking out against the war.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yevgeny Savin's regarding discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was an interview with the channel \"Beware of Sobchak\". In February 2023, Savin was fined 50,000 rubles under this administrative article. The case was initiated after a complaint from the State Duma deputy from \"United Russia\" Roman Teryushkov. It is not reliably known what caused the administrative case.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 06.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLm8XDIMhEndTeq"},{"persecution_id":"reccHx8ZAdS7z9N71","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recl5jew38gzFSsHQ","name_en":"Evgeny Artamonov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Krasnodar. In June 2023, the police received a complaint because of his comment published in April 2020 in the \"Krasnodar Movement\" community on VKontakte calling for the overthrow of Putin. A case was initiated against Artamonov for incitement to terrorist activity. He was sentenced to a fine of 350,000 rubles on 02 February 2024.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":397,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case fo Yevgeny Artamonov on calls to overthrow Putin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 3 April 2020, \"wishing to encourage an unlimited number of persons to commit a violent overthrow of the President of the Russian Federation\" posted \"a comment beginning with the words \"M**** he is apparently checking\" and ending with \"he has to be overthrown with all his government\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.02.2024, Sentence: a fine of 350,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 350,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-02T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-02T09:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reccHx8ZAdS7z9N71"},{"persecution_id":"recxoN8VJIdgQQft9","last_updated":"2026-01-05T23:34:43.000Z","person_id":"recwXnN0BK6XJrpBX","name_en":"Ilya Chubukov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZ3Kkx90oINJMfK.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZ3Kkx90oINJMfK.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kaliningrad, software engineer. In September 2023, a vandalism case was opened against him on suspicion of setting fire to a Z-shaped installation in Belgorod and possession of explosives. Chubukov said he was tortured: when he was arrested, he was handcuffed and a bag was put over his head, he was punched in the face and other parts of his body and asked if he had a \"curator\", after which he was tortured with a stun gun and a blowtorch for 4 or 5 hours, as well as beaten and threatened with serious injuries. \"I was periodically dragged in and out of the car, physical force was used, a stun gun was used, with which I was electrocuted more than 200 times ... The handcuffs on my hands were tightened so much that I had haematomas. A wooden object was placed under my feet and one of the men with an axe threatened to chop off my legs, but they did not. I realised that I was being intimidated in this way. The men also used a blowtorch, which was brought to my back area on my naked body. In total, they hit me with more than 50 blows with hands and feet on various parts of my body. At one point, they poured some flammable mixture on my legs and told me that they were going to set my legs on fire. Also, more than once my feet were doused with water, to which they immediately brought a stun gun, and it was much more painful for me\", - \"Novaya Vkladka\" quotes the story of the Kaliningrad resident. During the torture, he was asked about his \"curators\". In this way, he was made to confess that he did not want to live in Russia and had a negative attitude towards the politics and ideology of the Russian state; the confession was recorded on video.\nInitially, Chubukov was given a measure of restraint in the form of signing a covenant not to leave, but was not released immediately afterwards and continued to be held in the police station until the evening of 20 September. Then the detention was registered under the second criminal case, in the framework of which the Kaliningrad resident was placed in a temporary detention centre. Later the court sent him to custody.\nOn 21 January 2025, Chubukov was sentenced to six and a half years and a fine of 50 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Belgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":490,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":70,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 1, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Z-installation arson case in Belgorod","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of 18 September 2023, he set fire to a structure in the form of a glowing letter Z installed on the city avenue.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.09.2023 to 20.09.2023\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.09.2023 to 25.09.2023\n• in custody: from 25.09.2023 to 17.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.01.2025, Sentence: 6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of 50,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of 50,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-21T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-21T09:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxoN8VJIdgQQft9"},{"persecution_id":"recUaedmCINHega0P","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"reczvYFHabuZYEBVm","name_en":"Nikolai Farafonov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLO9gXNfZ6TVcsW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLO9gXNfZ6TVcsW.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Resident of the town of Vuktyl (Komi Republic). He ran an anti-war blog. In October 2022, he was fined 30,000 rubles under the article on discrediting the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for a comment on a post about Rosgvardia officers' visit to a children's hospital. Farafonov questioned whether the officers there had spoken about children dying in Ukraine, to whom \"the Russian world was brought on bayonets.\" \"Sever. Realii\" reported that he was initially unable to gather the money for the fine, and due to the delayed payment, he was fined an additional 30,000 roubles. On 20 September 2023, Farafonov was detained and the following day taken into custody in connection with a case of public justification of terrorism. On 15 January 2023, his pre-trial detention was extended by 6 months. On 27 March 2024, Farafonov was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime colony.\nA separate libel case was also brought against Farafonov, the details remain unknown. According to the verdict, an additional 15 days of imprisonment were added to his previous sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":189,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Farafonov's case on public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-11/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of the criminal case was a post published on his Telegram channel in 2022, which mentioned the arson attacks on military enlistment offices in connection with the announcement of mobilisation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.09.2023 to 21.09.2023\n• in custody: from 21.09.2023 to 25.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.06.2024 to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Karelia\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-27T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-03-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-nikolaya-farafonova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recUaedmCINHega0P"},{"persecution_id":"recKtC0mOGO5GWj7t","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recv5g71D2xgWVO8G","name_en":"Ekaterina Goncharova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attVtU078lrrZuEJA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attVtU078lrrZuEJA.jpg"],"birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She is a journalist of the MR7 news outlet and a former Avtozak LIVE correspondent. She is outside Russia. In 2021, she ran for the office of a municipal deputy in the Avtovo district of Saint Petersburg.\nOn 6 March 2022, her relatives’ apartment was searched in a case of a deliberately false bomb threat. An inscription “Traitor” appeared on the door to her apartment.\n\nIn 2022, Goncharova became a suspect in a case of involvement in the activities of an organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens, and in 2023 she became a suspect in a case that included involvement in the activities of an extremist community, spreading “fakes” about the Armed Forces, calling for activities that pose a threat to the security of the Russian Federation and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Vesna","persecution_case_profile_en":"The basis for initiating the case was posts on the social media resources of Vesna that she published in 2022.\n\nThe article on disseminating disrespectful information about the days of military glory was applied in connection with her posts on Telegram and VKontakte containing criticism of the ways in which the state promotes celebrating Victory Day.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vesny/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recKtC0mOGO5GWj7t"},{"persecution_id":"recb6RfTY1x2C5YWM","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recUKjpYUAQCQ848s","name_en":"Alexander Kashevarov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBN4me8hEu41WHi.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBN4me8hEu41WHi.jpg"],"birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-02-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of the Chelyabinsk branch of the Viasna movement.\nIt first became known on 30 April 2021 that a case under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code had been initiated in the Chelyabinsk region. The message of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (UMVD) did not specify against whom the case was initiated, but the age of the suspect - 18 years old - was specified. On May 1, Kashevarov was detained at the airport of Yekaterinburg: he was going on vacation to Armenia. Later that day he was charged under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code and released on personal recognisance. On 3 May, Kashevarov's house was searched. On 17 May, the personal recognizance was cancelled, at the same time it became clear that Kashevarov was a suspect. On 13 August, it became known that Kashevarov had left Russia. On 9 November, the case was dismissed due to the fact that not all court decisions on Kashevarov's administrative cases, that were included in the criminal case, had entered into force at the time of the initiation of the latter.\n\nIn 2023, it became known that Kashevarov was a suspect in a criminal case initiated in connection with the activities of Viasna: he was charged with organising the activities of an extremist community, spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, calling for activities threatening the security of the Russian Federation and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","280.4","354.1","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 3, Article 280.4","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Vesna","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vesny/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recb6RfTY1x2C5YWM"},{"persecution_id":"rechfob7wNNES2XUJ","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recYsZQf3lCP3dmip","name_en":"Arzhanov Vladimir Evgenevich","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attTjYGLyuamROPlo.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attTjYGLyuamROPlo.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Assistant to Novosibirsk City Council deputy Helga Pirogova. On March 6, Arzhanov and his parents' residences were searched, law enforcers broke down the door of his parents' flat. According to the ruling, the case was opened on the fact of embezzlement of 22,362 rubles 5 kopecks from the city council \"by deceit and breach of trust\". Arzhanov stated that he was essentially accused of stealing his own salary.\nIn 2023, it became known that Arzhanov was a suspect in the case of the Vesna movement, charged with organising the activities of an extremist community.","persecution_occupation_en":["Deputies of the Regional Parliament"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Vesna case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Vesna","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-vesny/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rechfob7wNNES2XUJ"},{"persecution_id":"rec0X6ypbm508LRRO","last_updated":"2026-03-29T10:25:16.000Z","person_id":"recyB1k3WdcJ06tgy","name_en":"Vyacheslav Reznichenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attIJl51LROm8IGoK.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attIJl51LROm8IGoK.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Primorye. He was mobilised, but refused to go to fight in Ukraine due to his religious beliefs. On 15 June 2023, Reznichenko was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony. On 20 September, Reznichenko's son was four months old. In November 2024, the rest of the sentence was replaced by forced labour. Presumably, he was released in February 2026.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_ended":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":164,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2.1,  Article 332 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["332"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2.1, Article 332"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vyacheslav Reznichenko's case of refusal to fight","persecution_case_profile_en":"Refused to go fight in Ukraine on religious grounds","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 49 of the Primorsky Territory Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.09.2023 to 26.11.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 49 of the Primorsky Territory Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• Unknown: from 26.11.2024 to 01.02.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.06.2023, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-03-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/reznichenko-vyacheslav-yurevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec0X6ypbm508LRRO"},{"persecution_id":"reciP6YLESsVQWoYM","last_updated":"2023-11-01T07:41:25.000Z","person_id":"rectSUbsGfIQXhdtG","name_en":"Andrei K.","birth_year":1962,"age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Khabarovsk Krai. 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A case of failure to report an offence was brought against her because Maksim Asriyan, accused in a case of attempted terrorism, informed her of his plans to set fire to a military recruitment office and asked her to buy him some ignition fluid. 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A case of failure to report an offence was brought against her due to the fact that Maxim Asriyan, accused in the attempted terrorist attack case, informed her of his plans to set a military recruitment office on fire, and she bought him some ignition fluid. On 1 February 2024, Zeladina was sentenced to a fine of 50,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":153,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.6 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.6"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.6"],"case_group_en":["The case of failure to report a crime"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anna Zeladina","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she knew about Maksim Asriyan's intentions to set fire to the military recruitment centre and bought him lighter fluid.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.09.2023 to 17.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.02.2024, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 50 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 50 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-01T08:55:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-01T08:55:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recT9YqMTqoEcnJLz"},{"persecution_id":"recn3yGccxxdCsiom","last_updated":"2025-10-08T18:40:09.000Z","person_id":"recp7VQuNvTPCjAlc","name_en":"Ibragim Kartoev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Participated in protests in Ingushetia in 2019 due to changes in the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya. According to some reports, he was put on the wanted list, but the lawyer denies this. On September 27, 2023, a message appeared that Kartoev surrendered to the police. According to the lawyer, Kartoev was in Murmansk, was not hiding from anyone and did not know that the police needed him. The operatives called him and offered to meet. He gave his address in Murmansk, they arrived and returned to Ingushetia with him. The lawyer claims that Kartoev made a confession. The next day he was placed under house arrest. Initially, it was reported that he was charged with organizing the use of violence against government officials and participating in the activities of an extremist community, but then it became known that Kartoev was accused of using violence against a government official that was dangerous to life and health.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"protest_event_en":"People's gathering in Magas against the transfer of land to Chechnya","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["The case of protests in Ingushetia"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ibragim Kartoev on protests in Ingushetia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, threw a metal barrier towards the police during the dispersal of the rally during a rally in Magas on 27 March 2019.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 28.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recn3yGccxxdCsiom"},{"persecution_id":"recEkHG8SolLNYv4E","last_updated":"2026-03-31T22:58:14.000Z","person_id":"recSv2653hDXsJWdK","name_en":"Radik Adnobaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUU4nrrXUQnAxoU.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUU4nrrXUQnAxoU.jpg"],"birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a former deputy of the Kargopolsky City Duma and was deprived of his position by court at the request of the governor. He is an eco-activist and participant of rallies against the construction of a landfill in the town of Shiys. A case was initiated against him for repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces. During the search of his home, all equipment was seized from him. On 28 September 2023, the court applied a measure of restriction against him in the form of a ban on certain actions. In addition, a case of intentional infliction of non-life-threatening harm to health was also initiated against him for an altercation with the pro-war activist Igor Gusakov.\n\nOn 2 September 2024, Adnobaev was sentenced to a fine of 140 thousand rubles and one and a half years of restriction of freedom. On 21 August 2025, the restriction of freedom was replaced by four and a half months of forced labour because he missed a visit to the penal inspection.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nyandoma"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":341,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 112 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","112"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 1, Article 112"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Radik Adnobaev’s case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces and intentional infliction of a medium severity health injury","case_number":"1-53/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was seven posts he made on VKontakte, which Adnobaev, according to the investigation, published from October 2022 to February 2023. One of the posts was Joe Biden’s speech on the war in Ukraine with a favourable comment by Adnobaev.\n\nOn 21 June 2022, Adnobaev was fined 30 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) for posting a photo with a sign saying “NO TO WAR” on VKontakte.\n\nIn addition, Adnobaev is charged with intentional infliction of non-life-threatening harm to health: the reason was a conflict with the pro-war activist Igor Gusakov. According to Adnobaev, in August 2023, Gusakov provoked a conflict with him in Kargopol and started attacking him. Adnobaev pushed him away, after which Gusakov filed a police report. Adnobaev insists on having used necessary self-defence.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 28.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 01.04.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.09.2024, Sentence: A fine of 140 thousand rubles, restriction of liberty for a period of 1 year and 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty","Penalty","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 140 thousand rubles, restriction of liberty for a period of 1 year and 6 months","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2024-09-02T05:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-02T05:50:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 12-10-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/10/d48773/?sphrase_id=2656260\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recEkHG8SolLNYv4E"},{"persecution_id":"recJFfDq0bEqgZ5gz","last_updated":"2026-01-04T21:30:19.000Z","person_id":"recMBeZ3WmxLJ6cbO","name_en":"Anatolii Lanchekov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZR6j2yRemxLTWV.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZR6j2yRemxLTWV.jpg"],"birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of the settlement of Vanino (Khabarovsk Krai) and a supporter of the Citizens of the USSR. In 2012, he was suspended from military service – according to his own statements, for complaints about corruption and schemes orchestrated by the officers. After that, Lanchekov appealed to the Ministry of Defence with complaints and went on solitary pickets. Among other things, he demanded the resignation of Sergei Surovikin, who until 2017 held the post of the commander of the Eastern Military District. Because of his activism, Lanchekov was sent to a psychiatric hospital.\nNo later than December 2022, a criminal case was initiated against him for public justification of terrorism. Lanchekov was taken into custody. A case was also initiated against him for disseminating deliberately false information about the Armed Forces, insulting the feelings of religious believers and possession of weapons. Lanchekov claims that the cartridges were planted on him. According to him, on 1 March 2023, while being escorted in a police van, he was subjected to violence and lost consciousness.\nOn 14 June 2024, Lanchekov was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":324,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","148","222","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 148","Part 1, Article 222","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anatolii Lanchekov’s case of public justification of terrorism and “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-35/2024 (1-166/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of a case of public justification of terrorism was a text saying, “Kill Putin’s faggots, no camp, no psych ward. In this country of lawlessness… by military and civilians, because they are accomplices and criminals!!!” on Odnoklassniki. The case could also be based on aggressive statements calling on the Russian military instead of Ukraine to “go to the Kremlin, to liberate YOUR LAND from the Jewish hordes that have taken over our Country!!!”.\nThe reason for the first case of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces was an anti-war post on Odnoklassniki that he published in March 2022.\nIn total, the case includes eight counts of calls for terrorism and four counts of “fakes” about the Armed Forces, in particular, about the seizure of Ukrainian territories by the Russian army and the killing of civilians in Bucha.\nIn addition, according to the investigation, Lanchekov wrote comments in support of the Freedom of Russia Legion and “called to ignore traditional Christian values”. The FSB reported that during searches at his home they found 126 bullets.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2022 to 04.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.06.2024, Sentence: 8 years of imprisonment with a ban on posting manifests and other materials on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years of imprisonment with a ban on posting manifests and other materials on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-14T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-14T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recJFfDq0bEqgZ5gz"},{"persecution_id":"recjHiEA0X6baPVj4","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recBQpQrcRXtiXxy9","name_en":"Kamil Abdykanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attbT2oLujvq1nYNF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attbT2oLujvq1nYNF.jpg"],"birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the settlement of Volzhsky (Samara region). A criminal case was opened against him and Aleksandr Vragov on charges of the rehabilitation of Nazism after they urinated on a monument to “participants in the special military operation” in the form of a tank.  They were taken into custody. \nLocal media, citing the Investigative Committee’s press service, reported that Abdikanov has relatives who are natives of Ukraine. In a published video apology, he stated that he had been intoxicated and had not intended to insult Russian servicemen.\nHe pleaded guilty. On 1 April 2024, Abdikanov was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony-settlement. 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A case on rehabilitation of Nazism was brought against him and Kamil Abdykanov because they urinated on a monument to \"participants of the SVO\" in the form of a tank. They were taken into custody. Local media, citing the press service of the Investigative Committee, reported that Vragov had Ukrainian natives among his relatives. On the published apology video he says that he was in a alcoholic intoxication and did not pursue the goal of insulting the Russian military. Admitted guilt. On 1 April 2024, Vragov was sentenced to a year and nine months in an open prison. Presumably, he was released in December 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":183,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols","provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the desecration of a war memorial in Samara Oblast","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he desecrated the monument to “participants of the special military operation” in the form of a tank installed in the village of Volzhsky: he shouted “Glory to Ukraine!”, exposed his buttocks and urinated.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 16.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.12.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.04.2024, Sentence: 1 year 9 months' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 9 months' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":21,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-01T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-01T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recaSg0174wmqsCxW"},{"persecution_id":"rec8sdDU09rexrynd","last_updated":"2026-04-17T09:43:54.000Z","person_id":"rec32227vjHJbHlWX","name_en":"Konstantin Seleznev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attdTgX5iYMTl3yAy.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attdTgX5iYMTl3yAy.jpg"],"birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. He was detained on 3 October 2023 after a search and charged with spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Seleznev was taken into custody.\nBefore the court hearing on 4 October 2023, Seleznev, who was in a convoy car, started feeling unwell and lost consciousness. An ambulance was called for him, and the doctors recorded that he had high blood pressure (150/90 with the age norm being 90/60). Nevertheless, the hearing took place.\n\nIn November 2023, his lawyer reported that Seleznev was subjected to pressure in the pre-trial detention centre: he had not been taken for a walk for a week already, and was kept in a smoky cell with four previously convicted persons, one of whom insulted him. At the same time, according to the law, persons charged with criminal offenses for the first time must be kept separately from those who have already served their sentences in places of detention. Seleznev was later transferred to a regular cell.\n\nIn December 2024, Seleznev was reported to be placed in a cell with 22 beds, where about 30 detainees were kept. They had to take turns sleeping.\n\nOn 27 January 2025, Seleznev was sentenced to 8 years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":482,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Seleznev’s case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0397/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for the case were two posts on VKontakte: In one of them, he copied his own letter to the Russian Prosecutor General, in which he talked about a UN report “on the crimes of Russian servicemen in three regions of Ukraine”; in the other he criticised the Russian president for awarding the 53rd Anti-aircraft Brigade the honorary title of “Guards” and mentioned that the servicemen of another brigade, the 64th Motorized Rifle Brigade, to which Putin had awarded the same title, were accused of committing mass crimes in Bucha. The letter to the Prosecutor General was later removed from the case.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.10.2023 to 04.10.2023, TDF of the Department of Internal Affairs of the South Administrative District of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 04.10.2023 to 23.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 23.10.2023 to 15.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.12.2025 to 01.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2026 to 23.08.2030, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.01.2025, Sentence: 8 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony with a ban on administering websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony with a ban on administering websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-10-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/seleznyov-konstantin-anatolevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec8sdDU09rexrynd"},{"persecution_id":"recUj5vmB0rgVXdsj","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:41:57.000Z","person_id":"recQfi2AdPlzfZQCd","name_en":"Filipp Medvedev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att89YkP0jqGppDTu.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att89YkP0jqGppDTu.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow, blogger. Also known as Oliver Gertsen.\nMedvedev has been sent to a special detention centre for 15 days three times in administrative cases on the demonstration of Nazi symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The first arrest was ordered because of his VKontakte avatar with the flag of Vlasov's Russian Liberation Army. The second time he was arrested because of a tweet with a photo of Ku Klux Klan members, which he posted to the news about a girl being robbed in South Africa. Another arrest was related to a post about fighting Zionism. In November 2022, Medvedev was convicted under the article on intentional damage to property (part 1 of article 167 of the Criminal Code) because he damaged a car with the letter Z pasted on it. Medvedev tried twice unsuccessfully to leave Russia.\nIn March 2023, it became known that Medvedev was taken into custody. He was accused of publicly justifying terrorism because of an audio message in a Telegram channel calling to \"bomb the FSB building with Iskanders\".\nAccording to the blogger, with his post he expressed an emotional evaluation \"in connection with militaristic policy\".\nOn 15 August 2023, Medvedev was sentenced to four years and two months in a general regime penal colony. On 15 November, the appeal court reduced the sentence by three months.\n\nIn April 2023, it became known that a case was also brought against Medvedev for calling to go to a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January 2021. Later it turned out that the case was most likely initiated under the article on calls for mass disorder. The case was soon dismissed, as it was initiated at the time of expiry of the statute of limitations for the relevant acts.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" Actions on January 23, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Filipp Medvedev's case on calls for mass rioting","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case investigation was a post with the words \"The Russian Glorious Revolution began the day before yesterday in Vnukovo, and now it is up to us, precisely to us, to USE THESE MATCHES TO START THE FIRE\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUj5vmB0rgVXdsj"},{"persecution_id":"recrkxYdAA1iRidWz","last_updated":"2023-11-09T10:35:27.000Z","person_id":"recAjkjsV2axvWCev","name_en":"Timofey K.","birth_year":1989,"age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Stavropol, lives in the USA. He was prosecuted because of his emotional post on VKontakte regarding the information about a fire in the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Cyprus.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of a resident of Stavropol on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the ASTRA Telegram channel, he left a comment on VKontakte regarding the April 2023 fire at the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Cyprus: \"It is not known what progressive forces were behind this attack, but we remind Russian emigrants: all these Centres of Science and Culture, offices of Rossotrudnichestvo and Russian companies are tools of soft power, of expanding the influence of the Kremlin, the headquarters of the global war that Putin is waging against the free world, and therefore against you and me. Attack wherever you can! Anything owned by Putin, used by Putin, must burn!\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recrkxYdAA1iRidWz"},{"persecution_id":"recEZoMWq66WjAKt1","last_updated":"2025-01-28T11:17:38.000Z","person_id":"recSTKZttVdpYAoMw","name_en":"Sergey Bakanov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ryazan. Worked at the Bulat machine-building plant. In January 2023, a case was brought against him for rehabilitation of Nazism because of an anti-war publication on VKontakte. On 4 October 2023, Bakanov's home was searched. On 12 October, a case was brought against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because of three anti-war tweets. In November 2023, Bakanov was fired from the plant after the director received a call from an investigator to summon Bakanov to the entrance hall. On 15 November, Bakanov was formally charged with contempt of commemoration, but the case was dropped the next day. On 19 November 2024, Bakanov was sentenced to two and a half years' probation on the defamation case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ryazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-RYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":688,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Bakanov's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-135/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The occasion was a publication in \"VKontakte\", timed to 9 May 2022. In it, Bakanov compared soldiers of the Russian army to Nazis.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["no preventive measure"],"restraint_measures_en":"• no preventive measure:  to 05.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 05.12.2024 to 04.12.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.11.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment suspended with a probation period of 2 years, prohibition to administer websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment suspended with a probation period of 2 years, prohibition to administer websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-19T06:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-19T06:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 22-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/11/d48971/?sphrase_id=2733965\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recEZoMWq66WjAKt1"},{"persecution_id":"rec4hIKSB3ndimXJJ","last_updated":"2026-02-13T18:44:50.000Z","person_id":"rectABoGtcuhrWcTN","name_en":"Sergei Veselov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBxy1nHDibYPivu.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBxy1nHDibYPivu.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Host of the YouTube channel \"That Same One Veselov\". At the end of March 2022, a vandalism case was initiated against him over the inscription \"No to war!\".  In July 2022, a case was also initiated against Veselov for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. The reason was the clips on Veselov's YouTube channel, to which 17 people are subscribed. The court prohibited a certain conduct for him, but later the Court of Appeal cancelled this decision. Another case of discrediting the use of the Armed Forces was initiated against Veselov in September. The reason for initiating the case was his speech at a hearing in the Court of Appeal on his administrative case of discrediting the army. All three criminal cases were merged. In December Veselov was charged with another case of discrediting the army, the reason was two videos on YouTube, published in August and September. The first video was published on Veselov's YouTube channel, the second – on the Opposition 2.0 YouTube channel, Veselov claims that he did not film and publish it, although the video includes the story of the search at his home. The accompanying text to the second video mentions Veselov's channel – in his opinion, this was the reason for the case. This case was also merged with the vandalism case and the first cases of discrediting the army. In addition, the charge of vandalism was reclassified from Part 1 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code to Part 2 (vandalism motivated by political hatred). Veselov was released under recognisance not to leave the country.\n\nIn addition, a case of insulting a judge (part 2 of Article 297 of the Criminal Code) was initiated against Veselov. The inciting incident was his video about the judge, who ruled to ban Veselov from certain conduct. On 22 August 2023, Veselov was sentenced in the case of insulting the judge to 300 hours of community service.\n\nOn 2 June, Veselov was detained and the next day arrested for eight days because he had previously told his subscribers about a rally in support of Alexei Navalny scheduled for June 4. The court found the blogger guilty of organising an uncoordinated public event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).\n\nAt one of the court hearings on the criminal case of vandalism and discrediting of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the court excluded five psychological and linguistic expertises of Veselov's statements.\n\nOn October 5, 2023, Veselov's home was searched. It became known that two new cases were initiated against him – on the rehabilitation of Nazism and on discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Later, the investigation dropped the charge of rehabilitation of Nazism. On May 17, 2024, Veselov was sentenced in the case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to two years and one month in a settlement colony, taking into account the time not served on the sentence in the case of insulting the judge.\n\nOn January 22, 2024, Veselov was detained in Ivanovo on the charges of incitement to terrorism. He was taken into custody.\n\nIn April 2024 it became known that Veselov was beaten and doused with boiling water by a cellmate. Later, due to a conflict with another cellmate, he was sent to a disciplinary cell.\n\nOn June 6, 2024, it was reported that another case was initiated against Veselov, this time about confidential cooperation with a foreign state. Later, it was merged with the case of incitement to terrorism.\n\nOn June 26, 2024, Veselov was sentenced to a fine of 350,000 rubles in the case of vandalism and discrediting the Armed Forces; the vandalism case was dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, and Veselov was acquitted in one of the discrediting episodes. Another episode of discrediting was dropped by the prosecution itself in the debates.\n\nOn February 27, 2025, Veselov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony on the case of incitement to terrorism and confidential cooperation with a foreign state.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Shuya"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":225,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Veselov's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-40/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the video \"Do not confuse Germans with Hitlerites and Russians with Putinites\", in which Veselov says that during the liberation of Warsaw and Berlin, Soviet soldiers robbed, looted and raped local women.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 05.10.2023\n• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.10.2024 to 01.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2024 to 31.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Ivanovo Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Ivanovo Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment cell: from 01.01.2025 to 19.01.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 20.03.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 28.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Ivanovo Oblast\n• punishment cell: from 28.08.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 09.10.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"\n• Unknown: from 09.10.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.05.2024, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a colony settlement with a ban on website administration for 2 years, cumulatively with the previous unspent sentence 2 years 1 month's imprisonment in a penal colony with a ban on website administration for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a colony settlement with a ban on website administration for 2 years, cumulatively with the previous unspent sentence 2 years 1 month's imprisonment in a penal colony with a ban on website administration for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-17T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-17T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Facts of their visits to medical institutions resulting in psychological disorder diagnoses as an outcome of attending meetings of the sect were recorded. 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A second criminal case was later reported to have been initiated under the same article in connection with his posting of the poem, “Ukrainian Rebels”.\n\nIn July 2015, Byvshev was sentenced in the first case to 300 hours of compulsory labour with a two-year ban on working as a schoolteacher.\n\nIn January 2017, a third criminal case was reported to have been initiated against Byvshev under the article on incitement of ethnic hatred – this time for the poem, “On the Independence of Ukraine”. In April 2018, he was sentenced to 330 hours of community work. Later, the court combined the punishments and imposed on Byvshev 400 hours of community work with a deprivation of the right to work at school. However, the court ruled that the period served under the 2015 punishment be counted toward the sentence, thereby reducing the total number of community work hours to 100.\n\nOn 18 January 2018, a case was reported to have been initiated against Byvshev for obstruction of justice because he had disclosed the details of the other criminal cases initiated against him to journalists.\n\nIn April 2018, a fifth criminal case was initiated for the poems, “The Russian Spirit” and “The Mighty Heap”, with Byvshev again charged with inciting ethnic hatred.\n\nIn August 2018, a sixth criminal case was initiated. Byvshev was charged with public calls for extremist activity on the Internet for publishing the poem, “Dedicated to NATO Expansion to the East”. This case and the two previous ones were consolidated into a single proceeding. On 28 February 2019, the proceeding was terminated; however, on 8 April, Byvshev was informed that the investigation had been resumed. On 3 October, the Investigative Committee terminated the proceeding in the case concerning the poem about NATO expansion, and on 5 October, in the case concerning obstruction of justice. The case concerning the poems about the Russian spirit and the mighty heap was referred to the court, which on 29 October terminated it.\n\nOn 1 December 2022, Byvshev was arrested for seven days due to a Facebook post in which he used the word “chmobiki” (a pejorative term used to refer to servicemen conscripted to the Russian military). The poet was charged with inciting hatred or enmity towards the Russian army (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nSubsequently, Byvshev was taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism. It was later reported that a criminal case had also been initiated against him for spreading “fakes” about the Russian army. On 19 March 2024, Byvshev was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment in a penal colony. On 27 May, the court of appeals reduced the term by two months. 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Alsynov was informed that he was a suspect in a case of incitement to hatred. He was released on his own recognisance.\nLater, Alsynov said on his Telegram channel that his relatives, as well as people who had reposted his publications on VKontakte concerning the details of the case, started receiving threats from specially created accounts. Alsynov had earlier published a letter from the administration of Bashkortostan's head Radiy Khabirov to the Investigative Committee, as well as an earlier letter from Khabirov to the republic's prosecutor; from these letters, he believes, it follows that the case was ordered. Those who made reposts were threatened with criminal prosecution under articles on the dissemination of \"fakes\" that caused serious consequences (Article 207.2 of the Criminal Code), military \"fakes\" (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), slander (Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code), repeated discrediting of the army (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), propaganda or demonstration of prohibited paraphernalia (Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code), and the use of minors for the production of pornographic materials (Article 242.2 of the Criminal Code).\nOn January 17th, 2024, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["village of Isyangulovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":97,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Fail Alsynov on incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was Alsynov's speech in Bashkir language at a gathering of residents of the Baimak district against gold miners. 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A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 18 August 2023, he was sentenced to a fine and restriction on military service: taking into account the sentence in another case, insulting military service, the amount was one million rubles, and restriction on service - eight months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":229,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Orlov's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-30/2023","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.08.2023, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 1000000 roubles with deprivation of the right to hold positions in the civil service in the field of organisational and administrative functions related to the education of subordinates for a period of 2 years.\n\nIn accordance with part 5 of article 69 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the basis of the aggregate of this crime and the crime under part 2 of article 336 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, for which Orlov was convicted by the Krasnorechensk garrison military court on 21 June 2023, the final punishment was determined in the form of a fine in the amount of 1000000 roubles and in the form of restriction on military service for a period of 8 months with deduction to the income of the state of 10 per cent of his allowance, with the additional punishment of deprivation of the right to hold positions in the civil service in the field of organisational and administrative functions related to the education of subordinates, for a period of 2 years.","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Restriction on military service","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 1000000 roubles with deprivation of the right to hold positions in the civil service in the field of organisational and administrative functions related to the education of subordinates for a period of 2 years.\n\nIn accordance with part 5 of article 69 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the basis of the aggregate of this crime and the crime under part 2 of article 336 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, for which Orlov was convicted by the Krasnorechensk garrison military court on 21 June 2023, the final punishment was determined in the form of a fine in the amount of 1000000 roubles and in the form of restriction on military service for a period of 8 months with deduction to the income of the state of 10 per cent of his allowance, with the additional punishment of deprivation of the right to hold positions in the civil service in the field of organisational and administrative functions related to the education of subordinates, for a period of 2 years.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1000000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-18T07:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-18T07:45:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9zTNEWgiuzTQHD"},{"persecution_id":"recjaJwy8qe3XukZx","last_updated":"2024-11-24T12:37:23.000Z","person_id":"recSTKZttVdpYAoMw","name_en":"Sergey Bakanov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ryazan. Worked at the Bulat machine-building plant. In January 2023, a case was brought against him for rehabilitation of Nazism because of an anti-war publication on VKontakte. On 4 October 2023, Bakanov's home was searched. On 12 October, a case was brought against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because of three anti-war tweets. In November 2023, Bakanov was fired from the plant after the director received a call from an investigator to summon Bakanov to the entrance hall. On 15 November, Bakanov was formally charged with contempt of commemoration, but the case was dropped the next day. On 19 November 2024, Bakanov was sentenced to two and a half years' probation on the defamation case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ryazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-RYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Bakanov's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"Three anti-war tweets became the reason for the case. In July 2023, the court fined Bakanov 45,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The reason was a post on Vkontakte about the bombing of civilian objects in Ukraine by the Russian military.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjaJwy8qe3XukZx"},{"persecution_id":"recaOtBPzAhnbIFa7","last_updated":"2026-02-17T17:36:00.000Z","person_id":"receejGWvcb4wyY4t","name_en":"Dmitry Stronov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was a soldier serving in Karelia, formerly a citizen of Ukraine. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces, presumably because of conversations with fellow soldiers. He pleaded guilty, the case was considered under special procedure. On 17 August 2023, Stronov was sentenced to a fine of 700 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":228,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["private conversation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Stronov's case of \"fake news\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-27/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of the case were the statements he allegedly made in the presence of fellow soldiers: that the Russian military killed civilians in Bucha, that the Russian army does not destroy military equipment of the Armed Force of Ukraine, but shells civilians, and that Russian soldiers fight \"under drugs\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.08.2023, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 700 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 700 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":700000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-17T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-17T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recaOtBPzAhnbIFa7"},{"persecution_id":"rec10KHmsgGqssvGm","last_updated":"2026-02-17T17:34:58.000Z","person_id":"recogtRrPQAlGJrAp","name_en":"Yuri Rozneritsa","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The serviceman, a combat veteran, served in the Murmansk region, presumably a resident of the Krasnodar Territory. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On July 21, 2023, he was sentenced to 2,5 years in a general regime colony. Later, part of the term was replaced by compulsory labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Severomorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":201,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of a serviceman of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces in the Murmansk region","case_number":"1-6/2023","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 08.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.08.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.07.2023, Sentence:  2 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":" 2 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2023-07-21T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-07-21T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec10KHmsgGqssvGm"},{"persecution_id":"recG0TrmNHUx6Pjdf","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recy0hy38rmcKqGPL","name_en":"Aleksandr Shchetinin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attH2zrrrvTODdrnJ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attH2zrrrvTODdrnJ.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Konakovo, Tver Region. On 21 June 2023, he was charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under anti-extremism laws solely for their religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, and attracting new followers. On 27 March 2025, Shchetinin was sentenced to six years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Konakovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":645,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tverskoy District"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Tver region","case_number":"12107280001075037","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with fellow believers from Konakovo, he \"discussed the Bible via Zoom video conferencing, and also spoke about biblical teachings to residents of the Konakovo district.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.03.2025 to 02.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty, prohibition of engagement in activities related to the placement of appeals and other materials in public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty, prohibition of engagement in activities related to the placement of appeals and other materials in public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-10-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/07/d44535/?sphrase_id=2007764\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recG0TrmNHUx6Pjdf"},{"persecution_id":"rec5gKJKv0mcGgqaZ","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recQFvn396MuebTCa","name_en":"Oleg Katamov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atthEaVQO1xMaWoTQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atthEaVQO1xMaWoTQ.jpg"],"birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-01-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Oleg Katamov is a resident of Konakovo. On 21 June 2023, he was charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted in Russia under extremist provisions solely for their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services, and recruiting new adherents. On 27 March 2025, Katamov was sentenced to six years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Street cleaners"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Konakovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":645,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tverskoy District"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Tver region","case_number":"12107280001075037","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with his fellow believers from Konakovo, he “discussed the Bible via Zoom video calls and spoke to residents of the Konakovo district about biblical teachings.”","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.03.2025 to 02.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2025, Sentence: 6 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, 1 year of restricted liberty, and a 3-year ban on engaging in activities involving the publication of appeals or other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, 1 year of restricted liberty, and a 3-year ban on engaging in activities involving the publication of appeals or other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 12-10-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/07/d44535/?sphrase_id=2007764\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec5gKJKv0mcGgqaZ"},{"persecution_id":"recsu3U5fFmpxICFB","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recOSSKxV63FqRVTo","name_en":"Nikita Zhuravel","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZGqV4kbx6BxXWM.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZGqV4kbx6BxXWM.jpg"],"birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Volgograd. On May 21, 2023, he was detained and remanded in custody the next day because, according to the investigation, he burned a Quran near a mosque in Volgograd. \nIn a video taken after his detention, Zhuravel says that he was contacted by \"SBU officers\" and, acting on their instructions, purchased a Quran and burned it. After that, he \"sent the video materials to the SBU officers,\" who \"had to pay 10 000 rubles.\"\nThe very next day, Zhuravel’s case was transferred to the Investigative Committee of Chechnya for further investigation. This decision was explained by reference to “numerous appeals from residents of the Chechen Republic requesting to be recognized as victims.”\nIt later became known that in the video, which became the reason for the case, Zhuravel burns not the Quran itself, but \"The Light of the Holy Quran\" - a book containing the text of the Quran and its interpretation, which has been designated as extremist material in the Russian Federation.\nIn August 2023, Zhuravel reported that he was beaten in a Grozny pre-trial detention centre by Adam Kadyrov, the 15-year-old son of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. Kadyrov Sr. later confirmed that his son had beaten Zhuravel. Ramzan Kadyrov and other senior officials in Chechnya said they were proud of Kadyrov Jr.'s act. On October 12, Ramzan Kadyrov published on his Telegram channel a video of his own conversation with Zhuravel, during which Zhuravel stated that he intended to convert to Islam.\nOn February 27, 2024, Zhuravel was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony.\nIn October 2024, it became known that a case on charges of high treason had also been initiated against Zhuravel: according to the investigation, even before burning the Quran, he sent information to Ukraine about the movement of Russian military transport. On November 25, 2024, he was sentenced to 13 and a half years in a strict regime colony.\nIn March 2026, Zhuravel's lawyer said that there had been no information about his client for three months. The Federal Penitentiary Service responded that they had already notified Zhuravel's mother of his whereabouts and that he had received a letter from his mother on January 21. His mother states that she did not receive any notifications and did not write letters to her son in the colony, as she does not know where he is.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd","Grozny"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast","Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG","RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_days_from_verdict":282,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148","213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 148","Part 2, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Zhuravel's case of burning the Koran","case_number":"1-73/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, he burned the Koran \"no later than 19 May\" 2023 near the mosque on Povorinskaya Street in Volgograd, filmed the burning on a video camera and distributed the recording on Telegram.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2023 to 20.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n• in custody: from 22.05.2023 to 01.05.2023\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.05.2023 to 22.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.02.2024, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-27T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-11-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zhuravel-nikita-sergeevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recsu3U5fFmpxICFB"},{"persecution_id":"recIvFXjRzl71D578","last_updated":"2024-05-30T11:10:11.000Z","person_id":"recXB3GnF08PjfW6A","name_en":"Pavel Zatolokin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A serviceman who served in the Murmansk region. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 26 September 2023, the court passed a verdict, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Severomorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":268,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Second case of a serviceman about \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces in Murmansk region","case_number":"1-14/2023","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.09.2023","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-26T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-26T15:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIvFXjRzl71D578"},{"persecution_id":"recUgFOzgEdcjwMDn","last_updated":"2025-12-19T13:02:25.000Z","person_id":"reckYoXQIug7YHWQ7","name_en":"Alexei Gorinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUaA3DFEWTSzZZJ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUaA3DFEWTSzZZJ.jpg"],"birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Deputy of the Krasnoselsky Municipal District in Moscow.\n\nHe was detained on 26 April 2022 after a search. The following day, the court ordered his placement in custody under a criminal case on the dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces, following his statement at a meeting of the municipal council that it was inappropriate to hold a children’s drawing competition while children were dying in the war. On 5 May, the court limited Gorinov’s period for familiarisation with the case materials to 6 May, although he had only begun to review the case on 4 May, and spent more than half of 5 May in court. The Moscow Helsinki Group reported that he was held in torturous conditions in the pre-trial detention centre: the cell in which he was placed held seven people, although it was designed for four, and during his detention he had to sleep on a concrete floor.\n\nOn 8 July, Gorinov was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.\n\nIn September, it became known that the hearing of the appeal against the verdict would be held behind closed doors. Later, the presiding judge stated that such a decision was made for security reasons, as threats had previously been received against the judge of the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow who had delivered the original verdict.\n\nOn 19 September, the appellate court reduced Gorinov’s sentence by one month.\n\nIn December, it became known that Gorinov was not receiving medical assistance in the colony. After the situation became public, he was transferred to the hospital at a neighbouring penal colony.\n\nOn 29 June 2023, Gorinov wrote in a letter that he was being woken every two hours during the night — this was how the administration checked whether he had escaped.\n\nIn October 2023, Gorinov was placed in a pre-trial detention centre after it became known that a new criminal case had been initiated against him for publicly justifying terrorism, based on a conversation with other prisoners in the hospital. In the detention centre, he was regularly subjected to searches, and his letters were not delivered to him.\n\nLater, he was returned to the penal colony. He reported that he was being forced to clear snow despite having a high temperature. In December 2023, a lawyer who visited Gorinov in the colony stated that he was in very poor condition, had almost no strength to sit or speak, was suffering from bronchitis in an active stage, had a fever and constant chills, and was experiencing difficulty breathing, while his medicines had been confiscated and not returned, and the doctor was merely taking his temperature and leaving.\n\nIn March 2024, in a letter from Gorinov, it became known that he was again being deprived of sleep in the colony, as he was classified as prone to escape. Subsequently, he was also registered as prone to suicide.\n\nOn 29 November 2024, in the case of public justification of terrorism, Gorinov was sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. The day before, he had been placed on record as prone to terrorist activity.\n\nIn December 2024, it became known that the heating in Gorinov’s cell had been turned off and he had not been provided with a blanket. Shortly after this information became public, the heating was turned back on.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladimir"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":425,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Gorinov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The criminal case was initiated over Gorinov’s conversations with other inmates in the prison hospital about the attack on the Crimean Bridge (he explained the explosion by saying that “there is a war going on”) and about the Azov Regiment (when another inmate called them “evil spirits,” he replied that they were the Armed Forces).\n\nThe investigation also claims that Gorinov is “a supporter of nationalist ideology,” “holds negative attitudes” toward residents of Crimea, Donetsk, and Lugansk regions, supports the violent return of Crimea to Ukraine, and “recognizes the ideology and practice of terrorism as correct, deserving of support and emulation.”","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2023 to 01.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.12.2023\n• in custody:  to 05.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• in custody: from 05.09.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• in custody:  to 03.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• Unknown: , KTB-12 of the Altai Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• punishment cell: from 10.09.2025 to 24.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• cell-type room: from 24.09.2025 to 24.11.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.11.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.11.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Altai Territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.11.2024, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, taking into account the outstanding sentence - 5 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, taking into account the outstanding sentence - 5 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-29T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUgFOzgEdcjwMDn"},{"persecution_id":"receEms9IzSgGi5Dq","last_updated":"2025-10-31T09:30:47.000Z","person_id":"recgnM79qEuKK4Puu","name_en":"Dmitrii Vitushkin","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"St. Petersburg journalist, local historian, administrator of the \"Ingermanlandia\" group in VKontakte. On 12 October 2023 his home was searched. The next day the court sent him into custody in the case of spreading deliberately false information on the Internet about the activities of the USSR during the Second World War and insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. On 10 April 2024, Vitushkin was subjected to a measure of restrain in the form of a ban on certain actions.\n\nIn June 2025, during the trial, the prosecutor's office dropped one of the two charges - insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. It was brought because of a comment in the community \"Ingermanlandia\" in \"VKontakte\": \"With your \"Leningrad land\" go to other GROUPS. We do not welcome the glorification of terrorism here\". The prosecution dropped the accusation after a re-examination found no signs of explicit disrespect for society in the comment.\n\nOn 25 June the court sentenced Vitushkin to a year in a penal colony. Due to the deduction of time spent in the pre-trial detention centre, he must spend one day in the colony. He was also given a three-year ban on administering websites and posting materials on the Internet.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":622,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Vitushkin's case of the rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The basis for the criminal prosecution was a series of comments made under a post in the \"Ingermanlandia\" Vkomtakte group, which were deemed to discredit the liberation of Leningrad from the blockade, involving the falsification of historical facts. The investigation considers Vitushkin to be the administrator of the group. The post in question discussed the biography of Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä, who fought in the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940. In the comments, posted on behalf of the group, Häyhä was claimed to be \"a worthy role model\", as by killing Soviet soldiers, he was \"defending his homeland from occupiers - allies of Nazi Germany\". According to the investigation, these comments - allegedly published by the \"Ingermanlandia\" group administrator - constitute \"a denial and falsification of historical facts established by the International Tribunal at Nuremberg\" and \"discredit the liberation of Leningrad from fascist invaders\", thereby insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.10.2023 to 13.10.2023\n• in custody: from 13.10.2023 to 10.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 10.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.06.2025, Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment in an open prison with the deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to administering websites and posting materials in information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's imprisonment in an open prison with the deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to administering websites and posting materials in information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-25T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-25T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-12-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dmitriya-vitushkina/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"receEms9IzSgGi5Dq"},{"persecution_id":"recH4k0hwJ53rfQzX","last_updated":"2026-05-01T20:23:44.000Z","person_id":"recxKddRqh12IqdOv","name_en":"Igor Sergunin","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A lawyer who represented the interests of Alexei Navalny. On 13 October 2023, searches took place at his home and in the office of the Dalet Bar Association. On the same day, Sergunin was taken into custody as part of a case of participation in the activities of an extremist community. On 17 January 2025, Sergunin was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. On 23 April 2026, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":462,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny","The case of Navalny's lawyers of participation in an extremist community"],"case_name_en":"The case of Igor Sergunin, Vadim Kobzev and Aleksei Liptser","case_number":"1-190/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"using his status in providing legal assistance for access to the correctional facility, he ensured the regular transfer of information between the leaders, participants of the extremist association and Navalny A.A., who thus continued to perform the functions of the leader and head of the extremist association in planning, preparing, creating conditions and committing extremist offences\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation (\"Kremlin Central\")\n• in custody:  to 22.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.09.2025 to 23.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• Unknown: from 24.04.2026 to 22.04.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.01.2025, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, ban on rendering legal services for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, ban on rendering legal services for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-17T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-17T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 13 October 2023, he was detained in Kovrov (Vladimir region), when he was on his way to the colony where Navalny was held — on that day his client was to have a regular court hearing on a lawsuit against the colony administration. It became known that a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was initiated against Kobzev. The court sent him to custody. On 17 January 2025, Kobzev was sentenced to five and a half years' in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":462,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny","The case of Navalny's lawyers of participation in an extremist community"],"case_name_en":"The case of Igor Sergunin, Vadim Kobzev and Aleksei Liptser","case_number":"1-190/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"using his status in providing legal assistance for access to the correctional facility, he ensured the regular transfer of information between the leaders, participants of the extremist community and Navalny A.A., who thus continued to perform the functions of the leader and head of the extremist community in planning, preparing, creating conditions and committing extremist offences\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.10.2023 to 18.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: from 18.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation (\"Kremlin Central\")\n• in custody:  to 22.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.01.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, 3 years' ban on rendering legal services ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, 3 years' ban on rendering legal services ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-17T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-17T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-11-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recCbfsU6ouIXT4wB"},{"persecution_id":"recM3RYdO5bdxeI98","last_updated":"2026-02-12T16:30:44.000Z","person_id":"recQjLo8xz0lgIzmH","name_en":"Aleksei Liptser","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attsspmAo6ORcVs6W.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attsspmAo6ORcVs6W.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A lawyer who represented the interests of those prosecuted in political cases, in particular Alexei Navalny. On 13 October 2023, searches took place at his home and in the office of the Dalet Bar Association. On the same day, Liptser was taken into custody in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist community.\n\nHe has vascular problems, which he has reported in letters.\n\nOn 17 January 2025, Liptser was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":462,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny","The case of Navalny's lawyers of participation in an extremist community"],"case_name_en":"The case of Igor Sergunin, Vadim Kobzev and Aleksei Liptser","case_number":"1-190/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"using his status in providing legal assistance for access to the correctional facility, he ensured the regular transfer of information between the leaders, participants of the extremist community and Navalny A.A., who thus continued to perform the functions of the head of the extremist community in planning, preparing, creating conditions and committing extremist offences\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.10.2023 to 18.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: from 18.10.2023 to 08.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation (\"Kremlin Central\")\n• in custody: from 08.05.2024 to 01.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• in custody:  to 22.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.09.2025 to 01.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• Unknown: from 05.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.01.2025, Sentence: 5 years'  imprisonment in a general regime colony, prohibition to provide legal services for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years'  imprisonment in a general regime colony, prohibition to provide legal services for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-17T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-17T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-11-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recM3RYdO5bdxeI98"},{"persecution_id":"recPrqq99dkuCtdQi","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recA3Vxnnpecu2YXM","name_en":"Lenard Valeev","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Theatre director, activist. Previously, he participated in protest actions organised by Navalny's headquarters and was brought to administrative responsibility under the article on violation of the rules of holding public events. In particular, Valeev was arrested for three days under the article on organising an uncoordinated event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the CAO) because of his call to go out to an anti-war rally on 2 April 2022.\nIn 2023, a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Valeev because of several posts. On 18 December 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 360 thousand rubles.\nA case of incitement to hatred was also brought against Valeev.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Prokopyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Lenard Valeev's case of incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case, presumably, was a comment on VKontakte about Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebellion, where he called Russia \"a henhouse, where everyone quacks on his roost, beating his wings, but to no avail,\" and Russians to be \"not citizens, but a passive population with no opinion of their own.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPrqq99dkuCtdQi"},{"persecution_id":"rec97g0ndhusJD3WG","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"rec2taYuNuv7YtzXf","name_en":"Dmitry Vishnyakov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0TV63wm7KUugKH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0TV63wm7KUugKH.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Cherepovets. On 30 August 2023, he was detained on his way out of his home. According to Vishnyakov, after the brutal detention he had abrasions on his limbs. On 21 September, he was detained again and placed in a temporary detention centre for 24 hours pending trial for public justification of terrorism. The investigation demanded to send Vishnyakov to a pre-trial detention centre, but the judge refused, leaving the man free. Later Vishnyakov was made a witness in the case of Igor Shchenkov from Vologda, who was charged under the same article. Vishnyakov managed to leave Russia despite his passport being seized. He was put on a wanted list.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherepovets"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Vishnyakov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was the reposting of a video on VKontakte about blowing up the Crimean bridge.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.09.2023 to 22.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec97g0ndhusJD3WG"},{"persecution_id":"reckJaL45wb6gaubp","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:41.000Z","person_id":"recuUMPLSTeSAwlkb","name_en":"Eugene Abramovsky","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Tomsk resident, entrepreneur. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He left Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgeny Abramovsky's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for criminal prosecution was the repost of blogger Michael Naki's video \"Lice. Frostbite. Death. How do Russian mobilised people live and die?\". The publication was made on 3 February 2023 in \"VKontakte\". On 1 September, Abramovsky was twice fined 40,000 rubles each under this article. On 2 September, he was fined 30,000 rubles under the same article. The reason for all the fines was pickets calling on Putin to withdraw troops from Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 22-11-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/11/d48971/?sphrase_id=2656182\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"reckJaL45wb6gaubp"},{"persecution_id":"recU9cdiz6BteFXU4","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"recFMcuWwXplQlPPE","name_en":"Alexei Ivanov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Vologda region. In August 2022, he staged a solitary protest against the war, was detained and threatened with a criminal case. Later, a report was issued on him under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of anti-war publications on VKontakte; on November 25, Ivanov was fined 30,000 rubles. On August 9, 2023, Ivanov's relatives in Cherepovets, Totma and the village of Ankimarovo, Sheksna district, Vologda region, were searched in a treason case. All equipment was taken from them without issuing confiscation protocols. Ivanov's relatives were held for about six hours for interrogation. On the same day, Ivanov himself was put on the wanted list. In October 2023, a case was initiated against Ivanov for public justification of terrorism.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherepovets"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Ivanov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"Ivanov suggests that the treason case was launched because of his publications on ways to provide financial aid to Ukraine via cryptocurrency.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recU9cdiz6BteFXU4"},{"persecution_id":"recWKOaNKad7mD1Ka","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:48:16.000Z","person_id":"recPsaeap77mnpMoK","name_en":"Mark Feigin","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Mark Feygin, a former State Duma deputy and former lawyer, previously defended Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in the Pussy Riot “punk prayer” case, as well as Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who was accused of killing Russian journalists. He is the host of the YouTube channel Feigin LIVE, which focuses on the war in Ukraine. Feygin is also one of the leaders of the “Congress of People’s Deputies”, a Polish-founded gathering of former Russian lawmakers that has been designated an “undesirable organisation”. In April 2022, he was added to the register of “foreign agents”.\n\nIn October 2023, it emerged that Feygin had been declared wanted in a case concerning alleged “fakes” about the Russian army. In January 2024, it was reported that he had been arrested in absentia. On 16 July 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to 11 years in prison.\n\nIn November 2025, Feygin was again arrested in absentia, this time in connection with a case of illegal border crossing for entering the territory of Suja when it was under the control of the Ukrainian army.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":289,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mark Feigin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0372/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was based on two broadcasts and interviews with Israeli and Ukrainian channels. In particular, Feygin spoke about the events in Bucha and Uman.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 26.01.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.07.2024, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-16T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-16T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWKOaNKad7mD1Ka"},{"persecution_id":"recxRNCQeM02Ou1eZ","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"recXqciWYCLaI8x5D","name_en":"Sergei Lintsov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attB9Tt9Cdq48amsy.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attB9Tt9Cdq48amsy.jpeg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. Allegedly, Lintsov served as the deputy chief doctor at the Leningrad Regional Oncological Dispensary and had ties to the Velikoe Otechestvo party (Great Fatherland party). He spent six years in the Russian army, reportedly resigning with difficulty in 2013.\n\nSince September 2023, Lintsov has been in custody on charges of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 27 September 2024, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony. However, on 21 January 2025, an appeal court extended his sentence by a year.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers","Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":373,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces in St. Petersburg","case_number":"1-123/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case concerns a specific video. There are reports of a former serviceman who, according to investigators, created a Telegram channel after the start of the war. In this channel, the serviceman allegedly spoke about crimes committed by the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine. It is believed that this serviceman was Lintsov. The channel reportedly had 140 subscribers. ","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2023 to 21.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.09.2024, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites on electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites on electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":12,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-12-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-sergeya-linczova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recxRNCQeM02Ou1eZ"},{"persecution_id":"recYitn90A7YQ7lZt","last_updated":"2026-02-17T15:10:51.000Z","person_id":"recKfYy6hRcUj0qBc","name_en":"Denis Mamedov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A former employee of the North Caucasus Regional Forensic Expertise Centre of the Ministry of Justice, he lived in Stavropol. After his wife Maria Mamedova was threatened for refusing to organise fundraising for mobilised people, they left Russia. Two weeks after their departure, law enforcers visited Mamedov's parents. After leaving Russia, the Mamedovs began to actively make anti-war publications on social networks. In addition, the couple sent an anti-war letter to the work email addresses of all Russian laboratories and forensic centres, and sent several dozen complaints to government agencies demanding an end to the war. In response, government agencies threatened the activists with criminal proceedings. As a result, a case of spreading \"fakes\" about the army was brought against both activists. They were put on a wanted list. On 17 October 2023, the court ruled to arrest them in absentia. On 12 April, Mammadov was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison.\nLater it became known that a case of terrorism facilitation was opened against Mammadov and he was arrested in absentia.\nOn 4 July 2024, Mammadov was sentenced in absentia to 16 years in the case of terrorism facilitation.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":178,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of Denis and Mariia Mamedov of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces"],"case_name_en":"Denis Mamedov's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0202/2024","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measures_en":"• : from 17.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.04.2024, Sentence: 8 years 6 months imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 6 months imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-12T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-12T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYitn90A7YQ7lZt"},{"persecution_id":"recrQS7ZvCZcazn4c","last_updated":"2024-11-13T09:12:01.000Z","person_id":"rec6ZEe2JPQvwe5Cj","name_en":"Maria Mamedova","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She lived in Stavropol and worked as an HR manager at the regional forensic expertise centre of the Ministry of Justice. After mobilisation was announced, she was asked to organise fundraising for the mobilised, and was threatened, after her refusal. She left Russia together with her husband. Two weeks after the couple left, law enforcement officers came to Mamedova's parents' house. After leaving Russia, the Mamedovs began to actively make anti-war publications on social networks. After that, Maria's pages in \"VKontakte\" and \"Odnoklassniki\" were blocked. In addition, the couple sent an anti-war letter to the work email addresses of all Russian laboratories and forensic centres, and sent several dozen complaints to government agencies demanding an end to the war. In response, government agencies threatened the activists with criminal proceedings. As a result, a case of spreading \"fakes\" about the army was brought against both activists. They were put on a wanted list. On 17 October 2023, the court ruled on the arrest in absentia.\nLater it became known that a case of assisting in terrorism was also brought against Mamedova. On 26 June 2024, she was sentenced in absentia to 14 years in this case.\nOn 5 July 2024, Mamedova was sentenced to eight years in absentia in the \"fakes\" case.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Former officials"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":262,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of Denis and Mariia Mamedov of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces"],"case_name_en":"Maria Mamedova's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0201/2024","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measures_en":"• : from 17.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.07.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-05T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-05T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recrQS7ZvCZcazn4c"},{"persecution_id":"rec5sq54T9C9AoqDi","last_updated":"2024-10-30T17:11:52.000Z","person_id":"recYCf6nWPz0Axyg6","name_en":"Pavel Muntean","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Cartoonist, author of the Mr. Freeman series. In April 2023, he was added to the register of \"foreign agents\". At that time, the Ministry of Justice explained this decision by the fact that the cartoonist \"participated in fundraising in support of Ukraine.\" On October 18, it became known that Muntyan had been charged with disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On September 6, 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":614,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Muntean's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0529/2024","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 27.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.09.2024, Sentence: 8 years' deprivation of liberty in absentia with a ban on administering Internet pages for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' deprivation of liberty in absentia with a ban on administering Internet pages for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-06T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-06T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5sq54T9C9AoqDi"},{"persecution_id":"recaNlGU4DHTgXAeM","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:33:38.000Z","person_id":"recSzcxpkINB6EQ3S","name_en":"Oleg Kuvaev","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Cartoonist, author of the series \"Masyanya\". From the very beginning of the full-scale invasion, he spoke out against the actions of the Russian army, including in the cartoon series. In March 2022, the site mult.ru with issues of \"Masyanya\" was included in the register of banned materials. Separately, Roskomnadzor blocked the page with the episode \"Wakizashi\": in this episode, the heroine brings Vladimir Putin a short Japanese sword wakizashi, which was used by samurai for ritual suicide.\n\nIn October 2023, it was reported that a criminal case was opened against Kuvaev for public calling for activities directed against the security of the state. In December, the Ministry of Internal Affairs put him on the wanted list. In the same month, the Ministry of Justice added the cartoonist to the list of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn September 2025, Baza reported that Kuvaev had been prosecuted for evading his duties as a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 280.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Kuvaev's case on calls for activities against the security of the state","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case, according to the \"Mash on Moika\" telegram channel, was one of the episodes, at the end of which Masyanya urges Russian soldiers to surrender with the help of the \"I want to live\" project created by the Ukrainian GRU.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recaNlGU4DHTgXAeM"},{"persecution_id":"recCNi1SZGWnIdW8J","last_updated":"2025-09-22T14:54:21.000Z","person_id":"rec8GXTWFbCunTkOD","name_en":"Alsu Kurmasheva","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia","USA"],"story_en":"Editor of the Tatar-Bashkir service of Radio Liberty. For many years she has been covering the problems of ethnic minorities in the Volga-Ural region of Russia, and has raised issues of protection and preservation of the Tatar language and culture against the background of increasing pressure of the Russian authorities on the indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation in recent years. Kurmasheva had been living in Prague and came to Kazan for family reasons in mid-May 2023. On 2 June, when she was planning to leave, she was detained at the airport. The journalist's Russian and American passports were confiscated, after which a case was opened against her. On 11 October 2023, the court sentenced her to a fine, the amount is unknown. After the verdict in this case, Kurmasheva remained in Russia, waiting for the return of her documents. On 18 October 2023, she was detained as part of a case for failure to perform the duties of a \"foreign agent\" in connection with the collection of information on military activities. On 23 October, the court sent her to custody.\nIn December 2023, it was reported that a case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces was brought against Kurmasheva. 19 July 2024 sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony.\nOn 1 August 2024, Kurmasheva was released as part of prisoner  exchange between the Russian Federation and the United States.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 330.1"],"case_name_en":"Alsu Kurmasheva's case for failure to fulfil her duties as a \"foreign agent\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she received some information about the teachers of one of Tatarstan's universities who had been mobilised into the army.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.10.2023 to 23.10.2023\n• in custody: from 23.10.2023 to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-11-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kurmasheva-alsu-hamidovna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recCNi1SZGWnIdW8J"},{"persecution_id":"recXuVr9kA14Ele1w","last_updated":"2025-09-22T14:54:21.000Z","person_id":"rec8GXTWFbCunTkOD","name_en":"Alsu Kurmasheva","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia","USA"],"story_en":"Editor of the Tatar-Bashkir service of Radio Liberty. For many years she has been covering the problems of ethnic minorities in the Volga-Ural region of Russia, and has raised issues of protection and preservation of the Tatar language and culture against the background of increasing pressure of the Russian authorities on the indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation in recent years. Kurmasheva had been living in Prague and came to Kazan for family reasons in mid-May 2023. On 2 June, when she was planning to leave, she was detained at the airport. The journalist's Russian and American passports were confiscated, after which a case was opened against her. On 11 October 2023, the court sentenced her to a fine, the amount is unknown. After the verdict in this case, Kurmasheva remained in Russia, waiting for the return of her documents. On 18 October 2023, she was detained as part of a case for failure to perform the duties of a \"foreign agent\" in connection with the collection of information on military activities. On 23 October, the court sent her to custody.\nIn December 2023, it was reported that a case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces was brought against Kurmasheva. 19 July 2024 sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony.\nOn 1 August 2024, Kurmasheva was released as part of prisoner  exchange between the Russian Federation and the United States.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":131,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 330.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 330.2"],"case_name_en":"Alsu Kurmasheva's case of failure to notify of second citizenship","persecution_case_profile_en":"Failed to notify the Russian authorities of her US citizenship.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.10.2023, Sentence: a fine of 10 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 10 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":10000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-11T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-11T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXuVr9kA14Ele1w"},{"persecution_id":"recQaPaCSs9SO6mZW","last_updated":"2025-03-27T17:35:19.000Z","person_id":"rec1Pmko5Xkj7COVh","name_en":"Artemy Perevozchikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZm8zW9naZvMEIr.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZm8zW9naZvMEIr.jpg"],"birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Udmurtia. On 23 March 2023, he was detained in Izhevsk because of anti-war inscriptions, after which he was taken into custody in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation (part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code): the investigation believes that Perevozchikov painted inscriptions against war and in support of Navalny on the instructions of the politician's local headquarters. At the end of August 2023, the case was transferred from Udmurtia to the central office of the Investigative Committee, and Perevozchikov was transferred to Moscow. Then he was returned to Izhevsk. It became known that the charge was reclassified: he was charged with vandalism and participation in the activities of an extremist community. On 26 August 2024 Perevozchikov was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. 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Memorial:\n Date: 24-11-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-uchastii-v-ekstremistskih-organizacziyah-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recQaPaCSs9SO6mZW"},{"persecution_id":"recAJDtoe403tNLbV","last_updated":"2024-12-10T22:58:38.000Z","person_id":"recfu6cD1JvK8mtv0","name_en":"Daniil Vodolagin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwIbEDNFnJ1oQmN.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwIbEDNFnJ1oQmN.jpg"],"birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Volgograd resident. In October 2023, a case of fakes about the Armed Forces was brought against him. The young man was taken into custody. On 15 July 2024, he was sentenced to 5.5 years prison sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":288,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Daniil Vodolagin's case about fakes about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-532/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in early April 2023, he posted a post that allegedly contained \"unreliable information\" about the actions of the Russian army. In the opinion of a linguistic expert, the post includes statements characterising the actions of the Russian military involved in a full-scale invasion of Ukraine as \"criminal, invasive and connected with the killing of civilians\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.10.2023 to 19.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• in custody: from 19.12.2023 to 17.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.09.2024 to 19.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.10.2024 to 28.04.2028, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.07.2024, Sentence: 5 years prison sentence in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years prison sentence in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-15T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-15T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-01-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-studenta-iz-volgograda-daniila-vodolagina/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recAJDtoe403tNLbV"},{"persecution_id":"recNxuLtGatyoS2Gm","last_updated":"2024-07-30T06:41:08.000Z","person_id":"recOWk6z5TId2IOcO","name_en":"Andrei V.","birth_year":1996,"age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Prokopyevsk, a miner. According to \"Kuzbass Without Extremism\", he painted the abbreviation \"RDK\" several times on the walls of buildings, as well as on the stele commemorating the miners of the Tsentralnaya mine who died in World War II. He was detained in September 2023. The detainee allegedly confessed that he did it \"on a tip-off from a foreign curator\" for money. He has been placed under recognisance not to leave.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Prokopyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of inscriptions on the RDK in Prokopyevsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"A criminal case was initiated because of the inscription \"RDK\" (Russian Volunteer Corps) on the stele commemorating the miners of the Tsentralnaya mine who died in World War II. Earlier, according to \"Kuzbass Without Extremism\", a man had already written the abbreviation \"RDK\" on the walls in Prokopyevsk, after which the police identified him on the basis of CCTV footage. The detainee allegedly confessed that he did it \"on a tip-off a foreign curator\" for money.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recNxuLtGatyoS2Gm"},{"persecution_id":"recrPeqxlBuFQt08C","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec7QIsWXntetEdUw","name_en":"Dmitry Sh.","birth_year":2001,"age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Izhevsk. A case of vandalism was brought against him because of the inscription \"insulting Putin\" on the Central Square of the city, as well as swastikas on a poster with photos of citizens who contributed to the development of Udmurtia. The case was initially brought under the first part of the article, then the charge was reclassified to the more serious second article, vandalism motivated by hatred. The man was sentenced to six months of restricted freedom.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"case_name_en":"Vandalism case in Izhevsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Ostorozhno Novosti (Telegram channel), Dmitry was tracked through cameras and detained on suspicion of putting inscriptions \"discrediting the Russian president\" as well as alleged Nazi symbols on Izhevsk's Central Square.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 05.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 06-11-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/11/d50630/?sphrase_id=2746411\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recrPeqxlBuFQt08C"},{"persecution_id":"rec4oPVosRioBwDTZ","last_updated":"2025-01-28T14:32:53.000Z","person_id":"reco8pZG8cI6ljI09","name_en":"Oleg Pronin","birth_year":1965,"age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. He was accused of drawing inscriptions \"as a sign of love and respect for the Ukrainian military and the head of the Ukrainian intelligence service\", as well as illegal possession of ammunition. On 14 October 2023, Pronin was placed in custody. He pleaded guilty, the case was considered under a special procedure. On 21 February 2024, he was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":126,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","222"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 1, Article 222"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Pronin's case about the inscription as a sign of respect for the military forces of Ukraine ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, motivated by political and national hatred, he painted black inscriptions and a drawing of a heart on the facades of the buildings in question, thus desecrating them. This drawing was interpreted as a sign of love and respect for the Ukrainian military and the head of the Ukrainian intelligence service. He also allegedly purchased and stored ammunition at his place of residence.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.10.2023 to 21.02.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 21.02.2024 to 17.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 17.07.2024 to 16.07.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.02.2024, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-16T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-16T09:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4oPVosRioBwDTZ"},{"persecution_id":"recsH44UmfRIe8xS6","last_updated":"2025-08-26T12:09:08.000Z","person_id":"rec4acEjw8hzCeixy","name_en":"Ruslan Bayazitov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attuv2N164jf4SN0D.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attuv2N164jf4SN0D.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A businessman from Kazan, founder of \"MELT\" - a company operating in the market of computer equipment and internet communications, and a number of other companies. In 2023 he was arrested for 14 days under the article on demonstration of prohibited symbols and fined 30,000 under the article on discrediting the army for anti-war statements. In August 2023 it became known that a case of incitement to hatred was brought against Bayazitov. The reason was a conversation in a video-chat, during which he, being drunk, said that he would gladly kill supporters of the war. He partially pleaded guilty, but noted that the recording was posted on the Internet without his knowledge.\nOn 22nd July 2024, during one session in the case, the court arrested the accounts of Bayazitov's wife for 600.000 rubles.\nOn 17th February 2025, Bayazitov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":542,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Bayazitov's case of incitement to hatred","case_number":"1-406/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution were the words of the businessman spoken in a non-public voice chat - the man in the video says that he \"hates Russians\", explaining that he does not mean all Russians, but only those who support the \"Special military operation\" (also known in Russia as abbreviating \"SVO\"). The video was published in the Telegram channel of the head of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina; according to her, she also wrote denunciations to the Investigative Committee and the Interior Ministry.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.08.2023 to 25.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.02.2025, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-17T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-17T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 14-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/racism-xenophobia/news/counteraction/2023/08/d48513/?sphrase_id=2008390\n• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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Detained in June 2023 for publications on the Internet 'containing calls to obstruct the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation'.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of a Sevastopol resident on calls to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted information aimed at discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and insulting statements against members of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as called for violence against law enforcement officers and members of their families, 'as well as for other extremist activities'. The law enforcers published a video from the man's interrogation, in which he says he admits his guilt and repents.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFaDVoW1OZV8JZc"},{"persecution_id":"recpiNJ4yzqFjoY81","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:00:05.000Z","person_id":"recTowSqQZWKK3T7A","name_en":"Alexey Sergeyev","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Turner, a resident of Yekaterinburg. On 5 September 2023, he was searched at his home, his laptop phone and data carriers were seized and he was released on his own recognisance. He was accused of justifying terrorism because of his comment about the murder of military officer Vladlen Tatarsky. He gave a confession to the police. On 10 March 2025, Sergeyev was sentenced to five years and three months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":552,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a machinist from Yekaterinburg on the justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version, shortly after the bombing in a St. Petersburg cafe of the war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky, left a comment under the photo of the IC with the consequences of the explosion, posted in one of the local blogs in \"VKontakte\": \"it's amazing with what surgical precision they removed the cancerous tumour\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 06.09.2023 to 10.03.2025\n• in custody: from 10.03.2025 to 19.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.06.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2025, Sentence: 5 years 3 months' imprisonment in a genereal regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 3 months' imprisonment in a genereal regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":63,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T15:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpiNJ4yzqFjoY81"},{"persecution_id":"rec5sQd438X6mf1Wc","last_updated":"2025-08-05T07:48:03.000Z","person_id":"recPMESYEGM245ZQ6","name_en":"Vladimir Filatov","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nakhodka, a former military sailor. He was taken into custody in July 2023. On 17 August 2023, Filatov was added to Rosfinmonitoring's list of terrorists and extremists. He was accused of public justification of terrorism because he expressed his approval of the murder of pro-Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky on social networks. On 25 July 2025, Filatov was removed from the list. This was probably because earlier he had been declared insane and sent to compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nakhodka"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Filatov's case of the justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution's version, he justified the murder of Z-propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky and \"propagandised the ideology of terrorism\" in one of the chat rooms on Telegram.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 19.09.2023\n• in custody: from 01.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5sQd438X6mf1Wc"},{"persecution_id":"rec15P0QP5Zx5BNLh","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recNjuUgCV8wU7Jup","name_en":"Fedor Konovalov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attb3yTMFkXajGk9H.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attb3yTMFkXajGk9H.jpeg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A cleaner at the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia Named After D. D. Shostakovich. In a conversation with journalists, the director of the Philharmonia noted that Konovalov has been disabled since childhood. He was detained on 21 August 2023 and, on 23 August, placed in custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism in connection with putting up leaflets of a ‘Ukrainian paramilitary association recognised as a terrorist organisation by a decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation’. It later became known that Konovalov was also charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and with incitement to participate in terrorist activity.\n\nOn 3 October 2024, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict-regime penal colony, with the first three years to be served in prison. On 19 February 2025, on appeal, his sentence was reduced to 10 years and 9 months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":408,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","205.1","205.1","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 205.1","Part 1.1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of leaflets distribution of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion in St. Petersburg and Novgorod Oblast","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"colluded with representatives of two terrorist organisations based in Ukraine\", after which he received money from the \"handlers\" via the Internet. He allegedly used the money to print leaflets with calls to join the organisations and placed them in public places in St. Petersburg and one of the towns of Novgorod Oblast between spring 2022 and August 2023.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.08.2023\n• in custody:  to 19.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.10.2024, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment, with the first 3 years to be served in prison and the remaining term in a strict-regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment, with the first 3 years to be served in prison and the remaining term in a strict-regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":129,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-03T10:05:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-03T10:05:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-02-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-fyodora-konovalova-i-ivana-ladchenko/\n• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec15P0QP5Zx5BNLh"},{"persecution_id":"recAFo69Wyj8jmwfB","last_updated":"2025-07-19T09:35:49.000Z","person_id":"rec69XYSnzSW6kFm2","name_en":"Valery Zaitsev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attDEglThKmWGh4JE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attDEglThKmWGh4JE.png"],"birth_year":2008,"birth_date":"2008-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":17,"age_group_en":"under eighteen years old","age_persecution_began":15,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A schoolboy from Solnechny settlement in Khabarovsk Krai. He was detained on October 12, 2023 in the inpatient ward of the children's department of a tuberculosis clinic and sent to custody on charges of training for terrorist activities because of a video showing teenagers throwing Molotov cocktails at the wall of an abandoned building. His classmates noted in the Mediazona piece that Zaytsev has Ukrainian roots and \"supported Ukraine even before the start of the Special Military Operation.\" Later, Mediazona wrote that Zaytsev had been running anti-war groups on social networks before the case was initiated.\n\nLater it became known that Zaitsev was also accused of involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation: the investigation considered him involved in the activities of the Azov battalion.\n\nZaitsev's grandmother in a conversation with Mediazona suggested that the video with Molotov cocktails was filmed by a provocateur who acted as a secret witness at the trial. \"The provocateurs brought this petrol, showed how to do everything, and Valerka posted it,\" she told Mediazona.\n\nOn August 16, 2024, the young man was sentenced to four and a half years in an educational colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Solnechny"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":309,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","call for arson"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.3","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.3","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of throwing Molotov cocktails into a wall in Khabarovsk region"],"case_name_en":"Valery Zaitsev's case on preparing for a terrorist attack and participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a video posted in the Telegram channel, where teenagers throw Molotov cocktails at the wall of an abandoned building.\n\nAccording to the investigation, Zaytsev \"sympathised with the Ukrainian Azov\", and specifically \"engaged in practical activities and also supported Azov\". Valeriy was accused of undergoing training to prepare for a terrorist attack and participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• in custody:  to 11.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Khabarovsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Khabarovsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.08.2024, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in an educational colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (educational colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in an educational colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-16T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-16T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In custody on charges of undergoing training for terrorist activities because of a video in a Telegram channel showing teenagers throwing Molotov cocktails at the wall of an abandoned building, and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation - according to the investigation, he was involved in the activities of the Azov battalion. Later it became known that this article was not included in the case, and Turlaev was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and calls for terrorism.\n\nThe grandmother of another defendant in the case, Valeriy Zaitsev, suggested that the case was opened as a result of provocation: a certain person, who later appeared in court as a secret witness, filmed a video with throwing Molotov cocktails, which became the reason for opening the case.\n\nOn 13 November 2024, Turlaev was sentenced to 11 years in a strict-regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Solnechny"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":398,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of throwing Molotov cocktails into a wall in Khabarovsk region"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Turlaev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a video posted in the Telegram channel, where teenagers throw Molotov cocktails at the wall of an abandoned building.\n\nAccording to the investigation, he \"sympathised with the Ukrainian Azov\", namely administered \"groups and chats\" in Telegram and VKontakte, \"promoting the ideology of the battalion\". 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Gudkov left Russia.\n\nIn February 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn October 2023, it became known that a case was opened against Gudkov for spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces. On 21 August 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to eight years.\n\nOn 14 October 2025, the FSB reported the initiation of a case against Gudkov and other members of the \"Anti-War Committee of Russia\" for violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":325,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Gudkov's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0530/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating a case of \"fakes\" was a video from April 2022 on the YouTube channel \"Dmitry Gudkov\" entitled \"What has Putin's war in Ukraine led to?\". The following quote caught the attention of the security forces: \"Now the Russian army is openly terrorising the defiant population. It continues shelling cities, aiming at residential buildings and railway stations. In Bucha, Irpen, Borodyanka, Russian soldiers have left mountains of corpses. A professional army cannot act by such methods. This is the real genocide. If the Kremlin's goal was to kill civilians and terror, then Peskov is certainly right, Russia has successfully proved to the whole world that its leadership is no better than Al-Qaeda.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 27.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.08.2024, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in absentia with a ban on administering Internet sites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in absentia with a ban on administering Internet sites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-21T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-21T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8oOd9feTBCyZ8n"},{"persecution_id":"recUpIPsywJLVXgx0","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"rec5cr0SNoMRl0kw5","name_en":"Veronika Netunaeva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attRY5RzwoLo8zMn4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attRY5RzwoLo8zMn4.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A lawyer at the Uglich city administration. She was detained on July 14, 2023, and a criminal case was opened on the same day, accusing her of collecting data about the Uglich hydroelectric power plant on the instructions of an \"Ukrainian curator\" with the aim of committing a terrorist act. It is very likely that this \"curator\" was an employee of the special services, because all her trips to the power plant, which she made at the request of her interlocutor, who introduced himself as a Ukrainian serviceman, were recorded by the FSB. Netunayeva said in court that she suspected provocation but wanted to get to the bottom of it. In addition, according to her, the photos and coordinates of the plant that she sent to her interlocutor were useless and were no different from those publicly available.\nThe project \"Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial\" notes that, according to the case materials, the account of Netunaeva's interlocutor was linked to the same phone number as the account of the interlocutor of another resident of the Yaroslavl region, Valeriia Zotova, who was accused of committing a terrorist act after her attempt to set fire to a humanitarian aid collection point for Donbass after conversations with a man who introduced himself as an Ukrainian serviceman. The investigation did not try to find out who the phone belonged to.\nOn February 15, 2024, Netunaeva was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Uglich"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":210,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Veronika Netunaeva's case of preparation for a terrorist attack","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"together with other unidentified individuals from the city of Uglich\" Veronica transferred data on \"the location of strategically important facilities of the city's infrastructure,\" particularly, the Uglich nuclear power plan, to representatives of the AFU and SSU, using Telegram, WhatsApp and Instagram.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 10.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-13T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-13T15:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/netunaeva-veronika-nikolaevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recUpIPsywJLVXgx0"},{"persecution_id":"recsM8VGmRY8jXBqD","last_updated":"2026-02-20T16:02:22.000Z","person_id":"recPXOTupwGboKD0v","name_en":"Tatiana Solntseva","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Barnaul. She was detained in March 2023 as part of a case of confidential cooperation with foreigners because of her alleged correspondence with a representative of the Russian Freedom Legion. On 14 August, the case materials were submitted to the Altai Regional Court. On 27 September 2023 Solntseva was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. On 22 December, the court of appeal cancelled the verdict and sent the case for a new consideration. On 13 February 2024 Solntseva was sentenced to three years and 11 months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":210,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Tatyana Solntseva's case of correspondence with the Freedom of Russia Legion","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the autumn of 2022, she received a message on Telegram from a representative of the Freedom of Russia Legion. She was offered cooperation. She allegedly agreed and kept in touch with the legion for a month.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2023 to 07.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.05.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.09.2023, Sentence: 4 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2024, Sentence: 3 years 11 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 11 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":47,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-13T08:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/solnczeva-tatyana-aleksandrovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recsM8VGmRY8jXBqD"},{"persecution_id":"reckYmiCONvSe4Arh","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:41.000Z","person_id":"recXd72QKCH4FZL9Q","name_en":" Unknown male 54","birth_year":2002,"age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the city of Mirny (Yakutia). On 25 September 2023, he was accused of public calls for terrorism. According to the investigation, he pursued the idea of the republic's withdrawal from the Russian Federation and its unification with Turkic states, as well as propagandised the Azov brigade.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Mirny"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakha Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SA"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of justification of terrorism in Mirny","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB version, the man sent through Telegram materials aimed at the formation of terrorist ideology, pursued the idea of the Yakutia Republic's withdrawal from the Russian Federation and its unification with Turkic states, as well as propagandised the Azov Brigade.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckYmiCONvSe4Arh"},{"persecution_id":"recxm5kghna6lFDg5","last_updated":"2024-02-28T14:43:49.000Z","person_id":"recu8P99e3lZmisMq","name_en":"Islam Dadajanov","birth_year":1997,"age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Yekaterinburg, left Russia. On social networks he is in favour of Alexei Navalny and against the war. In September 2023, it was reported that he was detained and released with the recognisance not to lease as part of a case of public justification of terrorism. Dadazhanov claims that he has not travelled to Russia.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Islam Dadajanov on comments about the death of Vladlen Tatarsky","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he left critical comments in the VKontakte group dedicated to the military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky under the post about congratulating women on 8 March, where he approved of the murder.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxm5kghna6lFDg5"},{"persecution_id":"rec5ocQ4XwIRUGDR6","last_updated":"2025-02-25T06:38:07.000Z","person_id":"recAvIOXWBmorJYgE","name_en":"Vitalii Alekseev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attqMPFrxF6yYmVhI.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attqMPFrxF6yYmVhI.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former chief inspector of the Siberian Electronic Customs, served in the customs authorities for more than 20 years. He was detained on 5 September 2023, sent to a pre-trial detention centre on 11 September on charges of preparation for a terrorist act, justification of terrorism and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 22 March 2024, Alekseev was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Psychologists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":149,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.2","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vitalii Alekseev's case of the Legion of Freedom of Russia leaflets","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being dissatisfied with the current political regime on the territory of Russia, on 30 August 2023 he contacted representatives of the Freedom of Russia Legion and expressed his willingness to \"commit sabotage on the territory of the country\". He was assigned to post the organisation's leaflets around the city and was detained after he started distributing them. Also, according to law enforcement agencies, he passed to the terrorist organisation the data of customs officers, as well as about the enterprises of the defence-industrial complex of Krasnoyarsk. In addition, he planned to set fire to the building of the United Russia party for a reward of $10,000.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.09.2023 to 16.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.04.2024 to 01.07.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2024, FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.02.2024, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-01T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-01T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• \n Date: 18-07-2024\n Source: https://t.me/solidarity_zone/2783\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5ocQ4XwIRUGDR6"},{"persecution_id":"recXL4idKvdFUitVE","last_updated":"2025-07-10T12:41:49.000Z","person_id":"recxP0BHcvVOjitoy","name_en":"Eugene Mishchenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attssIs4BENBzEf3I.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attssIs4BENBzEf3I.jpg"],"birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, a regular participant of protest actions, volunteer of \"Nemtsov Bridge\". On September 11th Mishchenko was detained on the bridge. On September 13th, an ambulance was called to the Babushkinsky District Court, where a hearing to elect a preventive measure for the activist was held. Doctors found Mishchenko had fractures, and the man said that he had been beaten by law enforcers. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation: according to the investigation, he had joined the \"Freedom of Russia\" legion. Mishchenko claimed that he had confessed because he had been beaten and that he had been provoked into a number of statements and actions by an infiltrated agent. On October 9th 2024, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":394,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Yevgeny Mishchenko's case of participation in the  \"Freedom of Russia\" legion","case_number":"1-200/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no earlier than October 14th 2022 and no later than March 8th 2023, he decided to join the \"Freedom of Russia\" Legion: \"familiarised himself with propaganda materials on the Internet and began to support the ideology of the association\", and then contacted \"an unidentified person\" in a telegram, whom he informed of his desire to join the legion, \"offered to use his land plot in the village of Teploye, Smolensk region\" to place missile launchers and expressed his desire to monitor Russian strategic military facilities. No later than May 30th 2023, he joined the legion and carried out its tasks: he collected information about enterprises of the military-industrial complex, places of storage of military equipment, went to the military airfield in Kubinka, shot a video there and sent it to a person who corresponded with him on behalf of the legion.\nDuring the court hearings, Mishchenko also said that some of his actions were provoked by a man who called himself Alexei Karasev: Mishchenko met him near the Boris Nemtsov memorial. At the trial it turned out that \"Karasev\" was an embedded employee of the Centre for Countering Extremism, but the case file shows that he agreed to participate in the deception of Mishchenko after he joined the Legion. Mishchenko claimed that Karasev had been introduced earlier. According to him, the operative distorted his words.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.09.2023 to 13.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.10.2024, Sentence: 12 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-09T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-09T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/mishhenko-evgenij-olegovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recXL4idKvdFUitVE"},{"persecution_id":"recCFaGBNvSZUyu7i","last_updated":"2025-04-01T19:03:02.000Z","person_id":"recNm4nwKTBh0kREi","name_en":"Sergei Sosov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tula. He was arrested three times under part 1 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences (public display of prohibited symbols): twice for publications with Nazi symbols, which, in our view, were not aimed at promoting Nazism, and once for symbols of Navalny's structures. Sosov was also fined under part 2 of article 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offences (intentional public desecration of religious literature, objects of veneration, paraphernalia, or their defacement or destruction) for publishing collages with icons. A criminal case on the rehabilitation of Nazism was initiated against him because he published a collage with photos of the participants of the \"Immortal Regiment\" with portraits of veterans, instead of one of whom was Hitler. On 7 December 2023, Sosov was sentenced to three years of forced labour. In December 2024, Sosov was detained for evading the work, and the court placed him in custody on 20 December. Later his sentence was commuted to three years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tula"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":189,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Sosov's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a collage published on his page on the social network \"VKontakte\" in June 2021. It was a photo from the \"Immortal Regiment\", where the portrait of a veteran on one of the placards was replaced by a photo of Adolf Hitler.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.12.2024\n• in custody: from 05.06.2023 to 07.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.12.2023, Sentence: 3 years of forced labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of forced labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-07T09:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-07T09:45:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 06-06-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/06/d48203/?sphrase_id=2007552\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sosov-sergej-vasilevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recCFaGBNvSZUyu7i"},{"persecution_id":"recHhE8QEUJ5xIaHI","last_updated":"2025-02-07T11:30:18.000Z","person_id":"recLYVlLuQ3KiOkIW","name_en":"Alena Agafonova","birth_year":2000,"age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Samara. A case was initiated against her because of a video filmed in Volgograd near the \"To the Heroes of the Stalingrad Battle\" memorial complex, in which she pretends to \"tickle\" the chest of the \"Motherland Calls\" monument and hums a cheerful tune. Initially, the case was initiated under the article on the desecration of burial sites, but it was later reclassified as insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. After the video came to the attention of a blogger from Crimea, Alexander Talipov, who reports anti-war statements and other similar actions to the authorities, Agafonova publicly apologised. According to \"RIA Novosti\" media, she had been \"hiding from the investigation abroad for several months.\" On February 9, 2024, Agafonova returned to Russia and was detained at Moscow airport. On the same day, a court in Volgograd sent her to custody.\nOn April 5, 2024, Agafonova was sentenced to ten months of compulsory labor. Presumably, she served her sentence no later than the fall of 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":257,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Alena Agafonova's case of desecration of burial sites","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, while at the burial site on the territory of the cultural heritage site of federal significance \"Memorial Complex \"Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad\" on the Mamaev Kurgan\", she committed cynical, disregarding the norms of morality and ethics, the video recording of which she subsequently posted on the Internet.\n\nIn fact, Agafonova recorded a video where she stood not far from the monument \"Motherland Calls!\" and began to move her fingers in such a way that it seemed to the viewer that she was tickling the chest of the sculpture. She was humming a popular circus tune (the march \"Exit of the Gladiators\" by composer Julius Fuchik).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.02.2024 to 05.04.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 05.04.2024 to 23.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 01.01.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.04.2024, Sentence: 10 months of compulsory labor","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 months of compulsory labor","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-05T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-05T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-07-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/07/d48412/?sphrase_id=2007550\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-06-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/agafonova-alyona-anatolevna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recHhE8QEUJ5xIaHI"},{"persecution_id":"recjfukLW94ApBnxq","last_updated":"2025-01-28T14:36:38.000Z","person_id":"rec5vcJhVJASEOK5C","name_en":"Julia Globa","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bryansk region, an English language tutor, was born in Ukraine. On June 22nd 2023, at her home a search was conducted. Later, Yulia and her husband were questioned in the department of The Investigative Committee. A case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was opened against her. On June 27th 2024, she was sentenced to a two and a half year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Unecha"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":391,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Julia Globa on participation in Jehovah's Witnesses activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she conducted conversations in public places and residential premises with residents in order to promote its [banned organisation] activities, distribute corresponding literature, and involve others by persuasion.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 31.05.2023 to 11.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 11.07.2024 to 10.01.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.06.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-25T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-25T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-06-2023\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recjfukLW94ApBnxq"},{"persecution_id":"recqW7m0vMkOx73t0","last_updated":"2024-07-10T07:30:37.000Z","person_id":"recjkAdSxPBZ4RulC","name_en":"Roman Altukhov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In October 2023, it was reported that a case was opened against Roman Altukhov, a resident of Yasnaya Polyana, for discrediting the Armed Forces. The Telegram channel \"Tula. ExtremiZm\" posted a video showing Altukhov in handcuffs, apologising for \"repeatedly publishing materials on the Internet defaming and discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.\" He signed a covenant not to leave the country. On 6 May 2024, Altukhov was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 roubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Shchekino"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":218,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Roman Altukhov's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-101/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated following research on Leo Tolstoy's anti-war views published by Altukhov. In the summer of 2022, Altukhov was fined 30,000 roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of certain posts on his personal page on the VKontakte social network.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.10.2023 to 22.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.05.2024, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 100,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 100,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-06T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-06T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 22-11-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/publications/2023/11/d48971/?sphrase_id=2661740\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recqW7m0vMkOx73t0"},{"persecution_id":"recGi9kw6QV2Jy6UA","last_updated":"2026-05-01T22:25:52.000Z","person_id":"rec2WauaGDB6du2pQ","name_en":"Andrei Timin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attOIHCkWwWvScKNe.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attOIHCkWwWvScKNe.jpg"],"birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A contract soldier. Refused to go to war since February 2022. According to him, at first the command said that they would send them for training exercises, but he \"started to realise even then that it was a deception\". In September 2022, even before mobilisation was announced, Timin wrote a discharge report. He said that his fellow soldiers realised \"that no one needed it\". The report was not accepted and Timin was reinstated in October. While in the unit, he wore civilian clothes and went to work delivering pizzas after the morning formation. In addition to not wanting to participate in the war, the reason not to go there was family problems: Timin's younger sister was taken away from her mother and temporarily placed in an orphanage, her mother was threatened with deprivation of parental rights, and Timin was preparing to apply for guardianship. In February 2023, Timin was ordered to go to war, he again refused, after which a criminal case was filed against him in March. On 8 August 2023, Timin was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2.1,  Article 332 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["332"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2.1, Article 332"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Timin's case for failure to obey an order in wartime","persecution_case_profile_en":"Refused to go to the war.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 27 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.04.2026, Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 27 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-12-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-andreya-timina/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recGi9kw6QV2Jy6UA"},{"persecution_id":"reck3Ff2OAJWKaK2f","last_updated":"2026-01-16T22:41:27.000Z","person_id":"recS04DTk8TUhc7gr","name_en":"Andrei Shiyan","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Lesosibirsk, in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region. In November 2021, a series of searches were carried out in Lesosibirsk as part of a case against Valery Shits — during which FSB officers also searched the home of Andrei Shiyan. In April 2023, Shiyan was subjected to a second search. Paramedics were called to assist him twice.\n\nHe was charged with organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to his alleged involvement in the local community of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Members of the group are prosecuted under extremism laws solely for practising their faith — including holding meetings, worship services, and engaging new followers.\n\nOn 30 January 2024, Shiyan’s case was separated into a standalone proceeding. On 11 April, another search was carried out at his home. On 29 April 2025, he was sentenced to six years and one month in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nA month later, due to his severe diabetes, the court modified his pre-trial restrictions, placing him under a travel ban instead of imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lesosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":820,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":117,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lesosibirsk"],"case_name_en":"The Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lesosibirsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from July 17, 2017, to November 19, 2021, Shiyan, being aware of the liquidation of the Jehovah's Witnesses community, held religious meetings and \"promoted the activities\" of the banned organization.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 11.04.2023 to 29.04.2025\n• in custody: from 29.04.2025\n• in custody:  to 29.05.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 29.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2025, Sentence: 6 years 1 month's imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 1 month's imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 18-04-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/04/d47992/?sphrase_id=2007546\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reck3Ff2OAJWKaK2f"},{"persecution_id":"recXHBbzvmNxgnfWd","last_updated":"2025-06-01T15:34:18.000Z","person_id":"recXC15cMovz6SQL6","name_en":"Liliia Dolinina","birth_year":1946,"birth_date":"1946-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":79,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":77,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Retired. On 13 February 2023 in Dormidontovka (Khabarovsk Krai) her home was searched. According to Dolinina, FSB officers also visited her son's flatmate and seized letters of support that the believer had sent to the woman, sharing biblical principles with her. A case of participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation was brought against Dolinina. Her son's cohabitant argued in court that her testimony during the investigation was fabricated: according to her, Dolinina did not try to involve her in the activities of an extremist organisation. Despite the fact that the expert examination did not come to such a conclusion, the pensioner was sentenced to a four and a half year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Dormidontovka"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":721,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":103,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Lilia Dolinina's case on involvement in Jehovah's Witnesses activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she was involving people in the activities of the religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 29.05.2025 to 29.11.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.02.2025, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years, 1 year 2 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years, 1 year 2 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-03T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-03T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 16-02-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47666/?sphrase_id=2008533\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recXHBbzvmNxgnfWd"},{"persecution_id":"recOjZfkep2WHTvuu","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:29.000Z","person_id":"recd3jAmCayG7zy9j","name_en":"Alexei Podolskii","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Saransk. He was prosecuted in March 2023 for publicly justifying terrorism because of a comment on the explosion of the Crimean Bridge. He left Russia. In October 2023 it became known that two further cases were opened against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saransk"],"persecution_region_en":["Mordovia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MO"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Podolsky's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"In June 2023, Podolsky was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Code) due to several anti-war comments posted under a post calling for volunteers to participate in the invasion of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOjZfkep2WHTvuu"},{"persecution_id":"rec8dNP9U9sYlRV7F","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recd3jAmCayG7zy9j","name_en":"Alexei Podolskii","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Saransk. He was prosecuted in March 2023 for publicly justifying terrorism because of a comment on the explosion of the Crimean Bridge. He left Russia. In October 2023 it became known that two further cases were opened against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saransk"],"persecution_region_en":["Mordovia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MO"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Podolsky's second case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"In June 2023, Podolsky was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for several anti-war comments under a post calling for volunteers to participate in the invasion of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8dNP9U9sYlRV7F"},{"persecution_id":"rec1OSWO2CqDWWP9A","last_updated":"2025-10-28T08:11:45.000Z","person_id":"recR6w7etdhlAqKwV","name_en":"Ivan Fokin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att81oyEkcGX3lIa0.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att81oyEkcGX3lIa0.jpeg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a tractor driver from the Belgorod region. In the summer of 2023, he was detained for allegedly being drunk in a public place; then a criminal case was opened against him for illegal arms trafficking (Article 222 of the Criminal Code), and on 4 October 2023, two more criminal cases were opened against him – for attempted treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code) and attempted participation in a terrorist organisation (Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code). On 10 October, he was added to the register of extremists and terrorists.\n\nFokin’s mother reported that she was able to get a visit with her son a month after his detention. Fokin said that on 27 June he was detained by patrol service officers when he was going home from work and “was drunk”, and then “they found some likes in his phone”. Fokin also told his mother that the grenade they found in his home had been planted there: they pulled a bag over his head, “got his hands wet with something and gave him something to hold”. Then, according to Tatyana, Fokin was put in an isolation centre, where he was beaten and forced to sign a confession.\n\nOn 29 March 2024, Fokin was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Belgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":302,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 228 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 231 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.5","222","222.1","228","231"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 222","Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 1, Article 228","Part 2, Article 231"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a tractor driver from the Belgorod region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he illegally stored ammunition, and also, according to the FSB, on the day when he was detained, he was planning to cross the border with Ukraine and start fighting as part of the Freedom of Russia legion.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.07.2023 to 20.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ryazan region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.03.2024, Sentence: 9 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-29T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-29T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 29-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/fokin-ivan-ivanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec1OSWO2CqDWWP9A"},{"persecution_id":"rec3MTxyBa20019bZ","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recTn9WNjNvIGqJ8k","name_en":"Olga Misik","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYJsZzexPBPWnk3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYJsZzexPBPWnk3.jpg"],"birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 9 August 2020, Misik was detained, and the following day, the court imposed a preventive measure prohibiting certain actions. On 11 May 2021, she received a two-year sentence of restricted freedom. Subsequently, she left Russia, and on 10 November 2022, it was disclosed that she was placed on a wanted list. On 21 June 2023, the court commuted the remainder of her sentence to imprisonment.\n\nOn 26 October 2023, a search was conducted at Misik's father's residence in the Moscow region. It was revealed that a criminal case had been initiated against her for publicly justifying terrorism, stemming from a tweet concerning the assassination of pro-regime blogger (\"war correspondent\") Vladlen Tatarsky.\n\nOn 21 March 2023, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow issued an in absentia arrest warrant for Misik in connection with charges of incitement to terrorism.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Olga Misik's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The legal proceedings were initiated based on a tweet regarding the assassination of pro-government blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, which notably stated, \"killing a fascist equals saving lives of normal people.\"","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 21.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3MTxyBa20019bZ"},{"persecution_id":"reclJ7mKMOtoFahoY","last_updated":"2025-10-13T15:31:08.000Z","person_id":"recd0Z4AvZ6D854rs","name_en":"Alexey Malarevsky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attXoidT59JEfDHRF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attXoidT59JEfDHRF.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On 1 September 2023, he was detained during a solitary picket with a poster \"Freedom to Navalny, freedom to political prisoners\", but was released without a report. On October 20, Maliarevsky was detained in a criminal case for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and taken into custody. He was also accused of financing extremist activities.\nOn 4 April 2024, Maliarevsky was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow","Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW","RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":167,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Malarevsky's case","case_number":"1-31/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he printed, pasted and photographed leaflets with a photo of Moscow City Court Judge Andrei Suvorov, who sentenced Alexei Navalny to 19 years in a special regime colony on 4 August 2023, and transferred $150 to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.10.2023 to 05.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 05.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n• in custody:  to 04.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.07.2024 to 16.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.04.2024, Sentence: 7 years' inprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 3-year ban on organising public events and posting materials online, with restriction of liberty for 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' inprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 3-year ban on organising public events and posting materials online, with restriction of liberty for 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-04T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-04T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-11-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-uchastii-v-ekstremistskih-organizacziyah-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reclJ7mKMOtoFahoY"},{"persecution_id":"rec8AkwnBbFdwaK5I","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recKuj8xen3dVGX0y","name_en":"Roman Nazaruk","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Previously served in the border troops. He left Russia. In June 2023, his mother was searched. Then searches took place in October 2023. A case was opened on the dissemination of \"fakes\" on the motive of political hatred. Nazaruk was put on a wanted list. According to unconfirmed reports, law enforcers were also looking for Nazaruk in Sevastopol, where he had previously gone on an anti-war picket.\nOn 11 April 2024 Nazaruk was sentenced to seven years in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Law enforcement officials"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Anadyr"],"persecution_region_en":["Chukotka Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHU"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":315,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of Roman and Anastasia Nazaruk"],"case_name_en":"Roman Nazaruk's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-40/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was publications in VKontakte about missile strikes on Ukraine and civilian deaths and a video on a YouTube channel where Roman Nazaruk accuses Putin of attacking Ukraine in 2014 and 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.04.2024, Sentence: 7 years imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-11T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-11T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8AkwnBbFdwaK5I"},{"persecution_id":"recgk8Bi1oOvl6V04","last_updated":"2025-02-07T11:30:18.000Z","person_id":"recUCKAVqrtiWSKS2","name_en":"Anastasia Nazaruk","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The wife of former border guard Roman Nazaruk. A case was brought against both of them for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. In May 2023, security forces visited her grandmother's flat in Pyatigorsk, where she was registered, as well as her mother's in Anadyr. Searches in both cities also took place in October 2023. Nazaruk was put on a wanted list. Before it became known under which article the case was opened, Nazaruk's relatives were informed about charges of treason. Her mother was told that her daughter sent money to the account of the AFU from Raiffeisen Bank. Anastasia claims that she has never been a client of this bank. The law enforcers also said that the reason for the initiation of the case were some publications in social networks. On 23 April 2024, the court in Anadyr sentenced Nazaruk to seven years in absentia.\nLater, there was information about a new case against Nazaruk under the same article, initiated in Pyatigorsk. In November 2024, it was transferred to the court. On 18 December 2024, Nazaruk was also sentenced in absentia to seven years' imprisonment in this case, and when added together, the total term was ten years' imprisonment.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Anadyr"],"persecution_region_en":["Chukotka Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHU"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":358,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of Roman and Anastasia Nazaruk"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anastasia Nazaruk on \"fake news\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-39/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of the case was publications on social network VKontakte about missile strikes on Ukraine and civilian deaths and a video on a YouTube channel where Roman Nazaruk accuses Putin of attacking Ukraine in 2014 and 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.04.2024, Sentence: In absentia 7 years' imprisonment, prohibition to create and administer websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"In absentia 7 years' imprisonment, prohibition to create and administer websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-23T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-23T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recgk8Bi1oOvl6V04"},{"persecution_id":"recTRUYgKGhxerzwy","last_updated":"2026-04-12T09:11:28.000Z","person_id":"recNSy3aY1nlMgZdM","name_en":"Alexandr Shanin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Voronezh. A criminal case was brought against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because of his statements against the war at a bus station. The case was transferred to the court, but then returned to the prosecutor's office. On 19 June 2024, Shanin was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_ended":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":535,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Shanin's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-484/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was his statements about the war in the building of the Central Bus Station in May 2023. In January, Shanin was fined 30,000 rubles ($327) under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because on 27 December 2022, while at the ‘Polina Osipenko’ public transport stop, he allegedly called on Russian servicemen to surrender to America.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2023 to 05.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.06.2024, Sentence: a fine of 100,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 100,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-19T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTRUYgKGhxerzwy"},{"persecution_id":"recqbf1FZOM3f3bJL","last_updated":"2026-03-16T08:19:06.000Z","person_id":"reczSNK0pmBenWu17","name_en":"Viktor Ursu","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Dzhankoy (Crimea). In July 2023, law enforcers came to search his home, during the search he was detained for allegedly refusing to show his passport. The believer spent 12 days in the temporary detention cell, after which on 7 August a criminal case was opened against him under the article on organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. On 9 August the court placed him under house arrest.\n\nOn 27 August 2024, Ursa was released from house arrest and signed a recognisance not to leave.\n\nOn 8 September 2025, the court sentenced him to six years in a general regime penal colony.\n\nIn 2018, law enforcement officers came with searches to Viktor Ursu's relative - an elderly believer Aleksandr Ursu, who was exiled to Siberia as a child and later rehabilitated.\n\nRepresentatives of the Jehovah's Witnesses community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Dzhankoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":773,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":110,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Viktor Ursu's case on organising activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was an elder and since 2021 organised the activities of the local religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses \"Sivash\", which had previously been dissolved.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 09.08.2023 to 27.08.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 27.08.2024 to 08.09.2025\n• in custody: from 08.09.2025 to 12.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.09.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition from engaging in activities related to leadership and participation in public organizations for 5 years, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition from engaging in activities related to leadership and participation in public organizations for 5 years, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-08T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-08T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48497/?sphrase_id=2007532\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recqbf1FZOM3f3bJL"},{"persecution_id":"recMt5t44nW29GYZk","last_updated":"2025-09-29T21:51:21.000Z","person_id":"recNqZKuPNoF0USV7","name_en":"Valery Klokov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Barnaul. On 10 July 2023, criminal proceedings were initiated against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 29 July, his home was searched, he was detained and taken for questioning to the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for Altai Krai, and on 31 July the court appointed a measure of restraint in the form of house arrest.\n\nIt is reported that on 2 August law enforcement agencies visited believers at two more addresses in Barnaul.\n\nInitially, Klokov was accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation, but on 5 April 2024 the charge was reclassified to organising such activities.\n\nOn 28 June 2024, the court changed Klokov's preventive measure to a ban on certain actions, but the prosecutor appealed this decision.\n\nOn 7 February 2025, the Barnaul resident was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":578,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Barbaul"],"case_name_en":"Valery Klokov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation believes that since 2021, Klokov and other unidentified persons \"carried out actions to support the existence of the local religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses \"Barnaul\", including by holding conversations to promote the activities of the organisation, participation in events held by representatives of the organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 31.07.2023 to 07.02.2025\n• in custody: from 07.02.2025 to 29.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.02.2025, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty, prohibition to engage in activities related to the placement of materials on public information or telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty, prohibition to engage in activities related to the placement of materials on public information or telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-07T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-07T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 09-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48488/?sphrase_id=2007525\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recMt5t44nW29GYZk"},{"persecution_id":"recs21u0OZL9BV82A","last_updated":"2025-01-28T14:39:10.000Z","person_id":"recinfXSI2uSLSI6f","name_en":"Kishta Tutinova","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 28 February 2023, Jehovah's Witnesses were searched in Elista on a criminal case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Tutinova was detained. On 1 March, the court placed her under house arrest. On 24 June 2024, she was given a three-year suspended sentence.\n\nOn 17 September, the court of appeals increased the sentence from three to four years suspended with a probation period of one year.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Elista"],"persecution_region_en":["Kalmykia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KL"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":482,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Elista","case_number":"1-112/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she held religious meetings \"in the form of online conferences\" and engaged residents of the region in the activities of the banned organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.03.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions:  to 17.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 17.09.2024 to 16.09.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.06.2024, Sentence: 3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-24T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-24T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 02-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47800/?sphrase_id=2007526\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recs21u0OZL9BV82A"},{"persecution_id":"recSMXmldyzASKuXv","last_updated":"2024-05-07T13:45:23.000Z","person_id":"recNHplwPjDiyt7Vj","name_en":"Stanislav Bazarov","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A blogger under the pseudonym \"Stasik Kudryavy\". Bazarov was taken into custody in March 2023. A case was opened against him for insulting the feelings of believers and illegal production of pornographic materials, but the charges under the second article were apparently dropped.\n\nOn 8 August 2023, a court in Moscow found Bazarov insane and sent him for compulsory psychiatric treatment. On 9 September, the decision came into force.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":131,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Stasik Kudryavy's case of offence to the feelings of believers","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the publication of a video in which the blogger, while in his flat, urinated on an icon, calling the urine holy water.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.04.2023 to 09.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.08.2023, Sentence: to be declared insane and sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"to be declared insane and sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-08T17:38:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-08T17:38:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/authorities/feelings/2023/03/d47919/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recSMXmldyzASKuXv"},{"persecution_id":"rec2GMWSqFYPZzJgE","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:12:23.000Z","person_id":"recI2Zd4RbmSbBnwH","name_en":"Vitaly Trifonov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The Saratov resident. He was being prosecuted for spreading \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces. On November 10, 2023, Trifonov was sentenced to a 700,000 roubles fine.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":313,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vitaly Trifonov's case of \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-541/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted in the 'Twitter' social media  on March 4, 2022, \"knowingly false information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.11.2023, Sentence: A 700,000 roubles fine.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A 700,000 roubles fine.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":700000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-10T06:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-10T06:20:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2GMWSqFYPZzJgE"},{"persecution_id":"recrOoxTjeGKEaEkW","last_updated":"2024-04-22T16:03:05.000Z","person_id":"rec9qZB9o9Vugfmh2","name_en":"Natalia Efremova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kostroma was charged with a case of \"fake news\" about the Armed Forces. On 5 March 2024, a verdict was delivered, but the details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kostroma"],"persecution_region_en":["Kostroma Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":429,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Natalya Efremova's case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-511/2023","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2024, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-05T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-05T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recrOoxTjeGKEaEkW"},{"persecution_id":"rececgC0VQIka8Eft","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recg7wRH891Sty6FN","name_en":"Oleg Valeev","birth_year":1986,"age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Feodosia. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 2 November 2023, he was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony. On 21 December, the appeal court replaced the imprisonment with a year and four months of forced labour. Valeev was supposedly released in April 2025.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Feodosia"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_ended":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":305,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Valeev's case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was certain publications in a group in VKontakte and the related chat room \"Heil Satana\", left in March 2023. 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On 14 February 2023, he was detained following a search, and on 17 February he was placed in custody on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation, on account of his membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses, which is banned in Russia. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely due to their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services, and recruiting new supporters. On 3 May 2023, Neverov was transferred under house arrest, on 4 August 2023 the preventive measure was replaced with a prohibition of certain actions.\n\nOn 19 September 2025, the court sentenced him to 7 years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saransk"],"persecution_region_en":["Mordovia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MO"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":945,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":135,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Saransk"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Neverov's and Mikhail Shevchuk's case","case_number":"1-30/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in religious meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.02.2023 to 17.02.2023\n• in custody: from 17.02.2023 to 03.05.2023\n• house arrest: from 03.05.2023 to 04.08.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 04.08.2023\n• in custody: from 19.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Mordovia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Mordovia","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-19T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-19T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• HRC Memorial:\n Date: 22-02-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/v-mordovii-posle-obyskov-arestovany-troe-svidetelej-iegovy/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["HRC Memorial"],"aid":"recNOhdOrtg5v0b7u"},{"persecution_id":"recydNQJ6ZCo3CVyL","last_updated":"2026-04-09T20:05:00.000Z","person_id":"recAh87frdQtcUHhs","name_en":"Mikhail Shevchuk","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attEEvvhE7KTU2b1v.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attEEvvhE7KTU2b1v.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Saransk. 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On 2 November 2023, it became known that a criminal case was opened against him for public justification of terrorism because of messages in a Telegram chat room. He was detained and forced to record a video apology. On 9 February 2024, Sinenko was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 9 July 2025, the court placed Sinenko under administrative supervision for eight years. On 5 September, he was allegedly released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":404,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of public justification of terrorism in Vladivostok","case_number":"1-4/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case were comments in the public telegram chat \"Active Vladivostok\", which the man, according to the investigation, wrote from 23 November to 4 December 2022. In the messages he \"propagated the ideology of terrorism\", \"being an opponent of the Special Military Operation and pro-Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 27.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.02.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 05.09.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"\n• Unknown: from 05.09.2025 to 04.09.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.02.2024, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-09T09:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-09T09:45:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recznaI7qaWWM4gu1"},{"persecution_id":"recCMQBJHjWAGakJ5","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:33:33.000Z","person_id":"receeVe98uNVJ4ejo","name_en":"Yaroslav Wilczewski","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attVXMSCB2NlShpCh.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attVXMSCB2NlShpCh.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An anarchist, he has organised music festivals (such as Rock Protects Animals), published the rock magazine Punk Revival, and held \"Food Not Bombs\" events.\n\nOn the 4th of January 2023, Wilczewski's house was searched as part of a criminal case for \"public justification of terrorism\" because of a post made about Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who committed a suicide bombing at a Federal Security Service Directorate building  in the Arkhangelsk Region. He wrote an admission of guilt. After that, the anarchist was help in custody at the pre-trial detention centre. On the 27th of June 2023, he was sentenced to two years of imprisonment. Wilczewski was released on the 28th of December 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":174,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Jaroslaw Wilczewsk's Case of Justifying Terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case's initiation was a post made on Wilczewski's \"AnarchoPositive\" VKontakte blog in November of 2022. The post called Zhlobitsky a \"hero\".","persecution_location_en":"Under administrative supervision","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Administrative supervision","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.01.2023 to 31.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.10.2023 to 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2024 to 28.12.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Khabarovsk territory\"\n• Unknown: from 28.12.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.06.2023, Sentence: 2 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-27T15:12:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-27T15:12:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-10-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/vilchevskij-yaroslav-borisovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recCMQBJHjWAGakJ5"},{"persecution_id":"recj0Hv7p6GKzmv9d","last_updated":"2026-03-24T15:58:08.000Z","person_id":"rec0QXYutpiDNgoOv","name_en":"Mariia Ponomarenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzur2Rae1AHhlQz.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzur2Rae1AHhlQz.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A correspondent for RusNews. In 2021, a preliminary investigation was carried out into possible repeated violations of regulations at public events, but no criminal case was ultimately opened. On 23 April 2022, she was detained in Saint Petersburg and was remanded in custody on 27 April. She was initially charged under Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but the investigator later reclassified the charge under the more serious Part 2. On 23 May it became known that Ponomarenko had been transferred to Barnaul.\n\nIn September, reports emerged that, owing to a serious deterioration in her mental health, she broke a window in her cell and cut her veins. She was then placed in solitary confinement. On 14 November she was moved to house arrest. On the night of 27 January, following a conflict with her ex-husband in the flat where she was living under house arrest, she went to a police station. The court subsequently changed her measure of restraint back to custody. On 15 February 2023, she was sentenced to six years in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nAfter sentencing, she was transferred to another detention centre where, during a search, she was forced to strip. The incident triggered a severe outburst, after which force was used against her and she was sent to a psychiatric hospital for three days. In the penal colony, Ponomarenko has been prevented from sending documents on staff misconduct to her lawyer. Since 17 September she has also been denied correspondence, and she still has not received necessary medical treatment.\n\nOn 2 November 2023, a new criminal case was opened against her for allegedly causing minor harm to a member of the prison staff. During one hearing, the supposed victim admitted that they would not have filed a complaint against Ponomarenko of their own accord.\n\nOn 18 March 2025, her lawyer reported that she was on the verge of suicide. On 27 March 2025, she was sentenced in the second case to one year and ten months in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nIn August 2025, it was revealed that yet another case had been opened against Ponomarenko, again for allegedly causing minor bodily harm to a member of the prison staff.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["village of Shipunovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":816,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":116,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 321 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["321"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 321"],"case_name_en":"Maria Ponomarenko's case of assault on colony staff","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she used violence against two male correctional facility officers, including the head of the security department. According to the official version, Maria refused to attend the disciplinary commission, and the facility staff escorted her there by force. At that point, the prosecution claims, the inmate attacked them.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.11.2023 to 01.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.11.2023 to 27.11.2023\n• in custody: from 08.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• :  to 11.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.07.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• Unknown: , KTB-12 of the Altai Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: from 01.10.2025 to 31.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• Unknown: from 31.10.2025 to 14.11.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.11.2025\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2025 to 01.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2025 to 11.02.2026\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.02.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2025, Sentence: 1 year and 10 months' imprisonment in general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 10 months' imprisonment in general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":22,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T10:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T10:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recj0Hv7p6GKzmv9d"},{"persecution_id":"recMBkXTVDIhZ9U1m","last_updated":"2025-12-30T21:34:30.000Z","person_id":"recVqdfFMoG4qYWj9","name_en":"Victor Lapitsky","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. On 8 June 2023, a criminal case was initiated against Lapitsky for organising activities of an extremist organisation because of his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. In September 2023, the believer was detained, he stayed in a pre-trial detention cell for 24 hours. The court placed him under a house arrest.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles on the basis of solely religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nIn November 2024, it was reported that Lapitsky died.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":851,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":121,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Viktor Lapitsky on organising activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of the alleged organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses community activities.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 20.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.12.2025","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-30T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-30T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-10-2023\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-svidetelya-iegovy-iz-peterburga/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recMBkXTVDIhZ9U1m"},{"persecution_id":"recIAwo9XcbqvqHLW","last_updated":"2026-01-11T17:44:48.000Z","person_id":"recU1PjSM6OLECm1a","name_en":"Evgenii Shepelev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atthkgx9qE2GHlQcn.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atthkgx9qE2GHlQcn.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sterlitamak. In November 2023, a case was opened against him on dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Shepelev signed a recognisance not to abscond. On March 20, 2024, he was sentenced to five months of corrective labour. In April 2024, it became known that another case was opened against Shepelev for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On October 12, 2024, Shepelev informed that he left Russia.\n\nOn December 5, 2025, the court sentenced him in absentia to four years in a colony-settlement.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sterlitamak"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":139,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Shepelev's case  of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-261/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The basis for the case was a post about the crimes of the Russian army in Izium. 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A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. 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After arrest, Virich was taken to Primorsky krai and then placed in custody on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation in connection due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attraction of new supporters. \n\nOn 25 April 2024, Virich was sentenced to six years and two months in a general regime colony. 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Memorial:\n Date: 29-10-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://tskvsmfq---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/kurilenko-sergej-valerievich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. 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Later, their case was allocated to separate proceedings.\n\nOn 16 August, Zakharevich was placed under house arrest.        Members of this community are being prosecuted as extremists solely on the grounds of their religious activity—holding gatherings and mass and recruiting new members.  \n\nOn 11 December 2023, the case was remanded to the prosecutor's office. 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Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recnYW7IuZmuWKax0"},{"persecution_id":"recnC5MNOacJ6jAdm","last_updated":"2025-08-27T12:33:23.000Z","person_id":"recb950dXgVuPUzHD","name_en":"Yekaterina Melniychuk","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Crimea. She was placed under a travel ban as part of an investigation into her involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation, related to her participation in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. 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The case was linked to her reports about the bombing of the Drama Theatre in Mariupol, the attack on the Kramatorsk railway station, and claims of 30,000 Russian servicemen killed.\n\nIn February 2023, an administrative case was initiated against her for discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code). However, the Leninsky District Court of Orsk returned the case materials to the police for revision three times.\n\nLater, law enforcement turned their attention to a video she posted on social media, which discussed Russians leaving the country after the announcement of mobilization and criticized the inadequate supply of equipment and weapons to mobilized soldiers.\n\nOn December 22, 2023, Gladysheva was sentenced to six months of corrective labor.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":355,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Elena Gladysheva's case on spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she publicly spread false information under the guise of reliable reports. Specifically, she claimed that in March and April 2022, the Russian Armed Forces carried out missile strikes on civilians at the Drama Theatre in Mariupol and at the railway station in Kramatorsk. She also spread information alleging that 30,000 Russian servicemen had been killed. 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At the moment of detention Mikhail was thrown to the ground and his hands were twisted behind his back. After the searches, the believer was detained for 24 hours and then sent under house arrest. The investigation deemed his participation in Jehovah’s Witnesses' worship services as extremism. On 18 December 2023, the court elected Sveshnikov a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. 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Memorial:\n Date: 30-08-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/u-svidetelej-iegovy-iz-vladimirskoj-oblasti-proveli-obyski/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48557/?sphrase_id=2009253\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services and recruiting new supporters. In December 2023, the restrictive measure was changed to a\nprohibition of certain actions. On 24 April 2025, Popov was sentenced to a fine of 250,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kovrov"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":612,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kovrov"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Popov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Accused of committing a crime under part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation) in connection with his membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses, which is banned in Russia. He was detained on August 23, 2023, and is under house arrest.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 25.08.2023 to 15.12.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 15.12.2023 to 24.04.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.08.2023 to 25.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.04.2025, Sentence: a fine of 250,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 250,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-24T12:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-24T12:50:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-08-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/u-svidetelej-iegovy-iz-vladimirskoj-oblasti-proveli-obyski/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 30-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48557/?sphrase_id=2009253\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec6bBiGl7V9B7Sm5"},{"persecution_id":"recnbDQR7EAH0EsYz","last_updated":"2024-11-13T07:27:15.000Z","person_id":"recF66Uerp52lIwmC","name_en":"Nikolay Gorokhov","birth_year":1953,"birth_date":"1953-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":72,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":70,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Penza, and a veteran of military service. In November 2023, it became known that a case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 2 October 2024, Gorokhov was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":640,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolay Gorokhov's case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a 10-minute video published in Odnoklassniki by journalist Yevgeniy Kiselev about the crimes of the Russian military in Bucha. In April 2023, Gorokhov was fined 30 thousand roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of the publication of a video about a cemetery where Wagner Group fighters are buried.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.10.2024, Sentence: a fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 100 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-02T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-02T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnbDQR7EAH0EsYz"},{"persecution_id":"rec88nFBMAMj371JB","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:02:47.000Z","person_id":"recBtSQlLrIHwLXAA","name_en":"Semyon Kochkin","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Semyon is a former coordinator of Alexei Navalny's local headquarters and administrator of the Telegram channel \"Serditaya Chuvashia\" (\"Grumpy Chuvashia\"). In October 2022, Kochkin was declared a “foreign agent”.\n\nIn March 2023, it was reported that a case had been opened against him for repeated discrediting of the use of the Armed Forces, and in November, another case was opened for repeated demonstration of prohibited symbols.\n\nOn 28 June 2024, a search was conducted at Kochkin’s sister’s home in Cheboksary in connection with a new case brought against him. The details remain unknown. In December 2024, Kochkin received an official document stating that, in addition to the two previously known cases, he was also being prosecuted for participation in an extremist organisation and for evading his duties as a “foreign agent”.\n\nOn 26 November 2025, Kochkin was sentenced in absentia to 2 years in a general-regime penal colony in a consolidated case comprising charges of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, participating in an extremist organisation, and evading “foreign agent” obligations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Semyon Kochkin's case of repeated public display of prohibited symbols","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for the prosecution were publications in a Telegram channel featuring the white-blue-white flag, which the Russian authorities regard as a symbol of the “Freedom of Russia” Legion. A criminal case under Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code can be opened if a person has at least one final court ruling on an administrative offence under a similar article (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Kochkin has two such rulings for publishing “Smart Voting” symbols on Twitter and Facebook, but they were issued in October 2011 and entered into force in November 2011 — almost two years before the alleged initiation of the criminal case — whereas a person is only considered to have been subjected to an administrative penalty for one year. However, if Kochkin did not pay the fines (1,500 roubles in each case), he is still considered to have been subjected to an administrative penalty.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec88nFBMAMj371JB"},{"persecution_id":"recRJ5XOboDhx7ICx","last_updated":"2026-02-17T14:13:47.000Z","person_id":"reczQtgzf7QbMTGSe","name_en":"Oksana Boyko","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Presumably a resident of the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine. A case was brought against her for public justification of terrorism and dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces. In September 2023, the case went to court. On 7 February 2024, Boyko was sentenced to a fine of 550,000 rubles (US$6,400).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":402,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Oksana Boyko's case of fakes about the RF Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-89/2024 (1-297/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from 16 March to 4 April 2022, while in the Zaporizhia region, posted on one of the pages of a social network false information discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and on 14 March 2022 posted on the Internet an image copied from another user containing a public call to carry out terrorist activities.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.02.2024, Sentence: a fine of 550,000 rubles (US$6,400)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 550,000 rubles (US$6,400)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":550000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-07T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-07T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRJ5XOboDhx7ICx"},{"persecution_id":"recqeEO9nPenMEGLQ","last_updated":"2026-04-28T18:04:26.000Z","person_id":"recTQn0JsAdxpKpSv","name_en":"Azat Gataullin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3FOA3j47DZ2LLG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3FOA3j47DZ2LLG.jpg"],"birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kazan. In 2005, he was sentenced to four years and seven months in prison for involvement with Hizb ut-Tahrir on charges of promoting terrorism and participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Afterwards, the charge of promoting terrorism was removed from the sentence and the term was reduced to one year.\n\nOn 14 March 2017, he was detained after a search and subsequently arrested on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation, once again for alleged involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism.\n\nOn 25 December a charge of incitement to hatred was added, and on 8 January 2018 a charge of calling for terrorist activity was added.\n\nOn 5 February 2020, he was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime  penal colony.\n\nIn 2023, it became known that a new criminal case was opened against Gataullin: public justification of terrorism and incitement to terrorist activity. On 15 May 2024, a verdict was reached, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":500,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Azat Gataullin on the facilitation and justification of terrorist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"Apparently, the person convicted for involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir is accused of promoting the activities of the organisation to prisoners and encouraging them to join it.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2023 to 21.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.05.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-15T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-15T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 17-05-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/racism-xenophobia/news/counteraction/2024/01/d49196/?sphrase_id=2732440\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recqeEO9nPenMEGLQ"},{"persecution_id":"rec7YLfXwQmLvCTnw","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:41.000Z","person_id":"recC0iyhGB2TQ6N8Y","name_en":"Alexander Kopylets","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In November 2022, mass searches of Jehovah's Witnesses took place in the Simferopol district of Crimea, and two of them became defendants in a criminal case.\n\nIn August 2023, new searches took place in Armyansk, Simferopol and Saki, including at the home of Kopylts, who also became a defendant in the case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. He was placed under house arrest.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 11 December 2023, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. In May 2024, the case came back to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea"],"case_name_en":"The case of four more Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea","persecution_case_profile_en":"As per the investigation, Alexander \"has undertaken active organizational actions. These actions involve the orchestration of propaganda meetings, during which discussions were conducted on the texts and religious tenets of Jehovah's Witnesses.\"","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 15.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nIn October 2023, she was indicted. In November 2023 Popova's preventive measure was replaced with a ban on certain actions. Later it was reported that she may have suffered a heart attack while under house arrest.\n\nOn 20 January 2025, Popova was sentenced to four and a half years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherkessk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":580,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rimma Popova on involvement in Jehovah's Witnesses activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she conducted \"recruitment talks\" and by her actions \"undermined the foundations of the constitutional order and security of the state\".","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 05.10.2023 to 30.11.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 30.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.01.2025, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-20T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-20T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recpsvPw6puEza3bh"},{"persecution_id":"recNAzlok5UvJIDXf","last_updated":"2026-03-18T16:25:56.000Z","person_id":"recWArx8UlzAGCfJ9","name_en":"Alexei Garanin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attO41l1KqDyMBnbJ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attO41l1KqDyMBnbJ.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Pereslavl-Zalessky. On 7 February 2023 it became known that Garanin was charged with incitement to hatred and threatening to kill. The court sent Garanin to custody.\n\nA source in the security services told Kommersant that Garanin is a supporter of the USSR organisation. In February 2022, Alexei was sentenced to 50 hours of compulsory labour under the administrative article on incitement to hatred or hostility (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nOn November 15, 2024, the judge hearing Garanin's case was recused because, according to the court's website, \"there are circumstances giving reason to believe\" that he is \"personally, directly or indirectly interested in the outcome\" of the case. Garanin's preventive measure was changed to a ban on certain actions.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pereslavl-Zalessky"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1127,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":161,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Garanin's case of incitement to hatred","case_number":"1-39/2025 (1-236/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, he published a video on his page in one of the social media that contains signs of incitement to hostility against law enforcement officers. In addition, he came to defend his garage with an axe and a pneumatic gun and said that he would send those who broke into the garage to the morgue.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.02.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2026","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-10T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-10T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNAzlok5UvJIDXf"},{"persecution_id":"recYiGBhjYfQqvIln","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:59:19.000Z","person_id":"rec40PR6vPik1Co7E","name_en":"Denis Davydov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The criminal case on desecration of the Eternal Flame against Davydov was initiated on 15 March 2023, the Yoshkarolin resident was sent to a pre-trial detention centre.\n\nOn 29 May 2023, the Department of the Investigative Committee for Mari El reported the completion of the criminal case, the next day the materials were submitted to the Supreme Court of the republic.\n\nOn 28 September 2023 Davydov was found guilty and sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Davydov had previously been convicted on multiple occasions for theft, and in addition, when sentencing him in the case of desecration of the Eternal Flame, the previously imposed sentence in the case of two thefts was taken into account, which we do not consider politically motivated.\n\nPresumably, Davydov was released in March 2026.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":198,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Denis Davydov's case of desecration of the Eternal Flame","case_number":"2-6/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 14 March 2023, he came to the Central Park of Culture and Recreation in Yoshkar-Ola and desecrated the Eternal Flame. According to the court ruling, Davydov, \"wishing to publicly demonstrate his superiority over others and cynical disregard for the norms of morality and ethics, he stood on a square pedestal of black granite, which is an integral part of the monument, moving along it, approached the five-pointed star in the centre of the monument, placed his feet on it in his shoes and threw a cigarette end into the torch inside the star\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.03.2023 to 19.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.12.2023 to 01.03.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.09.2023, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-28T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-28T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 15-09-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47862/?sphrase_id=2009410\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-02-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/davydov-denis-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recYiGBhjYfQqvIln"},{"persecution_id":"recTRlEjYj0SiLEbu","last_updated":"2025-09-23T22:29:44.000Z","person_id":"recngJVWlGoyw8mJx","name_en":"Zurab Dzhabrailov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Born in the town of Izberbash (Dagestan). On 2 August 2023, he was arrested in Moscow on charges of organising the activities of the extremist organisation \"Nurdzhular\". On 10 July 2024, Dzhabrailov was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":344,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Zurab Dzhabrailov and Jeyhun Rustamov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he organised meetings of Muslims, at which books by Turkish theologian Said Nursi were studied, and thus, from the point of view of law enforcers, continued the activities of the banned association \"Nurdjular\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.08.2023 to 11.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.07.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 02-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48456/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-07-2025\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/moskovskoe-delo-8-posledovatelej-saida-nursi/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recTRlEjYj0SiLEbu"},{"persecution_id":"recLP0DWfDlaLFRKa","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:35:47.000Z","person_id":"recuOVHdkfoW1sOay","name_en":"Jeyhun Rustamov","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"On 2 August 2023, he was taken into custody in Moscow on charges of participating in the activities of the banned extremist organisation Nurdzhular. On 10 July 2024, the court sentenced him to two years and nine months in a general-regime penal colony. He was presumably released in August 2025. ","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2025-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":344,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Zurab Dzhabrailov and Jeyhun Rustamov","persecution_case_profile_en":"Law enforcement authorities allege that he took part in Muslim gatherings where the works of Turkish theologian Said Nursi were studied, thereby continuing the activities of the banned Nurdzhular association.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.08.2023 to 11.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 20.08.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.07.2024, Sentence: 2 years 9 months'  deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony. ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 9 months'  deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony. ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":33,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 02-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48456/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-07-2025\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/moskovskoe-delo-8-posledovatelej-saida-nursi/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. 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On 1 March 2024, Marina was sentenced to one and a half years of compulsory labour.\n\nIn July 2024, it emerged that Marina was being subjected to pressure in the correctional facility: she had not been allowed home even once in two months, had received two formal reprimands, was denied the opportunity to leave the facility daily (as she had been assigned as a cleaner), and was required to report on her phone calls and show the letters she wrote. In November, it was reported that Marina had been caught preparing yeast pastries, which is prohibited in the facility.\n\nOn 22 November 2024, following a request from the facility, her remaining sentence was replaced with imprisonment in a settlement colony.\n\nOn 7 November 2025, Marina was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers","IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":114,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","comment","publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Svetlana Marina's case on repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-49/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated following a video that Marina posted on the “Svobodny Kirov” (“Free Kirov”) Telegram channel, after the Kirov Regional Court upheld her conviction under the administrative offence of discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The conviction related to her comment about the deceased war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky.\n\nIn the video, Marina stated that she had not changed her opinion, describing Tatarsky as “a criminal, murderer, and robber” who “did not hide it.”\n\nIn May 2023, Marina was also fined under the same administrative article for reposting content from the Telegram channel \"Slovo liberala” (“The Word of a Liberal”). The repost included a photograph from a memorial picket for Boris Nemtsov held in Kirov on 24 February 2023, along with an anti-war statement by the PARNAS party, of which Nemtsov had been a co-chair.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 01.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2024 to 07.11.2025\n• Unknown: from 07.11.2025 to 07.05.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.03.2024, Sentence: 1 year and 6 months of forced labour, ban on administering websites for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 6 months of forced labour, ban on administering websites for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":11,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-01T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-01T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 08-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/11/d48894/?sphrase_id=2009527\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/marina-svetlana-anatolevna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recoOIo0vyIa6CHp8"},{"persecution_id":"recO4ZHnKuGEQXlvU","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recyEo5bGAES0kqC9","name_en":"Mikhail Ulyanov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Cheboksary. On 22 August 2023, he was sentenced to 8 months' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cheboksary"],"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":239,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Ulyanov's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism","case_number":"2-10/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in one of the days of January 2023, he posted a video on his personal page of video hosting on the Internet, where he humiliated and insulted the participants of the action \"Immortal Regiment\", as well as disseminated information expressing clear disrespect for society in connection with the celebration of Victory Day.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.08.2023, Sentence: 8 months' imprisonment in a penal colony, deprivation of the right to use the Internet for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 months' imprisonment in a penal colony, deprivation of the right to use the Internet for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":8,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-28T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-28T12:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 07-09-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/09/d48621/?sphrase_id=2009092\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recO4ZHnKuGEQXlvU"},{"persecution_id":"recXlvOb0T0Ir0lPq","last_updated":"2026-03-28T18:13:21.000Z","person_id":"recwn5av9lzsnZIND","name_en":"Rafail Shepelev","birth_year":1970,"age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Participant of \"Artpodgotovka\". Since September 2021 he lived in Georgia. According to human rights defenders, on 12 October 2023, he left his house in Tbilisi and disappeared. His personal belongings were left at home. Later it became known that he went by taxi to the village of Kirbali near the border zone with South Ossetia. There he went up to the local church where Russian military personnel are stationed. After the young man approached them, he was taken to the territory of the region that doesn't not fall within Georgian control.\n\nLater, on 15 October 2024, at the first court hearing in the criminal case, Shepelev said that while in Georgia, he decided to join the Freedom of Russia Legion. An acquaintance who introduced himself as Serhiy Garkusha, the head of the Ukrainian party \"Movement of New Forces\" founded by Mikhail Saakashvili, brought Shepelev together with some people whom he certified as SBU agents. They offered the activist to help them from Georgia, he refused. Later Shepelev decided to join the regiment, which Vyacheslav Maltsev, the leader of \"Artpodgotovka\", was allegedly going to create. The alleged SBU agents promised to help the activist, but in return they asked him to transport three parcels from Batumi to Verkhny Lars, where there is a Russian border checkpoint on the border with Georgia. According to them, the boxes contained parts from an explosive device. Shepelev delivered two parcels, but refused to hand over the third until Maltsev personally contacted him. The alleged agents promised to take him to Poland, but before that they asked him to deliver the parcels to a village on the border with the Tskhinvali region of South Ossetia. It was there that he was detained by Russian security forces.\n\nOn 13 October 2023, the day after Shepelev's disappearance, a card of Shepelev's administrative case of disorderly conduct (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Administrative Code of Administrative Offences) appeared on the website of the Soviet District Court of Vladikavkaz. He was sentenced to administrative arrest, and after his release he was sent to a pre-trial detention facility on the case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and public justification of terrorism.\n\nOn 18 April 2024, it became known that Shepelev was assigned compulsory treatment. Medical expertise diagnosed paranoid schizophrenia. 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No letters were handed to him.\nIn December 2023, Zhmyrev was released on his own recognisance.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kingisepp"],"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kingisepp","case_number":"12302410007000017","persecution_case_profile_en":"At the end of February 2023, 7 searches were conducted in the towns of Kingisepp and Slantsy (Leningrad region). The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the extremist article against Kirill Khabrik, Igor Zhmyryov and other unidentified persons. Charges were also brought against Sergei Ryabokony, Andrei Morozov and Yevgeniy Poveshchenko. The latter was given a measure of restraint in the form of a recognizance not to leave, while the others were remanded in custody. At the end of March, searches took place in Kingisepp again. Eleven believers were questioned. Five more people became defendants in the criminal case - Miroslav Sabodash, Igor Shevliuga, Tatyana Stepanova, Alexander Vaganov and Konstantsiya Vovk. They were placed in the temporary detention centre, but were soon released, while Shevliuga spent 26 days in the pre-trial detention centre. 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The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the extremist article against Kirill Khabrik, Igor Zhmyrev and other unidentified persons. Charges were also brought against Sergei Ryabokony, Andrei Morozov and Yevgeniy Poveshchenko. The latter was given a measure of restraint in the form of his own recognizance, and the rest were given detention. At the end of March, searches took place in Kingisepp again. 11 believers were interrogated. Five more people became defendants in the criminal case: Miroslav Sabodash, Igor Shevlyuga, Tatyana Stepanova, Alexander Vaganov and Konstantia Vovk. They were placed in a temporary detention facility, but were soon released, and Shevlyuga spent 26 days in a pre-trial detention center. All five are prohibited from certain actions. ","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/poveshhenko-evgenij-sergeevich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47688/?sphrase_id=2007529\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"recRSlf2tTQtkzZcf"},{"persecution_id":"reccfAolDqgH0TpeO","last_updated":"2025-06-12T13:08:28.000Z","person_id":"reccSvEufl3Zzl3t8","name_en":"Ruslan Gubkin","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-01-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Arkhangelsk region, he was detained in the early hours of 27 October 2023 in front of the local military enlistment office. The following day, a court sentenced him to seven days of administrative arrest under the article on petty hooliganism (Part 1, Article 20.1 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offences). The report stated that he had touched the building with his hand and responded with profanity to the police officers' demand to stop. On 2 November he was sentenced to another seven days under the article on incitement to hatred or hostility (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 4 November Gubkin's house was searched. After seven days from the second trial Gubkin was not released. It became known that a criminal case was initiated against him for calling for activities that violate the security of the Russian Federation. According to the version of law enforcers, he called for the arson of the military recruiting office in a Telegram chat room. In addition, the court received case files against Gubkin under administrative articles on discrediting the army (paragraph 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the CAO) and dissemination of information that humiliates human dignity (part 3 of article 20.1 of the CAO). On 15 March 2024, Gubkin was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":140,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","call for arson"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Gubkin's case on calls for activities violating the security of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-27/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, he called for the arson of the military recruiting office.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.11.2023 to 20.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Arkhangelsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 27.10.2023 to 02.11.2023\n• administrative detention: from 02.11.2023 to 09.11.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Arkhangelsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.03.2024, Sentence: 3 years' of deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' of deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-15T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-15T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gubkin-ruslan-faridovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reccfAolDqgH0TpeO"},{"persecution_id":"recNESQpp5XKUuVBg","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"rec8pAtoyKCRWQ3gj","name_en":"Vladimir Efimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBcx3OtSjxhAq1U.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBcx3OtSjxhAq1U.jpg"],"birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist, head of the Primorye branch of the Yabloko political party. In May 2022, detained as part of a criminal case on repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces. During the search, he allegedly handed over two gas pistols and five cartridges, which were stored in his possession illegally. He was given a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On March 31, 2023, Efimov was sentenced to a fine of 200 thousand rubles.\nIn November 2023, it became known that a case was brought against him for repeated propaganda of Nazi symbols. He was again assigned a ban on certain actions.\nIn July 2024, there was information about another case of discrediting the Armed Forces, brought against Efimov. These two cases were merged.\nOn August 23, 2024, Efimov was taken into custody based on a third case of discrediting the Armed Forces. On October 18 2024, he was transferred to house arrest. On January 28, 2025, Efimov was sentenced in this case to two years in a penal colony. On March 28 2025, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by six months.\nOn April 4, 2025, Efimov was sentenced to two years in a settlement type colony on the case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces and repeated propaganda of Nazi symbols.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":824,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":117,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Efimov's case of repeated propaganda of Nazi symbols and discreditation of the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-717/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was his Facebook post in which he compared the singer SHAMAN to a Nazi character from the Hitler Youth, depicted in Bob Fosse's anti-fascist film Cabaret. \"A blue-eyed blond Aryan from Hitlerjugend sings 'The Future Belongs to Us!' in a park. SHAMAN's 'Stand Up!' and this Hitlerjugend's 'The Future...' God damn, what these scumbags are doing to our country!\" the post reads. The words were accompanied by a film scene featuring an image of a swastika. By publishing the post, Efimov, according to the investigation, \"publicly demonstrated 'Nazi symbols in the form of a swastika, the coat of arms of the Third Reich and the Nazi party greeting'.\" Efimov was fined twice under the administrative article concerning the display of Nazi symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) in April of 2022. Another protocol under this article was drawn up for him in June of 2023, but the court returned the protocol, stating that Efimov's actions had signs of a criminal offence under Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.01.2023 to 23.08.2024\n• in custody: from 23.08.2024 to 18.10.2024\n• house arrest: from 18.10.2024 to 27.01.2025\n• in custody: from 27.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.04.2025, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a settlement-type colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a settlement-type colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-04T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-04T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 09-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/11/d48901/?sphrase_id=2009666\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/efimov-vladimir-svyatoslavovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recNESQpp5XKUuVBg"},{"persecution_id":"recdspoLgfVjMKPlf","last_updated":"2026-02-13T22:59:40.000Z","person_id":"rec6gHMV53GdPv7vw","name_en":"Nikolay Kupriyansky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBudoba2petbYl9.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBudoba2petbYl9.jpeg"],"birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Nikolay is a resident of Kursk. A criminal case was brought against him and two others because of their involvement with the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Kupriyansky was accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organisation. He was detained on 8 August 2023 following a search, and on 10 August, the court placed him under house arrest.\n\nOn 2 December 2024, Kupriyansky was sentenced to 6 years in a general-regime penal colony. On 26 May 2025, the sentence was reduced on appeal to 4.5 years.\n\nMembers of this community are prosecuted under Russia’s anti-extremism laws solely for their religious activities — holding meetings, conducting worship services, and attracting new followers.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":480,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took part in meetings of the banned Jehovah’s Witnesses community.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 10.08.2023 to 02.12.2024\n• in custody: from 02.12.2024 to 26.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kursk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.08.2023 to 10.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kursk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.12.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-18,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-02T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-02T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48501/?sphrase_id=2007528\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recdspoLgfVjMKPlf"},{"persecution_id":"recTcpyTq1vlYKWab","last_updated":"2026-02-13T22:59:21.000Z","person_id":"recuyt9DpCeFq1lda","name_en":"Oksana Chausova","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kursk. A criminal case was opened against her and two other people in connection with their involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Chausova was accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 8 August 2023, she was detained after a search, and on 10 August the court sent her under house arrest. On 28 February 2024, the preventive measure was replaced by a ban on certain actions.\n\nOn 2 December 2024, Chausova was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. On 26 May 2025, on appeal, the court reduced the sentence by two months.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 29 August 2025, Chausova was released.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":480,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she participated in meetings of the banned community of Jehovah's Witnesses.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 10.08.2023 to 28.02.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 28.02.2024 to 02.12.2024\n• in custody: from 02.12.2024 to 26.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kursk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.08.2023 to 10.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kursk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 29.08.2025\n• Unknown: from 30.08.2025 to 29.08.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.12.2024, Sentence: 2 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":22,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-8,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-02T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-02T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48501/?sphrase_id=2007528\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recTcpyTq1vlYKWab"},{"persecution_id":"rec9fUqG8wYueUV4X","last_updated":"2026-02-13T22:59:30.000Z","person_id":"recZhoJA66fiL5I9F","name_en":"Dmitrii Chausov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Dmitrii Chausov is a resident of Kursk. A criminal case was opened against him and two other people due to their involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Chausov was accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 8 August 2023, he was detained after being searched, and on 10 August the court put him on remand. On 28 February 2024, this measure was changed to house arrest.\n\nOn 2 December 2024, Chausov was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. On 26 May 2025, on appeal, his sentence was reduced by two months. Chausov was released from custody in the courtroom, as he had served his sentence while in the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nThe representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely on the grounds of their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services, and attracting new supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":480,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in meetings of the banned community of Jehovah's Witnesses.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.08.2023 to 28.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kursk Oblast\n• house arrest: from 28.02.2024 to 02.12.2024\n• in custody: from 02.12.2024 to 26.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kursk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.08.2023 to 10.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 27.05.2025 to 26.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.12.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":22,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-8,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-02T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-02T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 11-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48501/?sphrase_id=2007528\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. 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He was fined under the article on failure to comply with the rules regarding emergency or threat of its occurrence (Article 20.6.1 of the CAO). In 2022, Umerov served several days of administrative arrest under the article on the organization of mass presence of citizens in one place, which led to a violation of public order (Article 20.2.2 of the CAO).\n\nOn August 24, 2023, Federal Security Service officers searched the home of Crimean Tatars in Bakhchysarai and other settlements of Crimea's Bakhchysarai district and detained six \"Crimean Solidarity\" activists, including Umerov.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Bakhchysarai"],"case_name_en":"The fifth case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the radical Islamic party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", recognised as a terrorist organisation in Russia. As can be seen from the case materials, the Federal Security Service officers bugged the activists' homes and monitored their meetings.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.08.2023 to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• : from 01.07.2024\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48570/?sphrase_id=2009682\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recYvdFa6c1ay3zN9"},{"persecution_id":"recbM3jz18Iq0hEac","last_updated":"2026-01-04T21:49:10.000Z","person_id":"recHx5lv4RL1ZlU3v","name_en":"Ruslan Asanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attsUtuWlIYiyNZEV.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attsUtuWlIYiyNZEV.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-02-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Bakhchysarai, \"Crimean Solidarity\" activist.\n\nOn August 24, 2023, FSB officers searched the homes of Crimean Tatars in Bakhchysarai and other settlements of Crimea's Bakhchysarai district and detained six \"Crimean Solidarity\" activists, including Asanov.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Bakhchysarai"],"case_name_en":"The fifth case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, he was involved in the radical Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, recognised as a terrorist organisation in Russia. As can be seen from the case materials, the FSB officers bugged the activists' homes and monitored their meetings.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.08.2023 to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 06.10.2023, Crimean Republican Clinical Psychiatric Hospital No. 1\n• : from 01.07.2024\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48570/?sphrase_id=2009682\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recbM3jz18Iq0hEac"},{"persecution_id":"recc4FgUHWCYV0LBi","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:01:20.000Z","person_id":"recwRAr2kGCHc0uzI","name_en":"Remzi Nimetulaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attF39W826rfYnt8N.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attF39W826rfYnt8N.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bakhchysaray, a father of five children, and an activist of Crimean Solidarity, a movement that helps persecuted Crimean Tatars.\n\nPolice officers detained him for the first time on 23 November 2021 at the temporary detention facility in Simferopol. He was assigned 10 days of administrative arrest. He was detained when he came to meet his lawyer Edem Semedlyaev, whose administrative arrest had expired.\n\nOn 24 August 2023, in Bakhchisarai and other settlements of the Bakhchisarai district of Crimea, the FSB officers searched the houses of Crimean Tatars and detained six activists of the Crimean Solidarity movement, including Nimetulaev. They were charged with involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Islamic party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\".\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted in terrorism cases and sentenced to huge terms solely because of, in fact, party activities - holding meetings, reading literature and attracting new supporters.\n\nThe project \"Supporting Political Prisoners. Memorial\" notes that there is no evidence that supporters of the movement were involved in the terrorist attacks.\n\nA significant part of the persecution of Hizb ut-Tahrir members is the repression against Crimeans, which began after the annexation of Crimea. Such cases have become a convenient tool to put pressure on protest-minded Crimean Tatars.\n\nIt is worth noting that the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir are banned in a number of countries due to radical anti-Israeli statements of the party's representatives. The ECHR considered the ban on the movement in Germany fair. However, the European Court pointed out that no evidence of terrorist activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir followers had been found.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Bakhchysarai"],"case_name_en":"The fifth case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved with the radical Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is designated as a terrorist organization in Russia. Case materials indicate that FSB officers bugged the activists’ homes and surveilled their meetings.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.08.2023 to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 06.10.2023, Crimean Republican Clinical Psychiatric Hospital No. 1\n• : from 01.07.2024\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48570/?sphrase_id=2009682\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recc4FgUHWCYV0LBi"},{"persecution_id":"reczxAf1SyQW9a8Ii","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recVRCZENzqvuR6iz","name_en":"Abdulmedzhit Seitumerov","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Bakhchysarai, \"Crimean Solidarity\" activist, and a younger brother of two political prisoners, Osman and Seitumer Seitumerov.\n\nIn March 2020, the Federal Security Service conducted a search in their house. Abdulmedzhit's family has a newborn child.\n\nOn August 24, 2023, Federal Security Service officers searched the homes of Crimean Tatars in Bakhchysarai and other settlements of Crimea's Bakhchysarai district and detained six \"Crimean Solidarity\" activists, including Seitumerov.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Bakhchysarai"],"case_name_en":"The fifth case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, he was involved in the radical Islamic party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", recognised as a terrorist organisation in Russia. 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A \"Crimean Solidarity\" activist.\n\nOn October 25th, 2021, he was detained near the \"Crimean Garrison Military Court\" building, which dealt with appeals against the verdict of the \"Hizb-ut-Tahrir\" Red Guard group. He was charged with violation of public order due to the mass presence of citizens and was fined 10 thousand rubles.\n\nOn August 24th, 2023, FSB officers searched the homes of Crimean Tatars in Bakhchisarai and other settlements of Crimea's Bakhchisarai district and detained six \"Crimean Solidarity\" activists, including Yakubov.\n\nIt is reported that during the search, FSB confiscated, in particular, the book \"Fortress of The Muslim\" — a collection of prayers, different editions of which are recognised as extremist by Russian courts (paras. 2615, 2808, 2852, 3897, 4637 of the Federal List of Extremist Materials). The collection does not contain any calls to violence and has been banned unlawfully, according to the SOVA Research Centre.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bakhchysarai"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Bakhchysarai"],"case_name_en":"The fifth case of Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Bakhchisarai ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the radical Islamic party \"Hizb-ut-Tahrir\", recognised as a terrorist organisation in Russia. 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An activist of \"Crimean Solidarity\".\n\nIn 2017, the Bakhchysarai District Court sentenced Seidamet Mustafayev to 10 days of arrest \"for participation in an unauthorised demonstration\" during the search of political prisoner Seiran Saliev. In 2021, Mustafayev was detained and fined for breaking the rules of conduct in the event of an emergency, and in February 2022, he served several days of administrative arrest under the article on violating the rules of mass gathering in public places.\n\nOn August 24, 2023, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers searched the homes of Crimean Tatars in Bakhchysarai and other settlements of the Bakhchysarai district of Crimea. They detained six \"Crimean Solidarity\" activists, including Mustafayev.\n\nIt is reported that during the search, FSB confiscated a book from the Hizb ut-Tahrir publishing house. 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In addition to condemning the war, the man suggested \"chasing the hell out\" of government officials. He called the government house a \"club of f***s\" and the State Duma a \"gay club\", considering it an insult. 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Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recSAhdPoD0Jkv3Tc"},{"persecution_id":"recnnMiolfOWp0Zxk","last_updated":"2025-12-09T09:36:16.000Z","person_id":"rec2anhUGO1oU0qQo","name_en":"Marina Roslova","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"n March 2023, Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok were subjected to mass searches. Three were detained and placed in a temporary detention centre for two days. Marina was released on personal recognizance.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","case_number":"1-270/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"using the \"ZOOM\" application carried out actions aimed at continuing the activities of an extremist organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 07.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48461/?sphrase_id=2009689\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recnnMiolfOWp0Zxk"},{"persecution_id":"recheOvjQdAVfPjDB","last_updated":"2025-12-09T09:36:16.000Z","person_id":"reczogSuSj394P6wQ","name_en":"Elena Romanova","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"n March 2023, Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok were subjected to mass searches. Three were detained and placed in a temporary detention centre for two days. Elena was released on personal recognizance.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","case_number":"1-270/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"using the \"ZOOM\" application carried out actions aimed at continuing the activities of an extremist organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 07.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 03-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48461/?sphrase_id=2009689\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recheOvjQdAVfPjDB"},{"persecution_id":"rechXVCnOcCxkwMck","last_updated":"2025-03-27T23:19:36.000Z","person_id":"reckH2iLNyZix5CaN","name_en":"Andrei Bannykh","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Sverdlovsk region. Was one of the applicants in a collective complaint by Russian Jehovah's Witnesses to the ECHR. On June 7, 2022, the European Court of Human Rights declared the ban on organisations of believers and the ensuing persecution of believers unlawful. The Russian authorities are prosecuting members of this community under extremist articles solely for religious activities - meetings, collective worship, and attracting new supporters.\nOn April 14, 2023, Bannykh's home was searched, he was interrogated and later charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.\nOn November 25, 2024, Bannykh was sentenced to a six-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":591,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Sverdlovsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, \"through videoconferences..... carried out religious services, public study and discussion of literature, video recordings and illustrations\"","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 24.03.2025 to 23.03.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.11.2024, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-25T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-25T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-04-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/04/d47999/?sphrase_id=2740979\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rechXVCnOcCxkwMck"},{"persecution_id":"rec7rEuhxVqTI3Iah","last_updated":"2025-03-27T23:19:43.000Z","person_id":"recC6Wy9Kto3wuSdz","name_en":"Andriy Kozhushko","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Disabled person of the II group. He was born in November 1975 in the village of Georgievka (Kazakhstan). In 1985 he moved with his mother to the Russian settlement of Tayozhny (Sverdlovsk region). As a child, he was fond of skiing, played chess, and in summer liked to go fishing and to the forest for mushrooms. After school he received a specialisation as a car mechanic-driver. He did not do military service because of his disability.\nIn April 2023, Kozhushko was searched, interrogated and then brought as a defendant in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation because of his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nOn 25 November 2024, Kozhushko was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":591,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Sverdlovsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"through videoconferences..... carried out religious services, public study and discussion of literature, video recordings and illustrations\"","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 24.03.2025 to 23.03.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.11.2024, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-25T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-25T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-04-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/04/d47999/?sphrase_id=2740979\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7rEuhxVqTI3Iah"},{"persecution_id":"recpm88cBqm6aZndv","last_updated":"2025-03-27T23:19:49.000Z","person_id":"recno8k7qBYvqGl9T","name_en":"Pavel Loschinin","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Sverdlovsk region. In April 2023, Loshchinin was searched, interrogated, and then brought as a defendant in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation because of his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\nOn 25 November 2024, Loschinin was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":591,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Sverdlovsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"through videoconferences..... carried out religious services, public study and discussion of literature, video recordings and illustrations\"","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 24.03.2025 to 23.03.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.11.2024, Sentence: 6 years' suspended prison sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended prison sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-25T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-25T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 19-04-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/04/d47999/?sphrase_id=2740979\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recpm88cBqm6aZndv"},{"persecution_id":"rec77AZRbecVX54wB","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:04:10.000Z","person_id":"reczKAoaxZ5ZBtkWZ","name_en":"Alexander Dolganov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attQnn5oOinzOg51g.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attQnn5oOinzOg51g.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"In May 2023, officers of the Investigative Committee and the FSB searched Dolganov's house in Togliatti. A criminal case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. After interrogation, he was placed under house arrest for 85 days, and then elected a ban on certain actions. In July 2023, the case went to court. On 8 April 2024, Dolganov was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 17 April 2026, he was released from the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":329,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tolyatti"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Dolganov on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.","case_number":"1-526/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"On May 15, 2023, Anatoly Grekov, a senior investigator at the Central Interdistrict Investigation Department of Togliatti, separated a new case against 34-year-old Alexander Dolganov from the criminal case against Alexander Chagan, charging him with participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.05.2023 to 17.05.2023\n• house arrest: from 17.05.2023 to 10.08.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 10.08.2023 to 08.04.2024\n• in custody: from 08.04.2024 to 27.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2024 to 17.04.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"\n• Unknown: from 17.04.2026 to 17.02.2027\n• Unknown: from 17.04.2026 to 17.04.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2024, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-08T06:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-08T06:45:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-05-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/v-tolyatti-protiv-dvuh-svidetelej-iegovy-vozbudili-ugolovnye-dela/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec77AZRbecVX54wB"},{"persecution_id":"recBaqHd80ED2JfAM","last_updated":"2026-01-06T23:13:03.000Z","person_id":"recVDhfF6pgaFAgQd","name_en":"Sona Olopova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attyvgsDv0PSkn2ER.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attyvgsDv0PSkn2ER.webp"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Resident of Chapaevsk (Samara region). Worked as a merchandiser and a beauty salon professional. On 16 May 2023, a search was conducted at her home. After interrogation, Olopova was released under recognisance not to leave the town as part of a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 25 January 2024, Olopova was sentenced to two years of community work. On 7 July 2025, she was released from the correctional centre on parole.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":255,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tolyatti"],"case_name_en":"Sona Olopova's case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-574/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 15 May 2023, Anatoly Grekov, Senior Investigator of the Central Interdistrict Investigation Department of Togliatti, initiated a criminal case against 36-year-old Sona Olopova, accusing her of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation (Part 2, Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code). On 1 May 2023, a search was conducted at Olopova's home, and she signed a recognisance not to leave the city. On 28 August 2023, the case was submitted to the Central District Court of Togliatti.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.05.2023 to 03.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 07.07.2025\n• Unknown: from 08.07.2025 to 07.01.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.01.2024, Sentence: 2 years of forced labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of forced labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-25T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-25T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 23-05-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/v-tolyatti-protiv-dvuh-svidetelej-iegovy-vozbudili-ugolovnye-dela/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recBaqHd80ED2JfAM"},{"persecution_id":"recf5CLfGy8hR4CIq","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recx5gEmsJ7Aa997d","name_en":"Ekrem Krosh","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attoJJV9wB7BUC0nB.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attoJJV9wB7BUC0nB.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Crimea. Brother of Enver Krosh, also arrested and charged in a case for alleged involvement in the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism.\n\nOn 24 January 2023, officials of the Federal Security Service (FSB) conducted searches of Crimean Tatars in different villages of the Dzhankoi district of Crimea. As a result, 6 people, including Ekrem Krosh, were detained and sent to Simferopol. The next day, the court sent all six to pre-trial detention on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and preparation for violent seizure of power due to involvement in the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has not been involved in any violent activities.\n\nKrosh later said that upon admission to the pre-trial detention centre, he and other prisoners were made to squat for two hours and forced to raise their hands above their heads with their fingers up. Those who put their hands down were beaten, including on the head and with a stun gun. The stun gun was often used by the pre-trial detention centre staff in the future when prisoners objected and tried to defend their rights. Krosh also said that every evening during the inspection he was forced to recite the Russian anthem by heart. After one of his refusals, he was taken to a holding room where he was threatened and then beaten. \"I was beaten on my legs below the pelvis, but I resisted. Then they hit me with a stun gun just below my armpit, in a soft spot - I was thrown back. They lifted me up and started beating me on the inner part of my legs, on my head,\" the prisoner told the court. After Krosh wrote a complaint against the officers who beat him to the head of the pre-trial detention centre Nikolai Riabov, the latter summoned him to his office, where he hit him in the ear and the eye, leaving a bruise.\n\nOn 22 August 2023, the case was brought to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don.\n\nOn 29 April 2025, Krosh was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Dzhankoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":826,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":118,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Dzhankoy"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dzhankoi","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, under the coordination of emissaries staying in Ukraine, he spread \"terrorist ideology\" and recruited local Muslims into his ranks at conspiratorial meetings.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.01.2023 to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2025, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment, 4 of which in a prison, and the rest is in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment, 4 of which in a prison, and the rest is in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-01-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/01/d47522/?sphrase_id=2009719\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recf5CLfGy8hR4CIq"},{"persecution_id":"rec8M3BLYuMZf9jUU","last_updated":"2025-01-28T14:54:12.000Z","person_id":"recd8REYRSTbB1fkc","name_en":"Elena Kozhevnikova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attAUvBavhyOb1FxM.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attAUvBavhyOb1FxM.webp"],"birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Togliatti, Kozhevnikova initially worked in an atelier and later in a department store. After retirement, she worked part-time as a maid and cleaner. On 16 May 2023, Kozhevnikova's home was searched and travel restrictions were imposed. Subsequently Kozhevnikova was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 4 March 2024, she received a two-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":294,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tolyatti"],"case_name_en":"Elena Kozhevnikova's case on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-525/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 15 May 2023, Anatoly Grekov, an investigator from the Central Investigative Department of Togliatti initiated a criminal case under Article 282.2 Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation against 61-year-old Elena Kozhevnikova. On 16 May 2023 searches were conducted at four addresses in Togliatti, including Elena Kozhevnikova's residence. On 22 June 2023 investigator Ruslan Mgoyan formally charged Elena Kozhevnikova as a defendant, accusing her of actively participating in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organisation via video-conference. The criminal case was brought before the Central District Court of Togliatti on 21 July 2023 and assigned to Judge Irina Onuchina. Current stage of the case is trial in the court of first instance.\n","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 18.05.2023 to 20.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 20.04.2024 to 19.04.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.03.2024, Sentence: A suspended sentence of two years in prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"A suspended sentence of two years in prison","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-04T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-04T11:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-05-2023\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/v-tolyatti-protiv-dvuh-svidetelej-iegovy-vozbudili-ugolovnye-dela/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec8M3BLYuMZf9jUU"},{"persecution_id":"recAGWUKpsFsr0QCV","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recEmx3O4EIVca0QH","name_en":"Osman Abdurazakov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attppocZRw83epgF0.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attppocZRw83epgF0.jpeg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 24 January 2023, in different villages of Dzhankoy district of Crimea, the FSB officers conducted searches of Crimean Tatars. As a result, six people, including Osman Abdurazakov, were detained and transferred to Simferopol. The next day, the court sent all six to pre-trial detention on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparation for violent seizure of power due to their involvement in the Islamic party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", which is not known for any violent activities.\n\nLawyers who wanted to help the detainees were not allowed to attend the hearing on the adoption of a preventive measure because they were already defending other defendants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. Local residents gathered outside the court building, and police detained more than 30 people.\n\nOn 22 August 2023, the case came to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don.\n\nOn 29 April 2025, Abdurazakov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Dzhankoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":826,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":118,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Dzhankoy"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dzhankoi","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, under the coordination of emissaries staying in Ukraine, he spread \"terrorist ideology\" and recruited local Muslims into his ranks at conspiratorial meetings.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 25.01.2023 to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2025, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment, with the first 4 years served in prison, and the rest served in a strict-regime penal colony,1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment, with the first 4 years served in prison, and the rest served in a strict-regime penal colony,1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-01-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/01/d47522/?sphrase_id=2009719\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recAGWUKpsFsr0QCV"},{"persecution_id":"recPgcsJlkirsarBw","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recDAUyKeEM31S6nX","name_en":"Aider Asanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZtHMeWXcsGRk1N.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZtHMeWXcsGRk1N.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 24 January 2023, FSB officers conducted searches in different villages of the Dzhankoi district in Crimea, targeting Crimean Tatars. As a result, six people were detained and transferred to Simferopol, including Aider Asanov. The next day, a court ordered all six to pre-trial detention on charge of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparation for a violent seizure of power due to their involvement in the Islamic party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", which has not been linked to any acts of violence.\n\nAt the pre-trial detention hearing, lawyers who intended to assist the detainees were not allowed to attend, as they were already representing other defendants in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case. A crowd of local residents gathered outside the courthouse, and police detained more than 30 people.\n\nAsanov told his wife that the detention centre staff were putting pressure on him and other political prisoners.\n\nOn 22 August 2023, the case was submitted to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don.\n\nOn 29 April 2025, Asanov was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Dzhankoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":826,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":118,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Dzhankoy"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dzhankoi","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, he disseminated a “terrorist ideology” and recruited local Muslims during clandestine gatherings while coordinating emissaries based in Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.01.2023 to 11.06.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 11.06.2023 to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2025, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment with the first 3 years to be spent in prison and the rest — in a strict-regime penal colony, and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment with the first 3 years to be spent in prison and the rest — in a strict-regime penal colony, and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-01-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/01/d47522/?sphrase_id=2009719\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recPgcsJlkirsarBw"},{"persecution_id":"recwpaz3yP6zdoWX2","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recKVSogbuiZwpQby","name_en":"Lehman Zekeryaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttjLkLazgtCRBcC.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttjLkLazgtCRBcC.jpg"],"birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 24 January 2023, FSB officers carried out searches in various villages of the Dzhankoy district in Crimea, targeting Crimean Tatars. As a result, six individuals were detained and transferred to Simferopol, among them — Lehman Zekeryaev. The following day, all six were remanded in custody on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation and preparing for the violent seizure of power, due to their alleged involvement with the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has not been linked to any violent activity.\n\nAt the hearing on pre-trial detention, lawyers who wished to represent the detainees were denied entry — because they were already defending other defendants in Hizb ut-Tahrir cases. 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During one of their visits, the couple was forbidden to speak Crimean Tatar language.\n\nOn 22 August 2023, the case was transferred to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don.\n\nOn 29 April 2025, Mambetov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Dzhankoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":826,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":118,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Dzhankoy"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dzhankoi","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, acting under the coordination of emissaries based in Ukraine, he spread “terrorist ideology” and, during clandestine meetings, recruited local Muslims into his ranks.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.01.2023 to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: from 21.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2025, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment, with the first 4 years in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment, with the first 4 years in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-01-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/01/d47522/?sphrase_id=2009719\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"reclAJIROkP3hnWFI"},{"persecution_id":"recDnILB4KL6Zbmzh","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recZwNyJFoLyFxOuq","name_en":"Refat Seidametov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attuA63b1WyS1Gv1o.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attuA63b1WyS1Gv1o.jpeg"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 24 January 2023, the Federal Security Service (FSB) officers conducted searches in several villages in the Dzhankoy district of Crimea, targeting Crimean Tatars. 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Residents gathered outside the courthouse in support of the detainees, and police detained more than 30 people.\n\nOn August 22, 2023, the case was assigned to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don.\n\nOn April 29, 2025, Seidametov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Dzhankoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":826,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":118,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Second Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Dzhankoy"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Dzhankoi","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, under the coordination of emissaries based in Ukraine, he spread “terrorist ideology” and recruited local Muslims at clandestine meetings.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.01.2023 to 01.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 01.05.2023 to 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• in custody: from 01.08.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2025, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment, including the first 4 years in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony; 1 year's restriction of liberty.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment, including the first 4 years in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony; 1 year's restriction of liberty.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 24-01-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/01/d47522/?sphrase_id=2009719\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recDnILB4KL6Zbmzh"},{"persecution_id":"recalFBeUDZiZ6nDL","last_updated":"2025-12-08T17:07:07.000Z","person_id":"recpfJUn9bgHABFvX","name_en":"Miroslav Sabodash","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attj2wjwWgvAJpiOG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attj2wjwWgvAJpiOG.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Leningrad Region. 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The Investigative Committee initiated criminal proceedings against Kirill Khabrik, Igor Zhmyryov and other unidentified persons on extremism charges. Charges were also brought against Sergei Ryabokon, Andrei Morozov and Yevgeniy Poveshchenko. The latter was restrained from leaving the town while the others were remanded in custody. At the end of March, there were new searches conducted in Kingisepp. Eleven church members were interrogated. Five more people became defendants in the criminal case - Miroslav Sabodash, Igor Shevlyuga, Tatyana Stepanova, Alexander Vaganov and Konstantsiya Vovk. They were placed in a temporary detention centre but were soon released while Shevlyuga spent 26 days in a pre-trial detention centre. 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Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/stepanova-tatyana-yurevna/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47688/?sphrase_id=2007529\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On 24 March, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of prohibition of certain actions on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Street cleaners"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kingisepp"],"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kingisepp","case_number":"12302410007000017","persecution_case_profile_en":"At the end of February 2023, 7 searches took place in the towns of Kingisepp and Slantsy (Leningrad region). 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Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/vaganov-aleksandr-viktorovich/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47688/?sphrase_id=2007529\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the extremist article against Kirill Khabrik, Igor Zhmyryov and other unidentified persons. Charges were also brought against Sergei Ryabokony, Andrei Morozov and Yevgeniy Poveshchenko. The latter was given a measure of restriction in the form of a written pledge not to leave the area, while the others were remanded in custody. At the end of March, searches took place in Kingisepp again. Eleven religious believers were questioned. Five more people became defendants in the criminal case - Miroslav Sabodash, Igor Shevliuga, Tatyana Stepanova, Alexander Vaganov and Konstantsiya Vovk. They were placed in the temporary detention cell, but were soon released, while Shevliuga spent 26 days in the pre-trial detention centre. All five are under a prohibition of certain actions.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.03.2023 to 24.03.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 24.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/vovk-konstancziya-yulevna/\n• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-03-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47688/?sphrase_id=2007529\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial","SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec6UAbBJS9SVCcMv"},{"persecution_id":"rec0dAtWJ920Akl7o","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recVUwBLlhTvoyEmJ","name_en":"Emil Valeeva","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novosibirsk. She is considered to be the administrator of the group \"Stewed Fans with Meat\" in VKontakte. A case was brought against her for dissemination of information on the Internet expressing obvious disrespect to society about the days of military glory of Russia. On March 26th, 2024, Valeeva was sentenced to a year of suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":450,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the administrator of the \"Stewed Fans with Meat\" group.","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the administrator of the group \"Stewed Fans with Meat\" in VKontakte, on May 9th, 2022, posted information expressing obvious disrespect to society about the days of military glory of Russia related to the defense of the Country. According to the expert investigation conducted in the case, the publication contains \"statements that testify to the denial, belittlement, and humiliation of the significance of the victory in the Great Patriotic War in the social life of Russia.\"\n\n","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.03.2024, Sentence: 1 year's of suspended sentence, with 2 years' probation period ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's of suspended sentence, with 2 years' probation period ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-26T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-26T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/10/d48822/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"rec0dAtWJ920Akl7o"},{"persecution_id":"recdkro65JKu9Y1De","last_updated":"2024-06-30T12:52:47.000Z","person_id":"recsyKUAvkSR1rJv0","name_en":"Vladimir Volokhonsky","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"St. Petersburg municipal deputy. In March 2022, he was searched as part of a case of false bomb message (Art. 207 of the Criminal Code, see below). After that, Volokhonsky left Russia. In November 2023, it became known that Volokhonsky was prosecuted for spreading \"fakes\", repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces (part 1 of article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) and public justification of terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).\n\nOn 21 June 2024, Volokhonsky was recognised as a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Volokhonsky's case on public justification of terrorism, \"fakes\" and discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"In October 2022, the deputy was fined 30 thousand under the administrative article on discrediting the RF Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to the protocol, Volokhonsky on 26 May posted a critical publication about the deputies of the State Duma, the special military operation and the events in Ukraine in general in the \"Kupchino News\" public in social media. The municipal deputy also spoke negatively about criminal and administrative responsibility for discrediting the Armed Forces, which was introduced in Russia at the beginning of March 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdkro65JKu9Y1De"},{"persecution_id":"recR0PH0tmfOySZna","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"recaKBXq1BDOfbT90","name_en":"Maxim Ivanidi","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atthsoUCCZu2KSoqo.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atthsoUCCZu2KSoqo.jpg"],"birth_year":2000,"age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Contract serviceman. According to his mother, he repeatedly refused to participate in the war, incidentally for religious and moral reasons, explaining that he has relatives in Ukraine. He was threatened and his discharge report was not accepted. After the mobilisation was announced, Ivanidi submitted a request to be appointed to a position corresponding to his military speciality and, if there were no vacant positions, to be dismissed from the armed forces. A few days later he was told to report to another unit. In the other unit, according to his mother, he was told that there were no vacant positions for him. Ivanidi returned home and started working in a shop. The indictment alleges that he simply failed to report to the unit. On July 12th 2023, he was detained. On September 21st Ivanidi was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony. 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In May 2023, another criminal case was opened in Prokopyevsk against unidentified persons. Three months later, a Kemerovo Region local police department investigator brought in Yelena Chernykh and pensioner Vera Semicheva as defendants for conducting \"joint worship...based on the Holy Scriptures (Bible).\" Both women signed a recognizance not to leave. The case went to trial in September 2023. 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Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recrGOKfAERgPmDbq"},{"persecution_id":"recuLmZixBnVC14dK","last_updated":"2024-09-24T12:07:40.000Z","person_id":"recT2H8Bv8110ERfb","name_en":"Anastasia Ulybysheva","birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Student of the Moscow State Psychological and Pedagogical University (MGPPU). On 17 November 2023, she was placed under house arrest in a case of public justification of terrorism because of two posts in a private Telegram channel.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anastasia Ulybysheva's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution were two posts about the Crimean Bridge explosion in a private Telegram channel made in October 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 17.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ulybysheva-anastasiya-aleksandrovna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recuLmZixBnVC14dK"},{"persecution_id":"rectHCpKNakrq9XsV","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recuddsDhiBohdGKH","name_en":"(Susana) Jamala (Jamaladinova)","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian singer. In 2016, she won the Eurovision Song Contest. She performed with a song about the deportation of Crimean Tatars from Crimea under Stalin rule. In April 2023, it became known that Jamala was included in the list of 31 artists who were banned from entering Russia for 50 years. In November 2023, it was reported that a case was brought against Jamala for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. She was arrested in absentia and put on a wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"case_name_en":"Singer Jamala's case about \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 01.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectHCpKNakrq9XsV"},{"persecution_id":"recpreiUKjyBlr7Aj","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recZeoSy5UEXRjhao","name_en":"Andrei Volkov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Vladivostok. He was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism for a post in which he called the conscript Andrei Alekseev, who was sentenced to seven years in prison in a case of preparation for a terrorist attack after attempting to set fire to a military recruitment centre, a hero. The Telegram channel Operative Reports published a video in which Volkov said he repented for what he had done. On 14 June 2024, a verdict was handed down, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":226,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Volkov’s case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-17/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he wrote a comment on VKontakte in which he called Andrei Alekseev, a conscript who was sentenced to seven years in prison for trying to set fire to a military recruitment office, a hero.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.06.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-14T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-14T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpreiUKjyBlr7Aj"},{"persecution_id":"recxt3iU1CdygzsdF","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recIFaDUDWNINDdJU","name_en":"Aleksei Vasiliev","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Saratov. 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Memorial:\n Date: 22-11-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recxt3iU1CdygzsdF"},{"persecution_id":"recC2VeL6wZAWykYJ","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recZkX0X6KeFsTNR1","name_en":"Aleksei Efremov","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Saratov. On 16 November 2023, a search was conducted at his place of residence. Efremov was detained and then placed under house arrest in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation because of his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. 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Memorial:\n Date: 22-11-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recC2VeL6wZAWykYJ"},{"persecution_id":"recRFDgB7pcLZMpuO","last_updated":"2024-10-30T17:12:59.000Z","person_id":"recKAHispqwfsjv4l","name_en":"Masha (Maria) Hessen","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia","USA"],"story_en":"Journalist, writer. In autumn 2023, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Gessen for disseminating deliberately false information about the Armed Forces because of an interview with Yury Dud. On 15 July, the court sentenced Gessen to 8 years in absentia and banned her from administering Internet resources for four years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":321,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Masha Gessen's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0390/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case of spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army with the motive of political hatred (item \"e\" part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) was initiated by an interview with Gessen, which was published on Yury Dud's YouTube channel in September 2022. The journalists talked, among other things, about the war crimes of the Russian army in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 01.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.07.2024, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in absentia, ban on administration of Internet resources for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in absentia, ban on administration of Internet resources for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-15T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-15T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRFDgB7pcLZMpuO"},{"persecution_id":"reclIwkiurgsVjahc","last_updated":"2026-01-27T12:13:11.000Z","person_id":"reczSNXrozYOtU8Ee","name_en":"Igor Nagavkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3DmjMMcs9isnbO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3DmjMMcs9isnbO.png"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In July 2010, Nagavkin was charged with theft. As a measure of restraint, a travel ban was enforced on him. On 13 April 2011, Nagavkin visited the prosecutor of the Voroshilovsky District of Volgograd to file a complaint and was detained by police officers in the prosecutor's office. The court subsequently modified the measure of restraint, placing him under house arrest. On 11 July 2011, Nagavkin was found guilty and sentenced to 160 hours of community service. On 5 October 2011, a court of appeal sentenced him to an additional fine of 15,000 rubles.\n\nThere was also an attempt to initiate a criminal case against Nagavkin for the use of violence against a government official. On 16 April 2010, as Nagavkin was being arrested for attempting to remove a tyre, he allegedly threatened the traffic police officer, who happened to be the husband of the car owner, with violence. Six decisions were issued declining to open a criminal case.\n\nIn late September 2016, Nagavkin was detained along with three acquaintances on suspicion of attempting to steal valuables from a pawnshop. On 1 October he was taken into custody. In April 2017, Nagavkin was transferred from the Volgograd region to Moscow, as his case was merged with a murder case that was being investigated in Moscow. Nagavkin has repeatedly declared a hunger strike. In December 2017, he was beaten in the Moscow City Court building. On November 16, 2018, the Moscow City Court ruled to release Nagavkin from custody due to delays in the proceedings, violation of territorial jurisdiction, and the investigator's inability to explain the need to extend the arrest. Nagavkin's case was again transferred to Volgograd. On April 18, 2023, the court in Volgograd sentenced Nagavkin to six years in a penal colony. On July 18, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.\n\nOn May 15, 2023, the staff of the pre-trial detention centre where Nagavkin was being held intended to place him in a cell where those being prosecuted in cases of sexual violence, including against minors, were being held. Nagavkin threatened to contact the prosecutor's office and promised the staff serious consequences in a rude manner. The exchange of remarks was filmed on a video recorder and transferred to the Investigative Committee, after which a new case was opened against Nagavkin — for disrupting the work of the pre-trial detention center.\n\nAt the trial for the case of disruption of the work of the pre-trial detention center, Nagavkin said that the head of Pretrial Detention Center No. 5, Sergei Kravchuk, through threats and torture, tried to force him to stop writing complaints and defending his innocence. According to the human rights activist defending him, on November 16, a Federal Penitentiary Service officer severely beat his client. And the assistant prosecutor who visits the pre-trial detention center refused to document the beatings. The next day, the head of the detention center, according to Nagavkin, told him that he would \"stick a phone up his ass and pull it out with a stick.\" That same day, Nagavkin was placed in solitary confinement, in response to which he went on a hunger strike. It lasted three days until the prisoner was informed that Kravchuk had been transferred to the position of head of another pre-trial detention center.\n\nOn February 27, 2024, the court of cassation returned the theft case to the court of appeal. On April 22, at the request of the prosecutor's office, the court of appeal reclassified the charge as less severe and released Nagavkin from further execution of the sentence.\n\nOn June 26, 2024, Nagavkin was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence in the case of disrupting the work of the pre-trial detention center.\n\nOn September 12, 2024, the court of appeal replaced the sentence with two years in a penal colony. On October 9, Nagavkin filed a complaint with the 4th Court of Krasnodar against the ruling of the appeals court and the sentence itself.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":422,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 321 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["321"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 321 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Igor Nagavkin's case on the disruption of pretrial detention facility activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he disrupted the work of Pretrial Detention Center No. 5 (SIZO-5) in the Volgograd Region.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2023 to 23.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.10.2024\n• punishment cell: from 17.11.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment cell:  to 25.10.2025\n• punishment cell: from 25.10.2025 to 02.11.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.06.2024, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-26T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reclIwkiurgsVjahc"},{"persecution_id":"rec8nem5MTkUzBmkB","last_updated":"2026-02-17T17:40:47.000Z","person_id":"recNFj6NOwGdnmaG5","name_en":"Vladimir Ashikhmin","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kirov region. No later than March 2023, a case was brought against him for spreading \"fake information\" about the Russian Armed Forces and desecration of symbols of military glory because of his posts on VKontakte. Ashikhmin pleaded guilty, the case was considered under a special procedure. On 10 October 2023, he was sentenced to a year and a half of suspended imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":223,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3","Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Ashikhmin's case of \"fake news\" regarding the Russian Armed Forces and the rehabilitation of Nazism","case_number":"2-6/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution were 13 posts on \"VKontakte\", which Ashikhmin published from November 2022 to January 2023: they contained messages about missile attacks on houses and hospitals in different cities of Ukraine, crimes in Bucha, as well as images of medals that look like medals of the Great Patriotic War \"For bravery\", \"For the capture of Berlin\", \"For the capture of Vienna\", on which was written \"For the genocide of the Ukrainian people 24.02.2022\", \"For torture\", \"For looting\", \"For the revival of fascism\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 26.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.10.2023, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 2 years, prohibition to administer Internet sites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 2 years, prohibition to administer Internet sites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-10T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-10T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8nem5MTkUzBmkB"},{"persecution_id":"reczcAidBELEK8SZw","last_updated":"2026-02-13T19:40:46.000Z","person_id":"recwaqsfUDO1eGkra","name_en":"Eduard Sharlot","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attE24MGhPZ2KuXhH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attE24MGhPZ2KuXhH.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Singer. Left Russia, spoke out against the war. He was detained on 22 November 2023 at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, where he flew from Armenia. Shortly before that, the head of the \"Safe Internet League\" Ekaterina Mizulina announced that she had sent appeals to the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a request to give a legal assessment of Sharlot's actions. In June, the singer posted a video on his Instagram page in which he depicted the burning of his Russian passport, condemned the war and stated his desire to move to Kiev. After the arrest, Telegram channels associated with law enforcers published a video in which Sharlot repents for his actions, explaining there was a \"misfire in understanding what was happening\" and he burned his passport because he was \"mistakenly obsessed with false information\". On the same day he was arrested for 13 days under the article on petty hooliganism (article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences): according to the protocol, being on the promenade of the Obvodny Canal, he \"expressed himself with coarse profanity in a public place, waved his hands, harassed citizens, shouted, did not react to repeated remarks, thus demonstratively violating public order and peace of citizens\". At the same time it was reported that the young man was also subject to protocols under articles on discrediting the army (Art. 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and deliberate destruction of passport (Art. 19.16 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 24 November, Mizulina said that two cases of desecration of symbols of military glory, as well as a case of insulting the religious feelings of believers, had been brought against Sharlot. On 1 December, the singer was transported to Samara, where the cases were filed, and the next day the court sent him into custody.\nLater it became known that a criminal case was initiated because of the defacement of the passport (video of the singer burning it). In addition, a case of humiliation on the grounds of nationality was brought against Sharlot. In the final trial, the prosecution offered to drop these charges against Sharlot, and the court agreed. On 27 December 2024, the singer was sentenced to five and a half years in a penal colony.\nIn August 2025, it became known that Sharlot's sentence was toughened: it was decided to transfer him to a general regime colony, as he allegedly violated discipline and incited other convicts to inappropriate behaviour. The singer's father said that for two months in Tolyatti colony-settlement No. 1 Sharlot was charged with 19 violations on spurious grounds and four times he was placed in the punishment cell. Because of this, the singer went on a dry hunger strike three times.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":401,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 1, Article 148"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sharlot's case of rehabilitation of Nazism and insulting religious feelings","persecution_case_profile_en":"One of the cases under the 4th part of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code was initiated due to a video on the singer's Instagram in which he tears a St George's ribbon arranged in the shape of the letter Z. Another - because of the performance in underwear and a wreath while singing a song about the rouble's decline, set to the tune of the song \"Victory Day\". The case of insulting the religious feelings of believers was apparently due to of a video in which Sharlot nails his military ID, a photo of Patriarch Kirill, and a crucifix made of branches to a tree.\nSharlot was also accused of damaging a document due to a video in which he burns his passport, and of humiliating dignity based on national origin due to an Instagram story with the caption, \"Russian-speaking little bastards, you're dead even when you breathe.\" These charges were later dropped.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.12.2023\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.03.2024\n• in custody:  to 15.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 22.11.2023 to 02.12.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell: \n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.12.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-27T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-27T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 24-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/11/d48984/?sphrase_id=2737644\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-07-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sharlot-eduard-valerevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reczcAidBELEK8SZw"},{"persecution_id":"rec5jaObwNQMffJi4","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"rec8JKdI8sQJAJRzU","name_en":"Rustam Fararitdinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attIjXqvx0mRKwxNx.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attIjXqvx0mRKwxNx.jpeg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 23 November 2023, security officers searched the home of Rustam Fararitdinov in the village of Kurmanaevo, Bashkortostan. He was detained. According to his brother, Bashkir activist Ruslan Gabbasov — who has fled Russia and is wanted in several criminal cases — Fararitdinov was told he would “serve time for his brother.” Nothing was seized from the house.\nGabbasov claimed that Fararitdinov was able to contact his wife and asked her to relay a message: if Gabbasov returned to Russia, Fararitdinov would be released — if not, he would be jailed. The following day, Fararitdinov was remanded in custody on charges of aiding terrorist activity.\nOn 7 August 2024, he was sentenced to five years and six months in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":258,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rustam Fararitdinov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Fararitdinov’s brother, Bashkir activist Ruslan Gabbasov, the case was triggered by their conversation on WhatsApp, where they discussed Ukrainian Armed Forces units that include Bashkir fighters. Gabbasov, however, has stressed that he has no connection to these groups.\n\n\n\n","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.11.2023 to 24.11.2023\n• in custody: from 24.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 18.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.08.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment, of which 2 years 6 months' in prison and the rest in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment, of which 2 years 6 months' in prison and the rest in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-07T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-07T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-08-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/fararitdinov-rustam-fanilevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec5jaObwNQMffJi4"},{"persecution_id":"rec6S1Im5TWlS7Zih","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"rec8tHGqWdU2bMvqO","name_en":"Denis Kamaliagin","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Editor-in-Chief of the \"Pskov Gubernia\" publication. In December 2020, he became one of the first people to be included in the foreign agent media registry. In November 2023, it became known that a criminal case was opened against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In December 2023, Kamaliagin was given a restraint in the form of \nrecognisance not to abscond.\n\nIn February 2024, it was reported that Kamaliagin was also prosecuted for abdication of responsibilities as a \"foreign agent.\" He was arrested in absentia.\n\nOn 19 November 2025, the journalist was sentenced in absentia to three years' imprisonment on charges of both cases.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":723,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":103,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Denis Kamaliagin's case of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-514/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for prosecution under the article on evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\" was the lack of labelling on publications in Kamaliagin's Telegram channel.\n\nIn July 2022, Kamaliagin was fined 35 thousand rubles (US$446) under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.11.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in absentia.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in absentia.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-19T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-19T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6S1Im5TWlS7Zih"},{"persecution_id":"recFTA56okFwy5VOu","last_updated":"2026-02-13T11:30:56.000Z","person_id":"recmGlYdrRccV1Mjt","name_en":"Anastasia Zibrova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attdEbzQLqJNuj9Fa.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attdEbzQLqJNuj9Fa.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A cynologist, lives in the Moscow region. On 25 October 2023, a case was brought against Zibrova for spreading knowingly false information about the Armed Forces. Zibrova was under a recognisance not to leave. On 14 May 2024, she was placed under house arrest.\n\nOn 28 August 2024, Zibrova was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony.\n\nOn 28 May 2025, the cassation court cancelled Zibrova's sentence and returned the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 18 September 2025, Zibrova was again sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Odintsovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":308,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anastasia Zibrova's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-959/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of a post on VK about the missile attack on the railway station in Kramatorsk.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 08.04.2024 to 14.05.2024\n• house arrest: from 14.05.2024 to 28.08.2024\n• in custody: from 28.08.2024 to 26.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №10 (SIZO-10) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• in custody: from 28.05.2025 to 18.08.2025\n• in custody: from 18.08.2025 to 20.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №10 (SIZO-10) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• in custody: from 06.08.2025 to 07.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast\n• in custody: from 07.08.2025 to 10.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• in custody: from 10.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.11.2024 to 01.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №10 (SIZO-10) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.01.2025 to 28.05.2025\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 06.08.2025\n• Unknown:  to 18.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.11.2025 to 21.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №10 (SIZO-10) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.02.2026 to 22.02.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.08.2024, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a 4 years' ban on website management• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 18.09.2025, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a 3 years' ban on website management","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a 3 years' ban on website management","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-28T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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A criminal case was opened against her for public justification of terrorism because of a video about the Azov regiment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Volgograd resident case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a video with a story about the activities of the Azov regiment.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCQaFU21DwxTWwe"},{"persecution_id":"recKALHhK4g64EoOh","last_updated":"2026-01-16T13:31:04.000Z","person_id":"recmE07XsSlZkgTYZ","name_en":"Olga Kalinnikova","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On November 23, 2023, Kalinnikova's home was searched. She was released on the order of her own recognizance as part of the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. In April 2024, it became known that she was additionally given a charge of involvement in such activities. On March 25, 2025, Kalinnikova was convicted to two and a half years of suspended sentence. On July 20, 2025, the court of appeal instance cancelled the conviction.\n\nOn October 29, 2025, following a new review, the court gave her 5 years of suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":488,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses' in Iturupa","persecution_case_profile_en":"She took part in the activities of an extremist organisation by discussing biblical topics with a fellow villager.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 15.01.2026 to 14.01.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.03.2025, Sentence: 2 years 6 months of suspended sentence with 2 years of probation, 8 months of restriction of liberty• First instance court on the merits, 29.10.2025, Sentence: 5 years of imprisonment with suspended sentence with 2 years of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years of imprisonment with suspended sentence with 2 years of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-25T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-29T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 29-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/religion/news/harassment/intervention/2019/03/d40723/?sphrase_id=2010967\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recKALHhK4g64EoOh"},{"persecution_id":"recXBExYWMkhzVq5X","last_updated":"2026-01-16T13:31:16.000Z","person_id":"rec5Oj5OVlcB28KQK","name_en":"Larisa Potapova","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 23 November 2023, Potapova’s home was searched. She was placed under a travel restriction as part of a case concerning her alleged participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. In April 2024, it became known that an additional charge of involvement in such activities had been brought against her.\nOn 25 March 2025, Potapova received a suspended sentence of two and a half years. 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Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recXBExYWMkhzVq5X"},{"persecution_id":"recVJfFF3ooTCAq9P","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:41.000Z","person_id":"rec3MryP55wpxj2kN","name_en":"Andrey Knyazev","birth_year":2001,"age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Omsk. The FSB claims that he planned to come to Ukraine and fight against the Russian army. Information on how to cross the border was allegedly given to him by a \"coordinator of a paramilitary Ukrainian organisation\". In December 2023, it became known that the man was detained in the case of calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. 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A case was initiated against him for discrediting the Armed Forces, public justification of terrorism, calls for extremism and activities against the security of the Russian Federation. Vladimirov was released under  recognisance not to leave the country. Later the descreditation charge was dropped. On March 13, 2025, Vladimirov was taken into custody because he went to a football match in Krasnodar together with his children. On March 27, 2025, Vladimirov was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai","Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS","RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":757,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":108,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","call for arson"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Gennady Vladimirov's case of public justification of terrorism, discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, public calls for extremism, and actions against the security of the state","case_number":"1-262/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution under the article on calls to terrorism were several comments left on Telegram expressing  support of Denis Popov, who is being prosecuted in the case of arson of the military recruitment centre in Uglich.\n\nThe article on calls to extremism was imputed because of two comments on Telegram calling for violence against Russians.\n\nFinally, the investigation found calls for anti-state activity in two more comments on Telegram, one of which called for sabotage.\n\n","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 13.03.2025\n• in custody: from 13.03.2025 to 14.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: from 14.04.2025 to 06.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2025, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPjabDMj1BS5THK"},{"persecution_id":"recx31dpldKh38N4A","last_updated":"2026-02-13T19:58:11.000Z","person_id":"recpNZqcpWiKOUo2V","name_en":"Andrei Mitrofanov","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the town of Berezniki (Perm Region). In May 2023, a case was brought against him for discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation. Mitrofanov was put on a federal wanted list. On 25 July he was detained and placed under house arrest on 27 July. On 16 August Mitrofanov was taken into custody. On 1 March 2024, Mitrofanov was sentenced to a fine of 200 thousand rubles.\n\nIn September 2025, a native of the Perm region with the same name, patronymic and surname was added to the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring. Later it became known that two new cases were brought against him: public justification of terrorism and defamation of the Russian Armed Forces and repeated display of extremist symbols.\n\nMitrofanov was taken into custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Berezniki"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":290,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Mitrofanov's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian armed forces","case_number":"1-134/2024","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 25.07.2023 to 27.07.2023\n• house arrest: from 27.07.2023 to 16.08.2023\n• in custody: from 16.08.2023 to 01.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.03.2024, Sentence: a fine of 200 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 200 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-01T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-01T08:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-03-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/mitrofanov-andrej-egorovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recx31dpldKh38N4A"},{"persecution_id":"recXo7pZhbLYVFzMP","last_updated":"2025-04-30T18:04:24.000Z","person_id":"recexzMTX5l2afRrr","name_en":"Maksim Prus","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. In December 2023, it became known that a criminal case was initiated against him for public justification of terrorism. Prus was given a recognizance not to leave. On 18 March 2024, he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":101,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of a resident of St. Petersburg on public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-10/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the \"Operative bulletins\" Telegram channel, he \"called for the division of Russia, rejoiced at the death of our fighters in the Special Military Operation zone and terrorist attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine\". According to Prus's own words, the reason for the case was his comment in the \"Federative Siberia\" Telegram channel about the Russian Freedom Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps - units formed of Russian citizens fighting on the side of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 08.12.2023 to 28.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.03.2024, Sentence: a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-18T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-18T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXo7pZhbLYVFzMP"},{"persecution_id":"recXvRHAzRLSXZyko","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"reco0ubA2HZuMyFCF","name_en":"Ekaterina Fatianova","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnoyarsk. In 2008, she headed the Krasnoyarsk branch of the opposition United Civil Front (UCF) and was an activist in the opposition coalition \"Drugaya Rossiya – Krasnoyarsk\" (The Other Russia - Krasnoyarsk). Following a speech at a rally of the Revolutionary-Patriotic Union of Krasnoyarsk on 1 May 2008, in which she called for revolution, she was charged with inciting extremist activities. On 24 December 2008, Fatianova was sentenced to 1 year and 4 months, suspended.\n\nOn 28 July 2022, her home was searched on suspicion of publicly spreading knowingly false information about the Russian army through the newspaper \"Raboche-krestyansky Serp i Molot\" (Workers’ and Peasants’ Sickle and Hammer). She was questioned by the FSB but released without formal charges.\n\nAt the end of January 2024, it became known that a case had been opened against her for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation over materials published in the newspaper \"Raboche-krestyansky Serp I Molot,\" which she distributed on 9 May 2023. On 4 December 2024, Fatianova was sentenced to 2 years of community service.\n\nOn 12 November 2025, the court modified her sentence, ordering her to serve the remaining part of the term in a colony-settlement.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":343,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ekaterina Fatianova's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-381/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was opened for the article \"Reflections on the Nature of Imperialism\" published in the newspaper \"Raboche-krestyansky Serp I Molot\" (Workers’ and Peasants’ Sickle and Hammer), which Fatianova distributed on 9 May 2023 near Teatralnaya Square in Krasnoyarsk.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (temporarily)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["no preventive measure","recognizance not to leave","prohibition of certain actions","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• no preventive measure: from 12.01.2024 to 15.04.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 15.04.2024 to 28.04.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: \n• temporary hospitalisation: from 28.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 08.05.2025 to 12.11.2025\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.12.2024, Sentence: 2 years of community service","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of community service","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-04T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-04T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-05-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://nlirkncn---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/dossier/delo-ekateriny-fatyanovoj-2024-goda-o-diskreditaczii-armii/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recXvRHAzRLSXZyko"},{"persecution_id":"recxOXBVCfG4BGSA8","last_updated":"2025-10-28T11:56:14.000Z","person_id":"recTx9dbryERFZ8CN","name_en":"Andrei Serafimov","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In 2018-2019, he was a functionary of the Tomsk branch of the  Young Guard of United Russia, then he co-operated with independent media. He is also the author of a telegram channel \"Ulitsa Barkhatnaya\" about what is happening in Tomsk. In December 2023, it became known that a case was opened against Serafimov for calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. His relatives in Russia were twice visited by law enforcers for questioning. Later they were summoned for interrogation. In addition, the police visited Tomsk State University, where Serafimov studies.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Serafimov about calls for activity against Russian security","persecution_case_profile_en":"Serafimov himself suggests that the reason for the prosecution could have been the calls not to go to military enlistment centres in his social networks.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 28.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxOXBVCfG4BGSA8"},{"persecution_id":"recynRc5IlT4HBMmz","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"recZqyFbzWFuDF2P6","name_en":"Iurii Malev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzuMHrXeXgvPgp5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzuMHrXeXgvPgp5.jpg"],"birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","USA"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg, he worked as a security guard at a sports complex in Brooklyn, New York. In December 2023, he was taken into custody as part of the case of desecration of the St. George ribbon. On 5 June 2024, he was sentenced to 3.5 years in a penal colony. Presumably, he was released on 18 March 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":180,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Iurii Malev's case of abuse of the St George ribbon","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the official version, on 8 June 2022, Malev posted in Odnoklassniki \"a photo image of the St. George ribbon with the caption on the image - an identifying sign of a person with non-traditional sexual orientation, using coarse profanity to identify this person\". And in addition, on 8 May 2023, the man, the investigation claims, \"posted a photo image of a corpse with instructions on 'how to properly wear the St. George ribbon'.\"\nMalev's acquaintances write that he was charged for the posts published five years ago.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.12.2023 to 27.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 18.03.2025\n• Unknown: from 19.03.2025 to 18.10.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.06.2024, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a settlement colony, plus 1 year 6 months' of restricted freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a settlement colony, plus 1 year 6 months' of restricted freedom","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-18,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-05T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-05T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/malyov-yurij-evgenevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recynRc5IlT4HBMmz"},{"persecution_id":"reclYRdhn2hxwLeAi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recWBdCGvSzfYS2lK","name_en":"Sanan Ulanov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Elista, a supporter of the ideology of \"citizens of the USSR\". In May 2023, he was taken into custody in the case of repeated displaying of Nazi symbols. On 21 September Ulanov was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. On 22 November Ulanov died in custody - according to a medical certificate, he committed suicide. On 5 December, the court of appeal acquitted Ulanov posthumously, considering that in the post, which became the reason for criminal prosecution, he did not promote, but, on the contrary, criticised Nazi ideology.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Elista"],"persecution_region_en":["Kalmykia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KL"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2023-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2023,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":142,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4"],"case_name_en":"The case of the repeated demonstration of Nazi symbols in Elista","persecution_case_profile_en":"In July 2020, he was fined one thousand roubles under the administrative article on the displaying of Nazi symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). He decided not to pay the fine because he denies the collapse of the USSR and considers the Russian Federation a \"commercial firm\".\nThe reason for the criminal case was a publication on VKontakte with the title \"Tear the Vlasov banner from the Golden-Domed Kremlin!\" and an image of a swastika.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (acquitted)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2023 to 22.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.09.2023, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-20T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-20T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 11-12-2023\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"reclYRdhn2hxwLeAi"},{"persecution_id":"recULf1EvhbJvD92w","last_updated":"2026-02-17T17:44:25.000Z","person_id":"rec8GXTWFbCunTkOD","name_en":"Alsu Kurmasheva","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia","USA"],"story_en":"Editor of the Tatar-Bashkir service of Radio Liberty. For many years she has been covering the problems of ethnic minorities in the Volga-Ural region of Russia, and has raised issues of protection and preservation of the Tatar language and culture against the background of increasing pressure of the Russian authorities on the indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation in recent years. Kurmasheva had been living in Prague and came to Kazan for family reasons in mid-May 2023. On 2 June, when she was planning to leave, she was detained at the airport. The journalist's Russian and American passports were confiscated, after which a case was opened against her. On 11 October 2023, the court sentenced her to a fine, the amount is unknown. After the verdict in this case, Kurmasheva remained in Russia, waiting for the return of her documents. On 18 October 2023, she was detained as part of a case for failure to perform the duties of a \"foreign agent\" in connection with the collection of information on military activities. On 23 October, the court sent her to custody.\nIn December 2023, it was reported that a case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces was brought against Kurmasheva. 19 July 2024 sentenced to six and a half years in a general regime colony.\nOn 1 August 2024, Kurmasheva was released as part of prisoner  exchange between the Russian Federation and the United States.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":231,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E,D Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alsu Kurmasheva's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"2-43/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to unconfirmed reports, the reason for the case was her book \"No to War. 40 stories of Russians opposing the invasion of Ukraine\". 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She advocated for independence of the constituent peoples of Russia, including Azerbaijanis. On May 5, 2023, she was detained at the Sheremetyevo airport as she was about to fly to Belgrade. On the same day her mother's house in Dagestan was searched by the authorities. Gashimova was arrested for ten days under the charge of disobeying a government representative while crossing the border (Article 18.7 of the Administrative Code). The court ruling stated that the activist \"was a member of the WhatsApp and Signal messenger communities aimed at discrediting the Russian Federation and supporting the armed forces of Ukraine, with threats of physical violence against members of the Russian security forces\". Before her release from the detention facility, another report was filed against her for disobeying police officers (Part 1, Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code), resulting in an additional 15 days of administrative arrest. According to the court, the activist allegedly refused to show her documents and proceed to the police vehicle, which was supposed to take her to the police station. After her release Gashimova was flown to Makhachkala, where FSB officers confiscated her documents. She then returned to her native Derbent, but the law enforcers restricted her from communicating with human rights activists and acquaintances. Subsequently, it became known that the girl was sent to a pre-trial detention center in Makhachkala. In December, Anton Kolomitsyn, Gashimova's friend and manager of the Free Eurasia Telegram channel, suggested that she had been sent to a psychiatric hospital. Previously, the activist told him in letters that the investigators had threatened her several times with placement in compulsory treatment. Some time ago, Gashimova stopped sending letters to Kolomitsyn, and before that she had undergone a forensic psychiatric examination in the psychoneurological unit of SIZO-5 in Leninsk, Volgograd region. Her letters revealed that she was charged with publicly justifying terrorism and inciting extremism. She also reported that the investigator used force against her and that the administration of the pre-trial detention center sent her to a cold cell four times.\n\nOn 7 October 2024, a court located in the occupied territory of Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine sentenced Gashimova to four and a half years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Makhachkala"],"persecution_region_en":["Dagestan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-DA"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":521,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ulker Gashimova's case on the public justification of terrorism and calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of posts on the Telegram channels \"Belgorod Podonnya\" and \"Citizens of Free Kumukia\" in December 2022 and February 2023, respectively. Supposedly, in the posts Gashimova threatened to kill Russian military personnel.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n• temporary hospitalisation: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan\n• in custody: from 01.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• in custody:  to 27.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 05.05.2023 to 14.05.2023\n• administrative detention: from 14.05.2023 to 28.05.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.10.2025\n• punishment cell: from 01.10.2025 to 31.10.2025\n• punishment cell: from 01.10.2025 to 01.10.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.10.2024, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-07T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-07T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On April 18, 2024, Komelyagin was sentenced, but the details of the verdict remain unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":445,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"A Samara student's case of publicly justifying terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was a comment saying, \"Such heroes should be rewarded\", under a news article about Darya Trepova being charged in connection with the killing of pro-government war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.02.2025","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-18T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-18T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZ4HTmI5W7d1Xzc"},{"persecution_id":"recEPXUukOtmffRWw","last_updated":"2026-03-09T12:27:52.000Z","person_id":"recJhBCemCHrcCYmH","name_en":" М.","birth_year":2007,"age":19,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":16,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Chita. In December 2023, he was questioned in the case of desecration of the grave of the Wagner Group's fighter Vasily Molotkov. The teenager said that he found himself in the cemetery by chance, found there a can of paint and decided to check what colour it was. The release also states that he \"used the lighter to damage the wreaths on the grave.\"\nOn 25 June 2024, he was sentenced to two years in prison. Because of his minority age, he was released from the appointed punishment and sent to a special educational institution of closed type, where he will stay until his age of majority.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":207,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 244 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["244"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 244"],"case_name_en":"Case of desecration of the Wagner Group fighter's grave in Chita","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation suspects that he set fire to the wreaths and defaced the flags on the grave.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.12.2023 to 25.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.06.2024 to 01.01.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.06.2024, Sentence: A punishment of 2 years' imprisonment was imposed. Due to him being a minor, he was exempted from the imposed punishment and sent to a special closed-type educational institution, where he will remain until his age of majority.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (educational colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A punishment of 2 years' imprisonment was imposed. Due to him being a minor, he was exempted from the imposed punishment and sent to a special closed-type educational institution, where he will remain until his age of majority.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-25T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-25T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEPXUukOtmffRWw"},{"persecution_id":"recko8umkzqf6wiBn","last_updated":"2025-12-09T09:36:16.000Z","person_id":"recGqPAujLnjcTIdm","name_en":"Kirill Chekolaev","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Arrested on 7 December 2023 after a search and taken to custody under the case of organisation, involvement and participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 3 May 2024, Chekolaev was ordered a restraining measure in the form of a ban on certain actions.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","case_number":"1-270/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-05-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.12.2023 to 03.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 03.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-12-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-svidetelya-iegovy-iz-vladivostoka/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recko8umkzqf6wiBn"},{"persecution_id":"recoH9676HD90pvcC","last_updated":"2025-09-28T15:01:56.000Z","person_id":"recMVLd1LRF9GN4GF","name_en":"Syed Mansour Rezk Abdelrazek","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Egypt"],"story_en":"Egyptian national. In July 2023, he was taken into custody in a case of insulting the feelings of believers and hooliganism. On 10 November 2023, Abdelrazek was sentenced to one and a half years in a colony-settlement. Presumably, he was released in May 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2024-05-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":132,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 1,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148","213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148","Part 1, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"Syed Mansour Abdelrazek the Koran desecration case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of 1 July 2023, the defendant, while on a bridge over the Sviyaga River in Ulyanovsk, \"committed public acts to insult the religious feelings of believers\": he trampled the Koran, poured alcohol on it and then threw it into the river. He had filmed all this and later published a video on the Internet, in which he had accompanied his actions by saying that the Koran is a \"dirty book\" that should be \"thrown underfoot\" and \"trampled with old boots\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 07.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.02.2024 to 01.05.2024\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.11.2023, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement and a fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement and a fine of 150,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-10T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-10T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 10-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/07/d48342/?sphrase_id=2012124\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recoH9676HD90pvcC"},{"persecution_id":"recVjsQ9cElQBf3Ac","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"reciQnfS4lasEf7j2","name_en":"Daria Kozyreva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnKbBMMnvTRcQ7u.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnKbBMMnvTRcQ7u.jpg"],"birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. On 19 December 2022, she was detained because of an inscription on an installation about friendship between St. Petersburg and Ukrainian city of Mariupol. A report was drawn up on Kozyreva under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). However, in January 2023, a criminal case on property damage was initiated, considering that the girl's actions caused significant material damage to the owner of the installation, Bright City LLC: more than 250 thousand rubles (US$3075), according to the cost of dismantling works and the cost of restorative repair and subsequent installation of the light composition. Since then, there have been no investigative actions in this case. In addition, on 15 December 2023, Kozyreva was issued a protocol under Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code because of a post on VKontakte, which she published on the day on which articles on military \"fakes\" (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) were added to the Criminal Code on 4 March 2022. In the post, Kozyreva spoke about these amendments as well as the imperialist nature of war.\n\nOn 24 February 2024, the second anniversary of the start of the war, Kozyreva was detained because of a poster with a fragment of text from Shevchenko's poem Testament pasted on the monument to Taras Shevchenko. Later, it became known that a criminal case on discrediting the Armed Forces was opened against her. On 27 February, she was taken into custody.\n\nIn August 2024, it became known that another episode appeared in the case of Kozyreva, in connection with her interview with the YouTube channel Realia. In December 2024, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 7 February 2025, Kozyreva's preventive measure was replaced with a ban on certain actions. In March, the Court of Appeal cancelled the decision to return the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 18 April 2025, Kozyreva was sentenced to two years and eight months in a general regime colony.\nKozyreva's last word in court gave rise to a case under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). She was fined 40500 rubles (US$498).\nO\nOn 18 March 2026, she was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 167 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["167"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 167"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Daria Kozyreva's case of property damage","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the inscription \"Murderers, you bombed it. Judases\" on the installation \"Hearts\" dedicated to the friendship between St. Petersburg and Ukrainian Mariupol. According to the investigation, Kozyreva's actions caused significant material damage to the owner of the installation, Yarkii Gorod (Bright City) LLC, more than 250,000 rubles (US$3075) \"in accordance with the cost of dismantling works, restoration and subsequent installation of the light composition\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVjsQ9cElQBf3Ac"},{"persecution_id":"rec9BSxRfcWZfHWWi","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:41.000Z","person_id":"recGCsm8S0MzpjLyY","name_en":"Olga Suvorova","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Krasnoyarsk resident, human rights defender, participant of the social and political movement \"Soft Power\".\nOn 13 December 2023 she stated that she was beaten up in the Economic Crimes Department of the Krasnoyarsk Krai. According to her, when she came with the applicant, who had suffered from fraudsters, to a pre-arranged meeting, one of the employees tried to throw her out of the room, grabbed her and pushed her on the metal grate.\n\nA few days later, the \"MIA 24\" telegram channel published a video from the surveillance camera in the police station, where the attack on the human rights defender allegedly took place. The recording shows that the policeman held Suvorova by the elbow, after which they talked and then she left the department.\n\nA criminal case of false denunciation was opened against Suvorova. She was detained on 18 December 2023 at Krasnoyarsk airport after she returned from a meeting of the initiative group of former Russian presidential candidate Ekaterina Duntsova in Moscow. The next day the court appointed her a ban on certain actions as a preventive measure. At the end of December, by court order, the woman underwent a psychiatric examination, and in January she was sent for a second examination.\n\nSuvorova believes that the reason for the persecution was her participation in the campaign in support of politician Ekaterina Duntsova. Before she was ordered to undergo a psychiatric examination, the Investigative Committee offered her, according to her, several times: \"You confess guilt and everything will be over\".\n\nOn 8 October 2024, Suvorova was sentenced to a fine of 125,000 rubles. During the sentencing she cut her wrists in protest.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":295,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 306 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["306"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 306"],"case_name_en":"","case_number":"1-343/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was Suvorova's statement that she had been beaten up in the Economic Crimes Department of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.10.2024, Sentence: a fine of 150 thousand rubles, reduced to 125 thousand rubles taking into account the time of forced stay for the examination","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 150 thousand rubles, reduced to 125 thousand rubles taking into account the time of forced stay for the examination","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":125000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-08T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-08T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec9BSxRfcWZfHWWi"},{"persecution_id":"recf1ptNLiPbdWBE9","last_updated":"2024-05-22T21:59:34.000Z","person_id":"recmzgMnkxciq6MfC","name_en":"Stanislav Shminke","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg and an artist, he is the creator of the website \"Uralnash.\" In November 2023, a case was filed against him for repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces. Subsequently, the website was blocked.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Stanislav Shminke's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"In January 2023, administrative protocols for discrediting (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation) were issued against Shminke and his company, Intellectual Business Solutions, following complaints by Andrei Alshevskikh, a State Duma deputy from the United Russia, made in August 2022. At that time, the regional prosecutor noted that the website contained material discrediting the Russian army. In February, Shminke, as an official, was fined 100,000 rubles, and his company was fined 300,000 rubles. According to Vecherniye Vedomosti, the protocols may have been prompted by Shminke's statement on the website, published on May 16, 2022. In it, he condemned Russia's foreign policy and announced the relaunch of the website.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recf1ptNLiPbdWBE9"},{"persecution_id":"recOZKRdPS8vg3jSF","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recoSEC9qXyAPOKIf","name_en":"Grigorii Chkhartishvili (Boris Akunin)","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","United Kingdom"],"story_en":"Japanologist Grigory Chkhartishvili, who writes detective novels and other works of fiction under the pen name Boris Akunin. In mid-December 2023, pro-Kremlin pranksters Vovan and Lexus published a recording of a conversation with him: they had contacted the writer while posing as representatives of the Ukrainian administration. In this video, Akunin “expressed understanding for Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes on Russian territory” and “pointed out that he had organised fundraising to help Ukraine,” Dozhd YouTube channel reported. After this, the publishing house AST announced it would stop publishing his books. On 18 December, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Akunin for \"fake news\" about the army and for publicly justifying terrorism.\n\nOn 19 December, investigators carried out a search at \"Zakharov\" Publishing, which releases Akunin’s books. The head of the publishing house linked the search to the fact that \"Zakharov\" was the only publisher that had not announced the termination of cooperation with Akunin and had not withdrawn his books from sale.\n\nIn June 2025, a case against Akunin was brought to the court on charges of publicly justifying terrorism, facilitating terrorist activity (apparently referring to his statements that allegedly justified the violent overthrow of the constitutional order), and evading the obligations of a “foreign agent.” On  14 July 2025, Akunin was sentenced in absentia to 14 years in a penal colony in this case.\n\nIn October 2025, the prosecutor’s office approved an indictment in a new criminal case against Akunin for evading the obligations of a “foreign agent.”\n\nOn 3 December, the court issued a verdict in yet another case of evading “foreign-agent” requirements and sentenced Akunin to 15 years in a penal colony, to be served consecutively with the punishment from the previous case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Boris Akunin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-372/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he called for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation and expressed support for what were described as terrorist activities by Ukraine. Despite being twice found guilty in 2024 of evading the obligations of a “foreign agent., he allegedly continued to disregard Russian law. He is accused of repeatedly violating the restrictions placed on foreign agents by publishing material online without the required labelling.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 06.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOZKRdPS8vg3jSF"},{"persecution_id":"rec5yzRmqOZPlWNkO","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recoHBd36bH5O5LtB","name_en":"Anastasiia Gordienko","birth_year":1953,"age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":70,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Omsk region. She lives with her husband in a former settlement, actually on a farm. Because of leg pain, she uses crutches: she has had a joint replacement in one leg and is awaiting surgery on the other. Her husband has a disability due to respiratory and heart conditions. They used to run a farm, but had to close it, in particular due to low milk prices.\n\nOn September 20, 2023, a search was conducted at Gordienko's home in a case over “discrediting the Russian army”. She was placed under a recognizance not to leave.\nOn August 27, 2024, Gordienko received 1 year 6 months' suspended sentence.\n\nIn November 2024, retiree Gordienko reported that a new\ncriminal casewas opened against her for discrediting the Russian army because of her comments because of the comments: “I think, as your beloved Putin said, you will go to heaven, and I will just die,” and “I demand that the war be stopped. ‘Thou shalt not kill.’ No to war!”. On August 21, 2025, the court handed Gordienko 2 years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":342,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anastasiia Gordienko's case of discrediting the Russian army in the Omsk region","case_number":"1-31/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The publications on Odnoklassniki (social media), including a song in Ukrainian, a comment expressing a desire for Ukraine's victory, and comments critical of the Russian president's policies, served as the ground for initiating a criminal case against Mr. Gordienko.\n\nIn October 2022, he was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article concerning the discrediting the Russian army and 2,000 rubles under the article pertaining to the disobeying a lawful order of a police officer. These fines were imposed due to a solitary picket he conducted in Omsk at the Bogdan Khmelnitskii monument, during which she displayed a poster with the message \"Mothers, stop the war.\"","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 12.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 12.09.2024 to 11.09.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.08.2024, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' suspended sentence with 2 years' probation period, 3 years' prohibition to administer social media groups.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' suspended sentence with 2 years' probation period, 3 years' prohibition to administer social media groups.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-27T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-27T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5yzRmqOZPlWNkO"},{"persecution_id":"recvWjZKUJBcdi7yA","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"receocvQfE9YSzroZ","name_en":"Ilfat Gareev","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The resident of Naberezhnye Chelny. He was detained on 4 April 2023, police officers referred to some \"anonymous report\" that he was transferring money to the AFU. At the police station he was forced to show the contents of his phone (this was later used to open a criminal case), but was later released. In September, Gareyev was searched in a criminal case on public justification of terrorism and calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. As a preventive measure, he was ordered to sign a covenant not to leave the country. Later Gareev was able to leave Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Ilfat Gareyev on public justification of terrorism and calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for prosecution in the case of calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation was a comment in which Gareev urged Muslims not to take summonses, because \"fighting for Russia is like fighting for Shaitan\", and in the case of public justification of terrorism - the comment \"A girl conducts a counter-terrorist operation, and she is imprisoned... In normal countries they give a medal for such a thing, no?\" under the news about the murder of pro-government honkor Vladlen Tatarsky.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvWjZKUJBcdi7yA"},{"persecution_id":"recHZkDV6YgpvOFnE","last_updated":"2025-07-10T10:52:07.000Z","person_id":"recJRZVXgJMxositz","name_en":"Denis Narolsky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atty9Y0SvZU89x3w3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atty9Y0SvZU89x3w3.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Contractor. According to official data, after the beginning of the war, he left the military unit unauthorisedly and began to live on the territory of Crimea. A case of desertion was initiated against him. On 30 March 2023, he was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn December 2023, it was reported that authorities opened a case of high treason against Narolsky. On 22 October 2024, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony, taking into account the previous sentence.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":447,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Case of Denis Narolsky on treason","case_number":"1-213/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2024 to 01.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 24.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Federal Penitentiary Service\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Federal Penitentiary Service\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Federal Penitentiary Service\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.10.2024, Sentence: 18 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, taking into account the previous sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, taking into account the previous sentence","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-21T14:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-21T14:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHZkDV6YgpvOFnE"},{"persecution_id":"recKK11UCwa1GSAwV","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recfTvRXe1ZZry184","name_en":"Anna Aleksandrova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attU9ZGXhxtKzZz6w.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attU9ZGXhxtKzZz6w.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A female resident of St. Petersburg, she holds a veterinarian degree and worked as a hairdresser in a past few years. On 22 November 2023 she was taken into custody in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of Russia. On 31 May 2024, during a hearing to appeal the decision to extend the measure of restraint, Aleksandrova said that she was threatened by prosecution witnesses. In her opinion, the reason for the case was a land conflict: she was slandered by a neighbour on her summer house plot. On 15 April 2025, Aleksandrova was sentenced to five years and two months in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Hairdressers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":531,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anna Aleksandrova's case on \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-308/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for intiating  the case was anti-war posts published on VKontakte from May to July 2022 under the names \"Boris Nutrom\" and \"Irochka Sergeeva\". Later, another case was opened under the same article: according to the investigation, from 20 March to 22 April 2023, Aleksandrova posted \"at least four\" publications on VKontakte under the nickname \"Irochka Sergeeva\" containing \"fakes\" about the Russian army, as well as shared information on social media under different nicknames on how to avoid mobilisation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation:  to 04.06.2024, F.P. Gaaz Regional Hospital\n• in custody: from 04.06.2024 to 06.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.04.2025, Sentence: 5 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":62,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-15T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-15T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 11-01-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnoj-annu-aleksandrovu/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recKK11UCwa1GSAwV"},{"persecution_id":"recfS1h99E2ISdVwF","last_updated":"2025-04-28T13:38:41.000Z","person_id":"recbAiUMyCCiDbyDQ","name_en":"Islam Zakirov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUqqAWHmMqqslLj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUqqAWHmMqqslLj.jpeg"],"birth_year":2006,"birth_date":"2006-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":17,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow, rapper. On 16 December 2023 he was detained in connection with a case of incitement to hatred because of an aggressive punch during a rap battle. On 19 December, he was placed in custody. On 22 October 2024, Recidiv was sentenced to 1 year and 8 months in a general regime colony. On 3 March 2025, he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":311,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Recidiv's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a punch during a rap battle: Zakirov mentioned in foul language that he was making a \"preventive strike\" on a \"pregnant Russian.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.12.2023 to 07.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.12.2023 to 19.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 03.03.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.10.2024, Sentence: 1 year 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":20,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-22T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-22T09:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 20-12-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/12/d49089/?sphrase_id=2012902\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 11-11-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://tskvsmfq---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/zakirov-islam-bakytovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recfS1h99E2ISdVwF"},{"persecution_id":"recuZdggoHOtFC6w0","last_updated":"2024-09-15T13:10:27.000Z","person_id":"rec5PMy3V4hlHeUsy","name_en":"Sherafgan Sharipov (Sheraph'gun)","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Rapper. On 16 December 2023, a hate speech case was filed against him.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Sheraph'gun case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a punk during a battle with rapper Seal: Sharipov drew attention to his opponent's long hair and said he was ready to scalp him, although the latter \"didn't try to shoot a cigarette from him\" - thus hinting at a xenophobic attack in the Moscow region in the summer of 2023.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 20-12-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/12/d49089/?sphrase_id=2012902\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recuZdggoHOtFC6w0"},{"persecution_id":"rec7GvWIeh8xQTMP5","last_updated":"2025-01-06T08:23:26.000Z","person_id":"recSVtTz4U0srM3k0","name_en":"Dliaver Salimov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"In August 2023, the pro-Russian Crimean channels \"Crimean SMERSH\" and \"TalipoV online Z\" published a video where a man scolds a petrol station attendant because of the symbols of the Russian army on his cap (the letter Z and the Russian flag). \"One more time I see you in this fuckin' thing, I'll burn you at the same time. Understand? I'll fucking burn you, fuck!\" - he said. The posts gave the name Dliaver Salimov. On 16th of August, Salimov was fined four thousand rubles under the article on drug use or refusal of medical examination in connection with suspicion of alcohol or drug intoxication (part 1 of article 6.9 of the Administrative Code) and arrested for 14 days under the article on disorderly conduct (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Administrative Code). According to the \"Crimean Human Rights Group\", Russian law enforcers verbally offered the man several times to apologise in a video, which was planned to be published in the same telegram channels \"Crimean SMERSH\" and \"Talipov online Z\". Salimov refused to apologise. On 23rd of August, the police opened a criminal case on death threats (part 1 of article 119 of the Criminal Code). After that Salimov was again offered to apologise. 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On October 17, 2023, he stopped communicating. On October 20, police officers brought him home together with representatives from the Zapad-Akhmat Battalion of the Russian Guard formed in Chechnya, where there were bruising marks on his body.\n\nAfter that, Demidenko was arrested under an administrative article for drinking alcohol for 10 days. The next day, he was released and summoned to the police, and then arrested for another 30 days under Article 6.9.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences for evading medical treatment for drug use.\n\nIn early November 2023, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Demidenko for illegal trafficking in explosives. The security forces said that a grenade, a fragmentation grenade fuse, and a mine fuse were found in his house. His wife suggested that he may have found weapons from the Great Patriotic War in the garden. On November 9th, it turned out that Demidenko was sent to custody.\n\nAt the end of November, information emerged that a case of treason had also been opened against Demidenko. No official confirmation of this has been given yet.\n\nOn April 5, 2024, Demidenko died in prison. The Federal Penitentiary Service said that he committed suicide. 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In the past, he was one of the leaders of the Union of Right Forces party and later led the Right Cause. In April 2022, a case was initiated against him for failure to notify the authorities of his foreign citizenship, but the information was made public as late as 15 July. The politician was detained and questioned by the Investigative Committee and was released afterwards. Gozman was detained again on 25 July, and after that an arrest warrant was reported to have been issued for him. However, he was then released, and the investigator apologised and said that there had been a mistake. On 30 August, Gozman was arrested for 15 days under the article on equating the actions of the USSR with those of Nazi Germany (Part 1 of Article 13.48 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for a post he had made on Facebook. On 13 September, he was detained on his way out of the special detention centre and the next day was arrested for the same period under the 2nd part of the same article (a repeated offence) for an online post dated 2013. After that Gozman left Russia.\n\nIn December 2023, a case was reported to have been initiated against Gozman for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. On 11 July 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in this case.\n\nIn January 2025, Gozman was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with a mark that is placed at the names of people prosecuted under terrorist articles. A case of public justification of terrorism was later reported to have beein initiated against him for his interview in the Russian-language version of the Bild newspaper about Ukrainian drone attacks and the explosion on the Crimean Bridge.\n\nOn 14 October 2025, the FSB reported about the initiation of a case against Gozman and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for a violent seizure of power and organising the activities of a terrorist community. The basis for initiating the case was the adoption of the Berlin Declaration on the need for a change of power in Russia.\n\nOn 14 November, the court sentenced Gozman in absentia to ten years of imprisonment in the case of justification of terrorism. 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In the video, Pavlova was brought to the venue in a coffin, from which she emerged dressed in attire resembling monastic clothing, uttering the words \"Christ has risen\" and using explicit profanities. 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A case was brought against him for failure to follow orders in wartime. On 28 June 2023, Morozov was sentenced to two years and four months in a colony-settlement. Presumably, he was released in December 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":88,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2.1,  Article 332 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["332"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2.1, Article 332"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Morozov's case of failure to follow an order in wartime","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 1 February 2023, between 9:30 a.m. and 10:10 a.m. Morozov, being at the formation of the personnel of the military unit, without any obstacles and legal grounds, wishing to evade participation in combat operations, declared his refusal to participate in them and failure to comply with the order of the chief. 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On December 26, 2023, he was detained after a search, and on December 28 he was taken into custody in a case over the dissemination of “fakes” about the army, stemming from a certain post on Telegram.\nOn September 19, 2024, the court sentenced Lugovoi to six years in a general-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":268,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Lugovoi's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-55/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for opening the case was a post on Telegram containing information about shelling on Ukrainian territory, killings, and crimes against civilians.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.12.2023 to 28.12.2023\n• in custody: from 28.12.2023 to 30.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 17.07.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n• punishment cell: from 17.07.2025 to 24.07.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.07.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Kaliningrad region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2024, Sentence: 6 years in a general-regime penal colony, with a ban on administering websites for 4 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years in a general-regime penal colony, with a ban on administering websites for 4 years.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-19T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-19T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Enforcement officers abused his assistant, Hieromonk Iona (Ilya Sigida) and threatened the archbishop.\nOn 8 April 2024, the clergyman was sentenced to a fine of 150,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":102,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Archbishop Victor's case of repeated discrediting of the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-75/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a publication called \"The answer to the question that worries everyone today: what is this war?\", where Pivovarov criticises the Russian authorities for waging a war against Ukraine. In particular, the archbishop writes about the explosion at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant: \"The creators of this supreme evil are completely likened to Satan in spirit.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2024, Sentence: A fine of 150 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 150 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-08T05:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-08T05:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpSbqqIEAjr40Lc"},{"persecution_id":"recOIusRx1GmJH0rc","last_updated":"2024-01-06T17:26:35.000Z","person_id":"rectYaqKirvzldDnW","name_en":"Elena Malakhovskaya","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Presenter of the YouTube channel \"Khodorkovsky Live\". 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In September 2023, he was prosecuted for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The reason was a post with a photo of a certain document reporting the number of dead Russian military personnel. 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It said that 48,759 Russian militaries had died in the war in Ukraine by mid-August 2022. He also wrote in the post: \"8132 is the average number of deaths per month since the beginning of the SVO... money loves to be counted.\"","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 09.08.2024\n• in custody:  to 22.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.06.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-05T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recm2Vq2sLTPyE52j"},{"persecution_id":"recuOeLJ3RgmtCXKE","last_updated":"2025-08-15T09:18:20.000Z","person_id":"recwjucDLisrBnZYr","name_en":"Vladislav Barabanov","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Detained on 27 July 2019 during the dispersal of the rally for fair elections and left for two nights in the police station. On 29 July, he was sent to administrative arrest for seven days. On 3 August, immediately after leaving the special reception centre, Barabanov was taken to the Investigative Committee for questioning and charged with participation in mass riots. On 5 August, the court sent him to custody.\n\nOn 3 September, the Investigative Committee reported that the prosecution against Barabanov was terminated.\n\nOn 21 April 2023, a case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces was opened against Barabanov. 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On 20 June 2023, he was detained after a search in connection with a case of public justification of terrorism due to of two publications, one of which is dedicated to the air strike on the strategic bomber airfield in Engels in December 2022. Shibaev was released on his own recognisance. However, he was later taken into custody. Presumably, after the case was sent to trial, Shibaev was released from custody. 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He was taken into custody on charges of large-scale embezzlement, wilful failure to comply with a legally binding court decision, causing property damage to owners through deception, tax evasion by organisations and individuals, document forgery, and misappropriation or embezzlement of property by an organised group on a large scale. The investigation lasted only two months. In May 2005, he was sentenced to nine years in a general-regime penal colony. On 22 September, an appellate court reduced the sentence to eight years.\n\nIn the penal colony, he was twice placed in a punishment cell for seven days. On the night of 14 April 2006, his cellmate, Aleksandr Kuchma, stabbed him in the face. In January 2009, the same man filed a lawsuit against Khodorkovsky, accusing him of sexual harassment. In 2011, Kuchma said that two men in plain clothes had come to the colony, beaten him and threatened to kill him, demanding that he murder Khodorkovsky by stabbing him in the eye. Instead, he said, he inflicted only a minor injury.\n\nIn December 2006, while serving his sentence in the case concerning embezzlement and tax evasion, Khodorkovsky was transferred from the penal colony to a pre-trial detention centre in Chita, where he was charged with oil theft. In February 2009, he was transferred to Moscow. On 30 December 2010, Khodorkovsky was sentenced to 14 years in a general-regime penal colony. On 24 May 2011, an appellate court reduced the sentence to 13 years. On 20 December 2012, a supervisory court reduced the sentence to 11 years. On 20 December 2013, Khodorkovsky was released from the penal colony following a presidential pardon. He subsequently left Russia.\n\nIn December 2015, Khodorkovsky was summoned for questioning as a defendant in the murder case of Vladimir Petukhov, the mayor of Nefteyugansk. He was placed on a federal wanted list, and later an international one, and was arrested in absentia.\n\nIn January 2024, it became known that Khodorkovsky had been placed on a wanted list in another case, for spreading “false information” about the Armed Forces.\n\nIn October 2025, the FSB announced that criminal cases had been opened against Khodorkovsky and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for violent seizure of power and organising the activities of a terrorist community. Khodorkovsky was also charged with publicly justifying terrorism. The charges stemmed from the adoption of the “Berlin Declaration”, calling for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E,C Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case over “false information” was triggered by a politician’s tweet claiming that by August 2022, more than 48,000 Russian soldiers had died. According to the media outlet Verstka, the tweet, like the post that led to a similar case against Polat Dzhamalov, the head of the Kazakh community in Moscow, included a photo of a document allegedly sent by Deputy Finance Minister Irina Okladnikova to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko. The document stated that by mid-August 2022, 48,759 Russian soldiers had died in the war in Ukraine.\n\nLater, the prosecutor’s office reported that Khodorkovsky is also charged with posts on his personal social media page from September 2022 to July 2024. According to the indictment, these posts contained knowingly false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces against civilians during the special military operation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKtMbhZapJZLjmy"},{"persecution_id":"recmXSiB8mGXlS2vI","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recnmQ73SgCC4rhF9","name_en":"Tatiana Korbut","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Abakan. A case was brought against her for discrediting the Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Tatyana Korbut's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-151/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"In May 2022, Korbut was fined 15,000 rubles ($163) under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of her posts on VKontakte, where she, among other things, called the Russian army freaks, Putin's scum, fascists, murderers, and barbarians.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmXSiB8mGXlS2vI"},{"persecution_id":"recgmSmc9QL3iY9gV","last_updated":"2025-12-26T13:05:22.000Z","person_id":"rec89rZcE7wA9kgbo","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Anti-war activist, lived in Moscow. 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In September 2023, he was fined 30,000 roubles (US$ 375) under an administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces. Later it became known that a criminal case was opened against him for \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces. 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And as I heard many who get into the zone of \"special operation\", plan to rather surrender than to be killed or crippled\", - wrote Alikov.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2024, Sentence: 1 year's suspended prison sentence with a 1 year 6 months' probation period","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's suspended prison sentence with a 1 year 6 months' probation period","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-22T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-22T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechpiiHjD8w1x6gm"},{"persecution_id":"recEWLmpJKcEmFt50","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recU0FMkh0hDHEpvH","name_en":"Dmitry Elistratov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Uglegorsk, allegedly an employee of public utilities. 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She was charged with incitement to cause minor bodily harm and with discrediting the Armed Forces in connection with the case of an attack on Mikhail Taskin, a participant in the war in Ukraine, in August 2023. On 20 September 2024, Chertkova was sentenced to two years and two months in a general regime colony. 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On 29 September 2021 he was recognised as a \"foreign agent\" together with other coordinators of \"Golos\". In December he left for Georgia. He was repeatedly fined under administrative \"foreign agent\" articles. In January 2024, it became known that a case was brought against Zhilinsky for evasion of his duties as a \"foreign agent\". In June 2025, a case was brought against him for public justification of terrorism because of a comment in which he spoke favourably of the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps.\n\nIn December 2025, Zhilinsky was detained in Armenia but was soon released. In January 2026, the consolidated criminal case went to court. On 31 March 2026, Zhilinsky was sentenced in absentia to six years and one month in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["NGO employees"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":851,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":121,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Zhilinskii's case of \"foreign agent\" duties evasion and public justification of terrorism ","case_number":"2-13/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating a case of public justification of terrorism was the comment \"Eh. Dehumanisation and Godwin's Law again. You should have taken the advice to get out of here. There are plenty of Russians all over the world who are actively fighting against the madness of putler (meaning Vladimir Putin) and his clowns. They spend their money, effort, time. And some are fighting not on the couch like you, but in RDK (Russian Volunteer Corps) and LSR (Freedom of Russia legion). Besides, there are partisans and heroes even in Russia\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 02.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.03.2026, Sentence: 6 years 1 month's imprisonment in absentia, prohibition on administering internet pages for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 1 month's imprisonment in absentia, prohibition on administering internet pages for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":73,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-31T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-31T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbD1cxdHxyq37IO"},{"persecution_id":"recJxkKCaVkCJWrJZ","last_updated":"2026-03-27T17:03:30.000Z","person_id":"recKd8p94AIA2jayR","name_en":"Konstantin Bugrov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tyumen. He was prosecuted for knowingly spreading false information about the Armed Forces because of posts written when he was a minor. No later than August 2023, he was sent to a psychiatric hospital for examination. Initially, the case was initiated under the 1st part of the article, but then reclassified to the distribution of \"fakes\" about the army with a hate motive (item \"e\" part 2 of the article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), there are two episodes in the case. On 25 November 2024, Bugrov was sentenced to four months of forced labour. On 29 April 2025, the appeal court overturned the verdict and sent the case for a new trial.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":694,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Bugrov's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-636/2024","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.11.2024, Sentence: 4 months of compulsory labour with a 5% deduction from wages paid to the state revenue, to be served in locations determined by institutions and bodies of the penal enforcement system","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 months of compulsory labour with a 5% deduction from wages paid to the state revenue, to be served in locations determined by institutions and bodies of the penal enforcement system","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-25T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-25T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJxkKCaVkCJWrJZ"},{"persecution_id":"recV3f2zVfhLtIerw","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reckuD7pMkg058zZx","name_en":"Chancel Francine Kukui","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Resident of Murmansk. Daughter of Firmin Jivo Kukui, PhD in Technical Sciences and Leading Engineer of the Transport Support Department of Gazprom Neft Shelf. He came from Benin to study in Russia before the collapse of the USSR, obtained Russian citizenship and joined United Russia. A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Chancel Francine Kukui. On 28 August 2023, she was sentenced to a fine of 400,000 rubles (≈$4230 as of 28.08.2023).","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":238,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Chancel Francine Kukui about public terrorism justification","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she had a \"negative and hostile\" attitude \"towards representatives of the state authorities of the Russian Federation\", disagreed with \"the main directions of the internal and foreign policy of the state\", \"nurtured a criminal intent of an illegitimate violent seizure of state power in the Russian Federation\", in connection with which she posted on her VKontakte page \"calls for revolution in Russia\", and also encouraged \"other users to beat up law enforcement officers, fight the current government and donate money to Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.08.2023, Sentence: a fine of 400 thousand roubles (≈$4230 as of 28.08.2023)","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400 thousand roubles (≈$4230 as of 28.08.2023)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-08-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-08-27T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recV3f2zVfhLtIerw"},{"persecution_id":"recXJyzfEqnnkOEzB","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recIdYq9UvDm203xo","name_en":"Alexander Pegankin","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Togliatti. Pegankin's wife believes that the reason for the persecution was anti-war publications. Both openly spoke out against the war on the Internet, the wife was detained at a rally against mobilisation in September 2022 and threatened with deprivation of parental rights. The spouses and their son are not in Russia. The case was opened on 8 November 2023, Pegankin's place of residence was searched, his parents were questioned as witnesses. Pegankin was put on a wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Alexander Pegankin on justifying terrorism","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 01.01.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXJyzfEqnnkOEzB"},{"persecution_id":"rec1TajBwkDihOSO5","last_updated":"2024-11-12T21:12:43.000Z","person_id":"rec5VmR6KwzaZwlgy","name_en":"Eugene Brigida","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the village of Hlyaden, video blogger, 47 years old. He is engaged in agriculture, has repeatedly participated in protest rallies, published videos about the shortcomings and \"blunders of this government\". In March 2023, he was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of two publications on VKontakte. The criminal case was initiated no later than spring 2023. On 17 January 2024, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 24 September 2024, when the case was retried, Brigida was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nazarovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":632,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yevgeny Brigida's case on calls for extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal case was Brigida's video \"Assholes-Provocateurs\" with harsh remarks against the representatives of the military enlistment office who tried to take his son to war. In particular, Brigida referred to an aggressive statement against a local military commander made by TV propagandist Vladimir Solovyov.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 24.09.2024, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 1 year 8 months, prohibition to administer websites for the same term","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 1 year 8 months, prohibition to administer websites for the same term","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-24T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-24T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1TajBwkDihOSO5"},{"persecution_id":"reci40j6PXOlk9ISj","last_updated":"2026-01-17T13:17:11.000Z","person_id":"rech8sxAH8aKZtMVG","name_en":"Karen Shainyan","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A journalist and a LGBTQ activist. On the 15th of April, 2022, he was included in the registry of \"foreign agents\". In July 2023, he was included in the Rosfinmonitoring list of extremists and terrorists. In August, it became known what he was place on a wanted list. In August 2024, the court refused to satisfy the request for Shainyan's arrest in absentia. At the same time, it became known that a case of financing extremist activities was opened against him because of donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.\n\nOn the 4th of September, 2025, the court sentenced Shainyan to five years in a general regime colony in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers","Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":783,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":111,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Karen Shainyan's case","case_number":"01-0415/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case initiation were donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.09.2025, Sentence: 5 year's imprisonment in general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 year's imprisonment in general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-04T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-04T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reci40j6PXOlk9ISj"},{"persecution_id":"recB1PXIraiP27ofz","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recptl2CpWw3QkkM5","name_en":"Vladimir Atamanchuk","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":72,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sochi. In March, Atamanchuk was arrested for 10 days under the article on organising a public event without submitting a notice (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 8 September the court arrested Atamanchuk for five days under the article on disobedience to the demands of police officers (part 1 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Before that, he was held in a police station for more than a day, where the officers threatened him with a criminal case. The man told \"Kavkazsky Uzel\" that while he was in the special detention centre, law enforcers \"came to his house and were searching for something\".\nOn 27 December Atamanchuk told \"Kavkazsky Uzel\" about pressure from the investigation and health problems. This information was confirmed by his lawyer Sergey Kostyuk. Thus, on 22 December the investigator handed him five summonses for interrogation at once - for 23, 24, 26, 27 and 28 December.\nOn 29 December Atamanchuk fell ill in front of the police department building. He was taken away from there by ambulance and hospitalised in the city hospital No. 5 with a heart attack.\nIn March 2023, Atamanchuk said that the investigator threatened to put him in the basement if he would defend himself and refuse to sign the documents required by the investigation. He also said that the investigator refused to issue an inventory of items returned after the search. Later, Atamanchuk also reported that the investigator, threatening to arrest him, forced him to collect the laptop, seized during the search, along with a mobile phone against a receipt, while the defendant claims that the phone does not belong to him.\nOn 11 November 2023, the investigator announced Atamanchuk's dismissal of the case, at the same time informing him that a libel case had been opened against the Sochi resident because of the leaflets he had put in mailboxes in the entrances of two houses on 4 September 2022.\nOn 12 April 2024, Atamanchuk was sentenced in the libel case to 240 hours of community work.\nIn July 2024, it became known that a case on disrespect of court was initiated against Atamanchuk following a complaint by the victim in the libel case. On 13 December 2024, he was sentenced in this case to 160 hours of community work.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":152,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 128.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Atamanchuk's libel case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the leaflets that Atamanchuk placed on 4 September 2022 in the entrances of two houses. These leaflets stated, in particular, that candidates for deputies to the Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai Valery Baev, Veronika Ivanchikova and Kira Skripal \"took the side of lies, violence and evil\" on 24 February 2022.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.04.2024, Sentence: 240 hours' community work","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"240 hours' community work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-11T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recB1PXIraiP27ofz"},{"persecution_id":"recarSn4CwogGT1sG","last_updated":"2026-04-02T23:15:41.000Z","person_id":"recoAdlmHhNORVdPb","name_en":"Andrey Vitovtov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attoW6oiXu3xunAIi.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attoW6oiXu3xunAIi.png"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Barnaul. He was detained on the street on 12 December 2023, after which he was taken to his flat for it to be searched. They seized electronic devices, a collection of Soviet medals, diplomas and badges, money, and a bank card (the law enforcers denied that the latter had been seized). On the same day the search was also conducted at the warehouse of spare parts rented by Vitovtov. After the searches, the Barnaul resident was sent to a pre-trial detention centre on a case of public justification of terrorism because of publications in an anonymous Telegram channel.\n\nVitovtov's wife told OVD-Info that he was charged with publications in the \"Ice Under the Major's Feet\" Telegram channel about the assassination attempt on propagandist Zakhar Prilepin and about drone attacks on the Moscow City neighbourhood. According to her, the law enforcers have no evidence of his guilt.\n\nIn detention, the man began to have health problems: his arm goes numb. Vitovtov is denied visits from his family because he refuses to cooperate with the investigation.\n\nOn 8 October 2024 Vitovtov was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.\n\nThe project \"Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial\" reported that in March 2025 it became known that a case of high treason had also been brought against Vitovtov.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":301,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Vitovtov's case on public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-80/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case initiation was publications in the Telegram channel \"Ice under the Major's feet\" about the assassination attempt on Kremlin propagandist Zakhar Prilepin and about drone attacks on the Moscow City district.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.12.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 13.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.10.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-08T13:55:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-08T13:55:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-11-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://tskvsmfq---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/vitovtov-andrej-vasilevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recarSn4CwogGT1sG"},{"persecution_id":"rechNxHh6pZ3hJryo","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:24.000Z","person_id":"rec2JcTxFuJeShx2g","name_en":"Daniil Bondarenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attd0PtleqhrEChhQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attd0PtleqhrEChhQ.png"],"birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Bondarenko because of a conversation with fellow soldiers at his home. He pleaded guilty, the case was considered in a special order. On 23 January 2024 he was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. Presumably, he was released in March 2026.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_ended":"2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":387,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["private conversation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Daniil Bondarenko's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August 2023, in a conversation with fellow soldiers, he said that he did not support war with Ukraine, and justified the strikes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the Crimean bridge in October 2022 and July 2023.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 26 of the Primorsky Territory Penitentiary Department\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.03.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.03.2026, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"CP No. 26 of the Primorsky Territory Penitentiary Department\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.01.2024, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-23T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-23T08:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Climbing the mountain is prohibited: the area was designated a nature reserve after the construction of the closed administrative-territorial entity “Mezhgorye” and the classified facilities located there. Security officers found a Ukrainian flag with the climber, which, as the man said, he was going to raise on the summit. Merkulov was released but later detained again on charges of public justification of terrorism and high treason.\nMerkulov's mother, who was questioned as a witness, said that Merkulov wrote anti-war posts and made reposts of Ukrainian materials calling for Russian military personnel to surrender and videos of interrogations of Russian prisoners of war. The \"Vechernye Vedomosti\" newspaper claims that in conversations with friends, Merkulov said that he had established contact with the Ukrainian side, so in case of mobilisation he would find an option to join the Ukrainian Armed Forces.\nOn March 1, 2024, Merkulov was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 500,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":425,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Velimor Merkulov's case on public justification of terrorism and high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being \"an opponent of the special military operation\", he began to correspond with \"a representative of a foreign state\"; he received an assignment from him, which asked him to encourage mobilised people to surrender to Ukrainian captivity via social networks. In addition, he wrote a comment approving the blowing up of the Crimean bridge on October 8, 2022.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 09.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n• in custody: from 06.12.2023 to 13.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.03.2024, Sentence: 13 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony and a fine of 500,000 rubles.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony and a fine of 500,000 rubles.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-01T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-01T15:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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No to war.\" He was found guilty under the article on disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers (part 1 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Then a report was also drawn up on him under the article on discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). After leaving the detention centre, Botberg was summoned to the FSB, where he was asked questions about his ties with Ukraine. The law enforcers also came to the restaurants he owned. As a result, the man was forced to hand over his share of the business to his partners. After the picket against mobilisation, which Botberg held in October 2022, law enforcement officers came to his registered address and questioned his mother. A few days later, the activist was beaten up. The man faced panic attacks and was afraid to go out on the street. Then he and his wife made a decision to leave Russia. In July 2023, he was declared wanted in a criminal case for public justification of terrorism.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Nikita Botberg on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was allegedly a comment on Instagram, which included the phrase: \"Those who are not afraid, let's unite. Maximum reposting\", because of which the law enforcers decided that he was calling for the overthrow of the Russian authorities.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSq1BJYKOsTunNI"},{"persecution_id":"recZgSy5GXTtdT1x3","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:08:26.000Z","person_id":"recWryjklLvLM6HUK","name_en":"Vladimir Grishin","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tula. A case was initiated against him for calls to extremism and terrorism because of his posts on social networks. On 7 November 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.\n\nIn July 2020, Grishin was fined a thousand rubles under the administrative article on distribution of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The reason for this was Alexei Navalny's video \"Let's Remind Crooks and Thieves of their Manifesto-2002\", published on his VKontakte page","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tula"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":67,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Grishin's case of calls to extremism and terrorism.","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the law enforcers' version, the man allegedly called for \"radical actions (murder of state figures, coup d'état)\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.11.2023, Sentence: a fine of 400,000 rubles ","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400,000 rubles ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-07T11:53:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-07T11:53:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZgSy5GXTtdT1x3"},{"persecution_id":"reclVmQbZXvrfYLLC","last_updated":"2026-01-16T23:00:30.000Z","person_id":"recqUk3NUOkn4ZeQ7","name_en":"Vladimir Yarotskii","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attusbaVgKJmT9Oqn.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attusbaVgKJmT9Oqn.jpeg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Yarotskii is a resident of Krasnodar. A criminal case on rehabilitation of Nazism was opened against him based on an image in \"VKontakte\" (Russian social media platform), which portrayed Putin in the form of a penis with a St George's ribbon. On December 5, 2023, Yarotskii was sentenced to one and a half years in a general regime colony. He pleaded guilty, and the trial was processed in a special procedure. He was taken into custody in the courtroom. On March 20, 2024, the appellate court overturned the verdict and sent the case for a retrial, in particular due to the fact that the case was heard not in the court that should have had jurisdiction over it.\n\nNo later than June 2023, there was another case opened against Yarotskii, this time of public justification of terrorism. On May 8, 2024, he was fined 350,000 rubles.\n\nOn June 17, 2023, Yarotskii was detained for five days under the administrative article on demonstration of banned symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Administrative Code) due to using the logo of the Freedom of Russia Legion as his social media profile image.\n\nIn February 2024, a case was opened against Yarotskii for spreading \"knowingly false information\" about the Russian Armed Forces. On May 6, the case was merged with the first case (involving the portrait of Putin). On December 9, 2024, the accusation of spreading \"fakes\" about the Army was escalated from the 1st to the 2nd part of the corresponding article. On December 12, 2024, a restrictive measure imposed on him was changed to a ban on certain actions. On May 21, 2025, Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced Yarotskii to five and a half years in a general regime colony. He was taken into custody in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":187,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Yarotskii's case of Putin's portrait in the form of a penis and \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between February 28, 2016 to May 3, 2023 (exact time not specified), Vladimir Yarotskii, while being at an unidentified location, developed a criminal intent to desecrate the symbol of Russia's military glory - the St. George ribbon - using information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet.\nThus, on May 3, 2023, at 7:47 p.m., Vladimir Yarotskii., being at his place of residence, in execution of his criminal intent to desecrate a symbol of Russia’s military glory - the St. George ribbon - published an image depicting a male genital organ with the St. George ribbon tied around it on his social media profile.\n\nAdditionally, according to the law enforcers, In September 2022, Yarotskii published false and unverified information about the number of killed and missing servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine on his social media profile.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.12.2023 to 24.12.2024\n• recognizance not to leave:  to 05.12.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 24.12.2024 to 21.05.2025\n• in custody: from 21.05.2025 to 15.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.07.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.12.2023, Sentence: A sentence of 1 year and 6 months of imprisonment to be served in a general regime penal colony.• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 21.05.2025, Sentence: 5 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":48,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-05T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-21T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 10-04-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/01/d49143/?sphrase_id=2736816\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 31-07-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/yaroczkij-vladimir-fyodorovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reclVmQbZXvrfYLLC"},{"persecution_id":"recuxW0qOkVao1w1m","last_updated":"2025-07-21T14:04:44.000Z","person_id":"rec7pPfDrNz6ChVs1","name_en":"Irina Baskayeva","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia. In April 2023, it became known that she was detained as part of a case of participation and inducement to participate in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the movement of \"citizens of the USSR\". On 24 October 2023, Baskaeva was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":296,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a “citizen of the USSR” on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and on inducement and recruitment thereto","case_number":"1-118/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, “reliably knowing” about the recognition of the “Union of the Slavic Forces of Russia” as an extremist organisation and identifying herself as a citizen of the “USSR”, she did not recognise the existence of the Russian Federation and the legislation in force in its territory, and also agitated local residents “to join an illegal criminal association for the purpose of obstructing the activities of government agencies”.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2023 to 09.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.11.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.10.2023, Sentence: 4 years and 6 months of imprisonment, 1 year and 2 months of imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years and 6 months of imprisonment, 1 year and 2 months of imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-24T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-10-24T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recuxW0qOkVao1w1m"},{"persecution_id":"recedgMXb99iB5Poc","last_updated":"2025-04-14T10:37:38.000Z","person_id":"recbRp0jdICTNd2uT","name_en":"Kevin Leak","birth_year":2005,"age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Germany"],"story_en":"He lived in Maikop with his mother, they were about to leave for Germany. Shortly before leaving, on 10 February 2023, Viktoria Lik was arrested for 10 days under the article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for allegedly swearing at the military recruitment office.\nOn 23 February 2023, the FSB charged Lik with state treason. On the same day a search took place and the first interrogation took place. On 24 February, the court ruled to arrest Lik.\nOn 28 December 2023, the Supreme Court of Adygea sentenced the schoolboy to four years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.\nIn July 2024 it became known that Lik was under pressure in the colony: the security department of the colony did not include in the phone book the numbers of his mother, lawyer and family friend, while the young man filed a corresponding application, and Lik's letters do not reach his relatives. When he complained about his lack of communication with the outside world, the colony administration started threatening him with physical violence. However, soon Lika was given a phone card, and he was able to call his mother.\nOn 1 August 2024, he was released as part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and Germany.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maykop"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":330,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Kevin Leak's case for treason.","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from 23 December 2021 to 8 February 2023, he \"carried out visual surveillance\" and photographed the location of the military unit of the Ministry of Defence in Maikop, after which he sent the photos via the Internet to the mail of a \"representative of a foreign state\".","persecution_location_en":"At large as a result of an exchange","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Pardoned","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 03.04.2024, Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at penal colony-1 (IK-1) for the Republic of Adygea\n• in custody: from 24.02.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Adygea\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.04.2024 to 05.06.2024, Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at penal colony-1 (IK-1) for the Republic of Adygea\n• Unknown: from 05.06.2024\n• Unknown: from 01.06.2024 to 01.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 30.07.2024, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2023, Sentence: Imprisonment for 4 years in a penal colony of general regime, with restriction of liberty for 1 year.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Imprisonment for 4 years in a penal colony of general regime, with restriction of liberty for 1 year.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-28T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-28T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/lik-kevin-viktorovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recedgMXb99iB5Poc"},{"persecution_id":"recy6Flnmx6NFvVC7","last_updated":"2024-04-24T12:54:18.000Z","person_id":"recj4WGtI1wjl700X","name_en":"Aleksandr Mendrik","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Severomorsk (Murmansk Region). A case was initiated against him for dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 21 February 2024, Mendrik was sentenced to a fine of 450 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Severomorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":416,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Mendrik's case of \"fake facts\" about the Armed Forces of Russian Federation","case_number":"1-24/2024","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.02.2024, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 450 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 450 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":450000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-21T13:05:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-21T13:05:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recy6Flnmx6NFvVC7"},{"persecution_id":"recKwy0F14TvuQr23","last_updated":"2025-06-19T13:00:03.000Z","person_id":"recXrUtTxfDlqbV2r","name_en":"Shurman Ivanov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":549,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The Case of \"lezginka\" near the \"Eternal Flame\"","case_number":"2-2-14/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was that the detainees allegedly danced \"lezginka\" near the \"Red Partisans' mass grave\" and the \"Eternal Flame\", as well as ate sunflower seeds near a monument, throwing the shells onto it.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.06.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-02T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-02T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 09-01-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/01/d49132/?sphrase_id=2506526\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recKwy0F14TvuQr23"},{"persecution_id":"recFjNqKS2ZXcAX52","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:27:40.000Z","person_id":"recbu6At6oKje9Gtw","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Yaroslavl. In April 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody. At that time, it was reported that a case was initiated against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Later it became known that he was also charged with calls for extremism and activities against the security of the Russian Federation. The resident of Yaroslavl was transferred to a house arrest. On 17 June 2024, the sentence was declared, the details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":430,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of “fakes” about the RF Armed Forces, calls for extremism and activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation in Yaroslavl","case_number":"1-106/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the persecution was the notes published on his VKontakte page.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• house arrest: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.06.2024, Sentence: Sentence is unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence is unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-17T06:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-17T06:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFjNqKS2ZXcAX52"},{"persecution_id":"reczkBGurpcAyTMhd","last_updated":"2025-04-19T12:30:00.000Z","person_id":"recg8mnJFVDmn0kLM","name_en":"Aleksey Arestovich","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Arestovich, a former advisor for strategic communication in the sphere of national security and defense of the Office of the President of Ukraine, was charged with public justification of terrorism no later than May 2023. In February 2024, he was placed on a wanted list and arrested in absentia. He was also accused of knowingly spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Arestovich's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 06.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reczkBGurpcAyTMhd"},{"persecution_id":"recUfM448AK7kAHKV","last_updated":"2025-04-30T14:04:53.000Z","person_id":"recTSYpbzXf1Pheoe","name_en":"Vyacheslav Hertzberg","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Syktyvkar. On 6 September 2023, he was searched as part of a case on financing extremist activities. On 7 February 2024, Hertzberg was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":154,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"FBC financing case in Syktyvkar","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a donation to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.02.2024, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-07T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-07T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUfM448AK7kAHKV"},{"persecution_id":"recPfIGaROYyb4LIJ","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recmttstRh8HatXPj","name_en":"Angel Nikolaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attWMfVS8V9hPO42w.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attWMfVS8V9hPO42w.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Khabarovsk. He has been in custody since spring 2023. He was accused of committing a terrorist act causing significant property damage by setting fire to the military recruitment centre of the Industrial District of Khabarovsk. Nikolaev admits in a letter from the pre-trial detention centre that in September 2022, shortly after mobilisation was announced, he set fire to two bottles of petrol, placing them near the windows of the military registration office in order to destroy his own personal file. In addition, Nikolaev is charged with desecration of burial sites and the flag of the Russian Federation (Article 329 of the Criminal Code) because on February 27, 2023, he painted red paint on Russian flags on the graves of those who died in the war. In the letter Nikolaev claims that he had no intention to desecrate the grave sites, while the flags on the graves caused outrage because, in his opinion, it is the Russian government that is responsible for the deaths. The Khabarovsk resident is also accused of hooliganism and vandalism because he tore down symbols with the letter \"Z\" from cars and public transport stops, and painted the letter \"Z\" crossed out with the letter \"N\" on cars in red paint (the charge says he painted symbols similar to the Nazi swastika). Nikolaev writes that in June 2023, Federal Security Service's officers came to him in the pre-trial detention centre and offered to confirm that he was a member of the Freedom of Russia Legion, but he refused.\nOn May, 3rd, 2024 Nikolaev was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony. On September, 11th, 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":488,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Article 329 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","329","214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Article 329","Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Angel Nikolaev's case of setting on fire the military recruitment centre and painting on cars and on flags on graves","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, he set fire to the military registration office in the Industrial District of Khabarovsk, painted symbols similar to the Nazi swastika on cars and flags on the graves of war dead with red paint, and tore down symbols with the letter \"Z\" from cars and public transport stops.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2023 to 11.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• Unknown:  to 01.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.05.2024, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment, with the first 4 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment, with the first 4 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":178,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-03T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-03T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 29 May, the preventive measure was replaced by a ban on certain actions. On 13 February 2024, the court acquitted Koshechko, as there was no \"St. George ribbon\" on the coat of the serviceman with whom he had a conflict.\nIt also became known that on the day when Koshechko had a conflict, two eyewitnesses, one of whom was a deputy of the village council, beat him with a baseball bat and a shovel handle. A case was brought against them for intentional infliction by a group of persons of serious harm to health dangerous to human life, with the use of objects used as weapons.\nOn 29 January 2025, the court of cassation instance overturned the acquittal verdict.\nOn 18 March 2025, the court dismissed the case on reconsideration due to the expiry of the statute of limitations.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":677,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Koshechko's case of abuse of the \"St George's ribbon\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution's version, Koshechko, while under the influence of alcohol in the village of Netyinka, tore St George's ribbon off the serviceman's coat, stomped it into the mud and uttered insulting phrases. However, the court studied the video recordings of the incident and concluded that there was no St George ribbon on the sleeve of the serviceman.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.05.2023 to 13.05.2023\n• house arrest: from 13.05.2023 to 29.05.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 29.05.2023 to 13.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2024• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 18.03.2025, Sentence: The proceedings were terminated due to the expiry of the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution.","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"The proceedings were terminated due to the expiry of the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 13-02-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/05/d48088/?sphrase_id=2330260\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recfZJas17BtfoNr5"},{"persecution_id":"recoeMFpu2MrgPAp8","last_updated":"2026-02-17T17:45:44.000Z","person_id":"recaGGR2xtB7ZDQv2","name_en":"Roman Tyurin","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Omsk Region. A criminal case was initiated against him on charges of disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On May 27, 2024, Tyurin was sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\nOn February 20, 2024, Tyurin was added to the Rosfinmonitoring List of Terrorists and Extremists with a designation applied to persons prosecuted under terrorism-related articles. It later became known that a criminal case had also been initiated against him on charges of the public justification of terrorism. In the same month, he was sentenced to 4 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\nIn addition, a criminal case was initiated against Tyurin on charges of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On October 3, 2024, he was sentenced in this case to 1 year’s imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\nFurthermore, Tyurin was charged with calls for activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation and with repeated demonstration of prohibited symbols; the details are unknown. On November 18, 2024, he was sentenced in this case, with the aggregate sentence, taking into account the three previous convictions, amounting to 6 years 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\nOn February 17, 2025, Tyurin died in custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":512,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Roman Tyurin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-23/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on February 6, 2023, and February 24, 2023, he posted knowingly false information on his public page on the social network Odnoklassniki with the aim of fostering a negative attitude toward the “special military operation” being carried out by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.07.2024\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.07.2024 to 15.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 15.08.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.05.2024, Sentence: 6 years in a general regime colony, a 4-year ban on posting publications on the Internet.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years in a general regime colony, a 4-year ban on posting publications on the Internet.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-27T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-27T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-07-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/tyurin-roman-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recoeMFpu2MrgPAp8"},{"persecution_id":"recqpVsyoxMIIKmSP","last_updated":"2024-07-30T03:20:55.000Z","person_id":"rec8XZX45HLh0POuH","name_en":"Vyacheslav Bunakov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Samara region, a lawyer. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. On 8 May 2024, Bunakov was sentenced to ten months of correctional labour. 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While in pre-trial detention for attempted murder, he was also prosecuted in a case of discreditation of the use of the Russian Armed Forces. In this case, on July 21, 2023, Vdovichenko was sentenced to a fine of 150 thousand rubles.\nIn January 2024, it became known that another case of discrediting the Armed Forces was brought against Vdovichenko. On March 11, 2024, he was sentenced to a fine of 130 thousand rubles in this case.\nIn the case of attempted murder Vdovichenko was sentenced to six and a half years in a strict regime colony in August 2023. 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On 16 September 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of calling for activities against the security of the state. VGTRK Dagestan reported that Musagadzhiev posted \"anti-constitutional calls to change the state system\" on the Chat Utro Dagestana telegram channel. He was later transferred to house arrest. 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At the end of December of 2023, a case was brought against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On October 1st, 2025, the court sentenced her to three years' suspended imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":644,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Svetlana Ogoreva's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, Ogoreva, realizing the illegality of her actions, participated in the activities of the extremist religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses. To conceal her activities and evade criminal prosecution, she strictly adhered to secrecy: she used mobile applications to access the electronic library, study and promote the teachings, as well as to communicate with other followers.\n\nUnder the guidance of the organizer, who was also prosecuted, she participated in individual classes and collective worship services via the Internet. 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On February 21st 2022, he was summoned for questioning as a witness in Irina Perefilieva's case, who was accused of involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. On December 8th 2022, the case was initiated against Pasynkov himself, he was accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On March 3rd 2023, his home was searched again. Pasynkov was put under travel ban. On January 20th 2025, he was sentenced to a six-year suspended sentence.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":689,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexei Pasynkov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"organised and maintained contacts with persons professing the Jehovah's Witnesses religion, including those living in other regions of the Russian Federation.... was the initiator and had the advantage in determining the course of the religious services, directed the actions of other persons attending the services\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.01.2025, Sentence: 6 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-20T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-20T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 01-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47850/?sphrase_id=2387596\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. 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These posts reportedly included claims about Russian strikes targeting civilian infrastructure in Ukrainian cities, along with content deemed to \"discredit the Russian Armed Forces' actions\" and containing \"public calls to undermine government operations\".\n\nThe case further cites an August 2022 repost on her profile which allegedly contained calls for Vladimir Putin's assassination.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n• in custody: from 25.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kurgan Oblast\n• in custody:  to 11.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kurgan Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.06.2024, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-25T14:10:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-25T14:10:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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Later, the charge was reclassified to committing a terrorist act, while the rag set on fire did not reach the building. On 26 February 2024, Lovchikov was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":209,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Lovchikov on the arson of the military recruiting office","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being in a state of alcohol intoxication, motivated by dislike and anger towards the state and state authorities, in order to destabilise the activities of the military commissariat of Chernyshevsky district, poured combustible fuel into a metal can, soaked a cloth with it, then set fire to it and threw it through the window of the room of the military commissariat on duty, where there was a watchman. The building did not catch fire\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2023 to 21.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.03.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.02.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-26T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-26T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1sKXqjpzaRTw2p"},{"persecution_id":"recExrT84YuoJ3JVv","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"recgqzBlac9o7jqQ9","name_en":"Emran Navruzbekov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attC2t5HPrtDGM8Qt.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attC2t5HPrtDGM8Qt.jpg"],"birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a former employee of the Dagestan FSS. In 2017, Navruzbekov and his family fled Russia and sought political asylum in Poland. He received a refusal, appealed against it and in October 2022 again requested asylum. In December, he gave an interview to Vladimir Osechkin, the head of the Gulagu.net project, during which he spoke about the involvement of FSB officers in terrorist attacks and staged special operations. \"Everything that criminal happens in the regions - in Chechnya, in Dagestan, this service is involved everywhere - in terrorist attacks, kidnappings,\" he emphasised. After the publication, the man's relatives began to be pressurised.\n\nNavruzbekov's wife and their two children were granted asylum in Poland, but the former operative himself was handed over to Russian law enforcement agencies at a border checkpoint in the Kaliningrad region on the night of 6 June 2023. The Polish authorities considered his presence in the country to \"pose a threat to the Republic of Poland\". After his deportation, his lawyer Karinna Moskalenko said Navruzbekov would face torture in Russia. He was arrested in Kaliningrad for 10 days under an article on petty hooliganism, and on 17 June his administrative arrest expired. The next day he called journalists and told them that half an hour before his supposed release, five law enforcement officers arrived at the detention centre to take him to Moscow for further transfer to Dagestan. At the airport, he attempted to escape, but was captured.\n\nOn 12 February 2024, Navruzbekov was sentenced to a year and three months in a penal colony for libel. 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In November 2020, he was searched. On 4 May 2023, a criminal case was opened against Yuskov for involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation, the next day he was searched again. Later he was also accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Yuskov was signed not to leave the country. 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In the blog \"I don't want and can't keep silent\" Goncharenko wrote that \"it hurts to see how Russian people kill Ukrainians, and Ukrainians are forced to kill Russians\". 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He was accused of failing to pay alimony, which led to a confrontation with a bailiff and a traffic police officer who attempted to seize his car as part of the enforcement process. As a result, a criminal case was opened against him for insulting and using violence against a public official.\n\nThere are no grounds to consider these initial prosecutions politically motivated. However, following the opening of the case, investigators appear to have begun examining Muchkin’s social media activity. He was subsequently charged with deliberately providing false information about the Russian Armed Forces and with publicly justifying terrorism. 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One of them said that Russian soldiers were not properly supplied with uniforms and weapons, that half of the military equipment had been lost since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and discussed the production of tanks and shells in Russia. The other spoke about soldiers taking part in fighting near Bakhmut without leave or rotation, heavy personnel losses, the “senseless sending of assault groups into attacks allegedly without any support,” a shortage of contract soldiers, as well as the “conduct of a criminal war against Ukraine and heavy losses among personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and mobilisation due to unending personnel losses in the zone of the special military operation.” The video was accompanied by the comment “Forward, sheep, for the bald rat.”\n\nMuchkin is also accused of swearing at a traffic police officer and threatening him, as well as swearing at a bailiff and threatening to kill her.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6pjJjC3E4UB2C7"},{"persecution_id":"recRXuMT62MXyffXE","last_updated":"2026-04-28T11:56:22.000Z","person_id":"recbYdo3O4xe8VGLx","name_en":"Igor Iakunichev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attF8Eb8n6BhPecx5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attF8Eb8n6BhPecx5.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District and a street cleaner. In May 2023, a case was initiated against him for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. At that time, a search was conducted in his home. During the arrest he was beaten. Then the court applied a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions. In December 2023, a case was initiated for public justification of terrorism, and no later than March 2024 another one was initiated for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. No later than February 2024, the investigation requested that the man be sent to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation. On 1 April 2024, the man’s home was searched again, after which he was forcibly hospitalised in a psychiatric institution. When the case was referred to the court, it turned out that another case had also been initiated against him for publicly calling to engage in activities against the security of the Russian Federation.\n\nAt the trial, Iakunichev said that in the pre-trial detention centre he was not given medication and was threatened with “reprisals of a sexual nature”.\n\nOn 5 September 2025, the court sentenced him to a 12-year term in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Street cleaners"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nadym"],"persecution_region_en":["Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAN"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":858,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","205.2","207.3","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces, discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District","case_number":"2-250/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The basis for the prosecution were posts on VKontakte about the crimes committed by the Russian Armed Forces in Bucha, as well as about the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, a video about the shooting of a resident of the Ukrainian village Berezovka by the Russian Armed Forces and a video about the Freedom of Russia Legion.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","temporary hospitalisation","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 01.04.2024\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.04.2024 to 03.05.2024, Vinzilinsky psychoneurological boarding school\n• in custody: from 03.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk region\"\n• in custody:  to 13.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.09.2025, Sentence: 12 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony and a ban on administering websites and internet-based channels for 5 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony and a ban on administering websites and internet-based channels for 5 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-05T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-05T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-01-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/yakunichev-igor-aleksandrovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recRXuMT62MXyffXE"},{"persecution_id":"recvOnuuy3Ag3MVjP","last_updated":"2026-04-12T08:53:46.000Z","person_id":"recq20Z2wWcAW8Hyi","name_en":"Sergey Abramov","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Yekaterinburg, former associate professor at the Ural State Mining University. In the past, he was the head of the Human Resources Management Department and later worked at the college attached to the university. On 30 October 2024, he was detained in a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of statements made at a lecture. According to the prosecution's version, in March 2024, Abramov called Russia's actions in Ukraine an occupation at a history lecture in the presence of at least ten people. The case was initiated after the students' statement. On 2 November, the court elected Abramov a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 28 May 2025, he was sentenced to 10 months of correctional labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pereslavl-Zalessky"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":832,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":118,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Abramov's case on financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was seven donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation of 1,000 rubles each, made via PayPal. The investigation believes that the scientist \"supported the activities of an extremist organisation\" and financed it, \"adhering to extremist views and positions, feeling dissatisfied with the current Russian authorities and the policies pursued\". Abramov claims that the transfers were made without his knowledge.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-12-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.04.2023 to 12.04.2023\n• house arrest: from 12.04.2023 to 10.10.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 10.10.2023\n• :  to 30.12.2023\n• : from 30.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.07.2025, Sentence: A fine of 450,000 rubles, reduced to 150,000 rubles due to being under house arrest.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 450,000 rubles, reduced to 150,000 rubles due to being under house arrest.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-11T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-11T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 07-05-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/05/d48098/?sphrase_id=2731774\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-finansirovanii-fbk/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recvOnuuy3Ag3MVjP"},{"persecution_id":"recghuBt7zzt1KH2Q","last_updated":"2025-01-28T15:06:45.000Z","person_id":"recAEi0piQZSYmlIa","name_en":"Elena Yurenkova","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Yurenkova, a resident of Togliatti, underwent a residence search on 16 May 2023, based on allegations of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. Subsequently, Yurenkova was issued a travel ban. On 22 March 2024, she received a two-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":311,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Elena Yurenkova","persecution_case_profile_en":"Yurenkova \"took active action, by taking an active part in the activities of the organisation .... by participating in collective meetings ... and discussions of the ideology ... of the religious organisation\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 09.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 09.04.2024 to 08.04.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.03.2024, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-22T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-22T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 9 November of the same year, following the results of the retrial, Kotlyar was fined 150 thousand rubles, but was released from punishment under the amnesty for the 70th anniversary of the victory over Germany.\nOn 12 September 2017, Kotlyar was again fined 150 thousand rubles, already in the second case, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nThe third case was dismissed on 25 April 2019.\nOn 22 December 2020, Kotlyar was fined 150 thousand rubles in the fourth case. On 15 March 2021, the court of appeal excluded a number of episodes from the case and reduced the fine to 140 thousand.\nOn 13 April 2022, in the fifth case, the human rights defender was fined 480 thousand rubles with a deduction of 140 thousand rubles for the previous sentence. On 19 July, the court of appeal changed the verdict, sentencing Kotlyar to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.\nThe sixth criminal case was initiated at the end of March 2023. Then the office of the movement \"For Human Rights\" was searched. The law enforcers seized all the logs with the record of visitors since 2009 and other information. They also took outdated forms of migration registration and certificates of the Russian language exam from the office. On 29 June, Kotlyar was sentenced to a fine of 650 thousand rubles. On 21 August, the court of appeal reduced the fine to 600 thousand.\nIn autumn 2023, another, seventh, case on the same charges was brought against Kotlyar. On 18 March 2024, she was sentenced to a fine of 450 thousand rubles. On 14 May, the court of appeal reduced the fine to 430 thousand.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Obninsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_ended":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":442,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 322.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 322.2 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"The seventh case of Tatyana Kotlyar","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.03.2024, Sentence: a fine of 450 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 450 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":430000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-18T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-18T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjxleKskcAfoxEP"},{"persecution_id":"receH36cScxxXPjsD","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec7h8pql6u0wGj9D","name_en":"Artem Lazarenko","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Omsk. A criminal case of hooliganism was brought against him after he took off his clothes at night while near the building of the FSB. On 29 January 2024 Lazarenko was sentenced to 240 hours of compulsory labor at a state-run work site.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":149,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 1,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"Artem Lazarenko's nudity case near the FSB building","persecution_case_profile_en":"Being in front of the FSB building at night, acting on hate motives against law enforcement officers, \"took off all his clothes\" and \"began to show his naked body\", thus grossly violating public order.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.01.2024, Sentence: 240 hours of compulsory labor at a state-run work site","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"240 hours of compulsory labor at a state-run work site","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-28T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-28T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receH36cScxxXPjsD"},{"persecution_id":"recsTlfKu53LZvoGf","last_updated":"2025-04-10T19:10:25.000Z","person_id":"rec4jeNhfS6OJaZmj","name_en":"Gennady Deryagin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attK9t5I74m2k6L41.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attK9t5I74m2k6L41.png"],"birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Founder of criminal sexology, former lecturer at the Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Northern State Medical University. In October 2023, he was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime penal colony in a case of sexualised violence against a minor. No later than November 2023, a case was initiated against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. On 8 November 2024, he was sentenced to three years in this case. Taking into account the previous sentence, the total term was 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast","Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":677,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":96,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Gennady Deryagin on discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"01-0464/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"In January 2023, the court considered a protocol drawn up on Deryagin under a similar administrative article (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), the result is unknown.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.11.2024, Sentence: 3 years of deprivation of liberty, taking into account the previous sentence - 12 years of deprivation of liberty in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of deprivation of liberty, taking into account the previous sentence - 12 years of deprivation of liberty in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-08T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-08T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recsTlfKu53LZvoGf"},{"persecution_id":"rec3vHhDwVdhIdO9T","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recAuQoDKxqr5wBuC","name_en":"Alexey Shachnev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novotroitsk (Orenburg Region). A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 11 April 2024, Shachnev was sentenced to a fine of 120 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":466,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Shachnev's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-139/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution of Shachnev was the publication in Odnoklassniki of \"photo images and statements characterising the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine as invasive, associated with the forcible conquest or subjugation of other states\".\nOn 18 November 2022, the court fined Shachnev 30,000 rubles under the article on discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the CAO) because of a post in Odnoklassniki. According to the court, the man called for violent actions against the Russian military.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.04.2024, Sentence: Fine of 120 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fine of 120 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":120000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-11T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-11T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3vHhDwVdhIdO9T"},{"persecution_id":"recFAq5H9hT2pk3ip","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recR607yzuaHckDXE","name_en":"Karina Garipova","birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Sterlitamak, who was a minor at the time of the persecution. In April 2023, her home was searched, and the law enforcers seized her personal diaries and equipment. According to the expertise of the seized items, since the spring of 2022, the schoolgirl had been corresponding in social networks with her peers and propagandised among them the idea of attacking educational institutions. In October, law enforcers opened a second criminal case. According to the investigation, the girl allegedly sent several files to unknown people, which \"attractively\" presented the organisers of the mass shooting at the Columbine school. On 19 March 2024, Garipova was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sterlitamak"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":353,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Karina Garipova on the promotion of Columbine ideology","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, starting from the spring of 2022, in her correspondence in social networks with peers she promoted among them the idea of attacking educational institutions, and sent to some unknown persons several files which \"attractively\" present the organisers of the mass shooting at Columbine school.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.04.2023 to 19.03.2024\n• in custody: from 19.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.03.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-19T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-19T13:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 20-03-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/06/d48236/?sphrase_id=2594747\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recFAq5H9hT2pk3ip"},{"persecution_id":"rec3xS6m9aZ7w38Z1","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recXTshBnaWfQGs78","name_en":"Maria Chernova","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Bogdanovich (Sverdlovsk Oblast). She left Russia. On 3 November 2023, her parents were searched. The law enforcers read and photographed personal correspondence and drew attention to the flags of Ukraine and Israel that hung in Chernova's room. During the interrogation, the girl's parents were asked questions about the personal correspondence, as well as a video of Chernova dancing to a Ukrainian song with her friends from Ukraine. Chernova was arrested in absentia and put on a wanted list.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Maria Chernova's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a post with a video and the caption \"A good church is a burning church. The best bridge is a burning Crimean bridge\", as well as anti-war comments in local groups on VKontakte.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3xS6m9aZ7w38Z1"},{"persecution_id":"recJ1fS8sRrk4vAch","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"recqUk3NUOkn4ZeQ7","name_en":"Vladimir Yarotskii","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attusbaVgKJmT9Oqn.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attusbaVgKJmT9Oqn.jpeg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Yarotskii is a resident of Krasnodar. A criminal case on rehabilitation of Nazism was opened against him based on an image in \"VKontakte\" (Russian social media platform), which portrayed Putin in the form of a penis with a St George's ribbon. On December 5, 2023, Yarotskii was sentenced to one and a half years in a general regime colony. He pleaded guilty, and the trial was processed in a special procedure. He was taken into custody in the courtroom. On March 20, 2024, the appellate court overturned the verdict and sent the case for a retrial, in particular due to the fact that the case was heard not in the court that should have had jurisdiction over it.\n\nNo later than June 2023, there was another case opened against Yarotskii, this time of public justification of terrorism. On May 8, 2024, he was fined 350,000 rubles.\n\nOn June 17, 2023, Yarotskii was detained for five days under the administrative article on demonstration of banned symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Administrative Code) due to using the logo of the Freedom of Russia Legion as his social media profile image.\n\nIn February 2024, a case was opened against Yarotskii for spreading \"knowingly false information\" about the Russian Armed Forces. On May 6, the case was merged with the first case (involving the portrait of Putin). On December 9, 2024, the accusation of spreading \"fakes\" about the Army was escalated from the 1st to the 2nd part of the corresponding article. On December 12, 2024, a restrictive measure imposed on him was changed to a ban on certain actions. On May 21, 2025, Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced Yarotskii to five and a half years in a general regime colony. He was taken into custody in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":493,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":70,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Yarotsky's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-210/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"Presumably, the reason for the case was a post with the words \"Guys, don't be fools... Don't die for a bald-headed fool and his ambitions... Isn't six months enough for you? The Ukrainians won't give up THEIR land, and we fucked up ours((( turn your guns on Putin's government... It's time to end this... It's time to end the power of this bunker fuhrer and all those who lick him...\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.05.2024, Sentence: A fine of 350,000 roubles (≈$3825 as of 08.05.2024) with a ban on administering Internet sites for two years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 350,000 roubles (≈$3825 as of 08.05.2024) with a ban on administering Internet sites for two years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-08T10:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-08T10:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 31-07-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/yaroczkij-vladimir-fyodorovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJ1fS8sRrk4vAch"},{"persecution_id":"recCbk5iFP9dAMlMx","last_updated":"2025-02-25T06:40:00.000Z","person_id":"recIrLLU9KbrQgFgT","name_en":"Alexander Zhuravlev","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. No later than February 2023, a case was brought against him for preparing to set an administrative building on fire. On 29 February 2024, Zhuravlev was sentenced to four and a half years in a strict-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Stavropol"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":393,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Zhuravlev's case of planning to set the Stavropol Department of Internal Affairs on fire","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, while in St. Petersburg, he agreed via messenger to cooperate with an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. After arriving in Stavropol, he took photos and videos of the administrative building where he planned to set fire, he sent the data to the employee of the GUR; he bought components for the manufacture of a homemade incendiary device, which he kept in a rented flat. He was not able to complete the task, as he was detained by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2023 to 05.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.04.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.02.2024, Sentence: 4 years 6 months'  imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months'  imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-29T13:55:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-29T13:55:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• \n Date: 21-03-2024\n Source: https://t.me/solidarity_zone/2162\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCbk5iFP9dAMlMx"},{"persecution_id":"recrasmTRE0JFdzgK","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recrh1kmPrR3jJSBd","name_en":"Vladimir Malina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attRmvcykbZpi3xzu.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attRmvcykbZpi3xzu.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Bartender. Detained in June 2023 for setting fire to a relay cabinet in Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Oblast. At the time, it was reported that during a \"conversation\" with operatives, he stated that he had committed arson on his own initiative and that no one had directed his actions. Malina's mother later said that after his arrest he was brought to an unknown police station, where an FSB officer was present and beat Malina, after which he was taken, presumably to the Domodedovo City District Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There they continued beating him, demanding his phone password. \"They offered me three options for the course of events. The first — I am sent to fight in the Wagner Group, the second — they find explosives in my possession that were used to blow up power lines, as I look similar to the suspect, the third — that I confess to all arson,\" — \"Mediazona\" quotes Malina's story, recorded in the lawyer's interview. Some time after the detention Malina was taken to the temporary detention centre of the police department at the station \"Moscow-Leningradskaya\", where he was found to have numerous bruises. According to Malina's mother, in a conversation with the lawyer, the FSB investigator admitted that the man was \"all blue\" when arrested.\n\nInitially, a case was brought against Malina for putting the railway tracks in an unserviceable condition. In November 2023, it became known that he was charged with participation in the activities of the Freedom of Russia Legion. Later, when Malina's case went to court, it turned out that there were ten episodes in the case under different articles: sabotage, attempted sabotage, preparation for sabotage, preparation for a terrorist act, training in terrorist activities, participation in a terrorist community, participation in a terrorist organisation, training in sabotage activities, participation in a sabotage community and state treason.\n\nRegarding the charge of arson of the relay cabinet, the mother in a conversation with Mediazona claims that the FSB investigator, \"talking to the lawyer, said that they know that he (Malina — OI) did not do it.\" According to her, the investigation found the arsonist, but the charges were not dropped against Malina, and later in his case appeared the preparation and attempted arson of other relay cabinets.\nOn 23 May 2024, Malina was sentenced to 25 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bartenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":356,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Article 281.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 281.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","281.2","205","281.3","205.4","205.5","281","281","281","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275","Article 281.2","Part 1, Article 205","Part 2, Article 281.3","Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 281","Part 2, Article 281","Part 2, Article 281","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Malina's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he set fire to a relay cabinet at the Pozhitkovo – Greater Ring of the Moscow Railway level crossing, which was intended to regulate the crossing. He was allegedly involved in the activities of the Freedom of Russia Legion. The case includes Malina's correspondence with an alleged \"handlers\" in Telegram, a photo of a \"stash\" with firecrackers, with which Malina was given the task to fire at a police station (he refused), as well as, presumably, transfers to funds supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2023 to 30.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.05.2024, Sentence: 25 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"25 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":300,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-22T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/malina-vladimir-petrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recrasmTRE0JFdzgK"},{"persecution_id":"recuUNkwIk3bgTXlW","last_updated":"2025-11-05T08:30:05.000Z","person_id":"recG1bDKYoyeRcC1M","name_en":"Nikolay Artamonov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Novorossiysk. On 1 November 2023, he was detained and taken into custody the following day on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. A case has also been opened for discrediting the Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism.\n\nAccording to the law enforcement agents' version, Artamonov tried to join the \"Freedom of Russia\" legion: he filled out a questionnaire, wrote the text of the oath and sent them to a representative of the association. In August, he was detained on a train on his way to Belgorod Region.\n\nOn 23 September 2025, the court sentenced him to nine years in prison, of which he must spend the first four years in prison and the remaining time in a strict-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novorossiysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":692,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case on discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and preparation for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in Novorossiysk","case_number":"1-503/2024","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.11.2023 to 02.11.2023\n• in custody: from 02.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.09.2025, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment with initial 4 years served in prison and the remaining sentence served in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment with initial 4 years served in prison and the remaining sentence served in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-23T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-23T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recuUNkwIk3bgTXlW"},{"persecution_id":"recHBnrOxLZfnrJhI","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"rece0INB7NclAQIbD","name_en":"Yaroslav Sirotkin","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An LGBTQ+ activist from Yaroslavl. Left Russia after the outbreak of a full-scale war. In April 2022, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In March 2024, it became known that he was put on the wanted list: as it turned out later, in a case of evading his duties as a foreign agent. In June 2025, it became known that a new case was opened against him - about participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. The law enforcers believe that the activist participated in the activities of a non-existent \"international public LGBT movement\", having posted 14 posts and videos in which they saw \"propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations\", as well as \"justification and involvement\" in the activities of the movement.","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Yaroslav Sirotkin's Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the missing \"foreign agent\" disclaimer in a post on the Telegram channel \"LGBT+eshnik.\" In January and August 2023, he was fined 40,000 and 45,000 roubles, respectively, under the administrative clause for failure to fulfil the duties of a foreign agent (Clause 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recHBnrOxLZfnrJhI"},{"persecution_id":"recbkUYDEWRrJzN1z","last_updated":"2025-07-21T13:25:32.000Z","person_id":"recBrB42N7VlvIrNt","name_en":" Unknown male 76","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Yoshkar-Ola. On 28 March 2024, sentenced to half a year in a strict regime colony in a case of calls to extremism due to comments against law enforcement officers in connection with the arson attack on the United Russia reception office in Bashkortostan.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"A case of calls for extremism in Yoshkar-Ola","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in September 2022 he was viewing a news feed in a telegram channel, where he saw a publication about the arson of the United Russia party reception centre and comments of other users of the community. The comments discussed the detention of a person by police officers. Further, the man, being dissatisfied with the actions and decisions of officials of state authorities of the Russian Federation, wrote a text comment that called for aggressive actions of a violent nature against representatives of the social group \"law enforcement agencies\". It was probably referring to the burning tyres left on 24 September 2022 near the United Russia reception office in the city of Salavat in Bashkortostan.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbkUYDEWRrJzN1z"},{"persecution_id":"recHGMIwA9G734Ycz","last_updated":"2025-05-26T22:36:59.000Z","person_id":"rec0n4lFXyR8WWvds","name_en":"Anna Trusova","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Segezha (Karelia). In March 2023, she was visited with an inspection of her apartment, at that time it was reported about a criminal case on calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. Trusova left Russia. In April 2024, it became known that a case was brought against her for disseminating deliberately false information about the armed forces of the Russian Federation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 207.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces in Segezha","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case were certain posts made in 2022 on the social media platform \"VKontakte\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHGMIwA9G734Ycz"},{"persecution_id":"recAE1FupBiirD147","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recnhpwc7NHpK2Zqx","name_en":"Orunbek Orozbaev","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"He lived and worked in Sakhalin. He was detained in February 2023 and placed in a detention centre for foreign citizens. On 29 June 2026, he was taken into custody on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. The adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On 15 January 2024, Orozbaev was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":348,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case on Sakhalin"],"case_name_en":"Orunbek Orozbaev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, having authority among his fellow countrymen and migrant workers, in 2022 he created a cell of an international extremist religious organization, the activities of which are prohibited in the territory of the Russian Federation. Possessing leadership abilities and authority, he attracted Makmalbek Mazhitov, a newcomer from among migrant workers, to the activities of the organization. Later, in order to attract new people to participate in the illegal association, he carried out active explanatory and propaganda activities among his entourage by organizing conspiratorial meetings and distributing specialized literature.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.06.2023 to 12.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.03.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: from 01.02.2023 to 29.06.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.01.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, with a 3-year ban on engaging in activities related to leading religious organizations.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, with a 3-year ban on engaging in activities related to leading religious organizations.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-15T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-15T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAE1FupBiirD147"},{"persecution_id":"recl0t7NdxQKqJpTQ","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recVAgnyvzrTyc3Hw","name_en":"Makmalbek Mazhitov","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"Labour migrant, worked in Sakhalin. In February 2023, a case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely because of their religious activities. On 18 January 2024, Mazhitov was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. On 2 June 2025, his deportation was ordered. On 20 September 2025, Mazhitov was released. In all likelihood, he was immediately detained and sent to a detention centre for foreign citizens.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":350,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Tablighi Jamaat case on Sakhalin"],"case_name_en":"Makmalbek Mazhitov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in order to attract new people to participate in the illegal association, he carried out active explanatory and propaganda activities among his entourage by organising conspiratorial meetings and distributing specialised literature.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 06.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.03.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 20.09.2025\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.01.2024, Sentence: 2 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-17T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recl0t7NdxQKqJpTQ"},{"persecution_id":"rec2oRLoXmJzEl65I","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec7Z0p3foHGTbUcC","name_en":"Andrei Kolesnikov","birth_year":1979,"age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"According to the investigation, in 2021, the man published a comment in Odnoklassniki with \"knowingly false information about the activities of the USSR during the war\". As Sova notes, in the press release on the initiation of the case, the IC also wrote that the publication contained \"denial of the decisive role of the USSR in the victory over Nazi Germany\". There is no such wording in the statement about the completion of the investigation.\n\nAccording to the Sova Centre, the post that Kolesnikov reposted was published a day earlier by a user with the name Vladimir Polchenko. The post referred to the Russian Foreign Ministry's statement that on 17 September 1939, \"the Red Army began a liberation campaign on the territory of Poland.\" The author of the text wrote that in 1939 the USSR entered the Second World War on the side of Germany, participated in the division of Poland, supplied Germany with goods and trained the German military, and after the attack in 1941 began to \"whine to the whole world\". In addition, the post claimed that the US and UK helped the USSR, so Hitler was \"killed by the whole world\". In the same publication, Polchenko criticised the \"victoriousness\" and added that \"Russia never defeated fascism\": \"German Nazism replaced Soviet Nazism\" and then strengthened \"Russian fascism\".\n\nThe publication was accompanied by two photographs. The first showed portraits of Hitler and Stalin with the caption that the USSR had entered the war on the side of Germany and jointly \"attacked\" Poland; the second showed German and Soviet military personnel with the caption \"Allies\".\n\nOn 5 June 2024, Kolesnikov was sentenced to a fine of 500,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":380,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Kolesnikov's case on the rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2021, the man published a comment in Odnoklassniki with \"knowingly false information about the activities of the USSR during the war\". As Sova notes, in the press release on the initiation of the case, the IC also wrote that the publication contained \"denial of the decisive role of the USSR in the victory over Nazi Germany\". There is no such wording in the statement about the completion of the investigation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.06.2024, Sentence: a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-05T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-05T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 23-05-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/03/d48148/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec2oRLoXmJzEl65I"},{"persecution_id":"recEsBfvElFwrxOm4","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recavw1fAPUWR8jRn","name_en":"Anton Bashabaev","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Saratov. 19 November 2023 detained at Volgograd airport. Bashabayev was informed that he was under a recognisance not to leave as part of a criminal case. The case was initiated under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nBashabayev was taken to the city of Volzhsky, where he is registered and where his mother lives. After the search, Bashabayev was taken to Saratov. On 21 November, he was placed under house arrest. On 11 November 2024, the preventive measure was changed to a ban on certain actions.\n\nOn 17 December 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 600 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":759,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":108,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Saratov"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Saratov","case_number":"1-159/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he “carried out preaching activities and dissemination of Jehovah's Witnesses' doctrine among residents of Saratov and Saratov region”, and also “participated in meetings held via Zoom software”.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 21.11.2023 to 11.11.2024\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.11.2023 to 21.11.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 11.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2025, Sentence: 600 thousand rubble fine ","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"600 thousand rubble fine ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-17T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-17T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 22-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/11/d48973/?sphrase_id=2010516\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-11-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recEsBfvElFwrxOm4"},{"persecution_id":"recU8sLTk0c9ZgYGQ","last_updated":"2025-02-25T06:40:00.000Z","person_id":"recT821Lbsz6i6qpE","name_en":"Sergei Legkobitov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLr50LFamXHiBxv.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLr50LFamXHiBxv.jpg"],"birth_year":1983,"age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Stavropol (a city and the administrative centre of Stavropol Krai, in southern Russia). According to his father, he held posts in the waste disposal structures of the housing and utilities sector, where he exposed a corruption scheme. A case of bribery mediation was opened against him. According to the father, this is part of the pressure on himself to give up his human rights activities. On 5th April 2024, the court reclassified the charge to attempted mediation and sentenced Legkobitov to seven and a half years in a strict regime colony. On 28th August 2024, the court of appeal reclassified the charge back to mediation and increased the sentence by six months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pyatigorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":336,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 291.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["291.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 291.1"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Legkobitov's case of bribery","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Sergei Legkobitov planned to give Makarenko, an employee of the regional Federal Security Service Directorate, a bribe from businessman Denis Topsakhalov to avoid a fine for unauthorised dumping of rubbish in a specially protected natural area.\n\nThe environmental association \"Clean Region\", of which Sergei Legkobitov was a member, identified an unauthorised dump in Sanamer settlement, organised by Topsakhalov. Legkobitov proposed a project for the elimination of the dump and soil remediation, with the conclusion of a corresponding contract with an estimate of 3 million roubles. Topsakhalov was to hand over the waste passports, sign the contract and hand over the money for the estimate. On 2nd September 2022 in Pyatigorsk (a city in Stavropol Krai in the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia), Topsakhalov took a prepared envelope with fake money from law enforcement officers and put it in Legkobitov's car together with the waste passports. After that Legkobitov was detained.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.05.2023 to 28.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Stavropol krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.04.2024, Sentence: 7 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony and a fine of 30 million rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony and a fine of 30 million rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":6,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":30000000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-05T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recU8sLTk0c9ZgYGQ"},{"persecution_id":"recVcIAXUws3ceIn4","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:19:28.000Z","person_id":"recPOx0LtGq0TF1O2","name_en":"Evgeny Bukarev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ufa, a truck driver. In May 2022, he was fined 35,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the RF Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a Ukrainian flag hung on his balcony. \"Kommersant\" reported with reference to the court ruling that after Bukarev hung the flag, local video blogger Arslan Nigamatyanov came to his house and, introducing himself as a journalist of the BST TV channel, interviewed him. The blogger then released a clip of the interview on his YouTube channel, in which Bukarev says, among other things, that he does not support the war. The transcript of the clip was attached to the administrative case. Shortly after the court judgment, Bukarev left Russia. In November 2023, his relatives were searched. In an interview with TV2, Bukarev spoke about the case of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces (part 1 of article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). However, apparently, it was still a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces with the motive of hatred (point \"e\" of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). On 24 April 2024, the court sentenced Bukarev to eight years, and the court claims that the sentence was not passed in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":175,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yevgeny Bukarev's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-169/2024","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.04.2024, Sentence: 8 years in prison, ban on administering websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years in prison, ban on administering websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-24T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-24T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVcIAXUws3ceIn4"},{"persecution_id":"recHZ4KHR52XpNbvX","last_updated":"2026-02-17T20:44:02.000Z","person_id":"recJAvAyLEsYSpN5F","name_en":"Denis Trufanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attGx2l4GywX14orR.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attGx2l4GywX14orR.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnoyarsk.\n\nOn 14 November 2023, a criminal case was opened against Denis Trufanov for knowingly disseminating false information about the Armed Forces. Allegedly, in November 2023, special police fighters broke into his flat.\n\nThe law enforcers published a video of the Krasnoyarsk man with his face blurred, apologizing , so there is no complete certainty that it was Trufanov. At that time it was a case under the 1st part of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but the case against Trufanov came to court with the 2nd part of the same article.\n\nThe first defense counsel (by appointment) was Elena Rybkina. She conducted the trial of the first instance and the appeal.\n\nBefore the verdict Trufanov was under recognizance not to leave. On 1 July 2024 Trufanov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony, he was taken into custody in the courtroom.\n\nHe was placed on the preventive register as prone to extremism and terrorism.\n\nOn 29 November 2022, operational-search activities of the FSB Department of the Russian Federation were carried out. 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Memorial:\n Date: 11-08-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/trufanov-denis-aleksandrovich/#\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recHZ4KHR52XpNbvX"},{"persecution_id":"recKAyLQuPA2LlYiF","last_updated":"2025-04-10T20:15:30.000Z","person_id":"recpQa1UsLKRf05Z7","name_en":"Sergey Lukashevsky","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former director of the Sakharov Centre. Left Russia after the outbreak of war. A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 18 November 2024 Lukashevsky was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":687,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Lukashevsky's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-174/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"Lukashevsky is charged with five publications on Facebook: A post about the murders of Bucha residents and a reminder of the murders in Novye Aldy, a text with the words \"Having started a war to subjugate Ukraine, Russia is destroying Ukrainian towns and villages, killing and enslaving the people living there\", a text with the words \"Unjust invasion war, deaths of women, children, and the elderly, violence and looting, destroying cities to the ground - it is impossible to look at the countless war crimes, the meanness and lies when they are committed by your own country, in its name\", text with the words \"Through the bitterness of thinking about those who have already been killed, wounded, rendered homeless by this terrible war .... \"All the horrors that the Russian army and special services are committing in Ukraine today - the shelling of civilian targets, kidnapping,s and summary executions, referendums at gunpoint - took place in the North Caucasus many years ago. All of this was painstakingly, consistently, and at the risk of lives reported by Memorial\" - as well as participation in the broadcast \"War as a Moral Catastrophe\", where he spoke about the murders, looting, robberies, and rapes committed by the Russian military in Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.11.2024, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer websites for 1 year","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administer websites for 1 year","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-18T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-18T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKAyLQuPA2LlYiF"},{"persecution_id":"recxXdTa4waZGdsCX","last_updated":"2025-01-26T20:47:46.000Z","person_id":"rec35ipJCft4yctaO","name_en":"Sergey Neverov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tver. He was one of the leaders of the local protest movement, opposed the construction of a high-speed railway in the region, defended the institution of local self-government, and helped independent candidates. In autumn 2022, a case was brought against Neverov for discrediting the Russian army. In May 2023, masked law enforcers broke down the door to Neverov's flat and searched it. As a preventive measure, he was assigned a ban on certain actions.\nOn 24 October 2024, the court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tver"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2024-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Sergey Neverov on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of two publications - a repost of a mobilisation video with the title \"For what and for whom are you going to fight and die?\" and a post about the Kherson's surrender.\nIn July 2022, Neverov was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of his Facebook post.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxXdTa4waZGdsCX"},{"persecution_id":"rec9cBexP8rF6q0d0","last_updated":"2025-05-25T16:19:43.000Z","person_id":"rec3qzHMbQ5cQSA7U","name_en":"Ekaterina Menkova","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 28 February 2023, she was searched as a witness in the case of her compatriot Kishta Tutinova. On 19 December, she was brought to the case as a defendant accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. She was given a recognizance not to leave the country. On 24 June 2024, Menkova was sentenced to two years of suspended prison sentence.\n\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Elista"],"persecution_region_en":["Kalmykia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KL"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":188,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Elista","case_number":"1-112/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"conducts religious meetings and directly participates in them in the mode of online conferences, as well as involves residents of the region in the activities of the said organisation for the purpose of propaganda\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 17.09.2024 to 16.09.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.06.2024, Sentence: 2 years of suspended prison sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of suspended prison sentence","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-24T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-24T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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The next day Khalgaeva learnt that she had been fired from her job because of the criminal case. On 9 December, she was implicated in the case as a defendant accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. Khalgaeva was given a recognisance not to leave the country. On 24 June 2024, she was sentenced to a two-years' suspended sentence.\nOn 17 September 2024, the Supreme Court changed the sentence and added six months of restricted freedom to the suspended sentence","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Elista"],"persecution_region_en":["Kalmykia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KL"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":188,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Elista","case_number":"1-112/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she \"conducts religious meetings and directly participates in them remotely, as well as involves residents of the region in the activities of the organisation for the purpose of propaganda\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 17.09.2024 to 16.09.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.06.2024, Sentence: 2 years of suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of suspended sentence","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-24T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-24T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/habrik-kirill-alekseevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recuhhWlxXdDweK2P"},{"persecution_id":"recqEJbFoBsiMOFSW","last_updated":"2026-02-13T18:10:39.000Z","person_id":"recojyoUUwp46JyKt","name_en":"Aleksandr Davydenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att4cqsTx7dDjPQY1.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att4cqsTx7dDjPQY1.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnodar Krai. On 29 April 2020, his home was searched, and he was questioned as a witness; it is not known in connection with which case. In April 2023, he was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list (list of people who are working as or are involved with terrorists or extremists). On 18 April 2024, it was reported that he had been detained on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organization due to his association with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist laws solely for religious activities: holding meetings, worship services, and recruiting new members.\nIn November 2024, a website dedicated to the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses reported that Davydenko was being held in a 10-bed cell with 14 other people.\nOn 25 February 2025, Davydenko was sentenced to four years and two months in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pavlovskaya"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":696,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Davydenko's case","case_number":"1-139/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 28.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation  for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation  for Krasnodar Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Khadyzhensk | Federal Penal Correctional Centre-9 of the Krasnodar Territory Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.02.2025, Sentence: 4 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year 8 months of restricted liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year 8 months of restricted liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":50,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-25T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-25T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On 22 April 2024, Stone was sentenced in absentia to six years of imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":446,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andy Stone's case for publicly justifying terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 11 March 2022 Stone posted on Twitter a publication \"justifying aggressive, hostile and violent actions against servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation participating in a special military operation\", as well as \"public calls to commit acts of terrorism aimed at causing death to servicemen\". Later, the prosecutor asked to exclude calls to terrorism from the charges.\nThe case was prompted by Stone's tweet with Meta's official statement regarding content moderation rules. In it, the corporation said that in connection with the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine, it would temporarily consider statements wishing death to Russian \"invaders\" to be permissible on its sites, while calls for violence against Russian civilians would remain prohibited.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.04.2024, Sentence: 6 years of imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years of imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-22T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-22T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 22-04-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/11/d49006/?sphrase_id=2730729\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recdzBCeDfQcppIZX"},{"persecution_id":"recv3mCccGI2v2CAC","last_updated":"2025-12-25T10:19:49.000Z","person_id":"recGniBfNvnFqNDzc","name_en":"Alexey Goncharenko","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. A case was launched against him for public justification of terrorism, spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and incitement to hatred. On 17 May 2024, he was sentenced to ten years in absentia. In December 2025, the prosecutor's office reported that he was given a new sentence - on the case of calls to terrorism and incitement to hatred, and the total sentence was 18 years in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":382,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","207.3","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Oleksiy Goncharenko's case on public justification of terrorism, \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian federation and incitement to hatred","case_number":"1-84/2024","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.05.2024, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-17T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-17T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recv3mCccGI2v2CAC"},{"persecution_id":"recXfMKKm2vTANyLx","last_updated":"2026-04-16T09:13:45.000Z","person_id":"recxFfLcNJBoqeMKy","name_en":"Ibrahim Orujev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attHt2HKAL9CHrrQN.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attHt2HKAL9CHrrQN.jpg"],"birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Student at the Institute of Intercultural Communications and International Relations of Belgorod State National Research University. On 10 November 2023, he was detained near a military recruiting office in Moscow. According to the investigation, he took photos of the military recruiting office and the schedule of its opening hours, and videotaped the building and his way to it. Orujev was taken to the police station, and on 13 November he was arrested for 10 days under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). It follows from the ruling on this case that at that time Orujev was going to be prosecuted for committing a terrorist act and high treason. At the end of his arrest he was detained again. After that, according to Orujev, in the car where he got in, they put a shoe bag over his head and handcuffs on his hands and started beating him. He was then brought to an unknown office where he was demanded to give the name of his curator. Orujev claims that the torture continued throughout the night, and in the morning he was threatened that they would use a syringe with a needle contaminated with AIDS. A criminal case was opened against him for training for terrorist activities. Orujev was taken into custody.\nThe case file says that during the search in Orujev's apartment they found instructions with chemical formulas, which, according to the investigative expertise, can be used to make Molotov cocktails. In addition, the young man was allegedly found a diary with the \"Bird cherry Plan\" on setting fire to government buildings. The investigation also noted that Orujev was subscribed to Ukrainian Telegram channels, and connected the bot of the Ukrainian project of assistance to prisoners of war \"I want to live\".\nOn 17 August 2024, it became known that Orujev was added another charge - preparation to commit a terrorist act.\nOn 31 October 2024, the student was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":356,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.3","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.3","Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ibragim Orudzhev","case_number":"1-217/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he photographed the military recruiting office and its opening hours, and also filmed the building and his way to it on video, i.e. \"conducted reconnaissance of the area ... with the aim of further arson\"; in addition, he was interested in the activities of Ukrainian armed formations, took a questionnaire using the Telegram bot of the Ukrainian project of assistance to prisoners of war \"I want to live\"; he studied ways of committing terrorist activities, rules of handling weapons, explosive devices, explosives and objects that pose a danger to the society.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody:  to 25.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 13.11.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment cell: from 07.04.2026 to 15.04.2026, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.10.2024, Sentence: 16 years' deprivation of liberty, of which the first three in prison and the rest in a high-security colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' deprivation of liberty, of which the first three in prison and the rest in a high-security colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-31T12:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-31T12:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In April 2024, he was sentenced to three and a half years on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":331,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Sizov's case of engagement in the activities of the \"Union of Slavic Forces of Russia\"","case_number":"1-37/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from August 2019 to April 2021, he participated in the activities of the \"Union of Slavic Forces of Russia\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 06.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.06.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2024, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-25T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-25T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recoBPLTAOEYjLzkN"},{"persecution_id":"recU6Y5ym4oM0oghB","last_updated":"2026-02-12T16:35:44.000Z","person_id":"rec4Z0L61rkKonY16","name_en":"Ilya Novikov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A lawyer. Since 2019, Novikov has been living and working in Ukraine. Novikov repeatedly spoke out against the war. He is wanted in a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 30 May 2023, the Moscow Bar Association deprived Novikov of the status of a lawyer. In October 2023, it was reported that a case of high treason (article 275 of the Criminal Code) was started against Novikov.\nOn 11 June 2024, Novikov was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in the case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces.\nIn July 2024, Novikov was included in the list of Rosfinmonitoring with the same mark that is given to people who are prosecuted under \"terrorist\" articles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Ilya Novikov's treason case","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 01.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recU6Y5ym4oM0oghB"},{"persecution_id":"recAOKydX3odFFZtd","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"recja80I07Cnljex7","name_en":"Vladislav Galkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attbdlyXHSwO5IoZg.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attbdlyXHSwO5IoZg.jpg"],"birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":68,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Associate Professor at Tomsk Polytechnic University, developer of hypersonic technologies. He was a co-author in works on hypersonic technology by Valery Zvegintsev, Anatoly Maslov, and Alexandr Shiplyuk of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, who were taken into custody on charges of high treason. In December 2023, Galkin himself was detained on the same charge. 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In April 2023, he was detained on charges of treason and placed under house arrest.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Valery Zvegintsev","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a publication on the topic of gas dynamics in a foreign scientific journal.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKLPljclZQoAoNM"},{"persecution_id":"recYjtNA8y56gTDb7","last_updated":"2025-01-28T15:09:54.000Z","person_id":"recicCgzQIbrv9YvT","name_en":"Sofia Angel-Barocco","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A blogger from Adygea. On 15 August 2023, she was searched and then detained. The next day she was charged with insulting the feelings of believers and publicly justifying terrorism because of her statements about burning churches and the terrorist attack in Jerusalem. On 17 August, the court sent Angel Barocco to custody. In January 2024, it became known that she was not receiving medical care in the detention centre, had restricted communication with everyone except her lawyer, and had not been handed letters for a month. In August 2024, OVD-Info was notified that Angel-Barocco had been released from custody.\nOn 11 September 2024, Angel-Barocco was sentenced to two years' probation and a fine of 100,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Maykop"],"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":393,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sophia Angel-Barocco","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on her YouTube channel \"Goddess Tiamat\", dedicated to magic, \"controlling oneself's destiny\" and \"true Gods\", she published several videos which, among other things, claim that churches around the world are burning thanks to spells, and justify the terrorist attack in Jerusalem on 27 January 2023, when an armed Palestinian killed seven residents of the Neve Yaakov settlement.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","recognizance not to leave","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.08.2023 to 17.08.2023\n• in custody: from 17.08.2023 to 27.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• recognizance not to leave: from 27.02.2024 to 27.09.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 27.09.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.09.2024, Sentence: Two years' suspended imprisonment, a 100,000 fine and a two-year ban on administering internet resources","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years' suspended imprisonment, a 100,000 fine and a two-year ban on administering internet resources","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-11T06:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-11T06:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recYjtNA8y56gTDb7"},{"persecution_id":"recNLBFHsMvpotpf5","last_updated":"2024-12-10T22:59:07.000Z","person_id":"rec8wYeaYp9zYSxD0","name_en":"Alfred Gainutdinov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attf0ZscyQLoYmjMu.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attf0ZscyQLoYmjMu.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"He is a native of Bashkortostan. He headed a movement named the “Supreme Council of Warriors Superpower Union of Soviet Light Rods” (one of the names of the movement of the Citizens of the USSR of the “Novokuibyshevtsy” group). Under his leadership, it was decided to introduce new spelling rules, ban all wars, as well as parasites, fighters, stray dogs and shelters for them, return the “Budget of One Citizen (BOC) of the USSR” to the “patrimonial heritage”, and replace money with a “measured unit of goods” (“MET” in Russian) equivalent to one hundred grams of salt.\n\nIn 2023, a case against him was opened for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. 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A member of the \"Novokuibyshevtsy\" group of the \"Citizens of the USSR\" movement. She was fined under the administrative article on incitement to hatred because of the dissemination of an appeal from one of the leaders of the movement threatening to bring on trial as traitors to the motherland all those who would obstruct elections to \"Soviet\" councils of deputies. In 2023, a case was opened against Rukavishnikova for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. 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In September 2023, he ran for the position of Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Krai. During the election, he reported vote buying by United Russia. On 2 November 2023, he was taken into custody on charges of taking a bribe on a particularly large scale.\n\nOn 2 October 2024, Gliskov was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime penal colony. On 10 December 2025, the court of cassation returned the case to the court of appeal.\n\nOn 25 February 2026, the court of appeal overturned the sentence and returned the case to the prosecutor's office. 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He was detained on May 20, 2023, and sent to custody on May 22 on charges of preparing to commit a terrorist act. Later, he was also charged with preparation for treason and participation in a terrorist organization. Local media published fragments of alleged correspondence between Grigoriev and a representative of the Ukrainian security services, where they discussed arson on the railway, explosion of buildings, and crossing of the border. Grigoriev later reported that he had conducted correspondence while under the influence of a narcotic substance, after which he refused to commit the crime. At trial, he stated that in April 2023 he got involved with the project \"I Want to Live\", and began to put up posters with its symbols. Then, Grigoriev stated, he met a man who introduced himself as Maks and who encouraged him to carry out subversive activities. Grigoriev, in his own words, refused to do so, and, as a response, Maks began to urge him to kill Russian military personnel, set fire to cars, and carry out bombings.\nGrigoriev also told the court that in May 2023, he filled out an application form to join the Freedom of Russia legion. At that time he nevertheless decided to set fire to a railway relay box in order to resist mobilization. He purchased all the necessary materials and was detained after burying them in the forest.\nIn a letter from the pre-trial detention centre, Grigoriev claims that he is being deliberately kept in a damp, cold, and stinky basement with rats, fungus, and mold on the walls. According to him, the staff of the detention centre provoke him, do not hand over or mail his letters, do not allow him to shop, do not provide medical care or bring medicine, and other prisoners threat him with reprisals and murder. Grigoriev also shared that he has a sick grandmother at home.\nOn February 7, 2025, Grigoriev was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Orsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":629,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","275","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 1, Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksei Grigoriev's case of arson planning","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he planned to set fire to the military recruitment office and the FSB building in Orsk and a railway relay box in Novotroitsk.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.05.2023 to 22.05.2023\n• in custody: from 22.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n• in custody:  to 19.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.02.2025, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment, the first 5 years in prison, the rest in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment, the first 5 years in prison, the rest in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-07T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-07T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• \n Date: 03-10-2023\n Source: https://t.me/solidarity_zone/1431\n• Support for political prisoners. 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In June 2023, his home was searched as part of a case concerning the organisation of the activities of an extremist organisation due to his alleged involvement with the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under Russia’s anti-extremism laws solely for their religious activities — holding meetings, conducting worship services, and attracting new followers.\n\nShurygin was released under an undertaking not to leave the place of residence. On May 12, 2025, he was sentenced to 5.5 years in a general-regime penal colony. On August 5, 2025, the Court of Appeal reduced the sentence to 5 years. 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Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJLTz5uTTZ3LvyX"},{"persecution_id":"recJPNVdvAwIgeTxR","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:22:41.000Z","person_id":"recET1SkVPEVY6Heg","name_en":"Natalia Ignateva","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. In June 2009, a case of incitement to hatred was brought against her because of her public reading of the poem \"A Last Wish to the 'Ivans'\". In July 2010, the case was dropped due to a lack of elements of a crime.\nIn September 2023, it became known that a case involving the activities of an extremist organisation was brought against Ignateva. Later, it was reported that the case also includes a charge of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 10 March 2025, Ignateva was sentenced to 5 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":799,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The All-People's Union for the Revival of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she continued the activities of the “Volya” party and took part in organising a cell of the “All-People's Union for the Revival of Russia,” allegedly aimed at “uniting the people and restoring the USSR.” While “maintaining secrecy,” she held meetings with the goal of reviving the party. On her initiative, at least two individuals held pickets in support of Svetlana Lada-Rus and “distributed banned extremist literature.”","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.03.2025 to 25.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Khabarovsk Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Khabarovsk Krai","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-natali-ignatevoj-i-mariny-tokarevoj/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJPNVdvAwIgeTxR"},{"persecution_id":"recv5CDjsYb3k6yGY","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:27:45.000Z","person_id":"rec3qFuMersRxucNw","name_en":"Marina Tokareva","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Supporter of Svetlana Lada-Rus. In September 2023, it became known that a case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation was brought against her. Later the charge was reclassified to participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 10 March 2025, Marina was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":799,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The All-People's Union for the Revival of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she continued the activities of the \"Volya\" party and participated in organising the cell \"All-People's Union for the Revival of Russia,\" allegedly aimed at uniting the people and restoring the USSR. \"While observing measures of secrecy,\" she held meetings to revive the party. On her initiative, at least two individuals staged pickets in support of Svetlana Lada-Rus and \"distributed banned extremist literature.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.03.2025 to 25.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Khabarovsk Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Khabarovsk Krai","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2025, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-natali-ignatevoj-i-mariny-tokarevoj/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recv5CDjsYb3k6yGY"},{"persecution_id":"rec5QsrWt0IHGSnTO","last_updated":"2025-04-18T16:43:14.000Z","person_id":"recKq318IaynXgyJH","name_en":"Sofia Burger","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"According to the court's version, on 23 March 2023, Sofia Burger danced on a grave located in the Vsesvyatsky cemetery in Krasnodar, a southern city in Russia. She made obscene gestures and held a cigarette in her mouth. Her husband took a video of what was happening, and Burger posted the video on her social media page. During the hearing, she explained that in this way she wanted to demonstrate a negative attitude towards Nazism, and her dance and the music used in the video symbolised the necessity to bury this ideology.\n\nAt the end of April 2024, the Leninsky District Court found her guilty under the article on insulting the feelings of believers, committed in places intended for divine services, religious rites and ceremonies (part 2 of article 148 of the Criminal Code) and imposed 440 hours of compulsory labour.\n\nEarlier, in June 2023, Burger was fined under the article on demonstration of prohibited symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Administrative Offences Code). The reason was a publication in Instagram: a photo of a children's slide painted in blue-yellow colour, accompanied by a \"Ukrainian military patriotic song\" about a fighter of an organisation recognised as \"extremist\" in Russia. In the same month, Burger was ordered to pay 30,000 rubles (US$ 300) under the article on discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of a video \"showing a man against the background of the Kremlin's Senate Palace spitting in the direction of the Kremlin at the moment of an explosion.\"","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":428,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Sofia Burger's Case on Wounding Religious Feelings ","case_number":"1-122/2024 (1-802/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 21 March 2023, she approached a grave located on the territory of the \"Vsesvyatsky cemetery\", disparaging the Orthodox faith, with the aim of offending religious feelings, performed a dance, holding a cigarette in her mouth and showing obscene gestures with both hands. In turn, the husband of the citizen made a video recording of her actions.\n\nIn order to give publicity to her illegal actions, using a mobile phone, the girl overlaid a song on the video of her dance and demonstration of obscene gestures and posted the video on her personal page in one of the social networks, access to which is available to an unlimited number of people, thus publicly expressing clear disrespect for society and offending the religious feelings of believers.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.03.2024, Sentence: 440 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"440 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-04T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-04T07:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 28-07-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/07/d48440/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"rec5QsrWt0IHGSnTO"},{"persecution_id":"reca1ZrHYwDXYVz58","last_updated":"2026-02-21T23:46:33.000Z","person_id":"recOomzreIEdN1miK","name_en":"Valentina Tagirova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttF17umfvYTvQTx.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttF17umfvYTvQTx.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Donetsk, a hairdresser. On 23 February 2022, the day before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Army force began, Valentina was taken to Samara region without warning. Initially Valentina thought she was going to Taganrog to collect payments for refugees from Donetsk region. Valentina  and her daughter lived in a temporary accommodation centre (TAC) in Samara. Later she said that starting in February 2023, she began to receive messages from a certain Platon, who was well aware of the details of her life and demanded that she photograph some objects and buy items for arson. When Valentina refused, he resorted to threats. On 9 March 2023 FSB officers came to the TAC where she lived and checked her phones. On 18 April she was detained when she left acetone in the place indicated by her interlocutor, and she was detained by the same FSB officer who had visited her in March. Valentina assumes that Platon, who communicated with her, was also an FSB officer.\n\nValentina was placed in custody and her 11-year-old daughter was taken by the guardianship authorities. In May 2024, Tagirova's father, with whom she stopped communicating shortly after her mother's death, took his granddaughter home to Donetsk. Tagirova's investigator did not allow her to call her daughter. Later, the grandmother (it is not clear from Tagirova's story who she means - probably on her father's side) took the girl to Poland.\n\nOn 3 June 2025 Valentina was sentenced to eight years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Hairdressers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":777,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":111,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Valentina Tagirova's case of preparation to commit a terrorist act","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she planned to leave the substances bought on the instructions of a person with the nickname Platon in a predetermined place (according to the prosecution's version, this acetone was to be collected by Platon and later he would organise a terrorist attack).","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.06.2025, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony with 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony with 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-03T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-03T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-09-2025\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/tagirova-valentina-tagirovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reca1ZrHYwDXYVz58"},{"persecution_id":"recAAWbrCsVwDOG09","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recbDWdc9ZSyjtQBM","name_en":"Valentin Kiselev","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. A criminal case was opened against him for public justification of terrorism because of wishing a violent death to Putin. First, Kiselev was in custody, then he was elected a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 15 March 2024, he was sentenced to a fine of 600 thousand rubles, but the amount was reduced to 400 thousand taking into account the time spent in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":439,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Valentin Kiselev's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a comment in the public community \"Podsuslushano Tikhvin\" on the social media platform \"VKontakte\", saying \"There will be a good sniper to finish off this louse that is sucking the blood of the people\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• prohibition of certain actions:  to 15.03.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.03.2024, Sentence: A fine of 600,000 roubles. To be reduced to 400,000 roubles, taking into account the time spent in custody and the prohibition of certain actions.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 600,000 roubles. To be reduced to 400,000 roubles, taking into account the time spent in custody and the prohibition of certain actions.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-15T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-15T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recAAWbrCsVwDOG09"},{"persecution_id":"recGaBoHUFmogKS3l","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:35:47.000Z","person_id":"recJKSSWoFClERqb5","name_en":"Svetlana Makhnorylova","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Verkhny Tagil (Sverdlovsk region). During the second half of 2023, she was repeatedly fined under various administrative articles due to statements in social networks, including xenophobic ones. In December 2023, a criminal case was opened against Makhnorylova on charges of publicly justifying terrorism. She was given a recognisance not to leave. In March 2024, it became known that she was also charged with offending the feelings of believers and with insulting veterans of the Great Patriotic War. The case file on the court’s website additionally lists the article on incitement to hatred.\n\nOn 24 September 2025, the court sent Makhnorylova for compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital. The statute of limitations had expired on the episodes under the article concerning the offence of religious feelings.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":643,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Svetlana Makhnorilova's case","case_number":"2-136/2025","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 22.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.09.2025, Sentence: Order on the application of compulsory medical measures in a psychiatric hospital","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"Order on the application of compulsory medical measures in a psychiatric hospital","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-24T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-24T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recGaBoHUFmogKS3l"},{"persecution_id":"rec5gZ1W31P6Ykt64","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec6zpHAwKLFxvGzq","name_en":"Andrei Borzenkov","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Kerch resident. A case was brought against him for public justification of terrorism and calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation in connection with publications he made as a minor. On 15 May 2024, Borzenkov was sentenced to a fine of 40 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":500,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","call for arson"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrei Borzenkov on public justification of terrorism and incitement to activities aimed against Russian security","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 26 September 2022, being dissatisfied with the announced mobilisation, he published in the channel \"a video copied from the Internet of a terrorist act committed in a military commissariat (apparently, this is a video of Ruslan Zinin shooting at a military commissar in Ust-Ilimsk), as well as a commentary to it containing statements justifying and propagandising such actions, as well as calling for them\", and three days later - \"a video message copied from the Internet containing statements calling for the burning of structures, means of communication and facilities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.05.2024, Sentence: A fine of 40 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 40 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":40000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-15T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-15T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec5gZ1W31P6Ykt64"},{"persecution_id":"recTNtKPjFK7ieCJo","last_updated":"2024-11-17T14:45:08.000Z","person_id":"recxUpgjYx0I6Ov7k","name_en":"Nikolay Yuriev","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Novouralsk (Sverdlovsk region). He worked as a cook in a vegan cafe in Yekaterinburg and at a metal-receiving point. He said that at a meeting of supporters of the \"Citizens of the USSR\" movement, he met three Rosgvardiya officers, who began to persuade him to take part in the arson attack on the military recruitment centre in order to \"help conscripts\". Yuriev claims that he did not want to participate, but then agreed - first to make \"Molotov cocktails\" for them, then to go with them to the military recruitment centre. On the 5th of February, 2023, when Yuryev and one of the Rosgvardiya officers drove up to the military enlistment office, the latter began to persuade him to set the building on fire. Yuriev, according to his own words, refused and asked the Rosgvardiya officer to drive back. The man allegedly pretended that his engine had stalled, after which Yuryev was detained. During the detention, he admitted that he was going to set the military recruitment centre on fire, but later retracted his statement. According to \"The First Department\", Yuryev's friend Anton Prokofiev said that the investigator persuaded him to incriminate Yuryev and claim that he had asked Prokofiev to supply him with firearms. Yuryev was accused of preparing to commit a terrorist act, training for terrorist activities and assisting terrorist activities. He was taken into custody. The Rosgvardiya officers were witnesses in the case. Yuriev was also accused of preparing to seize power in several cities and \"overthrow the constitutional order.\" On 19th of  December 2023, Yuryev was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks","Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":317,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.1","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205","Part 1, Article 205.1","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolay Yuriev's case of preparing to set a military recruitment centre on fire","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he planned to throw a Molotov cocktail through the window of a military recruitment centre in Novouralsk, as well as to seize power in several cities and \"overthrow the constitutional order\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2023 to 29.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2023, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-19T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-19T13:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• First Department:\n Date: 16-05-2024\n Source: https://dept.one/story/podzhog-voenkomata/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["First Department"],"aid":"recTNtKPjFK7ieCJo"},{"persecution_id":"recP2tiAsqGfKvXWC","last_updated":"2025-09-15T20:01:24.000Z","person_id":"rec8lJyryLSpZa8qh","name_en":"Veniamin Kotkin","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Veniamin Kotkin is a resident of the town of Mezeni, Arkhangelsk region. On 5 December 2022, the Leshukonsky District Court fined him 10 thousand rubles under the article on incitement to hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for his comments about border guards, police officers, FSB officers, prosecutors and employees of the JSC \"Mezenskoye lesnichestvo\".\n\nThe criminal case against Veniamin Kotkin became known on 14 September 2023 from the report of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Arkhangelsk region and the Nenets Autonomous District. Kotkin was elected a preventive measure in the form of prohibition of certain actions.\n\nHe was accused of participation in the \"People's Council of citizens of the RSFSR USSR of the Arkhangelsk region\", which in May 2022 was recognised as an extremist organisation, as well as posting comments \"aimed at inciting hatred and hostility\" to law enforcement officers and officials on the social network. On his VKontakte page, Kotkin posted a picture of himself with a red banner and a message that he considers himself a citizen of the USSR. During the search, two kilograms of gunpowder were also found in Kotkin's possession, which led to charges under the article on possession of explosives.\n\nOn 23 April 2024, the Leshukonsky District Court of the Arkhangelsk region found him guilty under articles on incitement to hatred or enmity (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code), participation in the activities of an extremist organisation (part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and illegal storing of explosives (part 1 of article 222.1 of the Criminal Code). Kotkin was sentenced to six and a half years of suspended imprisonment with a probation period of five years, with a fine and restriction of freedom for six months.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":478,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","282.2","222.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 222.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Veniamin Kotkin on participation in the organisation \"Citizens of the USSR\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"The criminal case against Veniamin Kotkin became known on 14 September 2023 from the report of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Arkhangelsk region and the Nenets Autonomous District. Kotkin was elected a preventive measure in the form of prohibition of certain actions.\n\nHe was accused of participation in the \"People's Council of citizens of the RSFSR USSR of the Arkhangelsk region\", which in May 2022 was recognised as an extremist organisation, as well as posting comments \"aimed at inciting hatred and hostility\" against law enforcement officers and officials on the social network. On his VKontakte page, Kotkin posted a picture of himself with a red banner and a message that he considers himself a citizen of the USSR. During the search, two kilograms of gunpowder were also found in Kotkin's possession, which led to charges under the article on possession of explosives.\n\nOn 23 April 2024, the Leshukonsky District Court of the Arkhangelsk region found him guilty under articles on incitement to hatred or enmity (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code), participation in the activities of an extremist organisation (part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and illegal storing of explosives (part 1 of article 222.1 of the Criminal Code). Kotkin was sentenced to six and a half years of suspended imprisonment. As an additional punishment, he was given a fine and restricted from freedom for six months.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.04.2024, Sentence: 6 years 6 months of suspended prison sentence, with probation for 5 years, with a fine and restriction of freedom for a period of 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months of suspended prison sentence, with probation for 5 years, with a fine and restriction of freedom for a period of 6 months","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":5000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-23T06:14:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-23T06:14:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recP2tiAsqGfKvXWC"},{"persecution_id":"recjES45ulULJeB6T","last_updated":"2025-08-12T16:51:46.000Z","person_id":"recXR5jS0L4zG1xBW","name_en":"Larisa Baragunova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attP08SE7rqSiczQ3.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attP08SE7rqSiczQ3.jpeg"],"birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Larisa Baragunova is the head of the branch of the organization \"Union SSR trade union\"  in Tyrnyauz, which she says was created by her in 2019 to protect the rights of citizens.\n\nOn 7 March 2023, the police came to her flat to conduct operational-search activities, during which, according to the investigation, she hit one of the law enforcers on the leg with an iron door, which made him have to seek medical help.\n\nOn 17 March 2023, the Elbrus District Court of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic sent her to custody as part of a case under the article on the use of violence against a police officer (Article 318 of the Criminal Code). She is being held in a pre-trial detention centre in Nalchik. On 24 April 2023, the case went to court for consideration on the merits.\nBaragunova is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes  and has a daughter with a group 1 disability who requires constant care.\n\nDuring one of the sessions, Baragunova's neighbour, who was present at the operative-search event that gave rise to the case, said that she had not heard any screams or complaints from the injured law enforcement officer.\n\nOn 2 September 2024, Baragunova was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.\nPresumably she was released on 1 April 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyrnyauz"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_ended":"2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":539,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 318"],"case_name_en":"Larisa Baragunova's case of violence against law enforcers","case_number":"1-9/2024 (1-69/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, the woman injured two police officers during their visit to search her home. The law enforcement officials stated that Baragunova pinched one officer on the leg with the door and struck the other on the head.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.03.2023 to 28.04.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kabardino-Balkar Republic\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 28.04.2023 to 05.06.2023\n• in custody:  to 28.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.01.2025 to 01.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.09.2024, Sentence: 3 years in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-02T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-02T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recjES45ulULJeB6T"},{"persecution_id":"recsKchrUfsZDKj3q","last_updated":"2026-02-17T14:33:00.000Z","person_id":"recnwcxTcu0Hu5vvH","name_en":"Christina Lyubashenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attMKhxctSjOeR7H2.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attMKhxctSjOeR7H2.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A citizen of Ukraine, after 24 February 2022, she went to Switzerland with her family and received asylum there. As her lawyer told her, in Switzerland she met a man who introduced himself as Vitaliy Yurchenko and called himself a refugee from Ukraine. He offered her to earn money by travelling to Moscow and launching blue and yellow balloons into the sky. Yurchenko paid for Lyubashenko's one-way ticket and rented a flat in Dolgprudny (Moscow region). When Lyubashenko got there, however, the conditions changed, according to the lawyer: Yurchenko instructed her to launch blue-and-white balloons into the sky and to put speakers with an anti-war speech out of the flat window. The Ukrainian refused, but Yurchenko threatened that he would inform the guardianship authorities about the daughters she had left behind in Switzerland and they would be taken to an orphanage. On 8 May 2023, Lyubashenko was detained. At first, a case of hooliganism was brought against her. Later the charges were toughened: the Ukrainian was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. On 17 June 2024, Lyubashenko was sentenced to 12 years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Housewives and househusbands "],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":413,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Celestial Regiment case"],"case_name_en":"Christina Lyubashenko's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-108/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The initial hooliganism case was connected with the launching of white-blue-white balloons,\nwhich, according to the investigation, Lyubashenko was offered to carry out for a fee by a man who met her in a refugee camp in Switzerland. The charge of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation is explained by the fact that the investigation linked the colour of the balloons with the symbols of the Freedom of Russia Legion.\nDissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces, according to the investigation, consisted in the fact that on 8 May 2023 Lyubashenko put speakers on the window of a rented flat in the town of Dolgoprudny near Moscow and loudly played a recording with an anti-war speech and the anthem of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.05.2023 to 14.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.06.2024, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-17T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-17T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-07-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/lyubashenko-kristina-andreevna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recsKchrUfsZDKj3q"},{"persecution_id":"recvlR81vN6pp2MrA","last_updated":"2025-02-25T06:40:00.000Z","person_id":"rec3msS9w00RERaCz","name_en":"Elena Markova","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Moscow region. On 6 May 2023, she was detained and then taken into custody in connection with the case of the public action involving the launching of balloons with pieces of foil allegedly obstructing air defence systems. She told law enforcers that Vyacheslav Maltsev, the author of the idea of the \"revolution\" he planned to hold in Russian cities on 5 November 2017, was involved in organising the action. On the night of 1 November 2023, Markova died in custody.\n\nThe Mash media outlet claims that after Markova's detention, the corpse of her mother was found in her house, walled up in the shower room. According to the investigation, she continued to receive her mother's pension for several years up to the day of her detention. A case of fraud in receiving payments was opened against Markova. We have no reason to believe that the case was politically motivated, but Novaya Gazeta suggests that the investigation may have deliberately \"leaked\" information about the corpse after Markova's death, while preventing the dissemination of other information about her - in particular, about the pre-trial detention centre in which she was held.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Celestial Regiment case"],"case_name_en":"Elena Markova's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she was involved in the action with the launching of balloons with pieces of foil, presumably hampering the work of air defence systems. Vyacheslav Maltsev may be the organiser of the action.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2023 to 01.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recvlR81vN6pp2MrA"},{"persecution_id":"recgLZHbiZuoXw0dc","last_updated":"2025-02-03T17:48:47.000Z","person_id":"recipsaRHd8Ei3GYw","name_en":"Roman Gumenyuk","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Korsakov (Sakhalin Oblast). In August 2023, a search took place at his home. Gumenyuk was accused of participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities: holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. On 19 November 2024, Humenyuk was sentenced to five years' conditioned sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":476,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Roman Gumenyuk's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"through unspecified technical means in the format of video-conferencing in unspecified places.... took part in regular meetings during which he propagated extremist ideology\", and also \"preached and disseminated Jehovah's Witnesses' doctrines among residents of the Sakhalin region with the aim of seeking and consistently inducing new individuals to participate in the activities of the local Jehovah's Witnesses religious organisation ... by holding conversations on religious topics\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 24.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 24.01.2025 to 23.01.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.11.2024, Sentence: 5 years' of conditioned prison sentence with a probationary period of 3 years, restrictions on freedom for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' of conditioned prison sentence with a probationary period of 3 years, restrictions on freedom for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-19T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-19T11:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 18-08-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/08/d48581/?sphrase_id=2732838\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recgLZHbiZuoXw0dc"},{"persecution_id":"recxqErq42Yz18onL","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recnubf8RfokJhVcy","name_en":"Vladimir Belkovich","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tulun (Irkutsk region). At the end of June 2023, he was arrested for 15 days under an administrative article for displaying prohibited symbols because of leaflets of the Freedom of Russia Legion. Apparently, shortly thereafter, Belkovich was taken into custody as part of a criminal case, since in August 2023 he was already included in the terrorist list of Rosfinmonitoring. The reason for the case was the same leaflets of the Freedom of Russia Legion, which Belkovich allegedly distributed on behalf of its member. On 22 May 2024 Belkovich was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":356,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.1","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275","Part 1.1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Belkovich's case of the leaflets of the Freedom of Russia Legion","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he distributed leaflets on the instructions of a member of the Freedom of Russia legion, and also tried to involve his acquaintance in the sticking.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 26.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 01.06.2023 to 01.07.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.08.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.05.2024, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-22T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-22T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/belkovich-vladimir-anatolevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recxqErq42Yz18onL"},{"persecution_id":"recXrt2ZpuFtsMzPh","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec6miRP8tdW26vgw","name_en":"Saidash Balchinmay","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tuva. On 25 November 2023, it became known that he was taken into custody on charges of desecrating the Eternal Flame in Novosibirsk. On 31 May 2024, Balchynmay was sentenced to one year and eight months in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Saidash Balchinmay's case of desecrating a symbol of military glory","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, on the night of 23 November 2023, in a state of alcoholic intoxication, he approached the Eternal Flame, located on the \"Monument of Glory in honor of the exploit of Siberians during the World War 2\", sat there, smoked a cigarette and then urinated on the pedestal.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.11.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 31-05-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/11/d48993/?sphrase_id=2733630\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recXrt2ZpuFtsMzPh"},{"persecution_id":"recIUDuDoydxUXjh7","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recbAJIUeQTiguGAh","name_en":"Alina Gorshenina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attGif4fFJE8R4Zv4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attGif4fFJE8R4Zv4.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Kyrgyzstan"],"story_en":"On Jun 22, 2023, a criminal case was opened against Gorshenina under the article on 'threats or violent actions in connection with the administration of justice or preliminary investigation, committed with the use of violence dangerous to life or health'. The reason was certain threats, which, according to the investigation, she sent in 2023 from a Russian SIM card to the judge of the Moscow Regional Court Elena Morozova and prosecutor Elena Koloskova. These participated in the mobile session of the Khimki City Court on Jan 18, 2021, where the decision was made to take Alexei Navalny into custody. In December 2023, Gorshenina was put on an international wanted list.\n\nOn Jun 1. 2024, the girl was detained on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, and then a court in Kazakhstan decided to send her to custody. On Aug 8, 2024, the General Prosecutor's Office of Kazakhstan refused to extradite Gorshenina to the Russian Federation, and hence the court decided to release her.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 296 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["296"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 296"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_name_en":"Alina Gorshenina's case of threats to judge and prosecutor","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2023 she sent threats from a Russian SIM card to Moscow Regional Court Judge Elena Morozova and Prosecutor Elena Koloskova. The search warrant does not say how the investigation established Gorshenina's involvement in the threat case. The ruling refers to \"threats or violent actions in connection with the administration of justice or the preliminary investigation, committed with the use of violence dangerous to life or health\", but Gorshenina did not leave Kyrgyzstan in 2023.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recIUDuDoydxUXjh7"},{"persecution_id":"recMzYu32baw1Bfn5","last_updated":"2025-01-14T16:57:08.000Z","person_id":"recNOhb7c8kmR1PPz","name_en":"Alexander Gaitur","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kurgan. In September 2023, a case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurgan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Gaitur","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 4 June 2024, the court ruled to send the Kurgan resident to compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurgan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":168,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Case of a Kurgan citizen on desecrating symbols of military glory","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the evening of 18 December 2023, the woman came to the pedestal where the Eternal Flame was burning and extinguished it by pouring water from a bottle she had with her.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.06.2024, Sentence: compulsory treatment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"compulsory treatment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-03T21:35:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-03T21:35:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 10-06-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/12/d49094/\n• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 10-06-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/12/d49094/?sphrase_id=2736357\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center","SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"rec3Kcn43yzzuexWB"},{"persecution_id":"rec3wx4zegIcL3HhH","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recOb7BBr8g2ZCVaW","name_en":"Ruslan Artamonov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A lawyer from the Moscow region. In the spring of 2023, his flat was searched and he was suspected of shooting from his balcony with a Kalashnikov assault rifle. The reason for the case was shell casings found in the flowerbed outside the house, also in the case was the testimony of a witness who heard the shots. According to Artamonov, after the search he was beaten at the police station, his ribs were broken and he suffered a head injury. For a year he filed complaints with the Investigative Committee about the actions of the police officers, but they were refused.\n\nIn February 2024, Artamonov was detained in the Moscow metro. As it turned out, he had long been put on the federal wanted list, although, as the lawyer's wife notes, he had been a suspect all along and had been going to work, using his car and bank cards without restrictions. The police threatened to send him to a pre-trial detention centre if he did not admit guilt. But two days later he was released from the temporary detention centre (IVS) under an undertaking not to abscond.\nIn early March, the preventive measure was cancelled. The prosecutor's office found violations of the criminal procedure code in the actions of the police officers, and then, on 29 May 2024, the regional Interior Ministry dropped the case.\n\nOn 19 June 2024, it became known that the case was reopened. On 10 July it was again dismissed.\n\nIn September 2024, it was reported that a case of abuse of power was opened against the law enforcers who, according to Artamonov, tortured him.\n\nIn December 2025, after Artamonov testified about how he was tortured, the investigation into the case of hooliganism against him was resumed.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2024-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Artamonov's hooliganism case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated based on shell casings found in a flowerbed near his home, as well as witness testimony claiming they heard gunshots.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-02-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.02.2024 to 23.02.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 23.02.2024 to 01.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec3wx4zegIcL3HhH"},{"persecution_id":"recAdz6ZR4Mbh48XA","last_updated":"2025-05-07T11:18:16.000Z","person_id":"recfzX6SbpyfwqoL9","name_en":"Oleg Sakun","birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":71,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kovrov (Vladimir region). On 23 August 2023, his home was searched as part of a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Sakun was detained. On 25 August, he was placed under house arrest as part of the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 18 December 2023, the court chose a preventive measure against Sakun in the form of a ban on certain actions, and on 16 February 2024, the preventive measure was replaced with a signature not to leave. On 25 March 2025, Sakun was sentenced to a fine of 250 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kovrov"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":580,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kovrov"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kovrov","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.08.2023 to 25.08.2023\n• house arrest: from 25.08.2023 to 18.12.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 18.12.2023 to 16.02.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 16.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.03.2025, Sentence: A fine of 250,000 rubles.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 250,000 rubles.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-25T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-25T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 07-06-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/06/d49950/?sphrase_id=2736345\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sabodash-miroslav-ivanovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recAdz6ZR4Mbh48XA"},{"persecution_id":"recHcAinnkLiLUkLs","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recgtxF9GL8DSDk8B","name_en":"Pavel Guguev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attQ6D7L5eR8G6aWZ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attQ6D7L5eR8G6aWZ.png"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Moscow region. In 2013, he was sentenced to 12 years in a high-security penal colony for murder (Part 1, Article 105 of the Criminal Code), inflicting medium bodily harm (Part 1, Article 112), and theft (Subparagraph “c”, Part 2, Article 158). The previous year, the same court had given him a suspended sentence of one and a half years in another theft case. He served ten years in prison.\n\nIn May 2023, he went to fight in the war in Ukraine, and a few weeks later was taken prisoner. While in captivity, the former inmate gave an interview to a Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Karpenko, in which he spoke about the heavy losses suffered by the Russian forces. The recording was published on Vladimir Zolkin’s YouTube channel.\n\nGuguev was later returned to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange. While back in Russia, he gave a second interview to Dmytro Karpenko, released in July 2023, in which he again described conditions within the Russian army. He also claimed that soldiers who had been recruited from penal colonies and later returned from Ukrainian captivity had not been allowed to go home for more than a month. Guguev added that he had been asked to publicly state that he had been “forced” to give his interview while in Ukraine.\n\nAnother former prisoner of war told Kholod that Guguev had recorded his second interview from a military unit in the Moscow suburbs. According to this source, the day after the interview was released, all former captives in the unit had their mobile phones confiscated, were forbidden from leaving their quarters or receiving parcels, and Guguev himself was placed for several days in a room previously used for storing weapons.\n\nIn December 2023, Guguev was taken into custody on charges of engaging in confidential cooperation with a foreign state.\n\nBy autumn 2025, he had been sentenced to four years in a general-regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":710,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":101,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Guguev’s case of confidential cooperation with a foreign state","case_number":"2-23/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.12.2023 to 10.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year and 6 months' supervised release","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-10T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 23-01-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/guguev-pavel-aleksandrovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recHcAinnkLiLUkLs"},{"persecution_id":"recC1OHsgQsj40UFw","last_updated":"2025-05-29T20:38:07.000Z","person_id":"recz8s34RrNdea3Yc","name_en":"Valery Gusev","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Student of the Law Faculty of Kuban State University. A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities due to the transfer of money to FBK (Anti-Corruption Foundation, is a non-profit organization established in 2011 by Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny). On 30 May 2024, the student was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":334,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"A case against a student from the Krasnodar region for financing the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August 2021, he watched the FBK video \"We go on, and we need your help\" about the recognition of the project as an \"extremist organisation\", after which he transferred a thousand rubles to the fund's account in a US bank.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.05.2024, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-30T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-30T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 13-06-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/06/d49962/?sphrase_id=2736367\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recC1OHsgQsj40UFw"},{"persecution_id":"rec2Y6bT4DEpw99gY","last_updated":"2025-04-17T14:08:18.000Z","person_id":"receltG3oenMZGeaZ","name_en":"Alexander Matkheev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attTLRxskWlbKuANn.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attTLRxskWlbKuANn.png"],"birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Buryatia, Alexander Matkheev was registered at a psychiatric dispensary. He worked as a loader, cashier, and cook at a kindergarten. He was strongly opposed to the war, and at some point, he began corresponding with people he believed were connected to the \"Freedom of Russia\" legion. Following their instructions, he bought equipment and headed to the specified location by train. On 14 November 2023, Matkheev was detained at the Taiga railway station in the Kemerovo region. He was initially arrested for ten days under an administrative charge of petty hooliganism (Part 1 of Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). After serving that term, he was given another 15-day arrest for the same offence.\n\nOn 22 December 2023, Matkheev was detained again, this time as a suspect in a case of preparing for treason, participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation, and incitement to terrorism. The next day, he was taken into custody. On 16 April 2024, Matkheev was sentenced to ten years in a high-security penal colony. After his detention, Matkheev began expressing support for Russia in the conflict. On 7 August 2024, an appellate court reduced his sentence by two months.\n\nIn September 2024, the \"First Department\" reported that Matkheev had written in a letter that he was being sent to the war as a cook. However, Matkheev's lawyer later denied this information.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers","Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":154,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.5","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Matheev's case of preparation for state treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, on February 24, 2023, Matkheev posted an image featuring the flag and emblem of the \"Freedom of Russia\" Legion, accompanied by the caption: \"Victory for Ukraine, Freedom for Russia, Ukraine is the Will of the People, Freedom for Russia.\" He also entered into discussions about the possibility of joining the \"Freedom of Russia\" Legion and intended to travel to Ukraine to fight alongside the legion's soldiers.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.12.2023 to 23.12.2023\n• in custody: from 23.12.2023 to 07.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 01.11.2023\n• administrative detention:  to 01.12.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.04.2024, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, a fine of 500,000 rubles (~ 5,400 USD)","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, a fine of 500,000 rubles (~ 5,400 USD)","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":118,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-16T14:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-16T14:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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Alexander Khazov, who was charged under the same case, was apparently tortured and testified against Kolin. On July 9, 2024, Kolin was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony. 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Memorial:\n Date: 09-01-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kolin-nikolaj-nikolaevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec08dPNu0Q1H6mMT"},{"persecution_id":"recgrXrpsjs7OZkEJ","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"rec1g309HnMva4ROo","name_en":"Arseniy Turbin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attCnlcNmvlH4tlzT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attCnlcNmvlH4tlzT.jpg"],"birth_year":2008,"birth_date":"2008-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":17,"age_group_en":"under eighteen years old","age_persecution_began":15,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"He was born in the United Arab Emirates and lived in the Orel region. On 26 August 2023, a search was conducted at his home. After that, the operatives interviewed Turbin in the presence of his mother. As follows from the transcript of the interview, which is in the case file and published by Mediazona, the reason was Turbin's correspondence, presumably with representatives of the Russian Freedom Legion. At the same time, one of the operatives, as follows from the transcript of the interview, convinced the teenager that filling out a questionnaire to join the legion was \"normal\" and \"not against the law.\" On 5 September 2023, Turbin was detained on a case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. The next day, the court sent him under house arrest. The teenager was accused of filling out questionnaires to join the legion: the interview protocol included his confession, which was not in the transcript.\n\nIn November 2023, Turbin was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list, labelled as being pursued for terrorist offences - he became the youngest person listed there. In February 2024, an Investigative Committee investigator wanted to drop the case, but it was transferred to another investigator. On 31 May 2024, Turbin's preventive measure was changed to a ban on certain actions. On 20 June, he was sentenced to five years in an educational colony.\n\nOn 7 October 2024, it became known that Turbin was beaten by a cellmate. The next day, Turbin's mother reported that this prisoner was transferred to another cell.\n\nIn February 2026, it became known that a new case was opened against Turbin - for participation in mass riots. A few days earlier, the support group, citing a lawyer, said that a notebook with texts about the AUE (criminal organisation) subculture had been placed in Turbin's bedside table, which could be a reason to initiate a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":299,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","leaflets","joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Arseniy Turbin's case on participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-113/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in June 2023 \"systematically reviewed information materials on the activities of opposition political figures who oppose the actions of Russian government authorities and the decision of the Russian president to conduct a special military operation, including materials posted by representatives of the UMO Freedom of Russia Legion, as a result of which he formed radical extremist political views consistent with the ideology of the UMO Freedom of Russia Legion”; he then familiarised himself with \"the procedure for joining the UMO Freedom of Russia Legion”; and then read and understood the procedure for joining the UMO Freedom of Russia Legion.  \n\nAt an unspecified time between 25 April and 1 June 2023, he contacted an \"unknown person\" via the bot channel \"Legionrf_bot\", expressed his intention to join the Legion and received an e-mail address to continue the correspondence.\nOn 1 June 2023, he entered into correspondence with an email user \"legion.zapad@protonmail.com\", unknown to the investigation, and expressed his willingness to join the Legion and \"to commit acts of terrorist orientation in the interests of the UMO Freedom of Russia Legion\".\nOn 6 June 2023, he received a questionnaire for joining the Legion by e-mail, filled it out and sent it to the Legion on 7 June by means unknown to the investigation.\nBetween 6 June and 19 June 2023, he found a leaflet on the Internet \"containing statements negatively assessing Russian President Putin V.V.\" and printed at least one hundred copies. Allegedly, Arseniy did it \"realising his obligations as a member of the UVO Legion \"Freedom of Russia\"\".\nHe distributed these leaflets to mailboxes in residential houses in Livny on 19 June, 21 or 22 July, 23 and 24 July 2023.\nIn addition, he filmed his actions on video and uploaded the videos to the channel \"Free Russia\" created by him, posted there \"an audio recording of his monologue containing a negative assessment of a group of persons united on the basis of their attitude to state and local government bodies, as well as Putin V.V.\", a photo image of \"himself with a leaflet in the form of a flag with the colours white-blue-white\", reposts of statements from the channel of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the Legion \"Freedom of Russia\", as well as other materials.\n\nThe investigation links all these actions \"to participation in the activities of the terrorist organisation UVO Legion \"Freedom of Russia\"\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.09.2023 to 06.09.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 31.05.2024 to 20.06.2024\n• temporary hospitalisation:  to 07.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.11.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2024 to 24.02.2026\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.06.2024, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in an educational colonies for young offenders","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (educational colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in an educational colonies for young offenders","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-20T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-20T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 13 May 2025, Nosov was sentenced to a fine of 200 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":863,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":123,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"“StopKham’s” (\"Stop a Douchebag’s\") second case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he used pepper spray, which was a \"minor reason for self-defence\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 15.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.05.2025, Sentence: a fine in the amount of 200 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine in the amount of 200 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-13T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-13T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recotdcvdTBusDkSF"},{"persecution_id":"recR4nxhdjga59laO","last_updated":"2025-11-24T15:22:08.000Z","person_id":"recWcZCO7HEKEdSzC","name_en":"Nikolai Sadekov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, an activist of the StopHam movement. 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In January 2021, he was fined on charges of organising an uncoordinated rally in support of Navalny. He published anti-Semitic posts. In October 2023, he was taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism, presumably due to the publication of a video with the last word of Mikhail Krieger, convicted under the same article. On 29 May 2024, Burov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vologda"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":241,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Anatoly Burov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"He was accused of \"disseminating a video recording via a Telegram channel that endorses the ideology and practices of terrorism, portraying them as correct and worthy of support and imitation.\" Presumably, this is the video with the last word of Mikhail Krieger, convicted under the article on public justification of terrorism.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2023 to 25.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.05.2024, Sentence: A sentence of 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A sentence of 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-29T10:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-29T10:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-01-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/burov-anatolij-valentinovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recQw3NhMzjFj2ixf"},{"persecution_id":"recx0CENSLI6gJMCZ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recBatzlhkrtDNZ3i","name_en":" Unknown male 117","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"City and occupation unknown. Detained in May 2023. He was accused of painting a tank in the city park with anti-war slogans. The security forces, threatening to rape his girlfriend, demanded that he confess that he had done it on the assignment of the Ukrainian armed forces. They also threatened to shoot him in the knee and hit his head on the doorjamb. A case of vandalism was opened against the young man. Later he left Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of anti-war slogans on a tank","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of 29 April 2023 he painted a Second World War tank with anti-war slogans in the city park.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recx0CENSLI6gJMCZ"},{"persecution_id":"recWzWMrBYUbkXWH0","last_updated":"2026-03-24T16:06:33.000Z","person_id":"reckO7m948OUhQyi8","name_en":"Gagik Grigoryan ","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYz0KDeivoglSPC.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYz0KDeivoglSPC.jpg"],"birth_year":2006,"birth_date":"2006-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":19,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":17,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An activist of Left Socialist Action and the Russian Social Democratic Youth Union (RSSYU) from Kursk. In October 2023, the police came to his house, after which he disappeared. According to the \"Word of Defence\" project, Grigoryan was stuffed into the trunk of a car, then, after taking him out, they placed an explosive device in his legs and started beating him, demanding obedience. After that, they forced him to take a taxi to a certain place and there to take the explosives out of the hole in the ground. This process was filmed by unknown people. Grigoryan was then detained again, pretending to have been caught red-handed. He was sent to custody in Moscow on charges of terrorist act and possession of explosives: according to the investigation, he was involved in the preparation of the murder of Russian Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Gal. Later, charges of high treason, smuggling of explosives and participation in the activities of a terrorist community were added.\n\nThe \"Word of Defence\" project notes that, according to open data, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Gal died ten days before the case against Grigoryan for preparing an assassination attempt on him was opened.\n\nOn 28 January 2025 Grigoryan was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":485,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222.1","275","205.4","205","226.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 222.1","Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.4","Part 2, Article 205","Part 3, Article 226.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Gagik Grigoryan","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody:  to 19.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: from 13.01.2026 to 28.01.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: from 29.01.2026 to 13.02.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: from 17.02.2026 to 22.02.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: from 06.03.2026 to 16.03.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• punishment cell: from 16.03.2026 to 30.03.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.01.2025, Sentence: 7 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 40,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 40,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":40000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-28T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-28T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-06-2025\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/grigoryan-gagik-gegamovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recWzWMrBYUbkXWH0"},{"persecution_id":"recAp37JoaIVsEucb","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"recgX40Xp5HzF92Yw","name_en":"Alexander Batsenin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attqQSfNcj44Qpvd5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attqQSfNcj44Qpvd5.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Khabarovsk Krai, security guard at a shopping centre. Detained on 5 September 2023, taken into custody on charges of high treason. According to Batsenin's father, when he was detained, they put a phone in his hands and then told him that money had been transferred from this phone to Ukraine. The father also claims that his son was promised that he would be given a small sentence in exchange for his confession, which he agreed to. Batsenin Jr. said in a letter from the pre-trial detention centre that when he was detained, a bag was put over his head, he was beaten, and the phone was rubbed against his hands to leave his fingerprints on it. On 31 May 2024, Batsenin was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.\nBatsenin and his father believe that the statement against him was written by his ex-girlfriend, whom he threatened after she cheated on him. Batsenin was diagnosed with an organic personality disorder.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":269,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Batsenin's case of on high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 12 November 2022 to 4 March 2023, Batsenin used his POCO X3 NFC phone to text on Telegram with a user under the nickname \"Oswald Lemokh\", a member of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) fighting on the side of Ukraine. On 4 March, \"Oswald Lemokh\" sent Batsenin a bank card number on Telegram. On 23 May, Batsenin opened a Kiwi wallet, but 14 transfers for 12,600 rubles (≈$120 as of 23.03.2022) did not reach the addressee, as the bank rejected all payments. On 26 May, Batsenin tried to transfer money from his Xiaomi Redmi 9a phone. On 6 June, he transferred 1,050 rubles (≈$17 as of 06.06.2022) from Xiaomi to the bank card of a cryptocurrency exchange owner in order for him to send the cryptocurrency to the RVC account. Taking into account 270 rubles (≈$4.3) of commission, 779.93 rubles (≈$12.7) reached the addressee.\n\nBatsenin reported the transfer to \"Oswald Lemokh\" in correspondence on 7 June, \"expressing an inducement to use the transferred money in violent and destructive actions against Russia and its representatives.\" \"Cryptocurrency in the specified amount was used to purchase weapons, ammunition, items of uniforms, equipment in the interests of the RVC and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, <...> that is, to provide financial assistance to Ukraine in activities against the security of Russia.\"\n\nOn 14 June, Batsenin attempted to register on the crypto exchange Garantex with Xiaomi. However, he failed to pass the identity confirmation procedure, which caused two transfers for 1,770 and 1,368 rubles (≈$30 and ≈$24 as of 14.06.2022, respectively) to fail.\n\nBatsenin and his father claim that he does not have a Xiaomi phone.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2023 to 09.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.05.2024, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-31T09:35:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-31T09:35:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/baczenin-aleksandr-dmitrievich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recAp37JoaIVsEucb"},{"persecution_id":"rec3p5QkhAJ99eSOs","last_updated":"2026-03-02T13:47:34.000Z","person_id":"recKUMyAAwq3e4Uzr","name_en":"Lenur Khalilov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attKyx3lNqrytGrN1.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attKyx3lNqrytGrN1.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Kherson oblast (Ukraine). The village where he lived  belonged to the territory that was occupied by Russian troops. On 3 May 2023, Khalilov's home was allegedly searched. On 7 May it became known that he was detained. On 25 May, Khalilov was taken into custody in a case of participation in an illegal armed formation, namely the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, which apparently had not been functioning for a long time when the prosecution took place. On 16 November 2023, he was sentenced to three and a half years in strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":198,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"The case of Lenur Khalilov on participation in the activities of an illegal armed group","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no later than January 2016, he arrived at the place of deployment of the armed formation \"Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan\" operating on the territory of Ukraine in the area of the village of Chongar, Genicheskiy district, Kherson oblast, and voluntarily joined its forces, after which he took an active part in the activities of the battalion, namely, \"performed functional duties to ensure the activities of the illegal armed formation, related to blocking the passage of vehicles delivering consumer goods for the residents of the Republic of Crimea through the checkpoint located in the village of Chongar, ensuring the protection of the facilities of the illegal armed formation in the territory of Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.11.2023, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-15T21:12:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-15T21:12:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/halilov-lenur-ablyamitovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec3p5QkhAJ99eSOs"},{"persecution_id":"recsnBqCODbHDVn8p","last_updated":"2025-10-01T11:02:01.000Z","person_id":"recT04933yBcjGLti","name_en":"Dmitry Polunin","birth_year":1975,"age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Anapa. On 22 September 2023, he was arrested for 15 days under the administrative article on failure to comply with police requirements (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences): he was accused of failing to provide the law enforcers with identification documents. Immediately after leaving the special reception centre he was detained again and given 15 days of arrest under the article ondisorderly conduct (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences), because he \"shouted loudly, used coarse profanity, did not react to the comments of passers-by, tried to start a fight\". He was then transported to Novorossiysk, where he was arrested twice in a row under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences: on one occasion he was arrested for 15 days on the charge that he was drunk in the middle of the night and was trying to run away from the cops. This was followed by two arrests for 15 and 10 days under Article 20.1 of the CAO in Slavyansk-on-Kuban. During one of the sessions in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Polunin said that he did not consider himself guilty and \"repented for speaking out against the military special operation in Ukraine\". After that, he was arrested under Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences for 15 days in Krymsk, Tikhoretsk and the village of Vyselki, and for 10 days in the village of Dinskaya, this last decision on administrative arrest was issued on 10 January 2024. In total, Polunin was arrested at least 10 times, he spent 140 days in special reception centres or police departments, after which a criminal case was opened against him for cooperation with a foreign organisation.\nOn 10 July 2024, Polunin was sentenced, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":313,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Polunin's case of confidential cooperation with a foreign organisation","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.09.2023 to 05.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 22.09.2023 to 07.10.2023\n• administrative detention: from 07.10.2023 to 22.10.2023\n• administrative detention: from 06.11.2023 to 20.11.2023\n• administrative detention: from 20.11.2023 to 05.12.2023\n• administrative detention: from 06.12.2023 to 15.12.2023\n• administrative detention: from 15.12.2023 to 30.12.2023\n• administrative detention: from 30.12.2023 to 14.01.2024\n• administrative detention: from 14.01.2024 to 29.01.2024\n• administrative detention: from 29.01.2024 to 13.02.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.08.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.07.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-02-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/polunin-dmitrij-valerevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recsnBqCODbHDVn8p"},{"persecution_id":"recm2zuZn3ThetjQk","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recXCPx2XXhfrRuvB","name_en":"Alexander Simonov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Voronezh. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. 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On 7 August 2023, her home was searched. She was told that she was a witness in the case of a Ukrainian citizen who had gone to Syria. In September, Zekeryaeva received a call from an unknown person who claimed to have been at the search at her home and demanded that she appear before the Investigative Committee for investigative actions. According to the defence lawyer, the unknown person threatened to come and forcibly take the woman to the Investigative Committee. On this fact, the defence lawyer sent a request to the FSB, but he was told that \"no violations were found\". In November, it became known that a case of failure to report a crime was opened against Zekeryaeva because she did not tell about the woman with whom she corresponded in 2016 during the search. 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On 17 July 2023, he was detained near the airport building while trying to fly to Moscow. He was arrested for 15 days under the administrative article on disobeying the lawful demands of a government official. Chunosov later said that unknown people put a bag over his head, so he started resisting. Later, a case of preparation for treason was opened against him. In August 2023, a video of Chunosov’s arrest was published, in which he claims that he planned to “fight the Russian authorities with arms”. Chunosov later recounted that he was forced to confess. He admitted guilt. He was kept in custody. 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The cases were merged, after which investigators announced — in their own wording — that the criminal prosecution under the article on publicly justifying terrorism had been \"partially discontinued\". The case was sent to court under a single charge related to \"fake news\". On 3 September 2024, Samusev was sentenced to two years in a penal settlement but was released from serving the sentence; shortly beforehand, the prosecutor had softened the charges by removing the motive of hatred. On 7 November 2024, an appeals court replaced the sentence with a fine of one million rubles (approximately US$11,000) and again released Samusev from serving the punishment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2024-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":399,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Viacheslav Samusev's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0571/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was triggered by posts on \"VKontakte\" in which the author accused Putin and the Russian army of killing civilians in Ukraine.\nThis case was later merged with another case against Samusev concerning public justification of terrorism. The charges under this article were reportedly based on \"VKontakte\" posts in which Samusev expressed support for the Ukrainian \"Azov Regiment\" and called for the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin. 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He was convicted of possession and attempted sale of a forged bank ticket. In September 2023, a case of hooliganism was brought against him for burning the Russian flag in Khimki near Moscow. On 26 September Ishchenko was taken into custody. Later it became known that he was also charged with abuse of the Russian flag and preparation for participation in military actions against the interests of the Russian Federation because of correspondence with an alleged member of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\". 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On 3 May 2023, a search was carried out at his home (formally - inspection of the premises, but in fact material evidence was seized as part of a case that was filed later), during which tactical military uniforms, a backpack, binoculars, chevrons with the Azov emblem, tactical glasses, an ammunition pouch, a first aid kit, balaclavas, and cartridges were seized. On the same day Yelmanov was detained and arrested for 10 days under the administrative article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 11 May, he was placed in custody on charges of preparing to participate in the activities of a terrorist organisation: according to the investigation, Yelmanov was planning to join the Azov battalion.\n\nYelmanov's father later claimed in court that his son had been subjected to violence.\n\nA letter from Alexander Strukov, a former photographer of Navalny's headquarters, who was detained in the case of calls to terrorism and incitement to hatred, indicates that Yelmanov accused his cellmates of being FSB officers and playing an act on him, as well as of putting something in his food to make him lose consciousness.\n\nAccording to the project \"Support Political Prisoners. Memorial\", after his detention, Yelmanov developed \"acute polymorphic psychotic disorder with symptoms of schizophrenia\". According to the materials of the criminal case, Yelmanov behaved inadequately while in the pre-trial detention centre: \"he listened to something, showed aggression towards others, shouted incoherent phrases, walked chaotically around the cell, claimed he heard ‘voices’ of an imperative nature in his head, said that he was being 'followed and persecuted', and did not react to remarks\". Yelmanov was transferred to a psychiatric ward and received treatment. According to his lawyer, “as of 10 May 2023, Elmanov P.A.  was unable to understand the nature and significance of criminal proceedings, correctly perceive the circumstances relevant to the criminal case, give testimony, independently take actions to exercise his rights and obligations, as well as to exercise the right to defence in criminal proceedings\".\"\n\nLater Yelmanov was also accused of preparation for high treason, public justification of terrorism and possession of ammunition. According to the investigation, he endorsed the attack on the Crimean bridge and also checked the location of an air defence complex on the territory of the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region. At the trial, Yelmanov denied that he was going to join the Azov battalion. According to him, he took the ammunition from the unit where he served as a souvenir. In his own words, he travelled to the place where the air defence complex was located to check information on the Internet. On 27 June 2024, he was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":543,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222","205.2","205.5","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Yelmanov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was preparing to join the Azov battalion and take part in military operations against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, for which he entered into correspondence with members of this unit, purchased elements of equipment and gear, and planned travel routes to the territory of Ukraine. \"Being an opponent of the special military operation, in violation of the military oath to which he was sworn during his conscription service in the Armed Forces of Russia, in the period from March 2022 to April 2023, he corresponded via e-mail with representatives of the Ukrainian paramilitary association Azov, recognised as a terrorist organisation on the territory of the Russian Federation, expressing and confirming his intentions to join this organisation to participate in hostilities on its side.\"\n\nHe posted a voice message in Telegram justifying the bombing of the Crimean bridge and stored ammunition for firearms at home, as well as checked the location of an air defence complex on the territory of the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.05.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody:  to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• administrative detention: from 03.05.2023 to 11.05.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.06.2024, Sentence: 10 years’ imprisonment, with the first 3 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony; 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As a result of Tushinov's actions, the banner was spoilt, as its lower part was damaged by tearing.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 01.01.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.10.2023• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 15.02.2024, Sentence: 1 year imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown","Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-10-06T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-15T13:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recHnhUpjrjk1nIw3"},{"persecution_id":"recXnBdR7cfse2eZ3","last_updated":"2026-03-20T09:09:02.000Z","person_id":"recmF1XcYsLWx22pa","name_en":"Aleksei Sokolov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attgwOaV1afFVrz0g.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attgwOaV1afFVrz0g.jpg"],"birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg, a lawyer and human rights defender, specialising in the protection of prisoners’ rights. He was a member of the regional Public Oversight Commission for the observance of human rights in places of detention (ONK).\n\nOn 13 May 2009, he was detained and the following day taken into custody over a case concerning a robbery at an enterprise in Bogdanovich in June 2004. Sokolov later told his lawyer that police had threatened him with torture during the arrest, saying: “You thought you could control us, but no one can control the police. And now you’ve gone too far, human rights defender.”\n\nOn 31 July 2009, Sokolov was released from custody but, upon leaving the pre-trial detention centre, was immediately detained again. On 4 August, the court returned him to custody. By the time the case reached trial, he was accused of robbery at a Krasnoufimsk enterprise, theft of a safe in Yekaterinburg, and robbery in Bogdanovich. On 18 January 2010, the day before the first substantive court hearing, Sokolov was beaten in his cell by the prosecution’s main witness, Eevgenii Beliash. On 3 May 2010, the court sentenced Sokolov to five years in a strict-regime penal colony, finding him guilty of robbery in Bogdanovich and theft in Krasnoufimsk, and acquitting him on the Yekaterinburg episode. On 18 August 2010, the appellate court reduced the sentence to three years. On 27 July 2011, Sokolov was released on parole.\n\nIn October 2023, Sokolov was arrested for five days under the administrative offence of displaying prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) due to the Facebook logo on the website “Human Rights Defenders of the Ural”. On 5 July 2024, a similar post led to the opening of a criminal case. On that day, he had planned to publish a video about torture of prisoners. Authorities came for a search, threw him to the floor, and questioned him about his position in the criminal world. The next day, reports emerged that the human rights defender had been beaten. The indictment stated that the materials on his Telegram channel contained deliberately false socially significant information. On 8 July, Sokolov was taken into custody.\n\nIn July 2024, Sokolov was registered in pre-trial detention as an “extremist.” In October 2024, it was reported that after returning from a psychiatric evaluation, he had been sent to solitary confinement twice: once for placing documents on an unoccupied bed belonging to another prisoner, and once because inmates from a neighbouring cell gave him table salt and immediately reported it to the guards. After one of these periods in solitary, Sokolov went on a hunger strike. Later, he was returned to his cell. On 4 January 2025, he was released afte a recognisance not to abscond was taken from him.\n\nIn June 2025, the case reached court for substantive consideration but was returned to the prosecutor due to procedural violations. On 24 September 2025, an appellate court overturned this decision and returned the case to the court of first instance.\n\nOn 16 December 2025, authorities came to Sokolov’s home with a search order in connection with a case on organising the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation. The case was triggered by a complaint from the volunteer company of the \"Combat Brotherhood” that Sokolov and two other lawyers were collaborating with the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and the National Endowment for Democracy. However, on 18 December, the human rights defender was taken into custody under a different charge — high treason. He managed to tell those present at the hearing that, according to the investigation, he had reported violations in the work of the Federal Penitentiary Service to foreign organisations, which was alleged to threaten Russia’s security.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4"],"case_name_en":"Aleksei Sokolov’s case of repeated display of baned symbols","case_number":"1-473/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between 11 October and 31 December 2023, while at an unspecified location in Yekaterinburg, deliberately and with sufficient knowledge of information technologies, leveraging his skills in transmitting, receiving and processing electronic data, using mobile phones and other technical devices, employing an unregistered technical device with access to the telecommunication network “Internet”, under the guise of purportedly reliable reports aimed at discrediting the penitentiary system, he posted materials containing knowingly false socially significant information in the Telegram channel “Human Rights Defenders of Ural” (registered at https://t.me/Pravoural196), along with links featuring the Facebook trademark logo directing to pages on the said social network. From the time of their publication, these materials were viewed by an unlimited number of persons.\n\nIn October 2023, he was arrested for five days under the administrative article on display of banned symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for the Facebook logo on the website of the “Human Rights Defenders of Ural”.","persecution_location_en":"Under investigation (in hospital)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","temporary hospitalisation","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.07.2024 to 08.07.2024\n• in custody: from 08.07.2024 to 01.09.2024\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.09.2024\n• in custody:  to 04.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 04.01.2025 to 18.12.2025\n• in custody: from 18.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 05-07-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/07/d50102/?sphrase_id=2737712\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-08-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sokolov-aleksej-veniaminovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recXnBdR7cfse2eZ3"},{"persecution_id":"recgNgCosKlDzWrTL","last_updated":"2025-06-03T15:49:53.000Z","person_id":"reclVPOF2EuLYQcI8","name_en":"Maxim Makushin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzCBLsHM8Q2qSTZ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzCBLsHM8Q2qSTZ.JPG"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Murmansk region, served in the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy.  Member of the Russian Church of Christians of Evangelical Pentecostal Faith (RCECF). In July 2023, he refused to go to war in Ukraine for religious reasons. A case was opened against him for refusing to participate in hostilities. On 28 September 2023, Makushin was sentenced to two years and eight months in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":270,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2.1,  Article 332 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["332"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2.1, Article 332"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the refusal to participate in the war in Uurain for religious reasons.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody:  to 06.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.01.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.12.2024\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.09.2023, Sentence: 2 years 8 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 8 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":32,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-28T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-28T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 8 July 2023 she was given a suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":304,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Galina Komissarova's case ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"with the use of conspiracy measures, including the use of a video communication application.... took an active part in the form of a collective religious service consisting of consecutive study and discussion of Jehovah's Witnesses religious literature\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 08.09.2023 to 01.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.11.2024 to 31.10.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.07.2024, Sentence: 2 years of suspended sentence ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of suspended sentence ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-08T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-08T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 30-10-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/10/d49361/?sphrase_id=2737803\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. 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Subsequently, on July 14, he was detained for 15 days under the charge of disobeying a police officer's lawful demands (Article 19.3 of the CAO) after,according to the protocol, refusing to show his passport.\n\nFollowing the conclusion of his second arrest on July 29, Lutor was then detained under a criminal case involving charges of high treason and involvement with a terrorist organisation, and he was placed in custody. Later, it was revealed that he also faced charges of clandestine cooperation with a foreign organisation. The accusations of state treason and terrorist organisation involvement were subsequently reclassified as preparation for these crimes. \n\nA pivotal piece of evidence in the case was the discovery of \"tactical boots\" found in Lutor's bag at the time of his arrest, with the investigation asserting that he had purchased them under instructions from a recruiter. On 28 February 2024, Lutor was sentenced to ten years in a strict-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":232,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1","275","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1","Part 1, Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vyacheslav Lutor's case ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Lutor engaged in correspondence with a recruiter from the Freedom of Russia Legion, following which he purchased the boots.","persecution_location_en":"In a cell-type facility (PKT)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_isolation_en":"In cell-type premises","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 08.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 11.07.2023 to 14.07.2023\n• administrative detention: from 14.07.2023 to 19.07.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.07.2024 to 01.09.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2024, Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• punishment cell: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.12.2025 to 01.12.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"\n• cell-type room: from 01.12.2025 to 01.06.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.02.2024, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in high-security penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in high-security penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-28T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-28T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-01-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/lutor-vyacheslav-aleksandrovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recnqjIXz94dwCL7n"},{"persecution_id":"recLDl7BBOr67q6Vv","last_updated":"2025-10-06T12:06:20.000Z","person_id":"recdVI2rhhsI6RaFe","name_en":"Egor Ivchenko","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tomsk region, repeatedly convicted in cases of theft. No later than July 2023, a case was brought against him for calls to extremism and terrorism. On 17 June 2024, Ivchenko was sentenced to five and a half years in a special regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kolpashevo"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":533,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Igor Ivchenko of calling for extremism and terrorism ","case_number":"https://covs--svd.sudrf.ru/modules.php?name=sud_delo&srv_num=1&name_op=case&case_id=1581934&case_uid=794d6b37-9b86-41e8-93a0-e34da33c47fd&delo_id=1540006","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted publications \"calling for violent actions against representatives of state authorities, as well as employees of law enforcement agencies\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 11.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.06.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a special regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (special regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a special regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-17T14:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-17T14:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recLDl7BBOr67q6Vv"},{"persecution_id":"recz3LfWZamKF6Ls2","last_updated":"2024-11-06T15:37:36.000Z","person_id":"recic25N7yNdeE6Ig","name_en":"Natalia Narskaya","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The resident of Lyuberets (Moscow region), the vocal teacher. She left Russia after the war began. She was charged with calling for extremism and incitement of hatred. In September 2023, it became known that she was taken into custody in Almaty at the extradition request of the Russian Federation. In November, she was granted a certificate as an asylum seeker, but was not released from custody. \nJournalist Yevgeniya Baltatarova reported that Narskaya was in a severe  psychiatric condition and was constantly placed in solitary confinement.\nOn July 23, 2024, it was reported that Narskaya was released from a detention center in Almaty.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lyubertsy"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Natalya Narskaya's case on calls to extremism and incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"The basis for opening the case was posts on VKontakte, as well as, possibly, an interview with the project \"Eyewitnesses\" in November 2022, where Narskaya referred to herself as a Russophobe and criticized the passivity of Russian society.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recz3LfWZamKF6Ls2"},{"persecution_id":"rec5I1N3GzAmqtXLo","last_updated":"2026-03-16T11:41:59.000Z","person_id":"reciKKoL0kvnbWj3c","name_en":"Nikolai Lekomtsev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attdWkG6eSjDrTsii.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attdWkG6eSjDrTsii.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Naberezhnye Chelny and an employee of KAMAZ, Lekomtsev was detained on 9 October 2023 and subsequently taken into custody on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. The charges were linked, in particular, to his anti-war publications.\n\nOn 27 January 2025, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime penal colony. In June, the court of appeal increased the sentence by one year.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":476,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Lekomtsev’s case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he shared propaganda materials linked to Artpodgotovka in a private Telegram channel, believed to be “Skotobaza” and “ZVerolovy,” as well as in a closed chat group. Through these platforms, he allegedly promoted ideas calling for the violent overthrow of the Russian government and its constitutional order, while also expressing strong criticism of the special military operation in Ukraine. He is said to have coordinated the activities of like-minded individuals through these channels.\n\nIn addition, he reportedly gathered and shared information about the KAMAZ plant, the locations of military recruitment offices and FSB buildings in the city, as well as details of individuals who supported the war in Ukraine. He also served as an administrator for the Telegram channels involved.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2023 to 24.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.01.2025, Sentence: 2 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 6 months of restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 6 months of restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":12,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec5I1N3GzAmqtXLo"},{"persecution_id":"recD9FmrBc2ZVwgKj","last_updated":"2026-02-21T23:59:40.000Z","person_id":"recvV2OnbWYDJLF2t","name_en":"Gleb Troitskii","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, a paralegal. On 30 August 2023, a residential inspection was carried out in his flat, after which Troitskii and his father were detained for 14 days under an administrative article on disobedience to representatives of authority (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to the Telegram channel \"Ostorozhno Novosti\", after this incident, Troitskii set an anti-war image as his profile picture on social media.\n\nOn 25 May 2024, he was detained at passport control at the airport as he was about to go abroad. On 27 May, Troitskii was arrested for 10 days under the administrative article on disorderly conduct (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). When that term expired, on 5 June, he was detained again under the same article and sentenced to 15 days, and then again on 21 June, for another 15 days, once more under the same article. In all the three cases, the charges alleged that Troitskii had been loudly swearing in the street.\n\nOn 5 July, after the last term of arrest had expired, Troitskii was detained again, this time in a criminal case concerning participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. Later, it became known that he had also been charged with preparation for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and with high treason. On 1 November 2025, Troitskii was sentenced to 10 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":793,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":113,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Gleb Troitskii's case","case_number":"1-602/2025","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.07.2024 to 13.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 25.05.2024 to 04.06.2024\n• administrative detention: from 04.06.2024 to 19.06.2024\n• administrative detention: from 19.06.2024 to 04.07.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.11.2025, Sentence: 10 years’ imprisonment, the first 3 to be served in prison, the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years’ imprisonment, the first 3 to be served in prison, the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-31T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-31T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-05-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://nlirkncn---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/troiczkij-gleb-yurevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recD9FmrBc2ZVwgKj"},{"persecution_id":"recbubYrQPP92Msmz","last_updated":"2026-02-10T09:10:17.000Z","person_id":"recB7KCEnUxMuRtuM","name_en":"Mark Kislitsyn","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att2TTsf33KkHY7NZ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att2TTsf33KkHY7NZ.jpg"],"birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Orel region, LGBTQ+ activist, transgender man. On 12 July 2023, he was detained on charges of transferring money to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The reason was the transfer of 865 rubles to a Ukrainian account on the night of 24-25 February 2022. According to his lawyer, the prosecution did not provide any data on how the money was spent, while Kislitsyn himself claims that he made the transfer \"for humanitarian reasons\". A treason case was opened against Kislitsyn. He was taken to Moscow and taken into custody. On 22 December 2023, Kislitsyn was sentenced to 12 years in a general regime penal colony. At the same time, he was sent to a women's colony by court order, because, as stated in the verdict, he belongs \"to the female genetic sex\". Since his arrival in the colony, he was no longer given hormone replacement therapy medication. Since November 2024, he has been sent to a solitary confinement four times.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":162,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mark Kislitsyn's case of state treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he made a non-cash money transfer to the settlement account of a financial institution of Ukraine in order to provide financial assistance to the AFU. The reason was the transfer of 865 rubles to a Ukrainian account on the night of 24-25 February 2022.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2024 to 01.11.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment cell: from 01.11.2024\n• punishment cell: from 01.12.2024 to 01.01.2025\n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.02.2025\n• punishment cell: from 03.02.2025 to 17.02.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.02.2025\n• punishment cell: from 01.02.2025 to 01.03.2025\n• punishment cell: from 01.03.2025 to 17.03.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.03.2025\n• punishment cell: \n• punishment cell: from 05.06.2025 to 15.06.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.06.2025 to 12.09.2025\n• punishment cell: from 12.09.2025 to 21.09.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.09.2025\n• punishment cell: from 29.12.2025 to 12.01.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.12.2023, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-21T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-03-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kisliczyn-mark-alekseevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recbubYrQPP92Msmz"},{"persecution_id":"recEHCO6vUAutTVBO","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"reckILW5mmjWle5kM","name_en":"Grigorii Skvortsov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att1zptKbNqBGCVUY.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att1zptKbNqBGCVUY.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Perm, photographer, musician and lover of extreme entertainment. On November 29th, 2023, he was detained. According to Skvortsov, he was beaten, forced to surrender his passwords to the electronic equipment, and recorded his confessions on video. He was then sent to Moscow and taken into custody on charges of high treason. Skvortsov's letter later revealed that he was accused of giving an American journalist materials for a book on Soviet-era bunkers by historian Dmitrii Yurkov. Skvortsov explained that they were photographs of officially declassified documents that he himself had bought from Yurkov. Before his detention, FSB officers had detained an acquaintance of Skvortsov's who was interested in these documents. After that, the photographer asked the journalist not to publish the material. Skvortsov also said that when the law enforcers were recording the video of his confession, they themselves gave him the name of the American journalist. Despite the fact that Skvortsov claimed during interrogation that he had not given the journalist Yurkov's book, but additional materials to it, it is the book that appears in the case. According to the investigation, Skvortsov himself geo-referenced and produced an \"electronic scheme\" of the location of special facilities. The photographer also said that the investigation carried out some activities in the occupied territories, where he had never been.\n\nOn June 26th, 2025, the court sentenced Skvortsov to 16 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":575,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Grigorii Skvortsov’s case of high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he handed over the book “Soviet ‘Secret Bunkers’: Urban Special Fortification of the 1930s-1960s” written by the historian Dmitrii Yurkov to an American journalist, as well as geolocated classified facilities and created an “electronic map” of their locations.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody:  to 17.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• in custody: from 17.07.2025 to 21.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai\n• : from 21.08.2025\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• in custody:  to 12.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.06.2025, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in strict-regime penal colony and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in strict-regime penal colony and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-26T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• First Department:\n Date: 06-08-2024\n Source: https://zaqgksqa-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/story/gosizmena-iz-za-knigi/\n• Support for political prisoners. 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On 18 May, a video was released in which Yermolenkov recited a clearly memorized statement: \"Immediately after the start of the Special Military Operation, I expressed a desire to help the Ukrainians. I learned about the 'Freedom of Russia' legion, what it is and what it does. I found out that the legion is part of the Ukrainian armed forces. I bought patches with the legion's flag on AliExpress. I received instructions on where and how it would be most convenient for me to cross the border.\"\n\nIn January 2024, Yermolenkov was sentenced to six years in a high-security colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":255,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275","Part 1, Article 322"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Yermolenkov's case of intent to fight on the side of Ukraine","case_number":"2-1/2024 (2-14/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in February 2022, decided to go to Ukraine to participate in military operations on the Ukrainian side, began to learn the Ukrainian language and sent his data to join one of the military associations, after which he tried to cross the border.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2023 to 01.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.02.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.01.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-11T07:58:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-11T07:58:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 29-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ermolenkov-andrej-yurevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recO9Vzo1lX0B2cmU"},{"persecution_id":"rec7b43iuVYPUmxLb","last_updated":"2026-02-12T16:27:44.000Z","person_id":"recfF1cJDJM8IwiTc","name_en":"Timur Idalov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lawyer, specialised in terrorism-related cases. In spring 2023, a criminal case was opened against him for threatening to use violence against a representative of the authorities because of a remark thrown to the prosecutor during a court hearing. On 12 April, Idalov was searched. The next day he was taken into custody for two months. Later the charge was reclassified to threatening to use violence against a participant of the trial. On 5 July, the lawyer was released under a ban on certain actions. Initially, Idalov's case was sent to the Nikulinsky district court of Moscow. The defence noted that Alexei Bobkov, one of the judges of this court, filed a complaint against Idalov with the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. The defence lawyers requested that the case be transferred to Chechnya because of doubts about the objectivity of the Nikulinsky court. The Supreme Court partially granted this request, sending the case to another region, the Moscow region.\nOn 11 July 2024, Idalov flew to Chechnya because of his mother's deteriorating health. There he himself became ill and was admitted to hospital. The defence submitted documents about this to the court, but at the hearing on 15 July, the judge announced the suspension of the case due to the fact that the defendant had absconded. Idalov was put on a wanted list. On 30 October 2024, he was detained in Chechnya and sent to Nalchik to participate in the last word. On 28 November Idalov was sentenced to one year and 11 months of forced labour. On 18 February 2025, the court of appeal instance released the lawyer from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow","Khimki"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow","Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW","RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_ended":"2025-02-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":697,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 296 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["296"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 296"],"case_name_en":"The case of lawyer Timur Idalov on threats to the prosecutor","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a phrase that Idalov said to the prosecutor during the trial in Moscow's Nikulinsky District Court on 3 October: \"What are you, Commissar Kattani? That's how he was shot.\" Idalov himself notes that he uttered this phrase, giving in to emotions, and that it is in no way a threat.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.04.2023 to 13.04.2023\n• in custody: from 13.04.2023 to 05.07.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 05.07.2023 to 30.10.2024\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 30.10.2024\n• in custody:  to 27.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.11.2024, Sentence: 1 year` 11 months of compulsory labour with a ban on practising as an advocate for 3 year`s","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year` 11 months of compulsory labour with a ban on practising as an advocate for 3 year`s","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-28T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-28T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec7b43iuVYPUmxLb"},{"persecution_id":"recsh9Dl70Vq73M1v","last_updated":"2026-04-08T16:25:53.000Z","person_id":"rec4KPwRQIVly8dal","name_en":"Valerii Kalaidzhan","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Neftegorsk, Krasnodar Krai, Kalaydzhan became the subject of a criminal case in July 2024 for allegedly discrediting the Armed Forces and repeatedly displaying prohibited symbols. In June 2025, the case was brought before the court, with an additional charge of rehabilitation of Nazism added to the indictment.\n\nThe case stemmed from images that Kalaydzhan had posted on the social network Odnoklassniki, expressing opposition to the war and the annexation of Crimea, and showing support for Ukraine. The charge of rehabilitation of Nazism was based on an image depicting a featherless rooster with a St George’s ribbon around its neck, set against the Russian flag and bearing the caption: “Glory to Russia! Crimea is Ours!”.\n\nOn 9 July 2025, Kalaydzhan was sentenced to 400 hours of compulsory labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":739,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":105,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","354.1","282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 1, Article 282.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Valerii Kalaidzhan's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and repeatedly displaying banned symbols","case_number":"2-89/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Kalaydzhan posted on his Odnoklassniki social media page, registered under the name “................”, an image depicting an individual, K.V.A., born in .........., set against a red-and-black flag background with the caption “Glory to the heroes” and a red-and-black flag bearing a trident symbol below. The post allegedly contained linguistic and psychological elements promoting the ideology of organisations recognised as extremist in the Russian Federation, including the UPA, OUN, and Right Sector.\n\nHe also posted on the same account, identified by the unique electronic address ................, an image of a featherless rooster with a St George’s ribbon around its neck, against the backdrop of the Russian flag, accompanied by the text “Glory to Russia! Our Crimea!”. The investigation claims the image displayed linguistic and psychological signs of a contemptuous and negative attitude towards a symbol of Russia’s military glory — the St George’s ribbon, which is associated with the defence of the Fatherland.\n\nIn another post on his Odnoklassniki page, registered under “................”, he published an image of a woman’s face with her mouth wide open, showing sharp, animal-like teeth. The background featured the Russian flag and the caption: “No country in the world has killed as many Russian-speaking people in Ukraine as Russia, which came to liberate them.” Investigators alleged that this post denied the stated purpose of Russia’s actions in Ukraine — the liberation of Russian-speaking people.\n\nIn April 2022, Kalaydzhan was fined 1,000 roubles under the administrative article on the public display of Nazi symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences); the specific details of the case are unknown.\n\nIn April 2023, he was fined 30,000 roubles under Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences (“discrediting the Armed Forces”) for posting illustrations on social media that featured the “Z” symbol alongside Russian imagery resembling the fascist swastika in the form of a cross.\n\nOn the same day, he was again fined 1,000 roubles under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences for the public display of Nazi symbols; the details of this case are also unknown.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 25.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.07.2025, Sentence: A sentence of 400 hours of compulsory labour, along with a 2-year ban on engaging in any activities related to website administration or the publication of materials on public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet.\n","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"A sentence of 400 hours of compulsory labour, along with a 2-year ban on engaging in any activities related to website administration or the publication of materials on public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet.\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-09T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-09T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recsh9Dl70Vq73M1v"},{"persecution_id":"recZh11QBZ3WjAIMd","last_updated":"2026-04-02T23:11:53.000Z","person_id":"rec3CXsXKsoqS3ThN","name_en":"Andrey Morozov","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. Evaded conscription for four years, in connection with which he was fined 40,000 roubles in 2021. Detained in Bryansk in October 2023, arrested for 11 days under an administrative article on drug use. After his release, according to the investigation, he tried to cross the border illegally, was detained and taken into custody. A case was opened against him for attempted participation in a terrorist organisation, attempted illegal border crossing and attempted state treason. 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Memorial:\n Date: 21-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/morozov-andrej-ilich\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/morozov-andrej-ilich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZh11QBZ3WjAIMd"},{"persecution_id":"recQkYm5ncM5PpsVV","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:59:08.000Z","person_id":"recTfnry4VjIDt6BE","name_en":"Vladimir Nesonov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Stavropol. Denies the collapse of the USSR. In December 2022, he was arrested for two days under the administrative article on public display of Nazi symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a picture of Putin wearing a Nazi cap. After that, a case was brought against Nesonov for repeated display of Nazi symbols because of the publication of a World War II photo. Witnesses at the trial claimed that the meaning of the publication was \"comparing the current government with fascism.\" On 16 August 2023, Nesonov was elected a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions, and on 5 September he was taken into custody. On 5 March 2024, Nesonov was released from custody. 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After the occupation, he was charged with public justification of terrorism. On July 11, 2024, sentenced to five years' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":557,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikolay Golubov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, he posted \"some comments on publicly accessible pages of various communities on the Vkontakte social media, justifying the activities of the organisations Azov and Freedom of Russia Legion, which are banned and recognized as terrorist organisations in the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.11.2023 to 31.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.10.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Orenburg Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.07.2024, Sentence: 5 years of imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years of imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-11T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-11T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-12-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/golubov-nikolaj-mihajlovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recCMiucHS6hsONhu"},{"persecution_id":"rec4eEZ1U2CyMBZHT","last_updated":"2026-02-27T21:40:22.000Z","person_id":"recKc876ykO8GRhqS","name_en":"Nika Novak","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0NSFmCsHkPkYKO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0NSFmCsHkPkYKO.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chita, a journalist. She held anti-Ukrainian views, supported the unrecognized republics of Donbas, and after the start of the full-scale invasion criticized opponents of the war. However, later she spoke out critically against the actions of the authorities of Zabaykalsky Krai for their public support of the war. In the spring of 2023, she was detained allegedly on the basis of a wanted notice; afterward, she discovered a screen video-streaming program on her phone. On 29 November 2023, Novak was detained by unknown individuals; during the detention, a clump of hair was torn out of her head. On the same day, an inspection of the journalist’s home was conducted and her equipment was seized. She was released later that day. On 25 December 2023, Novak was detained again and taken to Moscow, where she was placed in custody on charges of confidential cooperation with a foreign organization. The grounds for the charges were her cooperation with the outlet “Sibir.Realii.” On 26 November 2024, a court in Chita sentenced her to 4 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nAt the end of November 2025, the prison administration reported that Novak had “departed for another institution.” However, on 10 December it became known that the prisoner had not been transferred anywhere. For three weeks, letters from her relatives were not delivered to her, and her letters to relatives were not sent. It emerged that the message about another institution was contained in a reply to a letter that had mistakenly been sent not to the penal colony, but to a pre-trial detention centre.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Nika Novak's case","case_number":"2-27/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, “in exchange for monetary remuneration, she provided assistance in the preparation of inaccurate materials discrediting the Armed Forces of Russia and state authorities.”","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.12.2023 to 01.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• : from 01.10.2024 to 08.10.2024\n• in custody: from 08.10.2024 to 21.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n• : from 21.02.2025 to 01.03.2025\n• in custody: from 01.03.2025 to 31.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.03.2025 to 08.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• Unknown: from 08.04.2025 to 14.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 19.08.2025\n• punishment cell: from 19.08.2025 to 23.08.2025\n• Unknown: from 23.08.2025\n• cell-type room:  to 02.02.2026\n• Unknown: from 02.02.2026 to 01.02.2026\n• cell-type room: from 01.02.2026 to 01.05.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.11.2024, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-26T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-26T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 19 July 2024, he was sentenced to a fine of 350,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":565,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":80,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Evgeny Nikulin on calling for terrorism and extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted \"publications about unprofessional actions of the Director of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation and its employees\", \"with hatred towards the employees of the Federal Security Service of Russia\". The posts contained calls \"to commit an offence motivated by hatred or enmity against a group of persons singled out on the basis of social affiliation (employees of the Federal Security Service of Russia)\". In addition, Nikulin was accused of calling \"for an attempt on the life of state figures of the Russian Federation\", \"with political hatred towards the current Russian authorities and towards specific state figures (S.K. Shoigu, A.V. 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In January 2023, he was detained on suspicion of setting fire to a military recruitment office in the village of Magdagachi. According to Demchuk, he was threatened and demanded to confess, and his 17-year-old daughter was interrogated for several hours, also with the use of threats. A search was carried out in Demchuk's home. Later, another man was detained, and the train driver was cleared of suspicion. In March, the equipment seized during the search was returned to him. On 14 June 2023, he was detained on charges of high treason, after which he was placed in custody. According to Demchuk, “they changed the charge four times”. According to the version of the investigation, he financed the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Demchuk claims that he transferred money to Ukraine because his mother lives there. He mentions that she spent the money on pyjamas for wounded Ukrainian military personnel. Demchuk also notes that he helped workers at the depot in Blagoveshchensk who are participating in the war and had commendations from the trade union for this. On July 16, 2024, the court sentenced him to 13 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":398,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Ostap Demchuk's case on the financing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between September 2022 and January 2023, he made more than ten money transfers, which were then used to buy drones and military equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.06.2023\n• in custody:  to 20.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Amur Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.07.2024, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-16T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-16T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• First Department:\n Date: 14-08-2024\n Source: https://t.me/deptone/10579\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-12-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/demchuk-ostap-bogdanovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["First Department","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec4I8bc0gjowdoCV"},{"persecution_id":"recWzGl73jQKxtKGC","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recILRjr63GxVUeub","name_en":"Marat Zaripov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Neftekamsk (Bashkortostan). He was prosecuted for calls to terrorism because of six comments calling for an attempt on the lives of Russian statesmen and a coup d'état. Zaripov was taken into custody. On 21 June 2024, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":537,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Marat Zaripov on calls to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The basis was six comments calling for \"attacks on the lives of Russian statesmen in order to stop their political activities\" and for a coup d'état.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 13.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.07.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.06.2024, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-21T13:31:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-21T13:31:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recWzGl73jQKxtKGC"},{"persecution_id":"recK8ZYeAGpUsMfPS","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:18:53.000Z","person_id":"rech5C0GVYCyhSvw3","name_en":"Danila Kharchenko","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Mineralnye Vody. In September 2023, VKontakte blocked in Russia the community \"Mineralnye Vody Revelations\", which is administered by Kharchenko. The reason for the blocking was called the publication of \"fake information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine\". In August 2024, it became known that Kharchenko was put on the wanted list in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The reason was the posts in the community about the crimes of the Russian military in Bucha. On 23 January 2025, Kharchenko was sentenced to seven years in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Mineralnye Vody"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":480,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Danila Kharchenko on spreading knowingly false information about the Russian army ","case_number":"1-475/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Kharchenko, the case could have been initiated because of his Telegram channel \"Revelations of Mineralnye Vody\", in which he, among other things, collects information about Russian soldiers from Stavropol Krai who died in Ukraine and writes about politics in the region.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.01.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in absentia with serving the sentence in a penal colony of general regime, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites of electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in absentia with serving the sentence in a penal colony of general regime, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of sites of electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-23T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-23T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recK8ZYeAGpUsMfPS"},{"persecution_id":"rec8vb6Coynu5FG1G","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recCtpbPj4YG8870E","name_en":"Sergey Stanchev","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yessentuki. Not earlier than January 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of confidential cooperation with a foreign organization and preparation for a terrorist act. According to the investigation, Stanchev planned to set a military recruitment office on fire as directed by the Freedom of Russia Legion. On July 2024, 29 Stanchev was sentenced to 7 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":575,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1","Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Stanchev's case of preparing a military recruiting office arson","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in January 2023, while being in the town of Essentuki (Stavropol Krai), he contacted the Freedom of Russia Legion by telephone and declared his desire to join the armed formation, after which as directed by a representative of the banned organization, he made a video recording of a military recruitment office and then agreed to carry out its arson. He purchased the ingredients for a homemade incendiary mixture and started to make it, but did not manage to complete his plan.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2024, Sentence: 7 years in a strict regime colony, with the first 2 years 6 months to be served in prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years in a strict regime colony, with the first 2 years 6 months to be served in prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-29T14:56:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-29T14:56:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec8vb6Coynu5FG1G"},{"persecution_id":"recUX7DOJ9OetAtjj","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:27:45.000Z","person_id":"recIZToLoF6BlBYDQ","name_en":"Egor Lauskis","birth_year":2009,"birth_date":"2009-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":17,"age_group_en":"under eighteen years old","age_persecution_began":14,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg, a student. Detained on 18 September 2023 on suspicion of committing a terrorist act on the railway due to an attempt to set fire to a railway relay cabinet. On 6 May 2024, sentenced to two years in an educational colony. In September 2025, he was presumably released from prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_ended":"2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":231,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Schoolboys' case of a relay cabinet arson in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version, on 16 September 2023, together with Artemy Doronin, he intended to set fire to a locomotive at the Lakhta station in St. Petersburg on the instructions of \"a curator actively supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine\", but, failing to find it, \"threw a bottle with burning liquid into the railway relay cabinet\", thereby causing property damage for 758 rubles 18 kopecks","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2023 to 22.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.05.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.09.2025\n• Unknown: from 17.09.2025 to 16.03.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.05.2024, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a juvenile correctional facility, a ban on administering websites for 1 year and 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (educational colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a juvenile correctional facility, a ban on administering websites for 1 year and 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-06T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-06T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-artemiya-doronina-i-egora-lauskisa-o-podzhoge-relejnogo-shkafa/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recUX7DOJ9OetAtjj"},{"persecution_id":"recqlGq5NdEKMiX5r","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:10:55.000Z","person_id":"recBZ4UOYWQzaLn1b","name_en":"Artemii Doronin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attlDkBeaN11qwPnH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attlDkBeaN11qwPnH.jpg"],"birth_year":2008,"birth_date":"2008-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":17,"age_group_en":"under eighteen years old","age_persecution_began":15,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg, a schoolboy. Detained on 18 September 2023 on suspicion of committing a terrorist act on the railway due to an attempt to set fire to a relay cabinet. During the search he was seized a phone and a laptop allegedly with the Ukrainian coat of arms and flag on the screensaver. The investigation claims that in the browser search history he was found \"numerous queries on topics praising Hitler and Ukrainian nationalism, Nazi leaders Stepan Bender and Volodymyr Zelensky.\" On 6 May 2024, he was sentenced to two years in a juvenile detention centre. While he was in the colony, a case of participation in mass riots was opened against him.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":231,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Schoolboys' case of a relay cabinet arson in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, around June 2023, he joined the Telegram channels Legion 'Freedom of Russia' and Partisans in Rus, as well as joined \"other chat rooms with active correspondence of users with anti-Russian orientation, calls for armed struggle against the current government\". \"No later than 11 September 2023\", he entered into correspondence with a user under the nickname \"Magavk\" through the messenger Telegram, they discussed explosions and arsons. \"Magavk\" suggested that Doronin should commit arson of \"transport infrastructure\" and instructed him how to make a \"Molotov cocktail\". Doronin enlisted Egor Lauskis to participate in the arson. \"Doronin and Lauskis distributed tasks among each other, according to which Doronin was to procure a bottle, petrol, a fragment of cloth and a lighter, and Lauskis was to procure styrofoam, i.e. the necessary components to make a bottle with a homemade incendiary mixture as an instrument of crime\". On 16 September 2023, together with Lauskis, he intended to set fire to a locomotive at the Lakhta station in St. Petersburg on the instructions of \"a curator actively supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine\", but, failing to find it, \"threw a bottle with burning liquid into a relay cabinet\", thereby causing property damage in the amount of 758 rubles 18 kopecks. According to the persecuted, they made the appearance of arson out of fear of threats from \"Magavk\".","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2023 to 22.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.05.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.02.2026\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.05.2024, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a juvenile detention centre; involuntary psychiatric treatment and supervision","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (educational colony)","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a juvenile detention centre; involuntary psychiatric treatment and supervision","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-06T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-06T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 6 August 2024, Tsurkanov was sentenced to a fine of 250,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":583,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":83,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Tsurkanov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at 21:39 on 26.06.2023 in the social network \"VKontakte\" on the Internet site \"News Rostov-on-Don!\" published a news message with a graphic image of the President of the Russian Federation under the headline: \"Putin will today make a number of statements from the Kremlin, according to Channel One with reference to Peskov\". On the same day from 21.39 to 23.54, being at the place of his residence, using a mobile phone, entered his page in \"VKontakte\" and got access to the above-mentioned message. Then, having familiarised himself with this news information, he published a text comment of an inflammatory nature in the form of public calls to carry out terrorist activities, containing non-literal expressions, beginning with the words \"...all of them of the Kremlin...\" and ending with the words \"...over the Russian people\", accessible to an unlimited number of users.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.08.2024, Sentence: A fine of 250,000 roubles and a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 250,000 roubles and a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-06T13:35:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-06T13:35:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recwC9GgtyIcHuQfv"},{"persecution_id":"recnESDeBwR2RgKWD","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec9swUCLuU7abqrw","name_en":"Khalid Paigir","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Afghanistan"],"story_en":"An Afghan resident. On Mar 2, 2023, it became known that he was detained in Kurgan because he was drinking alcoholic beverages at the Eternal Flame, 'rearranged wreaths' and lit a cigarette from the Eternal Flame. A case was opened against Paigir for desecration of the symbols of military glory. He was placed in custody, then transferred to house arrest, but later again placed in custody due to some violations of the regime. On Nov 28, 2023, Paigir was sentenced to a fine of two million rubles (ca. 22 300 USD), his residence permit was cancelled and he was banned from entering the Russian Federation. However, Paigir did not leave the country within the established deadline, so a decision was made to deport him.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurgan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":272,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Khalid Paigir about lighting a cigarette from the Eternal Flame.","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at the Victory Obelisk in memory of Kurgan residents who died during the Great Patriotic War, the accused, being in a state of alcohol intoxication, 'in the presence of his acquaintance and other unauthorised persons... he climbed and stood with his feet on the obelisk's stylobate where the Eternal Flame was burning, from which he then lit a cigarette, and committed other acts desecrating the symbol of Russia's military glory'.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2023 to 01.03.2023\n• house arrest: from 01.03.2023 to 01.03.2023\n• in custody: from 01.03.2023 to 28.11.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 28.11.2023 to 14.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.11.2023, Sentence: a fine of two million roubles, cancellation of residence permit, ban on entry to the Russian Federation","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of two million roubles, cancellation of residence permit, ban on entry to the Russian Federation","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":2000000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-28T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-28T08:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 28-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/03/d47801/?sphrase_id=2741484\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recnESDeBwR2RgKWD"},{"persecution_id":"rec0IPliutdQ5t81G","last_updated":"2024-11-26T08:32:05.000Z","person_id":"recL4BAQKidCe2tmN","name_en":"Ekaterina Gazieva","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Gazieva is a resident of Magadan. The law enforcement-affiliated TV channel SHOT refers to her as a \"convicted drug addict\". In October 2023, it was revealed that she had been detained on charges of setting fire to a printing warehouse. She was charged with terrorism. On June 19, 2024, Gazieva was sentenced to 12 and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magadan"],"persecution_region_en":["Magadan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MAG"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":206,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of a terrorist act in Magadan"],"case_name_en":"Case of a printing warehouse arson in Magadan","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"she wanted to buy \"dead drop\" drugs and contacted a certain \"Ukrainian curator\" who offered her 50,000 roubles to set fire to a the military recruitment centre. He sent her 3,500 roubles to buy rags, bottles and incendiary mixture. Gazieva offered Sergei Malyuchenko to take part in the arson. As a result, the building of the printing warehouse was set on fire (Gazieva threw a bottle with incendiary liquid through the window). She filmed the act on her phone, sent a video report to the \"curator\", but did not receive the promised payment.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.04.2024, Sentence: 12 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general-regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general-regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":150,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-24T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-24T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0IPliutdQ5t81G"},{"persecution_id":"recZtfrvp7soFA8DN","last_updated":"2024-11-26T08:31:19.000Z","person_id":"recxlDci8U5hbFCHO","name_en":"Malyuchenko Sergey Aleksandrovich","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Magadan. In October 2023 it became known that he was detained in connection with the arson of a printing warehouse. He was accused of committing a terrorist act. On 19 June 2024, Malyuchenko was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magadan"],"persecution_region_en":["Magadan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MAG"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":206,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of a terrorist act in Magadan"],"case_name_en":"Case of a printing warehouse arson in Magadan","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he agreed to the offer of his acquaintance Ekaterina Gazieva to take part in arson for a reward. He broke a window in the building of a printing warehouse and threw a bottle with an incendiary mixture into it. He filmed the arson on his phone.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.04.2024, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-24T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-24T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZtfrvp7soFA8DN"},{"persecution_id":"recKo430tgXIs3Jv7","last_updated":"2025-05-14T10:39:50.000Z","person_id":"recdf6biyYOF13ZNA","name_en":"Vyacheslav Kuznetsov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Menzelinsk (Tatarstan). Detained in June 2023, according to the investigation during his second attempt to cross the border in the Belgorod Oblast and join the Freedom of Russia Legion. He was taken into custody on charges of preparing to participate in the activities of a terrorist organisation and treason.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":312,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 10 May and 5 June 2023, he tried to cross the border on foot in Belgorod Oblast and fight on the side of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 26.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.04.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2024, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-08T11:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-08T11:50:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist laws solely for engaging in religious practices such as holding meetings, conducting worship services, and recruiting new members.\n\nSalnikov was placed under a travel restriction, and on 22 August 2024, he was given a six-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magnitogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":490,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":70,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"held meetings, acted as a liaison between members of the organization, assisted newcomers in joining the group, and helped them understand and assimilate the relevant materials.\"","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 22.04.2023 to 07.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 07.09.2024 to 06.09.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.08.2024, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-22T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-22T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 23-08-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/04/d48010/?sphrase_id=2741823\n• Support for political prisoners. 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He was subsequently arrested for five days under an administrative charge of petty hooliganism.\n\nAfter his release from the detention center, he was rearrested and sentenced to 15 more days in detention. Later, he faced charges of high treason for transferring 50 euros to a fund supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).\n\nOn November 6, 2024, Krajcik was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":584,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":83,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Oleksandr Krajcik","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to RBC, the reason for the case was the transfer of 50 euros to a fund raising money for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 01.04.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.11.2024, Sentence: 13 years' detention in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' detention in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-05T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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The young men were found to be carrying Molotov cocktails. A case of attempted terrorist act was opened against all three, and they were taken into custody. The Blagodatskys were also accused of inciting another person to terrorist activity.\n\nIt is noteworthy that the investigation believes that the companion of the young men, Veronika Goretskaya, inspired them with the idea of setting fire to the military recruitment centre, helped them to study the location of the military recruitment centre, get a canister of petrol and called a taxi. She wrote a confession of guilt after the arrest and is a witness in the case. Goretskaya had previously helped the security services as a provocateur infiltrating the activist milieu.\n\n\"Mediazona\" notes that the case includes an expert examination of some correspondence with Blagodatskyy about the arson of the military recruitment centre, although this correspondence was not in his phone.\n\nOn 24 April 2026, Blagodatskikh was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1207,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":172,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of attempted arson attack on the military recruitment centre in Rostov-On-Don","case_number":"1-12/2026 (1-42/2025; 1-191/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he planned to set fire to a military recruitment centre in Rostov-on-Don.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.04.2026, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-24T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-24T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recsO2oSxNiLPXV7S"},{"persecution_id":"rec3J9PJt2xTzxsJt","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:01:25.000Z","person_id":"recU20JbunOecVgYe","name_en":"Ilya Kudinov","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Rostov-on-Don, college student. He was allegedly a member of the Revolutionary Labour Party. On 3 January 2023, he was detained in a taxi when he was travelling with two other defendants and their acquaintance towards the military recruitment office. The young men were found to be carrying Molotov cocktails. A case of attempted terrorist act was opened against all three, and they were taken into custody. Kudinov was also accused of inciting another person to terrorist activity.\n\nIt is noteworthy that the investigation believes that Veronika Goretskaya, the companion of the young men, inspired them with the idea of setting fire to the military recruitment centre, helped them to study the location of the military recruitment centre, get a canister of petrol and called a taxi. She wrote a confession of guilt after the arrest and is a witness in the case. Goretskaya had previously helped the security services as a provocateur infiltrating the activist milieu.\n\nOn 24 April 2026, Kudinov was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1207,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":172,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of attempted arson attack on the military recruitment centre in Rostov-On-Don","case_number":"1-12/2026 (1-42/2025; 1-191/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he planned to set fire to a military recruitment centre in Rostov-on-Don.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.04.2026, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-24T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-24T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec3J9PJt2xTzxsJt"},{"persecution_id":"recqPnR0k8cXqIZgl","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:01:28.000Z","person_id":"recCrCXypg9U0F9ZX","name_en":"Akhmed Ramaldanov","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-12-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Rostov-on-Don. Studied in Moscow. He was a member of the Revolutionary Labour Party. On 3 January 2023, he was detained in a taxi in Rostov-on-Don when he was travelling with two other defendants and an acquaintance towards the military recruitment office. The young men were found in possession of Molotov cocktails. A case of attempted terrorist attack was opened against all three, and they were taken into custody.\n\nIt is noteworthy that the investigation believes that the companion of the young men Veronika Goretskaya instilled in them the idea of setting fire to the military recruitment office, helped them to study the location of the military recruitment office, get a canister of petrol and called a taxi. However, after her arrest she wrote a confession of guilt and is a witness in the case. Goretskaya had previously helped the security services as a provocateur infiltrating the activist milieu.\n\nOn 24 April 2026, Ramaldanov was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1207,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":172,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of attempted arson attack on the military recruitment centre in Rostov-On-Don","case_number":"1-12/2026 (1-42/2025; 1-191/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he planned to set fire to a military recruitment office in Rostov-on-Don","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.04.2026, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-24T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-24T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recqPnR0k8cXqIZgl"},{"persecution_id":"recimyGuy6MKXI6tX","last_updated":"2026-02-12T10:33:37.000Z","person_id":"recvROto7OH9GrANc","name_en":"Ilya Ukrainsky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZ4iCTjwBTl5UXw.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZ4iCTjwBTl5UXw.png"],"birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-07-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Born in Irkutsk. He was detained on 28 January 2023 in Mineralnye Vody, where he flew from Yerevan. Before that, he had travelled from Yerevan to Chisinau, but was not allowed to go there. Initially, it was reported that during the detention Ukrainski was found \"six notes of one hundred euros\", which, according to the version of the law enforcers, he wanted to spend \"for the uniforms of the AFU\". The young man was detained under the administrative article on disobedience to the FSB officers (part 4 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and arrested for 15 days. At the end of the term of the first arrest he was again arrested for 15 days under the administrative article on petty hooliganism (Art. 20.1 of the CAO). On 25 May 2023, Ukrainski was detained on a criminal case of preparation for high treason. It is unknown where he was officially from the end of February, when the second administrative arrest expired, to the end of May. The young man was taken into custody. According to the investigation, he was going to join the \"Freedom of Russia\" legion. Human rights activists believe that there is no evidence of these intentions in the case. On 23 August 2024 Ukrainsky was sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Mineralnye Vody"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":573,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Ilya Ukrainsky's case of confidential cooperation with a foreign state","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no later than December 2022, Ilya Ukrainsky, \"being in the Irkutsk region and being an opponent of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, having the intention to go to the territory of Ukraine and join an armed formation that takes part in the forces of Ukraine directly opposing the Russian Federation, <...> found the channel \"All-People's Movement Legion 'Freedom of Russia'\" and the bot \"Legionrf_bot\" in the Telegram messenger, where he received instructions on how to join this armed formation, a candidate's questionnaire and a list of documents to be submitted\".\nHe corresponded with representatives of the Legion using the Proton email service, sent confirmation of his intention to join the Legion to legionrf@protonmail.com, and then planned to travel to Moldova to meet with a Legion representative there, hand him the application form and accompany him to the territory of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.05.2023 to 05.07.2024\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 25.05.2023 to 26.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Irkutsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.07.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Irkutsk region\"\n• administrative detention: from 29.01.2023 to 13.02.2023\n• administrative detention: from 13.02.2023 to 28.02.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Irkutsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.08.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-23T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-23T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-03-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ukrainskij-ilya-viktorovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recimyGuy6MKXI6tX"},{"persecution_id":"rec7Sffj3KxgRhbNi","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:27:45.000Z","person_id":"rec38ZUdp40FcvZPt","name_en":"Radik Makaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttWAXw2Jy1v26qI.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttWAXw2Jy1v26qI.jpg"],"birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the town of Togliatti, judo wrestler. On 16 June, 2023, he was detained in the town of Sudzha (Kursk region). Makaev was taken into custody. He was charged with preparation for high treason, preparation for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and attempted illegal border crossing. According to the investigation, he intended to join the Freedom of Russia legion. On 21 December, 2023, Makayev was sentenced to 10 years in a strict regime prison colony. On 13 March, 2024, the court of appeal overturned the sentence and remanded the case for a new trial. On 19 April, 2024, Makaev was again sentenced to 10 years in a strict regime prison colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons","Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":188,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.5","322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 322"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Radik Makaev's case of regarding his intention to join the Freedom of Russia Legion","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, Radik decided to join the ranks of the Freedom of Russia Legion.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.06.2023 to 24.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.07.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.12.2023, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment wherein the first 2 years in prison and the rest in a strict regime prison colony; 1 year of restricted freedom, a fine of 100,000 rubles (≈US$1120 as of December 2023)• First instance court on the merits, 19.04.2024, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime prison colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime prison colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":60000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-21T14:07:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-19T07:54:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 11-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/makaev-radik-rafikovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7Sffj3KxgRhbNi"},{"persecution_id":"rectwNZFXZGOMMRlp","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:09:55.000Z","person_id":"reckHwrEiPxhCGbi1","name_en":"Nikolay Gorelov (Kirichenko)","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Kaliningrad. On 28 October 2019, Gorelov was stopped on the street and asked to go to the police station, where officers from the Centre for Combating Extremism told him that his posts on social media showed signs of offending religious feelings, rehabilitating Nazism and discrediting the 23 February holiday (The Day of Fatherland Defenders). On 20 November, he was again stopped on the street and forced to sign a summons to the Investigative Committee, where he appeared a few days later, but refused to testify. The reason for interrogation were several posts on VKontakte, the investigation was conducted under articles on the rehabilitation of Nazism and offending religious feelings. On 9 December, the Investigative Committee issued a decision not to initiate criminal proceedings due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. However, on 8 January a case was opened under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism. The grounds for that was Gorelov’s artistic work.\n\nIn January 2019, Gorelov received a call from a person who introduced himself as a district police officer and spoke rudely to him about the “nonsense” he had “written on social media”.\n\nIn June 2020, the case was dropped.\n\nIn 2023, Gorelov participated in the Forum of Free Peoples of Post-Russia, where he represented the Baltic Party. In December 2023, he was added to the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring. On 13 September 2024, a court in Moscow arrested him in absentia on charges of inciting hatred and dissemination of disrespectful information about the days of military glory.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Nikolai Gorelov on inciting hatred and spreading disrespectful information about the days of military glory","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 13.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectwNZFXZGOMMRlp"},{"persecution_id":"rec0gR1zxGMrdJF1U","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:09:55.000Z","person_id":"rechFejirtENy1zl3","name_en":"Artem Tarasov","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Pskov advocated for the independence of the Pskov region. In December 2023, he participated in the \"Forum of Free Peoples of Post-Russia,\" where they represented the \"Pskov Republic.\" In the same month, he was included in the list of terrorists and extremists by Rosfinmonitoring. On September 13, 2024, a court in Moscow arrested Tarasov in absentia on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organization and spreading \"fake news\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Artem Tarasov","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 13.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec0gR1zxGMrdJF1U"},{"persecution_id":"reckocfpG492mAkRe","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:04:08.000Z","person_id":"recbC5gTTKAFrlOD0","name_en":"Alexander Gudim","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Sevastopol. According to politzek.org, on 9th of July, 2023, he was detained for \"discrediting the Armed Forces\" (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and a criminal case on calls to terrorism was initiated due to reports from his neighbours. On 8th of October, 2022, his neighbour wrote a complaint against him claiming he was drunkenly harrassing the residents of the house and shouting \"glory to Ukraine\". On 9th of July, 2023, another neighbour reported that Gudim shouted \"Glory to Ukraine\", \"No to war\", and demanded \"to overthrow V.V. Putin, to destroy house entrances 2 to 4\"; in addition, the neighbour claimed that Gudim \"turns on Reich songs\". A third neighbour wrote that Gudim \"shouted foul language against V.V. Putin and the war with Ukraine and listens to Nazi music.\" A fourth neighbour wrote that he \"constantly demands the downfall of V.V. Putin and considers the conduct of the SVO to be a horror.\" On 11th of September, 2023, Gudim was fined 30,000 rubles for \"discrediting the Armed Forces\".\n \nAccording to the version of the law enforcers, the reason for criminal prosecution on calls to carry out terrorist activities was that Gudim shouted on his apartments' balcony anti-Russian and anti-government slogans, including radicalist ones, calling for \"the overthrow of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation\".\n\nOn 16th of April, 2024, Gudim was sentenced to one and a half years in an open prison. On 27th of June, 2024, the appeal court changed the sentence to two years in an open prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":290,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Gudim's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he shouted anti-Russian and anti-government slogans, including radicalist ones, calling for the \"overthrow of the constitutional order in the Russian Federation\" from the balcony of his flat on Khrustalev Street,","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.04.2024, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' imprisonment in an open prison","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":6,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-16T09:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-16T09:15:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reckocfpG492mAkRe"},{"persecution_id":"recQWaGAYaj2xZkmx","last_updated":"2024-12-11T17:31:47.000Z","person_id":"recLUYrYFv35ri7AI","name_en":"Nikolai Onuk","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attI0MOMSABnIgMjT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attI0MOMSABnIgMjT.jpg"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Simferopol. On 1 August 2023, law enforcement officers inspected his flat. According to the criminal case materials, the FSB officers had information about his involvement in pasting leaflets with a double-headed eagle pierced by a sword of blue-yellow colour and the words \"Crimea is Ukraine\" in the Ukrainian language. As alleged in the case, a TNT checker was found in Onuk's flat during the inspection. The same day he was detained under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of representatives of the authorities. The next day he was arrested for 13 days. Immediately after leaving the detention centre, he was detained and arrested again - he was charged with public display of prohibited symbols and discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 25 August 2023, a criminal case was opened against Onuk for possession of explosives, and he was taken into custody. On 30 August, a case of vandalism and desecration of the state coat of arms was opened against him. The cases were merged. The charge of possession of explosives, as noted by the \"Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial\" project, is based solely on Onuk's confession, from which it can be concluded that he gave it under pressure. In January 2024, when Onuk was finally charged, the pro-government TV channel \"Crimean SMERSH\" published a video of a half-naked Onuk kneeling on the floor between armed law enforcers. The message was accompanied by the text that the \"PSYOP agent\" \"surrendered all the names and passwords\". Leaflets were visible in the photos, but no explosives were seen. On 16 May 2024, Onuk was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":288,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Article 329"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Onuk's case of possession of explosives and posting anti-Russian leaflets","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, around the 20th of May 2023, at about 13 hours. 00 min., on the regional road from the border with Ukraine Dzhankoy - Simferopol, Onuk found a black polymer bag without any markings, with the contents in the form of a rectangular object of orange-red colour with the inscription \"TNT checker - 200\", after which he suddenly \"had a criminal intent aimed at the illegal acquisition, transportation, and storage of explosives and explosive devices\". According to Onuk's own testimony, in May 2023, he was contacted by a person on Telegram who offered him to perform a task for 200,000 rubles and indicated that a package would be handed over to him at a certain place; later in the specified place, an unknown person driving by in a car left a package on the roadside. Onuk made sure that it contained a TNT checker and took it home. He received no money but was promised twice as much if he completed the second part of the task. Onuk refused.\n\nIn addition, according to the investigation, Onuk, at about 4 a.m. on 17 July 2023, printed leaflets \"with an obscene image of the State Emblem of the Russian Federation, namely: a monochrome black outline image of a two-headed eagle raising its wings upwards; the eagle is crowned with two small crowns and - above them - one large crown connected by ribbons; in the right paw of the eagle is a scepter, in the left - an orb, which is pierced by a stylised sword, the hilt of which is depicted in the form of a trident and a tamga, connected with each other\", after which he pasted these leaflets on various buildings and objects in Simferopol (on the tower of the railway station of Simferopol, on public transport stops \"Cosmos Cinema\" and \"6th City Hospital\", on the building of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea, as well as on the fence of a military unit) with adhesive tape. Thus, he \"gave the mentioned structures an indecent, offensive to public morality look\" and \"committed abuse of the symbol of the Russian Federation, i.e. the State Emblem of the Russian Federation.\" \"Onuk N.N.'s criminal actions were of an immoral, cynical nature\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.08.2023 to 03.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Crimea and Sevastopol\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.06.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Crimea and Sevastopol\"\n• administrative detention: from 01.08.2023 to 14.08.2023\n• administrative detention: from 15.08.2023 to 24.08.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Crimea and Sevastopol\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.05.2024, Sentence: 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-15T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-09-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/onuk-nikolaj-nikolaevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recQWaGAYaj2xZkmx"},{"persecution_id":"recxPO3M2mm9k9eEM","last_updated":"2025-06-03T17:43:10.000Z","person_id":"rec6KuUxqFlrW93x0","name_en":"Unknown male 186","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kirovo-Chepetsk (the Kirov region). He was charged with insulting religious feelings and repeated demonstration of Nazi symbols. On August 28, 2024 the court ordered to send him  for compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":605,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148","282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148","Part 1, Article 282.4"],"case_name_en":"The case of insulting of religious feelings and demonstration of Nazi symbols in Kirovo-Chepetsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in June and November 2023, he posted images featuring Nazi symbols and a Jewish priest with offensive text on \"VK\" social media. Experts identified it as having \"signs of insult of religious feelings of Jews.\" Previously, he had been under administrative prosecution for demonstration of Nazi symbols (article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.08.2024","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-28T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-28T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxPO3M2mm9k9eEM"},{"persecution_id":"recHZDr5RkcoGRJSd","last_updated":"2026-02-23T09:53:03.000Z","person_id":"recv4W70FjS2dG8Uj","name_en":"Evgeny Semyonov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attyho6iVBgCvtgjr.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attyho6iVBgCvtgjr.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia. In August 2023, he was taken into custody on charges of organising, participating in, and being involved in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities: holding meetings, joint worship, and recruiting new adherents. On February 20, 2025, Semenov was sentenced to six years and three months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherkessk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":569,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Evgeny Semyonov's case","case_number":"1-57/2025 (1-374/2024)","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2024 to 29.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.02.2025, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony, with the first 4 years to be served in prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony, with the first 4 years to be served in prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":75,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-20T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-20T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-09-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recHZDr5RkcoGRJSd"},{"persecution_id":"reca3rS2FpikUrcpu","last_updated":"2025-10-25T13:52:34.000Z","person_id":"reccYlOAdUpgyEib2","name_en":"Vasily Bondarev","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. On 25 May 2023, he was searched at his home as part of a case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. The law enforcers told him to lie down on the floor, after which his mother Irina, who is on the same case with him, became ill. The law enforcers allowed Bondarev to sit on the sofa.\n\nOn 1 October 2025, the court sentenced Bondarev to two years' suspended sentence.\n\nJehovah's Witnesses are prosecuted under extremist articles solely on the basis of their religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, engaging new supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":859,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Komsomolsk-on-Amur","case_number":"1-44/2025","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 17.10.2025 to 16.10.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.10.2025, Sentence: 2 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-30T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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The law enforcers told her son Vasily, who is on the same case with her, to lie down on the floor, after which she felt sick. 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Using these funds, he printed leaflets calling for people to join the organisations and, between spring 2022 and August 2023, posted them in public places in Saint Petersburg and a settlement in Novgorod Oblast.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 19.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.10.2024, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment, the first 3 years in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment, the first 3 years in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":128,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-4,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-03T10:05:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-03T10:05:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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On 24 November 2023, she was detained on charges of high treason. According to the investigation, she provided an employee of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine with information regarding the location of military and engineering facilities. Mediazona, citing Gladkikh's letters, reports that she was taken to occupied Mariupol, where she was moved between locations with a bag over her head. In the spring of 2024, she was transferred to Crimea. No later than 7 June 2024, Gladkikh was sentenced to 14 years in a general regime penal colony. On 1 October 2025, a court of cassation reduced her sentence by one year.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":310,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Oksana Gladkikh's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she collected and transmitted information to an employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine regarding the location of personnel and military equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Furthermore, she allegedly provided coordinates of engineering and fortification barriers, as well as defensive structures intended for transportation security.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 07.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• Unknown: from 01.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kirov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.06.2024, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-06T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-06T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In the same month he was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring. In January 2024, local blogs circulated a video of law enforcers invading Yakovlev's flat: they put him face down on the floor and then threatened to \"restore his memory\". The young man was taken into custody. A case of high treason was opened against him, as well as two episodes of terrorism financing and one episode of attempted financing. 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In December 2023, he was detained at Volgograd airport when he was about to fly to his brother for New Year's Eve. On his phone, police found records of donations to the Ukrainian charitable foundation of Serhiy Prytula. He was detained, and officers drew up a protocol claiming that he had used obscene language in the lobby of a Volgograd police station. The next day, a court sentenced him to 13 days of administrative arrest for petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences).  Immediately upon his release from the detention center, he was detained again and sentenced to 10 more days under the same article. A few days after the second hearing, he was beaten by unidentified individuals who demanded that he sign a confession, threatening to take him to the forest and kill him if he refused. Efimov refused. On January 15, 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of high treason and transported to Rostov-on-Don. On July 2, 2024, Efimov was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime colony; the court cited his donations to several Russian charitable foundations as mitigating circumstances.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd","Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast","Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG","RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":214,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Danil Efimov's high treason case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, after the beginning of the war, he was \"constantly in a state of stress\" and worried about relatives and friends in Ukraine. He constantly read news and listened to relatives' stories about war crimes committed by the Russian army, and therefore, \"under the influence of the above-mentioned publications and information coming from relatives and friends (…) he developed an incorrect perception of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, their militarized units, and the need to assist the Ukrainian army,” as a result of which he transferred money to the charitable foundation of Serhiy Prytula.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.01.2024 to 26.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 01.12.2023 to 01.01.2024\n• administrative detention: from 01.01.2024 to 01.01.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.07.2024, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony, 1 year of restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony, 1 year of restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-02T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-02T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-09-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/efimov-danil-andreevich/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-03-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/efimov-danil-andreevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reccecvw76Xli0KmX"},{"persecution_id":"recX0F9H7IvJibhQ0","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:59:34.000Z","person_id":"rec9jmT0usyyvMiSI","name_en":"Alexey Isakov","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-02-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. He was detained on 3 January 2023 and taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism by pasting flyers of the Russian Volunteer Corps. On 15 January 2024, Isakov was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. Presumably he was released on 28 December 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":376,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Russian Volunteer Corps flyers put up in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"having a negative attitude towards the SVO and the actions of the Russian authorities\", on the night of 1 January 2023 he pasted leaflets at bus stops in the Pechatniki district of Moscow, wishing \"to encourage an unlimited number of persons in the Moscow region, in particular in the Pechatniki district, to carry out terrorist activities\". 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He was detained on 3 January 2023 and taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism for putting up the Russian Volunteer Corps flyers. On 15 January 2024, he was sentenced to two years and three months in an open jail.\n\nLater, a second case was opened against Shport for confidential cooperation with foreign nationals, based on his correspondence with individuals who identified themselves as representatives of the Freedom of Russia Legion. According to the young man, this correspondence had also appeared in the first case. On 28 April 2025, Shport was sentenced in the second case to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":376,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Russian Volunteer Corps flyers put up in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, “negatively disposed toward the special military operation and the actions of the Russian authorities,” he posted leaflets on bus stops in the Pechatniki district of Moscow on the night of 1 January 2023, intending to “encourage an unlimited number of people in the Moscow region, particularly in the Pechatniki district, to engage in terrorist activities.” The leaflets included a QR code linking to a Telegram channel with information on joining the Russian Volunteer Corps.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-01-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.01.2023 to 04.01.2023\n• in custody: from 04.01.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.01.2024, Sentence: 2 years 3 months' imprisonment in an open jail","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 3 months' imprisonment in an open jail","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":27,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-14T21:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-10-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://tskvsmfq---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/dossier/delo-alekseya-isakova-i-romana-shporta/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recAFl1IDr3qsWEjz"},{"persecution_id":"recD3HMUFmmWj7e1Z","last_updated":"2025-04-07T18:26:14.000Z","person_id":"rec0fokeGN3McGaMt","name_en":"Yulia Koveshnikova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLChcE7r4dlW3vi.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLChcE7r4dlW3vi.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian citizen, wife of a military officer. On 8 April 2023, she was kidnapped in Melitopol (occupied part of the territory of Zaporizhzhya region). A case of espionage was brought against her. Initially she was kept in a temporary detention centre in Melitopol; according to her, she was kept in a pit and forced to learn by heart the anthems of the Russian Federation, the self-proclaimed DNR and LNR, the USSR, as well as a certain \"new\" anthem of Ukraine. In her letters, Koveshnikova said that she was starved, thirsty and kept in darkness for a long time. She was later transferred to a pre-trial detention centre in Mariupol (an occupied part of Ukraine's Donetsk region) and then to a pre-trial detention centre in Simferopol. On 11 June 2024, Koveshnikova was sentenced to 13 years in a general regime colony on charges of espionage.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":429,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 276 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["276"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 276"],"case_name_en":"Yulia Koveshnikova's Case of espionage ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from June 2022 to January 2023, she collected and transmitted to her partner, who was serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, information about the location of personnel, equipment and weapons of units of the provisional administration of the Russian Interior Ministry in Zaporizhzhya region. The information given by her could be used by the AFU to launch fire attacks on the locations of law enforcement agencies.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.06.2024, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-10T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/koveshnikova-yuliya-aleksandrovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recD3HMUFmmWj7e1Z"},{"persecution_id":"recbzs1NKINlRE7Aa","last_updated":"2026-04-30T10:28:44.000Z","person_id":"recFkDJtnOuY0ZMIm","name_en":"Daniil Sen'ko","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nizhny Novgorod, worked as a driver. On 30 July 2023, he was detained at one of the city exits - according to the Letters of Freedom telegram channel, with the use of violence. He was accused of intending to join the Russian Freedom Legion. Senko was taken into custody and a case was opened against him on charges of preparation for high treason and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 16 September 2024, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":414,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Daniil Sen'ko","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being a supporter of pro-Ukrainian views and an opponent of the Special Military Operation led by Russian Armed Forces, he decided to join the Russian Freedom Legion\".","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody:  to 22.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Saratov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Saratov Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.09.2024, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-16T07:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-16T07:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/senko-daniil-anatolevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recbzs1NKINlRE7Aa"},{"persecution_id":"rechkMQjrZWccOGMi","last_updated":"2025-05-20T10:04:21.000Z","person_id":"recSaYgynB1nyQh7u","name_en":"Alexander Lubas","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Ukraine, served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the official information by FSB, on 4 October 2023 he was detained during an exchange of fire between Russian border guards and Ukrainian servicemen who attempted to make a foray into the waters off the coast of Crimea. The other participants of the foray were killed, according to unconfirmed reports. The FSB published a video of Lubas' interrogation, during which he said that the group had planned to plant a Ukrainian flag on the territory of Crimea. Lyubas was taken into custody. A case was opened against him on attempted terrorist act, training for terrorist activities, illegal border crossing, smuggling and illegal transportation of weapons. On 3 September 2024, Lubas was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":335,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 222 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.3","222","226.1","322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205","Article 205.3","Part 4, Article 222","Part 3, Article 226.1","Part 3, Article 322"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Lubas' case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2022 he joined a unit of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, and from July to October 2023 was in training for the landing of a Ukrainian sabotage group in Crimea - in particular, \"acquired hand-to-hand combat skills and studied the rules of handling firearms\". \"...voluntarily joined an organised group to commit a planned terrorist act - landing on the territory of the Chernomorsk district in the Republic of Crimea, carrying out photo and video recording of the fact that the Ukrainian state flag was planted there and an armed attack on servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 4 October 2023, together with other individuals, using jet skis and a boat for movement, in possession of firearms, illegally crossed the State border of the Russian Federation from the territory of Ukraine. They then proceeded towards the coastline with the aim landing on the coast of the Chernomorsk district of the Republic of Crimea. However, the criminal group was detected by the guards of the Border Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Republic of Crimea. After being detected by the guards of the FSB Border Department, the organised criminal group began steering away the jet skis and fled the scene. Lubas, who was sitting in the passenger seat of one of the jet skis, fell into the water during the sharp manoeuvering. After that, the defendant was detained by officers of the Federal Security Service.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2023\n• in custody:  to 04.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.09.2024, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment, of which the first three years in prison and the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment, of which the first three years in prison and the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-03T06:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-03T06:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-11-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://tskvsmfq---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/lyubas-aleksandr-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rechkMQjrZWccOGMi"},{"persecution_id":"recqOSLZ8CNSbCx2W","last_updated":"2026-02-10T17:06:52.000Z","person_id":"recOgM9X3rkX1iJZj","name_en":"Elena Popova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attd9DXwDdU9jCxsU.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attd9DXwDdU9jCxsU.png"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Rostov-on-Don. She worked at the Central Bank. In September 2023, she was detained and subsequently arrested for 10 days under an administrative charge of petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenсes). After that she was arrested twice under the same article immediately after being released from the detention center  — the first time also for 10 days, the second time for 15 days. At the same time, according to the website of Department One, the protocols stated that she “was loudly swearing” and “twisting her arms” in places located quite far from the detention center. After the third arrest, Popova was charged with high treason for transferring 7,000 rubles on February 27, 2022, to an account published by blogger Arkady Babchenko. Before her detentions, she had already been questioned by the police regarding this transfer.\nPopova was taken into custody. Later it became known that the case included testimony from a secret witness who had provided a negative reference from her workplace. On October 30, 2024, Popova was sentenced to 12 years in a general-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":425,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Elena Popova's case of treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was the monetary transfer on February 27, 2022, to a bank account shared by the blogger Arkady Babchenko containing seven thousand rubles. ","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2023 to 16.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 01.09.2023 to 01.09.2023\n• administrative detention: from 01.09.2023\n• administrative detention:  to 01.10.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.10.2024, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, a fine of 500,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, a fine of 500,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/popova-elena-sergeevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recqOSLZ8CNSbCx2W"},{"persecution_id":"recqXaK9WXL5rf07c","last_updated":"2025-07-19T10:34:51.000Z","person_id":"recnrNl6BsDCZMAP3","name_en":"Elena Guryleva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att8LqSxpuZ6XpIyH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att8LqSxpuZ6XpIyH.png"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Samara. She practised knitting and tattooing. On 22 November 2023, she was detained on suspicion of treason. According to the investigation, Guryleva induced Russian military men to switch to the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The following day, she was transferred to Yekaterinburg, where she was taken into custody on 24 November. On 1 July 2024, Guryleva was sentenced to nine years and nine months in a general regime colony. ","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara","Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast","Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM","RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":221,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_action_fact_en":["private correspondence"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Elena Guryleva's treason case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she induced Russian military men to switch to the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, using as arguments \"Internet resources discrediting the Russian Armed Forces\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.11.2023 to 23.11.2023\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.11.2023 to 24.11.2023\n• in custody: from 24.11.2023 to 22.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• : from 22.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• : , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody:  to 03.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• in custody: from 03.05.2024\n• : , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 28 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 28 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 28 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.07.2024, Sentence: 9 years 9 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years 9 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":117,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-30T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqXaK9WXL5rf07c"},{"persecution_id":"rec25HBdvsm8U4jat","last_updated":"2026-02-17T15:22:43.000Z","person_id":"recADYwI4uNCUvN6a","name_en":"Boris Stomakhin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Essayist and founder of the newspaper Radical Politics.\nOn 17 November 2000, following the publication of Stomakhin’s article The Programme of the National Revolution and a series of political statements on the website of the Revolutionary Contact Association, the prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case against him. He was accused of calling for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order, insulting a government official, and slandering a government official. In August 2001, the case was closed due to the absence of corpus delicti.\n\nIn 2002, a new criminal case was opened under Article 280 of the Russian Criminal Code in connection with further publications in Radical Politics. This case was closed in the summer of 2003.\n\nIn 2006, Stomakhin was convicted under Part 2 of Article 280 (“Public incitement to extremist activity”) and Part 1 of Article 282 (“Actions aimed at inciting hatred or enmity”) of the Russian Criminal Code. He was sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony and was banned from engaging in journalistic activity for three years. He served his sentence at Corrective Colony No. 4 in the village of Burepolom, Nizhnii Novgorod Region, and was released on 21 March 2011.\n\nOn 20 November 2012, Stomakhin was detained again, this time on suspicion of offences under Part 1 of Article 205.2 (“Public justification of terrorism”) and Part 1 of Article 282. Charges were formally brought the next day and concerned three articles published online. On 4 March 2013 the charges were expanded to include Part 1 of Article 280 (“Public calls for extremist activity”), with three additional texts added to the indictment.\n\nOn 24 April 2013, the charges were reclassified as more serious after investigators determined that the blog and website on which the texts appeared constituted “mass media”. Accordingly, the charges under Articles 280 and 205.2 were raised from Part 1 to Part 2. On 4 June 2013, a further charge was added: incitement of hatred towards Orthodox Christians, allegedly through “insulting references to the Most High” and “derogatory, insulting references to a saint” (as phrased in the indictment). Stomakhin was also charged with “preparation for public justification of terrorism committed through mass media” (Part 1 of Article 30 and Part 2 of Article 205.2), which included, among other things, “justification of the activities of terrorists who killed Alexander II”.\n\nOn 22 April 2014, Stomakhin was sentenced to six and a half years in a strict-regime penal colony. He was convicted under Part 2 of Article 205.2 (“Public justification or propaganda of terrorism via mass media”), Part 1 of Article 282, Part 2 of Article 280, and Part 1 of Article 30 combined with Part 2 of Article 205.2.\nOn 15 July 2014, the Moscow City Court upheld the sentence, despite the expiry of the statute of limitations for several episodes. While serving his sentence, Stomakhin was accused of publishing, on 18 January 2014 on the LJ.Rossia platform, an article titled Or to Blow Up a Couple of Railway Stations Here!, concerning the December 2013 attacks in Volgograd. On 20 April 2015, the Moscow District Military Court sentenced him to a further three years in a strict-regime colony under Part 1 of Article 205.2. Taking into account his previous conviction, his total sentence amounted to seven years in a strict-regime colony, extending his imprisonment by six months. The court also imposed a five-year ban on practising journalism after release.\n\nStomakhin was released on 19 September 2019.\n\nIn May 2024, it was reported that a new case had been opened against him for disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He was placed on a wanted list and arrested in absentia. In January 2025, the case went to trial, and it became known that he was also charged with incitement to hatred.\n\nOn 26 March 2025, Stomakhin was sentenced in absentia to ten years’ imprisonment.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":695,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Boris Stomakhin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and incitement to hatred","case_number":"01-0113/2025","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 14.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.03.2025, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-26T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-26T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec25HBdvsm8U4jat"},{"persecution_id":"recDROeKD5h2SetZ6","last_updated":"2025-10-05T21:54:04.000Z","person_id":"recZk571ei97L5p87","name_en":"Halil Kurtamet","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Ukraine's Kherson Oblast. He worked in car maintenance and repair and owned a hotel that was seized by the Russian forces after Russia had launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Headed a local religious group called 'Islam'. On 7 November 2023, he was detained in the occupied territory and accused of being part of the The Noman Chelebidzhikhan Crimean Tatar Battalion. A year before that, his son Appaz Kurtamatov had been detained and accused of being part of the 'Islamic Battalion Krym'. On 19 October 2024, Kurtamet was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":345,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Halil Kurtamet's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he accommodated members of the battalion in his hotels located in Henichesk Raion.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.10.2024, Sentence: 8 years in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-17T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kurtamet-halil-apasovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recDROeKD5h2SetZ6"},{"persecution_id":"rec0GhlhDagssH0Vz","last_updated":"2025-04-10T18:12:36.000Z","person_id":"rec5C75aFXXiCk6DZ","name_en":"Ilya Kapitonov","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yoshkar-Ola. On May 11, 2023, he was charged as a defendant in a case of organizing activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Petrov is under travel restrictions.\n\nMembers of the Jehovah's Witnesses community are prosecuted under extremism charges solely due to their religious activities: holding meetings and religious services, and attracting new followers.\n\nOn February 13, 2025, Kapitonova was sentenced to a fine of 600,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":644,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":92,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yoshkar-Ola","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, he \"continued the activities of a religious organization... by convening meetings of followers of religious beliefs (teachings) of Jehovah's Witnesses and directly participating in them.\"","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2025, Sentence: a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 07-11-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46151/?sphrase_id=2746471\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec0GhlhDagssH0Vz"},{"persecution_id":"recCeC71HvoLIH0EV","last_updated":"2025-04-10T18:12:39.000Z","person_id":"recxfZX07qOmuqkXm","name_en":"Denis Petrov","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yoshkar-Ola. On 17 of May 2023, he was brought as a defendant in a case of organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Petrov is under a recognisance not to leave the country.\n\nRepresentatives of the Jehovah's Witnesses community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely in connection with religious activities: holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 13 of February 2025, Petrov was sentenced to a fine of 600,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":638,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yoshkar-Ola","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"continued the activities of the religious organisation.... by convening meetings of followers of the religious beliefs (doctrine) of Jehovah's Witnesses and directly participating in them\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2025, Sentence: a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 600 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 07-11-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2022/04/d46151/?sphrase_id=2746471\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recCeC71HvoLIH0EV"},{"persecution_id":"recnoyy7YKvH2ljx6","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"recEEyLw3hBQiq6Aj","name_en":"Artem Skritsky","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-11-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Glass artist. He lived in Chukotka before moving to St. Petersburg. In March 2023, he was detained in Dagomys (Krasnodar Krai), where he had gone on a vacation with his wife and his youngest son. According to Skritsky, the detention took place near the entrance to the house he was renting, but at the trial the police said that they detained him at the railway station and that he resisted the arrest. It turned out that the artist has been charged with inciting extremism and terrorism because of emotional statements about officials he made on social networks in 2021. Skritsky was taken into custody and brought to Chukotka. Two months later, he was released from custody under a no-travel obligation. On 26 March 2024, Skritsky was sentenced, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chukotka Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHU"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":391,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of calls for extremism and terrorism against Artem Skritsky","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case were comments in the group \"Chukotka's Board of Shame\" during a discussion of fishing, where Skritsky wrote about local officials: \"Shoot them, what else is left... Don't get any ideas, I'm talking about the officials...\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.03.2023 to 01.03.2023\n• in custody: from 01.03.2023 to 01.05.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 01.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.03.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-26T13:55:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-26T13:55:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recnoyy7YKvH2ljx6"},{"persecution_id":"recWIBxCLTkBzipQg","last_updated":"2025-07-01T16:37:28.000Z","person_id":"recFrugFkgBrxGqz1","name_en":"Leonid Popov","birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian citizen; lived in Melitopol (occupied part of the Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine). At the end of May 2022, was detained while buying shawarma and taken to the commandant's office. Popov later shared that there he had been tortured with electric shocks. The military \"were trying to elicit some information\" from him, but Popov could not understand them. He was released; however, his passport was taken away.\n\nThe next time he was kidnapped in April 2023, two days before he was due to get evacuated from the city. In June, his former cellmate contacted his parents and told them that Popov was being held in the basement of the local military commandant's office. According to the cellmate, they had been beaten, barely fed, and only given water once every couple of days. He said that Popov could not sit up, was extremely exhausted, and frequently whispered \"I want to eat\".\n\nA man who identified himself as a military police officer then told Popov's parents that he had been detained because of photographs of military equipment.\n\nIn July, Popov was hospitalized for emaciation. At 1m 95cm tall, he weighed 40 kilograms and had little awareness of what was happening to him. With the help of a ward mate, he managed to contact his parents. In a conversation with his mother, he described what had happened after the abduction as follows: \"Mum, you said there was hell, and I was in hell. I was so afraid to go to sleep. I was afraid that they would come and strangle and kill me. I was so very thirsty, but they wouldn't give me water. Most of all, I was hungry. They beat me up so badly. Once they beat me up so badly that I couldn't use the bathroom for four days. Mum, why?\"\n\nPopov also said that the Russian military beat him, interrogated him, and forced him to sign some papers.\n\nInvestigative source Important Stories reports that due to hunger, constant abuse, and lack of treatment, Popov's disorder worsened: he started to lose memory as well as his grip on reality.\n\nOn August 2, 2023, Popov's father received a call from the Investigative Committee and was told that they were releasing his son due to the lack of corpus delicti. His father was bringing Popov home from the hospital, when in the courtyard they were approached by military officers. One of them handed Popov a bag to put on his head and then they wrapped it with duct tape. Popov was taken away.\n\nHis father called the Investigative Committee (IC), but they told him that they could not help him because they had no influence on the military commandant's office. Then he filed a statement of abduction. The Investigative Committee opened a case.\n\nLater, in the fall of the same year, Every Human Being, an independent human rights organization founded in 2022 after the outbreak of a full-scale war, received a response from the FSB stating  that Popov had not been detained and no investigative actions were being conducted against him.\n\nIn December 2023, the abduction case was dropped. Popov Sr. was then summoned to the IC: he was shown a photograph of his son sent by the FSB, according to an IC officer. In the photo, Leonid is holding a piece of paper saying \"Everything is all right with me! I refuse to report my whereabouts\", accompanied by his signature and the date: 07.12.23.\n\nFor almost a year, there had been no news about Popov. Then, in November 2024, it became known that a case of espionage was brought against him. According to the document sent by the FSB to Every Human Being, the case was opened on August 15, 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast","Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23","UA-14"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 276 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["276"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 276"],"case_name_en":"Case of Leonid Popov on espionage","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWIBxCLTkBzipQg"},{"persecution_id":"rec7DChWezqq8yJRt","last_updated":"2025-04-01T18:50:13.000Z","person_id":"recgUgWvNzEWK8yLW","name_en":"Sergei Lukin","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Biysk (Altai Territory). Has been involved in business, managing production, trading and construction enterprises. Now he owns a fish nursery where he breeds valuable breeds of fish. On 25 January 2023 he was searched on charges of participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation due to involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Lukin was released on his own recognisance. On 11 December 2024, he was sentenced to four and a half years' suspended sentence. On 13 March 2025, the appeal court replaced the suspended sentence with compulsory labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Biysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":686,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":98,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Lukin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Lukin conducted studies of Jehovah's Witnesses religious teachings, gave comments and expressed his point of view on the issues being discussed.","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 25.01.2023 to 13.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.03.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.12.2024, Sentence: 4 years and 6 months' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years and 6 months' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-11T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-11T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 09-12-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/02/d47579/?sphrase_id=2748602\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7DChWezqq8yJRt"},{"persecution_id":"recmI5kIM2IfLlac1","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:05:45.000Z","person_id":"rec7660BKN0j1QncJ","name_en":"Sergei Briukhanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att5X5zqRPstYEIdy.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att5X5zqRPstYEIdy.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Irkutsk. According to his son, he was detained because he \"drew on the fence an insult against Putin and symbols\" of the Freedom to Russia Legion. During the search, according to his son, they found correspondence with representatives of the legion. On the 11th of August 2023, the Irkutsk resident was placed in custody. Later, it became known that he was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, high treason, appeal to terrorism, inducement to terrorism and training for terrorist activities. On the 13th of March 2025, Briukhanov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony. On the 30th of July 2025, the appeal court increased the sentence to 19 years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":590,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","205.2","205.3","205.1","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.2","Article 205.3","Part 2, Article 205.1","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Briukhanov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being an ardent opponent of the Russian Federation and a convinced adherent of the ideology of the terrorist organisation Legion of Freedom of Russia (recognised by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation as a terrorist organisation), he established contact with its representatives and joined the organisation. While carrying out the tasks of the terrorist organisation, Bryukhanov applied its symbols in various locations in Irkutsk.\n\nAt the same time, realising that the organisation was controlled and managed by the special services of Ukraine and was carrying out activities against the security of the Russian Federation, on the grounds of political hatred, he committed treason by collecting and transmitting information on the location of strategic facilities of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, military commissions and military units, taking photographs and drawing up diagrams of the location of the facilities, indicating CCTV cameras, entrances, exits and other characteristics.\n\nIn addition, he took active steps to form false beliefs about the activities of this organisation, the need to join, to commit actions in order to disseminate and propagandise its ideology, to commit unlawful acts prohibited by the legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as by other actions, ways and means to involve, induce and recruit his acquaintances and close relatives\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.08.2023\n• in custody:  to 30.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.03.2025, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment, with the first 4 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime colony, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to posting materials on the Internet for a period of 2 years and restriction of liberty for 1 year.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment, with the first 4 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime colony, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to posting materials on the Internet for a period of 2 years and restriction of liberty for 1 year.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":228,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-13T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-13T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/bryuhanov-sergej-georgievich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recmI5kIM2IfLlac1"},{"persecution_id":"recuFXxa73NoVwtu1","last_updated":"2025-02-03T17:28:39.000Z","person_id":"recGHPXjiUy3m8cZB","name_en":"Zinaida Gridneva","birth_year":1949,"age":77,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":74,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Omsk. In July 2023, a case was brought against her for insulting symbols of military glory because of a post about the St George's ribbon. In September 2023, Gridneva was fined 15,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code on Administrative Offenses) because of the likes and comments that the user \"Zinaida - I am for Peace\" posted under the anti-war video in \"Odnoklassniki\". In the criminal case Gridneva was sentenced to a year of suspended sentence on 19 December 2024.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":537,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Zinaida Gridneva on the insult of the St. George ribbon","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was allegedly a repost of a publication from the page \"Russia Fascism Renewed\" in Odnoklassniki. The post allegedly contained signs of \"negative attitude to the symbol of military glory of the Russian Federation\" - the St George's ribbon.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2024, Sentence: 1 year of suspended prison sentence, prohibition to administer Internet pages for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of suspended prison sentence, prohibition to administer Internet pages for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-19T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-19T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 19-12-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/07/d48423/?sphrase_id=2749170\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recuFXxa73NoVwtu1"},{"persecution_id":"recGakXkkOW1M2HB3","last_updated":"2025-03-19T19:22:23.000Z","person_id":"rec7U2UTGQg36QWud","name_en":"Pavel Chemrov","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nazarov (Krasnoyarsk region). He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - organising meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. On 28 December 2023, Chemrov signed a recognizance not to leave. On 26 December 2024, he was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nazarovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":364,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Chemrov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"held a conversation (meeting) for the purpose of propaganda of the activities of a banned organisation.... consisting of reading prayers, studying and discussing religious literature\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 28.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 07.03.2025 to 06.03.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.12.2024, Sentence: 3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-26T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-26T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 27-12-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/12/d50851/?sphrase_id=2749686\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recGakXkkOW1M2HB3"},{"persecution_id":"recGqg5yEevptT9G4","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recCcWBhEYRyuxwGX","name_en":"Elena Chernomyrdina","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Orenburg region. A case was initiated against her for disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In November 2024, the case was handed over to court. 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In March 2022, he was fined for 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a solitary picket with a poster \"No to War\". In March 2023, Bagautdinov was detained as part of a case of arson of a relay cabinet. At first it was reported that a case was going to be brought against him for disabling vehicles or communication routes. Later it became known that the case was opened under the article on sabotage. In addition, Bagautdinov was accused of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because of the publication of a certain video and of high treason because of his alleged recruitment into the Freedom of Russia Legion. 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Human rights activists believe that this formation was no longer functioning when, according to the investaigation, Kestan joined it. 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A case was opened against Aznaev on calls to terrorism because of certain publications on \"VKontakte\" and \"Odnoklassniki\". After interrogation, he was released on recognisance not to abscond. On May 17, 2024, he was sentenced to three years in prison. 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During this period, he underwent training aimed at carrying out terrorist activities, including acquiring theoretical knowledge, practical skills and competencies through physical and psychological training sessions, and learning how to handle weapons.\n\nIn early November 2015, having been supplied with firearms, ammunition, and other necessary equipment, he took part in the activities of the terrorist battalion Aidar.\n\nAt the end of November 2015, he left the organisation following his dismissal. However, until law enforcement authorities uncovered his involvement in the terrorist organisation on 13 October 2023, he did not inform the authorities about the existence of the organisation or his terrorist training, nor did he make use of the opportunity to be exempted from criminal liability.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2023\n• in custody:  to 04.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 11.07.2023 to 01.07.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2025, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-08T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-08T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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According to the investigation, he communicated with a representative of the Freedom of Russia Legion and disseminated information about the Legion. At the same time, an FSB officer, who participated in correspondence with Perov under the guise of a representative of the legion, appears in the case as a witness. On 24 October 2024, the Nizhny Novgorod resident was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":385,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Valery Perov's case on cooperation on a confidential base with a foreign State and public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he corresponded with a representative of the Freedom of Russia Legion fighting on the side of the AFU and spread information about this legion online. At the same time, the materials of the criminal case do not contain IP-addresses, which make it impossible to establish from which device the correspondence was conducted. In addition, the case includes a witness - an FSB officer, who participated in the correspondence under the guise of a representative of the legion.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2024\n• in custody:  to 24.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.10.2024, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 500 thousand roubles, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 500 thousand roubles, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-24T06:58:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-24T06:58:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 11-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/perov-valerij-valerevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7gx53KZvPMNzmw"},{"persecution_id":"recBEemgvpMtI9mjY","last_updated":"2025-03-07T19:42:45.000Z","person_id":"recQoXKCbAzRGe1JQ","name_en":"Valentina Alexeeva","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Surgut. On 7 July 2022, her home was searched as part of a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely based on their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Surgut"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut","persecution_case_profile_en":"gave speeches, participated in preaching ministry with local \"Jehovah's Witnesses\", held meetings with \"pioneers\", \"elders\" and \"office assistants\", including for the purpose of organising the activities of \"elders\" in the \"Vzletnoye\" \"assembly\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 05-12-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/09/d44923/?sphrase_id=2750505\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recBEemgvpMtI9mjY"},{"persecution_id":"rec88NUh88l0lNgsn","last_updated":"2025-03-07T19:42:07.000Z","person_id":"recPYagrzInKmSlPd","name_en":"Kirill Severinchik","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-03-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Surgut (a city located on the Ob River), an electromechanic. On 20 July 2023, he was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely on the basis of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Surgut"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut","persecution_case_profile_en":"He made speeches, participated in preaching ministry with local Jehovah's Witnesses, held meetings with \"pioneers\", \"elders\" and \"service assistants\", including for the purpose of organising the activities of \"elders\" in the assembly \"Vzletnoe\"; together with co-religionists \"through the verbal forms of mind manipulation\" of a certain \"A. E. Mironov\", tried to attract to faith.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 05-12-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/09/d44923/?sphrase_id=2750505\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec88NUh88l0lNgsn"},{"persecution_id":"recmKSr4Js5iaayjY","last_updated":"2025-03-07T19:42:08.000Z","person_id":"recAMngig4Rp3jJTl","name_en":"Roman Khorikov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Surgut. Worked as a sales manager of special equipment spare parts, mechanic, motorist. In July 2023, he and his father were charged with organising activities of an extremist organisation due to their involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely based on their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Surgut"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut","persecution_case_profile_en":"delivered speeches, participated in preaching ministry with local Jehovah's Witnesses, held meetings with \"pioneers\", \"elders\" and \"service assistants\", including to organise the activities of \"elders\" in the \"assembly\" \"Vzletnoe\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 05-12-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/09/d44923/?sphrase_id=2750505\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recmKSr4Js5iaayjY"},{"persecution_id":"recRR3PXdvl5ND1gK","last_updated":"2025-03-07T19:42:08.000Z","person_id":"recBrin9b7Juag0Kr","name_en":"Yuri Horikov","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Surgut city. Worked in criminal investigation department, then in the bank's economic security service. In July 2023, he and his son were accused of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to their involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely on the basis of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Surgut"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut","persecution_case_profile_en":"Delivered speeches, participated in preaching ministry with local \"Jehovah's Witnesses\", held meetings with \"pioneers\", \"elders\" and \"ministerial servants\", including for the purpose of organising the activities of \"elders\" in the \"assembly\" named \"Vzletnoe\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 05-12-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2021/09/d44923/?sphrase_id=2750505\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recRR3PXdvl5ND1gK"},{"persecution_id":"recSHwliR2f0UKyug","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recrfuy7F22HRVy8o","name_en":"Maksim Barbaziuk","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tver. He has worked in the financial sector and then as an electrician. On 24 July 2023, his home was searched as part of a case of organising the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely on the basis of religious activity - holding meetings and worship services, and attracting new supporters. Barbaziuk was released under an undertaking not to abscond. On 13 February 2026, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tver"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":935,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":133,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tver","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he continued to carry out extremist activities by holding face-to-face and correspondence meetings (videoconferences).","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 24.07.2023 to 13.02.2026\n• in custody: from 13.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2026, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-13T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-13T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 19-07-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/07/d48426/?sphrase_id=2750513\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recSHwliR2f0UKyug"},{"persecution_id":"recNBjikDiqL4o5r3","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recOB3PTW2c4DfEqT","name_en":"Aleksandr Kostiuk","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tver, a disinfector by trade. On 24 July 2023, a search was conducted at his home as part of a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely on the basis of their religious activities, such as holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. Kostiuk was given a recognisance not to abscond the country. On 13 February 2026, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tver"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":935,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":133,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tver","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he continued to carry out extremist activities by holding face-to-face and online meetings (videoconferences).","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 24.07.2023 to 13.02.2026\n• in custody: from 13.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2026, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-13T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-13T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 19-07-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/07/d48426/?sphrase_id=2750513\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recNBjikDiqL4o5r3"},{"persecution_id":"rec5a5lMnyy81l8JJ","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recucmF6xPf5Zvb5p","name_en":"Valerii Tolmazov","birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tver, formerly a repairman of electrical equipment at a company. On 24 July 2023, his home was searched as part of a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely on the basis of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. Tolmazov was given a covenant not to leave the country. On 13 February 2026, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tver"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":935,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":133,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tver","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he continued to carry out extremist activities by holding face-to-face and correspondence meetings (videoconferences).","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 24.07.2023 to 13.02.2026\n• in custody: from 13.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2026, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-13T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-13T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 19-07-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/07/d48426/?sphrase_id=2750513\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec5a5lMnyy81l8JJ"},{"persecution_id":"recjj2T1EBqGyqyYF","last_updated":"2026-01-01T21:17:48.000Z","person_id":"rectiqtwNI5lZEV79","name_en":"Elena Gadrshina","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Elena is a resident of Krasnodar Krai. She worked as an accountant until her retirement. In February 2022, her home was searched. In June 2023, Gadrshina was charged with participating in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist legislation solely for their religious activities — organising meetings and worship services, and recruiting new followers.\n\nIn August 2023, Gadrshina was placed under a travel restriction. On 19 November 2025, she received a two-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":902,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":128,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vyselki"],"case_name_en":"Elena Gadrshina's case","case_number":"1-15/2025 (1-53/2024; 1-186/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"She participated in discussions on the content of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ religious books, including the so-called Holy Scripture (the Bible).","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 10.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.11.2025, Sentence: 2 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-19T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recjj2T1EBqGyqyYF"},{"persecution_id":"recc3HrCHDPfHznID","last_updated":"2025-09-26T18:34:55.000Z","person_id":"recvHFf1oUl1uLZsY","name_en":"Izolda Guseva","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Yaroslavl, nurse. On 18 April 2023, she was detained when she was returning home from Georgia. According to her, at the border checkpoint she was accosted by a provocateur who pretended to be a co-religionist and tried to talk to her. Guseva was then taken to Vladikavkaz and placed in a cell at the police station. Here a woman was placed with her, who asked her questions about God, and when she did not answer, started fighting and insulting her. The police officers did not react. The next day Guseva was taken to Moscow and from there to Yaroslavl. On 21 April 2023, the court chose a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions. Guseva was accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Isolda Guseva","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2023-04-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.04.2023 to 20.04.2023\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.04.2023 to 21.04.2023\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 21.04.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recc3HrCHDPfHznID"},{"persecution_id":"recoBlqxT0h6yJfBH","last_updated":"2026-01-01T21:18:05.000Z","person_id":"rec1InXsUEsegQWmG","name_en":"Sergei Dvurechenskii","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Krasnodar region. Worked as an excavator driver, then at a construction site. On 13 February 2022, his home was searched. Later he was accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. On 10 August 2023, Dvurechenskii signed a recognisance not to leave. On 9 December 2025, he was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":882,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":126,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vyselki"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Dvurechenskii's case","case_number":"1-10/2025 (1-48/2024; 1-181/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"actively participated in religious-educational classes and sermons of Jehovah's Witnesses, where he allegedly incited religious discord and promoted the ideas of exclusivity, superiority, and inferiority of individuals based on their religious beliefs.\"","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 10.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.12.2025, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment, suspended, with a probation period of 2 years and restriction of liberty for 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment, suspended, with a probation period of 2 years and restriction of liberty for 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-09T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-09T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recoBlqxT0h6yJfBH"},{"persecution_id":"rechFN3h3X2wSmXOv","last_updated":"2025-12-09T16:13:02.000Z","person_id":"rec7xj3gOuqyjuv1L","name_en":"Irina Zinina","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Krasnodar region. Worked as a seamstress, saleswoman, boiler operator, construction worker, programmer, and nurse. On 13 February 2022, her home was searched. On 22 July 2023, Zinina was summoned for questioning in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 21 October 2025, Zinina was given a two-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":883,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":126,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vyselki"],"case_name_en":"Irina Zinina's case","case_number":"1-16/2025 (1-54/2024; 1-187/2023;)","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.05.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.10.2025, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment, suspended with 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment, suspended with 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-21T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-21T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rechFN3h3X2wSmXOv"},{"persecution_id":"recV5QrV0v7XCmTxY","last_updated":"2025-09-04T19:27:24.000Z","person_id":"recJX3Uts4oDYMAll","name_en":"Liudmila Zinina ","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":72,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Krasnodar Territory. Prior to retirement, she worked in a medical facility. On 13 February 2022, her home was searched. Later, Zinina was prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. On 11 July 2023, Zinina was given a covenant not to leave. 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On 25 May 2023, his home was searched as part of a case concerning alleged involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation, linked to his participation in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community.\n\nMembers of this community are prosecuted under extremist legislation solely for engaging in religious practices, such as holding meetings, conducting worship services, and attracting new adherents.\n\nOn 1 October 2025, the court handed Kovadnev a six-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":859,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":122,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Komsomolsk-on-Amur","case_number":"1-44/2025","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 17.10.2025 to 16.10.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.10.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment, suspended","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment, suspended","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-30T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In November 2021, her place of residence was searched in the case of her fellow countryman Valery Sheetz, who was charged with organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services and recruiting new supporters. In January 2023, Matveeva's case was separated from Sheetz's case. On 17 February she was interrogated and signed a recognisance not to leave the country. Matveeva was accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. After Matveeva's case was brought to court, it was once again merged with the case of another resident of Lesosibirsk, Andrei Shiyan. 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Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJervJfjqeYI6da"},{"persecution_id":"recd8373kVHqQYxrF","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"rec5fFIOYCsZDQhN5","name_en":"Anatolii Odintsov","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Snezhnogorsk (Murmansk Region), he worked at a heating plant, at a repair company, and later as a medical equipment engineer at a clinical pathology bureau. 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On 14 August 2025, he was placed under house arrest instead.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Snezhnogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Anatolii Odintsov's case","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 14.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n• house arrest: from 14.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In May 2023, she was prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. In July, Penskaia signed a covenant not to leave the country. On 31 July 2025, she was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":800,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":114,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vyselki"],"case_name_en":"Vasilina Penskaia's case","case_number":"1-14/2025 (1-52/2024; 1-185/2023;)","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 18.07.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.07.2025, Sentence: 2 years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-31T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-31T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On June 15, 2023, she was prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities: holding meetings and worship services to attract new supporters. 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In April 2023, his home was searched as part of a case on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities such as holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. Sazhin signed a recognisance bond not to leave the country. 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Both were accused of participation in the activities of the Crimean-Tatar battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, which, apparently, at the time of the actions attributed to the brothers, had long ceased to exist. The Settarovs were taken into custody. 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The Settarov's were taken into custody. On the 22nd November 2023 Vladimir Settarov was sentenced to five and a half years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":205,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_group_en":["Settarov brothers case"],"case_name_en":"The Case of Vladimir Settarov ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, when he participated in the battalion's activity \"on the territory of Ukraine, [he] guarded the facilities of the illegal armed formation, located near the Chongar village in the Genicheskiy District of the Kherson Region\". 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On 2 June 2023, the FSB reported that he was detained together with his brother on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation, namely the Crimean Tatar battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, which was apparently not functioning at the time of the actions imputed to Memetshaev. 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In June 2023, he was detained and placed in custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism, due to a video obituary dedicated to a fallen Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter with the call sign “Mujahid”, as well as for posting the logo of the Russian Volunteer Corps. He was later additionally charged with preparation for high treason, as the investigation claimed he intended to join the ranks of the RDK. On 15 October 2024, Kupriyanov was sentenced to seven years in a strict-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":502,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Kupriyanov' case of public justification of terrorism and preparation for high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for initiating the case against him were the publication of a video obituary dedicated to the death of a Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter with the call sign “Mujahid”, the posting of the logo of the “Russian Volunteer Corps”, as well as his alleged intention to join the “Russian Volunteer Corps”.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2023 to 13.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Ivanovo Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Ivanovo Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Ivanovo Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.10.2024, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-15T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-15T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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After a few days, some of the equipment was returned to him, after which he deleted his Google account. On 3 January 2024, an operative came to his home again and spoke to Bagirov under the pretext of anonymity. The next day, Bagirov was taken from his home to the FSB under the pretext of returning the last phone left in the department. Instead, however, Bagirov was asked for the password to the deleted account. He was also shown two comments on YouTube, allegedly left by him. Bagirov denied authorship.\nLater it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of his YouTube comments about the Ukrainian unit Azov and strikes on Belgorod region. 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On July 4, 2023, he was detained at the border between Crimea and Kherson region, occupied by the Russian Federation. A protocol was drawn up on him due to the fact that he allegedly refused to provide FSB officers with his car. Sukhanov was arrested for ten days. After the end of the arrest, he was immediately detained again, he was taken to an unknown direction, and until September 2023, his relatives did not know where he was. According to the case materials, he was kept in a pre-trial detention center in Belgorod region “as a person resisting a special military operation,” then on September 9 he was allegedly released, but on September 13 he was detained as part of a criminal case of high treason for switching to the enemy's side. The same day Sukhanov was taken into custody. The case file contains his testimony, where he says that he filled out a questionnaire in order to serve on the side of Ukraine, after which he was sent a questionnaire to participate in the legion “Freedom of Russia”. At his trial, Sukhanov said he planned to go to Ukraine to obtain citizenship there and then move to Europe or the United States. On June 6, 2024, he was sentenced to six and a half years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea","Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43","RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":338,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in the period from 24.02.2022 to 23.09.2022, <...> being in the town of Belorechensk, Krasnodar Territory, being an opponent of the conduct of the Strategic Military Defence Forces and wishing to obtain Ukrainian citizenship, studied information on the opposition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the conduct of the Strategic Military Defence Forces in <...> the Internet. Experiencing a feeling of dislike towards persons who support the official policy of the Russian Federation in the conduct of the Strategic Defence Forces, he had the intention to switch to the side of the enemy and personally participate in other actions with the use of weapons and military equipment as part of the forces (troops) of the foreign State of Ukraine directly opposing the Russian Federation\".\n\nFor this purpose he \"found <...> in Telegram-channel \"I want to live\" a subscriber with the number <....>, which knowingly for Sukhanov Ya. was used by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine to recruit and organise the departure of citizens of the Russian Federation to the territory of Ukraine, and in the course of correspondence with this subscriber during the same period of time, he repeatedly expressed his negative position on the ongoing SWO and his desire to participate directly in the hostilities <...> In addition, in the course of this correspondence, Sukhanov received a link to the Telegram-bot of the same name \"I want to live\", where he sent a personal questionnaire with his biographical data, and also provided information about his intentions to come to the territory of Ukraine to personally join the AFU\". He then packed his personal belongings and documents for the trip and worked out a route, which the court qualifies as \"creating other conditions for the commission of an offence\".\n\nHaving set off in his car together with his wife, he planned to move in the direction of Odessa as one of the places of deployment of the AFU for his direct participation on the side of the enemy in hostilities against the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• : from 01.07.2023 to 09.09.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast\n• in custody: from 13.09.2023 to 24.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.07.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• administrative detention: from 04.07.2023 to 01.07.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Murmansk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.06.2024, Sentence: 6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 150,000 roubles, 1 year's restricted liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 150,000 roubles, 1 year's restricted liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-06T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-06T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/suhanov-yaroslav-andreevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recrW6ugjFtVhyRQT"},{"persecution_id":"recRkcN3xbRl1GzP5","last_updated":"2025-09-29T15:24:05.000Z","person_id":"recFyLjkgboPPfx3g","name_en":"Anna Zhuravleva","birth_year":2009,"birth_date":"2009-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":17,"age_group_en":"under eighteen years old","age_persecution_began":14,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Moscow region, a schoolgirl. On 15 November 2023, she was detained on suspicion of preparing an attack on the school she was attending, as well as participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation, namely the defunct Columbine movement. The publication of the \"Takie dela\" media dedicated to the girl (in the text she is called Lyuba) stated that she came across a private Telegram channel on the stories of the teenagers who committed shootings in American schools while she has been studying this topic. To join the channel and receive, as it has been promised to her, some secret information, the girl was required to fill out a questionnaire about her intentions related to the school shooting, using ready-made answers. Zhuravleva, according to the case file cited by the publication, indicated that she intended to carry out a school shooting four years after filling out the questionnaire. The promised secret information was not sent to her. The publication in \"Takie dela\" also says that the girl exploded a firecracker and recorded it on video. Experts, having studied the seized fragments of the firecracker, concluded that it was not an explosive device. The schoolgirl was placed in custody.\n\nThe article in \"Takie dela\" says that the girl was bullied by her cellmates and due to that sent to a psychiatric hospital. Later, she was returned to the pre-trial detention centre. However, upon the case getting the attention of the general public, it was transferred to another investigator. A torture case has been opened, and Zhuravleva was released on 17 June 2025 on her own recognizance.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 105 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["105","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 105","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Moscow region schoolgirl's involvement in the Columbine movement","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, she had been preparing an armed attack on the school, searched online for items to commit a murder, and was actively interested in the Columbine movement.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.11.2023\n• : from 01.09.2024 to 01.09.2024\n• in custody: from 01.09.2024 to 01.11.2024\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.11.2024\n• in custody:  to 17.06.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 17.06.2025\n• temporary hospitalisation:  to 29.09.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 29.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 17-11-2023\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2023/11/d48940/?sphrase_id=2752771\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recRkcN3xbRl1GzP5"},{"persecution_id":"recNOH9xisoI0kjW8","last_updated":"2025-11-14T12:57:24.000Z","person_id":"recBqEmMzQOeuwPym","name_en":"Ekaterina Bazanova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kirov. In October 2023, a case was opened against her for financing an \"undesirable\" organisation. According to the investigation, she, along with four other women, is connected with the activities of the Ukrainian organisations Spiritual Centre \"Revival\" and Vladimir Muntean's Charitable Foundation \"Revival\", which are recognised as \"undesirable\" in the Russian Federation. On 28 May 2025, Bazanova was sentenced to 200 hours of compulsory community service.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":605,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the 'Revival' Church in Kirov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she and four other female residents of the Kirov region collected money for the organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.05.2025, Sentence: 200 hours of community service.","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"200 hours of community service.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-28T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-28T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNOH9xisoI0kjW8"},{"persecution_id":"recHDkZ3gGDCw8KFc","last_updated":"2025-11-14T12:57:24.000Z","person_id":"recbHr1ZjT4Da4WVj","name_en":"Marina Bulatova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kirov. 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In October 2023, a case was brought against her for organising and financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation. According to the investigation, she organised the work of the Ukrainian organisations Spiritual Centre \"Revival\" and Vladimir Muntian's Charitable Foundation \"Revival\", recognised as \"undesirable\" in the Russian Federation, and together with four other women financed their activities. On 28 May 2025, Sorokina was sentenced to one year and seven months of suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of three years. On 24 July 2025, the appeal court increased the suspended sentence to two years and one month.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":605,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1","284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1","Part 3, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the 'Revival' Church in Kirov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between 2022 and 2023, she coordinated the activities of several foreign non-governmental organisations, registered in Ukraine, within the region. These organisations had been declared \"undesirable\" by the Russian Federation. She reportedly organised religious gatherings, meetings and video conferences, and along with four other residents of the Kirov region helped raise funds to support the organisation’s work.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 24.07.2025 to 23.07.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.05.2025, Sentence: 1 year and 7 months' suspended imprisonment with a probation period of 3 years with deprivation of the right to engage in missionary activity, as well as any activity related to providing or collecting funds or rendering financial services intended to support the religious activities of any religious association, for a term of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 7 months' suspended imprisonment with a probation period of 3 years with deprivation of the right to engage in missionary activity, as well as any activity related to providing or collecting funds or rendering financial services intended to support the religious activities of any religious association, for a term of 3 years","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-28T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-28T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4TBG37sC5VsJlo"},{"persecution_id":"recV4zms0XEMWzbLf","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"reczrcsII6TF1Wh1d","name_en":"Farhad Navliutov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Almetyevsk (Republic of Tatarstan). He worked at the Timur Islamov Foundation, a charity organisation that provided psychological and financial support to individuals suffering from alcohol and drug addiction, as well as to people living with HIV and hepatitis C, and to their relatives and loved ones. In 2018, the foundation was included in the register of \"foreign agents\", after which Navliutov, together with a colleague, created another organisation to support drug addicts and their families.\n\nAccording to the local channel YUVT-24, after the beginning of the war he transmitted to an acquaintance from Ukraine information about those mobilised and about the progress of the conscription campaign. On 8 March 2023, he was detained on charges of possession of drugs (we have no grounds to consider this case politically motivated) and his phone, which contained correspondence with his Ukrainian acquaintance, was seized. Later, he stated in court that on 16 March he was allowed to call his wife on the condition that he would write a confession under dictation, which he did. On the same day, according to Navliutov, he \"under the supervision of police officers\" took part in a call with members of the Eurasian Network of People Who Use Drugs (ENPUD), during which he was advised to leave Russia. According to the text of the appeal court's ruling, Navliutov testified that \"at a conference in Vilnius, he met Ukrainian citizen B., and under her influence engaged in the discreditation of the Russian Federation, carried out related activities aimed at the decriminalisation of drug use in the Russian Federation, and received monetary remuneration for this activity from ENPUD.” At the trial Navliutov retracted this testimony. The investigation questioned as a witness a person identified in the ruling as P., who stated that \"after the start of the Special Military Operation, Navliutov F.Sh. began telling him that he supported Ukraine in the conflict, posted the Ukranian flag on his Instagram page and spoke negatively about the actions of the Russian Federation. As he later learned, F.Sh. Navliutov informed B. in his private correspondence about the ongoing mobilisation, reffering to it as \"mogilisation\" (\"grave-lisation\"), and that the mobilised from Almetyevsk would fertilise the land of Ukraine, and other information\". At the trial, P. partially retracted his testimony and stated that he had not heard Navliutov speak negatively about the war. The court in passing sentence took into account the statements of Navliutov and P. given during the investigation.\n\nA case was brought against Navliutov for failure to fulfil the obligation to provide documents required for inclusion in the register of \"foreign agents\" in connection with the collection of information in the sphere of the military activities of the Russian Federation.\n\nOn 18 September 2025, Navliutov was sentenced to one year and seven months' imprisonment in a drug possession case and was released in the courtroom due to having actually served his sentence.\n\nOn 4 June 2025, he was sentenced on the dereliction of duty case to two years and five months, taking into account the term imposed under the first sentence.\n\nPresumably, Navliutov was released in August 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Almetyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2025-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":819,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":117,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 330.1"],"case_name_en":"Farhad Navliutov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he became acquainted with a citizen of Ukraine on one of the forums, and when the war began, he started to share with her information concerning the mobilised persons and the course of the conscription campaign, in particular, regarding “military commissar S. and those called up for military service A. and D.”; “in the period from 9 April to 29 November 2022, while being on the territory of the city of Almetyevsk and the Almetyevsk District of the Republic of Tatarstan, after the expiry of ten working days from the moment he commenced, on the territory of the Russian Federation and in the interests of a foreign source, the purposeful collection of information in the field of military and military-technical activities of the Russian Federation, information which, if obtained by the foreign source, could be used against the security of the Russian Federation,  he failed to submit an application to the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for inclusion in the list of natural persons performing the functions of a foreign agent, although he had a real opportunity to submit such an application.”","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.03.2023 to 18.09.2024\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.03.2023 to 09.03.2023\n• recognizance not to leave: from 18.09.2024 to 04.06.2025\n• in custody: from 04.06.2025 to 22.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.06.2025, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony concurrently with a previous sentence of 2 years and months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony concurrently with a previous sentence of 2 years and months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-04T10:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-04T10:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recV4zms0XEMWzbLf"},{"persecution_id":"rect7CuQYmxQ3goQl","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"rec0W6QiXQ96agEN9","name_en":"Aslan Gandaev","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia. On 6 December 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in At-Takfir wal-Hijra (some human rights activists believe that such an organisation does not exist) and weapons possession. In February 2025, an official report was published, according to which Gandaev was sentenced to three years and two months in a general regime colony. 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On 6 December 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation: he was allegedly involved in At-Takfir wal-Hijra (some human rights activists believe that such an organisation does not exist) and weapons possession. In February 2025, an official report was published, stating that Kaziev was sentenced to three years and two months in a general regime colony. 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On 6 December 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his alleged involvement in At-Takfir wal-Hijra. Some human rights activists believe that no such organization exists. In February 2025, an official statement was published, according to which Albotov was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. 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On 6 December 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his alleged involvement in At-Taqfir wal-Hijra. Some human rights activists believe that no such organisation exists. In February 2025, an official report was published, according to which Beregetov was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. 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On 6 December 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his alleged involvement in at-Takfir wa-l-Higra. Some human rights activists believe that no such organisation exists. In February 2025, an official report was published, according to which Botashev was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. 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On December 18, 2024, Duishebaev was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":525,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"Tablighi Jamaat's fifth case in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"from the positions of religious buildings, he conducted and disseminated the doctrines of an extremist organisation, recruited and attracted new adherents to it\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 24.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-03-2025\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/vtoroe-moskovskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recxepaSx1YUKrYAw"},{"persecution_id":"recSZ11JAkQicDFTs","last_updated":"2025-04-24T18:27:30.000Z","person_id":"recHLqOs03hGpQCiQ","name_en":"Kanzharbek Momunov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On 12 July 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement with the peaceful Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. On 18 December 2024, Momunov was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":525,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"Tablighi Jamaat's fifth case in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"from the position of religious buildings, he conducted and disseminated the doctrines of an extremist organization, recruited and attracted new adherents to it\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 24.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-03-2025\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/vtoroe-moskovskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recSZ11JAkQicDFTs"},{"persecution_id":"recCoFPd4YhTnQ74c","last_updated":"2025-04-24T18:30:12.000Z","person_id":"recsIbUcJBxwnk7xm","name_en":"Hamit Beshkempirov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On 12 July 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the peaceful Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. On 18 December 2024, Beshkempirov was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":525,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"Tablighi Jamaat's fifth case in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"from the positions of religious buildings, he conducted and disseminated the doctrines of an extremist organisation, recruited and attracted new adherents to it\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 24.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-03-2025\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/vtoroe-moskovskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recCoFPd4YhTnQ74c"},{"persecution_id":"recBeTVhOozDdonHL","last_updated":"2025-04-24T18:29:43.000Z","person_id":"recnIcPSLUb5WO2Ow","name_en":"Almazbek Ibraimov","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On 11 July 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the peaceful Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. On 18 December 2024, Ibraimov was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":526,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":75,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Fifth Tablighi Jamaat case in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"Tablighi Jamaat's fifth case in Moscow","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"from the positions of cult structures, he conducted and disseminated the doctrines of an extremist organisation, recruited and attracted new adherents to it\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2023 to 24.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-03-2025\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/vtoroe-moskovskoe-delo-tabligi-dzhamaat\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recBeTVhOozDdonHL"},{"persecution_id":"rect73npHJkKjq6Eu","last_updated":"2026-04-06T13:57:27.000Z","person_id":"recbfC7hBmD5YntIB","name_en":"Georgii Goglidze","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, he worked in Germany, then joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Supposedly, on 12 November 2023, he was taken captive near Kreminna in the Luhansk Region of Ukraine. On 14 November, a video was published in which Goglidze says in an unnatural voice that he was taught by American, German, French and Polish instructors in the training camp, and was promised $300 for each Russian soldier killed. A mercenary case was brought against him. On 9 April 2025, a court in the occupied territory of the Donetsk region of Ukraine sentenced Goglidze to nine years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":524,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 359 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["359"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 359"],"case_group_en":["The mercenarism case of citizens of Georgia"],"case_name_en":"Georgii Goglidze's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in April 2023, \"he arrived in Lviv region of Ukraine, where he underwent special military training, and then was sent to the temporarily occupied by the Ukrainian side territory of the city of Sloviansk in the DPR, where he took part in combat operations for a fee. During an attempt to move a group of mercenaries from the territory of the DPR to the territory of the LPR, there was a clash with Russian servicemen, as a result of which some mercenaries were eliminated and some, including Goglidze, were detained\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast\n• in custody:  to 06.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.06.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2025, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-08T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-03-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-inostrannyh-voennosluzhashhih-vsu/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rect73npHJkKjq6Eu"},{"persecution_id":"rec7pgRpDjEGdKxrX","last_updated":"2026-03-28T19:12:39.000Z","person_id":"recTY25H9KAzPkil3","name_en":"Eduard Cherevan","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Rostov-on-Don, a goalkeeper for the Lokomotiv football team. In January 2023, he was detained and then taken into custody in a case of participating in a terrorist organization: according to the investigation, he joined Azov in 2016, and since autumn 2022 he had been inciting Rostov residents to join it. Cherevan denies the charge. On 4 December 2024, Cherevan was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":703,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":100,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Eduard Cherevan's case of involvement in \"Azov\"","case_number":"1-52/2024 (1-223/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"while on the territory of Ukraine, he joined a structural unit of the banned terrorist organization Azov, after which he took part in the \"March of Nations\" held by Ukrainian nationalists on 14 October 2016 in Kiev\". After the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized \"the Ukrainian paramilitary nationalist association Azov (other names used: Azov battalion, Azov regiment)\" as a terrorist organization on 2 August 2022 (entered into force on 10.09.2022), he \"continued\" his participation in the activities of this organization, \"conducted information and propaganda work among the residents of Rostov-on-Don aimed at attracting new individuals to the activities of this organization until his detention in January 2023\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.12.2024, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-04T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-04T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-03-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/cherevan-eduard-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7pgRpDjEGdKxrX"},{"persecution_id":"recjrXN0hFuNYN0ua","last_updated":"2026-02-13T15:08:12.000Z","person_id":"recenHASisyXPotXu","name_en":"Vladislav Poruchikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attNzqMY3dYbmyopx.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attNzqMY3dYbmyopx.png"],"birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A student of the Engineering and Technical Academy in Taganrog,  Poruchikov was detained in the village of Bessonovka, Belgorod region, on June 3, 2023. He was fined 500 rubles on a charge of petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code), and on June 5, Poruchikov was taken into custody for 10 days under the article on appearing in a public place in a state of alcoholic intoxication (Article 20.21 of the Administrative Code). Immediately after the initial 10 days of detainment Poruchikov was detained again. On June 14, he was fined 1000 rubles under the article on petty hooliganism, and on June 15, he was taken into custody for another 10 days under the article on appearing in a public place in a state of alcohol intoxication. According to the report, Poruchikov was already in the village of Razumnoe, about 40 kilometres from Bessonovka. At the same time, he participated in the hearing via videoconference.\n\nOn June 26, 2023, he was again fined 500 rubles under the article on petty hooliganism, and on July 3, he was taken into custody for 15 days under the article on appearing in a public place in a state of intoxication. Presumably, this time, according to the protocol, he was detained in some other place. Poruchikov again participated in the hearing via videoconference. From all this, human rights defenders conclude that for a month and a half he was under the control of law enforcement agencies. Later, he was taken into custody as part of a criminal case for preparing to participate in the activities of an extremist organization and for high treason. According to the investigation, he planned to join the Freedom of Russia Legion. In October 2023, Poruchikov’s lawyer tried to appeal rulings on administrative charges, claiming the protocols were falsified and that his client signed them under torture.\n\nOn April 27, 2024, Poruchikov was sentenced to 9 years in a high-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":329,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Poruchikov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Kommersant (Russian newspaper), citing the prosecution, reports that Poruchikov \"decided to join one of the organizations operating on the Ukrainian side - the banned legion\". \"Believing that his correspondence could be intercepted by Russian special services, in May 2023, carrying a set of various documents, including a military ID card, and $1,200, he travelled to Belarus, from where he flew to Tbilisi. In Georgia, he downloaded and filled out an application to the Legion, attaching scans of documents, and, without waiting for answers, returned to Russia. After flying to Minvody, he travelled by bus to Rostov-on-Don and from there by train to Belgorod. From there he again contacted representatives of the enemy unit, who recommended him to arrive to the town of Graivoron on June 2, meet another volunteer and together receive instructions on how to cross the border. However, the day before the meeting he was detained by the police and taken into custody for an administrative offence. According to the police, the student was drunk. Having been released on June 3, Poruchikov again tried to get instructions from the Legion, but no one responded to the messages in the chat room. Then he set off towards the border, but when he was only 15 kilometres away, he was again caught by the police and was again taken into custody for public intoxication. This time, the proceedings dragged on until the end of the month, and as a result, the student was already charged with committing crimes.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.06.2023 to 12.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 04.06.2023 to 13.06.2023\n• administrative detention: from 15.06.2023 to 24.06.2023\n• administrative detention: from 02.07.2023 to 17.07.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.08.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.04.2024, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-27T13:41:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-27T13:41:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/poruchikov-vladislav-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recjrXN0hFuNYN0ua"},{"persecution_id":"recVwHdreRtJdKVBO","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"recmcDcPSwt8JL7C6","name_en":"Andrei Evseev","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg. A case of confidential co-operation with foreign nationals was initiated against him. Evseev himself said that he had been corresponding with someone about arson, and then stopped it. On 10 February 2025, Evseev was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":683,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Evseev’s case of confidential cooperation with foreign nationals","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of the case was certain correspondence. Evseev himself said that he had corresponded with someone about arson, but later stopped it.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 27.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2025, Sentence: 7 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-09T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/evseev-andrej-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recVwHdreRtJdKVBO"},{"persecution_id":"recsvBnt03uTVKScV","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rechWPaf1Pv6hjoeK","name_en":"Svetlana Kudryashova","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. In the summer of 2022, she was arrested for 10 days under the administrative article on the demonstration of prohibited symbols (Art. 20.3. of the CAO) because of two tattoos - with the symbols of the Azov regiment and with the slogan \"Glory to Ukraine\". According to her, she applied the tattoos in 2018. In August 2023 in the channel of the ideologist of the \"Male State\" Vladislav Pozdnyakov appeared a video clip with Kudryashova sleeping in the train, where one of the tattoos was visible.\n\nA case was opened against her for repeated demonstration of banned symbols. She was placed under house arrest. In May 2024, Kudryashova was detained, allegedly because of a conflict in the entrance. She was again arrested for 10 days under the administrative article on demonstration of prohibited symbols. On 10th June 2024, she was sentenced to seven months in the criminal case. On 5th September 2024, the court of appeal instance cancelled the sentence due to the fact that it was issued by the same judge who issued the first administrative arrest order against Kudryashova. At the hearing in the court of appeal, she said that the FSB officers threatened her and her family, demanding that she confess. On 26th December 2024, the Muscovite was again sentenced to seven months, but was released from punishment due to the fact that she had already served this term.\n\nIn April 2025, shortly after the judgement in the first case came into force, it became known that Kudryashova was placed in custody in Moscow, again on the case of repeated display of prohibited symbols - because of the same tattoos, while in September 2024 she had painted over one of them and broken another. At the trial, she said that after the search she was taken to the police station, where law enforcers forcibly stripped her naked, photographed her tattoos all over her body, including on her personal phones, and threatened to make the intimate photos freely available if the woman did not plead guilty. According to her, as she was being taken out of the flat, she was hit on the doorway with her head.\n\nOn 19th January 2026, Kudryashova was sentenced in the second criminal case to two and a half years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":314,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4"],"case_name_en":"Svetlana Kudryashova's case about the tattoo with symbols of the Azov Brigade","case_number":"1-59/2024 (1-215/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a tattoo on her right arm with the symbols of the Azov Brigade and the name Ilya.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 09.08.2023 to 08.04.2024\n• in custody: from 08.04.2024 to 05.09.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 05.09.2024 to 03.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 16.05.2024 to 25.05.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.06.2024, Sentence: 7 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 26.12.2024, Sentence: 7 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, release from serving the sentence, taking into account the time spent under house arrest and in custody","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, release from serving the sentence, taking into account the time spent under house arrest and in custody","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":7,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-10T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-26T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recsvBnt03uTVKScV"},{"persecution_id":"recZxhazefi5KmLCw","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:03:49.000Z","person_id":"recro1jwugcP5Hv0e","name_en":"Georgii Levchenko","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist, administrator of the RIA Melitopol Telegram channel. On 20 August 2023, he was taken into custody, allegedly on charges of espionage and public justification of terrorism. Later it became known that he was charged with high treason and calls for extremism. On 2 September 2025, Levchenko was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23"],"persecution_started":"2023-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":743,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":106,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of RIA Melitopol"],"case_name_en":"Georgii Levchenko's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"organised the work of a network of 'correspondents' who sent him information containing calls for terrorist activities and violence against servicemen and representatives of the Russian government on the territory of Zaporizhzhya region, which he posted in the Telegram channel\"; used \"the Telegram channel for anti-Russian and pro-Ukrainian propaganda, as well as for transmitting to representatives of the Ukrainian intelligence services information about the deployment of units of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Zaporizhzhya region\", collected and transmitted to Ukrainian intelligence \"data on the locations of military units of the Russian Armed Forces, which were subsequently prepared for a missile and bomb attack by the AFU\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.09.2025, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-01T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-04-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-melitopolskih-zhurnalistov/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZxhazefi5KmLCw"},{"persecution_id":"reczX7LdqKoe5gd0x","last_updated":"2026-02-21T22:57:36.000Z","person_id":"recQNwpXEhUKupmxK","name_en":"Dmitrii Zimin","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Buryatia, a student. No later than June 2023, he was detained on a train. A case was opened against him for preparation for high treason and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. According to the investigation, he intended to fight on the Ukrainian side as a member of the Freedom to Russia Legion. On 1 November 2024, Zimin was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn June 2025, Zimin wrote in a letter that a case of public glorification of terrorism had been initiated against him because of a certain statement in the pre-trial detention centre, with a positive assessment of an organization that is recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia. On 4 July, he was sentenced on charges of this case, receiving eight and a half years in a strict regime colony in conjunction with the punishment under the first sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":519,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Zimin's case of preparation for high treason and participation in the activities of a terrorist organization","case_number":"1-127/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"sharing the ideology of the Ukrainian paramilitary association \"Legion of Freedom of Russia\", recognized by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation as a terrorist organization, \"with the purpose of leaving for the territory of Ukraine and participating in military operations against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, entered into correspondence with a representative of this organization. Carrying out the assignment of the \"curator\", Zimin photographed cell towers in the urban-type settlement of Selenginsk in the Republic of Buryatia and sent these photographs, as well as the coordinates of their location.\" Then \"he obtained a foreign passport for leaving for Ukraine, found a camouflage uniform, medical supplies, knives and other items that he intended to use in performing the duties of a member of a terrorist organization after arriving in the territory of Ukraine. Having received instructions from the \"curator\" about the departure route, he bought a ticket for the train \"Chita-Moscow\" departing from the \"Selenga\" station in the Republic of Buryatia for further departure to the territory of the Bryansk region and subsequent crossing of the state border of the Russian Federation. The criminal intent was not completed due to Zimin’s detention by law enforcement officers.”","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 23.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.11.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.11.2024, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 to be served in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony; as well as 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 to be served in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony; as well as 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-01T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-01T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-02-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zimin-dmitrij-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reczX7LdqKoe5gd0x"},{"persecution_id":"recTQKEgxSXhNZoCM","last_updated":"2025-05-13T10:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recV65h4Ila67sD2g","name_en":"Rustem Virati","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kherson region of Ukraine. On 16 March 2023, he was detained on the case of participation in the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, but was released the next day. He was later detained again and then taken into custody on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation. Virati was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime penal colony. On 10 February 2025, it was reported that he died in prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Rustem Virati`s case","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTQKEgxSXhNZoCM"},{"persecution_id":"recbQKUALESMo2day","last_updated":"2025-10-26T14:43:33.000Z","person_id":"recFbCiZk8nurh1Rn","name_en":"Viktor Svetlichnyi","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Donetsk region, Ukraine. In 2022, he was mobilised into the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, and after the official annexation of the occupied Ukrainian territories to the Russian Federation, he was automatically incorporated into the Russian Armed Forces. In March 2023, after being discharged, he left for Karelia in an attempt toto escape. In October 2023, he was detained and charged with unauthorised abandonment of the unit. Later the charge was reclassified to desertion. Svetlichnyi claimed that he did not want to fight against his own people. On 26 March 2025, he was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":542,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 338 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["338"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 338"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Viktor Svetlichnii's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"was burdened by his military duties and intended to completely avoid fulfilling them.\"\n\n","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 04.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.06.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.03.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-26T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbQKUALESMo2day"},{"persecution_id":"reccFjrYtBZDbKe7c","last_updated":"2026-04-06T13:57:27.000Z","person_id":"rectG7lQXUq5hPJv4","name_en":"Ushangi Mamulashvili (Mamuka Mamulashvili)","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Commander of the Georgian National Legion fighting on the side of Ukraine. In October 2023, he was put on the wanted list in a case of mercenarism and recruitment of mercenaries. Later it became known that he was also accused of inciting hatred and spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 26 November 2024, Mamulashvili was sentenced to 23 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":422,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Georgian mercenaries' case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from April 2014 to May 2024, he recruited foreign mercenaries, as well as trained and armed them. For this, he received remuneration equivalent to more than 23 million roubles. In April 2022, he publicly expressed his anti-Russian views and false information about the Russian military.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.11.2024, Sentence: 23 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"23 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":276,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-26T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-26T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccFjrYtBZDbKe7c"},{"persecution_id":"recDkp3vWDOoRi9Wq","last_updated":"2026-04-22T13:25:39.000Z","person_id":"rec79b8bbE9ZUq9AT","name_en":"Gennadii Artemenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attGpiohzWMkyUwTQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attGpiohzWMkyUwTQ.png"],"birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Dzerzhinsk (the Nizhny Novgorod region). According to Department One, he was attempting to get his mother out of Ukraine, which is why he contacted Ukrainian authorities and spoke with his mother on the phone in Ukrainian. At some point, he began receiving notifications that someone was trying to access his email account. On 18 October 2023, Artemenko was detained and then taken into custody. He was charged with possession of explosives – a support group claims that gunpowder, detonators, blocks of explosive, and an incendiary tube were planted on him during a search. According to Artemenko’s supporters, the photographs were posted on pro-Ukrainian groups on Telegram. Department One notes that Artemenko is a lieutenant colonel in the artillery and missile forces and would be unlikely to store explosives behind a hot radiator, where they were found. After the search, he was taken to an FSB unit, where he was threatened with a case against his wife if he did not cooperate with the investigation. He was also subjected to torture. Artemenko was taken into custody. He was denied access to his lawyer for a week.\n\nIn the summer of 2024, Artemenko was charged with treason for photographing military facilities in the interests of the ATESH partisan movement. In October 2024, he was charged with public justification of terrorism for distributing anti-war leaflets in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Artemenko’s phone allegedly contained correspondence with a representative of ATESH, but the prosecution was unable to provide an expert examination of the correspondence at the trial. As evidence for the leaflet-posting charge, the prosecution relied on a video recording which, according to Department One, cannot be used to identify the person or confirm that the leaflet was posted. The intent to possess explosives was not proven in the case.\n\nDepartment One also notes that, according to the case materials, the words “Glory to Ukraine” and a Ukrainian trident were found on the door at the basement of the apartment building where Artemenko lived. The wife of the defendant stated that the inscription was very recent. She tried to get an expert examination, but it was refused. The case includes a testimony from the apartment building manager who stated that only Artemenko and his wife had access to the basement. Department One claims that she later admitted that, before giving her testimony, she had taken the keys to the basement from another apartment. Artemenko’s family claims that the keys had always been kept by their neighbour.\n\nOn 27 June 2025, Artemenko was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":618,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["private correspondence"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 222.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["222.1","205.2","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 222.1","Part 2, Article 205.2","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Gennadii Artemenko’s case of treason, public justification of terrorism and possession of explosives","case_number":"1-199/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he stored gunpowder at home, pasted leaflets and took photographs of military facilities in the interests of the ATESH movement.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2023 to 22.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.06.2025, Sentence: 18 years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime colony, a fine of 350,000 rubles, 1 year of restriction of freedom, a 2-year ban on administering websites","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime colony, a fine of 350,000 rubles, 1 year of restriction of freedom, a 2-year ban on administering websites","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2025-06-27T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-27T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recDkp3vWDOoRi9Wq"},{"persecution_id":"recSnAHnV4PSBKbU7","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"rec131leEAC0ssJas","name_en":"Kadyrov Osman","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Crimea. Formerly the head of the village of Yarkoe Pole. On January 19, 2023, he was detained and placed under house arrest on charges of participating in the activities of an illegal armed group: according to the investigation, Kadyrov participated in the activities of the Crimean Tatar volunteer battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhihan, namely, he provided other participants with food. On June 1, 2023, Kadyrov was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony. On August 17, 2023, the court of appeals increased the sentence to five years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons","Former officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":133,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Osman Kadyrov`s case of involvement in the activities of the illegal armed formation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"on the grounds of political enmity towards the Russian Federation and the fact of the Republic of Crimea becoming a part of it, he voluntarily arrived at the camp of the illegal armed formation \"Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan\" located near the Chongar settlement of Ukraine\". There, \"carrying out the transfer of food to the members of the illegal armed formation, voluntarily joined its composition, which had a military organisation, and armed its members with various types of firearms and other weapons. After that, from January 2016 to May 2022, he took an active part in its activities, performed functional duties to ensure the activities of the members of the said APF, providing its members with various foodstuffs\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 19.01.2023 to 20.01.2023\n• house arrest: from 20.01.2023 to 01.06.2023\n• in custody: from 01.06.2023 to 17.08.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.08.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.06.2023, Sentence: 2 years` of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years` of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":36,"first_verdict_date":"2023-06-01T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-06-01T08:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kadyrov-osman-refatovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recSnAHnV4PSBKbU7"},{"persecution_id":"recno9MZ3fo5CIkSO","last_updated":"2026-04-09T08:27:38.000Z","person_id":"recNAdNXB1tHY6GTM","name_en":"Vasilii Zharkov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att7C7RDFKIiglmfG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att7C7RDFKIiglmfG.jpg"],"birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Liubertsy (Moscow region). On the night of November 8, 2023, according to the investigation, he tried to set fire to a television mast, but was stopped by the police. He managed to avoid detention but a few days later, he was detained on the territory of a military unit. During a search, eight Molotov cocktails were found in his possession. Zharkov was taken into custody on charges of high treason, participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and preparation for sabotage. On December 16, 2024 Zharkov was sentenced to 19 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":411,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.5","281"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 281"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vasilii Zharkov's case of high treason, participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and preparations for sabotage","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in October 2023 he filled out a form on the website of the Freedom of Russia Legion to get instructions for moving to Europe, in November 2023 he explored the area around the town  Ozyory, taking photos of a television communication mast and approaches to it. On the night of 8 November, he attempted to set fire to the mast but was stopped by police officers, whom he convinced that he had lost his way. A few days later, he entered the territory of the military unit to reconnoitre and destroy a warehouse with artillery ammunition, but was apprehended by a guard.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.11.2023 to 19.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.12.2024, Sentence: 19 years' imprisonment in strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"19 years' imprisonment in strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":228,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-16T16:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-16T16:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zharkov-vasilij\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recno9MZ3fo5CIkSO"},{"persecution_id":"recqmcsuPARf4IDOM","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recfQXhXqsjAbWNIN","name_en":"Stanislav Lisovskii ","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnodar region. On December 2, 2023, he was arrested at a bus station. The following day, he was detained under an administrative charge of disobeying lawful orders of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). After serving his sentence, on December 16, he was detained again under an administrative charge of petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). On December 27, 2023, Lisovskii was taken into custody on charges of preparing to commit treason and participating in the activities of a terrorist organization. According to investigators, he intended to join the “Freedom of Russia” Legion. The court considered the following as evidence: a purchased ticket, Telegram correspondence with an unknown person claiming to be a representative of the Legion, and testimonies from fellow servicemen stating that Lisovskii spoke out against the war and said he would soon be starting a new job. On May 20, 2024, he was sentenced to 7 years in a strict-regime penal colony.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":170,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Stanislav Lisovskii's case of preparation for treason and participation in activities of a terrorist organisation ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from the 2nd to the 16th of November, 2023, in the village of Yuzhny, Dinsky district, Krasnodar region, Lisovskii, being dissatisfied with the decision of the President of the Russian Federation to conduct a special military operation in order to participate in hostilities against the Russian Federation on the side of Ukraine as part of the Ukrainian paramilitary association \"Legion of Freedom of Russia\" (hereinafter - \"LSR\"), recognised as a terrorist organisation by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 16 March 2023, No. ACPI23-101C, using a mobile phone and an instant messaging application, purchased a ticket for a bus on the route \"Krasnodar-Donetsk\" on the Internet on 16 November 2023. On 16 November 2023, in the village of Yuzhny, Dinsky district, Krasnodar region, acting with the same purpose, he purchased a ticket on the Internet for a bus on the Krasnodar-Donetsk route for 20:10 on 2 December 2023, but upon arrival at the Krasnodar-1 bus station on that date, his unlawful actions were stopped by officers of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (hereinafter, the FSB of Russia), and therefore his crimes were not completed due to circumstances beyond his control.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.12.2023 to 13.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 02.12.2023 to 16.12.2023\n• administrative detention: from 16.12.2023 to 27.12.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.06.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.05.2024, Sentence: 7 years of imprisonment, of which the first 2 years are in prison, the rest is in a maximum strict-regime penal colony, 1 year of restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years of imprisonment, of which the first 2 years are in prison, the rest is in a maximum strict-regime penal colony, 1 year of restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-20T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-20T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/lisovskij-stanislav-ivanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recqmcsuPARf4IDOM"},{"persecution_id":"recRDR7NeOytj7n4W","last_updated":"2026-04-14T13:52:15.000Z","person_id":"rece4GkFqyShltsxA","name_en":"Olga Cherniavskaia","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine. Worked as a store manager until February 2022. Mother of a serviceman of the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine). On May 25, 2023, she was taken into custody in an espionage case. Human rights activists report that when Cherniavskaia was transferred to a cell after interrogations, she had signs of torture all over her body - hematomas and burns, bleeding that did not stop for several months. They believe that she confessed under torture. For more than a year her relatives knew nothing about her whereabouts. A criminal case on espionage was opened only in August 2024. On December 12, 2024, Chernyavskaya was sentenced to 13 years.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":566,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":80,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 276 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["276"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 276"],"case_name_en":"Olga Cherniavskaia's case of espionage","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody:  to 06.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 28 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.05.2025 to 01.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Mordovia\"\n• Unknown:  to 11.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 28 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 28 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 28 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.12.2024, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-11T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-11T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-04-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/chernyavskaya-olga-viktorovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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In this position, he was in charge of interaction with cultural organisations.\n\nOn 4 October 2023, law enforcers came to Alakaev's flat in Ekaterinburg. They searched the flat and confiscated equipment, notebooks, books and documents as part of the criminal investigation \"Inspection of premises, buildings, structures, terrain and vehicles\". According to eyewitnesses, the law enforcers beat the officer and took him away. Since then, he has been kept in the military commandant's office in Ekaterinburg in the status of a \"secondee\" under 24-hour guard of a convoy without charges and without a court decision to take him into custody.\n\nOn 8 November 2023, a criminal case on illegal receipt and dissemination of information constituting state secrets was initiated because Alakayev sent his mother and an acquaintance, the priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Konstantin Mironov, a document on the death of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023. According to Alakayev, his acquaintance died there and he wanted to share his feelings with his loved ones. On the same day, 8 November, the officer was officially detained. The next day, the court took him into custody.\n\nOn 12 March 2024, Alakaev was also accused of treason because of his correspondence with the same priest. The law enforcers claimed that Mironov was cooperating with the SBU and Alakaev was passing him secret information about the course of the war in Ukraine.\n\nThe officer initially admitted guilt, but then changed his testimony and began to deny guilt. He insists that the persecution is related to his anti-war stance. Alakaev openly spoke out against the invasion of Ukraine. In his correspondence with the priest, he also criticised the Russian authorities because of the war.\n\nOn 24 June 2025, the court sentenced Alakaev to 18 years in prison. He is to spend the first five years in prison and the remaining term in a strict-regime penal colony.\n\n\"Memorial\" recognised the officer as a political prisoner.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":629,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 283.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","283.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275","Part 2, Article 283.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yevgeny Alakayev's case of treason and dissemination of information constituting a state secret","case_number":"2-85/2025 ","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.11.2023, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast ","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.06.2025, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment, with the first five years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment, with the first five years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-24T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-24T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/alakaev-evgenij-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recUmzG7eUmHWZogn"},{"persecution_id":"recMIp1e7ZiAlaxEY","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:14:04.000Z","person_id":"reclgaw0XWyhMoztz","name_en":"Ilia Zabolotskii","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atttvFPWBLvB7VCJc.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atttvFPWBLvB7VCJc.jpg"],"birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Novoaltaysk (Altai Krai). In December 2023, he was detained at the Verkhny Lars checkpoint in North Ossetia when he was trying to cross the border with Georgia. He was arrested for 15 days under the administrative article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). It was only in April 2024 that the North Ossetian FSB Directorate released a report about an unnamed 20-year-old young man detained in December who intended to travel to Ukraine to take part in hostilities against Russia. At the time Zabolotskii was in custody on charges of preparing to commit high treason. On 28 October 2024, he was sentenced to five years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":332,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Ilia Zabolotskii's case of preparation for high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being an opponent of the special military operation (SMO), he decided to leave for the territory of Ukraine to participate in hostilities against the RF Armed Forces\". \"According to the developed secret route of entry into the territory of Ukraine through Georgia, he arrived in Vladikavkaz for further travel to the neighbouring territory, but could not bring his criminal intent to the end, as he was detained by the FSB officers\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 26.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.11.2024\n• administrative detention: from 01.12.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.10.2024, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-28T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-28T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 02-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zabolotskij-ilya-vitalevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recMIp1e7ZiAlaxEY"},{"persecution_id":"rec6xxzimOgffWkF5","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recH1f3kqGXLTX11Y","name_en":"Eduard Asanov","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Crimea. Supposedly, in January 2016, he left for the mainland of Ukraine. Returned to Crimea in 2018. Apparently, he was detained in September 2023. At the same time, in January 2022, Asanov was sentenced to 200 hours of corrective labor in a case of intentional infliction of minor harm to health, the details are unknown. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an illegal armed group in connection with his involvement in the Crimean Tatar volunteer battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan: according to the investigation, Asanov was a cook there and carried out searches when crossing the border between Russia and Ukraine. Asanov claimed that he worked as a cook on the coast of the Azov Sea and was not involved with the battalion. On 22 July 2024, he was sentenced to eight and a half years in a strict regime colony. On 15 October 2024, the court of appeal upheld the sentence, excluding the testimony of the FSB officer in part of his retelling of Asanov's testimony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":320,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Eduard Asanov's case on participation in the activities of an illegal armed group","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he left Crimea for the mainland of Ukraine in January 2016 and there joined an armed formation, the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion, which is not stipulated by the Ukrainian legislation. Despite the fact that he returned to Crimea in 2018, he did not cease to be a member of the Battalion, as he did not declare his withdrawal from the illegal armed formation. He was a cook in the Battalion, in addition, he carried out vehicle inspections at checkpoints and sometimes went on guard duty with weapons to protect the Battalion's territory.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2023 to 15.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.10.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.07.2024, Sentence: 8 years 6 months' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 6 months' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-22T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-22T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/asanov-eduard-ajdyrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec6xxzimOgffWkF5"},{"persecution_id":"rec6Ov6bMlT1jRCVr","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recD3Ap7vWRFD2fZ2","name_en":"Evgenii Bondarenko","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tula, Bondarenko worked as a machine operator at a design bureau. He was detained on 15 March 2023. Initially, he was charged with undergoing training for the purpose of engaging in terrorist activity. According to the investigation, Bondarenko, along with his friend Nikita Tarasov and several unidentified individuals, had allegedly been preparing to overthrow the government due to their opposition to the war.\n\nBondarenko was taken into custody, while Tarasov’s case was later separated into a separate legal proceeding. According to the project Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial, it is believed that Tarasov gave testimony against Bondarenko.\n\nThe charges against Bondarenko were later reclassified as attempted treason, attempted participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, and involvement in such activities. Investigators now allege that he planned to fight alongside the Azov Battalion and attempted to recruit Tarasov to join as well.\n\nOn 27 March 2024, Bondarenko was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tula"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2023-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":378,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Evgenii Bondarenko and Nikita Tarasov"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Bondarenko's case\n","case_number":"1-57/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between 10 September 2022 and 15 March 2023, Bondarenko, who reportedly espoused right-wing radical views and supported the foreign organisation Azov — whose activities, according to Russian authorities, are aimed against the security of the Russian Federation — attempted to leave Russia for Ukraine. His alleged purpose was to join the armed forces of a foreign state directly opposing the Russian Federation, and to take part in military actions involving weapons and equipment.\n\nFrom 20 September 2022 to 15 March 2023, Bondarenko, described as an opponent of the Russian President’s decision to launch the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, allegedly sought to join the Ukrainian paramilitary nationalist group \"Azov\", which is classified as a terrorist organisation under Russian law. The authorities claim he intended to participate in combat on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) against Russian forces.\n\nHe also allegedly tried to persuade his acquaintance, Nikita Tarasov, to join him. According to Tarasov, Bondarenko claimed that after the beginning of the SMO, he had received an invitation to volunteer with the Azov battalion, which was based in Poland at the time. Bondarenko reportedly told Tarasov that he planned to visit relatives in Ukraine and then join Azov, whose ideology he supported. To prepare, Bondarenko had trained at shooting ranges in 2022. He is said to have encouraged Tarasov to come with him, citing his own weapons handling experience, marksmanship, and good physical fitness. Tarasov claims he declined the offer.\n\nAccording to Tarasov, in early May 2022, Bondarenko travelled to Poland with the intention of joining Azov, but was unable to cross the border into Ukraine. Fearing prosecution by Russian law enforcement upon his return, Bondarenko allegedly took photographs of Polish landmarks to support a cover story about visiting the country for tourism. He reportedly told Tarasov that he had taken military gear with him but decided not to bring it back to Russia, as it could attract unwanted attention from the authorities.\n\nIn the second half of May 2022, Bondarenko allegedly told Tarasov that he had made contact with Russian citizens fighting for the AFU and asked them for help in entering Ukraine to take part in the conflict. Although they were unable to assist him directly, they reportedly recorded a video featuring a man who identified himself as a veteran of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) and a member of Azov. The man vouched for Bondarenko and requested help in facilitating his entry into Ukraine. Bondarenko is said to have shown this video to border guards, but was still denied entry.\n\nIn a conversation in December 2022, Bondarenko allegedly told Tarasov that he was planning another attempt to leave Russia and join the AFU. He claimed to have an acquaintance with ties to Azov’s leadership and once again invited Tarasov to join him, but Tarasov reportedly refused.\n\nOn 12 January 2023, Bondarenko travelled to Georgia in a renewed attempt to reach Ukraine. However, his contact, who was said to know a route into Ukraine, was detained. Bondarenko returned to Russia on 23 January to search for another way to cross the border. He reportedly found a representative of Azov via Telegram and began corresponding with him. However, on 15 March 2023, Bondarenko was detained by Russian authorities.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.03.2023 to 17.03.2023\n• in custody: from 17.03.2023 to 02.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tula Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tula Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2024, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 500,000 rubles and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 500,000 rubles and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-27T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-27T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/bondarenko-evgenij-vyacheslavovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec6Ov6bMlT1jRCVr"},{"persecution_id":"recuW0qDKK7uEd8F7","last_updated":"2026-04-07T13:20:24.000Z","person_id":"rec2WAmF7po8ypOFJ","name_en":"Aleksandr Kharlamov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Moscow region. On 23 November 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of confidential cooperation with foreigners. On 24 April 2025, Kharlamov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":539,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Kharlamov's case on confidential cooperation with foreigners","case_number":"2-67/2025 (2-173/2024;)","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.11.2023 to 23.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.10.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Yaroslavl region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.04.2025, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-23T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-23T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/harlamov-aleksandr-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recuW0qDKK7uEd8F7"},{"persecution_id":"recgPwDHmmSjaOH3w","last_updated":"2025-08-05T07:48:03.000Z","person_id":"recqNmDqxMYbSZdnf","name_en":"Maksim Kharitonov","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kurgan Region. He was taken into custody on charges of confidential cooperation with a foreign organisation. According to the investigation, he corresponded with a banned Ukrainian organisation and received \"instructions from it to carry out sabotage and subversive work on the Russian territory\". On 16 November 2023, Kharitonov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":319,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Kharitonov's case on confidential cooperation with a foreign organisation","case_number":"2-19/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2023, \"on a confidential basis, he established contact with representatives of a foreign organisation and agreed to participate in its activities against the security of the Russian Federation, after which he received a number of tasks. Instructions were sent to the defendant's email address to carry out sabotage and subversive work on the territory of Russia: dissemination of pro-Ukrainian propaganda materials, collection and transfer of information about the location of units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, FSB, Rosgvardia, border troops, military units and military recruitment centres\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 07.12.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.12.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.11.2023, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2023-11-16T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-11-16T07:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/haritonov-maksim-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recgPwDHmmSjaOH3w"},{"persecution_id":"reccH50Yw2OqgCMSO","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:05:43.000Z","person_id":"recEe9y40RUslwg7g","name_en":"Dmitrii Osiagin","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kazan. On 18 June 2025, the court sentenced him to 15 years in a strict regime colony for the case of terrorist act and calls to extremism and terrorism. The charge of terrorism is related to the arson attack on the window of the premises of the magistrates' court of the Privolzhsky district of Kazan in February 2023. The court considered that Osyagin did it on the instructions of an \"unidentified person\" as a sign of disagreement with the war in Ukraine. Calls to extremism and terrorism were imputed to him because of his comments, which, according to the court, called for violence against representatives of state bodies, as well as Vladimir Putin.\n\nThe court named Osyagin as an opponent of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and a member of the anarchist association Combat Organisation of Anarcho-Communists.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":899,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":128,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Osyagin's case of terrorist attack and calls to extremism and terrorism","case_number":"2-47/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The court found that, being an opponent of the Russian Federation's special military operation to demilitarise and denazify Ukraine during the period of partial mobilisation announced by Presidential Decree No. 647 of 21 September 2022, and being a member of the networked international anarchist association Combat Organisation of Anarcho-Communists (hereinafter - BOAC), the convicted person, while at his place of residence in the city of. Using a mobile phone in Kazan, the convicted person posted 17 text materials inciting violent acts against representatives of State authorities in the Russian Federation, including all State officials and the current President of the Russian Federation.\n\nHe also posted in various public channels of the instant messaging system accessible for viewing by an unlimited number of persons 27 text materials, the totality of which, united by common themes, consistency and consistency of theses and assessments, is aimed in the interests of BOAC, as well as at forming in other users of this social network the idea that terrorist activity is permissible.\n\nExpressing his disagreement with the actions of the government of the Russian Federation and its statesmen, as well as condemnation of the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the zone of the special military operation, being in Kazan, received in messenger from an unidentified person a task to destroy, for a monetary reward, the building of a government body of the Russian Federation in order to destabilise its activities and influence the decision-making on the termination of the special military operation, with the subsequent fixation by video shooting on the\n\nIn fulfilment of his criminal intent, he set fire to the premises of the Kazan judicial precincts located on the ground floor of a residential apartment building.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.06.2025, Sentence: 15 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony and a four-year ban on administering websites and channels online.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony and a four-year ban on administering websites and channels online.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-18T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-18T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccH50Yw2OqgCMSO"},{"persecution_id":"rec75tGSY1FddZ0XG","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recaVNLLhUULC7ZEI","name_en":"Anton Khripko","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Moscow Oblast. According to his close associates, in 2021 he and his friends met Aleksandr Nemchikov, who presented himself as a special forces veteran. Case materials indicate that Nemchikov was an FSB informant and had been embedded in Khripko’s circle of friends as early as December 2021, even though, according to the investigation, Khripko’s alleged criminal activity only began after the start of the \"special military operation\". Following the introduction, Nemchikov, according to the support group for Khripko and others being prosecuted, systematically provoked discussions of dangerous topics: suggesting they find sponsors in Ukraine, discussing possible terrorist attacks, and criticising the authorities. He recorded all conversations. Although his friends often disagreed with him, they did not openly object, out of respect for him as a \"veteran\".\n\nThe support group also claims that Nemchikov encouraged Khripko and others to practice throwing Molotov cocktails in an abandoned, detached building. These activities were also recorded on devices provided to him by the FSB.\n\nLater, participation in these meetings was classified as training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities, with the investigation asserting that Nemchikov was recruited into Khripko’s group as a person with combat experience.\n\nThe support group claims that the \"veteran\" spent months persuading Khripko to set fire to vehicles containing medical oxygen at a military base in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast. On 8 May 2023, the young man, having succumbed to these pressures, went to the site with the informant, where he was immediately detained. Khripko was charged with organising the activities of a terrorist community, organising training for terrorist activities, and involving a minor in criminal activity. According to the support group, during the investigation he was threatened with a case against his parents if he refused to plead guilty.\n\nIn addition, a separate case was opened against Khripko for high treason and sabotage in connection with the arson of an integrated transformer substation on the railway in Balashikha.\n\nOn 29 July 2025, he was sentenced in the first case to 19 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","281"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275","Part 2, Article 281"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of terrorist community in Moscow region"],"case_name_en":"The case of the arson of a complete transformer substation in Balashikha","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he set fire to an integrated transformer substation on the railway in Balashikha near Moscow.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec75tGSY1FddZ0XG"},{"persecution_id":"rec6LknjjUrIPcxDT","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recLTpUGSIW1qKx65","name_en":"Ivan Silin","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-01-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Moscow region, Silin was targeted in an operation involving an alleged FSB informant. According to his family, in 2021, Silin and his friends met an individual posing as a special forces veteran who was later revealed to be an informant. This individual systematically provoked discussions on sensitive topics, such as seeking sponsors in Ukraine, planning terrorist attacks, and criticising the authorities, while secretly recording all conversations. Although Silin and his friends often disagreed with him, they reportedly did not openly object due to their respect for his supposed military background.\n\nThe support group for the defendants claims the informant encouraged them to practice throwing Molotov cocktails in an abandoned building, recording these actions on FSB-issued devices. He also reportedly showed them a handgun—claiming it was a trophy from Ukraine—and offered to teach them handling techniques, citing his past service in the 604th Special Purpose Centre \"Vityaz.\" The defendants allegedly practised these techniques using air pistols. These meetings were later legally qualified as \"undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities.\"\n\nBy December 2022, most of the individuals involved had reportedly ceased contact with the informant. However, in May 2023, Silin was detained on suspicion of preparing to bomb a military unit in Balashikha and was remanded in a pre-trial detention centre. He was charged with participation in a terrorist community and undergoing terrorist training. At the time of the alleged plot, Silin was not present at the military unit and had not communicated with the other defendants for approximately six months. His support group also noted that his mother had been subjected to months of surveillance by unidentified vehicles.\n\nAdditionally, a separate case was initiated against Silin for \"complicity in sabotage.\" The prosecution alleges he discussed plans to set fire to a railway transformer substation in Balashikha with Anton Khripko, the suspected leader of the group. 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In June 2023, he was detained and remanded to custody on 27 June. A case of confidential cooperation with foreigners was opened against him: according to the investigation, together with a fellow countryman, he collected and transmitted data on the movement of Russian military equipment to the SBU. 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On 1 December 2023, the man was sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_ended":"2025-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":334,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of a resident of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on calls for extremism","case_number":"1-917/2023","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 20.12.2023 to 19.06.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-01T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGmf4SZgmcV675R"},{"persecution_id":"rec6qwejDpt43Cnc0","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recyVb29gCy4wggah","name_en":"Arsen Ablaev","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Melitopol (Zaporozhye Region of Ukraine). Entrepreneur. He had a disabled brother, two children and an elderly father as a dependent. Presumably, on 24 February 2023, he was detained and taken to Simferopol, where on 25 February he was arrested for 10 days under the administrative article on disobeying a lawful order of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 6 March, Ablaev was placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of an illegal armed formation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan. On 26 September 2025, he was sentenced to 4 years and 5 months' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":236,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Arsen Ablaev' case of participation in the activities of an illegal armed formation","case_number":"1-266/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being a resident of Melitopol and a citizen of Ukraine, in January 2016 he decided to join the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion, an illegal armed formation operating on the border formed after 2014 between Crimea and mainland Ukraine. Noman Chelebidzhikhan - an illegal armed formation operating on the border formed after 2014 between Crimea and mainland Ukraine. According to the conclusions of the court, Ablaev, \"being provided with firearms, <...> took an active part in its activities, performed functional duties to ensure the activities of the said formation, related to the maintenance of subsistence farming in the locations of the IAF ( illegal armed formation), providing its members with various food and uniforms, guarding the facilities of the IAF ( illegal armed formation), checking persons and vehicles at checkpoints on the State border between Ukraine and the Republic of Crimea of the Russian Federation\". In autumn 2017, he left the location of the Battalion, but \"did not apply to the law enforcement authorities of the Russian Federation with a statement\" about the termination of his participation in the illegal armed formation, \"thus continuing his criminal activity of participation in it\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.03.2023 to 12.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 25.02.2023 to 06.03.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.10.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.09.2023, Sentence: 4 years 5 months' imprisonment, of which the first year in prison and the rest in a strict-regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 5 months' imprisonment, of which the first year in prison and the rest in a strict-regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":29,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-25T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-25T12:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ablaev-arsen-sejtasanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec6qwejDpt43Cnc0"},{"persecution_id":"rec4bd2EgiX4hJ6pa","last_updated":"2025-12-09T09:36:13.000Z","person_id":"recD310vrItwTshXZ","name_en":"Unknown person 86","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"In Vladivostok, a case was initiated against a group of people concerning the activities of an extremist organization due to their involvement with the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist legislation solely for engaging in religious activities, such as holding meetings, conducting worship services, and recruiting new followers. In June 2025, the case was submitted to the court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2023-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","case_number":"1-270/2025","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4bd2EgiX4hJ6pa"},{"persecution_id":"recdR2ZqosPFBex21","last_updated":"2025-12-09T09:36:10.000Z","person_id":"rec63qfxT97gbhP35","name_en":"Anatoly Baranov","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Vladivostok resident. In December 2023, his place was searched. On 23 March 2025, he was questioned as a suspect in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and recruiting new supporters. Baranov has signed a recognisance not to leave. In April 2025, he was also accused of financing extremist activities.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","case_number":"1-270/2025","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdR2ZqosPFBex21"},{"persecution_id":"recNA78d4Kw8StE0p","last_updated":"2025-12-09T09:36:13.000Z","person_id":"rec7IMk04Ya8gnSn4","name_en":"Kirill Krymsky","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladivostok. On December 7, 2023, his house was searched and he was subjected to violence. The next day, doctors recorded a chest contusion and a closed abdominal injury. In April 2025, Krymsky was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and financing extremist activities in connection with his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities – holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. Krymsky was released under recognizance not to abscond.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok"],"case_name_en":"The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","case_number":"1-270/2025","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNA78d4Kw8StE0p"},{"persecution_id":"rec7ZDFhEjvJmJvdN","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:35:47.000Z","person_id":"reczwQLPw1TctMNSi","name_en":"Pyotr Kolistratov","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Bryansk region. In April 2023 he was detained by border guards. At that time it was reported that he had illegally crossed the border and had also previously set fire to a military recruitment centre in Novoshakhtinsk (Rostov region). He was placed in custody on charges of attempted illegal border crossing. Later he was also charged with attempted treason – according to the investigation, he was going to fight in the ranks of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\". On 11 January 2024 Kolistratov was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":272,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 322","Part 3, Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Pyotr Kolistratov's case of attempted treason","case_number":"2-4/2024 (2-20/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"[Kolistratov] decided to switch to the enemy's side and join one of the radical nationalist armed formations of Ukraine in order to participate in military operations against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. For this purpose, Kolistratov entered into correspondence with Ukrainian recruiters and developed a route to cross the State border, according to which he arrived in Bryansk, where he bought an inflatable boat to cross the water barrier, and then  in Starodubsky district of Bryansk region, where he travelled on foot towards the State border of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2023 to 09.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.02.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.01.2024, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-11T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-11T14:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-09-2024\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kolistratov-pyotr-andreevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7ZDFhEjvJmJvdN"},{"persecution_id":"rec9IFpm2NyA3uFW6","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"recMhDFrmK0w4ycXe","name_en":"Alexander Grigoriev","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Moscow region, a pastry chef by training. Was charged with confidential cooperation with foreigners. Presumably, on 12 November 2023, he was detained and placed in custody the next day. On 27 January 2025, Grigoriev was sentenced to imprisonment, the term is unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast","Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":442,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Grigoriev's case of confidential cooperation with foreigners","case_number":"2-70/2025 (2-176/2024;)","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.11.2023 to 13.11.2023\n• in custody: from 13.11.2023 to 18.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.01.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (details unknown)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-10-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/grigorev-aleksandr-evgenevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec9IFpm2NyA3uFW6"},{"persecution_id":"rece0UmrAHrHBrdBz","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"recOCanBqRrKxmHFP","name_en":"Igor Sanjiev","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kalmykia. In September 2022, Sandzhiev was mobilized into the Russian army on the very same day he went to the military enlistment office to verify his personal data. At the military unit, his passport was confiscated, and his request to be transferred to alternative civilian service was denied. In January 2023, Sanjiev fled to Belarus, from where he was expelled and then detained in Moscow before being sent to the military commandant's office in Volgograd. In March, Sanjiev illegally crossed the border into Kazakhstan, where he applied for refugee status.\n\nUnder the article on illegal border crossing, a local Kazakh court sentenced Sandzhiev to six months of suspended imprisonment and ordered his deportation to Russia for five years, citing the rejection of his asylum request as well as his lack of relatives, employment, and permanent residence. On May 25, 2023, the West Kazakhstan Regional Court rejected his appeal.\n\nIn Russia, the investigation was resumed in an old case against Sandzhiev concerning battery. Allegedly, he was identified by a man who had been pushed on a street in Elista. In addition, in April 2023, a new case was opened against him for unauthorized abandonment of a military unit.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 5,  Article 337 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["337"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 5, Article 337"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The Igor Sandzhiev's case of unauthorized abandonment of a military unit","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rece0UmrAHrHBrdBz"},{"persecution_id":"rec9U5lLQWCGGP9xn","last_updated":"2026-01-21T07:51:34.000Z","person_id":"receyKhRGQbUavP1j","name_en":"Aleksandr Vechirko","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Khabarovsk Krai. He is originally from Ukraine, where his daughter lives. The programmer Sergei Irin, who was in the same pre-trial detention centre with him and was convicted on charges of high treason, said that Vechirko's daughter was almost killed in a bombing in Vinnytsia. He was detained in May 2023 on charges of high treason. According to Irin, Vechirko's phone was tapped and his words to his daughter that the money he transferred to her after the bombing should be \"sent to something useful\" were interpreted by the investigation as an instruction to send the money to the needs of the AFU. On 10 March 2025, Vechirko was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":679,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":97,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Vechirko's case of treason","case_number":"2-6/2025 (2-44/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being an \"opponent of the special military operation\", in the summer and autumn of 2022, he transferred money to a close relative living in Ukraine, which she sent to a fund that made purchases for the Armed Forces of Ukraine: \"using cryptocurrency instruments, he made transfers of personal funds through third parties residing in Ukraine to the account of a foreign charity fund for the purchase of unmanned aerial vehicles, thermal imaging sights, ammunition and medical uniforms for the AFU.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2023 to 04.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.06.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Bashkortostan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2025, Sentence: 13 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty, a fine of 300,000 roubles (US$ 3756)","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty, a fine of 300,000 roubles (US$ 3756)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T08:44:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T08:44:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 02-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/vechirko-aleksandr-anatolevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec9U5lLQWCGGP9xn"},{"persecution_id":"recsRSxebRBUmTM8B","last_updated":"2026-03-14T14:19:20.000Z","person_id":"recrpL89QTH2MqHPJ","name_en":"Dmitrii Prokhorenko","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bryansk region, an engineer at Rostelecom service centre. He was detained on 23 January 2023 and arrested the next day for 10 days under the administrative article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On the same day in the Mash Telegram channel reported the detention of a man who tried to commit arson of a relay cabinet. On 26 January, the same Telegram channel reported the search of the suspect's house, and on 27 January, Prokhorenko was placed in custody on charges of sabotage in connection with the arson of the relay cabinet on the instructions of the Security Service of Ukraine. Later, he was also accused of treason: according to the investigation, he sent information about the location and activities of the military in the Bryansk region to representatives of Freedom of Russia Legion. On 30 January 2024, Prokhorenko was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":372,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["281","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 281","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Prokhorenko's case of diversion and high treason","case_number":"2-6/2024 (2-22/2023;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in October 2022, \"being an active opponent of the special military operation conducted by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine, being in the town of Surazh, Bryansk region, made a decision to assist representatives of a foreign organisation - the Ukrainian armed formation of foreign mercenaries Freedom of Russia Legion in activities against the security of the Russian Federation\". For this reason, \"being an employee of the Service Centre in the town of Unecha of the Bryansk and Orel branch of Rostelecom as a service engineer to perform installation works for the connection of telephone, internet and television, on December 14, 2022 he arrived at the administrative building, where since December 8, 2022, units of military personnel of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation were stationed\". There he had \"a criminal intent to collect information about the composition and nature of the activities of the military unit stationed there and the subsequent transfer of the collected information to the Freedom of Russia Legion for the purpose of causing damage to the security of the Russian Federation.\" \"Observing conspiracy measures, he reliably determined the geographical coordinates of the facility, found out the approximate number of servicemen stationed there, drew up a detailed scheme of the floor-by-floor layout of the premises (headquarters, sleeping quarters), studied patrol routes, and took photographs of the building and the servicemen stationed there. In addition, from the service assignment he found out the personal data of the serviceman for whom the order had been placed and the technical characteristics of the communication equipment used by the unit\". Upon returning home, he wrote to the Freedom of Russia Legion's email address that he had information that he was willing to voluntarily hand over to Legion. On 19 December 2022, he received a reply \"about the interest in this information\" and sent the information to Legion on the same day. Thereafter, he sent other information he had collected on the location and activities of the military in the Bryansk region through this channel of communication until 19 January 2023, partly proactively and partly \"on the instructions of unidentified persons\". Among other things, on 24 and 26 December 2022, he sent information about the use of a railway near his home to transport military equipment, personnel and military cargo to and from Belarus, as well as publicly available information on the Internet about the presence of a \"Russian air defence or communications unit\" in the suburbs of Surazh. On 14 January 2023, he sent information on the location of air defence assets in Klintsy with an attached plan diagram. This information could have been used in activities against the security of the Russian Federation.\n\nOn 26 December 2022, \"he agreed with the proposal of representatives of Freedom of Russia Legion to organise on the territory of the Surazhsky district of the Bryansk region the arson of a transport or economic infrastructure facility to undermine the economic security and defence capability of the Russian Federation, i.e. to commit sabotage\". No later than 19 January 2023, he \"found relay cabinet No. 1 of the signalling installation and type SCB, to commit arson of. He  photographed it and sent the photo by email to Freedom of Russia Legion for approval.\" \"Having expressed confirmation of the usefulness of the arson of such a transport infrastructure facility for the activities of Freedom of Russia  Legion, its representatives handed over instructions on the manufacture of a combustible mixture, safety measures for committing arson, and ways of evading responsibility for the act committed, which he studied.\" On the night of 22-23 January 2023, following the instructions given to him, he made a combustible mixture by mixing petrol and synthetic solid oil in a 4-litre plastic canister, put it in his backpack, dressed in black clothes and went to the cabinet. Using the pliers he had brought with him, he opened its door, doused the equipment in it with flammable liquid and placed the empty canister in the cupboard, then set fire to it with the hunting matches he had brought with him, after which he returned home. These actions \"led to the complete destruction of this transport infrastructure facility, which resulted in the restriction of the movement of railway trains at the Surazh station and the Surazh-Belynkovichi railway line\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.01.2023 to 06.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 23.01.2023 to 27.01.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.05.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kostroma Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2024, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 years and 6 months in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony, a fine of 150,000 roubles, and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 years and 6 months in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony, a fine of 150,000 roubles, and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-01-30T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-01-30T11:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/prohorenko-dmitrij-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recsRSxebRBUmTM8B"},{"persecution_id":"recHWPvvB696snA2i","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"rectceIuWIS6Kasgg","name_en":"Dmitri Seleznev","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Dmitri Seleznev is a resident of Barnaul. He worked as a construction labourer at a café, engaged in stock market investments, and was a member of the Altai Krai Chess Federation. On 22 June 2023, he was detained and taken into custody the following day. A criminal case was opened against him on charges of attempted terrorism and high treason. According to investigators, he added an insecticidal substance to the water at a field kitchen in order to poison mobilised servicemen.\n\nSeleznev himself maintains that the field kitchen was intended not for mobilised personnel but for emergency responders taking part in training exercises, and that he did not poison the water but merely staged a poisoning to impress acquaintances in Ukraine. At the same time, the FSB claims that as early as September 2022 it had information indicating that Seleznev “had for many years maintained contact with representatives of Ukrainian right-wing radical and nationalist communities”. His telephone communications were monitored, and FSB officers gained access to his electronic devices.\n\nOn 26 July 2024, he was sentenced to 20 years in a strict-regime penal colony. On 21 November 2024, the appellate court amended the sentence; further details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":400,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 3,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 275","Part 3, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitri Seleznev's case of attempted terrorism and high treason","case_number":"1-66/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, for many years he had maintained contact with representatives of Ukrainian right-wing radical and nationalist communities. It is alleged that he had long held a firm anti-Russian stance and, since 2014, had condemned the “reunification” of Crimea with Russia, the conduct of the so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine, and the partial mobilisation announced in the Russian Federation. Since February 2022, investigators claim, he had become even more active, publishing overtly anti-Russian materials on his social media page and leaving comments of an anti-Russian nature both on his own page and on the pages of other users.\n\nInvestigators further allege that no later than 1 October 2022 he established contact on the social network Odnoklassniki with Ukrainian nationals identified as S. and O., who, according to the investigation, were used by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in efforts to recruit Russian citizens to organise diversionary and terrorist acts on the territory of the Russian Federation. He allegedly continued communicating with them thereafter via the Telegram messenger.\n\nOn 5 October 2022, mistakenly believing that the field kitchen was intended for mobilised servicemen, he allegedly added the insecticidal substance “Forsythe Gel”, said to contain toxic and dangerous chemical compounds, to the water in one of the compartments of the field kitchen.\n\nInvestigators claim that, acting with the aim of assisting a foreign state in activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation, and intending to disrupt the functioning of state and local authorities, to instil fear for people’s lives and health and the safety of their loved ones, to inflict losses on personnel of the Russian Armed Forces, to undermine the preparation of individual servicemen and units as a whole for the performance of combat tasks, and thereby to weaken the level of protection of society and the state against external military threats, he created a real risk of harm to health of varying severity, as well as the death of two or more persons, with the aim of destabilising the activities of state authorities and influencing their decision-making regarding the termination of the “special military operation” in Ukraine.\n\nHe filmed his actions using his mobile phone. According to the investigation, the video shows a field kitchen with metal cooking tanks beside it; during the recording, which lasts several minutes, he periodically turns the camera on himself and on the kitchen. In the video, he states that he had been instructed to prepare the field kitchen to cook food for citizens mobilised into the Russian Armed Forces who were to take part in exercises, but that the management which had assigned him this task had “miscalculated”, as he intended to carry out an action “in support of Ukraine, to stop the war” by poisoning the water in the field kitchen. He then films himself adding what he describes as “poisonous pesticides” from a green syringe labelled “Forsythe Gel” into the opening of the field kitchen’s water tank, expressing the hope that at least “70 occupiers will end up in hospital”. The recording ends with the phrase: “Everything will be Ukraine!”\n\nInvestigators allege that he then threw the syringe into the yard and, on the same day, sent the video via Telegram to two acquaintances with the usernames “Sofia” and “Oksana Alexandrovna Vinnichenko”, who, according to the investigation, were located in Ukraine. He additionally explained in a message accompanying the video that he had poisoned the water in the field kitchen in order to help Ukraine and was expecting at least serious poisoning of mobilised servicemen. He also stated that he was not concerned about the possibility of later being “identified”, as food preparation for the mobilised had been entrusted to a private enterprise where he worked, and that, in his words, “everything has been plundered in the Russian state, there is no money for proper provision of the army, and none of the generals will publicise such an incident, otherwise their epaulettes would be torn off”.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.06.2023 to 23.06.2023\n• in custody: from 23.06.2023 to 21.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.11.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.07.2024, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment, of which the first 4 years are to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony, followed by 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment, of which the first 4 years are to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony, followed by 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-26T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-26T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 11-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/seleznyov-dmitrij-borisovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recHWPvvB696snA2i"},{"persecution_id":"recWrBR6npzwdWZ7M","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:50:13.000Z","person_id":"recdsMwjjrwLPsDae","name_en":"Victor Pokusin","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Novosibirsk region, a contract serviceman. On 30 September 2022, he was detained on charges of failure to report for military service. On 10 April 2023, he was sentenced to a year of probation. After Pokusin again failed to report for military service in June 2023, a case of desertion was opened against him. On 19 June he was detained and then taken into custody. On 12 September 2023, Pokusin was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. A case of confidential co-operation with foreigners was also brought against him: according to the investigation, he came into contact with representatives of the Russian Freedom Legion. On 13 August 2024, Pokusin was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony, taking into account his previous sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2023-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":85,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 338 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["338"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 338"],"case_name_en":"Viktor Pokusin's case of desertion","case_number":"1-66/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in order to evade military service altogether, he did not arrive for service in military unit No. by the deadline set by the service time regulations - 8 hours 30 minutes on 14 June 2023 and, using a hitchhiking vehicle, went to <address>. While in <address>, the defendant spent time at his own discretion, lived in different addresses, changed phones and SIM cards, and hid from the servicemen of military unit No. who were involved in the search for him.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2023 to 31.10.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.10.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Novosibirsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.09.2023, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2023-09-12T13:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-09-12T13:50:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/pokusin-viktor-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recWrBR6npzwdWZ7M"},{"persecution_id":"recapfW7k8d1KwUhP","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recFgylfbyvHiUbhP","name_en":"Sergei Ganin","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Nizhny Novgorod, fitter in a construction company. He was convicted on charges of theft and robbery. On 8 February 2023, he was detained on charges of participation in the activities of an illegal armed formation, namely the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps, a military unit of the Right Sector. According to the investigation, Ganin participated in the activities of the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps in 2014-2015. He was placed in custody. Ganin and his relatives claimed that he did not leave Russia during the specified time. On 21 January 2025, he was sentenced to nine years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2023-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":713,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":101,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Ganin's case of participating in an illegal armed formation","case_number":"1-28/2025 (1-164/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"crossed the state border between the Russian Federation and Ukraine and under unspecified circumstances on the territory of Ukraine joined the illegal armed formation \"Ukrainian Volunteer Corps\". In late May - June 2015, he received weapons and uniforms, and in June - early July 2015, he was located at sites of the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps, participated in an illegal armed formation operating on the territory of Ukraine and not provided for by the legislation of this state, which opposed the people's militia of the Donetsk People's Republic on the territory of this self-proclaimed state, with the aim of achieving through armed struggle the goals of the Ukrainian Corps that were contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2023 to 09.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 17 of the Kirov Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.01.2025, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-21T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-21T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ganin-sergej-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recapfW7k8d1KwUhP"},{"persecution_id":"recTZWoospT0rGUZH","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:41:57.000Z","person_id":"recSHiJieLIL4lYqa","name_en":"Sergei Loshakov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Surgut. On September 29, 2023 he was arrested for 15 days under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). It is stated in the police report that he refused to be checked for involvement in some extremist activities. At the end of the arrest term, on October 13, 2023, Loshakov was again detained and then arrested for the same period under the same article. According to the police report, he refused to be checked for involvement not only in extremist activities, but also in discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On October 28, he was arrested for the third time for 15 days under the same article. This time, it was alleged that he had received information about the theft of a GAZ car axle, he was taken to the car park to give explanations, but he resisted on arrival. Apparently, when his third arrest expired, Loshakov was taken into custody on a criminal case of treason in the form of providing financial assistance to a foreign state. On December 9, 2024, he was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Surgut"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":465,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Loshakov's case of treason","case_number":"2-17/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.11.2023 to 25.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 01.09.2023 to 01.10.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023 to 01.10.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2023 to 01.11.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.12.2024, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-09T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-09T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/loshakov-sergej\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recTZWoospT0rGUZH"},{"persecution_id":"recER3hdUirurUSve","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:04:59.000Z","person_id":"recgA7vA7HiLM28t2","name_en":"Ilia (Iona) Sigida","birth_year":1991,"age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Slavyansk-on-Kuban. Hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church. In October 2023, law enforcers came to the Russian Orthodox Church temple in which he served, they seized equipment and documents, used force against Sigida, after which he was detained and then fined one thousand rubles under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of a police officer. In November 2023, Sigida was fined 30 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the RF Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nOn 27 November 2025, law enforcers came to the temple again, they took donations from the cash register and confiscated documents, and Sigida was detained with the use of force. The next day he was placed under house arrest under the criminal article on the rehabilitation of Nazism. The Investigative Committee reported that the reason for the prosecution were articles from the website that Sigida administered. The investigators found criticism of Victory Day celebrations and \"desecration of symbols of military glory\".\n\nOn 17 April 2026, at the request of the investigator, the measure of restraint was changed to a ban on certain actions.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Hieromonk Iona's case of insulting the memory of the war","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between June 2020 and November 2025, the defendant, while in the town of Slavyansk-na-Kubani, published articles on a website he administered that were accessible to an unlimited audience. These articles criticised the celebration of Victory Day and desecrated symbols of Russia’s military glory. Law enforcement authorities identified the illegal activity, and he was detained by an investigator from the Investigative Committee.\n\nThe case was prompted by publications on the website \"eshatologia.org\". In November 2023, Sigida was fined 30,000 rubles (approximately US$400) under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of the posts on the same site.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.11.2025 to 28.11.2025\n• house arrest: from 28.11.2025 to 17.04.2026\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 17.04.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recER3hdUirurUSve"},{"persecution_id":"reco5FQlOHh33qPpd","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"reccQWPkJHJ0ENbHz","name_en":"Vasilii Pavlov","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Belgorod, a postgraduate student at the Journalism Department of Belgorod State University. On 8 December 2023, he was detained. According to the criminal case, before that he had placed leaflets of the Freedom of Russia Legion in the mailboxes of one of the houses in Belgorod. However, after searching Pavlov's apartment, he was detained as part of an administrative case. The report stated that he was found in a state of drug intoxication in the village of Dubovoye 15 kilometers from the city, but he refused to undergo a medical examination. On 9 December, the court arrested him for 12 days under Article 20.20 of the Code of Administrative Offences. Later, Pavlov told the court that he had been in the custody of the FSS officers since 8 December and had been subjected to torture and pressure. On 22 December 2023, he was remanded in custody on a criminal case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. His relatives said that there were visible signs of violence, bruises and abrasions on his face and hands. The project \"Political Prisoners Support. Memorial\" claims that the charge of high treason only appeared in the case in November 2024. The case went to court that same month. On 10 December 2024, Pavlov was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2023-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":368,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets","private correspondence"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vasilii Pavlov's case of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization and on treason","case_number":"1-247/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Pavlov, being an opponent of the SVO (special military operation), decided to join the Ukrainian paramilitary association The Freedom of Russia Legion, which is a terrorist organization. No later than 20 November 2023, for this purpose, Pavlov entered into correspondence in the messenger Telegram with its representative, an unidentified person with the account \"Myron S.\". In order to participate in the activities of the Freedom of Russia Legion, on the instructions of \"Miron S.\" Pavlov designed and produced leaflets \"propagandizing the activities of The Freedom of Russia Legion and urging to join this organization\". It is also known that they contained a QR code with a link to The Freedom of Russia Legion website. \"In the period from 30 October to 20 November 2023 he collected information about the location of an anti-aircraft missile division of one of the military units\", after which at 16:13 on 21 November 2023 he passed the collected information to \"Miron S.\". On 8 December 2023, he placed several leaflets in mailboxes, after which he was detained by the FSB officers.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.12.2023 to 15.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast\n• administrative detention: from 09.12.2023 to 21.12.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.12.2024, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-10T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-10T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/pavlov-vasilij-mihajlovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reco5FQlOHh33qPpd"},{"persecution_id":"recyePn0S7Bp0XEl3","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:27:45.000Z","person_id":"rechDIGc1dxJ7zQ1e","name_en":"Maxim Vasyuk","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Moscow region. He was detained on 23 November 2023, after which he was taken into custody on charges of attempted terrorism for attempting to set fire to a military recruitment office in Volokolamsk. The publication 360.ru claimed that after the failed arson attack he \"ran away into the forest and got lost, and when he came to the motorway, he caught a hitchhiker - a car of police officers\". On 29 October 2024, Vasyuk was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":341,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Maxim Vasyuk's case","case_number":"1-218/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation version, \"in November 2022, initiated contact with the administrator of a Telegram channel used by the Ukrainian side to collect intelligence information and coordinate subversive activities, expressing readiness for a monetary reward to carry out arson of one of the military recruitment centres in the Moscow region.\n\nOn 22 November 2023, after receiving instruction and purchasing components for the manufacture of Molotov cocktails, he drove to the town of Volokolamsk in the dark, where he threw several Molotov cocktails through the window of the local military commissariat building and fled the scene\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.11.2023 to 05.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.05.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.10.2024, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a high-security colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a high-security colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-29T16:10:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-29T16:10:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/vasyuk-maksim-eduardovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recyePn0S7Bp0XEl3"},{"persecution_id":"recj2pS9Sk7DlgDrW","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:27:45.000Z","person_id":"recElosH946vRoWD7","name_en":"Rosario Salvatore Aitala","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Italy"],"story_en":"Judge of the International Criminal Court. A case was brought against him for unlawful detention and attempted assault on an internationally protected person in connection with the prosecution of Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children's Rights. 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She was accused of illegal detention and attempted assault on an internationally protected person in connection with the prosecution of Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children's Rights. 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On 12 December 2023, Iudin was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":225,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.5","322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 322"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Leonid Iudin's case of attempted high treason, participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and illegal border crossing.","case_number":"1-272/2023","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he submitted an application to the Freedom of Russia Legion, after which he was offered two options: either to commit an arson on the territory of Russia, or to go to Ukraine and take part in the combat actions. He chose the second option. He then was sent instructions on how to get to Ukraine: either by plane through Kazakhstan and Moldova, or by crossing the border in the Bryansk region. He again chose the second option, arrived in the Bryansk region, where, allegedly, he twice searched for a place to cross the border, but was detained.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2023 to 19.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.03.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.12.2023, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty, a fine of 100,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty, a fine of 100,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2023-12-12T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2023-12-12T12:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/yudin-leonid-anatolevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recANWv0fH9YfnGyw"},{"persecution_id":"recx3fbxg3gVWS92v","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"receZjR57OydHF9b9","name_en":"Sergey Soloviev","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Tomsk resident. In April 2023, it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of his comments about the head of Ichkeria Aslan Maskhadov.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Soloviev's case on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the ASTRA Telegram channel, Maskhadov wrote two comments in VKontakte groups dedicated to Russian history. The first comment, dated 9 April 2021, says that \"Maskhadov is a true hero of his country and a hero who died for freedom\".\n\nThe second comment, dated 28 April of the same year, says: \"The ChRI [Chechen Republic of Ichkeria] had its own government, there was Maskhadov, who fought terrorism. They didn't ask Kh*lusha to break in, well under the pretext of a fictitious breeding ground for terrorism, occupy the territory rich in oil, then come up with a referendum and annex a strategically useful peninsula, further if Kh*ilo stays - the Baltics is next in the line\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recx3fbxg3gVWS92v"},{"persecution_id":"recTCEHq0C9MuKaTS","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recXgST3a3HvGGyE5","name_en":"Evgenii Breslavskii","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Novosibirsk and a former leader of the Novosibirsk Skinhead Unity movement. On 30 August 2017, he was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony on charges of attempted drug trafficking (we have no reason to believe that this prosecution was politically motivated). In August 2023, while he was serving his sentence in the colony, he was fined 1,000 rubles under an administrative article on demonstration of prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of his tattoos. After that, a criminal case was initiated against him for repeated public demonstration of prohibited symbols, apparently because of the same tattoos. On 2 January 2024, according to the case file, he should have been released from the colony, but the project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” notes that in the video from the court session he was wearing a prison robe. On 14 February 2024, he was sentenced to two years and seven months in a strict regime colony. On 30 June 2024, a new case was initiated against him – involving calls to terrorism because of his conversation with other prisoners: according to the investigation, he encouraged them to set fire to and blow up military recruitment offices. On 29 January 2025, Breslavskii was sentenced in this case to three years and eight months in a strict regime colony, taking into account the previous sentence. The text of the verdict states that he was taken into custody in the courtroom.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":408,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Breslavskii’s case of repeated public display of banned symbols","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, “justifying and propagandising the ideology of ethnic intolerance, he publicly displayed Nazi symbols to the inmates of correctional colony No. 17”.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.02.2024, Sentence: 2 years and 7 months’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 7 months’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":31,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-13T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-13T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTCEHq0C9MuKaTS"},{"persecution_id":"reclqm4k2co8YXvAL","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"rec0apibiBruIetMX","name_en":"Nariman Ablyazov","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Genichesk (Kherson region of Ukraine). He was engaged in hotel business, owned a construction shop. Head of the representative office of the public organisation \"Zemlyachestvo of Crimean Tatars\". He supported Crimean Tatars who left Crimea after the occupation and organised a campaign for the release of Edem Bekirov, who was accused in the Russian Federation of manufacturing and storing explosives.\n\nIn April 2022, Ablyazov's wife was kidnapped and held for some time in the basement of Genichesk's 17th school. She was later released. On 4 September 2023, Ablyazov himself was detained. He was taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an illegal armed group in connection with his involvement in the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelibidzhikhan. On 6 August 2024, Ablyazov was sentenced to three and a half years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":336,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nariman Ablyazov for his participation in an illegal armed group","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"from 2014 to 2015, the accused voluntarily joined and participated in an armed formation operating in the territory of Ukraine, the activities of which are prohibited in the territory of the Russian Federation. During this period of time, from the shop of construction materials owned by him, he supplied goods free of charge to equip the base of the banned battalion, located near the checkpoint \"Chongar\". Also on a gratuitous basis provided a hotel owned by him in the town of Genichesk to accommodate the leaders of the illegal movement.\" \"He selected people to participate in it [the Battalion], induced taxi drivers to transport members of the Battalion from their places of residence to duty in the village of Chongar free of charge.\" In 2014, he allegedly personally blocked the passage of vehicles carrying consumer goods to Crimea, which \"harmed the economic and political interests of Russian citizens and threatened the national security of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2023\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.08.2024, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-05T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-05T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ablyazov-nariman-rustemovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reclqm4k2co8YXvAL"},{"persecution_id":"recXbJqQUka0lKQ7i","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recol7nuiNwe9PugA","name_en":"Ramil Damirov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A lawyer and resident of Orel. He was reportedly detained on July 6, 2023. According to the police report, he used profanity at 2:00 a.m. outside a grocery store. That day, he was fined under the administrative charge of petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Russian Federation on Administrative Offences). The following day, he was sentenced to four days of administrative arrest for disobeying the lawful orders of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Russian Federation on Administrative Offence). Damirov claimed that the second report was filed as he was being escorted from the police station (where he remained since his detention on the previous night) to court; two other officers allegedly approached him at the gate and demanded his documents while his escorts stepped aside, and new officers to accused him of refusing to comply.\n\nFollowing his release, Damirov was detained again. On July 11, a court in a different district of Orel ordered his arrest for 10 days on another petty hooliganism charge. Damirov claimed that upon his release, he was driven to Privokzalnaya Square where he was immediately detained on made upcharges. On July 20, 2023, Damirov was detained near the Orel Regional Court building while attempting to appeal his prior arrests. On that day, a criminal case was initiated against him about preparing to participate in actions of a terrorist organization; investigators alleged he intended to join the Freedom of Russia Legion. The following day, Damirov was taken in custody. On June 24, 2024, he was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":359,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Ramil Damirov's case regarding plans to participate in the activities of a terrorist organization","case_number":"1-80/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"no later than May 2023, [the defendant] adopted anti-Russian views and began to condemn the Russian authorities' conduct of the Special Military Operation; furthermore, he formed a criminal intent to participate in the activities of the Ukrainian military formation 'Freedom of Russia Legion' (FRL).\"\n\nBefore that, \"between May 4 2023 and July 7 2023, using his personal email, he repeatedly contacted the 'FRL', and, during the same period, reached out to Ukrainian state organizations to seek assistance in relocating to Ukraine.\" In addition, \"between May 23 2023 and July 5 2023, he prepared the documents required to leave the Russian Federation and renounce his Russian citizenship, put his property up for sale,\" and planned to close his law firm, \"Vash Yurist i Otsenshchik\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.07.2023 to 21.07.2023\n• in custody: from 21.07.2023 to 14.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 07.07.2023 to 11.07.2023\n• administrative detention: from 11.07.2023 to 20.07.2023\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.10.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.06.2024, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment, of which the first 4 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment, of which the first 4 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-24T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-24T15:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/damirov-ramil-aziz-ogly\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recXbJqQUka0lKQ7i"},{"persecution_id":"recJYr1OXjmUYQgas","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"reckinFeT7XKuCk7p","name_en":"Igor Bunin","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine","Israel"],"story_en":"A resident of Sevastopol. On 30 January 2023, a search came to him. He was detained and then taken into custody on charges of high treason. According to the version of the investigation, he passed to SSU officers information about Russian military facilities. At the same time, most of the alleged correspondence between Bunin and SSU employees, the investigation has only in December 2023. On 7 February 2024, Bunin was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":373,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Igor Bunin's case of high treason ","case_number":"2-2/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he initiated contact with SSU officers via a chatbot in Telegram messenger - STOP Russian War and transmitted information about military facilities in Sevastopol through it and by e-mail. He had a hostile attitude towards the Russian Federation and the so-called SVO (special military operation) conducted by it, i.e. he was guided by the motives of political enmity.\n\nOn 14 November 2022, through his personal account in Telegram, he transmitted to the chatbot STOP Russian War information about a missile or plane flying over Sevastopol. On the same day, Bunin was contacted, according to the investigation, by an SSU officer and offered to continue confidential communication via email on the Proton service.\n\nOn 15 November 2022, Bunin, according to the investigation, visited the locations in turn:\n\nmilitary unit 63876 (military base No. 81) of the Russian Ministry of Defence, at the address: 10, Monastyrskoe Shosse, Sevastopol;\nmilitary unit 85683-C (military base No. 301) of the Russian Ministry of Defence, at the address: 80, Fiolentovskoe Shosse, Sevastopol;\nmilitary unit 80365 (military base No. 179) of the Russian Ministry of Defence, at 16 Shabalina Street, Sevastopol.\nOn the ground, he allegedly \"using the mobile application 'Maps' installed in his mobile phone, determined the exact geographical coordinates of these objects\". On 16 November, he \"transferred the information he had collected on 15.11.2022 about the military units to a representative of the SSU\" by email.\n\nOn 17 November 2022, within half an hour in the afternoon, he observed the location of the military unit 13140 (military base No. 116) of the Russian Ministry of Defence, located at Kazachya Bukhta 25, Sevastopol, photographed the RF Armed Forces facility and, using the mobile application \"Maps\", determined its exact geographic coordinates. On the same day, he also determined the exact geographic coordinates of the adjoining military unit 49385 (military base No. 292) and military unit 43536 (military base No. 277) located at Khersonskiy Mayak 2, Sevastopol.\n\nOn the same day, he sent the collected information about the locations of the military units to the SSU representative's e-mail address.\n\nOn 21 November, he was near the location of military units 80159 and 46434 (Military base No. 5) of the Russian Ministry of Defence, at the address: 43-a Fedorovskaia Street, Sevastopol, \"where he carried out covert visual observation of the specified object of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and determined its exact geographical coordinates using the mobile application \"Maps\" installed in his mobile phone\".\n\nOn the same day, he visited the military unit 63876 (Military Camp No. 299) of the Russian Ministry of Defence, at the address: 20 Shubikova Street, Sevastopol, and also determined its coordinates. After that, also on 21 November, he passed this information to the SSU representative.\n\nOn 22 November, he was at the Grafskaia Wharf (pier No. 144) - Primorskii Boulevard (the place near the memorial plaque to the shot sailors of the cruiser \"Ochakov\"), where he allegedly carried out a covert visual surveillance of:\n\nthe place of deployment of submarines of the Black Sea Fleet;\nthe mooring of the Black Sea Fleet patrol ship Sergei Kotov;\nthe anchorage of the large landing ship \"Korolev\" of the Northern Fleet and the location of the booms (mechanical protection equipment) of the Black Sea Fleet landing ship brigade;\nthe location and design of boom-net barriers in Sevastopol Bay;\nthe mooring place of the anti-diversion boat \"Kinel\" of the Black Sea Fleet.\nHe photographed all these objects, determined their coordinates and \"means of their defence\". On the same day, he handed over the information and photographs of the units and facilities of the Russian Armed Forces to a representative of the SSU.\n\nOn 23 November 2022, he supplemented this information by transmitting \"exact geographic coordinates and a brief description: the location of the Black Sea Fleet submarines in the Southern Bay, the location of the Black Sea Fleet patrol ship Sergei Kotov in the Southern Bay, the location of the large landing ship Korolev of the Northern Fleet and the location of the booms (mechanical protection means), the location of the Black Sea Fleet landing ship brigade in the Southern Bay, the location and design of the boom-net barriers of the Sevastopol Bay and the location of the mooring of the Black Sea Fleet counter-diversion boat Kinel.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 08.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.10.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.02.2024, Sentence: 15 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 2 years' restricted liberty, a fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 2 years' restricted liberty, a fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-02-07T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-02-07T11:30:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/bunin-igor-yakovlevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJYr1OXjmUYQgas"},{"persecution_id":"recJuAMPXHAqs3jJs","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"rec5qgr3zJGMV6an7","name_en":"Ibraim Asanov","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He was detained on 17 January 2023. A case was opened against him on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, whose involvement in any military actions has not been proven. 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The Prosecutor General's office reported that the sentence was passed by the 2nd Western District Military Court. At the same time, there is no case card on the court's website, and why the sentence in the case of state treason against civilians was handed down by the District Military Court (and not the Central Military Court at that). Perhaps this is due to the particular importance of the case, since, according to the investigation, the cards were used in drone attacks on the Soltsy-2 airbase in the Novgorod region and the Shaikovka military airfield in the Kaluga region in August 2023.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk","Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast","Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1022,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":146,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Gennadiy Blinov and Anatoliy Kapralov of high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"acting under the control of a supervisor from the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, made deals with digital currencies and other financial transactions in the interests of Ukrainian special services.\n\nFulfilling the assignment of representatives of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, in March and July 2023, he purchased batches of SIM cards, which he activated and, according to instructions, transported to Ukraine.\n\nThese SIM cards were subsequently used by Ukrainian armed formations in drones, including in attacks on 19 August 2023 on the airbase \"Soltsy-2\" in the Novgorod region, as well as on 21 and 23 August of the same year - on the military airfield \"Shaikovka\" in the Kaluga region.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.10.2025, Sentence: 14 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-19T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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According to the project \"If There Was No War\" from the words of Kapralov's cellmate, he said that he was \"framed\" by his superior, who made a deal with the investigation, and that after his arrest FSB operatives tortured him for five hours with a stun gun, \"twisted his testicles, pressed on his gums with dental instruments and pressed on an old leg fracture\". On 20 October 2025, Kapralov was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony. The Prosecutor General's Office said the sentence was handed down by the 2nd Western District Military Court. At the same time, there is no case card on the court's website, and why the sentence in the case of state treason against civilians was passed by the District Military Court (and not the Central one at that). Perhaps this is due to the particular importance of the case, since, according to the investigation, the cards were used in drone attacks on the Soltsy-2 airbase in the Novgorod region and the Shaikovka military airfield in the Kaluga region in August 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk","Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast","Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_days_from_verdict":1022,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":146,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of Gennadiy Blinov and Anatoliy Kapralov of high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"acting under the control of a supervisor from the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, made deals with digital currencies and other financial transactions in the interests of Ukrainian special services.\n\nThus, in August-September 2023, he transferred 676 thousand US dollars to a person unaware of criminal intentions in order to saturate the resource base of the Ukrainian regime's accomplices operating in Russia.\n\nIn addition, in March and July 2023, fulfilling the assignment of representatives of the GUR of the Ministry of Defence, he purchased batches of SIM cards, which he activated and, according to instructions, transported to Ukraine.\n\nThese SIM cards were subsequently used by Ukrainian armed formations in unmanned aerial vehicles, including in attacks on 19 August 2023 on the airbase \"Soltsy-2\" in the Novgorod region, as well as on 21 and 23 August of the same year on the military airfield \"Shaikovka\" in the Kaluga region.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.10.2025, Sentence: 15 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-19T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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The prosecutor appealed the decision, saying that there was no evidence of Bobretsov's involvement in the Legion. However, the decision came into force. Bobretsov was then also charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and attempted treason. No later than October 2024, he was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2023-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322","205.5","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 322","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 3, Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Bobretsov's case for participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and attempted illegal border crossing and treason","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony, fine, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 14 March 2024, Shulga was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2023-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":105,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 322"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexandr Shulga's case of attempted participation in a terrorist organization and illegal border crossing","case_number":"1-46/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2023 to 30.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","Labytnangi | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 8 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.07.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Labytnangi | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 8 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Labytnangi | Federal Governmental Institution – penal colony no. 8 of the Penitentiary Directorate of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.03.2024, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-14T11:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-14T11:20:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On the day the arrest term ended, he was detained again, he was arrested again for the same period of time under the same article. When the term of the second arrest expired, Andreev was detained again, this time he was arrested for 10 days under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demand of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the CAO): according to the report, he refused to show his documents for inspection at 4 a.m. and tried to flee. On 17 October 2023, when the term of his third arrest ended, Andreev was taken into custody on a criminal case of public justification of terrorism because of comments approving the strike on the Crimean Bridge. On 18 June 2024, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony and a fine of more than 24,000 rubles, taking into account the previous sentence. On 13 November 2024, the appeal court increased the sentence to five years.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2023-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2023,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":285,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Andreev's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-226/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 19, 20 and 21 August 2023 Andreev, under the pseudonym \"Fagot Koroviev\", posted seven comments on YouTube under videos about attacks on the Crimean bridge:\n\nOn the channel \"Gazeta UA\" under the video \"Kerch Bridge today\" - the comment: \"Next time put a landfill under the bridge's tip. They won't fix it that way. Goyda, rebellion!\";\non the channel \"Anton 87\" under the video \"Crimean Bridge\" - comment: \"It is necessary to put a landfill under the bridge's oporami. A note to the Russian special services. We're not doing a very good job of mining.\"\non the channel \"777 moscow\" under the video \"Crimean Bridge\" - two comments: \"Minimise bridge spurs. It will definitely fail. We'll write it all off to the fighting mosquitoes\" and \"It is necessary to mine from the Kuban side. That's for sure. We'll write it all off to the combat mosquitoes.\"\non the channel \"Channel 5\" under the video \"Attack of the Crimean bridge!...\". - three comments: \"Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the FSB. Goyda, mutiny!\", \"All previous attacks on the Crimean bridge and organised by the FSB itself\" and \"The weight is clear: the mole is the FSB. Mutiny is being prepared with a smooth transition into civil war\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2023-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.10.2023 to 13.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• administrative detention: from 07.09.2023 to 01.10.2023\n• administrative detention: from 01.10.2023 to 01.10.2023\n• administrative detention: from 01.10.2023 to 17.10.2023\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.06.2024, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of 24,859 roubles, taking into account the previous sentence, and a ban on administering Internet pages for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of 24,859 roubles, taking into account the previous sentence, and a ban on administering Internet pages for 2 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":24,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":24859,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-18T14:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-18T14:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-04-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/andreev-andrej-vitalevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reca4NWPmb2mnzqPP"},{"persecution_id":"rec7nVu4DN6E3Ma7z","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:34:25.000Z","person_id":"recvZMIiLRCV3xDkO","name_en":"Ilia Vasilev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwghbOcCXPZRncn.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwghbOcCXPZRncn.jpg"],"birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The abbot of the \"Moscow Zen Centre\", founder of the \"Civic School of Hackers\", is also known as Arvi Hacker. In May 2023, a report was drawn up on him under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and he was fined 40,000 rubles. At that time, the police conducted an inspection of Vasilyev's flat and seized a phone from him. On 20 June 2024, Vasilyev was detained in the framework of the case on dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 22 June, the court sent him to custody. The reason for the case was the posts that were allegedly found in his seized phone. One of the posts was later excluded from the case.\n\nOn 25 June 2025, the court sentenced him to eight years in a general regime colony. He was also banned from administering internet resources for four years.\n\nOn 22 October 2025, the appellate court overturned the verdict and sent the case for a new hearing.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":370,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ilia Vasilev of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0964/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was two Facebook posts found in the phone seized from Vasilyev a year earlier: one about the shelling of Dnipro and the other about the Christmas truce. Later, the episode about the shelling of Dnipro was removed from the case. The post, which remained in the case, was written in English and translated for the needs of the investigation with the help of an automatic translator, as a result of which, according to Vasilev, the meaning was distorted.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.06.2024 to 22.06.2024, TDF of the Department of Internal Affairs of the South-East Administrative District of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 22.06.2024 to 31.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 31.07.2024 to 27.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• : from 27.08.2024 to 01.10.2024, Serbsky Centre\n• in custody: from 01.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody:  to 08.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n• in custody: from 08.09.2025 to 02.06.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.06.2025, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a ban on administering internet resources for 4 years• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 28.04.2026","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-24,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-25T08:55:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-28T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-07-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/vasilev-ilya-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7nVu4DN6E3Ma7z"},{"persecution_id":"recGxFhiRbEfRuonQ","last_updated":"2024-05-09T17:29:12.000Z","person_id":"rec4KKQoK2DPmjntN","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kyzyl. The criminal case against her was initiated for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. She was given a recognizance not to leave. According to the woman, during the interrogation the investigator said that he wanted to investigate the case in a simplified procedure and persuaded her to admit her guilt. On 25 April 2024, the court dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kyzyl"],"persecution_region_en":["Tuva"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TY"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":107,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces in Kyzyl","case_number":"1-816/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The woman is charged with two comments in the group SETKIL NEWS (currently just SETKIL), which is run by the pro-war blogger and musician Bujan Setkil. The investigation believes that the woman wrote phrases about the deaths of Ukrainian civilians.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 09.01.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2024, Sentence: The case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations for prosecution","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"The case was dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations for prosecution","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-25T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-25T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGxFhiRbEfRuonQ"},{"persecution_id":"recwiZUMZztQ1ziEf","last_updated":"2025-01-28T15:03:00.000Z","person_id":"recrNbUdkYcXdqsmg","name_en":"Irina Skorovarova","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Taganrog. On 11 January 2024, she was searched and detained as part of a case of discrediting the Armed Forces. The next day the court sent her under house arrest. On 6 March 2024, the court replaced the preventive measure with a prohibition of certain actions. On 19 March Skorovarova was sentenced to two and a half years suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Taganrog"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":68,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":9,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Irina Skorovarova on discrediting the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-187/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for criminal prosecution was a video on the woman’s page on the Odnoklassniki social network. The video describes how residents of a Russian village kicked out a Russian military officer.\n\nOn 16 February 2023, Skorovarova was fined under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of her posts in Odnoklassniki.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.01.2024 to 12.01.2024\n• house arrest: from 12.01.2024 to 06.03.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 06.03.2024 to 19.03.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 19.03.2024 to 28.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 28.05.2024 to 27.05.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.03.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 2 years. Additional punishment in the form of prohibition to administer pages on the Internet for 5 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 2 years. Additional punishment in the form of prohibition to administer pages on the Internet for 5 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-03-19T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-03-19T13:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-01-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnoj-irinu-skorovarovu/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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In October 2012, a case was opened against him on charges of preparing to organize mass riots following the NTV broadcast of the \"Anatomy of a Protest 2\" film, which alleged that in June 2012 he, together with Leonid Razvozzhaiev and Konstantin Lebedev, had discussed the financing of mass riots in Russia with Georgii Targamadze, then head of the Georgian parliament’s Committee on Defense and Security.\n\nThe film featured video footage that allegedly showed a meeting between Udaltsov and Targamadze; however, the origin of the recording is unknown. According to the investigation, Udaltsov and Razvozzhaiev, together with Lebedev, organized training camps in various regions of the country for participants in future mass riots. On October 17, Udaltsov was placed under a travel restriction order.\n\nIn January 2013, the Investigative Committee announced the merger of the “Anatomy of a Protest 2” case with the Bolotnaya case into a single proceeding. According to investigators, Udaltsov was one of the organizers of the alleged mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, and financed these actions with Targamadze’s funds. On February 9, 2013, Udaltsov was placed under house arrest.\n\nOn July 24, 2014, the Moscow City Court sentenced him to four and a half years in a general-regime penal colony. On March 18, 2015, the Supreme Court upheld the Moscow City Court’s verdict. On August 8, 2017, Sergey Udaltsov was released from prison.\n\nOn January 11, 2024, Udaltsov was detained after a search as part of a case on publicly justifying terrorism, in connection with a statement supporting those persecuted in the Marxist circle case in Ufa. The following day, he was placed in pre-trial detention. On December 25, 2025, Udaltsov was sentenced to six years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":713,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":101,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Udaltsov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a certain post in Telegram. According to Udaltsov himself, the post was dedicated to the case of the participants of the Marxist circle in Ufa, who are accused of creating a terrorist community","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.01.2024 to 12.01.2024\n• in custody: from 12.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.12.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-24T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-24T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-06-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/udalczov-sergej-stanislavovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recaB0HlW5T9yquxB"},{"persecution_id":"recl5gKznZsDCUJGZ","last_updated":"2026-04-20T16:54:17.000Z","person_id":"recx9Rh3kCp551LM9","name_en":"Olga Mikhailova","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A lawyer representing the interests of Alexei Navalny. In January 2024, it became known that a case was opened against her for participation in the activities of an extremist community. Earlier, in October 2023, three other Navalny's lawyers were taken into custody as part of the same case. Mikhailova, who was abroad at the time, did not return to Russia. She was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia on 15 February 2024. Mikhailova later told Meduza that the reason for her arrest in absentia was their overheard conversation with Navalny about the alleged poisoning. \"Look, I'm afraid to sound paranoid, but I think I'm being poisoned here,\" the politician said during a meeting with his lawyer on 11 April 2023. Mikhailova tweeted about it. The recording of this conversation, according to Mikhailova, was used as evidence that she was involved in an \"extremist community.\"","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Navalny's lawyers of participation in an extremist community","The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"The case of Olga Mikhailova and Alexander Fedulov","case_number":"1-130/2026","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 15.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-05-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-advokatov-alekseya-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recl5gKznZsDCUJGZ"},{"persecution_id":"rec3ynAgguCCdRINX","last_updated":"2025-03-05T12:04:29.000Z","person_id":"recOO65t2A4e4NmWk","name_en":"Danila Afonin","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Pskov. He teaches massage courses, worked as a municipal engineer, and ran for municipal deputy of the Piskovichiyskaya Volost rural settlement from the \"Yabloko\" Party branch in the region of Pskov. On 17 January 2024, he was searched and detained as part of a case of discrediting the Armed Forces. The next day the court chose a preventive measure against him in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 20 January 2025, Afonin was sentenced to a year of suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":369,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Danila Afonin's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-412/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"In December 2022, Afonin was fined 35 thousand rubles (≈$575 as of 01.12.2022) under the administrative article on discrediting the army of the Russian Federation (Article 20.3.3 of the CAO) because of video clips in \"VKontakte\": \"Who needs wars? As Marshal Gian-Jacopo Trivulzio (1448-151) said, war requires three things: money, money and money again. #notowar\" and \"How did we ever get to this point.... #notowar\" with the comment \"This video has already been deleted twice by the VK administration, let's see how long it will last this time\".","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.01.2024 to 18.01.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 18.01.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.01.2025, Sentence: 1 year of suspended imprisonment with a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of suspended imprisonment with a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-20T07:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-20T07:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3ynAgguCCdRINX"},{"persecution_id":"recB9qGQm6urx4w5o","last_updated":"2026-04-01T09:10:50.000Z","person_id":"recnWf8wkvKZN4oTq","name_en":"Usman Baratov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attvzEOndbT3YDevG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attvzEOndbT3YDevG.jpg"],"birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Head of the Vatandosh Interregional Uzbek Community. By order of the head of the Investigative Committee, a criminal case of incitement to hatred was opened against him because of a post on Odnoklassniki (social media platform), where under a news article about the rise in egg prices in Russia there was a comment with a picture of chickens captioned \"No damn way you'll buy these eggs now! Bring back the roosters from the battlefield.\" Baratov claimed that his page had been hacked and this post was published by another person. On 19 January 2024, he was taken into custody. On 12 August 2024, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony.\n\nIn March 2025, it became known that a case of work disorganization in the (correctional) institution was brought against Baratov in the colony: the reason was the statement of the head of the unit, who claimed that during communication through the feeder of the Punishment Isolation Cell (SHIZO) Baratov snatched away his video recorder and threw it at his chest, causing pain.\n\nOn 28 August 2025, the court of appeal reduced Baratov's sentence in the hate speech case to three years and two months in a penal colony settlement.\n\nOn 20 October 2025, the court sentenced him to a year and eight months in a strict regime colony in the case of disorganisation of the colony's activities.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights 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\"humiliating the dignity of a group of certain citizens of the Russian Federation\", including participants in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.01.2024 to 13.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 13.07.2024 to 31.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n• Unknown:  to 01.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Novgorod Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.01.2025 to 01.02.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.02.2025 to 01.02.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"\n• punishment cell: from 01.02.2025 to 03.03.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"\n• cell-type room: from 04.03.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Novgorod Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.09.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Novgorod Oblast\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.08.2024, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal 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Memorial:\n Date: 31-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/baratov-usman-akramovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recB9qGQm6urx4w5o"},{"persecution_id":"recyzqgk6T3mIq41P","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recdYNZrWOBdIpwbM","name_en":"Viliur Karachurin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attOcxs7OMwFNrzxW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attOcxs7OMwFNrzxW.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Baimak (Bashkortostan), father of many children. On January 18б 2024, was detained at his home in connection with a public gathering held in the town the day before in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. On January 20, Karachurin was taken into custody on charges of organising and participating in mass riots and using violence against a representative of the state. On February 7, 2025, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":386,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Viliur Karachurin, Aitugan Malabaev, Azat Mirzin, Danis Uzianbaev, Fatikh Akhmetshin and Vener Iaubasarov","case_number":"1-380/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.01.2024 to 25.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.01.2024 to 20.01.2024\n• in custody: from 25.10.2024 to 06.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.05.2025 to 30.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.05.2025 to 01.06.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2025 to 23.05.2028, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.02.2025, Sentence: 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-07T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-07T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 20 January, the court sent him to custody on charges of organising mass riots and using violence against a representative of the authorities because of a popular gathering in Baymak on 17 January, the day of the sentencing of activist Fail Alsynov. On 7 February 2025, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nIn January 2026, the remainder of Mirzin's sentence was commuted to a more lenient punishment. According to activists, he was assigned forced labour, and in February he was transferred to the correctional centre in Sterlitamak.","persecution_occupation_en":["Law enforcement officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":386,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Viliur Karachurin, Aitugan Malabaev, Azat Mirzin, Danis Uzianbaev, Fatikh Akhmetshin and Vener Iaubasarov","case_number":"1-380/2024","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.01.2024 to 20.01.2024\n• in custody: from 20.01.2024 to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.08.2024 to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.08.2024 to 25.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 25.10.2024 to 06.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 13.02.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n• Unknown: from 13.02.2026 to 01.11.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.02.2025, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-07T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-07T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On that day, Baiguskarov was detained, and an administrative report was drawn up against him under the article on participation in an uncoordinated action that interfered with infrastructure (part 6.1 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code), but he was later released. On January 18, the case was submitted to the Kirovsky District Court of Ufa, which returned the materials to the police to address deficiencies. On the same day, Baiguskarov was detained in Ufa and informed that a criminal case had been opened against him. He was accused of participating in mass riots. However, eyewitnesses claim that during the gathering, he urged people to disperse. On January 22, he was arrested for seven days under the administrative article concerning the organization of an uncoordinated event (part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). It turned out that this article had also been imputed to him during his first detention, while the article on participation in an uncoordinated action that obstructed infrastructure was later 'crossed out' from the protocol. On January 25, 2024, Baiguskarov was taken into custody as part of the criminal case. In September 2024, it was revealed that the charge was reclassified from participation in mass protests to organization.","persecution_occupation_en":["Hairdressers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Baymak mass riot organisers","case_number":"2-21/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, under the instructions of Ruslan Gabbasov, he recruited coordinators for mass riots from among the residents of Bashkortostan. Two days prior to the gathering, 'under the guise of clearing snow from the area opposite the courthouse,' he organized the 'creation of snowbanks using a tractor, consisting of large lumps of frozen snow and blocks of ice, with the intent that they would be used by the rioters to throw at representatives of the authorities.'","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.01.2024 to 22.01.2024\n• in custody: from 25.01.2024 to 01.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 22.01.2024 to 25.01.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He was detained and told that an administrative case had been initiated against him. The next day Davletkildin's wife was informed that a criminal case was initiated against him for participation in mass riots. On January 22, Davletkildin was taken into custody.\nOn January 26, it came to light that Davletkildin was brought to a hospital after the beating. He was diagnosed with a transverse process fracture of the spine, as well as anaemia.\nOn February 7, it was reported that Garifulla Yaparov, the lawyer who represented Davletkildin's interests, received a ruling on his disqualification despite the fact that, according to him, he had concluded an agreement with Davletkildin's relatives and the client was satisfied with his work.\nDavletkildin was also accused of using violence against the authorities. On May 5, 2025, he was sentenced to five and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":471,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dim Davletkildin, Galim Zamanov, Akhat Gibadullin, Ilnur Khazhiev, and two other unnamed residents of Bashkortostan","case_number":"1-397/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.01.2024 to 22.01.2024\n• in custody: from 22.01.2024 to 17.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.01.2024\n• in custody: from 01.10.2024 to 10.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.05.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a  general-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a  general-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-05T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-05T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Additional cases were brought against him in March 2024 for further discrediting the military, and in August 2024 for abusing state symbols after posting a video in which he burned his Russian passport. On 5 September 2024, Mr. Shpak was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for disseminating false information.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":248,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Shpak's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0526/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason was some publications on Telegram. Before that, Shpak was repeatedly fined under a similar administrative article (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) due to anti-war posts.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 19.01.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.09.2024, Sentence: 8 years imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-05T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-05T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recq65GP556VtzFmx"},{"persecution_id":"recMy0pqACHKfCoIi","last_updated":"2026-03-24T16:02:47.000Z","person_id":"recl5wTGosgtthRsj","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLHz6ZAq07NBgbj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLHz6ZAq07NBgbj.jpg"],"birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Bashkortostan. On 22 January 2024 it became known that he was taken into custody in a case of participation in mass riots and use of violence against a representative of the authorities in connection with a people’s gathering that took place in Baimak on 17 January. On 5 April 2025, he was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":474,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dim Davletkildin, Galim Zamanov, Akhat Gibadullin, Ilnur Khazhiev, and two other unnamed residents of Bashkortostan","case_number":"1-397/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.01.2024 to 01.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.10.2024 to 10.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.07.2025 to 01.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2025 to 23.10.2028, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.05.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-05T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-05T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recMy0pqACHKfCoIi"},{"persecution_id":"recapV6oorVyVuRCA","last_updated":"2026-01-23T10:30:51.000Z","person_id":"recXa0e4RHhaxgCSa","name_en":"Raiat Davletbaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attdXzVK6WkmmUzbx.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attdXzVK6WkmmUzbx.jpeg"],"birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Bashkortostan, beekeeper. On 22 January 2024 it became known that he was taken into custody in a case of participation in mass riots and use of violence against a representative of the authorities in connection with a popular gathering that took place in Baymak on 17 January. 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Memorial:\n Date: 14-08-2025\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/bajmakskoe-delo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recapV6oorVyVuRCA"},{"persecution_id":"recjQmJDPTDTHlSyR","last_updated":"2024-01-28T16:06:21.000Z","person_id":"recBcB5pmo7OGZwEQ","name_en":"Ivan M.","birth_year":1993,"age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Kostroma. He was charged with publicky justifying terrorism for his statement about a drone that hit Moscow City. He signed personal recognizance not to leave the country.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kostroma"],"persecution_region_en":["Kostroma Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Kostroma on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he commented “Great job to who did it” under a post on \"VKontakte\" about a drone that hit a tower in the Moscow City business district and damaged windows there.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjQmJDPTDTHlSyR"},{"persecution_id":"recq3gw5eI8DniaHC","last_updated":"2026-02-13T18:47:58.000Z","person_id":"rectABoGtcuhrWcTN","name_en":"Sergei Veselov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBxy1nHDibYPivu.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBxy1nHDibYPivu.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Host of the YouTube channel \"That Same One Veselov\". At the end of March 2022, a vandalism case was initiated against him over the inscription \"No to war!\".  In July 2022, a case was also initiated against Veselov for discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces. The reason was the clips on Veselov's YouTube channel, to which 17 people are subscribed. The court prohibited a certain conduct for him, but later the Court of Appeal cancelled this decision. Another case of discrediting the use of the Armed Forces was initiated against Veselov in September. The reason for initiating the case was his speech at a hearing in the Court of Appeal on his administrative case of discrediting the army. All three criminal cases were merged. In December Veselov was charged with another case of discrediting the army, the reason was two videos on YouTube, published in August and September. The first video was published on Veselov's YouTube channel, the second – on the Opposition 2.0 YouTube channel, Veselov claims that he did not film and publish it, although the video includes the story of the search at his home. The accompanying text to the second video mentions Veselov's channel – in his opinion, this was the reason for the case. This case was also merged with the vandalism case and the first cases of discrediting the army. In addition, the charge of vandalism was reclassified from Part 1 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code to Part 2 (vandalism motivated by political hatred). Veselov was released under recognisance not to leave the country.\n\nIn addition, a case of insulting a judge (part 2 of Article 297 of the Criminal Code) was initiated against Veselov. The inciting incident was his video about the judge, who ruled to ban Veselov from certain conduct. On 22 August 2023, Veselov was sentenced in the case of insulting the judge to 300 hours of community service.\n\nOn 2 June, Veselov was detained and the next day arrested for eight days because he had previously told his subscribers about a rally in support of Alexei Navalny scheduled for June 4. The court found the blogger guilty of organising an uncoordinated public event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).\n\nAt one of the court hearings on the criminal case of vandalism and discrediting of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the court excluded five psychological and linguistic expertises of Veselov's statements.\n\nOn October 5, 2023, Veselov's home was searched. It became known that two new cases were initiated against him – on the rehabilitation of Nazism and on discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Later, the investigation dropped the charge of rehabilitation of Nazism. On May 17, 2024, Veselov was sentenced in the case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to two years and one month in a settlement colony, taking into account the time not served on the sentence in the case of insulting the judge.\n\nOn January 22, 2024, Veselov was detained in Ivanovo on the charges of incitement to terrorism. He was taken into custody.\n\nIn April 2024 it became known that Veselov was beaten and doused with boiling water by a cellmate. Later, due to a conflict with another cellmate, he was sent to a disciplinary cell.\n\nOn June 6, 2024, it was reported that another case was initiated against Veselov, this time about confidential cooperation with a foreign state. Later, it was merged with the case of incitement to terrorism.\n\nOn June 26, 2024, Veselov was sentenced to a fine of 350,000 rubles in the case of vandalism and discrediting the Armed Forces; the vandalism case was dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations, and Veselov was acquitted in one of the discrediting episodes. Another episode of discrediting was dropped by the prosecution itself in the debates.\n\nOn February 27, 2025, Veselov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony on the case of incitement to terrorism and confidential cooperation with a foreign state.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Ivanovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":402,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Article 275.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Veselov`s case of calls to terrorism and confidential cooperation with a foreign organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he proactively established contact with Ukrainian mentors and passed them information about military facilities and transport infrastructure located in the region, which could be used to the detriment of Russian security. Besides that reposted publications with retelling of the \"Irpin Declaration\" between the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russiun Volunteer Corps.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.01.2024 to 24.01.2024\n• in custody: from 24.01.2024 to 18.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Ivanovo Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.04.2024 to 19.04.2024\n• in custody: from 19.04.2024 to 01.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Ivanovo Oblast\n• in custody:  to 17.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Ivanovo Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.07.2025 to 28.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Ivanovo Oblast\n• punishment cell: from 28.08.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 09.10.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"\n• Unknown: from 09.10.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.02.2025, Sentence: 7 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a 2-year prohibition on websites administration, totalling in 8 years of imprisonment with a 350 thousand rubles fine together with the previous sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a 2-year prohibition on websites administration, totalling in 8 years of imprisonment with a 350 thousand rubles fine together with the previous sentence","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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The next day she was taken into custody in the case of participation in mass riots due to the gathering in Baymak on January, 17 in support of activist Fail Alsynov, sentenced to four years in prison. In September 2024, it became known that the charge was reclassified to organising mass riots.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons","Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Baymak mass riot organisers","case_number":"2-21/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.01.2024 to 24.01.2024\n• in custody: from 24.01.2024 to 01.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• : \n• in custody: from 01.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-08-2025\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/bajmakskoe-delo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recoVUjFBSkQrRRPY"},{"persecution_id":"recxDzPRUGRoHok2I","last_updated":"2025-02-25T06:40:00.000Z","person_id":"recxkeyIxrgbofxu3","name_en":"Adian Boldyrev","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Elista. In January 2024, it became known that a case on calls to extremism was brought against him because of his aggressive statements about the participants of the war. On 25 April 2024, Boldyrev was sentenced to nine months of forced labour. No later than November, the court commuted the rest of the sentence to restriction of freedom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Elista"],"persecution_region_en":["Kalmykia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KL"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":115,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Elista resident's case of calling for extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he holds anti-Russian views and published statements in his Telegram channel \"containing signs of calls for violent actions against a group of people on ethnic grounds, including in connection with the participation of its representatives in the Special Military Operation\".","persecution_location_en":"Restriction of freedom","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large with restrictions","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 01.11.2024\n• Unknown: from 01.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.04.2024, Sentence: 9 months' forced labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 months' forced labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-04-25T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-04-25T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxDzPRUGRoHok2I"},{"persecution_id":"rec7vwsdgzMIUYv4R","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"reciWu9tnR6qzVQqf","name_en":"Anastasiia Diudiaeva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attcK701AmoQqZfsD.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attcK701AmoQqZfsD.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Artist, participant of anti-war actions, resident of the Leningrad region. On 24th January of 2024, she was detained together with her husband on charges of inciting terrorism. The next day Diudiaeva was taken into custody. On 18th July 2024, she was sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonment in a settlement-type colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gatchina"],"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":176,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of incitement for terrorism in Gatchina","case_number":"2-35/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she made and put up flyers in Ukrainian in the Lenta shop, on which, among other things, the inscription \"putinyaku na hilyaku\" (\"Putin to the gallows\" in Ukrainian) was written.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 24.01.2024 to 25.01.2024\n• in custody: from 25.01.2024 to 01.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• in custody: from 01.03.2024 to 14.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• in custody:  to 25.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.07.2024, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a settlement-type colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a settlement-type colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-18T17:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-18T17:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Before that, he was sentenced under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On January 30, when the appeal court was approving the measure of restraint for the man, it became known that he was also charged with organisation of mass riots and use of violence against a representative of the authorities. When his case came to the court for substantive consideration, the charge of organising mass riots was no longer there. 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On 23 January 2024 he was detained after a search in the case of mass riots in connection with the mass gathering on 17 January in Baymak on the day of sentencing of activist Fail Alsynov. Ishkuvatov was taken into custody the next day. His wife is on maternity leave. Ishkuvatov was also accused of using violence against representatives of the authorities. 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Memorial:\n Date: 14-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/bajmakskoe-delo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJ1ssVHfxkRBdMs"},{"persecution_id":"recAYvQmTDLp4Dpvx","last_updated":"2026-01-23T10:30:55.000Z","person_id":"recWvrEY5GGHOYXUn","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bashkortostan. A case was brought against him for participation in mass riots and use of violence against representatives of the authorities in connection with the dispersal of a popular gathering in Baymak in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. He was taken into custody. On 17 October 2025, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":633,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Raiat Davletbaev and three other Bashkortostan residents","case_number":"1-471/2024","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.01.2024 to 24.01.2024\n• in custody: from 24.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody:  to 22.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAYvQmTDLp4Dpvx"},{"persecution_id":"rec4F4pqKGtJg9Ow9","last_updated":"2026-03-23T19:07:11.000Z","person_id":"recZPAy84Ny7W2qM4","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bashkortostan. A case was brought against him for participation in mass riots and \"use of violence against government representatives\" in connection with the dispersal of a mass gathering in Baymak in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in a \"general regime colony.\" He was taken into custody. On October 17, 2025, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a \"general regime colony.\"","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":633,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":90,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Raiat Davletbaev and three other Bashkortostan residents","case_number":"1-471/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.01.2024 to 24.01.2024\n• in custody: from 24.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody:  to 22.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4F4pqKGtJg9Ow9"},{"persecution_id":"recUBl6C1fJ9V0tOm","last_updated":"2025-11-21T10:28:07.000Z","person_id":"recVlf2RXyFROa0KE","name_en":"Konstantin Ledkov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZNlMbWHHIeGBts.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZNlMbWHHIeGBts.jpg"],"birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Nenets Autonomous District. In January 2024, officials came to his home due to insulting the singer Shaman: Ledkov was accused of reposting a photo from the singer's music video, accompanying it with Nazi symbols. Apparently, this was the reason for drawing up a protocol under the administrative article on demonstration of Nazi symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 25 January Ledkov was fined two thousand rubles under this article. On 26 June 2024, his home was searched and he was taken in handcuffs for questioning. The next day it became known that a case was initiated against him for repeated demonstration of Nazi symbols, discrediting the Armed Forces and calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. On 29 May 2025, he was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naryan-Mar"],"persecution_region_en":["Nenets Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NEN"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","statement","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","282.4","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 1, Article 282.4","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Ledkov’s case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, calls for activities aimed against the security of the Russian Federation and demonstrating Nazi symbols","case_number":"1-216/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in April 2024 in the premises of a bar in the village of Krasnoe in the Nenets Autonomous District, in the presence of other visitors, he shouted slogans of a Nazi organisation, and on one of the social networks he posted a publication aimed at discrediting the use of Russian Federation state agencies' powers outside the territory of Russia, and a video containing calls to carry out activities against the security of the Russian Federation.\nIn September 2022, Ledkov was fined 50 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code). In the court’s opinion, the young man put a stencil with the words “No to war” on the wall of the building.\nIn January 2024, Ledkov was fined two thousand rubles under the administrative article on the demonstration of Nazi symbols (Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code) for the publication of “an image against the background of which elements of Nazi symbols are displayed, namely on the buttonholes of a tunic: on the left – a stylised lightning bolt (runic ‘zigs’, runes ‘Zig’), and on the right – three checkers with a stripe, the title ‘Hauptsturmführer’ or ‘Obersturmführer’ of the SS, and an iron cross” (possibly a collage using a frame with the singer Shaman).","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.06.2024\n• in custody: from 30.06.2024 to 13.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Arkhangelsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.10.2025 to 01.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Arkhangelsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2025 to 30.04.2029, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.05.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-29T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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On April 19, he was placed under house arrest.\nOn July 29, 2024, he was sentenced to a fine of 400,000 rubles (the court originally imposed a fine of 600,000 rubles but reduced the amount to account for the time he spent in custody and house arrest).","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vologda"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":188,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Evgeny Molotov's case of the financing of the FBK","case_number":"1-630/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he transferred one thousand rubles to the account of FBK on August 5, 2021.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2024 to 19.04.2024\n• house arrest: from 19.04.2024 to 29.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2024, Sentence: A fine of 600,000 rubles, reduced to 400,000 rubles to account for the time spent in a pre-trial detention centre and under house arrest","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 600,000 rubles, reduced to 400,000 rubles to account for the time spent in a pre-trial detention centre and under house arrest","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-29T06:55:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-29T06:55:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-finansirovanii-fbk/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recKC7z6Z3GkN9xcf"},{"persecution_id":"recanjBy91PgOqzFz","last_updated":"2024-07-08T12:50:15.000Z","person_id":"recbmcgyD0jqGt3wk","name_en":"Oleg Antipov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Cherepovets. Detained in January 2024 and taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism. 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On 24 January 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of participation in mass riots in connection with the popular gathering on 17 January in Baymak on the day of the sentencing of activist Fail Alsynov. Before that, Malabaev was sentenced under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). 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Then, intending to use violence that did not pose a threat to life or health against representatives of the authorities involved in suppressing the riots, he allegedly threw the objects one by one with force and aim in their direction, striking the protective helmet worn by the serviceman of the 29th Special Forces Unit of the National Guard Directorate for the Republic of Bashkortostan under the pseudonym \"Askelat,\" whose identity remains confidential, causing the victim physical pain.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.01.2024 to 17.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 17.09.2024 to 10.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.07.2025 to 03.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n• Unknown: from 03.08.2025 to 01.08.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2025 to 28.04.2028, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.05.2025, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-05T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-05T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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During a search of his home, authorities seized the stamp and stickers featuring Ukrainian symbols.\n\nOn 26 January 2024, he was detained on charges of financing extremist activities due to a donation to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). Later, he was additionally charged with discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. 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On 26 January 2024, he was taken into custody on the grounds of participation in mass riots, initiated because of the public gathering on 17 January in Baymak in support of activist Fail Alsynov, sentenced to four years in prison. 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The following day, he was sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest under the charge of disobeying lawful orders from a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a public gathering that took place in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. Later - presumably on 25 January - Ulmasbayev was taken into custody in connection with a criminal case on mass riots initiated in relation to the gathering. On 27 March 2025, Shafkat was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":429,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"Aitugan Kitikov, Fidan Ismagilov, Shafkat Ulmasbaev and one more Bashkortostan resident's case","case_number":"1-90/2025 (1-992/2024;)","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.01.2024 to 01.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.11.2024 to 14.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2025, Sentence: 7 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":90,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In September 2024, it became known that the charges were changed as organizing mass riots.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Baymak mass riot organisers","case_number":"2-21/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version of events, Ruslan Gabbasov was tasked with finding coordinators of mass riots from among the residents of Bashkortostan","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.01.2024 to 01.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVjxg8Jmw6CfgQf"},{"persecution_id":"rec9EAuBe4I3mNVqw","last_updated":"2026-03-14T14:39:22.000Z","person_id":"rec8IgX7KUWo3MPZo","name_en":"Fidan Ismagilov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUQgy8eBzDGXFkq.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUQgy8eBzDGXFkq.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ismagilov, a resident of Bashkortostan, participated in a citizen assembly in Baymak on January 17, 2024, in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. Ismagilov was apparently arrested under an administrative article on disobeying a lawful demand of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On January 27, 2024, relatives reported that Ismagilov was brought in for questioning in a criminal case on mass riots initiated after the gathering. He was taken into custody the same day. On March 27, 2025, Ismagilov was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":435,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"Aitugan Kitikov, Fidan Ismagilov, Shafkat Ulmasbaev and one more Bashkortostan resident's case","case_number":"1-90/2025 (1-992/2024;)","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.01.2024 to 01.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan \n• in custody: from 01.11.2024 to 14.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 26 January 2024, he was detained and arrested for 10 days under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) in connection with a public gathering in the town on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. The next day Baymak was taken into custody on charges of organising and participating in mass riots. An article on attempt on the life of a representative of the authorities was also mentioned, but this information was not confirmed.\n\nOn 19 September 2025, the court sentenced him to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":602,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 2, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sagit Iulmukhametov, Insaf Islamov and three other residents of Bashkortostan","case_number":"1-505/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.01.2024 to 01.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.02.2025 to 04.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2025 to 29.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.12.2025 to 21.08.2028, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2025, Sentence: fine of 380,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 380,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8GTsBZ3DYDYvXq"},{"persecution_id":"recAJgojtGSTidDmr","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"rec9nDOnewMw3z8H7","name_en":"Danis Gaisin","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Baimak (Bashkortostan). Father of six children, one of whom has a disability. He also provided for his sister's children. On 18 January 2024, he was arrested for 10 days under an administrative article on disobeying the lawful demands of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) in connection with a public gathering held the previous day in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. On 27 January, the man was taken into custody on charges of organising and participating in mass riots. In September 2024, it was reported that Gaisin was accused solely of organising the riots.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Baymak mass riot organisers","case_number":"2-21/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation considers him to be one of the coordinators of the rioters.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.01.2024 to 25.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 25.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 18.01.2024 to 27.01.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On April 5, 2025, this supporter of Alsynov was sentenced to five and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":474,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dim Davletkildin, Galim Zamanov, Akhat Gibadullin, Ilnur Khazhiev, and two other unnamed residents of Bashkortostan","case_number":"1-397/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.01.2024 to 01.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.10.2024 to 10.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.05.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-05T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-05T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec033zdr9Mc1fVld"},{"persecution_id":"recRtl8xijqDPjdkK","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"recyG4Bn8sU2AEBAx","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Bashkortostan. He was taken into custody on charges of participation in mass riots and use of violence against a representative of the authorities in connection with a popular gathering on 17 January 2024 in Baymak in support of activist Fail Alsynov, and sentenced to 4 years in prison. 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She was under home arrest as part of a mass riots case initiated in connection with a public gathering on 17 January 2024 in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years' imprisonment. She was also charged with using violence against a representative of the authorities. On 27 January 2025, Adigamova was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony, but was released with a suspended sentence until her children reach the age of 14.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":376,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"Case of a resident of Bashkortostan on participation in mass riots","case_number":"1-488/2024","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Postponement of sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest:  to 27.01.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 27.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.01.2025, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony with a suspended sentence until the children reach 14 years of age","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony with a suspended sentence until the children reach 14 years of age","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-27T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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A classified witness, identified under the pseudonym \"Mustafin Ildar Ayratovich,\" testified at the trial of Ilshat Ulyabayev that he \"gave instructions to block the gate and the road leading from the courthouse.\" Additionally, the deputy commander of the \"Ural\" detachment, Nagim Gayazov, claimed at the same trial that he heard him giving commands such as: \"Push,\" \"Push,\" \"Do not let the cops through,\" \"Beat them,\" and \"Throw stones.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2024 to 01.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Later, the girl said that she was drunk and burned the old and invalid document \"for fun\", as she had recently received a new one\n\nA criminal case was opened against Hoffman for abuse of the coat of arms of the Russian Federation and intentional infliction of moderate harm to health - it was reported that on New Year's Eve the blogger beat up her friend.\nOn 3 January 2024, the court sent Hoffman under house arrest until 2 February, and also banned her from using the internet and telephone.\nOn 19 July 2024, she was sentenced to two years and three months' restriction of liberty.\nOn 4 October 2024, the court of appeal commuted the sentence to a year in a penal colony.\nIn June 2025, Hoffman was allegedly released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":200,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 329"],"case_name_en":"The case of blogger Eugenia Hoffman over her burned passport","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the early morning of January 1, 2024, Eugenia, while near the entrance of an entertainment club on 2nd Pochepskaya Street in Bryansk, committed an act of abuse against the State Emblem of the Russian Federation, depicted on a citizen's passport, by publicly burning it. These actions constitute a gross insult and mockery of the civic and patriotic feelings of citizens of the Russian Federation.\n\nAdditionally, on the night of November 12, 2023, during a quarrel with a local resident previously unknown to her in the bar of the Bryansk Hotel, she struck her in the face with her head.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 03.01.2024 to 19.07.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 19.07.2024 to 04.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2024 to 01.06.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.07.2024, Sentence:  sentenced to two years and three months in prison","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":" sentenced to two years and three months in prison","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-19T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-19T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reclk0ovxBjksldVO"},{"persecution_id":"recsbezjLBSp5jlDS","last_updated":"2025-09-17T15:38:31.000Z","person_id":"reckfmeSRy9ioBQEV","name_en":"Viacheslav Malakhov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3JeYaefuu0RoQa.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3JeYaefuu0RoQa.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a poet, an author of lyrics and a musician of the group Pre-revolutionary Counsellor (the participants describe the genre of the project as “literary steam-punk variety”).\nOn 31 January 2024, the apartment where Malakhov stayed during his visit to Moscow was searched in a case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, and he was detained. On 2 February, the court ordered that he be taken into custody. Before that, the defence offered the investigation to ask the court for a different measure of restriction, but the investigation refused, explaining, in particular, that Malakhov is a native of Ukraine.\nOn 24 October 2024, Malakhov was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.\nOn 20 August 2025, he was released from the colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2025-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":267,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Viacheslav Malakhov’s case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0150/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for criminal charges was a post in Malakhov’s Telegram channel dated 8 September 2023, which begins with the phrase “nobody wants to fuck your shriveled ass, grandpa, relax and calm down”. Later, another post in Malakhov’s Telegram channel, dated September 12, 2023, was added to the case, in which he compares the officials’ contradictory statements about the return of the Russians who left to avoid mobilization with Russia’s actions towards Ukraine:\n\n“Russia: You want to attack us and kill us.\nUkraine: We don’t want anything like that.\nRussia: Is attacking Ukraine.\nUkraine: And now we do want to attack you and kill you.\nRussia: Now it’s okay!”\n\nIn August 2023, the poet was fined 30 thousand rubles under the article on discrediting the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for publications in the VKontakte social network. The verdict came into force on 5 September.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 31.01.2024 to 02.02.2024\n• in custody: from 02.02.2024 to 19.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 19.02.2024 to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 01.07.2024 to 15.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: from 15.12.2024 to 19.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.12.2024 to 26.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.12.2024 to 01.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• Unknown: from 01.01.2025 to 02.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• Unknown: from 02.02.2025 to 01.03.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n• Unknown: from 01.03.2025 to 10.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.03.2025 to 20.08.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tula region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.10.2024, Sentence: 2 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-24T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-24T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-02-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/news/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-vyacheslava-malahova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recsbezjLBSp5jlDS"},{"persecution_id":"recIx0W08krPgAAzL","last_updated":"2025-04-30T17:48:46.000Z","person_id":"recTXCFJjV11ZmLui","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Saratov. In January 2024, it became known that a case on calls to terrorism was opened against him.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of calls to terrorism in Saratov","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for persecution was the videos criticising the war, which the accused published on his VKontakte page. According to the law enforcers, these videos contain calls for servicemen to stop the war \"by seizing power in Russia\" and for an armed uprising.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIx0W08krPgAAzL"},{"persecution_id":"recxrZ93G86r8LEGA","last_updated":"2026-02-13T17:08:29.000Z","person_id":"reci7rneOzEViZfov","name_en":"Nadezhda Buyanova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attx5Q01ODCUkBRzQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attx5Q01ODCUkBRzQ.jpg"],"birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":68,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Paediatrician. The case was opened following a statement by Anastasia Akinshina, whose ex-husband was killed in the war: Akinshina claimed that Buyanova, during a doctor's appointment, said that Akinshina's ex-husband, like other Russian military personnel, was a \"legitimate target for Ukraine,\" that \"Russia attacked Ukraine and the Russian Armed Forces are killing Ukrainian civilians,\" and also \"absolutely mockingly\" asked whether Akinshina watched the news. Buyanova claims she said nothing of the sort. On 1 February 2024, the same day that the pro-government Telegram channel Mash published Akinshina's story, Buyanova was fired from the polyclinic. On 2 February, the doctor was searched. According to her, the law enforcers seized her mobile phone even before the initiation of criminal proceedings. Buyanova was detained. The next day, the court chose a measure of restraint against her in the form of a prohibition of certain actions. Initially, the case was initiated under Part 1 of the article on the dissemination of \"fakes\" about the army, but then reclassified to the dissemination of \"fakes\" about the army on the motive of national hatred (paragraph \"e\" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). In addition, a new prosecution witness, F. Nikolaev, who had not been stated earlier, appeared in the case. The investigation also agreed that the child, because of the conversation with whose mother Bujanova was being persecuted, was not present at their meeting. Earlier, the investigation insisted that he was together with his mother during the conversation. On 26 April 2024, Buyanova was placed in custody: the investigation stated that she had left her place of residence without notifying the investigative authorities and went to another region, thus creating conditions that precluded communication with the investigator to summon her for procedural actions, as well as avoided appearing before the investigative body since 22 April to familiarise herself with the case materials.\nOn 31 May 2024, it became known that someone sent Buyanova 20 kilograms of salt to the pre-trial detention centre, which almost exhausted the limit of transfers for the month. Later, it turned out that the administration of the centre did not accept this transfer, but Buyanova could not use the released limit, as the month was over.\nOn 12 July 2024, the court hearing Buyanova's lawsuit against the management of the polyclinic declared her dismissal unlawful.\nOn 23 October 2024, the car that was taking Buyanova to court for a hearing braked sharply and she hit her head, so that she bled.\nOn 12 November 2024, Buyanova was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khimki","Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":284,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["case includes denunciation","private conversation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nadezhda Buyanova's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian army","case_number":"01-0582/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated after a statement by Anastasia Akinshina, the ex-wife of a man killed in the war: Akinshina claimed that during doctor's appointment Buyanova stated that Akinshina's husband, as well as other Russian military personnel, was a \"legitimate target for Ukraine\" and that \"Russia attacked Ukraine and the Russian Armed Forces are killing Ukrainian civilians.\" Initially, the case was initiated under the Part 1 of the Article on spreading \"fakes\" about the army, but then reclassified to spreading \"fakes\" about the army on the motive of national hatred (Paragraph \"e\" of the Part 2 of the Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). In addition, a new prosecution witness, F. Nikolaev, who had not been stated earlier, appeared in the case. The investigation also agreed that the child, because of the conversation with whose mother Buyanova was being persecuted, was not present at their meeting. Previously, the investigation insisted that he was together with his mother during the conversation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.02.2024 to 03.02.2024, TDF of the Department of Internal Affairs for the North-West Administrative District of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 03.02.2024 to 25.04.2024\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 25.04.2024 to 26.04.2024\n• in custody: from 26.04.2024 to 05.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.05.2025 to 17.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• Unknown: from 17.07.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 18.04.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.11.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-12T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-12T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/buyanova-nadezhda-fyodorovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recxrZ93G86r8LEGA"},{"persecution_id":"recCobYFWsv0iXVOq","last_updated":"2026-04-14T12:34:32.000Z","person_id":"rec5j16HHXuMKnOvk","name_en":"Alexander Shestun","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3iUGVH824exSiW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3iUGVH824exSiW.jpg"],"birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Head of the Serpukhov Municipal District of Moscow Region. On 13 June 2018, he was detained on charges of abuse of power. The next day the court decided to place him in custody. Later also accused of illegal entrepreneurship, fraud and money laundering. On 25 December 2020, sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nObservers believe that the reason for the prosecution was the confrontation with the governor of the region, the last point was Shestun's support of environmental activists in the fight against rubbish dumps.\n\nIn April 2021, a new criminal case was opened against Shestun under three articles at once: threat or violent actions in connection with the administration of justice (part 1 of article 296 of the Criminal Code), insulting a judge (part 2 of article 297 of the Criminal Code) and insulting a representative of the authorities (article 319 of the Criminal Code). On 11 August 2022, Shestun was sentenced to six months in a strict regime colony in this case.\n\nIn February 2024, it became known that a case of disorganisation of the colony's activities was also brought against Shestun. On 10 October 2024, he was sentenced in this case to two years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Municipal deputies"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":282,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 321 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["321"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 321"],"case_name_en":"Case of Aleksandr Shestun on disorganising colony activities","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 30.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 29.04.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• cell-type room:  to 29.04.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: from 13.03.2026 to 10.04.2026, Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• Unknown: from 10.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.10.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-09T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-09T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCobYFWsv0iXVOq"},{"persecution_id":"rece3tvshskQaM4A1","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:05:01.000Z","person_id":"recDip5yTjJaA9Oty","name_en":"Nadezhda Rossinskaya (Nadin Geysler)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attM1nJsFv6Uy6ECE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attM1nJsFv6Uy6ECE.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Belgorod region, she helped refugees from Ukraine. She organised the volunteer movement \"Army of Beauties\" to collect humanitarian aid and evacuate refugees. In May 2023, she left Russia—according to her own account, due to threats and the prospect of arrest. She claimed that shortly before her departure, a young woman who had sent her a donation was detained at the airport.\n\nOn 1 February 2024, Rossinskaya was detained at the airport while returning to Russia from Georgia. A case was opened against her for calls to undertake activities aimed against the security of the Russian Federation, related to certain posts soliciting donations for the Azov battalion. Rossinskaya maintains that she does not know who owns the Instagram account that published the donation request.\n\nDuring the hearing on the choice of preventive measure, the activist said that she had received threats after her personal data was added to the Ukrainian database \"Myrotvorets\" (Peacemaker). She asserted that she was persecuted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) \"to discredit Russian volunteers providing support and assistance to the army during the special military operation.\"\n\nAs part of the evidence against Rossinskaya, the investigation cites a video in which soldiers thank her for her assistance. The activist claims these are Russian military personnel.\n\nOn 2 February 2024, Rossinskaya was taken into custody. Subsequently, an unknown person delivered 30 litres of water to her in the pre-trial detention centre, causing her monthly parcel allowance to be exhausted, and preventing her parents from sending her necessary items, including food and hygiene products.\n\nRossinskaya also reported that after her arrest on 1 February, while in the detention centre, she fell ill and suffered a panic attack. The extractor fan in her cell was not working, making it difficult to breathe. She complained of heart pain, a heaviness in the solar plexus, and a \"painful heat in the back of her head.\"\n\nIn July 2024, it became known that Rossinskaya was additionally charged with organising terrorist activities. Earlier, her stepfather, Sergei Yusupov, told SOTAvision that a law enforcement officer demanded she be persuaded \"to confess to all sins: that she is an almost American spy, that she travelled to Germany, was recruited there, and intends to come to Ukraine.\" Otherwise, her relatives were threatened with \"the crunching of bones — and not only Nadin’s.\"\n\nOn 20 June 2025, the court sentenced her to 22 years in prison, a fine of 320,000 rubles, one and a half years of restricted freedom, and a ban on administering websites. The prosecutor had requested a 27-year sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":536,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","assistance to Ukrainian refugees"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","275","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 205.1","Article 275","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nadin Geysler's case on calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation and organisation of terrorist activities","case_number":"1-286/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she \"placed calls on the Internet to collect donations for the AFU\", namely for the Azov battalion.\nThe reason for the initiation of a case of facilitation of terrorist activities was probably the correspondence attributed to her with a certain Yelena Kuchma, in which she tells about herself that she \"took out Atoshniks, coordinators of the AFU, hid them in her warehouse, in her home, sponsored the AFU with donations\".\nApparently, the reason for the initiation of the treason case was \"instructions\" given to a Ukrainian volunteer living in Georgia, Irina Perevozchikova, to make five transfers to the details of another Ukrainian volunteer, Serhiy Kovalchuk, who then, according to the investigation, transferred the money to the Azov regiment.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.02.2024 to 02.02.2024\n• in custody: from 02.02.2024 to 01.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Belgorod Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.06.2025, Sentence: 22 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with a fine of 320,000 rubles, 1 year and 6 months of restricted liberty, and a ban on administering websites.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"22 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with a fine of 320,000 rubles, 1 year and 6 months of restricted liberty, and a ban on administering websites.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":264,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":320000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-20T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-20T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/rossinskaya-nadezhda-alekseevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rece3tvshskQaM4A1"},{"persecution_id":"rec2JWmnLmhMj8U7h","last_updated":"2026-04-20T16:52:08.000Z","person_id":"recl6GeDsEg5Ja7vJ","name_en":"Alexander Fedulov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A lawyer who defended Alexei Navalny. In October 2023, after it became known that three of Navalny's lawyers were taken into custody in connection with the extremist community case, Fedulov announced that he had left Russia. In February 2024, it became known that Fedulov was declared wanted. On February 15, he was arrested in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.1 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Navalny's lawyers of participation in an extremist community","The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 15.02.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-05-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-advokatov-alekseya-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec2JWmnLmhMj8U7h"},{"persecution_id":"recixBBuYB8eAYmP3","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"rectXDbAtw1IHpSWI","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Detained on 1 February 2024 in Magnitogorsk. He was taken to Baymak (Bashkortostan), and the next day to Ufa, where he was taken into custody on charges of participation in mass riots over the popular gathering in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison.  Later it became known that the arrested man was also accused of using violence violence against the authorities. On 7 April 2025, he was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony. On 5 August 2025, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by a month.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":431,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The Sakaafat case","case_number":"1-412/2024","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody:  to 05.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Orenburg Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.04.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":65,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-1,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-07T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-07T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recixBBuYB8eAYmP3"},{"persecution_id":"recE89r9ZXDW4q0sl","last_updated":"2026-01-30T13:54:01.000Z","person_id":"recMTh9zXfhWIJ3mj","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attbYB0zWxlgnEULa.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attbYB0zWxlgnEULa.jpg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Baymak (Bashkortostan). On 4 February 2024, he was taken from work to court, where he was apparently arrested in a case of a certain administrative offence, presumably in connection with the public gathering on 17 January in support of the activist Fail Alsynov, who had been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. The next day, he was taken into custody in a criminal case of, presumably, mass riots, which was another case initiated in connection with the gathering.\n\nOn 19 September 2025, the court sentenced him to four and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":593,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sagit Iulmukhametov, Insaf Islamov and three other residents of Bashkortostan","case_number":"1-505/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":"","persecution_imprisonment_started":"","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.02.2024 to 01.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.02.2025 to 04.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2025 to 01.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.0202 to 03.09.2027, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2025, Sentence: 4 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recE89r9ZXDW4q0sl"},{"persecution_id":"recZcp0wSLUO1nb5J","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"rec40ZMN5G2dvuNGo","name_en":"Yulai Ayupov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attbWyndIE6HTzi1U.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attbWyndIE6HTzi1U.jpeg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ayupov, a resident of Bashkortostan, was detained in Ufa on 6 February 2024. On 8 February, he was taken into custody on charges of participating in mass riots in connection with the rally in support of activist Fail Alsynov sentenced to four years in prison, which took place in Baymak on 17 January.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers","Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Baymak mass riot organisers","case_number":"2-21/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.02.2024 to 01.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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According to his son, the law enforcers searched for Davletberdin for two days before that, visiting his relatives and acquaintances and conducting searches. On 6 February, he was taken into custody as part of a mass riots case brought in connection with a public gathering in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison.\nDavletberdin's son sent a certificate of tuberculosis disease to the appointed lawyer. For the last two years Davletberdin has been treated for the disease, now he needs to undergo X-rays and prophylaxis every six months.\n\nOn 21 October 2025, the court sentenced him to three years and seven months in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":624,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Umutbai Davletberdin  and four other Bashkortostan residents ","case_number":"1-1057/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he took part in mass riots that allegedly took place in Baymak on 17 January 2024 and threw a snowball that hit a Special Police Force officer’s helmet.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.02.2024 to 01.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 21.01.2025 to 18.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 18.11.2025 to 11.12.2025\n• in custody: from 11.12.2025 to 25.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.02.2026 to 01.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.04.2026 to 24.08.2026, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.10.2025, Sentence: 3 years 7 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 7 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":43,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-21T06:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-21T06:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/bajmakskoe-delo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recq5KTyUE1Lus5hO"},{"persecution_id":"recIvIUjdHXAuhPOE","last_updated":"2026-04-28T18:00:28.000Z","person_id":"recfqDdjSpNU1Z4RV","name_en":"Zakir Kulmukhametov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Bashkortostan. He was taken into custody on charges of participating in mass riots in connection with a people's gathering in Baymak on 17 January 2024 in support of activist Fail Alsynov, sentenced to four years. Kulmukhametov was also accused of using violence against representatives of the authorities. On 5 December 2024, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":323,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Khalid Ishkuvatov, Ilfat Ishmuratov and Zakir Kulmukhametov","case_number":"1-414/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2024 to 01.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.06.2024 to 15.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.12.2024, Sentence: 4 years and 6 months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years and 6 months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-05T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-05T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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After Derevskov failed to appear in court and did not respond to the bailiff's calls, he was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia, after which he was apparently taken into custody. In addition, a case was opened against him for repeated public display of prohibited symbols, details unknown","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhnevartovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":744,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":106,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ilya Derevskov's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, using a fake account, he published comments \"aimed at discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\" in one of the communities.\nIn April 2023, Derevskov was fined 40,000 rubles (≈$490 as of 04/01/2023) under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The reason for the fine was a comment under a post in social network \"VKontakte\" in the public group \"New Syzran\", dedicated to a Russian pilot killed in the war. The comment read: \"the soldiers of the 3rd Reich executed such orders the same way, did they also do everything right and had no choice? :) The choice is always there, to go and execute criminal orders and kill your neighbours, or to refuse, even if that means going to prison for it, but nevertheless, he made his choice, that’s why he is rotting in the ground now, well... one fewer\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","arrest in absentia","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2024 to 19.08.2025\n• arrest in absentia: from 19.08.2025\n• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.01.2026, Sentence: The sentence is unknown","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"The sentence is unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-14T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-14T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recx7xiztsT75ahgI"},{"persecution_id":"recRGBJvW6fT6ovQZ","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"rec5wLNprWRbz2CHM","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Bashkortostan. He was taken into custody on charges of participation in mass disorder and use of violence against a representative of the authorities during a popular gathering in Baymak on 17 January 2024 in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who had been sentenced to four years in prison. In June 2025, the court sentenced him to four and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":516,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"Ainur Karimov's  and two other residents of Bashkortostan's case\n","case_number":"1-369/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"He is accused of approaching one of the policemen from the Ufa Department of Internal Affairs, \"grabbing him by the leg with his hands and toppling him, resulting in the injured party hitting his head,\" on 17 January 2024. According to the prosecution, he also hit \"at least twice with his legs and at least once with his hands\" the tactical shield of a serviceman from the Bashkortostan division of Rosgrardiya.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• :  to 16.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.06.2025, Sentence: 4.5 years' of imprisonment in a general regime colony\n\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4.5 years' of imprisonment in a general regime colony\n\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-16T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-16T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRGBJvW6fT6ovQZ"},{"persecution_id":"recUB6rWmbrBaa9xT","last_updated":"2026-03-08T15:57:02.000Z","person_id":"recGO3LytkHfVytEH","name_en":"Ilfat Ishmuratov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bashkortostan. He was taken into custody on charges of involvement in mass riots in connection with a mass gathering in Baymak on 17 January 2024 in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years. Ishmuratov was also accused of using violence against representatives of the authorities. 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On 17 October 2025, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":639,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Raiat Davletbaev and three other Bashkortostan residents","case_number":"1-471/2024","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody:  to 22.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recr8EZehfR4PSCEC"},{"persecution_id":"recke0P1wmdRMr3GM","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"recn8bQN8gi1YdiII","name_en":"Ilnar Asylguzhin","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Born in Bashkortostan, lived in Surgut. For some time he was on the wanted list. He was detained on 8 February 2024 in Surgut on the case of mass riots in connection with the mass gathering in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. Asylguzhin was taken to Ufa, where he was placed in custody. On 24 December 2024, he was sentenced to eight and a half years in a general regime colony. On 6 May 2025, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five years.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":320,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ilnar Asylguzhin and four other Bashkortostan residents","case_number":"1-327/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"–","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.02.2024 to 17.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.02.2024 to 12.02.2024\n• in custody: from 01.09.2024 to 06.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 15 of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Penal Correctional Department"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 15 of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Penal Correctional Department\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penal Correctional Centre No. 15 of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Penal Correctional Department","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2024, Sentence: 8 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/bajmakskoe-delo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On 6 February 2024, he was detained and the next day arrested for 10 days under the administrative article on participation in an unsanctioned event that interfered with the functioning of infrastructure (part 6.1 of article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) in connection with a citizen assembly in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. The same evening he was taken to Ufa, where on 8 February he was taken into custody on charges of participation in mass riots in connection with the same gathering. Later it became known that he was also accused of using violence against a representative of the authorities. On 19 March 2025, the man was sentenced to three years` and nine months.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":407,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Zakii Iliasov, Valliam Mutallapov and two other residents of Bashkortostan","case_number":"1-513/2024","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.02.2024 to 01.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.11.2024 to 22.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 07.02.2024 to 08.02.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 24.04.2026, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• Unknown: from 24.04.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.03.2025, Sentence: 3 years' and 9 months imprisonment in general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' and 9 months imprisonment in general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-19T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec73Bs4IWmKAGgHx"},{"persecution_id":"recKFakzu0cxK76if","last_updated":"2025-01-24T10:44:52.000Z","person_id":"recDWEBKAKmDHhVGL","name_en":"Vasily Slonov","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Krasnoyarsk, artist. On February 8, 2024, he was searched at his home and studio in the case of repeated public display of prohibited symbols. The next day he went to the airport. According to Slonov, he was going to Almaty for 3-7 days to visit art museums. He was detained, the investigation demanded to detain him on the grounds that he \"attempted to leave the Russian Federation\". However, the judge said at a hearing on February, 10 that there was no information in the case file about the purchase or booking of a return ticket, and ordered Slonov to be placed under house arrest.\nOn September 24, 2024, Slonov was sentenced to a year of corrective labour. The court also ordered the destruction of the two roly-poly dolls (nevalashka).","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":229,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4"],"case_name_en":"Vasily Slonov's case of repeated demonstration of prohibited symbols","case_number":"1-1417/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"In October 2023, Slonov was fined 1,000 rubles under the article on the demonstration of extremist symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Administrative Code) because of an installation with a tattooed roly-poly doll. After that, Slonov did not delete the photo of the doll (nevalashka), and, as stated in the ruling on the initiation of criminal proceedings, \"at the time of November 29, 2023\" on his page in \"VKontakte\" was available \"art-object toy \"nevalashka\" with the applied drawing in the form of images of eight-pointed stars with blue-white rays, which are the symbols of the extremist movement AUE\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.02.2024 to 10.02.2024\n• house arrest: from 10.02.2024 to 24.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.09.2024, Sentence: one year of correctional labour with deduction of 15% of the salary to the state income\nThe court also ordered the destruction of the two roly-poly dolls (nevalashka)","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"one year of correctional labour with deduction of 15% of the salary to the state income\nThe court also ordered the destruction of the two roly-poly dolls (nevalashka)","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-24T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-24T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 9 February 2024, he was detained and presumably arrested under the administrative article on participation in an unauthorised rally that interfered with the functioning of infrastructure (Part 6.1 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). The next day, Mutallapov was transported to Ufa where he was taken into custody. He was said to have been charged with participating in mass riots in connection with the citizen assembly in Baymak on 17 January 2024 in support of the activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years of imprisonment. Later, he was also charged with using violence against a representative of the authorities. On 19 March 2025, Mutallapov was sentenced to 3 years and 3 months in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":427,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Zakii Iliasov, Valliam Mutallapov and two other residents of Bashkortostan","case_number":"1-513/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.02.2024 to 12.02.2024\n• in custody: from 12.02.2024 to 01.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.11.2024 to 22.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 09.02.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Orenburg Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.03.2025, Sentence: 3 years and 3 months’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years and 3 months’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":39,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-19T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/bajmakskoe-delo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recGz4ylqiFNNhBii"},{"persecution_id":"rec7Ons0Q5ySo20UA","last_updated":"2026-01-30T13:42:56.000Z","person_id":"recSAtJmrGHa6FSFP","name_en":"Insaf Islamov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attAwvNcnYX8kRO3y.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attAwvNcnYX8kRO3y.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Murmansk, bus driver, father of two young children. Born in Baimak (Bashkortostan).\n\nIn 2024, together with his family came to Baymak for New Year holidays. By chance he learnt that the case of Bashkir activist Fail Alsynov was being considered in the local court and out of curiosity he came to the courthouse on the day of the verdict announcement.\n\nLess than a month later, Islamov learnt that he was placed on a wanted list. He called the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the town of Apatity, where he was at the time, and came to the police station. He was detained on charges of participation in mass riots and sent to custody on 9 February. According to the investigation, he threw \"objects resembling logs\" in the direction of the police, which is regarded as use of violence against law enforcers.\n\nLater Islamov was transferred to Ufa.\n\nOn 19 September 2025, the court sentenced him to four and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Apatity","Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast","Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR","RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":591,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sagit Iulmukhametov, Insaf Islamov and three other residents of Bashkortostan","case_number":"1-505/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, taking part in the mass riots, being near the building of the Baymak City Court, acting intentionally, jointly and in concert with other participants in the mass riots, realising the socially dangerous nature of their actions, as well as that the law enforcement officers who were also there, dressed in uniform, including the squad leader of the platoon within Company No. 3 of the separate battalion of the Patrol and Checkpoint Police Service of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Sterlitamak, police sergeant A.N. Abutalipov (appointed from 14.03.2023 to the above-mentioned position by order No. 51 l/s from 17.03.2023 by the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the city of Sterlitamak), are representatives of the authorities and are in the performance of their official duties to protect public order and ensure public safety in the place of the unauthorised rally, ignoring their lawful demands to stop unlawful actions, with the aim of obstructing the lawful actions of law enforcement officers to ensure the normal operation of the court and the restoration of public order, having the intention to use violence (that does not pose a risk to life and health) towards representatives of the authorities involved in the suppression of riots, picked up from the ground no less than two objects looking like logs, after which, having the intention to use violence (that does not pose a risk to life and health) towards representatives of the authorities involved in the suppression of riots, intentionally, consistently, with aim and force threw in their direction the mentioned objects, one of which struck A.N. Abutalipov's arm, causing the victim physical pain.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 06.02.2024 to 09.02.2024\n• in custody: from 09.02.2024 to 01.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• : from 01.02.2024\n• in custody: from 01.03.2024 to 05.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 05.02.2025 to 04.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2025 to 29.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.12.2025 to 09.09.2027, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2025, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/bajmakskoe-delo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec7Ons0Q5ySo20UA"},{"persecution_id":"rec9quUc70mWx1fPp","last_updated":"2026-04-28T17:53:03.000Z","person_id":"recZgSGfgcIJXUXFI","name_en":"Vasil Gafurov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0yWA8xkQSQI4IU.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0yWA8xkQSQI4IU.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Born in Uzbekistan, resident of Naberezhnye Chelny. On 5 February 2024 he was taken into custody on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. A number of human rights activists consider the recognition of the party as a terrorist organisation groundless, as the party was not involved in committing terrorist acts. On 8 April 2026, Gafurov was sentenced, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":828,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":118,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fifth case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Tatarstan","case_number":"2-149/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being one of the leaders of the Tatarstan structure of the international terrorist organisation \"Party of Islamic Liberation\" (\"Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami\"), in the period from July 2021 to February 2, 2024, together with Bagautdinov he organised Mudarisov's participation in it.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.02.2024\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2026, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9quUc70mWx1fPp"},{"persecution_id":"recHNXBeir1bpk2xR","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:03:36.000Z","person_id":"recA2K8iehQegRzKY","name_en":"Rishat Mudarisov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Yelabuga (Tatarstan). On 5 February 2024, taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. A number of human rights activists consider the recognition of the party as a terrorist organisation groundless, as the party was not involved in committing terrorist acts. 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A case was opened against him for incitement to terrorist activities. On 7 October 2020, he was sentenced to a fine of 400,000 rubles.\n\nOn 14 February 2024, Sharygin was detained on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation: the grounds for the case were the reposting of a publication about the reopening of Navalny Headquarters and the publication of leaflet layouts of Navalny's team in the run-up to the elections. The next day the court placed him in custody.\n\nLater, Sharygin spoke of a badge with Navalny's symbols had been planted to him. It was allegedly found in Sharygin's car, but this occurred at night without witnesses, a day after the car was seized.\n\nSharygin's mother stated in court that during the search all her personal savings for 40 years — 77 banknotes of 100 US dollars and 100 banknotes of 100 euros — were taken from her. This money was recognised as material evidence.\n\nOn 13 February 2025, Sharygin was sentenced to a 3-year term in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":365,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Sharygin's case of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-20/2025 (1-423/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"on the instructions of the leadership of anti-Russian centres from abroad\" he attemted to involve residents of Nizhniy Novgorod region in the activities of Navalny's Headquarters in order to \"destabilise the socio-political situation\" ahead of the Russian presidential elections, namely he \"posted information materials about the continued activities of the public movement Navalny's Headquarters\" in Odnoklassniki and Telegram.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.02.2024 to 30.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2025, Sentence: 3 years' of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-02-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-uchastii-v-ekstremistskih-organizacziyah-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recCl4z9yXOVW2w8c"},{"persecution_id":"recJZL79s4z8bkZW4","last_updated":"2024-09-15T13:08:45.000Z","person_id":"recnvZqu9BD5PTgOY","name_en":"Itil (Tatiana) Dark (Namazbaeva)","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Activist of the Mayak movement in Vladivostok, which provides legal and socio-psychological assistance to LGBT and women victims of violence. On 10 February 2023, she was recognised as a \"foreign agent\". 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He was detained on 24 January 2024, after which he was arrested for 10 days under an administrative article because of the popular gathering on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. 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A case was opened against him for participation in mass riots and use of violence against a representative of the authorities because of a citizen assembly in Baymak on 17 January 2024 in support of the activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. Ikbaev was taken into custody. 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On 6 September 2024, Pankov was sentenced to a fine of 250 thousand rubles, the amount was reduced to 50 thousand taking into account the time spent in custody. On 12 November 2024, the court of appeal changed the amount of the fine to 300 thousand rubles, reduced to 100 thousand and released Pankov from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Municipal deputies"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur","Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2024-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":204,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Pankov’s case of repeatedly discrediting the Russian Army","case_number":"1-738/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"In May 2022, Pankov was fined under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for his statements about the war he had posted on VKontakte and in his Telegram channel.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.02.2024 to 19.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.02.2024 to 17.02.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 19.04.2024 to 12.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.09.2024, Sentence: A fine of 250 thousand rubles, reduced to 50 thousand rubles, taking into account the time spent in custody, deprivation of the right to administer websites for 1 year.","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 250 thousand rubles, reduced to 50 thousand rubles, taking into account the time spent in custody, deprivation of the right to administer websites for 1 year.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-06T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-06T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In April 2023, he was fined 65,000 rubles for anti-war publications and criticism of the authorities: 45,000 rubles under the administrative offense of discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and an additional 20,000 rubles under the article on inciting hatred or hostility (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).\n\nOn January 31, 2024, a search was conducted at the homeless and elderly shelter \"For Christ’s Sake,\" founded by Charov. In autumn 2022, the priest had invited “conscripts who fled mobilization” to the shelter. Charov was charged with publicly justifying terrorism, reportedly over a joke about an attempt to set fire to a military recruitment office. A preventive measure banning certain actions was imposed on him.\n\nIn June 2024, it became known that Charov was also charged with discrediting the Armed Forces. The cases were merged. The discrediting charge is related to his repost of a shortened video message by Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner PMC. In the video, Prigozhin accused the Ministry of Defence of lying and claimed the war in Ukraine was waged only “so a bunch of scoundrels could gain publicity,” and that the Defence Minister was awarded the rank of marshal.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Eduard Charov's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-182/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case of public justification of terrorism was initiated due to a comment saying “Award the Order of Courage” under a VKontakte post reporting that a resident of Polevskoy had thrown a Molotov cocktail at the local military recruitment office.\n\nThe case of discrediting the Armed Forces was initiated over the repost of a shortened version of an address by PMC Wagner’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, which he published before the June 2023 mutiny. In the posted excerpt, Prigozhin accused the Ministry of Defence of lying, claiming the ministry tried to “deceive the public and the president,” and that the war in Ukraine was waged only “so a bunch of scoundrels could gain publicity,” while the Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu was promoted to marshal.\n\nIn April 2023, Charov was fined 45,000 rubles under the administrative offense of discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) over a social media post that, among other things, mentioned Chechen fighters.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.01.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recHAH0npzAoTjrPS"},{"persecution_id":"rec8eindJyEr2xYeF","last_updated":"2026-04-28T13:45:25.000Z","person_id":"recNzglwYcdwb2WM8","name_en":"Aitugan Abdullin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attQOy0uPrFOFnrJc.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attQOy0uPrFOFnrJc.png"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bashkortostan. 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According to the St Petersburg police, he had “been in contact with handlers from Ukraine for some time and was preparing to join a terrorist organisation”. On 19 February 2024, he was remanded in custody. His pre-trial measure was changed to house arrest on 13 March.\n\nIn June 2024, it became known that Podoshvelev had also been charged with attempted participation in a terrorist community: investigators alleged that he had planned to join the “Legion of Freedom of Russia”. He was again taken into custody. The case was subsequently brought to court on charges of participation in a terrorist organisation, rather than attempted participation in a terrorist community.\n\nIn June 2025, the court sentenced Podoshvelev to fourteen years’ imprisonment, the first three years to be served in prison and the remainder in a high-security penal colony. He was also fined 250,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":482,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 243 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","243","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 1, Article 243","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Podoshvelev's case of vandalism, damage to cultural heritage objects and farticipation if a terrorist organisation's activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2023 he contacted a handler from the Freedom of Russia Legion by email with the intention of joining the group. He then allegedly acted on this handler’s instructions by painting the slogan “Russian Orthodox Church FOR KILLERS” on the walls of a church on Gzhatskaia Street and on a church affiliated with the Polytechnic University, as well as the slogan “POLYTECH FOR KILLERS” on the university building itself.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.02.2024 to 13.03.2024\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.02.2024 to 19.02.2024\n• house arrest: from 13.03.2024 to 01.06.2024\n• in custody: from 01.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.06.2025, Sentence: A sentence of 14 years' imprisonment, the first three years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony, along with a fine of 250,000 roubles.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A sentence of 14 years' imprisonment, the first three years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony, along with a fine of 250,000 roubles.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-10T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-10T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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The next day, the court arrested him for 10 days under an administrative case initiated in connection with a popular gathering in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. On 7 February, the man was taken to Ufa, after which he was taken into custody in the criminal case initiated in connection with the gathering. He was charged with participation in mass riots and use of violence against a representative of the authorities. In June 2025, the court sentenced him to four years and two months in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":501,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"Ainur Karimov's  and two other residents of Bashkortostan's case\n","case_number":"1-369/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case reports state that Ainur Karimov “grabbed the leg of an unidentified law enforcement officer who had fallen to the ground as a result of the actions of other participants in the mass riots, and then forcefully tried to pull him out of the police cordon.” According to the investigation, Karimov also approached one of the OMON \"Ural\" (Special Purpose Mobile Unit) officers from the Russian National Guard's Bashkortostan branch and “pushed him in the torso with both hands with considerable force, causing the victim to lose balance and fall to the ground,” during which the officer “experienced physical pain.” Other documents stated that Karimov “threw chunks of frozen snow at law enforcement officers at least five times.”","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2024 to 01.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody:  to 16.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 02.02.2024 to 01.02.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.06.2025, Sentence: 4 years 2 months' imprisonment in general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 2 months' imprisonment in general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":50,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-16T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-16T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In February 2024, she was included in the List of Extremists and Terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with the marking given to people prosecuted under terrorist articles. On 24 April 2024, Chirikova was arrested in absentia on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist community, calling for terrorism and organising terrorist activities.\nOn 16 July 2024, a case was opened against Chirikova for disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces, details unknown. On 2 November 2024, the Investigative Committee reported that a case was opened against Chirikova for public justification of terrorism. On 22 November, Chirikova's parents were searched.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","205.2","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Free Russia 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Taken into custody on charges of participation in mass riots and use of violence against a representative of the authorities in connection with a popular gathering in Baymak on 17 January 2024 in support of activist Fail Alsynov, sentenced to four years in prison. On 24 December 2024, Khazhin was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. On 6 May 2025, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to four years and two months. In March 2026, Khazhin had the remainder of his sentence commuted to compulsory labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":342,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ilnar Asylguzhin and four other Bashkortostan residents","case_number":"1-327/2024","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2024 to 17.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 17.09.2024 to 06.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.05.2025 to 26.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.05.2025 to 20.03.2026, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• Unknown: from 01.03.2026 to 31.08.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-22,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/bajmakskoe-delo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec2zwxAdouM4l2lL"},{"persecution_id":"recSO4zIWivX13fvN","last_updated":"2024-12-23T10:29:16.000Z","person_id":"rec59X8kqPpBqEXvI","name_en":"Yuri Chilikin","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-05-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nizhny Novgorod, a member of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of \"Left Socialist Action\", supported the strike of the \"Kurier\" trade union. On 25 January 2024 he was taken into custody in a case of public justification of terrorism. On 25 July 2024 he was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles and released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":206,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yuri Chilikin","case_number":"1-150/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a post in the KURWWWA CH Telegram channel, which included a photo of a tent with the inscription \"Volunteer Recruitment Centre\" and the accompanying text \"its just asking for a Molotov cocktail\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.01.2024 to 25.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.07.2024, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-25T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-25T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSO4zIWivX13fvN"},{"persecution_id":"receDbksK79GLI9R8","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"reciezsHJHoClIvYS","name_en":"Ilmir Ryskulov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Bashkortostan. Taken into custody on charges of participation and organisation of mass riots and use of violence against a representative of the authorities in connection with a mass gathering in Baymak on 17 January 2024 in support of activist Fail Alsynov, sentenced to four years in prison. On 26 February 2025, Ryskulov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. In June, this term was reduced by three months on appeal.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Orsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":406,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of five more residents of Bashkortostan","case_number":"1-17/2025 (1-225/2024;)","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody:  to 06.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Orenburg Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Orenburg Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Orenburg Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Orenburg Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.02.2025, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":57,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/bajmakskoe-delo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"receDbksK79GLI9R8"},{"persecution_id":"recvEonJxB6ZGWYxC","last_updated":"2025-10-31T10:30:27.000Z","person_id":"recHv76UEU8GUqwTg","name_en":"Sergey Piskunov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attK5y5narMF55c5w.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attK5y5narMF55c5w.jpg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of the \"Golos\" movement in the Kemerovo region. On 10 February 2024, he was detained in Kemerovo during a rally for the return of conscripted serviceman. He was taken to the settlement of Gramoteino, where he lives with his grandmother, to conduct a search in the case of organising an extremist community (part 1 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). Two days later, the activist was detained at the Veseloyarsk checkpoint (Russia's border with Kazakhstan) and taken to Rubtsovsk (Altai Krai). Denis Shakin, chairman of the Novokuznetsk branch of the Yabloko party, who accompanied him at the border, said at the time that, according to the law enforcers, Piskunov was being investigated under an extremist article. Later the same day it became known that a criminal case of non-violent lewd acts was opened against Piskunov: the investigation claims that he solicited intimate photos from a 13-year-old girl. Telegram channel Mash published a video in which Piskunov confirms that he corresponded with underage girls and asked them for photos and videos. At this point, we cannot consider the prosecution under this article as politically motivated.\n\nThe REN TV channel published a video where Piskunov says that he photographed graves of war dead in the Kemerovo region, received money for this from human rights activist Marina Litvinovich, and then the information he collected was included in the summary of the dead on the \"Mediazona\" website. \"Mediazona\" editor Dmitry Treshchanin confirmed in a commentary to \"Meduza\" that Piskunov took photos of the graves of the war dead and shared them with a team of volunteers, but he did not interact with \"Mediazona\", and Litvinovich has nothing to do with the publication or the volunteer project. On 15 February, Piskunov was taken into custody. The press office of Belovo City Court told \"Mediazona\" that the extremist article was not imputed to Piskunov \"yet\".\nOn 1 March 2024, it became known that a case on repeated violation of the order of activities of a \"foreign agent\" (part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code) was also initiated against Piskunov. The reason was that he \"deliberately\" did not mark his status in the materials he published - in particular, in a comment in \"VKontakte\".\nThe cases were consolidated.\nOn 30 January 2025, Piskunov was sentenced to four years and one month in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["NGO employees"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":355,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Piskunov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he solicited intimate photos from a 13-year-old girl and also \"deliberately failed to mark his status in published materials\" - in particular, in a comment on \"VKontakte\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.02.2024 to 06.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.03.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2025, Sentence: 4 years 1 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 1 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":49,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-30T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-30T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvEonJxB6ZGWYxC"},{"persecution_id":"recZ2hd6ti8HxXTx0","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:19:00.000Z","person_id":"recsBRHIftdYoZ8xO","name_en":"Ksenia Karelina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxOqyT1WLQsPTB9.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxOqyT1WLQsPTB9.jpg"],"birth_year":1991,"age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["USA"],"story_en":"Cosmetologist. Lived in Yekaterinburg, emigrated to the USA. Detained on 27 January 2024, the day after she arrived in Ekaterinburg, where FSB officers apparently looked through the contents of her phone. The court arrested her for 14 days under the administrative article on disorderly conduct (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences), with a report from the FSB officers included in the administrative case file. On 8 February, the court sent her to custody under the criminal case of high treason. The reason, as initially reported, was the transfer of $51 to a charitable foundation. Later \"Kommersant-Ural\", citing a certain source, reported that there were other transfers in the case file, but after the verdict the lawyer said that only one episode was mentioned in the text of the judgement. On 15 August 2024, Khavana was sentenced to 12 years in a general regime colony.\nOn 10 April 2025, she was handed over to the US as part of a prisoner exchange.\n","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":201,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ksenia Khavan's high treason case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"starting from February 2022, she proactively collected money in the interests of a Ukrainian organisation which was subsequently used to purchase tactical medicine items, equipment, means of defeat and ammunition for the AFU\".\nAccording to the \"Department One\", the reason for the prosecution was the transfer of $51.8 to the account of the US-based charity foundation \"Razom for Ukraine\" on the first day of the war, 24 February 2022. Later, \"Kommersant-Ural\" media, citing a certain source, reported that other transfers were also involved in the case, but the defendant's lawyer said that only one episode was mentioned in the verdict.\n","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 07.02.2024 to 08.02.2024\n• in custody: from 08.02.2024 to 11.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 27.01.2024 to 07.02.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.11.2024 to 12.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.12.2024\n• Unknown:  to 10.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.08.2024, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a fine of 300 thousand roubles and a restriction of liberty for 1 year and 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a fine of 300 thousand roubles and a restriction of liberty for 1 year and 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-15T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-15T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-08-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/karelina-kseniya-pavlovna/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZ2hd6ti8HxXTx0"},{"persecution_id":"recrEyYEzRacDCAxM","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"reciQnfS4lasEf7j2","name_en":"Daria Kozyreva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnKbBMMnvTRcQ7u.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnKbBMMnvTRcQ7u.jpg"],"birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. On 19 December 2022, she was detained because of an inscription on an installation about friendship between St. Petersburg and Ukrainian city of Mariupol. A report was drawn up on Kozyreva under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). However, in January 2023, a criminal case on property damage was initiated, considering that the girl's actions caused significant material damage to the owner of the installation, Bright City LLC: more than 250 thousand rubles (US$3075), according to the cost of dismantling works and the cost of restorative repair and subsequent installation of the light composition. Since then, there have been no investigative actions in this case. In addition, on 15 December 2023, Kozyreva was issued a protocol under Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code because of a post on VKontakte, which she published on the day on which articles on military \"fakes\" (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) were added to the Criminal Code on 4 March 2022. In the post, Kozyreva spoke about these amendments as well as the imperialist nature of war.\n\nOn 24 February 2024, the second anniversary of the start of the war, Kozyreva was detained because of a poster with a fragment of text from Shevchenko's poem Testament pasted on the monument to Taras Shevchenko. Later, it became known that a criminal case on discrediting the Armed Forces was opened against her. On 27 February, she was taken into custody.\n\nIn August 2024, it became known that another episode appeared in the case of Kozyreva, in connection with her interview with the YouTube channel Realia. In December 2024, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 7 February 2025, Kozyreva's preventive measure was replaced with a ban on certain actions. In March, the Court of Appeal cancelled the decision to return the case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 18 April 2025, Kozyreva was sentenced to two years and eight months in a general regime colony.\nKozyreva's last word in court gave rise to a case under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). She was fined 40500 rubles (US$498).\nO\nOn 18 March 2026, she was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":418,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Daria Kozyreva's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-278/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was a poster containing a citation  of Shevchenko's poem \"Testament\" pasted on the monument to Taras Shevchenko. Later, another episode appeared in the case — an interview with the YouTube channel \"Realii.\"\nOn 21 December 2023, Kozyreva was fined 30 thousand rubles under Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code because of a post made in VKontakte, which she published on the day when articles on military \"fakes\" (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) were added to the Criminal Code, 4 March 2022. In the post, Kozyreva spoke about these amendments, as well as the imperialist nature of war.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"New consideration","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","temporary hospitalisation","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 25.02.2024 to 26.02.2024\n• in custody: from 26.02.2024 to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.07.2024 to 24.07.2024, Psychiatric Hospital No. 6 in St. Petersburg\n• in custody: from 24.07.2024 to 07.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 07.02.2025 to 18.04.2025\n• in custody: from 18.04.2025 to 28.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• in custody: from 28.06.2025 to 26.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.08.2025 to 17.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• Unknown: from 18.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast\n• Unknown:  to 01.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Ivanovo Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.11.2025 to 18.03.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"\n• Unknown: from 19.03.2026 to 18.09.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.04.2025, Sentence: 2 years 8 months' imprisonment in general regime penal colony, a 2 years 6 months' ban on moderating Internet pages ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 8 months' imprisonment in general regime penal colony, a 2 years 6 months' ban on moderating Internet pages ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":32,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-18T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-18T09:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kozyreva-darya-aleksandrovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recrEyYEzRacDCAxM"},{"persecution_id":"recs2FxqC2J7yWmSQ","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec5bn8eX0gzdkQYa","name_en":"Gennady Gudkov","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":68,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former deputy of the State Duma. He has participated and is still participating in various extra-systemic opposition organisations. On 27 February 2024, he was added to Rosfinmonitoring's List of Extremists and Terrorists, with a note placed next to the names of people prosecuted under \"terrorist\" articles. On 24 April 2024, Gudkov was arrested in absentia on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist community and calls for terrorism.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Free Russia Forum","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 24.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recs2FxqC2J7yWmSQ"},{"persecution_id":"recabs5WNpTQSfSZg","last_updated":"2026-03-24T15:40:13.000Z","person_id":"rec8YlYF4Q7HDpbXf","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attMXyaQOY65Qgb3W.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attMXyaQOY65Qgb3W.jpg"],"birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Bashkortostan. In February 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of participating in and organising mass riots and using violence against a representative of the authorities in connection with a popular gathering in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, sentenced to four years in prison. On 27 March 2025, he was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":435,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"Aitugan Kitikov, Fidan Ismagilov, Shafkat Ulmasbaev and one more Bashkortostan resident's case","case_number":"1-90/2025 (1-992/2024;)","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2024 to 12.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 12.08.2024 to 17.01.2025, Bashkortostan Federal Penitentiary Service Hospital\n• in custody: from 17.01.2025 to 14.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.03.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recabs5WNpTQSfSZg"},{"persecution_id":"recY5S4RNjBXdWVD9","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:00:08.000Z","person_id":"recEgvCuZkrBuuey0","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Bashkortostan. In February 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of participating in and organising mass riots and using violence against a representative of the authorities in connection with a popular gathering in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, sentenced to four years in prison. On 3 March 2025, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony. In April 2026, the rest of the sentence was replaced by a more lenient one.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":411,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rail Galin and four other Bashkortostan residents","case_number":"1-47/2025 (1-548/2024;)","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2024 to 01.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.01.2024 to 18.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.03.2025, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-03T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-03T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recY5S4RNjBXdWVD9"},{"persecution_id":"recldbb11q4XVCtpu","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"reczQ9viM5Ba6d2ka","name_en":"Evgenii Lazutin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A security guard at the \"Lukoshko\" market in Khanty-Mansiisk. On 28 February 2024, he was detained as part of a case of discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation, the reason for which was an emotional conversation in the smoking room. Presumably, he was placed under house arrest. On 10 April 2025, Lazutin was sentenced to a year's imprisonment in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released in February 2026.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khanty-Mansiysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":407,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["private conversation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Lazutin's case of discrediting the Russian armed forces","case_number":"1-137/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of the case was a conversation in the smoking room, during which Lazutin became nervous and started shouting \"morons\" and \"cannon fodder\" in relation to the participants of the war in Ukraine. In December 2023, the security guard was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the use of the Russian armed forces (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to a certain video in the social network \"Odnoklassniki\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest:  to 10.04.2025\n• in custody: from 10.04.2025 to 02.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.06.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.02.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.04.2025, Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-10T06:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-10T06:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/lazutin-evgenij-nikolaevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recldbb11q4XVCtpu"},{"persecution_id":"rec1yOSbls66rpSI4","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recScZNSwSBe0GYT9","name_en":"Alexei Semionov","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Komi Republic. Since the early 1990s was a paediatrician, then became an individual entrepreneur. In 2018, actively participated in protests against the construction of a landfill at Shiess station.\nWorks in the point of separate rubbish collection, deals with environmental issues in the city.\nAt the end of September, Semionov was arrested for five days under the article on non-payment of a fine (part 1 of article 20.25 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), after which he was immediately arrested for 10 days under the article on disobedience to the police (article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). On 13 October he was taken directly from the special reception centre, where he was serving the arrest, to the investigative actions. After that Semionov was placed under house arrest. Later he was charged with six violations of house arrest. According to Semionov's wife, all the violations were related to breaking the connection between the bracelet and the stationary tracking device and were recorded at times when her husband was taking a bubble bath. She added that the radius of permissible distance from the device was only seven metres instead of the recommended 50 or 100. Semionov was later charged with two more offences: his wife claimed that the connection was cut off when he was asleep at home. During the investigation, Semionov pleaded guilty, but at the court hearing he refused to confess and to consider the case under a special procedure. On 21 January 2025, he was sentenced to a year in prison, but was released from execution of the sentence due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nIn February 2024, another criminal case was brought against Semionov: insulting a representative of authority, in connection with the fact that he dumped rubbish on the table in the office of Natalia Arteeva, head of the State Housing Inspectorate for Izhemsky District of Komi. Semyonov did so because Arteeva refused to conduct an inspection of the actions of a regional operator who was removing rubbish and who had included in the contract a non-operational container site next to a playground. 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The defendant pleaded guilty and compensated the victim for the damage.\n\nOn 10 February 2018, Askhabali (Askhab) Alibekov created a channel on YouTube and on 11 February 2018 posted a video in which he criticised the Russian President, accused him of concealing data on the number of Russians killed in the conflict in Ukraine and called for a boycott of the elections. The video gained more than 700,000 views.\n\nOn 27 February 2018, the petty officer returned from leave to the military unit and learned that he was dismissed from the Navy. On the same day, he posted two videos in which he cited a video of a speech criticising Vladimir Putin as the reason for his dismissal.\n\nBetween 1 and 11 March, the blogger posted four more videos on YouTube accusing the Russian president and calling on him to leave his post. He also mentioned threats against himself and his relatives. By that time, the videos had been viewed by about two million people on his Internet channel alone.\n\nOn 14 March 2018, Alibekov was detained. The judge of the Primorsky district court of Novorossiysk Nikolay Semenov decided to bring him to responsibility under part 2 of article 20.1 of the Administrative Code and imposed a punishment of 10 days of arrest. \"At 9 o'clock. 00 min. during the operation \"Anaconda\" drew attention to gr. Alibekov A. A., who loudly expressed profanity, did not respond to comments, to the demands of a police officer to stop his unlawful actions refused, provoking a conflict ... Alibekov A. A. ... did not admit guilt, explaining that he was returning home, he was attacked by people in civilian clothes, so he resisted, when he saw police officers in uniform, he stopped resisting and went with them,\" the court ruling says.\n\nOn 24 March 2018, Askhab Alibekov was allegedly detained again. The judge of the same court Mikhail Savin decided to bring him to responsibility under part 2 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation and imposed a penalty in the form of a fine of one thousand rubles. From the court ruling: \"According to the report on administrative offence of 24.03.2018 A. A. Alibekov on 24 March 2018 at 13 hours 30 minutes, being in a public place in the area of the house number 56 on Kozlov Street, Novorossiysk, behaved aggressively, rudely expressed profanity, did not respond to the comments of police officers to stop unlawful actions, which rendered disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers. A.A. Alibekov explained at the court hearing that he had not committed any offence, he was serving a sentence of 10 days' arrest, three hours before the expiry of his sentence he was kidnapped by police officers, handcuffed, placed in a specialised vehicle and brought back to court\".\n\nOn 6 April 2018, Alibekov was summoned to the local department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), where he was asked to sign a covenant not to leave, as he had been convicted of two administrative offences during his probation period under the criminal sentence.\n\nThe video blogger then released several videos dedicated to the all-Russian opposition rally \"He is not our Tsar!\" scheduled for 5 May 2018.\n\nOn 4 May 2018, Askhabali Alibekov was detained when he was travelling by bus to Krasnodar airport and a report was drawn up under part 2 of article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (\"Violation of the procedure for organising a public event\"). The Department for the Enforcement of Administrative Legislation of the Krasnodar Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs saw in his videos calls for \"unauthorised rallies and protests\". On the same day, the Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar found him guilty and sent him under arrest for nine days.\n\nOn 30 June 2018, Alibekov was again detained by police. On 1 July 2018, the judge of the Primorsky District Court of Novorossiysk, Natalia Musienko, decided to hold him liable under part 2 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation and impose a penalty of a fine of one thousand rubles. \"On 30 June 2018 at 10 h. 00 м. Alibekov A. A., being in a public place, in the premises of the police department of the Primorsky district of the UMVD of the Russian Federation for the city of Novorossiysk, expressed himself with coarse profanity, waved his hands, while not responding to repeated demands of police officers to stop illegal actions, thus violating public order. At the court hearing A.A. Alibekov did not admit guilt in committing an administrative offence, explained that the protocol on administrative offence drawn up in respect of him is a provocation\", - reads the court ruling.\n\nOn 11 July 2018, Judge Savin satisfied the submission of the Criminal Executive Inspectorate of the Criminal Executive Inspectorate of the UFSIN in Krasnodar Krai to replace Alibekov's suspended sentence with three years of imprisonment. The court justified its decision by the fact that Alibekov during the probation period \"during the year systematically violated public order, as he was brought to administrative responsibility three times, which is confirmed by the court acts that came into force, was repeatedly warned about the cancellation of probation, but did not make proper conclusions for himself\".\n\nIn the colony, a criminal case was opened against Alibekov for disorganising the activities of the correctional facility and insulting a representative of the authorities. On 9 September 2020, he was sentenced to two years and two months in a strict regime colony. On 24 November, the appeal court cancelled the part of the sentence relating to the article on insulting a representative of the authorities and decided to sentence Alibekov to a year and two months in a strict regime colony.\n\nHe was released in March 2022.\n\nOn 9 September 2022, Alibekov was detained as part of a case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The case was initiated because of the video clips. At first it was reported that he was taken a signature not to leave, later it was reported that the court chose to ban him from certain actions. On 29 September it became known that Alibekov was taken into custody after he refused to wear an electronic bracelet to track his movements. Alibekov pleaded guilty and asked for a special trial, but the court refused.\n\nIn July, the blogger was fined 50,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a video from a solitary picket in the town square. \"Kavkaz.Realii\" wrote that Alibekov was fined under this article twice, the IC also indicated in the release that he was brought to administrative responsibility in March.\n\nOn 23 March 2023, Alibekov was sentenced to a year and two months in a strict regime colony. In late April, Alibekov told his wife that he had been beaten by SIZO staff. On 10 November 2023, he was released. On 2 April 2024, the court of cassation instance cancelled the verdict and sent the case for a new consideration. On 23 January 2025, the court of first instance dismissed the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\n\nOn the night of 20 February 2024, Alibekov was taken off a train in Kazan, where he was travelling to become an election observer. According to him, he was beaten and injected with something similar to a syringe in his back, after which he became dizzy. Alibekov was charged with disobedience to the lawful demand of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and arrested for 15 days. On 1 March it became known that Alibekov was prosecuted for use of violence against a representative of authority (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). On 9 October 2024, he was sentenced to two years and four months in a strict regime colony.\n\nOn 29 November 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by four months.\n\nOn 17 February 2026, the court placed Alibekov under administrative supervision for two and a half years. 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Memorial:\n Date: 18-09-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/alibekov-ashabali-amirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recjrfrABFwquhfZ5"},{"persecution_id":"recKFqvbfVrlOaAlC","last_updated":"2024-07-23T14:52:45.000Z","person_id":"recbRQi3qHGkZ1pca","name_en":"Vladimir Dovdanov","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Deputy Chairman of the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk people. In March 2024, it became known that a case was opened against him for calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Elista"],"persecution_region_en":["Kalmykia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KL"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 280.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The casse of Vladimir Dovdanov on calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the Sapa Yug telegram channel, the reason for criminal prosecution was a video in which Dovganov urged the Ukrainian military forces to destroy Russian equipment. The video was published in September 2023.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKFqvbfVrlOaAlC"},{"persecution_id":"recMAW9sOAAh8djfy","last_updated":"2024-06-03T00:41:48.000Z","person_id":"recQCcVaw0yh1XxPH","name_en":" Unknown male 68","birth_year":1986,"age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the village of Yemelyanovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai. In March 2024, it became known that a case was opened against him for calls to extremist activity.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of calls for extremist activity in Yemelyanovo","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a YouTube video that contained \"calls to commit violent acts against Russian servicemen participating in a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recMAW9sOAAh8djfy"},{"persecution_id":"recy8h3r25Unu7VH7","last_updated":"2025-12-25T10:20:09.000Z","person_id":"recpEytywsXd3hYOV","name_en":"Garry Kasparov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Croatia"],"story_en":"13th world chess champion. In 2005, he became chairman of the opposition United Civil Front, and in 2008 he became a member of the federal bureau of the Solidarity movement. In 2016, he co-founded the Free Russia Forum. Shortly after the outbreak of the war, he joined the Anti-War Committee of Russia. In May 2022, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". On 6 March 2024, he was added to Rosfinmonitoring's List of Terrorists and Extremists, with a notation indicating that a case had been opened against him under one of the \"terrorist\" articles. On 24 April 2024, Kasparov was arrested in absentia on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist community, organising terrorist activities and calling for terrorism. On 14 October 2025, the FSB reported the initiation of a case against Kasparov and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia. In December 2025, he was arrested in absentia in the case of public justification of terrorism, details unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.1","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.4","Part 4, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Free Russia Forum","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 24.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recy8h3r25Unu7VH7"},{"persecution_id":"recrYPr64T5ZHQJh0","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recLO32pFQAwdM0KD","name_en":"Rustem Osmanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attCSmaNKMgeGRAwU.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attCSmaNKMgeGRAwU.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Bakhchysarai. 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Dateined on 5 March 2024, and taken into custody the following day on charges of involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Dzhankoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 278","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Third Hizb ut-Tahrir case in Dzhankoy"],"case_name_en":"Third Dzhankoi case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.03.2024 to 06.03.2024\n• in custody: from 06.03.2024\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 24.05.2024, Crimean Republican Clinical Psychiatric Hospital No. 1\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfTxT9fyCFhHujj"},{"persecution_id":"recOwiU5vo0agifmm","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recO9pcMDJeGIIcL4","name_en":"Nariman Ametov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attyhLwULNKMpKMgc.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attyhLwULNKMpKMgc.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"He is a resident of Dzhankoi. 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On 4 March 2024, a search was conducted at his home as part of a case concerning the organisation of an extremist group, linked to his involvement with the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. The following day, Pyzhov was taken into custody. On 26 August 2024, he was transferred to house arrest. 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Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec0WUZmMpAAO4J1A"},{"persecution_id":"recT33lMkQbEy6ZAk","last_updated":"2026-04-30T12:51:34.000Z","person_id":"recOWXHdM490s4IoY","name_en":"Sergey Rygaev","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Omsk. On 4 March 2024, a search was conducted at his home, before which law enforcers met Rygaev on the street, threw him to the ground and gave him several blows, forcing him to unlock his phone. The next day Rygaev was taken into custody on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. On 26 August 2024, Rygaev was transferred to house arrest. On 24 February 2025, the preventive measure was changed to a ban on certain actions.\n\nRepresentatives of the Jehovah's Witnesses community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":786,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":112,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Omsk","case_number":"1-79/2026 (1-651/2025;)","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.03.2024 to 26.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Omsk Oblast\n• house arrest: from 26.08.2024 to 24.02.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 04.03.2024 to 05.03.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 24.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2026","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-29T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-29T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recT33lMkQbEy6ZAk"},{"persecution_id":"recuIDqUAMwhOSSIk","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"rectQwrbapGFoxYgR","name_en":"Natalia Dudreva","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of the Moscow region. For discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Natalia was subject to legal proceedings. On March 7, 2024, she was placed in custody. Dudreva was given a fine of 150 thousand rubles on July 16, 2024, but it was reduced to 100 thousand after considering her time in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":131,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of repeated discrediting of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Moscow Oblast","case_number":"1-161/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, acting \"out of her falsely understood public interests,\" she published two videos on her personal page in one of the social networks.\nOn 31 January 2023, she was fined 50 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of a video clip in which a woman with white-blue-white make-up on her forehead and a head paraphernalia imitating a cleaver with traces of blood appeared against the background of the Ukrainian flag. The post with the clip, according to the court, also \"has the following hashtags: *, *, *, *, *, *, *, *, *, *, *, *, *, *, *, *, *.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.07.2024, Sentence: A fine of 150,000 roubles, to be reduced to 100,000 roubles after considering the time spent in custody","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 150,000 roubles, to be reduced to 100,000 roubles after considering the time spent in custody","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-16T11:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-16T11:50:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recuIDqUAMwhOSSIk"},{"persecution_id":"rec8xfoRJvMTmEfbK","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"rec42kLXrEAAJjbu7","name_en":"Alexander Kushnar","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"He is a former journalist of Radio Liberty and the author of the YouTube news channel Newsader. On 23 September 2022, he was declared a “foreign agent”. On 7 March 2024, Kushnar was reported to have been put on the wanted list. A case was initiated against him for evasion of the duties of a “foreign agent” and dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 11 June 2025, Kushnar was sentenced in absentia to eight years and one month of imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":467,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Kushnar’s case","case_number":"1-127/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, not later than 23 hours 45 minutes *** (Khabarovsk time), being in an unidentified place outside the Russian Federation, acting deliberately, realising the unlawful nature and public danger of his actions, foreseeing the inevitability of socially dangerous consequences in the form of undermining the authority and discrediting the existing state power and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as the fact that his actions would mislead an unlimited number of people about the legality of the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the Special Military Operation, creating an impression that activities of Armed Forces of the Russian Federation as well as of state authorities of Russian Federation are unlawful and breaking the international law, expecting for citizens to feel anxiety, fear, worry, and lack of government protection, led by the motive of political hatred, having a dismissive, unfriendly, hostile feelings towards the Russian Federation authorities, knowing for sure that such actions would loudly resonate with public, decided on public dissemination of deliberately false information, including the information about using the Armed Forces of Russian Federation to defend the interests of Russian Federation and its citizens, and to support the international peace and security.\n\nIn order to realise his criminal intent and to give maximum publicity to the deliberately false information he reported, during the period from 23 hours 45 minutes *** to 03 hours 17 minutes *** (Khabarovsk time), A.A. Kushnar, being in an unidentified place outside the Russian Federation, through an unidentified device used for access to the information and telecommunications network \"Internet\", being a user of the video hosting \"YouTube\" on the channel named \"Forum of Free Russia\" with the electronic address https://www.youtube.com/@freerussia/featured, where he is the host, access to which is available to an unlimited number of users of the video hosting \"YouTube\", realising that the material published on the channel will become available to an unlimited number of persons, having a single intention to commit the offence of \"false information\", knowing the unlawful nature and the danger to the public of his actions, foreseeing the inevitability of dangerous consequences in the form of eroding the authority and discrediting of government and of Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. as well as the face that his actions will mislead an unlimited number of people regarding the rightfulness of actions of  Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the Special Military Operation, creating an impression that activities of Armed Forces of the Russian Federation as well as of state authorities of Russian Federation are unlawful and breaking the international law, expecting for citizens to feel anxiety, fear, worry, and lack of government protection, led by the motive of political hatred, having a dismissive, unfriendly, hostile feelings towards the Russian Federation authorities, he knowingly communicated the following information on the aforementioned YouTube channel:\n\nDuring the period from 23 hours 45 minutes *** to 03 hours 17 minutes *** (Khabarovsk time) in the live broadcast on the above-mentioned channel during the broadcast with the title \"LIVE: Results-2023. Big New Year's Eve Stream\", publicly disseminated to an unlimited number of users of the video hosting \"YouTube\", under the guise of reliable reports containing knowingly false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine during the special military operation, namely that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are involved in massive rocket attacks on residential neighbourhoods and civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine, which resulted in the death of civilians, including women and children, specifically naming the Special Military Operation as \"full-scale Russian attack on Ukraine\", the mean of conducting warfare by Armed Forces of the Russian Federation as \"mean of specifically aerial assault\", actions of Russian military during the Special Military Operation as \"yet another terror act of massive rocket strikes\" or as \"bloody terror act by Moscow\" or as \"Russian terror\", the Russian government as \"archetypal evil\", referencing the Headquaters of Ukraine Armed Forces as an official source.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.06.2025, Sentence: 8 years and 1 months' imprisonment in absentia with deprivation of the right to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years and 1 months' imprisonment in absentia with deprivation of the right to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":97,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-11T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-11T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8xfoRJvMTmEfbK"},{"persecution_id":"recwGtKvuxgIywn0h","last_updated":"2025-11-10T20:03:35.000Z","person_id":"rec8uHqUrsCRadtHb","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwxQzsDOb6eatsD.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwxQzsDOb6eatsD.jpg"],"birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Meleuz (Bashkortostan). 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In 2011-2012, he took an active part in protests against the rigged elections and the power of Vladimir Putin. In 2013, he left Just Russia. In 2014, he was the only MP who voted against the annexation of Crimea to Russia.\n\nIn 2015, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the MP for complicity in embezzlement (part 4 of article 160 of the Criminal Code with application of part 5 of article 33 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, the Skolkovo Foundation signed a contract with Ponomarev to conduct research work and lectures in the amount of 750 thousand dollars. The deputy received the money by preparing, as the IC wrote, \"under the guise of research work, two reports that had absolutely no scientific value and did not meet the requirements of the terms of reference\", and instead of lectures he gave \"short blitz speeches of 3 to 18 minutes, and at events unrelated to the declared subject (\"Commercialisation of new technologies\" - OVD-Info's note)\". In 2015, Ponomarev was stripped of his parliamentary immunity and arrested in absentia.\n\nNow Ilya Ponomarev lives in Ukraine. In 2019, then Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko granted him Ukrainian citizenship. In April, Ponomarev founded the TV channel \"Morning of February\", dedicated to the war between Russia and Ukraine.\nOn 22 August 2022, Ponomarev claimed that a certain National Republican Army had claimed responsibility for the murder of publicist Darya Dugina, which had taken place in the Moscow suburbs the previous day.\n\nSoon he was arrested in absentia in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Later this case was merged with the case of public justification of terrorism.\nIn September 2022, a criminal case was opened against Ponomarev, which, according to information as of February 2025, includes a number of articles: state treason, participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, calls for terrorism and activities against the security of the Russian Federation, creation of a terrorist community and seizure of power.\nOn 21 October 2022, Ponomarev was included in the register of individuals - \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn September 2023, it was reported that a case was opened against Ponomarev for the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\". Apparently, this refers to the organisation Kongres Deputowanych Ludowych (Congress of People's Deputies), registered in Poland, of which Ponomarev is one of the leaders.\n\nOn 11 September 2024, Ponomarev was sentenced in absentia to ten years' imprisonment in the case of \"fakes\" and public justification of terrorism.\n\nIn June 2025, it became known that another case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Ponomarev because of statements in support of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\". Apparently, this case was merged with the case of evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\".\n\nA case was also brought against Ponomarev for organising mass disorder, incitement to hatred and financing extremist activities in connection with the pogrom at Makhachkala airport in 2023 (we cannot say with certainty that there was a political motive in this case). In July 2025, the case came to court. On 2 April 2026, the court sentenced Ponomarev in absentia to 19 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.5","205.2","280.4","205.4","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280.4","Part 1, Article 205.4","Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ilya Ponomarev's case of high treason, participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, inciting terrorism and activities against the security of the Russian Federation, creation of a terrorist community and seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recj39JOocz1qMcuK"},{"persecution_id":"reciMzGMs8WWIAwtG","last_updated":"2025-04-07T22:33:03.000Z","person_id":"recnkWjV35jaD54Vq","name_en":"Pyotr Verzilov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Canada"],"story_en":"Former publisher of Mediazona, member of Pussy Riot. After the beginning of the war, he fought in the AFU. In September 2018, he suffered from poisoning.\n\nOn 21 June 2020, Verzilov was searched as part of a case of mass disorder and use of violence against representatives of the authorities in connection with a rally in Moscow on 27 July 2019 in support of unregistered candidates in the Moscow City Duma elections. After the search, Verzilov was interrogated and released in the status of a witness, but he was attacked by a provocateur on his way out of the Investigative Committee building and was detained again. On 22 June, the court arrested him for 15 days under the article on petty hooliganism. On 6 July he was released from the special detention centre, after which it became known that a case of failure to notify of foreign citizenship had been opened against him. In November 2021, Verzilov was declared wanted in this case.\n\nIn September 2021, Verzilov was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn early December 2022, information about a criminal case about \"fakes\" about the army appeared. It was reported that Verzilov was wanted in this case as well. On 13 December a search was conducted at Verzilov's mother's home, on 16 December - at the participant of Pussy Riot Rita Flores house. In the latter case, lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov confirmed that the search was conducted as part of the case of \"fakes\" about the army. On 26 January 2023, Verzilov was charged in absentia. In March 2023, he was arrested in absentia. On 3 November 2023, Verzilov was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in a penal colony. On 11 March 2024, the court of appeal cancelled the verdict and sent the case for a new hearing due to some procedural violations. The next day, a number of artists and activists in different cities, as well as Verzilov's mother, were searched for treason in a new case against him.\n\nIn December 2024, Verzilov was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, with a mark that is usually placed next to the names of people prosecuted under terrorist articles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Petr Verzilov on state treason ","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 07.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reciMzGMs8WWIAwtG"},{"persecution_id":"rec130lno9HQReAIh","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:04:08.000Z","person_id":"rectYH3BnhvMeTZuu","name_en":"Mikhail Zygar","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist, former editor-in-chief of the Dozhd TV channel. In October 2022, recognised as a \"foreign agent\". On 12 March 2024, a criminal case was brought against Zygar for disseminating deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. On 23 July 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":133,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Zygar's case about \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0448/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was an Instagram post about the crimes of the Russian army in Bucha, which Zygar published on 4 April 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 16.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.07.2024, Sentence: 8 years 6 months of imprisonment with serving the sentence in a penal colony of general regime, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to administrative sites, electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet for a period of 4 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 6 months of imprisonment with serving the sentence in a penal colony of general regime, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to administrative sites, electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet for a period of 4 years.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-23T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-23T09:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec130lno9HQReAIh"},{"persecution_id":"recG0lkGv0kciM7La","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recEWEl47m2LJnQya","name_en":"Sergey Zheleznyakov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-12-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":112,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of discrediting the Russian Army in Tomsk","case_number":"1-403/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated after Zheleznyakov's VKontakte page published the song \"We don't need war\" by the band Nogu Svelo and a video in which a man with a placard \"Hug me if you are against war\" addressed passers-by. When detained, Zheleznyakov was hit in the ribs with a knee. In October 2022, he was fined under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of his participation in an anti-war rally.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 14.03.2024 to 05.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.06.2024","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-20T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-20T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recG0lkGv0kciM7La"},{"persecution_id":"recRH5C3xAvrjj1lB","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:09:55.000Z","person_id":"rec3UxfFnfK73C7Et","name_en":"Alexander Shpak","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A bodybuilder and blogger who relocated to Türkiye in 2022, Mr. Shpak has faced several administrative fines for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and for drawing comparisons between the actions of the USSR and Nazi Germany. In January 2024, he was declared wanted and arrested in absentia on charges of disseminating false information about the Armed Forces. Additional cases were brought against him in March 2024 for further discrediting the military, and in August 2024 for abusing state symbols after posting a video in which he burned his Russian passport. On 5 September 2024, Mr. Shpak was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for disseminating false information.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Shpak's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"Legal proceedings were initiated in response to an Instagram video published in June 2023 concerning the Kakhovka Dam explosion. In this video, Mr. Shpak attributed responsibility for the incident to the Russian Armed Forces. The investigation contends that his actions were motivated by a deep-seated animosity towards individuals of Russian ethnicity and members of the Russian military. 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Taken into custody on charges of \"participation in mass riots\" in connection with the mass gathering in Baymak on January 17, 2024, in support of activist Fail Alsynov, sentenced to four years in prison.\n\nOn October 21, 2025, the court sentenced him to three and a half years in a \"general regime colony.\"","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":643,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":91,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Umutbai Davletberdin  and four other Bashkortostan residents ","case_number":"1-1057/2024","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.01.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 21.01.2025 to 25.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.10.2025, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-21T06:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-21T06:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJHcM7dvvxtzNwp"},{"persecution_id":"recSS50MBbKpGKHY1","last_updated":"2026-02-25T22:18:01.000Z","person_id":"rec8ihuEqTCnH3HGG","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Bashkortostan. 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In June 2025, his sentence was reduced by three months on appeal.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Orsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":406,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of five more residents of Bashkortostan","case_number":"1-17/2025 (1-225/2024;)","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody:  to 06.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Orenburg Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Orenburg Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Orenburg Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.02.2025, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":57,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-3,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/bajmakskoe-delo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recEm5y36qvAbghBn"},{"persecution_id":"recmpNUi0zJHCrJEB","last_updated":"2025-01-06T07:50:51.000Z","person_id":"rectJ4s7HsoDqdSej","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Bashkortostan. He is wanted in the case of mass disorder in connection with the mass gathering in Baymak on 17 January 2024 in support of activist Fail Alsynov, sentenced to four years in prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"Case of mass riots in Baymak","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmpNUi0zJHCrJEB"},{"persecution_id":"recqRTpAXkaGKvkDs","last_updated":"2025-08-15T08:50:49.000Z","person_id":"rec2CCF1IU0LJpIIk","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Bashkortostan. He had an arrest warrant issued against him in the case of mass disorder in connection with the mass gathering in Baymak on 17 January 2024 in support of the activist Fail Alsynov, sentenced to four years of imprisonment. On 12 February 2024, he was taken into custody. Later it turned out that the case also included an article on the use of violence against representatives of the authorities. On 24 December 2024, the man was sentenced to eight and a half years in a general regime colony. On 6 May 2025, the court of appeals reduced the sentence to five years.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":342,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ilnar Asylguzhin and four other Bashkortostan residents","case_number":"1-327/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.02.2024 to 17.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 17.09.2024 to 06.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2024, Sentence: 8 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqRTpAXkaGKvkDs"},{"persecution_id":"rec5KZroisugz3w65","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recVusBAaVLk52wQw","name_en":"Denis Eroshin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attlzuCJybJDlrJGM.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attlzuCJybJDlrJGM.jpeg"],"birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A student from Moscow. On 14 March, 2024, he was detained and taken into custody the next day in a case of public justification of terrorism due to the announcements of actions against the mobilisation. Later it became known that he was also accused of incitements to extremism. On 7 March, 2025, Eroshin was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":358,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","call for arson"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Denis Eroshin's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"Yeroshin was accused of posting messages in an anti-war Telegram chat on September 22, 2022. That day, a user named Denis reposted various announcements of protests against mobilization, including a post from the \"Navalny Team\" channel, where, next to an image of a hand holding a Molotov cocktail, it was written: \"We support any form of protest.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.03.2024 to 15.03.2024\n• in custody: from 15.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody:  to 04.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.06.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.03.2025, Sentence: 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-07T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-07T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5KZroisugz3w65"},{"persecution_id":"recdrc0QxFcg2YFMG","last_updated":"2024-06-23T13:44:29.000Z","person_id":"recnvMhr4NMPTgOt8","name_en":"Sergey Antonov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Political technologist, in the past has repeatedly run for various assemblies of Udmurtia. He has been out of Russia since 2022.\n\nIn early February 2024, appealed to the Investigative Committee in connection with Vladimir Putin's statements in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson. In it, the President said that the Poles \"played games and forced Hitler to start the Second World War\". Antonov saw Putin's words as rehabilitating Nazism. Later that month Antonov was fined under the article on participation in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\" (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of his association with the organisation \"Congress of People's Deputies\".\n\nIn March 2024, it became known that his involvement in the same organisation had already given rise to a criminal case for participation in the activities of a terrorist community.\n\nOn 21 June 2024, Antonov was recognised as a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Antonov's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the activities of the \"Congress of People's Deputies\" community, the purpose of which is \"to carry out terrorist activities, violent seizure and retention of power in violation of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, violent change of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdrc0QxFcg2YFMG"},{"persecution_id":"recANE3wm7U9aOKz4","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"recfqxa14fjBOnXeP","name_en":"Abdul Avtorkhanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att1tjr3IYeT3mgvK.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att1tjr3IYeT3mgvK.webp"],"birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Presumably a resident of Chechnya, an athlete acrobat. In March 2024 he was sent under house arrest as part of the case of desecration of the \"Eternal flame\" in Nevinnomyssk. The reason was the acrobatic stunts perfomed by three men, during which they brought soles of their shoes to the \"Eternal flame\". On 23 October 2024, Avtorkhanov was sentenced to a year in a colony-settlement and taken into custody in the courtroom. He was presumably released in June 2025.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nevinnomyssk"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":236,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The second case of desecration of the \"Eternal flame\" in Nevinnomyssk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, acting as a group of individuals, together with Alikhan Maashaev and Islam Terloev, while on the \"Alley of Glory\" in Nevinnomyssk, that is, in a public place, on the pedestal of the regional cultural heritage site \"Obelisk \"Eternal Glory\" commemorating the 50th anniversary of Soviet power,\" erected in memory of the soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, which is a symbol of Russia's military glory, acting deliberately, aware of the public danger of his actions, foreseeing the inevitability of socially dangerous consequences in the form of a violation of the general principles established by Art. 44 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which guarantees the duty of everyone to take care of the preservation of historical and cultural heritage, to protect historical and cultural monuments, and being indifferent to these consequences, with the aim of publicly desecrating the symbols of Russia's military glory and insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland, showing clear disrespect for Russian society, committed at least three acts of placing and lowering the soles of his shoes on the Eternal Flame of the Obelisk “Eternal Glory”, and also performed at least one acrobatic exercise - a somersault on the “Eternal Glory” Obelisk, thereby desecrating the symbol of Russia's military glory and insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.03.2024 to 23.10.2024\n• in custody: from 23.10.2024 to 08.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.11.2024 to 01.06.2025\n• Unknown: from 01.06.2025 to 01.06.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.10.2024, Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment in a colony-settlement, 2 years' ban on holding positions in public service involving the exercise of functions as a representative of authority, organisational, managerial, administrative and economic powers ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's imprisonment in a colony-settlement, 2 years' ban on holding positions in public service involving the exercise of functions as a representative of authority, organisational, managerial, administrative and economic powers ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-23T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-23T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 23-09-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/03/d49430/?sphrase_id=2743719\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recANE3wm7U9aOKz4"},{"persecution_id":"recqPXFyq8r8YLmR7","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"recy50AhyNyeRMM3j","name_en":"Alikhan Maashayev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Alikhan Maashayev, an acrobat and presumably a resident of Chechnya, was declared wanted in March 2024 in connection with a case of desecrating the “Eternal Flame” in Nevinnomyssk (Stavropol Krai). The case stemmed from a video showing three men performing acrobatic stunts near the Eternal Flame, during which they raised the soles of their feet toward it. He was later placed under house arrest.\n\nOn 23 October 2024, Maashayev was sentenced to one year in a penal settlement and taken into custody in the courtroom. 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In March 2024, he was declared wanted in the case of desecration of the \"Eternal Flame\" in Nevinnomyssk (Stavropol Territory).The case was prompted by acrobatic stunts performed by three men who brought the soles of their shoes close to the flame. Later, he was placed under house arrest. On October 23, 2024, Terloyev was sentenced to one year in a settlement colony and was taken into custody in the courtroom. 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Indifferently disregarding these consequences, and with the intent of publicly desecrating symbols of Russia’s military glory and insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland, while displaying disrespect for Russian society, he performed no fewer than 56 movements of raising and lowering the sole of his shoe toward the Eternal Flame of the “Eternal Glory” Obelisk, thereby desecrating the symbol of Russia’s military glory and insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest:  to 23.10.2024\n• in custody: from 23.10.2024 to 08.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.11.2024 to 01.06.2025\n• Unknown: from 01.06.2025 to 01.06.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.10.2024, Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment in a settlement colony, with a two-year ban on holding public service positions involving the exercise of authority, organizational, managerial, or administrative duties for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's imprisonment in a settlement colony, with a two-year ban on holding public service positions involving the exercise of authority, organizational, managerial, or administrative duties for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-23T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-23T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 23-09-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/03/d49430/?sphrase_id=2743719\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recyJUklyek9vwsXw"},{"persecution_id":"recNM2Rob6vlV0j3a","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"rechftsSsyGEc9cRo","name_en":"Ruslan Aysin","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Political scientist. 23 March 2023 included in the register of \"foreign agents\". He does not live in Russia. On 19 March 2024 it became known that a case was brought against Aysin for failure to perform the duties of a \"foreign agent\" and rehabilitation of Nazism.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1","Article 354.1 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ruslan Aisin on evading the duties of a “foreign agent” and the rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 09.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNM2Rob6vlV0j3a"},{"persecution_id":"recNSDiPOERm00Gwz","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recaQLL0iudUzodSi","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attRMBtEiJXaIN1ay.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attRMBtEiJXaIN1ay.jpeg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Urzinsky district of Bashkortostan. Group III disabled person. In March 2024, he was fined two thousand rubles under the administrative article on failure to comply with a lawful request of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) in connection with a popular gathering in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. Later, the man was taken to Ufa, where he was taken into custody in a criminal case on participation in mass riots and use of violence against a representative of the authorities, initiated in connection with the gathering. On 3 March 2025, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":367,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rail Galin and four other Bashkortostan residents","case_number":"1-47/2025 (1-548/2024;)","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2024 to 01.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.01.2024 to 18.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.03.2025, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-03T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-03T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNSDiPOERm00Gwz"},{"persecution_id":"recLJ3BDIIfeYUGCe","last_updated":"2026-02-13T18:12:58.000Z","person_id":"rec31pZ9DdtwzRhAN","name_en":"Alexander Klimov","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Orenburg, art director of the Pose club. In early March 2024, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Special Police Force conducted a raid in the club, the video of which was posted by members of the pro-government movement Russian Community of Orenburg. In the video visitors to the club were humiliated and asked what they were doing in a \"fag club\". Also Russian Community of Orenburg said that 20 people were forced to write statements about \"unlawful activities\" of the place. The art director was detained and released from the police station only in the middle of the next day, forbidden to leave Orenburg. On 18 March he was summoned to an investigator, after which he was detained and taken into custody on 20 March on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation — an \"international LGBT public movement\". It is alleged that he \"propagandised non-traditional sexual relations\" on Telegram. On 18 June 2024, Klimov was transferred to house arrest.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Pose Club","case_number":"1-306/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"promoted non-traditional sexual relations\" on Telegram.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.03.2024 to 18.06.2024\n• house arrest: from 18.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 20-03-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/03/d49482/?sphrase_id=2595609\n• Support for political prisoners. 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Visitors to the club were humiliated in the video and asked what they were doing in a \"fag club\". Also \"Russian Community\" stated that 20 people were forced to write statements about \"illegal activities\" of the institution. The administrator was detained and released from the police department only in the middle of the next day, forbidden to leave Orenburg. On 18 March she was summoned to an investigator, after which she was detained and taken into custody on 20 March on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation, \"an international LGBT social movement\". It is alleged that she \"videotaped the events\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Pose Club","case_number":"1-306/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, \"carried out videotaping of events\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 20-03-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/03/d49482/?sphrase_id=2595609\n• Support for political prisoners. 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On 15 March 2024, detained and sent under house arrest in a case of incitement to hatred on ethnic grounds. 19 April 2024 detained, allegedly on charges of escape, and taken into custody. In January 2025, it became known that Paramoshin was charged with new charges - calls to extremism, creation of an extremist community and involvement of minors in criminal activities. On 6 October 2025, Paramoshin was sentenced to eight years in a general regime penal colony; the court acquitted him on the article on the involvement of minors.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sergiyev Posad"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":570,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 150 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","282.1","280","150"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 280","Part 4, Article 150"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the administrators of the Telegram channel \"NATSDEM\"","case_number":"1-513/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was one of the organisers of an extremist community that engaged minors in its activities, published posts \"aimed at inciting hatred or enmity against persons of non-Slavic appearance,\" and contained calls for extremist activities.  Paramoshin created a Telegram channel in which he published calls for protest and anti-war actions in almost 40 regions of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 15.03.2024 to 19.04.2024\n• in custody: from 19.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №8 (SIZO-8) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• in custody:  to 13.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n• in custody:  to 05.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №8 (SIZO-8) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №8 (SIZO-8) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.10.2025, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition from participating in the activities of public organisations for a period of 5 years and 6 months, under the article on involving minors in criminal activity — acquit.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition from participating in the activities of public organisations for a period of 5 years and 6 months, under the article on involving minors in criminal activity — acquit.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-06T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNUi2onIp0Z7Aej"},{"persecution_id":"recq8qUn5Rr6vF6gG","last_updated":"2026-04-03T19:20:01.000Z","person_id":"recw40OBnd52Qietc","name_en":"Kirill Nikulenkov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attNbKeW2DOv4aQ8F.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attNbKeW2DOv4aQ8F.jpg"],"birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Administrator of the \"NATSDEM\" Telegram channel. On 18 March 2024, he was detained in the Arkhangelsk region, transported to the Moscow region and placed in custody the same day in a case of incitement to hatred on national grounds. Later it became known that he was also accused of calls for extremism and organising the activities of an extremist organisation. Associates believe that the real reason for the prosecution was the anti-war stance of the channel. On 6 October 2025, Nikulenkov was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sergiyev Posad"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":567,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","280","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 280","Part 1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the administrators of the Telegram channel \"NATSDEM\"","case_number":"1-513/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was one of the organisers of an extremist community, as well as published posts \"aimed at inciting hatred or enmity against persons of non-Slavic appearance\" and containing calls for extremist activity.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.03.2024 to 05.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №8 (SIZO-8) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №8 (SIZO-8) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.10.2025, Sentence: 3 years 6 month's imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 month's imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-06T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recq8qUn5Rr6vF6gG"},{"persecution_id":"recFNyEEk99wuvQte","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recyQS42FLtJhIWAy","name_en":"Ruslan Gabbasov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Bashkir activist. He left Russia after a case of preparation for hooliganism was brought against other local activists in January 2021. In September 2022, a case was brought against Gabbasov himself for organising the activities of an extremist community - the national public organisation Bashkort. In October 2022, Gabbasov was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In February 2023, the Prosecutor General's Office declared undesirable the \"Free Nations League\", a non-governmental organisation registered in Lithuania - a platform of national movements of the peoples of Russia. Gabbasov is one of the participants of the platform.\nIn April 2023, another case was brought against Gabbasov for public justification of terrorism.\n\nIn November, a case was brought against Gabbasov's brother, Rustam Fararitdinov, as part of a case of facilitation of terrorist activity. According to Gabbasov, his brother was told that he would be released if Gabbasov returned to Russia.\n\nIn January 2024, a case was opened against Gabbasov for organising mass disorder in connection with a people's assembly in Baymak on 17 January in support of another representative of the national movement, Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. It later became known that as part of this case Gabbasov is also accused of participating in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\" (presumably the Free Russia Forum) and evading his duties as a \"foreign agent\". On 24 March 2026, he was sentenced in absentia in this case to 14 years' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":790,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":112,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","284.1","330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 212","Part 1, Article 284.1","Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Gabbasov's case of organising mass disorder, participating in the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation and evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"realising his criminal intent\", he used the YouTube account Ruslan Gabbasov and the Telegram channel \"The One from Bashkort\" to call on the residents of Bashkortostan \"to participate in mass disturbances involving\" obstruction of the work of the court, blocking roads in Baymak and failure to comply with the demands of police officers, \"at the same time, an unlimited number of YouTube and Telegram users were given the opportunity to comment on the publications without any censorship on the comments that incite the viewers to participate in the organisation of mass protests, with their subsequent escalation into mass riots\".\n\nGabbasov claims that he did not urge people to come to the meeting to the court, but only mentioned the upcoming sentence of Fail Alsynov and said that there was no need to keep silent.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2026, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-23T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFNyEEk99wuvQte"},{"persecution_id":"recnNZds0H6iGLvyq","last_updated":"2026-02-17T17:48:57.000Z","person_id":"rec9T9NOGKM1tObZL","name_en":"Valentin Tokarev","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sochi. In March 2024, it became known that he was taken into custody in a case of spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces. No later than May 2024, his preventive measure was changed, presumably to a ban on certain actions. Presumably, on 14 August 2024, the court decided to send him for compulsory treatment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":166,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces in Sochi","case_number":"1-574/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was motivated by some publications in Telegram.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.03.2024 to 01.05.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.05.2024 to 30.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.08.2024, Sentence: Compulsory treatment","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"Compulsory treatment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-14T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-14T09:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnNZds0H6iGLvyq"},{"persecution_id":"reccG0z9lL1wcB0xC","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"recDg2AovyPN0J7ku","name_en":"Sergei Krasiuk","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYBW6KjTbbXQjXW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYBW6KjTbbXQjXW.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow region, an employee of the Raduga design bureau in Dubna. In May 2024, he was placed under house arrest on charges of discrediting the Russian army with resulting damage. He was accused of putting anti-war slogans on the company's key tags, which caused the head of security to order \"door-blocking measures\" and the complete evacuation of the company's employees. Krasiuk pleaded guilty, but for some unknown reason the court considered that he had not. On 9 September 2024, the engineer was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Dmitrov"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":119,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":17,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":" Sergei Krasiuk's case of discrediting the Russian army with resulting damage","case_number":"1-111/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' report, Krasiuk put anti-war inscriptions on the key tags of the Raduga design bureau, in connection with which the head of security enforced \"measures to block the doors\" and ordered the complete evacuation of the company's employees. The company ceased operations for 50 minutes as a result of the evacuation and suffered 237 thousand rubles of damages.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 24.05.2024 to 09.09.2024\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.09.2024 to 10.09.2024\n• in custody: from 10.09.2024 to 27.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №8 (SIZO-8) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• in custody: from 27.09.2024 to 28.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.11.2024 to 01.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.02.2025 to 28.05.2027, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Lipetsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.09.2024, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with deprivation of the right to work in the defense industry","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with deprivation of the right to work in the defense industry","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-09T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-09T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-08-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/krasyuk-sergei-ivanovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reccG0z9lL1wcB0xC"},{"persecution_id":"recm8fSTR7vfktcKi","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:01:20.000Z","person_id":"recWVbnyQqsfJoZrg","name_en":"Leonid Alekseev","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Uglich. No later than March 2024, a case was brought against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because of his posts with the phone number of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense for surrendering and a picture expressing gratitude to the Ukrainian Air Defense Forces. On 28 November 2024, a sentence was handed down; details are unknown. In October 2025, Alekseev was included in the list of extremists and terrorists with a mark that is placed next to the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Uglich"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":272,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Leonid Alekseev's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of the case was two reposts in Odnoklassniki: one was with the phone number of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine for surrender, the second was a picture expressing gratitude to the Ukrainian Air Defence Forces.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.11.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-28T13:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-28T13:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recm8fSTR7vfktcKi"},{"persecution_id":"rec3xUdcFURxudi1S","last_updated":"2025-08-02T12:03:31.000Z","person_id":"rec3VnpuWd1dESvgl","name_en":"Andrei Polyakov","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An activist, a resident of Tambov. A case of rehabilitation of Nazism was brought against him. Polyakov claims that he was prosecuted because of an appeal from a local Stalinist who claimed that Polyakov had spread false information about Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Stalin's order No. 428 \"on scorched earth\", the siege of Leningrad and the evacuation of the inhabitants of Stalingrad. During the investigation new episodes were added to the case. On 24 June 2022 he was sentenced to a fine of 250 thousand roubles.\n\nIn June 2023, Polyakov was detained and later a report was drawn up on him for production and distribution of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of his profile picture with a white-blue-white flag in the form of a heart in Telegram. Polyakov left Russia no later than August 2023: he reported threats of criminal charges against him.\n\nIn September, Tverdyi Znak Tambov reported that Polyakov was prosecuted for repeated propaganda and demonstration of Nazi or extremist symbols (Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code). At the same time his wife Ekaterina Logvinova was summoned for 14 consecutive interrogations. During one of them, the investigator confessed to Logvinova that his superiors \"gave him a good beating\" because Polyakov had managed to leave the country. Therefore, the investigator began to summon Logvinova for regular interrogations as a witness. The couple's underage children were also summoned for questioning.\n\nIn March 2024, it was reported that a case of public insults to the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland was brought against Polyakov.\n\nIn July 2025, one of Polyakov's criminal cases was brought to the court - he was accused not only of repeated propaganda and demonstration of Nazi or extremist symbols, but also of repeatedly discrediting the army.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tambov"],"persecution_region_en":["Tambov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Polyakov`s case of public insults to the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland","persecution_case_profile_en":"in his publications on VKontakte, equated the actions of the USSR leadership, the Red Army and Soviet partisans with the actions of Adolf Hitler and Nazi troops.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3xUdcFURxudi1S"},{"persecution_id":"recDrAgefOhx89dHi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recKLLcLlscDcadTm","name_en":" Unknown female 12","birth_year":1983,"age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Sudak. A case on calls to extremism was opened against her. The woman is under a recognisance not to leave.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sudak"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"A case of Sudak resident on calls for extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of comments which, according to the investigation, contained calls to attack the Russian military.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recDrAgefOhx89dHi"},{"persecution_id":"rechihGyq47gWyCLp","last_updated":"2025-01-18T11:04:45.000Z","person_id":"recYApMbbaLcbhh74","name_en":"Alexander Zakondraev","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. In March 2024, he was searched as part of a case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces. He left Russia. Zakandraev does not rule out that he is \"being investigated by the bankruptcy department of the Russian Federal Tax Service No. 22, regarding the bankruptcy case of ZAO Stalkonstruktsiya-V, in which both the judge and the tax authorities have failed to notice the embezzlement of approximately 40 million roubles from the Russian budget\". On 24 December 2024, Zakandraev was sentenced to eight and a half years in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":298,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Zakondraev's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0517/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The cause for the prosecution was:\n\nA link to a news item from the Mail.ru portal about a drone attack on Moscow in July 2023 with the comment \"\"The attempt was foiled\"... So these freaks think that if a drone flew not into the General Staff building, or Putin's office, but into someone's private house, flat, or business centre, it means that \"the attempt to attack was foiled\"?! And \"serious violations\" is only if the skyscraper collapsed to the ground altogether?! How many more years will Russians put up with this?!!!!!\";\n\na link to Mail.ru news about the missile strike on Taganrog with the comment \"This is some kind of fucking cunt, surreal, absurd - I don't know what else to call it, and how can one feel about it?! The Defence Ministry reported that: \"Russian air defence equipment detected the Ukrainian missile and intercepted it in the air.\" Watch the fucking video! The house in Taganrog is nothing but ruins, and the Ministry of Defence says that the missile was \"Intercepted in the air\"! These are the \"OFFICIAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION\". RUSSIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO TRUST?!!!! Orwell never dreamed of it!...\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 13.11.2024\n• arrest in absentia: from 14.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2024, Sentence: 8 years 6 months imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 6 months imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechihGyq47gWyCLp"},{"persecution_id":"recisUZlmrvzqYbLN","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"reci5LLodGOCaCrJX","name_en":"Olga Komleva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attT86st0foz05WXF.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attT86st0foz05WXF.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She is an activist and RusNews journalist from Ufa. The Interior Ministry and other security agencies have regularly filed lawsuits against Komleva related to her participation in rallies in support of Navalny in 2021. The security agencies hope to recover funds from her for fuel spent, off-duty work by employees, and for other reasons. In January 2023 alone, the number of such lawsuits reached seven. Some of the lawsuits have already been granted by the courts. Thus, at the end of July 2023, Komleva was ordered to pay 23 thousand rubles in favour of the medical unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After the satisfaction of this claim, the bailiffs also confiscated her car.\n\nOn 27 March 2024, Komleva was summoned to her home to appear for questioning in a criminal case, but she was not served with a summons. Later the same day, law enforcers came to her again, this time with an order to bring her in for questioning in the case against the organizations associated with Alexei Navalny as a witness. Despite the absence of a summons earlier, the ruling stated that summonses had been sent to Komleva \"repeatedly\". At the moment of detention, the law enforcer offered the journalist to pack some essentials. When she clarified whether she was going to be arrested, he replied that neither he nor even the investigator could say so. Once in the building of the Investigative Committee, Komleva was charged in the case concerning an \"extremist community\". On 28 March, Komleva was taken into custody.\n\nAs Olga Komleva herself repeatedly reported earlier, she has type 2 diabetes, for which detention is contraindicated.\n\nIn July 2024 it became known that Komleva was also accused of spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces.\n\nOn 29 July 2025, the court sentenced her to 12 years in a general regime colony.\n\nIn early autumn 2025, Komleva wrote that she had lost the ability to speak. Because of this, the hearing of the court of appeal was postponed. In November, the court confirmed the verdict.\n\nLater, Komleva lost the ability to speak at least one more time, in connection with which the colony administration reprimanded her.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":489,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny","Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Olga Komleva's case on an extremist community and “fake news” about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-471/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she \"voluntarily joined the extremist community\" \"under the influence of propaganda by the extremist community ‘Anti-Corruption Foundation’ (‘Navalny’s Team’)\". The grounds for initiating the case on the dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces are unknown.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.03.2024 to 28.03.2024\n• in custody: from 28.03.2024 to 27.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• : from 27.04.2024 to 03.05.2024\n• in custody: from 03.05.2024 to 27.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• in custody: from 29.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 21.08.2025 to 10.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 10.11.2025 to 13.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 28 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.11.2025 to 01.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• Unknown: from 04.12.2025\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• Unknown: from 01.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.12.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 28 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 28 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2025, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a 5-year ban on organizing or participating in public events and administering websites, and 1 year of restricted liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a 5-year ban on organizing or participating in public events and administering websites, and 1 year of restricted liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-29T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-29T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recisUZlmrvzqYbLN"},{"persecution_id":"recIR30MFv2id6jSw","last_updated":"2026-02-17T23:51:37.000Z","person_id":"recXGkcBHFDTowKAL","name_en":"Antonina Kravtsova (Favorskaia)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atti5nvlaJDTEfOzd.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atti5nvlaJDTEfOzd.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She is a resident of Moscow and a journalist with SOTAvision. She was detained on 17 March 2024 in a cafe together with two other female journalists after visiting Alexei Navalny's grave at Borisovskoye cemetery, allegedly because of an anonymous call about a crime committed. The next day she was arrested for 10 days under the article on disobedience to the police (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to the law enforcers' version, she refused to show her documents, \"waved her arms defiantly, grabbed the uniform and tried to run away\". Favorskaia and another journalist Anastasia Musatova said in court that seven law enforcers (some of them were in plain clothes) burst into the establishment and immediately went towards them. When the journalists reached for their phones to put them in their pockets, the law enforcers started shouting about the prohibition of filming, and then knocked the phone out of Musatova's hands, while Favorskaia was thrown down on the table.\n\nOn 27 March, after serving an administrative sentence, Favorskaia was detained by officers of the Investigative Committee and taken away for questioning in a criminal case of participation in the activities of an extremist community. On the same day, law enforcers detained journalists Alexandra Astakhova and Anastasia Musatova, who came to the special detention centre to meet Favorskaia. All three were searched. Astakhova and Musatova were questioned and released as witnesses, Favorskaia was kept in the temporary detention cell. On 29 March she was taken into custody.\n\nOn 24 May, she was placed in the pre-trial detention centre on the preventive register as \"a person who propagandises, professes or disseminates extremist ideology\".\n\nOn 5 June it became known that the lawyer Fedor Sirosh, who represented Favorskaia's interests, was suspended from the case, because in 2019 he attended as a defender the interrogation of the lawyer of Navalny's team Evgeny Zamiatin in the case of money laundering (item \"b\" part 4 of article 174 of the Criminal Code).\n\nOn 15 April 2025, Favorskaia was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":394,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","video","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny","The case of journalists of participation in an extremist community"],"case_name_en":"The case of journalists' participation in activities of an extremist community","case_number":"01-0934/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"during the period from November 2022 to March 2024\", \"in accordance with the assigned role in the extremist community, carried out her criminal activities by shooting videos and photos with their subsequent posting by unidentified persons on the Internet, including on the YouTube channel \"Navalny LIVE, on the channel \"Navalny's Team\" in the social network Telegram\".\n\nIn addition, \"in the period from 24 November 2022 to 18 January 2024\", \"acting deliberately, on the instructions of the head of the extremist community\" Ivan Zhdanov \"and unidentified leaders and participants of the extremist community, with the aim of discrediting the current government, while using for conspiracy purposes his work in the online publication \"Sota.Vision\" where Artem Kriger who later joined the extremist community also worked hiding behind editorial assignments filmed and audio-recorded the speeches of the extremist community leader Alexei Navalny, as well as the pronouncements of court decisions on Alexei Navalny's administrative claims in court proceedings held during working hours from 09.00 to 18.00. 00 a.m. to 6 p.m. 00 min. in the Kovrov City Court of the Vladimir Region\", \"including on the following dates: 24 November 2022, 11 and 25 January 2023, 27 February 2023, 13 and 17 November 2023, 15 and 18 January 2024\".\n\nAfter the filming was completed, \"acting deliberately, on the instructions of the leader of the extremist community, Zhdanov, and unidentified leaders and participants of the extremist community, while in the town of Kovrov in the Vladimir region using the equipment she had with access to the Internet she sent the photographs, videos and audio recordings she had made during the filming to an unidentified participant of the extremist community for production and subsequent posting by unidentified persons on the Internet on the YouTube video hosting channel \"Popular Politics\" as well as on the Navalny's Team channel on the Telegram social network.\n\n\"After the death of the extremist community leader Navalny on 16 February 2024, on the instructions of the extremist community leader Zhdanov, in order to discredit the current government and increase protest sentiments in the country, she arrived together with Navalny's mother\" Lyudmila Navalnaia \"in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, where she filmed\" Lyudmila Navalnaia between 20 and 22 February 2024.\n\nOn 22 February 2024, \"acting deliberately, on the instructions of the leaders of the extremist community Zhdanov I.Y. and other unidentified leaders and participants of the extremist community, being in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District on the territory of the town of Labytnangi and the town of Salekhard in exactly unspecified locations. At an unspecified location in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District in the territory of the towns of Labytnangi and Salekhard, using equipment with access to the Internet, Zhdanova I.Y. and other unidentified leaders and members of the extremist community sent the footage obtained during the video shootings to an unidentified member of the extremist community for the production and subsequent posting of videos on the Internet on the Navalny LIVE and Alexei Navalny channels of the YouTube video hosting website.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.03.2024 to 29.03.2024\n• in custody: from 29.03.2024 to 04.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.04.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-15T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-15T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recIR30MFv2id6jSw"},{"persecution_id":"rec65FtagWnx2mYfu","last_updated":"2024-07-25T08:03:55.000Z","person_id":"recPVfA1qRWJiHvJP","name_en":"Regina Dzugkoyeva","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-12-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The head of the public movement \"Mayak\", which helps LGBTQ+ people in Primorsky Krai, was formerly the director of the non-profit organisation \"Lilit\". Both organisations and Dzugkoyeva herself were included in the register of \"foreign agents\". Dzugkoyeva left Russia. At the end of February 2024, it was reported that a case was opened against her for evading her duties as a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["NGO employees"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Regina Dzugkoyeva on evasion of \"foreign agent\" duties","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec65FtagWnx2mYfu"},{"persecution_id":"rec3dgcCqvSFSRrHn","last_updated":"2026-02-13T18:59:27.000Z","person_id":"recnnH6k1w17AYQab","name_en":"Vladimir Fomin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attxg3lEeNzgX1fmC.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attxg3lEeNzgX1fmC.jpg"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Cherkessk. On February 21, 2024, his home was searched. On March 21, Fomina was detained and on March 23, he was remanded in custody on charges of participating in and involvement in the activities of an extremist organization in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are persecuted under extremism laws solely for their religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and recruiting new followers.\n\nOn June 23, 2025, the court sentenced him to four and a half years in a general regime colony. \n\nThe believer has been classified as having a second-degree disability. The project “Jehovah's Witnesses: The Legal Situation in Russia” reported that at the age of 20, Fomin was attacked by several men on the basis of hatred. The injuries he sustained during the beating led to his disability.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherkessk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":488,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Fomin's case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-98/2025","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.03.2024 to 23.03.2024\n• in custody: from 23.03.2024 to 26.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penal Correctional Centre-8 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penal Correctional Centre-8 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penal Correctional Centre-8 of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Astrakhan Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.06.2025, Sentence: 4.5 years imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4.5 years imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-23T10:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-23T10:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Police circulated a video of Konashenk apologising. \"I do not support terrorism. A heinous crime has been committed, because of which we all grieve,\" he said in the video. The next day it became known that a criminal case was opened against Konashenk for publicly justifying terrorism. On 27 March, he was taken into custody.\n\nIn the evening of 25 March Konashenk's wife Roksana Shatunovskaya told about his dismissal from the post of General Director of the project \"New Holland\", which she held for 13 years. \"By mutual consent of me and my management, we have come to the decision that I can no longer hold my position and fulfill my duties due to the fact that a member of my family has allowed himself monstrous, incompatible with humanity statements,\" she wrote.\n\nIn June 2025, he was sentenced to a fine of 600 thousand rubles with a ban on administering pages on the Internet.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":443,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Konoshenok's case on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal case were Konashenok's Facebook posts about the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall on 22 March 2024. \"Why Crocus and not the Kremlin? Did they mixed it up?\" - one post read. In another, Konashenok wrote that a terrorist attack at a concert by the band Picnic was \"petty\" as opposed to a prefabricated concert dedicated to the film Brother 2.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 27.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• : \n• prohibition of certain actions: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 26.03.2024 to 27.03.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.06.2025, Sentence: Fine of 600 thousand roubles with a restriction on administrating Internet pages for two years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fine of 600 thousand roubles with a restriction on administrating Internet pages for two years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-11T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-11T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 29-03-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/03/d49552/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recqg4NQhZga8SaAQ"},{"persecution_id":"recdtmzUxI8ymYzoE","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"rec9BGugfPqfMLL87","name_en":"Alena Smyshlyayeva","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-11-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the town of Rezh (Sverdlovsk region). In 2019, participated in protests against the construction of a temple on the territory of the local park near the Drama Theatre. She felled a 120-metre fence enclosing the park.\n\nIn the spring of 2022, Smyshlyaeva was fined no less than six times under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces. In May 2022, she left Russia. At that time, she was investigated under the article on \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, but the case was not prosecuted.\n\nIn March 2024, it became known that a criminal case was initiated against Smyshlyaeva for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alena Smyshlyayeva's case on discrediting the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The posts on VKontakte became the reason for the case. In the spring of 2022, Smyshlyaeva was fined at least six times under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdtmzUxI8ymYzoE"},{"persecution_id":"rec6Yb4cH0RLQ9Ls5","last_updated":"2024-06-10T10:48:04.000Z","person_id":"reclGEm6ENRr8sO9c","name_en":"Alexei Chursin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attMkKj7FVEIMX9u5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attMkKj7FVEIMX9u5.jpg"],"birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Tyumen resident. On March 21, 2024, he was searched in a case of spreading \"fakes\" about the army, after which he was detained and sent under house arrest the next day. Later it became known that he left Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexey Chursin regarding \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the posts on VKontakte in April 2022 about the war, including the events in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 22.03.2024 to 06.06.2024\n• arrest in absentia: from 06.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6Yb4cH0RLQ9Ls5"},{"persecution_id":"recS7VZCjHThmVhM6","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"recMlNHeWKMf5eFYV","name_en":"Eldar Mikailov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tolyatti. In February 2024, a case was brought against him for calling for terrorism and mass riots, then - for spreading false information about the role of the USSR in World War II and disrespectful information about the days of military glory. He was taken into custody. Later it became known that he was also accused of calling for extremism. Mikailov was sentenced on 26 January 2026, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":725,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":103,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 354.1","Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Eldar Mikailov","case_number":"2-14/2026 (2-30/2025; 2-144/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he called for joining the \"armed people's struggle\" against Putin, \"devalued\" the importance of the Victory Day holiday and rejected the USSR's \"decisive role\" in the victory over Nazi Germany.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2024 to 11.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.01.2026, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-26T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-26T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 22-07-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/04/d49593/?sphrase_id=2739588\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recS7VZCjHThmVhM6"},{"persecution_id":"recHelFw8URsflLAQ","last_updated":"2026-02-13T18:13:19.000Z","person_id":"recDNijC0NAKOF10q","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The owner of the Pose bar in Orenburg. In early March 2024, the Interior Ministry and OMON conducted a raid in the bar, the video of which was posted by members of the pro-government movement \"Russian Community of Orenburg\". Visitors in the video were humiliated and asked what they were doing in a \"fag club\". The \"Russian Community\" also said that 20 people were forced to write statements about the \"illegal activities\" of the establishment. On Mar 28, 2024, the owner of the bar was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. On Mar 31, he was taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Pose Club","case_number":"1-306/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 28.03.2024 to 31.03.2024\n• in custody: from 31.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-04-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-kluba-pose/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recHelFw8URsflLAQ"},{"persecution_id":"recnTKX2wtEWSoSd6","last_updated":"2025-05-13T10:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recwEvBWq03AR3R86","name_en":"Vitalii Samoilik","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tyumen, the CEO of Hotelier-Pro LLC, former CEO of Hotelier LLC (owner of the Spasskaya Hotel in Tyumen) and Hotelier-Drink LLC. By March 2024 at the latest, he was placed under house arrest on charges of financing extremist activities. On August 23 2024, Samoilik was sentenced to a fine of 500,000 rubles but was released from payment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":175,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vitalii Samoilik being charged with financing FBK","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, he transferred funds to the Anti-Corruption Foundation after it had been designated as an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.08.2024, Sentence: A fine of 500,000 rubles. 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He was later sentenced to a psychiatric hospital, from which he was released in the summer of 1987.\n\nOn the 22nd of March 2024, Skobov was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". On the evening of the 2ns of April 2024, he was detained at the home of human rights activist Iulii Rybakov as part of a case of public justification of terrorism.\n\nAccording to Rybakov, when Skobov was taken away after the detention, \"he defiantly refused to take with him the medicines that he vitally needs, left on my table his glasses, without which he simply cannot see anything, and refused to take the necessary things to his cell. Apparently, he does not expect to get out of there and does it as a sign of protest against his detention\".\n\nOn the 4th of April 2024, the court sent Skobov into custody.\n\nSkobov's lawyer asked for a non-arrest preventive measure. She provided medical documents which confirmed that Skobov had been diagnosed with diabetes, hepatitis C, bronchial asthma and glaucoma. In addition, the activist has his 90-year-old mother Natalia as a dependent.\n\nSkobov was transported to Syktyvkar. After that, two more episodes appeared in his case: one also under the article on public justification of terrorism, presumably because of publications about the activities of the Free Russia Forum, a discussion platform of the Russian opposition established in Vilnius in 2016; the second - under the article on participation in the activities of a terrorist community, presumably because of the connection with the Forum.\n\nIn August 2024, Skobov's wife reported that another case was brought against him for public justification of terrorism, details unknown.\n\nOn the 21st of March 2025, Skobov was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Historians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg","Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic","Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE","RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":353,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Skobov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated over a post about the attack on the Crimean Bridge. Later, two more episodes appeared in the case: one also under the article on public justification of terrorism, because of the publication about the murder of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarskii; the second - under the article on participation in the activities of a terrorist organization, presumably due to connections with the Free Russia Forum, a discussion platform for the Russian opposition established in Vilnius in 2016.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.04.2024 to 04.04.2024\n• in custody: from 04.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• in custody:  to 23.05.2024\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 23.05.2024 to 01.06.2024\n• in custody:  to 23.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2025 to 20.11.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• punishment cell: from 18.11.2025 to 25.11.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.11.2025 to 27.11.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• punishment cell: from 27.11.2025 to 03.12.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• punishment cell: from 03.12.2025 to 09.12.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.12.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n• punishment cell: from 13.01.2026 to 27.01.2026, Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.03.2025, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 300,000 rubles fine, prohibition of administration of internet resources for 4 years after release","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 300,000 rubles fine, prohibition of administration of internet resources for 4 years after release","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-21T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-21T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/skobov-aleksandr-valerevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recbnkJS2euBTKTAE"},{"persecution_id":"rec5BbCGQZn9yMhex","last_updated":"2025-07-19T10:00:30.000Z","person_id":"rec81NTqRptIKqi6H","name_en":"Dalerdzhon Achilov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attOwqZnv5eFCapRB.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attOwqZnv5eFCapRB.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"Employee of the meat department of a market in Novosibirsk. In 2021, he received a residence permit, and in February 2024, he applied for citizenship. Another market employee complained about Achilov: he allegedly showed aggression towards her, because of which she had to resign. In April 2024, he was taken into custody in a case of spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces and hooliganism by insulting Russian women. On 16 January 2025, Achilov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":290,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dalerdzhon Achilov's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and hooliganism","case_number":"1-417/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from February 2022 to mid-March 2024, he made public statements \"about the goals, methods and course\" of the war in Ukraine and about Putin's actions, as well as \"expressed himself with coarse profanity, insulting Russian women\", \"expressed obvious disrespect for society\" and was motivated by \"hatred\" towards citizens of the Russian Federation and representatives of \"the social group of servicemen of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.04.2024 to 28.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.01.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition of administering websites on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition of administering websites on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-16T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-16T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 3 April 2024, he was taken into custody in St. Petersburg on the case of participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 28 October 2024, the court returned Muravyov's case to the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 11 June 2025, the court sentenced the believer to a fine of 600 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":436,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Igor Muravyov`s case ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from April 2022 to October 2023, he \"wanted to continue\" the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses Management Centre on Sakhalin, to this end he held video conferences and participated in religious meetings, \"propagandising extremist activities\" and persuading Russians to join the organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.04.2024 to 11.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• recognizance not to leave: from 11.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.06.2025, Sentence: a fine of 600,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 600,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-11T11:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-11T11:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recgIPcbsLJ3uAasb"},{"persecution_id":"recNsBwClFS33AL5g","last_updated":"2025-06-05T18:29:41.000Z","person_id":"recAWGqgKM3afnw7O","name_en":"Oleg Artemov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Chelyabinsk. In March 2023, it became known that a case was brought against him for participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Artemov's case","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2026","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2026-04-29T09:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recNsBwClFS33AL5g"},{"persecution_id":"reczPqWwea7c240PV","last_updated":"2026-03-31T10:39:42.000Z","person_id":"recG5SMoNKeivQOUX","name_en":"Rail Galin","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Baimak District of Bashkortostan. On 20 February 2024, he was detained and the next day arrested for 10 days under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demand of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) in connection with the mass gathering in Baymak on 17 January 2024 in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. On 10 March, Galin was summoned to Ufa, where he was charged with participation in mass riots and use of violence against a representative of the authorities in connection with the gathering, after which he was taken into custody. On 3 March 2025, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. On 20 February 2026, Galin sentence was changed to compulsory labour for the remainder of his sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":377,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rail Galin and four other Bashkortostan residents","case_number":"1-47/2025 (1-548/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"-","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.03.2024 to 12.03.2024\n• in custody: from 12.03.2024 to 01.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.01.2024 to 18.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 21.02.2024 to 01.03.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast\n• Unknown: from 11.03.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.03.2025, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-03T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-03T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/bajmakskoe-delo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reczPqWwea7c240PV"},{"persecution_id":"recYlC2tdoMgOgAli","last_updated":"2026-04-22T13:22:21.000Z","person_id":"recJ67VWP2jOx1nf0","name_en":"Dmitrii Bogmut","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attbEuLshuYC9bi4C.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attbEuLshuYC9bi4C.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Technician of the neutron physicochemical research laboratory of the Kurchatov Institute in Gatchina. On 5 April 2024, he was taken into custody in a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces due to dozens of comments and publications about the war, including a Deutsche Welle video titled \"Attack on Pavlograd, how Putin is preparing for a defensive war and undermining the combat capability of the Russian Army\". He later said that he had been forced to kneel for two hours during a search in his work office and was not allowed to wear outdoor trousers before a meeting to elect a preventive measure. On 22 November 2024, it became known that Bogmut was not receiving medical care in the pre-trial detention centre.\n\nOn 30 January 2026, the court sentenced him to seven years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":666,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":95,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Bogmut's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-638/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between 23 March and 21 June 2023, while in the building of an institute, he posted texts, videos and images on a certain website containing deliberately false information about the actions of the Russian army. Among other things, there was a Deutsche Welle video entitled \"Attack on Pavlograd, how Putin is preparing for a defensive war and undermining the combat capability of the Russian army\".\n\nSOTAvision, citing the indictment announced in court, reported that Bogmut had written more than a hundred comments. These included: \"Look what your Russians are doing in Ukraine: wiping out cities, bombing civilians,\" \"How many thousands of lives has Putin already put down in Ukraine? How many more will he lay down?\", \"Zelenskii will have a difficult task, he is the leader of a warring state, the whole nation is behind him\" and \"Russians love murderers and rapists\".\n\nBogmut himself said he left these comments in a private discussion on the ixbt com forum in the thread \"What has Putin done in 24 years for the people?\". According to the man, the postings could only be seen by 12 users due to site restrictions.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 04.04.2024 to 05.04.2024\n• in custody: from 05.04.2024 to 22.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2026","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-30T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-04-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/bogmut-dmitrij-igorevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recYlC2tdoMgOgAli"},{"persecution_id":"rec8hyySY2iceQGsW","last_updated":"2026-02-13T18:41:38.000Z","person_id":"recrPtvZ2LatzGOWS","name_en":"Alexey Timofeev","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Petrozavodsk. In April 2024, he was taken into custody in a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 20th May Timofeev was transferred under house arrest.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Petrozavodsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from January 2021 to February 2024, contrary to the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, which came into legal force on the recognition of the religious organisation Jehovah's Witnesses Petrozavodsk as extremist, he carried out active actions of an organisational nature aimed at the continuation of prohibited activities: he carried out mentoring, engaged in attracting new adherents, convened collective meetings with the use of conspiracy measures, at which the ideology of the religious organisation was discussed and prohibited activities were studied.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2024 to 01.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Karelia\n• in custody:  to 20.05.2024\n• house arrest: from 20.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec8hyySY2iceQGsW"},{"persecution_id":"recHZoqqEGK1DObUF","last_updated":"2026-04-14T12:35:13.000Z","person_id":"rec7i1MEvveodKKla","name_en":"Andrei Shabanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attcDzTXe6uDvqxEI.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attcDzTXe6uDvqxEI.jpg"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Samara, a saxophonist. In May 2020, it became known about the initiation of a case against Shabanov. He was charged with rehabilitation of Nazism. On 1 March 2022, Shabanov was sentenced to a fine of 60 thousand rubles.\nOn 21 March 2024, Shabanov's mother was searched. The law enforcers claimed that they were looking for explosives, but nothing was found. After that Shabanov himself was arrested under the administrative article on disorderly conduct. On 6 April 2024, it became known that he was taken into custody on the case of public justification of terrorism and calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation, namely joining the legion \"Freedom of Russia\" and \"Russian Volunteer Corps\". On 5 February 2025, Shabanov was sentenced in this case to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":341,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of public justification of terrorism and calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation","case_number":"2-182/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"through the Internet he specifically called to join the legion \"Freedom of Russia\" and \"Russian Volunteer Corps\", and at least two people got acquainted with his calls\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.04.2024 to 01.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 04.04.2024 to 05.04.2024\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.09.2024\n• in custody:  to 21.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 21.03.2024 to 04.04.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.01.2026 to 02.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• Unknown: from 02.04.2026\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.02.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-05T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-05T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-05-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/shabanov-andrej-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recHZoqqEGK1DObUF"},{"persecution_id":"recqCBxP2nC11Sl7m","last_updated":"2026-02-13T18:24:48.000Z","person_id":"rec50XGmamIRwfOCw","name_en":"Olga Menshikh","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attJz1KBD8vheYvrq.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attJz1KBD8vheYvrq.jpeg"],"birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Olga Menshikh, a nurse and resident of Moscow, was first detained on February 24, 2022 — the day Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Authorities accused her of organizing an unauthorized protest, claiming she had called on people to join rallies via the social network VKontakte. She was arrested the next day and jailed for nine days.\n\nOn April 8, 2024, law enforcement officers raided her home. According to acquaintances, they \"turned everything upside down,\" kept Menshikh in handcuffs, and did not allow her to drink water. They also refused to let her English tutor leave the apartment.\n\nOn April 9, the court placed her under house arrest. Initially, she was charged under Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Russian Criminal Code. However, in May — when the case was handed over to court — the charge was reclassified to dissemination of so-called \"fake news\" about the Russian military, allegedly motivated by hatred or enmity (Clause \"d\", Part 2, Article 207.3).\n\nOn September 12, 2024, she was transferred from house arrest to pre-trial detention because she went to visit a dentist.\n\nOn October 3, 2024, Menshikh was sentenced to eight years in a general-regime penal colony.\n\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":178,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Olga Menshikh's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0347/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"Authorities brought charges against her over two VKontakte posts about events in the Ukrainian cities of Vinnytsia and Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.04.2024 to 09.04.2024\n• house arrest: from 10.04.2024 to 12.09.2024\n• in custody: from 12.09.2024 to 07.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.04.2025 to 16.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• Unknown: from 16.07.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 12.03.2032\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.10.2024, Sentence: 8 years' of imprisonment in a general regime colony, with a ban on administering Internet resources for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' of imprisonment in a general regime colony, with a ban on administering Internet resources for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-03T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-03T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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On April 3rd, 2024, he was searched at his home and then taken for questioning to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, where he was charged with participation and recruitment in the activity of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, communal prayers, and recruiting new followers.\nOn February 28th, 2025, Daler was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":331,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Daler Tokhtayev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"had conversations with citizens of the Russian Federation\" on biblical topics.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.04.2024 to 05.04.2024\n• in custody: from 05.04.2024 to 26.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sakhalin oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sakhalin oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.02.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-28T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-28T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\nOn 3 July 2024 Bailo was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime penal colony.\nOn 22 March 2025, it became known that Bailo died in the pre-trial detention centre.\nOn 22 April 2025, the court of appeal overturned the sentence and dismissed the case, despite the objections of Bailo's son, who demanded posthumous rehabilitation of his father.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2025-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":92,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Valerii Bailo's case","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.04.2024 to 04.04.2024\n• in custody: from 04.04.2024 to 01.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Krai\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.11.2024\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.07.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-03T15:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-03T15:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec9y87bWy2JXgNV3"},{"persecution_id":"recIPRrIOuXkyexvU","last_updated":"2024-07-23T15:10:25.000Z","person_id":"recHLz4BXenWeLHul","name_en":"Daria Serenko","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Coordinator of the Feminist Anti-War Resistance. In January 2023, she was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In April 2024, it became known that Serenko was put on the wanted list. Later, it was reported that a case of evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\" was opened against her.","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers","Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Daria Serenko's case","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIPRrIOuXkyexvU"},{"persecution_id":"recbCjDW1brjKa9S0","last_updated":"2025-11-21T08:26:33.000Z","person_id":"recrWbDClZvGxXI9C","name_en":"Tatiana Lukianova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attoTGAEMTtwkB1mp.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attoTGAEMTtwkB1mp.jpg"],"birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Khabarovsk and a participant in rallies in support of the former governor of Khabarovsk Krai Sergey Furgal. On April 9, 2024, she was detained after interrogation; later, it became known that she was charged with incitement to hatred.\n\nThe case was based on her comment to a blogger during a picket in support of Furgal and political prisoners. Lukyanova criticized law enforcers for their violent dispersal of a rally on October 10, 2020, which was held in support of the former governor and against the head of the colony where journalist Maria Ponomarenko was being held.\n\nOn January 3, 2025, the Investigative Committee closed the criminal case due to the lack of evidence of a crime.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["solo picket"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of incitement to hatred in Khabarovsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during a solitary picket in support of political prisoners she shouted slogans \"10.10.2020 - we will not forget, we will not forgive\", \"Furgal is not guilty\", \"Freedom for Furgal\" and \"Freedom for political prisoners\", as well as \"expressed her negative attitude to the actions of employees of the court, police, prosecutor's office and FCU IK-6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service for Altai Krai\" in an interview with a blogger.\n\nThe ruling on the initiation of the case specifies the statements that interested the IC. \"Shame on the judiciary, shame on those who stood guarding the steps of the administration building. 14 police officers knew that it was packed with riot police. How can you bully peaceful, unarmed citizens like this?\" - Lukyanova told the blogger. She also spoke about the placement of journalist Maria Ponomarenko in the punishment cell and in connection with this she accused the head of IK-6 of abuse and called him a \"czar\".","persecution_location_en":"Under investigation without preventive measure","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["no preventive measure"],"restraint_measures_en":"• no preventive measure: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbCjDW1brjKa9S0"},{"persecution_id":"rec4oV4D4jqNFxa9K","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recJvlSR7me6yBLCF","name_en":"Zalina Marshenkulova","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist and feminist activist. 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Escaped from the training camp. In June 2023, together with another escaped former mercenary, told in an interview with the Gulagu.net project about the crimes of the Russian military personnel, to which he was a witness. A case of dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces by a group of persons for personal gain with a hate motive was initiated against both of them. Presumably in March 2024, the court decided to take Zelenov into custody. On 24 February 2025, he was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Minusinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":360,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E,D Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Former \"Wagner Group\" members' case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and volunteer organisations","case_number":"1-486/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the interview of Zelenov and Aleksei Cherniavskii with the Gulagu.net project, in which they said that they had seen \"Russians beating, torturing and even shooting Russians, as well as war crimes and massacres of civilians in Ukraine\". According to the investigation, he misled people about the legality of the actions of volunteer organisations that help the Russian Armed Forces in carrying out military operations in Ukraine, made the Russian Armed Forces look like violators of international law and undermined their authority in the eyes of the entire Russian society.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.03.2024 to 17.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.04.2025\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment with the sentence to be served in a general regime corrective labour colony, compulsory medical measure in the form of compulsory observation and treatment by a psychiatrist on an out-patient basis","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment with the sentence to be served in a general regime corrective labour colony, compulsory medical measure in the form of compulsory observation and treatment by a psychiatrist on an out-patient basis","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-24T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-24T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recv2N4GioAxRhI7U"},{"persecution_id":"reczffFURKxeFE0zr","last_updated":"2025-06-18T16:29:58.000Z","person_id":"recGljKYGujN5i0LA","name_en":"Vasily Romaniuta","birth_year":1949,"birth_date":"1949-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":76,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":75,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The resident of Gelendzhik. In April 2024, it became known that he was charged with discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. On July 17, 2024, he was sentenced to three years of probation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gelendzhik"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":107,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces in Gelendzhik","case_number":"1-533/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from December 2022 to March 2023, he made posts and reposts using his social media account \"containing information that discredited the Russian Armed Forces, which was publicly accessible to a wide audience.\"\nIn October 2022, the pensioner was fined 30,000 rubles for staging a solo picket at the \"Chekists of Kuban\" obelisk in the Yubileyny neighborhood of Krasnodar with a sign that read \"Fuhrer Vovka Putler is a criminal. 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Deputy of several convocations of the State Duma. Since 2006, he has been an advisor to Konstantin Ernst, CEO of Channel One. In 2012, he was included on the list of Vladimir Putin’s trusted representatives. Later he began to lean towards more and more oppositional views.\nA case was brought against Nevzorov for \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces while he was abroad. He was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia. As an interim measure, the court seized his dacha near St. Petersburg. In addition, the Ministry of Justice included Nevzorov in the register of mass media - \"foreign agents\". Interpol refused to fulfil the Russian Federation's request for Nevzorov's extradition. On 1 February 2023, he was sentenced in absentia to eight years' imprisonment in a penal colony.\nIn April 2024, a case was brought against Nevzorov for evading his duties as a \"foreign agent\".\nOn 2 July 2024, an association alleged to include Nevzorov and his wife, Lidia, was designated extremist, and their property was confiscated.\nIn December 2024, it became known that the house and land plot of Nevzorov's mother-in-law were handed over to the state.\nIn May 2025, cases were brought against Nevzorov and his wife for financing extremist activities due to the collection of donations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Nevzorov's case of failure to fulfil the duties of a \"foreign agent\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"In 2022, Nevzorov received two fines under the article on failure to fulfil the duties of a \"foreign agent\" (Part 1 of Article 19.34.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) due to lack of labelling.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reco4X5vit00K4ab9"},{"persecution_id":"recHAEegTsWx0rwaE","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recimraVJEAnDE62z","name_en":"Inna Karakulova","birth_year":1986,"age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Irina Karakulova, a resident of Izhevsk, was detained in late February 2024 on charges of desecrating a gravestone following a picnic at the Eternal Flame in Kaliningrad. She was subsequently placed under house arrest. 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At the end of February 2024, he was detained as part of a case of abuse of a gravestone in connection with a picnic at the Eternal Flame in Kaliningrad. Lopatnikov was placed under house arrest. On 27 April 2024, he was sentenced to a year in a penal colony. 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As a result of these actions there were no casualties, the damage to the premises amounted to 11 thousand rubles. The video of the action was posted by Astashin on the Internet under the title \"Happy Chekist's Day, bastards!\". The participants positioned the arson as a \"non-violent action of direct action against the FSB\", an act of political protest.\n\nOver the next few months, a series of arson attacks on police stations and market stalls took place in Moscow and the Moscow region by a group of nationalists who positioned them as \"direct action against the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ethno-criminals\". Some members of both groups knew each other.\n\nAstashin and a participant in the action \"Happy Chekist Day...\" Ksenia Povazhnaia were detained on 12 March 2010 by FSB officers, tortured for several days, and then released on recognisance not to leave.\n\nAfter an attempted departure and repeated detention on 28.12.2010, Astashin and Povazhnaia were placed in custody.\n\nThe cases were initially qualified as property damage (article 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), then as hooliganism (article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and finally as a terrorist act (article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).\nIn addition to the action \"Happy Chekist Day...\" Astashin was charged with organising seven arson attacks on police stations and trade tents, which were allegedly carried out on his instructions, blowing up a Lexus car and attempting to mine the Eastern Thermal Power Plant in Perovo.\n\nAccording to the investigation, \"in December 2009, Astashin and other members of the group decided to set fire to the building of the South-West Administrative District Department of the Russian Federal Security Service in Moscow, as a result of which the authorities of the Russian Federation would be forced to make decisions on changing the internal national policy, believing that these issues belong, among others, to the competence of the Federal Security Service\"\n\nOn 12 April 2012, the Moscow City Court sentenced Astashin to 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for 2 years.\n\nOn 23 July 2012, the Supreme Court reduced this sentence to 12 years 6 months with restriction of liberty for 2 years.\n\nOn 21 August, Astashin was sent to the penal colony UFSIN No. 17 (IK-17) of Krasnoyarsk Krai , where he faced threats of violence and use of psychotropic substances. After a motion to familiarise himself with the case materials, he was transferred back to the pre-trial detention centre in Moscow.\n\nOn 11 December 2013, the Supreme Court considered Astashin's supervisory appeal, reduced his sentence to 9 years 9 months in a strict regime colony, and removed the restriction of liberty.\n\nIn Moscow, Astashin wrote complaints about threats and demanding a confession in IK-17, after consideration of which he was transferred to the penal colony No. 5 (IK-5) in Norilsk, where he continued to write complaints about violations of his rights and the rights of other prisoners, and began to write analytical articles about the prison.\n\nAfter 5 years he was transferred back to IK-17 in Krasnoyarsk Krai.\n\nOn the administrative claim of the camp chief, the Sovetsky District Court of Krasnoyarsk sentenced Astashin to 8 years of administrative supervision.\n\nOn 21 September 2020 Astashin was released after the main term. He continued to write complaints about the conditions of detention in IK-17 and IK-5, and started human rights activities in the \"Committee for Civil Rights\".\n\nIn August 2022, Astashin left Russia.\n\nHe is one of the founders of the project to support those persecuted for anti-war actions \"Solidarity Zone\". In December 2024, his participation in the project was terminated.\n\nIn February 2024, it became known that Astashin was put on a wanted list. In May, Astashin himself wrote that, to his knowledge, a case of public justification of terrorism had been brought against him. He was arrested in absentia.\n\nIn August 2024, \"Mediazona\" reported that the materials of the case against Astashin include the testimony of a former tourist police officer, who claims that in 2021 he was at a certain \"flat party\" near Elektrozavodskaya metro station, where a man who introduced himself as Ivan Astashin showed everyone the namesake of his Telegram channel and claimed to be its sole owner. Apparently, the investigation needed this testimony to prove that the \"Ivan Astashin\" Telegram channel, which published a post about the attempted assassination of Zakhar Prilepin, which was the reason for the criminal case, really belongs to Astashin. The human rights defender claims that he has never seen this former employee and has never been to the flats in the Elektrozavodskaya neighbourhood.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Astashin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Astashin himself, the reason for the case was his post about the attempted assassination of writer Zakhar Prilepin, which said that \"another warmonger and direct participant in the war received a well-deserved bomb\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 23.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recup1Yk7NB4yX3hB"},{"persecution_id":"recbbiEuh38nnJwjq","last_updated":"2026-02-28T18:32:46.000Z","person_id":"recbwIQndbpY4JJmz","name_en":"Oksana Shchetkina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLjokU3xVpCs2Ll.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLjokU3xVpCs2Ll.jpg"],"birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Pyatigorsk. Formerly a representative of the Falun Dafa Centre for Spiritual and Physical Development (another name for Falun Gong, a Chinese system of spiritual practices). No later than March 2024, she was placed under house arrest in the case of participation in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\". 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In April 2024, he was detained as part of the case of desecration of symbols of military glory. 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On 15 February 2024, he was detained before the start of a concert and taken to the police station in Sterlitamak. The next day he was fined 10,000 rubles under the administrative article on participation in an uncoordinated event that interfered with infrastructure (part 6.1 of article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) in connection with a public gathering in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. After that, the singer was taken to Ufa, where he was taken into custody in a case of participation in mass riots in connection with the same rally. He was also accused of using violence against a representative of the authorities. On 24 December 2024, the resident of Baymak was sentenced to eight and a half years in a general regime colony. On 6 May 2025, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":313,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ilnar Asylguzhin and four other Bashkortostan residents","case_number":"1-327/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 17.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 17.09.2024 to 06.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2024, Sentence: 8 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOqXlsARruRsFbY"},{"persecution_id":"recdYHT8EuNuiIlcs","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recR5gvbON1MfZ9B1","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Burzyansk district of Bashkortostan. On 10 March 2024, he was detained and then taken into custody as part of a criminal case on participation in mass riots, initiated in connection with the popular gathering on 17 January in Baymak in support of activist Fail Alsynov, sentenced to four years in prison. He was also accused of using violence against representatives of the authorities. On 3 March 2025, he was sentenced to four years and 11 months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":358,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rail Galin and four other Bashkortostan residents","case_number":"1-47/2025 (1-548/2024;)","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2024 to 01.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 01.01.2024 to 18.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.03.2025, Sentence: 4 years 11 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 11 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":59,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-5,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-03T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-03T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdYHT8EuNuiIlcs"},{"persecution_id":"recdbm7YQuuTLzt3X","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recSvqWbbxocQhOwl","name_en":"Aibulat Nigamatov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Khaibullinsky district of Bashkortostan. On 11 February 2024, he was detained at work and then taken to Baymak, where the next day he was arrested for seven days under an administrative article on participation in an uncoordinated event that interfered with infrastructure (part 6.1 of article 20.2 of the CAO) in connection with a public gathering in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. On 14 February, the man was taken to Ufa, where he was taken into custody as part of a criminal case for participation in mass riots in connection with the same public gathering. On 26 February 2025, Nigamatov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. 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On May 6, 2025, an appellate court reduced the sentence to four years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":293,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ilnar Asylguzhin and four other Bashkortostan residents","case_number":"1-327/2024","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 17.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody: from 17.09.2024 to 06.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Tatarstan\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2024, Sentence: 5 years 5 months' incarceration in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 5 months' incarceration in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-17,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHnEH9SjqRxaFFm"},{"persecution_id":"recGizZf3nuSGoLbV","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:24:35.000Z","person_id":"recFtkyQatG7CbJ47","name_en":"Pavel Prokudin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attRKqS0MzpyjL8Rh.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attRKqS0MzpyjL8Rh.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A thrash streamer from Volgograd. On the 19 of April 2024, a case of incitement to hatred against the Russian military was brought against him because of a stream with rude remarks against them. On April, 22, he was detained in Penza and taken to Volgograd, where he was placed in custody on April, 24. Later it became known that he was also accused of insulting the feelings of believers.\n\nOn the 11th of December 2024 Prokudin was sentenced to 2,5 years in a colony-settlement.\n\nOn the 8th of December 2025 he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":233,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282","Part 1, Article 148"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Prokudin's case of incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on April 4, 2024, he was broadcasting a video where he \"made negative comments about Russian servicemen in order to humiliate their dignity\", then posted the recording in a Telegram channel. The second episode under the article on incitement to hatred is related to negative statements about elderly people. The reason for the initiation of a case of offence to the feelings of believers was a stream in March 2023, where Prokudin, according to investigators, \"expressed a negative assessment using taboo, profanity against 'God', as well as a negative assessment of persons who have a religious worldview and belief in the reality of his existence\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.04.2024 to 24.04.2024\n• in custody: from 24.04.2024 to 06.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.03.2025 to 08.12.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.12.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-11T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-11T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 11-12-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/04/d49711/?sphrase_id=2748826\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recGizZf3nuSGoLbV"},{"persecution_id":"recTXu1QfHcaQ2HY9","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:27:40.000Z","person_id":"recoLqUmGmb6wNqxK","name_en":"Igor Maksimov","birth_year":1966,"age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Omsk, a priest of the Greek Catholic parish of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In 2023, he was summoned to the police for a preventive conversation. On 23 April 2024, a criminal case was opened against him because of an icon depicting Bandera, which was apparently seized in 2023. On 24 April, Maksimov was placed under house arrest in a case of rehabilitation of Nazism and insulting the feelings of believers.\n\nOn 16 May 2025, the Omsk Regional Court terminated the prosecution under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution. It is unknown whether Maksimov remains accused of insulting the feelings of believers.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2025-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Greek Catholic priest","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"found an icon-styled image on the background of the Holy Virgin of the Ukrainian accomplices of Nazism — Banderites\", namely Stepan Bandera, Roman Shukhevych, and Josyf Slipyj, and \"during church services he spread the ideas of exclusivity of one religion over another, the superiority of the Ukrainian people over the Russian people among the parishioners.\"","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.04.2024 to 24.04.2024\n• house arrest: from 24.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 24-04-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/04/d49727/?sphrase_id=2730910\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recTXu1QfHcaQ2HY9"},{"persecution_id":"recxmv6deqqquqGW1","last_updated":"2026-02-13T17:16:48.000Z","person_id":"recWMrlajdyTmnrMa","name_en":"Sergey Baghyan","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-01-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Saratov. Worked as a loader, plumber, repairman, insurance agent, and performed road works. On 21 April 2024, he was detained in Moscow as a suspect of involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Baghyan was taken to Saratov. On 24 April 2024, he was sent under house arrest. 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Memorial:\n Date: 22-11-2023\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recxmv6deqqquqGW1"},{"persecution_id":"recFlCqE5YoCeWKsu","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recAHZvuDAof2V895","name_en":"Larisa Pimonova","birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":70,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. On January 16, 2024, her home was searched. On March 16, she was questioned as a witness in a case involving the dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. According to Pimonova, she was initially charged under Part I of the article, but was later reclassified to the more severe Part II. The sentence, however, was handed down under Part I. On March 6, 2025, Pimonova was sentenced to two years' probation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":415,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Larisa Pimonova's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-150/2025","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 28.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 28.05.2025 to 27.05.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.03.2025, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to posting publications on the Internet for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to posting publications on the Internet for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-06T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-06T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFlCqE5YoCeWKsu"},{"persecution_id":"recDKcxD0Xq8uad08","last_updated":"2026-01-13T08:39:52.000Z","person_id":"recjbRo5Z03MQyMJm","name_en":"Sergei Mingazov","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-02-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Khabarovsk, journalist. Writes for Forbes and also runs several Telegram channels where he publishes regional news. He has also previously worked with Vedomosti, Kommersant and other publications. On 26 April 2024, he was searched, after which he was charged with spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces. The next day he was placed under house arrest. Mingazov was initially accused of spreading \"fakes\" with a hate motive. The court reclassified the charge to distribution of \"fakes\" without aggravating circumstances during sentencing. On 26 February 2025, he was sentenced to a fine of one million 400 thousand rubles, but the amount was reduced to 700 thousand rubles, taking into account the time spent under house arrest. On 19 June 2025, on appeal, the court increased the fine to 2.5 million rubles and banned him from administering websites (for how long, it is not known). On 10 December 2025, the court of cassation instance cancelled the verdict and returned the case to the court of first instance.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":306,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Mingazov's case of dissemination of false information about the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-338/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of a case of dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces motivated by political hatred (paragraph E part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) was the repost of a publication about the events in Bucha from the telegram channel of journalist Dmitrii Kolezev, as well as publications from the Faridaily and Sibir.Realii telegram channels in his Khabarovskaia Mingazeta telegram channel.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"New consideration","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.04.2024 to 27.04.2024\n• house arrest: from 27.04.2024 to 26.02.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 26.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.02.2025, Sentence: a fine of 1.4 million rubles, reduced to 700,000 rubles due to time spent under house arrest","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 1.4 million rubles, reduced to 700,000 rubles due to time spent under house arrest","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":2500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-06-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/mingazov-sergej-gafetdinovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recDKcxD0Xq8uad08"},{"persecution_id":"recYVQIPS53PM2Nip","last_updated":"2025-03-05T13:03:38.000Z","person_id":"reczvfxKYcNepUrC3","name_en":"Taulan Kipkeev","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, a mountaineering and mountain skiing instructor who organises treks in the Caucasus mountains. In September 2021, an instructor with this name participated as a guide in the tragic ascent of Elbrus, which killed five people. Through his actions Kipkeev was able to save some of the people in the group, but he himself was seriously injured. In March 2023, he was sentenced in a case of making or distributing pornography on the Internet, details are unknown.\n\nIn April 2024, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Kipkeev for spreading fake information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 28 December 2024, a verdict was handed down, details unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow","Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW","RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":271,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Taulan Kipkeev on spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-170/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a video published in Instagram, which he filmed while walking on Red Square in Moscow. In the video, the young man points at the Kremlin and says: \"Right behind this wall, under this flag, sit the very murderers who are the reason for the war in Ukraine. All these people are going out, having holidays, and some others are homeless, some have been killed, some have had their children and parents killed.\" He adds that Putin and his associates \"are waiting for a fair trial. Because they will all be punished.”","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.12.2024, Sentence: Guilty verdict, details unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Guilty verdict, details unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-28T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-28T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYVQIPS53PM2Nip"},{"persecution_id":"recYG8R7XfIeWUCA3","last_updated":"2024-06-18T05:53:19.000Z","person_id":"rec6iuOaqyTbftvkf","name_en":"Rafis Kashapov","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On December, 28th, 2014 at 6 a.m., ten armed men showed up at the home of Rafis Kashapov, director of the Tatar Community Centre in Naberezhnye Chelny, and detained him. He was taken to Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, and placed in pre-trial detention centre No. 1. A summons from the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan dated December, 28th was sent to his home address after he was taken into custody, stated that on December, 27th a criminal case was opened against him for alleged incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity. Later it became known that the charges also included calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation. In June 2015, Kashapov's case was referred to court.\n\nIn a ruling dated December, 30th, handed over to Rafis Kashapov's lawyer, the Investigative Committee indicated that the charges in the criminal case against Rafis Kashapov relate to four messages on his personal VKontakte page. In these posts, Rafis Kashapov sharply criticised President Vladimir Putin and the Russian government for policy towards Ukraine and condemned the persecution of Crimean Tatars in occupied Crimea. The Investigative Committee claimed that a comprehensive study of the text found that the messages contained statements modelling hate speech and aimed at inciting hatred between groups. The Investigative Committee insisted on keeping Rafis Kashapov in custody, as he had no permanent sources of income and could continue to engage in criminal activities while at liberty. On December, 29th, the court approved a measure of restraint in the form of detention for Rafis Kashapov.\n\nOn January, 19th Rafis Kashapov started a hunger strike in protest against his arrest and illegal criminal prosecution. A member of the local Public Supervisory Commission, who visited him in the pre-trial detention centre, reported that the activist suffers from a pre-existing illness and complains of pressure from several law enforcement officers.\n\nOn September, 15th, 2015, he was sentenced to three years imprisonment in a general regime colony. On November, 13th the court of second instance left the sentence unchanged.\n\nIn the colony Kashapov was placed in a punishment isolation cell several times, then transferred to another colony in a cell-type room.\n\nOn December, 27th, 2017, he was released.\n\nIn February 2018, it became known that Kashapov left Russia.\n\nOn July, 27th, 2018, it became known that Kashapov was charged with incitement to hatred in connection with publications on the Internet.\n\nIn January 2023, Kashapov was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn 2024, it became known that a case was opened against Kashapov for public justification of terrorism due to statements about the strike on the industrial production special economic zone \"Alabuga\" in Tatarstan.\n\nOn June, 10th, 2024 it became known about a new case against Kashapov - about evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rafis Kashapov on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal case was one of Kashapov's interviews in which he discussed the attack on the Alabuga SEZ in Tatarstan. In it, he also called such attacks correct.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYG8R7XfIeWUCA3"},{"persecution_id":"recKfrbqdG8f3wmV1","last_updated":"2026-02-09T12:16:32.000Z","person_id":"recvLAc4sMh6zlm3j","name_en":"Sergei Lopatin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attjPusHXgmYLjIFU.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attjPusHXgmYLjIFU.jpg"],"birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow, author of the course \"Biology of War\". Worked as a school biology teacher. After picketing with a placard \"I was taught as a child: \"There should be no war\". Now I'm the teacher. And I don't know what to say to my pupils\" he was fined and dismissed from the school. And after participating in a rally against mobilisation, he was arrested for 13 days and dismissed from another school. After that, Lopatin left Russia.\n\nIn 2024, a case was brought against him for spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces because of his post about the events in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Lopatin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0161/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of a post on VKontakte about the crimes of the Russian army in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 24.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKfrbqdG8f3wmV1"},{"persecution_id":"recMlRSk3JzFoQCvV","last_updated":"2026-03-23T19:55:43.000Z","person_id":"rechz1MKp9QN229qq","name_en":"Konstantin Gabov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attgSL18w5zeZo1Xj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attgSL18w5zeZo1Xj.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Producer of the Reuters news agency. On 27 April 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of involvement in the activities of the Navalny LIVE YouTube channel.\nIn October 2024, Gabov reported that when he was transferred to another pre-trial detention centre, he was placed in an overcrowded cell with bedbugs. Later it became known that he was transferred to a cell with better conditions.\nOn 15 April 2025, Gabov was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":379,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","video","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny","The case of journalists of participation in an extremist community"],"case_name_en":"The case of journalists' participation in activities of an extremist community","case_number":"01-0934/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in the period from September 2023 to April 2024\", the defendant \"being assigned a role in the extremist community, carried out his criminal activities by filming videos and photos and their subsequent posting by unidentified persons on the Internet, including on the YouTube video hosting channel Navalny LIVE, on the channel Navalny's Team in the social network Telegram (Telegram)\".\n\nIn addition, \"in the period from 27 September 2023 to 17 January 2024\", \"he interviewed people using video recording, asking provocative questions in public places in Moscow and the Moscow region with the aim of discrediting the current government\".\n\nHe received \"money and cryptocurrency from unidentified participants of the extremist community and other persons involved in the activities of the ACF\" for fulfilling the instructions of Ivan Zhdanov, Nina Volokhonskaya \"and other unidentified leaders and participants of the extremist community, in the framework of the implementation of the above joint extremist activity, as well as for the expenses incurred to support it\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.04.2024\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 01.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 01.10.2024 to 04.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.04.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-15T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-15T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-05-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recMlRSk3JzFoQCvV"},{"persecution_id":"rec55YXe9yw1WzrOL","last_updated":"2026-02-10T10:11:14.000Z","person_id":"recj4EF2OrPfDwa7t","name_en":"Sergei Karelin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attranaJrZy8rGkn0.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attranaJrZy8rGkn0.jpg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Israel"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, a videographer, co-operated with Associated Press and Deutsche Welle. On 26 April 2024, he was detained in Murmansk on the charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, manifested in participation in the YouTube channel \"Navalny LIVE\". The next day, Karelin was taken into custody. He was later transferred to Moscow.\nIn October 2024, Karelin reported that when he was transferred to another pre-trial detention centre, he was placed in an overcrowded cell with bedbugs. Later it became known that he was transferred to a cell with better conditions.\nOn 15 April 2025, Karelin was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk","Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast","Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":354,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","video","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny","The case of journalists of participation in an extremist community"],"case_name_en":"The case of journalists' participation in activities of an extremist community","case_number":"01-0934/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in the period from November 2022 to April 2024\", in accordance with his designated role in the extremist community, he carried out his criminal activities by filming videos that were subsequently posted by unidentified individuals on the Internet, including on the video hosting channel 'Navalny LIVE' on YouTube and on the 'Team Navalny' channel on the social network Telegram (Telegram)\".\n\nIn addition, \"in the period from 28 November 2022 to 10 March 2024\", \"with the aim of discrediting the current government, he interviewed people using video recording, asking provocative questions in public places in Moscow and the Moscow region\".\n\nIn exchange for fulfilling the instructions of Ivan Zhdanov, Nina Volokhonskaya \"and other unidentified leaders and participants of the extremist community, as part of this joint extremist activity, as well as for the expenses incurred in supporting it\", he received \"money and cryptocurrency from unidentified participants of the extremist community and other individuals involved in the activities of the Anti-Corruption Foundation\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.04.2024 to 27.04.2024\n• in custody: from 27.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 01.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 01.10.2024 to 04.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.04.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-15T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-15T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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According to the law enforcement version, Kuperman sent to \"an unidentified group of persons\" a document entitled \"Plan for Western participation in regime change in Russia. Humanitarian occupation.\" The document was an article by Lev Ponomarev, head of the Movement for Human Rights. According to the lawyer, Kuperman did send the text to several acquaintances and discussed the document in his flat - as it turned out later, the flat was bugged. In December, the charge was reclassified to calls to terrorism. One of the participants in the meeting at Kuperman's flat, Maksim Yermolenko, appeared at the trial as a secret witness and said that the defendant \"is an anti-Russian person who supports the policies pursued by Western countries and Ukraine.\" According to the defense lawyer, after the meeting with Kuperman, Ermolenko tried to leave the country but was detained, and by then a case had been opened against him, presumably for draft evasion - he was apparently pressured to testify against Kuperman. In June 2025, the court sentenced the human rights defender to a fine of 500,000 rubles with a two-year ban on publishing on the Internet.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":405,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mark Kuperman's case of incitement to terrorism","case_number":"1-37/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he sent to \"an unidentified group of persons\" a document entitled \"Plan for Western participation in regime change in Russia. 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The document contained a speech by politician Dmitry Gudkov.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.06.2025, Sentence: A fine of 500 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 500 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-06T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-06T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjRDesOklvp84vH"},{"persecution_id":"recOW7KFa92AqJSFm","last_updated":"2024-08-12T10:38:44.000Z","person_id":"recUsUTRIXZWqWxnW","name_en":"Petrov Konstantin Anatolievich","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Izhevsk, founder of HEY DAY, a company that sells coffee machines. In May 2024, a case was brought against him for insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland because of a video after a tour of the Murmansk region. The video was brought to the attention of the head of the \"Safe Internet League\" Ekaterina Mizulina and the head of the Murmansk region Andrei Chibis. Local telegram channel \"Region 51\" says that when Petrov was travelling in a passing car from Teriberka, a local resident came up to the driver and \"on behalf of the entire Murmansk region\" demanded to drop the passenger from the car, telling him about his video. The driver agreed.\nLater, Mizulina published a video of Petrov, shot against the background of a cage for detainees - probably at the police station. In it, the man expresses regrets about the publication of the video and apologises to \"veterans of the Great Patriotic War and current special military operations\".\nOn 3 May 2024, Petrov was arrested for 10 days under an administrative article on petty hooliganism.\nIn August 2024, it became known that the criminal case against Petrov was terminated due to the absence of corpus delicti.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Petrov's case of insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"posted a video clip on social media, on which he called to stop putting up monuments to veterans and insulted the heroes of the Great Patriotic War\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 03.05.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 02-05-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/05/d49757/?sphrase_id=2731397\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recOW7KFa92AqJSFm"},{"persecution_id":"recj3L9sWiqhPbuSh","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recX5xWQ8qwzGasNE","name_en":" Unknown male 82","birth_year":1982,"age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District. In April 2024, it became known that he was detained as part of a criminal case on public justification of terrorism in connection with the approval of the strike on the Crimean bridge. He was placed under house arrest.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Surgut"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug's resident","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"on the street in the presence of other citizens repeatedly expressed his radical point of view\" and stated that he recognised \"the prohibited ideology as correct and in need of support\" and justified \"a particularly serious crime\" that was committed in July 2023 at a transport infrastructure facility. According to the local news outlet \"NEFT\", citing a law enforcement source, the man endorsed the bombing of the Crimean bridge.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recj3L9sWiqhPbuSh"},{"persecution_id":"reckRMc1RYI1muPFi","last_updated":"2025-08-20T09:15:15.000Z","person_id":"receQcufegfD4aoX5","name_en":"Egor Zakharov (HOLTOV)","birth_year":1984,"age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Zakharov is a street artist from Ulyanovsk, he creates works on topical issues, including the use of Christian symbols and images of political figures. In March 2024, Zakharov was searched in the criminal case against Pyotr Verzilov under the article on state treason. A computer and a system unit were seized from the artist. After interrogation he was released.  On 26 April 2024, a case of insulting religious feelings was brought against Zakharov. On 2 May, Ulyanovsk police published a video of law enforcement officers breaking down the door to his flat and pawing his hands. Later it was reported that Zakharov was not imprisoned.\nOn 31 July 2024, he was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_ended":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":95,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The HOLTOV case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"from 2014 to 2021, a resident of Ulyanovsk posted images and texts in one of the social networks containing mockery of images revered in Christianity\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.07.2024","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-30T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-30T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 02-05-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/04/d49748/?sphrase_id=2731396\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"reckRMc1RYI1muPFi"},{"persecution_id":"recj0uUDYrh1GNLOQ","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"rec28gonYtowmpKJp","name_en":"Natalia Minenkova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attlekBsTUzPBETze.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attlekBsTUzPBETze.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. On 3 May 2024, she was detained and taken into custody the next day on charges of organizing the activities of the Falun Dafa Association. On 23 July 2025, the court sentenced her to four years in a general regime colony with a seven-year prohibition of administering websites.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":446,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["Falun Gong case in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"Natalia Minenkova's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with her accomplices she organised the Falun Dafa Centre for Spiritual and Physical Improvement, whose activity was declared \"undesirable\" on the territory of the Russian Federation, and also distributed extremist literature authored by religious leader Li Hongzhi.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.05.2024 to 04.05.2024\n• in custody: from 04.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.07.2025, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony and a prohibition to administer websites for 7 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony and a prohibition to administer websites for 7 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-23T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-23T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-01-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-rossijskih-storonnikov-falungun/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recj0uUDYrh1GNLOQ"},{"persecution_id":"rec35nW3dHPB692jj","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:41:57.000Z","person_id":"rec6X2tXuFp7R5vbZ","name_en":"Evgenii Anisimov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Owner of the YouTube channel \"Beautiful Russia\". On 23 April 2024, the channel's editorial office was searched. On that day, journalists planned to hold a press conference and present the results of the \"Yekaterinburg Sprut\" investigation into the activities of businessman and ex-member of the Public Chamber Bogdan Novorok. According to \"Beautiful Russia\", the businessman is involved in the appropriation of land in Yekaterinburg, and the channel members were going to present evidence at the conference.\n\nAfter the search Anisimov was detained, it became known that he is a suspect in a libel case. Later it was reported that he was charged with libel and violation of privacy. The next day the Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg ordered him to ban certain actions\n\nThe journalist's lawyer Natalia Volkova said that force was used against her client: he has abrasions and bruises on his body. \"My leg was beaten off, I have haematomas, abrasions and bruises all over my body: on my face, arms and legs,\" Anisimov himself told an \"It's My City\" journalist before the hearing.\n\nOn 6 February 2025, Anisimov was detained as part of a case of incitement to hatred against representatives of the authorities. The next day he was sent to custody. On 17 April 2025, the preventive measure was changed to house arrest. In July, the investigator did not request the extension of house arrest. Since then, Anisimov has been under a recognisance not to leave.\n\nLater, the charge of violation of privacy was dropped - the journalists managed to prove that the information they published about Bogdan Novorok and other characters of the story \"Yekaterinburg Sprut\" could not refer to private life, as it was taken from open sources. However, Anisimov was accused of incitement to hatred.\n\nOn the night of 8 January 2026, after a business meeting, Anisimov and another \"Beautiful Russia\" journalist, Yevgenii Russkikh, were attacked by eight unknown men and severely beaten. Anisimov was diagnosed with a closed head injury, a fractured zygomatic bone and a severe concussion.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 282 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 128.1 (unknown part)","Article 282 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Beautiful Russia case"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Anisimov's case of defamation","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.04.2024 to 24.04.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 24.04.2024 to 06.02.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 06.02.2025 to 07.02.2025\n• in custody: from 07.02.2025 to 19.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec35nW3dHPB692jj"},{"persecution_id":"reclFbR1fq4IGtn8T","last_updated":"2026-04-07T18:46:57.000Z","person_id":"recglbsVX4EKlwPVk","name_en":"Evgenii Russkikh","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg, cameraman of the YouTube channel \"Beautiful Russia\". On 2 May 2024, it became known that he was summoned for questioning in a case of libel and dissemination of information constituting a family secret. Russkikh became a defendant in the case, but the charge under the article on dissemination of information constituting a family secret was dropped due to insufficient evidence.\n\nAt the beginning of the trial, the question of allowing the accelerated proceedings was considered, but Russkikh refused his earlier testimony, saying that he gave it under pressure. As a result, his case was considered under the general procedure.\n\nOn the night of 8 January 2026, after a business meeting, Russkikh and another Beautiful Russia journalist, Evgenii Anisimov, were attacked and severely beaten by eight unidentified men. Russkikh was diagnosed with three broken ribs and a broken nose, as well as a concussion.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 5,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 5, Article 128.1"],"case_group_en":["Beautiful Russia case"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Russkikh's case of libel","case_number":"1-593/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"-","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reclFbR1fq4IGtn8T"},{"persecution_id":"recR72q0xJKjlomWi","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recMHcQNHSxdQ0ln6","name_en":" Unknown female 14","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of, presumably, the Obluchensky district of the Jewish Autonomous Region. 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On 3 May 2024, a case was opened against him in connection with a video of three young men burning the Gospel on a brazier. The next day he was placed in custody. 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On 3 May 2024, a case was opened against him in connection with a video of three young people burning the Gospel on a brazier. The next day he was taken into custody. On 5 September 2024 he was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony. 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On 6 May 2024, she was searched and then taken for questioning as part of a case of public justification of terrorism because of her posts about the attack on Nalchik and the Taliban. The next day Kevorkova was taken into custody. On 3 December 2024, the prosecutor's office returned the case to the investigation. Later, the case went to court. 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On 16 July 2024, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was elected for Trofimov.\n\nOn 30 September 2025, the court sentenced him to two and a half years' of restriction of liberty and a fine of 700 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":507,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 329 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","329","214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1","Article 329","Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolay Trofimov’s case of desecration of flags and a banner","case_number":"2-34/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 4 May 2024, on Korolev Avenue, Trofimov made marks with black paint on the canvas of the Victory Banner, which is a symbol of Russia’s military glory.\nLater, Trofimov was also charged with defacing a pro-war banner and pouring paint on the Russian flag in May 2023.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.05.2024 to 13.05.2024\n• in custody: from 13.05.2024 to 06.06.2024\n• house arrest: from 06.06.2024 to 16.07.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 16.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.09.2025, Sentence: a fine of 700 000 roubles with 2 years 6 months'deprivation of liberty ","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 700 000 roubles with 2 years 6 months'deprivation of liberty ","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":710000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwXQ6A9rHANZh0R"},{"persecution_id":"recD1QurPbb81zKfp","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recuUXe9HJ8LNxR1z","name_en":"Alexei Smirnov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai). 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In March 2022, he went on a solitary picket outside the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour with a poster with a quote from Leo Tolstoy's book \"Christianity and Patriotism\": \"Patriotism is the renunciation of human dignity, reason, conscience and slavish submission of oneself to those in power\". He was detained; law enforcers found the quote to be discrediting the Russian army and drew up a report on the activist under Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences. In 2023, Nikitin walked along Novy Arbat street with a Ukrainian flag. \"As this experiment showed, 98 per cent of people do not have any hatred towards Ukrainians, propaganda does not work as much as they try to convince us,\" he noted. After this action, according to the man, he began to receive threats. On May 7, 2024, law enforcers came to Nikitin's residence address and showed his relatives the man's search warrant. He himself is not in Russia. 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On 7 October 2022, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In 2023, the lyrics of Oxxxymiron's song \"Last Call\" were included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. The rapper was fined 70,000 rubles because of the song \"Oida\", which was considered to be a call to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation.\n\nOn 9 May 2024, it became known that a case was brought against Oxxxymiron for failure to perform the duties of a \"foreign agent\", he was declared wanted. 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In April 2024, it became known that a case on calls to extremism was opened against him because of a photo with the caption ‘Life to thieves, death to cops’.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Veliky Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NGR"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of calls to extremism in Veliky Novgorod","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of a photo with the caption ‘Life to thieves, death to cops’, published on VKontakte in March 2022. On it, a young man shows his middle finger to a police car. 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On 22 February 2024, he was detained when he was burning wires on the Eternal Flame in Vyatskiye Polyany. A case was brought against him for desecration of the symbol of military glory. 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A case was opened against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Elsufiev left Russia and requested political asylum in France.\n\nOn 28 January 2025, he was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, with a mark that is placed next to the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Elsufiev's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 01.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGmv1g0v2VC4TyJ"},{"persecution_id":"recl2hr5JfH9a7YKB","last_updated":"2025-10-20T18:00:38.000Z","person_id":"recKY57ShT9kqGtky","name_en":"Aleksandr Sokolovskii","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attQjnxQqWALylpXO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attQjnxQqWALylpXO.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A streamer and Moscow resident. A complaint against him was filed by Ekaterina Mizulina, head of the Safe Internet League. On 14 May 2024, he was detained as part of a case concerning incitement to hatred. In a video published afterwards, Sokolovskii said he \"had drunk too much\" and he \"got emotional\". On 15 May, he was taken into custody. 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You’re killing people there - Ukrainians, our brothers - for a few kopeks you don’t even get paid.” He called the soldiers “creeps” (animals?) and said that only “alcoholics” go to fight in Ukraine “for Putin.” “We need to join forces and overthrow this government, because Putin is leading us nowhere good,” he added.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.05.2024 to 15.05.2024\n• in custody: from 15.05.2024 to 23.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.07.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.04.2025, Sentence: 4 years' of forced labor","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' of forced labor","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-10T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-10T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 15-05-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/05/d49817/\n• Support for political prisoners. 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On 15 April 2024, a case of calls for mass disorder was brought against her: according to the investigation, two days before the popular gathering in Baymak, she called on everyone to come to the court. On 14 May, a measure of restraint in the form of recognisance not to leave was chosen against her. On 14 February 2025, the court ordered her to undergo outpatient treatment by a psychiatrist.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Baymak"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":305,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly","freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"A Bashkortostan resident's case on charges of calling for participation in mass riots in Baymak","case_number":"1-279/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on January 15, 2024, while at the 'Stroyka' store (27B Revolyutsionnaya St., Baymak, Republic of Bashkortostan), she called for participation in mass riots in front of the Baymak Interdistrict Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 14.05.2024 to 24.05.2024\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 18.06.2024 to 18.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.02.2025, Sentence: compulsory medical measures in outpatient conditions","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"compulsory medical measures in outpatient conditions","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-14T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-14T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reca8LSsHK4ud9h2b"},{"persecution_id":"recddjLuggIThZ6b9","last_updated":"2026-04-28T16:27:12.000Z","person_id":"recInsXCAFwQON6rx","name_en":"Sergei Veselov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attm3cFhwhSMr9ZZH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attm3cFhwhSMr9ZZH.jpg"],"birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Elektrostal town. In February 2024, he left an inscription on a bus stop about the losses of Russian troops in the war. He was taken into custody on charges of vandalism, spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 15 May 2025, Veselov was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Elektrostal"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":500,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","214","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 214","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"A resident's of Elektrostal case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization","case_number":"1-235/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he left an inscription at a bus stop saying that \"SVO\" (special military operation) is about 500,000 dead soldiers, on an assignment from a telegram chat.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 01.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №11 (SIZO-11) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• : \n• in custody:  to 01.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №11 (SIZO-11) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №11 (SIZO-11) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.05.2025, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-15T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-15T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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He was prosecuted for insulting the memory of the defenders of motherland land because on May, 9th, 2024, during a festive event in the city, while dancing to the song \"Den Pobedi (Victory Day)\", he made a gesture similar to the Nazi greeting several times.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Case of Vasily Kozlovsky about insulting the memory of Motherland defenders","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a dance during which Kozlovsky made a gesture resembling a Nazi salute several times.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recuEhuwwXrtNpvWb"},{"persecution_id":"recMVLa4warF06Oma","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"reczqK59ERAkhNj0b","name_en":"Sergei Kornilevsky","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZf8xOxkw4BluPB.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZf8xOxkw4BluPB.jpg"],"birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A theatre professional and a journalist of the state television company of the Jewish Autonomous Region. He was detained presumably on 15 February 2024. He told an acquaintance that the charge against him was a post about mobilization published on Facebook in 2022. The next day Mr. Kornilevsky was placed in custody. Later it became known that the criminal charges were based on a comment about Ruslan Zinin, who had shot a military commander in Ust-Ilimsk. On 8 May 2024, Mr. Kornilevsky was sentenced to 2 years 6 months in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":83,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":11,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Kornilevsky's case on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The ground for initiating the case was a comment about Ruslan Zinin who had shot a military commander in Ust-Ilimsk: \"With a wound or without a wound, that's still a perfect shot <...> So at least not for nothing.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.02.2024 to 16.02.2024\n• in custody: from 16.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Sverdlovsk Region\" \"Red Duck\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.05.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-08T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-08T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-12-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kornilevskij-sergej-arkadevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recMVLa4warF06Oma"},{"persecution_id":"recrfXdWbIcFHyAxG","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:04:09.000Z","person_id":"recfbh8ufKpzARLZA","name_en":"Dmitry Kulachenkov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On 17 March 2024, he was detained in a shop, accused of disorderly conduct, and the next day he was arrested for 15 days. On his way out of the special detention centre, on 1 April, he was detained again and drew up a report on the demonstration of extremist symbols because of a comment about the fighting in Moscow in the telegram chat room \"Freedom of Russia Movement\". Since he was replying to an administrator's post, the reply automatically included an image with the symbols of the Freedom of Russia Legion from the original post. On 16 May 2024, Kulachenkov was detained again, already as part of a criminal case on calls to terrorism, also because of a comment that looked like an appeal to the Legion.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Kulachenkov's case of calls for terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he wrote a message in a telegram chat room of the Legion's supporters, in which he wrote: \"Legion of Freedom of Russia, I wish you would come and shoot these fucking law enforcers who only know how to beat civilians with truncheons\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 17.03.2024 to 01.04.2024\n• administrative detention: from 01.04.2024 to 16.04.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recrfXdWbIcFHyAxG"},{"persecution_id":"rec4ZKmhARVJizbww","last_updated":"2026-04-07T18:37:29.000Z","person_id":"recrZhlHe99LzFDkf","name_en":"Bogdan Bakaleiko","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former journalist of the Dozhd TV channel and administrator of the Telegram channel \"Russian Emigrant Economy\". In March 2023, placed on the \"foreign agent\" register. In April 2024, the journalist published a post about a call from law enforcers, who asked him to sign a statement that he was living abroad. \"A voice named Ivan and with the nickname in Telegram \"RU INAO Novy Urengoy Ivan\" says, \"could you provide a handwritten statement that you won't return to Russia, that you live abroad and such? Then we won't need to put you on the federal wanted list! [...]\" The trick is that if these helpful officers get this statement, they won't need to put you on the federal wanted list, they can immediately put you on the international wanted list without much bureaucracy,\" Bakaleiko said.\n\nOn 17 May 2024, it became known that the journalist had been put on a wanted list as part of the case against him for evading his \"foreign agent\" duties.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novy Urengoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAN"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Bogdan Bakaleiko's case of evading \"foreign agent\" duties","case_number":"1-117/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"Bakaleiko was fined twice under the administrative article for the absence of \"foreign agent\" labelling (part 4 of article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences): once because of a publication in a Telegram channel and once because of a publication about Cosmonautics Day (the International Day of Human Space Flight).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 17.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec4ZKmhARVJizbww"},{"persecution_id":"recSFazH2ti9EqaXc","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:04:37.000Z","person_id":"recXciPz6l1qmrz5x","name_en":"Timofey Mokhnenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att1HbgcA770h7T7W.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att1HbgcA770h7T7W.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine"],"story_en":"Timofey is a resident of Moscow and an employee of an oncology centre. On 18 April 2024, law enforcement officers came to his home to conduct a residential inspection. Mokhnenko and his wife were forced face down on the floor in handcuffs; he was tortured with a stun gun. They were also compelled to “say various things” on video. Ukrainian flags and other symbols were found in the flat. After the inspection, both were arrested for 15 days under the administrative article on disobedience to a lawful order of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). When the term expired, Mokhnenko’s wife was released, but he was arrested for a further 15 days under the administrative article on disorderly conduct (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 18 May, when Mokhnenko was due to be released, he was detained in a criminal case on public justification of terrorism and incitement to hatred.\n\nOn 17 July 2025, he was sentenced; the punishment imposed by the court remains unknown. In November, it was reported that Mokhnenko had been released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":455,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Timofey Mokhnenko's case of public justification of terrorism and incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"on 9 November 2023, in the messenger Telegram on the channel \"Chat-Deepestate\", using a technical means unidentified by the investigation, published text messages, which contain statements inciting to mass hostile (violent) actions aimed at the destruction of representatives of the armed forces of the Russian Federation\". The comments in question:\n\n\"I don't think they will hold Avdeevka, but as a resident of Budyonovsky district of Donetsk, I really ask the AFU: fuck them in the city. There are as many of them as cockroaches here with barracks and training centres\"\n\nи\n\n\"No. Huge areas of former factories and mines in our neighbourhood, Promka (note: industrial zone), where everything is now in tents and guarded by Rashists. We don't know exactly what's there. But we need to throw something explosive.\n","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.05.2024 to 20.05.2024\n• in custody: from 20.05.2024 to 02.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 02.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody:  to 01.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 18.04.2024 to 03.05.2024\n• administrative detention: from 03.05.2024 to 18.05.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.07.2025, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-17T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-17T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-03-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/mohnenko-timofej-ivanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recSFazH2ti9EqaXc"},{"persecution_id":"recd4v1XDFxMbkwth","last_updated":"2026-03-18T14:40:40.000Z","person_id":"recEntHOB6oSZta4B","name_en":"Marina Zheleznyakova","birth_year":1967,"age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Head of a subdivision of Avanta Personnel LLC, instructor of the Primorsky Regional Branch of the Yabloko Party, Deputy Chairwoman of the Primorsky Regional Branch of the Yabloko Party.\n\nIn 2021, she was searched in the case of blocking roads during the 23 January action in support of Alexei Navalny, although she did not participate in the action. At that time the law enforcers used violence against the activist's husband and also seized equipment.\n\nIn 2022, Zheleznyakova was visited on the basis of an order to conduct an inspection of the premises for the presence of extremist materials and electronic devices, her laptop and phone were seized, although, according to the law enforcers, she was neither a witness nor a suspect.\n\nOn 20 May 2024, she was searched in the case of rehabilitation of Nazism because of a three-year-old post and her equipment and documents were seized.\n\nOn 12 November 2025, the court sentenced Zheleznyakova in the case of rehabilitation of Nazism to a fine of two million rubles (US$25478).","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":541,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Marina Zheleznyakova's case of congratulations on May 9","case_number":"2-20/2025 (2-61/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was Zheleznyakova's social media post of 9 May 2021, in which she congratulated her readers on Victory Day. In this post, Zheleznyakova noted that \"in many ways the unleashing of the war and so many victims lie on the conscience of the communist, totalitarian regime\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.11.2025, Sentence: A fine of 2 million rubles (US$25478), payable in installments of 50,000 (US$637) per month for 40 months.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 2 million rubles (US$25478), payable in installments of 50,000 (US$637) per month for 40 months.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":2000000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-12T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-12T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 20-05-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/05/d49850/?sphrase_id=2732597\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recd4v1XDFxMbkwth"},{"persecution_id":"recQMewceQU745OKv","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:59:54.000Z","person_id":"reczHCCaKgzzaLuZE","name_en":"Vitaly Zaitsev","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tula. On 2 May 2024, Zaytsev was prosecuted under administrative articles on incitement to hatred or hostility (Article 20.3.1 of the CAO) and on dissemination of information via the Internet expressing \"obvious disrespect\" for the government and symbols of the Russian Federation (part 3 of Article 20.1 of the CAO). In the first case, the reason was publications \"humiliating the human dignity\" of law enforcement officers, while in the second case - posts about Vladimir Putin. Zaitsev was arrested for five days and fined 60 thousand rubles. Immediately after the end of the administrative arrest, Zaitsev was detained again, according to him, with the use of force, and accused of calling for extremism and terrorism. According to official information, the reason was the posts with aggressive statements against the participants of the war and calls to kill the highest officials of the Russian Federation. Zaitsev himself claims that no murders were mentioned in his posts and comments. He was placed under house arrest. On 22 October 2024, Zaytsev was sentenced to two years of forced labour and a fine of 300,000 roubles. On 9 December 2024, the appeal court increased the amount of the fine to 390 thousand. Presumably, he was released in March 2026.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tula"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":91,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vitaly Zaitsev's case on calls to extremism and terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, in March and December of 2022, he posted on his VKontakte page comments under videos containing calls for murder. According to the law enforcement-affiliated Telegram channel \"Tula. ExtremiZm\", \"publicly left numerous comments calling for the murder of 'Russians, Russian servicemen and the President of the Russian Federation'.\" Zaytsev himself says that the reason for the case was the videos on his VKontakte page and comments under them wishing victory and success to the Ukrainian army, but there were no words about murder.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 07.05.2024 to 22.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 01.03.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.08.2024, Sentence: 2 years of compulsory labour, a fine of 300,000 rubles and a ban on administering Internet resources for a period of 1 year and 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity","Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of compulsory labour, a fine of 300,000 rubles and a ban on administering Internet resources for a period of 1 year and 6 months","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":390000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-19T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zajczev-vitalij-borisovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recQMewceQU745OKv"},{"persecution_id":"recXeDQVyQwlFkyUX","last_updated":"2026-04-23T15:43:22.000Z","person_id":"recBoFmDg84MFzTaU","name_en":"Marat Ashimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attl30TL337hbDesD.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attl30TL337hbDesD.jpg"],"birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Mordovia, lawyer. For several years he represented the legal interests of Muslims. In particular, he participated in the defence of a community in Kotelniki, which was brought to administrative responsibility in cases of illegal missionary activity, and defended a resident of Tatarstan convicted in a case of participation in \"Nurdzhular\". He also obtained the cancellation of a ban on teachers at a Mordovian school from wearing headscarves.\nOn March 27, 2024, Ashimov was detained on charges of receiving 200,000 roubles from a trustee serving time in a Mordovian penal colony, promising to secure his parole by bribing certain officials. Ashimov himself and his lawyers say that this amount was a fee for legal advocacy work, and his client during the conversation hinted at a corrupt solution to the issue and tried to provoke the lawyer to give guarantees of parole. At the same time, the prisoner was wearing sound recording equipment. On 29th March, the court placed Ashimov under house arrest.\nOn 9th May, the lawyer wrote to the Federal Chamber of Lawyers: \"I have received many veiled warnings through third parties that if I do not stop actively defending the rights of accused and suspects, the rights of convicts, the rights of believers of various denominations and other persons, including on high-profile crimes, they will find a way to silence me\".\nOn 21th May he was taken into custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saransk"],"persecution_region_en":["Mordovia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MO"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":621,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 159 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["159"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 159"],"case_name_en":"Marat Ashimov's case of attempted fraud","case_number":"1-111/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he received 200,000 roubles from his confidant, who was serving a sentence in a Mordovian penal colony, and promised to secure his parole by bribing certain officials.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.03.2024 to 29.03.2024\n• house arrest: from 29.03.2024 to 21.05.2024\n• in custody: from 21.05.2024 to 08.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.12.2025","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-08T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-08T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recXeDQVyQwlFkyUX"},{"persecution_id":"recfFAgY9k6mXhn91","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recb4x24bk01TB48O","name_en":" Unknown male 94","birth_year":1996,"age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Sevastopol. He was convicted under articles on theft, drug possession, repeated driving under influence and use of forged documents. On 22 May 2024, he was detained on charges of desecration of symbols of military glory.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of desecration of Victory Day installation in Sevastopol","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he urinated on the Victory Day installation on Ushakov Square.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 22-05-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/05/d49854/?sphrase_id=2732788\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recfFAgY9k6mXhn91"},{"persecution_id":"rectooBV2fQ16wGTF","last_updated":"2025-06-11T08:42:54.000Z","person_id":"recsPKXFIeNg8SGz5","name_en":"Aleksandr Akimushkin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Vinogradovsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast. On 16 May 2024, he was detained in connection with a criminal case on discrediting the Russian army. The next day, the court chose a measure of restriction in the form of a ban on certain actions.\nOn 19 September 2024, Akimushkin was sentenced to one year and eight months in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":126,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Akimushkin's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for criminal prosecution was certain publications on VKontakte. Akimushkin's page contained materials of the \"Vazhnie Istorii\" (Important Stories) media, which was recognised as an \"undesirable organisation\", as well as links to the broadcasts of the YouTube channel \"Populyarnaya Politika\" (Popular Politics), which is produced by Alexei Navalny's team. In October 2022, the Vinogradovsky District Court of the Arkhangelsk region fined Akimushkin 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of fourteen publications on VKontakte. On appeal, the ruling was cancelled due to procedural violations. In November of the same year, the man was again labelled with a report on discrediting the Russian army, and then fined. This time, the punishment has been approved.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.05.2024 to 17.05.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 17.05.2024 to 19.09.2024\n• in custody: from 19.09.2024 to 09.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.10.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 7 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2024, Sentence: 1 year and 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":20,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-19T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-19T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-10-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://tskvsmfq---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/akimushkin-aleksandr-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rectooBV2fQ16wGTF"},{"persecution_id":"rec0AGqfdDARFBLXm","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recoU8mhdSjgK4KHg","name_en":"Teona Kelekhsaeva","birth_year":1991,"age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladikavkaz. In 2022, she was brought to administrative liability because of a video in Instagram - the court decided that the video \"discredits servicemen and the leadership of the Russian Armed Forces\" (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Offences Code) and imposed a fine of 30,000 roubles.\n\nIn March 2023, she was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles and compulsory outpatient treatment by a psychiatrist because of her statements on VKontakte and Instagram in the first case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.\n\nIn May 2024, a second discreditation case became known - because of comments left in October 2022 under a news item in the group \"Emergency/Vladikavkaz\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladikavkaz"],"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Teona Kelekhsaeva about discrediting the army","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she left a comment under the news in the VKontakte group \"Emergency/Vladikavkaz\", which included the words: \"you have been made slaves and sent to kill civilians for the golden toilets of this moron in the Kremlin, and you are eating it up like you ate up Beslan, where he killed your children\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec0AGqfdDARFBLXm"},{"persecution_id":"recEZqkcqN3Vfc68a","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:59:03.000Z","person_id":"reciSWX46rghcns66","name_en":"Yuri Apanasenko","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ussuriysk (Primorsky Krai). On 12 April 2024, he was detained as part of a case of calls to terrorism. A video was published in which he admits guilt and repents. Apanasenko was sentenced to imprisonment, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ussuriysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Yuri Apanasenko's case on calls to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"In a video published after his detention, Apanasenko says that he published on VKontakte congratulations on a professional holiday to the employees of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and posts calling for \"terrorist activities\". 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In February 2024, he was detained on charges of publicly justifying terrorism due to a comment expressing approval of the murder of war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky. The comment was posted when Zhigulyov was still a minor. Physical force was used during his detention. Zhigulyov was taken into custody. In December 2024, it became known that he had been released. It is unknown whether another measure of restraint was applied to him. On 9th April 2025, Zhigulyov was sentenced to a fine of 40,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":414,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Zhigulyov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published a comment in the \"Civil Council\" group justifying the murder of war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Omsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2025, Sentence: a fine of 40,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 40,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":40000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-09T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-09T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Date: 21-03-2024\n Source: https://t.me/deptone/9231\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recKRkBVXPo60vJSa"},{"persecution_id":"rec6jy6ahImgGZJ5s","last_updated":"2024-09-27T16:25:27.000Z","person_id":"recsEKSuIkjS3MwyD","name_en":"Dmitry Obmaykin","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yoshkar-Ola. He was prosecuted for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. He himself left Russia, and his mother-in-law and acquaintances were summoned for questioning. Obmaykin, according to him, was written to in WhatsApp by a person who introduced himself as an investigator and said that he had been put on an international wanted list. On 6 June 2024, Obmaykin was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":157,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Obmaykin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-397/2024","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.06.2024, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in absentia with a ban on administering pages on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in absentia with a ban on administering pages on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-06T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-06T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec6jy6ahImgGZJ5s"},{"persecution_id":"recS9cI2jetLxjB69","last_updated":"2026-03-03T10:58:05.000Z","person_id":"recB67PsYqgV7XgLo","name_en":"Anastasia Berezhinskaya","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attOBWP3H8orjQ7ir.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attOBWP3H8orjQ7ir.png"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, a film director. In May 2024, it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against her. Berezhinskaya was given a recognizance not to leave. Later was revealed that she was also charged with spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces and discrediting the Armed Forces. On 14 November 2024, Berezhinskaya was sentenced to eight years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":197,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","207.3","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anastasia Berezhinskaya's case of approval of Putin's assassination","case_number":"1-230/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she published certain comments on the \"VKontakte\" social media, that contained approval or call for the assassination of Putin; without evidence she published allegations about \"the destruction of civilians, torture and abuse, and the genocide of the Ukrainian nation\"; in April 2023 she wrote about \"the president, as the supreme commander of the Russian Armed Forces, committing treason, genocide, and war crimes, and the Russian army stealing foreign property and destroying infrastructure.\"\n\nIn April 2022, Berezhinskaya was fined 30,000 roubles for an anti-war repost on \"VKontakte\" under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.05.2024 to 14.11.2024\n• in custody: from 14.11.2024 to 10.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 28 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"","Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• Unknown:  to 01.06.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.06.2025 to 01.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 28 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"\n• Unknown:  to 07.10.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.10.2025 to 14.11.2032, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.11.2024, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-14T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-14T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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On the night of 25 May 2024, law enforcers came to a closed party at the recreation centre \"Volna\". One of the participants of the event told journalists that masked law enforcers put people on the floor and wrote down the data of the participants, while the organisers were separately questioned. Later, pro-government publications and Telegram channels reported on Slovikovsky's detention. Telegram channel Ural Mash wrote that they found \"pills and powders\" in his possession.\n\nLater Slovikovsky told E1.ru that a case of insulting the feelings of believers had been opened against him because of the photos in his Telegram channel.\n\nIn July 2025 the case went to court. On 18 August Slovikovsky was sentenced to 200 hours of compulsory labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":449,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Stanislav Slovikovskii's case of insulting the feelings of believers","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Slovikovskii himself, the reason for the case were publications in the Telegram channel: a photo of a girl with a wreath on her head, which could remind someone of a crown of thorns; a contest calling participants to take a photo holding a sign describing their sin; a photo session in a loft against a background of intersecting lines resembling the letter X.\n\nAccording to the indictment, the defendant, being the administrator of a Telegram channel focused on posting NSFW (mature) content, published a number of explicit photos of girls containing elements of Christian paraphernalia and symbols.\n\nBy this criminal act, according to the preliminary investigation authorities, the man showed a disrespectful attitude towards a certain social group by insulting the religious feelings of believers and expressed disrespect for Orthodox traditions - the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.08.2025, Sentence: 200 hours of community service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"200 hours of community service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-17T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-17T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recJTmfuDzOwCFmkA"},{"persecution_id":"recbaKsmbPtMy56g7","last_updated":"2024-11-05T08:17:15.000Z","person_id":"recNsjb6QyrIGsOC5","name_en":" Unknown male 98","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Yoshkar-Ola. 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On 27 October 2025, Smadich was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherkessk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":544,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Six Karachay-Cherkessia residents' case of involvement in Takfir wal-Hijra in Cherkessk","case_number":"1-84/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.10.2025, Sentence: 2 years and 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":32,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-27T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-27T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reciAUPhBxDVhAcpZ"},{"persecution_id":"recOShg3BSdqiPGha","last_updated":"2026-04-20T13:19:34.000Z","person_id":"recG4PQi5KM4xgtzU","name_en":"Angelina Mkhitaryan","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attPzqUxyJbckH06K.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attPzqUxyJbckH06K.jpg"],"birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-06-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Chuguevsky District of Primorsky Region, a supporter of the Citizens of the USSR movement. On May 30, 2024, she was arrested on charges of calling for terrorist activity in connection with a video posted on a YouTube channel titled “Digitalisers led by MAKSUDSHADAEV to the stake”. In the video, lawyer and former deputy head of the State and Legal Directorate of the Moscow City Duma, Marina Maslennikova, who actively opposes “digitalisation” as part of what she views as a conspiracy against Russia, criticised the policies of the Ministry of Digital Development and its head, Maksut Shadaev. However, she did not use aggressive rhetoric.\n\nLater, Mkhitaryan was released from custody for health reasons. The case was sent back for additional investigation. After that, based on the same video, Mkhitaryan was charged under another article — for calls to extremism.\n\nOn August 8, the court sentenced her to seven years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.\n\nEarlier, Mkhitaryan had been charged with making threats of murder or grievous bodily harm, threats or violent actions against judicial officials, and the use of violence against a representative of authority. The charges stemmed from a scandal that Mkhitaryan and an associate caused on the premises of a magistrates’ court, demanding to be allowed to see the justice of the peace: during a scuffle, Mkhitaryan grabbed a bailiff by the genitals. In April 2023, she was found guilty only under the article on the use of violence against a representative of authority and sentenced to two years’ suspended imprisonment. We have no grounds to consider this case to be politically motivated.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":464,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Angelina Mkhitaryan's case of incitement to terrorism","case_number":"1-24/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, she published videos on her YouTube channel containing calls for the use of violence against officials of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. The investigation refers to a video published on June 14, 2023 featuring a speech by lawyer and former deputy head of the State and Legal Directorate of the Moscow City Duma Marina Maslennikova, who actively opposes “digitalisation” as part of what she considers a conspiracy against Russia. In the video, Maslennikova criticised the policies of the Ministry of Digital Development and its head, Maksut Shadaev; however, she did not use any aggressive rhetoric. Apparently, the reason for Mkhitaryan’s prosecution was that this video was posted on her channel under the title “Digitalisers led by MAKSUDSHADAEV to the stake”.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.05.2024\n• in custody: from 08.08.2025 to 14.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Primorsky Territory\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Primorsky Territory\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate of Primorsky Territory\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.08.2025, Sentence: 7 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and a 4-year ban on publishing statements and materials online","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and a 4-year ban on publishing statements and materials online","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-08T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-08T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 30-05-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/05/d49901/?sphrase_id=2733636\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recOShg3BSdqiPGha"},{"persecution_id":"recABCl4GSM7n6KJf","last_updated":"2026-03-25T18:21:57.000Z","person_id":"rec2QEoyPjWm8CStG","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bashkortostan. In January 2024, he was arrested under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demand of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) in connection with a public gathering in Baymak on 17 January, the day activist Fail Alsynov was sentenced. Later he was taken into custody on charges under the criminal article on participation in mass riots in connection with the same gathering.\n\nOn 19 September 2025, the court sentenced him to 4 years and 6 months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":627,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":89,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212","Part 1, Article 318"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sagit Iulmukhametov, Insaf Islamov and three other residents of Bashkortostan","case_number":"1-505/2024","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n• in custody:  to 04.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 01.01.2024 to 01.01.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2025, Sentence: 4 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-19T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recABCl4GSM7n6KJf"},{"persecution_id":"recfsqfCzyBdQlB2b","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:19:00.000Z","person_id":"recjHC4FGJQ90sqCM","name_en":"Natalya Baljakina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attZkNPEuqSHmItTT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attZkNPEuqSHmItTT.jpg"],"birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Perm Krai, a journalist. She worked as an editor for the private newspaper \"Chaykovskie Vedomosti.\" In 2007, she was awarded the Andrei Sakharov Medal \"Peace, Progress, and Human Rights\" and a diploma \"For Journalism as an Act.\" In 2015, she was sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of embezzling 751,000 rubles while serving as the director of the LLC \"City Management Company.\" Baljakina denied her guilt and attributed the criminal prosecution to a conflict with local officials due to her work at \"Chaykovskie Vedomosti.\" During most of her sentence, she spent time in the prison hospital. During her transfer to another prison, she suffered a stroke, after which she was returned to the hospital. In 2017, the activist was released on parole.\n\nOn 9th February 2024, Baljakina was detained, and on 13th February, she was placed in custody on charges of extortion. On 8th May, her measure of restraint was changed to house arrest, and on 6th June, to a ban on certain activities.\n\nOn 10th April 2025, Baljakina passed away.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 163 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 163"],"case_name_en":"Natalia Baliakina's case of extortion","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB, Natalia Baliakina extorted 500,000 rubles from Mikhail Shubin, the Chairman of the Chaikovsky City District Duma, under the threat of disseminating information online that \"could significantly harm the rights or legitimate interests of the victim and his family\".","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.02.2024 to 13.02.2024\n• in custody: from 13.02.2024 to 09.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai\n• house arrest: from 08.05.2024 to 06.06.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 06.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2024/02/13/62-letnyuyu-obschestvennicu-iz-permskogo-kraya-otpravili-v-sizo-po-delu-o\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recfsqfCzyBdQlB2b"},{"persecution_id":"recKJXYlHuYVqKtjR","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:35:47.000Z","person_id":"rec9opVRV1Jbg72vA","name_en":"Vera Nikolaeva","birth_year":1969,"age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Nikolaeva is a resident of Mytishchi (Moscow region). On June 4, 2024, she and Anastasia Lysenkova were detained in Moscow after they had painted \"GUR\" (Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine) on a monument to commander Georgii Zhukov on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow. Nikolaeva and Lysenkova said that they were in urgent need of money to pay back their loans and thus were persuaded by phone scammers to commit this act. Nikolaeva was taken into custody. On June 26, 2024, the measure of restraint was changed to house arrest. On August 26, Nikolaeva was sentenced to a year of community work. In September 2025, she has presumably served her sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2025-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":83,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["243.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 243.4"],"case_name_en":"The case of the spray painting on the monument to Zhukov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she wrote 'GUR' (Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine) with spray paint on the monument to commander Georgii Zhukov.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.06.2024 to 26.06.2024\n• house arrest: from 26.06.2024 to 26.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 11.09.2024 to 10.09.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.08.2024, Sentence: 1 year of community work","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of community work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-26T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-26T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-01-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-very-nikolaevoj-i-anastasii-lysenkovoj/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recKJXYlHuYVqKtjR"},{"persecution_id":"recnxOLdVD52HGO8f","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:34:37.000Z","person_id":"rec6Fitvoz3NkR2v7","name_en":"Anastasia Lysenkova","birth_year":1996,"age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnoznamensk (Moscow Oblast). On 4 June 2024, she and Vera Nikolaeva were detained in Moscow after they had painted \"GUR\" (Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine) on a monument to the commander Georgy Zhukov on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow. Lysenkova and Nikolaeva explained that they urgently needed money to pay back their loans and agreed to the persuasions of the phone scammers. Lysenkova was taken into custody.\n\nOn 26 June 2024, the preventive measure was changed to a house arrest. On 26 August, Lysenkova was sentenced to one year of community work.\n\nOn 5 June 2025, the Moscow Regional Court released Lysenkova on parole.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":83,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["243.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 243.4"],"case_name_en":"The case of the spray painting on the monument to Zhukov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she wrote \"GUR\" (Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine) on the monument to military leader Georgy Zhukov with aerosol paint.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Released on probation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.06.2024 to 26.06.2024\n• house arrest: from 26.06.2024 to 26.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 11.09.2024 to 05.06.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.08.2024, Sentence: 1 year of community work","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of community work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-26T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-26T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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The organisation was founded in 1999 and specialises in various mediation and peacebuilding missions during wars and armed conflicts.\n\nHe holds a PhD and cooperates with the Paris Institute of Political Studies; he is regarded as an expert on Russia and Central Asia. According to his LinkedIn profile, the political scientist specialises in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan. He is fluent in Russian and regularly publishes in specialised academic journals.\n\nVinatier's work has focused, in particular, on events in Chechnya in the 1990s and early 2000s, as well as on the role of Islam in the former Soviet republics of Central Asia and the North Caucasus. He has published studies including \"Islamism in Central Asia\", as well as \"Chechens: A Diaspora at War and Russia: The Chechen Deadlock\".\n\nOn 6 June 2024, he was detained in Moscow on suspicion of collecting information in the field of military and military-technical activities of the Russian Federation without submitting the documents required for inclusion in the register of \"foreign agents\". On 7 June, he was formally charged and remanded in custody. On 21 June, he was added to the register of \"foreign agents\".\n\nOn 14 October 2024, Vinatier was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nIn August 2025, it became known that criminal proceedings for espionage had been initiated against Vinatier. Details of this case are unknown.\n\nOn 8 January 2026, Vinatier was extradited to France as part of a prisoner exchange for Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, whom the United States suspected of involvement in a hacking group.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_ended":"2026-01-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":130,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Laurent Vinatier's case for failure to fulfil \"foreign agent\" duties","case_number":"01-0391/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, over a period of several years, acting with the intent to evade the obligation established by the legislation of the Russian Federation to submit to the authorised body the documents required for inclusion in the register of foreign agents, he deliberately collected information in the field of the military and military-technical activities of the Russian Federation. For this purpose, he repeatedly visited the territory of Russia, including the city of Moscow, where he held meetings with citizens of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-01-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.06.2024 to 24.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• Unknown:  to 08.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.10.2024, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-14T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-14T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-11-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://tskvsmfq---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/vinate-loran-klod-zhan-lui/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recFZHK16jmCiwOrm"},{"persecution_id":"rec6yIUit7z7TOjdC","last_updated":"2026-03-15T10:36:22.000Z","person_id":"recwOHvjRt2R7AFxW","name_en":"Bogdan Yakimenko (Max Vertzinsky)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attJVD9Ouugb4fUbW.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attJVD9Ouugb4fUbW.jpg"],"birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is known among anti-fascists under the pseudonym Max Vertzinsky. At the time of his arrest, he was a first-year student at the Faculty of Law of the South Federal University, ran the Skinheads R.A.S.H group on VKontakte, and was the creator of the non-commercial antifascist clothing merch \"Antifa United\".\n\nHe was detained after a fight with a group of neo-Nazis on 5 January 2020 in Moscow, along with another persecuted man, Mikhail Ivanov. Supporters claim that Yakimenko did not use any weapons during the fight. The next day, officers of the Centre \"E\" and the FSB came to the department. According to the detainees, they pressurised and threatened them, trying to induce them to cooperate. A case of hooliganism and battery was opened against both of them. One of the attacking neo-Nazis became a victim in the case. Yakimenko was under house arrest, then under the signature on non-departure. On 15 September 2021 Yakimenko was sentenced to imprisonment. On 27 April 2022, the court of appeal overturned the sentence. On 29 May 2023 Yakimenko was sentenced to four years of forced labour.\n\nYakimenko attributes the attention from Centre \"E\" and the FSB to his own anti-fascist activism.\n\nOn 5 June 2024, he was detained in Rostov-on-Don on a case of creating an extremist community and taken to Moscow. Telegram channel Antifa ru wrote that Yakimenko was tortured with electric shocks, demanding that he refuse the services of a lawyer and stay in touch with human rights activists. On 10 June Yakimenko was sent to the pre-trial detention centre. Later it was reported that he was also charged with hooliganism, the details are unknown.\n\nOn 26 September 2024, the court of appeal cancelled the verdict in the first case. A new sentence was passed on 18 August 2025, details are unknown.\n\nOn 1 December 2025 Yakimenko was brought to court in the extremist community case with a broken arm.\n\nOn 2 February 2026 Yakimenko was sentenced to nine years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":607,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Antifa United case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the anti-fascists created a community on a social network no later than June 20th, 2020. In this public group, they allegedly \"engaged in recruiting individuals, including minors,\" and \"planned crimes motivated by hatred towards law enforcement officers\". Yakimenko was identified as the leader of this community.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.06.2024 to 07.06.2024\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.02.2026, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-02T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-02T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec6yIUit7z7TOjdC"},{"persecution_id":"rec9wiMpKWwCJVOkl","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recAt2e3cmNJGPn82","name_en":"Roman Chizhikov","birth_year":2006,"birth_date":"2006-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Born in Zaporozhye, works in the rental of lighting equipment.\n\nOn 5 June 2024, he was detained in Moscow on the case of creating an extremist community. Chizhikov pleaded guilty in full and wrote a confession of guilt, from which it follows that he participated in Antifa United. On 6 June, he was sent under house arrest. Later, it was reported that Chizhikov was also accused of hooliganism; the details are unknown. On 2 February 2026, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":607,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Antifa United case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the anti-fascists created a community in one of the social networks no later than 20 June 2020. In the group, they allegedly \"engaged in the recruitment of persons, including minors\" to the movement and \"planned hate crimes against law enforcement officers\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 06.06.2024 to 02.02.2026\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.06.2024 to 06.06.2024\n• in custody: from 02.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.02.2026, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-02T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-02T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec9wiMpKWwCJVOkl"},{"persecution_id":"rec0vULVPEpaw4ua8","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recXNimgndDKHnmhf","name_en":"Matvey Ostrovsky","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 11 August 2023, Ostrovsky received a three-year suspended sentence for hooliganism following a clash with young people reportedly holding right-wing views. There are insufficient grounds to consider this prosecution political. He was later detained in Moscow on 5 June 2024 in connection with a case against the Antifa United movement, accused of creating an extremist community. The case went to court in August 2025. On 11 September 2025, it was reported that Ostrovsky had died.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Antifa United case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the findings of the investigation, a group of individuals identifying themselves as anti-fascists established an online community on a social networking platform on or before 20 June 2020. Within this community, it is alleged that they engaged in the recruitment of new members, including minors, and were involved in discussions concerning the planning and preparation of hate-motivated offences directed against law enforcement officers.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.02.2026","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2026-02-02T10:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec0vULVPEpaw4ua8"},{"persecution_id":"recqgFuz3PrNF2bGa","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recE512VGhu80IZ5q","name_en":"Ilia Popov","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On 11 August 2023, he was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence on a charge of hooliganism for clashing with young people of allegedly right-wing views. We have insufficient grounds to consider this prosecution political. On 5 June 2024, he was detained on the case of setting up the extremist community Antifa United. He was given a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 2 February 2026, Popov was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":607,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Antifa United case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the anti-fascists created a community on one of the social media networks no later than 20 June 2020. In the community they allegedly \"engaged in the involvement of persons, including minors\" and \"planning hate crimes against law enforcement officers\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 02.02.2026\n• in custody: from 02.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.02.2026, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-02T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-02T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recqgFuz3PrNF2bGa"},{"persecution_id":"rec6KsyiBQJcNVQHI","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"recDqWZNWLxRcp2fu","name_en":"Alla Dongur-ool","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atth466HXKue7BXA0.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atth466HXKue7BXA0.jpg"],"birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Tuvan journalist. On 17 May 2013, she was sentenced to three years in a penal colony in a case of attempted fraud: according to the investigation, she offered two candidates for deputies to the Republican Khural to give her 20,000 rubles each in exchange for the non-dissemination of dirt about them in the newspaper Risk. From 17 December 2011 to 7 February 2012, the woman was in pre-trial detention, and after the verdict she was taken into custody. The Court of Appeal commuted her sentence to a fine of 100,000 roubles and released Dongur-ool.\nIn 2022, she was fined 10 thousand rubles under the article on incitement to hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of three publications in Telegram. One of them contains an excerpt from a letter sent to her e-mail: \"We, Tuvinians and other ethnic people, will be hit for every word. In every region, Russians will have more rights if Russia will overpower Ukrainians and the whole world with this special operation. Not as harshly and blatantly as then in Germany. But everyone will feel their superiority.\" Another was a photo of an unidentified man in a balaclava holding a severed head with a cloth - presumably a \"Donetsk People's Republic\" flag - inserted in his mouth. Finally, the court considered the survey \"Would you like Tuvan soldiers to have their heads cut off during the special military operation in Ukraine?\" as incitement to hatred.\nIn January 2023, the journalist was prosecuted under the article on the dissemination of false information on the Internet, creating a threat of violation of public order (part 9 of article 13.15 of the Administrative Offences Code). She was fined 30,000 rubles because of the publication of the phrase \"115 Tuvan members of Rosgvardiya were dismissed from their jobs by the court\" in her Telegram channel at the end of May 2022. Probably, it is about the dismissal of employees of the Rosgvardiya who refused to participate in the war. However, Dongur-ool was probably mistaken: the dismissal of 115 people at the end of May 2022 was recognised as lawful by a court in another republic - Kabardino-Balkaria.\nOn 2 May 2024, she was detained on charges of land extortion. Dongur-ool was taken into custody. On 17 March 2025, she was sentenced to three years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kyzyl"],"persecution_region_en":["Tuva"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TY"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":319,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 163 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 163"],"case_name_en":"The case of extorting land plots","persecution_case_profile_en":"TuvaMediaGroup reported that the defendants were accused of extorting land plots in an elite district of Kyzyl from the authorities under the threat of disseminating materials defaming their honour and dignity, as well as other unreliable information. It is known that the defendants in the case fraudulently sold several plots of land in the city limits of Kyzyl, on which the residents who trusted them built fences and premises. At present, demolition of illegally built objects is underway. Khertek, in a letter from the detention centre published by Versiya, claims that the victim in the case is businessman Sergei Bogusov: \"Allegedly, under threat of spreading defamatory information about him, we demanded from him 300,000 roubles and a sublease agreement for the land plot, which is leased to Bastion LLC\". Khertek writes that the Tuva authorities agreed to provide her cooperative association with 10 hectares of land, and some members of the association started construction on it. Later, the land was not given to the association, but 3 hectares were given to Bastion. The businesswoman, according to her, tried to negotiate a sublease with Bogusov.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2024 to 30.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.07.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.03.2025, Sentence: 3 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony and a fine in the amount of 50 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony and a fine in the amount of 50 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":39,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":50000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-17T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-17T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec6KsyiBQJcNVQHI"},{"persecution_id":"recIKYJEcAZVEwp2X","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:44:26.000Z","person_id":"recawW20qI10vrsUo","name_en":"Eugenia Khertek","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attB6dxDhXfyULUk5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attB6dxDhXfyULUk5.jpg"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-06-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kyzyl, chairwoman of the \"Dom\" housing and social co-operative. On 2 May 2024, she was detained on charges of extortion and then imprisoned. In a letter from the detention centre, she said that the Tyva authorities had agreed to grant her co-operative 10 hectares of land plots, and some members of the co-operative started construction on the land. Later, the land was not given to \"Dom\", but 3 hectares were given to the construction company Bastion. The businesswoman, according to her, tried to negotiate a sublease with Bastion owner Sergei Bogusov. Khertek was accused of threatening to spread \"disgraceful information\" about Bogusov on the Internet. The businesswoman herself claimed that the case against her was falsified in order to \"eliminate her as a competitor and not to provide the land to our cooperative\", but to give it to \"someone else who has a powerful administrative resource\".\nOn 17 March 2025, by court decision, Khertek was released from custody. It is not known exactly what the decision was, whether it was an acquittal or a conviction, or a non-custodial or a conviction with credit for the time served by Khertek.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kyzyl"],"persecution_region_en":["Tuva"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TY"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":319,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 163 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 163"],"case_name_en":"The case of extorting land plots","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"TuvaMediaGroup\" reported that the defendants were accused of extorting land plots in an elite district of Kyzyl from the authorities under the threat of disseminating materials defaming their honor and dignity, as well as other inaccurate information. It is known that the defendants in the case fraudulently sold several plots of land in the city limits of Kyzyl, on which the residents who trusted them built fences and houses. At present, demolition of illegally built objects is underway. Khertek, in a letter from the detention centre published by Versiya, claims that the victim in the case is businessman Sergei Bogusov: \"Allegedly, under threat of spreading defamatory information about him, we demanded from him 300,000 roubles and a sublease agreement for the land plot, which is leased to Bastion LLC\". Khertek writes that the Tyva authorities agreed to provide her co-operative with 10 hectares of land, and some members of the co-operative started construction on it. Later, the land was not given to her cooperative, but 3 hectares were given to Bastion. The businesswoman, according to her, tried to negotiate a sublease with Bogusov.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2024 to 17.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.03.2025","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-17T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-17T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recIKYJEcAZVEwp2X"},{"persecution_id":"recZgcyITRiSUeA5a","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"recMtXz2mBNIlSaIQ","name_en":"Vasily Gorelikov","birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nakhodka, a volunteer of Boris Nadezhdin's headquarters. On 5 June 2024 a search was conducted at his house. They took away letters to political prisoners, which he had at home. After the end of the investigative actions, the young man was taken away in an unknown direction. Later it became known that Gorelikov was in Vladivostok in the building of the FSB, his lawyer was not allowed to see him. Then there was information that a case of calls to extremism was brought against him, he was elected a measure of restriction in the form of prohibition of certain actions. The reason for the case was a comment with the words \"**ath to PUTINISTS\". On 6 November 2024, Gorelikov was sentenced to a year of suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":154,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vasily Gorelikov's case on calls to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"encouraged subscribers to humiliate and rape supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.06.2024 to 06.06.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 06.06.2024 to 22.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 22.11.2024 to 01.05.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.11.2024, Sentence: 1 year of suspended prison sentence on probation for 1 year and 6 months, and prohibition to administer Internet sites for 1 year and 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of suspended prison sentence on probation for 1 year and 6 months, and prohibition to administer Internet sites for 1 year and 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-06T12:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-06T12:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recZgcyITRiSUeA5a"},{"persecution_id":"rec8Vy6IoeWFi9wxC","last_updated":"2026-02-10T08:52:06.000Z","person_id":"rec1bs1z7CCIDGuuS","name_en":"Sergei Salazkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attlTcbkrXsssrnpw.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attlTcbkrXsssrnpw.jpg"],"birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Buzuluk (Orenburg region). In June 2021, it became known that a report was drawn up against him under the article on contempt of authority (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Admnistrative Code) because of a picture in \"VKontakte\" with the inscription \"Open letter to the President of the Russian Federation: go *** yourself\". In August, the case was dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.\nSince February 2023 Salazkin, according to his own words, has been living without a passport: it was left with the law enforcers after the survey. It is not known in connection with what the survey took place.\nOn 16 May 2024, FSB officers came to Salazkin's flat and carried out an examination of his flat as part of investigative measures under the article on \"fakes\". All the equipment was seized from him, but he was released then. On 7 June it became known that the case was opened.\nOn 28 April 2025 Salazkin was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony.\nIn December 2025, it was reported that Salazkin was forced to work in the colony with acute bronchitis and a fever.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Buzuluk"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":331,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Salazkin’s case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-384/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated for reposts on Odnoklassniki (a Russian Facebook-like social media) about strikes on Kramatorsk and the shelling of Chernihiv.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 18.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.08.2025 to 15.02.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.04.2025, Sentence: 1 year and 6 months’ imprisonment in a colony-settlement","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 6 months’ imprisonment in a colony-settlement","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-28T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-28T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/salazkin-sergej-vyacheslavovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec8Vy6IoeWFi9wxC"},{"persecution_id":"recHjiVXbt4mDN8XM","last_updated":"2025-10-13T15:31:22.000Z","person_id":"recNe7TUP17w4O5u3","name_en":"Valentina Kogut","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg, born in Zhitomir (Ukraine). The blogger  calls herself an \"esoteric investigator\", claims to communicate with angels. In May 2024, a case was brought against her for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because of a video on her YouTube channel. Kogut was given a recognizance not to leave. On 23 May 2025, the court gave her a two-year suspended sentence with a two-year probation period and a two-year ban on administering websites, forums, chat rooms and groups on social networks","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":387,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Valentina Kogut's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-247/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between June and August 2023, Kogut, while in Kyrgyzstan, published four videos on her YouTube channel containing information discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces during a special military operation.\nAccording to the publication URA.RU, the reason for the case were the videos on the channel \"Valentina Kogut - Unravelling the World\". They are called \"\"Wolves at the Exam. The Future of Russia\", \"Mass Media of Russia. Alko-bees\", \"Russians Will Change the World. The Failure of the Jews.\" Among other things, they talk about the contradictions in coverage of war-related topics, and compare Russia to Japan and Germany in the 1930s and 1940s.\nIn October 2022, Kogut was twice fined under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of videos on his YouTube channel and publications in VKontakte.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.05.2025, Sentence: 2 years' suspended imprisonment with a ban on administering websites for two years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended imprisonment with a ban on administering websites for two years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-23T06:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-23T06:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recHjiVXbt4mDN8XM"},{"persecution_id":"recCZPzAFPA6lt4u9","last_updated":"2024-06-18T06:42:24.000Z","person_id":"rec6iuOaqyTbftvkf","name_en":"Rafis Kashapov","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On December, 28th, 2014 at 6 a.m., ten armed men showed up at the home of Rafis Kashapov, director of the Tatar Community Centre in Naberezhnye Chelny, and detained him. He was taken to Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, and placed in pre-trial detention centre No. 1. A summons from the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan dated December, 28th was sent to his home address after he was taken into custody, stated that on December, 27th a criminal case was opened against him for alleged incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity. Later it became known that the charges also included calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation. In June 2015, Kashapov's case was referred to court.\n\nIn a ruling dated December, 30th, handed over to Rafis Kashapov's lawyer, the Investigative Committee indicated that the charges in the criminal case against Rafis Kashapov relate to four messages on his personal VKontakte page. In these posts, Rafis Kashapov sharply criticised President Vladimir Putin and the Russian government for policy towards Ukraine and condemned the persecution of Crimean Tatars in occupied Crimea. The Investigative Committee claimed that a comprehensive study of the text found that the messages contained statements modelling hate speech and aimed at inciting hatred between groups. The Investigative Committee insisted on keeping Rafis Kashapov in custody, as he had no permanent sources of income and could continue to engage in criminal activities while at liberty. On December, 29th, the court approved a measure of restraint in the form of detention for Rafis Kashapov.\n\nOn January, 19th Rafis Kashapov started a hunger strike in protest against his arrest and illegal criminal prosecution. A member of the local Public Supervisory Commission, who visited him in the pre-trial detention centre, reported that the activist suffers from a pre-existing illness and complains of pressure from several law enforcement officers.\n\nOn September, 15th, 2015, he was sentenced to three years imprisonment in a general regime colony. On November, 13th the court of second instance left the sentence unchanged.\n\nIn the colony Kashapov was placed in a punishment isolation cell several times, then transferred to another colony in a cell-type room.\n\nOn December, 27th, 2017, he was released.\n\nIn February 2018, it became known that Kashapov left Russia.\n\nOn July, 27th, 2018, it became known that Kashapov was charged with incitement to hatred in connection with publications on the Internet.\n\nIn January 2023, Kashapov was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn 2024, it became known that a case was opened against Kashapov for public justification of terrorism due to statements about the strike on the industrial production special economic zone \"Alabuga\" in Tatarstan.\n\nOn June, 10th, 2024 it became known about a new case against Kashapov - about evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rafis Kashapov on evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recCZPzAFPA6lt4u9"},{"persecution_id":"recb8feQvCd1hARa1","last_updated":"2025-08-05T07:46:33.000Z","person_id":"recgjhbbMezHkUPLr","name_en":"Dmitry Fomintsev","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Chief editor of the Ekaterinburg-based newspaper TochkaNews. In his Telegram channel, he regularly speaks out about the Russian authorities and the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church. In January 2024, Fomintsev's home and newspaper office were searched in a case of offending religious feelings. During the arrest, the journalist was placed face down in the snow and handcuffed. It was reported at the time that he was in the status of a witness. It's My City wrote that the detention was carried out by the \"Orthodox Special Forces,\" a unit that guards churches and other religious buildings. RusNews wrote that the criminal case was opened after denunciations of Fomintsev's posts about Metropolitan Evgeny Kulberg of Ekaterinburg and Verkhotursk. In June, Fomintsev said that he had been moved to the status of an accused, according to his information. In November 2024, Fomintsev announced the closure of TochkaNews.\n\nIn July 2025, Fomintsev was added to Rosfinmonitoring's list of extremists and terrorists, with a notation placed with the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles. On 22 July, Fomintsev said that a case of justification of terrorism had been opened against him. 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The graffiti included the word \"suckers\" and an obscene drawing.\n\nHe claimed that he attempted to remove the inscriptions and drawings using petrol but was unsuccessful. 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In June 2024, it became known that a case was opened against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces: according to the investigation, she showed her pupils a video with footage of the invasion of Ukraine. Later it was reported that she left Russia. On 13 July 2024, Taranushenko was detained in Armenia at the airport before departure. She was released under an obligation to appear. On 23 June 2025, Taranushenko was sentenced in absentia to seven years in a general regime colony with a three-year ban on teaching.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":378,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","video","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Natalia Taranushenko's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-395/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court's version, Taranushenko N.A., being a teacher of Russian language and literature, as well as a class teacher of the 8th grade of MBOU \"Secondary Educational School No. 1\" of Protvino, Moscow region, on 15.04.2022, conducting for the 8th grade students a thematic class hour on civic and patriotic education of minors \"Good deed. 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Allegedly, in October 2022, she was fined 42 thousand rubles (US$534) in Moscow under the article on discrediting the Russian army (part 1 of article 20.3.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because on 1 October 2022 she was travelling in a car with blue and yellow ribbons and the inscription \"No to War\" on the rear window. In June 2024, it became known that she was detained in a criminal case for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Samokhina was taken into custody. 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On 11 February 2024, he was detained for an action involving the burning of a Bible, which was filmed on video. A report was drawn up against Kushnerev for disobedience to a lawful order by a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) — according to the report, he refused to provide his personal information, resisted being taken to the police station, struggled, and attempted to flee. On 13 February, the court sentenced him to 10 days of administrative arrest. Later, a criminal case was opened against Kushnerev for attempted offence of the religious feelings of believers. According to him, a forensic psychological and psychiatric examination conducted at the request of the investigator \"preliminarily diagnosed him with a psychiatric disorder\". 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Lawyer helping to obtain residence permits in European countries. On 29 May 2024, he was detained in St. Petersburg before being taken to Moscow and detained there on charges of high treason.\nOn 1 August 2024, Moyges was released as part of prisoner exchange between Russia and Germany.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The Herman Moyges treason case","persecution_location_en":"At large as a result of an exchange","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 29.05.2024 to 30.05.2024\n• in custody: from 30.05.2024 to 01.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec76t4yTPhoP5hPT"},{"persecution_id":"recbDVYyNc2quNjEb","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"recCeSwVqFGBPMBps","name_en":"Roman Anin","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Investigative journalist, special correspondent of the Investigations Department of Novaya Gazeta and one of the founders of the publication Important Stories. On 20 August 2021, he was included in the register of media \"foreign agents\". He is the author of a 2016 investigation into the assets of Igor Sechin, head of Rosneft, which led to FSB searches in April 2021 at his apartment and at the editorial office of Important Stories. Roman Anin was involved as a witness in the case concerning the violation of the privacy of Sechin’s wife, Olga, whose Instagram photos he had used in his investigation.\n\nOn 17 June 2024, it became known that Anin had been declared wanted. On the same day, he was arrested in absentia in a case for disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The case was prompted by a publication in Important Stories, in which a private in the Russian army admitted involvement in the killing of civilians. On 31 March 2025, Anin was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years and deprived of Russian citizenship.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":287,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of iStories media publication"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ekaterina Fomina and Roman Anin of \"fake facts\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"01-0437/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated following an interview conducted by former journalist of Vazhnyye Istorii (Important Stories), Ekaterina Fomina, with serviceman Daniil Frolkin. 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He was taken into custody as part of a case of insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. On June 26, 2024, Kuzin was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony. In July 2025, he was allegedly released.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":47,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Kuzin's case about the Nazi salute on the barrel of a howitzer","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on May 7, 2024, on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Sapun Hill from Nazi invaders, he published a photo on the Internet, where he stands with his hand raised in Nazi salute on the barrel of a trophy howitzer at the Sapun Hill memorial of the defense of Sevastopol.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.05.2024 to 06.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.09.2024 to 04.07.2025\n• Unknown: from 05.07.2025 to 04.07.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.06.2024, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' imprisonment in a penal colony, ban on posting on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' imprisonment in a penal colony, ban on posting on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-26T12:56:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-26T12:56:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recRFKqd4KM8NotwR"},{"persecution_id":"recDlmXiOX0n0UZTi","last_updated":"2026-03-04T23:34:07.000Z","person_id":"recpUjoUyVQi1N4tk","name_en":"Artem Kriger","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrcfa9XsKvzucxY.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrcfa9XsKvzucxY.jpg"],"birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-01-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist of the SOTAvision paper. On June 18th 2024, his home was searched as part of a case of participation in the activities of an extremist community due to alleged connections to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On the same day he was taken into custody. On April 15th 2025, Kriger was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":301,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","video","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny","The case of journalists of participation in an extremist community"],"case_name_en":"The case of journalists' participation in activities of an extremist community","case_number":"01-0934/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in the period from January to June of 2024\", the defendant \"being assigned a role in the extremist community, carried out his criminal activities by filming videos and photos and their subsequent posting by unidentified persons on the Internet, including on the YouTube video hosting channel Navalny LIVE, on the channel Navalny's Team on the social network Telegram\".\n\nIn addition, \"in the period from January 27th to June 17th of 2024\", \"he interviewed people using video recording, asking provocative questions in public places in Moscow and the Moscow region with the aim of discrediting the current government\".\n\nHe received \"money and cryptocurrency from unidentified participants of the extremist community and other persons involved in the activities of the FBC(ACF)\" for fulfilling the instructions of Ivan Zhdanov, Nina Volokhonskaya \"and other unidentified leaders and participants of the extremist community, in the framework of the implementation of the  previously mentioned joint extremist activity, as well as for the expenses incurred to support it\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.06.2024 to 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: from 01.10.2024 to 04.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.12.2025 to 01.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• Unknown: from 01.02.2026 to 27.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.02.2026, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.04.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-15T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-15T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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For publishing a picture with the text \"All you need to know about their victory on 9 May?\" with Nazi symbols and a photo of collaborator, leader of the Russian Liberation Army (ROA) Andrei Vlasov, as well as images of the Victory Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War and a photo of Joseph Stalin, he was fined one thousand rubles under the administrative article on public display of Nazi symbols (Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code).\nOn 19 June 2024 Afanasyev was sentenced to a year in a penal colony. Presumably, he was released in August 2025.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sayanogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_ended":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":120,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":17,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Andrey Afanasiev on the desecration of the St. George ribbon","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a post in Odnoklassniki made on 2 June 2023, which contained an image of the coat of arms of Nazi Germany tied with a St George's ribbon, a photograph of collaborator Ivan Kononov and the caption \"During the Second World War, St George's ribbons were awarded only to Vlasov, who fought on the side of the NAZISTS, in the RUSSIAN Corps\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measures_en":"• : from 19.03.2024 to 05.04.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.08.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.06.2024, Sentence: 1 year's deprivation of liberty in a penal colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to publishing in public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for three years; A.N. 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On 26 May 2025, the Khoroshevsky District Court in Moscow sentenced him in absentia to nine years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":359,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Khabarov's case on \"fake news\" about the RF Armed Forces and incitement to hatred","case_number":"01-0187/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was an Instagram post about the shelling of Kramatorsk on April 8, 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.05.2025, Sentence: Sentenced in absentia to 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentenced in absentia to 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-26T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-26T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reczUL6J7x1izeDXj"},{"persecution_id":"rec5E8SrmNW6bqnoD","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"receIKO6zjHgjsgYu","name_en":"Anna Panteleeva","birth_year":2001,"age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"St Petersburg artist. On 18 June 2024, she was detained with a case of abusing the burial sites. This was preceded by the \"Men's State\" movement harassment of Anna and by Timur Bulatov' denunciation, a homophobic St Petersburg artist. Panteleeva believes that the harassment is related to the fact that she had previously accused the artist Viktor Zabuga of rape. On 19 June, Panteleeva was taken into custody. On 17 July she was transferred to the house arrest. 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On 16 August 2024, Evstiukhin was transferred to house arrest. On 19 February 2026, he was sentenced to a one-and-a-half-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":610,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt","professional activity","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 244 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148","244"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 148","Part 2, Article 244"],"case_name_en":"The case of the cemetery photoshoot","case_number":"1-206/2025 (1-1036/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a photo shoot at the cemetery involving artist Anna Panteleeva, who was filmed topless in a BDSM costume. The investigation believes that Evstiukhin carried out the photo shoot.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 19.06.2024 to 20.06.2024\n• in custody: from 20.06.2024 to 16.08.2024\n• house arrest: from 16.08.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 19.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.02.2026, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' imprisonment with a probation period of 1 year 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' imprisonment with a probation period of 1 year 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-19T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-19T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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In 2024, she started her own YouTube channel.\n\nOn 19 June 2024, Kurbangaleeva was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of terrorists and extremists. A mark next to her name indicated that a terrorism case was opened against her. At the same time, it became known that she was wanted in a case of public justification of terrorism. Later it was reported that she was also accused of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. One of the reasons for the case was an interview that the journalist had conducted with Aleksei Baranovskii, allegedly associated with the Freedom of Russia legion.\n\nOn 18 July 2025, the court sentenced Kurbangaleeva in absentia to eight years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":394,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the interview","Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Farida Kurbangaleeva's case ","case_number":"1-384/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"Presumably, the reason for the case was an interview that the journalist had conducted with Aleksei Baranovskii, allegedly associated with the Freedom of Russia Legion. According to the investigation, \"in May 2024, being outside Russia, she posted on the Internet on the personal channel on one of the video hosting sites a previously jointly produced video record containing signs of calls for terrorist activity, as well as justification of terrorism. In January 2023, while abroad, she also posted on the messenger channel deliberately false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces during the special military operation\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 26.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.07.2025, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in absentia ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in absentia ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjUVe30TyAEC5Z4"},{"persecution_id":"recNhfJczuv7crkYe","last_updated":"2025-08-15T11:06:11.000Z","person_id":"receeA2TfDyqaaD3r","name_en":" Lebedev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Tomsk resident. 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During a search in his car, drugs were found. The police conducted searches in the office of the Khabze organisation headed by Kochesoko. Kochesoko was taken into custody by court order. The Republican Interior Ministry disseminated information that the bags found in Kochesoko's car bore the suspect's fingerprints and traces of a narcotic substance were found in the washes from his hands, and that Kochesoko had confessed guilt. Later, the activist passed a letter from the pre-trial detention centre, in which he said that he had been forced to confess because of threats of physical violence from the officers of the Central Investigation Centre, FSIN and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. On June 25, he was transferred from the pre-trial detention centre to house arrest. On August 23, he was released on his own recognizance. On October 11, the prosecutor's office returned the case for additional investigation.\n\nIn February 2020, it became known that the prosecutor's office returned Kochesoko's case for additional investigation, but then the activist was charged again.\n\nAt the end of May 2019, Kochesoko reported a visit to his parents by a representative of the administration of the Baksan district of Kabardino-Balkaria, who passed on an advice to the Khabze leader to \"reduce activity\". Shortly before that, Khabze activists and participants of the Democratic Congress of Peoples of Russia from other constituent entities of the Russian Federation held an interregional round table in Nalchik dedicated to the problems of federalism in Russia. There they sharply criticized the federal authorities. Afterwards, articles appeared in the local pro-government media that Martin Kochesoko was an agent of the United States.\n\nOn March 2, 2021 he was sentenced to three years of probation.\n\nIn August 2023 Kochesoko was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In June 2024, it became known that a case was opened against him for evasion of foreign agents' duties. In August, it became known that his parents' home was inspected three times within a month and a half.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Martin Cochesoko's case of evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec6nBjitKWCDHhfc"},{"persecution_id":"recWl18SQHVN0UwiP","last_updated":"2025-08-21T09:06:01.000Z","person_id":"recr2OMbZKKjxa1zx","name_en":"Alexei Baranovskii","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-01-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former journalist, participant in campaigns in support of Russian nationalists. Member of the Free Russia Forum, associate of politician Ilya Ponomarev. Supposedly associated with the Freedom of Russia Legion. On June 19, 2024, he was included in the Rosfinmonitoring terrorist list. Later it became known that he was charged with public justification of terrorism, presumably because of an interview he gave to Farida Kurbangaleeva. On July 18, 2025, a court sentenced him in absentia to six years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":394,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["The case of the interview"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Baranovskii's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Presumably, the trigger for opening the case was an interview that the politician, allegedly connected to the Freedom of Russia Дegion, gave to Farida Kurbangaleeva.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.07.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWl18SQHVN0UwiP"},{"persecution_id":"rec5OJKCBDqv4tVZt","last_updated":"2025-09-22T11:27:37.000Z","person_id":"recCMe9Xiwx92H9z4","name_en":"Yana Manycheva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attBcinsa6HkOwgnX.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attBcinsa6HkOwgnX.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Voronezh. On 23 June 2024 it became known that she was taken into custody in a case of public justification of terrorism. On 11 March 2025, she was removed from the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, it is not known what this is related to.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of the video about the 'Freedom for Russia' legion in Voronezh","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal prosecution were VKontakte videos: about a girl who fights in the \"Freedom of Russia\" legion, about the legion itself and about the \"Azov\" regiment.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec5OJKCBDqv4tVZt"},{"persecution_id":"recQ6a0r81B8HUOLU","last_updated":"2025-05-25T16:08:04.000Z","person_id":"rec7NeoaTNLukYnfA","name_en":"Sophie Noskova-Avramovic","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg, owner of bars. Due to the design of one of her bars, a case of offending religious feelings was brought against her. This was preceded by a visit to the bar in January 2024 by the head of the St. Petersburg branch of the Russian People's Druzhina, who called on his supporters to \"stop\" the activities of the bar. On January 31st, more than a hundred people in camouflage and with walkie-talkies arrived at the establishment and interrupted the party taking place there and called the police. On June 19th 2024, Noskova-Avramovich was sentenced to a fine of 30,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":139,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sophie Noskova-Avramovic of offending religious feelings","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators, from May 29th 2023 to February 12th 2024, she organised a demonstration of the decorations and bar menu to an indefinite number of people with the use of religious attributes in the interior and menu, which was intended to \"emphasise the philosophy of hedonism and relativism, which is inadmissible from a Christian point of view\", thus \"publicly expressed clear disrespect for society, humiliated and offended the religious feelings of believing citizens, including citizen D., who, having viewed the decorations, experienced moral suffering\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.06.2024, Sentence: a fine of 30 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 30 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":30000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-19T11:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-19T11:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Center:\n Date: 25-06-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/06/d50035/?sphrase_id=2737065\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Center"],"aid":"recQ6a0r81B8HUOLU"},{"persecution_id":"recswULA4IOnEbEun","last_updated":"2026-03-23T19:53:50.000Z","person_id":"reca4LQCshIgyatcd","name_en":"Andrei Trofimov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attns1daLTdCOqtUq.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attns1daLTdCOqtUq.jpg"],"birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Tver region. Calls himself an unemployed dachnik. In his own words, he participated in the development of spacecraft, worked as a machinist, and was an editor of the criminal section of the NTV website. Repeatedly published in \"Russian Journal\" and on \"Kasparov.Ru\". Since the last years of Soviet rule, he has taken part in protests in Moscow.\nDetained on 7 May 2022 in a settlement near the town Konakovo. On 8 May it became known that he was in pre-trial detention centre No. 1 in Tver. A criminal case was opened against him for calling for extremist activity, spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces, and preparing for participation in an illegal armed formation.\nFrom 13 September to 18 October 2022, Trofimov was on a prison hunger strike demanding \"the immediate cessation of military actions by the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine and the immediate withdrawal of all troops and other forces of the Russian Federation beyond the internationally recognised borders of Ukraine\". On 28 July 2023, Trofimov was fined 40,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for showing sheets of paper with the inscriptions \"NO WAR\" and \"PUTIN IS A DICK\" from the \"fishbowl\" at the court room, and planned to show the audience posters with the inscriptions \"GLORY TO UKRAINE\" and \"FREE NAVALNY\". On 17 September, Trofimov began a hunger strike, demanding for incoming and outgoing correspondence to be censored precisely in accordance with the Internal Regulations, and for all letters from early July, that had been delayed by the censor for reasons not specified in the Regulations, to be delivered.\nOn 17 October 2023, Trofimov was sentenced to 10 years in a strict regime penal colony.\nIn June 2024, a new case was brought against him on public justification of terrorism because of the conversations in the pre-trial detention centre and his last word in court in the first case. Later it became known that this case also includes an article on discrediting Russian Armed Forces. On 6 May 2025, Trofimov was sentenced, taking into account the previous sentence, to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tver"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":329,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","205.2","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Trofimov's case of public justification of terrorism and dicrediting the Russian Armed Forces ","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was allegedly the conversations in the pre-trial detention centre and the last word before the verdict in the previous case, published on the Kasparov.RU website and in Alexander Nevzorov's Telegram channel.\nOn 28 July 2023, Trofimov was fined for 40,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for showing sheets of paper with the inscriptions \"NO WAR\" and \"PUTIN IS A DICK\" from a \"fishbowl\" at the court room, and also planned to show the audience posters with the inscriptions \"GLORY TO UKRAINE\" and \"FREE NAVALNY\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 22.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.05.2025, Sentence: 13 years in strict-regime penal colony on the aggregate of cases","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years in strict-regime penal colony on the aggregate of cases","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-06T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-06T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/trofimov-andrej-nikolaevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recswULA4IOnEbEun"},{"persecution_id":"rec8ZMI5Ag7ZLdIw0","last_updated":"2025-11-27T10:28:44.000Z","person_id":"recZbhCzdEjKiM4re","name_en":"Sharofiddin Gadoev","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"Deputy head of the \"National Alliance of Tajikistan\", which is banned on the territory of the state. In 2019, he was, in his own words, detained in Moscow and forcibly sent to Dushanbe, where he was tortured and forced to film propaganda videos. He later managed to leave for Europe and lives in the Netherlands. In Tajikistan, a case of smuggling and document forgery was brought against him.\n\nIn May 2024, Gadoev was arrested in absentia in a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. It was initiated because of a 2022 video in which Gadoev spoke about the deaths of Ukrainian civilians from the actions of the Russian army. On 29 July 2025, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow sentenced him in absentia to eight and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":454,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"case_group_en":["The case of Tajikistani opposition activists of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces"],"case_name_en":"Sharofiddin Gadoev's case","case_number":"01-0315/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The criminal case was triggered by a 2022 video on the ISLOHTV YouTube channel, where, according to investigators, Gadoev spoke in Tajik about the deaths of Ukrainian civilians from the actions of the Russian army. The indictment is based on the testimony of two witnesses, both natives of Tajikistan. One of them, religious figure Khayriddin Dastakov, told the court that Gadoev and his associates are seeking a coup in Tajikistan and are spreading anti-Russian propaganda. According to him, their publications are directed against a “strong Russia.”","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2025, Sentence: 8 years' 6 months imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' 6 months imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-29T12:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-29T12:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8ZMI5Ag7ZLdIw0"},{"persecution_id":"recUupUu1qTiWy0al","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"rec1JW1NukDONlDS1","name_en":"Mukhammadikbol Sadurdinov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Tajikistan"],"story_en":"Leads the Isloh information project criticising the activities of the Tajik government. Son of one of the founders of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, Kalandar Sadurdinov. He lives in France. In Tajikistan, a fraud case was brought against him. In May 2024, he was arrested in absentia in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"case_group_en":["The case of Tajikistani opposition activists of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces"],"case_name_en":"Mukhammadikbol Sadurdinov's case","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUupUu1qTiWy0al"},{"persecution_id":"recTxGDcnVWNhSDSi","last_updated":"2025-04-01T18:47:37.000Z","person_id":"recZuHH8uvIoVAGNk","name_en":"Georgy Petrov","birth_year":2005,"age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Leningrad region. On 26 June 2024, he was detained on charges of desecrating a symbol of military glory because he had fried sausages on the Eternal Flame in Kirishi together with another persecuted person. On 22 October 2024, Petrov was sentenced to 1 year's suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":118,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of fried sausages in the Leningrad region","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was frying sausages on the Eternal Flame on the territory of the Memorial to the Memory of the Fallen in Kirishi.","persecution_location_en":"Location unknown","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 08.11.2024 to 07.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.10.2024, Sentence: 1 year's suspended sentence, ban on posting information on the Internet for 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's suspended sentence, ban on posting information on the Internet for 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-22T13:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-22T13:50:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 26-06-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/06/d50047/?sphrase_id=2737145\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recTxGDcnVWNhSDSi"},{"persecution_id":"recSr1SRbQp6mU4Hr","last_updated":"2025-04-01T18:47:37.000Z","person_id":"recXnZktJEjXwc9pA","name_en":"Ivan Stepanov","birth_year":2005,"age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Leningrad region. On June 26, 2024 he was detained on charges of desecrating a symbol of military glory because he had fried sausages at the Eternal Flame in Kirishi together with another persecuted person. On October 22, 2024 Stepanov was sentenced to a year of suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":118,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of fried sausages in the Leningrad region","persecution_case_profile_en":"The criminal case was initiated due to cooking sausages on the Eternal Flame at the \"Memorial to the Fallen\" territory in Kirishi.","persecution_location_en":"Location unknown","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 08.11.2024 to 07.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.10.2024, Sentence: 1 year's suspended imprisonment, 6 months' prohibition of publishing information on the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's suspended imprisonment, 6 months' prohibition of publishing information on the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-22T13:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-22T13:50:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 26-06-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/06/d50047/?sphrase_id=2737145\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recSr1SRbQp6mU4Hr"},{"persecution_id":"rec3Tcr4AEXTj4c2W","last_updated":"2026-04-13T13:22:39.000Z","person_id":"rec5fLWJFvTPQmYov","name_en":"Oleg Mescheryakov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Activist, co-chairman of the Borisoglebsk Anti-Corruption Committee (Voronezh region). A defamation case was brought against him against United Russia deputy Dmitry Shiryaev, about whom the committee constantly complained. On 26 June 2024, it became known that Shiryaev was going to be charged. The next day he stopped making contact. Later it became known that he was held all day in the Investigative Committee, but was not charged and was released and told to come back another day.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 128.1 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he distributed leaflets with information defaming the honour of the deputy. A witness, unfamiliar with Meshcheryakov, stated that the latter had paid him 1,000 rubles for distributing these leaflets.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-06-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://ovd.info/express-news/2024/06/27/voronezhskiy-aktivist-podozrevaemyy-po-delu-o-klevete-na-edinorossa-ne\n• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On 17 December 2024, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.\n\nNo later than February 2025, a new case of discrediting the Armed Forces was initiated against Zhuravlev. The basis for it was an anti-war picture on VKontakte published on 24 February 2022. On 21 May 2025, Zhuravlev was sentenced to 2.5 years in a general regime colony with a two-year ban on administering websites. This sentence was imposed in conjunction with the first sentence.\n\nAnother case under this article was initiated against Zhuravlev for an anecdote about the Russian army. On 16 December 2025, the court sentenced him to two years and eight months of imprisonment in a colony in conjunction with the previous sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Akhtubinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":199,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vitalii Zhuravlev’s case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-223/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted a comment criticising the invasion of Ukraine in the Delovoy Akhtubinsk community.\nIn December 2023, he was fined 30 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for posting a photo of Putin with the caption “Za [For] the morons: without you I would not exist”.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.06.2024 to 17.12.2024\n• in custody: from 17.12.2024 to 20.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Astrakhan Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Astrakhan Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Astrakhan Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.12.2024, Sentence: 2 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a 2-year ban on engaging in certain activities such as administering websites, online forums or social media groups on the internet; confiscation of a mobile phone (with proceeds going to the state)","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Confiscation"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with a 2-year ban on engaging in certain activities such as administering websites, online forums or social media groups on the internet; confiscation of a mobile phone (with proceeds going to the state)","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T06:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-17T06:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zhuravlyov-vitalij-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recGviwjF9rHsvzA0"},{"persecution_id":"recRdQ5BOaA8FXhX1","last_updated":"2026-04-20T10:21:07.000Z","person_id":"rech6y46Sh9ikFzCj","name_en":"Tamara Eidelman","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A historian, history populariser, blogger, and former history teacher at a Moscow school. In September 2022, she was added to the register of \"foreign agents\". In June 2024, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Eidelman under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism. In May 2025, it was reported that a new case had been opened against her under the article on spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army, based on a certain post on her Telegram channel.\n\nOn 31 October 2025, she was arrested in absentia: the entry on the court's website listed only the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism (the part concerning the dissemination of disrespectful information about the Days of Military Glory). At the same time, the Moscow Prosecutor's Office stated that she had also been arrested in connection with the case on spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.\n\nLater, the case involving two episodes of rehabilitation of Nazism and one episode of spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was sent to court. On 22 January 2026, the court returned the case to the Prosecutor's Office.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers","Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","354.1","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Tamara Eidelman’s case of rehabilitation of Nazism and war \"fakes\"","case_number":"2-0046/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"Presumably, the basis of the criminal case was one of the videos published on Eidelman’s YouTube channel, in which she spoke about 9 May. Previously, the Prosecutor’s Office stated that one of Eidelman’s videos contained “statements expressing clear disrespect for a Day of Military Glory of Russia and for a commemorative date of the Russian Federation related to the defense of the Fatherland, as well as statements insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland.”","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 31.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 28-06-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/06/d50056/?sphrase_id=2737295\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recRdQ5BOaA8FXhX1"},{"persecution_id":"rec5ZUY4CTWJ7HKeZ","last_updated":"2025-08-19T17:17:01.000Z","person_id":"recrVC8yX7MujuwJi","name_en":"Daria Krichker","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Artist, owner of a tattoo studio in St Petersburg. In February 2024, she was detained at Pulkovo airport as part of a case of insulting the feelings of believers. She was given a recognisance not to leave. Before that, the Sorok Sorokov movement appealed to the Investigative Committee and personally to Alexander Bastrykin with a request to pay attention to the artist's works and bring her to justice \"for repeated gross blasphemous actions against Christ, the Mother of God, and the saints of the Church\". On 19 June 2024, Krichker was sentenced to 60 hours of compulsory labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":139,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Case on the \"Jesus at the Moment of Orgasm\" tattoo","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the work \"Jesus at the Moment of Orgasm\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.02.2024 to 05.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.06.2024, Sentence: 60 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"60 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-19T12:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-19T12:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 19-02-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/02/d49329/?sphrase_id=2737390\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"rec5ZUY4CTWJ7HKeZ"},{"persecution_id":"recx7FfbRZFIAPvIb","last_updated":"2024-07-10T19:24:52.000Z","person_id":"recQVVjaQV9G65zCo","name_en":"Vladislav Volsky","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Municipal deputy from St. Petersburg. Left Russia in March 2022. On 30 May 2024, a case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Volsky's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was an anti-war post with two photos that Volsky published in 2022 to mark five months since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. \"It's already the fifth month of war and people are dying. The results of a new strike by the Russian Air Force on residential neighbourhoods in Kiev. When will this nightmare end?\" - he wrote in Instagram.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recx7FfbRZFIAPvIb"},{"persecution_id":"recgEZUTxfrjq211p","last_updated":"2025-10-15T23:59:46.000Z","person_id":"rec1L0qkqZ59UQc8i","name_en":"Vladimir Yerofeev","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Bryansk region. In April 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of incitement to surrender. Later the charge was reclassified to preparation for incitement to surrender. 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Fyodorov was handcuffed, kicked in the head, and then held on the floor on his knees with his arms folded and raised high behind his back while the inspection took place. According to Fyodorov and his wife, several books and flash drives were planted on them during the inspection. Fyodorov was taken to Petrozavodsk for questioning and then released. On 6 June 2024, a case was initiated against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. On June 20, Fyodorov's home was searched in Petrozavodsk, after which he was detained. 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Memorial:\n Date: 04-07-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new followers.\nTelegram channel \"Operative bulletins\" claims that 1.5 million rubles and 1,000 euros in cash were found in the believer's possession. Anufriev and his wife were transported to Kstovo and taken into custody the next day.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kstovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kstovo","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.07.2024 to 03.07.2024\n• in custody: from 03.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (\"Druzhny\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (\"Druzhny\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 05-07-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/07/d50109/?sphrase_id=2737753\n• Support for political prisoners. 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I get it: #thisisdifferent.\" In the same month it became known that the decision to initiate the case was cancelled.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_ended":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 329"],"case_name_en":"Taimuraz Dudayev`s case on abuse of the state flag of the Russian Federation\n","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2022, Dudayev posted a screenshot of a post from the Telegram channel of blogger and NTV presenter Lera Kudryavtseva, who in her turn had posted a screenshot from another person's stories with a picture of a sticker on the door of a shop in France with a crossed-out Russian flag in the form of a pig. Kudryavtseva, who is under US and EU sanctions, commented with the phrase \"No words\".\n\nAccording to the Mash telegram channel, Dudayev accompanied his post on one of the social networks with the following comment: \"For the last decades the West has been talking a lot about tolerance and humanism, kneeling over the death of a black drug addict and criminal, protecting LGBT rights, and here you go.... I see. #thisisdifferent\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 03-07-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/07/d50083/?sphrase_id=2737620\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recvJXggGbzoxvMWy"},{"persecution_id":"recPzqEmUOVfHKCRA","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recbqGuF33d4GhjI9","name_en":"Unknown male 122","birth_year":1991,"age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Naberezhnye Chelny. 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Escaped from the training camp. In June 2023, together with another escaped former mercenary, told in an interview with the Gulagu.net project about the crimes of the Russian military, to which he himself was a witness. A case of dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces by a group of persons for selfish reasons with a hate motive was opened against both of them. Presumably, in March 2024, the court decided to take Chernyavsky into custody. 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Thus, Pavlov was deprived of the opportunity to defend Safronov. The lawyer left Russia.\nIn July 2024, it became known that a case of evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\" was also brought against Pavlov. He was included in the register in November 2021. Pavlov was arrested in absentia, but in October 2024 the court of appeal cancelled this decision.\nIn November 2025, it was reported that Pavlov was charged with disclosure of state secrets in connection with the case of his client, former Inter RAO top manager Karina Tsurkan, who was also charged with treason. What led to initiating the new case, according to Pavlov, was that he and the other suspect in the case, lawyer Evgeny Smirnov, handed Tsurkan's case file over to a linguist. Pavlov claims that there were no state secrets in these materials. \"Moreover, even in Tsurkan's sentence it is stated that only the information that does not constitute state secrets was handed over to the specialist,\" Pavlov notes.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Pavlov's case on failure to fulfil the duties of a \"foreign agent\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being a \"foreign agent\", being reliably aware that he is a person included <...> in the register of foreign agents, having been brought twice during 2023 to administrative responsibility under part 4 of article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences, continuing his illegal activities, acting intentionally not later than 12 hours 33 minutes 06.04.2024 and no later than 1:37 a.m. on 07.04.2024, being in a place <...> unknown to the investigation, disseminated messages and materials in the public domain without indicating that these materials (information) were produced, disseminated and (or) sent by a foreign agent <...>.\n\nAs a result of Pavlov I.Y.'s unlawful actions, the information materials posted by him became available to at least 10,900 people who joined a multi-user public channel in the Telegram messenger (\"Pavlov's Dog Channel\")\".\n\nThe reason for the case was a post (https://t.me/kanalsobakipavlova/817) with a link to the video \"Why did law enforcers oversleep Crocus?\" and a publication (https://t.me/kanalsobakipavlova/818). In 2023, Pavlov was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on failure to fulfil the duties of a \"foreign agent\" (part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code) because of a publication with a link (https://t.me/kanalsobakipavlova/804) to an appeal to stop bullying Alexei Navalny and then because of a post (https://t.me/kanalsobakipavlova/808) consisting of a single word (\"Unruly\") with a link to the news about the previous fine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 23.08.2024 to 23.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVgOLEzIWXyttSQ"},{"persecution_id":"recieuci5G4YC9XSn","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recUoAbJZSVqEOY4Y","name_en":"Nikolai Lavrentev","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Zabaykalsky Krai. In July 2024 it became known that a case was initiated against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. According to the investigation, he was associated with the Artpodgotovka movement and distributed materials discrediting the Russian army and authorities in connection with the war in Ukraine, as well as calling for a violent change  of the constitutional order. Later it became known that he was also accused of incitement to terrorism. On 11 June 2025, Lavrentev was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":344,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Zabaykalsky Krai resident's case of involvement in Artpodgotovka","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2022 he joined Artpodgotovka movement and \"on the instructions of his foreign curators conducted psychological actions on the Internet\", in which he distributed materials discrediting the actions of the Russian army and authorities in connection with the war in Ukraine, as well as called for a violent change of the constitutional order.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 02.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.06.2025, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-10T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recieuci5G4YC9XSn"},{"persecution_id":"rec9Sofz5luQXJauv","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recJEkZnv5Tknj9Vl","name_en":"Yana Troyanova","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An actress who opposed the war and left Russia. In November 2023, she was added to the register of “foreign agents.” In July 2024, it became known that a case had been opened against her under an extremism article—possibly related to inciting hatred due to an interview on the YouTube channel of Novaya Gazeta Europe. Later, the Investigative Committee reported that she was accused of inciting hatred against Russians. In October 2025, the case went to court, and it was revealed that Troyanova was also charged with publicly justifying terrorism and evading her duties as a “foreign agent.”\n\nOn 13 November 2025, Troyanova was sentenced in absentia to 8 years' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":500,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","205.2","330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yana Troyanova's case","case_number":"1-624/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in June 2024, holding anti-Russian views and criticizing the conduct of the Russian army’s special military operation, she gave an interview to one of the internet channels in which she made a public statement containing remarks that fostered hostile and hateful attitudes toward Russians and justified and endorsed the need to commit violent acts against Russians. In addition, from April to September 2025, knowing that she had been twice held administratively liable during the year for violating the regulations governing foreign agents, she willfully failed to submit reports on her activities to the Russian Ministry of Justice.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 09.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.11.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2025-11-13T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-13T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9Sofz5luQXJauv"},{"persecution_id":"recylRDHUgG5XATZq","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recOiF25yJlsmnrHK","name_en":" Unknown male 124","birth_year":2006,"age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ukhta (Komi). In July 2024, it became known that he was charged in a case of vandalism. He got a restraining order and travel ban as a pre-trial restriction.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ukhta"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he valdalized posters with images of the military in the local park by writing on them with a black sharpie.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 01.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 09-07-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/07/d50121/?sphrase_id=2737976\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recylRDHUgG5XATZq"},{"persecution_id":"recTRrOiGl0tnlSXd","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recRaSefkNDE9zVCp","name_en":"Yulia Navalnaya","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Alexei Navalny's wife. After his death, she announced that she would continue his work. In July 2024, she became the head of the Human Rights Foundation organisation. In the same month, it became known that she was arrested in absentia on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist community. In August 2025, State Duma deputy Vasilii Piskarev announced that a case had been opened against the organisers of the opposition march in Berlin on 1 March 2025 (including Navalnaya) for participation in the activities of extremist and terrorist organisations, organising the activities of an extremist community, and calls for extremism.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 09.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 09-07-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/07/d50123/?sphrase_id=2737979\n• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-08-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-ekstremistskom-soobshhestve-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recTRrOiGl0tnlSXd"},{"persecution_id":"recsVHvAq0zzKgLHT","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recDeehzfHArVdyZZ","name_en":"Valery Mankevich","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Perm. In July 2024, it became known that a case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces. His mother's house was searched. Mankevich left Russia after he was convicted under a similar administrative article (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) in October 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recsVHvAq0zzKgLHT"},{"persecution_id":"recXkaWWrbwE1t6AW","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:41:57.000Z","person_id":"recptl2CpWw3QkkM5","name_en":"Vladimir Atamanchuk","birth_year":1951,"birth_date":"1951-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":73,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sochi. In March, Atamanchuk was arrested for 10 days under the article on organising a public event without submitting a notice (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 8 September the court arrested Atamanchuk for five days under the article on disobedience to the demands of police officers (part 1 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Before that, he was held in a police station for more than a day, where the officers threatened him with a criminal case. The man told \"Kavkazsky Uzel\" that while he was in the special detention centre, law enforcers \"came to his house and were searching for something\".\nOn 27 December Atamanchuk told \"Kavkazsky Uzel\" about pressure from the investigation and health problems. This information was confirmed by his lawyer Sergey Kostyuk. Thus, on 22 December the investigator handed him five summonses for interrogation at once - for 23, 24, 26, 27 and 28 December.\nOn 29 December Atamanchuk fell ill in front of the police department building. He was taken away from there by ambulance and hospitalised in the city hospital No. 5 with a heart attack.\nIn March 2023, Atamanchuk said that the investigator threatened to put him in the basement if he would defend himself and refuse to sign the documents required by the investigation. He also said that the investigator refused to issue an inventory of items returned after the search. Later, Atamanchuk also reported that the investigator, threatening to arrest him, forced him to collect the laptop, seized during the search, along with a mobile phone against a receipt, while the defendant claims that the phone does not belong to him.\nOn 11 November 2023, the investigator announced Atamanchuk's dismissal of the case, at the same time informing him that a libel case had been opened against the Sochi resident because of the leaflets he had put in mailboxes in the entrances of two houses on 4 September 2022.\nOn 12 April 2024, Atamanchuk was sentenced in the libel case to 240 hours of community work.\nIn July 2024, it became known that a case on disrespect of court was initiated against Atamanchuk following a complaint by the victim in the libel case. On 13 December 2024, he was sentenced in this case to 160 hours of community work.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":165,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 297 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["297"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 297"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Atamanchuk's case on contempt of court.","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated on the complaint of a victim in a libel case","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.12.2024, Sentence: 160 hours' community work","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"160 hours' community work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recXkaWWrbwE1t6AW"},{"persecution_id":"recSg4Z4GXMiNBUR6","last_updated":"2025-02-13T10:30:16.000Z","person_id":"recuXjxVcE95Xob1Y","name_en":"Natalia Guseva","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":68,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of the Golos movement in the Chelyabinsk Region. For 16 years she was the head of the women's non-governmental organisation Civic Initiative, whose main target group was children. She was the head of the regional NGO \"Centre for Social Partnership\", a deputy of the Zlatoust City Assembly, from 2010 to 2012 she was a public assistant to the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Chelyabinsk region.\nOn 5 October 2022, she was searched as a witness in the case of discrediting the Armed Forces, filed against Mikhail Gusev, the coordinator of Golos in Ivanovo. On 17 August 2023, Guseva was searched as a witness in the case of spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces, which had already been initiated against her.\nOn 6 February 2024, Guseva was sentenced to a fine of 700 thousand rubles.\nIn May 2023, she was fined under an administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Shortly thereafter, Guseva was attacked in the street, the attacker hit her several times in the face. Guseva believes that this is related to her activist activities. Only one of the attackers was charged with administrative beating.  Guseva's son has disability group 3 and had part of his leg amputated.\nIn July 2024, it became known that the case was initiated against Guseva for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 14 January 2025, she recieved a two-year suspended sentence in this case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders","Municipal deputies"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Zlatoust"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":197,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Natalia Guseva's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-478/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The  for the case was a comment in Odnoklassniki published in June 2023: a repost of a video with the title \"Right! I have no right... I am not a Nazi!\", the meaning of which \"indicates categorical disagreement\" with Putin's policy and the actions of the Russian Armed Forces. Guseva accompanied the video with a comment in which she agreed with the author's words: \"Putin must immediately withdraw his troops from Ukraine, stop killing the Ukrainian people and Ukrainian statehood, as well as killing his own people and endangering the very statehood of Russia!\"\nIn May 2023, Guseva was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army of the Russian Federation (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of two anti-war posts in the same social network: about the need to stop the war and withdraw troops from the occupied territories, as well as about 59 children held by Russian servicemen in the basement of the village of Yagodnoye.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["no preventive measure","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• no preventive measure: from 10.07.2024 to 25.07.2024\n• recognizance not to leave: from 25.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.01.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-14T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-14T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSg4Z4GXMiNBUR6"},{"persecution_id":"recDai8dfnjLAFSFQ","last_updated":"2025-05-25T16:27:28.000Z","person_id":"recmSaGWrwN4RW7wu","name_en":"Maxim Malyshev","birth_year":1987,"age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ryazan region. On 20 January 2024, it became known that a case was brought against him for dissemination of disrespectful information about the days of military glory. He was given a covenant not to leave the country. On 10 July 2024, Malyshev was sentenced to a year of forced labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-RYA"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":191,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"In the three posts that formed the basis of the accusation, Malyshev criticised the holidays of 23 February and 9 May in their modern interpretation. The post about 23 February began as follows: \"Since I was a little boy, on this bloody day, I wondered from who it was necessary to defend the motherland, which no one attacks, but which constantly shoots in the direction of its borders, calling it anything but aggression. It was further noted that \"defense of the motherland\" in Russia means, among other things, war with Chechnya, which has declared independence.\n\nThe post about 9 May said that the holiday had been \"discredited\" because it had turned from a day of remembrance of a \"national catastrophe\" and \"degradation of the gene pool\" into \"a terrible orgy, a holiday of death\". The author of the post blamed the state memory policy under Yeltsin in general, and the authors of school textbooks in particular, who created \"the feeling that Stalin atoned for the repressions, the Holodomor and the annexations of the Baltic States, Poland and Finland.\" \"We still haven't invented a language with which to describe the catastrophe that happened then.\"","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2024 to 02.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.10.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.07.2024, Sentence: 1 year of forced labour","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of forced labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-10T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 10-07-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/01/d49191/?sphrase_id=2738051\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recDai8dfnjLAFSFQ"},{"persecution_id":"recASLegcGDoJVBqH","last_updated":"2025-05-11T14:56:40.000Z","person_id":"recsi8qNQSpdXc4l7","name_en":"Tatiana Bibik","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Yalta resident. In July 2024, pro-war activist Aleksandr Talipov, who whistleblows against opponents of the war, reported that a case had been opened against Bibik for calling for violence against Russians. On 18 December 2024, she was sentenced, details unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yalta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":170,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Tatiana Bibik on calls for extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she published calls for violence against Russians in Telegram.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recASLegcGDoJVBqH"},{"persecution_id":"recEdKI6gmEgLftk7","last_updated":"2025-12-13T11:07:59.000Z","person_id":"recCBFjea5lvMKVSJ","name_en":"Vadim Zitser","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A teacher and founder of the public school \"Apelsin\" in St. Petersburg. On 24 June 2024, he was arrested in absentia in a case related to spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On January 31, 2025, Zitser was added to the register of \"foreign agents.\"","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dima Zitser's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 24.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recEdKI6gmEgLftk7"},{"persecution_id":"recYOzvEPLUfFVNR2","last_updated":"2025-04-30T17:49:01.000Z","person_id":"recFZZ1Bq75zBwQ6U","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":2010,"age":16,"age_group_en":"under eighteen years old","age_persecution_began":14,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ruza (Moscow region). In July 2024, it became known that a case of desecration of a symbol of military glory and vandalism was opened against her because of the video showing her frying sausages on the Eternal Flame.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 214 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1","Article 214 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a video of sausages being fried on the Eternal Flame.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 15-07-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/07/d50147/?sphrase_id=2738345\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recYOzvEPLUfFVNR2"},{"persecution_id":"recH2e3d3Z0wdztWU","last_updated":"2024-12-12T19:54:50.000Z","person_id":"recooS5EO6QsG5aPo","name_en":"Evgeniya Chirikova","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Eco-activist, politician, leader of the movements \"Ecological Defence of the Moscow Region\" and in defence of the Khimki Forest, participant of the \"Free Russia Forum\". In February 2024, she was included in the List of Extremists and Terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with the marking given to people prosecuted under terrorist articles. On 24 April 2024, Chirikova was arrested in absentia on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist community, calling for terrorism and organising terrorist activities.\nOn 16 July 2024, a case was opened against Chirikova for disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces, details unknown. On 2 November 2024, the Investigative Committee reported that a case was opened against Chirikova for public justification of terrorism. On 22 November, Chirikova's parents were searched.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 11.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recH2e3d3Z0wdztWU"},{"persecution_id":"recfQncEBL95Pxa3Q","last_updated":"2025-02-03T18:05:11.000Z","person_id":"recoaGPE9HGksh7co","name_en":"Khavier Yarmagomedov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0GSFOKtieTutf4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0GSFOKtieTutf4.jpg"],"birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On 17 July 2024, it became known that a case was brought against him for insulting the feelings of believers. A video was published in which he apologised but shifted responsibility to some provocateurs. On 19 July Yarmagomedov was taken into custody, and on that day it was reported that he was also accused of distributing pornography, including child pornography. We have no reason to believe that these charges are politically motivated. On 5 December 2024, Yarmagomedov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony and a fine of 200,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":157,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Khavier Yarmagomedov's case of offence to the feelings of believers and distribution of pornography","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"committed public actions to offend religious feelings\" on 12 July 2024, while broadcasting live on air, namely stomping on an Orthodox cross and spitting on it.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.07.2024 to 19.07.2024\n• in custody: from 19.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.12.2024, Sentence: Seven years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles, and a ban on administering websites for eight years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Seven years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 200,000 roubles, and a ban on administering websites for eight years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-05T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-05T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 17-07-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/07/d50158/?sphrase_id=2738601\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recfQncEBL95Pxa3Q"},{"persecution_id":"recQsVAIhHBwnqndp","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recbNhmh6TuVbEcOG","name_en":"Diana Rudakova","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A former coordinator of Navalny’s штаб in Tambov. In October 2023, she was included in the register of “foreign agents”. In July 2024, it became known that Rudakova had been placed on the wanted list. A criminal case was initiated against her for evading the performance of the duties of a “foreign agent”.\n\nOn 8 October 2025, the court sentenced her to a fine of 80,000 roubles.\n\nOn 17 March 2026, Rudakova was convicted in absentia in a similar case and sentenced to a fine of 150,000 roubles. 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A case was brought against him for desecration of symbols of military glory because of beer poured into the Eternal Flame. He was taken into custody. On 7 August 2024 Arkashov was sentenced to seven months in a penal colony. Presumably, in September 2024 he was released.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":98,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Yevgeny Arkashov's case of desecration of symbols of military glory","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the morning of 15 May 2024, being drunk, approached the bowl with the Eternal Flame on the Novosibirsk Monument of Glory and \"committed actions that desecrated the symbol of military glory of Russia, insulted the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2024 to 23.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.08.2024 to 01.09.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.08.2024, Sentence: 7 months of imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 months of imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":7,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-07T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-07T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 09-07-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/07/d50122/?sphrase_id=2739381\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recSTEx9MfeHCxpEn"},{"persecution_id":"reclPBWAhEHxagf70","last_updated":"2025-10-31T10:34:09.000Z","person_id":"recUPrRWVVy7d1pj8","name_en":"Daniil Golikov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-11-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow, postgraduate student of the Higher School of Economics. On 13 March 2024, he was detained together with another PhD student, Andrei Kozlovskii, for damaging a spontaneous memorial to the memory of \"heroes of the Russian Spring and the Special Military Operation\". They were both charged with administrative offences of disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 14 March both were arrested for 15 days. At the end of the arrest term both were detained under criminal case, they were accused of damaging memorial objects commemorating those who died in defence of the interests of the Fatherland. On 28 March, they were placed under house arrest. Later Golikov and Kozlovskii were also accused of vandalism.\n\nOn 18 November 2024, Golikov was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony. On 8 July 2025, the appeal court dropped the vandalism charge and reduced the sentence to two years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":250,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["243.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 243.4"],"case_name_en":"The case of desecration of the memorial to the \"heroes of the Russian Spring and the Special Military Operation\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he desecrated the memorial \"in memory of all those who died during the Russian Spring and the Special Military Operation\" on Varvarka Street. 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Both of them were charged with administrative offences of disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 14 March both were arrested for 15 days. At the end of the arrest term both were detained under criminal case, they were accused of damaging memorial objects commemorating those who died in defence of the interests of the Fatherland. On 28 March, they were placed under house arrest. Later, Kozlovskii and Golikov were also accused of vandalism.\n\nOn 18 November 2024, Kozlovskii was sentenced to three years in a penal colony. 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The reason was 10 dollars, which, according to her own words, she transferred to a certain Ukrainian fund. On 28 February, Laletina was arrested for 14 days under the administrative article on disorderly conduct (Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code). Apparently, no later than the end of the administrative arrest, she was taken into custody on charges of high treason. After the law enforcers uncovered Laletina's correspondence with a friend living in Dnipro, another transfer made in April 2022 became part of the case. On 17 April, the FSB issued a press release about the detention of two people for \"providing financial assistance to a foreign state in activities against the security of the Russian Federation\": it was about Laletina and a certain young man. On 28 June 2024, the artist was sentenced to nine years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":123,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":17,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_group_en":["The case of financing AFU in Tomsk region"],"case_name_en":"Tatyana Laletina's case of state treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the transfer of 10 dollars on 24 February 2024, according to Laletina herself, to a certain Ukrainian fund. Later, the case included the transfer of $20 in April 2022. According to the investigation, the transfer was made to payment details in the interests of the AFU for the purchase of kamikaze drones, ammunition and military equipment for the purpose of their use against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The NIA-Tomsk report without any comments included a screenshot of some correspondence in which one of the interlocutors suggested to the other that he thought the money had been transferred for a humanitarian fund to help children in Donbass.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tomsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 01.09.2024 to 27.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 50 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• administrative detention: from 26.02.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 50 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 50 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.06.2024, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-28T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-28T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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In July 2024, it became known that he went to Perm to visit his lover, where he was detained, then sent back to Ekaterinburg and taken into custody in a case of public justification of terrorism.","persecution_occupation_en":["Law enforcement officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Ministry of Defense employee publicly justifying terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2023, while at work, under the nickname \"Lucifer Morningstar\" he wrote comments on the VKontakte social network, where he justified \"terrorist activities\" and condemned the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as well as used the insignia of the legion \"Freedom of Russia\".\n\nDuring a search, a flag of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\" was seized from him","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2024\n• : \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recyrJmMSTdOdvgYM"},{"persecution_id":"recAPn3KNZNNCanMH","last_updated":"2025-10-13T15:29:29.000Z","person_id":"recb5jzn1mfM3gV9t","name_en":" Unknown male 137","birth_year":2002,"age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Omsk region. 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Detained in March 2024 and taken into custody on charges of participation in an illegal armed group in connection with the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan. On 15 August 2024, Osmak was sentenced to three years and two months in a strict regime colony. On 6 November 2024, the court of appeal cancelled the sentence and returned the case to the first-instance court. Osmak was later re-sentenced, details are unknown, and it appears that it was not the same court that handed down the first sentence. On 7 May 2025, the court of appeal changed the sentence, the details are again unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":166,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 208"],"case_name_en":"Gennadii Osmak's case of involvement in an illegal armed group","case_number":"1-264/2024, 1-16/2025","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 07.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.05.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.08.2024, Sentence: 3 years 2 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 2 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":38,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-14T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-14T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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According to the investigation, he planned to hand over secret data about a regime facility in exchange for political asylum. The court reclassified the charge to attempted confidential co-operation. On 18 September 2024 Skrzhetuski was sentenced to three years and four months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":261,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of cooperation with Polish intelligence in Penza","case_number":"2-10/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he contacted Polish intelligence in November 2023 and allegedly planned to pass information 'on the production volumes in the state defense order of the enterprise where he worked'.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2024 to 05.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.09.2024, Sentence: 3 years 4 months' imprisonment in in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 4 months' imprisonment in in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":40,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-18T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-18T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 7 February 2025, Shipikyan was sentenced, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladikavkaz"],"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":221,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of citizen of Vladikavkaz on a call for terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a comment with the words \"burn the State Duma\" published in 2020. It referred to the news \"The State Duma adopted in the first reading the law on changes to the list of Days of Military Glory and Commemorative Dates, according to which it determined the new date of the end of the Second World War - 3 September\". The publication \"Sapa 15\" notes that this decision of officials caused a negative reaction in the region because of the coincidence with the anniversary of the terrorist attack in Beslan.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.02.2025","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-07T06:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-07T06:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recxDVLejXoP3CbAd"},{"persecution_id":"recA4jiL2nWnlo9TQ","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"rechi18jpGuvriAtF","name_en":"Ivan Zuev","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Khabarovsk. 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Repeatedly brought to administrative responsibility under various articles. On 26 July 2024, he was placed under house arrest in the case of discrediting the Armed Forces because he shouted \"Glory to Ukraine\" in the courthouse. On 16 September 2024, Shaposhnikov was sentenced to a year and three months suspended sentence. On 14 November, the appeal court commuted the sentence to a six-month penal colony. 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On 2 August 2024, it became known that he had been detained in connection with a vandalism case. The case was prompted by pacifist graffiti and an inscription \"insulting the president\" in the underpass near Victory Square. Law enforcement officers found six cans of spray paint at his home. 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The press release of the Kemerovo Region FSS emphasised that he did not support the foreign and domestic policy of the Russian Federation, in particular, he was against the war with Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec88g9q5poRiSQhN"},{"persecution_id":"rec6OF9TqiQwn9Etl","last_updated":"2024-08-05T12:20:26.000Z","person_id":"recDWTwdMUBFtjoey","name_en":"Pavel Kushnir","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A pianist who lived in Tambov, Kursk, Kurgan, and Birobidzhan. He ran a YouTube channel where, starting in November 2022, he published four videos in which he critiqued the Russian government and the war in poetic form. According to a Wikipedia article, his channel, created in 2011, had only five subscribers throughout its existence. One of his videos led to a case being opened for incitement to terrorism. Kushnir was taken into custody in May 2024. On July 27, the pianist died in a pre-trial detention centre after a dry hunger strike.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Kushnir's case of incitement to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the \"Netipichnyy Birobidzhan\" public on VKontakte, the case was opened due to videos in which he called for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order in Russia through revolution.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2024 to 27.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec6OF9TqiQwn9Etl"},{"persecution_id":"rec4bDX0WoF3xUOAR","last_updated":"2025-07-09T23:21:24.000Z","person_id":"recwwcvYvvRz38YDf","name_en":"Magomedgadzhi Rabadanov","birth_year":1957,"age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St Petersburg, a native of Dagestan. He was taken into custody on 16 January 2024 on charges of confidential cooperation with a foreign state. Some of the meetings and correspondence, as the press release of the Petersburg courts states, were part of investigative activities. On 23 April 2025, Rabadanov was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":478,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Case of confidential cooperation with a foreign state in St Petersburgh","case_number":"2-11/2025 (2-50/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"reported his intentions to give information to the Ukrainian side and perform specific actions that could contribute to the military defeat of the Russian Federation\". \"But employees of the Federal Security Service Directorate of Russia for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast quickly learnt everything and suppressed it. 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He has been tried at least nine times, most recently on the 2nd of August, 2024. Glazachev was primarily prosecuted under articles on robbery or violation of court-imposed restrictions. The internal affairs authorities say about him that he «abuses alcohol and leads an antisocial lifestyle». On the 5th of August, 2024, it was reported that a case of desecration of symbols of military glory was opened against Glazachev, and he was detained. The case also includes nine instances of evading the restrictions of administrative supervision (we do not consider this part of the charge to be politically motivated). 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A case was brought against her for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 3 September 2024, she was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles(US$994). 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In March 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism over a song he had posted on his VKontakte page in October 2022. According to him, at that time, as a result of conversations with relatives living in Ukraine, “he had formed a false view of what was happening, of reality”, but since then his opinion had changed. 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On 5 August 2024, a search was conducted at her home. Bratseva was prosecuted for organising activities of an extremist organisation because of her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. 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In August 2024, it became known that he was taken into custody in relation to a case of public justification of terrorism because he approved of the arson attack on a military recruitment centre in Murmansk. 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The court decision on this case was apparently not issued, and in August 2024 it became known that a criminal case was opened against the young man for dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. On 15 August, the young man was given a measure of restriction in the form of a ban on certain activities. On 10 April 2025 Starshinov was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":252,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Nizhny Novgorod schoolboys regarding \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces.","case_number":"1-445/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated over a video in which two schoolchildren discussed the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with portraits of Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler displayed in the background.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.08.2024 to 15.08.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 15.08.2024 to 10.04.2025\n• in custody: from 10.04.2025 to 17.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 16 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.04.2025, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-10T10:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-10T10:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 11-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-egora-starshinova-i-kirilla-smirnova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recgHrLocApC6qCUX"},{"persecution_id":"recZo8vi3xihhDYWQ","last_updated":"2026-02-12T10:37:05.000Z","person_id":"recOm7rdXF5dKAvu7","name_en":"Ilya Chugaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attSnshhL6znI4yHp.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attSnshhL6znI4yHp.jpg"],"birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Syktyvkar. On 16 August 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism due to comments expressing support for the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps. It was previously reported that he had been detained under the same article for allegedly calling for attempts on the lives of Russian statesmen. On 29 November 2024, Chugaev was sentenced to three years in a general-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":120,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":17,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Syktyvkar resident on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from August 2023 to August 2024, he published comments in support of the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps from his personal account on a \"popular video hosting site.\" Presumably, as a \"left-wing radical activist,\" he also posted on VKontakte \"calls for terrorist activity in the form of attempts on the lives of Russian state officials to halt their political activities.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.08.2024 to 25.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 14 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Arkhangelsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.11.2024, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-29T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 29-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/chugaev-ilya-ivanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZo8vi3xihhDYWQ"},{"persecution_id":"recK3nw3h3s3eoNeu","last_updated":"2025-10-06T17:14:37.000Z","person_id":"recgQ0GI7hQjVLVFJ","name_en":"Ivan Tolpygin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att2H3x5og1WFaQf7.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att2H3x5og1WFaQf7.jpg"],"birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Orel region. Detained in April 2024. A case of confidential co-operation with a foreign state was brought against him. According to the investigation, he communicated \"with a person he believed to be a representative of Ukraine\": it follows from the case file that under the guise of a \"representative of Ukraine\" Tolpygin was spoken to by a person on assignment from the FSB. On 15 July 2024, Tolpygin was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":105,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Tolpygin`s case on confidential co-operation with a foreign state","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being an \"active opponent\" of the war in Ukraine, he \"established contact with a person he believed to be a representative of Ukraine, maintained co-operation with him by sending information threatening Russia's security\", namely coordinates and photos of local military facilities. For this, he was promised a large sum of money and a move to the United States with a green card already prepared. It follows from the case materials that under the guise of a \"representative of Ukraine\", a person communicated with Tolpygin as part of an \"operational experiment\" of the FSB.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2024 to 23.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Oryol Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Oryol Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.07.2024, Sentence: 4 years' of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 500,000 roubles and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 500,000 roubles and 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-07-15T08:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-07-15T08:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• First Department:\n Source: https://imjiwvci---zaqgksqa-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/story/provokacia-fsb\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-05-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/tolpygin-ivan-alekseevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","First Department","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recK3nw3h3s3eoNeu"},{"persecution_id":"recdRbkaOFw2wrrYy","last_updated":"2024-12-10T12:58:54.000Z","person_id":"recVNaUIV1WTl3L2C","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Krasnodar Territory. It became known that a case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of a resident of the Krasnodar region on discrediting the RF Armed Forces","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recdRbkaOFw2wrrYy"},{"persecution_id":"recIUnwKnSzMBYuwA","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:41:09.000Z","person_id":"recNvincGkd144O7o","name_en":"Nina Volokhonskaya","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Producer of the YouTube channel Navalny LIVE. No later than August 2024, a case was brought against her, as well as against other associates of Alexei Navalny, for participation in the activities of an extremist community. On 31 March 2026, Volokhonskaya was sentenced in absentia to five and a half years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":607,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"Nina Volokhonskaia's case","case_number":"01-0647/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no later than February 2022, having become a \"guest producer\" of the Navalny LIVE channel, she \"joined the extremist community, being outside the borders of the Russian Federation in an unspecified place\", sent video and photo materials \"for further editing, editing and posting on the resources of the extremist community\". At the same time, she \"found Ivan Trofimov, Alina Olekhnovich, Sergei Karelin, Konstantin Gabov and involved them in the extremist community, supervised the filming of videos\" and \"provided financing for the extremist activities of Trofimov, Olekhnovich, Karelin, Gabov and Krieger on the instructions of the leaders of the extremist community\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 23.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.03.2026, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition on administering internet pages, participating in public events, and changing place of residence for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition on administering internet pages, participating in public events, and changing place of residence for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-31T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-31T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On 16 September 2025, he was sentenced to a fine of 400,000 roubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":46,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case on public justification of terrorism in the Astrakhan region ","case_number":"1-386/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated over the publication in a Telegram channel of materials said to “justify the activities of a pro-Ukrainian terrorist organisation”.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.09.2024, Sentence: a fine of 400,000 roubles, a ban on administering websites for a period of two years ","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400,000 roubles, a ban on administering websites for a period of two years ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-16T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-16T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reccW9dE6gLSBmUqD"},{"persecution_id":"recLteHk2vVKnpCpg","last_updated":"2025-03-11T13:21:02.000Z","person_id":"recEte3vHmLcjh1LI","name_en":"Yulia Tishakova","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Formerly a citizen of Ukraine, Tishakova was born in the Lugansk region and later resided in the Moscow region. She was prosecuted for publicly justifying terrorism due to a post on the social media platform \"X\" about the bombing of the Crimean Bridge in October 2022.\n\nDuring a search and interrogation, Tishakova immediately granted law enforcement access to her device and social media accounts, admitted her guilt, and expressed remorse, stating she was \"very sorry\" for the pain she had caused her family. She revealed that she had been \"trying to obtain Russian citizenship for six years\" and, in 2021, successfully acquired it while renouncing her Ukrainian citizenship.\n\nIn court, Tishakova presented evidence of her charitable activities, which included donations to churches, the Neposedy orphanage, a boarding school in her native village of Klenovoye, and the families of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine. On November 25, 2024, she was fined 600,000 roubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":269,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yulia Tishakova on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on October 8, 2022, the profile \"Kholi lapushka\" on the social media platform \"X\" (formerly Twitter) published a post justifying the bombing of the Crimean Bridge in Ukrainian: \"Good morning — it's when you wake up and the Crimean Bridge is burning. Burn, burn brightly, so it doesn't go out.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 11.12.2024 to 10.12.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.11.2024, Sentence: A fine of 600,000 roubles and a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 600,000 roubles and a ban on administering websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-25T09:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-25T09:50:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recLteHk2vVKnpCpg"},{"persecution_id":"rechuYY2fCmcvO0Wz","last_updated":"2025-06-20T14:30:15.000Z","person_id":"rectThOSvaJZgGX82","name_en":"Sh.","birth_year":1985,"age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Khakassia was convicted on charges of extremism for calling for acts of violence against the president and United Russia members. On September 9, 2024, he was given a one-and-a-half-year suspended prison sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sayanogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":252,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of a resident of Khakassia on calls for extremism","case_number":"1-224/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2024, he posted comments on his VKontakte page about \"the need to commit acts of violence, danger and harm\" against the president and his associates, including United Russia members as a social group.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.09.2024, Sentence: 1 year and 6 months suspended prison sentence, 2 years' prohibition on managing web pages on the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 6 months suspended prison sentence, 2 years' prohibition on managing web pages on the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-09T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-09T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rechuYY2fCmcvO0Wz"},{"persecution_id":"rec7BV4CNDjdmCLem","last_updated":"2024-09-06T10:37:29.000Z","person_id":"recabiAXjTpEiancM","name_en":"Nelly Vavilina","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Head of the municipal district \"Gavan\" in St. Petersburg. On 21 August 2024, they came to her with in connection with a case regarding non-compliance with a court ruling related to a dismissal of the head of the administration of the municipality \"Gavan\" Petr Zernikov in 2021.\n\nHe was sent to resign by the decision of the Council of Deputies. \"The man did not cope with either the collective or the duties. I received daily complaints from residents on cleaning and landscaping of the territory\", - commented then Vavilina to \"ZAKS.Ru\". The ex-officer went to court to demand his reinstatement and other claims against the local government; the court granted many of the claims.\n\nOn 16 February 2022, the court reinstated Zernikov at work, but according to the next decision, he was fired again on 17 February 2022. This dismissal was declared unlawful on 9 November 2022, but on 16 November Vavilina issued a new similar order, which in turn the court quashed on 27 February 2023. Zernikov also sought salary for the period of enforced absenteeism and compensation for its delay.\n\nVavilina links the harassment to the upcoming elections. After ten hours of interrogation, she was released on her own recognisance.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 315 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["315"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 315 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was the dismissal of Petr Zernikau, head of the administration of the municipal entity \"Gavan\". On 16 February 2022, the court reinstated Zernikov at work, but according to the next decision, he was again dismissed on 17 February 2022. This dismissal was declared unlawful on 9 November 2022, but on 16 November Vavilina issued a new similar order, which was subsequently annulled by the court on February 27, 2023. Zernikov also sought salary for the period of enforced absenteeism and compensation for its delay.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 21.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec7BV4CNDjdmCLem"},{"persecution_id":"rec0QnQVwaxnEUFys","last_updated":"2025-04-17T17:07:34.000Z","person_id":"recKnGJshyEwNf6R5","name_en":"Vladimir Garmash","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk region). On 22 August 2024,  it was reported that he had been detained while riding a bicycle on a country road. In the video published by the Investigative Committee press service, several law enforcement officers are seen running out of a car and forcing the detainee face down.; at the same time, another one runs up to the bicycle that has fallen to the side, picks up the backpack dropped by the man, and forcefully throws it closer to the car.\n\nGarmash was charged with discrediting the Armed Forces and causing property damage. He is accused of defacing 13 banners advertising contract-based military service. On December 9, 2024, he was sentenced to three years in a general-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["closed city of Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":130,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"A case of banner defacement in the Krasnoyarsk region","case_number":"1-339/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in June 2024, defaced 13 banners, causing damage in the amount of 30 thousand rubles.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 18.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 31 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.12.2024, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-09T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-09T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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In January 2024, he was declared wanted and arrested in absentia on charges of disseminating false information about the Armed Forces. Additional cases were brought against him in March 2024 for further discrediting the military, and in August 2024 for abusing state symbols after posting a video in which he burned his Russian passport. On 5 September 2024, Mr. Shpak was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for disseminating false information.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 329"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of a video on Shpak's YouTube channel entitled \"I am no longer Russian\". The blogger burns his passport while singing the Ukrainian anthem. In the video, he calls himself a person without a homeland and flag, and says, \"This is not a hype, it's some kind of symbol of what's going on. <...> I don't want to be associated with people who support terrorism and occupation today. I respect people who were born in the Soviet Union, but understand that Crimea is Ukraine, Putin is a criminal, and what is happening today is not a SWO, but a bloody war launched against a people who have been genocided for the last 107 years <...>.  I conclude everything that connected me with Russia and say goodbye to you\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recq4GAgcXUBGSO9D"},{"persecution_id":"recVwwxgGd4sTZXxb","last_updated":"2025-10-08T07:08:29.000Z","person_id":"recQddWTLnkP8nU98","name_en":"Viktor Levakov","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Moscow and a participant in the vigils at the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge near Boris Nemtsov’s memorial. On 22 August 2024, he was placed under house arrest on charges of financing extremist activities for his donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 25 February 2025, Levakov was sentenced to 3.5 years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":188,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Viktor Levakov’s case of donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation","case_number":"01-1007/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he made three donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation totalling approximately 3,500 rubles.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.08.2024 to 22.08.2024\n• house arrest: from 22.08.2024 to 25.02.2025\n• in custody: from 25.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody:  to 04.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.02.2025, Sentence: 3 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-25T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-25T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 22-08-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/08/d50313/?sphrase_id=2741753\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-08-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-finansirovanii-fbk/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recVwwxgGd4sTZXxb"},{"persecution_id":"recoj69G6IAYNhP73","last_updated":"2025-12-02T21:31:57.000Z","person_id":"recgtQtg6jcbwcH3w","name_en":"Konstantin Kotov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-02-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, IT specialist. Participated in various protest actions. After being detained at a rally on 10 August 2019 for fair elections, an administrative report was drawn up on Kotov for repeated violations at public events, but he was released after two days. In the evening of 12 August, Kotov was detained on a criminal charge of repeated violations at public events. His home was searched and 21 posters were seized. On 14 August, the court ordered him to be placed in custody. On 15 August, Kotov and his lawyer were informed about the completion of investigative actions.\n\nOn 5 September he was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 27 January 2020, the Constitutional Court decided to revise Kotov's sentence.\n\nOn 3 February, the Deputy Prosecutor General filed a submission to reduce Kotov's sentence to one year.\n\nOn 2 March, the cassation court returned Kotov's case to the appellate court. On 20 April, the appellate court reduced Kotov's sentence to 1 year and 6 months. On 16 December, Kotov was released.\n\nOn 21 August 2024, Kotov was searched as part of a case of financing extremist activities because of a donation to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. He was detained and placed under house arrest the next day. In January 2025, it became known that Kotov left Russia.\n\nOn 25 September 2025, Kotov was sentenced in absentia to five years in a strict regime colony in the case of donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":400,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of Konstantin Kotov about donations to the Anti Corruption Foundation","case_number":"01-0859/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was six transfers to the Anti-Corruption Foundation of 500 rubles each, made between August 2021 and 2022.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.08.2024 to 22.08.2024, TDF of the Department of Internal Affairs of the North-Eastern Administrative District of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• house arrest: from 22.08.2024 to 17.01.2025\n• arrest in absentia: from 17.01.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.09.2025, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-25T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-25T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 22-08-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/08/d50312/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-08-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-finansirovanii-fbk/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recoj69G6IAYNhP73"},{"persecution_id":"rec1g7mzDTmRhnDjd","last_updated":"2025-02-25T06:40:00.000Z","person_id":"recHwhxIMhtEYYN3s","name_en":"Andrey Pichurin","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Naberezhnye Chelny. In August 2024, it became known that a case of discrediting of the Armed Forces had been brought against him because of some comments in Telegram. On 21 January 2025, Pichurin was sentenced to three years of suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":151,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Pichurin's case of discrediting the RF Armed Forces","case_number":"1-1668/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was some comments in the Telegram under the nickname Dr.Who.\nIn December 2023, the Naberezhnye Chelny City Court sentenced Pichurin to administrative punishment under the article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Offences Code).","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 06.02.2025 to 05.02.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.01.2025, Sentence: 3 years' suspended sentence with a probation period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended sentence with a probation period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-21T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-21T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec1g7mzDTmRhnDjd"},{"persecution_id":"recK1ghUii87mPVQR","last_updated":"2026-04-06T15:58:44.000Z","person_id":"recOtK9Zjufc8AK28","name_en":"Yuri Bobkov","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":68,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Togliatti. On July 11, 2024, his home was searched as part of a case regarding financing extremist activities in connection with donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. Bobkov was placed under travel restrictions. On February 5, 2025, he was sentenced to a fine of 300,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tolyatti"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_ended":"2026-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":209,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Yuri Bobkov case of financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, on September 29, 2021, an \"unidentified person\" subscribed to monthly donations of 300 rubles to the FBK (Anti-Corruption Foundation) and made six such payments until February 25, 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 11.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.02.2025, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-05T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-05T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-finansirovanii-fbk/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recK1ghUii87mPVQR"},{"persecution_id":"recepxCmbGYxLa6dq","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"recraKqb2kH0RnzmY","name_en":"Ilya Shumanov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The head of Transparency International in Russia, Shumanov, was designated as a \"foreign agent\" in October 2022. In August 2024, it was reported that he had been placed on a wanted list in connection with a case alleging evasion of duties required of a \"foreign agent.\" Previously, Shumanov had been fined at least twice under a similar administrative charge (Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nInterestingly, one of the rulings, published on the website of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow, partially copied the text of a decision issued under the same article against the singer Monetochka. According to the ruling, Shumanov was accused of posting two videos on the singer's channel.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ilya Shumanov","persecution_case_profile_en":"On July 24, 2023, Shumanov was fined under the administrative article for evading duties as a \"foreign agent\" (Part 4 of Article 19.34 of the Administrative Code) due to a video on YouTube. However, according to the court's decision, the video in question was posted on the channel of singer Monetochka, who is also recognized as a \"foreign agent.\"\n\nOn August 30, 2023, Shumanov was fined again under the same article for distributing Transparency International materials on Telegram without labeling them as \"foreign agent\" content.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recepxCmbGYxLa6dq"},{"persecution_id":"recKfmhxV7aNKqCf9","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:35:14.000Z","person_id":"recCvqbd5UMqDhQkE","name_en":"Alexandra Frolova","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A member of Navalny's team, she is in charge of content and special projects in the team. No later than 8 August 2024, she was put on a wanted list as part of a case of participation in the activities of an extremist community. She was later arrested in absentia. On 13 April 2026, Frolova was sentenced in absentia to five years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":620,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":88,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the extremist community led by Navalny"],"case_name_en":"Alexandra Frolova's case of participation in the activities of an extremist community","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"having joined the extremist community no later than February 2020, being outside the Russian Federation at an unspecified location, according to her assigned role she became a member of Navalny's Team, participated in organising the work of Internet resources used by the extremist community, being outside the Russian Federation at an unspecified location, organised in December 2023, 100 days before the presidential election, an action to place banners in the cities of Moscow, St Petersburg and Novgorod. In addition, \"provided media support for the FBK projects \"Navalny's agitmachine\" and \"Free Navalny\" (Free Navalny) and as a presenter starred in videos posted on the YouTube channel \"Navalny LIVE\" and on the channel \"Navalny's Team\" on the social network Telegram, which are used to discredit the current government, including in connection with the special military operation in Ukraine, to promote the activities of the extremist community, the growth of protest sentiments aimed at the violent overthrow of the constitutional order, as well as to collect donations for the purpose of financing the extremist activities of the FBK\". At the same time, \"in the period from January 2023 to June 2024 on her profile in the social network Instagram (Instagram) posted, among others, on 17 January 2023, 14 February 2023, 29 May 2023, 30 October 2023, 07 December 2023, 01 January 2024, 14 February 2024, 17 February 2024, 24 February 2024, 07 June 2024, 10 June 2024, publications with similar content\", as well as \"carried out by transferring money through her personal account in Sberbank PJSC to a member of the extremist community\", Artem Krieger, \"to finance his extremist activities on the territory of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 26.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.04.2026, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-13T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-13T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 26-08-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/08/d50326/?sphrase_id=2741936\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recKfmhxV7aNKqCf9"},{"persecution_id":"reczEsUazcooMuAwK","last_updated":"2026-02-09T14:22:24.000Z","person_id":"recjrI4O5JebtGnS0","name_en":"Mariia Ogoreva","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia. On 9 August 2024, her home was searched. It was later revealed that a case had been opened against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organization due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist laws solely in connection with religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, and recruiting new members.\n\nOn 29 December 2025, the court sentenced Ogoreva to a two-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":507,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Mariia Ogoreva's case","case_number":"1-28/2025","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.12.2025, Sentence: 2 years' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-29T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-29T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 26-08-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/08/d50211/?sphrase_id=2741937\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reczEsUazcooMuAwK"},{"persecution_id":"rechCFN9JnKGgoyrt","last_updated":"2026-01-01T22:05:14.000Z","person_id":"recTX27mECp2AELPq","name_en":"Tatiana Pasynkova","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She is a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia. On 9 August 2024, her home was searched. A case was reported to have been initiated against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under articles on extremism exclusively in connection with their religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, as well as attracting new supporters. On 15 October 2025, Pasynkova was given a four-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":432,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Tatiana Pasynkova’s case","case_number":"1-37/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from 2019 to 2023, having been aware of the liquidation – in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation – of the religious organisation “Management Centre of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” and its affiliated local religious organisations, including the “Local Religious Organisation of Jehovah’s Witnesses of Nevinnomyssk” in connection with extremist activities and the ban on the activities of such associations, she voluntarily participated in the said banned organisation operating on the territory of the city of Nevinnomyssk. She organised meetings and worship services at which she preached sermons and taught classes on the basics of illegal religious activities and literature, and kept at her place of residence technical means, including mobile devices, with the help of which she continued to study and promote the benefits of the followers of the banned religious teachings.  ","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.10.2025, Sentence: A suspended sentence of 4 years’ imprisonment with a probational period of 2 years, a ban on activities related to participation in the work in civil society and religious organisations for 1 year, 1 year of restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"A suspended sentence of 4 years’ imprisonment with a probational period of 2 years, a ban on activities related to participation in the work in civil society and religious organisations for 1 year, 1 year of restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-15T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-15T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 26-08-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/08/d50211/?sphrase_id=2741937\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rechCFN9JnKGgoyrt"},{"persecution_id":"recnZi0k324XkigRZ","last_updated":"2025-12-17T07:59:57.000Z","person_id":"recZFl7gySK1rsBUi","name_en":"Iuliia Pasynkova","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Stavropol. On 9 August 2024, hew house was searched. It became known that a case was opened against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles exclusively because of religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 18 September 2025, Pasynkova was sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":403,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Iuliia Pasynkova's case","case_number":"1-38/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from 2019 to 2023, having been aware of the liquidation, in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, of the religious organisation \"Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\" and its affiliated local religious organisations, including the \"Local Religious Organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses of Nevinnomyssk\" in connection with extremist activities and the ban on the activities of such associations, she voluntarily took part in the said banned organisation operating on the territory of the Zelenchuksky district. Organised meetings and worship services at which she preached sermons and taught classes on the basics of illegal religious activities and literature, and kept at her place of residence technical means, including mobile devices, with the help of which she continued to study and promote the benefits of the followers of the banned religious teachings.  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On August 23, 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of participation in an extremist organisation, namely the \"international LGBT movement\", as well as forced sexual intercourse. The FSB press release stated that Zhuravlev, \"being a supporter of Satanism, promoted among his employees the idea of same-sex relations as a way of joining devil-worship.\" In addition, he allegedly said that \"adopting such a cult was necessary to obtain financial prosperity and achieve career advancement.\" On 20 March 2025, Zhuravlev was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":209,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ilia Zhuravlev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being a supporter of Satanism, he promoted among his subordinates the idea of same-sex relations as a way of joining the devil-worship\". In addition, he said that \"it was necessary to accept such a cult in order to obtain financial well-being and achieve career growth\". 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She positions herself as a \"politician, blogger and human rights activist\". On her social media, she criticizes the government authorities, covers protests, and comments on the offensive of The Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region.\n\nA neurologist by profession, she was previously an activist with the Independent Association of Doctors. In November 2023, her home was searched. She was accused of participating in the activities of a non-profit organization related to violence against citizens or otherwise causing harm to their health. That day, subsequent actions took place in several regions, including at the homes of activists linked to the All-People's Union for the Revival of Russia (APVR).\n\nOn August 28, 2024, Lushavina's home was searched in connection with a case of public justification of terrorism. A video was published on the Telegram channel \"#Razoblucheno\" (#Exposéd) in which Lushavina says she was beaten. She was taken in for interrogation, during which she felt unwell. An ambulance arrived quickly and took her to the hospital, but law enforcement officers demanded that the head doctor prohibit her hospitalization.\n\nThe next day Lushavina was taken into custody.\n\nOn 20 October 2025, Lushavina's preventive measure was changed to prohibit certain actions.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alina Lushavina’s case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-152/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was opened after a repost of a text by blogger Anatoly Nesmiyan about who might benefit from the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 28.08.2024 to 29.08.2024\n• in custody: from 29.08.2024 to 20.10.2025\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 20.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 30-08-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/08/d50346/?sphrase_id=2747867\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recU9dJrp4PeoG76K"},{"persecution_id":"rec9IkrpzigdQDywH","last_updated":"2024-09-06T10:37:29.000Z","person_id":"recVWvJkWfkGZaOgn","name_en":"Aram Petrosyan","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A restaurateur and the founder and CEO of Aram Group in the Samara region, Petrosyan became a suspect in August 2024 when it was reported that a case had been opened under the article on insulting the feelings of believers. The case is related to the decoration of the restaurant \"Sushkin Usyn,\" where Petrosyan is allegedly involved as one of the suspects.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 148 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 148 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"used religious symbols and associations in the names and interior designs of his establishments, which allegedly violated the moral and ethical standards of believers.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9IkrpzigdQDywH"},{"persecution_id":"reclU9md4ksdgVpaK","last_updated":"2025-08-07T17:59:20.000Z","person_id":"reckqKlA84DHuUHoL","name_en":"Petr Vrublevsky","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"The former Ukrainian ambassador to Kazakhstan. A case of incitement to hatred was brought against him. Presumably, the reason was an interview in which he said: \"The more we kill Russians now, the fewer \nour children will have to kill\". On 26 August 2024, Vrublevsky was sentenced in absentia to six years. On 11 November 2024, a court of appeal overturned the sentence. On 12 May 2025, the court of first instance again sentenced Vrublevsky to six years in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former officials"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":207,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Petr Vrublevsky's case on incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds were an interview given in August 2022 to a Kazakh blogger, during which Vrublevsky said: \"The more Russians we kill now, the fewer our children will have to kill later\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 04.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.08.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment, sentenced in absentia• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 12.05.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment, sentenced in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment, sentenced in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-26T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-12T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reclU9md4ksdgVpaK"},{"persecution_id":"recigErEIvYhqikxZ","last_updated":"2025-06-12T16:14:09.000Z","person_id":"rect2MMLDVCNT1eJv","name_en":"Andrei Petrauskas","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attjk1Dp9UXTFPHnt.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attjk1Dp9UXTFPHnt.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Krasnoyarsk. Supposedly a supporter of the \"Artpodgotovka\" movement. Detained in October 2022 on suspicion of arson at a military recruitment centre. During interrogation, according to the Baza Telegram channel, Petrauskas stated that he wanted to do a good deed for society. He was taken into custody.\nInitially, the case was opened under the article on attempted terrorist act, but later the arson was considered a completed act.\nOn 16 August 2023 Petrauskas was sentenced to 10 years in prison.\nIn August 2024, it became known that the convict was prosecuted under the article on public justification of terrorism because of a conversation with prisoners from Ukraine about the Russian Freedom Legion. On 14 November 2024, Petrauskas was sentenced on this case to two and a half years; the total term, taking into account the unexecuted part of the sentence from the previous conviction, was nine years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":105,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrej Petrauskas case on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a conversation with prisoners from Ukraine about the legion \"Freedom of Russia\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• in custody: \n• temporary hospitalisation: , Tuberculosis Hospital No. 1 of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Department of Penitentiary Services\n• : , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.11.2024, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony; taking into account the previous sentence, 9 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony; taking into account the previous sentence, 9 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-14T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-14T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recigErEIvYhqikxZ"},{"persecution_id":"recIL7SzYD6UhH9gd","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recEXHm6GDenpOlAW","name_en":"Andrei Epifanov","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaluga. On 30 August 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism. 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On 3 September 2024, he was searched in a case of incitement to hatred, after which he was interrogated and released in the status of a witness. However, on 5 September it became known that Nesterenko was a suspect in the case because of the publication of five Ukrainian songs in \"VKontakte\". On 7 September, he was taken into custody. Later it became known that he is also accused of calling for extremism. Nesterenko claims that he did not upload the songs to his page, but only saved what others had posted.\n\nOn 19 December 2025, Nesterenko was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":472,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Nesterenko's case about Ukrainian songs","persecution_case_profile_en":"The legal case was brought against the individual due to specific content posted on their VKontakte page. This included two videos and three audio recordings of Ukrainian songs: Mi Rostem (We Are Growing), Zapalimo z Ranku – UKRAЇNA PEREMOZHE (Ukraine Will Win), Zrodilis' mi velikoi godini (We Were Born in the Great Year), and Batko nash Bandera, Ukraina mati (Our Father Is Bandera, Ukraine Is a Mother).\n\nExperts from the Investigative Committee claimed that the songs contained \"elements that could potentially incite violence against Russians as a national group\" and \"encouraged the destruction of Russians as a military enemy\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.09.2024 to 07.09.2024, TDF of the Department of Internal Affairs of the South Administrative District of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow\n• in custody: from 07.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• : , Serbsky Centre\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody:  to 31.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.12.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-19T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-19T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-11-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://tskvsmfq---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/nesterenko-aleksandr-nikolaevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recSJeJp8BwFtbuFo"},{"persecution_id":"recAWt1RYOMLrivgq","last_updated":"2026-02-17T23:23:10.000Z","person_id":"recmqbzsOH5w0FBce","name_en":"Makar Nikolaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att0SL0avndWDOkaL.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att0SL0avndWDOkaL.png"],"birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ufa. In 2020, when he was a schoolboy, he developed a method of information search to create a nationwide archive dedicated to the history of the Great Patriotic War. His project won the All-Russian contest \"My Country - My Russia\", a project of the presidential platform \"Russia - a Country of Opportunities\".\n\nLater he left to study political science in Germany. In 2024, Nikolaev returned to Russia for the summer holidays, where he was detained. He was prosecuted for calling for terrorism because of his posts in support of Ukraine and the Russian Volunteer Corps. Nikolaev was remanded in custody. On 16 May 2025, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":501,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Makar Nikolaev's case on calls to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between March and October 2023, he wrote \"Heroes of the new Russia\" under a Freedom of Russia Legion's post in Instagram, as well as two more comments — under the posts of the Russian Volunteer Corps: \"beauties, you are already crushing tanks like peanuts. let them not relax, those Putin's scums\" and \"Putin's rats are fleeing, judging by Telegram, good luck to you\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.09.2024\n• in custody:  to 25.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 25.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.05.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-16T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-16T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/nikolaev-makar-dmitrievich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recAWt1RYOMLrivgq"},{"persecution_id":"recrcUk39HtMc5PmM","last_updated":"2025-02-03T17:38:42.000Z","person_id":"recuhL86FDTVBMwmX","name_en":"Ildar Maksinyaev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attAbhN9Q5zcPyeuj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attAbhN9Q5zcPyeuj.jpg"],"birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Mordovia. In September 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of organising the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\". According to the investigators' version, he was involved in the activities of an organisation related to the Falun Gong system of spiritual practices and \"under the guise of sports sections he was recruiting young people and through the distribution of leaflets and bulletins of the organisation involved residents of Mordovia in it, after which he taught them spiritual gymnastics \"qigong\" and the ideology of the movement\".\nOn 18 December 2024, Maksinyaev was sentenced to 400 hours of compulsory labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Mordovia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MO"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":106,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The \"Falun Gong\" case in Mordovia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"having started his activities in Falun Gong in the 2000s, under the guise of sports sections, led the recruitment of young people and through the distribution of leaflets and bulletins of the organisation involved residents of Mordovia, after which he taught them spiritual gymnastics \"qigong\" and the ideology of the movement\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.09.2024 to 18.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Mordovia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2024, Sentence: 400 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"400 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-01-2024\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-rossijskih-storonnikov-falungun/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recrcUk39HtMc5PmM"},{"persecution_id":"recsNeBlDRyNKE2C6","last_updated":"2025-12-09T16:13:24.000Z","person_id":"recBS32zFfBA1UWti","name_en":"Vladimir Lepskiy","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vyselki (Krasnodar krai). On 28 March 2024, criminal proceedings were initiated against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Lepsky was given a recognisance not to leave the country.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 24 October 2025, the court sentenced him to two years of suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":575,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vyselki"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Lepskiy's case","case_number":"1-46/2025 (1-176/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"read aloud to other participants religious books of Jehovah's Witnesses, emphasising that the said books contained true knowledge of God\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.10.2025, Sentence: 2 years of suspended imprisonment with restriction of liberty for 6 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of suspended imprisonment with restriction of liberty for 6 months","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-24T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-24T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 04-09-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/09/d49704/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recsNeBlDRyNKE2C6"},{"persecution_id":"recuDRWm2lFHckbQ0","last_updated":"2025-10-27T13:44:41.000Z","person_id":"recKS7ZzxBXcV6bFJ","name_en":"Natalia Novoseletskaya","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vyselok (Krasnodar region). On 28 March 2024, criminal proceedings were initiated against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Novoseletskaya was given a non-departure undertaking.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities: holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 30 September 2025, the court sentenced her to two years of suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":551,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vyselki"],"case_name_en":"The case of Natalia Novoseletskaya","case_number":"1-45/2025 (1-175/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"participated in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2024 to 16.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 16.10.2025 to 15.10.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.09.2025, Sentence: 2 years' of suspended imprisonment.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' of suspended imprisonment.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 04-09-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/09/d49704/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recuDRWm2lFHckbQ0"},{"persecution_id":"rec1DPZhpsacX5QQ7","last_updated":"2025-09-04T19:27:25.000Z","person_id":"recJJMOAWkuARj4kT","name_en":"Irina Ushakova","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vyselki (Krasnodar region). A criminal case was brought against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in a Jehovah's Witnesses community. Ushakova was given a covenant not to leave the country.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 4 July 2025, the court sentenced her to a two-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":505,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Vyselki"],"case_name_en":"Irina Ushakova's case","case_number":"1-44/2025 (1-174/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Ushakova \"took a direct part in religious education classes and sermons... entered into conversations and religious discussions with other participants, participated in discussions of the content of Jehovah's Witnesses religious books, including the so-called \"Holy Scriptures\" (Bible)... read Jehovah's Witnesses religious books aloud to other participants, emphasising that these books contained correct knowledge of God\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.07.2025, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty, suspended; 2 years' probationary period; 10 months' restriction of liberty; prohibition on participating in activities associated with the work of public religious organisations and associations","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty, suspended; 2 years' probationary period; 10 months' restriction of liberty; prohibition on participating in activities associated with the work of public religious organisations and associations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-04T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-04T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 04-09-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/09/d49704/\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec1DPZhpsacX5QQ7"},{"persecution_id":"recv3UioX9WxbOY4V","last_updated":"2026-02-17T17:55:03.000Z","person_id":"reciKWXEi4AhdCZy7","name_en":"Andrey Kotov","birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kovrov (Vladimir region). On September 5, 2024, the press service of the local branch of the Investigative Committee announced that he had been taken into custody in a case concerning the dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On April 9, 2025, Kotov was sentenced to three years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kovrov"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":220,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"fake information\" about the Russian Armed Forces in Kovrov ","case_number":"1-125/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, while on the territory of Kovrov, he deliberately posted on social networks at least 13 public messages that were accessible to an unlimited number of people and contained false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to protect the interests of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2024 to 02.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.07.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2025, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites using electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites using electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-09T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-09T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kotov-andrej-alekseevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recv3UioX9WxbOY4V"},{"persecution_id":"recuakW2OKDirESuY","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"rec7gAFVubobkEicJ","name_en":"Ian Matveev","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A political scientist, military analyst, associate of Alexei Navalny, a frequent guest of the \"Popular Politics\" YouTube channel. In May 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In September 2024, Matveev was put on the wanted list and arrested in absentia in a case of evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\".\n\nOn 24 February 2026, the court sentenced him in absentia to 400 hours of community service.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":541,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Ian Matveev's case of evasion of his duties as a “foreign agent”","case_number":"01-0003/16/2026","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 05.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2026, Sentence: 400 hours of community service in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour (заочно)"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"400 hours of community service in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-24T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-24T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recuakW2OKDirESuY"},{"persecution_id":"recqoAtHDIEc9FLil","last_updated":"2026-04-10T07:50:54.000Z","person_id":"recNtvyXETjemFQyi","name_en":"Alexander Glushkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attUJNUoWMloPvcNx.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attUJNUoWMloPvcNx.jpeg"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-05-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg, worked as a cable armourer at the Morozov Plant. In 2009, he participated in the elections to the Council of Deputies of the municipal formation of Morozovsky Urban Settlement from the local branch of the CPRF. In May 2024, a case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. He was placed under a recognisance not to abscond and placed in a psychiatric hospital for examination.\n\nIn the summer Glushkin was put on a regional wanted list - apparently, he was not admitted to the hospital at that time - and after his arrest he was sent into custody. He was kept there for about a month and later transferred to a medical institution.\n\nOn 18 September 2025, the court sentenced Glushkin to five years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":505,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Glushkin's case of spreading \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-1362/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated due to certain posts about Ukraine in a public group on a social network.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody","temporary hospitalisation","placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.05.2024 to 08.08.2024\n• in custody: from 08.08.2024\n• temporary hospitalisation: \n• in custody:  to 05.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 07.02.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.09.2025, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to posting on the Internet for a period of 3 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to posting on the Internet for a period of 3 years.","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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In September 2024, it became known that a case was opened against her for calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation because of a video in which she, according to the investigation, called for the financing of the AFU and \"discredited the goals of the SVO (special war operation)\".\n\nIn February 2025, it was reported that a new case was opened against Maksakova-Igenbergs - for evasion from fulfilling the duties of a \"foreign agent\".\n\nBoth cases were merged into one proceeding.\n\nOn 30 September 2025, the court sentenced her in absentia to four and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":390,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4","330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4","Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs' case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a video on her YouTube channel, published in August 2023 - a recording of an interview with the Ukrainian TV channel \"Now\", in which, according to the investigation, Maksakova-Igenbergs called for funding the AFU and \"discredited the goals of the SVO \".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 11.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.09.2025, Sentence: 4 years and 6 months imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administrate websites for 4 years\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years and 6 months imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administrate websites for 4 years\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-30T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-30T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recWYKrmbwwVYe2x9"},{"persecution_id":"recATv9qXcHxI855H","last_updated":"2025-10-27T08:57:48.000Z","person_id":"recY6sl2Ww47gfnLr","name_en":"Elizaveta Girdymova (Monetochka)","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Singer. Left Russia, actively opposed the war. In January 2023, she was included in the registry of \"foreign agents\". In September 2024 it became known that Monetochka was prosecuted for evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Monetochka's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Before the criminal case was initiated, Monetochka had been fined at least twice under the administrative article on failure to fulfil the duties of a \"foreign agent\" (Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 27.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recATv9qXcHxI855H"},{"persecution_id":"recyob1Us6qd15eq7","last_updated":"2026-01-19T08:46:14.000Z","person_id":"recaN0kLxst2sUF1m","name_en":"Aleksei Sobolev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attLNWhAskCsPa3Eb.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attLNWhAskCsPa3Eb.jpg"],"birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the village of Nizhny Odes (Komi). He was detained on 28 August 2024 after a search in his home. On 31 August, the court remanded him in custody in the case of public justification of terrorism because of four comments about the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Azov Battalion.\nDuring the court hearings on Sobolev's case it became known that his father died in the war. He went to the front, hoping that in this way it would be possible to achieve a mitigation of his son's sentence.\nOn 2 April 2024, Sobolev was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ukhta"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":217,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Aleksei Sobolev's case of the public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-17/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case is based on two comments on YouTube and two on Telegram, published in February and August 2024. On YouTube, Sobolev, according to the investigation, left comments under the videos of the opposition channel \"Popular Politics\" and the channel \"Bobochon 88\", which is run by a native of Tajikistan who took part in the war on the side of Russia. The first commentary says that \"the russian army and putin are Nazis and Z-tniks are Nazis too\"; the second commentary says \"Yes Ukraine is defending itself from Russian fascists, Glory to Ukraine, Glory to the RVC\".\nOn 12 and 13 August 2024, the ruling on the initiation of the case says, Sobolev left comments on the \"Nightingale Litter\" Telegram channel. In one post, he wrote \"Glory to Ukraine. Go the RVC. Long Live Balarus. White people forward and Putin is a di***.\" In another, \"Why not? Azov is power.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 28.08.2024 to 31.08.2024\n• in custody: from 31.08.2024 to 01.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• in custody: from 01.09.2024 to 01.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.04.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 3 years' prohibition to engage in activities related to administration of websites or channels using the electronic or telecommunication networks, including the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 3 years' prohibition to engage in activities related to administration of websites or channels using the electronic or telecommunication networks, including the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-02T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-02T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 14-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sobolev-aleksej-denisovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recyob1Us6qd15eq7"},{"persecution_id":"recrDWI93QQd6cXgW","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:12.000Z","person_id":"recm5DOpJIUoUJLOT","name_en":"Alisher Morgenshtern","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-02-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Rapper. In June 2022, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In September 2024, it became known that a case was brought against him for evasion of his duties as a \"foreign agent\". On 20 April 2026, Morgenstern was sentenced in absentia to a fine of seven million rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":596,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":85,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Morgenshtern's Case","case_number":"01-0008/349/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"For a long time, he published materials on his social networks without a label indicating that he is a \"foreign agent.\" Before the criminal case was initiated, Morgenstern was fined several times under the administrative article for distributing materials without appropriate labelling (part 4 of article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences): the first time he was fined 40,000 rubles (~420 USD), the second time 50,000 rubles (~520 USD), and the third time 45,000 rubles (~470 USD).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.04.2026, Sentence: a fine of 7,000,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 7,000,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":7000000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-20T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-20T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recrDWI93QQd6cXgW"},{"persecution_id":"recR9Rx1maU4ZldT2","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:04:08.000Z","person_id":"recWUzWitCGk7XAXQ","name_en":"Dmitry Pshenichny","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Saratov. On 10 September 2024, he was detained in a criminal case of libel. The reason was publications about employees of the local tax inspection published in the Saratov Reporter. According to journalist Anna Mukhina, Pshenichny's wife, in 2005, at the request of his friend and journalist Sergei Mikhailov, Pschenichny created the media's website and registered the domain in his name, but he was not involved in producing content and \"has had nothing to do with it for years\". The next day, the court elected a preventive measure against Pshenichny in the form of a ban on certain actions.\nAnna Mukhina was included in the registry of \"foreign agents\" in 2023.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 128.1"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Pschenichny's case of libel","persecution_case_profile_en":"Two articles about employees of the local tax inspectorate published in the Saratov Reporter were the reasons for criminal prosecution. ","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.09.2024 to 11.09.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 11.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recR9Rx1maU4ZldT2"},{"persecution_id":"recnXfFxNPUmyOkh8","last_updated":"2025-07-21T13:25:32.000Z","person_id":"recVMTScRXoS7tRvr","name_en":" Unknown male 174","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Ulan-Ude city. On 9 September 2024, it became known that a case was brought against him for desecration of symbols of military glory because he had drunkenly thrown a funeral wreath and flowers into the Eternal Flame.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Case of burning a funeral wreath on the Eternal Fire in the Ulan-Ude city","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, on the night of 2 September 2024 in the park \"Victory Memorial\" a certain drunken man threw a funeral wreath and flowers into the Eternal Flame","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 10-09-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/09/d50397/?sphrase_id=2742987\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recnXfFxNPUmyOkh8"},{"persecution_id":"recRlupxNa7w3oPUg","last_updated":"2024-11-20T11:48:21.000Z","person_id":"recYNpzpqfOt05vq9","name_en":"Nikolay Buchnev","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nalchik. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and in September 2024 it went to court. The reason was the publication of a certain audio recording in which, according to the prosecution, \"the actions of the Russian military\" in Ukraine \"are characterised as violent, criminal, associated with murder and torture\". He has been listed twice before as an extremist and terrorist by Rosfinmonitoring, details unknown. On 1 October 2024, Buchnev was given a one-year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nalchik"],"persecution_region_en":["Kabardino-Balkaria"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KB"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":30,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":4,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolay Buchnev's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-937/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in March 2024, he repeatedly disseminated in one of the social networks information materials containing statements aimed at discrediting the Russian Armed Forces\". On 26 February 2024, he was fined under the administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.10.2024, Sentence: 1 year of suspended prison sentence with deprivation of the right to hold office in the civil service or local government for a period of one year","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of suspended prison sentence with deprivation of the right to hold office in the civil service or local government for a period of one year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-01T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-01T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recRlupxNa7w3oPUg"},{"persecution_id":"recwo3qUYQCOfqJij","last_updated":"2026-02-12T16:50:16.000Z","person_id":"recZDgJQPJQ7ljFGj","name_en":"Natalia Fedorenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A lawyer from Gelendzhik.\n\nRepresented a client who acted a third party on the plaintiff's side in a case of illegal construction. Challenged the judge, arguing that he was a client in the veterinary clinic located in the disputed building and had treated his pet Spitz there, thus making him unfit to objectively adjudicate the case. The judge accepted the challenge and referred the case to a colleague.\n\nOn the 29th of February 2024, the Krasnodar Region Bar Association considered a submission made by the chairman of the Gelendzhik court that requested to deprive Fedorenko of her status as a lawyer on the basis of her collecting and disclosing information about a judge's personal life, but ultimately found no wrongdoings in her actions.\n\nOn the 5th of May 2024, a case of violating the right to privacy was initiated against Fedorenko. On the 2nd of October, Fedorenko was taken into in custody.\n\nOn the 10th of October 2024 Fedorenko was sentenced to 300 hours of corrective labour. In addition, the court banned her from practising law for two years.\n\nOn the 14th of January 2025, the Court of Appeal released Fedorenko from punishment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":157,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 137 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["137"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 137"],"case_name_en":"The Judge's Pet Spitz Case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case's initiation was a challenge made by Fedorenko to the judge of the Gelendzhik City Court: Fedorenko felt that he could not objectively adjudicate the lawsuit about the demolishing of the building, as it hosted a veterinary clinic where he treated his pet Spitz.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2024 to 10.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.10.2024, Sentence: 300 hours of correctional labour, as well as a two-year ban from practising law. ","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"300 hours of correctional labour, as well as a two-year ban from practising law. ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-09T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recwo3qUYQCOfqJij"},{"persecution_id":"recAwHmNlpAWWxUoE","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:04:08.000Z","person_id":"rec9yVqA1TRFNliWS","name_en":" Unknown male 176","birth_year":1993,"age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Udmurtia. The security forces-affiliated telegram channel \"No to Extremism!\" claims that he has no permanent job and is registered with a psychiatrist. 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In September 2024, it became known that a case of calls to terrorism had been opened against him because of his calls for an attempt on the life of representatives of state authorities. The man was harshly detained.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of calls to terrorism in Chelyabinsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"posted texts on the Internet containing calls to carry out terrorist activities and to make attempts on the life of representatives of state authority\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recu5WLqyO6Hk6JxT"},{"persecution_id":"recIeadAXeA4fjvkB","last_updated":"2026-04-12T17:35:12.000Z","person_id":"recfFw01L54Ho2fue","name_en":"Eldar Marchenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attyq2XAALXv6S1SO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attyq2XAALXv6S1SO.jpeg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, lecturer in sports management at RMA Business School. In 2022, wrote several columns for the independent paper \"Vot Tak\".\n\nOn August 1st 2024, FSB officers searched Marchenko's home without providing any documents permitting to do so. He was then taken for interrogation to the FSB Directorate in Lubyanka. On the way there, he was tortured with electricity, forcing him to sign a confession of working for the Ukrainian security services. Marchenko's defence filed an application about the use of torture to the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee, but received no response.\n\nImmediately after that Marchenko was arrested several times in a row on administrative articles, he served the arrests in the Sakharovo detention centre for foreign citizens. On 2nd of August he was sentenced to 15 days under the article on petty hooliganism (part 2 of article 20.1 of the Administrative Code). According to the published court decision, Marchenko was swearing in the street and refused to show his passport to the police.\n\nImmediately after the end of the first arrest, on August 17th, the teacher was again arrested for 15 days, this time under Part 1 of the same article. Marchenko was sentenced to a third arrest - 10 days - on September 2nd. In both cases, he was again allegedly swearing in a public place, this time near the Centre for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.\n\nOn September 11th 2024, the man was again detained at the exit from the detention center for foreign citizens and taken to an unknown location. Later it turned out that he was taken to the State Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee. The next day Marchenko was taken into custody on charges of committing a terrorist act. In March 2025, TASS reported that, according to the case materials, Marchenko gave the coordinates of the airfield in Kursk to the AFU for strikes on it. Later it was reported that Marchenko was also accused of coordinating other strikes on Kursk, as well as on the Rostov region. It was alleged that his case was merged with the case of attacks on Rostov region in 2022, opened on February 19, 2022, under the articles on the organisation of mass murder in a generally dangerous manner by an organised group, attempt on the life of a law enforcement officer, illegal border crossing by an organised group, deliberate destruction of property motivated by hatred or enmity and commission of a terrorist act by an organised group with serious consequences (Marchenko was charged only with the latter article).\n\nOn 12th of August 2025, Marchenko was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn March 2026, it became known that a case of high treason was opened against Marchenko.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":376,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of military attacks on regions of Russia"],"case_name_en":"Eldar Marchenko's case","case_number":"1-262/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, \"as part of an organised group, no later than August 22, 2023, using the Signal app he received information from unknown persons about the installation of GPS Test software on the phone he had purchased in Moscow and its activation in Kursk at the railway station\". In addition, \"as part of an organised group, while transmitting audiovisual and radio-electronic information to co-conspirators in the terrorist attack, he executed calculations and adjustments for  two UAVs filled with hexogen of 1 kg each. As a result, on August 27, 2023, an apartment building on Karl Marx Street in Kursk was damaged, and the second UAV exploded in mid-air.\" Allegedly he was also accused of involvement in attacks on the Rostov region in 2022.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.09.2024 to 12.09.2024\n• in custody: from 12.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 02.08.2024 to 17.08.2024, Temporary detention centre for foreign nationals (Sakharovo)\n• administrative detention: from 17.08.2024 to 02.09.2024, Temporary detention centre for foreign nationals (Sakharovo)\n• administrative detention: from 02.09.2024 to 11.09.2024, Temporary detention centre for foreign nationals (Sakharovo)\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.08.2025, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a maximum security prison","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a maximum security prison","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-12T10:03:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-12T10:03:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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Tatiana Sazonova, an aide to a State Duma deputy, demanded that a libel case be initiated against Boiko after he claimed that a 100-year-old World War II veteran had died of a coronavirus after visiting her.\n\nIn February 2023, an arrest warrant was issued for Boiko as part of a certain criminal case, details of which are unknown. On 31 March 2023, he was added to the register of “foreign agents”. In September 2024, a case was initiated against him for evasion of his duties as a “foreign agent”.\n\nOn 22 October 2024, Boiko was added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of extremists and terrorists, with a note that is placed at the names of people facing prosecution under terrorist articles.\n\nIn January 2026, the RBC and Kommersant newspapers reported that Boiko had been sentenced in absentia to 400 hours of compulsory labour in a case of evading his duties as a “foreign agent”.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Boiko’s case of evading the duties of a “foreign agent”","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 26.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, ","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour (заочно)"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recawKQ2tG1hTXYov"},{"persecution_id":"recSDVRHVrfVIibyS","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:44:26.000Z","person_id":"recTctUEq9DwkXQrf","name_en":"Maxim Shchetinkin","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Abakan. On 28 June 2024, he was taken into custody in a case of dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the motive of political hatred and with artificial creation of evidence. On 29 November 2024, Shchetinkin was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":154,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E,C Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Maxim Shchetinkin of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of Russian Federation","case_number":"1-738/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"independently produced by editing in the form of a screenshot a note about the strike by \"Tochka U\" on Kramatorsk\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.06.2024 to 07.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Khakassia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.02.2025 to 03.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Khakassia\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.03.2025 to 03.09.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.11.2024, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony with a ban on administering Internet sites for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony with a ban on administering Internet sites for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-29T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-29T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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On 12 September 2024, a search came to his home in a case of financing extremist activities due to donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Ilya Vorobyov's case on financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was prompted by donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation in 2021-2022.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recHXWIrH3uNFgduk"},{"persecution_id":"rec7gS219mPg7BozY","last_updated":"2025-02-03T18:22:04.000Z","person_id":"rec9SeWPoNdKzyh5i","name_en":"Olesya Kargina","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Samara region, a model. In May 2024, a case of insulting the feelings of believers was brought against her because of a nude photo shoot at the grave of her lover in the village of Bogatoe. The photos the girl posted in her Telegram channel \"Kargina without censorship\". Kargina believes that the denunciation on her was written by a classmate of her mother. On 2 December 2024, Kargina was sentenced to 360 hours of compulsory labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":215,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt","publication","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The case of the nude photo shoot in the cemetery","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a nude photo shoot that Kargina held at the grave of her lover in the village of Bogatoe. She published the photos in her Telegram channel \"Kargina without censorship\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.12.2024, Sentence: 360 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"360 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-02T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-02T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 12-09-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/09/d50409/?sphrase_id=2743127\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"rec7gS219mPg7BozY"},{"persecution_id":"rectJAuZRVhX0JrYH","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"recfpYChMp3MYTMn7","name_en":" Unknown male 179","birth_year":1987,"age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nevinnomyssk (Stavropol Territory). 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Gennadii was charged with confidential cooperation with a foreign state: according to the investigation, he had corresponded with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), expressing a volition to collaborate with Ukrainian intelligence. However, it appears that the correspondence with Novitskii was actually conducted by Russian security services.\nAugust 13, 2024, was sentenced to three and a half years of imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":225,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Gennadii Novitskii's case of confidential collaboration with Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in July of 2023, \"through correspondence in messengers, he established contact with representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine, informing them of his desire to assist them in activities against the Russian Federation. This became known to the Russian security services.\" Between November of 2023 and February of 2024, Novitsky, \"convinced that he was in contact with a member of the Security Service of Ukraine, sent messages to a phone number controlled by the Russian security services. In those messages he offered options for his participation in countering the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2024 to 04.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.09.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• Unknown: , Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.08.2024, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 700,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a fine of 700,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":700000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-13T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-13T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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During the investigation she was on hunger strike for some time due to the extension of the detention period. She was found guilty of hooliganism and sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. During her stay in a colony in Perm Krai, she went on hunger strike for some time due to the harsh conditions of detention. She was denied parole.\n\nOn 23 December 2013, Alyokhina was amnestied.\n\nOn 27 January 2021, Alyokhina was detained as part of a criminal case for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules, and her flat was searched. On 29 January, the court sent Alyokhina under house arrest. Later she was charged with incitement to violate the rules.\n\nOn 10 September, she was sentenced to a year of restricted freedom. On 21 April 2022, due to the fact that Alyokhina cut off the electronic bracelet she was wearing, the court commuted her remaining sentence of 21 days to imprisonment. Alyokhina did not appear at the trial, and on 26 April it became known that she was wanted.\n\nIn September 2024, Alyokhina, along with four other members of Pussy Riot, was put on a wanted list in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The reason was the clip \"Mum, don't watch TV\" and an anti-war action in a Munich museum.\n\nOn 15 September 2025, the court sentenced her in absentia to 13 years and 15 days in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":379,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Pussy Riot members’ case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0454/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for the criminal case were the Pussy Riot video Mama, Don’t Watch TV, published on YouTube in 2022: according to the investigation, the video and its English-language commentary formed a “semantic unity” which, “motivated by political hatred”, disseminated knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces.\n\nThe second episode in the case was the group’s participation in a protest action at Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne art museum on 18 April 2024: according to the investigation, members of Pussy Riot “publicly, as an organised group and motivated by political hatred, shouted slogans about the destruction by Russian Armed Forces of the civilian infrastructure [in Ukraine?] during the special military operation”, and one of them urinated on a portrait of Putin.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 03.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2025, Sentence: 13 years and 15 days' imprisonment, in absentia.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years and 15 days' imprisonment, in absentia.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0KxzcRXXkq8dAF"},{"persecution_id":"rec5cjIyeo0GVCnA3","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:55:08.000Z","person_id":"recca4W1dkMcU1EGB","name_en":"Olga Borisova","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Pussy Riot member. In September 2024, she was put on a wanted list in the case of disseminating knowingly false information about Russian Armed Forces because of the music video \"Mum, don't watch TV\" and an anti-war action in a Munich museum. 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The second episode in the case was the group's participation in a protest action in Munich's Pinakothek der Moderne art museum on 18 April 2024: according to the investigation, the Pussy Riot members \"publicly, in an organised group, on the grounds of political hatred, shouted slogans about the destruction by Russian Armed Forces of the civilian infrastructure [in Ukraine?] during the special military operation\", and one of them urinated on Putin's portrait.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 03.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2025, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5cjIyeo0GVCnA3"},{"persecution_id":"rech07y4OfikEpmtf","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:55:47.000Z","person_id":"rec95RXeVKQXopvPo","name_en":"Diana Burkot","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A member of Pussy Riot. In September 2024, she was put on a wanted list in the case of disseminating deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation because of the clip \"Mum, don't watch TV\" and the action in the Munich Museum. On September 15, 2025, the court sentenced her in absentia to eight years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":379,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Pussy Riot members’ case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0454/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated for the Pussy Riot music video titled, “Mama, Don’t Watch TV”, published on YouTube in 2022. According to the investigation, both the video and its English-language commentary form a “semantic unity” that due to “motives of political hatred” spreads deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The second count in the case involved the group’s participation in a protest at Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne art museum on April 18 2024. The investigation claims that Pussy Riot members, “publicly and as part of an organised group, motivated by political hatred, shouted slogans about the destruction by Russian Armed Forces of the civilian infrastructure [in Ukraine?] during the special military operation,” with one member allegedly urinating on a portrait of Vladimir Putin.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 03.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2025, Sentence: sentenced in absentia to 8 years’ imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentenced in absentia to 8 years’ imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rech07y4OfikEpmtf"},{"persecution_id":"reczRiZOz490yRRdA","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"reco894fITMKot4Ec","name_en":"Alina Petrova","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A violist, a member of various musical ensembles, as well as Pussy Riot. In September 2024, she was put on a wanted list in a case of disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of the music video \"Mom, Don't Watch TV\" and an action in a Munich museum. On 15 September 2025, a court sentenced her in absentia to eight years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":379,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","public action","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Pussy Riot members’ case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0454/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the Pussy Riot music video titled “Mom, Don’t Watch TV”, published on YouTube in 2022: according to the investigation, the video clip and the English-language commentary to it form a “semantic unity” in which knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is disseminated “motivated by political hatred”. The second count in the case was the group’s participation in a protest action in Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne Art museum on 18 April 2024: according to the investigation, the Pussy Riot members “publicly, in an organised group, motivated by political hatred, shouted slogans about the destruction of civilian infrastructure by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation [Ukraine?] during the special military operation”, and one of them urinated on Putin’s portrait.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 03.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2025, Sentence: 8 years’ imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years’ imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reczRiZOz490yRRdA"},{"persecution_id":"recrcukLx5JLL7CwT","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:57:01.000Z","person_id":"rectkuyOn2iGPMWIe","name_en":"Taso Pletner","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Actress, Pussy Riot member. In September 2024, Taso Pletner was put on the wanted list in the crimial case of disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The grounds for that were the clip \"Mom, don't watch TV\" and a museum performance in Munich. On 15 September 2025, the court sentenced her in absentia to 11 years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":379,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","public action","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Pussy Riot members’ case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0454/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The ground for initiating the criminal case was Pussy Riot music video \"Mom, don't watch TV,\" published on YouTube in 2022. According to the investigation, the video clip and the accompanying English-language comment form a \"semantic unity\" that spreads knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces \"on motives of political hatred\". The second episode of the case concerns the group's participation in a protest action at the \"Pinakothek der Moderne\" art museum in Munich, held on 18 April 2024. According to the investigation, members of Pussy Riot “publicly, in an organised group, motivated by political hatred, shouted slogans about the destruction of civilian infrastructure by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation [Ukraine?] during the special military operation” and one of them urinated on a portrait of Putin.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 03.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2025, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recrcukLx5JLL7CwT"},{"persecution_id":"recpXNWxI8z5cNNze","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recJetJd3RTIeIWjn","name_en":"Andrei Soloviev","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chita. In September 2024, it became known that a case had been opened against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On 10 October 2024, Soloviev was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony; further details remain unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":283,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Soloviev's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-681/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, “having previously been held administratively liable for a similar offence, he repeatedly, within a year — from 29 September 2022 to 13 February 2023 — posted comments, reposts, and publications on his personal VKontakte page, which was accessible to the public. These posts expressed clear disrespect for the Russian society and promoted a negative, hostile, and contemptuous attitude towards the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation participating in the special military operation in Ukraine.”\n\nThe publications allegedly contained references to Russian servicemen’s involvement in killings and looting, misrepresented the objectives of the “special military operation” by claiming they were aimed at the colonisation of Ukraine, and discredited the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for protecting the interests of Russia and its citizens, maintaining international peace and security, and carrying out the official functions of Russian state bodies.\n\nHe also made “a repost of a publication containing a model establishing cause-and-effect relationships regarding the special military operation, written in a sarcastic tone, which discredited the activities of representatives of the Russian Armed Forces.”\n\nIn January 2024, Soloviev was held administratively liable under the article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 03.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaykalsky krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaykalsky krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Zabaykalsky krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.10.2024, Sentence: 2 years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, with 2 years' deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites, forums, group chats, and social media groups using electronic or information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, with 2 years' deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites, forums, group chats, and social media groups using electronic or information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-10T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-10T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-03-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/solovyov-andrej-andreevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recpXNWxI8z5cNNze"},{"persecution_id":"recX44U98TX3inNUq","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recxq0XkER0bMeFrC","name_en":"Albina Valiakhmetova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attkBn7rf6HsGdZZ6.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attkBn7rf6HsGdZZ6.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kazan. Her husband Amir Khakimullin was sentenced in 2016 to 17 years in a strict regime colony on charges of involvement in a terrorist organisation, namely the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 17 September 2024, Valiakhmetova was detained on the same charge and taken into custody the next day.\n\nThe Hizb ut-Tahrir party was recognised as a terrorist party and banned in the Russian Federation in 2003. Human rights activists considered this ban to be groundless, as there was no evidence that members of this party were involved in terrorist activities. Twenty years later, the party actively expressed support for terrorist activities against Israel. Nevertheless, in Russia people are persecuted not even for their statements, much less for involvement in terrorist acts, but solely on the basis of alleged membership, which, as a rule, is reduced to meetings in flats and the study of literature.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fourth Kazan case of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she headed a cell of a terrorist organisation, \"carried out targeted work to spread terrorist ideology based on the doctrine of the creation of the so-called world caliphate on the territory of the Russian Federation\" and recruited other people.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.09.2024 to 18.09.2024\n• in custody: from 18.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 18-09-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/09/d50437/?sphrase_id=2743412\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recX44U98TX3inNUq"},{"persecution_id":"rec0nm7vsWQNFtixh","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"reccRYuhqyRCDxEGv","name_en":"Rania Vaisova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att5PayTZiXBvYfnn.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att5PayTZiXBvYfnn.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kazan. On 17 September 2024, she was detained on the charge of organizing operations of a terrorist organization, in connection with her alleged involvement with the activities of the Islamist party Hizb-ut-Tahrir. The next day, she was taken into custody.\n\nThe Hizb ut-Tahrir party was recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation in 2003. Human rights activists considered this decision groundless, as there was no evidence of its members being involved in terrorist activities. Twenty years later, however, the party actively expressed support for terrorism against Israel. 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On 17 September 2024, she was detained on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with her alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir and was taken into custody the following day.\n\nThe Hizb ut-Tahrir party was recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned in the Russian Federation in 2003. Human rights activists considered this ban to be groundless, as there was no evidence that members of this party were involved in terrorist activities. Twenty years later, the party actively expressed support for terrorist activities against Israel. 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On September 17, 2024, she was detained on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization due to her alleged involvement with the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, and the following day, she was placed in custody.\n\nThe Hizb ut-Tahrir party was declared a terrorist organization and banned in Russia in 2003. Human rights advocates considered this ban unfounded, as there was no evidence linking the party’s members to terrorist activities. Twenty years later, the party openly expressed support for terrorist actions against Israel. 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On the same day, the court imposed a preventive measure on Aramyan, prohibiting certain activities, which specifically prohibited him to leave his home for more than one minute per day. Later, the appellate court allowed Aramyan to go for walks for up to two hours a day. The investigation scheduled interrogations for him on all working days until the end of May.\n\nOn April 12, 2022, Aramyan was sentenced to two years of corrective labor, and the preventive measure was lifted.\n\nIn August, it became known that he had left Russia.\n\nIn May 2024, a criminal case was initiated against Aramyan on charges of spreading knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces and publicly justifying terrorism. In September, he was arrested in absentia. On February 27, 2025, Aramyan was sentenced in absentia to ten years and one month in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":302,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Armen Aramyan regarding \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-79/2025","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 18.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.02.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":121,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recqwXnHxcdVwxiGn"},{"persecution_id":"recBPQb32kgX9855F","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:09:18.000Z","person_id":"rec77adFGJV3i4iph","name_en":"Viktor Ermolaev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Kharkiv, a lawyer. In February 2022, the propaganda TV channel RT named him as the administrator of the \"SVR General\" Telegram channel. At that time, political scientist Valery Solovei's place was searched in Moscow as part of a case of incitement to hatred related to publications in this channel. Ermolaev denied any connection with the Telegram channel, saying that someone had used his data as a result of \"careless use of the Internet\" on his part. On 18 September 2024, the lawyer was placed in custody in absentia. Later it became known that Ermolaev was also charged with spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 25 March 2026, he was sentenced in absentia to ten years' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":553,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":79,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the 'SVR General' Telegram channel","persecution_case_profile_en":"The website \"Zaporizhzhya News Line\" claims that the reason for launching a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces were reports about \"Russia's preparations to use nuclear weapons to strike Ukraine, the Russian army shelling the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Energodar (which is already under Russian control) and even mining the same nuclear power plant\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.03.2026, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-25T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-25T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recBPQb32kgX9855F"},{"persecution_id":"recFgnEoDbpnVl3Qt","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:09:55.000Z","person_id":"recCbIDGkk5VDU8g3","name_en":" Unknown male 183","birth_year":2005,"age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Primorsky Krai, a student of a local university. In September 2024, it became known that he was arrested in a case of public justification of terrorism due to statements approving the activities of a certain Ukrainian military unit.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case on public justification of terrorism in the Primorsky region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on September 29, 2023, he posted in a messenger \"public statements justifying the activities of a Ukrainian military unit\" which was recognized as terrorist in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recFgnEoDbpnVl3Qt"},{"persecution_id":"rec9Zy96NGDaEicKd","last_updated":"2025-11-24T16:34:51.000Z","person_id":"recFftqoKHVAKzXFY","name_en":"Kirill Martynov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe, one of the founders of the Free University educational project, and a member of the governing board of the Anti-War Committee of Russia - all of these organisations have been recognised as \"undesirable\". In September 2022, Martynov was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In September 2024, it became known that a case was brought against him for organizing the activities of an \"undesirable organization\". On April 22, 2025, Martynov was sentenced in absentia to six years. On October 14, 2025, the FSB announced that a case of violent seizure of power and organization of activities of a terrorist community had been opened against Martynov and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia. 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In May 2023, he took leave and informed his mother that he would not return to the front. Kasimov left for Kazakhstan. On 23 April 2024, he was detained in Astana at the factory where he worked. He was then taken to the Kazakh town of Priozersk, home to a Russian military unit and the 496th Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee. From there, he was transferred to Omsk.\n\nThe Kazakh Interior Ministry later told BES.Media that on 13 June, the court in Priozersk decided to deport Kasimov from the country; at the hearing, Kasimov himself requested deportation. On 13 August 2024, he was sentenced to six years in a strict-regime penal colony on charges of desertion, with the Priozersk-based court issuing the sentence while he was in Omsk.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":112,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 338 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["338"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 338"],"case_name_en":"Kamil Kasimov’s case of desertion","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 29.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.08.2024\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Omsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Omsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.08.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-08-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-08-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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On 12 September 2024, he was placed under house arrest in a case concerning the financing of extremist activity, linked to a donation to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). On 13 February 2025, Grishin was sentenced to a fine of 350,000 rubles (approximately US$4,000). On 17 June, the Moscow City Court, on appeal, toughened the sentence, replacing the fine with three and a half years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":165,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Anton Grishin's case","case_number":"01-0513/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was seven donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 12.09.2024 to 13.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Smolensk Region\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2025, Sentence: A fine of 350,000 rubles (approximately US$4,000).","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 350,000 rubles (approximately US$4,000).","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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The school principal was put on a wanted list. On 17 September, he was detained at Almaty airport while trying to fly to Turkey and sent under extradition arrest.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2024-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 207.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgeny Nakaznenko's case about spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and publicly justifying terrorism","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recIi7HhzimhNYGzk"},{"persecution_id":"recwQWgNC4KC12qsg","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:04:08.000Z","person_id":"recFZnUs2kZcs1QTA","name_en":"Nikita Ochnev","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladivostok. In September 2024, a case of calling for terrorism was opened against him because of his publications on VKontakte, where, according to the investigation, he called for the seizure of power and violent actions against top Russian officials. 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In his own words, he was engaged in sports development, arranged competitions and led training sessions with children. On 13 August 2024, he was taken into custody in a case of public justification of terrorism because of a repost of the appeal to Russians by the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK).\n\nOn 3 September 2025, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, agreeing with the defence's arguments that the linguistic expertise on which the case was based had been carried out in an institution which, at the time of its preparation, was not entitled to prepare both the expertise itself and expert report.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orekhovo-Zuyevo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Apestin's case on public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-469/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 9:47 a.m. to 2:32 p.m. on 22 May 2023 (the investigation has not established a more precise time), Apestin, who was on the territory of the Orekho-Zuyevsky district of the Moscow region in his flat at his place of residence at ... Centralnaya Street, 13, flat 46, who felt dislike for President Putin of the Russian Federation, the authorities of the Russian Federation and the special military operation being conducted in Ukraine, and who supported Ukraine and President Zelensky of Ukraine, had a criminal intent to disseminate materials aimed at the public distribution of terrorist ideology. Implementing his criminal intent aimed at the public dissemination of materials aimed at forming an ideology of terrorism, a belief in its attractiveness, an idea that terrorist activity is permissible, an idea that the ideology and practice of terrorism are correct and need to be supported and imitated, that is, an ideology of violence and a practice of influencing decision-making by State authorities, local authorities or international organizations, associated with the intimidation of the population, and other forms of unlawful violent actions, realizing the illegality and unlawfulness of their actions and desiring the onset of socially dangerous and unlawful consequences in the form of inciting other citizens to carry out terrorist activities, supporting the terrorist activities of the Ukrainian paramilitary association \"Legion of Freedom of Russia\", which by the Decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated March 16, 2023 was recognized as a terrorist organization (its activities on the territory of the Russian Federation are prohibited), acting deliberately and publicly, on May 25, 2023 at about 2:01 pm, being in their home at the above address, using a personal computer the Windows 10 Pro operating system, iPhone 14 Pro Max mobile phone, having access to the Internet, having access to the VKontakte social network, using the user page \"Vladislav Apestin\", a page which is used and edited by him, posted a video recording of an appeal by the \"Legion of Freedom of Russia\" to the Russians, containing, according to the conclusion of a forensic psychological and linguistic examination, a set of psychological and linguistic signs of propaganda and ideology of the Ukrainian paramilitary association \"Legion of Freedom of Russia\", which are expressed by a positive assessment of the ideology of their activities, convincing the target addressee of Russians of the need, correct nature, significance of these ideologies of activity, the socio-psychological orientation of the information presented by the video recording and the publication as a whole, the formation in the addressee of a positive emotional and semantic attitude towards the ideology and activities of the organization \"Legion of Freedom of Russia\", a readiness to accept the proposed point of view. The recording was posted publicly and repeatedly viewed by a wide range of Internet users. By his actions Apestin promote the ideology of terror, prepares the basis for its spread, forms public opinion on the need to promote and support terrorists, tolerance to their actions, makes an attempt to change the worldview of an indeterminate number of people regarding these criminal activities.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/apestin-vladislav-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recNbdyMZqEfkvSq0"},{"persecution_id":"recTww1Odv07u9Kwu","last_updated":"2026-03-27T20:17:46.000Z","person_id":"recodePfhufQ4WteU","name_en":"Samvel Babaian","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attnOb7FegIfTS68g.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attnOb7FegIfTS68g.jpg"],"birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Samara. On 16 September 2024, he was detained and sent to custody on 18 September on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. The reason was Babaian's alleged involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn the day of the arrest, a police officer threatened Babaian's 17-year-old son, according to the Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia portal. The teenager, along with his mother, was detained the same day and taken to the local department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs separately from his parents. The police officer stated that the teenager would receive a real sentence in a colony if he did not incriminate his relatives.\n\nOn 17 October 2025, Babaian was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony, despite his serious illnesses.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":396,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Samvel Babaian's case","case_number":"1-376/2025","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.09.2024 to 18.09.2024\n• in custody: from 18.09.2024 to 21.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Samara region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-09-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recTww1Odv07u9Kwu"},{"persecution_id":"recwrqX5rk2PM1NNC","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recxohreDXPCLmAcG","name_en":"Ivan Kolodiazhnyi","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Saratov. Worked as a bartender in a chain of beer shops,  engaged in the resale of equipment. In March 2024 he was detained by FSB officers. During the search he was insulted, threatened with physical violence. During the interrogation, as Kolodiazhnyi says, he was offered to eat lard, then to sign a contract and redeem himself with blood, the request to provide a lawyer was met with abuse and rudeness. In addition, judging by the story of the persecuted, the officers entered in the search engine on his phone a request for training courses on UAV control. A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Kolodiazhnyi because of a comment in \"VKontakte\" about the detonation of the Crimean bridge.\nOn 20th of November 2024, a sentence was passed, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bartenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":264,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Kolodiazhnyi's case of on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Kolodiazhnyi himself, the reason for the case was a comment in the \"Saratov Life\" public group in \"VKontakte\" under the entry about the Crimean bridge detonation: \"You have problems with logic, apparently, as for what ours did on their land, they have every right to do the same now, (an eye for an eye so to speak) If you thought that you could be atrocious and not get at least a drop of this back, you were very wrong.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.11.2024, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-20T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-20T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recwrqX5rk2PM1NNC"},{"persecution_id":"recaf1o8kmlWlXtzu","last_updated":"2024-11-13T07:33:29.000Z","person_id":"recaJSD7GE7khWrbT","name_en":"Marsel Akhiyaretdinov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bashkortostan. In February 2024, it became known that the Investigative Committee was checking a video he had published in which he, standing on Mamaev Kurgan, asked Putin to dress the Motherland monument more modestly. Before the inspection, Akhiyaretdinov had published another video in which he apologised to the veterans of the Great Patriotic War. Nevertheless, a case of desecration of symbols of military glory was brought against him.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":264,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Rasul Akhiyaretdinov about the video about \"Motherland\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 6 February, being on the territory of the memorial complex on Mamaev Kurgan, \"in a cynical, disregarding the norms of morality and morality, recorded on video his judgement on the appearance of the monument \"Motherland Calls\" and then posted the video on the Internet.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.10.2024","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-22T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-22T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 23-09-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/09/d50461/?sphrase_id=2743713\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recaf1o8kmlWlXtzu"},{"persecution_id":"recmfma4NUVG1jsyy","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recHVyxZX1hO2w5NL","name_en":"Aleksei Demchenko","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novokuznetsk and a leading specialist at the Russian Railways (RZhD) technical audit centre. In July 2024, he was remanded in custody on charges of participating in a terrorist organisation due to his alleged involvement in Artpodgotovka, an informal movement of politician Vyacheslav Maltsev’s supporters.\n\nInvestigators also claim that Demchenko is involved in a case regarding the preparation of a terrorist attack, though the details remain unknown. Testimony against him was provided by Yury Martyanov, another Kemerovo Region native, who was detained in July 2024 on charges of committing a terrorist act.\n\nThe cases brought against alleged Artpodgotovka participants show signs of fabrication; the authorities appear to be attempting to portray essentially random individuals as dangerous revolutionaries.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of involvement in \"Artpodgotovka\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 25.07.2024 to 26.07.2024\n• in custody: from 26.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recmfma4NUVG1jsyy"},{"persecution_id":"rec52IRdgOIljh0OA","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"recx8tEbM48ysn938","name_en":"Tatiana Shadrina (Felgengauer)","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lived in Moscow, worked as a presenter at Ekho Moskvy radio station until its closure in 2022. Co-host on Deutsche Welle's YouTube channel in Russian, co-host of regular streams on Mediazona. In October 2022, she was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In September 2024, it became known that Felgengauer was prosecuted for evading her duties as a foreign agent. In May 2025, it was reported that she was also prosecuted for incitement to terrorism because of her broadcast about the blowing up of Igor Kirillov, the head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defence Troops, near an apartment block on Ryazansky Prospekt in Moscow: Felgengauer admitted that after learning about the assassination attempt, she said to herself: \"This is cool\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Tatiana Felgengauer's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of a case of public justification of terrorism was a video on the Popular Politics YouTube channel on December 17, 2024, which discussed the blowing up of Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defence Troops, outside an apartment block on Ryazansky Prospekt in Moscow. The investigators sent for examination the first part of her answer to a question about Kirillov: \"It seemed to me that this is, of course, very important news. I will now try to avoid emotional epithets, but let's put it this way, I said right out loud: \"That's cool.\" Cool in the sense that it's very serious. It is very serious, and I assume, I don't know, but I assume that all these people who are behind the criminal orders <...> and the continuation of the war of aggression against Ukraine, this morning when they read this news, they all got scared, they will all be very uncomfortable for the rest of their lives.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 20.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec52IRdgOIljh0OA"},{"persecution_id":"reciGr3M9YI7ir22l","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:09:55.000Z","person_id":"recG58PofRRAHOWUw","name_en":"Sergey Trofimtsev","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Astrakhan; he left Russia. According to politzek.org, in January 2024, he was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism for a video in which he discusses raids in the Belgorod region carried out by formations fighting on the side of Ukraine and for appeals to the residents of Kazakhstan to “liberate” Astrakhan.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Astrakhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Trofimtsev’s case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to politzek.org, the grounds for the prosecution was a video published on Telegram, in which Trofimtsev recalls the “events” in the Belgorod region and says that “our people have started to liberate their own territories from Putin’s bastards” and appeals to the citizens of Kazakhstan: “Astrakhan is an ancestral Kazakh land. Take this opportunity to free it from the fascist power of Putin, who has ruined all our lands, who has done everything to make the elderly, children and just people live in utter shit.” According to the version of the investigation, in this video Trofimtsev justified the actions of the “RDK” and the Freedom of Russia Legion in the Belgorod region and called on residents of Kazakhstan to carry out terrorist attacks in the territory of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reciGr3M9YI7ir22l"},{"persecution_id":"recjH9pBsfaxLxREr","last_updated":"2026-01-16T15:59:22.000Z","person_id":"recIh6wyAL6NbDcWS","name_en":"Unknown person 84","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":429,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Ivanov`s case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-29/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In February 2024, Ivanov was fined 30,000 rubles under Article 20.3.3 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offences for \"discrediting the army\" after posting comments on social media that negatively assessed the conduct of the special military operation. 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In September 2024, it became known that a case was opened against her for illegal border crossing connected to her work in the Kursk region occupied by the Ukrainian army.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_group_en":["The case of foreign journalists"],"case_name_en":"The case of foreign journalists","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recZ5GJ6f9QBYH8Ji"},{"persecution_id":"recxqHktf0c74bxPH","last_updated":"2025-10-15T11:54:11.000Z","person_id":"recMu8M9dRcx0pwIO","name_en":"Rostislav Murzagulov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Formerly a deputy head of the Presidential Administration of Bashkortostan and a member of the local Public Chamber. He was the host of the YouTube channel Otkrytye media (\"Open Media\") (later NEVZLIN.media). In December 2022, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In September 2024, it became known that Murzagulov had been declared wanted. A case was brought against him for disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\". In July 2025 a court sentenced him in absentia to eight years in a general-regime penal colony, a fine of 250,000 rubles and a four-year ban on administering websites.\n\nOn 18 August 2025, Murzagulov was added to Rosfinmonitoring's list of \"terrorists and extremists\". His name was marked with an asterisk, which is how they mark defendants in cases brought under terrorist articles. Until then there had been no reports that Murzagulov had been prosecuted under such articles. The details of this case are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":549,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Rostislav Murzagulov’s case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces and evading the duties of a “foreign agent”","case_number":"1-250/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2024, the defendant, being outside the Russian Federation, posted a video containing knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the conduct of the special military operation on a popular video hosting channel administered by him.\nIn addition, the man, having been declared a foreign agent, repeatedly posted publications on the same video hosting site and on his social networks without indicating this status. At the same time, he had previously been brought to administrative responsibility for similar offences.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.07.2025, Sentence: 8 years’ imprisonment in absentia and a fine of 250 thousand rubles with a deprivation of the right to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years’ imprisonment in absentia and a fine of 250 thousand rubles with a deprivation of the right to administer websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-03T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-03T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxqHktf0c74bxPH"},{"persecution_id":"reccFP98MO4wDIXwU","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:04:48.000Z","person_id":"rec20Gdmgknh4zzZe","name_en":"Vladimir Vernyaev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Borisoglebsk (Voronezh region). Together with activists of the \"Borisoglebsk Anti-Corruption Committee\" wrote complaints against Dmitry Shiryaev, a deputy of the Regional Duma. In their opinion, the unanimous activist did not fulfil his duties to his constituents. The activists also demanded to check the deputy's oil factory, which, according to them, discharges waste into the Khoper River. In June 2024, a case was opened against Vernyaev because of leaflets defaming Shiryaev. He denies involvement. For the duration of the investigation, he was given a covenant not to leave.\n\nOn 21 October 2025, the court sentenced him to 450 hours of compulsory labour. On 26 February 2026, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by 50 hours.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":389,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 319 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1","319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 128.1","Article 319"],"case_name_en":"Defamation case against a member of the Voronezh Regional Duma","case_number":"1-3/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecutor's office, in April 2024 Kromsky and Vernyaev, motivated by personal interest, entered into a criminal conspiracy aimed at the repeated public dissemination of knowingly false information defaming the honour, dignity and undermining the reputation of a deputy of the Voronezh Regional Duma in order to force the latter to resign.\n\nFor this purpose, they produced and subsequently distributed leaflets of a defamatory and insulting nature in the city of Borisoglebsk, as well as repeatedly published a number of articles of similar content on the Internet.\n\nIn the court's opinion, Vernyaev also at the end of December, without actually seeking medical assistance in medical institutions and without legally obtaining a document confirming the treatment provided, wishing to avoid the possibility of being subjected to a preventive measure in the form of detention, submitted a forged certificate from a medical institution about his treatment in order to refute his intentional evasion from participation in the investigative actions.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 27.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.10.2025, Sentence: 450 hours' of community work","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"450 hours' of community work","verdict_changed":true,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-21T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-21T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reccFP98MO4wDIXwU"},{"persecution_id":"recSFAU9Y44O4I4dn","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:05:11.000Z","person_id":"recNZ2wsJwLs14oD9","name_en":"Lev Shlosberg","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzVE1oSevkdCVfO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzVE1oSevkdCVfO.webp"],"birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A former deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly, a deputy chairman of the Pskov branch of the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko. In June 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". On 2 October 2024, Shlosberg's residence was searched and he was questioned as a suspect in the case of evasion from the duties of a \"foreign agent\", after which he was released under an obligation to appear. On 23 November 2024, Shlosberg was detained at the airport in Pskov, but was soon released. On 10 June 2025, Shlosberg's home was searched again, this time in a case of repeated discrediting of the army, which was initiated because of a video of a debate between the politician and historian Iurii Pivovarov on the YouTube channel \"Zhivoi gvozd\". The next day the politician was placed under house arrest. On 7 October 2025, the measure of restraint was replaced with a ban on certain actions. At the same time, the press service of the courts of the Pskov region issued a post that Shlosberg's house arrest had been extended before the court's decision. However, on 10 October the court of appeal returned Shlosberg under a house arrest, having satisfied the complaint of the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 5 November 2025, the court sentenced the politician to 420 hours of compulsory community service in a case concerning evasion of the duties of a “foreign agent”.\n\nOn 3 December, a case was initiated against Shlosberg for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces motivated by political hatred. The reason this time was a repost in his Telegram channel, made in February 2022. The case was initiated shortly before the end of house arrest in the case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. On 5 October, the politician was taken into custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":399,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Lev Shlosberg's case of evasion of his duties as a \"foreign agent\"","case_number":"01-0010/38/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"posted a video online without the required labeling\" stating that he was a \"foreign agent.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 17.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.11.2025, Sentence: 420 hours of compulsory labor","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"420 hours of compulsory labor","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-05T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/shlosberg-lev-markovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recSFAU9Y44O4I4dn"},{"persecution_id":"recGwa6GSOQnqfgKm","last_updated":"2025-03-20T09:02:12.000Z","person_id":"recp6zJ80LJjqTjHa","name_en":"Kirill Dolzhikov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Orel. On 3 October 2024, he was searched as part of a case on financing extremist activities because he had transferred money to the Anti Corruption Foundation (FBK). The next day the court sent Dolzhikov into custody. On 19 October, the court of appeal instance changed the measure of restraint to house arrest. Dolzhikov said that when he arrived at the investigator's office, she mistakenly gave him a recognisance not to leave. On 22 October Dolzhikov was put on a wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Kirill Dolzhikov case on financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he made several transfers to the the Anti Corruption Foundation (FBK) in the amount of 1,000 rubles after the foundation was recognised as an extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.10.2024 to 04.10.2024\n• in custody: from 04.10.2024 to 19.10.2024\n• house arrest: from 19.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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On 23 November 2023, she was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.\nOn 2 October 2024, FSB officers came to the woman and seized her phone due to the fact that a new case of public justification of terrorism was brought against her - because of the word \"Proud\" about Alexei Nuriev, convicted in the case of arson of a military registration desk.\nOn 19 June 2025, the woman was fined 450 thousand rubles in the second case. On the aggregate of punishments, the court imposed on her a total fine of 600 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Street cleaners","Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_days_from_verdict":260,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Gulnara Bakhareva's second case on publicly justifying terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 10 October 2023, she published a comment \"My fellow countrymen. 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In September 2024, he was detained on suspicion of public justification of terrorism because of his posts about the Azov battalion. An operational video published by the \"Extremism - NO!\" Telegram channel shows the suspect calmly smoking at the entrance of a multi-storey building. In the next frame, two law enforcers in camouflage and masks run out of the minibus, put the man face down in the asphalt and handcuff him. The video then shows a fragment of the interrogation. A man with a tattoo on his arm and a blurred face talks, stammering, about the act he is accused of. 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After that, he was taken to an investigator, who asked him if he was okay with the criminal case being dropped due to the expiration of the statute of limitations - the reason for the case was a comment from 5 October 2022. Kharlamov was not against it, and he was released.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former security officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_ended":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Valentin Kharlamov on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of the case was a certain comment under Kharlamov's post on VKontakte on October 5, 2022.\n\nIn June 2022, Kharlamov was fined twice under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec3bpLepHFb14cdb"},{"persecution_id":"rec5toHWa8XUhUSro","last_updated":"2025-02-25T06:38:07.000Z","person_id":"rec0Q7dRJHKFoG8se","name_en":"Kurt Pelda","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Switzerland"],"story_en":"A correspondent of the Swiss media company CH Media. On 7 October 2024, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against him for illegally crossing the border because of his reporting from the areas of Kursk Oblast seized by the Ukrainian army.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_group_en":["The case of foreign journalists"],"case_name_en":"The case of foreign journalists","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec5toHWa8XUhUSro"},{"persecution_id":"rec6KgKNEgVEtF55r","last_updated":"2025-02-25T06:38:07.000Z","person_id":"recKcvkXEzedqiR5F","name_en":"Catherine Norris Trent","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A correspondent of the French TV channel France 24. 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A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of a comment about the shelling of Belgorod, which he left in a Telegram on 15 February 2024. On October, 10th, 2024, he was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":282,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladislav Saburov on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"at about 1:56 p.m. on February, 15th, 2024, in an apartment in St. Petersburg, through his account in the messenger Telegram, with the aim of publicly justifying terrorism, published a comment containing a statement aimed at justifying a terrorist act - the shelling of the city of Belgorod, committed by the armed forces of Ukraine on February, 15th, 2024\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.10.2024, Sentence: A fine of 300,000 roubles and a ban on engaging in activities related to the administration of websites and channels using electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 300,000 roubles and a ban on engaging in activities related to the administration of websites and channels using electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2024-10-09T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-09T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recDoQNTFVSF7juKg"},{"persecution_id":"reccR6frM9yFlR4vW","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:41:57.000Z","person_id":"recaFkAfEoSnCvHvI","name_en":"Boris Ushakov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Human rights defender, a former coordinator of the Gulagu.net project. Was a defendant in the rape case of a former investigator. He was acquitted in January 2022.\n\nOn 4 October 2024, Ushakov was detained at Ufa airport. According to his colleague Alexei Tishin, who is apparently on the same criminal case with him, Ushakov was handcuffed and taken to the Investigative Department of the IC. A case was opened against the human rights defender for insulting an employee of IK-9 in Bashkortostan. He connects it with the investigation of the history of torture and rape in this colony. According to Tishin, Ushakov's detention was led by the same investigator who had previously \"closed the case on the allegation of torture and rape in FCU IK-9\".\n\nIn autumn 2025, a new case was opened against Ushakov - on insult and threat of violence against a representative of the authorities. According to the investigation, he insulted and threatened a district police officer. 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On 10 October 2024, the homes of local activists were searched as part of the criminal case against him. On the same day, he was taken into custody. Later, head of the party Ekaterina Duntzova said that Germizin was charged with public justification of terrorism because of some posts and comments he published in Telegram. According to the investigation, he called for blowing up state buildings. Vladimir activist and author of the anti-war project \"Resonance\" Danil Belyakov, who has studied Germizin's comments in several Telegram communities, suggests that the comments in question concern the news about arsons of military recruitment centres. On 5 February 2025, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.\n\nGermizin was also charged with financing extremist activities and treason. According to the investigation, he transferred cryptocurrency to ACF and the AFU, including \"radical nationalist armed formations\". On 19 March 2026, he was sentenced on these charges to 15 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladimir"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":127,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexandr Germizin’s case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he called for organising explosions of government buildings.\n\nA Vladimir-based activist Danil Beliakov, creator of the anti-war project Rezonans, who has analyzed Germizin’s comments in several Telegram communities, assumes that it refers to comments on news about arson attacks on military recruitment offices.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.10.2024 to 17.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.02.2025, Sentence: 2 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 2 years' prohibition to administer Internet sites ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 2 years' prohibition to administer Internet sites ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-05T13:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-05T13:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Grozny TV channel published a video with his apology. A case was opened against the former teacher for offence to the feelings of believers.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chechnya"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CE"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The case of Mansur Zhabrailov on insulting religious feelings","persecution_case_profile_en":"The attention to Zhabrailov was initially drawn to him by Roman Golovanov of the Spas TV channel and the Solovyov Live project, who posted a post in Telegram condemning the teacher and screenshots from his publications, as well as a video in which Zhabrailov says: \"Gentlemen Tri-god-believers, I'm hiding, I'm in the basement, don't look for me, I'm very afraid of you. 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According to his lawyer, Taliia Chernova, he had been reporting on the case of Ibragim Zakiev, a local resident accused of murders committed twenty years earlier who was ultimately acquitted by a jury.\nAuthorities accused Siradzhi of revealing information about two individuals who had testified against Zakiev. However, Chernova noted that his case is being handled by the same investigative department that oversaw Zakiev’s case.\nSiradzhi was detained on 9 October 2024. Chernova stated that he was placed under pressure, alleging that the investigator told him he would be released if he confessed. In response, Siradzhi went on hunger strike. 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On 9 October 2024, he was detained at work - in order to enter the production facility, the law enforcers cut a thick chain from the gate. After the detention, he was taken home to search his flat and two garages. After two days in the temporary detention centre Burik was placed under house arrest on the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities: holding meetings and worship services and involving new supporters.\n\nOn 19 February 2026, the court sentenced Burik to six years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kerch"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":498,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vitalii Burik's case","case_number":"1-27/2026 (1-303/2025)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"coordinated meetings of adherents, where the ideas of a banned religious organisation were promoted\".","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.10.2024 to 11.10.2024\n• house arrest: from 11.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.02.2026, Sentence: 6 years' in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-19T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-19T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 15-10-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/10/d50535/?sphrase_id=2745041\n• Support for political prisoners. 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It was reported on 9 October 2024 that a case had been opened regarding the organisation of activities for a \"undesirable\" organisation, suspected to be linked to the religious movement \"AlatRa.\" The Telegram channel \"OperSvodki\" stated that the \"criminal activities of the religious group\" were intercepted by the local FSB office in collaboration with the FSB of Russia for the 27th Rocket Army. A travel ban was imposed on the individual. 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On October 9, 2024, it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of his approving comments on social networks about the attack of a sabotage group on the Bryansk region. 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On January 18, 2024, he was put on the wanted list as part of the case of mass disorder in connection with the mass gathering on 17 January in Baymak in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years. On January 25, one of the police officers, who are victims in this case, identified Dautov from a photograph as the one who attacked him during the rally. Meanwhile, Dautov's sister claims that he was not in Baymak on January 17. On January 25, Dautov was detained. The next day it became known that Dautov had died. Telegram channels close to the authorities of Bashkortostan began to spread information that the cause of death was poisoning with surrogate alcohol. Relatives claim that Dautov had not been drinking in the days preceding his arrest. However, the official expert examination first stated that alcohol was not found in Dautov's blood, then that it was. Myocardial infarction was named as the official cause of Dautov's death. At the request of the family, an independent expert examination was conducted, the author of which concluded that death was caused by profuse internal blood loss due to the beatings that took place between Dautov's detention in the village of Novye Chebenki and him being delivered to the police station in Baymak.\n\nOn June 24, 2024, the Investigative Committee refused to open a case in connection with Dautov's death.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["participation in mass event"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 212 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["212"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 212"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Baymak case"],"case_name_en":"Case of mass riots in Baymak","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5diUYPKzEGZhUZ"},{"persecution_id":"recgcBdMKl9IiWuBT","last_updated":"2024-10-23T11:09:55.000Z","person_id":"recpTr2S6g7hx4g3p","name_en":"Natalia Baranova","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist, former content director of the educational project \"Teplitsa. Technologies for Social Good\". In May 2022, she was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". On 16 October 2024, it became known that Baranova was put on a wanted list. In her opinion, the case was initiated under the article on failure to fulfil the duties of a \"foreign agent\"","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Natalya Baranova's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Baranova has been fined at least four times in administrative cases on violation of the procedure of \"foreign agent\" activities (Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Thus, she was fined 30 thousand roubles because she failed to submit to the Ministry of Justice the \"foreign agent\" report for the third quarter of 2023 (part 2 of Article 19.34 of the CAO). She was twice fined 30 thousand roubles for the absence of the \"foreign agent\" badge (part 4 of Article 19.34 of the CAO). She was fined another 20 thousand roubles for producing materials without indicating that they were created by a \"foreign agent\" (part 5 of Article 19.34 of the CAO). In these cases, the reason for the protocols was the posts in Baranova's Telegram channel \"Experiencing Activism\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recgcBdMKl9IiWuBT"},{"persecution_id":"rec5E5XREX21d7vBU","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"reciMMlMzZtent23J","name_en":"Nikolay Korkunov","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Chelyabinsk Region. A criminal case was initiated against him for incitement to terrorism due to calls to overthrow the current government. No later than October 2024, Korkunov was sentenced to a fine of 500,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":263,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of incitement to terrorism in the Chelyabinsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from January to February 2024, he posted comments in Telegram chats in which he called for the overthrow of the current Russian government.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.09.2024, Sentence: a fine of 500,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-20T09:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-20T09:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec5E5XREX21d7vBU"},{"persecution_id":"recRpqxQZEcU09Ll9","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"recpjeYAqJnHmR96s","name_en":"Marina Egorova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att3cUmgMtPD9igBA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att3cUmgMtPD9igBA.jpg"],"birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":72,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Marina is a psychologist and the wife of Leonid Gozman. On 29 July 2022, it became known that a case had been opened against her for allegedly failing to report obtaining Israeli citizenship in a timely manner in 2018. After Gozman’s administrative arrest, the couple left Russia. However, in 2024, Egorova returned to Russia, and on 4 October she was placed under house arrest in a case concerning the smuggling of cultural property – namely, family silver cutlery – as part of an organised criminal group together with Gozman and a driver who had given her a lift to the border crossing. On 5 November 2025, Gozman announced that his wife had left Russia “completely legally”.","persecution_occupation_en":["Psychologists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["226.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 226.1"],"case_name_en":"Marina Egorova's case of smuggling cultural property","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she attempted to export “numerous valuable items and antiques” from Russia as part of an organised criminal group. According to Novaya Gazeta, in addition to Egorova herself and her husband, Leonid Gozman, the group allegedly included a driver who was transporting the valuables. The investigation regarded the items as family silverware, for the export of which the driver did not have a permit from the Ministry of Culture.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 04.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recRpqxQZEcU09Ll9"},{"persecution_id":"recAU5owhwPwUDeIh","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"rec1pAQixvwKeuvDW","name_en":"Evgenii Zakharov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yakutia. On March 1, 2024, he was detained on suspicion of confidential cooperation with Ukraine. According to the investigation, he transmitted to Ukraine information about the socio-economic situation in the republic, residents’ attitudes toward the war, mobilization activities, and other data, and also painted anti-Russian inscriptions on banners with patriotic symbols supporting the war in Ukraine. On October 17, 2024, Zakharov was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment in a general-regime colony. On May 29, 2025, he was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of extremists and terrorists, marked with the designation used for individuals prosecuted under terrorism-related articles. The details of the new case are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yakutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakha Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SA"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":229,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Zakharov's case of confidential cooperation with Ukraine","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he agreed with a representative of Ukrainian military intelligence and, from November 2022 to February 2023, transmitted information about the socio-economic situation in the republic, residents’ attitudes toward the war, mobilization activities, and other data. He also allegedly painted anti-Russian inscriptions on banners with patriotic symbols supporting the war, which the Ukrainian side later used “for propaganda purposes.”","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 08.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\n• Unknown: \n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2024, Sentence: 4 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime colony and a fine of 20,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime colony and a fine of 20,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":20000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-16T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-16T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-03-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zaharov-evgenij-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recAU5owhwPwUDeIh"},{"persecution_id":"recvmpy0W2QfLYmB2","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:00:31.000Z","person_id":"recLO9t7AleBDA9PG","name_en":"Sergei Marin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attptGFCkigTHhG99.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attptGFCkigTHhG99.jpg"],"birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Saransk, human rights defender. Defends the rights of prisoners and represents their interests in court disputes with representatives of the Federal Penitentiary Service. In the 2010s, he was a member of the Public Supervisory Commission of Mordovia for several years and an expert of the Foundation \"In Defence of Prisoners' Rights\". On his pages in social networks he criticises the Russian authorities and has repeatedly gone to protests. In 2022, he was fined 40,000 rubles under an administrative protocol for discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of comments in which he condemned the war in Ukraine. In September 2023, Maryin held an anti-war picket, after which the police came to his home.\nOn 24 February 2024, on the second anniversary of the start of full-scale war, Maryin stood in a solitary picket with the inscription \"Putin = death = war\". He was detained. The next day the court arrested him for three days under the administrative article on disobedience to the police (part 1 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The court ruling stated that the police detained the human rights defender to draw up a report on \"discrediting\" because of a post on VKontakte published on the same day about the death of Alexei Navalny and the anniversary of the beginning of the war.\nOn 19 July 2024, law enforcers came to the home of the human rights defender with sledgehammers, conducted a search and seized all his equipment. A criminal case was opened against him for discrediting the Armed Forces because of the same post. After interrogation, Maryin was released on his own recognisance.\nIn August, the investigator twice elected a preventive measure against Maryin in the form of a signature not to leave. The human rights defender obtained a court ruling that one of these decisions was unjustified.\nOn 25 March 2025, Maryin was sentenced to a year in a penal colony. On 6 February 2026, his punishment was toughened, replacing the place of serving his sentence with a general regime colony, but on 15 April the court of appeal cancelled this decision.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saransk"],"persecution_region_en":["Mordovia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MO"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":249,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of assembly"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Marin's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-240/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was the post by the human rights defender dated 24 February 2024 about the death of politician Alexei Navalny and the anniversary of the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. \"Today is the ninth day since the death of Alexei Navalny, a foreign agent, terrorist and extremist according to Putin. Today is the anniversary of the war with Ukraine. There, according to Putin, it is necessary to denazify, that is, to kill all Ukrainians,\" he wrote.\nOn 30 June 2022, he was fined 40 thousand rubles under the administrative article for discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) due to his comment on \"VKontakte\" on the \"Hello, Now, Saransk\" community page, where he wrote \"Russian troops have entered the territory of another state, they are killing civilians. That is why they are afraid to report losses, so as not to show the level of resistance of Ukrainians. As for special operations, I remember the six-day war between Israel and the Arabs, which involved fewer troops than this strange special operation of Russia in 2022\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.07.2024 to 04.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 04.07.2025 to 08.07.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 08.07.2025\n• punishment cell: from 01.09.2025 to 01.01.2025\n• punishment cell: from 01.01.2025 to 01.10.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 03.07.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.03.2025, Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment in open prison, ban on administrating websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's imprisonment in open prison, ban on administrating websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-25T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-25T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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A case was brought against him for desecration of symbols of military glory because of swastikas in the snow near the Memorial of Military Glory.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of a swastika in the snow in the Irkutsk region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, together with another persecuted, drew a swastika on the snow near the Memorial of 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A case was brought against him for calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation because of his calls to finance and co-operate with the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine). On 7 November 2024, Sapozhnikov was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. On 25 December, a case was opened against him for calls to terrorism, details are unknown. 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In October 2024, it became known that a case was brought against her for desecration of symbols of military glory because she had put out the Eternal Flame. 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In January 2021, he was arrested for 10 days in connection with participation in an action in support of Alexei Navalny. On 23 October 2024, Yevdokimov was detained together with his brother after a search in the case of public justification of terrorism. The case was initiated because of a post about the explosion on the Crimean Bridge. In November 2024, Yevdokimov was fined 100,000 rubles under the administrative article on propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations (Article 6.21 of the Administrative Code) because of two publications, including one where he \"admits\" that he \"founded the extremist organisation LGBTQ+\".\n\nAccording to Politzek.org, in July 2025, the court sentenced him to one and a half years in prison. 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Thus, having defaced the appearance of the building, he desecrated it\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.11.2024 to 01.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.10.2024, Sentence: 1 year restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-22T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-22T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recid6TbpxPrffWel"},{"persecution_id":"rec1BU6t2kzDguQ4r","last_updated":"2025-08-20T11:29:34.000Z","person_id":"rechQ4BWqLnRsUIn1","name_en":"Sevastyan Sultanov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att07oTxJAi15SYUm.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att07oTxJAi15SYUm.jpg"],"birth_year":2009,"birth_date":"2009-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":16,"age_group_en":"under eighteen years old","age_persecution_began":15,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kazan. On 23 October 2024, he was detained after a search because of a criminal case initiated in connection with graffiti in support of Alexei Navalny. Sultanov was accused of vandalism. On 29 April 2025, he was sentenced to a year of restricted freedom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":188,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sevastyan Sultanov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he made graffiti in support of Alexei Navalny and against Putin and the war on the Voznesensky Tract.","persecution_location_en":"Under obligation to appear in court","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.05.2025 to 01.05.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2025, Sentence: 1 year's liberty restriction","verdict_type_en":["Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's liberty restriction","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T10:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T10:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1BU6t2kzDguQ4r"},{"persecution_id":"recqAPKcrUDWO2QXe","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recPVa6p1aq1bWHjp","name_en":"Alexander Plotnikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attsvKqRwGjW0vw0M.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attsvKqRwGjW0vw0M.jpg"],"birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Chelyabinsk, practiced painting, restoration and tattooing. In the 1990s, according to his wife, he considered himself an ultra-right-wing skinhead. In 2005, he was sentenced to seven years and two months in a penal colony on charges of intentionally causing grievous bodily harm, causing the death of the victim by negligence, inflicting minor harm to health, and gang robbery. He served five and a half years before being released on parole. According to his wife, Plotnikov did not commit any violent crimes after that. \n\nFrom 2013 to 2021, Plotnikov participated in protest actions. He was brought to administrative responsibility because of a graffiti in support of prisoners of conscience, a song saved in \"VKontakte\" (article 20.29 of the Administrative Code), a photo of a tattoo similar to Nazi symbols in a tattoo portfolio (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Administrative Code), participation in an unsanctioned action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).\n\nIn addition, both he and his wife were fined 10 thousand rubles under the article on incitement to hatred (article 20.3.1 of the CAO) because of some comments in \"VKontakte\". In October 2021, their flat was searched. A criminal case for incitement to hatred was brought against Plotnikov following a comment that insulted Roma people. He was given two years' suspended sentence. After completing his suspended sentence, he planned to emigrate, both due to persecution and because he disagreed with the attack on Ukraine.\n\nOn 15 July 2024, Plotnikov was detained while going to work. When he was brought home to be searched, he told his wife he had been tortured with a stun gun for several hours. Plotnikov was then sent to custody under the article on public justification of terrorism. The reason was a comment under a video dated 23 June with footage of terrorists shooting at Makhachkala and Derbent. On 10 October 2024, Plotnikov was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony. The court recognised the writing of a comment during mobilisation as an aggravating circumstance.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":87,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Plotnikov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of a comment with the text \"At last! At least someone has taken care of the bandits with shoulder marks\", left under a video from 23 June 2024 with footage of terrorists shooting at Makhachkala and Derbent. \"Plotnikov acted out of persistent antipathy and sharp dislike regarding the activities of government bodies and representatives to ensure the security of the Russian Federation,\" the verdict reads. The court found the writing of the commentary during mobilisation to be an aggravating circumstance.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2024 to 14.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.10.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-10T16:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-10T16:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/plotnikov-aleksandr-ivanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recqAPKcrUDWO2QXe"},{"persecution_id":"recNRDWgMVwR83VLz","last_updated":"2026-04-28T16:49:11.000Z","person_id":"rece403NW0qOYiOhy","name_en":"Vera Egorenkova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Orel, a trash streamer. In October 2024, Ekaterina Mizulina, head of the Safe Internet League, published several clips from her streams in her Telegram channel. Mizulina stated that Egorenkova was being helped by a \"moderator from Kyiv\" and drew attention to the fact that during one of her streams she shouted \"No to war\" for donations. A case of desecration of symbols of military glory was brought against Egorenkova because of the stream where she spat on the image of the monument \"The Motherland Calls\". On 28 October, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was imposed against her. At the end of July 2025, the case went to court. On 12 August 2025, Egorenkova was sentenced to two years of forced labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":315,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of spitting at the \"Motherland Calls\" monument","case_number":"2-6/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"publicly desecrated the symbol of military glory of Russia - the image of the sculpture \"The Motherland Calls\", recognised as a particularly valuable object of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-10-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 25.10.2024 to 28.10.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 28.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.08.2025, Sentence: 2 years of community work","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of community work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-12T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-12T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 28-10-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/10/d50595/?sphrase_id=2745808\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-04-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/egorenkova-vera-vasilevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recNRDWgMVwR83VLz"},{"persecution_id":"recOsFzxzr0SPYuKL","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"recBIfXH6gaKYShB8","name_en":"Tatiana Zorina","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chita city, owner of a closed club. Originally it was called \"Tochka\", then changed its name to \"Jackson\". It was only possible to get there by calling in and passing face control. On 26 October 2024, members of the \"Russian Community\" movement and the creator of the \"Men's State\" Vladislav Pozdnyakov reported a raid on the club and the detention of everyone present in the building where \"sadomites were staging their performances and orgies\". A drag show was taking place there at the time of the raid, the ChTD Telegam channel reported. All those present were forced to lie face down on the floor and give their names on camera. Law enforcers have not publicly commented on the situation. The owner was placed under house arrest on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 26 August 2025, the measure of restraint for the businesswoman was replaced by a ban on certain actions. On 23 March 2026, Zorina was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":513,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":73,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a private club owner in Chita","case_number":"1-47/2026 (1-326/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was the organization of the club's work, holding events and distribution of information about it in messengers and social networks.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.10.2024 to 28.10.2024\n• house arrest: from 28.10.2024 to 26.08.2025\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 26.08.2025 to 23.03.2026\n• in custody: from 23.03.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.03.2026• First instance court on the merits, 23.03.2026, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-23T06:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-23T06:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 28-10-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/10/d50589/?sphrase_id=2745809\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recOsFzxzr0SPYuKL"},{"persecution_id":"recMdtTeVpEaCWtWj","last_updated":"2025-10-06T19:27:32.000Z","person_id":"rec4j4jfL46doVMwn","name_en":"Radmila Ryabtseva","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-12-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vuktyl (Komi). A mother of many children, works as a cleaner. In September 2022, she was ordered to pay 10,000 rubles on a lawsuit filed by local deputy Idris Taibov: Ryabtseva criticised his initiative to replace the letter В with letter V on the stele with the name of the town (in Russian it is spelled Вуктыл). The deputy considered her words an insult and went to court.\n\nIn October 2024, it became known that a case was brought against Ryabtseva for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The court appointed her a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions.\n\nThe reason for criminal prosecution was a comment in \"VKontakte\" in response to a user who claimed to have fought in Ukraine: \"You kill children and civilians in a neighbouring country and consider yourselves saviours, but you are just ordinary cleaners. And you have to live with it all your life. And it makes no difference whether you kill with weapons or with words on the sofa\".\n\nOn September 5, 2025, the court sentenced her to a fine of 150 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":342,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Radmila Ryabtseva's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-16/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"On July 11, 2023, Ryabtseva was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Art. 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because in the comments section under news articles in the communities \"About Vuktyl City/News\" and \"Vuktyl Live\" at the VKontakte social media she \"pointed out the lack of patriotism of persons participating in the special military operation in Ukraine on the side of the Russian Federation, that they fight only for money, that she does not support this special operation, and, in the course of discussion of the above topic, expressed support for the musical composition \"Don't go to war\", as well as made other similar comments\".","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 22.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.09.2025, Sentence: A fine of 150 000 roubles (with installments) with an additional prohibition on administration of web sites for 2 years. 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In October 2024, it became known that a case was opened against Sevets-Yermolina, presumably for evasion of her duties as a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Natalia Sevets-Yermolina's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Presumably, the reason for initiating the case was a post about a memorial in honor of Alexei Navalny.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec5lnDMNqbAq1ilG"},{"persecution_id":"reck5Zl69rS5VG10o","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"recdb9C3JSo3lHBzJ","name_en":"Andrei Staroverov","birth_year":1961,"age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Andrei Staroverov was a deputy of the Lensovet - Petrosovet (1990-1993). 15 years ago, he moved from St. Petersburg to the village of Pes in Khvoininsky District of Novgorod region, where he took an active part in public life: he opposed the liquidation of rural settlements, centralisation of power, and unaccountability of the authorities.\n\nIn February 2023, Staroverov appeared in a film about the destruction of local self-government in the Novgorod region.\n\nOn April 5, 2024, he was searched in a libel case because of a social media post about the first deputy head of the administration of the village of Pes, Inna Fedorova, in which he wrote that she was guilty of genocide and that all officials held their positions illegally. During the search, Staroverov refused to give the policeman his lawyer's phone. When the law enforcer tried to take it away, he put his hand with the phone behind his back. The policeman later claimed that the activist hit him. In addition, Staroverov refused to sign procedural documents: he tore up the search report and threw its scraps in the face of the investigator. In October 2024, it became known that two more cases were brought against him: the use of violence against a police officer and obstruction of the investigation. On December 3, 2024, Staroverov was sentenced under these two articles to a fine of 80 thousand rubles.\n\nIn February 2025, a new case was brought against Staroverov for insulting the victim in the previous case, the police investigator, in court. In July, he was sentenced to a fine of 25 thousand rubles.\n\nOn November 6, 2025, Staroverov died.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NGR"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 294 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["294","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 294 (unknown part)","Part 1, Article 318"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Staroverov's case of the use of violence against a representative of the authorities and obstruction of the investigation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was an incident during a search in connection with a defamation case brought against Staroverov: he refused to hand over his lawyer's phone to a police officer. When the officer tried to take it from him, he put his hand with the smartphone behind his back. The police officer subsequently claimed that the activist had struck him. In addition, Staroverov refused to sign the procedural documents: he tore up the search report and threw the pieces in the investigator's face.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.12.2024, Sentence: fine of 80 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 80 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":80000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-03T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-03T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"reck5Zl69rS5VG10o"},{"persecution_id":"recJI1eNehiocQ2i7","last_updated":"2026-02-10T17:10:59.000Z","person_id":"recpyTfYoFItn5yUX","name_en":"Nikolai Romaniuk","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attmHjk2Q855XuRMC.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attmHjk2Q855XuRMC.png"],"birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The senior presbyter of the Holy Trinity Church of Evangelical Christians in the Moscow Region. On 18 October 2024, searches were conducted at his home, at the homes of two other families of believers, and at two houses of prayer in the Moscow Region—one in Balashikha and one in Volokolamsk, according to church minister Roman Zhukov. In some cases, special-forces officers broke down doors. During the searches, computers, laptops, flash drives, disks, and certain documents were seized. One believer had all his bank cards, his mother’s pension card, and their foreign passports taken. Security forces also came to the home of Ilia and Sergei Romanyuk (Zhukov does not specify their relation to the pastor). Although no search was conducted there, both men were forced face-down at gunpoint and kept in that position for 12 hours, Zhukov claims. For an hour and a half of that time, the men were lying outside on the ground in light clothing and barefoot.\n\nPastor Nikolai Romaniuk was detained that same evening. According to Zhukov, he was urged to record a video message, possibly a confession, but he refused. On 20 October, a court ordered him into custody in a case concerning calls for activities “directed against the security of the Russian Federation,” based on an anti-war sermon he delivered on 25 September 2022. The hearing on the pretrial detention order was held behind closed doors.\n\nOn 3 September 2025, Romaniuk was sentenced to four years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":320,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Romaniuk's case on calls for activities against national security","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for opening the case was the sermon Romaniuk delivered on 25 September 2022, in which he condemned people participating in the war in Ukraine.\n\n“I would put it this way: when you are offered a dose, when you are offered a bottle of alcohol, or when you are given a draft notice sending you to fight — it is the same sin, the same drug, the same Satan. And a believer… Show me at least a hint in the Old Testament that we could, in any way, take part in this. And it doesn’t matter which king calls for it — the Ukrainian king, the American king, or our king. I would like this to serve as at least some kind of vaccination. This is not our war,” Romaniuk said.\n\nHe added:\n\n“Our doctrine stated that we are pacifists and cannot take part in this <…> It is our right to profess this based on the Holy Scriptures. We do not bless those who go there, those who are taken there by force — we do not bless them, but we pray that they may be delivered from there. There are various lawful ways to do this.”","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.10.2024 to 20.10.2024\n• in custody: from 20.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №11 (SIZO-11) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №11 (SIZO-11) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast ","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.09.2025, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 3 years' ban on administering Internet sites","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, 3 years' ban on administering Internet sites","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-03T06:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-03T06:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Ailamazyan Institute of Software Systems in Pereslavl-Zalessky, where he was Director from 2003 to 2022.\n\nIn April 2023, Abramov was placed under house arrest on charges of financing extremist activities. The case centres on seven donations of 1,000 roubles each to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. Abramov denies the allegations, stating that the transfers were made without his knowledge. He was released from house arrest in November 2023.\n\nThe prosecution’s case also involves a secret witness who alleges that Abramov expressed support for Alexei Navalny during a conversation.\n\nOn 11 July 2025, the court fined him 150,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":208,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Abramov's case on \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-368/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"From the court verdict:\nBetween 1 September 2023 and 14:00 on 19 March 2024, S.M. Abramov — Head of the Human Resources Management Department at the Ural State Mining University in Yekaterinburg — is said to have formed the criminal intent to publicly disseminate, under the guise of credible information, knowingly false claims concerning the actions of the Russian Armed Forces. These claims allegedly misrepresented the Armed Forces’ role in protecting the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, and in maintaining international peace and security.\n\nActing on this intent, on 19 March 2024, between 14:00 and 15:30, Abramov, while delivering a lecture on the subject of History in room 2233a of the university (located at Universitetsky Lane 7, Yekaterinburg), is alleged to have knowingly and deliberately made statements of a public and unlawful nature. The court held that Abramov was fully aware of the social danger of his actions and foresaw the inevitable consequences, including the undermining and discrediting of the Russian state and its Armed Forces. His statements, it was claimed, created a misleading impression of the legality of Russia’s actions during the special military operation, calling into question the operation’s legitimacy.\n\nThe court noted that Abramov’s comments were at odds with the official position of the Russian Ministry of Defence, as presented in briefings on 24 and 26 February 2022. Furthermore, it was stated that Abramov was fully aware — from official state media and sources, including the President’s address to the nation on 24 February 2022 — that the aims of the special military operation in Ukraine were the demilitarisation and denazification of the country, and the defence of the Russian Federation.\n\nThrough his actions, Abramov is said to have misled at least ten individuals regarding the legality of the Armed Forces’ conduct during the operation, creating the false impression that both the military and the Russian government were acting unlawfully and in violation of international law. This, the court stated, contributed to undermining the authority and reputation of the Russian Armed Forces.\n\nAccording to unverified reports, Abramov also claimed that the Donetsk and Luhansk regions were under Russian occupation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 30.10.2024 to 02.11.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 02.11.2024 to 12.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.05.2025, Sentence: 10 months of corrective labor","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 months of corrective labor","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-28T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-28T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recbYJbdFeeaEQtEJ"},{"persecution_id":"reczHBH9DcVZwKrsY","last_updated":"2024-11-20T11:48:21.000Z","person_id":"recHEKVpgo73IztyS","name_en":" Unknown male 214","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kirov Oblast. On 29 October 2024, it became known that he had been charged with offending religious feelings because of a certain comment that was allegedly degrading and denigrating Christians.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The case against a resident of Kirov Oblast accused of offending religious feelings","persecution_case_profile_en":"His criminal prosecution was caused by a comment left on one of the social networks that, according to the investigation, had been intented to \"degrade and denigrate a group of people on the basis of their religious affiliation to Christians\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 30-10-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/10/d50606/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"reczHBH9DcVZwKrsY"},{"persecution_id":"recQ15i3GlFqmaSz0","last_updated":"2025-03-12T15:40:09.000Z","person_id":"recooS5EO6QsG5aPo","name_en":"Evgeniya Chirikova","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Eco-activist, politician, leader of the movements \"Ecological Defence of the Moscow Region\" and in defence of the Khimki Forest, participant of the \"Free Russia Forum\". In February 2024, she was included in the List of Extremists and Terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with the marking given to people prosecuted under terrorist articles. On 24 April 2024, Chirikova was arrested in absentia on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist community, calling for terrorism and organising terrorist activities.\nOn 16 July 2024, a case was opened against Chirikova for disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces, details unknown. On 2 November 2024, the Investigative Committee reported that a case was opened against Chirikova for public justification of terrorism. On 22 November, Chirikova's parents were searched.","persecution_occupation_en":["Ecologists","Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Yevgenia Chirikova's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"no later than 8 August 2023, she took part in the broadcast of one of the video-hosting sites, and gave an interview, which, according to the conclusion of the linguistic study, contains signs of justification of the activities of a terrorist organisation banned on the territory of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQ15i3GlFqmaSz0"},{"persecution_id":"recgNf2q8BZJFP0pd","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"reccvMwEYjoAK4WPW","name_en":"Alexei Badmaev","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ulan-Ude and a student at Buryat State University. On 11 January 2024, he was detained in his dormitory. Criminal proceedings were initiated against him for the public justification of terrorism and high treason. Badmaev was taken into custody. According to him, he disseminated information on social media regarding recruitment for the Freedom of Russia Legion; he also transferred 500 rubles to an account he believed belonged to the Ukrainian project \"I Want to Live\" and attempted to transfer a large sum to the Russian Volunteer Corps. Additionally, he posted numerous comments supporting Ukraine and apologizing to Ukrainians on behalf of the Buryat people. On 29 January 2025, he was sentenced to seven years in a maximum-security penal colony. On 13 May 2025, the court of appeal increased his sentence to 14 years. On 13 November 2025, the day Badmaev was scheduled to begin a long-term visit with his parents, he was instead placed in a punishment cell (SHIZO).","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":384,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 208 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","275","208"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Article 275","Part 1, Article 208"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Alexei Badmaev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to his own words, he spoke in favour of the Freedom of Russia Legion and transferred money to Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 13.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 13.11.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment cell: from 13.11.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n• punishment cell: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.01.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 years and 6 months in prison and the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 years and 6 months in prison and the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-29T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-29T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/badmaev-aleksej-borisovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recgNf2q8BZJFP0pd"},{"persecution_id":"recX9o4fBhCIDHdCp","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:04:55.000Z","person_id":"recQ4eX0BxH2DjWFZ","name_en":"Artem Asalkhudin","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ust-Ilimsk (Irkutsk region). On 14 June 2024, he was searched at his home, during which a bag of cannabis was found. Apparently, after the search he was detained, but it was made out as if the next day he was swearing and urinating near a playground. On 17 June, the court arrested him under the administrative article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for 12 days. On 28 June 2024, a criminal case was opened against Asalkhudin for public justification of terrorism because of a comment with the word \"Pretty Boy\" under a post about Ruslan Zinin who shot a military officer. Asalkhudin was taken into custody. Later it became known that he was also accused of preparing for sabotage (according to unconfirmed reports, during a search in his elderly mother's flat, petrol was found in a water tank for watering flowers), undergoing training to commit sabotage, preparing to participate in the activities of a terrorist organisation, drug possession and treason.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 281.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","281.2","205.5","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Article 281.2","Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Artem Asalkhudin's case ","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for a case of public justification of terrorism was a comment with the word \"Pretty Boy\" under a post about Ruslan Zinin who shot a military officer.\n\nIn addition, according to the investigation, \"having a negative attitude to the current government in the Russian Federation, being an opponent of the special military operation of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine\", received in the chatbot of the Legion \"Freedom of Russia\" a questionnaire to join, established contact with its representatives and informed about his desire to join it and participate in its activities, including coming to the territory of Ukraine for this purpose, and in June 2023 filled out the questionnaire and sent it to the address of the Legion.\n\nIn the summer of 2023, he received an assignment from the Legion, which the prosecution claims was a condition of his joining the organisation. In fulfilment of this assignment, at an unspecified time that same summer, he, \"using white and blue aerosol paint, painted on the wall of a residential building the propaganda symbols of the terrorist organisation Legion Freedom of Russia\", after which he sent photos to his internet interlocutor.\n\nAlso at an unspecified time between 6 June 2023 and 14 June 2024, according to the prosecution, he received another assignment - to set fire to a relay cabinet on the railway. In order to carry out the arson, the man watched five 30-second Youtube clips of other cabinet arsons posted on the Telegram channel \"Rospartizan\" and others. Thus, according to the prosecution's version, \"trained and acquired the appropriate knowledge to commit arson of a transport infrastructure facility\". In addition, he \"made a reconnaissance of the area\" and bought petrol from a petrol station.\n\nHe grew and stored cannabis at home for personal consumption without the purpose of sale.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.06.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 15.06.2024 to 27.06.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-04-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/asalhudin-artyom-valerevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recX9o4fBhCIDHdCp"},{"persecution_id":"recDjbwBh27F0jGfX","last_updated":"2024-11-20T11:48:21.000Z","person_id":"recKBYcO8luj8fNCe","name_en":" Unknown male 217","birth_year":1970,"age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Sevastopol, worked in the advertising industry. On 5 November 2024, it became known that a case was initiated against him for knowingly spreading false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The Sevastopol resident was detained, a report was also drawn upon him under the administrative article on the demonstration of prohibited symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and he was arrested for five days.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 207.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Sevastopol resident on \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recDjbwBh27F0jGfX"},{"persecution_id":"recVmtNkByouRU8of","last_updated":"2024-11-20T11:48:21.000Z","person_id":"recZLSjHJ3JbL23AX","name_en":"Sergey Markelov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A journalist who has contributed to publications such as 7x7, Novaya Gazeta, Dozhd, and Radio Liberty. From 2011 to 2015, he worked as a TV correspondent for GTRK Karelia, and from 2015 to 2016, as a news correspondent for Stolitsa na Onego. In December 2020, he was among the first five individuals added to the register of \"foreign agents.\"\n\nOn November 6, 2024, it was reported that a case had been opened against Markelov for failing to fulfill his obligations as a \"foreign agent.\"","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Markelov","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVmtNkByouRU8of"},{"persecution_id":"reczrKMXJrl4QZ4B9","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"recWjBjfP3oG4zeki","name_en":"Ruslan Nurushev","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-12-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Volgograd. Active participant in protests against the results of the 2011 State Duma elections. Since 2014, he had criticised the annexation of Crimea and Russian policy on social media and took part in pickets. He participated in filing a complaint regarding a broadcast on the TV channel \"Volgograd-1\", which revealed the names of 15 Volgograd residents who laid flowers at a memorial rally for Alexei Navalny from 16 February to 1 March 2024. The Investigative Committee did not pursue a case.\n\nIn June 2024, Nurushev was searched as a witness in the case on the dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces against Yevgeny Kochegin, the former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in the city.\n\nOn 7 November 2024, Nurushev went to the regional department of the Investigative Committee to retrieve the computer seized during the search, but he was detained because a case on \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces had already been opened against him. On 8 November, he was taken into custody.\n\nInitially, the case was opened under the first, milder part of the article, but after interrogation the charges were increased: Nurushev was accused of spreading knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces on the basis of political hatred. On 5 May 2025, Nurushev was sentenced to six years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":180,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Nurushev' case of \"fake news\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-83/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of a VKontakte post about a missile strike on a café in Kharkiv.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 07.11.2024 to 08.11.2024\n• in custody: from 08.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• in custody:  to 21.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.07.2025 to 29.08.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.08.2025 to 28.06.2030, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 12 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.05.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a  general-regime penal colony with a 3-year prohibition on administering websites","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a  general-regime penal colony with a 3-year prohibition on administering websites","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-05T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-05T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Rabadanov claims that the grenade was stuffed into his jacket by people who approached him on the street before detaining him. He links the harassment to his plans to travel to Stavropol and Krasnodar Regions to attend the trials of those accused of the riot.\n\nOn November 8, Rabadanov was placed in custody. On 3 January 2025, the measure of restraint was changed to house arrest. 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On the night of 1 to 2 November 2024, she was detained in the club. According to her, on the way to the flat where she lived, she was threatened with life imprisonment. The flat was searched.\n\nA case was opened against Potapova for organising the activities of an extremist organisation on charges of involvement in the non-existent \"International LGBT Movement\". The next day she was taken into custody. According to her, while she was in the pre-trial detention centre, equipment worth one million rubles was stolen from the club, but it was not possible to initiate criminal proceedings - the authorities responded to the application that there was no corpus delicti.\n\nOn 27 December 2024, Potapova was placed under house arrest. 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On 29 July 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 40 thousand roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":270,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of extinguishing the Eternal Flame in Kazan","case_number":"2-25/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a video in which three young people put out the Eternal Flame with snow at the memorial complex in memory of the soldiers who fell in the fight against fascism. The video shows the teenagers warming their hands and having inappropriate fun near the Eternal Flame. At the end of the video, one of them throws snow into the flame, after which it goes out.\n\n\"Tatar-inform\" wrote that the only teenager who reached the age of criminal liability did not throw snow into the Eternal flame, but spit in it.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2025, Sentence: a fine of 40 000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 40 000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":40000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-29T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-29T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rect6t90rOTzbzmnw"},{"persecution_id":"recB0hxlrWY2fprQo","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"recHr5G61r7iU6z1E","name_en":"Zarema Musaeva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attKEyXHwU7LEUaoo.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attKEyXHwU7LEUaoo.jpg"],"birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-08-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chechnya, wife of a retired judge of the republic's Supreme Court, and mother of activists Ibragim and Abubakar Yangulbaev, who criticise the republic's head, Ramzan Kadyrov. In January 2022, Musaeva was forcibly taken from Nizhny Novgorod to Chechnya, allegedly for questioning in a fraud case. There, the woman was sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest under the article on petty hooliganism (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences), and was later charged with large-scale fraud (part 3 of article 159 of the Criminal Code) and violence against a police officer (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code).\n\nAs the Committee Against Torture wrote, the investigation claims that Musaeva, together with her \"accomplice\", realised a fraudulent scheme related to consumer loans in 2017, and after being taken to Grozny for interrogation, scratched a policeman's cheek.\n\nIn February 2022, a court in Grozny sent the woman to a pre-trial detention centre, where she remains to this day. Musaeva does not admit her guilt.\n\nThe fraud case is based on the testimony of another defendant, who was released from the pre-trial detention centre after taking a plea bargain. Some of the witnesses who claimed that Musaeva attacked the policeman were not eyewitnesses and allegedly learnt about the incident from the words of colleagues. The investigation did not provide the video recordings from the police department; moreover, the department's employees claimed that the broadcasts from the video surveillance cameras were not stored, whereas, according to the information on the state procurement website, the recordings should have been stored for at least 14 days.\n\nAccording to the investigation, Musaeva inflicted eight abrasions with her fingers and one wound on the face of the victim policeman - this was qualified as violence dangerous to life or health. The Ministry of Health responded to the lawyer's request that the wounds and abrasions themselves do not cause harm to health if they have not become infected or suppurated. The expert Maskhud Chumakov considered that the very fact of bandaging was evidence of harm to health. In addition, in his expert report, the lawyers found the phrase \"discuss on the forum\", which suggests that part of the document was sloppily copied from the Internet.\n\nIn April, Musaeva's lawyers claimed falsification of evidence pointing to the discovery of the victim's blood under the woman's fingernails: the defenders pointed out that there was no connection between the nail slices taken from Musaeva and those examined in the case materials.\n\nDuring a year and a half in the pre-trial detention centre, Musaeva began to have serious health problems. In early June, due to back pain, she was practically unable to move around. In addition, the woman suffers from type 2 diabetes and several related diseases that require constant medical supervision. Musaeva's lawyers reported that she suffers from acute hypertensive crises, sometimes accompanied by loss of consciousness.\n\nDespite this, Musaeva continues to be denied a thorough examination and hospitalisation. On 5 June 2023, she was admitted to the hospital for a check-up, but the very next day, she was returned to the pre-trial detention centre. On 15 June, Musayeva reported that she was feeling better. According to the woman, doctors examined her and took tests.\n\nOn 4 July 2023, Musaeva was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony. On the day of the verdict, her lawyer, Alexander Nemov, and Yelena Milashina, a journalist of Novaya Gazeta who had previously written about Chechnya, were brutally beaten by unknown persons in Grozny.\n\nOn 12 September 2023, the Court of Appeal reduced Musaeva's sentence to five years and replaced the general regime colony with a settlement colony. On 5 March 2024, the Court of Cassation reduced the sentence by three months.\n\nOn 29 October 2024, an investigator came to Musaeva's colony to question her about her alleged assault on an FSIN officer who accompanied her on her daily trips to the hospital. Musaeva denies the fact of the attack; she does not know what incident they are talking about. In November 2024, it became known that a case was opened against Musaeva for disorganising the work of the FSIN institution. According to the investigation, she hit an employee on the neck and tore off his epaulette. On 6 August 2025, Musaeva was sentenced to three years and 11 months in a penal colony in this case. On 16 February 2026, the Court of Appeal overturned the verdict. 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In November 2024, it became known that a criminal case was opened against him and three other men for desecration of symbols of military glory because they were basking near the Eternal Flame. 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A case was initiated against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation (presumably Navalny’s structures) and four counts of discrediting the Armed Forces with causing damage. The Sarov resident was under house arrest at the time. In October 2024, the case went to court. 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She lives with her husband in a former settlement, actually on a farm. Because of leg pain, she uses crutches: she has had a joint replacement in one leg and is awaiting surgery on the other. Her husband has a disability due to respiratory and heart conditions. They used to run a farm, but had to close it, in particular due to low milk prices.\n\nOn September 20, 2023, a search was conducted at Gordienko's home in a case over “discrediting the Russian army”. She was placed under a recognizance not to leave.\nOn August 27, 2024, Gordienko received 1 year 6 months' suspended sentence.\n\nIn November 2024, retiree Gordienko reported that a new\ncriminal casewas opened against her for discrediting the Russian army because of her comments because of the comments: “I think, as your beloved Putin said, you will go to heaven, and I will just die,” and “I demand that the war be stopped. ‘Thou shalt not kill.’ No to war!”. On August 21, 2025, the court handed Gordienko 2 years' suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":293,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anastasiia Gordienko's second case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-14/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The comments attributed to the pensioner were posted in July and August 2023 via Odnoklassniki social networking service during a discussion about the war in Ukraine. In one of them, Gordienko calls for those responsible for the killing of civilians — including Vladimir Putin — to be punished: “ … FOR ALL THESE CRIMES THE GALLOWS IS NOT ENOUGH IT IS NOT FOR NOTHING THAT OUR PRESIDENT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A WAR CRIMINAL AND AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HIM, everyone must be punished—those who gave the orders, those who carried them out, and those who SUPPORTED [them].” (spelling/capitalization preserved).\n\nIn another comment, Gordienko calls those who regard the war as “liberation from Nazism” “beasts, barbarians and murderers”: “Where do you see people???? Are these people???? Those who SUPPORT A CRIMINAL WAR, THE KILLING OF THEIR NEIGHBORS, RELATIVES, LOVED ONES. … THEY CERTAINLY HAVE NO RIGHT TO JUDGE ME, the state,? 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In August 2024, it became known that she was detained as a suspect in a case of public justification of terrorism because of a social media post approving an attack on the Belgorod region, allegedly committed out by the Russian Volunteer Corps.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":322,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Olga Antonova`s case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she \"posted propaganda videos on the Internet, aimed at justifying the conduct of military operations by the Freedom of Russia Legion* against civilians in the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.11.2024, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-18T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-18T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recViSckzwLRxV8UP"},{"persecution_id":"recXMPEm4pLJ2xzqR","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recq0rvmSxbU8bMtU","name_en":"Elena Morozova","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She is a resident of Krasnoyarsk. On 7 November 2024, she was detained and the next day the court appled a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions as part of the case of calls to terrorism. The case was initiated for a comment calling for violent overthrow of the government under Michael Nacke’s video about changes in the military conscription procedure. On 17 April 2025, Morozova was sentenced, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":161,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Elena Morozova’s case of calls for terrorism","case_number":"1-70/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated for a comment on YouTube posted in April 2023 under a video of the opposition blogger Michael Naki. The video was posted by the Ukrainian TV channel “24 Kanal” (Channel 24). The comment read, “We are now in the era of the devil, who has taken root right here, in Russia, in Moscow. In my opinion, the mission lies with you, Muscovites: will the Russian people remain, or will irreparable things happen? For a long time, Putin’s puppet has ignored our posters and slogans; radical ACTIONS are needed! A RAID ON THE KREMLIN IS NEEDED, AND THE SPECIAL POLICE FORCES MUST BE OVERTHROWN. EVEN IF IT TAKES CARS AND A HUGE CROWD, NOT WITH POSTERS AND SLOGANS, BUT LIKE IN THE MAIDAN WITH MOLOTOV COCKTAILS, AND WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE IN OUR HANDS TO DEFEND OURSELVES WITH.” Law enforcement officers noted that “at least two users” of YouTube had seen the comment.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 08.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2025","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-17T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-17T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recXMPEm4pLJ2xzqR"},{"persecution_id":"recXPs1xvc4vLM6Qp","last_updated":"2026-02-17T15:35:19.000Z","person_id":"recHytnW2G5cNzJ3y","name_en":"Ilya Varlamov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-01-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A popular blogger. In March 2023, he was added to the register of \"foreign agents\". In November 2024, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Varlamov for evading his duties as a \"foreign agent\". In June 2025, the Moscow Prosecutor's Office reported another criminal charge against the blogger under the article on the dissemination of \"false information\" about the Russian army. This charge relates to a video published in November 2023 on Varlamov's YouTube channel, in which he spoke about the shelling of residential buildings in Krivoy Rog and Odessa that occurred in June 2023.\n\nIn July 2025, the court began hearing the combined case against Varlamov. On August 14, 2025, he was convicted in absentia and sentenced to eight years' imprisonment and a fine of 99.5 million rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":286,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ilya Varlamov's case of failure to comply with “foreign agent” obligations and spreading “fake news” about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0557/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"the case was initiated following a submission by the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office, according to which Varlamov \"twice within a year was brought to administrative responsibility for violation of the procedure for the activities of a foreign agent (part 4 of article 19.34 of the CAO RF), but in violation of the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation continued to disseminate public messages and materials in the social network without indicating that they were created and (or) disseminated by an individual performing the functions of a foreign agent\".\nIn addition, Varlamov, \"while residing outside the Russian Federation, acting on the grounds of political hatred, on a publicly available video hosting site publicly disseminated, under the guise of reliable messages, knowingly false information containing data on the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the defence of the Russian Federation and its citizens\". The grounds for the accusation included a video titled “Sanctions Failed: Refrigerators, the Shadow Front, and Other Russian Tricks. China, the U.S., and Putin, in which Varlamov said: \"The fact that the Russians are successfully circumventing sanctions in the West began to be talked about after the bombing of Krivoy Rog and Odessa. On July 12, 23, when a Russian missile hit a residential building, 12 people were killed and 36 others were injured. The next day, a new missile strike was launched on Odessa. This time there were no casualties, but serious damage to half a mile of schools, residential complexes, and shops in the city centre\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.08.2025, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in absentia and a fine of 99.5 million rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in absentia and a fine of 99.5 million rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":99500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-14T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-14T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recXPs1xvc4vLM6Qp"},{"persecution_id":"recQ2NzyHFhSihhMw","last_updated":"2025-02-26T21:52:45.000Z","person_id":"recZB0aNKRtkwqWrL","name_en":"Unknown person 23","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Organiser of a closed LGBTQ+ party at the Zebra club in Voronezh. On the night of 22-23 November, the club was raided in connection with the party. A case was initiated, allegedly for organising the activities of an extremist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of the \"Zebra\" club","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated after a closed LGBTQ+ party at the Zebra club on the night of 22-23 November 2024.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recQ2NzyHFhSihhMw"},{"persecution_id":"recD9iv1fn9kJI9I9","last_updated":"2026-01-26T12:25:04.000Z","person_id":"rec1Rwq3czK2yN5yQ","name_en":"Ivan Khaitbaev","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Kh. is resident of Voronezh, owner of the club \"Zebra\". On the night of 22 to 23 of November, 2024, the club was raided in connection with a closed LGBTQ+ party. A case was opened against Kh. for organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. On November 29, 2024, he was placed in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Hairdressers","Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of the \"Zebra\" club","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for initiating the case was a closed LGBTQ+ party in the \"Zebra\" club on the night of 22 to 23 of November, 2024.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Voronezh Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/hajtbaev-ivan-mudarisovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recD9iv1fn9kJI9I9"},{"persecution_id":"recinPVTZGZixAfnP","last_updated":"2025-10-10T14:36:08.000Z","person_id":"recXCofzex7j2aJcv","name_en":"Yun Zhu","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Tomsk resident. On November 29th 2024, searches were conducted at his home and workplace in the case of organizing the activities of an \"undesirable organization\": according to the investigation, he was involved in the organization of a \"Falun Gong\" unit. On 25 November, Zhu was placed in custody. On the 27th of June, 2025, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony with a three-year ban on social and political activities.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":217,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case on \"Falun Gong\" in Tomsk","case_number":"1-253/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between September 2021 and November 2023, a local resident illegally organised in the city of Tomsk the activities of non-governmental organisations whose activities are recognised as undesirable in Russia. In particular, a \"Falun Gong\" unit. He rented non-residential premises where he held meetings of supporters. In addition, the convicted person collected money from the participants of the meetings to prepare information materials to promote the activities of these organisations.\n\n","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.11.2024 to 10.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.06.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with a three-year prohibition on engaging in socio-political activities ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with a three-year prohibition on engaging in socio-political activities ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-27T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-27T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-01-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-rossijskih-storonnikov-falungun/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recinPVTZGZixAfnP"},{"persecution_id":"recShzx2BiRZiY2yN","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:09:06.000Z","person_id":"rec6CHJNwNL2jNOUa","name_en":"Vladimir Osipov","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Moscow region. On 13 November 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces due to posts in Odnoklassniki about the explosion on the Crimean bridge, Russian army strikes on civilian objects in Ukraine and killing of children in Donbass.\n\nOsipov was kept in a temporary detention centre for more than 13 days after his arrest. According to his daughter, on the day of his detention they received a doorbell on the pretext of looking for refugees from Syria, and then people with automatic rifles broke down the door, beat her father with a rifle butt and jumped on him, after which they handcuffed his hands in two pairs of handcuffs so that his hands immediately turned blue. The daughter claims that her father was covered in blood and could not see anything because the blood was pouring into his eyes.\n\nOn 4 September, during the court hearing, the judge removed Osipov from the courtroom until the end of the debate because he demanded an ambulance. On 8 October he was taken by ambulance from the court to the hospital with hypertension, but on the same day the convoy forcibly returned him to the isolation ward. On 6 November at the hearing Osipov again demanded to call an ambulance. The team that arrived did not take his cardiogram, as the court staff prohibited to take him out of the hall. Osipov stated that he was not ready to give his last word on that day and asked to postpone the hearing, but the judge did not postpone the hearing and deprived Osipov of his last word.\n\nOn 10 November, the court sentenced the man to six and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 18 March 2026, the \"Prison Lawyer\" telegram channel reported that Osipov had died in custody. On 2 April 2026, the court of appeal cancelled the sentence and stopped prosecuting Osipov due to his death.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Lyubertsy"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_ended":"2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":374,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Osipov's case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"In court, the prosecution stated that Osipov had called the “special military operation” a \"shameful war of a shameful president\" and had written that \"every criminal has their own signature\". The indictment also said that Osipov \"posted on Odnoklassniki public accusations that President Putin had organized the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge, and accused the Russian Armed Forces of conducting air strikes against civilian objects in Ukraine and killing children in Donbas\".","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre:  to 01.11.2024\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.11.2025, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-10T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-10T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 11-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/osipov-vladimir-pavlovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recShzx2BiRZiY2yN"},{"persecution_id":"recMOeKxGQcQiUXHg","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:02:47.000Z","person_id":"recPkMKmCTlXSFCYy","name_en":"Igor Ikryanov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-05-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Igor is a resident of Novosibirsk. According to a local news portal, he left for Kazakhstan in 2022 after the mobilisation was announced. The FSB believes that he maintained contact with members of a certain Ukrainian terrorist organisation. He later returned to Russia. In November 2024, he was detained in a case concerning the public justification of terrorism and placed in custody. The case was triggered by a comment he had posted under a news item about the killing of FSB Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Shatoy, whose car came under fire in Bryansk Oblast. The Russian Volunteer Corps claimed responsibility for the attack. Later, Ikryanov was placed under house arrest.\n\nIn April 2025, it became known that Igor had also been charged with failure to report a crime. According to investigators, he knew that his acquaintance was the head of one of the units of the Russian Volunteer Corps but did not report this to the FSB.\n\nOn 31 July 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 360,000 roubles. On 25 November, following an appeal, the court increased the fine to 500,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":261,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.6 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","205.6"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Article 205.6"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The Berdsk resident’s case  of public justification of terrorism and failure to report a crime","case_number":"1-135/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for opening the case on public justification of terrorism was an approving comment he had posted on Telegram under a news item about the killing of an FSB lieutenant colonel in Bryansk Oblast as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian armed formation. The case on failure to report a crime was opened because, according to investigators, he had communicated on Instagram with an acquaintance who now heads one of the units of the Russian Volunteer Corps, and had “received from him messages and videos containing information about the organisation and participation of a nationalist in the activities of an illegal armed formation directed against the security of the Russian Federation, which he did not report to the investigation”.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.11.2024\n• house arrest: from 09.01.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.11.2024 to 13.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.07.2025, Sentence: A fine of 360,000 roubles and a two-year ban on publishing materials online","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 360,000 roubles and a two-year ban on publishing materials online","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-31T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-31T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recMOeKxGQcQiUXHg"},{"persecution_id":"rec0JwH8BJzsuIV1J","last_updated":"2025-11-27T13:52:07.000Z","person_id":"recfDwcHySdkXRqCJ","name_en":"Sergey Davidis","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow, human rights defender. After the liquidation of the organisation, he headed the project \"Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial\" project, which monitors political persecution in Russia and the assignment of political prisoner status. No later than November 2024, a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Davidis because of him reposting on Facebook the news about 22 prisoners of war from the Ukrainian Azov regiment being recognized as political prisoners.\n\nOn August 19, 2025, the human rights defender was sentenced in absentia to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":291,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Davidis' case on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, \"supporting anti-Russian sentiments, having a disdainful, hostile and aggressive attitude towards the current executive and legislative authorities of the Russian Federation, in view of the special military operation by the Armed Forces of the state to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, adhering to a position based on a false understanding and recognition of the ideology and practice of terrorism as a rightful tool to destabilize the activities of the authorities of the Russian Federation and to influence their decisions and as something that needed support and emulation,  he wanted to make his position public and accessible to an unlimited number of people with the intention to justify terrorist activity and, being fully informed on the popularity of the social network Facebook, he formed a purpose to justify terrorism and carrying out terrorist acts on the territory of Russian Federation.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 29.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.08.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-19T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-19T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0JwH8BJzsuIV1J"},{"persecution_id":"recnnKTbS6x64YSeE","last_updated":"2026-02-04T18:10:14.000Z","person_id":"recejkDmu9KDVDl6g","name_en":"Roman Shport","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwceBUydCrialJT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwceBUydCrialJT.jpg"],"birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. He was detained on 3 January 2023 and taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism for putting up the Russian Volunteer Corps flyers. On 15 January 2024, he was sentenced to two years and three months in an open jail.\n\nLater, a second case was opened against Shport for confidential cooperation with foreign nationals, based on his correspondence with individuals who identified themselves as representatives of the Freedom of Russia Legion. According to the young man, this correspondence had also appeared in the first case. On 28 April 2025, Shport was sentenced in the second case to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":178,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Roman Shport's case of confidential cooperation with foreigners ","case_number":"2-39/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Shprot himself, the case was initiated on the basis of correspondence with people who called themselves representatives of the Freedom of Russia Legion.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n• in custody:  to 22.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.04.2025, Sentence: 5 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony; combined with the previous sentence — 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony; combined with the previous sentence — 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-28T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-28T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnnKTbS6x64YSeE"},{"persecution_id":"recCV7SXNBnzjrdzr","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recGRNke3k0IHTFgI","name_en":"Andrei Kotov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, director of a travel company \"Men Travel\". On 28 November 2024 his premises were searched. According to him, approximately 15 law enforcement officers were involved; he was assaulted, and his personal data on his mobile phone was examined. A case was opened against Kotov for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. According to the investigation, he organised tourist trips for LGBTQ+ couples.\n\nOn 2 December he was placed in custody. On 5 December it became known that he was placedin a disciplinary cell. He was also charged with the production of child pornography.\n\nOn 29 December 2024, Kotov died - according to the official version, he committed suicide.\n\nOn 14 November 2025, the court posthumously found the businessman guilty of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation, as well as filming minors for the production of pornography. Due to Kotov's death, the case was dropped.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 242.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2","242.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.2","Article 242.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Kotov's case","case_number":"01-0334/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he organised tourist trips for LGBT couples. According to the TASS and Telegram channels, he was preparing a New Year's tour for gays to Egypt. Before that, he organised an LGBT cruise on the Volga River.","persecution_location_en":"Deceased","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Deceased","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 28.11.2024 to 02.12.2024\n• in custody: from 02.12.2024 to 29.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.11.2025","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2025-11-14T06:00:00.000Z","evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recCV7SXNBnzjrdzr"},{"persecution_id":"rec8ZhdlFQUs0Hgfd","last_updated":"2024-12-18T16:18:15.000Z","person_id":"recvVivcOzr8fldHh","name_en":"Dmytro Generaliuk","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. On 8 February 2024, he was captured. Several videos were released in which he criticised the Ukrainian command and called on Ukrainian servicemen to refuse to serve and surrender. On 1 July 2024, Generaliuk was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with a marking that is put with the names of people prosecuted under terrorist articles. In August, the prosecutor's office of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic reported that Generaliuk had been charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist community. The reason was his alleged service in the Donbas battalion.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitry Generalyuk","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal prosecution was Generaliuk's alleged service in the Donbass battalion.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 07-11-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://tskvsmfq---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/generalyuk-dmitrij-igorevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec8ZhdlFQUs0Hgfd"},{"persecution_id":"rec6GTANYqxMqBDUl","last_updated":"2025-06-16T16:35:10.000Z","person_id":"recmYmw6KMx4ByJN0","name_en":"Nikolay Tsymbaliuk","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Altai Krai (Southern Siberia), contractor. On 18 February 2024, he was taken into custody. A case of calls for terrorism and activities against the security of the Russian Federation was brought against him because of three reposts containing calls to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On 9 September 2024, Tsymbaliuk was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":221,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikolay Tsymbaliuk's case on calls to terrorism ana activities against the security of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was based on reposts of three publications by Arkady Babchenko:\n\n1) \"I don't understand - what did everyone expect? That orcs will observe the rules and customs of warfare? Honour international law? Not hit residential areas? Not torture, not shoot, not bury in pits? That there will be no Bucha and Irpen? That there will be no Syrianisation of the war? Beware, Poroshenko (Ukranian ex-president) - otherwise Putin will attack! Three years to prepare the bomb shelters. Three fucking years! Alligators out in the swamp are also killers and cannibals. But if you go to the middle of the swamp for shashliks on May Day, all smiles, the problem is no longer alligators. Children out. Don't bring the kids back! Send them to local schools. Make them learn languages. This thing's gonna last a while. Clench your teeth, donate to the AFU. <Bank details> Reposts are strongly encouraged. Thank you.\"\n\n2) \"Happy holiday, friends! Happy Volunteer Day! This is your holiday, brothers. This is the holiday of everyone who ever sent five, ten, one hundred hryvnias, euros, dollars. You are all volunteers. Without you we couldn't do anything. You are the basis. The foundation, on which everything holds. Everything. Drones, Starlinks, jeeps, ambulances, a lorry with a gunstand, armour plates, helmets, night vision, thermal imaging, a thousand - a thousand! - medical backpacks, an armoured tank, five -five, already- resuscitation ambulances, communications equipment, masks, thermal underwear and what not. Intelligence, Ninety-fifth, Fourth Tank, Noman Celebidzhikhan's battalion, Marcus, \"Aidar\", \"Hospitallers\". In the pictures - well, probably one hundredth of what you bought, and we organised and transported... And we go on. Your five, ten, one hundred hryvnias, euros, dollars bring victory closer every day. Happy professional holiday to you, friends!\";\n\n3) \"What to present to AFU on its birthday? Give a few DNIPRO gen 2 tourniquets for the Ukrainian military, and the order paid by you will be immediately sent from production to the front. This purchase will save a life! Follow this link ...\".\n\nThe 1st and 3rd reposts were considered by the investigation as calls for high treason, the 2nd - as a call to promote terrorist activity.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.02.2024 to 11.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for for Altai Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Altai krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.09.2024, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-09T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-09T15:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-11-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://tskvsmfq---cmgqbwys-bsccljbcrq-ez.a.run.app/figurant/czymbalyuk-nikolaj-vladimirovich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec6GTANYqxMqBDUl"},{"persecution_id":"rec3RaFbl8fN8FNA0","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rec3IdLAS2y5NlNEB","name_en":"Kseniia Garina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrS62fueihcfWLd.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrS62fueihcfWLd.jpg"],"birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tulun (Irkutsk region). Has been working for a security company and raising a four-year-old son. She joined the \"AntiPytki\" project, which reports on violations of prisoners' rights and publishes data of convicts who cooperate with prison guards, and started correcting spelling mistakes in prisoners' complaints. On 30 October 2024, she was detained after a search, taken to Irkutsk and placed in custody on charges of involvement in an extremist community in connection with the activities of the project.\n\nOn 5 June 2025, another case was opened against her - on incitement to disorganise the colony's activities and battery. According to the investigation, the posts published by Garina in the social networks of the project incited prisoners to 3 attacks on \"activists\". The posts provided the personal data of the \"activists\" and asked for reports on cases of violence on their part, but did not call for attacks on them. This case was merged with the main case of the project.\n\nIn December 2025, when Garina's arrest on the extremist organisation case was about to expire, she was detained on her way out of the pre-trial detention centre on a new case. She was accused of financing extremist activities because of transfers totalling 993 rubles to another person prosecuted in the project case, Roman Rugevich, who was abroad. According to Garina, she transferred money to him to compensate for the cost of letters to her husband.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk","Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast","Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK","RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 116 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 321 of the Criminal Code considering Article 33 Part 4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","282.1","116","321"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 4, Article 116","Part 3, Article 321"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti Pytki project ","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.10.2024 to 23.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: from 23.10.2025 to 09.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-proekta-anti-pytki/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec3RaFbl8fN8FNA0"},{"persecution_id":"recNIbWzPzkLracuK","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rece3j2xJ6bfxPmWe","name_en":"Elvira Sayfullina","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Norilsk. She was detained on October 30, 2024, as part of a case of participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist community in connection with the work of the Anti-Torture project, which reports on violations of prisoners' rights and publishes data of convicts who cooperate with prison guards.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Norilsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti Pytki project ","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-proekta-anti-pytki/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recNIbWzPzkLracuK"},{"persecution_id":"recZ7D5BOZazafPSy","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recEj6CPxKQmcFbIo","name_en":"Nikita Evshin","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-08-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region, North of European Russia). Tried for murder. On 4 September 2024, detained by force as part of an attempted murder case, details unknown. On 9 September, he was taken into custody. Later it became known that he testified against the defendants in the case on the activities of an extremist community in connection with the work of the project “Anti Pytki” (Anti-Torture), which provides data on violations of prisoners' rights and discloses the identities of convicts collaborating with prison guards.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Severodvinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti Pytki project ","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-04-2025\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-proekta-anti-pytki/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZ7D5BOZazafPSy"},{"persecution_id":"recFvJurzQDx5Y4EX","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rectO0Tn15d5tuTMf","name_en":"Victoria Kutilova","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-07-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Usolya-Sibirskiy (Irkutsk region), a kindergarten teacher. In June 2024, at the latest, Federal Security Service Directorate of the Sverdlovsk region carried out investigative and search activities in connection with Kutilova's alleged involvement in the activities of the Anti-Pytki project, which talks about violations of prisoners' rights and publishes data of convicts who cooperate with prison guards. On 30 October 2024, she was detained as part of the extremist community case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast","Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti Pytki project ","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-proekta-anti-pytki/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recFvJurzQDx5Y4EX"},{"persecution_id":"recaRUhKwYBHiLfen","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recLXIfOnsSCRQf0a","name_en":"Roman Rugevich","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-01-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Irkutsk region, coordinator of the Anti Pytki project, which reports on prisoners' rights violations and publishes data of convicts who co-operate with prison guards. He migrated to France. No later than June 2024, the FSB of the Sverdlovsk region conducted operational search activities in connection with Rugevich's alleged involvement in the activities of an extremist community. On 30 October 2024, it became known about a criminal case initiated in connection with the activities of the project, searches took place in several regions, and several people were taken into custody. On 6 December 2024, Rugevich was banned from leaving Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti Pytki project ","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-04-2025\n Status: A person persecuted for political reasons\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-proekta-anti-pytki/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recaRUhKwYBHiLfen"},{"persecution_id":"recXv8gCK7JCwj1ct","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recdO6NZtGe0fSpnt","name_en":"Zaidulla Rezvanov","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A former prisoner who served his sentence in the Omsk region. No later than June 2024, the Federal Security Service Directorate for Sverdlovsk region conducted operational search activities concerning Rezvanov's alleged involvement in the Anti-Torture project, which highlights violations of prisoners' rights and publishes data on convicts cooperating with prison guards. On October 30, 2024, he was detained as part of a criminal case related to the activities of an extremist community, initiated due to the project's operations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast","Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti Pytki project ","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-proekta-anti-pytki/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recXv8gCK7JCwj1ct"},{"persecution_id":"recYMYTqMEwbSG8z1","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"recXTZBr4E9xovru1","name_en":"Olga Korneva","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. In June 2024, at the latest, the Federal Security Service Directorate of the Sverdlovsk region conducted investigative activities in connection with Korneva's alleged involvement in the activities of the ANTI PYTKI project, which tells about violations of prisoners' rights and publishes data of convicts who cooperate with prison guards. On 30 October 2024, she was detained as part of a criminal case on an extremist community initiated in connection with the project's activities. Korneva was taken into custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg","Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast","Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE","RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti Pytki project ","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 30-04-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-proekta-anti-pytki/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recYMYTqMEwbSG8z1"},{"persecution_id":"recJKhngRfSd68cqU","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"recpQ3DNSQI0d988I","name_en":" Shmakova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A student of the Tomsk Governor's College of Culture and Arts. She curated a social media page in VKontakte network, where she posted her anime-style drawings. She was prosecuted for distribution of pornography after her classmate found \"drawings with pornographic content\" on the page in January 2024. She notarised the pictures and, along with other college students, filed a complaint to the deputy principal of her college and the supervisor of the study group. On 9 October 2024 Shmakova was given a one-year suspended sentence, but was released since she expressed repentance in court.  ","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":251,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 242 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["242"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 242"],"case_name_en":"","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was anime drawings, among which, according to the investigation, \"there are works depicting a naked girl with a male genitalia. There are also drawings depicting a man in women's clothing. In some drawings, anime characters are engaged in sexual intercourse.\" These images may \"provoke sexual arousal in an unspecified range of individuals, and the absence of socio-cultural messaging in the material may provoke spontaneous sexual behaviour\". In addition, the drawings allegedly promote \"non-traditional sexual relationships\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.10.2024, Sentence: 1 year of conditioned prison sentence, released from execution of punishment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of conditioned prison sentence, released from execution of punishment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-09T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-09T11:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJKhngRfSd68cqU"},{"persecution_id":"rec05VQqvR9PMph89","last_updated":"2024-12-11T10:53:58.000Z","person_id":"recL6LsarPwJvi8ny","name_en":"Olga Krasnova","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Altai Krai. On 6 February 2024, her home was searched and then she was questioned in a case of public justification of terrorism because of posts in support of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion. Krasova was released on her own recognisance. On 30 May 2024, she was sentenced to a fine of 330 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":114,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"","persecution_case_profile_en":"Krasnova was charged for publications dated 2023, where she spoke about the activities of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\" and the Legion \"Freedom of Russia\". Thus, in May she posted a post in \"Odnoklassniki\": \"Since yesterday there is no doubt about the real existence of such units as the Legion \"Freedom of Russia\" and the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\" (RDK). Citizens of Russia with weapons in their hands, risking their own lives, are fighting for another Russia, free from the current regime. Since yesterday, a new bright page in modern Russian history has been opened - the transition of the armed opposition of Putin's regime to active open actions on the territory of the Russian Federation itself, and the topic of the existence of \"good Russians\" has been closed. We are happily following what is happening and wish them every success in their struggle\".\n\nShe later published two more similar posts.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 06.02.2024 to 15.06.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.05.2024, Sentence: a fine of 330 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 330 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":330000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-05-30T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-05-30T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"rec05VQqvR9PMph89"},{"persecution_id":"rec5YT0WPSdCkfyFj","last_updated":"2026-01-17T22:12:26.000Z","person_id":"reckpR2rTFHPzhDud","name_en":"Alesya Marokhovskaya","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist, editor-in-chief of the publication \"Important Stories\", left Russia after the outbreak of war. Three times winner of the \"Redkollegiya\" award for her articles in Novaya Gazeta, Meduza and Vazhnye Istorii. In August 2021, she was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". On 5 December 2024, her parents were searched in connection with a case against her for evading her duties as a \"foreign agent\".\n\nIn October 2025, the court sentenced her in absentia to ten months of correctional labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magadan"],"persecution_region_en":["Magadan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MAG"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":323,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alesya Marokhovskaya","case_number":"1-8/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the summer and autumn of 2024, she \"deliberately and unlawfully\" failed to submit to the Ministry of Justice the reports required by the law on \"foreign agents\". 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In December 2024, there were reports that a case was opened against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The reason for that was a post about strikes on civilians in Bucha. On 19 February 2025, Yuzhakov was sentenced to three years of forced labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":384,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Tuapse residen's case of disseminating false information about Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-39/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted a \"message and video materials\" in the Tuapse urban community with information about the Russian army's \"multiple rocket and artillery strikes on civilians in the town of Bucha\".","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.03.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.02.2025, Sentence: 3 years of forced labor ","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years of forced labor ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-19T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-19T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-05-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/yuzhakov-ilya-yurevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recOjHA3tV1ztxcmt"},{"persecution_id":"recK835BdI5WjOq6k","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"rec1jp9Iz2ppu6wee","name_en":"Dmitrii Iushkov","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Samara. On 11 September 2024, a search took place at his home. Iushkov claims that he was beaten. A case of public justification of terrorism was opened against him because of his comment that appeared to be an endorsement of the activities of the Freedom of Russia Legion. Iushkov gave a recognisance not to leave. He was able to leave Russia, after which he was put on a wanted list. After Iushkov's departure, his mother was questioned twice by the FSB, and her home was searched. On 4 December 2024, law enforcers checked the contents of the woman's smartphone and demanded that she not communicate with her son. Iushkov requested political asylum in France.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Iushkov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the official report identifying signs of a criminal offence, the reason for the prosecution was a comment posted in the “Chat of the Freedom of Russia Movement.” The message read:\n\n“The white-blue-white banner / Will be raised / Not for thirty cursed coins / And not for awards / I salute the soldiers in the trenches / To the people with the leaflet. / The system of dictate will be dead. / The Legion ‘Freedom of Russia’ will send it a funeral notice! Legion ‘Freedom of Russia’! Legion ‘Freedom of Russia’! Legion ‘Freedom of Russia’!”\n\nAn expert assessment concluded that this comment amounted to a justification of the activities of the Legion “Freedom of Russia,” an organisation designated as terrorist.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recK835BdI5WjOq6k"},{"persecution_id":"rec0FY4UWqKQjDmUj","last_updated":"2026-02-18T09:03:21.000Z","person_id":"recIgqbgezYiNu15J","name_en":"Vadim Kharchenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attGbW4kq0KpKKkfj.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attGbW4kq0KpKKkfj.png"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Gelendzhik. Opposition blogger, labeled a \"foreign agent\" on 20 January 2023.\nThe first report of a possible criminal case against the blogger for discrediting the Armed Forces appeared on 12 February 2023 in the Telegram channel \"Good Gelendzhik\". On 15 February, it was also reported there that he was sent under house arrest, but without specifying the source or evidence of this. On 20 February, the Telegram channel published what was presumably a brief fragment of the the decision to initiate a criminal case. Acquaintances expressed concern that they had not been able to reach Kharchenko for ten days. In early March, the same Telegram channel published information that Kharchenko had been seen in the city.\nIn January 2024, when the case went to court, it became known that Kharchenko was also charged with articles on offending religious feelings, defamation involving an accusation of committing a crime against sexual integrity, and public calls for  extremist activity. \nAt the end of July 2024, Kharchenko was sent to a pre-trial detention centre. In August, his lawyer said that the blogger was being deliberately subjected to torture: he was being held in solitary confinement in unsanitary conditions, in a damp basement without windows. Dust and dirt were flying into the room through the bars, and at night, people in neighboring cells were shouting and swearing. In addition, the same voice constantly read aloud, loudly and monotonously, the rules and regulations of detention center No. 3. The prisoner has chronic bronchitis and asthma, but he was not receiving any medical care. On August 14, it became known that Kharchenko had been transferred to more favorable conditions.\nOn 5 December 2024, the court replaced the blogger's restraint with a ban on certain actions. However, he was not released and was detained, and later taken into custody on a new case—for defamation of Yaroslav Krasnoshchekov - a lawyer who was named the victim in the first case. At the same time, the judge who overlooked the first case recused herself.\nOn 12 March 2025, Kharchenko was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony for discrediting the Armed Forces and other charges.\nLater it became known that in the second case, as in the first, there are articles on insulting the religious feelings of believers and inciting hatred. The defence claims that Kharchenko's second case is built on the same evidence as the first one.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gelendzhik"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 5,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1","128.1","148","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 5, Article 128.1","Part 2, Article 128.1","Part 1, Article 148","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Vadim Kharchenko's case of defamation of a lawyer, insulting the religious feelings of believers and appealing for extremist activity","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.12.2024 to 07.12.2024\n• in custody: from 07.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Krai","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0FY4UWqKQjDmUj"},{"persecution_id":"recx5NGhZcJWMS783","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recqc2uoLPP5vtMu1","name_en":"Gennadii Buslov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attaz2TKlIgsS9Q6W.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attaz2TKlIgsS9Q6W.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ramenskoye (Moscow region). On December 4, 2024, law enforcement officers searched his home and workplace, after which he was detained. The next day, Buslov was taken into custody on charges of participating in the activities of an \"undesirable\" organization. This refers to his adherence to the Falun Gong system of spiritual practices. On September 30, 2025, Buslov was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. He was presumably released in December 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_ended":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":300,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Gennadii Buslov's case","case_number":"01-0597/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from February to December 2024, he participated in the activities of an \"undesirable\" organization and also \"distributed extremist materials on the territory of the Russian Federation.\"\n\nIn February 2024, Buslov was fined under an administrative article for participating in an \"undesirable\" organization (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The reason for the fine was his participation in a Falun Gong event at the Danilovsky Educational Center.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 04.12.2024 to 05.12.2024\n• in custody: from 05.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody:  to 18.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.11.2025 to 01.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.09.2025, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-30T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-30T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-01-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-rossijskih-storonnikov-falungun/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recx5NGhZcJWMS783"},{"persecution_id":"recasJNpjVxP8rc7o","last_updated":"2025-03-09T11:16:45.000Z","person_id":"reclxuoxAq1XxrPQA","name_en":"Denis Garayev","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-01-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bashkortostan. He was prosecuted for attempted destruction of another person's property because of an attempt to set fire to a military recruiting office. According to the telegram channel KushTau Online, he was beaten up during detention. Garayev pleaded guilty, the case was considered in a special order. On 23 November 2022, the court sentenced him to a year and a half suspended sentence.\nNo later than February 2024, a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Garayev for endorsing \"the activities of a Ukrainian paramilitary association\". On 6 December 2024, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":309,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Denis Garaev on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he left comments \"on the resources of Ukrainian associations on YouTube, recognised in Russia as terrorist\" and justified \"the activities of Ukrainian paramilitary associations\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2024, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, taking into account the previous sentence, ban on administrating on Internet sites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, taking into account the previous sentence, ban on administrating on Internet sites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-06T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recasJNpjVxP8rc7o"},{"persecution_id":"recLkU5wWXbH1owJW","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:29.000Z","person_id":"recXvEO8Mm9W3Ku2i","name_en":" Unknown male 238","birth_year":1982,"age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Khakassia. In December 2024, it became known that a case was brought against him for calls to extremism due to calls to overthrow by force the state power in the country, as well as reprisals against law enforcement officers and war participants. On 24 February 2025, the man was sentenced to two years and ten days of forced labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":85,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The third case of a resident of Khakassia on charges of inciting extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2022, he published in pro-Ukrainian Telegram channels calls for \"the overthrow by force of state power in the country, as well as reprisals against law enforcement officers and participants in military special operations\".","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 01.05.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2025, Sentence: 2 years and 10 days of community work, with a one-year ban on administering websites, electronic networks and information and telecommunication systems","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 10 days of community work, with a one-year ban on administering websites, electronic networks and information and telecommunication systems","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-24T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-24T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLkU5wWXbH1owJW"},{"persecution_id":"recVFiFCqIdmwIags","last_updated":"2026-03-29T10:27:49.000Z","person_id":"recHC0t8H5rk1fhaO","name_en":"Zaur Murtuzov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att1UB6Bt3uZpYqp1.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att1UB6Bt3uZpYqp1.jpg"],"birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow or the Moscow suburbs. On 5 December 2024, a search took place at his home. Presumably, force was used against him. After the search, Murtuzov was detained and placed in custody. He was charged with participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and services and attracting new supporters.\nAs it turned out in court, the key witness in the case testified at the investigation under a false name - under a passport issued to her by the FSB officers so that she could participate in operational-search activities.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fifth case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow","case_number":"01-0094/2026","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.12.2024 to 01.12.2024\n• in custody: from 01.12.2024 to 18.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: from 18.12.2024 to 26.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: from 26.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 09-12-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/12/d50756/?sphrase_id=2748575\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-12-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recVFiFCqIdmwIags"},{"persecution_id":"recnUOgnjTvRGZRAF","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"reciIQ7ha2LtGJ8m9","name_en":"Larisa Kislaia","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow and the Moscow suburbs. On 5 December 2024, a search was conducted at her home. She was then detained and placed under house arrest as part of a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with her involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\nAs it turned out in court, the key witness in the case testified at the investigation under a false name - under a passport issued to her by the FSB officers so that she could participate in operational-search activities.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fifth case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow","case_number":"01-0094/2026","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.12.2024 to 01.12.2024\n• house arrest: from 01.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 09-12-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/12/d50756/?sphrase_id=2748575\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-12-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recnUOgnjTvRGZRAF"},{"persecution_id":"recwSC5W3jr4G5zPv","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"recVghGyQPj4zgpoG","name_en":"Oksana Ivanova","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow and the Moscow region. On 5 December 2024, her home was searched. She was subsequently detained and placed under house arrest within the framework of a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with her alleged involvement in a community of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremism-related articles solely on account of their religious activities — holding meetings and services, and recruiting new adherents. As it emerged in court, the key witness in the case gave testimony during the investigation under a fictitious surname — using a passport issued to her by FSB officers so that she could participate in operational-search activities.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fifth case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow","case_number":"01-0094/2026","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.12.2024 to 01.12.2024\n• house arrest: from 01.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 09-12-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/12/d50756/?sphrase_id=2748575\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-12-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recwSC5W3jr4G5zPv"},{"persecution_id":"rec381UT5mc4X2QXo","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"recazITbp7Yc7XzFB","name_en":"Liliana Korol","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow and the Moscow region. On 5 December 2024, a search was conducted at her home. She was then detained and placed in custody as part of a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with her involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. On 2 October 2025, Korol was transferred to house arrest.\nAs it turned out in court, the key witness in the case testified at the investigation under a false name - under a passport issued to her by the FSB officers so that she could participate in operational-search activities.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fifth case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow","case_number":"01-0094/2026","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.12.2024 to 01.12.2024\n• in custody: from 01.12.2024 to 02.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• house arrest: from 02.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 09-12-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/12/d50756/?sphrase_id=2748575\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-12-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\nAs it turned out in court, the key witness in the case testified at the investigation under a false name, under a passport issued to her by the FSB officers so that she could participate in operational-search activities.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fifth case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow","case_number":"01-0094/2026","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.12.2024 to 01.12.2024\n• in custody: from 01.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 09-12-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/12/d50756/?sphrase_id=2748575\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-12-2024\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recykTYKDWiAah3yV"},{"persecution_id":"recj4rSjE6mJNparl","last_updated":"2026-02-17T17:56:35.000Z","person_id":"rec5iLUGZKHTix5vE","name_en":"Sergey Temiashov","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Orel city. On 9 February 2024, a case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Temiashov was placed under house arrest. On the 14th of November 2024, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":279,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Temyashov's case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of Russian Federation ","case_number":"1-169/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in July 2023, the convict posted videos and comments on the social network in the Internet, which contained deliberately false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine during the special military operation.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 14.11.2024 to 04.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Oryol Oblast\n• house arrest:  to 14.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 04.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Oryol Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Oryol region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.11.2024, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of sites on the Internet for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the administration of sites on the Internet for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-14T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-14T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-03-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/temyashov-sergej-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recj4rSjE6mJNparl"},{"persecution_id":"recyfWNc2BDCS95zh","last_updated":"2025-09-17T06:56:10.000Z","person_id":"recu7brTXTOUhnCXc","name_en":" Unknown male 239","birth_year":2006,"age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A student of Kazan Federal University, he was a minor at the time of the prosecution. No later than early February 2024, he was prosecuted for incitement to hatred and offending state symbols because of a torn Russian flag. On 11 December 2024, he was sentenced, details unknown. On 31 January 2025, the court of appeal changed the sentence, according to the press office of the first-instance court, the student was sentenced to two years and five months' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":345,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment","provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Article 329"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a torn flag in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in September 2023 he cut the Russian flag and filmed it on his phone and left some kind of comment in a Telegram chat of 100 people.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.01.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.12.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":29,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-11T10:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-11T10:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recyfWNc2BDCS95zh"},{"persecution_id":"recYL7wOAyg5vhLza","last_updated":"2026-03-19T18:01:47.000Z","person_id":"recC7VYpiZc0L7QUH","name_en":"Andrei Filimonov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Adygea. A case was opened against him for financing extremist activities because of a donation to ACF. On 27 November 2024, Filimonov was sentenced to a fine of 300,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_ended":"2026-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":331,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Filimonov's case of a donation to ACF","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August 2021, he transferred money from his account to \"a non-profit organization knowing beforehand that it was designated as extremist\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.11.2024, Sentence: a fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-27T12:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-27T12:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 11-12-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/11/d50633/?sphrase_id=2748827\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recYL7wOAyg5vhLza"},{"persecution_id":"rec7eak6EVQHxeSuX","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recJdtQCIW7PusWbC","name_en":"Alexander Panasenko","birth_year":1993,"age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kemerovo. In November 2024, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against him for desecrating symbols of military glory in connection with a post in which he promised to defecate on the St. George ribbon. Earlier, Panasenko had been held administratively liable under the article on the display of Nazi symbols and was sentenced to one year of corrective labor in a criminal case for repeated display of such symbols (we do not know the details of that case). He was also twice given suspended sentences under the article on drug possession (we have no grounds to consider those prosecutions politically motivated). On April 21, 2025, he was sentenced to four years and four months in a general-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":171,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Panasenko's  case of desecration of the St. George's ribbon","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated over a VKontakte comment that read, “I bought it, so I’ll piss on it myself. 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According to his own words, he completed distance learning as a history teacher and also trained in crafts such as lamp electrician, antique restorer, furniture repair carpenter, and partially as a plumber and glazier. On April 10, 2024, he was detained as a suspect in the case of desecration of the St George's ribbon. It was later reported that he was also charged with denying facts established by the Nuremberg Tribunal. The charges were based on a collage he published showing Putin carrying a portrait of Hitler during the \"Immortal Regiment\" march, as well as a post in which he compared Russia to Nazi Germany. At the trial, Denisov stated that he is \"an orthodox communist and Stalinist.\" On April 17, 2025, he was sentenced to a year and eight months in an open prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pushkin"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":387,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 354.1","Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Pushkin resident concerning the rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on January 15, 2023, at 1:11 PM, he posted a text comment in a public group on the social network VKontakte, the substance of which amounted to equating the Russian Federation, its constitutional principles, as well as its head, represented by the current President of the Russian Federation, with the political system, ideology, and leaders of Nazi Germany and their accomplices. The comment was accompanied by a composite image depicting the President of the Russian Federation in a Nazi German military uniform, alongside Nazi symbols against the background of the coat of arms of the Russian Federation, which included, among other things, an image of A. Hitler and the inscription \"Fascism of the 21st century,\" as well as a comment in the form of informational material containing an image using a photograph of the President of the Russian Federation with a St. George Ribbon at the \"Immortal Regiment\" event, carrying a portrait depicting A. 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On 27 February 2025, Veselova was sentenced; details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":88,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["AllatRa case in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"L. 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He graduated from the Northern State Medical University in 1999 and has since worked as a doctor, specializing in emergency care. In December 2024, he was charged with financing extremist activities due to donations he made to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. The court imposed a preventive measure, restricting certain actions he is allowed to take.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The Case of Nikolai Serebrennikov on his Donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between August 2021 and February 2022, he made seven transfers of 500 roubles each from his Sberbank card to the accounts of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, sending a total of 3,500 roubles.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 16.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n• Support for political prisoners. 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In April 2024 it became known that a case of slander against President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko was brought against him. One of the two episodes of the case was slander, coupled with accusation of a person of committing a crime against sexual inviolability and sexual freedom of a person or a grave or especially grave crime. On 23 January 2025, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 27 November 2025, following a new examination of the case, the court sentenced Suzdaltsev to 400 hours of community work.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":605,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":86,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 5,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1","128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 128.1","Part 5, Article 128.1"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Suzdaltsev's case","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 27.11.2025, Sentence: 400 hours' community work","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"400 hours' community work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-27T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-27T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfj7YBFK0W15lVE"},{"persecution_id":"recPzfquSXMUdgnA3","last_updated":"2025-05-26T11:52:54.000Z","person_id":"recZ3GKFZ68XwJzOs","name_en":"Nikita Alekseenko","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tulun (Irkutsk region). On 8 October 2024, he was detained in a case of public justification of terrorism because of comments on social networks where he endorsed the activities of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the possible seizure of Russian territory by this group to overthrow the Russian government. Alekseenko was placed in custody. On 29 November he was changed the measure of restraint to a ban on certain actions. In addition, a protocol was drawn up on him under the administrative article on calls to violate the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation (article 20.3.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 5 March 2025 Alekseenko was sentenced to a fine of 350 thousand rubles (≈$3910 as of 05.03.2025).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":148,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Alekseenko's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"on 16.05.2023 at 21:54 in the Internet, namely in the messenger Telegram under the user name \"@para_bellum\" (ID 5139591204, nickname \"Anatolii\"), in the Telegram channel \"White Powder\" posted a publication in text form (comment) of the following content: \"We are waiting for you in Irkutsk\" (response to the text publication: \"What region of the Russian Federation should the Russian Volunteer Corps fighters enter first?\")\". In addition, \"on 23.05.2023 at 00:08 in the Internet, namely in Telegram under the user name \"@para_bellum\" (ID 5139591204, nickname \"Anatolii\"), in the Telegram channel \"White Powder\" posted a publication in text form (comment) of the following content: \"We pray for you! Russia will be free! Siberia is waiting for liberators!\" (in the context of discussing textual publications \"Good luck to you Russians! Glory to the Russian Volunteer Corps\", etc.)\". In addition, \"on 23.05.2023 at 01:28 in the Internet, namely in Telegram under the user name \"@para_bellum\" (ID 5139591204, nickname \"Anatoly\"), in the Telegram channel \"White Powder\" posted a publication in text form (comment) of the following content: \"And it is right. The Motherland is one, and it must be saved from Putin's Chekists\" (response to the text publication: \"Legion \"Freedom of Russia\" was formed a little earlier than the Russian Volunteer Corps. And since recently they have united, and just before the today's operation\")\".","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.10.2024 to 29.11.2024\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 29.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2025, Sentence: a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-05T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-05T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPzfquSXMUdgnA3"},{"persecution_id":"recJifWGZAjfBw1yJ","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:29.000Z","person_id":"recLG1WG1rIPVbEv5","name_en":" Unknown male 241","birth_year":2009,"age":17,"age_group_en":"under eighteen years old","age_persecution_began":15,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kazan. In December 2024, it became known that a case was brought against him for desecration of symbols of military glory because he threw a clod of snow into the Eternal Flame.\n\nIn August 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that the teenager was sentenced to a fine. Its amount is unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The second case of extinguishing the Eternal Flame in Kazan","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the evening of December 11, 2024, while in Victory Park in Kazan, he threw a snowball into the Eternal Flame, thereby extinguishing the flame.\n","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: The fine of  unknown amount","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 12-12-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/12/d50773/?sphrase_id=2749021\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recJifWGZAjfBw1yJ"},{"persecution_id":"recJOon1EiOAjXLNz","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:01:54.000Z","person_id":"recrZqidFWoTYrJGj","name_en":"Ivan Tishchenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attQburQLtkUvFgn4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attQburQLtkUvFgn4.png"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Moscow resident, vascular surgeon. On 27 February 2024, he was detained in connection with the event in memory of Boris Nemtsov and the next day was arrested for 15 days under the article on disorderly conduct (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Later, his sister reported that FSB officers had come to him in the special detention centre and threatened him with a criminal case under the extremist article. Then it became known that a case of financing extremist activities was brought against him because of donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 25 December 2024, Tishchenko was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":358,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Tishchenko's case on financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"Seven transfers totalling $70 were imputed to them","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• house arrest: from 27.09.2024 to 24.12.2024\n• in custody:  to 05.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2024, Sentence: 4 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-12-2024\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-finansirovanii-fbk/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJOon1EiOAjXLNz"},{"persecution_id":"reckbXYxmtBNW50G9","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"recdqA4vdwZtmhheo","name_en":"Aleksei Morozov","birth_year":1953,"birth_date":"1953-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":71,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Omsk. In 2023 he received fines because of statements in social networks against Zionism and Russian women who converted to Islam. After that, apparently, employees of the Centre for Supression of Extremism still had access to his account. On 26 July 2024, Morozov was searched in a case of public justification of terrorism because of a video about the infiltration of the Russian Freedom Legion into the Belgorod region. He was taken to sign a recognisance not to leave. On 18 December 2024 Morozov was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":145,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Aleksei Morozov's case on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a video clip about the infiltration of the \"Freedom of Russia\" legion into the Belgorod region.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 26.07.2024 to 10.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2024, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T11:05:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T11:05:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckbXYxmtBNW50G9"},{"persecution_id":"recOf9le6fEs0rHWT","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recup0YtbcoJL4F6y","name_en":"Ivan Kartashov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St Petersburg. A criminal case was initiated against him for confidential cooperation with a foreign state: according to the investigation, he sent certain files to a CIA officer. On 18 December 2024, Kartashov was remanded in custody. The charge was later reclassified as high treason. On 16 March 2026, Kartashov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":470,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Kartashov's case of cooperation with the CIA","case_number":"2-13/2026 (2-66/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being dissatisfied with the political course of the Russian Federation and the conducted SMO\", he contacted another Russian citizen and asked for “assistance in establishing contact with officers of foreign intelligence services”, intending to sell confidential documents “relating to a certain facility, as well as UAV systems”, and communicated with a representative of the US CIA by email and messenger.\n\n“During the communication, Kartashov indicated that the aim of his cooperation with the CIA was directed at changing the political regime in the Russian Federation. In addition, Kartashov sent certain electronic files to the CIA representative.”","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.03.2026, Sentence: 14 years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, with a fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years’ imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, with a fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-16T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-16T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kartashov-ivan\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recOf9le6fEs0rHWT"},{"persecution_id":"recUCCvcStLWk3TXj","last_updated":"2025-07-26T15:06:35.000Z","person_id":"rec0os34qfIC8pcYA","name_en":"Ramil Yakupov","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Perm, electrician. In October 2023, a case was opened against him for calls to terrorism and activities against the security of the Russian Federation. 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Under this article, he was fined a total of 90,000 roubles (≈US$1265 as of May 2022). \n\nOn 27 June 2022, Yashin was detained while walking in a park. The next day, he was arrested for 15 days under the administrative article on disobeying the lawful demands of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 12 July, as Yashin’s administrative arrest was coming to an end, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against him for knowingly spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 13 July, the court placed him in custody. On 22 July, the Ministry of Justice added Yashin to the register of so-called “foreign agents”. His bank accounts were frozen. On 9 December, he was sentenced to eight and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nOn 1 December 2023, shortly after arriving at the colony, Yashin was sent to a punishment cell (SHIZO) for refusing assignment to a construction brigade building barracks. After his term in the punishment cell ended, he was transferred to a barrack with strict detention conditions.\nOn 4 March 2024, it became known that Yashin had been registered as “prone to studying and spreading extremism”.\nOn 3 April 2024, he was again placed in a punishment cell for taking off the upper part of his prison uniform (jacket) at breakfast.\nOn 17 May 2024, he was again sent to a punishment cell for 15 days — three days before a scheduled visit with his parents.\nOn 1 June 2024, he was sent to a punishment cell for another 12 days, even before the previous term had ended. This time, the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) considered it a “violation” that, after leaving the shower room, Yashin removed his uniform for a few minutes to change his T-shirt.\n\nOn 1 August 2024, Yashin was released as part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and other states and taken to Germany.\nOn 25 December 2024, he was declared wanted in a criminal case for evading his duties as a “foreign agent”. On 17 January 2025, his parents’ home was searched.\nIn August 2025, State Duma deputy Vasily Piskaryov announced that a case had been opened against the organisers of the opposition march in Berlin on 1 March 2025 (including Kara-Murza) for participation in the activities of extremist and terrorist organisations, organising the activities of an extremist community, and making public calls for extremism. On 13 October 2025, Yashin was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of extremists and terrorists, without the marking used for those prosecuted under terrorist articles, which may indicate that participation in a terrorist organisation is not imputed to him. 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A case on financing extremist activities was opened against him because of six donations that Ledkov transferred to the Anti-Corruption Foundation after the organisation was declared extremist. In total, he transferred 1,800 roubles to the ACP. On 29 July 2025, the court sentenced Ledkov to a fine of 120,000 rubles. On 18 September 2025, the appeal court toughened the sentence, replacing the fine with three years in a general regime colony. On 25 February 2026, the Court of Cassation commuted the sentence, replacing the real term with a suspended one.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khanty-Mansiysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHM"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":217,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Khanty-Mansiysk city on financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-200/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he made 16 donations of 300 rubles each to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF), one of them after the organisation was recognised as extremist, and, between 5 September 2021 and 5 February 2022, he made six transfers to ACF  totalling 1,800 rubles.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 28.12.2024 to 29.07.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.12.2024 to 28.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.09.2025 to 01.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast\n• Unknown: from 21.10.2025 to 10.11.2025\n• punishment cell: from 12.11.2025 to 16.11.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.11.2025 to 12.11.2025, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.11.2025 to 05.03.2026, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 29 of the GUFSIN of Russia for the Perm Territory\n• Unknown: from 05.03.2026 to 01.06.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2025, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 120,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Deprivation of liberty","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 120,000 rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2025-07-29T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-29T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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In December 2024, it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of his comments on attacks on the Belgorod and Bryansk regions. No later than January 2025, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of the resident of the Belgorod region on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted comments on a public video hosting site justifying the terrorist attack on the Belgorod region, carried out on April the 1st, 2022 by representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using two combat helicopters, as well as road accidents carried out by the militarized nationalist association \"Russian Volunteer Corps\" (a terrorist organization, its activities are banned in the Russian Federation) in March and May 2023 in the Bryansk and Belgorod regions.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, and prohibition from engaging in activities related to website administration and the use of electronic and information and telecommunications networks, including the internet, for a period of 3 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recK2RENsVA0vFkn4"},{"persecution_id":"recGD74vd8WvzbpkZ","last_updated":"2026-02-10T08:54:30.000Z","person_id":"reckuX33ewoc9EgRu","name_en":"Andrei Gilishev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att8rCptIFijqx9Tq.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att8rCptIFijqx9Tq.png"],"birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Tyumen resident, a former employee of the Magnesia MRI diagnostic centre. On February 6th 2024, he was detained because of the graffiti \"ROC [Russian Orthodox Church] supprots murderers\". He was charged with vandalism and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation because, according to the investigation, Gilishev had sprayed the graffiti on behalf of the Russian Freedom Legion after filling out a questionnaire form on their website. According to SOTAvision’s report, Gilishev was tortured with high voltage electricity, demanding that he state that he knew that the organisation was recognised as \"terrorist\" when he joined the legion. The medic did not deny that he had joined the organisation, but claimed he did not know it had been recognised as \"terrorist\". He later realised that he had filled out the form on the Legion's \"fake\" website. On December 24th 2024, Gilishev was sentenced to 15 years in a high security prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":322,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Gilishev's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from December 2023 to February 2024 he participated in the activities of the Freedom of Russia Legion. He filled out a questionnaire on the organisation's website, after which he was contacted by someone who introduced himself as Pavel and gave him tasks: to draw a white-blue-white flag on the stele at the entrance to Tyumen and to write the phrase \"ROC [Russian Orthodox Church] supports murderers\" on the fence of the Michael the Archangel Church. Gilishev had time to do only the latter.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2024\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody:  to 06.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2024, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-24T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He worked as a waiter in a sushi bar and as a loader.\n\nOn 4 July 2024, he was detained on charges of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces, publicly justifying terrorism, and participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation.\n\nAccording to the investigation, the latter charge was based on the fact that he filled out a questionnaire about cooperation with the Freedom of Russia Legion, after which he retrieved money from a stash. Selin admits that he filled out the questionnaire and took the money, which he spent on equipment, but emphasises that this was the end of his “cooperation,” stating that he would not go to fight on the side of Ukraine and would not commit terrorist acts. He was remanded in custody.\n\nA video by the FSB, published by Kommersant in September 2024, shows the moment of his detention. The officers ask him how he communicated with the Legion, to which he replies that “everything was via Telegram.” The outlet, citing the FSB, reported that Selin was to be investigated for treason.\n\nAt the trial, Selin stated that during his arrest and initial interrogation he was beaten with a stun gun, and during subsequent interrogations he was threatened with beatings and with being placed in a cell where other inmates would abuse him.\n\nOn 29 August 2025, the court sentenced him to 18 years’ imprisonment, with the first four years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":421,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","205.5","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vadim Selin's case","case_number":"1-397/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he filled out a questionnaire on cooperation with the Freedom of Russia Legion, took money from a stash and bought equipment with it; disseminated deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces, in particular, in connection with mentioning the Russian army's crimes in Bucha and claiming that it could not take Kyiv in three days; publicly justified terrorist activities.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n• in custody:  to 19.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.08.2025, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment: 4 years in prison and the remaining term in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment: 4 years in prison and the remaining term in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-29T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-29T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Later it became known that Tyron was also accused of weapons possession, the details of the charges are unknown. 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She sent donations to the FBK and participated in \"Smart Voting\". After the hacking of FBK databases, that became known to her supervisors, and in June 2022 Andryukova was offered to voluntarily go to war. She refused. When military drafting was announced in Russia, she left Russia with her husband and began actively publishing posts on VKontakte, in which she criticised Putin, spoke against the war and in support of Alexei Navalny. In May 2024, a case was brought against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces and publicly justifying terrorism. Her mother's home in the Kaliningrad region was searched. 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At the end of December 2024, a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against her because of photos of the founders of the Russian Volunteer Corps found on a stand at school. On 29 December, she was placed in custody. Later, she was also accused of promoting terrorist activities due to the posting of some leaflets, to which another teenager under the age of criminal responsibility confessed (in court, he said that he confessed under pressure from the investigator).\n\nIn April 2025 it became known that Bagrova was released from custody. 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At the end of December 2024, he was detained and taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism. The reason was publications in which, according to the investigation, he justified the activities of a certain \"Ukrainian paramilitary organisation\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of a resident of Kemerovo Oblast on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted publications propagating and justifying the activities of the Ukrainian paramilitary association that is designated as a terrorist organisation in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTHa459KQSXBGom"},{"persecution_id":"recf4hPZybpJa8bry","last_updated":"2025-08-05T07:46:33.000Z","person_id":"recrezGEW5dNUFzoI","name_en":" Unknown male 248","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Izhevsk. At the end of December 2024, a case was opened against him for calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation because of leaflets calling on servicemen not to follow orders from their commanders. Later it became known that, presumably, a case of calls to extremism was also brought against him. On March 6, 2025, a verdict was handed down, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":95,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Izhevsk resident on calls for activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"adhering to pro-Ukrainian views, he pasted up leaflets near military enlistment offices and conscription centres in Izhevsk demanding that servicemen not follow the orders of their command\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.03.2025","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-06T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-06T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recf4hPZybpJa8bry"},{"persecution_id":"recd5cZ6jE9uQUEAR","last_updated":"2026-02-15T12:21:03.000Z","person_id":"recbuHNp6PkiWrdK0","name_en":"Vadim Guzachev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Orenburg. Since the beginning of 2024 he has been talking about helping homeless animals in the \"Zoosaschenie-zooopomoshchu\" publick. After the flooding in the spring of 2024 in the Orenburg region, he participated in the rescue of animals trapped in the flood zone.\n\nIn 2010, his full namesake was sentenced to eight months in a penal colony in a case of unlawful deprivation of liberty and coercion to give false testimony. The verdict says that Guzachev illegally held a woman in a flat, seeking a meeting with her daughter. He then threatened to \"burn [her], her family members and their property, pour acid on them and bury them\" and demanded that she change her testimony on the episode of unlawful deprivation of liberty. On two occasions he set fire on the landing outside the woman's flat. In 2016, he was fined 140,000 rubles in a hate speech case, details are unknown. In 2017, he was sentenced to three years in prison in a case of causing serious harm to health because he stabbed a man with a knife during a fight in a hostel.\n\nIn 2024, a case was brought against Guzachev for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Tatyana Romanova, head of the autonomous non-profit organisation We Found You a Friend, publicly drew attention to Guzachev's anti-war posts. Guzachev writes that the application to law enforcement agencies was filed against him by Vyacheslav Antonkin, whom he calls Romanova's flatmate. The local edition called Antonkin the head of the catching service of the ANO \"We found you a friend\". Guzachev writes that he had a conflict with the couple because of his posts about \"their vivisection activities\". In early June, his publick accused Romanova of going to enforce a new regional law on killing stray dogs. At the same time, she publicly opposed the law and, after winning a capture contract, said she would not put dogs to sleep. Romanova accompanied screenshots of Guzachev's posts about the war in Ukraine with the words: \"At a time when our boys are defending the freedom and honour of our country with their lives and blood, this rotter allows the spread of fakes about our army, encourages paedophiles, hates Russia and insults the President\". In October 2024, the case went to court. 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According to the investigation, he commented on the reports about the shelling of a maternity hospital and the death of an infant with the words \"Murderers of children. The country that brings death\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.01.2025, Sentence: Terminated due to expiry of the statute of limitations for prosecution","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Terminated due to expiry of the statute of limitations for prosecution","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-17T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-17T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recd5cZ6jE9uQUEAR"},{"persecution_id":"rec3yEVvLqDHMwmPF","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"recaDeZ4id6gOGKTB","name_en":"Valerii Patiuk","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Buryatia, an Orthodox blogger. No later than 2018, a case of incitement to hatred and calls to extremism was initiated against him because of his aggressive statements about the Russian authorities and Jews. He was sentenced to three and a half years, suspended.\n\nIn December 2023, the court granted a lawsuit filed by fitness trainer and LDPR municipal deputy Vitalii Zhdanov in connection with Patiuk's video \"I was attacked by a fitness trainer and his friends from the boxing section\" and ordered Patiuk to compensate Zhdanov for moral damage.\n\nOn July 31, 2024, bailiffs came to Patiuk's home to carry out the enforcement of the judgment regarding the debt under Zhdanov's lawsuit. The bailiffs forcibly dragged Patiuk outside without shoes, beat him, and broke his elbow joint; Patiuk claims he acted in self-defense in response. On August 7, Patiuk was fined one thousand rubles under the article on obstructing the activities of a bailiff (Article 17.8 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). In addition, a criminal case was initiated against Patiuk for use of violence in connection with the execution of justice.\n\nThe expert examination found no traces of injury on the bailiffs, while Patiuk — in addition to the broken elbow joint — was found to have bruises on his head, back, neck, arms, and legs. The Investigative Committee declined to initiate criminal proceedings against the bailiffs.\n\nOn February 3, 2025, Patiuk was sentenced to two years of community work.\n\nIn November 2025, Patiuk managed to contact OVD-Info and reported that his community work sentence had been replaced by a penal colony sentence (the reasons for this are unclear). According to him, on September 2, he was placed in custody at the courthouse, and after being transferred through several locations, he was reportedly coerced into signing up for military service. Patiuk wrote that he was awaiting transport to Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":399,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 296 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["296"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 296"],"case_name_en":"Valerii Patiuk's case of violence against bailiffs","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Patiuk used violence against bailiffs Bolotov and Dmitriev, grabbing their hands, which caused bruises on their hands. The bailiffs also claimed that Patiuk punched and kicked them. However, medical examinations did not find any traces of these blows, though an expert stated that in such cases, \"bodily injuries may not be visible\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n• Unknown: \n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russin Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Buryatia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.02.2025, Sentence: 2 years of community work","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of community work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-03T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-03T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3yEVvLqDHMwmPF"},{"persecution_id":"recVn81DyfVY1lZce","last_updated":"2025-04-30T13:24:37.000Z","person_id":"recorx1OFF5ZydeHF","name_en":"Anna Vorobyeva","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Stavropol Krai. Presumably, no later than November 2024, she was taken into custody on charges of dissemination of knowingly fake information about Russian Armed Forces. On 12 March 2025, Vorobyeva was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":436,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anna Vorobyeva`s case of \"fake facts\" about Russian army","case_number":"1-6/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 24 February 2022 to April 2023,  she posted on her page in \"VKontakte\" publications \"with knowingly false information containing data on the conduct of military aggressive actions by the Russian Federation on the territory of another sovereign state, calling them 'Russian occupation'\", in particular, about strikes on residential areas, infrastructure, as well as massacres of residents of Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 30.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.03.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-12T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-12T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVn81DyfVY1lZce"},{"persecution_id":"rec1moNOwT5HgTN7u","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:03:38.000Z","person_id":"recjpCIUhEFAovJ1s","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was reported under administrative articles on demonstration of prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of the comment with the words \"glory to Ukraine\" and on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of the comment with the approximate content \"defenders fight on their land, occupants invade someone else's land. Do not let your husbands and sons go to war\". In September 2024 on the first protocol he was fined a thousand rubles, in October on the second - 30 thousand rubles. The man's phone was seized, where they found comments in Instagram for 2022 with the words \"death to Russian occupiers\". On 2 December 2024, a case on calls to extremism was brought against him because of the phrase \"death to Russian occupants.\" In the case materials, according to him, it is also mentioned that he \"liked Zelensky, Navalny, subscribed to opposition publicks and entered into a discussion on the part of Crimea and the NWO\". He was threatened that if he did not sign a confession, he would be taken into custody. The man signed a confession, and he was taken into custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2024-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of the comment with the words \"death to Russian occupiers\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for the case was a comment with the words \"death to Russian occupiers\"","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1moNOwT5HgTN7u"},{"persecution_id":"recdGH50WPLBgcpD3","last_updated":"2026-04-26T15:08:34.000Z","person_id":"rec55pOF4yYhicBmU","name_en":"Alexander Drakunov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Ust-Ilimsk (the Irkutsk region). No later than mid-2024, a case of public justification of terrorism was initiated against him because he approved of the actions of Ruslan Zinin, who had shot a military officer. On 23 October 2024, Drakunov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":296,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Drakunov’s case for public justification of terrorism ","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for bringing the case was the approval of Ruslan Zinin's actions, who shot at the military commander.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 30.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 30.01.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 13 of the Russian Main Penitentiary Directorate ofIrkutsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.10.2024, Sentence: 5 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-23T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-23T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdGH50WPLBgcpD3"},{"persecution_id":"reck6MU4NVxMnNzOw","last_updated":"2025-07-08T09:54:09.000Z","person_id":"rec9k4IUsGBaquzE8","name_en":"Grigorii Ivanenko","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. Presumably, previously lived in the Irkutsk region. In 2022 was sentenced to two years in a hooliganism case, details unknown. In May 2024, a hooliganism case was brought against Ivanenko because of leaflets depicting a man resembling Putin in a prison robe on the building of the military enlistment office in St. Petersburg. Ivanenko promised a million roubles for the capture of the president.\n\nIvanenko was taken into custody. In October 2024, he was sent to a psychiatric hospital.\n\nIn July 2025, the court released Ivanenko from criminal liability and ordered him to undergo involuntary treatment in a medical organisation providing inpatient psychiatric care of a specialized type.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":546,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":78,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 1,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"Grigory Ivanenko's case of hooliganism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 29 May 2024 Ivanenko placed leaflets on the building of the military recruitment office of the Krasnoselsky district of St. Petersburg with an image of a man \"outwardly resembling the president of the Russian Federation in a prison robe\", with a call to search for him as for a dangerous criminal and text of an \"insulting nature\":\n\n\"distinctive features: pompous dwarf, shouty, vindictive, extremely disdainful of the others' opinion. Known by the nicknames: VVP, Toilet Gravedigger, Kabaev, Alpha male, Great Poo, Botox.\nBounty: 1,000,000 roubles for helping to catch him\".","persecution_location_en":"Under investigation (in hospital)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.06.2025","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-30T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-30T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-03-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ivanenko-grigorij-anatolevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reck6MU4NVxMnNzOw"},{"persecution_id":"rec3NAM037WD3XCDi","last_updated":"2026-04-12T18:10:15.000Z","person_id":"recpMFl1lWuxeec0A","name_en":"Nikita Afanasev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attSSpTagwHf6RqT5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attSSpTagwHf6RqT5.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Zabaykalsky Krai. On 25 December 2015, he was detained and then taken into custody. He was accused of involvement in the \"Right Sector\", as well as the manufacture and possession of explosives (human rights defenders consider these charges unproven), as well as attempted murder and incitement to hatred (we have no grounds to consider these charges politically motivated). On 31 May 2017, Afanasev was sentenced to 12 and a half years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. On 31 January 2018, the appeal court terminated Afanasev's prosecution on the charge of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to the expiration of the statute of limitations and reclassified the charge from illegal manufacture of explosives to illegal manufacture of weapons. Under this article Afanasyev was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment and released from execution. On the remaining articles he was given a final sentence of 10 years' imprisonment.\nIn December 2024, it became known that a new case was brought against Afanasev - on facilitation of terrorist activities. In February 2025, it was reported that Afanasev was also accused of mercenarism in 2014-2015 for participation in combat actions on the side of Ukraine.\nIn September 2025, Afanasev's lawyer said that he was placed in a cell with convicted war participants who threatened to \"break his backbone\".\nIn December 2025, Afanasev's lawyer said that a Federal Penitentiary Service officer gave him a blade in the pre-trial detention centre and advised him to \"be a man\", after which Afanasev attempted to open his veins.\nOn 2 February 2026, Afanasev was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony in a case of terrorism facilitation and mercenarism.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":762,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":108,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 359 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","359"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.1 (unknown part)","Article 359 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Afanasev's case of facilitation of terrorist activities and mercenarism","case_number":"1-677/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in combat actions on the side of Ukraine in 2014-2015.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.02.2026, Sentence: 25 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, restriction of liberty, fine of 330 000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"25 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, restriction of liberty, fine of 330 000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":300,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":330000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-01T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-01T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3NAM037WD3XCDi"},{"persecution_id":"recydQ6myzpJvJtnM","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:31:34.000Z","person_id":"recnHAwQNEeRnnnTS","name_en":"Denis Yanchus","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He lived in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of Ukraine and moved to Crimea after the outbreak of a full-scale war. In November 2024, he was detained and taken into custody on charges of calling for extremism and incitement to hatred due to calls for violent actions against Russians.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Denis Yanchus","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for criminal prosecution was \"calls for violent actions against Russians\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.11.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recydQ6myzpJvJtnM"},{"persecution_id":"recaKYpUJMacNlLhE","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:31:34.000Z","person_id":"rec0mKJlGJVXtuGni","name_en":"Vladislav Chistov","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-06-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tver, city in central Russia, plastic surgeon, director of \"Oblik\" clinic. No later than November 2024, a case was brought against him for calls to extremism, presumably because of aggressive comments under posts about mobilised people. On 6 December, 2024, Chistov received an allegedly non-custodial sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tver"],"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":340,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Chistov's case on Incitement to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"Presumably, the reason for the case was aggressive comments under the post about mobilised people.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.12.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-06T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-06T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recaKYpUJMacNlLhE"},{"persecution_id":"recdzBKjcFsItz87d","last_updated":"2026-03-16T12:16:08.000Z","person_id":"rec99V5XpSU0CIwky","name_en":"Aleksandr Titov","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine"],"story_en":"A retired resident of Slantsy (the Leningrad region), he worked at a sewage treatment plant. Before that, according to his wife, he designed and created medical equipment, worked in aviation, fulfilled orders for the police, taught programming to children, and participated in publishing books on military and patriotic topics.\n\nOn August 28, 2024, he was detained at work for public justification of terrorism: according to his wife, the reason was comments in a Telegram channel dedicated to the Ukrainian Azov battalion. Later it became known that one of the comments looked like \"Congratulations from Ingria\". The court elected for him a measure of restraint in the form of a prohibition of certain actions. On December 23, 2024, Titov was fined 15,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a comment in Ukrainian language in which the Russian military was allegedly called rubbish.\n\nOn September 3, 2025, the Investigative Committee reported the transfer of his case to court. On November 6, during the hearing, the judge sent Titov to custody because he had missed the previous session. According to his wife, Titov had an asthma attack and the judge was provided with medical documents. The prosecutor suggested placing the defendant under house arrest.\n\nOn December 8, 2025, Titov was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":467,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Titov's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-77/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was comments in Ukrainian in the Telegram channel \"A Consul for Ideology\":\n\na comment under the publication with a link to an article by Ukrainian writer and journalist Aleksey Reins, which explains the meaning of the Nazi symbol of Black Sun in the context of \"Ukrainian Nazism\": \"Thank you for the article, it is written quite well. Here is an article for you, too, it may be useful for your work\";\n\na comment under the announcement of Reins' monograph on the idea of nation and his explanation of the meaning of the Azov Battalion symbols: \"Please go on with the comments. We in Russia are waiting and wish you good luck\";\n\na comment under one of the publications: \"Congratulations from Ingria\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 07.11.2025\n• in custody: from 07.11.2025 to 16.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.12.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-08T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-08T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdzBKjcFsItz87d"},{"persecution_id":"recp4NNE7nmPpjcuB","last_updated":"2026-02-19T09:13:21.000Z","person_id":"recIZ9RAfkJoQum9Q","name_en":"Konstantin Ogoltsov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chelyabinsk, a charter member of the Holy Trinity Church. In 2006, he was sentenced in a case of incitement to hatred, calls to extremism and mass disorder, allegedly due to his involvement in the actions of the National Bolshevik Party. On 1 May 2022, he and five other people were detained in a park where they had gone to watch a trade union rally. In April 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism. The reason for detention was comments in \"VKontakte\" (Russian social network), in which Ogoltsov expressed approval of the participants of the legion \"Freedom of Russia\" and the battalion \"Azov\". On 4 February 2025, the Chelyabinsk resident was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":306,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Ogoltsov's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the comments in VKontakte under the news publication \"The price of hamburgers and cheeseburgers will rise for Russians\": \"Not Bandera, but the pilot and the commander of the Freedom of Russia Legion are REAL HEROES!\" and \"the Azov Battalion is defending its Fatherland. They may not be heroes, but they are definitely PATRIOTS!\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast ","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.02.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, a ban on managing internet resourses for 3 years ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, a ban on managing internet resourses for 3 years ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-04T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-04T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-02-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ogolczov-konstantin-sergeevich/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recp4NNE7nmPpjcuB"},{"persecution_id":"rechf25IzQcr6npbu","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:33:33.000Z","person_id":"recUs2oDulqQlEiy2","name_en":"Ruslan Sirota","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Former employee of Zaporizhzhya NPP. On the 6th of May, 2024, he was detained concerning a case of public justification of terrorism due to his expression of joy over the assassination attempt on the former head of the occupation administration of Akimovka village, Maksym Zubarev. On the 27th of June, 2024, a sentence was passed, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":52,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ruslan Sirota on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The cause for the criminal prosecution became a comment in one of the Ukrainian Telegram channels about the attempted assassination of the former head of the occupation administration of the Akimovka settlement, Maksym Zubarev: «Such wonderful news, we should drink to that. Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Ukrainian nation and fuck the Russian Federation».","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.06.2024","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechf25IzQcr6npbu"},{"persecution_id":"recI1lMSXknRt3DQQ","last_updated":"2026-04-19T17:45:46.000Z","person_id":"recTo92tASD1uQpI5","name_en":"Alexander Stalberg","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lived in St. Petersburg, moved to Poland in 2023 under the repatriation programme. According to his daughter, he corresponded with people who called themselves Pentagon employees. Stalberg returned to St. Petersburg to receive money at a certain location for some assistance he allegedly provided to Pentagon employees. At the specified location, no later than 17 May 2024, he was detained. A case of confidential co-operation with a foreign state was brought against him. On 28 November 2024, Stalberg was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":211,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Stalberg’s case of confidential co-operation with Pentagon ","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 26.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.11.2024, Sentence: 3 years’s imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years’s imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-11-28T13:01:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-11-28T13:01:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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A case was opened against him for publicly justifying terrorism and discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. On 5, December, 2024, he was taken into custody. The Telegram channel of the Government of Independent Tatarstan in Exile claims that the reason for the case was anti-war publications on the Internet.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":509,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Fazyl Valiakhmetov's case","case_number":"2-359/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"Five anti-war publications in the Tatar language were the reason for the case on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces; the case on calls for terrorism was initiated by the publication of a video with an address of the Legion of Freedom of Russia to Russians.\nIn December 2023, Valiakhmetov was fined 30,000 rubles on an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), the details are unknown.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.12.2024 to 04.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 04.03.2025 to 08.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: from 08.09.2025 to 25.05.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.04.2026","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-28T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-28T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/valiahmetov-fazyl-abdullovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec10mdbeACpV1RTD"},{"persecution_id":"recW3P46Gzj6MTdI8","last_updated":"2026-02-21T23:22:47.000Z","person_id":"recMFcAvfe9BArw6e","name_en":"Roman Maryan","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attJhzcHyksnVcD6V.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attJhzcHyksnVcD6V.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnoyarsk. At the end of October 2017, police officers removed him from a train at Achinsk station and took him to Pre-Trial Detention Centre No. 1 in Krasnoyarsk. According to the Memorial Human Rights Centre website, the activist was travelling to Moscow to participate in the Russian March and the 5.11.17 Revolution, organised by opposition figure Vyacheslav Maltsev. The Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Krasnoyarsk then ordered Maryan’s arrest for two months on charges of preparing to participate in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code, applied together with Part 1 of Article 30). On 27 January 2018, the court extended his arrest for a further two months. According to the investigation, Roman Maryan received a letter calling for an armed uprising on 5 November 2017 in Moscow and was preparing to take part.\n\nOn 27 August 2018, the court sentenced Maryan to three years and two months in a general regime penal colony. He was released on 15 June 2020.\n\nOn 24 December 2024, Maryan was detained again and taken into custody in a case concerning the financing of terrorist activities, due to a donation made to the Artpodgotovka movement. On 18 June 2025, the court sentenced him to nine years’ imprisonment, with the first three years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":176,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Roman Marian's second case","case_number":"1-112/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was opened due to a donation made to the \"Artpodgotovka\" movement.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.12.2024 to 17.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.06.2025, Sentence: 9 years’ imprisonment, with the first 3 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years’ imprisonment, with the first 3 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-18T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-18T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recW3P46Gzj6MTdI8"},{"persecution_id":"recOAXN2OcW1XnCKI","last_updated":"2025-04-10T18:49:49.000Z","person_id":"reciwQXeZ8k7M4WKg","name_en":"Serafima Selenskih","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nizhny Tagil. A case was brought against her for desecrating symbols of military glory by lighting a cigarette from the Eternal Flame. According to the investigation, she committed the crime on 22 June 2024. At the end of December 2024 the case went to court. On 29 January 2025 Selenskikh was sentenced to 360 hours of compulsory labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Tagil"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":394,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Serafima Selenskih's case of lighting a cigarette from the Eternal Flame","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the evening of 22 June 2024, she lit a cigarette from the Eternal Flame at the memorial in the Square of Glory in a state of intoxication. Passers-by made remarks to her, but she did not react.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.01.2025, Sentence: 360 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"360 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-29T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-29T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 10-01-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/01/d50877/?sphrase_id=2750256\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recOAXN2OcW1XnCKI"},{"persecution_id":"recA98V0OgT80udRy","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"reclsdrVTJFtRbBdg","name_en":"Alexei Ustiuzhin","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg, he was charged with publicly justifying terrorism after posting a video about the infiltration of a unit fighting on Ukraine’s side into Russian territory. By October 2024 at the latest, Ustiuzhin was taken into custody. Since February 2025, he has been held in a psychiatric hospital.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei's Ustiuzhin case on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a repost on VKontakte dated 13 March 2024 of a video of the programme \"Vozdukh\" on the Khodorkovsky Live channel. The video, among other things, discussed the Legion's raids into Russian territory, and Ustiuzhin left a comment on the repost: \"A breakthrough into the territory of the Russian Federation by the liberation movement \".","persecution_location_en":"Under investigation (in hospital)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","temporary hospitalisation","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 24.09.2024 to 30.09.2024\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.02.2025\n• in custody: from 30.09.2024 to 01.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ustyuzhin-aleksej-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recA98V0OgT80udRy"},{"persecution_id":"recn0bdgR2KInO6ll","last_updated":"2025-07-21T14:06:04.000Z","person_id":"recbGFRuuVqCxJhMY","name_en":"Alexander Garnaga","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-06-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of Luhansk region (Ukraine). Presumably, he was a commander of the rifle work of the former Azov battalion. Captured in February 2024 during the fighting in Avdeevka. A case was opened against him on participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and undergoing training for terrorist activities. On 3 October 2024, Garnaga was sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime colony. On 4 July 2025, he was handed over to Ukraine as part of a prisoner exchange.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_ended":"2025-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":245,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Alexander Garnaga about participation in the Azov battalion","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in December 2023, he \"voluntarily joined the ranks of the Ukrainian paramilitary nationalist association Azov, which was recognised as a terrorist organisation by the Russian Supreme Court. Then \"was trained in the training centre of the Azov brigade personnel for the purpose of further implementation of terrorist activities\". \"The acquired knowledge and skills were used by him in the course of combat operations against servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of the DNR\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 24.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.10.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"T No. 2 GUFSIN of Russia for Krasnoyarsk Krai\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.10.2024, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-03T09:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-03T09:50:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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After the administrative arrest term expired, he was not released but instead taken into custody in a criminal case on charges of aiding terrorist activity. According to the investigation, he allegedly transferred an anti-aircraft searchlight to the Azov Battalion. He was later additionally charged with high treason. During the trial, Revin stated that he had given his confession “with a gun to his head.” On 5 December 2025, he was sentenced to 24 years in a high-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":471,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vitali Revin’s case of assisting “Azov”","case_number":"1-515/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he contacted Valentin Nizkovolosov, a representative of the Ukrainian volunteer center “Grokhot,” which “provides financial and logistical support to Ukrainian paramilitary units” via Telegram and agreed with him to supply anti-aircraft searchlights for the needs of these units. Later, through Nizkovolosov, he offered the Azov battalion an anti-aircraft searchlight of his own design to detect Russian drones over Kyiv, sent the searchlight from Kursk to Kyiv via Lithuania, provided technical documentation and advised on its assembly. 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely on the basis of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 29 July 2025, the court sentenced him to five years' suspended imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":539,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fourth case of Jenovah's Witnesses in Bitobidzhan","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being in various places in the city of Birobidzhan.... directly participated in general religious events (conversations via online conferences), the purpose of which is to study literature that forms the basis of the beliefs of the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 13.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2025, Sentence: 5 years' suspended prison with 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' suspended prison with 1 year 6 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-29T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-29T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 09-02-2024\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/02/d49284/?sphrase_id=2750509\n• Support for political prisoners. 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She was interrogated in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community and released on her own recognizance not to leave. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 15 September 2025, the court sentenced her to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Hairdressers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurgan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":475,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Anastasiia Gaitur's case","case_number":"1-808/2025","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 31.05.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2025, Sentence: Fine of 300 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fine of 300 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T11:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T11:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Later she was accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. 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On 10 April he was transferred to house arrest. 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In March 2023, he was sentenced to one and a half years on charges of establishing and leading a religious association whose activities involved violence against citizens: according to the investigation, he engaged in psychological violence and put people in a trance with the help of hypnosis. We do not consider this charge to be politically motivated.\n\nIn December 2024 Moskvitin was taken into custody on charges of organising the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\": according to the version of the investigation, he showed videos of pastors of the TCCN Covenant of Churches. In July 2025 it became known that Moskvitin was released from custody. In January 2026, the court considered a measure of restraint prior to the hearing, the outcome is unknown. On 2 April 2026, the pastor was sentenced to three years of general regime colony, he was taken into custody in the courtroom.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":487,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Stanislav Moskvitin's case of organizing the activities of an undesirable organization","case_number":"1-13/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, knowing about the recognition of the Covenant of Churches TCCN as an undesirable organisation, he \"organized closed religious services with the participation of unidentified persons under the name 'Meeting with God', where he showed video recordings of pastors of this international organization\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.12.2024\n• in custody: from 02.04.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.04.2026, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-02T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-02T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/moskvitin-stanislav-stanislavovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recKSJghWFr3twVqJ"},{"persecution_id":"recfCtR9ypXoqUxlB","last_updated":"2025-08-19T14:59:08.000Z","person_id":"recIsIDXfcImKDkRR","name_en":"Galina Archagova","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. In February 2024, she was taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism because of a video about the Freedom of Russia Legion. After an expert examination at the Serbsky Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology, she was transferred to a medical unit. Later, the court sent her to compulsory treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Galina Archagova's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the charges against her was a video about the Freedom of Russia Legion.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.02.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• : , Serbsky Centre\n• temporary hospitalisation: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, ","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/archagova-galina-aleksandrovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recfCtR9ypXoqUxlB"},{"persecution_id":"recORQJuUZ3jawxtT","last_updated":"2026-04-12T09:25:23.000Z","person_id":"recqnVbKKfYn8TXil","name_en":"Irina Kamshilova","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kurgan. On May 31, 2024, her home was searched. After interrogation, she was placed under recognisance not to leave. Kamshilova was accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization due to her involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremism articles solely for their religious activities—holding meetings and worship services, attracting new adherents. On September 5, 2025, the court sentenced her to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurgan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_ended":"2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":462,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Irina Kamshilova's case","case_number":"1-835/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, [she] \"participated in holding remote religious meetings (collective religious service)... consisting of a series of actions, including the performance of songs.... prayers to God Jehovah, the study and discussion of religious articles.... and the study of the Bible.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 31.05.2023 to 23.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.09.2025, Sentence: fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-05T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-05T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recORQJuUZ3jawxtT"},{"persecution_id":"recUawLjnkCj2A3tg","last_updated":"2026-04-28T21:04:04.000Z","person_id":"recKBSebJ1MG8n6VG","name_en":"Vladlena Kukavitsa","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-02-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Birobidzhan, she works at an ambulance station. On 6 February 2024, a search was carried out place at her home. She was initially accused of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation, and later also with participation in such activities due to her involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. \nMembers of this community are prosecuted under extremism-related articles solely for religious activities - holding meetings and worship services, and recruiting new members.\nOn 5 September 2024, Kukavitsa swas placed under a travel restriction. On 10 April 2025, she was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence. On 10 June 2025, the appeal court overturned the sentence. On 22 January 2026, the court of first instance, having reconsidered the case, sentenced Kukavitsa to four and a half years' suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":429,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladlena Kukavitsa's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, she \"participated in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organisation\" and \"conducted religious-educational lessons related to the type of 'preaching service' of the followers of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organisation.\"","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 05.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.04.2025, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 22.01.2026","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-10T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-22T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recUawLjnkCj2A3tg"},{"persecution_id":"recdw6tKotTJLT1IO","last_updated":"2025-07-30T21:13:05.000Z","person_id":"recX0qiIcAsUI0XJB","name_en":"Alexander Protasov","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":68,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Novocheboksarsk (Chuvashia). Before retirement, he worked as a foreman for repairing turbine equipment. In May 2023, he was searched in the case of his fellow countryman Yuri Yuskov, who was accused of involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. In September 2024, a case was opened against Protasov himself for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Representatives of the Jehovah's Witnesses community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. Protasov was given a covenant not to leave the country. In May 2025, the court sentenced him to six years' suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chuvashia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CU"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":269,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Protasov's case","case_number":"1-118/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"committed active actions expressed in holding.... meetings with the participation of at least 20 persons from among the followers of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group\"","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 26.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.05.2025, Sentence: 6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-30T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-30T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recdw6tKotTJLT1IO"},{"persecution_id":"recLY9qC5PUVeQMed","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:24:35.000Z","person_id":"rec6Ls3nHUdGuxb8f","name_en":"Irina Bystrova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attumXcXeKQDPIQhZ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attumXcXeKQDPIQhZ.jpg"],"birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Head of an art studio in Petrozavodsk. Because of anti-war posts on social networks Bystrova was prosecuted under two articles - public justification of terrorism and dissemination of deliberately false information about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (at first it was reported that the case was brought under the first part of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but later it became known that Bystrova was charged with dissemination of false information motivated by hatred - point \"D\" part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). According to Sever.Realii newspaper, \"the reason for initiating the cases was two posts by Bystrova on social media. One of them contained a photograph of Putin engulfed in flames, with the wish that he burn in hell. The second post wrote about the injustice of the war with Ukraine and called for an end to it and for weapons to be turned \"against the gang that has taken up residence in the Kremlin.\" As an illustration, Bystrova published photos and videos from a hospital in Mariupol, where Ukrainian children were killed and maimed by shelling.\" The court elected her a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On the 27th of December 2022, Bystrova was sentenced to a fine of 600 thousand rubles with instalments for five years. The trial was held in a closed hearing.\nIn 2024, a new case was brought against Bystrova for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces — this time because of her publications about the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant and the strike on the centre of Kramatorsk. She was placed under house arrest. On the 7th of August 2025, Bystrova was sentenced to five and a half years suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":584,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":83,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"case_name_en":"Irina Bystrova’s second case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-883/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was publications in \"VKontakte\" 2023 and 2024 about the Kakhovskaya HPP and the strike by Iskander missiles on the centre of Kramatorsk.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest:  to 06.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 23.08.2025 to 22.08.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.08.2025, Sentence: 5 years and 6 months of suspended imprisonment with 4 years' probation period","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 6 months of suspended imprisonment with 4 years' probation period","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-07T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-07T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-03-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/bystrova-irina-igorevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recLY9qC5PUVeQMed"},{"persecution_id":"rec8K4fUd3rtMFrf5","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"recKLLBWLDBT8JK4E","name_en":"Iuliia Smirnova","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Petrozavodsk. On 20 August 2024, she was detained in a case of a call for carrying out terrorist activities, which was initiated because of three comments in the Telegram channel \"Solovinyi pomet\", in which Smirnova suggested donating to the AFU and setting fire to military recruitment offices. The next day she was taken into custody.\n\nIn October, she was also charged with calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. Two of the three comments that led to Smirnova's indictment under the first article became the reason.\n\nIn June 2025, she was released from the pre-trial detention centre on her own recognisance. After that, she left Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petrozavodsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karelia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KR"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Yulia Smirnova's case on calls for terrorism and activities against the security of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2023, Smirnova left three comments under the posts of the TV channel \"Solovyiny Pomet\":\n\n- \"Go burn down the military enlistment office, instead of whining here!\"\n- \"Donate to the ZSU. Spread leaflets. Burn all kinds of military stuff or on the railway. There's plenty of choice.\"\n- \"Set fire to signaling systems on the railways, military recruitment offices. \"Put up flyers, donate to AFU.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 21.08.2024 to 19.06.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.08.2024 to 21.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8K4fUd3rtMFrf5"},{"persecution_id":"recmYEjt8wJYPCS7V","last_updated":"2025-02-07T11:40:18.000Z","person_id":"recgTKzf8MTJsu6NH","name_en":"Rustem Malikhov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Naberezhnye Chelny. A case was brought against him for repeated display of prohibited symbols. He was under the recognizance not to leave the city. 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Was fond of travelling on enduro motorbikes. Fought to improve the condition of hospitals. After mobilisation was announced, he left Russia, started travelling by motorbike in Kazakhstan and talked about it on social networks. On 21 February 2024, he was detained in the village of Novoplatnirovskaya in the Krasnodar region when he came to help his sick daughter. Tretyakov was taken into custody. He was accused of publicly justifying terrorism because of a video approving a strike on the Crimean bridge. 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The Conscientious Objectors’ Movement reported that in August 2024, FSB officers came to his home with a search warrant, seized all electronic devices, and took him to a forest, where they beat him, after which he was released. In January 2025, he was detained again in connection with a criminal case on the public justification of terrorism over comments about drones — the same comments that had served as the basis for the first visit and beating. 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A case of confidential cooperation with a foreign organisation was brought against him: according to the investigation, he tried to fill in the questionnaire of the Freedom of Russia Legion  and then corresponded with a certain \"Curator\". \nOn 14 February 2025, Malkerov was sentenced to four years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kostroma"],"persecution_region_en":["Kostroma Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":287,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Malkerov's case on confidential cooperation with a foreign organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he watched a video about the Legion on the Internet and tried to fill out a questionnaire but never completed it, after which he contacted a user under the nickname \"Curator\" and offered to collect information about one of the facilities in the Yaroslavl Oblast. 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The SOTAvision media claims that Romaniuk is accused of watching Ukrainian channels and failing to remove himself from military registration while staying abroad. However, this is not noted in any way on the court's website. The defense argues that Romaniuk's involvement in the arson case has not been proven in any way: the investigation failed to establish even the sex or age of the person who threw a Molotov cocktail into the building. As evidence of Romaniuk's alleged intent, the authorities cited publications from 2014 found on his phone, which were related to Putin, Crimea, and the fighting in Donbas. 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Charges were brought against him for participation and inducement to participate in the “international LGBT movement”. On 30 January 2025, he was sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":77,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a prisoner relating to participation and inducement in the “international LGBT movement”","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.01.2025, Sentence: 6 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-30T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-30T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receTo49x7tjX9pnf"},{"persecution_id":"recJjt6bDFbPyktMG","last_updated":"2025-09-29T10:51:50.000Z","person_id":"recpiMQQ5G9MIjfKJ","name_en":" Natsarenus","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaliningrad (a Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland). A case of financing extremist activities was brought against him because of donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 8th August 2024, Natsarenus was taken into custody. On 2nd December 2024, he was sentenced to eight months in a general regime colony. Natsarenus was released on 31st January 2025.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":123,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":17,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Kaliningrad resident's case on financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-496/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in early August 2021, he watched a video on YouTube in which Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) asked for help and decided to subscribe to donations from his Tinkoff bank card - 200 rubles a month. Since then, the payments have been debited from his card seven times, totalling 1.400 roubles.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.08.2024 to 18.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.12.2024 to 31.01.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.12.2024, Sentence: 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":8,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-02T09:26:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-02T09:26:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJjt6bDFbPyktMG"},{"persecution_id":"recv62ietCtztkbcC","last_updated":"2026-03-25T15:48:13.000Z","person_id":"recPshubVrMkGRvzC","name_en":"Ravil Nabiullin","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Naberezhnye Chelny. He was given a one and a half year suspended sentence on charges of insulting the feelings of believers and incitement to extremismfor statements made against Muslims (we do not have sufficient grounds to consider this prosecution politically motivated). A case was brought against him for defamation of the Russian Federation over comments in which he insulted the Russian military and President Putin and and also appealed: “Please reach Tatarstan, the police oppress me for supporting Ukraine.” The case was submitted to court in January 2025. 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The said comment was directed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the purposes of protecting the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, and maintaining international peace and security, including public calls to hinder the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for those purposes, as well as aimed at discrediting the execution by state authorities of the Russian Federation of their powers outside the territory of the Russian Federation for those purposes.\n\nFurthermore, at an unspecified time, in the continuation of his criminal actions, while at his residence at …, Naberezhnye Chelny … (new part …), acting with a single criminal intent, using the mobile phone “Samsung Galaxy A33 5G”, IMEI …, and having access to the information and telecommunication network “Internet”, and using his personal account “Ravchik” (network address: https://t.me/Ravchik22, ID 1154444702), he posted in the Telegram application, in the public group “Prankota ? chat ????” (network address: https://t.me/prankota_chat), which is publicly accessible to any user of the information and telecommunication network “Internet”, a comment in the form of statements aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian military personnel), characterised as criminal and related to the conduct of the special military operation in the territory of Ukraine, stating: \"Trust a non-Russian the borders of Russia ahahahahahahah\". The said comment was directed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the purposes of protecting the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, and maintaining international peace and security, including public calls to hinder the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for those purposes, as well as aimed at discrediting the execution by state authorities of the Russian Federation of their powers outside the territory of the Russian Federation for those purposes.\n\nFurthermore, at 15:48, in the continuation of his criminal actions, while at his residence at …, Naberezhnye Chelny … (new part …), acting with a unified criminal intent, using the mobile phone “Samsung Galaxy A33 5G”, IMEI …, and having access to the information and telecommunication network “Internet”, and using his personal account “Ravchik” (network address: https://t.me/Ravchik22, ID 1154444702), he posted in the Telegram application, in the public group “Premium Nevzorov Chat” (network address: https://t.me/NevzorovPremium), which is publicly accessible to any user of the information and telecommunication network “Internet”, a comment in the form of statements aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian military personnel), characterised as criminal and related to the conduct of the special military operation in the territory of Ukraine, stating: \"Reach Tatarstan, please, the cops are oppressing me for supporting Ukraine\". The said comment was directed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the purposes of protecting the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, and maintaining international peace and security, including public calls to hinder the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for those purposes, as well as aimed at discrediting the execution by state authorities of the Russian Federation of their powers outside the territory of the Russian Federation for those purposes.\n\nFurthermore, at 11:26, in the continuation of his criminal actions, while at his residence at …, Naberezhnye Chelny … (new part …), acting with a unified criminal intent, using the mobile phone “Samsung Galaxy A33 5G”, IMEI …, and having access to the information and telecommunication network “Internet”, and using his personal account “Ravchik” (network address: https://t.me/Ravchik22, ID 1154444702), he posted in the Telegram application, in the public group “Premium Nevzorov Chat” (network address: https://t.me/NevzorovPremium), which is publicly accessible to any user of the information and telecommunication network “Internet”, a comment in the form of statements aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian military personnel), characterised as criminal and related to the conduct of the special military operation in the territory of Ukraine, stating: \"First of all, we Russians are to blame for this war, because if we had overthrown him from the throne, there would be no war\". The said comment was directed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the purposes of protecting the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, and maintaining international peace and security, including public calls to hinder the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for those purposes, as well as aimed at discrediting the execution by state authorities of the Russian Federation of their powers outside the territory of the Russian Federation for those purposes.\n\nFurthermore, at 07:02, in the continuation of his criminal actions, while at his residence at …, Naberezhnye Chelny … (new part …), acting with a unified criminal intent, using the mobile phone “Samsung Galaxy A33 5G”, IMEI …, and having access to the information and telecommunication network “Internet”, and using his personal account “Ravchik” (network address: https://t.me/Ravchik22, ID 1154444702), he posted in the Telegram application, in the public group “Premium Nevzorov Chat” (network address: https://t.me/NevzorovPremium), which is publicly accessible to any user of the information and telecommunication network “Internet”, a comment in the form of statements aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian military personnel), characterised as criminal and related to the conduct of the special military operation in the territory of Ukraine, stating: \"To all those who claim that Bombas was bombed by Ukraine, I strongly recommend listening to Girkin and Prigozhin\". The said comment was directed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the purposes of protecting the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, and maintaining international peace and security, including public calls to hinder the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for those purposes, as well as aimed at discrediting the execution by state authorities of the Russian Federation of their powers outside the territory of the Russian Federation for those purposes.\n\nFurthermore, at 12:42, in the continuation of his criminal actions, while at his residence at …, Naberezhnye Chelny … (new part …), acting with a unified criminal intent, using the mobile phone “Samsung Galaxy A33 5G”, IMEI …, and having access to the information and telecommunication network “Internet”, and using his personal account “Ravchik” (network address: https://t.me/Ravchik22, ID 1154444702), he posted in the Telegram application, in the public group “Premium Nevzorov Chat” (network address: https://t.me/NevzorovPremium), which is publicly accessible to any user of the information and telecommunication network “Internet”, a comment in the form of statements aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian military personnel), characterised as criminal and related to the conduct of the special military operation in the territory of Ukraine, stating: \"Before the war, almost everyone was for Putler, happily seeing off soldiers to war, when the Ukrainians came, they immediately shit themselves\". The said comment was directed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the purposes of protecting the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, and maintaining international peace and security, including public calls to hinder the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for those purposes, as well as aimed at discrediting the execution by state authorities of the Russian Federation of their powers outside the territory of the Russian Federation for those purposes.\n\nIn February 2024, Nabiullin was fined 30,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army. 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In June 2024, his detention was reported by the \"Crimean SMERSH\" telegram channel, which helps law enforcement agencies to identify people who speak out against the Russian authorities and the war. In the message, the channel said that Shevchuk \"published posts insulting Russia, the army and the president, posted Nazi slogans and called for slaughtering Russians, and denied the territorial integrity of the country\". On 19 June 2024, Shevchuk was fined 45,000 rubles under the article on insulting the authorities (part 3 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of several pictures with statements against Putin. In one of the pictures, Putin had a letter Z drawn on his forehead. On the same day, the court fined Shevchuk 45 thousand rubles under the article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the CAO). According to the court ruling, the pictures he published depicted an animal in the uniform of a Russian serviceman and an AFU soldier cutting off the heads of Russian servicemen. At the same time, the court arrested Shevchuk for 13 days under the article on the demonstration of prohibited symbols (part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of the Right Sector emblem.\n\nIn July 2024, Shevchuk was sentenced to compulsory labour in a theft case (we do not know the details of the case, we have no grounds to consider it politically motivated). Later, a criminal case on calls to extremism was opened against the Crimean: according to the investigation, he called for violence against Russians. There are four episodes in the case. On 25 February 2025, Shevchuk was sentenced to five years and ten days in a general regime colony.\n\nLater it became known that a new case was brought against the Crimean - on the dissemination of disrespectful information about the days of military glory and insulting the feelings of believers. The reason was an anti-war picture, where on 9 May 2022 in Red Square instead of a parade are coffins with the letters V and Z, and some statements about \"Orthodox shrines\" and Islam. On 23 March 2026, Shevchuk was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony, taking into account his previous sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Islam Terek (Kirovske settlement)"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":421,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Valery Shevchuk's case of calling to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he actively commented calling for violence against Russians under YouTube videos.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 17.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.02.2025, Sentence: 5 years and 10 days' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 10 days' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-25T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-25T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recM5yElXwyxiL0J3"},{"persecution_id":"reci794xh7ywiON2l","last_updated":"2025-07-08T09:50:26.000Z","person_id":"recydKqmkl353nAPu","name_en":"Khamzat Dzhumaev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ipatov (Stavropol Territory). He was prosecuted for desecration of symbols of military glory because he and another local resident threw cones into the Eternal Flame. On 26 February 2025, Dzhumaev was sentenced to a year in a penal colony with a two-year ban on holding positions in the civil service related to the exercise of the functions of a representative of power, organisational, administrative and economic powers.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":422,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of throwing pine cones into the Eternal Flame in Stavropol Krai","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 7 April 2024 he threw pine cones into the Eternal flame.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.02.2025, Sentence: 1 year's settlement colony sentence and a 2-year ban on holding public service positions involving the functions of authority, organizational-management, or administrative-economic powers","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's settlement colony sentence and a 2-year ban on holding public service positions involving the functions of authority, organizational-management, or administrative-economic powers","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reci794xh7ywiON2l"},{"persecution_id":"recPN0kwk5pzehDiR","last_updated":"2025-10-13T15:31:33.000Z","person_id":"recwsDLhBmv77ob5F","name_en":"Beker Orazov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ipatov (Stavropol Territory). A case was brought against him for desecration of symbols of military glory because he, together with another local resident, threw cones into the Eternal Flame. On 26 February 2025, Orazov was sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony. In addition, he was banned for two years from holding positions in the civil service related to the exercise of functions of a representative of power, organisational, administrative and managerial powers.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":422,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of throwing pine cones into the Eternal Flame in Stavropol Krai","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on April 7, 2024, he threw pine cones into the Eternal Flame.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 03.06.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.02.2025, Sentence: 3.5 years in a penal colony settlement, with a 2-year ban on holding civil service positions involving governmental authority, organizational, administrative, and managerial functions.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3.5 years in a penal colony settlement, with a 2-year ban on holding civil service positions involving governmental authority, organizational, administrative, and managerial functions.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-26T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPN0kwk5pzehDiR"},{"persecution_id":"recP9PAJMHcErCy3w","last_updated":"2025-10-03T09:19:19.000Z","person_id":"recPb8ETsONWQBAJS","name_en":"Ivan Semikoz","birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of the Lugansk region of Ukraine. A case of terrorism financing was opened against him because of a money transfer to the Azov regiment. On 28 January 2025, Semikoz was sentenced to eight and a half years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":393,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Semikoz's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in February 2024, \"in order to provide financial support to the terrorist organisation, he transferred money through the mobile application \"Oschad24/7\" installed in his mobile phone to the account of the Ukrainian paramilitary nationalist association \"Azov\", being aware that its activities are aimed at committing crimes of terrorist, extremist and general criminal nature in the territory of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 02.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.01.2025, Sentence: 8 years 6 months' imprisonment, of which the first 2 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years 6 months' imprisonment, of which the first 2 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-28T07:29:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-01-28T07:29:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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She was prosecuted for financing extremist activities because of the transfer of one thousand rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation on 5 August 2021.\n\nOn 5 September 2024, Gonchar was put on a wanted list, and in October, the court ordered her arrest in absentia. On 9 December 2024, she was detained at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, after which she was placed in a pre-trial detention centre.\n\nOn 22 May 2025, the Timiryazevsky District Court of Moscow began to consider her case on the merits. Gonchar pleaded guilty in court. On 15 July, the court sentenced her to three years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":561,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":80,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Lyudmila Gonchar's case of financing ACF","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on August 5 2021, she transferred one thousand rubles to Anti-Corruption Foundation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.12.2024 to 27.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.10.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vladimir region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.07.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-15T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-15T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-05-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-finansirovanii-fbk/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recyE0H9D39uwYWzj"},{"persecution_id":"recnnzZgZ1bYrXRu6","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recmKOysXar8ZF8y7","name_en":"Dmitrii Bogdanov","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. In November and December 2024, criminal cases for calls for terrorism were opened against him because of publications in which he \"justified the need\" to overthrow Putin and state power. He was placed under a recognisance not to leave. On 12 March 2025, Bogdanov was charged under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian Army because of his Telegram post: \"My dear countrymen, I think I understand why all this shit has been happening to us for many years, why we first massively voted for Putin, and now the majority supports the war in Ukraine and considers Ukraine a puppet of the mythical West.\" On 21 November 2025, Bogdanov was sentenced in a criminal case; the details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":385,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Bogdanov's case of calls for terrorism","case_number":"1-110/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he left comments in the \"Civic Position — Region 65\" Telegram chat room, in which the need for the violent overthrow\" of Vladimir Putin was justified. He also left comments in the WhatsApp group \"Bacchanalia\", in which he justified the need to overthrow representatives of the state power.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2025","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T12:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T12:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnnzZgZ1bYrXRu6"},{"persecution_id":"recYaasszxvvcEY5g","last_updated":"2025-11-12T13:10:18.000Z","person_id":"recSYrPwCElasYLS0","name_en":"Ekaterina Leonova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Serpukhov city, Moscow region. In December 2024, Leonova was searched as part of a case on financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation. According to the investigation, from 29 October 2023 to 7 January 2024, she transferred 10.5 thousand rubles to the accounts of the religious movement \"AllatRa\". In March 2025, the case went to court. On 9 June 2025, the court sentenced Leonova to one and a half years suspended sentence with one year of probation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Serpukhov"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":190,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of funding an \"undesirable\" organisation in Serpukhov","persecution_case_profile_en":"The court found that from 29 October 2003 to 7 January 2024 Leonova had decided to provide material assistance to the international public movement \"Allatra\" and had made non-cash bank transfers of funds totalling 10,500 roubles to the bank account of a person who collected funds for the needs and activities of the \"Allatra\" international public movement.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.06.2025, Sentence: 1 year and 6 months of suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 6 months of suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-09T06:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-09T06:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYaasszxvvcEY5g"},{"persecution_id":"recRQlGT0ONmTQEgP","last_updated":"2025-06-09T18:36:38.000Z","person_id":"recO10CMlnmVAZAkh","name_en":" Unknown male 294","birth_year":2008,"age":18,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":16,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St Petersburg. On 11 March 2024 it became known that he was detained. A case was opened against him for insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland because, while in the café in the \"Mercury\" shopping mall, he raised his hand in a Nazi salute and shouted \"Heil Hitler\" twice. Later the teenager claimed that before this would happen, unknown people approached him and offered to participate in a social experiment. Its goal, according to the young man, was to show that no one would react to such actions. The video with the deed was published on the Internet. The teenager was in custody for some time. On 10 March 2025, he was sentenced to 120 hours of compulsory labour, but taking into account the time he'd already spent in custody, he was released from the execution of the sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2024-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2024,"persecution_ended_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":374,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["public action"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of shouting \"Heil Hitler\" in a shopping mall","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was a \"social experiment\", during which the young man raised his hand in a Nazi salute and shouted \"Heil Hitler\" twice while being in the café in the \"Mercury\" shopping mall in Primorskii District of St. Petersburg.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2025, Sentence: 120 hours of compulsory labour, to be released from the execution of the sentence, taking into account the time spent in custody","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"120 hours of compulsory labour, to be released from the execution of the sentence, taking into account the time spent in custody","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-10T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 12-03-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/03/d49462/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recRQlGT0ONmTQEgP"},{"persecution_id":"recSNvh7Twwv7qoz3","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:04:42.000Z","person_id":"recdAcKhTZpNUU6Wh","name_en":"Aleksandr Sultygov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Orel region, CEO of Spekt LLC. On 27 March 2024, he was detained in Orel and taken into custody the next day in a case of disseminating knowingly fake information about Russian Armed Forces and calls for terrorism in connection with calls to overthrow the government. In March 2025, the case went to trial. No later than August 2025, Sultygov was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Oryol"],"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":503,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Oryol resident's case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces and calls for terrorism","case_number":"1-161/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2022, he posted on his page in one of the social networks a publication encouraging a violent change of power and the President of the Russian Federation; he also repeatedly posted in the comments of one of the communities of the social network knowingly false information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, including the actions of the military against civilians in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.03.2024\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.03.2024 to 28.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.08.2025, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 4 years' prohibition on the administration of websites ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 4 years' prohibition on the administration of websites ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-12T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-12T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSNvh7Twwv7qoz3"},{"persecution_id":"reczK8doLcie3zCwH","last_updated":"2026-02-10T09:09:06.000Z","person_id":"receLbL59QtSHEVI6","name_en":"Nikolai Zevakhin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attKD5rHWn0UEmmIM.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attKD5rHWn0UEmmIM.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nizhny Novgorod, Zevakhin is a former musician who later worked in the manufacture of safes. He was detained on 16 July 2024. A case was subsequently initiated against him for alleged participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, reportedly linked to his correspondence with an individual said to be associated with the Artpodgotovka political organisation, as well as for alleged incitement to terrorism based on comments he had posted on Vyacheslav Maltsev’s YouTube channel.\n\nThe correspondence reportedly involved a discussion about launching foil-covered balloons during the 9 May 2023 parade — the so-called “Heavenly Regiment” rally — supposedly to disrupt air defence operations. Zevakhin was taken into custody, and on 6 August 2025 he was sentenced to 4 years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":386,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["private correspondence"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Zevakhin’s case of involvement with Artpodgotovka","case_number":"1-418/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was a correspondence with a person allegedly linked to the Artpodgotovka political movement, during which they discussed the \"Heavenly Regiment\" action — a plam to launch balloons on 9 May 2023 to disrupt the parade.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.08.2025, Sentence: 4 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-06T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-06T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reczK8doLcie3zCwH"},{"persecution_id":"recimhMuLdl94HRAr","last_updated":"2025-04-01T18:50:13.000Z","person_id":"recl8dk8CenVQaZNU","name_en":"Svetlana Orzhevskaya","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. Together with her son, publishes information about the war against Ukraine, including news and ways to help Ukraine on a website, social networks and Telegram channel. \"VKontakte\" at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office twice restricted access to Orzhevskaya's groups, and in February 2024 blocked also personal pages of both without the right to restore. The reason for the protocols were photos of activists with anti-war posters. Igor Orzhevsky said that he and his mother received threats. On 16 May 2024, the Orzhevskys were fined a total of 104 thousand rubles for four protocols on discrediting the army and displaying prohibited symbols (part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code).\nIn November 2024, the Gulagu.net project's Telegram channel published a letter from Orzhevskaya saying that they had arrived in the USA with the aim of obtaining political asylum, but were detained, after which her son was taken to an immigration prison.\nThe same month, a case was filed against Orzhevskaya for knowingly spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Svetlana Orzhevskaya's case of \"fake facts\" about Russian army","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 13.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recimhMuLdl94HRAr"},{"persecution_id":"recto8SiY5AsQGuaE","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"reckJQ0nHsAcrAral","name_en":"Dmitry Kozachuk","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the village of Tashla (Orenburg Region). On June 3, 2024, his home was searched. A criminal case was opened against him on charges of insulting symbols of military glory over two reposts that were deemed offensive to the St. George ribbon. On March 12, 2025, Kozachuk was sentenced to two years of suspended imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":282,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitry Kozachuk on insulting the St. George ribbon","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 9 May 2023, he made two reposts on his page in Odnoklassniki (Russian social network), which were \"knowingly false and insulting to the St. George ribbon\" and expressed a \"contemptuous and negative attitude to the symbol of Russia's military glory - the St. George ribbon\". The Investigative Committee reported that it was a picture of the St George Ribbon and Nazi symbols on top of it. One of the pictures was accompanied by a \"historically inaccurate\" caption.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.03.2025, Sentence: 2 years of suspended imprisonment with a 2-year probation period, and a 2-year ban on posting materials online","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years of suspended imprisonment with a 2-year probation period, and a 2-year ban on posting materials online","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-12T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-12T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 13-03-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/03/d50057/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recto8SiY5AsQGuaE"},{"persecution_id":"rec26VUr3PC6DEymt","last_updated":"2025-10-03T09:49:01.000Z","person_id":"rec4Uyy6HXI3ugZVG","name_en":"Aleksandr Krushevskii","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Birobidzhan. A pastry cook, he also worked as a master for servicing and repairing household appliances, a tinsmith of drainage and ventilation systems and a \"master for an hour\". On February 6, 2024 he was searched. In January 2025 it became known that Krushevsky was accused of participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are charged under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. Krushevsky was given a non-deportation undertaking.\n\nOn July 29, the court sentenced him to five years of suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":539,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":77,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fourth case of Jenovah's Witnesses in Bitobidzhan","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"while at various locations in the city of Birobidzhan.... directly participated in general religious events (conversations via online conferences), the purpose of which is to study literature that forms the basis of the beliefs of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 13.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2025, Sentence: A 5 year suspended sentence with a 1-year and 6-month restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"A 5 year suspended sentence with a 1-year and 6-month restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-29T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-29T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec26VUr3PC6DEymt"},{"persecution_id":"recRK6mm84QEQk2V3","last_updated":"2025-04-10T19:04:23.000Z","person_id":"recTZRPO0ZEmOJiqU","name_en":"Maxim Dyadchenko","birth_year":2004,"age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ukhta. He was prosecuted for vandalism because he left inscriptions on five banners with images of those killed in the war. Later the charge was reclassified to damage to objects commemorating those who died in defence of the Fatherland. The student pleaded guilty and compensated for the material damage, as well as \"provided charitable assistance to the participants of the SVO and took part in the making of camouflage nets\". On 12 March 2025, Dyadchenko was sentenced to a fine of 200 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ukhta"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":436,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 243.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["243.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 243.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated in the summer of 2024  due to the inscriptions made on the banners with images of those killed in the war on the Gasovikov Embankment.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.03.2025, Sentence: a fine of 200 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 200 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-12T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-12T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRK6mm84QEQk2V3"},{"persecution_id":"recuLXcwuLikTdIPb","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:01:20.000Z","person_id":"recXgxcmmurIwTLQ1","name_en":"Maksim Golovanov","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. In October 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism over posts about the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion, and with words of support for Daria Trepova, accused of murdering military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky. In the letter, Golovanov said that he was also accused of high treason, but the website of the court that considered the motion for detention does not reflect this. On 30 May 2025, Golovanov was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony in the case of public justification of terrorism.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":226,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Golovanov's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-266/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The prosecution was initiated over posts in support of the Russian Volunteer Corps, the Freedom of Russia Legion and Darya Trepova, accused of murdering military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.10.2024 to 17.10.2024\n• in custody: from 17.10.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• in custody:  to 24.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 24.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.05.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-30T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-30T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recuLXcwuLikTdIPb"},{"persecution_id":"recyfXAQek53egMLy","last_updated":"2026-03-29T10:39:30.000Z","person_id":"recky7hZaxM35Asdn","name_en":"Valeria Kichigina","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ufa, a Dozhd journalist, has left Russia. She was prosecuted for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The reason for the prosecution was a repost of an article by journalist Dmitry Kolezev about the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha and an Instagram story on the anniversary of the war in Georgia, in which Kichigina wrote that \"15 years 20 per cent of Georgia has been occupied by Russia\".\n\nIn June 2025, the case went to court in Ufa, but the court did not hear the case and referred it to Moscow. In July 2025, the Moscow court returned the case to Ufa. However, in October 2025, the case came back to the Moscow court. On 24 March 2026, Kichigina was sentenced in absentia to ten years' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa","Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan","Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":508,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":72,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ufa resident's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0080/2026 (01-0430/2025)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a reference to an article by Dmitry Kolezev about \"why the massacre in Bucha cannot be a fake\" and a publication for the anniversary of the beginning of the war in Georgia in August 2008.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 21.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2026, Sentence: 10 years imprisonment' in absentia, a ban on administering Internet pages for a period of 5 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years imprisonment' in absentia, a ban on administering Internet pages for a period of 5 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-24T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-24T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recyfXAQek53egMLy"},{"persecution_id":"recFTLfXaryrq8puD","last_updated":"2025-09-17T06:54:04.000Z","person_id":"rectmipVwDiV75nI6","name_en":"Miguel Angel Cardenas Montilla","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Colombia"],"story_en":"He worked in the anti-drug service, then in the private security business. In 2024 he signed a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On 5 June 2024, he was taken prisoner near Donetsk. He was accused of being a mercenary. On 24 April 2025, Cardenas Montilla was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2024-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":323,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 359 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["359"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 359"],"case_name_en":"Miguel Angel Cardenas Montilla's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"he said that he found data about the legion on the Internet, then received the necessary instructions via messenger, and travelled to Ukraine. Arriving in the combat zone, after only five days of shooting training, he was sent by the Ukrainian side to guard a facility, where he engaged in combat with Russian troops and soon surrendered as a prisoner\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.04.2025, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-24T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-24T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 18 July 2024, he was detained at the airport in Caracas (Venezuela), allegedly because of the AFU chevrons. In August 2024, he found himself in Moscow (presumably as a result of extradition), where he was detained. 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He was detained after having visited the building of the military recruitment centre several times and was taken into custody on 13 June 2024. According to the court's website, Mineyev was also accused of attempted calls to extremism — it is unknown in connection with which actions. On 24 March 2025, the court sent Mineyev to compulsory treatment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":296,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205","Part 1, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Mineyev's case of preparation to commit a terrorist act","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was contacted via messenger by \"supporters of Ukraine\" who took advantage of his illness and persuaded him to set fire to the military recruitment centre. Mineyev chose a military recruitment centre near his place of residence and came several times to study its security and escape routes.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.06.2024 to 09.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 09.04.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2025","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-24T11:36:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-24T11:36:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/mineev-aleksandr-alekseevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recrgx9zuBUT8QmEs"},{"persecution_id":"recfYMfSMXXZ8NM8F","last_updated":"2026-01-15T12:43:48.000Z","person_id":"rec5JHs0xUd8sBw0Y","name_en":"Sergei Krivosheev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Voronezh region. On December 19, 2024, a case was brought against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. According to the verdict, Krivosheev himself submitted a written report confessing to the “offence” 35 minutes before the case was officially opened. In March 2025, the case was sent to court. On May 6, 2025, Krivosheev was sentenced to ten months of compulsory labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_ended":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":138,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Krivosheev's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-33/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on August 18, 2024, he posted on his VKontakte page a video containing the following text: \"I am against sending conscript soldiers to participate in battles in <address>! Because right now there are hundreds of thousands of Russian contract soldiers on the territory of Ukraine. Or, as NAME12 calls them, \"professionals\". And not only on the territory of the four supposedly annexed NAME11 regions, but also in the rest of Ukraine. This directly follows from NAME13’s decree on the payment of 400,000 rubles to those signing a contract with the Ministry of Defence. So, friends, we cannot defend our own territory, but we send ‘professionals’ to seize the territory of another country. Is that normal or what?! Therefore, to defend the Kursk region, we should bring real professionals or contract soldiers from the territory of Ukraine, not throw untrained conscripts under tanks. But at the same time, we must remember that the fundamental solution lies elsewhere, it is in immediate peace negotiations and a ceasefire on both sides.”\n\nIn June 2024, Krivosheev was prosecuted under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), the details are unknown.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown:  to 01.12.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.05.2025, Sentence: 10 months of compulsory labour with 15% of earnings withheld by the state, as well as an additional penalty in the form of a ban on engaging in activities related to administering websites, forums, chats, and groups on social networks, including the Internet, for the entire duration of the imposed sentence","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 months of compulsory labour with 15% of earnings withheld by the state, as well as an additional penalty in the form of a ban on engaging in activities related to administering websites, forums, chats, and groups on social networks, including the Internet, for the entire duration of the imposed sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-06T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-06T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/krivosheev-sergej-anatolevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recfYMfSMXXZ8NM8F"},{"persecution_id":"recZtpYNIOpfbR8ZB","last_updated":"2025-09-15T17:46:03.000Z","person_id":"recfrw106f1w7KVeP","name_en":"Roman Mayorov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Moscow region. Since March 22, 2024, he has been arrested five times under administrative articles. According to the project \"Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial\", while Mayorov was in a special detention center, law enforcers studied the contents of his phone. On May 19, 2024, he was taken into custody after being charged with confidential cooperation with foreigners because of his correspondence with a Ukrainian blogger: the investigation team considered the latter to be a representative of the Ukrainian secret services. On April 7, 2025, Mayorov was sentenced to four years and 10 months in a general regime colony and a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":381,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Roman Mayorov's case of confidential cooperation with a foreigner","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal charges against him was his correspondence with Ukrainian blogger Dmytro Karpenko, whom the investigation calls a representative of the Ukrainian special services.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.05.2024 to 18.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 22.03.2024\n• administrative detention: \n• administrative detention: \n• administrative detention: \n• administrative detention:  to 01.05.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.08.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.04.2025, Sentence: 4 years 10 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, fine in the amount of 300,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 10 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, fine in the amount of 300,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":58,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-07T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-07T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/majorov-roman-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recZtpYNIOpfbR8ZB"},{"persecution_id":"recXd2JDIsSYreHAw","last_updated":"2026-03-13T11:51:55.000Z","person_id":"recv9sWOD4DJFHUku","name_en":"Arina Ivanova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/atthYn2QEWq2OtE5O.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/atthYn2QEWq2OtE5O.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-08-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novokuznetsk. She worked as a florist, at a bakery, and helped animals. In a letter from the pre-trial detention centre she wrote that at the time of her detention she had 16 sick animals in her care. A case was opened against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of a publication in which she accused the Russian military of crimes in Bucha and called on them to lay down their arms and refuse to serve. No later than November 2024, Ivanova was taken into custody. In April of 2025, the case went to trial. On 13th of August, 2025, Ivanova was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokuznetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":590,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Arina Ivanova's case on spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army\n","case_number":"1-206/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of the case was a post in which Ivanova accused the Russian military of crimes in Bucha and called on them to lay down their arms and refuse to serve:\n\n\"From the very beginning of the war in Ukraine, when videos began to appear with Russian prisoners of war, saying as one that they didn't know where they were going and that they were on a training exercise and were not going to fight, I wondered: 'Why do these people continue to kill if they didn't want to? Why don't they lay down their arms? Why don't they give up?\" I heard some excuses that if they did, they would be court-martialled. And you know, looking at these videos, where frightened teenagers (I hope it's no secret that there are a lot of conscripts there) explain themselves almost crying, you even start to feel somewhat sorry for them. After all, they are kind of obliged to fulfil the order of a higher authority, because it is not their initiative. I felt sorry for them until these \"soldiers\" left Bucha and the whole world saw their \"exploits\" in all their glory! Hundreds of dead, 9 out of 10 of whom were shot, not killed by shrapnel wounds and other injuries. Just think about it! People tied up by the arms and shot in the back of the head! Dozens of raped women! A city completely looted! Everything from washing machines to, I'm sorry, women's lingerie!!! These are the Russians in all their glory! What's the excuse this time? Did someone higher up order them to rob, rape and then kill? No. This is the initiative of those \"unfortunate\" crying conscripts!\n\nRecently news has started to appear that more and more military men are refusing to go to war in Ukraine. Of course, this is a drop in the ocean, but I want to believe that looking at such people who are not afraid to disobey orders, other military men who have a shred of conscience and honour will also lay down their arms and put an end to this senseless war!\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 12.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 50 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.11.2025 to 25.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n• Unknown: from 25.01.2025 to 10.02.2026\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.02.2026 to 13.07.2029, Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 50 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution No. 50 of the State Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.08.2025, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and 2 years' prohibition to administer websites ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and 2 years' prohibition to administer websites ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-13T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-13T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 20-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ivanova-arina-sergeevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recXd2JDIsSYreHAw"},{"persecution_id":"recYzaPe1NcLdtnbI","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:08:55.000Z","person_id":"recsFX0a5djcStVCX","name_en":"Leonid Klepov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Tver region. On 23 April 2024, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism because of two comments endorsing the activities of the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps. It is not clear from the text of the court decision the exact content of Klepov's comments; it mentions the RDK raids in the Bryansk region on 2 March 2023 and in the Belgorod region on 22 May 2023, qualified as terrorist attacks, but it is not explicitly stated that he endorsed these actions, only that he was aware of them. On 1 October 2024, Klepov was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. 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On 30 April, the court dismissed the case.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":485,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Kostin's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-81/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In June 2022, Kostin was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because he called the Russian military -'marauders' on VKontakte.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.10.2024 to 30.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.04.2025, Sentence: Dropped because the crime was past the statute of limitations","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"Dropped because the crime was past the statute of limitations","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-30T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-30T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwTf0WyZWv1K59q"},{"persecution_id":"recbnoyyYyql91B9N","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:48:16.000Z","person_id":"recL6TnV5nudo7fmd","name_en":"Andrei Tishchenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St Petersburg. On 5 August 2024 he was searched. He was prosecuted for rehabilitation of Nazism in connection with the publication of a satirical text about referendums in the occupied territories: he compared the situation in the self-proclaimed LPR and DNR with a hypothetical referendum during the siege of Leningrad. On 29 April 2025, Tishchenko was given two and a half years of suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":267,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 354.1","Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Tishchenko's case of the Nazism rehabilitation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on September 25, 2022, acting with the intent to rehabilitate Nazism, the individual deliberately posted on their VKontakte page material containing a certain text with a collage of four photographs from the period of the Defence of Leningrad 1941-1944. As a result of Tishchenko's criminal actions, the publicly posted information material aimed at rehabilitating Nazism became available for viewing by an unlimited number of persons. \"Certain text\" consisted of words to the effect that the inhabitants of the city \"with great uplift and enthusiasm\" had held a \"referendum on joining the Great Germany\".","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.08.2024 to 15.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 15.05.2025 to 14.05.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2025, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment with a 3 years' probation period, along with a 3 years' ban on engaging in activities involving the publication of materials in information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment with a 3 years' probation period, along with a 3 years' ban on engaging in activities involving the publication of materials in information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbnoyyYyql91B9N"},{"persecution_id":"recHFmrCXx3xggrC5","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"recxedirn6v9ygMCb","name_en":"Christina Strebizh","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Born in the Kaliningrad region, left Russia. Charged with spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism. In November 2024, she was included in the list of extremists and terrorists.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Christina Strebizh's case of \"fake\" information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 25.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHFmrCXx3xggrC5"},{"persecution_id":"recfAAXZfA56ly5y4","last_updated":"2026-04-14T13:25:44.000Z","person_id":"rectQnerjfKVhE9Us","name_en":"Sergei Kalinin","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ivanovo. On 9 April 2024, he was taken into custody in a case of facilitation of terrorist activities: according to the investigation, during telephone conversations he persuaded someone to join the Russian Volunteer Corps.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ivanovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Kalinin's case of facilitation of terrorist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during telephone conversations he persuaded his interlocutor to join the Russian Volunteer Corps.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.04.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Ivanovo Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfAAXZfA56ly5y4"},{"persecution_id":"rec0Feb7KNY2JVRc7","last_updated":"2026-04-28T16:36:51.000Z","person_id":"rec7jVN50GWbsNhAT","name_en":"Sergei Fomov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attJQDPtFw9UJk4F1.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attJQDPtFw9UJk4F1.jpeg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chelyabinsk, in the Ural region of Russia, who worked in apartment renovation. On 20 August 2024, he was detained and taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism and calling for terrorist acts. Fomov wrote that the case was prompted by his \"disagreement with the domestic and foreign policy pursued by the president and the ‘Kremlin towers’,\" as well as a comment supporting one of the armed formations operating in Ukraine — specifically, comments calling for the execution of Putin and expressing support for the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\".\n\nOn 12 August 2025, Fomov was sentenced to six years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":357,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Fomov's case of public justification of terrorism and calls for terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was prompted by comments on the channels of politician Boris Nadezhdin and the \"Freedom of Russia Movement\":\n\n\"Putin to the gallows along with his comrades, and no nails! Move the capital to St Petersburg, bury Lenin, turn the Kremlin into a museum of a terrible past, with racks and torture devices from the times of the mad dictator Ivashka standing all around.\"\n\nand\n\n\"Well done, RDK, real men came to the Motherland.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.08.2024\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.08.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-12T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-12T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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She was given a recognisance not to leave the country. On 10 June 2024, law enforcers came to her home and detained her. She was charged with funding a terrorist and extremist organisation. According to the investigation, Korovina transferred money to the Azov battalion and Right Sector. According to her lawyer, Korovina pleaded guilty under pressure: she was threatened that her brother would be accused of espionage and tortured. Officers came to his house and searched him. In court, Korovina stated that she did not admit guilt.\n\nOn 17 February 2025, Korovina was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":335,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ekaterina Korovina's case on funding extremism and terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Korovina transferred 1,006 rubles to the Azov battalion and 118 rubles to the Right Sector.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 19.03.2024 to 10.06.2024\n• in custody: from 10.06.2024\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.02.2025, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-17T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-17T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-05-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/korovina-ekaterina-anatolevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recS2lviZvOsnth9N"},{"persecution_id":"recmjDr0lSqhz2F0H","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recN6ejwF364pcFOD","name_en":"Ibragim Kudzhanov","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Born in Uzbekistan, he lived in the Luhansk region of Ukraine. In the spring of 2024, he was detained in the occupied territory, after which a case was opened against him for participating in the activities of a terrorist organization due to his six-month service as a driver in the Aidar Battalion in 2019. On October 16, 2024, Kudzhanov was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":289,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ibragim Kudzhanov's case ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2019, while stationed at the Belokurakinsko-Troitsky Joint District Military Commissariat of the Luhansk Region of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, being aware of the terrorist nature of the Aidar Battalion's activities, wanting to be provided with a monthly salary, that is, for selfish motives, he voluntarily became a member, signing a contract for military service in the 24th Aidar Assault Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, receiving a uniform and standard firearms with ammunition for it, and was enlisted as a member of the formation. Further, while armed with a firearm, until September 2019, he was assigned to perform duties related to supporting the activities of the terrorist community, including the delivery of food to the battalion's deployment locations located at combat positions near the town of Chasov Yar in the Artemovsky district and the town of Konstantinovka in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk People's Republic, fulfilling his assigned role in the terrorist community.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 07.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.04.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Omsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.10.2024, Sentence: 5 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-16T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-16T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-10-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-byvshih-voennosluzhashhih-ajdara-sergeya-ivashhenko-i-ibragima-kudzhanova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recmjDr0lSqhz2F0H"},{"persecution_id":"recMc8em3ByfIB2bX","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:19:39.000Z","person_id":"recQRaGrPALEi1a0h","name_en":"Gennady Kalashnikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/att64x4OYJd3DbXbP.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/att64x4OYJd3DbXbP.png"],"birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Vorkuta. In August 2024, he was taken off a train while returning from holiday with his family. He was then detained on charges of calling for extremism and terrorism and involvement in terrorist activities. The case is based on his emotion-filled online postings and a message addressed to his son, a Russian serviceman, to whom Kalashnikov sent a video of the Russian Volunteer Corps with the words \"Let's go to RVC!\". On May 22, 2025, Kalashnikov was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":294,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","private correspondence"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","205.2","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Gennady Kalashnikov's case of facilitation of terrorism and calls for terrorism and extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of a case on calls to extremism was an online post with the words \"Death to Putin's orcs\": according to the investigation team, it was a call for killing representatives of a specific social group - Russian military personnel. The reason for the initiation of a case on calls to terrorism was the post saying \"Glory to the Russian Volunteer Corps!\", justifying the actions of the Russian Volunteer Corps. According to the investigation, the facilitation of terrorism was expressed in the fact that Kalashnikov encouraged his son, who is in the Russian army on active duty, to join the RVC.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2024 to 20.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.05.2025, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-22T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-22T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kalashnikov-gennadij-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recMc8em3ByfIB2bX"},{"persecution_id":"recnOY1sItT9KhQjW","last_updated":"2025-06-19T10:05:16.000Z","person_id":"recAV44LNqujQqzCB","name_en":"Aleksandr Rogatnykh","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-02-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Rogatnykh is a resident of the village of Chigiri (Amur Region). Not earlier than September 2024, there was a case of calls to extremism opened against him based on his comment on social media, which contained what had been perceived as inciting violence against representatives of law enforcement agencies. On May 14, 2025, Rogatnykh was given two years of suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":499,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":71,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Rogatnykh's case of inciting extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in September 2024, on a Telegram news channel he read the news that scammers had again defrauded people in the Amur region. After that, he left a comment available for public viewing, in which he incited violence against law enforcement officers.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2027-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 30.05.2025 to 29.05.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.05.2025, Sentence: A suspended sentence of 2 years of imprisonment and a 2-year ban on publishing materials on the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"A suspended sentence of 2 years of imprisonment and a 2-year ban on publishing materials on the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-14T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-14T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnOY1sItT9KhQjW"},{"persecution_id":"recay5GXgcSz2k5fW","last_updated":"2025-12-09T11:10:37.000Z","person_id":"recQLclQwxjiGT7t5","name_en":"Vladimir Skvortsov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Russian Post employee from Vologda. On 22 August 2024, he was detained for posting leaflets in support of the \"Russian Freedom Legion\". He was then accused of financing extremist activities and participation in a terrorist organisation.\n\nAccording to the prosecution version, in 2021 Skvortsov transferred the overall sum of 1,100 rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation dispersed between four donations.\n\nThe prosecution also believes that from 1 July to 28 August 2024 he, being an opponent of the invasion of Ukraine, \"participated in the activities\" of the Russian Freedom Legion. Skvortsov contacted a representative of the unit in Telegram social network and filled out a membership form, and was then tasked with putting up leaflets in support of the legion and against the current government in Russia. He downloaded the leaflet layout, and on 22 August 2024, he printed 40 copies on his work computer and posted most of them around Vologda. Skvortsov photographed them for the report, but did not have time to send them — he was detained the same day.\n\nThe day after his arrest, the Vologda City Court arrested Skvortsov for seven days under a protocol for displaying prohibited symbols because of the same leaflets. He later found himself in a pre-trial detention centre. In November 2024, he was fined a thousand rubles for the leaflets under another protocol — accusing him of manufacturing prohibited symbols.\n\nSkvortsov pleaded guilty in the criminal case.\n\nOn 21 May, the 1st Western District Military Court in St. Petersburg began the trial.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vologda"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":277,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Skvortsov's case of Anti-Corruption Foundation's donations and \"Freedom of Russia\" Legion's leaflets","case_number":"2-45/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In 2021, after the court decision to recognise Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) and Navalny's headquarters as extremist organisations came into force, he made four donations to Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) in the amount of RUB 1,100: RUB 100 on 5 August, RUB 100 on 7 September, RUB 300 on 9 October and RUB 600 on 31 December 2021.\n\nSkvortsov, being against the war on Ukraine, \"participated in the activities\" of the Legion \"Freedom of Russia\" from 1 July to 28 August 2024. First, he contacted a representative of the legion via Telegram and filled out a questionnaire to join. Then he received an assignment from the Legion representative Dmitry Voronov to post at least 20 leaflets in support of the unit and against the current government in Russia. At home, the man downloaded the leaflet layout, and on 22 August 2024, he printed 40 copies on his work computer at a Russian Post office. On the same day, he posted 26 of them at various addresses in Vologda and took photos to send to Voronov as a report. Skvortsov did not have time to post the remaining 14 leaflets and send the photo to his interlocutor — he was detained the same day.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 18.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.05.2025, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment, with the first 3 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment, with the first 3 years to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-26T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-26T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 23-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/skvorczov-vladimir-valerevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recay5GXgcSz2k5fW"},{"persecution_id":"recH7Iq1oOuKyS0wm","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recDmSq2rn8vS7bJW","name_en":"Anton Zaznaev","birth_year":1986,"age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Omsk, broker. A case against him was initiated for disseminating knowingly false information about Russian Armed Forces and attempting to bribe FSB officers twice to avoid responsibility on charges of \"fake news\".\n\nIn May 2025, the case went to court. On 24 November, the court sentenced Zaznaev to three years and two months in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":693,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anton Zaznaev's case of \"fake news\" about Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-250/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, \"in October 2023, the defendant posted in a group of one of the messengers created by him, under the guise of authentic messages, knowingly false information containing data on the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, to maintain international peace and security.\n\nIn September 2024 the defendant, in order to avoid criminal liability for what he had done, during a conversation with an FSB officer offered him a bribe in the amount of 300 thousand roubles (US$3690) and gave him a part of the agreed amount for the termination of the procedural check being conducted against him.\n\nWhen detained, the defendant again attempted to bribe the FSB officers in the amount of 300 thousand rubles (US$3690).\"\n\nThe reason for the initiation of a case of \"fakes\" were the messages in a chat room for five people, dedicated to the death of civilians as a result of Russian shelling of the village of Groza near Kharkiv.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.10.2024 to 25.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.11.2025, Sentence: 3 years and 2 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 2 million rubles (US$24601), and a ban on administering websites, groups, and chats on social media for 2 years and 10 months","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years and 2 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 2 million rubles (US$24601), and a ban on administering websites, groups, and chats on social media for 2 years and 10 months","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":38,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":2000000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-24T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-24T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recH7Iq1oOuKyS0wm"},{"persecution_id":"recFjnhIxzimAA1dU","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:53:20.000Z","person_id":"recoPmwU16HYaWStd","name_en":"Evgenii Varaksin ","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Lesnoi (Sverdlovsk Region), a metalworker. While in Poland, he transferred money to \"Caritas Poland\" — a Polish Catholic non-profit organization primarily involved in social welfare and humanitarian aid. On July 22, 2024, after returning to Russia, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of high treason: the money transfer was deemed as financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On April 21, 2025, Varaksin was sentenced to 12 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":270,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Varaksin's case of high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in April 2022, being a Russian citizen and living in Poland, he transferred 100 Polish zlotys to an international organisation \"to finance the AFU\". These funds were used \"to purchase equipment, ammunition and items of tactical medicine for the AFU\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2024 to 13.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.05.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Chelyabinsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.04.2025, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty, a fine of 300 thousand rubles ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, 1 year and 6 months' restriction of liberty, a fine of 300 thousand rubles ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-18T09:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-18T09:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/varaksin-evgenij-alekseevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recFjnhIxzimAA1dU"},{"persecution_id":"recxZ261kWdENM791","last_updated":"2026-02-21T23:30:16.000Z","person_id":"reccwDLGLv7hvUhlU","name_en":"Tatiana Omelchenko","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Accountant, lived in Crimea, moved to Kyiv in 2012. After the war started, according to her own words, she transferred money to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). On 25 September 2024, she was detained at Sheremetyevo airport, where she flew from Minsk to go to Crimea to attend the funeral of her brother. Omelchenko was taken into custody on charges of high treason. On 1 October 2025, she was sentenced to 12 years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":371,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Tatiana Omelchenko's case of high treason","case_number":"2-132/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for prosecution was money transfers to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2024 to 29.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.10.2025, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-01T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-01T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/omelchenko-tatyana-nikolaevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recxZ261kWdENM791"},{"persecution_id":"recOuPHGmOW1mpQlf","last_updated":"2025-12-09T11:21:31.000Z","person_id":"rec3ueel0qm2a1kot","name_en":"Ekaterina Egorova","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She lived in the Trans-Baikal Territory, and in 2020, she moved to Ukraine with her husband. In the spring of 2024, she was detained at Tolmachevo Airport in Novosibirsk, where she had arrived to visit her mother after surgery. According to her husband, suspicious money transfers were found on her phone, but she was released and returned to Chita. However, two months later, she was detained in a criminal case of high treason and transferred to Novosibirsk, where she was placed in custody. On April 29, 2025, Egorova was sentenced to 12 years in a general-regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":484,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"The case of high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from June 2023 to April 2024, she repeatedly transferred money from her bank card for the needs of the AFU; the transfers were accompanied by notes in Ukrainian: \"additional support for the AFU\", \"collection for 50 FPV-drones for the 92nd OMBR\", \"for aerial reconnaissance\", \"for the 81st brigade of the DSHV\", \"for thermal imagers\", \"for equipment\", \"for anti-drone shield\", etc.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 29.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.04.2025, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment, a fine of 200 000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment, a fine of 200 000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-10-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/egorova-ekaterina\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recOuPHGmOW1mpQlf"},{"persecution_id":"recKy4WHyxuVHL7ZT","last_updated":"2025-10-26T17:40:17.000Z","person_id":"rec4aLqxpcGgig0Vp","name_en":"Roman Ivanishin","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Military servant who lived on Sakhalin and worked as a mining foreman. He was mobilized. After serving in Sakhalin, he was sent to Donetsk region—the Ukrainian region occupied by Russian troops. In June 2023, he was captured by the Ukrainian military. In January 2024, he was handed over to the Russian Federation as part of an exchange. After that, a case of voluntary surrender, preparation for voluntary surrender and desertion was brought against him. On September 16, 2024, the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Garrison Court redirected the case to the jurisdiction. However, in March 2025, the case was again brought before the same court. On April 15, 2025, this court sentenced Ivanishin to 15 years in a strict regime colony, reclassifying three of the four desertion episodes as AWOL.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":470,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 352.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 352.1 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 338 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["352.1","352.1","338"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 352.1","Part 1, Article 352.1","Article 338"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Roman Ivanishin on voluntary surrender ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he tried to surrender to Ukrainian captivity twice. The second time - successful - he escaped from the location of the military unit. Ivanishin's commander Major Vadym Korotkevich claimed that after surrendering, his subordinate came out of the Ukrainian positions and shouted to his fellow soldiers: \"Surrender, nothing will happen to you for this!\" According to the officer, he ordered to open fire on Ivanishin. The Ukrainians began firing back and killed two Russian soldiers. \"Kommersant\" wrote that Ivanishin was also charged with a video recorded in captivity in which he \"spoke out against the SVO, calling on other servicemen to escape\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 11.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sakhalin oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.06.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 15.04.2025, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-15T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-15T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 08-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ivanishin-roman-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recKy4WHyxuVHL7ZT"},{"persecution_id":"recaSctZoD4D2pkMj","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:18:44.000Z","person_id":"recCT6Kbw4Wz38gNt","name_en":"Roman Ponomarenko","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-01-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. In March 2024, he was detained and taken into custody as part of a case involving participation in a terrorist organization and undergoing training for the purpose of engaging in terrorist activity. The basis for the charges was his alleged service in the “Donbas” battalion during 2020–2021. On October 22, 2024, he was sentenced to 18 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":235,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Roman Ponomarenko's case of involvement in the Donbass battalion","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2020 Ponomarenko underwent training at the Desna centre in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine, where he acquired knowledge, practical skills and abilities to handle weapons, explosive devices and explosives. He then joined the 46th separate battalion of the AFU special forces \"Donbass\", which the prosecution defined as a terrorist community, and served there from August 2020 to September 2021.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2024 to 21.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.11.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.10.2024","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-22T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-22T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ponomarenko-roman-yulevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recaSctZoD4D2pkMj"},{"persecution_id":"rec8rd8Qe21wReKPU","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recSihl1HN0EtyAwZ","name_en":"Alexandr Ivanov","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Sakhalin. During the first half of 2024, he was brought to administrative responsibility at least six times, three of them under the article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). No later than August 2024, Ivanov was taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism and repeatedly discrediting the Armed Forces. Later it became known that Ivanov was also accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation and calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. In June 2025, the case went to court.\n\nOn 4 December 2025, the court sentenced Ivanov. Its details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":703,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":100,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","280.3","205.2","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexandr Ivanov’s case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization, calls for terrorism and activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation and discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-72/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.08.2024 to 13.08.2024\n• in custody: from 13.08.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sakhalin oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.12.2025, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-04T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-04T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8rd8Qe21wReKPU"},{"persecution_id":"rec82sAs2zn1dY8eD","last_updated":"2026-04-02T23:09:26.000Z","person_id":"recxF5U5XnVCyOY8C","name_en":"Andrei Glukhov","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Volgograd, a student at the Volgograd Polytechnic College. In September 2024, his home was searched. After being interrogated by the FSB, he was released, but in October he was detained again and taken into custody on charges of high treason. According to his father, who spoke with \"Mediazona,\" the reason was that Glukhov had met someone online who introduced himself as a Ukrainian citizen and claimed to be collecting signatures \"to accelerate negotiations\" between the two countries. He sent the student a bank account number in Ukraine, and Glukhov transferred 3,000 rubles (according to his mother, cited by media \"Sibir.Realii,\" it was 1,450 rubles). Glukhov's father added that the case included his son’s correspondence with this individual, in which the student expressed his desire for the war to end and for peace to come soon. On May 29, 2025, Glukhov was sentenced to 12 years in a high-security penal colony.\n","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":270,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Glukhov's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"Presumably, the reason for the case was the transfer of money to Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.10.2024 to 25.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n• : from 01.08.2024 to 09.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Ulyanovsk region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.05.2025, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-29T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-29T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gluhov-andrej-eduardovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec82sAs2zn1dY8eD"},{"persecution_id":"rectCM84qPx8Q29Xs","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recZ8TaDhFtaSduj3","name_en":"Egor Geraimovich","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He lived in Khabarovskii Krai. On 8 August 2024 he was detained in Vladivostok, where he had planned to get a job as a sailor. A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of two aggressive comments approving the strikes on the Belgorod Region. Geraimovich was taken into custody. Later he was also accused of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of publications about strikes on Ukraine and the crash of a plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war, and trafficking in pornography - in his words, because of photos with \"naked girls\" that he sent to two friends. Geraimovych claims that the new charges appeared in the case after he asked an investigator why the card linked to the phone seized from him was being debited for purchases at Wildberries. In June 2025, the case went to the Central District Military Court because he had made the comments while living with a girlfriend in Udmurtia. On 6 March 2026, Geraimovich was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2024-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":575,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 242 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.2","242"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 3, Article 242"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The Egor Geraymovich’s case on \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces, public justification of terrorism and distribution of pornography","case_number":"2-285/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The charges of public justification of terrorism were based on two comments:\n\n22 October 2023: Posted in the Ukrainian Telegram channel \"Palianytsia 2.0\" under news regarding a Belgorod resident's public display of the Ukrainian flag: \"The only thing left to do here is burn everything and everyone with napalm.\"\n\n30 December 2023: Posted under a video on Ukrainian blogger Vladimir Zolkin’s channel showing an AFU rocket strike on Belgorod: \"Holy [expletive]! What a celebration today! I’m going to go donate to the boys. Greetings from Khabarovsk. Glory to Ukraine.\"\n\nThe charges of disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces involve the following comments:\n\n29 December 2023: \"The Russians [profanity omitted by the prosecutor] f***ed up all of Ukraine today.\"\n\n24 January 2024: Under a post about the Il-76 crash involving Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Belgorod Region: \"The boys were tortured to death in 'Rashka' captivity. They decided to set it up to look like a crash. Either they don't want to swap their own because they’re chickens***, because those guys will start [talking] a lot...\"\n\nThe distribution of pornography charges stem from two \"VKontakte\" videos featuring \"nude girls\" sent to two friends.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.03.2026, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-06T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectCM84qPx8Q29Xs"},{"persecution_id":"recwOQwdTjUFg2etd","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recC2LoYgILlWmgQi","name_en":"Ruslan Karabalin ","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladivostok. A case was initiated against him for public incitement to terrorism due to his approval of the killing of the war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky and public incitement \"for a change of the regime and state power in the Russian Federation by inciting civil war or carrying out a military coup.\" On April 17, 2025, Karabalin was sentenced to six and a half year's imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":471,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal 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Presumably captured in November 2024, has been prosecuted for participating in the activities of a terrorist organization due to alleged involvement with the \"Aidar\" battalion. On June 26, 2025, Rybak was sentenced to 13 years in a high-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":237,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Rybak's case on participation in a terrorist organization","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in July 2024 voluntarily joined the battalion \"Aidar\" and went to fight in Donetsk region.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.06.2025, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-26T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-26T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Between December 2024 and January 2025, he was arrested three times in succession on charges of disorderly conduct and disobeying police orders. In one incident, he reportedly attempted to flee from law enforcement officers; he later explained that he feared being detained due to holding a Ukrainian residence permit. 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Then he was also accused of posting a shahada in Arabic on his car window (shahada is the first of the five pillars of Islam, uniting two of its main provisions: confession of monotheism and recognition of Muhammad's prophetic mission). The investigation interpreted the Islamic symbol as an inscription associated with the terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda. According to the defence counsel, the Ministry of Justice experts decided that it was the shahada on a black background that justified terrorism, because Al-Qaeda uses it in this form as its symbol.\n\nAfter the Taliban was removed from the list of terrorist organisations, the first charge was dropped and only the shahada episode remained in the case.\n\nOn 1 July 2025, Yusupov was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":303,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Moscow resident with shahada on car","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the placement of a shahada in Arabic on the car window (shahada is the first of the five pillars of Islam, uniting two of its main provisions: confession of monotheism and recognition of Muhammad's prophetic mission). The investigation interpreted the Islamic symbol as an inscription associated with the terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 10.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.07.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-01T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-01T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTLQIeHT812VNC7"},{"persecution_id":"recdBoynoQR6fbHfS","last_updated":"2025-11-13T18:05:32.000Z","person_id":"rec9C3DeJk2I7wOOq","name_en":"Vladimir Alekseev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Moscow region. On 5 June 2024, a case was opened against him for organising and financing an \"undesirable\" organisation. The investigation named him as the organiser of the activities of the AllatRa religious movement in Russia. He was also accused of disseminating knowingly false information posing a threat; later this charge was dropped. On 2 July 2024, Alekseev was taken into custody. On 3 July 2025, the case went to Solnechnogorsk City Court. On 16 September 2025, Alekseev was sentenced to two years and five months of community work, but was released from execution of the sentence due to its completion.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_ended":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":468,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1","284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 284.1","Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["AllatRa case in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Alekseev's case ","case_number":"1-317/2025","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.06.2024 to 07.06.2024\n• in custody: from 02.07.2024 to 16.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.09.2025, Sentence: 2 years 5 months of community work, release from serving the sentence due to its completion","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 5 months of community work, release from serving the sentence due to its completion","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-16T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-16T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdBoynoQR6fbHfS"},{"persecution_id":"recXpShiZ0bv48IXg","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"reczD5ALAVbreUw2d","name_en":"Sergei Mironov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kamyshin, Volgograd region. On 13 February 2024 he was detained at the railway station and then detained for 14 days under the administrative article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 27 February 2024 upon the end of the arrest term, he was detained again for 14 days under the same article. When the second term of administrative arrest ended, Mironov was taken into custody on charges of preparation for high treason. According to the prosecution, he intended to join the AFU. On 4 February 2025 Mironov was sentenced to nine years in a strict regimen colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":357,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Mironov’s case of preparation for treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, in the period from February 2022 to January 2024 Sergei Mironov, dissatisfied with the political course of the Russian Federation and the special military operation conducted by the Armed Forces of Russia, had been in correspondence with a representative of Ukraine's intelligence services via the telecommunications network \"Internet\" and had proactively expressed his desire to join the AFU and participate in combat against the Russian Federation. In confirmation of his intentions, he recorded a video on his mobile phone where he stated his desire to switch to the side of the enemy and sent it to the representative of Ukraine's intelligence services via an Internet app. With the money provided by the AFU officer Mironov bought train tickets to travell to the territory of Ukraine and collected the necessary items for participation in combat. However, he was unable to complete his unlawful actions against the security of the Russian Federation, as he was arrested by law enforcement officers after boarding the train.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2024 to 22.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 13.02.2024 to 27.02.2024\n• administrative detention: from 27.02.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Volgograd Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.02.2025, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-04T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-04T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 03-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/mironov-sergej-gennadevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recXpShiZ0bv48IXg"},{"persecution_id":"recRc7IL6ncvq4fXq","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recLzLsq8LPNxCFdb","name_en":"Vitalii Panchenko","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. On August 15, 2024, he was taken prisoner on the territory of Kursk Region. A video was posted on Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel showing him and another serviceman, Ivan Dmitrakov, being interrogated by Apti Alaudinov, former commander of the Akhmat Rosgvardiya detachment and deputy head of the Main Military and Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces. Both Ukrainian servicemen have their hands wrapped in duct tape. At the same time, another video was filmed where Panchenko and Dmitrakov bound with duct tape say \"Akhmat is a force!\", \"Allahu Akbar!\" and praise Alaudinov. In September 2024, the military directorate of the Investigative Committee reported that Panchenko and Dmitrakov were charged with attempted murder, committing a terrorist act, attempt on the life of a law enforcement officer, and using violence against a representative of the authorities; Panchenko was also named as a suspect in kidnapping (three people were later reported) and looting. On 21 October 2024, it became known that Panchenko and Dmitrakov were placed in custody. In November, the case against the servicemen, which only included the article on committing a terrorist act, was brought to court. On 12 December 2024, Panchenko was sentenced to 15 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":346,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of two servicemen in the Kursk Region ","case_number":"1-244/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August, together with other servicemen, he illegally invaded the territory of Sudzhanskii District in Kursk Region, with the aim of carrying out terrorist activities and disorganising the work of state and local authorities of the Russian Federation. For several days he took part in attacking, blocking and keeping under armed control the territory of the town of Sudzha, intimidated and frightened the local population, repeatedly fired on Russian servicemen and civilians. Also, together with other Ukrainian servicemen, he took part in the abduction and illegal transfer of 11 Russian conscripts and three unidentified civilians to the territory of the Sumy region of Ukraine. In addition, he stole food from the \"Piaterochka\" chain store, thereby causing property damage to the owner in the amount of over 6 million rubles.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 17.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.03.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.12.2024, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, of which 3 years are to be served in prison and the remainder in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, of which 3 years are to be served in prison and the remainder in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-12T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-12T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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A video was posted on Kadyrov's Telegram channel showing him and another serviceman, Vitalii Panchenko, being interrogated by Apti Alaudinov, the former commander of the Akhmat Rosgvardiya detachment and deputy head of the Main Military and Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces. Both Ukrainian servicemen had their hands wrapped in duct tape. At the same time, another video was shot, where duct-taped Dmitrakov and Panchenko say, \"Akhmat is power!\" \"Allahu Akbar!\" and praise Alaudinov. In September 2024, the military directorate of the Investigative Committee reported that Dmitrakov and Panchenko were charged with attempted murder, committing a terrorist act, attempting to kill a law enforcement officer, and using violence against a representative of the authorities. On 21 October 2024, it became known that Dmitrakov and Panchenko were placed in custody. In November, the case against the servicemen, which included only the article on committing a terrorist act, was referred to the court. On 12 December 2024, Dmitrakov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":346,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of two servicemen in the Kursk Region ","case_number":"1-244/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August, together with other servicemen, he illegally invaded the territory of Sudzhansky District, Kursk Region, intending to carry out terrorist activities and disorganise the work of state and local authorities of the Russian Federation. For several days, he took part in attacking, blockading, and keeping under armed control the territory of the town of Sudzha, intimidated and frightened the local population, and repeatedly fired on Russian servicemen and civilians.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 17.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.03.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.12.2024, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 years are in prison, the rest is in a strict regime colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 years are in prison, the rest is in a strict regime colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-12T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-12T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-voennosluzhashhih-vsu-vitaliya-panchenko-i-ivana-dmitrakova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recjHMRGXvsCLt3Xm"},{"persecution_id":"recFnuXMpA7pTafKP","last_updated":"2026-04-12T17:25:00.000Z","person_id":"recBBlOaIoYXqnnrm","name_en":"Alexei Kolesnikov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-01-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh region. According to the Politzek.Org project, he was detained on April 5, 2024. Kolesnikov later said that he was beaten during the arrest. A case was opened against him  on charges of incitement to extremism; the details of the charges are unknown. Kolesnikov claimed that, under pressure and threats, he signed a confession. He was taken into custody.  On September 23 2024, Kolesnikov was sentenced to a year in general regime prison.\n\nOn December 28, 2024, the day Kolesnikov was due to be released, he was arrested again. On the same day, he was arrested for 10 days under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On January 7 2025, he was detained upon leaving the detention centre and taken for questioning, where he was charged with incitement to extremism and terrorism.  According to official statements, his two comments in 2023 contained calls for \"violent actions against representatives of the current political authorities.\" Kolesnikov was taken into custody. On July 17 2025, he was sentenced to eight years in strict regime prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":201,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksei Kolesnokov's case of justification of terrorism and calls for extremism","case_number":"1-309/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, in May 2023, Kolesnikov, acting intentionally, feeling dislike for the existing constitutional order and the system of state authorities of the Russian Federation, on the grounds of political and ideological hatred and enmity, published in a community of one of the social networks a comment aimed at justifying terrorism.\n\nAlso in December 2023, under similar circumstances, he posted a message containing calls for extremist activity, namely, violent actions against representatives of the current political authorities.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2025 to 02.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 28.12.2024 to 07.01.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 02.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.07.2025, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in strict regime prison with a ban on administering websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in strict regime prison with a ban on administering websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-17T09:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-17T09:50:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFnuXMpA7pTafKP"},{"persecution_id":"recHjWPGsokpFp7jt","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:20:09.000Z","person_id":"recM0PEDALZ3tueuY","name_en":"Ivan Kveselevich","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attIWqnxC2R6hzcTQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attIWqnxC2R6hzcTQ.jpg"],"birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaliningrad and a lawyer. In February 2024, a criminal case was initiated against him on charges of confidential cooperation with foreign nationals: according to the investigation, he transmitted various information to an officer of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). He was taken into custody. On April 29, 2025, Kveselievich was sentenced to 2 years 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony. He received a sentence below the statutory minimum under the relevant article, taking into account mitigating circumstances, in particular his “cooperation with Russian law enforcement agencies and the provision of important and significant information that contributed to the timely prevention, detection, and suppression of the activities of foreign intelligence services and their representatives on the territory of the Russian Federation.” Presumably, he was released in December 2025.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_ended":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":484,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":69,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Kveselievich’s case of confidential cooperation with foreign nationals","case_number":"2-6/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, “from February 2022, that is, from the beginning of the special military operation, until August 2023, he corresponded with an officer of the Security Service of Ukraine.” In particular, he allegedly carried out “intelligence assignments in the interests of Ukraine,” that is, “collected information on the partial mobilization, the socio-political situation, and the economic and food security of the Kaliningrad Region,” because he “disagreed with Russia’s political course and with the conduct of the special military operation.”","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Served sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2024 to 15.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 15.05.2025 to 01.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-29T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In January 2024, she was fined 300,000 roubles following charges of \"LGBT propaganda\" among minors stemming from an advertisement for BDSM-themed parties in which two young women were depicted simulating a kiss.\n\nOn the night of 13 October 2024, law enforcement officers and activists of the nationalist movement \"Russian Community\" stormed a club hosting a private costume party to celebrate Filippova's birthday. Attendees were forced to the floor, ordered to present their identification documents, and filmed by activists — with the footage later leaked online.\n\nFollowing the raid, Filippova fled to Armenia but returned to Russia in November. Upon arrival, she was detained at the airport by law enforcement officers. Filippova was told that she faced charges of \"offending religious feelings\" due to a decorative cross-shaped lamp used at her private event. She was later released under an undertaking not to abscond. In December, her home was searched.\n\nOn 25 July 2025, the court sentenced Filippova to 200 hours of community service.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":266,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Ekaterina Filippova's case on offending religious feelings","case_number":"1-5/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, in October 2024, she organised a public mass entertainment event in one of the nightclubs in the city of Arkhangelsk, at which adherence to non-traditional gender relations was demonstrated and, being aware that the placement of religious symbols in venues hosting such events is inadmissible, deliberately, having a negative attitude towards Orthodox believers and clergy, expressing clear disrespect for society, publicly placed an Orthodox cross as a symbol of faith on the wall in the club, thereby insulting the religious feelings of Orthodox believers present at the event.\n\nThe light fixture in the form of a cross was located in the club where a private costume party in honour of Filippova's birthday was being held.","persecution_location_en":"Location unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.11.2024 to 18.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.07.2025, Sentence: 200 hours of comunity service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"200 hours of comunity service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-25T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-25T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9azR6FFph9zxGG"},{"persecution_id":"recgv1VRB2pKCICXV","last_updated":"2025-10-17T13:21:13.000Z","person_id":"recWPfSTCc53tzbYw","name_en":"Ruslan Gornostayev","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-11-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Orel region. On 2 May 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of terrorism financing and treason in connection with cryptocurrency transfers to the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Russian Freedom Legion. On 14 October 2024, Gornostayev was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":165,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Gornostayev's case on treason","case_number":"1-206/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 6 November 2023 to 6 April 2024 he made transfers of cryptocurrency to wallets belonging to the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\" and the Legion \"Freedom of Russia\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.05.2024 to 06.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.02.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.10.2024, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony, a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony, a fine of 500,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-14T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-14T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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The captured military men were insulted and forced to praise the Russian Airborne Forces and Putin on video camera. A criminal case of committing a terrorist act was initiated against Zadorozhny — this was how the actions of the Ukrainian military in the Kursk region were qualified. On March 5th 2025, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military","Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":429,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of four combatants in Kursk Region","case_number":"1-58/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being in the village of Snagost, Korenevsky district, Kursk region, <...> intimidated and terrorised the local population, occupied private houses under the threat of using weapons, prohibited the movement of civilians, repeatedly opened fire to kill both Russian servicemen and civilians\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 21.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.03.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2025, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-05T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 31-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ukrainskih-voennoplennyh-zadorozhnogo-sychenko-furlety-i-hayuka/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recBccpptTeQj4H8H"},{"persecution_id":"recxeuqhpFjsoK3V5","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recBu9ZmUGe8BQy3h","name_en":"Yurii Sychenko","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A Ukrainian serviceman. On September 10, 2024, he was captured in Kursk region. The captured military men were insulted and forced to praise the Russian Airborne Forces and Putin on video camera. 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A case was opened against Furleta for committing a terrorist act - this was how the actions of the Ukrainian military in the Kursk region were qualified. On 5 March 2025, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":429,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of four combatants in Kursk Region","case_number":"1-58/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being in the village of Snagost, Korenevsky district, Kursk region, <...> intimidated and frightened the local population, with the threat of using weapons to occupy private houses, prohibited the movement of civilians, repeatedly opened fire to kill both Russian servicemen and civilians\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 21.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.03.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2025, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-05T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 31-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ukrainskih-voennoplennyh-zadorozhnogo-sychenko-furlety-i-hayuka/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recM1ZAzTfOIz04SP"},{"persecution_id":"recWVqfTrcD3Nrchd","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recg6plI172NxjEPQ","name_en":"Yuriy Khayuk","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian military personnel. On 10 September 2024, he was captured in the Kursk region. The captured military men were insulted and forced to praise the Russian Airborne Troops and Putin on video camera. A case was opened against Khayuk for committing a terrorist act - this was how the actions of the Ukrainian military in the Kursk region were qualified. On 5 March 2025, he was sentenced to 17 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":429,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of four combatants in Kursk Region","case_number":"1-58/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being in the village of Snagost, Korenevsky district, Kursk region, <...> intimidated and frightened the local population, with the threat of using weapons to occupy private houses, prohibited the movement of civilians, repeatedly opened fire to kill both Russian servicemen and civilians\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 21.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.03.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2025, Sentence: 17 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"17 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":204,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-05T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 31-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ukrainskih-voennoplennyh-zadorozhnogo-sychenko-furlety-i-hayuka/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recWVqfTrcD3Nrchd"},{"persecution_id":"recYlheDF2OVFF3MN","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recv0pX0CPJewYQtT","name_en":"Alexander Novosad","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-07-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chelyabinsk, Novosad is the head of a workshop at a company that sells and installs ventilation equipment. He was detained on 27 March 2024 by the Federal Security Service's officers over a case of calls to extremism and terrorism, based on comments he had posted in the Telegram channels: Krem, Chelyabinsk Budushchego, NeXTALive, Rospartizan, and Rosbunt. Novosad's comments contained the following lines: \"Death to Putin\", \"Death to sectarians who support Putin\", \"Glory to Ukraine\", \"Freedom to the Ural Republic\", \"Our task is to defeat the dictatorial regime, help and support volunteers. This we can and must do,\" \"Helping Russian citizens fighting on the side of Ukraine is the task of all Russians, leading to the overthrow of the Kremlin regime,\" and \"ISIS, do your work, brothers.\" Later in court, Novosad said that during his arrest he was beaten and threatened with having his ear cut off. (This episode occurred just a few days after the detention of suspects in the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack, one of whom had his ear cut off by a law enforcement officer demanding a confession.) According to Novosad, after the initial beating he was taken to his apartment, forced to the floor, his trousers pulled down, blindfolded, and given a piece of paper. He was then ordered to write a \"sincere confession\", including an admission that he had transferred money to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Novosad said he initially refused but was compelled to comply after being kicked in the legs. After the search, he was beaten again. In the pre-trial detention center an officer allegedly advised him to state in his written explanation that his injuries had been sustained during home repairs.\n\nOn 11 March 2025, he was charged with state treason over the transfer of 15,000 rubles to some \"representative of Ukraine\". The defence insists that Novosad sent donations for \"humanitarian purposes\" to a man he had met online. The transfer was made to a Russian bank card. Novosad did not plead guilty to this episode.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275","Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Novosad' case on state treason and calls to terrorism and extremism","case_number":"2-284/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from October 2022 to 12 May 2023 Novosad \"established contact with a representative of Ukraine and, using bank accounts of persons misled by representatives of a foreign state and unaware of his criminal activity\", made five transfers totalling 15,000 rubles.\n\nIn addition, the defendant published several similar comments in the Krem, Chelyabinsk Budushchego, NeXTALive, Rospartizan, and Rosbunt Telegram channels. These comments included \"Death to Putin\", \"Death to sectarians who support Putin\", \"Glory to Ukraine\", \"Freedom to the Ural Republic\", \"Our task is to defeat the dictatorial regime, help and support volunteers. This we can and must do,\" \"Helping Russian citizens fighting on the side of Ukraine is the task of all Russians, leading to the overthrow of the Kremlin regime,\" and \"ISIS, do your work, brothers\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYlheDF2OVFF3MN"},{"persecution_id":"recKYml0EcDnMbhWg","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recmEigr3BMiA5mJ6","name_en":"Alexandr Matiukhin","birth_year":1989,"age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"An employee of the power repair division of Zaporizhzhya NPP. According to the Centre for Journalist Investigations, on 14 March 2023, he was kidnapped by unknown persons, after which he was taken into custody on charges of espionage. According to the investigation, he passed information about the locations of equipment and units of the Russian Armed Forces in Zaporizhzhya region to his brother, the commander of the artillery reconnaissance platoon of the AFU. In September 2024, Matyukhin was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 276 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["276"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 276"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Matyukhin's espionage case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"collected information about the locations of equipment and units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Zaporizhzhya region and passed it to his brother, who is the commander of the platoon of artillery reconnaissance of the AFU\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 10 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Saratov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKYml0EcDnMbhWg"},{"persecution_id":"recxEH3H8lWZaMb1G","last_updated":"2026-02-18T14:59:50.000Z","person_id":"recFXaxptCU7xjrn9","name_en":"Iaroslav Cherniak","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian soldier. In November 2024, he was taken prisoner. A case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation was opened against him due to his involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion. On 22 July 2025, Cherniak was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":568,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":81,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Iaroslav Cherniak's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-371/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he joined the \"Aidar\" battalion in July 2024, after which he went to the Donetsk region and served as a rifleman-sanitarian.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 02.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.07.2025, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 years in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 years in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-22T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-22T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 17-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-8-byvshih-voennosluzhashhih-batalona-ajdar/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recxEH3H8lWZaMb1G"},{"persecution_id":"recJ9EDrq9k7y6BUW","last_updated":"2026-03-21T22:29:47.000Z","person_id":"recXTgRPAJgRYZP8H","name_en":"Alexander Mirkulov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Samara. In May 2024, he was detained at the border with Kazakhstan. According to his ex-wife, he was moving cars. During the search, as she claims, Mirkulov was beaten: she saw blood on a towel in the flat, and at the hearing to elect a preventive measure, he was limping and had a broken nose. Mirkulov was taken into custody on charges of preparing to participate in the activities of a terrorist organisation and state treason in connection with his intention to join the Freedom of Russia legion. According to his ex-wife, he was forced to admit guilt.\nOn 18 April 2025, Mirkulov was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Locksmiths"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":352,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Mirkulov's case of preparation for state treason and participation in the activities of a terrorist organization","case_number":"2-88/2025 (2-239/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he planned to join the Ukrainian military association, with which he agreed on the date of border crossing.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2024 to 13.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Samara Region\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.04.2025, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-18T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-18T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 4 September 2025, Golovin was sentenced in absentia to five years' imprisonment.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":612,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":87,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Golovin's case about \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-205/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 29.06.2023, at 19:52 (Moscow time), at 19:52 (Moscow time), on the social network \"(Data depersonalised)\" on his personal page with the name \"D.A.On 29.06.2023, at 19:52 (Moscow time), on his personal page with the name \"D.A.\", with the email address (Data depersonalised) or (Data depersonalised), he posted a post with two images of girls, damaged objects, the following text: \"(Data depersonalised)\", with the comment \"(Data depersonalised) containing knowingly false information in the form of allegations about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to destroy civilian infrastructure and kill civilians in the city of Kramatorsk of the DNR.\n\nOn 24.07.2023 at 04:45 (Moscow time) in the social network \"(Data depersonalised)\" on his personal page with the name \"D.G.\", having the e-mail address (Data depersonalised) or (Data depersonalised), posted a post with 5 images of the destroyed Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral of Odessa, with the following text: \"D.G.\". With the following text: \"(Data depersonalised)...\" and his commentary \"(Data depersonalised)\", containing knowingly false information in the form of allegations of the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to destroy civilian infrastructure, architectural monuments, including the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour, and the destruction of civilians in Odessa, Ukraine.\n\nOn 10.07.2024 at 19 hours 33 minutes (Moscow time) in the social network \"(Data depersonalised)\" on his personal page with the name \"D.A.D.A.\", with the email address (Data depersonalised) or (Data depersonalised), posted a post with two images of a damaged building and the following text: \"(Data depersonalised)\", containing knowingly false information in the form of allegations about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to destroy civilian infrastructure, including the children's hospital \"Okhmatdet\" in Kiev, and the destruction of the civilian population of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.09.2025, Sentence: The sentence is unknown","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"The sentence is unknown","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-04T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-04T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckadPgzC1zXr2n1"},{"persecution_id":"recfdbUxXqEkCRmwR","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"rec5gctTpMY0EbzKp","name_en":" Unknown person 73","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case has been opened in Volgodonsk for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. No later than August 2024, a decision has been made to take him into custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces in Volgodonsk","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfdbUxXqEkCRmwR"},{"persecution_id":"recfbxveTErdAer4j","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"rechVwG9ViNtYwKl4","name_en":"Kirill Pavlov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Veliky Novgorod, born in Lviv (Ukraine). He was prosecuted for repeated demonstration of banned symbols: according to the investigation, he published on VKontakte the symbols of a certain \"Ukrainian paramilitary association\" – this pertained to photographs from events abroad depicting individuals with white-blue-white flags. On 1 August 2025, Pavlov was sentenced to 100 hours of compulsory labour. On 16 October 2025, the court of appeal released him from the punishment due to the time spent in a psychoneurological dispensary as part of an expert examination.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Veliky Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NGR"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_ended":"2025-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_ended_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":578,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":82,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Kirill Pavlov's case of repeated display of prohibited symbols","case_number":"1-386/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, despite the fact that \"by the ruling of the Novgorod District Court of the Novgorod Region dated 9 August 2023, which entered into legal force on 25 September 2023, K.V. Pavlov was found guilty of an administrative offence under Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation ('Propaganda or public display of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols, or paraphernalia or symbols confusingly similar to Nazi paraphernalia or symbols, or paraphernalia or symbols of extremist organisations, or other paraphernalia or symbols, the propaganda or public display of which is prohibited by federal laws, if these actions do not contain elements of a criminally punishable act') and was issued an administrative fine of 2,000 roubles for the fact that K.V. Pavlov, from his personal page on the social network 'VKontakte', displayed the symbolism of a terrorist organisation, the public demonstration of which is prohibited by federal law,\" he \"failed to draw the appropriate conclusions for himself\" and on 22 February 2024, \"using a Samsung mobile phone in his possession with access to the internet, deliberately, for ideological motives, with the aim of fostering an appealing image of the ideology of an organisation banned on the territory of the Russian Federation by the Decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated 16 March 2023 – a Ukrainian paramilitary association – and expressing solidarity with the views of the latter, posted photo images on the social network 'VKontakte' which displayed the symbolism of the aforementioned organisation.\" This refers to photographs from events in Milan and Toronto depicting individuals with white-blue-white flags.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2024-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (released from punishment)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measures_en":"• : from 20.11.2024 to 19.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.08.2025, Sentence: 100 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"100 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-01T05:38:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-01T05:38:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfbxveTErdAer4j"},{"persecution_id":"rec5Qvp7Jj8Vx9rTZ","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"rec5Zn1qQs1f41ZFL","name_en":"Andrei Shpringer","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-03-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Amursk (Khabarovsk Krai). In February 2024, he was detained. A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him. According to the investigation, he endorsed the activities of \"Ukrainian terrorist organisations\". On 13 September 2024, Shpringer was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":225,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Shpringer's case on public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-72/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, motivated by political hatred and hostility, while the Russian Armed Forces were conducting a special military operation, he expressed support and solidarity with the paramilitary formations of Ukraine. He posted a post about it in the public domain. In this message he tried to justify the activities of Ukrainian terrorist organisations banned on the territory of the Russian Federation. Also this post discredited the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 26.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.12.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.09.2024, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-13T12:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-13T12:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5Qvp7Jj8Vx9rTZ"},{"persecution_id":"recVsCMisxEMiU9oC","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recg7huJ0utlUaR79","name_en":"Oleg Zaklekta","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A Ukrainian serviceman, he was taken prisoner on 7 November 2024. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organization due to his involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion. In December 2024, a court in Luhansk took him into custody. On 16 April 2025 Oleg Zaklekta was sentenced to 12 years in a strict-regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":136,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of two Ukrainian servicemen of involvement in the activites of the Aidar Battalion "],"case_name_en":"Oleg Zaklekta's case ","case_number":"1-331/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in 2024, as part of a separate battalion of the terrorist community \"Aidar\" in the points of temporary deployment of the battalion in the town of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as in combat positions near the settlements of Stupochki and Ivanovskoye, he took part in hostilities against servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, by whom he was subsequently taken in prisoner\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.12.2024 to 29.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.05.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.04.2025, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-16T15:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-16T15:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-byvshih-voennosluzhashhih-ajdara-olega-zaklekty-i-arkadiya-lyubchenko/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recVsCMisxEMiU9oC"},{"persecution_id":"recpkdf6l7PzynYzY","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recFb7F7fIu8ydWzn","name_en":"Arkadii Liubchenko","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman, was captured on 7 November 2024. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion. In December 2024, a court in Lugansk took him into custody. On 11 June 2025, Liubchenko was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Luhanska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-09"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":192,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":27,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of two Ukrainian servicemen of involvement in the activites of the Aidar Battalion "],"case_name_en":"Arkadii Liubchenko's case","case_number":"1-330/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in 2024, as part of a battalion of the terrorist community \"Aidar\" in the points of temporary deployment of the battalion in the town of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as in combat positions near the towns of Stupochki and Ivanovskoie, he took part in combat operations against servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, by whom he was subsequently captured\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.12.2024 to 28.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.11.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.06.2025, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 years in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 years in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-11T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-11T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-byvshih-voennosluzhashhih-ajdara-olega-zaklekty-i-arkadiya-lyubchenko/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recpkdf6l7PzynYzY"},{"persecution_id":"rec0EAByTid2x4gjr","last_updated":"2025-10-06T18:41:34.000Z","person_id":"recB1UygXn5XiFkwz","name_en":"Maksim Danchenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Balakovo (Saratov region). A case was opened against him, presumably in June 2024, for desecration of the flag of the Russian Federation and dissemination of disrespectful information about the days of military glory in connection with the posts he published in August 2014 and May 2018. In one, according to the investigation, there was a text with a negative assessment of the flag, in the other - a text with a negative assessment of 9 May. On 19 August 2025, Danchenko was sentenced to two years and two months of community work.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Balakovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":444,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 329 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["329","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 329","Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Danchenko's case of desecration of the flag of the Russian federation and dissemination of disrespectful information about the days of military glory","case_number":"2-21/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 10 August 2014, Danchenko Maxim posted on his personal page an image of the State Flag of the Russian Federation with a text that had a negative assessment of this state symbol, expressed by profane and vulgar vocabulary.\n\nIn addition, on 07 May 2018, the defendant posted on his personal page an image of children in uniform and with World War II weapons on Red Square and a text addressed to the leader of Nazi Germany, containing a negative attitude to the day of military glory of Russia on 9 May, as well as to the results of the war, deviating from the generally accepted attitude (reverence, deep respect).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.08.2025, Sentence: 2 years and 2 months of community work","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 2 months of community work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-19T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-19T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 21-08-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/08/d52105/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"rec0EAByTid2x4gjr"},{"persecution_id":"recORytZRbY22B5hW","last_updated":"2026-01-27T08:59:25.000Z","person_id":"rec6kPvKvzpj7zTGz","name_en":"A. 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On 18 December 2024, S. was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":334,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Krasnodar region resident of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-998/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 05.08.2021, while at home, using his mobile phone, he watched a video published on 05.08.2021 on the You-tube channel Alexei Navalny under the title \"We continue, and we need your help\". The content of the video was related to a request for financial assistance to Anti-Corruption Foundation in connection with the decision of the Moscow City Court to recognise AFC as an extremist organisation and liquidate it. He then followed the link in the video's description - ................ - to open a new page in ITS \"Internet\" and then, following the instructions on the screen and using his mobile phone out of sympathy for the activities of AFC, he made a 1000-ruble transfer to AFC from his bank account or bank card in order to support and ensure the activities of the organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2024 to 25.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2024, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-12-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recORytZRbY22B5hW"},{"persecution_id":"recYhvigOBaaUDcps","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recrAlANqnrXP2fbo","name_en":"Sergei Loktev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Murom. On April 4th, 2024, he was detained and taken into custody. He was prosecuted for calls to extremism due to his calls for violence against officials and employees of the Federal Guard Service (FSO) and for possession of drugs (we have no grounds to consider this particular charge as politically motivated). On September 19th, 2024, he was sentenced to a year and ten months in a colony settlement for calls to extremism. On November 13th, 2024, he was sentenced on the drug possession case to three years and three months in a general regime colony, taking into account the previous sentence. In March 2025, a case of confidential cooperation with foreigners was brought against him: according to the investigation, he sent photos of cars with Z-symbolics to a certain group in Telegram. On August 21st, 2025, Loktev was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":262,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Loktev's case on incitement to extremism","case_number":"1-229/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Sergei called to commit violence against officials and employees of the Federal Guard Service of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.10.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2024, Sentence: 1 year 10 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 10 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":22,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-19T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-19T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYhvigOBaaUDcps"},{"persecution_id":"rec0BTVpGsNgyWEk3","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:18:47.000Z","person_id":"recNEDVONaQBrl6kR","name_en":"Sergei Irin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attALPWib8LSHmer5.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attALPWib8LSHmer5.webp"],"birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A software engineer, used to work for Yandex. Shortly after the start of the full-scale invasion, he left Russia, lived in Turkey and Sri Lanka, and returned to Russia in April 2024. He was detained in Nizhnii Novgorod and arrested for five days under an administrative punishment on minor hooliganism (Section 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences), after which he was detained on 1 May on charges of high treason in connection with transferring money to the Ukrainian foundation \"Come Back Alive\". Irin later recounted that he was interrogated \"with a stun gun\". He was taken to Moscow, where he was taken into custody. 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A case was brought against him for committing a terrorist act: this was how the threats with weapons against civilians, the illegal occupation of private homes, the obstruction of evacuation, and the repeated firing of lethal shots at Russian military personnel and civilians were classified. 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On 17 August 2024, he was taken prisoner in the Kursk region. A criminal case was opened against him for committing a terrorist act. The case materials stated, in particular, that he served in a brigade involved in launching drones into the territory of the Russian Federation. 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Captured on 17 August 2024 in Kursk Oblast. A case was opened against him for committing a terrorist act. The case file reported, in particular, that he served in a brigade that was engaged in launching drones against the territory of the Russian Federation. On March 14, 2025 Tiazhkorob was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":438,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,C Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of four additional participants in combat operations in Kursk Oblast","case_number":"1-68/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"he served in the 61st brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which, among other things, was engaged in UAV strikes against various objects on the territory of the Russian Federation\". 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Worked as a turner, then engaged in decoration of flats. On 24 June 2024, his home was searched. On 18 April 2025, he was interrogated as a defendant in a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Starikov was given a recognisance not to leave the country.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny","case_number":"1-1164/2025","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 18.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 11-07-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/07/d50206/?sphrase_id=2860361\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec9dq0q59iuMRv8X"},{"persecution_id":"reco8QdBMhn33y8n3","last_updated":"2025-09-17T06:56:10.000Z","person_id":"recogjmjbadGfr45X","name_en":"Robert Ishberdin","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Naberezhnye Chelny. Ishberdin worked as a labour economist, an accounting software consultant, then engaged in lawn care. On 24 June 2024, his home was searched. On 18 April 2025, he was interrogated as a defendant in the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Ishberdin signed a recognisance not to leave.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Naberezhnye Chelny"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny","case_number":"1-1164/2025","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 18.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 11-07-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2024/07/d50206/?sphrase_id=2860361\n• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person persecuted in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center","Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reco8QdBMhn33y8n3"},{"persecution_id":"recXlFAbXso5Iz3bI","last_updated":"2026-04-12T09:26:02.000Z","person_id":"recAM3FLnIc6lgWMr","name_en":"Ogneslav Raikh","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-05-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Kopeysk and an assembler at Polikhimaero – a company that produces soap, detergents, cleaning and polishing agents. In December 2024, charges of justification of terrorism were brought against him for a comment about the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) that he posted in May of the same year in one of the Telegram channels dedicated to the memory of the neo-Nazi Dmitry Borovikov. Raikh wrote: “He communicates like an offended or maybe even downgraded convict, although if he is in the RVC, he should act with the dignity of a warrior. Because over there in the FSB everyone is like that. I’m joking, of course, I’m just a troll.” On 8 September 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kopeysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_ended":"2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":277,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ogneslav Raikh’s case of justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-287/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, on 16 May 2024, Raikh posted the following comment from the account “Ogneslav” in the comments section of one of the Telegram channels dedicated to the memory of the neo-Nazi Dmitry Borovikov: “He communicates like an offended or maybe even downgraded convict, although if he is in the RVC, he should act with the dignity of a warrior. Because over there in the FSB everyone is like that. I’m joking, of course, I’m just a troll.”\n\nIn his testimony, Raikh explained that he had made the comment in response to the aggression of an unknown user against him. The latter wrote that he was from the RVC. The prosecution considered the comment to be an endorsement of the activities of the corps, which the Russian authorities have declared a terrorist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 24.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.09.2025, Sentence: A fine of 350 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 350 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-08T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-08T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXlFAbXso5Iz3bI"},{"persecution_id":"recDzhn7Vb0bKejrO","last_updated":"2025-11-06T15:20:52.000Z","person_id":"rechglEe65exes40W","name_en":"Stepan Makarov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Angarsk. He was prosecuted for incitement to terrorism because of a comment left in May 2024 in a Telegram messager calling for violent actions against a Russian state official. On 12 February 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 400,000 rubles. In June, on appeal, the fine was changed to a five-year sentence in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":408,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Stepan Makarov's case on calls to terrorism","case_number":"1-35/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution's version, in Angarsk in May 2024, the convict posted a comment in one of the groups of the Internet messenger Telegram containing calls for violent actions against a Russian statesman, as well as for terrorist activity.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.06.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.02.2025, Sentence: a fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2025-02-12T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-12T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recDzhn7Vb0bKejrO"},{"persecution_id":"reczgrN1DDmljqbAs","last_updated":"2025-12-25T13:06:22.000Z","person_id":"recOAqQNFAag7IqUT","name_en":"Andrey Kurylev","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-11-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg, an assembler of radio equipment at Morsvyazavtomatika. On 17 December 2024, he was detained in a case of justification of terrorism and calls for terrorism because of his comments on news articles in Telegram and VKontakte. In them, he called the murder of propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky \"good news\" and suggested strikes on Russian military facilities and blowing up the Crimean Bridge. The day after his arrest, he was taken into custody.\n\nOn 26 September 2025, the court sentenced him to five years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":283,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Kurylev's case on the justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-64/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the prosecution arises from comments published between July 2022 and April 2023 on the messaging platform Telegram and the social network VKontakte. Investigators contend that the remarks were intended to encourage an unspecified number of people to commit acts of terrorism and that they promoted the practice of terrorism as legitimate, worthy of support and to be emulated.\n\nThe case cites the following comments (quoted as published), together with their dates and posting context:\n\n“We need to blow this Crimean bridge the fuck up already!” — posted on 14 July 2022 beneath an item about the rocket strike on Vinnytsia in the Ukrainian Telegram channel Bochkala_WAR.\n\n“Ukraine has no gunpowder. It's high time to establish production of medium-range missiles. Even North Korea produces missiles. Well, fill the Zenit LV with a couple of tonnes of explosives and point it somewhere, for example, at Sevastopol Bay.” — posted on 16 October 2022 in the channel Couch Assault Brigade beneath an item concerning reported Iranian missile deliveries to Russia.\n\n“It's time to start nightmarish military units and airfields on Rabsia's territory.” — posted on 30 December 2022 in the same channel under a report about a missile intercepted near Kyiv.\n\n“Z- ... explodes — good news.” — posted on 2 April 2023 in the same channel under coverage of the killing of Vladlen Tatarsky.\n\n“Prizhopinskiye trolls should be sent there as well.” — posted on 3 April 2023 in the VK public page St. Petersburg Live under the same item.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.12.2024 to 17.12.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.12.2024 to 18.12.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.09.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-26T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-26T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reczgrN1DDmljqbAs"},{"persecution_id":"reciTPRfwdyiDvN5r","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:53:17.000Z","person_id":"reca1hjRMZzEONO6K","name_en":"Rositsa Georgieva","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attFEEWFjMuT3q0DN.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attFEEWFjMuT3q0DN.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Bulgaria"],"story_en":"She is a citizen of Bulgaria and resident of the Volgograd region. Georgieva was charged with justification of terrorism for the comments she posted in March and November 2024 under a post about the activities of the Russian Volunteer Corps, which fights on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The content of Georgieva’s comments is unknown. On 9 September 2025, the court sentenced her to three years in a general regime penal colony.\n\nIt is unknown when exactly the criminal case was initiated against Georgieva, but in December 2024 she was subjected to “carousel arrests”: she was arrested twice in a row in administrative cases of disobedience to the police and petty hooliganism. On 9 December, she was arrested for 13 days under the first article; on 21 December, she was arrested for another 10 days under the second one.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":282,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":40,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Rositsa Georgieva’s case of justifying terrorism","case_number":"1-438/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, on 3 and 5 March, as well as on 25 November 2024, the woman, while at her place of residence in the Volgograd region, posted comments justifying terrorism under a post with videos, photos and messages covering the subversive and terrorist activities of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC, designated as a terrorist organisation).","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 25.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.09.2025, Sentence: 3 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-09T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-09T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reciTPRfwdyiDvN5r"},{"persecution_id":"recxPjujHqnnUZXtE","last_updated":"2026-03-28T18:50:18.000Z","person_id":"recawBFfc6uk0EylO","name_en":"Evgenii Kosykh","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg, a security guard at a theatre. In May 2024, he was sentenced to a fine of 500,000 rubles on charges of public justification of terrorism because of the inspecified comments left on VKontakte between late 2022 and early 2023. Their content is unknown.\n\nIn July 2024, a new case was initiated against him under the same article due to social media posts in which he endorsed the activities of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the murder of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarskii. In February 2025 the case went to court. On 13 February 2026, Kosykh was sentenced to a fine of 300,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":590,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":84,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Kosykh's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-181/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In March 2023, under a post about Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) special units in the Belgorod region, he wrote \"dudes rock\". \"the guys are doing great\" and \"these are not fakes, they are liberating the Belgorod People's Republic\" in the Lentach social media community. The next day, under the entry about RVC's attack and shooting of a civilian vehicle he wrote: \"These are not special units, they did nothing wrong\".\n\nIn April 2023, he wrote \"it's not terrorism\" under a post about the death of Vladlen Tatarskii in an explosion in a St Petersburg cafe. He left similar comments under two other posts.\n\nIn June 2023, he wrote that \"RVC actions are all for the purpose of protecting honest people from the Russian threat\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2026, Sentence: a fine of 300,000 rubles ","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300,000 rubles ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-13T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-13T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxPjujHqnnUZXtE"},{"persecution_id":"recPANe2w7lgk5Vla","last_updated":"2025-11-27T13:49:12.000Z","person_id":"recohIuPo3pWt7Bsa","name_en":"Pyotr Skrypnyk","birth_year":1975,"age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Crimea. A case on desecration of the symbol of military glory and abuse of the state symbol was opened against him because he spat in a box for collecting humanitarian aid for the Russian military. The box depicted a Z-shaped St George's ribbon and the flag of the Russian Federation. On 22 September 2025, Skrypnyk was sentenced to a year in a penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":386,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1","329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1","Article 329"],"case_name_en":"The case of the spit-in-the-box","case_number":"1-37/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in September 2024, in a state of alcohol intoxication, he spat into a box for collecting humanitarian aid, which \"expressed his extremely negative attitude to the defenders of the Fatherland, desecrating the symbol of Russia's military glory - the St. George ribbon, and a negative attitude to the state's policy on the conduct of the NWO, committing abuse of the State Flag of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.09.2025, Sentence: 1 year's deprivation of liberty in a penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to participation in public and mass events for a period of 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's deprivation of liberty in a penal colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to participation in public and mass events for a period of 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-22T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-22T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPANe2w7lgk5Vla"},{"persecution_id":"rec6BRvk9dHajf1x6","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recu1TTEQX08OfNYz","name_en":"Dmitri Sukharevskii","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of the Luhansk region of Ukraine. He was detained on 16 April 2024. A case was initiated against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion. In August 2025, the case went to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2024-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Sukharevskii's case on his involvement in the activities of the Aidar battalion","case_number":"1-732/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in October 2014 he voluntarily joined the Aidar battalion, \"took part in hostilities against civilians and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6BRvk9dHajf1x6"},{"persecution_id":"recdGYMRmbIz1DEnC","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:34:37.000Z","person_id":"recFLnuxYkuAJ2xZC","name_en":"Vladimir Khokhlov","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-02-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tyumen. In September 2024, a search took place at his home. He was detained as part of a case on dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces, public justification of terrorism and calls to extremism. According to him, even before the search, his friends and subscribers wrote to him with a request to inform about his whereabouts, promising a reward. After the interrogation, Khokhlov was released on his own recognisance. He left Russia.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tyumen"],"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Khokhlov's case on \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces, public justification of terrorism and calls to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"Among the publications that led to the criminal case was a comment on a post about the death of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky, as well as poems from Khokhlov's closed Instagram profile.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdGYMRmbIz1DEnC"},{"persecution_id":"recidyh3p4hBQ6IKF","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"rectaxEKbfR5MtCnI","name_en":"Roman Linkov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Penza region, formerly a citizen of Ukraine. He worked as a gas welder. On 11 September 2024, he was detained after the law officers staged a traffic accident: another car allegedly crashed into his car parked outside his house. He was taken to the forest, where he was physically and psychologically abused, then kept in the Federal Security Service's department for 24 hours. On September 12, a case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation was initiated against him. According to the investigation, Linkov cooperated with the Freedom of Russia Legion. Linkov confessed to the crime. On 13 September he was placed under house arrest. Subsequently, Linkov said that he had not committed any crime, but only had spread around anti-war leaflets. A charge of confidential co-operation with foreigners was later added to the case. On 10 November 2025, Linkov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":425,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":60,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["private correspondence","leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 275.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Roman Linkov's case on his ties with the Freedom of Russia Legion","case_number":"2-334/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"   According to the investigation, no later than 20 August 2022, feeling \"a hostile and negative attitude towards the socio-political regime established in the Russian Federation and disagreeing with the conduct of the special military operation in Ukraine, under the influence of materials about the subversive and terrorist activities of the Freedom of Russia Legion\", decided to contact this unit, for which purpose he sent at least five messages to its Telegram bot, \"in which <...> he requested information about the possibility of joining the legion, as well as the activities of the civilian and combat units of this organisation, and provided his own contact details and said that he had previously sworn an oath to Ukraine\".\n   Some time later, he was contacted by a person, in the process of communication with whom Linkov presented his personally completed application form for joining the Legion, his documents, \"expressed readiness to participate in both the combat and civilian units of the legion, agreed to anonymously finance its activities, destroy Z-symbols, distribute leaflets, as well as collect and transmit information of interest to the legion\", for which he provided the interlocutor with his contacts in messengers.\n   No later than 12 September 2022, as follows from the text of the indictment, Linkov sent the interlocutor a message containing an electronic copy of a handwritten questionnaire of a candidate to join the Freedom of Russia Legion and copies of various documents. However, the correspondence with him was subsequently interrupted as the legion's website was blocked in the Russian Federation.\n  In June 2023, the man wrote to the chatbot of the channel \"I want to live\", informing there about his \"negative attitude to the socio-political regime established in the Russian Federation, and also expressed his consent to assist in resisting the current government in the Russian Federation\", and a new interlocutor wrote to him. Roman Linkov also \"agreed to assist in activities knowingly directed against the security of the Russian Federation, and was given the task of printing and distributing leaflets with the texts \"MOBILISATION = CARGO 200 (designation of bodies of killed soldiers during transportation)\", \"KUBAN IS NOT RUSSIA\", \"CHECHNYA IS NOT RUSSIA\" in the Penza region, but he was unable to fulfill this task due to lack of material and technical capabilities\". After that, sometime in September 2023, their communication stopped.\n   Then a third \"unidentified person\" contacted Linkov, whom the investigation believes to be a \"representative of a foreign state\" belonging to the Freedom of Russia Legion. This representative provided Linkov with \"information about the ways and procedure of entering the territory of Ukraine through third countries\", and the latter agreed with him that, \"having joined the combat wing of the legion\", he would carry out work related to the repair of military equipment, and also received a task to print and paste on the territory of Penza and the village of Zasechnoye in the Penza region, which, due to a lack of financial resources, he was unable to fulfil. Later on, for reasons unknown to the investigation, communication between Linkov and the person unidentified by the investigation was terminated at the initiative of the latter.\n   On 20 March 2024, according to the investigation, Linkov took an \"oath of allegiance\" to the Legion in messenger, a video of which he sent to a third interlocutor. The oath contained the text: \"I, a free citizen of Russia, of my own free will swear an oath to the the Freedom of Russia Legion in the fight for freedom, independence and a bright future for my country. Glory to Ukraine, Freedom to Russia!\". He also \"confirmed his readiness to transfer funds to the legion, to destroy Z-symbols, to print and distribute leaflets received from the legion's representatives, as well as to collect and provide information of interest to them, including at his place of work in LLC Gazprom transgaz Saratov\".\n   From 1 April to 31 May 2024, the man distributed leaflets containing Legion symbols and \"texts against the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine\" near the \"Cube\" shopping centre in Penza, a photo report of which he sent to the same person via messenger. However, this contact was later broken.\nNo later than 15 July 2024, a fourth contact contacted Linkov, to whom the man again told about his intentions, after which they agreed on Linkov's departure to Ukraine to participate in combat operations.\n   No later than 31 August 2024, Linkov \"in order to leave for Ukraine and participate in the activities of the Freedom of Russia Legion, issued a document certifying the identity of a Russian citizen outside the Russian Federation and a notarial power of attorney granting his wife the right to sign and dispose of his property\". However, he later informed the interlocutor that his plans had changed due to his wife's illness and asked on 2 September 2024 how he could help while staying in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.09.2024 to 13.09.2024\n• house arrest: from 13.09.2024 to 10.11.2025\n• in custody: from 10.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.11.2025, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment, of which the first 5 are to be spent in prison, the other — in a strict regime renal colony. ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment, of which the first 5 are to be spent in prison, the other — in a strict regime renal colony. ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-10T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-10T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/linkov-roman-evgenevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On 7 February 2025, Grigoryan was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":403,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Roman Grigoryan's case of high treason","case_number":"2-4/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he found projects on the Internet that help raise funds for the purchase of uncrewed marine drones, unmanned aerial vehicles and armoured vehicles for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and transferred money to them over the course of six months.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2024 to 14.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.05.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.02.2025, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-07T08:35:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-07T08:35:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 3 October 2025, the court, following a review of the case, released her from criminal liability and sent her for compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":367,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a St. Petersburg resident accused of organizing extremist activity","case_number":"1-933/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, from August 19, 2022, to October 15, 2024, while residing in St. Petersburg, the defendant, being fully aware that on June 16, 2022, the Samara Regional Court had issued a decision banning the activities of the interregional public organization \"Citizens of the USSR\" and recognizing it as an extremist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation, acted as an organizer of the said extremist organization.\n\nWith the aim of continuing its operations, she repeatedly (at least seven times) organized and participated in videoconferences via the “Zoom” program for members of the extremist organization from multiple regions of the Russian Federation. Recordings of these videoconferences were posted online on publicly accessible channels, where the organization’s activities were discussed, documents and orders were created, reviewed, and approved, and participants’ roles and positions were distributed.\n\nDuring these meetings, plans were developed and conditions were created for unlawful extremist activities by the organization’s members and supporters. Voting was conducted among the participants to approve discussed matters, during which the defendant, among other things, presided over the conferences, granted speaking rights to participants, and reported on her own actions aimed at continuing the unlawful activities of the extremist organization \"Citizens of the USSR\".\n\nShe prepared and stored the organization’s documentation, repeatedly produced and distributed materials of extremist content by sending letters to various municipal and state authorities and ministries of the Russian Federation, as well as to organizations of different forms of ownership. She administered a publicly accessible VKontakte social media page, where she repeatedly posted videos calling for participation in the activities of the extremist organization and shared a publicly accessible link containing information about the organization’s activities.\n\nShe also repeatedly involved other persons in the organization’s activities, that is, engaged in persuasion, recruitment, and inducement of an indefinite circle of individuals to participate in the activities of the extremist organization \"Citizens of the USSR\".","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 21.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.10.2025","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-03T12:19:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-03T12:19:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recW9CrlXFYDW1wyM"},{"persecution_id":"rec92mi1DqnZwOCbF","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:04:06.000Z","person_id":"recIhLWTw3ssIYbwi","name_en":"Natalia Shakh","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the village of Pashiya (Perm Krai). She was prosecuted for incitement to terrorism because of three comments left on VKontakte, published between October 2022 and March 2023. In one of them she wrote that \"it's time to form battalions among the people and kill all this mould that has seized power\", in another she called for taking machine guns and marching on the Kremlin, and in the third she also wrote that it was necessary to resist the authorities and create guerrilla groups.\n\nIt is not known when exactly a case was brought against the woman. In October 2024, her name appeared on Rosfinmonitoring's list of \"terrorists and extremists.\" On 30 September 2025, the court began hearing her case. On 24 April 2026, Shah was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":844,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":120,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Natalia Shakh's case of calls to terrorism","case_number":"2-275/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, Shah left a number of comments on VKontakte:\n\n\"Fascists are inside the country, not in Ukraine, I always knew it. Down with Putler and his lackeys, it's time to form battalions among the people and kill all this mould that has seized power,\" she wrote in October 2022;\n\n\"Take machine guns and attack the Kremlin,\" Shakh wrote in March 2023;\n\n\"No one is obliged to sign anything and especially not go anywhere. This Kremlin organised crime gang wants to intimidate everyone and to destroy the Slavic people, this is what they wish and what they offer. First they want to destroy all men, and then evacuate old men, women and children. Population reduction in full swing. Unite, resist, organise druzhiny, partisan units\", said the accused under an entry in the Lentach community in June 2023.\n\nAccording to the state prosecution, Shakh, based on her negative attitude towards the Russian president, the government and the SVO, published comments that were intended to influence the consciousness and will of people and to induce them to commit terrorist activities, as well as to create armed groups.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.04.2026, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-24T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-24T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec92mi1DqnZwOCbF"},{"persecution_id":"reczN89jb5efuiiZv","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:27:45.000Z","person_id":"recFSfV9gOw4wzkKT","name_en":"Stanislav Rudenko","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine. A case of terrorism financing was brought against him due to the transfer of money to the Azov battalion. On 31 March 2025, Rudenko was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":455,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":65,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Stanislav Rudenko's case of terrorism financing","case_number":"1-229/2025 (1-593/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"on November 13, 2023, having viewed a publication on one of the Internet channels with an appeal to raise funds for the purchase of 'drones', including drones for members of the Azov battalion, he provided them with financial support by transferring funds to the bank account of a Ukrainian bank specified in the publication. He made several transfers between November 2023 and July 2024. The money \"was intended for the purchase of FPV drones designed to attack the Russian Armed Forces\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 26.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.04.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.03.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-31T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-31T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/rudenko-stanislav-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reczN89jb5efuiiZv"},{"persecution_id":"recKmJcaTqiKIJbGA","last_updated":"2026-01-28T11:26:04.000Z","person_id":"recnD1KehvbpwIBfI","name_en":"Dmitry Sorokin","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Loader from St. Petersburg, originally from the settlement of Gadzhievo, Murmansk Region. In April 2024, he was detained in a case of deliberately spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces, calls for extremism, and justification of terrorism because of his posts on social networks about the war in Ukraine. On 25 April, the man was taken into custody.\n\nThe charge of military \"fakes\" was related to a post that began with the words \"After yesterday's massive bombardment\"; calls to extremism were imputed to Sorokin because of the post with the \"Memo on desertion\" and justification of terrorism because of posts about the activities of the Azov regiment, the Russian Volunteer Corps, and the Freedom of Russia Legion.\n\nOn 17 October 2025, Sorokin was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":564,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":80,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Sorokin's case on \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces, calls to extremism and justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-78/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution's version, in March 2022, Sorokin published on his wall \"Memo on defection\", which was regarded as call to extremism.\n\nThe article on \"fakes\" was imputed to him because of the publication in May 2022 of a post from a \"third-party resource\" beginning with the words \"After yesterday's massive bombardment\".\n\nIn another 11 publications from May 2022 to August 2023, the prosecution found justification of terrorism - they refer to Ukrainian military formations: \"Azov\", \"Russian Volunteer Corps\", and the legion \"Freedom for Russia\". They were not read out in full in the public hearings; only the first words were quoted.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.04.2024 to 27.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.01.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.10.2025, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-17T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKmJcaTqiKIJbGA"},{"persecution_id":"recZCKVBAIwSMmaYb","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recwdDTftnyacENlv","name_en":"Egor Melnikov","birth_year":2006,"birth_date":"2006-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":19,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Dolgoprudnii (Moscow Region). Before his arrest in connection with the criminal case, he was a student at the College of Telecommunications at the Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics. In January 2024, he was detained in connection with the arson of a relay cabinet at the Mark railway station in Moscow. On January 26, 2024, he was taken into custody. The case was initially opened under the article on attempting to render the railway lines useless, but the charges were later changed to commiting sabotage. On February 18, 2025, Melnikov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":414,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["281"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 281"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of arson of a relay cabinet in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"Yegor Melnikov's case of sabotage","case_number":"2-0021/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, Melnikov's friend Mikhail Sidorov suggested he set fire to a relay cabinet. On January 21, 2024, they conspired with a group of people armed with all the necessary equipment—a crowbar, a nailer, plastic bottles filled with gasoline, and a video recording device—to arrive at the specified coordinates of the relay cabinet, located between the Mark and Lobnya stations on the Savyolovskii line of the Moscow Railway. They broke into the cabinet and set it on fire. Sidorov set the fire while Melnikov filmed the action on his phone. They were unable to cause significant damage to the device \"due to the presence of an automatic fire suppression system inside the relay cabinet.\" However, it was later determined that the damage from their actions amounted to 20,752 rubles and 53 kopecks.\n\nAfter fleeing the scene on a taxi, when they were heading home, the young men sent a video recording to an unidentified person, and a cryptocurrency reward was deposited into an account opened by Melnikov. The young men split the money between them, with Melnikov giving the majority to Sidorov, keeping only a small portion for himself as compensation for the gasoline purchased for the arson.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.01.2024 to 26.01.2024\n• in custody: from 26.01.2024 to 21.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.05.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 6 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Moscow region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.02.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-18T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-18T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Initially, the case was opened under the article on attempted rendering communication routes unserviceable, but then the charge was reclassified to the actual commission of sabotage. In addition to Sidorov, another teenager from Dolgoprudnyi, Yegor Melnikov, was on trial. According to the investigation, Sidorov, in order to earn money, contacted a stranger who offered him to set fire to a relay cabinet, and then offered Melnikov to take part in the arson. Sidorov's case was severed due to the conclusion of experts that at the time of the arson he had a mental disorder and could not realise the danger of his own actions. Probably, during the investigation he was ordered to undergo involuntary psychiatric treatment. On 27 October 2025, Sidorov was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":665,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":95,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 281 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["281"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 281"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of arson of a relay cabinet in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Sidorov's case","case_number":"2-0071/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, an unidentified person located in an unidentified place but “actively supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine” contacted the minor Sidorov via the Telegram messenger and offered him \"to commit acts in the interests of a foreign state, Ukraine, to destabilise the socio-political situation on the territory of the Russian Federation, undermining its economic security and defence capacity of the Russian Federation, weaken the military potential of the Russian Federation, undermining its economic security and defense capability, and weakening its military potential in the conditions of the ongoing special military operation. Dissatisfied with his financial situation, Sidorov allegedly agreed.” In particular, Sidorov was offered a monetary reward for an arson of a relay cabinet, that is, “to commit arson aimed at damaging and destroying objects of transport infrastructure and vehicles to undermine the economic security and defence capability of the Russian Federation.”\n\nThe unidentified person sent Sidorov the coordinates of the cabinet and necessary instructions. Sidorov proposed to his friend Egor Melnikov to commit arson of the relay cabinet together. On 21 January 2024, equipped with all the necessary tools: a crowbar, a nail puller, plastic bottles bought in advance and filled with petrol, and a video recording device, they arrived in a group, by prior conspiracy, at the specified coordinates to the relay cabinet located at the Mark-Lobnya interstation track on the Savelovsky direction of the Moscow railway. They broke in and set fire to the cabinet. Sidorov set the fire, and Melnikov filmed it on his phone camera. They did not manage to cause much damage to the device “due to the presence of an automatic fire extinguishing system inside the relay cabinet”. Nevertheless, the investigation later determined that the damage amounted to 20,752 rubles 53 kopecks.\n\nAfter fleeing the scene, the young men sent the video recording to the unidentified person from a taxi on their way home. Subsequently, a cryptocurrency payment was transferred to an account opened by Melnikov. The two men divided the money between themselves, with Melnikov giving the larger part to Sidorov and keeping a small portion as reimbursement for the gasoline bought for the arson.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.01.2024 to 26.01.2024\n• in custody: from 26.01.2024 to 11.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.02.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.10.2025, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-27T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-27T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfFX5IqYElZQmr2"},{"persecution_id":"recMpAyHEAbTD46kw","last_updated":"2026-04-28T18:09:12.000Z","person_id":"recEw1Ncnk1B3RDOP","name_en":"Ivan Shcherbakov","birth_year":1998,"age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kansk, Krasnoyarsk Krai. On 9 September 2024, he was detained. Mediazona claims that he was charged with treason as late as November. The grounds for his prosecution were two transfers of money to Ukraine. On 6 October 2025, Shcherbakov was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":400,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Shcherbakov’s case of state treason ","case_number":"2-21/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for initiating the case were two money transfers to Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• in custody:  to 25.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 25.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.10.2025, Sentence: 12 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, followed by 1 year of restriction of freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, followed by 1 year of restriction of freedom","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-06T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On March 4, 2025, Monakhov was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ivanovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Monakhov's treason case","case_number":"2-7/2025 (2-21/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, on February 24, 2022, using a banking application installed on his phone, \"made a transfer of funds from his bank account to the bank card account used by Ukrainian special services to receive money transfers intended to meet the needs of the armed forces of Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.04.2024 to 19.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tuymen region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.05.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tuymen region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tuymen region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.03.2025, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty, a fine of 150,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty, a fine of 150,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":150000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-04T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-04T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In March 2024, he was detained on a train in St Petersburg, from where, according to the investigation, he intended to travel to Bryansk Oblast to cross the border there. At the trial, he claimed that he had changed his mind at the last moment but did not have time to return his ticket. Kholopov was charged with preparation to participate in the activities of a terrorist organisation and high treason and was taken into custody. On 8 April 2025, he was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime  penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2024-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":400,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ilia Kholopov's case on preparation to participate in the activities of a terrorist organisation and high treason","case_number":"2-20/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he communicated with a bot of the Freedom of Russia Legion, sent his questionnaire to the organization's email, and sent a form to the Russian Volunteer Corps. On 4 March 2024, having received no response, he travelled to St Petersburg in order to reach Bryansk Region and cross the border there.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2024 to 28.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.07.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment, with the first 3 years in prison and the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment, with the first 3 years in prison and the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-08T13:31:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-08T13:31:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 18 March 2025, Popovich was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":229,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,C Part 2,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Sergei Popovich and Pavel Stasyuk on committing a terrorist act in the Kursk region","case_number":"1-100/2025","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2024 to 28.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.07.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.03.2025, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxp84EdbI7TUqj5"},{"persecution_id":"reclS67aOm710rsQv","last_updated":"2025-11-09T12:13:13.000Z","person_id":"recF7RjLvvYGTqkD8","name_en":"Pavel Stasiuk","birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-07-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ukrainian serviceman. On 12 August 2024, he was taken prisoner in Kursk region. A case of committing a terrorist act was opened against him: this is how the Russian authorities interpret the actions of the Ukrainian army on the territory of Kursk region. 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Together with activists of the \"Borisoglebsk Anti-Corruption Committee\" wrote complaints against Dmitry Shiryaev, a deputy of the Regional Duma. In their opinion, the unanimous activist did not fulfil his duties to his constituents. The activists also demanded to check the deputy's oil factory, which, according to them, discharges waste into the Khoper River.\n\nIn 2024, a case was brought against him because of leaflets slandering Shiryaev.\n\nOn 21 October 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 200 thousand rubles. On 26 February 2026, the court of appeal reduced the amount by 10 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":659,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":94,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","leaflets"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code","Article 319 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1","319"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 128.1","Article 319"],"case_name_en":"Defamation case against a member of the Voronezh Regional Duma","case_number":"1-3/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecutor's office, in April 2024 Kromsky and Vernyaev, motivated by personal interest, entered into a criminal conspiracy aimed at a repeated public dissemination of knowingly false information defaming the honour, dignity, and undermining the reputation of a deputy of the Voronezh Regional Duma to force the latter to resign.\n\nFor this purpose, they produced and subsequently distributed leaflets of a defamatory and insulting nature in the city of Borisoglebsk, as well as repeatedly published a number of articles of similar content on the Internet.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.10.2025, Sentence: fine of 200 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 200 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":190000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-21T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-21T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recuQd2jBGfVb6qEN"},{"persecution_id":"recJjjcX4kZ6odVwd","last_updated":"2026-04-26T10:53:48.000Z","person_id":"rec1jaDmwaRSSmZnM","name_en":"Aleksei Giletin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attXOxiRHJtKlohUw.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attXOxiRHJtKlohUw.jpeg"],"birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Murmansk. On 17 June 2024, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation: according to the investigation, he sent photos of military units and other objects to a representative of the Legion \"Freedom of Russia\". On 5 March 2025, Giletin was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons","Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":261,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksei Giletin's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization","case_number":"1-5/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from 16 February to 17 June 2024, he participated in the activities of the Legion \"Freedom of Russia\", recognized as a terrorist organization in the Russian Federation. At the same time, he was an opponent of the \"special military operation\" and was \"guided by the motive of political enmity towards representatives of the state authorities of the Russian Federation\". \"Established\" a \"communication channel\" on the Internet with a citizen previously unknown to him (and not identified by the investigation), acting in the interests of the Legion \"Freedom of Russia\" (LFR). On 20 February 2024, he sent him a completed questionnaire to join the Legion and expressed his willingness to provide information about the location of military units in Murmansk. On 2, 10, 18 and 23 March 2024, he took photographs of the buildings and structures of the military unit, the naval hospital, railway tracks and trains on them, and on 6 May he made a video recording of the rehearsal of the military parade in honour of Victory Day. He sent all the filmed photos to an \"unidentified person\" acting in the interests of LFR.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2024 to 18.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.06.2025\n• Unknown: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison of the Penitentiary Department of the Chelyabinsk Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2025, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 in prison, the rest in strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 in prison, the rest in strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-05T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-05T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-10-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/giletin-aleksej-ivanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJjjcX4kZ6odVwd"},{"persecution_id":"rec9QsTUxDo0D52el","last_updated":"2026-04-16T08:28:47.000Z","person_id":"recUFyR1sPRugPUUJ","name_en":"Vadim Tomilov","birth_year":2006,"birth_date":"2006-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Irbit (Sverdlovsk region). At the time of the beginning of the persecution - a pupil of the 11th grade. He was detained on May 9, 2024 in Yekaterinburg in a hostel. Later Tomilov reported that force was used against him during the detention. According to the investigation, he was going to fly from there to Tbilisi, where he would meet with a recruiter of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\". He was taken into custody on charges of preparing to participate in activities of a terrorist organisation and committing high treason. Correspondence with his father before his detention suggests that Tomilov had abandoned his intention to join the RVC. He also stated this in court. On September 15, 2025, Tomilov was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2024-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":494,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":70,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vadim Tomilov's case of preparation for participation in the activities of a terrorist organization and high treason","case_number":"2-156/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from December 2, 2023 to May 9, 2024, sharing the ideology of Nazism, opposing the Russian authorities and the \"SVO\", he joined the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\": he became interested in the activities, began to search for information, then decided to join, contacting representatives via Telegram-bot. He was sent a link to a questionnaire for joining the Russian Volunteer Corps, and filled it out. The representatives of the RVC offered him a position as a storm trooper, which he declined, so the question of his duties was to be decided after his arrival. He had to meet with the \"recruiter\" of the RVC in Tbilisi and in case his candidature was approved he had to leave for Ukraine. To cover the costs of the trip, he took a loan of almost 45,000 roubles from the bank.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison and the rest in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison and the rest in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-10-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/tomilov-vadim-artyomovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec9QsTUxDo0D52el"},{"persecution_id":"recGpD0UxMVDeFDIU","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recsVfI2N3jz1aPsI","name_en":"Turan Ustiugov ","birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kazakhstan"],"story_en":"A citizen of Kazakhstan, he lived in Almaty and was detained on 30 September 2024 while entering Crimea by bus. His mother later told the Current Time TV channel that on 2 October he called her, screaming that he was being tortured — hung upside down and electrocuted. At his trial, Ustiugov said he was forced to give a confession under torture. On 3 October 2025, charges were brought against him for preparing to participate in terrorist activities. The investigation alleges that he planned to join the Russian Volunteer Corps and before that to execute \"test\" tasks related to sabotage and terrorist acts in Crimea, directed by a supposed representative of this unit. Ustiugov claimed at trial that these tasks were given by an SBU representative, not the Russian Volunteer Corps, as he was rejected by the latter and then contacted the SBU. He was taken into custody on 4 October. Later in November, additional charges were added for training to engage in terrorist activities.\n\nHis mother said in interviews that he intended to fight for Ukraine and was communicating about this on Telegram. Concerned, she joined the chats where he was active and asked that his requests to join units be denied. She also contacted the National Security Committee of Kasakhstan, and its agents conducted preventive talks with Ustiugov. She introduced him to Russian citizens who had fled to Kazakhstan to escape the war and mobilisation. He left home on 27 September 2024, and his mother looked for him with the National Security Committee's assistance.\n\nThe court reclassified the charges from training to preparing for training. On 25 June 2025, Ustiugov was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":268,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Turan Ustiugov's case of preparation for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-280/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 1 April to 11 September 2024, Turan Ustiugov learned online about the activities of the Nationalist Organisation Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) fighting within the Ukrainian army and developed criminal intent to join it. He actively corresponded on Telegram with individuals whom he believed to be RVC representatives or fighters. While preparing to take part in combat with the Corps, he found online training guides \"on tactics of military operations in various conditions.\" He applied to join RVC but was refused due to his age and lack of combat experience. On 11 September 2024, at 7:49 a.m., he sent his application for joining RVC via Telegram again; a \"RVC representative\" told him he would need to undergo an online interview, so he would not be included in the next intake.\n\nOn 13 September 2024, not having received a reply from the RVC leadership, and searching for ways to enter Ukraine to take part in combat, he wrote on Telegram to the phone number listed on the SBU website, repeated his message by email, and said he was ready to cooperate with Ukrainian intelligence. “Oleg” told him he had to travel to Crimea for an assignment (the nature of the assignment was not specified), also interviewed him about his biography and asked for identification documents. On 27 September 2024, he left home, and according to the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan, crossed the border into Kyrgyzstan. From Bishkek, he flew to Moscow, and on 29 September travelled by bus from Moscow to Yevpatoria, Crimea, where “he intended to carry out test assignments involving crimes related to sabotage and terrorism, after which which he planned to depart on a scheduled bus along the route “Simferopol — Smolensk — Minsk” to the Republic of Belarus, then proceed to the territory of the Republic of Moldova, and subsequently cross the Moldovan–Ukrainian border to join the RVC and participate in its activities against the security of the Russian Federation.”\n\nThe court removed the charge of undergoing training for terrorist activity (such as learning from manuals for Rosgvardiya or the US Army). However, the court found that his readiness, expressed in chats with RVC representatives, to go to Ukraine and undergo “basic combat training” for military service in the RVC constituted “deliberately creating conditions to commit a crime that was not completed for reasons beyond the defendant’s control” — that is, preparation for undergoing training “knowingly conducted for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activity”.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre:  to 04.10.2024\n• in custody: from 04.10.2024\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n• in custody:  to 22.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.06.2025, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-25T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-25T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-10-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ustyugov-turan-pavlovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recGpD0UxMVDeFDIU"},{"persecution_id":"rec92bxiwPQhTzyoi","last_updated":"2026-01-16T10:45:36.000Z","person_id":"rec5e9Sxm8ZCr8TzF","name_en":"Dmitry Zhuravlev","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Volgograd. In October 2024, he was detained. He was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism and confidential cooperation with foreigners: according to the investigation, he contacted representatives of an organisation \"controlled\" by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and on their instructions left a comment on the Internet approving the activities of \"Ukrainian terrorist organisations\". On 29 October 2025, Zhuravlev was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":393,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Article 275.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Zhuravlev's case","case_number":"1-509/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2023, he called representatives of an unnamed organisation \"controlled\" by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, and the next day, on their instructions, wrote to them in messenger, where he \"expressed his desire and readiness to cooperate confidentially and voluntarily agreed to perform any tasks for this purpose in the interests of a foreign state\". In August 2024, he received \"an assignment to publicly justify the activities of Ukrainian terrorist organisations\" - to leave a comment on the Internet, which he did.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 14.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.11.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.10.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-29T14:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-29T14:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec92bxiwPQhTzyoi"},{"persecution_id":"recPcw1c4onFtNhy1","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"receOPtX0RZcdlbAN","name_en":"Artem Barinov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. On 7 March 2024, he was detained on charges of justification of terrorism due to a comment made in 2023 supporting a resident of Nizhnevartovsk convicted of arson at a military recruitment centre. When the comment was published, the man was in Armenia.\n\nOn 9 March, Barinov was taken into custody. Between 28 August 2024 and 3 June 2025, the court sentenced him to one and a half years in a general regime colony.\n\nIn June 2025, the court imposed eight years of administrative supervision on Barinov. 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She was detained in December 2024 and taken into custody on charges of high treason: according to the investigation, she transferred money for the needs of the AFU. 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On 3 April 2025, Akimov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. On 6 October 2025, the appellate court overturned the verdict and sent the case for a new trial. Akimov was reclassified the charge to treason. 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According to the investigation, Gonoboblev and two other Ukrainian military officers intimidated civilians, forbade them from moving, and shot at them. 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He was detained and taken into custody in December 2024 on charges of high treason for transferring money to the AFU. On 29 May 2025, Shtyrov was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Donetska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-14"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":179,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Shtyrov's case of high treason","case_number":" 2-191/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from August to September 2024 Sergey Shtyrov donated money to Ukraine through a banking mobile application, \"knowing in advance that the funds would be used to purchase equipment, uniforms, means of destruction, medical support, necessary for the AFU and other Ukrainian armed formations to conduct an armed confrontation\" against the Russian army.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.12.2024 to 17.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.06.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.05.2025, Sentence: 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year of restricted liberty, a fine of 450,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year of restricted liberty, a fine of 450,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":450000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-29T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-29T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/shtyrov-sergej-l\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recj54QEZxuKeZGRk"},{"persecution_id":"recYA0Mnc1jfIFbSk","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:02:47.000Z","person_id":"recEMM2LniNtpiWke","name_en":" Unknown female 93","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Angarsk. She has been diagnosed with a second-group disability. In February 2024, she was searched in connections to the case on justification of terrorism and incitement to extremism.\n\nShe was charged with justification of terrorism her comment under the post about the arson of the military recruitment office in Uryupinsk executed by Mikhail Filatov, \"Badass! Avenged all the wives! And soon the wives themselves will organise their own legion against military officers!\"\n\nShe was charged with incitement to extremism for her comments under a post with a poster for the \"Year of the Family\" depicting a non-Russian family; she wrote about \"a plan [of the Russian officials] to replace the Russian population.\" According to the law enforcers' version, in these comments the woman incited hatred against Muslims.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Angarsk resident's case of justification of terrorism and incitement to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to SOTAvision, the young woman was accused of justifying terrorism by commenting in VKontakte on a post about the arson of a military recruitment office in Uryupinsk executed by Mikhail Filatov. Several of her Telegram comments mentioning migrants under a post about the birth rate were deemed extremist by the law enforcement officers; now, there is no comments tab. According to the state prosecution, the Angarsk resident incited hatred towards Muslims.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYA0Mnc1jfIFbSk"},{"persecution_id":"recZrvEDJkNMPnhhV","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recGu646DjHvgIGtl","name_en":"Vyacheslav Korzhevin","birth_year":2006,"age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Prior to his arrest, he served in the army as a conscript in the Kaliningrad region. On 24 November 2024, together with a fellow soldier, being drunk, he tore off the wall of a building in the village of Yantarny a flag dedicated to May 9 with the image of the St. George ribbon. They then damaged the flag. The military men accompanied their actions with a fascist salute. The investigation claims that both detainees are supporters of far-right ideology and hold Nazi and fascist views.\n\nOn 18 December Korzhevin and his colleague Maxim Kryshtofor were detained. They were accused of desecrating the symbol of military glory, while Kryshtofor was also charged with desecration of the flag and calls to extremism (these two charges are not considered political by OVD-Info). Both of them were taken into custody.\n\nOn 26 December 2025, Korzhevin was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":373,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of a torn down flag with the depiction of the St. George’s ribbon in the Kaliningrad region","case_number":"2-27/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 24 November 2024, two 18-year-old servicemen, while intoxicated on the territory of the \"Storm\" sports school in the village of Yantarny, deliberately and publicly, having agreed in advance, tore from the wall of the building a flag dedicated to the commemorative date of 9 May with the image of the St. George ribbon. Then, shouting slogans aimed at the rehabilitation of Nazism, expressing disrespect for society and the days of military glory in Russia, desecrating the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland, they proceeded to the territory of the M. Bekker Park in the settlement and damaged the torn flag. They accompanied their actions with fascist greetings and statements belittling the role of the Soviet people and the Armed Forces of the USSR in the victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.12.2024 to 20.12.2024\n• in custody: from 20.12.2024 to 13.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.12.2025, Sentence: 1 year and 6 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 6 months' imprisonment in a colony-settlement","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":18,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-26T16:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-26T16:50:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZrvEDJkNMPnhhV"},{"persecution_id":"recgVJYcfYk4YkiiV","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"rec50PMux4OhNz0Qm","name_en":"Maxim Krishtofor","birth_year":2006,"age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Prior to his arrest, he was serving as a conscript in the army in the Kaliningrad region. On 24 November 2024, while intoxicated, he and a fellow soldier tore down a flag dedicated to 9 May, bearing the image of the St George ribbon, from the wall of a building in the village of Yantarny. They subsequently damaged the flag. Their actions were accompanied by a fascist salute.\n\nThe investigation claims that both detainees are supporters of far-right ideology and hold Nazi and fascist views.\n\nOn 18 December, Kryshtofor and his fellow soldier were detained. They were charged with desecration of a symbol of military glory, while Kryshtofor was additionally charged with desecration of the flag and with calls to extremism (the latter two charges are not considered political by IAB-Info). Both men were remanded in custody.\n\nOn 26 December 2025, Kryshtofor was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":373,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of a torn down flag with the depiction of the St. George’s ribbon in the Kaliningrad region","case_number":"2-27/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, on 24 November 2024 two 18-year-old servicemen, while intoxicated, were on the premises of the Storm sports school in the village of Yantarny. Acting deliberately, publicly, and by prior agreement, they tore down a flag from the building wall that commemorated 9 May and featured the St George ribbon.\n\nThey then allegedly shouted slogans aimed at rehabilitating Nazism, showing disrespect for society and Russia’s days of military glory, and desecrating the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. After this, they went to M. Bekker Park in the settlement, where they damaged the flag they had torn down.\n\nThe investigation states that their actions were accompanied by fascist salutes and statements diminishing the role of the Soviet people and the Armed Forces of the USSR in the victory over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.12.2024 to 20.12.2024\n• in custody: from 20.12.2024 to 13.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.01.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.12.2025, Sentence: 2 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a settlement colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 6 months’ imprisonment in a settlement colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-26T16:50:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-26T16:50:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recgVJYcfYk4YkiiV"},{"persecution_id":"recVntQ3S9icv4xrL","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recNUnwxTBr3lpRHP","name_en":"Surlana Enchinova","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Gorno-Altaisk, paediatrician. On 4 October 2024, the REN-TV channel reported that she had been detained. The report stated that she was going to join the Freedom of Russia Legion and was passing information with them \"to damage the security of the Russian Federation.. Enchinova was accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation and taken into custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gorno-Altaysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AL"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Surlana Enchina's case of participating in terrorist organization","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"sharing the goals and ideology of the terrorist organisation of the Ukrainian paramilitary association 'Freedom of Russia Legion' (TO LFR), which in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation is recognised as terrorist, she decided, while communicating with a representative of the LSR TO on the Internet, to participate in deliberate illegal activities related to the continuation of the LSR TO's activities by sending the LSR TO representative an electronic document entitled “Application form for membership of the Legion Freedom of Russia, as well as the performance of tasks”. In particular, she fulfilled the tasks of the representative of TO LFR \"by producing photographs of documents from the Republican Hospital of the Republic of Altai containing information about employees of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Republic of Altai, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Altai, the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Republic of Altai, participants and veterans of the special military operation conducted by the armed forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine, as well as their family members, after which she sent them to the specified representative of TO LFR\".\n\nIn addition, in the period from August 29th to October 2024, she decided to go to Turkey \"with the purpose of further departure to the territory of Ukraine and further participation in the activities of TO LFR.\" For this purpose, she \"collected all the necessary documents, planned the route of traveling\" and purchased air tickets on the route Novosibirsk - Moscow - Istanbul.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Altai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Altai","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/enchinova-surlana-albertovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recVntQ3S9icv4xrL"},{"persecution_id":"recBJTyBAzgsxwQTP","last_updated":"2026-04-26T14:47:07.000Z","person_id":"recjhUW2CtkAZldBx","name_en":"Svetlana Savelyeva","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-03-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Irkutsk region, a translator. On 16 October 2024 she was detained in Kursk region. On 21 October, a court in Kursk region arrested her for 15 days under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences): the report stated that she was found in Kursk with signs of alcohol intoxication, but she refused to undergo an alcohol test. At the end of her arrest, on 1 November, she was arrested again under another part of the same article. It seems that afterwards she was arrested at least two more times under administrative articles, but it was not possible to find information about the cases against her on the websites of the courts of Kursk region. On 16 December 2024 Saveleva was detained after leaving the detention centre. The next day, the court sent her to custody on charges of attempted high treason. According to the investigation, she was going to cross the border and join the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Saveleva's mother claimed that she was not going to fight, but to be near her lover, who served in the AFU. According to her mother, Saveleva spoke to her lover when she got into a taxi in Kursk to drive towards the border, and he tried to talk her out of it. The mother also claims that Saveleva was tortured and humiliated.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":532,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":76,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Svetlana Saveleva's case of attempted high treason","case_number":"2-2/2026 (2-12/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"with the aim of switching to the enemy's side and participating in other actions with the use of weapons and military equipment as part of the Ukrainian forces (troops) opposing the Russian Federation, she travelled to the Kursk region, where she attempted to cross the line of contact near the town of Sudzha and proceed to the territory of Ukraine. Saveleva was detained by law enforcement authorities\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.12.2024 to 17.12.2024\n• in custody: from 17.12.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kursk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kursk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 01.10.2024 to 01.11.2024\n• administrative detention: from 01.11.2024\n• administrative detention:  to 16.12.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.04.2026","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-01T08:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-01T08:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 05-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/saveleva-svetlana-igorevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recBJTyBAzgsxwQTP"},{"persecution_id":"recUPAX1MW1UvY66F","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"rec7ZRtZPJf0wKJtv","name_en":"Vera Sidorkina","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yoshkar-Ola. She spoke out against the war and was twice fined under the administrative article related to discrediting the Russian Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). In August 2023, she and her daughter were stopped from leaving Russia as they tried to go abroad. In April 2024, Sidorkina was detained and placed in custody on charges of attempted involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation and high treason. According to the investigation, she intended to join the Freedom of Russia Legion and passed information to a representative of the  Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine \"on the functional purpose of various facilities, with a view to their being targeted by the armed forces of Ukraine\". On 20 June 2025, Sidorkina was sentenced to 18 years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":445,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":63,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vera Sidorkina's case of attempted involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation and high treason","case_number":"2-161/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2023, she contacted representatives of the Freedom of Russia Legion online and filled out an application form to join the unit as a medic or support worker; in July 2023, she received an e-mail message that her application to the Freedom of Russia Legion had been received and \"they were ready to create conditions for her to join\". She attempted to leave the country in August 2023 \"using conspiracy measures\"; \"intended to cross the Russian State border with her child to join the enemy, but was stopped by border guards while trying to leave the country\".\nIn April 2024, she \"sent to a user of a telephone number used by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine the said images with graphical markings of enterprises, accompanying them with textual comments on the functional purpose of the facilities, with a view to their being targeted by the armed forces of Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2024\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.06.2025, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year's restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":216,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-20T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-20T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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The day after his detention Guseinov was taken into custody.\n\nOn 13 November 2025 the court sentenced him to three years and three months in a general regime penal colony. The press service of the court noted that Guseinov adheres to an anti-war stance.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":465,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"case_name_en":"Artem Guseinov's case of calls to join Russian Volunteer Corps","case_number":"1-194/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the court, on 7 June 2023, Guseinov, who had access to the Internet and a personal account in the Internet messenger Telegram, familiarised himself in the public group of the said messenger with news publications and comments of other users about the course of the special military operation in Ukraine. After that, being dissatisfied with the decision taken by the President of the Russian Federation to conduct the special military operation, he posted in the group a text message containing, according to the conclusion of an expert of the expert department of the FSS of Russia for Primorsky Krai, linguistic and psychological signs of inducement to join Russian Volunteer Corps and to switch to the side of the enemy.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.08.2024 to 19.02.2026\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.08.2024 to 06.08.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 19.02.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.11.2025, Sentence: 3 years and 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years and 3 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":39,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPXEn1jUCOkrEyh"},{"persecution_id":"recnhucGUU5lH9EkQ","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"recchN14IzWzUYHkh","name_en":"Alapini-Gansou Reine","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":68,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"The second Vice-President of the International Criminal Court. A criminal case was opened against her for unlawful detention in connection with holding Vladimir Putin and Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova criminally liable. On 12 December 2025, Alapini-Gansou was sentenced in absentia to imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":406,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 301 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["301"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 301"],"case_name_en":"The case concerning the holding of Putin and Lvova-Belova criminally liable","case_number":"2-0097/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the collegial adoption of “knowingly unlawful decisions on the arrest” of Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova in the states parties to the Rome Statute, “by issuing the relevant warrants.”","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 01.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.12.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-12T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-12T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnhucGUU5lH9EkQ"},{"persecution_id":"recgWTkOdohUl0GDw","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"rec4kV2frfUtFUgXW","name_en":"Dmitrii Levin","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He lived in Donetsk region (Ukraine), moved to Krasnodar region, studied to become a computer network specialist. On 5 April 2024, he was detained, and the next day he was arrested for 15 days for disobeying a lawful order of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences): the report stated that he \"behaved suspiciously, bent to the ground, looked around, placed stickers, began to run away at the sight of approaching police officers\", and the court order stated that he \"carried out intelligence activities in the interests of Ukraine for a payment of 175 US dollars\". On 10 April, 2024, a case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation: according to the investigation, he cooperated with the Russian Volunteer Corps. The next day Levin was placed in custody. On 26 August, 2024, he was also accused of high treason: according to the investigation, he passed information about military facilities to the RVC, as well as to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. On 6 March, 2025, Levin was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2024-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":335,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Levin's case of high treason and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-156/2025 (1-508/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2023, he \"decided to assist representatives of the Republic of Ukraine and organisations of this state acting against the security of the Russian Federation by providing information about the activities and facilities of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation\". Using Telegram, he contacted representatives of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (GUR) and the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC). In total, the indictment mentions about a dozen Telegram accounts allegedly belonging to the GUR and RVC, with which Levin corresponded. According to the court's verdict, between 1between 19 January and 28 March 2024, 2024, he passed information to the GUR and RVC about a military airfield in the Krasnodar region, a military unit in Novorossiysk, as well as coordinates, photos of the area and schemes of location of military and civilian vessels in Tsemesskaya Bay and the port of Novorossiysk.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-04-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.04.2024 to 29.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 05.04.2024 to 11.04.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.03.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.03.2025, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2025-03-06T06:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-03-06T06:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 15-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/levin-dmitrij-olegovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recgWTkOdohUl0GDw"},{"persecution_id":"recXCLhsNCantkQkz","last_updated":"2026-01-16T23:16:53.000Z","person_id":"recG3KRSOL7b3ZvpT","name_en":"Olga Gulchak","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kherson region of Ukraine. Presumably, she was detained in November 2024. She was prosecuted for high treason because of money transfers to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On June 9, 2025, Gulchak was sentenced to a 12-year term in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":524,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":74,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Olga Gulchak's case of high treason","case_number":"1-20/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August and September 2023 she made several money transfers totalling 1200 hryvnias to the AFU. In particular, she \"transferred money via a mobile application to a foreign bank account, which was used by a citizen of Ukraine, for the financing and 'logistical support' of the Ukrainian military\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.11.2024 to 10.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.09.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.06.2025, Sentence: 12 years' imprisonment, 1 year's restriction of liberty, a fine of 100,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years' imprisonment, 1 year's restriction of liberty, a fine of 100,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":144,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":100000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-08T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-08T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gulchak-olga\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recXCLhsNCantkQkz"},{"persecution_id":"recGpkLqT6yIqKpfw","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recAhrt4eQ48laOFg","name_en":"Sergei Makarkin","birth_year":1953,"birth_date":"1953-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":71,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On 16 September 2024, he was searched. After the interrogation, he became ill and was taken to hospital. The next day the court sent him to custody on charges of confidential co-operation with foreigners. At the hearing, the investigation provided a certificate that Makarkin does not suffer from diseases incompatible with detention. However, Makarkin was diagnosed with varicose veins and poor blood clotting.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Makarkin's case of confidential collaboration with foreigners","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.09.2024, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGpkLqT6yIqKpfw"},{"persecution_id":"recFyKFTBWjSzvQsX","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:27:45.000Z","person_id":"recxUbi8X1eMyNKoH","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ulan-Ude. A case of financing extremist activities was opened against her because of one donation of 500 roubles to FBK sent in January 2022.\n\nOn 14 November 2024, she was put on an interstate wanted list. On 3 December 2025, a court sentenced her in absentia to a fine of 350,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":702,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":100,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of financing extremist activities in Ulan-Ude ","case_number":"1-702/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's opinion, no later than 31 January 2022, Sh., who has a negative attitude towards the activities of the President of the Russian Federation and Russian government authorities, who is a supporter of FBK and shares its main ideas, who knows for a fact that FBK has been recognised as an extremist organisation and liquidated by a court decision that has entered into legal force, had a criminal intent to finance the said organisation by transferring money under the guise of donations to the FBK account to support the activities of the said extremist organisation. On 31.01.2022, she transferred money in the amount of 500 roubles to the FBK foreign account.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia:  to 19.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.12.2025, Sentence: in court of first absentia a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"in court of first absentia a fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFyKFTBWjSzvQsX"},{"persecution_id":"rechksiRicZrcJsoK","last_updated":"2026-03-25T16:16:31.000Z","person_id":"recY8kL6jhqHYr4oR","name_en":"Alexandr Kulikov","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Vladimir region. In August 2024, he was detained in a case of calls for activities against the security of the state. The reason for the prosecution was that in May of the same year, Kulikov forwarded to a public messenger chat room a video in which law enforcers found calls to finance the AFU to win Ukraine's war with Russia.\n\nThe exact content of the video is unknown. The court materials cite Kulikov's testimony after his arrest: he allegedly said that he was against the invasion of Ukraine and forwarded the video so that users could see \"how the Russian army could not stand up to the AFU, so that this would lead to Russia's early defeat in the SWO, the further disintegration of the Russian Federation and its transition under the influence of foreign states\".\n\nFollowing his arrest, Kulikov was taken into custody. On 15 September 2025, the court sentenced him to three years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":398,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"case_name_en":"Alexandr Kulikov's case for inciting anti-state activity","case_number":"1-92/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's opinion, in May 2024, Kulikov, holding anti-Russian views, with the aim of inducing an indefinite number of persons from among Internet users to carry out activities against the security of the Russian Federation, using a mobile phone belonging to him, posted a video in the public chat channel of a well-known messenger calling for the financing of the armed forces of Ukraine for the early defeat of Russia in the NWO.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.08.2024 to 05.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.11.2025 to 31.12.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2025, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechksiRicZrcJsoK"},{"persecution_id":"recxd4njTxVc8fuyx","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"rec2mf55arqieoGn8","name_en":"Irina Zemliana","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"An activist with the Euromaidan-Warsaw movement and a participant in rallies in support of Ukraine in Poland. In March 2024, it was reported that she was placed on the wanted list and arrested in absentia in connection with an attack on Russia’s ambassador to Poland, Sergei Andreev, as well as on charges of spreading knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and inciting hatred. In January 2026, the case was sent to court. On March 10, 2026, Zemliana was sentenced in absentia to 13 years in prison.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":768,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":109,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 360 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["360","207.3","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 360","Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Irina Zemliana’s case of attacking the Russian ambassador to Poland, inciting hatred and “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"2-0019/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, on May 9, 2022, motivated by political and ideological hatred, she attacked the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Poland, Sergei Andreev, throwing a red-colored liquid on his face and clothing, thereby violating the immunity of a representative of a foreign state enjoying international protection; she also publicly disseminated knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 01.03.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2026, Sentence: 13 years’ imprisonment in absentia and a 4-year ban on administering internet pages","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"13 years’ imprisonment in absentia and a 4-year ban on administering internet pages","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":156,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-10T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-10T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxd4njTxVc8fuyx"},{"persecution_id":"reck6OcSp6riRe8Qj","last_updated":"2026-04-24T13:25:09.000Z","person_id":"reciotWAzSMeZONYy","name_en":"Daniil Likhanov","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novosibirsk. In September 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of financing terrorist activity due to the transfer of cryptocurrency to the Russian Volunteer Corps. Later, he was also accused of inciting terrorism due to calls for transferring money to the RDK and for high treason. On 24 December 2025, Likhanov was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":479,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":68,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","205.2","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.2","Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Daniil Likhanov's case on financing terrorist activity and high treason","case_number":"1-241/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in 2023, in the Telegram messenger, the accused established a cooperative relationship with T., a member of the radical nationalist armed formation \"Russian Volunteer Corps\" (hereinafter - \"RDK\"), accused of committing several crimes, including high treason, and declared on the international wanted list.\n\nIn the period from October 2023 to April 2024, on the grounds of rejection of the foreign and domestic policy of the military and political leadership of the Russian Federation, wishing to provide financial assistance to Ukraine in order to support the armed formations of that State in combat operations against units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and to facilitate the terrorist activities of the \"RDK\" aimed at destabilising the Russian authorities, he made transfers of cryptocurrency to digital accounts known to him from T., which he used to transfer money to the \"RDK\".\n\nAlso in April 2024, in one of the public Telegram groups, he posted a publication from a Telegram channel belonging to \"RDK\", which promoted the terrorist ideology of \"RDK\" and called for financial support on their behalf, including to assist its members in organising and committing terrorist offences, by providing the relevant bank details.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2024 to 21.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.12.2025, Sentence: 14 years' imprisonment, with the first 3 years in prison, and the remaining years in a strict regime colony, followed by 1 year of restriction of liberty.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"14 years' imprisonment, with the first 3 years in prison, and the remaining years in a strict regime colony, followed by 1 year of restriction of liberty.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":168,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-24T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-24T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/lihanov-danil-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reck6OcSp6riRe8Qj"},{"persecution_id":"recvqbDxpcoL9uVP5","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recRArCh7QgI2VK8A","name_en":"Unknown person 100","birth_year":"","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A case was initiated in Saratov for financing the activities of the religious organisation \"AllatRa\". In December 2025, the case went to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"AllatRa\" in the Saratov Region","case_number":"1-72/2026 (1-716/2025;)","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.10.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvqbDxpcoL9uVP5"},{"persecution_id":"rec3EVSUnHaDP6jgQ","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recllIRdE9Js89Rbb","name_en":"Vladislav Sevostyanikhin","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow, student of the Moscow College of Architecture and Urban Planning. On 19 January 2024, a message about his search was circulated. It follows from the materials of the criminal case that as early as 16 January he was detained in the Bryansk region. Only on 28 January 2024 Sevostyanikhin was sent to custody on charges of attempted illegal border crossing. What happened to him for ten days is unknown. Later, he was also accused of preparing to participate in the activities of a terrorist organisation, then the charge was reclassified to attempted participation in such activities.  Sevostyanikhin was also accused of attempted treason. According to the investigation, he intended to enter the territory of Ukraine and join the ranks of the Legion of Freedom of Russia. On 5 September 2024, Sevostyanikhin was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":233,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205.5","322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 275","Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 322"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vladislav Sevostyanihin on attempted treason, participation in the activities of a terrorist organization, and illegal crossing of the state border","case_number":"1-168/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being an opponent of Russia's domestic and foreign policy, including the conduct of a special military operation\", in July 2023 he decided to join the Ukrainian paramilitary association \"Legion 'Freedom of Russia'\" to fight as part of it against Russian troops. In early September, he wrote about it to the chatbot of the Legion's recruiting centre in the messenger Telegram and entered into correspondence with a representative of this formation. On 7 September 2023, he filled out and sent to the Legion his questionnaire, photo and video with images of his passport.\n\nHe then studied the rules of survival in extreme situations and purchased the necessary equipment for departure to the Legion: compass, tactical backpack, camouflage jacket, knives, torch, chargers, self-heating insoles, camping supplies, food and other equipment. On the evening of 15 January 2024, he travelled from Moscow to the border Klimovsky district of Bryansk region by a hitchhiker found earlier: judging by the text of the verdict, he did not have a foreign passport and decided to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border illegally. On 16 January he got into another taxi and went to the border settlement of Lyubechane in Klimovsky district, from where he was going to get to Ukraine by bypassing the checkpoints. However, around ten o'clock in the morning of the same day, the car was stopped by officers of the FSB border department and detained Sevostyanikhin.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 28.01.2024 to 27.09.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 27.09.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution \"Prison No. 2 of the Penitentiary Department of the Vladimir Region\" \"Vladimir Central\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.09.2024, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty, a fine of 60,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty, a fine of 60,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":60000,"first_verdict_date":"2024-09-05T11:35:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-09-05T11:35:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 21-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sevostyanihin-vladislav-viktorovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec3EVSUnHaDP6jgQ"},{"persecution_id":"recON0e2R32PhCzfr","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recpBKQQXD1m24nIR","name_en":"Yulia Tymoshenko","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Former Prime Minister of Ukraine. A case has been opened against her for disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E,C Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"case_name_en":"Yulia Tymoshenko's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0170/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for opening the case was a publication on 4 August 2022, which referred to an attack on civilians in Bucha and Irpin, accompanied by an image of a buried person's hand. The prosecution believes that Tymoshenko acted \"motivated by political hatred\" and accompanied the publication with a photo \"in order to heighten the effect\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recON0e2R32PhCzfr"},{"persecution_id":"reca6oCjUKVMK2BBN","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"rec2hf1tIQAQbosZb","name_en":"Andrei Trufanov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Amur region. On 4 October 2024, he was taken into custody on charges of financing extremist activities in connection with the transfer of money to the Artpodgotovka movement. Notably, he was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with a marker typically used for individuals prosecuted under terrorism articles. On 17 July 2025, Trufanov was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. On 23 September 2025, the court of appeal replaced the imprisonment with forced labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":289,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Trufanov's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-107/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being a supporter of the Artpodgotovka movement and sharing its basic ideas, knowing with certainty that the Artpodgotovka movement has been recognised as an extremist organisation and its activities are banned in the territory of the Russian Federation under a court decision that has entered into legal force, made a transfer (<Date anonymised>, <Date anonymised>, <Date anonymised>, <Date anonymised>, <Date anonymised>) of funds in the total amount of 4,000 roubles to the electronic means of payment <Number anonymised>, payment service \"Yu?oney\" (LLC NCO \"Yumani\"), created on <Date of Defence Impairment> in the name of K.A.V., for the purpose of supporting the activities of the said extremist organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"In forced labor","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.10.2025 to 23.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.07.2025, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-17T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-17T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reca6oCjUKVMK2BBN"},{"persecution_id":"rec46gaHdVAQsAGgB","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recXgST3a3HvGGyE5","name_en":"Evgenii Breslavskii","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Novosibirsk and a former leader of the Novosibirsk Skinhead Unity movement. On 30 August 2017, he was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony on charges of attempted drug trafficking (we have no reason to believe that this prosecution was politically motivated). In August 2023, while he was serving his sentence in the colony, he was fined 1,000 rubles under an administrative article on demonstration of prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of his tattoos. After that, a criminal case was initiated against him for repeated public demonstration of prohibited symbols, apparently because of the same tattoos. On 2 January 2024, according to the case file, he should have been released from the colony, but the project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” notes that in the video from the court session he was wearing a prison robe. On 14 February 2024, he was sentenced to two years and seven months in a strict regime colony. On 30 June 2024, a new case was initiated against him – involving calls to terrorism because of his conversation with other prisoners: according to the investigation, he encouraged them to set fire to and blow up military recruitment offices. On 29 January 2025, Breslavskii was sentenced in this case to three years and eight months in a strict regime colony, taking into account the previous sentence. The text of the verdict states that he was taken into custody in the courtroom.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":213,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Breslavskii’s case of calls for terrorism","case_number":"1-20/2025 (1-173/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he publicly stated in the presence of other convicts “that the ideas and practices of terrorism are correct and require support and imitation; encouraged a specified number of persons to commit terrorist activities by means of undermining the defence capacity of the state, carrying out explosions and arson attacks on military commissariats in order to intimidate the civilian population of the Russian Federation incentivise the Russian government authorities to make a decision on refusing to carry out the special military operation in the Russian Federation aimed at demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine; he also disseminated information aimed at forming a belief among them about the acceptability of committing terrorist activities by means of disseminating views about the need to counteract the incumbent authorities by any means, including by committing destructive and subversive acts, as well as to promote the dissemination of the corresponding views”.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.01.2025 to 29.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":44,"first_verdict_date":"2025-01-29T08:55:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-01-2026\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/breslavskij-evgenij-valerevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec46gaHdVAQsAGgB"},{"persecution_id":"recsk1oWPgqVIoymg","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"reccHObGfcAsS93HU","name_en":"Vladimir Khvan","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Primorsky Krai. No later than March 2024, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of confidential co-operation with foreigners. According to the version of the investigation, he was in correspondence with representatives and Legion \"Freedom of Russia\". On 21 June 2024, Hwang was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":172,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["private correspondence"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Khvan's case of confidential cooperation with foreigners","case_number":"2-48/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being dissatisfied with the special military operation conducted by the Russian Federation, he initiated online communication with a representative of a terrorist organisation with the aim of assisting him in activities against the security of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2024 to 18.07.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.07.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.06.2024, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2024-06-21T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-06-21T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 31-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/hvan-vladimir\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recsk1oWPgqVIoymg"},{"persecution_id":"recetCX8PWzFMPngn","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec5lf9uQKnS5Jk4q","name_en":"Magomed Kurabegov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novosibirsk and a businessman. On 28 June 2024, Kurabegov was detained at Novosibirsk Tolmachevo airport and fined 500 rubles under the administrative article on disorderly conduct (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). According to the police report, he, \"being in the arrival area in front of the passport control area of Terminal B, was emotionally agitated, waved his hands, expressed himself with coarse profanity, did not react to the comments of others, expressing a clear disrespect for society\". Kurabegov claimed that he did nothing of the sort, but that police officers at Novosibirsk airport took away \"some personal belongings\" and asked him \"to buy a ticket to Domodedovo airport,\" which he eventually did. The next day he was detained at the Moscow airport and then arrested for ten days under an administrative article on petty hooliganism involving disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers (part 2 of the article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Kurabegov stated in court that the police were waiting for him at the gangway and did not allow him to meet with his lawyer.\nLater he was taken into custody on charges of confidential communication with foreigners. In September 2025, a letter from his cellmate Sergei Irin, who was later sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony on charges of donating money to the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine), revealed that, as Kurabegov himself claimed, the reason for the prosecution was the contact of a person associated with the Security Service of Ukraine in his phone book.\nHowever, as noted by the Memorial Human Rights Centre, the charges may also be related to Kurabegov's business of selling construction vehicles manufactured by the Chinese factory Shandong Heavy Industry. The businessman was sentenced to imprisonment no later than the summer of 2025; the details of the sentence are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":439,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Magomed Kurabegov's case of confidential cooperation eith foreigners","case_number":"2-49/2025","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 10.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 10.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n• administrative detention: from 28.06.2024 to 01.07.2024\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-10T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 02-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kurabegov-magomed-asadulaevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recetCX8PWzFMPngn"},{"persecution_id":"rec1ueUP2d7HNJ3Ge","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"recxX4bkjE1R7rEcb","name_en":" Unknown male 249","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Rostov region. In December 2024, he was detained and taken into custody on charges of involvement in the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. 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In July 2024, he was detained in Kaliningrad. He was accused of attempted participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation: according to the investigation team, he intended to illegally cross the border with Poland, and from there to get to Ukraine and join the Legion of Freedom of Russia. On July 2, 2025, Yeseniyazov was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":366,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Kallibek Yeseniyazov's case of attempting to participate in the activities of a terrorist organization ","case_number":"2-12/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, being \"an opponent of the special military operation\", he tried to enter Ukraine several times. In September 2023, he flew from Armenia to Moldova and tried to cross into Ukraine, but local border guards turned him back. In early May of 2024, he tried to enter the Ukrainian embassy in Istanbul, but he was not allowed in by the guards. He contacted the Ukrainian embassy in Tashkent. Then he received instructions from recruiters, flew to Kaliningrad in July 2024, from where he was going to illegally cross the border with Poland and then get to Ukraine, but was detained.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2024 to 14.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 14.08.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.07.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, and the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, and the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-02T11:02:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-02T11:02:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 29 October 2024, Bondarenko was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":302,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Yurii Bondarenko's case of participation in activities of a terrorist organization","case_number":"1-381/2024","persecution_case_profile_en":"-","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2024-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 23.11.2024\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.11.2024\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution of the Krasnoyarsk Territory GUFSIN of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.10.2024, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 years in prison, the rest in a high-security colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 years in prison, the rest in a high-security colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2024-10-29T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2024-10-29T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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According to the investigation, he intended to buy a plane ticket to Georgia and from there to get to Ukraine, where he would join the Russian Volunteer Corps. On 16 September 2025, Bagrov was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":384,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code","Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 275"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Danila Bagrov’s case of preparation for participation in the activities in a terrorist organisation and for treason","case_number":"1-336/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August 2024, Bagrov, being an opponent of the special military operation, entered into correspondence with a representative of the Russian Volunteer Corps organisation, designated as a terrorist organisation in the Russian Federation, in which he stated his desire to become its participant in order to confront the Russian army with the use of weapons and military equipment, for which he provided information about himself.\n\nHaving received instructions, he purchased airline tickets to the Republic of Georgia with a view to subsequently travelling to Ukraine, but was unable to carry out his criminal intent due to circumstances beyond his control, as he was detained at the airport by Federal Security Service officers.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-01-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 29.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 19 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"","Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.01.2026\n• Unknown: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 19 of the Penitentiary Directorate of republic of Volgograd region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Penitentiary Institution Prison No. 2 of the Lipetsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service of the Lipetsk Region","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2025, Sentence: 9 years’ imprisonment, of which the first 3 years to be served in a prison and the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years’ imprisonment, of which the first 3 years to be served in a prison and the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwIJ3ippCuHBL3r"},{"persecution_id":"reco0XY2yUFsRsy7Z","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recGj0ZfSFiopCXQX","name_en":"Alexander Krechetov","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Novokuznetsk. On 2 August 2024, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of confidential cooperation with foreigners: according to the investigation, he was in contact with a representative of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) . The video of his detention in the shopping centre was published on 14 April 2025. In May of the same year, the case was sent to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokuznetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Krechetov's case of confidential cooperation with foreigners.","case_number":"2-8/2026 (2-29/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being dissatisfied with the current political system and the war in Ukraine, from December 2023 to April 2024, he \"proactively\" established cooperation on a confidential basis with a representative of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) via Telegram and \"offered to assist foreign states in activities knowingly directed against the security of the Russian Federation\". In the course of correspondence, having chosen a pseudonym, he expressed his readiness to assist the SBU representative by committing subversion or arson of state or military facilities on the territory of the Kemerovo Region - Kuzbass.\n\nHe received a response \"from a representative of a foreign state\" and agreed to \"search for important information in the fight against Russia\". Fulfilling instructions of \"intelligence-type\", Krechetov recorded and sent to the foreign party video recordings and images that had information about military, transport and law enforcement facilities in Novokuznetsk.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kemerovo Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 18-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/krechetov-aleksandr-viktorovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reco0XY2yUFsRsy7Z"},{"persecution_id":"recVdaylW8thEZEA7","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recTL2DkaPpyAi57z","name_en":" Unknown male 586","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Bratsk. A case was opened against him for public desecration of symbols of Russia's military glory by a group of persons, as well as, presumably, incitement to organise illegal migration. The reason was an incident at a wedding, when one of the attendees climbed on the Memorial of Glory, while two others danced at its base. A total of five people are on trial, two are accused of organising illegal migration, one of those accused of desecration is accused of incitement to it.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the wedding stroll near the Memorial of Glory in Bratsk","case_number":"2-21/2026 (2-66/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 24 September 2024, he was part of a group of people celebrating a wedding and, after another participant, climbed the Memorial of Glory, \"whistled, shouted and danced to loud national music at the base of the monument near the Eternal Flame\", filming what was happening on video.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVdaylW8thEZEA7"},{"persecution_id":"rec8FxoaMU3TfRLem","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recW33MMEVzThP1yo","name_en":" Unknown male 587","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Bratsk. A case was opened against him for desecrating a symbol of military glory as part of a group, and, reportedly, for incitement to organize illegal migration. The charges stem from an incident at a wedding in which one of the guests climbed onto the Memorial of Glory, while two others danced at its base. In total, five people are involved in the case: two are accused of organizing illegal migration, and one of those charged with desecration is additionally accused of incitement to that offense.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the wedding stroll near the Memorial of Glory in Bratsk","case_number":"2-21/2026 (2-66/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, on September 24, 2024, while attending a wedding as part of a group and after another participant climbed onto the Memorial of Glory, he “whistled, shouted, and danced to loud national music at the base of the monument near the Eternal Flame.” He recorded the scene on video.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8FxoaMU3TfRLem"},{"persecution_id":"recXm1CRdom1K8WGb","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:09.000Z","person_id":"recZ2vPiykbsw2UEj","name_en":" Unknown male 592","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Chelyabinsk. In December 2024, a case was brought against him for public justification of terrorism. According to the investigation, he propagated the ideas of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. This organisation is banned in a number of countries, but neither it itself nor any of the people involved in it have been found to be involved in terrorist or violent activities. No later than January 2026, the man was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2024-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Chelyabinsk resident regarding the public justification of terrorism.","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he propagandised the ideas of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet pages for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXm1CRdom1K8WGb"},{"persecution_id":"recdwVeEQS3z7Uk8u","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recBPKQVoh0uAjb1E","name_en":"Dmitry Samsonov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Moscow region. In April 2022, he left Russia. In October 2024, a case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The reason was comments about the crimes of the Russian army.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2024-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Samsonov's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 10.05.2022, 01.12.2022, 20.03.2023 and 08.08.2023, being in places not specified by the investigation, acting deliberately, realising the unlawful nature and public danger of his actions, foreseeing the inevitability of socially dangerous consequences in the form of undermining the authority and discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as the fact that through his actions he would mislead an unlimited number of people about the legality of the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in carrying out the knowing the inevitability of socially dangerous consequences in the form of undermining the authority and discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as the fact that by his actions he would mislead an unlimited number of people about the legality of the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during a special military operation, creating the appearance of illegal activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation that violate international law, and also knowing that the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were in violation of international law.\nGuided by the motive of disdainful and unfriendly attitude towards the actions of the Russian Armed Forces, knowing with certainty that such actions would cause a wide public response, he decided to publicly disseminate, under the guise of reliable reports, deliberately false information containing data on the use of the Russian Armed Forces to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, to maintain peace and security.\nIn order to realise his criminal intent and to give maximum publicity to the testimony he reported.\n10.05.2022, 01.12.2022, 20.03.2023 and 08.08.2023, being in places unidentified by the investigation, using a mobile phone via the information and telecommunications network \"Internet\" through the mobile application of the social network \"V kontakte\" on the page of the personal account of the social network \"V kontakte\" and the social network \"Instagram\", reliably knowing about the popularity of social networks and realising that the material published on the pages will become available to an unlimited number of people, acting deliberately, realising the unlawfulness of his actions, the nature and public danger of the consequences.\nBy his actions he will mislead an unlimited number of people about the legality of the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during a special military operation, creating the appearance of illegal activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation that violate international law, guided by the motive of a disdainful and unfriendly attitude towards the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.\nThe Russian Armed Forces, placed and published images and comments, which were viewed by users of the social networks \"V contact\" and \"Instagram\", and which contain information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, expressed in the form of statements about the fact of the information does not correspond to the information provided in the briefing of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation.\nof the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation; the information contains linguistic and psychological signs of convincing the addressee in the negative nature of the goals of using the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 09.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdwVeEQS3z7Uk8u"},{"persecution_id":"recRi3afnUKEPGvbs","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"rec9NaCD8sBQ6ziG6","name_en":"Aleksandr Iuzeev","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chelyabinsk. On August 27, 2024, his home was searched. The same day, he was placed under house arrest in a case on publicly justifying terrorism. The charges stemmed from a comment reading “Azov is strength!” On February 10, 2025, Iuzeev was sentenced to five and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2024-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":167,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Iuzeev's case of publicly justifying terrorism","case_number":"2-110/2025 (2-265/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, on 06.09.2023 he posted the text message “Azov is strength!” on Telegram.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 27.08.2024 to 10.02.2025\n• in custody: from 10.02.2025 to 11.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tuymen region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 11.08.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tuymen region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tuymen region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.02.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-02-10T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-02-10T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRi3afnUKEPGvbs"},{"persecution_id":"recyPd84E4xXwNBet","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"rec5xlQn6aQ4v4Dax","name_en":"Bilial Abdurakhmanov","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kherson region (Ukraine). Taken into custody on 25 March 2024. He was taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an illegal armed formation due to his alleged involvement in the activities of the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion of Noman Chelebidzhikhan, whose involvement in any military actions has not been proven. 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A case was opened against him on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation due to his involvement in the activities of the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebijihan, whose involvement in any military actions has not been proven. 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On 16 April 2025, Salikhov was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_days_from_verdict":471,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":67,"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Salikhov's case of calls for actions aimed against security of Russia","case_number":"1-75/2025 (1-651/2024;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, while located at <address> , being a user of the publicly accessible telecommunications network “the Internet” (hereinafter – the Internet), using his Apple mobile telephone, model iPhone 14 Pro, he familiarised himself—inter alia with the use of software for translation from Ukrainian into Russian—on the video-hosting platform YouTube, with a publication containing text beginning with the words ‘ПРОШУ ПIДТРИМАТИ ЗБIP’ (translated from Ukrainian as ‘please support the fundraiser’) and ending with the words ‘Номер картки банки…’ (translated from Ukrainian as ‘bank card number…’). As a result, D.E. Salikhov, being aware of the prohibition on activities carried out within the territory of the Russian Federation that are directed against the security of the Russian Federation, and also harbouring dissatisfaction with Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine and hostility towards the political regime of the Russian Federation, formed a criminal intent aimed at publicly calling upon an indefinite circle of persons to provide financial assistance to a foreign state in activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation, that is, to commit an offence according to Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.\nIn order to implement this criminal intent, on DD.MM.YYYY, between 20:30 and 20:47 (Vladivostok time), D.E. Salikhov, while at <address> , took an electronic screenshot on his Apple iPhone 14 Pro displaying the above-mentioned publication, which he saved in the memory of the device.\n\nSubsequently, on DD.MM.YYYY at 20:47, D.E. Salikhov, while at <address> , being an Internet user, acting intentionally and motivated by political hatred, fully aware of the unlawfulness and social danger of his actions, their public nature, and the fact that the text captured in the previously taken screenshot contained appeals to provide financial assistance to a foreign state—Ukraine—in activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation (that is, calls to commit an offence according to Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), foreseeing the possibility and inevitability of socially dangerous consequences in the form of inciting an indefinite number of Internet users to commit such an offence, and desiring such consequences, using his Apple iPhone 14 Pro with Internet access, published on the Internet, in his personal profile of the publicly accessible messaging application WhatsApp, in the Status section accessible to an unlimited number of users of the said application who have the mobile number (984)158-24-92 in their contacts, a publication containing text beginning with the words ‘ПРОШУ ПIДТРИМАТИ ЗБIP’ (‘please support the fundraiser’) and ending with the words ‘Номер картки банки…’ (‘bank card number…’).\n\nAccording to expert report No. dated DD.MM.YYYY, this publication contains linguistic and psychological features of inducement to actions aimed at collecting funds (including the indication of a bank card number) in the amount of 78,000 hryvnias for the purpose of purchasing an optical sight for the 61st Brigade, namely the 61st Separate Mechanised Steppe Brigade, which forms part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and whose activities are directed against the security of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 06.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.05.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 8 of the Russian Penitentiary Directorate of Amur Region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.04.2025, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-16T11:10:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-16T11:10:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In March 2025, the case was submitted to the court. On 18 July 2025, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2024,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":696,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":99,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","354.1","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of false information about Russian military forces, the rehabilitation of Nazism and calls for extremism in the Samara region ","case_number":"2-29/2025, 2-18/2026 (2-57/2025;)","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.04.2026","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":78,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-28T15:01:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-28T15:01:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recsWSUt5GZEAkTUI"},{"persecution_id":"recewAkveKVIuYKnn","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:33:15.000Z","person_id":"recuwVT5yQ5SGE8uA","name_en":"Dmitry Vlasov","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. 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He sent a message about his political position to the administrator of the Russian Volunteer Corps channel. The administrator did not reply to him, but he was contacted by \"user Alexei\", with whom Vlasov began actively communicating in Telegram. In December 2022, Vlasov met with \"user Alexei\", who later appeared in the case as a key prosecution witness under the surname Gromakin. He claimed in court that Vlasov had found him himself in one of the Telegram chat rooms.\n\nAccording to the investigation, on 17 January 2023, Vlasov offered \"Alexey\" to draw graffiti in support of Ukraine and Azov, presented him with a mock-up of the drawing and informed him that he \"wanted to publish the result of his illegal activities in the Internet to promote the said terrorist organisation\". \"Oleksiy\" agreed to participate in the graffiti. On 10 March 2023, at ten o'clock in the evening, the two of them entered the railway tracks near Butovo station, and Vlasov wrote the words \"Glory to Ukraine!\", the Azov emblem and the crossed-out \"Z\" sign on the metal fence, and then photographed the resulting drawing on his mobile phone. After that, he sent the photo of the graffiti to an unidentified administrator of the Telegram channel \"... socialist\" (it is not known which channel we are talking about). According to the investigation, the photo was published in the channel with the caption \"Moscow, Butovo railway station\" on 18 March 2023, and was viewed by 1,300 people.\n\n\"No later than 14 August 2023, Vlasov formed a criminal intent aimed at participating in the activities of the Ukrainian paramilitary association Legion Freedom of Russia.\" To this end, he established contact in Telegram with a member of the Legion named \"Dmitry...\". In the course of correspondence with him, he confirmed his adherence to the ideology of the Legion and later joined the organisation. Intending to \"publicly justify terrorism and make terrorist propaganda using the information and telecommunications network \"Internet\", he sent a video of his oath to \"Legion ...\", which at 12:37 p.m. was posted on Telegram. 37 min. 21 August 2023 was made publicly available to an unlimited number of persons in the form of a publication on the Telegram channel of the said terrorist organisation\".\n\nAfter that, already being, according to the prosecution, a member of the Legion, he received an instruction from \"Dmitry...\" to \"carry out visual fixation of external video surveillance cameras of a secure facility in Moscow\". This \"secure facility\" turned out to be the building of the Department of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Konkovo district, located near Vlasov's place of residence. On 25 September 2023, he \"conducted reconnaissance and drew up a plan-scheme of the location of the facility's external video surveillance cameras\". 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In January 2025, it became known that a case was opened against her for organising activities of an \"undesirable organisation\" due to her alleged involvement in AllatRa religious movement. 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He has left Russia. In February 2024, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In January 2025, he was arrested in absentia for a case of evasion of his duties as a \"foreign agent\". On December 2nd, 2025, Stepanov was sentenced in absentia; the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tambov"],"persecution_region_en":["Tambov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TAM"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":335,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Stepanov's case of failing to fulfill his duties as a “foreign agent”","persecution_case_profile_en":"In May and August of 2024, Stepanova was fined under the article of absence of a foreign agent label (Part 4, Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measures_en":"• : from 01.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.12.2025, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":80000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-02T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-02T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBiKFd4xCmxdWco"},{"persecution_id":"recejdoSpnxP3u4qi","last_updated":"2025-01-21T08:33:33.000Z","person_id":"rec7GFo8ReBu20X9D","name_en":"Leonid Spirin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Editor-in-chief of the student online publication Groza. In January 2025, a case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. 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He was charged with four posts in Groza's VKontakte community: about Tatarstan's Minister of Youth Affairs Rinat Sadykov, about Russian military officer Albert Kamilov, about the production of Iranian drones in Yelabuga, and additional USE points for participants of the war with Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recejdoSpnxP3u4qi"},{"persecution_id":"recI20QfjsAWHF2YJ","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:20:43.000Z","person_id":"recTpv6ww3jUI8z8E","name_en":"Olga Sivushkova (Pshenichnikova)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attDceMJ80DDH9UiE.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attDceMJ80DDH9UiE.png"],"birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"unknown","citizenship_en":["Israel"],"story_en":"Pshenichnikova is a transgender person, originally from Tajikistan. She served in the Israel Defense Forces prior to her transition, then in 2012 declared that she wanted to renounce her Israeli citizenship and \"become part of the Palestinian resistance\" and moved to the Deheishe refugee camp in the West Bank. The Times of Israel wrote that West Bank residents said Andrei Pshenichnikov was \"posing as a Russian activist\" and \"was suspicious\"; Palestinian authorities had twice handed him over to Israeli authorities. In late 2012, Pshenichnikova was arrested in Egypt, where Pshenichnikova was sentenced to two years in prison for filming security installations in Sinai.\n\nAccording to her testimony in court, she was a secret FSB agent in the case against \"New Greatness\" organization. Pshenichnikova said she began co-operating with the authorities after she left a chat room with the defendants in the case because of insults directed at her. \"My assignment was to identify [one of the defendants in the case] Anna Pavlikova, to describe her appearance. The truth is that the New Greatness organisation supported the violent overthrow of the government,\" she said at the trial.\n\nIn an interview with Dozhd in 2018, Pshenichnikova said she was an admirer of Vyacheslav Maltsev, while at the same time supporting Vladimir Putin and being a member of the National Liberation Movement (NLM).\n\nIn January 2025, Pshenichnikova was detained in Vologda. A case of public justification of terrorism was opened against her because of reposts of materials of the Russian Freedom Legion. According to other information, she corresponded with representatives of the Russian Freedom Legion, who prepared her to carry out a series of terrorist attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation.\n\nDuring the search in the flat they found a pistol similar to a traumatic pistol and an Israeli passport in Andrei's name obtained before the change of the gender marker.\n\nOn 12 May 2025, Pshenichnikova was sentenced to four years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vologda"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":131,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Olga Pshenichnikova's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was the reposting of a video with blogger Mark Feigin speaking in support of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as the reposting of materials of the Legion \"Freedom of Russia\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 12.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 12.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.05.2025, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-12T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-12T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sivushkova-olga-maksimovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recI20QfjsAWHF2YJ"},{"persecution_id":"rec2eBD4bBykaJbpW","last_updated":"2026-02-17T15:01:51.000Z","person_id":"recXWYBOASD0GESJD","name_en":"Maria Smorzhevskikh-Smirnova","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Director of the Narva Museum in Estonia. On 9 May 2023, a poster with the text \"Putin is a war criminal\" in English appeared on the wall of the building. In January 2025 Smorzhevskikh-Smirnova was arrested in absentia in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.\n\nAccording to the investigation, in 2023, 2024 and 2025, during the Victory Day celebrations, she helped to put up posters on one of the Narva Castle walls with Putin's image and inscriptions that he was a war criminal.\n\nOn 25 September 2025, Smorzhevskikh-Smirnova was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":267,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B,E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Maria Smorzhevskikh-Smirnova's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"2-0074/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2023, 2024 and 2025, during the celebration of Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War, she organised, provided access to and assisted in placing posters on one of the Narva Castle walls. 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On January 21st 2025, a case was brought against him for failure to report a crime. According to the investigation, he learnt from a peer that they were going to set fire to the United Russia office in Dolgoprudny near Moscow and failed to report it to the appropriate authorities. (The arson took place on February 17th 2024. The suspect was detained a few days later. Initially, a case of hooliganism was opened, but then the charge was recalibrated to terrorism). In addition, earlier a case of destruction of property was opened against the schoolboy, the details are unknown. The teenager was put under travel ban.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.6 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.6"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.6"],"case_name_en":"Moscow schoolboy's case of under-reporting","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he learnt from a peer that they were preparing to set fire to the United Russia office in Dolgoprudny near Moscow, but did not report it to the appropriate authorities. 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On 21 January 2025, he was detained in a case of justification of terrorism because he reposted a video from Michael Naki's YouTube channel about a raid in the Bryansk region by fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps on his VKontakte page. The next day he was sent into custody. 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The detention followed a search, allegedly with the use of force, as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. The next day Cherepanov was taken into custody. 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On 17 January 2025, he was detained after a search, allegedly with the use of force, as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. The next day Preobrazhensky was taken into custody. 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In December 2022 Askerov was recognised as a \"foreign agent\". In January 2025, he was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with a mark, which is put with the names of people prosecuted under terrorist articles. Later it became known that a case on calls for terrorism was opened against him and Ukrainian journalist Oleksiy Gomon in connection with calls for an attempt on the life of the Russian leadership.\n","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Second case of Rovshan Askerov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in January 2023, in an interview with journalist Alexei Gomon called for an unrestricted attempt on the life of the leadership of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwL4CvwYvg3DVem"},{"persecution_id":"recsCxNjVER5LbP8q","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recxw4hLzS1swIV1Z","name_en":"Leonid Gozman","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attEclrN1pzHigWxk.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attEclrN1pzHigWxk.jpg"],"birth_year":1950,"birth_date":"1950-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":75,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":75,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a politician, a public figure and a psychologist. In the past, he was one of the leaders of the Union of Right Forces party and later led the Right Cause. In April 2022, a case was initiated against him for failure to notify the authorities of his foreign citizenship, but the information was made public as late as 15 July. The politician was detained and questioned by the Investigative Committee and was released afterwards. Gozman was detained again on 25 July, and after that an arrest warrant was reported to have been issued for him. However, he was then released, and the investigator apologised and said that there had been a mistake. On 30 August, Gozman was arrested for 15 days under the article on equating the actions of the USSR with those of Nazi Germany (Part 1 of Article 13.48 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for a post he had made on Facebook. On 13 September, he was detained on his way out of the special detention centre and the next day was arrested for the same period under the 2nd part of the same article (a repeated offence) for an online post dated 2013. After that Gozman left Russia.\n\nIn December 2023, a case was reported to have been initiated against Gozman for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. On 11 July 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in this case.\n\nIn January 2025, Gozman was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with a mark that is placed at the names of people prosecuted under terrorist articles. A case of public justification of terrorism was later reported to have beein initiated against him for his interview in the Russian-language version of the Bild newspaper about Ukrainian drone attacks and the explosion on the Crimean Bridge.\n\nOn 14 October 2025, the FSB reported about the initiation of a case against Gozman and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for a violent seizure of power and organising the activities of a terrorist community. The basis for initiating the case was the adoption of the Berlin Declaration on the need for a change of power in Russia.\n\nOn 14 November, the court sentenced Gozman in absentia to ten years of imprisonment in the case of justification of terrorism. The sentence was imposed in conjunction with the punishment in the case of war-related “fakes”.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Leonid Gozman’s case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, Gozman, while outside the Russian Federation and aware that the live broadcast was being streamed on a video hosting platform and accessible to an unlimited audience, gave an interview to a foreign media outlet that contained elements of public calls for terrorist activities in the Russian territory as well as the promotion of terrorism. This refers to an interview with the Russian-language version of the Bild media outlet that he gave in August 2023, in which, according to the investigation, he spoke positively about drone attacks in Moscow and the explosion on the Crimean Bridge.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 19.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recsCxNjVER5LbP8q"},{"persecution_id":"recWP6R4ezX7aNNuy","last_updated":"2026-04-30T18:52:15.000Z","person_id":"recwY1S8xE8SmZ0fq","name_en":"Pavel Ivaniuk","birth_year":1980,"age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tula. In 2015, he was convicted under the article on robbery for assaulting his own grandmother. He was released in 2022. (We do not consider this prosecution to be politically motivated).\n\nOn 22 January 2025, it became known that a case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, namely the \"International LGBT Movement\", as well as the distribution of pornography. It was reported that he urged representatives of the LGBT community to fight for their rights. Later, the outlet Myslo reported that the reason for the extremist charge was an LGBT-themed public page that Ivaniuk had created in 2023.\n\nOn 26 September 2025, the court sentenced him to two and a half years of suspended imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tula"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":247,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 242 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","242"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 3, Article 242"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Tula resident on involvement with the LGBT community","case_number":"1-116/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"Myslo reported that, according to the prosecution, between January and November 2023 Ivaniuk created an LGBT-themed public page on a social network and urged residents of Tula to join it and take an active part. In addition, on his personal social media pages he distributed pornographic videos and similar photographs.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.09.2025, Sentence: 2 year 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 year 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-26T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-26T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWP6R4ezX7aNNuy"},{"persecution_id":"rec3eTZir0gIUHAkk","last_updated":"2026-03-25T16:01:36.000Z","person_id":"recFjyDFck05JZrQR","name_en":"Evgeny Karpov","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of Alexei Navalny headquarters in Voronezh.\nOn 1 December 2022, his parents' house was searched, Karpov himself left Russia. A case was initiated against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In January 2023, Voronezh journalist Fyodor Orlov was searched as part of this case. In March, the search again came to Karpov's parents. The activist was put on a wanted list. In September 2023, Karpov was added to the register of \"foreign agents\". On 21 November 2024, his parents were visited again, his sister and ex-wife were summoned for questioning. In January 2025, Karpov's relatives were summoned for questioning in a new case - on evasion from fulfilling the duties of a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"The details are unknown. Karpov has at least three effective court decisions on administrative cases under a similar article (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences): On 17 May he was fined 30,000 rubles because of anti-war videos on Karpov's YouTube channel \"Vornadzor\", and on 11 August - twice 40,000 rubles because of other anti-war videos on YouTube and a release in the \"Vornadzor\" Telegram channel.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3eTZir0gIUHAkk"},{"persecution_id":"recgnmHeDZ40BP9Eq","last_updated":"2025-08-03T20:31:56.000Z","person_id":"recBMT3g3ov58Ji8Y","name_en":"Evgeny Elkin","birth_year":1994,"age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Irbit (Sverdlovsk Region). In January 2025, a case was brought against him for desecration of symbols of military glory by lighting a cigarette from the Eternal Flame. In May 2025, the case went to trial. On 27 June 2025, he was sentenced to six months of correctional labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":177,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Irbit resident's case of lighting a cigarette from the Eternal Flame","case_number":" 2-39/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the evening of 11 January 2025, Evgeny lit a cigarette from the Eternal Flame, located in Irbit on Zhukov Square. It is reported that he had neither matches nor a lighter. Several passerbys whom he asked for a light declined his request. He was then seen stepping over the fence and lighting a cigarette from the Eternal Flame.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.06.2025, Sentence: 6 months' correctional labour","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months' correctional labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-27T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-27T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 24-01-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/01/d50963/?sphrase_id=2751595\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recgnmHeDZ40BP9Eq"},{"persecution_id":"recNlNKISB2BC5VB1","last_updated":"2025-09-17T06:56:10.000Z","person_id":"recCguRt6tC8xKril","name_en":"Yuri Blagodarov","birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":71,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yoshkar-Ola. A criminal case was opened against him for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.\n\nIn addition, in February 2024, Blagodarov was sentenced to 20 hours of community service under the administrative article on incitement of hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) due to a series of posts and comments that were deemed to incite hatred against the Mari people who had adopted Christianity.\n\nWhen the criminal case reached the court, it became known that Blagodarov was also being charged with incitement of hatred under the criminal code.\n\nOn 3 November 2024, Blagodarov was detained in connection with an event where he sold his books and distributed leaflets about the genocide of the Mari people.\n\nOn 13 November 2024, the Yoshkar-Ola resident was fined 400,000 rubles. After donations started coming in to pay the fine, his bank card was blocked.\n\nIn January 2025, Blagodarov was summoned for questioning in a new case, reportedly opened under the article on incitement of hatred because of a post in which he called on the head of the Mari Traditional Religion organization, “Obshchina ‘Mari Kumaltysh’,” in the Mari-Terukskiy district, Grigory Ivanov, to resist Christianity. On 5 September 2025, the court closed this case, declaring the activist legally insane due to vascular dementia. Blagodarov was ordered to receive outpatient psychiatric treatment, but no guardian has been appointed yet. The activist did not contest the court’s decision.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Yuri Blagodarov's second case","case_number":"1-510/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The alleged reason for the prosecution was a post in which Blagodarov addressed the head of the Mari Traditional Religion organization, “Obshchina ‘Mari Kumaltysh’,” in the Mari-Terukskiy district, Grigory Ivanov, who at the time had received a certificate from the republic’s government for his personal contribution to the development of Mari spiritual culture. Blagodarov wrote that Ivanov bore “great responsibility to resist the Christian clergy, the priests.”\n\n“They are already extending their tentacles into Mari villages, forcing the Mari to pray to Jesus Christ. By conducting processions through the villages, they sow discord between pagans and dual-faith believers, stirring strife in our ‘RashIya.’ They are imposing the Christian faith according to the principle of ‘divide and rule,’ creating hostility among us. Blood may be shed if the Cheremis turn against the dual-faith believers with axes and rifles. THIS MUST NOT HAPPEN!” the activist wrote.\n\nHe urged Ivanov to contact the Investigative Committee to conduct a preliminary inquiry. The activist also accused the Supreme Mari Kart, Alexander Tanygin, of betraying their ancestors and working “for the forces trying to destroy the Cheremis.”","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNlNKISB2BC5VB1"},{"persecution_id":"recJPWAWxqFHeRVJq","last_updated":"2025-11-19T12:57:09.000Z","person_id":"rec6eA2cFPaZs43SZ","name_en":"Jerome Starkey","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["United Kingdom"],"story_en":"Journalist of the British newspaper The Sun. He was prosecuted for illegal border crossing due to his presence on the territory of Kursk Region occupied by the Ukrainian army.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_group_en":["The case of foreign journalists"],"case_name_en":"The case of foreign journalists","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 29.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJPWAWxqFHeRVJq"},{"persecution_id":"recA1JBp5oSE5XyxI","last_updated":"2026-03-02T15:05:32.000Z","person_id":"recxxAqyET8JL3mH6","name_en":"Konstantin Smirnov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The chairman of the Ryazan branch of the Yabloko party, a member of the Council of Deputies of the Dubrovichi rural settlement of the Ryazan district, the editor-in-chief of the local media outlet Vid Sboku. On 31 January 2025, he was detained in a case of extortion of 300,000 rubles from the general director of a specialised commercial organisation in the Ryazan region. The Yabloko party called Smirnov's prosecution a revenge for their campaign against the abolition of local self-government in the region. The activist was detained.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians","Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ryazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-RYA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A,D Part 2,  Article 163 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 163"],"case_name_en":"The Ryazan journalists' case of extortion","case_number":"1-97/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Smirnov, who was the editor-in-chief of the online media outlet Vid Sboku, conspired \"with his acquaintance, a former journalist\", Natalia Smolianinova, and in 2024 published several articles about the acting general director of a certain specialised commercial organisation operating in the Ryazan region, with disgraceful information about him, undermining his business reputation, detracting from his honour and dignity. After that, together with the accomplice, he organised a personal meeting with the acting general director and demanded money from him for stopping the outlet from posting negative articles about him, and the latter handed them 300,000 roubles.\nAccording to the court, Smirnov and Smolianinova extorted money from A.L. Rogotovskii, the acting general director of the specialised non-profit organisation Fund for Capital Repairs of Apartment Buildings in the Ryazan region, under the threat of disseminating disgraceful information about him through the online outlet Vid Sboku.\n\n","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 31.01.2025 to 26.08.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ryazan region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ryazan region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recA1JBp5oSE5XyxI"},{"persecution_id":"recSIdb8vRVtTYG5A","last_updated":"2026-03-02T15:05:32.000Z","person_id":"reclySleEaMOOxrx7","name_en":"Natalia Smolyaninova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A journalist who worked for various media outlets in Ryazan. On 31 January 2025, she was detained in a case of extortion of 300 thousand roubles from the general director of a specialised commercial organisation in the Ryazan region. Smolyaninova was placed under house arrest.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ryazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-RYA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 163 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 163"],"case_name_en":"The Ryazan journalists' case of extortion","case_number":"1-97/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she conspired with \"the director of a regional network media, who is a deputy of the Council of Deputies of a municipality of one of the districts of the Ryazan region\", who in 2024 published several articles about the acting general director of a certain specialised commercial organisation operating in the Ryazan region, with disgraceful information, undermining his business reputation, detracting from his honour and dignity. After that, together with an accomplice, she organised a personal meeting with the acting general director and demanded money from him to stop publishing negative articles about him, and the latter gave them 300 thousand roubles.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 31.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSIdb8vRVtTYG5A"},{"persecution_id":"recqntwAkg86LwZp6","last_updated":"2026-03-02T15:05:32.000Z","person_id":"recJsa0HfoIHKjneN","name_en":"Alexei Frolov","birth_year":1977,"age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Editor-in-Chief of \"Novaya Gazeta - Ryazan\". On 31 January 2025, he was detained in a case of extortion of 300 thousand rubles from the general director of a specialised commercial organisation in the Ryazan region. A day later he was placed in custody. In May 2025, the court refused to extend his detention and changed the preventive measure to house arrest.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ryazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-RYA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 3,  Article 163 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["163"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 163"],"case_name_en":"The Ryazan journalists' case of extortion","case_number":"1-97/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Alexei Frolov, who was the editor-in-chief of the online media \"Novaya Gazeta. Weekly Ryazan issue\", and Natalia Smolyaninova are accused of extorting money from the acting director general of the specialised non-profit organisation Fund for Capital Repair of Apartment Buildings of the Ryazan region, A.L. 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In December 2022, she was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In March 2025, a case was brought against her for evading her duties as a \"foreign agent\". The court twice returned the case to the prosecutor's office.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Iuliia Taratuta's case on evasion of duties as a \"foreign agent\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 20.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGj4s95MjsVHe4F"},{"persecution_id":"recwQAF6XBn6lrnnk","last_updated":"2025-07-05T19:21:28.000Z","person_id":"recj3J2NAlWOL5kQI","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnoyarsk. On February 3d 2025, her home was searched as part of an investigation into donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation under the article on financing extremist activities. A laptop, three phones, several hard discs, flash drives, smart watches and two issues of Novaya Gazeta were seized from her. After interrogation, she was released, but was placed in custody on March 17. On June 9 2025, the woman was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand roubles, but the amount was reduced to 300 thousand roubles, taking into account the time spent in custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":126,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case against a Krasnoyarsk resident on charges of financing extremist activities.","case_number":"1-416/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.03.2025 to 19.03.2025\n• in custody: from 19.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.06.2025, Sentence: 400,000 roubles fine, to be reduced to 300,000 roubles, taking into consideration the time spent in detention","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"400,000 roubles fine, to be reduced to 300,000 roubles, taking into consideration the time spent in detention","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-09T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-09T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwQAF6XBn6lrnnk"},{"persecution_id":"recmCE61it0bBVKDE","last_updated":"2026-01-27T15:47:17.000Z","person_id":"recCxmmCWWD5Nn3An","name_en":"Egor Filippov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Stavropol. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces because of a message in a chat room with 7,000 users in one of the messengers. The content of the message is unknown, but the authors of the linguistic expertise indicated that it contained \"information about hostile (violent) actions (deprivation of life) committed by Russian servicemen (Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) on the territory of Ukraine against its residents\", as well as psychological and linguistic signs of belief \"in the negative nature of the purposes of using the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\" in Ukraine.\n\nIn late January 2025, Filippov was placed in custody. On 20 May 2025, he was sentenced to one and a half years of compulsory labour and a two-year ban on administering chat rooms, groups and communities on the Internet. After the verdict was announced, Filippov was released from custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Stavropol"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":139,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Egor Filippov's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-320/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"On January 1, 2024, Filippov was fined 35,000 rubles under an administrative charge of \"discrediting the Russian army\" (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for a comment posted on social media.\n\nFollowing this, he posted a message in a chat with 7,000 users on a messaging platform. The content of the message is blacked out in the published court ruling. However, according to a linguistic expert analysis, the message contained \"information about hostile (violent) actions (deprivation of life) committed by Russian military personnel (the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) on the territory of Ukraine against its residents.\" The experts also identified psychological and linguistic signs of a belief \"in the negative nature of the goals behind the use of the Russian Armed Forces\" in Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2025 to 20.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.05.2025, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' compulsory labor with a 2-year ban on engaging in activities related to administering chats, groups, communities, and other forms of user interaction and communication on information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet.","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' compulsory labor with a 2-year ban on engaging in activities related to administering chats, groups, communities, and other forms of user interaction and communication on information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-20T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-20T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmCE61it0bBVKDE"},{"persecution_id":"rec0rmmHAPjYXsy2R","last_updated":"2026-04-06T11:23:49.000Z","person_id":"reciI43mgf1OcwYdk","name_en":"Abibulla Smedlyaev","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-05-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Crimea. On 5th February 2025, he was detained after a search. On the same day, he was placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, namely the Islamic party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\". The party aims to establish a worldwide caliphate and some of its members have made very radical statements about Israel since the Hamas attack on 7th October 2023. The party is banned in a number of countries. Nevertheless, there is no evidence that any of its members were involved in the terrorist attacks. Experts consider the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation from 2003, which banned \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\", to be unjustified.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fourth case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" activities in Dzhankoy","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• : \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0rmmHAPjYXsy2R"},{"persecution_id":"recRgz8vueKUTEQTF","last_updated":"2026-04-06T11:22:44.000Z","person_id":"recMeA7r2xiiNprU8","name_en":"Bakhtiyar Ablaev","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Crimea. On 5 February 2025, he was detained after a search. The next day he was placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, namely the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. The party aims to establish a worldwide caliphate and some of its members have made very radical statements about Israel since the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023. The party is banned in a number of States. Nevertheless, there is no evidence that any of its members were involved in the terrorist attacks. Experts consider the 2003 decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, which banned Hizb ut-Tahrir, to be unjustified.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fourth case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" activities in Dzhankoy","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.02.2025 to 06.02.2025\n• in custody: from 06.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• : \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRgz8vueKUTEQTF"},{"persecution_id":"recXQ9b58x0DkfAry","last_updated":"2026-01-07T11:22:07.000Z","person_id":"recV7bOTvEHVw24pR","name_en":"Mirzali Tazhibaev","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-05-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Crimea, a cook. On 5 February 2025, he was detained after a search. The next day he was placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, namely the Islamic party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\". The party aims to establish a worldwide caliphate and some of its members have made very radical statements about Israel since the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023. The party is banned in a number of states. Nevertheless, there is no evidence that any of its members were involved in the terrorist attacks. Experts consider the 2003 decision of the Russian Supreme Court that banned Hizb ut-Tahrir to be unjustified.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fourth case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" activities in Dzhankoy","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.02.2025 to 06.02.2025\n• in custody: from 06.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• : \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXQ9b58x0DkfAry"},{"persecution_id":"recRR8XEY0jYANf9C","last_updated":"2026-04-06T11:23:03.000Z","person_id":"recXiC2imzHMG7GFx","name_en":"Emir Kurtnezirov","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-05-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Crimea, agronomist. Son of Remzi Kurtnezirov, prosecuted for involvement in the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 5 February 2025, Emir was detained. According to his sister, during the search he was \"planted\" with some literature. On the same day, he was placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, namely the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. The party aims to establish a worldwide caliphate and some of its members have made very radical statements about Israel since the HAMAS attack of 7 October 2023. The party is banned in a number of States. Nevertheless, there is no evidence that any of its members were involved in the terrorist attacks. Experts consider the 2003 decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, which banned Hizb ut-Tahrir, to be unjustified.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers","Farmers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fourth case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" activities in Dzhankoy","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• :  to 11.12.2025\n• in custody: from 11.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRR8XEY0jYANf9C"},{"persecution_id":"recZVLqf16aenoQf0","last_updated":"2026-04-06T11:23:21.000Z","person_id":"rec4pC3kUMhNRSalc","name_en":"Rustem Mustafaev","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Crimea, a plumber. On 5 February 2025, he was detained after a search. On the same day, he was placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, namely the Islamic party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\". The party aims to establish a worldwide caliphate and some of its members have made very radical statements about Israel since the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023. The party is banned in a number of States. Nevertheless, there is no evidence that any of its members were involved in the terrorist attacks. Experts consider the 2003 decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, which banned Hizb ut-Tahrir, to be unjustified.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fourth case of \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\" activities in Dzhankoy","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n• : \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZVLqf16aenoQf0"},{"persecution_id":"recEVUl3oSqE8oCHG","last_updated":"2026-04-03T19:07:00.000Z","person_id":"reckAoTsgAkXgU5tv","name_en":"Artem Begoian","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attw11GaICa8S1bmA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attw11GaICa8S1bmA.jpg"],"birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Mordovia. Detained in December 2022 on charges of committing several arson attacks on the railway in Mordovia and Chuvashia. At that time he was sentenced to a year of probation in a theft case, in January 2023 he was sentenced to a year and seven months of probation in another theft case, details unknown.\nIn March 2023, Adel Khaidarshin, a lawyer representing Begoyan from Solidarity Zone, said that FSB officers forced his client to withdraw. \"They said they could take him away allegedly for investigative actions to the forest where they burned the booth and do something to him. They said if you work with the lawyer further, we will take him out of the detention centre. They also threatened to complicate life in the pre-trial detention centre,\" Haydarshin reports Begoyan's words. \"Solidarity Zone\" claims that Begoyan has a negative attitude to Russian aggression in Ukraine and hoped to suspend the supply of ammunition, equipment and manpower to the war zone in this way.\nThe arson attacks were qualified by the investigation as terrorist acts. Later it became known that a case of high treason was also opened against Begoyan. On 5 April 2024, he was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.\n\nIn addition, Begoyan was accused of involvement in sabotage on the railway in a case filed in the Krasnoyarsk region. According to the investigation, he, fulfilling the task of a certain \"Arthur\", was in correspondence with other defendants in the case, informing them where exactly to commit arson. On 1 October 2024, he was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime colony, taking into account the previous sentence. On 10 July 2025, the appeal court reduced the sentence by two months.\n\nIn February 2025, it became known that a new case was brought against Begoyan - on public justification of terrorism because of conversations with fellow inmates about the undermining of the Crimean Bridge and the murder of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky. 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On 23 April 2024, the channel's editorial office was searched. On that day, journalists planned to hold a press conference and present the results of the \"Yekaterinburg Sprut\" investigation into the activities of businessman and ex-member of the Public Chamber Bogdan Novorok. According to \"Beautiful Russia\", the businessman is involved in the appropriation of land in Yekaterinburg, and the channel members were going to present evidence at the conference.\n\nAfter the search Anisimov was detained, it became known that he is a suspect in a libel case. Later it was reported that he was charged with libel and violation of privacy. The next day the Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg ordered him to ban certain actions\n\nThe journalist's lawyer Natalia Volkova said that force was used against her client: he has abrasions and bruises on his body. \"My leg was beaten off, I have haematomas, abrasions and bruises all over my body: on my face, arms and legs,\" Anisimov himself told an \"It's My City\" journalist before the hearing.\n\nOn 6 February 2025, Anisimov was detained as part of a case of incitement to hatred against representatives of the authorities. The next day he was sent to custody. On 17 April 2025, the preventive measure was changed to house arrest. In July, the investigator did not request the extension of house arrest. Since then, Anisimov has been under a recognisance not to leave.\n\nLater, the charge of violation of privacy was dropped - the journalists managed to prove that the information they published about Bogdan Novorok and other characters of the story \"Yekaterinburg Sprut\" could not refer to private life, as it was taken from open sources. However, Anisimov was accused of incitement to hatred.\n\nOn the night of 8 January 2026, after a business meeting, Anisimov and another \"Beautiful Russia\" journalist, Yevgenii Russkikh, were attacked by eight unknown men and severely beaten. Anisimov was diagnosed with a closed head injury, a fractured zygomatic bone and a severe concussion.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Anisimov's case of incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was nine video clips, which were deemed to incite hatred and hostility \"against representatives of a group of persons among the employees of law enforcement of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 06.02.2025 to 07.02.2025\n• in custody: from 07.02.2025 to 17.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• house arrest: from 17.04.2025 to 19.07.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 19.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNbTI8gAujq2mxi"},{"persecution_id":"recFNfF2toypdtAub","last_updated":"2025-06-05T11:03:02.000Z","person_id":"recp5cmD89T5tmiUV","name_en":"Olga Leontieva","birth_year":1961,"age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Izhevsk. Presumably, she is a farmer. In February 2025, it became known that she was detained as part of a case on financing of an undesirable organisation due to transfers to the All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre Vozrozhdeniye (Revival) and the Charitable Foundation Vozrozhdeniye (Revival) of Vladimir Muntian. The court elected a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 23 April 2025, Leontieva was sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":81,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of financing an \"undesireable organisation\" in Izhevsk"],"case_name_en":"Resident of Izhevsk's case","case_number":"1-261/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was money transfers to the All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre Vozrozhdeniye (Revival) and Vladimir Muntian's charity foundation Vozrozhdeniye (Revival) in the amount of 120 thousand rubles (US$1459).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 23.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.04.2025, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 6 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-23T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-23T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFNfF2toypdtAub"},{"persecution_id":"recLtSg89cIWhxHem","last_updated":"2025-07-02T07:28:20.000Z","person_id":"rec8iZzO5PoKbhES5","name_en":"Dinara Akhmetova","birth_year":1999,"age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Akhmetova is a resident of Izhevsk. In February 2025, it became known that she was detained as part of a case on funding of an \"undesirable\" organisation due to money transfers to the All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre \"Vozrozhdenie\" and the Charitable Foundation \"Vozrozhdenie\" of Vladimir Muntean. The court chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 30 April 2025, Akhmetova was sentenced to 240 hours of community service.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":88,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of financing an \"undesireable organisation\" in Izhevsk"],"case_name_en":"Dinara Akhmetova's case","case_number":"1-119/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case against Akhmetova was initiated on the grounds of her money transfers for a total of 120,000 rubles to two Ukrainian organisations lead by Vladimir Muntian: the All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre \"Vozrozhdenie\" and the Charitable Foundation \"Vozrozhdenie\".","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.04.2025, Sentence: 240 hours of community service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"240 hours of community service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-30T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-30T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLtSg89cIWhxHem"},{"persecution_id":"recXlf5ADD8JGQjsY","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:35:47.000Z","person_id":"rec42vI00FU59IO9d","name_en":" Unknown male 273","birth_year":2007,"age":19,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bashkortostan, a student of a college in Ufa. In February 2025, he was sent into custody on a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. According to the version of the investigation, he, together with another teenager on the instructions of the organisation, set fire to the flag of the Russian Empire and put inscriptions on buildings.\nAccording to unconfirmed reports, the case was later merged with the cases of other young people accused of aiding terrorist activities and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols","graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Bashkortostan residents of aiding terrorism and participating in activities of a terrorist community"],"case_name_en":"The case of the burning of the imperial flag","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, acting in the interests of the extremist organisation \"League of Free Nations\", on the instructions of unknown persons in the social network Telegram for a monetary reward of 60,000 rubles, he committed a number of unlawful acts together with another student of a Ufa college, including burning the flag of the Russian Empire against the background of a stele of the Burzyansk district, as well as inscriptions on buildings in the village of Starosubkhangulovo. Ruslan Gabbasov, a Bashkir activist who left Russia, used the flag-burning video \"to conduct anti-Russian information actions in Russia and abroad\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXlf5ADD8JGQjsY"},{"persecution_id":"recTNCZEW768XyKPH","last_updated":"2025-10-03T14:33:38.000Z","person_id":"recgx3FoKnnKrtJnb","name_en":" Unknown male 274","birth_year":2008,"age":18,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":17,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bashkortostan, a student of a college in Ufa. In February 2025, he was sent into custody on a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. According to investigation, he, together with another teenager on the instructions of the organisation, set fire to the flag of the Russian Empire and put inscriptions on buildings.\nAccording to unconfirmed reports, the case was later merged with the cases of other young people accused of aiding and abetting terrorist activities and participation in the activities of a terrorist community.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols","graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Bashkortostan residents of aiding terrorism and participating in activities of a terrorist community"],"case_name_en":"The case of the burning of the imperial flag","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, acting in the interests of the extremist organisation \"League of Free Nations\", on the instructions of unknown people in the social network Telegram for a monetary reward of 60,000 rubles, he committed several unlawful acts together with another student of a Ufa college, including burning the flag of the Russian Empire against the background of a stele of the Burzyansk district, as well as inscriptions on buildings in the village of Starosubkhangulovo. 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During the search, Staroverov refused to give the policeman his lawyer's phone. When the law enforcer tried to take it away, he put his hand with the phone behind his back. The policeman later claimed that the activist hit him. In addition, Staroverov refused to sign procedural documents: he tore up the search report and threw its scraps in the face of the investigator. In October 2024, it became known that two more cases were brought against him: the use of violence against a police officer and obstruction of the investigation. On December 3, 2024, Staroverov was sentenced under these two articles to a fine of 80 thousand rubles.\n\nIn February 2025, a new case was brought against Staroverov for insulting the victim in the previous case, the police investigator, in court. 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According to the investigation, in them Chernyakhovskaya called for funding the Ukrainian army and left details for collecting donations for the Ukrainian armed forces, including for the purchase of military equipment, cars and drones.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 01.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdusfbk6MGF5ygn"},{"persecution_id":"recewSFw9B2y08lMD","last_updated":"2026-01-15T16:36:31.000Z","person_id":"rec5Sq95nf2xrSjlg","name_en":"Svetlana Trofimova","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kurgan. In February 2025, it became known that a case was opened against her for \"public justification of terrorism\" due to her support of the Ukranian Armed Forces, the Russian Freedom Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps, Artpodgotovka, as well as \"calls for violent actions against top Russian officials.\" It later became known that 27,000 comments were imputed to her and that a case of \"calls for extremism\" was also opened against her. 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In January 2025, a video of her allegedly urinating near the Kazan Cathedral appeared online. She claimed that it was the result of a video montage created by her ill-wishers and that she was urinating in the forest. Nevertheless, she was detained and a report was drawn against her for petty hooliganism. 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In February 2025, it became known that he was charged with repeated incitement to hatred because of his statements about the Russian military: according to the investigation, he called them cowards, traitors and turncoats. He was given a recognisance not to leave the country.\n\nOn 7 July 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 330 thousand rubles.\n\nLater it became known that a case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was brought against Slotin. In October 2025, Slotin did not appear in court. 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One of the comments read: \"There is no such a thing as your army! There are criminals who have betrayed their oaths and violated the criminal laws of their homeland\".\n\nIn May 2024, Slotin was fined ten thousand rubles under the administrative article on incitement to hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a video claiming that Belgorod was being shelled not by the Ukrainian but by the Russian army.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.07.2025, Sentence: 2 years' 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-07T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-07T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectXTgtXfgLHp8lZ"},{"persecution_id":"recgWJQ5U8MHvms8a","last_updated":"2025-11-19T12:57:11.000Z","person_id":"rec6Spr32Aq8icyyX","name_en":"Alberto Rojas","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"The journalist of the Spanish publication El Mundo. No later than February 2025, a case was initiated against him for illegal border crossing in connection with his work in the Kursk region occupied by the Ukrainian army.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 322 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["322"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 322"],"case_group_en":["The case of foreign journalists"],"case_name_en":"The case of foreign journalists","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recgWJQ5U8MHvms8a"},{"persecution_id":"recC6VGNzH4VU8WJP","last_updated":"2025-11-19T12:57:14.000Z","person_id":"recR2noELltWeqbf4","name_en":"Caolan Robertson","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["United Kingdom"],"story_en":"British journalist. 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He was a computer game developer, crypto trader, and worked in the NFT sphere. He studied at the Czech Agrarian University, then returned to Russia. 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In June, Rogozina was taken into custody after violating the conditions of house arrest. On 23 September, the court sentenced her to a fine of 310,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":234,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Mozhga resident for incitement to terrorism","case_number":"2-258/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, in November 2024, on the VKontakte social network community page \"ZI - ANGRY IZHEVSK RESIDENT,\" she wrote \"Burn the witch!\" about the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, Oksana Lut, in response to her comment on the increase in butter prices.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 14.02.2025 to 09.06.2025\n• in custody: from 09.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic\n• in custody:  to 23.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.09.2025, Sentence: a fine of 310,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 310,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":310000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-23T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-23T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism for a comment in which he approved of the murder of the military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky and speculated that it would be worth killing the propagandists Margarita Simonyan, Vladimir Solovyov and others. 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The only thing left to do is to poison the beaver-eater, douchebag and Co.”","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXDmdxoF0wy8YqT"},{"persecution_id":"recHLHE4BpYuyyPk2","last_updated":"2025-12-09T16:43:55.000Z","person_id":"recutEUG9jfLBcsPi","name_en":"Nadezhda Kuzmina","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novosibirsk. On 20 February 2025, she was detained in the case of desecration of symbols of military glory because she was lying in the bowl of the Eternal Flame and lit a cigarette from it. The next day Kuzmina was taken into custody.\n\nOn 15 October 2025, the court sentenced her to one and a half years of suspended imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":237,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of lighting a cigarette from the Eternal Flame in Novosibirsk","case_number":"2-47/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, in the evening of 19 February, in the presence of a witness, she lit cigarettes while in the bowl of the monument \"Eternal Flame\" and lay in it.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.02.2025 to 21.02.2025\n• in custody: from 21.02.2025 to 15.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.10.2025, Sentence: 1.5 years' imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years, and a ban on administering websites and publishing materials on the internet for 2 years\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1.5 years' imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years, and a ban on administering websites and publishing materials on the internet for 2 years\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-15T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-15T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHLHE4BpYuyyPk2"},{"persecution_id":"rec22gNkF4pXNMeXS","last_updated":"2026-03-15T10:24:58.000Z","person_id":"recHErXVqHeLrdKhK","name_en":"Dmitrii Dyba","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnodar. He was prosecuted for financing an extremist organisation in connection with the transfer of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 21 February 2025, he was given a covenant not to leave the city. On 22 May, the court sentenced him to one and a half years of forced labour with 10% of his salary withheld to the state income. In July, the court of appeal cancelled the sentence. On 13 March 2026, the court of first instance sentenced Dyba to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":91,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Dyba's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-1154/2025","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 21.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.05.2025, Sentence: 1 year 6 months' forced labor• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 13.03.2026, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 300,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 300,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-22T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec22gNkF4pXNMeXS"},{"persecution_id":"recJWPKgz3n2p3mJD","last_updated":"2026-01-27T15:33:55.000Z","person_id":"recVlANIT0OtcMpfT","name_en":"Ariadna Litvinova","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-08-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Mytishchi (Moscow Region), she studied at a police college. On 24 February 2025, she was detained in St. Petersburg for spray-painting several anti-war inscriptions on the stands of a \"patriotic photo exhibition\" near the arch of the General Staff. Litvinova was fined 50,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army, after which she was taken into custody on charges of vandalism. On 19 March 2025, her restraint was replaced with a prohibition of certain actions.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ariadna Litvinova's case of vandalism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 24 February 2025 at about 04:07 AM near 2 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, motivated by political and ideological hatred, she used a spray can to place inscriptions \"Murderers\", \"Peace to Ukraine\", and \"Freedom to prisoners\" on 10 street structures (information boards for a \"patriotic exhibition\"), located near the arch of the General Staff, on the anniversary of the special military operation (SMO).","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.02.2025 to 19.03.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 19.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJWPKgz3n2p3mJD"},{"persecution_id":"reckNPBecrbSIX2pe","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recY9xd3Fr7FgcE2Y","name_en":"Ekaterina Barabash","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A film critic. In 2016, she was fired from the Interfax news agency, which, according to her, was due to her criticism of the Russian authorities. She openly spoke out against the war. On February 23, 2025, she was held at the airport for several hours after returning from a film festival in Berlin -- similar things had happened on her previous returns from abroad. On February 25, Barabash was detained in connection with a criminal case on charges of disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces: among the posts attributed to her was an emotional post published in March 2022 referring to the killing of civilians in Ukraine, including children, and to the hypocrisy of the Russian authorities. On February 26, she was placed under house arrest. In April 2025, Barabash was declared wanted. On March 25, 2026, she was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow","Pushkino"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow","Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW","RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":393,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ekaterina Barabash's case of \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-260/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for initiating the case were posts on Facebook published in 2022 and 2023, including one from March 2022, which contained the following text:\n\n\"Bastards—so you claim you want Ukraine as a friend, as a good neighbour? Is that why you invaded a foreign land with your tanks, APCs, and future corpses in uniform with rifles? Is that why you bombed the country, razed entire cities to the ground, killed a hundred children, shot civilians for no reason, kept Mariupol under blockade, and have deprived millions of people of a normal life, forcing them to flee abroad? All for the sake of friendship with Ukraine?\" ","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 25.02.2025 to 26.02.2025\n• house arrest: from 26.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.03.2026, Sentence: 5 years’ imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years’ imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-25T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-25T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 24-03-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/barabash-ekaterina-yurevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reckNPBecrbSIX2pe"},{"persecution_id":"recUYOBkYxo2gC8Lc","last_updated":"2025-03-30T20:00:01.000Z","person_id":"reciuxDTR3nLkHcDH","name_en":"Vasily Shishkin","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Prokopyevsk (Kemerovo Region). On 21 January 2025 he was detained after a search. On 23 January, the court placed him under house arrest on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation because of his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - organising meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Prokopyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vasily Shishkin's case on organizing activities of an extremist organization","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 21.01.2025 to 23.01.2025\n• house arrest: from 23.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. 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On 27 February 2025, she arrived at the Investigative Committee together with supporters and was detained. The following day, she was taken into custody. On 26 August 2025, she was sentenced to one year and seven months of community service. Taking into account the time spent in a remand centre, she will effectively serve one month of community service.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":237,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Olga Tsukanova's case of failing to comply with the obligations of a \"foreign agent\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"New consideration","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.02.2025 to 28.02.2025\n• in custody: from 28.02.2025 to 26.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.08.2025, Sentence: 1 year 7 months' corrective labour withholding 10% of the salary with a ban on administration of websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 7 months' corrective labour withholding 10% of the salary with a ban on administration of websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-26T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-26T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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According to the version of the investigation, she \"rejoiced at the commission of one of the terrorist attacks on the territory of Russia\" and \"wanted the Russians to feel the same as the Ukrainians felt\". The FSB claims that during interrogation she stated that she \"considered the possibility\" of committing sabotage and \"made contact with the Ukrainian side\" to do so. On 27 June 2025, she was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_minor":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":118,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E,C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"An Arkhangelsk resident's case of calling for terrorism and activities aimed against the security of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-12/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution were some messages in \"public chat rooms\". The investigation believes that the woman \"supported the ideology of terrorism, as well as posted information materials calling for implementation of terrorist activities\". \"Rossiiskaia gazeta\" with reference to the FSB writes that \"the suspect, feeling hatred towards Russia and citizens of the Russian Federation, adhering to radical views, sought opportunities to help the armed forces and nationalist formations of Ukraine\". According to the investigation, the woman \"rejoiced at the commission of one of the terrorist attacks on the territory of Russia\" and \"wanted Russians to feel the same as Ukrainians felt\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.03.2025 to 16.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Arkhangelsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Arkhangelsk Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.06.2025, Sentence: 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvbaw2WlHyJYm2Q"},{"persecution_id":"recYV3I7SQr6MJ3bv","last_updated":"2025-08-23T18:25:31.000Z","person_id":"recE803EsiDJttSEx","name_en":"Markus Mur","birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ekaterinburg. No later than February 2024, he was detained at the airport and, according to his friends, was interrogated in a some kind of case on calls to extremism, the details are unknown. Later, according to the friends, he was detained on the street and sent for compulsory treatment by court order in a drug possession case, the circumstances of the case are unknown. When he left the hospital is also unknown. On 5 March 2025, he was detained on suspicion of calling for terrorism. According to the investigation, he called for throwing Molotov cocktails at military recruiting offices and military units.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Markus Mur's case of calling to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on his page \"Markus Toksicheskin\" in the \"VKontakte\" social network, he published calls to throw Molotov cocktails at military enlistment centres and military units.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYV3I7SQr6MJ3bv"},{"persecution_id":"rec7cNssS5pA8lR5Z","last_updated":"2025-08-27T18:24:46.000Z","person_id":"rechkftP06ObQvTiN","name_en":"Tatiana Belova","birth_year":1984,"age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Murom. On March 5, 2025, she was detained for dancing in her underwear near a monument to those who died in the Great Patriotic War and a monument in the form of artillery. According to official information, in 2023, she was fined 30,000 rubles for a similar dance.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Tatyana Belova's case for dancing in underwear","case_number":"2-21/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating the case was a dance in underwear near a monument to those who died in the Great Patriotic War and a monument in the form of artillery.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec7cNssS5pA8lR5Z"},{"persecution_id":"recmPLPXtPLuch1Gv","last_updated":"2026-02-09T12:15:26.000Z","person_id":"recdEdxR6yWGbu9a2","name_en":"Aleksandr Arsenev","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-08-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Moscow resident. According to unofficial data, he had six previous convictions. He was detained and taken to St. Petersburg on account of a case on vandalism and discrediting the Russian armed Forces, initiated because of several inscriptions \"I don't want to get used to war\" made in that city. On 7 March 2025, Arsenev was placed in custody. The United Press Service of the St. Petersburg courts said in a statement that he admitted that he had left the inscriptions \"for selfish motives\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 214","Part 2, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Arsenev's case of the inscriptions in Saint Petersburg","case_number":"1-125/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no later than 8:23 p.m. on 24 February 2025, being in a public place near the Mayak fence, located at 22-1A Yuzhnaya Doroga street, St. Petersburg, Aleksandr carried out public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation in order to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens and to maintain international peace and security, including public calls to prevent the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation. He made a certain inscription on the said fence, thereby causing damage to the property of the owner of the fence in the amount of at least 10,000 roubles (111US$). A similar inscription was also placed on Konyushennaya Square.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 23-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/arsenev-aleksandr-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recmPLPXtPLuch1Gv"},{"persecution_id":"rec1VMKmNQb3K6kMk","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:38:26.000Z","person_id":"recSlMKgG1YFWHwGN","name_en":" Unknown male 280","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaluga Oblast. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organization due to his alleged involvement with the organizations of Alexei Navalny. In February 2025, it became known that a case was also opened against him for assisting in sabotage and calling for activities against security of the Russian Federation: according to the investigation, he called for sabotage and disruption of an industrial plant to interfere with the war.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 281.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4","281.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4","Part 3, Article 281.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case against a resident of Kaluga Oblast for assisting in sabotage and inciting activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1VMKmNQb3K6kMk"},{"persecution_id":"recAcu4SLn1Bhd2jn","last_updated":"2025-08-31T14:59:57.000Z","person_id":"rec5AXGeUzykKkmT0","name_en":" Unknown female 54","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kemerovo region. In February 2025, it became known that a case was initiated against her for financing extremist activities on account of her donations to the organisation of \"citizens of the USSR\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from September 2022 to April 2023, she transferred money from her bank account to the account of an organization whose abbreviated name is \"phonetically similar to the name of the Soviet Union\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAcu4SLn1Bhd2jn"},{"persecution_id":"recNS4WjrswimuNFy","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:50:13.000Z","person_id":"recLAvnVfLyNo4FMC","name_en":" Unknown male 284","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Oktyabrsky (Bashkortostan). In February 2025, a case of the activities of an extremist organisation was initiated against him for his the involvement in the activities of the “Citizens of the USSR” organisation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"“Citizen of the USSR”'s case in Bashkortostan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participation in \"extremist\" organisations","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNS4WjrswimuNFy"},{"persecution_id":"recT6YmDnHvULUyXv","last_updated":"2025-04-01T19:03:02.000Z","person_id":"rec0QWJ0Va8q17jmd","name_en":" Unknown female 55","birth_year":1996,"age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Smolensk. A criminal case was initiated against her for disseminating disrespectful information about the days of military glory because of two social media posts in which she spoke negatively about Victory Day.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Smolensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"A Smolensk resident's case of expressing disrespect towards Victory Day ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in April 2022, in one of the social networks, she posted a comment in a social media group under a news article, which contained clear signs of disrespect for the memorable dates of Russia associated with the defence of the Fatherland. She posted another similar comment under another news article a year later.\" The linguistic experts who issued an expetise on the case considered that the text contained \"a negative assessment of the memorable dates associated with Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 03-03-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/03/d51168/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recT6YmDnHvULUyXv"},{"persecution_id":"recsk1IXKMfBie7TT","last_updated":"2025-10-23T13:53:13.000Z","person_id":"recaejFgn2zUTSGIT","name_en":"Igor Fisiuk","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Chernogorsk (Khakassia, a Republic located in southern Siberia). In March 2025, it was reported that a case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, relating to his alleged involvement with the \"Citizens of the USSR\" movement. On 29 July 2025, the court sentenced him to two years of comunity service.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":150,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The \"citizen of USSR\" case in Chernogorsk","case_number":"1-168/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was a member of the banned community of \"Citizens of the USSR\" and promoted its activities: he advertised the organisation in personal conversations and created a community called \"People's Committee of the USSR. Krasnoyarsk\" on the social networks \"Odnoklassniki\" and \"VKontakte\", as well as on the WhatsApp and Telegram messengers, where he posted materials promoting the  organisation's ideology. In particular, he promoted the idea of the illegitimacy of the Russian Federation as a state and was aimed at inciting ethnic hatred.\n\nIn court, it was clarified that Fisiuk informed Internet users about the activities of the banned organization \"Citizens of the USSR\" on the territory of the Russian Federation, about the non-recognition of the Russian Federation as a state; the illegitimacy of the system of state authorities of the Russian Federation; the illegitimacy of the current legislation of the Russian Federation; the need to create other state authorities and administration, calling for the renunciation of Russian citizenship, refusal to pay taxes, state duties, utility payments, as well as the need to withdraw from the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.07.2025, Sentence: Two years of compulsory labour, along with restricted liberty and an indefinite ban on website administration.\n\n","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour","Restriction of liberty","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"Two years of compulsory labour, along with restricted liberty and an indefinite ban on website administration.\n\n","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-29T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recsk1IXKMfBie7TT"},{"persecution_id":"recKJGteCpnYATl3L","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"recnTHJPuMDtItAb1","name_en":"Sergey Medvedev","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Political scientist, teacher, presenter of historical programmes on TV channels and radio stations. In September 2022, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In March 2025, it became known that a case was brought against Medvedev for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. In May 2025, the case went to court and it became known that the political scientist was also accused of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. On 29 September 2025, Medvedev was sentenced in absentia to ten years in a general regime penal colony. A case of evasion of duties as a \"foreign agent\" was also brought against the political scientist. In March 2026, Medvedev was sentenced in absentia in this case, taking into account the sentence for the previous case, to 11 and a half years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":271,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Medvedev's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated due to Medvedev's statements on the YouTube channel of Radio Liberty: a statement that \"the Russian army military destroyed Mariupol and killed 20,000 civilians\" and a claim that the Malaysian Boeing was shot down by a Russian-operated armed warhead.\nIn September and November 2023, Medvedev was fined under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences): in the first case for a Facebook post, and in the second for a short video about the seizure of Bakhmut on Radio Liberty's YouTube channel .","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 10.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.09.2025, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment in absentia, a 5 years' ban on administering Internet resources","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment in absentia, a 5 years' ban on administering Internet resources","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":120,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-29T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-29T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKJGteCpnYATl3L"},{"persecution_id":"recVKS5lBfdrUZLqK","last_updated":"2026-01-17T10:48:27.000Z","person_id":"reco5ZzBrV3GPTtJR","name_en":"Anton Zaretskii","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Gatchina (Leningrad Oblast). He worked in the police for some time. In recent years, up until his arrest, he worked as an electrician. He was detained and taken into custody in March 2025. He was prosecuted for publicly justifying terrorism over two comments. One was posted under a report about a terrorist attack in Moscow on 24 July 2024, when a car carrying a serviceman from a military unit registered in a building of the Main Intelligence Directorate was blown up, resulting in the loss of his feet. The investigation claims that the car was destroyed on the orders of the Security Service of Ukraine. The second comment concerned a drone strike on a residential building in Engels (Saratov Oblast).\n\nOn 2 September 2025, the court sentenced Zaretsky to a fine of 400,000 rubles. 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In March 2025, a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of comments in which he expressed support for the Ukrainian military and wrote \"To blow up the Kremlin and build a tomb\". On 12 March, a video was published where the detainee says that he has a negative attitude towards the Russian authorities because of the increase in the retirement age and the lack of quality medicine, but asks for forgiveness because of the comments.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Orsk resident's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the comment \"Well done, guys\" to the Ukrainian military, and also wrote \"Blow up the Kremlin and build a tomb\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOmioNhpYWPjIx3"},{"persecution_id":"recNmNshnAnAcMAMk","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:36:55.000Z","person_id":"receavW5fATCCSeXe","name_en":" Unknown male 292","birth_year":1995,"age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Izhevsk, has a criminal record. A case on calls to terrorism was opened against him because of his calls for \"violent actions against representatives of state authorities\". On 7 March 2025, he was placed in custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of an Izhevsk resident on incitement to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in November 2024, while in the territory of the Udmurt Republic, via the information and telecommunications network “Internet“ he published a text, which contained a public call to carry out terrorist activities, namely violent actions against representatives of state authorities.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNmNshnAnAcMAMk"},{"persecution_id":"recCLkftOK9eFzW4B","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:38:14.000Z","person_id":"recjoYjzekyFT71TK","name_en":" Unknown female 56","birth_year":1986,"age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Resident of Yalta. In March 2025, it became known that a case was opened against her for calls to extremism in connection with calls to kill Russians. She was given a recognisance not to leave the city.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yalta"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 280 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 280 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"A Yalta resident's case of calls to extremism","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCLkftOK9eFzW4B"},{"persecution_id":"rec1ekf9VySVFp7UQ","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:38:16.000Z","person_id":"recuIV4jTY9hFejqd","name_en":" Unknown male 293","birth_year":2005,"age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Alexandrov (Vladimir region). In March 2025, it became known that a case had been opened against him because of a 2022 comment in which, according to the investigation, he called for the murder of Russian servicemen. The signature on non-departure was taken from the young man. 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In March 2025, it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of publications in support of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"A Bashkortostan resident's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being a supporter of the terrorist organisation \"RDK\" (Russian Volunteer. 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Owned a firm dealing with plumbing and engineering networks. A case of financing extremist activities was opened against him in connection with four Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) transfers. On 12 March 2025 he was searched and interrogated on 17 March. Tveritin was given a covenant not to leave the country. He left Russia and was arrested in absentia. 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By order of the head of the Investigative Committee, a criminal case of incitement to hatred was opened against him because of a post on Odnoklassniki (social media platform), where under a news article about the rise in egg prices in Russia there was a comment with a picture of chickens captioned \"No damn way you'll buy these eggs now! Bring back the roosters from the battlefield.\" Baratov claimed that his page had been hacked and this post was published by another person. On 19 January 2024, he was taken into custody. On 12 August 2024, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony.\n\nIn March 2025, it became known that a case of work disorganization in the (correctional) institution was brought against Baratov in the colony: the reason was the statement of the head of the unit, who claimed that during communication through the feeder of the Punishment Isolation Cell (SHIZO) Baratov snatched away his video recorder and threw it at his chest, causing pain.\n\nOn 28 August 2025, the court of appeal reduced Baratov's sentence in the hate speech case to three years and two months in a penal colony settlement.\n\nOn 20 October 2025, the court sentenced him to a year and eight months in a strict regime colony in the case of disorganisation of the colony's activities.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NGR"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":233,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 321 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["321"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 321"],"case_name_en":"Usman Baratov's case of desorganization of the work of a colony","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of the statement of the head of a unit in the colony, who claimed that during communication through the feeder of the punishment cell Baratov took away his video recorder and threw it at his chest, causing pain.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Novgorod region\"\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Novgorod Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 01.09.2025\n• in custody:  to 05.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Novgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Novgorod Oblast\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.10.2025, Sentence: 1 year 8 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 8 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":20,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-20T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-20T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckcDz4NdDoxKHOK"},{"persecution_id":"rec2NZ2SbmM7n0rso","last_updated":"2026-03-06T15:45:23.000Z","person_id":"rec7FNfOXURPp0T9D","name_en":"Artemy Ostanin","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow, stand-up comedian. In March 2025, he was prosecuted for incitement to hatred. The reason was his joke about a man who lost his legs due to a landmine explosion, with whom he had a conflict in the metro. The case was initiated after the statement of the movement \"Call of the People\". According to the investigation, Ostanin \"made negative and insulting comments about a participant of a special military operation.\" The comedian himself claims that his joke had nothing to do with the war, and the man he joked about was \"a beggar in the underground who has been skateboarding without legs for about 20 years\".\n\nOn 18 March 2025, Ostanin was detained in Belarus. When detained, he was shorn of his hair and put not only in handcuffs but also a meat grinder - apparently related to one of his recent speeches, in which he ironised about the fact that in Murmansk region mothers of war dead were given meat grinders. The defence lawyer stated that Ostanin was severely beaten during his detention. On 19 March he was taken into custody in Moscow.\n\nIn December 2025 it became known that Ostanin was also accused of offending the feelings of believers because of a joke about Christ.\n\nOn 4 February 2026, the court sentenced him to five years and nine months in a general regime colony and a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":340,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["case includes denunciation","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282","148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282","Part 1, Article 148"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of the organised criminal group of preparing jokes offensive to the feelings of believers"],"case_name_en":"Artemy Ostanin's case of incitement to hatred and offending the feelings of believers","case_number":"01-0873/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"having extensive knowledge in the field of religious studies, seeking to create publicity around his own persona\", no later than on 7 March 2024, he \"created an organised criminal group to develop and produce derogatory short speeches\". Unidentified individuals assisted him in writing the material and in filming and editing his performances. \"He made negative and insulting statements about a participant in the special military operation.\" The base for the accusation of insulting the feelings of believers was a joke with the following text: \"I turned to Jesus, he answered me, come to think of it. We sat down, had a drink <...> He said, I brought information to people. What did they do to me? [They] Crucified [me]. Do you know what happened before I was crucified? Praying for the cup, because it dries up badly after partying.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 19.03.2025 to 06.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.03.2025 to 19.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 06.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.02.2026, Sentence: 5 years and 9 months in a general regime colony and a fine of 300,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 9 months in a general regime colony and a fine of 300,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":69,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-04T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-04T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 23-06-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/ostanin-artemij-romanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec2NZ2SbmM7n0rso"},{"persecution_id":"recBRZqWxxntkXbkR","last_updated":"2025-12-04T15:54:43.000Z","person_id":"recKIHl2IjzsLTt27","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":2010,"birth_date":"2010-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":15,"age_group_en":"under eighteen years old","age_persecution_began":15,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Stavropol, a schoolgirl. On February 16, 2025, the police detained her on suspicion of writing \"Navalny\" at a bus stop. She was then released, but that same evening her home was searched in connection with a vandalism case.\n\nOn October 8, 2025, the court sentenced her to 70 hours of community service.","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Stavropol"],"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":234,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214"],"case_name_en":"Stavropol schoolgirl's case of vandalism ","case_number":"01-0023/6/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, she wrote “Navalny” at a bus stop.","persecution_location_en":"Location unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["released under obligation to appear in court"],"restraint_measures_en":"• released under obligation to appear in court: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 24.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.10.2025, Sentence: 70 hours of community service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"70 hours of community service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-08T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-08T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBRZqWxxntkXbkR"},{"persecution_id":"recfhmylzxxHNId6I","last_updated":"2026-01-01T22:37:39.000Z","person_id":"recyPjm1gJhIRYh6u","name_en":"Sergei Ezhov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-05-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The Insider journalist. In July 2024, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". On 17 March 2025, Ezhov's parents were searched. It became known that a case was opened against him for evasion of the duties of a \"foreign agent\". Later, it was reported that the case also includes charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and financing of extremist activities due to cooperation with the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 1 November, Ezhov was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ryazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-RYA"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":229,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1","282.2","282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1","Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Ezhov's case of evading his duties as a \"foreign agent\"","case_number":"1-340/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 11 and 12 November 2024, Sergei was fined 30 thousand rubles under the article on the distribution of materials by \"foreign agents\" without the appropriate labeling (Part 4, Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).\n","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.11.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-01T05:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-01T05:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfhmylzxxHNId6I"},{"persecution_id":"recR5AZdDjbQ3N1mX","last_updated":"2026-01-18T08:25:10.000Z","person_id":"rec75TglwQa5TBGE5","name_en":"Andrei Tsarev","birth_year":1976,"age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Orenburg. Telegram channel \"Kuzbass without extremism\" claims that he is a \"regional activist of the USSR movement\". In March 2025, it became known that a case of desecration of symbols of military glory was brought against him because of a publication with the image of Nazi symbols over the St George's ribbon and a \"historically inaccurate inscription\". The Orenburg resident was placed under house arrest.\n\nOn 25 November 2025, the court sentenced Tsarev to two and a half years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":269,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"An Orenburg resident's case of desecration of symbols of military glory","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August 2024, he published on one of the social networks an image of Nazi symbols on top of the St. George ribbon. The image was accompanied by a historically inaccurate inscription.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-11-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.03.2025 to 25.11.2025\n• in custody: from 25.11.2025 to 17.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.12.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.11.2025, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony and 3 years' ban on publishing materials on the internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony and 3 years' ban on publishing materials on the internet","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-25T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-25T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recR5AZdDjbQ3N1mX"},{"persecution_id":"recaKYodGPpgVXEu2","last_updated":"2026-01-13T09:39:20.000Z","person_id":"rec7hlHRADIdLJzZz","name_en":"Yulia Morozova","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Magadan who helps abandoned animals. In 2020, she ran as a candidate for the Magadan City Duma representing the CPRF. In March 2025, it was reported that a case was opened against her for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation due to two comments posted in the Telegram channel \"Ves Magadan\" (\"All Magadan\"). On 25 April 2025, Morozova was sentenced to two years’ suspended imprisonment, along with a two-year ban on administering websites and social media pages, and posting appeals online.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magadan"],"persecution_region_en":["Magadan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MAG"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":114,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Magadan resident for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-325/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"Comments that Morozova left in the Telegram channel “Ves Magadan” (“All of Magadan”) in 2023 led to the initiation of a case against her. One comment stated: “One day, we will all be held accountable for these bastards in power.” She also expressed willingness to pay reparations to Ukraine, “even though this will not bring the dead back to life.” The second comment described the Russian invasion as a “senseless massacre.” Additionally, it said:\n\n“And you, f****** retards, aren’t bothered by the question: why go to war at all and send people to die? And it doesn’t matter what nationality they are? Are you f****** stupid? My whole family, starting with my grandparents, served in the military, and they all shouted in unison: God forbid we see another war. You have no brains. Read history, especially about Hitler’s Nazism. Once you’ve read it, you will understand what is happening now.”\n\nIn June 2022, Morozova was fined under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of a comment on Instagram that said:\n\n“I believe that everyone who SUPPORTS this disgrace called the ‘special operation’ should go and fight there. No? 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On 11 March 2014, he was detained in connection with hanging the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany on the building of the Kaliningrad Region Federal Security Service Directorate. Savvin was first accused of using obscene language and ordered administrative arrest, after which his flat was searched. When the administrative arrest was coming to an end, he was given another term of administrative arrest, again for swearing, and at one of the rallies a few weeks before. At the end of April, he was detained on charges of hooliganism in connection with the display of the FRG flag on the building of the FSB Department, after which he was ordered to be remanded in custody. The investigation claimed that Savvin, together with Dmitrii Fonarev and Mikhail Feldman, committed the act of hooliganism out of hatred for veterans. On 17 June 2015, he was sentenced to a year and a month of imprisonment served in pre-trial detention and released in the courtroom. On 7 October, the court of second instance upheld the sentence, the hate motive was excluded from the charges.\nIn March 2025, a case was brought against Savvin for disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of a post in which he accused the Russian army of crimes against planet Earth in connection with the situation surrounding Ukrainian power plants. On 20 March, he was placed in custody. On 26 December 2025, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Savvin's case","case_number":"1-378/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he accused the Russian army of committing crimes against the planet Earth in connection with the situation surrounding Ukrainian power plants.","persecution_location_en":"Under investigation without preventive measure","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case sent for re-examination","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","temporary hospitalisation","no preventive measure"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 19.03.2025 to 20.03.2025\n• in custody: from 20.03.2025 to 14.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 14.07.2025 to 16.09.2025, ГБУЗ \"Психиатрическая больница‍ ‍Калининградской области\" ‍\n• no preventive measure: from 16.09.2025 to 19.09.2025\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 19.09.2025 to 22.02.2026, ГБУЗ \"Психиатрическая больница‍ ‍Калининградской области\" ‍\n• no preventive measure: from 22.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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According to the investigation, he called to join the \"Freedom of Russia\" legion and the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\".\n\nIn April 2026, the court sentenced him to five years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":412,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The resident of Sebastopol's case of calling for terrorism","case_number":"1-195/2026 (1-734/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in the period from August 2023 to August 2024, on a regular basis he disseminated in the social network \"VKontakte\" posts with signs of propaganda of terrorist ideology, as well as calls to join the terrorist organisations \"Legion of Freedom of Russia\" and \"Russian Volunteer Corps\" banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.04.2026, Sentence: 5 years in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-17T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-17T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4nL7VLpdxJMzLx"},{"persecution_id":"recTNMeUQOYR69yqE","last_updated":"2025-11-24T16:53:08.000Z","person_id":"recskmMTv6BWGVnwq","name_en":"Igor Markov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Dimitrovgrad (Ulyanovsk region). A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities in connection with money transfers to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. In February 2025, the court selected a preventive measure against him in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 20 May 2025, he was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Dimitrovgrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":79,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"A Dimitrovgrad resident's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-131/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from August 2021 to February 2022, he made at least seven transfers to the account of a non-profit organization that was designated as extremist in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 26.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.05.2025","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-19T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTNMeUQOYR69yqE"},{"persecution_id":"recm57CjYpKLd1t1n","last_updated":"2026-02-12T16:23:32.000Z","person_id":"recaL4SPM2X2FiOIn","name_en":"Valeria Vetoshkina","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-04-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lawyer, previously a member of \"Team 29\". In November 2021, she was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In March 2025, it became known that a case was opened against Vetoshkina for failure to fulfil the duties of a \"foreign agent\". In May 2025, the Ministry of Internal Affairs put her on the wanted list.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Valeria Vetoshkina's case of evading duties of \"foreign agent\"","case_number":"1-6/2026-39","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 18.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recm57CjYpKLd1t1n"},{"persecution_id":"recc8nWUxAaQcWtM0","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recNZcUyWuWNxu9W9","name_en":"Vakhtangi Rogava","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. He studied at the Institute of Film and Television, worked as an extra in films, and later became an advertising professional, working at KudaGo. In March 2025, a criminal case was opened against him for publicly justifying terrorism over a comment in the \"WESTERLY\" Telegram channel, in which he spoke approvingly of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\" (RVC): “What are you all talking about, are you kidding? Those Russians no longer exist; there is only a small number left, among which a small percentage of normal people have miraculously survived, such as the RVC.” On March 27, he was taken into custody. \n\nOn July 23, 2025, the court sentenced him to three and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists","Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":144,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of publicly justifying terrorism in Saint Petersburg","case_number":"2-52/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, he left “approving comments under posts about the ‘achievements’ of the ‘Russian Volunteer Corps’ (RVC) terrorist organization in battles against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.”\n\nSOTAvision reported that in court the prosecution presented one comment left by Rogava: “What are you all talking about, are you kidding? Those Russians no longer exist; only a small number remain, among whom a small percentage of normal people have miraculously survived, such as the RVC.”","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 01.03.2025 to 27.03.2025\n• in custody: from 27.03.2025 to 22.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 22.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of St. Petersburg and Lenigrad region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.07.2025• First instance court on the merits, 24.07.2025, Sentence: 3.5 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3.5 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-12,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-23T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-24T12:43:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 14 October 2025, Russia's Federal Security Service reported about the initiation of a case against Shulman and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.\n\nOn 2 March 2026, Shulman was sentenced in absentia to a year in a penal colony for evading her duties as a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":366,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Ekaterina Shulman’s case on evading the obligations of a foreign agent","case_number":"01-0230/2026","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 25.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.03.2026, Sentence: 1 year's deprivation of liberty in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's deprivation of liberty in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-02T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-02T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recyRRKtBF5PL9yfV"},{"persecution_id":"recOK1qEkc8t32vRy","last_updated":"2026-04-03T11:45:52.000Z","person_id":"recwxcWauHBfKXHh4","name_en":"Vladimir Pushkov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tomsk. 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The mobilized - generally, too. But the rest, especially the volunteers... I can't treat them as anything but criminals\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 25.08.2025 to 24.08.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.08.2025, Sentence: A fine in the amount of 700 000 rubles, ban on online posts for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine in the amount of 700 000 rubles, ban on online posts for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":700000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-07T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-07T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqdz9wVOouDrRrZ"},{"persecution_id":"recFXKHGRNiq6Gas8","last_updated":"2026-01-27T15:35:02.000Z","person_id":"recURLH6eCL74jzG0","name_en":" Unknown male 304","birth_year":2001,"age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Prokopyevsk (Kemerovo Region). 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In addition, he published an image of a symbol of military glory with a comment \"insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland\", the Investigative Committee says, without giving other details. 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In March 2025, she was prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. 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In February 2025, a case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses. 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In February 2025, a case was opened against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses. 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He was prosecuted for evasion of his duties as a \"foreign agent\", since he is listed in the register of \"foreign agents\" as one of the participants of \"Coming Out\". In March 2025 it became known that Voronov was put on a wanted list, and in April 2025 he was arrested in absentia.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Voronov's case","case_number":"1-841/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being the director of the LGBT initiative group \"Coming Out\" (\"Vykhod\") (the LGBT movement is banned in the Russian Federation), recognised as an unregistered public association performing the functions of a foreign agent, having been brought twice within a year to administrative liability under part 2 of article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, continuing his illegal activities, being in a place not specified by the investigation, from 1 August 2024 Voronov deliberately failed to submit to the authorised body the information, the submission of which is required by the legislation of the Russian Federation on foreign agents.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 29.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJIh60IwBnUlJl1"},{"persecution_id":"reccXhf9OXZpDzvXI","last_updated":"2026-03-29T19:07:15.000Z","person_id":"reckjrEaY6fDLvyoc","name_en":"Alexandra Kazantseva","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A sex educator and the author of the Telegram channel “Pomyla ruki.” In February 2023, she was added to the register of “foreign agents.” In March 2025, it became known that she had been placed on a wanted list — as later emerged, in connection with a case concerning failure to fulfill the obligations of a “foreign agent.” When the case was submitted to court on 3 October 2025, it emerged that she was also accused of disseminating knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and of inducing participation in an extremist organization. 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On March 27, 2025, a search was conducted in his home as part of a case regarding the organization of an extremist organization due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are persecuted under extremist laws solely due to their religious activities, including holding meetings, conducting worship services, and recruiting new followers.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tambov"],"persecution_region_en":["Tambov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TAM"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Tambov","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was engaged in \"organising the activities of a religious association... by organising religious performances and services\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTAqLzUtBJ5dVpS"},{"persecution_id":"recLMhDlSoTVxpIeR","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:19:00.000Z","person_id":"rec0DiM81pwuHjh1X","name_en":" Unknown male 307","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaliningrad, he was a preacher at the International Church of Scientology. 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In total, he transferred 38,000 rubles for this purpose. He created a non-profit legal entity in the region and involved more than 50 people in the activities of the \"undesirable\" organization. \"The purpose of the activity was declared the protection of the environment by professing the religious precepts of the community. The money received from the followers, among other things, was used to finance the activities of a foreign state\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLMhDlSoTVxpIeR"},{"persecution_id":"recZ7mC7sinRvcc9g","last_updated":"2025-11-14T23:23:13.000Z","person_id":"recowh4EOaPQxZoBf","name_en":"Victoria Brazhnik","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. A case was initiated against her for financing an \"undesirable\" organisation due to the transfer to the Ukrainian Spiritual Centre \"Revival\". Telegram channel SOTAvision reports that a measure of restraint not related to imprisonment was elected be court for her. On 31 March 2025, the case came to court. 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Mamporiia was placed under house arrest, and on 15 January 2026 he was taken into custody after the penal inspectorate reported that he had posted comments online while under restrictions.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Mamporiia's case of repeated display of extremist symbols","case_number":"1-529/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he wrote \"Glory to Ukraine\" in a comment on social media.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 04.04.2025 to 15.01.2026\n• in custody: from 15.01.2026 to 15.07.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.05.2026","verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"last_verdict_date":"2026-05-05T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKAx50wsQuiai7x"},{"persecution_id":"recmlww9Zc12H4Tsl","last_updated":"2026-01-13T11:34:30.000Z","person_id":"rec5w3VXX50PofIeu","name_en":"Egor Beloglazov","birth_year":1976,"age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Egor Beloglazov was a resident of Yekaterinburg and a poet. He spoke out on social media against the war, political repression, and the Russian authorities. On 1 April 2025, a search was carried out at his home. It later became known that a criminal case had been opened against him on charges of insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and offending the feelings of believers.\n\nThe first charge was related to an image depicting Vladimir Putin with St George ribbons protruding from his eyes and mouth.\n\nThe charge of offending the feelings of believers concerned three posts on VKontakte. One of them featured an anime-style image of Jesus and the Mother of God, accompanied by a comment by Beloglazov in which he compared the New Testament to fan fiction based on the Old Testament. The poet noted that the Old Testament contains elements resembling yaoi and yuri—genres of manga and anime depicting same-sex relationships between male or female characters.\n\nAnother post contained a demotivator showing an explosion and the TOS-1 “Buratino” heavy flamethrower system, with a caption comparing the explosion to the descent of the Holy Fire at Easter. The third post was a screenshot of a message from the social network X (formerly Twitter) by a user known as “Professor Talk”, who wrote that the war in Ukraine would end only if Vladimir Putin went to the front line and was killed.\n\nBeloglazov was placed under a travel restriction.\n\nHe had been assigned a Group III disability status. He had suffered from bronchial asthma since childhood, which gradually worsened, and after contracting COVID-19 in 2020 his condition deteriorated further. Since then, Beloglazov had been forced to breathe using an oxygen concentrator and could remain disconnected from the device for no more than an hour. In March 2025, shortly before the search, the poet fell into a coma after his blood oxygen saturation dropped below 60 per cent. 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No later than April 2025, she was detained in the Novosibirsk region and placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist community and involvement in its activities due to her involvement in the project \"AntiPytki\" [antitorture], which reports on violations of prisoners' rights and publishes data of convicts who cooperate with prison guards.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","282.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 1.1, Article 282.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti Pytki project ","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckUwPFdhyz3DGaK"},{"persecution_id":"recDhkQMwAx9yZvA3","last_updated":"2026-01-27T15:30:28.000Z","person_id":"rec2f4GH4YSjoAp2b","name_en":"George V.","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Voronezh. In April 2025, it became known that a case had been opened against him, because he, as the investigation believes, acting on instructions of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), recorded a video in which he congratulated viewers on the day of military intelligence of Ukraine. On September 7 - the anniversary of the establishment of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine - RDK published a video in its Telegram channel featuring several such clips. The video was accompanied by footage of explosions at various facilities in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["private correspondence"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Voronezh resident over congratulating on anniversary of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August 2024, he communicated via the Signal messenger with representatives of Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) and, to confirm his loyalty, shot a video in which a sheet with the inscription \"Happy Day of the GUR\" could bee seen. The shooting took place near one of the military units. On September 7, the day of the establishment of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, the RDK published a video in its Telegram channel, featuring several clips with such sheets. The video was accompanied by footage of explosions at various facilities in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recDhkQMwAx9yZvA3"},{"persecution_id":"reczQokldH1tvmpVP","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recmcIq9R6LDNVWS9","name_en":"Vadim Shtepa","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Editor-in-chief of the magazine \"Region.Expert\" and a columnist for \"Radio Liberty\". He left Russia in 2015 following threats from law enforcement and comments by the then-head of Karelia, Aleksandr Khudilainen, who stated that Shtepa \"would have no freedom\" in the republic.\n\nIn 2024, the journalist was fined 5,000 roubles under an administrative protocol for participating in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\" (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The protocol was based on the journalist's appearance at a press conference for the \"Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum\" — an organisation that had been declared \"undesirable\" in the spring of 2023.\n\nIn May 2025, it was revealed that a criminal case had been initiated against Shtepa for participating in the activities of a terrorist community.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vadim Shtepa's case","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reczQokldH1tvmpVP"},{"persecution_id":"recCzUnZcr2aZdHGB","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"rectIHWwOvAEkAPqM","name_en":"Oleg Postnikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attEDJMPuAPOtKCsX.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attEDJMPuAPOtKCsX.png"],"birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Birobidzhan. On 12 February 2020, a case was brought against him for participation in an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, and attracting new supporters. On 25 April 2022, Oleg Postnikov was sentenced to five and a half years suspended sentence. On 11 October, the Court of Appeal overturned the sentence and sent the case for review. On 23 August 2023, a similar sentence was handed down.\n\nOn 3 April 2025, Postnikov's home was searched in a new case in connection with the community's activities. He was taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation.\n\nOn 12 February 2026, the court sentenced him to six years and two months in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":315,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Postnikov's case","case_number":"1-65/2026 (1-517/2025)","persecution_case_profile_en":"-","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.02.2026, Sentence: 6 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 4 years' ban on engaging in activities related to management and participation in the work of public organizations, 1 year 8 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 2 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony, 4 years' ban on engaging in activities related to management and participation in the work of public organizations, 1 year 8 months' restriction of liberty","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":74,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-12T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-12T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recCzUnZcr2aZdHGB"},{"persecution_id":"rec1zWX2lSzzINoOw","last_updated":"2026-01-11T16:30:07.000Z","person_id":"rec0KfGYWNhH9kFWS","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ust-Ilimsk. On 5 January 2025 she was searched. A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against her because of her comment about Ruslan Zinin's shooting at a chief enlistment officer. On 9 April 2025, the woman was sentenced to a fine of 360 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":94,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The Ust-Ilimsk's resident's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of the comment about Ruslan Zinin's shooting at the chief enlistment officer.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2025, Sentence: A fine of 360,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 360,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":360000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-09T09:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-09T09:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1zWX2lSzzINoOw"},{"persecution_id":"recREtxNNLG3rFXxt","last_updated":"2026-02-13T15:02:52.000Z","person_id":"recqOSdLg7xqIcbT3","name_en":"Viktor Velikov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attJ4Wt31moiHOHfl.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attJ4Wt31moiHOHfl.jpg"],"birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On 10 April 2025, he was placed in custody in a case of financing extremist activities due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nThen Velikov was also charged under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.\n\nOn 18 December 2025, the court sentenced him to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":261,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_group_en":["The sixth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow on financing extremist activities","case_number":"01-0578/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2025, Sentence: 5.5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and a ban on engaging in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of public religious organizations for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5.5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and a ban on engaging in activities related to the leadership and participation in the work of public religious organizations for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-18T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-18T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recREtxNNLG3rFXxt"},{"persecution_id":"recLK49cknMNgSFDQ","last_updated":"2025-10-27T11:47:50.000Z","person_id":"recqQ64bx4IavDrtO","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Saransk, employee of an IT company. On 8 April 2025, a case was brought against him for financing extremist activities due to the transfer of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 15 September 2025, he was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saransk"],"persecution_region_en":["Mordovia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MO"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":167,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation in Saransk","case_number":"1-136/2025","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 11.04.2025 to 01.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2025, Sentence: fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLK49cknMNgSFDQ"},{"persecution_id":"recLoljxRaZZmMmcb","last_updated":"2025-04-14T15:18:53.000Z","person_id":"rec5i0Rc7jpmt7fPI","name_en":"Vyacheslav K.","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Krasnoyarsk. 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In April 2025, a case was brought against him for desecration of symbols of military glory because he and his friends were drinking beer near the Eternal Flame. A video with his apologies was published. 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State Duma deputy Andrei Alshevskikh requested to prosecute Borovik under the administrative article on discrediting the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), then the prosecutor's office blocked Borovik's VKontakte page, but later the police closed the administrative case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. However, later the court still fined the former deputy 45 thousand rubles under this article. In 2023, Borovik was denied registration as a self-nominated candidate in the Ekaterinburg City Duma elections, but later the Supreme Court ruled the refusal illegal, after which Alshevskikh started writing denunciations against Borovik, which eventually became the reason for opening a criminal case on public justification of terrorism. What exactly became the formal reason for the case is unknown.\nIn April 2025, it became known that Borovik was also prosecuted for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. Presumably, the reason was a post dedicated to the initiation of the first criminal case, in which the former deputy, in particular, calls the war \"absolutely unmotivated, invasive, fratricidal\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Borovik's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"Allegedly, the grounds for initiating the case were a post in which Borovik described the war as \"completely unprovoked, aggressive, and fratricidal.\"\n\nOn May 14, 2024, Borovik was fined 45,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recuf2M6p5Z6PVGxi"},{"persecution_id":"recjwBLNTpdj0zG5H","last_updated":"2025-04-28T13:38:50.000Z","person_id":"rec7VFkSsDpKdvudi","name_en":"George Minasyan","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St Petersburg. He was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of a comment in which he bluntly approved the shelling of Belgorod on 30 December 2023 - one of the most brutal strikes of the AFU on the territory of the Russian Federation, which killed at least 25 people. A measure of restriction in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen for Minasyan.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Georgi Minasyan`s case on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in late December 2023, Minasyan posted a comment in VKontakte, \"The answer came for yesterday's mayhem) They are weeping now)\" under a post with the text \"Rostov is grieving. 14 people were killed, including 3 children. 108 were injured.\" Such a publication appeared on 30 December 2023 in the publick \"This is Rostov! 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Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new followers. In August 2025, a court in Moscow transferred the case due to jurisdiction to a court in Dmitrov, located in the Moscow region, which on 12 February 2026 sentenced Lukin to four years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":317,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3","Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_group_en":["The sixth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Lukin's case of financing extremist organisation","case_number":"01-0581/2025, 1-7/2026 (1-704/2025;)","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №8 (SIZO-8) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №8 (SIZO-8) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast ","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.02.2026, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-12T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-12T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recMd0yWUbtcywI8J"},{"persecution_id":"recvUdngbw28zyRC8","last_updated":"2025-04-28T13:38:41.000Z","person_id":"recG3zJkYPuL4LRIe","name_en":" Unknown male 318","birth_year":1967,"age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Saratov. In April 2025, it became known that a case was opened against him for calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. The reason was calls to damage a certain facility of the Russian Armed Forces.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saratov"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"A Saratov resident's case of calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being \"an adherent of a terrorist organisation recognised in Russia\", he distributed materials in one of the messengers with \"calls for actions aimed at damaging a facility of the Russian Armed Forces\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvUdngbw28zyRC8"},{"persecution_id":"receH0mkVImIuHPhw","last_updated":"2025-04-28T13:38:41.000Z","person_id":"reckfVFNEhMrbsw5I","name_en":"Unknown male 319","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A citizen of some state neighbouring the Russian Federation. In April 2025, it became known that he was detained in North Ossetia. The foreigner was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of his statements about a certain armed formation, representatives of which participate in hostilities on the side of the Ukrainian army.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Foreigner's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published materials on a \"popular social network\" about a certain armed formation, whose representatives participate in hostilities on the side of the Ukrainian army. This formation is recognised as a terrorist group in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receH0mkVImIuHPhw"},{"persecution_id":"recbOKwr2rD7tN4dl","last_updated":"2026-02-12T16:40:09.000Z","person_id":"recxSzBxVEvRSSBLg","name_en":"Timur Rzaev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg, lawyer. On 18 April 2025, he was detained at the railway station as part of a case of insulting the feelings of believers and incitement to hatred. The reason was a video shot in the residential complex Rich Art Club 3 in the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg: on it the lawyer together with another person take pictures of Easter decorations hung in the entranceway. According to the author of the video Dmitry Levenets, who lives in the house, Rzaev \"threw the icon\", and took the table with the willow tree and the lamp standing on it. At the same time, the recording, shot by Levenets himself, shows that the lawyer does not throw the icon, but picks it up from the table, holds it out to the cameraman and offers to take it away, and without receiving a response, puts it on the bottom shelf of the table. The lawyer told the publication \"Fontanka\" that he represents the interests of the tenants of this house and has an agreement to provide legal assistance in the field of housing law. \"On 13 April 2025, my principal approached me with a request to deal with the situation of illegal decoration of the house, and I took measures to bring the appearance of the house in accordance with the law,\" the lawyer said. He explained that the decoration of the house must be agreed with all residents.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case concerning the removal of the Easter decorations","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"knowing full well that in the period from 3.03.2025 to 19.04.2025 on the territory of the Russian Federation is celebrated one of the main Orthodox holidays \"Great Lent before Easter\" <...> acting deliberately, together with other unidentified persons, having the intention to offend the religious feelings of believers, carried out the tearing down of Easter paraphernalia\". The resolution to initiate a criminal case against him also states that an Orthodox icon was also thrown on the floor, accompanied by threats of violence.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbOKwr2rD7tN4dl"},{"persecution_id":"recU1ffgxdN8SwCHN","last_updated":"2025-07-21T13:25:32.000Z","person_id":"recfa4myawTQwOOXT","name_en":" Unknown male 320","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St Petersburg, together with his lawyer Timur Rzaev, removed Easter decorations from the entranceway of their building. As a result, in April 2025, he was charged with insulting religious feelings and inciting hatred.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case concerning the removal of the Easter decorations","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"fully aware that from 3 March 2025 to 19 April 2025 one of the main Orthodox holidays, Great Lent leading up to Easter, was being observed across the Russian Federation, [he] acted deliberately, together with other unidentified individuals, with the intention of offending the religious feelings of believers by tearing down Easter decorations.\" The ruling on the initiation of the case also notes that an Orthodox icon was thrown to the floor, accompanied by threats of violence. 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In June 2024, a case of discrediting the Armed Forces was reported to have been initieted against him. Zhuravlev signed a personal recognisance not to leave the country. On 17 December 2024, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.\n\nNo later than February 2025, a new case of discrediting the Armed Forces was initiated against Zhuravlev. The basis for it was an anti-war picture on VKontakte published on 24 February 2022. On 21 May 2025, Zhuravlev was sentenced to 2.5 years in a general regime colony with a two-year ban on administering websites. This sentence was imposed in conjunction with the first sentence.\n\nAnother case under this article was initiated against Zhuravlev for an anecdote about the Russian army. On 16 December 2025, the court sentenced him to two years and eight months of imprisonment in a colony in conjunction with the previous sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Akhtubinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Astrakhan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AST"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":109,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vitaly Zhuravlev's second case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was an anti-war picture in \"VKontakte\", published on 24 February 2022.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2025 to 17.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Astrakhan Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.06.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.08.2025, Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n• punishment in criminal proceedings:  to 01.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Astrakhan Oblast\n• Unknown: \n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 5 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Kirov region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.05.2025, Sentence: 2 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, with an additional ban on administering internet pages for 2 years and 6 months.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, with an additional ban on administering internet pages for 2 years and 6 months.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-21T06:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-21T06:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPyddNPe31KSIjJ"},{"persecution_id":"recHTJRE1UEgGamDS","last_updated":"2025-06-12T13:24:12.000Z","person_id":"recKA6hFJhyr5CF6F","name_en":"Sergey Kovalchenko","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-08-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A journalist, editor of the TV channel Vot Tak (Here We Go), runs a Telegram channel Entertaining conspiracy. In October 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". 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Before that, Kovalchenko was fined three times under the administrative article on violation of the legislation on \"foreign agents\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHTJRE1UEgGamDS"},{"persecution_id":"recTG7YQbxwBKKAgz","last_updated":"2026-03-12T09:29:04.000Z","person_id":"recKqwTgjpfVYUQ5T","name_en":"Irina Kostrova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attHrxJGXVTaXWLSi.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attHrxJGXVTaXWLSi.jpeg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Sochi, a history teacher, formerly a professional rhythmic gymnast, worked as a children's coach. In 2023, she received three days of administrative arrest because of a poster with a cartoon image of Putin resembling Hitler. In 2024, Kostrov was fined 30,000 roubles because of the words \"No to War\".\nIn March 2025, a case was brought against her for repeated display of Nazi symbols because of the publication of a German poster from the Second World War. The historical poster was accompanied by a text explaining the meaning and forming a negative attitude towards fascist ideology. Kostrova was detained and taken to a pre-trial detention centre, threatening that she would stay there for a year or two. The court did not elect her detention as a preventive measure. On 26 November 2025, Kostrova was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony. 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PhD student of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, civil activist. He has repeatedly faced pressure from the authorities. In November 2020, he was fined in connection with a solidarity action with residents of Khabarovsk Krai who were protesting against the arrest of the region's ex-governor, Sergey Furgal. In January 2021, Severin was arrested for five days because of a picket in support of Alexei Navalny.\nThe criminal prosecution of Severin became known in February 2021. The reason for arrest was a post on \"VKontakte\" dated 19 December 2019. On that day, a resident of Podolsk, Evgeny Manyurov, opened fire outside the FSB building on Lubyanka. According to the investigation, Severin allegedly wrote \"cut the Chekitsts\" on his page under a post about the shooting. He did not admit guilt, saying that he did not write the corresponding comment. In addition, a case of insulting a representative of the authorities was brought against him because on the day of the search he published a photo with the caption \"'We'll break through,' said the condoms\".\n\nOn 23 August 2022, Severin was sentenced to two years in a penal colony.\nOn 5 July 2023, at the request of the colony administration, the court decided to transfer Severin to a general regime colony. The appellate court upheld this decision on 12 December, despite the fact that Severin had already been released on 4 August 2023. However, on 22 August 2023, the court recalculated Severin's time spent under house arrest at the rate of two days of house arrest per day of imprisonment and ordered the released activist to spend another 84 days in the colony. On 14 December 2023, the appellate court reversed this decision and returned the case to the court of first instance. On 19 July 2024, the court again ordered Severin to spend 84 days in the colony. He was again taken into custody, after which he was sent to the colony. On 6 September 2024, Severin was released.\n\nOn 22 April 2025, Severin was searched in connection with a case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces due to conversations with prisoners in the colony about the war. The next day he was taken into custody. On 28 February 2026, Severin was sentenced in this case to three years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":302,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["conversation with cellmate"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Grigory Severin's case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-59/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, while serving a sentence in a settlement colony for an unrelated case, Severin allegedly tried to dissuade other inmates from going to war. In conversations, he reportedly said that the Russian army had suppressed protests in the occupied part of the Kherson region, tortured and beaten local residents, and detained them in so-called “basements”.\n\nOn 16 January 2024, Severin was fined 35,000 roubles under the administrative offence of discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) following a conversation with a traffic police officer.\n","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.04.2025 to 23.04.2025\n• in custody: from 23.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Lipetsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Voronezh Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.02.2026, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-18T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-18T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-grigoriya-severina-2025-goda-o-diskreditaczii-rossijskoj-armii/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recMKhTjJ42150PRT"},{"persecution_id":"rec80lX9do1s0gEHM","last_updated":"2026-02-27T21:26:12.000Z","person_id":"recP3HRMD4WVLYTTf","name_en":"Lyudmila Razumova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attL2s3dI0CbnqxvA.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attL2s3dI0CbnqxvA.jpg"],"birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Artist, photojournalist. Detained and taken into custody in April 2022. Initially it was reported only that Razumova was accused of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces, later it became known also about the charge of vandalism. At the investigation stage, Razumova admitted guilt, but during her last word she stated that she did not consider the videos she had published about the deaths of civilians in Ukraine to be \"fakes\". This was the reason for the resumption of the court investigation. In addition, Razumova said that the investigator blackmailed her child - her underage daughter. While in detention, she made a series of illustrations for Bulgakov's The White Guard.\n\nOn 7 March 2023, Razumova was sentenced to seven years.\n\nIn February 2025, Razumova was sent to a punishment cell in a penal colony for 14 days. The formal reason for this was that she allegedly \"ate a candy from her neighbour's container\". On 28 February, she went on a dry hunger strike.\n\nIn March Razumova was transferred to the prison hospital. On 24 March she had a conflict with another prisoner, Ksenia Nabatchikova. Razumova poured water on her in response to her aggressive action. After that, she attacked the artist, started beating and strangling her with a cord from a boiling pot, crossing it as a noose. On 22 April 2025, it became known that because of this conflict against Razumova initiated a case of causing minor harm to health. Razumova believes that Nabatchikova was deliberately placed with her in order to provoke a conflict.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tver Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 115 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["115"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 115"],"case_name_en":"Lyudmila Razumova's case of causing minor harm to health","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a conflict between Razumova and another prisoner, Ksenia Nabatchikova, in the prison hospital. On 24 March 2025, during a domestic conflict, Razumova poured hot water on Nabatchikova in response to her aggressive action. Nabatchikova then pounced on the artist and began beating and strangling her with a cord from a boiling pot, crossing it as a noose. \"As a result of her actions, I lost consciousness, and she thought I was dead and stopped strangling me,\" Razumova said. The hospital staff recorded traces of beating and strangulation on the artist.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec80lX9do1s0gEHM"},{"persecution_id":"recnS63D8mVgPx6n1","last_updated":"2026-03-29T18:21:57.000Z","person_id":"rec07JPwUdW0VccJ6","name_en":"Ilia Azar","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a journalist at Novaya Gazeta Europe, formerly worked for Meduza and is a former Moscow municipal deputy. In February 2025, he was included in the register of “foreign agents”. On 23 April 2025, his mother’s house in Moscow was searched. A case was reported to have been initiated against Azar for organising the activities of an “undesirable” organisation: the investigation considers him to be one of the founders of the association Deputies of Peaceful Russia. On 23 May 2025, he was arrested in absentia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":185,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the founding the Deputies of Peaceful Russia association","case_number":"01-0477/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he is one of the founders of the Deputies of Peaceful Russia (DPR) association.\n\nThe state prosecutor Altynova told the court that the case was based on two articles published on the website of the DPR in 2024 after the congress of the association had been held in Berlin: “The second congress of the association Deputies of Peaceful Russia took place in Berlin” and in the UK they held a session “Deputies of Peaceful Russia and Horizons in the UK: Protecting and Promoting the Interests of Russians”. According to the prosecution, these publications were prepared with the participation of all four defendants – Ilia Azar, Sergei Vlasov, Igor Glek and Elena Rusakova – “with the aim of recruiting new members” to the organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 23.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.10.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-03T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-03T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnS63D8mVgPx6n1"},{"persecution_id":"recRW229JStfWbhy3","last_updated":"2026-03-29T18:21:53.000Z","person_id":"recfKxBAVQvtB9hMk","name_en":"Sergey Vlasov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYPmXz3TDPek9Oy.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYPmXz3TDPek9Oy.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-12-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Formerly a Moscow municipal councilor. On 23 April 2025, it became known that a case was opened against him for organising activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation: the investigation considers him one of the founders of the association \"Councilors of Peaceful Russia\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":185,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the founding the Deputies of Peaceful Russia association","case_number":"01-0477/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he is one of the founders of the association \"Councillors of Peaceful Russia\".\n\nState prosecutor Altynova told the court that the case was based on two articles published on the website of the Councillors of Peaceful Russia in 2024 after the congress of the association in Berlin: \"The second congress of the association \"Councillors of Peaceful Russia\" took place in Berlin\" and \"\"Councillors of Peaceful Russia\" and \"Horizons\" in the UK: protecting and promoting the interests of Russians\". According to the prosecution, these publications were prepared with the participation of all four defendants - Ilya Azar, Sergey Vlasov, Igor Glek and Elena Rusakova - \"with the aim of recruiting new members\" to the organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.10.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-03T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-03T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRW229JStfWbhy3"},{"persecution_id":"recqHiQnFqS207P2F","last_updated":"2026-03-29T18:21:51.000Z","person_id":"recXN2tCB4YBFJ9ta","name_en":"Igor Glek","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-11-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Chess player, Moscow municipal deputy. 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She actively fought against the real estate development. 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In April 2025, a case was brought against her for desecration of the symbol of military glory by lighting a cigarette from the Eternal Flame. 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Using an open flame, he set fire to braids of copper and silver-coloured wires with the intention of selling them afterwards.","persecution_location_en":"Location unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 07.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 07.05.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.04.2025, Sentence: 7 months correctional labour","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 months correctional labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-04-21T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-04-21T11:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0IXwOcuY1o9Tr7"},{"persecution_id":"recXKKIRjq3KgdVzy","last_updated":"2026-04-06T12:34:30.000Z","person_id":"reccamIDZgHfvTFJp","name_en":"Yurii Avsenev","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Voronezh. In April 2025, a case on calls to extremism was initiated against him because of a comment. The reason for the case was a comment in the social network \"VKontakte\", \"Glory to Ukraine, death to fascist occupants\", left under a post with a photo of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Avsenev signed an undertaking not to abscond.\n\nOn 17 September 2025, the court ruled to send the Voronezh resident to involuntary treatment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":169,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yurii Avsenev's case of incitement to extremism","case_number":"1-220/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a comment in the \"VKontakte\" social network \"Glory to Ukraine, death to fascist invaders\" left under the post with a picture of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.04.2025\n• temporary hospitalisation: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.09.2025, Sentence: A ruling has been issued in accordance with Chapter 51 of the Criminal Procedural Code (about applying medical involuntary measures)","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"A ruling has been issued in accordance with Chapter 51 of the Criminal Procedural Code (about applying medical involuntary measures)","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-17T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-17T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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The bailiffs were clearing people from the corridor as it was already six o'clock in the evening, despite the hearing still being in progress. Tsopov and Reunova’s daughter got into a verbal altercation with the bailiffs. One of the bailiffs began to drag Reunova’s daughter onto the stairwell. Tsopov tried to stop the bailiff and grabbed him by the arms. Both lost their balance and fell onto a bench. After that, bailiffs handcuffed Tsopov using force, tightening the cuffs so much that he started bleeding from the nose. An ambulance was called to the court. Paramedics provided first aid, administered a painkiller injection, and took him to the Sklifosovsky Institute. At the police station, Tsopov filed a complaint demanding that a case be initiated against one of the bailiffs, Novikov, for exceeding official authority. However, the next day, after spending the night at the station, he was informed that a case had been initiated against him for using violence against a government official. He was placed under travel restrictions. 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He left for Brazil. In July 2024, he was fined twice under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). No later than April 2025, a case was brought against him for disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Pshenichnikov was arrested in absentia. 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In April 2025, it became known that a case of hooliganism was brought against him because of his performance in the \"Young Comedians Show\" in a stand-up bar. His jokes about Christians were seen as a manifestation of religious hatred. Kiselyov was placed under house arrest.\n\nOn 17 June 2025, the court sentenced him to one year and two months of corrective labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":77,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 1,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 213"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Kiselev’s case of religious hooliganism","case_number":"1-357/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in December 2023, he “made offensive comments on religious topics” in his appearance on a comedy show.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 26.04.2025 to 17.06.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 25.04.2025 to 26.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.06.2025, Sentence: 1 year and 2 months' corrective labor","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year and 2 months' corrective labor","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-17T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-17T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recuhDH60YTbDLEYx"},{"persecution_id":"recRFEL7tH3DHqXRo","last_updated":"2025-11-26T11:27:43.000Z","person_id":"recJkJd8zD0BqljjC","name_en":"Dmitrii Bykov","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-12-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Writer, publicist. In July 2022, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In April 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that a case was opened against Bykov for dissemination of deliberately false information about the RF Armed Forces and evasion of duties as a \"foreign agent\".\n\nOn 1 October 2025, the court sentenced him in absentia to seven years in a general regime colony and a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":183,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Bykov's case about \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces and evasion from performing his duties as a \"foreign agent\"","case_number":"01-0815/2025","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 08.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.10.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony in absentia, a fine of 300,000 rubles, and a ban on website administration for five years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony in absentia, a fine of 300,000 rubles, and a ban on website administration for five years.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-01T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-01T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRFEL7tH3DHqXRo"},{"persecution_id":"recQUL7Td2wWcQH16","last_updated":"2025-06-02T12:16:48.000Z","person_id":"reckVHi6WxpAsA65n","name_en":" Unknown male 324","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaluga. On 28 April 2025, a case was brought against him for desecration of symbols of military glory because he put some drawings and writings on the monument to medical workers who died during the Great Patriotic War.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaluga"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti","destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Kaluga resident`s case on desecration of a monument to medical workers","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of 28 April 2025, he \"applied various drawings and writings with white paint\" on the memorial to medical workers who died during the Great Patriotic War, located on Gertsen Street in Kaluga.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 28-04-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/04/d51487/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recQUL7Td2wWcQH16"},{"persecution_id":"recKvBDgqhYcFRWRU","last_updated":"2025-05-16T10:57:58.000Z","person_id":"recKlo80OtDtpq8Ro","name_en":" Unknown male 325","birth_year":2002,"age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Saint Petersburg. On 29 April 2025, he was detained in a case of public justification of terrorism and calls for terrorism because of some posts in support of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\" and calls for the elimination of the Russian leadership.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Saint Petersburg resident’s support for the Russian Volunteer Corps","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2024 he published social media posts in support of the terrorist organisation “Russian Volunteer Corps” and called for the elimination of the Russian leadership.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKvBDgqhYcFRWRU"},{"persecution_id":"recB1OeXeZi0eJ5zj","last_updated":"2025-11-11T21:03:06.000Z","person_id":"recHSsrS8321zjE19","name_en":"Zakhar Petukhov","birth_year":1996,"age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Obninsk (Kaluga Region). A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. \nIn March 2025, local media circulated a video showing a young man with a blurred face apologised for spreading \"unflattering statements\", \"as well as fakes\". The reason for the prosecution was Petukhov's message in a chat room at home, in which he wrote about the massacre of civilians in Bucha by the Russian military. Petukhov was placed under house arrest. \nOn 30 April 2025, the case was submitted to court. \nOn 27 May 2025, he was sentenced to 2 years of compulsory labour.\n\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Obninsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":146,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Zakhar Petukhov's case of \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-122/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in December 2024, he posted information in the residential chat on one of the messaging platforms, expressed in the form of statements about facts and events, that servicemen of the Russian army committed a mass murder of civilians in the city of Bucha with the use of firearms, which does not correspond to reality.\nBy his actions, Petukhov misled  members of the residential chat regarding the legality of the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during a special military operation, as well as undermined the authority and discredited the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the eyes of society, causing citizens who read the above statement to feel anxiety, fear, unease and insecurity from the state.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent to forced labor","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.05.2025, Sentence: 2 years' forced labour with 10% of salary with 10% of salary deducted as income per year","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' forced labour with 10% of salary with 10% of salary deducted as income per year","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 10-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/petuhov-zahar-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recB1OeXeZi0eJ5zj"},{"persecution_id":"recjoupYJJV6PPQ26","last_updated":"2026-03-17T16:47:01.000Z","person_id":"recaCNBJyb0yKGG8A","name_en":"Maria Pankova","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Moscow resident, wife of Sergei Tolokonnikov, who was sentenced to five years and two months on charges of involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. On 24 April 2025, law enforcers came to Pankova's flat, saying that she needed to be interrogated in connection with new circumstances that had emerged in her husband's case. After the interrogation, her home was searched. Pankova was accused of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, also in connection with her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 26 November 2025, the court sentenced her to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":216,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Maria Pankova's case of participation in \"extremist\" organisations","case_number":"01-0575/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participation in \"extremist\" organisations","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.11.2025, Sentence: Fine of 500 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fine of 500 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-26T15:21:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-26T15:21:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjoupYJJV6PPQ26"},{"persecution_id":"recNKttfPftyAMjDr","last_updated":"2026-01-22T12:21:39.000Z","person_id":"recVWXFuydLDqP6kz","name_en":"Nadezhda Lebed","birth_year":1950,"birth_date":"1950-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":76,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":75,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On 24 April 2025, a search was conducted at her home. A case was opened against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. Lebed was placed under an undertaking not to abscond\n\nOn 12 December the court sentenced her to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":232,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nadezhda Lebed's case of participating in extremist organisation","case_number":"01-0576/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participation in \"extremist\" organisations","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 24.04.2025 to 30.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.12.2025, Sentence: a fine of 500 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-12T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-12T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNKttfPftyAMjDr"},{"persecution_id":"recruiUeErSI5de7f","last_updated":"2025-05-13T10:57:03.000Z","person_id":"recwDovdRQy0dtxfw","name_en":"Sergey Sakhnov","birth_year":1977,"age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Engels (Saratov Region). According to the Vzglyad-Info agency, after a \"lesson of courage\" for preschoolers at the local education centre, where his child goes, he allegedly was rude to two women who were about to lead the children in laying flowers at the school memorial. He was reprimanded by Anton Korshennikov, a participant in the fighting in Syria and Donbass, who was giving a \"lesson of courage\". In response, Sakhnov, as Korshennikov's wife told the agency, attacked him, knocked him down and beat him. Sakhnov was detained and taken into custody. A case of hooliganism and discrediting the Russian Army was opened against him.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Engels"],"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.3"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Sakhnov's case of assault on a participant in the war in Donbas","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he beat up Anton Korshennikov, a veteran of wars, as a result of which the latter had a broken nose, eye socket, head injury and jaw damage.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• OVD-Info:\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["OVD-Info"],"aid":"recruiUeErSI5de7f"},{"persecution_id":"recpmXOxkpq4FDGDs","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recsyd4iMhqx4N3aT","name_en":"Aleksandr Strukov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attwhJ23b34Y3ASwP.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attwhJ23b34Y3ASwP.jpg"],"birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-07-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":32,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A photographer who co-operated with Navalny's team in Moscow.\nIn January 2022, a criminal case was opened against him for public justification of terrorism and incitement of hatred in connection with comments under posts in the Telegram channel of the media outlet Znak.com. Strukov was detained after a search and placed in pretrial detention. It later became known that the case also included a charge of offending the feelings of believers.\n\nStrukov himself told OVD-Info that in the Znak.com chatrooms where he had written his comments there were “Kremlin bots” provoking people into verbal aggression.\"They wrote anti-Semitic insults, insults against the Ukrainian people, calls for the destruction of the social group \"Navalnists\", people with liberal views. Simply put, tthe chat was filled with chaos, swearing, and spam. Seeing all the absurdity that surrounds us every day, all the injustice, it was sometimes nice to let off steam in the evening by writing a couple of comments to these provocateurs,\" the photographer said.\n\nIn September 2023, it became known that one of Strukov's cellmates - ex-mercenary of Wagner PMC - offered other detainees a cartoon of cigarettes to beat up the photographer. None of the 18 people in the cell agreed to this, but the fight took place anyway. After that, an officer suggested that Strukov “move to SIZO No. 6 to do repairs there.” This detention center is a women’s facility, but according to lawyers, it also holds transgender people and those prosecuted on charges of sexual abuse of minors.\n\nOn 3 November 2023, Strukov was sentenced to eight years in a general regime colony and a fine of 200,000 rubles. On 30 January 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months and the fine by 20 thousand roubles. On 1 August 2024, the cassation court further softened the sentence by removing the fine, as the statute of limitations had expired under the article on insulting the feelings of believers.\n\nIn May 2025, it became known that a new case of public justification of terrorism had been opened against Strukov. The basis was the words “Death to Putin” spoken during the announcement of the verdict in the first case — the investigators interpreted them as calls to attempt the life of Vladimir Putin. On February 26, 2026, he was sentenced in this case to six years in prison, taking into account the term from the first sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":301,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Strukov's second case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-112/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 3 November 2023, on the premises of the 2nd Western District Military Court, during the announcement of the verdict and at the end of the court hearing in the criminal case, addressing all persons in the courtroom, he publicly expressed calls for the implementation of terrorist activities - an attempt on the life of a statesman, the President of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 4 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Tver region\"\n• temporary hospitalisation: , Hospital of the Tver Oblast Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.02.2026, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, taking into account the term given under the first sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, taking into account the term given under the first sentence","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-26T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-26T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpmXOxkpq4FDGDs"},{"persecution_id":"reco3HGUHzD5bH98F","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:56.000Z","person_id":"recXpxahmsarV7KZj","name_en":"Alexander Gabuev","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-03-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Researcher at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Director of the Carnegie Centre Berlin. In May 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In May 2025, it became known that Gabuev was put on the wanted list - a case was opened against him for evasion of his duties as a foreign agent. Later it was reported that he was also accused of organising the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation - the foundation received the relevant status in July 2024. In February 2026, Gabuev's case came to court. 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In May 2025, it became known that a case of inciting terrorism was opened against him because of the calls to destroy the Crimean bridge. On 8 July, the prosecutor's office reported about the transfer of the case to the Southern District Military Court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Crimean resident on inciting terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published comments calling for the destruction of the Crimean bridge in Ukrainian telegram chats created \"to post anti-Russian publications\" and \"discredit the Russian Armed Forces\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfPzHd2NRdMYyeB"},{"persecution_id":"recURBvYDhYQfpKEl","last_updated":"2025-05-13T10:58:54.000Z","person_id":"reclw7QEa4WpFx0tZ","name_en":"Mikhail","birth_year":1974,"age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kemerovo. According to the telegram channel \"Kuzbass without Extremism\", he had left for Poland. In May 2025, it became known that a case was opened against him on a charge of disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of his statements about the killing of civilians in Bucha.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 207.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Kemerovo resident about \"fake news\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the Telegram channel \"Kuzbass without Extremism\", \"driven by personal animosity towards the Special Military Operation, he dared to deliberately post on his public page in the social network false information cynically distorting the tragic events in Bucha and portrayed the Armed Forces of the country (Russia) as responsible for them\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recURBvYDhYQfpKEl"},{"persecution_id":"recniK7ZiZVr0Y9OS","last_updated":"2025-09-28T12:06:42.000Z","person_id":"recCAoc2DLU5GqVLO","name_en":" Unknown male 331","birth_year":1986,"age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Penza. In May 2025, it became known that a case was brought against him for public justification of terrorism. Telegram channel \"Operations bulletins\" published a video in which a man with a blurred face apologises for \"justifying the actions of a terrorist organisation\" (presumably about the Legion of Freedom of Russia or the Russian Volunteer Corps), as well as \"publicly insulted citizens of the Russian Federation who support the special military operation, had a negative attitude towards the President of Russia and his government\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of a Penza resident of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"through the Telegram messenger he posted statements in free access to justify the ideology and activities of the pro-Ukrainian terrorist organisation banned in Russia\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recniK7ZiZVr0Y9OS"},{"persecution_id":"recjCThqBv5qEZQFO","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:10:22.000Z","person_id":"recANQuj0qBxqZuid","name_en":"Aleksei Dmitriev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attGHLpHw9ylIA4fx.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attGHLpHw9ylIA4fx.jpg"],"birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-07-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Adygeysk. On 29 April 2025, a search took place at his home. He was detained and interrogated, and the next day was sent into custody due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and recruiting new supporters. On 22 December 2025 Dmitriev was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":237,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Adygeysk","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 29.04.2025 to 30.04.2025\n• in custody: from 30.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Adygea\n• in custody: , Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at penal colony-1 (IK-1) for the Republic of Adygea\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at penal colony-1 (IK-1) for the Republic of Adygea","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.12.2025, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-22T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-22T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He was detained and questioned, and the following day, he was remanded in custody in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremism-related articles exclusively because of their religious activities, including holding meetings and worship services and recruiting new adherents. On 22 December 2025, Sergeechev was sentenced to four years’ suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":237,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Adygeysk","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 29.04.2025 to 30.04.2025\n• in custody: from 30.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Adygea\n• in custody:  to 22.12.2025, Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at penal colony-1 (IK-1) for the Republic of Adygea\n• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.12.2025, Sentence: 4 years’ suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years’ suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-22T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-22T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recqhnkCsABwkhudF"},{"persecution_id":"recQ2hMswC6dDUhaH","last_updated":"2026-04-22T19:02:50.000Z","person_id":"recVOzReRwSFRLAr0","name_en":"Eldar Karamurzaev","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of the Kherson region (Ukraine). On 24 February 2025, he was detained, after which he was allegedly placed in pre-trial detention on charges of involvement in the activities of the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion, which had effectively ceased to exist before the alleged acts took place. The head of the Crimean Tatar Resource Centre Eskender Bariev stated that a month after his detention, Karamurzaev's family knew nothing about his whereabouts. 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Three messages were found in Khoroshko's phone - correspondence with an account which, according to the investigation, belonged to the leader of the Artpodgotovka movement, Vyacheslav Maltsev. Khoroshko was taken into custody on charges of preparing to participate in a terrorist organisation. The website of the court, which considered the appeal against the decision to elect a preventive measure, indicated the charge of preparing to organise the activities of a terrorist organisation. Later, apparently, he was charged directly with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and facilitation of terrorist activities: in addition to correspondence, he was accused of purchasing equipment for \"participation in guerrilla-terrorist activities\". On 16 March 2026, Khoroshko was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":376,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":53,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Khoroshko's case of involvement in the activities of Artpodgotovka","case_number":"1-150/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he visited the website and personal page of Vyacheslav Maltsev, as a result of which he formed a positive attitude towards him and the Artpodgotovka movement, recognised in Russia as a \"terrorist organisation\". Purchased equipment for \"participation in guerrilla-terrorist activities\". He kept correspondence on his phone, where there were three messages - two from Khoroshko and one reply from an account that, according to law enforcement officials, belonged to Vyacheslav Maltsev. In the first message, Khoroshko specified \"whether there were any assignments\", while in the second message he sent a message that military aircraft were landing at the civilian airport in Anapa. The account, which the law enforcers believe belongs to Maltsev, did not reply to the first message, ignoring it. The reply to the second message contained the word \"thank you\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.04.2026, Sentence: 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":192,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-15T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-15T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rechiXBMc2yMEmk1q"},{"persecution_id":"recOyFierkKbDqL8W","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:21:09.000Z","person_id":"rec7GOd7Js8SdmR0z","name_en":"Olga Sofronova-Moskvina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attpV4VAP1XYiTZTT.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attpV4VAP1XYiTZTT.png"],"birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-03-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Saransk, an animal rights activist. In the late 2000s, she was the First Secretary of the Leninist Communist Youth Union in Saransk and took part in organising protest actions. In March 2025, she was added to the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring. In May 2025, it became known that she had been taken into custody on charges of calling for extremism and public justification of terrorism. According to the project \"Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial\", the case was initiated over her comments about the sentence given to Kirill Butylin, who set fire to a military recruitment centre in the Moscow region, and about the torture of detained participants of the \"Mayakovsky Readings\" in Moscow, which led to a case against three poets.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saransk"],"persecution_region_en":["Mordovia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MO"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Olga Sofronova-Moskvina's case of incitement to extremism and publicly justifying terrorism","case_number":"2-328/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"Presumably, the reason for the case was comments about the sentencing of Kirill Butylin, an arsonist of a military recruitment centre, and about torture against the participants of the \"Mayakovskiye Readings\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Mordovia\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/sofronova-moskvina-olga-evgenevna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recOyFierkKbDqL8W"},{"persecution_id":"recvLbKSFqbWMqiGw","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:02:55.000Z","person_id":"recLxhAy4Ou6UApRy","name_en":"Irakli Khufenia","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Georgia, member of the opposition party United National Movement. Actively participated in protests in Georgia. In January 2025, he was detained at the Upper Lars checkpoint. The court in Vladikavkaz kept him under administrative arrest for 15 days on petty hooliganism charges (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Following the arrest, he was again sentenced on the same charges. Khufeni was then taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism. Georgian media wrote that he was detained because of his statements in support of Georgians fighting on the side of the Ukrainian army.\n\nOn June 18 of 2025, the court sentenced him to two years in a general regime colony with a two-year ban on moderating websites and media chats. After the verdict was announced, it became clear that the case was based on Khufenia's post in support of a member of the Georgian National Legion, who fought on the side of the Ukrainian armed forces, and a comment made by him on the subject the invasion of the Kursk region by the Ukrainian military.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladikavkaz"],"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":168,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Irakli Khufenia's case on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court decision, on 30 July 2024, Khufenia, being at his place of residence in Georgia, being dissatisfied with the political course of the Russian Federation and the special military operation conducted by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the purpose of communicating the ideology and practice of terrorism to an indefinite number of persons, posted on the publicly accessible page \"Irakli Khufenia\" in one of the social networks a publication with an image of Gagnidze Bondo Davidovich Gagnidze, a militant of the paramilitary association \"Georgian National Legion\" recognised by the terrorist community, who was liquidated in the zone of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, under which he posted a comment in Georgian justifying terrorist activity on the grounds of political and ideological hatred and enmity. \nOn 16 August, Khufenia posted a publication on the same page with an image of a road sign representing a Ukrainian flag with Ukrainian symbols and heraldry, and an inscription in Ukrainian, translated into Russian to mean: \"You are welcomed by the Kursk region.\" Then Khufenia, knowingly knowing that the invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the territory of Kursk region is assessed as a manifestation of an act of terrorism, under the above image posted a comment justifying terrorist activity on the grounds of political and ideological hatred and hostility.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2025 to 31.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 01.01.2025 to 01.02.2025\n• administrative detention: from 01.02.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 31.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.06.2025, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-06-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/hufeniya-irakli\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recvLbKSFqbWMqiGw"},{"persecution_id":"recZg4XmZTXEwNK93","last_updated":"2026-01-17T17:49:04.000Z","person_id":"recwTmayMWkKmfS42","name_en":"Vladislav Chechekin","birth_year":1983,"age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kosterev (Vladimir region). In May 2025, it became known that a case was brought against him for desecration of symbols of military glory. This happened after a video was circulated on social networks in which he says that he urinated on the Eternal Flame.\n\nThe head of Kosterev Marina Klimova told the TV channel \"Beware of the news\" that in fact he did not urinate, but sat nearby and warmed himself, and at some point threw two carnations into the fire. According to her, the man was beaten up and forced to apologise on camera by \"drug-intoxicated\" teenagers.\n\nLater, the Investigative Committee reported that the man was accused of desecrating a symbol of military glory because he stood on the pedestal of the Eternal Flame monument, warmed his hands over the fire and burned flowers placed at the memorial.\n\nOn 7 October 2025, Chechekin was sent for compulsory treatment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":159,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Oblast resident's case on desecrating symbols of military glory ","case_number":"2-24/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 11 May 2025 at night a resident of Kosterevo, born in 1983, was in a state of alcohol intoxication near the Victory Obelisk and the monument \"Eternal Flame\", installed in Kosterevo in memory of the Great Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War. The man stood on the pedestal of the monument, began to warm his hands over the fire, after which he began to burn flowers laid by citizens to the symbol of military glory.","persecution_location_en":"In hospital (under compulsory treatment)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Sent for compulsory treatment","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 23.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.10.2025, Sentence: A ruling has been issued in accordance with Chapter 51 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (regarding the application of compulsory medical measures).","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"A ruling has been issued in accordance with Chapter 51 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (regarding the application of compulsory medical measures).","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-07T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-07T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZg4XmZTXEwNK93"},{"persecution_id":"recdl9nEMOpozo3sR","last_updated":"2026-02-09T14:57:51.000Z","person_id":"recuei53meyEZ8gi9","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Yekaterinburg, entrepreneur, owner of a spa centre. A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities due to the transfer of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 31 March 2025, the case went to court. At the trial, the Yekaterinburg resident claimed that he had made the transfer accidentally. On 19 September 2025, he was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":212,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Yekaterinburg residents' case of financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August 2021, he arranged monthly donations to ACF in the amount of one thousand rubles after watching the video \"We continue and we need your help\", which was published on Alexei Navalny's YouTube channel after the Foundation was recognised as an extremist organisation in August 2021. From 19 August to 19 September 2021, he transferred two thousand rubles to the Foundation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2025, Sentence: a fine of 400 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 400 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-19T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-19T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdl9nEMOpozo3sR"},{"persecution_id":"rec6ZgzK3KZlIB7Qn","last_updated":"2025-09-01T13:53:15.000Z","person_id":"rec69XjqNE8cGL4W7","name_en":"Dmitry Protopopov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-01-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Co-founder of Popcorn Books and Individuum publishing houses. On May 14, 2025, he was detained as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation (namely the so-called \"International LGBT Movement\") in connection with the distribution of books that were deemed to contain LGBTQ+ propaganda, including the novel The Summer in a Pioneer Tie. On the next day Protopopov was placed under house arrest.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Individuum’s case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the sale of 900 copies of books containing \"extremist LGBT ideology\" between November 30, 2023, and September 21, 2024. The materials of the criminal case include the books Summer in a Pioneer Tie and What the Swallow Did Not Tell by Elena Malisova and Katerina Silvanova, Windows to the Yard and A Notebook in a Cell by Mikita Franko, Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Saenz, The King's Men by Nora Sakavic, Leah on the Offbeat and Love, Creekwood by Becky Albertalli, and the first two volumes of the series Heartstopper series by Alice Oseman.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.05.2025 to 15.05.2025\n• house arrest: from 15.05.2025 to 13.05.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-izdatelej/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec6ZgzK3KZlIB7Qn"},{"persecution_id":"rechbSA0Ks98JuMDR","last_updated":"2025-09-03T13:38:05.000Z","person_id":"recv4xA6GYsXm6CbG","name_en":"Pavel Ivanov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former sales director of the liquidated Individuum Print Ltd, a company associated with the Individuum publishing house. On 14 May 2025, he was detained as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with the distribution of books that contain LGBTQ+ propaganda, including A Summer in the Red Scarf. The next day Ivanov was placed under house arrest.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Individuum’s case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the sale of 900 copies of books containing \"extremist LGBT ideology\" between 30 November 2023 and 21 September 2024. The materials of the criminal case include the books \"A Summer in the Red Scarf\" and \"What the Swallow is Silent About\" by Elena Malisova and Katerina Silvanova, \"Windows to the Yard\" and \"A Notebook in a Cell\" by Mikita Franko, \"Darius the Great Deserves More\" by Adib Khorram, \"Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe\" by Benjamin Saenz, \"The King's Men\" by Nora Sakavich, \"Leah on the Offbeat\" and \"Love, Creekwood\" by Becky Albertalli, and the first two volumes of the series \"Heartstopper\" by Alice Osman.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.05.2025 to 15.05.2025\n• house arrest: from 15.05.2025 to 13.05.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-izdatelej/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rechbSA0Ks98JuMDR"},{"persecution_id":"rec6UfxhhLkvj3L2r","last_updated":"2025-09-03T13:33:21.000Z","person_id":"recgtsREYjmv04gVV","name_en":"Artem Vakhlyaev","birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A warehouse manager of the Individuum publishing house. On 14 May 2025, he was detained as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with the distribution of books that were deemed to contain LGBTQ+ propaganda, including Summer in a Pioneer Tie. The next day Vakhlyayev was placed under house arrest.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Individuum’s case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was involved in the sale of 900 copies of books containing \"extremist LGBT ideology\" between 30 November 2023 and 21 September 2024. The materials of the criminal case include the books \"Summer in a Pioneer Tie\" and \"What the Swallow is Silent About\" by Elena Malisova and Katerina Silvanova, \"Windows to the Yard\" and \"A Notebook in a Cell\" by Mikita Franko, \"Darius the Great Deserves More\" by Adib Khorram, \"Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe\" by Benjamin Saenz, \"The King's Suite\" by Nora Sakavich, \"Lia: Life Off the Record\" and \"Love, Creekwood\" by Becky Albertalli, and the first two volumes of the series \"Heartstopper\" by Alice Osman.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 14.05.2025 to 15.05.2025\n• house arrest: from 15.05.2025 to 13.05.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-izdatelej/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec6UfxhhLkvj3L2r"},{"persecution_id":"recnYUo1ygjyBeHbV","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recKU20hJmeIwPngH","name_en":"Garri Azarian","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attT94otK5pGx2QPQ.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attT94otK5pGx2QPQ.jpg"],"birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kazakhstan"],"story_en":"Student at St Petersburg State University. On 15 May 2025, he was detained on charges of calling for terrorism. The next day he was taken into custody. According to the investigators' version, he is a member of the radical movement \"Workers Power\" and called for terrorist activities and mass murder.\n\nIn mid-April 2025, the police detained Artem Pronko, a second-year student of the political science faculty of St. Petersburg State University, during classes. According to their version, he suspended a mannequin of the goddess of wisdom Minerva from the monument to Count Uvarov near the Twelve Colleges building. The figure was suspended by the neck from the leg of the monument. Nearby was a note: \"Science is dead.\" Pronko claimed he had nothing to do with the action. He was fined 20 thousand rubles under the administrative article on organising an uncoordinated event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nAfter the action, RIA \"Novosti\" reported that law enforcement agencies had identified a group of students with left-wing radical views, which was involved in the action. It was alleged that it was a cell of the UK-based left-radical Organisation of Communists-Internationalists called \"Workers Power\".\n\nFriends of Garri Azarian deny information about his radical statements.\n\nOn 12 January 2026 Azarian's preventive measure was changed to prohibition of certain actions. On 11 February, the court sentenced him to two years in a colony settlement.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":272,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Workers' Power case"],"case_name_en":"Garri Azarian's case of calls to terrorism","case_number":"2-24/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"The joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg reported that, according to the investigation, from 3 January to 27 February 2025 Azarian, as a member of the left-wing radical community \"Workers Power\", spoke at a congress of its members, publicly justifying violent seizure of power in Russia and mass murder. His speech was stenographed and the transcripts were published for viewing in a cloud storage on Google drive.\n\nThe media \"78\" and the channel \"Mash na Moike\" report with reference to sources in the law enforcement agencies that the student called for murders \"to draw attention to the activities of the \"Workers Power\" cell\" at the meetings of \"left-radicals.\" The young man \"planned to use other students as \"infantry\" to carry out \"direct action.\"\n\n\"Slovo Zashchite\" and \"Mediazona\" write that the case was initiated because of the recording of Azarian's speech at the meeting of left-wing activists, which was saved in cloud storage by the activists themselves. According to \"Slovo Zashchite,\" in this speech the student theorised on the necessity of destroying capitalism through revolution, essentially reciting the \"Internationale,\" and expressed the hope that the revolution would be accompanied by killings of \"exploiters.\" He saw the task of leftist activists as explaining to the \"masses\" that their main enemies are \"the exploiters.\" At the same time, \"Mediazona,\" according to a source familiar with the speech, reports that Azarian only stated that the revolution is accompanied by violence and in such a situation \"people will take to the streets and kill\"; and emphasised that \"our task is not to incite hatred, we are not extremists. Our task is to explain to people that capitalism is to blame.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.05.2025 to 16.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody: from 16.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• : , Psychiatric Hospital No. 6 in St. Petersburg\n• in custody: from 13.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody:  to 14.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• in custody:  to 12.01.2026\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 12.01.2026 to 11.02.2026\n• in custody: from 11.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.02.2026, Sentence: 2 years in a colony settlement ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years in a colony settlement ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-11T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-11T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnYUo1ygjyBeHbV"},{"persecution_id":"recRlLqomwJda1FFK","last_updated":"2025-05-27T11:29:35.000Z","person_id":"recvZBXv6XcOVWIMY","name_en":" Unknown male 334","birth_year":1987,"age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Izhevsk, born in Kyrgyzstan. In May 2025, he was taken into custody as part of a case of calls for terrorism. The reason was an emotional comment in September 2022 under a video in which the head of Dagestan made aggressive remarks about the organisation of mobilisation in Derbent. The comment read \"Shoot the hell out of him there is a devil sitting there\" (spelling and punctuation retained).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Izhevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Izhevsk resident's case on calling for murder of the head of Dagestan ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in September 2022, he wrote a text on the \"ZI - Evil Izhevchanin\" public page on VKontakte, in which he \"encouraged subscribers to encroach on the life of a statesman - the Head of the Republic of Dagestan.\"\n\nProbably, this is about the comment under the video published on the public page on 29 September 2022. In the video, the head of Dagestan Sergey Melikov reacted emotionally to the news that cars were travelling around Derbent and on the loudspeaker called on all male citizens to come to the military enlistment office.\nThe comment was allegedly written by a user with the nickname Li-Alibek Alibek. It says: \"Shoot the hell out of him there is a devil sitting there.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.05.2025 to 15.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRlLqomwJda1FFK"},{"persecution_id":"recimUQZwvrrRIjN2","last_updated":"2026-03-29T18:45:28.000Z","person_id":"rec9Nz4s8e0R1O9MU","name_en":"Aleksei Zakharov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow, sociologist, economist. He taught at the Higher School of Economics and published in independent media. He left Russia. On 14 May 2025, he was placed in custody in absentia on charges of spreading deliberately false information about Russian Armed Forces. On 28 November, the court sentenced him in absentia to six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":211,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Aleksei Zakharov's case of \"fake news\" about Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"01-0831/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a Facebook post about the involvement of the Russian military in the deaths of civilians in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 14.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.11.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-28T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-28T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recimUQZwvrrRIjN2"},{"persecution_id":"recnWNzvLdBIH9XmM","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:45:39.000Z","person_id":"recjNqoAgDd6OMjtQ","name_en":" Unknown male 335","birth_year":2001,"age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Ivanovo city. In May 2025, it became known that a case was brought against him for disseminating information containing disrespect for the days of military glory and insulting the memory of veterans of the Great Patriotic War. The investigative authorities circulated a video in which law enforcers break down the door, then handcuff the young man and, with his head down, lead and take him to the investigative department; the camera then shows a male figure with a blurred face who says that he admits guilt and repents.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ivanovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Ivanovo city resident's case of disrespect to the days of military glory","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted images on the social network containing information that expresses disrespect for the days of military glory and memorable dates of Russia associated with the defence of the Fatherland. The materials also desecrated the memory of veterans of the Great Patriotic War and humiliated their honour and dignity.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 12-05-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/05/d51557/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recnWNzvLdBIH9XmM"},{"persecution_id":"recO5fIK7pNNbM6uu","last_updated":"2025-11-11T20:57:00.000Z","person_id":"recEerXqkmwkYmHCx","name_en":"Evgenii Kochegin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attqgFcBuBjtDWj7Y.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attqgFcBuBjtDWj7Y.jpg"],"birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Volgograd, leader of the public movement \"Dozor.\" In November 2021, a case was opened against him for dodging military service. He left Russia and was arrested in absentia. In 2022, a case was opened against him for disseminating \"fake news\" about the Russian Armed Forces.\nKochegin's lawyer was not allowed to access the case file, and the court upheld this decision.\n\nIn 2025, a third criminal case was opened against him for justifying terrorism. According to security officials, Kochegin expressed approval of the bombing of the Crimean Bridge on October 8, 2022 on social media.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Volgograd"],"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Kochegin's case of approval of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to security officials, Kochegin made positive comments on social media about the bombing of the Crimean Bridge in October 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recO5fIK7pNNbM6uu"},{"persecution_id":"recvC8R1x76cJjkO0","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:01:44.000Z","person_id":"recjPeuUwbMbnmeA1","name_en":" Unknown male 340","birth_year":1998,"age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Tomsk resident. In May 2025, it became known that a case had been brought against him for disseminating disrespectful information about the days of military glory. He was given a covenant not to leave the city. 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A source of the local publication \"Dovod\" said that it was Demyanov in question.\n\nOn 14 May 2025, his case was submitted to the Leninsky District Court of Vladimir.\n\nOn 10 July 2025, Demyanov was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladimir"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_ended":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2026,"persecution_ended_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":131,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Demyanov’s case of the financing extremist activities ","case_number":"1-154/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the law enforcers' version, he made seven money transfers to the ACF \"to prepare and commit extremist offences\". 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According to the version of law enforcement officers, the detainee thus \"desecrated the burial place of soldiers who died in the battles for Voronezh during the Great Patriotic War\". The man himself explained his actions by strong intoxication\n\nZERGULIO, a Telegram channel associated with the security forces, wrote that the detainee was Ramil Aliev from Azerbaijan.\n\nOn 19 May 2025, the Kominternovsky district court of Voronezh refused to remand the man in custody at the request of the investigator. In July, Aliev's preventive measure was changed to remand in custody. The Investigative Committee reported that the measure was toughened because of the shoplifting. He was also charged with an additional offence because of the theft.\n\nOn 2 December, the court sentenced Aliev to 1 year 7 months and 10 days in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":200,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Ramil Aliev's case of rehabilitation of Nazism and desecrating graves","case_number":"2-36/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2025, the accused, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication, on the territory of the memorial complex \"Monument of Glory\", which is part of the cultural heritage site \"Common Grave No. 2\" and a symbol of military glory of Russia, grossly violating public order, in the presence of unauthorised persons threw flowers and branches of fir trees into the burner of the Eternal Flame, placed in memory of the feat of Soviet citizens during the Great Patriotic War. 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On 1 February 2023, he was sentenced in absentia to eight years' imprisonment in a penal colony.\nIn April 2024, a case was brought against Nevzorov for evading his duties as a \"foreign agent\".\nOn 2 July 2024, an association alleged to include Nevzorov and his wife, Lidia, was designated extremist, and their property was confiscated.\nIn December 2024, it became known that the house and land plot of Nevzorov's mother-in-law were handed over to the state.\nIn May 2025, cases were brought against Nevzorov and his wife for financing extremist activities due to the collection of donations.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["The case of Aleksandr and Lidiia Nevzorov"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Nevzorov's case of financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation team, the spouses Alexander and Lidia Nevzorov, recognized as an extremist association by the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office, posted on their personal pages in a messenger app links for collecting money to achieve the goals of the association, as well as for transferring money to them personally.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBnfQV8BAMledMr"},{"persecution_id":"recHVVE3gd05VHLYC","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:02:47.000Z","person_id":"rect8i2q5RxLlWRIv","name_en":"Lidiia Nevzorova","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-03-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia","Ukraine"],"story_en":"Artist, hippologist, wife of journalist Alexander Nevzorov. 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In December 2024, it became known that the house and land plot of Lidia's mother were handed over to the state.\n\nIn May 2025, criminal cases were initiated against Lidiia and Alexander Nevzorov for financing extremist activities due to the collection of donations.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"case_group_en":["The case of Aleksandr and Lidiia Nevzorov"],"case_name_en":"Lidia Nevzorova's case of financing of extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the spouses Alexander and Lidia Nevzorov, recognised as an extremist association by the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office, posted links on their personal profiles in a messenger to collect money to achieve the goals of the association, as well as to transfer money to them personally.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHVVE3gd05VHLYC"},{"persecution_id":"recLeI8qq3C5Fn6CJ","last_updated":"2025-11-11T20:24:02.000Z","person_id":"recRsbNq8jJypmcOv","name_en":" Unknown male 342","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A teenager from Tomsk. 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She is accused of offending the religious feelings and spreading pornography.\n\nIn may 2025, a video spread in the social networks where the girl on camera says \"icons need to be pissed on\", and then the young man applies a cross to penis, imitating sexual intercourse. \n\nThe video drew attention to the creator of the \"Male State\" blogger Vladislav Pozdnyakov  and the head of the League of Safe Internet Katerina Mizulina. The latter reported that she had turned to the legal authorities.\n\nAfter that, it became known about the initiation of criminal case against a young man and two girls who appeared in the video. 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Accused of an offence to the feelings of believers and the distribution of pornography.\n\nIn May 2025, a video was circulated on social networks in which a girl says \"Icons should be pissed on\" and then Andrey puts a cross to his penis, simulating sexual intercourse.\n\nThe video caught the attention of Vladislav Pozdnyakov, creator of Men's State, and Ekaterina Mizulina, head of the Safe Internet League. The latter said that she had contacted law enforcement.\n\nAfter that, it became known that criminal proceedings were initiated against Andrey L. and two girls who appeared in the video. 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Charged in a case of offence to the feelings of believers and distribution of pornography.\n\nIn May 2025, a video circulated on social networks in which a girl on camera says \"Icons should be pissed on\" and then a young man puts a cross to his penis, simulating sexual intercourse.\n\nThe video was brought to the attention of the creator of \"Men's State\" blogger Vladislav Pozdniakov, and the head of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina. The latter reported that she had contacted the law enforcement authorities.\n\nAfter that, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against a young man and two girls who appeared in the video. 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In May 2025, Bulgakova became a defendant in a case of justification of terrorism on the Internet because of a comment left in Telegram under a post about the death of activist Ildar Dadin in Ukraine, who had joined the \"Freedom of Russia\" Legion. The retiree wrote: \"Eternal bright memory to Hero Ildar\".\n\nEarlier, the \"Freedom of Russia\" Legion was recognised as a terrorist organisation in Russia.\n\nBulgakova was taken into custody not earlier than 28 May 2025 and not later than 4 September 2025.\n\nIn November 2025, it became known that Bulgakova was also accused of financing terrorism due to paid reactions in Telegram to the publications of the \"Freedom of Russia\" Legion public channel.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of justification of terrorism due to a comment about the death of Ildar Dadin","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the publication \"Vot Tak\", under a post in Telegram about the death of activist Ildar Dadin in Ukraine, who had joined the \"Freedom of Russia\" Legion, the retiree left a comment: \"Eternal light memory to Hero Ildar\".\nThe ruling on the initiation of a criminal case, which was studied by the publication, says that the expert division of the Federal Security Service for Primorskii Krai saw in this comment \"linguistic and psychological signs of justification of terrorism\" — because Dadin was a fighter of the \"Freedom of Russia\" Legion, recognised as a terrorist organisation in the Russian Federation.\nThe reason for the initiation of a terrorism financing case was the paid reactions Bulgakova left in the \"Freedom of Russia\" Legion's Telegram channel.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In May 2025, it became known that he was detained in a criminal case on justification of terrorism because of comments in Telegram in support of \"the Ukrainian right-wing radical movement and its active follower\", who participated in active combat on the side of the Ukrainian army.\n\nIn September, the court sentenced him to a 600,000-ruble fine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sailors"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yelizovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Case of Yelizovo's resident on justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in Telegram he expressed support and approval of the Ukrainian right-wing radical movement and its active supporter, who took part in hostilities on the side of Ukraine against Russia","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: A fine in the amount of 600,000 rubles.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqA2Hj54dykp5Eb"},{"persecution_id":"recsw5AdMeZLbmwWX","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recujoakuId2pSmVy","name_en":"Rafael Mamedov","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Polyarny (Murmansk region). A student of Murmansk Arctic University. On 16 May 2025, he was taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. According to an acquaintance, the reason was that Mamedov administered the \"Free Lapland\" channel in Telegram with memes and history of the Murmansk region and mythology of this region. The Free Lapland movement was recognised as a terrorist organisation in January 2025, along with almost 70 other existing and non-existing associations.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Rafael Mamedov’s case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 16.05.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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She has defended participants in protest actions, including anti-war ones. She was also the lawyer for Kaliningrad resident Igor Baryshnikov, who was convicted in a criminal case on charges of spreading “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces due to his posts about the war in Ukraine.\n\nOn May 28, 2025, a search was conducted at her home, after which Bontsler was detained in a case opened under the article on confidential cooperation with a foreign state, international, or  international or foreign organization.\n\nOn the same day, law enforcement officers also visited two other Kaliningrad lawyers, Roman Morozov and Ekaterina Selizarova, who had also defended Baryshnikov.\n\nThe Investigative Committee claims that in 2024 Bontsler passed information about law enforcement officers in the Kaliningrad region — obtained in the course of her legal work — to the intelligence services of an “unfriendly state.” The agency also claims that the other lawyers visited by security forces were “aware of the suspect’s criminal activities.”\n\nOn May 29, 2025, Bontsler was taken into custody.\n\nDuring a court hearing to appeal the initiation of the case, Bontsler stated that an FSB officer, Kirill Takhtov, had an interest in having her “arrested and imprisoned.” She alleged that he used violence against her and, according to her, had previously used violence against detainees on multiple occasions.\n\nOn September 25, 2025, the Kaliningrad Region Bar Association suspended Bontsler's lawyer status.\n\nIn March 2026, the investigation reclassified the charges against Bontsler as high treason.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Maria Bontsler's case of high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2024, “seeking to obtain the support of the security bodies of a foreign state in resolving issues related to her professional activities, and with the aim of assisting a representative of a foreign state in activities knowingly directed against the security of the Russian Federation, she decided to establish a confidential cooperative relationship with a representative of a foreign state.”\n“...Through correspondence on Telegram, she established contact with a Ukrainian citizen, Ruslan Aleksandrovich Diachuk (born March 3, 1998), using the username ‘@phantomcrypt’ and identified as an employee of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)…”\n“...Between August 1, 2024, and September 30, 2024, while in the Kaliningrad region, Bontsler M.V., in the course of correspondence with SBU officer Diachuk R.A., received from him an assignment to collect and provide information about FSB officers who identify and prosecute, in the Kaliningrad region, individuals cooperating confidentially with a foreign state — Ukraine — as well as information about the content of these individuals’ testimony at the pre-trial investigation stage.”","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 29.05.2025 to 06.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 28.05.2025 to 29.05.2025\n• in custody: from 06.06.2025\n• in custody:  to 23.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n• temporary hospitalisation: from 23.07.2025 to 04.08.2025\n• in custody: from 04.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Mash on Moika published a video in which law enforcers first burst into the man's home and put him face down on the floor, and then took him out of the entrance with a bag over his head and took him into a squad car.\n\nSource 78.ru claims that the detainee justified the murder of propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky on social media, as well as calling for the killing of participants in the war in Ukraine and proposing to blow up the building of a law enforcement agency in St. Petersburg.\n\nThe TASS source also reported that the man among acquaintances of servicemen of the Leningrad Military District \"spoke negatively about the participants of the SMO and the course of the special operation in general\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Article 280 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.2 (unknown part)","Article 280 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of a St. Petersburg resident on justification of terrorism and calls to violence","persecution_case_profile_en":"78.ru, citing a source, reported that according to law enforcement, the man justified the bombing that killed propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky, called for the killing of participants in the war in Ukraine, and suggested blowing up the building of a law enforcement agency in St. Petersburg.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0Fj9E80QUfjzXK"},{"persecution_id":"recbi5X5B2ehzYzNA","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"recJZ2BTf9T9OHD7J","name_en":"Tatiana Levitskaia ","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow or the Moscow suburbs. On 27 May 2025, a search took place at her home, after which she was detained and taken to a temporary detention facility. The next day she was sent under house arrest on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with her involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\nAs it turned out in court, the key witness in the case testified at the investigation under a false name — under a passport issued to her by the FSB officers so that she could participate in operational-search activities.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_name_en":"The fifth case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow","case_number":"01-0094/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participation in \"extremist\" organisations","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 27.05.2025 to 28.05.2025\n• house arrest: from 28.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbi5X5B2ehzYzNA"},{"persecution_id":"recYws60u1yJk4gdn","last_updated":"2025-12-09T15:04:29.000Z","person_id":"recpSh1znee7PlVsF","name_en":"Unknown female 66","birth_year":1972,"age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Unknown female 66 is a resident of the Balakhna district of the Nizhny Novgorod region. In May 2025, law enforcers came to her and several other alleged members of a cell of the All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre Vozrozhdenie (\"Revival\") in connection to a criminal case on the activities of an \"undesirable\" organization. Law enforcers searched their homes, confiscated literature, visual propaganda and other materials. The woman became a suspect in the case, and she was given recognisance not to leave (a travel ban). On 16 October 2025, the verdict in her case was passed, the details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":168,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of the Nizhny Novgorod region on funding an \"undesirable\" organization\n","case_number":"1-220/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the woman was the leader of a cell of the All-Ukrainian Vozrozhdenie (\"Revival\") Spiritual Centre, which was recognized as an undesirable organization on the territory of the Russian Federation, in the Balakhna District of the Nizhny Novgorod region. The cell included up to ten people.\n\nThe investigators claim that the woman was engaged in psychological indoctrination of adherents, organized their meetings and viewings of videoconferences, distributed relevant literature, and organized systematic fundraising for the needs of the organization.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.10.2025, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-16T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-16T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYws60u1yJk4gdn"},{"persecution_id":"recHCUpf6j38MA4lD","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"recTeDQrgDeuDDLkb","name_en":"Olga Bryntseva ","birth_year":2003,"age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Saint Petersburg. On May 28, 2025, at the public transport stop \"Мetro Ploshchad Aleksandra Nevskogo\", she filmed her blogger friend Alena Vasilyeva urinating on a passport. She then posted this video in a Telegram channel. The next day, she was detained on criminal charges of hooliganism and desecration of the Russian coat of arms. On May 30, the court placed her in custody. In October 2025, Saint Petersburg police announced that a case had also been opened against Bryntseva for distributing pornography (this charge is not considered politically motivated here).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Article 329"],"case_name_en":"Two residents of Saint Petersburg's case of the desecration of a passport","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the afternoon of 28 May at the public transport stop \"Metro Ploshchad Aleksandr Nevsky\" Bryntseva filmed Vasilyeva demonstratively posing for the camera, using foul language and urinating on her passport on the motive of political and ideological hatred. The women then posted the video on Telegram, \"thereby clearly expressing their disrespect for society, represented by the citizens of the Russian Federation\". Also their actions indicate a disrespectful attitude to the state emblem of the Russian Federation and entailed abuse of it. In addition, since 2024 and up to the time of her arrest, Bryntseva has repeatedly produced and distributed pornographic materials with her participation on the Internet.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHCUpf6j38MA4lD"},{"persecution_id":"recgmALV4u4iqQmaG","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"recppZycBAdDoxIJV","name_en":"Alena Vasileva","birth_year":2003,"age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. On 28 May 2025, at the \"Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo Metro Station\" bus stop, she peed on her passport on camera, then posted the video on her Telegram channel. The next day, she was detained on a criminal case of hooliganism and abuse of the coat of arms of Russia. The Ministry of Internal Affairs published a video showing the girl crying and apologizing. On 30 May, she was taken into custody. In October 2025, the St. Petersburg police reported that a case was also opened against Vasilieva for the distribution of pornography (we have no reason to consider this charge politically motivated).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video","provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code","Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213","329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213","Article 329"],"case_name_en":"Two residents of Saint Petersburg's case of the desecration of a passport","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the afternoon of 28 May, at the \"Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo Metro Station\" public transport stop, Bryntseva filmed Vasileva, demonstratively posing for the camera, using foul language, and urinating on her passport on the motive of political and ideological hatred. The girls then posted the video on Telegram, \"thereby clearly expressing their disrespect for society, represented by the citizens of the Russian Federation\". Also, their actions indicate a disrespectful attitude to the coat of arms of the Russian Federation and caused abuse of it, investigators believe. In addition, from 2024 and up to the moment of her arrest, she repeatedly produced and distributed pornographic materials with her participation on the Internet.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.05.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recgmALV4u4iqQmaG"},{"persecution_id":"recX4UoIN0mLTkoh9","last_updated":"2026-03-25T15:02:34.000Z","person_id":"recDHrXJa5xXsJjn8","name_en":"Denis Savostyanov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Abakan. In June 2025 became a suspect in a criminal case on rehabilitation of Nazism on the Internet because of a post in one of the social networks with a negative assessment of the Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War. On 5 September he was sentenced to a year of probation.\n\nIn 2021 Savostyanov was sentenced to two years of probation in a case of calls for extremism on the Internet, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":96,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Abakan resident's case of rehabilitation of Nazism on the Internet","case_number":"2-12/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the suspect posted a message on his personal page in one of the social networks with a negative assessment of the Day of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The publication was on the man's personal page in general access for an unlimited number of users.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2025 to 23.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.09.2025, Sentence: 1 year's suspended sentence with 2 years' probation period and a 3 years' ban on posting materials on the internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's suspended sentence with 2 years' probation period and a 3 years' ban on posting materials on the internet","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-05T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-05T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recX4UoIN0mLTkoh9"},{"persecution_id":"rec23VRHPhyurNI2Q","last_updated":"2026-04-03T11:45:52.000Z","person_id":"recIMJSbggJhmNAQc","name_en":"Yuri Pichugin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attp2KJxjxdizi3DH.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attp2KJxjxdizi3DH.jpg"],"birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Tomsk resident.\n\nOn 30 May 2025, law enforcers came to search at least four residences of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tomsk. As a result, they detained four believers aged 24 to 65: Anton Novopashin, a Kazakh citizen, Gonhi Jahi, a student from Côte d'Ivoire, Andrei Plekhanov and Yuri Pichugin, who had recently suffered a stroke. They are being held as defendants in a case of participation in extremist activities. All of them have been taken in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Tomsk","case_number":"1-360/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, two local residents and two foreigners took part in the activities of an extremist local religious organisation, knowing that its activities had been banned in accordance with a decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. They held conversations, including via videoconference on the Internet, the purpose of which was to preach and immerse citizens in the religious subsection of the extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tomsk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 30.05.2025 to 01.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tomsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec23VRHPhyurNI2Q"},{"persecution_id":"recUR7ufyqrUjrG7Z","last_updated":"2026-04-03T11:45:52.000Z","person_id":"recu0o389vVqlfHI5","name_en":"Andrei Plekhanov","birth_year":2000,"birth_date":"2000-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Tomsk.\n\nOn 30 May 2025, law enforcement officers carried out searches at at least four addresses of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Tomsk. As a result, four individuals aged between 24 and 65 were detained: Anton Novopashin, a Kazakh citizen; Gonkhi Jakhi, a student from Côte d’Ivoire; Andrei Plekhanov; and Yuri Pichugin, who had recently suffered a stroke. They have been charged with participation in extremist activities. All four were remanded in custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Tomsk","case_number":"1-360/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, two local residents and two foreign nationals took part in the activities of a local extremist religious organisation, fully aware that its operations had been prohibited by a ruling of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. They conducted discussions, including via online video conferences, with the aim of preaching and introducing citizens to the religious ideology of the organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tomsk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 30.05.2025 to 01.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tomsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recUR7ufyqrUjrG7Z"},{"persecution_id":"rechTLHQa5Tloq53v","last_updated":"2026-04-03T11:45:52.000Z","person_id":"rec7znnk3grDsPyQ1","name_en":"Gonhi Jahi","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Tomsk, student citizen of Côte d'Ivoire.\n\nOn 30 May 2025, law enforcers came to search Jehovah's Witnesses at least four addresses in Tomsk. As a result, they detained four believers aged 24 to 65: Anton Novopashin, a Kazakh citizen, Gonhi Jahi, a student from Côte d'Ivoire, Andrei Plekhanov and Yuri Pichugin, who had recently suffered a stroke. They are being held as defendants in a case of participation in extremist activities. All of them have been remanded in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Tomsk","case_number":"1-360/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, two local residents and two foreigners took part in the activities of an extremist local religious organisation, knowing beforehand that its activities had been banned in accordance with a decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. They held conversations, including via video-conference on the Internet, the purpose of which was to preach and immerse citizens in the religious movement of the extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tomsk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 30.05.2025 to 01.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tomsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rechTLHQa5Tloq53v"},{"persecution_id":"reccyEDlKcgKQvTyQ","last_updated":"2026-04-03T11:45:52.000Z","person_id":"recl9B6e2S36VWRBx","name_en":"Anton Novopashin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attqlUA0E7uThHMM2.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attqlUA0E7uThHMM2.jpg"],"birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Kazakhstan"],"story_en":"Resident of Tomsk, citizen of Kazakhstan.\n\nOn 30 May 2025, law enforcers came to search Jehovah's Witnesses at least four addresses in Tomsk. As a result, they detained four believers aged 24 to 65: Anton Novopashin, a Kazakh citizen, Gonhi Jahi, a student from Côte d'Ivoire, Andrei Plekhanov and Yuri Pichugin, who had recently suffered a stroke. They are being held as defendants in a case of participation in extremist activities. All of them have been remanded in custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Jehovah's Witnesses' case in Tomsk","case_number":"1-360/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, two local residents and two foreigners took part in the activities of an extremist local religious organisation, knowing in advance that its activities had been banned in accordance with a decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. They held conversations, including via videoconference on the Internet, the purpose of which was to preach and immerse citizens in the religious current of the extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tomsk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 30.05.2025 to 01.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tomsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reccyEDlKcgKQvTyQ"},{"persecution_id":"recizMhjMPYZTK2mU","last_updated":"2025-11-09T20:23:09.000Z","person_id":"recPxyso6rZ4KknEC","name_en":"Ruslan Matveev","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An activist from Moscow, he left Russia. In June 2025, he received a summons for interrogation, informing him that he is a suspect in a case of repeated discrediting of the army. It is not known what the criminal case was initiated in connection with. Matveev suggests that it could have been initiated because of \"deleted posts on Facebook and a conflict with a neighbour who has been to the Special Military Operation\".\n\nIn April 2022, Matveev was detained on Red Square with a yellow and blue banner reading \"PEACE\". He was issued a report on discrediting the army (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code), under which he was fined 50,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ruslan Matveev's case of discrediting the army","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recizMhjMPYZTK2mU"},{"persecution_id":"recftYrDj4S8oNRVV","last_updated":"2025-07-25T12:29:34.000Z","person_id":"recbliHiigoyscpeT","name_en":"Mikhail Popov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Essentuki, former chairman of the board of the local Union of Afghanistan Veterans.\n\nIn June 2025, a criminal case against Popov under the article on financing extremist activities was brought to court because of seven transfers to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) from August 2021 to February 2022, totalling 7,000 roubles.\n\nIn January 2021, Popov was arrested for 5 days because of an action in support of Alexei Navalny. After the start of the invasion of Ukraine, he went on an anti-war picket and wrote posts condemning the war. Because of two such posts in April 2022, he was fined 35,000 rubles under a protocol for discrediting the army. In 2024, he was also fined one thousand rubles under the protocol on demonstration of prohibited symbols because of the picture with the ACF logo published in VKontakte in 2018.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other","Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Popov's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-207/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August 2021, Popov, being a supporter of the \"Anti-Corruption Foundation\" and an opponent of the authorities and the President of Russia, who was reliably aware that FBK had been recognised as an extremist organisation and liquidated by a court decision that had entered into legal force, decided to finance extremist activities by transferring money under the guise of donations to ACF accounts to support the activities of the said extremist organisation. He made a total of seven transfers from August 2021 to February 2022 for the sum of 7,000 roubles.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recftYrDj4S8oNRVV"},{"persecution_id":"recX4ylxxiqwicqBt","last_updated":"2025-10-03T15:42:09.000Z","person_id":"recyITMgiYkpEE5wX","name_en":"Ural Baibulatov","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Blogger and activist from Ufa, he protests against the mining of Kryktytau range. On the morning of 5th of June 2025 Baibulatov's home was visited by FSS. The next day he was accused of dissemination by a group of individuals in a previous agreement of knowingly false information about the circumstances posing a threat to the life and safety of citizens. On the same day the court chose the prohibition of certain actions as a measure of restraint (he isn't allowed to leave his flat at night and speak to the other defendants in the case).\n\nAccording to \"Idel.Realii\", the reason for the criminal case was a post from 22/04/25 in the activist's Telegram channel, in which he argued against the mining of Kryktytau. Among other things, he said that there's a radioactive waste repository and an anthrax cattle burial ground filled with concrete in the area, and the mining for metals hurts the ecology.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 207.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 207.1"],"case_name_en":"Ural Baibulatov's case of spreading fakes","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Baibulatov knowingly posted false information about the violation of environmental norms, the presence of radioactive waste repository and an anthrax cattle burial ground on the territory planned for development. The law enforcers believe that the population was misled by this video, which led to a significant increase in social tension and activation of protest activity.\n\nAccording to Idel.Realii, Baibulatov was charged with a post in his Telegram channel published on 22 April 2025.\n\n\"The ecology of the Abzelilovsky district will go south,\" the public activist said in the video.\n\nIn the post Baibulatov wrote, in particular, that \"according to local residents, in 1968 nuclear waste was buried in the forests of that area.\" Therefore, the public activist noted, \"it is necessary to conduct a radiological examination of the area.\" Baibulatov also reported that \"near the village of Iskak (near Burangulovo) there is a concreted anthrax burial ground\".\n\nIndustrial development will cause dust pollution, possible radiation contamination and destroy a natural gem, undermining tourism, the public activist said in the video. - The economic benefit is questionable because of the low metal [copper] content of the ore. Open-pit mining and blasting could disrupt the hydrological regime and lead to desertification of the area.\n\nBaibulatov added that \"even at the stage of geological exploration in 2020, violations of environmental norms were recorded,\" and \"the opinion of the local population has not yet been taken into account.\"","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.06.2025 to 06.06.2025\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 06.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recX4ylxxiqwicqBt"},{"persecution_id":"rec8xqpQiQoBvOEyj","last_updated":"2025-11-18T13:15:35.000Z","person_id":"recmFyieZKNA4QiE5","name_en":"Andrei","birth_year":1983,"age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On June 7, 2025, officers from the Center for Combating Extremism detained him in Moscow in connection with a criminal case involving vandalism of inscriptions reading \"Peace to the World\" on bridges and embankments in St. Petersburg. Phones, bank cards, and articles of clothing were seized from the man. He was taken to St. Petersburg and then released on recognizance not to leave the city.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 214 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 214 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of \"Peace to the World\" signs in St. Petersburg","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8xqpQiQoBvOEyj"},{"persecution_id":"recAvmq4tDNEdkUpd","last_updated":"2025-08-27T17:16:23.000Z","person_id":"rec0YvuJy81GwNqs2","name_en":"Alla Konstantinova","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-10-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist from Karelia, employee of Mediazona. She left Russia. In April 2025, a criminal case was brought against her for evading her duties as a \"foreign agent\". It is not known what exactly gave rise to the criminal case and under which part of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code it was initiated. Previously, the journalist was fined three times under a similar administrative article. In July 2025 it became known that Konstantinova was put on a wanted list.\n\nThe journalist was included in the register of \"foreign agents\" on April 1, 2022.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Alla Konstantinova's case of failure to fulfill duties of a \"foreign agent\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAvmq4tDNEdkUpd"},{"persecution_id":"recVDUHuZWCnahQdn","last_updated":"2025-11-22T15:52:19.000Z","person_id":"recQVgoERKzs8ammL","name_en":"Unknown male 351","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Saratov region and a Ukrainian native. In early June 2025, it became known about his detention due to a criminal case on calls for terrorism. Operativnye Svodki, a channel associated with the security forces, claimed that the man  \"urged the Russian Federal Security Service officers to the need to overthrow the authorities in the country by armed means, as well as to assassinate the country's top political and military leadership\" in his Telegram channels. The same channel referred to the man as \"one of the leaders\" of Pentecostals.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of a Saratov's resident of calls for terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the law enforcers' version, the resident of the Saratov region, in the extremist-looking telegram channels, urged the Russian Federal Security Service officers to overthrow the power in the country by armed means, as well as to kill the country's top political and military leadership.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVDUHuZWCnahQdn"},{"persecution_id":"recDoSWtMhPlDdzQU","last_updated":"2025-10-01T14:48:49.000Z","person_id":"recfcdH6oJIN9f8Pu","name_en":"Unknown male 352","birth_year":2003,"age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Rostov region. In June 2025, he was detained and taken into custody on charges of calls for terrorism. The Telegram channel “Operational Reports,” which is linked to law enforcement agencies, reported that he “used his personal Telegram channel to post materials openly calling for violence against Russian military personnel and published videos glorifying the activities of the Russian Volunteer Corps.”","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"A resident of the Rostov`s case of calling for terrorism ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the law enforcers' version, the resident of Rostov Region, through his personal Telegram channel, posted materials in which he openly called for violence against the Russian military and published videos glorifying the activities of the banned terrorist organisation Russian Volunteer Corps.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recDoSWtMhPlDdzQU"},{"persecution_id":"rec1BzviteJeha1gL","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:00:19.000Z","person_id":"recNZ2wsJwLs14oD9","name_en":"Lev Shlosberg","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzVE1oSevkdCVfO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzVE1oSevkdCVfO.webp"],"birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A former deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly, a deputy chairman of the Pskov branch of the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko. In June 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". On 2 October 2024, Shlosberg's residence was searched and he was questioned as a suspect in the case of evasion from the duties of a \"foreign agent\", after which he was released under an obligation to appear. On 23 November 2024, Shlosberg was detained at the airport in Pskov, but was soon released. On 10 June 2025, Shlosberg's home was searched again, this time in a case of repeated discrediting of the army, which was initiated because of a video of a debate between the politician and historian Iurii Pivovarov on the YouTube channel \"Zhivoi gvozd\". The next day the politician was placed under house arrest. On 7 October 2025, the measure of restraint was replaced with a ban on certain actions. At the same time, the press service of the courts of the Pskov region issued a post that Shlosberg's house arrest had been extended before the court's decision. However, on 10 October the court of appeal returned Shlosberg under a house arrest, having satisfied the complaint of the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 5 November 2025, the court sentenced the politician to 420 hours of compulsory community service in a case concerning evasion of the duties of a “foreign agent”.\n\nOn 3 December, a case was initiated against Shlosberg for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces motivated by political hatred. The reason this time was a repost in his Telegram channel, made in February 2022. The case was initiated shortly before the end of house arrest in the case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. On 5 October, the politician was taken into custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Lev Shlosberg’s case of discrediting the army","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 12 January 2025, he \"committed public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, maintaining international peace and security\" by posting a video in Odnoklassniki social media website. The video in question is a clip of a debate between Lev Shlosberg and historian Yuri Pivovarov, which took place on the \"Zhivoy Gvozd\" channel. Lev Shlosberg insists that he did not post this video and does not administer this page.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.06.2025 to 11.06.2025\n• house arrest: from 11.06.2025 to 07.10.2025\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 07.10.2025 to 10.10.2025\n• house arrest: from 10.10.2025 to 05.12.2025\n• in custody: from 05.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Pskov Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-07-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/shlosberg-lev-markovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec1BzviteJeha1gL"},{"persecution_id":"rec549PAbQCsYgtsY","last_updated":"2025-11-09T20:06:53.000Z","person_id":"rece0INB7NclAQIbD","name_en":"Yaroslav Sirotkin","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An LGBTQ+ activist from Yaroslavl. Left Russia after the outbreak of a full-scale war. In April 2022, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In March 2024, it became known that he was put on the wanted list: as it turned out later, in a case of evading his duties as a foreign agent. In June 2025, it became known that a new case was opened against him - about participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. The law enforcers believe that the activist participated in the activities of a non-existent \"international public LGBT movement\", having posted 14 posts and videos in which they saw \"propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations\", as well as \"justification and involvement\" in the activities of the movement.","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Yaroslav Sirotkin's case on participation in the activities of an extremist organization","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from December 2023 to January 2024, Sirotkin, while outside Russia, continued to participate in the activities of the LGBT movement. He posted on the Internet at least 14 posts and videos containing, according to the Investigation Committee, \"propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations\", as well as \"justification and involvement\" in the activities of the movement.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec549PAbQCsYgtsY"},{"persecution_id":"recriqExkLCq2coqN","last_updated":"2026-02-28T18:43:11.000Z","person_id":"rec1exKQ8ftcjTavE","name_en":"Oleg Smirnov","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. In June 2025, he was detained on charges of financing extremist activities due to seven donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation totalling 7,000 roubles.\n\nOn 21 November 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 350 thousand rubles. In February 2026, on appeal, the fine was increased to 600 thousand roubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":173,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Smirnov's case on donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation","case_number":"1-870/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated due to donations made to the Anti-Corruption Foundation from August 2021 to March 2022, totaling 7,000 rubles (90 USD).","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 10.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2025, Sentence: A fine of 350,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 350,000 rubles","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recriqExkLCq2coqN"},{"persecution_id":"recEACvofuYsT2OZ7","last_updated":"2026-03-03T14:33:58.000Z","person_id":"rec59jGoGvPWSgTry","name_en":"Igor Pritiko","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Birobidzhan, a refrigeration equipment repairman. In February 2024 and April 2025, he was searched twice. On 28 May 2025, the Investigative Committee opened a case against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 14 November the court sentenced Prityko to two and a half years of suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":170,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Igor Pritiko's case on participation on the activities of the extremist organisation","case_number":"1-414/2025","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.11.2025, Sentence: 2 years' and 6 months of suspended imprisonment with 6 months of restricted freedom","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' and 6 months of suspended imprisonment with 6 months of restricted freedom","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-14T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-14T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 12-08-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/08/d51744/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recEACvofuYsT2OZ7"},{"persecution_id":"recArEamtWrkC9BDv","last_updated":"2025-11-09T19:52:38.000Z","person_id":"recGDdWBqICSePigH","name_en":"Nikolai Rodkin","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Omsk activist, co-founder of the Omsk Civic Association. In August 2023, it became known that a criminal case was opened against him. Rodkin initially reported that the case was related to his anti-war activities, support for Alexei Navalny, and defence of the LGBTQ rights. Earlier, his organisation was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". Later it became known that the case was initiated under the article on humiliation of dignity on the grounds of belonging to a social group because of his statements addressed to the representatives of the Supreme Court. Rodkin suggests that it could be due to his comment criticising the Supreme Court's ruling that declared the \"International LGBT Public Movement\" an extremist organisation.\n\nIn June 2025, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Rodkin for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. According to the law enforcement version, from March 2024 to April 2025, he participated in the activities of the \"International LGBT Movement\", publishing materials about it, in which he \"propagandised it, defended its participants and opposed its ban\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Rodkin's case on participation in the activities of an extremist organization","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the law enforcers' version, in March 2024 - April 2025, Rodkin took part in the activities of the \"International Public LGBT Movement\". He repeatedly published materials on his Internet resource about the activities of the movement, in which he propagandised it, defended its participants and opposed its ban.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recArEamtWrkC9BDv"},{"persecution_id":"recEvvKB5lUpQ7ArE","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recrj7VUjc2tUINAF","name_en":"Irina M.","birth_year":1980,"age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Khabarovsk, a specialist in the organizational-planning and mobilization work department of the Committee of the Government of the Khabarovsk Krai, a journalist for \"Komsomolskaya Pravda,\" and an employee of the Khabarovsk Territory Legislative Duma apparatus.\n\nOn May 14, 2025, a criminal case was initiated against her for justifying terrorism due to a comment she made under a news article about a man who set fire to a National Guard of the Russian Federation building in June 2022 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Under the post in a Telegram channel, she wrote, \"A hero! Few people are brave enough.\" After the case was initiated, she was placed under a travel restriction.","persecution_occupation_en":["Officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Irina M.'s case of the justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a comment under a news story about a man who set fire to a National Guard of the Russian Federation building in June 2022 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Under the post in the Telegram channel was written: \"A hero! Few people are brave enough.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEvvKB5lUpQ7ArE"},{"persecution_id":"recU20ztiKtyuodMX","last_updated":"2025-11-09T19:49:12.000Z","person_id":"recGocTTAtCAN5oCc","name_en":"B. Aleksei ","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo Region. In June 2025, it became known that a criminal case was initiated against him for incitement to terrorism. According to law enforcement, he posted comments on social media calling for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation, as well as for revolution and the use of violence against several government officials.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Prokopyevsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Residents of Prokopyevsk's case of calls for terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the law enforcers' version, he publicly posted comments containing calls for a violent change in the foundations of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation, as well as a call for revolution and the use of violence against a number of statesmen.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recU20ztiKtyuodMX"},{"persecution_id":"recSw5pxdeGo55vXv","last_updated":"2025-11-09T19:10:45.000Z","person_id":"recBuiTT6znsqxfZW","name_en":"Unknown male 360","birth_year":2001,"age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Altai Territory. In June 2025, the regional office of the FSB announced that a criminal case had been initiated against him for incitement to terrorism on the internet, due to “comments encouraging actions aimed at the violent overthrow of power in Russia.”","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case against the Altai Territory resident for incitement to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB, in 2023 he repeatedly posted comments on the information and telecommunications network Internet expressing incitement to commit actions aimed at the violent overthrow of power in Russia","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSw5pxdeGo55vXv"},{"persecution_id":"reczcQNmYZOiyUX3f","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recbXTFJX5yA8oHPo","name_en":"Alexander Fokin","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the village of Podgorodnyaya Pokrovka in the Orenburg region. In May 2025, a criminal case was brought against him for allegedly financing extremist activities through donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).\n\nIn a press release, the Orenburg District Court’s press service stated that “despite his mature age and the fact that he has two minor children, who should be raised in the spirit of love for the Motherland and shown a personal example of responsible behaviour and civic awareness, the man succumbed to blatant enemy propaganda.”\n\nAccording to investigators, between September 2021 and February 2022, he made six donations of 300 roubles each to the FBK.\n\nOn 22 July 2025, the court fined him 200,000 roubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":112,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of an Orenburg region citizen accused of funding extremist activities","case_number":"1-173/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Fokin watched clips on the Alexei Navalny channel and made money transfers to the account of the FBK NGO in New York State using the link provided under the clip. At the same time, he was reliably aware that FBK had been recognised as an extremist organisation and liquidated. In total, according to the investigation, from September 2021 to February 2022, Fokin sent six donations of 300 rubles each to FBK.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 07.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.07.2025, Sentence: a fine of 200 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 200 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-22T10:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-22T10:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reczcQNmYZOiyUX3f"},{"persecution_id":"recgz1QXMY6vdlDee","last_updated":"2025-11-09T19:08:01.000Z","person_id":"rec4IH8gB0tcNHG7P","name_en":"Vissarion Aseev","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Human rights defender from North Ossetia, former deputy of the Assembly of Representatives of the Pravoberezhny District of North Ossetia, founder of the Crimean Human Rights Group. Since 2014, he has been living in Kyiv. In June 2025, ASTRA reported that he was charged with calls to terrorism because of a Facebook post on March 16, 2022. In this post Aseev wrote commenting the information about possible Russian losses in Ukraine: \"Why the fuck are Ossetians going to Ukraine to die? Stay at home! If you want to kill someone, kill Putin!\"","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vissarion Aseev’s case of calling for terrorism ","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was Aseev's Facebook post dated March 16, 2022. In it, he shared someone else's publication that contained information on possible losses of the Russian army and wrote:\"Why the fuck are Ossetians going to Ukraine to die? Stay at home! If you want to kill someone, kill Putin!\" According to Astra, the post was sent for expert examination, and experts found it to be a call for \"an attempt on the life of a statesman with the aim of stopping his activity\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recgz1QXMY6vdlDee"},{"persecution_id":"recAvvsJtYvM9J1zn","last_updated":"2025-06-25T10:20:28.000Z","person_id":"recJ1ZbJ9mwpndiuF","name_en":"Sh.","birth_year":2007,"age":19,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chernogorsk (Republic of Khakassia). She was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organization for allegedly \"encouraging minors [...] to watch movies that depict school shootings together\", according to the investigation. In June 2025, the student was placed in custody.  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The reason for this were Instagram posts about the events during the war in Ukrainian cities Bucha and Izyum that Anderson had published in 2022 .","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Andreson's case about spreading \"fakes\" about Russian army","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB, from 14 September to 9 December 2022, Anderson, while in the United States, using Instagram, posted publications containing deliberately false, negative information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and state bodies in general on the territory of Ukraine during the special military operation (events in Bucha and Izyum).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTJPoqJ4chfFdlp"},{"persecution_id":"recpRlrTkJP03OgnY","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recPa2mgmzsMnrKPw","name_en":"Valentina Unagaeva","birth_year":1995,"age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ulan-Ude. On 20 June 2025, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that a criminal case was opened against her under the article on desecration of symbols of Russia's military glory. The case was initiated because the woman climbed on the monument to the Red Army soldiers and partisans who fell on 2 March 1920 in the battles for the liberation of Verkhneudinsk. She sat on the neck of one of the sculptures and shouted: \"Well done me!\". Three of her friends were present nearby. After the arrest, the woman said she was drunk and apologised on camera.\n\nOn 19 September 2025, the court sentenced her to ten months of corrective labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulan-Ude"],"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":110,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of an Ulan-Ude resident of desecration of symbols of military glory","case_number":"1-20/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, at about 05:26 on 20 June 2025 in the specified public place [at the monument \"The mass grave of 18 Red Army soldiers and partisans who fell in the battle for the liberation of Verkhneudinsk from the Semenov gangs and Japanese-American interventionists on 2 March 1920\"] in the presence of previously acquainted B.E., K.I., B, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication, acting deliberately, publicly, realising that her actions would be obvious to an indefinite circle of persons, flagrantly violating public order, expressing obvious disrespect for society, opposing herself to others and demonstrating her contemptuous attitude towards them, with the aim of desecrating a symbol of Russia's military glory, insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland, climbed up on the metal sculpture of one of the soldiers standing on one knee, sat on it in the area of its neck and shoulders, thus hanging down her legs, put her hands around the warrior's head and started kissing it, thus publicly desecrating the symbol of Russia's military glory and insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland, expressing a mocking, contemptuous and humiliating attitude towards it.","persecution_location_en":"Location unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 09.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.09.2025, Sentence: 10 months of corrective labor with 10% of the salary withheld for the benefit of the state","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 months of corrective labor with 10% of the salary withheld for the benefit of the state","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-19T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-19T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpRlrTkJP03OgnY"},{"persecution_id":"recXfNLVgw86euVbh","last_updated":"2026-04-29T10:05:23.000Z","person_id":"recv7FZGwMcXDF0l4","name_en":"Maria Makhmutova","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Shelekhov, Irkutsk Oblast. On 18 June 2025, the Investigative Committee reported the opening of a criminal case against her for insulting a public official, allegedly after she insulted and swore at a police officer on social media.\n\nThe case was opened following complaints from pro-government activists over a video in which Mahmutova criticised the celebration of Russia Day and participants in the war in Ukraine, saying, among other things: “What kind of holiday is this, damn it? A fing great holiday — Russia Day. And what are you proud of, huh? What are you proud of, damn it? That you live — eating the last sht without salt? That you have to kill people to buy cars and apartments, and drink like it’s the last time, and wear fing medals. Today your medals are a mark for life, a brand for life that you are f**ing murderers <…> If all SVO soldiers die tomorrow, I’ll drink wine.”\n\nAfter the complaints, Mahmutova was detained. She was issued a protocol for discrediting the army, and the Investigative Committee initiated a criminal investigation under the article on discrediting the military.\n\nAt the end of June 2025, the blogger was sentenced to 13 days’ detention under a protocol for assault after she allegedly kicked a police officer during investigative actions, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. She was subsequently given an additional 5 days’ detention under a protocol for drug use after taking phenobarbital (initially reported incorrectly as “Corvalol”).\n\nOn 10 July 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that Mahmutova was also charged with using violence against a public official, without specifying the exact reason for this accusation. Shortly before that, the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that she faced criminal liability for allegedly biting an operative during investigative actions in the case of insulting a public official. The cases of insulting a public official and using violence were merged into a single proceeding, and Mahmutova was taken into custody.\n\nOn 6 November, she was sentenced to two years and seven months in a settlement-type penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Irkutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":146,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 319 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 318 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["319","318"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 319","Part 1, Article 318"],"case_name_en":"Maria Makhmutova's case of insulting a government representative ","case_number":"1-297/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the woman insulted a police officer and used obscene language towards him on her social media account. 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In June 2025 he was detained by FSB officers in a case of calls to extremism. The reason for the case were his comments about the Russian military. One of the comments that became a reason for prosecution: \"Burn the occupants with napalm\". After the detention of the man, the law enforcers distributed a video with his apology.\n\nThe video also showed chatbots of the Ukrainian project \"I want to live\" and the legion \"Freedom of Russia\" open in Telegram. The FSB indicated in the distributed release that the man \"used enemy Telegram bots that are aimed at creating sabotage units inside Russia,\" but no related charges were reported.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Kaluga Oblast resident on incitement to extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB version, the man left insulting comments in one of the social networks. 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On June 16, 2025, the FSB reported about the initiation of proceedings against him for offending religious feelings because of 30 publications in \"VKontakte\". According to the law enforcers' version, from November 2022 to June 2025, on his personal page, he repeatedly posted distorted images with the attributes of the Christian Church, as well as personal comments to offend religious feelings.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"The case of Abakan resident of offending religious feelings","persecution_case_profile_en":"The FSB reported that from November 2022 to June 2025, the man on his personal page \"VKontakte\" repeatedly posted distorted images with the attributes of the Christian church, as well as personal comments to offend the religious feelings. In total, more than 30 publications were documented, available to an unlimited number of people.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckfyHrE8cjwWpDG"},{"persecution_id":"recTykEDVJf18wHbH","last_updated":"2026-01-13T10:10:35.000Z","person_id":"recmbwKjApC7Q4ciF","name_en":"Eugene Shilderman","birth_year":1983,"age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The resident of Omsk. On 18 June 2025 he was detained in a case of justification of terrorism on the Internet because of a video in support of the Freedom of Russia Legion published in \"VKontakte\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Yevgeny Schilderman's case of the justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the accused published on the \"VKontakte\" social network a video accessible to an unlimited number of persons, containing public propaganda and justification of the ideology of the Freedom of Russia Legion, an organisation recognised by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation as a terrorist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTykEDVJf18wHbH"},{"persecution_id":"reca9mdUNRSPWl3Q5","last_updated":"2025-11-09T17:55:22.000Z","person_id":"recUYRpLswUSNQI8O","name_en":"Ivan Egorushkin","birth_year":1996,"birth_date":"1996-08-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the city of Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Region. In March 2025, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported his detention in a case of financing extremist activities due to FBK donations sent from September 2021 to February 2022. \"Mediazona\" wrote that according to the investigation, the \"unknown\" man from August 6, 2021, to February 6, 2022, transferred 700 rubles to FBK.\n\nThe detainee signed a recognizance not to leave. On May 30, 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kstovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":149,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Egorushkin's case of financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that the man transferred money to the FBK account from September 2021 to February 2022. Later, Mediazona wrote regarding the court's press service that, according to the investigation, the 28-year-old Kstovchan transferred 700 rubles to FBK from August 6, 2021, to February 6, 2022 (it was probably seven monthly transfers of one hundred rubles each).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.05.2025, Sentence: fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-05-30T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-05-30T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reca9mdUNRSPWl3Q5"},{"persecution_id":"recaVJqJbCgJacdfr","last_updated":"2026-02-05T19:17:54.000Z","person_id":"recSAs0mafUwqt7IJ","name_en":"Sergei Litvinov","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 17 April 2025, it became known that Litvinov was detained in Nizhny Novgorod as part of the case of the Natsdem telegram channel, which spoke against migrants, as well as against the Russian authorities and war. Litvinov was accused of participating in the activities of an extremist community and incitement to hatred. On 6 October 2025, he was sentenced to three and a half years of probation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sergiyev Posad"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":188,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the administrators of the Telegram channel \"NATSDEM\"","case_number":"1-513/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of an extremist group and published posts that incited hatred.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-08-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.04.2025 to 05.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 05.02.2026 to 04.08.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.10.2025, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' of suspended imprisonment.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' of suspended imprisonment.","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-06T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recaVJqJbCgJacdfr"},{"persecution_id":"rec2xXP6nyIB1VGL0","last_updated":"2026-02-05T19:18:10.000Z","person_id":"rec8D55uJ8F48s7iC","name_en":"Mikhail Noskov","birth_year":2006,"birth_date":"2006-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":19,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 17 April 2025, it became known that Noskov was detained in Nizhny Novgorod as part of the case of the Natsdem telegram channel, which spoke against migrants, as well as against the Russian authorities and war. He was accused of participating in the activities of an extremist community, incitement to hatred and calls for extremism. On 6 October 2025, Noskov was sentenced to a four-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sergiyev Posad"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":188,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.1","282","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.1","Part 2, Article 282","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the administrators of the Telegram channel \"NATSDEM\"","case_number":"1-513/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of an extremist community, published posts inciting hatred and calling for extremist activities.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2030-02-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.04.2025 to 05.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 05.02.2026 to 04.02.2030\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.10.2025, Sentence: 4 years' of suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' of suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-06T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-06T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2xXP6nyIB1VGL0"},{"persecution_id":"recsTUO9je8SdfQBp","last_updated":"2025-08-25T23:24:56.000Z","person_id":"recW8XPCa0BR7dsX4","name_en":" Unknown male 373","birth_year":2008,"age":18,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":17,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. In June 2025, he became a defendant in a case concerning the desecration of a symbol of military glory, after the Victory Banner was found torn and discarded on the ground on June 22 at 7 Tankist Khrustitsky Street, near Sheremetevsky Square. Previously, it had been displayed on the building.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the torn Victory Banner in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on June 22, three young men tore down and destroyed the \"Victory Banner\" displayed on a building on Tankist Khrustitsky Street, thereby desecrating a symbol of Russia's military glory.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recsTUO9je8SdfQBp"},{"persecution_id":"recnxjYBQvTX9h8fx","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:06:32.000Z","person_id":"rec5qbgkPO8QWiO2H","name_en":"Ilya Ponomarev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attRWFiEbOw12R5bh.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attRWFiEbOw12R5bh.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Ilya Ponomarev was a deputy of the State Duma from 2007 to 2016. He was elected to the Duma of the V convocation from the CPRF, and to the VI convocation from Just Russia. In 2011-2012, he took an active part in protests against the rigged elections and the power of Vladimir Putin. In 2013, he left Just Russia. In 2014, he was the only MP who voted against the annexation of Crimea to Russia.\n\nIn 2015, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the MP for complicity in embezzlement (part 4 of article 160 of the Criminal Code with application of part 5 of article 33 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, the Skolkovo Foundation signed a contract with Ponomarev to conduct research work and lectures in the amount of 750 thousand dollars. The deputy received the money by preparing, as the IC wrote, \"under the guise of research work, two reports that had absolutely no scientific value and did not meet the requirements of the terms of reference\", and instead of lectures he gave \"short blitz speeches of 3 to 18 minutes, and at events unrelated to the declared subject (\"Commercialisation of new technologies\" - OVD-Info's note)\". In 2015, Ponomarev was stripped of his parliamentary immunity and arrested in absentia.\n\nNow Ilya Ponomarev lives in Ukraine. In 2019, then Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko granted him Ukrainian citizenship. In April, Ponomarev founded the TV channel \"Morning of February\", dedicated to the war between Russia and Ukraine.\nOn 22 August 2022, Ponomarev claimed that a certain National Republican Army had claimed responsibility for the murder of publicist Darya Dugina, which had taken place in the Moscow suburbs the previous day.\n\nSoon he was arrested in absentia in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Later this case was merged with the case of public justification of terrorism.\nIn September 2022, a criminal case was opened against Ponomarev, which, according to information as of February 2025, includes a number of articles: state treason, participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation, calls for terrorism and activities against the security of the Russian Federation, creation of a terrorist community and seizure of power.\nOn 21 October 2022, Ponomarev was included in the register of individuals - \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn September 2023, it was reported that a case was opened against Ponomarev for the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\". Apparently, this refers to the organisation Kongres Deputowanych Ludowych (Congress of People's Deputies), registered in Poland, of which Ponomarev is one of the leaders.\n\nOn 11 September 2024, Ponomarev was sentenced in absentia to ten years' imprisonment in the case of \"fakes\" and public justification of terrorism.\n\nIn June 2025, it became known that another case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Ponomarev because of statements in support of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\". Apparently, this case was merged with the case of evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\".\n\nA case was also brought against Ponomarev for organising mass disorder, incitement to hatred and financing extremist activities in connection with the pogrom at Makhachkala airport in 2023 (we cannot say with certainty that there was a political motive in this case). In July 2025, the case came to court. On 2 April 2026, the court sentenced Ponomarev in absentia to 19 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":338,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ilya Ponomarev’s case on public justification of terrorism and evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\"","case_number":"1-217/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for initiating a case of public justification of terrorism was a video message in support of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.12.2025, Sentence: 6 years 1 month's imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and 3 years' ban on website administration; with the punishment of the first sentence, 12 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and 5 years' ban on website administration","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years 1 month's imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and 3 years' ban on website administration; with the punishment of the first sentence, 12 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and 5 years' ban on website administration","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":73,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-05T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-05T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnxjYBQvTX9h8fx"},{"persecution_id":"recmnrd9i2PvLNgy4","last_updated":"2025-08-25T23:36:36.000Z","person_id":"rec3eF2YgpfMfguQu","name_en":" Unknown male 374","birth_year":2007,"age":19,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":18,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. In June 2025 became a defendant in a case of desecration of the symbol of military glory after the Victory Banner was noticed torn and thrown to the ground on June 22nd, at 7 Tankist Khrustitsky Street, near Sheremetevsky Square. Earlier it had been displayed on the building.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the torn Victory Banner in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the 22nd of June, three young men tore up and destroyed the \"Victory Banner\" installed on the house on Tankist Khrustitsky Street, desecrating the symbol of Russia's military glory.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmnrd9i2PvLNgy4"},{"persecution_id":"rec4cO99WwdqiKBXt","last_updated":"2025-08-25T23:36:42.000Z","person_id":"recRXm9DMOX0HUc4S","name_en":" Unknown male 375","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. In June 2025 became a defendant in a case of desecration of the military glory symbol after the Victory Banner was noticed torn and thrown to the ground on 22 June at 7 Tankist Khrustitsky Street, near Sheremetevsky Square. Earlier it had been displayed at the building.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the torn Victory Banner in St. Petersburg","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 22 June, three young men tore down and destroyed the \"Victory Banner\" installed on the house on Tankist Khrustitsky Street, desecrating the symbol of Russia's military glory.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4cO99WwdqiKBXt"},{"persecution_id":"recO6ehiFNTwN82jU","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:41:28.000Z","person_id":"recHSI6TO13ZK8Bqc","name_en":"Vladimir Zhuravlev","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of St. Petersburg, an urban preservationist, formerly a municipal councillor, before that an engineer at military factories, and author of books about the military glory of Oranienbaum (a palace and park ensemble near St. Petersburg). On 26 June 2025, he was searched in a case of spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army with the motive of political hatred. The next day Zhuravlev was sent under house arrest. The reason for his prosecution were three posts about the war in the group \"City of Oranienbaum\" in \"VKontakte\", published in April 2022.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Zhuravlev's case of spreading \"fakes\" about Russian Armed Forces activities on Ukrainian territory ","case_number":"1-400/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 03.04.2022 to 06.04.2022 Zhuravlev, guided by motives of political and ideological hatred and enmity towards persons from among the representatives of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, representatives of state bodies, etc., posted three entries in the social network in the group \"City of Oranienbaum\", in which the knowingly false information was presented under the guise of the true and complete information.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 27.06.2025 to 30.07.2026\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.06.2025 to 27.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zhuravlyov-vladimir-vasilevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recO6ehiFNTwN82jU"},{"persecution_id":"recpRd3c4Mg4FKZNz","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:03:07.000Z","person_id":"reciRP229dT5PC8Pq","name_en":"Mikhail T.","birth_year":1960,"age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Novy Urengoy. In June 2025, he was taken into custody in a case of justification of terrorism. According to the investigation, while on the territory of the Tyumen region’s centre for restorative medicine and rehabilitation, he spoke in support of Ukraine and showed videos of undermining transport infrastructure in Crimea, the Bryansk and Kursk regions, while commenting approvingly on the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tyumen Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TYU"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Novy Urengoy relating to justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in June 2025, while on the territory of the Centre for Restorative Medicine and Rehabilitation in the Tyumen region, he publicly disseminated information containing signs of justification and propaganda of terrorism, namely: he spoke in support of the Ukrainian regime, showed videos of undermining transport infrastructure in the Republic of Crimea, Bryansk and Kursk regions, while approving the actions of the AFU.\n","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 19.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpRd3c4Mg4FKZNz"},{"persecution_id":"rec79kyFsasmTcATq","last_updated":"2025-10-13T15:05:10.000Z","person_id":"recc8m0aqihKxE1C9","name_en":"Unknown male 377","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Shumikha in the Kurgan region. On 26 June 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that a criminal case had been opened against him for organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the “Citizens of the USSR”. According to the investigation, he continued the activities of the Interregional Public Movement “Citizens of the USSR”, also known as “Novokuibyshevtsy”, which was banned by the Samara Regional Court in 2022.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Citizens' of the USSR case in Kurgan Oblast","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 2022 to June 2025, the defendants, being aware of the liquidation of the interregional public association “Citizens of the USSR” in accordance with the decision of the Samara Regional Court of 16 June 2022, continued to actively participate in the activities of the extremist organisation. The men directly participated in various events and also held conversations with citizens in order to promote the activities of this banned organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec79kyFsasmTcATq"},{"persecution_id":"recYA0rohKCEl5PKQ","last_updated":"2025-10-13T15:05:18.000Z","person_id":"recUQhiDOqpf3XImi","name_en":" Unknown male 378","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Shumikha, Kurgan region. On 26 June 2025, the IC reported that a criminal case had been opened against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the \"Citizens of the USSR\". According to the investigation, he continued the activities of the Interregional Public Movement \"Citizens of the USSR\", also known as \"Novokuibyshevtsy\", banned by the Samara Regional Court in 2022.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Citizens' of the USSR case in Kurgan Oblast","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 2022 to June 2025, the defendants, knowing about the liquidation of the interregional public association \"Citizens of the USSR\" in accordance with the decision of the Samara Regional Court of 16.06.2022, continued to actively participate in the activities of the extremist organisation. The men directly participated in various events and also held conversations with citizens in order to promote the activities of this banned organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYA0rohKCEl5PKQ"},{"persecution_id":"recpnAnUsu8rxNvVy","last_updated":"2026-02-12T10:27:52.000Z","person_id":"recNiAFwmmR5TbHSg","name_en":"Yury Dud","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist, author of the YouTube channel \"vDud\". Left Russia. In April 2022 he was included in the list of \"foreign agents\". On 30 June 2025, following fines for the absence of the \"foreign agent\" disclaimer in his publications, the Moscow Prosecutor's Office announced that it had initiated criminal proceedings against Dud under the article on evasion of \"foreign agent\" legislation. On the same day, RIA Novosti, citing a source, reported that the case had been initiated. \n\nOn 16 September 2025, the prosecutor's office announced that the case had been sent to court. On 14 November 2025, Dud was sentenced in absentia to one year and ten months in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":166,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":23,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Yury Dud's case for evading the obligations of a “foreign agent”","case_number":"01-0397/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The Moscow Prosecutor's Office found that 38-year-old Yury Dud, designated as a foreign agent, had twice within a year been held administratively liable for violating the rules governing the activities of a foreign agent (Part 4,  Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences). However, in breach of the requirements of Russian law, he continued to disseminate messages and materials in one of the messaging services without indicating that they were created and/or distributed by an individual performing the functions of a foreign agent.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 22.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.11.2025, Sentence: 1 year 10 months' imprisonment in absentia\n","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 10 months' imprisonment in absentia\n","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":22,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-14T10:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-14T10:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpnAnUsu8rxNvVy"},{"persecution_id":"recUgoPR4kv0Z1H1d","last_updated":"2026-03-29T13:09:54.000Z","person_id":"rec92M7wZQIRQAft2","name_en":"Egor Voshchinin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An oncologist from St. Petersburg and an employee of the N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Centre for Oncology. On 2 July 2025, he was detained in a case involving public calls for terrorism over Telegram comments. Experts allegedly found signs of incitement \"to execute political figures of the Russian Federation by hanging\" in his posts. The Rotunda media outlet reported that the comments referred to the Russian leadership. Voshchinin was taken into custody the following day. On 3 February 2026, he was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":215,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Egor Voshchinin’s case ","case_number":"2-17/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation alleges that while in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Voshchinin used an internet-connected device to post public messages on 20 October 2023 and 23 October 2023 via a Telegram profile under his administration. According to an expert evaluation, these messages contained linguistic and psychological signs of inciting the execution of Russian political figures by hanging.\n\nFurthermore, on 7 December 2024 and 13 December 2024, he posted comments in Telegram chats that, according to the authorities, also contained signs of inciting the execution of Russian political figures by hanging.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.07.2025 to 28.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.07.2025 to 03.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.02.2026, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-03T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-03T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUgoPR4kv0Z1H1d"},{"persecution_id":"recikEceieC4mx1AE","last_updated":"2025-08-25T23:38:37.000Z","person_id":"recZUJCuaRwxqqHig","name_en":"Artem Bronin","birth_year":2002,"age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg, a poet. At the end of June 2025, he left the inscription \"I love you\" for his girlfriend on the stands dedicated to the anniversary of Victory Day. A few days later, in early July, he was detained because of this in a case of insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and vandalism.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 214 of the Criminal Code","Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["214","354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 214","Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Artem Bronin's case of vandalism and rehabilitation of Nazism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 27 June 2025, a man in a state of alcoholic intoxication painted over with black paint the posters of the photo exhibition \"Emotions of Victory\", timed to the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, installed on Malaya Konyushennaya Street, insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland, as well as causing material damage to the owner of the exhibition.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recikEceieC4mx1AE"},{"persecution_id":"recpv6ceMfqovnQks","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recfIG1MAgfXiSXYg","name_en":"Petr Sirotiuk","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An artist from Novokuznetsk. In July 2025 it became known that he was prosecuted for spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army because of his February post: \"A Russian drone attacked the defence structure over the 4th unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which was built by the whole of Europe!.... Well, what else country can so meanly use drones to hit an ATOMIC plant, where the Muscovites themselves caused an AMAZING nuclear accident in 1986 and after the collapse of the Soviet Union did not help in eliminating the consequences...\". At the end of the post, the artist left a link to a video about this strike on the YouTube channel of the independent publication Salidarnasts, which is made by journalists from Belarus.\n\nIn May 2025, he was fined Br30 thousand under the protocol on discrediting the army because of a post in \"VKontakte.\" Its content is unknown, but according to the court ruling, the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine were described there as invasive.\n\nOn 17 March 2026, Sirotiuk was sentenced; the details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novokuznetsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":440,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Petr Sirotiuk's case of military \"fakes\"","case_number":"1-247/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"Law enforcement officers claim that during monitoring of a social media page belonging to Peter S., they identified a post containing information that did not correspond to reality. The post read:\n\"A Russian drone attacked a protective structure above the 4th unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which was built by all of Europe!!!... What kind of country would so sneakily strike an ATOMIC plant with drones, especially one where the Moscovites themselves caused a MONSTROUS nuclear accident in 1986 and, after the collapse of the USSR, failed to help with the cleanup... The story is on YouTube.\"\n\nAuthorities established that the text contains deliberately false information about the involvement of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in these events.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.03.2026, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-17T08:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-17T08:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpv6ceMfqovnQks"},{"persecution_id":"rec4ZjYfzqNIU0c5l","last_updated":"2025-11-08T20:49:16.000Z","person_id":"rec4vo4qiULD3S7Vo","name_en":"Natalia Tsareva","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She is a resident of Orenburg, associates herself with the “Citizens of the USSR” and calls herself a co-founder of the “Community of Free Indigenous Peoples of the Orenburg Province – a local government body based on the zemstvo [an institution of local self-government established in the Russian Empire in 1864]” in social networks.\n\nIn January 2025, the Investigative Committee reported about the initiation of proceedings against her for desecration of the symbol of military glory for a repost on VKontakte that she made in August 2024. Tsareva reposted a picture showing the coat of arms of Nazi Germany with a St. George’s ribbon tied on it and the collaborationist Ivan Kononov. The picture also contained the caption, “During World War II, St. George’s ribbons were awarded only to Vlasov’s RUSSIAN corps, who fought on the side of the NAZIS”. Tsareva supplemented the repost with her own comment: \"EREFIA DOES NOT HIDE FASHIST SYMBOLS\".\n\nAfter the woman was detained, she was placed under house arrest. In June 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that the case had been sent to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orenburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Natalia Tsareva’s case of desecrating a symbol of military glory","case_number":"2-22/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2024, the defendant published materials containing Nazi images desecrating a symbol of Russia’s military glory – the St. George’s ribbon – and inscriptions distorting historical events on her page on one of the social networks.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4ZjYfzqNIU0c5l"},{"persecution_id":"recmRnhPfyO2Uyvl6","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recvxRsETZobkWeay","name_en":"Nikolai Polozov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A lawyer who served as defense counsel in the case of the Pussy Riot “punk prayer” at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, as well as for Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko and Ukrainian sailors detained in Crimea. He also took part in a number of cases involving Crimean Tatar activists and other political prisoners on the peninsula. He later moved to Ukraine, and after the start of the war in 2022 became one of the founders of the project “Search. Captivity” (“Poshuk. Polon”), which searches for Ukrainians captured by Russia and provides them with legal assistance. He joined the Free Russia Forum. In June 2025, Polozov spoke about secret prisons for Ukrainian captives in Russia.\n\nIn early July 2025, it was reported that Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs placed Polozov on the wanted list. Authorities opened a criminal case against the lawyer for spreading “fakes” about the Russian army allegedly motivated by hatred, citing an interview he gave to the YouTube channel “Utro Fevralia” (“Morning of February”), in which he spoke about the execution of civilians in the city of Bucha in 2022. Investigators also cited a social media post.\n\nOn October 10, 2025, authorities opened a criminal case against him and seven others for organizing the activities of a terrorist community, in connection with the work of the Free Russia Forum.\n\nOn February 20, 2026, a court sentenced Polozov in absentia to eight and a half years in a penal colony on charges of spreading “fakes”.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":415,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Polozov’s case of military “fakes”","case_number":"01-0414/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, Polozov published a post on his personal channel in a messaging app which, according to expert findings, contains knowingly false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of another state. In addition, Polozov gave an interview to the “Utro Fevralya” (“Morning of February”) YouTube channel which, according to expert findings, also contains knowingly false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of another state, namely about the killing of civilians in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.02.2026, Sentence: 8.5 years in a general-regime penal colony in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8.5 years in a general-regime penal colony in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":102,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-20T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-20T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmRnhPfyO2Uyvl6"},{"persecution_id":"recdxSvW0kb52belM","last_updated":"2025-11-08T20:45:46.000Z","person_id":"reckTtqvetVVeTgxZ","name_en":" Unknown male 385","birth_year":1991,"age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Volgograd region. In June 2025, the FSB reported about his detention in the case of justification of terrorism on the Internet. According to the law enforcers' version, the man left comments on Telegram in support of the Ukrainian paramilitary association recognised by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation as a terrorist organisation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Volgograd Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VGG"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of the Volgograd region on the justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB, the man published statements in the Telegram messenger containing a positive assessment of the activities of the Ukrainian paramilitary association, which was recognised as a terrorist organisation by the Russian Supreme Court.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdxSvW0kb52belM"},{"persecution_id":"recsudmEXjmeZrxXv","last_updated":"2025-12-02T07:29:05.000Z","person_id":"recpM2DUvsA55JANV","name_en":"Asia Sorshneva","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow, violinist. On 7 July 2025, she was detained and taken to Vladimir Region, where she was placed under house arrest on charges of financing extremist activities through donations to Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 13 November 2025, Sorshneva was sentenced to a three and a half year suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Musicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladimir"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":128,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of financing extremist activities in Vladimir","case_number":"1-765/2025","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 09.07.2025 to 13.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.11.2025, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' suspended sentence","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' suspended sentence","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-12T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-12T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 26-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-finansirovanii-fbk/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recsudmEXjmeZrxXv"},{"persecution_id":"rectTSwx1I4n7b5OR","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recBxoKym8p1jjnFW","name_en":"Pavel Andreev","birth_year":1989,"age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Founder of the independent cultural space Revolt-Centre in Syktyvkar, from 2010 to 2022 he was an executive director of the 7x7 publication. On 8 July 2025, employees of Revolt-Centre were searched in a case of high treason brought against Andreev.\n\nThe FSB claims that Andreev since 2019 for money had been helping representatives of foreign intelligence services in activities against security and for a long time \"had been maintaining tacit contacts with representatives of NATO countries, as well as organisations used by foreign intelligence services as a cover for intelligence and subversive activities in Russia\". According to the FSB version, Andreev was engaged in projects aimed at violating the territorial integrity and constitutional order of Russia.\n\nOn October 20, 2025, the \"Beware of the News\" telegram channel reported that, according to the investigation, Andreev was engaged in \"decolonial activities\" in the interests of the representative of Denmark and worked in the organisation \"Platform of Civil, Anti-War and Humanitarian Initiatives\", which cooperated with the European authorities and, in particular, worked on the creation of a \"society of deserters in Armenia\". However, according to the Telegram channel, Andreev was not connected to the Platform of Civil, Anti-War and Humanitarian Initiatives, and the investigation confused him with his namesake Pavel Andreev, a former organiser of entertainment events in Ulyanovsk.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Andreev's case of high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"The FSB claims that during the investigative activities it was established that since 2019 Andreev for monetary remuneration had been assisting representatives of foreign special services in activities against the security of Russia. For a long time Andreev had been maintaining tacit contacts with representatives of NATO countries, as well as organisations used by foreign intelligence services as a cover for intelligence and subversive activities in Russia. On the instructions of the foreign party, he had carried out projects aimed at violating the territorial integrity and constitutional order of Russia.\n\nAccording to the telegram channel \"Beware of the News\", Andreev was engaged in \"decolonial activities\" in the interests of the representative of Denmark and worked in the organisation \"Platform of Civil, Anti-War and Humanitarian Initiatives\", which cooperates with the European authorities and, in particular, works on the creation of a \"society of deserters in Armenia\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectTSwx1I4n7b5OR"},{"persecution_id":"rec08KiPi4iJIN6F7","last_updated":"2026-02-26T12:31:21.000Z","person_id":"recdMkTCsoqzJrdzu","name_en":"Daria Chernysheva","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Chernysheva is the Executive Director of the independent cultural space Revolt-Centre in Syktyvkar and the General Director of its legal entity, Kultpik LLC. Until 2022, she served as the manager of the publication 7×7. In July 2025, she was detained in a case concerning the alleged evasion of duties to submit documents required for inclusion in the register of “foreign agents”, after previously being held administratively liable under legislation on “foreign agents”. She was placed under a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions.\nAlthough Chernysheva herself was not designated a “foreign agent”, the publication 7×7 was added to the register in 2023. She was listed as a member of the publication, despite having ceased her involvement in 2022. Following this, she was fined three times under administrative provisions on violations of “foreign agent” legislation, owing to the absence of the required “foreign agent” labelling in 7×7’s publications.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Syktyvkar"],"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 330.1"],"case_name_en":"The case against Daria Chernysheva for failing to report herself as a ‘foreign agent’","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 10.07.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.07.2025 to 10.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec08KiPi4iJIN6F7"},{"persecution_id":"recH3GE7Pjxt5hqDA","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:04:16.000Z","person_id":"recb9LO4DfftRTeIm","name_en":"Andrey \"Tarakan\" Skutin","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-02-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Streamer from Moscow. In May 2025, a case was brought against him for desecration of the symbol of military glory because he spat several times on the St George's ribbon during a live broadcast on his YouTube channel. On 20 May, the Cheremushkinsky court of Moscow rejected the investigator's motion to remand Skutin in custody. On 2 October, the same court sent the streamer to pre-trial detention due to violations of a more lenient preventive measure. On 1 April 2026, Skutin was sentenced to two and a half years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":335,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Skutin's case of desecrating a symbol of military glory","case_number":"2-93/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"RIA Novosti has been informed by law enforcement agencies that a criminal case has been opened against a streamer who spat several times at a St George's ribbon during a live broadcast on a YouTube channel. As previously reported by the interlocutor of RIA Novosti, law enforcers revealed a video in which a man spat several times into the St George's ribbon. According to preliminary data, the event took place on the eve of Victory Day.\n\nThe law enforcers-affiliated telegram channel \"ЧП Россия\" (\"Emergency Russia\") wrote that Skutin spat on the ribbon for a donation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.04.2026, Sentence: 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony and a 3-year ban on administering websites, publishing articles and comments on the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony and a 3-year ban on administering websites, publishing articles and comments on the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-01T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-01T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recH3GE7Pjxt5hqDA"},{"persecution_id":"recHLc4QytDDeCM7v","last_updated":"2025-11-08T20:44:34.000Z","person_id":"recjOxvq3pF50Fy2O","name_en":"Mikhail Romanov","birth_year":1990,"age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novy Urengoy. A case was initiated against him for desecration of the symbol of military glory and insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland because on 31 December 2024, while drunk, he threw the corpse of a fox into the Eternal Flame. On 22 July 2025 he was sentenced to 320 hours of corrective labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novy Urengoy"],"persecution_region_en":["Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAN"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":202,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Novy Urengoy accused of desecrating a symbol of military honour","case_number":"2-6/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, on 31 December 2024 in Novy Urengoy, the accused, while intoxicated, publicly desecrated a symbol of Russia’s military glory. While in the \"Memory\" Square, he threw the carcass of a fox into the burner of the Eternal Flame, part of the Three Wars memorial complex.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.07.2025, Sentence: 320 hours' of community work","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"320 hours' of community work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-22T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-22T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHLc4QytDDeCM7v"},{"persecution_id":"recnRDZQ5EFgFmciV","last_updated":"2025-11-26T16:31:13.000Z","person_id":"reczYc7oTSl8puKO2","name_en":"Alexei Kuznetsov","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kirov. A case of financing extremist activity was brought against him because of FBK donations. On 5 August 2021, he made a monthly donation of 300 rubles to the organisation. In total, he sent seven donations totalling 2,100 rubles. The case was transferred to Moscow, as Kuznetsov lived there when he subscribed to the donations. On 17 November 2025, Kuznetsov was sentenced to three years of forced labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov","Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast","Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":320,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Kuznetsov`s case of financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"As follows from the text of the indictment, on 05.08.2021 at a time before 19:30 A.A. Kuznetsov, being in Moscow, including in an unidentified place on Usievicha Street, acting intentionally, knowing that the NGO \"FBK\" was recognised by the court as an extremist organisation and liquidated, with the aim of providing funds to support the activities of the said extremist organisation, using the details of his bank card No. linked to his bank account No. opened on 01.06.2019 in JSC \"TBank\" (formerly \"Tinkoff Bank\"), located at the address: <address>, by means of a mobile phone registered on the website \"<data withdrawn>\", knowingly intended to finance extremist activities, and made monthly donations to NO \"FBK\" in the amount of 300 rubles.\n\nAs a result, in the period from 05.08.2021 to 05.02.2022 from the above bank account Kuznetsov A.A. to the merchant account NO <data withdrawn>), serviced in the bank-acquirer \"<data withdrawn>) and the bank-acquirer \"<data withdrawn>\" (another name <data withdrawn>), transferred funds in the total amount of 2100 rubles, knowingly intended to support the activities of the extremist organisation NO \"FBK\", namely: 05.08.2021 at 19 hours 30 minutes in the amount of 300 rubles; 05.09.2021 at 20 hours 31 minutes in the amount of 300 rubles; 05.10.2021 at 20 hours 31 minutes in the amount of 300 rubles; 05.11.2021 at 20 hours 31 minutes in the amount of 300 rubles; 05.12.2021 at 20 hours 31 minutes in the amount of 300 rubles; 05.01.2022 at 20 hours 32 minutes in the amount of 300 rubles; 05.02.2022 at 20 hours 32 minutes in the amount of 300 rubles.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.11.2025, Sentence: 3 years' of community work","verdict_type_en":["Forced labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' of community work","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-17T08:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-17T08:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-11-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-finansirovanii-fbk/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recnRDZQ5EFgFmciV"},{"persecution_id":"recjsQ36svTlYZCii","last_updated":"2025-11-08T20:43:24.000Z","person_id":"recNqogrW3D5pOv00","name_en":"Alina Borshchuk","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. In January 2025, she recorded a video of herself urinating near the Kazan Cathedral and published it on Telegram. After that, the girl was prosecuted for offending religious feelings.\n\nAfter being detained, Borshchuk was forced to apologise on camera. In February, she started working in the temple and sent a letter to Patriarch Kirill apologising. In July, the court released her from criminal liability and imposed a fine of 30,000 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":187,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Alina Borshchuk's case of offending religious feelings","case_number":"1-6/2025-45","persecution_case_profile_en":"On 8 January 2025, Borshchuk, being near the Kazan Cathedral, went to the toilet and captured these actions on her personal mobile phone. Then the girl distributed the video in the messenger Telegram.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.07.2025, Sentence: the case was dismissed and the defendant was released from criminal liability with a judicial fine of 30,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Case dismissed"],"verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_essence_en":"the case was dismissed and the defendant was released from criminal liability with a judicial fine of 30,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-07T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-07T11:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjsQ36svTlYZCii"},{"persecution_id":"recqMNT37CHzk5NJU","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:06:53.000Z","person_id":"reczt0LkCd6tEYk2v","name_en":"Timur Akbulatov","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kromsky district, Orel region, student of Orel State University. In July 2025, the Investigative Committee reported his detention in the case of spreading military \"fakes\", justification of terrorism and rehabilitation of Nazism. On 8 July, Akbulatov was placed in custody: one of the justifications was the purchase of a ticket from Moscow to Kazan, where he is from. The reason for the prosecution was his publications in a certain Telegram channel. The charge under the article on \"fakes\" is related to his posts on May and August 2023 about the war in Ukraine, and the charge of rehabilitation of Nazism is related to his negative assessment of the Victory Day celebrations and posts \"humiliating the honour and dignity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War\". Details of the charges under the article on the justification of terrorism are unknown. All the imputed posts were published in the group \"Sitting around the campfire\" in Telegram. The charge of spreading \"fakes\" was toughened by adding a hate motive.\n\nWhen Akbulatov was already in custody, he was twice fined 10,000 rubles under the administrative article on incitement to hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of comments in the same group: in the first case they were comments about Ossetians and Russians, in the second case - about Russians, Tatars and Bashkirs. He said in court that he posted the comments with the purpose of trolling.\n\nOn 12 February 2026, Akbulatov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":407,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","354.1","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 4, Article 354.1","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Orel resident's case of spreading military \"fakes,\" rehabilitating nazism, and justifying terrorism ","case_number":"1-96/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the Interior Ministry's version, in May and August 2023, a citizen born in 2001 in a Telegram channel twice posted publications containing deliberately false information about the special military operation of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine.\n\nIn June and August 2023, in the same Telegram channel, he posted publications containing a negative assessment of the Victory Day holiday and humiliation of the honour and dignity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War.\n\nIn addition, in August 2023, he posted a publication on his Telegram channel containing a positive assessment of previous terrorist acts.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 08.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.02.2026, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-12T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-12T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqMNT37CHzk5NJU"},{"persecution_id":"recbdmQTXPj0gLWun","last_updated":"2026-04-28T16:14:02.000Z","person_id":"recxkLebyslcEi2lJ","name_en":"Dmitrii Orlov","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-03-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"Born in Kharkiv region of Ukraine, moved to the Russian Federation in 2014, lived in Cherepovets. Industrial climber, house painter, worked at Severstal. A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of aggressive comments under news about the war. In May 2025, Orlov was detained and then taken into custody. At his trial, he explained that he left the comments after his grandmother was killed by a shell burst in November 2023. On 29 August 2025, Orlov was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":109,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":15,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Orlov's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-57/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being aware of the danger of his actions and in order to stop the state activities of the President of the Russian Federation, the government and other authorities, he published comments in the open Telegram channel \"Not TV\" that \"incite to acts of violence against a group of persons associated with state power - federal ministers, deputies, members of the Federation Council, United Russia, the State Duma, television workers and their families\". Through his comments, Orlov called for \"death towards a group of persons headed by a person who corresponds with the president of the Russian Federation\".\n\nAmong Orlov's statements:\n\n\"Dear Russians ...it is enough to tolerate this [nonsense]...and mass executions of all scum from United Russia and the Federation Council, the State Duma, ministers, all TV workers, deputies of all factions, their wives, mistresses, grandchildren - all as enemies of the people. Everything that was stolen - to the treasury. All car fleets - for the needs of the city, for the purchase of ambulances, firetrucks, snowploughs, to help agriculture, for the development of villages\";\n\n\"When drones fly to Kiev - it's a special operation, when they fly to Moscow - it's war. Don't get it mixed up, Kutuzov.\"","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.05.2025 to 18.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU \"Penal Colony No. 20 of the Vologda Oblast Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.08.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-29T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-29T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-04-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/orlov-dmitrij-akramovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recbdmQTXPj0gLWun"},{"persecution_id":"rec57fseT8uhRAmcA","last_updated":"2026-03-30T17:04:05.000Z","person_id":"recCPusKUllIKY984","name_en":"Aleksander Bratakhin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attvBumWSwUJvvGZG.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attvBumWSwUJvvGZG.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Cherepovets, a refractory worker at Severstal. In July 2025, the FSB reported his detention and arrest under the case of calls for terrorism. According to the version of law enforcers, he repeatedly posted on the Internet calls for a violent change of power in Russia. In particular, the man wrote that Putin should be \"shot together with the United Russia party\" and called to \"chase this shitty government away\".\n\nAccording to Mediazona, Bratakhin was already detained on 5 June. On 14 October 2025, the court sentenced him to three years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherepovets"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":131,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Bratakhin's case of incitement to terrorism","case_number":"2-71/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB, he repeatedly posted calls for a violent change of power in Russia on the Internet.\n\n\"Mediazona\" with reference to the state prosecutor's speech in court, reported that his case was brought up for comments in \"VKontakte\" about Vladimir Putin and \"United Russia\", published from the account under the name Maxim Pechnik between 1 October 2022 and 29 December 2024 in the groups \"Vologda Region VKontakte\", \"Cherepovets Life\", and \"Cherepovets Best\".\n\nThese posts, according to the prosecution, contained calls to carry out terrorist activities. In particular, it concerned the following comments:\n\n\"I am healthy, but in no fucking way will I go to war. Shoot Putin together with the United Russia!\";\n\n\"We should not whine here! We should stand up with the whole country and chase this shitty government away! They, the bastards, have already looted the whole country! We're sick of Putin's lies! Patient Russian fool!\";\n\n\"People, arm yourselves, and let's go chase away United Russia together with Putin! Russia no longer exists! Let's save what's left!\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.06.2025 to 07.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 07.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.10.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in the general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in the general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-14T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-14T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/bratahin-aleksandr-nikolaevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec57fseT8uhRAmcA"},{"persecution_id":"rec3mDbTOvkuDDQOo","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:04:40.000Z","person_id":"rec5P2YZy97xnFPVR","name_en":"Vladislav Zavgorodny","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A lawyer from the Kaliningrad region. On 7 March 2025, the Investigative Committee reported his detention in the case of calls to terrorism on the Internet due to a comment made in October 2024. On 11 March, Zavgorodny's lawyer's status was suspended.\n\n\"Slovo Zashite\", citing Kaliningrad lawyers, wrote that the reason for the case was a comment in which Zavgorodny expressed regret that a Ukrainian drone did not hit representatives of the country's top leadership during one of the strikes on Russian territory. The newspaper also wrote that Zavgorodny was in a pre-trial detention centre, but his current measure of restraint is unknown.\n\nOn 8 July 2025, the prosecutor's office reported that the case had been transferred to court. On August 13, Zavgorodny was sentenced to a fine of 390,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":224,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Zavgorodny's case of calls to terrorism","case_number":"2-16/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was apparently a comment in which Zavgorodnyi expressed regret that the Ukrainian drone did not hit representatives of the country's top leadership during one of the strikes on Russian territory.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 19.11.2025 to 18.11.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.08.2025, Sentence: Fine of 390,000 rubles and a 2-year prohibition on administering websites","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Fine of 390,000 rubles and a 2-year prohibition on administering websites","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":390000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3mDbTOvkuDDQOo"},{"persecution_id":"recvQLUulPeEA7OHb","last_updated":"2026-04-22T17:49:00.000Z","person_id":"recwUGkjzICgEL7Pd","name_en":"Artem Abanin","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg, originally from Ulyanovsk. On 10 July 2025, he was detained in a case of justification of terrorism because of comments left in January of the same year in Telegram in support of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\", including \"Glory to RDK\". The next day, the court remanded him in custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_days_from_verdict":346,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Artem Konnov's case on public justification of terrorism ","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation believes that on 16.01.2025, between 03.16 and 05.34, Abanin posted text publications containing justifications of terrorism, namely the comments \"Glory to the RDK\", in one of the Telegram chat rooms, which has an unlimited number of users. In addition, in his comments Abanin positively assessed the organisation \"Russian Volunteer Corps\", which is recognised as a terrorist organisation under the legislation of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.07.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.07.2025 to 11.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.04.2026","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-21T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-21T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvQLUulPeEA7OHb"},{"persecution_id":"recucB67no3Uw1HAH","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:36:53.000Z","person_id":"recRHjjZfx5fqHz32","name_en":"Vladislav Belkevich","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. On 7 July 2025 he was detained in a case of calls to terrorism because of comments in the telegram channels of RDK members, which he published from December 2023 to April 2025. The investigation claims that his comments included calls to terrorism, its justification and propaganda, calls to extremism, to organise and participate in mass riots, to separatism and activities against the security of the state, as well as \"fakes\" about the Russian army. On 9 July, the man was sent to a pre-trial detention centre.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Belkevich's case of calling for terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation believes that from 01.12.2023 to 30.04.2025, Belkevich, including at his place of residence in St. Petersburg on Grazhdansky Ave, in public communities of the messenger Telegram, in particular in chat rooms of Telegram channels administered by members of the terrorist organisation Russian Volunteer Corps, which are generally accessible to an indeterminate number of persons, posted materials and comments containing public calls for terrorist activity, public justification of terrorism and its propaganda, public calls for extremist activity, calls for actions aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, and calls for the implementation of actions aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 09.07.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 07.07.2025 to 09.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recucB67no3Uw1HAH"},{"persecution_id":"recpFklL7yptOB6DH","last_updated":"2025-09-26T12:34:31.000Z","person_id":"recxNgsSFywIqKCO4","name_en":"Pavel Bobovnikov","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-06-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Israel"],"story_en":"A resident of Smolensk, an interior designer. In June 2025, he was added to the Rosfinmonitoring's list of \"extremists and terrorists\". A few days later, the local Telegram channel \"Kolonka redaktora\" (Editor's Column) reported that Bobovnikov had been prosecuted because of Anti-Corruption Foundation donations. According to the channel, the designer had set up an autopayment in his online bank to help Navalny's headquarters and did not deactivate it after Anti-Corruption Foundation and its headquarters were recognised as extremist organisations. During the investigation, he was on his own recognisance not to abscond.\n\nIn July, the Interior Ministry announced that the case had been transferred to court. On the 14th of August, 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Smolensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":112,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Bobovnikov's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-368/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between 23.09.2021 and 23.02.2022  the accused financed the activities of a non-profit organisation, which at that time was recognised as extremist in the territory of the Russian Federation and eradicated. It has been established that the defendant in the criminal case, using his computer, followed a link posted by unidentified persons and transferred a certain amount of money from his checking bank account to the specified foreign bank account, as well as connected further systematic debiting of funds intended to finance extremist activities.\n\nThe court was informed that Bobovnikov transferred only 6,000 roubles to Anti-Corruption Foundation.\n\nThe Smolensk-based telegram channel \"Kolonka redaktora\" (Editor's Column) wrote that the designer had set up an auto-payment in his online bank to help Navalny's headquarters and forgot to disable it after Anti-Corruption Foundation and the headquarters were recognised as an extremist organisation in 2021.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 30.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.08.2025, Sentence: fine of 500 thousand rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 500 thousand rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-14T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-14T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpFklL7yptOB6DH"},{"persecution_id":"rec94mkrn65Dn9Vrr","last_updated":"2025-11-08T19:50:55.000Z","person_id":"rec2kEa7l7iC2UqWg","name_en":" Unknown male 390","birth_year":1980,"age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Krasnodar region. On 11 July 2025, the FSB reported that a case was opened against him for financing an \"undesirable organisation\". According to their version of events, he and another resident of the region involved people in the activities of the religious movement AllatRa and collected donations from them.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of AllatRa movement in the Krasnodar Region ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB version, the detainees, born in 1980, involved residents of the Krasnodar region in the activities of the pseudo-religious organisation AllatRa and induced their followers to transfer money to them, which then was sent to the central cell. The organisation conducted some socio-political activity using the organisation Constructive Society (Sozidatelnoye Obshchestvo) as a cover. Since the beginning of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, false information discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has been systematically disseminated on behalf of Constructive Society.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec94mkrn65Dn9Vrr"},{"persecution_id":"recvrsQkb2wDXsfI5","last_updated":"2025-11-08T19:50:58.000Z","person_id":"recnWM5xhbTcoOBPs","name_en":" Unknown male 389","birth_year":1980,"age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Krasnodar Region. On July 11, 2025, the FSB reported that a case was opened against him for financing an \"undesirable organization\". According to the law enforcement, he and another resident of the region involved people in the activities of the religious movement \"AllatRa\" and collected donations from them.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of AllatRa movement in the Krasnodar Region ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB version, the detainees, born in 1980, involved residents of the Krasnodar region in the activities of the pseudo-religious organisation \"AllatRa\" and induced their followers to transfer money to them, which they sent to the central unit. Activities were also conducted in the socio-political direction, and the organisation \"Constructive Society\" was used as a cover. Since the beginning of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, false information discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has been systematically disseminated on behalf of the \"Sozidatelnoe obshchestvo\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvrsQkb2wDXsfI5"},{"persecution_id":"recY1aaLh9yyBEeEG","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"rec87yW7qJhVYOvv8","name_en":"Dmitrii Kuznets","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A journalist worked for \"Slon.ru\", \"Russian Newsweek\",\n\"Vedomosti\", \"Gazeta\", \"Russky Focus\", and the \"Interfax\" news agency. He is a military expert for the \"Meduza\" media. In July 2025, it became known that a case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\". On 10 March 2026, Kuznets was sentenced in absentia to two and a half years of imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":433,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 284.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Kuznets's case of participation in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation.\"","case_number":"01-0164/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in February, March and April of 2025, six audio recordings with the participation of Kuznets were published on the Internet, in which he disseminated information materials about economic, political and social processes taking place in the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 13.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2026, Sentence: 2 years and 6 months of prison sentence in absentia.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years and 6 months of prison sentence in absentia.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":30,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-10T06:10:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-10T06:10:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recY1aaLh9yyBEeEG"},{"persecution_id":"recdSG4pgCY7gvH1L","last_updated":"2025-08-26T09:05:54.000Z","person_id":"recDNgGrWWrvbRovd","name_en":" Unknown male 394","birth_year":1983,"age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Omsk. In July 2025, he was detained in a case of justification of terrorism because of comments about Ruslan Zinin, who in the first days of mobilisation in 2022 came to the military recruitment office in Ust-Ilimsk and wounded an army officer with a rifle. Zinin later said that he wanted to prevent the mobilisation of his younger brother.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Omsk residents' case of justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB, the defendant, using a personal account in one of the social networks, openly expressed anti-Russian views, posted positive comments justifying the terrorist act, as a result of which an army officer was wounded, committed by Ruslan Zinin on 26 September 2022 in the Irkutsk region.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdSG4pgCY7gvH1L"},{"persecution_id":"recONS39PpJhmY7rS","last_updated":"2026-01-27T15:31:48.000Z","person_id":"recJ9GoZZ1BRhm7EG","name_en":"Dmitrii Kalashnikov","birth_year":1973,"age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A native of Omsk. In the Bryansk region, a criminal case was brought against him for the dissemination of information on the Internet expressing obvious disrespect for society, about the days of military glory of Russia related to the defence of the Fatherland, and desecration of symbols of military glory of Russia. In July 2025, it was referred to court.\n\nThe case was initiated because of a comment published on 28 January 2025 in one of the messenger apps. The IC reported that the comment expressed a negative attitude toward the war in Ukraine, as well as symbols and days of military glory of Russia, and memorial dates of the Great Patriotic War. The regional prosecutor's office specified that the man made a contemptuous remark about the memorials of the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery and the celebration of Victory Day and the day of lifting the siege of Leningrad.\n\nOn 2 September 2025, the court sentenced Kalashnikov to eight months in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Workers","Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":244,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":34,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Omsk residents' case of rehabilitation of Nazism","case_number":"2-13/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 28th of January, 2025, a man posted a text message under his own name in a group chat in one of the Internet messengers, expressing a negative attitude to the special military operation, as well as the symbols and days of military glory of Russia, and the memorable dates of the Great Patriotic War.\n\nThe prosecutor's office reported that his publication expressed a contemptuous negative attitude towards symbols of Russia's military glory (memorial structures of the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery), days of Russia's military glory related to the defence of the Fatherland, namely the celebration of Victory Day and the day of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.09.2025, Sentence: 8 months' imprisonment in a penal colony and a ban on administering websites for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 months' imprisonment in a penal colony and a ban on administering websites for 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":8,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-02T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-02T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recONS39PpJhmY7rS"},{"persecution_id":"recFx64YHmoIR9xez","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recNgXuNeobTkN8tW","name_en":"Evgenii Chichvarkin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A businessman, co-founder, and former owner of the \"Euroset\" mobile phone retail chain. In 2008, following the initiation of a criminal case against company employees regarding the 2003 kidnapping of a former \"Euroset\" forwarder (who had been accused by the company's security service of stealing mobile phones worth several million roubles), Chichvarkin emigrated to the UK, fearing criminal prosecution. That same year, he sold \"Euroset\" to businessman Aleksandr Mamut. In exile, Chichvarkin has openly criticised the Russian authorities, described his prosecution as politically motivated, and in 2022 condemned Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.\n\nOn 2 June 2022, the businessman was added to the register of \"foreign agents.\" Since then, he has been fined at least twice under administrative law for violating \"foreign agent\" legislation by failing to submit quarterly reports.\n\nFurthermore, in 2023, the \"Russian Action Committee,\" of which Chichvarkin is a co-founder, was designated an \"undesirable organisation.\" The businessman was also fined for participating in an \"undesirable organisation\" due to his involvement in the \"Free Russia Forum.\"\n\nIn July 2025, it was revealed that the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) had placed him on a wanted list. It was later reported that Chichvarkin was charged with spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces and evading his duties as a \"foreign agent.\" The \"fakes\" charge was brought against him because of a social media post regarding a Russian missile strike on the \"Okhmatdyt\" children's hospital in Kyiv. On 16 February 2026, Chichvarkin was sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison in this case.\n\nOn 14 October 2025, the FSB (Federal Security Service) reported the initiation of a case against Chichvarkin and other members of the \"Anti-War Committee of Russia\" for the \"forcible seizure of power\" and \"organising the activities of a terrorist community.\" The charges were triggered by the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration,\" which called for a change of government in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":411,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Chichvarkin's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces and evasion of \"foreign agent\" duties","case_number":"01-0564/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, Chichvarkin publicly posted a screenshot of a statement by the Anti-War Committee of Russia, which contained knowingly false information regarding a missile strike by the Russian Armed Forces on the \"Okhmatdyt\" children's hospital in Kyiv, along with a commentary on the post.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 17.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.02.2026, Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"9 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":108,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-16T06:45:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-16T06:45:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFx64YHmoIR9xez"},{"persecution_id":"rec1cibQayNFM0XSc","last_updated":"2025-10-16T18:26:18.000Z","person_id":"recBwfqnnjDDh1FfD","name_en":"Marat Gadzhiev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Sakhalin Area. On 26 June 2025, he was taken into custody on charges of confidential cooperation with a foreign state. According to the investigation, he made calls to the Norwegian and embassy in order to discuss military assistance to Ukraine.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Marat Gadzhiev's case of confidential cooperation with Norwegian foreign affairs officials","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"initiated a call to a subscriber number belonging to the Consulate General of the Kingdom of Norway in St. Petersburg and a call to a subscriber number belonging to the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway in Moscow. In the course of the conversation, he expressed interest in contacting the military attaché of the said state in order to discuss the issue of assistance in modernising military equipment supplied by NATO countries to Ukraine for use against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.06.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sakhalin oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sakhalin oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 06-10-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gadzhiev-marat-asanbekovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec1cibQayNFM0XSc"},{"persecution_id":"recQRY8H0wi2p1F3m","last_updated":"2025-11-06T20:15:12.000Z","person_id":"rec2Znbm65nezXKx5","name_en":"Timur Olevsky","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Editor-in-chief of \"The Insider\" news service. Previously a journalist and presenter at \"Dozhd\" and \"Current Time\" TV channels and \"Ekho Moskvy\" radio station. Since 2015, lives in the Czech Republic.\n\nIn July 2025, a criminal case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\" because of his work at \"The Insider\", which had previously received the relevant status in Russia. Prior to that, Olevsky was fined under administrative protocols on participation in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Timur Olevsky's case of participation in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecutor's office, Timur Olevsky, having been brought to administrative responsibility under Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation for participation in the activities of the foreign organisation \"The Insider\", in respect of which the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation made a decision to declare the organisation's activities undesirable in the territory of the Russian Federation, continues to participate in the activities of the specified organisation as editor-in-chief.\n \nThus, through a channel on video hosting Olevsky took part in the publication of three videos, the content of which is aimed at promoting anti-Russian rhetoric, forming a negative public opinion about the domestic and foreign policy of the Russian Federation, as well as discrediting state authorities.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQRY8H0wi2p1F3m"},{"persecution_id":"recZ9vTtcnQZsyuTJ","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recue2m5HbNTU7iKH","name_en":"Tatyana Lazareva","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Actress, TV presenter. In July 2022, she was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". On 13 June 2024, it was reported that Lazareva was put on a wanted list. Later, it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against her because of a video in which she says that, \"no matter how terrible\", she approves of the drone strikes on the territory of Russia. On 24 December 2024, Lazareva was sentenced in absentia to six and a half years in prison.\n\nIn July 2025, it became known that Lazareva was prosecuted for evading her duties as a \"foreign agent\". On 7 October 2025, she was sentenced in absentia to one year and nine months of correctional labour. Taking into account the sentence in the previous case, the final sentence was seven years' imprisonment in absentia. On 4 February 2026, the Court of Appeal overturned the sentence because the case had been heard by a district court and not by a magistrate, as required by law. On 5 March, the magistrate passed the same sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists","Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":279,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Tatyana Lazareva's case of evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\"","case_number":"01-0502/2025","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 16.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.10.2025, Sentence: 1 year 9 months of corrective labour in absentia, taking into account the sentence in the previous case — 7 years' imprisonment in absentia• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 05.03.2026, Sentence: 1 year 9 months of corrective labor in absentia, taking into account the sentence in a previous case — 7 years' imprisonment in absentia, 4 years' ban on administering web pages  ","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour (заочно)","Corrective labour (заочно)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)","Other","Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 9 months of corrective labor in absentia, taking into account the sentence in a previous case — 7 years' imprisonment in absentia, 4 years' ban on administering web pages  ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-07T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-05T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZ9vTtcnQZsyuTJ"},{"persecution_id":"receVKG1GLPAa2x0H","last_updated":"2026-01-13T11:40:14.000Z","person_id":"rec1ScOlruwRCBVOc","name_en":"Vladimir Lyaskovsky","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kaliningrad. On 11 June 2025, he was detained and then placed in custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and involvement in terrorist activities. According to the investigation, Lyaskovsky wrote to his acquaintance in WhatsApp with a proposal to go to Ukraine and take part in the activities of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["private correspondence"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Lyaskovsky`s case of of inducing an acquaintance to join terrorist organization","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, wrote to his acquaintance in WhatsApp with an offer to go to Ukraine and take part in the activities of the Russian Volunteer Corps.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receVKG1GLPAa2x0H"},{"persecution_id":"rec28j6c771fqOMdo","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recILEN8BVMQflPMm","name_en":"Ivan Dremin (Face)","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ivan Dremin (known as Face) is a musician originally from Ufa. He left Russia in 2022 and has openly criticised the Russian authorities and the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In April 2022, the Ministry of Justice added him to the 'foreign agent' register, after which Ufa courts fined Dremin five times in administrative cases for non-compliance with 'foreign agent' legislation. In July 2025, the Ministry of Internal Affairs placed him on a wanted list in a criminal case for failing to comply with 'foreign agent' duties. On 3 March 2026, the court sentenced the singer in absentia to a fine of 250,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":245,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Face's case on failing to comply with the 'foreign agent' duties","case_number":"1-530/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The details of the case remain unknown. Between 2022 and 2024, the Sovetsky and Kirovsky district courts in Ufa fined Dremin five times in administrative cases for violating 'foreign agent' legislation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.03.2026, Sentence: A fine of 250,000 rubles and 2 years 6 months' ban on publishing materials online","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 250,000 rubles and 2 years 6 months' ban on publishing materials online","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-03T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-03T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec28j6c771fqOMdo"},{"persecution_id":"recgSPaQoyBSdFZM5","last_updated":"2026-04-13T20:23:49.000Z","person_id":"recKZvyLHz4BNqzib","name_en":"Ekaterina Kotrikadze","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-03-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A journalist and an anchor for the independent television channel TV Rain. In 2022, she fleed Russia after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On 28 October 2022, the Ministry of Justice included Kotrikadze in the register of \"foreign agents\". From 2023 to 2025, she was fined three times under administrative protocols for failure to fulfil the duties of a \"foreign agent\". In July 2025, it became known that cases were brought against her for spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army motivated by political hatred and evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\". The charge of \"fakes\" is related to certain publications about the Russian army's war crimes against Ukrainian civilians. On 16 February 2026, Kotrikadze was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison on the \"fakes\" case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":230,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of TV Rain employees"],"case_name_en":"Ekaterina Kotrikadze's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian army","case_number":"01-0590/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the defendant posted publications in one of the messengers for an unlimited number of people to see, which contained knowingly false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation against the civilian population of Ukraine, namely the killings in Bucha and Odessa.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 01.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.02.2026, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in absentia, 4 years' ban on administering websites ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in absentia, 4 years' ban on administering websites ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-16T06:10:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-16T06:10:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recgSPaQoyBSdFZM5"},{"persecution_id":"recMyHHW2BUiuLQDZ","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"rec74M3pNyQewlcpN","name_en":"Valeria Ratnikova","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist, anchor of the Dozhd TV channel. In 2022, she left Russia after the start of the invasion of Ukraine. In July 2025, a case was brought against her for spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army with a hate motive and evasion of fulfillment of the duties of a \"foreign agent.\" The charge of \"fakes\" is related to certain publications about the Russian army's crimes against civilians in Ukraine.\n\nOn 22 December 2023, the Ministry of Justice included Ratnikova in the \"foreign agents\" registry. In 2025, she was twice fined under administrative protocols for failure to fulfil the \"foreign agent\" obligations.\n\nOn 24 March 2026, the journalist was sentenced in absentia to seven and a half years on charges of \"fakes.\" The status of the case on evasion of fulfilment of the duties of a \"foreign agent\" remains unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":266,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of TV Rain employees"],"case_name_en":"Valeria Ratnikova's case on military 'fakes' and evasion of fulfillment of the duties of a \"foreign agent.\"","case_number":"01-0125/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the defendant posted publications in one of the messengers for an unlimited number of people, which, ostensibly, contained knowingly false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation against the civilian population of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 01.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2026, Sentence: 7 years and 6 months' imprisonment in absentia, a 4-year ban on administering web pages.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years and 6 months' imprisonment in absentia, a 4-year ban on administering web pages.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":90,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-24T06:20:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-24T06:20:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recMyHHW2BUiuLQDZ"},{"persecution_id":"recOWazDRqHEgs9u5","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recHfLTof9Jup6Aht","name_en":" Unknown male 396","birth_year":1977,"age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the village of Anastasievskaya in the Slavyansk district of Krasnodar Krai. In July 2025, he was detained in a case of incitement to hatred with the threat of violence because of a voice message about law enforcement officers he left in March of the same year in a public group of a messaging app.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Krasnodar resident's case of incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2025, the defendant, being on the territory of Slavyanskiy district, in a public group of a messenger, available for viewing to an unlimited number of people, posted a voice comment of negative content aimed at inciting hatred and hostility towards law enforcement officers.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOWazDRqHEgs9u5"},{"persecution_id":"rec6NB5SJgtcmfvuO","last_updated":"2026-02-27T09:53:52.000Z","person_id":"reclaWc1uNzZcyIOy","name_en":"Tatiana Arshinova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attGA620rSv263FLb.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attGA620rSv263FLb.jpeg"],"birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-10-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An activist from Nizhny Novgorod. On 17 July 2025, she was detained and arrested in the case of an extremist organization. Later, it became known that she was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organization in connection with publications about her work at the Anti-Corruption Foundation.\n\nIn November 2025, it became known that Arshinova was also charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organization in connection with correspondence found in her phone, allegedly with a \"curator\" from the Freedom of Russia Legion.\n\nIn 2021, the activist was searched in the \"sanitary case\" due to her participation in the rally in support of Navalny on January 23. This case involved her as a witness.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","private correspondence"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Tatiana Arshinova’s case of an extremist and terrorist organization","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for prosecution under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization was publications about work in the Anti-Corruption Foundation.\n\nParticipation in the activities of a terrorist organization was imputed because Arshinova, according to the investigation, established contact with a representative of the banned terrorist organization Legion \"Freedom of Russia\" in 2024. Then entered into correspondence via messenger Telegram, after which, following the instructions of the curator, was engaged in the placement of symbols of the organization and its popularization; engaged in discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6NB5SJgtcmfvuO"},{"persecution_id":"recZTTZxblsqKqS6t","last_updated":"2025-11-06T20:13:37.000Z","person_id":"recR4YyhVxlPoPQSf","name_en":"Andrei Malikov","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-05-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Entrepreneur from Belgorod, author of MALIKOVЪ Telegram channel. From 2013 to 2018, served as a deputy of the Belgorod City Council from the Civil Platform party. In his channel, he actively criticises the governor of Belgorod Region and local officials.\n\nSince spring 2024, four current and former officials of the Belgorod Region government have filed defamation claims against Malikov. On 30 May 2024, he was summoned by the police to give explanations on a statement from the Minister of Public Communications Oksana Tarantova. On 3 July 2025, the blogger said that he was summoned to the police station again: Minister of Financial Policy and Budget Natalia Sharolapova and former vice-governor of the region Vladimir Bazarov (in February 2025, he left his position and moved to work in the government of the Kursk Region) filed complaints against him. Several days later, Malikov had to testify because of a similar statement mde by Minister of Culture Maxim Shaposhnikov. All the officials were unhappy about the blogger's posts about them and their work.\n\nOn 11 July 2025, the publication Lantern reported that a defamation case had been initiated against Malikov due to a statement made by Bazarov. The reason for criminal prosecution was a post in which it was claimed that the official had been detained and taken into custody. The Investigative Committee called this information false.\n\nOn 16 July, the news got out about yet another criminal case against Malikov. According to Shaposhnikov's statement, he was prosecuted for insulting a representative of the authorities because of the post from April 2025.\n\nIn addition, in early June 2025, proceedings were initiated against the blogger for failure to execute a court decision due to non-payment of debt by his company \"Steelbox\". According to the bailiffs, they initiated enforcement proceedings and recovery measures, but the debt remained unpaid. Malikov himself insisted that by the time the case was initiated he had signed a settlement agreement with the plaintiff and repaid the debt.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 128.1"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Malikov's defamation case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in April 2025, Malikov published in his Telegram channel \"text information and a photo image containing linguistic signs of humiliation in an indecent form of negative assessment of the person of [Belgorod Region's acting Minister of Culture] Shaposhnikov M.V.\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZTTZxblsqKqS6t"},{"persecution_id":"reco2cJJ8SsO2EZWw","last_updated":"2026-01-17T14:20:42.000Z","person_id":"recNbbUehgOn7GSuJ","name_en":"Anna Mongait","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A presenter of the \"Dozhd\" TV channel. In 2022, she left Russia. On 21 July 2025, Baza and RIA \"Novosti\" reported that she was prosecuted for spreading \"fake news\" about the Russian army because of posts in her personal Telegram channel about strikes on Odessa published in 2022 and 2023.\n\nIn November 2022, Mongait was added to the list of \"foreign agents\". After that, Moscow courts fined her four times in administrative cases for non-compliance with \"foreign agent\" legislation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":76,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of TV Rain employees"],"case_name_en":"Anna Mongait's case of military \"fake news\"","case_number":"01-0554/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal prosecution was publications on Mongait's Telegram channel in April 2022 and July 2023, where she wrote about Russian attacks on Odessa. Mongait's posts spoke about the killing of Ukrainian civilians and the strike on the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour. Later, new episodes appeared in the case: an announcement of a stream with Rabbi Motl Gordon and Bishop of the Apostolic Orthodox Church Grigorii Mikhnov-Vaitenko (the investigation considered that the post negatively assessed Mikhnov-Vaitenko's attitude toward the war); reflections on Trump's negotiations with Putin; commentary on the announcement of Putin's speech, whose new statements were supposed to \"blow up the American evening prime time\" (according to the investigation, with the words \"How many times can you blow up everything!\" Mongait negatively and emotionally assessed the verb \"blow up\" in a literal, not figurative sense).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 25.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.10.2025","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-02T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-02T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reco2cJJ8SsO2EZWw"},{"persecution_id":"recCZvIA1lh77aNDT","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recGySSu9jWio8gZo","name_en":"Alexander Antonov","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","USA","Ukraine"],"story_en":"A businessman. Originally from the Perm region, most recently lived in Crimea. Previously lived in the USA for seven years. Owns a wallpaper factory in Dnipro and a construction business in Budapest.\n\nIn March, 2025, while trying to leave Russia, he was detained at the border with Estonia. FSB officers took his phone and found there comments in support of Ukraine and the Ukrainian army. After that, Antonov was arrested twice on administrative cases: the first time the Pechora court sentenced him to 10 days under a protocol on petty hooliganism; the second time it was another 14 days under the article on the demonstration of prohibited symbols because of the comment \"Glory to Ukraine\". Antonov was then prosecuted for incitement to extremism and terrorism because of comments which he posted in 2022 and 2024 in the 'Ukraine 365' Telegran channel in support of Ukraine and the country's armed forces. Among other things, he was charged with comments such as \"Bravo to Azov!\" and the emoji \"with a flag and thumbs up\"; \"Freaks, inhumans, burn all the military\"; \"Well done!\" written in Ukrainian with several emoji and \"I believe only in the AFU! Death <censored>\".\n\nAntonov was taken into custody. On July, 21, the court began hearing his case. On July, 24, Antonov was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":141,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Antonov's case on calls to terrorism and extremism","case_number":"2-51/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, Antonov, registered in Telegram under the nickname \"Alex\", on 12, March, 2024, while on the territory of Ukraine, left a comment \"Bravo to Azov!\" and an emoji \"with a flag and a thumbs up\" in the channel \"Ukraine 365\".\n\nOn 22, April, 2024, in the channel \"Ukraine 365\" and in the chat of this group \"Ukrainian Dialogue\" he wrote: \"Freaks, subhumans, all the military to burn\".\n\nIn July 2024, being in the USA, there he also wrote comments \"Molodetsy!\" / 'Well done!' (in Ukrainian) with several emojis.\n\nHe is also charged with a comment left on 24, June, 2022, when he was in annexed Crimea: \"I believe only in the Ukrainian Armed Forces! Death to <censored>\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.07.2025, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-24T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-24T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCZvIA1lh77aNDT"},{"persecution_id":"rec1wisjEywPiiCQY","last_updated":"2025-08-28T20:57:58.000Z","person_id":"recBTuz2gqdvZMGVi","name_en":"Valery Dobrovolsky","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-02-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"He is a citizen of Ukraine, living in Kamchatka Krai. In November 2024, FSB officers took explanations from him, which formed the basis for future charges. On 26 Marchб 2025, criminal proceedings were initiated against him for confidential cooperation with representatives of a foreign state. The next day Dobrovolsky was detained, and on 29 March the court placed him under house arrest. The court documents claimed that when questioned by the FSB, Dobrovolskyy said that he had been communicating with representatives of the SBU for a long time, and in 2023 he travelled to Ukraine to replace his passport.\n\nThe man has no other relatives in Russia besides his wife. His sons live in Ukraine. Dobrovolskyy has been diagnosed with a group two disability and has speech and cognitive impairments, court documents said.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Valery Dobrovolsky case on confidential co-operation","persecution_case_profile_en":"The court documents show that the charges were based on Dobrovolskyy's explanations, which he gave to the FSB officers in November 2024. The man said that he had been communicating with representatives of the SBU for a long time, and in 2023 he travelled to Ukraine to replace his passport, the ruling said.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 29.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/dobrovolskij-valerij-vladimirovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec1wisjEywPiiCQY"},{"persecution_id":"recqHs62mqEVgVWjg","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:37:08.000Z","person_id":"recgjhbbMezHkUPLr","name_en":"Dmitry Fomintsev","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-08-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Chief editor of the Ekaterinburg-based newspaper TochkaNews. In his Telegram channel, he regularly speaks out about the Russian authorities and the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church. In January 2024, Fomintsev's home and newspaper office were searched in a case of offending religious feelings. During the arrest, the journalist was placed face down in the snow and handcuffed. It was reported at the time that he was in the status of a witness. It's My City wrote that the detention was carried out by the \"Orthodox Special Forces,\" a unit that guards churches and other religious buildings. RusNews wrote that the criminal case was opened after denunciations of Fomintsev's posts about Metropolitan Evgeny Kulberg of Ekaterinburg and Verkhotursk. In June, Fomintsev said that he had been moved to the status of an accused, according to his information. In November 2024, Fomintsev announced the closure of TochkaNews.\n\nIn July 2025, Fomintsev was added to Rosfinmonitoring's list of extremists and terrorists, with a notation placed with the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles. On 22 July, Fomintsev said that a case of justification of terrorism had been opened against him. The reason was his comment, \"a dog's death\", to the news article about the murder in Moscow of Lieutenant-General Igor Kirillov, who headed the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defence Troops of the Russian Armed Forces.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Fomintsev's case on the justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal case was a post in the telegram channel \"Irod Pouehavshiy\" with a comment on the murder of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defence Forces, who was shot dead in Moscow in December 2024. The publication said: \"a dog's death\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqHs62mqEVgVWjg"},{"persecution_id":"recGhJNhpfEYHfXBR","last_updated":"2026-04-13T20:42:06.000Z","person_id":"recvcbHeuSbsNS44V","name_en":"Sergei Mamaev","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-03-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An activist from Yoshkar‑Ola, a city east of Moscow in central Russia. On 22 July 2025, he reported that he had been detained in a case concerning an \"extremist organisation\" linked to the activities of Alexei Navalny’s regional offices. The following day, he was remanded in custody.\nThe prosecution appears to have been based on social media posts and participation in events dedicated to Navalny. On 16 February 2026, Mamaev was sentenced to two years and eight months in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yoshkar-Ola"],"persecution_region_en":["Mari El"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ME"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":230,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":32,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Mamaev's case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation","case_number":"1-60/2026 (1-770/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to journalist Alexei Seregin, Mamaev is accused of six incidents dated between 2023 and 2025. The exact reason for the prosecution is not yet known. \"Some of these dates coincide with Alexei Navalny's death, his funeral, and the anniversary of his death. On Vkontakte, Mamaev posted short notes and photos of himself laying flowers at the memorial for victims of political repression in Yoshkar-Ola,\" the journalist wrote.\n\nOne of the cited dates is 4 June 2023. That day, Sergei Mamaev posted a selfie wearing a T-shirt reading \"Free Navalny\" on the politician's birthday. He was fined 1,000 rubles (US$13) for the photo.\n\nOn 3 and 20 August the same year, Mamaev shared links to videos on Alexei Navalny's channel, according to \"7×7\" media outlet. On 17 March 2024, he posted a photo of a ballot with \"Navalny\" written on it during the \"Noon Against Putin\" event, promoted by the founder of \"FBK\". On 26 March 2024, Mamaev posted a photo of Navalny on the 40th day after his death.\n\nOn 4 June 2025, he again laid flowers in memory of Navalny on his birthday.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Mari El\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.07.2025 to 23.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Mari El","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.02.2026, Sentence: 2 years 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":32,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-16T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-16T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 11-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-uchastii-v-ekstremistskih-organizacziyah-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recGhJNhpfEYHfXBR"},{"persecution_id":"recRXTSxBKOibIdMD","last_updated":"2026-03-21T19:23:19.000Z","person_id":"recbWyAp1J4ktObXx","name_en":"Grigory Kunis","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Businessman from St. Petersburg, founder of the iGooods delivery service, former owner of the newspaper Moi rayon. On 24 July 2025, he was detained in a case of financing extremist activities through donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. According to the investigation, from August 2021 to February 2022, he made seven transfers to the FBK in the amount of 3,500 rubles. The day after his arrest, the court remanded Kunis in custody.\n\nOn 8 December 2025, he was sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles. Taking into account the time spent in custody, the amount was reduced to 350 thousand.\n\nShortly after the verdict was announced, it became known that Kunis had left Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":137,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Grigory Kunis's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-425/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation believes that an unidentified person, no later than 05.02.2022, aware that the non-profit organisation ACF had been liquidated in connection with extremist activities, in order to provide funds to ensure the activities of the said organisation, followed a link knowingly intended to finance extremist activities, including to ensure the activities of the said extremist organisation, transferring 3,500 roubles to the non-profit organisation ACF.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 24.07.2025 to 25.07.2025\n• in custody: from 25.07.2025 to 08.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.12.2025, Sentence: a fine of 500,000 rubles, reduced to 350,000 rubles taking into account the time spent in custody","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500,000 rubles, reduced to 350,000 rubles taking into account the time spent in custody","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-08T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-08T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-08-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-o-finansirovanii-fbk/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recRXTSxBKOibIdMD"},{"persecution_id":"recfhEl1Leym83yde","last_updated":"2026-03-11T17:31:39.000Z","person_id":"recfjeBmBSJzP7b3U","name_en":"Leonid Melekhin","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An activist from Perm, a city in the Urals. He attempted to emigrate from Russia and, in August 2024, tried to enter the United States by crossing the border from Mexico. He was detained and placed in an immigration detention centre, where he spent several months. According to the news outlet Properm.ru, Melekhin lost his court cases seeking the right to reside in the United States. He was then slated for deportation and handed over to the Russian authorities. By that time, he had been placed on a wanted list in Russia and added to Rosfinmonitoring’s register of “terrorists and extremists”. A state-appointed lawyer claimed that Melekhin had not been deported by the authorities but had chosen to return to Russia voluntarily after being denied asylum in the US, despite knowing that a criminal case had already been opened against him.\n\nIn Russia, the activist was detained in a case of justifying terrorism. On 25 July 2025, he was remanded in custody.\n\nMediazona, citing a source close to Melekhin, reported that the case was triggered by an action he carried out before leaving for the US. The activist hung a mannequin on the Kommunalny Bridge in Perm with a photograph of Vladimir Putin attached and a placard reading: “Vladimir Putin. Murderer, fascist, usurper. All that is needed for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. Hang the fascist.” A post with a photo of the hanging mannequin was later published by another Perm activist who had left Russia, Yury Bobrov. According to him, Melekhin had asked him to share the image so that the protest would not go unnoticed, after which he left Russia. 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The post stated that the building  holding the prisoners has been blown up by the Russian military personnel.\n\nIn 2014 and 2016, Elymanov published posts on social media in support of separatists from the Donetsk region, as well as calls for the \"final surrender of the Ukrofascists in Lviv.\" At the same time, he shared posts criticising the Russian authorities. Elymanov was subscribed to independent Russian media outlets and pages of Russian opposition figures. 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On 2 April 2025, he was detained in the case of calls to terrorism because of his comments about Duma deputy Yelena Yampolskaya and the mayor of Mezhdurechensk.\n\nBaza wrote that in 2019 the man left a comment under a post in one of the publicks, in which he proposed to publicly burn at that time the deputy of the State Duma Yelena Yampolskaya because of a phrase about pensioners. The Kuzbass Without Extremism channel, which is affiliated with the security forces, quoted the exact content of the comment: \"Burn the bitch on the square in public, the bitches have gone astray.\n\nThe man left such a comment under a quote that was erroneously attributed to Yampolskaya - allegedly during a discussion of pension reform she advised pensioners to \"stop whining, get out of their comfort zone and learn to fight their laziness\". In reality, she was saying: \"Early retirement is not something sacred to us. For many - not all, of course, but for many - it is not an acute necessity, but a matter of habit, the same zone of psychological comfort. And it is only psychological, after all.\n\nThe second comment was left by a man in February 2021. This time under the news about the work of the mayor of Mezhdurechensk he wrote: \"Shoot\".\n\nOn 14 August 2025, the court sentenced Pereudin to a fine of 360 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":134,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Pereudin's case on calls to terrorism","case_number":"1-143/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in February 2019 and 2021 the man called in comments on VKontakte for violent actions against State Duma deputy Yelena Yampolskaya and the then-mayor of Mezhdurechensk, Vladimir Chernov, suggesting burning or shooting them.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 30.08.2025 to 29.02.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.08.2025, Sentence: A fine of 360,000 rubles and a 2.5-year ban on managing websites and online channels.","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 360,000 rubles and a 2.5-year ban on managing websites and online channels.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":360000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-14T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-14T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTsD3Y5rRRJ76U2"},{"persecution_id":"reckEXAz8k1kMcpCW","last_updated":"2026-04-09T13:34:56.000Z","person_id":"recFMUikaTwPwpb7V","name_en":"Anna Zueva","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Buryatia, a journalist, left Russia. In November 2024, she was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In July 2025, it became known that a case was opened against her for evasion of her duties as a \"foreign agent\" and public justification of terrorism because of the publication of a video about a Ukrainian drone attack in the Irkutsk region.\n\nOn 18 December 2025, a court sentenced her in absentia to 6 years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Buryatia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BU"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":351,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":50,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Anna Zueva's case","case_number":"1-232/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, on 2 June 2025, Zueva published in her public Telegram channel with the name \"Anna Zueva\", as well as in the YouTube channel \"Anna Zueva\" on the Internet video platform YouTube a video recording of one of the pro-Ukrainian channels about a terrorist act committed on 1 June 2025 with the use of aircrafts, equipped with explosives. The terrorist act - explosions and arson on the territory of an aviation regiment in the Irkutsk region, resulting in the destruction of property of the military unit, to which she posted comments approving and justifying this terrorist act.\n\nAlso Zuyeva, who was recognised as a foreign agent in October 2024, having been brought to administrative responsibility twice during 2025 for violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, being outside the Russian Federation, from April to June 2025 in the above-mentioned Telegram channel and YouTube channel posted various materials without indicating that these materials (information) were produced and (or) sent by a foreign agent or related to the activities of such an agent.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 24.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.12.2025, Sentence: Sentenced in absentia to 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime (penal) colony with a 3 years' ban on publication of appeals, comments and other materials, administer websites, forums, channels, chats and groups on the Internet ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentenced in absentia to 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime (penal) colony with a 3 years' ban on publication of appeals, comments and other materials, administer websites, forums, channels, chats and groups on the Internet ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-18T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-18T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reckEXAz8k1kMcpCW"},{"persecution_id":"rece2dLVizN5Mwyaq","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:22:41.000Z","person_id":"recRcdIgkfNO6Jm4Z","name_en":"Igor Meshalnikov","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-05-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kostroma region. In March 2025, he was searched in a case of financing extremist activities due to donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. The man made a monthly donation and from August 2021 to February 2022 transferred 2100 rubles to the FBK. During the investigation and trial, he was under a recognisance not to leave.\n\nOn 7 July, the court sentenced him to a fine of 40,000 rubles. The court explained the punishment below the lower limit by Meshalnikov's confession of guilt and his financial situation.\n\nOn 29 October 2025 in the list of terrorists and extremists of Rosfinmonitoring next to Meshalnikov's name was added a note, which is put in the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles. Later it became known that another case was opened against him - on the financing of extremist and terrorist activities in connection with the donation of money to the Artpodgotovka movement. 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On July 29, 2025, the IC reported her detention on charges of organizing the activities of an extremist organisation. 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On 28 July 2025, she was prosecuted for desecration of the symbol of military glory because of a video spread in the media in which she dances on the memorial complex to the fallen soldiers of the Trans-Urals. On 25 November, the court sentenced her to a fine of 1 million rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurgan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":120,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":17,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Kurgan resident's case on dancing at a monument to the military","case_number":"2-16/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution was the girl's dance at the memorial complex to the fallen soldiers of the Trans-Urals in Kurgan.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 30.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.11.2025, Sentence: a fine of 1 million rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 1 million rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"1 million and more rubles","verdict_fine":1000000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-25T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-25T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recz6654ptwndriCI"},{"persecution_id":"recnMbQ7IUP2s6iZ7","last_updated":"2026-04-23T15:20:37.000Z","person_id":"rec2eENut7ADGie7w","name_en":"Ivan Trunov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. 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On 30 July, the court sent Trunov under house arrest.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the damaged Blockade Tram","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation believes that no later than 7:00 on 28 July 2025 Dmitriev, Trunov and Semenov, acting as a group of persons by prior conspiracy, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication near Prospekt Stachek 114, St. Petersburg, i.e. in a public place accessible to an unlimited number of people, broke a lamp, ripped lamps from the roof and committed an act of urination on a tramway - the \"Blockade Tramway\" monument, which is a symbol of the victory of the Soviet people and its Armed Forces over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War, after which they fled the scene.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 28.07.2025 to 30.07.2025\n• house arrest: from 30.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnMbQ7IUP2s6iZ7"},{"persecution_id":"recqz57RNlxkjfmDR","last_updated":"2026-04-23T15:20:10.000Z","person_id":"recss3enUn03G85S9","name_en":"Anatoly Semyonov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. 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On July 30, the court placed Semyonov under house arrest.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of the damaged Blockade Tram","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation team believes that no later than 0700 hours on 28.07.2025 Dmitriev, Trunov and Semyonov, acting as a group by prior conspiracy, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication near building 114, Stachek Avenue in St. Petersburg, i.e. in a public place accessible to an unrestricted circle of persons, broke a lantern, ripped lanterns from the roof of the tram and committed an act of urination on the tram which functions as the Blockade Tram monument, a symbol of the victory of the Soviet people and its Armed Forces over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War, after which they fled the scene.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 28.07.2025 to 30.07.2025\n• house arrest: from 30.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqz57RNlxkjfmDR"},{"persecution_id":"recgwqfwDqWcPtTDw","last_updated":"2026-04-23T15:20:57.000Z","person_id":"recbHJ0ixgiyB6vq7","name_en":"Mikhail Dmitriev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. 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In July 2025 he was detained in the case of financing an \"undesirable organisation\" due to donations to the All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre \"Vozrozhdenie\", as well as contributions of 30 thousand rubles for participation in closed meetings. 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Additionally, the suspect took part in closed meetings, for participation in which he transferred 30,000 roubles.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec97UyKwlOP6VVqi"},{"persecution_id":"recYhbklSR9sctrlH","last_updated":"2026-02-14T23:30:10.000Z","person_id":"recLRPJ0FVZt0ADHl","name_en":"Sergei Yatskov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A Ukrainian serviceman, presumed to have been captured in January 2025, was charged with participation in a terrorist organisation and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities, due to his alleged involvement with the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Assault Battalion. The case went to trial in June 2025, and on 22 August 2025 Yatskov was sentenced to 20 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":233,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Yatskov's case on participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-547/2025","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 17.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.09.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"FCU Prison of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Ulyanovsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.08.2025, Sentence: 20 years of imprisonment, of which the first three years are to be served in prison, with the remainder to be served in a high-security penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years of imprisonment, of which the first three years are to be served in prison, with the remainder to be served in a high-security penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-22T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-22T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-14-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-48-m-otdelnom-shturmovom-batalone-imeni-nomana-chelebidzhihana/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recYhbklSR9sctrlH"},{"persecution_id":"recpnzQoGpXyiLOhw","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:03:13.000Z","person_id":"recgiBShLbUxjBWum","name_en":"Igor Suslov","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Altai Krai and formerly of Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast. On 23 June 2025, criminal proceedings were initiated against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community, which was groundlessly recognised as an extremist organisation and banned on the territory of the Russian Federation. He is under a non-deportation undertaking. On 31 July, the Investigative Committee reported about the transfer of the case to court. On 16 April 2026 Suslov was sentenced to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.\n\nIn 2021, Suslov was a witness in the case of another believer Alexander Lubin.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Shadrinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":297,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Shadrinsk"],"case_name_en":"Igor Suslov's case","case_number":"1-21/2026 (1-243/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The investigation found that in the period from 2017 to 2021, the defendant actively participated in the activities of a religious organisation banned by the court. He personally participated in meetings and gatherings of followers of the creed, including via videoconference, and also held conversations with residents of the district in order to promote the activities of the extremist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 16.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.04.2026, Sentence: a fine of 350,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 350,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-16T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-16T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpnzQoGpXyiLOhw"},{"persecution_id":"recApcf4jgcRZGWnx","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:05:25.000Z","person_id":"rec5tmyIeJatmsCAn","name_en":"Artur Sagiev","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kazan. On 31 July 2025, he was detained in a case of justification of terrorism because of comments in support of the AFU attacks on the territory of Russia. The next court remanded him in custody.\n\nIn November 2024, he was fined twice under protocols for discrediting the army because of comments about the war in Ukraine. In one case, he wished the Ukrainian army to improve their weaponry to defeat Russia. In the other, he rejoiced that the Russian army's electronic suppression equipment was not working. In addition, he was arrested for 15 days under the article on incitement to hatred because of a comment in which he commented on a drone attack on a refinery in Kapotnya.\n\nOn 20 April 2026, the court sentenced him to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":263,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":37,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Artur Sagiev’s case on the justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-131/2026 (2-414/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"A resident of Kazan is accused of committing six counts of an offence under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, namely that, during the period from August to October 2024, using the Internet and being the owner of a profile in a publicly accessible Telegram messenger, for the purpose of publicly influencing people’s consciousness and will, and of presenting the ideology and practice of terrorism to users as correct, deserving of support and imitation, and addressing an indefinite circle of persons, he intentionally posted textual messages which, according to the conclusions of a psychological and linguistic expert examination, contain a combination of linguistic and psychological indicators of the justification of destructive actions.\nThe Federal Security Service claims that the detainee disseminated comments in pro-Ukrainian channels of one of the messengers aimed at justifying terrorist attacks carried out by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of Russia.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 31.07.2025 to 01.08.2025\n• in custody: from 01.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.04.2026, Sentence: 5.5 years in a general regime penal colony and a 3-year ban on administering websites","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5.5 years in a general regime penal colony and a 3-year ban on administering websites","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-20T17:01:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-20T17:01:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recApcf4jgcRZGWnx"},{"persecution_id":"recadWlB4l1OGKTSg","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recxYFZWE8SUJNXBb","name_en":" Unknown male 408","birth_year":1984,"age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Smolensk. On 1 August 2025, the FSB reported that a case of incitement to hatred had been opened against him over statements he had made in a public chat about the Russian military. According to law enforcement, the man, who opposes the war in Ukraine, posted messages in a public chat on a messaging app with negative statements about the military along with threats of violence against them.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Smolensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Smolensk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SMO"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"A Smolensk resident's case of incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the Federal Security Service Directorate, the 41-year-old man, who opposes the special military operation, posted messages in a public chat on a messaging app containing statements that incited hatred or enmity towards Russian servicemen and included threats of violence against them.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recadWlB4l1OGKTSg"},{"persecution_id":"recStpyaqDuxxpd6Z","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"recIboRwWjr7PkSMc","name_en":"Unknown male 409","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Shadrinsk, Kurgan Region. On 1 August 2025, the law enforcement-affiliated Telegram channel \"Operative bulletins\" reported that he had been accused of calls for extremism due to his calls for violence against police officers on social media. The man himself says in a video released by law enforcement officers that he was detained \"for publicly insulting law enforcement agencies.\" The man was released under an undertaking not to abscond.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Shadrinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Shadrinsk on calls for extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The law enforcement-affiliated Telegram channel \"Operative Bulletins\" claimed that the man had called for violent actions against police officers on social media.\n\nThe man himself said in a video released by law enforcement officers that he had been detained \"for publicly insulting law enforcement agencies\"","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recStpyaqDuxxpd6Z"},{"persecution_id":"recJbVo03wnw1x0gj","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:38:19.000Z","person_id":"recy2ccvoOfuf8RUr","name_en":" Unknown male 411","birth_year":1991,"age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Penza. In May 2025, he was detained on a case of calls to extremism in connection with calls for violence against participants in the war.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Penza resident on calls for violence against war veterans","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in the foreign Internet messenger Telegram carried out public calls for violent actions against servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation taking part in the special military operation in Ukraine\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJbVo03wnw1x0gj"},{"persecution_id":"recgW3rWC4QZeYGgL","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:38:40.000Z","person_id":"recfpddQ4Xxl1D24a","name_en":"Anton Iurev","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-12-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Arkhangelsk. In May 2025, he was taken into custody on charges of financing extremist activity, apparently due to donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Anton Iurev's case on financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, “knowingly aware of the organization’s designation as extremist on the grounds of political and ideological enmity, he made several money transfers to its bank account for the preparation and commission of crimes of an extremist nature”; “he shared the ideology of a pro-Ukrainian terrorist organization and intended to leave the territory of Russia.”","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 23-05-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/05/d51642/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recgW3rWC4QZeYGgL"},{"persecution_id":"reclH4kYqetrWjOle","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:36:45.000Z","person_id":"recD6z8DkB2coN7BL","name_en":" Unknown male 413","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of the city of Melitopol (Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine). In May 2025, it became known that he was detained on charges of public justification of terrorism because of his endorsement of the activities of the Azov battalion. The Melitopol resident was taken into custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Melitopol resident's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he approved the activities of the Azov battalion","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reclH4kYqetrWjOle"},{"persecution_id":"recLxWHiqm5aPiuUo","last_updated":"2025-11-06T18:56:40.000Z","person_id":"recHAighj0aIxL73k","name_en":" Unknown male 415","birth_year":2002,"age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Zhukovsky District, Kaluga Region. In June 2025, it became known that a case of desecration of the coat of arms of the Russian Federation had been opened against him because of a video showing him burning his foreign passport. The press service of the local Department of Internal Affairs reported that the persecuted man said that it was an invalid document.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaluga Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KLU"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt","video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 329 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["329"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 329"],"case_name_en":"The case of the burning of the passport","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a video showing a man burning a foreign passport. 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Included in the register of \"foreign agents\" in July 2022.\n\nThe case was initiated on 7 April 2022 under Part 1 of the article on \"fakes\", but later the part was changed, and on 20 February 2023 Katz was charged in absentia under paragraph \"e\" of Part 2 of the article (spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces on the grounds of political hatred). On 23 March, he was arrested in absentia. On 24 August 2023, Katz was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison.\n\nIn August 2025, a case was brought against the politician for evasion of duties as a \"foreign agent\". On 11 March 2026, he was sentenced in absentia to nine years in this case, taking into account the previous sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":222,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Maxim Katz’s case of evading the duties of a “foreign agent”","case_number":"01-0561/2025, 01-0004/151/2026","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 23.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, New examination, 11.03.2026, Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment,  taking into account the previous sentence — 9 years' imprisonment in absentia.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's imprisonment,  taking into account the previous sentence — 9 years' imprisonment in absentia.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-11T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-11T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recoRdcLLKAu6NiBd"},{"persecution_id":"recQ00KXTwgGl2txi","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"rec9tGPWWTTXJrx8d","name_en":"Roman Matveenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District. A case was brought against him for the destruction of an object commemorating those who died in defence of the Fatherland or its interests due to the fact that he tore up a poster with a portrait of a war dead man and the words \"To the Hero of Russia\".  This poster was placed on her house by a local resident in memory of her son. It is noteworthy that the press service of the courts of the region, reporting on the verdict, kept silent about the fact that the poster was, in fact, dedicated to one single person. 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In July 2025 she left the project. On 5 August 2025, she was searched and detained in a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of a stream for the movement's birthday, which she posted on her VKontakte page.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Elena Popova's case of \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the criminal case was a stream for the birthday of the Conscious Refusers Movement, which Popova posted on her VK page on 16 May 2024.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.08.2025 to 06.08.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 06.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec62a3PfNNiIVl9c"},{"persecution_id":"recpFtABPJ8E2s1KX","last_updated":"2025-10-31T10:59:05.000Z","person_id":"recw1PdgHPwBuYlKK","name_en":"Jamal Rustamov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Azeirbajan"],"story_en":"Citizen of Azerbaijan. According to the investigation, an illegal migrant. He was prosecuted for desecration of the symbol of military glory because he urinated on the Eternal Flame in the centre of Tula. On 5 August 2025, Rustamov was sentenced to a year in a penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tula"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":216,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":30,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Jamal Rustamov's case of desecration of the symbol of military glory","case_number":"2-15/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 26 March 2025, in the presence of witnesses, who were in a public place, he urinated on the eternal flame at the memorial complex \"Heroic defenders of the city of Tula during the Great Patriotic War\", located near the central bus station of the city.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.08.2025, Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's imprisonment in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-05T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-05T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpFtABPJ8E2s1KX"},{"persecution_id":"recQeyVXVR1gjoP6u","last_updated":"2025-08-19T15:13:35.000Z","person_id":"recodlJnnmZoct1sh","name_en":" Unknown male 417","birth_year":1986,"age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow, citizen of a foreign state. On 8 August 2025, it became known that he had been taken into custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with his involvement in the activities of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. According to a number of experts, it was unjustifiably recognised as a terrorist organisation, as there is no evidence that it or any of its members were involved in the commission of terrorist acts.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of foreigners' involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he recruited labour migrants. 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On August 8th, 2025, it became known that he was taken into custody on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with his involvement in the activities of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir. 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His activities were coordinated by \"ideologists of an international terrorist organisation based on the territory of EU\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1DtLKpioH76hyM"},{"persecution_id":"recEbR7VD6CFfFN6b","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:03:56.000Z","person_id":"recaUiWl8xeem8gtB","name_en":"Ramin Latifov","birth_year":1992,"age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Angarsk. In August 2025, it became known that a case of financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation in connection with the donation or collection of donations to the religious organisation \"AllatRa\" was brought against him. 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Using a messenger for exchanging quick messages, he joined a chat room of adherents of a foreign organisation, recognised as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation, aimed at spreading knowingly false information, including information discrediting the actions of the Russian army.\n\nIn December 2023, he collected donations from followers of the movement, and then transferred the money to \"the curator of the Russian cell, against whom a criminal case has also been opened\". The Angarchan himself calls this \"curator\" a volunteer of the movement.\n\nAccording to the IC's version, he joined a chat room of AllatRa supporters and in December 2023, having seen a message about the collection of donations, sent a contribution to the specified bank account.\n\nIn the video published by the police, the Angar resident says that the money went to pay for some newspapers.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.09.2025, Sentence: The sentence is unknown","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"The sentence is unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-23T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-23T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEbR7VD6CFfFN6b"},{"persecution_id":"recvS8T5soatmD4qJ","last_updated":"2025-11-19T12:56:58.000Z","person_id":"rec5xk691vV3fMl7I","name_en":" Unknown male 421","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Krymsky district of Krasnodar Krai. A case was brought against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation because of certain graphic images which, according to the investigation, he had drawn in public places on the instructions of a handler. In June 2025, it became known that the man was taken into custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Krasnodar region resident's case of \"terrorist\" graphic images","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in September 2024, acting on the instructions of his handler, with whom he communicated on social networks, displayed in public places graphic images justifying the ideology of terrorism.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvS8T5soatmD4qJ"},{"persecution_id":"recL0TDEzeB6IvaJK","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"rec84BjMvj9bXhtTL","name_en":" Unknown male 422","birth_year":1975,"age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Tambov region. In July 2025, it became known that a case of terrorist propaganda was brought against him because of his endorsement of the activities of a certain \"pro-Ukrainian terrorist organisation banned in Russia\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tambov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TAM"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Tambov region of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the detainee posted materials aimed at supporting a pro-Ukrainian terrorist organisation banned in Russia under a community's publications in the Telegram channel.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recL0TDEzeB6IvaJK"},{"persecution_id":"recjTn6S6Q2yDQqEt","last_updated":"2026-03-04T21:00:34.000Z","person_id":"recPDwwxmtRxnnE8w","name_en":"Unknown male 425","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Unknown male 425 is a resident of the Chelyabinsk region. He was detained in February 2025 as part of a case of calls to terrorism: according to the investigation, he called for terrorist activities, and to attempts on lives of state authority representatives. In July 2025, the Federal Security Service Directorate reported that the man was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Chelyabinsk region on calls to terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being a supporter of a terrorist organization banned on the territory of Russia, realising the public nature and public danger of their actions, he posted comments in the public domain, which contained calls to carry out terrorist activities, and to attempts on lives of state authority representatives.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 5 years and 6 months' imprisonment in a general penal regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjTn6S6Q2yDQqEt"},{"persecution_id":"recYGhh7nMhtMfDSt","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:37:45.000Z","person_id":"recd2kT2vuu95PAgE","name_en":" Unknown male 426","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Digorsky District of North Ossetia. In August 2025, it became known that a case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of North Ossetia on \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYGhh7nMhtMfDSt"},{"persecution_id":"recXLRmVTBUR3v4wg","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:41:28.000Z","person_id":"rec7IX7Sl6bdmSEOx","name_en":"Ekaterina Fomenko","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-11-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Sevastopol. In May and June 2025, she was fined three times under administrative cases of discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) and incitement to hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code) because of her comments about the war in Ukraine. On 7 July 2025, she was taken into custody in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. The Interior Ministry claimed that she had published comments with inaccurate information about the actions of the Russian military in Ukraine, discredited the Russian president and incited hatred on racial and national grounds.\nOn 11 November 2025, Fomenko was sentenced to five years, six months and 15 days in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":133,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":19,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Ekaterina Fomenko's case of \"fakes\" about Armed forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-288/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The Interior Ministry claimed that Fomenko had published comments containing false information about the actions of the Russian military in Ukraine, discredited the Russian president, and incited hatred on racial and national grounds. The ministry’s statement included screenshots of her comments: “Hypocrites, katsaps cannot be trusted… and they raped and killed our people,” “I belong to no one, I’m for Ukraine. You’re filling heads with the idea that we should surrender everything, give our house to the Buryats, put our mother under [censored], while you yourself are all [censored] and fawning over the ‘liberators.’” It is unclear whether these comments specifically served as the basis for the case.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 07.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.11.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months and 15 days' imprisonment in a general regime colony, with a 2-year ban on running websites and online pages","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months and 15 days' imprisonment in a general regime colony, with a 2-year ban on running websites and online pages","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-11T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-11T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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After his arrest, a video was published in which the young man apologized \"to the mothers, wives and children of the Soviet Union's military for desecrating their memory with his act\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Orenburg Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORE"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of desecration of military glory symbols in Novotroitsk","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he lit a cigarette from the Eternal Flame in the “Internationalist Soldiers” memorial square in Novotroitsk, \"expressed insults and obscene words\", and recorded a video, which he sent to the city's Telegram channel.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpfCfHtg3WVAERP"},{"persecution_id":"recv7ztNTFbvzJBsU","last_updated":"2026-02-09T15:20:49.000Z","person_id":"recRXzZny5x6a4e2a","name_en":"Janina Lenskaya","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. A case of rehabilitation of Nazism was brought against her because she published a post with a photo of the sculpture \"Motherland Calls!\" and insulting text. On 13 August 2025, the court chose a preventive measure against her in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 25 December 2025, Lenskaya was sentenced to a one-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":146,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":20,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Janina Lenskaya's case of insulting \"The Motherland Calls!\" sculpture","case_number":"2-78/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 20.10.2023 no later than 00:57 Lenskaya, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication, at the address: St. Petersburg, Leninsky Ave., 138, building 2, with the intention of rehabilitation of Nazism, namely to disseminate information expressing clear disrespect for society about days of military glory and memorable dates in Russia associated with the defence of the Fatherland, as well as desecration of symbols of military glory of Russia, insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and humiliating the honour and dignity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War, publicly, using an unidentified technical means of communication, through an administered profile on the social network VKontakte, realising that the materials she posted would become available to an unlimited number of people and wishing this to happen, she posted freely accessible information beginning with the words: \"Take a look at this...\", with a photo of the sculpture \"Motherland Calls!\", which is part of the monument ensemble \"To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad\" on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd and is a symbol of Russia's military glory. 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He had previous convictions for murder, causing grievous bodily harm, and causing bodily harm of medium severity. A case was brought against him for publicly justifying terrorism, based on his words “Well done, kid” about Ruslan Zinin, who shot a military officer. Yakovlev was detained on 5 February 2025. In April 2025, the case went to court. 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The final version of the charges included only a comment approving the arson attack on a military recruitment centre committed by Vladislav Borisenko, a resident of Nizhnevartovsk, in May 2022. On 27 October 2025 Kononenko was sentenced, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":268,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Kononenko's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-271/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the comment \"That's right! We should burn Moscow together with the country's leadership\" under a post in the \"Tyumen Emergency\" public forum on VKontakte. The comment referred to the news about Vladislav Borisenko from Nizhnevartovsk, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in a case of arson at the local military recruitment centre.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.10.2025, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-27T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-27T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKvtLb9ZoiPktBJ"},{"persecution_id":"recRP1uNcdhh22sZR","last_updated":"2026-03-20T18:48:08.000Z","person_id":"recqXF0mtdNWlCQtP","name_en":" Unknown male 430","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Murom. In February 2025, a case was brought against him for \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism. He was taken into custody. Presumably, on 5 August 2025, the court sentenced him to seven years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":185,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Murom about \"fakes\" about the RF Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-417/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between September 2022 and January 2023, acting deliberately, he posted materials containing public justification of terrorism with calls to carry out terrorist activities against representatives of state authorities of the Russian Federation and Russian military units, as well as to provide assistance to the AFU. He also posted at least 11 deliberately false reports about the actions of Russian servicemen in the zone of Special Military Operation.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.02.2025 to 16.03.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 16.03.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.08.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-05T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-05T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRP1uNcdhh22sZR"},{"persecution_id":"recH3RR63quhxJKuu","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:37:03.000Z","person_id":"rech9fZc3q2XteEst","name_en":" Unknown male 431","birth_year":1998,"age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novorossiysk. In August 2025, it became known that he was detained and then placed in custody in the case of calls to terrorism and public justification of terrorism. According to the investigation, he, in particular, endorsed the activities of \"Ukrainian paramilitary associations and nationalist organisations\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"A Novorossiysk resident's case on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published materials in the Telegram messenger calling for terrorist activities and justifying terrorism, in particular Ukrainian paramilitary associations and nationalist organisations banned in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recH3RR63quhxJKuu"},{"persecution_id":"recp6zDjv8a8HIz34","last_updated":"2026-02-09T15:40:41.000Z","person_id":"recGqWT7v0KCCpKtL","name_en":"Nikita Efremov","birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":26,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Blogger and entrepreneur from Moscow, founder of a chain of multi-brand shops Nikita Efremov. In August 2025, upon his return to Moscow, he was detained at Sheremetyevo airport on the case of financing extremist activities. The reason for the prosecution was the FBK donations of 6,000 roubles, which he transferred from September 2021 to February 2022.\n\nOn 10 December 2025, Yefremov was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, suspended.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":131,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Efremov's case on financing extremist activity","case_number":"1-956/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Efremov, being on the territory of the city of Moscow and Moscow region, from September 2021 to February 2022, being an opponent of the current authorities of the Russian Federation, transferred funds to the needs and provision of the organisation, banned on the territory of the country in connection with the implementation of extremist activities.\n\nThe press service of the court disseminated a slightly different message: \"being an opponent of the current authorities of the Russian Federation and a supporter of extremist activities of the non-profit organisation \"Anti-Corruption Foundation\" and the public movement \"Navalny's Headquarters\", being on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, made money transfers to the account of these organisations.\"","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 18.08.2025 to 10.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.12.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment, suspended, with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment, suspended, with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-10T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-10T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recp6zDjv8a8HIz34"},{"persecution_id":"reci2mUkBzPomwTzI","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:49:41.000Z","person_id":"rec9CvDOVkoRCGaQY","name_en":"Dmitry Tsibirev","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Saratov, blogger. On 30 January 2021, Tsibirev was searched as part of a criminal case for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules in connection with the 23 January action in support of Alexei Navalny. On 27 September Tsibirev was interrogated as an accused of incitement. He was given a covenant not to leave.\n\nLater it became known that Tsibirev left Russia. In July 2024 he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In August 2025, his mother was searched in Rtischev, where he is registered, in a case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3","330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3","Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Dmitry Tsibirev on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_case_profile_en":"In December 2024 and February 2025, Tsibirev was fined 30,000 and 50,000 rubles, respectively, under the administrative article on violation of the procedure for the activities of a \"foreign agent\" (Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences) due to publications in a Telegram channel without notification that he was recognised as a \"foreign agent\" In May 2025, he was fined 40,000 rubles under the same article on charges that he failed to provide the Ministry of Justice with a report on his activities in accordance with the legislation on \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn addition, in June 2024, Tsibirev was fined 40,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a post in his Telegram channel about civilians dying in Ukraine as a result of the actions of pilots flying from a military airfield in Engels.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reci2mUkBzPomwTzI"},{"persecution_id":"rectA2rZEg5LydLh0","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"recUOmccHWl6JztN0","name_en":"Konstantin Rogozhkin","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Kirov region. In September 2022, he left Russia with his family. In August 2025, he reported that a case was opened against him for financing extremist activities in connection with transfers to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 21 November 2025, Rogozhkin was sentenced in absentia to three years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists","Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":324,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Kirill Rogozhkin's case on financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-255/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 05.08.2021, at a time before 16:20, being in an unspecified place on the territory of the Russian Federation, being a supporter of the NGO \"Anti Corruption Foundation\" and sharing its basic ideas, knowing that the NGO \"Anti Corruption Foundation\" was recognised as an extremist organisation and liquidated by a court decision that came into force, deliberately, with the aim of providing funds to support the activities of the said extremist organisation, using the details of his bank card {Number}, linked to his bank account {Number}, opened on 16.09.09.2013 on the basis of the settlement card agreement {Number} in JSC \"Bank\" (formerly \"Bank\"), located at the address: {Address} registered via mobile phone on the website \"site\", knowingly intended for the financing of extremist activities, and made monthly donations in the amount of 500 rubles (≈US$6) to the non-profit organisation \"Anti Corruption Foundation\".\n\nAs a result, from 05.09.2021 to 05.02.2022 from the above bank account to the merchant account of NGO \"Anti Corruption Foundation\" (identifier {Number}), serviced in the bank-acquirer \"Wells Fargo & Company\" (another name WELLS FARGO BANK) (San Francisco, USA), transferred funds in the total amount of 3,000 rubles (≈US$40), intended to support the activities of the extremist organisation NGO \"Anti Corruption Foundation\", namely in the amounts of: 05.09.2021 at 5:20 p.m. - 500 rubles; 05.10.2021 at 5:20 p.m. - 500 rubles; 05.11.2021 at 5:21 p.m. - 500 rubles; 05.12.2021 at 5:22 p.m. - 500 rubles; 05.01.2022 at 5:21 p.m. - 500 rubles; 05.02.2022 at 5:20 p.m. - 500 rubles.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 16.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectA2rZEg5LydLh0"},{"persecution_id":"recT6KLkNkCLRU8u8","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"rectiUwgsBDr8Od5Y","name_en":"Unknown male 442","birth_year":2008,"age":18,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":17,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Zheleznogorsk. In May 2025, law enforcement officers took a statement from him because he had sent a photo of porn actor Billy Herrington, who had become the hero of the \"gachimuchi\" meme series (referring to images of muscular porn actors that have become internet memes), to be placed on the 'Battle of Kursk' panel for the 80th anniversary of the Victory. In August, a case was brought against him for insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and humiliation of the honour and dignity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"A Zheleznogorsk resident's case of public insults to the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from March to May 2025, the minor suspect, being in the city of Zheleznogorsk of the Kursk region, using a mobile phone with mobile Internet, in one of the messengers sent a photo containing signs of disparagement of the honour and dignity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War to be placed on the stand of the memorial dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and participants of the special military operation, as a result of which the photo was placed on the above-mentioned memorial.\n\nAfter that, the perpetrator, while near the memorial stand, saw the photograph he had previously sent among other images of veterans of the Great Patriotic War and participants of the special military operation, photographed the image together with other photographs of veterans of the Great Patriotic War and participants of the special military operation, stored the photograph in the memory of his mobile phone and then distributed it in a channel he had created on a messenger platform, which was available for viewing and discussion by its participants.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recT6KLkNkCLRU8u8"},{"persecution_id":"recpDLt29Te0gBBdq","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recleNMlho8z6hUPc","name_en":"Arsen Markarian","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Blogger, known for misogynistic statements. In January 2025, the Moscow prosecutor's office reported that it had initiated a criminal case against him under the article on calls to terrorism and transferred the materials to the Investigative Committee. The Beware of Moscow publication wrote that the investigation was connected with Markarian's statements in an interview for another blogger Dmitry Larin. Since then, the Investigative Committee has not reported whether a procedural decision has been taken on these materials.\n\nIn August 2025, Markarian travelled to Russia and announced a major event for his followers. A few days later, he was detained in a case of insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. According to the VChK-OGPU telegram channel, the case was initiated because of a video with Markarian's crude statement about Soviet soldier Aleksander Matrosov, who, according to the official version, died in 1943 by covering the embrasure of a German bunker (firing point) with his body. After Markarian's detention, the IC reported that the blogger had previously been put on the wanted list in this case. On 25 August 2025, the blogger was taken into custody.\n\nOn 5 March 2025, Markarian was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":428,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Arsen Markarian's case of insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland","case_number":"2-0035/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no later than 25 February 2025 Markarian, aware of the popularity of one of the video hosting sites, posted for an unlimited number of people a video recording that contains information about insulting the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland.\n\nAccording to the VChK-OGPU telegram channel, the case was initiated because of the video with Markarian's rude statement about Soviet soldier Aleksander Matrosov, who, according to the official version, died in 1943 by closing the embrasure of a German bunker with his body.\n\nLater, another episode appeared in the case: a certain video in which Markarian, according to the authors of the expertise, \"stated that there were no questions about the activities of Adolf Hitler\" and \"expressed public support\" for his actions.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.08.2025\n• in custody:  to 09.08.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2026, Sentence: 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":54,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-05T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-05T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 05-03-2026\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/08/d52122/?sphrase_id=2859504\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recpDLt29Te0gBBdq"},{"persecution_id":"recTeKh4wTcrY8wnS","last_updated":"2026-03-13T13:11:17.000Z","person_id":"recgAtifz1P5iuZTO","name_en":"Anna Testova","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-06-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Born in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. On 23 April 2025, a case was opened against her in Moscow on charges of spreading knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. She was declared wanted and placed under arrest in absentia. On 24 November 2025, Testova was sentenced in absentia to five years in a general-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":160,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anna Testova's case of \"fakes\" about the Russian Armed Forces ","case_number":"01-0885/2025","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 15.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.11.2025, Sentence: 5 years's imprisonment in absentia in a general regime colony and a ban on administration of websites for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years's imprisonment in absentia in a general regime colony and a ban on administration of websites for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-24T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-24T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTeKh4wTcrY8wnS"},{"persecution_id":"rec0QJRV3ZyDGUJfC","last_updated":"2026-04-13T20:01:20.000Z","person_id":"rec9LJ4QgIAkYsAyV","name_en":"Olga Chepeleva","birth_year":1991,"age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Belgorod. A case was brought against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. No later than July 2025, she was taken into custody. On 18 February 2026, the court sentenced her to five and a half years in a general regime colony with a suspended sentence until Chepeleva's children reach the age of 14.\n\n","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":413,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Olga Chepeleva's case of \"fake news\" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-76/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from April 2024 to February 2025, the accused posted knowingly false information on the social network VKontakte about illegal actions by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine in connection with the special military operation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.02.2026, Sentence: 5.5 years in a general regime penal colony with a suspended sentence until the defendant's children reach the age of 14","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5.5 years in a general regime penal colony with a suspended sentence until the defendant's children reach the age of 14","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-18T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-18T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0QJRV3ZyDGUJfC"},{"persecution_id":"recDL0686yHtPBNR2","last_updated":"2026-01-13T11:43:58.000Z","person_id":"reclXGPEP5dVceUee","name_en":"Vladimir Cherkashchenko","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-11-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. In August 2025, a case of incitement to hatred on ethnic grounds against Russians was brought against him because of several videos he published in one of the messengers.\n\nA few days before his arrest, Cherkashchenko's videos were brought to the attention of Ekaterina Mizulina, head of the Safe Internet League. On 19 August, she published videos on her channel in which the young man berated participants in the war in Ukraine, wished death to Russians and called for attacking law enforcers.\n\n\"I live in Rashka and, you know, everyone supports some SVO veterans. SWO, for fuck's sake! To be blown up by a landmine <...> And these pigs don't support trans and LGBT yet. Just some freaks, I hope they all get slaughtered,\" he said in one of the videos.\n\nIn another video, Cherkashchenko said \"Russians, fuck you, die.\" In yet another, he urged Russians to \"make the Russian security forces dark\" and attack them with rebar.\n\nMizulina said that law enforcement agencies had been handed materials to check Cherkashchenko. Four days after her post, the Investigative Committee reported the detention of the Muscovite. On 24 August, the court remanded him in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) B Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no later than 18 August 2025, the defendant, while in the Moscow region, recorded several videos aimed at humiliating the dignity of a group of persons identified on the basis of nationality - Russians, after which he published the videos in one of the messengers.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.08.2025 to 25.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recDL0686yHtPBNR2"},{"persecution_id":"recWoLTyqUv4Jkzrz","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recI1k3wSPvVcxozj","name_en":"Ilya Kostyakov","birth_year":2005,"age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A student of the Russian State Social University. In August 2025, a case of humiliation of honour and dignity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War was brought against him because of a tiktok with the text \"Think about it... the residents of besieged Leningrad lived for 3 years without boba-tea...\".\n\nThe case was initiated after the video was noticed by the head of the Safe Internet League Ekaterina Mizulina. She called such jokes unacceptable and said that her team had asked the Interior Ministry to conduct a check on the tiktoker.\n\nOn 25 August, the student was given a ban on certain actions as a preventive measure.\n\nTwo weeks before the criminal charge, on 11 August, Kostyakov was arrested for 15 days on an administrative case of petty hooliganism.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Ilya Kostyakov's case of humiliating the honour and dignity of World War II veterans","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no later than 5 August 2025, the defendant, aware of the popularity of one of the social networks, posted for an unlimited number of people a video that contains information about the humiliation of the inhabitants of the Siege of Leningrad as veterans of the Great Patriotic War.\n\nIt is about a tiktok with the text \"Think about it... residents of besieged Leningrad lived for 3 years without boba-tea...\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 25.08.2025 to 24.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWoLTyqUv4Jkzrz"},{"persecution_id":"recyvUOALZ3giP5Zc","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recBg5mPwzzgr7c1M","name_en":"Nikolay Lenitsky","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the village of Velyka Lepetyha in the Russian-occupied part of the Kherson region of Ukraine. In August 2025, the Federal Security Service reported that he was sentenced to seven years in a general-regime penal colony in the case of spreading \"fake news\" about the Russian army.\n\nThe reason for the prosecution was a video posted on his personal page on one of the social networks, which claimed that the Russian military had bombed a village in the Bryansk region to discredit Ukraine, resulting in numerous civilian casualties. Law enforcement authorities insist that this information is false.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":207,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"case_name_en":"Nikolai Lenitsky's case of wartime \"fake news\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the Federal Security Service (FSB), on his personal page in one of the social networks, the defendant posted a fake video containing a recording of \"an allegedly intercepted by the Security Service of Ukraine conversation between two individuals, a woman and a man, who is allegedly a serviceman of the Russian Armed Forces, conducting a dialogue about\" the Russian Armed Forces, to discredit Ukraine, conducted a bomb attack on a village in the Bryansk region, which allegedly resulted in a large number of casualties among the local population.\n\nThe FSB also pointed out that Lenitsky held pro-Ukrainian views and urged residents to ignore Russian laws.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.08.2025 to 23.10.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 15.01.2025 to 06.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.08.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and a ban on administering websites, producing materials and disseminating information on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony and a ban on administering websites, producing materials and disseminating information on the Internet for 3 years","verdict_changed":true,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":82,"verdict_imprisonment_term_change":-2,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-10T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-10T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 31-10-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/leniczkij-nikolaj\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recyvUOALZ3giP5Zc"},{"persecution_id":"recfAxixqzmeaiTjy","last_updated":"2026-04-13T21:12:13.000Z","person_id":"recY7qG8uxw7kjy51","name_en":"Alexei Sadomovskii","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Sadomovskii is a former deputy chairman of the Yabloko branch in Nizhny Novgorod region, and an ex-head of Ilya Varlamov and Maxim Katz's Urban Projects Foundation in Nizhny Novgorod. After the outbreak of war in Ukraine, Sadomovskii left Russia for Kazakhstan, where he worked on opening shelters for Russians who had fled mobilization.\n\nIn August 2025, it became known that he was prosecuted for spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army because of two posts published in April 2022. In these posts he criticised the invasion of Ukraine and wrote about civilian deaths in the Ukrainian cities of Irpen, Gostomel, Mariupol and Bucha. On 27 January 2026, Sadomovskii was sentenced in absentia to eight years.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":391,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Sadomovskii's case of military fakes","case_number":"1-318/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Sadomovskii, the reason for the prosecution were two posts on VKontakte written by him in April 2022. According to the investigation, in said posts \"motivated by hatred\" towards the Russian military, he criticised the war and wrote about the deaths of civilians in Irpen, Gostomel, Mariupol and Bucha. The publications have now been deleted.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.01.2026, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-27T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-27T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfAxixqzmeaiTjy"},{"persecution_id":"recB1xjk64AVuACt5","last_updated":"2026-02-20T09:14:40.000Z","person_id":"recCM1XzbEtCbLtgT","name_en":"Irina Faizulina","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Berezniki, wife of lawyer Artem Faizulin, a former police officer dismissed for supporting politician Alexei Navalny. On 27 August 2025, she was detained in a case of financing extremist activities because of seven donations of 300 rubles each to FBK (The Anti-Corruption Foundation). The next day Faizulina was placed in custody. On 14 October 2025, she was transferred to house arrest. On 2 February 2026, Faizulina was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand roubles.\n\nArtem Faizulin considers his wife's persecution as part of the attack on him.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Perm"],"persecution_region_en":["Perm Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PER"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":159,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":" Irina Faizulina's case on financing extremist activities ","case_number":"1-82/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Faizulina’s husband, she has been charged over seven donations of 300 roubles each to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). 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She practises winter swimming; in 2013 she swam across the Bering Strait and was entered into the Guinness World Records.\n\nOn 27 August 2025, she was detained in a case concerning the financing of extremist activity due to donations to FBK. The following day, Guseva was remanded in custody. 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On 26 August 2025, she was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of \"terrorists and extremists\" with a specific designation used for those prosecuted under terrorism-related charges.\n\nOn 24 September, a search was conducted at her home, after which she was detained in a criminal case involving public calls for terrorism over certain video messages.\n\nSOTAvision noted that on the day of her detention, Arna had been due to fly to Moscow to deliver thousands of signatures calling for the resignation of Governor Andrei Turchak.\n\nOn 25 September 2025, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was imposed on the activist. In October, this was replaced with remand in custody following alleged violations of the terms of her release.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Gorno-Altaysk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AL"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aruna Arna's case","case_number":"1-28/2026 (1-252/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, as the administrator of a public Telegram channel, she posted videos which, according to the findings of a linguistic expert evaluation, contain public calls to commit terrorist offenses. The grounds for the case were video clips of the classic revolutionary songs \"The Internationale\" and \"Varshavyanka\" with partially altered lyrics and visual sequences. These clips included photos and footage of the aftermath of terrorist attacks and emergencies, protest actions, and portraits of Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Mishustin, Dmitry Medvedev, State Duma deputies, and others.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 24.09.2025 to 25.09.2025\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 25.09.2025\n• in custody: from 10.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Altai\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recDDUo94RuvCVQyH"},{"persecution_id":"recEUSTBGjQ8YkbSM","last_updated":"2026-01-17T10:36:22.000Z","person_id":"recXUpOkl2wGL3c0W","name_en":"Yurii Shlenkin","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St Petersburg. In April 2024, he was detained in a case of incitement to terrorism because of a comment mentioning the RDK and the Freedom of Russia Legion, which he posted on Telegram on 26 July 2024. The exact content of the comment is unknown.\n\nShlenkin was initially placed in custody, but after providing medical documents he was released under restrictions on certain activities. On 28 August 2025, the court sentenced him to three years in a general regime colony.\n\nShlenkin has a third-degree disability and a neurological condition.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":148,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yurii Shlenkin on calls for terrorism","case_number":"2-58/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, on 26 July 2024 the defendant posted a comment on Telegram referring to the “Freedom of Russia Legion” and the “Russian Volunteer Corps,” both designated as terrorist organisations. The text of the comment was not read out in court, but the prosecutor claimed that in it Shlenkin “with direct intent, publicly called for terrorist activity”.\n\nShlenkin stated that in 2024 he changed his position on the “special military operation” after the death of his friends in Ukraine, which led him to consult alternative sources of information.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2025\n• prohibition of certain actions:  to 28.08.2025\n• in custody: from 28.08.2025 to 17.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.12.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.08.2025, Sentence: 3 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-27T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-27T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEUSTBGjQ8YkbSM"},{"persecution_id":"recgqqTcTX3uW2ukL","last_updated":"2025-09-02T08:50:35.000Z","person_id":"recjxzwEqhdbuLjjJ","name_en":"Denis Shaban","birth_year":1988,"age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Vologda region, Shaban worked as an assistant to an electric locomotive driver. He was prosecuted for “insulting the feelings of believers” after posting a comment on VKontakte in response to news about Volgograd student Nikita Zhuravel, who had been convicted of burning the Koran and subsequently beaten by the son of the head of Chechnya. Shaban’s comment read: “Shall we all burn thousands of Korans? All together we will survive.”\n\nDescribing his detention, Shaban said: “As if I were a hardened criminal they detained me — with OMON, face to the floor — and took me 50 kilometres from home. They bent me in such a way that I later had to go on sick leave with back pain. First they took me to Centre ‘E’, then to the Cherepovets Investigative Committee, where they searched through my phone.”\n\nOn 23 July 2025, the court fined him 30,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_ended":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_ended_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":203,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Denis Shaban's case on offending the feelings of religious believers ","case_number":"1-10/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the VKontakte group Pravye. Zapasnaya, under a post about the beating of Volgograd student Nikita Zhuravel — convicted of burning the Koran — by the son of the head of Chechnya, Shaban commented: “Perhaps we should all burn thousands of Korans? If we do it together, we will survive.”","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":false,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.07.2025, Sentence: fine of 30,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 30,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":30000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-23T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-23T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recgqqTcTX3uW2ukL"},{"persecution_id":"rece1g1HxUMh4xfhE","last_updated":"2025-12-01T08:38:09.000Z","person_id":"recJp31qZW8vEz0oY","name_en":"Tatiana Maz","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-08-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladivostok. In the spring of 2023, she was conduct a search as part of a criminal case on the participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. On 5 February 2025, Maz's case was severed into separate proceedings. 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On 27 August 2025, he and 18 other Jehovah's Witnesses were searched. Chertov was detained on the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"","persecution_case_profile_en":"In 2017, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation decided to liquidate the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation and its regional subdivisions due to extremist activities. 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The post contained an image of the St George Ribbon, a sign enshrined in the legislation of the Russian Federation as the official symbol of military valour and the memory of the heroism of the people during the World War Two. On top of the sacred bicolour there were desecrating inscriptions.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHX42kzOUv25sSA"},{"persecution_id":"rec4NIxMZxhCLZlHQ","last_updated":"2025-09-20T18:41:11.000Z","person_id":"recWUJDBv0iq6kh3A","name_en":"Alexei Brykin","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Kemerovo. In August 2025, charges were brought against him for repeated incitement to hatred because of his comments about representatives of the authorities.\n\nIn 2021 and 2024, he was fined twice in administrative cases of incitement to hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for his xenophobic comments. In the second case, the court also found him guilty of inciting hatred against police officers.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kemerovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Brykin’s case of incitement to hatred","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to law enforcement officers, after the decision in the administrative case of incitement to hatred (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) came into force, Brykin continued to post comments insulting representatives of the authorities from an “anonymous” page on a social network.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 29-08-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/08/d52149/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"rec4NIxMZxhCLZlHQ"},{"persecution_id":"recLJBqxUEiGlLNCJ","last_updated":"2026-03-18T18:50:24.000Z","person_id":"rec0QXYutpiDNgoOv","name_en":"Mariia Ponomarenko","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzur2Rae1AHhlQz.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzur2Rae1AHhlQz.jpg"],"birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A correspondent for RusNews. In 2021, a preliminary investigation was carried out into possible repeated violations of regulations at public events, but no criminal case was ultimately opened. On 23 April 2022, she was detained in Saint Petersburg and was remanded in custody on 27 April. She was initially charged under Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but the investigator later reclassified the charge under the more serious Part 2. On 23 May it became known that Ponomarenko had been transferred to Barnaul.\n\nIn September, reports emerged that, owing to a serious deterioration in her mental health, she broke a window in her cell and cut her veins. She was then placed in solitary confinement. On 14 November she was moved to house arrest. On the night of 27 January, following a conflict with her ex-husband in the flat where she was living under house arrest, she went to a police station. The court subsequently changed her measure of restraint back to custody. On 15 February 2023, she was sentenced to six years in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nAfter sentencing, she was transferred to another detention centre where, during a search, she was forced to strip. The incident triggered a severe outburst, after which force was used against her and she was sent to a psychiatric hospital for three days. In the penal colony, Ponomarenko has been prevented from sending documents on staff misconduct to her lawyer. Since 17 September she has also been denied correspondence, and she still has not received necessary medical treatment.\n\nOn 2 November 2023, a new criminal case was opened against her for allegedly causing minor harm to a member of the prison staff. During one hearing, the supposed victim admitted that they would not have filed a complaint against Ponomarenko of their own accord.\n\nOn 18 March 2025, her lawyer reported that she was on the verge of suicide. On 27 March 2025, she was sentenced in the second case to one year and ten months in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nIn August 2025, it was revealed that yet another case had been opened against Ponomarenko, again for allegedly causing minor bodily harm to a member of the prison staff.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rubtsovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 321 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["321"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 321"],"case_name_en":"Maria Ponomarenko's case of violence that is not dangerous to the life or health","case_number":"1-119/2026","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLJBqxUEiGlLNCJ"},{"persecution_id":"recM8w2OjTJCtfjRT","last_updated":"2026-03-29T18:55:03.000Z","person_id":"reciHyXpO97VJGzzY","name_en":"Dmitrii Regush","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Moscow-based entrepreneur, founder of the travel agency Chip Travel (LLC ChAO Travel) and the real estate agency Chip Agency; was editor-in-chief of the website Event.ru. On 30 August 2025, the court remanded him in custody on the case of financing extremist activities. The reason for the prosecution was FBK donations. On 2 December 2025 Regush was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":123,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":17,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Regush's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"01-0578/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"Presumably, the prosecution is related to FBC donations","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-02-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody:  to 16.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.12.2025, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-02T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-02T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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After that, she was fined several times in administrative cases for non-compliance with \"foreign agent\" legislation.\n\nIn March 2025, a criminal case was opened against her for evading the duties of a foreign agent. The journalist was charged with a number of posts in \"Odnoklassniki\" without the \"foreign agent\" status plaque.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Elena Shukaeva's case of evasion of \"foreign agent\" duties","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Vecherniye Vedomosti, the reason for the criminal case was the publication of posts on the Odnoklassniki social network without the \"foreign agent\" label required by Russian law. Before that - in April and September 2024 - Shukaeva was twice fined under the administrative article on non-compliance with the requirements for \"foreign agents\" (19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences) of the Leninsky District Court of Ekaterinburg.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1dctBrRHHeXHQX"},{"persecution_id":"recVkLzQXWO6uGjPG","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:41:28.000Z","person_id":"recK6458BUy9cD0UE","name_en":"Dmitrii Semenov","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Murmansk region. In September 2025, he was detained and remanded to custody in a case of financing extremist activities because of seven donations of 500 rubles to Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 9 December 2025, Semenov was given a three-year suspended sentence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Murmansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Murmansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MUR"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":99,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Semenov's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-91/2025","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.09.2025 to 09.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Murmansk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 25.12.2025 to 25.12.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.12.2025, Sentence: 3 years' suspended imprisonment with 3 years' probation","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended imprisonment with 3 years' probation","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-09T07:40:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-09T07:40:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 4 September the court remanded him in custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["graffiti"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yekaterinburg resident on justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of 14 January 2025 in Yekaterinburg, the defendant, with the aim of publicly justifying and promoting terrorism, put an inscription on the wall of a non-residential building depicting the symbols of a terrorist organisation, namely the Russian Volunteer Corps.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recshumIIlRN3vCBh"},{"persecution_id":"recGHMYCe0j1HV1Ki","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:03:10.000Z","person_id":"rec82AxpreeJoj1IH","name_en":"Vasilia Vershinina","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An activist from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, supporter of Svetlana Lada-Rus. On 4 September 2025, she was searched in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. According to the law enforcers' version, since 2021 she had been participating in the activities of the \"Volya\" party, founded by Lada-Rus, \"on behalf of the officially unregistered organisations \"All-People's Union of the Revival of Russia\" and its subdivision - \"Kamchatka Krai Council\".\" The day after her arrest, Vershinina was taken into custody. On 12 September 2025 she was transferred to house arrest. On 22 October 2925 it became known that another case was brought against Vershinina - on calls to terrorism because of the songs \"International\" and \"Varshavyanka\" in her personal Telegram channel.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vasilia Vershinina’s case of \"participation in the activities of an extremist organisation\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, since 2021, realising that the activities of the political party \"VOLYA\" on the territory of the Russian Federation are prohibited, decided to continue its activities in Kamchatka Krai on behalf of the officially unregistered organisations \"All-People's Union of the Revival of Russia\" and its subdivision - \"Council of Kamchatka Krai\".\n\nShe systematically held talks to promote the banned political organisation, involved other people in its activities by distributing leaflets and literature, and created various Internet communities.\n\nThe reason for the initiation of a case on calls to terrorism were the songs \"Internationale\" and \"Varshavyanka\" in her personal Telegram channel - the investigation saw in the corresponding pubications calls to overthrow the government.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 04.09.2025 to 05.09.2025\n• in custody: from 05.09.2025 to 12.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kamchatsky Krai\n• house arrest: from 12.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGHMYCe0j1HV1Ki"},{"persecution_id":"recKkuYuRIOM8kvPn","last_updated":"2026-02-12T16:44:46.000Z","person_id":"recJHvUZ6rXkhygGb","name_en":"Vladimir Sorokin","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-07-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lawyer from Kaliningrad, member of the Yabloko party. On 6 September 2025, he was detained in a case of financing extremist activities because of one donation of 500 rubles to Anti-Corruption Foundation sent in November 2021. The day after his detention, the court chose a ban on certain actions as a preventive measure.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Sorokin's case on financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to SOTA, Sorokin is charged with one donation of 500 roubles sent to Anti-Corruption Foundation in November 2021","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 07.09.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 06.09.2025 to 07.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recKkuYuRIOM8kvPn"},{"persecution_id":"recBuPTe1xB3xU1aw","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recqVrMdml5x6xh30","name_en":"Tatiana Shuvalova","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-07-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Moscow resident. She previously worked as a dispatcher at the Zyuzino District Zhilishchnik municipal service. On 15 April 2025, she was detained in a terrorism financing case. According to the law enforcers' version, she transferred money, \"realising that it would be used to support the illegal activities of participants in the terrorist organisation Artpodgotovka\". The next day Shuvalova was placed in custody. TASS reported that the woman was detained while trying to leave Russia, while her son and husband left Russia before her detention.\n\nIn September, Shuvalova was also charged with participation in terrorist activities.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1","Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Tatiana Shuvalova's case on terrorism financing ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the law enforcers' version, Shuvalova transferred money \"knowing that it would be used to support the illegal activities of members of the Artpodgotovka terrorist organisation and their commission of terrorist offences. She was detained by law enforcement officers while trying to leave the Russian Federation\". It is not known to whom exactly she transferred the money.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.04.2025 to 16.04.2025\n• in custody: from 16.04.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBuPTe1xB3xU1aw"},{"persecution_id":"recG5D9B9DvNLJ3Fx","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recl2OsKYMHFia07C","name_en":"Elena Solovieva","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-03-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Solovieva is a journalist from Syktyvkar, who has left Russia. Before emigrating, she worked with independent publications, including Sever.Realii, 7x7 and Novaya Gazeta, covering protests in Shies and environmental issues. After moving to Canada with her family, she began writing articles in French for local media and hosting the podcast \"Voices of the Forest\" about the history and mythology of the Komi people.\n\nIn October 2021, the journalist was added to the register of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn August 2025, a case was brought against her for evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\" due to her failure to submit a report to the Ministry of Justice in a timely manner. The journalist stopped submitting reports after moving to Canada. In September, Solovieva was put on a wanted list.\n\nOn 4 February 2026, the journalist was sentenced in absentia to a fine of 250,000 rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":187,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":26,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Elena Solovieva's case of evading foreign agent duties","case_number":"1-26/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2024-2025, being the head of the association of an online magazine and media platform included in the register of foreign agents, having been brought to administrative responsibility for violations of the procedure for the activities of a foreign agent at least twice during the year, Solovieva again violated the requirements established by the legislation of the Russian Federation.\n\nThe formal reason was the late submission of reports to the Ministry of Justice. After moving to Canada, the journalist stopped submitting reports: the Canadian post office did not work with Russia, and she herself did not receive any funds in Russian accounts.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.02.2026, Sentence: A fine of 250,000 rubles\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 250,000 rubles\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":250000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-04T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-04T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recG5D9B9DvNLJ3Fx"},{"persecution_id":"rec7KuHbIAMZcYAlr","last_updated":"2026-01-01T22:36:07.000Z","person_id":"rec9gePurnGhvUiMI","name_en":"Stanislav Sergeykin","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Entrepreneur from Saransk, runs a cocktail bar \"No Two Times Are The Same\" and a coffee shop \"Later in the Morning\". A case was opened against him for financing extremist activity because of donations to the FBK for 1,750 roubles. When exactly the case was initiated, it is unknown. In early July 2025, the man's name appeared on the list of \"terrorists and extremists\" of Rosfinmonitoring.\n\nIn September, the case went to court. On 13 November 2025, Sergeikin was sentenced, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saransk"],"persecution_region_en":["Mordovia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MO"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":316,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Stanislav Sergeikin case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-186/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the case materials, the defendant, knowing that the non-profit organisation Anti-Corruption Foundation had been dissolved by a legally binding decision of the Moscow City Court for extremist activity, transferred a total of 1,750 roubles to its account in a foreign bank.  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In September 2025, the FSB reported that a case on financing extremist activities was opened against him due to the transfer of money to the Artpodgotovka movement in 2022.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"case_name_en":"The case of funding of \"Artpodgotovka\" in Belgorod region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2022, the suspect made money transfers from his personal account to the electronic account of an organisation whose activities are banned in Russia due to its recognition as extremist. The transfers were made while the suspect was in different regions of the country, including Belgorod, Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow regions.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recudDTjtvnck0jHo"},{"persecution_id":"rec0dBtO3On1KEYiN","last_updated":"2025-11-06T15:14:51.000Z","person_id":"recFZaU7PauA3ZIBa","name_en":"Aleksandr Aganin","birth_year":1979,"age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Serov city in the Sverdlovsk region. He was charged with offending religious feelings due to four images published in 2023-2025 on his page in one of the social networks. Their content is unknown. Experts concluded that these images offend the feelings of Christians. On 4 September 2025, the court sentenced the man to 250 hours of community service.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":246,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 148 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 148"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Aganin's case of offending religious feelings","case_number":"1-17/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he created a publicly accessible section on his page in one of the social networks during 2023, 2024 and 2025, where he posted 4 images.\n\nAccording to the expert's conclusions, the said images contain information aimed at offending the religious feelings of persons professing Christianity and at humiliating the religious dignity of a group of persons professing Christianity.","persecution_location_en":"Location unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 20.09.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.09.2025, Sentence: 250 hours of community service","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"250 hours of community service","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-04T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-04T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec0dBtO3On1KEYiN"},{"persecution_id":"recnClOtNs34Djawu","last_updated":"2025-09-21T19:45:23.000Z","person_id":"recGP25D7ZPVN3oJo","name_en":" Unknown male 457","birth_year":1985,"age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Tomsk resident. In January 2025, a video circulated on the Internet showing a man standing barefoot at the Eternal Flame in the Camp Garden in Tomsk and bringing his hands to the flame. He also jumped over the fire. Because of this, a case was brought against him for desecration of the symbol of Russia's military glory. On 23 June 2025, the court released the man from criminal liability and sent him for Involuntary observation and treatment by a psychiatrist in outpatient conditions","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":173,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Case of a Tomsk resident on desecration of a symbol of military glory","case_number":"2-19/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In January 2025, at the memorial in the Camp Garden, a man circled the Eternal Flame barefoot and waved his hands at the flames in an attempt to keep warm. Later, according to eyewitnesses, the Tomsk resident started jumping over the flame.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"At large (case dismissed)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Other"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-06-23T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnClOtNs34Djawu"},{"persecution_id":"rec7uEtewvQWt3NIq","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"rec1eLuXqytBXnZU1","name_en":"Zafar Agamamedov","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Irkutsk region. On 31 January 2025, he was detained in a case of incitement to terrorism because of a comment in Telegram. On the same day he was taken into custody.\n\nAgamamedov was then charged with incitement to extremism, as well as illegal possession and cultivation of plants containing narcotic drugs. The prosecutor's office claims that the man called for violence against representatives of the authorities, including police officers, as well as grew 25 cannabis bushes in his garage and stored at least 212 grammes of cannabis there for personal use. Agamamedov pleaded guilty only to the cannabis-related episodes.\n\nOn 11 September 2025, the court sentenced him to eight years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":223,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Zafar Agamamedov's case on incitement to extremism and terrorism","case_number":"1-123/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The court found that in December 2024 and January 2025, the defendant posted comments with unlawful content on the messenger Telegram. Through these postings, he called for violence against state authorities, including police officers. In addition, over the course of a year, the man grew 25 bushes of the drug plant \"cannabis\" in his garage, which is a large scale. 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In 2022, she moved to Germany to study and participated in anti-war and anti-Putin actions in Europe. A case was opened against her for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army motivated by hatred. The outlet Ostorozhno, Novosti, without naming its source, reported that the case was initiated over a video by Freies Russland NRW from an anti-war rally in Berlin, in which Shumskikh condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On 15 September 2025, the court placed her under arrest in absentia. 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His accusations were picked up by pro-war Z-channels, which filed a report against Volkova. They demanded that she be fired from \"Ural Airlines\" and held criminally liable.\n\nNo later than summer 2025, she was taken into custody. In August 2025, the case was sent to court. On 21 November, Volkova was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":324,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Varvara Volkova's case of \"fake news\" about the Russian armed forces","case_number":"1-492/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, “using the Telegram messenger, she posted knowingly false information in the public chat of the residents of the village of Sapronovo about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces during the special military operation,” and “stated that the Russian Armed Forces were allegedly committing violent acts aimed at the destruction of Ukraine’s civilian population and civilian infrastructure.”","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 17.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №10 (SIZO-10) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №10 (SIZO-10) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast \n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2025, Sentence: 7 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony, with a 3-year ban on engaging in activities involving the creation and administration of websites in electronic and information-telecommunication networks, including the Internet.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony, with a 3-year ban on engaging in activities involving the creation and administration of websites in electronic and information-telecommunication networks, including the Internet.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In early September 2025 he was detained in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organization in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. On 5 September, the court put him under house arrest.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services, as well as attracting new supporters.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Saratov region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the accused and other believers \"resumed and organised in Saratov the activities of a local religious unit, which consisted of convening meetings and conducting preaching activities\".","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 05.09.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.09.2025 to 05.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 25 September, he was placed under house arrest.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted for extremism solely because of their religious activities – holding meetings and worship services, as well as attracting new supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Construction workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Saratov region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the defendant and other believers “resumed and organised the activities of a local religious movement in Saratov by convening meetings and carrying out preaching activities”.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 03.09.2025 to 05.09.2025\n• in custody: from 05.09.2025 to 25.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast\n• house arrest: from 25.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec6BYlww0uIfUqrn"},{"persecution_id":"recv0ZPxMLRPfSo38","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recNYvCPVHf0tIvpL","name_en":"Aleksander Akelin","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-08-20T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Saratov region. In early September of 2025, he was detained under a case of participation in an extremist organisation because of his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. On 5th of September, the court placed him in custody. On 25th of September he was placed under house arrest.\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted for extremism solely because of their religious activities - for holding meetings and worship services and recruiting new supporters.","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Saratov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAR"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Saratov region","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the accused and other believers \"renewed and organised the activities of a local religious unit on the territory of Saratov, which was expressed in convening meetings and carrying out preaching activities\".","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.09.2025 to 25.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast\n• house arrest: from 25.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recv0ZPxMLRPfSo38"},{"persecution_id":"recvH7h7cbbRvaNXt","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"recvXpRFh2pSoruMO","name_en":" Unknown male 458","birth_year":1991,"age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Penza. In August 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that he had been detained on charges of financing a certain \"international social movement\" recognised as an \"undesirable\" organisation. In September 2025, the case went to court. On 30 October 2025, the Penza man was sentenced, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Penza"],"persecution_region_en":["Penza Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PNZ"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":302,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"A Penza resident's case of financing an \"undesirable\" organisation","case_number":"1-338/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in the period from August 2023 to January 2024\" \"in order to finance an international organisation, the activities of which are recognised as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation, periodically transferred money from his current account to a resident of the Moscow region who was related to this organisation. The total amount of transfers intended to support activities of the international organisation was 45 thousand roubles.\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.10.2025, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-30T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-30T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvH7h7cbbRvaNXt"},{"persecution_id":"recHqGfNKqK5JY9yO","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:38:08.000Z","person_id":"rec8ILXsXKRGY382R","name_en":"Alexander Voevodkin","birth_year":1966,"birth_date":"1966-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg, entrepreneur, CEO of LLC MPK Trust. On 14 March 2025, he was sent under house arrest on charges of confidential cooperation with foreigners: according to the investigation, he intended to cooperate with China; no other details are given. Already on 25 March, the appeal court changed the preventive measure to detention.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Alexander Voevodkin's case of confidential co-operation with foreigners","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"on a confidential basis wanted to co-operate with the PRC\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 14.03.2025 to 25.03.2025\n• in custody: from 25.03.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-09-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/voevodkin-aleksandr-borisovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recHqGfNKqK5JY9yO"},{"persecution_id":"recAv9yAlY2txSVSe","last_updated":"2025-12-15T15:10:11.000Z","person_id":"recTCzOy437nO0FiY","name_en":"Nina Akimova","birth_year":1952,"age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":73,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A pensioner from St. Petersburg, a former therapist. A criminal case on calls to terrorism was opened against her because of two comments on VKontakte under a 2019 post about the protests in Moscow. In one of them, she called for \"crushing the Kremlin-Jewish gang\". No preventive measure was imposed on the pensioner.\n\n\"Mediazona\" reported that the case was initiated after the statement of Akimova's former supervisor - head of the medical service at the Military Institute of Physical Culture Roman Sarvadii.\n\nOn 24 September 2025, the court sentenced her to a fine of 400 thousand roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":266,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nina Akimova's case on calls to terrorism","case_number":"2-65/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the prosecution were two comments under a post that appeared in August 2019 in the \"Russia Everywhere There Are Russians\" public forum. The post contained a video of detentions of protesters at rallies in Moscow.\n\nIn response to another user's approving comment, Akimova wrote:\n\n“Watch out you might choke on your own rage! Crush the Kremlin-Jewish gang that is erasing Russia from the face of the earth!!!”;\n\n“To turn the Soviet Union into such shit, the laughing-stock of the whole world, we won’t let them get away, we’ll strangle them like rats!!!”","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.09.2025, Sentence: fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 400 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-24T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-24T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAv9yAlY2txSVSe"},{"persecution_id":"recPjGXpYJEAxFe5Q","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recS2TSfqoOtXCyyS","name_en":"Natalia Lazaricheva","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Activist from Ufa, supporter of Svetlana Lada-Rus. Lazaricheva runs her own YouTube channel, which has more than 40,000 subscribers as of September 2025.\n\nOn 17 September 2025, she was searched in the case of rehabilitation of Nazism and false report of a terrorist attack. The first charge was related to a repost of a publication that criticised the tradition of laying flowers on the Day of Mourning on 22 June. The second charge was brought because of the posts about the threat of nuclear strikes on the cities of Bashkortostan, the Idel.Realii newspaper found out.\n\nOn 19 September Lazaricheva was taken into custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Natalia Lazaricheva's case of rehabilitation of Nazism and false reporting of a terrorist attack","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to Idel.Realii, the charges under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism are related to a repost in her Telegram channel made in June 2024 and dedicated to the Day of Remembrance and Mourning on 22 June. The investigation believes that the woman, through her publication, formed a negative attitude towards the commemorative events and advocated not to participate in them.\n\nIt is likely that this is a repost of a message from the telegram channel \"Alina Lushavina | Voice of Freedom\", which said:\n\n\"Since when did we start laying flowers on 22 June? We are the country that defeated fascism. We should strengthen with our consciousness the day of victory of our people on 9 May, but not go in formation and lay flowers on the day when fascists attacked. Do you realise that when flowers are laid on the day of mourning, there is an amplification of the events of this day?\".\n\nUnder the article on knowingly false reporting of a terrorist attack, Lazaricheva is charged with two posts published in her Telegram channel in November 2024 with \"knowingly false reports of actions that create a risk of death.\" Presumably, these are posts in which she wrote that the cities of Bashkortostan were threatened with nuclear strikes, and the authorities allegedly adopted \"a law on mass burial back in 2021\" due to the threat of bombings.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.09.2025 to 19.09.2025\n• in custody: from 19.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPjGXpYJEAxFe5Q"},{"persecution_id":"recroC1jz3Wfr7UVs","last_updated":"2026-04-04T14:20:29.000Z","person_id":"recOelp7wPRlm5OR2","name_en":"Oksana Bagirova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attsuHg9u1FX279Il.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attsuHg9u1FX279Il.jpg"],"birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ukhta, hairdresser. In 2025, she ran for deputy to the Komi State Council from the CPRF and came second in the district, behind the United Russia candidate.\n\nA few days after the election, on 19 September, she was detained in a case of justifying terrorism on the Internet because of a repost and a comment. According to the Barents Observer, in the first case Bagirova shared a publication of the Telegram channel \"Kolokol XXI\" about the successful counter-offensive of the AFU in 2022. The expert found calls for murder in a phrase from the publication: \"The average pro-russian supporter has thousands of epiphanies: Strelkov was right, the Kremlin is full of traitors, Shoigu should be hanged, the political leadership should be changed. The second episode is related to Bagirova's comment on the news about Ukrainian drones attacking Russian military airfields: \"Epic! As a Russian woman admired! Glory to Ukraine.\"\n\nAfter her arrest, Bagirova was taken into custody.\n\nOn 16 March 2026, Baghirova was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Hairdressers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":178,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Oksana Bagirova's case on justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-19/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the Barents Observer, the case was initiated due to a publication about the Ukrainian Armed Forces' offensive in 2022 and a comment on the Ukrainian operation \"Web.\"\n\nIn the first episode, the investigator considered a post published on Bagirova's VKontakte page in September 2022 as an incitement to terrorism. It was a repost from the Telegram channel \"Kolokol XXI,\" dedicated to the successful counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkiv region. A specialist from the FSB Directorate for the Komi Republic considered the following phrase an incitement to the murder of the then Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu:\n\n\"...panic in the orc camp <...> average pro-Russian supporters are waking up by the thousands, saying that Strelkov was right, there are traitors in the Kremlin, Shoigu should be hanged, the political leadership needs to be changed.\"\n\nIn the second episode, the justification of terrorism was seen in Bagirova's comment about the Ukrainian operation \"Web,\" during which several Russian military airfields were attacked. On the Telegram channel \"Honest Deputy,\" under the news about the operation, Oksana Bagirova wrote three sentences: \"Epic! As a Russian woman, I am delighted! Glory to Ukraine!\"\n\nAccording to investigator K. Nazarov, Oksana Bagirova, in commenting on the \"Web\" operation, foresaw \"the inevitability of socially dangerous consequences and desired their occurrence.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 19.09.2025 to 20.09.2025\n• in custody: from 20.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.03.2026, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition on managing websites for a period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, prohibition on managing websites for a period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-16T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-16T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 01-04-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/bagirova-oksana-rafikovna\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recroC1jz3Wfr7UVs"},{"persecution_id":"rec1fdIbvDSPzN4wv","last_updated":"2026-01-17T14:56:34.000Z","person_id":"rec0Co4IoZBNWwyXd","name_en":"Alevtina Panteleeva","birth_year":1949,"age":77,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":76,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kazan. In August 2025, a case was brought against her for public desecration of symbols of Russia's military glory because she lit a cigarette from the Eternal Flame for two days in a row. The case was ordered personally by the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin. On 27 November 2025, Panteleeva was sentenced to a fine of 40,000 rubles and ordered to undergo compulsory outpatient psychiatric treatment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":118,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Kazan resident of public desecration of symbols of Russia's military glory","case_number":"2-50/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August 2025 in the city of Kazan \"[the accused] committed actions aimed at public desecration of symbols of Russia's military glory - the Eternal Flame, installed on the territory of the memorial complex in honour of fallen heroes of the Great Patriotic War in Uritskogo Park\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.11.2025, Sentence: a fine of 40,000 rubles, compulsory observation and treatment by a psychiatrist on an outpatient basis","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty","Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 40,000 rubles, compulsory observation and treatment by a psychiatrist on an outpatient basis","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"up to 50,000 roubles","verdict_fine":40000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-27T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-27T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1fdIbvDSPzN4wv"},{"persecution_id":"recEqPxJPgf0Xkefr","last_updated":"2026-01-01T21:12:22.000Z","person_id":"receHK5CZO9TpQ1Sf","name_en":"Andrei Ustinov ","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kovrov — a city east of Moscow in Vladimir Region. A case was opened against him on charges of desecrating symbols of military glory and vandalism after he, while drunk, damaged a \"Victory Stars\" installation. In August 2025, the case was sent to court. On 26 November 2025, Ustinov was fined 120,000 rubles (approximately US$ 1,500).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kovrov"],"persecution_region_en":["Vladimir Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":329,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":47,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["destruction of patriotic symbols"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Ustinov's case of damaging the “Victory Stars” installation","case_number":"2-22/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of 11 May 2025, after being ejected from a drinking establishment, he became angry and struck the upper ray of the central star of the \"Victory Stars\" installation three times. The installation had been erected on Komsomolskaya Street to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory Day.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.11.2025, Sentence: A fine of 120,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 120,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":120000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-26T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-26T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 29-08-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/08/d52158/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recEqPxJPgf0Xkefr"},{"persecution_id":"recyhTKNmE00xZ1MM","last_updated":"2025-10-31T07:07:47.000Z","person_id":"recpofz6Rmje9HBO5","name_en":"Musheg Alkamian ","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Orekhovo-Zuyevo (Moscow Region), individual entrepreneur in the field of freight transport and taxis. On 19 September 2025, a video of a conflict in a bus with his participation was circulated in the media. After a passenger threatened to complain to Alexander Bastrykin, a drunken Alkamian said: \"I fucked Bastrykin's family\" and then started a fight. The next day, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported that criminal cases had been opened against him on hooliganism because of the fight and on incitement to hatred with the threat of violence because of \"insults and threats of violence against law enforcement officers\". At the same time, only rude remarks about Bastrykin and his family are heard on the recording.\n\nOn 21 September the court remanded Alkamian in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Orekhovo-Zuyevo"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) A Part 2,  Article 282 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Musheg Alkamian's case of incitement to hatred and hooliganism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, while on public transport, the suspect directed threats at passengers and later got into a fight.\n\nInvestigators also believe that when passengers stated their intention to contact law enforcement due to his unlawful actions, the man publicly insulted and threatened violence against law enforcement officers in the presence of all passengers.\n\nVideo recordings of the conflict on the shuttle bus show that one passenger said about the drunk Alkamian: \"Film him, we will post it and send it to that Bastrykin. He deals with them quickly.\" In response, Alkamian said: \"I fucked Bastrykin's family.\" He then repeated his statement with obscene epithets. Alkamian then started a fight inside the shuttle bus, after which he was pushed out onto the street.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.09.2025 to 21.09.2025\n• in custody: from 21.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recyhTKNmE00xZ1MM"},{"persecution_id":"recYBgbs1I8khwNxx","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:37:15.000Z","person_id":"rec7Ib4vyYZCh3vbH","name_en":" Unknown male 464","birth_year":1977,"age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Chelyabinsk region, taxi driver. In September 2025, the FSB reported his detention in the case of calls for terrorism and extremism. The law enforcers saw in his comments published in April and May 2023 calls for an encroach on the life of representatives of state authorities and for \"terrorist and extremist activities on ethnic grounds\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Drivers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Case of a resident of the Chelyabinsk Region on calls for terrorism and extremism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in April and May 2023, the suspect posted comments of a destructive nature in one of the communities on the social network: statements justifying terrorist activities and encouraging others to carry out terrorist and extremist activities.\n\nThe FSB claims that the man posted information materials on the Internet, in which there were calls to carry out terrorist and extremist activities on ethnic grounds, as well as an encroach on the life of representatives of state authorities.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYBgbs1I8khwNxx"},{"persecution_id":"recJtHciruXyMONYj","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:37:04.000Z","person_id":"recmco86xgscj2CRz","name_en":" Unknown male 469","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnoyarsk. In June 2025, the local FSS reported that a case of public justification of terrorism had been opened against him: according to the investigation, he endorsed the activities of a \"banned terrorist organisation\" directed \"against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation\". The man was taken into custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Krasnoyarsk resident's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 01 December 2023, he published a comment in the messenger channel justifying the activities of a banned terrorist organisation directed against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJtHciruXyMONYj"},{"persecution_id":"recrUSSW8EUjhUAL3","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:36:18.000Z","person_id":"reccqUrJFZRp3uHiP","name_en":" Unknown male 470","birth_year":2006,"age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Arkhangelsk. He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation: according to the investigation, he was \"an administrator of channels created by members of a criminal organisation in a certain instant messaging service, where he posted publications criticising the activities of the authorities and their decisions\". In September 2025, he was taken into custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Arkhangelsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"An Arkhangelsk resident's case on participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"being an adherent of radical nationalist views, using the Internet he started participating in the activities of an international organisation, which is recognised as a terrorist organisation. Subsequently, for monetary remuneration, the suspect administered channels created by members of the criminal organisation in certain instant messaging service, where he posted publications criticising the activities of the authorities and their decisions\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recrUSSW8EUjhUAL3"},{"persecution_id":"rec57e2yavxKFXLrL","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:36:19.000Z","person_id":"recj3JKvzO3qH3Oa6","name_en":" Unknown male 471","birth_year":1988,"age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region). A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him: according to the investigation, he endorsed the activities of a \"Ukrainian paramilitary nationalist association\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Severodvinsk resident of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2025, he \"publicly declared recognition of the ideology and practice of terrorism as correct and in need of support and imitation, expressing support for the Ukrainian paramilitary nationalist association banned on the territory of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec57e2yavxKFXLrL"},{"persecution_id":"recg18juEhCC56NSH","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:38:20.000Z","person_id":"recaLC3DOnoik4eFl","name_en":"Julia Platica","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Simferopol. A case of incitement to extremism was brought against her: according to the investigation, she called for the eradication of the Russian language and the Russian nation. 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A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him because of the comment \"Glory to RVC\", which he left under one of the posts in the Telegram channel of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\". 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He became interested in its activities, found the organisation's Telegram channel, subscribed to it and under one of the posts left the comment \"Glory to the RVC\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.09.2025, Sentence: A fine of 400,000 roubles, ban to engage in activities related to the administration of websites and channels using electronic or information and telecommunications networks for a period of 2 years\n","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 400,000 roubles, ban to engage in activities related to the administration of websites and channels using electronic or information and telecommunications networks for a period of 2 years\n","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-08T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-08T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recGzxbExj76CQvuu"},{"persecution_id":"recMtD3ZN7A6RhlJn","last_updated":"2025-11-19T12:56:23.000Z","person_id":"rec6YkHYtPNyRP4Nf","name_en":"Alexandr Ziablitsev","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":41,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Ziablitsev is a resident of the Kirov region. He used to work at a juvenile detention center as an industrial training coach, then was a teacher at a community college, after that he worked as a welder. A case was initiated against him for his social media comments in which he spoke of the need to attack the State Duma. 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He was taken prisoner on January 26, 2025. A criminal case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organization in connection with alleged involvement in the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion. On September 9, 2025, Stadnikov was sentenced to 20 years in a maximum-security penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":251,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":35,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Stadnikov's case of involvement in the activities of the Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion","case_number":"1-507/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from September 22 to October 21, 2024, he underwent training in terrorist activities “at a training ground located near the settlement of Orlovshchyna in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.” There, in November of the same year, he “voluntarily took an oath and joined the 48th Separate Assault Battalion, the ‘Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Сhelebicihan.’” “Subsequently, until January 26, 2025, while performing the duties of a machine gun crew member, he participated in combat operations as part of the 48th Separate Assault Battalion of the Noman Chelebicihan Battalion in the Volnovakha district of the Donetsk People’s Republic, near the settlement of Blahodatne.” Until the time he was captured, he did not inform the Russian authorities about his participation in a terrorist organization.","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-01-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 28.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.01.2026\n• Unknown: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.09.2025, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-09T08:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-09T08:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 9 June 2025, he was searched in a case of financing extremist activities because of the transfer of 100 rubles to Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) in August 2021.\n\nOn 11 August 2025, the court sentenced him to three years of suspended imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":222,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":31,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Kim`s case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-253/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on the night of 6 August 2021, the man transferred 100 rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF). 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From the very beginning of the full-scale invasion, he spoke out against the actions of the Russian army, including in the cartoon series. In March 2022, the site mult.ru with issues of \"Masyanya\" was included in the register of banned materials. Separately, Roskomnadzor blocked the page with the episode \"Wakizashi\": in this episode, the heroine brings Vladimir Putin a short Japanese sword wakizashi, which was used by samurai for ritual suicide.\n\nIn October 2023, it was reported that a criminal case was opened against Kuvaev for public calling for activities directed against the security of the state. In December, the Ministry of Internal Affairs put him on the wanted list. In the same month, the Ministry of Justice added the cartoonist to the list of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn September 2025, Baza reported that Kuvaev had been prosecuted for evading his duties as a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Kuvaev's case for failure to fulfil his duties as a \"foreign agent\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"In December 2023, Kuvaev was added to the list of \"foreign agents\". 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On 23 September 2025, he was detained in a terrorism financing case over a donation to the Artpodgotovka movement. Pimenov said after his detention that the transfer imputed to him was a \"human error\" and at the time he did not know who Vyacheslav Maltsev was. The day after the detention, the man was taken into custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Pimenov`s case of the financing of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"Pimenov made a donation through the \"YooMoney\" service, which investigators link to the Art Podgotovka movement.\n\nRIA Novosti reported, citing a source, that Pimenov had transferred about 1,500 rubles.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-11-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.09.2025 to 24.09.2025\n• in custody: from 24.09.2025 to 23.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8Qfmmkh7gvnqfW"},{"persecution_id":"recAbIE66PS5CWURH","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:04:45.000Z","person_id":"recPAK7f4ITWafqc2","name_en":"Anton Dolin","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-01-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Film critic, from 2017 to 2022 - editor-in-chief of the Art of Cinema magazine. In March 2022, shortly after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, he left Russia. Openly opposed the war. On 14 October 2022, the Ministry of Justice added Dolin to the list of \"foreign agents\".\n\nOn 26 September 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that a case had been opened against him for evading his duties as a \"foreign agent\". On 22 April 2026, Dolin was sentenced in absentia to a year in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other","Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":233,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":33,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Anton Dolin's case on evasion of \"foreign agent\" obligations","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in violation of the procedure for the activities of a foreign agent provided for by the Federal Law \"On Control over the Activities of Persons Under Foreign Influence\", he repeatedly evaded his obligations under the Russian Federation law on foreign agents. 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In August 2025, the Investigative Committee opened a case against her for financing extremist activity because of a single donation of 500 roubles sent to the Anti-Corruption Foundation in August 2021. The woman was placed under an undertaking not to abscond. On 20 February 2026, B. was sentenced to a fine of 300,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":202,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of St. Petersburg on financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the woman transferred 500 roubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation in August 2021.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 20.02.2026, Sentence: a fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-19T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-19T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recsrl7xCRBYZTrNZ"},{"persecution_id":"recmd5cDiT36ZwHer","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recOboLA7OERoFzCg","name_en":"Svetlana Khustik","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A journalist from Krasnoyarsk. In 2008-2011 she was a correspondent for \"Komsomolskaya Pravda\". Worked as a freelancer with \"Kedr.Media\", \"Takie Dela\", \"Pravmir\", \"Sibir.Realii\". In the 2020s, her materials were regularly published in \"Argumenty i Fakty\" and \"Agency for Social Information\". The journalist wrote about the work of charity organisations, Soviet repressions, environmental and social problems.\n\nOn September 29th 2025, she was detained in a case of spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army because of an interview about the war in Ukraine published by \"Sibir.Realii\" in May 2023. According to the investigation, the article contained \"knowingly false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces during a special military operation,\" and after its release, Khustik received 64,000 rubles. The day after her arrest, the journalist was taken into custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnoyarsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E,D Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Svetlana Hustik's case of military \"fakes\"","case_number":"1-547/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in May 2023, the suspect, being a journalist of one of the foreign Internet papers included by the Ministry of Justice of Russia in the register of \"foreign agents\", posted in the paper's blog, open for public viewing, material containing, under the guise of reliable information, knowingly false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during a special military operation.\n\nIt has been established that no later than April 2020, a freelancer agreement was concluded between the suspect and a foreign non-profit corporation on payment for journalistic production in the form of text materials. In May 2023, after the publication of the interview, the woman received monetary remuneration in the amount of 64 thousand roubles.\n\n\"SOTAvision\" reported that the charge relates to an interview that Khustik under the alias Olga Sorokina published in the spring of 2023 in \"Sibir.Realii\". The material was about the exhibition of Novosibirsk artist Leonid Tishkov \"Uman's Pit\" in the museum centre \"Peace Square\" in Krasnoyarsk. The exposition told about the artist's father - Alexander Tishkov, a Soviet officer who was into the Uman cauldron in 1941.\n\nThe prosecutor's office believes that Khustik attributed to the famous Novosibirsk historian-\"foreign agent\" Sergei Chernyshov words that he allegedly did not say. In particular, the phrase:\n\n\"I am delighted with the Krasnoyarsk museum \"Peace Square\". I consider it one of the best museums in Russia, and definitely the best in Siberia. There are simply no other museums like it, where they can talk in normal language about the problems of modernity, about the problems of history. I think that when this exhibition was being prepared, the organisers and the author had no idea what context it would fall into. After all, no one could have predicted what would happen at the end of April to the apartment building in Uman\".\n\nThe quote referred to a strike on the city on the night of 28th of April 2025, which killed 23 people, among them five children.\n","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 30.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 29.09.2025 to 30.09.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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After that, she was fined five times in administrative cases for failing to fulfil her duties as a \"foreign agent\".\n\nOn 29 September 2025, the IC reported that a criminal case had been opened against the journalist for evading her duties as a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Ksenia Larina's case of evading her duties as a \"foreign agent\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no later than March 2025, in violation of the procedure for the activities of a foreign agent, provided for by the Federal Law \"On control over the activities of persons under foreign influence\", she failed to submit to the authorised body the information, the submission of which is required by law.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpLDDmlM5d7wiCG"},{"persecution_id":"recyZWyZQjYLyEskJ","last_updated":"2026-04-30T13:53:08.000Z","person_id":"recy5XmzQ8vamfo1W","name_en":"Maksim Kruglov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzZjPXVahL18pW7.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzZjPXVahL18pW7.jpg"],"birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko party. In 2019-2024 - Deputy of the Moscow City Duma and head of the Yabloko faction in the City Duma.\n\nOn 1 October 2025, the Investigative Committee reported Kruglov's detention in the case of spreading \"fake news\" about the Russian army because of posts in his personal Telegram channel in April 2022. In the first days of April 2022, Kruglov published two posts on his channel about the killings of civilians in Bucha. He was taken from St Petersburg to Moscow, where, according to party comrades, he was interrogated all night. On 2 October 2025, Kruglov was placed into custody. 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Memorial:\n Date: 17-10-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kruglov-maksim-sergeevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recyZWyZQjYLyEskJ"},{"persecution_id":"recBihIyR2mfslR0U","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recJGQohuHcojue54","name_en":"Kseniia Luchenko","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-06-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A journalist specialising in the Russian Orthodox Church, its influence on Russian politics and society, and church-state relations. She runs the Telegram channel \"Orthodoxy and Zombies\", which had 27 thousand subscribers at the time the case was opened.\n\nOn 29 September 2025, the Investigative Committee announced that a case had been opened against her over military \"fake news\" due to a post on her Telegram channel \"Orthodoxy and Zombies\", in which she wrote about a missile strike on the children’s hospital \"Okhmatdyt\" in Kyiv in July 2024, and the republication of that post on the Echo website.\n\nIn May 2025, the Ministry of Justice included the journalist on the list of \"foreign agents\".\n\nOn 24 March 2026, in the case concerning \"fake news\", Luchenko was sentenced in absentia to eight years’ imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":176,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Kseniia Luchenko's case of military \"fake news\"","case_number":"01-0152/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Luchenko published posts on the website of an undesirable organisation and on one of the messaging apps, which, according to the analysis, contained deliberately false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces in the territory of another state. The information was accessible to an unlimited number of people. This concerns a post on her Telegram channel \"Orthodoxy and Zombies\", in which she wrote about a missile strike on the children’s hospital ‘Okhmatdyt’ in Kyiv in July 2024, and the republication of that post on the \"Echo of Moscow\" website.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 24.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2026, Sentence: 8 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 years' imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":96,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-24T06:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-24T06:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBihIyR2mfslR0U"},{"persecution_id":"rec3xGqJqvqUaPrYm","last_updated":"2025-12-03T23:10:09.000Z","person_id":"rec8TJ5DkESX3MSaB","name_en":"Nikolay Zyuzev","birth_year":1956,"age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Canada"],"story_en":"Doctor of Philosophy, researcher of Pitirim Sorokin's work. Graduated from the Philological Faculty of Syktyvkar State University. He received his philosophical education in postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of Lomonosov Moscow State University. He taught at the Komi State Pedagogical Institute (1995-2011), Syktyvkar State University (2010-2011), and headed the Department of Philosophy at Ukhta State University (2006-2009). In 2005-2006, he interned at Harvard University (USA) as a professor. In 2013, he received a law degree from Everest College (Toronto, Canada). From 2012 to 2015, he taught at Massey College (University of Toronto, Canada).\n\nIn 2015, he obtained Canadian citizenship and returned to Syktyvkar. From 2015 to 2022, Zyuzev was a professor at the Department of Cultural Studies and Pedagogical Anthropology at the P. Sorokin Syktyvk State University. After the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he left again for Canada, but sometimes returned to his native village in the Kortkerossky district of Komi.\n\nAt the end of June 2025, Zyuzev was taken into custody in a case of confidential cooperation with a representative of a foreign state. 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Memorial:\n Date: 03-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/zyuzev-nikolaj-fedoseevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec3xGqJqvqUaPrYm"},{"persecution_id":"recxue4e1shGMFtU3","last_updated":"2026-02-10T21:35:22.000Z","person_id":"recO1QedusvylLTFx","name_en":"Viktor Bukov","birth_year":1963,"age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the village of Krasnogvardeyskoye (Stavropol Krai). In July 2025, he lit a cigarette from the Eternal Flame, after which a criminal case was opened against him for desecrating a symbol of Russia’s military glory. On October 2, the prosecutor’s office announced that the case had been sent to court. On November 21, 2025, Bukov was sentenced, but the details of the verdict are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":324,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Stavropol Krai resident on desecrating a symbol of military glory","case_number":"2-2-39/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on July 21, 2025, the defendant, while standing on the pedestal of the regional cultural heritage site “Mass Grave of Soviet Soldiers Who Died During the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars,” located in the village of Krasnogvardeyskoye, stepped onto the fence of the Eternal Flame memorial and lit a cigarette from its flame.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.11.2025, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":8,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-21T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxue4e1shGMFtU3"},{"persecution_id":"recbp5EZcAB7IxxEI","last_updated":"2026-02-26T20:56:29.000Z","person_id":"recazZO8tBLGP3dbe","name_en":"Artur Galimzyanov","birth_year":1989,"age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Magnitogorsk (Chelyabinsk region). On 2 October 2025, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported his detention in the case of financing an \"undesirable organisation\" because of a money transfer for the purchase of printed materials of this organisation. The Ministry of Internal Affairs specified that it was a pseudo-religious international movement.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Magnitogorsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Magnitogorsk resident's case of financing an \"undesirable organisation\"","case_number":"1-238/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in March 2024, the suspect transferred money to purchase printed materials published by members of an undesirable organisation for their further distribution. In addition, in September last year, the suspect posted materials from said organisation containing signs of propaganda of its ideology in one of the messengers.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbp5EZcAB7IxxEI"},{"persecution_id":"recJGQRuJm1pe3W3a","last_updated":"2026-04-21T14:13:54.000Z","person_id":"rec4xtGtFU7hHJfET","name_en":"Yuri Tchaikovsky","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg, a neurologist. On 2 October 2025, he was detained in a case of justification of terrorism because of the comment \"salute in honour of ZSU\" left on 21 September 2024 under the news about a drone attack on a military unit in Krasnodar Krai. The day after his arrest, Tchaikovsky was taken into custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Yuri Tchaikovsky of justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 21.09.2024 Chaikovsky, being on the territory of St. Petersburg, using a technical means with the possibility of access to the information and telecommunication network \"Internet\", through his account in the messenger \"Telegram\", published in the open Internet community under the publication, which is in the public domain, a comment: \"salute in honour of Defence Forces of Ukraine (ZSU)\", containing a statement, which contains a justification of terrorism, namely a terrorist act committed with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles 21.09.2024 on the territory of a military unit located in the Krasnodar region.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.10.2025 to 03.10.2025\n• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/chajkovskij-yurij\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJGQRuJm1pe3W3a"},{"persecution_id":"recnHONoCImAoEe6r","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"reclJAdXZMv5O8cnw","name_en":"Riad Safarov","birth_year":2006,"birth_date":"2006-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":19,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A student of the Russian State University of Justice College in Moscow. He was detained in January 2025. The reason was a statement made by an acquaintance who studied at the same college. She, as reported by TASS with reference to the investigation, claimed that Safarov wore T-shirts with the inscriptions “Hate” and “Natural Selection”, was “interested in the fates” of Ilnaz Galiaviev, who carried out an attack on a gymnasium in Kazan, and Timur Bekmansurov, who opened fire at a university in Perm, and also “showed interest” in the “Columbine movement”.\n\nDuring the search, law enforcement officers seized from the student a collection of knives, a pump-action shotgun, two airsoft grenades, a pepper spray canister, a bat, a rubber truncheon, an axe and an ammunition belt, as well as literature on weapons and the tactics of conducting armed combat. The investigation considered that he was preparing to attack his fellow students. The defence lawyers stated that Safarov had a conflict with “the initiator of the criminal case” and that the grenades and shotgun found in his possession could not be converted into combat weapons. On 2 October 2025 Safarov was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":274,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Riad Safarov's case on preparation for a terrorist act and participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-487/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he was planning to attack his fellow students.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.10.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-02T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-02T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnHONoCImAoEe6r"},{"persecution_id":"recufzzD6FD4vDVJ4","last_updated":"2026-01-13T16:11:37.000Z","person_id":"recWcp7WeL9oy2XS3","name_en":"Andrei Shkolin","birth_year":1970,"birth_date":"1970-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":55,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":55,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg, storekeeper. On April 2, 2025, he was detained on charges of public justification of terrorism. The reason was a publication in support of Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who had committed a self-detonation in the Federal Security Service building in Arkhangelsk. Shkolin claimed in court that at the time of publication he did not know who Zhlobitsky was. He also said that on the day of his arrest he was hit on the head with a blunt object. According to him, after his computer was confiscated from him, posts criticizing Putin and the current government appeared on his VKontakte page. Shkolin was taken into custody. At the trial, he said that during his time in pre-trial detention he was repeatedly hospitalized. 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In April 2025, it became known that he was put on a wanted list.\n\nIn July 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that a case was opened against him for spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army with a hate motive and evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\". The charge of \"fakes\" is related to certain publications about the Russian army's crimes against civilians in Ukraine.\n\nIn 2023-2025, Dzyadko was fined three times in administrative cases for failure to fulfil the duties of a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","The case of TV Rain employees"],"case_name_en":"Tikhon Dzyadko's Russian Armed Forces \"fakes\" case","case_number":"01-0127/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in one of the messengers he posted publications for an unlimited number of people, which, according to the investigation, contained knowingly false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation against the peaceful population of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPYYYGzTyDdoJ24"},{"persecution_id":"recQJYhWAg90mM9vi","last_updated":"2025-12-23T11:31:55.000Z","person_id":"recYr25hNlYBl7049","name_en":"Evgeny Tsoi","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On August 5, 2025, he was detained on the charges of financing terrorism because of the transfer of money to the Artpodgotovka movement. On the same day, Tsoi was taken into custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Evgeny Tsoi's case of financing terrorism","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQJYhWAg90mM9vi"},{"persecution_id":"rec7rsAq4fLEiMIIR","last_updated":"2026-04-06T09:57:05.000Z","person_id":"recdzl7txtKxJGZLt","name_en":"Marat Barashkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attWTLZjIyT3SKkRr.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attWTLZjIyT3SKkRr.jpg"],"birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-04-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Krasnodar. On 9 April, 2025, he was detained and taken into custody in a case of justification of terrorism and preparation to participate in the activities of a terrorist organisation.\n\nThe first charge relates to Barashkin's comment calling to set fire to the Prosecutor's Office building in St. Petersburg under the news about the Prosecutor General's Office filing a lawsuit to recognise the Vesna protest movement as extremist. The second article was attributed to Barashkin due to his correspondence with an alleged representative of the Freedom of Russia Legion. According to law enforcement, the man sought to join this unit which was fighting alongside the Ukrainian army. The prosecutor's office says Barashkin was opposing the war in Ukraine.\n\nOn 7 October, 2025, the court sentenced Barashkin to seven years in prison, of which he is to spend the first two years in jail and the remaining time in a strict regime prison colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Krasnodar"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":181,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Marat Barashkin's case of the incitement to terrorism and preparation for participating in terrorist activities","case_number":"1-704/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, on 30 September 2022, Barashkin, \"being an opponent of the special military operation, in one of the messengers in the Rospartizan group under the news about the appeal of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation with a lawsuit to declare the Vesna movement extremist\", posted a comment with the text \"people in Petersburg - burn it down\", which was considered as a call to commit a terrorist act by setting fire to the building of the Prosecutor's Office of St. Petersburg.\n\n\"Guided by the same motives, on 25 March 2025 he entered into correspondence with a representative of the Freedom of Russia Legion, recognised as a terrorist organisation, in which he informed them about his desire to become its member and provided information about himself, but was unable to bring his criminal intent to an end due to circumstances beyond his control, as his criminal activity was stopped by officers of the Federal Security Service.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 18.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 18.11.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 07.10.2025, Sentence: 7 years' imprisonment, with the first 2 years to be served in prison and the remaining term in a strict regime penal colony, and a ban on administering websites and channels on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"7 years' imprisonment, with the first 2 years to be served in prison and the remaining term in a strict regime penal colony, and a ban on administering websites and channels on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["seven to ten years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":84,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-07T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-07T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 1 October 2025, the FSB reported that a case of justification of terrorism had been initiated against him for his statements on the Internet in which he justified “actions aimed at destroying government authorities of the Russian Federation”.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Rubtsovsk relating to the justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB, the man justified actions aimed at the destruction of government authorities of the Russian Federation through a messenger.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recRJEWXQLdhgFYDv"},{"persecution_id":"recBSKbqK6VoAiJoX","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:04:19.000Z","person_id":"recY9ZYwx552jXo90","name_en":"Alexandra Ronkin","birth_year":1983,"age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. On 7 October 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that a case was opened against her for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because she \"posted false information on a social network\" in April. The IC claims that the woman is a leader of the \"Anti-War Committee in Sweden 'Russian against War'\". Ronkina has been put on a wanted list.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The St. Petersburg resident's case of military \"fakes\"","case_number":"1-160/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, being the leader of the non-profit organisation \"Anti-War Committee in Sweden \"Russian against War\", being aware of the special military operation conducted by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from 24.02.2022, on the grounds of disagreement with the special military operation, feeling dislike for the political system of the Russian Federation, she posted on her personal page in social networks knowingly false information under the guise of reliable reports that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit targets in the city of Karelia.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBSKbqK6VoAiJoX"},{"persecution_id":"recCUPXdDzTAkZHUz","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"receQ4TSJhkD1XAkx","name_en":"Unknown female 72","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"She is a resident of St. Petersburg. On October 7, 2025, the Investigative Committee announced that a criminal case had been opened against her for knowingly spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces, alleging that in June 2023, she “posted false information on a social network.”","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The second case of a St. Petersburg resident relating to a war-related “fake news”","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she posted false information on the Internet in June 2023.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCUPXdDzTAkZHUz"},{"persecution_id":"recYC7IbF9ZDK8JzO","last_updated":"2026-04-28T13:37:10.000Z","person_id":"rec1DibsHJq4BNVcH","name_en":"Pavel Siutkin","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attAUZSlgu3xfqSWe.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attAUZSlgu3xfqSWe.jpg"],"birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-06-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":60,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a writer and author of books on Russian cuisine. In June 2025, his home was searched, during which equipment was seized. On 8 October, he was detained in a case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces for his posts about the war in Ukraine, including a 2022 post about the events in the Ukrainian city of Bucha, which was occupied by Russian troops in the first weeks of the war.\n\nThe day after his arrest, the court ordered that he be taken into custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Siutkin’s case of military “fakes”","case_number":"01-0338/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Siutkin posted publications in his public channel in the Telegram messenger, which, according to psychological and linguistic research, contained knowingly false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation against the civilian population of Ukraine.\n\nAccording to OVD-Info, one of the posts was published in 2022 and dealt with the events in Bucha.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.10.2025 to 09.10.2025\n• in custody: from 09.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Both incidents were assessed as vandalism. 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According to the law enforcers' version, the man called for the assassination of the Russian leadership and police officers, as well as for destruction of the Crimean bridge.\n\nOn 2 October, the Federal Security Service reported that the Sevastopol resident was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sevastopol resident's second case of calls to extremism and terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the Federal Security Service, a 49-year-old resident of Sevastopol under the pseudonym \"Udav Trancheyny\" has posted comments in various chat communities hosted on the foreign Internet messenger \"Telegram\", in which he actively called for the assassination of the country's leaders and police officers, as well as for destruction of the Crimean bridge as an object of Russia's critical infrastructure.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJ77x7a6EHg4eAd"},{"persecution_id":"recuqod4zVNXwzT1b","last_updated":"2025-11-10T10:05:49.000Z","person_id":"recwfsyhqWSqcWKHl","name_en":"Vyacheslav Yudin","birth_year":1957,"age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":68,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladivostok. 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On 11 September 2025, a case was brought against him and three other people for participation in extremist activities due to their involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community, which was groundlessly recognised as an extremist organisation and banned in the Russian Federation.\n\nOn 17 September law enforcers came to his home with a search. After that, he was taken to the Investigative Committee for interrogation, and then Isupov was charged.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fourth case against Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectKsTs6c9Up6wss"},{"persecution_id":"recIzZXBhkFHt7Q6a","last_updated":"2025-11-10T10:05:55.000Z","person_id":"recQUF1fJGjY4X5zT","name_en":"Sergey Chikichev","birth_year":1961,"age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladivostok. 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After that, he was taken to the Investigative Committee for interrogation, and then Yudin was charged.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fourth case against Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIzZXBhkFHt7Q6a"},{"persecution_id":"recsGAUhzLwRPib6B","last_updated":"2025-11-10T10:06:13.000Z","person_id":"recrX9nk39amlftVN","name_en":"Andrei Yavny","birth_year":1967,"age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladivostok. 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After that, he was taken to the Investigative Committee for interrogation, and then Yudin was charged.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladivostok"],"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The fourth case against Jehovah's Witnesses in Vladivostok","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recsGAUhzLwRPib6B"},{"persecution_id":"recPkKpIl5Y2rwrpF","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recFfJF1HA8PP3haP","name_en":"Viktor Timoshchenko","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-01-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Khakassia. At the end of September 2025, he and two other people were detained after searches of 25 Jehovah's Witnesses families in the villages of Maina and Cheremushki. The believers were accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation because of their involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community, which was groundlessly recognised as an extremist organisation and banned in Russia. According to the law enforcers, they organised worship meetings. After the detention, the believers were taken into custody.\n\nIn January 2026, Timoshchenko was transferred to house arrest.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Khakassia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the men's relatives, they were accused of organizing religious meetings and, by court order, were sent to a pre-trial detention centre.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.09.2025 to 16.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Khakassia\n• house arrest: from 16.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recPkKpIl5Y2rwrpF"},{"persecution_id":"recJwUhvwhcnfs6SZ","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recacgO95TCZP1Ynv","name_en":"Alexander Gorev","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Khakassia. At the end of September 2025, he and two other people were detained after searches of 25 Jehovah's Witnesses families in the villages of Maina and Cheremushki. The believers were accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation because of their involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community, which was groundlessly recognised as an extremist organisation and banned in Russia. According to the law enforcers, they organised worship meetings. After the detention, the believers were taken into custody.\n\nIn January 2026, Gorev was transferred to house arrest.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Khakassia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the men's relatives, they were accused of organising worship meetings and were sent to the pre-trial detention centre by court order.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.09.2025 to 16.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Khakassia\n• house arrest: from 16.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJwUhvwhcnfs6SZ"},{"persecution_id":"rec0e7HHSRR2w77uM","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"rec7B9KekZtozQrIj","name_en":"Evgeny Bagin","birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-03-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Khakassia. At the end of September 2025, he and two other people were arrested after searches of 25 Jehovah's Witnesses families in the villages of Maina and Cheremushki. The believers were accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation because of their involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community, which was groundlessly recognised as an extremist organisation and banned in Russia. According to the law enforcement officers, they organised worship meetings. After the arrest, the believers were taken into custody.\n\nIn January 2026, Bagin was transferred to house arrest.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Abakan"],"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Khakassia","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the men's relatives, they were accused of organising worship meetings and were sent to the pre-trial detention centre by court order.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["in custody","house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 24.09.2025 to 16.01.2026\n• house arrest: from 16.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec0e7HHSRR2w77uM"},{"persecution_id":"receYLO1ntkdqdrCC","last_updated":"2025-10-16T13:46:13.000Z","person_id":"rec1uRjQK4vuHd8Aw","name_en":"Rostislav Pavlishchev","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":24,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a human rights defender, activist and former candidate for the City Duma of Rostov-on-Don. In the past, he worked for OVD-Info. On 9 October 2025, Rostov media reported that a case had been initiated against him for participation in the activities of an “undesirable organisation”. It is unclear which organisation Pavlishchev is charged with collaborating with. The media mentioned the Anti-War Committee of Russia, the Free Russia Forum and Open Russia. Law enforcement officers conducted a search at Pavlishchev’s and his acquaintances’ homes as part of the case.\n\nIn November 2024 and January 2025, the human rights defender was twice fined in administrative cases of participation in the activities of an “undesirable organisation”. One of the cases involved a post in Instagram with the logo of Open Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Rostov-on-Don"],"persecution_region_en":["Rostov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ROS"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Rostislav Pavlishchev’s case of participation in the activities of an “undesirable organisation”","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receYLO1ntkdqdrCC"},{"persecution_id":"recR6xL6irksOMxwi","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:04:05.000Z","person_id":"recPPYyNbLqaXxNlt","name_en":"Yulia Mirzalieva","birth_year":1980,"age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, lawyer, mother of many children. On 8 October 2025, she was taken into custody in a case on calls to terrorism. Its details are unknown.\n\n\"Beware of the news\" write that on her pages in \"VKontakte\" and in \"Odnoklassniki\" Mirzalieva posted cooking recipes mixed with political posts. In 2024, she rejoiced at the invasion of Kursk Oblast by the AFU and wrote that she \"hates Russia\". One of the posts contained the following statement: \"Nothing makes me as happy as the death of Russians.\n\nBefore being detained in the criminal case, Mirzalieva underwent \"carousel arrests\": she was arrested four times in a row in administrative cases of petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code). On 21 August Savelovsky district court arrested her for 15 days, on 5 September Timiryazevsky court imposed another 10 days. The next decision was issued on 15 September, but it was not published and its details are unknown. On 29 September Golovinsky court arrested Mirzalieva for another 10 days.\n\nThe decision on the first administrative arrest cited the testimony of the woman. She said that on 19 August police officers burst into her home, demanded to show her equipment and prohibited substances, and then took her to Lubyanka. There she was fingerprinted and genetically analysed. After that, Mirzalieva said, she was taken to an unfamiliar place, where she was told to get into another car. The woman was then taken to the police station, where a report was drawn up on her.\n\nIn 2020, the guardianship authorities tried to take three children away from Mirzalieva, who was then living in Kostroma. In the lawsuit to restrict her parental rights and as justification, the officials cited Mirzalieva's lack of a permanent job, her \"unpleasant statements\" against the state and \"formation of negative attitudes in the children towards others and the country as a whole\". 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This is a message with the words \"Retribution has caught up with the mutt. Zhenke will also fly soon, will not hide, the dog is slouching. Listeners at Kobzon's concert. 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Presumably, this is the Anti-Corruption Foundation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nazran"],"persecution_region_en":["Ingushetia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IN"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"An Ingushetia resident's case of financing an extremist organization","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August 2021, the suspect, knowing with certainty that one of the non-profit organisations was recognised by the court as extremist and its activities in the territory of the Russian Federation are prohibited, transferred funds to the account of the said organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxGRYwEnZnEiTnF"},{"persecution_id":"recAPJKcpGhdhAyEX","last_updated":"2025-12-24T15:23:12.000Z","person_id":"recB8HPj0rmgtygsQ","name_en":"Pavel Dmitriev","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist at the independent regional media outlet \"Pskovskaia Guberniia.\" In 2022, after the start of the war in Ukraine, he left Russia together with the rest of the outlet’s editorial team. In October 2025, it became known that a criminal case was opened against him for “discrediting the army” over a YouTube short published on \"Pskovskaia Guberniia\"’s channel, marking the thousandth day since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. In the video, Dmitriev spoke about civilian casualties and destroyed villages in Ukraine.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Pavel Dmitriev's case of discrediting the army","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to \"Pskovskaya Guberniia\", a criminal case was opened for shorts on the YouTube channel of \"Pskovskaya Guberniia\": it was dedicated to the 1000th day since the beginning of Russia's attack on Ukraine. According to the police version, Dmitriev's speech contained signs of convincing the addressees in the negative nature of the purposes of using the RF Armed Forces.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAPJKcpGhdhAyEX"},{"persecution_id":"rect6T6jO6cqftHw1","last_updated":"2026-01-17T23:35:45.000Z","person_id":"rec982Q4gzaRyGKb2","name_en":"Andrei Filimonenko","birth_year":1981,"age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of the Tula region, a citizen of Ukraine. He was prosecuted for desecration of the symbol of military glory because of a post on VKontakte with an image of the St George's Ribbon in the form of a swastika with the Russian flag in the background. In October 2025, the court began to consider his case. On 19 November, the court sentenced him to a year and three months in a penal colony.\n\nIn April 2025, Filimonenko was arrested for 11 days under an administrative case of incitement to hatred because of a post in which he called Russian security forces fascists.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":322,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Andrey Filimonenko's case of desecration of a symbol of military glory","case_number":"2-17/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"It follows from the materials of the criminal case that 44-year-old F. showing obvious disrespect for society, deliberately violating generally accepted norms and rules of behaviour, wishing to demonstrate his contemptuous, cynical and derogatory attitude towards the days of military glory and memorable dates for Russia associated with the defence of the Fatherland, the symbols of military glory of Russia and the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland, by means of a mobile phone publicly for an unspecified circle of persons, posted on his personal page on the social network \"Vkontakte\", a colour graphic image created with the use of a graphical editor, which depicts a waiving Russian flag with a nazi symbol in form of a swastika made of St. George ribbons on top of it.\n","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 01.12.2025 to 01.03.2027\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 19.11.2025, Sentence: 1 year 3 months' in a penal colony and 2 years' ban on administering websites and publicising materials in Internet ","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 3 months' in a penal colony and 2 years' ban on administering websites and publicising materials in Internet ","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":15,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-19T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-19T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rect6T6jO6cqftHw1"},{"persecution_id":"recFeYdphwnT8xrQp","last_updated":"2026-02-02T11:48:12.000Z","person_id":"recyiUni1ZbMqiyns","name_en":" Unknown female 84","birth_year":1976,"age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Zavyalovsky district of Udmurtia. A case of financing an \"undesirable organisation\" was brought against her because of the transfer of more than 26 thousand rubles to the All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre \"Revival\" and the Vladimir Muntian Foundation of the same name. On 10 October 2025, the court chose a ban on certain actions as a preventive restraint.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Udmurtia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-UD"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of a woman from Udmurtia on charges of financing an \"undesirable organisation.\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 14 December 2022 to 21 March 2023, the accused, being on the territory of the Udmurt Republic, being a member of the \"cell\" of the \"Religious Organisation \"All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre \"Revival\" (\"Religious Organisation \"All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre \"Revival\", Ukraine) and the Vladimir Muntian Charitable Foundation \"Revival\" (Volodymyr Muntian Charitable Foundation, Ukraine) in the Udmurt Republic, using her bank account, made 18 transfers of funds totalling 26,340 roubles to a bank account opened in the name of Koval V. R., with the purpose of providing funds knowingly intended to support the activities of a foreign non-governmental organisation in respect of which a decision has been taken to declare its activities undesirable in the territory of the Russian Federation in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions: from 10.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFeYdphwnT8xrQp"},{"persecution_id":"reclTfoKOOccmRudC","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"recDttSfvivdVlFzU","name_en":"Olesya Molchanova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Lebedyanskii District, Lipetsk Region. On 10 October 2025, the Investigative Committee reported the initiation of a case against her and another local resident for financing a religious \"undesirable organisation\" in 2022-2023. The details of the case are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of financing an \"undesireable organisation\" in Lipetsk"],"case_name_en":"Olesia Molchanova's case","case_number":"1-20/2026 (1-114/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the suspects, being aware of the recognition of the activities of a foreign religious organisation as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation, provided funds to ensure its purposes. In 2022-2023, they made bank transfers to the account of the organiser of the collection of funds to ensure the activities of the said organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reclTfoKOOccmRudC"},{"persecution_id":"recp2ItuaLSChgNOS","last_updated":"2026-01-19T18:45:09.000Z","person_id":"recRTMJdW77sobSwt","name_en":"Svetlana Sotnikova","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Lebedyansky District, Lipetsk Region. On 10 October 2025, the Investigative Committee reported the initiation of a case against her and another local resident for financing a religious \"undesirable organisation\" in 2022-2023. The details of the case are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Lipetsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LIP"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of financing an \"undesireable organisation\" in Lipetsk"],"case_number":"1-19/2026 (1-113/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the suspects, being aware of the recognition of the activities of a foreign religious organisation as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation, provided funds to ensure its purposes. In 2022-2023, they made bank transfers to the account of the organiser of the collection of funds to ensure the activities of the said organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recp2ItuaLSChgNOS"},{"persecution_id":"recPpdVcwTqZD4n0p","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recgFRKZXVB6KC6ke","name_en":"Mikhail Khodorkovsky","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On 5 October 2003, Khodorkovsky was detained at Novosibirsk airport. He was taken into custody on charges of large-scale embezzlement, wilful failure to comply with a legally binding court decision, causing property damage to owners through deception, tax evasion by organisations and individuals, document forgery, and misappropriation or embezzlement of property by an organised group on a large scale. The investigation lasted only two months. In May 2005, he was sentenced to nine years in a general-regime penal colony. On 22 September, an appellate court reduced the sentence to eight years.\n\nIn the penal colony, he was twice placed in a punishment cell for seven days. On the night of 14 April 2006, his cellmate, Aleksandr Kuchma, stabbed him in the face. In January 2009, the same man filed a lawsuit against Khodorkovsky, accusing him of sexual harassment. In 2011, Kuchma said that two men in plain clothes had come to the colony, beaten him and threatened to kill him, demanding that he murder Khodorkovsky by stabbing him in the eye. Instead, he said, he inflicted only a minor injury.\n\nIn December 2006, while serving his sentence in the case concerning embezzlement and tax evasion, Khodorkovsky was transferred from the penal colony to a pre-trial detention centre in Chita, where he was charged with oil theft. In February 2009, he was transferred to Moscow. On 30 December 2010, Khodorkovsky was sentenced to 14 years in a general-regime penal colony. On 24 May 2011, an appellate court reduced the sentence to 13 years. On 20 December 2012, a supervisory court reduced the sentence to 11 years. On 20 December 2013, Khodorkovsky was released from the penal colony following a presidential pardon. He subsequently left Russia.\n\nIn December 2015, Khodorkovsky was summoned for questioning as a defendant in the murder case of Vladimir Petukhov, the mayor of Nefteyugansk. He was placed on a federal wanted list, and later an international one, and was arrested in absentia.\n\nIn January 2024, it became known that Khodorkovsky had been placed on a wanted list in another case, for spreading “false information” about the Armed Forces.\n\nIn October 2025, the FSB announced that criminal cases had been opened against Khodorkovsky and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for violent seizure of power and organising the activities of a terrorist community. Khodorkovsky was also charged with publicly justifying terrorism. The charges stemmed from the adoption of the “Berlin Declaration”, calling for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption on 30 April 2023 of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of a \"Platform of Russian Democratic Forces\", which Khodorkovsky positions before Western countries as a \"constituent assembly of the transition period\" and an alternative to the authorities of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPpdVcwTqZD4n0p"},{"persecution_id":"rec2uK9yhtrEe7nAj","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recfxZqXNNijpIFkm","name_en":"Mikhail Kasianov","birth_year":1957,"birth_date":"1957-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":68,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":68,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He was the head of the government of the Russian Federation from 2000 to 2004. He went into opposition to Putin, headed the Russian People's Democratic Union, then the People's Freedom Party (PARNAS). Shortly after the outbreak of war he joined the Anti-War Committee of Russia. In November 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In October 2025, a case was brought against him and other members of the committee for violent seizure of power and activities of a terrorist community in connection with the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" which stated the need for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption on 30 April 2023 of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\"  in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in collaboration with the movement in October of 2025.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2uK9yhtrEe7nAj"},{"persecution_id":"rec2PQ8p1wCXjBYux","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recpEytywsXd3hYOV","name_en":"Garry Kasparov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Croatia"],"story_en":"13th world chess champion. In 2005, he became chairman of the opposition United Civil Front, and in 2008 he became a member of the federal bureau of the Solidarity movement. In 2016, he co-founded the Free Russia Forum. Shortly after the outbreak of the war, he joined the Anti-War Committee of Russia. In May 2022, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". On 6 March 2024, he was added to Rosfinmonitoring's List of Terrorists and Extremists, with a notation indicating that a case had been opened against him under one of the \"terrorist\" articles. On 24 April 2024, Kasparov was arrested in absentia on charges of organising the activities of a terrorist community, organising terrorist activities and calling for terrorism. On 14 October 2025, the FSB reported the initiation of a case against Kasparov and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia. In December 2025, he was arrested in absentia in the case of public justification of terrorism, details unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption on 30 April 2023 of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2PQ8p1wCXjBYux"},{"persecution_id":"recqgzS4Aqyjkqqtc","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recWAVrLwDCeJo3qk","name_en":"Ekaterina Shulman","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":47,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A political scientist. In April 2022, she was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In March 2025, it became known that a case was brought against Shulman for evasion of duties of a \"foreign agent\". On 14 October 2025, Russia's Federal Security Service reported about the initiation of a case against Shulman and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.\n\nOn 2 March 2026, Shulman was sentenced in absentia to a year in a penal colony for evading her duties as a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption on 30 April 2023 of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqgzS4Aqyjkqqtc"},{"persecution_id":"recqJ9W3vTQyEPN02","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"rec4h37jbg2NGnDL7","name_en":"Marat Gelman","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-12-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A gallery owner, a curator of art projects. At the end of December 2021, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In December 2022 it became known that Gelman was put on the wanted list under an unknown article. On 14 November 2024, he was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring (Russian Financial Monitoring Agency) with a mark that is put to those prosecuted under terrorist articles. On 22 November it was reported that a case of public justification of terrorism was brought against Gelman, details unknown.\nOn 14 October 2025, the FSB reported about the initiation of a case against Gelman and other members of the \"Anti-War Committee of Russia\" for violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption on 30 April 2023 of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqJ9W3vTQyEPN02"},{"persecution_id":"recqm5XiVFybEjVBD","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recxw4hLzS1swIV1Z","name_en":"Leonid Gozman","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attEclrN1pzHigWxk.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attEclrN1pzHigWxk.jpg"],"birth_year":1950,"birth_date":"1950-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":75,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":75,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a politician, a public figure and a psychologist. In the past, he was one of the leaders of the Union of Right Forces party and later led the Right Cause. In April 2022, a case was initiated against him for failure to notify the authorities of his foreign citizenship, but the information was made public as late as 15 July. The politician was detained and questioned by the Investigative Committee and was released afterwards. Gozman was detained again on 25 July, and after that an arrest warrant was reported to have been issued for him. However, he was then released, and the investigator apologised and said that there had been a mistake. On 30 August, Gozman was arrested for 15 days under the article on equating the actions of the USSR with those of Nazi Germany (Part 1 of Article 13.48 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for a post he had made on Facebook. On 13 September, he was detained on his way out of the special detention centre and the next day was arrested for the same period under the 2nd part of the same article (a repeated offence) for an online post dated 2013. After that Gozman left Russia.\n\nIn December 2023, a case was reported to have been initiated against Gozman for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. On 11 July 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in this case.\n\nIn January 2025, Gozman was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with a mark that is placed at the names of people prosecuted under terrorist articles. A case of public justification of terrorism was later reported to have beein initiated against him for his interview in the Russian-language version of the Bild newspaper about Ukrainian drone attacks and the explosion on the Crimean Bridge.\n\nOn 14 October 2025, the FSB reported about the initiation of a case against Gozman and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for a violent seizure of power and organising the activities of a terrorist community. The basis for initiating the case was the adoption of the Berlin Declaration on the need for a change of power in Russia.\n\nOn 14 November, the court sentenced Gozman in absentia to ten years of imprisonment in the case of justification of terrorism. The sentence was imposed in conjunction with the punishment in the case of war-related “fakes”.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The basis for initiating the case was the adoption of the Berlin Declaration on the need for a change of power in Russia on 30 April 2023, as well as the creation of a “platform of Russian democratic forces” in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in October 2025, in which the movement participated. ","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqm5XiVFybEjVBD"},{"persecution_id":"recBCuIM2AwjwYhUB","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recr2YTx5ADv2EFUL","name_en":"Maxim Reznik","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-09-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On June 17, 2021, a criminal case was opened against Reznik. The next day, the court sent him under house arrest. On April 20, 2022, Reznik was sentenced to five months in a penal colony. He was released in the courtroom, as the time spent under house arrest was counted as punishment.\n\nIn September 2022, he left Russia due to fear of new persecution. A year later, the Ministry of Justice recognised him as a \"foreign agent\".\n\nOn June 19, 2025, Reznik was put on a wanted list. The details of the case are unknown.\n\nOn October 14, 2025, the FSB reported about the initiation of a case against Reznik and other members of the \"Anti-War Committee of Russia\" on the violent seizure of power and organization of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of government in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Municipal deputies"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption on April 30, 2023, of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of government in Russia and the creation in October 2025 of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\", with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. ","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBCuIM2AwjwYhUB"},{"persecution_id":"recWwA8HgHPBxRxJt","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:06:51.000Z","person_id":"rec8NHzfGMLswmh1Z","name_en":"Artur Smolianinov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-10-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Actor, left Russia after the outbreak of war. In January 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In the same month, a case was opened against him, as it turned out later - about \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces and incitement to hatred. This was done on the personal instructions of the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin. Presumably, the reason was an interview with Novaya Gazeta. Europe\", in which Smolyaninov said that he felt \"nothing but hatred\" towards the Russian military in Ukraine. In February 2026, the case was brought to court only under the article on \"fakes\".\n\nOn 14 October 2025, the FSB reported the initiation of a case against Smolyaninov and other members of the \"Anti-War Committee of Russia\" for violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.\n\nOn 14 April 2026, Smolyaninov was sentenced in absentia to eight years in the \"fakes\" case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case appears to have arisen from the adoption of the “Berlin Declaration” on 30 April 2023, which called for a change of power in Russia, and from the subsequent creation, in October 2025, of a “platform of Russian democratic forces” within the framework of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, with the participation of the movement. ","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWwA8HgHPBxRxJt"},{"persecution_id":"rec5jBimsxhqqb8zI","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recj1210IY556JtR3","name_en":"Viktor Shenderovich","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Israel"],"story_en":"Russian and Israeli journalist, prose writer, poet, playwright, scriptwriter, TV and radio presenter, satirist, publicist, educator. In December 2021, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". He left Russia. Shortly after the outbreak of the war, he joined the Russian Anti-War Committee. On 14 October 2025, the FSB reported the initiation of a case against Shenderovich and other members of the committee for violent seizure of power and for organizing the activities of a terrorist community. The case was prompted by the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia, adopted on the 30 April 2023, and the creation of a \"Platform of Russian Democratic Forces\" during the movement's participation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in October 2025.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5jBimsxhqqb8zI"},{"persecution_id":"recPcKJyb8Aph98kM","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recB33Vqiqc8VGZ5A","name_en":"Konstantin Chumakov","birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":73,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Virologist working in the USA. On 14 October 2025, the FSB reported that a case has been opened against Chumakov and other members of the Russian Anti-War Committee for violent seizure of power and organizing the activities of a terrorist community. The case was prompted by the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\", which called for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia, adopted on the 30 April 2023, and the creation of a \"Platform of Russian Democratic Forces\" during the movement's participation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in October 2025.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPcKJyb8Aph98kM"},{"persecution_id":"recwBpazhFnTRVaPw","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recBDmRmvwknDZ2p6","name_en":"Mikhail Kokorich","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Switzerland"],"story_en":"Entrepreneur, founder of the Swiss startup Destinus. On 14 October 2025, the FSB reported that a case of violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community had been initiated against Kokorich and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption on 30 April 2023 of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwBpazhFnTRVaPw"},{"persecution_id":"recfw0kkUH0ceW6i4","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recVmzr9r01zkYvcj","name_en":"Evgenii Kunin","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A biologist working in the United States. He joined the Russian Anti-War Committee shortly after the war began. He is listed in the \"foreign agent\" registry as a participant in the T-Invariant project. On October 14, 2025, the FSB announced it had opened a case against Kunin and other members of the Russian Anti-War Committee for the violent seizure of power and organizing the activities of a terrorist group. The case was prompted by the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for regime change in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated following the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on April 30, 2023, on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\" in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfw0kkUH0ceW6i4"},{"persecution_id":"recukTbhvki49Y05d","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"rec0JnkKjwqIt6feR","name_en":"Elena Lukyanova","birth_year":1958,"birth_date":"1958-06-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":67,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":67,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Lawyer, constitutional law specialist, professor. In August 2024, she was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". On 14 October 2025, the FSB reported that Lukyanova and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia had been charged with violent seizure of power and organising the activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Teachers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption on 30 April 2023 of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recukTbhvki49Y05d"},{"persecution_id":"reccNulAtfri5Vk5c","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recEZ0LVUpN8Mvetw","name_en":"Vladimir Kara-Murza","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attNqBupsDYbh6Uoo.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attNqBupsDYbh6Uoo.jpg"],"birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-09-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Opposition politician, has been poisoned twice.\n\nOn 11 April, 2022, Kara-Murza was detained near his home and a report for disobedience to a lawful request of police officers was drawn up on him, which consisted of his changing his movement trajectory and accelerating his step at the sight of police officers. The next day the court arrested him for 15 days. On April 22 it became known that a criminal case was opened against Kara-Murza for spreading deliberately false information about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces, the same day the court decided to take him into custody.\n\nIn 2015 and 2017, Kara-Murza claimed poisoning, both times the diagnosis was confirmed by doctors. After one of the poisonings, the politician fell into a coma. Later, a group of investigative journalists established that Kara-Murza had been surveilled by FSB officers.\n\nOn 13 July 2022, a criminal case was opened against Kara-Murza for carrying out activities of an \"undesirable organisation\".\n\nOn October 6, it was reported that a criminal case of high treason was initiated against Kara-Murza, the same day he was charged. All three cases were later merged.\nAfter being placed in the disciplinary cell, he began to lose sensitivity in his limbs. On 16 March, 2023, the staff of the medical unit of the pre-trial detention centre did not allow Kara-Murza to participate in the trial until the end of the course of treatment.\nOn 17 April, he was sentenced to 25 years in a strict regime prison colony.\n\nIn June, it became known that Kara-Murza stopped receiving some of his letters. On June 25, the secretary of the Public Supervisory Commission of Moscow Alexei Melnikov reported that Kara-Murza's letters were handed over.\n\nImmediately after his transfer to the colony in September, the politician was placed in a punishment cell. The staff told him that he would not be released to the camp, as he \"infects all prisoners with his views\". In total, Kara-Murza was sent to the punishment cell at least five times.\n\nOn 1 August 2024, he was released as part of a prisoner exchange between the Russian Federation and the United States.\n\nIn August 2025, State Duma deputy Vasily Piskarev announced that a case had been opened against the organisers of the opposition march in Berlin on 1 March 2025 (i.e. including Kara-Murza) for participation in the activities of an extremist and terrorist organisation, organising the activities of an extremist community and calling for extremism. On 13 October 2025, Kara-Murza was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring without the marking that is put on the names of those prosecuted under terrorist articles, which may mean that participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation is not imputed to him. On October 15, the politician was arrested in absentia in the case of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.\n\nOn 14 October 2025 the FSB reported about the initiation of a case against Kara-Murza and other members of the \"Anti-War Committee of Russia\" for violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated on the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a regime change in Russia on April 30, 2023, and the creation of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\" in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.","persecution_location_en":"At large as a result of an exchange","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccNulAtfri5Vk5c"},{"persecution_id":"recUpnrqIVgveG0Ls","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recfxeTOnMFC7N0IV","name_en":"Evgenii Kiselev","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A journalist. From 1993 to 2001, he worked at NTV, where he hosted the program Itogi (“Results”), and from 2000 to 2001 served as the channel’s general director. In 2009, he moved to Ukraine, where he worked as an anchor on several television channels. Shortly after the start of the war, he joined the \"Russian Anti-War Committee.\" In April 2022, he became one of the first individuals added to Russia’s register of “foreign agents” (previously, only media outlets had been included in the register). On July 15, 2022, he was placed on the wanted list. In February 2024, he was added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of extremists and terrorists, with the designation used for individuals prosecuted under terrorism-related articles. On October 10, 2025, authorities opened a criminal case against Kiselev and seven others for organizing the activities of a terrorist community in connection with the activities of the \"Free Russia Forum.\" A few days later, on October 14, the FSB announced the opening of another case against Kiselev and other members of the \"Russian Anti-War Committee\" under articles on the violent seizure of power and organizing the activities of a terrorist community. The charges stemmed from the adoption of the “Berlin Declaration,” which called for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption on 30 April 2023 of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recUpnrqIVgveG0Ls"},{"persecution_id":"recZekrosxIcKfwx1","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"reces0MXNnlovbkcy","name_en":"Anastasia Shevchenko","birth_year":1979,"birth_date":"1979-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":46,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"On January 21, 2019, a search was carried out at the home of Anastasia Shevchenko, a member of the federal council of Open Russia. Law enforcement officers seized all her means of communication. Searches were also conducted at the homes of other movement members in Rostov-on-Don, Kazan, and Ulyanovsk. That same day, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Shevchenko for carrying out the activities of an organization designated as “undesirable” in Russia (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code). She was summoned for questioning to the Investigative Committee and was held in a temporary detention facility pending trial. On January 23, the court placed Shevchenko under house arrest.\n\nOn February 18, 2021, Anastasia Shevchenko was sentenced to four years of suspended imprisonment. On August 10, another court reclassified Shevchenko’s actions under a revised version of the article on carrying out the activities of an “undesirable organization” and reduced the sentence to three years.\n\nIn August 2022, it was reported that Shevchenko had left the country. In September, reports emerged that she had been placed on a wanted list. On December 20, she was sentenced in absentia to three years in prison. On February 6, 2023, an appellate court reduced the sentence to two years.\n\nIn May 2025, Anastasia Shevchenko was added to the register of extremists and terrorists maintained by Rosfinmonitoring (the Federal Financial Monitoring Service), with a designation used for individuals prosecuted under terrorism-related articles.\n\nOn October 14, 2025, the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the opening of a criminal case against Shevchenko and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia on charges of the violent seizure of power and organizing the activities of a terrorist community. The case was triggered by the adoption of the “Berlin Declaration,” which called for a change of power in Russia.\n\nIn November 2025, another case against Anastasia Shevchenko was referred to court under the article on organizing the financing of terrorism. The details of this case are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia, adopted on the 30 April 2023, and the creation of a \"Platform of Russian Democratic Forces\" during the movement's participation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in October 2025.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZekrosxIcKfwx1"},{"persecution_id":"recOFff3K9waN15pM","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"reccsyfbzcacHQgt5","name_en":"Yuri Pivovarov","birth_year":1950,"birth_date":"1950-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":76,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":75,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Historian, political scientist. Shortly after the outbreak of the war he became a member of the Anti-War Committee of Russia. In May 2025, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". On 14 October 2025, the FSB reported about the initiation of a case against Pivovarov and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for forcible seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption on 30 April 2023 of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\" in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOFff3K9waN15pM"},{"persecution_id":"recz0wPPDPYc0iM7h","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recSodf1FJ1sacOmU","name_en":"Dmitry Gudkov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-01-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":46,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former State Duma deputy, opposition politician. On 2 June 2021, he was detained after a search in the case of causing damage to the Moscow City Property Department. The next day he was released in the status of a suspect. Gudkov left Russia.\n\nIn February 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\".\n\nIn October 2023, it became known that a case was opened against Gudkov for spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces. On 21 August 2024, he was sentenced in absentia to eight years.\n\nOn 14 October 2025, the FSB reported the initiation of a case against Gudkov and other members of the \"Anti-War Committee of Russia\" for violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption on 30 April 2023 of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recz0wPPDPYc0iM7h"},{"persecution_id":"recWbceEhI4mR31ll","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recFztgMCwRCLODr0","name_en":"Sergei Guriev","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Economist, former rector of the New Economic School. Shortly after the escalation of the war, he became a member of the Anti-War Committee of Russia. In February 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". On 14 October 2025, the FSB reported about the initiation of a case against Guriev and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia for violent seizure of power and organisation of activities of a terrorist organisation. The reason was the adoption of the Berlin Declaration on the need for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption on 30 April 2023 of the Berlin Declaration on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recWbceEhI4mR31ll"},{"persecution_id":"recQIqjEi3aCIyE2N","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"recNgXuNeobTkN8tW","name_en":"Evgenii Chichvarkin","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-09-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A businessman, co-founder, and former owner of the \"Euroset\" mobile phone retail chain. In 2008, following the initiation of a criminal case against company employees regarding the 2003 kidnapping of a former \"Euroset\" forwarder (who had been accused by the company's security service of stealing mobile phones worth several million roubles), Chichvarkin emigrated to the UK, fearing criminal prosecution. That same year, he sold \"Euroset\" to businessman Aleksandr Mamut. In exile, Chichvarkin has openly criticised the Russian authorities, described his prosecution as politically motivated, and in 2022 condemned Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.\n\nOn 2 June 2022, the businessman was added to the register of \"foreign agents.\" Since then, he has been fined at least twice under administrative law for violating \"foreign agent\" legislation by failing to submit quarterly reports.\n\nFurthermore, in 2023, the \"Russian Action Committee,\" of which Chichvarkin is a co-founder, was designated an \"undesirable organisation.\" The businessman was also fined for participating in an \"undesirable organisation\" due to his involvement in the \"Free Russia Forum.\"\n\nIn July 2025, it was revealed that the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) had placed him on a wanted list. It was later reported that Chichvarkin was charged with spreading \"fakes\" about the Armed Forces and evading his duties as a \"foreign agent.\" The \"fakes\" charge was brought against him because of a social media post regarding a Russian missile strike on the \"Okhmatdyt\" children's hospital in Kyiv. On 16 February 2026, Chichvarkin was sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison in this case.\n\nOn 14 October 2025, the FSB (Federal Security Service) reported the initiation of a case against Chichvarkin and other members of the \"Anti-War Committee of Russia\" for the \"forcible seizure of power\" and \"organising the activities of a terrorist community.\" The charges were triggered by the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration,\" which called for a change of government in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The grounds for the case were the adoption on April 30 2023 of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need  for a change of power in Russia and the creation of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\" in October 2025, with the movement’s participation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQIqjEi3aCIyE2N"},{"persecution_id":"recJF5P5hDK14qh1V","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recgifxTgOUGkqD9j","name_en":"Boris Zimin","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-11-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Entrepreneur, philanthropist, patron of the arts. Left Russia in 2004. He was the founder of the Sreda Foundation, which supported independent Russian media. In 2015, the foundation was recognised as a \"foreign agent\", after which the organisation announced its self-liquidation. He was a member of the board of the Dynasty Foundation for the Support and Development of Russian Fundamental Science. This project was created by Zimin's father - philanthropist Dmitry Zimin, who passed away in 2021. In 2015, \"Dynasty\" also ceased its activities due to inclusion in the register of \"foreign agents\".\nIn October 2020, Alexei Navalny revealed that Boris Zimin had paid for a private jet that took the politician after his poisoning from Omsk to Germany.\nOne of the founders of the \"Redkollegiya\" award in the field of independent journalism.\nHeads the Zimin Foundation, which has launched several programmes to help students, academics and journalists forced to flee Ukraine and Russia.\nHe has repeatedly spoken out about the war.\nIn January 2023, it became known that a fraud case was opened against Zimin in connection with a deal to alienate shares in the carsharing company BelkaCar Ltd.\nZimin considers the case to be politically motivated.\nOn 22nd April 2025, he was sentenced in absentia to nine years' imprisonment.\nOn 14th October 2025, the FSB reported that a case of forcible seizure of power and organisation of a terrorist community had been opened against Zimin and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\"on 30th April 2023 on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJF5P5hDK14qh1V"},{"persecution_id":"rec39NyKyGHu02bQO","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recFftqoKHVAKzXFY","name_en":"Kirill Martynov","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-04-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe, one of the founders of the Free University educational project, and a member of the governing board of the Anti-War Committee of Russia - all of these organisations have been recognised as \"undesirable\". In September 2022, Martynov was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In September 2024, it became known that a case was brought against him for organizing the activities of an \"undesirable organization\". On April 22, 2025, Martynov was sentenced in absentia to six years. On October 14, 2025, the FSB announced that a case of violent seizure of power and organization of activities of a terrorist community had been opened against Martynov and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia. The Berlin Declaration on the need for regime change in Russia served as the pretext for drafting it.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated following the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on April 30, 2023, on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\" in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec39NyKyGHu02bQO"},{"persecution_id":"recNB3DSTjseacyRu","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"rec8Ptae9BqSJW0cB","name_en":"Sergei Aleksashenko","birth_year":1959,"birth_date":"1959-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":66,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":66,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Economist, member of the board of directors of the Free Russia Foundation and co-founder of Boris Nemtsov's Foundation For Freedom. One of the co-authors of the report on Boris Nemtsov's materials \"Putin. War.\" Shortly after the outbreak of the war, he joined the Russian Anti-War Committee. In June 2023 he was included in the Register of \"Foreign Agents\". On 14 October 2025, the FSB reported about the initiation of a case against Aleksashenko and other members of the committee on violent seizure of power and activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["membership in political movement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 278 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["278","205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 278","Article 205.4 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the adoption on 30 April 2023 of the \"Berlin Declaration\" on the need for a change of power in Russia and the creation in October 2025, with the participation of the movement in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of a \"platform of Russian democratic forces\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNB3DSTjseacyRu"},{"persecution_id":"recXDOWo2TG15ZAQE","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recIi250DjUu3jnMg","name_en":"Konstantin Ponomarev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attYZNuoXYHMBzsug.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attYZNuoXYHMBzsug.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Moscow resident and entrepreneur. On 27 April 2015, a criminal case was initiated against Ponomarev on charges of tax evasion. On 6 June 2017, cases were opened for knowingly false denunciation and fraud, and Ponomarev was detained. On 9 July 2019, he was sentenced to eight years in a general-regime penal colony in the case concerning false denunciation. On 9 December 2020, in the cases of tax evasion and fraud, he was sentenced, by partial aggregation of sentences, to ten years and two months.\n\nHuman rights defenders consider his prosecution to be punishment for attempting to profit from the energy supply of Crimea and a signal to entrepreneurs not to seek recovery of their funds through the courts. On 4 July 2024, due to changes in legislation, his sentence was reduced by two years. However, by that time a new case against Ponomarev — concerning the misappropriation of bank promissory notes — was already under consideration in court. In September 2025, taking into account his previous sentences, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict-regime penal colony.\n\nThereafter, the prosecution appealed the sentence, seeking Ponomarev’s release from serving the sentence on the grounds of the expiry of the limitation period. On 23 January 2026, the court of appeal upheld the sentence but released Ponomarev from punishment. However, another case was initiated against him — for giving a bribe to a public official. His lawyer, Roman Eronov, is also a defendant in the case. According to the investigation, they participated in a bribery scheme intended to secure Ponomarev’s deployment to the war.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 5,  Article 291 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["291"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 5, Article 291"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Ponomarev's bribery case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he reached an agreement with a former prisoner, through a psychologist, to arrange the giving of a bribe with the aim of securing Ponomarev’s deployment to the war.\n","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXDOWo2TG15ZAQE"},{"persecution_id":"recJZp7R2ZNB570LY","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"rec5uMgRixHqjTyZl","name_en":"Esma Nimetulaeva","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-01-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Crimean resident, pastry chef, wife of Remzi Nimetulaev, who is being prosecuted for involvement in a terrorist organisation. On 15 October 2025, Nimetulaeva was searched, detained and taken into custody the next day on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation - as in the case of her husband, in connection with involvement in the activities of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted in terrorism cases and sentenced to huge terms solely because of what are essentially party activities - holding meetings, reading literature and attracting new supporters.\n\nThe project \"Supporting Political Prisoners. Memorial\" notes that there is no evidence that supporters of the movement were involved in the terrorist attacks.\n\nA significant part of the persecution of Hizb ut-Tahrir members is the repression against Crimeans that began after the annexation of Crimea. Such cases have become a convenient tool to put pressure on protest-minded Crimean Tatars.\n\nIt is worth noting that the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir are banned in a number of countries due to radical anti-Israeli statements of the party's representatives. The ECHR considered the ban on the movement in Germany fair. However, the European Court pointed out that no evidence of terrorist activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir followers had been found.","persecution_occupation_en":["Cooks"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Crimean residents’ case of involvement in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.10.2025 to 16.10.2025\n• in custody: from 16.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recJZp7R2ZNB570LY"},{"persecution_id":"recPXhyRC9kqy725m","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recf6RjT5crDfgcyE","name_en":"Elviza Alieva","birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-05-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"She is a resident of Crimea, a student and a cashier in a bakery. On 15 October 2025, Alieva’s home was searched, and she was detained and taken into custody the next day on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted in terrorism cases and sentenced to long terms solely because of what are in fact party-related activities – holding meetings, reading literature and attracting new supporters.\n\nThe project “Supporting Political Prisoners. Memorial” notes that there is no evidence that supporters of the movement have been involved in terrorist attacks.\n\nA significant part of the persecution of Hizb ut-Tahrir members is the repression against Crimeans that began after the annexation of Crimea. Such cases have become a convenient tool to put pressure on protest-minded Crimean Tatars.\n\nIt is worth noting that the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir are banned in a number of countries due to radical anti-Israeli statements of the party’s representatives. The ECHR found the ban on the movement in Germany to be justified. However, the European Court pointed out that no evidence of terrorist activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir followers had been found.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Crimean residents’ case of involvement in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.10.2025 to 16.10.2025\n• in custody: from 16.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPXhyRC9kqy725m"},{"persecution_id":"recBc96vonzhciBTy","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recckqseOPiZUjYmC","name_en":"Nasiba Saidova","birth_year":2006,"birth_date":"2006-10-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":19,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Crimea, student, kindergarten teacher. On 15 October 2025, Saidova was searched, detained and taken into custody the next day on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted in terrorism cases and sentenced to huge terms solely because of what is essentially party activity, for example,  holding meetings, reading literature and attracting new supporters.\n\nThe project \"Supporting Political Prisoners. Memorial\" notes that there is no evidence that supporters of the movement were involved in the terrorist attacks.\n\nA significant part of the persecution of Hizb ut-Tahrir members is the repression against Crimeans that began after the annexation of Crimea. Such cases have become a convenient tool to put pressure on protest-minded Crimean Tatars.\n\nIt is worth noting that the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir are banned in a number of countries due to radical anti-Israeli statements of the party's representatives. The ECHR considered the ban on the movement in Germany fair. However, the European Court pointed out that no evidence of terrorist activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir followers had been found.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Crimean residents’ case of involvement in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 15.10.2025 to 16.10.2025\n• in custody: from 16.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBc96vonzhciBTy"},{"persecution_id":"rec8MUBdDp2nH5Jl9","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recsCTo1CP6VDdFcI","name_en":"Fevzie Osmanova","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Crimea, a shop employee. On 15 October 2025, Osmanova's house was searched, the next day she was detained and taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted in terrorism cases and sentenced to huge terms solely because of what is essentially party activity - holding meetings, reading literature and attracting new supporters.\n\nThe project \"Supporting Political Prisoners. Memorial\" notes that there is no evidence that supporters of the movement were involved in terrorist attacks.\n\nA significant part of the persecution of Hizb ut-Tahrir members is the repression against Crimeans that began after the annexation of Crimea. Such cases have become a convenient tool to put pressure on protest-minded Crimean Tatars.\n\nIt is worth noting that the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir are banned in a number of countries due to radical anti-Israeli statements of the party's representatives. The European Court of Human Rights considered the movement's ban in Germany fair. 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On 9 October 2025, her home was searchedas part of a case concerning participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses.\n\nRepresentatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activity - holding meetings and services, and recruiting new adherents.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Birobidzhan"],"persecution_region_en":["Jewish Autonomous Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YEV"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan","persecution_case_profile_en":"Participation in \"extremist\" organisations","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recchgDal1sORsw7Z"},{"persecution_id":"recetG1bAHDKWa1bw","last_updated":"2026-04-19T17:47:53.000Z","person_id":"recETYCV1UCuRh2TW","name_en":"Evgenii Pinchuk (hieromonk Nikandr)","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzINR5hK4xl6gtl.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzINR5hK4xl6gtl.jpg"],"birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-12-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Of Russia under the omophorion of Metropolitan Agafangel (a breakaway church that does not recognise the authority of the Moscow Patriarchate). In June 2022, a case was brought against Nikandr for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces because he called the actions of the Russian military \"an invasion\". On 17 October 2022, he was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles.\n\nOn 17 October 2025, Nikandr was taken into custody on a criminal case on public justification of terrorism. He called the founder of the Russian Volunteer Corps, Denis Nikitin, \"a cool guy\" and expressed \"respect\" to him. On 10 March 2026, the cleric was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Religious figures"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":160,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Hieromonk Nikandr's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-230/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason was the comment where the founder of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\", Denis Nikitin, was called \"a cool guy\" and was given respect.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2)  of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast ","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.03.2026, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-10T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-10T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 22 September another case was initiated against him for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (because of the publication about the crimes of the Russian military in Bucha) and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation (because of an interview in which he, according to the investigation, promoted the activities of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\", and a post in a Telegram with information about fundraising for the Legion of Freedom of Russia). The cases were merged.\n\nIn addition, Eidman is on trial for the activities of a terrorist community in connection with his involvement in the activities of the Free Russia Forum.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","freedom of association"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1","207.3","205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1","Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Igor Eidman's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"\"having been brought to administrative responsibility for committing an administrative offence under part 4 of article 19.34 of the CAO RF, and acting intentionally, on 25.03.2025 and 26.03.2025 he continued to disseminate in information and telecommunication network Internet via the Telegram messenger, in the Telegram channel Eidmannews at the addresses https://t.me/igoreidman/2106 and https://t.me/igoreidman/2109, messages and materials without indicating that these messages and materials were created and disseminated by a foreign agent\"\n\n\"on the YouTube video hosting platform a video entitled \"That's right! The Russians will join the RDC. There will be a MILLION defectors. The border WILL BE BREAKED - Eidman\" dated 23 March 2024 (https://youtube.com/watch?v=gkhp29FIJSM) was published in open access for an unlimited number of persons, in which he gives an interview, during which he promotes the activities of Russian volunteer units designated as terrorist organisations. In addition, in the Telegram messenger in the channel Eidmanews (https://t.me/igoreidman) a publication (https://t.me/igoreidman/2137) dated 9 April 2025 was found, containing information on the opening of fundraising campaign for the needs of the terrorist organisation Freedom of Russia Legion, as well as payment details for transferring funds\"\n\n\"on the grounds of political hatred, he posted in the Telegram messenger in his channel Eidmanews (https://t.me/igoreidman) information asserting the involvement of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in a war crime on the territory of Bucha in the Kyiv region, which contradicts the officially stated position of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdZ5smWnIRA09Mu"},{"persecution_id":"receGJG89nHwZMkU6","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recODLLLSBTDf6R9G","name_en":"Alfred Koch","birth_year":1961,"birth_date":"1961-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Economist, blogger. 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On 10 October 2025, a сriminal case was opened against him and seven others for organising the activities of a terrorist community.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists","Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Free Russia Forum participants"],"case_name_en":"The case of the participants of the \"Free Russia Forum\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receGJG89nHwZMkU6"},{"persecution_id":"rec7GVIKTWmEqpIYV","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recvxRsETZobkWeay","name_en":"Nikolai Polozov","birth_year":1980,"birth_date":"1980-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":45,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A lawyer who served as defense counsel in the case of the Pussy Riot “punk prayer” at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, as well as for Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko and Ukrainian sailors detained in Crimea. He also took part in a number of cases involving Crimean Tatar activists and other political prisoners on the peninsula. He later moved to Ukraine, and after the start of the war in 2022 became one of the founders of the project “Search. Captivity” (“Poshuk. Polon”), which searches for Ukrainians captured by Russia and provides them with legal assistance. He joined the Free Russia Forum. In June 2025, Polozov spoke about secret prisons for Ukrainian captives in Russia.\n\nIn early July 2025, it was reported that Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs placed Polozov on the wanted list. Authorities opened a criminal case against the lawyer for spreading “fakes” about the Russian army allegedly motivated by hatred, citing an interview he gave to the YouTube channel “Utro Fevralia” (“Morning of February”), in which he spoke about the execution of civilians in the city of Bucha in 2022. 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Left Russia and became a member of the Free Russia Forum. He works in a reception and distribution centre for Ukrainian refugees in Berlin. 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On 8 October 2025, he was detained and sent to custody the next day in a case of public justification of terrorism and calls to terrorism because of four comments left in the fall of 2023 and 2024 - three in support of the Azov battalion and one in which experts saw calls to destroy the Russian Embassy in Yerevan.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of Valentin Gulimov on public justification of terrorism and calls for terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case initiation were comments on entries in the \"Butusov Plus\" and \"ChTD\" Telegram channels:\n\n12 September 2023 - \"Way to go, Azov, beat and burn this scum, the occupants will return home only in bags\"\n\n19 September 2023 - \"Burn this embassy to hell, along with the staff!\"\n\n25 September 2024 - \"The guys from Azov are great! Take care of yourselves! Glory to Ukraine!\"\n\n21 November 2024 - \"Azov are great!\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 08.10.2025 to 09.10.2025\n• in custody: from 09.10.2025 to 02.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQZYYl3VHT5r1sT"},{"persecution_id":"recimRlKmfOOQcnS1","last_updated":"2025-11-10T10:06:17.000Z","person_id":"recNYWl6WKmdNdsY7","name_en":"Igor Kochetkov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ryazan, deputy chairman of the local branch of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Monuments of History and Culture. On October 7, 2025, his residence was searched due to a defamation case over his publications about violations in the work of the company \"Specialised Developer \"Green Garden — Rowan Clusters\". The next day, another defamation case was brought against him, following his statement about ecocide in a lawsuit to invalidate the issuance of a building permit for the construction of houses.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ryazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Ryazan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-RYA"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["128.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 128.1 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"Igor Kochetkov's libel case","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was caused by the words about ecocide at the trial of a lawsuit to invalidate the granting of permission to build houses in the area of the sleeper factory.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recimRlKmfOOQcnS1"},{"persecution_id":"recm63aaBVJfBHmft","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recxRkPGfaoBV363L","name_en":"Rasul Gafiatullin","birth_year":1977,"age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Izhevsk. In September 2025, he was placed under house arrest on charges of spreading deliberately false information about the activities of the USSR during World War II. The occasion was a comment in which Gafiatullin claimed that SMERSH \"dressed up as banderites and shot peaceful Ukrainians to frame the underground fighters\". 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Presumably no later than June 2025, he was detained on charges of preparing to participate in the activities of a terrorist organisation. According to the investigation, he had been in correspondence with representatives of the Freedom of Russia Legion and planned to join its ranks. On 3 October 2025, Yakovenko was sentenced to 5 years in a strict-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":275,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["private correspondence"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Igor Yakovenko's case of preparation for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-701/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, “while in the territory of Krasnodar Krai, he decided to take part in the activities of the banned terrorist Ukrainian paramilitary association Freedom of Russia Legion. Acting on this intention, with the aim of travelling to Ukraine and joining the ranks of the organisation, on 28 May 2025, he entered into correspondence with an individual engaged in recruiting and organising the departure of Russian citizens wishing to join the said organisation. During this correspondence, on the same day, Yakovenko sent the representative of the Legion a pre-prepared questionnaire for joining its ranks.”.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 23.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 23.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.10.2025, Sentence: 5 years’ imprisonment, with the first 2 to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years’ imprisonment, with the first 2 to be served in prison and the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-03T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-03T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 25-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/yakovenko-igor-viktorovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recfmaxykyBcTTI7t"},{"persecution_id":"recTzW0irlAz9HG4C","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:37:06.000Z","person_id":"recOwhqIZvfzPa6Ly","name_en":"Unknown male 494","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of the Kemerovo region. In October 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that a case of calls for terrorism was initiated against him for a post containing “justification of an ideology supporting violent actions against representatives of the authorities”, which he made in 2020 as a minor.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kemerovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KEM"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Kemerovo Region resident relating to calls for terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in October 2020, while he was a minor and resided in the Kirovsky district of Kemerovo, he posted a comment in the public domain on one of the social networks that contained statements aimed at justifying an ideology that supports violent actions against representatives of the authorities.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTzW0irlAz9HG4C"},{"persecution_id":"recVJRow5gjFLZkxV","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recYWiKAJErBrhxNK","name_en":"Alan Baidanov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Altai Republic. A case was opened against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In October 2025, the \"Operativnye svodki\" telegram channel published a video of the man's arrest: first, several armed men burst into a small house and pinned the man to the floor, then told him to get up and come to the sofa, then the man was led into an administrative building, after which the man with a blurred face said that he had published a video discrediting the army, which he repented for. At the end of the video the man asks, looking, judging by the position of his head, into the frame: \"And what is this video for? For the Internet?\"? This is followed by credits and music from the TV series \"Curb Your Enthusiasm\", regularly used on social networks to emphasise the awkwardness or ridiculousness of the moment. It is not known whether Baidanov is actually in the video, but based on the time of publication and the time the case came to court, we can assume that he is. The case came to court in December 2025. Baidanov was sentenced on 2 February 2026, details are unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Altai Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AL"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":397,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Altai resident's case of discreditating the Russian Armed Forces","case_number":"1-78/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published a video discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In February 2024, Baidanov was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for a voice message in the Altai language in which an expert, a “candidate of philosophical sciences and an associate professor of the Department of Law, Philosophy and Sociology”, found distortion of information “about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the territory of Ukraine”, description of the special military operation “as some kind of a deliberately false manipulation” aimed at a genocide of the peoples of Russia and expressions of doubt in relation to the “pro-Russian orientation of the special military operation”.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.02.2026, Sentence: sentence unknown ","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-02T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-02T11:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVJRow5gjFLZkxV"},{"persecution_id":"rec9VuqG9fBzPbQLG","last_updated":"2025-11-04T10:23:55.000Z","person_id":"recM9yFoyb9BMHGyQ","name_en":" Unknown female 87","birth_year":1951,"age":75,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":74,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Mezhdurechensk (Kemerovo Region). In 2025, a case was brought against her for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and financing of extremist activities - presumably due to her involvement in the activities of one of the organisations of the \"citizens of the USSR\" movement. 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In April 2020, she joined an ideologically similar organisation and actively participated in its meetings, both in person and via videoconference, promoting teachings that undermine the foundations of the constitutional order and the security of the state. 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The perpetrator, demonstrating a cynical disregard for the norms of morality and ethics, in the presence of several citizens climbed onto the platform of the pedestal on which the Eternal Flame, a part of the Memorial Complex, is also located, and lit a cigarette from the flame of the Eternal Flame. 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Under a post stating that governor Igor Kobzev considered war expenditures “a higher priority” than repairing schools, he wrote: “Hang him without trial or investigation from a lamppost on Karl Marx Street!” The second comment concerned the exchange of prisoners of war: “Azov fighters, defenders of Mariupol and other regions of Ukraine, those are the ones who need to be freed!” Anton wrote these words in the channel of Ukrainian videoblogger Volodymyr Zolkin last October.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 23.10.2025 to 20.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n• recognizance not to leave: from 01.04.2025 to 23.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.10.2025, Sentence: 6 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, and a 2.5 year ban on publishing comments or other materials online, as well as administering websites, forums, groups, and chats","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years’ imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, and a 2.5 year ban on publishing comments or other materials online, as well as administering websites, forums, groups, and chats","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-23T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-23T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In mid-December 2023, pro-Kremlin pranksters Vovan and Lexus published a recording of a conversation with him: they had contacted the writer while posing as representatives of the Ukrainian administration. In this video, Akunin “expressed understanding for Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes on Russian territory” and “pointed out that he had organised fundraising to help Ukraine,” Dozhd YouTube channel reported. After this, the publishing house AST announced it would stop publishing his books. On 18 December, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Akunin for \"fake news\" about the army and for publicly justifying terrorism.\n\nOn 19 December, investigators carried out a search at \"Zakharov\" Publishing, which releases Akunin’s books. The head of the publishing house linked the search to the fact that \"Zakharov\" was the only publisher that had not announced the termination of cooperation with Akunin and had not withdrawn his books from sale.\n\nIn June 2025, a case against Akunin was brought to the court on charges of publicly justifying terrorism, facilitating terrorist activity (apparently referring to his statements that allegedly justified the violent overthrow of the constitutional order), and evading the obligations of a “foreign agent.” On  14 July 2025, Akunin was sentenced in absentia to 14 years in a penal colony in this case.\n\nIn October 2025, the prosecutor’s office approved an indictment in a new criminal case against Akunin for evading the obligations of a “foreign agent.”\n\nOn 3 December, the court issued a verdict in yet another case of evading “foreign-agent” requirements and sentenced Akunin to 15 years in a penal colony, to be served consecutively with the punishment from the previous case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Writers"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":336,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Boris Akunin's second case of evasion of his duties as a \"foreign agent\"","case_number":"01-0009/371/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from February to August he made at least 76 publications online without indicating that they were produced by a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Wanted","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.12.2025, Sentence: 1 year's imprisonment in absentia; taking the previous sentence into account, a total of 15 years' imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, in absentia.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year's imprisonment in absentia; taking the previous sentence into account, a total of 15 years' imprisonment in a high-security penal colony, in absentia.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":12,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T09:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAQbe32eRaMjwEZ"},{"persecution_id":"recvIGoC36ELqw9cE","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recvpk6jIqL4vhepc","name_en":"Unknown male 507","birth_year":2008,"age":18,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":17,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"under eighteen years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Unknown male 507 is a resident of Naberezhnye Chelny. In October 2025, he was detained in a case of desecration of a symbol of military glory because of a video in which an underage girl allegedly induces vomiting in the direction of arches with St George's ribbons.\n\nThe detention came after the head of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina, posted the video on her channel on 20 October. She wrote that \"thrash streamers threw up on St George's ribbons on the arches right in front of the city administration building during the broadcast for a donation of 500 rubles\".\n\nThe day after this publication, the Investigative Committee reported that a criminal case had been opened. On 22 October, the \nMinistry of Internal Affairs reported the detention in this case of \"a vocational school student, who induced his acquaintances to commit unlawful acts\".","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of desecration of arches with St George ribbons in Naberezhnye Chelny","persecution_case_profile_en":"The Ministry of Internal Affairs claims that the young men desecrated symbols of Russia's military glory at a square in Naberezhnye Chelny, and the defendant in the case, a 17-year-old vocational school student, induced his acquaintances to do so. He said that he had committed the unlawful acts together with his acquaintances in order to get 500 roubles.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvIGoC36ELqw9cE"},{"persecution_id":"recJXzhi1XOXBsgCO","last_updated":"2026-04-30T13:32:15.000Z","person_id":"recd5i8poH0pFSGRj","name_en":"Yuri Belenky","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow. On 28 September 2025 he was detained after his return from Bulgaria and the next day was arrested for 13 days under the administrative article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). After leaving the special detention centre on the night of 11-12 October he was detained again. On 13 October, the court remanded him to custody on charges of financing terrorism: according to the investigation, he transferred money to the accounts specified by blogger Arkadiy Babchenko in order to finance the AFU and a certain terrorist organisation. Babchenko said that he did not receive any money from Belenky and that he collected money only for the humanitarian needs of the AFU, i.e. medical aid.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Yuri Belenky's case on terrorism financing","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from January 2023 to March 2024, he transferred more than 60,000 roubles in cryptocurrency using details distributed by the publicist Arkady Babchenko. The money was used to finance the Ukrainian army and an unnamed terrorist organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 13.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Kapotnya\")\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.10.2025 to 13.10.2025\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Bear\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 28.09.2025 to 12.10.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 04-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/belenkij-yurij-mihajlovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recJXzhi1XOXBsgCO"},{"persecution_id":"rece2Wplrn2wfejCn","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recuaGTuPaxKUSPxZ","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-11-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":23,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Chita, cosplayer. On 24 October 2025, he was searched in connection with a case of insulting the feelings of believers due to an erotic image depicting Jesus Christ.\nThe man published the picture in his Telegram channel with drawings, which had 85 subscribers. In it, he published images of furries and erotica.\nA criminal case was opened over an image depicting oral sex, in which the penis was covered by an image of Jesus from the meme \"I heard you, fam, go fuck yourself\".\nThe cosplayer was released on his own recognisance.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chita"],"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 148 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["148"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 148 (unknown part)"],"case_name_en":"A Chita resident's case of insulting religious feelings","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for prosecution was a picture with a scene of oral sex. In this picture, the penis was covered with an image of Jesus Christ, which was used in the meme \"I heard you, fam, go fuck yourself\".\n\nThe man published the picture in his open Telegram channel, in which he shared his drawings of furries and erotica.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 24.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rece2Wplrn2wfejCn"},{"persecution_id":"recsKzC4FZjNjaKwi","last_updated":"2025-12-06T15:26:12.000Z","person_id":"recDLTJ6iML5wxvzu","name_en":"Anastasiia Chumakova","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-06-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Founder of the ASTRA publication. On 24 October 2025, her mother was searched in the case of dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which was initiated against Chumakova. Later it became known that the reason for the case was reposts of ASTRA materials about the killing of civilians in Bucha.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication","professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anastasia Chumakova's case of \"fakes\" about the army","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was the reposting of ASTRA materials about the killings of civilians in Bucha to Chumakova's personal channel. In particular, it concerns interviews of relatives of civilians killed by the Russian military: and","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recsKzC4FZjNjaKwi"},{"persecution_id":"recyU2ihbHBS2CCQl","last_updated":"2026-03-24T15:44:56.000Z","person_id":"recTlNQ2vzVC27Iik","name_en":"Julia Stanica","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Kherson region of Ukraine. She was detained in the spring of 2025 and taken into custody. A treason case was launched against her because of the transfer of money to a foreign bank account: according to the investigation, the money was used to \"support for the material and technical supply of Ukrainian armed formations\" On 24 October 2025, Stanika was sentenced to 12 and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-65"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":295,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Julia Stanica's treason case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"from September 2023 to January 2024, the accused, using a mobile application, made several transactions to transfer funds to the settlement account of a foreign bank. These funds were intended for financial support and material and technical support for Ukrainian armed formations. By doing so, she committed high treason - providing financial assistance to a foreign state in activities against the security of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.10.2025, Sentence: 12 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"12 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":150,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-23T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-23T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 16-12-2025\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/stanika-yuliya\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recyU2ihbHBS2CCQl"},{"persecution_id":"recyTCVRzinHQuqVR","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recwaH19cHjJx4Sfk","name_en":"Aleksandra Garmazhapova","birth_year":1989,"birth_date":"1989-04-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"Journalist, founder of the Svobodnaya Buryatiya Foundation. According to the \"Empire of Truth\" Telegram channel, she was prosecuted under the article on dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces with the motive of political hatred (item \"e\" part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). In February it was reported that Garmazhapova was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia. On 10 November 2023, she was sentenced in absentia to seven years' imprisonment.\n\nOn 23 October 2025, law enforcers came to search Garmazhapova's relatives in St. Petersburg in a new criminal case. She was accused of evading her duties as a \"foreign agent\". On 5 March 2026, she was sentenced in absentia in this case to ten months' imprisonment, taking into account the previous sentence to seven years and three months' imprisonment.\n\nIn November 2022, the activist was added to the list of \"foreign agents\". After that, she was twice fined in administrative cases for failure to fulfil the duties of a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders","Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":155,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":22,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Alexandra Garmazhapova's case of evasion of \"foreign agent\" duties","case_number":"1-14/2026-8","persecution_case_profile_en":"Details of the case are unknown","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 05.03.2026, Sentence: 10 months' imprisonment; taking into account the previous sentence 7 years and 3 months of imprisonment in absentia; a ban on engaging in activities related to administering websites and channels using electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years.","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 months' imprisonment; taking into account the previous sentence 7 years and 3 months of imprisonment in absentia; a ban on engaging in activities related to administering websites and channels using electronic or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 3 years.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":10,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-05T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-05T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recyTCVRzinHQuqVR"},{"persecution_id":"rec0EH1bQA9PIyBBX","last_updated":"2026-04-28T22:19:38.000Z","person_id":"recpDXoof14rvE3wD","name_en":"Dmitrii Kicha","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, a former employee of the Promtechnologia arms factory and a shooting instructor. In April 2023, he was detained and taken into custody on charges of high treason. On 7 October 2024, Kicha was sentenced to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony. A case was also initiated against him for participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sportspersons","Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":367,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":52,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"","case_number":"1-884/2026","persecution_location_en":"In transit (transfer stage)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Khakassia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Khakassia","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":252,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-03T09:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 28-04-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/kicha-dmitrij-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec0EH1bQA9PIyBBX"},{"persecution_id":"reciaFyTr4me1mJFr","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"rectgppL2uunYYSBh","name_en":" Unknown male 510","birth_year":1997,"age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Omsk. In October 2025, the FSB reported his detention in the case of justification of terrorism due to his positive comments about Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow and Rostov-on-Don. In a video published by the FSB, the detainee stated that in his comments he \"expressed negativity towards the special military operation and called for unlawful actions by law enforcement officers\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The second criminal case against a resident of Omsk for the justification of terrorism.","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB, the individual, using a personal account on a social network, openly expressed anti-Russian views and posted positive comments justifying mass attacks by Ukrainian UAVs on infrastructure facilities in the city of Moscow and Rostov Oblast.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reciaFyTr4me1mJFr"},{"persecution_id":"recpMuLmmjI4H5vPR","last_updated":"2025-12-09T16:31:37.000Z","person_id":"recw1fgvVqZJP1jw9","name_en":" Unknown male 511","birth_year":1993,"age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kurgan. A case was opened against him for financing extremist activities over a single donation of 1,000 roubles to FBK. During the investigation, the man was held in custody. On 29 October 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 370,000 roubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurgan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":301,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Kurgan on financing extremist activities.","case_number":"1-1117/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, the man followed a link provided in a video about the continuation of the extremist activities of the NGO “FBK” and the organisation of fundraising to support Navalny’s team, and transferred 1,000 roubles from his bank account to the account of the NGO “FBK”.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.10.2025, Sentence: A fine of 370,000 roubles.","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 370,000 roubles.","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":370000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-29T06:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-29T06:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpMuLmmjI4H5vPR"},{"persecution_id":"recVlGMub57lgEBC6","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recfgEzT0ILzAbkHH","name_en":"Andrei Privalov","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Abaza in the Republic of Khakassia. His home was searched on 23 October 2025 as part of a case of an alleged extremist organisation. Following the search, Privalov was detained and placed in a temporary detention facility in Uyar, after which he was placed in custody.\n\nHe is a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses community, which has been baselessly designated as an extremist organisation and banned in the Russian Federation.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Uyar"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Privalov's case","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-23T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 23.10.2025 to 01.10.2025\n• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVlGMub57lgEBC6"},{"persecution_id":"recS2rjlfv1vxtd7o","last_updated":"2026-03-30T17:08:29.000Z","person_id":"recfro1xhUvufYh31","name_en":"Sabina Albegova","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attojeb5rPIKMW8uw.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attojeb5rPIKMW8uw.jpg"],"birth_year":1999,"birth_date":"1999-01-11T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vladikavkaz. On October 20, 2025, she was detained in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community, which was groundlessly recognised as an extremist organisation and banned on the territory of the Russian Federation. Two days later, Albegova was taken into custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vladikavkaz"],"persecution_region_en":["North Ossetia–Alania"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SE"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sabina Albegova's case of participating in extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the website \"Jehovah's Witnesses. Legal Situation\" in Russia, the Investigative Committee charged a woman with extremism for participating in peaceful Jehovah's Witness services.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 20.10.2025 to 22.10.2025\n• in custody: from 22.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the North Ossetia-Alania\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the North Ossetia-Alania","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recS2rjlfv1vxtd7o"},{"persecution_id":"recdnziGOIKPjELrB","last_updated":"2026-02-12T16:21:42.000Z","person_id":"recdVi4hWx7zzgLUW","name_en":"Inna Barleva","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A lawyer from Kazan. In March 2025, a case was initiated against her for disclosure of personal data of two people and obstruction of justice.\n\nAccording to the law enforcers, Barleva, who had secured the acquittal of her client Ibragim Zakiev on murder charges in a jury trial, provided journalist Iskander Sirazhi with case materials, including data on the health of one of the prosecution witnesses and the past service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of another witness, and he mentioned them in his YouTube video - thus she disseminated information about their private lives. The law enforcers saw obstruction of justice in the fact that in the course of the same trial the defence lawyer reported negative information about the two witnesses and the work of the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Investigative Committee.\n\nBarleva and representatives of the defence lawyers' community link the prosecution to her professional activities, namely to the fact that she obtained an acquittal for Zakiev. Her defence counsel noted that the case was handled by the same investigative team that handled the Zakiev case.\n\n\"I was being charged with actions that were entirely lawful, but the investigator dressed it all up with 'criminal intent' .... All the information that I am accused of disclosing was previously disclosed in open court hearings in the presence of the press and other persons,\" Barleva said.\n\nIn October 2025, the court began to consider her case on the merits.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Advocate"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 294 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 137 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["294","137"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 294","Part 1, Article 137"],"case_name_en":"The case of Kazan journalist and lawyer accused of disclosing personal data and obstructing justice","case_number":"1-523/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution's version, Barleva committed the crimes during a trial in the Supreme Court of Tatarstan in May 2024, where a jury panel considered the case of two murders 20 years ago and rejected all the prosecution's evidence with a bang, pronouncing an acquittal verdict on 21 August on the defendant lawyer Ibrahim Zakiev.\n\nBarleva is accused of interference in the activities of the court with the purpose of obstructing justice (part 1 of article 294 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and two episodes of illegal collection and dissemination of information about the private lives of two witnesses of the prosecution (part 1 of article 137 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to the Investigative Committee and the Tatarstan prosecutor's office, all three offences were committed in prior collusion with the Kazan-based publicist and blogger Iskander Siraziev (Siradzhi).\n\nSiradzhi was accused of publishing a 55-minute \"Appeal of a Tatar journalist and writer to the prosecutor of Tatarstan\" on YouTube on 19 August 2024 (before the jury was removed to the deliberation room). In it, with references to the case materials, the author pointed out the inconsistencies in the prosecution of the murders, for which several people had been convicted earlier, and for which in 2024 Zakiev was put on trial.\n\nAccording to the law enforcers, after the beginning of the trial, the lawyer \"had a criminal intent\" to interfere in the court's activities \"by bringing to the jury negative information about the identity of witnesses Sabirov and Safiullin, as well as negative assessments of the activities of law enforcement officers Karibullin (ex-operative of the BOP Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan), Zalialov (ex-head of the BOP Department, now convicted for bribery - Ed.) and Zolotov (formerly an investigator of the 1st Department of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan), which can cause prejudice of the jury against these witnesses, as well as the innocence of Zakiev\".\n\nAccording to the law enforcers, the lawyer obtained this information, \"realising the unlawful nature of her actions\", when familiarising herself with the case file in court, which included information that the witness Safiullin had a criminal record for murder and drugs, and during the forensic psychiatric examination it was established, among other things, whether he was suffering from any addiction.\n\nAccording to the prosecution, Barleva offered Siraziev to participate in obstruction of justice and he agreed, expressing his willingness to post the very negative information on YouTube. According to the Investigative Committee and the prosecutor's office, the lawyer provided the blogger with photocopies of the case materials, and he used them to create the film. In this way, the very expert reports on Ilgam Safiullin's health, which, according to the prosecution, constitute a medical secret, appeared on the web. The materials about witness Adel Sabirov's service in the ranks of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and his dismissal from there, along with the decision to discontinue criminal prosecution for not being involved in the commission of an offence under Part 4 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm that caused death by negligence) were also disseminated. This information came to light after Barleva's lawyer's request to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.\n\nThe lawyer was also accused of guilt and petitioned the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan to announce the above information in the presence of the jury. The judge refused, considering that information about the identity of witnesses should not influence the opinion of the jury. However, the materials were nevertheless read out in the absence of the jury. And the presiding judge did not make the hearing closed.\n\nDespite this, the law enforcers believe that the publication of a video message to the prosecutor of the Republic of Tatarstan with the inclusion of this information without the consent of the witnesses Sabirov and Safiullin led to the disclosure of their personal and medical secrets, which together with the negative impression of the law enforcers' work results in the case turned out to be an interference in justice. According to the prosecution, the publication became available to an unlimited number of people, including jurors, thus violating the constitutional principle of independence of judges.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recdnziGOIKPjELrB"},{"persecution_id":"rec9d9wZuIWyHugOA","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recg9BthUHv8IMdNZ","name_en":"Aflatun Safarov","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-02-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Khakassia. Detained and imprisoned in October 2025 as part of an extremist organisation case because of his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities, such as holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Uyar"],"case_name_en":"The case of Aflatun Safarov and Viktor Kononov","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9d9wZuIWyHugOA"},{"persecution_id":"recoWnwd8UoMKx8Jc","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recouQiYlk9hbvULI","name_en":"Viktor Kononov","birth_year":1965,"birth_date":"1965-02-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":60,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Khakassia. In October 2025, he was detained and imprisoned in an extremist organisation case because of his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. 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In October 2025, she was detained in a case concerning an extremist organisation due to alleged involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremism laws solely for their religious activities — holding meetings and services and recruiting new followers.\n\nMalchugova was released under an undertaking not to abscond.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Uyar"],"case_name_en":"Amaliia Malchugova's case","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9rDMgYv2XXFGaW"},{"persecution_id":"reccTp4wESmjftECG","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:24:10.000Z","person_id":"recjsEr3Eoa7IE15D","name_en":"Tatiana Barakhtenko","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Khakassia (Russia). In October 2025, she was detained in an extremist organisation case because of her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worships and involving new supporters.\n\nBarakhtenko was released on the recognisance not to abscond.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Uyar"],"case_name_en":"Tatiana Barakhtenko's case","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reccTp4wESmjftECG"},{"persecution_id":"recQGXnozwKGlt0pV","last_updated":"2026-01-01T21:57:54.000Z","person_id":"recjAiUaCNIIBkv3r","name_en":"Maxim Ratsoi","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-11-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. In 2025, a case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In October 2025, the case went to court. On 13 November 2025, Ratsoy was sentenced, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":316,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Maksim Ratsoi's case of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-1067/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In April 2025, Ratsoi was fined 30,000 roubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of \"comments creating a negative assessment of the Russian Armed Forces\" on the Sakh-Kom-Sakhalin and Kurils news channel on VKontakte.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.11.2025, Sentence: sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-13T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-13T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recQGXnozwKGlt0pV"},{"persecution_id":"rec4pXeBcHJJK8202","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recpkjI2YqxJt1DUQ","name_en":"Anna Danilova","birth_year":1983,"age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tomsk. Charged with financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation. Presumably, her case was reported by the Investigative Committee in September 2025. According to the report, she was made to sign a recognisance not to leave. In October 2025, the case went to court. On 6 March 2026, Danilova was sentenced, details are unknown.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Tomsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Tomsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TOM"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":429,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":61,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"Anna Danilova's case of financing the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation","case_number":"1-789/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"from December 2022 to September 2023, she periodically transferred monetary funds from her current account to the bank account of a fundraising organiser for supporting the activities of foreign organisations whose activities have been declared undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation.\"","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 06.03.2026, Sentence: Sentence unknown ","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown ","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-06T11:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-06T11:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4pXeBcHJJK8202"},{"persecution_id":"recaaB4FwQ0eJvBln","last_updated":"2026-01-01T21:00:02.000Z","person_id":"recYHUiNgJKQ76cXW","name_en":"Alexei Korolev","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Aleksin (Tula region), who was previously convicted. On 28 April, 2025, he was fined 40,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the CAO) because, while being in a cell at the police station on another administrative case, as the court ruling says, he \"called for violence against Russian citizens and destruction of the Russian nation, as well as expressed support of an unfriendly country\".\n\nAfter that, a criminal case was opened against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation because of the certain statements criticising the authorities for the war in Ukraine, which he made twice on 15 May, 2025 - first in a public garden and then in a district hospital.\n\nIn October 2025, the case went to court. On November 13, Korolev was sentenced to two years and two months in a strict regime prison colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Aleksin"],"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":316,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Korolev's case of discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation","case_number":"1-208/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, on the afternoon of 16.05.2025, in the public garden on Armaturnaya Street in Aleksin, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication, the man expressed a negative assessment of the state power in the Russian Federation and its bodies in connection with the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, expressed support for an unfriendly country and the destruction of the Russian nation. On the same day, being in the building of the State Institution of Health Care \"ARB №1 named after Professor V.F. Snegirev\", he repeated the above-mentioned public actions.\n\nIn April 2025 Korolev was fined 40,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Art. 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because he, \"being in the premises of the KAZ of the MOMVD of Russia \"Aleksinsky\", located at the address: Tula region, Aleksin, Pahomova str. 11, carried out public actions, namely expressed the false information regarding the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, called for the violence against Russian citizens and the destruction of the Russian nation, expressed support for an unfriendly country, aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, to maintain international peace and security, and by his actions undermined confidence in the implementation of the resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, approved by the resolution of 22.02.2010 of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.11.2025, Sentence: 2 years 2 months' imprisonment in a strict regime prison colony with a ban on disseminating information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years 2 months' imprisonment in a strict regime prison colony with a ban on disseminating information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":26,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-13T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-13T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recaaB4FwQ0eJvBln"},{"persecution_id":"recwL6dgbNCrMIwxB","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:38:34.000Z","person_id":"recEHLIeMz0LtJ2Uf","name_en":" Unknown male 513","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. On 1 November 2025, he was detained in a case of financing extremist activities for transfering of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. After his detention, a video was recorded in which he said that he had participated in rallies since 2011 and then advised 'all the owners and organizers of the current Anti-Corruption Foundation' to 'burn in hell or, at the very least, apologize to their supporters.' He was placed under an undertaking not to abscond.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of St. Petersburg residents accused of financing an extremist organization","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwL6dgbNCrMIwxB"},{"persecution_id":"recLIAio1sD1RaJZ5","last_updated":"2025-11-18T08:38:32.000Z","person_id":"recKRK6wYlcdKcWVb","name_en":" Unknown female 89","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg. On November 1, 2025, she was detained in a case of financing extremist activities due to the transfer of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. The woman was released on her own recognizance.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of St. Petersburg residents accused of financing an extremist organization","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recLIAio1sD1RaJZ5"},{"persecution_id":"rec5UPEUzJP8HZ8Or","last_updated":"2025-11-11T15:11:18.000Z","person_id":"rec2vyPqeUMOI3nQ7","name_en":"Vladislav Inozemtsev","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Economist, sociologist, spoke at the \"Congress of Free Russia\" in Vilnius in 2022. In May 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". On 1 November 2025, the Investigative Committee announced that a criminal case had been opened against Inozemtsev for evading his duties as a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Vladislav Inozemtsev's case of evading his duties as a \"foreign agent\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec5UPEUzJP8HZ8Or"},{"persecution_id":"recH5VuJYfnLnDFCq","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:05:37.000Z","person_id":"recTlXVA6Xmy1Ka5A","name_en":"Aleksei Bykov","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-03-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St Petersburg. In February 2025, law enforcement officers conducted a search of his home in connection with a criminal case on the justification of terrorism, related to six comments posted in the chat “Russia Will Be Free”, in which he expressed support for the RDK and called on others to join the unit. According to those close to him, during the search, security officers severely beat Bykov and threatened that they would “hand him over” to participants in the war.\n\nBykov himself stated that he gave self-incriminating testimony under pressure from the security services.\n\nBykov believes that the criminal case against him was initiated following a denunciation by the administrators of the Telegram chat “Vostok-Zapad”, with whom he had a conflict arising from discussions about the war in Ukraine. According to Bykov, they threatened him with criminal prosecution and said that they had already filed a report, although at the time he did not attach any significance to this. He also stated that after the conflict, an unknown user wrote to him in private messages and offered that he photograph and send images of buildings and vehicles, assuring him that nothing would happen to him for doing so. Bykov refused.\n\nOn 31 October 2025, the court sentenced him to five and a half years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":272,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksei Bykov's case on justifying terrorism","case_number":"2-86/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 20 January to 7 June 2024, he posted comments in the chat room \"Russia will be free\", which had less than 100 members, in 6 of which linguistic expertise found signs of justification of terrorism, as well as calls to join the terrorist organisation - RDK. Of the 6 publications, 3 were reposts from the channel of the Russian Volunteer Corps. The comments spoke about the successful operation of the unit in the Bryansk region, about Patriarch Filaret, who gave an official reception to its participants, as well as about the last battle of two fighters of the corps under the call signs \"Wolf\" and \"Evzh\". 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On 20 May 2025, he was taken into custody on charges of assisting terrorism and high treason. According to the investigation, he transferred money to his acquaintance Danila Likhanov, who, in turn, was accused of transfers to the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\" in cryptocurrency. It was reported that during the search Zolotenkii was seized \"literature, stickers, elements of the Third Reich uniform, indicating the defendant's support of right-wing radical ideology\". 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In 2022, she fleed Russia after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On 28 October 2022, the Ministry of Justice included Kotrikadze in the register of \"foreign agents\". From 2023 to 2025, she was fined three times under administrative protocols for failure to fulfil the duties of a \"foreign agent\". In July 2025, it became known that cases were brought against her for spreading \"fakes\" about the Russian army motivated by political hatred and evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\". The charge of \"fakes\" is related to certain publications about the Russian army's war crimes against Ukrainian civilians. 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In June 2025 he was detained on charges of financing extremist activities in connection with donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. Presumably, he was placed in custody. On October 23, 2025, Feshchenkov was sentenced to a six-month general regime colony. 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Presumably, it could be about one of these structures. Prior to that, the politician was fined five thousand rubles under the administrative article on participation in the activities of an \"undesirable organisation\" because of his involvement in the 2024 Committee.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yaroslavl"],"persecution_region_en":["Yaroslavl Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-YAR"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of Vasilii Tsependa on participation in the activities of an “undesirable” organization","persecution_case_profile_en":"In May 2025, Tsependa was fined 5,000 rubles under the administrative article on participation in the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because he “posted on his personal page in a social network a hyperlink to informational materials published by the organisation ‘Association “Committee-2024”’ (Republic of Poland), which had been included by the decision of the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation on 26 September 2023 in the list of foreign and international non-governmental organisations whose activities are considered undesirable in the territory of the Russian Federation. These links and resources were freely accessible for reading and downloading by an unlimited number of people.”","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reciIrPjvOV00x64c"},{"persecution_id":"recA5I75Oq1hpJDxh","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:43:08.000Z","person_id":"recUY8fIOfYA890vg","name_en":"Sergei Arsentiev","birth_year":1952,"birth_date":"1952-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":73,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":73,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vyborg (Leningrad Region), a native of Mykolaiv (Ukraine) and a military pensioner. A case was opened against him for calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. The reason was a post calling on Russian servicemen to surrender as prisoners of war. On 30 October 2025, Arsentyev was placed in custody. On 25 December 2025, the court refused to extend the preventive measure.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vyborg"],"persecution_region_en":["Leningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-LEN"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergei Arsentiev' case of calls for activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he posted on his personal VKontakte page a post in which he urged Russian servicemen to surrender as prisoners of war.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-29T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-12-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 29.10.2025 to 30.10.2025\n• in custody: from 30.10.2025 to 25.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recA5I75Oq1hpJDxh"},{"persecution_id":"recBtNfkJ17gvnT5k","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"reczwyQebpZ2tOhUM","name_en":"Polina","birth_year":1989,"age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. On 12 November she was searched as part of the case of public justification of terrorism. 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On 14 July 2025, according to the TV channel \"Ostorozhno Novosti\" (\"Beware of the News\"), he was arrested at the Domodedovo airport. On the same day, he was detained for 15 days under the administrative article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). However, according to the court, he was detained at the entrance to his own house. For some reason, he was asked to show his passport, and in response he allegedly began using foul language; the case file also contains statements from FSB border guards at the airport. On 29 July 2025, the day his detention ended, he was arrested again in another district of Moscow, also allegedly for foul language. The court detained him once again for 15 days under the same administrative article. On 13 August, on the day of the end of his second detention, he was detained for the third, this time in the same district where his house is located, and again the statements of the border guard officers were included in the case. 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On 24 April, the man was detained with the involvement of OMON, citing the need to “prevent possible armed resistance.” The Telegram channel Mash published a video of the Yekaterinburg resident apologizing. Initially, he was issued a protocol under the article on petty hooliganism (Part 1, Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), but the administrative case was later terminated due to the initiation of a criminal case. On 9 August 2023, the court closed the case, ordering Neustroyev to pay a court fine of 7,000 rubles.\n\nHowever, after the intervention of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Seventh Cassation Court ordered the case to be reviewed. In October 2023, it was again submitted to the Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg, but was sent for a new investigation to the Investigative Committee. During the next hearing, the prosecutor questioned the objectivity of the Leninsky Court (where the mother of the victimized schoolboy had previously worked) and requested the case be transferred to the Oktyabrsky Court, which on 10 June 2024 sentenced Neustroyev to three years in a settlement colony.\n\nIn 2025, a case was opened against Neustroyev for justifying terrorism. According to authorities, in April 2025, he made approving remarks about the killings of propagandists Vladlen Tatarsky and Darya Dugina in the presence of other prisoners. 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Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he worked at Azovstal and Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, the city's main factories.\n\nLazarenko says in the summer of 2022 he was not allowed to return to Mariupol, from where he helped evacuate several women and a child, and was then forcibly taken to Donetsk, then to Taganrog and Mordovia. The Ukrainian also says he was forced to take Russian citizenship in November 2022. Lazarenko took a job as a janitor in the Mordovian village of Bolshiye Berezniki.\n\nIn 2023, a case of attempted state treason and terrorist act was opened against him. According to the investigation, Lazarenko was going to set fire to the military recruitment office in the village of Bolshiye Berezniki in agreement with the Ukrainian Azov regiment.\n\nEarly in the morning of October 15, 2023 Lazarenko was detained. According to the Ukrainian, unknown people put a bag on his head and took him to an unknown place, where he sat for more than a day with the same bag on his head and with his hands tied. The next day he was taken to court, which arrested him for 14 days on an administrative case of petty hooliganism.\n\nAfter the threats of the FSB officer, Lazarenko made a confession in the criminal case. On October 29, the Ukrainian was officially detained in this case.\n\nIn court, Lazarenko pleaded not guilty and told the judge not only about the threats, but also about the fact that at the request of the FSB investigator he signed about 20 blank sheets and several more with notes: \"I have signed and read the protocol\".\n\nOn December 9, 2025, Lazarenko was sentenced to a 18-year term in a strict regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Mordovia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MO"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_days_from_verdict":55,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275","205"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 275","Part 1, Article 205"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Lazarenko's case of attempted high treason and a terrorist attack","case_number":"2-63/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Lazarenko had agreed with the Ukrainian Azov regiment to set fire to a military recruitment office in the village of Bolshiye Berezniki in Mordovia. He allegedly contacted representatives of Azov, to whom he proposed to commit arson \"in order to cooperate with the special services of Ukraine\". Lazarenko then bought the necessary ingredients and involved his acquaintance Yurii Kravchenko. On October 15, 2023, he arrived at the recruitment office, but he did not have time to set it on fire - the Ukrainian was detained by the FSB officers.\n\n\"Mediazona\" wrote that evidence presented at the trial included an audio recording of a conversation fragment between Lazarenko and his friend Kravchenko, which took place a couple of days before the alleged arson. Both men, judging by their voices, are drunk. They discuss (slowly, with long pauses) how many metres it is worth throwing Molotov cocktails from. At one point, Kravchenko (he was the one who recorded the conversation) advises Lazarenko to throw away the phones - which ones and why is not clear from what was heard in court. Lazarenko himself insisted that the recording was obviously incomplete.\n\n\"It took place in my flat in Berezniki. He was recording, and he also started this conversation. But it's not the whole recording, it's a small piece of what happened. I was proving to him that [setting fire to the recruitment office] was not necessary, but that was cut out, apparently. It's not on the tape. We were drinking at the time. It was Saturday or Sunday,\" Lazarenko told the court.\n\nAccording to Mediazona's source, Kravchenko could have framed Lazarenko for the sake of obtaining Russian citizenship. For this purpose, he bought a smartphone and, using Lazarenko's SIM card and name, corresponded with Azov. 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On 11 November 2025, a charge under the article on activities of an extremist organisation in connection with planning lesbian shows in salons appeared in the case.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of massage parlours in Kaliningrad","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 2023 she participated in the organisation of brothels in Kaliningrad \"under the guise of massage parlours and hookah lounges for the provision of paid sexual services by women and men\", and selected staff and masseuses \"with non-traditional sexual orientation\" for lesbian shows. She was also involved in \"thematic and practical 'masterclasses'\" on same-sex relationships.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 20-11-2025\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2025/11/d52639/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"reckjkmCaiQ8f6eCM"},{"persecution_id":"recp0zNsvw065YMOR","last_updated":"2026-04-29T15:03:20.000Z","person_id":"recyAGjLtrJSaZZLw","name_en":"Grigorii Parr","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-08-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of St. Petersburg. In April 2025, he was detained by members of the “Russian Community” activist group, who then handed Parr over to law enforcement officers. He was taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism. According to those close to him, the basis for the charges was his anti-Russian and anti-government posts. His VKontakte page contains several posts with harsh statements against the war and Putin, including expressions of approval for the incursion into the Kursk region. It is unknown which specific posts led to the prosecution.\n\nParr was later also charged with inciting extremism.\n\nOn 28 January 2026, the court sentenced him to six years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":302,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":43,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Grigorii Parr’s case of justification of terrorism and calls for extremism","case_number":"2-10/2026 (2-103/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's opinion, having a hostile attitude towards representatives of the State power of the Russian Federation and a negative attitude towards the State's special military operation in Ukraine, supporting the actions of the armed forces of Ukraine, as well as unidentified persons whose activities are aimed at intimidating the population of the Russian Federation, being an adherent of the ideology of the use of violence, acting deliberately, on grounds of hatred and enmity towards representatives of the State power of the Russian Federation, as well as with the aim of publicly justifying the use of violence against the Russian Federation, and with the aim of publicly justifying the military operation in Ukraine.\n\nThe reason for the case was two comments. In one of them, the author rejoices at the advance of the Ukrainian army in the Kursk region, and in the other he asks:\n\n\"When will they blow up the bridge? It's time to liberate Crimea! For me, it has always been Ukrainian. While they are taking aim, they are hitting the bases\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2025 to 29.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.04.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 28.01.2026, Sentence: 6 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony and a ban on publishing appeals and other materials on the internet for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony and a ban on publishing appeals and other materials on the internet for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-28T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-28T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recp0zNsvw065YMOR"},{"persecution_id":"receVkEoCWAyAakUg","last_updated":"2025-11-26T07:51:25.000Z","person_id":"recEk5MS7dVibsmc6","name_en":" Unknown male 525","birth_year":1987,"age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Zabaykalsky Krai. In October 2025, it became known that he was detained and then remanded in custody on charges of public justification of terrorism. The occasion was publications in which he endorsed the actions of Vladimir Zolotarev, a resident of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, who had committed arson at the Rosgvardiya building.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Zabaykalsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ZAB"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Zabaykalsky Krai resident's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he systematically published text materials in social media, in which he openly justified terrorist activities. In particular, his publications contained an endorsement of setting fire to a door outside the Rosgvardiya building in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, committed in June 2022.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"receVkEoCWAyAakUg"},{"persecution_id":"rec7uTAUlmz6UOfBu","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:02:47.000Z","person_id":"recNolABtvy4LuqSB","name_en":"Ilia Tarasov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Leningrad region. 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The verdict says that she was a supporter of FBK and was aware that the organisation was recognised as extremist. However, the girl denied this.\n\nIn her testimony, she claimed that she did not know about the existence of the FBK and Alexei Navalny before her arrest, was not interested in politics and could have fallen victim to a fraudulent website switch: according to her, at the same minute she was paying for a ticket \"Mineralnye Vody - Istanbul\" with Pegasus, and the debiting of 900 rubles could have taken place without her knowledge.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.01.2025 to 21.10.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 21.10.2025 to 06.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 21.10.2025","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-21T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-21T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recc3tKXvUHXipPDG"},{"persecution_id":"recRKo9xCqtk6uAUB","last_updated":"2026-02-19T21:52:04.000Z","person_id":"recpSSkDZd7xvMSy6","name_en":"Daniil Koval","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-04-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Krasnodar region. On 19 November 2025, he was detained on a case of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. 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She is a member of an animal protection society, and before her arrest she had 20 cats rescued from the streets in her care. On 5 August 2025, she was detained in a case of justification of terrorism because of a comment under the post of the Telegram channel of the Siberian Battalion fighting on the side of Ukraine: \"Guys, you are the best! Not some Putin's suckers and other scum!\".\n\nOn the same day, when questioned by an investigator, Nazarova said she had a negative attitude towards the Russian authorities and opposed the \"special military operation\" and mobilisation. \"I want this military conflict to end as soon as possible,\" the interrogation protocol reads.\n\nNazarova was placed in custody the day after her detention.\n\nOn 1 December 2025, Nazarova was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Vologda"],"persecution_region_en":["Vologda Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VLG"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":118,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":16,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Svetlana Nazarova's case of justification of terrorism","case_number":"2-93/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution's version, on 15 March 2025, Nazarova wrote a comment under the publication of the telegram channel of the Siberian Battalion fighting on the side of Ukraine: \"Guys, you are the best! Not some Putin's suckers and other scum!\".","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-28T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 05.08.2025 to 06.08.2025\n• in custody: from 06.08.2025 to 27.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 28.02.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 1 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Vologda region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.12.2025, Sentence: 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-01T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-01T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIeGiHkomi1jNsg"},{"persecution_id":"recInWZrC3ZdfJHDp","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:02:47.000Z","person_id":"rectxaDHIhBKWKoAI","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-06-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":53,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yakutsk. A case was opened against her for financing an extremist organisation due to the transfer of one thousand roubles to Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) in August 2021.\n\nOn 31 October 2025, the court sentenced her to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yakutsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Sakha Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SA"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":59,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Yakutsk resident accused of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-1677/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 5 August 2021, she transferred a thousand rubles to Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.09.2025 to 18.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 31.10.2025, Sentence: fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-31T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-31T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recInWZrC3ZdfJHDp"},{"persecution_id":"recqQyon3dAv5NzC5","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:37:10.000Z","person_id":"recLbXQ868XsUvF0Y","name_en":"Roman Savitskii ","birth_year":1996,"age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":29,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Mostovskiy — a small settlement in Krasnodar Krai in southern Russia. A case was opened against him on charges of justifying terrorism because he posted comments in support of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\". The prosecution noted that Savitskii was publicly opposed to the war in Ukraine.\n\nOn 24 November 2025 a court sentenced him to a fine of 350,000 rubles (approximately US$ 4,500).","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":327,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":46,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Roman Savitskii's case of justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-1100/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution's version, being an opponent of the Russian Federation's Special Military Operation in Ukraine, in February 2024, from his mobile phone he posted text entries in an open group of one of the messengers containing a positive assessment of the actions of the terrorist organisation \"Russian Volunteer Corps\", including its participation in armed clashes in the \"Avdiivka direction\".","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.11.2025, Sentence: A fine of 350,000 roubles and a ban on administration of websites for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 350,000 roubles and a ban on administration of websites for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-24T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-24T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqQyon3dAv5NzC5"},{"persecution_id":"rec9PZAXpOx7MJ9tj","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:45:42.000Z","person_id":"reccdKwD54AApkD8l","name_en":"Dmitrii Nizovtsev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attN4SW6ANA81ntKU.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attN4SW6ANA81ntKU.jpg"],"birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-04-19T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former employee of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. Until 2017, he lived in Khabarovsk, worked as a correspondent in regional media and was an employee of Navalny's local Headquarter. In 2017, he moved to Moscow.\n\nIn July 2020, he was beaten by three unidentified men while covering protests in Khabarovsk. In March 2021, he was attacked by an unidentified person in Yaroslavl together with a cameraman (doused with brilliant green).\n\nHe was the host of the YouTube channels \"Navalny's Headquarters\" and \"Navalny LIVE\". Left Russia. In August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Nizovtsev for disseminating of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 14 October he was included in the register of individuals - \"foreign agents\". In April 2025 Nizovtsev was put on a wanted list, it became known that he was also accused of evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\". In an official report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Nizovtsev was called a traitor to the Motherland.\n\nOn 4 February 2026, the court sentenced him in absentia to a fine of 200,000 rubles in the case of evasion of his duties as a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":309,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Dmitrii Nizovtsev's case on evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\"","case_number":"1-749/2025","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.02.2026, Sentence: a fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 200,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 100 to 300 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":200000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-04T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-04T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9PZAXpOx7MJ9tj"},{"persecution_id":"recL6USd2xMRSnK7a","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:02:47.000Z","person_id":"recL1CxbopaMaeQ1m","name_en":"Alsu Fayzrakhmanova","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"The resident of Kazan. In the summer of 2025, she was taken into custody on charges of involvement in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with her involvement in the activities of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir.\n\nHizb ut-Tahrir was recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned in the Russian Federation in 2003. Human rights activists considered this ban to be groundless, as there was no evidence that members of this party were involved in terrorist activities. Twenty years later, the party actively expressed support for terrorist activities against Israel. Nevertheless, in Russia people are persecuted not even for their statements, much less for involvement in terrorist acts, but solely on the basis of alleged membership, which, as a rule, is reduced to meetings in flats and the study of literature.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kazan"],"persecution_region_en":["Tatarstan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 205.5 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alsu Fayzrakhmanova's case of involvement in the activities of a terrorist organization","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recL6USd2xMRSnK7a"},{"persecution_id":"recbuHe45Og4yQjNN","last_updated":"2025-12-09T12:01:54.000Z","person_id":"recM7BV43z0CBXf2T","name_en":" Unknown male 527","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the village of Pushkinskie Gory (Pskov Region). A case of calls to terrorism was opened against him because of a comment in the Internet community \"Incident Pskov\", in which law enforcers saw \"incitement to violent actions against the current government\". On 20 November 2025, the press service of the regional courts reported that the man was taken into custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of the Pskov region on calls for terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, the man posted information in the Internet community \"Incident Pskov\" inciting violent actions against the current government.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 20.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbuHe45Og4yQjNN"},{"persecution_id":"recT5TopMrQuRfxfo","last_updated":"2026-02-19T22:00:51.000Z","person_id":"rec7UCgL9ymRoA97L","name_en":"Ilia Shkalikov","birth_year":1993,"birth_date":"1993-04-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":33,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":32,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"An architect from Ivanovo Region, he left Russia in April 2022. In January 2025, a case of financing extremist activities was opened against him because of seven donations of 500 roubles to Anti-Corruption Foundation.\n\nIn September, Shkalikov was put on a wanted list, and in October he was arrested in absentia.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ivanovo"],"persecution_region_en":["Ivanovo Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IVA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Ilia Shkalikov's case on financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from August 2021 to February 2022, Shkalikov transferred donations of 500 rubles each to Anti-Corruption Foundation. In total, he transferred 3,500 roubles to the organisation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 22.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recT5TopMrQuRfxfo"},{"persecution_id":"rec6OrK28v0fusjZ8","last_updated":"2026-03-15T10:29:52.000Z","person_id":"recHzckKzWzX6EcsB","name_en":"Artur Sharipov","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the town of Uchaly in Bashkortostan, left Russia. A case was opened against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The details are unknown. In November 2025, the case went to court. On 25 February 2026, Sharipov was sentenced in absentia, details unknown.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":347,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":49,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Artur Sharipov's case of discrediting Russian Army","case_number":"1-214/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"In August 2023, Sharipov was fined 15,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of an image with an inscription about the \"Russian warship\" and a comment criticising the situation of the Russian army.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 25.02.2026, Sentence: The verdict is unknown","verdict_type_en":["Sentence unknown"],"verdict_group_en":["Unknown"],"verdict_essence_en":"The verdict is unknown","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-25T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-25T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec6OrK28v0fusjZ8"},{"persecution_id":"recoLUvO620gRvmt6","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recNZ2wsJwLs14oD9","name_en":"Lev Shlosberg","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attzVE1oSevkdCVfO.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attzVE1oSevkdCVfO.webp"],"birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A former deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly, a deputy chairman of the Pskov branch of the Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko. In June 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". On 2 October 2024, Shlosberg's residence was searched and he was questioned as a suspect in the case of evasion from the duties of a \"foreign agent\", after which he was released under an obligation to appear. On 23 November 2024, Shlosberg was detained at the airport in Pskov, but was soon released. On 10 June 2025, Shlosberg's home was searched again, this time in a case of repeated discrediting of the army, which was initiated because of a video of a debate between the politician and historian Iurii Pivovarov on the YouTube channel \"Zhivoi gvozd\". The next day the politician was placed under house arrest. On 7 October 2025, the measure of restraint was replaced with a ban on certain actions. At the same time, the press service of the courts of the Pskov region issued a post that Shlosberg's house arrest had been extended before the court's decision. However, on 10 October the court of appeal returned Shlosberg under a house arrest, having satisfied the complaint of the prosecutor's office.\n\nOn 5 November 2025, the court sentenced the politician to 420 hours of compulsory community service in a case concerning evasion of the duties of a “foreign agent”.\n\nOn 3 December, a case was initiated against Shlosberg for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces motivated by political hatred. The reason this time was a repost in his Telegram channel, made in February 2022. The case was initiated shortly before the end of house arrest in the case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. 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On 4 December 2025, he was placed under house arrest on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation: according to the investigation, he was conducting drag shows, which were participation in the activities of the \"International LGBT Movement\".\n\nOn 26 February 2026, the court commuted his measure of restraint by prohibiting certain actions.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a drag show in a hookah lounge","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from January 2024 to December 2025, in the premises of a hookah lounge in the Leninsky district of Ulyanovsk, he organised and conducted various events where he worked on the popularization of non-traditional intimate relationships and preferences.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 04.12.2025 to 26.02.2026\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 26.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHpxcIJ1dXQ6ORj"},{"persecution_id":"recbqqPaFsmf7k2ni","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recIMeXrqHKVof96z","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1990,"age":36,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ulyanovsk. On 4 December 2025, he was placed under house arrest on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation: according to the investigation, he participated in a drag show, which was participation in the activities of the \"International LGBT Movement\".\n\nOn 26 February 2026, the court commuted his preventive measure by imposing a ban on certain actions.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a drag show in a hookah lounge","persecution_case_profile_en":"From January 2024 to December 2025, in the premises of a hookah lounge in the Leninsky district of Ulyanovsk, of which he is the owner, he organised and held various events where he promoted non-traditional intimate relationships and preferences.","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 04.12.2025 to 26.02.2026\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 26.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbqqPaFsmf7k2ni"},{"persecution_id":"recFGpTUU848DYbBb","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:05:58.000Z","person_id":"recHeG6Nice1QWOeO","name_en":"Vladimir Benko","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St. Petersburg. In December 2025, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported his detention in the case of financing extremist activities due to FBK donations of 7 thousand rubles. On 15 April 2026, Benko was sentenced to a fine of 700 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":468,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Kirill Blinov's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-38/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, no later than 22:12 on 5 August 2021, Benko, a supporter of the NGO “Anti-Corruption Foundation” (FBK)  who shares its core ideas and was aware that the NGO FBK had been recognised as an extremist organisation and liquidated, formed criminal intent to provide funds to support the activities of the extremist organisation - the NGO FBK.\n\nSubsequently, while at his residence at 15 Iskrovsky Avenue, Saint Petersburg, at around 22:12 on 5 August 2021, and knowing that the NGO FBK had been recognised by a court as an extremist organisation and liquidated, Benko, with the purpose of providing funds to support the activities of the extremist organisation, followed a link explicitly intended for financing extremist activities, including supporting the activities of the NGO FBK, and transferred 1,000 rubles from his bank account to a merchant account in the name of the NGO FBK.\n\nBenko also made a connection for further systematic debiting of funds intended for the financing of extremist activities, including for ensuring the activities of the extremist organisation FBK. Furthermore, being aware that after the transfer of funds on 5 August 2021 to the above-mentioned merchant account a subscription for systematic transfers of funds was automatically activated, he took no measures to cancel the previously established systematic withdrawal of funds. As a result, he continued to finance extremist activities, namely making the following transfers from his bank account: 1,000 rubles on 5 September 2021 at 23:14; 1,000 rubles on 5 October 2021 at 23:13; 1,000 rubles on 5 November 2021 at 23:13; 1,000 rubles on 5 December 2021 at 23:14; 1,000 rubles on 5 January 2022 at 23:13; and 1,000 rubles on 5 February 2022 at 23:14. Thus Benko repeatedly transferred money intended to finance extremist activities, including the following\nextremist activities, including to support the activities of the extremist organisation FBK, RUB 1,000 on each occasion, for a total of RUB 7,000.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.04.2026, Sentence: a fine of 700,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 700,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":700000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-14T08:48:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-14T08:48:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFGpTUU848DYbBb"},{"persecution_id":"recpthtCccePrTjO5","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:41:57.000Z","person_id":"recopTJc9PYQ0LRHi","name_en":"Denis Kataev","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-01-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":41,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Presenter of the Dozhd TV channel. Left Russia after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. In October 2025, RIA Novosti reported, citing a source in law enforcement agencies, that a case had been opened against him for evading his duties as a foreign agent. In December, the Ministry of Internal Affairs put him on a wanted list. On 13 February 2026, Kataev was sentenced in absentia to a year and four months in prison.\n\nIn September 2023, the Ministry of Justice added Kataev to the list of foreign agents. After that, he was twice fined under the administrative article on failure to fulfil the duties of a foreign agent.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":407,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Denis Kataev's case of evading the duties of a \"foreign agent\"","persecution_case_profile_en":"In September 2023, the Ministry of Justice added Kataev to the list of foreign agents. After that, he was twice fined under the administrative article on failure to fulfil the duties of a foreign agent. The reason for the case was the publication of posts in the Telegram channel \"French Herald\" without the required notification that the author was recognised as a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.02.2026, Sentence: 1 year 4 months of imprisonment in absentia","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year 4 months of imprisonment in absentia","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between one and two years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":16,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-12T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-12T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recpthtCccePrTjO5"},{"persecution_id":"recilYsGUB8PO5vy3","last_updated":"2025-12-29T14:29:08.000Z","person_id":"reckcvmOyH4whqXkd","name_en":"Nadezhda Burundukova","birth_year":1987,"age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Irbit. She was prosecuted for desecration of the symbol of military glory because she lit a cigarette from the Eternal Flame in August of 2025.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":131,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":18,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Nadezhda Burundukova's case of lighting a cigarette from the Eternal Flame","case_number":"2-61/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August of 2025, Nadezhda, being in a state of alcoholic intoxication, publicly climbed the granite slabs of the memorial dedicated to the combat and labour exploits of Irbit residents during the Great Patriotic War, and lit a cigarette from the Eternal Flame.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.12.2025, Sentence: a fine of 80 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 80 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":80000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-10T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-10T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recilYsGUB8PO5vy3"},{"persecution_id":"recly4r1RWyue6VkB","last_updated":"2026-04-27T11:29:53.000Z","person_id":"rec3IdLAS2y5NlNEB","name_en":"Kseniia Garina","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attrS62fueihcfWLd.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attrS62fueihcfWLd.jpg"],"birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Tulun (Irkutsk region). Has been working for a security company and raising a four-year-old son. She joined the \"AntiPytki\" project, which reports on violations of prisoners' rights and publishes data of convicts who cooperate with prison guards, and started correcting spelling mistakes in prisoners' complaints. On 30 October 2024, she was detained after a search, taken to Irkutsk and placed in custody on charges of involvement in an extremist community in connection with the activities of the project.\n\nOn 5 June 2025, another case was opened against her - on incitement to disorganise the colony's activities and battery. According to the investigation, the posts published by Garina in the social networks of the project incited prisoners to 3 attacks on \"activists\". The posts provided the personal data of the \"activists\" and asked for reports on cases of violence on their part, but did not call for attacks on them. This case was merged with the main case of the project.\n\nIn December 2025, when Garina's arrest on the extremist organisation case was about to expire, she was detained on her way out of the pre-trial detention centre on a new case. She was accused of financing extremist activities because of transfers totalling 993 rubles to another person prosecuted in the project case, Roman Rugevich, who was abroad. According to Garina, she transferred money to him to compensate for the cost of letters to her husband.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-12-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"case_name_en":"Ksenia Garina's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-384/2026","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.12.2025 to 10.12.2025\n• in custody: from 10.12.2025 to 08.05.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recly4r1RWyue6VkB"},{"persecution_id":"recMikGhofnuF3iQi","last_updated":"2026-04-14T12:09:04.000Z","person_id":"recatmNoV7dSFKdff","name_en":"Mikhail Loshchinin","birth_year":1977,"birth_date":"1977-11-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"After spending many years in Europe, he travelled to Russia by motorcycle to visit his father, who had suffered a heart attack. In June 2025, he was detained at the border in the Pskov region. His phone was confiscated for inspection. According to his mother, he spent some time at the border checkpoint waiting for his phone and passport to be returned. When he asked the border guards where he could buy water, they told him to follow them on his motorcycle. Along the way, they suddenly turned off the road and detained him on formal grounds for crossing a border zone.\n\nAfter that, Loshchinin was kept under guard — that is, without any formal procedural status — in a hotel in the town of Pytalovo until 2 August 2025. He was then taken to Stary Oskol (Belgorod region), where he was placed in custody on charges of high treason for allegedly transferring money in 2022 to a female friend who was living in Ukraine. According to his mother, the reason for the prosecution may have been that the woman \"had an avatar featuring Ukrainian symbols\", although at the time of the transfer in 2022 she did not yet have such an avatar.\n\nLoshchinin later told his lawyer that he had been placed in a specialised facility for Ukrainian prisoners, where he was subjected to torture. According to his mother, he was beaten and stripped naked. His glasses were also taken away. He was forced to sign a document stating that he had “freely travelled around Russia” until 21 August, his mother told Mediazona. 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Memorial:\n Date: 17-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/loshhinin-mihail-mihajlovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recMikGhofnuF3iQi"},{"persecution_id":"reckwSXlo4ELE02rm","last_updated":"2026-04-08T06:46:51.000Z","person_id":"recudIOYc7WpmbDhV","name_en":"Eduard Baltykov","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Kalmykia, broker. On 10 December 2025, he was taken into custody in Moscow on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. Telegram channel \"Beware of the News\" claims that Baltikov \"wanted to create a 'state of Bumbin Orn'\" (the name of the country of the Oirats from a folk epic) on the basis of the republic.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Eduard Baltykov's case of involvement with a terrorist organization","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 10.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Vodnik\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-dari-egerevoj-i-eduarda-baltykova/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reckwSXlo4ELE02rm"},{"persecution_id":"recC1M8SoXuYSqyjb","last_updated":"2026-03-20T09:09:35.000Z","person_id":"recmF1XcYsLWx22pa","name_en":"Aleksei Sokolov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attgwOaV1afFVrz0g.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attgwOaV1afFVrz0g.jpg"],"birth_year":1973,"birth_date":"1973-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg, a lawyer and human rights defender, specialising in the protection of prisoners’ rights. He was a member of the regional Public Oversight Commission for the observance of human rights in places of detention (ONK).\n\nOn 13 May 2009, he was detained and the following day taken into custody over a case concerning a robbery at an enterprise in Bogdanovich in June 2004. Sokolov later told his lawyer that police had threatened him with torture during the arrest, saying: “You thought you could control us, but no one can control the police. And now you’ve gone too far, human rights defender.”\n\nOn 31 July 2009, Sokolov was released from custody but, upon leaving the pre-trial detention centre, was immediately detained again. On 4 August, the court returned him to custody. By the time the case reached trial, he was accused of robbery at a Krasnoufimsk enterprise, theft of a safe in Yekaterinburg, and robbery in Bogdanovich. On 18 January 2010, the day before the first substantive court hearing, Sokolov was beaten in his cell by the prosecution’s main witness, Eevgenii Beliash. On 3 May 2010, the court sentenced Sokolov to five years in a strict-regime penal colony, finding him guilty of robbery in Bogdanovich and theft in Krasnoufimsk, and acquitting him on the Yekaterinburg episode. On 18 August 2010, the appellate court reduced the sentence to three years. On 27 July 2011, Sokolov was released on parole.\n\nIn October 2023, Sokolov was arrested for five days under the administrative offence of displaying prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) due to the Facebook logo on the website “Human Rights Defenders of the Ural”. On 5 July 2024, a similar post led to the opening of a criminal case. On that day, he had planned to publish a video about torture of prisoners. Authorities came for a search, threw him to the floor, and questioned him about his position in the criminal world. The next day, reports emerged that the human rights defender had been beaten. The indictment stated that the materials on his Telegram channel contained deliberately false socially significant information. On 8 July, Sokolov was taken into custody.\n\nIn July 2024, Sokolov was registered in pre-trial detention as an “extremist.” In October 2024, it was reported that after returning from a psychiatric evaluation, he had been sent to solitary confinement twice: once for placing documents on an unoccupied bed belonging to another prisoner, and once because inmates from a neighbouring cell gave him table salt and immediately reported it to the guards. After one of these periods in solitary, Sokolov went on a hunger strike. Later, he was returned to his cell. On 4 January 2025, he was released afte a recognisance not to abscond was taken from him.\n\nIn June 2025, the case reached court for substantive consideration but was returned to the prosecutor due to procedural violations. On 24 September 2025, an appellate court overturned this decision and returned the case to the court of first instance.\n\nOn 16 December 2025, authorities came to Sokolov’s home with a search order in connection with a case on organising the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation. The case was triggered by a complaint from the volunteer company of the \"Combat Brotherhood” that Sokolov and two other lawyers were collaborating with the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and the National Endowment for Democracy. However, on 18 December, the human rights defender was taken into custody under a different charge — high treason. He managed to tell those present at the hearing that, according to the investigation, he had reported violations in the work of the Federal Penitentiary Service to foreign organisations, which was alleged to threaten Russia’s security.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_group_en":["The case of Human Rights Defenders of Ural"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Sokolov's case on high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he told about torture and human rights violations in the FSIN system \"including to foreign organisations\", which \"is a security threat\" to the state.","persecution_location_en":"Under investigation (in hospital)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre","temporary hospitalisation"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 18.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.12.2025 to 18.12.2025\n• temporary hospitalisation: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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Alongside her colleagues she assisted detainees reporting violations of their rights and instances of violence in pre-trial detention centres and penal colonies.\n\nOn 16 December 2025, a search was conducted at her home in a case concerning the organisation of the activities of an ‘undesirable organisation’. The grounds for opening the case were a statement by the ‘Volunteer Company of the Combat Brotherhood’ that Zakharova and two other lawyers were cooperating with the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and the National Endowment for Democracy.\n\nThe day after her detention Zakharova was remanded in custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Lawyers","Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 284.1"],"case_group_en":["The case of Human Rights Defenders of Ural"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ural Human Rights Defenders","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 17.12.2025 to 15.05.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 16.12.2025 to 17.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 13-01-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-pravozashhitnikov-romana-kachanova-i-larisy-zaharovoj/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rec9X6A77SCR683PF"},{"persecution_id":"recBixitDGdnNJBJU","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:51.000Z","person_id":"recZOZ999RoXyx2GT","name_en":"Andrei Soldatov","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Editor-in-Chief of Agentura.Ru, has been studying the Russian security services for many years. Together with journalist Irina Borogan, he has written several books on the work of the FSB.\n\nOn 11 March 2022, just a week before the criminal case on \"fakes\" appeared, Soldatov and Borogan spoke about the repression that Vladimir Putin launched against the FSB. According to the journalists, after the first two weeks of the war, the leadership of one of the FSB units, the Operational Information and International Relations Service (SOIMS), was placed under house arrest.\n\nThe investigation also checked Soldatov under articles on libel (Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code), calls to extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) and incitement to hatred (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code), but he was not charged with these offences. Soldatov was put on a wanted list and his property was seized. Interpol refused to fulfil the Russian Federation's extradition request. In February 2023, it became known that the prosecutor's office did not take the case to court and sent it for further investigation.\nIn December 2025, it became known that a case was opened against Soldatov for participation in the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation and violation of the law on \"foreign agents\". On 30 March 2026, he was sentenced in absentia in this case to four years' imprisonment.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":453,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":64,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1","284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1","Part 1, Article 284.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Soldatov's case of participating in the activities of an \"undesirable\" organisation and violating the \"foreign agents\" law","case_number":"01-0231/2026","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 29.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 30.03.2026, Sentence: 4 years' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition on administering internet pages for 4 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"4 years' imprisonment in absentia, prohibition on administering internet pages for 4 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":48,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-30T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-30T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recBixitDGdnNJBJU"},{"persecution_id":"recHW5MOxTJ1r3AVR","last_updated":"2026-01-05T14:52:52.000Z","person_id":"recM5XJaWCGGLVNHU","name_en":"Elena Ivashina","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Sak (Crimea). On 15 December 2025, she was detained in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Ivashina was placed under arrest. She was accused of financing extremist activities. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.3 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea"],"case_name_en":"The case of two Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHW5MOxTJ1r3AVR"},{"persecution_id":"rec1siZfUszLbs7jT","last_updated":"2026-01-05T14:53:54.000Z","person_id":"recdR0fqboeFPPvB6","name_en":"Olga Podlesnaia","birth_year":1971,"birth_date":"1971-05-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Sak (Crimea). On 12 December 2025, she was detained as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with her involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Podlesnaia was placed under house arrest. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities — holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saky"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2025-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea"],"case_name_en":"The case of two Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec1siZfUszLbs7jT"},{"persecution_id":"recNYUIhUe0WjemKl","last_updated":"2026-04-15T12:02:03.000Z","person_id":"reckXW6xOucqoDBbp","name_en":"Artem Sakharov","birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-06-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":20,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Barnaul, participated in anti-war rallies. He left Russia in 2024 - by that time he had already been brought to administrative responsibility four times for anti-war statements and laying flowers after Navalny's death, and law enforcement officials threatened criminal prosecution.\n\nIn December 2025, it became known that he was put on a wanted list for repeated discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation and public justification of terrorism.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Barnaul"],"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1,  Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 1, Article 280.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Artem Sakharov's case of the discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces and the public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"Sakharov's comments on his own post in his personal Telegram channel dated 2 June 2025 approving Operation Spider's Web, an attack by drones on Russian military airfields, became the reason for opening a case of public justification of terrorism.  In particular, he is accused of comments such as \"Spider's Web, as it has been dubbed\", \"since when did the destruction of military facilities by a country that is defending itself become terror?\", \"did the text say anything about a train? it meant strikes on airfields\".\n\nThe accusation of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces is related to the post of 8 August 2025 in the same Telegram channel about the crimes of the Russian military in Bucha. Before that (21 April 2025) Sakharov was brought to administrative responsibility under the article on discrediting the army (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code).","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: from 30.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNYUIhUe0WjemKl"},{"persecution_id":"recTy1QWrNIgBixH8","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:06:00.000Z","person_id":"rec1Gzpw2LZnt3Edn","name_en":"Iaroslav Bykov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-01-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Moscow, courier. On 2 October 2025, he was arrested for 14 days under the administrative article on demonstration of prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a post in support of the AFU, where they found symbols of the Legion \"Freedom of Russia\". Immediately after the end of his arrest, he was arrested under the same article for 15 days for similar symbols. Then, on 1 November, apparently detained again, this time not in the northern district of the capital, as before, but in New Moscow, already under the administrative article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences), he was again arrested for 15 days. 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On 17 December 2025, she was detained in Moscow and taken into custody the next day on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation in connection with her involvement in the Aborigen Forum, an informal association of experts of small indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East. This organisation was added to the list of terrorist organisations in 2024 as a “structural subdivision” of the Forum of Free States of Post-Russia. Even earlier, it was added to the list of extremist organisations. Immediately after that, it ceased its activities.\n\nEgereva represented the Centre for Assistance to Indigenous Minorities of the North, which was a part of the Aborigen Forum. International organisations of indigenous peoples link the prosecution of the activist with her participation in the work of the UN concerning indigenous issues. They also noted that the Aborigen Forum had conducted legitimate and peaceful activities.\n\nThe homes of at least 17 human rights defenders and activists defending the rights of indigenous peoples were searched in several other regions as part of Egereva’s case. One of those who were visited by law enforcement officers, Alexei Chispiakov, spoke at the UN in the spring of 2025 criticising the attitude of the Russian authorities towards indigenous peoples.","persecution_occupation_en":["Human rights defenders"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Aborigen Forum","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 17.12.2025 to 18.12.2025\n• in custody: from 18.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №6 (SIZO-6) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Pechatniki\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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In December 2025, he was prosecuted for incitement to hatred because of his stories criticising the Russian authorities and the media. Khodzhimurodov recorded these stories after a teenager from Odintsovo attacked his school, in which he killed a student whose family came from Tajikistan on the grounds of ethnic hatred. In his stories, the taxi driver criticised the authorities because of xenophobic policies and the media because of xenophobic rhetoric against migrants.\n\nKhodzhimurodov was detained after his statements were brought to the attention of a major right-wing telegram channel Multinational. 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On 4 June 2025, Sergeyev broke a stand at a bus stop in Novaya Usmani with a banner for Victory Day, on which the St George's ribbon was displayed, and then stepped on the fallen banner. He was prosecuted for desecration of the symbol of military glory.\n\nOn 15 December 2025, the court sentenced him to six months in a penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":197,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Alexey Sergeyev`s case of desecration of symbols of Russia's military glory","case_number":"2-42/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in June 2025, a man, being at a public transport stop in the village of Novaya Usman in a state of alcoholic intoxication, demonstrating cynical disregard for the norms of morality and ethics, encroaching on public relations that guarantee the preservation and respect for the historical memory of the people of the Russian Federation, publicly broke a stand and stepped on a fallen poster depicting the St George Ribbon, which is a symbol of Russia's military glory.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty (settlement colony)","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.12.2025, Sentence: 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["up to one year"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":6,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-15T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-15T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmWx7UJVr3lskB5"},{"persecution_id":"recmSBzOGIUhtS0O3","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"rec9H78mfdYsdkQDE","name_en":"Bogdan Portnenko","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Moscow resident, a bartender and a manager at an \"Ozon\" outlet. He was detained on 6 August 2025 and subsequently placed under house arrest in a case concerning the public justification of terrorism. The grounds for the prosecution were the posting of a music video for the song \"Jihad Boyz\" by rappers i61 and Jeembo, published in 2017, when Portnenko was 15 years old.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bartenders","Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["video"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Bogdan Portnenko's case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2017, he posted a clip of rappers i61 and Jeembo \"Jihad Boyz\" on his \"VKontakte\" page.","persecution_location_en":"Under house arrest","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Under house arrest","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 07.08.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 06.08.2025 to 07.08.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recmSBzOGIUhtS0O3"},{"persecution_id":"recDolmGflHPNV3f0","last_updated":"2026-02-09T14:59:05.000Z","person_id":"rec8cD6eitcqHo09l","name_en":" Unknown male 538","birth_year":1998,"age":28,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":27,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Irkutsk. 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On 10 December 2025, he was subjected to a search conducted as part of an investigation in a case of an extremist organization because of his affiliation with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters.\n\nThe next day after his arrest, the court sent Paisov to a pre-trial detention centre.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Aleksandr Paisov's case of extremist organization","persecution_case_profile_en":"Details of the prosecution are unknown","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 11.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 10.12.2025 to 11.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbHnGfcBU6yAkRW"},{"persecution_id":"recSAKFxQtc5mt63F","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:46:06.000Z","person_id":"rechWPaf1Pv6hjoeK","name_en":"Svetlana Kudryashova","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":58,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow. In the summer of 2022, she was arrested for 10 days under the administrative article on the demonstration of prohibited symbols (Art. 20.3. of the CAO) because of two tattoos - with the symbols of the Azov regiment and with the slogan \"Glory to Ukraine\". According to her, she applied the tattoos in 2018. In August 2023 in the channel of the ideologist of the \"Male State\" Vladislav Pozdnyakov appeared a video clip with Kudryashova sleeping in the train, where one of the tattoos was visible.\n\nA case was opened against her for repeated demonstration of banned symbols. She was placed under house arrest. In May 2024, Kudryashova was detained, allegedly because of a conflict in the entrance. She was again arrested for 10 days under the administrative article on demonstration of prohibited symbols. On 10th June 2024, she was sentenced to seven months in the criminal case. On 5th September 2024, the court of appeal instance cancelled the sentence due to the fact that it was issued by the same judge who issued the first administrative arrest order against Kudryashova. At the hearing in the court of appeal, she said that the FSB officers threatened her and her family, demanding that she confess. On 26th December 2024, the Muscovite was again sentenced to seven months, but was released from punishment due to the fact that she had already served this term.\n\nIn April 2025, shortly after the judgement in the first case came into force, it became known that Kudryashova was placed in custody in Moscow, again on the case of repeated display of prohibited symbols - because of the same tattoos, while in September 2024 she had painted over one of them and broken another. At the trial, she said that after the search she was taken to the police station, where law enforcers forcibly stripped her naked, photographed her tattoos all over her body, including on her personal phones, and threatened to make the intimate photos freely available if the woman did not plead guilty. According to her, as she was being taken out of the flat, she was hit on the doorway with her head.\n\nOn 19th January 2026, Kudryashova was sentenced in the second criminal case to two and a half years in a penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":293,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":41,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4"],"case_name_en":"Svetlana Kudryashova's second case of the repeated display of prohibited symbols","case_number":"01-0459/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case against Kudryashova was initiated because of tattoos in the form of the emblem of the Ukrainian regiment \"Azov\" with the signature \"Ilya\" on her shoulder and the inscription Glory to Ukraine on her back. 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Before the arrest she was a hotel administrator, but because of the preventive measure imposed on her, she lost her job and took a job as a cleaner.\n\nOn 20 November 2025, she was searched on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and involvement in it due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. 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In December 2025, she was detained in connection with a case on the justification of terrorism over a comment about the “Freedom of Russia” Legion, the RDK, and the “Siberian Battalion.” Shmakova was taken into custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Valeriia Shmakova’s case on the justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was a comment about the \"Freedom of Russia\" legion, RDK and the \"Siberian Battalion\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reciJsBOHxSzqTgvE"},{"persecution_id":"recnatpuVHelau4uA","last_updated":"2026-02-12T17:10:51.000Z","person_id":"recnayP0ZA1eKoHvC","name_en":"Nadezhda Vertiakhovskaia","birth_year":1960,"birth_date":"1960-12-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":65,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":65,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Chelyabinsk, participated in actions against the construction of the Tominsk Mining and Processing Committee. On April 23rd, 2021, the door of her flat was flooded with polyurethane foam - this happened on the day when she was going to get acquainted with the materials of the case of arson of the combine, in which the eco-activists were convicted. In January 2023, she was fined 40 thousand roubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). In September 2023, leaflets appeared on the entrances of houses in Chelyabinsk, in which Vertiakhovskaia was called a traitor to the homeland; it also contained a screenshot of a post about contempt for Putin in connection with the war. The public activist said that the account where the post was published did not belong to her.\n\nIn October 2025, Vertiakhovskaia was searched in a case of defamation of a judge. The reason was reviews on the website \"Judges of Russia\" in 2022 and 2025 about judge Anna Shmeleva, who sentenced lawyer Vladimir Kazantsev, who represented the interests of eco-activists, to four years in a colony in a fraud case. Kazantsev died in the colony in December 2024.\n\nIn December 2025, Vertyakhovskaya signed a non-departure undertaking.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Chelyabinsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Chelyabinsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-CHE"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["statement","case includes denunciation"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 298.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["298.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 298.1"],"case_name_en":"Nadezhda Vertiahovskaia's case of slandering a judge","case_number":" 1-912/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, she committed libel against a judge involved in the administration of justice, in connection with the consideration of a criminal case, by publicly disseminating, using information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, knowingly false information defaming the honour and dignity of the judge and undermining his reputation. The reason for this was the reviews on the website judgerosiya.rf about judge Anna Shmeleva, which stated, in particular, that she had \"led to the grave\" lawyer Vladimir Kazantsev, who was sentenced to four years on charges of fraud; it also said that Shmeleva \"never started a single session on time\", \"yelled at the entire room\" when making remarks to the defendant; Shmeleva was accused of dishonesty and lack of impartiality.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 18.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnatpuVHelau4uA"},{"persecution_id":"recm6pQyzBoXSGjd3","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"rectTVRy8Xe7NoWxd","name_en":"Igor Shchetko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a former serviceman who served in the Special Forces Rocket Forces. In 2023, he learnt that he had been contracted without his knowledge. Shchetko challenged the contract signing through the military prosecutor's office. As he later recounted, he was against the war. In September 2023, he filed a discharge report. However, in November, Shchetko was told they were sending him to an assault battalion. He left Russia. A case of desertion was opened against him.","persecution_occupation_en":["Former military personnel"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 338 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["338"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 338"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Igor Shchetko's case of regarding desertion","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recm6pQyzBoXSGjd3"},{"persecution_id":"recfx8wIi5PGzGLZv","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recIwvFhEVNrVvxtF","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-05-30T00:00:00.000Z","age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the town of Lesnoi in the Sverdlovsk Region. A case was opened against him for financing extremist activity because of donations to ACF. He was taken into custody. On 3 December 2025, the court sentenced him to three years' suspended imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":93,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of the Sverdlovsk Region of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-105/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, on 5 August 2021, the man set up a recurring monthly payment of 300 rubles from his Sberbank card. On 30 September, the card expired; the man, a resident of the Urals, had it reissued, and on 28 October of the same year, he again set up a recurring payment of 300 rubles to the ACF. Since then, four additional payments were debited from his card: on 28 October, 2 and 28 December 2021, and 2 February 2022.","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2029-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 03.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 05.02.2026 to 05.02.2029\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.12.2025, Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' imprisonment suspended with a probationary period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-03T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfx8wIi5PGzGLZv"},{"persecution_id":"recnNpO3VMXs6HKT1","last_updated":"2026-03-29T12:23:34.000Z","person_id":"recD2WSKMe747UNVZ","name_en":"Alexey Morozov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A veterinary doctor from the Bryansk region. On 19 November 2025, he was detained in a case of terrorism financing because of transfers of more than 100 thousand rubles to accounts, according to law enforcers, controlled by the Artpodgotovka movement. Two days later, Morozov was taken into custody.\n\nOn 13 January 2026, the court sentenced him to ten years' imprisonment, of which he must serve the first three years in prison and the remaining term in a strict regime colony, as well as a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Veterinarians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Bryansk"],"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":55,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Morozov's case on terrorism financing","case_number":"1-49/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, Morozov transferred more than 102 thousand rubles to accounts controlled by the organisation \"Artpodgotovka\" for almost two years (from 2023 to 2025).\n","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 19.11.2025 to 21.11.2025\n• in custody: from 21.11.2025 to 29.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 29.01.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 13.01.2026, Sentence: 10 years' imprisonment with the first three years to be served in a prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony and a fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"10 years' imprisonment with the first three years to be served in a prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony and a fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-13T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-13T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnNpO3VMXs6HKT1"},{"persecution_id":"rec14kymtc1TP0gzg","last_updated":"2026-03-15T10:28:58.000Z","person_id":"recEBddmROgKLjk1j","name_en":"Evgenii Sh.","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the town of Rezh (Sverdlovsk region). A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation because of his involvement with \"citizens of the USSR\".\n\nIn January 2026, it went to court. The state prosecutor asked to release the man from criminal liability and to apply to him compulsory measures of medical nature. 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The unlawful activities of the association were carried out on the territory of the Rezhevsky municipal district from 6.12.2024 to 8.06.2025.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_group_en":["Compulsory treatment"],"verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-28T11:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec14kymtc1TP0gzg"},{"persecution_id":"recb38TVT3LKtWuUZ","last_updated":"2026-01-22T08:44:11.000Z","person_id":"rec56PgESh0c9NXwF","name_en":"Vitalii Trofimchuk ","birth_year":2006,"birth_date":"2006-06-29T00:00:00.000Z","age":19,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":19,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the occupied village of Velyka Bilozerka in Zaporizhzhia Region, southern Ukraine. A criminal case was opened against him on charges of calling for terrorism and extremism over comments posted on \"Telegram\".\n\nLaw enforcement officials said they identified calls for terrorism in comments stating that it was necessary to \"burn down or blow up all of Russia\" and that \"as long as Russia exists, there will be war, and the bald scumbag Putya will say there is a reason for it\". A call for extremism was identified in a comment left under a photo of teenagers with a Russian flag, in which Trofimchuk wrote: \"Shoot them.\"\n\nDuring the investigation, Trofimchuk was held in a remand centre. On 14 January 2026, a court sentenced him to five and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":378,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":54,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vitalii Trofimchuk's case of calls for extremism and terrorism","case_number":"1-250/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to \"Mediazona\", Trofimchuk’s case includes two episodes. On 9 October 2024, a post appeared on the \"Telegram\" channel \"Enerhodar Today\" saying: 'The first point of the \"victory plan\" is Ukraine in NATO — Zelenskyy.' In the following post, the channel’s administrators asked subscribers: 'What do you think the second point is? Write in the comments.'\n\nTrofimchuk replied: 'Plan 2: burn down or blow up all of Russia.' In the ensuing discussion with other users, he added several more comments, including: 'As long as Russia exists, there will be war, and the bald bastard Putya will keep saying there is a reason for it,' and 'I’ve been living under occupation for three years and can see what the Russian scum are doing.'\n\nThe investigators classified these statements as calls for terrorism.\n\nOn 12 April 2025, in a chat with around 40 subscribers, Trofimchuk left a one-word comment — 'Shoot them' — under a photograph of three teenagers holding a Russian flag. This led to an additional charge of calls for extremism.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.01.2026, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-14T06:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-14T06:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recb38TVT3LKtWuUZ"},{"persecution_id":"recnvJPqiTFm0jDja","last_updated":"2026-03-29T13:02:09.000Z","person_id":"recpiGCvX7Tt1UpBL","name_en":"Ivan Pilov","birth_year":1995,"birth_date":"1995-09-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He lived in St. Petersburg, worked as a real estate agent, security guard, and head of security at the Delmar chain of dance restaurants. On 8 September 2025, he was detained and then sent under house arrest in Kursk region, where he is registered, on charges of calling for extremism and terrorism. The reason for this was his posts condemning peaceful rallies after the actions in support of Alexei Navalny in 2021 and approving Ukraine's offensive actions. In December 2025, the case went to court. On 3 February 2026, Pilov was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Security guards"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":148,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":21,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"protest_event_en":"\"Free Navalny\" actions on January 31, 2021","persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["280","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 280","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Cases related to mass actions","Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case","Palace case"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Pilov's case for calls to extremism and terrorism","case_number":"2-11/2026 (2-104/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the initiation of a case on calls to extremism was a post with the words: \"So what happened after they came out? We shouted, waved flags and went home. What has changed as a result? If you're going to go out, then go out until the snow melts. Not “scheduled rallies” where you stand and film on your phone as some scumbag beats up a schoolboy and throws snowballs at the riot police — what a fucking “revolution”. To initiate proceedings on calls to terrorism — a post in August 2022: \"The main thing is not to let them freeze the war, so that there isn't another “Minsk-3\". During this time, the bald guy will have time to build tanks and Grads and gather more cannon fodder for a new raid. We need to destroy Putin's horde once and for all and recapture all the occupied territories,‘ and a repost: ’Well, Russians, Voronezh and Belgorod, get ready. How are you feeling? Did you think the war wouldn't affect you?\"","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["house arrest","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• house arrest: from 01.09.2025 to 03.02.2026\n• in custody: from 03.02.2026 to 05.03.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 05.03.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.02.2026, Sentence: 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-03T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-03T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnvJPqiTFm0jDja"},{"persecution_id":"recVJi4e2PkG69FJU","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:08:03.000Z","person_id":"recB5T138TeCVaWNy","name_en":"Roman Gribov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kostroma, a manager for the sale of car oils. On 2 July 2025, he was detained. According to him, they wrapped his hands with duct tape, put a black bag on his head and forced him to unlock his phone. Then he was taken to the FSB department in the Kostroma region, where an officer fixed his hands, poured water on his feet, threw him on the floor, plugged a bare wire into a socket, after which Gribov was tortured with electric current for an hour and a half. He was then taken for a search, then returned to the FSB, where he was beaten on the kidneys, after which, as he claims, he was given vodka and taken to the police station. At the police station, a policeman in the presence of witnesses suggested that he undergo an examination. Gribov agreed. But then, according to Gribov, the FSB officer demanded him to refuse the examination, and he refused. On 3 July, he was arrested for 13 days under the administrative article on refusal of medical examination (Article 6.9 of the Code of Administrative Offences).\n\nOn 15 July 2025, a case was brought against him for calls to extremism and terrorism. The reason was comments about a nuclear explosion in Moscow (in response to political scientist Dmitry Suslov's arguments about the need for a demonstration nuclear explosion on the territory of Russia) and the execution of prisoners recruited for war.\n\nGribov's brother said that on 30 December 2025, Roman found himself in the same cell with an FSB officer who had previously tortured him. Cellmates threatened Gribov with new criminal cases and the fate of neo-Nazi Maksim Martsinkevich, who was found dead in the pre-trial detention centre, if he never confessed guilt. Gribov was kept in this cell until 12 January 2026. In February 2026, it became known that cellmates persuaded him to admit guilt. These cellmates were then moved away from him, but a new inmate was placed in his cell and began trying to engage Gribov in conversations about prison subculture, political views and treason cases. The conversations continued during the walk with prisoners from neighbouring cells.\n\nOn 1 April 2026, the court sentenced Gribov to six years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Office workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":true,"persecution_city_en":["Kostroma"],"persecution_region_en":["Kostroma Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KOS"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":272,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Roman Gribov's case of calls to extremism and terrorism ","persecution_case_profile_en":"The case was initiated because of two comments on Telegram:\n\nin the Liberty People channel in connection with the news about the proposal of a political scientist from the HSE (Higher School of Economics) to organise a demonstration nuclear explosion on the territory of Russia: \"Great idea! To make everyone really scared, blow up Moscow with a nuclear explosion, preferably with the dickhead (meaning Vladimir Putin)\";\nin the chat channel \"SverkhDerzhavChina\" in connection with the publication of an interview of a former prisoner who joined the Wagner Group: \"I suggest that we shoot or hang this category of citizens and forget about the problem.\"","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 15.07.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast\n• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 02.07.2025 to 15.07.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.04.2026, Sentence: 6 years in a general regime penal colony and a 2-year ban on publishing on the internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"6 years in a general regime penal colony and a 2-year ban on publishing on the internet","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":72,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-31T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-31T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 22-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gribov-roman-vitalevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recVJi4e2PkG69FJU"},{"persecution_id":"recrjAELA0jbctUbf","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recx1IvF6YLe9f3Fu","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ekaterinburg, a student of the Ural Federal University. According to him, he was detained on 21 August 2025 in Krasnouralsk and brought to Ekaterinburg. According to the case materials, the student was formally detained on 22 August. On 24 August he was placed in custody on charges of public justification of terrorism because of two comments in the Telegram channel of the leader of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\" Denis Kapustin. On 8 October, the student was released on a recognizance not to leave in connection with the confession of guilt. In November 2025, the case went to court.","persecution_occupation_en":["College students"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"An Ural Federal University student’s case of public justification of terrorism ","persecution_case_profile_en":"Two comments in the Telegram channel of the leader of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\" Denis Kapustin \"White Powder\" became the reason for the prosecution:\n\n6 March 2025 - \"Happy birthday, Uncle Denis! Keep terrorising the leftists and the Kremlin's lackeys! Glory to RDK (Russian Volunteer Corps)!\"\n\na\n\n18 March 2025 - \"All Quadrobers are dressed up as donkeys and camels and sent to the front\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-08-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 22.08.2025 to 24.08.2025\n• in custody: from 24.08.2025 to 08.10.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 08.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recrjAELA0jbctUbf"},{"persecution_id":"recMTFtsWrryzqXyc","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"rec3Yb66FG0LKKcwa","name_en":"Evgenii Vilachev","birth_year":1994,"birth_date":"1994-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":31,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":31,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"He is a resident of Severodvinsk. In November 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that a case had been initiated against him for public justification of terrorism. The basis for initiating the case was his statements about the murder of the military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky. On 20 December 2025, reports about his disappearance were circulated, but the next day he was reported to have been found. The “29.RU | Arkhangelsk News” media outlet reported that he tried to flee to Finland but was detained. On 23 December 2025, he was arrested for 12 days under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of representatives of the authorities: according to the police report, he refused to show the contents of his phone to an FSB officer. On 4 January 2026, Vilachev was arrested under the same article for 14 days: according to the police report, this time he refused to show the contents of his pockets and backpack. On 22 January 2025, Vilachev was sentenced to 5.5 years in a strict regime colony. The strict regime is explained by the fact that Vilachev had a criminal record for sexual intercourse with a person under 16 years of age.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":385,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Evgenii Vilachev’s case of public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"The basis for initiating the case was his comments justifying the bombing of the Z-war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky in a St. Petersburg cafe.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 01.12.2025 to 01.01.2026\n• administrative detention: from 01.01.2026 to 01.01.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2026, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-21T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recMTFtsWrryzqXyc"},{"persecution_id":"reci8xFadQrWkUKfU","last_updated":"2026-04-13T20:01:49.000Z","person_id":"rec0O9xNQBJTkcD40","name_en":" Unknown male 555","birth_year":1963,"age":63,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":62,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Belgorod Oblast. A case was initiated against him for financing extremist activities on the grounds of donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. In January 2026, the case went to court. On 17 February 2026, the man was sentenced to a fine of 400 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":412,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Belgorod Oblast resident's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-75/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from August 2021 to February 2022, the accused financed the activities of an extremist non-profit organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.02.2026, Sentence: A fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"A fine of 400,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":400000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-17T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-17T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reci8xFadQrWkUKfU"},{"persecution_id":"recOrXOYtOwFtQl28","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec9nCqThxotR4XBg","name_en":"Alexey Vyacheslavov","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-01-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Omsk resident. In June 2025, a case of justification of terrorism was brought against him because of comments in support of Ruslan Zinin, who in the first days of mobilisation to go to war in Ukraine came to the military recruitment office in Ust-Ilimsk, wounded the military officer several times with a shotgun and set fire to the premises.\n\nDuring the investigation, Vyacheslavov was given a recognisance not to abscond. At the end of 2025, he left Russia. In January 2026, he was included in the list of \"terrorists and extremists\" of Rosfinmonitoring.\n\nIn February 2026, the court was due to start hearing the case, but suspended the proceedings because the defendant had absconded.\n\nIn 2022, Vyacheslavov was fined under the administrative article on violation of the order of holding an action due to his participation in an anti-war rally.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Omsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Omsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-OMS"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-10T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Vyacheslavov's case of the justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-51/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 26th of September 2022, on the day of Ruslan Zinin's attack on the military recruitment office in Ust-Ilinsk, during which he wounded the military officer several times and set fire to the premises, Vyacheslavov left comments on Telegram, in which experts found signs of justification of terrorism.\n\nVyacheslavov left the following comments in the Telegram channel of the \"Omsk Civil Association\" under the post with the video of the attack: \"Glory to the Hero!\", \"What difference does it make if you refuse to sit anyway?\", \"Well, he will send more bastards to the Almighty for trial!\", \"No, I mean if they catch him and bring him back\". On the same day, he left another comment on the same topic in the telegram chat \"NEVZOROV Comments\", where he wrote: \"Glory to Ruslan!\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-06-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Case suspended","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 20.06.2025\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 18.06.2025 to 20.06.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOrXOYtOwFtQl28"},{"persecution_id":"recqitt9nRvCwsWQ1","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:54:39.000Z","person_id":"reco1ch8SwUP0ZW8o","name_en":" Unknown male 560","birth_year":1999,"age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":26,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Elista. In October 2025, it became known that he was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism: the reason was comments in support of \"Ukrainian armed formations involved in terrorist actions on the territory of the Russian Federation\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Elista"],"persecution_region_en":["Kalmykia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KL"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"A Kalmykia resident's case regarding the public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he published comments in various chat rooms of the Telegram messenger expressing support for Ukrainian armed groups involved in terrorist actions on the territory of the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recqitt9nRvCwsWQ1"},{"persecution_id":"recNbYe3PZ82ETTuf","last_updated":"2026-03-13T10:22:50.000Z","person_id":"rec8gCiIZ0wJV9Jjo","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":43,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Blagoveshchensk. A case was initiated against him for financing extremist activity due to FBK donations of 4 thousand roubles. On 22 January 2026, the court sentenced him to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Blagoveshchensk"],"persecution_region_en":["Amur Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AMU"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":386,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Blagoveshchensk resident's case of financing extremist activity","case_number":"1-22/2026 (1-141/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, Bochkarev, being a supporter of FBK and sharing its main ideas, knew that the organization was recognized as extremist and liquidated. Despite this, the man decided to support FBK.\n\nIn August 2021, the man received an e-mail notification from representatives of FBK, who asked him to provide them with financial assistance. The letter contained a link to a website where the defendant entered his card details and activated a monthly debit of 1,000 roubles. The man made four transfers to a bank account belonging to FBC located in the United States.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.01.2026, Sentence: fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-22T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-22T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recNbYe3PZ82ETTuf"},{"persecution_id":"recvxgpaZcYXAVA8l","last_updated":"2026-04-29T19:55:01.000Z","person_id":"reczAwooYthnmOLs9","name_en":"Andrei Gneushev","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-05-14T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Pskov region, originally from St. Petersburg. In May 2024, sentenced to a year of restriction of liberty on charges of illegal possession of cartridges (we do not consider this prosecution to be politically motivated).\n\nIn August 2025, a case of justification of terrorism was brought against him because of a comment in support of the Russian Volunteer Corps.\n\nAccording to the investigation, in May 2023, in a public telegram chat Gneushev wrote about activist Vladislav Shipitsyn's attack on publicist Viktor Shenderovich: \"The beastly hatred of the Russian intelligentsia towards those who do something, like RVC (\"Russian Volunteer Corps\"), and those who directly support them, like Shipitsyn, is the banal envy of lazy, cowardly losers who justify their laziness, mediocrity and cowardice with pacifism.\"\n\nPrior to the verdict, Gneushev was on his own recognisance not to abscond. On 27 January 2025, the court sentenced Gneushev to five years and one month in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Pskov"],"persecution_region_en":["Pskov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PSK"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":172,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Gneushev's case of terrorism justification","case_number":"2-5/2026 (2-98/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, on 12 May 2023, Gneushev posted the following comment in the Telegram \"Chat of Perpetual Protest | SPB\": \"The beastly hatred of the russian intelligentsia towards those who do something, like RDK, and those who directly support them, like Shipitsin, is the banal envy of lazy, cowardly losers, who justify their laziness, mediocrity and cowardice with pacifism.\"\n\nThe comment was a response to another user's post about St Petersburg activist Vladislav Shipitsyn's attack on publicist Viktor Shenderovich with ketchup.\n\nThe indictment notes that the chat was public and the comment was \"familiarised by at least two persons.\"","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 13.08.2025 to 27.01.2026\n• in custody: from 27.01.2026 to 20.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 20.02.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 27.01.2026, Sentence: 5 years and 1 month's imprisonment in a general regime colony and a ban on publishing appeals and other materials on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years and 1 month's imprisonment in a general regime colony and a ban on publishing appeals and other materials on the Internet for 2 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":61,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-27T11:58:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-27T11:58:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recvxgpaZcYXAVA8l"},{"persecution_id":"recDZ09BQN1cjPoQA","last_updated":"2026-03-06T20:09:27.000Z","person_id":"recdWcoWfRJu13PNj","name_en":"Aleksander Kniagin","birth_year":1997,"birth_date":"1997-03-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":29,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kirov, a drag artist, worked in Sberbank. On 17 January 2025, he was detained at the exit from the MFC (an office providing municipal services). He was taken for questioning as a witness in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organization, namely the \"International LGBT Movement\", in connection with a performance at the Black Clover club. He gave the testimony required by the investigation under dictation. During subsequent interrogations Kniagin retracted his first testimony. On 31 July 2025, a case was opened against him for participation in the activities of the \"International LGBT Movement\", and he signed recognizance not to abscond . He had to resign from Sberbank. In January 2026, Kniagin left Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kirov"],"persecution_region_en":["Kirov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KIR"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-31T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["professional activity"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_group_en":["Black Clover case"],"case_name_en":"Aleksander Kniagin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, during performances at the club Black Clover \"demonstrated his affiliation with persons of non-traditional sexual orientation\", promoted the ideology of the \"movement\" and involved new participants in it. He acted \"from extremist motives\" and \"with the aim of making profit\".","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 31.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recDZ09BQN1cjPoQA"},{"persecution_id":"recnSANCiZdXWgyOL","last_updated":"2026-02-04T06:56:17.000Z","person_id":"recZkOgxoy1BXfyQI","name_en":"Oleg Markin","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Veliky Novgorod. On 26 December 2024, he was fined under an administrative offence for publicly displaying prohibited symbols, due to an LGBT flag on his VKontakte page. No earlier than June 2025, a criminal case was opened against him for repeatedly publicly displaying Nazi symbols, after he posted a photograph featuring a swastika. The court press release stated that this involved repeated public display of specifically Nazi symbols. On 29 December 2025, Markin was sentenced to 100 hours of community service.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Veliky Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NGR"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":362,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":51,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.4"],"case_name_en":"Oleg Markin’s case on the repeated display of prohibited symbols","case_number":"1-932/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, between 4 June 2025 and 5 June 2025, while at his residence in Veliky Novgorod and under administrative punishment for the above-mentioned administrative offence, he intentionally used his mobile phone, laptop, installed applications, and one of the messaging services all of which allow communication over the Internet to spread Nazi ideology to the maximum possible number of social media and messenger users. He posted on his personal internet page a photo containing a swastika for public viewing.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.12.2025, Sentence: 100 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"100 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-29T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-29T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recnSANCiZdXWgyOL"},{"persecution_id":"rec8YVUlp1O17LZDF","last_updated":"2026-03-11T16:55:24.000Z","person_id":"recyJIwdy3PVsDL2t","name_en":"Iulia Rybina","birth_year":1986,"birth_date":"1986-12-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":39,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":39,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","story_en":"A resident of Sochi. Not earlier than July 2025, she was taken into custody on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation and involving others in such activities. The reason was that he, together with his mother, put on the car state plates of an unspecified sample with symbols of the organisation \"citizens of the USSR\" and told acquaintances about it, and persuaded her husband to join it. On 4 December 2025, Rybina was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 1.1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2","282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2","Part 1.1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the \"Citizens of USSR\" in Sochi","case_number":"1-427/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on June 20, 2025, in Sochi, she put on her car state plates of an unidentified sample with symbols of an organisation whose activities were banned by a court ruling in 2022, and \"communicated information related to the activities of an extremist organisation to an indefinite number of persons\". From August 2022 to July 2025, she induced her husband and \"other persons\" to participate in the activities of the organisation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.12.2025, Sentence: 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony and a ban on engaging in activities related to participation in the work of voluntary associations and organisations for a period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony and a ban on engaging in activities related to participation in the work of voluntary associations and organisations for a period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-04T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-04T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8YVUlp1O17LZDF"},{"persecution_id":"recPXmkB813SBRNdP","last_updated":"2026-03-11T16:55:22.000Z","person_id":"recD8294kSLHxZdQX","name_en":"Iaroslav Rybin","birth_year":2003,"birth_date":"2003-12-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":22,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Sochi. Not earlier than July 2025, he was taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. The grounds for this were that he, together with his mother, had put state plates of an unknown type with symbols of the organisation \"citizens of the USSR\" on the car and told his acquaintances about it. On 4 December 2025 Rybin was sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sochi"],"persecution_region_en":["Krasnodar Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KDA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":337,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":48,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the \"Citizens of USSR\" in Sochi","case_number":"1-427/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on June 20, 2025, in Sochi, she put on her car state plates of an unknown type with the symbols of the organisation, the activities of which were banned in 2022 by a court decision, as well as \"reported information related to the activities of an extremist organisation to an indefinite number of persons\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 04.12.2025, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony and a ban on engaging in activities related to participation in the work of voluntary associations and organisations for a period of 3 years","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony and a ban on engaging in activities related to participation in the work of voluntary associations and organisations for a period of 3 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-04T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-04T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recPXmkB813SBRNdP"},{"persecution_id":"recEvZHA5TGtZSNIQ","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec15VGqfxrKMDBOX","name_en":"Yurii Zakharenko","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A colonel in the Directorate of the Service of Troops and Military Service Safety of the Ministry of Defence.\nIn January 2025, he was charged with abuse of official powers in connection with drafting, together with a colleague, technical specifications for the supply of 760 “Strazh” weapons storage security systems. The specifications did not include a requirement for specialised GSM modules meeting the Ministry of Defence’s standards. We do not consider this prosecution to be politically motivated.\nIn addition, Zakharenko was accused of financing extremist activities because of a donation to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. The colonel claims that he wanted to make sure that he had no subscriptions and sent the money accidentally. \nHe is under house arrest.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the officers of the Military Service and Security Department of the Ministry of Defence","case_number":"1-74/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, together with Lieutenant-Colonel Mikhail Baranov, he developed the technical specifications for the delivery of 760 units of security systems \"Strazh\" under the state defence order, which are special doors with security equipment placed inside, designed to ensure the protection of weapons rooms. The total value of the state contract was almost 300 million roubles. As a result of the lack of a requirement in the technical specification for the presence of a GSM module in the supplied products, provided for by the version of the product tested in 2016, the Russian Ministry of Defence received Strazh complexes that did not comply with the terms of the state contract.\nIn addition, made a transfer to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF). Zakharenko claims that after ACF's activities were banned in Russia, he thought it was necessary to make sure that he had no subscriptions to transfer funds to this organisation. To do so, he sent an email enquiry to ACF to an address he could find on the internet. A few days later, the reply email contained a link to what he thought at the time was a subscription verification service. After clicking on the link, he entered his card details, from which he had previously been able to make donations. After confirming his details, the connection with the resource was lost and he was unable to re-open the link. However, as no debits were made from his card at that moment, he did not pay much attention to this case. 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A case of calls to extremism was opened against him in connection with calls for violence against the Russian military. Allegedly, during a search in this case in July 2025, Davydenko was found in possession of a can with 47 grams of smokeless gunpowder, in connection with which he was also accused of possession of explosives. 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By entering his payment details, he transferred 300 rubles, knowingly intended to finance the extremist organization (\"FBK\"). Subsequently, the individual set up a recurring payment plan to systematically fund the FBK. 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A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities in connection with the transfer of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. 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A case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation was opened against him due to his involvement in the activities of the 48th separate assault battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On 2 October 2025, Kovbasiuk was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Military"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":274,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":39,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code","Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5","205.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5","Article 205.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Kovbasiuk' case","case_number":"1-410/2025","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.01.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.10.2025, Sentence: 20 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a high-security colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"20 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison, the rest in a high-security colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["more than twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":240,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-02T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-02T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/dela-14-obvinyaemyh-v-sluzhbe-v-48-m-otdelnom-shturmovom-batalone-imeni-nomana-chelebidzhihana/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recXPGLlx1yJr70pK"},{"persecution_id":"recXFGxgxcgV39FD6","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:25:06.000Z","person_id":"rec8x5AGGUwxEWgw6","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":"","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg, an engineering technologist. On 4 March 2025, the court authorised the wiretapping of her phone and seizure of information from her computer as part of a pre-investigation check: the Federal Security Service Directorate believed that she was transferring money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. In September 2025, based on the materials of the inspection, a case of financing extremist activities was opened against her. On 22 September, in the early hours of the morning, the woman's parents' residence was searched, and her father was subjected to violence because he reacted rudely to the visit, not believing that they were representatives of law enforcement, Mediazona reports with reference to the parents. The woman signed a recognisance not to leave. No later than 12 February 2026, she was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Engineers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":400,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":57,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The Yekaterinburg resident's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-108/2026 (1-657/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 6 August 2021, the woman watched Alexei Navalny's video \"We continue and we need your help\" and made monthly payments of 300 rubles from her Sberbank card. The last transfer was made on 6 February 2022.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.09.2025 to 08.04.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","first_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXFGxgxcgV39FD6"},{"persecution_id":"recbCpNEpXjCPHZ5k","last_updated":"2026-03-29T09:44:46.000Z","person_id":"recYOrA3X0q4HPJ2f","name_en":"Ivan Sykalo","birth_year":1954,"birth_date":"1954-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","age":71,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":71,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"A resident of the Luhansk region of Ukraine. He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to the fact that from autumn 2014 to August 2015 he served as a driver in the Aidar battalion - in his own words, to protect river fish from poachers in his area. In October 2025, Sykalo was taken into custody. On 2 February 2026, he was sentenced to five and a half years in prison.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":397,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":56,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["joining Ukrainian armed formations"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ivan Sykalo's case concerning participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-398/2026 (1-1348/2025;)","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2025 to 13.03.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 13.03.2026\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.02.2026, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-02T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-02T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbCpNEpXjCPHZ5k"},{"persecution_id":"rec8Tfi09wyEtYUNm","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recaY4rZkqB8TQKAJ","name_en":"Mikhail Zaguskin","birth_year":1952,"age":74,"age_group_en":"over seventy one years old","age_persecution_began":73,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Sarov (Nizhny Novgorod Region). He worked in the field of nuclear power and industry. A case was opened against him for financing extremist activities in connection with transfers to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 9 June 2025, his home was searched. On 5 September 2025, Zaguskin was placed under an undertaking not to abscond. His correspondence, apparently with his son, in which he compared Putin to Hitler, was added to the case. On 29 December 2025, Zaguskin was sentenced to a fine of 350,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sarov"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":203,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":29,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Zaguskin's case on financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-160/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"During the period of time from 00:00 on 05.08.2021 to 17:16 hours 19.11.2021, more precise time during the investigation is not established, Zaguskin M.V., located in the territory of ZATO of Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region, who is an opponent of the authorities of the Russian Federation and the President of the Russian Federation, as well as a supporter of the NGO FBK and shares its basic ideas, who reliably knew that the NGO FBK had been recognised as an extremist organisation and had been liquidated by a court decision that has entered into legal force, had a criminal intent aimed at financing extremist activity, that is, providing funds knowingly intended to ensure the activities of the extremist organisation.\n\nAfter that, during the period from 17:17 on 19.11.2021 to 18:20 on 19.02.2022, for the purpose of implementing his criminal intent during the specified period, Zaguskin M.V., being in the territory of the closed administrative-territorial formation (ZATO) of Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region, realising the public danger and unlawful nature of his actions, foreseeing the inevitability of socially dangerous consequences and wishing them to occur, that is, acting deliberately, knowingly aware that the NGO FBK had been recognised as an extremist organisation and liquidated by a court decision in connection with the carrying out of extremist activities, with the aim of financing extremist activity, that is, providing funds knowingly intended to ensure the activities of the said organisation, using the details of his bank card opened with PJSC Sberbank, No. 4276420023049066, linked to bank account No. 40817810142001969631, opened on 24.10.2016 at branch No. 9042/0412 of PJSC Sberbank, located at: 1 Dukhova Street, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region, through the Internet resource “World.fbk.info,” using the system “merchant id (merchant point identifier – V2NI29SJROMGYKY)” and “acquirer id (numerical identifier of the acquiring bank – 449216),” carried out four money transfers totalling 4,000 roubles to bank accounts opened by the NGO FBK in the foreign acquiring bank Wells Fargo Bank (USA).\n\nThus, Zaguskin M.V., using bank account No. 40817810142001969631, to support the activities of the extremist organisation NGO FBK, using the system \"merchant id (merchant point identifier - V2NI29SJROMGYKY)\", \"acquirer id (numerical number of the acquiring bank - 449216), made four money transfers totalling 4,000 roubles to bank accounts opened by NGO FBK in the foreign acquiring bank Wells Fargo Bank (USA), namely:\n\n1. On 19.11.2021 at 17:17, Zaguskin M.V., being in the territory of ZATO of Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region, made one money transfer in the amount of 1,000 roubles;\n\n2. On 19.12.2021 at 18:20, Zaguskin M.V., being in the territory of ZATO of Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region, made one money transfer in the amount of 1,000 roubles;\n\n3. On 19.01.2022 at 18:20, Zaguskin M.V., being in the territory of ZATO of Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region, made one money transfer in the amount of 1,000 roubles;\n\n4. On 19.02.2022 at 18:20, Zaguskin M.V., being in the territory of ZATO of Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region, made one money transfer in the amount of 1,000 roubles.\n\nOn 28.02.2022, the President of the Russian Federation signed Decree No. 79 \"On the Application of Special Economic Measures in Connection with Unfriendly Actions of the United States of America and Associated Foreign States and International Organisations\" (hereinafter - Decree No. 79 of 28.02.2022), according to which, starting from 01.03.2022, money transfers to non-residents who do not work in Russia and are located in \"unfriendly countries\" (including the USA) from bank accounts opened in Russia are prohibited.\n\nBefore the initiation of criminal proceedings, until 14:30 on 02.06.2025, and before the search of Zaguskin M.V.'s home, i.e. until 10:40 on 09.06.2025, the latter did not report to the authorities in a timely manner, did not otherwise contribute to the prevention or suppression of the crimes he financed, and did not contribute to the suppression of the activities of the extremist organisation (NGO FBK).","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 05.09.2025 to 14.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 29.12.2025","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-12-29T11:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-12-29T11:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8Tfi09wyEtYUNm"},{"persecution_id":"recv7j9OdtqNGyIxg","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recyl2ZxaQb3CYVAO","name_en":"Igor Ranav","birth_year":1967,"age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":58,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Pevek, (Chukotka) and an entrepreneur. He worked to promote local culture, develop tourism in the region, and draw officials’ attention to food shortages, the lack of qualified medical care and other problems.\n\nIn August 2025, the Investigative Committee of Russia said a criminal case had been opened against Ranav for desecrating a symbol of military glory. The charges stemmed from a 2022 post featuring an image of a St George ribbon with an obscene word written over it. The entrepreneur was placed under restrictions on certain activities as a preventive measure.\n\nThe case was initially sent to court in Chukotka, but later transferred to Moscow after investigators concluded that he had been there at the time of the post. On 18 February 2026, Ranav was sentenced to two years in a penal settlement.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_days_from_verdict":201,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":28,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Igor Ranav's case of desecrating a symbol of military glory","case_number":"2-0026/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, in 2022 he posted a photo on social media that \"desecrates\" a St George ribbon and shows \"clear disrespect for society and the days of military glory associated with defending the Fatherland.\" The image depicted a banner with a St George ribbon on a blue background, over which an obscene word had been placed.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["prohibition of certain actions","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• prohibition of certain actions:  to 18.02.2026\n• in custody: from 18.02.2026\n• prohibition of certain actions: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 18.02.2026","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (settlement colony)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-18T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-18T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recv7j9OdtqNGyIxg"},{"persecution_id":"recHYyqCtHl5HcUHi","last_updated":"2026-04-15T12:02:01.000Z","person_id":"recRZ8xUEI3TPouZJ","name_en":"Vladimir Gaidyshev","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-03-31T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":53,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"Resident of Shadrinsk (Kurgan region). In April 2025, criminal proceedings were initiated against him for participation in an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 21 April Gaidyshev was detained. After interrogation, he was released on his own recognisance.\n\nGaidyshev has a visual first groupdisability status.\n\nOn 3 March 2026 he was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kurgan"],"persecution_region_en":["Kurgan Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGN"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":319,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":45,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Gaidyshev's case of participation in extremist organisation","case_number":"1-17/2026 (1-222/2025)","persecution_case_profile_en":"-","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.03.2026, Sentence: a fine of 3 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 3 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-03T11:10:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-03T11:10:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHYyqCtHl5HcUHi"},{"persecution_id":"recfBebdiWFzRxT86","last_updated":"2026-03-04T06:25:45.000Z","person_id":"recTJpoYtaXCbZrLq","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":2002,"birth_date":"2002-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kursk. He was prosecuted for financing extremist activities on the grounds of two donations of 200 roubles each  he made to Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF). In December 2025, he was added to Rosfinmonitoring's list of \"terrorists and extremists\", and in February 2026, the court began the hearing on his case.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kursk"],"persecution_region_en":["Kursk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KRS"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Resident of Kursk's case of financing extremist activities ","case_number":"1-70/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"From the indictment: during the period from 2020 to 05.08.2021 Kornienko, holding radical extremist views and sharing the goals of the extremist organisation \"Anti-Corruption Foundation\" (ACF) and its founder, using his mobile phone, through the Internet visited thematic groups of popular worldwide video hosting, where he saw the calls of the founder of the Foundation and other members of Anti-Corruption Foundation to the visitors of the group to transfer them money as financial support intended to ensure extremist activities.\n\nAfter that, on the night of 05.08.2021 and in the evening of 12.09.2021, Kornienko made one transfer of 200 roubles each to a foreign account controlled by ACF, opened in a US bank, used by an extremist organisation to provide it with material support for the extremist activities of its members in the territory of the Russian Federation.\n\nKornienko financed the activities of the extremist organisation ACF for a total of 400 roubles during the mentioned period of time.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfBebdiWFzRxT86"},{"persecution_id":"recOs4qyEYYLMJQ6P","last_updated":"2026-03-29T10:38:15.000Z","person_id":"recKzpWZnWlY7aQvT","name_en":"Elveg Khartskhaev","birth_year":1989,"age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Historian and archaeologist from Elista. At least until May 2021, he was the head of the records section of the N.N. Palmov National Museum of the Republic of Kalmykia. N.N. Palmov.\n\nIn 2025, a case was brought against him for disseminating disrespectful information about the days of military glory because of the 2016 post and storing explosive devices from the Great Patriotic War at his home (we do not consider the second charge to be political). He was remanded in custody after his arrest. On 24 March 2026, Khartskhaev was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Historians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Elista"],"persecution_region_en":["Kalmykia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KL"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":266,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":38,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 4,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 4, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Elveg Khartskhaev's case of desecration of military glory days","case_number":"2-2/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in April 2016, the defendant, using a device with access to the information and telecommunications network \"Internet\", posted on his personal page in one of the social networks for viewing by an unlimited number of people a publication with a negative assessment of the days of military glory and memorable dates of Russia associated with the defence of the Fatherland. In addition, the perpetrator illegally stored explosive devices from the Great Patriotic War at his place of residence, which were seized by law enforcement officers during a search.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.07.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.03.2026, Sentence: 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, with a fine of 60,000 rubles, and a 2-year ban on engaging in activities related to website administration and the posting of materials in public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Fine","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony, with a fine of 60,000 rubles, and a 2-year ban on engaging in activities related to website administration and the posting of materials in public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 50 to 100 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":60000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-24T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-24T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recOs4qyEYYLMJQ6P"},{"persecution_id":"recw8xBdctNubco1V","last_updated":"2026-03-26T14:38:18.000Z","person_id":"recWiuJSYQAQkp34K","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1981,"birth_date":"1981-02-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":45,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":44,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Ekaterinburg. A case was opened against her for financing extremist activity because of her donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) of at least 600 rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Ekaterinburg resident's second case of financing extremist activity","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution on 5 August 2021, a resident of Yekaterinburg went to the website \"<...>\" via a link (<...>), where she made a monthly automatic payment in the amount of 300 rubles, and entered the details of the bank card No. *** belonging to her, issued to the account No. ***, opened in her name at \"Sberbank\" branch, located at the following address: Yekaterinburg,\n61 Sakko and Vanzetti street, Yekaterinburg, intending to systematically provide funds to support the activities of <...>, which is an extremist organization, by wire transfers. In addition, in the period from 3 December 2021 to 3 February 2022, she transferred three payments of 100 roubles each from her bank card.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recw8xBdctNubco1V"},{"persecution_id":"recYvGa155CaEdZlU","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recWL4mzqW8tS16yl","name_en":" Unknown male 589","birth_year":1976,"age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":49,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Sevastopol. A case on calls to terrorism was brought against him because of his calls for air strikes and artillery shelling on the territory of the Russian Federation. In December 2025, the case was transferred to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Sevastopol"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-40"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The third case of a Sevastopol resident of calls for terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in September 2024 - May 2025, he allegedly called for air strikes and artillery fire on the Russian territory in group correspondence of open Telegram channels.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYvGa155CaEdZlU"},{"persecution_id":"rec4dOHD1SqFIHvmW","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recOL2wYgSvJD2Ail","name_en":"Nikolay Rudy","birth_year":2002,"age":24,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":23,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Odintsov (Moscow region). A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him: according to the investigation, he expressed gratitude and appreciation to the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\". \"Mediazona\" notes that shortly before the date of publication of the record, which is imputed to him, a video about the assault on the Kupyansk direction was released on the YouTube channel of the RDK. No later than March 2026, Rudoy was sentenced to three years of general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Nikolay Rudy's case on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 23 June 2025, he left a comment on YouTube in which he \"expressed gratitude and appreciation\" to members of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec4dOHD1SqFIHvmW"},{"persecution_id":"recjzGcmrPdDjGgkS","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:02.000Z","person_id":"recOWLtzvXsRlVbGn","name_en":"Mikhail Fetisov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-01-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of St. Petersburg, worked as a neurologist. In the summer of 2024, law enforcers came to his home. Shortly thereafter, he resigned from his job; later he managed to get a job as a guard at a kindergarten. On 15 October 2025, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and calling for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. He was informed about him by Andrei Trofimov, a resident of the Tver region who found himself in the same cell with him, who was prosecuted in two cases because of his anti-war statements and his intention to join the Freedom of Russia Legion.","persecution_occupation_en":["Health workers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Saint Petersburg"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SPE"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) C Part 2,  Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","280.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 280.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Mikhail Fetisov’s case on “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces and calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.10.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Kresty\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for St. Petersburg","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recjzGcmrPdDjGgkS"},{"persecution_id":"recgyeBvVYs9fXrPa","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recfxeTOnMFC7N0IV","name_en":"Evgenii Kiselev","birth_year":1956,"birth_date":"1956-06-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":69,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":69,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A journalist. From 1993 to 2001, he worked at NTV, where he hosted the program Itogi (“Results”), and from 2000 to 2001 served as the channel’s general director. In 2009, he moved to Ukraine, where he worked as an anchor on several television channels. Shortly after the start of the war, he joined the \"Russian Anti-War Committee.\" In April 2022, he became one of the first individuals added to Russia’s register of “foreign agents” (previously, only media outlets had been included in the register). On July 15, 2022, he was placed on the wanted list. In February 2024, he was added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of extremists and terrorists, with the designation used for individuals prosecuted under terrorism-related articles. On October 10, 2025, authorities opened a criminal case against Kiselev and seven others for organizing the activities of a terrorist community in connection with the activities of the \"Free Russia Forum.\" A few days later, on October 14, the FSB announced the opening of another case against Kiselev and other members of the \"Russian Anti-War Committee\" under articles on the violent seizure of power and organizing the activities of a terrorist community. The charges stemmed from the adoption of the “Berlin Declaration,” which called for a change of power in Russia.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Free Russia Forum participants"],"case_name_en":"The case of the participants of the \"Free Russia Forum\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recgyeBvVYs9fXrPa"},{"persecution_id":"recYBJRh9WBab1zi0","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"rec7K2IWqglStlKKK","name_en":"Igor Eidman","birth_year":1968,"birth_date":"1968-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":57,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":57,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia","Germany"],"story_en":"A sociologist. In December 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". On 30 June 2025, a case was initiated against him for evasion of the duties of a \"foreign agent\". On 22 September another case was initiated against him for dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (because of the publication about the crimes of the Russian military in Bucha) and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation (because of an interview in which he, according to the investigation, promoted the activities of the \"Russian Volunteer Corps\", and a post in a Telegram with information about fundraising for the Legion of Freedom of Russia). The cases were merged.\n\nIn addition, Eidman is on trial for the activities of a terrorist community in connection with his involvement in the activities of the Free Russia Forum.","persecution_occupation_en":["Scientists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["The case of Free Russia Forum participants"],"case_name_en":"The case of the participants of the \"Free Russia Forum\"","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYBJRh9WBab1zi0"},{"persecution_id":"recfas26PrB7fVyEJ","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:06.000Z","person_id":"recZtX49Lhmjt3l11","name_en":"Vladimir Dobrychev","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Irbit (Sverdlovsk Region). A case was brought against him for desecrating symbols of military glory by lighting a cigarette from the Eternal Flame. In February 2026, the case went to court. 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On 25 June 2025, he was searched. A case was opened against him for financing extremist activities in connection with the transfer of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 2 October 2025, Gridin was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky"],"persecution_region_en":["Kamchatka Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KAM"],"persecution_started":"2025-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":6,"persecution_days_from_verdict":99,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":14,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Anatolii Gridin'case concerning funding extremist activities","case_number":"1-726/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"on 05 August 2021, no later than 16:18 (Kamchatka time), while on the territory of the city of Vladivostok, being a supporter of the non-profit organisation ‘Anti-Corruption Foundation’ (FBK) and sharing its core ideas, knowing that the said organisation had been recognised as extremist and liquidated, and having formed the criminal intent to provide funds in favour of FBK in order to support the activities of the said extremist organisation, using a technical device with access to the information and telecommunications network ‘Internet’, he followed the payment link ‘world.fbk.info’, knowingly intended for the financing of extremist activities of FBK, where, having familiarised himself with the method and conditions for transferring funds for the needs of the said extremist organisation, namely on conditions of anonymity from law enforcement authorities, he entered the details of his bank card no. [number] issued by Kamchatka branch No. 8556 of PJSC \"Sberbank\" at 30 Naberezhnaya str. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, linked to settlement account no. [number], and on the same day at 16:18 (Kamchatka time) carried out a financial transaction to transfer funds in the amount of 1,000 roubles from the said account to a merchant account serviced by a foreign (authorised) acquiring bank, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., located in the State of New York, USA,\nand also arranged a subscription for the systematic debiting of funds from the said settlement account in order to support the activities of FBK, that is, to finance an extremist organisation, as a result of which, in the period from 05 September 2021 to 05 February 2022, funds were debited without acceptance from the above-mentioned account to the said merchant account in favour of the extremist organisation FBK in the total amount of 12,058 roubles 20 kopecks, namely:\n\n– on 05 September 2021 at 17:18 in the amount of 1,000 roubles;\n– on 05 October 2021 at 17:19 in the amount of 1,000 roubles;\n– on 29 October 2021 at 03:15 in the amount of 720 roubles 50 kopecks;\n– on 05 November 2021 at 17:19 in the amount of 1,000 roubles;\n– on 29 November 2021 at 04:19 in the amount of 768 roubles 30 kopecks;\n– on 03 October 2021 at 16:11 in the amount of 1,000 roubles;\n– on 29 December 2021 at 04:18 in the amount of 756 roubles 30 kopecks;\n– on 03 January 2022 at 17:13 in the amount of 1,000 roubles;\n– on 05 January 2022 at 17:18 in the amount of 1,000 roubles;\n– on 29 January 2022 at 04:16 in the amount of 813 roubles 10 kopecks;\n– on 03 February 2022 at 17:12 in the amount of 1,000 roubles;\n– on 05 February 2022 at 17:20 in the amount of 1,000 roubles (Kamchatka time), the last of which was carried out in the above manner while Gridin was present in Kamchatka Krai.\n\nAt the same time, during the above period, Gridin, while on the territories of Primorsky Krai and Kamchatka Krai, reliably aware that funds were being debited without acceptance from the settlement account opened in his name, on the basis of his initial expression of will in the form of the subscription arranged by him, in favour of FBK, that is, that funds knowingly intended to support the activities of an extremist organisation were being provided, failed to take measures to cancel the said subscription until the cessation of debiting by the recipient bank.\n\nThus, in the period from 16:18 on 05 August 2021 to 17:20 on 05 February 2022 (Kamchatka time), while on the territories of Primorsky Krai and Kamchatka Krai, acting intentionally, with the aim of supporting the activities of the extremist organisation FBK, he provided funds in its favour in the amount of 13,058 roubles 20 kopecks for the said purposes.”","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave:  to 02.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.10.2025, Sentence: a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 300 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-10-02T13:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-10-02T13:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 06-03-2026\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2026/03/d53245/?utm_source=insight\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"rec3L8ZskJJMrjSjA"},{"persecution_id":"recFJayy56Xz6fCRz","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:08.000Z","person_id":"recfM3vlKPYBsYE2V","name_en":"Sergey Madiudin","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-01-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":47,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Lyubertsy (Moscow region). On 5 March 2025, a search came to his home. After interrogation he was released. A case of public justification of terrorism was brought against him. On 1 September 2025, Madiudin was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2025-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_days_from_verdict":179,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":25,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Madiudin's case of public justification of terrorism","case_number":"1-477/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for the case was two comments in the Telegram channel of the project \"I want to live\": 26 June 2023 - \"Ukrainians!\n\nIt is possible to come to Ukraine\n\nGet a Ukrainian passport\n\nJoin the Ukrainian armed forces\n\nKill these freaks as much as you can.\n\nGive my passport to my son to live in a normal country.\"\n\nand 27 June 2024 - \"Great plan! I'm running to sign the contract and write in the chat bot) . If only Ukrainian passport would be given even more I would have taken out more loans, moved my family and enlisted in Azov. It would be perfect\" under the post urging Russians to surrender after signing a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.09.2025 to 17.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 17.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) \"Matrosskaya Tishina\" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Moscow","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 01.09.2025, Sentence: 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":42,"first_verdict_date":"2025-08-31T21:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-08-31T21:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 27-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/madyudin-sergej-yurevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recFJayy56Xz6fCRz"},{"persecution_id":"rec9f3UMCzybVZtmg","last_updated":"2026-03-26T14:14:58.000Z","person_id":"recRcLdRVXz4a2WAm","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Cherkessk. A case of financing extremist activities was brought against him because of two donations of $10 each to ACF anti-corruption foundation). On 3 February 2026, the court sentenced him to three years' suspended imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherkessk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2025-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":11,"persecution_days_from_verdict":94,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":13,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Cherkessk resident's second case on financing extremist activity","case_number":"1-162/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the court, in August and September 2021, he sent two transfers to FBK for $10 each (a total of 1,540 rubles 50 kopecks).","persecution_location_en":"Suspended sentence","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2028-02-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.11.2025 to 19.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• Unknown: from 19.02.2026 to 18.02.2028\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 03.02.2026, Sentence: 3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-03T06:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-03T06:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec9f3UMCzybVZtmg"},{"persecution_id":"recv1GKVyNZVNLAcf","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recfUpMgnd8nqrXhq","name_en":" Unknown female 111","birth_year":1989,"age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Stavropol Territory. A case was brought against her for financing extremist activities because of sending $5 to the FBK. In March 2026, the case went to court.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Stavropol Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-STA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"A resident of the Stavropol Territory's case on financing extremist activities","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in August 2021, D., knowingly knowing that the NGO \"F.\" had been recognised as an extremist organisation and liquidated by court decision, in connection with the extremist activities of the said organisation, with the aim of financing extremist activities, made a transfer in the amount of 387 roubles 85 kopecks, i.e. 5 US dollars at the exchange rate of Sberbank of Russia PJSC on the date of processing the transaction, to the current account of the NGO \"F.\" opened in a foreign bank-exchanger located in the United States of America. A few days later, the said funds were credited to the settlement account of NO \"F.\".","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recv1GKVyNZVNLAcf"},{"persecution_id":"recoFHTvBfCz5c9QV","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recwPCnVwaSqnTp4p","name_en":"Andrii Gaiduchenko","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Ukraine"],"story_en":"Resident of the Lugansk Region of Ukraine. He was detained no later than spring 2025 and taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to the fact that in 2019 he participated in the activities of the Aidar battalion. On 15 September 2025, Gaiduchenko was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":257,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Andrei Gaiduchenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community","case_number":"1-429/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigators' version, he took part in hostilities in Donbass against the \"People's Militia\" and militiamen - his actions \"were aimed at suppressing the population and forcing them to give up self-determination\", participated in shelling of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic, including after the start of the \"special military operation\", in particular, on the territory of Popasnaia.","persecution_location_en":"Imprisoned (details unknown)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody:  to 09.10.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 09.10.2025\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: \n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 15.09.2025, Sentence: 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":66,"first_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-09-15T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the \"Council of United Circassia\" - according to the FSB, one of the subdivisions of the non-existent \"Anti-Russian Separatist Movement\". He was charged with administering the Council's channel, promoting \"destructive ideas\" and organising an action to mark the 161st anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War. On 16 March 2026, Nagoev was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Adygea"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-AD"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":439,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Ibragim Nagoev's case of participation in activity of a terrorist organisation","case_number":"1-409/2026 (1-1359/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from January to October 2025, he cooperated with the \"Council of United Circassia\": he administered the channel of the \"Council of United Circassia\", promoted \"destructive ideas\", held an action on 21 May 2025, timed to the 161st anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.03.2026, Sentence: 11 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"11 years' imprisonment, of which the first 2 in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":132,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-16T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-16T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recviNuwrFoFsIbH2"},{"persecution_id":"rec524epFuGfK9qJA","last_updated":"2026-04-13T20:19:28.000Z","person_id":"recqM1B97wPbnZXxm","name_en":" Unknown female 113","birth_year":1962,"age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Vilegodsky District, Arkhangelsk Region. A case of financing an \"undesirable organisation\" was opened against her because of donations to the All-Ukrainian Spiritual Centre \"Revival\" founded by Vladimir Muntean. From 2023 to 2024, she transferred more than 77 thousand rubles.\n\nOn 12 March 2026, the court sentenced her to 280 hours of compulsory labour.","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Arkhangelsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ARK"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":435,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":62,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["284.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 284.1"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of the Arkhangelsk Region concerning the funding of an ‘undesirable organisation’","case_number":"1-10/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, in 2023-2024, the convict transferred funds to the account of a foreign organisation, in respect of which a decision was taken to declare undesirable in the territory of the Russian Federation, to support its activities.\n\nThe court found that from February 2023 to February 2024, the pensioner transferred 77,150 roubles to the organisation through online transfers.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 12.03.2026, Sentence: 280 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_type_en":["Compulsory labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"280 hours of compulsory labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-12T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-12T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec524epFuGfK9qJA"},{"persecution_id":"recCh3tHZcN9WXcHb","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:08:41.000Z","person_id":"rec9lsydnvSe7MH30","name_en":"Konstantin Soima","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-03-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":33,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Khabarovsk, left Russia for Poland. A criminal case was launched against him for justifying terrorism and spreading military \"fakes\" because of his comments about the Ukrainian Azov unit and the Russian military. Their exact content is unknown.\n\nIn August 2025, he was added to the list of \"terrorists and extremists\".\n\nOn 26 January 2026, Soima was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison.","not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Khabarovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":390,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":55,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases","Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Konstantin Soima's case on justification of terrorism and military \"fakes\"","case_number":"1-14/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, a resident of the city of Khabarovsk in December 2022, being outside the Russian Federation, left text comments in open groups of one of the social networks, justifying the ideology of terrorism. RIA Novosti reported that it was the Ukrainian Azov unit that was in question.\n\nIn addition, in January 2023, while outside the Russian Federation, he disseminated deliberately false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation under the guise of reliable reports through an account belonging to him on a social network.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["arrest in absentia"],"restraint_measures_en":"• arrest in absentia: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 26.01.2026, Sentence: 15 years' imprisonment in absentia, with the first three years to be served in prison and the remainder in a general regime colony, and a ban on publishing appeals and other materials on the Internet for 7 years","verdict_type_en":["Prohibition of activity","Deprivation of liberty (in absentia)"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty in absentia"],"verdict_essence_en":"15 years' imprisonment in absentia, with the first three years to be served in prison and the remainder in a general regime colony, and a ban on publishing appeals and other materials on the Internet for 7 years","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["between fifteen and twenty years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":180,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-26T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-26T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recCh3tHZcN9WXcHb"},{"persecution_id":"recxDtSbez1K5gujO","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"rec0CklwEsx5DileP","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1975,"birth_date":"1975-05-24T00:00:00.000Z","age":50,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Usinsk (Komi Republic). A case of financing extremist activity was brought against him because of two donations of 500 roubles each to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 11 February 2026, the court sentenced him to a fine of 380 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Komi Republic"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KO"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":406,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Komi of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-30/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution's version, the man sent two donations of 500 roubles each to FBK after the decision to declare the organisation extremist came into force.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2025 to 27.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 11.02.2026, Sentence: Sentence unknown","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"Sentence unknown","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":380000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-11T12:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-11T12:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxDtSbez1K5gujO"},{"persecution_id":"recIHi5DYu6TEiUPD","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:08:43.000Z","person_id":"recJNPF7B1wRCZz4W","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Yekaterinburg, manager of a company engaged in the installation and sale of air conditioners. On 4 December 2025, he was searched in a case on financing extremist activities because of donations to FBK, which he sent from August to October 2021. In total, he sent three donations of 500 roubles each.\n\nOn 2 April 2026, the court sentenced him to a fine of 500,000 roubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Yekaterinburg"],"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_days_from_verdict":122,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":17,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Yekaterinburg resident's sixth case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"1-245/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, between 05.08.2021 and 05.10.2021, the man transferred money to the settlement account of FBK, which was liquidated on the basis of the court decision of 09.06.2021 in connection with extremist activities. In total, he transferred 1,500 rubles in three autopayments of 500 rubles each.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 02.04.2026, Sentence: a fine of 500,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"a fine of 500,000 rubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":500000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-02T07:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-02T07:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIHi5DYu6TEiUPD"},{"persecution_id":"recj6LeuUjbtB7uyy","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recDNW8snXfUOnymp","name_en":"Ivan Stepin","birth_year":1987,"birth_date":"1987-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":38,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Tula region, development director at Uralsib Bank. A case was opened against him on calls to extremism and terrorism in connection with comments approving the actions of the AFU. On 25 September 2025, he was detained and placed under house arrest the next day. On 18 November 2025, the measure of restraint was replaced with a signature on not leaving. On 23 January 2026, Stepin was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Other"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tula Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TUL"],"persecution_started":"2025-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":9,"persecution_days_from_verdict":120,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":17,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 280 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2","280"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2","Part 2, Article 280"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Ivan Stepin concerning incitement to extremism and terrorism","case_number":"1-56/2026 (1-741/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution, he posted three comments in the messenger Telegram, which contained \"calls to extremist activity and justifying terrorist activity, the content of which was made available to an unlimited number of users of this messenger\":\n\n7 March 2023 in the group \"Butusov Plus\" under the entry \"This is an assault close to enemy positions. When the perimeter is under fire control of both sides. Risky task is performed by the 1st mehbat of the 3rd Oshbar\" wrote: \"Guys, relatives, fuck the Russian bastards...\".\n\nOn 14 March 2023 in the group \"Butusov Plus\" under the entry \"Russian assault group destroyed by soldiers of the 3rd motorized infantry company and reconnaissance platoon of the 53rd mechanized brigade near Avdeevka\" he left the comment: \"Death and shame to the Kremlin's lackeys, the mutts of the pleshy, Rashist creatures\".\n\nOn 4 February 2024 he left in the same group under the entry \"Shot like a partridge. British, Americans, bewilderment. The first reaction of Russian Z-publics to the destruction of the BDC near the coast of temporarily occupied Crimea, near Alupka\" wrote: \"Beautiful guys, minus one more warship of fucking Russia\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","house arrest","recognizance not to leave","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 25.09.2025 to 26.09.2025\n• house arrest: from 26.09.2025 to 18.11.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 18.11.2025 to 23.01.2026\n• in custody: from 23.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tula Region\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tula Region","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 23.01.2026, Sentence: 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["three to four years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":36,"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-23T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-01-23T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 12-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/stepin-ivan-stepanovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recj6LeuUjbtB7uyy"},{"persecution_id":"rec8SVSxlMb5dw0PB","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"rec9zYvjhU3mtOQij","name_en":"Semyon Kohlmeyer","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-06-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ulyanovsk. Guitar and ukulele teacher, blogger. On 2 December 2025, he was detained and taken into custody the next day on charges of spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism.","persecution_occupation_en":["Teachers","Bloggers","Artists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ulyanovsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Ulyanovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ULY"],"persecution_started":"2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Paragraph(s) E Part 2,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code","Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3","205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 207.3","Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Semyon Kohlmeyer's case of ‘fake news’ about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 03.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ulyanovsk Oblast\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 02.12.2025 to 03.12.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Ulyanovsk Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec8SVSxlMb5dw0PB"},{"persecution_id":"recM07S45nruIFWtC","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recUc7rxnJgQUjZBG","name_en":"Roman Stukonog","birth_year":1982,"birth_date":"1982-02-02T00:00:00.000Z","age":44,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. In December 2025, he was taken into custody as part of a case of public justification of terrorism. According to the investigation, he endorsed the activities of the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps. In March 2026, the case went to trial.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Komsomolsk-on-Amur"],"persecution_region_en":["Khabarovsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KHA"],"persecution_started":"2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Roman Stukonog regarding the public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he read Ukrainian media, \"expressed disagreement with the conduct\" of the war and in the period from December 2024 to June 2025 posted comments on social networks in which he \"justified\" the actions of \"Azov\" and \"Russian Volunteer Corps\" fighting on the side of Ukraine.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Khabarovsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Khabarovsk Krai","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recM07S45nruIFWtC"},{"persecution_id":"recu977FguLWnTPX5","last_updated":"2026-04-13T20:28:49.000Z","person_id":"receznCCUezGa4r6h","name_en":" Unknown male 622","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Dolinsk, Sakhalin Oblast. Authorities brought a case against him for financing extremist activities following three donations of 300 roubles each to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 17 February 2026, the court sentenced him to a fine of 300,000 roubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sakhalin Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAK"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":412,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":58,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a Sakhalin Oblast resident for financing extremist activity","case_number":"1-26/2026 (1-187/2025;)","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's view, in August 2021, while in the town of Dolinsk, K.—as a supporter of the non-profit organisation Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) who shared its core ideas and was aware that the organisation had been recognised as an extremist organisation and liquidated—viewed a video posted on the internet in which unidentified individuals stated that the extremist activities of the said organisation were continuing and required funding. Acting intentionally for the purpose of transferring funds and using an unidentified device, K. followed a link under the video knowingly intended for the financing of the extremist activities of the FBK, and subsequently set up automatic monthly donations of 300 roubles to the extremist organisation by entering his bank card details into a payment form provided on the website. At the same time, as part of this automatic subscription, K. transferred a sum of 300 roubles.\n\nAs a result of setting up the said automatic monthly donation, further funds were transferred from K.’s account for the purpose of supporting the activities of an extremist organisation: 300 roubles in September 2021 and 300 roubles in October 2021.\n\nThus, by linking an automatic monthly donation to his bank account to support the activities of an extremist organisation, and having had the opportunity to cancel these donations, K. transferred funds in the total amount of 900 roubles between 5 August 2021 and 5 October 2021.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 17.02.2026, Sentence: fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-17T08:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-17T08:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recu977FguLWnTPX5"},{"persecution_id":"recSEfM5ccmvzeKZp","last_updated":"2026-04-28T13:38:35.000Z","person_id":"recuYIFtubjgkIBLt","name_en":"Snezhana Yakunina","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-12-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":37,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Energodar (Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine). She worked in a cosmetics shop. In April 2025, she was detained and then placed in custody. Later it became known that a case of high treason was opened against her in connection with the transfer of money for the needs of the AFU. In September 2025, Yakunina was sentenced to 14 years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Sellers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23"],"persecution_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":4,"persecution_days_from_verdict":295,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":42,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Snezhana Yakunina's case of high treason","case_number":"2-15/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from late February - early March 2022, she started watching videos in pro-Ukrainian TG-channels, other messengers and social networks, directed against the actions of Russian military personnel, as well as calling for the financing of units of the armed forces of Ukraine. In December 2023, she obtained citizenship of the Russian Federation, but decided to transfer the funds remaining on her virtual bank card \"PrivatBank\" to the needs of the AFU. From December 2023 to May 2024, the woman made six transfers via the Privat24 mobile application to Ukrainian volunteers and military personnel totalling UAH 2,949.96, which is equivalent to RUB 6,999.45.","persecution_location_en":"In penal colony","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.04.2025 to 21.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":["Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\""],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 21.01.2026\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Volgograd Oblast\n• punishment in criminal proceedings: , Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Federal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 3 of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of Ivanovo region\"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 14 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Prohibition of activity"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["ten to fifteen years"],"first_verdict_date":"2026-01-21T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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At the same time, a report on him was drawn up by an employee of the FSB, who allegedly \"detected\" Litvinov swearing in the street the day before. Litvinau claimed that at the specified time he was in the building of the FSS and gave explanations. On 2 September, when the term of administrative arrest expired, he was taken into custody on charges of financing terrorist activities. On 16 September, when the appeal against the decision on his administrative arrest was considered, the court in its ruling, which declared the arrest lawful, stated that Litvinau \"did not appear at the court hearing for unknown reasons\". The essence of the charges in the criminal case is not clear. The report of the FSSB said that the former official \"at least 9 times transferred money to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine\". The Novy Kaliningrad publication, citing the press service of the regional court, claimed that it was one bank transfer \"to a bank card used, as the investigation believes, by members of the terrorist organisation Russian Volunteer Corps\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Former officials"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Kaliningrad"],"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2025-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":8,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Litvinov's case of financing terrorist activity","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSS, \"using a mobile application of a Ukrainian bank, the defendant transferred money to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine at least 9 times\". According to the Novy Kaliningrad newspaper with reference to the press service of the regional court, \"in December 2024, he made a bank transfer from a Ukrainian bank card registered in his name to a bank card used, as the investigation believes, by members of the terrorist organisation Russian Volunteer Corps\"\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 02.09.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• administrative detention: from 22.08.2025 to 02.09.2025\n","imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 22 July 2025, Komarov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.","persecution_occupation_en":["Entrepreneurs"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Irkutsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-IRK"],"persecution_started":"2025-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":171,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":24,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Sergey Komarov's case of calls for terrorist activity","case_number":"1-140/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 17 September 2024, \"feeling political hatred towards the President of the Russian Federation, being an opponent of the Special Military Operation of the Russian Federation, with the purpose of acquaintance of an unlimited number of persons, wishing to induce them to carry out terrorist activities, i.e. to commit a crime under article 277 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, <...> in the Internet group \"Kremlin Circus\" in the Internet messenger \"Telegram\", published text comments available for viewing by an unlimited number of persons, calling for the implementation of a special military operation in the Russian Federation.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Deprived of liberty","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 26.02.2025 to 24.04.2025\n• recognizance not to leave: from 24.04.2025 to 22.07.2025\n• in custody: from 22.07.2025 to 26.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonments_en":"• punishment in criminal proceedings: from 26.08.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast\n","imprisonment_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 22.07.2025, Sentence: 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["four to seven years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":60,"first_verdict_date":"2025-07-22T10:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-07-22T10:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last year"],"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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On 10 November 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Kaliningrad Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KGD"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":313,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":44,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case against a Kaliningrad region resident for financing extremist activity","case_number":"1-130/2025","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution's version, the man, being aware of the recognition of FBK as an extremist organisation, using his Samsung Galaxy A71 mobile phone, went to the \"world.fbk.info\" website, where he entered the details of his Sberbank card and, in order to support the activities of the extremist organisation FBK, made a cashless money transfer in the amount of 365.65 roubles, which is equivalent to 5 US dollars.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: At large (non-custodial sentence)","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2025 to 26.11.2025\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.11.2025, Sentence: fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 300,000 roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":300000,"first_verdict_date":"2025-11-10T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2025-11-10T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSJ5w81mco0RqPj"},{"persecution_id":"recLh9a0Xhz8j5eHq","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recPGDyHSMwKRZLhZ","name_en":"Bair Tsyrenov","birth_year":1985,"birth_date":"1985-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":40,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":40,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Bair Buryad, a resident of Ulan-Ude and author of the YouTube channel Bair Buryad, worked as a chief specialist at the local Folk Art Centre. He left Russia after mobilisation was announced. He was prosecuted for disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces because of a YouTube broadcast in which he discussed with a guest the crimes of the Russian military in Bucha during the occupation in 2022. 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A case was brought against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. Dubkov was taken into custody. 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On 1 April 2025, he was detained in Kazan. On 3 April he was searched at his home, after which he was taken into custody. He was accused of treason in the form of transferring money to the Azov battalion and the Russian Volunteer Corps and transferring information about Russian military courts to Ukraine, as well as publicly justifying terrorism in connection with the endorsement of the activities of the RDK. 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On 22 August 2023, using the cryptocurrency service \"BitBits\" (a service that allows you to convert money from a Russian account into cryptocurrency and send it to someone else), he transferred 1,000 rubles to an electronic wallet used to raise funds for RDK.\n\nFrom 1 December 2024 to 10 February 2025, while living in the village of Pargolovo in St. Petersburg, he entered into correspondence in Telegram chat with the owner of the account \"Zhenya\" (@Jekich Work), who, according to the investigation, was a representative of the special services of Ukraine. On the assignment of \"Zhenya\" Mayer went to Kronstadt on 10 February 2025, where from 12:41 to 13:05 he took nine photos with his smartphone of \"the locations of units of the Leningrad naval base of the Baltic Fleet, its infrastructure and places where ships and vessels are parked\", which he then sent to \"Zhenya\". As a reward for these actions, 196.74 USDT, or 16,962.92 rubles at the exchange rate at the time, was transferred to Mayer's cryptocurrency wallet on 12 March. This was qualified by the court as espionage - \"transfer to the enemy of information that can be used against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other troops, military formations and bodies of the Russian Federation, committed in the conditions of other actions with the use of weapons and military equipment with the participation of the Russian Federation\".\n\nOn 19 January 2024, under a post in the Telegram channel \"White Powder\" about military actions, RDK left a comment \"\"Our boys (two emoji symbols demonstrating success, confidence, strength)\", containing psychological and linguistic signs of justification of terrorism\". 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He was prosecuted for financing extremist activities due to the transfer of money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 10 April 2026, the Voronezh resident was sentenced to a year of correctional labour.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast","Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR","RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":464,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case against a Voronezh resident for financing extremist activity","case_number":"1-149/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, from 06 August 2021 to 13 February 2022, in order to provide funds to support the activities of an extremist organisation, he followed the link \"...\", knowingly intended to finance extremist activities, including to support the activities of the extremist organisation - NO \"FBK\", using his mobile phone, through the Internet application PJSC \"Sberbank\" made monthly transfers of funds from his bank account to \"...\" in the acquirer bank \"Wells Fargo Bank\" in New York State, USA. Thus, he made eight money transfers totalling 3,800 roubles to the bank account of the said organisation.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 10.04.2026, Sentence: 1 year of correctional labour","verdict_type_en":["Corrective labour"],"verdict_group_en":["Labour (corrrect.compul.oblig.)"],"verdict_essence_en":"1 year of correctional labour","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-10T06:15:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-10T06:15:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recbrgAnFVK3uyO6d"},{"persecution_id":"recqJvridazDFn4Ay","last_updated":"2026-04-28T07:34:54.000Z","person_id":"rec0fsV51QSdNGtbF","name_en":"Alexey Bedarev","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Primorsky Krai. In June 2025, he was arrested for 12 days under the administrative article on public display of prohibited symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of the comment \"Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Heroes!\". Presumably, no later than August 2025, he was detained on charges of intent to cooperate with the SBU. Bedarev was taken into custody under the article on confidential cooperation with a foreign state. Presumably, the FSB said of him that he \"agreed on the assignment of the Ukrainian special service to collect data on the facilities of the Russian Ministry of Defence in Primorye and pass it to the SBU officers\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Primorsky Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-PRI"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Alexei Bedarev's case of regarding confidential cooperation with a foreign government","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: , Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 09-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/bedarev-aleksej-yurevich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recqJvridazDFn4Ay"},{"persecution_id":"recDAn2gAJ7utsWax","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recXKB3IBBDSGj66t","name_en":"Roman Gromov","birth_year":1991,"birth_date":"1991-06-28T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Moscow region. He was a leader of the informal community of \"zatsepers\" and worked as a courier in a logistics company. On 22 August 2025, he was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 roubles on charges of involving teenagers in dangerous unlawful acts in connection with the death of a 17-year-old girl who died while trying to pass on the outside of the Lastochka train. Gromov was exonerated with time spent in custody. We do not consider this prosecution to be political.\n\nIn November 2022, Gromov was brought to administrative responsibility under the article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). One of the reports on \"hooking\" mentions that he posted selfies with the flag of Ukraine and the comment \"Glory to Ukraine!\", as well as a comment with the words \"I was transferring to generators\".\n\nIn December 2025, Gromov was taken into custody on charges of confidential co-operation with a foreign state.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2025-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":12,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275.1"],"case_name_en":"Roman Gromov's case of confidential cooperation with a foreign state","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-12-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.12.2025, Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Presnya\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 19-02-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/figurant/gromov-roman-aleksandrovich\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recDAn2gAJ7utsWax"},{"persecution_id":"recZyyKMHgv2Yf0mI","last_updated":"2026-04-26T14:59:45.000Z","person_id":"recxJdrXg9ryKjsSB","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-04-22T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Cherkessk. She was prosecuted for financing extremist activities because of sending five dollars to FBK in August 2021. On 24 February 2026, the court sentenced her to three years' suspended imprisonment.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Cherkessk"],"persecution_region_en":["Karachay-Cherkessia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KC"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":419,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":59,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The second case against a Cherkessk resident for financing extremist activity","case_number":"1-244/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution version, on 8 August 2021, the woman transferred five dollars (386 rubles 05 kopecks) to FBK.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Verdict: Suspended sentence","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.01.2025 to 12.03.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 24.02.2026, Sentence: 3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"3 years' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-02-24T14:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-02-24T14:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recZyyKMHgv2Yf0mI"},{"persecution_id":"recYwVHAAJuP6ytAZ","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recYTjvSRG6OIP4lc","name_en":"Wished to remain anonymous","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","age":52,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":51,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Voronezh. A case of financing extremist activity was brought against her because of FBK donations of 2,100 roubles. On 14 April 2026, the court sentenced her to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Voronezh"],"persecution_region_en":["Voronezh Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-VOR"],"persecution_started":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_days_from_verdict":468,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":66,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of Voronezh of financing extremist activity","case_number":"1-150/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"In the court's opinion, in 2021, M.A. Vasilkova, with the aim of providing funds to support the activities of an extremist organisation, used her mobile phone to transfer money from her bank account to the extremist organisation, the NGO FBK*. In this way, the defendant made money transfers totalling 2,100 roubles to the bank account of the organisation in question.","persecution_location_en":"At large","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 14.04.2026, Sentence: fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"fine of 350 thousand roubles","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 300 to 500 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":350000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-14T07:00:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-14T07:00:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recYwVHAAJuP6ytAZ"},{"persecution_id":"recFdUk1NdA7itBu0","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recCcytxQjzKN1aIl","name_en":"Vladimir Neskorodev","birth_year":1969,"birth_date":"1969-12-23T00:00:00.000Z","age":56,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":56,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of Mytishchi (Moscow Region). A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation: according to the investigation, he was involved in the activities of deniers of the collapse of the USSR. On 25 July 2025, he was detained, after which he was taken into custody. On 9 April 2026, Neskorodev was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Mytishchi"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":7,"persecution_days_from_verdict":258,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":36,"persecution_time_period_en":["last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vladimir Neskorodev's case of participation in the activities of an extremist organization","case_number":"1-65/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the version of the investigation, denied the collapse of the USSR and \"with the purpose of violent change of the foundations of the constitutional order\" was interested in the materials of the banned movement \"Union of Slavic Forces of Russia\".\n\"Being in an unidentified place, in the period from 16.08.2019 to 05.06.2022, a more precise time is not established by the investigation, believing that there were no legal grounds for the abolition of the state \"Union of Soviet Socialist Republics\" on 26.12.1991, with the purpose of violent change of the foundations of the constitutional order and violation of the integrity of the Russian Federation, in circumstances and place not established by the investigation, being aware of the fact that the NGO \"USSR\" is recognised as an extremist organisation on the territory of the Russian Federation and its activities are prohibited, became interested in the materials of the banned movement \"Union of Slavic Forces of Russia\".\nFurther, in the period from 16.08.2019 to 05.06.2022, he voluntarily and on his own initiative joined the \"USSR\" MPO, recognising himself as a citizen of the \"USSR\".\nThus, in order to document his participation in the \"USSR\" INGO and continuation of its activities, he purchased from unidentified members of the \"USSR\" INGO \"Attachment to the current passports, military tickets and other USSR identity cards in the hands of citizens of the USSR, with the status of the Identity Card of the Citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics\" made according to the sample established by the \"Notification on Introduction of the Insert to the currently existing passports, military tickets and other identity cards of the USSR in the hands of citizens of the USSR, with the status of the Identity Card of the Citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics\" No. 2018.06.14/12:00:00:00/SU-KRV/UvlESGRP dated 14.06.2018, i.e. the document of membership in the public association - the USSR MPO.\n\"From 2019 to 2025 \"used fake documents of the \"USSR\"\"\" and communicated with like-minded people, seeking to \"violate the territorial integrity of Russia\".\n\"Being an adherent of the ideology of the \"USSR\" MPO, in the period of time from 16.08.2019 to 25.07.2025, more precise time is not established, being on the territory of the city of Mytishchi, Moscow region, the city of Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow region, the city of. While in Mytishchi, Moscow region, Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow region, Sochi, Krasnodar region, Rostov region, as well as other places unknown to the investigation, he deliberately began to carry out actions aimed at continuing the activities of the \"USSR\", namely, using mobile phones, as well as other unidentified technical devices with the ability to access the information and telecommunications network \"Internet\", joined thematic chats in messengers \"WhatsApp\" (\"WhatsApp\"): \"Soviet Officers. Citizens of the Renewed USSR\", and Telegram (\"Telegram\"): \"Citizens of the Renewed USSR\" (\"Citizens of the USSR\"), \"Secret Chat of Citizens of the USSR\", where he conducted conversations with Marina Kuryukina, convicted on 04.06.2025 by the Mytishchi City Court of the Moscow region under part 2 of article 282.2, part. 1 of article 282.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the fact of participation and financing of the activities of the \"USSR\" NGO, as well as other members of the \"USSR\" NGO, discussing ideas on the implementation of article 62 of the USSR Constitution of 1977, according to which: \"A citizen of the USSR is obliged to protect the interests of the Soviet state, to contribute to the strengthening of its power and authority. The defence of the socialist Fatherland is the sacred duty of every citizen of the USSR. Treason against the Motherland is the gravest crime before the people\", as well as the support of the \"officials\" of the MOO \"USSR\" - \"Vr.I.O. of the President of the USSR\" - Taraskin S.V., convicted on 04.05.2022 by the Zelenograd District Court of Moscow under part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the fact of organising the activities of the NGO \"USSR\", \"Acting Prime Minister of the USSR\" - Valery Semyonovich Ryzhov, born on 05.03.Valery Semenovich Ryzhov, born in 1957, who was found to have committed an act prohibited by criminal law and falling under the offence provided for by part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in a state of insanity, in connection with the organisation of the activities of the USSR International Public Association, i.e. he took part in the discussion of the activities of the USSR International Association.\nThus, in order to ensure the activities of the USSR International Public Association on 01.04.2025, the investigation has not established the exact time, being in the Krasny Kit shopping and entertainment complex located at the following address: Moscow region, Mytishchi, Mytishchi, Sharapovsky proezd, v. 2, p. 3, together with K., took part in the discussion of the activities of the USSR International Association. 3, together with K. took part in a meeting held by unidentified members of the USSR International Public Association for the purpose of discussing and coordinating the activities of the USSR International Public Association.\nHaving a real opportunity to stop his criminal activity of his own free will, he did not voluntarily turn to the authorities by appearing before them, thus continuing his participation in the USSR.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 09.04.2026, Sentence: 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_essence_en":"2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_imprisonment_category_en":["two to three years"],"verdict_imprisonment_term":24,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-09T12:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-09T12:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recFdUk1NdA7itBu0"},{"persecution_id":"recne9F3p1FTWBzIE","last_updated":"2026-04-28T08:12:26.000Z","person_id":"recG7Fyf8neTiCjAE","name_en":"Marina Belousova","birth_year":1964,"birth_date":"1964-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":61,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":61,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Ukraine","Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Primorsk (Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine). In May 2025, she was detained and taken into custody on charges of high treason over the transfer of 450 hryvnias to a Ukrainian fund that collected money for the needs of the AFU. Presumably, on 5 December 2025, Belousova was sentenced to 12 and a half years in a general regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Zaporizka oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-23"],"persecution_started":"2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2025,"persecution_started_month":5,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 275 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["275"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 275"],"case_name_en":"Marina Belousova's case of high treason","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, \"in June 2023, she decided to provide financial assistance to a foreign state in activities against the security of the Russian Federation. In a social network banned in the territory of the Russian Federation, she found the card number and current account of a Ukrainian bank, intended to collect funds for the needs of the AFU. It was established that in January 2024, through the mobile application of the Ukrainian bank installed in her mobile phone, she transferred to the said account funds intended for the fighters of the reconnaissance battalion of the military AFU unit to carry out activities against the security of the Russian Federation\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 12 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (common regime)","Restriction of liberty"],"verdict_group_en":["Other","Deprivation of liberty"],"verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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He lived in Crimea and moved to Kazakhstan after the start of the war. On 28 January 2026, he was detained in Almaty. He was reported for crossing the road in an inappropriate place and smoking hookah indoors. The Department One project claims that both police reports were falsified: according to lawyer Evgenii Smirnov, the policeman stopped Kachkurkin, asked him to cross the road and indicated a specific place where he was going to check his documents, and then a report on crossing the road in an inappropriate place was drawn up. The police appealed to the court to expel Kachkurkin from the country for \"contempt of sovereignty\". The court ruled accordingly, after which the man was immediately taken to the airport and sent to Moscow, where upon arrival he was immediately detained right on the plane. On 31 January 2026, Kachkurkin was taken into custody on charges of high treason. 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In June 2024, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In February 2026, the Investigative Committee reported that a case was opened against him for evasion of his duties as a \"foreign agent\".\n","persecution_occupation_en":["Artists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Spirin's case for evading the duties of a “foreign agent.”","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, after receiving fines under the administrative article for violating “foreign agent” requirements in July and October 2025, he did not submit income reports to the Ministry of Justice.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reclRKqQn7NVzmLHv"},{"persecution_id":"reciVGi75d4XfhWk1","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recLupV5ZAl9PA3De","name_en":"Alexei Gorokhov","birth_year":1978,"birth_date":"1978-02-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":48,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":48,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Alexey Gorokhov is a resident of the urban-type settlement of Maina, Khakassia. 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Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"reciVGi75d4XfhWk1"},{"persecution_id":"recI3p3HMjaddVtaQ","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recEYt9Qv1KVen7sE","name_en":"Oleg Zhukov","birth_year":1972,"birth_date":"1972-01-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":54,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":54,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the workers’ settlement of Mayna (Khakassia). On 26 January 2026, his home was searched. Authorities arrived while he was organising his son-in-law’s funeral. The following day, Zhukov was taken into custody on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. 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The following day, he was remanded in custody on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist charges solely for their religious activities—such as holding meetings, conducting worship services, and attracting new members.","persecution_occupation_en":["Electricians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Khakassia"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KK"],"persecution_started":"2026-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of conscience","freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Khakassia","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 26.01.2026 to 27.01.2026\n• in custody: from 27.01.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Khakassia\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Khakassia","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Status: A person unlawfully deprived of liberty in connection with the exercise of the right to freedom of religion\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/spisok-presleduemyh-po-obvineniyu-v-prinadlezhnosti-k-svidetelyam-iegovy-obnovlyaetsya/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"rechM0tzbnRmKofwh"},{"persecution_id":"recAd35jOGf4LzPtB","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"recQGYCMWmUU75DDj","name_en":"Roman Zavodovskii","birth_year":1992,"birth_date":"1992-04-12T00:00:00.000Z","age":34,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":34,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novosibirsk. According to the FSB, he remained outside of Russia from 2022 to 2025 to \"evade mobilization.\" The agency also claims that Zavodskii was a member of Memorial. On 9 February 2026, he was detained, and the following day he was remanded in custody on charges of public justification of terrorism. The prosecution was triggered by a comment in support of the Russian Volunteer Corps.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Novosibirsk"],"persecution_region_en":["Novosibirsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NVS"],"persecution_started":"2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The сase of Roman Zavodskii regarding the public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, speaking against the Special Military Operation, he posted a comment in one of the Telegram channels. In it, he publicly justified terrorism and the activities of the Ukrainian organisation Russian Volunteer Corps,*, which is recognised as a terrorist organisation in Russia.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 09.02.2026 to 10.02.2026\n• in custody: from 10.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recAd35jOGf4LzPtB"},{"persecution_id":"recTrSOpXpvHCD9sr","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:07:45.000Z","person_id":"recepAhAoHanRzMYQ","name_en":"Vitaly Razlugo","birth_year":1983,"birth_date":"1983-07-09T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":43,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Bryansk region, formerly a general director of a commercial organisation. On 22 January 2026, he was taken into custody on charges of financing terrorist activities. According to the investigation, he transferred money to the needs of the movement \"Artpodgotovka\". No later than March 2026, Razlugo was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Bryansk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BRY"],"persecution_started":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Vitaliy Razlugo's case of terrorist activities financing","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he transferred 47,000.00 roubles \"to a bank account of the terrorist community created by Mr. Maltsev and uniting participants of the Interregional Public Movement 'Artpodgotovka'\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (verdict has not entered into force)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 22.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, , Sentence: 9 years' imprisonment, of which the first 3 in prison and the remainder in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 300,000 rubles","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (strict regime)","Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Deprivation of liberty","Penalty"],"verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recTrSOpXpvHCD9sr"},{"persecution_id":"recY3qGrphv8HWBLI","last_updated":"2026-02-25T23:06:32.000Z","person_id":"recNWFLMP0iO87tdV","name_en":"Galina Privalova","birth_year":1967,"birth_date":"1967-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","age":59,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":59,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of occupied Simferopol. On 5 February 2026, she was searched in an extremist organisation case due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nAfter the interrogation, Privalova was released on her own recognisance not to leave Simferopol.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2026-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Galina Privalova's case of the extremist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"Details of the charge are unknown","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 05.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recY3qGrphv8HWBLI"},{"persecution_id":"recz7neaxIXTGnHqJ","last_updated":"2026-02-25T23:02:02.000Z","person_id":"recdux73C4UaQNXkd","name_en":"Anna Moroz","birth_year":1998,"birth_date":"1998-07-10T00:00:00.000Z","age":27,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":28,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of occupied Simferopol. On 5 February 2026, she was searched in an extremist organisation case due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nAfter the interrogation, Moroz was released on her own recognisance.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Simferopol"],"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2026-01-26T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Anna Moroz's case of an extremist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"Details of the prosecution are unknown","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 05.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recz7neaxIXTGnHqJ"},{"persecution_id":"recfxpsHvqkcUl5Fx","last_updated":"2026-02-18T07:47:35.000Z","person_id":"rec6tANqrKq1zv9IS","name_en":" Unknown male 579","birth_year":1991,"age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":35,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of the Oryol region. In February 2026, the media reported about his arrest in the case of calls for terrorism. According to the security forces, he left comments in Telegram inciting the murder of a certain representative of the authorities. The channel described the man as \"a supporter of pro-Ukrainian views, as well as an opponent of the special military operation carried out by the Russian Armed Forces\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Oryol Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ORL"],"persecution_started":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"A resident's of the Oryol Region case of inciting terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the security forces, he posted publicly available materials of a terrorist nature on Telegram, including content inciting the murder of a representative of the authorities.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recfxpsHvqkcUl5Fx"},{"persecution_id":"rec22DeLqA2gjGjJd","last_updated":"2026-03-26T14:41:55.000Z","person_id":"recgBsqXIoBgX1Txs","name_en":"Nariman Seitaliev","birth_year":1984,"birth_date":"1984-01-18T00:00:00.000Z","age":42,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":42,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","story_en":"A resident of the Bakhchisarai district of Crimea. On 12 February 2026 he was detained after a search. The next day, the court sent him to custody on charges of organising activities of a terrorist organisation. Seitaliev is accused of involvement in the Islamic party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\". Representatives of this community are prosecuted under terrorist articles solely on the basis of party affiliation: none of those accused of connections to Hizb ut-Tahrir has been found to have been involved in any violence.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea"],"persecution_region_iso":["UA-43"],"persecution_started":"2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.5"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 205.5"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Hizb ut-Tahrir","Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nariman Seitaliev's case of organazing activities of a terrorist organazation","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 12.02.2026 to 13.02.2026\n• in custody: from 13.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec22DeLqA2gjGjJd"},{"persecution_id":"rectxUi26zx4IR5ZB","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:06:36.000Z","person_id":"recLyuqJ32IrKKisv","name_en":"Marat Nikandrov","birth_year":2004,"birth_date":"2004-08-27T00:00:00.000Z","age":21,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":22,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Blogger. He himself (in his own words, \"for fun\") filled out an application on the website of the Ministry of Justice to recognise himself as a \"foreign agent\", providing only personal data, but not the source of funding or foreign influence. In November 2023, he was included in the register of \"foreign agents\". In February 2026, a criminal case was opened against him for evasion of his duties as a \"foreign agent\". After interrogation, he was given a non-departure undertaking. On 8 April 2026, Nikandrov was sentenced to an eight-month suspended sentence.","persecution_occupation_en":["Bloggers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Moscow Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOS"],"persecution_started":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_days_from_verdict":66,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":9,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression","other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Marat Nikandrov's case of evasion of the foreign agent's duties","case_number":"1-3/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"The reason for bringing the case was the repeated failure to submit a financial report to the Ministry of Justice. In October 2024, Mr. Nikandrov was fined under the administrative article on evasion of the duties of a \"foreign agent\" (Article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences) due to the lack of indication in the Telegram posts that they were created and distributed by a foreign agent. In June 2025, Mr. Nikandrov was fined due to failure to submit a financial report.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 01.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 08.04.2026, Sentence: 8 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_type_en":["Deprivation of liberty (suspended sentence)"],"verdict_group_en":["Suspended sentence"],"verdict_essence_en":"8 months' suspended imprisonment","verdict_changed":false,"first_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T11:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-04-08T11:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["last month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rectxUi26zx4IR5ZB"},{"persecution_id":"rec2GZDIiTZPTrdwN","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:26:46.000Z","person_id":"recTz7Iv9E87NGCmA","name_en":"Nikita Uvarov","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attypKAwRpeTOyQw4.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attypKAwRpeTOyQw4.jpg"],"birth_year":2005,"birth_date":"2005-08-17T00:00:00.000Z","age":20,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":21,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Kansk (Krasnoyarsk region), Uvarov was a minor at the time his prosecution began. He was detained in June 2020 shortly after he and Denis Mikhailenko posted leaflets in the city in support of Azat Miftakhov and those convicted in the \"Network\" case. On 10 June, Uvarov was taken into custody on charges of undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist attacks. In November, a case regarding participation in a terrorist community was opened. As evidence of his guilt, the investigation cited correspondence about blowing up an FSB building within the video game Minecraft, though these details were ultimately excluded from the final indictment. Uvarov and other defendants were accused of manufacturing Molotov cocktails with the intent to seize the FSB building in Kansk. In March 2021, the charge of participating in a terrorist community was dropped. On 4 May, Uvarov was released from custody. However, on 10 February 2022, he was sentenced to five years in a general-regime penal colony.\n\nIn October 2023, it was decided to transfer Uvarov from a juvenile correctional facility to a general-regime penal colony until he reaches the age of 19.\n\nIn February 2026, it was reported that a new case had been initiated against Uvarov for participation in an extremist organisation, specifically the \"AUE\" movement. According to Novaya Gazeta, criminal subculture was alien to Nikita Uvarov both before and during his imprisonment. Furthermore, Penal Colony No. 31, where he served his sentence, is considered a \"red\" colony, meaning it lacks a traditional prison hierarchy and customs.\n\nThe propaganda TV channel Ren-TV aired a video featuring a prisoner, identified as Uvarov's cellmate, who described Uvarov’s alleged commitment to illegal groups involved in sabotage—a description that does not align with the typical \"AUE\" subculture. According to the cellmate: \"The convict Nikita Uvarov told other convicts how he went against the special services and the authorities at the age of 14. He said that groups should be created... some legal, others illegal. The legal ones would be involved in posting leaflets and so on... and the illegal ones would organise all sorts of sabotage, well, to go against the authorities... Uvarov talked about Stepan Bandera; he was fascinated by how he prepared for torture, driving nails under his fingernails so that when the special services interrogated him, he wouldn't reveal anything that was being prepared. Not only has he not reformed, he has become even more hostile toward the authorities and everything else; he’s embittered against everyone. ...When he gets out, I think he will commit even more crimes related to terrorist and extremist activities\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Schoolers"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Krasnoyarsk Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-KYA"],"persecution_started":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Nikita Uvarov's case of the participation in the activities of an extremist organisation","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he \"communicated to inmates the rules of life and behaviour oriented towards the introduction and daily use in the correctional institution of the style of communication and 'laws' of the criminal world\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (waiting to be transported)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 12.03.2026 to 11.06.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec2GZDIiTZPTrdwN"},{"persecution_id":"recxqWT9Kx3AUaI2e","last_updated":"2026-03-15T10:33:16.000Z","person_id":"recvFK51NawDBecWB","name_en":"Roman Badanin","birth_year":1976,"birth_date":"1976-11-06T00:00:00.000Z","age":49,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":50,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Journalist, left Russia. Founder and editor-in-chief of the publication Project, a media outlet that specialised in complex investigations, stories, portraits and open data research. Editor-in-chief of the news publication \"Agency\". In different years he headed the website of Forbes Russia as editor-in-chief, the RBC news agency and the Dozhd TV channel as editor-in-chief. From 2001 to 2011, he worked as deputy editor-in-chief of Gazeta.ru. Since autumn 2013, he has been Executive Director of the Internet Project Service at Interfax Agency. He worked at the International Foundation for Socio-Economic and Political Science Research (Gorbachev Foundation) and was engaged in research activities.\n\nIn July 2021, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office declared the legal entity of the publication Project an \"undesirable organisation\", and Roman Badanin was included in the register of \"foreign agents\" among other journalists of the publication.\n\nIn February 2026, Badanin was put on the wanted list in a case of evasion of his duties as a \"foreign agent\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["330.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 330.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against foreign agents"],"case_name_en":"Roman Badanin's case","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the prosecution's version, Badanin, recognised as a foreign agent, was brought to administrative responsibility for violation of the procedure of activities of a foreign agent (part 2 of article 19.34 and part 5 of article 19.34 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation), but in violation of the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation continued to distribute materials in one of the social networks without indicating that they were created and (or) distributed by an individual performing the functions of a foreign agent.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Unknown","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recxqWT9Kx3AUaI2e"},{"persecution_id":"recFAXouFTEq3xXHp","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:01:12.000Z","person_id":"recbc0ryAgQmTsmyl","name_en":"Sergei Soroka","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Uyar (Krasnoyarsk region). He was detained on 3 February 2026 and  placed in custody on 5 February on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation, namely the Jehovah's Witnesses community. 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On 3 February 2026, he was detained, on 5 February he was placed in custody on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organization, namely the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. 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He was detained on 3 February 2026 and  placed in custody on 5 February on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation, namely the Jehovah's Witnesses community. 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After the search, he was taken to the FSB office where, according to Popov, he was beaten while handcuffed with his hands behind his back, then stripped and electrocuted, forcing him to sign pre-prepared self-incriminating statements and agree to \"cooperate\" with the investigation. On February 5, Popov was placed under the house arrest after being accused in involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation, namely the Jehovah's Witnesses community. 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On 3 February 2026, his home was searched. According to the website “Jehovah's Witnesses. Legal situation in Russia”, after the search, began at 6 a.m., he was taken to an FSB department for questioning, which began shortly before midnight. For nearly 20 hours, Balashov was not allowed to eat, drink or take necessary medication. At the time of the interrogation, his blood pressure rose sharply, half of his face became numb, and he began to tremble. Balashov was later placed under house arrest as part of a case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation, namely the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. 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On 3 February 2026, he was searched and then placed in custody as part of a case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation, namely the Jehovah's Witnesses community. 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In February 2026, she was detained in a case of financing extremist activities due to the transfer of more than 50,000 roubles, according to Kommersant-Siberia, to the \"Khakasskaya Regional Public Organisation Falun\".\n\nThis organisation, declared extremist, is linked to the Falun Dafa Centre for Spiritual and Physical Development (or Falun Gong, a Chinese system of spiritual practices). 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On 11 February 2026, following mass searches of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ufa, Gubeyev was detained on charges of participation in an extremist organisation in connection with his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. 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","persecution_location_en":"Under restrictions of certain actions","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_ended_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_imprisonment_ended":"2026-02-13T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","prohibition of certain actions"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.02.2026 to 13.02.2026\n• prohibition of certain actions: from 13.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"rec3VMEOeDLYwxCNT"},{"persecution_id":"recEl3GPnTh9krW5f","last_updated":"2026-04-15T12:02:23.000Z","person_id":"recTZ3RovSRpdDGlS","name_en":"Ruslan Tazyrov","birth_year":1974,"birth_date":"1974-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":51,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":52,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Ufa. On 11 February 2026 following mass home searches of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ufa, Tazyrov and his wife were detained on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with their involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities, such as meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters.\n\nOn 13 February Tazyrov was taken into custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Ufa"],"persecution_region_en":["Bashkortostan"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BA"],"persecution_started":"2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ufa","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, Tazyrov and other defendants \"organised and held meetings in public places via video-conferencing... with the aim of promoting the activities of a banned organisation\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["placement in the temporary detention centre","in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 11.02.2026 to 13.02.2026\n• in custody: from 13.02.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recEl3GPnTh9krW5f"},{"persecution_id":"recb8YvPJWDYr2ZXZ","last_updated":"2026-04-28T15:58:15.000Z","person_id":"recKJMG7gGW2CLKVo","name_en":"Lydia Starostina","birth_year":1955,"birth_date":"1955-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","age":70,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":71,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"over seventy one years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nizhny Novgorod. In February 2026, a case of extremist organisation was brought against her due to her involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.\n\nAfter the interrogation, she was released","persecution_occupation_en":["Retired persons"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association","freedom of conscience"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code  (part unspecified)"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Article 282.2 (unknown part)"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"Lidia Starostina's case concerning an extremist organization","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recb8YvPJWDYr2ZXZ"},{"persecution_id":"recHK5D1BPDl91NZZ","last_updated":"2026-04-15T12:02:32.000Z","person_id":"recga1AqHsu0txV0t","name_en":"Anton Voronin","birth_year":1988,"birth_date":"1988-12-15T00:00:00.000Z","age":37,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":38,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Nizhnii Novgorod. He was detained on 24 February 2026 after a search. According to him, when he opened the flat door, he was thrown on the floor, kicked on the head and on the body with a stun gun, forced to lie in his underwear at the open balcony door with a cloth in his mouth. Then in the car they put him on the floor and put their feet on him. The next day Voronin was taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. The reason was the posts in his Telegram channel \"Alan Grant - Science with Journalism\": a repost of a publication about the creation of the American legal entity of the ACF and, presumably, other reposts. The ruling on bringing Voronin as a defendant actually mentions one publication: the named above repost, as well as the original post from Alexei Navalny's channel, which Voronin reposted on his channel.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Nizhny Novgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Nizhny Novgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-NIZ"],"persecution_started":"2026-02-18T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 282.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters","Extremism cases"],"case_name_en":"The Anton Voronin's case of involvement in an extremist organization activity","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he joined and became involved in Navalny's Headquarters and the Anti-Corruption Foundation, \"systematically committed actions of an organisational nature aimed at continuing the unlawful activities of public movements\"; \"being the administrator of the channel 'Alan Grant - Science with Journalism' in the Telegram instant messaging application, having in his use a technical device connected to the information and telecommunications network 'Internet', posted on his channel located at  https://t.me/alangrant informational materials about the activities of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, a non-profit organization, these materials were available for viewing by an unlimited number of people (https://t.me/alangrant/8092 from 12.07.2022); and also, among other things, posted information from the Navalny channel located at t.me/navalny (https://t.me/navalny/3256 from 11.07.2022), the Navalny Team channel located at t.me/teamnavalny, containing links leading to materials about the continued activities of the Anti-Corruption Foundation and its organizers, thus consistently taking part in the activities of the organization\".","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody","placement in the temporary detention centre"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 25.02.2026 to 17.06.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (\"Druzhny\")\n• placement in the temporary detention centre: from 24.02.2026 to 25.02.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (\"Druzhny\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. Memorial:\n Date: 11-03-2026\n Status: Political prisoner\n Source: https://memopzk.org/dossier/delo-ob-uchastii-v-ekstremistskih-organizacziyah-storonnikov-navalnogo/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["Support for political prisoners. Memorial"],"aid":"recHK5D1BPDl91NZZ"},{"persecution_id":"rec93xZDIJlHWoU0k","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recUxDgJwxPWegqFa","name_en":" Unknown male 585","birth_year":1996,"age":30,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":30,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Belgorod. In February 2026, the Federal Security Service reported his detention in the case of terrorism financing because of donations to \"Artpodgotovka\" of 18 thousand rubles. After the detention, the man was taken into custody.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Belgorod"],"persecution_region_en":["Belgorod Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-BEL"],"persecution_started":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1.1,  Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1.1, Article 205.1"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Belgorod resident's case of financing terrorist activities ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the Federal Security Service's version, from February to June 2024, the man transferred money to the electronic account of the organisation \"Artpodgotovka\". 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In January 2025, he was added to the register of “foreign agents.” He subsequently left Russia. On February 12, 2026, investigators charged him in absentia in a case involving the dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, over a publication about the attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih. At the same time, the document stated that he had committed attempted petty bribery, although the circumstances described referred to the alleged dissemination of “fakes” about the army.","persecution_occupation_en":["Journalists"],"not_in_russia":true,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Samara"],"persecution_region_en":["Samara Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SAM"],"persecution_started":"2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["publication"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["207.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 207.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"Anton Rubin’s case of “fakes” about the Russian Armed Forces","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to investigators, between April 5 and 7, 2025, in Samara he disseminated false information on Telegram about the actions of the Russian army, namely the claim that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had struck a playground in Kryvyi Rih.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Not in Russia","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 12.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recIeYUGvt8snmUBE"},{"persecution_id":"recHjYDzV9pwri4W8","last_updated":"2026-04-28T15:27:06.000Z","person_id":"recvUOrkNXaSLhInX","name_en":"Galina Filchenko","birth_year":1963,"birth_date":"1963-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","age":62,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":63,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"female","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, former municipal deputy, member of the \"Yabloko\" party. Participant of the \"Congress of People's Deputies\" established in Poland in 2022. In May 2023 and January 2024, she was searched as a witness in the cases against Ilya Ponomarev, the organiser of the Congress, and in April 2025 - also as a witness in the case against members of the association \"Deputies of Peaceful Russia\". On 4th of March 2026, Filchenko was searched in the case of participation in the activities of a terrorist community, which the \"Congress of People's Deputies\" was recognised as, and violent seizure of power. The same day she was taken into custody.","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of association"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Galina Filchenko's case of participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and violent seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 04.03.2026 to 02.05.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• Support for political prisoners. 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The regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports that the detainee is \"well known to the doctors of the psychiatric hospital\".","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_started":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["provocative stunt"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 3,  Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["354.1"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 3, Article 354.1"],"case_name_en":"Serov resident's case of desecrating symbols of military glory ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, on 21 January 2026, at the memorial complex erected in memory of the Serov warriors who died during the Great Patriotic War, the detainee put a basket of flowers in the Eternal Flame, as a result of which it burned.","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"evaluations_en":"• SOVA Research Center:\n Date: 22-01-2026\n Source: https://www.sova-center.ru/misuse/news/persecution/2026/01/d52919/\n","persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":["SOVA Research Center"],"aid":"recMdT0nVV1oqKWnm"},{"persecution_id":"reca87X6cHcbYaLHn","last_updated":"2026-04-01T09:38:33.000Z","person_id":"recatR6FcstshJ3T9","name_en":"Danila Gorelov","birth_year":2001,"birth_date":"2001-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","age":25,"age_group_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","age_persecution_began":25,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"eighteen to thirty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Altai Krai. In February 2026, a Telegram channel associated with law enforcement “Operativnye svodki” reported that a case of justification of terrorism had been opened against him because of his statements in support of “Atesh”, a guerrilla movement created in September 2022 by Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars.\n\n“Operativnye svodki” published a video in which Gorelov says he supports Ukraine.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Altai Krai"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-ALT"],"persecution_started":"2026-02-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":2,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Danila Gorelov's case of justifying terrorism ","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to a Telegram channel associated with law enforcement “Operativnye svodki”, the charges are related to the justification of the activities of the Ukrainian guerrilla organisation “Atesh”.\n","persecution_location_en":"Unknown","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Location unknown","restraint_type_en":[],"restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"reca87X6cHcbYaLHn"},{"persecution_id":"recXCaqzJUQvRaDgR","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recIkojgNdu5hDdvX","name_en":"Andrei Edigarev","photo":["https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/preview/attyy16GdHdoUy6Gq.webp","https://repression-api.oicloud.org/static/attyy16GdHdoUy6Gq.jpg"],"birth_year":1962,"birth_date":"1962-01-05T00:00:00.000Z","age":64,"age_group_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","age_persecution_began":64,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"fifty one to seventy years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Former deputy of the City Duma in Glazov (Udmurtia). In 2022 he participated in the \"Congress of People's Deputies of Russia\" in Warsaw, after which he returned to Russia.\n\nAccording to unconfirmed reports, Edigarev was several times subjected to protocols under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), with the third protocol returned to the police by the court. The Tainiy Sovetnik telegram channel claims that Edigarev was also prosecuted for \"committing fraudulent actions\".\n\nIn the winter of 2023, Edigarev was beaten up by unknown people, \"Vot Tak\" reports, but the Investigative Committee refused to open a criminal case.\n\nThe criminal case on public justification of terrorism became known in May 2023. The occasion was three comments in Telegram - about the need to overthrow the government, the undermining of a railway train and the \"FSBshniki dynasty\".\n\nDuring the detention Edigarev was beaten in the face, stomach and groin, as well as toppled in the mud with his face. He was taken into custody.\n\nIn November 2023, it was reported that the politician was to be prosecuted for cooperation on a confidential basis with a foreign state or organisation - presumably because of his connection with the \"Congress of People's Deputies of Russia\".\nOn 24 September 2024, Edigarev was sentenced on the case of public justification of terrorism to three years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.\n\nOn 5 March 2026, shortly before Edigarev's supposed release, he was formally taken into custody in a new case - on participation in the activities of a terrorist community and violent seizure of power. A RIA Novosti source in law enforcement agencies said that the reason was Edigarev's involvement in the activities of the \"Congress of People's Deputies of Russia\".","persecution_occupation_en":["Politicians"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":true,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code","Article 278 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.4","278"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.4","Article 278"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"Andrei Edigarev's case on participation in the activities of a terrorist community and seizure of power","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 05.03.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (\"Lefortovo\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recXCaqzJUQvRaDgR"},{"persecution_id":"recwEdq2F3cajRp6H","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:34:13.000Z","person_id":"recSR6IqUb1ZcgopA","name_en":"Dmitrii Niudlchiev","birth_year":1990,"birth_date":"1990-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","age":35,"age_group_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","age_persecution_began":36,"age_group_persecution_began_en":"thirty one to fifty years old","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Moscow, a developer in an IT company. A case was brought against him for financing extremist activities in connection with donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 16 March 2026, the court sentenced him to a fine of 600,000 roubles.","persecution_occupation_en":["IT specialists"],"not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":1,"persecution_days_from_verdict":74,"persecution_weeks_from_verdict":10,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["other"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 1,  Article 282.3 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["282.3"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 1, Article 282.3"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases against Navalny/FBK supporters"],"case_group_en":["Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases"],"case_name_en":"Dmitry Nyudlchiev's case of financing extremist activities","case_number":"01-0234/2026","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the indictment, Niudlchiev issued a regular donation of 100 rubles to AFC on 18 August 2021 and transferred 700 rubles to the fund between August and February.","persecution_location_en":"Under travel restrictions (no right to leave)","persecution_imprisoned":false,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Appeal","persecution_person_state_en":"At large","restraint_type_en":["recognizance not to leave"],"restraint_measures_en":"• recognizance not to leave: from 03.01.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_sessions_en":"• First instance court on the merits, 16.03.2026, Sentence: 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_type_en":["Fine"],"verdict_group_en":["Penalty"],"verdict_essence_en":"18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony","verdict_changed":false,"verdict_fine_category_en":"from 500 to 750 thousand roubles","verdict_fine":600000,"first_verdict_date":"2026-03-16T13:30:00.000Z","last_verdict_date":"2026-03-16T13:30:00.000Z","persecution_verdict_time_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recwEdq2F3cajRp6H"},{"persecution_id":"recxYMWG53az4myCJ","last_updated":"2026-04-26T11:06:56.000Z","person_id":"receoiD7ULxbMwdIb","name_en":"Najibullo Idibekov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of St Petersburg. On 24 February 2026, he was detained in the metro because of his loud remarks on the escalator against Putin: according to the protocol, he called Putin a terrorist, accused him of \"flooding Orenburg\" and \"blowing up Crocus to unleash enmity between Christians and Muslims\". The next day Idibekov was fined under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because, as explained in the text of the court ruling, Putin is the commander-in-chief.\n\nOn 5 March 2026, the Investigative Committee reported that a criminal case had been opened against Idibekov because of other statements on the escalator on 24 February, namely in support of Alexei Navalny. At the same time, Navalny is included in Rosfinmonitoring's list of extremists and terrorists as an extremist, and there is no court decision against him to recognise him as involved in terrorist activities. 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At the end of the detention term, he was detained again, and on 1 March, he was taken into custody on a criminal case of hooliganism.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The case of a protest in front of Roskomnadzor's headquarters ","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2025-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2025 to 13.05.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recSDlHP88aQXn2ir"},{"persecution_id":"recHvbOJoBVsm1b6w","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recF6NeRj507jHJVX","name_en":"Mikhail Chuyanov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Moscow resident, activist of E.V. 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At the end of the arrest term he was detained again and on 1 March he was taken into custody on a criminal case of hooliganism.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The case of a protest in front of Roskomnadzor's headquarters ","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2026 to 13.05.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recHvbOJoBVsm1b6w"},{"persecution_id":"recyqyTbW6qw3n6YC","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recypzwzJuRdYVGh2","name_en":"Grigorii Shakirov","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A Moscow resident, an activist of The Other Russia of E. 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At the end of the arrest term he was detained again and on 1 March he was taken into custody in a criminal case of hooliganism.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_city_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_en":["Moscow"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-MOW"],"persecution_started":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of assembly"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 213 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["213"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 213"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Cases related to mass actions"],"case_name_en":"The case of a protest in front of Roskomnadzor's headquarters ","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 01.03.2026 to 13.05.2026, Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow (\"Butyrka\")","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recyqyTbW6qw3n6YC"},{"persecution_id":"recssXt5etsHanzoW","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recKOa9Plk6JBReLu","name_en":" Unknown male 597","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of Bogdanovich (Sverdlovsk Region). On 6 March 2026, he was taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism following a statement endorsing a strike on the Crimean Bridge on 8 October 2022.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Sverdlovsk Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-SVE"],"persecution_started":"2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_started_month":3,"persecution_time_period_en":["last quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Anti-war cases","Terrorism cases"],"case_group_en":["Anti-war case"],"case_name_en":"The case of a resident of the Sverdlovsk Region on public justification of terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the investigation, he wrote a comment on a social network that contains \"linguistic and psychological indicators\" of justification of the explosion on the Crimean Bridge, which occurred on the morning of 8 October 2022.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_imprisonment_started_time_period_en":["penultimate month","last quarter","last year"],"persecution_imprisonment_started":"2026-03-06T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: from 06.03.2026\n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recssXt5etsHanzoW"},{"persecution_id":"recDSkQ2FxtE1aj3d","last_updated":"2026-03-18T15:03:01.000Z","person_id":"recGCN2joqDA7JL57","name_en":"Aleksandr K.","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"A resident of Novokuznetsk who left Russia. 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On 12 February 2026, he was detained after a search. The next day, the court sent him to custody on charges of organisation of the activities of a terrorist organisation. Suleimanov is accused of involvement in the Islamic party \"Hizb ut-Tahrir\". 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In March 2026, it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism was opened against him: according to the investigation, he \"called for terrorist actions against Russian servicemen\" and \"approved such actions of the Ukrainian regime\". 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The reason for the prosecution were comments in Telegram, in which the law enforcers saw calls for violence against representatives of state power and administration.","not_in_russia":false,"persecution_health_issues":false,"persecution_tortured":false,"persecution_region_en":["Tambov Oblast"],"persecution_region_iso":["RU-TAM"],"persecution_started":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","persecution_started_year":2026,"persecution_time_period_en":["penultimate quarter","last year"],"persecution_subject_en":["freedom of expression"],"persecution_action_fact_en":["comment"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_en":["Part 2,  Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code"],"persecution_articles_criminal_code_number":["205.2"],"persecution_article_and_part_en":["Part 2, Article 205.2"],"persecution_case_group_subject_en":["Terrorism cases"],"case_name_en":"The third case of a resident of the Tambov Region involving calls for terrorism","persecution_case_profile_en":"According to the FSB version, living in the Tambov region, using the messenger Telegram, the foreign citizen called for committing violent acts against representatives of state authorities and administration.","persecution_location_en":"In the pre-trial detention center (SIZO)","persecution_imprisoned":true,"persecution_actual":true,"persecution_case_person_state_en":"Under investigation","persecution_person_state_en":"Imprisoned","restraint_type_en":["in custody"],"restraint_measures_en":"• in custody: \n","restraint_measure_location_en":"","penal_facility_en":[],"imprisonment_location_en":"","verdict_changed":false,"persecution_evaluation_organisations_en":[],"aid":"recVk4hOu88XBo8lU"},{"persecution_id":"reciPgJbfcDXtN0OK","last_updated":"2026-04-02T13:32:09.000Z","person_id":"recoUhyC6yx4KsNpx","name_en":" Unknown male 621","birth_year":"","gender_en":"male","citizenship_en":["Russia"],"story_en":"Resident of the Orenburg region. 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Limonov's Other Russia party. In the early morning of 1 April 2026, he was detained. The next day it became known that a case of repeated violation of the order of holding public events was brought against him. Before that, the article was last applied in 2022. What became the reason for the initiation of the case is unknown. In the evening of 2 April, the court in closed mode elected a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions to the activist. 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In January 2026, he was placed on Rosfinmonitoring's list of terrorists and extremists. 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On 29 March 2026, a search took place at his home. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. 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